’Hay For More Cuts VOL. 26, No. 24 PROFESSORS FORM BODY TO PETITION ALPHA KAPPA PSI Oldest, Largest Professional Commerce Group May t Place Chapter Here PROF. TANNER STARTS INSTALLATION PROJECT Fraternity Lists More Than 50 Organizations in Colleges And Universities Alpha Kappa Psi, world's oldest and largest professional commerce fratei nity, locently invited Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, of the department of econ omics, to oigam/e a group of Penn State men to petition the society foi a chapter heie, Piofessor Tannei, the only member of the fiaternity m State College, was elected an honor ary member several yeais ago. The petitioning group includes Piof. Charles J Rowland, Sheldon C. Tan ner, Thomas I Probert, Hugh H Wil liams, and Marion T Adams of the faculty, together with thirty students, outstanding for their work m com merce and finance Group Founded in 11104 Alpha Kappa Psi was founded at New York university in 1904 as the hist professional fiaternity m com merce. Since that time moie than fifty chapteis have been founded m the largest colleges and umveisities ip the country, in which curricula in commerce and finance are offeied Columbia, New Yoik university, Harvard, Pittsburgh, University of' Chicago, California, Wisconsin, and Illinois contains chapters of this hon oiai*y. Anothei phase of the frater nity is revealed in cooperative alumni chapters found in the principal cities of the United States. Members of Alpha Kappa Psi in clude men piomrnent in the world of, business, as well as lcadcis of-Amer-J lean business organizations. Prom-j went in the society arc Roswell C ! McCrea, president of the Amcucan 1 Association of Collegiate Schools of Business, II Parker Willis, editor of tho Journal of Commei ee, Harold Stoniei, educational duector of the American Bankers’ Institute, Stephen I. Miller, executive manage* of the National Association of Ciedtt Men, A C. Upleger, piesident of the Amer ican Society of Certified Public Ac countants, and Waldron 11. Rand, president of the American Institute of Accountants. 16 GROUPS ENTER FORENSIC TOURNEY Intcrfratcrmty Teams Will Debate Rushing System—Professors To Select Arbiters “Resolved, that tho pledging ofj freshmen, by' fraternities, national 1 and local, m the Pennsylvania State College should be deferred until the] beginning of the second semester,”! has been selected as the question to be, discussed by 16 fraternities entered in j tho interfiateimty debate j Preliminary debates will be held on j or about February 25 and the finals '< in tho last week of February. A cup, i donated by the Forensic Council, will lie received by the winning team j The debates must be held in one of tho two contesting fiaternity hous- j cs Any fraternity not appearing at the appointed time foifoits the de bate. The teams vvill-be composed of two men Seven minutes will be al lowed for tho speeches nnd four min utes for* the rebuttal Judges will be selected for each debate by Professors John H. Fuzzell and Joseph F. O’Brien Opportunity to enter the tourna ment will be held open to any frater nity who submits an application in tho near futuic. U. S. EXPERT WILL ADDRESS MINERAL STUDENT GROUPS Mr. A. C Fieldner, chief chemist] and chief engineer of , the United ] States Bureau of Mines, Washington,! D. C., is visiting the College ns the guest of Dean Edwaid Steidle. of the Mineral Industries school lie will speak to various‘groups of Mineral Industries students. Mr. Ficldnor is the director of ex perimental work ut the 11 mineral industry experiment stations through out the United States nnd Canada. He is one of the most prominent fuel chemists of the world. Prim §fate # Dean Ray Proposes Trial Of Unlimited Cut System Urges Plan’s Adoption As Experiment in Education Advocating the establishment of an unlimited cut system for seniors, Miss Chailottc E. Ray*, dean of women, in •*. statement to the collegian yester day urged the adoption of the plan as an educational experiment * In announcing hoi views, the dean said “Such n system can piobably* be made to work veiy well, but its suc cess or failure depends on the pur pose and the method of operation” Miss Ray believes that the idea is woith a trial and should be tested for r reasonable period of time The icsulte, she believes, should then be carefully sifted so that further judg ment could be passed on the pro ject Factor-* Leading To Success ll’ the purpose of the system is to give moie freedom to the student for the U3c of initiative in study and icscaich, the dean of women thinks j ALUMNI PROGRESS ON POOL PROJECT Committee Head Notes Increase In Payments—Will Appoint District Workers Furthei progress tow aids Penn State’s projected swimming pool was reported yesterday by James F Kerni, chan man of the class of 1922 committee sponsoring the move, when he announced that payments on chrs pledges were growing nr number Since the lencwal of the campaign early this fall, Keirn states that in creased interest has been aroused .n alumni regarding the project. More than fifty pur cent of the pledges have been paid up thus fai, officials i event. ' Peisoral representatives will be ap pointed m difteient sections of the State to promote the interests of the campaign according to oemmittee re ports Class officers are hoping to have alt pledges, paid up bv July 1, 1930. Need Other Help A suivcv conducted among class ! members rev eals that most of them ; do not favor tho idea of having other classes contiibute toward the swim ming poo! Outside help, however, will be leqimcd to furnish the build ing nnd other necessities Officials interested m the move ad vance the suggestion that othci clasi es should contubute funda foi mem mortals connected with the pool Col lege aichitect3 have advanced the op inion that the type pool requued will cost at least $250,000 Kcim, in speaking of the class of ’22 campaign, said “Leaving a memorial like this is a true expression of the Penn State spmt Such a pool is also n necessi ty m a giowing College like this” SPAETH PUBLISHES MUSIC DISCUSSION Wiites ‘They Still Love To Sing’ On Present Interest—Will Offer Artists’ Series Number D.- Sigmund Spaeth, roted musical authority and ciitic who is conduct ing tho publicity campaign in con nection with the Artists’ Course spon sored by the College, is the nuthoi of the rccentlv published book “They Still Love to Sing” This book is n d.scussion of present jday interest m music and is intend i ed to interest every* class of people. !Tho book is divided into three set | tions for the convenience of the read ! mg public, one for enteitninment ami ] information combined, one for pure amusement, and one for those who | are seriously interested m music j Dr Spaeth has made seveial ap ;peatunces at Penn State lie spoke t to the visiting dads at the Dads’ Day I smoker ami to the fieshmen during | Freshman Week Dr Spaeth in his next visit to the College,will give a lecture as the fifth of the six presen tations of the Artists’ Couise NAME I’LEHE ‘•STAR FARMER* A freshman of the Arkansas State Teacher s’ college, Cuvldon Patton, has been crowned ns “stur funner ofj Atneiicr” with a prize of $lOOO. Pat tor ban earned over $2500 by farm' work in the last Ihiee years i STATE COLLEGE, PA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1929 DEAN RAY ADVOCATES UNLIMITED CUT PLAN An unlimited cut system for sen iors was favored us an educational experiment by Dean of Women Charlotte E Ray in a statement issued yestciday. Dear Ray also supported the plan advanced b\ Dean Chailcs W Stoddart recently allowing unlim ited cuts on a scholarship basis. Student Council in its cndeavoi to secuie the cutting privileges is requesting the faculty "to give the system r leasonable tual It is expected that the W S G A. will cooperate yvith the men’s group in petitioning for senior lights that the adoption of the plan would bo very good. Factors on which the success of the plan depends, she said, were* “Tho nature of the couise, ability of individual student, and cooperation of students ard instructors are neces- (Continued on second page ) GIRLS’DORMITORY QUARANTINE LIFTED Di. Rilenour Raises 3-Day Ban After Giving 130 Shick Test Injections With the completion of the Sh.ca I susceptibility tests, the McAllister Hall diphtheua quarantine was lifted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock, after assurance fiom Dr Joseph P. Rilen ou , College physician, that imminent danger of additional contagion was past . McAllister Hall had been under strict quarantine since Thursda; noon, when it was thought Doioth' Christman ’33, showed symptoms'of of diphtheria. Dr Ritenour closed tho dormttoiy pending the results ot testr to show the susceptibility of other students housed at the same building. Following n peisonal investigation oi tho situation both in the, College and borough, Di Haiold B Wood, epidemiologist of the State health de partment declined, “I have made a complete investigation of the situation hero and I have determined that at tho present time there aie no known; cases of diphtheria in the College or boiough” “A nanibci of cultuies weie made oi suspected casus,” he continued, “but every lesult of these tests wa_> negative Theie is nobody under quar antine’ tor diphtheii iat present Thu department of health highly approve! cveiy thing that was done by* local physicians to pi event a possible out bieak ” College physician Ritenoui deilnied that the quarantine of McAllister Hall might be summed up as a successful expsnment “Tho mam purpose of this little demonstration,” ho said, “was to shov/j the jtoTuble clungei of laxness in persona' health habits. With an a\-' eiago ol eight hours lost by each of, tho 30 gals who were foued to un-| dugo this qjuumtine, it is obvious that the time was not wasted and that a new attitude towaid cominun rtv health as iclated to individual safeguarding has come about ” LIEUTENANT ALBRECHT TO JOIN R. O. T. C. STAFF West Point Graduate W ill Replace Captain Nortner Lieut Fiank M Albiecht, of the United State*! eagincci coips, has! boon commissioned b/ the United States depnitment of military scienc.* and tactics to icpoit for duty lit the College to replace Capt Sylvester D Nortnci, ill at the Waltei Reed hos pital at Washington, D C Lieutenant Albiecht was giaduu'ol from the United States Mihtaiy nen demv in 192.1, and the basic couise of the engmeel ing school at the Aca demy next year He icccived the de gree ot Civil Engmeui at Cornell uni versity in 1928, and completed foi eigr scivice m Hawaii PATHOLOGY HE U> TO BPE\K Dr. H II Whetzel, head of the de partment of plant pathology at Cor nell university, will address the in structional staff of the School of Agri culture today. _ __ PROMINENT Political Writer* Who Will Speak Here Tonight '•K , i Richard J. Beamish, Washington j Couespomlent, Will Talk j In Engineering D .a I RICHARD J HE VMISH SOUTHERN BOXERS j CANCEL LION MEET Georgetown Drops Sport from, Athletics—West Virginia May Fill Date I i Wrthdiawal from intercollegiate boxing compctit.on because of the le signation of Lou Little, boxing coach, has foued Georgetown to cancel the opening meet of the yeai heie Jan uary 2s, Giuduate Managei ot Ath letics Neil M Fleming announce! Satuida/ Effoils have aliea.h been made b> * :Mi. Fleming to have West Vugima 1 fill the open date A telegiam v.ai sent to‘officials of that institution Satmdav afteinoon but as jet sot foimal acceptance of the mvitatioi : has been received. Ilouck Expresses tnxictj Boxing is in its infancy at the West Vugima institution but last jear a compaiativcly green team sent lies c displayed momise ri developing into W fasl-gwi™ oigartiXiitloii ' 'Nutunj 1 imgmcn were victorious i” this bj a 5-to-2 verdict. Coach Houck h'as expiosscd anxiety ocncorning the Geoigetown cancel’a tion because if no meet is held on the open date it will mean that tlu Lion leathei pusheis will see no co,- legiate competition until Februaij 15 On this date thej me scheduled to meet the poweiful and thicatemng Western Mm j land mitt team The Lion mentoi is graduallj v.ola mg his squad into shape bj running its members thiough light pi dim u aij dulls No heav / practice is sched uled until after the Christmas hol.dav when the full squad will be assembled and icgulai dutj staited PLAYERS SET NEW PRODUCTION PLANS ‘White Collars’ To Replace ’Mjstcrv Offering—Dramatists Present ‘Kibitzer’ ut Graduation Inability to select a satisfactoi v cast icsulted in the Plaveis postpon ing the “Radio Mjsterv” and substi tuting “White Collars" as the fomth production of the veai Olfieia's had intended to piodtice “While Collais" as the Commence men* plaj, but instead “kibitzer,” a comedj oi East Side Lie in New Yotk, vviP be often cd I “White Collais” is a modem Amei i tar comedj lefeiimg to the so-called downtrodden white collat class The I plaj had a long run m New Yoi k w ith | Clark Silveinail playing the leading comedj part Prof David D Mason, Plaj’er coach, is conducting Uj'-outs fot the ca3t and selections vnll be an nounced after vacation ——— ™~ - _ - --- ■■ —~ ■ ■ —" tmnment Former Bell Ringer Confesses Dislike To Old Main Work; Prefers Open Air - _ the three othei classes will assist the “I nevei did like to mg the Old! secret and between deep breaths calls- U \ KUt ' ilLs Muir bell,” declined “Joe” Cmol, foi ed bv his recent exertion said, “I sup- * am ‘ ‘ * ~ . u 1 ’ ) %ns a hl ,om e * manv yems linger of the Old Main pose jon think I’m wanting to be back l,uir \ l 1 ia L L ,mhlL ‘ a I*ll, m conl.jiha.nß the theo.v thatlnt the jol. or in, .tins the ‘Ol.l Bell.’ 1 i'" tll ;'r“ 1 : n "‘v Joseph 1 "* S oil hell ttOßOtb me attach'd to the., i don't volt” Well, tin, hell .rinse, r J .V hells 1 nasr't nttnehe.l to hi, hell, the job “ f .“"V V T T", Joe was label londy engnseil l.ftins! w,l ‘. I°° lene'.ome fot me." Smilins .V 1 m '' l-1 ILLn ‘ es.ttna e o I largo planks cf lumber horn a side; Ino ull> now, he added, “No—this is 1 ls cm to the College lumber bins in the ■ the job loi me, out in the open whole Sc: \ ico building It seemed that ntjl like to woik” 1 SIUDIsNI ESS WINS I’ItIZL tiniei. the planks would be too nuuV “I guc* the new Old Main bell will Maitin R Boigei ’J'J hn-% been fo. the widened old man who wulkalli inn li\ eleotiicitv," he sntd, “with nwauled the* student icseniLh pme with * halt and wems diuk .bell, in cveiy building dnectiy con- Cui hi.i pnpei on “Ruud Rofiigeta- Howevoi, theie still seemed to be u> netted to the towel* clock I'm glad tior’’ m which be levtewed the lecent gient deal of jouth in his old framejoi it, too—much bettei out heie woik-j woil undeitaken at the College m and plunk aftoi plank slapped into ing with these men and ns for thellhr. field The piue was oireied by place. j old bell," his featuies lighting up the Ameucan Society of Refngoia- Finally he looked up with the smile j again, “well—never dui like to ling tion Engincoi •? during its annual meet -01 a man \.ho is about to nweul a Hm*. bell.” -wt in New \orkulj lecetUly. (EitUpgtatt. j ‘INQUIRER’WRITER {Seniors Select Goldkette’s TO DISCUSS NEWS I Orchestra for Annual Ball FEATURES TONIGHT j~ — -.7 - ~—{ T .. | Council Will Permit Casa Loma Musicians Underclass Visiting To Appear Here January 17 dunces on thp Satuiday night fol lowing Sen.oi Ball, which is sched- JOURNALIST SPECIALIZES ulo ‘ l r ">- •'“"“■"S' 17 ; i:'-”' 1 " 1 , undortlussmen by Intel fiatci rit\ ON POLITICAL ARTICLES 1 council at its mooting TuomHv I Hereatter, except when the Coun Plans Account of College Aims. eil’a permission has been granted History, Work Following umlcida-bmcn ..-.ims .. .h-.pt,,. m house dance without posses .ing on Penn State Visit then poisons n written imitation fiom the piesident of the horn.- “ sponsoring the dance will be sitbjcu Explaining “News Features Ho \ | to fine, the Council decided To Gathei and Wutc Them” from h»< 0 I tailed experiences in half a century -ijsyin nn/maT Anmm ■ FRESHMEN OBTAIN "r=r'Lix^; v s s rir dance privileges 1 o’clock tonight _ Mt Beamish is one of the most! pionnnont political feature wnteis m'Maj- Escort Girls Home After thi field todav lie is outstanding in * , v . . hr line and is a talented speaker with Annual Yearling Function ja great stoic ot interesting and di- In Armory Friday ! yetting episodes to diaw from, at '.ending to FranUm L Bannei, assis- I tant piofessor m jouinahsm I Special customs pmilege-. will be Coming directly fiom Washington, accorded freshmen for the second an- Mt Beamish is making a special trin nuul class fiohe to he held in the Ai* foi the lectuie Anangements foi o moty at 8 110 Fndav night, Evan C ; dinner m his honoi aie being made Reese, piesidenl of the jun.m tlaas by Donald M Cresswell, College pub- and also a mombei of the comnutt-e ! licitv duectoi aiianging foi the atlan, announced ! To Write Vrticlc on College yesterday While in State College, the speakei Maitir S. McAndiews, piesident of ; Mil gathei mateiml for an aiticle the StU(ient Tnbunal, has gianted i wi-uh will be published shortly aftvi li!quest by member of the commrtoe his appearance heie He will out- to peimit men to escort gnls home af line the history, aims, and woik ol 1 er die dance, piovidcd they piocerl the College A stalf photogiaphei duectly to the girl's lesidence »,U accompany hm. No r,Ml,man will be paim.ttcd t„ The jaa.nal.st nulmp a sa-.oy L . bU , u , 3 IC9klur P , lls ..r the uni.eisities, collcec. 01 t „ loitol „„ Co-op can.o. t.ainuiE schools of Penosslvama In nftol , he flmaion jo, usll ,' llen the past re., month, he .anted Ten.- the n be „, u , pie V.llarota. S.ta.thmo.e, Hater- w th( , tllb ‘ llna , J ccolJ ,„ E Rct „, fold, and he addressed chapel sei- ’ ** I vices at Eucknell Tuesday. Permit Cutting H.s,son in uliram.w of the Collin Berae et.esse.l the fact that uppe.- Mi Beamish has an added mteiest .n classmen aie requested to stay fiom Penn State George A Beamish wu.-. t j, c j„st-year function So that fiesh giadaated fiom the arts and letters mcil mfU be tdon til te d befoie enter cuincuium in 11)25 and at piescnt al inK , thoJ W 1„ wettl CUb toms to the so is engaged m jouinahsm. dance Matriculation cards will not Wrote First Book On Lindbergh be required, atcoiding to pies,..i‘. The wiilei Idled many responsible plans of the committee post*, on newspaper stalfs He was , , ~ i . e*i tsi i» l.i.i. Freshman men and women will go managing eclitoi of the Philadelphia .... . , ~ s r„J and hold an important offleo ... to , thc cpaiatclv Upon a.- the Xw Vo.kSioi oigamznt.on m,n *' 'VI;* 0 '" studonts o.il 001. to-ai.o day. afta. the epotl.a! ‘"f e „ 0 "'“V . *»., . « .. , r D ‘ , members soualh and establish nev nano-At antic flight. M. Beamish fl . t . mish D „„ Übl published an e, s l.t>-tho., S nnd-omd ~ oU J As „ .olumo on Colonel L.ndbo. e h the uttc , rcllow . hl „ cott.na oill he pe:- Inst book written on the Lone , , 1 T , , „ . , mitteil tuning the a rail Eagle In addition he is the mithoi of an extensive history of the World ln , ad ‘j ll > on to thu ‘■ommittee tom Wai ironed of Ueest, Isidore E Heickleu Mr Beamish was educated ut Me- “°» llelon F I’Jl,st 1 ’ Jl,st aiul J Gill uinieisitj He entered the legal Coo ß cl F,e,K ' j l ’ vatious other up profession, but an attack of tubereu- l ie “- lll > s n»n udl be present lows foiced him to withdraw. After to ,C,CL,,VC ‘ Hfdimen lighting off the disease, the journal- Co-eds who attend the tiohc will ist won the recognition of Piesident allowed a free social function, bj Roosevelt for the fight against the s P e£ ->ul permission of women leaders White Plague and later became pub- Hobej Botdorf’s orchestra will pro licit/ director of the Anti- Tubuicu bablj fnimab music ioi the occtsion losis ouet\ o EXPERIMENT STATION SENDS CO-EDS GIVE XMAS questionnaire to farmers DINNER THURSDAY A questionnne containing 115 in- - tncate problems, which the Agncul- Women Will Decorate MacAlbster turn' Experiment station wish to „ ~ tl _ sohe, ha, been sent to Dl.OOO fatm- llnM 1),,,n, K Roum 111 S 1 -' I '-* ets. Dean Ralph L Watts of the agn- Of Ancient Court cultuiul sclrool announced >esteidav Thirty-one new projects were add ed during the past jear and 17 weie English banquet ball will completed oi discontinued. Among b ' the setting foi the women's annual the new pi oblems being consideied is Chiistmun dinner m McXlhslcr hall that concerning the \alue of minctal dining loom Thuisday night matte rr daily l'ation The United dining loom v til he dccouled State department of agncultuic andI'’ 1 '’ •redrewal stile with the* table of the Animal Nutrition institute aie o,un iduccd on a dias Impeisonat coopciating with the Experiment sta- ,ll k household of that time, lords, tion lad cs, heralds, jester, and poet h.ne Permission to usit fratermtj been chosen as a p.ut of the entei Seniors Gold-jjels Band PRICE 5 CENTS MAY DANCE IN ARMORY INSTEAD OF GYMNASIUM Fenn Prom Chairman Declares ‘Music Was Popular on Quaker Campus’ Jean Goldkette has signed a con tract to hung Ins Casa Lomu orches tra heic for the annual Semen Ball Imuai> 17, Paul S Williams ’!U. ennuman of the atT.m, rccculcd last night This will nvik the second upircvi ance ol a lioldkeltc-fh’-e'tul b in I a* Pc i.i ‘state as one of n. - o.i r an.'.- I uni, piaudid mu ic. fm tie I‘iJi Juiuoi I‘ioni in conjunction with Jan Umbel's band j When the Casa Loma band placed jat tie UniNcnsity of Pennsyhaijia [Jumoi Pronr the Fndaj of Thanks- I giving week-end it was hailed as one ' of the peppiest bands to play at such an atfan I Milton S Deckel, chuiinurn of the Penn Piom, pcisonally recommended orchestra to W’dlmms He sml regaidmg the band i “Goldkette has u gieat band and it jv.ent o\ei exceptionallv big at o.n Prom Some claimed it the best music on the Pennsylvania campus in year lleie is an ideal bind with plontv of | bras’, and lots of novelty* numbers ” May Hold Prom in Armory Besides playing at the Penn Prom, the Goldkette musicians were the rt traction at the Princeton Senior Prom earlier in the yeai They have been bonked for the Fancy Die is Ball at Washington and Lee university Jumoi Week ut Yale and seveial oth ier College darccs i In discussing plans foi the upper [class function, Williams declared it lis probable that the dance may he I held in the Armory because of the 'pool acoustics afforded bv Recreation Hall “Unless sound lepioduction can ba rmpioyed in the gymnasium,” Wil liams stated, “the dance will be shift ed to the Ainioiy. The a.oustics there aie satisfactory ” AGRONOMY EXPERT TO LECTURE HERE Dr S \ \\ aksaian To Sp.xik Before Aguiulturil Research StalT Thursday Afternoon j Lectunng on ‘ Decomnosition of Oi ganu Mattel,” Di S \ Waksman [soil miciohiolognt from the New Jei ?e\ agiicultuinl experiment station, will address members ot the icsenich MafF ot the local cxpeitmenf statio l r loom 100 Hoiticultuic building at ; 1 10 t'dock Ihuisday afternoon Di Waksman, who is note! for his mestigitions in the Held of ,oil mi robiology, yv ill be the ot a veiie* ol piuminc-nt speakers to con sult y rth memheis of the reseaicli stati Di William II Eystcu, of Buckncll univeistly, -poke heie on Nm ember 21 D. Roy Chapman, head ol the di ision of entomology and economics geology at the Umvewlv of Minne sota and Di C II Ecklcs, head of the department of dairy husbandry at the same institution, will speak here du**tng the winter Olhc’ lecturer, in the pog > i vid \ K D, j-,,1 rr /-j,, loio.lei m ch..ige oi m th. Unite.' Slates Foie.f ce. Di L 11 liait, head ol the agiicultuinl chemistry depiutment at the Unnei sity of Wisconsin. Di W W Garner, phys-ologist ot the United States De* imitmcnt ot Agnuiltuie, and Di I B Dnyidson, head of the dep.u tinenc ot ugucultuial engincoiing at low.i State college \0 SCHOOL DESIGNS JaHORT COURSE TOR GREENKEEPERS To solve piohloms in the cnie ol golt corn He«, the School ol Agricul ture wiP ntFci a course in the keep ing oi gioons foi gieenkcopeis fiom February' 2 to J 8 Tile coin sc is designed to s>he the piohloms conceinmg the obtaining ot tine tuif 'Hie fust lliiee vveeka will lie devoted to the study of soils, feitil i7ete. line tuif glasses, weeds, and insects. The course will close with a discussion and gtccnkccputs confer ence, at which diseases, macluncnv and landscape pioblcim will be stud ied.