Summer Edition VOL. XIV, No. B BAKELESS TO TALK ON POETIC EFFECT OF ORIENT TONIGHT Magazine Editor Will Deliver Lecture in Auditorium At 7 O’clock WRITES OF ECONOMICS, , - LITERARY CRITICISMS Contributes Articles for Many Publications—Works on Forum, Independent John Bakclcss, editor and author) will present the fifth of a tsurics of talks by visiting lecturers when he discusses “Chinese and Japanese In fluences on American Poetry” in Schwab auditorium at 7 o’clock to night. As Managing Editor of Forum, Mr. Bakclcss is among the foremost of current magazine editors and con tributors. His writing is chiefly in two fields, that of world politics and literary criticism. He is the author of two books, “The Economic Causes of Modem War,” ip 1921, and "Origin of the Next War,” in 1926 From 1921 to 1923 he was literary editor of Living Age, and from 1923 to 1925 he served as managing editor of that magazine. Ja 1928 and 1929 he was editor of the publication In addition, Mr. Bake less was literary adviser to the Id dependent during 1925 and 192 G He was managing editor of Forum from 1926 to 1928. Frequent Contributor Among the magazines which have published his contributions are the Atlantic Monthly, The Living Age, Book Chat, the New Republic, Forum, the Independent, the Outlook, Current History, Saturday Review of Litera ture, the New York Times, the Tri bune, Current Literature, and the (Saturday International Book Review. A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Bakclcss was born at Carlisle in 1894 He studied m the State, was graduated from Williams college, and took graduate work at Harvard uni versity. In addition to his work as an edi tor and author, be has lectured wide ly ‘tori w'orld politics and* literature He* was also lecturer on journalism at New York university from 1927 to 1029, and an instructor m journalism there during 1929 COVERT WILL GIVE VESPER ADDRESS To Discuss ‘Moral Obligations of Educated People’ in Open Air Theatre Sunday Discussing “The Moral Obligations x>f Educated People,” Dr. William C Covert, general sccrotaiy of the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church, jwill deliver the fourth Vesper talk at 7 o’clock Sun day night in the outdoor amphithea tre. Dr Covert was graduated from Hanover college, Indiana, in 1886, re ceiving his master’s degree from the same institution in 1888, anti doctor of divinity degree in 1905. In 1888 he received a degree from the Mc- Cormick Theological Seminary of Chicago and was ordained in the Presbyterian ministry at St Paul, Minnesota, in the same year Since 1924 Dr. Coveit has held his present post as secretary of the Pres byterian board He is the author of “Glory of the Pines,” “Wildwoods and Waterways,” “New Furrows in Old Fields,” and “Religion in the Heart.” Snedden Prophesies Of Intercollegi Believing that intercollegiate sports will have no place in college life thirty years from the present, Dr. David Snedden, educational ex pert and prophet, declared emphati cally to a Collegian representative Tuesday night that college athletics today were “producing their own dis ease.” “In 1960, when I phophesy that colleges will be training students for a definite vocation, intercollegiate sports'will have no place,” Dr. Snod <km said. “With their present com mercial aspect colleges haw lost sight of the fact that the primary purpose of athletics should be physical devel opment.” By picking out the brawny, robust type of student for competition with other schools, the educationalist con-, fruit §tatr Q Thibet, Arabia—Not Mere Words To Kermit Roosevelt President’s Son Also Includes South America On List of Four Countries in World Still Worth Exploring Thibet, Arabia, South America . . . Those three names alone conjure up the magic of something to be ex plored for Kermit Roosevelt, who has peered into the eyes of a lion at bay, has followed the dim trail of the trop ical jungle, and climbed the moun tains of Asia minor. In these three lands can the discov erer still rove, untramcllcd by tour ists’ camps and hot dog stands. For adventure, m these places, is not hard to find, according to the Presi dent’s son who lectured here Thurs. day Difficulties, dangers, and hard ships are hard things to dodge in Thibet, South America, ajid Arabia. This reason Kermit Roosevelt at tributes to the fact that tourists and their accompaniments have not sought out these countries in great numbers. In explaining the advan tages of exploration in these three spots, he declared “For mountainous exploration, Thi bet’s teiritory is best Arabia rep resents desert land, and South Amer ica, by which I mean the territory of the Amazon river, is tropical jungle The chief thing Jhat makes these ter ritories the best in the world for ex ploration purposes today is that tour ists and world-travellers cannot un dergo their hardships. “There are few places in the world that have not been found out by tour ists. I could cite numerous examples of once wild territory which has come under the power of civilization, or has MRS. WALTERS TO TALK ON‘ICELAND’ Writer and Lecturer Will Give Illustrated Talk Here Tomorrow Night “Iceland, the Hermit of the North Atlantic,” will be discussed by Mrs. Emile (Thorstma Jackson) Walters in an illustrated lecture in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock tomorrow night’ Mrs. Walters, who is a native of Iceland and the posessor of several degrees from American universities, has written and lectured extensively on the country, and is the translator of various Icelandic writing. Praised by Stcfanson She has been decorated twice by the king of Denmark and Iceland for writings and lectures. Last summer she represented the American Geolog ical Society at the one-thousandth anniversary of,,the Icelandic Parlia ment, at Reykjavk, Iceland. Her hus band, an artist, accompanied her on the trip. Vclhjolmas Stcfanson, of New York city, in speaking on Mrs. Walters’ lectures, declared “She combines her native knowl edge of Iceland with the education of the best American universities to make her lectures the best on the country in the United States.” Many other representatives of Iceland have commented with favor of her talks. To accompany the discussion, illus trated slides will be shown Many of the slides were hand-painted by Emile Walters, her husband, who is an in structor m the Art Institute here this summer. BUTT VISITS AT COLLEGE S McClellan Butt, former profes sor of philosophy at Penn State, re turned to the College for a week-end visit last week Professor Butt is now professor of philosophy at Smith college. Abandonment late Sports in 1960 tinued, colleges have ignored the fact that emphasis should be placed upon development of the physically weak er. When asked what form of physical development would replace intercol legiate competition m 1960, Dr. Sned den replied that intramural sports where the physically equal would be matched would probably take the place of the present day highly spe cialized athletics. “If all the five-foot students at P'mn State were matched with all the five-footers at Pittsburgh, then I would sanction intercollegiate compe tition," Dr. Snedden. concluded, “but ns this would be unlikely under the present system I predict the gradual decline of inter-college sports anil ’eventually their complete elimina !lion.” • STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 23,1931 at least been turned into a sight-sce ing spot” “Most people arc seized at some time with the desire to explore,”’ he said. “Perhaps that is the reason for so many travel books and travel talku. Everyone has the urge, but few have the chance to make use of it ” In telling of some of his own ex periences, the man who has had “the chance to make use of it” described as one of his memorable moments an encounter with a pack of eleven lions. His party was hunting the lions on horseback when it ron into the pack, and managed to kill five of the lions. “One that I got was five feet from me before'l bagged him,” Roosevelt said, smiling “It was a fairly excit ing day” The explorer has made no definite plans for further trips into the terri tory of advcntuic. His work as pres ident of a steamship line is keeping him close to civilization for the present. PLAYERS TO GIVE 81-ACT DRAMAS Will Present Short Plays for Invited Audience on Thursday, Friday Under the direction *of “The Play Shop," a class in English Literature 925, Summer Session students will present eight one-act plays to an in vited audience at 8 o’clock next Thursday and Friday nights m the Little Theatre. With itiary Schilling and Robert! Ayers m the leads and under the di rection of Helen Unger students will present as the first offering Thurs day “Part Time Job.” “Let It Go At That,” directed by Jean Frances, will follow immediately after the first play. Four Plays Friday “What Never Dies” is the subject of the third play to be predented Thursday Carolyn Menna, Elizabeth Cooley, Gladys Snyder,' and Vincent Giuliana make up the cast of this show which will be fiircctcd by Anna Hangen The students will offer “About Face” as the final offering Thursday with a cast of three, Anne Dietz, Dorothy Richards, and Frances Shirley. Thio play will be directed by Sarah Neff On Friday night four more one act plays will be offered. They are “Aren’t They Wonders,” “Lady Fin gers,” “Lighted Candles,” and “Wist ful Waiting ” These productions will be under the direction of Jeun Dona hey, Rachel Ward, Ruth McLaughlin, and Elizubeth Wylie DOREY WILL GIVE EDUCATION TALK Former Progressive Institute Head Will Lecture at 7 O’clock Tomorrow Night “Education for Living,” will be the topic for the discussion by J Milnor Dorcy, executive secretary of the Pro gressive Education association, of Washington, D C., at 7 o'clock to morrow night in Schwab auditorium Two years ago Mr. Dorcy headed the Progressive Institute here, and last year he served as director of the Summer Session branch school in Al toona. He has also headed the Pro gressive Institute at Vnssar. Penn State is included in a circuit of col leges and universities in the East which Mr. Dorey will visit on a lec ture tour As one of the leading progressive educators in the United States, Mr. Dorey has contributed numerous ar ticles to “Progressive Education,” 1 official publication of the Progressive Education association. FRANCIS DU MONT NAMED AS ROMANCE LANGUAGES HEAD Francis du Mont, formerly of the French department of New York Uni versity, has been named head of the department of romance languages with the rank of professor of French, according to a recent announcement from the president’s office. [ -Dr. du Mont was born in Switzer land but obtained his bachelor degree in France. He taught for several years in Spam and served in the French army during the World War. MARIONETTES ACT IN 2 PUPPET PLAYS HERE WEDNESDAY Tattermans Will Offer Revue, ‘Stringing Broadway’ in Schwab Auditorium PRESENT ‘GLOWING BIRD’ AS MATINEE PRODUCTION William Duncan, Eduard Mabley Give S(iows Sponsored by Summer Players The Tattcrinan Marionettes, direct ed by William Duncan and Edwaid Mabley, and under the auspices of the Summer Session Playera, will present “The Glowing Bird” at 4 o’- clock Wednesday afternoon in the Auditorium and “Stringing Broad way” at 830 o’clock Wednesday night. “The Glowing Bird” is a colorful and fantastic story of adventure in old Russia. The play, is derived from a unique body of folk literature known as “skazki,” or folk fairy tales. Tw-o or three translations oE this, legend have appeared in English, but it is nut well known in this country The story centers about a mythi cal and beautiful creature known as the Glowing Bird, Believed to bring good luck to the kingdom where it dwells The bird falls under the spell of the evil wizard Kastchcy, and is spirited away, but later rescued by Ivan, a page in the king's palace. Perform Before Half Million “Stringing Broadway” is one of the newest offerings of the Tattcrinan Marionettes This production is the first real musical revue ever produced by puppets in this country The book was written by Mabley, the lyrics by Duncan, and the musical score by George Cottle, a young Cleveland pianist. Since Mabley and Duncan first be gan to produce puppet shows, well over half a million have wit nessed the productions Last year they performed before more than 200,000 peopis, playing an unprece dented scries of long ru is in New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cincinnati, and Cleveland PIKE TO CONTINUE LECTURESJMONDAY Danville Psjchialrist Will Tell ‘Wh> We Go Insane' at 8 O’clock In Schwab Auditorium “Why We Go Insane” will be ex plained by Dr Horace V. Pike, elm* ; ical psychiatrist at the Danville Stato Hospital for the insane, in the fourth lecture of his series on abnormal psy chology m Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock Monday night In the third lecture Dr Pike dealt with the relation of the emotions to physical and mental health. He point ed out that no individual can get along without emotions, and asked with the assurance of obtaining no answer, who in the audience could tell of a single experience which hud not brought him either pleasure oi pain in some form An interesting sidelight to the dis cussion "was Dr. Pike’s declaration that no one ever shed tears because of pain AH tears are shed when peo ple are pleased, he told the astonish ed audience “Think about vvhnt you are weep ing the next time you cry,” he said “When you watch a motion picture, you don’t cry when the villain has the heroine by the throat, but when the hero rushes in to rescue her” Dr. Pike stressed particularly the tendency of many people to side-step reality, allowing their emotions to make away with them. Those who faint in -almost cveiy instance are sidc-stcppmg some situation, he said People often become sick, paralyzed, or mcntully unfit to continue work be cause subconsciously they have some trouble they do not want to face. Overdorf Asks ’22 Alumni To Gather Elliot Overdorf, secretuiy of the class of 1922, has called a meeting of all members of that class who reside in State College or are at tending Summer Session at 7 30 o'clock Sunday night in the Alum ni office, room 104 Old Mam. The class of 1922 will celebrate its ten year reunion next June and Secretary Overdorf is calling this meeting to make plans for the gathering. (Mlrgiatt Summer Edition Clark, Backstage, Foresees New ‘Dramatic Freedom ’ Broadway Reigns Supreme As Play-Mart From Lack of Outside Competition, in Visiting Critic’s Opinion The speaker: Barrett Clark, dra matic ciitic. The setting: back-stage in the Auditorium, where Summer Session Players prepare for their last rehearsal of “The Haunted House ” The time Tuesday night On the platform just beyond the curtains another lecturer is talking Actors in the mystery play which will go into rehearsal soon arc lounging in stage-prop chairs nearby. Barrett Clark, dark-bUitcd, quick of speech, whimsical smile, is leaning against a table He offers us a cigarette, smokes one himself. “Playwrights today aren’t slaves to their audiences,” he says "Under stand, fney still pay attention to them, of course, but far less than they used to. It’s necessary to think of your reader when you write a poem, 01 a short story. The playwright works on the same principle, but he’s no more hampered by what the audi ence will think than the poet is That’s one thing that makes modem American plays worthwhile ” ‘But isn’t the American audience SNEDDEN DELIVERS VOCATIONAL TALK George McGarvcy Will Continue I. E. Lecture Series on Tuesday Night In the third of the series of mdus-; trial education lectures, Dr David Snedden, professor of education at Columbia Univcnsity, prophesied the future of education in the United States “As I See It,” m Schwab au ditorium Tuesday night Continuing tho lecture series, George A. McGarvoy, regional agent of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, of Washington, D. C, will discuss the subject “Are *We Progres sive,” at 8 o'clock Tuesday night in room 315 Mineral Industries build ing. , -i “In 1960,” Dr Snedden said; “cer tain sociological changes such as a population limit of about 134,000,000, a drop in family size and increased longevity will materially affect our vocational life. Our great capacity for economic production assures us that there will be no need to dread a lack of supplies, but that the chief economic problem will concern itself with distribution " High School Content Poor “Thj key to progress today,” Dr. Snedden said, “should be* called the American Eleventh Commandment— ‘Thou Shalt Do Better Than Thy Fa ther and Thy Mother.’ Thirty years hence families will be able to k-ep their children in school until they are twenty-four or twenty-six.” Dr. Snedden said that vocational proficiency hus declined in the United States today, unlike the professions, because we have relied on vocational tram.ng m the schools as merely a by-product of some other phase of learning. “TBo high school system in Ameri ca today is wonderful in administra tion. but onlv about ten percent effi cient in content,” Dr Snedden said "In 1960 I predict that there will be no trace of vocational training in the high schools, which is as it should be.” DICKSON WILL DISCUSS RECENT AMERICAN ART Lecture Next Wcdncsdaj Night Is Last of Current Senes “Recent Painting in Ameuca” will be the subject of Prof. Harold E. Dickson’s’ next ail lecture m room 315 Mineral Industries building at 7 o’clock Wednesday night. Discussing “Some French Moderns” n his last talk. Professor Dickson dealt with some of tho more recent movements in French painting His series of lectures, which is il lustrated with luntcin slides and fac simile reproductions, deals with paint ing of the last fifty yours The talk noxt Wednesday night will conclude the senes, which 'included discus sions of “Impressionism,” “Paul Ce zanne,” and “Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gnuglun ” IS AWARDED FELLOWSHIP J Fred Ocsterlmg, of Butler, has boon avvaidcd n fellowship to Penn State by the Pennsylvania Laundry Owners Association. The fellowship will begin July 15. really a Now York audience''” he is asked “And therefore isn’t evei y play more or less a ‘New York’ play'’” “Of couisc there arc few success ful plays which aren't produced in New York,” says the critic, “because other cities have litt'e initiative to take plays away from New York. Other places are afraid to experiment, even amateur organizations They must wait until the play is a Pulitzer prize-winner to produce it “But the plays today don’t deal with New York, or nave the New York atmosphere Their entire foun dation is utterly outside New York “I should like,” he said, “to be able to set down a theatre fifty miles fiom nowhere, pioducc what I pleased, and tell New Yorker* who said they | might want to see it to get a time- j tabic. 1 “The trouble is, New York is sure; that eventually every good pinv is, bound to show up on Bioadvvay It's right Until some* outside organiza tions show a little initiative, this must be the case " Barrett Clark went to Europe not long after the wai, believing that Amcncan drama would never amount to much He came back in 1921 to score a distinct change European dramatists, were looking to America, to American youth And America and its youth have superseded Europe's declining drama in the past ten years, ('Continued on page three) STUDENTS TO SEE ALLEGHENY MINES Excursionists Start 100-Miic Trip to Grass Flat Region Saturday Morning To observe tin operation and In tel lor of a modern soft coal mine, Summer Session exetn siomsts will journey 100 miles to the* Allegheny mountains, leaving fiom n front of Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock Sat urday morning Passing through some of the wild cat and most beautiful country in the State, the students will travel from State College to Bellcfonte, and then to Snow Shoe, Grass Flat, Phil ipsburg, Sandy Ridge and Bald Eagle. Provide Own Lunch At Glass Flat the tuunsts will be conducted into the mine, which is the feature spot of tin trip The visitois will be given the use of several mino (Continued oh page three) THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TWENTY-SECOND SUMMER SESSION Official Announcements THURSDAY, JULY 23 7:00 r. M.—Lcctuic, “Chinese and Japanese Influence on Ameri can Poetry," by John Eakeloas, Authoi and Mnn iiKinß Editor of the Foium. New Yolk City. Audi lonum. FRIDAY, JULY 21 M— Lecture, “Goethe’s Faust, One Hundred Years Af ter Its Completion,” by Geoige Wurfl, Assistant Professor of German. Room 315 Mineral Industries Building. M.—Lecture, “Education foi Living,” by J Milnor Doiey, Executive Sccretaiy, Progressive Education Association, Washington, D. C Auditorium. M.—lllustrated Lecture, “Iceland, the Hermit of the North Atlantic," by Mis Emile (Thoislina Jackson) Walters, Authoi, Lcctuier and Tiunslator, New York City. Auditoiium. SATURDAY. JULY 25 M.—Exclusion through Allegheny Mountains. Will leave fiom the Auditorium Exclusion will include a visit to a Coal Mine. Seeuie tickets not later than •Fnday noon at Summer Session Office, Education Building, oi Student'Union Office, Old Main Build ing Cost of Transportation $1 75 M.—Summer Session Picnic for Membeis of the Faculty and Their Families, Secure tickets at Summer Session Office before Fnday noon. Sec individual announcements for details, SUNDAY, JULY 2(» M—Vesper Song Service, Address, “The Moral Obli gations of Educated People,” by Dr William C. Covert, Board of Christian Education of the Pies byterian Church, Philadelphia. Open Air Theatre MONDAY. JULY 27 M.—Student Assembly and Group Singing. Direction of Piofcssor R. W. Giant. Auditoiium. M.—Lecture, “Why People Go Insane,” by Di. H. V Pike, Dnector of Clinical Psychiatry, Danville State Hospital for the Insane. Auditoi lum. (Continued on second pace.) PRICE TEN CENTS STATE SCHOOLMEN HOLD CONFERENCE HERE NEXT WEEK County Superintendents Begin Annual 3-Day Session On Tuesday PRESIDENT K. D. HETZEL WILL ADDRESS VISITORS Stanford University Professor, Head of P. S. E. A. Listed Among Speakers County and district super, itendents fiom all puits of the State will at tend the annual Superintendents' Week Conference winch will open at the College Tuesday j Beginning with the first of six ses sions at 8 o’clock Tuesday morn ing, an e-ctensico piogtam has been I planned. Six sessions dealing with j various pha* _*s of education have been | arranged foi the three-day eonfer -1 cnee The Superintendents will hold their annu..! dinnei at the Nittany Lion Inn Woclneidjj night President Ralph D Hol-*l ami members of the Summci Session staff will welcome the visitois at an early mceti lg. Man} Speakers Listed Significance of aviation, radio, and the talking motion picture to educa tion will be stressed in the confer ence Demonstrations of the use of radio to teach, and the talking picture in actual classroom woik, w.ll be a part of the program Included among the speakers who are scheduled foi the conference are M S Bent/, superintendent of Cam bria countv schools, and president of : the Pennsylvania State Education As , -oeiation, Percy E DavuLon, hssoci ; afe professoi of education at Stan ford univcisity, and John M Foote, dcpai Invent of education, Baton Rouge, Indiana Other supei mtendents who will -peak are Dan-el J. Kelly, Bing linmpton, N Y, Jane E McKenzie, Webstei school, Pittsburgh, and lames X Rule, Harrisburg, Solmda McCaullev, cl meal assistant to the diiectoi cf special education, Board of Education, Philadelphia, will also address the group Jacob S Oilcans, editor of the World Book Co, Cvnthin Ruggles, in structor at Ypsilanit Norma! school, aid Jcreph Lcswmg, instructor m social stud us at the William Penn high ‘chool„ Ilaiiiohu.g, also will speak Ka-them.i It Donaldson, «u -peivisoi of ait education in Pitts butgh, Mabel A Talbot, director of tho kindergarten at West Chester State Tenehei’s college*, Amelia M Wensc], supervisoi of the primaiy giades at Niagara Falls, N Y, and Mary J Wyhind, •iscreciate professor of education nt the College, complete the list of speakers
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