,:flieml-Weekly* . • ---------------------- i 4. A • ' 7. ' , ' . ' • • . Tapping : Personel k. ._ . ia , . , Live . f - i -1 - , Problem c• -. ' , ',- ' 14' Wires ~- .', •:.25,.:• VOL. 25, No. 58 JOURNALISTS HOLD CONFERENCE HERE . TODAY, TOMORROW 7 Eastern College Newspapers Send Representatives To Annual Convention iUDGES WILL ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF CONTEST -.lpmse University. Prolaw, Harrisburg Editor Speak At Banquet Tonight' ' Seventeen delegates representing 'student nublicatins' in seven col kges end universities arrived here kat night to attend the annual meet *mg of the Eastern Intercollegiate ilewspaper association , today and to . ~ Prizes for the newspaper contest ',Or being conducted among the mem bers of the association will be award at a banquet in the State College alga at noon tomorrow. Henry Grat tan Doyle, dean of men at George Nlialdigto n university, will award the Prof. John 0. Simmons, head of the jearnslism department at Syracuse gaivensity, and G. M. Steinmetz, man pgiog editor of the Harrisburg Tel . 'graph will address the gathering at a bsoquet at the Centre Hills Country Pleb tonight. Professor Simmons and lir. Steinmetz are also acting as judg e in the contest. The purpose of the convention is to discuss business and editorial prob.- Isms Common to all niembers, to sug gest remedies for editorial faults, and to help Mat college journals on a more professional basis, according to Louis i. Bork, '3O, president of the asso station. ' • - Convention Program The convention will officially open grith registration of delegates at the State College hotel at 11 o'clock this 'irs - t.rriinglifterwtrictrfacttiti—nrenibera will hold a luncheon for delegates at tie University club at noon. An ad .; dress of welcome will be delivered by • Arthur R. Warnock, dean of men. . -The first meeting of the group will he held in Old Chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. President Bell will ad .'dress the conclave and committees will be appointed. Committee meet , togs, a tour of the campus, or golf eo the College links will complete the program this afternoon. Dean Charles W. Stoddart of the Liberal Arts school /613 been chosen to act as toastmaster it the banquet to be held at the Cen tre Hills Country club tonight. TO Address Gathering An executive meeting will framed- iately preceed a general meeting of the delegates tomorrow morning. Re ports of committee chairmen, election of officers and discussions will .corn , prise the program for the assembly. President Ralph D. Hetzel will speak at the lu cheon in the State College hotel at rioon. The address by Presi dent Retie' will immediately follow the presdntation of prizes by Dean Doyle. The afteinoon program will consist of attendance at the varsity golf match with Clinton Country club, an interscholkstie track meet on New Beaver field, or Move-Up Day exer cises on Holmes field. Delegates will attend the Move-Up Day dance in Re creation tall tomorrow night. The newspaper contest, open only to members of the Association this r i . year, wil be open to all collegiate newapa next. year, according co President Bell. DR. SOKIVIAN,,NEW YORK PAS 'I R, .TO SPEAK HERE - Dr. Ralph W. Sockmnn, pastor of the Madison Avenue M. E. church, New York City, will address chapel goers inrehwab auditorium at 11 o'clock St nday morning. Dr. &amen has been the minister at his chdrch since 1917 when he was fictive in the Army Y. M. C. A. He ti a member of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal church add also on the Board of the Directors Of the Federation of Church. !11, and a member of the American So. tietY of Church History. Ohio Wes. Columbia! university the M. A. and leYan university, his Alma Mater, con ferred upon him the D. D. degree, and Ph.D. degrees. HAAN IS DOCTOR SPEAKS Dr. H. IM. Mitchell, of the depart, meat of animal husbandry at the Universiti of Illinois, gave the final talk in a ieries of animal husbandry lectures lst night on the topic, "The Advantage of the Paired Feeding Method in "Animal Experimentation." Fate Of New Rests On F Malcolm Kirkpatrick To Head Council For 1929-'3O With the voting period closing at noon today, the fate of the proposed luterfrateraity rushing code is still hanging in the balance. A majority ol.fraternity:chapter votes is neces sary.for .passige. Annual elections at the meeting Monday night' tesulted in the choice ofMalcolm Kirkpatrick 'BO as Presi: dent. Archibald M. Holmes '3O vice:. prisident, and Floyd W. Kalb '3O as secretary-treasurer. While - .retaining in principle the code used list year, the proposed sys tem intended to "correct Minor de fects. the twin clOsed periods; one between the two rushing intervals and the other between the dote of rushing and. the acceptance of bids have been dropped. The purpose of this is to Minimize the possiblity of code violations, according to Fred H. Yocum '29, fornier Council president, as well as to.lild scholarship by get ting the freshmen settled earlier. Ballots• Distributed Three dates with rushees, two in the first period 'and one_ in the second, ROY. MBEs DIES OF REMIT FAEURE College Superintendent Meets Death Following Service Period Of 23 Years Roy I. Webber, for eleven years superintendent of College grounds and buildings, died juddenly at his. home Tuesday morning. An acute heart attack was the direct cause of his death. Mr. - Webber;wasaitively connected with the expansion of Penn State and at, the time of his death was com pleting specifications for architects concerning the remodeling of Old Main building and the erection of a new power plant. All of the work con nected with the future expansion made possible by the recent State ap propriatidn was under his direction. Mr. Webber came to Penn • State in 1906, twenty-three years ago, as an instructor, and rose to the rank of associate professor of structural engineering. In 1912 he became pro fessor of architectural . engineering and held this position until 1918 when his ability won him the post of sup erintendent of grounds and buildings, n newly created position in the re organization of the College adminis tration that took place at that time. Funeral Services Today • 1n addition to his association with Penn State, Mr. Webber was always prominent in the activities of State College. He served as president of the borough council in 1920, and was first president of the State College Kiwanis club. He was also.an active member . of the local Chamber,of Com merce. 'Ho is survived by his wife and a son, Dean. Funeral services will be held' from his residence, 903 Allen street at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was born at Warsaw, Indiana, on August 27, 1876. He matriculated at Purdue university, graduating from the engineering college there in 1899. He obtained the degree of civil en ginee.r from the -University' of Illinois in 1906, where he was an instructor for four years. From 1900,-to 1902, be was borough engineer at/Sewickley and also worwed for the Pennsylvania railroad for a short time. Fraternity Life Is - Cleaner•and More . Ideal Than Before, States Dr. Wright "Fraternity life is cleaner. and its ideals are higher than they ever were. before," declared Dr. 1. M. Wright, dean of education and director of the extension school at Muhlenberg col lege when he gave the last address of the Liberal Arts series in Old Chapel Tuesday night. He spoke on "The Social Fraternity on the Ainerican - College Campus." Dr. Wright is president of a large national social fraternity and has re cently completed a tour of fraternities in the United States. "Despite newspaper and magazine criticism the fraternity is a growing 'proposition and will continue' to - be as," the speaker pointed out. "The .ability to get along with ones fellow 'men, the making of life-long friend ships and character-building are some !of the benefits derived from - the fra STATE COLLEGE, PA.,.F4DAY, MAY 17, 1929 e fishing Code aternity Votes TO HEAD Interfraternity Council Next Year MALCOLM KIRKPATRICK: MO would be allowed In plaie of last year's four. This provision will en able more fraternities to procure dates with a freshman. In addition, not more than one date could be hr ranged in advance. Ballots have been distributed to all (Continued on last page) 6 ORATORS VIE IN CONTEST MAY 25 National Intercollegiate District Winners Meet Here for Regional Finals Six district winners have been se lected to compete in the regional finals of the national ,intercollegiate orator ical contest in. Schwab auditorium next Saturday night. . Winners in the semi-finals for Mary landisDiStriet of folgrabla-,,VelaWare, and western, central, find, eastern i'entisylviinia have been announced. New York has not yet submitted ttie name of her entry. . The best orator of the group will be eligible to represent this district at the finals in Los Angeles, Californ ia, neict month. He will also have the opportunity of winning one of the prizes ranging from $l5OO to $350. ,Announce Winners Repreabnting Maryland, Mr. Peter J. Toner 'of Mt. Saint Mary's college will speak on "Hamilton and the Con stitution." He is, also scheduled to be the first speaker on the program at the regional finals. Mr. Harryman Dorsey; . George Washington university, will be the competitor from the Capitol district. He will talk on "John Marshall and the Constitution." The Delaware winner, Mr. Howard Conaway of the State university has as his topic "Al exander Hamilton and the Constitu tion." ' The oply woman entrant will be Miss Josephine Herrold, Pennsyl vania College for Women, represent ing the western section of this - State. She will speak on "Franklin and the Constitution." Mr. J. G. W. Williams of Haan°ll university is the entry from central Pennsylvania, while Mr. Henry V. Scheirer, Muhlenberg college, cow, I petes for the eastern district. They have as their subjects "Our Constitu tion: ohn Marshall and His Consti tution' and The Constitution," re- Ispectively. A complete list of entries is expect ed by Prof. John - H. Frizzell by next week. Prof. Frizzell will be chair man' of the regional semi-finals. Judges will be selected from members lof the College faculty. ternity wiich no one can deny or tear apart." . Continuing his address Dr. Wright indicated the many benefits that arc derived from the Greek letter houses by both alumni and undergraduate members. "A fraternity man," asserted the lecturer, "always has a home when he returns to his Alma Mater. When he comes back to revisit the scenes of his college days he is assured of a hearty welcome by, the members of his house. This cannot bo said of the dormitory boy or the one who lived in a rooming house. For him the scene has changed. He has no one to ex tend ,a welcoming, hand and conse quently has nothing to draw him back to the' place where he spent the best years.of his life." RESEARCH GROUP, ENGINEERS MEET IN JOINT'SESSION Prof. M. S. Viteles, University Of Pennsyliania;. To Begin , Discussion Today WESTINGHOUSE OFFICIAL WILL ADDRESS'MEETING Peisonnel Problenjci! , Offer Main Topic of Indasi l ltiafilita' Tenth' GdilOing Problems of personnel organization are being discussed settle joint meet ing of the Personnel Research feder ation and the tenth Industrial School of Engineering conferesice which be gan here yesterday and will continue until tomorrow. • , Opening today's st?sSion, Prof. fd. S. Viteles of . the Gab/di-sky of Penn sylvania will address the gathering on "The Course' in t lbdustrial Psy chology for Engineering Students" in room 200. Engineering( - D at 9:30 o'clock this morning. A discussion by Di; George W. Hartman of the .psydbology depart ment will follow. PrOcedure in re cruiting engineering, graduates will be described by a group of represen tatives engaged in that work. Prof. Bruce V. Moore of the psychology de partment will close :the meeting with a speech on "Rating' Students by Ap pearance.." Will Hold Open Meeting Tonight Following, luncheon at the Univer sity club at 12:30 o'clock, the dele gates will engage in committee meet ings or in some form , of recreation. (Continued on last page) PUBLISHERS FORM EMPLOYMtE LIST AssoCiation Manager To Head • ' Placement Bureau for Student Writers , Planning to provide summer posil tions for sophomore and junior , stu denta in journalism and permanent positions for graduating journalists, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publish ers Association organized a State College placement bureau at their meeting here last week. • W. N. Hardy, manager of the as sociation, has charge of the bureau. Fourteen seniors and twenty-four juniors and sophomores are seeking positions through the bureau which will - begin functioning at once. Form Curriculum Committee Next fall the journalism students at Penn State will be addressed by prominent newspapermen from time to time through the Speakers bureau of the association formed at the an. nual Spring meeting. Permanent chairman of the advis ory committee, E. A. Sweeney, of the Greensburg Daily Triloic, appointed Mr. Hardy director of this bureau also. Fred Fuller Shedd, editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Bulletin, will head the committee formed to suggest im provements and changes in the journ alism curriculum. A. E. McCo!lough, managing editor of the Lancaiter News Journal and Mr,. Hard; will also serve on this committee.. Several other committees were named to handle other phases of newspaper work of Interest to the as sociation at the regular session of the newspapermen. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION ADMITS LOCAL SOCIETY Beta Lambda Sigma, local frater nity, has just received notice of its acceptance as a chdpter of Phi Pi Phi, national social fraternity. This fraternity has just started a policy of eastern expansion, having formerly confined ;itself to western colleges and universities. Penn State is one of the few eastern colleges to have a chapter.. The local group will be installed as Sigma chapter on May '2sth. Who's Dancing Tonight Honorary Engineers at Alpha Tau Omega (closed) Tomorrow Night Move-up Day dance Recreation Hall Froth dance Nitta Country clulS (closed) Students Will Observe Move-Up, Tap Day Ceremonies on Holmes Field; Seniors Select Honor Men Award First Honors to Harry E. Pfeifer, Class Head NOMINATE 5 CANDIDATES FOR VALEDICTORIAN POST llamas, Wilson, Bell, and Turner Win Places as Foremost . 1929 Activity .Meri Choosing Harry E. Pfeifer, class president, as Spoon Man, the .class of 1929 elected, its honor men and nominated five candidates for valedic torian at its meeting Monday night. The seniors awarded second honors to Stephen V. llamas, five-sports ath lete, by selecting him as Barrel Man, while third ranking, Cahe Man, went to Edward T. Wilson, wrestling cap tain .and intercollegiate champion. Louis H. Bell jr., editor-in-chief of the COLLEGIAN, will be Pipe Orator,' while William S. Turner, business manager of the COLLEGIAN and golf manager, will act as Class Donor. Class Day Eiercises The class nominated Bell, Richard A. Geuder, Pfeifer, Turner, and Fred It. Yocum for the position of valedic torian. A faculty committee will se lect the orator from this group; Presentation of the spoon, barrel, and- cane will take place at the annual' Class Day exercises June 17 as part of the Commencement Weak .program. These prizes are awarded each year to the' outstanding mon in the senior class who have helped to es tablish closer contact between the Col lege'and the class and who have serv ed the oroUp best. Ae Class Donor, Tuner will pna~nt the awards. builhe Bell will turn 'the Peace Pipe over 'to F. Bruce Baldwin 'BO, incoming senior executive. At the meeting Preahlent Pfeifer announced the appointment of Bell as permanent secretary of the class of 1929. `LA VIE' EDITORS TO ISSUE ANNUAL Distribution of .. .Junior Publication Will Begin Next Week—Stair Adopts New System Distribution of the last junior. La Via will begin early next week, editor in-chief F. Bruce Baldwin '29, .an flounced yesterday. The exact day will be announced in Tuesday's COLe LEGI4I4. Juniors will present first and sec ond semester registration cards to receive one copy of the annual with their name engraved on the back edge of the cover and one copy without the name. One volume will be issued if one registration card is presented. To Bold Public Sale The following system has been de vised to facilitate distribution: Jun ior's whose last names begin with A, B, or G will receive yearbooks at the Athletic store. Those whose names begin with D, E, or F may obtain copies at Stark Brothers'; H, I, and J at Graham's; K, L, and M at Mont gomery's; N, 0, and P at the Musk Room; Q, R, and S at Whitey Mus ser's; T, U, and V at the Corner Room and W, X, Y and Z at the Photo Shop. . About two days after the general distribution the staff will offer a lim ited number of the annuals for sale at $5.00 each. The sale will continue for only one day at Stark Brothers'. COSMOPOLITAN SOCIETY ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Kegham A. Vertercssian '3O was elected president of the Cosmopolitan club for the coming year at the an nual elections held recently. at the home of Dr. Irving L. Foster, faculty advisor. Jean J. Hugenet '3O was selected vice-president, while .Anna P. Halko vitch '3l and Annette A. Kreyder '3O received the secretary and treasurer posts, respectively. Dr. Foster was chosen to continue in his position as faculty advisor. The new officers will be installed at a dinner in the University club at.7;30 o'clock tontorrow night. At that time talks will be 'given by Dr. Foster, president-olecte Nrarteressian and John J. Andujar:3l, retiring president. SENIOR President Who Has Been Named 1929 Spoon Man HARRY E. PFEIFER '29 ALUMNI PLAN FOR ANNUAL REUNIONS Graduates Arrange 3 Dayo of Entertainment During Final Week-end Three days of entertainment espe cially planned for Penn State alumni will be offered from- Saturday, June 14 to Commencement day on Tuesday, June 18. Alumni Day will be observ ed on Monday. Informal demonstrations by the re uniting classes on Monday include a tentatively planned '"Stunt" hour on New Beaver field proceeding the alum ni baseball game. Following the 'parade of classes to the field,, each elifia - will 'take The'eenter -of the' 11Old for a few minutes to enact - some stunt which will picture an event occurring during their days y in College. The stunts may vary from elaborately prepared demonstrations to gather ings of alumni giving their class yell. The baseball game this year will probably be held between two alumni teams. The committee • hps—recom mended that a team be made of mein hers graduating in the odd years will oppose a team of men from the even ybars, instead of. picked group of alumni meeting the College varsity. To hold Golf Tournament The first gathering of former stu dents will be in the University club fora luncheon at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. A golf tournament on the College links wilt also be held on the first day of the reunion. Later in the afternoon the annual' meeting of the bard of trusters, will be held in the president's office. Following the meeting new trustees will be elected. Classes of 'l9, 'l4, and 'O9 will have the largest representation among the reuniting groups for• their tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversary, advance reports by members planning to attend show. ileunions will be held on Sunday and Monday. Monday, June 17, will be observed as Alumni Day. The Alumni Asso ciation will hold their annual meet ing in Old Chapel on Monday morn ing following the .senior class day exercises. Luncheon is planned in the Big Tent on the campus. The afternoon will be occupied with stunts, baseball game and a reception at 4:30 o'clock. To Attend Dance A dinner for alumni, seniors and guests will be given in McAllister Hall at 6 o'clock. A. production by the Penn State and a Com mencement reception for alumni, fac ulty, seniors, juniors, candidates for advanced degrees and guests will be given in Recreation Hall at 10 o'clock. The Commencement dance follow ing the reception will complete the Alumni Day entertainment. On Commencement day a Senate luncheon will be given to trustees anti the Commencement speaker at the Centre Hills Country club at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. , PROF. DUTCHER TO. ADDRESS DOCTORS AT ATLANTIC CITY Prof. It. Adams Dutcher will ad dress the .American LaryngolOgical Society, a branch-of the American Medical Association on the subject, "Vitamins in Haman and Animal Nu trition," at their fifty-first annual congress in Atlantic City on Monday. The program will- be devoted to diets, vitamins in 'diets, and their re lations to diseases of the head, sinus es and the respiratory system, PRICE FIVE CENTS Start Annual Exercises With Procession Tomorrow HONORARY GROUPS HOLD FIRST COLLEGE TAP DAY Sophomores, Freshmen Engage In Traditional Tug-df-War Following Services Culminating Spirit Week activities, members of the four classes will pa rade from - Co-op corner to HalmeS field where the annual observance of Move-Up Day will be held at 1:30 o!clock tomorrow afternoon. Seniors wearing Lion suits s and juniors with their class blazers Will be followed by sophomores without hats and , freshmen with clinks in the processiok President Ralph D. Het ' zel will , iddress the gathering on Holmes field. Short talks will also be givon by Harry E. Heifer, president of the senior class and F. Bruce Baldwin, president-elect of the senior class. Louis H. Bell jr., chairman of the Move-Up Day committee will then introduce the new class presidents. Singing-of College songs will conclude this portion of the program. Will Observe Tap Day Following the singing., all men stu dents in the classes of 1930 and 1931 will assemble in the center of Holmes field for Penn State's first Tap Day sorvices. ThesC men will be eligible candidates for Parmi Nous and Skull and Bones, honorary . upnerclass• so cieties. The remainder of the onlook ers are to move to the edge of ,the '. - TlPini - the the 'Stroke . ortliteei ping will start with a representative of. the society,' which receives tho right to tap first, making hii way . through the assemblage to approach the first choice of his organization. When the delegate comes . to the chosen man he will strike him on the head. If the tapped person desires to accept the bid he will advance to the tent of that society. .If not, he will remain in his place but by so do ing forfeits his right to become a member of that group. As soon as a tapped man enters the tent of either society he is considered a pledge. • Alternate delegates of the honorer. ies will file through the candidates picking their men - until the respettive quotes have. been filled. Bold Annual Tug-of-War ' After the tapping is completed, the sophomores and freshmen will engage in the - traditional tug-of-war scrap on the cinder path passing through the field. Three heats will be run to de termine the .winner. To provide an added impetus to the contestants a fire hose will bo played on the rope so that the losers will receive a drench ing. If the sophomores are successful the freshmen will forfeit the right to select their class colors but if the yearlings are victorious they receive the Privilege of choosing their colors and the sophomoies must retain on toms for another Week. . The annual Move-Up Day dance will be held in Recreation Hall from 8 until 12 o'clock Saturday night. The Blue and White band will provide mu sic for the affair. PI DELTA EPSILON SELECTS EDITORS Names Robert P. Stevenson '3O and Scott S. Geesey '3D as New 'Old Main Bell' Heads • Robert P. Stevenson '3O was elect ed editor-in-chief of the Old Main Boil, Penn State's literary publica tion, by the members of Pi Delta Ep silon at the annual' elections recently. Scott S. Geecey '30 . , was selected as editor and James S. Hornbeck '3O, received the post bf art editor. M. Alexander Spear '3O, will have charge of the business administraticin of the magazine, with Henry R. Dowdy '3O, as assistant business manager, Issue Appears Today The spring issue of the publication - will be released today and will go on sale at the Athletic store. A new addition to the magazine is a section devoted to current book reviews. "Pro fessor Pattee and Penn State" by Dr. Edwin W. Runkle will be the feature article: • ,
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