Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1867 VOL. 36—No. 55 Laich, Baker Win All-College Posts By 440 Votes AGR Tops 47 Averige ; Char Alpha '2ela, Drops leetond Place litli 151 Rating Gammb Phi 3eta Fifth After 4-Semestq,Reign; Average,l.3 %Alpha Gamma 'Rho, social agricultural fraternity, top ped 47 men's social fraterni ties with- a - 1.62 average to take first place scholastic honors for thC fist semester of the 1939-40 academic year, according to averages 'releds ed by Dean of ,Men-Ai. thur R. Warnock yesterday. Charitides, local ,sorority, rated - for the first time among 13 women's fraterm: tie% led with an average. of 1.93 Gamma Phi Beta, which had held top 'honors among women's , fraternities for, the 'past_ four semesters, placed fifth with 1 78. "Another agricultural fraternity Alpha Zeta,' and 1.938-39 -,second semester ',..leader, garnered `second place among' the men's social fri ternities The Fall-College > averaga , t-W,84 33,713ireiterith7.;Offf,ti%"ifEnttroWei than:the:1 43 all-College'mark,of 'llie:see - oricf 'semester-of'last 'year. The ' all-College average wa% 1 26, and - the' all-College women's was 1.56 Men's Social Fritermiles. ' 1 - Alpha Gamma Rho . - .1 62 2 Alpha Zeta ' . 1 57 3 'Triangle: - . 1.53 4 Phi Sigma Delta . . 149 '5 -Della Theta Sigma 1 45 6"'Omega Psi Phi 144 6. Pi Kappa Phi- . .1 44 8. Lambda 'Chi Alpha 1 43 9. Tali Phi Delta . 1.40 10. Phi Kappa Tau . 1 39 11 Acacia 136 12 Sigma Nu . . 1.34 13.. Beta Sigma Rho . 1 33 13 Sigma Pi . ..‘ ' 133 13 Theta Xi, . 16'Alpha Chi Sigma 17 Sigma Chi .. 18 Alpha Signui Phi 19 Alpha Tau Omega 1.23 . 1.21 12Q 1 20 . 1 19 .1 18 19. , Phi Mu Delta , 21 Phi Kappa Pat . 22 Phi Sigma Kappa 22. Tim Kappa Epsilon 24. Alpha Chi Rho . 25 Sigma-Alpha-Epsilon 26 Chi Phi . . :. 26. Delta Chi . 28 Phi Delta` Theta - f.. 29; Delta Tau Delta: 29. Pi Kappa' Alpha I 31' Phi Epsllon , Pl 32:Beta Theta' PI ' . 33'Thetk',Chi.„-...' . . 34: Kappa Delta` Rho . 35.-Alpha Kappa PI . 36. Phi Kappa Sigma, 36.:Sigma - Phi Sigma' 36. Sigma Phi Epsilon 39 'Delta Upsilon 40 Phi Kappa 41. Beta Kappa . : 42. Theta,Nu Epsilon 43. Delta Sigma ,Phi. 44 Kappsi Sigma 45. Phi Gamma Delta 46 Theta KappaThi. 47. Alpha Phi Delia' 'Sororities 1` Charttidei . ' ' , Continued on Page-!. D!., Weldlehi_ Told,dress - Sludent-Facilly,Meeting ' Dr. E. I. , Weicilein;, director, of the Mellon Anstitute, Pittsburgh, .enci,former - president of the Am- M4can , chemical up: dim a student-faCulty meeting on ."Advances Through , Sclentific Re search" in Schwab' 'Atiditoritim at '7lO p m. ' l',Sponsored by Mimi ici, nation ,, al scientific 'fraternity:. which is observing its' 10th,anniversarY on 'the ',campus,' the lecture will be' tVer. , to ' e veryone`'= Fraternities Withil.62 tides Leads Sororities `Biggest Show On Earth' Comes To Town Tomdrrow :Se - Cond Annual All College Circus Rolls Back Flaps On Two Hundred Performers, 28 Acts'ln Rec Hall Grab - youiself a bag—or peanuts, a jug of pink lemcnade, put on your Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes and head Roe Hall way tomorrow night for the "biggest show on earth," Penn State's second annual All- College Circus At 9 p m sharp, the flaps will rollback and over 200 performers will begin to unwrap the 28 acts which will headline the night's bill of-fare. A few reserved seat tickets remain on sale at Student Union priced _at 35 cents, but nearly 3,500 general admission seats -will be sold at-the Circus "ticket wagon" for 25 cents tomorrow night. Still unrevealed, but to be made public. tomorrow night, will be the identity of the , second Circus Queen The young miss, who was chosen by movie star Dick Powell, will reign over the evening's fes tivities Ringmaster for the eve- RING MASTER I BILL JEFFREY Press Confab Sef Here Tomorrow High School Writers To Hear Paul Miller , The: annual School Picss Con ference for Pennsylvania high school publications will be held tomorrow with Paul Miller, chief of the Pennsylvania district of the Associated Press, and Dean Ar thur'R Warnock as the ,featured speakers After registration in Room 132 Liberal Arts Building, 10 to 11 a m delegates will attend a general meeting in Room 10 of The same building from 11 to 12 a m Miss Isabelle Harris, piesident of the School Press Association, will act as chairman , 1.33 1 28 1 25 1 24 1.23 At the geneial meeting, Miller will spelik on "Journalism as a Career," and Dean Wainock on "Importance of Student Publica tions to the School Community" Phyllis R. Cordon '4O and Frank R Zumbro '4O, presidents of the Theta Sigma Phi and Sigma Delta Chi, journalism honoiai les, will give short addresses of wel come 'ln the afternoon. William K Ulerich, managing edam of the Centie Daily Times. and Miss Re becca F Gross, editoi of the Lock Haven Express, will address the delegates prior to the awarding of three journalism gtholarships and a $5O priic to the winner of the State High School Reporter's con test. . i , Currier '4l, Handova '4O Win Library Conies! A. John Cthilei '42 and,Charles W ' Handova '4O won the fifth Student's. Own Li bi at y Contest from among 13 ,enhants, Willard P. Lewis, libmillin; announced yesterday. Each will icceive $25 in books ,Currier's .books are now on' dis play at 'the College Book Store, and Handova's are on', exhibition at Keeler's. if -I '''<:lik.t4l4 r'' • _l,\, s 4 tatt,-,(\t,twi, otirgiatt ..,,,.y. m 5, . ,„, By DICK PETERS BULLETIN Nestor G. Kocnibliisky '4l had the middle finger of his left hand blown off and his right and left hands badly lacerated when a dynamite cap, exploded in his hand about 3:30 p.m. yesterday. The accident occurred in Hee Hall where Komubinsky was preparing for the AU•College Circus in which he was to be a clown. He was taken_ to Belle= fonte Hospital. .. ran& will be Bill 4elyrsy, Lion soccei. coach - ~ , Five fraternities, - `Sigma .Phi Epstlori Pht..NDeltat42' . heti6Dettir. Sigma Phi, Pi Kappa AlPha,''and - Beta Sigma Rho, will present acts in competition for the trophy won last year by Sigma Phi Epsilon. Independent troupes will be awarded medals. • ,' • Thrill Acts,F,initured Featured attractions of r , the thrill variety will be the, "Pereh Pole," starring Chuck• Gillespie and Vic Gentilman, and aerial fireworks by Gym Captain-elect Ben Stahl, Chuck Senft,-Ind Ro man (Quick Henry The Flit) Pieo. Clair Hess, varsity 121-pound wrestler, will attempt to set a new world's record at the "muscle grind" feat, held now at 88 revol utions by Bob Close of the Uni versity of Illinois. Merrill Beck,, ex-gym captain, will do the 'lron jaw" act, in which he will circle the gym hanging 20 feet in the air by his teeth Juggleri and rope spinners will put on several top-notch acts, with Ski Coach Max Dercum lead ing the rope spinners, Circus Band,Gathared On the music side, there'll be a real honest-to-stuff circus band led by Fiank Gulf° and a string ensemble directed by Mrs James Wisden Jeanne Witherow and John Teti will perform in a fea tured adagio dance, followed by a similar number done by a chorus six couples " ~, GSA Will , Award More Contracts To Buy Pharmaceutical, Laboratory Equipment Hoping to open the still unused new buildings In the near future, GSA has decided to award con -tracts for about half of the 5,000 items in Group 40y labortitory and pharmaceutical equipment. Conb acts for, the rest of the items were not awarded because no bids had been received, be cause bids didn't meet specifica -1 bons, or because 7 specifications Ihad been changed: Work on the installation of the Group 40 equipment will start as soon as the contracts are ready, Hai old W Loman, purchasing agent, said. 'Contractors must provide, deliver, ;,and , install all equipment., Specifications have'been drawn up for Library equipment in Group 84, but -no deadline has been set for bids,` STATE COLLEGE, PA.; RIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940 Block And Bridle A Livestock Exhibit Begins Tomorrol International' Includel Four Exhibits; To Stage Coed Pig Rice - The Little International Live= stock Exposition, sponsored by the Block and Bridle Club and super- ,I by, the animal husbandry de-' partmentovill be held in the Live stock Ju'dging Pavilion at I p tomorrow- - s "Appgoximately 75 students 'will' compete coi medals and ribbons which will be awarded to winners of the Sour exhibiting divisions in cluding hopes, cows, sheep,' and swine , Two' grand _champions will be named from the winners of dlv sons , after the competitors have been graded upon the exhibition which 'indicates the greatest care and preparation and the amount of showmanship which the animal possesses. ' Meat Auction Renewed ' Other :contests will feature -a coed pig race, sheep shearing con test,' and 'the renewal of the'meat auction which had been discontin„ ued for:the past few years The finalists competing for the sheep shearing prize are Ray H Dutt '4l and .. ..RaymcMcL::R ~:two Dr. banks of the Cornell Veterktalk School and Thomas Wilson, ;Manager of the Buck and DOe Rpm_ Valley Farms, Coates ville, :wtltbe the,official judges in charga , of,the exhibit ratings Geary '3O To Lead Blue Band Sunday Will conduct Own Work kt 3:30 P.M. Concert Clifford K. Geary '3O -will be guest conductor at the Blue Band Concert in the annual complimen tary series in Schwab Auditorium at 3'30 p m. Sunday when he will conduct his own —composition, "Boger," a fantasy in symphonic style. The composition was published last month and is considered one of the best symphonic arrange ments produced this , year. Geary is the director of music at Alden High School The performance, the second offered by the Blue 'Band in the Winter series, will be the next to last concert to be given this year The Penn State Glee Club will conclude the series next week. Fred Waring Famous Band Leader Plays In Thespian Show Junior,Prom Weekend Wheu the repeat performance of DANGER , MEN AT WORK, ptims'..new musical masterpiece, Is presented.. next weekend, Fred Waring and his charming song stress, Donna Dae, will be In the cast. ' That was the star tllng announce ment made yesterday, by J. Ewvig iSock) Kennedy, director of the new Thespian hit With the entire College Glee Club , as a background, Miss Dae, 18-year-old fea'utred vocalist with Waring's famolis . Pennsylvanians. Will sing Waring's own arrange ment' of "Dream of Me," which was written for the new show by Jim my Leyden, Jr ~ ,It will be the same arrangement that Waring aired over a national hookup,on his cigarette program 'Friday and Saturday perfoimances three weeks ago of the show Waring will conduct Miss•Dae will sing in bota the the orchestra and Glee Club in , • 4 ,,‘'NEW, ALL-CO ARNOLD C. LAICH All-College President New Compensation Plan Established By Cabinet All Dance, Activity Profits Go Into Class Funds; Inauguration Ceremony Committee Appointed r A ievised system of compensation, effective next yea', was ap proved by a 14-6 vote of the All-College Cabinet following a heated [cont.: otersy at a special meeting Tuesday night Acting on recommendations by the Interclass Finance Committee _and a special committee of the Cabinet, the following revised sched ule of compensation was established .6) Senior Ball committeechan-. ini9'l;lso - Caps and Gowns,'ehate- Allifailocielies man and committee of foul, $250 I Invitations and Announcements, chairman and committee of four, $2OO Lion's Coats, chairman and I Tap Sunday Night committee of foui,,,sloo Junior Prom, Junior President and corn- Formal Pledging Slated mitten ,chanman, $lOO Junior Sleets, chanman and committee of four, $75 Soph Hop, Sopho mole President and committee chairman, $lOO Freshman caps, campus hat societies will take chairman and one committeeman, place for the first time in the his s7s Total cympensation, $950 tory of Penn State when the five (2) That the annual compen- honoraries will tap their new sahon to the three leading senior pledges Sunday night. officers shall be established as fol- Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones lows All-College President,s2so, will do their tapping together as All-College Vice President, ssowill the sophomore honoraries, ,' Friars and Druids The Junior Senior President, $350, in two so equal payments on October 1 and ciety, Blue Key, will visit their February 1- This is an increase Prospective members the same of $2OO to the All-College Presi- night Formal pledging will be held in dent and Vice President, but a f decrease for the Senior President front of Old Main at 12 45 p m on of approximately $l5O Monday Officers of the five hat societies will form a pentagon and the pledges will be pinned with ribbons Plans for initiation have mot been completed as yet Plan Retroactive (3) In view of the fact that the remuneration originally,establish ed for the All-College Cabinet President and Vice-President was not in keeping with the well-es tablished compensation basis, it is recommended that the salaries of these two officers shall be made retroactive for this veal In order to clarify the annual Continued on Page 6 Donna Dae FRED WARING I GE LEADERS ROBERT N. BAKER All-College Vice-President For 12:45 P.M. Monday Simultaneously tapping by all Park Director To Speak In the last of a series of talks by lot estry depai tmental division chiefs, John It. Williams, dnector of paths, will speak in the Little Theatre, Old Main, at 11 a m. Monday ppear Here Vocalist And Glee Club To Combine In Jimmy Leyden's 'Dream Of Me' Miss Dac's numbei Satui day night ' When the Glee Club sang on Waring's Pleasure Time broadcast during their recent hip to New York, Fred commended director Frank Gullo's work and called the group the best college glee club he had eves heard To Attend Junior Prom Miss Dec, who introduced Ley den's song on the Pleasure Time show tine° weeks ago, is a Ne braskan and the youngest mamber of the Fred Waring Company She will attend Junior Pioni Fu day night Meanwhile, Kennedy has made necessary revisions and additions after the show's initial presentation last week and rehearsals will be girt at once for the Junem Prom edition of DANGER , MEN AT WORK, OMPi° PRICE FIVE CENTS Bartholomew Elected '4l President; Krouse Takes '42 Campus Presidency: Flynn, Independent, Elected '43 Head Campus Wins On Two Fronts to Regain Some Of Margin Lost to Independents 1939; 3,548 Votes Cast In Record Campus Balloting Arnold C. Latch was elected all-College president as Campus took all-College and junior class presidencies andithe Independent Party captured all senior and 'sophomore class offices in the all-College elections which closed at 5 p m, yes terday Robert N Baker was elected all-College vice-president with the same total as Laich, 1899 votes, while Thomas C Backenstose and Richard M Geissinger, Indepen dent candidates, polled 1459 votes William B Bartholomew de feated Edgar V Hall for senior class president, 492 to 431, with the Independent Party a lso capturing the offices of secretary and tieasurer as Grace E Rent schler and Frank W Stanko tri umphed H Leonard Krouse was chosen junim class president by a vote of 562 to 484 ballots captured by Gerald F Doherty Mildled M Taylor, Independent candidate, cdged Ethel M Patton out by the narrowest of margins for ti easur or, 491 to 489 James E Ritter, Campus, was elected treasure. I Frank R Flynn def ea t Charles B Elder, 479 to 416, for the office of sophomore class pres ident, with the Indipendents sweeping all four 1943 ,positions.) iiv'total of 354CvOtes'weCecast-' the heaviest balloting In College political hlstory- The summaries All-College President and vice-president Arnold C Laich and Robert N Bakal (C), 1899, Thomas C Back enstose and Richard M Geissinger (11, 1459 Senior class (1941) President and vice-president William B Bartholomew and Frank M Platt (D, 492, Edgar V Hall and Joseph R Scalzo, (C), 431 Secretary Grace E Rentsch ler (I), 466, Mary J, Dalton (C), (Continued on page two) IF( Plans Change In Representation IF Ball Gain Announced; Officers Nominated Adoption of a new system of epresentation, announcement, of a $3Ol 17 pi of it on Intel fraternity Ball, and nomination of officers for next net were the chief fea tures of Intel fi a tot nity Council's meeting Wednesday night Next year, according to a mo tion adopted by the Council, the president of each house will set ye as an alternate member of IFC, while in 1041-42 house presidents will be regular senico delegates The new system will replace the method of elected junior and sen ior delegates in effect this year H Edward Wagner '4l, Erik S Moeller '4l, Ralpli Sapp '4l, and Maynard L Bloom '4l, weie nom mated for the presidency of the Council, with William S k patrick '4l, G. Edward Spencer '4l, and Edward B Harris '4l up for secretary-treasuim Nomina tions for the executive council in cluded Ernest C Wright '4l, Har old G Wilson '4l, and Thomas .1 Robinson '9l Elections will be held in the near future Banquet Planned Plans for a Joint banquet with the Association of Fraternity Counselors on May 9 were also discussed by the Council Each house will be urged to send at least two delegates to the affair. which will be attended by L G Balfour, chairman of the National Interfraternity Conference, After some discussion, it was decided that a committee should be appointed to present a method of enforcing compulsory attend ance at meetings and obser,vance of the niterfraternity dating code. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Lion Shrine Voted Senior Class Gift _ New Project Joins Gifts Of Classes Since 1861 The College Lion Shrine , - m as chosen as the gift of the Class of 1940 at the All-College elections ended yesterday It won over the proposed scholarship fund by a 243 to 225 margin The gift—which is expected to amount to approximately $5,000 will take its place with °diets' given the College by graduating classes since 1881 The class gills were 1861 through 1866—Memorial tablets, 1903—Hammond Electric Organ (presented in 1938 at 35th re union); 1904—Clock in Tower of Old Main (works changed when Lie7..v _buttdlng_Atilltl ~ 1908 through 1912--Class Ivy as follows 1908—on McAllister Hall, 1909—0 n Tower of Arm'ory, 1910—on corner of Engineering Building, 191 I—Southwest corner of Auditorium, 1912—0 n Library 1909-10 Loan Fund, 1912 Steel wneless tower (removed in 1924 because of fire hazard, and a tablet placed in Engineering Building), 1913—Terrace in front of Old Main. 1914—Drinking fountain at Old Willow and organ in auditorium, 1915—Sun dial on front campus and retaining wall along front campus, 1916—Memo rial gate—front entrance, 1917- 1918—Memorial gate—east en trance (the memorial tablets of the 1861 through 1866 classes have been placed on this gate), 1919—Greek bench and open air theatre 1920—Memorial fund, 1922 Funds for swimming pool, 1923 Funds for the equipment and maintenance of X-ray room - in Infirmary, 1924 — Steinway con= cert piano, 1925-26—Memorial gates at McAllister Street• en hance, 1926—Score board on New Beaver Field, 1927—Funds to ward skating pond at Thompson Spring Property (also classes of 1928, 1929 and 1930) I932—Student Loan Fund (tem porary) then toward murals in Old Main, 1933—Student-:Loan Fund (temporary), 1934—Elevator in College Infirmary, 1935—Fund, the income of which is to be used to purchase books for the Libraiy. 1936—Organ and telescope, 1937 r —Westminster chimes in tower of Old Main, 1938—Multiple 'ob servatories; 1939 Mountain lodge Poor Starts Mural Wolk Over Old Main Stairway Aiming here Tuesday night, Henry Varnum Poor has already stalled work on his Old Main mural showing the beginnings or Penn State The public is allow ed to watch Scaffolding has been ei_ncted over the front stairway. _ where Poor will paint and art students have lined off the area to be• painted in eight-inch blocks- , • Poor spent Wednesday.gathei mg his materials to start•work. Full size sketches of the mural, which had been exhibited in the College Art Gallery, were - taken down Poor and his daughter, Ann, who will help him, are living at the Nittany Lion Inn ,
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