Semirvueekiy - '■Ssr[ prtut ofate OlnUrgian | = ,v . * » VOL. 36—No. 24 f .Students favor Lion Shrine Plan Campus In Front Of ‘ ..Oldi Main Voted The Best Suited Location An overwhelming majority v qf students favor the erection .of a Lion shrine on this'eamp .us, according to results of a poll recently completed by the ,/enn State’ Collegian. ,Of the. aproximately 600 stu dents contacted, 91'per cent fa vored the establishment of such a shrine, while only 9 per cent dis sented. , All of the 91 per cent who were in favor of the shline stated that it * should -be located on the campus. The diffeience of opinion occurred Vfhen.it came, to the selection of the exact location ' - However/over 50 pei cent smd the sltrmc should be located oh' the campus in front of Old -Mam, a spot the majority, of the students pass’daily > “ Other locations whtch many suggested were the center'of the . liberal Arts quadrangle, the Mall above the Main Gate, and the held east of White Hall where the Pitt rally was held. . .There appeared ’to be no doubt - as.to what the students considered , constitute the shrine'-A opinion can be summed •up by',one questionnaire which stated, “A Nittany Lion—with an .open .space nearby for. a bonfire.” ’ 'as to-when the shrine- should be'used were: foi large.! pep rallies, at celebiations pfter, 1 important athletic victories, "and' for' student mass meetings not of a political natuie , 'One*'reply. commented'’ that the, erection of a ,shrine .would cer- vaid'in, mamtaing and m- keeping , at^stsQceC , . , X’T'-- r '*“‘ number of comments a shnnesimiJar to that of f ,Tecumseh at the'United Stales Academy. Befoie' exams, the'midslupmen gather around the statue of the Indian ; chief and r A thrp\v pennies at the, monument .for good luck.' - 1 ' , V an y students commented upon .the financing of the project, stip ulqtmg that* it should be financed •-.from’ CollegQ -funds, and not from i ‘student contributions.' . Only a few of the ,9 per cent , who - voted against the project , i stated reasons for' doing so • ( However, a'graduate student ,ed that the idea* .wasn't piactical and there were many othei prob lems '’deserving much more atten- 1 lion \ 1 . ■ Second Number Of. fortfolioToGoOn Sale This Week-End -second ‘ibsue£of‘ Portfolio, ’ student-fdculty- liter ary publication, -will, go ,this ■-week,.7 the .editor, Jean C Craighead *'4l. * aunounceds today The magaziue was 1 organized late Jast Spilng and published its first jjssue. in’ October- " ,\So successfqUthat-it.sold out its first’ printing T und bufit up A sufficiently large subscription list to'insure-its continued publication this -sear, .Portfolio gained addi tional prestige when ,its ■'petition for official recognition was granted by the Student Wei ffgre Committee at a fall meeting • • Faculty members represented’in the i December issue of , the Port* [folio .are Jessie”,C Chmeron, in structor- in the School of Physical Education,- and , William F. Gas-' instructor Un> English, compo sition and /a ' former. newspaper man. ‘ ‘ _ *• «• .. Short.stories,.articles.and poemß py the following "students complete *4o, Rob ert C Mullen “39,' Walter, Dickin son/*4l,' Maxine,WJest ,’4O, Herbert Nlpson r ’4O, George Gittleson _ '41,, and! Jean C ,l , f r uit Judging League To HoldlConfest Here Vl* ,■» , jA annual/contest'of the East ern States-Fruit -’league be held, here/next- Saturday! ffof.,Frank:N. : "Fagan/ of the de jpaftment of'horticulture announc ed today'-; 't »IV c <,>, * v "Ten " students are competing'this year‘for'the three Places on', the College'team." *- * New Committee , Seeks Increased. Interest In Extra-Curricular Work A committee to seek ways of increasing student participation in'extra-curricular activities was x appointed yesterday by All Col-' ''lege ' President''H Clifton Mc- Williams, Jr -’4O 1 Made up of six outstanding ac tivities men, tlie committee has been asked to present a program that will bring students now ac tive into' some sort of extra-cur • ricular work.’ ' McWilliams will serye as chairman of the committee Oth er members are George E -Rit ter ’4O, president of Parmi Nous, secretaiy-treasurer of the Ath letic Association, and co captain of the lacrosse, G Wanen El liott, Jr* ’4O, piesident of Skull and Bones,, and chairman of Stu dent Tribunal, Robert Baird M 2, 'president of Druids, David E Pergrin MO, president of the senior class and a member of Skull and Bones; and Thomas C Backenstose Ml,'president of tho junior class and a member of Skull and Bones ' > Dunaway Talk Tonight Is Ist In L. A. Series ‘Old Regime in Virginia* Is Topic; Colonel Emery Will Speak On January 16 "The Old Regime In Virginia” is the subject of a talk by Prof Way land *F. Dunaway'in the Home Eco nomics Auditorium at 7 30 tonight as the first of the current series of Liberal Arts Lectures,, Dr Dunaway, foimeily profes sor of history at Fredericksburg (Va) State Teachers College, has been on. the faculty here ,for 20 yeai s, He has written several books including "A History of Pennsylvania” many articles published in historical magazines ,£'Dr l Dunaway's 'lecture' will .treat In.', Virginia in pre Civil War times, particularly l the* social and customs of that .era The Aits Lecture committee lias announced -that Col Ambrose 13 R. Emery, head r of the department of military science and tactics, will give the second lecture of the series January 16 and will be fol low (1 by 4 Dr Robert E “ Dengler, professor of classical languages Dr Frank C Whitmore, dean of the School of Chemistry and Phy sics/ will he the fourth speaker and Prof Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, will conclude the series Kissing Spreads Monday Colds , Says Ritenour Dr Joseph P Ritenour, director of the College Health Service, ag rees with the at Washington State College'who ha 3 cited the' consistent outbreak of colds on Mondays as proof of col legiate disdain, for the ■warning that'kissing spreads colds At least, Dr.,' Ritenour says, Monday is the biggest day of the week for the Health *Servcie especi ally for colds 'and other sorts of lespirutory disease., A second reason' for s the usual Big Monday, Dr. Ritenour thinks, is the failure of students to report HlnesS over the 1 week-end for feai ,of being put to bed , QollegeAn /Penn’ State-last* year" ranked higher than', it ever, had before among American 'institutions- of higher learmng/on a basis rollment and degrees granted. Reg istrar William S. Hoffman has re ported. ,OiT four „of feix . rating points the College was among the 20 Jargest institutions in the na-' tion. ‘ . " , Rankings accorded to ‘ the Col lege for 1938-39 follow. , r . ; pa. Nat. . - ? No/Rank Rank Sept.-June . ' * Enrollment' 17,292 *2 - 19* 1938lSumther r - . Enrollment l-—3,503 1 ; 18 Total/ Bachelor’s/,' • ( \ 3lo' 2- ’l3 Totf.l All" .Degrees-- L_1,608'3,' 18;- Except m, the total number of degrees University of Pennsylvania'<is the only school in Pennsylvania surpass the Col- Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA.,' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1939 How To Get Tickets In One Easy Lesson ‘Parky’, Parkinson And Collegian Scribe | Disclose. ,Tale Of Artists’ Course, Stand , By DICK JETERS | - (Herein follows the “time-report" of Edwin (Parky) Parkinson ’4O and this writer who “held the fort" to be first In line to purchase Art- Ists'Course tickets Saturday morning ) " 1 15 to 1 45 Saturday morning—Purky a few minutes Jute in meet ing me at the Diner (fiec adv)—says he Just got up, having stofen a few winks in preparation for the ordeul to come—consumed five cups of coffee, a hambuiger, and two oiders of dough-nuts to get a "lining"— we're off—that is to Old Main 2 CO to 3:00 a m—Outside Old Main just as the clock in the tow er strikes two wonder how to get in, with'all the doors locked somebody slipping: a hambur ger through the back door to a psy chology major . we go in with the ’burger 2 15 now, and In the., first flooi lounge wondeiing wheio to hide fpom Jlie patrolling campus cops and janitors, who,*we haye been warned, will end our in trusion -,best bet is hiding in the second /loot lounge behind ,a couch, so we do 2 20, a cop just went by the,couch and missed us completely. Gad, it’s cramped back here, guess we’ll take a stroll . 250 now, and a cop who juss. caught us walking abound the sec ond floor is amazed and * sore at seeing us come out of the second floor lounge which he just .inspect ed, so out we go. ' 3.00 to 4 00 a rrT—Now'gently Artists’ Course Hangs Out SRO Further Sales Cancelled In New Record Sellout With every available ticket pur chased by 1/ p. m. Saturday, the 1939-40 Artists’ Course was assur ed of success from both financial and interest- viewpoints ‘-Sales which were j to'have-continued yes terday and today are automatical ly! cancelled by tho greatest' ticket ‘Mle^n^he^hlstory-df'nfig^CoSrs'e^ . Shortly-after 'noon on'Saturday the i tickets for student' consump-, tlon were gone and approximately 50 sludeuts then waiting in line ucrc ( turned back with hopes of buying tickets from the faculty townsfleople ;window on Monday morning „ However, at’l2 30 the “sold-out” sign appeared on the faculty window,‘thus ending the shortest ticket sale for Artists’ Course pasteboaids,' four and one half hours after opening time Committee Pleased Puiticulatly gtatifying to the Aitlsts’'Course Committee was the interest of the student body and the eagerness with which they consumed their share v of the tick ets, accoiding to Dr Carl E* Mar quaidt, chairman of the commit tee - ' Di 'Marquardt expressed regret to those who -were T turned back and disappointed In not "being able to get tickets,' but said yesterday that a limited amount of standing room-may be/sold 1 for eqch num ber, if the Committee and depart ment of grounds and buildings will approve such a measure PSCA Delegates At,Confab Six PSCA members journeyed to tlie ludiana State Teachers College on a deputation trip Sunday to confer with a similar group there The persons attending the confer ence were. Wallace H Dunlap *4O, Mary , E Millet ’4O, Robert T Struck ’42, Mae Brown ’41,/Rich aid D Bltner *4l, and Andrew P Szeckley ’43 ongßigge. lege In total degrees', the Univer sity of Pittsburgh has pushed'into second place, with State third. The College )did-hot place, among the leading 20 ( institutions m number of musterVdegree's conferred or.m number of doctor’s' degrees, grant ed ' ' 1 " -* v n l‘U t As' president’ of tbe American Association of College Registrars, Hoffman compiled, the report on 089 institutions of higher learning for' 1938-39. omitting only one* large school, the College of thes City of New York. C.C N.Y failed ,io make a report! taf the Associa tion. '* Of'the 36 institutions that man aged to place m .the first 20 ( on one or/more,, six points, Regis trar Hoffman noted,’ only three bore the name of-College* Brook lyn College, Hunter College, and the Pennsylvania State College.' * ‘ Penn State alsor placed among the largest 10 gchooJs_ip five diff- ousted ambstanding In front of the west door of Old Main, but still first in line Parky Is getting hungry—down to tho diner again to get him a coffee while he wraps VP in a blanket and “guards the door’’ . back to Old Mala at 3 45, but the coffee melted through the paper cup and Parky is still first, but not alone About 25 other ticket-seekers are braving’ the ele ments now, including several pro fessors, who seem to be preparing* bluebooka for classes in the morn ing 4 CO to 5:00 a m.—-Parky says he will "stick around’! I take a nap in the car . , time out for one hour’s} imp, curled »very uncom fortably in the back seat . . the alarm wakes me and at 5.03 I re lieve Parky who is now Inside Old Main seated very determinedly in' front of the student ticket window (Continued On Page Two) Taylor Flays Sales System Long -Wait For Artists’ Course, Tickets Deplored See Editorial, “I>aty Vaeus Com i won Sense,” on page 2 and Let , terbox'on page U "While all indications over the weekend pointed -to u smashing at tendance at the annual Artists’ thei-pai t-- of subscribers to the'"Course mounted with regurd to the necessity of having,, to lose sleep and stand hours in line before tickets could be purchased The consensus, * of,opinion '•ap peared crystalllzed 4 *fn a 'letter ‘Vo the Collegian' from Prof -Nelson W Taylor of the department of ceramics Excerpts of the letter follow “On Saturday morning my part ner, Dr HJ M Davis and I lost ap proximately six hours of sleep as we stood in line I estimate that about 3,000 man hours of sleep and rest were lost by the ticket seek ers who began to form in line out side Old Main before 3 110 a m “This antiquated pi active of forming a queue does not do credit to the intelligence of Penn State 1, tof one, am thoroughly ashamed W it.- -J _ ' Piof Taylor offered, a J pi ize “of one Artists’‘Course ticket,'Row B, Rear Balcony, purchase price $5, to tho nmn. woman, or child who I submits the ’ best suggestions as to how to sell 'and distribute Art ists' Course tickets on an equitable basis to the campus and general public without the necessity of forming a queue of people at the ticket office Suggestions must be typewritten and should be mailed to Dr C E Marquardt, Chaiintan, At lists Course Committee, 10S Old Main, not later than 12 00 noon, Friday, December 8 ’’ The first ticket buyer ut the ticket office was reported to have appeared at 2 a m t2OInU.S. crent .special groups,' Registrar Hoffman showed. The „ divisions, their 1938-39 enrollment, and then national rank are* Agriculture (924), IQtli; Chemistry (460), 3rd, Forestry. (453), sth; Home Economics (482),, 10th; and Min eral Industries (298), 3rd The Registrars figures show a total national, college enrollment from September to'June last year of 1,000,490 with 272,431 or 27.2 percent of these students' centered in tlie 20 largest institutions. The total enrollment m the 490 col leges conducting summer sessions was 272,431 with 106,463 or 28 9 percent l of these students in the -largest 20 schools.' - In all, there were 132,739 bach elor’s degrees granted throughout the nation m 1938-39, the report shows/Master’s degrees amounted to 32,101 and doctor’s degrees'to 3,721 with' the total for all degrees including-vprofessional and honor ary at 169,504. ' Commerce Students ■Will View Showing Of Film On Air Express A- moving picture program Showing the growtli and develop -1 incut of the air expiess, spon soied by Delta Sigma PI, bonoi iiry commerce and finance sod Tety, will be presented in Room ddl, White Hull, at 7 p m next (Thursday /} All seniois und juniors in tlie jrdepui tment of commerce' and fi- Snance should attend the pro fgiam to which outsiders arc also ipvited, it wus announced b" Students Back v Referendum Before War ,}! j j Majority Support Poll - S Of Citizens To Replace Declarations By Congress O ’■•A majority of Penn State stu dents favor a public referendum to decide whether or not the United States Shall enter a foreign war, accoiding to aaecent survey con ducted here 1 v’/jOithe 235 students interviewed;'' 57 4 percent favored the referen"- : (Turn, while 42 6 felt that the de cision should be left with Congress, where it now lies }j A considerably greutet majority supporting the referendum was observed among freshmen and Sophomores than among upper classmen Sixty-five and eight tenths percent of the freshmen contacted favoicd the plan, as did 58 8 percent of the sophomores, ,49 2 percent of the juniors, and 52 4 percent of the seniors leasons given foi the lefeiendum weie that the people who are 'to fight should decide Ivhethcr or not to fight, and thut Congress is not a true represent ative of the people in such an em ergency § Those opposed to the plan felt it the general public might be ayed r by~propugandu, and'that m a’ general emergency there would not be time for a referen dum ' 1 Polls Conducted By Lepley Show Fans Are Fickle That student attitude toward : the Penn State football coaching ■ staff is fickle and fluctuates accord ing to the success of the team was indicated in recent polls conducted by the class m experimental psy chology under the supervision of Dr "William M Lepley. The tests consisted of 22 state ments given to 133 men and 34 women students on two separate occasions The students were ask ed to .check thqsc statements, with ’alnch,they most.nearly agreed., The* first sampling, taken im mediately after, the , Cornell de feat; showed a “relatively unfavor able” student attitude} toward the coaching staff in general The sec ond, given to the same students aflei the victories over Maryland und Penn, showed a “significantly more favorable” attitude The scale used, based on the technique developed by Thurstone ut„the University of Chicago, is divided into 11 units and permits n maximum theoretical change oTsix points The student attitude increased in favor of the staff by one'point, or almost 17 percent of the possible maximum change in tlus 1 paittcular case “The results of this poll cannot be computed on a percentage or fractional busis, for the poll mere ly'reveals the changes in student attitude caused by the progress of vthe team and w’as not made to hpd out what percentage either ap proves or disapproves of,the coach ing. staff,” 'Dr.‘ Lepley warns Deferment Fee Blanks Are Now Obtainable Application blanks for tbe -de ferment of second semester, fees are'available now at tbe Bursar’s Office Closing date for filing ap plications for tbe deferments is January 7. Can't This Happen Here? v Eleven student editors of the Punch Bowl, a University*of Penn sylvania publication which, like Froth, is an undergraduate “hu mor,* magazine,” have been sus pended from all editorial activities because of risque jokes appearing in their last issue 1400 Freshmen Expected At '43 Pre-Election Meeting In Schwab Auditorium Tonight i All Frosh Reauired To Attend ■ ELECTIONS BOSS w ° ™' ena ' I Kiley, Yeager Slated To Start , Campaign With 3-Minute Talks Backenstose Will Introduce Candidates; Engel And Pergrin To Speak; Elections Planned For Next Tuesday In Old Main The biggest pie-election ti eshman mass meeting m Col lege history will draw approximately 1,400 members of the elass of '43 to Schwab Auditoiium at 7 p m. today. A ruling by Student Tribunal will requite all freshmen to attend the meeting, the purpose of which is to introduce 43 cand.Jales to theii Classmates Highlight of the afTan will be three-minute campaign speeches by W. Byron Riley and Eugene R Ydager, All-College and Independ ent candidates, respectively, foi freshman class president Othei candidates, including Den nis J Curney and George A Palm er (for vice-president), Elsie L. 'Rooth and Wilhelmema Kipp (fot secietary), Charles B Ruttenborg and Paul H Richaids (for treas uiei), and Jacqueline Shaffer am! John M McLaughlin for histor ian), will be introduced from the platform by Thomas C Backen- 1 stose, cliau man of the Freshman Elections Committee A William Engel, Ji ’4O, chau man of the All-College Elections Committee, and David E Pergrin ’4O, Senior Class President, will give short talks .Yells will be led by head cheeileader Walter H, Sypherd, Jr ’4O Active caraaigmng by ’43 pai ties will begin immediately after the mass meeting and will con tinue until elections, which will be held next Tuesday m the first floor lounge of Old Maui THOMAS C BACKENSTOSE 300 Persons Attend Night Club Opening ‘Dry Dock’ Premiere Labelled ‘Smash Hif Satisfied with the acclaim of the SUO poisons who attended the opening oLthe'Dry DockNitc Club hi the Old Main Sandwich Shop Sutuulay night, tlie committee has announced thut leservations for next Saturdav muy now be made at Student (Juiou rv -Fium the setting of a bowery dive, and the caiefree attitude of that managed to re sent* tables, an estimated 150 were turned away at the door as favoiable opinion made Dry Dock definitely a success In Uue night club fashion Bud Yanofslty, in his role of.muster of ceremonies, led a “professional ’ flooi show that included some of the best of campus talent Besides Yanofskj there weie the Three Stooges, who added to the hilarity of the evening, Songstress Marce Stringei and Maglciuu Jack Vos buigli Forestry Ball Has Legendary Theme Pa up Banyan, hero of the North woods—he of the 76-barielled shot gun It took a blacksmith three weeks to load, he who owned Babe the great blue ox, and he who made the Grand Canjon b> diag glng his cant-hook behind him—ls the honoiary sponsor of the annu al Forestry Ball which will be held ftom 0 to 12 Sutuiday night in the Armory Built around a theme which will involve many of tlie tales of this famous legendary woodsman, the Ball this yeai will be semi-formal for the (list time It will be a night when all “tall stories must be believed,” the committee in chuige of the dance said jester day Rex Rockwell's band will supply the music with admission at 75 cents a couple Penn Stato in a world that worships PROGRESS has its own Men of Mark, silent scientists who often have received their least recognition among the very students they teach *• The Collegian, believing that students should better realize the contributions to progress which have come from the still Nlttany* Valley, begins today the first of two series of 50-Second Chats with these men Introduced first are the men under whom Penn State’s research is conducted. Helen V Atkinson ’4O has written .about these men in a series of eight bio sketches of THE DEANS —-eight men who guide the work of the graduate and the seven un dergraduate schools, beginning on Page 4 of this issue with a sketch of Dr. Frank D. Kern, dean of the Graduate School. The second se ries, about faculty men whose scientific contributions have some way aided the cause of progress, will be written by Adam A. Smy ser '4l PRICE FIVE CENTS Five Students Hurt In Automobile Crash S jitxtul to the Collegiun LJNGLESTOWN, Pa , Dec 4 Five Pennsylvania State Collegu students were slightly mjuied heie last night when then cai crashed into a stump while they weie re turning to State College after spending the week-end at then homes m Reading and Pottsville The mjuied students weie Leon M Knetz, ’4O, driver of the cat, Leonard R. Greenaway ’4l, Clai cnce W. Moon, Jr, M 2, Chester C Curley, Ji ’4l, and Franklin P Goettman Ml All except Moon aie members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity at the College. Moon is a mem ber of Tau Kappa Epsilon College Architect Has Larynx Removed Dr Paul Philippe Ciet, recently appointed as architect for the Col lege, has undergone an opeiatron ioi the "removal of his laivnx in Philadelphia Dr Cret’s wife said thut hei 63- yeai-old husband is “Doing us well at can be expected ” “I am hopeful thut some day he will be able to speak again, but I am told that he will have to bo taught,” she said Dr. Cret won the gold medial of the American Institute of Archi tects last year for “the most dis tinguished service to the profes sion ” ♦ ♦ 4- Yeager Heads ’43 Ticket Of: Independents By WILLIAM E FOWLER Political guns boomed to right and left this week as the freshman Independents announced their can didates, the M 3 AH College Party released Us platform, a suipiise move—a new Independent Party chairman was named Eugene It Yeagei was selected as Independent nominee for fresh man class president, with George A. Palmer as his running mate Wiihelmenia Kipp will seek the post of secretary, with Paul H Richaids and John RI McLaugh* lin the Independent candidates for treasurer and historian, respec tively On tbe-exe of active “campaign-" ing, Frank ft Flynn was elected chairman of the MJ Independent Paity last ThujEday night Simul taneously PaJmer the former part} heud. was nominated for vice presi dent The follow lug six-point platform was announced by the M 3 All Col lege Paity 1 We advocate the building of a Lion Shrine to represent the spirit of Penn State and to be used as a fitting place lor the demonstration of that spirit We me in favor of the painting of murals in the lobby, of Old Mpain to further the beauty aud dignity of that building We feel that the housing situ* at ion in State College, admitted ly bad. should have au immedi ate solution We Intend to further relations between fraternity men, non fraternitj men. and women of Penn State through organiza tions of mutual interest We feel tjial the freshman class should be allowed representa tion on Student Tribunal We think that freshman wom en's customs, as well as the men's customs, should he de pendent upon the outcome of the freshman sophomore boxing matches Phi Lambda Upsilon Admits 35 Members In Fall Ceremonies Phi Lunibda Ifpsilon. honorary chemical society, Initiated 19 giaduate students, nine seniors, and seven juniors at fall initiation ceremonies in the Stock Pavilion at 7 30 p m last Thursday The undergraduates initiated were Robert K Smith MO. James W Shigiey MO, John D Garber. Geiald B Bready Ml. Oliver A Schaeffer Ml, Harry D Sarge Jr MO, James R Hetherington Mo, Al bert L Myerson Ml, .Samuel Schwartz Ml, Robert W Kindle 40, Charles G Overberger Ml, Leon L Bertram Ml, Robert F Filbert, Jr Ml, James Q. Under wood MO, John R Lotz MO, and Alfred J Pogteraro MO The graduate students w'ere George W Blum, Lynn J .Brady, Chailes E Lewis, Thomas'P Car ney, Edward O Ramler, Romeo B Wagnei, Gerald C. Bassler, How ard T Francis, Herbert H. John son, George W, Moersch, Rudolf J Pfister, Anthony C Sbabica ,Jr, David M Jenkins )Jr, Warren Stubblebine, Richard B Green burg, James R. Oyler. Rafael Btir gos-Macias, Jason E Matthews Jr, and MJ'ers F Gribbins
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