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VOL. . 37—No. 96
Cabinet Kills
Plan To Change
Exam File Setup
f ; . A motion' to put the Student
Library Committee in charge of
the final examination file-in the
Library-, was defeated by All-
College Cabinet last night.
The motion was .made by
Adam A. Smyser ’4l following a
request by David I. Finkle ’4l,
now. in charge of the file, that
Cabinet* obtain .additional work
ers'"for the project, which was
started 'by the Independent
Party.
After the defeat of this motion
Frank R. Flynn ’43 moved that
Cabinet ask the Independent
Party to allow the . Student Li
brary to take charge. This mo
tion was also defeated on the
grounds that it was solely a po
litical move.
Cabinet tabled for further dis-
ciission a committee report made
" by Theodore Rice ’4l which re
commended that students be as
sessed approximately 75 cents
each to buy new Blue Band uni
forms. A proposal was made to
submit the question to a popular
vote at All-College elections-next
week but it was decided that suf
ficient information could not be
obtained in time to do this.
Cabinet approved a plan
drawn up by Richard W. Grant,
head of the department of music,
to limit attendance at the Glee
Club concert on March 18 to stu
dents. According to the plan,
tickets, obtainable at Student Un
ion, wilt"be given free of charge
to all students.
..sen
ior class president, reported that
Senior Ball made .a profit of be
tween $1,190 and $1,208.
, Cabinet voted to -give money
obtained from student traffic
fines to Mrs. Hetzel’s Emergen
cy Fund.
: A report concerning girl cheer
leaders was sent back to commit
tee.
Candidates Begin
Heated Campaign
Campaign posters, more num
erous than Democrats at a south
ern election, suddenly appeared
from nowhere in Schwab Audi
torium last night as the last can
didate sounded the final keynote
of the 1941 All-College election
campaign, and party electioneer
ing became official.
In an effort to capture student
votes for class and All-College
posts, eight presidential candi
dates, headed by All-College
Nominees. Robert D. Baird ’42 (I)
and Charles F. Mattern ’42 (C)
spoke briefly on their campaign
plans and party platforms.
“Our candidates will repre
sent all segments of the student
body, fraternity and non-frater
nity, and will guarantee the high
est calibre of student govern
ment,” Mattern said.
Baird concluded his remarks
by urging “all Penn State stu
dents, regardless of party affili
ation to pledge a vote to support
one of the most efficient student
governments in the nation, a
system of student rule which or
iginated from Independent ranks
three years ago."
;-Richard. C. Peter ’4l, chair
man of the elections committee,
warned all clique chairmen last
night that campaigning in Old
Main or the Sandwich Shop,
buying of votes, destruction of
party placards, and unfair cam
paigning. .would be heavily pen
alized!
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1941, STATE COLLEGE. PA.
WSGA, WRA, May Queen Elections
In Old Main, 8:45 A. M. -5 PM. Today
WRA Candidates
WSGA Opponents
Jean Babcock
Mildred M. Taylor
Noted Architect Will
Lecture Here Tomorrow
Third in the winter group of
Fine Arts Lectures will be de
livered in Room 110 Electrical
Engineering at 7:30 p. m. tomor
row by Antonin Raymond, Am
erican and Asia.tic architect.
“What is a Modern Home?”
will be the subject of Mr. Ray
mond’s address which is under
the auspices of the department
of architecture and Scarab fra
ternity.
Mr. Raymond returned in 1935
from Japan where he had been
established after assisting Frank
Lloyd Wright in the design of
-the Tokyo Imperial Hotel in 1920.
. “He is recognized as one of
America’s leading exponents of a
style of architecture in keeping
with modern living,” remarked
Prof. J. Burn Helme, in charge of
the division of fine arts.
An exhibition of his work will
be on display during the first
half of March in the College Art
Gallery, 303 Main Engineering.
Mr. Raymond will be available
for discussion with students of
the department of architecture
during the few days he will be
on campus.
7 Win The War With Gold/ Profs’ Plan
“Win the war with gold,” a
paper discussing possible steps
the United States could take in
using her vast gold supply to aid
England and to counteract the
post war depression, has been
written by Prof. C. W. Hasek,
head of the economics' depart
ment, and Prof. D. M. Marvin, a
member of the department.
The authors have planned to
mail a copy to each Senator and
Representative in Washington so
that the idea may receive official
consideration.
In order that the U: S. supply
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
Babcock, Taylor Vie
For WSGA Post
’ The two remaining candidates
i for each WSGA and WRA office
will vie for their respective posts
i in final elections today. Polls will
j- be open in the first floor lounge
! of Old Main from 8:45 a.m. to
: 5 p.m.
Jean Babcock ’42 will oppose
Mildred M. Taylor ’42 for WSGA
• presidency and Bernice M. Maur
er ’42 and Betty L. Zeigler ’42
| will compete for WRA president.
The' losing candidate for each
: office automatically becomes sec
} retary of the' organization.
• The three candidates still com
! peting for May Queen include Jo
i sephine E. Condrin ’4l, Helen B.
■ Cfamer. ’4l and Eleanor L. Fag
ans ’4l. Running for Freshman
Attendant are Betty H. Christ
man and Angeline Tristani.
Other winners In last Thurs
day’s primary elections who will
be voted on today are Margaret
K. Sherman and I. Jacqueline
Shafer, WSGA vice-president;
Betty Rose Broderick and Betty
W. Story, WSGA treasurer; and
Anne M. Borton and Marion E.
Sperling, Senior Senator. ;
Nancy E. Gosser will oppose !
Louise M. Fuoss for Junior Sen- ;
(Continued,on Page l Four) j
Women Nay Rush
At Mid-Semesters
Proposal that intensive soror
-ity—rush'kig be held -during -the
10 days between semesters was
''voiced by several groups at the
Panhellenic Rushing Code Re
vision Committee meeting last
night and is to be referred to
individual houses for further
comment and suggestion.
Tentative approval was given
to the features,of this year’s first
semester association as the group
concentrated on the much-criti
cized Corrections
were aimed at class-cutting, emo
tional strain, loss of sleep, and
inability to adjust to new classes
which sorority, women as well as
rushees underwent.
Nearly 30 house representa
tives and advisors participated
in the discussion. A special com
mittee to investigate the pro
posed mid-semester period is to
be appointed shortly, and will
report at the next Panhellenic
meeting.
Canadian Movies Shown
Delta Sigma Pi, professional
commerce and finance fraternity,
will sponsor the showing of col
ored moving pictures of Canada
in Room 121 Sparks building at
7 p.m. The pictures are of
interest to all students concerned
with relations between the U. S.
and Canada.
of gold may be put to a practical
use of financially aiding Great
Britain, it is suggested 4hat the
Treasury purchase adequate
amounts of British exchange at a
certain rate‘and pay for-the ex
change with gold. This will give
Great Britain adequate gold re
serves for the purchase of neces
sary supplies in the U. S. and
other countries.
Professors Marvin and Hasek
also hold that to prevent the
danger of inflation, the gold con
tent of the dollar could be In
creased. This readjustment would
Bernice M. Maurer
Betty L. Zeigler
Gridiron Dinner Speaker
Is Match For Old Nick
When the Devil stages his
mammoth BMOC roast-at Sigma
Delta Chi’s eighth annual Grid
iron Banquet, in the Nittany Lion
Inn, Monday, at least one of the
guests will be able to match wits
with Old Nick right down to the
last fume of sulphur.
He is Thomas H. (Tommy)
Richardson, noted humorist and
after-dinner speaker, who will
supplement Satan as the guest
entertainer for. the journalism
honorary’s traditional dinner.
Richardson was formerly official
jester for Connie Mackis baseball
Athletics.
Old Main Lobby Uses
New Flambeau Lighting
Temporary flambeau lighting
of Old Main lobby is. being at
tempted in an effort to abolish
the chandelier obstruction of the
Henry Varnum Poor mural.
If the experiment proves suc
cessful, permanent fixtures will
be installed in keeping with the
architecture of the lobbv.
raise prices in this country, as
compared with prices exisiting
in the outside world.
While the writers say that
selling gold to other countries at
reduced prices would result in a
loss of four or five billions of
dollars, they argue that this plan
would ultimately save billions
otherwise necessary for main
taining armaments.
They sflso claim that the plan
would eliminate a large part of
the anticipated post-war depres
sion.
PRICE THREE CENTS
College In Minor
Role As State
Launches Probe
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, March 4—The
Pennsylvania State College so far
has only a minor role in the
probe which is holding up its
appropriation pending a House
investigation of “the operation
and l procedure of the Soil Con
servation Board and extension
service of the Pennsylvania State
College.”
. After hearings yesterday after
noon, the committee announced
that it would hold similar hear
ings from 2 to 5 p.m. each Mon
day. It is composed of Clayton E.
MouMDem., York) chairman, Roy
C. Haberien (Dem., Westmore
land), and Frank E. Snyder (Rep.,
Tioga).
Yesterday a delegation of Lan
caster and York County farmers
accused Secretary of Agriculture
John H. Light as being “hostile”
toward the federal program to
control soil erosion.
Two years ago $lO,OOO was ap
propriated for soil erosion work.
This'year nothing was included
in Governor James’ budget
recommendation.
W. F. Dummer, York County
farmer and one of the delegation
heard yesterday, told of circulat
ing a petition in 1937 for the es
tablishing of a soil conservation
program under the federal act.
A referendum was held the fol
lowing year, he said, and the
program started functioning in 18
townships in 1939. Dummer said
cooperation of the State College
agent and other state officials was
not received. He testified- that the
State College agent told him it
was “a political setup.” Dummer
declared he should receive coop
eration since a $lO,OOO appropri
ation was made.
The witness said that the sec
retary of agriculture visited the
scene of the program and com
mented he would "view it with
an open mind.”
“His mind was so open that
everything we told him went in
one ear and out the other,” Dum
mer said. “He seemed very much
prejudiced for -one reason or an
other. His attitude was hostile.”
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Late News
Bulletins
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LONDON English commun
iques stated a belief that Ger
many would next strike at Tur
key instead of Greece. They re
ported that thousands of German
troops are being massed for an
invasion.
SOPHIA English ambassa
dor to Bulgaria, Rendel, reported
last night that England would
officially break association with
that country this morning.
BELGRADE—An unofficial re
port yesterday told of a planned
meeting to include Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia, and Germany today.
Pre-Meds Meei
All pre-medical students who
did not attend last night’s meet
ing of the Pre-Medical Society
have been asked to get in touch
with Paul D. Slater ’42 immedi
ately. At the session, which 45
students attended. Dr. H. M.
Tietz spoke on the Harvard Med
ical College. Arrangements were
made to bring an outside speak
er to appear before the group on
March 27.