Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 ... VOL. 36—No. ,37 ~.:,t,t4ent ,Student - , , _'. in The SchoOrot Education (This As the first in a series of articlei dealing with the meth ods used by the various schools - . And departments in the College to place their graduates, and the succesethese methods have had. With the recent announcement „et the establishment, of a Gun. bureau - here, the ~Collegian hopes to show the ''..'vantages of placement service.) , Fe , By RICHARD C. PETERS successful placement bureau , Iciut' hope*. operate unless much -,wpark t is done and information giv ,en prior to the - graduation of the ' students." ' - ,Thus stated Dr Bruce V Moore, professor of psychology and head of: the highly-successful- student plcicemerit,, bureau now 'in opera tion in the School of Education fln, ,our i" bureau," stated Dr .MOore, s 'ltwo primary fondament ;als:', have pointed =to our success. Eirst,"; in keeping students well in formed on the actual working rof , the bureau, and secondly, by hold 'ing periodic meetings of students, especially seniors, in which we 'dis cuss the possibilities of-future em sploment and try to set up 'sched ules .which will make those possi bilities-most likely to become fac ' Makes No Charge, , - „:The bureau ofthe . School of Ed ucatton' make's no charge to the students it 'benefits, Dr Moore tiguited out and only demands that all;fOrMs'uied in making applica ,ll4t,kriubt be m good style Cre disnttals;of %Students :are sent only anihe,request of employers and to places'where vacancies are known , - ,"Records.`corriptled by, the School , ;Ediieation' diselose ,that :araduiting,ristudents!.,dn.ll93,9,:qo; t`_nent=;bureau; jBO have ''teaching ;pigitions,Vai'of;De'sember% 1,7'1939' „Teablierebl home economic 'sub- FjjaCta:and Industrial education;ma 'Jews Tarez , looiper- cent employed, with': music `education instructors .%etriloyed at'72. per cent. Forty-five Vi per ;cent of the placements made directly through the bureau ,:seryice ,;Asked to comment on the pro ;rimed central placement bureau ;;;Lor",_Moore stated "I think there is t doft r inte need for, it and,l believe - it, `tVlll..be ,successful However, I /don't -believe it will be able to replace pars I behev6 it-can help *roreat deal by ,cooperating with ..those-now exisiting 'on, the 'cam lams, ". ,:. 4 ' "..,. it More en',Than Men : f -Read,Collegianßegularly, Readers' Survey Reveals Surplisingly enough,, better' than . o .epe r , cent more ,women read the •dollegian with a higher percentage of regularity than do men', returns '''frona‘ the'llrae Collegian" Readers' 'lnterest - Poll showed yesterday' ''43o women students aur ^zveyaclz dy, the !MU, taken' at mid ,Lseipester ,registration, 348 or 80 9 4,er,,cenl, indicated that-they lead qhe; ; Collegian regularly: \ Returns itiom'men readers shdwed that 783' '`or' 69 s,,per cent , out ol"the 1125 ':cotitacted by the survey read:the :Collegian each issue (.Sixty-eight 'coeds, amounting to 8, per , cent 'of those Toiled, and 295 ,men,' 262 per cent,' said they riga ~C ollegian'' occasionally ,Only 'four 'women" , and nine ansin',ot the "1555 included in the 'survey :% asserted 4,that they' never o:ead`an issue 'Totals for bOth men and women shomthat 72 7 per, cent:of the'stu dent body readithe Colleglarrregti ,larfy,-;? 23 3 per cent occastonally; , t ; per cent 'seldom 'and`only one per cent'nexdr .1"„ •,„Youni Mins ROTElward medal fdr, rifle merits, ' awarded ' , annually to , the ,inststeilding , :tfieshinano rifier';in ROTC zengineering s classeswas this year Harold': W ;I,Yount; , 'Maien' 7 JOhn , :M:':' Ferguson recently revealed. • 1 4 . • second bes*;Wes - 4takeit , iby,4liir-..1 ,Ispy. ,, ,G?Allen ',Donaltil.ViyVardon` 4eit`ktiter-broitze , ljnedal,:or 4 third-, ignenawaid: In class firing seven linen, scored 'peifeet,grades;' , and a ` fr fhne4-Off -was] necessark: Thisyner , for; the , firstaime sep, ',grate. awards were«gienn to 4 en icirLeet and Infantry, units.: ",4 -. 1 10414 "- I ‘7" - \ „A, 4k. ^ /›; rt rgtan ,gtas. Nittany Cagers Face Unbeaten NYU Here, 8 P.M.-,TOmorrow; Lions Top Cadets, 41-20, - For 4th Straight Win Violet Courtmen Boast 12-Game Victory Streak; Scotty Moffatt Scores 12 Points Against Army As Teim Sinks Almost 50 Per Cent Of Shots By BILL FOWLER The tastiest basketball tidbit of the year will be served up to local cage fans at 8 p. m. tomorrow, when the unbeaten Violet machine of New York University exposes its 12-game win streak to Coach Lawther's redoubtable outfit in Rec Hall The Lions, who hit their season'st peak in humbling Army 47-20, Sat urday aftemoon,!should be in top form for their toughest assignment, after four straight wins NYU's juggernaut will arrive in State Col lege tomorrow after meeting Get tysburg's quintet tonight, "NYU has one of the best bas ketball teams I've ever seen," John Lawther said 'after watching the Violet subdue Notre Dame by a 52-43 count in Madison Square Garden Saturday - night. "They're big and strong and rugged, and they can hit,the basket from-any range." . , , Violet Scores' 665 Points Proof of the Lion 'coach's latter statement is evident in the Violet scoring record for the yeli• 665 points to their opponents' 389. Sy racuse's cagers, who edged the lo cals 27-24, took a 53.39 lacing from the New York machine Probable Violet starters will in clude Robert Lewis, all-Metropol itan left forward, Edward-Stevens, rangy red-headed right , forward, Irving Dubinsky, a rugged, defen sive star, at -center, Benjamin Auerbach, set-shot ace, at left guard, and Ralph Kaplowitz, the team's high-scorer, at right guard All except Lewis are six feet , or over - The. Nittany starting five will probably_ 'be made; up ,of Dick Ciimes, 'wha':,sharwed'most'im pfovament 'against' Army,-Johnny BatilfNairfflßEciain . fiSiotty ateand..ElmeT'GroSi' , ` - Y . ' 'Own tie thedirst'hme - an.NYU team, has' ever `perfOrmed on' ,Rec Hall' hardwood The lase meeting of the two teams was way back in 1924, when the-locals' triumphed 25-19 aeNew Yoirk Not even, a brisk military 'en gagement, for the Lions was their 47-20. romp to victory over the Cadets'. at West -Point Saturday Showing more offensive precision than they have evidenced this sea son„ the local quintet piled up a decisive 23-12 halftime margin and went on to'wm going away Shooting Is Phenomenal The erratic shooting which han dicapped theNittanymen in their early ,contests was completely ab sent as they capitalized on '5O per cent of their shots in the first half and 44 in the second—a phenom enal figure The victory gave the locals nine wins and five losses on the ledgeillo date All the locals looked good Scotty Moffatt paced the scoring with 12 points, Johnny Barr had 11-and Norm Facusin 10 Sophomore Dick Grimes, with eight points, played his best game of the season, while sophomore: Elmer Gross looked good on the defense Drive To Reduce Injuries Planned 'Committee. eO. Data A deteiMuied effort to reduce student accident casualties in Col lege ,shops and laboratories will be Made in - the near' future ,Dr, Charles Wagner, member Of the College: Safety , Committee, an nounced ,yesterday , • -' ,A student ' accident report is now izeing compiled by a sub-commit tee of the Safety, Committee, Wag ner„siid, dealing s ' with 'details of student injuries; of the, past say eraryears-and causes of the acci dents' Accident Report To Be Presented This accident report win be` pre sented , to"; the - Safeti Wee, which.; will'-consider it in making recommendations , to the ,College Council,orAddilnistration as. to what'stePs'should be taken . o ,Wagner indicited that the Corn mittee'might recommend ,standar dilation of ':insteuctions. In chem- Istry s .,ilabdratories,i, etc and the purchasing of, Certain safety equip ment tolreduce, danger from acid burni, 'gal; explosions, , and' other, hazards. 1, 'I , • Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1940 VIOLET WILIER CLIFF McWILLIAMS i~~-.t .b.,:~ WZI=ZZ Fixed Equipment Progress Cited Chem-Physics Coritract 80 Per Cent Complete While the Harrisburg office of the General State Authority was receiving bids on movable equip ment this week, progress on fixed equipment contracts was reported by Joseph R. Ryan, resident GSA inspector Chemistry-Physics and Agricul tural Science equipment was be ing rapidly installed, with 80 per cent of the former contract and 40 per cent of the latter complet ed Ryan estimated, that the Chemistry-Physics contract would be finished in about two weeks Poultry Building Receives Equipment Installation of feed' bins, trap nests and'broodercoons in the new Poultry building began last week, Ryan reported, under, contract - 20. lie estimated that contract 20 was 85 ,per cent completed in Mineral Industues and 80 per cent in Forestry • Progress in the installation of seats, lockers" and_ benches under contracts 12 and' 15 was also an• flounced by the GSA inspector, who pi edicted completion of these two contracts abed March 15 ' Installation of equipment under contracts 16, 21._ and 22, still in production, ls expected to start about March I tepley To Do Research Onllying ImOroiemeni t 4 ~ Asia part/of the nation-wide program, to improve flying in struction offered te college stu dents by the Civil Aeronautici Authority, the National_ Research Council has granted funds of specified amounf,torDr William M Lepley, assistant professor of psychology, for, conducting re search with the cooperation of the flying unit recently established here. Dr Lepley, , who ltalas a private pilot's license, will attempt to evaluate and inipriaVe the methods of selection and trUininrof stu dent pilots The facilities and ad vantages provided by the' instruc tors and 30 studerits,now compos ing 'the CAA' r flying , unit at Penn State: will form' the. core of Lep ley's research activities. Freshman Candidates For Collegian Staffs ' To Meet On Thursday The initial meeting for fresh: men candidates to the editorial and business staffs of the Col legian will be held' in Room 405, Old Main, at 8:15 p. m. Thursday. Any freshman, regardless: of curriculum, is eligible to , report as opportunities are numerous on both staffs. A. William, En gel, Jr. '4O, editor, and C. Rue. sell Eck. '4O. business manager, have - announced. Weekly meetings will be con- ducted for two; months in an ef- fort to get the candidates more familiar with the organisation and functions of the paper. Women To (lose Informal Rushing Thursday Night Scheduled Social Events Continue ; Silent Period Ends Af 5 P.M. Safutday Informal women's rushing con tinues with scheduled parties, In formal sorority house gatherings without refreshments, visits ,to freshman rooms, and restaurant dates today, tomorrow and Thurs: day Individual contacts are permis sible until 9 pm Thursday ,when a two-day silent period begins Contact between any sorority, wo men and freshmen during this time is illegal, big and little sisters not excluded The silent period ends ,at 5 p m Saturday Each sorority holds two formal TODAY , Free Association.' Planned' par t!es. - , TOMORROW : t. :",:,?,;1 'ties THURSDAY Free Association Planned Par ties • 9 p .m Silent period begins. In vitations issued for formal parties - - FRIDAY Silent Period .1 1-5 p m ,Reply to invitations SATURDAY . 5 p m. - Silent period ends 5•30-7 00 First formal party. 7 30'-9 00 Second formal party 9 p s m Silent period begins. 13M3 10 a m. Rushees receive bal , lots , 3 p m. Ballots must be re turned dinners Saturday,' one from 5'30 until 7 p m and the other from 7 30 until 9 p m Invitations for the din ners will be distributed by the sor orities after 9 p m Thursday If a freshman has decided which house she prefers; she accepts only (Continued, on page two) Mrs. Lewii Succumbs Of Auto,Accident Injuries Funeral services will be held for Mrs Catharine M Lewis, wife of Clifford M Lewis, College Associ ate Public Information Editor, in Cambridge Springs at 10 a m to day. _ - Mrs Lewis received a fractured skull in _an automobile accident near Meadville Wednesday and was taken to the Meadville Hos pital where she died at 4 p m Sunday , The couple was married last August. 68% OF Stu By Student Opinion Surveys ' AUSTIN, Texas, February 12— A majority of American college students themselves, even mem bers of fraternities and sororities, disapprove of the gstod old campus tradition of hazing - The , most' recent national poll of the Student Opinion Surveys of America , indicates that only 32 per cent of all students approve of the pranks and punishments 'to which initiates and freshmen have been subected for generations The Penn State,' Collegian, is, One 'of the co operating members of the Surveys, which conducts, th 6 only 1 scientific samplings of U S. campus thought ' It is important to point out that the 68 per,cent' who declared they were against hazing, 20 per cent specified 'that they , frowned (only PSCA To Hold eace Forum 1- ebrUar3r 20 f ; Kirby Page And Other Notables To Discuss ,'x' t International Relations fl A forum on international rela tions and peace will be held by the PSCA in Schwab Auditorium February 20, it was announced by Harry W Seamans, general seers- Airy, yesterday. He added that Kirby Page, who previously has spoken on the campus regarding the same topic, will be one of the principles and several other not- Aide men in the field of politics are being considered lithe' forum will be open to stu nts, faculty and townspeople and Aill,be conducted somewhat along the lines of the one in which Nor-1 Thomas was the central flg ae,a few years ago, Seamans stet eill,Pollowing a discussion of the tpic by the main speakers, the [bar_ will be turned over to the audience for a general discussion ",How We Build For Permanent Peace ,AtKirby - Page, well known throughout the nation for his out standing work in religious educe tip affiliated with youth, will also 'deliver several speeches to faculty and students during 'his stay on ;u1 campus As a pelt of the pro gam, will address an All-CA ( kneeling planned for February 19 lie'„is also scheduled to speak at dne of the Lenten vesper services, itlhas been announced by Chair khan Walter N Shambach '42 T r Debates Slated fort This Week=end Conch; Conway To Meet lAvSelon Hall Squad Away, • arsitrldebate atsSeton - Hill, in 'exhibition debate at Hunting don: and a freshman invitational debate convention here will high light this week's debate activity Eddie G Couch, Jr, '4O and Thomas D Conway '4O will com prise' an affirmative tdam which meets Seton Hill at'Greensburg to- I morrow night, debating the clues ton'., Resolved—that the basic blame for the present European war rests with the Allied Powers ' Thursday night Roger F Scott '4O, John D Wright '43, Julian F Gold '4l and John R Wishart, Jr, '4l will present an exhibition de beate,in the high school at Hunt ingdon They will argue the ques tion of United States isolation The freshman debaters will play host to representatives from three colleges and two junior colleges next-,Frlday and Saturday, when both Isolation and war guilt ques tions will be discussed 1 Third place in the Grove City Debate Tourney was won by four Penn - State representatives at Grove City Saturday Twelve col leges ;were represented at the tour nament, which was won by Grove City,,With Mt. Mercy second . hike To Talk At Smoker r William W Lake, Bellefonte. at to' ney, will address the Pi Lambda Sigma smoker for pre-legal stu dents to be held at 8 p m Thursday in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house All,,pre-legal students have been urged to attend , . Rhoades Named Secretary Emmett E "Dusty" Rhoades, Pearl, State's head cheerleader during the 1937-38 term, has been appointed field secretary Col the Centre County Motor Club eßts, Oppos' on corporal pimishinent.,llaimless tricks, this group declares, are all right. Other practices that many schools havb attempted to ban, such. as paddlings and electric shocks however, are not all right Combining all types of students, almOst half of them-48 per cent— expressed unqualified disapproval of,hazing The 'canvass produced strong evidence that the "popular" 'nit's tiofi,customs that have long existed I on most campuses are on a decline, shoiving, that there is disapproval even, among a majority of members of 'l , preek letter societies which sponioi the annual "hell week" NoOlfraternity men and women we're more vigorously against, only 30 per cent approving, as-compar edlwith 38 for organized students Suiiirislngly enough, a greater Central Council Of IMA Votes To Become Unit Of National Group OVlndependent Men I CHAMPIONS IMA DEAN ARTHUR R. WARNOCK 5 Seniors Remain In Award Voting Junior Board To Cast final Vote In 2 Weeks Narrowing down the field of el igibles for the annual Collegian Outstanding Senior Award, the Junior Board is not. deciding on live of the most prominent sen iors It is expected that a final vote will be forthcoming in at least two `, , weeks , - -,-.: At - i'lneetcrig-StiViday=niglit, the Collegian Junior Board eliminat ed five of the original 10 candi dates and now is confronted with the problem of deciding who of the remaining five is most outstanding At the next meeting of the electors, two candidates will be selected and then a final vote will be taken shortly before the date of presen tation, which has been set for March 2 No Co-Winners Can Be Chosen According to a precedent which will be followed i igidly this year, there can not be co-winners Con sequently the Junior Board is tak ing precaution in considering the merits of ithe eligible senors The trophy which will be award ed to the outstanding senior be tween halves of the Penn State— Pittsburgh basketball game will be similar to that of the last two years It will consist of an 18-inch figure of Victory mounted on a square base Engineers Shift Hop Dale From April To March 12 The annual EIIgIIICeI . 5 Flop will be held on Fiiday, March 11 in stead of the previously announced date of Aplit 12 The sudden change of the date was the result of a shift in the proposed date of the engineering inspection 'rips The dance committee appointed by Jerome N Goodman '9O and Michael Balog, Ji , '4O is Ter ence C Hai twell '4O and Ai clue R Cornell '4O, co-chan men, George R Keehn '4O, David 0 McKinley '4l and David R Benjamin '4l The co-chairmen also announced that the dance will be semi-formal and will be held in Recreation Hall The Campus Owls will play d To Hazing numbei of freshman-34 pee Lent —were I'm hazing than all students combined "Do you approve or dibappiove of college hazing 9" was the ques tion asked by the interviewers of a sample of students so selected that the results reps esent the total opinions of all college and univer sity enrollments in the United States The complete national tab ulations are as follows. ABCD Approve . 32% a% 30% 34% Disapprove .38 42 ,50 40 Disapprove only of corporal punish.' men! . ,20 20 20 20 ' A—All students. B—Fraternity and sorority mem bers. C—lndependent students. D—Freshmen only. Evans States Decision Was Made After Year's Organizing Brought Over 2,000 Into Fold; Dean Warnock Commends Council On Good Work As a climax to independent unification on the campus, the Central Council of the IMA voted unanimously to become a member of the national organization of independent men, it was announced yesterday by Piesident Clarence H Evans '4O A representative of the campus gr oup will attend the national conference scheduled for Purdue University April 2 to 4 The decision to join the national group has come after a year of organizing the independent men into 17 units on the campus The period during which the movement has taken place has seen the IMA number over 2,000 students Presi dent Evans slated that the move to become affiliated with the national group was reached only after the council considered itself strongly embed locally Members Approve Ball At the monthly meeting of the council held at the BRE Club 1 Thursday night, the representa tives went on record as sanction ing an IMA Ball scheduled foi March 30, a periodical news sheet for IMA activities, and authorized I a committee to•purchase keys, re tembling the type used by the Northwestern University council Highlighting the meeting was an I address by Dean of Men Arthur R Warnock in which the dean com mended the'council on the .excell ent work it has done during its fist year He emphasized the bene fits that independent men have de i ived socially and the unification that they now have "The IMA has had much mole success than I had even hoped for at this time last year," Warnock declared "The IMA will develop the nersonality'Of the - iddeipen s denti Just as the fraternities have been dOing in giving their men social benefits and encouragement in the various campus activities Penn Staten Prepared Technically Speaking of the recent finding of the alumni" committee on the proposed placement bureau, War nock informed the council that employers have found Penn State men efficiently prepared technic ally, but that they lack the social polish He explained that was why he previously emphasized the greater social advantages the IMA is providing "We haven't been emphasizing holding the jobs and getting them by personality This actually is very important and must be con sidered," he declared President Evans also stated that. the committee on new units Ls con centrating its efforts and expects to have five additional units pre sented for approval by the nest meeting Dengler To Speak On Greek Poetry Talk On Greek Anthology To Feature LA Lecture "A Galland of Greek Floweis" is the topic Dr Robert E Denglei, head of the depai tment of classical languages, will discuss in the thud of the series of Liberal Arts Lec tures in the Home Economics Au ditorium at 710 p m. tonight In his speech, Di Dengler will discuss the collection of poetry known as the Greek Anthology He plans to elaborate on its his. toly of development, characteris tics of its make-up, the literacy, social and cultural value of its contents "The collection covers a longer peliod of time than any other com parable material known and is of great value not only for the ex quisite gems that it contains, but .. for the curious and surprisingly contemporary qualities of human existence that it portrays," he ha., explained Center Club Will Dance The first annual semi-formal Campus Center Club dance, open to members and friends, will be held at Theta Kappa Phi fraternity Saturday, Isabel 14 Stamsky '4l, chairman, announced yesterday. Dancing will begin at 0 . p in with music provided by the States men Tickets, which are priced at $1 50, may be obtained at Student Union. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS McWilliams Acts To Bring Revival Of Health hard Harris Named Chairman Of New Body, Which Has Seven '3B-'39 11-3mbers See editorial, "Mediator For Better Health." on page 2 Il Clifton McWilliams, Ti 4p, all-College president moved ye - terday to bring te‘ival of the Ste.- dent Health Boaid v,hich last year developed the new ho - pital.zat ri plan when he named three I.CW members to the Boaid, leappomt ed seven of last %eats membe^s, and announced WSGA Senate would make' two additional ap pointments tonight Honey M T Hari is '4O, a mem- ber of the Boaid last Year, wa named chairman by MeWlll , ara - The new 'appomtees ate, Qlten ; 1111 - VP'COUCh - 740, - Ftadh 11 Flynn '43 and Edward C Vogel '43 Members leappo.nlecl t.ie IT.t Alice Rle ' 4 O Edelr V 801 l '4l, Adam A Srmsei 41, rianlel T Balmer '42 Alice M Muririv '42, and Chatleq L VPnltit .gcn '42 At McWilliams' I Cfl U, t two women will be nominated foi the 1 Board at the WSGA Senate meet ing tonight When these appoint ments ate made the Board mem bership will include two men and one woman born each class, Organized last veal at the ^ug gestion of Di Joseph P Ritenoui, director of the College Health Selma, the Board sin veyed stu dents on their attitudes i egai ding the Health Service and from its surveys developed the hospitaliza tion plan which the Hoard of Trustees approved last month and which %%nil go into effect ne , t September Since its plan was hist present ed to the Trustees last June the student mono has been inactive and faded to lecuganize when College ieopened last Fall Registrar Discovers Spanish Manuscript Exceedingly Difficult A da t k-complevoneci black hatted lad walked Into the Regis- Vat's Office last week and maimed if he might change his coui , ,es "Of course, but you will have to get the winten consent of your patents," William S Hoffman, the, College tegishat, replied Nothing mote was said, the lad left, he knew his patents would mite a letter giving then consent It would be a 't ety simple mattet A week passed, then one day a letter mimed at the Registrar's Office It was postmat lied some where us South America Hoffman- - opened the letter Enclosed was a page and a half of writing horn the boy's patents, but, in Spanish After hours of dilemma, the let ter was finally sent to Prof Paul R ,Daugherty, head of the Span ish depaitnient, who sent a note to the Regishar's Office which said, "His pat eels say it's OK" The College Registrar is still wondering what was in the Ictlei, and also, is debating whether or not he should enroll in a laige number of foie i g n language, courses Photographer Named Robert Serating '4l has been appointed official phologlaphcr of the Drydock Club, Edgar V Hall, '4l, manager, announced yester day