Successor to the Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 37—No. 40 Van Zandt Will Speak Here On Armistice Day All 11 O'clock Classes Will Be Suspended The audience at the combined student body-borough Armistice Day program will be among the first to hear James E. Van Zandt since his re-election to Congress from the 23rd district when he speaks at the observance in Sch wab Auditorium at 11 a.m. Mon day: Representative Van Zandt's sub ject has not been announced. The Council of Administration has or dered all classes suspended at the 11 o'clock hour. Preceding the actual program taps will be played and the custo mary silent period will be observ ed. An organ prelude will be play ed by Mrs. Richard W. Grant and John H. Frizzell, College chaplain, will give the invocation. After a hymn, "America, the Beautiful," there will be a res ponsive reading and a solo, "Who Goes There?" by Harlan N. Worth ley, professor of entomology. A prayer by Professor Frizzell is next on the• program, followed by Rep resentative Van Zandt's address. Professor Frizzell will pronounce the benediction and taps and a postlude will be played to end the program. Student groups which are par ticipating in sponsorship of the program are All-College Cabinet, PSCA, Inter-Church Student Fel lowship Council, and the Student Religious Workers Council. Town, qsganiz.ptions taking part in the presentation of the observ ance are the Alpha Fire Company, Borough Council, American Leg ion, Commerce Club, Elks, Kiwan is, and the VFW. Atli Hall Waiters Party Ath Hall waiters and kitchen help will hold a party in Grange dormitory playroom at 8:30-p.m. tonight. There will be dancing to latest records and refreshments will be served. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Late News Bulletins 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Tacoma The six million dol lar Tacoma bridge, the third larg est in the world, rocked and heav ed through a thirty-five Mile an hour gale yesterday afternoon and finally collapsed. The bridge, which spanned Pugest Sound, fell 200 feet leaving only the towers and cables in their original posi tion. Only one car was caught on the bridge when it crashed, and the lone occupant crawled to safe ty hut his dog, the only casualty of the incident, was caught in the mass of twisting. steel. Washington—The United States sent a plea to Berlin and Rome yesterday asking for free passage of ships carrying American re fugees from Great Britain. Rome gave her• consent but powers in Berlir would not promise, stating that mines had been planted around the coastline of England which would seriously hinder the passage 'of the liners. - Boston Senator Lodge an nounced yeMerday that he will ask the Senate to consider the doing away -with the electoral college and leaving the outcome of the nations presidential poll up to the popular vote. 0f .......„, .. ....,„„) Armistice Speaker 'The Hon. James E. Van Zandt, representative to Congress from the 23rd Distritt, will speak at the Armistice Day observance in Sch wab Auditorium at 11 a.m. Mon day. Classes will be suspended at that hour in order that students may attend the ceremonies. International Tea Given By PRA " The - PS - CAVirillifold its -annual International Tea and Hobby Show in room 304 Old Main from three to five o'clock on Sunday. All foreign born students have been sent invitations to the affair which is designed to promote an interest in the handicraft and hob bies of.foreign nations. In addition to the tea an enter tainment program has been ar ranged which will consist of sing ing and 'playing of musical instru ments by various students in cos tumes of their native land. All people who have hobbies from foreign countries are urged to bring them to the CA . office by Saturday morning. The hobby show, with booths depicting various countries, will be located in the Hugh Beaver Room, and all students are urged to submit their exhibits by Satur day noon. Ten will be served in the Penn State In China Room by two Chin ese students, Shuk- - Yee Chan, graduate, and Ruby Lee, transfer student. Members of the committee plan ning the tea and hobby- show are Francis G. Reist '42, chairman, Mary B. Anderson '42. Christine R. Grant '43, Doris E. Ives '42, Olive L. Kalar '43, Ada Lord '43, Anita H. Reinesalc '43, Eleanor L. Robinson, graduate, Alberta Rogue '44. and Andrew P. Szekely '43. Shoplifting Rumor Dispelled By Stores Following a report of unusual amounts of shoplifting in local stores, an investigation was made yesterday by a Collegian reporter, and little basis for a general state ment that a "crime wave" had struck State College was found. When a local merchant reported that he noticed the disappearance of more articles from open cases than many years, it was assum ed that this was generally true. • On investigation, it was found OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA Alumni Plan For Pill Celebration Penn Staters traveling to Pitts burgh for the Pitt game weekend will be well entertained by the Allegheny County alumni associa tion, which has planned a smoker and dance for State fans. The annual Penn State Smoker will be held in the Schenley Ho tel, Pittsburgh, Friday, November 23, at 8 p. m. Harry H. -Brainerd, chairman of the smoker commit tee, has arranged for a general get-together which will feature entertainment and refreshments. Rex Rockwell and his orchestra will provide a familiar note for Penn Staters at the dance to be held 10 p. m. Saturday night in the William Penn Hotel ball room. Alumnus R. H. Frey will be chairman of the dance committee, and alumni Harry H. Brainerd and Edward M. Aiken will man age the ticket committee. The proceeds of the smoker and dance will be added to the Penn State Scholastic Fund. All promo tion and organization work is be ing contributed by members of the Pittsburgh alumni group, headed by Benjamin C. Jones. Alderfer Misses Seven Counfies Prof. Harold F. Alderfer, execu tive secretary of the Institute of Local Government, missed only seven counties of 'Pennsylvania in his prediction of the 1940 presid ential election. He predicted that Columbia, Clinton, Cumberland, Juanita, and Monroe would go Republican, but they went Democratic. Professor Alderfer felt that Erie and Law rence would give 'Roosevelt a plurality over his Republican op ponent, but they voted for Winkle. While these counties were predict ed incorrectly, the margins of vic tory in all of them were decidedly close. The total tabulation gives Pro fessor Alderfer an average of 90 per cent in his prediction. This does not quite come up to his mark of 1936 when he missed only one county. Another election bet came to light yesterday. William Heim '44 got a ride in a wheelbarrow with an upperclassman providing the motive power. Lester W. Kutz '4l, an overconfident Republican, was the unlucky upperclassman re quired to push Heim from Pi Kappa Phi fraternity to Co-op Corner and back. Visit Washington, D.C. Civil Engineering professors Robert E. Minshall, Robert D. Scheier, Charles A. Eder and Ju lius E. Kaulfuss left yesterday for Washington, D. C., where they will spend several days visiting engin eering and other laboratories. that this was the exception. None of the other merchants contacted reported any large amounts of shoplifting. Most of them said that shoplifting was rare in State College and certainly not more obvious than elsewhere. Most merchants claimed that they were aware of the identity of a few' habitual "kleptomaniacs" who were responsible for what little shoplifting was perpetrated. These persons, they said, were al FI=M rgiatt Symposium Tonight Opens 3-Day Pan-Hel Conference 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Many Rooters Expected Al Pep Send-off Today Atttendance of every Penn State rooter who can possibly make it is expected at the all- College football send-off on Co op Corner at 7:30 a. m. today. Campus officials and organiza tions have prepared a special rally in honor of. Coach Bob Higgin's unbeaten eleven. .Tack Brand '4l, president of the Athletic Association, last night stated. "Each student should turn out because we want. an undefeated season. The team neds our support." 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Industry Demands More Engineers Every member of the graduating classes of the Engineering School for the past several years has been placed in his chosen field, accord ing to figures released by Dean Harry P. Hammond of the school. In addition to this fine record, Dean Hammond pointed out that a shortage of engineers in evely field of industry has caused the demand for graduates to far ex ceed the supply. The nation's intensive defense pro - gran - 1 - has also increased' the. need in all branches of engineer ing, until the shortage now is more acute than at any other time in our nation's history, including the 1917-18 days. February graduates of the en gineering school are being con tacted by basic industries, and in quiries are already being made about graduates this. coming June. The combined factors of expan sion of our resources and national defense has created many new jobs and greater openings than ever be fore are being offered to graduates of the engineering school. Extra Period Added For Training Band Practice Frank Gullo, assistant profes sor of music, has announced that the newly organized training band for student musicians will meet for practice on Mondays at 4 p. m. in addition to the previously ar ranged Thursday period. An extra hour has been sched uled to accomodate the large num ber of instrument players that has shown interest in the band. Direc tor Gullo believes that the addi tional training period every week will enable many more students to obtain adeqquate instruction and experience. ways watched closely when they came into the stores. Most of the articles "lifted" were small items, left on display cases. None of the merchants re ported any large thefts. The store which originally suggested possi ble upward trend, raid that noth ing of much value has been taken in the past few years and only a few small items were missing this years. Weather— Partly Cloudy PRICE THREE CENTS Phi Delta Theta Plans Dance For Delegates Opening session of the three day Regional Panh'llenic Confer ence will get underway at 9 p. m. today in Room 304 Old Main af ter registration of more than 60 visiting sorority women and 20 natinnal officers in the first floor lounge of Old Main from 5 to 8 p. m. Official greeting will be extend ed by Harriet Singer '4l, as presi dent of the hostess Panhellenic as sociation, followed by an hour's symposium. "Fraternities in the World To day," theme conference, will be discussed first from the active's point of view by Jane Scott, Kap pa Kappa Gamma and Panhel lenic President at the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Josephine B. Meredith, Dean of Women at Dickinson Col lege, will stress her side of the picture followed by another ver sion from Mrs. Irving S. Brown, Alpha Chi Omega delegate to the National Panhellenic Association. Phi Delta Theta will entertain all the guests at a victrola dance after the meeting from 10 p. m. until dormitory closing at 1 a. m. when delegates must return to the sorority houses and suites to which they have been assigned. The program: TODAY: 5-8 p. m.—Registration. First floor lounge, Old Main. 9 p. m.—Symposium, Room 304 Old Main. 10 p. m.—Victrola Dance at Phi Delta Theta. (amp Conference Underway Tonight Camp songs new and old, swim ming races with candles and nightgowns, and a guest speaker will feature tonight's program of WRA's second Camp Counselor's Conference at White Hall, Mar ion E. Sperling '42, chairman, an nounced last night. As a successor to last spring's Camp Conclave, which empha sized the theoretical side of camp ing, the conference today and to morrow will stress the practical camp program, with coed counsel ors participating in all events. TODAY: 6:30-7:30 p. m.—Singing 7:30-8:15 p. m.—Speaker 8:15-9:30 p. m. Swimming games and stunts TOMORROW: 2-3 p. m.—Arts and crafts 3-4 p. m.—Games and refresh ments 4-5 p. m.—Folk dancing PSCA Service Committee To Aid Needy Children The PSCA Community Service Committee will meet in Room 304 Old Main at 7 p. m. today to discuss plans for aiding the under privileged children of Woodycrest. a community two miles north of State College. Duane Ramsey, associate pro fessor of sociology, Miss Smulling, Red Cross nurse of State College, Mrs. Sheldon Tanner, member of the Welfare Fund of State College, and Rev. Albert S. Asendul, of the Faith Evangelical Church are the leaders of the movement.
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