i College Examiner (...- SeFtIV-11Ateekly SUCCESSOR le e , . - 1 (''.Y.„---- ' RUTH lIABEE To The Free Lance, "1111 —lf ~, , t,t•lla . i. - z . Established 18137 II run tzt r, . ii i\r!,.:.._.,:::"0,...3..,:vi.:7.i. D VAIN :- -Z .- :`. 7 % . rt rgiatt ',,' let., VOL. 36—No: 31 -Penn State 1939 Soccer Team Wins - Seventh Collegiate Crown, Siiaring Diadem With Princeton Tigers In On Lion's Share But Each Will Receive ) ,Trophy From National Association; State Was Undefeated, But Tied, Princeton Beaten Once - By ED McLORIE 3 ' Penn State's undefeated soccer outfit hung up another victory wreath Saturday when the Lions were declared Eist ern co-champions with Princeton by the Intercollegiate Soc cer-Football Association of America at the annual meeting ,held in New,York Saturday. Last year the Nittany hooters were named'undtsputed champions. Despite the State victory streak +--- ,of 53 games without defeat dur ing the past seven years,and this Year's record of six .wins and one ..tie,-Princeton gained co-honors in the decision of the committee The Tigers won 8 and lost 1, and were champions of the Middle Atlantic Conference Jeffiey Praises Tiger Team Commenting on the committee's decision, Coach Bill Jeffrey indi cated - some disappointment but was - quick to declare, "After all many schools' have to be consid ered and Princeton had a fine .team' 'added that the State team somewhat handicapped in such _matters by not being a.member of - any:league , and 'consequently not -haVing that support. Jeffrey seemed of the opinion that the national association is striving to encourage the non-league teams to organize a, new competitive soccer' loop New members admitted to the association Saturday were Buck nell, Virginia, Davidson, Duke, Clemson , and South Carolina, it has been announced --- Lion Championship Record " When this ~year's team gained ,the colehampionship it,raised the ,77on , record.to seven times chain- - ;i l ,Riiiii2..wheJeftay„,;.coashe - Cla , .ams Twerezallisiniited" title .hol'ders i.l92,9"and' - 1938,',;while they tied With Princeton and Haverford in 1926, "-with Penn in , '1933, with Princeton,- Syracuse , and West - „Chester in 1939 and shared hon ors. with Princeton and Spring field ' ..",Yale nosed -Out the Lions in 1935, although', State was uncle- Stated untied and unscored upon, while the Ells were undefeated but scored upon It was later ex plained that Yale,, Was awarded the ..diadem because they had played 4 more games than Slate. ilt has been, announced by the association' that both Penn State and Princeton will receive indi vidual championship trophies eeteis Chosen To,Head Penn State, FFA Chapter :;.At elections last week, the Penn State chapter of the Future Farm : ers of America elected Robert Pet ,arst43, president "for , the coming *her.- Reisacceeds Samuel Dum vOthei members elected to office were Clifford Peet '42, vice presi "tient, Kermit , '42, secretary, - Alexander Ruth '42, treasurer; Harold Loy '43, iepoitei, and Sam her Dein .'4l, as Agilculture Stu dent' Council representative. Mr Russel B Dickerson, dePartment of tura' education, 'was, chosen as chapter, ,advisers, Conflict Ee 11 Jan'3o-2"103 Ag AgEc,l2 Jan 30-2 200 Hort, 14 - Jan 80-10 20 206 'PH 'Agro '6 Jan 31-10 20 103 Ag ' All 'l , Jan 30-10.20.215 Dairy "Ali-415 Jan 30-8 8 Dairy Art 55 Jan 31-2 128 SLA Hot e l Jan 27-8 201 TC 136 t 3 Jan 29:2;128 SLA 'Bot 10 Jan 27=10 20 128 SLA Jari 30-10 20 208 BL Cliem^l,Jan 29-8 JOB'Phys Chem 3 Jan 30-10 20 312 Main Chem 20'Jan 25-2 235 SLA Com s'Jan 29.8 234 SLA Corn 10 Jan 30-8 127 SLA Corn 20 Jan 31-8 128 SLA ,Corn 30 Jan 31-8,102 EngA Corn 40' Jan 31-8 235 SLA C0n,90 Jan 29-8 118 HE' Econ'l 'Jan 29-2 5 NLA; Eabn - 16 Jaxi.3o-10 201127 SLA - Econ 23 Jan l 29-10.204 NLA Edon,42'Jan 2918 8 NT A' Ed'lMar,26-10 20 101 EngA"' e EE7o'Jan - 31-10 20.35,Ed EE B,jarr 29 7 13A.02 EngAs'-i ErigLaw, 3, Jan 30-2 201 TC EnglComp,o Jan 29-8 2 WH` laglComp 4 Jar:80710:20 &MA Cabinet Acts On Proposals Hat Society Up For , Final 'Ballot' Yesterday Although the All-College Cabi net held its first meeting of the new year last night after the Col legian had gone to press, and Cabinet decisions will not be pub lished until Friday's issue, sever al important problems were 'to be acted upon , The proposed Independent Men's Hat Society, which has been tabled for the past two months will come up before the Cabinet for a final ballot. Wallace A Dunlap '4O; chairman of the hat society committee will pre sent a recommendation to the Cabinet for approval AU-College president H Clif ton McWilliams is considering recommending a student hospital ization plan to the Cabinet, but no definite action. will be -taken until the next meeting. McWilliams will apimmt.a, tzar ,fice,-.:Eommittee...tyiliichiAwig.4.sexp' suggestionVto'llii, borough coun cil for approval r The Cabin - el - will recognize. E ugene R Yeager as Freshman Class president. -In order that Cabinet members will attend' all meetings of the Cabinet, a plan — may be put into effect which will force any mem ber of the group to resign if he or she is absent from more than three meetings. February - 15 And 16 Set As Fee Payment Dates February 15 and 16 have been set as the days for payment of second semester fees, the Bursar's office has announced Fees will be paid in the Armory. _ The temporary Bursar's office in - the Armory will be open from 9 a. m. to 5 p m. on those days through the lunch hour Correction The registration day and time for students - whose names fall within the letters Mas to 0 m elusively was left out of the schedule appearing in the Col legian last Friday Registration for students fall ing in the grouping Mas to 0 will be in Recreation Hall from 8 a m to 12 on Tuesday, Feb ruary 6 arnination Schedule EnglComp 5 Jan 27-10 26 200 EngD EnglComp 9 Jan 26.8 4 NLA EnglLit 1 Jan 29-10.20 405 Main EnglLit 20 Jan 26-8 127 SLA EnglLit 21 Jan 30-8 312 Main EnglLit 22 Jan 30-8 103 HE EnglLit 43 Jan 25-8 302 Main Ent 408 Jan 27-8 418 Main For 3 Jan 29-8 127 SLA" For 37 Jan 30-8 For Back For 89 Jan 30-10 20 For Back Fr 1 Jan 29-8 3 NLA' Fr 2 Jan 31-10.20 235 SLA Geol 30 Jan 31-8 105 MI Ger 1 Jan 29-10:20 312 Main Ger 3 Jan 30-8 412 Main HE 109 Jan 30-8 19 HE' HE 312 Jan 30-10:20 19 HE Hist 12 Jan 30-2 235 SLA Hist 20 Jan 26-8 124 SLA Hist 21 Jan 30-2 3 NLA Hist 23 Jan 30-8 8 NLA Hyd 4 Jan 27-10 20 215 MEng IE 315 Jan 30-2 234 SLA Jour% 1 Jin 30-2 128 SLA _ Journ 21 Jan . :27-8;412 Main , JoUrn 24 Jan 26-2 392 Main , Tourn4o Jan 30-8 302 Mam Tonrn, , 42 Jan 30-8 418 Main 1.818t1: 2 4r- 31 7 8 b .NLA Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., SCOTCH WITH TITLE New LA Building Opens February 6 I 5 Classrooms Available For Use Next Semester; Offices Remain Closed Crowded' classroom conditions will be alleviated by the utilize : bon of the 15 classrooms of the new Liberal Arts building next semester, Scheduling Officer Ray V Watkins_ announced yesterday No information on possible use of other new buildings was avail able as yet," aside from the recent "annVuriedirigit7by`, Dean "ffiarionrh — Trabue that foul classrooms in the new Education building will be open Although seating facilities in the new LA unit are not completed as yet, local General State Author- The terms North Liberal Arts (NLA) and South Liberal Arts (SLA) will be abolished in next semester's timetable and all rooms in those buildings and the new central unit will be labeled merely Liberal Arts (LA), Sched uling Officer Raymond V. Wat kins anounced yesterday ; Location of class rooms by number will be as follows In the north building, rooms 3 to 8 inclusive In the new central building, rooms 1,2, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 121, 227, 228, 304, 305, 309, 312, and 316 In the south building, room., 12 to 18 inclusive, 124 to 128 inclusive, 233 to 237 inclusive and 239 ity officials have ordered the seat ing contractor to finish installa tions in the building before the second semester opens, it was ported None of the numerous offices in the new structure will be avail able next semester, however, Wet kuis stated The School adminis tration and departments of Eng hsh composition, public speaking, philosophy, English literature, Continued On _Page 4 Math 8 Jan 26-10 20 5 NLA Math 10 Jan 30.8 5 NLA Math 11 Jan 30-8 4 NLA Math 14 Jan 26-8 5 NLA Mils 3 Jan 30-8 201 EngA ME 104 Jan 29-8 235 SLA MEDes 3 Jan 31-8 301 EngC MEDes 104 Jan 30-10 20 205 EngA Met 474 Jan 29-8 119 MI PH 1 Feb-1.8 200 TC PhysEd 3 Jan 30-10 20 Aim PhysEd 11 Jan 30-10,20 12 SLA PhysEd 13 Jan 20-7-9 PM 105 WH PhysEd 58 Jan 29-10'20 127 SLA Pol Sci 3 Jan 31-8 912 Main Pol Sci 5 Jan 29-10 20 302 Main Pol Sci 13 Jan 29-10 20 235 SLA Pol Sci 14 Jan 29-10:20 412 Main Pol Sci 417 Jan 26-8 128 SLA t Psy 2 Jan 30-2 2 EngF Psy 14 Jan 25-10.20 128 SLA - Soc 1 Jan 29-2 405 Main Soc 2 Jan 30-8 235 SLA Soc 4 Jan 31-10 20 200 EngD Soc 5 Jan 30-10 20 235 SLA Soc 12 Jan 26-2 412 Main Sp 1 Jan 27-8 302 Main Speech 252, 350, 410 Jan 25-7 PM 8 NLA Zool 3 Jan 30-8 214 Sli.A. Studeni Dies Suddenly In Infirmar Hospitctliz Harvard Man To Address Graduation 151 ,Seniors Will Receive Baccalaureate Degrees Here On January 31 '- -Dr Kirtley F Mather, of ,liar yard University, will be The speak— er at the commencement exercises on January 31, it was announced yesterday At the same time Registrar Willi: lam S Hoffman announced that the graduating class would include 151 candidates for bachelor de grees No figure is available on the number of advanced degrees to be conferred At Harvard Since 1927 Dr Mather has been professor of geology at Harvard since 1927 and director of the summer sessions there since 1934 His books include "Adult Educa tion, A Dynamic for Democracy,' "Old Mother Earth," "Science in Search of God," "Sons of Earth," and "Fauna of the Morrow Founda tion " During 1919 and 1920 he was geologist with Richard Lever in conducting explorations in 'east ern Bolivia He hold four derees B S from Dennison University in 1909, Sc 1) from Dennison in 1929, Ph.D from the University of Chicago in 1915, - and Sc D from Colby in 19.36 Opening Of College,Rink Is Postpaned , AsVaim, Weather MeltS Ice - A rising thermometer has tem porarily postponed plans to open a College ice skating rink on the six tennis courts nearest Rec Hall. Ice will be frozen on the courts, however, as soon as the weather turns cold enough. A first attempt to freeze the courts met with some success last Thursday night and 'it would have been possible to skate Friday morning although no skaters were on hand By afternoon, however, the thermometer had risen and the ice melted The weather, however, gave the College enough time to satisfy it self that flooding of the courts was possible PSC Votes To Advance Nomination Of Officers Contrary to former years, nom inations for the election of officers wil be held by the Penn State Club on February 14, it has been an nounced Formerly, the nominations and elections were held after the All- College elections, but In order to acquaint newly elected officers with their duties, the Club's con; stitution was amended, calling for nominations and elections directly after the first semester A new office, publicity manager, was added! to the executive com mittee The present officers of the Penn State Club are Michael Ba log '4O, president, Theodore Rice '4l, vice-president; Edgar V: Hall '4l, acting publicity manager, Po bert A Henkel '4l, secretary, Charles D Smith '40, , social Chair man, William A Bitting '4O, ath letic manager, and Arthur K Woernle, '4l, treasurer Members of the nommatmg com mittee, appointed by Balog, are* Charles D Smith '4O, William Bit ting '4O. 'John J Jampetero '4O, tor E Gentilman '39 ' FicultyAct As Judges At Annial'Farm,Show Twelve members of the agri cultural and home economics staffs are serving as judges at the 24th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show at Harrisburg. They will select the winners from approximately 10,- 000 entries The show started yes terday and will end Friday. The judges are E-W Callenbach, H C' Knandel, R. R Murphey, P. H Margolf, D R Marble, F. L Bentley, P. S. MacKenzie, 3 S Cobb, C. 0 Cromer, C F. Noll, 21:' A. Farrell and Miss Edith Harding DAY, JANUARY 16, 1940 tion Plan oard Will Decide n $5 Fee Increase proposed By Students , ef e The student plan fora week's ' e hospitalization and elinuna lion of Health Service charges trough a $5 annual fee increase itas received the okay of adminis +bye officials here and will be re fined to the Board of Trustees egg January 26 and 27 with only , ,t yo changes from the original plan The changes are the elimination Ott sections' calling for the Health 1 Service to employ a staff surgeon aid providing for doctors to ans wer calls from students in town I 'lt was pointed out yesterday that tine points—which have aroused Considerable controversy—are still being considered along with other 3 ealth Service improvements , owever, they have been dropped mporarily to expedite passage of the more important hospitalize dm plan tl. Unanimously Approved This plan last week received the , unanimous approval of the Council o w ' ,Administration and earlier had ben okayed by Dr Joseph P Attenour, director of the Health' Service` fln'its general outlines it calls for 09, increase in the annual health fde , from $5 to $lO to allow each student seven days' free hospitali *ion and to eliminate all of the sdrvice charges now made at the Dispensary illntroduced last May by the Stu dent Health Board, the plan was ast presented to the Board of L add last June They heard it returned it to President Ralph D ,, Hetzel for further consideration If-approved by the Trustees at ir,rneeting in Harrisburg, next ' 4 , 4 =the-plan , rwillzgatinto , &feet in September during a trial period Dr Ritenour has estimated that it will bring a 25 percent increase in Hospital patients Col.'Emery Will Discuss Defense Campus Military Chief Speaker For LA Lecture At 1:30 P.M. Today Col Ambrose R Emery, n charge of the department of mili tary science and tactics, will dls cuss,,, "America's National De fense" in one of a series of Lib eral Arts lectures to be delivered in Home Economics auditorium at 7 30 tonight In his talk, the Colonel will trace the development of Ames scan national defense from a stale of inadequacy through the 19th and early 20th centuries and into a gradual improvement which has resulted since the National 11.- fense Act of 1916 Most of the textbooks used in our modern school system are mi.,- leading, Col Emery will pointout, showing that most dwell on Amer ican successes while overlooking disgraceful performances, narrow escapes, repeated follies, and enor mous losses of blood and treasuie which spotted early, American military history Preparations Completed Foe Poor To Begin Work On Mural During'March ( Workmen this week will remove the scaffolding and canvas curtains erected m Old Main lobby while they were closing up the balcony aperture and preparmg the north wall for the mural pamting which Henry Varnum Poor will begin in March. , The rough plaster now on the wall will remain there until March when Poor begins his fresco paint ing:of the beginnings of the Col lege , At that time the artist will apply his own finishing surface of plaster while he works, doing his painting while it is still wet I When Poor actually begins painting the wall no canvas cuz tains will be erected and the public Will, be' allowed to watch the ai - tist' at work A clause in Poor's contract with the College also stip ulates that all of his painting— whichAs expected to take.' about two months—must be done while the College is in session. ets OK Here, Goes To Trustees Faculty Member Wants Deans Rated In Survey Anonymous Letter Hints Deans 'Pass Buck' To Students To Cover Up Own Shortcomings Requesting that deans be included in the Collegian faculty 'atm& an anonymous "young member of the largest school faculty on the campus" threw new light on the proposed survey in a letter to the editor yesterday "Since the deans employ the teaching staff in each school and arrange the teaching schedules of each teacher, why not include them in your survey , " was the query sent to the Collegian The letter specifically stated. that it was not written to protest against the proposed ballot, but "to point out some of its defects and to suggest some changes." Responsibility with Deans Charging that "the responsibil ity rests largely with the deans," the faculty member pointed out that in his school the dean "does not know more than two thirds of the members of his staff " "In a period of three yews I have not heard of a single visit that he has made to a single of fice," the letter continued "There is poetically no supervision of any sort of kind emanantmg from his office' Hints "Buck Passing" Hinting that the survey was too limited, the letter boldly inquir ed, "Is it possible that some deans who have made no attempt what ever to supervise or acquaint themselves with the character of the instruction done in their schools wish to cover up their own shortcomings by 'passing the buck' on the students" Additional comment was wilt ten concernmg the low salary scale. poor—conditions—for_4each mg, and the' over=crowded sec tions which eliminates the possi bility for personal contact with the students No signature accompanied the letter, but its author claimed "at least 100 signatures could be ob tamed in an incredibly short per iod of time " Un-American Activity Up For Discussion At Thursday Forum The topic which the Dies Com mittee has put on every front page and virtually every tongue in the country—un-American Actix 1- tes—will be discussed at a sym posium-forum in Home Econom.cs Auditoi turn at B 15 p m Thursday Debaters from Juniata College and Lock Haven State Teachers College will participate, while Penn State will be represented by William E Hatkins '42 and Jonas B Kauffman '4O. The audience will participate in the discussion, which will be very informal In an attempt to decide the best method of dealing with the German-American bund, the Communist organizations, etc whether such groups should be ignored, forced from the country, or merely made to respect existing laws Allies Held Guilty The Allied Powers were respon sibe for the starting of the second World Wai, according to the deo mon of a jury of students wluc i climaxed the Wai Guilt Trial loot Wednesday night Hitlei, however, represented by Thomas D Conway '4O, was heart ily booed by the audience A num ber of other prominent figures, represented by Bucknell and Penn State debaters, testified on the wit ness stand Plenty of humor liven ed the proceedings, especially as the defense attorney from Buck nell cross-examined the witnesses A vote taken while the July was out revealed that the audience thought the performance more in teresting than a regular debate and not too long to enjoy .Collegian Exhib An exhibit of the 35 best college amateur photographs which were printed in the Collegiate Digest Salon Edition last Spring is now on display on the main floor of the Library. The prints are being exhibited by the Collegian. The same exhibit has been shown at Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Purdue and has drawn much favorable comment. All of the photographs in the group wore taken by college students and are considered to represent the finest collection of college ama teur photographs. The prmis will be exhibited until Friday. After it's showing here, the exhibit will be shown at Lehigh University. `Gone With The Wind' Will Be Shown Here Beginning February 2 Special to the Collegian PITTSBURGH, Jan Is.—Final arrangements for a State College presentation of "Gone With the Wind," most publicized movie in Hollywood history, were com pleted here late today. A special limited engagement will begin at the Cathaum the atre Friday, February 2, thus giving State College one of the earliest engagements of this movie in the country. Two performances of the lengthy production will be shown daily with all seats re served. The opening date of ticket sales will be announced soon in the Penn Stale Collegian. Ma tinee seats are priced at 75 cents, tax included Evening perfor mance will be $l.lO. PJayers-Prepare 'Circle Of Chalk' Drama Of Far East Will Be Given At 8:30 Friday, Saturday In Auditorium The curtain goes up on "The Circle of Chalk" in Schwab Audi torium at 830 p m Satui day night How would you tike to wake up in the middle of the night with a fiery red Chinese dragon star ing you in the face' How would you like to have a piece of brilliant yellow cloth talk to you' Would you believe that cos tumes could speak, well the Chi nese have a way. Chinese do screwy things, they even write plays which are screw ier than they are But every once in a while the funny, but clever orientals produce a great play like, "The Circle of Chalk." When that happens people take back ev erything they have ever said about the Chinese. Remember Thornton Wildm's pultizer prize play, "Our Town'" Well, the same ideas which he used to produce a great play were Continued On Page 4 Backenstose Presented Watch By 1943 Class Thomas C. Backenstose, junior class president, was given a watch by the freshman class at the 1943 mass meeting held in Schwab Auditorium befoie the customs fight last Friday night The watch was presented by Eugene R Yeager, freshman pres ident, who explained that it was in token of the junior president's service as sponsor of the fresh man class Dining a riotous meeting songs and cheers were led by the cheer leaders and officers of the class were introduced from the stage Is Prize Photos COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Paul K. Frey '42 Falls Victim Of Pneumonia Flu Youth Not Considered Seriously Sick Until Shortly Before Death Funeral services will be held in Erraus tomorrow for Paul IS Frey '42 who died in the College Hospital at 8.35 a. m Sunday—less than 24 hours after he was admit ted for what was considered a mild attack of pneumonia. About 14 fi lends who lived with Frey, a chemical engineer, at 311 S Burrowes Street will attend the funeral services. Only 17 years old, Frey was a member of the Penn State Club His sickness was described by Dr. Joseph P. lidenour, direc tor of the College Health Serv ice, as very similar to the pneu monia flu which swept the United Slates in 1918-19 and from which six students died here. Not until 4 a m Sunday was Frey's sickness considered ser ious, Dr Ritenoui said Then a nurse in attendance noticed a change for the worse and sum: moned Dr Ritenour whb immedi ately administered oxygen ~,,' At 5 a m Frey began to Im prove and this continued until 7 30 when he suddenly began to smk, agapc_b_dying,At 8 35 A tore his' parents" who had been summoned from Emaus at 4 o'clock had reached State College Frey had been feeling sick since Thursday when he visited the College Dispensary for His case then wai MOM! diagnosod as a slight cold and he was sent home by Dr. Edgar S. Krug with orders to go to Fiey heeded these but got up that night to study and next morning went to the Dispensary for further treatment He Wos treated and again told to go home to bed Before he went home, however, he attended a two-hour laboratory class That night he felt much better and decided to attend the fresh man-sophomore boxing bouts in Rec Hall When he returned from these he was much worse and on Saturday morning a town doctor, Dr Harry Ishler, was called in. , ' Dr Ishler found Frey running a temperature of 104 but dldri't consider his condition particularly serious. However, he took him op to the College Hospital where lie was admitted shortly after noon,, There Dr Harriet Mi Harry diagnosed his case as pneumonia and this was confirmed by Dr. Ritenoui The case was consider ed mild, however, and Frey seem ed to be =gloving during the af ternoon and evening ' Campus Traffic Rides Tighfened Drivers Are Warned Against Illegal Parking Ci owded conditions have brought strict enforcement of College regii lations on student parking, it Was learned today. Rules against student parking in restricted campus areas have been in mastence several years but en forcement was lax until a ,few weeks ago when warnings were sent to all violators The new strict enforcement— which can carry with it the sus pension of a student license—is the result of a traffic study now underway seeking to alleviate campus traffic congestion Licenses of cars parked in res tricted areas have been reported by members of the campus Patrol to Dean of Men A R. WarnOck who has sent notices to all ,std dent violators _ - - First offenders have been left off with a warning that their licen ses will be revoked for a second violation No repeat violations have yet been reported, it was learned.
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