jy ffcttn £>tate (doll VOL. 26, No. 27 EDITOR PROPOSES COMPETITIVE BASIS ON 1A VIE’STAFF Senior Supplement- Head Gives Reasons for Revision of Yearbook Elections . COUNCIL TO DISCUSS NEW PLANS AT NEXT MEETING Change Will Cut Out Fraternity ' Politics, Improve Board/ . Schwerer States That the election of La Vie officials be placed on a competitive basis wis ' tfe proposal of Fred C. Schwerer *3O, -. alitor of 1930 La Vie sopplement; in - restatement to the collegian yester day. He intends to introduce th« pjan at the. next meeting of student ' Council. f ,' , . ' . “The need for placing the, same ele : meot of competition' in La Vie elec jloas as in other College publications feas been evident for some .iimfc/* Schwerer.stated, "and if the plan'un - der--consideration goes into. effept etections in the future jwill be entire ly out of the hands of fraternity poll- Discuss'Two Plans •'Two methods of choosing La Vie ' were discussed briefly at a -recent - Student *Board meeting and '; $e put before the Student Coun ril-for farther discussion at the next ■ Jieticg of that body: ;; . r of the proposes plans requires tMt a eahdidate for the La Pie of ; serve for two years on some oth jx^Coßegu publication before bocom ■■■ ', for. work on the annual. • ■ to .this proposal is bas ■ gl-oa'the assumption that students ; : pßking for two years.on one publl jStfin would hesitate., to transfer to - Vis staff/* Schwerer stated.,. ?iUßbther plan to .be NJiscaxsed. be-. ■■ - : the Council involve* "s: turt^put in ; yei publications. Editorial candidates ‘■K-jflp bt signed work' covering cam v‘ate activities, and aspirants for the gotiaess. staff will gain experience go&itlng advertising.. : “A 1 though it will probably require V : several years ' before one of these pfans operates successfully,” Schwer kremduded,' "the idea is at least pro ptsaive in that its motive is to secure • . experienced and capable La Vie ot fltrnle” ' PLEBES DISPLACE VETERAN PLAYERS freahaien Obtain More Than Half of Roles Cast for ‘Good Hope/. r> Jam 23'Production : - . ''. Members of the freshman class will ;. enact more than half of the roles in tho cast of Penn State Players next j .' production, “The Good; Hope/* a dra rift of Dutch sea life, to be presented . .. inrSchwab auditorium January 25, ;• untfcr t&c directorship of Prof. Frank f S. Kucsbaum. The major feminine roles of “Knier tje** and-“Jo" are to be held by Mite Edith E. Jones *3O, who has done no •. previous dramatic work here but has ' completed a record of amateur acting in Philadelphia, and by Miss Phyllis; ... G.Beidler *33, who will also act be ■ foro her first .Penn .State audience.: Ralph Radcliffe, jr. ’3l, will enact . . the main role of “Getrt.” Others appearing in the various! rotes are Miss Anne E.Mellinger *3l j : • *- Clementine, Sidney N. Benjamin' *33 ag Cobus, John, J. Voorhees’33 asi . .... Paintjc, Ernest B.Zaukaskas *33 as I god James B. Gross *33 as Bar-] cM. Ralph: D. Hetael. Jr.„ *33 as] \ pemens Bos, Miss Floreuctr I. Roy-! v froG/Sl as Marifetje, Winfield A. Warecku *3O as Simon, Miss Olive E. y Psterhout *3O asSaart, Bette A. Boat -,v...wfefc te-Truns, Maurice J. Snyder *33 and Deborah L vHarvey *3l j fs Mathiide complete tbecast* - - agent asks college TOR EXTENSION INFORMATION i. 'A reouest from the* Amtong Trad oration, which represents the lussla in the-United States, matlon on its extension work, by the-Engineering In department. , .. a survey of . insti ;o obtain methods'of training test number.of people in the dent manner, the corporation to tbe College extension de-. t for detailed information, on ines: of : the * courses■ offered, rugr'ams, ■. and SAYS Department Heads Should Deride on -Unlimited Cuts DEPARTMENT HEADS TO DECIDE ON CUTS Dean Steidle Feels That Faculty Leaders Should Vote, oh Senior Privileges The stand of the School of Mineral Industries on the question of unlimit ed cuts for seniors would have to be derided by department heads. stated Dean - Edward Steidle, head of the School of Mineral Industries, yester day afternoon. Staring the* position of the Mineral Industries school on the matter, he declared that if the proposed plan is better than the present ; plan for de veloping self-responsibility. among students he felt the faculty would be in favor of it. With college as a testing ground for later life,, the Dean believes that aQ inaaVniioas shbnlA be. made.with a view’, to -rteP®?s kblnty and~ 6‘dartry 'amdhg students. In voicing his the speaker said: ' /The. question should- be decided by the heads of departments as, in the last analysis, they are the key men of the institution. Any final word from, this School will be based -on a -joint statement of these heads.” Develop Responsibility The mineral industries head point ed, out-that ail courses'in the School require close contact -with th’e faculty. He added that the curriculum is form ed not only to give fundamental and applied training, but also to teach a , student to stand on his own responsi bility. ~ He. continued. by saying: “We are not only concerned that a graduate - makes a ' good scholastic -record, but that he will* go out into the. industries with a - feeling of con fidence teat will give ‘him poise, in itiative, a gentlemanly attitude, and a keen sense of personal responsibility.” The,Dean stated that anything.that twill, help, a college to achieve these ends is worthy •of consideration. He stated, however, that no snap judg ment would be passed by. him a 3 to whether or not the proposed system would be justified. He implied that a statement would later be forthcom ing from the executive council ,of the School. ; FRESHMAN CO-EDS QOLD TEA DANCE TOMORROW 'Sponsor First Yearling Function at 2 O’clock in. Women’s Bufldmg | Sponsoring’a "dance-for‘the first itimb this year,,the freshman girls will { a tea-dance Jn' the Women's [building tomorrow afternoon from 2 until 5 o'clock. .Miss NelleD.- Mac- Crackn*. *32*' social Chairman of the class is. completing the arrangements for the affair. ’ ‘ Thc Blnc and White orchestra will . furnish music for the dance. Dean Charlotte E. Kay. Miss : Edith P.: Chacc, director of home, eeommvcs, Mn. 9usah A. Pptterfieldr instructor, of Spanish, Miss Helen Cleaver, as sistant to the Dean of Women, Mrs. E. J. Nichols and Mr. and. Mrs. Har ry Seamans yriU.be the chaperones: ALUMNUS RECEIVES POSITION . AS HEAD OF STEEL CONCERN -’Elmer’T. McClearly /01, heads 4he -.third'lar'geateteel -company in 'the • 'United States as a result of the com ;,binatibc offoUr steel companies, apd ■ their subsidiaries. ; . • ■ . ~ i . McCTearly has been president' of , the. Republic Iron and Steel company i and vke-presidentof the Youngstown STATE COLLEGE, PA-, . JANUARY 10,1930 IPANA TROUBADORS PLAY AT MILITARY BALL FEBRUARY 21 Broadcast Over Coast-to-Coast Hook-up Weekly—Harvard, . Yale Engage Group BAND TO OFFER NOVELTY NUMBERS, DANCE TEAM Program Indudes Comedy Skits And Vocal Solos—Men May - Dress as 1 Toreadors ■ Ipana Troubadors; veterans .of radio broadcasting and college formal dances,' have been , selected as the orchestra for Penn State’s . annual Military Ball to be held in the Recre ation Hall February 21. ' Nationally famous as a radio or chestra, the Troubadors broadcast every Monday night over WJZ, with a coast-to-coast hook-up of forty-five stations. . Beginning their radio per formances five years ago, they/hav*’ been on the. air every week since that time. They rank as the oldest broad casting dance orchestra in existence. < The troubadors have also played for many social functions at Yale, Harvard, Cornell, and other eastern colleges, as well as at prominent so cial affair* in New York City. , To Offer Novelties A comedy-dance team which ac companies the orchestra' will appear In several skits daring the dance. In addition, each member of the - bar.d will present a comedy, sketch at some time in the program as a specialty feature of. the entertainment.. The regular orchestra soloist will also per form. -v" Following their usual custom, the Troubadors will add color to the dance by appearing in costume, at the affair. ', It is anticipated that ..they will be dressed.as toreadors. ■ Experiment With Acoustics . '. The'- orchestra ;has-rece bred,- favor able rcomraedf ah' sodhrf functions .where it appeared!’ - Ar ticles appearing in ‘ magazines which deal with broadcasting and radio pro grams also recommend it. Experiments will be conducted with amplifiers and draperies before , the dance, in ah effort to improve the acoustics of the Hall. The commit tee plans a serious effort to counter act the defects of former occasions. -Admission to the function will be *5- •; OFFICIALS OBTAIN HEAD FOR FRENCH INSTITUTE Frederick Erast To Direct Conroe In 1930 Summer Session Frederick Ernst* professor of French at New York ’ university, has beer, secured by College officials to direct the Institute of French Edu cation during the 1930 Summer Ses sion. ' Plans are. under way -to secur? either a visiting - professor from France or several lecturers to appear hero in the interests of the Session. As in former years* Varsity Hall wilt bo devoted to the needs of the Insti tute. The basic principle of the Institute is the exclusive use of French by stu dents and instructors both in and out of classrooms, according to Dean W|U G. Chambers, izr charge of the ' ar rangements. Ernst was head of the Institute of French Education here during the past summer session. He has served an a journalist in. Paris and was an interpreter of French in the Worid Wa.*. In addition to his work as a professor, he has also written several French- books. Dean A. R. Wamock Advises V olunthry Student Plan for Hospital Financing - A .voluntary student agreement to some mutual aid plan to make hospital seryice .for all Penn . State students free; was advised by Dean, of-Men Arthur -R., Warnpck yesterday.: V M In. my; opinion; the question in volved,**' Dean ; Warnbcfc /stated, “is whether the student body wish to tax themselves to pay . for- the hospital fees of .their fellow, students whot "be come sick,, or whether they belfeVi that every, student should, finance his own misfortune. . , -> ... . WonfcFlikc to see the ’Students agree .to. tame‘sort of mutual aid er mutual assistance policy in which they! would,-all. contribute, a fee tol pay| the hospital /expenses of their fel-j ■ * .{ . Thlafsewould pay the hospital ex penses'only .tp o ; certain maximum whHj the sttuleabi lhsmselves should, Glee Club Schedules Eastern State • Sing Cancelling their annual trip to th(> Western State contest in Pitts burgh..’the Glee Club .has entered the Eastern - State' Glee Club contest. in . Philadelphia 'to bo held in Witherspoon Hall eith er February 15' of 22,' ... . Arrangements have been. maHe for concerts, at Cpatesville, Radnor and Cheltenham, if the. contest is held February 15. 'Lafayette, Moravian college, ‘Bucknell and Juniata are copjpstiug. this year, and Marshall [Bartholomew, author, compose/, and director of the Yale Gleo Club, will act!as judge. KIRKPATRICK RAPS ‘HEUWEHE’RITES 1.. F. C. Head Deplore! Lack of Progressive ‘; Initiation /Policy That “Hell Week* practices at Penn State compare unfavorably .with the progressive, policy or:its : fraternities is the opinion of Malcolm Kirkpatrick *3O, president of Interiraternity Coun cil. He voiced opposition .to “rough house* initiation tactics employed here in r. statement to. the collegian last night. - -■ ~ “The fraternity. system at Penn State is representative of advanced undergraduate life,** Kirkpatrick said, “and-as-such shool^. 1 not sanction rough periods of pledge probation.” Declaring that the -“Hell jWeek” problem is the most vital subject be fore national fraternities today, Kirk patrick stated: . *.-• “Delegates at the undergraduate interfraternity conference lost fall agreed that this phase’ of fraternity life was most open .tocritidsm and I believe that it -will be the principal point of discussion at the conference of Penn State fraternities In. Febru ary.” - , , ;.r V;-. ‘Hell Week* Pufposeless ' .- L 4, “Anyfroternify man.who haa.folr -tewedvthe!'controversy ’ on"initiation methods during'the past three years will realize that'the tendency is to revolutionize this side of fraternity procedure,” the Council head pointed out. “If Penn State fraternities give this - the proper, consideration they will see fit to discard the purposeless “Hell Week** practices,”•* he'said.-. ‘ ■ He believes ' that abolishment of “Hell Week**, is essential to contin ued advancement and that by discard ing the practice of their own volition Penn State fraternities will 'mark themselves .as progressive in. this phase of fraternity life/ INDIAN COLLEGE HEAD TO SPEAK AT CHAPEL Dr. Clark Will '.Discuss Importance Of Christianity Abroad Alden H. Clark, head of the divinity college. at. Ahmednagar,. In dia, will address chapelgoers on the importance .ol* Christianity in meet ing the complex problems of India,-in Schwab auditorium Sunday, morning. : Born in. -Minneapolis, • Minm, Dr. Clark, is of an old New England fam ily. and r. direct .descerident.; of John Alden. Hd is .a graduate of Amherst college, receiving his B. A degree in 19C0 and a D. D. in 1925. He'earn ed hir. B. D. degree at Union seminary ir. 1903. : During twenty-five years as a'mis sionary Tn India lie held many prbm inen; positions.. He has been chair man, of the. Marathi Mission, senior .missionary /of the Ahmednegar sta tion, chairman of the .council of West India, and Moderator of .the council of Indian churches of Wiest India. He is the founder of the Nagpada Social Welfare ednter in Bombay. ’ sot, he remarked/ This plan would not necessitate ia student association, but could - be . accomplished through agreement with the . College to .pay a certain-fee.- •. The Dean -Stated that the existing conditions at-Penn State'would, per haps, make., the! plan, to voluntarily increase ' the fees a more practical method than the student association because of the fact that-there is but one. hospital .serving the, student, body.. The existence of more than, one hbspital would probably necessi-/ tate the student association. /He ex plained that ' this. condition ' has [brought about such a mutual organ!- ization. at the University of IllinoLs. [. “Whatever. policy is .adopted,” he sfiM in condusion, “the-final decision on the matter’ shouldyrest with the ,ctudsat'body,”-_ • : ; !.-'•- ■=.' wjian. EXECUTIVE GROUP APPROVES MUSIC EDUCATION PLANS| To Offer .Conrse in Vocational Training for Secondary , Schools, Colleges. THEORY, PRACTICE WORE WILL COMPRISE STUDIES Carricdldm Adequate To Foster Leadership in Special Field Sayq Director Grant , With! triple the number of courses offered!last year, the new curriculum in music education which was ap proved by the executive committee of the College Board of Trustees, is now incorporated in the School of Educa tion, Director of Music Richard ;W. Grant reported yesterday. The course has been organized for students who plan to devote their en tire time to nfiiatc after graduation from college,.and offers a thorough training, in the direction of musie in secondary schools and colleges, Dean Grant states. x Courses in the present music de partment will-include theory, har mony, ■ sightreading, dictation, music appreciation, methods, of teaching, conducting, orchestration, and private and class instruction in all instru ments of the band, and orchestral - So that the Department of Music might function as a complete unit, the College' administration authorized the appointment of Bandmaster Wilfred O. Thompson as assistant professor of music. This transfer added to the department fcothHhe Blue Band and the College Orchestra. r ! In addition to Mr. Thompson, the present music, faculty includes -Mr. Hummel Fishburn, teacher of theor etical subjects and director of the or chestra and women’s gleeciub, Miss Marion -Kerr, teacher of pianoforte, Mrs. Irene O. • Grant,: teacher Idf or tiaetafit woodwind instruments. . Director Grant stated that the In creasing demand for skilled musicians end trained teachers who are college graduates has made this new course necessary, and that with the hew curriculum Penn State is now prepar ed to develop leadership in this spec ial field. COACH WILL NAME , WOMEN DEBATERS Prof. Frizzell To Select Teams for Mid-year Contests—Manager . Arranges 5 Meets, ’ Two women’s debating teams for tho mid-semester trips will be named by Coach John H. Frizzell at a meet ing inhis home at 7:30 o’clock tonight'. / Tho three co-eds for each teanr.wHl bo selected ,by Professor Frizzell On tho basis of Competitive speeches, giv en during the semester.’ Miss Janette M‘. Borns *3O, women’s manager,-*hps arranged’five,meets, with one.imbre . . Oni'team will meet George Wash ington. university February-5 and pos sibly Bucknell if arrangements can be made with that college,’ debating the question, “Resolved, That' 'the Present Tendency-,To Educate - the Masses Should Be .Discouraged.” '. “Resolved, That the Benefits of the Machine ; Age Outweighs Its Defects,” Will 'be the question on which the second team, will.’oppose Waynesboto college, Selon Hill, .Pennsylvania Col lege for Women, and proKa l !y Pitt me trip beginning February 12. HEADS of. SOCIAL BENEFIT . INSTITUTIONS CONVENE HEttß Attended by superintendent*, man agers, and farm operators of charit able, - penal, and. Vocational institu tions 1 throughout the state, ail Insti tutional Farmers’ Week was b'roiight to a close yesterday. ' . Soil fertility,was. the. main topic for. discussion on the prograin. -with dairying, production, farm buildings, potato growing, poultryingl and vege table gardening also engaging the at tention. of the institutional represen tatives.. Faculty members of 'the School of. prominent' farmers of the state, and Institutional faculty members participated as lead ers of discussion groups. VWio’s Dancing Tonight Blue Key at Delta Sigma Chi (Closed) ' .,‘ Tomorrow * ■ . Chi Upsilon . \, Phi Kappa Tau ■ ’ .’.v.'- 'Phi Epsilon Pi National Science Honorary Will Install Chapter Here HEADS Local Organization. That Petitioned Science Honorary SENIORS COMPLETE DECORATING FLANS Employ Purple, Black, and Gold .' Color Scheme for Ball in Armory Nexi Friday Black fan-shaped drapes superim posed on purple wall panels, contrast ing with - a gold, black-and-white checked striped canppjr overhead, will decorate the Armory for the. Senior Ball next Friday night, ..Chairman Paul S. Williams announced yester day., , ■ The. hall will be decorated com pletely, ..the walls and ceiling to be covered'entirely by. the purple/ gold, and . Hack _btmting. .Wisteria, beech gptty', and smUix will add a touch'of green to , the color scheme. Adorning the ceiling, the-canopy will have gold and black-and-white check stripes running lengthwise. Five chandeliers, covered with gold bunt ing, will hang along the center of the roof, while rows .of lighted Jap anese, lanterns will be suspended crosswise. Hold Booth Drawings. Tuesday The black drapes will -be arranged around the Armory at intervals of six feet. v Between, 'the contrasting purple panels are to be placed, with green decorations .throughout. Jean Goldkette’s (iasa Loma or chestra will play from a platform at the end of the room facing the en trance. The band shell is black, in keeping with the color scheme. • Ah .at -previous functions, the fra ternity booths will be arranged in single’ rows "along the. walls. - Booth drawings will "Be held from 9 to 11 o'clock in’ the morning. and from 2 to "4 o'clock in the afternoon Tuesday and Wednesday at Stark Brothers ana Harper. - CITY RESIDENTS ENROLL AS 1931 TWO-YEAR AGS Dean Watts Reports Nearly Half of 38 Students Metropolitan Nearly hall' of the Uiirty-eighr stu dents enrolled in the first year of the two-year agriculture course offered hfcrk- are city, residents, Dean Ralph L Watts, of the School of Agricul ture^'.Reports. . , Twenty of the students live on forms and their fathers are engaged in some branch of farming, Ihree students report that their fathers are merchants while other Occupations listed are banking, business man, civ il engineer, college teacher, executive secretary, laborer, lawyer, lumberman, manufacturer, minister, ’ and truck service' man. Dean Watts reports that regard les-.'Oi the-occupation of. their fath ers, .the members of the clxsa are en thusiastic over the .opportunities in agriculture. ' Ten expect to return to their home farms 'upon completion ol their studies. . MINERAL INDUSTRIES SCHOOL ORGANIZES TRAINING COURSE - Organization of a foreman training fcursc.fov the Pittsburgh Coal com pany by the .School. of Mineral In dustries and the department of en gineering' extension was announced byAVilliam R. Young, assistant pro fessor-of engineering extension, yes -1 terday, . t The coarse will be given weekly for [a:period of five months in Btythdalc, [ Crescent,. Library* Van Meter, and Jtq«ston, all in vrxßorn Pennsylvania. ,PSICE S.CENTS Sigma Xi Accepts Local Petition from 82 Members GROUP AWAITS SPRING ADMITTANCE CEREMONY Prominent Research Fraternity Approves College Work On Enlargement • Sigmr Xi, national honorary sci ence research fraternity, ucan : - mously approved the petition of the-local members-' of Sigma Xi for r. Penn State chapter at its annual meeting, in Des Moines last [Week, Dr. David F. McFarland,"sec- Iretary of the local organization sh j nounced yesterday. | Installation by the national officers. I will take * place in March or early [April. The favorable attitude of Col lege executives toward the enlarge iment of research programs and the improvement of research equipment |here was given as the principal rea son for acceptance. j . Eighty-two members, representing twenty-two different chapters of the society, either are on the faculty or reside in the town. Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Enginecr nig, is president of the local club, while Doctor McFarland is secretary. One of Oldest Science. Full membership is not gran led to undergraduate students. 'Many chap-, tera elect only graduate students and faculty members who have proved their qualification by research work completed and published. Chapters are permitted to elect sen iors and graduate students, as asso ciate members v if they have shown promise of ability to do original re search. Qualification' to full mcm research publication;. ' . v ; V‘ ' Sigma Xils'one of the oldest and largest science; fraternities‘in exis tence, and is the most influential hon orary society for the promotion of research in scientific fields. There are fifty-three chapters in existence. Among eastern colleges which con tain chapters are Yale,'Comsih Penn sylvania, Columbia,' Syracuse, , Rut gers and Brown. The fraternity was founded at Cor nell in 1887, in an effort to found a fellowship of research scientists. It grew rapidly to its present position as the most important honorary fra ternity in the field of science. : HEADS SET DATES FOR ANNIVERSARY Tentatively Arrange October 'l6-18 To Mark Seventy-fifth Year Of Penn State Work Tentative dates for the celebration, oi! Penn State's seventy-fifth anniver sary and expansion- program have beer. sc', for October 16 to 18 inclusive, Adrian o.’ Morse, assistant to the President, announced yesterday. Thtr. decision was reached last week by the anniversary committee appoint-, ed by President HetzeL Members of the- faculty and others concerned arc being consulted by committee mem ber; to determine whether this date will be more satisfactory than any other which might be suggested. Definite plans for the celebration arc being delayed for final decision or the matter. Sub-committees on an nouncements and invitations are like wise being detained in the'r work. Weather - har. permitted an unexpect ed advance Jn the construction work and har. farthered the probability'that the buildings now being erected will be ready for the celebration next fall. DEAN STODDART TO ATTEND • LIBERAL ARTS CONFERENCE ' Dean Charles. W. Stoddart of the Libsral Arts school Will attend a meeting of the association of Amer ican colleges at Washington, D, C., January 14 to 16. Penr.‘State* will bs officially admit ted into the association at this meet ing*. The organization was formed fer tile purpose of advancing education ir. Liberal Arts sch’oofe"ol the 'coun try. PUBLISH ALUMNUS’ POEMS “Gleanings," a volume of poetry written by Hugh Q. Miller '*2l, has beer published by Dorrancc and Com pany. The book contains thirty-four poems, partially in dialect of country folk. Six pen’ and. ink illustrations sketched -b* the author arc included ir. the volume. •
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