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VOL. 28, No. 25
STUDENTS TO HOLD
CHRISTMAS CAROL
SERVICE THURSDAY
Old Main Plaza Selected for
Traditional All-College
Song Program
CI MUS OF' 100 VOICES
TO LEAD YULE SINGING
Mixed Quartet With Special
Echo- Effect Included in
Musical Numbers
Penn States student body will unite
in an all-College singing of Christ
mas carols under the direction of
Prof. Richard W. Grant of the de
partment of music on the plaza of
Old Main at 9 o'clock Thursday night.
Old, familiar Yuletide songs will be
sung at the convocation by students
attending, led from the steps of Old
Main by a specially selected choii- of
100 VOIC2S. The choir will also pre
sent several of the lesser known car
ols.
Quartet To Sing
A trumpet obligatto will be pro
vided for the singing by a quartet
composed of Paul V Filer '33, John
R Burkholder '34, Emery E. May '34,
and Claude E Shappelle '34. This
group will also be stationed on the
steps of the administration building.
"Silent Night," chosen as one of
the best known and most traditional
of the Christmas carols, will be sung
from the tower of Old Main by a
double mixed quartet. The song will
be given with special echo effects, ac
cording to present plans.
Urges Attendance
Professor Giant has urged that all
students attend, the exercises Thurs
day night. He pointed out that it is
all attempt to create a feeling of
Christmas good will before the stu
dents leave the campus for the va
cation
"We are trying to make this' all-
College singing of Christmas carols
a Penn State tradition," Grant stated
"Such a thing can be accomplished
only if we have the co-operation of
everyone. Those who do attend are
sure to enjoy having old songs of the
season toadied by a mass songfest
such as this."
CO-EDS WILL HOLD
CHRISTMAS DINNER
McAllister Hall Women To Assume
English Garb at Function
Tomorrow Night
Gala costumes, merriment, and
medieval traditions will prevail in the
McAllister hall dining room tomor
row night when the women students
hold their annual Old English Christ
mas dinner.
Dignified lords and ladies will
reign as in the days of old. Lord Mc-
Allister, Elizabeth C Bell '32, with
Mink! E, Bowman '32 as Lady Mc-
Allister will head the retinue which
includes two representatives from
each class
Id Lydia Haller as lard of the sen
ior class will escort Ruth P. Meyer
as lady. Representing the. Juniors,
M. Dorothy Johnston will lead Phyllis
G Beidler, while lord of the sopho
more clods, Helen C. Palmer, will dine
with June L. Brown, lady of the class.
Arlene Vought will assume the role
of lady of the freshman class with
Martha J. Bring as her escort.
Announcing the procession of the
Lord's court, A. Catherine Miller '35
and Sarah A. McKee '35 will herald
the entrance, while Lillian J. Ettera
'35 will be Lady McAllister's train
bearer. The prologue will be given
by Ruth H. Niebel '33, while Marie E.
McMahon '32 will act as cardinal.
Isabella B. Muir '32 will read the
Christmas poem. Rosalie N. Joseph
'35 and Mona G. Roberts '35, will
helve as Jesters.
BOYCE NAMED PRESIDENT OF
PITTSBURGH SCHENLEY CLUB
Wilbur H. Boyce '35 was elected
president of the newly formed Schen
ley club at a meeting held Tuesday
night. The club is composed of Penn
State students who have either at
tended or graduated from the Schen
ley High School in Pittsburgh.
Other officers elected were Arthur
S Foust '34, vice-president; Karl P.
Weber '34, secretary, Thomas J. Scho
field '92, treasurer; and Wilbert C.
Hobbs '32. social chairman.
Dye Lauds Proposed Change
In Awarding of Scholarships
Chairman Believes Cou
Give Proper Cons
Council's recommended changes in
the selection of scholarship recipients
can more nearly fulfill the purpose of
the dorm's than the present method,
Dr. William S Dye, head of the de
partment of English literature and
chairman of the Senate committee on
academic standards, commented in an
interview to the COLLEGIAN.
Because the donors intended to pro
vide a means for helping students do
ing excellent scholastic work in spite
of financial handicap, the placing of
the awards squarely on the basis of
need within the upper tenth is a de
cided improvement, Dr Dye believes.
"The submitting of a certified, al
phabetically arranged list of the en
tire upper tenth of the class to the
committee makes it possible for every
deserving student to receive the at
tention on an equal basis. Under the
present method, class nominations and
deans' lists may miss deserving can
didates," Dr. Dye believes.
The proposal of having eligible
students who desire awards make ap
plication, is generally used for schol- ,
arships of this kind in other univer
sities, he said Learning of the as
sistance which the applicant is re
ceiving in this manner, the committee
can determine need more fairly and
PLANS FOR SUMMER ,
DORMS UNCHANGED
Applicants Desiring To Operatt
Houses for Session Must
Apply by Jan. 10
Selection of fraternity houses as
women's dormitories for the 1932
summer session will be made in the
same manner as last year, according
to Dean Will Grant Chambers, dime
tor of the session
All fraternities desiring to operate
their houses should apply for appli
cation blanks immediately following
the Christmas holidays These forms,
correctly filled out and signed by the
proper fiatermty officers, should be
returned to the director's office not
later than January 20
Dean Chambeis emphasized the
point that a regularly elected house
manager must be in charge Any
change in house manager after Jan
uary 20, will automatically cancel the
approval of the house as a dm =tory,
Requ ire domplete Budget
The privilege of applying for per
mission to operate summer school
dormitories is offered to all frater
nities and other houses in State Col
lege The College authorities have
estimated on the basis of last year's
summer registration that not more
than sixteen fraternity houses will be
needed for woman and not more than
four to provide facilities for men
The College resetves the light to
choose those houses Which me best
suited for the comfort of the summer
session students. The condition of
the house, furnishings, accessibd
ity, item noise, proper
I screening against flies, qualifications
of the house manager as to training
and experience, and a complete bud
get statement explaining the manner
in which the house is run, scull be
considered when the summer session
authorities make their choice.
MARQUARDT ELECTED HEAD
OF' PHI BETA KAPPA ALUMNI
Dr. Carl E. Marquardt was re
elected president of the Phi Beta
Kappa Alumni association at a dinner
meeting of the organization Thursday
night Other officers re-elected were
Cyrus V. D Brssey, secretary, Prof.
Charles J. Rowland, treasuiei; Di
Robert E Dengler and Dr. Carl W
Haack, membeis of the executive
committee.
Dr. Marquardt described piospects
of obtaining a chapter hole of Phi
Beta Kappa, national honorary schol
astic frateinity, as promising. He
also ,told of a detailed repoit on the
work s of various depintments of the
College which was sent to the com
mittee on criteria of the organization.
DAVEY NAMED CONSULTANT
Dr. Wheeler P Limey, head of the
' physical chemistry depai tweet, has
(been appointed a consultant to the
Radiological Research institute of St
Louis, Mo. The newly organized in
stitute is functioning in the research
for the use of X-ray and radium in
the treatment of cancer.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEB
cil's Recommendations
Veration to Needy
can check on a student receiving du
plicate awards, Dr. Dye further ex
plained as an advantage of the new
system
"The provision for a personal in
terview with each applicant will en
able the committee to ascertain his
desirability of receiving a grant. The
present system does not afford that,"
the committee chairman said.
With the awarding of scholarships
on the basis of need, the well-to-do
student is left with little recognition
on the campus, Di Dye believes.
There is need for the establishment
of some prize, not necessarily of great
intrinsic 1, alue, which would consti
tute recognition of high scholarship
alone, in his opinion.
DEBATERS TO FACE
SOUTHERN ORATORS
Baldinger '33, Myers '34 Leave
Tomorrow for Washington,
William & Mary Meets
Beginning an extensive season of
debating, Penn State's forensic team
will leave tomorrow morning for
Washington, D. C, where it will en
gage representatives of American
lUniversity in a split-team debate on
the State Socialism vs. Capitalism
proposition. William and Mary Col
lege at Williamsburg, Virginia, will
furnish the opposition Friday night.
In both contests, a Penn State man
will pair with a debater from the
other institution. On the affirmative
side, Charles A. Myers '34 will open
the debate by pointing out the de
'forts in the capitalistic system Mil
ton I. Baldinger '33 will close the neg
ative case with an attack b on social
mm.
E=l
The engagement tomorrow night
marks the fast time that Penn State
has met American University in a
forensic contest. Three debates were
held with William and Mary College
last year, two at Williamsburg, and
one here. .
Arrangements have been completed
for an Oregon plan debate on the
same question with Juniata College
on January 20 here An endeavor is
being made to secure Prof J. Stan
ley Gray, formerly of the Univeisity
of Oregon and originator of the Ore
gon style of debate, to act as critic-
Judge for this contest.
Tentative plans hale been made lot
debates uith the University of Pitts
burgh in March and NVestern Reserve
University on April 4, according to
Prof. John A. Frizzell, head of the
public speaking division.
WILL ADDRESS OUTING CLUB
Prof George R Green of the de
partment of nature education will ad
dress a meeting of the Penn State
Outing club in Room 315, Mineral In
' dusti :es building, at 7 o'clock tonight.
FRESHMEN CANNOT READ ALOU
OR INTELLIGENTLY, SPEAICIN
Division Examines 1104 New Students in First
Large Scale Study of Speech
Ability to lead aloud pleasantly and
intelligently is virtually a lost art in
the present freshman class, results of
an examination conducted by the pub
lic speaking division show. The test
was one of the first attempts of any
college to sttdy speech habits on a
large scale with a view to giving cor
rective treatment.
Under the direction of Prof. John
H. Friuiell, of the public speaking
division, 1,104 first-year students
were examined as part of the regular
Freshman Week program Twenty
eight students were found to be in
need of immediate corrective tient
ment, while sixty were recommended
for help as soon us the facilities of
the speech clinic could take care of
them.
Slightly less than eight percent of
the entire group showed sonic appre
ciable deviation from normal, the ex
amination revealed. No serious dm
. orders nen; found among women stu
dents, but two and one-half percent
'of the men needed immediate correc
tive treatment. Less serious defects
were present in d. 77 percent of the
Bryan Chosen Head
Of I. F. Ball Group
Charles C. Bryan '32 has been
named chairman of a committee to
arrange plans for the Interfrater
nay Ball, Francis L. Mathews '32,
president of Interfraternity Council,
has announced.
Although the exact date for the
dance has not yet been settled, it will
probably be held sometime in April,
Bryan said. The committee to as
sist Bryan will be announced follow
ing the Christmas vacation
SARG MARJONETTES
APPEAR TOMORROW
To Give Thackeray's 'The Rose
And the Ring' as Single
- Show at 8 O'clock
Presenting Thackeray's "The Rose
and the Ring," the original Tony Sarg
Marionettes will risit Penn State for
a single performance in Schwab audi-
torium tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.
The Marionettes are appearing under
the auspices of the Penn State Play
ers
"The Rose and the Ring" is a play,
fantastic to name, amply fulfilling
Sarg's motto to have a laugh or a
stunt in every three minutes of the
performance Dealing ssith the my
thical kingdoms of Pfalgonia and
Cram-Tartary, the action in the platy
moves rapidly and is particularly
well-adapted for marionette produc
tion.
Appeared licre lin '26. '2B
Although he has achteted wide
spread fame with his maisonette com
panies, Sarg regards the creation of
tit" doll plays simply as a sideline and
has nothing to do with then actual
production. Seven puppeteers will
operate the twenty characters appear
ing in the play astwt•ll as speak their
lines
Touring the country the past ten
years, ties Marionettes have appeared
here on several previous occasions
In 1926 an adaptation of Stevenson's
"Treasure Island" ssas presented, and
in 1929 two plays• "The Ads entures
of Christopher Columbus" and a
"Spanish Fiesta," snore the Sarg of
ferings
The Marionette company literally
carries its stage from theatre to the
atre, since a special stage is required
for presenting the plays Costume
and scenery effects equal to those of
metropolitan theatrical productions
add to the production
LIBRARY TO ESTABLISH NEW
OPEN SHELF READING ROOM
Changing the reference room from
its present location in the north sole
of Carnegie library to Room A ad
joining the front entrance, Willard P.
Lewis, College libranan announces
plans for establishing an open shelf
reading room nhere the reference
room is now located.
The new reading room will be es
tablished following the Christmas va
cation and will contain about 1,500
volumes of general reading mattes.
Students may select their own lead-4
ings from twelve years containing
works at fiction, poetry, essays,
travel, biography, and other groups ,
freshman co-eds and 4 88 percent of
the men studied
Raising the question that the fail
ure .4 the students to lead aloud in
telligently might be the natural in
sult of the "silent method" of reading
commonly used, the report drew no
final conclusion. Because of the em
phasis in modern pedagogy on teach
ing students to recognize only punt
ed symbols, the report merely sug
gested present methods us a possible
influence.
Carelessness or indifference was
blamed for the fact that enunciation
was only fair among the large fresh
man group. Character icing pronun
ciation as fearfully and wonderfully
grotuque, the survey suggested for
this condition• limited vocabulary
.and general reading, hasty but inac
curate recognition of printed symbols,
cureless reading, and unfamiliarity
with the dictionary or correct audi
tory models.
In conducting the test, students
read aloud and in their natural man
ner front a printed set of sentences
each containing u specific speech
BER 15, 1931
Faculty Would Aid Students
Through Unemployment Fund
Many Staff Members Believe Undergraduate
Needs Warrant Using Large Share of
Relief Fund for Loans Here
Student needs cry out for help
through loans more than ever this
year and faculty sentiment SU mgs to
ward devoting money from the unem
ployment teller fund to aid the stu
dent here.
"More than forty students have
been to me during the last neck to
suck loans so that they may stay in
College," Dean of Men Arthur R
Warnock said. "Many more men
than ever before are in haul straits
this semester"
'By helping students stay in Col
' lege this year we can do much toward
preventing more unemployment pres
sure in their home towns throughout
the State To let them go away nab
out help would only be creating inure
FIRST YEAR DANCE
SET FOR THURSDAY
Freshmen Will Hold Exclusive
Function—Women Given
Late Permission
Freshmen sill he accorded their
only exclusive first-year social func
tion sullen they hold their annual
dance in the Armory from 9 to 12
o'clock Thursday night
Dinks and black ties must be worn
until the wearer has entered the Ar
mory, according to Harry A Bauder
'33, class organizer. First-year men
will be permitted to escort girls home
after the dance, but will not be al
lowed to accompany thorn to it,
Bauder said
Upperclassmen Barred
Women students also attend the
dance will be given special permis
sion to tem= out until 1 o'clock. In
keeping with the spirit of the affair,
cutting will be encouraged m order
that men and women first-year stu
dents may become better acquainted.
The Varsity Ten, student orchestra,
has been engaged to furnish music
for the occasion. All expenses foi
the dance will be paid from the class
treasury, Bauder said
Upperclassmen will he barred from
the affair As dunks and black ties
will be the only means of identify
ing first-yem men, only those attired
as freshmen will be admitted
SENIOR BALL HEAD OFFERS
PRIZES IN POSTER CONTEST
Complimentary tickets to SCIIIOI
Ball will be given for the two best
posters advertising Senior Ball ,hich
will be held on January 15 in Recrea
tion ball.
All posters ale to be submitted to
Robert 0 Shepard at the Alpha Chi
Rho house before 8 o'clock Wednes
day, January 6, according to Basil C
Clare, chairman of the Ball commit
tee
PLEASANTLY
TEST REVEALS
sound repeated several tunes. En
ammeis, following on a "key," in
dicated quality of voice, rate of
speech, correctness of pronunciation,
and any special disorders. Two min
utes were devoted to each of the 201
women and the 083 men tested.
unemployment and, in addition, could
be equisalent to tossing assay the
considerable amounts whith they
hara alreadyinvested in a college edu
cation this semester," the dean said.
"So far, I have had to give them
only hopes and promises, while I wait
to see if mole twills become available
Already our funds ale exhausted and
spread as thinly as possible
"To devote faculty funds to the
student loan would not be equivalent
to a faculty subsidy for students.
Those who seek and ale just tlymg
to fill out the final margin of their
necessaly expense after having al
ready exhausted all ether as ailable
sources The need is urgent Right
here is the best place to put a large
part of the money," Dean NVarnock
said
Several members of the faculty
have already indicated that they
thought the need of the students was
most impoitant by turning over their
subscriptions directly to the student
loan fund rather than to the relief of
unemployed
Sentimmt among members of the
Liberal Arts School distinctly leaned
(Continued on pow two)
VARSITY TEN SIGNS
FOR HOLIDAY DANCE
Will Play at Pittsburgh Affair
On Christmas—Harrisburg
Function Arranged
Playing opposite Husk O'llare's
band and McKinney's Cotton Pickers,
the local Varsity T,n orchestra nil!
provid, musical entertainment at the
annual Intercollegiate Ball in lintel
William Penn, Pittsburgh, Christina,
night
Th. is the second appearance of
the Vaisity Ten orchestra at this an
nual affair, basing played there last
year. McKinney's Cotton Pickers
have played hare at a number of all.
College functions and is a well known
i ecording orchestra
To Dance in Harrisburg
Sponsors foi the Pittsburgh fun,
tion are being selected from various
institutions throughout the eastern
pail of United States. The dance
so hich is stuctly formal rill occupy
the entire seventeenth floor of the
Hotel William Penn
Another Intercollegiate Ball will he
held in the Madrid Bath omit at Hai
risbuig, Tuesday night, DeLembei
The affair, which is formal,
hill be
gin at 0 o'clock and continue until
closing
Raymono A Best '3l and Sidney
Steele '3O, ale in charge of the dance
%shall will be resumed as an annual
function ate, a lapse of two years
Isabel L Rhein '3l has been chosen
to serve on an honorary assisting
committee consisting of rein csenta
tives firm colleges aid universities
throughout the State
DFPARTMENT ARRANGES
GERMAN SONG PROGRAM
Chorus of Student., WI Sold Old
Ell2=
Gelman Christmas cook uill be
featiiml in the annual inogi am spon
sored by the clonal talent of Gelman,
to be pa esented in Schwab auditorium
at b 20 o'clock tonight. The muds
Win be sung by a chorus composed of
students in German classes
Organ music by Donald A Shelley
'B2, a cello solo by Walter U Ganstka,
and a mading m Cm man by Prof.
George J. Wurfl is also included on
the prow arn, xlnch mill cover ap
proximately folly minuteq.
Included in the muols, which nil!
be Rung in Getman, are a number of
those famili.o to everyone, such as
"Silent Night," as well as sevaial
distinctly German in usage
TO GIVE TALK ON EDUCATION
Donn Will Grant Chambers, oilier
! for of the School of Education, will
address a joint mvating of the five
educational f atennties represented
in Pennsylvania on December 20, in
Pittsburgh. His topic. will he "Lib
erty, equality, and Liget-nay in edu
cation."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
$2,775 SUBSCRIBED
TO UNEMPLOYMENT
FUND BY FACULTY
Schools, Departments Approve
Appeal—Committee Asks
Immediate Report
CONTRIBUTORS SPECIFY
WHERE MONEY WILL GO
Student, Local, County, State,
Special Cases Included
In Reliefs Listed
The Penn State Unemployment
fund i each-al a total of $2,775 yes
terday noon Nt ith 112 cards turned
to tom faculty members, William G.
Mm Loi If, College treasurei and chair
man of the collection committee, has
announced.
All schools and departments of tho
College held meetings last week and
'approved of appeal except one school
which meets this week Cards wore
distnbuted at the-e meetings The
committee urges that the cards he
turned in as soon as possible so that
distribution can he ananged imme
diately The appeal ends Saturday.
Suggests Rebels
Faculty members may have their
subscriptions to the fund duetted to
any situation of distress which they
demo by so inuicating on their sub
scription cards, Dean Eduard Steidle,
chairman of the committee of the
fund, announced
In the P ,, ridfil Bidictiii which is
distributed today faculty memb,rs are
asked to indicatr. on their cards into
1 which of the categories they wish
their funds to go. The suggested list
is (I) Discretion of the committee,
(2) Student telief, (3) Sp^eific cases
of need, (4) Local miler, (5) County
relief, (6) State relief
All cash fund, reeeised before the
end of the drive. still be distributed to
needy in the tostnship and State be
fore Christmas ',cation, the distil
-1 button committee reported The com
mittee also recommends that the por
tion dish Muted toward State relief
be given in the five counties which
are reported to have over thirty per
cent unemployment.
Local agencies Uiln are informed
conecrning the distress condition in
the township hate been consulted by
the distributing committee as well as
College official, who are in touch
with student needs Final decision of
distribution still be made by the gen
erl conumtlee Friday night
COLLEGE JANITOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
Dalid 11 IN log, 18 Years in Senior,
'fake. Life lii Hanging Self
1 e,terday 51orning
Daeul II flung, innitso in the nice
taital engineering depaetenent, foe thu
past eighteen years, tools his life by
hanging %liontly ,aften 7 ;11l oiloek
yesterday moining on the eLetrietil
leiboentolies Ile was fifty-four years
old
The bud 1, was thsco,eled by Bruce
M. Sloe or, umtluctor m elect, real en
gmeering, All hour and a hall later
Exammatum by a physician ihy.loqe , l
that death had Ines almost mstan
taneou4.
Mr It'n mg had repotted lo cork
at 7 °Unfit and had been engaged at
Ins dutte, up until the tom of ht,
death An tatesttgatton resealed
that no one had spoken to loot after
he air wed at the laboratory
A motive foi the suicide has not
been discovered, Iklthough it I, I'M('
that Mt Ewing had not been in good
physical condition Ile Is 'lll, vined by
hr ode, whose resident, is at 185
Piano, strml Ile 11. .1 , .1 invinbet of
the I 0 0 P and of the Alpha Fire
company
COLLEGE nispr,ssmn TREATS
1,803 STUDENTS tills SENI ESTER
A total of 1,80:1 arse, were tented
at the College di,permary from the
begrmung of the vemestm to Decem
ber 1, records 'how. Men maimed
treatment 4,155 tones, and 618 wo
men studenti were given medical aid
More cobra were treated in October
than any other month Treat
mirth during that month numbered
2,588, while only 541 were treated in
September and 1,674 In November,