ESTABLISHED 1904 VOL. 26, No. 41 MINISTER DIES AS Penn State 20 Years Hence ! John A. Wood Named I.F.C. HEAD FAVORS FLAMES DEMOLISH Seen as ‘Great University’; T! UNION OF NATIONAL PROFESSOR S HOME Smith Visions New Campus president of the fieshman this's at ANDLOCALGROUPS ' . * m a meeting last week John B Ta>- * ■ 1 1 i loi won the uce-pies.dentv „ , VISIONS Penn Stale of Tomorrow i Wood icceived 247 votes while - Councils Already Act As Collegiate Paradise 1 T.ijloi was the next highest nom- As Simrlti [Fnif Ouim*- In ineo with 121 Othei tandulates Tl I weie John 0 Gimishnw who ie- Identical Interests coved 8G votes, and Vilham Mat- , I aleei with H ballots to his ucdtt , w „. ,f P , n>n , l£ , The yearling president lepicsent- INiRA-MURAL MEMBERS !ed the Locust Lane tli(|iie, while APPROVE PROPOSED PLAN Tayloi lan Gum shaw was affiliated with the campus oigumzation Kev. W. E. Baker Suffocated in Apartment House Bhuc Old Building Plan Gives Satuiday Morning Way to Picture of A. L. WRIGHT, DAZED BY SMOKE, SUFFERS BURNS Bj K . P . stwCMOn The Penn State of next year, of twenty yeats fiom today—what will it be like'' In physical structuie, as visioned by Comptroller Kay H. Smith, it will be a collegiate paradise instead of the piescnt~building-scarred campus with jits mud, trampled sod, and hcltci j skelter londways j It is a vision of beauty and oider {lineas, of manv new buildings, of con ■ciete walks and roadways to every Ipait of the campus, of landscaping j ait It is a vision of a great urn j\eisity. | Fire Discovered Shortly After ‘1 O’clock—Property Loss Amounts to $6OOO The Rev William E Bnkei, a 59- ycui-old Baptist minister, was suffo cated in a file which caily Saturday morning partly burned down a Du plex-apartment at 40! West Fair mount avenue owned by Piof Arthui L. Wnght of the mathematics de partment Professor Wright suffer ed scveic burns The blaze was discovered shortly af ter 1 o’clock Saturday morning and was not extinguished until uftei •> o’clock Defective wiring is believed to have caused the fire resulting m a total damage of nioie than $(>,000. Piofecsor Wright also was partly overcome by smoke while searching foi the source of the hie His ban was singed and his eves affected bv the smoke He will be unable to re sume his duties at the College foi* a few weeks The building was occupied by Pro fessor Wnght and his familv, with whom the Reveiend Baker resided, and Prof Clinton O Ciomer of the agronomy department The Cromert., occupjmg the lust floor, were able to save then funimtmc, but most of Profcssoi Wright’s goods vveie lost m the blare "Minister Overcome It i' believed that the Reveiend Baker returned to the house in older to save some valuables and was over come at that tine. Ho was found f ally dicssed sitting- «• a- chair in a. front room of the apaitmcnt The minister is a biothei-in-law to Piofessor Wnght and was staying hcic until he secuied another chaigc. In addition to the Wrights he is sur vived by his wife and one aistei Funeial seivices foi the fire victim will be held at 11 o’clock this afternoon from the home of Mns M.n> Johnson, at “IS South Atherton siteet, where I Profcssoi Wnght and his family now 1 are staving Intel ment will be in Cavendish, Vt, a former pastorate ot ' the minister 1 Professor Wi ight came to the Col lege about t\\ enty yeai s ago as n mem- 1 bei of the mathematics department He has remained heic evei since that 1 time PROM COMMITTEE SELECTS FAVORS Chooses Uiacelet With White Cold College Seal on Background Of Enameled Panels Btacelets on which a centrallv mounted Penn State seal of white gold contrasts colorfully with blue and black enamel panels will be the favois foi Junior Prom, to be held in Recrc-j ation Hall May 2 The center panel will contain the; minuituio gold c cal, with panels of ! , blue and bluck enamel alternating on i each side of the emblem to complete' the coloi design Two blue matii\i stones will be set in links on opposite 1 sides of the bracelet The favors will be distributed at the advanced ticket, sale ' The programs chosen by the com mittee will consist of white kid papsi with n taiscd centei panel for emboss-, eil silver letteung on the cover The, Penn State seal will be embossed in silvci at the top of the piogi.tm, with' the title, “Penn State Junioi Piom Class of 1921, ’’ at the bottom of the covei 1 Lout? silk, Insult'd couls attached Bulletins of fellowships ranging to the ptogmm will bcui the class, fiom $lOOO to $2600 at Scandinavian, colois, given and white White pen-i Italiun, Belgian, ami Geimnn univeisi uls will fuithei aniv out the l'Ml'ties me on hie at Dean Kcin’s office They icquitc Amcncun citizenship, a knowledge of the countiy’s language. MONT ALTO IMtOVIDES NEW and ability to perfomi oiigmal ie- WOODCRVFT JlEltlT SI STEM a ™‘ ch ’ (.idol bCIIC'DIC. Unde, .1 new met Astern estnb””- DYB COMPLETION Ushed at Mont Alto fmestiy school! OF PROJECTS DURING LEAVE lust semestei, students must quail- - __ _ f> m naluie loie and a gencial know- *Dr WilLum S Dvo ji , head of the Prim State A Art, Beauty First Plan Hazy Ten 3 ears ago the vision had its oi : igm in a hazy building plan Today, th(f most filmy part has given way to bojd relief with detail complete m ev eiy paitieular. In May, the College vul publish an illustrated pamphlet describing the outlined development A yeai from today, the casual visit oij.to the College will immediately ap- PKciate the plan, Mr Smith believes A/Veai fiom today all buildings now unjlei construction, with the accom panying landscape, will be completed ENGINEERS BEGIN ! SERIES OF TALKS Prof. D. L. Markle Opens Course 1 With Illustrated Lecture j On 'Miniature Suns’ With “Our Miniature Suns,” a dis ' of ..developments in the in i cafidescent lamp, Prof. David L Maiklc, of the electrical engineering department, last night opened the lecture series sponsored annually by the Engineering school The benefits and disadvantages re sulting fiom the use of “man-nmde sups” were compaied by Professor Maiklc He desciibcd some of the latest developments in the production of new and improved lamps during the couisc of the lectuie Pi of Harold E Dickson, of the aichitectuial department, will deliver the second address of the series when he speaks on “How to Undci stand and Appieciatc Paintings" in Room 200 Engineenng D Monday night. A study of modem and classical paint ing, and a discussion of the principles of uit, will be included in his talk To Discuss Universe “The Physical Nature and Relative Sires of Things Ropnd About Us” will be; the topic for the thud lecture, to be- given by Pi of Lcland S Rhodes, of'the depnitment of civil engineer ing, Match 2*l He will deal with the gencial nature of the umveisc fiom the atom to the largest suns. Pi of Louis J Biadford, machine design engineer, will speak on “Lubri cation, oi the Ait of Making Things Run Easily," in the fourth lecture Match Jl Concluding the senes, Piof Cljuonic E Bullmgei, head of the depiutmcnt of industunl engmeeung, will discuss “Hazards and Accidents in'the Home” April 7. ALUMNI MAY COMPETE FOR FOREIGN AWARDS European, S American Universities Offer Graduate Fellowships Fellowships and scholarships in Etuopcan and South American coun tncs aie available to giaduatc stu dents and alumni, Dean Fiank* D Kctn of the Graduate School announc ed jestculny. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1930 , _ „ These two gioups an* coopoiat ng *’ m the Etei nal Song, a one-act, almost as. a unit at pi esent and it w >ll plaj by Mauuce Block, as then pics- be meioh u mattei of time befoie entation. the Penn State Plajeis v.d! -ho> do combine.” Knkpatuck de enter the sixth annual content of the elnied “On occasions such at. the In- Pennsylvnnm Intcicollegiate Diama- teiliatemity Confeience an«l the com tic association to be held .« Bucknc-ll nfS Juteitinamtv Ball the two eoun- T , . . „ . univeisity ApuW and 6 , ils uoik nlmost as a single oignm/a- In his office* yesterday. Mi Smith Eight colleges aliendy have sigtn- tuin" biought out a stack of photogiapH, fietl their intention of compeltrg m .. ... ~ . v sketches and maps, and picssed one this vem’s tourney Pups aie given 1 <»‘»-imriis vote of the lattei on his desk It showed for fust and second place's, nml a * l tcomphsh this union, the head the present detail of the campus and bionzc plnque will bo aw aided to the of t^lc Intel f'dtuimtv Council point college winning tlneo Contests by the out a two-tlmds vote bv Ihe Samuel Flench company Penn Stan* J 1 * 511011 * 1 ' Wioups would be noces-ar and Fianklin and Marshall bold 01 e lK *foie *oc«tl bodv could be admit. PENQTATI7 I¥7QQII7 II ™ the plaque « it " that the g.oup IljlllJlillJu JIdJUIL II The colleges entered aie Bnckncil, he ««l»events will move to ammend nrT/I . T n Atrm nnnn Drexel, Juniata, Fianklin and Mu- ‘ ,M - constitution to poi nit the um-oli- RFIfINS OVFR HFRO sha N* Maiywood, Giovo Citv and lYLilUil JU T LliliLlll/ Penn State Gettysbuig I'iji, ttin . Knkpatrick foiesees diflnulu in nei has not definitely decided to pa, that the differences between the lush- Operation Pronounced Success SraK - , „ pi., ~u, By Vetcrinanan—College a cast of only four ch.mictcis Ft ink i.euas it possible lot 'he Intiamuiak q, „ t < Neusbaum, associate diamatic di- cioup to be admitted with a '-cpuiuti' JO ttesume Jests rectoi, IS coaching the. piodiiclion code lie is him in his stand, howcvci,! - Aithui R Cunningham Ml will poi- bettei plan would be ti> line] n . r , T . . tray the iole of ‘ David,” a pool voting one* set code foi both divisions ! o U^ n, ,to%, thTc„.l s Xd" C A b »- c '«' An'operation putting a “window' 1 uke th J “Geison ” tin in’ '! flI ? s last nij;ht rc ' eals that a two in the stomach of another College cow f C rior factory worker those’umbil tv So moioS im. T U>La l\ h {a \ m was pronounced successful last night to movul fol his larif€i famih ... * , thc I’ioposed union Seven of the ten by Dr. James F Shigley, College j ) „ n j c { | * houses voiced itppiovnl while the ic veterinarian maimng tiuee vveie as vet undecided COMPTROLLER SMITH (Continued on last page) Dr Shigley, assisted by Dr Sam- n rifT , TTT^T - 1 * rr¥ir , - r . T __ uel I Bcchdcl of the thuiv husbandly 2 STUDENTS MAKE depaitment and several students, con ducted the operation heie last Satui- PERFECT AVERAGES day For the past week the animal has been eaiefully watched and at- . tended. James 1 Wolfe, Ilarrv Lightstune Penstate Jessie II is believed to oe Receive Rest First Semester the thnty-second cow to be opeiated , , . . . „ , on successfully in this mnnnei At ,t:rd * r s a * ,n,! picsent, hovvevei, it i' thought that only one other such cow is alive Useful m Research Visiting delegates while on a tour Jfroding, James T Wolfe MO and Ilai* of the cumpus will once more be con- *l’ Lightstone Ml led then le ductcd to the College veteiimuy ho«- classes in the Liboial Aits pital to view the “inside nothings" of school foi the fust semestoi with 5 a cow Rescaich woil.cis also will uveiages, Dean Chailcs \V Stoddail again conduct then investigations on announced jesteidaj the living milk factoiy The latmg of the semois and jun- Penstate Jessie II was opeiated on mis placing second and tlmd wei“ in Older that reseuich experiments be- highei than those of the leadeis ol ing conducted at the College at the the two lovvei classes Thice semois, death of the lust Penstate Jessie Miss Jannette M Bums, Hemv Thnl could be resumed Reseatch woikeis enfold, and Fiank II Wen, tied foi hope to solve many moie bactenolog- second place in then gioups with a icnl problems thiougli the aid of this 2 8 nveiage Alton R Klmestnei cow - 'stood second in the jumoi class. In, o giades aveiaging 2 *>, while Alan D PENN STATE ORATORS Cutting gained thud place with an nveiage of 2 8 FACE \\. AND J. FRIDAI In the sophomoie class five stu . . . . dents weie in a deadlock foi feadci- ' ship, William A But’, Hnuy Clunk"*, rurcnsic Teams To Meet Presidents Hcmy A Gonsetki, Coleman Hoi pel, and Donald A Shelley shaicd lust plate with an aicinye of 2 8 Obtaining a 2S jriude Miss Marion In Home-and-Home Debates Penn State oiatois will meet Wash* r. Howell won honms m the ficsh ington and Jefferson in two debates man class William V Annstiong, Friday night when n negative team Wayland F Dunawav and Robeit K faces a Pi esident duo heie at 8 o’clock Tschan took second place with aveiag in Schwab auditoiium nnd an affnm- os of 2 7 ntive team tiavels to Washington. * o The College negative team is com miss DWEM’ORI' \SSUMES posed of Dav’id Khsch Ml and Frank _ M. Saybolt M 2 Kenneth llooi] Mo DUTIES IS IJIC. A I.EIDEii and Oivillc A Hitchcock ’J2 will de- fend the affiimative side of the aigu* With the lesignation of Miss Hlira ment in the meet at Washington beth Melloi MO. Miss Mai> T Daven* Both contests will use the Wisconsin poit Ml, foimei vac-pi esident, wi'l cspcnmcntal college plan of undei- aerve us pi esident of the Y W C A giuduate piepaiation as the topic foi until the spitng elections argument The Oregon sway of opin* Miss Melloi lelt College to cm oil im ion scoring method will lie used hole, 'ho Mend Palmei school at Detioit, but an attempt will be made to secuie Mich Miss Davenpoit takes up hei a clitic judge foi the debate at Wash- duties with a mold in Y. \\ P A ington activities coveting almost thiee vcais o i Chosen to the “Y” cabinet in hei SPONSOR NIGH r SCHOOLS lieshman jeai, Miss Davenpoit was With the coopemtion of the C.d- e, * ctcd senetaiy of the association lege School of Mmeial Industnes b ,\ wlu ! n ft « u i»homoic* and this veai has Pxnnsvlvnniu coal cumimmes m<> iinw L °btinued hei wink .is chanman ol PLAYERS WILL VIE FOR STATE TITLE litcause both national and haul fia , teimlios enjoy the same lights and c x. ... q , | . . . |>M\ilt*KLs and hint* almost idt" tical 8 Colleges Enter Sixth Annual jnteusts, Malcolm Kukpatnck, picsi -1 Dramatic Competition ill dent of Intevfiatumtv Council, stated • „ , „ . ~ „ list nifjht that he could see no un«on Buckncll April 4*o \\h\ the Inlorliatoinity and Inttu- nmial councils thouhl not unite Attaining the highest scholastic lev o’ possible undei the College system of (Mlwjfeut Kirkpatrick Predicts Ultimate Combination—Rushing Code I\lay Provo Difficulty concerning then stand Foui societies are willing to accept a nnifnim tush rg code foi both gioujis and tlnee 1 n\oi the sepaiate jU'hing lule pohc.v Anothci point bimight out be knk- : patnek is the contnneisv that may ensue o.u the apportionment of Council offices In this legard ho dated “If the plan is adopted it will be onlv natuial fra both gioups to do~iie icpiosentatnes in Council office* The national* with then overwhelming majontv of lepiescntativrs will be ible to soctne all the ollices while the locals will ha.c none This ma\ cause Double but I .an confident that it w.Il be smoothed out." FORENSIC CONTEST ENTRANTS CALLED Competition Vpril 12 To Determine I’eiin State Candidate m National Tournev I'cnn State’s entiant in the si\th national mten collegiate oiaUntcul con test will be detenmned in an all-Col logo competition to be held heu* Aptil IJ, Pint John II Fii/"i*ll, foiensic coach, anitouneed \esteida\ in issu ing a call foi candidates Students who wish to cntci the con test mnv submit then names to Pio lessoi Fu//ellcn Mi.. Joseph F O’Bn er in the old health set vice building Regional eliminations will be con ducted late in \pitl, with /one con tests to detetnune the seven finalists scheduled foi the lnttei pait of Mav The national competition will be held at 1.0 Angeles, Cal . June l'l | Pines amounting to $5OOO will be aw.nded the national finalists The winnei of the national contest will icteivt •SlaOll and will become nntion al inteicollegiate cbamiunn oiatoi of I'IIJO The Bettei Anieiica Fuleintion of t'nhfoinia. s]ionsois the competition to inciease intei est in and to fostet ie-, spect foi the Constitution. Oi ation must be oiigmal and ma\ not enn tam moie than Jr>o() woids Foui - J teen topics dealing with the Constitu lion have been selected | u.i mNus HE\I)S sociun i College Accepts Dormitory Proposal of Fraternities For 1930 Summer Session I'O DISCUSS JVkcurs* Newspaper Uxperienic HOU \RD It D VMS EDITOR OF ‘GRIT’ TQTALKTONIGHT Will Uevual Journalistic Record Progress of Newspaper In 2) Liberal Arts Twentv-live veats of journalistic o\ peiience will be levealcd b\ I low an! It Davis, managing oditm of the W il :lianispmt (,nt in a tulk oil “The Im pel tance oi a Good Repouet" to be finer in loom 2"i labeml Aits limit l mg at 7 o'clock tonight M- Davis will speak to some e\ tent on the giowth and icusons fm success oi the (int, which has a ca lculation liugei than the New Yen' [fiat*. lie will explain the devdop j ment ol the papei into the hugest i familv weekh in Anieiica 1 The “peakei will attomiit to bung oul tile qualifications oT u good ic poitei and weave that in with hn |owr e\pcncme on the William pen panel In an open foium it the close of his speech. Mi Davis will answci anv quesfoi.s asked b\ the audience* Scivcd on Grit for 2> Wars Beginning as an uiand bov in PHio. the cditoi has lieen on the staff ri the (tilt foi twentv-fivc veais hoi thi past tew veus he has solved is managing editoi Viiivmg in State College tin* at teinoon, the visitor will be taken on a tom ol the campus In College ollu i..U He \ ill be entoitamed at the Lnnei sitv club In menbeis of the lomnal ism depuitinent anil will letmn to U illiamspcu t tonight Th> tilk is be-ng given iindm the luspnes of Alpha Beta Sigma, pio icss’onal jomnalistie fiateimtv as one ol a senes hj pionunent editm janri puhlishus of the State Iht \ .lie designed to bring journalism stu dent' into closei contact with tin 1 St ite pies- and develop a coidial feel ing between editois ami the College HLEISMEN FAIL TO PLACE IN NATIONAL CONTEST George Washington, Ohio Slat' Deceive High ilonoft > With (leoige Washington urnvei !‘it\ winning lust honois, Ur- Penn St itc* glee* club failed to place among ' thi tiisi thiec n the national inte*- lollcgiate competition at New A oik lutv Snluid.n night ale and Ohio Stale placed second 1 ind tlmd. lespectneh Although the ! i inking of the othei competing dull, 'has not, been announced, it is believed tint Penn State's sc<*u* will be up among the leading *J he glee on n eai li ed the light to icptc*-ent eastern Penn sylvania in the national sing I>\ wm lung the contest held at Philadelphia last month \ idols in the Mid-\llnntu sedion •ll cunt., t. Geoige \\ asliingt'-a com* dieted in the Ne v '.oik nlv mmii li-i hot' I ill .veil loi the lust turn Illci m> duhi sang m Hie national conte-*, ‘ lepiesenting all sections ol the c.mn [ in i “FOII THE GLOKY OF OLD STATE” PRICE 5 CENTS Abandons Original Plan To Run Women’s Lodgings OFFICIALS MAY INSPECT HOUSES AT ANY TIME Will Select Chaperones. Reserve Privilege of Closing All Mismanaged Dorms Abandoning its plan fm operation of fialeimtv houses duttng the Sum ii’ei Session College official* acccpt d with piovisions the substitute dot •ritoiv Diopos.il of the Intelfiatunity 'ouncil committee Fndav C.eneial acceptnnee of the plan ir uinctl to the committee b\ Admini- •ation officials was made Frldai light bj lepiesentatives of f rater litres intei ested in occupation of then hoii-c hi women dunng the sumnici Lmlei the accepted plan board will e pan! m advame for the first two weiks and foi one week in advance theieaftei Those dissatisfied with 'teals mav thus eat elsewheie with >ut the loss of the entire boiitd pa>- •icnt as m foimer voais, the lommit ee be lievts To Inspect Houses In .auctioning the pioposul, the Ad iMnistiation itscived the pnvilege of tqmimg a l rniget of expenses and a st itement of expected profit from •adi house managei befoic the open »g of the session A report of the xact exiienses and actual piofit also uav be demanded at the close of the >i\ weeks, the College stipulates 'die leseivations include the rigjit o i.ispcct houses at any time during he turn am! to close anv considered lusmunnged Admmistiation officials •\ ill allow onlv nuthouzed houses to ipu.ito and will icquiie a statement >f lent |iaid bv the individual man- Iglis Vppomt Chaperones < Impel ones will be appointed hi < olltge olbcials and will be requned '<» n-poit to tin* College when di«satis 'action becomes noticeable m th«* !ioi.si-s Anv fiuteimties found un- Mitistactoiv iluiing the coming teini mav not onlv lil closed this \cai hul m.'v he disqualified fiom opeiating dui mg subsequent bummei Session* Discussing icasons foi acceptnnee ol the plan, Adtiin O Moise, chatr mi.n ol the College committee in chitige of the inoposal, stated* ! “The College is anxious to meet the i l.ateimiles halt-wav in the niattoi ; ami is mull to agiee on anv plan ."ntth will piotect the interests of th>* ‘suminei Session students and th“ mime of tin* College The plan sub mitted bv the fiuteimties, with thesi Liolain nunoi piovisions, seemed i.oithi of tnal foi at least one voai It lulfilled, in the whole, the requite nn nls which we demanded ” MAGAZINE DENIES PLAGIARISM CLAIM Old Main Hell’ Kditor States that Wertheimer Wrote Original Captain O'Reilly Chaiges of plagiarism against an i Ouf Uiuii /id/ conliibutoi well* tie ilaied unfounded h\ Koheit P Stev uison Mi), editm-m-diief of the litei u . maga/me, hist night The statement was made to kTul'* tlie iiiiiiin that 11 at old R. W’ei themm MJ .uithm of the slant stoiv, Captain O'Reilh, punted m the last issue, had lifted the *lon in question fiom a K'pviighli'd Untveisitj of Pittsbuigh pulihcation I In IOJo, the stoiv was punted in a [collection of themes published bv the d*’p.n t ment oi English nt the Um v< i-itv of Pittsbuigh, hut Wcithemi i*i has pioved lo tin* satisfaction of (he Old Mout Hill staff that hevvtotc Hie m igtnnl ‘RI'.LIGIOI S POSRS UNWORTHY OF CHRIS IT \NS’ S\YS ROMHi ’Theie t- much in life posing as <hiistiamtv haidlv waitin’ of the ranu*,” dunged tin* Rev Edgar F
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