—. .Sixeessisior To - This Tree Lines, Esiablished 1887 VOL. 33—No. 31 Lion Giidders Overwhelm NYU, 42-0 PRA Nets $4OO Over English Confab . . $3,600 Student Goal For Radio - Course ', Surpassing their student goal of Opens Today __• , $3,600 by nearly $4OO, PSCA can- A conference on the teaching of Next Semester- • vassers last night ended a week of extensive campaigning. Men col- English in the secondary schools, lected $355 over 'a . $2,50,0 goal, and sponsored jointly by the Pennsyl- A second-semester course in ul- women passed their ,proposed $l,- vania branch of the Secondary tra-high frequency - radio , tech-100 , y $l5 . A small number 100 mark b School Principals' Association and Plans Started nique' is being considered - by the College in conjunction with de • fenSe training, according to plans released through the National Re 'Search Council and the U. S. Office of Education. Francis T. .Hall Jr.; instructor 'in electrical engineering, has been selected to - prepare himself for instruction in this field. He, along with a group of instructors, from 40 other • American institutions are taking this preparatory train ing at the Massachusetts. Institute of Technology. Training in ultra-high frequen cy,radio. ,work has proved to 'be of vital• importance in civil and mili tary. defense against bombing at -tacks, according to . the Research Connell. Other courses that are now of- - fered on the campus as part of the defense .program are: Diesel engineering,- materials testing and inspection, and pro dnction . engineering. The Diesel course is open only to Nadal Reserves, who, V 'upon completion ot • the -training, are -to- accept -pcSitions , ....Ps -otticers - , Dieel-pperated ships. Ifielielfondiends. i,. , ...1 7, r.:. 1 '$ il lit Ottober West Virginia University, Buck nell University, and the College. Having defense - training as its (Fourteen - "loans totaling $l3B theme; - the confab will get under ..'-.have' been 'Made by Mrs. Hetzel's way with registration of delegates Loan Fund to ten men and four in Electrical Engineering ,at 1 p. : - m. Friday. Business and general z-iWorneti students since College op -enect this semester; Mrs. Ralph D. sessions head the afternoon pro - Hetzel. has - announced. • gram. At a banquet at the Uni ,., • .. 4FOr . the' same period last -year, verity Club Friday evening, It siii,lotins totaling $5O were made to W. Prentis Jr., president of the • I.WO.trienand four women• Students. Armstrong Cork Co; and a, trustee "RePa'Yrnents - since. August were of .the College, will speak on "The sB6'.arld , perSonal gifts to the fund, Education of Free men." $25 hrhiging balance on hand to $l,- Saturday's sessions will include 032;:aVailable at any time to grad- group meetings dealing with the • uate'- - ariiflandergraduate students. various phases of engineering and Loans' do , not- usually exceed $lO mineral industries. Heading the • but may upon. discretion of corn- list of speakers from the College mittee members. • on Saturday will -be Dr. Robert • Since its establiihment in May L. Sackett, dean emeritus of the Wentzel Speaks In Chapel : 1940; the fund has made 198 loans School of Engineering. The Chapel speaker for tomor • totaling - $1,718 to 164 students. Of row will be Dr. Fred D. Wentzel; theSe;:l46 have been made to men of, the Evangelical and Reformed arict 42 1 1,t0A.r.Oinen. Receipts for this Advances in Rank - . Church, Fnnadelphia, who' will period are $1,184. Two loans of the Robert D. Donaldson has been speak on the subject, "How Can $l3B Outstanding are overdue. . promoted from assistant professor• We Live Today?" Dr. Wentzel Uses - for - money borrowed this to associate professor of. agriculture has been director of the Youth year include personal, 3, rent, 4; economics extension, the presi- Department of the Evangelical bOok7s; 2; job interviews, 1; and dent's office reported yesterday. and Reformed Chinch since 1936. foo - d;.• 4. • Students may apply for aid a through the dean of men's, Worn-• • F or , en's, and bursar's offices. . Betts Seeks . Antidote Anti-War Committee Thousands of future Penn State students may 'find "3" grades less Sends Representative elusive because of an experiment George Snyder, representative now being conducted by Dr. E. A. of the National Youth Committee Betts, research professor in ele- Against War, will make five ap- mentary education. Dr. Betts, who is head of the pearances here this' weekend, R starting with a session sponsored Reading Clinic, believes that the by the History Club in the Hugh progress of over 80 per cent of the Beaver Room, Old Main, at 2 college students is seriously -re o'clock this afternoon. tarded by inability to. read pro- At 3:30 p. m. tomorrow, Snyder perly. will speak at the PSCA project "Inability to grasp detail, lack council meeting in the Hugh Bea- of speed in reading, inaccuracy in ver Room; at 5:30 p. m. he trill be remembering these are the at the Friends Meeting House on plagues to student success that can S. Atherton street; 6:30 p. m. at usually be remedied through prop the ylestminster Fellowship meet- er training," the Clinic chief em ing in the First Presbyterian phasized. Church, and 7:30 p. m. at the Hil- In Seeking a possible solution to lerFoundation on W. Beavek aye- :these scholastic bottlenecks, Dr. nne.• . Betts • -Is -giving -reading -.facility SATURDAY MORNING, 'NOVEMBER 1, STATE COLLEGE, PA fof reports are still outstanding in- the" School of Education, will open eluding the faculty drive which here today. will start next week. • Following a short assembly • at Five more groups made 100 per- 9:30 a. M. in 121 Sparks Building, cent contributions. They are 'Chi the gathering will break up into Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Tau smaller groups for demonstrations Phi Delta, Pi Kappa Phi and Bend- of newer features in the teaching er's, independent. of English. Andrew P. Szekely '42, and Ar- Participating in the demonstra lene K. Smith '42 are co-chairmen tions will be A. S. Artley, of the of the campaign in which nearly Reading Clinic; Misses • Helen 450 solicitors and leaders partici- Bowman and Marie Myers, of the pated. . Tyrone schools; Miss Ruth Ewing, Clearfield schools; Mrs. Phyllis A. Peacoak, State College high school; Miss Carolyn Cox arid Miss Ruby Krouse, Altoona; • and Miss Daisy Thompson, Clearfield. From 12:45 to 3 p. m. a luncheon meeting will be held at the ,Nit- Conference Here November 14,15 tany Lion with Dean Marion R. Five universities will be repre- Trabue of the School of. Fducation sented at the seventh anmial meet- presiding. Featured speaker at ing .of the Allegheny section of the .meeting will be Dr. Dora V. the — Society for the Promotion of Smith, past president of the. Na- Engineering Education, to be held tional Council of English , Teachers at the College Friday and Sat- and professor of education at the urday, November 14 and 15, F. C. University. Of Minnesota Stewart and A. P. 'Powell, pro- . Also .participating at the lunch fess'Grs engineering;an""c . ed con-will be Dr. AngelaErbening, yesterday. of the Baltimore. public schools; Engineering .professors attend- Dr. Conrad Seegar; dean of men ing the conference will represent at Temple University; and . Dr. the. University of . PittsbUrgh, Car- Edith Bader, assistant superintend negie Institute of Technology,. eat of schools at Ann Arbor, Mich. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE 68 PRA Committee Heads To Meet Sunday Chairmen of 68 PSCA commit tees, compriSing the Project Coun cil, will meet. at 3:30 p. m. Sun day' in the Hugh Beaver room to hear Dr. Fred Wentzel, chapel speaker, and George Snyder, re presentative of the Youth Commit tee Against War. Jean E. Hershberger '43, 'CA vice-'president who is chairman of Blue - Ridge "Y" camp will be shown. DR. E. A. BETTS• rgiatt , -4 X's FOUR FOR FOUR —.That was Bill Smaltz's . record for extra points last night as the Lion gridders ran roughshod over NFU, 42-0, at the Polo Gorurids in New York. Smattz also was one of the six State men who scored touchdowns. Library Readings Open Wednesday The Wednesday readings at the Library this year are meant to show the enjoyment to be derived by, the layman, aside from the scholar, from reading great poetry of any period or culture, Miss Katherine M. Stokes, second as sistant librarian in charge of Readers' Service, said yesterday. .The readings will be held in Room 402 at the Library, with elevator service from 4 to 5:30 p. m. The public is invited to attend. The program is as follows: No vember 5, Mrs. A: W. Gauger will read from Hom'er; NOvember 12, Miss A. Pauline Locklin, assistant professor of English literature, will read from Horace; November 19, Dr. Joseph J. Rubin, assistant professor of English composition, WASHINGTON President will read from Solomon; Decem- Roosevelt said last night that the ber 3, Mrs. P. X. Rice will read defense-labor situation has taken from, Baudelaire; December 10, a turn for the worse, but contend- Dr. Philip A. Shelley, associate ed that it still is better than at the professor of German; will read outset of the rearmament program. from Rilke; and on December 17, Theodore R.oethke, assistant pro- BERLlN—Competent Nazi quer fessor of English composition, will ters said today that the sinking read from Auden Low Grades tests on an experimental basis to all freshmen in the Schools of Education and Home Economics. Those who are deficient will be given a special reading course during the second semester. He believes that the scholastic improvement shown by the frost: taking the experimental course will be striking enough to warrant the addition of a regularly accred ited course in proper reading, open to all students, next year. To sceptics, Dr. Betts offered this challenge: "Since the found ing of this College, officials have deemed it necessary to teach stud- ents to write properly, and have even made composition courses compulsory. Is it not just as cru cial .that they also know how to read properly?" WEATHER Warmer with Occasional Showers PRICE THREE CENTS 10,000 Fans Brave Downpour At Polo Grounds By PAT NAGELBERG Collegian Sports Editor POLO GROUNDS, New York, Oct 31 The Nittany Lions of Penn State took the big city by storm "this evening as they ran. roughshod over New York Univer sity's team at the Polo Grounds by a. 42-0 score. Ten thousand fans braved-the steady rain to see State victorious in its first visit to New York in seven years. The Nittanymen tallied once in the first quarter, twice in the sec ond period and added insult to in jury by +tallying three more touch downs in the third. .Points after touchdowns were scored after. all six touchdowns as Coach Bob Hig gins used every available player. The victory gave State a two to one edge in the short series between the two colleges, one game ending. in a tie. The Lions took command of the battle at the very outset. ',Midway in the initial period,i Bill 'Smaltz passed to Captain Len Krouse from NYU's 34, and Krouse caught the ball on the ten to run for the first touchdown. Smaltz converted. State took the ball on its own 34 early in the second quarter and marched 66 yards for another tally. Bill Debler hit right tackle for the last yard. Smaltz converted. Tak ing the ball a minute later on their own 37, the Blue and White drove down the field for their third six pointer. Smaltz tallied from the two and converted again. • Halftime intermission failed to dampen the Nittanymen's spirit as they scored three successive touch downs in the third quarter. A re covered fumble by Potsklan set up the first one. Pepper Petrella scooted through right tackle for 21 yards into pay dirt. Smaltz made good on the place kick • for the fourth time. Charlie McFarland scored the . (Continued on Page Three) 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 News Flashes 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 of the U. S. S. Reuben James was "justifiable under international law" if the destroyer was escort ing a British convoy. WASHINGTON Forty-four members of the torpedoed de stroyer Reuben James have been announced as saved. The fate of the remaining crew members is unknown. ONTARIO Attempting an emergency landing, an American airliner crashed at St. Thomas, Ontario, killing 17 passengers and three crew members. LONDON—British newspapers said today that the torpedoing of the U. S. destroyer, Reuben, James, is launching the United States on the last mile toward war. NEW YORK—Roy Robinson scored a close ten-round decision over former lightweight champion Fritzie Zivic in Madison square Garden.
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