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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
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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
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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.
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Late News
Bulletins
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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.