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'TOR A BETTER PENN STATE"
VOLUME 49-NUMBER 2
College Accepts
Ticket Orders
For IBA Fights
Applications for tickets to the
Intercollegiate Boxing Associa
tion championships, to be held
in Recreation Building March 11-
12, are acceptable beginning to
day, H. R. Gilbert, graduate man
ager of athletics at the College.
announced.
Gilbert said the entire second
floor will be reserved for the
bouts, which will be held at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 11, and again at
2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, March
12. A special series ticket entit
ling a person to a reserved seat
at each of the three sessions will
be sold 'for $4, tax included.
For those desiring tickets for
one or two sessions, a reserved
seat will be priced at $1.20 for
the preliminaries, $1.20 for the
semi-finals, and $2.40 for the fin
als. A saving of 80 cents is
achieved by purchasing a single
ticket for the entire series.
Bleacher seats on the first floor
will not be reserved, and will be
sold at 90 cents, tax included for
each of the three sessions. No
general sale will be held until
March 1, Gilbert said in announc
ing that advance applications
must be accompanied by check
or money order. He also remind
ed applicants that their tickets
will not be mailed until March 1.
Independents
Begin Drive
The Penn State Club will hold
its first meeting of the spring
semester in 405 Old Main at 7 p.m.
tonight, as its second semester
membership drive goes into full
swing.
Old members are urged to re
new their membership and male
independent students desiring
membership are invited to attend
the meeting, said Ernest Sladics,.
club president. In outlining the
club's aims and 1.11 describing its
facilities, he pointed out that such
activities as an annual talent show
intra-mural sports, bowling and
card parties and dances are in
cluded. The club room, now in
Old Main but later to be moved,
is equipped with a phonograph
and record library. Plans are un
derway to have two daily news
papers and five popular magazines
delivered to the room.
Qualifications for membership
in the club are: A member must
be a male student unaffiliated with
a campus social fraternity; he
must be acceptable to the club; he
is subject to payment of 50 cents
initiation fee and 50 cents dues
per semester; he is subject to
initiation activities as prescribed
by the club; and he must attend
meetings and serve when needed
on activity committees.
Said Sladics, "The principle un
derlying the club is to foster new
friendships, and to offer a varied
program of activities to its mem
bers." •
Senate Slows Fi
Despite Republican Demands
Late AP News Courtesy Station WMAJ
WASHINGTON—The filibuster
got a new lease on life in the
United States Senate yesterday.
The Senate defeated a move
to force immediate action on
changing Senate rules in order to
curb the filibuster.
Such legislative action had
been demanded by Senate Re
publicans.
Atlantic Pact Talks
WASHINGTON Secretary of
State Dean Acheson and Norwe
gian Foreign Minister Halyard
Lange conferred here yesterday
in "preliminary talks" on the
projected North Atlantic Defense
affiance.
Lange said he stands on Nor
way's statement that it will not
cat bases t w o foreign powers un
attack
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1949
Coed Contest
Ends Friday
Only four days remain in which
to enter pictures in the College's
'Miss American Coed" contest
scheduled to close this Friday The
coed selected as the most beauti
ful of the College women will be
known as Spring Queen and will
rein over the All-College Spring
week.
Photographs of entries in the
contest may be submitted by any
collegiate group and should be at
least three by five inches in size.
Entrants must be regular under
graduate students in good stand
ing at the College.
All entries must be turned in
to the Student Union desk by 5
p.m., February 11 and the winner
of the contest will be announced
in the 40th anniversary issue of
Froth March 29.
Chandlee Retires Chem Post
As Emeritus after 40 Years
After serving for 40 years on the Pennsylvania State College
faculty, Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, professor and head of the depart
ment of chemistry, will retire with emerittis rank March 31.
Looking back over 40 years of teaching, Dr. Chandlee says he
"wouldn't mind starting the 40 years again."
Dr. Chandlee came to Penn State in 1907, the year he was grad-
Who's Who
Now Available
Students whose names and bio
graphical sketches appear in the
new Who's Who in The News are
urged to pick up their copies at
Student Union desk in Old Main,
if they haven't already done so.
Copies have been delivered to
every department of the College,
and others will be sent to campus
publications, libraries, fraternities
and sororities, and independent
organizations, said Arnold Gerton,
editor.
Published by Sigma Delta hi,
men's professional journalism
fraternity, in conjunction with
Theta Sigma Phi, women's pro
fessional journalism honorary,
copies have been sent to the lead
ing newspapers of the Common
wealth and to colleges and uni
versities throughout Pennsylvania.
Froth Parodies
Movie of Month
Gene Kelly portrays the direc
tor of the "movie of the month"
in the Froth "Parody" issue on
sale at the Corner and Student
Union February 15.
Stars in the movie include
`Gallant" George Chapman, In
terfraternity Council president,
"Lucky" Lew Stone, Collegian
editor, and "Handsome" Harry
Brown, Tribunal chairman.
i buster Curb
Beef Prices Drop
CHICAGO—A heavy arrival of
cattle into the Chicago livestock
markets yesterday shoved beef
prices to their lowest level since
1947 and hog and lamb prices
also declined. Kansas City stock
yards also were jammed with
cattle.
Lunch Plan Proposed
WASHINGTON A $150,000,-
000 per year program for school
lunches has been proposed by
Sen. Claude Pepper (D.-Fla.),
who said he favored a direct ap
propriation at this time instead
of allocating the money from ag
ricultural funds. The proposal
would double the amount spent
So; school lunches this year.
Program Initiates New School
T. S. Tickets Termed
Taleht Show
Teasers
No, veterans, the "gay blades"
displaying those T.S. cards on
campus have not been to see their
Chaplain—nor their advisor.
At Penn State, T.S. (and wipe
that smile off your face) does not
mean Tough Situation . . . and
we are perfectly aware of the
other possibilities . . . but it does
mean Talent Show.
According to Fred Peruzzi, pub
licity chairman for the All-Col
lege Talent Show, the T.S. cards
are part of a teaser campaign de
signed to plug the forth-coming
variety extravaganza to be staged
at the Schwab Auditorium 8 p.m.
Friday.
uated from Franklin and Mar
shall College in Lancaster. In
1910 and 1911, he served as an in
dustrial chemist in Hancock and
Houghton, Michigan, but he re
turned to Penn State in 1912, He
also interrupted his teaching in
1918-19 to serve with the U. S.
Army.
Following the death of Dr. G.
G. Pond, who had been head of
the department of chemistry and
also dean of the School of Natural
Sciences, Dr. Chandlee was ap
pointed acting head of the de
partment in 1922. In 1933-34, Dr.
Chandlee also served as acting
dean of the Graduate School.
Planned Medical Degree
When Dr. Chandlee left his
tive town of Delta, and enrolled
at Franklin and Marshall College,
he intended to study medicine.
However, because of his love for
chemistry, he changed to that
curriculum. Dr. Chandlee re
ceived his bachelor of philosophy
degree in chemistry from Frank
lin and Marshall and in 1943, his
alma mater awarded him an hon
orary doctor of science degree. He
also holds a master of science de
gree from Penn State and master
of arts and doctor of philosophy
degrees from Columbia Unwer
sity.
As .a teacher of chemistry for
40 years, Dr. Chandlee is well-ac
quainted with the struggle that
some students have with chem
istry.
'Requires Abstract Thinking'
"Chemistry," Dr. Chandlee says,
"requires abstract thinking and
outside work for every class held.
The assignment for one day is
built upon the assignment of the
previous day, so that a student
who fails to prepare each assign
ment before each class, is lost."
Technical students, he ex
plai n e d, usually have little
trouble with chemistry.
When Dr. Chandlee came to
Penn State in 1907, there were
about 300 students enrolled in
chemistry courses. Today, in
cluding the freshmen who take
work off-campus, there are about
3500 chemistry students. At the
time of Dr. Pond's death in 1920,
10,000 students had taken chem
istry work at Penn State. Today,
the number exceeds 50,000.
Worked Overseas
Dr. Chandlee's service during
World War I consisted of research
on secret writing, widely used by
the Germans and other nations
for communication. Dr. Chandlee,
as a chemist attached to the Gen
eral Staff Corps, conducted this
work in Washington, London, and
Paris.
During and following World
War 11, Dr. Chandlee spent six
months at the American Univer
sity at Shrivenham, England,
teaching inorganic chemistry to
war veterans in Europe.
A Convocation beginning a formal inauguration program mark•
ing the establishment of the new School of Home Economics at the
College will be held in Schwab Auditorium at 4:10 o'clock today.
Dr. Lee Vincent, dean of the College of Home Economics at
Cornell University, will be the principal speaker.
Following an academic procession, James Milholland, acting
president of the College, will present the charge to the new school.
Dr. Grace M. Henderson, clean
of the new school, and two stu.
dents, Cynthia Doan of State Col.
lege and David Browne of South
Williamsport, will give the re
sponse.
New Dean
Grace M. Henderson
Thespians Set
Play Tryouts
Tryouts for roles in the Thes
pians spring musical production
will be held in 200 Carnegie Hall
at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Thurs
day, and Friday.
All parts, including the princi
pal leads, are open, said James
Dunaway, Thespian promotion
manager. Both male and female
vocalists will be auditioned at
that time, he added.
Soloists and persons performing
specialty numbers are requested
to bring their own music. They
may also bring their own accom
panist, but one will be present for
their use if so desired.
Singers interested in joining a
choral group, Gleesingers, are also
asked to audition on one of the
dates specified.
Department Plans
Language Tests
The department of romance
languages will conduct a general
placement test in 110 E.E. Build
ing at 7 p.m. tonight for the fol
lowing three categories of stu
dents:
1. Students whose previous
work in French or Spanish was
taken at the high school level.
2. Students who have had
French or Spanish courses at
other institutions than the Penn
sylvania State College.
3. Students who have not had
French or Spanish courses recent
ly and are therefore desirous of
guidance in being placed at the
appropriate level in a language
class at the College.
News Briefs
Bible Fellowship
Rev. Donald Fullerton, bible
teacher at Princeton University,
will lead bible studies in 417 Old
Main at 4:10 p.m. and in 401 Old
Main at 7.30 p.m. today, tomorrow,
and Thursday under the sponsor
ship of the Penn State Bible Fel
lowship. The meetings will be
open to the public.
Handbook
Student Handbooks are now
available at 304 Old Main. The
book is distributed free of charge
to all new students.
Sociology Club
Duane Ramsey will speak on
"Placement in the Social Service
Field" at the meeting of the
Sociology Club in 418 Old Main
at 7:30 o'clock this evening.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Dr. Vincent to Speak •
Dr. Vincelit will speak on "The
Contribution of Home Economies
in the Education of Today's Citi
zens." The singing of the Alma
Mater and a recessional will con
clude the convocation exercises.
Approximately 40,000 special in
vitations to the convocation and
the remainder of the inaugura
tion program have been sent to
parents, alumni, cooperating
agencies and organizations, trust
ees and representatives of other
colleges.
Plan Further Festivities
Further festivities of the week's
program, officially planned for
today, Wednesday, and Thursday,
will include demonstrations,
talks, exhibits, and a reception
to be held in the Nittany Lion Inn
from 8 to 10 o'clock today.
Two former directors of home
economics at the College are
scheduled to participate in the
program. They are Edith P. Chace
of State College, now director
emerita of home economics, who
headed the department from 1918
until her retirement in 1937, and
Dr. Laura W. Drummond, profes
sor of home economics education,
Teachers College, Columbia Unit
versity. Dr. Drummond was dir
ector of home economics at the
College from 1938 to 1945.
WRA Resumes
Club Meetings
WRA activity clubs will resume
their weekly meetings and prac
tice periods this week.
.The Bowling Club will start off
the week with a meeting sched
uled for White Hall Bowling
alleys 6:30 p.m. tonight. Bridge
Club will meet in the Playroom at
7 p.m. while the Fencing Club
will gather in 1 White Hall, and
the Rifle Club in the rifle range at
the same time.
Tomorrow night's activities in
clude the Badminton Club in the
gymnasium at 6:15 and the Mod
ern Dance Club in the Dance
room at 7 p.m.
Thursday night the Outing Club
meets in 2 White Hall at 6:45 and
the Swimming Club in the pool at
7 p.m.
All coeds are eligible to join
any of these clubs and are invited
to attend the organizational meet
ings.
Morse Explains
Draft Exemption
Male students eligible for the
draft are exempt until the end of
the current academic year and
should notify their local draft
boards that they are students, said
Adrian 0. Morse, assistant to the
College president.
The letter signed by the dean of
the student's school will protect
the student from being called for
selective service as has happened
in sonic instances when local
hoards did not know that the
draftees were students. The letters
should also include the student's
age and the date on which the
present semester ends.
Observatories
The College observatories, locat
ed on the Jordan Fertility Plots,
East Campus, will be open every
Wednesday and Sunday night
this semester, weather permitting.
Members of Alpha Nu, astronomy
honorary, will operate the teLik
scope and answer questions.