Succossor
To The Free Lance
Established 1887
VOL 36—No 61
Brand Elected. President
OF AA For Next Year ;
Gleason New Secretary
Binoting Tuesday Heavier Than On Monday
By 100 Votes; Hosterman Defeated By 117;
Racusin Loses By 124 In Run-Off Elections
Jack W Brand '4l, varsity golfer and wrestling manager
for 1940-41, was elected president of the Athletic Association
to succeed Glover C Washabaugh '4O, and Frank A Gleason
'4l, varsity wrestling captain for 1940-41, was elected secre
tary-treasurer to replace George C. Ritter '4O in run-off elec-
Campus
Calendar
& News Briefs
(All contributions for this col
umn must be received at Stu
dent Union Desk by 1 p.m. the
day preceding publication )
Today:
, Dr. Pauline B Mack will speak
at the first in a sei ies of lota Sig
ma Pi lectures 121 LA at 8 p m
Blue Key Dance at the SPE
house, 9 p m
PSCA freshman Poverty Dance,
Pi Kappa Phi, 9 p m ,
Friars-318 Old Main, 7 30 p m
Phi Sigma Delta elections, son
no social, 7 30 p m
Tomorrow:
Penn State Airmen banquet,
Sandwich Shop, 6 30 p nl
Track versus Syracuse. New
Beam Field, 2 p m
LA. Student Council petition,
due at Student Union by noon
MI Society will hold first annual
picnic, Co eenwoucl - Fui nace, 2
p m
Sunday: -1.-
„ 'I 7
Rabbi Morris S. Lirsaroil will
speak in chapel at tl p m
Senior Hot Dog row.t Sec page
Outing Club In eakfacl, and bi
cycle hike fol gills, 7 to 10 p m
Alpha Delta Sigma, advet Using
Mammy, initiation at'Phi Gam
ma Delta house, 2 p m
- Mille Foundation. ..enior serv
ice, 730 p in '
Monday:
'Freshman eleelracal and cleat o
chemical engineeis, Room 107
Main Engin= ing, 7 p m
Miscellaneous:
Commencement invitations, an
nouncements and programs are
now available at Student Union
4 , 13 i Eta Sigma initiates can get
then %hingles at Student Union
National Christian Group
Urges Passing Youth Act_
- The Niitional Intercollegiate .
- Cin istian Council in.a communi
cation to the PSCA Cabinet has
urged all National Youth Admin
;istration workers to write to Sen
ator tames Murphy, Washington,
C, uiging the passage of the
'Ameilcan Youth Act
This act, called the Murray Bill,
will deteimine whether NYA will
'be put'on,a permanent basis ,It
is, now before the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor
"In conjunction with the move
toward a permanent NYA,
;President Ralph D. Hetzel, as a
representative of all college and
university administrations, asked
the President recently to main
:lain all college NYA quotas
a^
Quarters - For NyA Boys,
Movid TO College Farm's
' The School'of Agriculture is co
operating with, , the National Youth
Administration`ln providing agri
culture instruction' for the under
youth of the'state
Until recently these, boys bad
been housed In CCC camps near
',Boalsburg but have moved into
,quarters on the College farms
about one mile north of the Dairy
Building
Thep
,new quarters were built
,as past of their work pioject, and
seveial graduate agriculture stu
dents are employed by the NYA to
"assist in the Instruction And the
'present program calls for Instrue
'Von half the lime and working,
;the "other
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bons held Tuesday
Both victorious candidates had
pluralities over their opponents in
Monday's voting although neither
could muster enough ballots to
receive a majority According to
the Athletic`Association constitu
tion, no candidate can be elected
unless he receives a majority
Amendments giving ice,hockey
and skiing official recognition
and approving six-inch letter
awards for present senior and fu
ture varsity players were passed
on Monday
,Tuesday Voting Heavier
Voting was over 100 votes heav
ier on Tuesday than Monday's
selections Washabaugh and Rit
ter were in charge of the commit
tee supervising the elections.
The complete results were
President _ ,
Mon. Tues.
Jack W Brand '4l 396 538
Walter E. HosJarman 11 314 421
William C.
Kirkpatrick '4l
Secretary-treasurer
Frank A. Gleason '4l 381 .526
Van A Hartman '4l 138
Norman Ram= '4l 263 402
Bellefonte Road
Backed By State
2nd' Section Contrails '
To Be Let June 6 Or 7
Conti acts for the new _antics:lc
highway linking State College and
Bellefonte have been included in
the state's current $5,000,000 con.:
struction program and will be let
on - June 6 or 7, Sen A H Letzlei
of the 34th senatorial district re
ported Tuesday
The contracts will be for the
second section of the pi oposed road
running from Bellefonte to Dale's
Summit. Contracts have already
been awarded on the fink from
State College to Rockview Peni
tentiary - ,
Work Begins Soon
Work on the highway which will
be foul miles-less than the pres
ent route, is expected to start this
Summer It will be 22 feet wide
and take 'a dnect route between
the two towns
The road will follow the mesont
wide to Millblook, by-pass Le
mont, and join the cone ate stretch
in front of Rockview Flom there
it will continue in almost a straight
line to Bellefonte.
Library Display Marks
500th Year Of Printing
Catalogs and letoids of the
Farmers' High School are includ
ed in an exhibit commemorating
the 500th anniversaty of movable
printing type which is now on dis
play in the Library
Benjamin Franklin's General
Magazine and Historical Chroni
cle, and several Dutch and Ger
man books printed on early
Pennsylvania presses are among
examples of old Amei lean print
ing, , .
Also included ale facsimiles 'of
the Gutenberg Bible, Indian
Treaties printed by, Franklin; the
Bay Psalm Book, and the Stutt
gart Psalter
Final Exam File Plan
Delayed For Semester
Tho now final exam tile will
not be included in the library
setup until the opening of the
new Library building next sem
ester, due to insufficient space,
Willard P. Lewis, librarian, an.
nounced m answer to many stu
dent inquiries:
Twenty-one departments have
already given 188 final exams to
be used in the filing system
which will be inaugurated next
yea:.
'lnformation Please'
Program Scheduled
In Old Main Sunday
Tune in on the second fool
lounge of Old Main, station
ALD, at 3 ri m Sunday oi, bet
ter still, come and win an 'easy
$ 2 5 0 on the "Information
Please" program sponsored by
Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman
women's honorary
It may be your question that
quilior Robert E Galbraith will
fire at the board of experts
Warren B Mack, Joseph J Ru
bin, Kingsley R Smith. and
Charles S Wyand And it may
be just
,the one to stick them, but
in case they answer yours cor
rectly, there's always a winnei
to celebrate with
At least $l5 will be doled out
to the lucky people who can
dupe the in ofessoi s If there
are only three mistakes made,
each person will receive $5
800 SENIORS GET
HOT DOG -TICKETS
FOR SUNDAY RALLY
Blue Band, Stooges,
Impersonator, Lead
Enlerlainthent List
Predicting a "huge success" fol
the Senior Hot Dog Party to be
held on the site of the Pitt football
rally from 5 to 7 pin Sunday,
David E Pergrin, retiring senior
class president, announced yester
day that moi e than 800 fi ea tickets
have been distributed
In case of rain' the party will be
held in Rec Hall
Identity of the Hot Dog King
remained a much-shrouded mys
tery as committeemen refused to
comment except to say that he will
definitely be a senior
The Three Stooges, the Blue
Band, impersonator Leon Rabino
wit? '43, and the Senior Sing will
provide entertainment. Rabinowitz,
flesh from his Thespian triumph,
will impersonate members of the
senior class H Clifton,McWilliama
ent, will be master, of ceremonies
G Warren Elliott '4O Is m charge
of general atrangements for the
patty The committee to pick the
Hot Dog King Consists of Howard
G Anderson '9O, Quentin W
Couch '9O, W Jerome Howarth '4O,
and Robert E Schuler '4O
Artists' Course
Tickets Limited
Only 2 Seats Allowed
Each Person Next Year
In order to eliminate abuses in
the sale of tickets, students buying
tickets foi next year's Artists'
Course will be hauled to two
seats, the committee announced
after its meeting Monday
This measure was voted upon at
the insistance of student members
of the committee so that students
would not be tempted to buy
seats for non-students It was
pointed out that nearly 200 undei
maduales were unable to attend
the course last year when the
:elms sold out tout bouts after
the opening of the ticket windows
Student Cooperation Asked '
Some students bought scats foi
those who had' no 'right to be in
the student section Students will
be asked to refrain from this prac
tice next fail to give their fellow
students the first chance to sub
scribe
Six On Comnntino
Six student members, a glutei
iepresentatwn by two than ever
before, were appointed to the
committee, Dr Call E Maiquardt,
announced
' The students; all 'Juniors, aie
William B . Bartholomew, pi est
dent of
,the senior .class, W Rae
Herrmann, 'president of the Inde
pendent Men's Association, Ar
nold Laich, all-College president,
Adam A Smyser, editor of the
Collegian, H Edward Wagner,
president of the Interfraternity
Council, and .Eleanor L Weaver,
president of the Women's Student
Government Association
3 Periodicals Added
Faculty membeis have turned in
the names of thee more periodi
cals containing theh work bring
ing the total number to 76 The
three latest periodicals. are Indus
trial Arts and Vocational Educa
tion, South Carolina Education,
and Zeltschrift der Istrumentenn
kumfie
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940
150 Daily Issues
Slated Ne3Ct Year
Nine Faculty Members; Five Students
Make Up Collegian Board of Directors
Plans for the daily Collegian which , will ,, begin,publica Lion, next
Septembci pushed forward yesterday when 150 risues,or the paper
were scheduled for 1940-41 and a 14-man Board of Directors was
decided on to direct the coiporationlor Collegian, Inc, which is now
being advertised by the Centre County Cowl
Announcement of plans for the new Collegian was accompanied
by a statement that, despite extra work devolving on the staff, senior
compensations would be cut by more than a thousand dollars in order
that the expensive new venture
can be financed
Board of Directors
',On the Board of Directors
which will guide Collegian Inc,
will be live students and nine
members of the faculty and ad
mmist aeon
Student members will be Adam
Smyser '4l, Collegian editor,
Lawrence S Dr ever 41, brumes ,
manager, Vera L Kemp '4l, wo
men's editor, Arnold C Larch '4l,
all-College president, and Elinor
ti Weaver '4l, WSGA president
Faculty and administrative
members of th‘e new board will
be Franklin C Banner, Neil M
F,lemrng and Dean Arthur R
Warnock for three-year terms,
Lours H Bell, Br Mon R Gardner,
acrd William K Ulerich for two
par terms, and Russel E Clark,
Donald W Davis, and H Ridge
Riley for one-year terms
Subscription Price Same
!The new Collegian which AS ill
be of tabloid size will appear five
mornings a week, Tuesday
through Saturday The yearly
subscription price will remain at
$2 50
- Outstanding features already
assured for the daily Collegian are
daily women's page three hu
mor columns each week in place
of the present two, a daily and
complete Campus Calendar, a
regular report of companies con
ducting job interviews on campus,
a 1 regular entertainment calendar,
and a regular commentary on
current events by faculty and
other guest writers
New Student Club
Seeks Recognition
Pennstate Politicos
Submit Constitution
The Penn State Politico,, 41 new
student organiration, has submit
ted its constitution to the all-Col
lege Cabinet for approval
The new club is an outgrowth
of the trip that 23 students took to
Harrisbuig to attend the mock pol
itical convention held by a Nation
al Student Government Associa
tion last month
Greatly inspired by the conven
tion, the students, under the lead
ership of Edward Y Catlin '42,
decided to establish their own or
ganization whose pui pose it would
be "Not to preach not even to
teach but merely to provide a
means whereby students may
learn together how their govern
tnent operates "
Present plans call for an Advi
sory Council to be formed from
those members who acquire 100
points of merit based upon
achievements, propoi tinned and
granted by current members of the
Advisory Council
All chatter members will auto- 1
matically become member', of the
Council
Under the proposed constitution,
meetings are scheduled for the first
and third Mondays of every month
at 8 p,,m,:Special_meetings: , ,rriay .
be called by the chdiriiiin.
- Dues are set at fifty cents per
person each semester, payable at
the first meeting of the semester
New members must be sponsored
by a member of the faculty or a
current member of the orgamia-
Present ofliceis of the organtia
lion arc Edward Y Catlin '42,
chanman, Kenneth R Moul '4l,
vice chaiiman, Gladys E Fitting
'43, secretary, and David A Har
vey '42, treasurer
Solo Fliers Will Receive
Wings At (AA Dinner '
Student aviators who have made
solo flights will be presented with
wings at the Penn State Anmen
banquet in the Sandwich Shop at
6 30 p m tomori ow
Alfred L Wolfe, president of the
Private Pilots Association, the
principal speaker, will ari ive by
plane at the Lock Haven airport
tomorrow afternoon Prof Harold
A Everett, local CAA ditectoi,
will also speak
Movies depicting local Civil Act -
onautics Association limning will
be shown
Invitations, Programs,
Announcements Ready
Commencement invitabons,
announcements, and programs
will be available at Student
Union desk beginning today, ac
cording to an announcement
made yesterday.
Next Wednesday will be the
last day on which senior Lions
Coats will be sold.
Temper, Incre a ses
Physician Proves Theory
By Extensive Research
"Get oU your high blood pies
sure," would be a very appropri
ate phrase to calm down pi ospec
live tempetamentalists according
to Dr Edgar S Krug, College
Health Service physician
In an extensive research on
high • blood pressure cases, Dr.
Krug found that common displays
of exaggerated emotion or tem
perament tend to Increase the rate
of such cases.
Although the real cause of this
common disease is not known, ex.
vela:let:WWll shows that , going
.totaiioma Pi
To Hear Dr. Mack
Nutrition Is Subject
' Of Ist Talk In Series
Dr Pauline Beery Mack, dui cc.-
tor of home economics research,
will speak at the first of a series
of annual lectures of lota Sigma
Pi, national women's chemistry
honorary, in Room 121 Liberal
Arts building at 8 p m today
Noted for her extensive work in
textile chemistry and nutritional
studies, Dr Mack will speak on
"Evaluating Nutritional Status in
Human Beings" in the chaptei's
meeting in celebration of then
10th annivei Nary on campus
Local members and alumnae of
the honorary will attend a dinnei
preceding the lecture at State Col
lege Hotel in honor of Dr Mack
who recently addressed a group of
invited scientists at the Academy
of Medicine in New Yolk City
Fehr Elected President
Of Campus Center Club
Quentin Fein '4l was elected
president of the Campus Centel
Club, local (Agent/Awn fm bans
fel students, In then annual elec
tions last week
Other officers dl e Donald Johns
ton '42, vita president, Kathryn
Barton '4l, Imo] dine semetary,
Lois Remensyndet '42, toilespond
mg secretary, and Jean L Knapp
'42, treasurer
Members of the club will hold
their annual pun IL on Sunday,
May 26
Highl3lood' Pressure, Dr. Krug Says
into tantrums,becauLe one's boy
friend has dated someone else on
the sly or staging an exhibition of
wild rage because one cannot cope
with a cm tam situation leads to a
high blood pressure condition
There are two prevalent types
of high blood pressure One can
be determined and diagnosed eas
ily, while the other termed hyper
tension, is due to an unknown
cause which cannot be cured if
not caught in the early stages
Using 50 students in his exper
iment; Dr. Krug found that he
could detemune persons showing
symptoms of the hypertension
cases in the premature stages or
even`before they manifested it
After taking blood pressure at
rgiatt
SECOND PRESIDENT
ARNOLD C LAICH '4O
Davis Given Post
By National Group
Thomas, lane To Head
Professional Groups
Pi of Donald W Davis, depai t
meat of journalism, was elected
Eastei a gland vice-president of
Alpha Delta Sigma, professional
advertising fi ate! nay, at its an
nual convention at the University
of Missouri last week '
Colleges in this region which
have local chapters,of Alpha Delta
Sigma arc the City College of New
York, Franklin and Marshall, New
York University, Penn State, Syi a
cuse, and Temple
Initiation Sunday
Alpha Sigma Delta will hold its
initiation of new members at the
Phi Gamma Delta house at 2 p m
Sunday New initiates include
two professional members, Col
Charles C Cuitis,- , -advertising
manages of the Allentown Call and
Chronicle and David Knipe, advei
tising directoi of the Bethlehem
Globe Tunes
Student member. me Robei t F
Bachman '4l, Sidney Hauseman
'4l, Lee F Cainey '42, William F
Finn '42, John .1 Long '42, Lee H
Kestenbaum '42, Fredeuck R
Nale '42, Chai leti L Vaninwagen
'42. and T Blair Wallace '42
Two Honorary Elections
'Kappa Phi Kappa, national edu
cation frateinitv, and Sigma Delta
Chi, national journalism honmaiy,
elected officeis fm 194041 TuCs
day
The newly elected °Ricci% of
Kappa Phi Kappa ate John H
Thomas '4l, piesident, William D
Bogar '9l, vice-president, William
E Haikins '42, sec' etarv, Byron
B Blank '4l, treasure'
The newly elected officeis of
Sigma Delta Chi arc Robert H
Lane '4l, pies:dent, Quentin R
Fehi '4l, vice-piesident, Gauge
Schenk= '4l, seeietaiy, and Wil
liam E Fowlei '4l, ti easui et
Fowlci will epi esent the Penn
State chapter at the national con
vention of the hateinity which
will be held at Dc, Moines, lowa
Richaid C Pelciti '4l is the alter
nate delegate.
A thorough, Illustrated pre
sentation of the activates plan
ned for Penn State's 30th aunt
versary
SUMMER SCHOOL
will be presented in a special
supplement to the next issue of
the
,COLLEGIAN
oul Monday night, May 20
five minute intervals foi 30 to 60
minutes until theie is a basic
level, the student's hand is placed
in ice-water for one minute, and
the response of the blood pressure
to this stimulus is measured.
Most poisons will exhibit a
blood pressure rise, but persons
showing an exaggerated rise are
generally the hypertension blood
pressure cases
Practical uses of this test ale
being conducted by the Health
Service in conjunction with the
School of Physical Education
where athletes exhibiting this
type of blood condition are con
sidered to be ineligible for spoils
contaning a great deal of excite
ment
4013rP PRICE FIVE CENTS
Laich '4l Takes Office
As 2nd All-College.Head
While 1000 Watch Rites
ReadjUsted Budgets Approved By Cabinet
Following McWilliams' Veto Of First Plan;
Seniors Only Will Receive 20 Service Shingles
Swearing to "promote the wclfaia of the student body
and of the College" Ai nod C Laid) '4] became the second
all-College pi esident at mauguiation ceiemonies held in
front of the main campus gate at 4 p m, Tuesday
The oath of office was administeied by G Warren El
liott '4O, chairman of Student Ti ibunal
"The Success of our student gov
ernment in the past yea] is the
highest compliment that has come
to the College in a long time,"
President Ralph D Het/el told ap
proximately one thousands stu
dents who watched the =mon-
Four Others Speak
Othei spealceis were Willidin 1.1
Bat tholomew, '4l, new semen class
pi esident, Clot once H Evans 11,
chanmdn of the induguidtion com
mittee and retiring IMA piesiclent,
Latch, H Clifton McWilliams, Ti
'4O, let:: ing all-College president,
and David E Peigi in '4O, lain mg
soma: class piesident
The new Cabinet membeis were
officially installed at a meeting
Tuesday night
Befm e the new Cabinet assum
ed then duties, readjusted budgets
for 1940-41 were approved by the
tett' ing members McWilliams fist
vetoed the budgets as passed by
Cabinet at its last meeting because
of the nature of the amendment
appropriating a maximum of $75
for each of the school councils
Original Plan Fails
Cabinet unanimously voted not
to pass the budgets over his veto
A new amendment, granting the
same appropriations, was appi ov
ad with the stipulation that the
councils must present their budg
ets to the Cabinet and Inteiclass
Finance Board not later than the
second regular Cabinet meeting
next. year
Additional" Expinses -
Provision was also made for the
addition of unfoieseen expenses
late' next year
It was decided to inciease the
number of shingle awards from 15
to 20 and to pi esent them to sco
wls only The recipients will be
chosen on the basis of "service
rendered to the student body and
to the College" Pi esentation will
pi obably take place at Class Day,
June 9
After the installation of new Ot
ters, Latch appointed a permanent
executive committee consisting of
Robert N Baker, all-College vice- '
president, Bartholomew, Theodore
Rice '4l, chairman of Interclass
Finance Board, Adam A Smyser
'4l, chairman of the Board of Pub
lications, and Elmo] L Weave' '4l,
WSGA president
Committees Named
He also named a committee to
study the constitution of the Penn
State Politicos, a newly-organited
student political science group
Othei new committees announ
ced were a student weird' c com
mittee, a compulsory attendance
committee, and a committee to
study possible rem ganization of
Interclass Finance Boaicl
Eight Library Staff
Members Will Attend
National Conference
Wrltard P Lewis Irhrdllan, and
seven other members of the
Ir
biaiy staff will attend the 62nd
annual conference of the Amei lean
Library Association at Cincinnati
bum May 27 to June 1
MI Lewis is secretary of Col
lege and Reference Libra' ies, the
largest division of the association
Other members of the staff who
will attend the meeting ate Miss
Dorothy A Adams, Miss Kathat me
C Wyre, Miss Evelyn M Hensel,
MIS Clifford B Holt Jr, Miss
Elsie M Kresge, and Miss Anne
P Malone Miss Hensel is seem
taiy-treasuier of the catalog di
vision
Two Chemistry Students
Receive Doctor's Degree
Graduate students Anthony C.
Richer, agticulture biochemistry,
and Sydney Archer, chemistry,
have completed then final exam
inations for doctor's degree, Fiank
D Kern, dean of the Graduate
School, announced today
Richard B Greenberg, chemis
try, and Raymond E Culbertson,
horticulture, wall take their final
examinations for the Doctor's de
gree in the near future
Semi• Weekly
Complete Campus
Coverage
MOVABLE FIXTURES
CONTRACT LETTING
STARTED BY GSA
Ins'idlalion Of nied
!equipment Nears End
As Having Starts
01 dots for the last $900,000 gialil
rot movable building equipment
underwaygot yesterday when
Harold W Loinan, College put
chasing agent, innounced that
items in Group 40, laboratory and
phat mac.) , equipment, were gradu
ally being placed by. Colima' State
Author ity officials
Samples of movable (unit act
bids were submitted last week for
approval by GSA authorities with
this fist letting being given to the
vat lOUs low bidders whose-sam
ples were coincident with
, College
specifications
With fixed equipment contracts
alleacly awarded to bidders, con
tractors have installed most of the
fixtures in the new buildings, ex
cept the heavy engineering sup
plies
American - -
Collegians -
Speak
What U S collegians know
a bout the American StUdent
Union, what their favorite radio
program is, then opinions on
"ghost wi ding," and their mpg
lOUs habits are revealed by the
latest release of the Student Opin
ion Surveys of America
On Religion:
The question• Do you attend
church menially, only oLcasion
ally, of never'
Regularly
All Prol. Cath Jew Other
4O' 39% 75% 9% 24%
Occasionally
All Prot. Cath. Jew Other
48% 54% 20% 67% 55%
All Prot. Cat} Jew 01her
17% 7% 5% 24% 21%
Do you go to din' ch more or
less often than you did before you
Caine to college
The answers.
More Oil en
15 , 7, 16% 10% 12c, 18%
All Prot. Cath Jew -Other
Less Offen
All Prot. Cath Jew Other
46% 49% 31% 52% 43%
About Same
All Prot. Cath Jew Olher
39% 35% 59% 36% 39%
On Radio:
The question• Which is your
fawn ite radio program
The answers:
1 Jack Benny
2 Bob Hope
3. Information Please' 7.0
4 Glenn Miller . . 6.6
5 Kay Kysor 5. 8
6. Charlie McCarthy . 4:4
7. Hit Parade . . 4 0
8 Ono Man's Family .. 8.7 ,
Others listed in order are Ford
Hour, Kraft Music Hall, Philhar
monic Symphony, Lux Radio The
ater, Fred Waring, Metropolitan
Opera, Fred Allen, and N 8.0
Symphony., ,
On the ASU:
The question: Are your reac
tions to this organization favor
able or unfavoiable 7
The answers:
Favorable _ 52q
Favorable . ... 52%
Unfavorable .. . 48
Do you believe that the ASU is
a front for Communists in col
leges', -