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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
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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
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`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