£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.