Final Women's Elections To Be Held In Main, First Floor Lobby Tomorrow Successor To The Free Lance Established 1887 VOL 36—No. 45 Student Placement School OlAgriculture ,'(This is the fourth in a series of litkles dealing'with methods of pficament service m the various ,schools and departments of the ~ College. and the, success which Ikese methods have had.) By RICHARD C. PETERS Tninvidual recihests for students, through'the personal contacts of members of the staff of the School of Agriculture, are the chief means of placing graduates of the School, according to Stevenson W Fletcher, . its dean , "We hail° no centialized place ment service in the School," stated Dein Fletcher,, "all such activities are'',ori a departmental basis" Deem Fletcher pointed out that the , faculty of the School keeps in innmate.contact 'with - the varied interests it serves ' , Through lee , tures and demonstrations by mem bers of the resident teaching staff' fn ,all parts of the, state, through the extensive prOgram of research, , and particularly through the ex tension service which reaches into every `county. "But,'7in all eases," the dean stressed, "the student himself is `expected to be chairman of a Job finding, committee, of one; the de partmental effort supplements but _does not supersede his personal - responsibility in this respect" ' A number ordepartments in the send letters, each Spring to the- larger employers, giving the 'speciatoualifications f each mem ' ber:%,oLlhe graduating class, with pliotographs often'included During the past few,, yeare,,iDean -:Fletcher, , stated;RwaitiallX - 311-ifif L i . * high standing graduates have lifound-employment, with difficulty gfoiind only in placing the students ;whose "records ,were - mediocre or who have serious deficiencies in personal traits ,;' , ,llecently,l a faculty placement cotimittee has been appointed in the School , to analyze and evaluate the:.present . placement service of the-,several departments and of .7sehools' of agriculture in other] ,land-grant colleges ' Vlt hoped," Dean Fletchei con 'eluded, "that this"committee may enable the School of Agriculture :_to cooperate most effectively with the ' proposed central placement bureau of the College" erebinentlngineer Gives Bitit,T9 Kissometer;,Calls I(:Craikpet lavention • • The tnuch'debatedi'of late, sub ject of kissing split:wide opdn the ranks of electrical engineer's this week when 'Dr. ' , Saucha Lotiv lous",-Guye, well known electrical ,engineer and fortune-tellek, ,de npunced as "the crackpot inven ,tidn of _feeble brains" the kisso nielet that will be' used at Atte Ltitglneer's" Hall in Bee Hall on Friday , - have, been trynig for ,years 'to 'Make myself into a radio re-_ calving set - for' my own_ amuse ment 'and have ' failed," Guye stated. Asked for some answer to the Penn 'State engineer's claim that they have invented such an in strument declared: "the on lypviay Amin work is If the girls have on some of that new-tangled Metallic lipstick., This 'will, create tii ground for the needed elec trfcel but it also creates grounds, for electt oci-tion." ' ;":.Asked to comment on Guye's attack; Jiitimie Notherkls '4l,' a Member of the Engineer's Hop committee stated: "Guye has .erred. He has, failed to ,take in - account our co-ed's ability to wee ,thei-shocks. ,Tt.'s . the electricity -that's going to 'take a heating .a parting' shot at. Guy& for 'malicious attack, ,Notherkis he.(Guye) has mot,been able to Udded "Perhaps ,the reason that succeed in his , radio experiment may i tie that he ain't'got it in him , anymtne.' - ;.rt. 7 t Refunds R eady. v • checks, for . drop ~ schedules Areready today at the Bursar s of ;flee Instead of on March 1-41.`"4"Y salethileo 15 a"r ,, n #taiitt •" /„ 1 • 4 y " cirti • COMPLETE CAMPUS ru COVERAGE Boxers Refire Trophy Captain Cooper, Ji W SGA, WRA Presidents, May Queen, Other Women's Officers To - Be Chosen WSOA OPPONENTS I JANET N. HOLTZINGER 11 ELINOR L. , WEAVER '4l Library. Planning , , Student Exhibit, Prizes Will Be Awarded ' Best Boolaollections A series of student-loaned ex hibits is being planned by the,Li brary at the ,same time it pre pares two student contests' A book list contest and a student's own-library contest. ... Beginning with a hobby exhib it in April, the displays of student work ale to be carried on through next Fall when they will be es pecially useful in the enlarged ex hibit spate of the new,Library A $5 prize will be given in tile student ,book list contest forAie best list of not inure than 10 books published prior tolanuary 1, 1939, which lie recommends to the Li brary General readibility and in terest will be considered rather than subject matter. , In the student'S-own-library contest—which will - be open 'for entries until April I—a faculty committee will inspect the collec tions in the students' robins and award prizes of $25 in books .for each, of the two best collections '43 Edit Candidates Meet Freshman editorial candidates for the Collegian will meet in Room 318 at 7 tomorrow night. New 'candidates. both men and women, are requested to report at that time. Louis H.` 8 01 l of .the depart ment of Imbrnalism will discuss "Interviewing." ' , Correction , A headline in the last issue of Collegian Incorrectly' stated the 18th — annual dairy show would be gin last' Saturday. - As stated in the story, the show will open May ,i Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1940 Coeds To Vole On Point System; Coffee Hour, , Installation Thursday See "Additional Activities." With only two remaining candidates vieing for each WSGA and ,WRA. post, wom en will cast their final vote in the first floor lounge - of 'Old Main from 8:45 a m. to 5 p m tomorrow. Janet N. Holtaing er and Elinor L. Weaver will compete for the government presidency and L. Eleanor Benfer will oppose Marjoi y A Harivick for ,the WRA presi dent's position. Defeated nominees for each job will automatically become secre taries. ' ' Still running for May Queen arc Jane A Romig and Marguerite R Set'Caller with Gloria M, Knepper, Opposing Mnrgaret , C. Seeds' for Freshman Attendant , Womenalso vote tomorrow on! the Point system which, if, ad opted,,. would apportion ,zyoprn_!s - actlvitiek"--Y.4 - , Other Survivors , , Others who suivived primary balloting Thursday are Betty M Martin and Mildred M Taylor, WSGA vice president; Pauline Crossman and Ruth J Moore, W S G A treasurer, Eleanor L Fagans and Vera L. Kemp, Senior Senator, Anne Gorton - and R. Helen Gordon, Junior Senator; Margaiet K Sherman and Nancy E Grosser, Sophomore Senator, and Jean Bab cock and Jean F Weaver; Town Senator Bernice M Maurer and Helen L Mazur, WRA vice president, and Dorothy Godshallt and Betty L Zeigler, WRA treasurer Othc.r Induction Thursday induction of new officers will take place after a coffee hour in the northeast and south west lounges of Frances Atherton Hall at 6.15 p in Thursday New chair man of Judicial Committee will be announced and WSGA will pi e sent gifts to women who rendered outstanding services In government work this year Norma P Stillwell , '4l, chair man, and Margaret 13.' Robeits '42, sub-chairman of May Day activi ties, announced Sunday night that they will appoint committees this week Two - women from each class will be appointed May Queen at tendants by the committee in ad dition to the Freshman Attendant to,be chosen at the polls tomorrow PHA SOS Deadline Today For Members To lied Cabbie, Retiresentalives Today is the last bine' that mem : bets, of the PSCA can vote for Irepresentatives to the, Cabinet, !Sohn F Putney, secretary, has stated ' Fourteen students have been nominated' for the elections ,which begati yesterday He also stated that any student who is active in the association or is merely an enrolled member is eligible to vote This is_the first year that the elections have been held as formerly the Cabinet was a self-perpetuating group After the voters have elected 11 mem bers., the newly, elected members of the Cabinet will choOse four ad ditional. Those students nominated ate Thomas H. Ain.swolth. '4l, Mae Brown '42. Catherine .E 'Coleman '42. A. John Currler„'42, Davul E Garfinkle '42, Rosemary E liar-, its '4l. Jean E - Hershberger '43, Arnold C. Latch T Miller "41,' Sarah, P Searle '42, Walter N Shambaelv :42,' Robert T. Struck '42, Andrew 'l 3 . Szekly '43, and Jean. 3' Weave'r '42 WRA CADIDATES:: f` ~_...» . '~.„,.„..:'? jai L. ELEANOR BENFER :41 MARJORY A. HARWICK '4l College To Grant Three-Hour finals Departments Will Decide length Ofixaminations , For the - first time in College history the administration will giant approval for three-hour final examinations this semester, Registrai William S Hoffman stated yesterday The three-hour examinations will be optional and will be grant ed upon i equest to any, depart ment. The iegistrai pointed out that the admitushation is also planning to crack down on those depart ments who don't impure final ex aminations If those departmints don't hold finals, they will have to hold regular classes during the pei iod scheduled for the final by the College . The examinations will be sched uled for as long as there'is mail able space and time. They are be ing proposed to aid the technical courses which require a more de tailed and conclusive type of ex amination Matinee Tickets Now,Out For Cleveland Symphony Tickets for the special matinee by the Cleveland Symphony Or chestra here March 29, will go on sale at the Athletic Association windows in Old Main at 8 a m tomonow and will continue On sale until SatuidaY ' Seats for the matinee will be priced at $1 25 Although tickets must be secured in advance, no seats will be reserved Half of the seats In Schwab Auditorium have been allocated to students in the State College schools o who will purchase their tickets through the school system By Winning El BA Crown; Lewis Win Individual Titles i:enior Class Men yl :lent To Decide lass Day Honors ergrin Appoints Engel ..As Chairman; Women _ :Will Hold . Own Election 't Called NI the puipo-e of ~electt rig boom Men, a meeting of the :4, Cll' of the senior class will b h e Id in Room 110,1 Mme Econom ie at 8 p m. tomorrow , Senior ass Pi esident David 13 Pergrm , announced yesterday - ,r, 'our honors—Spoon Man, Cane `Min, Pipe Orator, and Barrel Man =will be available as Pergrm followed a tradition in naming A 'William Engel, Jr, Collegian adz to l, as Class Donor who will serve chairman of the Class Day ex ercises ' Because the women hold a `sep arate election of honor women, to morrow night's meeting ,will be confined to the men of the class of 1940 • ' . 'llt,Nominationi for all honors will belMade from the floor with cot ng -secret ballOt, Pergrm ex plained. No'-one .is eligible for mOre , thrin ,One award • selected will, play .4facitangpart4t'lle,,,Clas * s-DaY ekerelses*WhfCh,)vill-be held June 10 Pearl, State Players. 20th Birthday. With;Weekend Pr+Auction Twenty yeai.s ago'a dramatic or ganization was formed here at Penn State It lacked equipment., there was a dearth of talent, and everything else that goes to make up a good dramatic organization This year that organization celebrating its 20th anniversaiy Today it has equipment estimated al over $4,000, an over -abundance of talent, and it possesses every thing that goes to make up one of the finest dramatic organizations developed on any campus This Friday and Saturday, in Schwab Auditorium, the Penn State Players will produce the incst unusual and difficult_ play they have ever attempted, "The World We Live In," directed by Frank S Neusbaum The Players have come a long way from the time when they had to produce plays in the daytime be cause of insufficient lighting equip ment to the blazing spotlights of today Big Stink Nearing State College 4, -,4 • CrisiS IS apected Thursday Night Stinkers Plan Emergeocy - t Minting Af Niffany lion 1 STATE COLLEGE, Pa , March 12—(SDXJ—A mysterious black cloud was seen hovering near here today and sent this little Pennsyl- , vania`Tvlllage into a state of pan demonium as emergency tire and policei squads, faces turned sky waid, were prepared for action against the dark invader Astronomists here were sitting in special session with Dr. Henry Yeagley, while members of Sig ma Delta Chi, national profession al Joutnalism honorary, rushed' to assure the pcMulace that the cloud was nothing but rthe stink which; is expected to destend on State College 'this Thurscliiymight when, descend upon the town the ,honorary presents its annual : Otheis slated for resurrection Gib:Hi : on Banquet at the-Nittany from "Wai and the Dead Past," Lion Inn. -- I theme of this year's banquet, in- Emanuel , Roth '4O, roastmaster elude' The push-button scandal, for the affair, today posted not- the Atherton Hall epidemic, the ices throughout the town pointing Lion Shrine stink, the book store out that the cloud would be but racket, debate fee expose and the the Prat of a relay of stinks to i hat society smell. Weekend Champions BOXING Weight Fighter 120. Fahey, Syracuse 127 Cooper, Penn State 135 Clement, Army 145 Schott Syracuse 155 .Clark. Cornell 165 Lewis, Penn Stale 175 Woyciesjes, Syracuse Hiy .Stella. Army WRESTLING 121 Harding, Princeton 128 Eberle, Princeton 136 - Levering, Penn 145 Gerber, Yale 155 Masem, Lehigh 165 Schrader, Lehigh 175 , Bortz, Penn State Hvy. Hooper. Syracuse 4-Year-Old Boy Has Sole Talk With Kreisler By RICHARD C. PETERS "He playa) 'Caprice Viennois twice" Little Daval Guidon could hard ly talk as his motile' pulled his coat ovci his tiny ,houlders David was e‘cited—and why shouldn't he be, hadn't lie just shaken hands with Fiitz Kwlslet , Hadn't the great violinist smiled at him and patted him on his curly head' , It was after Kreisler's concert Thursday night Seveial score of autograph hounds, music enthusi astS', and icpomtars were gathered arouncithe.violimmaster's dressing rooiVin Schwab Auditorium—hop ing to see the Krelsler before he depai led But he was already late and must huily to catch lir, tram at Lewistown. But would Mt Ki °islet see just one peison, a little four-yeas old lad who had baldly been able to eat. because the Meat violinist was coining to State College' , -Yes, bung him in And David entered the diesslng room, accom panied by his father, Rabbi Theo dore H Gordon, director of the Mile! , Foundation His tiny hand was lost in the grasp of the artist Ile looked up into the eyes of the man lie so much admiied "When you come back again, Mi Kretsler, will you play 'Tambourin Clnois" , " David queried shyly The master violinist patted the cut ly head "Yes, f will," he ans wei ed in Ins smiling chaleit "Are you a violinist, too , " Rabbi Gordon answered for the little lad now speechless horn happiness "No, not yet, but a pros pective one" Henning To Speak In Ohio ,Dr William L Harming of the School of Agriculture will speak on the cross bleeding of , sheep at the annual meeting , of the Tri-State Sheep and Wool Growers' Associa tion at Cadiv, G, March 16 TOMMY RICHARDSON PRICE FIVE CENTS Slate Entries Beat Favorites From Syracuse And Army Early To Advance Seven Men Info finals Mike'Cooper Is Awarded Goodman Trophy As Outstanding lion Mitman After State Wrests Throne From Army In 17th Annual Tourney By BUD SMYSER The'Hsh ttany Lion roared again, sent its eel lest yell echo ing across the home valley, and Penn State placed the Balt,- mol e Sun Boxing Trophy permanently in its trophy case, won its seventh Eastern Intercollegiate boxing championship, 're turnd to the throne it had left in 1936, and added two more champions to the list of greats coached by Doctor Leu Houck All this and something more happened civet the weekend ls Penn State—playing host to the 17th annual renewal of the nation's oldest boxing tournament—rode roughshod over the Syraduse favolites in the early rounds and waltzed to vic tory in the final events held before a Rec Hall crowd of 9,000. • Every Penn State entry wired as the Lions sent seven men into the finals and came off with two champions, five second places, and one thud place The final scot mg Penn'Stitte 21,, Syracuse 19, Army 19, Cornell, 9, Western Maryland 0, Yale 0, Dart mouth 0 Debaters Meet Here This Week In Annual Confab , P-ilt;..Po r nil , lepresenied'd In Arguinent T,hursday About Dies Committee One of the year's busiest de r bate week-ends will get under wal here Thuisday with a trian gular cross-examination debate with universities of Pittsbui gli and Pennsylvania, and will t on tinue Friday and Satui clay with the fifth annual Pennsylvania State Debaters' Convention 'Has the Dies Committee dune 111010 harm than good , ' will be the oft-argued subject of the de bate in Home Economics Auditor ium at 815 p m. Thursday Ed die G Couch '4O, affirmative, and Jonas B Kauffman '4O, negative, will represent Penn State A for um will conclude the affair, which is to be recorded by stenographers foi the Debaters' Annual Nearly 100 debaters from 21 colleges will be present for the state convention here Friday and Saturday, when the questions of continuation of the New Deal, "Our Wai time Foreign Policy," and how to deal with Un-Amei s can activities will be discussed and deliberated Richardson (No Stinker) To Give Odorless Advice rhomas H. Richardson, one of the East's outstanding humorists and after-dinner speakers, whose reputation recently earned him the invitation to address the New York Baseball Writers' Associa tion at the Hotel Commodore, will again be the guest speaker at the annual Gridiron Banquet in the Nittany Lion Inn at 6 30 pi m this Thursday night, Better known as "Tommy" to his multitude of fuends, Richard son is one of the Big Three— Mack, Collins and Richardson— the board of strategy He has sewed as official jester for the House of Mack for the past four years Richardson, who is a native of Williamsport, was the hit speaker at last year's Gridiron Banquet and by popular request has been returned to the Sigma Delta Chi program again this year. Cooper Wins Trophy a' Penn State's two champions are Capt Michael Cooper at 127 pounds and. Jim Lowis.at — Coopei mimed live previous de;, feats front Cadet Walter Laver-' dusky of Ai my in winning one gloi loos last meeting victory to ~aiiv off the Flank Goodman Tro phy awarded annually to the out >landing Penn State boxer Lewis SLOI ed the bigge,t upset of the tournament by dethroning Continued On Page' 4 Penn Stale CIO- - Holds Elections' Rice And Henkel Are Presidential Nominees Election of officers of the Penn State Club will take place m the clubroom at 7 30 p m tomorrow, Michael Ealog '4O, president, an nounced today Candidates will vie for the fol lowing offices. President Robert A Henkel '4O, Theodore Rice '4l Vice President• Benjamin L Seem '42, William B Loeber '42, Spurgeon K. Condo '4l , ' Publicity Manager John \V Blazer '9l, Emer C Flounders '4l, Edgar V Hall '4l Selretdry Hairy H Fall '42, Al gun R Reith V, Spurgeon K Condo '4l, Robert A Henkel 'do. Tieasuiei Arthur Peskoe '42, Rimy R. Lunt '42 Social Chairman Emer C Flounders '4l, Robert A. Henkel '4O Athletic Manager Clarence b Woods '42, Richard J. Cread} '42. Sound movies, Including cal.- loons, comedies, and football highlights of 1939 will be shown after the election, Balog an mimed. , Leyden's Band, Sloogei Will Feature IMA Ball Jimmy Leyden's Penn State Collegian's, relatively new camp/4 band, and the Three Stooges, will highlight the IMA Ball scheduled for Recreation Hall on March 30, it was announced yesterday by Chairman Jack WsHord '4O. The band,-featuring songstre'ss "Mim" Rheim, is under the lead ership of Leyden, who is the sou of Jimmy Leyden 'l4, composer'of the Nittany Lion and Victory songs ' : , . The committee in addition to Walford is composed of W. Leinifs Corbin '42, Warren A. Guild '4O, James A. Christy '4l, J. Ned Car man '42 and Joseph J. Bednadski '4l.
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