gg£|j f Ijne latlg 0 (EoUwjimt I Kitchen Tour Nets $2O; Relief Fund Passes $350 . 'Coffee"™sold -from, the 'mobile kitchen which'toured State Col lege yesterday netted $2O for the All-College. Cabinet war relief drive, raising present tabulations to $350. ; . Solicitors- who have not re turned money to Student Union are urged .to do so by noomMon day by ,Elinor L. Weaver ’4l and A., JohA Currier Jr. -’42, co-chair men. - *• , ' ’The drive, which began offi cially when .Robert C. Mackie of the World Student Service Fund spoke- at a mass-- meeting in Schwab' Auditorium Tuesday night, ended at lb a. m. yester day..:’" --The kitchen has already tour ed’over I>ooo miles en route ,to thfe /Atlantic seacoast from Ohio -on its .way to Britain. Proceeds .front the campaign, which, aimed for a 'dollar-per studeiit contribution, will be di vided between the British War Relief Society and the World Student Service Fund. Horse Explains Extension Probe -The -House of Representatives' investigation of the College ex tension service is all a “misunder ' standing;” according to Adrian O. . -Morse,, assistant.to ithg,. president, - " r ih’Vi3rM^'ci'f c resiSeh.t : .'iftslructibh. He made his statement yester- asked what steps the College is going to take in the face .of the investigation which ; may hold up the biennial approp- * rlaitibn from the state. The College will cooperate to the/fullest extent with the three man, board appointed by the House to investigate the exten sion service and the Pennsylvania Soil Conservation Board, Mr. Morse said. The controversy which pro voked the -bill, is not over the conservation work being under taken but on the method. Rep. Clayton -E. Moul, (Dem., York), ’ the-bill’s sponsor, charges that ...the : state’s voluntary program is ' paralleling the federal govern ment’s regulatory work. Backers of the bill, Mr. Morse .. explained, believe the extension service to be' more important in soil-erosion than "it really is, Mr. Morse said. He said the College is concerned primarily with edu cational service and not with the • administrative policy of the Soil Conservation Board. P.S. Club Will Sponsor All-College Bridge (lass __ An All-College bridge class for ~ students,, faculty and townspeo • pie, sponsored by the Penn State . Club at the request of the Recre : atfon Committee, will begin semi weekly sessions irf the Sandwich : Shop at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Prof. Clyde H. Graves, bridge ~' instructor "at the University Club lor the. past five years and sev •' eral times sectional tournament winner, will conduct the class. £7', . Tickets, priced at $2 for the 10 '•- ‘-.lessons, must be bought in ad- V vance, .according to. C. Dean. - Woods'.’4l and Arthur Peskoe ’42, co-chairmen. ... Knowing that you pay a $5 library fee each year, you assume that the best books should be available almost as soon as they leave the publishers' presses. So, up to the library you- go. Aftei; hesitating a few minutes, you manage, to find your way up stairs to the card catalogue. Yes, , your assumption was right. All ;i Tschan In Forum the popular novels are listed, in- M :—An article entitled “This One eluding Ernest-Hemingway’s “For SsTrnig We Do,’ , 'by Francis J* Whom The Bells Toll.” professor of European .. Somewhat pleased over your has been published in the success, you hurriedly fill out a PSujry- issue of Forum of Phi Jail card—still enthused, even' jjpwf sigma.- > though you had to write down a Woriel Troubles Keynote Government Convention Starting 2nd Day Here 600 Hear Adm. Yarnell Make Drive For Recruits An overflow. crowd of ap proximately 600 engineering stu dents jammed’ into Room 121 Sparks Building yesterday after noon to hear Admiral H. E. Yar nell, U.S.N., and four associates speak in conjunction with the nationwide drive'to recruit 1,000 engineers for Naval positions. Having already received over .3,000 applications, ,the Naval officers arfe confident that they will be able to fill their recruit quota. Not more than 20 per cent of each class will be allowed to apply for commissions, which be come effective several weeks after graduation. All medical.ex aminations will be conducted by the Naval Board of Examiners that will come to the campus in two- weeks. Inter-Faith Week Begins Tomorrow -Under the sponsorship of six- something to be consumed, Jt is teen campus organizations and something to be preserved, the the churches of the town, observ- se “'® tary . said - , ance of National Brotherhood The kind of government we -Week.-February-22-28,' will-move-^ a^ e ,c om es tpe people, into full stride-at ,an all-campus not down from the leaders, Mr. mass meeting in Schwab audi- Livengood told the delegates, torium at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow, urgmg them away fiom mdiffer Representatives of three relig- ence which he said will lead to ious groups wiU hold a panel dis- corruption m government and cussion on the-subject r -l'Can De- . loss of liberty. Maintained Without * Religion. women, warned the delegates Rev. John H. Elliott, pastor of tkat .democracy isn’t something the First Presbyterian Church of j as^S) “jt j s something we Easton; Rabbi Israel J. Kazis, of must keep at „ Temple Israel in Wilkes-Barre, j.[ le registration yesterday and Father Kerr Keane, S. J., delegates representing 23 col instructor of history at Saint j e g es anc j universities in the state Joseph’s College in'Philadelphia, signed in will be the speakers. The chair- weie “ man of the discussion will be Adrian L. Morse, assistant to the president, This nation wide movement, sponsored by the National Con- ference of Christians- and Jews, has sprung up in an effort to de velop more understanding among Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. Feel Like Reading That New Library Novel? Just Try It! At last you have found time to read that novel. You know the one. Everybody has just been “itching” to get their hands on it for the last several months. After finishing dinner this eve ning, you' felt in" the mood—who hasn’t—to plop into an easy c.hair and bury bluebooks, lec tures, and lit assignments in the pages of one of the day’s best sellers. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE State Cabinet Member Pleads For End Of Indifference To Politics The Convention Calendar will be found on Page Two The pall of international events hung heavily yesterday over the Pennsylvania Student Government Association confer ence which goes, into its second day at 8:30 this morning. An impassioned plea against indifference to government and democracy and against concen tration of powers made by Penn- . sylvania’s secretary of internal, affairs, William S. Livengpod, Jr., highlighted the first day’s sessions. Speaking before a dinner meeting of the convention at the University 'Club, Mr. Livengood warned that the fare to concen tration of powers in government “is a one-way ticket and all his tory has proved that the only way back has been bloodshed and sacrifice.” “Liberty is something we sat - dowrrto consume after the World War and now you niust pay for the lesson that liberty is not Tanner Writes Article An article, “Constitutional Limitations of the Taxing Pow er of Pennsylvania,” by Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner of the econ omics department, appears in the current issue of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. call number as large as the na tional debt. Now, to the circula tion desk to get that book. You hand the card to the person at the desk, who says curtly but pol itely, “I’m sorry, but you’re No. 44. Shall I put your name on the waiting list?” Partly dazed, you say “yes” without thinking. They then hand you a postcard (priced at one cent), which you address to.your self, and which you will receive through the mail when you be come No. 1 on the waiting list. Not yet ocmpletely subdued, you ask for Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again,” only to find that there are 21 on that waiting list. “Oliver Wiswell,” by Kenneth L. Roberts has 15 re serves;. Kitty Eoyle,” by Christo pher Morley, 16. Slightly, disgruntled, you turn and" walk away from the desk. Rubbing a lone solitary-dime in your pocket, you head- for the: rental library downtown. Student Traffic Board Begins Operating Feb. 26 With its report on organization and rules approved by All-Col lege Cabinet, the newly formed Student Traffic Board will begin operations next Wednesday, when all rules of the Board will go into effect. The purpose of the Board is to enforce student traffic regu lations perscribed by the College and to make recommendations for student parking facilities, ac cording to Jack W. Brand ’4l, chairman. An infraction of the regulations set up by College authorities re garding the operating of auto mobiles on the campus will be held as a violation. Fines will be imposed after the violator is proved guilty at a hearing by the Board. Fries, 77, Dies Of Heart Attack Jons August Fries, 77, assist ant director of the Institute of Animal Nutrition, died at his home yesterday morning as the result of a heart attack. Professor Fries had been con nected with the College for more than 50 years. He was born in Sweden in 1863. At an early age he came to the United States and became a student in chemistry at the College. When he finished the course he was made an assistant chem ist in the Agriculture' Experi ment Station. In 1908 he gained his present, position. .Professor Fries retired from active duty in 1926, though he retained his po sition until his death. Professor Fries was a familiar figure on the campus. His hob by was fishing jind he was well known,' both among students and townspeople, as an ardent out doorsman. John Ryan 'OB, Former Alumni Head, Dies John T. Ryan ’OB, one of the College’s best known graduates, died at 57 in a Miami, Fla. hos pital yesterday morning after a long illness. Mr. Ryan formerly served as president of the Penn State Alumni Association, and was president and co-founder of the Mine Safety Appliance Company of Pittsburgh. A son, John T. Ryan Jr. graduated from the Col lege in ’34. Army Plebes Outbox Slate Freshmen, 7-1 Special io The Collegian WEST POINT, N. Y., Feb. 21.. —The plebe boxers completely outmatched Penn State’s yearling mitmen tonight at West Point, 7-1. Johnny Turcaso, Danny De- Marino’s 127 pounder, saved the frosh from a shut-out by deci sioning Jones of Army. The summaries: 121-pound Moore (A) deci sioned Knauff; 127 Turcaso, (S) Decisioned Jones; 135 Daner (A) decisioned Shabacker; 145 —Pence (A) decisioned Feld man; 155—Cassiday (A) deci sioned Kavaney; 165 Neilson (A) decisioned Martella; ( 175— Bundett (A) decisioned Ranieri; heavyweight—Olds (A) decision ed Halpin. Gulp l This Isn’t New Close the door, quick, they’re back again! Robert G. Feldman ’42 won a two-dollar bet yesterday by the old, old fashioned practice of eat ing a goldfish, alive. Two Independent Cliques Slid Lack Class Candidates With the deadline for party pe titions and platforms slated for next Tuesday, only the sopho more and- junior Independent parties are without a ticket. Gerald F. Doherty ’42, Inde pendent chairman has announ ced that, his party’s slate will be selected tomorrow, while the sophomore group will nominate on Monday night, according to William P. McFadden ’43, party leader. Signatures of 200 voters, 25 per cent of them women, must be handed in to the All-College Elections Committee for All- College candidates, Richard C. Peters ’4l, chairman, has re minded all party chairmen. One hundred students must support class office aspirants. The All-College average of the candidate must be included with each petition, Peters added. No politician can run for an office unless he has a 1. average or over. Party platforms will be an nounced at the All-College mass meeting on Tuesday, March 4, where all major candidates will make their initial appearance and begin their campaign. _ Nineteen Students Having 2.5 Average Or Better Make Ml Honor Roll The following 19 students are" on the Mineral Industries honor roll for receiving 2.5 averages or better: Seniors Fred R. Axelson, Svend A. Holmstrup, John H. Steeves, George A. Thompson, William S. Wiley. Juniors —Jack M. Fillman, Ed ward A. Kachik, Paul Lazar, John D. Morgan, Edward J. Rip ling, Paul Ruzicka. Sophomores —Ralph E. Edel man, Robert L. Hess, Andrew Rostosky, George H. Smith. Freshmen —John A. Bauscher. Franklin H. Beck, John R. Mc- Laren, Joseph J. Zelinski. . liiiiiiiiiMiiiiMumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiwiiiwiiitHuiJiuH Late News Bulletins iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimiiiif. Cairo General Waval, com mander in chief of the victorious Australians in North Africa, has given no indication as to wheth er he will continue the overcom ing of the remaining Italians or to transfer, his forces to Greece to check the threatened Nazi in vasion there. Ankara Reports emanating from authoritative sources today stated that Turkey would stand by her ally, England, in spite of her recent non-aggression pact with Bulgaria. Sophia Bulgaria today re ported rioting against German soldiers constructing pontoon bridges across the Danube. 250 Couples Present At Washington Ball Approximately 250 couples in cluding delegates to the Pennsyl vania Student Government As sociation convention attended the Collegian Washington Birth day Ball in Rec Hall last night. Music, for the informal dance was provided ’by the Campus Owls with entertainment by “We Three,” the newest campus com edy team.
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