304. OLD MAN Senn' 1 1 :Weekly . , ',fir' _ -' . ii: 14 # . . - ~ ~., ,„,, To, • Successor - - ' , COMPLETE 0' ( - „It- - ' 4 .)c ) il To The Free Lance, ~J,n,; l';:; ', /; . - q; tglau „. CAMPUS - ' Established 1887 , •ru - _, „., ; is: : __ ,--/,,, COVERAGE ' 4 • ' - _ - _:-/eP " _ ~. il 5521.--• - ,:!,,,, VOL. ,36-No. 38 Kirby Page To Lead Open Peace Forum Here On Tueiclay War • 'Keepind, America' Out Of War, Will Be Topic; Religious' Leader And former Chapel Speaker ~Will - Also Speak Before PSCA ; facultOroups , - -,The stage is set for , the appearance of Kirby Page, rehg imis leadei and reknown authority on world 'events to lead an 'open forum of students and faculty 'oh the tOpic;."Hovit- to Keep America Out of War," . in Schwab •Auditorium at 7:30 - „ p.m. Tuesday, it has been announced br.Harry N.,Ghenn ',40; - of the PSCA.- Ire also 'stated that Page will discuss the subject from several angles with tha latterpirt Of the pro `gram „ gram devoted to an open discussion. Featured Last Year `"'""Kirby Page will be remembered by students and faculty as one of the featured speakers at the Re; ilgion in Life, Week held last year., He also' has - written sium erous popular brinks and pamph lctss:dealing • with -religion and world events Some of his books are;',Living,CrEratively," and "Re-' ligiMis:Resoitt'cect His most re= cent. pamphlet was 'Rote to Keep: 'AMerica Out , of 'War,' 'and Wm thii , aonic that the PSCA has rar,, quested him ~to discuss Tuesday., - Monday Program Kirby Page; in addition to his, speech in Schwab Auditorium - , will also talk , before ,various - groups of the PSCA during his , stay here His first engagement' has been annouriced • for 304 Old Main at 1' p m ~Monday-when he 1 willalk on "Religion's Contrlbu— tion in an, Agejof at :_Supper with the PSCA Cabinet and all-project chairman is 'wiled tiled for 530 .! m ~when ~ he ;will "disCusi,?-I:Badie' Christian Beliefs` M Personal RCligion 1 Highlighting . the- Moiiday_ PM be ,an .all-CA meeting ''suliject 'for Page's speech be, "Religaimsl, Livirig='Personal and Social ", " ' — Tuesday: his prograia wilt be . - gin at noon when there will be ,stitderit-laculty luncheon in the Sandwich Shop at Old Main "What. America Can 'Do About Hitlerism and Stalinism," will be discussed at an^open meeting In '3o4'old Main at 1 m ,Tuesday. ' Heroic the forum, Page will aid in the Lenten Vespers Service - sched uled for 304 Old Main at 7 30 p m The committee., In charge of Ka by Page's visit consists of Hotly N Ghcnn Jr, '4O, chairman, =Dr—B David Anthony, Adam A. Smyser , "4l, Margaret E Middle ton '42, A Dorothy Golschmidt 741, and Harold E Machamer '43 Collegian Read,' longer By Men Than Wothen, Intereil Survey Shows Men readers of the , Collegian average almoSi, two minutes more in reading each issue than' women readers, result's ' from , the first 'Collegian Readers'' Interest" Poll shoWed today. Returns -from 1125 men who were contacted by, the survey dur ing mid-semester , registration Showed that the male-reader av ,, crages 22 8 minutes on each issue Exactly 25,650 minutes, or 427 1 / 2 hours' are spent in reading the Collegian by the men polled. ' ~ ' ,.Collegian female readers aver age 21,minbtes Per issue or 150 1 / 2 ' honis reading the' Collegian each time it = Sfu n denis , Must Register Now, Fot-SyihnlOist Student*, 'who are , interested in ,the new, one-credit , swimming course sign up fOr_it this week , The ,two-hour course is sched uled.as follows. womeh,-In White Salron'Vednesdays at-7 30 p.m , under the supcivision of Mrs yir glnla-A'affrey,--nistructor in phy sical edupatlon; men, Inplennland P001,,0n Tuesdays at 7.30; p under the -direction; of Albert P Michaels„ instructor' in' physical education ,-,:;=Coiredloii' In a storyc printed 'ln- the lest 'lave of Abe Collegian ',lt n was er roneously stated that ,the Engin eers Hop wouldlie held on Friday, March' 2., The 'date of the dance Illacch - ;-,--,,- -PACIFIST' PolikaV6roups:‘: gamze 41, Campus,Will'Plan - Sehiplt Paitir 'Tonight= Bp ,WILLIAM E: FOWLER - Campus, politicians, looking for wai - to ,spring, began:to dust off the old handshake ;this week - and make piepaiations for' the coming political, wars - - ;- Two cliques, '4l Campus and '43 All-College; prepared to re organize in the near future The Junior group will discuss plans for a reorganization meeting at a cider pai ty-smoker-dance in Beta Sigma Rho at 9 p m tonight. Charles' B _'Chuck" Elder, re cently elected chairman of the .freshman All-College unit after the resignation of Bob Bacon, has an nounced, an important meeting of the clique in 418 Old Main, at 7 30 pm. Monday:At , this time a cam paign-manager will be elected and a proposed name change will be discussed -Independent parties, cnoylng fruits of their biggest year in Col lege history,' planned little rem.- ganication. to meet-the approaching campaign Campus '42; sole vic torious Campus unit last Sprang, likewise considered few changes in last year's set-up .3 Shidepts Recuperate - Three College ,students are re covering from appendicitis opera tions in out-of-town hospital. They are Thoinas 6 Culp '42 who was operated on in the , Lewistown Hospital on February. 8, W Thomas Kelly, Jr '42, °notated on at , the Bellefonte' Hospital last Sunday, -and Glenn Cassidy '4l, operated on at the,Prxsutawney Hospital on Tuesday Students 0 AUSTIN, Texas„FebrOary 15. While the' youth of Europe marches ; , off to the battle fronts American college students stand overwhelmingly opposed event to the mention ot,compulsory mili tary service in the United States This, is revealed in a coast-to coast poll 'conducted by the Stu dent Opionlon Surveys of . Amer iciyresults of which show that 81 per, cent 'of the 'Men and women attending the nation's'colleges and universities' are against _requiring 'every able-bodied American boy 20iyears old to' go into' the Ariny or Navy for one year " ' ,The poll, was "taken ^ rising ' a scientific cross section that tin chAieS ' exact-Proportions , o.t- the' Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940 Forty Delegates From 18 Schools To Attend Parley Convention To Discuss Student-faculty _ Issues; Warnock Praises Confab Forty delegates from eighteen Pennsylvania colleges and univer sities have accepted Invitations to attend the state-wide student gov ernment convention to be held here on March 1,2, and 3 The purpose of the convention is-to strengthen student govern ments throughout the state so that college administrations and fac ulty groups will place the respon- There will be a special meet ing of all the committees on the Student Government Conven tion in the Alumni Association offices in Old Main at 4 p. m. today. sibility of handling student prob lems in the hands of student gov erning organizations • _ Commenting on the gathering, Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock favored the plan and issued the following staterdent• , "It is a good idea for student governments of the various col leges and universities to exchange Ideas once a year, and it appropri ate that Penn State should take the initiative in starting what may de velop into an annual occurrence Practice Democracy "Young citizens need practice in democracy and I know of no bet ter way that such practices can be obtained than In student govern- Ment procedui es " Although the deadline for the questionnaires sent to Pennsyl vania higher educational institu tions was last Saturday; Divid E Pergrm '40,, convention chairman, announced that all the invitations have not yet been'retunied, and 'lt mrobable that more ebn 3411. qges, iceeptlpetlctideOrft,he"7s* - li.. •:PresideritfßalPlf„D • Itetzel will be Ithe principle speaker-at the final banquet scheduled in the Nittany_ Lion Inn =on Saturday night, March 2 Student Verse Ontest To Be Offered By Local Unit Of Poetry Society A poeby contest open to all stu dents will be sponSored by the Penn State chapter of the National Poetry Society, Theodore Roethke, English instructor, and nationally known young poet, announced yes terday. , The contest will close Mardi 1, and each entrant may submit as many poems a% lie wishes Winner of first priic will be awarded a membership in the National Poetry Society and will receive a year's subscription to College Verse, publication of the National Society. Second prlt.e will be a book .- The Penn Stale chapter was or ganized last year and has been steadily growing in membership, Roethke said Last year, lie an nounced, three members had work accepted by College Verse Jean C Craighead '4l, Maxine West '4O, and Boyd Harrier '4O were members whose work was published Craighead won special recognition by.havlng her poetry selected as the best submitted for the month of December: The Society will meet at Roe thke's apartment, Room 27, Glenn land Building at 11 a m Sunday Both members and'none-members interested in poetry are asked to attend, Roethke said Included in the meeting will be the playing of several recordings of poems by E. E Cummings , ,_, ed - ITO different Lynes of students regis tered in all. the institutions of higher learning—College men, who would have s to earth - the guns and do the mar i clung,,were found to be the most opposed, only 17 per' cent favoring. But 21 per cent of the half ,million 'girl's' going to college said they favored military tram mg—for the boys..-; The national results ' Men. Worn. Both Should require 17% , ' 21% 19% Should . not require ..88;: 79 81, These "figures , contrast with those of a recent poll taken by'the Surveys; in whlch:B7ipei cent of the collegians declared themselves for ROTC training on the campus, Payment Of Fees Ends,,, 5 P.M. Today; Special Delecrmenf Windows. Payment of second setnestei? fees. which began yesterday will continue until 5 p.m. today.; Students who are paying their 4, fees on the deferred plan are, requested to pay their fees at special - windows marked "De fetred"- in order to eliminate congestion at the alphabetical.; ly marked' windows. 5 Colleges Send fresh Debaters To Confab Here ~ 3rd Annual Convention Begins Tonight Isolation; War, Guilt Are Topics ' The third annual freshman in: vitational debate convention will attract representatives from Buck nell, Juniata, Pittsburgh, Bucknell Junior College, and Scranton-Key stone Junior College here tonight, and. Saturday. The - questions of United State's foteign policy and of basic blame for the Euiopean war will be dis cussed in two separate group ses sions tonight in the-Liberal Arts building Reports prepared by these committees will be discussed by a generalTmeeting of all dele: gates in 312 Liberal Arts building at 9 a m tomorrow . Tomorrow's assembly, which will be open to,the public, will be coil; ducted according to parliamentarY procedure with Thomas D Conway '4O as chairman Arrangements for the convention have been super vised by Harold P Zelko, freshman debate coach Four' debaters, William B Har luns '42, Robert I Weiss '4l, Ger ald F.. Doherty:42, and Nomad F,‘" 'e'renif a` tournamentat`ShiPpens burg tonight, where they' will ar- I gue the isolation question Eddie G. Couch, Jr '9O and Thomas D Conway '4O, accom panied by debate coach Joseph' F O'Brien, 'will leave Monday on a six-day EaXtern tour. They , will meet Gettysburg Monday night, Penn Tuesday, Rutgers and Queens Wednesday, Army Thursday, City College of New Yolk Friday and New York University Friday Noted Rabbi To Deliver Forum Address Before Hillel Foundation Sunday Rabbi Milton Steinberg, of the Park Avenue' Synagogue, New York City, and' Sunday chapel speakci, will be the guest of honor at the Hillel Foundation - when he delivers a forum address "Want ed. A Philosophy of Jewish Life," at the Foundation building at 7 30 p m Sunday Rabbi Steinberg, in addition lo being widely known in the lecture field, is the author of a penetrating analysis entitled, "The Making of the Modern Jew" He is also the author of "The Di iven Leaf," nist off the pi esses The public is invited to attend the Sunday forum '43 Candidates Will Meet All freshman women candi dates for secretarial positions on the business staff of the Col legian are urged to report to Room 312 Old Main at 7:30 p.m., Monday. February 19, C. Russel Eck. business manager, has an nounced. itwy Duty 4 pm cent more men than women giving , their' approval 'Of those approving, however, 58 per cent specified that•it should be volun tary. . The ,attitude of campus youth on Army and Navy service is con gruent with that of the American public, form ,other national polls opinion has been registered em phatically ,against initiating this practice now so"prevalent abroad. ' One . explanation of, the large vote students turned in against compulsory service may be that a good many} believe the , United States can stay'out of the present war. Irra Survey last December, 51:1 per cent of them were of that opinion. •, ' • Sorority Rushing Closes Sunday With Formal Bids , fiSouth Of The Border' is Senior Ball Theme fi ., Ever been South of the Border (no pun intended) , Well, that's , f 1 here you're going, accompanied by Jan Savdt and his Top Hatters just one week from tonight when the up and coming young maestro brings his scintillating "music with a shuffle" to Rec Hall for Senior ylßall . , e,f Co-chairmen David J Morgan and James R Sauser announced !,4 , esterday that the theme for the ball will be "Carnival night" in the style of Old Mexico i , _ x Built' around a scenic panel at 1 pc end of Rec Hall which will depict a Mexican garden, with Wills, foliage, and architecture in 3rue "South of the Border" style, !the entire atmosphere will lend to the mellow- music of Savitt and •', its Top Hatters :t 4 ceiling of gold, and drapery :Of'blue will give color to the Neve ning, with a four-loot central i t ght filled with balloons to be leased at some time during the once VThe Top Hatters will play from 4 band stand decorated with palm tree foliage and parrot hops The patrons box will be "furnished ,with cedar poles in the shape of a pergola with vines and Mexican "foliage to match Tickets for the Ball, which is formal, are priced at 53 85 -e, 1 More-Persons oHear,Kreisler Marquardt-Announces 1 - Sale 01428 Stage Seats ~...;.."__ ,--24; , !..4 , 1-,`,..1 - A: `l4 iris'efiled.7solifrirrlZß3gsirdi f o the stage of Schwab Audito rum foi the appearance of Fritz I reisler will go on sale at. the Ath letic Association window in Old Main two weeks from today, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chairman of t'ie Artists' Course Committee, dll lipunced yesterday With the addition of the stage seats, the number of extra persons Who may see the master violinist's performance, is boosted to 252, with 124 standing room tickets al so going on sale at the same time Both stage and standing room tickets will be priced at $2 for the ICI eisler number According to the Kimler man agement, it is almost a uniform practice to sell stage seats for his concerts in-order to meet popular demand The Artists' Course Corn mittee„Dr Marquardt pointed out, hopes to dispel some of the dis appointment among students and faculty_ members which resulted from the early sell-out of Artists' Course tickets this year Sigma Xi To Popularize Research Activities Here; Lecture Series Planned Separate efroi ts to acquaint fac ulty and students with the re search activities conducted at the College were underway today un der the sponsorship of Sigma Xi, national honorary scientific fra ternity, and the Collegian. Sigma Xi announced it would begin a lecture series with this °beeline with talks on "Research at Penn State Mille Service of the Commonwealth" In Schwab Audi torium at 730 p.m on February 26 A speaker from each of the undeigiaduate schools will sum marise the investigational activi ties within his school which are contributing to the welfare of the citizens of the state 'The Collegian's program, a ser ies of "50-Second Chats" with Penn State's "Men of Mark" who have contributed to scientific progress, is 'scheduled to begin as soon as the present series of chats with the, Deans is complete ` Speakers who will address the Sigma Xi-sponsored lecture are S W. Fletcher, dean of the School of Am lculture, Dr Frank C. Whit more, dean of .the School of Chem istry and Physics; Prof C C. Pet ers, director of research in the School ,of of Education, Prof F. G. Hechier, director of the Engineer ing Experiment Station, Prof. Her bert Koepp-Baker of the School of the , Liberal ,Arts, Prof A. W. Gauger, director of the Mineral Industries Experiment Station, and Prof 4E. C Davis, of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. Snow Threatens Record; 14 Inches Fall In 18 Hours As Students Ski To Class With students making snow statues and skiing to classes, the snowfall Wednesday threatened to reach the height of that in February, 1935, when moat of the roads leading into the bor ough were blocked. Between 4 p.m. Tuesday. and noon. Wednesday, 14.1 inches of snow had fallen here. In Febru ary, 1935, only 20 inches of snow fall were recorded during the entire month. No statistics on the amount ,of snowfall during a single day are available. but it is believed that the present pre cipitation is the greatest in re cent years Borough police' denied repgrts that the road between State Col lege and' Bellefonte had been closed Tuesday night, but said that traffic between here and Altoona had been temporarily halted because of drifting snow. Home Treatment H Pfann II For ick~ 2 More Student Health Board Members Named A plan to provide more satis factory medical attention fogy stu dents ill at their homes will be the lust obpective of the re-oi - ganized Student Health Board, Henry M T Harris '4O, chairman, announced yesterday. . Hauls said he would propose the plan at the Board's first meet ing in the Dispensary at 7 p next Wednesday H Clifton Mc- William', '4O, all-College presi dent, had urged action on It when he appointed the new Board this week The Board membeiship which McWilliams named was complet ed on Tuesday night with the ap pointment of two more members by WSGA Senate Elizabeth D Yost '4l and Natalie An Siebert '43 The group now includes 12 members with two men and one woman from each class The Board now will confer with town and College doctors as well as students in developing a new plan Alumni Secretary LOoks Back On 35 Years Here "1 sec the ideals and tiadition of Penn State interineted in terms of the achievements of the alumni," stated Edward K Hibshman, secrete* , of the Alumni Association, yesterday as he looked back on his 35 yeats of association, with the College as a student, extension official, and in his present capacity Hibsliman's greatest thrill tomes when a Penn State son or daughter clashes the headlines by accomplishing some worthy deed and the driving pui pose of his piesent work which he has been doing for ten years is to make the people of Pennsylvania realize that the limning students receive here has enabled them to render a limy definite service to the state. • As he reminisced over the many years he has lived on the campus, the alumni secretary recalled with fond memories the College as . 1 t was when he started as a fresh man, There were only 800 stu dents enrolled here at the time and since there were very few co eds, the boys' standard sartorial ensemble consisted of a thick flan nel shirt, a pair of corcittroy trou sers and hob-nail shoes. A clean white shirt was'a rarity and was worn only when the student was going home or expecting com pany Dress Evolution The change in the dress of the students has been only one of the 12 Campus Organizations Attempt To Better Last Year's Mark Of 142; Two Dinners Will Be Final Gesture Rushees Must Send Invitation Replies Today; Lists Due At Dean's Office 11 P.M. Tomorrow; Preferential Ballots To Contain Two Choices (See EdstonaL "Lead Pipes And Rushees," on Page 2.) Although sorol ity rushing officially closes at 9 p. m. to mon ow following two formal dinners at 5:30 and 7 p. m., bidding will not be terminated until 5 p. in Sunday. No definite prediction of the number of expected pledges could be made by Panhellenic Council, but the figure may equal last year's total of 142. Twelve sororities are vieing for top honors ' Replies to invitations to the I formal dinneis tomorrow night 1 Cabinet Ap p roves must be made at Panhellenic Post Office at Student Union be- . . .. tween 1 and 5p m today j Anti - Aircra ft 'Unit Acceptances to the invitations, distributed yesterday at 9 p m as the second silent period began, For ROTC Service= should specify which dinner the TODAY Continuous silent period. 1-5 n. m. Replies to formal din ner invitations must be at the Panhellenic Post Office at Stu dent Union. " 5 p. m. Rushing chairmen got replies to invitations. TOMORROW Silent period. 5 p. in. Silent period ends. 5:30.7 o. m. First formal dinner. 7:30-9 p. Second formal din , - • 9 p. "Buea 11 p. in. Rushing chairmen must have bids at the Dean of Wo men's office. SUNDAY Rushees r_e ceive preferential ballads. 11 ii. in. Expense sheds for for mal dinners must be handed to Panhellenic Rushing Chair man. , 14 - 3 p. m. Rushees return pref. erential ballots to Dean of Wo• men's office. 5:30 p. ,m. Rushing chairmen receive lists and contact wo men who have accepted their bids. rushee wishes to attend Rushing chairmen may receive answers to respective house invitations at 5 p m today Following the reguldi pioceduic of rushing, a hst of each sorority's bids must be at the Dean of Wo men's office by II p m tomor row Preferential ballots will be available for freshmen Sunday morning if they have been bid by any of the 12 sororities, Each ballot contains the names of all campus sororities listed al phabetically. 'Rushees must place a "I" beside the name of the sor ority of their choice, and if they Continued On Page 4 many evolutions that Mr Hib shman has seen Penn State go through. Probably the most out standing of these, according to the veteran alumnus, has been the growth of the College from its f?r mer status of a small college to the present state where it is ac quiring all the characteristics of a great university. Speaking of the work of the Alumni Association, Mr. Hib- shman remarked that the control ling purpose, of that group was to consolidate all the graduates into a strong .unit which will benefit not only the College itself but the Individual alumni In their various fields after graduation. PRICE FIVE CENTS Pres. Hetzel To Receii& - , Proposal For Sanction; Emery Promises Action', The All-College Cabinet opened the way for establishment of , an anti-aircraft unit here wheri, it approved recommending to presi dent Ralph D Hetzel that a thtrd' ROTC unit be installed at the_rei,- night Colonel Ambrose R Emery, in charge of the military department, was invited to the meeting to ex plain the desirability of an addr holml unit before the Cabinet ay.- ed on the proposal According to Col Emery. the anti-aircraft. unit Is the newest and most interesting branch of the service, and should the College sanction the proposal, coast artil lei), officers who are familiar with this type of work would be sent here by the U S Army "If the request for the new unit comes from the students, the War Department will probably take pi ompt action The Army is pleased with the increased enroll ment in the advanced courses, and they will likely favor the idea," Col Emery explained Proposed Equipment Equipment for the proposed unit would consist of one or two anti-an craft guns, machine guns, trucks Cot hansportation, search lights, and sound-range devices. It would be necessary for the College to provide housing spate foi the equipment, and the Board of Trustees would approve the'l..ti cation fat the election of the'ne cessai y shelter The Cabinet also acted on the pi oposal to erect new street and stop signs The student govern ing body also asked the coopera tion of the students in preserving the signs, and warned that the Borough Council has set up severe fines for any person responsible for their destruction +++ Stop Signs Al Dangerous Intersections Requested By All-College Cabinet: In an effoi t to decrease automo bile accidents and to prevent fu ture collisions the All-College Cab met has recommended to the Bor ough Council that stop signs be placed at dangerous intersections in the fraternity section Before the Council would take action on the proposal, it Was ne cessary for the Cabinet to give assurance that if stop signs., and street signs are replaced and addi tional ones erected that students would refrain from damaging , or removing them Any new stop signs that Will . be erected will be strictly enforced, and students are asked by both the Cabinet Safety Committee and the Borough Council to observe the new traffic regulations
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