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Contest District
Finals Here Today
Eight students, Nathan. M. Cohen
’44, James B. Craig ’44, Gaylord W.
Greenlee ’45, Sara M. Bailey ’43,
Harold Epstein ’44, Bernard M.
Weinberg ’43, Robert S. MacNabb
|45, and Stanley J, Chmielevski,
will represent Penn State in the
Central Pennsylvania district fin
als of the National Extempore-
Discussion Contest in 121 Sparks
Building, today.
Contest sessions will be conduct
ed at 2 and 8:30 p. m. Representa
tives from Bucknell, Dickinson and
Lock Haven State Teachers Col
lege will compete with Penn
State’s candidates for the first and
second prize positions.
At the afternoon meeting con
testants will form panel groups to
extemporaneously discuss the con
test topic, “How Can We Best Im
plement The Good Neighbor Pol
icy.” After these each student will
deliver a speech based on his own
views of the subject.
Approximately eight will be sel
ected on the basis of the atfernoon
performances for the.evening com
petition. Two delegates to the re
gional contest will be named after
this meeting.
Radio station, WMRF, Lewis
town, will broadcast a special rec
ord tomorrow from 4 to 4:30 p. m.
made at the conclusion of this eve
ning’s finals by the two winners.
Prof. Herbert Poepp-Baker of the
public speaking department will
make the recording.
Flower Judgers
Place At Chicago
Penn State’s four-man flower
judging team took fourth place
honors in the National Collegiate
Flower Judging contest held in
connection with the National
Flower Show held in Chicago on
Monday.
The team made up of one sen
ior and three juniors placed behind
Cornell University, Ohio State,
and the University of Illinois in
the college division.
Sam Asen ’42, Wayne Cronk ’43,
Alfred L. Senape ’43, and alter
nate Coleman J. 'Duel ’43, all hor
ticultural students, competed for
Penn State in the meet.
Team coach Dr. Conrad B. Link,
instructor in florticulture, also
served as a judge in some of the
meet’s national competition.
Journalism Honorary
To Initiate Ten Women
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s na
tional journalism honorary,' will
initiate ten women journalism
majors in 412 Old Main at 2 p. m.
tomorrow.
Pledges include Seniors—Anna
Lee Carey, Betty Jo Patton, and
Aimee L. ‘Sobbott; and Juniors—
Emily L. Funk, Ruth H. Gerber,
Jean A. Kelly, Ruth E. Morrow,
Edith L. Smith, Marjorie L. Sykes,
and Florence N. Willey.
Come On Smoothy, Get Hep!
INTERFRATERNITY RALL
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• RAYMOND scon • MARCH 27
• HIS QUINTET AND • DANCING 10-2
• HIS ORCHESTRA • REC HALL
All-College President's
Veto Power Defined
The power of the All-College
President to veto legislation has
been specifically defined in Ar
ticle I, Section 6, which states that
if the president approves legisla
tion it goes into effect immedi
ately. If he refuses to approve
the measure at the same meeting,
it then too will automatically take
effect.
However, if the president vetos'
the legislation, Cabinet can only
repass the measure with a two
thirds vote of the members pres
ent.
The old constitution states that
the All-College President must
sign the legislation within two
weeks after Cabinet passes it for
it to take effect. Failure to sign
within two weeks also makes the
measure effective. If he vetoed
within two weeks, Cabinet could
repass legislation with two-thirds
vote.
Students Favor
WSS F Campaign
Progress is being made in the
campaign for funds for World Stu
dent Relief Palmer M. Sharpless,
chairman of the WSSF Executive
committee,. announced yesterday.
Favorable reaction among the stu
dent body was reported by all
those working on the committees.
Typical of student sentiment was
the Alpha Kappa Pi house, which
agreed to gjve up :a'moyie during
the week and: donate, the money to
the WSSF. The women of 'Alpha
Epsilon suggested a plan for ra
tioning meat and giving the sav
ings to the fund.
Many other fraternity houses are
reported considering donations
soon. Thursday the senior, class
took the lead in the campaign by
donating $lOO from Senior Ball
profits.
WSSF is part of World Student
Program Week which stars March
29 and ends Easter Sunday. The
WSSF has been ‘ recommended by
Mrs. Franklin D. Rooseyelt as the
logical organization to take care of
student need in war zones. Schol
arships, medical treatment, and
care of prisoners of war are among
the many services ,of ‘World Stu
dent Relief.
Profs Discuss Plans
For 4-H Club Work
Plans for 4-H Club work
throughout the state during the
year were presented at the Cam
pus 4-H Club meeting recently
by Miss Martha E. Leighton, as
sistant professor of agricultural
extension, and Allen L. Baker,
professor of agricultural exten
sion.
“Work for victory and defense”
will be the motto of members,
who will be urged to raise as
many animals as possible for their
part in speeding up production.
Miss Leighton stressed the need
for home economics clubs to can
and knit to help defense.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Prof. Disclaims
IQ's Reliability
Too much faith has been placed
in intelligence tests and vocational
guidance tests as an indication of
a child’s unchangeable ability, ac
cording to Dr. Charles C. Peters,
professor of education.
It is Dr. Peters’ contention that
so-called “native ability” has been
overemphasized in homes and
schools, and that too little attention
has been paid to improving ability
by training and development.
“Except in extreme cases, it is
impossible to say that an infant
will grow up to be intelligent or
stupid,? Dr. Peters declared yester
day. We should center our atten
tion on training children to ac
quire certain abilities rather than
on predicting whether or not they
have them.”
To the extent to which it is pos
sible to overcome deficiencies, di
viding people into varying levels of
intelligence is ■an undemocratic
procedure, he added. The demo
cratic way would be to offer all
people an opportunity to increase
their talents.
In an effort to prove his hypoth
esis that the results of tests are not
always indicative of ability, Dr.
Peters is directing several studies
which measure supposedly native
ability before and after specific
training.
Revised Rule Affects
Independent Members
Two new by-laws to the con
stitution passed by Cabinet pro
vide for a new method of select
ing independent men’s and wom
en’s representatives to Cabinet.
Instead of having the IMA
president sit on Cabinet, as inde
pendent representative, as has
been the case, a general election
will be held at which both the IMA
and Penn State Club presidents
will be candidates for the inde
pendent men’s representative to
Cabinet. In this way a person
will be elected who represents
more completely the entire inde
pendent group father than just one
faction or another.
1 The second by-law concerning
the independent women’s repre
sentative to Cabinet states that
WSGA nominating committee will
name the candidates after which
all independent women will vote
on the nominees. The winning
candidate will sit on Cabinet as
well as be ex-officio member of
WSGA Senate.
Dairy Club Elects
IJewly installed officers of the
Dairy ‘Science club are David J.
Woods ’43, president; Howard J.
Merrill ’43, vice-president; Wil
liam B. Hastings ’43, secretary;
William C. Shoemaker ’44, Agri
cultural Student Council .repre
sentative.; and Wilbur S. Bull ’44,
publicity.
Numerous famous people have
had their faces on American pa
per money. Most of us would pre
fer to have our hands on it.
Summer Sport Schedule
A Possibility - Fleming
'45 Debaters Engage
Pittsburgh, California
Freshman debaters took to the
road this week for a series of four
debates.
Tuesday evening the ’45 debat
ers met the Pittsburgh freshmen
in two debates on the labor ques
tion while Wednesday they dis
cussed, “What Kind of a Peace Do
We Want?” with debaters from
California State Teachers College.
Harold P. Zelko, instructor of
public speaking, accompanied the
yearling debaters on the trip.
That Old Bench
Is There Again
Meteorologists have this business
of calling the arrival of Spring fo
the minute and they say that the
groundhog is quite adept at pre
dicting the weather but Spring ar
rived several weeks before its
scheduled 2:11 a. m. entrance to
day.
This astounding fact was reveal
ed by research yesterday which
disclosed that the historic bench
perched in front of Graham’s (A.
C.) has been squatting in- front -of
the store since March 7.
At that time the pin-ball ma
chine leeches ventured outside,
commented favorably on the atmo
spheric conditions, and after a
hasty vote decided that Spring had
arrived. A motion to dust off the
bench and put in its proverbial
spot was in order.
Due to extremely favorable con
ditions yesterday, the leeches were
considering the installation of a
pin-ball machine beside the bench.
A few minutes discussion in're
gard to the gravity of the national
emergency and the leeches drop
ped-the plan. <
The bench itself is fairly new. It
replaced the old, battered perch
last year.
After several moments of med
itation, Randall Graham was heard
commenting on the arrival of the
new season. “Yep, the calendar
says it’s here now. But we were
two weeks ahead of them”’ he said
slyly. „
Home Ec Council
Adds Six Members
’■ New class representatives on
Home Econotnics Advisory Coun
cil were elected yesterday by 101
home economics students. Coeds
elected are Barbara C. Painter
and Kathryn K. Metzger, sopho
more representatives; Margaret K.
Ramaley and Ruth M. Storer, jun
ior representatives; and Allten K.
More and Helen H. Wolf, senior
representatives.
Alternates are Kathleen M. Os
good and Miriam R. Ramsey,
sophomores; Helen R. Keefauver
and Anne M. Serocca, juniors; and
Nancy I. Spencer and Cheryl
Charlson, seniors.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1942
Taking definite action towards
an intercollegiate Summer sports
program, Neil M. Fleming', grad
uate manager of athletics, reveal
ed yesterday the possibilities of’
competition for members of the
golf, tennis, lacrosse, track,;- and
baseball teams.
Summer athletic events Will be
bn an informal basis, According 'to
Fleming, with the emphasis on
games with nearby colleges' arid
service units to help the limited
budget. - - - ,
“Other schools are going on .a
Summer athletic program, which
will lighten our load in schedul
ing games and matches with
schools in the Eastern vicinity,!’
said the graduate manager.. .
Transportation and lodging fa- 1
cilities will have to be curtailed
to a certain degree because of the
tire shortage and budget prob
lems, he explained, but the "pro
gram will provide competition for
the athletes, as well as sports
events for spectators, throughout
the summer.
Freshmen will probably be-con
sidered as sophomores after ‘May
18, which will help coaches whose
squads will be depleted by* grad
uation and Summer defense jobs.
• - The eligibility of freshmen' will
depend, however, on the decision
of the Athletic Advisory Board
and 'the system used by opponents.
Only college to make . definite
overtures for meets so far is Cor- 1
nell. The Big Red athletic coun
cil is seeking summer golf, ten-'
nis, and lacrosse .engagements
with the Blue and White. : . '
Service teams from Indiantown-
Gap and Aberdeen' Pfovirig...
Grounds are possibilities for- the'
schedule, since they do not have
the transportation problems -Which ;
handicap many small colleges. A
complete report on Summer Acti
vities and scheduled games ; will
probably be released some time
next month, according to Fleming. {
Greater Ratio Needed >
To Amend Constitution
In order to amend the revised
constitution, the vote of Cabinet
must be three-fourths instead of
two-thirds as was stated in the
old constitution.
Also under Article XII, Section
1, on amendment, a claused has'
been added which requireSj the
amendment to be read to Cabinet
at three successive meetings and
only after these readings cai} the
amendment be passed.
This new clause makes it. im
possible for Cabinet to rush' any
amendments through without
plenty of time to consider and re
consider such a move. • Also .with
the vote raised from- two-thirds
to three-fourths any amendments
made will have to be approved
even more completely by Cabinet
members than before. • .
You have to have some sand if
you hope to leave any footprints
there.