Succepor to
the Free Lance,
Eitiblished 1887
VOL. 37—No. 74
154 May Receive
Mid-Year Degrees
AI Graduation
One hundred and fifty-four
graduate and undergraduate stu
dents, approxiMately 50 less than
last year, are candidates for bache
lor and advanced degrees at mid
year commencement exercises in
Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m.
Tuesday,. January 28, Registrar
William S. Hoffman announced
yesterday.
Included in the tentative list of
,graduates released . yesterday are
106 candidates for, degrees of
bachelors of arts and science, 34
for master's degrees, 12 for doctor
of- philosophy, and one for doctor
of education.
The principal address will be
made by Charles Love Durham,
head of the department of classics
at Cornell University. The topic of
his speech is still indefinite. Presi
dent Ralph D. Hetzel will confer
- the degrees and Prof. John H.
Frizzell, chaplain of the College,
will deliver the invocation.
PROGRAM
Academic Procession
The Invocation, John H. Frizzell,
Chaplain.
-Soprano Solo: "None But the Lone
ly Heart," Edith A..Burrage '4l.
Address to the Graduating Class,
Charles L. Durham of the de
partment of classics, Cornell
University.
Conferring of degrees, President
Ralph' 13: . Hetzel.
Benediction
Academic Recession
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fitte!bug-Arlists
Terpsichorean experts will be
.firially remunerated for their ef
forts when they display their
dancing ability at the Thespians'
"Joe College Rat Race" on Tues
day evening, February 4. The
Campus Owls will supply the mu
sic for the dance, which will be
the opening event on the second
semester social calendar.
To give all dancers an equal
chance at the three loving cups to
be presented to competing couples,
George L. Parrish '4l, president
of Thespians, announced yester
day that there would be competi
tion in three classes, one for jit
terbugs( one for "Smooth" dan
gers, and one elimination contes
where only luck will determine
the winners.
The Thespians have rounded up
a trio of judges whose decision
will decide the victorious couples.
They are Miss Jessie Cameron,
instructor in modern dance, Rus
sell E. Clark, bursar of the Col
lege, and J. Ewing "Sock" Ken
nedy, director of the Thespians.
lid To Britain' Is Topic
Of Hillel Town Meeting
"Aid to Britain—What Kind
and How Much" is the topic of the
next Town Meeting, to be held at
the Hillel Foundation 7:30 p. m.
tomorrow.-
The speakers will be Mrs. W. A.
• Broyles, a leader in the national
peace movement and head of the
local chapter of the WCTU; Ed
i,.',ward -Steidle, dean of the School
of Mineral Industries; and Rob
`'-pert Stone; Assistant Professor. of
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Bacteriology.
The . Town Meetings, -a. weekly
feature. at, the Hillel .Foundation,
will be discontinued after tomor-
Y . 'row night until the second semes : -
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Nobel Winner Here
Nobel prize winner in 1926,
Dr. James Franck, professor of
physical_ chemistry at the Uni
versity of Chicago, will speak on
the 'Fundamentals of Photosyn
thesis" in Room 124 Liberal Arts
at 8 p.m. next Friday. He is be
ing sponsored by Sigma Xi, na
tional honorary research society,
and the School of Agriculture.
Dr. Franck hai conducted re
search with Emil Warburg, not
ed photochemist, and Dr. Fritz
Haber, inventor of the Haber ni
trogen fixing process. He won the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1926
for research on energy -inter
change between electrons and
molecules. -
38 Hunters Win
tut Fine Appeal
That 38 hunters would - be ex
empted from the vacation cut fine
charged against them for
. class
gatsr:lollowing.;Mginksgtving- va
cation was revealed yesterday in
an announcement by the Senate
Committee on Absences. --
Only after considerable discus
sion was the decision made to per
mit exemptions to the hunters
who cut classes after Thanksgiv
ing. Six, 'however, will be fined
$5 for cutting classes before vaca
tion.
Approximately 960 ' students
were reported absent in violation',
of the Christmas vacation cut reg
ulation, compared with 628 cuts
at Thanksgiving. Of this number,
at least one-third had not left the
campus and were. automatically
exempted from the fine.
I Nearly 700 student petitions for
exemption from the cut fine were
received by the committee. Two
hundred students had post office
jobs and between 100 and 150 had
other positions. About two-thirds
of. 'these petitions were accepted.
Between 150 and 200 exemptions
were also allowed for appeals of
sickness.
Bills will probably be charged
and sent to the students not later
than Monday or Tuesday in order
that additional appeals may be
made and the fines paid before
second - •semester registration be-
Igins. It will be necessary to have
the accounts paid' before the stu
dent can receive• his grade sheet
and register for second semester
classes.
Trustees To Name Officers
At Meeting, Next Week
Election of officers• will feature
the annual mid-winter: meeting of
the Board of TrusteeS in Harris
burg next Saturday.
The Executive Council will meet
the day preceding the: meeting of
the full Board. Standing commit
tees will also meet at this time.
Other business to come before
the trustees includes consideration
of the mountain lodge and a pos
sible revision of regulations 'gov
erning student operation of auto
mobiles on the campus.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Ritenour Named
Draft Physician
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, head of
the College Health Service, has
been appointed by Governor James
as a special physician to examine
students called in the draft, it was
announced yesterday.
The appointment was received
early in the week, Dr. Ritenour
said. Since that time three of the
1,554 students who registered in
the Armory last October 16 have
been examined at the Dispensary.
Only undergraduate
_and gradu
ate students enrolled in the College
will be examined at the Dispen
sary, Dr. Ritenour said. He added
that all others, including staff and
faculty members, must be examin
ed .by regular draft physicians.
Under the new setup, he explain
ed, when a student is required to
take his physical examination Lo
cal Draft Board No. 1 in State
College is notified and the board
in turn notifies the Dispensary,
making an appointment for the
actual examination: This- does
away with the •necessity of the
student returning to his home dis
trict.
Another announcement concern
ing the draft came from 'Edward K.
Hibshman, who was chairman of
the College draft registration com
mittee.. In response to inqUiries
from students who said that they
understood that they must register
within five days after becoming 21
years of age, he said that it will
not be necessary for them to reg
ister until another registration day
is proclaimed.
Two days ago Governor James
made virtually the same statement
when he - reminded local draft
boards that they have no juris
diction over men who became 21
after October_l.6. _
English Poet Will Visit
Campus Next Month
The first in a series of second'
semester speakers sponsored by
the College, Wystan .H.. Auden,
brilliant young English poet and
playwright, will be poet in resid
ence here the week of February
17-24, it was announced yesterday.
Mr. Auden will give a public
lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Febru
ary 18. He will also meet students
at fraternity and dormitory lunch
eons and will attend several
classes.
Dean Approves LA, Council
Plan To Criticize Own Instructors
Students Given Chance
To Express Grievances
Dean Charles W. Stoddart gave
his approval yesterday to a plan
proposed by the Liberal Arts
Council, which will give students
in the School of Liberal Arts an
opportunity to voice criticism con
cerning their instructors and their
methods of teaching.
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In commending the council's
proposal, Dean Stoddart express
ed the belief that it will bridge the
gap between the students and fac
ulty, and if carried out efficiently,
will improve the relationship be
tween the two groujs. -
Under the l new proposal, Lib
eral Arts students who have ser
ious grievances - to voice other than
personal grudges and petty objec
tions, should write a letter to the
council in care of Student. Union
and state their case. The, council
will investigate the charges and,
if it finds them sufficiently ser
ious, will present the case to Dean
Stoddart who will deal with the
(matter as he sees fit.
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Collegian Discontinues
Issues Until February 3
With final examinations and
mid-year recess laom i n g in
two weeks, publication of The
Daily collegian will be sus
pended with this. issue and will
be renewed on Monday, Febru
ary 3.
Examinations begin this Mon
day and, end on Wednesday, 4n
uary 29. After a mid-year recess
of four and one-half days, regis
tration for the second semester
will be held on Monday and
end on Wednesday, January 29.
After a mid-year recess of four
and one-half days, registration
for the second semester will be
held on Monday and Tuesday,
February 3 and 4.
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College Selects
Defense Heads
The names of administrative
heads for the part-time engineer
ing defense training courses, spon
sored by the College Extension
Service in 40 towns and cities of
the state, were announced yester
day.
In Pittsburgh, where the fed
eral-financed College Extension
classes have already started with
1,350 men enrolled, the adminis
trative head is Dr. Herbert L.
Spencer, president of the Penn
sylvania College for Women, on
whose campus most of the Pitts
burgh classes are held.
At Altoona, Dußois, Hazleton,
and Pottsville, where the College
operates full-time undergraduate
centers, the administrative heads
of these. centers will. also .admibis
ter the defense courses.
All defense classes meet three
nights a week and the instructors
and administrative heads - serve on I
a part-time basis. Under the en
tire College program, an estimated
8,000 to 10,000 men, mainly em
ployees of defense industries, will
be trained. Registration, complet
ed in 20 of the cities last week,
showed a total of 5,572 trainees.
Medical Lecture Tuesday
The medical lecture on "Pre
natal Care'? to be given by Dr.
Howard Power in Rooin 121 Lib
eral Arts will be at 8 p.m. Tues
day instead of Monday as reported
to The Daily Collegian yesterday.
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DEAN CHARLES W. STODDART
To vouch for the authenticity of
the complaint, all letters must be
signed, but the names will not be
used during the investigation,
Richard C. Peters '4l, president of
the council, announced yesterday.
PRICE THREE CENTS
New Courses,
Free 4 O'Clocks
Next Semester
With the first semester all over
but the exams, announcements of
second semester changes were
made yesterday by Ray V. Wat
kins, college scheduling officer.
1. Except for a few four-hour
labs, no Wednesday or Friday 4
o'clock classes are scheduled, com
plying with the request of All-
College Cabinet.
2. ROTC infantry parades will
be held at 4 p.m. Thursday and the
ROTC engineers will march at 4
p.m. Tuesdays.
3. Timetables will be available
for ten cents at the Registrar's Of
fice beginning Monday.
4. Catalogues for 1941-42 are al
ready available at the Registrar's
Office.
5. No classes will be held in
out-of-the-way places such as the
Sheep Barns or the Water Tower
as has been the case in the past.
6. New courses in history, eco
nomics, geography and engineering
to be offered next semester have
been shaped largely by interna
tional and domestic developments
arising from the current war.
The new courses are:
Agricultural Economics 421,
land economics.
CE 445, airplane structures (pos
sibly offered),
Economics 70, Canadian eco-
nomics
EE 513, application of the pri
mary standards and measure
ments, equipment, and other spe
cial problems in radio frequency
measurements (probably offered).
Geography ' 410. geography of
Middld AtheriCa.
Geography 411, geography of
,South America.
History 22, Latin American his
tory to 1820.
History 444, Eastern Europe in
modern times.
History 461, social and cultural
history of Latin America.
Physical Education, a special
non-credit evening course in first
aid.
Student Book Exchange
Will Open Next Friday
For the fourth consecutive year,
the non-profit Student Book Ex
change will operate in the Carne
gie Library reference room from
January 24 to 31 and February 3
to 7, between 9 a. m. and 5:30 p.
m. daily, Co-chairmen Gerald F.
Doherty '42 and William P. Mc-
Fadden '43 announced yesterday.
The co-chairmen stated that
students' names and addresses
must be in their books, that books
will be sold in the order in which
they are received and that checks
not exceeding $lO must be made
out to the Student Book Exchange.
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Late News -
Bulletins
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NEW YORK—Henry Armstrong
failed in his comeback bid for the
welterweight championship last
night when Fritz Zivic stopped him
in a technical knockout in 52 sec
onds of the 12th round.
GLASGOW—Winston Churchill,
yesterday assured the United
(States that "England will not re
quire large armies from overseas
rn 1941." What England will need,
he said, is continued supplies of
equipment and aircraft. Harry
Hopkins, present at the speech, re
vealed that Churchill predicted a
"crisis" in 60 or 90 days.