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Figures Of '43 Women
Are In Excellent Shape,
Health Service Reports
. Penn State Freshmen women
are in better shape than they
were in past years—and we do
mean shape.
According to statistical portraits
drawn by the College Health
Service, '43 women average 5 feet,
3A3 inches in height and tip the
scales at 122.8 pounds. Since the
last year's freshmen women
weighed the same and were a
half-inch shorter, it stands to rea
son that the present freshmen are
in better shape
And the freshmen males. well,
the figures show that he is a lit
tle on the short, fat side, in com
parison with last year's bedinked
lads
Freshmen men average 146 1
pounds in weight, two pounds
overweight for their average
height of 5 feet, 8 67 inches. Last
year the greenhorns were two
inches taller, but six pounds un
derweight Which all goes to
Move the old saying—" Never a
perfect freshman "
' Statistics also showed that both
male and female of the species
were 18 years old unusually
healthy babies for their age, in
fact, a lot healthier than their
predecessors or the average
Arrierican
A method of cheaply producing
'a protein substance (threonine)
essential to life has been devised
by a Purdue University scientist
Williams'College has established
a new course on basic Latin-Am
ei lean problems.
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Collegians Expect $lOO
A Month ; Scorn Pensions
By Student Opinion Surveys
AUSTIN, Texas, January 15—College youth of this new year is
faced with some of the most staggering problems of modern civiliza
tion, further; complicated by this nation's attempts to make itself a
better place to live
Unemployment continues to be a major U S problem, vying for
attention with the war in Europe, which is bound to have its effect
on business and on wages On the first of February monthly Treas
ury checks will begin coming to many of the aged of the country,
and by the end of 1940 nearly one million persons will be receiving
benefits as the gigantic Social Security program assumes full stride
The Student Opinion Surveys,
national polling organization of
the campus press. has tapped
the college mind on two topics
that may give a glimpse of
America tomorrow. old age
pensions and the income college
youth expects
Surveys' mtervieweis found the
usual student optimism. Almost
two-thirds of the collegians don't
want the government to pay them
pensions when they reach 65, and
nearly 7 out of every 10 believe
they will be able to earn $lOO a
month or more as soon as they
leave college.
The poll on pensions does not
mean that students are opposed
to Social Security for the needy
And college women differ with
their male classmates. The Sur
veys found that the men me of
the opinion they should not be
beneficiaries, principally because
they believe they will be able to
take care of themselves Most
girls voted on the opposite side.
Asked, "When you reach the age
of 65, do you think the govern
ment should pay you a pension,"
students gave these answers
Men Women Both
(Percentage)
34 56 37
66 44 63
The Surveys' interviewers al
so asked this question of a scien
tifically-selected cross section of
students in strict proportion to
U S Office of Education figures
representing the entire national
enrollment, "How much do you
believe you will be able to earn
from your first job after you leave
college" Not counting those who
had no definite idea as to their
future incomes or girls who did
not plan to work, these were the
results
$75 or less ... 11 per cent
575 to 100 .. 20 per cent
$lOO to 125 .. . 38 per cent
16 jer cent
5125 to 150
Sl5O or more . 15 per cent
These answers take on more
significance when projected
against the finding of the Ameri
can Youth Commission, which in
dicate that even in cities, where
wages are higher, the typical
youth's weekly pay envelope min
i tains about $l5
rENN.STAIE_COLLEGIAII
LA School Opposes
Grade Lowering
Because Of Cuts
The School of Liberal Arts
does not sanction the lowering
of grades by instructors because
of cuts, according to a recent
statement by Dr Charles C Wag
ner, assistant dean
In the same breath, howevci,
Dr Wagner pointed out that ac
cording to college regulations an
Instructoi has the right to 'ex
clude At student from class for
too many cuts Moreover, the
number of cuts to be considered
"too many" is left to the judg
ment of the individual professor
"Cuts may cause low grades
indnectly, through missing ma
terial covered by bluebooks,"
Dr Wagner declared "However,
the School administration feels
that grades should not be lower
ed for absence alone "
"On the other hand, the Sen
ate Regulations leave the matter
pretty well up to the individual
instructor "
Nittany Skiers lose
Dual Meet To Cornell
Penn State skiers lost their first
dual meet of the season to Cornell
by a score of 300 to 250 at(Cow
line Hills, N Y , last Saturday
Other Nittany skiers who par
ticipated in the meet were Chuck
Hilferty, Phil Sussman, Hal Stout,
and Kurt Goldmann
The only first place won by Penn
State was taken by Captain Max
Peters who made the five-mile
cross-country run in 90 minutes
A special course for the college's
maids and porters has been an
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52 Studenfs Join
Pershing, Rifles
Mont Alto Unit Set Up
With 27 Members
Peishing Rifles, honorary for
basic ROTC students, yesterday
announced the initiation here of
52 students and the installation of
a chapter at the Mont Alto For
estry School with 27 members.
A demonstration of the new in
fantry drill adopted last year will
be given by Pershing Rifles in the
Armory next Tuesday for the Cen
tre County chapter of the Reserve
()fliers Association, it was announ
ced at the same time
The initiation of 27 Mont Alto
students was conducted there on
December 15 by the upperclass
officers of the company here Capt
William S Shira '4O, Lieut. Roll
and S Mengel '4l, Lieut William
E Park, Jr '4l and Lieut Robert
N Baker '4l
Accepted Last Month
The chapter here held its in
formal initiation on December 16
and informal ceremony on Decem
ber 18 when 41 freshmen and 11
sophomores were installed
Among the freshmen initiated
were Harold V Adams, Kenneth
D Bair, Robert K Barbour, Philip
A Barnhill, Rudolph _Bloom, Jr ,
Edward R Clauss, F Lloyd Con
yers,' George E Coutts, Jr, James
W Dawes, Jacob V D'Angelo, Jo
seph Edelstein, Robert Elsner, Ed
ward R Evans, Jr, Sheldon H
Fanus, Louis E Fettig, Dean M
Gettemy, Richard D GIII, James
A Harwick, Thomas R Heidecker,
Paul R Knight, Jr, Robert Koch,
Robert W Lisle
Other freshmen weie Retold E
MacHamer, Daniel L McCarthy,
Raymond P Major, William A
May, William W Middleton, Merle
R Miller, James H Mollenauer,
Clinton D Moon, Jr, Norman I
Ostroff, Edward Pecham, Jr, Ro
bert G Schimpf, Russel E Soh-
ImIT, Paul S Shanoi, J 1 , Eugene
S Stull, 111, William E Thomas,
111, Jay W Thornhill, Joseph T
Weber, and H Ray Wertz, Jr
Sophomores initiated were Har
old J Berger, Ralph Blasmgame,
Chailes S Burlingham, 111, Sam
uel A Custer, Warren L Eisenberg,
Walter Hibbard, Jr, William D.
Huttinger, Edward G Jackline,
Earl R Leviei, Hams G Ruthe, and
Thomas Young
LA Open
(Continued from pogo I)
Spanish, German, sociology, polit
ical science, local government, and
extension service will remain in
Old Main and the English com
position building for the present.
Classrooms of the new unit will
contain 1,539 seats, but the net
gain in-seating facilities will he
reduced to 1,498 by conversion of
classrooms to offices in the nor to
Liberal Arts building
Two large and much-needed lec
ture rooms, 10 and 121, will be
made available for evening lec
tures through the opening of the
building The rooms will be util
ized for engineering lectures ne\t
semester, while classes in LD I
are slated to hold their last meet
ing of the semester in Room 10 on
January 22
Lack of equipment will prob
ably prohibit use of the new
speech laboratory on the third
floor of the new unit this year, ac
cording to Watkins
Basketball
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lead early in the opening stanza
Dead-eye Skibo shooting, how
ever, together with the withdraw.
al of Captain Cliff McWilliams
and Elmer Gross, combined to
send the Tartans spurting ahead in
the second period as the Lion of
fense faltered.
Ironically enough, the foul hne,
former happy hunting-ground of
the locals, was the scene of their
defeat. The Lions dropped oily
seven of their 15 charity tosses,
while Tech sunk 11 in 16 hies
Husky Henry Holets, sophomore
football player, took scoring hon
ors for the smoky city crew with
a total of 13 points Pacing the
Nittany quintet were Kerm Chr'st
man with 12 markers and Johnny
Bari with 11.
The summai ies
Penn State fld. fls. Ds.'
Christman, f . . 5 2- 6 12
Krouse . 0 0- 0 0
Moffat .. .. 0 0- CI D
Barr, f 5 1- 3 11
McWilliams, e . . 1 3- 4 5
Grimes . 0 0- 0 0
Gross, g . . 0 1- 2 1
Crowell . 0 0- 0 0
Racusin,- g 2 0- 0 4
Total . . . .13 7-15 33
Carnegie Tech fld fls. tis
Alexander, f . 3 1- 1 7
Patton . . 1 0- 0 2
Kirk . . 1 0- 0 2
Holets, f . 4 5- 6 13
Stark, c . . 2 3- 5 7
Sturgeon, g .. 1 2- 3 4
Tumpane. g . .0 0- 0 0
Buike . . 0 0- 1 0
Total . ' o . . 12 11-16 35
Scoie by Quarters
Penn State .. . 10 5 5 13-33
Carnegie Tech 6 14 6 9-35
, Referee—Art Orahain.
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• Bicycle polo °ls a nevr, , sport that
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Health Service Finishes
One OF Busiest Terms
One'of the busiest Fall terms in the history of the College Health
Service has just been completed, the director of the service, Dr Jos
eph P Ritenour, told Pi esidene Ralph D Hetzel in his semi-annual
report last week
From July 1 to December 31
the health service had 14,603
calls against 12 773 a year ago.
Since the first semester began,
every month but September has
been busier than any in the last
four years There were 261 hos
pital patients during the tilf
year against 182 a year ago
Epidemic Boosts Record
December Health Service calls
passed the 3,000 mark for the first
time, going to 3,385 largely due
to the epidemic of intestinal flu
In four days of the epidemic, De
cember 11 to 14 inclusive, the
Health Service had 1,026 calls for
all causes and granted excuses for
2,752 hoursof class missed
Dr Ritenour reported to Pres
ident Hetzel that this year 1,449
freshmen, including 450 women,
were given physical examina
tions. For the first time exami
nation of both men and women
was carried on simultaneously,
men being examined in the Dis
pensary and women in White
Hall
Of 1,728 Mantoux tests given
to freshmen, transfers and stu
dents from Mont Alto, 428 gave
some indication of tuberculosis in-
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feetion but X-Ray examinations
of each were completed and not
one active lesion was found, Dr.
Rttenour reported
1838 Sped Permits
The Health Service also noted
an increase in applications for
permits ,to participate in varsity,
freshman, and intramural sports,
granting 1,838 permits up to Jan
uary 1 The number of students
participating in sport was not
quite this large as some were
granted permits for more than
one sport
It was also reported that Dr
Edgar S Krug, physician, is car
rying on experiments in the
Health Service to establish cri
teria for determining whether
high blood pressure has its basis
in organic or functional disorder
, The first All-American football
team was announced in "Harper's
Weekly "
Playwright Maxwell Anderson
edited the University of North
Dakota yearbook in 1912
Beloit College has abolished mid
semester examinations
Tuesday, January 16, 194e,,4',
Players
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developed by the Chinese in the,
13th century (Don't get sore Mr.
Wilder, just give them a Chirlit7'
man's chance)
"The' Circle of Chalk" is as dif
ferent from other plays, as
from night The characters intro.;
duce, themselves to the audience'
(as if the audience didn't have;a
program
When a character is thinking
to himself, he tells the audience
about it The Chinese don't allow
you to imagine or to think about
anything.
In this manner the play is def
initely styled for a Penn ,State
audience, especially since , exiim
week is approaching
"The Circle of Chalk," directed
by James Doll, instructor' in dri4-
matics, blends the drama of-the
Far East so readily, that it ,can
easily be digested by a western
audience
Combining mystery, intrigtie,
wisdom, and humor mto one' pro-,
duction which produces , more
slants than a Chmaman's eye;' is
the real art of the ancient theater
At Cornell University, football
receipts pay the expenses ofrall
other sports
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