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VOL. 37—No. 136
Hetzel Fund Adds 50
Loans Totaling $494
$689 Balance
Still Available
Fifty loans totaling $494 have
been made by Mrs. Hetzel's
Emergency . Fund since March
24, 1941, bringing total loans to
127 and money loaned to $1,109
since establishments of the fund
in March, 1940, Mrs. Ralph D.
Hetzel has announced.
Of these loans, $677 has been
repaid and of the $432 outstand
ing, $284 is from the 50 recent
loans. The balance, $698, may
be borrowed at any time.
Gifts since March 24, total $55
with $3O received as personal
gifts, $2O from Locust Lane
Lodge, and $5 from Altoona
Alumnae, bringing total receipts
to $1,091.
The fifty loans -were made for
the following purposes:
Fare home ....
Living expenses
Room rent
Commencement expense
Job interview .
Fire loss '
Shoes ...
Glasses
Clothes
Books
Personal
Loans of over $lO may be made
at the discretion of the commit
tee. No interest is charged on
any sum.
There is no delay in granting
loans which are strictly confiden
tial. Students may apply for aid
through the dean of women's,
dean of mends , or bursar's offices.
New Team Stars
IN Players Farce
Introducing a new comedy
team, the Penn State Players
Will raise the curtain on "The
Merchant of Yonkers" in Schwab
Auditorium at 8:30 o'clock to
night.
The team, James J. Ambandos
'43 as Cornelius Hackel, and 0.
William Vanderlin '42 as Bar
naby Tucker will be featured in
the Thornton Wilder farce, 'the
fourth show to be presented by
the Players this year.
Norman A. Shandelman '43
will portray Horace Vander
gelder, the merchant of Yonkers,
a grumpy old man who wants
to marry a second time so he'll
have a good housekeeper.
Eugene N. Scheftel '4l plays
Melchior Stack, a general stooge
whose chief vice is whiskey.
Feminine leads are Joanne M.
Palmer '43, who will play Mrs.
Levi, an ambitious "fixer" with
a sense of humor, and Elinor F.
Herman '42, who takes the part
of Mrs. Molly, a smart milliner
who is something of a flirt.
Technicians Role In War
Work Is Talk Subject
-J Col. Glen F. Jenks, chief of
the technical staff of the United
States Army Odnance Depart
ment of Washington, will lecture
on "The Role of the Technically
Trained Man in National De
fense," in Room 121 Sparks at
7:30, o'clock tonight.
'His appearance here, will be
aponsored by four student socie
ties in the School of Mineral In
dustries. .
On liis visit here Colonel Jenki
will inspect research laboratori . 4
and other facilities for national.
defense bn the campus.
Annual Collegian Party
Scheduled Tuesday
The Collegian smoker, held
every year to show freshman
candidates the opportunities open
to them, is scheduled for the
Delta Chi house, 412 East Fair
mount avenue, at 8 o'clock Tues
day night.
Candidates for both the editor
ial staff and the business staff
are urged to attend. Although
freshman meetings have already
started, it is not too late for new
candidates to report.
There will be dancing and re
freshments. Members of the de
partment of journalism will give
short speeches. Members of the
junior and senior boards of the
Collegian will be introduced.
Alumni Drive
Ends With 381
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As the first Alumni student
membership drive in College
history came to an official close
last night, 382 new members
were reported as having joined
the association.
Edward K. Hibshman, execu
tive secretary of the Alumni As
sociation, expressed disappoint
ment last night that the cam
paign had failed to reach the 500
mark subscriptions, but said
he was pleased with the drive's
success from an educational
standpoint. •
"Never before in the history
of the Alumni Association has
there existed among students
such . a complete understanding
of the association and its work,"
Mr. Hibshman said.
He adde , d that late returns
from the 21 division leaders yet
unheard from might cause a sig
nificant increase in the final to
tal members.
The members already signed,
193 women and 189 men, include
173 sophomores, 161 juniors, and
48 seniors.
Collegian Calls Time
Out May 24
The. Daily Collegian will cease
publication for the year with
its issue of Saturday, May 24.
All announcements concerning
final examination and commence
ment week activities must be
turned in to the Collegian office
no later than Friday, May 23.
Six Seniors Selected
For Marine Training
Six seniors have been selected
by Lieut. Robert T. Raby of the
United States Marine Corps to
attend the Marine Reserve Offi
cers Training School, it was an
nounced yesterday.
• The students, Frank E. Horpel
Jr., Edwin S. Jones, Robert R.
Logan, John E. McHugh • Jr.,
Frank M. Platt Jr. and Lawrence
Tate,, were selected from a group
of approximately 25 who were
interviewed and examined by
Lieut. Raby upon his visit to the
campus this week.
These students will report to
Philadelphia early in July for
active duty. Upon completion of
their training period, they will be
commissioned Second Lieuten
ants in the USMC Reserve.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9; 1941, State College, Pa
Strike Truce
Relieves Bus
Tie-Up At Noon
Special to the Collegian
Greyhound bus employes are
back at their jobs today follow
ing a truce called last night be
tween the autobus company and
the AFL-Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employes Un
ion.
Union officials agreed to call
upon the Secretary of Labor to
act as arbitrator in an attempt
to definitely decide the strike
controversy.
The strike which began Sun
day at 5 a. m. with stoppage of
service over a 10-state area will
end for State College with the
arrival of the 12:31 p. m. (EST)
Harrisburg bus traveling west.
The Pittsburgh bus traveling
east will arrive at 12:44 p. m.
(EST). The regular schedule will
be in force over the week-end
with auto-bus transportation
available for Mother's Day ac
tivities.
Demands for a driver's in
crease of one-half cent a mile, a
closed shot), and a 40-hour week
for terminal employes precipi
tated. the strike.
Lodging Group
Supports Survey
Pledging complete cooperation
with the lodging house inspec
tion and rating program released
by the College Monday, Mrs.
Charles C. Pearce, presiddnt of
the . Student Placement Bureau,
yesterday endorsed the survey
as a "very fine thing which will
help everyone."
The Student Placement Bureau
an organization of 42 lodging
houses, has its own rules and
standards of maintenance. Mem
bers are requested to uphold
these requirements but no pres
sure is exerted on non-members.
At its monthly meeting Mon
day a movement will begin im
mediately to cooperate with the
College, according to Mrs. Pearce
who stated, "If there is anyone in
town who would like to join us
or has a suggestion to make on
the survey, we should be glad to
hear from him."
"We have always invited in
spection of our houses and, with
the cooperation of the student,
would like to make it as pleasant
as possible for him," she added.
Complex 'Brain Wave Machine
Records Grey Matter At Work
If you feel like hearing a rec
ord of your brain in action or
want to see just what "gives out"
in an electrical way when your
heart pounds, take a run up to
the psychology experimental lab
oratories where Dr. William M.
Lepley is in charge of "brain
wave" machine.
Technically known as the
Electroencephalograph the ma
chine is specially designed to
study electric potentials from
brain tissue. Of course, the in
strument does not magnify the
sound of millions of little gray
cells grinding away but records
electrical brain waves which are
transposed into sound and re
leased through a loudspeaker
panel.
Pictures of electrical emana
tions from the heart may be re
corded by cathode ray tubes
which enables one to see how the
Twenty Seniors Named
For Outstanding Merit
Announces Course
Dean Harry P. Hammond, head
of the Engineering School, dis
closed yesterday that a 14-week,
tuition-free defense course in
Materials Testing and Inspection
will be offered by the College
beginning June 23.
College Extends
Defense Training
- Already recognized as one of
the country's leaders in defense
training and education, the Col
lege took another step toward in
tensifying its program with the
announcement_ that a 12-week
tuition-free course in Materials
Testing and Inspection will be
offered on the campus beginning
June 23.
Applicants for the course
should be recent graduates from
a regular four-year college cur
riculum or should have complet
ed two years of an engineering
curriculum. Industrial experience
and mechanical interest are high
ly' desirable in all applicants,
Harry P. Hammond, dean of the
School of Engineering, empha
sized.
No tuition or fees will be
charged, although students will
have to provide their own books
and living expenses. The course,
which will be conducted by the
regular College faculty, is de
signed to - qualify students as ma
terials and ordinance .inspectors.
It is highly essential that the
course be following by a month
of practical training in an ar
senal or navy yard, 'Hammond
said.
"old pump" work as waves are
picked up.
An ink-writing oscillograph,
which can indicate a 400 trillion
gain of any impulse, also graphs
the waves on paper tape.
Nerve currents and electrical
activity in the muscles or bio-
electrical phenomena in general
Can be studied through the use
of the machine. Since it was ac
quired late last semester, it has
been used mainly for demonstra
tion purposes but research will
begin soon.
Already useful in the diagnosis
of epilepsy and location of brain
tumors, its potentialities are
great. "This field of research is
so new and the facts gathered
so complex that no one can pre
dict just what direction research
will take." Remarked Dr. Lep
ley.
Weather—
And Warm
PRICE THREE CENTS
Krodse Announces
Shingle Recipients
Four women and sixteen men
were chosen to receive certifi
cates of merit as the twenty out
standing seniors of the 1940-41
collegiate year by the senior
awards committee, H. Leonard
Krouse, chairman, announced
last night.
The committee of juniors in re
leasing the names cited the stu
dent leaders for "work done over
and above the requirements of
their offices" and for "major con
tributions to the welfare of the
College."
Shingles as certificates of
merit will be presented to the
twenty seniors during Class Day
exercises.
Graduating women named for
honors are L. Elinor Benfer, re
tiring head of Women's Judicial;
Jean C. Craighead, Portfolio ed
itor; Marjory A. Harwick, retir
ing WRA president; and Elinor
L. Weaver, retiring WSGA pres
ident.
Awards will be presented to
the following men: Thomas C.
Backenstose, 1940-41 president
of Pensylvania Student Govern
ment Association; Robert .N.
Baker, All-College vice-presi
dent; John Barr, Penn State's
outstanding athlete of the year;
William B. Bartholomew, senior
class president; Jack W. Brand,
AA president; W. Lewis Corbin,
retiring Tribunal head.
Samuel A. Dum, Agriculture
School Council president; Peter
G. Fetzko, Education School
Council president; David I. Fin
kle, chairman of the exam file
committee; Leon J. Gajecki, All-
American center; Arnold C.
Laich, retiring All-College presi
dent; Richard C. Peters, Colleg
ian sports editor; , Theodore Rice,
chairman of Interclass Finance
Board; Paul J. Scally, EIBA 175-
pound champions; Adam A. Smy
ser, Collegian editor; and H. Ed
ward Wagner, IFC president.
Hillel Announces
Plans For Weekend
In honor of Mother's Day, the
Hillel Foundation is sponsoring
a program of activities this week
end, Harold Berger '42, newly
re-elected president, announced
yesterday.
A special service conducted by
students and assisted by the
Hillel Choir will be held at 7
o'clock tonight and tomorrow aft
ernoon from 2 to 3:15 p.m. The
Hillel Theatre Group will pre
sent the comedy, "The Education
of Hyman Kaplan" in the audi
torium of the Hillel. Foundation.
The Hillel Foundation will also
hold a night-club dance tomor
row evening at 8 p.m., and an
open house on Sunday from 2
to 4 p.m.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
National League
Brooklyn 5, St. Louis 4
Chicago 5, Philadelphia 1 (12
innings).
Other games rained out.
American League
New York 5, Cleveland 4
Washington 7, Detroit 1
Philadelphia 9, St. Louis 6
Boston-Chicago, cold weather