HenryVarnum Poor Gets Okay On Mukal Sketches, Begins Painting Next Week
Succossor
To The Free Lance,
-VOL. 36—No. 52
Student
Placement
IR
Liberal Arts
, (ThiS is the 'last in a series of
articles-dealing, with the methods
of -student placement in the var
ious schools and• departments of
The College and the success which
these methods have had.) ,
By RICHARD C. PETERS
,Though unrecognized and with
its work much over-looked, a
placement bureau is now in oper
4tiOn in ,the School of Liberal
Arts, and has been operating as
such for a number of years, ac
cording to Charles C ,Wagner, ad
ministrative assistant to the dean
of the School
. _
Working similarly to the cen
tral bureaus of other schools and
departments, by the interview
method, the Liberal Arts service
has succeeded where individual
departments of the School have
failed or not had contacts.
"We notify all seniors that they
may file a personnel sheet with
our office each year," said Wag
ner, "but' a great many, do not
take advantage of it. Those who
do have their names, filed when
contacts with outside employers
are made, have interviews arrang
ed for them"-
If' letters from employers re
quest a‘, certain type' employee,
the office often refers the letter to
department heads who can select
men in their field who are best
"kulte - d, In this way, Wagner stat
ed, 'numerous positions are discol.4
ered for-students which depart-
Inept. heads 'aught never see
;On :the personnel records filed
in the main office are listed the
first, ;second, and third ohoiceS of
the „student in reference to his
„..fields;of,futurereipplOyrnent
usingfilliia rating, the interviews
'arranged bring' only thiaie4stu
de-tits' in- contact, with 'the repre
sentatives 'who are interested in
the type of job available
Wagner stated that he was
lughly.ln accord with the propos
ed Central Placement Bureau, and
believed it should be beneficial 3n
two' ways First, it would remove
from the already full hands of
Scliool heads part of the responsi
bility - of placing graduates; sec
ond, it might serve; after Its exist-,
once was proven, to help students
find)obs‘most suited for their in
dividual capabilities and back
ground
Heal Wave . Slated
For This Weekend
'Danger! Men Al Work'
To Boost Thermoineter
' Prediction: Tliat the Nittany
Valley's worst winter hangover in
years will turn into a tropical heat
,wave this weekend.
Reason: The Penn State Thes
pians'-musical masterpiece—DAN
GEß' MEN AT WORK,
Of course, the change of tem
perature may only be a temporary
thing But, if Sock Kennedy's word
means anything, you can expect a
60-degree, rise of the Fahrenheit
mercury immediately following
Friday night's performance of
Thespians' new, almost all-male
Production ,
v"lf the 'dance' routines in this
show aren't the hotte'st things you
have seen since the Bull Pen' burn
ed down, then I'll eat my hat,
inVeatband and all," Kennedy said
, , Variety of DancesThe'new show - will Include every
Conceivable daritt combination,
rhumba and conga routines by the
Galloping Gauchos (three Puerta
Rican youths, Jorge Tristan!, Hans
Rexach and Enrique Sans); a com
edy routine by Ned Startzel and
Marce Stringer; several clever tap
routines by the Campus Vamps
(S tringer, Reeves,' Thiel, and
Reese); a • ballroom' waltz by Cliff
McWilliams and Walt Llewellyn
(Imagine; and, of • all things, a
male striptease ,
f.What's more, aside from the spe-
Clalitiea, the chorus ~•of the new
show is made up entirely of a doz
in..i hairy-chested; • bewhiskered,
scrdwny-legged men,‘ani of whom
!.quallfy, for - the, most exclu
ifve elephant society idAfrica—so
&gleeful and nymph-like Is their
daricnig. - ,
Serll i-1/110. t 4.1 y
srriPNIA •
'‘ V
2fr7f7Z?
: f .'s. )
run #tafr (e :
cidarg.
• COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
- MSS>.
MASS MEETING TONIGHT OPENS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Aitist-iYelayi Arrival
After Motherts Death
Sketches Approved By Trustee Committee;
Painting May Be Finished By Commencement
Henry Varnum PoOr will reach State College next week to paint
the , mural the Class of 1932 has given for Old Main Lobby Poor's
sketches received the appioval of the architectural committee of the
Board of Trustees last Saturday morning and he was given the word
to go ahead,
Poor had planned to start work yesterday but had to change his
arrangements because his mother died in Kansas City Sunday
P' He is expected to have the mur-
I al finished by June commence
ment.
The public will be able to watch
Pool at worlc painting the murals
which are the first ever done in an
American college by an 'outstand
ing native artist. The only comper-
I murals are those an the Dart
mouth Library done by the Mexi
can Orozco
Poor will paint in liesco, work
ing on wet plaster so that a •per
manent chemical union is created
between the paint and the plaster
His daughter, who will live with
him at the Nittany Lion Inn, will
apply the plaster for him
Members of the Trustee commit
tee that approved, the mural show
ing the beginnings of the College
are. Vance C McCormick (chair
man), Boyd A Musser, John T
Harris,' and J L Mauthe
R4nour Says Flu
Has Disappeared'
Official States Calcium
Shortage May Be Cause
See Eddreial. "Epidemic Alter
nialh.l,'con page 2
Striking, suddenly for, the" sec
ond,. time this year, then disap
pearing quickly, last week's wave
of Intestinal illness has diminish
ed to , a comparative few seeking
treatment at the Dispensary, , Dr.
Joseph P. Ritneour, director of the
College Health Service, reported
yesterday ,
- Nearly 950 students were treat
ed at the Dispensary from Wed
nesday to yesterday morping. In
DeceMber 1,009 were afflicted
-According 4 ,t0 health
official,:Who receivec) , eey_etekt,
bilceiiii-VMG — fro`dhownipeople,
the sickness' may be due to the
changing of hard water, contaih
ing calcium carbonate, to soft
water during the Springtime.-The
lack of calcium carbonate, which
Is used for treatment of dysen
tery, may have been responsible
for the sudden illness
Results on the analysis of the
water townspeople sent to the
State D'epartment of Health will
not be known 'until next week
- Figures released by the College
Health Service, revealed that ap
proximately 350 excuses were
given to last week's victims,
while nearly 1,200 class hours
were missed on Thursday and
Friday for all causes. ,
Students Asked To Join
Talks, Visit Exhibitions
As WPA Confab Continues
Swinging into its second week of
activity with daily displays and
programs in the new Forestry
I Building, the state-wide WPA ree
-1 leation conferenie will end Satur
day
Luther D. Grossman, assistant
state director for the WPA recre
ation program, in charge of the
conference, issued an invitation to
all students interested in examin
ing the exhibits or joining in the
specializing groups which meet
daily',
Outstanding specialists in the
state are leading confeience groups
dramatics,, folk dancing, nature
lore, music, organiziition and ad
ministration of playgrounds, crafts,
and games, leagues, and tourna
ments
The exhibits in the Forestry
Building show the progress of state
WPA- projects in the specialized
,fields which the conference is dis=
cussing Especially interesting are
the displays of, hand-made games
and toys; a& of puppet shows
which' are in the progress of con
struction. ,
. ,
Circus Tickets On Sale
Al Sludenl'Union Desk
Tickets for the' second -annual
All-College Circa; schedUled , for
HeCreation Hall April 27, went on
bale at the Student Union desk
yesterday. All sea& are reserved
and priced at 35 cents each
General adniission tickets will
be sold at the Circus that night at
25 cents, Circus Director Gene
Wettstone announced-yesteiday.
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1940
4 Groups Named
For Graduation
Senate Votes To Hold
Exercises Outdoors
Four Commencement commit
tees were named yesterday by
David E Pergrin, senior presi
dent, following announcement by
the Senate Committee on Public
Occasiom that_ graduation exer
cises June 10 will be held on New
Beaver Field, weather permitting
If weather forces the Com
mencement into Rec Hall, each
senior will be limited to two in
vitations, the Senate committee
decided Otherwise there will be
no limit on invitations
Orders for invitations, an
nouncements, and programs will
be taken at Student Union until
May I Cap and gown orders will
be taken beginning May 6
Committees appointed by Per
grin are'
Class Day A William Engel, Ji
(chairman), Edward E Hosey,' H
Clifton McWilliams, Jr, Sarabe]l
Shirm/Peter R Stltick, and David
E Pergrm ex-ollicio
Lions' Coals Michael A Balog,
Jr and Clarence H Evans (co
chairmen), Edward P , Farrand,
Herman M Fogel, Dorothy A. Se
poe, C Donald Simmers, John R
Walford, and Melvin S Worley.
Cap and Gown Albert L Kahn
and Peter R. Shtick (co-chairmen),
Walter A Bielski, Harold E Book
binder, Peter C Zarick, Charles
M. Kinnard, Theodore J Nemeth,
and Wesley Stilwell
Invitation Arnold L Schwartz
and Everett F Waltman (co-chair
men), Joseph S Bunk, Harriet L
Davies ' Edward E. Hosey, Jacob
Sacks, Ralph H. Slimy, and Joseph
Welker
Safe Driving-Course
WiliDigOnize.Tonight
Students interested in a safe
driving course have been request
ed to report to Rooni 11 of the lo
cal high,school building at 7 p m
tonight. The course is sponsored
by the Centre County Safe Driv
ing School with Albert Smith and
Warren Hosterman of Centre Hall
as instructors
-Featured as instructor on high
speed safety dilvink will be Bus
by Q Butterfinger, noted pub
licity man for the College and one
of the country's leading trick
drivers Butterfinger is one of
the leading, columnists in the
United States but''his work is
much overlooked by many news
paper publishers who don't like
his style.'
Tolstoy's Granddaughter
Cabinet Acts On
Will Talk Tomorrow
On Czech Plight i Alumni Revision,
A hest-hand account a'
"Czechoslovakia Since
id...hi Compensation -
will be brought to the town and,l
campus at 8 p. m. tomorrow by
Madam Maria Tolstoy. grand
daughter of Count Leo Tolstoy,
the noted novellal. Open to the
public, the jecture will be given
in Room 10 Liberal Arts build- i
ing I in the interests of the
Czechoslovak Ambulance in
France.
Madam Tolstoy has just re
cently arrived from Czechoslo
vakia. Her lecture at Cornell
University several weeks ago
was hailed as a "brilliantly
clear and foMeful account of the
terrible and complex situation
under which the Czech people, I
is living today in its own home
land." Her impressions ar e
heightened by personal experi
ences, and these touch not only
on Czechoslovakia but on all of
Central Europe.
Herrmann Elected
President Of IMA
Other Officers-Named
To Head 1940-41 Council
W Rae Hermann '4l was named
1940-41 president of the IndepencP
ant ,Men's Association Council, to
succeed Clarence H Evans '4O, in
the second, annual ,election of offi
cers Sunday night
,Other CotmedAffleers are -Hoary
.1' EAL'42, vice-president; John
114 Byerly '42, secretary, Elden T
Shaut, '42, treasurer, Emer C
Flounders "41, social chairman,
and Boyd C Gat tley '4l, athletic
chan man
The Councilpassed two amend
ments which •changed Sections of
the election code and representa
tion of various members of IMA
units in Council meetings
Election Date Changed
Nomination and election of offi
cers was shifted from the first two
weeks in May to two special meet
ings in April,, and the second
amendment requires at least one
of two members elected to the
Council from the units must not be
a senior
Evans reported on the IMA an
nual convention which he attended
at Purdue University, Aprtl 4-6
Heading a discussion group on fin
ancial problems, Evans talked to
over 203 delegates
Trip To China Offered
As Essay (onfesf Prize
A round ti ip to China via "clip
per" plane and $l2OO are first pine
in a contest for the best essay by
an American college student on
"Our Stake in the Future of
China "
The contest is held to stimulate
interest in the significance of the
present Far Eastern situation Es
says must emphasize the interest
of the United States in a strong,
independent China
Besides the first prize, 32 awards
totaling $3,250 will be made to
students Emollinent cards and in
formation about the contest may,
be obtained 111 Room 2, English
Composition Building
WHY DELAY I-. .
Editor's Note: This is the last
of two articles ;explaining some
of the complications which have
caused delay in Penn State de
velopment.
% -
By ADAM A. SMYSER
In 1874 the Agricultural College
of Pennsylvania with less than 200
students and a handful of faculty
members was made the Pennsyl
vania State College by decree of
the Court of Common Pleas of
Centre County,
Intermittently since then—while
its year-rounti resident enrollment
has expanded to 9,793 and its fac
ulty to I,ss9—the College has bid
to change Its name to University.
Dr James M Thomas,spresident
1920-27, pledged himself to the
name change in his inaugural ad-
Association Asked To
Present Buds ets For
Study Before Approval
Approval of a revised student
compensation system and discus
sion on the proposed Alumni As
sociation plan are the two major
problems to be acted upon by the
All-College Cabinet at its meeting
in the Alumni Association office
at 9 p m tonight.
The Cabinet committee which is
studying the alumni plan has re
quested that the Alumni Associa
tion present a budget of last year's
expenditure of $20,000 before any
definite action can be taken
A proposed budget of the ex
penses necessaiy for the new plan
will also be equestcd by the com
mittee
Compulsion Studied
Indications were that the com
mittee would not recommend the
plan to the Cabinet until the ques
tioned feasibility of making it
compulsory could be determined.
The revised compensation plan,
deemed-necessary under the new
student government, will also be
'placed before the Cabinet for ap
proval by a special committee
President H Clifton McWilliams
'4O stated' that the Penn State Stu
dent Federation will present a
charter to the Cabinet for appr'ov
aLbut no action will be taken un
lit "Ei committee can study the ad-
I lrantages-of--granting the' &laden'
Rumor Unfounded
In Taylor (ase
No Late Arrests Made;
Handkerchief Traced
"There is absolutely no founda
tion to the rumor that several per
sons related to the College have
been arrested in connection with
the murder of Rachel Taylor,"
ac
cording to a statement released by
Corp S S. Mollenkopf of the Rock
view Barracks late yesterday
poral Mollenkopf added that
the police have no immediate pros
pects of apprehending any sus
pects
The only recent break in the
case came when polite learned that
the bloody handkerchief found near
the Shiloh Church, and believed
to be that of the murderer, had
been ti aced to its manufacturer.
The present reward of $2,500
offeied by students, County Corn
inissioneis, State College Borough,
and the Collegian, has not been
added to, according to Wildwood,
N .1, police, who say the girl's
home town has not yet offered a
reward
Dance Chairman Named
Betty J. Strickler, was named
chairman of and M. Beryl Hind
man added to the Senior Women's
Dance committee by WSGA Sen
ate, upon the resignation of Jan- j
ice M. McPhail Beatrice M. Lowe,
is the other committee member.
;Tress The movement went so far
as to attract the commendation of
President Harding in Washington
The idea caught on anew on
February 26, 1938, when Governor
Earle urged the name change over
a state-wide radio hook-up at the
ground breaking for the recent
building prom am
The College still wants the name
change, is still shying frOm
Because the peculiar nature
of the College charter makes it
necessary to change the charter
In change the name, the College
can - achieve Its desire through
only two agencies: The Court of
Common Pleas of Centre County
and the Pennsylvania Legisla
ture.
1. The Court of Common Pleas
of, Centre County can change the
I JUNIOR PROM MAESTRO]
GLENN MILLER
' + + 4
Miller Is Signed
For Junior Prom
' Will Receive:s2,ooo For
Appearance Here May 3
Glenn Miller and his orchestra,
top-i anking swing aggregation,
have been signed to play for Jun
ior Prom May 3, Paul J Scally and
Peter G Fetzko, co-chairmen, an
nounced yesterday Miller and his
band will recelve $2,000 foi their
appearance here Tickets will be
pi iced at $4, tax included
Featured with the ace trombon
ist will be Mai ion Hunter and Ray
Eberle, rut nishing the lyrics, and
the pand':, saxophone,sextet
TIM $2;000 - 11dure, one of the
highest sums ever paid fora band
here, was justified' as "giving the
class what they want, regardless
of profit" by Thomas C Beckett
stose, lumen president, in a state
ment yestei day
Formerly Ace Arranger
An ace au angel for many year s,
Glenn Millet first rocketed to fame
with his own band at Flank Daily's
Meadowbi ook, N J , almost a yew
ago He has since maintained his
reputation as Amei lea's top band
leader in numerous popularity
polls
The Millet oichesti a is now
playing at the Annapolis, Hotel,
Washington, D C, whence they
broadcast three times weekly over
a nation-wide hookup
The Junior Prom committee
named by Backenstose includes, in
addition to Scally and Fetzko,
Bette L Campbell, Shirley E
Hebei, Kermit G Christman, John
E Gallagher, Stanley L Marcus,
Wade E Mori, Samuel Schwartz,
and Hem y J Eavis, Jr, all juniors
Tannek Ailicle Published
In Dickinson Lawleview
A leading at ticle ohi The Uni
formity of Judgment Notes in
Pennsylvania" by Sheldon C.Tan
ner, professor of economics, was
published in the last Issue of the
Dickinson Law Review
This paper, which was read by
Professor Tanner before the 16th
Annual Convention of the Ameri
can Business Law Association, is
a study of Judgment notes and
credit instruments
A'reprmt of the article Is being
sent by the College to each bank
and trust company
The Naive, 001,
name as 'it did hi 1879 Howhver,
before it can act the change must
be approved by the State Council
of Education When the court does
act, it is bound by the Non-Profit
Corporation Code not to approve
a name deceptively. .similar to any
other.
2. Tho Pennsylvania Legislature
may change the charter any time
it wants At its session last year
it.changed 'the charter in adding
one member' to the Board of Trus
tees A name change passed by it
would not need approval of the
State Council of Education nor
would there be any qualms about
the new name being deceptively
similar to any other, the University
of Pennsylvania for example
The Legisleitine,is not bound
ContinuldrOn Page 4
Presidential Candidates Will Speak;
Engel To Review Elections Code
For Voting Scheduled Next Week
Party Chairmen Required To Submit Statement
Of Proposed Expenditures Before Meeting;
Campaign Posters Will Be Available At Close
See Editorial "On W:th the Pohl:cal Bandwagon." on page 2
The 1940 political scramble will enter its heated "last
lap" at 7 p m. today, when a mass meeting in Schwab Audi
torium will open the one-week period of campaigning which
precedes all-College elections next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Eager to "get the jump" on their adversaries by offer
ing impressive keynote spe eches, eight hopeful presidential
candidates for all-College and class offices will address the
anticipated crowd of undergiaduates.
Othei candidates will be intro
duced and a review of the Elec-
LIMIS Code and voting instructions
will be offered by A William En
gel, Jr '4O, chairman of the Elec
tions Committee
After Engel's preliminary com
ments, five-minute speeches will
be given by Arnold C Latch (C),
and Thomas C Backenstoce (I),
candidates for the all-College
presidency
Other speakers will deliver
three-minute talks in the follow
ing order William B Bartholo
mew (I), and Edgar V Hall (C),
nominees for senior class presi-
Tonight's Program
7:00 p. m.—Review of Elections
Code and instructions in vot
'-<`-'ing by A. William.Eniel. Jr..
'4O, chairman of the Elections
Committee.
7:15 p. m.—Speeches by prom,
dential candidates.
All-College Nominees—Arnold
C. Latch '4O and Thomas C.
Backenstose '4O.
Class of 1941—William B.
Bartholomew and Edgar V.
Hall. '
Class of 1942—H Leonard
Krouse and Gerald F. Doh
erty.
Class of 1943 Frank B.
Flynn and Charles B. Elder
Jr.
7.4o—lnfroduclion of all can-
dates.
7:4s—Open forum discussion
dent, H. Leonard Krouse (C), and
Gerald F Doherty (I), candidates
for Junior class president, and
Frank R. Flynn (I), and Charles
B Elder, Jr, (C) nominees for
bonhomie class president.
Cheerleaders will be present to,
liven the proceedings, and cam
paign posters will be available to
patty leaders after the meeting
Party chairmen will be requir
ed to present a statement of esti
mated campaign expend:totes at
a meeting of the Elections Com
mittee in Schwab Auditorium at
6 30 p. ni , just before the mass
meeting
'Horse-Walk' Takes Place
Of Cake-Walk Saturday
Af Annual Ag Frolic
Country dances usually feature
a cake-walls, but something new
under the sun, a horse-walk, will
crown the festivities at Ag Frolic
Saturday niglit, Chairman W
Lewis Corbin '4l announced yes
terday
We're actually going to give a
horse to the lucky couple who
wins it ,in the traditional cake
walk manner, Corbin stated.
Two truckloads of money to be
used at the Frolic will leave
Washington tomorrow. Patrons
of the Frolic will be furnished
with this money for playing ma
chines which will be provided.
Jimmy Leyden's Collegians, fea
turing Murmurm' Mm Rhein, will
set the tempo for dancing amid
the "county fair" surroundings
Tickets for the Frolic are priced
at $1 with checking included.
Brunner Wins Fellowship,
J. Robert Brunner '4O has won
a University of California dairy
husbandry fellowship
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CEICI
Scalzo To Run Oni
'4l Campus Ticker!
Political Scene Complelo .
As All Slates Are Filled
By WILLIAM E. FOWLER
Nomination of Joe Sealzo for
senior class vice-president on the
'4l Campus ticket, together with
selection of Max Peters and Jim
Ritter as '42 Campus nominees
for vice-president and treasurer,
respectively, completed the , poll-
Lical picture early this week - •
" Sea Izo's - tfoinina Win Cifiripds
followed the rejection by"`2the
Elections Committee of hiss Peti
tion fur nomination as senior class
presidential candidate of the..third
pai ty, which failed to materialize
last week Formerly an Indepen
dent organizer, he replaces Rod
ger Findley, ineligible through
scholastic defiLiency, on the Cam
pus slate
Peters replaces Roland (P.lb
Young, whose petition failecejo
fulfill Elections Committee:,re
quirements, while Ritter occupies
the spot left v a ca nt by . JLt`ty
Schaeffer's scholastic ineligibility
All Slates Listed
The thiee new candidates made
the complete list of nominees';as
follows all-College president—
Arnold C Latch (C) and Thomtik
C Backenstose CD; all-College
rice-piesldent—Robert N
,Baker
(C) and Richard M. Geissinger
'I)
Senior Class: President
B, Bartholomew (I) and Ed
gal V Hall (C); vice-president-L.
Frank IVI Platt, Jr (I) and JoiePh
R &also (C), secretary—Grace-E.
Rentschlei (D and Mary Jara.
ton (CI, • treasurer Frank—W.
Stanko (I) and Oscar Kranieh,
(C) II
Junior Class. President
Leonard Krouse (C) and G r ecahl
F. Doherty (I), vice-president-
Itlax S. Peters (C) and Robert D,
Baud (I), secretary—Ethel M.
Patton (C) and Mildred M. Taylor
(li, treasurer—James W Ritter
(C) and Benjamin L. Seem CD,
Sophomore Class: President. ,
Frank R. Flynn (I) and Charleilat
Elder, Jr. (C); Leonard 0. Fres
coln (I) and Robert F. Ramin '(Ci;
secretary—Sara L tither (I) lind
Helen J Chiappy (C); treasurei=.
William T. Richards (Ii ;and
Charles B Ruttenberg (C).
Thorne Is Awarded $l,OOO
Architecture Fellowship,
Foi the second successive year
a Penn State student was announ
ced as the winner of the 0000
Theophilus Parsons Chandler Fel
lowship when J. Lee Thorne '4O
was granted the award given bn
nually by the University of Nil*
sylvania for a year of graduate
study in architecture at that
insti
tution
The present holder of the fel
lowship h Joseph Didlnger '39
Thome, whose home Is in BMA
delphia, has been advised that lie
and John Suydam '4O, a fellow,ar
clutecture student,. have been
awarded medals in a national
'judgment by the Beaux Arts In
stttute of Design.