VOL. 37—No. 108 Faculty Poll Set Early Hex! Week By LA Council Investigation of the first group of professors to 'be rated in the Liberal Arts School will get'un derway early next week under members •of the Liberal , Arts Council grievance committee. A box for student complaints will also be placed in the lobby of Sparks Building where members of the committee may pick them up. ’ Forms similar to those used in last year’s Collegian faculty rating plan will be used, and full cooperation of students is asked by the council. Questions will cover such things as professors’ knowledge of subject matter, method of presentation, examin ations, personal mannerisms, and attitude toward students. Tentative plans for a student faculty mixer in the commerce and finance' department were an nounced by Chairman George L. Parrish ’4l pending arrangements for a speaker and entertainment. Reduction in membership was the chief proposal cited in the revision of the council set-up with ultimate plans to include a group of approximately 14 jun iors and seniors representing three divisions in the school, arts and letters, commerce and fin ance, and journalism. Since decrease must be grad ual, six junioi-s and six seniors will be elected for • next year upon presentation of petitions and consideration by the present council. Final plans are to be announced later. The Draft ~ Technical Students May. Avoid Army Duty By JOHN A. BAER In his announcement that all college students who novv. enjoy “'blanket" defertment from the draft must be reclassified before July 1, Brigadier General Lewis B.' Hershey, deputy Selective director, held out additional hope to technical students who are in line for occupational deferment. Before the announcement there had been only a presumption that ■officials would defer students en rolled in courses preparing them for a vital part in national de fense. Now,- General Hershey speci fically states: “Students may be •deferred in Class 11-A, occupa tional deferment, where the ac tivity for which the student is in training is essential to the na '"ZZZTSZSTZAi Hill’s Oldest Campus Landmark other reasonable assurance that ini n Il« 1 the registrant will engage in an Iq UnderOO Kemode inO In Anril essential activity should be pie- 1 U WnOCiyU IMSIIIUUKimg 111 / \pi!l sented by a student before occu- The Agriculture Experiment vestigations conducted by it have pational deferment is granted.” Station building, a landmark on been published in 398 bulletins This poses a question: What oc cupations are “essential to the national health; safety or inter est?” Unfortunately, that is a question which no one can ans wer. No type of deferment, ex cept “blanket” student deferment which now is a thing of the past, can be granted to a group. The regulations : clearly state that “each case must be decided on its own particular facts.” * * * Closely connected with the draft is the War Department’s bffer of “deferred appointment” /as a flying cadet to any college 1 student enrolled in the Civilian Pilot Training program. /Although the War Department ! ' (Continued on Page Four) FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 21, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Spring Breezed In At 7:21 Last Night, Day Early Spring breezed into State Col lege at 14 miles per hour at 7:21 o’clock last night—six weeks late according to Mr. Ground Hog’s February prediction. ' And according to Dr. Helmut Landsberg, assistant professor of geophysics, “that animal’s pre diction isn’t worth the paper it’s "printed on.” Dr. Landsberg predicts warm weather for the rest of the week and-rain for the weekend—just an old Penn State tradition. But when it comes to forecast ing whether State College, is free from snow for the remainder of the year, Dr. Landsberg is mum. Mother's Day Play Announced “Merchant of Yonkers,” a farce by Thornton Wilder, will be presented in Schwab Auditor ium on May 9 and 10 as the an nual Players’ Mother’s Day show. Frank S. Neusbaum, assistant professor of dramatics, announc ed last night. Professor Neusbaum will direct the play, which was first produc ed in New York two years ago. Jane Cowl starred in the Broad way presentation. Tryouts for “Merchant of Yonkers” will be held in the Little Theater of Old Main, Mon day night. Appointments for try outs should be made at Student Union. Students who can not try out Monday should . make appoint ments at the dramatics office, Room 413 Old Main, Professor Neusbaum said.’ Carpenter Debunks Evolution Misconception The popular misconception that man descended from the monkey was further exposed by Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, as sociate professor of psychology, in the last of the series of Liberal Arts lectures held last night. By means of slides and moving pictures, Dr. Carpenter showed the structural differences be tween the highly developed apes and man. Colored slides traced the development of the gibbon and chimpanzee and pictured their environment in Puerto Rico, Siam, and India. “By studying the characteris tics of these primates and ob serving their day-by-day activ ities, we can study human be havior more clearly,” he pointed out. the campus, will be vacated on April 15 for'repairs and remodel ing, Dean Stevenson W. Fletcher of the School of Agriculture, an nounced last night. Built in 1887,'the structure is the oldest on Ag (Hill. At present it houses agriculture correspond ence courses, entomology exten sion departments, and several agricultural bio-chemistry lab oratories. The present occupants will be accommodated in the Agriculture Building and Patterson Hall until the termination of repairs in Sep tember, Dean Fletcher stated. Headed by<J. Albert Stewart, the Experiment Station is the or ganized expression of the school’s research spirit. Results of in OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Captain Frank Gleason, left, a the Lion wrestling meet, who hope . varsity careers in a blaze of glory at the National Collegiate tourna ment being held at Lehigh University today and tomorrow. Five Lion Matmen Enter Wrestling Bouts Three Seniors End Intercollegiate Careers By ROSS LEHMAN BETHLEHEM, March 21 Three victory-eager Lion seniors, Captain Frank Gleason, Joe Scalzo, and Chuck Rohrer, will attempt to end their mat careers in a brilliant finale when they compete in the National Inter collegiate Wrestling Association championships which begin at Lehigh today. Little Charlie Ridenour, 121- pound sophomore eastern cham pion, and Heavyweight Jack Kerns, who copped second place honors last week, will complete the Nittany mat roster. This will be their first national tournament entry. Approximately 50 national col legiate wrestling aggregations will clash for individual and team titles, with Oklahoma A & M, last year’s team titleholder, picked as the squad to repeat its 1940 performance. Preliminary bouts will be held this afternoon and second round matches are scheduled for this evening, it has been announced by tournament officials. Semi final and final bouts are .slated and annual reports. These pub lications are sent free, on appli cation, to any citizen of the State. The revised mailing list includes 40,000 names. The .investigations are financed by federal and state appropria tions. At present state appropri ations are being withheld until final action is taken on the Moul Bill to investigate the Soil Con servation Board and the College’s Agricultural Extension Service. There are 153 persons on the Experiment Station’s research staff. Of these, 44 devote prac tically their entire' time to re search. Most of the projects now under way were undertaken at the specific request of Pennsyl vania farmers. End Collegiate Careers At Lehigh Today 14 Bridge Teams Set For Tomorrow With two sections including 14 fraternity teams scheduled to play, the first eliminations in the IF-Panhel bridge tournament will get under way at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Nittany Lion Inn, according to Robert L. El more ’4l, in charge of the tourney. The teams listed to play in sec tion A are: Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Kappa Pi, Beta Sigma Rho, Delta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Section ' B teams to play at the same time include: Triangle, Theta Chi, Sigma Pi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Sigma Kappa, and the second teams from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Pi Kappa Phi. Prof. Clyde H. Graves, who is directing the competition, will explain the system of duplicate bridge fully before playing starts. All teams scheduled to play are urged by Elmore to be present on time. The teams to play Mon day will be listed in tomorrow.’s Collegian. College Adds Five Men To Aid Defense Training Five men prominently identi fied with industrial training, per sonnel, and administration have been added to the College staff to conduct supervisory training courses under the emergency de fense training program. They are Edward D. Dee, con nected with industrial training for the navy in the last war; Ro bert Reinhold, an official in the trades testing division of the army during the World War; Dr. Richard W. Husband, author and professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin; S. D. Otterson, who has held important personnel, sales, and consultant positions with the nation’s larg est corporations; and Harold G. Guiteras, associated with indus trial relations work, who has taught at Penn. Columbia, and lowa State. Corn Cob Pipes, Bowing Included In '45 Customs •■'l Unvarnished corn-cob pipes will definitely be the vogue for all smoking on the - campus by next year's frosh, according to a revision of freshman customs made by Tribunal last night. Another change in the code re quires that a freshman, upon the command “Button Frosh,” must not only doff his green dink but also sweep into a low courtly bow. “At the end of all football games, next year’s freshmen will be required by Tribunal to re main in the stands until all other stands are cleared of spectators. In addition to information ne cessary in the past, the class of '45 will be responsible for the names and locations of all College buildings. Tribunal members also adopted the policy of having freshmen leave as well as enter Old Main and Sparks Building by the front doors only. National Other requirements of the class of ’45 will be the same as this year’s, including the wearing of green dinks, black bow ties, and white socks. For the first time Tribunal will send a letter of welcome to fresh men ■ before they come to the campus, in which freshman cus toms and their purpose will be explained. Another suggestion for '45 cus toms, that frosh carry three cent stamps for sale at all times, was rejected. After presiding last night, W. Lewis Corbin ’4l, out-going chairman, gave over the duties of Tribunal head to Raymond F. Leffler '42. 2 Campus Bands Merge For New Thespian Show Two top-notch campus bands will merge to provide the music for Thespians’ spring show, “The Joint’s Jumpin’ ”, in Schwab Auditorium, April 4 and 5. The Thespian band will be made up of Jimmy Leyden’s or chestra and players in the Cam pus Owls band. Jimmy McAdams ’42, leader of the Campus Owls, will wave the baton for the out fit, and Jimmy Leyden ’42 will hold down the featured trombone spot. “Three Beats and a Pick-up.” popular mixed quartet starred with Leyden’s band, will also take part in the show. The sing ers, who swing out in the style of the Merry Macs, are Jackie Reese ’43, Bill Bogar ’4l, Bill Nesbit ’42, and Leyden. An unusual feature of “The Joint’s Jumpin’ ” is that the band will be on stage throughout the show, providing background for the Three Stooges and the Sing erettes when not taking the spot light itself. H. P. Hammond, dean of the School of Engineering, will speak on the “The Place of Engineering in American Education” at a sen ior engineering lecture in Room 110 Electrical Engineering at 4:10 p.m. today. The newly-elected officers of Theta Alpha Phi, dramatics hon orary, are: Eugene Scheftel ’4l, president; Malcolm Weinstein '4l, vice-president; Cae Coleman ’42 secretary; Paul N. Herb ’4l, treasurer. WEATHER- Spring Is Here! PRICE THREE CENTS Hammond To Speak Officers Elected
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