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VOL. 36—No. 53
AN INNOVATION AT PENN STATE
Rating The Faculty
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' AN EVALUATION of -the teaching effectiveness of
members of the College faculty ,as estimated by the students
gets under way in the School of Liberal Arts this Monday
' The rating chart presented by the Collegian is based
onAquestionnaires that have been used successfully attUni
versity of Washington, Louisiana State University, Pardue
University, ! and University of California. In addition, mems
beri'of the faculty 'who are authoritative specialists in this
field—Dr. 'Robert G: Bernreuter, Dr. Bruce V Moore'', Dr
P. C. Weaver, Dr. C. 0 Williams, Dean Marion R. Tralitie—
have assisted directly or indirectly with the preparation's for
the most sweeping survey of student opinion ever to belheld
here.i
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In passing,, the Collegian is deeply grateful to these,men
and numerous others, and to the colleges which have contri
buted helpful information toward making the faculty
_rating
a success. -
THE SUCCESS of a project, of this nature can be de
termined only' by the extent to which the faculty and stu
dents cooperate in conducting the poll.
Fundamentally; the pu'rpose of this rating is to obtain
the general; student attitude toward the instructor teach
ing a specific course in order to make a profitable use'of the
information that is collected Not only would the present
and incoming students benefit by this data, but also the fac
ulty members themselves, inasmuch as they are—contrary
to general procedure—graded by the pupils they teach:
The value of the' information depends largely upon the
conscientious participation of the students Personal, pre
.hidices against professors should be disregarded. To take
such an opportunity of displaying a grudge or personal bias
is far below the standards by which Penn State undergradu
ates conform.
TO THE INSTRUCTOR the cumulative appraisal of his
students should prove an invaluable aid. Naturally the value
;of the infoiMation dePends upon the nature of the mforma
tion Mit" the ability of the recipient to put it to use
overshadows everything
rhe neat' a`dmitg'that trhas, no delusions; iI-"s`To , the
lnlity . „OilStuilents' to a'_ ppraise the - complex' . and ,difficult art
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~of college teaching. - •
However, common sense tells that thei e are certain as
pects of teaching upthi which the student is able toprovide
:information of considerable value.
Adinittedly, classes Of the College differ greatly in aims
and.- - ..strictly speaking, no two classes are comparable.' In
numerous classes, lecttires that are provocative of stimulat
ing thought to some students' may, be incomprehensible to
others. Other differences could be listed
. -
' Yet, despite these matters, every instructor will undergo
a , fair rating—fair because it not only includes his teach
ini;technirpies, but also his academic preparation, his per
sonality as a professor, and his general impression
Needless to say, the use of the information must be left
, entirely to the judgment of the member of the faculty who
receilies it. The Collegian cannot forbear expressing the
, hope that in the,returns accumulated there will be contained
some information that will be of use to the College faculty
m approachine closer to its ideals of good teaching.
Nye: And-Miller Clash
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On US- Role 'ln ,, War
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~.; Two a . dvocate:of Isblatton and internationalism argued then
oases before Penn Slate audiences last Monday, Senatot Gerald P.
:fifyi in Schwab Auditorium under the sponsorship of - Phi Beta Kappa
andEGr ,Fraticis P Miller in the Sandwich Shop under sponsorship of
itie,PSCA..-Dr. Miller also spoke at Sunday chapel. The ideas they
expresser ace pi esented In parallel columns,below
,:-,tION. GERALD P. NYE
ireitineni Facts: Republican, Unit
> *aid ,States Senator from North
'`,Dakota, member Senate For
: cigli Relations' Committee,...iso
' lationlst
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we went to meddle in for
, 'eign affairs; nose ,tp and fight
other people's wars?
2 Whethel—we can:keep out of
war depends' on how seriously
the American people are trying
4.? 'to, stay,
out of other people's
3..'„,The cause of democracy is no
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more involved- than the cause
,of American' woman suffrage.
' l l. - Every cause for the'iast war is
,today a lost cause.
6., The' war debts are one of the
?..'strongest forces for keeping us
out of war. ~ •
6.;*e'are buildmg up an economy
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~,rodted in war similar, to' that
;which made - our entry inevit
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7.' , ',NVe` have' no; business the
.'By present war. Our, foreign trade
is only-, four per cent, of our
total busmess. -
Editorial
, DR.' FRANCIS P. MILLER
Perhnont Facts: Democrat, author,
world, traveler, national secre
tary of Council - on Foreign Re
' lations, internationalist ' ~
I Do we, as 'Americans, want
. America to cpoperate m assur
ing world, peace
2 We must use force if necessary
to preserve-,an area tri, , Much
men may'practice a demociitic
way of life.
3. Can ~we accept the kind of a
world that will come out of the
war if (a) the Allies win- (b)
Germany wins'
4. I was in the last war and I do
not feel disillusioned that the
, things we fought for have not
come to pass.
5 Secretary, ,Hull's bade treaties
are showing us the basis of a
World peace through ,econornic
, cooperation.
6. Americans' are a part of the
,world'community whether they
will admit it or not. , , '
7. Our whole American -psychol
ogy since the persecuted pil
grims fled here has been one
of escaping present day reali
ties.
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COMPLETE
tun a r __-,4t-k) , 0 tglatt CAMPUS
COVERAGE
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Cabinet Approves
Loan Fund, Tables,
Two Other Plans
Students! May Borrov
From $3 To $lO, Payable
Within 30-Day Period
Acting on three matters of ma
,,jor importance, the All-College
Cabinet approved the Student
Loan Fund, tabled the proposed
unified Alumni Association Plan,
and witheld a decision on the re
vised compensation system at its
regular meeting Tuesday night
In approving the Student Loan
Fund, the Cabinet made it possi
ble for students to receive small
loans in times of emergency next
year
The administiation of the plan,
which will probably go into effect
next year, will be handled by a
committee of four, consisting of
the College Bursae, Dean, of Men,
Dean of Women, and the secretary
of Student Union,
Under the proposed plan the
maximum amount of any one loan
shalt be $lO, and the minimum $3
The maximum time for the re
payment of the loan will be 30
days from the date of issue
-Penalty Listed
For overdue loans, a penalty of
25 cents will be Imposed for the
first day, and 5 cents for each ad
ditional day
Students may apply for a loan
by filing an application blank
giving Information and reasons
for desiring the loan All reasons
for Issuing the loans shall be up to
the discretion of the committee
Pres H Clifton McWilliams ap
pointed a committee of Grover C
Washabaugh '4O, Joseph A Myers
'4O, Juanita M Chambers '4O, to
study the proposed charter of the
Penn State Student Federation
Division Of Ornmalits ,
To - Sponsor' High - 160°1 --
Play Tourney Tomorrow
Eight high school (lima tics
group} will compete in the (10th
annual one-act play tournament,
sponsored by the division of dra
matics, which will be conducted
in the Little Theater tomorrow
afternoon and evening
Each of the schools will present
one play Four pei romances are
scheduled for the afternoon and
will begin at 2 30 p m
The following one-act play', are
to be staged by the following
schools in the afternoon Renovo,
'Hei First Date," Coatesville, "Bed
side Manner," Noi thumbei land,
"Master of Bobtail e," and Hunt
ingdon, "Happy' Journey."
Admission Free
The night bill will stmt at 7 30
pm with the following plays
Towel City, "Perfect Gentleman,"
Hanover, "Happy Journey," State
College, "Afterwaids," and Coal
Township, "Mariiage Pioposal"
There v, will be no admission
charge, in eithel afternoon or eve
ning and College students aie in
vited to attend
Eleven Seniors Picked
For Phi Befa Kappa'
Eleven seniors have been elected
to membership in Phi Beta Kappa,
honorary scholastic society, it was
announced today.
They are Sylvia Bernstein, Maiy
E Hatton, Sara E Hlleman, Leon
ard S ,Schneidgr, Herbert S Dor
oshow, Marianne C Hessemer,
Maynard H Dawson, George B
Lucas, H. Edward Wagner, Robert
B. Hayes, and Harvey Levin who
was graduated in February
„Dang l. q!„, Me
, C.
r.:Asbestos jackets, fire extin
guishers and tubes of Unguentme
by the hunched are ready for in
dividual distribution among the
first night audience that will at
tend tonight's opening of the Penn
State Thespians' new musical mu
teiplece "DANGER! -MEN AT
WORK ”
- Certain that there will be a red
hot time in the old flue hap, that
is Schwab Auditorium when the
curtains part piomptly at 7 15 p
rn , Director Sock Kennedy has
taken every precaution to protect
week-end theatre-goers against
inevitable burns that will-result
from the piping-hot products:tit he
has whipped up ' ,
Going like wild-tire at fifty cents
per, tickets to the big Wide will
continue on sale at Student Union
Z 658 STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940
Colleg Poll
Lin Faculty
Start
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Will BP rt
1940' Politieati Campaign
'Rages As Eettion Nears
A flood of political piopagaada in evely conceivable form
spread over the town this weekias Campus and Independent
Ipoliticos "cros.ed words" and die 1940 campaign raged down
the stretch toward next week's' 4. , l Flimax at the polls .
Opened with Tuesday night's:mass meeting, the week-long
(campaign period will close as v oting
, commences in the first
floor lounge of Old Main at 12:30 p m. Tuesday 'The polls
will be open from 12.30 p m. to 8 p m on Tuesday and Wed
nesday and from 12:30 p m to s:p. m on Thuisday
To gairi access to the voting 4
machines, voters will be required
to present AA books and matricu
lation cards Those who have
lost this means of identification
will be eligible to vote only upon
presentation of,a note from the
office of the Dean
Expense Lists Due
Party chairmen will be requir
ed to present a final list of expen
ditures and receipted bills at a
meeting of the Elections Commit
tee in Room 305 Old Main at 8 30
p m Monday, A William Engel
Jr '4O, chairman, announced yes
terday At this time the commit
tee will deal with violations of the
Elections Code campaign provi
sions, including the destruction of
Ind 'Open House'
Slated Tomorrow _
Engineering Exhibits,
LROlLB_aitachedule4...,..
Plans were rapidly being com
pleted today for the,second annual
Engineering Open House to be held
in the engineering buildings from
1 to Ll p m tomorrow
A model radioed exhibit is one
of the many interesting displays
included in the Open House There
are also model airplane exhibits,
an Indust ial Engineering booth
where motion pictures will be
shown, and hydraulics experiments
in the laboratory in Main 'Engin
eering
The electrical engineering de
pm tment will present experiments
obtained from Westinghouse and
Geneial Electric, and the archi
tects and architectural engineers
will display then prize-winning
plates
A concert by the Engineers It
0 T C band is 'scheduled for
3 30 pm , and will be held on
the steps of the new Electrical
Engineering building if weather
permits A loudspeaker system will
carry the music to the exhibit
buildings
Committees Named
Michael Balog '4O and Jerome
N Goodman '4O ale co-chairmen
of the geneial Open House com
mittee The following ale chair
men of departmental committees
George R Keehen '4O, Charles D
McCarthy:4o, Ralph A
_Graber '4O
and Robert Gundel '4O
Members of the publicity com
mittee are Benjamin Crilly '4O,
Robert M Moyer '4O, and Archie
R Cornell '4O.
A faculty group appointed by
Dean Hammond to work in con
unction with the student comm.l
- consists of Robert A Hussey,
Earl B Stavely, Elmer R Qu•ic .
John W. Breneman, Frederick C
Stewart, Burton K Johnstone, and
John S Leister. ,
At:W . 4.oi4Jn Schwab-"ti
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The Big Boss Ned Startzel
Drumbeat . . .. . Geoige Fairish
P A Roy Rogers
Jack . Cliff McWilliams
Spike . . . . Walt Llewellyn
Bartender. Jack Heck
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Barney McDevitt, Plop Jeiry Swartz
Gallo.-ing Gauchos Henry Sanz, Jorge Tilstanti, Hans Rexach
Football Coach . Len Cooper
Fudd. . . . . Maice Stringer
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Emmy Lou , . Dorothy Reeves
Suzanne . . . . . . Jackie Reese
Joyce ...Barbels. Thiele
Policeman . . . • • . . Ed Osterhout
Indians... . Ed Osterhout, Jack Heck, Leon Rabinowitz
property and unfaii campaign
practices
';Muth of the fuel which fed po
litical fires this week was found
in the platforms of the joint In
dependent Party and the three
Campus groups The respective
daily pledges follow
',INDEPENDENT PLATFORM
Continue the operation of the
Student Book exchange and
•, guide it towaid the establish
ment of a permanent non-profit
book store
2. Institute a system of Ming final
examinations and blue book
Aquires in the new Library
3: Support a program for the in
stitution of a town doctoring
Continued On Page 4
History Confab
Here Tomorrow
A.S. And European War'
.d _Discussion Topic_.
"The, United States and the
War in Europe" will be the theme
of , thn third annual history con
ference sponsored by the College
history department here tumor
ow
High . school teachers and col
lege piofessois of history and so
cial sciences in Western Pennsyl
vania and Penn State students aie
inytted to attend
Nathaniel P Davis, chief of the
Adminishation Bureau of the
Foreign Service, will address the
luncheon session on "Origins and
Development of the Foreign Serv
ice" in the Sandwich Shop at I
p m , and will speak in Room 121
Liberal Arts at 2 p m
Dr. J Paul Selsam of the his
tory department will speak oil
"The War in &lope," Dr Ar
thur Reede of the economics de
partment, on "Economic Dangers
of Our Involvement in War," and
Dr Paul L Miller of the history
department on the "Power of
Propaganda," in 121 Liberal Arts
They will be followed by an open
(mum discussion presided over by
Jo Hayes, supervising principal of
the State College public schools
Alpha Delta Sigma Hears
Advertising Man Speak
1 , W Pensingei, advertising
manage' of the Landis Tool Co
will' discuss "Photography in Ad
vertising" at an Alpha Delta Sigma
smoker at Delta Sigma Phi at 2 30
p m Sunday
On display at the smokei
, be the complete list of advei t.se
ments which won 1939 national
professional awards for excellence
THE CAST ''':
IIMMM:1
' PSCA' SPEAKER . I
SHERWOOD EDDY - ,
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PSCA Granted
Convocation
For Monday
Eddy To Give Feature
Address In Auditorium;
11 A.M. Class Cancelled
The annual PSCA convocation
has been granted by the Council
of Administration toi 11 a in
Monday with Di Sherwood Eddy,
authdr-aral;_cducatot,...as tea
twed speaker It be held in
Schwab Audltoi ium '
All, classes Will be excused, the
admunsti atzon has announced
Di Eddy's topic will be "What
Dangeis Ale There for Us in the
Emopean Conflict" Eddy has a
Ihst-hand knowledge of the Eu
ropean situation through his work
abroad duiing the past 20 years
Annually he conducts a Seminal
of American educators in the pol
itical hotbeds of Eui ope
"What Is Arnei lea's Stake in Eu
rope's Peace" will be Dr Eddy's
topic foi discussion at another open
meeting in Schwab Auditoi ium at
730 pin He k also scheduled to
address a faculty forum in the
Liberal Ails auditorium at 4 10
p m Tuesday
He graduated from Yale in 1891
and worked as a YMCA secretary
in India before becoming an author
Since then he has written approxi
mately 20 volumes on internation
al, economic social, and religious
questions
Application Deadline Set
For White Scholarship
Spanish-speaking students who
wish to compete rot a $lOO John
W White scholarship should re
putt to Room 2 English Composi
tion building between 2 and 4 p m
on Monday or Tuesday, Theodore
.1 Gates, head of the department
of English composition, announced
yestei day
The scholai ship is awarded each
yea' to a student from a Latin Am
eucan republic who has not re
sided permanently in an English
speaking country Contestants are
judged by a test In English usage
a written composition, and pi o
nounciation
)ritiin Tonight
and at the Corner Room through
Satutclay No seats are ieset ved
Built mound those simmering,
scotching, smouldering cyclones of
comedy, The Three Stooges (Ned
Staitzel, George Parrish and Roy
Rogers,) "DANGER , MEN AT
WORK" or "Don't Send Your Boy
To Vassar" is expected to shatter
all Thespian box office records tog
a decade past
Powerful Dialogue
Stam tzel. whose whimsical hum n
in the lead mole will enliven every
one, ms co-author of the new pro
duction along with piano-pound
ing, guip-crackink Mike Brotman
Brotman, the man' behind the
scenes, is largely responsible foi
the clove' ly written, subtly humor
(Continued on page two)
By Students
School Monday
iStoddart Sanctions Questioning
Conducted By All-College Cabinet,
Collegian, And Liberal Arts Council
Students Will Answer Quiz In Class Periods,
No Instructor Or Student Names Will Appear
On Forms; 10 Questions Based On 5-Point Scale
The campus-wide Collegian poll of the faculty by the stu
dents, postponed from last January, will get underway in the
School of Libel al Ai is Monday Later, the sui vey will be
extended to rate the faculties in Engineei nig, Education and
possibly other schools.
Twenty-four students Dom All-College Cabinet. the Lib
eral Arts School Council, and the Collegian staff will conduct
the Liberal Arts poll with the sanction of Dean Chai les W.
Stoddart, who said "we have needed it foi the past decade."
Results of the poll, which is
based on questionnaires used suc
cessfully at other institutions, will
be presented to the Board of
Trustees, School of Liberal Arts,
and the Liberal Arts School
Council for their information In
dividual professors will be pro
vided with results on request
'Student conducting the poll will
take 15 minutes of previously de
termined class periods No in
structors' or students' names will
appear on the questionnaire forms
which include It questions to be
answered on a five-point graduat
ed scale
Questions Lzsted
Questions are. 1. Does he seem
to know the subject matter of the
course' 2 Is he well informed
outside his own field? 3 Have
clear explanations been made of
, theCclifficult — parts"Of the Eitircer
4 Does the instructoi make the
course interesting' 5 Does he
present the material in such a
way that the student can see a
piactital application' 5 Does
the oiganization of the course fa
cilitate learning' 7 Have the in
structors' examinations shown ac
curately what you have learned
in the course' 8 Does he have
mannerisms, voice or other per
sonal traits that interfere with
your teaming' 9 Does he have
a desirable attitude toward his
students' 10 What is your gen
eral opinion of him as an instruc
tor" Under questions 7 and 8 the
student will be given a chance
to enlarge on his answer by pro
viding specific criticisms
Faculty members who have
helped draw up the list of ques
tions are Dr. Robert G Hem nreu
ter, Dr. P C Weaver, Di C 0
Williams, Dr Bruce V Moome,
and Dean Marion R Trabue
Students who will guide the
conduct of the poll aie A William
Engel, Jr '4O, Collegian cditoi,
William E Fowler '4l. Robert H
Lane '4l, Edward J K McLane
'4l, Richard C Peters '4l, and
Adam A Smyser '4l
Assisting with the poll will be
Howard G Anderson '4O, John A
Baer '42, Ernest D Berkaw '4O,
Helen L Camp '4O, Quentin C.
Couch '9O, G Warren Elliott '4O,
Arita L. Hefferan '4l, Vera L.
Kemp '9l, Ross B Lehman '42,
William J McKnight '42, H Clif
ton McWilliams, Jr '4O, Alice M
Murray '42, Pat Nagelberg '42, Da
vid E Pergrin '4O, Stanley .1
Kempner '42, Edythe B Rickel '4l,
George E Ritter '4O, and Giovei C
Washabaugh '9O
Old Main Mural Sketches
On Display In Gallery
Until Poor's Arrival
Full size sketches of the mural
Henry Varnum Poor will paint in
Old Mam Lobby are en display in
the College Art Gallery, 303 Main
Engineering, until the artist ar
rives here next week
The sketches, done without coloi ,
show the left and center sections
of the mural in full size, The left
section depicts a farm family send
ing its son off to college
In the central portion Abraham
Lincoln, signer of the Morrill Land-
Grant College Act, and a student
are shown before a background of
the original Old Main in construc
tion The right section of the mural,
of which only a reduced sketch is
available, shows industrial Penn
sylvania,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
College Symphony
Will Give Concert,'
Sunday Program InOu'de:
'The Nutcracker Suite' '
The College Symphony Orches
tra, under the direction of Hummel
Fthhbuin, acting head of the de
pal tment of music, will make itS
second appearance in this year's
annual complimentary concert ser
ies in Schwab auditorium at 3.30
p m Sunday
A feature of the program will be
the playing of Tschaikowsky's
alte Nuletacjcer...Sulte:_in its- corn
; plete seven parts Final numtici
on the pi ogram will be Director
Fishbuin's o'n composition "Valse
Basque "
Other favoiite classical composi
tions which the Symphony orches
tra will play ale "Pt elude .0 Act
I of Lohengi in" by Wagner, Saint-
Saenc' "Danse Macabre," "Valse
Tiieste" by Jeane Sibelius. and
"Pi aeludium" by Jarnefelt
Clam d K Gem , ' , '3O, once stu
dent conductor of the-College
Symphony Oichestra, wil be the
guest conductor of the 80- 7 piece
Blue Band at its second' concert
appearance in Schwab auditorium
at 130 p m Sunday. April 28 '
Fr3shinan Dance Slated
Tonight; Campus Owls
Play For Informal Hop
"Itlt be a spoil dance, with ac
cent on Informality," declared
IVilliam P McFadden '43, adver
tising chairman for the affalr,as
lie discussed plans for the second
annual Freshman Dance 'in Rec
Hall from 9 p m to 12 tonight Zl
- all-College affair, the danc,le
will teatime music by the Campus
Owls Tickets will be priced at 75
cents per couple
Freshman committees for the '43
social event include D Norman
Lamond and David H. Goldsmith,
entertainment, George N Rumsey,
J Elizabeth Boyd, and M. Vlrghtla
Smith, decotatlons, William .P
McFadden, W Byron Riley, Jr,
Gilbert D Zuccarini, Philip R
Jones, and George L Petitgout, Jr,
advertising
Portfolio Spring Issue
Features Frosh Winners
Scoop' Penn State's Merin
lights had another blessed event.
Pioving that April showers bring
more than May flowers, Portfo
lio's Spring issue blossomed forth
Highlighted in this issue are
the long awaited winners of the
freshman contest, Louise M. Fuoss
and Bernard M Weinberg.' A de
tail from Symeon Shimin's De
pal tment of Justice mural IS of
fered with an accompanying
in
teiview, and a Lou Bell profili, is
sketched by Paul S Haldeman
,Renew Swim Cerlificiiii
Students holding Red Cross
swimming instructors' certificates
who wish to have them renewed
for the coming season should re-
port in Room 19 Home Economics
at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday. Mr. Zu
brod, from the national headquar
ters, will be in charge.