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~sifilnp, and at, all tune's , lia;_4 has.be'en •loyztlqo ',the best interests, of
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r` ~ ., ' .., S 'UCkI.S .the_ appraisal - Dr. Ralph-D. lifitzel, president 'of
'thej!ennsylvania State College,..lias- Made of the president
.''O . f:oar;`College Strident 'Dovernment'Aiiicia - tion '. . -
' ,i. ".;'And of Tenn Stale', a 'MCfstlCintataiiii,l4,Senior of 1940
noward Clifton WlcWilliaiiii;Jr:•/J-- I :.'„•.' • : ; ,
-, , i,, TOMOITOW night,' between the halves,of the Pittsburgh
haketball game in RecreatiOn ilia the Collegian will honor
Lpiff:McWilliams 7 -the 'Tenn State senior who, during his
.eal,ne collegiate career, has done most to augment the hon
or; the glory, and the'ptestige of the College.
„ - '...41 - I.ls award, piesented by' the eollegian:JUnior Board, is
,iii?,t'solely an'athletic awae - d. It is not a "scholarship award
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,N,t - ei:is it based;upon the number of,campus honors the stu
dent nMy-receive. •.- - ~. `
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%r```;Cliff McWilliams possesses all of these—and mine'
"*o average maw or woman would haVe been able to step in
„tii"iii":office unhealed of,until last:May-and perform the indi
)rifivaLtask of carrying out the executive powers which - have
.keenyested,m,the office he now holds—the first All-College
President of (he Pennsylvania State Celrege 'Student Govern
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'^o''-Never before has One student been truly .acknowledged
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,a,s:'l'llE leader, of the'
student body. ,-„-- ' , ,
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.J ..".,;Yet; 'Cliff 'McWilliams: has stepped nitb the shoe that
Vid,,never,been.,,tol., ,Arid` it is . fa: Perfect fit.,
,!.. - c., , ,,perfoiming - 'with a • sincerity aod genuineness of purpose,
lie is fulfilling a taSk which.many would not have undertaken.
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Jim:agreeable' personality plus his physical' size (also , a tre
mendous asset-as!he - captains the'baSketball” team) have
marked ,hinvas;arleadee-among leaders...'" .", ' , '
,-.:,,, ' . 3 - College 'All-College poSt„ Sy - a- wide margin of
votes last Mai,,,pliff IlleWillitimsl-has guided -the Cabinet
,wisely, ,His ' undeniable , fairness has been exemplified on
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"many" occasions, when;Cabinet' has become involved in4dis
priteszwhich, had to be Settled, with 'uncanny, diplomacy.
... ,•'"His'abiliti, to, idapt himself to all situations ... wheth
evinsconfereace,With thePresident,.chAting with the gills,
qi'4ealing withihe folitidians ... without losing individual
fity oi.PirrOke of hisbeing,theee," sayeDean of Men Arthur
4,:iWarnock,„'fis among his greatest accomplishments."
;-' The Collegian,,coald,zo on extolling, the-virtues of Cliff
McWilliams.-,lt cOulir publisli,eeains of copy of his exploits
Finallileactions:on'the, basketball court, in-the ,Classroom, on'
iii"WcitmPus; y It could Point out again his MiWavaring sports
manship; his iitfirosefsincerity,and Modesty, his.gentlemailly
character, and his true a perionificetioh of the Penn State apir-
Ziit;Bnt,,thie Wolid lie`a - eePetitioii of What' eVeryone knows
ifact: '.. . - i-- ' ' ,-I , .: ..''' ' ' '
lihe- I,He's.still'iroWin ' g too; not physically, but he's'growing.
Ri - . , _432 , :d , he's.'whie; resotticeiul, , fair and conrageous."
Is Selected For Collegian Award
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VOL. 36—No
3-DAY-:$TVO' - ENT GOVERNMENT
CONFAB QPENS HERE TO * AY
Most Outstanding
Senior Will Gel ,
Trophy Tomorrow
Ist All-College President
I. Has Enviable Record As
1 , , Politician; Court Captain
By ED McLORIE
Amid a setting that is as familiar
to him as his own backyard—the
hardwood of Recreation Hall
Cliff McWilliams will receive the
Collegian's annual award for the
most outstanding senior, between
halves of the Pittsburg h-Penn
State basketball game tomorrow
night
' Howard Clifton McWilliams is
the name inscribed on the 15-inch
trophy of Victory which , will be
presented by Edgar V Hall '9l,
representing the Collegian Junior
Board But for the host of friends
who have known the recipient
throughout his active college career
it will be just plain "Cliff" or
"Mac "
Four Year Record Considered
In electing McWilliams as the
most outstanding senior in the
graduating class of 1940, the.elee
tors decided on a basis` of which
student_had'ldone the most in his
Mii4edrsrof.toilegL:ftb'S
fu'rthe'r the pre.stigepPPenii State.
In amount of 'senile°, unselfishly
tendered, McWilliams' record is
monumental on the campus
Stepping into the new position of
All-College President, McWilliams
was facing an entirely untried sit
uation, but he has handled the
position with hue generalship He
has proved himself a worthwhile
composite politician-athlete.
Entering Penn State as a fresh
man, he resolved to follow in the
footsteps of his basketball-playing
brother, Jay, and consequently
went out for the court game to
seek a regular post with the fresh
man team Another feature of his
life as a freshman, that had form
ulating factors later in his career,
was the fact lie was an independ
ent.
Court Popularity
Giving up choir and glee club
work to become a letter winner in
basketball in his, sophomore year,
McWilliams began - what was even
tually the cause of his success He
always was popular with court
fans and consequently built up a
popularity that was to be his cham
pion later It also was as a sopho
mole that he Joined Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity'
In his junior-year things began
to click for him as he starred in
basketball and received his second
letter, became a member of Parmi
Nous and Lions Paw; was Inter
fraternity Council representative,
president of his fraternity, mem
ber of, Phi Lambda Sigma, pre
legal honoraiy, and his greatest
achievement of them all—became
Penn State's first All-College Presi
dent under the new student gov
ei nment setup
Now, as a senloi ' lie is realizing
the fruits of his achievements but
is fai from relaxing. McWilliams
is as avid as a sophomore In
pm
suit of victory on the basketball
court and is rounding his team
mates into a winning combination
Continued On Page 2)
WSGA Dance Tonight Will
flimix'Leapiyeek Frolics
Leap week will reach its climax
tonight when 'coeds 'escort their
dates - to WSGA's formal dance in
Rec Hall from 9to 12• p m Gail
F. Pope '4l, chairman, has an
nounced that plans are complete
and Rex Rockwell's band will play.
Highlighting the evening will be
a grand march led by Jane A Re
inig '4O and Elinor L Weaver '4l,
WSGA 'president and vice presi
dent, and dhected by Russell W.
Clail4, bursar, and Harry, C. Roun
tree of the extension department
An Invitation ,to the parents 'of
all - town woman students has been
issued by the dance committee
CONVENTIO
10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Registration—
Alumni Association, Office. Old
Main
11 a.m. Campus Tours. ,
12:30 p.m. Informal Got•logelhor
Luncheon—Old Mdlll Sandwich
Shop.
Introductions—H Clifton McWill-
lams, Jr, All-College President,
Pennsylvania State College
Welcome—Arthur R Warnoelc,
Dean of Men, Pennsylvania
State College
Entertainment—Vosheig, the ind
gician.
2 p.m. Conference Discussion
Auditorium. Room TO. Liberal
Arts Building H Clifton Mc-
Williams, Jr presiding
Topics: The Shucture of Student
Government, Student Conduct,
Discipline; and the Honor Sys
tem, Campus Financial Prob
lems, Elections Systems, Stu
dent, Faculty, and Administid
tive Relations, Student Partici
pation in Curriculum Change .
4:30 p.m. Campus Tours. -
6:90 p.m. Informal Dinner Meeting
—University, Club
Toastmaster— A William Engel,
Jr, Editor, Penn State Colleg-
lan
"Looking Ahead In Student Gov
vernment"—Miss Charlotte E
Ray, Dean of Women, Pennsyl
vania State College
"A Newspaperman's Viewpoint of
College Student Governments",
—Leodyl.Shlos‘Alitor,,,Wash..'
•.• inGE• glean, International
News Set vice
EnteTtammenl—Penn Slate Glee
Club - -
9 p.m. Student Government formal
dance—Recreation Hall (Del
egates to convention permitted
choice of dress 1
',TOMORROW
8:30 a.m. Conference Asseinbly—
Alumni Association Office, Old
Main
9 a.m. Round Table Meetings
Student Government and the Col
lege -Newspapers 312 Old
Main—Leon W. Shloss, chair
man, A., William Engel, Jr,
vice-chairman
Fraternity and non-fraternity Re
lationships in Student Govern
ment-304 Old Main—Dean Ar
thur R Warnock, chairman,
Frank C Anderson, president!
Senior Ball Receipts
Show $326.97' Profit
Although this yeai:s Senior Ball, with Jan Savitt, drew 29 more
paid admissions than did last years with Duke Ellington, the estimat
ed profit of $326 97 was $350 uncle' last year's gain of $685. The dif
ference was due to expense increases of $350 for music and $5O for
decorations
The tentative report, released
yesterday by Neil M Fleming,
graduate manager of athletics,
showed 702 paid admissions, 47
booth rentals, 727 checking fees,
and 776 taxes on admissions had
grossed $3,145 35 income. Seven
ty-four complimentary tickets, 11
mole than last year, were issued
Expenditures were estimated at
$2,818 38, with music at $1,350 the
largest item. Music last year cost
$l,OOO
Admissions, 702 at $3 50—52,-
457 00, tax on admissions, 776 at
$ 35—5271 60: both - rental, 47 at
$5 00—5235.00, checking, 727 at
$ 25—5181.75.
Music $1,350, decorations—
s4oo; tax on admisisons—s27l 60;
programs—sl2o.4o, advertising—
slos 75, compensations $lOO,
checking—slBl 75, College labor
—sloo, telephone and telegraph—
s 27 50, piano tuning and rental—
sls, ticket sellers and doormen—
s32.so; flowers—slo; women's at
tendant—ss, catering—sso; invi
tations—s 4 50, ticket printing—
s2B.9l, and miscellaneous—sls
Junior Class Poll
Sel For Blazers
Will Vote To Determine
Style Of New Jackets
With the possibility that a new
Junior Blazer may appear on the
campus this spring, Thomas A
Backenstose; Junior Class Presi
dent, 'announced yesterday that a
poll of members of the junior
class will be taken next week to
determine the mterest in selec
tion of a new type of Blazer.
"Much adverse comment on the
style and appearance of last year's
Blazers has led ,to the belief that
something new In style, and pm
sibly • color, is 'destred,", stated
Backenstose. •'' -
"If the junior class indicates a
change is, wanted, plans for new
Blazers will be made,-with possi
ble innovations in material to be
coasidered," he - continued
The survey - 'to be conducted,
Backenstose pointed out, would
determine whether changes are
desired. Approximate prices for
the different styles under consid
eration will be voted on in the
poll also.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940
PROGRAM
Ltlnterliatemity, Council ant
'{Clarence A Evans, presiden
IntlepenJent Men's Association
Pennsylvania State College
vice-chaii men
10:30 a.m. Round Table Meetings
Women In Student Government—
.s 304 Old Main—Miss Jane Ru
;4mig, president Women's Stu-
V,dent Government Association,
Pennsylvania State College,
;chairman. Dean Charlotte E
,Igßay, vice-chan man
Student, Faculty, Administrative
ttßelations—Robert Edmundsun
~piesmclent Student duvet nment
I:Association, University or Penn
sylvania, than man, Colonel
t~Ambmo4e R Emery, vice-chair
ginan
12:30 p. m. Informal Luncheon
-101d Main Sandwich Shop H.
CI:Iton McWilliams, Jr, pi e
mding
"Student, Faculty Relations"
Colonel Ambrose R Emeiy'
' , ROTC, Penns.l,lvania State Cul
glege
2 pm. Swimming. Penn State vs
:,Syracuse—Glennland Pool
3 p.m. Boxing. Penn State vs Cot
.; nell—Ret. Hall
3.51 pm. Women's Tea—Atherton
.14.111
5 ~m. Informal Dtrincr, Meeting—
'l,littany Lion Inn
Toastmaster—David E Peigrin,
',-,„Senior Class President, Penn
, ,Sylvania State College
'A College President Appraises
'Governments7---Dr.
I Ralph D Hetzel, president of
Pennsylvania State College
Entet tamment—Sani Galin, solo
:U.
8 p.m. Basketball, Penn State vs
' Pittsburgh—Ree Hall
9.30 p.m. Informal Party—Di ydoLk
Nile Club, Old Alam
SUNDAY
9.30 a.m.—Conference Meeting
405 Old Main, H Clifton Mc-
Williams, Jr, presiding Re
poi is of Round Table Meetings
Presentation of 'constitution for
proposed Pennsylvania Inter
collegiate Student Government
Association
11 a.m. Chapel Service—Schwab
Auditorium
"The Simplicity of Life"—John
H Frizzell, College Chaplain
12:30 p.m. Closing Dinner—Corner
Room
Camera Club Organized
Plans' for' an exlubition to i.e
entered m the Penn State Christian
Association Hobby Fair in March
were discussed at the first meeting
of themewly reorganized Penn
State. Camera Club, Wednesday
night -
I ADDRESSES, CONFAB 1
Blue Band Concert
Unit Plays Sunday
Program Of 6 Numbers
is First:ln Series Of 8
time under the till ection of Hum
mel Fishbuin as a conceit unit,
will open the annual compliment
my concert series sponsored by
the department of music in
Schwab Auditoi turn at 3 30 p m
Sunday The affan will be the
first of eight concerts scheduled
The 80-piece concert Blue Band,
slightly difietent from the march
ing band, will play the following
six selections
"Bravada" by Curzon, "Prelude
and Fugue in G Minor" by Bach,
Procession of the Nobles from
"Mlada" by Runsky-Korsakoff,
"Rhythm of Rio" by Bennett,
"Overture Hangroise" by Skoi
nicka, and, "Pictures at an Exhi
bition" by Moussorgsky
With four mole concerts sched
uled this year than last, concert
goers will have the opportunity to
heal both the Engineers and In
tently ROTC bands, under the
direction of Mr Frank Gullo, the
College Symphony orchestra, and
the Louise Homer Club with Phi
Mu Alpha
The Blue Band is headed by
Bruce I Garner '4O, president,
Walter A Bielski '4O, secretary,
Edward M Pennington '4O, man
age!, and David G McCullough
'4O, librarian,
Annual Gridiron Banquet
Postponed From March 11
To Thursday, March 14
Conflict with a varsity basketball
game against Carnegie Tech on
March II will make necessary the
postmonement of the annual Grid
iron Banquet until Thursday,
March 19, banquet chairman Bei -
nard A Newman '4O announced
yesterday
The yearly affair, when any one
and everyone on the campus is
taken to task and made to like it,
is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi,
national journalism honorary The
theme this year will be "Wai and
the Dead Past"—and the commit
tee in charge of programming the
banquet dares YOU to come and
see whether you can stand the
gruesome "fun" in stoic , for ban
quet-goers
Tickets foi the Gridiron Ban
quet will be praced at $l5O In
formal atthe will be In style this
year for the first time
Dunaway Will Ledge
Dr Wayland, F. Dunaway„ pro
fessor of American history, will
speak on "Social Life and Customs
of Scotch-Irish Frontiersmen of
Pennsylvania" at Highland Hall,
private girls school hi Holidays
burg tomorrow
rgiatt
I'AIDD PRICE FIVE CENTS
50 Delegates From 13 Colleges
To Register; Hefzel Will Address
Convention Dinner Saturday Night
Shloss, Washington INS Chief, Will Lead Forums;
Deans Warnock, Ray, And Col. Emory Scheduled
To Speak Before Various Luncheon Gatherings
See Editorial, "First Convention Then .. ?" on page 2
Mole than 50 student leadeis from 23 colleges and,uni
versales in Pennsylvania will gather here today for a three
day state-vhde Student Govei nment Convention. „ ..
Aimed primarily to benefit existing student govern
ments and aid in organizing student self-government bodies
in colleges wheie a system does not exist, the convention is
the greatest undertaking of , the All-College Cabinet of the
Student Governmeit Association of the Pennsylvania State
College. , ,
Final plans for the confab were completed at a meeting
of the general committee Tuesday, after two months of pre
pal ation, David E. Pergrm '4O, chairman, announced.
With iegistration from 10 a. m. to 12.30 p m. this morn
ing, the convention officially gets under way,
23 Schools to Attend
Delegates from the following
colleges will attend Lafayette,
Lebanon Valley, Lehigh, Lincoln
Univeisity, Moravian College foi
Mert„MMayian„College Women,
- Ciniegie Tech, Cedar
crest,' Clarion, Drexel Tech, Clar
ion State Teacher's, East Strouds
burg State Teachers, Franklin and
Mai shall, Gettysburg. Sera n ton
Keystone JUnior College, Univer-
Members of the All-College
Cabinet and convention commit
tees who wish to attend any con
vention luncheon or dinner must
register at the Alumni office in
Old Main at 9 a. m. today.
say of Pittsburgh centei at Erie,
University of Pittsburgh centei at
Johnstown, University of Pitts
buigh, Pennsylvania State College
center at Uniontown, University
of Pennsylvania, Wilson College,
and Ursinus
Shloss to Participate
Leon W Shloss, editor of the
Washington Bureau, International
News Service, is scheduled to par
ticipate prominently on the con
vention program
Shloss, formerly an instructor in
history at the College, assistant
coach of basketball, and coach of
tennis in 1931 and 1932, will speak
to the delegates on "The Newspa
perman's Viewpoint of College
Student Governments," at the chori
ne' in the University Club tonight
He will also conduct one of the
open forums tomorrow mottling
Topping the list of guest speak
ers will be President Ralph D
Hetzel, who will address tomorrow
night's banquet at the Nlttany Lion
on "A College President Appraises
Student Governments"
Dean of Women Charlotte E Ray
and Dean of Men Arthur R War-
(Continued on page two)
Kreisler Tickets
Go On Sale Today
With ticket windows 111 Old
Main opening at 8 p m today, 254
extra tickets to the Fritz Kreisler
concert hei e next Thursday will go
on sale at $2.00 each, Dr. Carl E
Marquardt, chaiiman of the Ar
tists' Course Committee announced
yesterday
Dr Marquardt urged students
and faculty members who were In
terested in procuring tickets to the
number to purchase them early, as
the number was definitely limited
Of the available tickets, 130 are
for seats on the stage, and 124 are
standing room
"Already," Dr Marquardt
stated, "several requests for tickets
have been recehed from out of
town, Including one request for a
large block of seats In view of
this demand and the deshe to ac
commodate first of all the students
and faculty, seats will not know
ingly be sold to out-of-town pat
rons until Friday afternoon."
Candidates Named
ForWSGA -Election
„
Tuesday's Miss Meeitn6
May See Slate Addition':
With the nomination of Jarietff
Holtzinger and Elinor L Weaver
foi WSGA president, and L Hie*
not Benfer, Mallory A. Harm*:
and Jane B Hoskins for WRA
president, the government and nal
eational nominating committees
announced their candidates for wo
men's elections March 13 -.
Additional nominations inifY:fe
made from the floor at the Ifitiss
meeting foi all woman students,in
Schwab Auditorium from 7 to -8
p m Tuesday Any woman wish
ing to add to the slate must present
hes atone for office and give her
nominee's qualifications
An open discussion on the pro . -
posed point system which would
appoition women's activities will
be led by Betty Ann Albright '4l
at the mass meeting Primary elec
tions will be held in the first floor
lounge of Old Main from 8.45 a m
to 5 p in Thursday'
Candidates Listed
Othei WSGA candidates are•
Betty M Martin, Mai ion E Sper
ling, Mildred M Taylor, vice presi
dent, Margaret R Comly, Pauline
Grossman. Mildred B Schmidt,
li easuier, Eleanor L Fagans, Alice
Freeman, Vera L Kemp, senior
senator,, Anne M Burton, Marlon
M Eber ts, R Helen Gordon, Junior
senator, Margaret if Mcllroy.
Sarah E Paxton, Margaret IC
Sherman, sophomore senator; Jean
Babcock, Jean F. Weaver, Florence
May Worthley, town senator
May Queen nominees are Mary
Ann Landis, Marguerite R Scheel
fel, Mary R Wirtz, and candidates
for freshman attendant to May
Queen Include 111 Jane Blackburn.
Frances A Leiby, and Margaret C
Seeds
WRA's slate includes Margaret
M Denier, Mary W. Houghton,
Marion E Sperling, vice president;
and Dorothy Godshalk, Virginia M
Penrod, Betty L Zeigler, treasurer
Defeated candidates for president
of both WSGA and WRA receive
the secretarial position in their re
spective organizations
Block, Bridle Club Sets
Date of Livestock Show
The Block and Bridle club will
hold the 1940 Little International
Live Stock Show in the' Stock
Pavilion on April 27, according to
Curtis A Miller '4O, president.
Morris Schaffner '4O, the show
manager, has announced the fol
lowing features of the Little Inter 7
national meat auction, coed pig
race, student sheep shearing, and a
College teamsters contest.