■~gs 1 g?hr laitu @ fllolteqiatt VOL. 37—No. 104 $500,000 College Library Will Be Dedicated Today " Dedication ceremonies for the $500,000 College Library, erected by the General State Authority in 1939 and opened last fall, will be held in the reserve book room at 2 p.m. today. With President Ralph D. Het zel presiding at the dedication, Col. J. Franklin Shields, presi dent of the Board of Trustees, will officially present the build ing to the College. Acceptance will be made by Librarian Wil lard P. Lewis. The dedicatory address will be given by Phineas L. Windsor, emeritus director and librarian of the Library School of the Uni versity of Illinois. Windsor is a past president of -the American Library Association. In the absence of Fred Lewis Pattee, donor of the Pattee Li brary of rake American litera ture from 1800 to 1850, the pre sentation will be made by Wil liam L. /Werner, professor of American literature and a per- sonal friend of Professor Pattee. * The collection will place the Li brary among the nation’s leaders in early American literature. Pattee, author of the “Alma Mater” and originator of Amer ican literature courses at the College, gathered most of his books during the 35 years he spent on the campus and says “they really belong here.” He now lives at Winter Park, Flori da, where he is a lecturer, at . Rollins College. Following the dedication, the Library will be open to public in spection. The Library process ing of books will be shown in some, display cases, while a few of Pattee’s books will be shown in other' cases. library Enriched By Paffee Books The- Pattee collection of Am erican literature which will 'be presented to the College at the Library dedication today .will be one of an outstanding company. Practically all anthologies of American literature published during the period 1800 to 1850, and first editions of a number of notable early American writers that are found in few other li braries, are included in over 2,000 volumes of the Pattee collection. Fred Lewis Pattee 'began col lecting American literature be cause of the inadequacy of the Library in. the 1890’s. He bought most of the rare volumes at auc tions where he “could get them for the price of a hotel room in those days.” Pattee’s collection will join the stacks with th.e Beaver collection, donated by former Governor of Pennsylvania General James A. Beaver, which included import ant Commonwealth books and pamphlets. The Treasure Beaver Collec tion of books printed in the state before 1810, and the Atherton books of economics, given by .former President of the College George W. Atherton, are also in cluded. The Coster collection, donated by Edward L. Coster, is composed of books written about railroads. ■The Penn State Room on the fourth floor of the Library will a complete file of College publications, books by graduates, historical photos, and historical material, when i-t is completed. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA, Three Nittany Wrestlers Reach Finals, But Gleason, Scalzo Drop First Bouts Beaten l Captain Frank Gleason, favor ite to cop a first place in the EIWA at New York, suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of Mount of Cornell. It was 'his first this yeari Students Will Be Reclassified WASHINGTON, Mar. 14 IWP)—Selective Service officials instructed local draft boards to day that all college students who have been given “blanket” de ferment from the draft must be reclassified before July 1. In the memorandum, Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, de puty director of Selective Serv ice, said, that students should be given the “same consideration” as other registrants. He- added that local boards should consider “the length of time' the student has been pur suing his course, his standing in the course, and his chances for employment after graduation.” The memorandum stated that “reasonable assurance that he will engage in an essential ac tivity should be presented by a student before occupational* de ferment is granted.” General Hershey pointed out that the period of occupational deferment, Class 11-A, may not exceed six months. After that, he said, application must be made to have the deferment re newed. Giff-Ladened Balloons To Highlight IMA Dance Advance preparations for the IMA Balloon Dance, the Inde pendent Men’s Association’s ma jor social event 6f the year, to be held in balloon-bedecked Rec Hall next Satvday night, all point to a highly successful af fair, Boyd C. Gartley ’4l, dance chairman, announced, last, night. Formerly called the IMA Ball, this year’s affair will employ novelty feature, gift-ladden bal loons descending after every set of dance tunes. Jimmy Leyden’s orchestra plays. The dance will be open and dress will be informal. Admis sion price has been set at 75 cents a coupie. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Ridenour, Valla, Kerns In Title Fights Today; Hess Loses Semi-Final By ROSS LEHMAN NEW YORK, Mar. 4—Little 120-pound Charlie Ridenour, 175-pound Joe Valla, and Heavy weight Jack Kern barged into the intercollegiate finals her to night as Penn State, Penn, and Princeton placed three finalists. Navy and Yale placed two, and Army, Cornell, and Lehigh one. Ridenour is favored in his title bout against Joe Little of Cor nell, whom he defeated in dual competition. Valla will meet an undefeated, rugged Dick Bi Bat tista of Penn. Kerns will attempt to throttle Captain Larry Pickett of Yale who threw three men this after noon and night. Captain Frank Gleason, 136, and 145-pound Joe Scalzo were eliminated in the afternoon pre lims by Joe Mount of Cornell and Don Blue of Navy in two upsets. Clair Hess was the only other Lion grappler to enter the semi-finals but lost to defending Champion Bob Eberle of Prince (Coniinued on Page Three) Enrollment Of 569 Seen For Safely Course; Applications Due Today - An enrollment of nearly 500 is predicted for the American Red Cross Standard Course in First Aid which will have its first meeting in Room 121 Sparks Building at 7 p, m. Monday. The deadline for applications is 5 p. m. today. They should be turned in at Room 116 Recre ation Hall. Classes will be held Mondays and Wednesdays, Mon days and Thursdays, and Tues days and Thursdays. Two classes will be held each day, _one at 4 p. m. and one at 7 p. m. There is no fee and no credit will be given. If more than 15 students from one fraternity enroll, a special class will meet in the fraternity house at any time desired by the students. Debaters Down Proposal To Send U.S. Troops And Convoys Abroad By a vote of 48 to 21, the third session of the Penn State Debat ers convention last night defeat ed an amendment which advo cated “the United States sending all aid to Britain.to the extent of transporting troops abroad if necessary.” The amendment was proposed to the report of the committee on U. S. foreign pol icy. given in last night’s session. This ‘ vote on the question of how far aid to Britain should go was not final but gave a reason able idea as to how the session would finally decide. The first session of the con vention opened yesterday in Room 121 Sparks Buildings with 100 delegates from 20 Pennsyl vania colleges and universities registered. Prof. John H. Friz zell gave the welcome address after which the preseding officer, Samuel Rodgers of the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, issued final instructions to the three com- Directs Orchestra Under the baton of Artur Rod zinski, the Cleveland Orchestra will present the second number of the Artists’ Course series in Schwab Auditorium at 8 p. m. Monday. Series tickets for the three remaining numbers are available at $3.90. Single seats for the Cleveland and Heifetz num bers are $2.25, for the Anna Kas kas number, $1.25. Engineers Hold 3rd Open House Presenting an opportunity for visitors to inspect the new Elec trical Engineering building for the first time, the third annual Engineering Open House will be gin at 2 o’clock this afternoon and continue until 10 o’clock to night. Beginning in Main Engineer ing, the inspection route will in clude displays arranged by the departments of architectural, civil, industrial mechanical, and electrical engineering, as well as ROTC and architecture. Highlights of the architecture exhibit will be a student art show, design problems, models and drawings of defense projects, and displays involving the use of structural steel and reinforced concrete. Civil engineering will have a weighing bridge, model trains and bridges, “Dream Highway” pictures and literature, and' a contest to determine the amount of water that will run through an exhibited tube in 24 hours. The winner of the contest will be awarded a $2 prize. Welding and forging opera (Conlinued on Page Four) mittees. All delegates were assigned to one of these committees in three divisions, the United States and the present world conflict, the United States and the Western Hemisphere, and the United States and defense, the first of which was given last night. At a dinner for the delegates held last night in the Sandwich Shop, the main speaker, Dr. Wil liam H. Gray, Professor of Latin and American history at the Col lege, talked on the subject, “Our Latin American Relations.” He emphasized that the U. S. must have a better understand ing with South America and learn more about that continent if it is to form a closer relation ship. Reports of the last two com mittees will'be given in today’s session which will convene at 9 a. m. in Room 121 Sp:rtks Buiid i:i-T today. PRICE THREE CENTS Freshman Admits Fraternity Theft; Held On $5OO Bail Paul L. Harrold ’44, 19-year old Liberal Arts student, was taken to the Centre County jail yesterday afternoon .after 'he had pleaded guilty Thursday night to charges of larceny of clothes, money, and other articles from a fraternity, rooming houses, and classrooms. Since the youth has already pleaded guilty, sentence will be passed by the judge in a special court hearing. He is at present being held under $5OO bail. Harrold was apprehended after another student from whom he had stolen articles of clothing recognized a pair of his trousers that were in the possession of an “old clothes” man. Questioning of the man revealed that Harrold had sold the trousers to him a few' days ago. Borough police were then notified and located the student in his room. After routine- questioning Harrold con fessed to the theft of the clothing and went on to admit stealing many other articles. According to his testimony he had taken two pairs of trousers, $l5 in cash, and a small alarm clock from Kappa Sigma before he was depledged there in De cember. In addition 'to this, he admitted the theft of $5 from a room in a boarding house on Prospect Avenue and a camel’s hair coat from the Textile Chem istry Building. Other miscellan eous items appropriated from classrooms were found in his pos session. After further questioning of the youth, police expressed doubt as to his possible implication in previous fraternity thefts this year. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmimi!: Late News Bulletins iiiiiiiiiiiimniniiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiimmmmL’. LONDON The British Gov ernment reports raids on Ham burg, Rotterdam, and Bremen, leaving these and other German cities in flames for the second successive night. Fifteen Nazi bombers were shot down over the English coast in the last two nights of aerial warfare. This constitutes a rew record for the two nights, and the War Office claims that Britain’s air defense is gradually rendering the Ger man efforts very costly and in effective. ' BELGRADE It is expected that the Jugoslavian and German governments will come to an early agreement and that a non agression pact will be signed be tween the two countries by next Wednesday. Efien Elected President Robert A. Etien ’42 has been elected president of Tau Phi Delta fraternity. Other officers are Ralph K. Snider, Jr. ’42, vice president: Carl J. Born ’42, sec retary; and Jack E. Paulhamus ’43, treasurer. Added To Honor Roll Three seniors, with averages of 2.5 or better, have been added to the honor roll of the School of Physical Education and Athletics. They are Ruth K. Kis tier. 3. Thpmas Vargo 2.6: Lenoro M. Heim:. 2.57.
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