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VOL. 3:7—No. 36
Infirmary Cases
.Decline's More
Use Dispensary
"Students seeking early treat
.- meat at the 'Dispensary under the
new Free Hospitalization Plan
probably accounts for the decrease
in the number, of bed patients .in
''the Infirmary," Dr. Joseph P. Rit 7
enour,Thead of the College Health
Service, said yesterday.
Comparing the number of Dis,
pensary cases from Jay to De
cember, 1940, with those of the
Same period in 1939, Dr:Ritenour
pointed out an increase of 36 per
cent in striking Contrasts to a 12
per cent decrease in,bed patients
in the Infirmary.
- Although he added that it_is too
early to draw any definite conclu
sions, Dr. Ritenour contended thal
this unusual trend was not ex-,
pected, since budgetory plans esti
mated a
. 75 -per cent increase in
Infirmary patients over the total
f0r.1939-40 school year:
The apparent reason for the drop
in 'lnfirmary cases is that students
come to the Dispensary for treat
ment more frequently, after- the
withdrawal of incidental Dispen
sary fees laSt year. The new plan
which gives students free treat
ment at the Dispensary and a free
week of treatment • each semester
in the Infirmary abolished the-pay
ments.
A five-year survey also shows
that Dispensary calls have in
creased from 19,613 in 1935-36 to a
total of .33,769 for 1939-40: Since
the beginning of the present school
year, the Dispensary has .recorded
14,603 visits, with an all-time
monthly - high of 5,384 calls set in
October, 1940. - - _
PS Club Snow Ball
Dance Set For Siturday
Although there may be no snow
for the occasion, the Penn State
Club's sixth annual snow ball
dance. Saturday night in Rec Hall
will be presented with all the spirit
of old man winter.
Co-chairmen Robert -A. Henkel
'4l and William B. Loeber '43 have
arranged a program of fun and
frolic with Rex Rockwell' supply
ing the music. Dancing will be
from 9 to 12 p.m.
The dance will be informal, $1
per couple, tax exempt, and no
checking charge. The program will
get underway after Charley Spei
del's boys wrestle the University of
Maryland.
Graduate Will Conduct
Insurance Interviews
John D. Kennon .'3B, associated
with the Equitable Life Insurance
Company of New York, will inter
view seniors interested in life un
derwriting as. a career from 1 to
5 p. m. Thursday in Room 132
Liberal-Arts. Interested students
are instructed to'see Dr. Charles
C., Wagner, assistant dean of Lib
eral. Arts, for appointments.,
Kennon, '3B senior class presi
dent, went_with Equitable in June
of 1938. His first year he was"the
youngest group millionaire in the
nation and has requalified_ this
past year.
Local Men Honored
Articles by William E. Harkins
'42,' men's debate manager, and
Mr. • Clayton H.' Schug, assistant
professor of public speaking, ap:
geared iii the December 19 issue
of The Bulletin of the Debater's
Association of Pennsylvania Col
leges. . , •
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1941. STATE COLLEGE, PA
Heads Health Plan
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, direc
tor of the College Health Serv
ice, yesterday revealed a decid
ed decline, in the number of In
firmary patients, possibly due to
gratus Dispensary treatment stu
dents now receive under the
Free HOspiailtg,S;sfl-NM•cs'sce
Free Hospitalization Plan.
Baird Urges Peace
Drive By Students
"The main purpose of this com
mittee will be to let Congress know,
that some people in this Country
still want.peace,' l Robert D. Baird
'42, said in a preliminary meeting
to organize an America First Com
mittee on this campus last night.
Although no definite organiza
tion was considered, the group de
cided to push forward plans to
petition Congress to prevent the
reepal of non-intervention.legisla
ture.and also create a more definite
-Penn State....mov_ernent. _ toward. an
armed but self-existent nation.
"We will suffer more from an
economic standpoint," Baird add
ed, "by • lifting the present neu
trality legislation and becoming
involved in the conflict, than we
could possibly suffer because of
German retaliation against the
United States in the event of a
German victory."
Fraternity Cook Hurt
In Serious Auto Mishap
Harold E. Pendleton, negro cook
in the Lambda Chi Alpha fratern
ity, was reported in .a serious con
dition early last night in the Al
toona hospital. He has been a pa
tient since last Thursday when he
was involved in a four-car crash
which killed three persons and in
jured five.
Pendleton suffers possible skull
fracture, laceration of the left knee
and right hand; and scalp lacer
ations. The accident occurred on
Route 220, two miles northeast of
Bellwood.
Want A Date? Join Haitian Witch Cult
Do you have • trouble getting
dates? The Haitian peasant doesn't,
according to Dr. George E. Simp
son, acting head of the department
of sociology. In a paper entitled
"Haitian Magic," Dr. Simpson ex
plains the •easy methods by which
a Haitian grabs himself the equiv
alent of our "steady."
He cites several methods of love
making. The first of these is to
capture a certain small bird, re
move its feathers, dry .the body,
make a powder of it, and take it to
a witchdoctor to charm. After the
powder . is charmed the man puts
'it in a handkerchief and thrusts
it in his beloved's face, immedi
ately causing her to accept him.
Secondly, says Dr. Simpson,
there is the mirror method. The
mirror, having been ch'armed by
a witchdoctor, is flashed on a girl
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Committee Split
On Chapel Fund
A Cabinet decision on diverting
part of the Sunday chapel collec
tions from Penn State in China to
another - recipient was held up last
night when H. Edwa - rd Wagner
'4l, a member of the investigating
committee, charged that he "had
not succeeded in attempts to par
ticipate in the investigation."
Richard M. Geissinger '4l,
chairman of the committee, pre
sented a report recommending
that collections continue to be
sent to Lingnan University. The
report was signed by Geissinger
and A. John Currier '42, the third
member.
In his protest Wagner said that
he had understood that the report
was to recommend that Lingnan
be deprived of part of the funds.
He added that he had not seen the
report until he was asked to sign
it iust before the meeting started.
Cabinet voted to table the mat
ter until the next meeting. Arnold
C. Laich '4l, All-College president
asked for a more complete investi
gation of the proposed change. '
The members also voted to re
commend to the Senate Commit
tee en Rules that the group of 50
student hunters be excused from
paying cut fines for absences on
December 2, the first day of deer
season, provided they present
prcsof they were in State College
the previous day.
In his request for Cabinet's
backing, Robert A. Wasser '42,
chairman of the hunters' commit
, (Continued on Page Four)
Peters Appoints
Political Board
Campus political wheels began
roll;ng again yesterday when 13
seniors and two juniors were nam
ed by Richard C. Peters '4l, chair
man, to the All College Elections
Committee which will govern
elections to be held this spring. A
meeting will be held within a
week to determine the election
dates.
.Teane C. Stiles and A. Pat Nag
elberg, the only juniors on the
committee will automatically hold
membership next year, with Nag
elberg taking the chairmanship.
Peters appointed the folloWing:
H. Edward Wagner, Marshal D.
Miller, William B. Bartholomew,
Theodore Rice, George L. Parrish,
W: Lewis Corbin, Mary Jane Dal
ton, L. Elinor Benfer, Bertha
Black, Justine Lougee, Grace E.
Rentscher, all seniors, and Jeanne
C. Stiles and A. Pat Nagelberg,
juniors. Arnold C. Laich '4l and
Robert N. Baker '4l are ex-officio
members.
who is passing along the road. The
third method, is to get some magic
powder from the local witchdoctor
and put it in the palm of the hand.
When a man who has this powder
shakes hands with a girl she will
follow him like a dog.
Dr. Simpson also explains how
the Haitian uses magic to get rid
of an• enemy. The peasant goes
to a witchdoctor again, who sum
mons•the client's enemy to appear.
If he sees 'the enemy's soul in his
"terrine" or clay bowl, he tells the
peasant to strike at it with a dag
ger. At this moment the enemy will
have something inopportune hap
pen to him, like falling from a-tree.
In case the 'enemy should not
break his neck in his unhappy
tumble, he will probably be on
the warpath. To protect himself
from a foe, says Dr. Simpson, the
James Says New Budget
Will Be Same As Last
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Coroner Blames Plumber's
Death On Heart Attack
Coroner Charles Sheckler,
Milesburg. in a statement to the
Collegian last night,- ascribed
the death of William J. Smith,
56, a plumber employed by - the
College, whose body was found
yesterday morning beside the
old Branch Road school, to ,a
heart attack and exposure.
Sheckler said an autopsy
showed that his heart was con
siderably enlarged. Due to the
coli, it was impossible to esti
mate accurately the time of
death. Smith was last seen, ac
cording to Sheckler, near the
school on -Monday at about 7
p. m.
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`No Cooperation'
IMA Head Says
Lack of cooperation from mem
ber units_ has been chiefly respon
sible for the Independent Men's
Association's poor record this
year, W. Rae Herrmann '4l, IMA
president said last night in reply
ing to The Daily Collegian's attack
on the organization.
"We of the central council ad
mit that there was some justifica
tior, in the Collegian's charges,"
Heitman. said. _"We
_realize that
on the, surface we have been slow
in organizing athletic and social
programs_ for the independent
men.
"But the Collegian doesn't know
the whole story," he added. He
stated -that a far-reaching IMA
intramural program could not be
placed in full operation because of
the College's inability to grant the
proper facilities.
"The central council is not an
organization to dictate policies,"
the IMA head asserted, "but mere
ly one to direct the activities of
its units. Until recently coopera
tion from our units has been.. far
from satisfactory.
"The outlook for the IMA is
very bright," Hermann contended.
Attendance at the last Council
meeting was good, he said, and
Un't interest in the•IMA has begun
to mount rapidly. Dean A. R.
Warnock and Daniel A. DeMarino
advisers, have expressed their
confidence in the IMA's ability to
aid the independent men, Herr
mann concluded. •
Haitian has his soul withdrawn
from his body so that the enemy
cannot get at it. To do this, the
witchdoctor takes a loaf of bread,
makes a hole in it while uttering a
magical formula, and puts the
bread ih a black bottle.
The peasant carefully buries the
bottle in a place known only ;to
himself, thus foiling the enemy
who can now do no harm except
if he .should happen to find the
bottle. Dr.. Simpson also explains
about zombies, loup-garous, and
other bad spirits, and tells bow to
become a "houngan" or witch
doctor:—
About the only thing the Haitian
peasant doesn't have is a charm
against an unsuccessful football
season, but he would if football
were playe(Pin
Weather- 1
Continued Fair
And Cold
PRICE THREE CENTS
College May Receive
Increase For Buildings
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, Jan. 7—Gover
nor James told the 1941 Legisla
ture when it convened here today
that his 1941-43 budget would be
"virtually identical" to that now
in effect but indicated it would
include "imperative increases to
open remaining buildings of the
General State Authority program."
He did not enlarge. The detailed
budget will not be presented until
February.
Speculation immediately arose
about what effect this will have on
the Pennsylvania State College and
its request for an increase of $l,-
194,000 over its 1939-41 appropri
ation of $4,425,000. The request
was for $5,619,545.49.
The College this fall put into
operation all of the buildings
erected on its campus by the GSA
even though some are incompletely
equipped.
The Governor's statement sug
gested that he might recommend
for the College some increase over
1939-41 to maintain and equip
these new buildings, observers
here believe.
It seems doubtful that the Gov
ernor will recommend for the
College the full increase that it has
asked. This, however, is only spec
ulation and will have to wait until
the Governor's budget is finally
presented next month to be con
firmed or disproven.
Even the presentation of the
Governor's budget will not finally
settle the College appropriation
because the Legislature has the
power to change it and the Gov
ernor has the power to reduce but
not increase anything the Legis
lature may pass.
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Late News
Bulletins
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Cairo—British and Australian
forces drove on east past captured
Bardia late yesterday afternoon
and swept towards the number one
city of the retreating Italian army,
Tobruk. The valiant "army of the
Nile" took over an abandoned
Italian airport just a few miles out
of Tobruk and found 40 disabled
Fascist planes.
The Italian people were told of
the British victories in Northern
Africa yesterday but along with
the report, Mussolini gave out con
firmation of Italy's pledge to Ger
many to stand by them.
London—The second largest day
light bombing raid of the war on
England took place yesterday af
ternoon as hundreds of Nazi planes
swept over London in individual
flights. The change to daylight
raids instead of night bombing was
thought to be due to the bad
weather conditions in England
and the English channel. The Brit
ish broadcasting station was the
center of most of the devastation
as seven BBC technicians were
killed while a broadcast was going
on.
Washington President Roose
velt yesterday appointed William
Knudsen, former head of General
Motors, and Sidney Hillman, lalior
leader, to serve as co-chairmen of
the new department, Office of Pro
duction Management. The officials
will attempt to put; peace time
economy. on a war time basis.