• 1,14 5.40 .11, ~,;.,,, , I* ..- COMPLETE CAMPUS ri -..tV COVERAGE , * : ri, 'lt a , . ; _.. A yi,.. VOL. 28, No. 22 CO-ED COLONELS OMITTED IN PLAN OF MILITARY BALL Student R. 0. T. C. Officers Elect 7 Committeemen To Serve With Ex Officio Group FAVORS DISCONTINUED AS FURTHER ECONOMY MOVE Popular Vote for Senior Dance Orchestra Arranged by Card Balloting Co-ed colonels will no longer be a feat.. at Military Ball, student of ficers in the R 0 T C voted this week To cut expenses further, there will be no favors given at the dance, which will probably take place Feb nary 19 Members of the dance committee web chosen this year for the first Lime by vote of the officals, instead of by lank, with the exception of the colonel and two lieutenant colonels. Thus, the ex officio memtrars of the committee are Chairman Philip B Cooper '32, Call Rolle '32, and Rich aid L. Eigenbrot '32. Committee Selected Off,ceis of the infantry regiment elected tire Albert IV Gilmer '32, Clar ence A Romaley '32, and Dudley D. Warner '32 Engineers on the com mittee are Charles H Hammond '32, Rienzi J. Maynard '32, James D. Strickland '32, and Albert ,L Shane '3,1. Placed on teal during the last two yews, the system of presenting co-ed colonels has proved too costly, and t 4 115 rejected this year in an effort to ledutre the ticket price of the dance Seniors Begin New Plan Although the band for Military Ball . to be chosen by the usual system of negotiations by the committee, the newly appointed group arranging for the Senior Ball has introduced a novel method here The upperclassmen sent out yester day to each fraternity and hall on the cantons .t caul requesting that each i clam to the committee a list of dance orchestras in the order of pref. : ei once. PINCHOT APPOINTS 11 TO COMMITTEE President 'kiwi Named on List as Clunrman—Couned Includes 150 Prominent Men Eleven men, prominent in the State, mete named to the executive commit. tee of the - Greater Pennsylvania council by Governor Gifford Pmehot Dr Ralph D Hetsel, president of the College, is included on the list as chairman. The entue body of 150 members will be appointed early this month The executue group includes W. H. Connell, head of the Regional Plan ing Federation of Philadelphia, Di William A Damon, assistant duector of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, and Alba B Johnson, presi- dent of the Pennsylvania State Cham ber of Commerce Other members ale E. J. Kaufman, piesident of the Kaufman department stole in Pittsburgh, Dr. Clyde L King, State Secretely of Revenue, lloward Pew, president of the Sun Oil company, John A Phillips, piesident of the Pennsylvania Federation of Laboi The list is concluded by Dr Charles Rcitell, director of the Coun cil, At. George Slocum, director of the Dairymen's League, and L E Young, vice president of the Pitts burgh Coal company. "The principal aim of the council is to advance the economic and social welfare of the State," Dr. Hetzel said, "being organized as .1 planning body to assist in the industrial, ag licultuial, and recreational develop ment of the State." WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL GROUP PLANS CELEBRATION Plans for the community celebra tion of the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth which is to be held on February 22 ',TIC dis cussed at a meeting of the local com mittee last Tuesday. A sub-committee was appointed to prepaie the program. All fraternal and service organizations will be ask ed to participate in the celebration. Recreation hall has been selected as the scene of the event. Lion Football Eleven Meets Penn in 1933 Meeting its traditional State op ponent for the first time since 1929, Penn State's football team will play Penn at Franklin-Field in 1933, ac cording to an announcement in the Philadelphia E ventno Guileful. early this week The Lions Avon the last meeting with the Red and Blue eleven by a 19-to-7 score. The rivals have not met on the gridiron since, because of the general suspension of ath letic relations between the two in stitutions: Nittany courtmen will engage the Penn basketball team on the Palestra floor January 27 in the first Lion-Quaker athletic contest since the schools' baseball teams met in the spring of 1930 PI DELTA EPSILON TO HOLD CONTEST Journalism Honorary Arranges Scholastic Competition For Publications Public high, parochial high, and col ' lege preparatory schools throughout the State having student publications will be invited to compete m the fifth interscholastic journalism contest sponsored by the local chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary jour nalism fraternity, Theodore A &T -rill '32, chairman of the contest com mittee, has announced. All entrants are requirM to tops ter before January 31 and the con test will officially close April 16. The awards, which consist of two silver cups, will be presented to the running newspapers and magazines at June Commancement. Seek Additional Entrants The main purpose of the contest is to popularize and improve scholastic journalism. The board of judges will be composed of members of the de partment of journalism, the depart ment of English composition, and editors of various campus publica tions These judges will offer con structive enticism to the magazines and neaspapeis enteling, the contest A special effort has been made by the contest committee , to get the parochial and college piepaiatoly schools to enter the contest this year. In previous years the majority of the entiants were from the public high schools throughout the State.. The contest is open to the public schools in the cities as well as in the countiy districts. WPSC WILL BROADCAST TALK BY KOEPP-BAKER Instructor To Read Request Poems In Regular Sundt* Program In the regular Sunday afternoon Inciadcast of WPSC, College radio sta tion, Ilerbett Koepp-Baker, Instluctor in 'while speaking, skill gne the last of a series of Intermetatrons, and William 11l Lepley, instructor in psy chology, will discuss "Habit Clinics for Children and Adults" Mt Roepp-Baker will tecite three poems sthich received the highest number of requests, roc's "Raiven," Kipling's "Boots," and Masefielirs "Sea Fem." This afternoon, George J Flee, instructor in notate educa tion, will speak on "Interesting Sines This Month" Thomas E Shearer, instructor in political science, discussed "Fed eral Regulation of Buses" in the Mon day afternoon program, and George H. Reaches, assistant professor of plactical mechanics, spoke Wednes day on "Antiques and Their Restota time Requests, Threats, I To President i "Give me complete Information lull consideration for admittance over about the course in industrial en- others which the Registrar of the gineering mail an accurate &scrip- 'College has refused All these are lion of all the courses and the exact quickly returned to the Registrar, Ad expenses. My grandson, now in the Irian 0. Morse, executive secretary fourth grade, intends to enter your said. course." Anothei letter has reached I As grades come out, letters hurry the office of the President for his at- to the President assuring him that tention. there was some mistake about John "Take care that my son meets the 'having flunked out. They promise right people and that he joins the!that If John is allowed to return he right fraternity," another asks. Al will be a model of scholastic easel the rate of twenty-five letters a day, lence. They say he is marvelously the administrator's office is hesmged retentive, but not brilliant in mind. with requests, threats, and commands. Each year more than duo hundred , separate letters reach the office ash-I that some student he given spec.: STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1931 UNIVERSITY GROUP ACCEPTS COLLEGE AS STATE MEMBER Trustees To Consider Nationa Organization's Invitation At Meeting Tonight ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES PENN STATE'S POSITION Received Previous Applications For Admittance From 2 Presidents Here Invitation to the College to join the National Association of State Univer sities will be considered by the Board of Trustees executive committee at a meeting tonight. "The invitation denotes a recogni tion on the part of the association that the College has functions, aims, and relations in Pennsylvania similar to those of state universities in the other commonwealths," Adrian 0 Moist, executive secretary, said. A pprol ed Unanimously The College will be the only insti tution in the State which is recog nized by the association. It will be also the only member of the organi zation which is not officially desig nated as a university. The invitation was received Thurs day as the result of an unanimous ap proval on the part of the members of the association during a meeting in Chicago last week. Petition for mem bership was made to the association in the administration of Dr. Edwin E. Sparks. Also in 1922 under Dr John M. Thomas, the College sought mem bership. 49 Uniscrsities Enrolled The College was admitted by a pro vision of the association's constitu tion which provides 'that any college or university in any state which is designated and recognized by the state as the state university could be come eligible for membership." "It appears that, in the opinion of the association, the College is recog nized as taking the position of a state university in this state," Mr. Morse said. Po~ty-five state universities are listed in the membership of the asso ciation. The total enrollment is forty-nine. CO-EDS ELECT DOUTHETT FRESHMAN CLASS HEAD Choose Erdman, &Alm., Halbach Espcmdinde as Officers Elsie AL Douthett was elected to head the freshman women at a class meeting last week, while Lucy J. Erd man was chosen vice-president. Nancy \V Stahlman received the highest tally for the secretaryship with Louise A, Halbach selected as social chairman, and Emily Espen shade as treasurer. These officers were elected from three groups of nominees named at I former class meetings held under the direction of Harriet R. Heinle, mem ' dent of the Junior women's class. :LEDGER EDITOR WILL GIVE JOURNALISM TALK MONDAY Charles M. Morrison, editor of the combined Philadelphia Ledgers, and Edward E. Croll, associate editor, will give talks in the regular journalism !series Monday morning at,ll o'clock in the Little Theatre, Old Main. Mi Morrison will talk on "The 'Editorial Page," while Mr. Croll has not announced the topic for lea ad dress. ommands Come n 25 Letters Daily •. Many persons seek jobs through the office. Ten times as many per sons as ever before have asked for places on the faculty this year. Clare Announces 12 On '32 Dance Croup To arrange the Senior Ball, Chairman Basil C. Clare has se lected Mary E Kirkpatrick, Samuel L Allen jr., Arlington, S Bhm line, Albert J. Buono, Maynard C Isett, Kenneth B. Moser, Edward A. Polak, Vernon H Schantz, John C. Schwartz, Robert 0. Shepard, James B. Spangler Jr, and Alford C. Thorpe. Although the date Los the func tion has not bec.l set by the com mittee, Clare believes that Friday, January 15, would be the most suit able since this slate is midway be tween the termination of the Christ mas vacation and the pet.] of fi nal examinations. PINCHOT APPOINTS DR. LYON TRUSTEE Governor Names Oxford Woman To Position on College GO% erning Board Appointment of Dr Hannah McK Lyon as a member of the Board of Trustees of the College was an nounced this wcek. Dr. Lyon is the second appointee to be named by Gov ernor Gifford Pmchot this fall A resident of Oxford, Dr Lyon is known among State agricultural groups as a speaker on rural prob lems. She is active in the State Grange and is chairman of the econ omics committee of the State organi zation. Delbert Other Appo.ntee The Philadelphia Dairy council em ploys Dr Lyon for advice and research in nutrition work. According to the charter of the College, she will serve for three years. Miss Florence ambert was named to the Board last — Week. The names of the members who will be replaced by Miss Delbert and Dr. Lyons have not been determined There are four trustees whose terms end this fall R. W. Balderston, Henry D Brown, E. B. Dorset, and J. B Warmer end their service terms on the Board this year. Two more appomtmcnts by the Governor are necessary to complete the Board for the coming year DRILL CORPS ADDS 70 TO MEMBERSHIP Group Petitioning 'Pershing Rifles Will Hold Initiation of Pint Year Men Monday Seventy freshmen pledged Monday to the Honorary Drill corps petition• ing for admittance into "Peishing Rifles," national honorary military organization. The pledges, chosen by army officers for efficiency in the manual of arms, will be formally in ducted Monday night. Upon its nen organization pith 107 men the corps may be taken into the national oiganization Hereafter, the unit will march as a separate com pany in parades and reviews, mind all members will wear special equipment to 'designate their position. A new type of cap and a white. belt V,lll form distinctive parts of the "Rifle" men's uniforms. Captain Ernest E Tubscott, of the department of military science and tactics, who is advisor of the local organization, will leave soon for Vashington, D. C, to obtain permis sion for corps practice in a new form of military drill, which has been sane tinned by Congress. The members of the drill corps unit will be the first company to use this new form of militaiy drill in this country, and it probably will be adopted by the United Statzs infan try in the future 1 Who's Dancing Tonight Sigma Nu (Closed) Varsity Ten Tomorrow Night Alpha Omicron Pi at Tau Kappa Epadon (Invitation) Camp. Owls Phi Gamma Delta (Invitation) Vai rat y Ten Scabbard and Blade at Pin Kappa Tau (Invitation) Bit) Bottog Tattrigitut BOUCKE WILL OPEN L. A. SERIES WITH TALK FEBRUARY 9 Economics Professor Selects Reparations as Subject For First Lecture LONG, ALDERFER, MITCH ARRANGE 6 ADDRESSES DuMont, Cloetingh, Hartmann Wurfl, Smith To Speak In Annual. Course Beginning the tnenty-second Lib eial Arts lecture series, Dr. Fred 0 Douche, of the depaitinent of econ omics and sociology, will give the first of six talks on February 9 Sponsored annually by the Liberal Arts School, the lectures will be given by faculty members in February, March, and April. The program was arranged by a committee headed by Prof. 'Vinson Long, of the department of English literatme, and composed of Dr Harold F. Alderfer, of the de partment of history, and political science, and Prof. George F. Mitch, of the department of economics and so ciology. W' It Talk on Villon Dr. Boucke Min talk on "The Rep aration Question" in the first lecture, while Dr. Francis ➢f. DuMont, head of the romance languages department, will lecture on "Vdlon• the First Modern Poet," on February 23 The talk will be part of the observance of the 500th anniversary of the birth of the French vagabond poet Prof Arthur C Cloetingh, of the department of English literature, will talk on "Eugene O'Neill" on March 8. Prof George .T.Wurfl, of the Ger man department, - will lecture on "Goethe," whose 100th anniversary will he observed in 1032. Comptroller To Speak Raymond H. Smith, College Comp troller, ,vill gne the fifth talk on "World Problems and Educational Policies," Arnig 5 while Dr. George NV Hartmann, of the department of education and psychology, mill end the series Aplll 19 with a discussion of "The Geometry of the Hind." With an as crage of 149 attending the lectures last yeas, a total of 895 students and faculty snore present at the six talks Because of insufficient seating facilities approximately 200 pearl^ were turned away last year, figures compiled by the committee re veal. 'AJAMA• PARADERS ANSWER CHARGES MADE BY BOROUGH Participants in the "pajama" parade of two necks ago will be given a hearing today in the borough hall and Hill have to ansuer to the charges made by the West Penn Power com pany that considerable damage was done to their pioporty Burgess Eugene If Lederer an nounced that the active participants were recognized and their names wera turned in to the borough authorities by a student detective. TO HOLD DISTRICT CONCLAVE Delegates from Pennsylvania chap tors of Kappa Sigma, men's social fraternity, will attend a district con clave here next Finlay and Saturday Hasek Blames Manchurian Situation On Japan's Overcrowding, Militarism Density of population together with the insistent urgings of n Japanese militaristic patty are responsible for the Japanese aggiessiveness and the resultant Manchurian situation, ac cording to Dr Carl W. Hasek, bead of the department of economies and sociology "In comparison with Western stand ards, the density of population in Japan as extremely high, amounting to over one thousand persons to a square mde of tilled land. .The at tempt to acquire better control of territory in order to take cure of an ever-increasing population is the cause for the present disturbance," he said "The laige population of Japan, which is now over sixty million, 14 comptesscd into an area of 147,000 square miles, or about three and half times the size of Pennsylvania. Not more than a fifth of it can be cultivated, Manchuria, with its com- Managers Named for I. M. Winter Sports Tournament manageis fot winter intramural sports were elected at a meeting of the adsisory council this ,week, Charles W. Rice '32, manager of these contests, has announced. R Henderson Beatty '33 will be in charge of the basketball competi tion, and John A Wood '3l of bo, mg contests. James B Coyne '33 will manage the wtestling tourna ment, and Arthur E. Phillips '33 the handball tourney. LITERARY MAGAZINE RELEASES NUMBER December 'Bell' Carries Article By Barrett H. Clark—Prizes Far Stories Announced With Barrett H Clark, dramatic critic and authority on the tlnatre, ac its guest 'miter, the December issue of the Old Momll soill go on sale at. Co-op cornet this afternoon The announcement of a literary : prize contest sponsored by Pr D,lta iEpsilon, national honotaty journalism fratetnit;„ is also made in this Issue Two cash awards of $l5 sI ill be of fered for the best student contribu tions to the Old liatil &II this veal, Hugo IC near '32, edam, has an nounced Judges foi the cont,t will he Dr ,William E Weiner, of the department of English literature, Prof Harold E Dickson, of the fine arts department, and Edward J Nicholas, of the de partment of English composition Short Stories To Appear Attacks of discussion in the oscond issue include an analysis of the fail ings of honorary fraternities, undei the title "Keys, Shingles, Etc , by Coleman Ilerpel '32, and an open let ter by Ralph D Retool Jr '33 point ing out the dilemma of atudents nho uould like to get both good glades and an education "Institutions and People." a column by Edward G. Zern '32, ohich u ill be a regulai featme of future issues, is inaugurated with sketches of "Mon day Night" and "Smoothie " Lein also contaibutes "November Gnome," a short sketch Three short stones about college present a football spectator cilia fol loesed the team, a professor Who alerts flushatton in the classtoont, and a co-ed who thsco‘ers skids second best. A play by James S Notre, "32, to gether stith other shoat, stones and sketches, is included TRY-OUTS CUT WOMEN'S DEBATING SQUAD TO 13 (la, ton II Schug 6dl Coach Team For Schedule of 5 Contests Thirteen women x‘ere named to the debating squad as a result of trt-outs conducted by memhers of the pub lic spraining division The group winch will be under the direction of Clayton II Selling, ap pointed to the staff tins fall, will ton duct meetings twice a week in Pion „nation for contests with leprcsenta. Jives of other - colleges A schedule of five debates will probabl) be al , tangent Women on the squad this you nho have had experience in inteicollegnate !competition are Sarah A. Feuree Rh>nbeth N Ilepnet and Ruth it Nichol '33. parattvely open ter rtory and fell& land, p. a templang morsel to Japanese e‘panmono,ts," Dr Ilasek added "Japan apparently is sm2long to :m -eanie better control of this tenderly while the aim maim eountiies of the ,oild me busy A% ah their own troubles Thole ate seem] bandied thousand Japanntre Munehuma addition to some Unity million Chinese fiIIITICI4," he said. Since its power rests more on nun al suasion than force, it is doubtful that the League of Nations will take es ironic measures to preswit ftuthei military operations in Montlnn la, in the opinion of Dr Bolick. It is en tnely possible that the Japanese will withdraw their military forces if they succeed in setting up a mgune to their interests, he believes By such ac tion, Dr Haack concluded, they a ould not only be complying with the wishes of the League but would also be ac complishing thon fundamental put pose. ESTABLISIIED PRICE FIVE CENTS $l2OO BURGLARY IN FRATERNITY HOUSES PROBED BY POLICE Omega Epsilon, Pin Kappa Tau, Sigma Phi Sigma, Phi Epsilon Pi Entered Tuesda3 OFFICIALS FAIL TO MAKE ARRESTS FOR ROBBERIES Time of Entries Indicates Same Person Implicated—Cash, Jen elry Missing State and local police I eportod ac tion last night towaids locating the burglais who cseaned with more than 51,200 in card, and property from four fraternity houses early Tu•:sday main mg No ailets lime been made Oinegl Epsilon, Phi Epsilon Pt, Phi Kappa Tau, and Sigma Ph, Sig ma stele the fiaternities entered The tsar of at titles tak?ii and the appiox , imate tune of the lobbeiles so etc in teipreted bw police to show that all foul houses had been calmed by the same I uninak Take Small .Irticles The Pin Kappa Tau fiat...nay suf fered most, a ith money and property taken estimated at a value of more than 5300 Watches, cash, pen and pencil sets, and other small r alunbles aura among the loot, all of a loch acre take, from the second floor The r obl.ry aas probably committed sonic time beta eon 1 10 o'clock and 7 o'clock Tueoday mining • Mme than $lOO v , obtatned by the huiglais at the Omega Ensilon house prop,ty taken included four ,ateltei, a ring, and second pen and pencil sets, closely pnallehng articles taken from other finternitiel Entered After Ilidnight Eight is aft hes, sC,ltli fountain Inns, and some loose change, amount ing to about 5150 ',aloe were stolen fiom the Sigma Phi Sigma flaternity, uhete the thieves also unmated ex clusn^h• on the second floor. The house was enured seine time after midnight, he Phi Epkilon Pi fintrinity lost uratlies, ,teuuchy and money salved at more thin S5O, the hnrglniy es timated a, taking place I.,h,een 2 30 and 7 o'clock. Tuesda% morning DEAN WILL SPEAK ON 'GOLDEN RULE' Dr. 1:11,ort Russell, Dul.c Untsersaly Author, Lducator, To Gnu Chapel Ithirc, Dr Elbei t Roccalk Done of the Si hool of Religion at Duke Utuver say, mill ,peak on ' file Golden Ruh" at the chapcl ,enices in Sehmab au dit...nun, 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing On Russell is (Inc author of "The Paint)les of Jews," and "Jesus of Na 7,110.11 in the light of Todny." Sinc^ both the 0 books wet e published in 1900. he has n.iitten "As Each Day Conn," and "1 he Bcatatudes" besides numcnous m title on nebulous and 110,100 Ilasing been floor Earl- JIMA College, ll•chnion d, Ind , ltl 1891, the spealau uas gi anted a IllaStel.'S degl cc then e 000 ocal Inlet In 1919, he I ecetwd his doctn's degree at the Dime, aty of Ch cage As an edit lint, DI Russell served stints as nit I "lessor of Inbhcal studios A Can lhain n (loge and duce ton of the Woolinan School at Suarth mote berme he becarnn professor of interinctation at Duke Uni son my In 1021, 110 has held his pres ent position there since 1028. PENN S1'111: CLUB 'lO HOLD GATHERING ~ .11UHD 1Y NIGHT The l'enn State chili will bold a Igatheting foi fiatei ode and non-fra tot nity men 01 Old Main basement at iJO o'clock Satuttlay night A speaker, to he arnOtiliCell later, will addles. the In:toting, "Ity this arran and tile ones to fol low, son Otte to bang about a more Inttortte fintntl,lnp betmcon members of the club and lintel lay men," said Leonald T '72, Plebiderd , of the otganwatton. MILL CON PETE TOMORROW The Penn State poultry Judging train left Wednesdny to competo m the mulls cstern poultry judging eon. test at Chicago tomorrow.
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