ESTABLISHED
1904
VOL. 26, No. 44
Local Council Seeks
I. F.C. Merger Under
Mutual Rushing Plan
Petition Submitted to
National Chapters
For Approval
OFFICE APPORTIONMENT
DECLARED NO PROBLEM
Indications Predict Passage or
Measure—Will Necessitate
Alteration in Laws
Absolution of Intiamuial Council
by Interfiatcimty Council under the
name rushing code was predicted last
night when ten local fraternities pe
titioned for membership in Inleifra
ternity Council
Definite admission of the local body
was icferred to indi'idual chapters
01 Intcifiatermty Council foi appiov
al It was indicated that the petition
will be passed by Council at its next
meeting t
Tho petition as presented to Council
contained no reservations whatever
Ir agreeing to obscitc the same lush
ing code as that adopted by the na
tional fraternities, the principal dis
crepncy between the local and nation
al bodies was removed.
Offer No Objection
With the acceptance of the pio
posnl by Omega Epsilon, all of the
ten local fraternities had latiticd the
proposal Wednesday night As sent
to Intel fraternity Council, the peti
tion contained the signatuie of presi
dents of all the local fiateimties and
ol the cxecutixe board of Intiamuial
Council.
That the apportionment of officers,
m the combined organization might
causo in the group difficult to
oscrcomo was denied by an official of
tho local organization. He expiessed
the opinion that repiesentatixcx of
local fraternities would not seek of
fices in the combined oigamzations at
the piesent time
A two-thuds vote by the present
Intcriratcinity Council members will
be ncccsmry to insuie acceptance ol
the petition. Constitutional changes
will be necessaiy bcfoie the local oi
ganization can be meiged with the
national The piesent laws leqimc a
fraternity to have chapters in fi\e col
leges oi universities bcfoie it can be
accepted as a member.
GIRLS’ GLEB CLUB
WILL SING SUNDAY
l*rof. Pislibnrn To Direct 30 Co-ed
Voices at Fourth Concert
In Schwab Auditorium
Fifty membeis of the Gills’ Glee
club, under tho direction of Hummel:
Fishbuin of the music dcpaitment,
will piesent u musical program it.
Schwab auditorium at J 30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon as the fouith num
boi in a senes of mid-winter conceits
Opening the conceit with a group
of two numbers, the co-ed \ocalists
will be followed by Miss Edna R Rod
erick Ml, soprano soloist Miss Rod
erick will sing a group of three num
bers.
Tho Gills’ Vaisity quaitet, compos
ed of Miss Grace E Dietuch Ml, Miss
Sarah L. Wentzel Ml, Miss Edna R
Roderick Ml and Miss Louise 0. Wiest.
M 2, then offei a numbci ol selections.
“From the Given Heart of the Wat
ers,” by Tayloi, will be included in
the third gioup offered by the entire
Glee cluh.
Henry S. Brunner Ml. a graduate
student, will play several violin selec
tions after which the girls’ quartet
will piesent two additional selections
As the concluding numbers, the Glee
club will sing "The Snow Legend,"
by Clokeit, and Bcigh’s “Medicine
Man "
ftettn ifafr A
1 Plebes To Don Blue,
White Dinks in Fall
With the entrance of the next
freshman class in September, the
traditional green dink will be re
placed by a blue top piece with a
white button, symbolic of Penn
State, as the result of the action
taken by Student Council at a meet
ing Tuesday night
The example set by Dattmouth
College and Cornell unneisity,
wneio plebes wear dinks in college
colors, was cited as a reason for
the change Apnl 2G was selected
for the fiist Freshman Frolic It
i<* possible that town nreichants will
offer prizes foi the annual affair.
CLIQUES ORDERED
TO REVEAL ROLLS
Council Approves Proposals of
Committee—Regulates
Parly Tactics
Fraternity cliques will make pub
lic membership and nominees as a re
sult of Student Council’s action in
approving the lecommendations of the
election committee Tuesday night
Public announcement of clique
members and platforms was optional
under last year’s code The new sys
tem lequires that each gioup submit
to the elections committee a list of its
fraternities and candidates by mid
night or April 27 The Collegian will
publish these lists
Election week will start May 5,
concsponuing to the date of the elec
tion period last year. Three days.
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
have been assigned smnkcrs-
To Use A A. Cards
The student body w ill vote on Tues
day afternoon, Wednesday and Thurs
day morning of electron week A A
cards will be used for checking pur
poses instead of the student directory
as in foi mil ycais, the ticket to be
punched when the ballot is issued I
[Two Student Council scmois will have!
| charge of each ballot box
I With committee appioval necessaiy'
I foi piopaganda before publication,
lthe rew system specifies that no 1
■ campaign literature is to be distn
-1 butod befoie the start of election!
week, May 5 All clique procedure.:
in addition, must be sanctioned by the
committee befoie execution. This is
the first year Student Government
has placed such restriction on politic
al factions
Council passed the recommenda- 1
lions without a dissenting vote
Cluude S Bryan MO was named to
complete the committee The ques
tion of a mass meeting is still undecid
ed
DR PIKE MILL BEGIN TVLKS
ON PSYCHOLOGY WEDNESDA\
Dr Horace V Pike, clinical psychi
atrist at the Damillc State hospital,
will speak on “The Unconscious Mind,
and a Consideration of Some of the
Fallacies of the Fieudtan Method of
Investigation” in loom 28 Physics
building at 7 o’clock Wednesday night
The lectuie will bo the fust of a sei-j
ics of six on "Abnoi mal Psychology " :
The l«3t lecture will include a clinical
demonstration at the Danville State
hosprtul. No definite' time has been
set for the other lectuies ns yet.
SPRING FEVER NO BARRIER TO SEDATE SCHOLAR
DESPITE THOUGHTS OF LOVE, PROFESSORS SAY
Todav is the beginning of the to agice with the woathei man as to fewer’ mm\ opinion"
“spring fever” season. ( tho date for “spring fewer" and do- On the other hand, Dr Chatles L'
Contrniy to the wntings of poets j dared, “This disease has never been | Peters, duectot or educational le
that a "voung man’s fancy lightly ] known to make its appealnnce at Penn ‘ search, sticks l>\ the old theor\ that
, turns to thoughts of love” at this sea-'state until about May 1.” “spiing fc\ei” does hare a had effect
ison, it is the belief of seveinl Penn | The fact that the student bodv is on students lie bolieres that the
I SluU orolessois that students apply! vinewd and keens right on woiking tendency to go "jowiding ’ was hke.ly
STATE COLLEGE, MARCH 21, 1930
COMMITTEE ASKS
VIEWS OFFACULTY
IN CUTTING PROBE
Submit Questions on Proposed
Change—Professors Show
Increased Interest
SIGMA TAU BACKS PLAN
FOR SENIOR PRIVILEGES
In> estimating Body Will Report
Query Result to A.A.U.P.
Early Next Month
A faxoiable icaction to the student
demand for widei cutting priuleges
was evidenced last night by the de
cision of the investigating committee,
headed by Prof S McClelland Butt,
to begin a canvass of faculty opinion
on the piojcct
An unofficial tabulation of tho fac
ulty group shows that membeis are
fuvoiably Impressed by student inter
est manifest in the plan They ic
vcalcd that the'need for a uniform:
class attendance policy was forcibly
brought out at the public hearing
Monday night
Sigma Tau, honoraiy engineering
.fiatermty, also added weight to the
side of the proposed cutting plan by
unammouslv passing a icsolution m
favor of widei cutting privileges foi
seniors at its meeting Tuesday night
To Question Faculty
A senes of questions i elating to
the proposed change will be sunrit
ted to members of the College facul
ty this week to determine their at
titude towards the proposition The
questionnaire also will he sent to the
deans of the various schools
An analysis of the replies will be
included in the committee leport
which will be Submitted to the local
chapter of the Ameitcan Association
of Unneisity Professois early thi
spung.
Professor Butt, speaking for the
committee, said that the group was
very much pleased bv student intei
.est shown., m. the problem—
backed by Dr. J Ben Hill, another
member, who belies es this interest
will bear consideiable weight in tin*
investigators’ decision
Faculty interest in the nriUtei is
steadily increasing according to Prof
Thomas W Mason, and is only sur
passed bv student mteiost in the op
inion of Dr Arthur P lioness Piof.
Robert E Minshall peisonully ad\unc
|ed the belief that the committee war
■ entirely favorable to the matter
DR. RIES RESIGNS
CHEMISTRY POST
Mill Manage Experimental l’lnnt for
DuPont Ammonia Company—To
Lease Here in June
Di Emil D Rics, head of the chem
ical engineering department, has re
signed his position to accept the man
agership ot an experimental plant of
the DuPont Ammonia company at
Charleston, W. Va.
Dr Ries’ resignation will become
eficctrve at the end of this semester
Ho will take up his post with the West
Virginia company about August 1 In
J Ins new position he will supemso all
■ research projects conducted at th'*
j plant.
In 192 G the engineering head came
to Penn State as associate professor
in the School of Chemistiy and Phvs
ics from the faculty of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology Pie
luously he had been in chaigc of
| motoi fuel research for the Stnndanl
Oil company
Make First Bid for Intercollegiate Crowns in Palestra Today
HETZEL WILL GREET Locust Lane and
ARTISTS TOMORROW Campus Cliques
Unite Is Report
Public Instructors Hold Session
For Culture Development
In Engineering D
With n welcoming address by Piesi
dcnt Ralph D Hctzel, the annual
Mountain Aits Conference, spoiisoi
ed by tlie Pennsylvania State Depait-'
nient of Public Instruction foi mstiuc
tcis of ait and allied subjects, will'
open in 200 Enginccimg D at *J o’clock 1
tomoirovv mottling.
Dean Will G. Chambers, head of the
School ot Education.** Valentine Kil
by, art* director "ofihe ■Pennsylvania ;
State Depmtment of Public Instruc
tion, and L. H Dennis, ueputy su
perintendent of the same department
will also speak at the genual session
of the convention
Dean Chambers will nddicss the
conclave on “Aits and Genual Cul
tuie,” while Mi knliv will sneak on 1
“Alt and the Machine” “What Ideas;
in Vocational Education Jlus Gieutj
Britain to Olfei Pennsylvania will;
be Mi Dennis’ topic
Appioxnnateh 125 delegates me
expected to attend the conference in
cluding members of high schools and:
,noimal colleges m the central dis-
I tnct of the State Teachers ot in
dustrial nit, ngncultuial, home cco
'lioinie*, and commercial studies will
I attend the convention
j Following the genual ussembh
' delegates will gather m special ses
sions to discuss pioblems m then di
lect held of woil
Fit VI'F.KMTY DELATORS EM)
SECOND BOUND TOMORROW
Closing the v ctond tound of the m
teifiateimty debating tourney, Sigma
Tau Pin debatus will face the Kappa
Delta Rho team at 7 o’clock totnoi
iiovv night in the Kappa Ddta Rho
1 house
| Eleven fiateinities were eliminate 1
jin the second lound of the touinev and
j the six lenmining teams will meet in
:thou thud dehate Mondnv and Tucs
| day nights Beta Kappa oiators will
| oppose the Delta Upsilon team, Bet i
iSigma Rho will engage Phi Kappa IN*
1 while the Alpha Chi Rho foienstc
’team will meet the Phi Ep*i’or Pi dc
jbateis
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(i... , ..... Most amazing to Nittanj line ad-
Ji Stage tranccsca da Ritnim in is the shift of Alex Chaikow-
Y thtcHoned split m the ltilil ' Auditorium at 8 O’clock Aj to the hestyttoieht class and
A tlueateiuii spin ■" “ placing of Captain Malty McAndreva
Caniptis tliquc "as at cited .then tht . Tomorrow Night , the 175-pouml portion "ith Rill
1.-adeis of the too tival tuitions (c, Suable holding .loan the nmldle
tidcd to leuounte aspuations fpi the - . , ..eight ditmon Marty and Bill hate
Cumpu? nomination and attempt a Penn State Placers will mund out both been fighting in cla<*es above*
meiger with the Locust Lane clique, ten jeais of diamatics during which t |, en we ight& this season With this
political cudes maintained last night, one hundred full-length plajs wire handicap temoted they are expected
1 Resulting ftom a eonfeicnce he ! moduced, with the presentation of •„ ma he poweiful bids for mtereol
'taecn the leadcrt of the Campus and '“Fiancosca da Rnmni” in Schwab gloiy.
' Locust Lare giotips Wednesday night, I auditouum at 8 o’clock toiuoiiow Change Mind
a special meeting of the lattei ot-. night ~ . , ~ , , ,
"anisatun is suid to hove lon hold' In oontuwt lo tlio pioduaions of \lc\ Chaikoti.hv "ill probably lie
hot night It tvos i-pcAod that linjl ton tools ago, “Finnccsiu dn R I ini ’ the hglitc.l hcats«oi*ht c\or to on
-11 111 . ~ . . . I ~.,n i iu elubotatolv staeed tomotiow gage m collegiate competition, but the
I ™ T 1 rr d S set and N.l?«n> ificnto. la phming faith in h»
1 R,.airy bclttccn Slot I, lhov, Thl . t „ st j,o ab .l«> to erode and outpoint h,s
;and J Coopot Flench foi the somoi , ma m costumes ot the hcatier oppoent. Bj continuing his
I pi esidcntial cniididacv of the Lump* j» t , na|tfvnntv j, uuo d brilliant petformam.es this seasqn it
i u gioup was rallied as the cause foi , * lo f u , ther ce l e biato the occasion is hkelv that Chai’s foes will be un
ithe impending bieak W hethei the *j lls pi a%eis u ,u hold then anmu*i- able to cope with his superior foot
'mer will seek the nomination in tlu* sin puppet at the Gentle Hills Cuun-.wmk ami lightning-like left jab
Loci st Lane combination if then U v t j u b mimediateh following the Although Houck may not adopt the
'gioup is admitted is not ONpie-'sed in | show This affau will be in the folia changes, chances aie the revamped
.political patlejs Jof a dinnei in honoi ot Piol Aithu. hneup will be used, loi Leo has been
1 „ c „ , , |c Cloetmgh. direetoi of the show, cudgeling his brains since the Sjra-
Frcnih Rumor Suuilthid and also director of the opening pin ruse meet in an off nit to insure uc
] That the confluence* Mednesdav 1 1(} eJM nRO> tciy in the tournament foi which In*
] mg'*t destiojed the foundation foi j cf* Young ’JO, pi evident of has been pointing since the beginning
{lumois that Ficnch’s suppoi tei s , plujci', w ill heiuf the gioup of vet- of the season He lepoited last
{would join the clique victonoiis l (1 in at t OM cust in the show He will night that deimite decision would he
. m the jumoi elections last jeni, is plav the leading pait of “Luneiotto,” made aftei his chaiges weigh in at •»
duimed bv campus politicians Pie- a cu]ipled. hunch-backed chniactoi. o’clock tins aftcinoon
Uiou lepoits had named Kiench as opposite Miss Phdlis Bcidlei Ml, who Close followers ot the ling opine
1 the clique nominee i.< to po.ti.iv Uiu title ehu-attei ot that the shift enhoneos Prmi Sutr s
! Who will bo the ilmiiu tamiidnto foi ,“Fiumesui ” *!i moos lot a rouith intoitollcciat.-
‘lust .cat's .utoisis a question "hnhl Aithm R Ciinmiigli.im '3l. will title Spoils smlcs picdict a throe
nst jcai s Mtiois i a que-u n me , . f „ p ~. , ( lornercd race between Navy, Western
j Ini* been icpeatcdlv discussed m pu‘-,*”“ ct tl ‘Manland, and Penn State. Navv dr
| itu.ul pallets since the .stait of '- ll ', jha MlsS Flolemt .Snedd-m Mi. as c ited the Nittan> pugilists in the dual
'quo .ictiuties It is geneialli be- i ll(]v . in . ttJUtlll(: to • Fiamesca,” will ,»«■*« he.e 1-toM, while the Lions wete
beced that the pi’itc has not senoush v j iau , t j K , ulunr loles with Miss Mctoiious o\ei the Lieon Tcirors
couaidcied ..nv one man up to tin- 1 " t»,\ the same scou*
timo j Thl . coult jaWn, uho odors tho Othtt stinoi; tennis that hate on-
Conflicting tepoils us to the minibct nl, e f of the tintfcdc, will be
of houses in each of the thice enfant-, j,| aN L ,,j \ tY Xetl (! Campbell Ml Saul
nations cie cuncnt lo Shei M 2, as the fathei of •‘Finn
_ o- Itescn,” anil Ralph D. HeUel jr Ml
‘COLLEGIAN’ JUNIOR
complete the niajoi ink l -*
OOP A TPtT'O C?tPT T?i r 'irrii7iT\ Cmninoinoratic c pioi'iani' mtanked
OHiJ-iiliV-/A tzilJ {jk bou\enus of the lmndiedth plac
1 ill be piesentod to the spectator In
_l "' ,lee|>in(r with the dtjrnitc i>t the oc-
I’uhlicatum Choose*, l> for Business ( c jmoii, the audience h icquostod to
Hoard—. Names Uto Mens, I<m diess lm mallj
| —o
Women’s editorial Croups
Nmc icpoitois und m\
'•oiiiioiiioic candidate* N\eie . . ~ “ “ , ,
nameil ta tin.- junini o.litm ini i.nil l.us - j D- «l'“ ' r Simmon,, head
Pt .., .tnir-ol the. Ci.li.li.HMit a tht ilopaitntont, itill lot
u.tl olootmn 1Un1n0,,!..-. m K ht Th.ip <■" “A> lh “‘ St hnttalei a- tht
snphomnic aunan note also oleoto.l, - ul > <’ f tl*' Oonaan lootim
to tho jam,,. ed,tonal -lair hane , m I. Inho, nl Ait, buil.lmtr at
, , , , ~ t- ~ ilO r clock Tue**d.«\ afternoon
M- n h " Cal«n. Iluito k J ■ a-" • p,of. Goatee I Win 11, of tile ilcp.il t-
M.lliam II .lino, Uany K MiCo'.l dol „ c . r „„
Ihltlll II Hllov, Ilioml.no A .Sol ill . . lh „ r A thl , m . Nt ,„ lk
Saul 0 Shoi, W Slav ail r.miison.l 1 st . nL .„ j), Snanion, mil spoil
ami Ednalil W White ato tho non | nKslll , „„ A|lll | s , j,,ta„tnß "Wot lei
tiwtciale ctltloi, ! ami Tolot ”
Tho now -
junim stnlf i>
composed of Lumood V Kil>, Collin 1*77 « r\ •
n Fink, Jcv-e C McKeon. WVn.M! L 1 W/lO S UCinClTlg
Holim. Sanntol Sinclnu. nml Ethwud . , - ■
' A' •
r \ to*
SSiwnS jrfiV* s*rt
■./jt.-igtyV
:~r'.
» ' ‘shifted to the bantamweight class'
DT A VPRQ action iui taken because Pavoy
1 Lii 1 LllU I llLiiJLilvl • enn make weight with much les* du
-1 UTTMnDEIYHI HD AM A fltult y than Jul,c * who wou,d be fo,t
-! HUiIUIVEUin UuMIA ed to weaken himself in losing suf-
I - * licient poundage
DU SIMMONS WILL SI’EVK
ON ■SCHNirZLKR* TUESDU
“FOR THE GLORY
OF OLD STATE”
PRICE 5 CENTS
HOUCK SHIFTS RING
LINE-UP AS LIONS
MAKE TITLE STAND
3
Stoop Will Box Bantamweight
Tonight Epstein Takes
125-Pound Berth
MtANDUEWS TO FIGHT
IN LIGHT-HEAVY CLASS
Alex Chaikowsky Mores Up to
Unlimited Post—Coach May
Enter Former Team
Coach Leo Houck shot a hard
right to the ;aws of boxing dopc
sters yesterday when he revealed
his decision to send a radically re
vamped Lion team to defend its
crown in the Eastern Intercollegi
ate ring tournament at the Pales
tra, Philadelphia, tonight and to
morrow.
Houck's strategic move in\o!ves the
re\eis>al of bciths held duiing this
season by Julio Epstein and Da\cy
Sloop Julie will move up to the
l'Jo-pouiui post while* l>H\t*v will K*
teiod the competition arc New Yoik
mmoisttj. Gcoi getow n. Si racm-e,
PtniHj Ivamu, mid Massachusetts In-
(Continued on third page)
W. S. G. A. SELECTS
BANQUET SPEAKER
Miss Gertrude Adams Mill Vddres*
Sectional Co-ed Conference
Delegates \pril 12
Miss Geitiude \dams, foimerly a
n.enilH.*i ot the College English di -
p.irtment, will speak on ‘‘Aftoi Col
lege tthat."’ at the fnuii.il hamput
to be hchl at Ontie Hills Countiv
'clul. \piil 12, dosing the \\. S G
A sectional confluence
Plans an* undei wa\ fm a f.impius
Usui i» he staged Thursday night,
\pnl in, in Schwab nmhtoiiiim Tim
Penn State I’lnycis’ contest pla.i, c
lections b> the men’s and women's
Varsitv quartet anil Thespian skit,
are among the possible presentations
ot the revue.