"FOR THE GLOM OF OLD STATE" VOL 27, No. 24 Y. M. C. A. TO HOLD CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE THURSDAY Professor Grant Will Conduct Singing on Front Campus During Assembly MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS PREPARE YULE PROGRAM Amplifiers May Broadcast from Old Main Tower—German Concert Arranged The all-college program of Christ mas music under the auspices of the Y Al C.A. will be presented in front of Old Main at 9 o'clock Thursday night. Prof. Richard W. - Grant, of the department of music, will direct this program of Christmas singing. In an effort to make the program n Penn State tradition, Professor 'Grant urges all students, members of the faculty, and townspeople to at tend The choir, men's and women's glee clubs, the musical fraternities:. and members of the bond will assist, in the program Amplifiers will be installed so that the music will be heard all over the borough of State College. The audience also will take pint in the program and song sheets ss dl be distributed among them. To Sing From Tow er If the weather is inclement the program will be presented on the me.- canine of the main hall of Old Main Special polies will present several numbers from the Old Main tower. Songs which will be sung by the audi ence include "0 Come All Ye Faith ful," "Hiuk, the Herald Angels Sing," "The First Nod," "0 Little Town of Bethlehem," "It Came Upon a Mid night Clear" and "Silent Night." A mixed quartet in the Old Main tower will "inn "As With Gladness," "Deck the Hall," "Joy to the World," and "Ring the Bells." Professor John II Frizaell will present a Christmas lenthn2; from the tower Piof Wil fred 0. Thompson, bandmaster, will' Plan as has been the custom for many years, "Stille Nachte," from the tower At 9 o'clock on Wednesday night Bandmaster Thompson soul direct a brass quartet in a puogram of Christ mas carols and hymns This music will be presented m the tamer of Old Main. A forty-five minute program of Gelman Chtistnias fnusic beginning at 6 15 o'clock Wednesday night in Schwab auditorium will be presented by the students of the danartment of Cei man Donald Shelley '3l will play a number of organ solos and vocal solos mill be presented by Maurice J Snyder '33 NAME CROZIER '3l, LEE '33 AS AIDES U Intercollegiate Ball in M Elizabeth Crozier '3l and Laura Belle Lee '33 representing Penn State voth twenty-three other girls from prominent eastern colleges have been selected as aides to the tenth annual Intercollegiate Ball to be held in Pittsburgh Christmas night Tho ball, which is probably the hugest intercollegiate function 'on Pittsburgh each year, will be held in the Urban room and main ballroom of the William Penn Hotel. Com bining with Wayne King and his orch estra, the Penn State Varsity Ten will supply the music Wayne King and his orchestra, of Victor recording and radio broadcast ing fame, is one of Chicago's most popular organizations. While the Chicago recorders are playing in the main ballroom, the Varsity Ten, un- ' der the direction of Frank F. Morris 'II, mill furnish the music in the Urban room 11'PLE JUDGING TEAM WINS FIRST PLACE AT OHIO STATE The apple judging ream, comprised of Royce R. Henning '3l, Kenneth P. Seeigcl '3l, and Charles A. Miller '32, and coached by Prof. Flank N. Fa gan, of the department of Pomology, captured first place in the Eastern States Intercollegiate Apple Judging contest held at Ohm State university, Columbus, Ohio, Friday and Satur day Henning mtM high man for the team wand placed third highest among all competttom Professor Fagan also !acted as a judge in the contest, omen t coaches are used in that capacity. Other schools represented were Way land, West Virginia, Ragouts, Mass athutett,, and Ohio State. ..... • ,y , - irt . ' tc •II rttli r 'mo o(ect Fai)orable Weather Prospect for Exodus Although "Old Man Winter" may bluster threateningly this 'week, students who are planning an exo dus by automobiles for vacation may lest comparatively easy. Pre dictions for 'Weather conditions, so fin as forecasts can be relied upon, indicate a cold but clear week-end on Friday and Saturday. The possibility of rep-sating the Thanksgiving vacation blizzard Is remote for the early part of the Christmas holidays. Cloudy skies and slight flumes of snow, with rain or snow Thursday, will be suc ceeded by a cold spell during the latter part of the weak, the weather bureau at Washington reports. LANDIS WILL HEAD SOPH HOP GROUP Chooses Committee To Arrange Plans for Underclass Dance March 6 Charles A. Landis has been appoint ed chairman of the Sophomore Hop committee to make aliangements for the underclass function to be held March 6, Earl A Huston, class pram dent, announced last night Landis IS a moniker of Friaig, soph omore honorary society He wrestled on the freshman team, and played on the freshman football squad Sports Week-end Planned T. assist him in making plans fin the dance Landis has appointed the following committee Aril 0. Andel ' son, John N Armstrong, Richard II Boner, Albert A Frey, William I, Gardner, John II Good, Richard A Halrar, Albert H. Hobbs, Joseph Its. bin, Elvin H Spitler, John S Wal ters, Harry E Wilson, Miss Mary B Laramy, and Miss Vnginia E Wil helm. With the naming of the committee, arrangements are undet, ay for the selection of favors, decollation of Reel cation hall, and the stgning of 3 popular orchestra foe the mud-sk Intel function • • Among the sports events scheduled lot the week-end of Sophomore Hop is a boxing meet with the Army ma mas, a wrestling match with Navy and a basketball game with the Cat negm Tech noun team VANDALISM OF STUDENTS SHOWS MARKED DECLINE Undergraduate Disturbances Fall Delon Those of Other Years According to Burgess Eugene H. Lederer, damages caused by students to town ptopcity has shown a notic able decrease this ye.. There have been no organized stu dent riots of disturbances in the bor ough and petty acts of vandalism have apparently leached a mmanum It was pointed out that this was in marked contrast to the conduct of un dergraduates in foimer ;mats Mr Lederm also commended the students for then behavior at foot ball games and other athletic con tests. "Drinking at football gooses held hose Is noticablv lacking in com pel ison -L aith that which takes place at games held at alms colleges and universities;' the bulgess went on to `Beer Drinking Serves as Penalty for German Plebe Misdeeds,' Says Count Drinking twelve glasses of beer as a penalty for freshman misdeeds might WWI scarcely the P.P. ex pedient to the Penn Stahl Ti&mat However, this is the teeognized pun ishment for offending flibt-yeal men in ninny fraternities at German um veisities, according to Count Hans Juergen von Blumenthal, who was one of the victois in the debate Sat urday night. When a Gelman freshman, like so many of his unfoltnnate American brothels, manages to incur the wrath of an upperclassman, he is summarily temoved to tin neatest Teuton =oh 'tante for a speak-easy and forcefully Invited to pat take of sr: foaming schooners of Ingo, of whatevet hind of beer happens to be on hand. As if this %vole not sufficiently se vere the noon lad is given the choice of either dam lung six more bumpers of the beverage or aiguing his case ustli the gentleman who tool< excep tion to bin actions, Again in common with his fellows moss tine sea, the nusg,mded one usually takes the wrung alternative of try mg to con since his eldeis of his own netaude. Of course, the fleshman is always II ram. Sc, upon dt.ep comaler,rtion STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930 MINERAL INDUSTRY MUSEUM, LIBRARY NEAR COMPLETION Display Containing Specimens of Mining, Metallurgy Work 'Opens in January SCHOOL ADDS CARNEGIE REFERENCE VOLUMES 100 Electric Globes Arranged Around Ceiling Provide Shadowless Light With the opening of the new Min eral Industries museum, only one of its kind in Pennsylvania, together with a research and reference library on a full time schedule in January. the equipment of the third floor of the new building approaches convic tion, Dean St,dle of the school an nounced yesterday Collections for the museum, which will be fm molly opened when students icturp train the Christmas hol,days, are being increased daily. New addi tions to this display include a dinol sear footprint embedded in rock,] xinch was donated by James J. Berl ui qn 'll, and a fossil legbone contrib uted by Dr Barnum Brown of the i Anrerican Museum of Natural I tory. When completed, all brane h eo of work in mining, metalltugy, geology, and ceramics will be repieqentcd by rpecimons to illustrate thou .part of the industrial program in the Com monwealth and furnish instruction to Inns State students Nel% T) pe Lighting In addition, the new binary uncl,el the dome atll contain reference and research beaks and pamphlets offering instruaton in every phase of the nun ' vial industry Volumes at present in the Carnegie library, will be onset to the shelves of the new room Pen odicals and map,amnes of a technical nature will find a place on the shelves k librarian will be on duty from 8 until 5 o'clock every week-day and un til noon Saturday. • I The cliculat reference room, ad joined by t‘to storage rooms, is light ed by 100 electtic globes placed around the dome. Each light is . °laced to accotilance with this plan lesigned by a lighting mimeo, so that no desk lamps will be used "These new depot tments to the, Mineral Industries School will prove i an added attraction to visitors and re turning alumni in addition to moving a• valuable and to students and IN,: search workers in the school," Peas Steidle stated in voicing his opinion of the ',tweets JUNIOR OFFICERS WILL GIVE FIFTEEN NTINUTE SPEECHES Junioi offietrs of the R.O T.O in fantry regiment, under the direction of Caption Ernest E Tabschott, will delivei fifteen minute speeches din,- mg the incitation periods beginning w,th the end of Chi notions vacation. it was announced by Captain Tatreott today. All of the speeches will relate to _R. 0T C sublecta. The Junior officers have also been ins ited to attend• the monthly meet ings of the Resetve Offiects Associa tion is Inch use held at the University club. of the assembled brethren, the penalty of losing the argument is decided to be an additional half cloven mugs of beet After having drained these to the bottom, the offender is generally m condition to make a more or less graceful exit In case lie requires inure than moral support to reach home, the brothers place the emng one gently in bed, where he is alloued to remain until the nest morning. Promptly at sr, o'clock, however, : th,, 1h.„, , ,,,,,, rdelmiph, kciu, oil the recogrured method, of snaking a, to students in foul nallsm in the Little fraternity man are put into effect, and '—, eatr e of Old Main yesterday. the tictun of the past evenings cele , - .i n bration is roomed from between the t _ ~IN P r re nnB s t y a l a , k . ,,,P n a i l , a o ,d n ' a e a , a v a :p a a d p et r h s a a h ri , d l.T . ' sheets, "hang•over ," headache and all . I eluded an account of hls personal ex- A fencing sword is placed m lid hand enrolee in the Irld of journalism lle and he is out du ough the grutdhng fm „t p was entertained by College Uncials exerose of tightmg a duel, using Alpha Beta Sigma, local of corn so on the ends of the weapons , ---- 'Sunday, and . nof essional Jour naltstic hater mtv, This 14 the final act of the perform d o and the freshman to, presser- : L ne a luncheon in his honor yestm - a y ably, replaced In bed , afternoon ' - The count pointed out that this method of punishment furnishes more than mete nmusenicnt for the mem-, hem s of the frat etnities.' It impiesses upon lira yearlings the'mudvisubility of overt acts, and above, all, shows, them conclusively that over-maul-, gent° in Intesnatlng beverages is of ten attended by iinpleat.ant results, I College Will Enforce Recess Cutting Fines The customary line of $5OO will be enforced for the cutting of any classes within the twenty-four hour period before or aftei the regular Christmas vacation period. This ruling is in keeping with the Col lege Senate action taken sine.' years ago deallng with absences at Christmas and Easter lacations. Beginning at 11 50 o'clock Friday the College Chnstma, tacation w ill continue until Monde, January 5, at 8 o'clock All College offices will be closed Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of neon meek PLAYERS TO STAGE `TONS OF MONEY' Radcliffe '3l, Sankoff '3l Will Portray Leads for 3-Act Farce January 17 With Ralph Radcliffe Jr. '3l and De ati lee J SankofT '3l enacting the lead ing roles, the Penn Ste:" Players mill stage "Tons of Molles',.. a three-act farce, in Schmab Auditorium on Jan uary 17 preside nt of the Play., mill impersonate a poveit,-stialen inventor who pretend, to kill him self and then return, a, his own cous in in order to nisi le the inheiltance of a fortune Miss Sankoff, a nem corner to the local stage, mill portiny Louise Allington; mite of the inven tor The only other Plooci to be cast tr. Director David D Mason is Jesse ill Mac Knight Jr. '3l .ho In play Sprules, the plotting butlei Anna L Miksch '33 is to apnear as Jean E‘ei ard, wife of the real cousin Miss Miksch has played in other local pro ductions The real cousin is characteineed by James Al. Nrc 'B4. Florence Mayfield 32 and Alice D. &cistern 'l4 hill cal ry feminine roles As James Chestelinan a lawyer, Emanuel Frisch '3l w i 9 make his de but en then p—ithat lult Itenja mM L \Viso '.33 will be introduced ns Giles, a gardnel Cocotte Henry jr '33 will be seen as an imposter trying to get the fortune ACTIVITY LEADERS CONVENE TONIGHT Student Union NI dl Elect 2 From Fot the pm pose of electing CM 0 fate. ulty members to the e‘-officio com mittee of the newly-foinied Student Union, the committee of ten activit leaders will hold the facet meeting of the association in room 819 Old Main at 7 o'clock tonight. Under the fennimaiv constitution ratified last week by the Student Wel fare committee of the College Senate, the ex-officio committee nil! tonsiq of teio faculty in administi atom ineni bers to be elected by the student com mittee for a tenet! of tan %cal.., one conning each year, and to addition the Dean of Men, the Dean of Wom en, and a Student Union inanagei The student activities committee is composed of Riniaond A Boners '.ll, chanman, 1(111 es,±ntlnv celcgcous groups, David C McLaughlin 'll, men's student government, Frank Diedrich '2l, Inteltrateiity council, J. Cooper Fiench '3l, athletic associ ation, Is Ulmich '3l, publi- cations. Manion C Elan '3l, Penn State Club, Eduaid L Johnston '3l, honoialy frateinities, W Jay Ken nedy '3l, MUSK oiganivations, Mws . _ Buckwaltel '3l, women's .rtu (lent government, and Misr Isabella li Yackel '3l, uomen's rtatelnit.es A second meeting of the committee 1,111 be held follouing Chu.ous s.. cation to elect °films for the year and to begin ticti‘e work. All E. J St.m.l<pole, publo4het of Who's Dancing Thar Any Night Alpha Chi Sigma Clow mal ) C.01.1 , :i Op 1.1 Tatirgiatt. WOMEN SUPPORT RECREATION PLAN, SURVEY REVEALS Dean Ray Advocates Delay of Dinner Time To Permit , 2-Hour Athletics MISS HAIDT ENDORSES NEW SPORTS PROPOSAL W. A. A. Leader Favors Project For Co-Eds—Quer) Shows Affirmative Vote Penn State's women arc ',made in fatal of the proposed Recreation Plan, a survey conducted by the ComecrAN ievealed yestm day Miss Charlotte El Ray, Dean of Women, declared that she was per sonally in favor of the plan since it satisfied in an intelligent manner the natural human requirement for lee. teation each day after study and k "I believe the dinner hot, could be postponed mill ti o'clock mahout af fecting the meetings and othm activi ties of the girls," Miss Ray maintain ed she,, questioned whether she deemed the plan practical "Of comae," she pointed out, "we mit,t detei nure at the outset whether the proposal is possible holm the bched tiling standpoint" MI, Mane Hata. nhs.nail educa tion •nstauctoi for ,omen. ako cast affirinatite vota Enlarging on the inoqincts %%Inch it forecasts, she sued "Each gill should participate in sonic sport at least two or three 'nines week I know that it would help hockcs and the other spouts The wipe.] iss gills usually has e a plum ber of I o'clock classes and it is im possible to g"t them out for innate° and the insular Salons." The Irian ale, received the endorse ment of Alts. F Ronny ne amnion 11, W A A prestdent The possilitl tv of regular elan., fe gill: Inter ,ted an athletics ts an nutstarding punt in its taxer she believes A survey conducted at random among other women students revealed nulm endonnement Some differed , to uhetlrnr theta should be oigan med sports of moiety a peimd own to any manner of pastime, but the general feeling pievailed rn favoi of the plan 232 ENROLL IN GRADUATE SCHOOL THIS SEMESTER \pprosimately 500 Engage iii 11 oil. During Past Summer Session Pi of John II nn, all of the de partment of English composition conducted the debate The Germ to Dr Flank D heln, d eon of the del - intros spoke cote els in English Graduate school, announced todul ..nd needed no intm pi ctei that thole ate 2)2 Ind!, iduals enroll- Use Oregon Plan ed in the Coodutte school this cameo- The Oregon Plan or as used, in Ashich tor s which is on most ease of forts- I thea sewed swats..< Clo , s-,anune the nom orm the numbet of students en- I ,ft,, s o tto }, lolled during the first semester laot l oot ', „d o at tote ottotttt,,,„.., and to _ yea:. (huts The cane debate, Ulna is The classification of these studants ,mobablv the fast Instance ohm e this is forts-seven in the school of Agn-I plan ens used in an intarcolleciate culture, seventy-three in the school of , debate 1111.11 a for eign team, mill be Chemist!). and Physics, thrity-sm in sent to Nichol's "Intel collegiate De file Education school, seventv-,ven u 1 bates " the -chord of Englneer mg, fifty-thiee Tn the opening speech, Ali ruin slamd that men are sum sing to in the Liberal Arts school, Duce in the school of Industries, and d o , b, to„ nations oto ad ,„, Ito cc unclassified I then money 111 order to inquire for Dui,ng the ,0)1001 Vlllll 1929-15, the nest oar Contending that ma there were 521 intlivolimis tatting melds ale olds n Colltllllllo.lll talus( graduate soot]: This number Includes of roar, Lightstone dm laird that the students of the 1929 sumnim sess.on chief canes oete excessise notional-, and the reguloi college yam Ap- i.m, imperial.sni, and CLOIIOIIIII rnal lnosmmteiy 500 mon and ssomen were iv and that the only solution is to engaged in graduate leclk during the decrease „ornaments 01 pi oprotion ail past summer session, Dean Kern he- the feeling of seem rty atm in huge vented. I rod of tune inginlmis of tin !gilled] mg fnculto lilt. mg int the Amen ni llcthanical Engineers cat, recently Dean Rohm t L S,tcl, !..thool of Engineering, rJ the unnnnttcc al and as r elate i. 01114 ttiadfoi ii, t lone design, N,14 II nier "Like an eule banished to 'n distant , old duel—it , o.incicil slot ac a1,11N.11.11 Colllllllttel. shod and given a inommit's vice of did It is because it his the .ante old iin I Prot Anther .1, 1 home," Di. Fred Lewin Puttee, pro- Tonne) hompson--long or, he: the mechanical engin, fescror-emenitus of English literature, : s, ing the hat at and lead Piaui State I merit Mils connected tv Ir.tened from his farmff home at Colo- song fasts" nefintuation natio Beach, Florida, to the program! When the uestbm mpoit ne ealed 1 n of. Fred (I II acute of Penn State's Blu-. Band knoadcast , that it Ala, I min v degrees :dant, fl Dull Ptttsbungh on Thanksgwing eve 'ln Pittsburgh, the fol inel Penn State ,of esiwr,ment, on 1 Such ere the sentiments Dr 'Pat- English prinfecm, d ec hn 'hit Its wee made, and hoof tee expr , sed in a recent letter to linnic , ichnecs immadiately loft dun proles on of then mody Bandmaster Wilt! ed 0 Thompson 'the tenmeintnie •it Jacloonyille was letting student. intent According to the former head of the seventy-two at midnight nautical engine, nig, depaitment of English hteratiric, he; "1 am in vigorous health no, and °— received the !mina program as clearly winking Inuil ninth inv pen," Di Pat- DOLDS EI)UC I'llo m. if tic "hand had been serenading tee concluded "Whin you get fir, rile in front of my house" ,come do, in and thau out We have Kappa Pin Kappa. ii Dr. Pattee Expresses Homesickness On Hearing Blue Band Over Radio "Many 001101.1tulationv on the pro- 8011%, of the finest on enges 011 001 . 111 ' ft .1 ICI Int ton Alt groin," Di. Pollee continued "1 cup- he°, you 0100 ,111 Connie dm,. nml will hold a Ninolda r, pose not one of the .tudents of the; destioy a lea Cite my reguid, to tolled on the School in seventy-five ins hhiying When I IllSt Al the oldollllollX Wino the Alpha Chi Rho heat d the band, and yet It to the sonic het ale." u'Llod. tuition tow mull Austin Wiley Sig As Senior Ball Cleveland Radio Orch: Upperclass Affai At Penn A FRATERNITY PRESIDENTS LOWER CLASSES FRO Austin Wilts and his orchestia to he held in Recreation hall Januai been selected a, the fa,oi, Raymoni inittee announced vesterdas For s, nightly horn the Golden Pheasant Ca ORATORS LOSE TO GERMAN DEBATERS Foreign Team Wins Before 1250 Spectators—Oregon Plan Governs Contest Pens State's forensic team loan de feated by leprcoentatives of the Cel -1 man uni‘msities who supported the proposition, “Rcsolved that the Pies eat Poles of 3filitaly Preparedness Should Be Abandoned" in the fifth in tonational debate in Schaal, auditm min Saturday. night An audience of 1250 spectators attended the contest Defending the pioposition, Count Iluns Juergen Son Blumenthal and Eel bent Seheuman caused 234 nelson, to change then 5,15, then favor Orville A ligehreel. '3l an I Itar ry Lightstone '3l, Penn State mato., persuaded 95, oink 171 trammed un decided ESTABLISI 1904 estra Named r—Played Re. to in Altoona APPROVE EXCI, I DANCE; FAVO hate been signed to p`, y 16, and a Mondaine I E Best '.ll, than man en }Onta the oiLhe,ti. 'e and tadio station V Although the ban "completed mt It the Penn Alto ' and ut the I alone, Yolk, Am.ton dm otehestra, booked tin kinustonent Seth root Clm.elani to fit hole Plans tol deeolat n call fol a gold and (lett, vote de...gr Ellirabeth Caw:el %I .1 10 , e•lbe•g. eonunittee sin I sele dote., nine the silent 'Co Re-arr.., lhat the ocou,tu, improved by the mov booths from Olen thut of uncle, the b-I on the fluor moiler . drapes to the Pool .10 contention 'Mete of betncen the booths a. thus csoald clunnuto !JAM, flOOl as a me the el and At a nieetimr Fit fiatm nth Ine,clent, dore It Nodmer Stl U . ,14 the tnnsensus Senior Bail this sea titticted to uppertla, aill resemble a t I dance, B q sin ted In on tbn to make th and unusual a nut,tt von be selected ft om wdl and the formulate, fonnntl nnuch and t dome Both of these ed to the class of PHI to make the even or teltannlng is to lune Once of foul Counts, =I!!! Roca. and Smith, Fluladelplua 0.11 lot a blue and gold -um= pall etth “Setnot hall , n gold 1et . 21, on the 'he blot tone tnat a Sit en at the sin en tint page at ogt am of hea ti named in .11,1 and old Englodt ty Pe. nd and what_ and nnib inbolte of the ila s A postal aont,t morning and Hill bu Innup irons lb Ball euchng Russell K \se Bohch It. L lam and Cdmard I Ludo plunental y t,Lts nil the - two ,Inning post buttons mu,t be mlbn at the Phi Mu Delta Ijitat than Monday eu SACKEI T MEET MECHANICAL lledit, I I,soLlates ) leettng in Sen
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