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
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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
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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