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Tuesday and Wednesday 12:30 to 8 p. en
Thursday 12:30 to 5 p. m.
WHERE?— First Floor Lounge Old Main
To choose the All-College President and Vice-Prosi
dent and class officers for the second year of the
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Student Government Association , _
WHY , -
TO VOTE— Matriculation Card
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ALL-COLLEGE PRESIDENT:
941 PRESIDENT:
942, PRESIDENT:
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,LEONARD KROLTSE . (C) ' GERALD' F. DOHERTY (I)
1943 'PRESiDEiIL
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VOL. 36—No. 64
Record
In Old
Special. Cabinet Meeting
Set For 9 P.M. Tonight
The All-College Cabinet will
hold a special meeting in Room
305 Old Main at 9T. an. tonight.
President McWilliams called the
meeting for the purpose of meet
ing with Neil M. Fleming to dis
cuss revision of present compen
sation system and to plan inau
gural ceremonies.
Shingles will be awarded to
outstanding seniors and further
plans for the revolving loan
fund will be discussed.
Orfwein '4l 'Fair'
After Auto Crash;
Keefe '42 Buried
Group Attends funeral
'ln Oil City; Accident-
Blamed On Speeding
Mathias Joseph 01 twain '4l, auto
rash victim, was reported "fairly
lood" at the Philipsburg Hospital
wsterday as funeral services were
ield in Oil City for his roommate,
`rancis Christy Keefe '42, who died
nstantly in the crash The accident
Jecurred about 1 a m Friday when
their car left the road, turned over
several times, and crashed Into a
lumber of trees three miles east
if Philipsburg
Ortwein is suffering from a
woken shoulder, 'Memel trinities,
accretions of the head, and possi-1
tle concussion He does not know
if osiroommal4
State' P'olice , said the car was
iavelmg at excessive speed when
he crash occurred, throwing both
toys free of the car; Ortwein on a
awn, and Keefe about 25 feet
way
The entire membership of Theta
:appa Phi fraternity, 'to which
both Keefe and Ortwein belonged,
attended the services in 011 City
at 9 a m yesterday The body was
sent to Toledo, 0 , for burial
Keefe had no relatives and had
lived with different friends in Oil
City since his father, an unde,-
taker, died several years ago
When .Keefe was only three
months old he was involved in an,
automobile accident In which his
mother was killed Their car plung
ed ovei a bridge near Oil City and
fell 20 feet into a stream He was
saved from drowning by a great
aunt..
'Keefe was a student 111 the Luwei
Division, Ortwein in dairy hus
bandry Ortwein's home is in Beth
lehem The car they were driving
belonged to C W (Duelcy) Taylor
Coeds Harness Porkers
At livestock Exposition;
Farmyard In Tull-DreSs'
This is one Lune die cued won't
enjoy the driver's seat'
HitchedJo,squealing little pork
cis, the Penn State tarmerettes will
chive the harnessed pigs in the
iannual coed pig lace at the Little
International Livestock Exposition
starting at I p m Saturday
Held. in the Livestock Judging
Pavilion, the exhibition will in
clude cows with , their horns daz
zling to the shoepolish degree,
pink-skinned pigs glistening with
an unaccustomed spic-and-span
air, typical "Little So-Peep", sheep
carefully brushed, and ribboned,
and curried horses which would
diatv the envy of any riding_mas
ter
Sponsmed by the Block and
Biidle Club and advised by the
animal husbandry department, this
annual student project will award
two prizes to the student who pre
pares the best exhibit and whose
animal exhibits the greatest show
manship ,
The two official judges named
to supeithe the exhibits prepared
for the show are Dr A. G Danks
, of the Cornell Veterinary School
and Thomas Wilson, farm manager
of the Buck and Di - T Run Valley
Farina Coatsvlile.
Morris R. Schaffner '4O, and Jo
seph W Beckenstrater '4O are the
show manager anct assistant of the
exhibition which Is patterned after
the great Chicago International
Lit estock
Turnotit Is Expected For Elections
Main TOday, Tomorrow, Thursday
Polls Will Slay Open Until 8 P.M.
First Two Days, Close Al 5 Thursday;
2-Year Ags May Take Part In Voting
Collegian Is A
Last Semester Editions
Lathed Only 50 Point's
Of All-American Rating
Special to the Collegian
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn , Alai' 22
—A rating surpassed by only seven
other, semi-weekly collegiate pa
pers ii? the country—` ,' First Class
Hon or Rating-Exellont" was
awarded to the Penn State Colleg
ian here today.
The rating, granted for all
around excellency, was the' result
of the 22nd Associated Collegiate
Press All-American Newspaper
Critical Service in which 406 col
legiate newspapers from 47 states,,
Construction On
Road To Begin
Bids Opened On 5-Mile
Bellefonte Highway
Construction work will begin
soon on a new 22-foot-wide maca
dam highway which will link State
College and the present concrete
stretch in front of Rockview Peni
tentiary, the state highways de
partment announced last week
Bids have already been opened
on the 4 83 mile highway and the
Paul Construction Co of Cresson
submitted the lowest bid of $247,z
490., The contract calls for the
paving of 25,393-linear feet of na
tive stone or. crushed aggi egate
basel.with_Lutuminous.surface,
feet wicq, In addition to bridges
and drainage facilities
The new road will eliminate the
pi esent curving highway from
State College to Rockview by way
of Lemont and Dale's Summit
If proposed plans go through the
new five-mile stretch will eventu
ally become a part of the projected
nine-mile highway from State Col
lege to Bellefonte
Complete surveys have been
made for the new highway but
funds for the second half from
Rockview to Bellefonte arc under
stood to be lacking at the present
time
It is anticipated that work on
the new highway will begin about
May 1, S R Collins, district high
way engineer for this area, an
nounced last week
Roosevelt, Dewey Named
Presidential Candidates
Al Model Convention
Franklin I) Roosevelt and
Mimes E Dewey were nnininated
as the Democratic 'and Republican
presidential candidates respective,)
at the Model Political Convention,
attended by 24 Penn State student
delegates in Harrisburg last week
end
A model plutfoim on national
issues was drawn up at the con
vention, sponsored by the Intel -
collegiate Conference on Govern
ment, which was held in the Sen
ate and HIZUSC caucus rooms and
the Education forum in the Capitol
Keynoters of the Convention,
designated by the Democratic and
Republican national committees,
Were, respectively, U S Deputy
Attorney General Francis M Shea,
and Congressman Robert J. Cor
bett of the 30th Pennsylvania De -
triet.
Penn Slate students who were
among the 350 delegates at the
convention included• John M By
erly '42, Joseph A Casser '4O, Ed
ward Y. Catlin '42, Arthur Epstein
'4l, Seymour S Epstein '4O, Vir
ginia M Fish '43, Gladys E Fitting
'43, Jane Garmen '4l, Thomas P
Geer '4O, Verner E Gooderham '4l,
Ruby H Hartos '4l, David A. Har
vey '42, Clarence W. Huling Jr
'4l, Maly Jane Kowatch '4l, Freda
Moskalik '42, Kenneth R. Mout '4l,
Wallace G Murtit '43, William J.
Murphy '4O, Joanne M Palmer '43,
Seymour, N Resnick '4O, Albert D
Stave '4O, Naomi Joy Turover '4O,
Helia M Tushinski '4O and John
M. Wolfe.
Representing As izona, Penn
State delegates worelo-gallon hats
and, carried toy pistols Faculty
advisors on the trip were M Nel
son McGea:•y and Joseph P Zaffy
STATE \ COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1990
arded First-C1
Hawaii, and the Dish ict of Col
umbia competed
The Collegian lacked 50 points
of receiving the "All-American
Honor Rating" All newspapeis
were judged on publications dui ing
the first semester of, 1939-40
^The Collegian placed highest lii
news coverage and editing, gain
ing "excellent" rating in writing of
news stories and features and "ex
cellent" in copy' ceding and proof
reading Coveiage, balance, vital
ity, and ticatment of news stouts
were also sated "excellent"
The paper was rated "superior"
for front page make-up and cited
for excellency of headlines, but
printing and typography were
judged only "fair" (The Collegian
hos since adopted a modern type
5,; P.M. Friday Deadline
For Reporting Conflicts
Id Final Examinations
All final examination con-
flaLs must be reported to the
egistiar not later than 5 p
Friday, Ray V Watkins, sched
uling officer, reminded students
yestei day
' Classes on May 27, 28, and
and 29 in which mole than half
' 'the students are semois will be
cancelled, Mr Watkins said
gtherwise, a conflict must be
repo' ted if a final examination
IS scheduled at the same time as
a: regular class
tolleleiraining_
Diplomatic Need
History Confab Hears
Foreign Service Chief
The best hauling for a diplo
matic officer is an academic edu
cation the broader the better,
according to Nathaniel P Davis,
chief of the Administration Bur
eau of the Foreign Service, in an
address last Satuiday to the thud
annual history conference, held on
the campus
Davis explained that "the
foreign sci vice today is not the
rich man's club it once was," that
since 1924 highly competitive ex
animations have put it on an effi
cient basis, although among the
pi esidenhal appointees about half
have not worked up in the serv
ice. Only about 30 positions, how
ever, are open each year" ,
The committee on arrange
ments included Roy S.. Jamison
of the State College High School,
and Francis J Tscham, Burke M
Hermann, and Paul L Mille:, of
the college faculty.
Survey Shows Students
Oppose NYA Reduction
By Student Opinion Surveys of America
Austin, 'I eras, Apia 18—Recently debated in Congiess and in
committees was the President's economy budget Mimics!) colleges
and universities, often lam removed fmomn the hustle of national life,
this time have a keen interest in at least one item the proposed re
duction of the number of National Youth Administiation jobs
Although other polls of the Stu
dent Opinion Surveys of America
have shown that collegians favor
cuts in goveinmental expendi
tures, In this instame an oval
whelining majoiity is opposed to
the recommended 32 per cent re
duction of NYA positions foi col
lege students
What is even more significant is
that at least 12 per cent-Lapproxi
mately one-eighth—of the stu
dents favor a reduction Some of
these declared• that if the jobs
were given only to students who
were in absolute need of them,
expenses could be cut
As was perhaps to be expected,
students who now hold these jobs
were emphatically in favor of
continuing the program, a good
many telling the Surveys inter
viewers that the number should
even be increased. The poll points
out, however, that students who
are now NYA employes are of the
ss Honor
I Ranked First In Editing,
News Coverage; Front
Page Make-Up Superior
style )
The edam :al column and car
' tin ial page features received "ex
cellent" iatings, while the sports
coveiage was ranked "good "
Top-ranking collegiate papers in
the nation were,•"The Cauldron,"
Fenn College, Ohio, "The Daily
Cardinal," University of Wiscon
sin, "The Daily Texan," Univer
sity of Texas, "The Michigan
Daily," University of Michigan,
and "The Minnesota Daily," Uni
versity of Minnesota
Miller_ ut Classes
TO Play' Trombone
Worked With Top Bands;
Made Famous Outfit
Anticipattng a greater demand
for booths for Junior Prom than
can be met, co-chairmen Paul J.
Scally '4l and Peter G. Fetzko
'4l have announced that a "first ,
come, first served" policy will be
I followed. Wednesday, May I is
the deadline for booth reserva
tions, which may be made at
Student Uion desk for $5.
He got into hot water with his
high school pi menial at the age of
la—foi skipping classes to play on
his list hombone
But Glenn iSfiller;'who Vrings-hi's
, nationally famous "Moonlight Set -
enade" oichestra hcie for Junior
Piom May 3, was undismayed by
the failure of said principal to see
eve-to-eye with him on the matte]
of JdZI vet sus classes He continued
his musical activities at the Uni
versity of Colorado with the col
lege dance band, and determined
on a musical tercet when lie left
school
Famed as a "musician's musici
an," ruggedly handsome Glenn got
his background with some of to
day's most famous swing names
He woiked for Ben Pollack on the
coast, sitting beside a young clot
inetist mimed Benjamin Goodman
He made records with Goodman,
Krupa, Jimmy and Tommy Dor
sey Ile blanched into arianging
late; on with Red Nichols
A little over a year ago Glenn
had an idea Encouraged by the
discovery of several "key men"
whose technique he liked, the
young trombonist-arranger decided
to [min his own band With "Ha]"
Mantlre supporting the sax ~ecl
ion, "Chummy," McGiegor on the
"Te • as" on the tenor sax
and the inimitable Glenn himself
on the trombone, the nucleus was
for med Spicing the combination
Continued On Page 4
same opinion by almost identical
percentages The national tabu
lations follow
A• B'
Approve reduction 11% 9%
Disapprove reduction 71 72
Reduce slightly 3 4
Increase no. of jobs 9 13
Don't know 6 2
('A—All students. B—Those
who hold NYA Jobs).
NYA workers, who perform
hundreds of tasks from floor
sweeping to book wilting, eain
about $l5 a month. President
Roosevelt's recommendation calls
for"an appioprlation of $85,000,-
000 (millions) for the 1940-1941
fiscal year to go to the National',
Youth Administration, $9,500,0001
to be spent on college and gradu- I
ate ald,,the rest,oirother projects
away from the campus This
would mean a college employment
of 89,000 persons, as compared
with 130,000 this year.
rgiatt
~,01P,,' PRICE FIVE CENTS
Seniors Will Choose Between Lion Shrine
And'Scholarship Fund For Class Gift;
' A. A. Books, Matriculation Cards Required To Vote
More than four thousand students—the biggeU turnout
in Penn State political histoly—aie expected to record their
selections foi all-College and class offices at the second all-
College elections today, tomon ow, and Thursday Polls to the
Ng floor lounge of Old Main will be open from 12:30
to 8 p in. today and tomoi i w and from 12.30 p m. to G p,
m Thursday.
To gain access to the voting
machines, vote's will be required
to present A A books and matric
ulation cards, which will be
checked with the dean's lists
Those who have lost A A books
or matriculation caids will be
eligible to vote only upon presen
tation of a note from the dean's
office certifying that they are leg
ularly enrolled undergraduate
students
The entire student body, includ
ing seniors and two-year Agricul
Whether the Loon Shrine or
a Scholarship Fund will bene-
fit from the $5.000 Senior Class
Gift will be decided by class
members voting at the all-Col
lege elections today, tomorrow.
and Thursday.
,The two gift suggestions wero
chosen m a Student Un3on poll
—.lllttfht-friqtt.:lo_..thatibatl.;,.:
been suggested. Besides votmg
on the gift in the electrons, the ,
sensors may vote for all-Col
lege president and vice-presi
dent
tuie students, will be eligible to
ca%t ballots for all-College offices
Two-year am icultui e students in
then first year will be permitted
to vote for sophomore class offices
as well
Arnold C Laich and Robei t N
Baker are Campus candidates for
all-College president and vice
president, respectively, with
Thomas C Cackenstose and Rich
ard M Geissinger on the Indepen
dent slate
Automatic voting machines will
be supplied gratis by the Auto
matic Voting Machine Coipora
lion, Jamestown, N V , tin ough
Fiank R Stone
Politicians Warned
Meanwhile 'A William Engel,
Jr '4O. chairman of the Elections
Committee, yesterday warned lo
cal politicians that penalties of 20
vote% would be assessed upon any
patty found guilty of any of the
following violations of the Eine:
tion Code Electionem mg in Old
Main while voting is in progress.
conversation by party checkers
with voters before voting, buying
of votes, destruction of property.
and unfair campaigning following
an initial warning
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Penn Professor To Speak
On 'Cancer' In First Of
Modern Hygiene Lectures
In the ,first of a series of lec
tures td educate students and
townspeople in modern hygiene
Dr Gibson C Engel, associate
professoi of surgery at the Um
\ ei say of Pennsylvania Graduate
School, will talk on "Cancel" in
Schwab Auditorium at 8 p in.
Thursday
The talk, which is the only one
scheduled before June, will be
followed by a series of similar lec
tures beginning next Fall
In the lecture Thursday, Dr
Engel will point out facts about
discovei ing and treating cancer
which is curable in its early
stages
Sponsoring the series of talks
are the hygiene group of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, the College Health Ser
vice, the pre-medical students, the
Penn State Alumnae chapter here,
the American Association of Uni
versity Women, the American Le
gion Auxiliary, and .the Centre
County Medical Society.
Liberal Arts - Poll:
To Rafe Faculty:
Now Under WO:-
Students Grade Profs
On Mimeographed Forms
Distributed In Classes'''
So'e list nt Collegian Poll qrationa
on page 4. - , .
Liberal Ails students yesterday
began lating then professors in the
Collegian-sponsored faculty poll
which is the first of its kind e'er
held at the College,_, -
complete:'eadi
of 125 lama] Arls instructors Will
have been rated by one class Jig
teaches The results will be used
fogy the benefit of the teachers, the
Liberal Alts Council, the All-C6l:
lege Cabinet, the School of Liberal
Ai ts, and the Board of Trustees
Development of the poll is being
pushed gradually with less than 23
pi ofessoi s rated yesterday A slant,
tat number will have their classes
pollod today with the project ex
pected to be nearly complete by
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the end of the week
The ialing is done on mhneo
giaphed sheets where 10 questions
ale answei ed on a graded scale
Five possible answers are, sug
gested
Conducting the poll are 24
dents, members of Collegian staff,
Liberal Arts Council, and the Al
l lege Cabinet. f,
Baird, Doherty To Debate
With Rhode !staid TOO
In HE Building Thursday
Rubel I. 0 Baird 42 and Getald
E Duhei ty '42 will comprise, the
Penn State team debating against
Rhode Island State College in ,a
cross-examination debate on tor
eign policy in the Home Economics
auditorium at 8 15 p m, Thurs
day
The Penn State debaters will
take the affirmative of the ques
tion Resolved, that the United
Slates should follow a Volley of
eLonomic and military isolation to
ward all nations engaged in inter
national or civil conflict °aside
the Western Hemisphere, in the
last home debate of the season
Joseph F. O'Brien, varsity de
bate coach, will act as chairman
An open totem will follow the
cross-examination debate Admis
sion is free '
The last debate of the men's de
bate season will be held at the St
Mary's Public Forum on May_6,
undei the sponsorship of the,St
Mary's Kiwanis Club, cooperating
with the Extension Service
David It Benjamin '4l and Ger
ald F Doherty '42 will defend the
New Deal, while Leonard ~ S
Schneider '4l and Eddie Gabe
Couch, Jr, '4O will argue against
It. An open forum will follow the
debate, with varsity debate coach
O'Brien acting as chairman ,
Mural Scaffolding Ready
Scaffolding has been erected
over the main stairway m Old
Main Lobby and preparations are
complete for Henry Varnum Poor,
noted American artist, to begin
work on his mural there this
week