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l|in ©he latlg 0 ©nUrgt VOL. 37—No. 4 Marquardt Again Heads Artists* Course Series President Helzel Names : Student-Faculty Group ' Preparations for the. 1940-4 i edi tion of the'Artists’ Course'began today with the announcement of the committee in charge as ap pointed' by - President. Ralph D. IJetzeL ’Dr. Carl E." .Marquardt," college examiner, has again.been named /■><airman of the committee of rep resentatives from the student body and'College faculty. " ■•" • The six student'members of the Artists’ Course committee are All- College President Arnold C. Laich, Elinor L. "Weaver, .WSG-A presi-: . dent; Harry E. Wagner, ICF presi dent; W. Rae: Herrmann; IMA president; William B. Bartholo mew, senior class president; and Adam A. Smyser, editor of The Daily Collegian. : (Miss Jessie Cameron of the phy sical education department, Prof. Henry Si Brunner of the agricul tural 'education department, and Prof. Hummel P. Fishbum of the music education department are three of the faculty representa tives.. Walter F. Dantzcher of the Pub lic Information office; Adrian O. Morse, assistant to the president; .and Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, also hold pos itions on the committee. . Other representatives of the ad ministration are Dean Edward .Steidle of the School of Mineral Industries, Prof. William L.Wern ~er - of partment, Dr. W. P. Davey of the chemistry department, and Prof. Burton K. Johnstone of the de partment of architecture. William Ulerich, managing editor of the Centre Daily Times, will complete the personhelof the committee. -jBUY COLLEGIAN NOW— Defense Courses Offered Alumni . . “Short courses in the interest of national defense,” was the propo sal that Harry P. Hammond, dean of the Engineering School, directed in a letter toward graduates of the past.. 15 years in Engineering, Min eral Industries, and Chemistry and Physics Schools, it was disclosed today. Since -there is a great scarcity in government and industry,occu pations important to national de-. ferise, a bill now before the Senate ■ provides for the setting up of spe cial training programs in compet ent engineering and technological schools. The College, with its suitable staff and v facilities, is among the colleges and universities consider ed for such a program, and this letter is designed to prepare a list of graduates who would be inter , ested. Vacancies occurring in national defense occupations are airplane structure and power plants, mater ials, testing and “Inspection, naval architecture, marine engineer in production ' supervision, tool and die design, and several other lines of technological work." ‘ : i ' These courses, open to formed .. students with three or more years ■' woric. ui science or engineering, :frbm42 to 16 weeks dura-, tidn; .. :NavyGets Two Students Hans Rassmusseii ’42 and Jack Keller '43 have dropped out of Col- lefce to enter the United State? ; .'£y Navql Academy at Annapolis, Md; TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA, Draff Plan Still Undecided Here Hopes for an answer to the problem of how students will reg ister for conscription were dashed yesterday by an announcement from White House Secretary Ste phen T. Early .* that President to proclaim a national holiday dfi registration day. If registration day were pro claimed a national holiday it would be a College holiday also, thus permitting eligible students to register at home without miss ing classes. ' ■> It seemed likely, late yesterday, 'that either the state or the Fed eral government would make some provision—possibly absen tee registration—for students to register. However, if this is not done, the College will be forced to make arrangements of its own. Execu tive Secretary Wilmer E. Ken worthy indicated yesterday that the College will probably not act at least until registration day has been set. , In view of the “student exemp tion by request” clause in the Burke-Wadsworth bill ,the num ber of students taken by the draft this year, will undoubtedly be far less than anticipated. This clause permits college students to defer —by request—military training until the end of the academic year. The status of graduates of the basic ROTC course was clarified, yesterday, by Col. Ambrose R. Emery, head of the department of military science and tactics. ,He said that this training would not eliminate or reduce- the required military service for draftees. Psychology Test Results Will Soon Be Available Results ; from' the psychology guidance tests which “have beeii conducted during Freshman- Week will be available .before the drop add deadline to freshmen who are in doubt concerning the school they wish ;to. enter, Dr. Robert .G. •Bemreuter, director of ,the Psy*. cho-Educatiohal . Clinic, has, an nounced. v. .'- : • •- - •£_ ■ Personal. interviews. will. be while , the remaining re? suits will be given to the dean of the school and the individual ;by the end of the first»semester. . . OF: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Dispensary Ends 25-Year Service The wheels of progress may run slowly and surely, but according to Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the College Health Service, pro gress, took too long , a time in ac complishing his dream of 23 years. Celebrating .the end of 25 years of.service and the beginning of a new College medical era, the Col lege Health Service will finally initiate' the free hospitalization pro gram which Dr. Ritenour has championed. Back in 1917,- two years after President Sparks established the Health Service, Dr. ..Ritenour re placed Dr. Warren E. Forsythe, now at the University of Michigan. The Dispensary was located in the old English Composition Build ing near the tennis courts, and a rambling' frame isolation house, pieced ■ together from the Devil’s Den and Angel’s Retreat dormitor ies, was used as a quarantine from communicable disease patients. With no aid, except a nurse, Dr. Ritenour attended approximately 2000 cases that year, while the reg ular physical examination of stu dents was conducted spasmodic ally. (By 1927 the old Dispensary be came too inadequate and the Po tato Gro.wers of Pennsylvania came to the aid of the Health Service wlfeh: thiSy dbniat&l the majority of Mh'ds .lo e&i§l!>lish Wjhat is no.w. called the Infirmary; opposite Grange Dorm. 'When the remodeling of Old Main was begun, the College phy sician pleaded for a location and got it.; The Dispensary facilities were moved into the basement.in r tffe"east’ wing..' 7 " From one physician and a nurse, from a mere 2000 cases in 1917, the College Service has accumulated a staff of six physicians, .11 regular nurses, three clerks, and five main tainence workers, and treated 50,- 00.0 students with 640 being hos pitalized. —BUY COLLEGIAN NOW— iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir Collegian Continues Limited Delivery Incorrect addresses continue to delay-delivery of The Daily CoUegian today and subscribers not receiving copies are to make a report to Collegian office, 313 Old' Main, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Names filed yesterday with in complete addresses were Dick Warner, Jack Banbury, James Measday, Harry Funston and E. Snyder (sub. blank no. 2096). iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniniiiliiiiiiiiiiimiiiii Physical Education School Places Many; Rollins Here Encouraging to newly enrolled freshman majors-in the School of Physical Education, is the news that many members of the Class of 1940 have already been placed. Steve Rollins, a football star last year, is still here as a graduate assistant of physical education. Ted Nemeth, also on last year’s team, is_ teaching at Annapolis, Md.; Ernie Bortz, the varsity .wrestler, is - teaching at Bolivar; Patricia , Altwater at Palmyra; Loueila Bell at Meyersdale; Mary Jane- Brown at Donora;, Juanita Chambers at Annapolis, Md.; Wat son Dersham at Knox; Harold E. Key and Mary Ann Rhodes at Mount Lebanon, Pittsburgh; Beat rice- Lowe at Cumberland, Md.; Eloise Rockwell at Montour Falls, N. Y.; and' Pauline -Sweigart at Epharta. - . Still to be placed of the 1940 graduates are;, only , ljD - metuapd Women'. . / ■ . * Last Years Mark Fades As Pledging Reaches 381 Equipment lack Hampers Library Despite inadequate furniture fa cilities, the new central library is now open for public use. Furniture from the old library has been pressed into service pending the fulfillment of equipment contracts by - the - General State Authority, Williard P. Lewis, College Librar ian, has announced. The modern central library'con tains four stories and a basement in the central section, while the general stack in the rear utilizes seven stories. Book stack capacity is over 200,000 volumes, with addi tional space for -50,000 more. Features in the basement in clude classrooms for library sci ence instruction, a microfilm and photostat room, a dark room, and service rooms for staff. Administrative offices and cata log and order departments are to be found to the right of the first floor lobby. A large closed shelf reserve reading room is on the left. A newspaper reading room and an open shelf reserve reading room are directly behind the en trance lobby.” A large reading room on the second floor is devoted to reference reading books and periodicals. Ad joining the reading room are work rooms. The general- circulation room with card catalog cases for 2;000,000 cards is on -the second floor. Faculty studies, .five seminar rooms, and a book storage room are contained in a third floor tow er. The fourth floor is used ,as a large Penn State room and a spe cial collection room. Neal Judging Team Wins First Plate, Gets Trophy Penn State’s meat judging team took top honors in the annual East ern States Exposition at Spring field, ’ Mass. Saturday and took permanent- possession of the tro phy, 'having won it for the past three years. ; Robert C. Campbell ’4l compiled the largest number of points to take first place, Raymond H. Diitt ’4l placed second in individ ual scoring. The livestock judging team plac ed' second in their competition, with Morton E. Jenkins -’4l high man on the Penn State team. Other members of the team were Samuel A. Dum ’4l, Thomas R. (Baird ’4l, and Raymond H. Dutt, Tr Fair and Cool Phi Gamma Delia; N j Beta Sigma Rho Lead 1 Fraternity pledging passed last year’s total of 359, yesterday, as 125 more pledges were reported to Student Union by 6 pun. This made the total 381 for the first five days of rushing. Rushing season officially closes at noon to morrow. Beta Sigma Rho retained the •lead with 17 pledges but was tied by Phi Gamma Delta, Beta Theta Pi and Delta Upsilon were tied for second place with 16 each. In third place was Phi Sigma Delta with 14. ! In yesterday’s Collegian the Beta Theta Pi pledges were inadverd ently omitted. They are included in the list which follows. , Otherwise, new pledges only are listed. The numbers in parentheses refer to the total number pledged by each house. i Yesterday’s pledges: Acacia (7): G. Howard Hoover, Daniel C. Gillespie. - Alpha Chi Rho (4) Alpha Chi Sigma (3) Alpha Gamma Rho (2) Alpha Kappa Pi (7): William A. Lynch, Calvin Witmer, Robert Hicks, James Boltz, Robert Cress well, Homer Haaf, Eugene Har acher. Alpha Phi Delta (8): Bill Illum inati, Guy J. Lalama. Alpha Sigma Phi (7):-Frank F. Fallon, Leslie J. Hetenyi, Claude B. Long, Manning L. Taite. Alpha Tau Omega (7) •_ } Alpha Zeta (3) Beta'Sigma Rho (17): Harold Yoskin. Beta Theta Pi (16): Robert R. Glenn, N. Harlan Slack, Richard H. Juve, Arnold R. Daniels, Roland W. Sutherland, William J. Shan non, Charles C. Laubach, Jacob N. Guthrie, George H. Hemingway, James L. Jackson, William R. Eb ergold, James Milholland, Richard (Continued on page three) October 11 Opens; Fall Social Season A.special meeting of sopho more men candidates for The Daily Collegian editorial staff has been called in 312 Old Main at 4 p.m. today. With the possibility that a Penn State pep rally will be broadcast from Rec Hall that evening, Fri day, October 11, the day of the Collegian Dance, is shaping up as the first really big day on the fall social calendar. Radio station KDKA has begun to make an annual practice of broadcasting a Penn State pep rally from Rec Hall on the evening before a major football game, this time the West Virginia contest on New Beaver Field. For freshman coeds the week end will be the first that dating customs are off and for freshman men attending the dance customs will be suspended. The place of the dance is Rec Hall, the hours 9 p.m. to midnight, the dress informal, and the band the Campus Owls. Highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the three queens chosen by Collegian sub scribers and the selection of one of these;to reign as Collegian' Queen. *' Lucas’4o At LSU S George B. 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