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616e,Club To Sing
,
On Fred Waring's
Apol,llßroadiajt
''A j ipearance At New York'
Climax 3-Oay'TOr
;:Of Other Eastern Cities
.",•';Penn StMe's Glee Club ;was of;
fered,' a spot on Fred Waring's
hesteifield."- program Thursday,
ItiloW,ll , "by long distance tele-
Plibile - yesterday, Samuel Gallu 4 40
.reVesiledi - ,This is the first time
4 =ts
at at any, college' or Outside glee
;;club h&ever been iiivited4o sing
With -Waring
e,o , TheAbroadcast' with Waring's
4.hMylvaniims wilt , take place
`..-Iretatb - the Vanderbilt Theatre in
":1 11 11 1 W York City and will climax
l Glee Club'i, annual concert
Jedtti.,As a return favor, the pop
qfler,Waring Glee Club will sing ,
Z .iWitli`the_Penn State group at its
I:VOticert , later in the night
addition to the regular pro
'filtem the night, the
990adcast will be repeated for the.
;Waft Coast at 11 p m. In both of
`l,riete'programs,,the Glee Club and '
io:Ssiblyeseveral soloists will sing.
explained' that the pro
., OW came `about, after several
:`pet‘Oilal letters hed been' received
~,I ckitir! Waring and: his manager,
Dcittee: It was culminated by the
',lreig-distanCe teleplione call' and
the Glee Club of national
Pc!thtrence ,
; ., , ,,,irsiddition to the New York
,engagement, the outfit will visit
Wilmington, Del., and
[Plifladelphia on April 8,9, and 10
retOdetwely. ,
'.f`-his letter. - Manager: Lee
, sdaletf; "It wi l,be a most - inter
',.entmg feature tor have the Penn
,Stat'e,• Glee - Club and 'Fred War;
I lng?sf,Glee- Club combine - on'' the
,":rrne'program.":
Citifs6nairig'Seiii§t
Selection of the outstanding sen
ior by-the Collegian Junior Board
fins now been, narrowed down to
**tee. prominent members of the
'doss and' final ,voting will take
'tame next week. Presentation of
ittko trophy will take place between
fiattres of the Penn State-Pitts
liirgh basketball game in Recrea
bon Hall March 2 - •
The problem of eliminating three
seniors at a vote Sunday night was
frarrassing, but the Board, decided
that, the met its of the eligibles must
Maude all-around prominence, and
Seme . action that has proved espe
'malty good for the name of the
College The electois also expres
sed a :desne to publiwe, the fact
,that no' pal Willy, is being shown
fer'm against women
Requirements stated in the e:lee
"tioit,bave included the work done
'W. the outstanding senior regaid-
Jag his entire foul years in College
ft also' includes 'outstanding work
Ili may have done in' the' past and
never received - recognition fot 2 it.
:it'
;,,Inseribed on the ,trophy,,will be
rie , Penn State Collegian Award,
lal4tstaridmg senior 1939-40. It will
Jia;engiaved on the base 'of a 15-
figure of Victory and will be
Ungar. to those presented to Sol
*lmhoff '3B and Joe Peel '39 '
1m" 'allieniiitiod Plan
LA ,council;
Problem
,i,dnThe,Liberal'Arts School Council
,iiitoPted a' resolution that ",3" stu-
Ytditts_ be-excused from finals sand I
411tiornted a committee to investi
lad the Liberhl'Arts building traf
ife congestion at its meeting Mon
'
resolution on final exemp
'tiolt",,,which had been'under con
.Mderation for some time„will 'be
pfresented to Dean Charles-, W.
,Sffiddart for recommendation to
,fite,,Cduncil of Administration. Er
ridßerkasaw '4O and Leslie , L
14wis '4l were appointed by chair
'
"Leonard, Cooper. '4O , to study
'factors which have caused the con
gestion at:the south entrance of the
ILiberallArts building.
,Scheduling ' Officer
igiiy o V..Watkiris reported that con
ditions'at the entrance,were mate
ifiniroved as a result - of pub
ittcifyieceived in The Collegian'and
.4•lolices''read to all classes in „the
'bittilding, by professors,yesterday.
.'fifddent cooperation, Watkins ern
ilifideized,,,can easily wipe' out the
t fifttitem -„
Los Dos Senores Ode Dirigiran El Baile 'Senior'
Senior Ball Co-Chairmen Jaines R. Sausser and David J. Morgan
Mexican Atmosphere
Pervades Ball Tonight
Something new uncler thesu ; l of Rec Hill—"shuffle ihytlun' in
the gay, - tomantic backdrop of Old Mexico. A carnival of topical
excitement under blue and gold , canopy, in surroundings of typical
"South of the Border" picturesqueness, to tne-melodie' of Jan Savitt
and his Top Hatters That's the setting for tonight's Senior Ball in
Rec Hall from 9 p m to 2
- With well over 40 fraternities
and other groups signed up for
booth reservations early this
week, indications to a successful
Ball this evening were upheld by
co-chairmen David J Morgan and
James R Sausser yesterday.
Saviit's First Dance Here
Savitt and his band, featuring
the colorful song stylist, Bon Bdn,
Will be making their first appear
ance here'affer a long sucdesiful,
stay at,the_Luicold"Hotel in Nes;
.-Yodrk;:•;sohEidAtlie.Orepleieedz - Ail
Shai; and made new popularity
history
Using- , his famous "shuffle
rhythm" a vat lotion of. swing
which relies for its effect on the
use of eight full beats to a mea
sure instead of the customary
four, Savitt will bring something
new to Rec Hall in music To
complete the shuffle effect, which
is made by the alternating of
these eight beats between the
brass and reed sections, Savitt has
constructed two _ special valve
trombones , -
Ice Skating Pond Fadlilies
Possible' For Next Year '
According To Dean Schott
Next winter the College may,
provide ice skating facilities on'
Thompson's Pond along East
College Avenue extended instead
of on the tennis courts opposite
Ree Hall, it was indicated yes.
terday. -
Dr. Carl P. Schott, doan of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, said that if it is found
Possible to back off a stream of,
warm water which now flows
through the pond it is likely the.
College may use it next year. -
The pond has the advantage
of• being larger and less expen.
sive to keep up than the flooding
experiment successfully tried
this winter on the College tennis
courts.
New Observatory Unit
Opens For Planet Study
As• the heavens prepare one of then most unusual displays with
five planets visible and almost equally spaced in the night sky for a
few days next week, it was announced yesterday that the second unit
of,th proposed multiple observatory will be put into use in time to
study th'phenonena. - ,
For a week beginning Tuesday
the observatories' will be open
every clear night from 6:30 p. m
to 8:30 every night to students and
townspeople.
The second unit of the observa
tory is 'coupled to the first by a
complete address system, permit . -
ting" the visitors in both units, to
heart short' lectures and descrip-'
tioris, of the celestial objects being
observed,and giving an indication
of the possibilities the observatory
will have when its nine units are
finally complete , •
• 'Many Use First Unit •
Until now large groups of pm
sonsshave had , to wait in line to
Seniors Start ,
Class Gift Voting
Will Cast Ballots In Poll
At Student Union Office
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Yotinkf on the senior
gift`now -underway; the
, Colleglan, , ,offers ,siaie„, of- :pit,
rAiirrirßhanilso;,rvordi:forletters,"
from the sponsors of each pro
' jest suggested as - a gift explain
mg the project and its benefits.
I These must be submitted to Stu
dent Union by 4 pi m. Sunday.
Senior class gift voting—now
confined strictly to (Jess members
—has opened with an elimination
poll at Student Union desk to be
carried on during the next sevetal
weeks
Object of the elimination will
be to select suggestions for s use of
the $5,000 gift fund, these to be
placed before the seniors rot anal
vote at the all-College elections
in May
Voters Must. Sign
Mimeogiaphed toms including
nine suggestions and , pi oviding
loom lot others will , be used in
the balloting at Student Union
Each senior voting must sign his
name on ,the tom
Original plans to have students
from all classes participate in the
gift eliminatioi poll were aban
doned David Pergi In '4O, president
of the senior class said yesterday,
because of widespread opinion
that selection should rest wholly
with the class
Callle Care Course Given
, ••
A short course in the case of
beef cattle or sheep, opening
March 4 and continuing through
March 9, has been announcer by
Franklin L Bentley, head of the
department of animal husbandry
I use the single observatory. Open
ing of the second unit Is expected
to provide some relief for this con
gestion
' The observatories—which were
paid for by a gift of the Class of
1938—ate located 200' yards east
of Buckhout Laboratory and - are
best approached from Shortbilge
Road by a newly 'lighted path
marked "Observatory" which
leads'eastward,from - a point near
the new Forestry Building.
Planets which will be visible
are Mars, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter,
and Mercury The last will be
seen-on only , two or three eve
nings around the 28th:-
STATE COLLEGE, PA ,-F*!)AY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940
Burrowesßudding:,°,
liny.While Fellowship
Application Blanks Now
Now Occupied By 'Mailable For Seniors
1,1
i ' A pplications for the John W.
EducatonGroups
White Fellowships for 1940-41
graduate study are now open
Further Installation_Of
„Jar consideration by the COITI•
Liruttee Academic Standards
l'''4lßlanks may be obtained in
Fixed Equipment Awaits!
,', , ,R00m 409, Old Main and should
Übe returned by March 9.
Final GSA Assignments -13 Three fellowships will be
•
awarded to graduating seniors
Occupation of the ne w Burr '-£!possessing those qualities which
rotes (Education) Building be- Phe committee thinks will en
came a reality this - week as the F able them to profit best by
psycho-educational clinic and the ,graduate study. The recipient
department of nature educate:in, , ;(of - the fellowships may spend
Were shifted to the new structure:- he year taking advanced study
The psycho-educational , r „ , .4:i,this or any other college.
headed by Dr Robert G Beiorldr_
rcuter, now occupies rooms 1, 1A1•
18, 2, 28, 3A, 38, 3C, and 3D In; Phi Beta,Kappa
the Burrolves building, recently -
named after the former College '
president' by the Board of True- ill Launch Drive
tees Furniture and equipment of
the clinic, purchased when it was
organized a year and a half ago, ' or s3oo 000 Fund
was moved to the new location
from Old Main
Nature Department Changed '''Local Chapter Appoints 5;
The department of nature edu -
-
cation was transferied from 'the
'lociety Denies Futility
old education unit to the Bin- 4 ..=
iowes Building, where it occupies' Of A Liberal Education
,looms 308, 309, 310, 311 A, 3118,
and 31IC. Prof George It Green '
• k
heads this depai tment, assisted by
r te membersmembers of the College
chapi of Phi Beta Kappa, honor-
Dt George J Flee
ary scholastic f raternit y, have been
It was announced some weeks
appointed to a local committee
ago that certain poi bons of the
pal ticipate in a nation-
Burrowes Building would be uhl
'Ade Phi Beta Kappa campaign
wed this semester Installation of to,, solicit an endowment fund of
fixed equipment Is still going on $3,0,000, it was announced yester
in the building, with movable
equipment contracts awaiting as- Phe committee consists of Fran
signment by the General State I k el lyn B Krauss, associate professor
Authority
of ' Latin, (chairman), Adrian 0
The Buirowes Building and M rse, assistant to the president,
Frear Laboratory were named by MissaNlabel E Kirk, associate pro
the Board of Trustees at its De- fetior of education, Carl E Mai -
umber meeting A committee has qttardt, College examiner; and Mi s
been appointed by the Board to Paulin B Mack, professor of lex
designate titles for the other nine til t — chmistry
_
new structures, according to re- r ,Ralph D. Hetzel, president
ports, and as'expected to announce olthe' College and an honorary
'its selectiOns at a future Trustees' member of Phi Beta Kappa, is au-
Meeting , ' toThatically a member of the Edu
ctqffirs.-Sponsoring,_Committee .
"?3 , ,.A . W0r - ctilig to a bulletin issued by
the local committee, the sum of
$300,000 Is needed to "offset the
loss in income from present sources
of revenue and to insure the unim
paired continuance of the society's
traditional activities"
The bulletin continues "Phi Beta
Kappa recognizes that the eco
nomic growth of our country has
expanded the curricula of our col
leges to include subject mattes
that was not dreamed of in 1776,
when the society was formed It
IrecognizeK also that the educational
objectives of students have been
altered consider ably by these new-
er curricula
"Phi Beta Kappa condemns nei
ther these cun mule nor then ob
jectives, but it does challenge the I
opinion that our institutions of I
higher learning should devote)
themselves primarily to training in
applied sciences and vocational
techniques It objects even more
strenuously to the thesis that lib-1
eial studies have only a negligible
bearing on contemporary life and
must, therefore, show their acces
any value to 'practical' studies in
perish."
Open 1940 ,
Political Activity
Norma Stillwell Named
'4l Campaign Manager
By WILLIAM E FOWLER
Campaign rumors, schemes, and
connivations continued to gain mo
mentum early this week as two
Campus groups and the '43 All-
College Party met in initial 1940
meetings
The first woman campaign man
ager in College annals was chosen
by Campus '4l, meeting Tuesday
night in the Comet Room, with
Noinia Stillwell named to the pos
ition Other reolganuation plans
were delayed until next Tuesday,
when the men's group will meet at
Phi Gamma Delta
An intensive dove to gain ; 011-
rratel nity clique members aas
planned by Tom Henson's Campus
'42 outfit at its meeting Tuesday
night. Jack Mahoney was elected
to the post of secretary-treasurer
of the group, with nommation,
plafform, and campaign comm't
tees to be appointed at the next
meeting
Chuck Ruttenberg and Chuck
Phillips were selected as co-chair
men of the approaching '43 All-
College campaign by Chairman
Chuck Elder. The freshman poli
ticians will meet again February
29 to debate a possible change In
party name
19 Accidents And One
Fatality Occur Among
College Workers In 1939
Twenty-mile accidents, includ
ing one fatality, occurred among
the 1,670 College employees dur
sing 1939 and resulted in a loss of
6363 working days.
Greatest toll, was in the physt
cal plants division where the only
fatal accident occurred with a
workman falling to his death from
the new Liberal Arts building.
Nine lost-time accidents among
' 222 employees in the division re
sulted in a loss of 6045.
The greatest number of acci-
I dents occurred in, the School of
Agriculture where - 13 mishaps re
sulted in a loss of 217 days Agri
culture also had the largest num
' per of employees, 545.
Other' accidents reported with
days lost in - parenthese were' En
gineerlng-1 (49), Chemistry and
Physics-2 (7), Service Divisions
2 (40), and Nittany Lion Inn 1 (5).
HMO Foundation To Hold
'Stag' Night Club Social;
Stern To K C. Program
A ,gala night club social with all
the trimmings of soft lights, danc
ing., entertainment and refresh
ments Is expected• to draw a cap
acity crowd of Hil'elites to the
Hillel Foundation, West Beaver
Avende, tomorrow night.
The ,social, the first complete],
"stag" affair in recent Penn State
history, will be unusual in that
dates have been banned for both
men and women All are to come
unescorted
Entertainment will be provided
by talented members of the Foun
dation ,doing specialty dancing,
singing and novelty numbers, all
folloWed by dancing to the latest
of swing Into
Master of cetemomes will be
Arthtir E. Stern '42 The program
will open at '8 30 p m and close at
12'30 a m
Arrangements to take rate of
out-of-town guests include the lift-
Mg of, the "no date" ban rot a
very limited number of couples
11,534 Degrees Awarded
The•-total number of degrees
awarded' in Pennsylvania's col
legei,and universities grew to 11,-
534 hist year compared to 10,694
in 1937-38. More than a quarter
of - the 9,314 persons receiving
bachelor's degrees last year in
tended to enter the teaching field.
Fletcher Will Begin Lecture
Series On College's Research
Activities Monday Night
I, Research Advocate 1
IF( Sing Entries
Due By March 1
Will Hold Contest Finals
At Interfraternity Ball
March I will be the deadline
Cm enti les for the first annual In
terfratei nity Sing, Warren G El
liott '4O, chairman of the affair,
announced yesterday
Entries for the song competition
which is sponsored by Interfra
ternity Council, should be turned
-in at—Student Union-desk... Elliott
decraied Eliminations will be
held at intervals ,throughout the
month of March, with the final
iound to be held diming the inter
mission of Intern ateinity Ball,
Apiil 5
Sixteen men has been set as the
number foi each choral gioup, El
hott indicated, with each group
iequued to sing four songs Choice
of songs will be left to the indi
vidual chows
A large trophy will be piesent
ed by Interfraternity Council to
the winning team Judging will
be taken care of by Hummel Fish
bum, head of the music depart
ment, and other music professors
Young '4l Heads Cabinet
At Wesley Foundation
At the annual election of offi
ce's of the Wesley Foundation,
Methodist student center, held last
Sunday, Rollin Young '4l was
elected president of the 1940-41
cabinet to succeed Robert Fiske
'4l
Othei student officers elected
weie Rosemary Hams '4l, vice
president, Gail Rogers '43, secre
tary ,and David Mai tin '4l, treas
urer The installation of the new
cabinet will take place in the
Wesley Foundation at 730 p m.
Sunday, March 10, with Dr W
Emory Hartman as guest speaker.
Kirby Page Advocates
Propaganda Education
"What you sow, so shall you reap," warned Kirby Page, noted
author and lectuier, in his speech on "How To Keep America Out of
Wai" in the initial lecture of a series sponsored by the Penn State
Christian Association in Schwab Auditorium, Tuesday night
Contending that present world
conditions are due to the selfish
interests of current world powers,
Dr Page suggested that America
can be peaceful only by sowing
the seeds of public education on
propaganda and war movements,
by equality of foreign treatment,
and by a religious front toward
the suicidal methods of war
"In meeting war methods with
war, a nation breeds hate and sel
fishness, and eventually loses its
democracy and sacrifices its lib
erty," Dr. Page said
Pointing out that totalitarian
government Is necessary during
wartime, Page stated that dicta
torial powers would continue in
peace-time because of the stagger
ing debt, excessive taxation, and
unemployment which follow wars
According to 'Dr Page, there
Sigma Xi Sponsors Campaign To Popularize
Penn State's Scientific Contributions
To State Among Students And Alumni
See Edzional, "Research Revival," on page 2
A far-reaching effort to popularize Penn State research
activities aong both students and alumni will have its begin
nings on the campus when Sigma Xi, national honorary scien
tific fraternity which is sponsoring the campaign, presents a
lecture on "Research at Penn State in the Sei vice of the Com
monwealth" in Schwab Auditorium at 7 30 p. m next Mon
day .
Monday night's general lecture
will be followed by late& talks at
which outstanding College re
,eaiclusts will explain their par
ticular lines of work
Introductory brioche' will be
iStevenson W Fletcher. (hall man of
i the council on research and clean
of the School of Agriculture Dean
Fletcher will make a general out
line of the research work done by
the College and will then explain
the activities of the School of Agri
culture which curries on about half
of the College research
Following Dean Fletchei's talk.
the research carried on in the
other undergraduate schools a dl
be explained by a speaker from
2ach Dr Frank C Whitmore, dean
of the School of Chemistry and
Physics, Prof Charles C Peters
director of research in the School
of Education. Prof Fred G Hech
ler, director of the Engineering Ex
periment Station, Prof Herbert
Koepp-Baker of the School of the
Labeial Arts. Prof Alfred W
Gauger, director of the Mineral
Industries experiment station, and
Dr Elwood C Davis, of the School
of Physical Education and Athlet
es;
The vast College research pro
gramr—which has xecenred com
paratively little attention on the
campus—cost $673,497 60 last year
Engaged in research work this yea!
are 300 of the 1,493 employees of
the College
Of the 300 individuals engaged
in research w0rk,1155 devote their
entire time to this field while 145
are engaged in both instruction
and research The group doing
full-time research includes per
sons
of all rank, from graduate
assistants to full professors
Sources of the money which the
College spent last year on research
were Federal appropi cations, $208,-
873 33, state appropriations, $239,- 1
534 87, industries and other coop
erative agencies, $178,717 24, and
general funds of the College, $46,-
372 16
Home Ec Handbook Staff
Candidates Meet Today
Candidates for the Home Eco
nomics Handbook staff will meet
in 118 Home Economics at 4 p m
today The handbook, published for
the first time last year, describes
the department's honoraries, cour
ses, and professors, and ,is sent to
freshmen and transfers during the
summer. ,
Virginia K Barger '4l, chairman
of the handbook committee, urges
all home economics women inter
ested in art or journalism to at
tend the meeting
would never be Hitters or Stalms
if Germany and other suppressed
nations had been treated with
fairness, and if world powers had
used justice and tolerance in try
ing to help them solve their prob
lems.
By following a policy of non
aggression, regardless of national
pride, one may overcome evil with
good, rather than using the alter
native of massacre against massa
cre, Dr Page contended.
"There are only two Ways to
cope with our present dilemma,"
he concluded. "Either use the Hit
ler-Kaiser method of dictatorial
selfishness and propaganda and
perish by the sword, or run the
risk and take the consequences by
sowing seeds of justice, mercy,
and tolerance." 1
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Miller, Shloss
Invited To Address
Convention Here::
May Shift Friday Nighi :
Banquet from Atherton:
Hall To University Club
BULLETIN
Leon W. Shloss, editor of the
Washington bureau of the Inter
national News Service, accepted
the committee's invitation to at
tend the Student Government
Convention in a telegram to - the
Collegian late yesterday. - `-,,
Two nationally-known news
papermen, Paul Miller, superin
tendent of the Associated Press
in - Pennsylvania, and Leon. W.
Shloss, editor of the Washingthn
Bureau of the International News
Service have been invited'; to
speak_ at the .state-wide, Student
Government Convention, to.'-be
held here on March 1,2; antr3
One change may be made in
the tentative convention schedule'
announced last week The ban
quet slated to be held in,Ather
ton Hall on Friday night maybe
shifted to the University Club,
otherwise the schedule. will t!p.4
main as formerly planned
The student forum on the sub
ject of "Student Government, and
College Publications," will be led
by Shloss, who Was formerly a
ofessoi here The subject 'of
talk has not yet been
4de
cided upon - ,
In addition to the two guest
speakers, Pies Ralph D Retie],
Dean of Men Arthur R Warnock,
Dean of Women Charlotte E. Fitly;
and Col Ambrose R Emery, head
of the ROTC department will
speak at the various luncheoni
and dinners slated for Friday and
Satui day
Sigma Delta Chi Will Dig
Up Ghosts Of Past Yea
At Gridiron Banquet
We bury the dead, because they
stink, but Sigma Delta Chi is goirig
to dig them up again and see
whether they stink even more af
ter a year in the deep, dank earth
Yes, Penn State's dead past will
be thrown up into its very lace
when the national Journalism hots:
wary fraternity holds its annual
Gridu on Banquet in the Nittahy
Lion Inn, Monday, March 11.
That annual occasion when no=
body on the campus is safe from
Jibes and digs, the Gridiron Bin
quet, will revolve around a theme
of "War and the Dead Past"—with
scenes from Penn State's 1939 bat
tles and the return of ghosts of the
year gone by
Nobody will get a pat on the
back, and everyone will reek with
the odor of a cadaver except those
lucky individuals who receive 'the
annual awards—the brown derby
to the biggest loafer, the beer.mug
to the College drunk, and the_big
red apple to the most outstanding
handshaker on the campus.
This year, for the first tiniCilile
banquet will be informal. Tickets
for the affair will be priced at $1 ho
Marlin Talks Al Banquet,
Dr Asa E. Martin, head ,o e
f ih "
department of history, addressed
the annual banquet of the Fine
Turf Conference in the Nittimy
Lion Inn on the subject of Ameri
can aspects of the European war
last night. The association of
greenskeepers will end its 12th an
nual meeting today.