•floccessorTo Thei Fret-Lancej Established 1887 VOL. 38—No. 44 LA Faculty Poll Reveals Desired Schedule Changes Results of a survey conducted among the Liberal Arts faculty show-that a majority of the mem bers are dissatisfied with the pres ent systems of registration and scheduling. . A faculty-appointed committee composed. of John H. Ferguson, assistant professor ' of politicail science,/ chairman; L. Tremaine Dunlap, instructor in mathematics,- and Kenneth D. Hutchinson, as sistant, professor of economics, quizzed members of the group on questions relative to registration and scheduling. Results nf jthe survey showed that approximr/tely 70%' of the faculty felt.:that the present re gistration- set-aip was inadequate. A. similar : number favored the shortening of the drop-add period to one week while 55 per cent were in favor of adminis trative control over section sizes. Frosh Campus Party Nominates To permit freshmen to date over ' __ Pitt weekend and to reward them Cf Clairo For Ctacc lor good behavior in the past few vlalltt ror N,iabb r weeks, Tribunal has decided to •rL -r Cl J J. WOminaflfifiSF WafiVe a. m. this Saturday,-rather than / JirGG bx-3tu.aen.ts . . I. > . .. ' on-.the: Monday following Thanks- Join Air Corps; Will Until Monday Meeting g^j^^SSSA . I A I I : M. Bt. Claixe 45 le- The b oar( j hit. a new low in the I rmn in A la&arrm. * .bdtiiiihatidn" number of . violators punished last jfhree.more.former. students and *>r president of the freshman night as only five boys_ were alumni joined the increasing num- class by the Campus ’45 clique at t ° u ” ea f a burlap ■ sacksuit mid a ,ber of'Penn Staters receiving their last mgnts meeting. s j gn stating, “I Went Hunting Be “wings” in the U. S. Army Air Final Campus nominations will fo re Dear Season Opened” and is irni-ns n.hrn fhpv eniistr>H a-; avia- not be made until Monday night required to announce the number «*» - ta-.ting will of shopping days till Christa,,. “tion, Harrisburg, last woeh. , b. holjl in «5.01 d Mato at 7:30 a puniSmmt JotMeaw The three men, who will receive P* was announced by Walter j n g a dink in Old Main, and Wil tiheir preliminary training at the Price 45, clique chairman. Ad- liam G. Williams is to wear hox- Aviation Cadet Replacement Cen- nominations will be open ing gloves because he had his a irom the floor at this meeting open Hahds in his pockets. James H. ter, .Maxwell Field, Alabama, are all freshmen. ' Hoag Jr. must paint an acrostic Paul W. Bachman ’39, James H. other tentative Campus' nomin- on “customs” and a sign saying ■Buckey, and Llewellyn S'. Parsons, ations made last night are as fol- “Happy Thanksgiving to All.” Cadet Buckey had completed two lows: Vice-president: Robert E. His companion-violator, Richard * -r. , Becker, Peter. Scott, Robert B. E. Rosenian, is to wear signs stat ye is at Penn St and Cad t j\,/]; c j3etli, and Louise McCormick, ing “Dear Season Opens Saturday Parsons had completed three Secretary: -Ruth A. Embury, Kay for Freshmen” and “Beat Temple” years. ' K. Metzger, Jean E. Piolette, Mary as an ad’ for the soccer game this Upon successful completion of Laura Mulcahy, and Patricia L. weekend on New Beaver Field. their course of instruction, avia- To ™ pbins ' „ , ~ . . . Treasurer: William C. Masseth, tion cadets are commissioned as Richard D . Co mns, D. Dale Hamil second lieutenants in the air corps ton,' and Doris F. Campbell. His reserve and receive their “wings” torian: Thomas Tompkins and and the rating of pilot. James H. Hoag. Freshman Independent nomin ations will be mr.de in 318 Old ‘ * Main at 7:30 p, m. Sunday night, it was announced by Murray D. (Editor’s note: - This is the sec- Enforcement of the one-way Friedman ’45 clique chairman at ond-in-,a-series of articles on cam- ridmgs on two’ of the borough its organization meeting last pus..defense, and the first of two streets will begin today, police night. articles"on the‘work of the sub- sa yesterday. Traffic is Petitions for. all candidates are committee-on protection.) permitted to move north on Lo- due December 3, with signatures Bombings? Fire? Sabotage? curt Lane between Beaver avenue of not less than 75 freshmen men Fantastic as' their probability ’ anc * Hamilton avenue and on S. and at least 25 freshman coeds, as may sound, the College is already Fraz i er street between Beaver stated in the recently adopted ’45 well prepared for reorganization averj ue Fairmont avenue; elections code. . The group was una/nimous in their, desire to eliminate conflict examinations. To remedy. this condition the committee recom mended-that the examination per iod be extended to a full two weeks and that the extra time re quired be made up at the begin ning of the semester.’ A system of pre-registration was -suggested-., by - the, ..committee, whereby Students: would register for the second semester just after Christmas vacation and for the first semester during the last two weeks in May. A special one day registration for transfers and spe cial students was , suggested for the beginning of each semester. . To • eliminate overcrowding of sections a system- whereby a re presentative of each department would be present a(t pre-registra tion , to- check on the numbers scheduling a course was suggested. That vacations begin weekends and re-open, on Monday’s was an other of the' committee’s recom mendations on the basis of its ‘survey. In regard to rooms and hours the committee requested that rooms- -be •of sufficient size and as convehient to the .professor . as possible. - ■ - &bs May Fall ; Bui Gsmpus Ready for Reorganization following these disasters. —— . ...» —■ - Under the chairmanship of AN OLD-TIMER COMPLAINS— . ” George W. Ebert, who has wit- » • I sssssttASs: Artists Course Loses Clamour 1928, the sub-committee on pro- tection has well defined plans for “Penn State tradition has taken morning yawns and snores, the 4 Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chair guarding the $20,000,000-valued a kick in the teeth”—that was the a. m. bridge game, and the lovely man of the Artists’ Course coin land and structure." lament raised yesterday by l'rosh coed in line beside him mittee, yesterday asked students Three primary objeetivee which Charles Bowen ’44 after reading through it all. to “be fair to your fellow stud- AVould provide good targets for that the system of buying Artists’ “Where else in Penn State,” he ents by refusing to buy tickets for enemy "bombers seeking to cripple Course, tickets had been changed asked, “could I get that close to a outsiders.”' the educational research heart of to eliminate the all-night waiting really beautiful girl for seven He made his request at a meef- Pennsylvania are the power plant, line. - hours? ing of the committee with repre water tower, and Old Main. “Gosh, the Artists'C urse won’t “You’re damn right it was cold,” sentatives from town and campus The most important of these, the seem half so important when you Bowen Admitted, “but that only groups. He explained to them power plant, is prepared for the don’t have to work so hard, to get added to the spirit of adventure, that the committee’s main prob rerouting of current 24 hours a to see it,” predicted Bowen, writ- In fact, I spent part of the time lem is to see that students get •day. Each man is well trained in er of last year’s Collegian story keeping a record of the tempera- their share of seats. the job of keeping any section of on the adventures of an Artists’ ture. The low point, which came “The cultural experience gained tlie campus supplied with the lie- Course ticket buyer. at about 3:30, was seven degrees during the plastic yertrs of youth cessary power. . Bowen 1 sighed as he recalled the above zero, but I didn’t mind too will Instill in students a love for .■Mr. Ebert in the last 12, years phases pf the annual all-night much. Only 28 other students got good music not likely to be gain lias compiled data on current and : marathon-—midnight cheers, the tickets before I did ” ed in later life,”. Dr. Marquardt (Continued on page iour)- '' ! early morning songs,' the early- * * 1 v , declared. latlg @ (E oil an: THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, STATE COLLEGE, PA. Pitt Panther Cremators Gerald F. Doherty ’42, left, will act ais master of ceremonies at °f instead of following the names, the annual Pitt game pep rally to be staged on the Jordan Fertility -As. before, faculty and staff mem- Plots at 7:30 p. m. today. An estimated crowd of 5,000 is expected to ale ls 1 be on hand to watch the Nittany Grid Captain, H. Leonard Krouse ‘42, right, as he lights the huge bonfire in which; an effigy of Pitt’s Golden Panther will be burned. Coach Bob Higgins and other mem bers. of. the Lion football staff will speak. Motorists Warned OF THE PENNSYLV. IA STATE COLLEGE Pep Rally Tonight Heads 'Beat Pitt' Celebrations 600 Directories Here But Only For Faculty Although not lor student dis tribution, 600 directories arrived yesterday. Registrar William. S. Hoffman said that they will be given to faculty members as an aid in sending out below grades. He did not say when an addi tional supply would be received. The 1941-42 directories are the same. as last year’s except that, curricula are designated in front Dating Customs To End Saturday 'Uniforms Don't Exempt from Customs'—Ardery “Wearing the ROTC uniform in compliance with the require ments of the Military department does not exempt freshmen from compliance with customs,’’ Col onel Ardery, head of the depart ment, announced last night. “Only while in uniform are white sox taboo. Being in uni form does not make is propeivfor frosh to walk on the grass, keep' hands in pockets, have coats un buttoned, ties unloosened, or hats or belts off,” he said. I Warmer with Jl, B; B I I Occasional Showers WEATHER PRICE THREE CENTS Burning Of Panther To Highlight Program Aimed at subduing Pitt’s reju venated Golden Panther, Penn. State’s “all-out” victory program will officially get underway when, an expected throng of 5,000 stud ents mass on the JordEjn Fertility Plots at 7:30 p. m. today for the annual pep rally and bonfire. Staged as a team send-off for the game in Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon, the rally will fealture the burning of an effigy of the Panther in the huge bonfire, which will be lit by- the Nittany Lion captain, Len Krouse. . In addition to Krouse, other speakers at the rally will be Coach Bob Higgins, F. Joe Bedenk, line coach, Earl Edwards, end coach, Da!n A. DeMarino, assistant dean of men, and William F. Finn ’42, manager. If not detained by out of-town business, President Ralph D. Hetzel may also speak at the rally, according to Gerald F. Do herty ’42, All-College vicerpresi dent and master of ceremonies. Massing in the Locust Laine fraternity section early this eve ning, the Blue Band will march to the’ Fertility Plots, where it will, accompany the cheerleaders and students in songs and yells. Under the’iight of the honfire, Finn, will then introduce different members of the . Nittany grid squad. The “Beat Pitt” tags, which up perclassmen have been- wearing on campus this week, should also be taken to the game Saturday, according to Charles F. Mattem ’42 and James W. -Ritter ’42, co chairmen of the pep rally com mittee. The co-chairmen also re vealed that definite word concern-, ing the possibility of having a Penn State cheering section in the general admission stands will ■be announced at the rally tonight. The pep rally is only part of the weekend grid festivities, how ever. Perm Staters travelling to Pittsburgh for the grid fracas will be well taken care of by alumni who have planned a dance and smoker for visiting : Nittany root ers. 1 ' ‘•III The smoker is scheduled for the Hotel Schenley at 8 o’clock Fri day night and the drnce will be held in the Hotel William Penn from 10 p. m. to. 2 a. m. Saturday. Walt James and hi§ Penn, State Collegians will play for the dance, at which formal dress will be op tional. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $2.75. .iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKtitmiiiiiiiiiiiitimimmimm Late News liiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiiiiiiiuiiimiiimiimtmuim WASHINGTON— John L. Lewis turned down President Roosevelt’s two appeals to stop the captive mines dispute. A.nadditional 147 commercial mines in Pennsylvania and West Virginia have staged sympathy walkouts, following Lewis’ refusal, to end captive mine strikes. CAIRO The British have be gun their first major offensive against the Germans in North Africa. Their advance extended 50 miles inside Lybia. EUREKA, California Seces sion plans were drawn up by three counties in California and Oregon to form a 49th state following a dispute over valuable mineral re sources in this section. DETROIT OHM announced that a 56 per cent cut in automo bile production will start in Feb ruary, 1942.
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