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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
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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..
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.