wt. . . . ~ il - "FOR THE GLORY- -7 v .2 . '-'' It OF OLD STATE" 1 rti. _ai r . ~, f ~ ~„ . . . 'o4llllll* t , 1 . , . . , i . . , VOL. 26, No. 58 CUTS FOR SENIORS DENIED APPROVAL IN FACULTY VOTE Canvass Shows 97 Oppose Plan, Committee Reports at A.A.U.P. Meeting INVESTIGATORS SUGGEST UNIFORM REGULATIONS Superior Students Win Special Privileges, Answers to Queries Indicate Penn State's faculty is opposed to unlimited cuts for seniors. In a re cent canvass of faculty opinion, nine ty-seven votes were cast against the measure, while fifty-one favored the plan and twenty-five were noncom• mittal, the report of an investigating committee of the American Associa tion of University Profcsscrs reveal- No recommendations were'made by the committee, headed by Prof. S. Mc- Clelland Butt, in its report to the society Wednesday night. The board Wag' retained to continue its research , on the cuts problem, and to extend activities to consideration of com prehensive examinations and honor COMM Opposition to .any broader cutting privileges was voiced in a majority of the ballots. On the question of cuts for lower classes, 110 members of the faculty voiced disapproval, and of the number denying seniors unlimited cuts, sixty extended their veto to any system more generous: than the pres ent one. , Suggest Uniform Cuts Plan The principal suggestion included in the report was that sonic uniform cuts system be adopted. The canvass revealed that eighty-two members of the teaching staff either had no regu lar practice, or were liberal in their attitude toward cuts. Sixty-six of the number were listed as• conservatives, ped thirty,three allowed. one ..cut „for each credit hour. "Not only within single depart ments do the most diverse policies on cuts exist, but individual instructors have in many cases no policy," was the comment made in the report. "Students 'are at a loss to know what is permitted and what forbid den in the matter of absences. This committee considers the consequent dissatisfaction with the reigning chaos justified," the observaton con tinued. Answers to the questionnaire indi cated a tendency on the part of the faculty toward liberality in dealing with absencbs, according to the com mittee .That superior students should be granted special privileges, and that scholars were not generally handicap ped by cutting regulations, was, the consensus of faculty opinion reveal ed in the canvass. A possible solution for lack of uni formity in the system was presented In the suggestion that each school adopt a method peculiar to its own needs, so that students might know what to expect concerning treatment of absences. ORATORS MEET IN FINALS TOMORROW 6 Sophomore Speakers To Compete For Extemporaneous Contest Awards in Auditorium Six speakers chosen from the soph omore class will..compete in the an nual extemporaneous speaking contest to be held in Schwab auditorium at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. A prize of $5O. in gold is awarded each year by the College to the winner of the competition. Forensic Coun cil.will present $25. to the next rank ing speaker. Candidates reported last night to relect topics for their addresses. With all sophomores who have entered di vided into six divisions, the,contest ants will compete for sectional hon ors tonight. : One finalist will be se lected by judges from the English composition department to enter the contest Saturday night. Entrants are allowed twenty-four hours to prepare their topics. The subjects were chosen with a view to ward creating greater student inter est in the affair, Prof. John H. Friz tell, debating coach, declared. ELECT RICHARDS CLUB HEAD Eleanor E. Hay '3l will hold the of fice of president, of the Ellen H. Rich ards Club for next year as a result of recent elections. The office of viee president will. be filled by Isabel H. Hall '32, while Ruth C. Gilbert '32 will act as secretary, and Miriam E. Gage '32, treasurer.. • Hammaker Accepts Freshman 'Y' Post William S. Ilammake'r '3O, newly appointed associate secretory of the Y. N. C. A., has been chosen to succcea B. F. Jackson jr. who has accepted a three-year scholarship to the Yale Divinity School begin ning next fall. The new secretary will be the first student during a four-year period to hold a principal post in the Penn State association. Besides acting in the offical capacity of as sociate secretary, Nonsmoker will have as a major duty the acclimat ing of new students. Hammaker was named the as sociation's first vice-president in charge of the Religious Education Commission this year. He has serv ed on the "Y" cubinet for- three years, is an honor student enrolled in the school of Agriculture and is editor of the Penn State Farmer. COMMITTEE SIFTS CUSTOMS OPINION Will Present Report on Code Before Combined . Governing ~. Groups -Tuesday --Night - - With the referendum polls closed, the customs revisions committee is sifting campus opinion prepnratory to presenting its report on the exist ing code before a combined meeting of Student Council, Student Board, Tribunal and fraternity presidents which will discuss the proposed amendments at a meeting Tuesday night. To Discuss Pour Issues Final action will be taken on the probe of customs at Student Coun cil's last meeting of the semester, tentatively set for May 28. The re port of the committee will be based on the suggestions and revisions marked on the ballots cast during the four-day referendum. The decisions arrived at when the combined student governing bodies Meet Tuesday night will also influz cote the report of the customs re visions committee. Both points of view will be considered before the group, headed by Paul S. Williams '3O, meets with Student Council late this month to affect a change in the code. Opinion Favors Change "It is possible that four principal issues will be discussed when the finny report is presented," Williams de clared. "Reduction in the number of freshmen customs will probOly be the first to have a hearing•during the sessions," he continued. Sonic change in sophoMore customs can be prophesied from the trend of ballots already counted. The votes tend toward elimination ,of class !scraps with inter-class athletic meets !acting as substitute. . . ."The consensus of opinion ns re vealed by the referendum seems to be in fivor of a change in the method of enforcement by -the Tribunal," Williams asserted, Paddles Swing Again as Freshmen Run 'Spirit Week' Campus Gauntlet EMANUEL PERKIN RECEIVES 1932 CLASS TREASURERSHIP Paddles grown old in faithful ser vice again saw light of day when hard-boiled sophomores brought them out to enforce the traditional Spirit Week which began Wednesday after noon and will continue until 12 o'clock tomorrow noon. Conscientious freshmen broke into a run as soon as they passed the por tals of the main entrance on. Col lege avenue, more practical ones run at a swift gait while the 'Missouri' tyire' were urged on to victory by per , suasive methods. Memories of the Stunt Night gaimt let were .revived as the plebes made their exit from Liberal Arts build ing. They forgot that paddles could still be wielded to advantage. Several unwary ones received surprises when a seemingly harmless enforcer of the law relocated an increase, of their STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1930 'LOUISE HOFFEDITZ RECEIVES SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENCY' Angelin Bressler Named Leader Of Sophomore Class in 3-Cornered Race ELEANOR HAY ELECTED ' SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Mendelsohn, Halkovich, Crozier! Win Other 1931 Offices By Close Votes • E. Louise Hoffeditz and Angelin Bressler will head next year's senior and sophomore classes respectively as a result of women's class elections Wednesday night. • In the three-cornered race for the senior presidency, Miss Hoffeditz polled twenty-nine votes to twenty seven for Anne E. McGuire and four teen for Laura J. Griffiths. Thirty five votes for the incoming sophomore president against thirty-three for Rtith Crowthers and thirteen for S. Louise Everitt gave the election to Miss Bressler. Eleanor E. Hay was elected vice president of the senior class by a vote of thirty-nine to thirty-one over Sarah F. Wentzel, while . Harriet F. Henrie secured, the corresponding sophomore position with a five vote majority over Florence A. Menges, her nearest opponent, who polled twenty-four votes. Miss Crozier Wins Post Other senior class officers will be Miriam Mendelsohn, secretary, who woe the office with a total of thirty seven votes against thirty-three se cured by Laura H. Sweely; Anna P. Halkovich, treasurer, who was elect ed by a majority of the eighteen votes over those east for Edna R. Roderick; and M. Elizabeth Crozier, social. chairmari r who received. forty ,ftga_vot•es • white :her-opponent, ..Theo-. dory 'P. Macs's, obtained . 'twenty three. • The remaining sophomore class of ficers include Marion P. Howell as secretary, elected by a twelve• vote majority over Mary B. Laramy; Helen I. Pollock, treasurer, who polled twenty-four votes to twenty one for Anna E. Preston, and Vir ginia E. Wilhelm, social chairman, who obtained thirty-three votes while Mildred , P. Travis received twenty six. By a majority of eight votes Virginia E. Detwiller was elected sophomore AV. A. A. representative.. PHI EPSILON PI ENTERS---- I. F. DEBATING FINALS Wip Right To ➢feet Beta Kappa by Defeating Beta Sigma Rho By defeating Beta Sigma Rho ora tors Wednesday night, Phi Epsilon Pi earned the right to compete against Beta Kappa in the finals of the In terfraternity Forensic contest to be held May 23 in Schwab auditorium. The proposition, to be debated is "Should Pledging of Freshmen at Penn State Be Deferred Until the Second Semester?" This is the samq subject that - has been debated throughout the eliminations which have been' tithing place since early last month in the club rooms of the fraternities entered in the contest. Two silver loving cups given by Die Forensic Council and Delta Sigma Rho, honorary forensic fraternity, will be awarded to the team'winning the final debate. The former cup be comes the possession of the winning fraternity, while the latter must be won three times for permanent own ership. gait and there was. no response Not only do the male plebes have to • endure the rigors of a spirited period,' Following his Uncontested nomina but also' the freshman co-eds. Their) tion for the special election scheduled week, however, is somewhat shorter, for today, Emanuel Perkin was lasting from 8 until 5 o'clock tonight,' awarded the treasurership of the Ju but what .19 lost in time is more than nine class according to a statement made up by customs requirements. issued by Sidney H. Lewis '3O, chair- The sophomore dictators of the man of the elections committee, late weaker sex decree that the women! last night. .. carry umbrellas open if the sun is Elections scheduled for today will shining and down if it rains. Green, be cancelled and Perkin will be in ribbons worn during freshman week i stalled with the other Junior class last fall are to decorate the tips of . officers. , the parasols, and earrings, the for-: , , bidden decoration • all through the! TO SP E AK AT CODITERENCE year must be part of the costume, Acting as fashion guides, the sec-i Prof. Frank ,D. Gardner of the and-year women insist that the year- agronomy department will present a lings wear short sleeved Dresses and, paper at the pasture research confer gloves; stockings of two diferent•cnce to be held at the Massachusetts shades and dissimilar ,shoes, , ,:institute of Technology, day 27. Students Will Elect ' A. A. Heads Monday! Five amendments to the Athletic Association constitution will be sub mitted to student vote, and the president and secretary of the as sociation for the coming year will be elected at polls Monday. Nominees for the presidency are J. Cooper French '3l. Ralph Hutch inson '3l, and John Zorella '3l. Sec retarial candidates , are Richard J. Detwiler '3l, Julius Epstein '3l, Meyer L. Kaplan '3l, Morton Ma combe '3l and Robert A: Young, '3l. The proposed changes Include sub stitution of a four and one-quarter inch block "S" for the present min or sports insignia, and the creation of two associate managers' posts in each sport. REES TO ADDRESS INDUSTRIAL HEADS' A. A. T. Co. 01061 Will Speak At Dinner in McAllister Hall Tonight Climaxing the elUventh industrial conference which opbned here yester daY, General R. I.; Rees, assistant vice-president of the American Tele. phone and Telegraph company, will address the annual dinner meeting in McAllister hall at 7 o'clock tonight. Members of the senior class in the School of Engineering will attend the program at 8 o'clock, folloWing the annual dinner. President Ralph D. Retool and J. Franklin Shields, presi dent of the. Board of Trustees, will 'address the gathering. Prof. Keller To Speak General Rees, in, bis talk. will give an illustrated address on the results of the investigation ho conducted on the relation between'activities, schol arship and promotion with that com pany. Opening the conference meeting for today, Prof. J. Orilla Keller of the engineering extension department will sneak eon "A New Idert . .in Foreman Training." at the session in Room 2 main Engineering building at 9 o'clock this morning. In the after noon there will be several committee meetings, and golf matches are sche duled for the College links. There will also be a tour of the Campus and an inspection of the buildings, now under construction. At the lost meeting tomorrow morn ing, Dr. E. N. Jewett, president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories will talk on "The Supply' of Technical Men," as the keynote of the confer ence. E..Krauss, assistant man ager of the E. I. DuPont company, and several other prominent engineers will also discuss this subject. PLAYERS SELECT 1930 COMMENCEMENT SHOW To Produce George M. Cohan's, "The .Meanest Man in the World' Penn State Players have sclactid George M. Cohan's comedy, "The Meanest Man in the World," for their final presentation of the season to be given before a commencement audi ence in Schwab auditorium on June 9. Prof. David D. Mason, associate director of dramatics, will coach the production. "The Meanest Man in the World," r. three act comedy, is one of Cohan's early Broadway successes and one in which the famous actor and play wright gained much favorable dim !meet in the leading role. , The story deals with the life of a' 'poor young lawyer whose sentimental ;character makes hint unsuited to the exacting demanlls of his profession. Following years of poverty, the young I man ' suddenly turns and becomes, "the meanest man in the world' and in his meanness meets the inevitable girl who brings abott' a happy ending. rgiatt. MIAUGM HEADS GROUP TO SELECT PENN STATE FLAG Student Council Sponsors Plan Of Adoptitii Standard College Emblem McCASKEY MAY ACCEPT CHOICE FOR R.O.T.C. USE Committee Urges Suggestions In Designing Distinctive Official Insignia Plans for establishing a standard Penn State flag were started las! I week when David C. McLaughlin '3l was appointed chairmen of a com mittee to investigate the possibility of adopting an official emblem. Student Council discussed the plan at its meeting last week and was in favor of definite action being started for the adoption of a standard flag. F. Bruce Baldwin, president of Council, appointed McLaughlin head of a com a mittee composed of Ralph .Hutchtn son '3l and Jerome F. Nileis. '3l. I ! Adrian 0. Morse, executive secre !tray to President Ralph D. Hetzel, has given his support to the proposal and is in favor of the adoption of -a.-flag !that is distinctive of Penn State. Col. I Walter B. McCaskey, head ,of the de ! partment .of military science and tactics, also believes the plan would he a welcomed mprovement. ! R. 0 .T. C. May Adopt Flag . When a new flag is adopted, Colon& McCaskey will submit the plans to the United States War department, and Of they are approved the standard emblem will be used by the 'R. 0. T. C. in all parades and reviews. The one in use at present is' the State flag, with the seal of Pennsylvania. j All 'regularly enrolled stwients are eligible :to submit ideas or sugflea- I tions for the seal or flag to McLaugh lin at' Phi Kappa Prti fraternty. The plans submitted..mir4 be fled, and emblematic of Penn. State, according to the 'Committee. They must also be suggestive and distinc i tive of the College. The architectur al and art departments are cooperat ing in formulating a suitable emblem. HONORARY SOCIETY TO HOLD BANQUET Phi Kappa Phi Plans Celebration of Thirtieth Anniversary at Centre Hills Club Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary society, will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary "at its annual initjation dinner to be field G o'clock Thursday night at the Centre Hills country club. Two faculty memberi, four gradu ate students, and nineteen undergrad' uates will be officially welcomed into the society at the dinner. Prof. Ar thur Pharoah lioness and Dr. Carl Eugene Marquardt are the faculty Members who have been elected to the fraternity. Leading the list of speakers; Reg istrar William S. Hoffman will' ad dress the gathering on the topic, "Col. lege Grades and What They Mean." Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee, professor emeritus of the college, and Mr. J. Franklin Shields, of the Board of Trustees, both members of the schol astic honorary, will also address the society. EXHIBITS SHRUB COLLECTION - The tree and shrub colleCtion of the late . Dr. John W. Harshbarger, former professor of botany • at the University of Pennsylvania, which was presented to the Mont Alto For estry school, is now being exhibited in the Forestry building. .It is ac cessible to students in the forestry department and members of the Penn sylvania State Forest Research insti tute. Who's DanCing Theta Chi House Opening (formal, closed) Nittany Nine Phi Sigma Delta Campus Owls Tomorrow Move-Up Dance Recreation Hall Varsity Ten. and Campus Owls Theta Chi (closed) Nittany Nine ' Chi Omega (closed) • Centre Hills Country Club 'Riggs Blairmont Alpha Gamma Rho (closed) 'Herby Smith Classes Hold Move-up, Tap Day Ceremonies Tomorrow WILL SPEAK in Class Move-up Day Exercises NATIONAL INSTALLS CHAPTER TOMORROW Delta Gamma Will -Initiate 6tl La Camaraderie Members Into Fraternity The fifth women's national frater nity will come to Penn State when La Camaraderie, local campus club, is installed as Alpha Chi chapter of Del. tr. Gamma tomorrow afternoon at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. Miss Donna Amsden of Los Angeles, first vied-president of the national organization, !will install the group. Mrs. Joseph Deflated of Evanston, Ill.; national president of Delta Gamma; Miss Marguerite D. Winant of New York, second vice-president and chair man of the Alumnae; and Miss Paul ins T, Schmid of .New Je rsey, secretary of Province - One, will also officiate at the ceremonies. Representatives from, Alpha Beta chapter of' Swarthmore college, Psi of Boucher college, and the alumnae chapters of Pittsburgh; haltimore and Washington will be here for the in stallation. To Hold Formal Banquet National activities for the club will begin when the twenty-five active and thirty-five alumnae members of La Camaraderie are pledged to Delta Gammu fraternity tonight at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.. • Following the installation and initiation ceremonies tomorrow after noon, the" group will hold a formal installation banquet at the University club. Sunday afternoon Delta Gam in!, will hold a reception for the new chapter at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Undergraduate members of the for ty-fourth chapter of Delta Gamma are Ruth E. Beishline '3O, Elizabeth B. Brown '3O, Janet• L. Brownback '3l, Janette 31. Burns '3O, Laura M. Deiser '32, Martha J. Gobrecht '3O, A. Zoe Himes '3O A. 'Elizabeth Hughes '3O, Marion C. James '32, Marian E. Mc- Closkey '32. Florence W. Maxfield '32, Margaret E. Moore '3O, Genevieve S. Moyer Sylvia 3f. Mullin '32. Cath erine P. Shaffer '3O, Myrtle H. Webb 1 1 32, Sarah F. Wentzel '3l, Marian A. Winter '3l, 31. Isabella Yackel '3l, I Bessie' M. Yoder '32, and Evelyn S. I Young '3O. • . Advisor to the group is Mrs. J. Ben Hill, while Mrs. F. George Hechler I acts.: as Delta Gamma advisor and Mrs. Richard W. Grant as patroness. DR. lIETZEL ATTENDS LAND GRANT COLLEGE CONCLAVE President Ralph D. Hetzel attended a two-day meeting of the executive committee of Land Grant colleges held in. Washington, D. C,. on :Monday and Tuesday. The committee met to discuss the engineering and agricultural experi ment station bills which are before Congress at the present time. The engineering bill proposes Federal in stead of state aid for experiment sta tions, while the agricultural experi- Ment station bill advocates additional Federal funds fur carrying on expert mental work, ' ELECT TOWN GIRLS' HEAD Rosemary Forbes '32 was elected to the presidency of the Tnwn Girls' club at its formal dinner held at the Boats burg Tavern on Tuesday. Elizabeth TO ATTEND DAIRY CONCLAVE Everett '32 wilt be vice-president, I with Helen L. Liggett '33 as secretary Prof. Andrew A. Borland, and Prof. and Mbrian V. Isenberg, special s tu. James F. Shigtey, of the departments dent, as treasurer. Miss Charlotte 14 dairy and animal husbandry will E. Ray. Mrs. Charles E. Summerlatt,' attend a northeastern states dairy and Miss Helen Cleaver were guests conference at Cornell university next at the dinner. ,Friday and tacurday. ESTABLISHED 1904 PRICE 5 CENTS President To peak on Holmes Field at 1:30 O'clock STUDENTS WILL GATHER AT CO-OP FOR PARADE Upper Class Societies Select Members—Underclassmen Vie in Tug-of-War . Presdent Ralph. D. Hetzel will be the principal speaker at the annual Move-up and Tap Day exercises to gether with the newly elected class presidents on Holmes field at 1:30 *lock tomorrow afternoon. All classes will assemble at Co-op corner nt I o'clock. Seniors will rip ?ear in Lion suits, juniors in their dozers, sophomores with junior -cus '.oms, and freshmen in their regular debe attire, -including the ribbon on heir dinks. Forming in class order, hey will proceed to Holmes field; led y Isndor E. Heieklen '3O, head cheer insder. F. Bruce Baldwin '3O, president of student council, will introduce the resident, who will formally open the exercises by addressing the student body. David C. McLaughlin '3l, pros ident-cleet of the senior class, will make his first appearance in an of ficial capacity. TO Tap Candidsles Alfred E. Lewis '32, president-elect of the junior class, also will speak to the students for the first time in the capacity of his new office, empha sizing the responsibilities of the jun iors. Concluding the tails, Earl A. liusion '33, president-elect of the sophomore class, will caution his classmates upon the observance of their new customs. Cheers will be led by Charles S. Herber '3l, newly ,elected head cheerleader. Immediately following the speeches all eligible Itinfors and sophomores will line up on the field preliminary to the tapping. ,Parmi Noes and Skull and Bones, upper class societies, will tap the desired candidates. The men tapped will signify their intention of accepting the bid by walking to the tent occupied by that society. After the tapping exercises the un derclassmen will engage in the tradi tional tug-of-war. Three heats will be run off with twenty-fire men from each class competing each time. A stream of water played from a fire hose will be shot across the center (Continued on last page) MORGAN ELECTED MAGAZINE EDITOR Lindsey Named Business Manager of Old Main Bair—Cohen-Chosen Editorial Assistant Roy E. Morgan '3l was named edi tor-in-chief of Old Main Bell for the coming year with John W. Lindsey '3l as business manager, at a meeting of Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary jouinalism. fraternity, Tuesday night. Jacob L. Cohen '3l received the edi torship. Assisting him as associate editors are Harold T. Edwards '32, Stephen A. Forbes '32, F. Merton Saybolt '32, and Donald A. Shelley '32. The new business staff is composed of Daniel Q. Barchus '3l, advertising manager and William G. Walker '3l, circulation manager. The junior business staff named by the 1929 board in charge of the mag azine are: Eli H. Albert, Sherwood K. Booth, Francis G. Bentz, and George A. Weaver. REV. CARL PETTY TO SPEAK AT CHAPEL SERVICES SUNDAY Rev. Carl Wallace Petty pastor of the First Baptist church of Pitts burgh, will address chapel-goers at services in Schwab auditorium Sun day. The Rev. Doctor Petty is well ac quainted with college audiences hav ing spoken at Cornell, University of Chicago, Wells college, Illinois, and Minnesota. He received his Doctor of Divinity degree at Rochester Theo logical Seminary and was awarded his Doctor of Legal Letters by the University of Pittsburgh.
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