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VOL. 37—No. 102
Varsity Debaters
Hold Convention
" The Penn State men and wom
en’s varsity debating squads and
the Forensic Council will spon
sor' their sixth annual Pennsyl
vania Debaters Convention on
caqipus Friday and Saturday,
William E. Harkins ’42, men’s
debate manager, announced yes
terday.
Delegations from 22 colleges
>vill be ■ assigned to committees
Friday morning to discuss and
make reports on two current de
bating topics, “The United State’s
defense policy,” and “The United
State’s foreign policy in relation
to war and the Hemi
sphere.”
The parliamentary sessions
will open in' Room 121 Sparks
Building at 8 p.m. tomorrow, and
will be continued Saturday at 9
a. m. The general assembly will
discuss the reports from the var
ious . committees and amend,
adopt, or reject the proposals.
The parliamentary sessions will
be open to the public.
■ The representatives who will
take part from the Penn State
women’s debate squad are: Sara
R» Lipser ’42, Doris M. Koch ’42,
Shirley L. Leidich ’4l, Edythe B.
Rickel ’4l, and Evelyn R-. Wilner
’43.
Prof.. Joseph' F. O’Brien, men’s
debate coach, has selected Wil
liam E. Harkins ’42 to act as con
vention manager. John B. Mc-
Cue ’43 and Robert W. Miller ’43
will serve as convention secre
tary and hospitality chairman,
respectfully.
: Six prominent members of the
'sqaad"' ! will' “serve* "as -committee
men. They are, Coleman Bender
’43, Herbert D. Berger ’4l,
Thomas J. Burke-’43, Milton A.
Calig ’43, William H. Harbold
’43 and Mark A. Richards ’42.
: The Pennsylvania colleges that
will send delegations to the con
vention are: Albright, Allegheny,
Bucknell, Dickinson, Geneva,
Gettysburg, Grove City, Juniata,
Lehigh, Lincoln University,
Lock Haven, Misericordia, Mount
Union, Pittsburgh, St. Vincent,
Seton Hill, Scranton, Temple,
Ursinus, Washington and Jef
ferson, and Westminster.
Bradley Features
Boogie Woogie Trio
■The Will Bradley Boogie Woo
gie Trio is proving to be one of
the high-spots of any evening’s
performance by the up-and-com
ing Will Bradley Band which
will play at Interfraternity Ball
on April 4.
Composed of the famous drum
mer Ray McKinley, often called
“America’s Greatest Musical
Drummer,” Doc -Goldberg on the
bass and Freddie Slack at the
piano, The Bradley Trio is con
sidered the foremost band ex
ponent of boogie woogie in the
entire country. Ray McKinley
sings the original lyrics io many
of these fast-moving rhythm
pieces and, for that purpose, a
special portable microphone has
been 'built to fit next to his
drums.
Dispensary Reports 1,708
Rise In February Calls
•An increase of 1,708 Dispen
sary calls over February, 1940,
was revealed in last month’s re
port issued by the College Health
ServiceA
. Infirmary reports also showed
an increase of 36 patients and 102
bed patients.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Blakeslee, Richards Head
Juniors; Polls Close Today
WILLIAM T. RICHARDS
Jerome H. Blakeslee (C) and William T. Richards (I), pictured
above, are .opponents for junior class presidency as elections for
All-College and class offices neared a close today. Since only one
half of last year’s total votes have been cast, Richard C. Peters ’4l,
chairman of elections committee, urged all students to vote. If
necessary, polls will remain open after 8 p. m. today.
Close Controversy Rages Over
Murals, Student Loan Fund
Marquardf, Dickson
Argue Favorite Points
Controversy on the senior class
gift,-raged over- the campus, and
rivaled Ali-College political elec
tioneering yesterday when stu
dents and faculty alike argued
the merits of the student loan
fund or murals for the balcony
of Old Main lobby.
Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, College
examiner, championed the case
for the student loan fund when
he pointed out that “the loan
fund would have more influence
than the murals because it will
aid those students who are now
living on a shoestring to get
through college.
“Since 1909, 'there has been no
additional financial aid for stu
dents, although the student'body
has increased four or five times
■in proportion,” Dr. Marquardt
said. “Better students could be
trained by relieving their finan
cial conditions;” he concluded.
Prof. Harold E. Dickson, de
partment of fine arts, advanced
two points in favor of the mural
project.
1. National publicity created by
the Poor mural and the proposed
mural itself would evidence a
more lasting impression.
(Continued on Page Two)
Police Abandon Latest Taylor Suspect
With almost a year elapsed
since Rachel Taylor was murder
ed, police yesterday were virtu
ally ready to abandon the latest
suspect in the freshman coed’s
slaying.
George Cvek, confessed mur
derer of a Bronx housewife, was
declared out of the picture by
Pennsylvania Motor Police. They
were sent to New York City last
week to investigate any possibil
ity of Cvek’s connection with the
tragic killing of the State coed on
March 28, 1940.
New York police also believed
that Cvek was not implicated in
the Taylor -murder.
“We cannot see any tie-up be
tween Cvek and the Taylor case,”
they were quoted as saying yes
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
JEROME H. BLAKESLEE
Kappa Phi Kappa To
Initiate 6 Students
_ Initiation of five seniors and
one junior into Kappa Phi Kap
pa, men’s professional education
honorary, in 405 Old Main at 5
o’clock tonight will be followed
by dinner at the State College
Hotel.
The men who met the require
ment of a 1.8 average and were
chosen for their professional in
terest and attitude toward edu
cation are Michael Beley ’4l,
William R. Brink ’4l, W. Stan
ley Newcomer ’4l, Carl E. Olson
’42, Robert W. Russell ’4l, and
Eugene N. Scheftel ’4l.
Penn State Club
Elects 7 Officers
Election of officers of the Penn
State Club for 1941-42 were held
last' week.
Newly elected 'officers are Ar
thur Peskoe '42, president; John
C. York ’43, vice-president; Ben
jamin J. Snipas ’43, secretary;
William C. Streib ’42, treasurer;
J. Louis Nageotte ’42, social
chairman; Martin H. Duff ’43,
publicity; and Charles W.
Thompson ’43, athletics.
terday.
Meanwhile, Centre County pol
ice were investigating two angles
concerning Cvek, a former in
mate of Huntingdon reformatory.
One came from a State College
housewife who told police that
a man of Cvek’s description was
selling articles in State College
on March 27, a day before the
murder. The other came from a
Bellefonte hpusewife who told of
serving dinner to a stranger. The
stranger, posing as a fellow lodge
member of her husband’s, bor
rowed some money, and hasn’t
been seen since.
Police are awaiting photo
graphs of Cvek to determine if
he resembles either of the two
men the housewives mentioned.
Walker Dissolves
Judge
Tempo
rary Bus Injunction
Ordinance Prohibiting
Stop Now Enforceable
Hosferman Heads
Lion Coat Committee
Bid invitations for Lion coats
were sent out by the newly-ap
pointed Lion Coat Committee
yesterday, according to William
B. Bartholomew ’4l, senior class
president.
Walter R. Hosterman Jr. ’4l,
was named chairman of the com
mittee. Other seniors appointed
were Edward E. Lewis, Judy
Lougee, John W. Blotzer, and
Wade Mori. Hosterman expects
the sale of coats to start during
the first week of April:
2 Punished
In Ballot Fraud
Two students were penalized
by Student Tribunal last night
for the first time in campus elec
tion history when the All-Col
lege Elections Committee charg
ed them with violating the elec
tion code.
When Philip Martsolf ’42 ob
tained a matriculation card and
AA book from Ernest F. Mar
shall ’42 and attempted to vote
twice yesterday afternoon, the
committee apprehended him and
asked Tribunal to hold a special
meeting.
Martsolf and Marshall confess
ed and were suspended from
classes for one week, beginning
this Monday through Saturday.
The . Tribunal rescinded their
privileges of participating in any
extra-curricular activities for the
remainder of their college ca
reers.
W. Lewis Corbin '4l, president
of Tribunal, said, “It is unfortun
ate that these two men must be
punished, but it is a definite
stimulus for better Penn State
government. It is an example of
how indifference causes weak
ness in good student
ment."
Both students promised to co
operate in observing their sent
ence. Jeanne C. Stiles ’42, WSGA
Judiciary chairman, was present
as a voting member in the first
step to coordinate relations be
tween the two student judicial
bodies.
High School Physician
Dr. John E. Dotterer, part
time Dispensary doctor, has been
appointed official physician for
■the State College Public Schools.
He replaces Dr. E. H. Mateer who
has left to serve in the U. S.
Army.
Miss Taylor’s battered body
was discovered by Harold
Leightley, janitor of the Lemont
Consolidated School, on the
school approach at 6:21 a. m.,
March 28, 1940. She had alighted
from a bus at the State College
Hotel at 1:21 a.m., traversed the
distance to Miles Street where
she was either abducted or run
down.
A suspect was picked up by
police the following day but after
a thorough examination was ab
solved of any connection with
the crime. Richard Millinder,
confessed murderer of Fay Gates
and now serving a life sentence,
was also dismissed as a suspect
in the coed’s unsolved death.
PRICE THREE CENTS
The temporary injunction,
against the borough ordinance
which prohibits bus stops on Col
lege Avenue was yes
terday by Judge Ivan Walker,
following a hearing on the in
junction held before him in
Bellefonte.
Taken out by several State
College business men, the injunc
tion stopped enforcement of the
ordinance by State College police.
Judge Walker’s action makes the
ordinance enforceable again.
Reviewing the history of the
bus situation, former Judge M.
Ward Fleming, counsel for the
plaintiffs, pointed out why the
public was interested in a bus
stop on Co-op Corner.
Counsel for the defendants,
John G. Love, Bellefonte at
torney, told the court that “the
burder of proof is on Mr. Flem
ing to show if the injunction
should be sustained or dissolved
and since Mr. Fleming did not
present legal opinion the injunc
tion should be dissolved.”
Judge Walker’s order stated
“and now to-wit, March 12, 1941,
this matter having been before
the court for hearing on a pre
liminary injunction and council
for the plaintiffs stating that he
did not elect to take any testi
mony to establish the right ofthe
plaintiffs to the preliminary in
juncion and no motion being
made to renew the same, said
preliminary injunction is hereby
dissolved.”
Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell and
Chief of Police John R. Juba
were present at the hearing but
did not testify.
Burgess Leitzell later issued a
statement pointing out that the
ordinance in question onlj; pro
hibits buses from stopping on
College Avenue.
Lalin-American Students
To Compete For Award
Students from Latin American
Republics who have-not resided
permanently in an English speak
ing country, and who wish to
compete for the John W. White
scholarship for proficiency in
English should report to the Eng
lish Composition office before
tomorrow, Theodore J. Gates,
head of the department, announc
ed today.
The $lOO scholarship is award
ed annually on the basis of re
sults of "an English usage test, a
written composition, and pro
nunciation.
Advisory Board Withhold
National Survey Report
No report concerning the ac
celerating of the College engin
eering courses will be released
until the U. S. Commissioner of
Education considers the report of
the Defense Advisory Board
which met in Washington last
weekend.
Harry P. Hammond, dean of
the School of Engineering and
one of the ten members of the
national board, attended the
meeting at which the results of
the nationwide survey conducted
by the SPEE, were disclosed.
La Vie Proof Deadline
Proofs of seniors for the La Vie
activity section will be displayed
for correction at the Penn State
Photo Shop until 5:30 p.m. today,
John G. Dixon ’4l, editor, has
announced.