The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, November 13, 1941, Image 1
''lye,: IPree Lance, jiitaiThshed 1887 VOL.. 38—No. 39 Poll Discloses Faculty Willing To Share Hobbies "Faeulty members are interest ed in numerous hobbies and are willing to ,share them with stud enti- despite the fact that many people believe instructors are too busy: to be concerned with under graduates," Mrs. Harriet • D. Nes bitt; co=chairman of the Student- Faculty Relations Committee, de clared... after - a meeting of that group last night. These facts were disclosed in 'a survey conducted by the commit tee -to determine common interests for the promotion of student-fa culty understanding. Voluntary reports in the hobby poll were.received from 4Q per cent of the , Mineral Industries School. Instructors in the Liber al 'Arts and Eduction' Schools as Well. as the military department have given:returns. Statistics for other schools are incomplete. Lobbies _listed by faculty mem belt include -photography, chess, shopWqrlc, archery, book-birlding i cookingi..philately, falconry, magic, ail:a others. M-embers Of the committee 'ap pointed ItO-stUtly student hobby in terests so they may be correlated with faculty- hobbies are 'Clarence E. Kinf'r, '42, chairman, Max S. Peters '42, and Warren H. Wil liams '42. .- An, effort will be made to de eatirdat opinion on' the present advisory system. The stud ent councils of each school will be asked •to cooperate with a committee composed of Thomas E. Wilcox '44, chairman, Thomas C. Young '42, - Helen L..' Mazur , '42, Walter. • N.- Shambrach '42 7 —and Robert B: Jeffrey '42. Pruclnre of Civilian Defense Program '.:.' :,'::,tlarjfied _ As.,-voltinteers attempt to break dcry.mtbe„wall of student apathy sin : 4: . mir-a.11,..-put. drive for campus .defens r nu:Aerous questions have arisep concerning the purpose and OrganizatiOn _of the College divi aionj,-,for.:;leiVilian defense. Few peopfe,realizo.its place in the, na tional.. program. Tho ; 7 : ientire civilian defense thetne; :i begaxt ; ~ early in the year When President Roosevelt estab lished. the.. national Council of Defense with New:York's mai/et ; -:„Fiorella La ,Guardia, as chagnia.p,• ; , ~- Since..;theni every state..in - the union _ has..tArganized state . coun cilto-•prortiote• the national ,pun-' Pose... ; Legislative ..statutes 'have been;. employed in 24 states and Pennsylvania law prescribes the nature .0 the, organization. • • • -,Governor. ~ Arthur H. James seves, •as.„ chairman of the State., Council while Dr. A. C. Marts acts as executive director. Under the state •law the members of county councils are appointed by county . commissioners. Over 550 city, and borough councils have been formed. IVlambcr;; er the local councils are appointed by mayors and bur- Ossel%: There are 2.866 such units throughytt the nation. Dr. James -Tinigley is chairman of the State C6llege Borough Council. I. l....playette College, Easton, was therst .college in the state to orgdnize a' civilian defense unit f 116 wing a request by. Dr. Marts for college divisions to be formed so' that "ample protection" would 'be, available in .event of emer gency:. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, STATE COLLEGE, PA, Collegian Investigates • .Frosh May DaleMusi . c Conference Begins Delivery Difficulties • . _ Prompted by complaints from For Spinster Skip With Registration Today downtown rooming houses con cerning .faulty Collegian delivery,' "All freshmen going to Mortar a complete going over of the Col- Board's Spinster Skip are allowed legion's delivery system was con- to drop' dress and dating customs ducted. ! at 8:30 p. m. on Saturday," Ray- Results of this investigation show that in many of the cases of reported • mis-delivery, papers are being picked up by non-subscrib ers and passersby. Inasmuch as delivery is made at 6 a. m. daily, subscribers should get their papers as early as pos sible in order to 'avoid this in convenience. College Rolls Cul By Defense Jobs With • a -four •to - thirty-six per part of.Lil'..Abner in a..Sadie•Haw- this evening. Dr. Levi Gilbert, cent - drop in attendance this year, k-in2g- Day skit to be presented at president . of the PSEA and super- Pennsylvania's colleges and ' - . • half-time of the West Virginia CONFAB HOST Ddan Richard intendent - of schools in Altoona, um- versities .are feeling' the reaction game' W. Grant,. department ,of music, will address the delegates on "The of defense jobs 'and compulsory . Eggert will be chased .by num- will preside at the opening, meet- Function of PSMA as the Music military service. • erous Daisy Maes, also dressed by ing of the Pennsylvania School Division of the PSEA in 1941." the judicial board. ,The female Music Association in Schwab Included in tonight's session A recent survey revealed that characters in the cast will be play-''Auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight, demonstra -22 .of 34• universities and colleges will be a lecture and ed 'by ClSrde Shultz, Morton Peck, The convention will end Saturday. tion of band ..and orchestra per reporte dsmaller enrollments than and William Sachaion. • last year. Schools with declining The wedding - rites will be pro- c attendance, it was noted, . were . s land of New York City. The . nouneed by. Walter Fabian, dressed abinel Considers State College .Junior Drum and located near important defense m- , as Slarryin' Sam," while "Lone dustries. . _ Bugle:. : Corps will give a drum some Polecate," i. e. Kieth Schaef- . , . ming exhibition. The-highest drop 'in enrollments er, will watch the:•proceedings,... •- . -. 1 -----... ' l ' . =36 • per cent—was. reported ,by , the center of the field. - • rost five - Feature of tomorrow's . confer- Bloomsburg . State- Teachers .;Col- These characters will wear iden- . . ' ' once program will be the •compli - ' mentary concert of the College lege, - located 'near a . tank. manu- tifying signs, both for the ' actual Working .in conjunction with facturing: company at Beiwich. race and the wedding ceremonies, the annual Red Cross roll call for . Choir and Penn State Glee Club, • Shippensburg - and - East Strouds- to keep the audience . from getting ft/nag Which :began Tuesday, an assisted by • Charles: - - Wakefield htirg• recorded- a-decrease --of -18_ confused - during 'the skit. - - - AllIdollege• 'Cabinet • committee Cadnian,. famous composer, in and 13 per cent respectively. - ~, . appointed by Robert D. Baird-'42, Schwab Auditorium tomorrow . evening at 8:15 o'clock. Although Hardest ,hit outside of Teachers' _ president, will begin immediate • - . . all the student and faculty tickets colleges was-St. Vincent College at Prenta Will Speak . . . plans for conducting .a campus have been distributed, convention Latrobe.campaign. • • • • delegates may still secure seats. The three largest schools in the Al Meeting Tomorrow The , committee 'appointed -by Richard W. Grant, director- of state, :Universities .of , Pittsburgh Baird includes Clarence E. Kunz College music, will 'preside at to and - Pennsylvania, ,and the Col- H. .W. Prentis Jr., recently ap- . '42, A. John Currier '42, Howard night's .meeting. ' Registration for lege, all have .smaller enrollments pointed trustee of the College, E. Pellet - '42, and Richard , B. Mc- - the conference will continue to this year. A - drop of . five per will - speak •at a convocation in Naul '44, The 'Daily Collegian re- morrow morning from 9 - a. m. un cent each were reported by the Schwab Auditorium at 4:10 p. m presentative. Baird revealed that til noon in Schwab Auditorium. Universities of Pittsburgh and tomorrow, according to Harry P. the roll call will continue until' Pennsylvania, while the College Hammond, dean of the School of -Thanksgiving. reported a drop of seven and one- Engineering. Cabinet has also recommended half per cent: Prentis, president of the Arm- that the Student-Faculty Rela- Attractive defense jobs rather strong Cork Co. of LancaSter, and tions • committee ask the president than conscription were. attributed former president of the National of each student council to appoint as leading causes for - the general . Association of Manufacturers, a member to serve on the commit drop. - - • - - - will speak on "Education for . tee. ThiS action was taken after Colleges showing an increase in Democracy." Cabinet - heard a report . by Frank Flynn '43r - co-chairman of the the .number of students were. Alle- Sponsored by the Engineering R. ghenY, Drexel Tech,. Gettysburg, student council with Charles J. Student-Faculty Relations corn mittee. Pennsylvanian Military, MoraVian; Smith '42, presiding, the convoca- • Albright, St. 'Joseph's and Chey- tion is open to. students, faculty, . . ney Training School for Teachers; and townspeople, and will serve 'as Army To Credit CAA Work . • . . this week's senior Engineering All "CAA students who 'enter • lecture. ' _ the Army Air Corps will receive .credit for' flight training received • . from CAA courses, the War De- Baer Attends Convention _ partment has announced. This john A. Baer '42, president of change will lighten the burden the local chapter of Sigma Delta - on instructors and airplanes. The Chi, professional journalism fra- flying time allowance for previous ternity, is attending this week the experience will be based - on the annual national convention .of individual proficiency of the stud- Sigma Delta Chi at New Orleans, ent,. as determined by the - super- La. . ' visor. Labor Question Argued Varsity debaters conducted, their second inter-squad debate last night 'when:eight members of the team argued the question, "Re-. solved, that the federal govern ment shotild .regulate by law all labor -unions in the • United States, constitutionality- Conceded." • Students Oppose Lion Shrine Site . Ninety-one . per .cent.-of the. stu- Henry Varnum Poor, painter of the persons who , drive cam answered dents and faculty are opposed to Land Grant Mural, procured Heinz with the retort that parking space the placing of the Lion Shrine on Warneke - to do the carving. is inadequate already and any cut, the plot of ground in front of the Many students and faculty mem- ting down would make the parking water tower between Rec Hall and hers gave the reason that the site situation on campus worse. New Beaver Field, a poll of over adjacent to the water tower is too The mall, running from the Cen -2,100 students, professors and in- far removed from the center of tral Library to Allen street, was structors conducted by The Daily campus activities. "The only time the favorite substitute for the site Collegian revealed. I ever get up to that section is that was proposed by the commit- The poll was conducted among When there's a dance at Rec Hall tee. the groups separately and the per- or the Nittany Lion Inn" one so- - "The spot in front of the Library centages of those opposed are as• cially minded student remarked. is bare and needs something to ex follows: Others were more serious in tend the natural woodsy setting of the campus to that part of the Fraternities 98% opposed pointing out that a large number mall," was expressed by one stu- Sororities 92% opposed of students, visitors and faculty dent. Independent men .. 94% oposed rarely average more than four trips Others mentioned the fact that Independent a year to that part of the campus. More students, faculty, visitors, women - 89% opposed The Lion Shrine committee ex- and townspeople walk on the mall • (Faculty - 84% opposed . pressed hope that the parking space . 'than any other part of the campus, .The .shrine...is . a .gift of the class in front of the site of the. Shrine therefore it. is the most logical sit of. -1940... which with :the aid . at' would .be done Euway.with... Those- uation.for the symbol of our school. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA • STATE COLLEGE mond F. Leffler '42, chairman, said last night The seven-man -board also de cided to require freshmen to wear "Beat Pitt" signs, beginning at noon Monday, in an all-out effort for a campus "V" campaign. "The signs will .be available at the Athletic Store Monday morning and there will be no excuse for not obtaining them," Leffler added. Tribunal carried out its promise to give Mortar Board some free publicity by punishing wayward frosh with costumes of characteis in the Lil' Abner comic strip: :One of the huskiest of the viola tors; Paul Eggert, is to play the Tribunal rgiatt V'.~~:Tl~:~~4~~ Clearing and Warmer ..L , UWI . ...Aji . ld Grant Will Preside Over Evening Session Registration in Schwab Audi torium from 4 to 9 p, m. today will open the first Annual Music Conference of the Pennsylvania School Music Association which will have "American Unity Through Music" as its theme. The convention, held with the cooper ation of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, will con tinue. through tomorrow and Sat urday. Conference member:: will be greeted by Dean Marion Trabue of the School of Education in Schwab Auditorium at 8 o'clock Student Directories Expected Next Week Student directories will not- go on sale until next Tuesday at the very earliest, according •to Reg istrar William S. Hoffman. . The directories are now being bound and will not be shiped be-; fore Monday. The postponing of the opening of College for a week is the reason for the late publica tion. The directories will go on sale at the Registrar's office. .1111111111111111111111111111111i11111111111111111111111111111111191111 Late News 4111111111111111111111111M1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 BANGKOK, Siam Hundreds• of thousands of - JaPanese troops were 'reported massing in Indo China yesterday in what is regard ed as preparation for an attempt to cut off .the •Burma Road. • -HELSINKI Official Finnish government spokesmen declined to submit to Secretary Hull's demand for a negotiated RusSian peace yes terday. This answer was regarded by of ficial German quarters as a slap in the face to American diplomacy. MOSCOW—Russian dive-bonib ers smashed a ten mile Nazi tank column and destroyed 2,000 caval ry troops in an unusually large aerial offensive yesterday, accord ing to Moscow radio reports. LONDON . — Rudolph Hess has stated that the Nazis expect to ruin England by blockade instead of in vasion, Churchill announced at the opening of Parliament yesterday.