Serri§Weekly 4 . 2(7 ,.-- - rif . " l : :- .5 . ; .t,=., , Successor 111 - To The Free Lance, 222 S GILL — Established 1887 '' i' . ' .---:;-, I .. 11 nut #taltr,?„. /2/ R 4q - ~, i s ttrigiatt ~..ke1,..,,z.,.v, , _.,,,.„;...,,,,,,„,v.. ..„,,,,,,,,,_.5...< ~;...1.,,fx VOL. 36—No. 35 Classroom Shortage Over, Claims Watkins; No Ind Semester Courses Scheduled In Unfavorable Locations . - - Opening Of New Buildings Expected To Fully ''Alleviate Crowded Conditions; Changes In Size Of ClaS's Sections May Take Place Next Year The most, crowded claisroom conditions in College his tory, which forced Scheduling Officer Ray V. Watkins to a foyerish search for rooms early this semester, will pass into bistory with the beginning of the second semester at 8 a m. tomorrow. - Opening of the 15 classr —unit, together with parts of : jion, Agricultural Engineen: ' 41,411 dings, will provide plenty ee classroom. shOrtage, Wat] +++ $606,059 Movable i filuipment Plans , Near Final Action Delay In GSA Program 'loused Bylebal Tieup '',(l . l'ler Financial Support ~.Assurance that the $606,059 movable equipment program of the Geheral State Authority would get under way here in the near (we was received yesterday ffotn two official Harrisburg sour ces^ by the Collegian /Roger W. Rowland, GSA Secre tary of Property and Supplies, de , clared, m a letter to,tite Collegian. ")this 'ACquiPment prograd will iricuye 'forward piromptly,; at - -the ;psesent,turie and - it is our bopoo , thakalLthe eqttipment%bolightand Taitalled - befordnhObegidaiiii 'of tAle,,pext_ semester."' T means of - fintiiicibi the equip,-' Rent contracts has , been the only drawback holding up occupation - cinhe new buildings, according to qte statement of David H Diehl, ksistant ExecutiVe Director of the General State Authority PWA Causes Delay "Last fall it took several confer epees in Washington to enable us, to, let the present equipment con- _trikets," Diehl declared "The PWA ,would not participate in financing the 'movable laboratory equip- Tent, nor would they allow us to use, original funds to do so, thus necessitating other fidancial ar ' rangenients -This has taken con iiderable time due to legal com plications, but now is completed Rids• are being taken fop this equipment" „Although these delays might 'have seemed exasperating to un dergraduates, Diehl said, they - were not premeditated He add "ed 'ffiat,_as an "old Grad," he felt that Penn State was getting a won derful-break from the GSA pro- -Jan Savitf's Orchestra Oyfs Accent On Youth Anilfiperleice !!1 Swing Swing music is young, , and ~'shuffle rhythm" is even younger -so, it stands to reason that the top-notch giver-outers of this "swing" stuff and also of "shuffle rhythin" would be a band of young musicians , ' , And that's Jan Saintt, Senior ,Ball maestro, iwhose•Top flatters will bring their scintillating "music with 'a ' shuffle" , to Rec Hall two ,weeks from Friday. The Top Hat rters, •now reigning supreme over , tife'Blue Room of the Hotel Lin 'coin.' in New York; are musicians whose ages 'average 24 years, with two of the lads not yet eligible to vote ` , • • r Ed Clausen, Savitt's second ten or man, is only 20 years old. Gene De - Paul, the Top Hatters ivory pianii'plajmr,- has only been 'musically-minded ;the same • length of time De Paul is famous for , his. collaboration with Larry Clinton on,the '"llezekiah" num • •, Men Are' Experienced Savilt'S men, though ,young in re, have experience galore be hid 'them, having been associated pith - many of the topnotch bands of the country' Glenn Malec, unny; Berigan, George Hall, `woody Berman, Crosby, -Rank Dailey, Red-. Norvo, and Fddie Delange 'have' all Contribut eds' swing experience, to, members of the Top Hatters , 'corns of the new Liberal Arts Electrical Engineering, Eduen ng, and Agricultural Science 'of space to overcome the for kins.stated yesterday., Second semester classes will not be scheduled in the water tower, slaughter rooms, sheep barns, li brary alcoves, and other unsuitable locations made necessary by the first semester shortage, Watkins declared Large Liberal Arts L A Room List Reminding the student -body that the terms North and South Liberal Arts have been abolish ed and that all rooms in the three Liberal Arts buildings are now , labeled merely Liberal Arts, Scheduling Officer Ray V. Watkins yesterday announced that the location of LA class rooms by number is as follows: In the north building, rooms 3 to 8 inclusive. In the new central budding, rooms 1„ 2,9, 10, 11. 19, 20, 121. 227. 228, 304, 305. 309, 312, and 316.• In the south 'building, rooms 12 to.lB inclusive, 124 to 128 in clusive. 233 to 237 inclusive. and , 239. ~. - $ , classes will be moved from,White Hall, leaving there only,classes in which demonstration; facilities are ""Lectures Shifted Other , changes will "include the shifting of engineering lectures to the new Electrical Engineering building and the transfer of Agri cultural Engineering classes from the horse barn to the new Agricul tural Engineering building Mathe matics classes, some of 'which oc cupied classrooms lacking black boards last' semester, will have suitable equipment, Watkins said Despite new facilities, however, there will be little change in the size of class sections, Watkins stated, adding that such changes might be planned for 1940-41 ,4,000 Skaters Use Rink; Conger Reports Profit; No Sunday Night Skafing More than 4,000 skaters have skated on the College rink since its installation a little more than two weeks ago, Ray M Conger, director of the Student Recreation Board, announced yesterday Last Sunday was the biggest day with 450 paid admissions, he said Because of the misundeistand ing which seems to be prevalent regarding the hours which the rink IS open, Conger stressed that there would not be skating - Sunday night. Hours for skating are from 2 to 530 p m and from 7 to 10 p m each day except Sunday The rink will be open only during the afternoon hours on Sunday Military Ball Features Wilson Band Friday-Night Military, Ball, annual ROTC cadet affair, is bound to break at least two precedents when Teddy Wilson's boogy-wooiyipiano sounds out in Recreation Hatt Friday ,night. This will mark the, first year that the ball has featured ar name band and also the first time it has been held in the more spacious quarters, since it previously was held in the Armory According tO •chairman Arthur Skibbe '4O, this year's affair should mark a new era which will see Military Ball attain the campus wide recognition that it enjoys at many other big colleges He stated that on most Pennsylvania Col lege campuses the affair is one of the biggest social events of the year. It is with this aim in view that this year's committee is work ing, lie stated "The Phenomenonof the Piano," as Wilson is known in swing cir cles, has banded together an ex perienced group of "jive 'senders" that are said to blend with his famous Ivory tickling. Featured along with the piano-playing Teddy is songstress Jean Eldridge., TEDDY : FiksoN Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA', TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940 Grade Sheet Necessary For Scheduling, Hoffman Again Reminds Students As the lass day of registration approached. William S. Hoff man, registrar, reminded stu dents that a grade sheet, secured at the registrar's office, was nec essary for the scheduling of courses. .Hoffman requested all stu dents who have not , secured their grade sheet to do sb as ear ly as possible today in 'order to avoid a last-minute rush. Creaser, Home Ec Instructor, Kills Self Wednesday Despondency Over Slow Recovery From Injuries Is Advanced As Motive ' Delay in recovery from a back injury received last summer when she was thrown from a horse has been advanced as the motive for the suicide of Miss Marion L Creaser, assistant professor of art education in the department of home economics, who was found dead in her automobile in a gar-, age near her apartment at 11 30 p m Wednesday Miss Creaser's body was dis covered by Mr and Mrs David A Campbell, from whom Miss Creas, er _ rented her apartment, when they returned from a party and found their garage occupied by an other car Since the gasohne tank of her car was empty, it was assumed that she had driven into the gar age quite a while previous to the hour the suicide was discovered, although'she, had been seen earlier in the day.Miss;,Creaser left no notes, but it'wasknOwn by 'friends 7th:itf-ihe‘l4Fe k "despon"dely over`het injuries. '„ " ' Spent One Year Here Miss Creaser, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan,- where for 10 years she was head of art work in the city schools, had been affili ' ated with the College ~approxim ately one year . She was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1921, and obtained her master's degree in education at Columbia Univer sity several years later. Centre County Coroner Charles Sheckler of Milesburg investigated the case Thursday morning and announced that an inquest would not be necessary, pronouncing the case a suicide Trustees Elect Shields To Head Board In 1940 The College Born cl• of Trustees recently re-elected J Franklin Shields of Philadelphia as presid ent for the coming year Vance C McCormick of , Harrisburg was named vice-president Other offi cers elected were James G White, honorary vice-president, President Ralph D Hetzel, secretary, Samuel K Hostetter, treasurer EleCtions to the executive com mittee were also made as fol lows H M Andrews, E S Bayard, John C Cosgrove, F A Heim, James Milholland, and McCormick Shields and Dr Hetzel are ex officio members of the committee DebatO Fee Split, Hospital Plan Appr eyed By College Trustees 10-Day Ruing Season Will Beginomorrow Invitations To PartieSlNi l lße Distributed Through Panhellenic Post Office; tStudent Union Desk , Twat , . e campus sororities ; 1 begin 10 days of concentrated rushing tomorrow, as the two-v/ )(silent period provided for in-the Panhellenic Rushing Code ends* ay Under the code, each sororit ,will give five planned parties, the dates of which were scheduletib the various rushing chairmen and approved early in January by erriet Singer '4l, chairman of the rushing committee All party invitations will be distributed through the Panhel, lenie Post Office at Student' Un ion desk Those for this week '_ parties must be at Student Unil by noon tomorrow, while invite bons for parties from til next Thursday must be at th:C, desk by noon Monday. Members of Panhellenic elation will distribute invitation to women in campus dormit9rie and town women will be called; to come for their invitations. : Rushees are requested tcr tele-,, phone acceptances or refusals' ,I,q) all invitations immediately, as courtesy to sorority women whq,, , cannot complete party plans'un til they know how many will , `be, present. During open rushing, sorority , .. _), ). . . , Reader Inlerest•-, Fireside Sessions ---7: , ,.:,,- Poll Ends.Todayi - -::';' Begin February 14 - 1 - Sh Opinion' , Survey, 9 ow , . ~. .. ~ ~. 131,111 _ . ,_ . ., • actElty, . , 1 ~On'.:tollegian-s-_,Conte'nP. The first Collegian poll of read- - Relations Is Objective ers' interest, which begin yester day at registration, will continue Frepai ing to inaugui ate the today at Rec Hall Fireside Sessions by Februaiy 14, Members of the Collegian ed,- Thomas H Ainsworth '42, chair- Aorlal staff will present students man, announced yesterday that with mimeographed question naires as they complete their reg istration Questions on the sheets are of the objective type and take only a short time to fill out. The questions, which arc simi lar to those asked by metropolitan newspapers of their readers, will give student readers of the Colle- glan an opportunity to show their preferences and dislikes of the various news columns, features and editorial matter now publish ed in the Collegian Students are urged to partici pate in the poll, results of which will be disclosed in a series of spe-, cial feature articles in a few weeks Thorne '4l Gets Award J Lee Thorne '4O, architecture, was awarded first prize of $25 in the national sketching competition sponsored by the Scarab architec tural fraternity at the University of Southern California The sketch was a water color portraying a sailing yacht on a stormy sea Exhibitions of Thorne's work will circulate to various col leges and universities having chapters of Scarab hird Issue Of Portfolio— Bigger And Beffer—Will Be Released This Week' Once again Fenn State's liter ary lights have dipped into the printer's ink and gone to press with Portfolio, their brainchild Barely two issues old, this maga zine has lived up to and exceeded advance 'publicity releases and its third Issue, due sometime this week, is being awaited—if not with bated breath—with more genuine interest than has been shown in a literary_ publication by Penn State's sophisticates for many a decade. Choosing its contributors from Ag Hill to the Mu is Room, the current Portfolio will present ar ticles and 'stories by Warren B Mack of the horticulture depart ment, William J Hopwood '4O, Robert L. Hertz '40., William D Deibler '4o„Allce Shutts, gradu ate, James F. Holly, graduate, El len e Ritts '4l, Frank J. Lynn '42, Anne J. Lambrecht '43, and Hum mel Fishburn of the music depart ment. This issue ,will also contain de tails of the freshman short story contest to be sponsored by,Port folio. !Women may issue invitations to ,freshmen to visit the houses at 1 any time Sorority women may Blake freshmen to eating places ;;and the movies, if the bills are in j eluded on expenses accounts un ',der the $2O allotted for the 10- '`:lay period Visiting in freshman rooms is permitted but overnight 'rushing prohibited The Standards jq Rushing should not be made a burden - with regard to time and :money either to freshmen or to .sorority women rt- A prospective member's reason for joining a sorority should be ;,frtendship and whole-hearted ad- Pmiration for the group Rushing technique should be ! , based on true worth and not su- Continued on Page 6 fraternities, sororities, and living groups have been cooperating very well in piomoting the project Ainsworth stated that the num ber of groups who signified inter est and preference for speakers is comparable to last yew, when the total number of speeches delivered to various groups in the College was approximately 100 The Fireside Session speakers this yea' will include authorities on diversified matters pertaining to student life related to campus, religion, mannerisms or personal ity and sex Although most of the speakers are campus autholities, - it has been announced that several outstanding townspeople are also available for the speeches As before stated by Ainsworth berme the semester holiday, the idea of the Fireside Sessions is to promote better relations between the faculty and the student body The sessions are scheduled to con tinue until March 15 Alumni To Celebrate Pitt Victory With Banquet In Pittsburgh February 15 Penn State Alumni of Western Pennsylvania will celebrate the first Nittany Lion football victory in 20 years over Pitt at a victory dinner, at the Hotel Schenley in Pittsburgh on Thursday, Febru ary 15 President Ralph D Hetzel and six State coaches will speak Mr Milliolland, of Pittsburgh, a mem ber of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees, will be toastmaster The coaches include Bob Hig gins, football, Joseph Bendenk, baseball; John Lawther, basket ball, Leo Houck, boxing, Charley Speidel, wrestling, and Charles Werner, track. Rifle Team Defeats Utah, V.P.I. In Triangle Meet Penri State's Varsity rifle team defeated Utah State College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a total team score of 3673 in a postal match last week. 'Utah scored 3477 to win second placewhile V P. I followed with a total of 3433. Co-captain Ben Stahl led the Penn State riflemen with a score of 377 out of a possible 400 and Robert McCoy was second with 375 points I AT LONG LAST 1 Dr. Fletcher Named Dean _ Of Ag School _Successor To Dean Watts Will Be 4th Ag Hill Ruler; Began Work Here In 'l6 br Stevenson W Fletcher, un til last Thursday acting-dean, be came "officially" the head of the Sawa! of Agi 'culture when he was appointed by the College's Board of Trustees in Hari isburg 10 days ago in who„hactip. g In the capacity of clean since the retirement of Dr Ralph L, Watts on January I, 1939, will be the foul th dean to "rule Ag Hill " His appointment also miles the title of du ector of the Agiicultural E%- pei anent Station at the College, which position he had also been filling since the Watts' retirement As stated by Ainswoith before the semester holiday, the idea of the Fileside Sessions is to promote better relations between the fac ulty and the student body The' sessions are scheduled to continue until March 15 Changes In Time Table Announced By Watkins Announcing a number of time table changes, Scheduling Oftwei Ray V Watkins yesterday pointed out that Commerce 46 will be given in place of Commeice 45 this semester, and that Sociology 15 will also be °timed Two sections of Spanish 1 not listed in the time table will be available, Watkins announced Liberal Alts 12 will be offered to women as a substitute Louise for ROTC German I and 3 are being of fered during the second semester for the first time in many years, Watkins stated. The following time table chang es were released yestei day ABCh 00 439 00 B MTh 8 F 1 109 Ag W S 9-12 211 Ag 438 00 D MTh 8 F 1 109 Ag T F 9.12 211 Ag AgEng 04 3 04 M 9 W 2 117 Dany Boa 13 27 13 B Elective M 2 IV 1 208 BL T 2-5 212 BL Corn 18 Add 46 18 Sr CF LA M Th II F 4 7 LA Rowland Drop 45 18 Si CF LA M Th 11 F , 4 7 LA Rowland DH 20 11 20 A Jr DHb 2nd DM W 2.5 1120.8 2nd DM F 2-5 Ed 25 434d.25 Sr Ed S 9-10 40 221 HE 525.25 S 9-11 35• Ed to 318 Main 546 25 Th 4.50-6 30 35 Ed to 19 HE 551 A 25 S 11-12:40 35 Ed to 318 Main • sbB 25 Th 3-5 , 35 Ed to 19 HE 587.25 Th 7:30.9.10 35 Ed to 19 HE Ger 40 2 40. T Elective M Th 9 F 8 18 HE 440 M Electrive MTh 9 F 8 118 HE E WEBER Glee Club Will Share Student Fund; Health Assessment Increased To $5; Student Placement Bureau Okayed Name Change From College To University Fails To Receive Discussion; Payment Of Swimming fee Is Restricted To Those Taking Course An even split of the 50-cent debate fee between Debate team and Glee Club, effective next fall, was approved by the Board of Trustees at its recent meeting in Harrisburg Also approved in the precedent-setting session of the Board was an increase in the health fee from $2.50 to $5 per semester to provide for seven days free hospitalization and free dispensary sei vice Like the debate fee split, this new hospitalization plan will go into effect in September. Establishment of a student placement bureau at the College became certain as the Trustees authorized Dr Ralph Dorn Hetzel, president of the College, to take the necessary steps toward setting up such an employment service The proposed name change from college to university, however, was not discussed An amendment to the swimming fee regulation limiting payment of the $1 a semester fee to those tak- ing swimming courses was approv ed by the Board and will go into effect this semester To Choose Director The first step on the establish , ment of the student placement bureau here will be the selection of a competent director for the psoject j2L yrestde j . _A“Attz_.g 1 • d.' man 0 Morse, assistant to the president in charke of resident in struction, stated yesterday He in dicated that considerable time will I be required before the plan can be put into operation The placement bureau question was first brought to, the attention I of the Trustees last October 13, when the Alumni Committee of 100 presented its plan for such a bureau The plan was referred back to President Hetzel, who ap pointed a committee to draft a tentative setup for the placement service 90 5.3 312 Main to 219 EE LA 54 12 54 Elective W I 18 HE Brill- Simons Math 58 558 B Follow-Up MTh 10 'l' F 1 213 EngD "X" 29 58 B Follow-Up W S 10 M 3 203 EE "X" Mng 66 492 66 St Mng T 2-5 W 1-5 Mitchell Phys 75 262 75 A So CE 1-2 T F 8-10 262 75 D So IE 2-6 W F 1-3 262 75 H So IF, 6-6 T Th 1-3 262 75 R So EE ME 6-10 W F 1-3 262 75 W So EE 4-5 T Th 3-5 415.78 'l' F. 10 W 3 35 Ed to 207 HE 426 78 M Th 10 F 3 35 Ed to 18 HE 437 78 T F 9 W 2 35 Ed to 207 HE 500.78 W 7.9 35 Ed to 19 HE 502 78 W 4-5 50 35 Ed to 19 HE 503 78 T 7-8 40 35 Ed to 19 HE 511 78 T 4;5 50 35 Ed to 19 HE ROTC 81 Infantry 481 F So LD (M-Z) 2nd For NI 4 T 1-3 Th 3 102 EngA 405 Main Engineering 4E 81 B So IE 6-6 M 2 M 4 W 10-12 Sec 85 15.85 Elective TF 10 I,V 310 LA Russell Sp, 87 187 A Follow-Up T F 9 W 2 7 HE "X" 1 87.8 Follow-Up M Th 10 F '•- 3-7 HE "X" Complete Coverage PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 Students Hurt When Auto Skids; Fourth Uninjured Harkins '4l, Cramer '4l Suffer Serious Injury $4OO Damage Estimated 1 Two College students were ser liously Inn t and one slightly _in jured early Friday when the car in which they were driving ded into a pole at the intersection of routes 220 and 322 at Martha Furnace4 , A -fourtlr'studentrmlii culOusly escaped, injury The two students most seriously ' injured, John W Haikins '4l and Berne F Mame! '9l, did notre gain consciousness until seveial hours after the accident, but now ate well on the road to recovery and are expected to resume school this semester Haikins suffered from a frac tured left collarbone, broken nose, lacerations about the face and head, and body bruises Cramer received a possible fractured skull, laderations about they face and head, and body bruises Houghton W Clark, Jr, 40, di iver of the car, received cuts about the face and head and` body bruises Jack A Sloan '42"Was the uninjured passenger in the car The student were all memberi - or Phi Gamma Delta fraternity Damage to the sedan, which was traveling toward State College from Port Matilda when It skidded into the pole, was estimated at about $4OO 'Kiss And Keep Healthy,' Says West Coast Doctor; Refutes Ritenour Theory' All youse guys and gals may in dulge in promiscuous oscillation with unleashed abandonin fact the more abandon the better— without fear of passing -on that cold to the one and only,lif - bite of what killjoy Dr. Joseph P. Rit enour has said to the contrary Although Confucius didn't: say so, no less an authority than Dr L "Cupid" Katzoff, eminent West Coast physician, created an inter national (well, intercollegiate any way) sensation recently when he denounced University of Californ ia officials for contemplating a ban on kissing to stop the spread of colds "The university people have for gotten their chemistry," chided Dr Katzofit "Kissing generates enough heat to destroy the germs and it builds up resistance A genuine kiss is like an electric current mag netized by the masculine and fem inine polarities. Must Be. Virile "And I don't mean the kind between Mrs Brown and Mrs Jones at the Tuesday bridge club," he said, stressing that the antisep tic virtue lay in the Only thus, he said, was kissing self purifying "Besides, the modern girls-Uses enough lipstick and otheF - pimt to kill any germ. There is no need for hauling around a jug of diluted carbolic acid to wash with - JAfter every kiss." . So .now can the boys see the girls when they are in the infirm ary, Doctor?
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