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VOL. 37—No. 126
Circus Prize Winners—Last Year
, Pictured above are four members of the Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity whose amusing "Big Shot" mirror skit won last year's
trophy in the All-College Circus.
1,000 Members
Alumni Goal
A goal. of 2,000 student mem
bers was set yesterday for the
Alumni Association campaign
which will be carried on next
week.
Announced by William B.
Bartholomew '4l, who is co
chairman of the drive, the goal
means almost 50 per cent of the
-students :to- be solicited will have
to be signed up.
Sophomores and juniors will
not be asked to pay cash, but will
be pledged to pay $8 with their
semester fees between now and
graduation, thus securing five
year memberships in the Associ
ation.
TO take advantage of the $8
bargain rate, seniors will have
to pay the full amount between
now and graduation. Freshmen
will not be solicited in the cam
paign.
Advantages of the $8 member
ship, as explained by Bartholo
mew, are that the same member
ship taken on an annual basis
would cost $l3 and still not give
the present student privileges. In
_ addition, the $8 is applicable to ,
ward a $4O life membership,
which the annual dues are not.
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WASHINGTON Soft coal
operators and union representa
tives will meet today with the
Defense Mediation Board to dis
cuss terms for a strike settle
ment.
ZURICH The Athens radio
:reported last night that the Brit
.risli,and Greeks are still resisting
' .: " . the Germans at Thermopylae 80
..'miles north of the capital. There
rumor that the Allies will
Teontinue to resist from Crete.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
National
Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1
Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2
Brooklyn 6, Philadelphia 1
New York, Boston, rain.
American
• New York 6, Boston 3
Detroit 4, St. Louis 2
Chicago. 2, Cleveland 1
Washington, Philadelphia, gam,
Discussion Tournament
Will Be Held Next Week
Dealing with the question, Re
solved, that Penn State should
adopt a system of unlimited cuts,
the annual men's discussion
tournament, sponsored by For
ensic Council will be held Mon
day to Saturday, it was announ
ced by President David Benja
min.
Co-chairmen of this year's
tournament are Robert D. Baird
'42 and Gerald F. Doherty '42.
A' trophy will :be awarded to the
winning team. Entries may still
be made at Student Union today
and tomorrow.
Wage-Hour Clinic
Highly Successful
Pennsylvania's first wage-hour
clinic was pronounced "highly
successful" last night after more
than. 60 lumber operators, attor
neys, judges and students had_
attended the afternoon session in
Sparks Building.
The conference was sponsored
by the Wage and Hour Division
of the U. S. Department of Labor
for all persons engaged in the
lumber industry in central Penn
sylvania. The first session of the
conference was held in Lewis
town, Wednesday.
Frank J. G. Dorsey, regional
director in the U. S. Department
of Labor, and a staff of represen
tatives from the legal, inspection
and information branches were
in charge of the meeting. "
The purpose of the conference
was to give the. lumber operators
a chance to learn the application
of the Fair Labor Standards Act
to the lumber industry.
Mr. Dorsey and his staff ex
plained the act'and its legal force
and showed how to keep requir
ed records. They also held an
open forum to answer questions
in regard to the act.
250 Plan To Attend
Forestry Banquet Today
The annual Forestry Banquet
will be held in the Sandwich
Shop, at 6:30 o'clock, tonight.
Among the 250 expected to at
tend will be 65 freshmen from
the Mont Alto school.
The scheduled speakers are:
I. T. Haig '23. now with the
United 'States Forest Service,
Washington, D. C.; and Henry
Clepper '2l, Secretary of Amer
ican Society of Foresters.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Rifzel '42 Wins
Speech Event
William C. Ritzel . '42 was de
clared the winner over five other
contestants last night in the fin
als of the annual All-College Ex
temporaneous Speech Contest.
Ritzel was awarded the Penn
sylvania State College Prize of
$5O -for his talk entitled "Let
Freedom Ring," and David R.
Benjamin '4l, speaking on "Let's
Not Strike Out," and Hazel E.
Gassmann '43 talking on "Be
Your Own Master," divided the
Forensic Council second prize of
$25.
Dean J. Clyde '43, who spoke
on "Are You a Vulture for Cul
ture?", Hermon L. Otto '43 us
ing "No Thanks, Europe!", and
Donald R. Taylor '42, speaking
on "Standing Room Only" were
praised highly for their good
work.
The speeches, ten minutes in
length, were judged by Frank D.
Kern, Dean of the Graduate
School, Arthur R. Warnock, Dean
of Men, and Theodore J. Gates,
head of the English Composition
Department. Joseph F. O'Brien,
associate professor of Public
Speaking, was the chairman of
the event.
Last night's 6 finalists were
selected from 55 contestants who
were divided into sections to give
five minute speeches in the pre
-liminary round Tuesday night
Members of the debate squad
who reached the finals were not
allowed to use debate topics.
Arrangements for the contest
were in charge of a committee of
the Division of Speech composed
of Harriet D. Nesbitt, Harold P.
Zelko, George P. Rice, and Ed
ward G. Couch.
Jeffrey '42 To Head
Chem-Physics Council
Robert B. Jeffrey '42 was
elected president of the Chem
istry and Physics Student Coun
cil last night with William' W.
Cooner '42, vice president, and
Max S. Peters '42, secretary
treasurer.
Sixteen new members were
also named to the council. Jun
iors are J. N. Hamison, Robert
H. Kough, John W. Maclndoe;
sophomores—Margaret J. Black
burn, Woodrow E. Hoch, and
Donald 0. Schissler; freshmen—
Wallace E. Elmquist, George H.
Gerding, Thomas W. Guinivan,
William R. Jacoby, Robert P.
Kapp, Joseph L. Novello, Wilson
Oberdorfer. Ruth L. Popp,
Thomas M. Reed and Richard C.
Ruder.
The Russian Club will hold
- their annual Easter party in the
Sandwich Shop, Sunday, April
27. Rev. Constantine Auroroff, in
structor in Russian, will be the
guest speaker.
Fred Waring Writes New Song
For Junior Prom Thespian Show
. Although Fred Waring, honor- Waring's "Swingerettes," Don
aryna Dae and Patsy Garrett, will
member of the Penn State
Thespians, won't be able to ap- sing his new tune in the Junior
pear in their Junior Prom show
next week, he-has written a new from weekend performances of
musical number especially for "The Joint's jumpin'." The
"The Joint's Jumpin'." Swingerettes will also have
The song, approptiately titled speaking roles in the show in
"The Joint's Jumpin'," will be skits with the Three Stooges.
presented on Waring's Chester- The new tune, which is dedi
field Pleasuretime radio program cated to the Penn State Thes
next Thursday night at 7 o'clock. pians, is the second written by
Jimmy Leyden's "Hot Dog Man" Waring for Penn State. Last
number, one of the original hit fall he wrote "The Hills of Old
tunes from the Thespian show, Penn State" at the request of a
will also be played by Waring student-signed petition for a new
ou the same program. College song.
Russian Club
Hetzel Suggests Method
To End Chapel Dispute
Exam Schedule, Alumni
Section Tomorrow
In tomorrow's eight-page Col
legian look for two big features:
1. The second semester 1940-41
examination schedule, complete
as announced by Scheduling Of
ficer Ray V. Watkins.
2. A complete section of news
and pictures about the Alumni
Association and its activities, so
that you can judge intelligently
Its membership campaign which
begins next week.
Don't miss this issue.
Livestock Show
Begins Tomorrow
Approximately 115 students
will take part in the 26th annual
Little International Livestock
Exposition. sponsored by the
Block and Bridle Club, in the
Livestock Judging Pavilion to
morrow. The exposition will
start at 12:30 p. m. and terminate
with a banquet at St. Paul's
Methodist Church at 6:30.
Two events that are presented
annually will highlight the en
tertainment portion of the expo
sition tomorrow. They are the
coed pig race and the meat auc
tion. Eight coeds from Grange
will take part in the race and a
cash award will be given to the
winner.
RibbOns . to winners of each
judging event and teamster's
contest will be awarded after
that event. Cups, plaques, and
medals will be presented at the
banquet.
In charge of the exposition
this year are William P. Lehrer
'4l, and Robert Campbell '4l.
State Health Leaders
Meet Here Tomorrow
Three separate programs of re
creation to . strengthen public
morale in the interest of national
defense will be mapped out at a
state-wide conference sponsored
by the Schools of Education and
Physical Education and Athletics
tomorrow.
The programs are to be
.con
ducted by schools, industries and
by communities. The conference
will center around speeches and
discussions in the morning end
athletic events in the afternoon.
No Engineering Lecture
Dean Harry P. Hammond of
the School of Engineering an
nounced yesterday that there will
be no senior engineering lecture
this afternoon.
Weather—
Warmer And
Possible Showers.
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Committee Would
Recommend Solution
President Ralph D. Hetzel has
suggested that a special commit
tee be set up to recommend a
solution to the problem of wheth
er Cabinet has authority to
change the disposition of chapel
offerings, Arnold C. Laich '4l.
All-College President, disclosed
yesterday.
President Hetzel's suggestion
was that Cabinet and the Penn
State in China committee each
appoint three members to the
committee. Prof. John H. Friz
.zell, chairman of the Chapel
Committee, would head the spe
cial group.
The Penn State in China corn
mittee asked the President be
fore Easter for a ruling on Cab
inet power to divert chapel off
erings from the support of G.
Weidman (Daddy) Groff at Ling
nan University in China. Cabinet
had decided to .give two collec
tions each month to a local char
ity.
The suggestion that a special
committee discuss the matter was
made in a letter from Adrian . O.
Morse, assistant to the President.
to Laich and to Harry W. Sea
mans, treasurer of the Penn State
in China committee.
Laich said that Cabinet, at its
meeting Tuesday, will probably
decide whether to follow Presid
ent Hetzel's suggestion. Dr. Ralph
L. Watts, chairman of the Penn
State in China committee, said
last night that he had made no
decision on the matter.
Collegian
Honor Roll
For 194041
Worthless without them.
Sixteen million dollars worth
of buildings, 2,400 acres of Cen
tre County soil, an annual in
come around five millions.
And all worthless without
leaders to make it mean some
thing, without leaders dedicated
to making it a personality—Penn
State.
Each year since 1939, Colleg
ian has tried to honor those per
sons and those organizations
which in the 12 months past have
seemed to do most to forward the
movement "For A Better Penn
State" by doing more than their
job required in serving the stu
dent body, the College, the state,
and -the nation.
Thousands of men work in
Penn State's name every day. All
of them deserve some measure
of recognition. Needless to say,
Collegian can not mention all of
them. Thus, to those most out
standing leaders who have come
to Collegian's attention, a toast.
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Voris Elected Head
Of. Phi Eta Sigma
William H. Voris waS elected
president of Phi Eta Sigma,
freshman honorary society, fol
lowing the annual banquet in the
ball room of the State College
Hotel Wednesday_ night. Other
officers chosen were John R.
Kessler, vice-president; Thomas
M. Reed 111, secretary; John A.
Bauscher, historian; and Her
man R. Weed. treasurer.