£5“ | iatlg Q (Soil VOL. 37—No. 11l Probe Holding Up Funds May End Next Week Special lo the Collegian HARRISBURG, Mar. 25.—The House investigation holding up appropriations to the Pennsyl vania State College may end next next Monday with testimony from John H. Light, state secre tary of agriculture, and Milton S. McDowell, director of the Penn- Statp agricultural exten sion. This was indicated today by Rep. Clayton E. Moul (Dem., York), chairman of the investi gating committee. It was Moul’s resolution which launched the investigation of the Soil Conser vation Board and the Penn State extension on-the ground of. non cooperation with the federal soil erosion program. Light and McDowell have principal targets of attack in tes timony so far taken. One farmer reported that when McDowell was called the committee would “learn something.” Secretary Light has been accused of high handed tactics in dealing with the farmers. After Moul’s committee com pletes its probe, it will draw up a report to be returned to the House. . Moul did not indicate what form he expects the report to take or what action he expects to urge. Already testimony has been heard from farmers in 10 coun ties regarding the relation be tween the state and federal pro grams, with the testimony indi cating that the state, has discour aged farmers from setting up -federal^spiberosionvdistrictg.- Counties which liave reported . are Indiana, Clarion, Lancaster, York, Jefferson, Westmoreland, Lehigh, Franklin. Adams and Fulton. ’ The Draft 'Dayton Plan' Solves Conscription Problem By JOHN A. BAER One oi' the most efficient meth ods of handling campus draft problems is the plan used at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. The “Dayton Plan” has five purposes 1. To aid students in filing im ports as required by the Selective Service Act. 2. To assist drafted students in planning private studies during training. 3. To inform students of new conscription orders issued by both governmental and private agencies. 4. To supply local draft boards with information concerning in dividual students and also with expert interpretations of all phases of Selective Service. 5. To furnish well-informed speakers to campus groups. The Dayton plan is supposedly the 'best scheme of its kind in the country.- The second of the (Continued on Page Four) Booklets Ready Senior journalism students who have subscribed for the Place ment Booklet may obtain their copies from Miss Emily Corl in Room 311 Old 'Main today. A list will be posted next week in dicating newspapers, advertising agencies, and other organizations to which the booklet has been sent. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 26, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, Pa. Anna Kaskas Program Postponed Four Days The Anna Kaskas number on the Artists’ Course has been postponed four days, from Thurs day; April JLI, to Monday, April 21, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, com mittee chairman, announced yes terday. The occasion for the postpone ment was a misunderstanding on the part of the Columbia Con certs Corporation and the Metro politan Opera Association, of which Miss Kaskas is one of the leading singers. The broadcasting company as sumed in error that Miss Kaskas would be available on April 17. At that time,, however, she is scheduled to appear with Madam Kirsten Flagstad in “Die Wal kuere” during the Metropolitan’s week in Cleveland. Miss Kaskas regularly appears with Madame Flagstad in that role, so no other arrangement could be made. Reward Offered For Attacker A $lOO reward was posted and police were ordered “to shoot if necessary” in a drive to end the molesting of State College wom en, Burgess Wilbur F. Lejtzell announced yesterday. This action was taken following the second attack within five days. The money, posted by the Burgess’ office, will be given to the person or persons who supply information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man res ponsible for attempting to molest Mrs. Lena P. Waite last Thurs day night, and Grace Gray on - The Burgess added that if the police catch up with the molester they have his orders to shoot if an attempt to run away is made. Although Mrs. Waite’s attacker escaped unseen Miss Gray’s as sailant was seen by D. L. Markle as he ran across the backyard of Markle's home on West Nittany Avenue. He was described by Markle as being fairly 'tall and slim, and was -wearing a grey coat. In both cases the screams of the women scared off the men be fore any harm was done. Hexy Pretzel Misnomed By 19 Numbskull Novices In Titular Test Students, meet the president of the~ Pennsylvania State College, Mr. John H. Hutzel. Or is it Ralph D. Hurtsel? Or perhaps it’s Ralph W. Hentzel. And now may we present the Dean of Men, A. L.| Wernick; pardon me, I meant to say A. C. Werner. In spite of the fact that the names of these eminent College authorities come before the stu dent body more frequently than any others, some ill-informed Penn Staters still persist in be stowing such incongrous mis nomers on President Ralph D. Hetzel and Dean A. R. Warnock. Most conspicuous violators were uncovered recently by Prof. Louis H. Bell in his Journalism 3 class. Professor Bell took the survey to show his students how little they really know of the prominent people of the campus and to impress upon them the importance of names, not only in newspajper work but in everyday life. The test was given to the 16 women and 3 men of the class. It consisted of writing the given OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Non-Fraternity Men Asked To IF For the second consecutive year, non-fraternity men have been invited to attend Interfra ternity Ball and tickets may be procured from any fraternity man, George L. Parrish ’4l an nounced yesterday. Bradley’s orchestra, rapidly gaining prominence as the band of the year, was given another boost yesterday by Columnist Ed Sullivan in his “Little Old New York.” Sullivan writes, “Newest of the band ‘clicks’ has been Will Bradley who went places as Glenn Miller’s trombone partner and now is going places alone.” In the contest being conducted by the IF Ball Committee for the best answers by imports on the subject, “Why I. want to come to Penn State for IF weekend,” a large number of entries have already -been received and more are coming in every day. One of the aspirants for the prize, which consists of free transportation to and from Penn State, is Violet M. Whitmeyer of Lititz, Pa. who says, “Being im ported from nowhere to my Prince’s Alma • Mater for IF weekend—where dreams do come true—makes me forget I’m' only a Cinderella.” Phi Gams r Beta Sigs Win In Bridge Tourney The winning fraternity bridge teams in the eliminations played off Monday night were Phi Gam ma Delta in Section C and Beta Sigma Rho in the D Section. Second place groups .were Phi Sigma Kappa and Sigma Alpha Epsijon., ...... It Has been decided that "the first two teams in each section will. be in the finals, instead of just the first place winners. The 14 teams from sections G and H scheduled to play at 7:30 o’clock tonight at the Nittany Lion are as follows: Section G: Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Epsilon Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma, afid -Phi Kappa Tau. Section H: Phi Sigma Kappa. Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Ep silon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Theta Chi, and Triangle. name, middle initial, and sur name of the president of the Col lege; the dean of men; the dean of women; the dean of the school in which they are enrolled; three faculty members; and six friends. Other horribly bungled cog nomens besides those of the pres ident and the dean of men were the names of Charles W. Stod dart, dean of the Liberal Arts School and Dean Trabue, dean of the Education School. Stoddard was the most common name for the Liberal Arts dean and a mass of Trabeau’s, Trabu's and a lone C. O. Williams cropped up for the Education School head. Of the whole group of names, the president’s was incorrectly written 11 out of 19 times. Seven teen papers carried an incorrect version of the name of the dean of men and 15 showed mistakes in the dean’s names of the two schools represented. Only • six papers had the name of the dean of women incorrect. Incidentally, how many of the names do you think you could have written correctly? pgiatt Ringmen Arrive For 7th Annual National Tourney 79 Entries Break Record Of First Meet In 1932 The Doctor Plays Host Boxing Coach Leo Houck’s, bel ter known as “The Doctor,” plays host this weekend to the seventh annual National Collegiate Ath -let i c Association tournament. This is the second national meet at which Houck has presided. The first, in 1932, was the pre mier national intercollegiate tournament. 'Still Learning' Heifetz Claims Twenty four years ago a 16- vear-old, bashful violinist stood in New York’s spacious Carnegie Hall and made his American de but before a critical audience which acclaimed him as the greatest talent oi the generation. Last ’ night, Uascha Heifetz, as" modest and unassuming as in his first U. S. concert, made his Penn State debut in Schwab Auditor ium as a violinist who stands alone in his art. Sitting back in an .easy chair offstage after he had played a brilliant two-hour concert and signed hundreds of student pro grams, Heifetz admitted that his greatest critic is himself. “I’m still learning to play,” he said with a wry smile. “The more one plays, the more he real izes that mastery of a violin is impossible.” Heifetz continued, “A tone missed here, musical expression shaded there, —all these little things remind one that the fur ther one goes in music, the great er the mistakes seem.” The Russian-born violinist, said by critics to be endowed with a fabulous technique and a tone of incredible beauty, when questioned about his musical ca reer said, “My biography is mu sic, my word, the violin.” The seriousness of Heifetz’s approach to his music is best de scribed by Deems Taylor, noted composer, who wrote, “Heifetz has only one rival, one violinist whom he is trying to beat: Jascha Heifetz.” Dead-Line Set Today For Entries In IF Sing Today is the dead-line for all entries for both Interfraternity Sing and the contest being spon sored by Fred Waring to popular ize his song, “The Hills of Old Penn State,” it was announced by William S. Kirkpatrick ’4l, in charge of the contests. There is a 50 cent fee for the IF contest but none for the War ing competition. AU entries should be turned in either to Student Union or Kirkpatrick. WEATHER— Fair and PRICE THREE CENTS A record number of boxers from 21 colleges throughout the country are pouring into State College today to raise their gloves in competition for the eight in dividual titles and the mythical team title of the National Colleg iate Athletic Association’s sev enth annual tournament which starts in Rec Hall at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. With Coach Leo Houck playing host for the second time since 1932, the entry list of 79 ringmen has broken the record set then when 75 boxers participated in the first national tournament, also held here. Outstanding among the 22 col lege teams entered are the six man squad of the University of Idaho, holders of the mythical national team title; undefeated Southwestern Louisiana’s full eight-man team; and the Univer sity of Wisconsin’s full team. Other prominent boxers from the five sectional conferences assure the three-day tourney of an un usual degree of quality mitt-toss ing. Among the 79 entries who will be paired at drawings tomorrow morning are five present and former national title’nolders: Ted Kara. Idaho, who won the 127- pound crown in ’39 and the 120 title in ’4O; Johnny Joca, Florida's 135-pound champion; Gene Rankin, Wisconsin, holder of the 135-pound honors in ’39; Laune Erickson, Idaho, present 165- pound king; and Nick Lee, Wis consin, ..incumbent heavyweight king who will box at 175 this year. Penn State’s seven entries in clude 120-pound, Vic Fiore; 127- pound, Bill Stanley; 135-pound Captain Frank Stanko; 145- pound, Bobby Baird; 155-pound, Jimmy Lewis; 165rpound, Les Cohen;, and 175-pound Paul Scally. Colleges competing are: Wis consin 8, Southwestern Louisiana 8, Penn State' 7, Idaho 6, Michi gan State 5, Louisiana State 5, North Carolina 4, West Virginia 4, Virginia 3, Florida 3, City Col lege of New York 3, Catholic Uni versity .3, Washington State 3, Superior Teachers (Wis.l 3, Mi ami 3, Indiana Teachers 2, Lock Haven Teachers 2, San Jose 2, California Aggies 2, one each from Bucknell, Columbus Uni versity, and The Citadel. The schedule of bouts is: Pre liminaries, 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., tomorrow; Semi-finals, 8 p. m. Friday; Finals, 8 p.m. Saturday. Seniors Meet Monday; Smyser r 4l Class Donor All senior men will meet in the Home Economics Auditorium at 7 o’clock Monday night to elect the honor men for the annual. Class Day exercises, Senior Class President William B. Bartholo mew '4l, announced yesterday. Adam A. Smyser ’4l was ap pointed Class Donor by Barth olomew and will have charge of the meeting. Honor men to be elected are Spoon Man, Pipe Man, Cane Man, and Barrel Man. Alpha Zeta Elects George K. Campbell ’42 was elected president of Alpha Zeta fraternity, for the coming year, at a recent meeting. R. Taylor Entenmann ’42, and Earl W. Johnson '42 were elected vice president and treasurer, respect fully.
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