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. '
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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
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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.