All-College Elections Scheduled For April 23, 24 And 2
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To The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL 36—No.' 48
One Strike On
SENSATIONALISM
CRIME CASTS a sinister shadow over even the most
innocent and complacent 'communities. That has been ap
flarent, unfortunately, here in State College where the mer
ciless killing of Rachael Taylor, has startled the lolality be
yond previous comprehension.
, That State College is ordinarily a'serene, satisfied, un
molested town snugged away.in the Nittany valley and free
of. the vice_ and crime of the metropolitan areas cannot be
denied by'anyone who has been in State College on an "av
erage" day,
And an "average" day here is one which lacks the two
alarm fires, the racket-busting, the. poison rings, the day
!-fight robberies of an "average" day in any city in the nation.
Rockview prison may be a five-mile "unfortunate neigh
bor," but New York, Pittsburgh, and even 'Philadelphia have
prisons, saloons, gambling houses, and' nearby insane asy
lums. ,
Indeed, the location of The Pennsylvania State College
here is "heaven" crompared to universities situated within
'.a'stone's throw, of daily crimes.
BUT TODAY, thanks to the sensational press. Slate Col
lege lacks its usual serenity. Horrible monsters lurk at every
' turn about to pounce upon unsuspecting co-eds walking along
lonely paths to the dormitory."
A' murder has been committed!
It's happened ONCE in the 'history of the College.
It's happened ONCE in the history of State' College
--, New York, Pittsburgh, and even Philadelphia have oc
>tastonal homiCides, not to mention the thousand and one oth
er crimes. Colleges and universities are located in each of
those- - cities. '
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UNDENIABLYOI is.a difficult task to separate the
, faCtlfrom l,he rumor in suclea case,as this no'matterhoy
, good-a, reporter-one - is.'iScunty evidence a:mt'amateur tips
,;-,11 ,1 h - e . irthiCcortgrition'eiTsig:=mid it' k doeg now—the eir
,,..C`iilition7seeking.ineitirsjilipers, fall back_ on sensational jour
iiilisin.; Once, the , cirCulition-seekers begin to exchange
,btows,"the result may be marks of battle upon innocent vie- '
,
;',- - 'Th'e Pennsylvania State Co,liege today displays a slight
bruise administered by an advocate,of sensationalism whose
theory ,
ey may or maynot be subject to debate.
' SOME ONE has said of the sensational press: "It tends
to destroy all the finer, creative powers of, the mind, it es
4ablishes an entirely false standard of human endeavor, and
4Ciives a distorted perspective of current life."
It is the Collegian's opinion that an exaggeration of
crime news today is a pertinent example that the press dis
torts the perspective of current hfe. '
A survey has shown that only three and one-half per
`ceut.Of the news In an average daily paper is crime news. Yet
Ille;su'rvey,rev'eali," , the display of that crime news leaves
Ithe,public with the impression that there is front seven to
fourteen times as much.
'',, 'lf anyone is 10, be protected, certainly the general pub
',lie'should be protected from the devastating evil of sensa
tionalism. , ~ -
Reckless journalism will prevail only so long as it. is
mippoiled by its readers.
Piand,. Cunningharn,'Fleck
Nsirined Varsity Managers,
Jack2W Brand '4l; Jack' R.,Cunrungham '4l, and John - H. Heck
"41,, were named managers of varsity wrestling, fencing, and boxmg
respectively,for, the 1940-41 season at recent sports elections, accoid
'Mg to,Grovei C Washabaugh '4O, Athletic Association president. They
succeed Edwaid M. Pennington '4O, Morris Feldbauni '4O, and Howard
Andeison 40. , •
0. Meyers ''42, Robert
.1400 ks '42,, and Robert F. Wil
son, '42 .. wale ,named first assist
ants boxing, with Ralph R.
Cuppelli '42 freshman manager.
Charles F. Mattern '42 and Arthur
A.'§hariiro '42 were named alter
fides.
4.,.Flrst assistant._ managers in
wrestling are Raymond' J. Mc-
Crory '42, Jack.A. Sloan '42, and
Raymond Schaeffer" 42 William
~ M .;',Wharton was elected freshman
'manager. and Theodore R. 'Weiss
t42lEind, Jack M. Filiman: '42 'were
named alternates.
I ;4'."Alliert L. Waschlen '42, FL' Wal
)ter, Gamble , '42 and p Wilham ,L
;Sandstoti- '42 ;were , named first
'assistant managers of fencing.
;i.: , Th o .follOwing men were award
''ted varsity letters in boxing:
,Geotge D.-Hankins '4l , Robert D.
Ifialrd - '42,-Joseph P ,Seally '4l,
tSidney, S Alter '4O, .":James C.
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Editorial
Entries For All-College
Circus Cannot Be Filed
Ater Monday, April 15
With plans rapidly moving ahead
for Penn State's second annual
All-College Circus- slated for Rec
Hall April 27, Circus Director Eu
gene Wettstone announced yester
day that fraternities and indepen
dent grotips wishing to enter acts
must do so no later than Monday,
April 1 5. ,
All acts entered must be audi
tioned this 'year before they will be
entered on the program; Wettstone
said A cup will be presented the
best fraternity act, with medals go
ing to the members of the winning
independent troupe.
. Approximately, 15 acts are al
ready in, rehearsal each Sunday
morning ' and during the week
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Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA , TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940
TRAGEDY NOT
Voting. On (lass
Officers, Student
council Separate
Night Balloting Hours
Instituted; Campaigns
Will Start On April 16
Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, April 23, 24, and
25, have been set as the dates
for all-College elections, A.
William Engel Jr '4l, chair
man of the Elections Com
mittee, announced yesterday.
Alf-College President aii d
Vice-President and class offi
cers will be chosen, with
School Council elections to be
held separately in a manner
prescribed by the respective
Councils
Since the two names will, ap
pear on the same lever, a vote fm
All-College President will be an
automatic vote for All-College
Vice-President
Altering last yam's egula
ttons, the committee abolished
morning voting hours and insti
tuted instead balloting in the eve
ning Voting will take place in
the first floor lounge of Old Main
twin 12 30 p m to 8 p m Tues
day and Wednesday, and from
12 30 p in to 5'30 p-m Thum
'clay ~It has been' provided that
thcs_s„h2urs :may 1
judged n ecessai9l6.assu re every
l'on an opportunity, to vote
Campaigning Opens April 16
Campaigning will open with an
all-College mass meeting at 7
p m Tuesday, Api il 16, at which
time all candidates must be in
possession of approved petitions.
These petitions must be filed with
Engel by noon Tuesday, April 9. -
Signatures of 200 voters will be
'mimed on the petitions of all-
College candidates; while 100
classmates must pledge support to
each - candidate for class office
Platforms which must accom
pany all petitions are to be ap
proved by the Elections Commit
tee, which reserves the right to
censor any provisions which it
may deem ridiculous All peti
tions must contain a statement of
the candidate's all-College aver
age, which must be above a one
11 in all cases foi eligibility.
Ags To Vole
Fm the first time two-year Ag
t 'culture students will be enfran
chised, for first-year Ag students
may vote for sophomore class of
ficers and All-College offices and
second-year students to vote for
All-College offices- only. Seniors
will be peimitted to vote for All-
College offices only
Each party will be requited to
submit to Engel its plan of cam
paign and an estimate of all ex
penditures by noon Tuesday,
April 16 A fmal official itemized
list of expenditures and receipted
bills must be submitted at 7 p m
Monday, April 22, at which time
the Elections Committee may deal
with any campaign violations
3 Fraternities Will Vie
In Interfraternity Sing
Contest Finals Friday
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta
Pi, and Phi Psi fraternities sur
vived the eliminations in the first
Interfraternity Sing contest, held
in Schwab iauditorium Sunday af
ternoon Sigma Chi and Phi Gam
ma Delta, the other contenders,
were dropped from the competi
tion ,
The finalists will vie for top
honors at 11.30 p m Friday night
during the intermission of Inter
fraternity Ball. A cup will be pre
sented the winner at that time
Judges for the eliminations were
Hummel Fishburn, Frank Gullo,
and G William Henninger of the
music department, assisted by
members of Phi Mu Alpha. On
Friday night, Frank Holmes, local
businessman, will replace Hennin
ger to judge the finals from the
laymen's 'viewpoint.
I ELECTION CODE - I
The complete text of the 1940
all-College Elections Code fol
lows. Sachem in bold type in
clude additions or-revisions to
the 1939 Code. '
ARTICLE I
Tune of Voting
Voting will extend from 12.30
p.m. Tuesday, April 23, to 5:30 p.
m. Thursday. April 25. The polls
will be open from 12:30 p.m. to
0:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Wed
nesday. April 23 and 24. and from
12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thur;ir
day. April 25. These hours may be
sictended if, in the opinion of the
Elections Committee, such exten
sion is necessary in order to giv,e,
everyone an opportunity to vote.
ARTICLE II
Place of Voting
Elections will be held in the
fist flow lounge of Old Main
ARTICLE 111
Eligibility for Office
All Landidates shall be required
to have a one (I) average for his
entire college career The Regis
trar's list shall be official in de
termining the candidate's average
ARTICLE IV
Method of Nominahon
Any regular student meeting the
above requirement shall be eligi
ble for nomination for any all-
College or class office
To be nominated, a candidate
must lile a petition with the chair
man of the Elections Committee
by 'l2 noon Tuesday, April 9
A candidate rot the position of
All-College Piesldent or All-Col-
Continued On' Page 4
Congress Battles
Oieirltiooo
Increase In NYA
Election Year House
Votes Down President' ,
$15,000,000' Slash
Special to the Collegian
WASHINGTON, D C, April 1
—A vote-conscious election year
Congress resumed its battle over
NYA funds today as the Senate
took up where the House left
off
Forwarded to the Senate was a
House bill increasing the NYA
appropitation foi next year to
$102,450,000 President Roosevelt
had asked that it be cut to $85,-
000,000, a $15,000,000 slash from
the appropriation granted for the
current year.
Rep Ross Collins (D , Miss 1,
one of the leaders in the fight for
an increase in the NYA appropri
ation sent a letter to all Congress
men last week pointing out that
President Roosevelt's proposed re
duction would mean that 123,000
youths beneflttmg from the pro
gram would be dropped
Earlier last month, Ralph D
Hetzel, Jr., unemployment direc
tor of the CIO, urged a House ap
propriations committee to grant a
$100,000,000 appropriation.
He charged that the proposed
reduction is "absolutely without
justification" and is "opposed to
the interests of Amernian young
people and the nation itself."
'Sweet S
It was in Philadelphia „where
Gene Krupa,-IF Ball maestro, first
heard Irene Daye, and immediately
signed hei up The next night
Irene sang with Gene at their
memorable Randall's Island en
gagement.
"Sweet swing" is d e fi n i t e l y
Irene's style in conjunction with
Gene's drumming, She likes jit
terbugs but Is sorry to see hot
music on the way out.
Though she claims nothing ever
happened to' her, Irene relates an
almost 'thibelievable tale of shoes,
beer-jackets, and automobile fend
ers being conveyed to the orchestra
stand to be autographedloythev
To those who believe 'Gene's
music is merely a jam-session,
Irene says that, excepting the ex
ilutior_s he gives, the _music is es-
TO AFFECT REGULATIONS NO
VICTIM OF BRUTAL SLAYING
RACHEL TAYLOR
Oackenstose Nominated
Flor All-College President
Bartholomew Is Nominee For Senior Class Head ,
Campus Picks Baker For - All-College Vice-Prexy
By WILLIAM E. FOWLER
rom Backenstose and Bill Bai tholomew were selected as nomi
nees foi All-College President and senior class president, respectively,
by the Independent Party Sunday afternoon Richard Geissinger
•vdl be Backenstose's running mate in the All-College Vice-Presiden
tial,spot, with Frank Platt up for class vice-president, Grace Rent
beider foi secietaly and Frank (Red/ Stanko for treasurer.
Nomination of Backenstose,
present junior class president, and
Bartholomew, clique chairman,
was widely predicted Beckon
stose will run against Arnie Laich,
Campus choice for the top slot,
while Bartholomew will oppose
Ed Hall foi the senior class presi
dency
Baker Named By Campus
Selection of Bob Bakei as All-
College Vice-president nominee
by Campus '4l, makes the politi
cal picture in that class complete
The freshman Independent unit,
only group yet to announce its en
tire slate, will name its ticket at a
meeting tonight. Also to meet to
night are '4l and '43 Campus
boys, who will release then plat
forms
The Independent platf or m,
which in all probability will le
present the pledges of all three
classes, is to be adopted this week,
while Campus groups are expect
ed to follow suit in the near fu
ture.
'43 Edit Candidates Meet
for
tuitional candidates
for the Collegian will meet in
Room 318, Old Main. at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow. H. "Ridge" Riley,
sports editor of the department
of public information, will talk on
"Collegiate Sports Reporting."
ing . Irene Da
) BEA,UTIFUL DAYE I
'Rose To Address
LA Faculty Dinner
Get-Together Planned
To Better Relationships
The Labeial Ails faLulty dinner
which will be held in the Nittany
Lion Inn at 6'30 p m Monday,
Api il 8, will feattue Don Rose,
Philadelphia columnist, as the
pi 'newel speaker of the evening
, Rose is noted foi—his humorous
"Stuff and Nonsense" column
which appeals daily in the Eve
ning Public Ledge' He is no
stiangei on the campus, having
addiessed jouinalism classes and
Gudiron Banquets lime dui ing the
past ten S eats
The purpose of the get-together,
planned by Dean Charles W Stod
dait, is to promote better iela
tionslups among the faculty of the
Liberal Ai ts School Faculty mem
bers and wives are Invited to at
tend the dinner which is the first
of its kind in recent yeais Reser
vations at $1 a ticket can be °b
lamed fi om Louis H Bell in 310
Old Main not late' than 3 p m
Thursday
ye's Style
sentially "Jungle rhythm," some
times sweet and always smooth
and utcsistible in its appeal
Says Gene, "I got hold of some
iecoids made by the Ross-Denni
son expedition to Africa three
years ago and I studied them
every day Those boys know how
to drum, and I want to get some of
the genuine Mikan rhythm into
my band—tight out of the jungle
Nothing can take the place of Use
di um for appealing to the innate
sense of smooth ihythm in every
dancer's make-up "
The late Six Beiderbecke influ
enced Gene's style most in his early
days of music, but Benny Goodman
has always been his musical idol
Gene's favorite band, next to
Goodman, is Guy Lombardo
Invitations and booths may be
secured at Student Union
No Immediate 'Stiffening' Of Rules
Is Indicated By Officials; Police
Continue Hunt For Taylor Killer
Investigators Now Believe Coed May Have Been Hit
By Automobile; Officials Organizing Evidence,
Following Every Clue In Drive For Quick Solution
Concerning tho State Police's new theory that Rachel Taylor may
have been a victim of a reckless driver, an authority on reconstruct
ing injuries from circumstantial evidence issued the following state:
ment to the Collegian late yesterday:
"It is my opinion that there is no legally credible evidence ;vi
lifying a finding that Mass Taylor was murdered or was the vic
tim of any sex maniac. The known facts and logical inferences that
can reasonably be drawn from circumstantial evidence, plainly in:
&cafe that she was struck by an automobile while attempting to
cross College Avenue near Atherton Hall: that the condition of, the
weather—both fog and rain—were partly responsible, and that her
death resulted from the crime of manslaughter, not murder."
Dr. Herbert Glenn. one of two State College doctors who per
formed the autopsy, refuted this belief by lolling a Collegian re
porter. "The idea has been suggested, but it seems impossible to me.
particularly because of the nature of the injuries around the pubic
area and the head."
That women's regulations at the College would not un
dergo immediate "stiffening" as a result of the brutal slay
ing of 17-year-old Rachel H. Taylor, freshman co-ed. was in
dicated to the Collegian by College authorities yesterday.'
"College regulations for women automatically will be
adhered to more stricty by the co-eds themselves," one of
ficial said.
Whether the Women's Student GovernMent Associa
two would take any action to tighten rules governing the
return of co-eds following vacations could not be learned.;_
However revisions, are being contemplated, it was re
hably stated: , - •' •
A new theory was presented on the case yesterday horning a;
Col Lynn G Adams conducted % press conference at the State Col
lege borough hall
"1 am convinced,' he told
tun down by an automobile We
find any traces of such "
Abrasions on the right thigh of
Miss Taylor's legs, which may
have been caused by an automo
bile tire, were the clues which led
police to this theory, Colonel Ad
ams, said
Meanwhile, State Police contin
ued the hunt for the slayer
ter four days of sensational de
velopments, the murder case has
quieted to routine work
"We are ,lust about caught up
on making detailed reports on
the case and will further our
quirtes at the College as well as
throughout the country," Prmate
James H Griffith, in charge of
the local end of the investigation
tot State Police, said yesterday
The body of Miss Taylor, her
head crushed by a blunt instru
ment, was found early Thursday
morning on the di iveway in front
of the College Township school at
Lemont Harold Leightley, a
Janitor at the school, made the
discovery
Other brutal marks on her body
revealed that the crime may have
been comnuttted by a maniac
slayer
Seen In Stale College
Investigation by State Police
established the fact that Miss
Taylor had arrived in State Col
lege on the 1 21 a m. bus after
leaving her home in Wildwood,
N J , late Wednesday afternoon
Several co-eds and E College
Ave garage attendants said they
saw her walking in the du ection
of Atherton Hall.
No proof has been obtained to
indicate how Miss Taylor was
transported to Lemont, and the
actual scene of the crime has not
been definitely established. •
Developments Are Disappointing
Numerous clues have been
checked, suspects held, and ru
mors sifted, but police are frank
in admitting that developments
have been disappointing.
Miss Taylor, a student in home
economics, had been popular, in
high school where she was an
honor student and outstanding in
athletics.
Helzels On Vacation
President and Mrs. Ralph D.
Hetzel have been vacationing in
Florida since Easter They are ex
pected to return within two weeks
While they are gone, their home
on the campus is being repaired
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BULLETIN
iewspapeimen, "that the girl via,
aie checking every car possible to
Murder Is First - -
In College History
Brutal Killing Also Only
One In Borough AnnalS
Duling the past 51 years there
have been 20 homicides in Centre
County but the brutal slaying of
Rachel H Taylor, 17-year-old
freshman, last Wednesday, is the,
first ever linked to the College
and the first in the State College
area
This is also the first murder of
a College student in this vicinity
since the College was founded in
1855
The closest homicide to - the
scene of the present crime'was
the fatal stabbing of Betty Hikolt,
daughter of the Rockview Peni
tentiary physician on January 13,
1932, by a Rockview trustee, Fred
Collins ... ,
The last killings to attract wide
interest were the unsolved Guy
Coll and Hugh Muirhead murders
in Bellefonte in 1934 and 1935.
In 1936 Mrs. Margaret Behmer
of Philipsburg fatally shot her
paramour—Louis Kreitz, a Negio
barber—but was acquitted by the
jury when she said that she had
shot him after a quarrel durum
which she was trying to break off
their relations. Judge M. Ward
Fleming termed her acquittal
Centre County's "greatest miscar
riage of justice."
Tanner Will Arbitrate .
Steel Mill Labor Dispute
Prof Sheldon C Tanner, de
partment of economics, has beeri
named sole arbitrator by the Jones
and Laughlin Steel Corporation
and the Steel Workers' Organizing
Committee of the CI 0 in a labor
dispute involving the employees in
the steel mills at Aliquippa near
Pittsbuigh.
Both the corporation and the
union have accepted Professor
Tanner as arbitrator, and have
agreed to accept his decision The
employees on strike have returned
to work while Professor Tanner
Is studying the details of the dis
pute before rendering a decision.