• , vt ;.):2-71t- , . Succetsor to. • llliflkti‘t 4. .:“ W the Free Lance, • ~.:.A .. ~ . .aY i 4,11/ „ Established 1887 VOL. 37—No. 139 itter, Gross Elected To AA Offices New Cabinet Will Start Action To Offset Threat Of President Blue Band To Go To Pitt, Temple Football Games Taking swift action shortly after it was installed last night, new All-College Cabinet accept ed a motion to have a commit tee investigate and report next week concerning the best pro cedure that may be followed in selecting a student government head if both the president and the vice-president are called in the draft. The committee, appointed by Vice-president Gerald F. Doherty '42 in the absence of President Robert D. Baird '42, is composed of Baird, A. John Currier '42, H. Leonard Krouse '42, Ross B. Leh man '42, William 0. Meyers '42, and Richard N. Stevenson '42. Cabinet Unanimously accepted' a motion made by James W. Ritter '42 to have the Blue Band attend the Pitt and Temple foot ball games during the coming season. The possibility of g e tting rooms for student activities was entertained in a motion- which Cabinet - accepted to the effect that "if the Alumni Room can be secured for All-College Cab inet meetings, then a committee shall investigate and report next week concerning the possibility of obtaining rooms and desk space for student activities." Jerome H. Blakeslee "43, Jack R. Grey '44, and Elden T. Shaut '42 will make up the committee .(Continued on Page Four) Diplomas For Seniors Lose Their Printing In Cedar Chests A warning to graduating sen iors not to store their diplomas in a cedar chest because the aro matic oils will melt the printing, will be issued again this year by the E. A. Wright Co., makers of the "sheepskins," told to Regis trar W. S. Hoffman recently. The lives of 500 innocent sheep must be taken every year to fill the College's order for the grad uating seniors—four diplomas from the skin of one sheep. The Registrar pointed out that Penn State is one of the very few col leges that uses pure sheepskin for its diplomas. In spite of the fact that there are many shops in the United States, our diplomas are import ed from England because they sell a much better grade. The English skins are extremely last ing mainly because they split them but two times while some, as those from Japan, are cut into seven thicknesses. If some of these records of graduates are - slightly wrinkled, it is because one shipment was sunk in a British harbor recently. (Continued on Page Four) Cap, Gown Orders Due Orders for caps and gowns will not be accepted after 5 o'clock this afternoon, committee met bers said last night. Orders may be placed at Student Union. al Vacancy Harriett M. Harry To Leave College Health Service Planning to start a private practice in State College, Dr. Harriet M. Harry, college physi cian for the past four years, has tendered her resignation to the College Health Service to be come effective September Ist. Dr. Harry, who has gained the respect of students and her co workers, graduated from Penn State in '32 and the Temple Med ical School - in '36. Her junior in ternship was served at the Wom an's Hospital in Philadelphia and the Williamsport Hospital. She is now serving as presid ent of lota Sigma Pi, women's national honorary chemical so ciety and vice-president of the local chatper of the AAUW. Battle Tops ROTC Review Featuring the two day ,inspec tion of the Penn State ROTC unit, the advanced military sci ence section will put on a platoon mock battle from 10:20 to 12 o'clock this morning. The novel sham battle, orig inated by Captain Arno P. Mo witz '42, will illustrate all modern war methods. Blue forces, com manded by John W. Maclndoe will march toward Tyr one against Red forces defending Mc- Casky Hill, one mile North-East of State College. The annual inspection to deter mine whether the ROTC unit will retain its long held Army rating of "excellent" will be conducted by Col. William' A. Ganoe and Major J. McCutcher of Fort Bel voir, Va. The officers will view a parade of the infantry regiment tomor row afternoon, in which 1,500 of the 2,500 ROTC students are en rolled. They will also inspect typical drill and classroom work. Members of the Penn State drill unit, which is one of the largest in the East, wear blue stars on their uniforms as a symbol of "excellent" rating. Reporters Visit Scene OF Plane By GORDON COY and ROBERT SCHOOLEY Charred and badly mutilated, the lifeless bodies of Benjamin Brewster, New York investment broker, and his pretty, socialite wife, the former Leonie De Barry / Lyon, were removed from the 'wreckage at 12:30 a. m. yester day, just three days after their $25,000 Beechcraft plane had collided headlong into mist-cov ered, stony Shade Mountain, 20 miles northeast of Lewistown. Irony ruled the fatal crash—a crash that has added another chapter to the long story of death that has come out of Central OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA Petition Asks Bus Stop Action Action by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission to move the Greyhound bus stop back to a downtown location may be requested as the result of a petition being circulated both on campus and in the borough, it was learned yesterday. Citing the fact that the new bus stop. location is the cause of "great inconvenience and extra hazards by location of said term inal," the plea is made for a business district location rather than in an industrial section. Identity of the circulators - of the petition was not learned. Reviving an issue which began four months ago, the petition points out that the . Greyhound Lines are the only means of state wide and inter-state transporta tion available to State College. The document states: "There fore we the undersigned students, faculty members . . . and resid ents . . . pray that your honor able body will grant us relief by better accommodations and services by said Greyhound Lines." The petition was prepared by Albert Foster, a local lawyer, who said, "This is the result of public interest. We' can get ac tion if a good representative per centage of the people sign it. The more who do—the more chance we have of interesting the Com mission." An ordinance passed by Bor ough Council and enforced by Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell forced buses to discontinue service at the College avenue terminal on Thursday, February 20 and move to a temporary stop on Atherton street. Several truckloads of building material have been re ceived at that site in preparation for building of a modern term inal. Students Will Select Beaux Arts Ball Queen Ballot boxes for student votes on the queen of Beaux Arts Ball, Penn State's annual costume af fair to be held in the Armory Saturday from 9 to 12 p. m., are now open at Studept Union and at the Corner Room. Representatives from sororities and dormitories have been selec ted as candidates. The coed re ceiving the highest number of votes will reign as queen and other candidates will be regal at tendants. Prizes for the best costumes will be awarded at the ball. The Campus Owls will furnish the music, and the admission price is $l. Pennsylvania's mountains, better known to aviators as the "Grave yard of the Alleghenies." With the Beavertown private airport only a mile and a half away, and with a large beacon revolving and blinking unfailing on the mountain top across the valley, the Brewster craft plowed blindly, into the peak of the 1,- 500-foot-high ridge. Only two weeks before, this same ridge had been the scene of a disastrous forest fire, which left in its wake nothing but a mass of charred tree stumps and underbrush that now camouflag ed the burned and twisted wreck- Spurt In Run-Off Voting Erases Early Margins; Brooks, Hoffman Edged Artists' Course Sale Ends Tomorrow "Attention of Artists' Course patrons is especially to be drawn to the fact that the advance tic ket sale for next year's series is limited to two days, today and tomorrow," Dr. Carl E. Mar quardt, committee chairman, em phasized last night. Tickets may be purchased by faculty members and townspeo ple today and by students to morrow. Tomorrow's sale will be the last until the main sale in the fall. Rates remain the same with seats in three price ranges. The system of distributing number slips to serve as priority markers will not be used at this sale but only at the fall sale to alleviate the long-line problem, Dr. Marquardt also stated. Important Paper A Mystery Here Rep. Clayton E. Moul's "most important document" is a mys tery to the man supposed to have prepared it, Milton S. McDowell, director of the agricultural ex tension. In his self-sponsored investi gation of Penn State and the state Soil Conservation Board for alleged non-cooperation with the federal government, Representa tive Moul on Monday said he would procure the document from the Soil Conservation Board and indicated it would be of con siderable importance, According to Representative Moul, it was prepared by the Penn State agricultural exten sion and presented to the Soil Conservation Board. Mr. McDowell, director of the agricultural extension, says he has no idea what the document is. He said the extension has often presented routine informa tion to the Board but he has no idea what document could be called "most important." There is still no indication in •Harrisburg when Representative Moul will wind up his investiga tion which now has lasted two months. Until it is complete, no appropriations can be made to the College. Crash age of the plane. But, back to the story." Under the glow of a bright moon that made flashlights almost unneces sary, we accompanied several Associated Press reporters and photographers, who were per mitted to see the wreckage only after the bodies had been re moved by police and airline of ficials. Both victims were badly burned and Brewster's body was completely severed. The wreckage was strewn over a spot about 400 feet long and 40 feet wide, a fact that empha sized the terrific impact of the (Continued on Page Four) Weather— Fair And Warmer. PRICE THREE CENTS 1201 Go To Polls; Added Support Swings Election With 1201 men students, one of the largest turn-outs in the his tory of Athletic Association elec tions, going to the polls in yes terday's run-off elections, James W. Ritter '42, lacrosse player, was elected AA president and Elmer A. Gross '42, basketball co-captain-elect, was named sec- retary. Ritter polled 620 votes to *de feat Robert P. Brooks '42, who garnered 527. Gross received 593 votes as compared to the 528 drawn by C. Homer Hoff man '42. Neither Ritter nor Gross re ceived a plurality vote in Mon day's primaries, but they both rallied in yesterday's final elec tions when most of the support given to the candidates eliminat ed Monday swung over to their side. Support given by Elmer F. Webb '42, presidential candidate who polled 180 votes while being eliminated Monday, was consid ered especially influential in de termining yesterday's outcome. While not actively campaign ing for Ritter, Webb last night expressed the belief that most of his support was thrown to Ritter. Trailing Brooks, 288-344, in the primaries, Ritter exhibited a sudden spurt in the final elec tions to win the presidency by a 93-vote margin. Gross wiped a 11-vote lead held by Hoffman to win by 65 votes. Ritter and Brooks qualified for the run-off elections by eliminat ing Max S. Peters '42, Albert A. Price '42, and Webb Monday. In the race for the secretaryship Gross and Hoffman survived the primaries at the expense of Thomas L. Reissman '42 and WoOdrow W. King '42. lIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOU 111110 111 Late News Bulletins 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IRAQ Turkish radio an nounced last night the landing of two division of British troops on Turkish soil. Many tanks and artillery were also landed. LONDON Rumors have been circulating as to the reason why Rudolf Hess fled from Germany. Reliable sources say that he fled because of Germany's increasing friendliness toward Russia, whose principles he dislikes. BERLIN The Berlin high command has declared the Red Sea a combat zone in contradic tion to President Roosevelt's statement recently announcing that the sea was open to the United States. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 3 Cleveland 2, New York 1 Chicago 3, Boston 2 Detroit 4, Washington 3 National League Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 3 St. Louis 2, New York 1 Chicago 4. Boston 3 Pittsburgh 6, Philadelphia 3
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