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VOL. 37—No 141
Mural PelMon
Requests Split
Of Senior Fund
A request to call a senior class
election on the question of divid
ing the class gift into two funds
may soon be presented to Wil
liam B. Bartholomew, president
of the class of 1941, it was learn
ed last night.
Requesting that the class
memorial be divided 50 per cent
for a loan fund and 50 percent
for a mural fund, 10 petitions
are being circulated among
members of the senior class.
"This is not a demand for a
re-election on the absolute dis
posal of the 'senior class gift but
an effort to gauge student senti
ment on such a split of the
fund," George J. Joseph, one of
the circulators of the petition,
explained last night.
"We feel confident that if a
minimum of 300 seniors sign the
pleas. Bartholomew will call an
election since that number will
be demonstrative of class desire,"
Joseph added.
The petitions revive an issue
which began at All-College elec
tions when senior voting on the
class gift resulted in the choice
of loan funds over murals by a
five-vote margin.
Joseph and Clayton H. Mus
ser;- co-authors of the petition,
base their plea on the closeness
of the class vote and the pub
licity which the College .has ob
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US Convoys Would
Tanger Says
The United States can save
Britain from defeat by convoy
ing war materials to her while
she is still on her feet, according
to Prof. Jacob Tanger, head of
the political science department.
Tanger said that he thinks
Britain's navy will be a strong
factor in deciding the war, but
her land troops and military ma
chine will remain inferior to
Germany's.
"Russia will get involved in
the war if Germany attempts to
sack ,the Ukraine granaries, but
she is content now to watch the
western countries cut themselves
to shreds, economically and po
litically," he pointed out. "Stalin
will step in when these countries
are well worn by war."
Regarding Turkey, Tanger
stated, " Ithink she will waver
in sentiment and join the domi
nant power later in the conflict
as Italy joined with Britain in
the last war."
The political, scientist said
that the real cause of this war
was the failure of peace-time
government. He recommended
greater accessibility of raw ma
terials from other nations.
Tanger explained that Hitler
must be dealt a stunning blow
before the people under his sup
pression can revolt. Otherwise
a paralysis would have to go
completely down the Nazi line to
destroy the party's power. Such
a party destruction, he declares,
is unlikely.
Only the United States can
turn the tide of battle for Brit
ain. The Germans, he said, have
been stimulated by Hitler's bril
liant victories, btit a crushing
defeat will break their forced al
legiance.
"Hitler is choosing his own
battleground, but his campaigns
can be shattered with a battle
field handicap and the possible
loss:of his control of the Ruman4,
,iart oil fields," he concluded.
PUERTO RICO will be the
residence of Dr. Kingsley Davis,
associate professor of sociology,
for the next few months. He sail
ed yesterday for the Carribean
island where he will work on a
study of population trends.
Time, Place Set
For Graduation
The 81st annual College com
mencement will be held on New
Beaver Field at 11 a.m. on June
8 and the baccalaureate sermon
will be held in Rec Hall at 11
a.m., June 8, Clarence E. Bull
hiker, College marshall, announc
ed yesterday. _
All candidates for degrees will
meet before commencement on
New Beaver Baseball Field be
hind the east stands. However,
there will be no processional.
• President Ralph D. Hetzel will
confer the degrees after presenta
tion „ of --the-- candidates...will : be
made by the deans of each
School. Though the commence
-ment exercises are scheduled for
New Beaver Field, in case of rain
they will be held in Rec Hall.
Candidates for Bachelor de
grees should make arrangements
at Student Union for their caps
and gowns. There will be a re
fund of about $5 when caps and
gowns are returned to the Ath
letic Store immediately after
commencement.
Senior Invitations
Commencement invitations, an
nouncements, and programs will
be available at Student Union
beginning Monday, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Russians Were Treated Better
Under Czar, Declares Klassen
"It was an interesting exper
ience to witness the change of
the Russian government under
the Czar to that under the Marx
ists," Peter B. Klassen, instructor
in sociology who will leave the
College in June to do research
work at the University of Chica
go, reminisced yesterday.
Klassen, who was born in Rus
sia and lived there for 20 yedis,
remarked that life under the
Czar was much happier than that
of today because then the people
had- freedom of religion, but now
they are denied religion. He said
that nothing has been put in re
ligion's place and that condition
gave rise to the present dictator
ship.
"The Marxists, the class now in
power,
.are highly intellectual
and the mass of the Russians are
too far below their level of
thought to be satisfied -with the
form of government," Klassen
said.
Having witnessed the Russian
famine in 1922, Klassen declared,
"I have seen people die like flies
from starvation. However, Her-
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1941, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Police Report
Additional Theft
A report to the police by Theta
Xi yesterday of a robbery of $3
cash and a wallet containing an
antique dollar bill Wednesday
night was the only new develop
ment in the investigation of the
fraternity robberies that occur
red between 2 and 6 o'clock Wed
nesday morning.
Thomas E. James, Jr. '44, was
robbed of the $3 and Albert L.
Hovanec '43, the wallet.
The members of Theta Kappa
Phi who were robbed of a total
of approximately $75 Wednes
day are Thomas M. Carr '4l, $42;
Joseph V. Sweterlitsch '43, $10;
Thomas P. Meehan, Jr. '43, $4;
Edward C. McGinley '4l, $6;
Robert H. Pease '44, $5; Law
rence D. Gent, Jr. '44, $2; Jos
eph Ortwein '4l, $2; J. Robert
Kunkle '44, $2. Amounts of
small change were also taken
from other members of Theta
Kappa Phi.
Triangle fraternity was the
second hardest hit of three. Five
members were robbed of sizable
sums, and others of small
amounts of change. The five are
Charles J. Smith '42, $20.50;
Charles .R. Clemson '4l, $4; Wil
liam R. Forsyth '43, $3; Harold
C. Foust '42, $2; and Jack I. Cor
nell '44, $1.30.
Members of Pi Kappa Alpha
who were robbed of more than
small change are Kenneth L.
Payne '44, $7; James R. Lehr '42,
$6; Wilbert D. Moffatt '42, $2;
and James R. Russell '4l, Rich
ard R. Vori Ezdorf '4l, and Wil
liam H. Borner '4l, $1 each.
Greyhound Bus Permit
.
Passed By Bor e Council
Borough Council held a special
meeting yesterday afternoon to
pass on building permits asked
by the Greyhound Company , and
by Aikens, Kennard and Mateer.
The Greyhound permit will al
low for the erection of a bus
terminal at the present bus sta
tion location on Route 322 and
listed an approximate amount of
$26,000 for the building.
Aikens, Kennard and Mateer
were granted a permit to build a
$17,000 structure on the site of
the Allencrest building, which
was gutted by fire April 1.
Construction will begin as soon
as possible on both buildings, ac
cording to the contractors.
bert Hoover's efforts as food ad
ministrator helped greatly to end
the crisis. The importation of
the Ford-tractor and the Ameri
can corn were important in re
lieving the situation."
Klassen continued, "during the
famine period I remember eat
ing the American potato chip for
the first time. Such food made
me think the Americans queer
people, indeed."
"I was particularly impressed
with the educational opportuni
ties of each young American
when I arrived in this country
in 1925. It was surprising to me
that the American student had
such ability and ambition to work
his way through school," he said.
The sociologist continued, "the
many freedoms of America, the
press, speech, and religion, can
only be appreciated by one who has been denied those privileges
at one time."
Klassen will be given a fare-
well dinner at the Hotel State
College tonight. He said, "When
I leave, I'm going to greatly miss
my many student friends.."
Harrisb
To Leg
urg Buckles Down
islative Duties
Artists' Course Sales
Hit 289 Total
Purchase of 81 tickets by stu
dents yesterday completed the
May sale of the Artists' Course
series seats for next year. Includ
ing Wednesday's sale of 208 tic
kets to faculty and townspeople,
the total mounted to 289.
Students purchased 40 tickets
at $3.50, 17 at $4.50, and 24 at
$5.50 in 48 orders.
Drop in student sales as com
pared to faculty purchases was
attributed by Dr. Carl E. Mar
quardt, committee chairman, to
the lost support of departing
seniors and general student un
willingness, to pay now for a
series six months away.
25-Cent Fee Cut
For Senior Party
Seniors may attend their an
nual "hot dog party" this year
without paying the usual fee of
25 cents, Co-chairmen W. Lewis
Corbin '4l and George L. Parrish
'4l announced last night.
In place of the fee, cap and
gown receipts will be necessary
for admission to the party, which
will be held on the Jordan Fer
tility Plots opposite Grange
Dormitory,. Sunday, May 25, at
5:30 p.m. In case of rain, the
affair will be held Monday.
Highlight - of the party will be
the election of a hot dog king. To
date, the senior nominees named
for the crown are Edward B.
Harris, Roy P. Rogers, and Will
iam E. LaPorte.
Entertainment will be furnish
ed by the Blue Band, a campus
"jam band," and a novelty male
trio. All underclass dates will be
charged 10 cents, the co-chairmen
emphasized.
In contrast to otherNyears, the
"dogs" will probably be cooked
at the party instead' of having
them prepared earlier and then
brought in during the party.
Flying Cadet Applicants
Will Be Interviewed
Applicants for entrance into
the Flying Cadets will be inter
viewed by Capt. James S. Sutton,
in charge of the Flying Cadet
Board of the United States Army
Air Corps, starting Monday, Col.
Edward R. Ardery, head of the
Military Science Department, an
nounced yesterday.
Interviews will be given on the
Armory floor beginning at 9 a.m.
Captain Sutton may remain for
the interviewing until Friday,
May 23, but it is suggested that
any one desiring, to make appli
cation report.early in the week.
Applicants must be between
the ages of 20 and 26, and have
had two years of college educa
tion .or its equivalent.
Fire Destroys Farmhouse
Near Pine Grove Mills
The Edward Clouser farm
house near Pine Grove Mills
burned to the ground in a fire
which started about 10:15 o'clock
last night.
Some furniture was saved from
the blaze which started in a wood
house attached to the kitchen of
the house. Alpha Fire Company
volunteers who rushed to the
scene were hampered by a lark
of an adequate water supply.
Weather—
Fair and
Continued Warm
PRICE THREE CENTS
Action Seen Due
On College Bills
Special to the Collegian
HARRISBURG, May 15— A
Legislature that has idled four
months is ready to get down to
real business,- its leaders are in
dicating, and that means appro
priations bills, 10 of them affect
ing the Pennsylvania State Col
lege, will begin to hum through
committees and readings starting
probably next week.
Leo Achterman (D., Monroe),
the majority floor leader of the
House, said today that most of
the appropriation now in com
mittee will be started through the
House next week. Some measures
were reported out of committee
but no Penn State bills were in
cluded.
Chief among the Penn State
bills slated to start through the
legislative process is the general
appropriation request for 1941-
43. Governor James has asked
that the amount be $4,375,000,
the College that it be $5,509,000.
Until now it had been held up
while the Democratic house was
investigating alleged non-cooper
ation of the College and state
with the federal soil erosion pro
gram. Rep. Clayton E. Moul (D.,
York) seems about ready to bring
this probe to an end, however,
and that will mean a green light
for the College bills, among them
a $321,000 agricultural research
bill sponsored by Representative
Moul himself.
Even so, with the legislative
machinery geared to what com
paratively is speed, it may be
almost a month before the bills
are finally sent to the Governor.
Their final passage is likely to
be delayed until a few days short
of final adjournment, now fore
cast as June 15. This device gives
the Governor 30 days to consider
the measures instead of the 10
he would have if the Legislature
were still in session.
Already on the floor of the
Legislature are appropriation
bills for Temple University and
the Univeristy of Pennsylvania,
both brought from committee
this week.
Today the House approved and
sent to the Senate for concur
rence a'bill appropriating $25,000
to the College for research in to
bacco growing.
Yesterday it had okayed a bill
for $759,121 toward payment of
the money borrowed to sponsor
the $5,000,000 building program
just completed on the Penn State
campus.
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WASHINGTON A bill that
would give the president the
power to take control of 84 Dan
ish, Italian, and German ships in
American harbors was passed in
the Senate and entered the House
yesterday by a 57-20 vote. Eleven
hours after this bill was passed
by the Senate, armed guards had
boarded thirteen French vessels.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL -
National League
New York• 2, Chicago 1
Boston 6, St. Louis 3
Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, rain.
Cincinnati, Philadelphia, night
game.
American League
Detroit 10, Philadelphia 2
Chicago 13, New York 1
St. Louis 7, Washington 0
Cleveland 6, Boston 4