FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1944
Five Vie For
Community Carnival Closes
Parajyiis Fund Drive
Climaxing the local drive for
the infantile paralysis fund, a
Community. Carnival will be held
at the Elks Auditorium Saturday
evening, January 29. All profit
will be contributed to the local
Paralysis Fund. In addition to the
usual carnival features, there will
be dancing and novelty acts.
Tickets, priced at $l.lO each,
may be purchased from the fol
lowing members of the faculty
staff: Prof. J. H. Frizzell; Prof.
Julius Kaulfuss; Prof. R. D. An
htony; Prof. W. E. Butt; Dr. J. P.
Ritenonr; Dr. C. D. Dietterich,;
Robert Rutherford Jr.; H. R. Gil
bert; H. L. Stuart; Ray Watkins;
Russell Clark; and H. R. Kinley.
TODAY and
SATURDAY '
Monday Tuesday
"MOONLIGHT 'IN "TRADE WINDS"
VERMONT" with
with Gloria Jean Fredric March
STARTS
THURS.
* * GUNG HO! * *
Queen Title
(Continued froin page one)
other orchestra's trumpeter tries
to do the undoing trick. Super
.ecorations will glamorize Rec
Hall, and a sensational surprise
will greet all who attend.
Chairman Herbert also announ
ced that the results of the snow
queen balloting will result in the
presentation of the winner dur
ing the course of the dance.
The poster contest, a part- of
the ball's publicity campaign, at
tracted a 'large number of par
ticipants with the results being
very encouraging. Announcement
of the results of this contest will
be stated in next week's Colleg
ian.
Alpha Chi Sigma, chemistry
fraternity, recently initiated D,on.
ald Bany, Charles Bair, Abram
}Mosier, Karl Mahaffey, John Ma
ternas, Robert Miller, B. A. Neb
ling, John Seavy, Richard Tarbot,
and Penrose Wolf.
Wednesday
"GHOST SHIP"
with
Richard Dix
RANDOLPH SCOTT in
THE COLLEGIAN
Divorces Go Up With
Prices; Suicides
Decline
Rising prices have a definite
effect on the public's behavior,
sometimes good and sometimes
bad, according to. Dr. M. E. John,
professor of rural sociology at
the Pennsylvania State College.
Divorces increase when prices
rise, he pointed out, while suicides
and deaths from alcoholism de - -
cline.
From 1914 to 1920, when the
price level rose sharply, the di
vorce rate increased from 110 to
160 per 100,000 people. In con
trast,, divorces declined. from 166
to 128 per 100,000 when prices
dropped in 1929. Increased prices
from 1932 to 1935 pushed the
figures up again from 128 to
171.
"There are two explanations,"
Dr. John said. "In depressions
many people who want a divorce
can't afford -it, and hard times
often bring a husband and wife
into closer harmony."
Contrary to popular belief,
deaths from alcoholism declined.
during the price rise of World
War I, from 5.8 per 100,000 per
sons in 1914 to 1 per 100,000 in
1920. During the depression
deaths from alcoholism increased.
"Evidently excessive drinking
is not caused iv having . more
money," Dr, John explained. "It's
more likely that some people re-
Sort to excessive • use of alcohol
as a way •tO forget everything."
. Suicides also declined with the
price rises of World War I, he
added, but the low Prices of . the
1920's were accompanied by an
increase in the number of sui
cides from 10 to over 12 per 100,-
000. During the crash of the 'stock
Market and the depression, ' the
Suicide rate went up , from 14 to
17 per 100,000 population.
Campus News
Briefs
College Adds Special
New Wartime Courses
. Adding .new emphasis to their
participation in • the institution's
all-out war effort, the social
science departments of the Col
lege have added five special . war
time courses to thdir curricula for
the coming semester.' •
The history department will of
fer courses in the "Background of
World War. II" and "The Diploma.;
tic Background of the War." A
study of the financial systems
within the Axis and the other
warring, nations will be conducted
by the economies department un
der the title, "Contemporary Eco
nomic Systems."
"Problems of Morale" has been
added to the sociology depart
ment's curriculum, and the •politi
cal science department will add' to
its more general courses on inter
national problems a detailed study
of : current `lnter-American Rela
tions of the United States.".
Other special. -. wartime . courses
include military German, war
psychology, war meteorogy, and
geography of World War 11. Scores
of other courses have been altered
to meet wartime problems and
changes.
Fresh To Remove Cards
FirSt semester freshman women
may remove their name cards Fri
day, it was decided by Senate Mon
.day night, Ruth 'Ernst, chairman of
Judicial, announced today. How
ever, she stated that freshman
women must keep first semester
hours until Move4Tp Day, the ex
atc date of which has not been
set.
EZM=I
Wintersteen Elected
Bill Wintersteen was recently
elected chairman of the Lion
clique. Peggy Lou Chapman is the
new secretary-treasurer. The Lion
.clique will meet in 405 Old Main,
'7:30 p. m: Sunday, according to
Wintersteen.
Princess Speaks To BWOC's
(Continued from, page one)
families of that part of Poland.
There were frequent trips to
Warsaw, to Vienna and other Ea.
ropean capitals. In Warsaw she
met Frau Goering at a . luncheon
Party, and there, as at other dip
lomatic functions, she began to
feel a sense cf impending doom
which haunted other Europeans
who were in a position to see the
disaster that was coming.
When the Germans invaded Po
land it was almost immediately
certain that Poland was lost. The
Prince and Princess fled Poland
to Roumania, then went to Hun
gary and finally to Paris, where
the Prince joined the Polish gov
ernment in exile and the Princess
wrote "Polish. Profile " a novel
‘vhicli; depicts many of the exper
iences of her six years' in Poland.
Since she has returned to the
United States the Princess has
written another novel, "Beyond
This Shore," centered on the con
flict between the American and
European way of life as it is re
flected in the marriage of young
American girls to a Polish diplo
mat.
A number of years ago the pre
sent PSCA was not co-educational
in membership. The men and the
women each had their own separ
ate organizations on the campus.
THIS Signal Corps lineman and his comrades are
building and keeping open the telephone lines
that help to coordinate attack and defense in every
battle zonb. Not only on land, but also at sea and in
the air, telephone and radio equipment made by
'estern Electric is helping to bring Victory closer.
This Company—for 61 years the manufacturer for
the Bell Telephone System is today avast arsenal of
military einnmunications equipment. College gradu
ates—men and women of varied training—are help
ing to speed this vital war production.
Buy War Bonds regularly—from now till Victory!
•
..9% \ We tern Electric
IN PEACE...SOURCE Or SUPPLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM.
IN WAR...ARSENAL Or COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Pres. Hetzel Will Make
Annual Status Report
President Ralph D. Hetzel.
make his annual report on tho
state of the College at the annua,l
meeting of the Board of Trus
tees in Harrisburg tomorrow af
teernoon, Wilmar E. Kenworthy,
executive secretary to the Presi—
dent, announced yesterday.
Governor Edward A. Martin is
expected to attend the luncheoj.i
for the trustees at the Penn-Hai ••
ris Hotel before the meeting.
The executive committee of the
board will meet at 7:30 o'clock to•
night and thd standing committee
will meet tomorrow morning
You'll Never Know It
but -
GEORGE
WASHINGTON
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