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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.