Page l'•-•o
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance. established 1867
Published du-ine the Colithe yea-, except
nolida,s b students of The Penns%l anio State Colime,
in the into-est of the Caliche tne students, *tether, *flue:lnt.
and f,ends
THE MANAGING HOARD
A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR MO, Edam.
C RUSSELL ECK '4O, Businegs Mamma
Mien L Cnrry '4O, Women'. Editor
EMANUEL ROTH '4O BURTON C WILLIS JR '4ll
Managing Editor Adsertuting Manager
ROBERT L WILSON '4O MORTON NIEMAN, '4O
Sports Editor Cinitiatton Manager
BERNARD A NEWMAN 'lO DORIS OUTMAN '4O
None Editor &nine Secretary
GEORGE II sclursc '4O TANET STORY '4O
Feature Editor Aosistant. Stator Secretary
PAUL HALMMAN .IR '4O W BRADLEY OWFNS 'lO
Assistant Managing EiVor Assistant Noma Editor
HERBERT NIPSON 'lO PIEI LLIS R GORDON '4O
Assistant Sports Editor Assistant Wionsn's Ed for
Associate Editors
Poyaret Bloom '4l Robert 14 Lone '4l
%tralhant E I owlet. '4l Etlwstri .1 B Mel orlo '4l
Caen- V Hall '4l Ito Itortt C Peon '4l
Edward J Tilatorie '4l
Bayard Bloom '4l
blannr..tnllitor Thin issue _
No. a 1.411t0s Thle 'me
Vim, a I,lut r _
En 14 red an rond•e]oou matter July 5 1934. at the. put
°tie, nt Stat.. Colman under the act of March 3, 1879
Tuesday, March 5, 1940
FIRST CONVENTION THEN ..
A STATE ASSOCIATION
THE PROPOSAL to establish an associ
ation of the student governments of the
colleges and universities of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, offered by our pi
oneering All-College Cabinet, became a re
ality with the adoption of a constitution
Sunday morning ,
Most encouraging feature of the new con
stitution is the flexibility of its structure
—truly the product of a clear-thinking,
non-radical group
Despite its flexibility, the constitution
has been drawn tightly, enough to block
"subversive organizations" in their attempt
to make inroads into student government.
Fcr with flexibility there is sufficient
lam for improvement. And improvement
is prop ess. And progress is a slow process.
Such a slow process is dii ectly opposed
to the more radical sudden changes advo
cated by the Amei icon Youth Congress, the
American Student Union, and vat ions oth
er organizations condemned in many colle
giate circles.
,True enough, the American Youth Con
gress may be congratulated in advocating
a platform of civil liberties, jobs, and peace.
But the methods of achieving these given
ends runs counter to intelligent procedure.
And this procedure failed to conform
with the ideals of the conservative element
which dominated the state-wide Student
Gov ernment Convention here last week-end.
That hasty tactics and violent expres
sion would not be tolerated by charter mem
bers of the association was demonstrated
on numerous occasions throughout the
three-day conference
A specific example of such opposition
was brought about when the constitution
committee eliminated a clause in the pre
amble of the proposed constitution which
stated, " ... and vigorously express an in
telligent student opinion on questions of
, (111.e, national, and international import
once."
The possibility of misinterpi eting that
statement was visible to the far-sighted
individuals who eliminated it No chances
were taken
An additional display of the conservative
character of the gathering may be revealed
by quoting one gentleman whoremarked:
"If a kind of pink leftism ever was consid
er ed smelt among young people, in view of
the world' developments it certainly, no long
er is . and the sooner this particular rep
resentative of youth realizes that, the soon
er they may accomplish some constructive
good in a seemingly bad world."
Leon W. Shloss, editor, Washington En
lean, International News Service, who
"deeply resented Communism's attempted
conquest of America's youth organiza
tions," struck a keynote of the man-on-the
street's viewpoint of student governments
in saying: "You student leaders are
charged with guarding every American
right, and at the same time repulsing ev
ery attempted subversive encroachment on
the country's collegiate youth."
Therein lies the problem. It's a delicate
one
But the students of the colleges and' uni
versities of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania have adopted the constitution, of
the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Student
Government Association "in order to
achieve a spirit of cooperation to, give con
sideration, to, questions affecting student
interest."
If the cooperation is achieved—and, the
initial effort has been highly successful—
it will be possible for the American college
man and woman to find a place in the bet
ter America of tomorrow.
OLD MANIA
Valour, ('amour:
The Maniac knows another side of pugilist-stu
dent Kociubinsky. He's a lover at heart, and the
object of his affections is petite Harriet Heuston,
secretary to Aikens-Kennard-Materr (also known
as State College, Inc
The lovely Miss Heuston and the loving Mr.
Kociubmsky, just to make this story sound more ,
and more like a Colliers' plot, have never met
The closest she has come to meeting him was on
St Valentines' Day, when he sent hei four signed
valentines—three small ones and a big lacy one
And he goes into fits of blushing and stammering
every time he sees her Ah, l'amour, l'amour"
Weekend Sidelights:
PURITY LEAGUE: The sae lads had a big
week-end planned, only to have refreshments
plans disrupted by the visitation of a group of eld
erly educators, here for the stooge-in-government
confab One of the old geezers got Paul Hartman
aside and quizzed him on fraternities Do the
fellows swear' ) None of them drink, do they' etc
etc.
Hai tman evidently gave the right answers, for
the old guy sat and watched him all through his
date with Doris Laderer Saturday night. Other
sae's saw Paul sitting on the arm of her chair with
dozens of lights on, greeted him with such re
marks as 'What are you doing—reading"
NONCHALANCE: The delegate from Lebanon
Valley calmly read a Collegian (advt ) all through
Dean Ray's speech at the U club Saturday
LINE: George Donovan, smile behind the SU
desk, carried on a one-way conversation with a
yellow-sweatered, brown-haired delegate all
through the boxing meet
DIRTY DIGS DEPT: Allie Wolf, Cornell's box
ing coach and ex-Nittany slugger, was having
trouble herding his mit proteges along College
Avenue toward the movies Friday night One by
one, they lagged behind, gazing at the be-gowned
cuties on their way to the WSGA dance Two of
them were following kappa Betty Rose down the
rtreet when Allis decided to do something about
the situation
He called all his boys together and gave them
this bit of advice on Penn State women• "They
may look all right now, but remember, they're
still only farmers*"
SOCIAL ERRORS DEPT: Some humanity-lov
ing soul should provide serum prexy Dave Per
grin with a copy of Emily Post Or maybe Prexy
Hetzel has already done it
_ .
The banquet at the Lion was progressing nicely
Saturday night The waitresses removed the main
course, brought in the salads Mistaking them for
desserts, Pergrin got up and introduced Piexy
Hetzel as the main speaker of the evening When
Dr Hetzel was through, Pergrin started to ad
3ourn the banquet but someone nudged him and
informed him that there were desserts yet to
Prexy Hetzel remarked for all to hear, that he
doesn't mind banquets but can't stand talking on
.in empty stomach.
Stuff and Things:
PINS: Dick Porter, sae prexy, and Mickey Mac-
Farlane, alfachio pledge, Quent Couch, sigmanu
prexy, and Louise Breuninger, kappa, Boyd
Harrington, fisig, and Helen Woodcock, aopi, Bob
furlong, also fisig, and his oao back home in
Donora; Howie Smith, sigmanu basketballer, and
Bobbie Kelly, alfachi and 1939 Circus Queen,
George Leidig, phisi, and Lee Wallace, kappa.
Lila Whoolery, kappa pledge, called Jim Cra
mer sae Sunday with this message "I'll have to
break our date for this afternoon. I was pinned
last night" Now she denies it, says she's "going
steady on trial "
Pat Slep, tlsi freshman, gave his brand new jew
elry to Janey Berkebile, theta pledge, a few hours
after her pledging and his initiation
MYSTERY. Some guy called Dickie Malickson,
atherton cutie, and identified himself as "the man
"ho held you in his arms last weekend" When
Dickie came back with "Which one ) " he became
insulted and refused to give his name Dipkie's
still trying to figuie out who it was
HEALTH NOTES. That off again—on again
duo, Mary O'Connor and Mark Vinzant, are both
trench mouth victims
COLLATERAL READING
FOR ALL ENGLISH COURSES
• In Dubious Battle
• The Late George Apley
• Middletown,
• The Hundred Years
•, The Next Hundred Years
• Why Keep Them Alive
• Personal , History
• A Farewell to Arms
• The Way of the Lancer
• Life With Father
• Holy Old Mackinaw
• Night Flight
• Growth of the Soil
• The Summing Up
• Babbitt
• 0 Pioneers
•. Five Contemporary Plays
• Listen for a Lonesome Drum
• The Enchanted Voyage
and all Omnibuses
HEEIiEr s
Cathaum Theatre Bldg
PZIN."S STAIt, COLLEGIAN
CAMPUS BULLETIN
iliotices of meetings tone pub,
lished in. this column may be
'left at Student Tinton Office in
Old Main up to 1 p in. on the
day preceeding publication.
Lecture "Bearing Metals" b
'Dr. C - E. Swartz, Clevelan.
Graphite Bronze Co , Room 12
Mineral Industries 730 p m.
Placemgnt meeting for Educa
tion seniors Room 10 Liberal.
Arts at 7 00 p m
Thespian tryouts, auditorium,
7 p. m. '
MISCELLANEOUS
All Hillel committee chairmen
are requested to report at the
Foundation as soon as possible
Independents Set
Campaign Plans
Appoint Committees;
Prepare Party Shite
Junior and Sophomore Indepen
dent parties, meeting in Old Main
Sunday, made rapid progress in
plans for the approaching cam
paign
Bill Bartholomew, '4l leader,
appointed poll book, nominating,
platform and,publicity committees,
and prepared to announce the
party's slate in the near future
' Bob Baird and Jerry Daugherty
were named as a '42 committee to
act with '4l and '43 groups in se
lecting All - College candidates
Midge Taylor was selected as cap
tain of the women's dorm district,
and a complete report of campaign
plans was reviewed by chairman
Earl Kemmler.
'4l Committees Named , -
Lou Corbin was chosen chair
man of the nominating committee
Other members are Ed Lewis,
John Jenkins, Annabelle Boyd,
Peter Fetzko, Dave Finkel, Kerm
Christman, Hazel Strope, Grace
Rentschler, Sam Schwartz and , Bill
Ciccarelli
The platform committee, headed
by Dick Geissmger, includes Jane
Hoskins, Mack Dick, Stan Kent,
John Jenkins, Andy Payton and
Gerry Bready Peter Fetzko rls in
charge of the group handling ,ad
vertising and publicity, assisted by
Paul Scally, Bill Burkett and
George Wignot
' Candidates and platform will n be
announced m the near future, ac
cording to Bartholomew . " '
LAND
WSGA PRESIDENT
Janet. N. Holizinger: Alpha
Lambda Delta, Home Ec Club, vice
president of Ellen H. Richards,
Junior Senator, choir, Junior Serv
ice Board
Elmor L. Weaver. Freshnuin
Senator, Freshman Council, Soph
omore Senator, vice president of
WSGA, Alpha Lambda Delta,
Cwens, Junior Service Board ,
WSG/k. VICE PRESIDENT -
Betty M. Martm. Alpha Lambda
Delta, Cwens, treasurer of WSGA,
choir, Archery Club, Tennis Club
Marion E, Sperling: President of
Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman
Council, Cwens, Mac Hall dance
committee, secretary of Variety
Club, House of Representatives.
Mildred M. Taylor: Alpha Lamb
da Delta, hockey
WSGA TREASURER
Margaret H. Comley: Freshman
Council, Home Ec Advisory Coun
cil, Freshman Senator, Housing
Board, chairman of Big-Little Sis
ter Tea, Tennis Club, hockey ~
Pauline Crossman: Fr es h m an
Council, Ph ysl c a I Education,
RECORD NEWS
Margaret L Rupp '93, is Num-.
ber Two winner in Bucky Tay
lor's weekly record contest and
if she will drop around to Tay
lor's Music Room in the Glenn
land Building she can pick up
her $2 00 worth of recordings
Miss Rupp says that she pre:
fers classical recordings to swing.
but a listen to Tommy Dorsey's
waxing of "Lonesome Road" will
give her something to think'
about It's on two sides and has
good chances of becoming 'a ,
swing classic
Both Dorsey and Glenn Miller
have come out with recordings
of "Too Romantic" and "Sweat
Potatoe Piper" two numbers
from the screen hit "Road to
Singapore" Both are good, with
Dorsey's "Too Romantic" (prank
Sinatra doing the vocal) taking
honors as the best side Adv.
LET'S GETiHAT TROPHY -
And'6et:Some
CHOOOI4TE , ECLAIRS
CINAMMON ROLLS
„
BAKERYELECTRI(',K
243 S. ALLEN ' ` A 3121
• .A..
Women Meet At 7 Tonight
Nominees For WSGA, WRA Posts Will Be Introduced
In Schwab Auditorium; Coeds May Make Additional
Nominations From Floor; Primaries Tomorrow
Candidates for WSGA and WRA posts, as made by, the
organizations' nominating committees, will be introduced,
from the platform of Schwab Auditorium at the mass meet
ing for all women students at 7 p m. tonight.
Additional nominations may,be made from the floor by
any coed who introduces her candidate with a resume of her
scholastic and activities qualifications.
No further nominations for
WSGA and WRA presidencies will
be accepted at tonight's meeting
since both co ganizations require
that candidates foi these offices
have served at least one year, on
them respective boards
Withdrawals announced, by
Maiy H O'Connor, WRA presi
dent, are Jane B Hoskins '41 , , who
was nominated for WRA. presiden
cy, and Marion E Sperling '424
WRA vice-president nominee. ,
'Primal. les elections will be held,
in the first floor,lounge of Old'
Main Rom 8'45 a. m. to 5, p.,m.
Thursday Remaining, candidates
will be voted on at the final , elec
tions Wednesday, March 13;, and;
new officers installed after a, cof
fee hour in Atherton Hall, March
14
Co-Edits
Atherton's northwest wing soph
omores teaed the visiting conven
tion delegates in Ath Hall from, 3
to 5 p m, Saturday. Miss Mary Jane
Stevenson, dean of sophomore wo
men, and Mary A Evans '42 pour
ed, while Barbara J McMahon.,'42,
Dorothy H Grossman '42'and Mary
A Civitts '42 acted as hostesses
Louise I Wible '42 was in charge
Slated nominees for Philotes of
fices are Bertha Black '42, presi
dent, Eleanor Linton '4l, secretary;
Helen L Snyder '42, Bernice M
Bame '4l, treasurer, Rosemary E
Harris '4l, E Louise Steininger '4l,
social chairman, Marjorie R Sel
lers '42, Luella M, Norris '4l, ath
letic chairman Additional' nomin
ations may be made at the election
meeting Monday
Delta Alpha Delta, women's de=
bate honorary, _invites ,all fresh
'men 'and, Vars4women debaters
to get together in White Hall from
2 to s_p m Saturday -
DATE ACT
School , Council, assistant intramu
ral manage'
Wl]'circa B. Schmidt: Secretary of
Freshman Council
SENIOR SENATOR
Eleanor L. Fagans: Choir, Lou
ise Homer Club, House of Repre
sentatives,,,Players
Alice Freeman: Social chairman
or Grange, table tennis, baseball,
elections committee
Vera L. Kemp: House of Repre
sentatives, Junior Editorial Board
Collegian, Junior Senator, Theta
Sigma Phi, Leadership Conference
committee, Junior Service Board,
Drydock committee, intramural
debate
ll=
Anne M. Borton: Cirens, Lako
mdes, Freshman Senator, chair
man of Freshman Council, class
basketball, intramural sp or ts,
Sophomore Senator, Physical Edu
cation School Council, PSCA
Marion M. Eberts: Cwens, House
of Representatives, Freshman
Council, Home Ec Club, PSCA
R. Helen Gordon: Varsity debat
ing, editorial candidate for Colle
gian, co-chairman WSGA Christ
mas Party, co-chairman Hallo
we'en Party, chairman WRA Camp
Conclave, co-chairman WRA Skat
ing Party, secretary of Tennis
Club, Outing Club, hockey captain,
basketball, PSCA Freshman Par
ty, master of ceremonies of Fresh- '
man Bonfire, elections committee.
SOPHOMORE SENATOR
Margaret H. Mcllroy: PSCA,
Home Ec Club '
Sarah E. Paxton. Home Ec Club
Margaret K. Sherman: Fresh
man Senator, secretary-treasurer
of Hall Group, Home Ec Club
TOWN SENATOR
Jean Babcock• Cwens, Alpha
Lambda Delta, Players, hockey,
choir
Jean F. WeavereAlpha Lambda
Delta, Cwens,' chairman of PSCA
social inquiry trips
, Florence M. Worthley: Variety
Club, PSCA , i
WRA PRESIDENT
L. Eleanoi Bonier: Freshman
Women Debiters
tine S Nets
Oppose. Ohio, wresteyo,
Gftburogi Retie Today (
llElye , debates area sehecluled , for
thlt -women's team, thus week, 'two
here and, the others at Curwens
wit; Bellwood, and Tyrone
Lois- E Notovitz '42 and; Ger
, 'trude , H Hecht '4l will uphold. the
(negative side ofi the qpestion, "Re-
Isolvedi Unit the basic blame , for the
present European crisis rests with
' the allied, powers" against a team
1 1
t ofi Ohio Wesleyan, women in. 3113
ILaberal. Arts Building at 8 p m
Itoday '
I Barbara Varden, '42 and Hilma
R. Elseni '42 will' debate the nega
tive side of the same question today
against a team, of , Gettysburg wo
men, at , Curwansville, and Aleda
~Snow '43 and Ruth L Riesling '43
[ will debate an, affirmative Gettys
burg freshman team here
Meet the Boys From Syracuse
An affirmative team represented
by Freida Moskalik '42 and Edythe
43 Rickel '4l - will oppose a team
of Syracuse men at Bellwood' to
morrow and Miss Rickel and Mai
3orie A Ki °nick '42 will, debate
Ursmus men in Tyrone Thursday
night.
All five debates will be conduct
ed' according to 01 egon style,
which includes two constructive
speeches of 20 minutes, two cross
'examination periods of 14 minutes,
and two six-minute summaries
Columbia, University students
have , asked President Nicholas M
Butler to , apologize , for-'not' allow
ing Robert Burke to speak at a
student club meeting.
IVITIES
Council, WRA Board, Al ph a
Lambda Delta, .Cwens, Lakonides,
Judicial Committee, hockey, bas
ketball, swimming, baseball
Marjory A. Barwick. Cwens, La
komdes, chairman, oL ' all PSCA
meetings, treasurer of WRA, stu
dent library committee, Sopho
more Seminar, business staff of
Penn State Farmer, president of
Golf Club, Freshman Council,
Freshman Forum, Thespian cm
tumes, interclass sports
WRA. VICE PRESIDENT
Margaret M. Definer: President
of Aiding, Club, treasurer of Alpha
Lambda Delta, Home Ec Club, co
chairman Skating Party, elections
committee
Mary W. Houghton: Riding Club,
hockey, Froth, Valentine Dance
Committee, Fencing Club, Outing
Club ,
WRA TREASURER
• Dorothy Godshalk: Junior sports
manager, Tennis Club, hockey,
Sophomore Seminar, Symphony
Orchestra, Freshman Forum
Virginia M. Penrod: Valentine
Dance Committee, basketball, co
manager sophomore athletics
Belly L. Ziegler: Lakonides, as
sistant manager of mtramurals,
hockey, basketball
We Women,
THERE ARE TWO SIDES to
'every question including the
'point system which will, be dis
cussed at the mass meeting to
'night
If approved, woman students
will have a definite number of ac
tivity points each, year which they
may not exceed Roints will not
early over from year, to year, and
activities will be rated according
to importance and time involved,
with officers in an organization re
ceiving,more points than members
If necessary, coeds will be forced
to drop activities to stay within
bounds
Pro—Assigning a definite num
ber of activity points which a coed
may carry each year would dis
tribute extra - curricular , work
among those women who are not
engaged in activities because they
see the wall of monopoly
Con—lt is doubtful whether, un
der a point system, women'already
not participating in outside organi
rations ..woulcl become. interested.
Pro—WoMen's health and. schol-
arship would be protected by the
system' which would define how
much outside work can be carried
Con—Women of college age
should realize how much they' can
'handle, and if they don't they soon
find out What is good for one per
son is not always go&I for: another
o—Activities would' be bene-
I Red by leaders with concentrated
,interests
Ccin—Not every coed , has con=
centrated interests ,Women who
don't would have to choose from
several interests, and the slighted
activities might suffer by the'ab
sence of much Interested spirit. •
To have a strong student gov
ernment, leaders should , be concent
trated into the governing body, in
the opinion of many. If this is
true, it might be impossible under
activity apportioning to concen
h ate office holders
Weigh both sides and show your
consent or dilapproval of the plan
'nn the final , ballot, Wednesday,
March 13
-U L K
We don't have to guess who'll get the trophy. ,We're behind you..
Penn State. '
; And, you don't , have totguess what. is in our candy boxes. You;_
choose !het pieceS and see them packed. FRESH CANDIES. 7
- ,
, We will take Orders for your Easter requirements' '
• -
YOUGEE'S ~
STATE THEATRE BLDG. ,
.
..... 1 ,44 ;a3 .;.4
V; "1
-:
DORI MISS„111. - 1 :
'')'
- The
- Second Annual
ENGINEER'S HOP , .., _,,
, .
FRIDAY',, MARCH 1,5, , -
~,
, - ,
_ „,
featuring "
• . The Campus ,Owls' , ~'„1,
Semi-Formal ' $l.lO Inc. Tax & Checlung,l4
Dancing 9.1 2 o'clock's.for coeds
" xl.
REC HALL ' ' : - - 2 7
- ' 11,1 Y THE KISS-a-METER
T-aesday, March 5, 1.940
Women Will Hold 1
Vocations Confab
Mortar Board Parley
Scheduled For April tl
Women students with vocatibnal
problems will have an opportunity?
to discuss them with experts when",
Mortar Board, senior women's
honorary, holds its All-Women's'.
Conference on vocations here on
Thursday, Api il 11
A tentative program for the con. ,
ference includes a convocation led. ,
by Dr Robert C Bernreuter, pro
fessor of psychology, discussions
on physical education and "Lower '
Division—What Then 9", conferen-'
ces'on education and home econo
mics as vocation's; and a talk T ..
avocations
Committees for the conferenco:f
arc general chan man, Betty:, L
'McClure '4O, program—Marguerite,
Schaeffer '4O (chairman), ',IV!:
lEbrabeth 'Hatton '4O, Audrey
Schoemmel '4l, P Marie Lauren
i'42, and Ruth L Riesling '43, ar-,
Irangements—Eloise F Rockwell
i'4o (chairman), Laura J Collins '4,K
"Vera M Neal '4l, Janet Herzog
p 42 and M Jane Blackburn '43;
publicity Helen L Camp 'Jo
,(chairman), M Elisabeth Baker '4i;
'll Louise Frost '4l, Arita L He'f:
feran '4l, Vera L Kemp '4l, and'
'Mina A Smith '4l
:timetable Will Be Ready,':'
Before Easter Yoram')
The 1940 Summer School time',- 4
table, now at the printer, will. be
available to students shortly be- ,1
fore Easter vacation , starts,
Scheduling Othcer Ray, V. Wat.
Inns announced yesterday.
The University of Delaware is
now offering a year of study in
Switzerland to enable students to
study the League. of Nations at
first hand ,