. . 41. Weather— f_.Successor to . _ - .• ~. -, - ' -' ..--...,.',' : .: 1 '. ~Ic I.LI- . . ,- 5, : ' ,-... . : t.%, -, Cloudy And . - the Free Lance. "•• - :'''' .."' .' .., '';‘. -' .. . ii. Az, _ -' ' - Established . 1889 •--- :_ • -:-- ' , ; . • • ''' .. 1 . ; Continued Cold. .1 ..'• .....• • , • • - . ` . .. - . .. . . , .. • . .. -...„ . . • - VOL. 37—No, 75 Hurst '43 Killed In Millerstown Crash I-Day Today Hoffman Urges Students To GO Transcripts Early With the two-day second se mester registration starting in Recreation Hall today at 10 a.m. and ending tomorrow at 5 p.m., William S. Hoffman, College registrar, urged students to pro cure their transcripts early in order to avoid a last minute rush. The grade sheets must be pre sented to the scheduling officers and students must receive their approved signed schedule before they will be allowed to register, Hoffman warned. After Wednesday noon, late registrants may apply at the reg istrar's office in Old Main. They will be fined $5. Students may register prior to their scheduled order, but persons enrolling later than the alphabetical order will be levied $l. Matriculation cards must be presented at the time of registra tion, and duplicates can• be pur chased during -registration hours. New students are' required, to present official credentials • from the registrar or College exam-. iner with a vaccination - certifi7 .• • Coincident with' registration, Ray V. Watkins, College sched uling officer, revealed that prac tically all 4 o'clock classes will be eliminated in order to en courage ..extracu.rricular activi ties during the late afternoon. The registration order: A-Bor Tomorrow 1-5 p.m. Bos-Co Today 10-12 a.m. Cr-E Tomorrow 8-12 a.m. F-G 'Today 1-5 p.m. H-I Tomorrow 1-5 'p.m. J-X Today 10-12 a.m. L-Mar Tomorrow 8-12 a.m. Mas-O Today 1-5 p.m. P-R Tomorrow 1-5 p.m. S-Sp Today 10-12 a.m. St-V Tomorrow 8-12 a.m. W-Z Today 1-5 p.m. James To Deliver Budge, Tonight (See Editorial, Page Two) - The probable fate of the Col lege's requeit for a $5,619,545.49 appropriation from the state will be known when Gov. Arthur H. James makes public his 1941-42 biennial budget at 9:30 tonight. At ,that time the Governor Imill deliver a 15-minute broadcast address before a combined ses sion of the Senate and the House. It is generally believed that James will not recommend the full. increase of approximately $1,194,000 which the College has asked over the 1939-40 appropri ation. There is a slight probab ility that the Governir may ask the Legislature for additional funds to maintain and equip the buildings erected on the campus by the GSA. In his opening address to the Legislature of January 7 James . said that totaLbudget will be `.`virtually identical" to the 1939- 40. sum of approximately ; $538,- -000,000. However, - he implied.,that -.whether Goldmann sustained might .rise • above...this figure several fractured. ribs, besides ..recently :when .he said -that , he -.the injury to;•his thight. He ,will was considering an "over-all - .be -confined to the , hospital- from • figure". of $600,000,000. • 8 to 12 weeks. Registration Begins In Recreation Hall Reelected President J. Franklin Shields, above, was reelected president of the Board of Trustees at the regular mid winter meeting of the board in Harrisburg on January 25. Pershing Rifler -- To Choose Queen Another queen will be added to Penn State's royal family of beauties in the near ftiture, when the Pershing Rifle Society will select a queen to reign for a year over the military and social func tions of 2700 ROTC men. Following the custom of many other national Pershing Rifle companies, the coed who is elect ed will play an important part in parades, outfitted in a special ly designed military costume. In addition to an honorary ROTC commission that will be presented to the out-going queen on graduating, she _will receive ali inscribed gold plaque and a personal pin. Any sorority, women's group, or individual suggestions for this honor should be submitted before Wednesday, February 12 at Student Union or to one of the following members of the election committee: - Capt. A. G. Nonemaker, First Lieut.. Edward B. Krainik, and Second Lieut. H. Michael Wolfe. Injured Skier Recovering From Fractured Thigh • Kurt Goldmann '42, a member of the ski team, was reported resting comfortably yesterday at the Centre County Hospital, af ter suffering a painful fracture to his left thigh on the ski trail last Thursday afternoon. The first aid crew from the Bolalsburg Fire Company rushed Goldman to the College Infirm ary and then to Bellefonte after a speedy rescue from the.top of the trail. . It has not been ascertained ," OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE MONDAY. MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1941, STATE 'COT INGE, PA. Trustees Create Research Unit, Hotel Curriculum An institute devoted to re search in the fields of food, clothing and shelter and a cur riculum in hotel administration were established by the Board of Trustees at its mid-winter meet ing on January 25 and will swing into operation with the beginning of the second semester Wednes day. The institute, to be known as the Ellen H. Richards Institute, will consolidate a number of pro jects now carried on by the de partments of chemistry and home economics and, in • the Agricul tural Ejcperiment Station. Dr. Pauline Beery Mack, pro fessor of textile chemistry, will head the institute. She has re signed as director _of home eco nomics research to assume the new position. The curriculum in hotel ad ministration will be administered by the department of home eco nomics. The trustees also renamed two campus buildings. The new Lib eral Arts Building will be called the Sparks Building and the Carnegie Library will be known as. Carnegie Hall. " ' -Avroposalgby-Ali--College Cab inet to add $2,000 to the fund created by the class of 1939 for the erection of the "mountain lodge" and a proposal to spend $l,OOO for an electric scoreboard and timer for Rec Hall were ap proved. Leaves of'absence for two fac ulty men to fill special assign ments in the •U. S. Office of Edu cation at Washington, D. C. were granted. The men are F. Theo dore Struck, head of the depart ment of industrial education, and Palmer C. Weaver, assistant di rector of Summer Sessions. Both leaves extend until July 1. Charles F. Zinn was appointed professor of vocational teacher training during Dr. Struck's ab sence. Other leaves were approved as follows: Elizabeth W. W. Dye, associ ate professor of home economics, (Continued. on Page Five) Campus awls Signed February - 21 For Collegian Washington Ball The Campus Owls have been signed for .Collegian's Washing ton Birthday Ball to be held in Rec Hall Friday, February 21, as a climax to the second semest er subscription campaign. Second semester subscribers only will be admitted to .the dance on their subscription tic kets and an eight-cent tax. All others will be charged 75 cents a couple admission including tax. Yearly subscribers received free admission-to the October dance. Semester prices are $1.50 de livered on campus or in town and $1.75 by mail. Solicitation will be carried on at registration today and tomorrow, at Student Union and at the Daily Collegian office, 313 Old Main. The dance will • highlight a busy • weekend during which members .of the Pennsylvania Student. Government 'Association ~ a lready been-made - for the dele will. be helding their. convention gates , to attend. Dress is informal on campus. Arrangements • have and the dancing hours 9 to 12. Nancy Spahr '43 Injured As Auto Rams Into Truck U. S. An 'lndian Giver' On GSA Projects Here Special to the Collegian HARRISBURG, Feb. 2 In stead of paying 45 per cent of the costs of the General State Auth ority buildings on the Penn State campus, the ' federal government through PWA .actually paid less than 15 per cent, David H. Diehl, GSA director, has reported. Diehl released these figures on the Penn State project to date: Total cost of contracts controll ed by PWA, $4,825,035.76; equip ment purchased independent of PWA control, $594,396.97, The grant received from the federal government .was suppos ed to take care of 45 per cent of thege costs with the state paying the other 55 per cent. Actually the federal government has paid only $812,237.29, Diehl said, or 14.98 per cent of the cost of the • Penn State project. Artists' Course Sells lasi Seals Final ticket sale for the re maining three Artists' Course performances begins this morn ing at 8 a. m. at the AA windows and will continue throughout the week. Admissions to single shows will be made available on Thurs day if any series tickets remain from the 150 seats put on sale this morning. Series tickets are priced at $3.90 for those previously selling at $5.50 and $3.40 for those orig inally set at $4.50. On Thursday single tickets for individual per formances will command $2.25 for the Jascha Heifetz , and Cleveland Orchestra presenta tions. The Anna Kaskas admis sion charge will be $1.25. Jascha Heifetz will appear in the next Course number on Tuesday evening, February 11. TIMMY McADAM Leader, Campus Owls PRICE THREE CENTS Clearfield Teacher Driver In Tragedy As they returned from their mid-semester holiday, a sopho more dairy manufacturing stu dent, George E. Hurst, Jr., was killed and Miss Nancy L. Spahr, a sophomore pre-medical student, severely cut at 8:30 p.m. yes terday when a car in which they were traveling crashed into the rear of a truck two miles south. of Millerstown. The accident occurred when the truck slowed down to allow a car ahead of it to make a right hand turn. The car in which the two students were traveling, a 1938 Ford coupe, came over a slight hill and crashed into the rear of the truck. The driver of the car in which the students were traveling was a Clearfield Senior High School. teacher, Charles A. Vogelsong, Jr. He sustained lacerations of the face and head, broken teeth, and a possible fracture of the nose. All three of the occupants of the car were residents of Mech anicsburg. They were returning to State College and Clearfield over U. S. 22. Hurst died on the way to Black's ' Hospital in Lewistown. His body has been taken to the David Myers Funeral Home, Newport. Miss Spahr received deep lac erations of the forehead, the right and left leg, and right knee. She and Vogelsong were treated by Dr. W. H. Gilmetz, Millers town. From his office, the two were taken back to Mechanics burg by Miss Spahr's father, Dr. Richard R. Spahr, who came there for them. Hurst was a member of the Dairy Science Club and a pledge at Alpha Zeta fraternity. He would have been initiated this month. His draft number was low and he probably would have been called to duty by summer. Phi Sigma Delta Obtains Theta Nu Epsilon House - Phi Sigma Delta fraternity purchased the Theta Nu Epsilon house on January 25, Robert G. Robinson '4l, president of the former fraternity has announc ed. The change from the present location on Allen street to Thompson street will be made sometime in March, Robinson added. Alpha Phi Delta fraternity is considering a change from its present location on West College avenue. Draft Director Accepts Offer To Speak Here The selective service director for Pennsylvania, Dr. William Mather Lewis, president of La fayette College, has accepted an invitation to address the second annual convention of the Penn sylvania Student Government Association here on Saturday, February 22. Senator Frank W. Ruth has reported he will be unable to ad dress the convention on absen tee.voting as invited.
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