Succeseor To The Free Lanes, Established 1887 VOL. 36—No. 63 Room Applications Refused For Three Men's Dormitories Alter $2O Deposit Dispute 224 Petitioners Demand Removal Of New Charge ).oman, Warnock, Hall 'Liaders'Will , Hear Case bf Students Monday All applications for looms in the three men's dormi tories were being refused to day pending a meeting at 10 a m Monday between Col lege officials and dormitory presidents to discuss opposi tion to a new plan calling for 'uppeiclassmen to make 20 deposits before next July 15 in order to secure looms fot next year. , College officials so far have menthe charge of being high handed and unfair with the 'explanation that Penn State is merely keeping pace with other universities and that 'even now it is more lenient than most ' Students predict that if the de -posit plan is milled out the dorm s idyll be occupied entirely by flesh fien in two,or three years r In the - past niti,reservation.,,dt . Posit was chired returnmg ulipei elassmen and the only deposits is quired were of freshmen who had to pay' to reset ye a room Opposition to the plan eiystail heed Tuesday night when Harold W Leman; College 'purchasing agent, called a meeting of doimi too, residents to explain the new system I=Mll Although no official announce ment of the plan had been made before this, sevei al dormitory lead ets got wind of it and weie ready with petitions signed by 244 of the 286 doimitoty residents Loman, liowevei, refused to recognize the petitions because they called the $2O a fee instead of a deposit. This brought a storm of molest and resulted in extteme disoidei dining which Lumen was both in sulted and defended [loin the floor Because of the' opposition, all applications for rooms next year ale now being refused while stu 'dents and officials ,prepare theli cases for the Monday meeting At that time Loman and A II War mock, dean of men, will meet with Hall leaders to discuss the objec tion. Othei leattnes in the new lOom big agreement which the ~ tudents f' _ (Continued on page four) Dr. Frank Kingdon Will Speak Sunday University Head To Talk On - 'Follow Your Leader' , - Dr,Fiank Kingdon, president of .the University of Newark, will *eak on "Follow Your Leader" at 'ebapeLSunday morning. In addition to his connection with the University of Newark, Ife'is a trustee of. Drew University end Centenarytollegiate Institute, and Chauman of the Board of the Essex County , \Junior Colleges. Dr Kingdon is `also a noted author, Having written books on "The Re ligious 'lmplications , of Modern Science," "Humane Religion," and "When Half4Gods Go" Graduate' to Sing , - 13iirbara Troxell '37, who recent ,ly 'completed a year of study at Curtis Instit4e, Philadelphia, will ',sing in 'chapel Sunday. Miss Troxell took post-graduate *cnk here for two years and won ,the'scholarship to ,the.world-fam schbol last year- She ,gair,e,`,;•, an , Informal concert in Schwab Auditorium yesterday'', ii s te l "Te'Now-Are Sorrowful," from ttrahm'e "Requiem,"'has been ten tatively- scheduled by Miss Trox ',4ll,,as her solo for/ Sunday's chapel ,The choir will 'take part,ln the' 'Services - as usual. ' 1 ' 7 ,.1!._.t,J1A - , 5 ;, , ,, , ,: - 47 tp - \ \:!8 -- 5" -- run, tafr .•gftit-') .rt xttit V , BLOOM '4l AND HARRIS '4l WILL MANAGE VARSITY-GOLF AND LACROSSE NEXT YEAR Maynard L Bloom '4l and Edward B Hailis,'4l were elected varsity golf and lacrosse managers, respectively, for 1940.41 on Wednesday.- Bloom and Harm will succeed Jack J Clarke '4O, and Lmdo Bagman J" '4O, respectively Golf first assistants elected Wednesday ate Elmet F Webb '42, thui H Jaffe, '42 ,Andrew R Bagg '42, fieshman manager, G William Leaworthy '42, alternate Jack D Ramaley '42 Lacrosse first assistants are Robert B Jeffrey '42, Robot t R Mall '42, John F Pettey '42, freshman manager, John P Strand '42, alternates, Albert Niederhausei '42 And James D Sheeley Penn State Coeds Have Trouble Getting Started Do you have difficulty in calying on a conversation' , What do college students like to talk about' These and many other questions are answered by a survey on collegiate conversation conducted by Eugene T McDonald, graduate assistant in clinical speech The survey was instituted to get infoimation that could be used to help studentt, who have difficulties in conversation Four things that the survey endeavored to find out are "What College students talk about. 2—What difficulties they have in conversing 3—Their reactions to conversational "sins" and forms of expression 4—Col lege student's background for con versation Conversation Problems It was discovered that the greatest problem students have in carrying on a conversation de pends upon the sex of the indi vidual For instance, the Penn State coed's biggest obstacle is ett I n e start ed tiate-men- find the greatest difficulty in "break ing a silence" , Othei problems' as 'revealed by the survey are as follows Pct. of limes mentioned Women Mon 47 52 Campus Calendar & News Briefs (A,11" contributions for this col , yam must ho receivekat 'Stu: dent47Priton ifii7preceguig publication.)'" •'' Today: Pennsylvania Press Conference, Nittany Lion Inn, today and to morrow Hillel Foundation, installation of officers, last meeting of year. 7 30 P m Names of now officers of all fia teinities, clubs, honorary societies, and other organirations should be handed in at Student Union imme diately Modern dance recital, White Hall, 8 p in today and tommiow P. I. A. A. golf tournament, Col lege Golf Course, today and to mori ow Druids will tap 12 freshmen fi ant of Old Main, 12 45 p m Tomoirow: Track meet. State versus Navv, P I A A championships, New Beaver Field, 2p m - i• Baseball game. State versus Muhlenberg, .:Beavet Field, 230 p m Lacrosse game. State flash ver sus Penn fresh, practice field. 2 p. m Movies on murals sponscned, by tine arts division, College Book Stole, 129 West Beaver Avenue, admission free, 7 15 to 8 45 p in , today and tommiow Sunday: Dr. Frank Kingdon will speak on "Follow Your Leaded' Miss _Bat - bola Troxell will sing solo, Chapel, II a. m - Monday: "Twin sisters" will meet, plans fin hamster orientation will be dis cussed, 305 Old Main; 5 p m. Meeting of dorm leaders and College officials to discuss deposit problem, Io,a in Miscellaneous: ' Exhibition of works of Henry Varnum Poor, College Art Gallery, open daily except Sunday from 8 30 a m. to 8 30 p in All freshmen and _sophomores interested in working on the busi ness or editorial staffs of the Froth , report to Room 309 Old Main, 8 p m. _ , Druids To Tap Twelve reshmen This Afternoon , Druids will'tap 12 freshmen this afternoon in ftont of Old Main at 12 45. - Those who will be tapped arc• lacrosse, George L Pettigout, James E Gotwals, William P Mc- Fadden; golf, Donald C 'Hart, track, Harry A Confer, William D Detrick, and Robert W Cress well, tennis, Donald T Davis and Donald S Parker; baseball, Emory M. Kasprzyk and Edward , A Tuleya , ' ' . 1 Breaking a 'donee Thinkrng of appropnato ' remarks Getting started Making yourself understood 25 30 Making tactless remarks 25 27 Ending a conversation 22 25 Talking to strangers 16 37 Finding interesting topics . 35 This is the first of a series of articles dealing with the results of the survey and will be followed by articles on "what college stu dents like to talk about," "what things annoy them in conversa tion," "what books and magazines they read," "what movies they like," "what radio programs they enjoy," and "what particular sub jects they like to talk about" Herb '4l To Head Players; 10 New Members Include Actors And Technicians Paul N Heib '4l was elected to head Penn State Playas fol. 1940- 41 and 10 actors and members of the technical crew were initiated as full members recently Othet new officers ate Eleanor L Pagans '4l, vice-president, Jean Babcock '42,,secretary, Eugene N. Scheftel '42, heasutet, and Mal— colm Weinstein '4l, student mem bet of the board of control Thirty students were admitted as associate membets and Mary E Jenkins and - John Millet were chosen 'graduate members The new full members are Helen V Atkinson '9O, Miss Babcock, William B Bartholomew '4l, D Jane Boller '4l, Catherine E Cole man '42, Miss Fagans, Robert J Lyman '4l, Emerson H Rupert '4O, Scheftel, and Weinstein. Loss Of SB5 Incurred By Riedy Benefit Concert All-College Cabinet suffered a loss of $B5 when only 83 people attended the Helen Louise Riedy concert for the benefit of the Stu dent Loan Fund on Thursday, May 16, Clarence H. Evans `4o,' chair man of the concert committee, an nounced yesterday Expenses of the concert, includ ing Miss Riedy's fee, were $ll6 50, but total receipts were only $3l 50. The deficit will probably be'made up from Cabinet funds Funds for student loans next year will also come from Cabinet's budget STATE COLLEGE, PA., ERIDAY, MAY 24, 1940 Graduating Class Of 1,194 Students Breaks Record Gel Degrees June 10; 218 Advanced Degrees Cause Rise Over 1939 One thousand two hunched and ninety-rout seniors and graduate students, the largest graduating class in the history of the College, will receive degrees at the com mencement cxci vises at 10 30 a in on June 10, Regmbar William S Hoffman announced yesterday This year's class is expected to exceed by 87 last year's total, the first time the graduating class ex ceeded 1,000 In spite of a deer ease of three' Baccalaureate degrees, an mu easel of 90 advanced degrees bi ings the I total figures above those of last Year Approximate figui es f eleased by Registrar Hoffman are Advanced degrees 212 Baccalaureate Degrees Agriculture 93 Chemistry and Physics 93 Education Engineering Liberal Arts Mineral Industries Physical Education Total Baccalaureate degreesl,o76 Martin V Rockwell was named valedictoi lan of this year's grad uating class and B Paul Blasin game, salutatorian, as Registrar William S 'Hoffman — announced the 86 seniors who will graduate with honors, having an average of 2 4 or higher and at least two academic years of residence Daily _Collegian, Assured ; 13e4iif"Sai'" - s'erij;VcTn' Drive SEE COUPON ON PAGE 4 A daily Collegian next year was assured Tuesday when the Cen tre County Court handed down a final dectee chattering Collegian Inc ,as a non-profit corporation ' At the same time the new Collegian plunged into its first sub sci lotion campaign by offering mail-subscriptions at $3 25 The complete table of prices tot the 150 issues next year as re leased yesterday by Lawrence S Driever '4l, business manager, follows One year by local carrier $2.50 One semester by local car. tier One year by mail (any where to U. S.) . 325 One semester by mail 2.00 Single copy price .05 Five Issues Weekly Mail subscription orders are now being received at Student Union desk or may be mailed di rectly to Collegian, Inc, 313 Old Main, State College The daily will drop to tabloid size and appear five mornings a week, Tuesday through Saturday As a corporation, the Collegian will be operated by a Board of Directors made up of live stu dents and nine faculty and ad ministrative members elected by the students for three year terms C Russel Eck '4O, business manager this year, will serve as graduate counselor to the new daily and supervise its organiza tional and promotional campaigns Thespians Enter Score .. In Musical Play Contest; ASCAP Offers $l2O Award The Thespians have turned in the score of their last production, "Danger! Men at Work," to the 'Dist national contest for the best written 'and composed college musical play, "Sock" Kennedy, faculty director of the club, an nounced yesterday s The competition is sponsored by the ,Amei ican Society 'of Compos ers, Authors, and Publishers for the purpose of encouraging and stimulating .the development of creative talent among the Ameri can college students $720 Offered To Winners In an endeavor to discover mole Victor Herberts, Jerome Kerns, Deems Taylors and Cole Porters, the ASCAP will award $720 to the winner or joint winners in each region annually The money is to be used in furthering the educa tion of the , winning students. The musical play, opera, oper etta, or revue must be of the cus tomary full length, substantially original and must be actually cast, costumed, and produced to be entered is the competition College Requests Increase Of 100 In (lass Of '44 i:'Size Of Faculty Limits l',' Enrollment; 899 Frosh - , Are Admitted Already !An inuease in enrollment for 11940-41 of 100 freshmen over the ;1320 admitted last year will be re commended by the College to the Board of Trustees at the June i!meeting of the board _ !,-E:This I tentative figuie includes poo men and 320 women 899 ;freshmen had been admitted by May 1, the latest figures available i ' Reason given for the unexpect ,,edly low increase was that, al- Ohough new buildings will provide additional space, the faculty has not been enlarged to the neces 'saty sue tl:1No quotas have been set on ad -missions to individual schools However, the quota for home eco nomics freshmen will be 125, the same as last year Transfer Regulations Stricter Total enrollment is expected to be about the same as this year as the result of the tightening of reg ulations governing admittance of transfer students A new rule will bar applicants who have "an un removed failure" in a course at another college '.; This rule is the same as it WaS five years ago At that time it was decided that the rule was too strict and it was changed to per mit a maximum of one failure ,The original regulation has been readopted to 'educe the number of transfers and permit the en trance of more freshmen Men 'Short-Cut More Than Coeds Lawns Spared By Girls, Campus Survey Shows Blasting the adage that "women don't know then ownminds," ex perimentation shows that men are generally the greater non-con formists and less conscientious to behavior patterns, according to ,William M Lepley, assistant pro fessor of psychology By watching eleven different campus sites whole students take short-cuts on their way to class, members of Professor Lepley's psychology 7 class discovered that coeds took the more conservative route while the men banned the sidewalk for the muddy "short cuts ", - Proving that the ()Winery coed would rather be late lot class than, disrupt her conventional habits by skipping across campus turfs, the survey indicated that only 39 per cent cut corners, while 54 per cent of the males disre garded sidewalks Take Short-Cuts When Late In favor of the students, how ever, most of the non-conforming behavior occurred while they were rushing to class The aver age "walker" on the campus is still heeding the all-College Cab inet's pleas,to "spare the green," as 52 per cent refused to take the shortest distance between two points An annual Collegian feature everybody looks for will be here ;maim next issue. Be sure to get a copy of if. It's the Collegian Honor Roll of administrative, faculty and student leaders as well as those outside the College who have made outstanding contributions to Penn ,State welfare in the past year., It'appears in the Next Issue which is piso a special Memorial Day number, on sale Monday , night, May 27. Interclass. Finance Board Set-up Changed As Cabinet Passes First Amendment P.N.P.A. PRESIDENT C. M. BOMBERGER Dutch Minister At Press Confab Sullivan, Clapper Head List Of Newspapermen A timely talk on "Wai-tout &none" by Dr A London, Neth erlands' =lisle' to the United States, and highlights on the French battlehont activities by W W Chaplin, International News Service correspondent who has_ just returned from abroad, will featuic today's activities of the two-day Pennsylvania Piess Conference being held here this weekend Sullivan To Se Honored A last minute change on the program Wings Di Loudon before the 200 of more edam and pub lisheis here for the conference, which is sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publish ers Association and the depart ment of Journalism. Count R de Botts* de Sale, New Yolk corre spondent fix Pat's newspapers. and Lloyd Lehrbas, Associated Press wax correspondent, were originally scheduled to speak but have been called back to duty suddenly and will not appeal on the program Clapper "Behind the Scenes" In addition to today's feattue speakers, the presentation of an honorary scroll to Mark Sullivan and an informative behind-the scenes speech by Raymond Clap pal, noted Washington corre spondent, will highlight tomor row night's closing banquet Sul livan, who lose from a job as a reporter in West Chester, Pa to nation-wide influence as a Wash ington column& and political wider, will receive the award in person It is the first P N P.A citation to go to a non-publishei Two other important figures in war news coverage will speak Miles Vaughn, night news mann!. CI of United Press will discuss "War News," and William Has kell, assistant to the president of the New York Herald Tribune will speak on "Censorship and Modern News Gathei mg," tomor row moining Now Awards Made Theie will also be group discus sions on the present newspaper problems and talks by outstanding authorities in the state C M Bomberger, Jeanette ptblishei and president of the PNPA, will deliver an address of welcome as chairman of this morning's ses sion As a new feature, awards will be made this year to individual newspapermen in addition to the usual awards to outstanding news papers These citations will be announced during the morning session today at the Nittany Lion Inn AAA Adopts Training Plan Penn State's driver-training plan has been adopted by the American Automobile Association for use in Its national driver training program , The plan, in volving practical road instruction and special group training, was developed by Amos E. Neyhart, head of the Institute of Public Safety. OSO PRICE FIVE CENTS Leffler '42 And Five Juniors Appointed To Tribunal; Corbin '4l Automatically Becomes Chairman Finance Group Change Is Made To Prevent Installation Of Virtually New Board Each Year; Four Experienced Members Will Be Retained he first amendment to the yea' -old Student Govern ment Association constitution, changing the membership of Interclass Finance Boat d, was unanimously passed by all- College Cabinet at its first t egufar meeting of the year Tues day night The amendment eads' " shall consist of the present tt classes, the thine class ti easui et s • of the preceding year, the piesent tieasurer of Women's Student Government Association, and the Women's Student Government Association Treasurer of the pie ceding year" It will supersede Ai tide VI, Section I under which Interclass Finance Board consisted of the four class treasurers and a repre sentative of the opposite sex from each class The chairman of the board will still be the Junioi class treasuiei of the preceding year Experienced Members on Board The change was made in order to place more experienced mem bers on the board and 'to prevent Cabinet voted, at its meeting Tuesday, to limit the $BOO re ward for the apprehension of the murderer of Rachel H. Taylor '43 to one year from the date of the crime, March 27. The $lOO reward offered by the Collegian will also expire at that time. installation of an almost entnely new board each year Uncle' the oi team! constitution only one member, the chairman, was tat tled over from the memos year In the future, four expeiienced members will be retained Interclass Finance Board for 1940-41 consists of Theodore Rice '4l, chairman, J Leroy Clovis '42, Pauline Crossman '43, Betty M (Continued on page four) 1859 College Year Cost Student $lOO Room, Board Included; Manual Labor Required The charge foi "tuition, board, fuel, washing, etc," at the Fat mei s' High School was $lOO in 1859 and 1860, but after two tears Jumped to $125, according to the Trustees' report for 1865 which is included in an exhibit now in the Library However, two and a half to three hours of daily manual labor were required of each student. For five yens, the report continues, classes were "successfully con ducted" in the west wing of Old Main which was filled "from year to year to capacity-100 students " Rejoice for $149,500 Appropriation "State College Rejoices" reads the headline on a 49-year-old copy of the Centre Democrat also on display The iejoicing was foi a "handsome $149,500 appropria tion" which the state had just granted to build "civil, mechanical, and mining engineering buildings, for athletics, and for the building of two residences and equipments for various buildings" That the election of trustees caused more Student excitement than it does now is evidenced in an 1857 report which says, that the "routine of labor at the High School Farm was interrupted by the election " Judge Frederick Watts was chosen to head this early Board of Trustees. Also included in the exhibit are the manuscript of the second com mencement address by President Evan Pugh, a cataldg and a direc tory for 1859, and a, copy of the first extension document, a "Nur sery Catalogue" Senu.VVeekly Complete Campus Coverage The Interclass Finance Board easutei of each of the four LA, MI Councils Induct Members Rose '4l New MI Head; LA Juniors Retained Twenty-thi ee I epi esen la byes of the MI Student Council and nine Sophomore members of the LA Council were inducted in ceie monies'last week, while four more students will be added to the MI group from next year's freshman class The LA, Council elected only sophomores and retained their Juntoi members, while the MI School chose an entirely new coun cil with Alex J Rose '4l replacing Lewis C Cavalier '4l as president, John H Steeves '4l and Andrew Rostowsky '43 becoming vice-presi dent and secrete! y iespectively MI Council The M 1 Council members are ceiamits, Joseph D D'Amico 41, Robes t L Hess '43, Paul Lazai '42, and Coinelius J Reagan '43 Geology, Adrian L Nolifi '42 and George A Thompson '4l Metalluigy, Samuel H Byers 43; Dennis J Carney '43, Cavalier, John D Clai k '42, Milton E Dick son '43. Clyde B Durst '4l, Rose, Sleeves '4l. Louis Sylvester '42, and Charles 0 Tarr '42 Mining, Rotowski and William Hyde' '42 Petroleum and natural gas, Rob ert E Clark '4l, John M Elliman '42, Edward W Nestor '4l, and Ed waid H Weltsch '43 LA Council Newly-elected sophomores to the LA Council die Commerce and finance Joseph L Duffy and three others to be selected next year Alts and letters, Harold J Bet ger, John W Dague, Arthur H Jaffe, and William J McKnight Jouinalism. Gerald F Doherty and Pat N,agelbeig Women -at - large, Jeanne C Stiles, Roberta J Kelly, and Alice M Mu). ray who was elected last yea). LA juniors who retain their tnembeiship are Betty A Albright, Robert N Baker, Mary J Dalton, Jay R Ellenberger, Edward B Hams, Arita L. Hefferan, Oscar Kranich, William S Kirkpatrick, Leslie L Lewis, George L Parrish, Richard C Peters, and Thomas J Robinson Welsh '35 Will Praclice Law In High Stale Courl James C Welsh '35, formei• pre legal student and star on the 1935 undefeated, unscored on Lion soc cer team, recently was granted the right to practice law before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Introduced by his father, Judge George A Welsh, the younger Welsh, also a graduate of the Uni veisity of Pennsylvania Law School, was one of the 28 young lawycis granted the privilege• of trying cases before the high court: 2 Summer Courses Added Typewriting I, typeWrlting 2, shorthand 1, and shorthand 2 have been added to courses which •will be offered in Summer Session, Dr Carl W Hasek announced yester day.
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