. _ Succeisoi to'` .4, 1 4 4. - Weather— the . . •• . • , 1 .. .. N 4 . 4 ' ,• . the . Eree Lance, ...r . - . . a.4..r.......4 .. at t g - ~., .. ~. i c i t o tt rotatt Cloudy And Established 1887 1 ;,..., A , Colder. - VOL. 37—No. 67 Artists' Course Patrons To Vote On Sales Changes Stung by continuous criticism of the present method of conducting ticket sales, the Artists Course Committee - yesterday voted to sub-. ject various systems to the judg ment of the Course patrons. Because of the increased ticket sales consciousness on the part of subscribers, the committee feels it necessary to-secure the vote of the students and faculty on possible change's. The survey will be made at the Jascha-Heifetz performance Tuesday night, February 11; _ Among the present suggestions for conducting next year's course are included a lottery system, use of Rec H.all, advance sales in the •spring, two-night performances, and other solutions. The chairman reiterated his be lief that the present system is as satisfactory as can be obtained with existent facilities. He ex plained, however, that any plan not submitted for consideration would create the impression that the committee is too stubborn to adopt new systems. Dr. Marquardt's statement was influenced by the numerous open letters printed in The Daily Col legian and by' personal contact with patrons of the course. The committee stated that some change must be made to satisfy these com ments. Personnel Chief To Speak On Jobs In Agriculture "Opportunities in the Federal Government,for:7Graduays • in Ag-, riculture" will be the subleCt of a talk by Samuel S. Board tomorrow at 4:10 p.m. in Room 109 Agri culture • Building. Mr. Board is chief of the division of training, bflice of personnel, the United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Board will 'remain at the College Saturday forenoon, and students may make arrangements for personal conferences by call ing at Dean Stevenson W. Fletch er's office. Gallardo Acting Governor . The Honorable Jose Gallardo, Jr., Commissioner of Education for Puerto Rico, has recently been ap pointed Acting Governor of the Is land by Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes. Mr. Gallardo re ceived his Master of Arts degree in Romance Languages from Pezm • State in 1926. School OF Education Graduates Teaching Additional Subjects A "follow-up" service for school• teachers who are:graduates of the School of Education of the College has revealed - that the majority are teaching not only the subjects they majored in at college but also one additional subject. As a result of this finding, stu dents are now being given.a more diversified program during their nine .weeks of practice teaching, - Which is . conducted at Williams 'port,•. Altoona, and Johnstown. When time permits, they are teaching both their major subject and a minor. subject to round out their .training. • ' -• Started -three • years ago, ' the • follow-up.'service has proved high -]y '-valuable =Ho l t only to. the gradu-' ate, and to 'the schools in which they. - tach,' but also to the School of -- Education faculty, • said' Mary Jane,..Wyland, associate professor TRURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA 11111W1111111111011111111111i1111111111111111111111111111111111111M Midteai COMininteMeni Commiffees Announced Midyear Commencement_com mittees in charge of distribu tion of caps and gowns and in vitations were announced • last night by William B. Bartholo mew '4l, senior- class president. Co 7 chairmen of the caps and gowns committee are Frank W. Stankci and Peter G. Fetzko, who are 'aided. by William G. Burket, David I. Finkle, Frederick R. Ernst, Edward C. Sucher, Ger ald B. Bready, and Frances J. Bride. The invitations committee co 'chairmen are Richard M. Geis' singer, • and. Frank M. Platt, Jr. with Norman H. Hayes, Jr., Lewis C. Cavalier, Mack A. Dick, Spurgeon K. Condo, Stanley L. Marcus, and John H. Jenkins as members. Orders for caps and gowns and invitations should be placed at Student Union from 9 a. m: tocja,y3mta..P:rll. Satur,day.. WIIIIIIIIIMMIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII College Publicity Widely Published Penn State broke*.into print 'in 196 publications, mostly daily newspapers, published outside of Pennsylvania during the past year, according to a report issued by the College - department of public in formation yesterday. A clipping bureau within the de partment collects all stories per taining to the College which ap pear in newspapers throughout the nation having greater than a 50,- 000 circulation. These •clippings do not, include sports Write-ups "or - publicity — on lithierfmte the Rachel Taylor murder. The total number 'of . stories taken from out-of-state publica tions in 1940 was 1039. New York papers carried m?st College news, followed by journals of 71 other cities in 29 states. Among the cities that heard of Penn State via the printed word were Cleveland, Minneapolis, Rochester, Indianapolis, Youngs town, Newark, Buffalo, and' Louis ville. Magazines such as Time and Newsweek also carried stories about College activities. PSCA Adds 2 Offices Two additional offices were created by the PSCA Cabinet when John F. Gillespie '42 was, elected assistant secretary and Charles R. Clemson became vice chairman of Public Affairs. of education "It enables the faculty here at the College to- keep its- program fitted to the specific- training that will be needed by graduates%when they go into teaching . positions," she said. "We also are able to ad vise these graduates, and to keep in closer contact with them and with the public.,schc.kcils.",7 Miss Nyland, togathect .Pro fessors Bruce V. Frank A. Butler-, Williams,and.: J. H. Moyer; haVi.:cantia4-:iieaili 100 Penri . Btate :graduates 3,00 - are. now teaOing l'enniy].vonk - Visits; afe tire: graduates erikiA•niiel. - /„ . .sheets •fitiesl7.4tiaxtri)trti-'6:ol , ::iecent S. visit • • the' "-deiiigifine4 6i•. jio*. eco- Tionlic.:si •a. division School of :Bduccition i ,,qouduct.s . its own fol low-ilp for graduates who are teaching in that field. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE investigation 01 Collusive May Involve- GSA Work Youth Education Bills Discarded In Clearing Of Congress Dockets Special to The Collegian WASHINGTON, Jan. B—Coinci dent with the expiration this month of the prolonged seventy sixth Congress. a voluminous ac cumulation of youth and educa tion bills—many of which have re mained "pigeonholed" for more than a year in overloaded commit tee calendars—are being officially discarded in the wholesale clear ing of House and Senate commit- A - tee dockets Although many of the bills, now automatically killed, are schedul ed for immediate reintroduction in the present session—a few with a better than even chance for suc cess, most of the proposed legisla- tion will be shelved permanently, according to reports from sponsor- ing legislators. Among the many legislative proposals that failed to • emerge from committee during the closing session.,is a bill to permit college students to work in Federal of fices during school vacation per iods; another would establish a Division 'of Aviation Education in the. U. S. Office of Education; an other sought to establish a Fed eral Youth Service to foster "the useful and gainful employment of Class Financial Reports Releasedi Seniors Have Total Of $12,554 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Collegian To Call Candidates Tuesday All freshman candidates for the business and editorial staffs of The Daily Collegian are re quested to report to Room 405, Old Main, at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Excellent business and editor ial opportunities are open to both men and women candidates, even though they may have no intention of entering the College journalism curriculum. 1111111111111111111111M11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Frear Laboratory Holds Open House Tomorrow An open house will be held at the newly-occupied Frear Labor atory tomorrow from 3 to 5 p. m. Faculty members, students, towns people, and friends are urged to attend. Student laboratories will be open and in ooeration. Research equipment also will be in use, and a number of devices will be set up to show visitors how certain data is gathered. , Special exhibits have been se cured of industrial products which have been cleNreloped through the efforts of agricultural and biolog ical chemists. Skating Repoded Good Al Whipple's Dam After a . third straight day of below freezing weather, reports from Whipple's Dam yesterday in dicated that a three-incg layer of ice made skating there safe.. At the' College, the uppei tennis courts adjacent to Rec Hall were being watered yesterday, and will probably be in usable condition later in the week. post-school youths." One of the most interesting of the unsuccessful proposals (H.J. Res. 563) declared "whereas there is great need for a comprehensive knowledge of Government affairs, regardless of a person's field of endeavor, and such need for schooling in the operation of our Government becomes more appar ent each day as our Country faces possible' emergencies," the Presi- dent is directed to appoint "ten students from approved colleges and universities, from each con gressional district, for student training in the several executive departments an d independent agencies." The "American Youth Act" (H R. 8324-S. 3170) also dies in corn- mittee this month. The measure asked $500,000,000 for the estab lishment of a super-NYA with ex tensive power to provide increas ed vocational guidance and educa tional opportunities for youth—in and out of school—between six teen and twenty-five. Although the bill failed to emerge from either the House or Senate com mittee, proponents of the legisla tion say the bill "in some form" will be. reintroduced this year. Junior Cia.s - s Has $10,948.25 Balance Reports on accumulated finances released by the Interclass Finance committee for each class yesterday showed their complete economic set-ups for the six-month period beginning July 1, 1940 and end ing December 31, 1940. Seniors have a total of $12,554.14 in their treasury. Of this amount $10,639.78 has bee; saved for the publication of LaVie. Included in the income of $14,065.53 to date, a total of $2,450 came from class dues. During the year 1939 the in come amounted to $7,788.24 with expenditures of $4,271.32. Among the expenditures of 1940 is shown the -sum of $342.79 used by the Blue Band, while the sup port of the All-College Cabinet and Student Tribunal required $131.50. Damages claimed by the town cost the class $10.50. Finances in the junior ciass show an income of $11,959.67. Of this sum $2,775 was collected from class dues. Expenditures amounted to $1,011.42. All-College Cabinet and Tribunal were allotted $131.50 and the Blue Band was given $342.79 for expenses. Numeral awards, recently added to the bud get, cost $10.82. The, junior class was assessed $10.50 for damages. A final balance shows $10,948.25, but this figure $8,143.16 has been saved for LaVie. In 1939 the in come of the class was $6,641.56 and expenditures were $4,000.60. The statement from the sopho more class reveals a balance of $5,386.61 in the treasury, $4,981.83 being the LaVie savings. Incomes, inducting $3,500 from 'class dues and $1,862.30 for the Soph Hop, amounted to $8,524.29. Expendi tures later gave the Blue Band $342.81, All-College Cabinet and Tribunal $146, and numeral - awards $93.29. Expenditures also included a total of $2,029.02 for Soph Hop; a total loss of $166.72. (Continued on Page Four) PRICE THREE CENTS Bidding Done Here Margiofti Subpoenas State Building Records Special to The Collegian PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8 Evid ence that the General State Auth ority was defrauded by collusive •bidding on electrical contracts at The Pennsylvania State College and in other state projects may be introduced in a $1,500,000 damage suit before the Federal Court here, Charles J. Margiotti, former Penn sylvania attorney-general, said today. Margiotti, who once precipitated a legislative investigation of the GSA by charges of waste and ex travagance, now is trying to show that the Authority itself was de frauded by the Electrical Contrac tors' Association. The . Western Penitentiary is the only GSA pro ject figuring in the present suit but Margiotti indicated- he intended "to show how the plan worked" by bringing in evidence on Penn State and other GSA projects. With this purpose, the former attorney-general has sent a sub poena to the Authority for the organization's building records. . Mr. Margiotti is the plaintiff's attorney in a $1,500,000 double damage civil action in the Federal Court brought by a private citi zen, Morris L. Marcus, on behalf of himself and the Government against the Electrical Contractors' Association and many of its mem ber contractors here. Estimating that their bid scheme defrauded the government of $745,000 on PWA contracts, Marcus sued for double that amount and would be entitled to half any recovery if damages are awarded. The trial resumed Monday after a 'Christmas recess before which it had run three weeks. In its final week before the recess, it featured an amazing appearance as star wit ness for the prosecution by the C. Carmack, manager of the asso ciation and himself a defendant, who related how bids were alleg edly rigged on a multitude of pub lic and private construction jobs between 1935 and 1939. Carmack testified that the elec trical bids on the Western Peni tentiary had been manipulated in favor of one contractor, but that another contractor had double crossed his colleagues in the as sociation by underbidding this rigged figure and taking the job. Coaches Will Be Guests At Norristown Dance - Two College coaches and their wives will be guests at the fifth annual dance of the Montgomery County Penn State Club on Satur day, February 1, at the Plymouth Country Club near Norristown. They are Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Higgins and Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Jeffrey. Although he has not yet accepted his invitation, Leon Gajecki, captain of the 1940 foot ball team, has also been invited to the annual affair. The dance is sponsored each year by the Montgomery County Club to promote funds for the scholarship fund. The event is held for students, alumni and friends of Penn State. Tickets may be secured at the Student Union Desk in Old Main. oantzscher Appointed Walter F. Dant4scher, College publicity director has been ap pointed to a new educational com mittee of the American College Publicity Association.
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