. Successor To
The Free Lance,
Established 1887
VOL. 38—No. I' B
Concerns To Send
Job Interviewers
To Visit Campus
Representatives of national busi
ness and industrial concerns will
be making periodical trips to the
campus from now until April to
interview prospective Liberal Arts
seniors for jobs, Prof. H. B. Young,
counsellor for male LA students,
stated yesterday.
"The majority of them will not
be here until the latter part of
April," Professor Young said, and
they will interview only those stu
dents recommended by the heads
of 'departments and those who fill
ed out the job forms."
Companies desiring majors in
specific' subjects, such as mathe
matics, accounting, or journalism,
obtain the names of eligible sen
iors from the various departments,
but those desiring general majors
are handled through Dean Stod
dart's office and 'Professor Young.
Firms that ha've already sent re
presentatives here looking for stu
dents in certain fields follow: Gen
eral Electric, math majors and
women journalists; •Carnegie-Illi
nois, accounting majors; Shell Oil
Company, commerce and finance
majors.
Senior Liberal Arts students who
have not already done so, may still
fill out the job interview forms ob
tainable in the Dean's office, 132
Sparks. These forms aid the inter
viewer in selecting desirable stu
dents for questioning, Professor
Young declared. - - - -
Personp.el men from Retail
Credit, Procter and Gamble, and
Sears and Roebuck are expected to
visit the campus shortly, asserted
Professor Young. Several concerns
interested in Penn State students
are preparing outlines stating what
they are looking for which will' be
released in the near future, he add
ed.
Pioneer Students
Arrive At College
Opening In Bobsled
' Exactly 83 years ago this week
69 young aspiring scientific farm
ers rolled out of the deep straw
of a bobsled caravan to enroll
here in the first school of its kind
in the United States. It was the
start of the great chain of Ameri
can land grant colleges and uni
versities
As the group of "bobs" wound
its way up Nittany Valley, it must
have presented a striking picture
with the young adventurers, their
bowler hats, "telescope" handbtlgs
and high crowned trunks and
bundles of bedding.
Contrasted to the modern Penn
State students arriving by thou
sands on streamlined busses and
attired In the latest ctampus tog
gery, the original 69 would cer
tainly Ile regarded as a bunch of
"sad apples."
The youths represented 38 of
the 67 Pennsylvania counties and
before the year's end their num
ber had swelled to 119. In 1861
the first graduation from an Am
erican two-year course in scien
tific agriculture took place here
with eleven men in the class.
Work and plenty of it, was the
order of the day for budding
young ,Pgricultural scientists. It
was a 12-hour day, three hours of
work on the College farms and
nine horns in laboratories and
lecture rooms.
Few living persons can recall
the opening clay of 83 years ago.
The borough then was 'entirely
rural, and the only industries were
iron ore quarries and iron furn
aces. There was no town here—
not evert a cross-road tavern.
at Toll
ANIA
Mixed Drinking Ban
Finally Becomes Law
It's an over There's no ques
tion about it now.
Finally, after three months of
.drafting proposing, and haggling,
Interfraternity Council dating code
is a law, A. R. Warnock, dean of
men and member of the Senate
Commit.ee on Student W3lfare;
announced yesterday.
The new code goes into effect
immediately although the com
mittees that will enforce it have
not as yet been made public by
Thomas J. L. Henson '42, IFC
president.
"Mixed drinking;" the main
cause of the revised code, has now
been banned by. WSGA, All-Col
lege Cabinet, and IFC.
Speech Innovation
Aids Department
"Just one more step in the ad
vancement of the visual education
program at Penn State," is how
Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the
department of public speaking; de
scribes the new Anthropometer re
cently acquired lay the speech de
partment.
The Anthropometer, sometimes
known as the Structural Differen
tial, is a device used in teaching
speech. It is a visual representa
tion of the various degrees of ab
straction involved in everyday lan
guage.
Invented in 1925 by Count Al
fred—Kbrzybski• who last summer
conducted a seminar in general
semantics on this campus, the ap
paratus resembles a telephone
switchboard in that it is composed
of a series of plates, each display
ing a number of holes, and includes
a plug-in. The holes represent the
various characteristics of the phe
nomenon at each level of abstrac
tion. Loose strings dangle from
certain holes at each level, indicat
ing characteristics of the objects or
events which human beings leave
out in their perception.
"This instrument is most helpful
in displaying to students the true,
abstractness of cold words" ex
plained Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien of
the speech department who cham
pioned the cause of the AnthroPo
meter here at Penn State.
Scholarship Contest
Students from Latin American
countries who have not resided
permanently in an English-speak
ing country and who wish to com
pete for the John W. White schol
arship for proficiency in English
should report to 245 Sparks before
Tuesday.
Psychology Experiment Proves
Fraternity Heads Are Best Men
Next time your "master frater" ment.
gives you an order, you can be Comparing 45 Penn State fra
sure he knows what he is talking
ternity prexies with college men
about.
A psychology experiment
as a whole, with fraternity men,
just '
and with non-fraternity men,
concluded by George N. Rumsey
Rumsey found them superior to
'43 indicates that fraternity presi
all three in the nine traits of per
dents are better than average men,
sonality mez4sured.
and fraternity members have used
good judgment in their selections. Belie 'e it 'or not, his findings
Under the direction of Dr. Wil- showed that fraternity heads were
Liam M. Lepley, assistant profes- very much more sociable, and con
sor of psychology, Rumsey con- siderably more emotionally stable.
ducted his experiments over a No use trying to get them "riled"
span ot* three weeks as part of up, either, because they were also
his laboratory course in Psych 7. decidedly less prone to annoyance
Rumsey based his conclusions and irritability.
on observations drawn from the Bringing them down to earth,
use of a personality test, "The however, was the fact that, like
Personal Audit," devised by Dr. other college men, they had a
Lepley and Dr. 'Clifford R. Adams tendency to worry considerably
of the psycho-education depart- about unsolved problems.
OF THE PENNSYLV
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, STATE COLLEGE, PA
Campus '44 Clique
Selects Nominees
Rising political activity on cam
pus in preparation for All-College
elections March 25, 26, and 27 was
evidenced by meetings last night
of '44 and '45 Campus and '43 and
'45 Independent cliques.
Nominations for junior class of
fices were made by the '44 Campus
clique at a meeting in Old Main
and released by J. Kemp Noble,
party chairman. Junior class pres
idential aspirants include James
Milholland,• William B. Pritchard,
and David G. Keeney.
Robert M. Faloon Jr.,. was the
only candidate for. the vice presi
dential nomination, while Harold
L. Pickel and William Briner, Jr.,
-were nominated as candidates for
treasurer.
Two coeds, Shirley Jean Tetley
and Anne Marie Serocca, are the
nominees for the secretaryship . of
the junior class.
Activity at the '43 Independent
meeting was confined to general
organization work and reports by
Thomas R. Heidecker, nomination
chairman, and J. Hilary Kelley,
platform committee chairman. De
finite nominations for senior class
offices and All-College offices will
be released following a meeting
scheduled for next Thursday at 7
p. m., according to Frank R. Flynn,
clique chaihnan.
A final selection of candidates
for sophomore class offices on the
'45 Campus slate will be made next
Thursdgy at 7:30 p. m., Walter C.
Price announced- after -the--fresh
man political meeting. Appoint:
ments made at the meeting were
Robert E. Becker, platform com
mittee chairman, with co-workers
Dale Quinn, William 'P. Douglas,
Jr., Richard D. Collins, Jr., R.
James Lotz, Jr., Joan E. Piollet,
and Wayne G. LaPoe.
'45 Independents will release
nominations at a . meting next 'week.
Ten Sophomores Named
To Business Board
At ejections held yesterday, six
sophomore men and four sopho
more women were named to the
Junior Pusiness Board of The
Daily Collegian, it was revealed
l i st night by James E. McCaughey,
business and advertising manager.
The six men who were pro
moted are George J. Cohen, Rich
ard E. Marsh, Phillip P. Mitchell,
Donald H. IShaner, A. Kenneth
Sivitz and James B. Vostiers.
Four women staff members pro
moted to Junior Board member
ship are Jane L. Ammerman7Eu
genie D. Bundick, Estermae
Har
tos, and Mary Lou Keith.
STATE COLLEGE
Glenn Miller Spotlights
Biggest Winter Weekend
WARNS ALIENS All persons
born.abroakl or in doubt as to their
citizenship rating should contact
the local postmaster or consult
the list in the Dean of Men's of
fice before the deadline on Satur
day, A. R. Warnock stated last
night.
Motor Transport
Exams Announced
Motor transport . has. assumed
such a 3 ital role in defense activ
ity that the United States Civil
Service Commission has announ
ced an examination for instruct
ors in over ten branches of the
automotive industry.
The instructors are needed by
the Quartermaster - Corps of the
War •DepaTtment. Salaries range
from $2,900 to $4,600 a year.
Instructors will conduct classes
in the following bnariches: auto
motive parts; automotive machin
ist; tire-recapping and sectional
repair; fender, body, and radiator;
Diesel engines; internal-combust
ion engines; motorcycles; black
smith and welding; and general.
They well plan the courses in
these subjects, and prepare and
revise text and related instruct
ional material.
Requirements include study in
a college or Diesel engine school
or experience as a journeyrnr.n
mechanic. No written test will
be given. Arplications will be
accepted until further notice and
must be filed at the Civil Service
Commiss'on, Washington, D. C.
Full information on examina
tions and application forms may
be obtained from the secretary of
the Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners at any first or second
class post office.
Three Changes Made
In New Players' Show
Three students were inadver
tently omitted from last Tues-
day's cat listing of the Penn State
Players' next production, "Mr. and
Mrs. 'North," to be staged on
March 20 and 21.
Robert H. Herrman '44 will Coast yesterday. The army believes
play the part of Lieutenant Wei- the planes were manned by fifth
gand. Leon B. Flock '43 is cast columnists, and a search is being
as Mr. ._'rooks, and Sol G. Joffe made for possible hidden air bases.
will portray the role of Edwards. NORWAY The Germans are
The remaining four members of feverishly sending troop reinforce
the cast will be named by Director ments to Norway by way of Den-
Lawrenc'e E. Tucker, department mark in anticipation of an Allied.
of dramatics, next week, attack on the mainland.
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WEATHER
Snow Flurries
and Cooler
PRICE: THREE CENTS
2,400 Will Attend
Senior Ball Tonight
Beginning the biggest weekend
of .the winter featured by dancing
and sports Glenn Miller and his
"Moonlight Serenaders" will raise
the curtain at 10 o'clock tonight be
fore an expected crowd of 1,200
couples at Senior Ball.
Approximately' ten hours after
the maestro packs up his baton
Penn State's athletic warriors will
swing into action on the home
front.
Saturday afternoon Bob Gal
braith's swimmers will face Syra
cuse at the Glennland pool and the
fencers will meet Lehigh at Rec
Hall. The boxing team will at
tempt to break its losing streak
against the viisting Michigan State
mitmen, and the high-flying bas
ketball team will top off the eve
ning's entertainment at Rec Hall
with New York University.
Carrying the Nittany Lion ban
ner to foreign wars are the varsity
and freshman wrestlers, and the
league-leading gymnasts.
At Senior Ball, the first big
dance of 1942, Glenn Miller will be
playing his second stand at Penn
State. Miller supplied the music
for Junior Prom in 1940.
The orchestra will receive the
highest amount ever paid to a band
to play here, $2,500. Miller re
ceived $2,000 to play here in 1940,
a new high at the time. ,
For the first time in recent years
a grand march will be held at an
All-College dance. The march
will follow the crowning of a Sen
ior Queen, who will replace the
traditional May Queen this year.
The newly chosen queen will
lead the march with her date, fol
lowed by H. Leonard Krouse, sen
ior class president. Only seniors
will participate' in the march. The
band .will then play a dance num
ber for seniors only. This will take
place two dances before ,intermis
sion.
Another novel feature of the
dance will be the "no corsage"
theme. In accord with the national
emergency, Krouse and the Senior
Ball committee have requested that
students purchase defense stamps
and put them inside the dance pro
gram, which will be in the form of
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Late News
Flashes ...
WASHINGTON— American war
planes and ships are taking heavy
toll of Jap shipping. U. S. under
sea craft have sunk two transports,
1 cruiser and 2 auxiliary craft.
BATAAN PENINSULA Gen
eral MacArthur's forces have driv
en back Japanese outposts several
miles in fierce counter-attacks. 20,-
000 8010 tribsemen on Mindano
have pledged themselves with
MacArthur to the death.
MOSCOW Russian sources
describe the trapped Nazi army's
position on the Leningrad front as
hopeless..
SAN FRANCISCO Surveil
lance over enemy aliens has in
creased as a result of the flight of
15 mysterious planes over the West