Committee Changes Location Of Nittany Lion Shrine
THIS IS BOWPOIN'S SHRINE
prominent Campus Spots
Proposed; Bowdoin’s Famous
Granite Bear Weighs 14 Tons
;W<X
.tllass Of 1912 Gives
' College Statuary -
By, Roth
.Theoretically,'standing on top of
r the world/ but realistically; situat
ed bn the campus of Bowdoin' Col
lege'as a. monumental shrine
- The / monyment' is made up of
thiee^ pieces of granite supplied by
a gianite.works at'Westerly, R I,
at a'cost of |BO per v cubic'foot The
'lOons of granite which make up
Hhe - Bowdoin - Bear, ” the pedestal,
and 4 'tho!world upon which the ani
mal iCBtanding,' [ is J the finest stone
tCUtMn ahe'-Unlted; States
Class, of- of 'Bowdoin
‘utTfirst gave
cut from v marble, bu£
"because of ,weather condition at #
Me,’marble was-not
Relieved to-be sufficiently..durable
lo withstand the severe conditions.
- A,-, - y Roth Does Work* l , ,' ! ‘ .
"VThls remarkable ptece ‘of sculp- (
"luring-' was turned out by F G -R
Roth of Englewood, N J,,for Os*
Class,.oC„l9l2.- 'Roth-hafe'an inter
national standing which gives him
the title of Iho leading sculptor of
animals oiuthis; continent s , '
Y-The noted' sculptor, has done
work! on othei * college campuses
besides! * Bowdoin \He! sculptured
W-Lion on ? Columbia. -University’s
‘field,' and alsoHurnecL'out'tiTe tiger
cats icroucliing'on -the gateposts at I
football field -
at jPrlnceioa University. ~ 1
' 'Seward,‘‘J f Wtarsh, f ’l2 of Bow
doin. commenting,upon the work
don 4 by Roth and speaking In con-„
nection, with the pioposed Plans
for a Nittimy Lion Shtlne at Penn
State, said .‘‘My‘committee would i
join me In" saying'we believe Bow- t
doin'now has a piece, of statuary,
which ,has’value’far in excess of (
tfie money-we put into it It would
bn my'feeling r that Mr',Roth could
giveUPenn'/ Statel a .Nittany Lion’
that would 4 bring Wrauch salfsfac- ]
tion Uo < coufd
any.totlier, of ? the‘ great .sculptors ”,
Owl'll clarify,lts" position against -
f ? v ‘ 3 ’ t-.'' -f -r ' *
fie; D i es Comm i tt e e,
nexVlsiue.' All comment
ion the'-'controversy.f la, moot.
.’and, y It .'space par.
bo|, printed.. Let a
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Outstanding Sculptors
Consulted by Hyslop
For Shrine-Erection
„Through the coopeiation of
Francis E. Hyslop, instructor in
fine arts, several of the most out
standmg'sculptors in the nation
have been consulted 'regarding
lnformatfon" on a Lion Shrine
John B Flanagan, and Heinz'
Warneke of New York City and
Carl Milles of Detroit, arc noted
sculptors who are expected to
present estimates and plans
> P G R. Roth, who did the
sculpturing on the famous Bow
din may also be consulted
Cabinet Tables
IMA flat Plan
Pergrin ’4O To Represent
College At Student Confab
The All-College Cabinet, after ;
considerable debate, tabled action
on the IMA hat society and re- |
ferred the problem to a committee
headed by Wallace H Dunlap ’4O,
for further recommendations, at
the Cabinet meeting Monday night
' Aftcr f the proposed new-hat, so
ciety constitution had beeri-present
edvto the, Cabinet, itwas-decidcd
to postpone the final 'decision ion'
'the mattei until the Cabinet’s next
meeting'
,The main purpose of the new so
! ciety was defined as, '‘ln ordei to
‘ give l recognition to those on this
'camp3s who. render service to the
1 College and student body without
I thought of individual attainments
or other selfish motives ” -
David E. Pergrin ’4O, reported
that the basic ROTC students fa
vored an anti-aircraft unit, if an
additional unit js r to be added, ,but
that action on the matter will not 1
be started until next month . Per
grin'was'elected to represent the
Cabinet at the student government
convention m Minneapolis, Minn,
over the Christmas vacation.
' Pies. H. Clifton McWilliams ap
pointed a committee to investigate'
College recognition of the ice hock
ey team. The appointees were Gro
veriA.-rWashabaugh' ’4O, Mary H.
O’Conner-’4o^;and' SamuelGallu
Bonfire Place May
Be Separated From
Statue—Newman,
Instead of being located m a
“corn field,” or at the site of the
Pitt pep rally, as originally pro
posed, the sculptured Nittany Lion
Shnne will .be erected at some
piominent location on the campus,
if the plan submitted by the Shrine
Committee is approved by the Co 1 -
lege Administration,
j The overwhelming number of
students who votsd in the recent
Collegian poll, that the Shnne
should be erected at a location
where the majority of the students
pass daily were largely responsible
for the altering of the committee’s
plans
Student opinion largely favored
two locations for the project, on
the front campus in front of Old
Main, or m the center of the new
Liberal Arts quadrangle
Commenting oh the unexpected
, change, Bernard A Newman ’4O,
chairman ‘of the Shnne Commifc
! tee stated, “The Nittany Lion will
, be an r artistic ,and expensive piece
i.of sculpture, and 'should not be
1 hidden away in some field.”
I Bonfire Site Separate
Since so many of tne students
favored locating the shrine on the
front campus the Shnno Commit
tee is considering separating the
bonfire site from the Shrine, New
man stated . i
Othci pioposed .landmarks con
sidered’ weie 'Roc Hall, the Mall,
and the ficld v east'of White. Hall,
but these locations wcie either too
obscure, or did, not offer proper
space,for the shnne
Pending the ainval of th*
sketches and estimates of the Nit
tany Lion Shnne from outstand
ing sculptors in New Yoik and
Detroit, the Committee will prob
nhly hold up futuie plans
, EXAM . SCHEDULE
.The first semester exam sched
ule will be published In the next
issue of the Collegian, Tuesday,
December 19. - * ’ t
v Work on the final-exam slate
Is now being rushed to comple
tion by* Scheduling Officer Wat
kins, in order that students may
have It to consult during Christ
mas ' •" >
Be to get your copy next
..Tuesday. '
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VOL. 36—No 27 Z6sB||V
INDEPI
Ice Skating f
Is Arrangedi
On Campus
Experiment Flooding
Of Practice Gridiron',
Planned Next Month
Dav and night skating facilities'
will be made available on the cam
pus next month with the expert-'
mental flockhng of the piactitc
football field by the College
- Under piescnt plans the field
just above the College tennis
courts will be spiayed with water
ri\d allowed to freeze in layers to a
thickness of several inches At
night the field lighting equipment
will be put into use
Some difficulty is expected in.
piping watei to the field as there
arc no ncaiby outlets, but othci
wise all necessuiy aiiangements".
'axe complete, and the success of
the plan .will depend on cold weath
er -
No Hockey On Rink
As the rink will not have
boaidsat w ilbnot-be -practical :£or
it maynbe used as. a practice field
by the unofficial 'Penn State hoc-*
key team which this year is par
ticipating in the Pennsylvania In
teicollegiate'Hockey League just
organized
The field will be kept flooded
whenever weather is freezing-and
a new surface of water, will be
sprayer on every night after the
skaters have left to fill up pores
and gashes
Flooding Gradual
When tne field is first flooded
a thin layci of water will' be
sprayed on and allowed to freeze
ior an hour, then followed with
another spraying, and so on until
the'desned thickness is attained
The system which is being used
here experimentally was studied
m New York citv last week by
Dr Carl P Schott, dean of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics It will not requite the
expensive clay surfacing of the
aiea which many persons thoughc
would be necessary if a link were
established
Hat Societies
Sponsor Dance
Leyden's Band AVill Play;
Football Movies Featured
Grab a date and a can of food —
slip into some infoimal clothes—
borrow 75 cents from a fraternity
brother, and you’ic all set to at
tend that extra-novel social event,
the Charity Ball, tomortow night -}
Jimmy Leyden, newest campus
swing sensation, and his rythm
dishci-outcib will hold sway in Ret;
Hall from 0 to 12 p m Added,at
traction will be the showing of
moving pictures of that fai-famed
gnd triumph, the Pittsburgh-Penr
State tilt of 1939 <
' Food to Go to Poor
Hero’s u social event with i
real puipuse behind it The can
of vegetables and fruit will be d<
rated to the Local Welfare Con
nuttec, and will help to sprea
some Chustinus cheer in the fori
cf full stomachs to local jioor. -
FCO thcrmoic, whatevei mon
taty profits aie earned by the a'
fair will be turned over to tl
Student Weifaie Committee Th
proup, headed by Mis Ralph I
Hetzel, to establish 100
funds for use by needy students
Dance First of Kind
The dance, first of its kind i
recent years, was conceived at!
sponsoied by the campus hat s
eicties The committee m charj:
includes all hat society president:
G. Wanen, Elliott ’4O, Skull ar
Bones; George E Ritter ’4O, Pan
Nous, G. Edward 1 Spencer/4 1
Blue Key, William K. Bates ’4 I
Friars; l and c Robert D._Baird?*4 *1
Druids.. 5 r ' ' i A |
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTS'
[DENTS SWEEP 1943 OFFICES
flu Cases Decline
I From All-Time High
I'
| The epidemic of gabti o-ml
‘the campus last week seemed c
pensary calls tapered off fror
-!•; + + +
Rumors Of Flu
epidemic Stir
jlnited Press
f; Gov.-James Is Reported
Deluged With Pleas For
S Release of Sick Co-Eds
*
.'tj’One hundred und fifty gills des
jtierateiv ill’ Students pi evented
“'from escaping the epidemic by vii
-E&nous College authorities’ Ftan
stfc parents siting Governoi James
ffri help’ 1
the diumutlc tulc* the
Sflttsbiugh United Pi ess lepresen-
got wind of Moiidaj when
p rtroits seeped through‘to his of
fice of strange doings in the Nlt
’tpny mountains It loked like a
-scoop of epic proportions’
Ijtat ‘UP To The Rescue
StQuickly the r UP man sent a bum-
siate
jcfollege 'Here’s the teletype mes
.sage Don Sanders at the Ccntie
Daily Times recoiled Monday af
ternoon
Reported epidemic intestinal flu
at State College stop one dormi
tory 150 girls iIT and school author
ities refuse to let students lea\e
for home stop Reported parents
wiling Governor James stop Pio
tect (investigate)
Alas—Not True
Unfoitumitely, the stor> was
slightly exaggeiated About ninetj
girls weie bllghtly. inland* no
school holiday was granted As
far as can be ascertained, Go\er
nor James was not bothered b> a
deluge of telegiams It was but
the work of a moment for the Cen
tie Dally staff to get the debunk
ing answer aw'aj to this staitling
message
| However—it would have made a
wonderful stoiy’
Bentley and Putney
Head Mrs. Hetzel’s
Charity Committee
Roniig Will Present (
Plan For Endorsement
Miss Matilda A Bentley, assist
ant dean of women, and John A
Putney, PSCA secretary, were
named co-chairmen of Mrs Ralph
D Hetzel’s committee last week,
and Russell E Clark, college bui
sar, was elected , treasurer m
charge of the finance committee.
One-third of WSGA Christmas
donations will go to an emergency
fund for gifts and loans to needy
students ‘All money will be super
vised by Mr. Clark's committee of
two students, faculty and adminis
tration members
Jane A. Romig '4O, president of
WSGA, will present the fund plan
foi , student" endorsement at the
next meeting of the All-College
Cabinet
Hyslop Will Address
Art Group Tonight
Francis E Hyslop, Instiuctor in
fine arts, will lead a discussion on
Pennsylvania painters at the sec
ond meeting ot the newly organ
ized'Friday Evening Art gioup in
the" 2nd floor lounge of Old Wpiin
at S' o’clock tonight
This group has grown from a
small number of studenJa interest
ed'in learning more about art to
an open meeting to which botli
students and faculty members are
invited. 4
' Sign Now For PSCA Trip
r vßuth"Mabee, PSCA secretary has
'CBjnced that all students inter*
In going on the Association’s
k-Bali Chftdtmas vacation social
V Piry trips should sign up at the
fULa, office hefere i leaving school.
ofeiru-vA/eeKiy
itestina! influenza which struck
on the decline yestei day as dn>-
m an all-time high of 347 on
Monday.
145 Calls On Saturday
Lust Saturday was the biggest
m the 25-vear histoiy of the
Health Service with 145 calls in
the half day the dispensary wus
open
Fiom Monday’s peak, the total
uumbci of calls dropped to 245 on
Tuesday and to 235 by Wednes
day Yesterday’s figures are nos
yet available
The worst day of the epidemic
was Monday, and women weie the
most affected with 176 flu illnesses
leported Figures compiled by the
health seivicc showed the extent
Feeling
In Bed 111
58 48
.. 8 27
30 5
- 10 5
5
Athci ton
MacAlhster
Women's Bldg
Giangc
Soiorities
Totals .
Although a laigci number of
students were affected than ever
before m the history of the Col
lege,v -sicknes
swas not nearly as great, nor the
disease as senous, as dunng the
influenza epidemic of 1918-19
At that time the Health Seivicc
was praised for keeping deaths
uow'n to six In the present epi
demic, many of the students re
ported ilj have not even had to
go to bed and none was seriously
sick
Night Club Will
Feature Santa
Kris Kringlc Will Present
Gifts At Party Tonight
"Silent Night” will roar out of
the Old Mam, 1 cellar tonight as
cleat-eyed students, still sobei af
tci lound on round of drinks, hold
u Christmas celebiation 10 days
early in the waveung candlelight
of the new Diy Dock soft drmlc
mtc club
Everything is set for the kind
of a show that would make veteran
night club gocis sit up and take
notice—with blinking eyes Santa
Cluus will ainve, fully clothed, and
with gifts for everybody
The appearance of the red and
white gentleman will unleash a
program of carol singing planned
lo lock the sides of Old Mam Ned
Staitzel will act as mastci of ceic
momes
Mistletoe will hang in "appro
priate” spots in the club and a
decorated Chnstmas ticc will be
set up Dancing will last'fiom 9
p m to midnight
Reservations may be made at
Student Union until this evening
Vespers, Carol Sing
Mark Christmas Fete
The musical vespei seivicc by the College Choir Sunday and the
auminl caiol sing Momtav night will highlight Penn State’s pie-
Chnstmas musical piogram ,
The Choir's annual service has been slated foi Recreation Hall
at 3 p m Suniiav instead of the regular 31 a m chapel hour The
Caiol sing will again be held in fiotit of Old Mam at 0 p m Monday
Reversing former piocedurc, the
PSCA will hold its woislup seivice
in the Hugh Bpavei Room at B*3o
p m before the sing.
The College Choir of 112 voices,
under the direction of Prof Rich-
All coeds will have 10 o’cloeks
foi the caiol sing Monday night,
und a one o’clock permission
Tuesday night before Christmas
vacation, WSGA Senate announ
ced at its meeting, Tuesday
night.
ard W Grant, will sing numerous
selections $t Sunday’s service A
12-piece trombone choir, trained by
| ALL ABOARD
Special Christmas trains will
be operated next Wednesday and
on January 3 for students going
home over the holidays.
The trains will leave State
College via the Bcllefontc Cen
tral at 12*10 p m next Wednes
day for Altoona, Cresson, Johns
town, Latrobe, Grcensburg
(making connections for Con
nellsvillc and Uniontown), East
Liberty, Pittsburgh and points
west
At Bcllefontc immediate con
nections will be available for
Lock Haven, Emporium, Kane,
Coiry, Eric, Williamsport, Sun
buiy, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton
and intermediate stations Spe
cial leturn scivicc will be ai
ranged January 3 to reach heie
in time for first classes.
Railroad representatives will
be at Student Union desk aftei
8 30 a m. on Monday
IFC, IMA Work
To Close Rift
Two Groups Press For
Soc*al Co-operation,
Clarence H Evans ’4O announ
ced that the IFC has signified wilk,
Ingriess’to' co-operate'wifh*’ the IMA"
m promoting bettei feeling be
tween fraternity and independent
men at the meeting of the IMA
Central Council at the Penn Haven
Unit Wednesday night
Evans stated that the IFC has
submitted the names of nine fia
tcrnities who have agreed to open
their houses to independent units
for dances or parties if that unit
doesn’t have space to hold such
functions He urged the units to
icply quickly and stressed the ad
vantages of such a proposal.
To Hold Dance
It also was announced that the
IMA will hold its first all-membei
function Maich 30 Tentative
plans are for a closed dance with
a campus orchestra as the attrac
tion In connection with social af
fairs it was Stated that the Mac
Hall and Atherton Hall waiters
have planned a joint Christmas
paity in the Sandwich Shop to
morrow night
f Approval of the hat society com
mittee to further its work until
the next meeting of the All-Col
lege Cabinet >was granted. The
committee reported that if recog
nition is granted, the society will
get underway at the beginning of
next semester.
Penn State Club Will
Hold New Year Dance
The Penn State Club annual
All-College New Year dance will
be held in Rcc Hall, from 9-12
p m on January G, it was announ
ced yesterday
The dance will be informal and
Rex Rockwell’s orchestra will pio
vide the dance music.
Fiank Gullo, associate piofessor
of music, and a saxophone quartet
will also be featured.
-Over 130 students will take part
in the Carol Sing entertainment
Monday night, Rosemary E. Hai
ris chairman, has announced.
Besides the College Choir, the
trombone choir, and the saxophone
quartet, the Men’s Glee Club is
also on the program
A Christmas reading by Ray
mond W Tyson of the division of
speech, is listed Assisting in the
service aie Wildred E Watrous
'4O, J. Howard Mendenhall '42,
Mac Brown '4l and Catherine E
Colman '42.
Yeager Tops
Ticket, Wins
By 460-251
Frosh- Independent
Win Ist On Record;
Voters Set Mark
By WILLIAM E. FO,WJ_ER
Making a clean sweep of all five
freshman, class offices, the Inde
pendent Party thoroughly trounced
the All-College group 1 in heavy
balloting Tuesday
Eugene R Yeager, running weii
ahead of the rest of his slate, pil
ed ,up 460 votes—exactly 209 moio
The freshman Independent
Party, in a statement to the Col
legian yesterday, expressed its
wish to thank members of the
class of ’43 for their support and
pledged itself to carry out its
platform and duties to the best
of its ability
than the total of W Byion Riley,
All-College candidate George A
Palmei, vice-presidential aspirant,
topped Dennis V Gainey by the
same margin
In the secietarial fight Wilhel
,meiua~
Rooth, 405 to 305,’’while Paul H
Richards oveishadowed Charles B.
Ruttenberg, 441 to 2G9, to eup
tuic the post of treasurer
Best showing of any All-College
candidate was mude by Jacqueline
Shaffei, w'hose 331 votes fell only
50 shoit of the 381 polled by John
M McLaughlin foi historian
712 Votes Cast
The victoiy marked the fust
time in College history that the
Independent Paity has captured a
ficshman class election; while the
712 ballots set a new high for fust
year voting
It was a remaikably clean, well
managed election, with no penalties
foi code violation levied against
either party
The polls, ongmally scheduled to
close at 5 15 pm, were kept open
until 7 p m by special request of
the All-College Cabinet, enabling
about 100 additional freshmen to
\ote
Forum On War
Slated Monday
Social Problems Club Will
Discuss American IJeace
A panel discussion and forum on
wai will launch the Social Prob
lems Club’s campus-wide peace
piogiamTil Home Economics Audi
.orium at 7 p m Monday
With a new' program and poht\
ai ranged, the Club will cndeavoi
to make the student body "an
alert, conscious group, ready to
stop any move which might involve
America in Europe’s war.”
Piof John P Selsam willUegm
the discussion with “The causes of
the conflict.” Prof. John H Fej
guson will talk on “Should we stay
out,”., ami Prof Arthin H Rcecle,
will discuss “The economic dangci
of involvement ”
Prof Joseph F O’Brien, of the
diviston of speech, will be chan
man
Recital Features
Christmas Music
A special piograiu of Clulstmas
music will feature tills week’s Sat
urday Evening Record Concert in
the music room, fourth floor. Old
Main, ut J 30 p m, tomoriow*,
Richard A Welters '42, concert
chairmun, unqpunced today
Wolteis also stated that the con
certs of classical recordings aie
open to the public each week and
that ftom 70 to 80 music lovers
can be taken cure of at each ie
cital.
Included in the Christriias pro
gram will be Tchaikovsky’s "Nut
cracker Suite,” Wagner’s "Sieg
fried Idyll,” and Bach’s “Prelude
in G Minor.”