Successor to
the Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 37—No. 37
Houseparty Thieves Raid Fraternities
Debate Audience
Chooses Nide
Wendell L, WillkiP lost only six
votes after a poll cc as taken last
•night as the College debating team
participated in a public forum
'with the University of Pennsyl
vania-squad.. With the issue, "Re
solved, That Willkie offers more
for the.future of this country than
does Roosevelt," more than 500
people were in the audience in.the
Liberal Arts Auditorium.
Before the debate began a poll
was taken which gave Willkie 140
votes; Roosevelt, 83; and undecid
ed, 60. After the forum was end
ed 'Winkle had 234; Rbosevelt, 90;
and undecided, 59.
• William E.- Harkins '42, repre
senting the affirmative on a split
team with John Landis '4l, of the
University of Pennsylvania, em
phasized three points for Willkie's
election:
1. He should be elected- in op
position to a third term.
2. He should be elected on the
basis of his domestic policies.
3. He should be elected on the
basis of his foreign policy.
Negative constructive speaker,
Sheldon Gross '42 of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, contended
that Mr. Roosevelt's domestic pol
icy has been completely satisfac
tory and should be continued for
another term. He -stressed three
points of-New-.De.al-succqss----Agrf
cultural program, bank aid, and
labor. •
David R. Benjamin '4l, showing
the similarity in the candidates'
foreign policies, contended that the
presidency should not go into the
hands of an inexperienced man.
Affirmative rebuttal argument
by Harkins established that . second
and third terms are caused by the
prestige and power the executive
wins while in office; consequently,
a third term is a threat to the prin
ciples of.,democracy.
Refutation by the negative
charged the Republicans in the
Congress have balked . the defense
measures of the adminstration.
They also argued that Winkle will
continue Roosevelt's domestic pol
icy.
pRA Presents Play In
Little Theater Tonight
"Bread," a one act play by
Fred Eastman, will be presented
by the dramatic committee of
PSCA in the Little Theater at 8:15
p. in. today. The play, directed by
John Miller, graduate student in
dramatics, and Eleanor T. Dill '4l,
is free of charge.
Chem School Rates High
With 65 chosen in the entire
country. Penn State was among
the four Pennsylvania colleges
and universities accredited with a
chemistry rating by the American
Chemical Society. Lehigh. La
fayette; and the University of
Pennsylvania were the other Key
stone schools selected.
The institutions selected pos
sessed standards approved by the
society_and offer instruction lead
ing to B. A. and B. S. degrees.
"The American Chemical So
ciety is striving to improve the
profession of chemistry. It is fun
damental to such a program that
the training and experience tieces-
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GO HOME TO VOTE. YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT. THE GALLUP POLL SAYS THIS WILL BE THE
CLOSEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN 24 YEARS.
Sunday Movies
Only Local Issue
State College voters will express
their opinion of a referendum leg
alizing Sunday movies along with
voters of many other Pennsylvania
communities -where similar local
options are to be polled today.
While the Sunday movies is the
.only local issue appearing on bal
lots here. the election of a repre
sentative.otb Congress has distinct
local order. James E. Van Zandt,
Republican, now in office, will vie
with William Aukerman. Demo
crat, for the position. Both are
from Altoona.
Kenneth Haines, Republican in
cumbent in the lower house of the
Pennsylvania State Assembly, is
opposed for reelection by John
Decker, Democrat. Haines, a teach
er in the State College High
School, is from Rebersburg while
Decker is a Spring Mills resident.
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sary for a man who is to be called
a chemist be recognized and at
least in broad terms specified, - a
statement from the society stated.
Thirty-four institutions were
accredited by the committee for
the teaching of chemical engineer
ing following their approval by
the American Institute of Chemi
cal Engineers. Penn State was
arrioyig the schools winning the
chemical engineering rating.
The above lists include only
those institutions which the com
mittee has been able to make a
careful study of up to the present
time.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA
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'44 Class To Hear
Keller Speak Tonight
J. Orris Keller, assistant to the
President in charge of extension,
will address the fourth compul
sory freshman class meeting on
"Some Essentials of Worthwhile
Living" in Schwab Auditorium
at 7 p.m. today.
Robert D. Baird '42. will act
as chairman of the meeting.
while songs and cheers will be
led by Walter A. Sottung '4l,
cheerleader, and his assistants.
Andrew P. Szekely '43 will en
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All-College Dancing Class
Opens In Armory Tonight
The All-College dancing class,
directed by Joseph C. Ferro,
former -instructor at the Berwick
YMCA, will get under way in the
Armory at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the
first of a series of ten classes.
The first lesson will be on the
elements of basic rythym and bal
ance which will precede the waltz,
fox trot, shag. tango, rhumba, and
jitterbug lessons.
Although the class is principally
for •beginners, Mr. Ferro has ar
ranged for a special section for
advanced students. The instructor
will be assisted by a group of co
eds.
Tickets Inrill be sold at the door
according to Arthur Peskoe '42,
chairman of the Penn State Club
Committee.
Robert F. Serating '4l will pre
sent an illustrated lecture "Photo
graphy With A Miniature Camera"
before the Camera Club in Room
418 Old Main at 8 p.m. today. All
are invited.
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t Someone
Go Hungry
Council Defers
Action On Parking
Borough Council again passed
over the problem of overnight
parking at its meeting last night
when H. L. Stuart, chairman of
the police committee, failed to de
liver a new report on suggested
amendments to the present ordi
nance.
Stuart reported through Burgess
Wilbur F. Leitzell at the last meet
ing of Council, suggesting changes
in the existing ordinance. The
Council requested that a new re
port, embodying specific changes
be drawn up ' and presented.
Stuart, who was absent from the
last meeting, told Council that he
had not been informed of the re
quest.
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Winkle Leads Student Poll
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 4—Amer
ican college opinion is almost
equally divided between Franklin
Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie.
Results -tabulated this week for
the first Student Opinion Surveys
of America poll of the college year
show. the Republican candidate
with a minute lead of one-half of
one per cent. Willkie's majority
is so slim that, considering the al
lowable margin of error (3 or 4 per
cent) in all scientific sampling, it
would be more appropriate to say
that college 'students are about
evenly divided on the two candi
dates.
Scores of personal interviewers
using uniform methods over this
cross section of campuses asked
students, "Whom do you want 'to
rgiatt
Weather—
Cloudy, Late
Showers
PRICE THREE CENTS
$B5O Raccoon Coal
Reported Stolen
. An unprecedented wave of rob
beries and petty thie'Very which
swept through the College's fra
ternity houses during Houseparty
weekend came to light yesterday.
The Locust Lane section was re
ported to be hit mainly as Chief
of Police John R. Juba continued
to unravel the cases as they were
brought before him. Still missing
were numerous articles including
a girl's raccoon coat valued at $B5O
and various sums of money.
Negligence and refusal to take
heed of previous warnings were
given by Chief Juba as the main
causes for the thefts. The tremen
dous influx of out-of-town visitors
and the usual carelessness which
characterizes Houseparty affairs
make it very difficult to trace
either the stolen articles or the
criminals, he said.
The first case was reported to
the police at 11:05 p. m. Friday
by the Sigma Phi Epsilon frater
nity which reported missing' a gray
squirrel - coat belonging to ~Liss
Sarah H. Kinbugh, a guest. The
coat was recovered next mornin;
in the alley back o: the fraternity
house by Chief Juba who believes
that the thief was spotted as he
was leaving and dropped the coat
in haste.
The chief victim was Theta Xi
where an $B5O raccoon coat and
several smaller items such as
purses, a black onyx ring and bill
folds were missing early Sunday
morning. Miss Audrey Killian
was the owner of the fur coat and
while there was scant hope of re
gaining it, the police department
has uncovered a clue which it is
following up.
An attempted robbery at the
Delta Sigma Phi fraternity Satur
day night was nipped in the bud
by C. Russell Eck '4O who appre
hended a young man, posing as a
member of one of the campus fra
ternities, leaving the house with
a radio set.
Independent Party Opens
College Political Year
With rumors of an early election
in the air, tonight's rally of the
Independents from all classes will
open the pre-season political cam
paign on the campus. The meeting
will be held in the Home Econom
ics auditorium at 7:15 p.m.
The rally will be presided over
by Gerald F. Doherty '42, chairman
of the Junior party, William P.
McFadden '43, and John Chambers
'44.
see elected president in Novem
ber?"
WILLKIE, sa id
ROOSEVELT, said
(Of all students interviewed, 6
per cent declared they had not de
cided.)
Not all college students are elig
ible to vote, of course, but of the
thousands wha are 21 or older and
will go to the polls today, a ma
jority' will probably give their
support to -Willkie. Cross tabula
tions of qualified voters gave these
percentages, adjusted to eliminate
undecided answers:
Voting students:
52.4%
47.6%
WILLKIE ..
ROOSEVELT
All students
50.5%