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VOL. 36—No. 33
Eight Committees Named To Make ,
Definite Plans For State Meeting
Of Student Governing Bodies Here
Invitations Will Be Mailed today To All Colleges
,-In Pennsylvania For Convention March 1, , 2, 3
Thirty-two persons were, named to eight sub-commit
tees', of the All-College Cabinet's convention committee by
Senior Class President David E. Pergrin yesterday as plans
for_the state-wide gathering of student governing bodies
chowed rapid progress.
• Invitations ,to the three-day confab to be conducted on
this campus Friday, Saturday, and 'Sunday, March 1-3, will
be mailed to all Pennsylvania colleges and universities today.
arrangements for the
convention were outlined at a
meeting of the Cabinet commit
teei'riday night
Thsi 'purpose of the proposed,.
4isiocietion of the student govern
ments', of - the various colleges
and universdies, which is expect
ed_ to be established here, is not
only to benefit , existing student
governments, but to aid in organ
- student self-government
bodies , where there is no present
System Pergrm explained. ,
Although open forums and dis
cussions will feature the conven
tion, other social and athletic en
tertainment will be provided. The
WSGA dance is slated for Friday
night,., while the Cornell boxing
,meet and Pitt basketball game
highlight Saturday's sport activi
ties—, An:lnformal-party sched
uled for the Drydock following
the basketball game
' , The '32 members Of the eight
committees appointed, to aid the
general]. _convention committee of
seven 'are as-follows'
'',Orlentation 7 -Juniata, M. Chem
berS''4o,l, chairman, Sarabell Shirm
..'4O; Frank, C 'Anderson '4O, Quen
tin 'W. Couch '4O, and Donald G
terch,. Jr. - '
-,'-Registration , and Finance
oe . corgeE Ritter '4O, chairman,
~ H oward-G. Anderson '4O, Eleanor
'Henfer4:-,:41,0. Wallace, H Dunlap
if.40,7, - WifigerjunC4HOwailthi44o,Ailin,
,'JeLong-A2i- and Janet , R 'Reese",
Entertainment—Jane A Romig
:'4O, chairman, Eloise'F Rockwell
Ernest D Berkaw '4O, Edgar
V. Hall '9l, and Samuel G Gal
- lu - '9O
Invitation—Mary H O'Connoi
'4O, - chanman, and A William
, ,Jr '4O
PrOgiam—Gearge W Elliott '4O,
~chalrman, Bernard A Newman
'4o;'Charles E Thompson '4O and
John R: Walford '4O '
Apublicity—A William Engel, Jr
40, chairman, Helen L Camp '4O,
M. Elizabeth Baker-'4l, and Rob
ert H Lane '41.-
' Reservations Clarence H
Evans '4o,'chairman, Michael Ba
log '4O, and Thomas E Backen
stose '4l ' -
„Sports Reservalions—Grover C.
Washabaugh '4O, chairman, Rob
ert E Schuler '9O, and Joseph F
Meyers '4O
"Besides Pergrm, Miss Cham
bers, Miss O'Connor, Miss Romig,
Evans, Engel, and Washabaugh
on.the Cabinet committee, ap
pointed by All-College President
11. Clifton McWilliams
',Ffaternities,Cosiper,ale
'Villh,PgA In conducting
4.orilen,Velpiriervices
, 'Lenten Vesper Services, a series
of religious worships during Lent,
are, being prepared by the PSCA
and cooperating fraternities - and
sororities, it was announced yes
terday by Walter N. Shambaugh
t,There will be a series of, five
services beginning February 20
and eliding March'l9 Several fra
ternities- and sororities will com
bine', their 'plans for - the vesper
seriricestand meet the same night.
It is also expected that several liv
ing, groups will cooperate
Actual vespers will begin
1at,6•45-p m. but there will be in
forrhal music beginning 'at 6.30
p in the Hugh Beaver room of
the PSCA office This will be the
fourth of such services conducted
on the' campus.,
tabei, '42 Wins'Prize
in, National - Competiti
on
pLloyd - t fteber" . '"42: architectuie
inajor; , recently 'won the second
, prize or $25 for, his design of "A
Shore'',Restaurant,','''submitted in
:flie national competition sponsored
b';.the Beaux, Arts ;Institute of
"NeivOtork..
14 - Herold O Wilson '4l received
tFirst Mention for, his 'design in the
;•same competition Over two' hunt
* sired n designszvvere submitted from
'schools throughout ;the ,courrhip.
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M'Williams Picks
Library Committee
To Assist Lewis
Four Students Will Lead
Survey To Get Opinions
For Selecting Books
In an effort to unite the inteiests
of the student body and the library
administration, All-College Presi
dent H Clifton McWilliams has
appointed a student committee to
work with WiHaiti P Lewis, col
lege librarian
The committee, which will lead
a survey in order to secure stu
dent suggestions in selection of
books and to gain support for 111
brary projects, is composed of Ern
est D Berkaw, Jr '4O, Stuart
H Garfinkle '4l, Marjory A ,Har
wick '4l, and Charles 0 Tarr '42
At present the committee plans
to conduct a contest with a $5 prize
to the student who submits the
best list of- 10 books ,with 'copy
;tight-5:7:443,5:.,ez,',Pre*nue-Which
theilibrary, does not have The pro-,
posed deadline is March 1
DiscusSion in regard to student
conduct will result in the commit
tee's help in drafting the regula
tions for the , new library It will
also seek to determine in the sur
vey the student's views on Binary
service and the possibility of stu
dents contributing to the exhibits'
with displays of hobbies
Mr. Lewis announced that an
examination file will be set up in
the near future, with the student
body contributing in order to make
it a useful service
Book Exchange
Begins Tomorrow
Committee Seiures List
,Of Books To Be Used
With Thursday set as the open
ing day for the Student Book Ex
change, the committee has an
nounced that all plans for opera
tion have been finished and a corn
plete list of all , books to be used
next semester has been secured
The exchange will be conducted
in the basement of the Library as
formerly In order to aid students
by directions, the committee will
have signs posted on the campus
and in the Library
Hours , for the exchange are•
January 25 to February 1 from, 1
to 503 m ; February 5 to 14 from
10 a m to noon - and from 1 to
5.30 p m Members of the com
mittee will be on duty throughout
these hours to accept all books
turned in, it has been announced
It has been emphasized that the
exchange will be operated strictly
on a non-profit basis and is con
ducted purely for the economy of
the student body
- Co•chairmen Thomas C. Back
enstose 41 and Gerald F. Doherty
announcing the procedure of
operation, stated 'yesterday. "A
student bringing his books to the
exchangi will receive a receipt
for the same. The bo'olts will be
sold in the order in which they are
received.
','lt is to be unaerstood that the
exchange cannot pay cash direct
ly for the books; it merely acts
as a go-between for the buyer and
the seller When the' student's
book'i'm sold he can receive the
money !upon presentation of his
receipt, Backenstose added
.. "To' cover advertising and hand
ling charges, -a fee of live cents
will be charged to the buyer and
the seller. Wo need the cd-obita
tionof the students if it is to be
su9cessftg," tlq concltided:-.
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., T
Teddy Wilson
Will Play For
Military Ball
Dance Held for First
Time In Recreation Hall
Teddy Wilson, formerly Benny
Goodman's ace piano player in the
famed quartet and trio, has been
signed Co play for Military Ball in
Recreation Hall Friday, February
9, it has been announced by chair
man Arthur M Skibbe '4O - .
Wilson, who gained national ac
claim as swing pianist with Good
man, will bring his all-colored or
chestra for the annual ROTC cadet
dance, which is being held in the
more spacious Recreation Hall ra
ther than in the Armory as form
erly Featured with the band is
songstress Jean Eldridge
Despite the relative newness of
the band as a whole, Teddy has
long been noted in swing circles
as "The Phenomenon of the Piano"
for his tricky arrangements on the
keyboard He rose from the com
parative obscurity ofa Negro pro
fessor's son to the "ivory tickling"
member of the Goodman group
which included Gene Krupa, Lionel
Hampton, Teddy and the King of
Swing himself
Robert R Blumenstem '4O, m
charge of decorations, has stated
that the cadets and guests will
dance amid a profoundly military
setting Instead of the customary
frills and bows of satin, the floor
will be surrounded by armed
guards and field pieces
Members of the committee, in
addition to Skibbe and Blumen
stein, are E Gilbert Radcliffe,
Charles M Parkin, Grover C
Washabaugh and Leonard S Wil
helm, all seniors.
Whitmore' Appointed
To Slate Committee
On Job Moiilizafion
=Frank C ,Whitmore, dean of
dik,SclfooliaLChenustrytand:ary'i:
Ics;'last'week was informed of ,his
appointment to serve on a sub
committee of the newly-formed
Job Mobilization Committee The
sub-committee of which Dean
Whitmore is a member is known
as the Committee, on Reseaich
Laboratories
Governor Artful' H James re
cently named Walter D Fuller,
president of,the Curtis Publishing
Company, as chairman of the Job-
Mobilization Committee, the pur
pose of which is to develop ideas
and suggestions for the expansion
of industry in Pennsylvania and I
thus to stimulate employment It.
was Fuller who selected Dean
Whitmore to serve on the sub
-1
committee
Connor 'O5 Heads Group
Charles W Conner 'O5, general
superintendent of the Nelhs mine,
American Rolling MIII Company,
Neils, West Virginia, was recently
elected president of the West , Vir
ginia Coal Mining Institute
Student Act
As Final Examination Period. Nears
Van Ormer Gives Advice
To Worried Students On
How To Study ror Tests
No mattes what kind of an exam
is ahead, you'll probably get your
best math by studying for an essay
test
Your glade will be better if you
get at least five or six hours sleep
the night before a final no matter
how much cramming you have to
do Best thing to do if you've kept
up with the course Is go to an early
movie and then home,to bed ,
You can help your grade by be
ing relaxed and unexcited when
you take an exam Last minute
glances at your notes are a don't,
they'll only excite you and con
fuse you Leave notes at home
The best way to study for an
exam ls to study general ideas and
principles, putting things into your
own words so you're sure you un
derstand them
If you're still after that-good
glade, make your examination
book appeal to the instructor. Write
legibly and; when possible, answer
questions outline form or at
least underline your, main points
Any bluebook - laden ' instructor
wilt look on such a - bluebook with
favor
If 'you want is good glade In' an
objective test,,read every question
twice ,before answering because
you nsay nuss a phrase that changes
SEMESTER GRADUATES
will be listed in the Friday is
sue of the Collegian, which is
the final edition of the first cont
ester. No issues will be pub
lished next Tuesday or ^Friday.
The first Collegian of the sec
ond semester will be published
Tuesday, February 6-
Special Box Office
Opens Today. For
'Gone With Wind'
Reserved Seat Tickets
On Sale At 9:30 A.M.
For Feature Attraction
A special box office next to the
Nittany Newsstand on W. College
avenue will open at 9 30 a m to
day for the advanced sale of re=
served seat tickets for the long
anticipated showing of "Gone
With The Wind," which opens
Friday, February 2 for a week's
showing at the Cathaum Thea
tre, the management has an
nounced
This office will be open from
9 a m until 930 p. m until the
end of the engagement, February
8 Matinee prices will be 75 cents
and evening prices $l.lO with all
seats reserved Purchasers may
buy any number of tickets at one
time, it has been announced.
Only two perfdrmances of the
Margaret Mitchell story will be
shown daily, at 1 30 p m. and at
730 p m The show will be pre
sented exactly as it was in ita i
premiere showing in Atlanta .
in its entnety
While this engagement is lim
ited, the management has stated
that the production will not be
shown anywhere except at ad
vanced prices, at least until 1941:
ley4Course4niouncedz
In Engineering Mechanics
A new lecture course in engin
eering mechanics, based on the
general theory of mechanical vi-
Mations, has been announced foi
the second semester by Dr Ru
dolph K Bernhard, head of the
department of engineering me
chanics.
As a two hour course, it will
include demonstrations, studies in
the laboratory, and assigned read
ings, and will demand for its pre
requisites Mechanics 1,2, 3, 4.
Kinsloe Attends Confab
Prof Charles L Kinsloe, head
of the department of electrical
engineering, is attending the mid
winter meeting of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers
in , the Engineering Society Build
ing in New York City The meet
ing began yesterday and will
close Friday.
vity Leaps To Climax ,
Dr. Ritenon, Warns
Sludenfs To Watch
Health During Exams
Faced with the spectre of two
recent pneumonia flu deaths,
which were at least' partly at
tributable to a weakened con
dition of the victims then they
contracted the disease, the Col
lege Health Director, Dr. Joseph
P. Ritenour.' yesterday warned -
fstudents to consider their health
Lust during examination week.
Diseases, particularly penu
moon and colds, are contract.
ed when resistance, is lowest ,
I Dr. Ritenour warned in urging
students to watch their sleep
and their diet during the exam
week .strain.-
the whole meaning Hese again,
pass over questions you aren't sure
of and come back to them after
you've done those you do know.
Thdse are methods which science
has found tried and true, Dr Ed
ward B. Van Ormer, assistant pro
fessor of psychology, told the Col
legian yesterday in an Interview
on advice to students who are be
ginning to worry about last minute
cramming,
AY, JANUARY 23, 1940
' , Student Body
1
: o Determine
enior Gifts
;Poll To Select Two Final
ildeas for Class Present
.1
f 4 ollowing a new procedure, sev
,-
e tsemor Class gift suggestions
'
Wlir be put up to a poll of the en
-4
Re student body next month,
apin which, two will' be selected
IV - r
final vote by the seniors at
tke All-College elections in May
*he arrangement for deciding
liiw more than $5,000 in class
ftinds will be disposed of was de
cided on by the class gift commit
and will mark the first time
isl color class has selected its gift
ugh a general election
„,,, ift suggestions to be voted on
1 o
' the donation of funds for ad
ional Library books, new units
olthe multiple observatories, an
e tension of the murals by Henry
Vitrnum Ponr, additional funds for
thi: All-College Cabin, a Lion
Slime, an ice skating rink, and a
scHarship fund. Other ideas may
be, proposed at the poll next
inOntti
"Under tentative arrangements
th preliminary gift poll will be
conducted at Student Union next
month and will be open to stu
der from all classes Sugges
a, sl wall be listed In the order
Pieferred by the gift, committee
irjili'tspace provided for further
lifies '
;4'ffer the poll, two outstanding
,uggestions will be singled out and
'placed before the senior class at 1
'l May All-College elections
Movie Course Set
~
.For Ind 'Semester
1, ,, ,,
ir i z . ,
gi oetingh Opens Theater
I li, ,
,
i . A . dye, or.AI Students,_ ,
t
i i the first tame in history, '
?
Pe State students will have the
op ortunity of taking a course in
w ph they will be able to gain an
ail reciation of the movies and the
theatre
'luring the second semester, the
de•artment of dramatics, under
the' direction of Prof Arthur C
Ll•stmgh, will offer a three-credit
co se, open to all students, which
wi deal with all angles of the
pr ent day screen
(i rest directors like ,Ford and
Ca ra will be discussed, in order
to 1 ive the student a general pers
pective into cinema behind the
scenes
The new course, Dramatics 61,
will also deal with authors, such
as Eugene O'Neill and Maxwell
Anderson, whose plays are the
"smash hits" of present day civil
ization
Dramatics 61 will be taught by
the entire staff of the dramatics
department, each instructor teach
mg the branch of the theater in
which he is most specialized
Merchants Expect Boom;
Penn Staters Dejected;
Will Burn Midnight Oil
Local coffee merchants were
i übbmg their hands and emergen
cy supplies of ink, bluebooks and
aspirin were being rushed to State
College early this week.
IThe Corner Room and Rath
, skellar were preparing for a vast
rush of patrons, while local the
atres printed netv batches of
standing-room-only signs.
Final week, that annual high
tension, seven-day crisis, was slat
ed to start Thursday.
TO die average Penn State stu
dent, looking at the situation pes
simistically, it meant trouble For,
according to a recent survey,
about 57 per cent of the student
body think finals are responsible
for lowering their grades. Three
out of ten believe their grades re
main about the same, and only
13 per cent expect to raise them
through finals
Although few undergraduates
expect to get much sleep, only
one in three will stay up all night
studying, Judging by former hab
its Sixty-four per cent of those
contacted said they had never
stayed, up all night studying for
exams. Many nighthawks, how
ever, declared they would study
all night as a matter of course
General State Authority Now
Ready To Begin On Contracts
For. Movable Equipment Here
DINK-REMOVER
GEORGE W. ELLIOTT '4O
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'43 Customs
Are Lilted
Frosh Will Doff Dinks
At 6 P.M. Tomorrow
The day of the man with the
blue clink and the black tie who
always had, a supply of m a tches
wirriti — ovei*arVirni , Tcrineitra
G Wan en Elliott 40, Ta ibunal
head, decreed today
In 'ivinning the gymnastic Intel
class meet Fi iday the freshmen
demonshated an over-abundance
of school spirit and along with the
excellent cooperation recently giv
en to Tiibunal by the Class of '43,
this is lesson why aftei G p m to
moirow, customs will be discon
tinued
Elliott complimented the frosh
on their excellent school spirit at
athletic events, and their efforts
in uplifting Penn State tradition.
Only one more Tiibunal meet
ing will be held during the ie
maindel of the semester, that foi
the purpose of establishing cus
toms fm next yew's Class of '44
Elliott hinted that additional cus
toms may be added to Tubunal's
code, but no statement could be
issued until after the last meeting
Any celebration that the flesh
men may desire to hold regaiding
the removal of customs will be en
tirely up to the Class of '43, Elli
ott stated
Over 1,000 Skaters Use
Ice Rink During 5 Days;
New Schedule Released
Mote than 1,000 skaters have
paid admissions to the new Col
lege ice rink in the live days it
has been open since sub-zero wea
thee shuck North Amei Ica Pat
adoxically, however, the fieezing
weathei which by its absence pie
vented used of the rink early last
week has now shuck with such
vigor that it is keeping warm
blooded skaters away
Figures available up to Sunday
night showed 630 paid admissions
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
afternoons, while evening admis
sions for four nights, Thuisday
to Sunday, had totaled 292 The
largest attendance was Satuiday
afternoon, when 280 persons skat
ed without overcrowding the rink
Under a new schedule the iink,
which covers the six 'tennis courts
nearest Rec Hall, is open two per
iods daily, from 2 to 5'30 p. m
and from 7 to 10 p. m Each day
from 4' to 530 p m. half of the
skating area is roped off for prac
tice by the College hockey team.
At 10 o'clock each night a rno
torbrush is used to clear the ice
surface, and workmen aie kept
busy during the night spraying on
new layers of water.'
To avoid injury, unorganized
hockey games and , games such , as
crack-the-whip have been prohib
ited on the rink If the number
of skaters grows considerably, ad
missions, now opbn to all corners,
may be restricted to students
'44110 PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local Project Is Part Of 7-Million ,
'Dollar Improvement Work, Captain
Roger W. Rowland Of GSA Board, Says
Original Appropriation Was Requisitioned Last
Spring, Held Up By Political Tangle Until Now;
16 State Institutions Are Affected By Program
Special to the Collegians
' Harrisburg, January 22.—The Genei al State Authority
is ready to commence its $606,059 project for movable equip
ment in the 11 new,buildings of the Pennsylvania State Cot
lege, Captain Roger W Rowland, secretary of property and
supplies and a member of the 10-man State Authority Board,
announced yestei day. +
"Were all ready to advertise
for bids and have the specifica
tions drawn," Rowland declared,
speaking of the $7,000,000 equip
ment and improvement pi ogram
of which the local project is a
unit
Induguiation of contracts to be
awarded under this project will
being the first installation of mov
able equipment in the new Col
lege structures Installation of
'aced equipment has been under
way since last May, when $505,-
928 worth of fixed equipment
contracts were awarded, and will
not reach completion until June
The College administration
requisitioned an appropriation
of $725,000 for movable equip
ment from the General State
Authority last Spring. The
grant, however, became involv
ed in the GSA political tangle
months.
Funds required for the $ 7 , 00 0.-
000 GSA program, which affects
76 of the 84 State institutions
elected or expanded under the
Authority's original $65,000,000
constimtion program of 1937, will
be obtained through sale of 4 per
cent bonds to the State employees'
and school employees' retirement
funds
Art Exhibit To Display
Forty Modern Prints;
Begins Next Monday
A loan of 40 large prints from
the Museum of Modern Art, corn
pi ising the most important Col
lege art show this year, will go on
exhibition next Monday in the
College Gallery, 303 Main Engi
neering The show will continue
until February 17
The prints were especially as
sembled for the summer exhibition
of the Museum of Modern Art in,
New York City
In connection with the display,
the second in a group of fine arts
lectures will be given by Elsie H
Fletcher, of the department of fine
arts Miss Fletcher will give a
gallery talk about the prints In
the show at 7 30 p m on Febru
ary 14
Westlake Will Lecture
I Harold Westlake, professor of
speech, will speak on "A Practic
al Approach to Some Hearing
Problems" in Room 405 Old Main
at 730 p m today Tlie lecture,
which is sponsored by Phi Delta
Kappa, is open to the public
Savitt Quit Symphony
For Radio Dance Band
Play in your own backyard—that's usually the safest way to get
along in this world. But it's also the slowest Jan Savitt, Senior
Ball bandleader, ranks as one of America's topflight dance orches
tra leaders because he didn't take that advice
The leader of the Tophatters,
who come here for Senior Ball on
February 23, might now be one
of the greatest concert violinists
in the world, had it not been that
he climbed the fence from his
backyard, concert work with the
Philadelphia Symphony Orches
tra, into the job of musical direc
tor of station WCAU in Philadel
phia,
One of Savitt's duties at the
studio was leading a studio dance
band. After he had.been sent to
KYW: Jan began to experiment
Plans For New
Interview Course
Not Completed
Many Factors To Be -
Weighed, Says Wagner;
Exemptions Incomplete
Hopes of inaugurating a course
in interviewing next semester were
dashed yestei day with the °Metal
announcement that arrangements
for such a course can not be com
pleted before the first semester of
the 1940-41 school year
--trir.-pharles , C.,Wagnerrasclatent ,, '
clean of School of Labeial Arts,
pointed out that the measure must
that be iecommended to the exe
cutive committee then the faculty,
and finally the Senate, where it
will be referred to the committee
on courses of study Many factors,
I including the possibility of addi
tional instructors, must be weigh
ed before the course can be accept
ed, Dr Wagner stated
The course, designed to give
students experience in applying for
jobs, was recommended to the ad
ministration of the School of Lib
eral Arts by resolution of the
School Council
Meanwhile, a resolution on ex
emption from finals for "3" stu
dents, another pi.eject of the Lib
eral Arts group, was Judged incom
plete by the Council at its meeting
last Thuisday night and was re
ferred to committee for redrafting
Landsberg To Establish
Local Weather Bureau; ,
Will Release Daily Report
Unique in the history of the Col
lege, a weather bureau has been
established by the Geophysical
Laboratory of the School of Min
eral Industries for State College
and vicinity, Dr Helmut Lands
berg, in choice of the bureau, an
nounced yestei day
The iepott, to be released daily
through the Student Union office,
will cover the sky aspect, precipi
tation, temperature and wind vel
ocity expected during the day In
cluded also will be statistics on
the weather for the use of slit:-
dents enrolled in the Civil Aerbi
autics Authority course and special
weather reports for automobile
duvets
with the harsh, brassy tones of
his "house band" and eliminated
them to make the forthcoming
music easier on the ear and defi
nitely more danceable. Thus was
born the famous "shuffle rhythm"
which is gaining the Tophatters
more popularity every day at the
Lincoln Hotel where they are now
playing.
Tickets for Senior Ball will be
priced at $3.85, co-chairmen Dav
id J Morgan and James R. Stun
ser announced yesterday.