3/C "established ■‘■'iv.,,, 1904 %:«'V VOL. 27, No. 56 MYERS WINS SENIOR P CLASSES ADVANCE AT MOVE-UP DAY RITES TOMORROW Freshmen,' Sophomores Prepare For Annual Competition ' "'liTTug-of-War , , '■‘•VlsV* UPPEkCLASS HONORABIES TO HOLD TAP EXERCISES All-College Dance Will Conclude Events psJJNittany Nine Furnishes'Music All class customs will be moved up one year at the end of the freshman* sophomore tug of war following the Move*Up Day exorcises which will begin at 2 o’clock tomorrow after noon on Old Beaver field, m rear of the Chemistry amphitheatre. Open to all classes, the annual Move-Up Day dance will be held In the-Armory, where couples may dance from 8 until 12 o’clock tomor row night. Music will be furnished by the Nittany Nine, campus orches tra. To Hold Tug of W'ar Ceremonies in the afternoon will be conducted by David C. McLaughlin ’3l, retiring senior class president, who will introduce the newly elected class presidents, each of whom will speak and accept his office from the retiring executives Tapping of nominees to Skull and Bones and Pamn honorary up pcrclass societies, will follow the in ception of officers At a given sig nal, representatives from the soci eties will circulate among the gather ed upperclassmen and indicate by' a tnp on th* shoulder-thc men of-their choice, who will follow them to tents stationed at the ends of the field Dinks Required fur Exercises The customary tug of war between the freshmen and sophomores will be waged across the 3trcam of a fire ho'-'C. Thirty from each of the com peting classes will struggle for su premacy in three contests If the sophomores are victorious, thoy have the right to choose class colors for the lower class. Immediately following the damp ening influence of the hose, sopho mores may dofT customs while fresh men are allow’cd to assume the soph omore rules for the remainder of the. semester. Freshmen are required to' wear dinks to the exercises, but may take all other second year privileges after noon tomorrow. 80 TO TAKE PART IN MAY DAY FETE Will Conduct Coronation Ceremony Next Saturday Afternoon On Holmes Field Eighty women'jstudents will partic ipate in the annual May Queen coro nation to be held on Holmes field next Saturday at G;3O o’clock. Hemlock chains will be carried by two groups of fifteen senior women, forming a lane for the May Queen procession. This chain, similar to the daisy cliuins used in the ceremonies at various woman’s colleges, will be instituted here. committee of five including E. Louise llofTeditz ’3l, Helen Buckwalter ’3l, Rosemary Forbes ’32, Elizabeth Everett ’32, and Louise Darlington ’32, will appoint the thirty seniors to carry the hem lock chain. An innovation in this year’s enter tainment will be the sophomore May pole. Sophomores chosen to dance are Ruth Crowlhcr3, Virginia E. Detwiler, M. Adcle Forkum, Jean E. Gillespie, Ruth Goldstein, Dons E. Hazelton, Helen A. Hoover, Marion P. Howell, Lillie A. Kell, Laurabclle Lee, Esther L. McClelland, Ruth H. Neibcl, Susan B. Rcovs, Carolyn C. Ridge, Mary E. Snyder, Harriet E. Soper, Marietta Trcgellas, and Vir ginia E. Wilhelm. Specialty dances, a song by the varsity quaitet, and a grand finale by all the participants, will conclude the piogram. NAMED DEPUTY-SECRETARY William S. Hager *lB has been ap pointed deputy-secretary of the stutc department of agriculture by Gov ernor Pinchot. Hager succeeds* Ray mond G. Brassier, former member of the faculty, who resigned to become president of the 4 Rhode Islaml Stutc Agi (cultural'college. __ J/y Jxi /r uSemi-Wcckly • fmn i>tatp (Unlitgum. • Kappa Alpha Theta Grants Charter to Nita-Nee Club Women’s National Fraternity Plans Installation Ceremony for Local Organization Here Late This Month Kappa Alpha Theta, the oldest women’s national Greek letter fra ternity, has granted a charter to the Nita-Nee club, following the formal petitioning action 'of the local group last month. Installation of the mem-. bers of Nita-Nee into Kappa Alpha Theta will be held in the latter part of May. Established in 1922 as the first women’s social club on the Penn State campus, Nita-Nee drafted its first formal petition to Kappa Alpha Theta in 192 G Kappa Alpha Theta was founded January 27, 1870, at Dc Pauw university, Grconcastlc, In diana. Announce Initiates Penn State will enter as the fifth chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta in Pennsylvania, and the sixtieth chap ter of the national fraternal organi zation. Other chapters in Pennsyl vania are' located at Allegheny col lege, Swarthmorc college. University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pennsylvania. Sixty alumnae chapters of Kappa Alpha Theta equalize the number of active chapters, while fifty alumnae clubs have been organized m smaller communities Charters of Kappa Al pha Theta have been granted to four chapters m the last thicc ycais, while Nita-Nee is the fir3t chapter to be accepted in 1931 Twenty-three members of Nita-Nee GROUP MAY CHANGE SITE FOR'S* OUTING Considers Either Whipple's Dam Or Hccla Park as Scene Of Varsity Picnic The varsity “S” outmg planned for Monday afternoon, May 11, will be held at either Whipple’s dam, which was first selected by the committee in charge of the event, or Hecla park, which is now being considered as a probable location Supplanting the annual banquet foi lettermen, the “S" outing was de vised to promote a better spirit of fellowship among the letter earners of the Blue and White. With this m nund, the committee foi the affair, under the direction of J Neely Mc- Cown ’3l, has made plans for enter tainment from the time the first bus leaves State College at 3 o’clock next Monday. To Sene Luncheon In order to encouiage all letter men to attend, tire coaches have de cided to eliminate all practice ses sions scheduled for next Monday af ternoon. At present the committee is attempting to gam on excuse from Monday evening R O.T.C formation for all sophomores who have been awarded a varsity “S ” All coaches aic invited to attend the affair at which a picnic lunch will be served. Spoits for the afternoon and evening include mushball, quoits, canoeing, and swimming. Espenshade’s Epistle to Ebert Ends Era of Jolts and Jars on Bad Road NOTICE—AII those desiring campus improvements communicate with Prof A Howry Espenshade, of the depait ment of English composition immedi ately. That’s how a Collegian ‘‘ad’’ might rend any of these days, for Professor Espenshade has proved himself just about the best impiovement-gotter in College. Seeing a need for civic im provement, lie recently sent the fol lowing lettter to Geoigc W. Ebert, Acting Superintendent of Gtounds and Buildings: My Dear Mr Ebctt 1 If out of the goodness of your heart and your own slender budget you could see your way clear to using sev eral loads of ashes oi cinders to fill up the holes and the hollows in the road leading into the parking place at the rear of the Liberal Arts Build ing, these good resuts would be ut most sure to follow*: ‘ 1. Dean Stoddart would be pleased; 2. My own car would be less sub ject to shocks, juis, und minor nu tations; 3. About one bundled Liberal Arts STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1931 will be mitiutcd in the national or ganization at the time of the instal lation, in addition to any alumnae from the classes of ’2C to ’3O who re turn for the initiation. Senior pledges to Kappa Alpha Theta are Rose A. Bnrr, Margaret H, Breitling, P Romayne Chapman, Ruth M. Chestnut, Laura J. Griffiths, Deborah L. Har\cy, Doris E. Llewel lyn and Mabel P. White, with Muriel E. Bowman, Dorothy W Cummings, Anne A. D’Olier, Marjouc W. Fisher, Grace M. Hahn, Kathleen M Meek, Isabella B- Muir and Mary M. Wright as juniors. Jean E Gillespie, Lillie A. Kell, Gertrude A Kuebler, Anne M. Light, Isabel McFarland, tone Pearce, and Edith W Orton are the sophomore pledges. PLAYERS REHEARSE MYSTERY THRILLER To Enact ‘Donovan Affair* Next Friday—Aber *32 Will Take Lead as Detectiv e Stabbed through the heart, Jack Donovan will force the Penn State Players to a thorough investigation of hts death when “The Donovan Af fair” is enacted on the stage of Schwab auditorium next Fnday night under the direction of Prof. David D Mason. Heading the detective force and heckling suspects, James P. Aber ’32 will enact the part of Inspector lul lian. The cast, ' according to the three.-act mystery play, are all to be guests during the murder at the home of a wealthy banker, to be play ed by Joiomc Kaufman ’34 Shirley Thorpe ’33 will characterize his cool, selfish wife. Anne E Mel linger *3l will take the role of Jean Rankin, step-daugh ter to Mrs Rankin, and in love with a social inferior, to be enacted by Ralph Radchfte ’3l His rival for Jean’s hand'was the murdered Jack Donovan. * Opened in New York Torn between defense of hei chil dren and her desire to expose hei husband’s unfaithfulness, Ruth Ltn scy will take the centci of attention during seveial scenes in the person of Phyllis G Bmdloi ’33, Richard Smith ’34 will appeal as the husband. A newly-wed couple will be played by Sylvia M Mullin ’32 and Frank F. Monts ’3l The butler of the house of Rankin, a man about whom the audience has considerable doubt, is to be characterized by Peter G Meek ’32. The maid servant, towards whom the butler frequently may be seen glancing, will be played by Marjorie Hathaway ’3l while Fan fax A Riley I ’34 and James B Gross ’33 are to nppear ns police officers. August J Wmtzel jr. ’34 will be seen as the fa- I thcr of the murdered boy, with Ken- I noth L. Page ’32 appearing as a guest who knows more than he tells. instructor —some of them important Ph. D’s—would consider you a public benefactor and a “regulai fellow" 4. Eight men in my department who own cars would be less likely to make it necessary for me to “bawl them out” for parking then cais on the toadway near the tennis couits, 5. About 25 assoited Fords, Chcv rolcts, and Essexos, noW wheezy, windbroken, discouraged, and erung, would immediately decide to load, a new and bettei life, 0. A gencial era of good feeling would appear m the offing,—in per fect keeping with the singing of lobins and the blossoming apple trees, 7 This is about the only thing con nected with the use of automobiles on the campus that no one would object to Finally, let me point out that tho desired improvement would cost a blamed sight less than the new office vug that Dean . . . would like to have. Faithfully yours. A. 11. Espenshudc. They’ie using the new road Worried Politicians Keep Daily yigil as Election Progresses It’s election time’ p Old Main lobby looking like a second' Tammunv Hall .... Anxious politicians stand about with their tongues -m then checks and their hearts in their mouths every time someone casts a vote ... An indescribable au of tense ness as if everyone were waiting foi* something to happen . . . ‘ A steady stream of important fuel ing freshmen exercise then franchise . . . “Hap" Bauder and “Doc" Conn talking things over > . . “peepers” nonchalantly standing on the steps . . . “Judy” Lasich playfully shakes cigarette ashes into a ballot box . . . Art Miller walks if, and the poli ticians observe tho ' fifty-feet-from thc-ballot-box rule . , Snatches of conversation .. . “It’s'm the bag” “So I says ‘Listen here, buddy’” . . Balthaser, fieshman Locust Lane nominee, tries to look smooth in a ROT C. suit ... A party worker casually checks up to see that a rival politician doesn’t vote twice . . . “Vote yet, Bill 9” An embiy omc Boss Tweed carries a roll book to make sure his men vote . . Herb Longencckei not at all wor ried . . . The clock tolls five . . A last minute flurry . They lock the ballot boxes . . undci Mitten management . . . Candidates and satellites wend their way homcwaid .... The lobby empty . . until next year . . . I.F.C. NOMINATES HENDERSON, SMART Names Zilligen for Secretary Position, Approves Fee .At RegistetMon Paul W. Henderson M 2 and George J Smait ’32 were nominated foi president of Intel fraternity Council for yeai at a meeting of that body Wednesday night, while Albeit J Zilligen ’32 was nominated foi sec retary. Elections ptobably will bo held Wednesday, May 13 The Council apptoved a recommen dation for an addition of fifty cents to the unnfual College registiation fees to be used foi the suppoit of the various intiamural sports May Vote on Fee The proposed fee, which would eliminate entry fees and aid in buy ing tiophies, may’ be refeued to the student body on the ballot at Athletic association elections on Mav 12 An announcement was also made by the Council of a bridge tournament between the nine fiatcmity teams, which pniticipatcd in the inteifiatcr nity contest finals, and nine soioiitv teams next week Thuty-six hands will be played by each contestant. lIAUFER C \LLS AUDITION VL CHEERLEADIM! CANDID \TES Additional (.undulates foi positions on the jumoi cheeileading stall mav rcpoit to the Aimoiy at 7 o'clock Monday night, according to an an nouncement by Chaile3 S. Hat pci, ’3l, head them leader, last night All sophomoies ate eligible for po sitions on the staff Following a pe uod of training, three will be elected as junior theerleudeia by’ a newlv ap pointed committee composed of Ritii aid W. Giant, director of the depnit linent of music, Neil 31 Fleming, Igtaduate manager of alhlcttcs, the newly elected Athletic association president, Ilarpei, and the foul jumoi cheerleaders. Who’s Dancing Tonight Oieud at Pin Kappn Tau (Closed, Foi mal) Nithniy Niue Senioi Girls Dinner Dance at Conlic llills Countiy Club (Closed, Foi null) V(unity Ton Phi Lambda Theta Dinnm Dance at Niltany Countiy Club (Closed, Pot null) JUtte tiud Cold Tomorrow Night Move-up Day Dante ut Aimoiy (Suhscnptton) Nittuny Nino Chi Omega Ditmci Dance ut Centie Hills Countiy Club (Closed, Foi mal) PuiMfi/ Ten Kappa Phi Kappa at Alpha Kappa Pi (Closed) . Ed'hr r,U'b"h" ESIDENTIAL RACE Bauder Named Junior Head as Anderson Gains Leadership of Sophomores in Heavy Balloting I Elected Senior Class Leaders for Next Year M. LYDIA HALLER "I 2 Haller Chosen To Head Senior Women Students Henrie Receives Junior Class Presidency With Majority of 23 Votes—Sophomores Select Springer for Post l’olhng 65 votes, JI. Lydia the women’s senior class, when si 36 \otcs m the elections held ye* Hamet Henne received 72 1: helm and 19 for Ruth Crowthers, the jumoi class piesidency, whih votes to win thu sophomore class* presidency against 19 foi M Harriet Allen | In the balloting foi sentoi cluss [vicc-piesidencc, Munel E Bowman jiecciced 51 votes while her opponent, | Mary Belle Zahn, gained 12 The secietaual post will be held bv Mai gaiet E Tschan, who obtained 51 bah lots to 15 foi Eleanor M Hill Ruth P Mevei with 41 votes will seise as treasmeu Foi thts position Fa\c B Coopei leceivcd 27 \otes and llu laiv E Gage 25 M Elizabeth ICnlv patricl, won the position of social i chaitman with 50 votes to 4G forj Myitlo N. Webb 1 A Elizabeth Pieston earned the election foi junim \ ice-pi esidenej 'with a muigm of 40 coles o\ei her opponent Helen L Mai tin, while Marion P Howell, the new junioi sccretaiy, leceiced 75 coles to 17 foi Susan B Reecs Foi tiea-miei, Je.m E Gillespie polled (»2 cotes and Helen TRIBUNAL SENTENCES *1 FRESHMAN OFFENDERS MaKiinr lit' ■•C'coiu] v.-ot to tiio Col* Icirc m two years, Di (icorfii* Strw ait, pastoi of the T*n t PilslivUm inn cluiuh at Stanifoid, Conn T will a<l- ill’ loj'uliu dm pel audience in Sdiwah ntnlituntim at 11 oVloiK Sun- Ohc fusliman will iccenc a hinuit nimimif? Cnfoncrs Will (it\c Ninrrut lc> 1, Ci.nlinuu* HcguLitioivi for i anil tlneu otlr*n aie to conlimu oli-[ Hi Stewait has solved as a volun soivance of class customs until the tom in student lelief wmk m Km ope «nd of school in June iu a losnll of dining the summoi months since act.on taken In Student Tiihun.il m he has been genetal -.eculaij Vaisilv hall Wednesday night Two "f the VSIC.A at Yale univcisitv othei Just-yeai men, who failed to at- fioin l'M't-21 and associate pnstm or tend the meeting, will Ira punished the Uadi .on Avenue Piesh.vtetian this week | ciitnch in New Ymk city foi seven Rod> P Biggeit ’.!J, because. «,f' In he accepted the call lhi m chaigos foi dating, f» destined uf Ur -‘ Slamfmd chun.li to lecetu* a hancut, while John Cub-1 Having gained the dogtee of B ich hon MI, .John F. Hansen M 4, and elm of Iclteis and Doctoi of Phil- Defiant C. 'ihomas M 4 will keep nsophv ftom Yale uii'veisitv, he was fieshnum customs until final exam- made Doctoi of Theologj hv the Fac inations me completed Student Tu- idle Libie de Thvologie Piotcbtantc bunal will deal with James 13. Ball de Pans. Ml und Austin E Clink \'M at theirj Dunng the Woild Wai Di Stew convenience sometime tins week bo-Vt fust innked as a pi mite in the cause of then failuie to attend Tu*. a.EF, became a noncommissioned bunal meeting "Wednesday night. j office!. and latei a captain Fiance o idcioiated him in Chevaliti of the I F DEB VTEKS WILL ENTER 'Legion of Ilonoi m 102'* lie is co- SECOND HOUND NEXT WEEK I uuthl,r ' ,r S|mll '" " h,cl ' | was mitten in 1917. With the first lound nounnj? timi-i IV ~n , , t c plamn, the bCLond engagements in the | 1 \LKS IN COLUMbUS interfiatuinitv debating competition) ])i, \>a E. Mnitni, piofcssoi of will begin ne\t week, John S Fn/-! Amcncan histoiy, lead a papei bofoio zell ’lll, contest manager, announced I a joint meeting of the Ohio State His | in debates completed last week Phijtoncnl society and Ohio Slate History Epsilon Pi dofeuted Pi Kappa Alphujconfciences at Columbus, Ohio, yes land Pi Kappa Phi won fiom Phijtvtday The subject of Di Maitm’s Lambda Theta Foifeits were made| address was “Re&eatch in Stale His ,to Omen'll Epsilon, Sigma Tuu Plu, und'ton It’s, Pioblems and Opportum | Dotn Sigma Kho. _ _ i ties” HAROLD A. MYERS ’32 Haller was chosen president of 'he defeated Floience Maxfield by jsteiday in McAllister hall lobby ballots to 30 foi Vnginia E Wil j, hei opponents m the contest foi c Vnginia B. Spnngei secured 98 I Pollock 59 Phyllis ft Beidlei, as 'ocial chairmen, tailed 68 ballots, with Muuctta TiegeUas sccunng 51 The v ice-pi e-udency of the sopho n\>ic* class was won by Duns M. Acker, who polled 72 cotes to -15 foi Cli/übeth L Warner, her opponent With a maigin of 31 vote--, Ethel H. Filbeit won the seeietanal post fiom Rosamond W. Kaines, while E\a M Bhchfeldt gained the position of tieas ur.*i with 73 ballots against K Jane Lei’s H By taking a 52 point lead ovei II Giucc Baei, Bette B Thomp son suured the souat chaumanship of the clas->. STAMFORD PASTOR TO SPEAK SUNDAY I)i Stewart. Connecticut Minister, Will \ddress Chapelgoers on Second Autui il Visit IOMFLETE CAML'US COVERAGE PRICE 5 CENTS 3 e c o n d-Year Customs Are Voted Down in Referendum POLL OF 2130 EXCEEDS FORMER COUNT I!Y 400 Weber, Hammond Receive Olher 1932 Posts—Longcneeker, Lenkcr Win Offices Harold A. Myers received the presidency of next year’s senior ( class by polling 415 votes to 221 ; for J. McLain Crookslon who ■secured the vice-presidency, f Harry A. Bauder was elected !president of the 1933 class when he gained 427 votes, while Jesse D Conn polled 303 C. Wilson Andeison defeated Harry H. I Balthasei 437 to 338 for the i presidency of next year’s sopho jmore class. | In the entire election, 2130 ballots [were cast as compared to 1762, the ifiguic set bv last y cai's class elections. Freshmen cast moie ballots than the other two classes when 771 members 'of the class of 1931 voted The soph jomoics weie second by amassing a [total of 721 while 632 juniors took ' part in the election. 1 In the suivev of student opinion on the ictcntion of ‘•ophomoio custom', 85G voted in favor of keeping the pres* 'cut second year regulations with I 1139 icgisteiing negative opinions ! A heavy fieshnian vote against sopho. ■more customs accounted for the nega itive vote I Completing the 1932 class organi sation, Herman C W'eber polled -125 ivotes to Geoige II Young’s 211 for sccictnrv and Chailes 11. Hammond game I the treasuier’s post, winning ■IOT vote' to 229 cast for Erwin I\ Adams Weber. Hammond Win Heibeit E Longenecker was unop posed foi seeictniv in the 1933 organ ization while William S Lenkcr se emed 110 votes to ifceive the treas uiership fiom Giant Fleck who se cured 283 ballots Polling *l2O votes, lames V Ralston defeated John F. Bechtold with 351 ballots, to sccuie the 1933 secretary ship. William J. Bailhe was elected tieasuicr when he defeated Jcromo Paikei 110 to 365 Thicc Agncultuial tepiesentatives fiom the class of 19 !2 vull be Rich aid R Arthui, William M. Palmer jr and George K Davis who polled Gl. 51, and 50 votes respectively Other candidates were Fred P Jcffiey, with 15 votes, and lloiace R Josephson, with 11. In the race foi 1932 Student Coun ctl posts in the Chemistiy and Phys ics School, Robert P. Hmdniun and Gunge D Hcdgson/reeeived the two positions with 35 voles each to defeat Kail E'Willauei with 29 und F. Mer ton Saybolt with 2d Claicnce E Clmstian defeated Wal lei A Kietai, 29 to 20, to gum the 'ingle 1032 Education School berth and Lotus F. Hullci received the Min eial Indiistues position with 16 votes to -John B Henry’s 9 The foui 1932 Council rjprcsvntn- Uvc*' fiom Engmcciing School will be David F Young, 125, Robert I». Buileigh, 107, Clmiies G. Leer, 107, (Continued on puffc two) SAN KEY ’33 WINS FIRST PRIZE IN MOVIE CONTEST Conaid *32, Epstein Ml, Gain Second, Third Awards in Competition Nancy B Sankey ’33 was- named as lust pure winner of the COU.U.IAN Nonna Shorn ei Re-Action Contest in (he judges’ icpoit issued last night. The first mvmd was a pnze of twenty theatre tickets. A second pure of ten theatre guest tickets was awarded to Benjamin J. Cunnid ’32, and the thud prize of five tickets went to Julius Epstein ’3l. Five houurable mentions were ac corded to Miss Helen S, Diehl, Ilarry V. Gniuil ’3l, Geiald C. Ilumm ’3O, S. Dale Kaufman ’33, und John Mc- Dowell Ml.
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