Semt-vyeekly W 1 ftetrn Slate fp Coll J‘*> ‘ - ' VOL. 36—No 22 PENN, ST ATE’S Football Plight Well, Mom, It’s This Way Dear Mom, , , ' f , I guess you heard the good news—Penn Slate 10, Pitt 'll. It’s really true, too. ' i~ • The smoke' from the many bonfires is still hid ! ing us in a hazy Nitlany valley which vibrates with the 'echoes of’celebrating “We Beat,Pitt!”/ cheers. 'i'/'- It took'2o years, but, oh my, how that triumph,did ct.- ,'max' the most successful Lion'footballiseason in many years. v Si . Funny thing about this,seasoh. IPs obvious that we ol .the Collegian had the wrong slant, because, if you remember, 7Mom,Ve tossed a’ two-hslcd editorial attack into the Penn : State', football ring following the disastrous Cornell defeat /wWh has fallen into the whirlpool of revelry following the '■successful'year.’ * 1 - . ' ' \ Manyareiof the opinion that the football situation was. unjustly' attacked in a much too bombastic, outspoken, and P-t'half-cocked”; manner. Adverse comment and ill feeling are the only'tangible things created, some claim. i J Naturally, Mom, we are in no . position to argue that . pointjand it was debatable in my mind whether the pressure ■ivvas more on us or on the coach. Later developments seem Ho iiluntly indicate that IheCollegian has been definitely “on flhc spot,” because of our Sports Editor’s pre-mature judg ment: As' Dad would 1 say, “The elections had been called be- fore the returns were in.” .' • You will agree with me,' Mom, if you won’t Dad probabl.’ Will, that whether-thc tactics,uscd in the opening blast,were 'ethical; whether the time to slrikewas psychologcially,set, p • jj • Jor'whether the immediate outcqme would be good or bad— 1; TOSII l 31*116S t all arc matters of fervent debate. p, r P ' VT are all human beings—yes, even m the newspaper | 0 JM 311)6 business. The content of Between the Lions was not released ■ _ . t as a spur-of-the-moment personal affront. What was said VjJjnQlUfltCS .was directed at a machine—a machine 1 which merely did not jfail to.produce in a single attempt, but had sputtered period- Independents Nominate' [Jcaliy over a span of nineiyears. ' - , Tonight; All-College Slate ;iit’’ ~ Just as everybody, !S' on the proverbial “bandwagon" w WiU Appear'Tomorrow so, jvas everybody criticising ithe machine atlhe.time of. ' By.william e, fowler ’ Ithe'afticleiStAsU told you/Mom'.'there,was, a barrage'of imr , Jrun Ithaca/’ n*- •. qtiebtlil whlcll , wl , r £ a £ sw \ red one could quite realize how.a team of such obvious tonight and tomonow night by in- CstronVpolentialJpoVer, could take such a trouncing when it uml AII Coiiego organ!- hadl leeri running smoothly. And there was plenty of factual , par material then which indicated that all was not righi in the ty win meet in u- Home Econo footbali setup. ' ' ’ ■ 1 ,1 mica at 730 p m today to name :'J . .Now the best Penn State season in years has been com- pleted. If you want to check .the record With Dad, it Will presidential, nominee will be a non show Slate 'has five victories, two ties,' and one defeat—and b“ternit> man, little is known ot 'that ive didnH lose a .game following the initial Coliegian bombshell. _ ~ will announce their ticket after a Whether the Collegian was instrumental in inspiring the touching staff, the team, yea, the whole college to such a "We’ll show ’em” fever, I surely, don’t know. You and Dad may like to think’so. Yet, it may be purely coincidence. / In either event, I think we have proved the lime-wom Iheory.lhal there'isn’t any criticism, adverse or otherwise, which doesn’l'do some good. • 'lhe “Hig” (that’s Coach Bob Higgins’ nickname. Mom) i really got madi He hadn’t been-angry for, quite a few years. Isolde been told. And the-“Hig”—loyal Penn Stater that he ?s" recognized tobe—gritted 1 his teeth,*w'hich in turn gritted tile teelhjbf his staff-and of his team like so many gcai wheeled machines, to produce a polished product. - ; - ' ' Your loving son, ' ' Bill ■ Tree‘Movies’ 'Set Tomorrow ‘German Silent Film Will Be Shown In ■ Auditorium, •v lu the first - of “movies” 'tomorrow night, Pi Gamma Alpha, “honorary fine”'aits fraternity, will •H)hng',buck> “.The Last Laugh,” a 'German silent picture .of 1924 that at. tho time’of. its creation const!* tuted'a i evolution'in tiie film in* 1 - ' r < - . ' As*% pait’of its program to pre* 'sehfjthe motion as a new 'mediuhi of_art expression' through 'a brief .examination of-its history, Pi' Gamma Alpha will show the ,film,ln^Schwab Auditorium at B*3o ,*p. 'm. ” tomorrow' admission free -Two more films will be shown dur - hig the year,' the next pi ohably In .(JanuaryV \ ? \ ‘ Shows Postwar Cynicism V„The film which will show tomor* row belonged to t the period baustlon .and 'cynicism - ' which fol ‘'lo'Y®dvthe post-war ...upheaval in Germany ! 'Like otheis'of .its per* ,‘iod it' cousiste'd'.of' intimate and 'vsympatheticstudiesof low life,'all •utilizing a minimum of* characters and 1 ' marked ,respect rtorj th e. dra m ati c, unities. _ s x'fl&Vor, it made' virtually no use of , settings. *j- v Scholarship Graft Charged Group, Seeks To Remove Awards From Senators A campaign to stop llio pructice of allowing State Senators to award scholarships to Penn State and tluee otliei stale aided schools has been launched by the Alle gheny Scholarship Association which ciiurges the scholai ships uic traded foi votes 1 Each seifaloi at present has 12 four-year scholarships to awaul, tiiree eacli to Penn Slate, Teuip\ University, the University of Pitts burgh, and the Unlveisity of Penn sylvania The Association will beek a sub stitute for the system which the General’s office has de scribed 'as >a “time-honored cus tom.” Under the substitute sys tem the state woutd appropriate money to a fund which would be available to all schools In the state for scholarships awarded on a basis of merit and need. No ROTC Today - ROTC classes will not itleet to day, according to Colonel'Ambrose R. Emery, bead of the depaitment of military, science and tactics, be cause of the cancellation of. part of the ROTC classes yesteiday Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939 COLLEffiE CELEBRATES viCTdlrr over pitt Yesterday’s Holiday | Reward For Revival Of Old School Spirit Orderly Week-end And Victory Parade Highlight Finish Of Successful Season; Bonfire Rally Attracts 6,000 Rooters Hungry Penn-State football fans.,'grown lean on a ual Fall victory diet, showed suiprisingly good manneis they spent a specially extended week-end chawing on a Pi victory delicacy they* had sought, but lost for 20 years.' An unprecedented football holiday yesterday foundvii only match m the athletic holiday granted on March 24,19 f after both the wrestling and boxing teams’had won the Eai ern Intercollegiate titles.' » Last Thuisday night'some b,( students and townspeople ga '•red in a' bonfire pep rally dt tnted to Pitt victory, but whenl leat was finally 'realized —-tin were "20,000 people on hand celebrate • Thousands poured out on Reaver Field after the refei< whistle had made the 10-0 victory a matter of history" r ’oined in the celebrating at Pitt band, good sports to the matched the. Blue Band m r ’ .PenniStatc.TSongs.V^r Thousands were still around Ihe goal posts were lifted intai from the ground and 1 paradi down to Co-op Cornel, and almc a thousand followed after the B 1 Band on its victory parade urn Ihe goal posts and.to the Cori and on through the borough' Everywhere the celebration w orderly and pre-game fears tl victory might lead to riotous an damaging celebration found no ba- meeting in 418 Old Main at 7 30 p in tomorrow While actual nominations were made last night, announcement of candidates has {.been delayed until after the hide pendent .declaration According to Chairman Bob Ba con, the All College gioup will run a fiaternity mail' fot president, a non fraternity man for vice presi dent, and women for class sccre taiy and'historian s , All candidates must present petitions with 00 "names to the freshman elections committee by Friday to gain a place 'on the bal ’ot The'lndependent platform to be teleased tonight av ill be similar to those the pust hi its basic points, Geoigej,Palmer. Indepen* dent chief, has' indicated The All- College platform'will probably ap peai later this week With elections two weeks from loday. both gioups have made in tensive piepuratlons foi campaign ing after the deadline next Tues day night, Court Of Honor For Harvest Ball Queen Is Chosen With all college voting for Hai vest Ball Queen already underway, Josephine E Condrln *4l, in churge of tho coronation, has an nounced hei aides who will form the court of, honor In dor HanleL H Stubbs ’42 and Mai joiie D Cousley *42 will serve as the heralds 'The coeds who will assist in the coronation are Mar lon M Eberts ’42, Ethel Tayloi ’42, M ’Knepper '43. v The coionatlon ceremonies will take place duiing the intermission Friday/ night at Soph Hop the two candidates for queen, Ruth E Kennedy ’4O and Helen B Cramer *4l, were introduced by maestro Hal Kemp. < A l ' photograph of the coeds aud Kemp Is displayed In the window, of the Penn - State Photo Shop.' Voting 4 for tho ’jiueen w ill end Filday at noon, the committee an nounced. The only semblance of disorder occurred after the Thuisday night bonfire and this—started by high school students—broke up without damage after several attempts to crash the local theatres No Complaints Theie were a few fights after the game Saturday, begun swift ly and ended more swiftly, and the town rocked Saturday night ■with the hoarse shouts of rioters filled with more than College Spins but, all in all, it was an ordeily week on.l and officials heard no com plaints and had no offenders to deal with or punish. Thursday's planned bonfire went down as biggest and (judging oy (Continued on Page Four) Open Letter To Prexy Dear Piexy, The student body wishes to,thank you fot granting the holi day yesteiday Theie is no doubt.that the gratitude of the stu dent body will outweigh and outlast any cnticism which you may teceive for your action ' * The gesture is indicative of your uttitude and the attitude of the entire administration toward the student body. Despite the desue of the majority of students, we realized that you had every leason to lefusc us a holiday , * * We know that such a policy disiupts a hue educational pro gram—one' which you liuve successfully established and are en deavoring to maintain. , We know that the connection 1 * between this educational pro gram and the outcome of any football' game should not exist We know that oui victory over Pitt .should be taken in stuuo, and not even suggest to Pitt that we think beating them is any more important than beating any other team All this we icalizc. Yet, because you aie so close to the »tu • dents, our request foi a holiday was granted To the student body tlus means that you granted the football holiday because you are a leal and sinceic person and can ecu through the eyes of a student as well as an administiator In addition, you have given the student leaders your coopera tion in,every way possible which has been instrumental in knit ting closer relationships between the entire administration and the students'. 1 Many other things have been given us this year. That is why it really hurt to request another concession on your part Thus it is with a deep feeling of gratitude that we give our most sincere thanks and appreciation. Sincerely youis, \' h. clifton McWilliams , All-College President * : v ’DREW FIRST BLOOD Facts, Wrote From Biased Viewpoint See editoi ml “A Leila to Mi Hupei t.” oa Pape 2 A scathing rebuttal ot the editorial blast against the Student Hous ing Boaid which Kmeison J 1 HupeiL ’4O fired in the new' Penn State Club “Post Sciipf was Issued yesterday by Emanuel Roth *lO, tern pdiaiy Housing Board chub man Roth chuiged Chut he had given Rupert full fuels about the housing investigation in a lecent telephone conversation, only to have them dh legaided in the editorial Rnpeit wrote subsequently in which he called the housing investigation "much ado about nothing" und cluuged its leadetK with'“making a mountain out of a mole hill ’’ out of a mole-hill ’’ "Mr Rupert, in his over-auxietj to present one side of the situa tion, chose to disiegard these facts (which weie piesented to him)/' Roth said. V'Fiom liis narrow viewpoint, the solution is very simple If we pass up and refuse to rent unlit (Continued On Page Four) W23S rgtan Rupert’s View Is Disavowed Balog ’4O, P S Club Head, Hits Attack On Housing The editorial w ritten bj Emet son H Rupert, MO in the first issue of tbe new Penn Slate Club “Post Suipt" does not repiesent the opinion of the Penn State Club, Michael A Bulog MO, club presi dent, suid yesterday In the ediloriu! Rupeit attacked the housing . impiovement cam pulgu begun lust year and stuted that’tlic drhe was “much about uotliiug ’* “Rupert wab wholly uuwariaut* cd In bis attack on the Collegian bousing campaign," Balog said “Tbe w lubes of the chib seem cleui in view of the fact Unit the club itself, which represents 350 lion fraternity men, is u member of the Student ('lousing Bouid” ‘Fifty Book’ Exhibit Will Open In Library The 1030 edltlou of the .“50 books’' exhibition which Includes tbe best exumples of Amciican Hteiutuie' of 1937-3$ Mill be shown in Lhe College Library starting to duy'uncl will continue until Decem ber 11 Tbe 50 books weie chosen fiom almost'Boo volumes by tbe Ameri can Institute ; of Graphic Aits be cause of artistic appearance and Intriguing subject mutter J Burn Helme, professoi of architecture, will give an illustrat ed lecture concerning the mtistic excellence of these books at 7 30 pin next Wednesday in Room 107, Main Engineering. * PRICE FIVE CENTS Roaring Lionsßevenge 20 Years Of Defeat With 10-0 Whitewash Crowd Of 20,000 Urges Spirited Nittany Gridders To Season’s Biggest Upset; Favored Panthers Completely Outplayed By DICK PETERS “The Gieat, Pitt Mysteiy” 01 “Why The' LioniAlways Getb His Tail Twisted," an unsolved pioblem for 20 years, was unravelled veiy decisively Satmday afternoon by a pack of bloodthiisty Nittany Lions, who clawed and tore, a once proud Pitt Panther to little bits Twenty thousand throaty fans marked up a liev, high in tiopical excitement over tne Lions' 10-0 tnumph •* — In the gieutest football show evci to be staged in the Nittauj Mountains one which would have made the Mighty Bninum smile Coach Bob Higgins' spiiited gi hi de! s suiprised the Panthers with a touchdown late in the first pei* iod plus an extra poiut v continued to outplay tbe favored Gilded Cats in department for tile next two periods and in tiie tbiid pei* iod had tbe nerve to add a 'field goal to tbeii scoiing total Smaltz Tallies First To Mg BUI Smalt7, sophomoie game in. place of senior Lloyd Ickes, goes the honor of putting the Lions out In fiont Leon Uujeckf (lie out standing player on the field all day set up the flist scoie when lie lecoveied “Dashing Dick" Cas biauo'b fumble on the Pitt 22-yard liye Chuck Peteis went off light tackle for three yards before Craig Wliite turned left end on a ie\orse to go IS \aids to the one-yard stripe Sniultz dove ovei on (lie next plnv Overlooked by many fans and sportswritors was the t| uality of the extra point comcrslon by Ben Pollock A resolve tackle, Pollock was called in to make his ,22nd at tempt at conyersion liaving miss ed fire only tiuee times in "two seasons The pass fioin center was low, lekes liad trouble getting it in position, but Pollock toed the pigskin thiough the upiights with the coolness of a penguin Patrick Boots Goal ' Not until lute in Die foiuth qmu ter did the Lions finish theii us biuilL and battery attack on the (Continued On Page Four) Higgins Starred On Team That Beat Pitt Last It’s been a loug time since Penn .State's football Lions have been Die master of the Pitt Panthers As a niattei of lecord. Die last time State won Mas in 11119 That may seem like a whole lot of nothing, but when you delve fui ther into the record books and discover that one Bob Higgins was the star of that victory it takes ou a diffeient aspect It may be re niembered Dial "Tho TOg’’ also played a big pait in that 1919 win over Penn and then 20 yeuis later took a Penn State aggregation to Frunklin Field and walked off the field with a 10-tl a in. the same score as the tilt 20 yeuis before As captain of the 1919 Lion out fit, Higgins tallied on a forward pass to aid in the scoring of a 20 0 victory over Pitt, the lost foi the Blue and White The ball was on States live and eveiyone had ex* pected fullback to punt, us he was standing about five yards be* hind his own goal Hue, but Quar terback Robb catled foi a pass to Higgins and that is exactly what happened Bob snatched the toss ou the 25 and, with timely block ing by lineman Cubbage, evaded the safety man to share lu State’s 20 0 triumph Those who believe In history re peating, bolstered by the reoc currence of the identical Penn game score were ready for a re peat win 20 yeais later COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Cabinet Meets Today To Solve New Problems Will Take Action On Soph Hop, IMA Hat Society, ROTC Addition At Meeting Tonight After sponsoiing the biggest bonfire pep rally in Penn the*' All College will renew aclivitj at its meeting in the Alumni Association office at 'i p in tonight beveial hnpoitant subjects will be discussed and acted upon bj the Cabinet at its meeting tonlglit —Soph Hop , compensation, pro posed IMA hut societj constitu tion. and Lite additional ROTC unit PiesideiiL H Clifton McWilliams will also appoint a studeut libiarj committee which will function in the selection of new books and in aiding Die authorities In setting up Jibiary legulathms ' McWilliams also slulcd Dial .there is a possibility that addition al membeis will be added to the Lion shiine committee in an effort to divide tile increased work in view of the present importance of the pioposed project The Cubiuet must act on Die mallei of (ompensatlon for the Sop!) Hop ciiali men, since tlieVom mittec hud agreed to foi felt auy compensation should Die dance lave been a iinanciul failure At its last meeting Die Cabinet decided to table the proposed IMA ml society question until the gioup could piesent a constltu ‘i<m ’ If the documeut is piesent ed Die Cubiuet will probably take definite action tonight The Cabinet will also discuss fuithei the advisability of a new ROTC unit heie becuuse of Die ex isting crowded conditions Moral Re-Armament Plans Nation-Wide Rally December 1-3 With a nation-wide rail} planned foi the week-end, the campus gtoup working with Die nation n! Moial Rearmament movement is preparing an extensive drive to bolster inteiest and active partici pation among the students. Jt has been declared by James R Sausser M 0 In consideration of the fact the MRA has gained such wide ac claim and has such a vast follow ing among college men and wom en, the Penn State group is anx ious to acquaint the students' with the values of this movement start ed by a former PSCA secretary, Frank Buchman The Moral Re-Armament -move ment has been particularly attrac tive to youth throughout the world us Is evidenced by the support ,lt has received from athletes, college students and young people In gen eial Last year at the Wprld As sembly for MRA in California ap proximately 30,000 followers at tended a conclave in the Holly wood Bowl. ~ „
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