Successor to
the Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 37—-No. 99
Political Leaders
Enter Last Lap
In Vote-Getting
By ROSS B. LEHMAN
Political fervor will reach its
zenith this weekend as Campus
and Independent cliques polish
up flaws in their campaign tech
niques and prepare for the vote
getting drive for All-College
elections nekt Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday.
In' a local theatre last night,
both parties staged a brief pol
itical rally, featured by a Campus
hill-billy orchestra and an In
dependent group of speakers.
Gerald F. Doherty ’42, All-
College vice-president nominee
and chairman of the Independent
party, discounted a rumor last
night that Robert D. Baird ’42,
his presidential running mate,
would be called by the draft this
summer, thus creating a vacancy
in case he would be elected.
“Baird has received assurance
from an officer in the United
States Marine Reserve,” Doherty
stated, “that he has an exception
ally good chance for acceptance
in a platoon leaders class’, which
is exempted from the draft.
“This eliminates the draft issue
in the present campaign,” Doh
erty added, “because only sum
mer training is necessary for a
second lieutenant’s commission
which will be effective after
graduation.”
A final itemized list of ex-;
penditures and receipted bills
must be submitted at Student
Union by Mon Monday, the
Elections' Committee, has stipu
. lated. The'committee also warned
over-zealous .party workers that
-campaigning in Old Main is for
bidden and destruction of plac
ards will not be tolerated.
Matriculation cards and AA_
books are required for voting at
the polls, which will be open
from 12:30 to 8 p.m. on the three
voting days.
Job Interviews
Open To Seniors
Personal representatives will
interview Liberal Arts seniors
starting next week, according to
Prof. Henry B. Young, depart
ment of English composition,
with further information avail
able at his office in Room 242
Sparks Building.
• A representative of the Amer
ican Mutual Liabilitj' Insurance
Company will interview men on
Monday, March 17, for sales and
managerial positions.
' The personnel director of
Sears, Roebuck -and Company
will interview students next
Thursday for sales, advertising,
office managership, accounting,
merchandising, and store manag
er positions.
- A Proctor and Gamble repre
sentative will be here Wednes
day, March 19, to offer sales and
managerial positions. Aetna Life
Insurance Company is seeking
men to sell group insurance to
banks, contractors, educational
institutions and business men.
Mural Exhibit Displayed
• Newspaper and magazine pub
licity secured by the Land Grant
Mural for the College is revealed
in a combined display with art
work of Henry Varnum Poor in
the Allen street window of the
Athletic store until Tuesday
morning.
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Shots Will Hear Him
At the banquet which only the
big shots can attend, Sigma Delta
Chi’s Gridiron Dinner in the Nit
tany Lion Inn at 6:30 p.m. next
Monday, Tommy Richardson,
once chief jester for the Phila
delphia Athletics, will be a prin
cipal attraction. The ticket sale
for the dinner yesterday was ex
tended to Monday noon with the
pasteboards available at Student
Union. BMOC’s can buy them for
$1.50. Others simply can’t buy
them because the whole affair is
“oft the record” and intended
only for the ears of those in the
know. Dress is informal, with
the journalistic society pointing
out that too much blood had been
spilled on the stiff shirts in the
past.
Foreign Correspondent
To Speak Here Monday
E. R. Noderer ’3l, Chicago Tri
bune foreign correspondent who
has returned from the European
war zone, will .relate his experi
ences to the Journalism 2 class
in Sparks Building at 11 a.m.
Monday.
Mr. Noderer, a former editor of
the Froth, will leave shortly for
the Orient to cover significant
events there.- Students interested
in attending his lecture may take
seats regularly assigned to class
members.
Senior Gift Proponents
Write On Loan Fund, Mural
The senior class wilt decide on its gift to the College at the All-
Coliege Elections next week, choosing either a class loan fund or an
addition to the Land Grant Mural. A leading proponent of each
gift has been asked to write a brief explanation for Collegian, Dean
H. P. Hammond for the loan fund, and Prof. H. E. Dickson for the
murals. Their letters appear here.
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By H. P. HAMMOND. Dean,
School of Engineering
The class of 1941 will soon vote
on its gift to the College. It has
the opportunity to devote this
gift to the establishment of a loan
fund. If the class so desires, this
fund may bear the name of the
class and thus constitute its
permanent memorial. As a mem
ber of the Committee on Aca
demic Standards which recom
mends the award of certain of
our scholarships, I welcome, the
privilege of your columns to
speak in favor of such a gift.
Every member of our commit
tee, past or present, with whom
I have talked hopes' that some
class will devote its gift to this
purpose because we have seen
vividly how serious is the need
of so many of our students and
how sufficient are the.-funds of
the College available to aid them.
Our recommendations of awards
are limited by reason of this in
adequacy to the upper five per
cent of our classes—a purely ar
bitrary and undesirable distinc
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OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA,
Outing Group
Plans Program
In an effort to organize a bet
ter recreational program, the All-
College Outing Club intends to
initiate a program of varied
sports, Director Ray M. Conger,
announced yesterday.
Faculty members in charge of
the club divisions are Dr. Henry
L. Yeagley, riding; Max Dercum,
skiing; Lieut. Jack H. Weske,
markmanship; Conger, cabins
and trails; Edward K. Hibshman,
hunting and fishing; and Prof.
Robert E. Galbraith, swimming.
The riding group hopes to pur
chase a few horses and use the
Stock Pavilion for practical in
struction, while the ski group will
popularize its sport by attempting
to instigate the construction of a
ski jump and a mechanical tow
line.
Firearm instruction will be
-given to inexperienced marksmen
and elementary ballistics training
will also be given if group inter
est warrants it.
Tackle balancing and methods
of fishing in different types of
streams will be shown to the
hunting and fishing group, while
swimming instruction will in
clude exhibitions and boating.
Religious Commentator
Wilt Speak In Chapel
Dr. Walter W. Van Kii'k, sec
retary of the Federal Council of
'Churches', will speak on. “Chris
tians and Tomorrow’s World” in
Schwab Auditorium at 11 a.m. to
morrow.
Dr. Van Kirk is better known
to students through his radio
program ‘‘Religion in the News,”
which has been a regular NBC
broadcast for more than seven
years.
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By H. E. DICKSON,
Assoc. Prof, of Fine Arls
Next week the Class of 1941
will choose for its class memorial
either a student loan fund or
murals for the balcony of Old
Main Lobby. It scarcely seems
necessary to present the case for
the murals to those who have
followed the Collegian this year,
but for last-minute consideration
it may be' well briefly to explain
the project.
The large mural over the stairs
in Old Main has always been con
sidered as the first of a series
of paintings,-the rest of which
will be carried Completely around
the balcony walls. Following the
theme-set by the first picture,
which dramatizes the origins of
the College and the ideals under
which it was founded, the pro
posed new paintings will be
brought down to our own times,
presenting a contemporary sum
mary of all the various functions
of the institution and its services
to the commonwealth. The fin
ished series will constitute a
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As Lewis,
Meets Army Bomber
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Captain Frank Stanko, 135-
pounder will carry Lion hopes in
the sim-final round of the EIBA
tourney today at Syracuse after
drawing a bye to meet Bob Ped
en, Army bomber.
ROTC Bandmen
Play Tomorrow
In the second number of an
annual series of complimentary
concerts given by campus music
organizations, the ROTC Infan
try Band will play in Schwab
Auditorium at 3:30 p.m. tomor
row with Frank Gullo, assistant
professor of music, conducting.
The program consists "of “Ven
etian Festival,” a concert march
by I. Olivadoti; Ketelby’s “In the
Mystic Land of Egypt;” the first
and second movements of “La
Feria” by Lacome; “Stormy
Weather,” a descriptive fantasy
arranged by David Bennett; Eric
Coates’ “Knightsbridge March;”
Bach's “Prelude and Fugue in G
Minor:” “Escapada” by Sid Phil
lips; “Ol" Man River” as scored
by Frede Grofe; Morton Gould's
“Prima Donna;” and “Scotch
Fantasia." adapted by J. S.
Jamecnik.
Next Sunday's concert will be
given by the Penn State Glee
Club, directed by Prof. Richard
W. Grant, head of the music de
partment. Students who wish to
attend must present, their athletic
books to the Student Union desk
in Old Main starting Tuesday.
The books will be punched and
complimentary tickets for the
concert given out.
'Boots And Saddles' Call
Will Be Issued Monday
A call to boots and saddles will
be given for all horseback- riding
enthusiasts when the Riding Club
holds its first meeting in the
Stock Judging Pavilion at 7 p.m.
Monday.
Club activities will include
weekly rides, supper rides, and
a horse show in May, Dr. Henry
L. Yeagley, chairman, has an
nounced.
Arrangements are being made
to display the College's Tennessee
riding horse, bred specially for
riding at a fast walking pace.
BA Bouts
Scally Bow
Nitlany 155-Pounder
Loses To Cornell Champ
Special to the Collegian
SYRACUSE, N. Y., March 7
Four of Penn State’s defending
EIBA championship team step
ped into the semi-finals of the
18th annual Eastern Intercolleg
iate Boxing Association tourna
ment here tonight.
Only Vic Fiore, the “Fighting
Barber,’’ and Bob Baird, out of
six Lions who entered the ring
in the first-round bouts tonight,
were able to defeat their oppon
ents.
Paul Mall and Captain Frank
“Red” Stanko are entered in the
semi-finals tomorrow afternoon
as a result of byes.
Syracuse’s undefeated team re
tained seven men in the tourney,
to make the Orange odds-on fav
orites to cop the crown Penn
State won last season at State
College.
The representation of other
teams in the semi-finals is: Army,
five men; Cornell, Virginia, and
the United States Coast Guard
Academy, four each; and Western
Maryland two.
Lewis Loses Close Fighi
■ll
Jimmy Lewis, 165-pound EIBA
king, last year, lost a close deci
sion in the 155-pound prelimin
aries to defending champion
Johnny Clark, Cornell’s co-cap
tain. Two points taken from
Lewis in the first round for low
bows decided the otherwise even
fight.
Bill Stanley, newcomer to the
Lion ranks, fought gamely
against Halsell of Army, but in
experience decided the issue in
favor of the Cadet.
Schmitz, of the United States
Coast Guard Academy, decision
ed Les Cohen, as the 165-pound
Lion continued his streak of de
feats, unbroken since the season
began.
In the only semi-final bout of
the evening, Paul Scallv showed
his fighting stamina as he came
back from a second-round knock
down to take the third round
from Salvatore Mirabito, only to
lose the decision.
Fiore, Baird Win Easily
Both Fiore and Baird won eas
ily over their opponents in the
120 and 127-pound classes, res
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late News
Bulletins
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BERLIN The Nazi govern
ment officially warned news
papermen not to “meddle” in
German-Balkan diplomacy. Al
though there has been no fight
ing in the Balkans, it is reported
that Germany may attack within
the next day or two.
BELGRADE Authoritative
sources report that Yugoslavia
will sign a so-called non-aggres
sion pact with Germany. The
Nazis will guarantee Yugoslavia
territory on the condition that
their troops will be allowed pass
age through the country.
ATHENS The Greeks cap
tured more Italian territory and
more than 1,000 prisoners as
British bombed the Italians from
the-air.
WASHINGTON Senator
Barkley claimed that the Lend-
Lease-Bill may be passed in the
next 24 hours. Yesterday eight
amendments to the bill were de
feated.
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