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: -yOL. 37—No. 91
Investigation Proceeds
Sflftdertts: May Buy
Bail Fees
SUniforms;
/' All-College Cabinet last night
heard- ffTe outlines of a plan to
assess every student $1 next year
to- provide new uniforms for the
Blue Band and to establish a
fund which would take care of
uniform Replacements in the fu
ture.
No action was.taken because,
'of the absence of Theodore -Rice
’4l,' chairman of Interclas_s- Fi-
nance Committee. It was indi-
cated, however, that a' final de
----- cision will be made next Tues
day as? to whether the matter
. should be submitted to the stu
. dent. body at the All-College
: Elections.
Other actions included the fol-
lowing:
::; L- Checking fees for all' class
Tliink A Dog’s Life Is Tough?
Be A Frosh During Hell Week
A dog’s life may be tough, but
it is the “Life of Reilly”- com-
pared to a freshman’s existence
during the recent fraternity. Hell
Weeks.
Dog’s don’t walk up and down
stairs backwards; they don’t put
on blindfolds and then feed each
■' other ’ at' meal time; they do’n’t
- count the .number of seats on
■ r New Beaver Field—but freshmen
had to 'take . these in their stride
-as some of the easier Hell Week
stunts. . ' ~
! “Take a drink of wafer every
. time you-smile!” And this was
done 17 times by a freshman at
■ one meal last week.
. One fraternity had freshmen
stationed on its roof,-and at the
. break of dawn the frosh would
crow like-rooster-s.-This-had to
? be abandoned'because of the dis
turbance to neighboring houses.
: The game of tennis is an en
joyable one—ordinarily. But in
the sense that some fraternities
used it in the past few weeks the
mere mention of the game sent
U S. Will Enter War By 1942'
Penn State Student Survey Shows
Sixty-five per cent of Penn
State students believe that the
United States will be actively
involved in the war. by 1942 but
only a minority think America
should enter the conflict now,
*■ the Daily Collegian’s student
opinion survey has disclosed.
-t Taking care ot procure an ac
curate sampling of the 'student
body, the poll was concerned
.with student attitudes toward -the
present European situation and
America’s .place in the Second
World War. \
- In answer to the question, “Do.
you think the countries of the.
Western Hemisphere should form
" a’permanent union?” 60 per cent
..replied in the affirmative “while
.40 per cent opposed the plan:
fellowship Blanks Ready
• '"'.A p'p iications for John W.-
LWhite-Fellowships for graduate extremes to which .students
for 1941-1942 are pow be- -would go in aiding Britain the
; irig cohsidered by the Committee question was asked, “Would you
-W-Academic Standards, accord- volunteer to fight for England, if u. Calurilau
! ingdo Carl E. Marquardt, acting she needed more men to win the "" UljuOCK dailirQaj
Application blanks war?” Only eight per cent an- : Because of Senior Ball week
outlay-be obtained in Room 108 swered “yes”, while.the remain- \end, the Drydock will not be open
vOid Main and should be returned ing 92 per -cent set the limits at until Saturday, March 8, it was
-by next Monday. supplying arms and munitions. announced yesterday.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
Band
Cut
dances beginning with Senior Ball
oh Friday were cut to 10 cents a
person on motion of A. John Cur
rier ’42. The-motion passed, 10-8.
-2. The State College Cooper
ative Society was denied repre
sentation to Cabinet on grounds
that its membership is too small
and is now represented through
Independent Men’s Association.
3. Jack W. Brand "41 was
chosen to have the hat societies
organize to cut out smoking at
Rec pail athletic events.
4. William B. Bartholomew
’4l and Peter Fetzko -’4l were
appointed to suggest a constitu
tional amendment to allow in
stallations to. All-College offices
to be held more than a month
after elections.
gold chills up and down the
spines of many a freshman. '
In this game? the “tennis rac
quets” -were sturdy, wooden pad
dles, and the “ball" was the.
freshman himself. The kind
hearted upperclassmen made it
easier for the frosh, and did not
make it compulsory for the “ball”
to travel over the net every time
it was hit.
. Another favorite was “Fire
Drill:” Roaring fires 'were'- built
in fraternity fix-eplaces. The
freshmen crawled from the kit
chen to fireplace, and tried to
put the fire out with mouthfuls
of water, while the upperclass
men fed the fire.
Although Hell Week activities
were outlawed by the. Interfra
ternity Council three years ago,
many fraternities continue the
custom of having a “three-or
four-day ‘week of torture’ ” just
before formal initiation, “in order
to put the finishing touches on
the molding of a freshman.”
Only ' 29 per cent of those
queried believe we should de
clare war on Germany it, in ac
cord with her- new Atlantic ship-'
ping policy, she sinks one or more
American ships. The majority
declared that this would not be
sufficient reason to go to war.
The survey revealed that 43
per cent think that United States
would be in immediate danger if
England were defeated within
the next month, and a similar
percentage are in favor'of- our
country convoying ships tp Great
Britain.
Opinion on the policy of “no
foreign wars” was almost equally
divided with 53 per cent declar
ing they would volunteer if Am
erica went to war for other reas
ons than the defense of the physi
cal border’s, of- this country, while
47 per-cent will not.
; -In an attempt to determine the
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Traffic Board Adviser
Capt. William V. Dennis, Cam
pus Patrol head, will act as ex
officio member of the Student
.Traffic Board in conjunction
with Dean A. R. Warnock in di
recting the functions of the
group. Regulations of the board
will go into effect today.
Outing Club Plans
Sports Program
In an effort to provide a var
ied sports program for students,
faculty and administration mem
bers, the All-College Outing-
Club will outline activity plans
at a mass meeting in Room 10
Spares BCiilding at 7 p. m. to
day, Ray M. Conger, chairman,
announced yesterday.
General - orgahiz'atibh and re
creational functions of the Out
ing Club will be explained at the
mass meeting. Six clubs—rid
ing, skiing, cabins and trails,
water sports, hunting and fish
ing, and marksmanship will
hold separate meetings after the
mass meeting.
-L Simultaneously, Dean A. R.
Warnock, chairman of the Re
creation ” Committee, announced
plans' for forming an extensive
hobby program.
The hobby program will be
directed by Robert Y. Sigworth,
supervisor of utilities. Clubs
will be formed under eight gen
eral divisions: games, garden
ing, . collections, photography,
handicraft, craftwork, sketching,
and nature study. No organiza
tion date has been set.
Dean Warnock said that a sec
ond hobby program would in
clude music, dramatics, writing
and literature, but plans for this
program are indefinite.
Town Churches To Begin
Lenten Services Friday
Union Lenten Services, con
ducted each year by the. State
College Ministerium, will, begin
this Friday at 4:15 p.m. in the
Presbytbrian Church and will
.continue each week throughout
the Lenten season. The general
theme chosen for the services
will be “The Cross, of '"Human
Experience.”
A different minister will be in
charge of each service, and var
ious church choirs will provide
special music for dll of the meet
ings. .Rev. Edward H. Jones is
scheduled to speak Friday on
“The Meaning of the Cross.”
Despite Attack
Foes Charge Politics In
Probe Asked By House
Clause Holding Up
All College Funds
Draws Most Fire
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG. Feb. 25
Amid charges of political chican
ery, ~a three-man investigating
committee appointed by the
House of Representatives set to
work today planning its probe of
the Pennsylvania State College
extension service.
Soundly denounced by the Re
publican minority that fought
the bill passed last week on
strictly party lines, its sponsor,
Rep. Clayton E. Moul (D., York*
is heading the investigation and
plans to get his hearing under
way next week. Appointed with
him are Rep. Roy C. Haberlen
(D. Westmoreland) and Rep.
Frank E. Snyder (R., Tioga).
Moul said today he hopes to
calL at least 25 witnesses to tes
tify in the public hearings.
Principal opposition to Moul’s
probe has been based on the fact
that the entire college appropri
ation must be held up until the
investigation is complete. The
bill states it is to investigate the
soil erosion work but Moul ask
ed to have the whole appropria
tion held up so he could “inves
tigate the whole show.”
The soil erosion work involves
only $lO,OOO in appropriations
while, the College is -asking for a
total approbation of over $5,000,-
000.
The only Democrat to vote
against the investigation,. Rep.
Homer S. Brown, a Negro from
Allegheny, is regarded as one of
the state’s ablest legislators. In
his attack on the bill he charged
that the three-man investigating
committee can delay their re
port (and thus the College ap
propriation) as long as they de
sire. “That seems to me like a
rather Hitierized proposition,” he
said.
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Berlin German-authorities
disclosed last night the operation
of a new U-boat patrol in waters
-west and northwest of Britain.
The Nazis claim that the fleet
sunk 192,000 tons of British ship
ping in the last three days.
Washington Senator Lucas
proposed in Congress yesterday
the establishment of a bi-parti
san committee from both houses
to confer with President Roose
velt on the action of the Lend-
Lease Bill. A new amendment
to the bity stated that the Presi
dent would hot "be allowed to
send troops outside pf the West
ern Hemisphere except to U. S.
possessions.
Candidates Called
A call for candidates for the
editbrial staff of the Student
Handbook has been issued by Ed
itor Stanley J. PoKempner ’42
and Associate Editor Betty Jo
Patton ’42. The first meeting
will be in Room 418 Old Main at
7 p. m. tomorrow and any stu
dent may attend.
PRICE THREE CENTS
'Night In Manhattan' Is
Selling For Senior Bail
To Tommy Dorsey, the “Senti
mental Gentleman of Swing,”
and his orchestra will go the
honor of opening Penn State’s
newest night club in Rec Hall
at 9 p.m. Friday.
Staid, athletic Rec Hall will
be turned for a night into a glit
tering New York roof-top club
in accord with the "Night in
Manhattan" theme decided upon
by Senior Ball Co-chairmen Will
iam J. Shevock and Thomas C.
Backenstose and their commit
tee.
Booth reservations must be
made .by fraternities and other
organizations at Student Union
by today, accompanied by the $5
cover charge, Shevock and Back
enstose have announced.
Thespians issue
New Casting Call
Plans for the Thespian spring
production, “The_ Joint’s Jum
pin’,” got under way when
George L. Parrish ’4l, president,
announced cast tryouts at the
Thespian banquet last night. The
show will be presented Interfra
ternity wekeend, April 4 and 5.
Dancers will get their initial
tryout-in Schwab Auditorium at
7:30 p. m. today while singing
candidates will report at the
Auditorium at 8 p. m. tomorrow.
All singers must come prepared
with their own songs and music,
and have their own accompanist
if possible.
- Nine members were initiated
at last night’s banquet. They
were H. Lindsey Arison ’4l,
Henry F. Daley ’43, D. Garth
Dietrick ’42, Herman K. Klauk
Jr ’43, John F. Mahoney ’42j
John W. Pierce ’42, Ralph M.
Pierce ’42, John E. Phillips ’4l,
and Donald G. Reihard ’43.
Selsam To Open Series
On 'After War-Whair
Opening, a new series of public
meetings under the title “After
War—What?” Dr. John P. Sel
sam, associate professor of Euro
pean history, will lecture on “Is
Permanent Peace Possible?” in
the Home Economics Auditorium
at 8 o’clock tonight.
Dr. Selsam will discuss some
of the causes of war and why
we have failed in our attempts at
peace in the past. These meetings
are being sponsored by the Penn
State; Christian Association.
Lion 'Debaters Clash
With Lehigh Tonight
Penn State debaters will'meet
a team from Lehigh University
to battle on, “Resolved: That the
nations of the western hemis
phere should join a permanent
union,” in Room 316 Sparks
Building at 8 o’clock tonight.
The debaters selected from the
Penn State squad for the session
are Herbert D. Berger ’4l, Oscar
Kranich ’4l, Robert W. Miller
’43, and Mark A. Richards ’42.
Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, of the
speech department, will act as
presiding offider and Richard R.
Newton ’43 will be the secretary.