Successor to the Free Lance, Established 111 . 87 0 9 t/I l e tit tgtan VOL: - 37—No. 58 Tripp To Reveal Social, Economic Slate Job Trends improvements and con temporary economic trends con nected with unemployment in Pennsylvania will be presented in a speech given by Louis R: Tripp, instructor of economics at Lehigh University; in Room 10, Liberal Arts at 7:30 p. m. today. - Mr. Trippe, employed by the Joint State Government Commis sion of Pennsylvania, made a spe cial study of the relationship of unemployment compensation and relief in the state to be used in preparing new - unemployment compensation legislation. Unemployment causes, their di versified nature, and various problems that link unemployment with" Pennsylvania-laws are .listed to be discussed. Relation of un employment to the industrial character of the .state are to be commented upon in Mr. Tripp's topic. The . place of unemployment compensation in the entire pro gram of social aid will also be pre sented during the discussion. Var ious employment_ problems not an ticipated at the framing of state laii7s will be mentioned by Mr. Tripp. Summation of the unemploy ment problems in • Pennsylvania and an estimation of the progress and future possibilities of the de velopment of social machinery to ward solving uneniployment will be- giVerf by Mr. Tripp. Phi Eli - Sigma Mates Eleven Phi .Eta - Sigma, national fresh man honor society, initiated 11 new members on Tuesday night. Dean Edward Steidle, of the Min eral Industries School, gave The main talk of the evening on the things a person must learn which are not found in books. Other members of the faculty who gave short talks to the new initiates were,. Adrian 0. Morse, assistant to the president; Dr. Car roll D. Champlin, Prof. Leonard A. Doggett, Dr. Carl E. ••Marquardt, and' Dr. Francii J. Tschan. . The sophomores initiates are: Morris _Beck, Edsel J. Burbank, Donald W. Davis Jr., Rodney S. Dietrich, • Lewis W. Gibb Jr., James H. Keeler, William W. Kinsley, Raymond J. Kowalesky, Richard -F. Markel, Donald J. Wardrop, and Malcolm S. Weir. Noted Ag Economist To Speak At 1 Tonight • Dr: 0. E. Baker, senior econom ist of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, will speak on "Oppor tunities •for Youth in Agriculture," in the ampithea'tre of the New Physics Building at 7 p.m. today. Dr. Baker, a national,authority on rural economic and social prob lems, comes to the campus at the request— of the Agriculture Stu dent CoUncil. - Three years ago Dr. Baker ad dressed the student body on the same topic. Questionnaire Ready A questionnaire will be available in (Room 311, Old Main tomorrow for all iourhalism seniors who de sire retretentation in the place ' merit booklet which is being issued -for the first time this year. The :queAonnaire must be completely filled out and returned by Decem ber 20. , THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 1940, STATE COLLEGE, PA Rival '44 Politicians JOHN. 13. CRAMP '44, Independent PAUL 0. FREY '44, Campus Pictured above •are the Inde pendent and Campus candidates for '44, class president, who will =be elected-b.y - freshman .voter_s on Monday. Balloting will be held .from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Freshman Cliques Canvass-Voters After opening their campaigns at a pOlitical mass meeting Tues day night, both '44 cliques are Staging concentrated' canvasses of the freshman class in order to round up non-partisan votes be fore election day on 'Monday. Meanwhile the Freshman Elec tions Committee is ,preparing for the voting which will follow this week's intensive campaigning. Matriculation cards and AA books must be shown at the polls, which will be open from 9 a. m. to 8 p. in. Freshman •Campus and Inde pendent parties were warned last night by H. Leonard Krouse '42; chairman of the Freshman Elec tions Committee, that no political advertisements' by either party will be permitted and no money may be spent for political pur poses. Latin America Needs Trade, Says Reed That the—United States must make a greater effort to under stand the Latin America philoso phy of life and : that we must im port more from our South Ameri.- can neighbors were the principal views expressed at the PSCA— sponsored forum on 'Pan-Ameri canism held in the' Home Eco nomics auditorium last night. "The United States, must rid it self of the false notion that we must operate on a favorable bal ance of trade with the Latin Am erica nations," declared Arthur H. Reed, assistant professor of ...eco nomics, .who presented the eco nomic difficulties of fostering trade with South AmeriCa. Professor Reed pointed out that since the South American nations OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Clues Unavailable In Recent Thefts No clues have been uncovered in connection with the $387 rob bery of Pi Kappa Alpha, Tau Kap pa Epsilon, and Kappa Delta Rho fraternities recently, Police Chief John R. Juba has reported. A wallet sent to Washington for fingerprint examination was re turned by the F.8.1. f but it bore no strange prints. Losses for the three fraternities were itemized and showed a total of $240 taken from Pi Kappa Al pha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, $B5, and Kappa Delta Rho, $62. Following are the individual losses: Pi Kappa Alpha: Charles M. Or ris '44, $65; Ben R. Slocum '42, $55; Oliver J. ,Peters, Jr. '42, $32; Alvin E. Mauer, Jr. '43, $24; Ed ward,J. Allee, Jr. '43, $l4; William F. Emmons '44, $10; John Schein er '42, $9; William H. Messerly '43, $7; Frank J. Hoffman, Jr. '43, $5. R. Alan Adamy '44, $5; Orville E. Everitt '43, $4; Harold E. Mac hamer '43, $3; Joseph V. Kasper '43, $3; Charles R. Strathmeyer '43, $2; and Robert E. Fitz '44, $l. Tau Kappa Epsilon: Ralph W. Gray, Jr. '43, $l4; Richard C. Pet ers '4l, $12.50; Matt H. McKinney, Jr. '44, $11; John M. Wentzler '4l, $7.50; Thomas P. North '43, $6; George W. Ferguson '42,, $5; Charles F. Flock '43, $5; Henry J. Dieterich '42, $5; John E. Shirey '42, $4; Robert H. Miller '44, $3.80; David E. Wagenseller, Jr. '4l, 13; Homer N. Davis 'l4, $3; Andrew P. Szekely '43, $3; . William A. Schwem '43, $1; Williard - M. Ar nold '4l, $.60; and Paul H. Mangus '44, $.70. Kappa_ Delta Rho: Frank J. Marniibn, Jr. '42 $12;" Willi'ainr Fuchs '4l, $10; Joseph A. McCor mick '42, $10; Edward E. Smith '43, $7; Ralph M. Yeager '42, $7; Arthur S. Hand '43, $5; Robert L. Siegel '4l, $5; Thomas H. Green wood, Jr. '42, $3;; H. Bruce Gard ner '43, $2; and Sten Johnson, Jr. '43., $1.50. Alumnus Promoted John M. Spangler 'll has been made a vice-president cif National Carbon Co.-, Inc. it was announced by Paul P. Huffard, president of the company. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111111111 Today Last For Entries In-Class Tug-Of-War The deadline for entries in Saturday's . freshman-sophomore tug-of-war is 5 p. m. today, Frank R. Flynn, sophomore president, announced last night. Entries in the tug-of-war are still far below the number need ed, he said. n►mnunununn►►aiuu►►►►uuwnuuuuunnnuumu►u lack enough money, to purchase goods from the United States, we must begin purchasing such goods as rubber, manganese, and tung sten from them instead o! im porting these produCts from the Far East. "sßy building up bur import trade with Latin America and through understanding their prob lems, we will safeguard our shores from danger and promote better friendship with our southern neighbors," concluded Professor Reed. Dr. William H. Gray, instructor in Latin American history, reveal ed that the South American na tiorrs have always feared that the United States was intent upon Phi Kappa Sigma Members Are Penalised In First Test Of New 1K Dating Code 11111111111M11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 1 11111111111 AAUP Petitions Congress For Hatch Act Change A petition to Congress that will attempt to gain permission for College employees to parti cipate in borough government was adopted at a meeting of the American Association of University Professors held in the Sandwich Shop last night. This action was brought about by an apparent discrim ination in the present Hatch Act which restricts employees of State-appropriated schools from being active in local gov ernment. It has been estimat ed that about 70 per cent of State College voters are Col lege employees. Andrew-W. Case, assistant pro fessor of fine arts ; was elected vice-president. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 CAA Students Eligible In Draft - CAA students cannot be granted deferment in the draft, Clarence A. Dykstra, national selective service director, said yesterday be cause the act prohibits deferment octupatioriar - grotrps: -----4---- • -- However, Dykstra said that local boards can grant deferment if, in their opinion, students are pre paring for an occupation necessary to "national health, safety and in terest." Students taking CAA instruction can have their flying instructors submit information to the local -board which may result in defer ment, he suggested. Dykstra em phasized that no aviation school can guarantee postponement for service for its students. Institutions, training pilots or mechanics, can help local boards by submitting information on men enrolled, he said. Froth Christmas Issue Out Soon, Is Rumor Being whispered about campus is, the rumor that the Christmas issue of Froth may make its ap pearance soon. Don West '4l, the mag's optimis tic editor, hints that the issue may even come out before school closes for the holidays. He hopes! changing their customs and man ner of living, and that the natives of Latin America resented this very much. "We can not hope to become friends•with the natives, of South America if we treat them as in feriors," de cla r e d Dr. Gray. "They must be regarded as equals to attain any political or economic successes with them." "President Roosevelt is well liked. in South America," stated Dr. Gray. "With South Am erica cut off from Europe as the result of the war, we must re double our efforts to straighten out our difficulties with the Latin Am erican nations and come to a real understanding with them." Weather— Colder, Possible Snow Flurries PRICE THREE CENTS President Will Enforce Penalty Within House Penalties to members of the Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity who participated in a mixed drinking party there last Saturday night were meted out by John C. Good '4l, president of the house, last night at the request of Inter fraternity Council Judiciary Board. The case was the first which had been brought up under the re vised dating code which IFC pledged itself to enforce when it was adopted last October. (In accord with a pledge made to Phi Kappa Sigma the name of the fraternity was not divulged by the three-man Judiciary Board. However, the name was given to Collegian by one of the "Four In terested Students" who had re ported the violation in an anony mous letter.) The penalty, it is understood, will apply to the seven or eight members of the fraternity who participated in the party. They will lose all social privileges until Christmas. • The following report on the violation was issued by the IFC Judiciary Board: "The Faculty Judiciary Com mittee has investigated a com plaint concerning the violation of the dating code and the fraternity has agreed to discipline those in- , orvecriir •cr pension of social privileges for a specified period. "Sin'ce this is the first offense with which the committee has dealt, and since there are mitigat ing circumstances, the name of the fraternity concerned is being withheld as are the names of the violators. "However, if the incident does not act as a deterrent in the ac tions of the group concerned or on other groups, full publicity • con cerning dating violations will be made in the future." Two Student Groups Hear Lectures Tonight P. J. Reeve, assistant sales man ager of Timken Roller Bearing Co., will speak on "Design and Fabrication of the Tapered Roller Bearing," in Room 121, Liberal Arts, at 7:30 p. m. today. The talk is sponsored by the local chapter of the A. S. M. E. In another meeting, W. L. Cook, personnel director of Carnegie- Illinois Steel Co., will speak to the student chapter of the American Association of/ Metallurgists in Room 405, Old Main, at 7:15 p. m. He - is on the campus to interview senior metallurgy students. Bunyan Will Feel At Home Af forestryiall Tomorrow Forestry Ball, to be held in Rec Hall from 9 p.m. to midnight to morrow will celebrate the annual return of Paul Bunyan to the Penn State campus. To make Bunyan feel at home, the dance committee has planned extensive decorations to represent what the foresters know, as a birch, maple, hemlock, pine, and brush type of forest. The Campus Owls have been en gaged for the return-date celebra tion: Dress will be informal, and the admission price is set at $1 per couple.