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tfc:-M4sers Approve.
changes In Constitution
• Severatirnportant changes, that
were made in the new IFC con
stitution---recently, were discussed
and generallyapproved by the fac
ulty advisory counselors in a meet
ing, at the. Alpha Gamma Rho fra
ternity last 'night. -
• _According to the new, set of IFC
rules, the president will receive
an annual stipend of $lOO. In the
past the president has-received no
compensation. As the secretary
treasurer will have the added
work - of keeping the records for IF
Ball, his compensation has been
-raised from $5O to $lOO yearly.
The chairman of Interfraternity
Ball wilt receive a salary of $l5O,
when in past years the chairman
received no set compensation. To
further prevent any misappropri
ations, the secretary-treasurer will
be bonded for the amount of $l,OOO.
The new constitution also con
tains plans for two affiliated or
ganizations to be known as the
Employee Reliability Requi
Of Relief. Workers, Tripp
Early Compensation Of
Better Workers Urged
"Reliability in employees is be
ing urged by employers of relief
men to build up confidence in men
they receive on recommendation
from local employment agencies,"
declared Louis A. Tripp, instructor
of economics at Lehigh University,
in his Liberal Arts lecture given
- last evening- in ,13.,c0m 10. Liberal
Arts. ^.* '
"In the unemployment compen
sation system direct provision for
temporary financial stability of
bona fide workers to keep them
from being placed on relief gives
value to the plan," added Mr.
Tripp.
Jobs receiving benefit were
stated by Mr. Tripp as technolog
ical, seasonal, cyclical, and casual
jobs: Regarding the Controversial
subject of releasing unemployment
compensation to men employed in
these kinds of jobs, Mr. Tripp ex-
plained that the:technological jobs
have enabled men losing one job
to
. get another along his line of
work. The speaker added • that
compensation should be available
immediately to men holding these
jobs.
Seasonal jobs, according to Mr.
Tripp, are the ones most frequent
ly causing disputes over immediate
receipt of compensation because
these jobs are hard to classify into
an acceptable period of activity
during the year.
Cyclical and casual jobs are still
being discussed in many states
with regard to the, promptness of
issuing compensation ,because an
agreement cannot be reached on
-tlie number of weeks elapsing be
fore compensation checks are to
be received; Mr. Tripe said. How
ever, in Pennsylvania those laws
have been determined, he con
tinued._
' air. Tripp concluded that, with
345,000 . people on the relief rolls,
the more competent men are being
encouraged and recommended for
jobs: Along this line experience
ratings;' are being considered by
tha:gtate — legislature for incor=
poration : in - the standard of unem-
- ' - poyed men for jobs, the speaker
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4-H Club Plans Meeting
Christmas program has been
arranged for the monthly meet
.
-ing of the 4-H Club to be held at
= 7:30 p. m. Monday. Grange
members have been asked to at
tend the session.
Treasurer's Association and the
Caterer's Association. The s e
groups which will be made up of
the various fraternity treasurers
and caterers will meet at — least
once a semester to discuss their
specific fraternity problems.
To coordinate IFC and these
two affiliations, and to enforce the
IFC constitution and by-laws, a
Board of Control will be set up
composed of the IFC president,
the presidents of these two new
organizations, the president of the
Association of Fraternity Counsel
ors, the IFC faculty adviser, and
the Dean of Men..
Concerning attendance at IFC
meetings, the constitution states
that a $1 fine must be paid for
two consecutive absences, and any
fraternity missing three consecu
tive meetings or a total of five
will be automatically suspended
from the Council.
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Grant Announces New
Varsity Male Quartette
Professor Richard W. Grant,
director of the Penn State Glee
Club, has announced the choice
of the following men for the
Varsity Male Quartette:
Jamts McAdam '42, first tenor;
Boyd Bell '42, second tenor; Al
bert. Ziiiiirier"42; baritone; Rich
ard Vollmer '42, bass; James
Leyden, Jr. ,- '42, pianist.
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Wood but Prints
Shown In Gallery
Wood cut prints, oil paintings,
lithographs, and pastels may be
viewed by College art enthusiasts
until tomorrow noon. The Col
lege Art Gallery, in addition to the
regular display, is showing a spe
cial selection of wood cuts by J.
J. Lankes while sfeel plant pastels
by Frank Hartley Anderson are
exhibited in the main library.
The Lankes' display, consists of
thirty signed proofs, illustrations
for a new edition of "Elegy Writ
ten in a Country Church Yard" by
Thomas Grey. This exhibit, loaned
through the courtesy of Harper
and Brothers, will augment the
regular show only until tomorrow
noon.
"'ln the opinion of many critics
Mr. Lankes is America's leading
wood engraver at the present
time. Certain it is that his prints
for the elegy have ben done with
imagination as well as with great
technical skill," Prof. J. Burn
Helme, in charge of the Division
of Fine Arts, remarked recently.
The pastels displayeds in the
library were done in the steel
mills at night and are considered
by many to be more vivid than
any water color medium. Opera
tions on molten iron and steel,
none lasting for more than ten
minutes at a time; were done by
the artist to make true color re
cording possible.
Mitchell Gets Phi. Exams
Dean Frank D. Kern, of the
graduate:school, has announced the
following preliminary examina
tions for the•Ph.D. degree: Lane
Mitchell: major, ceramics; minor,
mineralogy.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Foresters Dance
Amid Woodland,
Setting Tonight
Mightiest of all lumberjacks,
Paul Bunyan—he of the 76 bar
relled shotgun, he who owned
Babe, the great blue ox—will be
the honorary sponsor of the an
nual Forestry Ball to be held in
Bee Hall tonight from 9 p.m. to
midnight.
In- the midst of hemlock, birch,
pine, maple, and other types of
trees which will compose the dec
orations representing Bunyan's
familiar surroundings, the dancers
will be in the mood to tell tall
stories—a characteristic of the suc
cess of the ball.
The Campus Owls will supply
the music. The admission price
has been set at $1 per couple.
Trying to please their sponsor,
the committee for the dance has
planned everything on a large
scale. New and novel features to
entertain Bunyan's guests have
been arranged.
Stories such as the origination of
the Grand,-Canyon (Bunyan drag
ged his cant-hook behind him) and
the piping of split pea soup from
a huge heated lake to Bunyan's
lumber camp miles away are be
ing spread about campus. The com
mittee wishes every one •present
tonight to have his own tall story
to keep the "ball" rolling.
ays
Dress for the dance will be in
formal. The lumberjacks and lum
berjanes are to be prepared to
•have an evening of forestry fun,
tall tales, and exciting entertain
ment, according to the committee.
Men Still Needed
For Tug-of-War
Registration for the freshman
sophomore tug-of-war will be held
over one more day, due to the
lack of men on the sophomore
team, W. Lewis Corbin '4l, Tri
bunal chairman, announced last
night.
The sophomores still need 17
men on the 135 pound team, seven
men on the 165 pound team, and
three on the 200 pound team,
Frank R. Flynn '43 disclosed.
All prospective participants
should leave their name, class,
telephone number, and weight at
the Student Union desk before 5
p. m. today.
The lineups will be published in
tomorrow's Collegian.
19 Members Initiated
By Scabbard And Blade
The local company of Scabbard
and Blade, an organization for ad
vanced ROTC students, has com
pleted the initiation of 19 new
members, it was announced by
their Company Commander, Capt.
Thomas G. Tousey '42.
These new men bring the total
membership of the group to 42.
The purpose of the society is to
promote proper ideas about mili
tary service in civil life, and to
get civilians to work and cooper
ate more _closely with the military
department.
There are now 84 chapters of
this organization with a total mem
bership of 31,000. The list of those
juniors that were initiated fol
lows: Robert G. Alexander, Ralph
Blasingame, Bernard Brenman,
Edward G. Jackline, Robert B.
Jeffrey, Wilson -B: Knight.
Edward B. Kra inik, Ernest
Kristof, Harry R. Lunt, John W.
Maclndoe, John D. Morgan, Jack
E. Morgan, - William 0. Meyers,
John H. Quirk, Eugene F..Scherr,
Howard W. Smith, Richard E.
Tozer, Richard E. Walck, and John
B. Yeneral.
Three Changes Suggested
For Election 01 Firsts
National IFC Award
This four-foot bronze statue
was presented to the National
Interfraternity Council at their
convention in New York as a gift
of an unnamed "friend of fra
ternities." It will be awarded an
nually to the undergraduate In
terfraternity Council which has
been outstanding in the forma
tion and execution of a program
to make fraternities contribute
constructively to the educational
and social program of its institu
tion.
Specialist Shows
Proper Lighting
Illumination demonstrations to
show the remedies of light glare
and proper placement will be
given by John Mueller, Carnegie
Tech graduate specialist, to all
students from today until next
Wednesday in mixed hygiene
classes, it was announced by Ar
thur F. Davis, associate professor
of physical education.
Hygiene classes will be open to
juniors and seniors interested in
Mr. Mueller's . lectures on the
" 'Light' Way _to Study." Stu
dents will be encouraged to re
medy their needs for glasses.
They will be asked to make a
survey of their own rooms with
the Sight-O-Meter, an instrument
designed to measure amounts of
light available in different parts
of rooms. Desk lighting im
provements for professors will be
fostered.
- Monday and Tuesday evenings
next week„ Mr. Mueller will con
duct a closed clinic at 7:30 p. m.
in Room 316 Liberal Arts.
Only representatives from fra
ternities, campus organizations,
trees which will comprise the dec
gates from town are invited.
During scheduled hours of hy
giene classes, everyone will be
welcomed .at the lectures. The
hours of hygiene classes sche
duled in Room 316 Liberal Arts
are: Friday-8 a. m., 9 a. in., 11
a. m.; Monday-8 a. m., 9 a. m., 1
p. m.; Tuesday-8 a. m., 1 p. m.;
Wednesday-8 a. in, 10 a.- m., 11
a. m., 1 p. m., 2", p. m.
— Questionnaires Ready
Senior- journalism students de
siring representation in the place
ment booklets may obtain per
sonnel questionnaires 'from Miss
Emily Cori, Room 311 Old Main,
today.
Weather—
Cloudy
And ':Colder
AA Constitution Needs
No Revision, Bfand Says
Three suggestions have been
made toward a charige.in the pro
'cedure of electing first assistant
managers of sports as a result of
the recent controversy over the
cross-country managership elec
tolls, Jack W. Brand '4l, president
of the Athletic Association, an
nounced yesterday following a
meeting with Blue Key members
Wednesday night.
The proposals, none of which
have been adopted, are: 1. That
first assistants confer with Neil M.
Fleming, graduate manager of ath
letics, before choosing their suc
cessors; 2. That first assistants be
called in to confer with the five
man committee when it passes on
the election of new firsts; and, 3.
That firsts confer with the presid
ent of the Athletic Association be
fore recommending their succes
sors.
Brand pointed out that if any
of the proposals are adopted, they
will not necessitate changes in the
AA constitution, but will consti
tute changes in election procedure.
The purpose of the meeting with
Blue Key, Brand explained, was
to get their opinions on what
changes might be necessary to
clear up the election system. Brand
emphasized the hope that no
changes would be necessary. He
stated that the recent elections
controversy might be expected to
avert any need for change.
The present election system pro- -
vides for the first assistant man
agers to recommend their succes
sors and submit their names to a
five-man committee, composed of
the Athletic Association president,
the manager, captain, and coach
of the sport, and Fleming. This
committee makes the selection
formal and has the power to make
changes in the lists submitted by
the incumbent first assistants. This
power, seldom used, was exercised
in the cross-country elections.
Co-op Returns Overcharge
An overcharge of $5OO, accumu f
lated between September 1939 and
September 1940, will be returned
to members of the College Co-op
erative Society in the form of pat
ionage dividends. This action was
decided upon at a meeting of the
Co-op Board of Directors, Tues
day evening.
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WHO'S DANCING !
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FRIDAY:
Kappa Sigma—Pledge dance,
Jimmy Leyden," formal, closed.
I Delta Sigma Phi—Pledge
dance, Rex Rockwell, formal.,
:closed.
Phi Kappa—Art Whitman, in
formal, closed.
SATURDAY:
Sigma Phi Epsilon—Pl edge
dance, Campus Owls, formal, in
vitation.
Sigma Nu—Bowery Ball,
Bucknellians, invitation.
Beta Sigma Rho—Pledge dance
Jimmy Leyden, formal, invita
tion.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon—Pledge
dance, Nittany Nine, informal,
closed.
Theta Chi—Pledg e dance,
Statesmen, informal, invitation.
Delta Chi—Vic dance, closed.
Alpha Chi Rho—Vic dance, in
formal, invitation.
Triangle—Christmas vic dance,
closed.