Successor
To The Free Lance-,
Established 1887
VOL. 36—No 57
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
& NEWS BRIEFS
EDITOR'S NOTE• Beginning
with this issue the Campus Cal
endar will be a regular front
page feature with Collegian. It
will strive to present a complete
picture of campus activity dur
ing the period from its appear
ance until thenext issue - All
contributions must be received
at 'Student Union by noon the
day preceding publication,
;',
TODAY
Application blanks for defer-
Ment of next semester's fees are
now available at the Bursar's of
fice. 'See story, page 4
The bi-annual convention of the
American Society for Metals is
being held here today and tomor
row Delegates from every state
are attending the sessions. See
story, page 1 .
The, nominating committee of
the Athletic Association will meet
at 1 to name candidates for
AA elections next week See sto
ry, page, , 1
Student Housing Board will
meet in Room 312, Old Main, at
4 pm
TOMORROW
The Zeal Club' will leave for its
Cabin Party from the College
PowCr Plant at I,p m and return
Sunday, evening
:Delta Signia Rho, speech honor
ary society, will meet in Room 318
Old Main at 5 p in
Seniors must have orders for in
vitations and announcements in at
the Student Union Office by to
'morrow -
SUNDAY
The Penn State Outing Club is
sponsor ng a hike to . Shingletown;
leaving from they Post Office at
2 p m.
" Dr. Allen K. Chalmers of the
Broadway Tabernacle tC hun c h,
New, York City, will speak in
Chapel at' II a m
TheAfhlehe Board:will;meee
Room '305 Old-Main at II a m
The 4•H Club will ineet In Room
405 Old Main at 7 30 p m-
z ,,;,The Chemistry — Student Council
will meet in Room 305 Old Main
from 7 to 8 p m
Sensors must older caps and
gowns between Monday and Fit
day
Second %deli!
Burned itil Days-
,
',llejheifujlcin'''4o'‘ Hurt
lati Research
',The seLond student within two
`ays was but ned - severely in a
,laboi a tory experiment when
James R Hetherington:4o was ex
perimenting with a benzine com
pound in Pond Laboiatory, Tues
'day,morning, He is resting com
fortably, College, Infirmary offi
eials,reported _
4.t Hetherington suffeied bums on
both hands, the inside of both
it_highs„ and, the, loWer 'abdomen
When the - benzine compound ig
nited a piece'of floss - which he was
handling,: and the flames trans
lerred,to his clothing -
S Bowman '4O, the other
who, was binned in Min
eral Industries labootoly Monday
'afternoon, is the more , serious
case, put lie Is impioving rapidly
and is expected to leave the Infir-
Mary in a week
Dr Joseph P Ritenout, dnectoi
,the, Health Seivice, issued a
warning to all laboratory workers
;to 'exercise, extreme caution in
'handling' ' inflarnmable materials
'ffitenour also advised students to
'use care In hindling breakable
rtest-,tubes.
On College Grounds
,_ .
:Under W ay After Delay
tine TO Cold'And Rain
fCamius planting and grading of
landscapes finally got underway
',,this-week after cold weather and
rain' had delayed - work for' some
, George W Ebert, superm
,terident of grounds and buildings,
announced., - -
' work has begun_ on
~nete,'inid:old parking areas behind
` ttie Liberal Arts Buildings,,Chern
itry and Physics,` , Engineering F,
/Electrical Engineering, „and the
!,?,41.1. fields
pr t u t otatr Tior
Waring, Thespians, Glee Club,
Junior Prom Feature Weekend
I PROM LEADERS 1
GE=
AkNominalions
Stheduled Today
ElectionS Begin May 13;
Amendments Proposed,
Nominations foi the offices of
president and secretary of the
Athletic Association will be made
by a nominating committee con
sisting of, coaches, captain, and
managers of varsity sports at a
meeting at 1 p m today.
Not mote than five men or less
than two can be' nominated foi,
the positions Elections will be
held beginning Monday, May 13,
and continuing until one candi
date receives a maim ity vote
Besides the elections of officials,
students will vote on two amend
ments proposing to make ice
hockey and skiing lecognized in
tercollegiate spirts at Penn State
and awarding,spc inch- vaisity
letters to members of the two
teams.
,Outing Club Elects Heads
The newly elected ofTiteis iu the
Penn State Outing Club ale Hem y
A Beers '42, president, William T
Clark '42, vice-president, Paul L
Burkhart '42, secretary, Philip B
Sussman '42, treasurer, and Rus
sell J Knorr '4l, advei using
Hundreds_ Watch
Work On Murals
In the past two weeks hunch eds or inteiested spectators , have
watched Henry Vainum Poor at work on the Old Main millets
At ptesent, Poor is painting the
area to the left of the staircase
which depicts the, agricultural
side of the College and the state
Among the scenes represented
here will be the departure of a
young 'farm boy ,for agricultural
school, likely the Farmer's ;High
School
Also included on this side is a
group of students working
agricultural experiment plots.
Students will be.selected by Poor
as models for these figures,
Early a the momlngi the wall
must be wetted so that • fresh
plaster may be put'on. , This is
done by Ann Poor, the artist's
daughter. Poor estimates what
portion he can paint in,a day and
only that part Is covered with
new plastex _
Queen Of Junior Prom
To Be Selected Tonight
From Eight Entries
The year's biggest weekend
That, to come right out and say
so without the aid of asterisk,
dashes or exclamation points, Just
about sums up the social situation
that will prevail on the campus ioi
the next three days
What with celebrities Glenn
Miller, Fred Waring and Donna
Dae combining to put on a top
notch Thespian show, a sell-out
Junior Prom and an S R 0 Glee
Club concert, the weekend IS al
ready 'assured its place in Penn
State's Flail of Famous Weekends
Junior Prom will get under way
at 10 p. m today in the atmosphere
of a "Night in Egypt" Chairman
Paul J. Scally '4l announced that
booth sales are high, predicting a
record attendance
'eatuie of the evening will be
the selection of a Junior Prom
Queen by Maestro Glenn Miller
from the following list of final en
tries Margaret L Embury '42,
Ella B Ferris '43, Gertrude L
Hellmers '4l, Betty A Rahn '4l,
Jacqueline M Reese '43, Jane E
Ryan '42, Mary Lou Trunk '4O and
Ethel Taylor '42 •
Tickets fa the dance may be
purchased at the A A .011 ice today
or at Rec Hall tonight at $4 per
couple including tax
Donna Dae, 18-yeas-old vocalist
of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.
will feature the Thespian's musical
masterpiece, DANGER' MEN AT
WORK, tonight and tomorrow in
the repeat performance at 7 p m
Fred Waring in person directs
the orchestra tomorrow night
With the entire College Glee Club
as background, Fred Waring com
ing direct from his Chesterfield
adlo program and lovely Donna
Dac singing Jimmy Leyden Jr 's
"Dream 'of Mc," this weekend's
perfoimances -of DANGER' , MEN
AT WORK promise
,to shatter all
Thespian attendance ievrls-;`,.:,
The'MeV. Cliifil - Wit r bresent - the
final concert of the annual compli
mentary series at 330 p m Sun
day in Schwab auditorium
Fied Waring and Donna Dac
will appear on the program, which
is composed largely from the Glee
'Club's previous concert.
Blue Band And Symphony
Elect Officers For '4O-'4l
Joseph P Menham '4l and Lyle
E von Weissenfluh '4l, were re
cently elected president of the
Blue Band and the College Sym
phony 01 chesti a, i espectively
Other new Blue Band officals
are Thomas J Sica '4l, manager,
H Lindsey Arison '4l, secretary,
and Adrian L Pact '4l, secretary.
New College Symphony Orches
tia officers include Joseph P. Men
ham 0 41, manager, Grace M Hen
dershot '4l, secretary, and Robert
L Portenbaugh '4l, librarian
5 Senior Women Receive
WSGA Service Bracelets
' Peggy E Jones '4O, Josephine
A Keeney '4O, Georgia W Owen
'4O, Maly Ann Rhodes '4O, and
Jane A Romig '4O were awarded
bracelets by WSGA Senate at the
junior -senior reception , Wednes
day night for services rendered
to WSGA this yew.
Next, the full-scale cartoon is
transferred by tracing on a piece
of transparent paper. Then the
actual painting begins. Poor uses
a new type fluorescent lamps to
furnish the best lighting
Poor can paint only as long. as
the plaster is wet and must stop
when it becomes too dry to hold
the paint.
The dty plaster is removed and
a flesh coat put on eery day, spe
cial care being taken to make the
edges blend together and avoid a
tough ,surface
Painting .on the wet plaster is
difficult fot the color appears
much brighter than when the pamt
dries and Poor - has to, calculate
how the color will 'look dry As
the paint dries it becomes a part of
the plaster by a ellegucal process
STATE COLLEGE, PA.,T,RIDAY, MAY 3, 1940
GLEE ARTISTS I
'Our Town' Breaks
All Drama Rules
Thornton Wilder's Play '
To Be Shown May 10, 11
"Out Town" is different. True,
no play is exactly like another,
liut Thornton Wilder's 1938 Pall
ier Elite winning play violates
almost every thematic rule that
was ever set up
When the Penn Slate Players
produce this unusual production
on Mother's Day weekend, May 10
and 11, they will be staging a play
that will touch the heart of even
the most cynical person
In the year 1670 a little town by
the name of Giovei's Cornet was
founded in New England. There
was nothing exceptionally differ
ent about that town, it never re
ceived any publicity until Wilder
got the Idea that the town was like
everybody's town, and .„ it would
make a ,wonderful setting for a
play
On Dioadway the play was a
tremendous hit It was pi oduced
on a bare stage with only a few
tables, chat's, and a stepladder for
a setting
The stage manage' has the main
pal t in 'Out Town," acting as a
natiator throughout the progress
of play
The play is so unusual that the
Players ate getting unusual ideas,
such as the 36 turtles which they
ate giving away tomorrow after
noon to the holders 'of the lucky
numbers
All you have to do to have a
theme on getting one of these di
minutive reptiles is to get a ticket
with a number on it at the Student
Union office in Old Main The
turtles are on exhibition in the
Corner Room window.
Original Alma Maier
Manuscript On Display
The onginal manusciapt of the
College "Alma Mater," mitten by
Fred Lewis Pattec, professes em
mitus of English Literature, Is in
cluded in an exhibit In the Col
lege Book Store honoring Profes
sor Pattee
Professor, Pollee, one of the
foremost authotitles on American
literature m the world, and a pi
oneer In the field, recently pub
lished "The Feminine Fifties"
„Yillite Prize
4 ?kwarded To
Senior Coed
t Sylvia Bernstein Will
Receive Gift In Chapel;
-z Hetzel, Tweedy To Speak
L Bernstein will receive
the John W White medal and
Prize at the annual Mothers' Day
„chapel service in Recreation Hall
at 10 30 a m May 12 which will
'climax May Day week-end Teas
for all mothers will be held m
women's dormitories, Saturday
afternoon, May 11
President Ralph D Hazel will
;Tweedy
awards and Dr. Harty H
~ Tweedy of Yale University Davin
qty, School will speak
;-: - .Recipients of John W White
Fellowships arc Marianne C Hes
semer, George E Inskeep, and
'John J Trentin Evan Pugh
I,Scholars medals, presented by the
HonOr Society Council, will go to
Mary E Hatton, Leon M Knot?,
Elmer D Longfellow, Calvin D
McCarthy, Martin V Rockwell,
and Robot S Voris, seniors, and
Gerald B Broady, Louis N. Graf
mger, Albert L Myerson, Norman
Racusin, Heiman Smith, Leo
SOmmer, and John C Williams,
,nimors
YAltce L Benfer will receive the
President Sparks medal for the
second semester• of 1938-39 and
Ulysses G Palmer 111 for the first
'semester
of 1930-40
, ',Committee chairmen for the
Mothers' Day teas are=Mat. Hall
Hazel E Gassman, general chair
mim, Elizabeth K' Heath, arrange
ments, Helen .1 . Chiappy, tea, and
Allen K More, kitchen Grange
Helen A Jagnesak '42, general
chairman, Julia A... Adams '42,
`preparation, Helen L Mazur '42,
service, Helen L Westbrook '42,
floaters Women's Building NI
Janet Gillespie '4l, Vera L Kemp
,'4l, M Isabelle Pfeiffer '4l, Mai ie
B X Someis '4l, and Mildied M
TaYlor '42, general committee,
Mary,A Ramedia, '4O, invitations,
Allna',, , Gene 'Lewis 241,54v1ng,
* and'Mary R Craft '42, kitchen,
Ninety-seven additional awards
will be made at the chapel. serv
ice for scholastic achievement
dining the past year
Chemical Jobs Available
In Civil Service Exams
Civil Service examinations in
many chemical fields, including
oi game, physical, and analytical,
are to be held here soon by the
U S Department of Agriculture
These 'new appointments arc to
be for the new Regional laborator
ies for Research on Utilization df
Farm Products
During the next two years about
400 appointment% will be made,
which range in salary from $2,600
to $4,600 These are the first ex
aminations to be held for'ehemists
and chemical technologists in these
particular salary scales since the
establishment of the regional lab
or dories
Entertainment Calendar
GLENN MILLER
ENTERTAINMENT
Junior Prom-10 p m to 2 a in
tonight, Rec Hall, Glenn Millet,
tot mai, $4..
Danger, Men At Work-7 p. m,
Thespian show, Schwab Audit°.
t atm, 50 cents on Friday, 50 and 75
cents 'on Salm day
Glee Club Concert-3 30 p on
Sunday, Schwab Auditorium, Fred
Waring as guest conductor with
Donna Doe, guest vocalist, last of
complimentary concert series
Drpdock Night Club-9 pm. to
morrow, Old Main Sandwich Shop,
last'openthg of the semester, Mey
er Brothers from Major Bowes'
Amateur hour, 25 cents cover
charge, reservations can be made
at the Student Union desk
rgiatt
Site Of Inauguration
Changed To Main Gate
Hetzel Advises IFC ;
Wagner New Head
That halo tutur. must shme the how many automobiles ale in the
charges of en ticism of conduct driveway by which fiatermties arc
along with the 'noise icceived tot Judged"
the constructive and desirable con- Refer: mg to conditions of con
tributions was the keynote of duct, Di Het7el pointed out that
President Ralph D liet/ers spe- a questionable feeling existed
cial message to Interfiaternity among various groups that (rater-
Council Wednesday night nitles were not adheting sti ictly
Pointing out that an oi 1 to a "social contract" and may be
for Led to give serious considera
tion such as the Council is "Just as!
lion to such problems as di inking,
strong as the weakest Olganiration
in the group," Di Hettel chat-
women, and rioting
lenged the incoming office! s to
"Potentially the hate: nay lep
take steps toward mote rigid en-
icsents a part of the College which
forcement of the dating code
is sound and essential," the Pi CSI-
Wagner is New President
dent claimed "The Intel ater
city Council from yew to year
Such a task will fall to 11 Sd- must assume quite a responsibility,
ward Wagner '4l who was elected but the Administration approves
to succeed Frank C Anderson as of this and believes it to be a ie.
president of the Council foi 1940- quired in.titutiona I responsibi I
-41 Other off:eel s ai e ik S
Moeller '4l, vice-pi esident, and IFC Recognizes Responsibility
William S Kiikpahick '4l, Kele-
In lecognizing its iesponsi-
Cary-tieasui ei George L Parrish
bilitity in this pioblem, Council
'4l and Thomas Robinson '4l were
apploved a plan to enforce dating
elected to the Executive Commit-
_ .
weekend with a special commit
"Outside's always ask about
moral condition of afa ate! oily tee to check violations Fraterni
about scholastic iating about ties found guilty of violations will
the men," Dr Hetzel "aid "It isn't be subject to suspension of so
the number of cups on the shelf clot ptivileges foi the remainder
. the intiamuial champions oi lof the College year
Slump The Experts,
Win $2.50 On Campus
'information Please' Quiz
A gentle reminder—any blue
books which rated a "3" this
year are still _goodfor $2.50 if
,spbmittek,,WlLiti*lcli ,o9 4°P
stick experts on Alpha Lambda
Delta's "Information Please"
program set for May 19.
It's a simple one, two. three
formula—pull down a "3" on a
bluebook, think of a sticker,
write it on the back of the blue
book, hand it to Student Union
before Wednesday. May 15, and
then pray that the four proles- ,
sors chosen to the board of ex
perts cannot answer.
Be a good sport about it,
though, and give the profs a
break—make the questions gen
eral and of interest to students.
You can treat your girl or boy
friend P^ n steak dinner if you're
lucky.
Room Drawing Tuesday
Junto] , sophomore, and Gesh
man women-will draw numbers
to select next yea'', looms in
Atherton °lunge% at 030 p m
Tuesday, May 20 Room assign
ments in e expected to be com
pleted by May 23
FRED WARING
DANCES TOMORROW
Acacia-9 p m, by invitation,
Russell Audeloia's Otchestra, tot
mal
Alpha Chi Rho—Bowery Ball,
Lull costume, by invitation
Beta Theta Pi-9 p m, by invi
tation, Jim,rnle Leyden's Oiches
tra, mammal
Lambda Chi Alpha-9 p - in ,
open, infonnal, victiola dance
Phi Gamma Delia, Sigma Chi
-9 p m, by invitation, Phi Gamma
Delta house, Campus Owls, infoi •
mal
Sigma Phi Alpha-9 p m , by in
vitabon, informal, victrola dance
Phi Kappa Psi-9 p m , by in
vitation, informal
Phi Epsilon Pl-9 p m, closed,
informal
PRICE FIVE CENTS
code regulations beginning this
MM Convention
Opens Here Today
Austin Heads Parley;
National. Officers Talk--
The biannual Amer can Socie
ty for Metals convention, whose
members number approximately
10.000, will be held here today
and tomoi row with delegates
born every state represented
Dr. Charles R Austin, professor
of metallurgy, is chairman in
charge of the 2-day convention
ogi am which will mclud spe
cial forums concerning the high
temperature properties of metals
and the hail:le:mg quality of steel
Today, registration for dele
gates will begin at 10 p in Tech
nical discussions will be led by
Dr Waltei Mathesius, vice presi
dent of the United States Steel
Corpoiatron, Prof C L Clark,
University of Michigan, and J
Ratite', Crane Company, Chicago,
Illinois
National officers of the ASM,
including Pi estdent James P Gill,
will speak at Loma row morning's
sessions Outstanding authm dies
on minmology will complete the
day's program with brief talks on
various phases of mineralre
search and activity
'Waiting For Lefty'
To Be Staged May 13
As PRA Production
When a doom wants to be a
taxi diivei, that's news' Not sub
does he change Ins profession but
he becomes a good taxi chive].
In the PSCA production "Wait
ing for Lefty," which will be
shown on Mar, 13, the play centers
mound a group of college-degieed
graduates, who could di ive cabs
tattle' than men, and !eat taxi
duvets inlet minglmg in a common
cause—the establishment of a
bona-tide taxi union in order to
•ain an honest living
"Waiting for Lefty," Chilfoid
Octet's stepping stone to play
fight success, was a Penn State
Player production several years
ago and was noted for ..its stark
realism
Members of the cat under the
du ection of Bernard Freed '4O are
John B McCue '43, Joseph J Mc-
Coy,, 2-year agriculture student,
Coleman Bender '42, Jacob A
13'-
Angelo '43, Jean F Burch '43,
Philip W Eicholtz '43, Evelyn R
Wilmer '43, Bernard M Wembeig
'43, and Leon Rabinowitz '43
'4O Women Plan Dance
Instead of a dinner-dance, sen
ior women will hold a formal
dance at the Nittany Lion Inn Sat
urday, June 1, Betty J Strickler,
chairman, announced
SEMI-WEEKLY
COMPLETE CAMPUS
COVERAGE
Full Cooperation
Pledged By Laich
And Bartholomew
Parade Is Rerouted;
Hetzel Main Speaker
At Ceremony May 14
A pi omise that party af
filiations "WII I not In lei fei a"
with student goveinment was
issued yestei day by Ai nold
C Laich Al. and William B
tholomew '4l, all-College
aikl senior class presidents
elect, as plans 101 inaugura
tion at 4 p m luesday, May
14, wale suddenly changed,
The site of inauguration cere
monies was switched from Old
Main to Nice to the walk in front
or the main gate Instead of the
previously announced route the
parade will leave from the real
of Old Main, pioceecl to Short=
huge Road to East College ave
nue, and then to co-op corner
whole it will disband
Pres Ralph D Hetzel will be
the inaugwation speaker The
Blue Band and Positing Rifles
will participate in the parade
At the ceremonies Larch and
Robeit N Baker, '9l, newly
elected all-College vice-president
will officially receive the keys of
office fioni H Clifton McWilliams
Ji , '4O and Sauabell Shirrn '4O,
veto mg °Rico s
In then joint statement, Ldllll
and,,Bartholomew•ptaised-the co
operation evidenced by McWil
liams and David E Pergrin '4O,
retiring senior class head, and ex
posse(' "out earnest desire to
emulate then example"
The new officers will pet form
then hist official duty when they
take charge of the Cabinet meet
ing the night of inauguration. In
addition, 12 other members of
next yew's Cabinet will partici
pate They ale H Leonard
Hiouse 42, itinioi class president:
Flank R Flynn '43, sophomore
class president, Samuel A Dum
'4l, Ag Council representative.
Waltei,M Kmaz '4l, Physical Ed
ucation Council iepresentative
Adam A Smyser 41, chairman
of the Board of Publications, El
mot L Weaver '4l, WSGA presi
dent, A John Curlier '42, PSCA
president, Helmet Singer '4l,
Panhellenic president, H Howard
Wagnei '4l, IFC president, Mar
gel), A Marwick '4l, WRA presi
dent, Theodore Rice '4l, chairman
of Inteiclass Finance Board, and
Wilbui R Herrmann '4l, IMA
pi esident
Fraternity Lists
To Include locals'
Scholastic Groupings
Will Be Rated Together
Beginning next year, fraternity,
%owl ity, and house groups prob
ably will have their average grade
list combined in one single group,
au:aiding to At thur A Warnock,
Dean of Men
A complaint from two local tra
te' tithes, Heave' House and Sigma
Phi Alpha, brought about the
change when they protested that
they desei ved scholastic rating
with other fraternities Beaver
House would have topped the
combined lists with a I 68 average
The change differs from this
year's policy of listing national
and local fraternities in separate
categories, posting a single sheet
on sorority ratings, and grouping
independent houses separately
Formerly One Listing
Pilot to this year, fraternities
were listed In one unit, but be
cause other types of fraternities
were coming into existence, sepa
rate lists were used
However, the combination of all
fiaternal and social units will
make no difference in the award
mg of the mterfraternity or Pan
hellenic awards to thee• respec
tive high ranking societies, since
they give awards only to charter
members.