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The F i red Lance,
Established 1987
VOL. 38—No. 2/
Connell McGill, Transfer,
Pies Of Spinal Meningitis
Non-Epidemic type
Rdenour Stresses
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.connell J. McGill, a member of
the ; sophomore class who trans
ferred from Temple University this
fall; died of spinal meningitis in a
Philadelphia hospital Saturday
night.
. : Enrolled in commerce and fi
nance and' a member of Phi Kappa
fraternity, MCGill - reported to the
College dispensary last• Tuesday
morning when Dr. E. S. Krug; of
the health department diagnosed
his,Case as grippe or infltionza and
send hirri to the infirmary. .
While at the infirmary, McGill
developed an earache and his case
was rodiagnosed as exacerbation
of a middle ear infection, and Dr.
C. D. Dietterich, of the' health de- SOCIAL DON'TS W. E. Ken
partment, advised - him to consult worthy, executive secretary to the
a Philadelphia ear specialist, who president, is one of the experts who
had treated McGill for a mastoid will
deal with frosh social prob
condition which he has had for the
'lems at the mass meeting in
last eight years..
Schwab Auditorium at 7 o'clock to=
He rode to Philadelphia- Friday night.
afternOOn with fraternity brothers
to see the specialist. His death .was
•cauSed:by. a type of spinal
WO menin
gitis
gitis * is non-epidemic accord- P anel To - Bare
ingjo Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour,
lege •health. service director. •
Born September 9, 1922; McGill F 45 social Errors •
graduated from Roman- Catholic.
High School, Philadelphia, in 1939.
He theri entered Temple University Dirty saddle shoes, . unshaven
`Wlteri-Ifettayed-lor" - three - semes- - - Campus --wolvcs, and- .over-painted
ters before transferring to Penn coeds will meet their doom when a
State this fall. He was -trying out panel of experts deal with them as.
for assistant wrestling manager
problems in the social life of the
here at the College.
;-
Surviving are his parents,. freshman Mr. class at the mass meet
and Mrs. C. J. McGill, 828 Asbury ing in Schwab Auditorium at 7
TerraCe,., Philadelphia.. -Funeral o'clock tonight. •
services, which several of his fra- Walter N. Shambach '42, chair
terriity brother will' attend, will be
man of the PSOA committee on
held Wednesday at 10 a. m.
public meetings, will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies. Chairman of
the advisory panel will be Har
old P. Zelko, instructor in public
speaking.
_ Problems dealing with etiquette,
dating, and personal - appearance
will be raised. Faculty.and stu
dents who will advise_ on good so
cial usage are Mrs. Elizabeth W.
Dye, associate professor of home
economics; Ruth H. Zang, assistant
dean of women; W. E. Kenworthy,
executive secretary to the presi
dent: Icinsley R. Smith, assistant
professor of psychology; Sarah P.
Searle '42, and A. John Currier '42,
PSCA Cabinet co-presidents.
The Penn State Aristocrats; a
new campus orchestra led by Les
ter G. , Stine '44, will play sev
eral numbers.
New Insfrudor Named
To Replace Russell
Richard G. Davis - '39, was named
instructor• ,in sociology by Dr.
Kingsley • Davis, head of the depart
inent, sociology, to replace Seth
Russell who left Saturday to as
sume. duties as junior lieutenant in
the morale division 'of .the U. S.
Navy department in Norfolk, Vir
ginia. Mr. Russell has been grant
ed a leave of absence for the dur
ation of his services.
, 11 1 1 r.• Davis received his master's
devee -from the Pennsylvania
State College end did graduate
work at Lingnan University, China
and at' Harvard.
pipisplay Exhibits
Sources Of Painting
Illustrating some of the sources
of modern painting, an exhibition
from. the Museum of Modern Art
in. New York will be on view until
the 'end of the month in the Col
lege Art Callen.. 303 Main En
gineering
The show consists of color re
productions and photographs of
ancient, medieval, primitive,
oriental, and othel arts set beside
modern examples to suggest the
influence exerciscd in modern
painting by earlier Periods.
Research Fellowship Given
The Pennsylvania Salt Manu
factut ing Co. of Philadelphia has
established a fellowship to
. study
u
the ossibilities and to promote
the use of fluorine compounds in
ceramic products. Paul Corbett
has been appointed research as
sistant. •
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Roster Of Sunday Chapel Speakers
Shows Eleven States Represented
Churchmen will come from elev- chapel address on Sunday; October
en states and the District of Colum- 12.
bia to speak before Sunday chapel
Sunday chapel is a popular tra
dition at Penn State. Although at
audiences at the r'ollege this year,
tendance is not compulsory, the
Prof. John H. Frizzell, College
chaplain, has announced. services are attended each week by
an average of nearly 1000 students.
Six of the chapel speakers are All of the leading faiths arid de-
Pennsylvanians. They are Dr. Fred nominations are represented by the
D. WentzecEvangelical and Re- speakers.
"The list of chapel speakers is a
formed Church, Philadelphia, No
constant amazement to visiting
vember 2; Dr. Bernard Clausen, clergymen," Frizzell pointed out.
First Baptist Church, -Pittsburgh, ''Our visitors claim that Cornell is
November 9; Dr. Harold C. Chase, the only other college in the East
Elm Park 'Methodist Church, comparable to Penn State as to size,
Scranton, February 15; Rev. Orva student interest, and the charac-
Lee Ice, Wilkinsburg Baptist tens or the speakers."
Church, March 15; and Dr. Rex S. Ten yearS ago, when compulsory
Clements, Bryn iVlawr Presbyter- chapel was abolished, he said av
ian Church, April 19. erage attendance was 600. Now at-
Dr. Fred B. %ler, secretary of tendance has been known to reach
the Christian Association, Univer- 4,000 in the annt,al Mother's Day
sity of Pennsylvania, made thew services, he stated.
Or THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE
TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Debate Season
To Open With
Triangular Meet
- Tenn State's first varsity debate
of the 1941-42 season has been
scheduled for November 10 when
groups from the University of
Scranton and Cornell University
a member . of a committee of eco- "
will vie with the College team in asituation of having two All-Col
split status created . by the A . mei . .-
split team cross examination de-lege presidents.
lean
. Chemical Society to . aid in
bate•here.Baird, wh6 recently received an
fostering sound relationships be . -
Thomas J. Burke '42, debate honorable discharge from the
tween employers and employees in
manager, announced that the sub-Naval Air Corps, and who has
ject will be, Reso:ved: That every the chemical industry. . . been deferred f-om immediate
able bodied male citizen of the The group will give its immedi- army service by the State College
United States should be required ate consideration to th . e . whole Draft Board, registered at the
_ question . of employment in pro.fes
to have one year of full time mill- College yesterday and will -cern
sional work in the chemistry field, plete his Nnior year.
tary training before attaining the
according
. to the board of directors
present draft agc. . One student His return to College, however,
from each of the three schools will of the society. _ has brought about a situation
,
make up each of the two teams, - which All-College Cabinet has
negative and affirmative. never before faced. Only several
Practice sessions for the debaters 'PSCA Dive Heads weeks after 'their election last
will start tomorrow night. Varsity spring, both President Baird and
•
Coach J. F. O'Brien, associate pro- Gerald F. Doherty '42, vice-presi
fessor of speech and freshman amed By Szeke y dent elect, reveo ed that they
coach Harold P. Zelko, instructor might not return to College this
year because of the draft.
in speech, selected their teams af- ..Leaders of 30 men's divisions
ter tryouts conducted last week.
During the tryout sessions candi
dates presented original five min
ute speeches on either side of the
qUestion, Resolverl: That the fed
eral government should regulate
by law all labor unions in the
United States, constitutionally con
ceded. Coach - O'Brien stated that
candidates were chosen on the ba
sis of content of speeches and
speech delivery. •
. Successful students for the vlar- :
Si tY" ter`ani are: Senior.S-:-R bib& t -
Baird,Coleman Bender, Thomas J.
Burke, Gerald V. Doherty, David
L. Engelhardt, William E. Harkins,
Jack M. Lishan, Norman E. Oakes,
Mark A. Richards, William C. Rit
zel and Donald S. Williams.
Juniors—Morris Beck, E. Rich
ard Booser, Milton A. 'Calig, Sam
uel G. Fredman, John B. McCue,
Robert Miller and Bernard M.
Weinberg. Sophomores
J. Bergstein t Carroll P. Black-wood,
Harold
_Epstein, Walter Gerson,
Robert T. Kimmell, and Francis E.
Zabkar.
Those selected for the freshman
team are Carl H. Bergey, Eugene
Bischoff, Gaylord Greenlee, Let
rick Harris, Robert MacNabb, Wil-
Liam Pomerantz, Thomas B. Wheat
ley and Lee J. Wolovsky.
Cabinet Meets Tonight
By aws to the student govern
ment constitution, and the. school
council budget problem will be
considered at Cal,inet meeting in
the Alumni office at 9 o'clock to
night, Gerald F. Doherty '42, All-
College president disclosed last
night.
tgiatt
Baird Returns ; College
Has Two Student Prexies
American Chemical Doherty Recognized
Society Honors Whitmore As Present Leader
the return of Robert D.
Dean Frank C. Whitmore of the Baird With
'42 to College, Penn State
School of Chemis.ry and Physics student government circles are
at the College has bee . n . appointed now confronted with the unusual
of the PSCA campaign organiza- To offset this threat of a presi
tiondential vacancy, Cabinet rushed
were announced yesterday by
Andrew P. Szekeiy '43, co-chair- through an amendment to the
student government constitution
man -of a drive to collect $3,600
among students nom October 27 stating that a new election would
to 31. be held in the event that both the
Section chairmen, division lead-
president and vice-president
ens and solicitors will start the
should resign or become disquali
campaign with a kick-off dinner fled Under the eld provision, the
Sunday at the N ttany Lion Inn. senior class president would have
.
become head of student govern
for the dinner, and Arlene K. M: Jean Seanor '42 is chairman
ment as chairman of Cabinet.
Smith '42 _is .women's.,eampaign During the summer, Baird join
cliairman:• ell the Na val Alf - Curtis; but Do-
Division leaders include Charles
herty returned to College follow-
B. Elder. Jr., '43, Jerome H. ing a decision by the Scranton
Blakeslee '42, John M. - Philips '42, Draft Board, which granted him
Edward H. Blackburn, Jr:, , 43 , a "temporary rel.•ase" but not a
Paul W. Best '42, Howard L. year's deferment from the draft.
Pickel, Jr., '44, Robert R. Dickey Although nothing definite could
'44, Robert E. Kinter '44, Jack F. be learned as the Daily Collegian
Zalinski '43, Richard H. Adams
went to press last night, it is prob
-44, Philip R. Thomforde '43, Walt- able that Cabinet will take action
'
er N. Shambach '42. on the presidential problem at to-
Robert A. Etien '42, Samuel night's meeting.
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William F.- Johnston '42, William
C. -- Patterson, Jr.. '43, Wilbur S. ews Flashes
Bull '44, Lester R. Tegeler '42,
Dale W. Byers '4'6, Jesse G. Coo
per '42, Basil F. 'Hummer, special;
Dean F. Gamble '42, Stanley Berg
er, Walter M. Lewis '42, _Marlin
S. Savidge '43, J. George Pick,
Jr., '43, David E Garfinkle '43,
Thomas F. Becker '43
Cornerstone Ceremony
Held By Presbyterians
Work among 1,200 Presbyterian
students will be expanded in April
when an $85,000 religious educa
tion building adjoining the State
College Presbyterian Church will
be completed.
"Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone"
was, the theme of a special corner
stone laying service at .the, church
yesterday when data •from 10
church organizations was placed in
the stone. Rev. Donald W. Car
ruthers, director of the Westmin
ster Foundation which will partly
occupy the building, announced
that 65 undergraduates were mem
bers of church school cabinets, and
two students were 'members of the
church board of trustees.
Men's Dancing Classes
Scheduled for Monday
Dancing classes, sponsored by Police today ,awaited word from
the Penn State Club, will begin in the district attorney's office wheth
the Armory at , j'3o p. in. on er to release Charles Snyder, 21,
Monday. . F.- Thomas John, in- of Elizabethtown, who surren
structor of last year's class, has dered voluntarily to them last
again been secured to take charge week—as he had:,revionsly to au
of the class. He will be assisted thorities in Cantor. 0., and Phila
by a group of coeds. delphia—for questioning in the
The, course, consisting of ten March, 1940 murder of Rachel
lessons, will run for five weeks, Taylor, 17, a Penn State co-ed.
from 8:30 to 9:30 en Mondays and Polite indicated belief he had no
from 7 to 8 on Fridays. connection with ti:e crime.
WEATHER
Cloudy
and Warmer
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WASHINGTON W. Averill
Harriman, Lend-Lease adminis
trator, returned from Europe yes
terday with important evidence
concerning the extension of aid
to Russia. The text of the evi
dence- was not dsclosed but the
senate will begin discussion on
the question today:
BERLIN—Moscow is in a state
of siege under air raids worse
than any inflicted on London dur
ing the war, an official German
source reported last night. It al
so stated that German parachute
troops were landing in Moscow
and that 25,000 heavy tanks were
approaching the city.
WASHINGTON The govern
ment issued yesterday a priorities
order on all copper for use in de
fense manufactuni g after Novem
ber 1.
LONDON—Several U. S. Army
officers and technicians, arrived in
England yesterday along with a
large contingent of Canadian
soldiers to aid io instruction of
British soldiers in the use of Am
erican war machi,terv.
HARRISBURG
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