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
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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 ,
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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.
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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 ,