MEM
Establzahad .1887
VOL 36—No. 50
Student
Placement
Mechanical 'Engineering
' ' (This‘ is the sixth in a series
-of ' articles dealing \ with, the
s methods of student placement
my ;the various echo's and -de
partments of the College -and
the success which these meth.'
ods have had.) -
RI , RICHARD C. PETERS
The interview Method, preced
ed by, letters• to over 300 indus
trial sorpoiations, is' the highly
successful means of placing grad
uates of the departmerit of me
cApical engineering, according to
Prof Harold A Everett, its head
Ip , the past, Everett pointed out,
the -mechanical engineering de
partment, which is similar in its
placement service to other engin
eering departments, has been al
most 100 per cent successful in
placing its men
4 Tho only men we have had
trouble placing," Everett: said,
"pre those who have some serious
physical handicap,and are unsuit
ed for industry. Those men we
knew we could not place when
they entered the department."
As of March 30, Everett stated,
ppi cent of the 1940 graduates
are definitely, placed already, with
an Increase expected consistently
Thp average 1940 graduate will be
employed - at -$ll5-$125 when he
gets out of school.
Early in the first semester, Ev
erett said, booklets containing
inctui es and biograPhlcal'sketches
thp coming graduate; are sent
to oyer 300 firms and companies,
tvho send representatives to the
campus or wt de to arrange inter
views with the proipective
em
ployes Lists of the interviews are
posted anestudents interested ar
range appointments for meeting
the interviewers
"I don't believe the proposed'
central :placementtOreauwtllftbe.
*any value to our liarticUlar de
;partment," Everett remarked, "be
, cause' with our .conticts z and the
success which we have had in the
past with our system; there seems
to be no need for us to change"
He pointed out that the bureau
*Quid' be of use only , to those
schools . and departments which
have no successful placement plan
of their own now opeiating
LA Advisors Gel
Instruction Book
Elaborate-'New,Manual
Is Only One On Campus
'raking the initial step In an ef
,imt to' guide and 'to suggest to
Lower, Division advisees the cor
sect methods of dealing with stu
dents in the arranging of , sched
ules, selection of , subjects, and ad
vice on study s problems, the
Seliool of Liberal Arts has pub
lished the first printed manual
'fof -the use of the School's 45 ad
yjsers.
An 1936, two years after the es
tablishment of the Lower and Up
per,Divisioks,' the L. A. School re
leased. a mimeogriphed pamphlet
'for its advisers, but this' new man
,naloiublished in elaborate form,
as the only one of its type on the
"eampiis
manual contains eight sec
tions, dealing with all phases of
advising. Section If, - written by
Dean Ai thur R Wainock, and
siction 111, composed by Dr.
Bruce, V Moore:, head of the de
'paitment, of education and psy
chology, pertains to:. the ' psycho
logical and scientific problems of
inteivlewing,and%advislng
; , Commenting on the new man
, Dean _Charles W Stoddart
stated; ".We consider this under
taking of considerable import
ance The use to which the origi
nal mimeographed pamphlet was
Pa, proves that the manual was
vOry',valuable Such important in-
Jormation certainly merited,bcmg
published in this new form."
Health Board Plans'Folder
keA 9 -` folder ,explauung Me' College
Health Service 'as it affects; the
'student will. be. Issued next Fall
bi,the Student' Health.‘Boai cl; It
w 111; describe" the facilities and
methods of 'admission and ,treat:
ment,' outline ' , services ^ available,
offer , general' , infoimation
413 . 91.1 the F.ealth S4..—vtce
.1 ti J.% •
NI A S N .
7-27 3174:,,4 411 r
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COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
Funds Still Sought
To Raise Reviard
For Coed's Slayer
CaMints Groups Helping
Complete $1,,000 Sum;
Regulations Unchanged
Additional funds to com
plete the $l,OOO reward which
students of the College are
offering to the person or per
sons pi oviding direct infor
mation resulting in the arrest
and conviction of the slayer
of Rachel Taylor _were still
being solicited by a student
committee today.
The All-College Cabinet voted .
$BOO and the Penn State Colleg
ian addod $lOO last Thursday
Fratei !titles, independent or
ganizations, and other campus
groups were contributing in an
effort to raise the final $lOO In
dividual contributions may be
made at the Stiident Union of
fice -
Meanwhile, WSGA revealed
that no new regulations for wo
men had been voted upon, but
Senate "re-emphasized" the rul
ing which determines the time co
eds should return to the College
following vacations
The All-College Cabinet did
not take action on any regula
tions pertaining to conditions un
der which the recent tragedy oc
curred. ,- -
A new informant in the Taylor
murder case filled in fuither de
tails concerning the interval be
tween Miss Taylor's arrival in
State College on Thursday, March
28
Matty Jayne Balak, former stu
dent at the College, revealed to
police Sunday she had spoken to
Miss Taylor in front of the Corner
Room after Rachel alighted from
the bus as Miss Balak , awaited a
bu§„to_ her hommin
The conversation in which Ra
chel , Taylor, when advised by
Miss Balak because of the dark,
iainy, night and the late hour to
take a taxi to the dormitory, said
she always walked, was the most
recent, development
Miss Balak also claims she ob
served a man, "dark and full
faced," who watched the off-com
ing bus passengers and might
have followed Miss Taylor
Miss Balak checked with police
the coat, suit-case, books, anklets,
and flat-heeled shoes Miss Tay
lor woic A hat which, police
have been searching for was not
worn by Miss Taylor when Miss
Balak last saw her
Banner To Give LA Talk
On 'Free Press' Tonight
The last of this year's -Liberal
Alts lectures will be given in the
Home Economics auditorium at
7 30 p m, today when Prof Frank
lin C Banner, head of the depart-
Mont of Journalism, delivers an
address on "The Free Press, A
Champion of Democracy"
Professor Banner will speak of
the tendencies in the press during
the past 20 years and / will com
ment upon the outlook for the
future. In his talk he will empha
size the relation of the press to
the struggles of the masses for
human liberties
46 Students Honored As Ag School
Releases First Semester Dean's List
12 Seniors, 1,1 Juniors, 12 Sophomores:7 Frosh
And 4 Two-Year Ags Are Named By Fletcher
Forty six students in the School of Agriculture made the dean's
list foi the first semester with an average of at least 2 5 , Dean Stev
enson W. Fletcher has announced
SeniOrs are Martin' V. Rock
well,'John J Trentin, Edward M
Williston, • Omar C. Menoher,
Michael J. , Takes,, David H Jen
kins, Murry C McJunkin, George
B Lucas, Joseph Welker, - Pierce
M Reed, Harrison, and
Wilber W Ward
Juniors* Budd M Clark, Mor
ton\E. Jenkins, Oscar A Kimmel,
Ray,H Dutt, Winston G Donald
son, John W. Rothrock, Samuel A.
Dum, Henry B. Gerhart, Freder
ick P. Miller, Ernest J. Dix, and
John F. Lingenfelter.
Sophomores John S Kooko
gey, Miles J. Ferree, Marl H Nor-
Tickets For Nye Speech
Will Go On Sale Thursday
Reserved tickets for the ap
pearance of United States Sen
ator Gerald P. Nye will go on
sale Thursday at the Athletic
Association windows at 8 a.m..
continuing on sale until noon.
and frdm 1:30 p.m. to 5 p m.,
both Thursday and Friday.
On Saturday the ticket win
dows will be open until noon.
Should any tickets remain fol
lowing the Saturday sale, they
will be available on Monday.
April 15, the day of Senator
Nye's address. All tickets will be
priced at 35 cents.
Senator Nye. prominent North
Dakota legislator, will make a
special trip from Washington to
speak here on "Can We Keep
America Out of War?" His ap
pearance is being sponsored by
the local chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa.
3rd Free ; Movie
Slafed Thursday
Pi Gamiria Alpha Show
Revives 'little Caesar'
The thud and last of three flee
movies sponsored by -Pi Gamma
Alpha, honorary tine arts frater
nity, will be presented in Schwab
Auditorium at 43 30 p m next
Thursday with the showing of
"Little Caesar," starring Edward G
Robinson
"Little Caesar," one of the out
standing gangster films which were
in vogue from 1927 to 1934, is of
fered as the last film in a series
showing the development of the
motion picture and is the only
sound rfllm in the Pi Gamma Alpha
group
Earlier films in the,series—which
is intended to present the motion
picture as art—were "The Last
Leigh" and "Greed" Both were
attended by about 400 people
The films used in the series hiive
been procured from• the Museum
,of_Modern - .Aafilm library_m_New
Yo'rk' City
Junior Class-Blaiers
May Be Ordered Now
-Orders for the new Junior
blazer, now on display, at the Ath
letic Store, may be made, there at
any-time, Co-chairmen Howard F
Alter '4l and John H Jenkins '4l,
announced yesterday. The Athletic
Store will be the only, store in town
handling the blazers this year
Already the committee in charge
of the sale of the new blazer has
begun the rounds DE fraternity
houses taking orders. Independent
groups also will be ,contacted. in
the near ,futuie, the co-chairmen
baici
The new blazer is of heavy blue
gabardine, trimmed In white Its
puce, $4 95, was set after a poll
of Junior class members indicated
that a new style, better -quality
blazer was desired
E.C. Davis Heads AAUP
The College chapter of the Am
eiican Association of University
Professors has elected Dr Elwood
C. Davis, of the School' of Physical
Education, as president, succeed
ing Dr Harold F Aidorfer, pro
fessor of i political sciences. Other
new officers are. ,Dr" Vernon R
Haber, vice-piesident; Prof John
T Law,secretary;'and Prof Mabel
E. Kirk, treasurer.
,', ,
rib, Drew Schwartz, Edward C
Sheerer, George H. Brown, Stuart
A. Rhode, Eliot Volkin, Mark E
Singley; Daniel A. Swope, Jr.,
Stephen G Burgess, and George
M Kessler
Freshmen• _ William L. Bloom
glen, Jack E. Pauhamus, Arch!:
bald M. Hyson, H. Henrietta Hay
ward, Robert E. Carlton, Eliza
beth J. Billett, and Peter Gal.:Jule
Jr.
Two-Year AgriculMre, second
year Samuel M. ,Bernard and
Robert H Gerber, and first year.
Robert' L ,Holtzinger , and Joseph
L -Bay, ' i
STATE COLLEGE,TA:, TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1940
Scully And Feloo , .
Named Chairmen'
Of Junior Prom
Miller, Gray, Herman,
And Crosby Considered;
Tickets Priced At $4
Denying rumors that a band had
already been chosen, 'Thomas C
Backenstose, Junior class presid
ent, yesterday announced the ap
pointment of Peter G Fetdco and
Paul J Scally as co-chairmen of
Junior Prom and indicated that
tickets would be priced at $4OO
including tax.
Four bands Glen Gray, Bob
Crosby, Woody Herman, and Glenn
Miller—are being considered for
the affair, it was stated, with final
selection to be made in the near
future Rumors that Glenn Miller
had already been signed for the
dance, slated May 3, were branded
as false
The theme of the dance will be
announced in the next few days,
Backenstose declared, while the
budget will be approximately the
same as last year's affair, when
Tomy Dorsey furnished the music
In addition to Fetako and Scally,
the dance committee includes Bette
L Campbell, Shirley E Hebel
Hermit G Christman, John E
Gallagher, Stanley L Marcus
Wade E Moi i, Samuel Schwartz.
and Hemy J Ems, Jr, all Jun
iors
Famous Author
Here Tomorrow
LA School, Portfolio
Back Porter Lecture
Katharine Anne Porter, well
known author, will give a lecture
,and,reading_in the - Liberal 'Arts
auditorium at 8 30 - p m tomorrow
Under the sponsorship of the Lib
eral Arts School and Portfolio,
student literary magazine
Miss Porter's first book, "Flow
ei Judas," met — with instant
approval, and the first edition was
sold out in a month An enlarged
edition of the same book, which
appeared in 1936, has also gone
out of print.
"Pale Horse, Pale Rider," her
mast recent work, has gone into
four editions and has received con
siderable critical applause
In 1931 Miss Porter received a
Guggeplicim fellowship for foreign
writing and traveling, and in 1937
the Book-of-the-Month Club
awarded her a fellowship of $2,500
In consideration of her achieve
ments and future promise
W. B. Mack Wins Prize
For Wood Engraving Work
Dr Waiten B Mack, head of the
departinent of horticulture, has
been notified that his wood-engrav
ing, ".Eaglesmere,',' won the Appa
lachian Museum puichase prize of
the Southern Printmakers Society.
This is the second time that Dr
Mack has won a prize in this an
nual competition
The Southern Printmakers 'So
ciety show is exhibited yearly
throughout the East and Southeast
The salon was exhibited here last
yeas,
A print of "Edglesmere" has
been accepted for exhibition in the
National Academy of Design salon
in New York until Thursday Dr
Mack's "Cabbages," reprinted in
the last issue , of Portfolio,- was
shown at the World's Fair last
year and received high praise
fromoJohn T Arms, president of
the Society of American Etchers
and chairman of the Black and
White section of the National
Academy of Design
'43 Collegian Candidates
Meet Today, Tomorrow
Freshman candidates for the
Collegian editorial and business
''staffs have been called to meet
ings today and tomorrow.
All freshman men,and women
Interested in the business staff
who have not yet reported to the
Collegian are requested to meet
with C. Russell Eck '4O, busi
ness manager in`Room 313 Old
Main at 7:30 p.m. today.
Editorial candidates for - the
Collegian staff will meet in the
Collegian ' news room, 313 Old
Ma= at 7 p.m. tomorrow,
lee Club Starts 4-Day Tour
Featuring Waring Broadcast
GLEE CLUB-AND ITS HOST, FRED WARING
'Fosh To Sponsor
Dance On April 19
,i•
Campus Owls Will Play
Or All-College 'Affair
The second annual FieNliman
Class Dance, an all-College affan,
will be held in Ree Hall April 19,
it,has been announced by William
P McFadden '43, advertising chair
man
-Tickets foi the dance, priced at
3 . 7 1 )'2 cents per person, are now on
sale' at the Student Union desk
Lam will be furnished by the
Carious Qwls
:7ilii",*adiTition to McFadden, mem
bers of the '43 dance committee
appointed by class president Eu
gene R. Yeager include George N
Rum - sey '43, decorations, and Da
vid H Goldsmith '43, entertain
ment A theme is to be selected for
the dance in the near future
Engineering Open House
Scheduled For April 20
Plans for the Engineering Open
House, to be held Apt il 20, are pi o
giessing rapidly, according to co
chairmen Jerome N Goodman '4O,
and Michael A Balog '9O
The program includes displays
of apparatus in the engineei ing
buildings and a concei L by the En
gineei 's ROTC band in the new
Electrical Engineering Building at
3 30 p m SaLui day, April 20
_ _
E Mihail. Radcliff' '4O was ap
pointed to handle the ROTC En
einem' display
Penn State Club Elects
Ulliceissof the Penn State Club
announced for next year are Pies
ident;„ Theodore Rice '4l, vice
piesident, William B Loeber '42,
treasures, Arthur Peskoe '42, see
ietary, Spurgeon K Condo '4l, so
cial chanman, Robert Henkel '4l,
athletic chan man, C Dean Woods,
'42. and publicity du ector, Edgai
V Hall '4l
Tom Waring Will Sing 'Dream Of Me'
In Plee'Club Concert Next Sunday
Soloist To Preview 'Danger! Men Al Work'
As,Broadway Tunes Strengthen Thespian Show
When Tom Waling, of the famous musical Waiings, appeals here
ne \ t 'Sunday afternoon as guest soloist at the College Glee Club's
arm* conceit, he will sing Jimmy Leyden's hit tune "Dleam Of
Me",as a preview to Thespians' new Spring moduction "DANGER!
MEN4".AT WORK" or "Don't Send-Your Boy To Vassar."
Aired over a national hookup on
Fled' Waring's Pleasure Time
broadcast a week ago, Leyden's
song will make its local debut with
Tom's presentation of it in Schwab
Auditorium at 3 30 Sunday after
noon'"?
Jackie Reese, talented freshman
and one of the four girls in the
cast of the new show, will handle
the vocal assignment for the song
in the .Thespians' musical master
"D ANGER! MEN AT
WORK." Jimmy Leyden's own
band will be in the pit
Itsv migmal all-male east re
v"-
Sophomores In Education,
liberal Arts Will Take
English Test On April 25
The annual English Usage Test
will be held from HO to 5 p m.
on April 25. Theodore J. Gates.
professor of English composi
tion, announced yesterday.
All sophomores in the Schools
of Liberal Arts and Education
must take the test. A passing
grade is necessary for admission
to the upper division.
The examination will be held
in Boom 121 Liberal Arts, 10'
Liberal Arts, and 100 Horticul
ture Building. Actual
,room and -
j
hour assignments for each stu
dent will.l2okmado in the near-.
—future.
In cases where assignments
conflict with regular class hours,
students will be excused from
classes
3 Exhibitions
By Students
On Display
mice exhibitions of student
work, two of which aie already
underway, die being shown at the
College this month
A selection of art work by stu
dents in the divison of fine arts will
show in the College Ai t Galleiy,
303 Main Engineering, until April
20 undei the sponsorship of Scarab,
architectural fraternity, and Pi
Gamma Alpha, honoi ary line arts
fi atm city
' A student hobby exhibit contain
ing contributions by nine coeds
mg, contributions by lI students
Itbiaty committee will continue in
the Central Library until Fu day
The lust annual Penn State
Hubby Show, open to faculty and
townspeople as well as students,
has been scheduled for the Arm
ory Fuday and Saturday Entries
Of 38 students and 55 faculty and
townspeople are already sched
uled The Camera Club will stage
a photography exhibition in con
nection with the slum
vamped by the addition of four
guls (Marco Stringer, Barbara
,Thiel, Jackie Been and Dotty
Beeves) and its musical punch
stiengthened by the injection of
two swell tunes from the pen of
Broadway songwriter Billy Pro
vost, "DANGER MEN AT WORK"
has already I
taken on the appear
ance of a big-time piofessional
production
The new show will be presented
for the first times 'Friday and Sat
urday, April 19 and 20
Continued On Page 4
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3 Publications
Name New Staffs
Collegian, LaVie, Student
Handbook Hold Elections
Mire° College publications, the
Collegian, LaVic, and Student
Handbook, announced 1940 -41
Junior board and editorial staff
members who had been elected
last week
Collegian Junior board members
are editorial, R. Helen Gordon,
Alice M Murray, Jeanne C Stiles
John A. Baer, Ross B Lehman,
William - . 1 A — Fatrior
Nagelberg, and Stanley J Pu-
Kempner, business, Margaret L
Embury, Virginia Odgen, Fay E
Reese, Thomas W Allison, Paul DI
Goldberg, James E McCaughey,
Charles L Vanlnwagen, F Blair
Wallace, and alternates, Joyce L
Slayton and George K Campbell
Staff members of the LaVie Jun
loi board are editorial, Frances
K Baron, D Jane Boller, Francis
X Casserly, John Casimir, John G
Dixon, Mary .1 Dalton, Jay R El
)enbei ger, Jane A Fulton, Ruby L
Hartes, M Betty Hearn, Jeanne C
Hofelich, Jane E Holland, J Lou
ise Hyder, Florence E Held, John
H Hibbard, Estelle J Maigulies,
Sybil R Martin, Odette A Neu
man, Edward L Nestoi, Beth M
Swope, Betty A Willits, and David
E Wagenseller, art, Anthony J
Piccola, Mina A Smith, with Don
old II White on a longei period of
probation
The Student Handbook staff in
cludes* editorial,Dorothy H Field
'42, Justine Lougee '4l, Betty A
Newcomer '42. Betty Jo Patton '42
Elizabeth C Rose '42, Dorothy E
Rose '42, Isabel M Stanisky '4l
Lila A Whoolery '43, Betty L
Zeigler '42, John A Baer '42, John
Basarab '42, Robert F MacFarland
'42, Philip Laterman '42, Ross B
Lehman '42, William .1 McKnight
Continued On Page 4
105 Engineers Making
annual Inspection Trips
To Three Eastern Cities
Appioxiinately 105 electrical and
industrial engineering seniors are
on inspection trips this week as
live Mineral Industries faculty
members and several students at
tend the annual meeting of the
Amerman Ceramics Society in Tor
onto
Nelson W Tay los, head of the
department of ceramics, will pre
side at all sessions of the glass
division of the convention which
closes next Friday Each of the
faculty men will deliver papers at
the convention
Fifty-live senior electrical en
gineers under the direction of Eail
B Stavely and Harold I, Tarpley,
professors of electrical engincei
ing, left Sunday on a six-day in
spection trip in the Philadelphia
and New York area
Industrial engineering seniors
left yesterday for inspection tugs
in the Pittsburgh and Philadel
phia districts Mac Lean W Bab
cock, associate professor of indus
trial engineering, is in charge of
the western trip, and Percival P
Henshall, assistant professor of in
dustrial engineering, is in charge
of the eastern inspection
Radio Network
Program Slated
Thursday Night
Visit Wilmington,
Lancaster, Philadelphia
Before New York Debut
Highlighted by a radio ap
peaiance with Fred Waring
on Thuisday, the Penn State
Glee Club is making a four
day conceit tom of the East.
Yesteiday the singers enter
tamed in Lancaster and today
they aie Wilmington, Del
Befoie going to New York
they will present a program
in Philadelphia tomoi row - *
The IN oackast, over WEAF
with tried Waring's Pennsylvan
klns, will take place from the
stage of the Vander bill Theatre at
7 p in There will be a special
plop am rot the West Coast at 11
p m The Glee Club also will
bioackast from WFIL in Philadel
phia (tom 1 10 until 145 p m to
mot t ow
Ed Lee, Wan mg's inanagei, stat
ed in a learn to Sammy Gallu '4O
that this tombined Waring-Penn
State program is the first of its
kind He added that Waring is
particularly anxious to have Penn
State represented on his program
Gallu, president of the Glee Club,
expressed the hope that through
this fine cooperation with Wiring,
the appearance with Ws outfit
-may—become-an-annual-affair duri
mg the Glee Club's Spring tour
At the broadcast, the Penn
State Glee Club will preLept
Waling a Glee Club Charm and
will make him an honorary mem
ber Although Fred was a stu
dent hoe 20 years ago, he never
held membership in the Glee
Club
The regular concert in New
York will be held in the Amen
can Women', Association Audito
i 'um at 58th Street and Eighth
Avenue Fred Waring will• be
guest of honor and his brother,
Toni, will appear as guest soloist
- -
After retuining from the an
nual Spline tour, the Glee Club
will mesent a concert in Schwab
Audltoiium Sunday, April 14
Today Is Deadline
In Petition Drive
Committee Holds Right
To Censor Platforms
I Lai assed political candidates
will make a last-minute drive for
signatui es tins morning for their
petitions, which are due in the
.muds of Elections Committee
head 8111 Engel by noon today
Petitions of all-College oflice-seek
ets must bear 200 names, others
100. while 25 percent of each to
tal must be women's signatures
Along with petitions each can
didate must submit a picture suit
able foi reproduction on cam
paign posters and a statement of
his all-College average More
m ei, all parties must submit plat
toms berme the noon deadline
Pai ty chairmen have been re
quested to attend a meeting of the
Elections Committee in 305 Old
Main at 7 p m tomorrow when
platforms are to be under consld
elation The Committee has re
served the right "to censor any
provisions which it may 'deem
ridiculous," under the new Elec
tions Code
Bernreuter Is Named
To Health Commission
Dr Robei t G Bernreuter, pro
lessor of education and psychology,
has been named to the newly form
ed Commission on Health Educa
tion of the American Association
of School Administrators,
The commission, made up of I 1
national leaders in education and
medicine, will conduct a two-year
study designed to strengthen the
methods of instruction in health
education n the nation's schools