11 ‘rz'z jifetttt (LflllrgtHtU 51017 ■ ■ Volume 34—No. 36 CAGERS FACE TEMPLE FOR LEAGUE I.E. Freshman Missing Since Wed. Morning Wm. K. Miller Leaves Fraternity House; No Clues'Found Police Investigations, Searches Prove Futile -■ ' . ' : BULLETIN /William li. Rliller’s^myslcrious-dis appearance from the cumpth early last'Wednesday morning was solved this morning, when his fraternity, brothers received a letter from, him mailed in “Elkins, 'West Virginia. It substantiated their belief that he left cchool because of low* marks. Miller gave as his reason for not telling anyone .was that "he didn’t want to be talked out of it." He plans to stay in Elkins until the beginning of the fall semester when he will re turn to College, the letter said. •William K. Miller, freshman industrial engineering has dis appeared, leaving no clues as to .hitf whereabouts' since he left the Phi Delta. Theta fraternity house. early last Wednesday morning. His father, William R. Miller of Waynesboro, notified police last Thursday,, but'.their. ; tele type- pleas jhave .brouglil Hio "responsetAS’y efc-* Fraternity' brothers"said- that Mill er boy, und lie had flunked some courses. Upon inspecting Mill er’s notebook, it was found that be had nut taken ntore than three lines of-notes for any one course,-his fra ternity brothers slated. It was learned that Miller seemed to l>e bothered hJjouL something all semester, but never sputyj much of anything or anyone-except about a summer job 1 he. had had, at an Ocean KJity, N. J., refreshment stand. The proprietor of the stand, who spends the winter in Florida, has been con tacted but he said that he ims heard nothing from Miller. A fraternity brother said tliat Miller had set bis alarm for six o’- clock last Wednesday morning, and apparently arose mid left at that' time. « • ' His description'as given to the po lice is as follows: 18 years old ; height ~(> feet 8 inches; weight—lGo pounds; brown liuir; believed to have worn dark blue suit, reversible* rain coat, and no haL . It was also learned from the Phila delphia police that they had found E. Richard Bloom ’4O) who had been re ported missing over a week ago. No reason was given- for his disappear ance, and he could not.be contacted here inasmuch as' lie -has not yet re turned to school. Soil Losses Imperil Living Standards, Report Warns Warning that'continued loss of our fertile soils by,soil erosion.jvill inev itably lead to a lowering of stand ards of living, in the country, Dr. W. C. Lowdennilk, chief'of Soil Conser vation Research) U. S.; Department of Agriculture, urged the cooperation of all agencies/in .the drive against soil destruction'during a recent visit to the College.' -.... , . . 1 “Cultivation, pasturing, road build ing, aiid similar activities accelerate the process of erosion-and lessen the amount of good tillable'land in the iface of an increasing population,’’ Lowdermilk’ stated.. ' The Conservation Senriife is carry ing on an intensive program of re search in aif attempt to learn the most effective means of towering lush es by'erosion, the Conservation head said. . , . Leuschner Appointed Frederick H. -Leitadmer •’2l, lms been appointed to the poultry exten sion staff of the : College, Milton S. McDowell, - director of the agricul tural extension service, announced yesterday/ - • *Sweet Someone 9 EDY.THE WRIGHT Tommy Dorsey's featured vocalist, she.-will :sing and swing in a Colo nial-setting at the annual Senior BalLtb.bc held in Recreation hall February. 25. . . . Dorsey,- who brings, with him a sentimental swing hand for the event,-will hit it hot amidst a back ground .of the staid ML Vernon mansion'of the first president. The reproduction of the first-homes of America is the feature of-the Colo- nial theme for tlje ball. Conger To Speak Tomorrow Night ‘Sircamliniiiff-Rccrcalion' To Be Subject’. Of Talk at, 2nd , Ray .M. Conger of the School .of Physical Education and Athletics, will’deliver the second lecture-of the Liberal Arts series when lie speaks in the Koine .Economics auditorium ; ut 7 o’clock tomorrow ii'gbL He will speak bn' “Streamlining Recreation” und will and a film'to il lustrate the.modeni trends in the use of leisure. . Conger received; tlic. degrees of bachelor of science and master of sci ence at lovja State College; studied physical education at Columbia Uni versity, and was instructor of zoology and truck couch at Carlcton College in. Nortlificld, Minn., from .1931-1930. In the latter year he came to this College as an instructor of physical education and is now preparing for the degree of doctor of philosophy. Outstanding U. S. Runner Conger was one of the outstanding runners in the .United Stales from 1.927 to 1932. He won a score of 1000-meter and one-mile'races from the best runners of his day, in this country as‘well as in Europe.’Amung the runners lie has defeated are Dr. Pellzcr of Germuny, Lloyd Hahu of Boston, ,Dr.‘ Martin of Switzerland, Edwin Wide of Sweden, and Mr. Purge of Finland. Unforgettable, however, among track fans will be his victory over Paavo Nurmi,'the great Finnish run ner' in the twenties, in ' Madison Square Garden in ,1929. Conger is the only man on this side of the At-, lantic yho defeated Nurmi in a mile race. Since coming to this campus, Con ger has steadily worked at the prob lem of recreation for students in* our colleges. . . Extension Work Helps Prison Inmates To Learn Vocations Evidences of the help the College gives to the people of this state arc! coming -to -light every day. Through itis extension service, Penn State has done notable work in aiding era at the Rockview -Penitentiary in learning, useful vocations. ,A tour through the prison, a self supporting • institution of approxi mately 1000 prisoners, shows the re sults of this work. Discovering that there was artistic, talent among some of the men,- the’prison authorities be gan art lessons unjler the guidance of a' College upperclassman studying art The result is a group of murals on. the state of Pennsylvania now lin ing the walls of the prison dining room. Three nights a week professors travel to the’prison to teach classes in electric arc welding, dairy hus ; bandry, poultry husbandry, diesel en- STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938 Senior Class President Gets $350 Rake-off\ ReportShows Receives Commissions From Senior -Ball, Caps Gowns, Commencement, Lion Copts; Others .Also‘Make’Money By BRUCE TRABUE Willi the revival of interest in iPenn State polities'anti- Senior Bull com ing two weeks hence, a question cf interest to the student boily, "Who makes the money ami how much'?”, has been answered by the student.activities re port for last yean published recently.- 'if- The report, printed and audited, shows all income and expenditures of student class activity as they are turned in, and "rake-offs" by the president mid committeemen arc listed as compensation. From Senior; Ball it shows ►that last year’s senior cluss presi ! dent, Frank A. OsteVliihd, received a compensation of \. $50.00 beside a checking compensation; of $54.73, a total of $104.73 for his[‘'«ervices.”- Scnior Ball Chairmen Included in the .report were the salaries of the co-chairmen of that dance. These salaries totaled an amount equal to that received by the president, $104.73. -.Chairmen and paid committee members of commit tees .are political constituents and supporters of the cla3S president, al most without exception men who were instrumental in /getting enough votes to get him into'Office. Other profits for..the president to talling $350.02 with- the inclusion of the senior ball in with the spring. Seniors -.’blossomed out in Lion. Coats, a $55.00 blossom fell to the ciass president. Seniors gradu ated, a be appoint ed to procure caps ( an<l gowns, an other to get commencement invita tions; announcementssaml programs published^.-Tor. this^Ujl’ifiresideu.t^ref. Chairmen bn/‘Gravy Train** Florida Chemists Hear Dean Speak Whitmore Discusses ‘Potential Plenty’ In Lecture; Talks Of Tour In South Discussing his tour through the southeastern slates, Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the Sehcol of Chemistry and Physics and president of the American Chemical Society, told the chemical group of, the University of Florida Llml potential plenty exists everywhere. "But,” he .questioned, "what will he the solution of the problem of making: this plenty avail able to all?" _ I-In his.eleventh lecture in 17 days, Dean Whitmore said that, potentially there is* plenty of food, clothing, shel ter, medjjaLscryjpp, jmi-‘ ‘boolovund education of all kinds. And, he-addtpi, there are plenty of chemists to insure the operation of the sources of plenty. The president of the chemical soci ety, in comparing the sections of the nation, suid that there is little dif ference between the various parts of Lhe country. "The countless hovels of the south in which no human be ing should live arc no worse than those in the Pennsylvania mining sec tions, the mill towns of New England: or the ‘farm slums’ which surround the average small mid-western town,” he stated. Dean Whitmore will conclude his month’s lecture tour before the south ern members or the- American Chem ical Society on Thursday and Friday when he will speak before the soci ety's inenrbers of the Universities of South and North Carolina, respec tively. New Speech Course Covers Broad Topic The new three-credit course, Speech 450, “Discussion Techniques,”- being ottered this semester. for the first time by Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, is one of (lie few courses of this type taught in America. The University of Colorado and Akron University are two of the schools which include such a course in their curricula. Designed for the prospective forum .leader or the director of-forensics in school-or college, "Discussion Tech niques” gives the student intellectual and emotional backgrounds of con troversy, . the evaluation of reason ing, and the theory and practice .of the various forms of discussion. gines, and radio. Prisoners are taught to assemble diesel engines direct from engine blocks , brought from the College. Facilities for instruction in poultry husbandry and daily husbandry are already at the prison, u self-sufUc’ent community which raises and’slaugh ters its own beef, pasteurizes its own milk,, churns its own butter, bakes all -its breadstuff's, and raises its own crops, some of which, such as + he po tato crop, have made record yields per acre. In recreation the College has also helped. Johnny 'Sayers, pro-fighter and aide to "Doctor” Leo Houck, lias refereed boxing matches, wliile Oliti Butt of the Campus Owls has helped the prison orchestra to swing it. The prison football squad is under the tutelage of W. W. UUcry of Hunt ingdon, a Penn State graduate.- On the cup and gown committee of four, the chairman got $88.7G for whatever he did arid his three assis tants got $58.75, $48.70, and $40.00. respectively. - Altogether these polit ical taffy-pullers took in $050.07 in personal profit. On the commence ment printing committee the chair man got $7(3.00 while each of his two assistants got. $81.07. The chairman of . the Lion Coal committee, who ordered the coats, re ceived $55.50, one committeeman got $25.00, and the other got $24.78. This* ay totals to $935.G4 for registered "rake-off” on senior class activities alone. Other .Class Activities Junior Prom seems by the report to be the sole source of the junior class president’s income from his pol itical activities. There he received $90.00 for "services.” The commit tee chairman received an identical amount. .Sojdt Hop delivered into'Urn hands of the sophomore class president $80.03 and the same to the two chair men collectively. Thtte it appears that from class activity in Penn Slate that $1801.50 wus made by politicians running them, and that here playing politics pays. Donato Won’t Be Professional—Not Even For $lO,OOO Saiiimy Donato definitely will not enter the professional sports arena after graduation here. .The Lions’ stocky 155-pouud box ing captain and 1 ccM’aptaiu of last fall's football team, indicated this yesterday, when he spiked reports that he would be willing to enter the pro ring provided he could make SJO,- 000 in . a year or so and quit before "Hearing uoises” in bis head. ■Denying that there was any truth to the report, Donato said that even as lucrative an offer as this would not tempt him to turn professional. "Furthermore,” he added, "I put on'my last football uniform at Pitts burgh last November,” thus dashing beforehand any reports that he may join giant Chuck Cherundolo, the Li ons' 193 G grid captain and star cen ter 7 in professional football ranks. Hillel Elects Officers, . Because of the graduation of Min erva Lehnnan, president 1 of the Hil leL Foundation, new officers were elected Saturday. Those .elected are: president, Bernard Rossman.’39; vice president, Paula Wohlfeld ’B9; re cording secretary, Ruth ■ Stein ’4O; corresponding secretary,- Irwin Su povy M 0; and treasurer,-Milton My ers ’39. Judge Delays Hearing For Clyde Myers Junior Student In Jail At Bellefonte; Held Under $2500 Bail No Reason Given For Sudden Postponement Scheduled for 10 o’clock yesterday morning, the hearing for Clyde V. Myers ”39 before Centre • County Judge Ivan W-alkcr at Bellefonte was indefinitely postponed, the burgess’s office announced. No definite reason for the postponement was given. Myers, a 2.8 student in poultry husbandrj’, was committed to the county jail at* Bellefonte last Tues day under $2,500 -bail after pleading guilty to'seven larceny charges at a preliminary' hearing. With the apprehension of Myers, local police were confident that a long epidemic of robberies of fraternity houses and private homes was solved. ' Houses that Burgess Leitzcll said Myers admitted .looting were the Aca cia, Alpha Gamma Rbo, Alpha Sigma Phi, Delta Theta Sigma, and Theta Upsilon Omega fraternities. Students To Pay Tees, Thurs.. Fri. Regular, Installment Payments Due in Armory; A. A. Books Will Be Distributed The final step in second-smuester registration will come to a close with the payment of fees in the Armory Thursday und Friday. The doors of the Armory will be open continuously from 9 am. to 9 p. in. Thursday and Friday- Five-dollur fines will be assessed for lateness. To Distribute A. A. Books Besides the regular full payment of fees, initial installments on de ferred fees will he due at this time. To avoid congestion, ten alphabetized windows will line the Armory Hour. Meanwhile, four special sandwiched among the collection booths, will distribute second-semes ter A. A. booklets upon the presenta tion of receipted bills. Caricature Collection On Display At Library A collection of colored London Vanity Fair caricature portraits of famous men of the Victorian era is on exhibit at the College library. Most of the subjects represented, all drawn from life, are authors. Among them are Kipling, G. B. Shaw, Anatule France. Browning; Mereditli, and Zola. The two most famous Vanity Fair caricaturists rep resented are "Spy,” Sir Leslie Ward, and "Ape,” Carlo Pellegrini. POLITICS: Lane Chairmen Deny Rumors; Independents, Organize Frosh By HERBERT B. CAHAN .Rumors have been flying thick and fast uli over this seemingly serene campus during the past week. And taking political rumors for what they are worth gets one exactly where the politician wants the voter,—in a quandry, easy prey for the politi cian’s vote-getting sales talk. But one definite thing has come of the rumors about Locust Lane. From reliable sources it was learned that "the highest bidder,” figuratively speaking, will get the Locust Lane support. It looked for a while as though they were pretty definitely considering cashing in for v the Inde pendents, but now that the issue has been brought out into the open, both Lew Shollenberger and Fletch Byrom, chairmen of the Lane iuniur and sophomore cliques respectively, deny having taken any definite steps. So, whoever offers most will garner the valuable Locust Lane ballots. LEAD TONIGHT Breaking Even On Road, Lions Seek Revenge For 37-30 Loss To Owl Five Foul Conversions By Miehoff, Stopper Turn Tide As State Trips Georgetown In Extra-Period Battle, 34-33 By JOHN A. TKOANOVJTCH Deadlocked with four victories and one loss apiece, Penn Stale's rebounding Lions and Temple’s high-flying Owls will col lide in Recreation'hall' at 7 o’clock tonight, with the Eastern Inter collegiate Basketball Conference leadership hinging on the out come. Skinning through with a Georgetown’s Hoy us at Wushini C.A. Plans Forum On L.A. Colleges Debaters To Lead Criticism Of Present College Education; Freshmen In Charge An open forum upon the question. "What changes should be made in the American liberal arts college?” spon sored by the Freshman Commission and the Freshman Forum of the P. {s. C. A - , and the Forensic Council will be. held in .Schwab auditorium on Thursday evening. Fob. 17, at 8:15 o'clock. Tliis will be the second year that the P. S. C. A. and the Forensic Council have combined to sponsor an open formn primarily for the fresh man class, although members of aIJ classes are invited to attend. Admis sion will be free. A discussion and criticism of col lege education as it exists today on American campuses will be led by four members of the varsity debate squad, whoso names will be aunnoun ccd later, in a series of ten minute speeches. Proposals for the adoption of iifore liberal system* of education such as that proposed by Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, president of the Uni versity of Chicago, and the increas ing prominence of Junior colleges ir present day education, will be taken into account. The establishment of the so-callet "geutieman's college," as advocated by Dean Max MeCon, of Lehigh Uni versity, will also be included in til* discussion. Aims, purposes, and goals to be obtained in higher education will be discussed. Upon conclusion l of the speeches, an open discussion ol the various proposals presented will be held by members of the audience ; Votes will then be taken on these and other proposals suggested by the au dience at the close of the forum. Pre-Meds Meet Wed. The Pre-Medical society’ will meet in Home Economics auditorium at 7:80 o'clock Thursday. Dr. A. K Anderson will be tiie guest speaker. The Independent party, with its four-class setup, has already started the ball rolling in the freshman class. Last Friday 00 freshmen gathered in Old Main and, under the supervision ■of the Independent’s chief, Francis Szymczak, elected Lou Sipos frosh chairman. All the class cliques are swinging into action this week and it is expect ed that class office nominees will soon be out. Russ Goiin, chairman of the elections committee, promises that a date will be set for elections some time this week. The turmoil iu the ‘4O Campus clique, that was meuticned in this col umn last week, was emphatically de nied by the soph class president, a Campus mail, Jerry Howarth. A re organization meeting lias been called for this week, and with the revela tion of its new chairman will har mony or discord within the'clique be apparent. Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS 34-33 extra-period victory over igton Saturday to gain an even | break on the week-end road trip, the Lions will be seeking revenge to night for Friday's 37-30 loss to Tem ple at Philadelphia. The loss halted State’s eight-game vicLory march. Owls Win Fourth Straight Meanwhile, the Owls, beaten only by Georgetown in the league inau gural, copped their fourth Confer ence tilt in a row Saturday, drubbing West Virginia, 51-34, with substitutes cluttering their lineup during most of the second half. Although handicapped by u trans parent glass backboard, the Lions matched the Owls point for point as the lead soc-suwod back and forth until the closing moments of the game. Temple Leads at Half A capacity crowd of 8,000 saw the short-lived Temple edge as Charley Prosser and Co-captain So) Miehoff sank three goals in succession to give the Lions a G-2 advantage. The Owls, however, jame .back with an eight-point spree to move into a 10-G lead before Pros ier broke the spell with a foul con version. Temple managed to main tain the four-point advantage, hold ing a 15-11 half-time lead. Temple increased its lead to 17-11 as the second period opened. Then State began to click, tying up the count at 17-J7 as Miehoff, Prosser and Co*-captain Joe Proksa ripped the cords with three successive goals. Nets 8 Points in One Minute Captain Don Shields, giant Owl forward who took high-scoring hon ors with 10 points, broke the score with a double-decker, but Miehoff tied it up again, and Prosser added two fouls to give State a 31-19 margin. Then, with less than 10 minutes eft’to play. Shields ran wild, netting sight points in less than a minute to park an 11-point streak and give the Owls a decisive 30-31 lead. Jack Reichenbacii and Miehoff whittled the lead with three foul shots, but Temple .stemmed the Lion surge to take the victory, 37-30. Reichcnbaeh Back in Form Almost perfect foul shooting by Miehoff and Bill Stopper -and the re turn of Reiehenbr-cb to last yeai J s form provided the Lions with the raz or-edged m’argin of victory over Georgetown Saturday in an extra-per iod battle marked with dramatic ten seness. Fighting to overcome a 16-14 half time disadvantage, State kept pace with the lfloyas as Vic lead uhifted' back and forth, with the teams seldom separated by more than three points. Miehoff Knots Score With Georgetown ahead, 30-28. and only seconds left to pity, Miehoff in tercepted a piass near midcourt and (Continued on pape three) Rev. Thompson Urges Life Guided By Christ Addressing last Sunday’s chapel, the Rev. W. Taliaferro Thompson, professor of religious education at Union Theological Seminary, Rich mond, Va., stressed the moral activi ties of man and the motives causing them. "There are four groups of poople in college," he said. "Those who are guided by the crowd, those controlled by the fear of consequences those guided by their convictions, and most important those guided by Christ.” Reverend Thompson advised that each individual should examine him self as to the group' which he would be classilied under. He should then attempt to live in the last, which is the best controlled life of all, the speaker concluded.
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