Freshmen! VOL. 25, No. 51 SOPHOMORES MEET PLEBES IN ANNUAL CONTEST THURSDAY Group Arranges Pushball Scrap On New Beaver Practice Field at 4 O'clock VICTORS GAIN SPECIAL DRESS RIGHTS FRIDAY Freshmen To Observe Poverty Day Saturday, Vie for Costume Prizes With the privilege of assuming sophomore customs all day Friday as an incentive, the freshman class will engage its sophomore rivals in the annual pushball scrap on Now Beav er practice fieldft 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. In addition to the yeailings doffing their clinks for twenty-four hours if they win the scrap, the sophomores will be required to weal the plebe's peen headpiece from noon until 5 o'clocl. Friday afternoon If the sophomores defeat the freshmen they may assume junior customs Friday. At tho beginning of the scrap, the sophomores will line up on one side of the field and the yeallings on the tithes. The struggle will be conducted in five minute heats with twenty-five, members from each class on a side. If after five minutes of competition neither side has managed to score, the team gaining the most yardage will be declated the heat winner Upperclassmen to Referee Before the whistle signifying the stint of a heat, the contestants will form a line facing away from the ball, As the signal is given, both sides will turn around and rush for the pushball. The class winning the greatest number of heats will be ad judged the final winner. In case either side displays un sportsmanlike conduct during any pait of the contest, the officials will inflict a penalty on tho.ollender Mem bers of the junior and senior campus societies have been selected to act as referees and assist .in maintaining order. Freshmen will be given an oppor turnip to e hibit their talent for im personation and clowning, when they observe Poverty Day on Saturday Every freshman will be required to appear in some sot t of nondescript costume until the conclusion of the prize dishibution in the afternoon. After appearing in Satut day mottling classes in their poverty-strlelien out fits, all the yearlings will assemble for the annual Poverty Day parade. Freshmen Must Observe Customs Five prizes will be presented to the five best costumes appearing in the procession. Awards will be given for the most original costume and the most comical outfit. The best imper sonation and the best girl impersona tion will be presented with prizes. The best float appealing in the parade will also win an award. Tho committee arranging the Pav el ty Day program has decided that a Innit of five men will be allowed on r float. State College businessmen have plesented the prices. All fresh men who do not observe Poveiy Day will be subject to action of the Stu dent Tribunal. BRITISH CERAMISTS TO VISIT COLLEGE Penn State Will Entertain Group of Scientists on Nation-wide Industrial Tour Tooling Central Pennsylvania on nn inspection of refractory plants of the distiict, a group of thirty British nor atnists will be entertained by the Col lege department of ceramics on the week-end of May 11. The visitors will be a section of about 150 British ceramists who plan to join the American Society of Cer am mo in a tour of the ceramics plants of the United States beginning 4111 28 and ending May 18. After their arrival in the United States, the entire group will be divid ed into groups according to the indus tries in which they are concerned. Those interested in refractoizes will visit plants as far west as St Louis Their inspection of Pennsylvania plants will ho made from May 10 to May 11. Profs. Chealeigh J. Bonin° and Jo seph B. Show of tho School of Mines and Metallurgy will meet the group, consisting of about thirty British and fifteen in twenty Ametican ceramists,' at Mount Union on Satui day, May 11. Plans for their entertainment in clude golf at the Cantle Hills Country club Saturday afternoon, dinner Sat urday night, church or golf Sunday morning and lunch Sunday noon. -.Semi-Weekly • T . /6)- 79 . 714 :5j , nut tatt-4**), DR. PIKE WILL SPEAK ON `PERSONALITY' TOMORROW Dr. Horace V. Pike of Danville State hospital will speak on "Person ality" in Old Chapel at 7 o'clock to morrow night. This is the third lecture of a series on "Abnormal Psychology and Mental !Hygiene." The course will conclude with a trip to the State hospital on May 11. Dr. Pike will discuss the building-up of personality and its mental effect. ELECTIONS GROUP SUBMITS RULINGS Committee Chairman Announces Regulations Controlling Class Campaigns Rules governing the conduct of can didates and students dining the pet iod proceeding class, La Vie and stu dent council elections have been sub nutted to the COLLEGIAN by Edward Lyon jr. 2D, Student Council elections committee chairman The substance of the rulings Is stet cd below: 1. There will be no active cam reigning by any candidate or his representatives before a date not yet set by the committee. The date will probably be April 29 2. The term "active campaign ing" is to include any speeches, printed matter, banners of any other form of advertising. 3. Any violation of the above rule, such as the one which occur red last week, will be punished by the disqualification of the candidate. 4. Platforms of presidential can didates must be in the hands of the elections committee chairman by midnight, April 30 6 These platforms will be print eft in the COLLEGIAN. G. The committee advises any candidate who intends to introduce any campaign nines ation, shall first notify the elections committee 7. Election Week program con ststs of smokers on, Monday and Tuesday, mass meeting IVm dnesday, and balloting Thursday and Friday. S. Any candidates, with the c',- ception of Student Council nom inees, may select a name for his party moviding it has not been me- Nmusly selected. SOPHOMORE HEAD APPOINTS GROUPS Class President Names Committees To Choose Colors and Plan Annual Proclamation A committee to select class colors land another group to at range for publication of tho annual sophomore proclamation were appomted by Prem. dent Samuel P. Flenniken at the meet ' mg of the class of 1931 held Thursday night. Lorimer H Brown, chairman of the Sophomore Hop committee made a re port on the formal and read a financial statement of the dance receipts The colors committee is composed Hof Herbert S. Frey, chairman, Claude F. Keichline, Joseph M. Axelrod, °runs IV. Hrdinger, and Jack T. Barclay. The group named to plan the proelmantron consists of Thomas S. Goes, chair ma r, Harry G Lackey, IVilllam J. DeMam -1111, Jacob 11. Eiseman, John P Live ! zey, Homer R. Mather, Jr., and Lee L. Bender Co-eds Scorn Dishwashing; Impatiently Await Arrival of New Model Machine Dishes are never [hied in Penn Stat . e's home management house, and soon they will not be washed by hand because a model electric dishwashing machine IS to be installed, at cording to Miss N. Maude Vedder, as sistant profess.or of home economies, who has charge of the home manage ment house. Miss Vedder has recently received ,nation-wide publicity as a result of her thesis on "A Time and Motion Com parison of Four Methods of Dishwash ing," which sho recently finished at the University of Chicago. As a till, ate to her work in this field, Miss Vedder has been offered an electiic dishwashing machine for use in the home management house. "We now have our breakfasts served as if we were a group of adults who are employed in different places," said I Miss Vedder. "When the Ines] is over, we each remove our covers and take tjiom to the kitchen where we stack them on a movable table, glass es first, then cups and so on. So far we have been washing them by hand but hereafter we plan to put the dish es right into the dishwashing ma- chine. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1929 EASTERN ORATORS WILL SPEAK HERE IN SECTION FINALS Elimination Winners To Discuss Constitution at Annual Contest play 24 A. J. GARES PREPARES FOR STATE-WIDE MEET Competitors Seek Pennsylvania Honors as Lehigh Holds ➢latch on play 4 Orators from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England will tome to Penn State May 24 to compete in the regional finals of the filth annual intercollegiate oratorical contest. The speakers will be the winners of the Easton state eliminations The best motor of the group will earn the right to lepresent this region in the final contest in Los Angeles, Califor nia, June 20. Albert J. Gates '29, will be the Penn State orator at the state finals at Le- high university, May 4 The subject of Gares' oration is "Challenge,of the Constitution" The winnei will speak bete May 24 with the other state champions Winner To Recene $l5Oll The national champion will receive a puce of $l5OO at the conclusion of the final orations The six other speaker, will be given awards rang ing from $lOOO to $350. The Constitution, Washington and the Constitution, Hamilton and the (Ccnttnued on last page) PRESIDENT HETZEL WILL TALK MAY 18 Speeches by College Executive, Pfeifer• To Open Program For Ann'Ml Move-up Addresses by President Ralph D. Hetzel and Harry E. Pfiefei '29, pies- Went of the senior class, will open Move-up Day activities on Nosy Brav e. field May 18 Holly in the afternoon members of all classes will assemble on Co-op and (rain thee will march to New Beaver field whole the addresses will be de livered The students will paled,: order of classes the seniors chess ed in Lien suits leading the other menthols of the student body Following the some., members of the Junioi class weming the emblem- raw blayets, will match Sophomores without hats will precede the fresh men Freshman customs will bel stlictly enforced until after the tug ot-wal. The College band will lead the student march Following addresses, sophomoies and Los'mien will engage in the an nual tug-of-war The committee in chew has not deFnitely decided where the inteiclass tussle will be held but it will mobably be either on Ohl Beaver or Holmes held, accold ing to Louts 11 Bell 29, channmn of the committee An all-College dance will he held in the evening. Effoits ale being made to aecuce lieciention Hall to. the of fail The Blue and White oichestia, augmented to fourteen pieces will fui nish dance OMsk fin the occasion "We are trying in the home man agement house," Miss 'Vedder con tinued, "to arrange the best work schedules under existing conditions. We mean by that to have, the moat efficient equipment in the place best suited for the consemation of energy and motion "One of the means that we use Is to have winking minces of a proper and unifoim distance from the Boot. Because workers vary in height, each one should have her equipment adjust ed to herself Regarding lighting, we belicte that haling lights where the work is tends towatd greater efficiency than having one big light in the middle of the ceiling. "After conditions for perfuming a piece of wet). have been standard ized," she deviated, "we will attempt to institute btandaid operations, that is, to deteinune the one method that involves the shortest and fewest ruc tions The biggest objective in our work here is to use the minimum ef fort in performing a tusk and at the same time maintain the maximum ef ficiency. PLEBES FORM HONORARY, AWAITING PHI ETA SIGMA Pending installation of a chaptei of the national freshman scholastic fin ' ternity, • Plu Eta 'Sigma, which will probably be delayed until neat year, a local society similar to the national fraternity will be mganized at Penn State. Investigation of the comparative standards at Penn State and the col leges that nheady have chapters of the society resulted in the submission of a suggestion to the executive beard of Phi Eta Sigma that an average of 2.2 should nu-ke a student eligible for membership here. The accepted qual ification for membership is a grade of 2 5. Register William S. Hoffman, co operating with the committee consist ing of Chairman Wilbui 11. Zimmei man, David F. Young, Benjamin J. Conrad, Karl K Rush and Charles K I Laedlein, conducted the investigation which revealed a higher scholastic stand:ill at Penn State than at other colleges Nthero chapters of the fie ternity have been installed DARCY TRAINS CAST OF THESPIAN SHOW Theatrical producer Works in Conjunction with Prof. Richard W. Grant Maui ice Darcy, Broadway theatrical producer and actor, armed in State College Sunday night to begin his duties as stage and dance director of Gilbert and Sullivan's opera, "Pina fore," which will be presented May 4 by the Thespians in conjunction with the Glee Club and Girls Glee Club Mi. Darcy completed his contract rt the Windsor. theatio in New Yo.k City Saturday night whole he has ham playing the part of Piofessor Kenyon in the musical comedy, "Good Non, When "Pmafote" was presented liy the Glee Club in 1925 the New Yorker coached the staging and dancing Ile has also coached foul Thespian shows in former years In his professional capacity helfls played the lead in a number of operas Order Costumes Slatting to work immediately ,n order to wrap the opera into the best possible shape in the two weeks ,e. mauling before the moduction night, Mt Darcy attended his first rehearsal in Schwab auditorium at 7 o'clock last night Closed practices will be held at the same time evemy night. Elaborate costumes will bo worn by members of the cast when the show is presented Thespian officials ate now negotmtmg urth Watts and Sons of Philadelphia for this material so that the initial costume rehearsal may be held early next week. Richard W. Giant, College director of music, is working in conjunction with Mr. Darcy in directing the show The former has charge of the muse al numbers, for which he has been hold ing rehearsals for several days Although no statement could be ob tained as to the definite date for pie hminary ticket sale it is understood that this information will be resealed late this week OFFICIALS CHANGE `Y' ELECTION DATE Students Cast Votes for Cabinet Members in Main Buildings Tomorrow, Thurgdny Election of officers fm next year's "Y" calimet has been postponed until tonnoinow and Thursday acconding to an announcement by the "Y" eleclions committee yestenday. Candidates fon office rue nominated by the "V" cabinet and me elected the student body as a whole Ballot ing will continuo Clem 8 45 o'clock in the 'nothing until 5:10 in the evening on both days of the election. Ballot boxes for students in the ' School of Cheinistny and Physics, the School of Education and the School of Liberal Ants %ill be placed in Carneg ie Wanly. Aglicultunal students will vote in Agnicinßural building, and En gin.' mg A nodl be the voting place for engineming and mining students Willman L. H..annal,er ",10 and James T. Wolfe '3O ate candidates for presi dent, and It PIM] Campbell '3O and Atchihald M. Holmes , ao ore compet ing for vice-president. Reheat J. Bunten '3O and !beheld L. McKee '3l base Wen nominated for secretary, while George Schmitz Jr '3l and I Raymond A. Bowers 'al me running' for the office of tieusuner. DEAN ATTENDS CONCLAVE Dean Will G. Chambers, head of the School of Education, returned from confeienco of educational deans held at New Yoik university flout Wed nesday until Friday, Tatirgiatt. PLAYERS TO ENTER STATE COLLEGIATE DRAMATIC CONTEST Officials - Prepare Production For Annual Tournament At Gettysburg GROUPS WILL COMPETE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 9 Institutions Enroll in Match Organized by Professor Arthur Cloetingh Competing against eight °the; col leges, the Penn State Players will en ter the foutth annual State Intercol legiate dramatic tournament at Get tysburg college Friday and Saturday Other institutions enrolled in the contest are Waynesburg college, Grote City college, Juniata college, Bicknell university, Franklin and Maishall, DieNel institute, and St Joseph's col lege Gett,sbuig college will act as host to the association. Thiee pines soul be ay..iided to the winneis of the event A silver urn and the Samuel French bronze award goes to the winner of first place, while the iunnet-up receives a loving cup. Association Started Here The Samuel French award becomes the permanent possession of the dra matic club winning it three times, while the other prizes are permanent. Last year the contest was held here, under the auspices of the Playeis or ganization At that time the Flay ers r,on hist honors with Franklin (Continued on last page) PROM HEADS MAY INSTALL SPEAKERS Dance Committee Announces List of Honor Guests at Junior Function Too amplifiers will be used to counteract defective acoustics in Re creation Hall foi the Junioi Prom May 1, if College peimission is granted, according to the committee in charge Percussion will be gained, Kenneth P. Knisei, chairman, believes, since 'Roy I Webber, supmintendent of pounds and buildings, with whom the decision 'eats, has alicady displayed) t favoiable attitude toward the ques tion Final action c% 111 he taken upon Dlr Webbees return horn an out-of town visit. The dance group Hill consult mem hors of the physics faculty as to the placing of the two amplitleis The present plan IS to install them on the balconies in the center of the building. Guests of }mot for the annual Jun function include Piesident and Slis Ralph Dorn Detect, Judge I Walton Mitchell, ohms man of the Bouid of Trustees, and the deans of the College Schools and their we. es • Captain Roy T Rouse and guest, Mi and Mis Robert A Higgins, Mc and Mrs Duct Hackett and MI and \Ls C ulisle W Tayloi will act as chapel ones While no definite conclusion has yet been moved at, the plan for a grand !much during the Intel mission will piobably be discaided Lester Zook Accepts Post at Lingnan Desiring to Better Chinese Conditions "Though I may not ho able to ac cumulate a million dollar s while teach ing at Lingnan, I will have the conJo lotion of knowing that I am honestly doing something beneficial for man land," Lester M. Zook '29 stated yes terday Zook %wig iceently appointed instructm in animal husbandiy at Lingnan unweisity, Penn State's mis sion in China. "Many fields of umk in the, coun ty are oven...ailed," Zook declared, I"uhile Chinn presents an unlimited loppoitunity foi the educator It must be cons:doled that the Chinese people !ale still lahming undor the handicap !of centimes of mismanagement by in ' efficient and domineering officials "Because of this condition," them future instiuctin pointed out, 'the Chinese me sulTering from an acute case of infellority complex white makes every foleign act committed in then land appear to be an um ighteous blow aimed (Meetly at them" Smiling thoughtfully 'Zook asset oil, "It will be pmt of my tusk to and in removing the veil of doubt and sus piston that exists in then minds," When asked how he became inter ested in China, Zook replied, "While LION ORATORS WIN FINAL DEBATE FROM DICKINSON In the final debate of the season, Penn State's debating team defeated the Dickinson college orators at Cal , lisle Priday night. On Thursday night, Holy Cross Avon the decision over the Nittany speakers in a debate at Bellefonte. L Neil Kellen %H., and Kenneth Hood represented Penn State in bet% debates. The question discussed was "Resolved That the .Jury System foi Ci mune' Cases in the United States Should be Abolished " The Oregon system of debating was used in the i Dickinson contest. DEAN E. W. STEIDLE TO SPEAK TONIGHT Mom than too hundred students will be n ewaided for s..hulastic 'achievement at the annual &Mar -1 ship Day e.meises to be held in Schmid, auditoitum at 10 10 o'clock IThursday motning. Classes will lie suspended tile last As the fossil number on the annual two hauls Thursday manning m oidei Liberal Ants lecture course, Dean Ed- to allow all students to attend the ward IV Steidle, dean of the School of, services The pi Iles to be aoaideil Mines and illetallingy, will speak on at that time uill be on display at "Efficacy of Rock-Dusting Bitumin- Iby Athletic stole :loin today until oos Coal Mines" in Old Chapel at Thursday. 17 15 o'clock tonight I Di William 31 Lewis, president of The dean will speak on vaimus Llfayette college, will be the pn incipal pioblenr relative to the mining of speaker, while Picsalent Ralph D. soft coal He has conked with the Helsel will preside. Prof. John II Fedeial Duienu of Mines fm sevenal ' , uncoil, head of the public speaking year and made a special study of department and acting College chap fne, and explosions in both soft and lain, ‘.lll delivel the incocation hand coal mines Piesident Hetsel null open the pis. Ho mill point out that the two ex- - ith a fc.- Will Cite Fourth Liberal Arts Lecture in Old Chapel At 7:15 O'clock - - grain wit row introduttory re . ; plosion hazards in bituminous coal marks A processional of honor stil -1 nunes are methane gas and fine coal 'dents led by the College mal‘hall mill dust His talk will deal largely with follom. At the conclusion of the pro- the latter of these and will consist of tensional, the rmecation mill be pro 'safety methods employed against nuanced by Prof Firzzell. them. Describca Rock-Dusting Stife.,t method of mining coal would The Penn State Little Symphony be to keep all sources of "ignition" oichestre will then play a selection out or the mine, he states This is "Serenade" by Clam After being impossible because lighting appli- introduced by Dr Het. cl, Preselect ances, explosives and electric power Lewis of Lafayette will deliver an ad ore required in the mines. Primary decor dealing with scholarship and explosion precautions consist of pre- , relation to life venting dangerous accumulations of 1 Another number, "Mulch° de la gas or coal dust. Clocke" by Deldies, played by the In discussing safety methods, he Little Symphony orchestra will con will show that the former hazard is elude the musical portion of the pro affected by efficient s entlintlng sys-;gram. The remainder of the seivice terns. The production and dangerous will include the presentation of fel lowships, scholarships, cups, medals and prizes. Announcement of hence society elec- WOMEN DEBATERS tot.- will al. be made during the WILL MEET HOODlattei part of the program Fifteen so. cue , , . o mb. , of the H°.<” Sn lciety council, will announce their new members at this time Both the highest-mnking national awl local fi area sales will be awarded !their respective scholarship cups by ,the president of each council More than fifty membms of the Junior and sophomme classes v.ill icceite Honor Society council medals for high schol-' astic standing. (Contlnuul on last page) FOrCII4II3 ' Team, DISC.% Jur3 Trial Question Suturda3 N ight in &Alvin', Auditorium Dtbattrig on the t let its of Dial 1., v in tuna:nal cases, the allii native team of the uonuto's debating 'qusd will molt the Hood college trio at 7 o'closl, Saturday night. in S,chwah inuilitonana fun then final anneanance 0, the season The negative tonal cell confi oat Hood at neck, ich, Many land that same night Coach John II Frwell has chos en Miss Helen Keepeis 'BO, Al's; Charlotte Halal 'BO and Miss both Bell V 2 to uphold the afliimatiso sale The representatives of Hood at Penn State are Miss Selena., bliss Scharr. and Misa Gaihen Pier W. M Part ash, debating coach at the University of Pittsbuigh, will be critic yudge at the Penn State de bate, nhile Dean Charlotte E Ray will pieside at Ifaverfold, I hail as one of nay pro fessor s Di. Itufus Jones, a philosopher who heal seen a great deal of the world tool was well informed conceining problems. Ile spoke so enthusiastic ally about the neglected possibilities, In China, that I deuded to go there Sp arsons .Inman College some day to study conditions President Lewis, the painclical "lihet since then it has been my aria. veils., is a foremost educator anti bitten to aid China," he contintied,!publi t spathe,. He Is in demand for 'land this appointment is the Lohman, i moth. of Coulni,lco edu bon of that ambition By September, „atonal cons entiona and commence- I wall be rat langnan Audytng, obsen,.' ment oath esses mg anal teaching." At Lafayette, whole he r, now ail liaised on a 160Caere Gum neat :mintstantot, he will conduct the lost Chant/act sbui g, Sold( Made a ale-I alumni college this sentinel The es toinuncal clam t to 401.111 C am educe-, per intent will he made after the .111- Lion. Ile graduated flora Chambels-; mencement, star tour June 10 Clad burg high school with fit Mt honors and tante will come back to the school later won the State Schnhoship awatil and (biennia conferences and which provided $lOO pettily towind has' desionstiations [nought up-to-data in College education 'then own ',annular fields Collect fling this and. the roamer Win 1)1 Lewis, in addition to tolling tha boy states, "I had always wanted to go,eannient damn the Woad XVII', be either a matchet, teacher or ragas. ea I veil as the mayot of Lake Fullest, cultunst, so when I received the 111 He has also been headmaster of award, I chose Havetford to pleurae the Lake For rest undoing, as well ns for the minastry or teaching mores- having, taught in Lake Fora est col sion. After two gears hole, I discov- lege Nommous nn ticles in Tiit Amt .cd that I prefer ied to study Ugl and 7' h vend lime been tine and so tionfon.l to Penn State." contiabuted by hurt. The Book Worm PRICE FIVE CENTS OFFICIALS REWARD HIGH SCHOLARSHIP THURSDAY MORNING College Suspends Last 2 'lours For Annual Ceremony in Schwab Auditorium LAFAYETTE EXECUTIVE WILL DELIVER ADDRESS President Iletzel To Introduce Prineip,d Speaker and Award Prizes To Announce Honors President to Awdrd Przn Then John W White Fellov..lups will be presented thin nostrtad of the one that has fon ineib been giant en! This is the longest scholarship pl In being a giant of 5,600 fog ail tance study at this on .aime °then in stitution. Four new ai‘arils for %aliens =chol astic activities will also lie made 00 this ptomain The new nu.uds are the Sigma Tau medal, the Phi ',inti k!: Upsilon top, the Delta Signor Pr scholarship Lev and the Pack limn ;dation piti, in finest, i The Span Is modal will be aii.aided to the mdn ulnad of any clas., wan the highest average for the second semester of hut ,year and the fir st seinestel of this. Last yea( the pit, was won by John I) Hartman '.lll President hotel will nu sod thm fellowships and seholaiship. to the winning students Walt, U Gar stla president of the Ilonor Society council, MID present the Donor fro et;,. I.OIIIILII. 111011,114, Mille 0100.10111 t') horror societic, eill be announced by cw cc utir es of the sal moos groups or faculty menthols
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