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VOL. 36—No. 32
Proposed IMA Hat Society Refused
By All=follege Cabinet, But Rewards
..fOr:Deserving Students Suggested
'Survey Shows Majority Of, Students Disfavor
New Hat Society; CoMmittee RecommendS List .
'Of Qualifications On Tapping Future Members
After several months of intensive consideration con
cerning the need for a new hat society, the All-College Cabi
net voted against granting a charter to the Independent
'Men's Hat Society at its meeting Monday night.' The char
ter,was refused by an 11-6 vote.
The Cabinet disapproved of at_ + +
new group on the
gro u ds' following
I College Cabinet
1. 4 A survey a the student body
'.showed that a majority of the i Approves -Budget
' students did not feel that there
was need for a new hat society.
"2
'A
committee composed of Wal- For Senior Dance
lace H Dunlap '4O, chairman,
Donald A Lerch '4O, and John
J. Long '42, which, was set up
to study the newly-proposed
body, reported that they failed
to see where the new gimp
' would differ substantially from
the ones already in existence,
and recommended a charter
should not be granted
The committee also strongly
recommended to the Cabinet that
When the existing hat societies
tell new .members in the, future,
Hwy - should publish a list of the
quathications which each person
possessed.
As a solution to the present si
tuation; the' committee proposed
that in order to give recognition
to' those persons : who are render
ing great service to the College,
the student government body
should :present shingles to the
students, who; in the eyes 'of a
joint student-faculty committee
, are deserving
'The Cabinet 'then voted to re
fuse thdch'arter, and at the same
time balloted to approve the sug
lestion, of puhlishing.ti-mdilificri
'AiAtlist tof . • new-, members , #ippetij .
by
plan of, awarding 'shingles
'to deierving students v mak tabled,
leconiinittee consisting of Er
)nest D. Berkaw chairman,
, Baseball Shirm '4O, and Dunlap
was appointed to work out the
mectienics of such a-proposal.
After refusing to grant the
Chides, the Cabinet, pointed put
that' the decision was in' no way
directed at the organization which
,suggested it, but was rendered be
cause ',the , student ,governtrient
body and the student-body did
not' feel that there was need for
a new hat society, but that the
remedy lay in the improving of
the existing groups.
Student Altitude,
Warnock Friendly
To look Exchange
Reveals No Student
Opposition; Committee
Sets Date, Forens'Plans
Emouraged by results of ia poll
of, student opinion which revealed
nri. opposition to a student book
exchange'and by, the friendly com
ment and suggestions of Dean
Warnock, the book exchange com
mittee announced Vitt January 25
Ltd February 1 and February 5 to
14,have been set "for it. '
,The exchange will be conducted
downstairs in the Library' as it
was last year
am much in. favor of it,':
Dean Warnock commented on the
project;, but he warned that its
4uCcess will depend on the stu
dent'body, since the committee
ctoes not have ,any funds' start
with
Gerald F. Doherty, '42 and
Thomas C Bickenitose '4l are
co-chairmen of the committee. ~
Other 'members of the 'commit
tee are Ruth' E Cinipbell. '4l,
RUM V. Dice.'42, William , L. Cor
bin' '4l/William ,B Bartholomew
_11," Richard 14.GelsWnger '4l,
' , William G. Burket '4l, John E
Gallagher '4l, David I Finkle '4l,
Peter t 0 Fetzko '42, Kazmier L.
, Gribb '4l _ • • ~
..VSteOhen W Okowasky '4l, Earle
,L.'ittemmler '42, Charles E. Hough
Ftank R Flynn '43,-Eugene R.
Neager 33, Nathan Ettelsteln 31:
Alfred. M Cioftl, '42,' Gilbert D.
Zuceatnni '43, - Edward- C. Velgel
'JOhn - K. ; Tarr ;'4l,'" George A
;lahher j 43; George Ross '42, Jos=
eph,L • Duffy '42, - ,Elden Shaut
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In addition to dealing with the
proposed hat society problem, the
All-College' Cabinet handled sev
eral .other matters of major Im
portance at its meeting Monday
night.
The Senior Ball budget was ap
proved with the same stipulation
that applied to Soph Hop, namely,
that if the dance did not make a
plat no compensation would be
awarded to members of the Ball
Committee
David E Pergrm, Senior Class
president, submitted a report on
the material he gathered at the
national student government con
vention held during the Christmas
vacation in Minneapolis, Minne
sota.
The Cabinet approved a plan
for holding, of a state-wide con
vention on student government
here on the-week-end of March 2
Eugene R Yeager, newly-elect
ed 'freshman class president, was
recognized by the,Cabinet.
Edwai'd K. Hibshman, alumni
secretary, submitted a, report -on
the'. pre : nosed; placement bureau s
Hibith-man)st.itedqthatAlie,,commit-
tee" held -atmeeting'm Harrisburg
last , week, Put that the results of
the meeting were not toady for
publication
WSGA Proclaims Coed'
Leap' Week In February;
Formal Dance March 1
WSGA has proclaimed last
week in February as "Leap
Week" for all coeds and the an
nual formal WSGA dance in Rec
Hall from 9 to 12 pm, March 1,
will culminate this period of love
in reverse.
Rex Rockwell's band will play,
Gail F Pope '4l, dance chairman,
stated Wednesday night The fol
lowing committees were named—
'Jean C Craighead '4l, decora
tions, Catherine C. Albert '4l,
chairman, Darline A Neuhauser
'4l, invitations, Ruth W. Barbey
;42, chairman, Dorothy IL Field
'42,, publicity, Dorothy F. Beam
'42, chaperon transportation.
"Leap' Week" committee an
nounced by Anne M Boron '42,
chairman, is Helen L Camp '4O,
M. Elizabeth Baker '4l, Vera L:
Kemp '4l, and Elinor L Weaver
'4l.
Glee Club Honors Grant
Who - Takei 6-Month Leave
Approximately 80 members of
the Glee Club attended their an
nual dinner" at. the Nittany Lion
Inn,'Wednesday evening, in hon
or' of 'Prof. Richard W. Grant,
head of the department of music,
who is going on sabbatical leave
to' Hawaii during the second se
mester.
' Samuel G. Gallu '4O, president
of the ,Club, presented a set of
music encyclopedias to Grant in
behalf of the Glee Club personnel.
The new varsity quartet com
posed of Sammy Gallu, Hayes J.
BarbY''4o Boyd A. Bell '42, and
Richard W. Vollmer '42, made
their first appearance of the year
when they sang several College
melodies.
Krynine Named Fellow
Of ,Geological; Society
Dn Paul , D., Krynme of The
School of Mineral Industries has
just 'tieen honored by election as
a' Fellow 'of the Geological So
ciety of Ameilca Election to the
society lb based on scholarly at
tainment rand scientific contribu
tions in,the fields of Geology and
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Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940
Flu Claims Second Death
In Week; Eight Students
Al Paul Frey's Funeral
The death of Gladys L. Erb
'SS, Stale College resident, at
the Bellefonte Hospital on Wed
nesday morning brought to two
the number of deaths from
pneumonia flu in less than a
week.
No more sudden sicknesses
have been reported since Paul
K. Frey '42 died suddenly lest
Sunday morning. His funeral,
held from his parents' home in
Emmaus yesterday afternoon,
was attended by eight students
who lived with him at 311 S.
Burrower street.
They 'were Richard J. Blake
'42, Walter J. Brethauer '42,
Samuel A. Custer '42, Walter
Kennedy '42, George Schenkein
'4l, Benjamin L. Seem '42,
George Waltman '42, and Lewis
.1. Yost '4O.
A College employee. Mrs.
Virginia Scott, of the depart
ment of public information,
was suddenly taken sick with
pneumonia on Wednesday.
Classes SWill
Utilize More
Room Space
New Buildings Will Have
40 Pct. Of Classrooms-
Open For Next Semester
Appioximately- 40 per , cent of
classrooms in the new buildings—
inchiding pal is of Agricultural En
gineering, Agricultural Science,
Electrical Engineering, and Educa
tion buildings, as well' as the new
Liberal ,'Arts`unit—will bet utilized
'next:"iertiester,- , ,George., W.2:Ebert,
Su"p'ervisor of Grounds - and Build
ings, announced yesterday
Rooms 4,5, and 103,Agricultui al
Engineering will be utilized as
tractor laboratories, it was report
ed, since the present tractor barn
is to be razed Other parts of the
building will be used as carpenter
shops Only the anatomy labora
tory will be utilized In the Agri
cultural Science building.
All classrooms, excepting lab.
Oratories, will !miss classes in the
Electrical Engineering building.
Ebert declared. Several of the
classrooms were opened during the
first semester.
In the Education building,
looms 308, 309, and 310 will serve
as nature education laboratories,
it was announced Due to unsat
isfactory classroom conditions in
the water tower these laboratories
are being moved to the new build
ing, which will permit the depart
ment of physical education to uti
lize the tower for locker rooms
and shower baths
A possibility also exists that
laboratories in , the new Mineral
Industries unit will be open next
semester, according to authorities
The question of occupation of
other buildings will be determined
by the speed with which movable
equipment is-obtained, Scheduling
Officer Ray V Watkins predicted
yesterday If operations are has
tened, he stated, the new Forestry
structure may be opened in mid
semester
Dr. Fred Pierce Corson,
Dickinson President, Will
Address Chapel Sunday
Dr Fred Pierce Corson, presi
dent of Dickinson College, Carl
isle, since 1834 will speak in
chapel, Sunday, on -
the Command of One's Own De
velopment."
Besides being an ,'author, Dr.
Corson was a member of the
World Peace Commission of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Governor's Committee for Revi
sion of the Constitution of the
State, the Executive Committee of
the Federal Council of Churches
of Christ in America, and Book
Committee of the Methodist Epis
copal Church
Formerly a minister, Dr Cor
son studied' at Dickinson College
frdin which he received an A. B.
degree in 1917, Drew University,
Syracuse, University of Maryland,
Western Maryland. College, Alle
gheny College, Franklin and Mar
shall College, Gettysburg' College,
and University of Pennsylvania
He is 'also' a member of Kappa
Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, and Onii
c..ron Delta :Kappa.
New Oriental
Mystery Will
Open Tonight
'Circle Of Chalk' Shows
Stark Chinese Realism-
The curtain parts, a hush falls
over the audience, a gong sounds;
and "The Circle of Chalk," the'
most realistic and weirdest drama
ever to come out of the Orient
will be unfolded before the eyes
of Penn State "footlight fanatics"
in Schwab Auditorium at 8 30 to
night and tomorrow night.
Thelma R Kluger '4l will be
starred in the role of Hai-Tang, a
beautiful Chinese maiden, who has
the wrong, slant on how a girl
should support herself Exotic,
Hai-Tang "just doesn't live right,"
for which she almost pays the su
preme penalty, death
Hal-Tang is double-crossed by
Madame Ma, excellently portrayed
by glamorous Florence Marquardt
'4O, who with all her Chinese cun
ning frames Hai-Tang with the
most gruesome of all crimes, mur
der
Chang Lin. Eugene N. Scheftel
142. as the brother of Hai-Tang,
causes his lovely sister unbeliev
able distress, but returns In "her
hour of need," in one of the most
dramatic court room scenes ever
displayed on any stage.
Madame Ma has a husband of
whom she is none too fond, espe
cially when her lover Chao,
played by Herbert Doroshow '4O,
can be • induced into romantic,
moods.
, . •
For the western world, this
melodrama is as new as television,
in fact , it has only appeared on
the American stage four times
But its , merit can be revealed by
the fact that Luise Ramer is con-
Federal Departments Offer Many
Employment Prospiels; Applications
Miiifßerflteeelvedity'iFebruary-5-7‘
Civil Service Commission Will Give Examinations;
Seniors And - Graduate Students Asked To Consider
Appointmets As Junior Professional Assistants
Special to The Collegian
WASHINGTON, Jan 18—Announcement of the consolidated Civ
il Service examinations for junior professional assistants for work in
the U S Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies sets
February 5 as the date when applications for examination must be
on file with the Civil Service Commission here
Senior and graduate students
are advised to investigate the de-
sirablity of applying for examina
tion Students are not eligible for
appointment until they complete
their course and have a bachelor's
degree, but they may be examin
ed this spring and can then com
plete their qualification immedi
ately on graduation.
The announcement lists 28 op
tional subjects, and an applicant
can be examined in only one of
the optional subjects.
Prompt attention in preparing
the application is suggested be
cause some students may need
time for obtaining the required
certificates of residence
Copies 'of the announcement
will be available at the Presi
dent's office; or at offices of the
different deans, and will give full
directions for obtaining applica
tion forms Further information
may be obtained from, and appli
cations 'should- be mailed to, the
Continued On Page 4
British Dislike Viar,
Enter Hali-Fleartedly
"I don't think the English peo
ple as a whole really want to tight,
but they are accepting it half
heartedly," declared Tony Scott,
British student who is visiting the
United States to study American
education methods.
There is much debate on iho
matter throughout our universi
ties and populace, he replied when
questioned as to the general atti
tude. Scott added that at Cam
bridge, in Liverpool-and some of
the (manufacturing districts there
have been demonstrations , advo
cating peace.
"Very few of the university stu
dents have yet been called by the
conscription 'and those who have
are mostly in their last year," the
British student declared "The
gover=ent evidently has decided
EXOTIC HAI-TANG
Thelma R. Klug.r '4l, who plays
dile role of Hat-Tang, glamorous
Oriental siren, in the Penn State
,Players' 1940 stage debut, "The
Circle of Chalk," when the cur
tam rises in Schwab Auditorium
tonight and tomorrow night at
r t 9.30 p. m.
sideting it toi her Broadway ap
pearance dining the Wintea sea
son
- 1 11 this happens, it will be the
first time that Penn State has ever
received pi eference over boister
ous Broadway
1 ZAnother feature of this play is
the unique costumes which the
characters will wear James Doll,
Inkructor in dramatics, who is
directing the production, also de
signed the Chinese clothing and
the sets Each character is per
!, Continued On Page 4
Time Table Available By
January 31, Watkins;
Corrects Exam Schedule
The second semester tune
table will be available on or be
fore January 31, Scheduling Of
ficer Ray V. Watkins announc
ed yesterday.
Work on the lime•table is
now being rushed to comple
tion, and it will be sent to the
printer tomrorow„ Watkins stat
ed.
Contrary to the conflict
schedule issued Tuesday, there
will be no conflict exam given
in Physical Education 13, the
scheduling officer pointed out
yesterday.
This final exam will be given
only as originally, scheduled,
from 7.9 p. m. January 24, he
announced.
that the men me of more value if
they continue their education "
Regarding such situations as
now , confront the British and
American students, he expressed
a wish to see more inteiest shown
by the students on world prob
lems He stated that what he
thinks the young men of today
lack most is the introspection of
these problems which are deter
mining the future of our nations
When asked for his opinion of
the American colleges, he replied
that our physical education facili
ties struck him , as the most out
standing thing that American col
leges have over the British He
added that very little such train
mg As offered in England but he
I , opes Increase
Savitt's Band
Signed To Play
At Senior Ball
Orchestra Will Receive
$1,350 For Engagement
Jan Savitt and his Tophatters,
the lads who made "shuffle-mu
sic" what is it today, were signed
this week to play for Senior Ball
dancers in Rec Hall on Friday
night, February 23, co-chairmen
David J. Morgan and James R.
Sausser announced yesterday.
Savitt and his "Quaker City
Jazz" music are breaking all rec
ords at present in the Blue Room
of the Hotel Lincoln in New York
City Booking for the band was
made through William Shaw,
Consolidated Artists' Corporation
The Tophatters, with singing
sensation Bon Bon and featured
songstress, Carlotta Dale, were
contracted at $1350, which is $350
over the price paid last year's
Senior Ball band Duke Ellington.
Tickets this year will probably
be $3.85. the co-chairmen said.
A young band, capable of pleas
ing both the smooth and jitterbug
music love's, Jan Savitt's outfit
is definitely on n rise which will
probably carry him to the top in
the thing called swing. Late re
cordings by the Senior Ball mae
stro include "Stop It's Wonder
ful"—"72o In The Books"—"lt's
A Wonderful World"—"Honestly"
and "El Rancho Grande"
Before the engagement here,
the Tophatters will play Junior
Prom at Cornell
ce Freezes On College
ink But Is Too Rough;
Fraternities Imitate Plan
Continued efforts to give the
College a skating link by flooding
the six tennis courts near Rec
Hall had some success this week
as ice froze Tuesday and Wed
n'esda37. The -1 , suz face; ' however;
was too zou;th for skating
The College also faced difficulty
from a leak In the coui t surface
which sent a steady stream of wa
les across the road between the
couits and the men's dormitories
This was iepaiied Wednesday
Meantime, while the College
was still experimenting with its
rink, five fraternities successfully
flooded areas adjoining their
houses These were Delta Tau
Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha
Zeta, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa
Phi
34 Students Report For
Handbook Editorial Staff
Thirty-four candidates have re
ported for the editorial staff of
the 1940 Student Handbook it was
announced 3 esterday
Students who have repoi ted are
Mildred L Austry '43, Sara M
Bailey '43, Gladys E Fitting '43,
Dorothy E Holmes '43, Betty Ann
Newcomer '43, Aleda Snow '43,
Lila A Whoolery '43, Doiothy H.
Field '42, Betty Jo Patton '42,
Martha Powers '42, Dorothy I
Rhoades '42, Betty Rose '42, Doris
E Tollm '42, Betty L. Zeigler '42,
Justine Lougee '4l, Marie B
Somers '4l, Isabel Stanisky '4l
Robert E. Andrews '43, Parker
W Finney '43, Jacob C Karnof
sky '43, C Philip Moore '43, John
A. Baer '42, John Basarab '42,
Phillip Laterman '42, Ross B Leh-
Man '42, William J. McKnight '42,
Robert MacFailand '42, Stanley
J. PoKempner '42, William Rea
gan '42, Michael Sabella '42, and
C. Norris Smith '42.
A meeting of the staff at which
preliminary assignments will be
held In Room 312 Old Main at
715 p m Tuesday, Adam A
Smysei '4l, editor, has announced
Baker To Edit Coedition;
Ryder, Business Manager
Coedition, women's weekly
paper, appointed M Elizabeth
Baker '4l, 1940-1841 editor' in
elections held last week J Louise
Hyder '4l, was named business
manager, and others chosen were'
Beth M Swope '4l, managing ed
itor, airline A Neuhauser '4l,
feature editor; Norma P. Still
well '4l, sports editor, A Dorothy
Goldschmid '4l, circulation man
ager, and Harriet Singer '4l, sen
ior business staff member.
New junior editorial staff mem
bers are Eleanor P. Heckman,
Roberta J. Kelly, Betty Jo Pat
ton, Margaret R. Roberts, , Arlene
K. Smith, and Beverly B. Wilson.
Junior business staff elections
Wlla be held next semester
Pergrin Presents Plan To Unite MI
Student Governing Bodies Of Stale
In Convention To Be Called Here
McWiliams Appoints Committee Of 7 Seniors
Headed By Pergrin To Discuss Plans; Tentative
Arrangements Call For 3 Days Of Open Forums
Tentative plans for the student governing bodies of the
various colleges and universities in Pennsylvania to meet
n a convention here March 1,2, and 3 were presented to the
All-College Cabinet by Senior Class President David E. P'ei
grin Monday night. -
The outline for the state-wide gathering met with en.
thusiastic approval of Cabinet members
BON VOYAGE
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Grant Going
To Hawaii
Music Dej thim of Head
Will Study Native Music
Professor and Mrs. Richard W.
Grant will leave Monday on a se
mester's leave of absence which
will take them to Hawaii where
ofessor Grant will undertake an
investigation of native Hawaiian
music at the request of the Na
tional Association of Music Edu
cators
The Grants will motor across
the continent and will investigate
the status of musical education at
seveial colleges and universities
em oute They will travel the
Southwestern route and plan to
arrive in Los Angeles in time to
sail on February 5
Hummel Fishburne, associate
piofessor of music will be in
charge of the department of music
during Professor Grant's absence
Professor Grant was guest of hon
or at the annual Glee Club ban
quet Wednesday night.
It has been previously planned
that the Grants would travel
mound the world, investigating
the status of music education at
varous foreign universities, but
the war in Europe changed their
plans They plan to spend three
months in Hawaii
New English Liferafure
Course Will Be Offered
During Second Semester
A new introductory course for
freshmen and sophomores in Eng
lish Literature will be offered
next semester to replace the pres
ent courses numbered I and 21,
it has been announced by William
S Dye, head of the department of
English literature.
The new course will be called
English Literature 25 and will
embrace introductory reading in
both American and British litera
ture Included in the reading will
be novels by Scott, Hardy and
Mark Twain, short stories, essays
by present day commentators;
selections from outstanding poets
and occasional lectures on im
portant personalities and literary
themes.
It has been stated that the
change was facilitated because
the department did not consider it
necessary for students, who had
no intentions of taking any fur
ther literature, to take the specific
courses offered as gistmcffons to
American and British literature
The purpose of the course, it has
been announced, is to differenti
ate between the two branches of
liter4to.re
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Present plans show that the
three-day gathering would focus
on exchanging ideas on student
government through numerous`
forums Administrative officials
of the College and several prom=
anent educators and newspaper,
men are slated to speak at the
.•
banquet meetings
With the Pennsylvania State
College Student Government 45-
sociation generally recognized -as
the most. powerful student self
government existing in the coun
try today, it Is expected that lead- ,
ing students in the College setup
would conduct most of the open
discussions
Although definite arrangements
are pending, a committee of sev
en appointed by All-College Pres,
ident H. Clifton McWilliams Jr.
will meet at Theta Xi fraternity
tonight to discuss additional
plans.
The committee, headed by Per
grin, consists of Jane A. Romig.
Mary H. O'Connor, Juanita 'M.
Chambers, Clarence H. Evans, 'A.
William Engel, Jr., and Grover'C.
Washabaugh. all seniors.
Peigrin conceived the idea af
ter attending the holiday conven
tion of the National Student Fed
eration of America
Several years ago a student
government, nrganization was foiingd state, but it has
never been active The proposed
convention would be the first ,tif
a series of annual confabs, Pei
grin pointed out
GSA Inspector
Sees Completion
Of Work By June
Last Three Contracts
Will Delay Installation
"It'll be June before we can
expect to wind up all the equip
ment contracts," declared Joseph
R. Ryan, resident General State
Authority inspector yesterday,
making his first estimate of a
date for the program's comple
tion
Contracts 16, 21 and 22, the last
three awarded, will hold up com
pletion of the equipment installa
tions until early summer, he de
clared Citing the fact that shop
drawings had not yet been ap
proved on these contracts, which
call for special electrical equip
ment, Ryan pointed out that fab
rication and installation must
wait until the drawings are corn
pleted.
Work on the seating contract is
about 75 per cent completed, Ry
an stated, but counters, lockers
and cabinets to be installed by the
same contractor are still in• the
process of fabrication.
Completion of contracts 18
(Chemistry -Physics laboratory
tables) and 20 (Mineral Industries
equipment) should be accomplish
ed by about March 15, accordhig
to Ryan, while contract 19 (Agri
cultural Science equipment)' Will
not be finished until approxlihate
ly April 15.
Landsberg Talks Tonight
Dr Helmut Landsburg, Profs
sor of geophysics, will lecture on
"Practical Applications of Geo
physical Research" in a meeting
sponsored by Sigma Xi, honoriry
research society in 107 Main-En
gineering Building at 7.30 p.,m.
Friday , ,
Hughes Edits Yearbook.
If Herbert Hughes '26 has 'sil t
pervised the issuing of the :thin,
erals Year Book, 1939, completed
by the United States Bureau of
Mazes