Successor to the Free Lance, Established 1887 VOL. 7—No. 100. Witness Charges Non-Cooperation By (oliege Agent Special to the Collegian HARRISBURG, Mar. 10.— Charging that'Milton S. McDow ell, director of extension service, was not cooperating with the program in the Blacklick Dis trict, John H. Stephens, secretary of the Soil Conservation Board of supervisors of Indiana County, began testimony yesterday before the House of Representatives three-man investigating commit tee in its probe of the Pennsyl vania State College Extension service and the Soil Conserva tion Board. .. • Until the probe is complete, all appropriations to the College are . being withheld. • McDowell told the Indiana board he did not favor the pro .gram because the federal gov ernment was practically support ing it, Stephens testified. Al though in favor of soil conserva tion itself, McDowell claimed he was merely opposed to govern ment aid, and advocated state and government cooperation. • Non-cooperation from. Secre tary of Agriculture, John Light was algo charged by Stephens who cited an unrealized promise by Light to send a representative ' to the National Dairy Show in Harrisburg last October. Second witness, A. A. Dietz, a member of the board of super visors in Clarion County Soil Conservation District agreed with Stephens that federal and state governments should coop erate. mp;n£ .closely. _ James' Harding, farm leader from Jefferson County, acknowl edged the success of the conser vation program, in his district four or five years ago, but ex plained . that a petition for its . continuance was submitted in 1938 and no answer was receiv ed until 1940. In the April 1940 . ’referendum in that district, al though more farmers voted for the program than against it, the required 65 per cent was not at tained. A mixup in establishing polling places was also charged against Light by Harding. .Indiana and Clarion represen tatives both agreed that they were satisfied with the program so. far. Next hearings of the board will be Monday. 75 Seniors Seek Ensign Positions Applications for commissions as ensigns in the Navy have been issued to 75 seniors as part of the nation-wide recruiting program introduced at the College two weeks ago by Rear Admiral H. E. Yamell, U.S.N. From a total of 116 applicants, an administration committee, headed by Prof. Harold A. Ever ett, picked the alloted quota of 75 students. . These applications will be for warded to Washington, D. C., where they will be considered jointly with the health report, which will be issued by the Naval Examining Board that comes here next week to conduct phy sical examinations. ..Applications have also been is sued to 42 juniors, whose names will be added to a preferred list until they are eligible to apply for commissions at the end of their senior year. These juniors are, however, granted deferment from the draft. Ijr latlg 0 (Mkgtatt All-College Election Polls Krouse Maintains Lead In Richards Forges Ahead; Grey Raises Margin To 59 Per Cent By WILLIAM J. McKNIGHT Ist 2nd Poll Poll All-C.—Baird (I) 53% 52% Mattern (C) 47 48 1942 Krouse (C) 66 66 Alexander (I) 34 34 1943 Richards (I) 48 57 Blakeslee (C) 52 - 43 1944 Grey (C) 51 59 Chambers (I) 49 41 Senior Gift—Loan Fund ...57% Murals .• 43% A divided election, with the Campus and Independent Parties each capturing two class presi dencies is predicted by the second Daily Collegian opinion poll com pleted yesterday. The sampling indicates the All- College 'leadership and next year’s junior class presidency will go to the Independents, with Campus taking the senior and sophomore presidencies. The poll indicates the proposed loan fund will win out as the sen ior class gift, Taken experimentally, the poll is not posed as authoritative. In making it, every 20th student in the College Directory was called by telephone and asked how he would vote. Tried by a psycho logy class several years ago, the poll was off by only a few per cent.' Results~*of the present poll compared with those two weeks ago when the slates were first announced show marked shifts in the two lower classes, possibly because the underclassmen were not as well known when" the campaign started. William T. Richards, Indepen dent 1943 nominee for president, overturned his Campus rival, Jerome H. Blakeslee, by boosting his percentage from 48 to 57. In the race for sophomore presid ency, Jack R. Grey, Campus, jumped his lead over John T. Chambers from 51 to 59 per cent. Because margins gained by the candidates on the second poll are relatively small, prediction of actual outcome of elections, with the exception of the senior class race is difficult. Trends of the freshman and sophomore surveys, however, furnish slight indication of the results of those elections. Debate Tourney Shows'44 Views Fifty freshmen debaters from seven Pennsylvania colleges pass ed two bills on the British Union and the Western Hemisphere questions Friday and Saturday when the fourth annual Fresh men Debating Convention met on the campus. The debaters substantially backed the Lend-Lease bill as it stood before Congress, but restricted sending troops outside the Western Hemisphere except to United States’ possessions. The debaters decided, 31 to 3, that the United States should place an embargo on war mater ials sent to _ aggressive nations when they discussed the Hemis phere question. They approved setting up a cooperative economic and military commission to take care of surplus commodities and to organise defense OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Robert D. Baird ’42 (It, left, and Charles F. Mattern ’42 (C), will compete for All-College presidential post as three-dav elections open at 12:30 p. m. today. Former Froth Editor Returns To Reveal Present German Conditions Foreign Correspondent Explains War News German army men are well fed in comparison to the civilian poulance says E. R. (Al) Noderer, 1931 editor of Froth and present foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, who spoke to a group of 100 journal ism students yesterday. • Recently returned from a year’s service in the German cap ital, Noderer explained the cor respondent’s system of covering war-time news. In anticipation of the present war situation, Noderer left a po sition on the copy desk of the Pittsburgh Press and arrived in Europe in May, 1938. Previously, Noderer had been a staff member of the Johnstown (Penna.) Democrat and the Youngstown (Ohio) Vindicator. In addition to his straight news paper work, Noderer has fre quently contributed to the Post- Scripts page of the Saturday Evening Post. While a senior at Penn State he was the first editor to publish a clean humor maga zine, according to Louis H. Bell, Frosh advisor. Lingnan Trustee To Tonight On Chinese May Be Interviewed By Student Leaders Orlin D. Wanamaker, Ameri can executive secretary of the board of trustees of Lingnan Uni versity, Canton, China, will ap pear on campus today and to morrow to give an informal ac count of conditions in southern China. Mr. Wanamaker will present conditions and their effect on Lingnan University at the Penn State in China Committee meet ing in Room 121 Sparks Building at 4 p. m. today and the Fresh man Council meeting in the PSCA office, at 8 p. m. He may'be interviewed by stu dent leaders and faculty mem bers interested in the conditions in China tomorrow. Hope For Victory Flannel Junior Blazers To Sell in Two Styles Flannel junior blazers will be sold at $5.50 in either sports coat or a loafing jacket style, William O. Myers, blazer chairman, an nounced last night. . ■ . Purchasers may choose solid blue or camels’ hair. Jacket sam ples are on display today and will be on sale at the Athletic Store tomorrow morning. 133 Persons Attend Annual Gridiron Banquet One hundred and thirty three persons attended the annual Gridiron Banquet given by Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalistic fraternity, in the Nittany Lion Inn last night. Awards were made as follows: H. Edward Wagner ’4l, a, brown derby; Jack W. Brand ’4l, a key; Robert N. Baker ’4l, a powder puff; Robert Robinson ’4l, sand paper; Maynard L. Bloom ’4l, a beer bottle; William B. Barthol omew ’4l, a knife; and John H. Heck ’4l, a balloon. Freshmen candidates for edi torial staff of The Daily Colleg ian meet in Room 312 Old Main at 7 o’clock tonight. All fresh men wishing to try out, who have not reported before, should do so Orlin D. Wanamaker at this time. Open Today; Second Poll As the Daily Collegian went to press this morning, the voting machines for the All-College elections had not arrived in State College. However, the Elections Committee has available paper ballots in case the machines do not reach here in time for today's voting. * Both Campus and Independent clique chairmen expressed con fidence as elections for All-Col lege and class officers entered its first of a three-day balloting in the first floor lounge in Old Main from 12:30 to 8 p. m. today, to day, tomorrow, and Thursday. Robert D. Baird and Charles F. Mattern will head Indepen dent and Campus tickets for All- College president with R. Glen Alexander (D and H. Leonard Krouse (C) contesting for the senior class post. Besides class candidates, the senior class ballot will include the choice of hither a class mem orial loan fund or funds for the murals in balcony of Old Main from the $5,000 Senior Class gift Voters must present their ma triculation cards and AA books for identification, and students who have lost either must pre sent a note from the Dean’s of fice certifying that they are un dergraduate students. ■ Two year agriculture students in their first year may vote for sophomore class offices and the All-College nominees, while the second year students may vote for the All-College offices only. Strict penalties will be inflict ed against politicians electioneer ing in Old Main while voting is in progress, buying of votes, and unfair campaigning, Richard C. Peters ’4l, chairman of the All- College Elections Committee, has announced. Members of the committee are Peters, H. Edward Wagner, Mar shall D. Miller, William B. Bar tholomew, Theodore Rice, George L. Parrish, W. Lewis Corbin, Mary Jane Dalton, H. Jean Fox, L. Eleanor Benfer, Bertha Black, Justine Lougee, Grace E. Rents cher, all seniors, and Jeanne C. Stiles and A. Pat Nagelberg, jun iors. Arnold C. Laich ’4l and Robert N. Baker ’4l are ex-of ficio members. The politicial lineup: ALL-COLLEGE Speak Plight Office Campus Independent V. Pres. Krones Doherty SENIOR CLASS V. Pres. Long Hoffman JUNIOR CLASS Pres. Blakeslee Richards V. Pres. Lundelius Rumsey Sec’y- Rooth Fitting Treas. Mawhinny Ridge SOPHOMORE CLASS Pres. Grey Chambers V. Pres. Eisenhart Lebow Sec’y- Campsey Stevenson Treas. Goodwin Ramsey PRICE THREE CENTS $5,000 Senior Gift Will Be Determined By Class Balloting Mattem Alexander Krouse Behney Candidates To Meet Clovis
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