, - Successor
To The Free Lance,
Eilablished 1887
- VOL: 36—No. 39
Student
Placement
(fiendslry And Physics
(This is the second in a series of
articles dealing with the methods
, used . by the various schools and
departments in the College to place
their graduates and the success
;these methods have had.)
"Sp RICHARD C. PETERS
„
C ' Almost 100'per cent placement
ia the story
,of success told by the
''records of ,the School,of Chemistry
••
and Physics, ' , according to Dr
''Gren;er C Chandlee, professor of
chemistry, and 'chief cog in the
;placement service system of the
School ,
Based on the interview method,
complimes send repre
sentatives to' chat with and look
;into the records of a designated
ninilbei' of students, the set-up of
,the School of Chemistry and Phys
ics has become what might be call
ed it "placement cycle," according
to Dr' Chandler -
!:',"We. have aS many .as 10 grad
uates employed in the same plant,"
asserted Di. Chandlee,,"all of diff
erent graduating classes Our eon
tints have been long-standing and
some of - our older graduates arc
highly,instrutheiltal in gaining pos
itions 'fOr, wm thy graduating stu
dents.",
' The ditficulty'with the interview
method; Dr 'Chaddlee pointed out,
the placing of the last few mem
beis of the - graduating class, as
their, class_ makes them
least - sought-for by the inter
-71 students who graduated m
'l9B9,idom' the School, all but four
are definitely employed and' the
statue, of those four, Is + uncertain.
„One , out ,of I'sB graduates of 1938
'uniertamstatusilwlth all
other's employed That One is phy'-
.irslcalli:handicapped ~The class of
:,19370,tkistota - lr:ialentireli.placed.
'All men with advanced degrees are
-100'pen,pent 'blued, Dr Chandlee
:stilted-4 • ,
Commenting 'on the establish
ment 'of a central placement bur
'eau here, Dr. Chandlee said, "I
believe the bureau will be success
ful; and though, we intend to co
-operate fully with those at its head,
I don't think it can replace ours It
will be' highly beneficial to those
schools, like - the Liberal Arts,
Which at present are without such
services.",
Gridiron Banquet
Sal For March 11 .
- 4_Committee's Named
.(By'Frank Zumbro '4O
;' , Arrangements for the annual
,Sigma Delta Chi Banquet, ached
uledjor Monday, March 11, got
- ,Onderwaryesterday as four com
7initte6gwereappouited by Frank
- ft - Zumbro '4O, president of, the
,professional journalism honorary
Bernard A - Newman '4O was
,named.bioquet chairman to over
see pre
pared for the annual 'roasting" af
fair..
The'acript. committee*' Adam A.
Sniyier '4l, William E. Fowler '4l,
Quentin;R. Fehr '4l; and George
Schless *
' Publicity committee: A Wil
liam , Engel '4O;- Robert 'I
-L Lane
'4l, Richard C Peters '4l, and W
Daniel, Deibler '4O.- '
V, ;Program and uwitation commit
tee. Robert L :Wilson MO, W.
Bradley Owens '4O, Paul S Heide
mari;'4o, and,J: Gordon Fay '4l.
n^ - -Mechanical committee: Emanuel
'Roth, 7Herbert 'Nipson '4O,
Frank:R Zumbrri '4o„ind George
Schenker') '4l. "
Penn Stale (Ohio Held
OUOfficers
„Tomorrow; , 4os.old Main
%Nominations for 'officers of- the
Pemi'State Club mill ,be held in
Room 405, Old Main, at 7.30 p. m.
tomorrow; Michael,Balog '4O, pies
ident of the club, , ,announced yes-
Aerday: „ -
q At
,this time,' nominations will
be opened for'President;yice-pres
,ident,- secretary,: treasurer,' social
Chairman, -athletic manager„ and
the newly-created offlce , of public
,'itEchairman, and,the nominations
tertian open until the election
'data which will be within a month,
RalPiStated-
1 4,;
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f ian tit rg
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
ri ta
COVERAGE
Sorori
As
New Rushing Code
Allows Fraternities
Ouick Pledging
Rushees Allowed To live
In Houses Under Plan
Unanimously Approved
z,
A new selective rushing
code, radically different from
the codes of recent years, was
adopted unanimously by In
terfraternity Council Thurs
day-night.- _ ,
Chief features of the mew
'code are two: that - rushees
may be pledged at any time
after the start of rush week,
and that rushee house guests
may live in fraternity houses
at any time during rush week
upon invitation by the fra
ternity and upon any condi
tions which the fraternity
may establish
Fraternities having rushee
house guests must send the names
of all such guests upon their ar
rival:A° IFC at the Student Union
desk, according to the code, and
(Conhnued on page Iwo)
IFC Plans Booklet I•
4kAidaillsl#lll
Next i(ear's Freshmen'
Will Each Receive'Co-py
Plans for a fraternity handbook,
to be utilized for rushing purposes
next summer, are being drawn up
by a committee of Interfraternity
Council and will be presented at
the group's next meeting, 'IFC
President Frank C Anderson-40
has announced
The booklet; similar to that pub
lished by interfraternity organiza
tions at many colleges, will contain
detailed information about Penn
State fraternities, their functions
and activities Profusely illustrat
ed, its purpose will be to sell the
fraternity system as a whole to
prospective rushees
About 3,500 copies of the hand
book will be printed, according to
present estimates A copy will be
mailed to each member of the class
of '44 next summer, with the re
mainder to be turned over to in
dividual fraternities for use in
their rushing program.
G. Warren '
By GEORGE SCHLESS
==M==l
Someone offered the big guy a
cigarette He started to take one
from the extended pack, stopped,
sloWly shook his head, and smihng
grimly, he said, "No I'd better
not. I've got to keep in shape for
the Intercollegiates "
- FoOlish statement for a man to
make from an Infirmary bed two
hours after his ankle had been
fractured in a wrestling meet' Per
hapi it was, but it made sense to
the group of friends around War
ren Elliott when' he said it Satur
day night.
For anyone who has followed
Warren, Elliott ' s wrestling career
has learned the meaning of a qual
ity that is' expressed by, only one
term Guts.'
Worked Herd and Long
Those friends remember a Was -
ren Elliott who wasn't a hero They
remember a Warren Elliott' who
came here 'from Valley Forge MU
itaryAcademy as a sophomore, and
spent a large part of the year on
the wrestling mats, studying, learn
ing, practicing All , year he, press
ed Ernie Bortz for the heavyweight
post, but his only actual exper
ience was In the Nationals, when
he lost his first round tilt.
And they remember the Warren
Elliott, whd - wrestled at heavy-1
weight -last ''year They remember
some, of the statements the Col-,
legian made about the 190-pounder
who lost five bouts and won only
two" He threw himself against Sea-1
mann of -Nebraska, we said He
w 041cItissigipy Mici...,"gdn's For-
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA.; T.LIF4DAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1940
ty Pledging Sunoilay Sets New High Of 149
Men Turn To Lij2eralized Code For September
Kappas Lead 12 Houses With 18
New Members; Delta Gamma, Theta
Place Second With 16 Pledges Each
Seniors Drop
General ,Vote
On Class Gift
Poll Confined Strictly
To Class' Members Will
Get Un'derway.Tomorrow
Plans for an all-College poll on
senior class gift suggestions were
abandoned yesterday and David
E. Pergrm, senior president, an
nouncing a preliminary vote con
fined strictly to seniors would be
conducted at Student Union for
two weeks beginning tomorrow
The poll will narrow suggestions
for use of the $5,000 gift fund to
two, these to be placed up for final
vote at the all-College elections in
May
The proposal to have all stu
dents vote in the Student Union
poll was abandoned because of
widespread opinion that selection
of the gift should be left entirely
to the seniors
All seniors voting in the poll
must present a matriculation card
and Athletic Book as certification
Votes will be counted by the senior
class gift committee -
Nine Proposals Made
Gift proposals now before the
class include , a College Lion
Shrine, additional murals for Old
Main, funds for new observatories,
Blue Band uniforms, contribution
toward a Student Union Building,
additional funds-for an all-College
Recreation , Lodge, creation of a
scholarship, fund, a donation for
Library books, and purchase-of a
bulletin board for, Old Main lobby
"i' , /Ll'he_nex, - plareof
vote ii — Semrtried this'year," David
E Pergrin '4O, senior class presid
ent, explained yesterday, "because
it is felt that the gift selected
should be one which would prove
attractive to the entire,.student
body I.
Hillel Opens Intensified
Social Season Saturday
With Night Club 'Affair
Highlighting the beginning of an
intensive social season, the Hillel
Foundation is planning its first
"stag" affair, open to all, this Sat
urday evening -
The affair, which will , talce the
form of a Night Club, will feature
the best in campus entertainment
while dancing to the tune of the
latest swing hits will be held in
the Foundation Auditorium, inter
spersed with the serving of re
freshments.
The entire program - for the eve
ning will be announced in the Fri
day issue of the Collegian
Pirsonified
rest Jordan Lehigh's Raybold tos
sed him mound like a rag doll
Hoopes, of ,Syracuse pinned him
with
But even that disashous , l939
season" , gave some ,hope to Elliott
fans He'saved the Princeton meet
by_decisioning Bokum He put on
one of the greatest ,displays of
courage ever , seen In Rec. Hall
when through sheer guts he kept
Navy's Bergner from pinning him
He decisioned Cornell's Harrison
!in the Ihiezcolieguitep he pined
Youth COngreis May
-
Form ChapterpOn Campus
Back from Washington, D
dents boo President Roosevelt ant
Penn State students began efforts`
of the American Youth Congress li
At an open meeting Sunday the
students reported on their attend
ance at the American Youth COn
gress sessions—attacked the over
emphasis the press had given the
Roosevelt and Lewis, episodes,
praised the Youth congres4, and
reported on its program activities
in the quest_of peace, jobs, civil
liberties, and rural relief
Efforts to establish a chapter of
the Congress here were begun at
an open forum following the Sun
day,
talks when it was decided
members of.the Washington dele
gation would seek to organize in
to a local Congress those campus
groups which are now represent
ed in the national organization
Talks at the meeting held in
405 Old Main Sunday afternoon
C & IF-Students
Wanl Own School'
Postcards Deluge Hetzel
As Honorary Starts' Driye
See Editorial. "Talking Business.;' '
on Page 2
A renewed drive to haile - the Co
ltl
Admmistration-wasi launched last
week by Delta Sigma Pi, commerce
and finance honorary, which wants
the present two-year commerce and
finance course removed from the
School of Liberal Arts upper di
vision, and changed to a four-year
course with its own school
To boost the campaign, over 150
students in the curriculum have
already sent postcards to President
Ralph D Hetzel urging the estab
lishment of the new school
A letter signed by the 25 mem
bers of the commerce and finance
honorary reached President Het
zel yesterday. It urged that the
plan be placed before the Board of
Trustees
Outline Reasons
Points which the students have
raised in asking for a school of
their own are
I—There is adequate enrollment
for a separate school as 30 per
cent (more than 600) of the Lib
eral Arts students are in the
curriculum or are planning to
enter it
I2—Two-thirds of the 42 members
, (Contmeed,on page iwo)
Columbia's Siegal, befoie being
pinned by Penn's Wolf
Things were different this year
Elliott built himself up to a solid
205 pounds. He studied Be worked
day and . , night Slowly but suieli
he learned He almost pinned The
same Hooper who pinned ham last
year, but the Orange star , won a
decision Elliott manhandled Flam
mer of Princeton He outmaneuv
ered Weiss of Chicago He deci
stoned Brown of Cornell He out
witted and outbattled Brenneman
of Lehigh and got a draw He was
on his way to avenge last yeal's
loss to Michigan's Jordan when
his ankle snapped
Idolizes Speidel
Elliott idolizes Charlie Speidel,
and evidently it's mutual "Elliott
is a real college man—a born
leader," says Charlie "He listened
and he 'maned his lessons well
Now he'd - give anyone in any
league ,`battle His one ambition
was to gain back the points he
lost last' year, and he more than
did it. I'd like to have a dozen
Elliotts"
- Elliott managed to smile despite
his shattered ankle Sunday "Here,
Doc, here's a',cookie for you," and
he'd toss one to .a friend forcing
hiS way mto,the - crowded Infirm
ary room: "I'm OK, Doc . . sure
I'm going to wrestle again .. I'm
going to cut it 'off and leave it
here and come back for it later "
"Born leader typical college
man," says 'Charlie Speldel We
call it Guts - .
,Where they helped 4,000 other btu-
A cheer ClO's John L Lewis, 11
, 4 `9n Sunday to establish a chapter
were given by Robert M Slgmond
-01,' who explained the orgaruza
' ion Of' the , AmeriCan Youth Con
res's,i Florence E Held '4l, who
explained the Congress' job cam
',sign, Henry Borow, graduate
J.Stadent, who discussed civil lib
_idles, Philip R Thomforde '43
Pvho spoke on the Congress and
'peace, Betty A Whittaker '4l,
who described the attitude of the
.cingress on rural problems and
rm& Moskalik '42, who de
scribed the notorious Roosevelt
add Lewis speeches
,1 A t Hallam Reede, assistant
professor of economics, had
Charge of the meeting and led the
open forum which resulted in the
motion for establishment of the
Penn State Youth Congress.
rage Speaker
For Peace Forum
Irst W i lll Lead Vespers Today
After Addreising PSCA
i,"How to Keep America Out of
lyar," Is the topic that Kirby Page,
reknoyned religious and political
sn4lcer, will'_discuss at , an open
4111ithril- - eiwnsored , by—tlie-PSGA7:I
Schwab Auditorium it 7 30 p m
today
Following Page's speech, in
which he will present various sides
of the problem, there will be a
period of discussion in which the
audience will have a chance to
question him regardinethe situa
tion of peace The speakei has
written numerous books and pam
phlets relative to the topic and his
'latest pamphlet was entitled "How
to Keep America Out of War"
In addition to his speech tonight,
Page will continue his talks before
various PSCA groups Last night
he addressed an all-CA meeting
discussing the problems of religion
and social life He also will lead
the Lenten vespers service in 304
Old Main at 6 45 p m today
Modern Dancing, Ballets
Are Included In Play,
'The World We Live In'
By HELEN V. ATKINSON
The selected concert group of
modern dance's directed by Jessie
Cameron, assistant professor of
physical education, with Mrs Hel
ene Johnstone assisting, is making
the,' Little Theatre an unusually
inteiestang spot of activity these
days f
Barefoot mai oon of blue' clad
guts swaying and bending to the
syncopated rhythms of modern
Music, promise that "The World
We Live In," the next Penn State
Players' production will be one of
the most unusual and successful
ever presented
'Modern dance is paniculatly
suited to this satirical comedy
which compares human life to that
of the insects It is, however, only
one of , the many units which com
pose this complex production The
architectural set based on levels
makes a splendid background for
dance movement. It also means
that the featured dancers, Ruth J
Shtasel '4l, Dons G Gutman '4O,
Jean C Craighead '4l, Glace E
Rentschler '4l, and Myra K Pitt
'42 must beware of dizziness as
well as their dance steps
Three ballets are featured The
butterfly ballet previews the sen
suous lovemaking of the first act
The worker ant ballet fortells the
machine-like life ruled by a dicta
tot which owns in the third act:
and the moth ballet comments on
the cycle of life from birth through
death
Collegian Meeting
Freshman editorial candidates
for the Collegian staff will meet
'at 7 p. in. tomorrow in Room
312,' Old Main, A. William En-
gel, Jr. '4O, editor, announced
yegerdey.
Penn Student
To Lead Talk
In Convention
44 Delegates To Attend
College Parley In March;
6alluTo Conduct Singing
Robert Edmundsen, president of
the student government at the
University of Pennsylvania will
conduct a round table discussion
on faculty-student relations at the
state-wide convention to be held
here on March 1, 2 and 3
Some of the outstanding Penn
sylvania colleges and universities
who will send delegates to the
convention are Carnegie Tech,
Pennsylvania, Lafayette, Lehigh,
Fianklin and Marshall, Lebanon
Valley, Allegheny, Drexel Tech,
and Muhlenbeig
Foi ty-four delegates from 21
institutions of higher learning
have accepted nivitations to 'at
tend the confab
Glee Club Scheduled
An additional feature at the
convention will be the singing .of
the Penn State Glee Club Sam
my Gallu '4O has agreed to con
duct singing sessions at all of the
luncheons and dinners
Through the cooperation of
Frank C Anderson '4O, IFC presi
dent, the various men delegates
will be housed at the fraternities
The women delegates will stay at
Atherton Hall with Juanita Chem
beis '4O in charge of arrange
ments.
dane—A4lA4ndg...4o—b44....been
appointed to head a committee to
provide escorts for the women
delegates, and Clarence H Evans
'4O has charge of making reserva
tions foi all dinners and lunch
eons at the Nittany Lion Inn, Ath
erton Hall, and the Sandwich
Shop
Eloise F Rockwell '4O has been
appointed chairman of a commit
tee to draft a constitution and
chai ter, which will be submitted
foi approval at the cocnvention
LA Council To Discuss
Pedestrian Traffic Jam
Al Liberal Arls Building
A serious student pedestrian
traffic problem. resulting from
congestion at the south entrance
of the Liberal Arts building. will
be discussed by tell Liberal Arts
School Council at its meeting to.
night.
"Congestion has arisen simply
because of the student tendency
to take the path of least resist
ance." commented Scheduling
Officer Ray V. Watkins yester
day. "Despite the fact that there
are two doors in the front and
three in the back of the build
ing, the vast majority of stu
dents use the basement entrance
on the South."
Watkins, to whose attention
the problem had been called by
repeated complaints, pointed out
that serious consequences might
result should anyone trip and
fall while the throngs poured up
and down the stairs.
GSA Opens Bids Today
On Equipment Contracts
The General State Authority's movable equipment program bete
will neat its actual inaugmation today when bids on approximately
$400,000 worth of laboratory and pharmacy equipment are opened at
GSA offices In Harrisburg.
Included in the contracts upon
which bids ate due today are such
items as balances, electrical ma
chine*, and apparatus, furnaces
and ovens, optical equipment,
stills and baths, and miscellaneous
items These contracts comprise
equipment group 40, which affects
every one of the 11 new buildings
except the Libtary.
It is impossible to estimate just
how soon the 'contracts will be
awarded, according to Harold W.
Loman, College purchasing agent,
due to the careful analyzation ne
cessary on the part of GSA offi
cials In all probability, howe% et,
193 Bids Are Extended To 115 Women
With Only 16 Refusing; 99 Freshmen,
47'SdPharitire. Eight Juniors Accept
See List of Sorority Pledges on Page 2
A new campus record in sorority rushing was set at - .1.2
',ororities topped last year's record of 142 by pledging 149
women Sunday night after a two-week period of fornial
rushing
For the second successive year, Kappa Kappa Gamma
took top honors, pledging 18 women. Delta Gamma and Kaja r
pa Alpha Theta tied for second place with 16 pledges _each
+ + + ♦ This year 193 bids were sent
WOMEN'S RUSHING out to 175 women and 149 ,ac
cepted as compared with last
STATISTICS year's totals of 173 bids and 142
acceptances Of 340 freshmen 119
were bid this year, with' 99 tie:
cepting, while 119 of the 145. bid
last yew pledged This year. 47
sophomores were bid and ,_4l
pledged; last year 14 bid and 11
pledged Eight Juniors were bid
and pledged this year, last year
12 received bids and 11 accepted.
A faculty member was pledged
this year and a graduate student
last year There were 26 red's
als this year and 30 last year
AE Phi Third •
Among the individual houSes;
Alpha Epsilon Phi placed third
after Kappa Kappa Gamnia,,Del
ta Gamma, and Kappa Alptia-The
_ta with 15 pledges Alpha. Chi
"Oribgar , Gamma'-'Pld , "Bete - and'
Theta Phi Alpha pledged 13'each;
Zeta Tau Alpha, 12, Alpha Omi
cron Pi, If, Chi Omega, 10, - Phi
Mu, 7, and Charitides docaD," 5
A two-week silent period art
women who have not bein
pledged started Sunday, ,after
which theie will be open rushirig
and pledging New second semes
ter students may not be ruslred
until next fall.
Dean Ray Praises
The Dean of Women's ofhee
commends both freshmen and sor
mity women in returning 'bid
sheets and preferential ballot's to
the office so promptly this year,
and making it possible to give out
acceptance lists an hour earlier
Pledges Wear Colors
Formal pledgings for most
houses will be held this week.
New pledges may be recognized
by their ribbons Alpha Chi Ome
ga, red and green, Alpha Epsilon
Phi, green and white, Alpha Omi
cron Pi, red and white, Chi Ome
ga, cardinal and straw, Delta
Gamma, blue, pink and gold;
Gamma Phi Beta, mode and
biown, Kappa Alpha Theta, black
and gold, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
light and dark blue; Phi Mu, rose
and white, Theta Phi Alpha . ,
gold, and blue, Zeta Tau Al
pha, purple and gold, and Chars :
tides, green and gold
No. of Pledges
1931 80
1932 80
1933 89
1934 90
1935104
1936 . 109
1937 117
1938 112
1939142
1940149
Teachers' Exams
To BeHeld Here
College Selected To Test
Applicants March 29, 30
With Penn State selected as one
of the 19 places in the country
where thee will be given, the 1940
National Teacher Examinations
will be administered here March
29-30, Dr Edward B van Orme',
assistant professor of psychology
and local examiner for the National
Committee on Teacher Examina
tions, announced yesterday
Applications for the examina
tions, which may be taken by any
seniors, graduate students, alumni
of the College, or of any college,
must be in the hands of Dr van
Ormer by March 1.
Aid Superintendents
The examinations, a battery of
objective tests, will serve primar
ily to aid superintendents in get
ting Information regarding the fit
ness of candidates in certain fields
of general and special preparation
They will cover a variety of fields
such as comprehension and use of
the English language, knowledge
of contemporary affairs, general
cultural information, and mastery
of subject matter to be taught..
A permanent file of results will
be maintained by the National
Committee on Teacher Examina
tions so that a candidate may have
his examination record transmit
ted to any place where he may
wish to submit an application
The examining fee of $5 includes
the cost of reporting the test re
sults to any one designated super
intendent or administrator
they will be awarded within the
next few weeks
After the contracts have been
awarded, many articles will be
available for installation immedi
ately, Leman indicated. Fabrica
tion of other Items, however, will
not be completed until bummei,
he declared
Contracts for remaining items
in the $611,000 GSA movable
equipment program will be award
ed as soon as Group 40 is disposed
of, Authority officials have indi
cated. Next in line for bids is
Group 31, involving commercial
wood furniture, the second most
valuable of the 46 equipment
groups
PRICE FIVE CENTS
$5 Fee For Booths
Al Senior Class Dance
Due At S. U. Tdday
Five dollar payments for Sen
ior Ball booths must be at' the
Student Union desk, by 5 p m.
today, co-chairmen David J. Mor
gan and James R Sausser an
flounced yesterday.
All furniture to be used in the
booths at the Ball Friday night
must be ready to be moved at
630 p. m Friday, the co-chair
men also announced. -1
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters,
chief exponents of the thing called
"shuffle rhythm" will be showing
their ware in Rec Hall from 10
to 2, for the formally-bedecked
Hamilton, New York, Friday night
Ball-goers
In a letter last week to Hum
mall Fishburn, assistant profes
sor of music and acting head. of
the music department, Savitt , re
quested music to several Nittany
songs, and will present them in
typical "Savitt shuffle" style on
Friday night.
Already selected is the therrie
for the dance—" Carnival Night"
South of the Border—a gay, col
orful backdrop for the annual
Senior dance.