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VOL. 37—No. 105
Paul Whiteman Signed
For Junior Prom, May 2
Morrow, Phillips
Named Co-Chairmen
■ Paul- Whiteman’s Orchestra
has been signed to play at Junior
Prom in Rec Hall on May 2, it
■was announced last night by H.
Leonard Krouse, junior class
president.
At the same time, Krouse an
nounced the appointment of J.
Robert Morrow ’42 and John iM.
Phillips ’42 as co-chairman of the
dance. Seven committee members
•were also named.
. The co-chairmen were actually
appointed last Monday, March 10,
Krouse said, but their names
were withheld until after elec
tions because of “politcal reas-
According to Krouse, Paul
Whiteman will be paid $1,750.
Other bands under consideration
were Jan Savitt and Larry Clin
ton, 'he said, adding that these
three were the only orchestras
with an open date on May 2.
Members of the committee, in
addition to the co-chairmen, are
Ruth W. Barbey ’42, William H.
Boerner ’42, Ralph R. Cupelli, Jr.
'42, Henry J. Dieterich ’42,
Thomas J. Henson ’42, Maxim
ilian J. Palena ’42, and William
F. Ramsey ’42.
Bridge Tourney
Starts Saturday
With 63 fraternity and 11 sor-
orify teams entered in the IF-
Pan-Hel bridge tournament, the
-firstileliminations 'for the frar_
temity' groups are scheduled at
the Nittany Lion at 1:30 o’clock
Saturday, according to Robert L.
Elmore '4l, in charge of the tour
nament. '
The fraternity teams have been
divided into nine sections of
seven , teams each. Two sections
will play Saturday, two will play
Monday, March 24, two on Tues
day, March 25, two Wednesday,
March 26, and. one section Thurs
day, March 27, all at the Nittany
Lion.
The nine victorious men’s
teams will meet the 11 sorority
groups Wednesday, April. 2. The
fraternity and sorority teams that
meet in the finals for the IF-Pan-
Hel championship, will each be
awarded a trophy.
Former German Diplomat
Lectures Here Tonight
“Building a Constructive
Peace,” the fourth lecture in the
PSCA sponsored series “After-
War-What?”, will be delivered
by Dr. Ernst W. Meyer in Horne
Economics Auditorium at 8:15
o’clock tonight.
Dr. Meyer will discuss the
work necessary to establish- a
lasting peace, giving his analysis
of the forces that are shaping the
conditions of the problem.
Collegian Frosh Meet
All freshmen candidates for
The Daily Collegian editorial
staff .and those still wishing to
report for the first time will meet
in 'Room 312, Old Main at 7
o’clock tonight. Louis H. Bell,
Collegian graduate counselor,
will speak.-
Champlin Speaks Tonight
Prof. Carroll D. Champlin of
the School of Education, will give
the third of his series of four
talks tonight for the Parent-
Teachers Association of Lewis
town.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Speaks Tonight
Captain Peter Rodyenko, com
manding officer of the 40th Re
serve Engineering Battalion, will
talk on camouflage technique in
Room 121, Sparks Building at
7:30 o’clock tonight.
Expert Speaks
On Camouflage
Illustrating his speech on cam
ouflage with colored slides, Cap
tain Peter Rodyenko, U. S. Army
expert sponsored by the Land
scape Architecture Society and
the Society of American Military
Engineers, will address an open
in Room 121, Sparks
Building at 7:30 o’clock tonight. .
“I expect to mention some
very' new and not known matters
connected with camouflage,” he
promised in a recent letter to
officials.
Rodyenko, who has been en
gaged in research for 16 year’s,
has established at Pratt Institute
the only camouflage research
laboratory in this country.
He has acted as instructor to
regular army troops at Mitchell
Field, Camp Upton, and Forts
Dix, Dupont. Ontario and Totten.
Both British and Canadian arm
ies have consulted him on cam
ouflage procedure.
Most of the articles on camou
flage technique .published in this
country have been authored by
Captain Rodyenko. His work has
been published in Life, infantry
and artillery journals, Military
Engineer, Chemical Warfare Bul
letins, Quartermaster Review,
Reserve Officer, and U. S. Marine
Corps Gazette.
Rodzinski
By HERBERT J. ZUKAUSKUS
Bundled in a great coat and
smiling wearily after two hours
of dynamic leading of the Cleve
land Orchestra last night, Artur
Rodzinski leaned back in his
armchair and sipped a cup of
tea.
“Shut the door please,” re
quested his charming wife with
a slight accent, “the draft . .
Instantly the door of the cold
Schwab Auditorium dressing
room was closed.
The man whose flashing eyes
and pleading fingers bad evoked
soul-lifting music a few minutes
before grinned, smiled as he
signed a few programs and then
spoke between nervous puffs on
a cigarette. "I- remember well
my last appearance here. The
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
College, State
Said Delaying
U.S. Soil Work
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, March 17-
Testimony that the Pennsylvania
State College Extension Service
and the Soil Conservation Board
have been encouraging farmers
to reject federal regulation was
received 'by a threeman House
of Representatives investigating
committee today as it heard
farmers from Adams, Westmore
land and Lehigh Counties.
While the committee conducts
its probe, all appropriations to
Penn State are 'being withheld.
The sessions are 'held every Mon
day, with today’s the third.
One farmer, George Oyler of
Adams County, said his farm
•agent had told him State College
“could do all the work necessary
without bringing in the federal
government.” Oyler also quoted
the agent as saying he was afraid
he would lose his job if the fed
eral soil erosion program was
approved. The agent referred to
was M. T. Hartman.
In Adams County, the farmers
testified, the program was de
feated, 182-179, in a referendum
conducted by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. They said
they never found out Who can
vassed the votes.
A suggestion to Rep. Clayton
E. Moul (Dem., York), in charge
of the investigation, that he
would “learn something” by call
ing in the county agents and AVI.
S. McDowell, director of the agri
cultural extension at Penn State,
was answered 'by a statement that
they' would-be-rcalled .before the
committee hearings were ended.
’ One farmer, Eric Linde, man
ager of a 1,900-acre farm in Le
high County, praised Penn State’s
work. “The government is mixed
up in everything we do today
and I’d like the government out
of it,” he said. “We 'have called
on State College for service sev
eral times and State College has
been very cooperative.”
Chapel Fund Question
Before Cabinet Tonight
A decision on whether chapel
collections should continue to go
entirely to Lingnan University
will probably be reached at the
All-College Cabinet meeting in
Room 305 Old Main at 9 o’clock
tonight, President Arnold C.
Laich ’ll said yesterday.
Laich asked-that all new Cab
inet pnembers-elect attend the
meeting to familiarize themselves
with Cabinet procedure.
Likes College Reaction
reception tonight with its youth
ful vitality was a great stimulous
to plaly. Every year it is war
mer. It is a kick to direct here.
College audiences with their
young enthusiasm are the type
I like best.”
The present nervous condition
aroused by the war has created
a bigger demand than usual for
music and its soothing powers
said Dr. Rodzinski folding his
large expansive hands. “There
can be no discrimination or aver
sion against German music,” he
pointed out, “music is universal
and belongs to all humanity.”
Again he smiled and shook his
graying head.
“You out there—music makes
you forget your troubles. For us
our work is twice as hard. We
wjiatt
Gerecter, Henson, Smith
Elected 1942 Managers
Currier, Searle Are
PSCA Co-Presidents
A. John Currier ’42 and Sara
P. Searle !42 were elected co
presidents for 1941-42 by the
PSCA cabinet at Ralph Watts
Lodge last Saturday. This is the
first time in the history of the
organization that two heads will
serve.
Other officers elected were
Jean E. Hershberger ’43, vice
president; Mary Jean Seanor ’42,
treasurer; John F. Gillespie ’42,
recording secretary; Arlene K.
Smith ’42, corresponding secre
tary.
Five additional cabinet mem
bers were added. They are Neal
C. Bitting 42, Arlene K. Smith
’42, Ruth L. Francis ’42, Philip
B. Pennington ’44, Larry T.
Chervenak '44.
Ag Defense Work
To Be Increased
Continuation and enlargement
of the present long-time program
at the Agricultural Experiment
Station was recommended at the
agricultural defense conference
held at the Nittany Lion Inn Sat
urday. Immediate needs rising
out of the national defense pro
gram may be met by phases of
work now under way or com
pleted.
Review and revaluation-of re
search.. .data may. be necessary to
make them most useful under
present conditions, representa
tives of farm organizations made
clear.
Demands of national defense
on agriculture still are undefin
ed, these men agreed, but the
Experiment Station. should hold
some funds in reserve to meet
emergencies. Anticipation of
such needs should not rest en
tirely with the government, they
said, but farm groups should re
port, bottleneck situations to the
State Agricultural Defense Coun
cil which will keep the Experi
ment Station informed.
Inspection Trip Today
Twenty senior education ma
jors, under the supervision of
Clarence O. Williams, associate
professor of education, are visit
ing the Altoona secondary
schools today. Twenty juniors,
in charge of Miss Mabel E. Kirk,
associate professor of elementary
education, are inspecting the Al
toona primary schools.
must forget and then make
music.”
His manager entered quietly
with a few words of congratula
tion but once more there came
“Shut the door, please, the draft
. . .” Mrs. Rodzinski then ex
plained, “Without me to watch
him he could not make great
music."
The face which had worked as
expressively as the forceful
hands that evening again relax
ed. The magnetic eye which had
blended ninety men into one
surging wave of emotion in
Tschaikowskys Fifth Symphony
softened. We turned to leave
and as we opened the door a
musical voice called “Shut the
door, please, the draft . . . “
WEATHER-
and Cold (
PRICE THREE CENTS
Basketball, Swimming,
Gym Assistants Named
John G. Gerecter ’42, Thomas
J. Henson ’42, and Edgar C.
Smith ’42, were elected managers
of basketball, swimming, and.
gymnastics, respectively, for
1942, it was announced yesterday.
They succeed Marshall D. Miller
’4l, basketball; Norman G.
Greenbaum ’4l, swimming; and
Lowell M. Meeher, Jr. ’4l,'gym
nastics.
Three sophomores, Ralph W.
Ervin Jr., Richard S. Peifly, and
William E. 'Murph Jr., were nam
ed first assistants in basketball.
Harold Snyder '43 was elected
freshman manager and A. John
Currier Jr. ’42 and Alpine W.
MdLane '42 become associate
managers. Robert H. Alkins ’43
is the first alternate and Dennis
J. Carney ’43 the second alter
nate.
Albert I. Eddy Jr., Theodore A.
Scott, and William D. Fox, sopho
mores, were elected first assist
ants in swimming with William
H. Hacker ’42 and Edwin B.
Weldon Jr. ’42 serving as associ
ate managers. James A. Harwick
’43 was named freshman manag
er, Lawrence M. Harper ’43 first
alternate, and Norman Weisberg
er ’43 second alternate.
John D. O’Brien, Albert L.
Dimling, and Barton G. Loeb,
sophomores, were named first as
sistants in gymnastics, and Harry
H. Fields ’42 and Wendall G. Ek
dahl ■ ’42, associate managers.
Frederic R. Brewer ’43 was elect
ed freshman manager, and Ralph
S. Snyder first alternate.
Glee Club Leaves
On Trip Today
Forty members of the Penn
State Glee Club, accompanied by
Director and Mrs. Richard W.
Grant, will leave on their annual
concert tour at 7:45 o’clock this
morning.
Their first stop will be Reading
where they give their first con
cert today as the luncheon guests
of the Reading Rotary Club. To
night at 8:30 o’clock they sing at
Northwest Junior High School on
a program sponsored by the
Berks County Alumni Associa
tion.
Tomorrow the songsters will be
the luncheon guests of the Read
ing Kiivanis Club.
An exchange concert has been
arranged with the Orpheus Male
Voice Glee Club of Philadelphia
for tomorrow night.
On Thursday afternoon a con
cert will be presented at the
Upper Darby High School in sub
urban Philadelphia. Immediately
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Borough Refunds Fees
To Two Sfudenf Groups;
Adds Hew Traffic Lights
'Borough council voted to re
fund a $5 fee to the Engineering
Student Council and a $3 fee to
the Independent Party at its
regular meeting last night. The
$5 fee was for a parade publi
cizing Saturday’s Engineering
Open House, while the Independ
ent Party’s fee was for a sound
truck permit.
Council voted to buy a traffic
light for the corner of Beaver
Avenue and Atherton Street and
a street light for the corner of
Atherton Street and Clay Alley.