70f.T.D Seti^ii:eekly M. ,111l 312..GRAWS , - # SUCCESSOR 4ir To ;The Fre e Lanes, , Established 18S7 ' , it'tex__ll h ,,..;„3 /1 - "s cy l., \,,t, run _ t u f t ,::‘.(!.,:,,,,,,,,,,_ la rgtatt COMPLETE CAMPUS 'N e jess> . • COVERAGE VOL. 36—No. 30 Hetzel, . Warnock - And School Heads ~Okay FaceHyToll ~Collegian Plan Favored; -7 seen As Aid To Students And - Insfrudors Alike Oyinion , labeled as "gener favoiable" was recorded . by Administrative heads con earning the campus-wide Col , lekiampoll of the faculty by - tle -students. With President Ralph D Hetz 'el and Dean of Men Arthur R ' Warnock placing their stamp of 'approval on the, project, prospects ',tor a highli-successlul survey . ! loomed bright perforthed conscientiously, ' r and supervised intelligently, the - faculty rating should ,be helpful rIo students and faculty alike," "was the opinion of Dr Hetzel Fletcher Disapproves Only- one Dean 'registered dis `happroval to the survey which is Jaime_ primarily to evaluate the ';teaching effectiveness of the' en ' Sire-College faculty by the stuL 'cants • „Acting Dein Stevenson W Fletchdr of the School of Agri culture 4 was frank in his opposi -lion stating, "I do not favor the *paled appraisal ,of the class- Thom effectiveness of members of the faculty by the student body." Dean Fletcher based his disap *oval on the fact that "student appraisalon many cases, is likely to' be based on inadequate knowl edge of the, factors that enter in-, t6,inccessful teaching" Influenc9d By Personal Bias" some cases, it 'is likely to ,be influenced ' by: personal bias," Dean Fletcher ,pointed r out. -"In , 'Oructors - Nyllo , are most populai ~ : yiith.students arenot necessarily the , best teachers, in' fact,- grate "quite frequently, the opposite is Iffemhers,of-Jhe facultY., do ',and-ahialld-yalt47 , student opinion ..',6n,fhe;effeetweriesi Of their class=' 'lQm work, but student opinion .is only one of several criteria, most of-which are, more import ant than this one", 's ' c hlthough Dr Harry P Ham- Viond,,dean of the School of Ra raer/rig, sided with several of Fn, Fletcher's., points of view, 21'5'' did 'not ;oppose the general mitime of the survey Phys Ed School Willing ,Enthusiastic' approval was is sued by Dr.... Carl P Schott who 'slated, "The Schonl of Physical Education and Athletics will be glad to, cooperate with the Col legian poll of the faculty Wheth '' (Continued On Page Two) April,-1 Deadline Is Set Entries in Annual I - Indent BOok Conies! Prizes' of. $25 worth of books , awarded to, the two best ancients who enter the best book collections" (in the fifth annual Student Library Contest, it was ;Announced by Willard P. Lewis, 'librarian, yesterday. ,;,The deadline for entries is Ap- I. Information concerning the contest, which is open to any stii 'dent, can be obtained from Mi Lewis _ , , In older to be eligible for the 'contest books must -have book slates, or other marks of Identl 7 Ticabon. , Paper WLands - berg Gets Acclaim Newspape r HereV,the answer to Admiral Byrd's quest for habitable land in Antarctica,or Little America( ' , Dr Helmut Landsberg, assistant professoi geophysics, received iFationalrec4intiori in the Nevi York Times, Newsweek and United ;Press papers'when he delivered a paper to the American Meteorology Society'in:Columbus; Ohio; offering a 'solution to skeptics who doubt iiracticibility of,,Osing polai'regions for practicalpurposes. -- -ered- that frozen surfaces treated with coal dust absorbed more than 90 percent of the energy radiated by the sun, while the non-treated ice - absorbed' only 10 - percent and stayed in a frozen condition Because coal dust is highly non reflective, Dr. Landsberg maintain causes, the sun's rays to melt an,ice block in four hours in contrast to uncovered blocks which only "shrink 37 percent in ten hours. :"Dr:L ' andsberg'also recommend ed the use of black coal dust on Icy highways, 'a - fine, dark dust help ing...to melt the, ice off_ the road 4'9te rapidly • ~Showmg •thall mien ice-covered Kgions as, Antarctica or Greenland ,could,be utilized by the simple ex pedient coal from un 'deineath the surface and placing it pulveilzed forrnzon top i of the A Di 'Landsberg pointed out that fiett,t7eneigy;liomlthe- sun -will be .abaorbedfantlx melt. the • ice. 4 . l l 4At*timeiyhen , nien are wrang liugit,4ark`more ,:territory,l., Dr I,andsberg,:stitted, "one might at ,feltstaswhether 'from'. the iiilarregibni'could be' titilized_by L l TiOthig "th, glacier, snows " 41.iittt,er,...erthrary.e:Falexerper;imeoeir g HILLEL SPEAKER Maurice Samuel, brilliant lec turer, writer: and traveler, who will'speak at the Hillel Founda tion at 7:30p. m. next Thursday. Samuel:also noted for his Iran.- labon of Sholom Asch's best selling' novel, "The Nazarene," will appear in the second of the Hillel ~Foundation's forum se- Ice Skating Rink To Be Opened To Students Today Tennis Courts Frozen; Ice Hockey Team To Practice Vn New Rink The College expected to have its own ice - skating rink today for'the - first time in history after the experimental flooding of the six tennis courts nearest Recre ation Hall last night. . Whether or, not the flooding, which was begun Ike yesterday afternoon, would be successful guiri'went 'to press. If the ice froze as expected the rink will be opened to students at 3 o'clock this afternoon with skating , periods scheduled daily from - 3 to 530 p in. and , from 7 to 10 p. m Floodlights w l be used for night skating 10• Cent Charge Temporarily, skaters will be charged 10 cents to defray upkeep costs The rink is large enough to handle-more than 200 skaters without overcrowding and for the time being will be open to all corners If crowds become too large admission will be restricted to students A , third of the rink will be roped off each afternoon to allow practice periods for Penn State's informal hockey players—the "iceless wonders" who last month had to travel 100 miles to Hersh ey to hold their practice After plans to convert the ten nis courts into a rink were ap proved Monday, _ preparations Back- tonext c-"were were begun immediately. Wed nesday all ,snow was 'moved from\ the courts and yesterday four-Inch sideboards were placed to hold 4n - the water 'Poles used for ,the tennis court 'nets will be covered with matting to protect skaters , .. . Strictly speaking, the courts are not goaded but are sprayed, a thin layer of water being ap ,Continued On Page 4 Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA:, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940 New Streamline Type AdoptedßyCollegi4a By A. WILLIAM ENGEL, Mt, Editor Keeping step with the times, the Collegian today appears in,a new streamlined type dress and a complete new series of hendlltie types—the ultra-modern of collegiate newspapers A "streamlined" headline style Beginning with the first edition was the Collegian's initial attempt to modernize the paper this year': With such clean-cut headlines gaining impetus in the newspaper field for the past few years, it was the modern way to do in offering theiit Now, with today's issue, another progressive step has been taken— one which will rank the Penn State Collegian among the tops in typography The new ,headline and body type faces give the Collegian a modern, readable appearance which we believe to be the equal of any newspaper in the nation Styles in newspapers change, as styles in everything else, and with today's Issue the Collegian appears in a new "dress" In 'its creation, art and science were partners, and the result Is a triumph of visual engineering This paper is now tiubllslied in type of a size known to printers as "71• point type on a 9 point slug" It is the largest type now used by any newspapers Called "Excel- Education Bldg. Opens Next Month Nature Classes Expected To Occupy Three Rooms During Next Semester A section of the new Education building will be open for the de partment of nature education classes during the second semes ter, Dean Marion R Trabue of the School of __Education announced yesterday The nature department will be given three Nerns t on • the north end of_ the third floor of the new building Two of the rooms will be used for laboratory work, and room Because Of crowded conditions( the nature departinent has been holding classes in the water tow er, which will now be turned o%er to the School of Physical Educa tion Dean Ti•abue stated that it was impossible to set a date for the moving of the remainde: of the education departments into the new building Attendance Al Pan-Hel Ball Expected To Exceed Last Year By Nearly 200 Over 300 sorority women and their escorts will attend the an nual Panhellenic Ball at the Nit tany Lion Inn from 9 30 p' m. until 1 a. m. tonight. All those attending have been granted 2 o'clock permissions by WSGA Senate - With members of the II cam pus sororities, as well as several "stray r Greeks" invited, the at tendance this year, will_ exceed that of last year, by almost 100 couples Panhellenic Association regrets that all members of sororities not on this campus who applied for invitations could not be placed on the door list. The attendance was restricted to nationaLsocial soror ities belonging to- national Pan hellenic and to sororities in the local association. Dance music will be by Rex Rockwell and his band , Popular Performers Will Enterlain Al re-Opening Of Drydock Toinorrow Laughs and merriment will be the keynote of the 1940 re-opening ' of the Drydock Club tomorrow night, the nite club committee said yesterday Retutning .by popular demand will be the Three Stooges, comedy sensations of the campus, and Buddy Yanofsky, m, c, for the last time before he graduates in February. Jackie Reese, singer, will also appear In the floor show Dancing will be from 9 to 12 with music supplied by the hit swing bands of the nation on wax Rseervations for the Drydock Club may' be made at Student ,Linen nounced that dancing will be per until Saturday at noon. The nite club committee also an mltted in the Sandwich Shop every evening and Anyone wishing to use, the, nickelodeon for that purpose after 7 p -m. may do so sior,' the type has the character and characteristics tailored pei' fectly for the newspaper it will clothe , In addition to the new body, the' Collegian has revised its headline assortment The Century, CondenP ed face which appeared most,frc3 quenUy in all size headlines in paper has been discounted In:its place the Collegian will use'a comt, plete font or assortment of Erbac, Bold Condensed, Erbar Light Con'? domed, Cheltenham Bold,. and Gothic Bold The changes accompany the in- 1 stallatton of the latest productl'ofv the Mergenthaler Linotype Co Model 32 Linotype, which has beeN installed during the past week at the Centre Daily Times shop where the Collegian is printed College Presented Netherland Tulink Senior Girl Responsible For Dutch Government Giving Choice Flowers While Hitler's armies were massed along the Dutch border a few weeks ago, negotiations were being completed for the transfer of a million tulips to the United States Today, as a result of a sugges tion made by Herbert Askwith of New York, publicity director , n America for the' Holland Bulb Growers, Penn State will ,be the recipient_of., 2,000, of those .tulipt, 'thief glory of- the Netherlands . Askwith moved by the plea of his daughter, Marjorie, Penn State senior, and by the general convic tion that the College has 'the most beautiful campus in America," te quested the Dutch government to select Penn State as the lone in stitution in the country to receov a gift of the choicest varieties of tulips to be planted as a demon stration campus display At the same time Askwith rec ommended Riverside Drive and the new Henry Hudson Parkway in New York City as the best site foi a spectacular planting of the 1,000,000 tulips on a scale never before realized in America The tulips, under negotiation while Nazi armies waited at the Dutch , border, finally arrived on three ships, the last of which lett Rotterdam immediately before the Dutch ban on shipping caused by the sinking of the Simon Bolivar by German mines Although the flowers leached New York safely, it soon became evident that the Penn State ship ment had been held up in Holland Askwith then persuaded the City of New York, in view of the cir cumstances, to give up 2,000 of its own allotment to Penn State And so, Holland's chief, glory will bloom in a lavish display of color on the campus next May' Gown Orders Due Today All order for caps and gowns needed by mid-year graduates must be at Student Union today accord ing to Senior Class President David E Pergrm and no orders will be taken after oday A deposit of $5 is necessary with each order Senator Robert A. Taft has beeii acclaimed as Yale Univeist ty's man-of-the-year by an alumni. organization. Order Of Registration Announced Second semester regishation will be held in Recreation Hall on Monday 'and Tuesday, February 5 and 6, Registrar William S Hoffman said yesterday To avoid congestion in Recreation Hall, Hoffman -indicated that students will be required to register them in the following order. A to Bor—Monday 1 to 5 L, Mc to Mat—Monday 10 to 12 Bos to Co—Tuesday Ito 5 P to'R—Monday Ito 5 CI to E—Monday 10 to 12 S to: Sp—Tuesday 1 to 5 F to G—Tuesday 8 to 12 -St to V—Monday 10 to 12 H to IL-Monday 1 to 5 W to Z—Tuesday 8 to 12 J to K—Tuesday 1 to 5 This year the permission grained m previous years to ex change registration places has been revoked because of the mid semester vacation. All students who register late within the registration period will be assessed the late penalty fee df one dollar "GOOD 'GOVERNMENT" DAVID E. PERGRIN + 4. + Self-Government Here Among Best U.S.'—Pergrin ';Student Power Al Slate Amazes Other Colleges At Recent Convention . 1 "Penn State ' s student govern ment is one of the best in the country compared to those of oth er colleges and universities," as leerted senior class president Da r& E Pergrm, who attended the motional convention of the Na tional Student Federation Associ ation held in Minneapolis during 'the Christmas holidays Pergrin stated that student rep resentatives from other schools were amazed at' the scope and power held by students, here in management of their own govern ;l;q,eutoagencies =IMi!I "Much of our success here must be ciedited to President Hetzel," said Pergrm, "because lie has al ways favored a strong student government and has cooperated to the fullest extent in aiding the student body " tAt few schools, Pergi in pointed out, do such conditions as Tribu nal's power to expel a student, the freedom of press enjoyed by the Collegian, the balancing of class budgets by an Interclass Fi nance Board, and the distribu tion of caps, gowns, and invita tions exist even in mild form. Many Student Powers Student representation heie on the Athletic Advisory Board, the Scholarship Committee, Student Welfare Committee, Calendar Committee, Public Occasions Committee is strange to under graduates at the majority of in stitutions, Pergrm said In a survey taken at the con vention, the average college had only 20 per cent of its student body participating in class voting, while here 85 per cent of the stu dents turn out at election time "This fact shows that students here are interested in their gov ernment and think 'enough of it to participate in its workings That is what makes for a strong student government," Pergrm concluded EE Seniors Attend Confab For Engineering Faculty Nme,semoi electlical engmeeis attended the mid-winter dinner meeting and student branch con ference of the Pittsbuigh Section of the American Institute of Elec trical Engineeis in Pittsbuigh Tuesday Hai old It Lloyd '4O serv ed as chairman of the conference and Harold H. Lefever '4O gave a talk on "Anticipatory Control," Dinks And Black Ties May Vanish Alter Annual Class Duel In Gym Tonight At 8 Lineup For Frosh-Soph Scrap Line-ups for the freshman-sophomore customs fight in Rec reation Hall at 8 p m tonight were released yesterday by boxing coach Leo Houck Final selection in those weights where alter nates are named was held off until today. Most of the boxers were chosen from last month's intramurals Intramural champ ions are denoted by (x) while defeated finalists are denoted by (xx) An asterisk (.) denotes boxers from last year's freshman team FRESHMAN Weight SOPHOMORE John Reitz ix) or 120 Donald W Holllgen (xx) Al Berseth Herb Jennings ix) or J 27 Ai t Christman Jim Metzler Bill Mazzocco of Milt Dickson Henry Sevin° (xi or Bob Jordan Bill Richards (xxi or Ed Gales Phil Zeper (xx) or John Stembacher Emer Kasplyzk (xx) or Bill Madden Len Frescoln (xx) NCAA Acts To Curb Semi-Pro Athletics Lion Officials Study Effects Of Rulings; Higgins Represents College At Sessions See Editorial, :Purging Professionalism in College Football, What effect the new National Collegiate Athletic Association ruling adopting a "big stick" against schools . which flit on the borderline of semi-professionalism in ath letics would have n the Penn State program was a moot (pies- Call To Report Rooming Difficulties Issued By -Student , Housing A call for all students having or knowing of any specific hous ing or housing contract difficul ties to repot t these to the Stu dent Housing Board was issued by the board after its meeting Monday Cases brought before the board will remain confidential, Adam A Smysei '4l, board chairman, said yesterday Reports may be made through Student Union The board at Its meeting elect ed Margaret R Comly '43, WSGA representative, to serve as sec etaiy Pinafore To Play Altoona Monday Three Other Road Trips Voted Out By Thespians When the Penn State Thespians present their smash hit "Swing Pinafoie" to an Altoona audience in the Roosevelt JlllllOl high school at 8 p m Monday, they will be the first Thespian Fall Show ever to venture out of the hinterlands, and the first Thespian production to take to the road in two years The Altoona presentation of "Pinafoie" will be a community project, sponsored by the Penn State undergraduate tenter at Al toona It will be the last road ven ture of the "Pinafore" troupe, at least befoie the mid-semester final exams The Thespians' Board of Con trol voted out tluee more previ ously planned trips to Harrisburg. Lewistown, and Williamsport be cause of the rapidly approaching finals "Swing Pinafore' is not dead yet, however, as plans are aheady afoot for road engagements next semester Ryan, Replaces Carr As GSA Inspector Here; Work On Contract Lags , Joseph R Ryan, formerly dis trict inspector for the Geneial State Authority, has replaced Theo dore F Carr as resident inspeetm in State College, it was announced this week by GSA headquarters Meanwhile, progress on the building contracts remained vir tually at a standstill as contractors awaited the arrival of shipments of laboratory equipment chairs, etc Officials predicted that work on Contract 11 would near completion with the arrival of the remaining chairs needed next week. Simon Segal or Walt Greenberg Homer Hoffman or Don Giacobine. Barney Ewell (x) or Bill Boerner (x) Hal Gibbons (x) or Les Navran Ow Harry Masters• Heavy Paul Mall* on page 2 tion today Athletic officials here were still studying significance and meaning of the new rulings adopted over the Christmas holidays, and Dr Carl P. Schott, dean of the School of Physical Education and Ath letics, was not ready to comment until he had seen full minutes of the meetings These have not yet arrived here The NCA A rulings aimed at ending college subsidation of dth letes were I—No athlete shall receive aid other than payment for legiti mate employment from athletic funds, directly or indirectly 2—An athlete shall be required in employment to give full and honest return for any pay re ceiced 3—The membership of any mem ber failing to maintain accept able scholastic or athletic sten dai ds may be terminated by the vote of two-thirds of the delegates present at an annual convention Enforcement Questioned Since the NC A A adopted the radical ruling it has been ques tioned in many sources whether effective enforcement could be ac hieved because, according to some commentators, all of the several hundred colleges sponsoring major football teams are thereby liable to exclusion from the N C A A A study of the Penn State situa tion as concerned with the present ruling is being carried on at the present time, but no immediate action is likely, nor is it likely to be immediately decided what changes if any will be necessary to have the College athletic policy coincide with that now prescribed by the NC A A Skinner Pleases Audience Despite Husband's Illness "The show must go on " These were the words Come to herself Tuesday evening when the second Artists' Course audien• Few persons knew during Miss Skinner's color f ul performance that her mind was traveling back to a New York hospital where her husband, Alan Blodget, a New York business man, is recovering from a serious toboganning acci dent Coming here from her husband's bedside, where she had been since his accident, the celebrated char acter actress captured her audi: ence with vivid characterizations of modern and historical person ages Miss Skinner's first three mono logues, which depicted modern characters, were "The Eve of De parture," "Times Square," and "Being Presentedt" Concluding her sketches with "The Loves of Charles II" Miss Oago PRICE FIVE CENTS "43 Pep Rally Scheduled For Schwab Auditorium Preceding Customs Bout This may be the last day of freedom for 1,110 freshmen. From now on when they get up in the morning they may have to choose what color tie to wear, when the . ) , come up to Old Main they may have to decide for them selves what door to use, no longer can they go blithely to z lass without wondering whether to take a short cut aci oss the grass, and from now on when they go out-of. doors they may have to de cide for themselves whether to weal a hat. If their boxing team beats the sophomores' tonight, it's all up. Student Tribuanl won't do then thinking for them anymore. Black ties will no longer be prescribed, Old Main will have more than a front entrance, walks will no longer define the way to class, and clinks will no longer be the order of the day It is with the idea that they may have to shoulder these re sponsibilities that the freshman class will get together In Schwab Auditorium at 7 15 tonight to spend its last blissful hour, sing ing and cheering for old time's sake The freshman pep rally will dis- Continued On Page 4 Penn State Ranks 15fh Natimially In Enrollment; Second Largest In State With a first semester enrollment of 7,200 full-time students, Penn State ranks fifteenth among the countries' colleges and universi ties, accoiding to College Regis tiai William S Hoffman, in his analysis of the Di Raymono V.al ters' School and Society reeistia tion statistics De Walteis, who is president of the University of Cincinnati, has published his findings for more than twenty years, Hoffman stat ed, and his data this year, which was compiled from the report.. of 648 institutions, was probably the largest group eve' meluded in his papers The only other Pennsylvania school which tops Penn State In the Walters' statistics is the Um velsity of Pennsylvania which is fourteenth with 147 more students enrolled The University of Pitts burgh ranks 25th with 6265 stu dents Ten years ago Penn State was in 32nd position below Pitt .ird Penn but during the first semesto of the 1934-35 term had pushed forward to 27th lank Enianon Service Tonight There will be Friday evening services at 7 p m today under the auspices of Emanon, the Hillel Foundation has announced rla Otis Skinner probably repeated the famous monologist entertained e in Schwab Auditorium Skinner portrayed a historical In terpretation of the women in Char les Il's royal house Library TO Hold Cartoon Exhibition During January An exhibition of 25 outstanding ouginal cartoon drawings along with books and other material per taming to the drawing of the car toon will be on display in the Cen tral Library this month The cartoons, which have ap peared in many of the nation's leading publications, are repre sentative of the work of such popu lar artists as Jay Irving, Chen Day, and Garrett Price.
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