Successor To The Free Lance, Weblmbed 1887 VOL. 36—No. 64 „ _,Petty_ Thievery Reaches Mew Heights - In Women's Dormitories, SOrOrities $5O Stolen Within Two Weeks; 'lnside Job' Is Opinion Held By Student Leader; Thief Sought •By Police But lack Of Evidence Causes Failure see editorial "It's About Tune," on Page 2 ' Petty thieveiy in women's dormitories and sororities amounting to least s3so'since Easter reached a new peak yesterday when it was disclosed that more than $5O has been stolen during the past two About $2OO has disappeared from Frances Atherton Hall and the iemainciei from hermit) , houses Alpha Omicron Pi with $25, Gamma Phi Beta with $37, Kappa Alpha Theta with $2O, and Zeta Tau Alpha 1-with $52 were the hardest hit Elinor L Weaver '4l, WSGA president, and George W Ebert, superintendent of grounds and buildings, concurred in the opin ion that it is an "inside job" be cause the Toney has been stolen during meals or 'at other times when , rooms hate been unoccu pied - Strongest evidence in this direc tion came Saturday when a wallet containing valuable papers be longing to Anna B Sturman '4O was returned 'after an announce ment was made in the east dining room of Frances Atherton Hall The wallet was stolen Thursday, the announcement was made 'Fri day and the wallet, minus $5 it had contained, was returned Sat urday. Thefts of only - $25 have been reported to the Campus Patio' daptain William V Dennis Jr refused to comment on the belief that the thefts are an inside job, adding "I haven't had one report of a case that - hasn'tresulted from 'carelessness. There is no concrete evidence to go ron, but we're do ing everything possible to recover the .money' and apprehend the thief." • Campus Calendar & News Briefs - (.1%.11 contributions for this col '.-unin must be received at Stu dent Union Desk by 1 p.m. the day preceding publication.) -,Board of Diroctors of Collegian Ind meets dt 2 p m in 313 Old Main - lota Sigma Ps and Delta Sigma Epsilon picnie_in Host Wdods at 5 P m' - La Vie available to all seniors at the- AA window Matriculation cards must be, presented " Varsity baseball. Bucknell at 4 Louise Homer Club meets in Room 411 Old Main at 7 p rn 4 •_ - Student.Tribunal meets in }them 305 Old Main at 7 p' m pews' articles to go in- the icaltegian'imusti,belAn , .by. 6 ;;,:to appear in the final Collegian "which be distributed tamps row' night. Tomorrow: , , ', i'Foshrrian Commission Meets in Rooni 305 Old Main at 7 p m t Transition Issue of Collegian appear :NYA • applzeahon blanks avail able aL the Bursar's office ; "' Regular Thursday Collegian Bus iness candidates 1 epot t to 313 Old ..11 , 1am at 715 p m , Miscellaneousi' ..IL speed, trap will be conducted on borough qi eels • Jan Sevin will appear at the Cathaum theater Monday. . - Subscription drive rot the neu daily Collegian is now on , Senior ,Women's dance s will be held at. the Nittgny Lion Inn from ti!P 12 Saturday night Intel... Church Council out ing:at. 1 30 p' , Thursday iylllleaye all churches Students,are reminded to get fee "defeiment - blanks at the Bursar's office-before the end of the term - , , Alpha Phi Omega Chooses Officers -Sioafing Fraternity ,-,Completely Reorganized ollicerg ofAlpha', Phi Omega, service fraternity,. who were officially initiated - at a special ceremony in Old Main last week are John-B t Yeneral '4l, president; Bruno 'Eisen '43, vice president; Otto C,t i Zlmmermaim '42, secre=' tary; and 'Hugh J Peeling '4l, treasuier t.', "/sfA complete reorganization otthe _fraternity:was accomplished by the addition, of new members at this last fOrmal gathering until the next College team '-completed for 'the blazing sand , marking of the new Blue ~ and', White" trail through nearby - mountains The trail will be:open' in the. Fall and will be eleirly;peinted out, ioy blue and 'White markers'abing the way. In order that incominglreshmen can;-familiarize themselves with the activities of Alpha Phi Omega, will be given each new student to'be filled out as he registers during; Freshman Week: The ''questions will concern the connections and activities with,,the peif., - Scout organization' that 'the fr - esllmen boys ,may have hid, for Scouts, and Scouters, either past or active members, are' eligible for enrollment. . . CAMPUS / -41.1-41-A-s),\ "- , -- ; -- 7\ t.-„,;-.2 il[p 1111 r " 0 i fttrit (IiKA -- ? ,g (iti ntirgiatt ~, , ..,...:,„ ..\.,..,, .However ; no', money been has recov'bred -; • - The largest individual iheft was $45, money which a coed had been saving for a sorority initiation fee On several occasions :amounts of approximately $l5 have been stolen Seventy dollars has been taken from the southeast unit of Frances Atherton Hall Seven dollars was stolen from a locker in the base ment of the Home Economics Building, the only known theft not in a dormitory or sorority Players To Appear In 'What A Life' = James AmbanilosWill Portray Henry,Aldrich An opportunity to relive high school days will be offered house party theater-goers,at the Players' production of "What A Life" in Schwab Auditorium at 830 p m on June 7 and 8 ~ Tickets will' be'priced at 50 cents The play, a fame, satirizes typ ical high school characters in the setting of the principal's ,office an old high school In a fairly large city It was first piodticed• in New Yoiit City by George Abbott and created - Henry Aldrich, of 'radio fame James Ambandos •'43 will play the part in the Players'wer sion The play centers around an unctous, - self-satisfied principal and the problems thrown on his should ers by typical teachers, student.; and parents `.Written by, Clifford, Goldsmith andqdlrected by James Doll, 'in structor In dramatics, the play'con tumes the , Players' tradition of offering a 'comedy as their last production-of the year Last Spring the houseparty ' show was "You Can't Take It -WithrYou " - Savill And Top , Hallers Here In Pqrioir Monday; Jan Savitt and' his Top , ters have been signed to appear_ in person at ,the Cathaum The atre Monday, it was announced late yesterday. , " The , Senior Ball orchestra will appear at. four perform-i , antes.' NegOtiations with -the band had been 'carried , on' by the'management for a,consider-` able time Preview Of Daily Collegian Slated Tomorrow Night Subscription Campaign Continues; Directors Will.Formallif Organize See Coupons On Page 3 Collegian, Inc, pushed plans for its daily publication on three fronts as this week opened I—The staff, began work on a special Transttion,lssuie which will appear tomorrow night and end publication Om this year _ 2—The annual , Spi mg subsea lo tion drive continued with the new daily offered at the same local rate as the present semi weekly 3—A board of direitois of Col legians, Inc, was bet to be (Ca rnally organwed at a meeting in 313 Old Main at 2 p m to day Plans fot the Transition Issue call for a preview of the new tab loid size and a special illustrated page given over to, Commence ment Because of the Memorial Day holiday Thursday the paper will be issued tomorrow night in stead of Thursday night Both local and mail subscrip tion orders are being accepted at the Student Union desk and at Collegian Office, 313 Old Main, as the subscription drive progressed this week Local subscription and single copp rates, will remain the same One year, $2 50, one semester, $1 50, and single copy, $ 05, Mail rates at e $325 foi one year and $2 00 one semester Plans for the board of directors' meeting this afternoon include the a4ciptionpf by-laws :drawn,up„u2 nnforimil meeting'-teth - ne'eef- - sons who will form the board of directors._ and confirmation of C Russell Eck '4O, Collegian busi ness manager this year, as its graduate counselor next year Five students and nine faculty and administrative members are included on the board Students are Adam A Sipyser '4l, Colleg e. editor, Vera L Kemp '4l, women's editor, Lawrence S Driever '4l, business manager, Arnold C Laich '4l, all-College president, and Elinor L Weaver '4l, WSGA president. Faculty and administrative di rectors are Franklin C Banner, Neil M Fleming and Arthur R Warnock for three-year terms, Louis H Bell, Breton R. Gardner and William K Ulerich for two year teams, and Russell E Clark, Dbnald W Davis and H Ridge Riley for one-year terms One hundied and fifty issues will be published next yeai, five mornings a week; Tuesday through Saturday Many outstanding fea tures such as a daily women's page, a regulai iepoit of compa nies conducting job interviews on campus, and a daily Campus Cal endar will be incorporated Music Monotonous But islands, Wylie, Says Gratit - most difficult to 'describe the breath-taking beauty of the Islands to one who .has never seen them," was Prof Richard W Grant's summation of his, recent trip to the Hawaiian Islands Grant was granted a leave of absence from the College on Janu ary 22 to do tesealch on Hawaiian music for'the National Music Sup eivisor's Conference, and was recently elected second vice president of the Confei mice after seiving as a member of its board of governors lot several years "I was disappointed in Hawai ian music because after you listen to 'much of it, it all sounds the same," he said "However this is not true of Hawaiian dances. "Swing has had- a devastating influence on the native dancers," he remarked , Sees Crowning Traveling south to ' Florida, Dean and Mrs Grant motored to Los Angeles and then took a fast liner to the Islands 0 ' .troticeable in the Islands, Dean Grant explained ? is ,the,'manner in which Chinese, Japanese, Porto Ricans,',Hawailans,, Filipinos,' Por tuguese and many 'other national ities bye together on the,best of terms, Miregarding their national prejudices He hinted _that this could be explained since 80 per cent of " the population! claims' American citizenship and that in termarriage is common among the various groups STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940 NYA Application Blanks Ready For Distribution NYA applications will be'clls-' la ibuted to students now in col lege at the Bursar's offlce"Wed— nesday, Friday, and Saturday, Stanley B Maddox, NYA Ad ministrator, announced yester day , , , Application 1 blanks arc not available to new students (flesh men„two-year and transfers) un til they have been granted ad mission to the College The appli cation should not be a eturned before August 10 The College has not been of .—ficially notified that federal funds will be made available for 1940-41 but the committee on student employment under NYA anticipates the continuance of the program Psychologists To Assemble Here 15 Faculty Membui.L. Participate In Confab The 48th annual meeting of the American Psychological Associa tion, national professional organ ization of psychologists, to be held here September 5 to 7, and the meetings of four other psycholog ical organizations here earlier that week are expected to bring 1,400 psychologists, educators, sociologists, and statisticians Fifteen members of the College faculty are listed among the 664 members and 2,075 associates of the American Psychological Asso ciation which met last year at Stanford University and the Uni versity of California Dr Bruce V Moore, head of the department of education and psy chology, and a member of the ex ecutive committee of the associa- Len; is chairman-of conven tion committee'`• , The largest of the other organ izations is the American Associa tion fo r Applied Psychology which will meet September 2 to 4 This oiganization has over 500 members in different fields of ap plied psychology, clinical psy chology, consulting psychology,: educational psychology, and in dustrial and business psychology. most of whom also - belong to the American Psychological Associa tion. The Psychometric Society, con cerned with the mathematical ap (Continued on page four) Borough To Operate Speed Trap; Stop Watches Used A speed trap will be operated on borough streets, principally Atherton Street and College Ave nue, Police Chief John It Juba announced last Thursday Where streets are posted with speed limit signs the timing will be done with stop watches On other streets timing will be checked by the speedometer in the police car, Juba said Dean Grant saw the crowning of the student Quein of the Urn versity of Hawaii, recently pic tured m the Collegiate Digest. "I shall never forget thd exotic beauty of that display," he said During , the coronation cere monies, he continued, girls of dif— nationalities sang and danced the hulas of old Hawaii; a Chinese girl, dressed in shim mering purple and - gold pajamas, did a dainty and quaint dance, and then a Japanese group per formed ,the strange posturing dances of Nippon. Grant enjoyed the queer "tad gin" English spoken on the Is lands Describing a conversation of taxi drivers, one of whom had bumped his car into the other's, he said, "Says one taxi driver, 'Wasamala you?' 'Wasamala me?' says the other....Wasamala you wasamala me? YOU wasamala,' replies the first." , slo.Room Deposit Compromise Made ID Dorm Dispute ;Payment Of Deposits On Second,Term Rent Set For September An agreement was reached yes teiday morning by College offi cials and student leaders-of the three men's dormitories in their dispute over the proposed $2O room deposit when a' compromise plan calling for $lO deposits in September was .accepted The present occupants will make the $lO deposits at September registra bon as advance payment for sec ,ond semester room rent A firs semester deposit previouMy paid a registiation will be waived f ' , The new plan as proposed by Samuel K Hostetter, assistant to WC president, replaces the original demand of $2O deposits before July 15 which caused opposition from a majority of the students re sisting in the halls The original proposal, however, will go into ef fect for, all classes after 1943 and for new students wishing to live in the dm mitoi les Want 100 Per Cent Capacity `ln outer to assuie close to 100 per cent capacity occupancy, Hos tetter, Ai thur R Warnock,, dean of, men, and Loman emphasized that students would have to notify the College at a specified time if they desire to reserve a room Failure tolteep this deadline will result in absolute loss of the res ervation and will give incoming students an oppoi tunity of moving .into the dormitories which they would not have otherwise The plan is similar to the one in etTect foi.- the women students, whose room deposit was raised from $5 to $lO this year ' - -;:The College favored a change in .46.furmer—lax system because ex-_ perience has shown that students often fail to notify the officials (Continued on page Iwo) Dixon '4l Named Editor Of LaVie Yearbook Distribution Begins Today In Old Main Sae editorial, "LaVae Issue' on With announcement of Jack G Dixon '4l as nextsyear's to Vie editor, Thomas J Finn '4O, retir ing editor, declared Sunday that yearbooks will be distributed to seniors from the Athletic Associa tion window in Old Main starting today upon presentation of ma triculation card Outstanding innovations of this year's book will be a colored fron tispiece of Old Main, six new ar rangements for pages in the sen ior section, ommission of all fresh man activities to make it primar ily a book foi seniors, and beau ties picked by artist George Petty Green is the coloi scheme throughout Othei juniors were elected to the following positions Jane A Fulton, -managing editor, Jay R Ellenberger, photographic editor; Louise Hyder, administration ed itor; Dave E Wagenseller, organ ization editor, Estelle Marguilies, activities editor. Jack H Hibbard, athletic edi tor, Billie R Martin, assistant photographic editor, Francis X Casserly, assistant administration editor, Betty • A Willits, assistant activitieg editor, Odette Newman, assistant athletic editor. Moyer chosen New Head In Waifs Hall Elections Watts Hall, men's dormitory, elected officers last week for 1940.41. They are Paul E Moy er '4l, president; Phillip Later man '42, vice-president; Julius N Nelson '42, secretary; Arthur D Seides '4l, treasurer, William L Byrd ' 43, Intramural manager, Gilorge It Ross '42, junior IMA representative; Thomas R Ridge '43, sophomore IMA representa tive The retiring officers will re ceive keys in recognition of their excellent work. They are, Myro= slaw Kok '4O, Richard J. Davis '41,-Morris R Schaffner '4O, Ray mond J. McCrory '42, Carl W Barbey '42, and Jack D Yudie '4O Senate Welfare Committee Urges Introduction OF Housing Program ; College Proposed Dormitory Mediator COLUMNIST WARNS Clapper Sees U. S. In Grave Position Publishers Favor Willkie In Presidential Poll A possibility that the United States may be the sole pi otectoi of the Western Hemisphere should Germany defeat the Allies and the protection given by the British fleet to the Atlantic seacoast dis—, appear was declared by Raymond Clapper, Washington columnist, at the closing banquet of the Penn sylvania Press Conference here Saturday night C:."The-British-fleit , has` controlled the eastern side of the Atlantic throughout our national history, but now we are confronted with the possibility that 'this friendly protection will be demolished The situation is so grave that we would be foolish not to face the possibili ties at their worst," said Clapper "'That situation creates a tre mendous task for the United States It will require the development of the strongest possible defense maUnnery, the consolidation of all Latin America in the scheme of hemisphere defense, and the stiff ening of ourselves fox the ordeal, which is going to requne much more sect lace than the average poison now realizes," he said Cautions Against Hitler Clapper expressed the opinion that a fi iendly alliance between this county and Latin America would be difficult to achieve The Americas feel none ,too friendly toward us since \ Congress has placed so many rest ictions on trade with the South American countries, he believes, and might succumb to the woomgs of Halm If victorious in Swope, the Gel man dictatot will most cez thinly look covetously upon the t ich soil and natural resources of Latin Am- (Continued on pago four) Common Student Query Is 'What Shall I Talk About' One of the most , common complaints of students who have con versational difficulties is that they "don't know what to talk about." according to a survey conducted by Eugene T McDonald, graduate assistant in speech Before this problem could be solved it was necessary to learn something about the interests and conversational background of col lege students They were asked to list the magazines they lead. and the radio pi ogiams they enjoy Any student who feels that he is having difficulty in conversa tion might make out such lists of his own and check them with the following. Arranged in order of number of times mentioned. Woman 1. Reader's Digest 2. Good HoUsekeeping 3. Ladies Homo Journal 4. Life Sr Mademoiselle 8. McCall's 7. Vogue / 8. American 9. Woman's Home Companion Mon 1. life • 2. eader's Digest 3. Saturday Evening Post 4. Collier's S. 'Mo.() *MP PRICE FIVE CENTS Far-Reaching Plan To Begin In September; PSCA, Health Service To Approve Homes; Heizel Sanctioned Room Inspection Move last May See hst of suggosted housing standards on Pago 4 The giadual intioduction of a far-reaching housing pioglam be ginning this September was urged yesterday in a detailed plan on student housing inspection foiwaided to Piesident Ralph D Retzel for his approval by Dr Wai len B Mack, than man of the Senate Com mittee on Student Welfare By compiling a list of approved homes impeded by PSCA and College Health Sei vice repiesentatives, and by autheilumg the Senate committee to impose definite housing standaids, the College, for the Mist time, proposes to become a clisciplinaiy mediate' in regulating rooming difficulties "That the College has never be fore exercised conh ol ovei hous ing in private homes does not mean that it cannot do so," the report to President Hetzel stated, in citing its case for 52 per cent of male - enrollment who live in private homes President Het/el sanctioned, in principle, the plan to inspect looms last May when it was sub mitted by the Student Housing Board, following a Collegian cam paign, then ietuined it to the Senate Committee to be drawn in-1 to a definite plan of action Want Planned Setup The Senate committee asked fox la planned and controlled housing setup when its survey showed that competition necessary to bet ter conditions was lacking because of impermanecy in housing con tracts and agreements "Through the requirement of students to occupy rooms appiov ed and the enforcement of leases or contracts for looms on a semes ter or yearly basis, prevailing con ditions would be minimized," the committee revealed• - Steps toward such control, sug gested by the Student Housing Board and recommended by the Senate committee are 1 That rental lists should be compiled for the first semester of 1940-41. 2 The PSCA shall keep re cords of rental agreements, occu pancy of looms, and housing lists made accessible through the Stu dent Handbook or other means 3 PSCA and College Health Seivice shall fuinish a housing approval agency. (Continued on page four) Final Inter-Church Council Outing 1:30 P.M. Thursday Intel-Church Council will spon sot its final outing for all students at Camp Kanestake at 130 pin Thursday Cars will leave (tom any of the local chinches and re turn about 8 p m A sports program including a baseball game played by members of attending churches is planned Tlio s e expecting to attend shOuld contact their church Louise Carter, president of the Council, is in charge 6. American 7. Esquire 8. Fortune 9. Look Radio Programs Women I. Jack Benny 3. Information Please 3. Ford Hour 4. Glenn , Miller 5. Hit Parade 6. "Just any" dance band 7. Lux theater 8. Kay Kyser Men 1. Dance binds in general 2. Information Please 3. Cowell Thomas 4. Ford Hour 5. Fred Waring 6. News reports In gerieral 7. Jack Benny 8. Glenn Miller Somi•Weekly Complete Campus Coverage Collegian Honor Roll For 1939-40 Day in and day out theie are working Cot Penn Stale individuals and groups whose sincere desire Is to improve the College It IS the Collegian's earnest wish that it could give recognition to all of these, but in a univeisity as big as Penn State this is impossible The Collegian iecognizes this and regrets it in the same breath as it congratulates those individ uals who have been bi ought to its attention foi outstanding service rendeicd to the College in the past nine months The honor Loll President Ralph D. Helsel tot a continuation of the wise and toler ant leadership that has strength ened the College and doubled its size in the 13 -veal s of Ins admints , tration Dean A. FL Warnock foi coopei- Awe, mature counseling that. has helped build Penn State men Robert A. Higgins foi producing the best Penn State football team in 16 years in the face of a vicious Collegian attack Mrs Ralph D. Helsel. a constant friend of the students, who this yew fostered the new Student Loan Fund • Adrian 0. Morse who has been willing to woik with student lead ms on student pi oiects when oth eis in the faculty and administra tion were reluctant Registrar William S Hoffman who has-distinguished the College as president of the American Col lege Registi ais Col. Ambrose R. Emery who has given ROTC intelligent and un dei standing !cadetship and created in the ROTC unit its first esprit de cot ps Col. Charles S. Rachel, another undel standing ROTC leader. who completes his assignment here next month Russell E. Clark for well-advised counseling to student leaders George L., Donovan for wise counseling and eveleady cooper ation with student projects Dr. Fred F Laninger, Dr. Jacob Tenger, and Dr Paul H. Wueller, who have distinguished themselves as members of the Pennsylvania "beam trust" M. Nelson McGeary, a political science instructor who has been a real friend of students. Miss Ruth Zang who is one of the most capable hostesses McAllister Hall has had, Dr. Kingsley Davis for making a success of the marriage course in its first year William Jeffrey who coached the sorrel team through its eighth sea son without defeat, Leo Houck whose boxing wizardy brought Penn State permanent possession of the Baltimore Sun Trophy, and Eugene Wolistono who conceived the All-College Circus and whose coaching has brought gymnastics into the limelight H. Clifton McWilliams Jr. '4O, first all-College president and win ner of the Collegian outstanding senior awaid A. William Engel Jr. '4O, G. Warron Elliott '4O, and David E. Porgran '4O whose clear-thinking and conscientious work made the first year of all-College govern ment a success Clarence K Evans '4O, a leader in last •Fall's revival of College split and a supporter of independ ent organization and student gov ernment. John A. Troanovitch 19 for fathering the Alumni Committee of 100 which woke the Penn State (Continued on page four)
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