Successor
To The Free Lance,
Estabikshed 1887
VOL. 36—No. 47
Student
Placement
Physical Education
' ' (This is the hf th in a series of
articles dealing with the meth
odi of student placement in the
various schools and depariMents
in the College. and the success .
' winch these methods have had.)
By RICHARD C. PETERS
"Our chief. problem in the School
Of Physical Education lies in know-
,ing when and where a vacancy,
calling for a physical education
graduate, exists," states Dr Carl P
Schott, dean of the school
Once the opening is discoveied
- one of several methods now
used:: by the I school, Dean Schott
pointed out; a likely applicant is
sent and the result is dependent on
his personality, his record, and ec
ogmzed ability
Three methods have been devel
oped by the school for discovering
vacancies in physical education de
partments, which the Dean out
lined as follows
' First, by contact with Alumni
Clubs throughout the state who
keep the school posted on any va-
"zancies in their sectors Second,
by contact with Individual, out
,`,standing alumni in various parts
,of the state Third, by sending out
personnel sheets, containing the
records and short biographies of
graduating seniors
' When one of these methods .s
successful in finding a vacancy, the
Dean stated, the most prominent
alumnus near the opening is con
tacted by the school and full infer
. matron concerning the prospective
job is gotten through him Then
an applicant is sentto present to
and his record to the employ
ers _ ,
%'Though much competition, 'is
- -found with ,other physical educa
%lion rdepartments' and schools
that tlintia7Deitiigliat - said that
„Penn, State graduates were very
successluls7ln'ilndingpositions Nu
difficulty whatsoever is experi-
enced in placing the women
giadu
ates, who aie highly recogniLed as
'Abe best trained in the state
It is Dean Schott's ,belief that
-the' newly-pt oposed centi al place.
anent bureau of the College woula
',lib of great value, especially as a
cleat ing house
"However," said the Dean, "I
'don't,believe it will be of too much
aid to our school, as our problem
lies chiefly in finding vacancies
which seldom reach us through any
of the customary channels"
'Hit Show' Wel Feature
IF: Wekend, Says Sock
3 Stooges, McWilliams, Kirkpatrick, Len Cooper
Included, In' Cast Of 'Danger! Men At Work'
;A' htt show , "
Them, in Mice words and an exclamation point, is director Sock
Kennedy's personal prediction for Thespian's all-male Spring produc
' Ron "DANGER! MEN AT WORK," or "Don't Send Your Boy To Vas-
' sar", which will be presented for
Epiery Believes
Canitay Out
Believes End Of Finnish
War Ha s No Effect On Us
,
7, ( The end of ..the Russo-Finnish
, War, is a leassulance that America
Can stay out of the European con
' flict,' Col Ambrose R. Emery, in
k Charge of the military 'department,
told the Collegian yesterday
;'.Had the war gone 'on, Colonel
".Emery said, it might have intensi
fled the war on the continent with
English and French action against
I'llussid As it is, he does not see
'that, there is likely to be much
change in the present stalemate
between the Maginot and Siegh led
s Lines. -. _
The -Colonel 'reiteiated earlier
expi essions that the European War
is'";not oun war and we 'have no
buslnei.s in, it.-" The 'Allies would
',give their eye-teeth to haNte us in,"
-he said, but we don't' have any
? , s business there It's not our war."
q'is`,,tHe, thinks there,
will continue
stall'as long,as possible because
'itsNorth Sea blockade isstelling on
l i Germanit but believes' Hitler may
i onove to force the Allied hand with
Sp:l4g. ,
SemiLlAleekly
a ;
run. r tilt
Dies Group
`ls Harmful,'
Debaters Say
Body Called 'Publicity
Seekers;" Defense Cites
Communism, Exposure
' The Dies Committee has done
• more harm than good, according to
ballots cast by the audience at the
triangular cross-examination de
bate presented by Forensic Coun
cil in the Home Economics Audi
torium Thursday night as part of
the debate convention program
That the committee is a spring
' board of publicity for Martin V
Dies, chairman, was charged by
Eddie G Couch, affirmative arguer
of the topic, "The Dies Committee
Has Done More Harm Than Good "
Couch said the American public
was aroused against: Communists
and Nazis before Dies labeled them
as "un-American "
The committee on subversive ac
tivities has alienated the public by
making sensational, unsubstantiat
ed accusations; the debater charg
ed According to Couch, the FBI
is equipped to take care of groups
which seek to undermine our gov
ernment
Jonas B Kauffman, negative,
said there are over 100 Nazi bunds
in 42 states He argued there is a
definite need for a body j to investi
gate their activities and to ac
quaint the public with Nazi meth
, ods so "what happened in Europe
won't happen here"
The committee has pointed out
Communist front organizations to
American people, Kauffman stress
ed, and it will make them more
cautious of groups with which they
associate He showed that 80 per
- Cent of American citizens favor the
Dies Committee, according to a
Gallup polL
Also participating were Kelvin
Silver (aMrmatiyer and Samuel
Gross '(negative]; cross-examiners
from - the UniVerSitylePennstylva
nia
Now:Credit Opera Course
Will Start On March 31
A non-credit opera apps emboli
course will be offered by the
music department beginning
March 31, Prof. Hummel Fish
burn announced yesterday
The course, first of its kind here,
will include opera history, devel
opment, outstanding works, and
famous composers and singers
, Leslie J Hetenyi '42 will teach
I the class in 417,01 d Main at 5 p
m every Sunday.
the fast time Interfraternity Ball
Weekend, April 5 and 6
"It can't miss," was the chubby,
a ed-faced Irishman's guarantee
"Just take a look at the east
The Three Stooges (Startzel, Par
rish and Rogers), All-College Pres
ident Cliff McWilliams, ex-politico
Lennie Cooper, swimming captain
elect Bill Kirkpatrick, orchestra
leader Jimm Leyden, Jr, and a
score or more hale-chested, bow
legged, beliskered chorines, are
just a few Of the better-known
Campus personalities •
- Written cooperatively by Ned
Startzel, George Parrish,, Mike
Brotman and Moire Feldbaum, the
show is a mask and wig production
similar to the Princeton Triangle
shows, the Pitt Cap and Gown
plays and the Penn Mask and Wig
performances
The Spring show will feature the
Three Stooges, music by Jimmy
Leyden's band, and hit tunes by
Cliff McWilhanis, Lindsey Anson,
Mike Brotman, Jackie 'Reese end
Dr Ernie Coleman
Mural Studies Praised
Mural studies for the , pi. oject
Henry Varnum Poor will begin in
Old Main after Easter were praised
in this month's Issue of The Mag
azine of Art by Howard Deviee,
reviewer, who Is associate art edi
tor of the New York Times "The
studies augur well for the success
of the projected mural at Penn
54.te," De.ree wrote.
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA ,
CLEVELAND SYMPHONY, AND CONDUCTOR , WHQIWILL'APPEAR HERE
Walford '4O announced yesterday
The ball is scheduled for Rae Hall
at 9 pin Saturday, March 30
The dance will be informal (sans
tux, frills and so forth) but enter
tainment will reach a new high
with the Three Stooges supple
menting Jimmy Leyden's orchestra
Special emphasis is placed on toe
low admission of 37 1 / 2 cents a
person
This ball, President Clarence H
Evans '4O has declared, marks the
crowning point in IMA organiza
tion of independent social \life He
also emphasized that it will be
open so that the non-fraternity men
not affiliated with the IMA can
see-what the association has been
doing
Jimmy Leyden's outfit, a' corn
partively'i,new campus band, is one
of the:up-antifFOmipg young swing
-binds — ufTthiSpiseettmt - Jimrino:4 ,
father gainedjame here in pie-war
days qly composing The Victory
Song and the Nittany Lion ,
Eight Roethke Poems
Preserved In Colletlion
Al Buffalo Library
PI °lessor Theodoie Roe thke,
member of the English composition
department and one of America's
leading younger poets, has been
signally honored by having eight
of his poems selected for prose] va-
Lon in the manuscript collection
of the Lockwood Memorial Library,
University of Buffalo
As Charles D Abbott, Lockwood
Memm ial Library head, reveals in
his article in the February issue
of "Poet y," the collection is plan
ned as a move to preserve for fu
ture generations the work of con
temporary poets, both British and
American, in manuscript form
Not only will the completed
manuscript be preserved, but also
the "working sheets" upon which
the poet developed his work from
the lough idea, through numerous
revisions, to the completed, printed
poem The manuscripts will be
preserved through the new micro-
Mm process
Among Roethlce's poems selected
and the magazines in which they
originally appeared are "Light.
Comes Brighter," Atlantic Month
ly, "November s Detail," New Re
public, "The Unextinguished," Sat
urday Review of Literature; "Slow
Season," Yale Review, and "Reply
to Censure," Poetry
11 Choral Groups To Vie
For (up In First Annual
Inferfralemity Sing
'Fratenuties will attempt to
"drown each other out," in Schwab
auditorium at 5 p m Sunday,
March 31, when 11 choral groups
vie in the eliminations of the first
annual Interfraternity Sing
Three finalists will. be selected
by judges from , Phl, Mu Alpha,
music honorary, to - compete for
Interfraternity CoUncll's'cup at in
termission of Interfraternity Ball,
April 5. Hummel Flshburn, act
ing head of the department of mu
sic, will conduct the eliminations,
which are open to ,the public
Contestants, listed ; by G. War
ren Elliott '4O, contest chairman
are Triangle, Beta Theta Pi, Phi
Kappa Psi, Tau, Kappa Epsilon,
Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, Phi
Gamma Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Alpha Chi Sigma, Delta Tau Delta
and Alpha Gamma Rho. A chorus
of 10 =I! repteseztgact...
ARTURO. RODZINSKI
Youth Council,,,
Organizing, Here
Nine Organizing Groups
Deny National Tie-Up,
See editorial. "A Senator's
Advice." on page 2.
Penn State's American Youth
Counciliis busy this week impress
ing on outsiders that it has no con
nection with the American Youth
Congress,'while its members,pro
ceed withAhe drafting of a consti
tution,aq; the.adoplipn,,,o(Asa4pru
gram, •-•
Organised last 'Wednesday With
nine student grimps unofficially
participating, the Council ejected
Vincent .7, Pisclotta '4O tempoiaty
than man and immediately set
about plaung its program in black
and white
Dismayed by the charges of radi
calism and Communism reflected
on it from the publicity that at
tended the Amei scan Youth Con
gress convention in Washington
last month, the local council has
pressed its case foi organization on
the grounds that it has no connec
tion with the Congress and is not
seeking to emulate it
Indications were that the leadeis
would seek to make the Council a
combination discussion and action
group that would show a genuine
interest in pi esent day Social prob
lems
Group , . rem csented at the orga
nization meeting weic PSCA, Hillel
Foundation, International Rela
tions Club, Social Problems Club,
Athekon Hall, Grange Dormitory,
Mac Allister Hall, Women's Build
ing, and Frazier Street Dormitory
Fines, Medical Excuses
Over Vacation Called
To Students' Attention
Coincident with Doan Arthur
B. Warnock's warning that SS
fines would be administered as
usual 'on students cutting classes
before and after Easter vaca
tions, Dr. Joseph P. Rttenour. di
rector of the College Health Ser
vice. yesterday called attention
to Ihe ruling on medical excuses
covering the same period.
The regulation: "A student de.
siring to extend his vacation to
obtain medical or dental service,
except in 'an emergency, must
before doing so acquaint the
Health Service with his intent.
and must present to the Health
Service a statement from his
parent or guardian that the re
quest be granted."
Dr. Ritenour explained that a
doctor's excuse must be brought
back by the student after the ab
sence. This is filed with the
Health Service-and the student
presents to the instructor a white
official statement from the Col
lege Health Service.
Health Service Busy
During February the College
Health, Service had 3,655 Dispen
sary, calls as compared to 2,891 in
February, 1939. Hospital patients
rose to 83' with 278 bed days as
compared to a February, 1939, to
tal of 61 with 212 bed days Out
side calls at the Hospital last
month totaled 570
.DAY, MARCH 19, 1940
Sdr afternoon and evening concerts
= in its 22nd year, the crt eh
e'Ai a has been conducted by Rod
zinski since 1933 and has pla , ,erl
nearly 900 concerts in 27 states - ,
cube and Canada More than 35,-
000 school children hear the orrh
,
etra , s special children's coned is
each year
t.Outstanding names with the or
cliestra are Rudolph Ringwall, as
sociate conductor who will lead the
matinee performance, Philip Kir
chner, oboe player, Josef Fuchs,
concertmaster and owner of a
Stradivarius violin, Alice Chali
harpist and only woman in
WC orchestra, and Constant Omers,
p#rcussion artist and librarian
, if , „ Two Programs Listed
,The- evening program will in
clude',"Overtuie to Oberon" tWeb
se'c;:e.,',.Sy, mp hon y, D Minor"
CFArtCk/r Variations and -ague—
" Under the Spreading Chestnut
Tree" (Weinbei ger), and Symphon
ic Fragments, second series from
the ballet, Daphnis and Chloe
(Ravel t
At the atm noon conce(t, the
group will present "Pomp and On -
cumstance," march (Elga) ), "Nut
cracker Suite" (Tschaikowsky),
"On the nail" (Grote), "Espana"
rhapsody (Chain )er), "Finlandia,"
tone poem (Sibelius), o mod
erato; h orn Symphony No 8, un
finished (Schubert), and "Ride of
the Valkyrtes" (Wagner
Ag Frolic On April 20
Taiclure County Fair;
Corbin Named Chairman
With Jimmy Leyden s band
signed and 15 committee members
appointed last week by the Agri
cultural School Council, plans for
the annual Ag Frolic, in Rec Hall,
Saturday, Am il 20, are progress
ing,rapidly
' W Lewis Corbin '4l was named
chairman for the Frolic which as
usual will be informal and have a
county fair atmosphere
Prizes will be awarded the best
booths decorated by Ag school
clubs and departments
Latin-American Printing
Displayed In Library
A collection of Latin-Aim/can
printing, sponsored jointly by the
American Institute of Graphic
Arts and the Pan-Amettcan Un
ion, will continue in the Central
Library until March 23
Included in the display me il
histrated books, children's books,
title pages, etchings, steel engrav
ings, aquatints, lithographs by
Roberto Montenegro or Mexico,
and woodcuts by Jose Sabogal of
Peru.
Swing Is Not 'A Slap-Bang Affair,' Gene Krupa Says
Maestro Who Will Play For Interfraternity Ball Praises Modern Bands
"All the talk about litteibugs'
has created the impiession among
sweet music advocates that swing
is a slap-bang affair. This isn't
the case at all," says Gene Krupa
who,. will play for Interfraternity
Ball on April 5 in Rec Hall
"Swing bands play softly, and
when the uninitiated hear it they
don't - realize what it is," Krupa
continues.
He has recently adopted a new
style, "contrasting dynamics" as
a means of toning down the blare
Re-Admissions
To LA School
Under Fire
Recent Survey Indicates
Only One-Third Of Those
Readmitted Make Good
Tightening of resti ictions on re
admission of students dropped
horn the School of Liberal Arts is
under consideration by the School
adminishation, according to Dean
Charles W Stoddart, as a result
of a recent survey that showed
only one-thud of those readmitted
make good
Statistics for '35-'.36, 36-'37, and
C 37-38, according to the Dean,
' show that 38 per cent of Liberal
Al is students readmitted graduat
ed, while 29 per cent were drop
! ped again and the remainder with
chew Of 264 dropped during this
I period, 86 were readmitted
"Out policy has always been to
give students another chance,"
Dean Stoddart declared "Plainly,
lio,wevei , we must use more care
in readmitting students who have
flunked out."
Transfers to the School of Lib
eral Arts from other schools in the
College have proved successful in
a majority of cases, the Dean said
Of 153 transfers in '36-'37, 51 per
cent graduated Only seven per
tent were dropped for poor schol
arship
An improvement in grades after
transfer' mg to the School of Lib
eral Arts was shciwn by 74 per
cent, of the students considered.
Transfers admitted from the Tran
sition School, however, did not do
so well, 48 per cent graduating
and 17 per cent losing out schol
astically.
+ + +
Six Career Conferences
Will Be Given Freshmen
By LA School'During April
Six career conferences to point
out vocational opportunities to
freshmen will be offered by the
School of Liberal Arts cluing
Api ii, Dean Chat les W Stoddart
announced yesteidav •
Talks on genetal business, law.
welfare work, journalism, teach
ing, and psychology will be deliv
ered by visiting authorities and
faculty members, the Dean stated
Time and place of the conferences
have not yet been set
"We recognize the need for
more vocational education," Dean
Stoddat t declared, "and this is one
of the steps by which we will at
tempt to satisfy it If these con
remixes ale well supported by
freshmen, an attempt will be
made to expand the program next
year.'
Eck Joins Radio Forum,
Previews 'Johnny Apollo'
"Movies, radio and other forms
of publicity deal too much with the
tali-rah side of college life," C
Russel Eck '4O, Collegian huainess'
manager, argued during a radio
forum of college editors conducted
Sunday morning over the Columbia
Broadcasting System During the
panel Eck also defended coedlm
lion against attacks from Harvard,
Yale, Amherst, and Brown repre
sentatives
Eck participated in the panel
calm previewing "Johnny Apollo,"
newest college film release in Os
sining, N Y . Friday night as the
guest of Charles E McCarthy, ad
vertising and publicity director of
20th Century Fox
The five college men who took
pact in the forum were chosen
from 34 who attended the sneak
preview of "Johnny Apollo," a
movie about the problems faced
by a college boy who suddenly had
to leave school. Stars were Tyrone
Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward
Ainold, and Lloyd Nolan
of the usual type of swing music
This style modifies volume by
softening the unemphasized phras
es of tunes
Refused Symphony Offer
Krupa and his orchestra were
to have played in a Joint concert
with the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra last summer, but the
program had to be canceled after
most of the negotiations had been
completed
"The temptation to accept the
symphony's invitation at once was
Miller, Greenbaum Are Elected
Basketball, Swimming Managers
As 26 Receive Varsity Letters
Currier, Gerecter, McClane Are Named Firsts
In Basketball While Hacker, Henson, Maeser
Gel Swimming 'Firsts' After Thursday Vote
Maishall M. Miller '4l and Noiman G. Greenbaum '4l
were elected managers of basketball and swimming for the
1940-41 seaspns Thursday
.....
Charles L Albi ight Jr '9l and \ Vakelee Thompson '4l
were named associate basketball managers, and Ben C. Kline
'4l and Law en A. McGill '4l, associate swimming managers.
John A Corner '42, John M Gel ecter '42, and Alpine
W. McLane '42 were elected fii st assistant basketball man
agers and William H. Hacker '4l, Thomas J. Henson '92, and
Robert E. Mazer '42 first assistant swimming managers
Philip Marts°lf Jr '42 was elect
ad freshman basketball manage!
and Edwin B Weldon manager of
freshman swimming Alternate
first assistants in basketball are
Oliver J Peters '42 and Edward
Shapiro '42, and Robert C Bumble
bee '42 and Jason H Shapno '42
in swimming
Winners of the varsity S in ba,-
Icetball were John Barr '4l, Rich
ard Grimes '42 Elmer A Gi uss '42
H Clifton McWilliams '4O, Jonn S
Moffatt '4l, Norman Racustn '4l,
Robert H Crowell '4l, Howard W
Smith '42, and Quentin W Couch
'4O
Lettermen in swimming ale
William S Kirkpatrick '4l, Donal!!
R DelManzo '42, Guy R McLaugh
lin '4O, Mark H Vinzant '4l, Alfred
P Boileau '4l, Albert A Price '42,
Thomas L Reissmann '92, Jack H
Fruchter '42, Arthur W Lehman
'9O, Elmer F Webb '42, Philip F
Bogatin '42, Donald S Schaper '42,
Stanley L Mar ‘ cus '4l, Lawrence
R Curtis '42, and Donald .1 Eycr
'4O Donald' S Newbury '9O and
John C Wagner '4O received spe
cial awards ,
Freshman basketball numeral
winners are Walter F Barr, Earl
Continued On Page 4 -
Group To Study
Vacation Cutting
Dye Appointed By Hetzel
To Head Rules Committee
On a recommendation from the
Senate, which found that regula
tions on absences before and after
vacations have not worked satis
factorily, President Ralph D Hetz
el has appointed a committee to i e
vise Senate Rules 58-64, inclusive
With Dr William S Dye as
chairman, the committee will
mainly consider the rules which
call foi a $5 fine for any class cut
24 hours before or after a college
vacation
Other members of the commit
tee appointed by President Hetzel
are Prof Harold A Everett, Prof
George R. Green, Registrar Wil
liam S Hoffman, Prof Hermann
C Knandel, Dean Harry P Ham
mond, Dr Joseph P Ritenoui,
Dean Arthur R Warnock, and Dr
Richard H Waters
GSA Board Will Consider
Movable Equipment,Bid
Bids on the laboratory and
pharmacy equipment group, re
viewed by College Purchasmg
Agent Harold W. Leman during
the past three days after analysis
by the General Slate Authority,
will be presented to the GSA
Board at its meeting in Harris
burg tomorrow.
Local Observers predict that
the Board's meeting, exactly 30
days after bids were opened
February 20, will witness the
long-awaited awarding of con
tracts on this movable equipment
group.
great," admits Krupa "It's no se
cret that I hope to be p tympanist
in a concert group However, we
would have had to practice for
two oi three weeks with the sym
phony orchestra before the con
cert could be presented."
"You have to know classical
music to really play swing," says
Krupa. The better a musician's
foundation in' the great works, the
better he can play popular music
as the public wants it played "
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
!Campus Names
Krouse '42 Head
Yotmg, Shaeffer, Patton
Complete Party Slate;
'43 Campus Organizes
By WILLIAM E FOWLER
Len Krouse was selected candi
date for the tumor class presidency
by the '42 Campus party Sunday
afternoon, with Roland (Pat)
Young as his running-mate and
Ray Shaeffer and Ethel (Pat) Pat
ton nominees for treasurer and see
i etary, respectively
The Campus slate followed close
on the heels of '42 Independent
ticket, announced Tuesday night,
and made junior class offices the
first foi which all candidates have
been nominated Jerry Doherty,
Bob Baird, 'Midge Taylor, and Be•i
Seems are the Independent selec
tions
'43 Campus Named
Meanwhile, the '43 All-College
I Pal tv ceased to exist Thurtala:,
night as the freshman group
le
chi istened itself '43 Campus, com
pleting the Campus vs Indepen
dent alignment in each class An
othei suim ise was the election of
a new clique chairman, Dennis
Caine'', to head the '43 Campus
forces Chuck Elder, candidate for
sophomm e class pi esident, was for
mes head of die freshman unit
Still undetermined Were 'the
nominations for '4l and '43 Inde
pendent parties, with the laltei
group scheduled to release its'slatc
last night after the Collegian went
to mess
PSCA Releases Results
Of Cabinet Elections;
To Select flew Officers--
With 10 students elected to the
new PSCA cabinet. President Wal
lace H Dunlap '4O announced 3 es
lei clay that association officers will
be chosen atter Easter
Students elected to cabinet are
Thomas H Ainswoi th '4l, Cattle-
Tine E Coleman '42, A John Cur
t ier '42, Rosemary E Harris '4l,
Arnold H Latch '4l, Miriam 'l'
Millet '4l, Sarah P Searle '42, 'Wal
let N Shambach '42, Robert .T
Shuck '42, and Andrew P Szekely
'43
The new officers will be elected
by the new cabinet which will also
plan next yeat's program Lacer
the cabinet will elect five more
members Its maximum member
ship has been set at 20
The officers will be installed
catty in April but members of the
present cabinet will serve in an
associate capacity until June The
plan follows the new PSCA consti
tution cleated last Spring, Dunlip
stated ,
Don Rose Will Speak
At Liberal Arfs Faculty
Get-Together On April.B
Don Rose, Philadelphia :news
paperman who is as famed for his
13 children as for his wit, wllrad
diess the Liberal Arts faculty dm
ner in the Nittany Lion Inn at
6 30 p m Monday, April 8.
The get-together is designed to
promote acquaintanceship; Dean
Charles W Stoddard points out
Rose, whose "Stuff and Non
sense" appears in the Evening
Public Leodger, has addressed
journalism classes, high school
and professional ,newspaper con
ferences, women's groups, and
Gridiron Banquest here during the
past 10 years.