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VOL.ja^No.^'-V,'
Griffith Heads
Engineer Staff
Publication Lists New
Editorial Appointments
'-(Elisabeth Griffith will head the
new staff of the. Perth State” En
gineer. :She succeeds Dorothea
Fischer who resigned recently ‘as
editor-in-chief.
Editorial staff appointments are
Mary Field, associate editor; Ger
trude Spector, managing editor;
Eileen Ershler, assistant managing
editor;' Nancy Cohen, illustrations
editor; Margaret Cook, assistant
illustrations editor; Ann Pfahler,
feature editor; Henry Bennett and
-Marie Macario, assistant feature
editors; Sidney Dickstein, staff
photographer.
The business staff includes
Lyiihe Robinson, business mana
ger; James McMaster, associate
business 'manager; Marvin Bres
law, local advertising manager;
George West, assistant local man
ager; John Layser, national ad
vertising manager; Lewis Stein,
assistant. national manager; Rol
and Perry, circulation manager;
Barbara Pfahler and Donna Out
man, assistant circulation mana
gers; David Nalven, office mana
ger.
Associate positions are held by
Samuel Casey, Jack -Green, Colin
■Harrison; Robert Jacobus,'Robert
Jones. Wallis Lloyd, Samuel.'Pap
rocky, Stephen Persak, ' Edward
Popky, Albert Spinner, and Betty.
Trainer. *
AAUW Gets
Data on Jobs
The American Association of
University Women is' .compiling.' a
list of persons in State College
having had experience in a total
of eleven vocational. fields. .Mrs.
Walter Coutu, as education com
mittee chairman, heads the pro
ject. , . '
"Approximately 50 -occupations
are covered by the list, which
. .gives names, addresses, and actual
.ppositions-held. Those whose names
i-appear on the list are-willing to
: : discuss 'their experiences with
coeds who have already selected
'.'their vocations. The purpose of
.‘. the service is to give students the
benefit of talking with people who
...have practical knowledge of their
: fields.
.' Booklets containing the list will
be ready this week for distribu-
• tion to faculty advisors, depart
, -ment heads, deans, dormitory
j hostesses, and other people or
i groups having contact with coeds
%. interested .in obtaining such in
; formation.
The Association stresses that it
.. is in no manner .competing with
-. agencies giving vocational guid
i ance, but wishes to present
1 women students the opportunity
, of talking with those who have
, had associations in business,
• nursing and other medical fields,
education, home economics, clin
ical psychology, laboratory and
genera'l,technical sciences, and in
~ fine arts music, drama, and
speech.
Working with Mrs. Coutu are
'Miss Jean Amberson, Mrs. Ellen
J. Maynard, Mrs. L. P. Guest, and
Miss Rose Cologne.
Russian Club Reorganizes
Alpha Rho Omega, better known
as the Russian Club, will reorgan
ize its Russian Chorus in lit
Sparks at 8 p.m. Thursday. Con
stantine Auroroff, Russian instruc
tor, will direct the.'group.
Organized- soon'after Russian
was included in the curriculum,
the chorus was disbanded during
, the war. Alpha Rho Omega invites
. members of the club, faculty, and
; ..stud.ents of Russian to join the re-
group.' »y-
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Election Committee
Installs Lundy
As Prexy
Richard Griffiths, chairman of
the elections feommittee, will in
stall Van Lund_y as president 'of
All-College Cabinet in the Alumni
office at 8 o’clock tonight.
Following the installation, Lun
dy will introduce the class officers
and open discussion of Cabinet's
plans for. the semester.
Plans for an all-college formal,
featuring a nationally-known or
chestra, will head the discussion.
Vaughan Stapleton will continue
as chairman of the committee in
charge of details for this dance.
PSCA Groups
Elect Officers
Tonight after the orientation
mass meeting, the Freshman
Forum meets in 804 Old Main
to elect officers. Candidates are:
Margaret Cunningham, Ruth Gil
more, and Dorothy Park, presi
dent; Nancy Bames, Mary Kapp,
and Jean Rapps, vice-president;
Patricia Kinkead, Marjorie Mc-
Kelvey, and Joanne Snyder, se
cretary-treasurer; Lois Reese and
Harriet Schlee, membership chair
man; and Louise Leech and Betty
Sammons, social ‘ chairman. Offi
cers will be installed • next wefek.
Reebnd Semester
- 'To nominate officers and hold
a “Get Acquainted‘Hour” the Se
cond Semester Club will assemble
in the Hugh t Beaver Room tomor
row night at 7:30 o’clock. Joan
Wolfe and Augustus Thomas are
general co-chairmen for the eve
ning.' •
'Upperclass CTubßebpehs■--*''
: -The Upperclass Club, under the
temporary -chairmanship of -Sara
Achenbach, -.will hold a reorgani
zation- meeting in 304- Old Main
at 7 p. fn. on Thursday. All for
mer members and -interested pro
spective ones 'will be ■ sincerely
welcomed.
Home Ec-Agent Visits
Miss' Berenice Mallory, : federal
agent,'Home Economics Education,
Federal Security Agency, U. S. Of
fice of Education, Washington, 3D.
C., will be on campus Wednesday
to • speak- to ithe Home Economics
education classes on “The Value otf
Work Experiences to ithe .Home
Economics Student.”
Conferences have Ibeen arranged
during the day when Miss Mallory
will be available to discuss with
students some of her experiences in
this field.
Ad Staff Candidates
Business and Advertising old
and new icandidates meeting will
be held Thursday evening, 7 p.m.
This meeting is compulsory.
Telephone Operator Retires
After 35 Years of Service
A familiar voice will be missing
when you pick up your telephone
to dial the College after Saturday.
Rending approval of the Board of
Trustees,- Mrs. Mary J. .Bitner, who
has been chief operator of the Col
lege administration switchboard
for the past 20 years, will retire
on that date.
Altogether, Mrs. Bitner has
spenlt 35 years as a telephone op
erator in the community. She be
gan work at the State College ex
change in 1900, and for-li2 of the
next 15 years she was the opera
tor -in charge.
She .married Guy O. Bitner in
1914, resigned the Bell Telephone
Company -position in 1915, and
moved with her husiband -to Pitts
burgh in 1918, where she did War
.work in the Union Switch and
Signal Aircraft Company.
Moving ba’ck to State College
in 19-20,. Mrs. Bitner took charge
of the College telephone service
Sigma Delta Chi
To Reorganize
Journalism Honorary
To Lay Plans At Dinner
The Penn State Chapter of Sig
ma Delta Chi, journalism men’s
honorary, will hold a reorganiza
tion dinner Sunday at the Nittany
Lion Inn, Prof. Franklin C. Ban
ner, adviser, announced today.
The purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers and to make plans
for resuming normal activities be
fore the end of this semester.
To be eligible for membership
in Sigma Delta Chi, a man must
have the expressed desire to en
ter the periodical or publicity
field of newspaper; he must be
outstanding academically, and
prominent ‘in campus activities.
Normally, many of these potential
members have had Collegian or
summer experience in the news
paper field. (However, while it
isn’t essential for consideration,
some experience is an absolute
necessity before graduation.
Thirty representative members
of the Pennsylvania press editors
and publishers, are members of the
local Penn State Chapter. The
group sponsors frequent lunch
eons with editors, helps conduct
high school press conferences in
the spring, holds gridiron dinners
for' campus BMOC’s, entertains
publishers when they are here for
conventions, and holds smokers
for Journalism men.
Societies Aid
On Research
■Local chapters of the American
Association of ‘University Profes
sors and • Sigma Xi met together
on Tuesday to consider promotion
of graduate study and research
at colleges and universities. Dr.
Bruce V. Moore presided.
To define and ennumerate fields
covered by graduate study, papers
were read by Professors Joseph
■H. Simons, Jesse S. Doolittle, and
Douglass S. Mead on basic
sciences, applied sciences and
non-scientific fields, respectively.
Professor Wendell E. Keepper led
a discussion! of what can be done
at Penn State to further oppor
tunities for graduate work.
The AAUP’s committee on
graduate study suggested that
periodic bulletins, supplying avail
able information and points of
view on the subject be prepared
and distributed to stimulate dis
cussions Also suggested by the
committee was a faculty-directed
questionnaire on facilities and
personnel for study. Both the bul
letin and questionnaire were ap
proved by the assembly, and the
1 .committee on graduate study is to
continue working on them.
in October 1925. Although two op
erators then took care of all calls,
without the aid cf dormitory or
extension Switchboards, Mrs. Bit
ner points out -that -there were on
ly 247 telephone extensions then
as compared with 600 now. Today
three operators handle more than
double the work two operators
had in 1925.
“Work has been much heavier
since the war,” Mrs. Bitner said.
“Our busiest hours used to be just
before 12 noon and 5 p. m. Now
we are continually busy, and Sat
urday morning is the worst.”
Biggest emergency she remem
bers during her period of service
was the fire in th'e bull pen on
December 29, 1937.
Of th'e eight ooerators now with
the College, half have been here
from 15 to 20 years, and the other
half have been employed for sev
eral years—a fact which reflects
Mi's. Bitner’s success as a super
visor. '
Pitt Defeats State, 7-0;
84-Yard Ruin Wins Game
A freak 84 yard run by Pitt’s Jimmy Joe Robinson was
enough to spell defeat for Penn State on Saturday afternoon.
Robinson’s counter was the single tally of the afternoon but
it was enough to edge the Lions 7-0.
Penn State showed a slight superiority as far as the
statistics were concerned, boasting a lead in first downs 12-7.
Inability to couple their passing attack with a running at
tack when it would do the most good was a weakness that
might have lost the game for State.
State’s most potent thrust came on the heels of Robin-
Hetzel To Honor
Faculty, Staff
For the (first time since 1941,
President and Mrs. 'Ralph D. Hetzel
will receive members of the Col
lege (faculty and staff at a public
reception in Old Main Thursday
night.
In the receiving line with Dr.
and Mrs. Hetzel will ibe members
of the Board of Trustees (and their
wives. A number of trustees have
already indicated they will attend.
Following the reception on the
second floor lounge, there will Ibe
dancing on the first floor. Refresh
ments also will be served. The re
ception will be held from 8:30 to
11:30 o’clock.
This reception, an annual fea
ture prior to !1'942, was discon
tinued because of the war.
Debaters Add
Ten Members
As a result of recent tryouts
the following new members have
been named on the Men’s Debate
Team: Frank W. Campbell, J.
Lawrence Driskell, Frank Fekete,
Peter M. Giesey, Theodore J.
Harmatz, Thomas A. Hopkins,
Herman A. Latt, Ernest L. Nagy,
Jackson Reid, Harold E. Smiley.
The men were selected by old
members .and' by ■ debate coach
Joseph OlBrien, iprofessor of pulb
lic speaking.
Other members of the team are:
Eugene Fulmer, Malcolm Gold
stein, Carl Harshbarger, James
Jones, Fred Keeker, Hal Krauss,
and Martin Lennig.
WSGA Sets $550 Goal
For 'Christmas Drive
Annual Christmas Drive spon
sored by 'WSGA will be scheduled
for December 10 to 20, it was an
nounced by Janet Taylor, presi
dent of House of Representatives
at the WiSGA Senate meeting
Tuesday night. The goal was set
at $550..
It was announced that the old
style English type banquet will !be
revived in Atherton and McAllis
ter Hall for the coed Christmas
dinner.
Freshman coed bluebook on
customs will toe scheduled for the
date to be agreed upon by both
Judicial and Tribunal. The aver
age grade on the coed bluebook
given July 30 was 85 per cent.
Senate voted to purchase two
sets of senior awards. One set will
be given to outstanding coeds to
be graduated in March and one to
June graduates.
Campus Clique To Meet
The reorganized Campus Clique
political party will hold a mass
meeting in 1:21 Sparks, 7 p.m.
Thursday, in order to ascertain
support and enthusiasm of the stu
dent body. All students, regardless
of previous affiliation, are urged
to atteh-d."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
son’s touchdown. Returning
the kickoff to their 36, Tepsic
hit left tackle for six and
Larry Cooney raced for 19 on
a reverse to the opposite side.
Ventresco flipped a pass to Coon
ey good for 14 yards. Ventresco
and Cooney teamed up to put the
ball on the Pitt 11, but a third
down pass by Tepsic was inter
cepted on the three yard line by
Ed Zimmovan and saved the day
for Pitt.
• The Lions showed decided sup
eriority in the earlv stages of the
second half. Ventresco moved the
ball past midfield on a 13 yard
dash. An exchange of punts added
extra' yardage but all advantages
were lost when Ventresco trying
to pass from Pitt’s 28 was snowed
under and fumbled on the 42.
■Near the end of the third per
iod Joe Tepsic put State back in
the ball game when he grabbed
a punt on his own 33 and fought
his way to the Pitt 23, a dazzling
44 yard display of open field run
ning. Here again State-.-failed- to
capitalize on opportunity when
two tries by Cooney and Tepsic
failed to make a first down and
Pitt took over.
Penn State’s air attack failed to
function when it was needed most.
They registered four completed
passes from 20 attempts for a total
passing yardage of 67 yards.
The victory was the Panther’s
third this fall, against seven de
feats, and it also brought a six
game losing streak to an end.
For State it was the third setback,
having lost previously to Navy
and Michigan. State.
Lions Paw Closes
Mt. Nittany Deal
“The 517 acres on the summit
of Mount Nittany is the sole pro
perty of Lion’s Paw and will be
administered on a program work
ed out by a committee over a
period of time”, Prof. Burke M.
Hermann, alumni ‘ president an
nounced.
Undergraduates and alumni of
the senior honor society voted un
animously to purchase the land
at a meeting November 20..
“Lion’s' Paw has become a
trustee of an ancient tradition”,
Professor Hermann stated. “It will
be administrated to the best ad
vantage of the entire college. In.
the meantime the society will
welcome any suggestion for its
future utilization.”
Bayard, Wood 'Present
WMAJ Music Program
Samuel Bayard, instructor of
English composition who was the
first speaker on the Liberal Arts
Lecture Series, will again speak
on “The (Music of Tradition
al Fifers in Western Pennsyl
vania” on the radio program,
"Purple Quill Presents,” which
will toe heard over WMAJ at 8 o’-
clock tomorrow night. Prof. Ralph
C. Wood of the German depart
ment will illustrate 'Bayard’s talk
with selections of folk tunes play
ed on the flute.
Nationally-known as an author
ity ton folk ballads, Bayard is
also the author of a recently pub
lished book dealing with ballads..