The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, October 29, 1940, Image 1

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    Successor to
• the Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 37—No. 32
Gridders Prime
For Gamecock Tilt
After Owl Battle
Confident after superlative de
fensive work and crushing running
pcnver unleashed in the Temple
game netted them an overwhelm
ing 18 to 0 victory over the highly
rated Owls, the unbeaten, untied
Lion gridders began preparations
yesterday for the battle with the
South Carolina eleven here' n Sat
urday.
Coach Bob Higgins sent his var
sity players through a defensive
drill against Gamecocks' plays,
which were performed by the third
stringers. The visiting outfit uses.
the Notre Dame offensive system
and the Blue and White will be up
against Knute Rockne's shift for
the first tune this season. All men
who saw action Saturday came out
of the tilt in good shape.
With quarterback phne Pat
rick mixing his plays to perfection
against a bewildered Temple de-
fense, the Lions used their unre.-
sistable off-tackle thrusts and de
ceptive reverse runs to pile up a
three touchdown margin over the
Owls and came close 'to scoring
three other times.
State's brilliant 'forward wall, in
the meantime, stopped the opp'on
ent's running offensive and kept
the Quaker City team in its own
backyard except for a temporary
threat in the second period.
Chuck Peters, Pepper Petrella
and Len Krouse paced the attack
which netted six-pointers in the
first, second and fourth periods.
The first tally came on an eight-
yard romp ' off right tackle by
Peters. The other touchdowns were
by Petrella a .dazzling
35-Yard run and. a five yard slash
through the line.
Temple's ace passer, Andy Tom
asic, gave the State fans a few un
easy moments in the first half with
his accurate tosses but the Blue
and White secondary stopped the
Owls' aerial barrage with several
interceptions in . the .final two
quarters.
Finance Board
Approves Budgets
Additions to the budgets of the
Liberal Arts, Mineral Industries
and Chemistry and Physics student
councils were approved at a meet
ing of the Interclass Finance Board
,last night.
Tiventy-five dollars was granted
to the Liberal Arts council for five
student-faculty mixers, while a $6O
addition to the Chemistry and Phy-
sics budget was approved in order
to bring a well known speaker
here for a student-faculty banquet
later during the year.
Two additions, amounting to $35,
were granted to the 'Mineral In-
dustries council. Twenty-five dol-
lars will be used to 'sponsor a mix
er and the remaining $lO will fin
ance a student-faculty banquet.
Action on the $42 sign-damage
bill was postponed until the next
meeting.
LA council Will Add
Four C and F Juniors
• Four, junior men . to represent the
commerce . and finance curriculum
will be chosen by the LA Student
Council from those who submit
petitions to Student 'Union by
Thursday noon, Thomas J. Robin
son ,'4l, elections 'chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
All candidates must submit pe
titions containing signatures of 22
commerce and finance juniors and
must have an average of "I."
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A. R. Warnock, dean of men, ad
vises all men who wish to vote on
November 5 that they will ; be ex
cused from whatever" class work
tbey might miss in making the
trip home, since the College has
designated this election practice as
a legitimate absence.
Physics Leaders
Close Conference
The annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Conference of Col
lege Physics Teachers was held
last weekend with 108 teachers
registering from every recognized
college and university in the state.
These teachers and about 300
students visited the book, and ap
paratus exhibit§ in the New Phy
sics Building: -A - - symposium
"Physics from. the. - standpoint of
the Pre-medical Student," was
held for visiting students.
Professor W. R. Ham,was chair
man of the meeting, Dr. W. P.
Davey was chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements. Prof. D.
C. Duncan was chairman of the
local State College Committee, in
cluding Professors 0. F. Smith,
W. H. Pielemeier, and M. H.
White.
Other speakers were: Dr. M. A.
Emmerson, University of Pennsyl
vania; Dr. A. P. Allen, University
of Pittsburgh, and Dr. M. N.
States, Central Scientific Co., Chi
cago, 111.
Laich Compliments Bugle Corps
For Welcoming Lion Grid Team"
In an open letter Arnold C. Laich
'4l, All-College president, yester
day praised the State College Drum
and Bugle Corps for its "excellent
cooperation" in turning out to wel
come the football team on its re
turn Sunday afternoon, from the
turn Sunday afternoon from the
The corps and the Blue Band,
which got back from Philadelphia
before the team, led a mass wel
come for the gridders in which ap
proximately 2000 students and
townspeople participated.
Laich's letter follows:
To the State College Drum and
Bugle Corps and the citizens of
State College:
In behalf of the Penn State stu
dent body. I wish to expfess its
gratitude to you for turning out
to welcome the Penn State foot
ball team on its return from the
Temple-Penn State game.
The manner in which the corps
was assembled in uniform within
a few hours and the cooperation
of the townspeople are worthy of
highest praise.
This reception was another step
in creating a bigger and better
Penn State and in cementing
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Chances 'Slight'
For Armory Grant
The cost of the proposed new
College armory has been estimated
by the WPA at $1,800,000 but
chances for having the request ap
proved are "very slight," Rep.
James E. Van Zandt told the Daily
Collegian yesterday.
The' reason for this, he explain
ed, is that only $25,000,000 has
been allotted as a defense fund
and there are many things that
must be done with this appropri
ation.
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He suggested that a more likely
way of having the armory built
would be to have it sponsored by
the state as a regular WPA pro
ject. Representative Van Zandt
seemed of the opinion that in this
way the usual building value re
striction would be removed be
cause of "the national defense as
pect of the construction."
Plans for the erection of a new
armory were disclosed about two
weeks ago by Col. Ambrose R.
Emery, head of the College ROTC
unit. If built according to present
plans, he said, the armory would
be approximately twice the size
_of Rec Hall and Would be one of
the largest college armories in the
country.
Colonel Emery said that the new
armory could be used for "innum
erable College activities and as
semblies" when not being used by
the ROTC department.
Election Night Party
Planned Next Tuesday
Tentative plans for an Election
Night party to be held in Old Main,
possibly in the Sandwich Shop,
were announced yesterday by Stu
dent Union and The . Daily Colleg
ian, its joint sponsors.
According to plans the party will
begin about 9 p.m. on Election Day,
November 5, and last into the
morning hours as radio returns on
the election file in. Refreshments
would be available.
Weyl Named Chairman
Dr. Woldemar Weyl, professor
of glass technology, has been ap
pointed chairman of a committee
to represent the American Cera
mic Society at the meetings of the
Inter-Society Color Council for the
period of April 1940 to March 1941.
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friendly relations between stu
dents and townspeople. I extend
my most sincere appreciation and
hope for continued cooperation in
the future.
Arnold C. Laich '4l
Amy Laich,
All-College president
Cleveland Orchestra Signs
To Play In -Artists' Series
Takes Second Bow
Dr. Artie• Rodzinski, conductor
of the Cleveland Orchestra, re
turns to Penn State to lead his
group in the second Artists' Course
Series performance to be given
March 17. Dr. Rodzinski appeared
here with his orchestra in the
same series last year.
Thespian Ticket
Sale Begins Today
Tickets for the fall Thespian
production "The Balloon Goes Up,"
which is scheduled for Schwab
Auditorium this Friday and Satur
day nights, will go on sale this
morning at Student Union and
Corner Room, it was announced
late last night by George L. Par
rish '4l, Thespian president.
In order to sidetrack the usual
Saturday night rush for tickets,
Friday prices have been reduced
to fifty cents per person, and Sat
urday tickets will sell for seventy
five cents, Parrish revealed.
Costumes for the entire cast
have been donated to the Thespian
Club by its newest honorary mem
ber Fred Waring. Thespian tech
nical crews have spent weeks con
ceiving the most elaborate scenery
any campus musicomedy has had
in the past decade. And Sock Ken
nedy, the little man behind every
Thespian success, was busy per
fecting spectacular dance routines
and putting the punch into the
dozen musical numbers.
Parrish disclosed last night that
the new show would embody skits
on the Corner Room, College dis
pensary, and the ROTC. Ned Start
zel, No. 1 funnyman of the Three
Stooges, will play. the part of
Myrtle, the girl behind the desk - at
the dispensary, and Leon Rabin
owitz will portray Chief Stuba, a
policeman, in the Corner Room
skit.
David N. Denman Supports
Absentee Voting Drive
Added support was given to the
absentee voting campaign yester
day. by David N. Denman, Re
publican candidate for the state
legislature fr o m Westmoreland
County, who agreed entirely with
the purposes of the drive being
sponsored by the Daily Collegian
and the All-College Cabinet.
Meanwhile, more than 100 stu
dents joined the campaign by mail
ing postcards to candidates for the
General Assembly from their home
districts.
Free postcards, a complete list
of candidates for both the Senate
and the House of Representatives,
and a suggested message, may be
obtained at Student Union.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Artur Rodzinski Conducts
Performance, March 11
Announcement that the Cleve
land Orchestra under the baton of
Dr. Artur Rodzinski has been
bOoked for its second Artists'
Course Series concert was made
yesterday by Dr. Carl E. Mar
quardt, committee chairman. The
orchestra, entering its twenty
third season, will appear here on
Monday evening, March 17 in
Schwab Auditorium.
Offering twenty-two years of ex
perience, the Cleveland Orchestra
is prepared to support the effort of
the Course committee to equal or
excel the performances of last
year. Dr. Artur Rodzinski, now in
his eighth year as conductor, has a
responsive and well-drilled orch
estra of eighty-two virtuosos.
-In its tours the orchestra has
played 856 concerts in 25 states
and covered North America from
Kansas City to Bangor, Maine,
from Ottawa, Canada, to Havana,
Cuba.
Only. two conductors have been.
in charge of the orchestra since
its founding. Nicholai Sokoloff
served as conductor from 1918 to
1933 and was succeeded by Artur
Rodzinski.
Rodzinski's seven years as direc
tor have placed the Cleveland Or
chestra among the handful of the
finest musical institutions in this
country. Not only for the perfec
tion of its performances,
.but for
the scope and distinction of its
repertory- has it won such. a high.
place.
When the orchestra played in.
Carnegie Hall last season, Olin
Downes of the New York Times
wrote enthusiastically of the per
formance: "We owe to liodzinski
one of the most interesting orch
estral concerts of the season in this
city and the exciting realization
of the waxing powers of a re
markable conductor."
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Athens The Italian foreign.
minister to Greece made a formal
declaration of war last night
against Greece. The Axis powers
declare that they are basing their
actions on England's demands to
use certain Grecian islands for war
bases. ' Though no formal state
ment has been issued by Turkish
'officials, it was' rumored that Tur
key would aid poorly equipped
Greece. Premier Mussolini told
his forces he would give them
three weeks to take over Greece.
Rumania Hitler is sending re
inforcements to Rumania and is
feverishly attempting to guard the
new Nazi-owned oil fields.
Madrid Movement of General
Franco's troops across Spain prob
ably to aid the Axis powers in the
invasion of Gibraltar was report
ed.
Detroit—Joe Louis heavyweight
champion, told reporters that he
would make six speeches boosting
Wendell L.
Prague English air fighters
left devastation behind them as
they bombed a 400 acre munitions
plants in Czechoslovakia yester
day afternoon. The RAF also was
active in Germany as they bomb
ed six towns, directing their aerial
destruction at the industrial plants
and seaports. England received a
light bombing last night.