. . , S , 0 .,41.4 ss .,. , 4, COMPLETE CAMPUS 4 ' It 'f',t, 4 4 run #si tt - t e . .b„,,..„:„.,,,_ o rt itrgia tt. ESTABLISHED 1904 COVERAGE ' "t, 4 7 ' . •iass• ' VOL. 28, No. 26 Schedule of Dances Approved by Board Calendar Provides One All-College Formal , Every Month SENIOR BALL TO OPEN SEASON ON JANUARY 15 Military Ball, Soph Hop Retain Same Week-End Dates As Last Year Pim/Wing for Senior Sall on Jan uary 16 and an all-College dance each month during the second semester, Penn State's 1932 dance calendar gained approval last night by Student Board. The dates must yet be con sidered by` the Senate Committee en Student Welfare. The 1932 class dance opens the so cial season the second week-end after the return to school following Christ-, mas vacation. Home sports events for January 16 include a basketball game with 'Waynesburg and the open ing of the boxing season against Dartmouth • Little more than a month later, the annual Military Ball will be held in Recreation hall, February 19, ac cording to the proposed calendar. The Lion court team will oppose West Virginia and the boxing team will en gage in its first meet with Pittsburgh on the home floor the following night. Dates Moved Up Coming next in the succession of social functions, Soph Hop will take place Harch 4. The Pittsburgh bas ketball team will pay its annual visit to State College the following night to engage the Nittany five in the last home game of the season, while West Virginia will come here to meet Penn State's boxing team. Although these dances are sched uled for the same week-ends on which they were held last year, the third annual Interfraternity Ball will be moved up a week to take place April 18, the Board decided. The dance was held at the relatively late date of April 17 last year hocause of the late Easter vacation The recess will end on March 29 this year. Junior. Prom holds its customary place at the end of the calendar May 6 This date also is moved up a week from last year's and the Board felt that this change should prove very satisfactory because, in last year's calendar, the Prom date of May 15 was only three weeks from Spring Houseparty, June 4. WORK STARTS ON NEW LABORATORY Part of Old blining Unit Converted For Research in Household, Textile Chemistry Conversion of part of Old Mining building into laboratories was begun this week following action by the College Board of Trustees. The new laboratories will be used by the School of Chemistry and Physics for research in household and textile chemistry, according to Dean Frank C. Whitmore. Several special laboratories will be outfitted as soon as the necessary service lines are installed in the building, Dean Whitmore said. Re. search will be carried on under the direct supervision of Prof. Pauline B. Mack, head of the division of textile and household chemistry. One of the new laboratories will deal with laundry problems, Prof. Mack said. Full size machinery such as is used in commercial laundries is to be installed. Part of this equip ment has been in storage for some time becaube the laboratory space necessary for its use was not avail able. Other machinery is being ob tained from the laboratory of the Pennsylvania Laundryowners' asso ciation, which is supporting a fellow ship here. TEACHERS HEAR ANDERSON Prof. Clarence S. Anderson, of the agricultural education department, yesterday addressed the vocational section of the Washington County Teachers institute at Washington. The topic for his morning speech was "Professional Improvement for Teach ers of Agriculture," while in the af ternoon lie spoke on "Objective Ex aminations and Student Dishonesty." Army Joins College Boxing Association The United States Military Academy has accepted an invita tion to become a member of the In tercollegiate Boxing association and will participate in the tourna ment to be held at Syracuse, March 18 and 19, according to Francis C Grant, secretary of the association. Army will take the place of Navy, which resigned at the close of last season. In addition to Finn State, other members of the assn c lot ion are, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Western Maryland, and Massachusetts Tech. STUDENTS TO HOLD CHRISTMAS DANCES 2 Intercollegiate Balls, 7 Penn State Functions Planned In Holiday Period Seven distinctly Penn State dances have been announced for various 'parts of the State during the Christ ' mas holidays in addition to intercol legiate balls at Pittsburgh and Har risburg The first annual Penn State Schen- Icy club dance ',III open the seises of functions Wednesday, December 23 Following this, the Hazleton club of Penn State will hold its tenth annual ball at Hazleton Christmas night. The Varsity Ten, local orchestra, has arranged a schedule of seven dances over the holiday period, open ing its tour by playing at the Inter collegiate Ball en Hotel 'William Penn, Pittsburgh, Christmas night En gagements in Johnstown, Towanda, Punxsutawney, York and Greensburg follow, with the trip concluding at Pittsburgh New Year's night Greensburg and Indiana will be the scenes of Penn State functions the night of Saturday, December 26, with a Greensburg committee of local stu dents and the Indiana County club as sponsors. The York County club will bold its dance at York the following Wednesday, December 20 The Becks County Alumni associa tion will entertain at a dance Mon day, December 28, at Reading, and the Scranton Penn State Alumni as sociation will sponsor an intercol legiate ball at Scranton the following night. FRESHMAN CO-EDS TO FETE JUNIORS AFTER CHRISTMAS Freshman women will entertain their Junior "big sisters" at a party in the Grange dormitory recreation room shortly after the Christmas va cation. Committee chairmen appointed by Louise E Halbach, social chairman of the class, use, Martha Bring, Doris Brubaker, Louise Hansen, and Emil Stage. ADDRESSES BUSINESS GROUP Dr. Carl \V. Hasek, head of the de partment of economics and sociology, spoke on business fluctuations before the Lancaster business men's associa bon last night. Junior Colleges Threaten Existence Of Fraternities, Marquardt Claims College fraternities will have to i adjust themselves to the large num ber of men coming from junior col leges if their growth and perhaps their existence is not to be imperilled, according to Dr. Carl E Marquardt, College examiner, who has mode n private study of the junior college movement in Pennsylvania "To a group of junior college trans fers, the fraternities will have to ex tend a different rushing appeal than they do now to a group of incoming freshmen," Dr. Marquardt said. "And since they will conic in in creasing numbers the fraternities cannot ignore these men" The junior college mot ement, which has been confined largely to the West, is now growing rapidly in the East. Di. Marquardt estimates that there are about ten in Pminsylvania alone. These institutions give in struction parallel to the fast, two years us college, and consequently transfers will enter the senior col-. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1931 BOARD ADVOCATES DANCES FOLLOWING BASKETBALL GAMES Schedules 3 Informal Functions In Recreation Hall Pending Sanction of Officials PRESENT PLANS INCLUDE NO ADMISSION CHARGE Local Orchestras Will Furnish Music Until 12 O'clock , Closing Time Informal dances in Recreation hall : immrthately followmg basketball games is the proposal made by a Stu dent Board committee to College oth mals. Three dances are planned to begin right after the games which usually end between 9 30 and 9.45 o'clock at night. All those who are at the games may attend the dances without extra charge. David F. Young '32, head of the committee in charge of the dances, said. The four 'dates suggested for the three functions are January 30 with the Syracuse game, February 6 with the Bucknell game, February 20 with the West Virginia game, and March 5 with the Pittsburgh game. Final approval of Director Hugo Bestlek of the Physical Education School, and officials in charge of the Recreation hall has not yet been re ceived, but they have indicated that they have as yet seen no objection to the proposal. The Student Union will sponsor the dances Local orchestras will be en gaged to play according to the amn ion of the committee at the present time, Young said. The dances will end at 12 o'clock. Admission to the dances may be had by presenting Athletic associa tion cards. The Student Union will appoint a committee to direct the functions as soon as the proposal is approved "We hope that the custom may be continued through the football sea son in an effort to provide more color at the' games and to entertain visit ing teams," Young said. 31 REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED FOR WINTER SHORT COURSES Thirty-one have registered already for Agricultural School winter short comses, according to Dean Ralph L. Watts. The courses will be held from Januaty 4 to February St. Subjects will include courses deal leg with farm live stock, poultry, crops, marketing, and management. Those enrolled will have eighteen sub jects to choose from for the first half of the course, and fourteen the second half. SEEKS MISSING 'COLLEGIANS' In order to complete its records of past COLLEGIAN files, the College Library has asked student and faculty cooperation in locating missing copies of the 1926 editions Numbers 4,6, 7, 67, 58, and 59 of this publication are lacking. Extra copies of these numbers should be brought to the library, officials request. loges as Juniors. Furthermore, they ill be a picked group scholastically, since the poor students will have been dropped, Dr. Marquardt pointed aut. "Consequently, the fraternities will no longer have to take eighteen fresh man in order to be assured of nine seniors four years later," the exam iner added "There will be fewer scholastic failures and the fraternity group will be composed of older men." Dr. Marquardt believes that in creased emphasis on scholastic stand ings is the new appeal that fraterni ties sill have to make. Rushing will be from an older group and will take on a different aspect. Penn State is not likely to be af fected for some time unless the Jun ior college movement in Pennsylvania grows on a very large scale, accord ing to Di. Marquardt. Other col leges, however, are anticipating the situation and recent intorfraternity conferences have given St 'mach dis cussion, H. AUBREY MYERS '32 ELIZABETH C BELL '32 Elizabeth preo,deot of the W. S. G. A , and H Aubrey Myers, head of the senior class, will attend R convention of the Na tional Student Federation of the United States in Toledo, Ohio, from December 27 to 31. LA VIE ELECTS 19 TO JUNIOR STAFF 13 Editorial, 6 Business Candidate:. Selected by Senior Board On Tuesday Night Thirteen editorial and see business candidates mere elected to the Junior I La Vie staff by semen members of the yearbook at a meeting of the group Tuesday night. Selections to the editoriaPstaff me, Ruth Crowtheis, Doris Hazleton, Mai ion P. Howell, Mary M. Westrick, Mil ton I Baldinemr, Sidney g Benjamin, I Wayland F. Dunaway 3rd, Jerry S 'Jacobs jr , Robert McC Maxwell, Robert E Tschan, Richard V. Wall, John J. Voorhees, and Ernest B. Zu ! kauskas Juniors named to serve on the busi ness staff are, Duval Goodman, Rich ey! AI McClain, Halal(' Needle, Ar- thur E. Phillips, Eugene W. Sick, and John R. Warner These students mill continue m com petition for major positions until late to the year at which time a senior staff m ill be chosen This gloms, con sisting of sue editorial men and me men, three business men, and four art risen, m alt assume complete charge of the yearbook nest yeas. STUDENTS ENTER PROBLEMS IN COLLEGIATE COMPETITION Ten students of the department of landscape arclutectule ale preparing landscape exchange problems which they vall enter in intercollegiate com petition. The contest is sponsored by the Federation of Professional Schools of Landscape Architecture Among the colleges entered in the contest am the University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Cornell University. The problems, which ale designs of two adjoining estates, will be judged in Boston on January 1. Who's Dancing Delta Theta Sigma (Invitation) The Colley:ono Phi Delta Theta (Dinner dance—lnvitation) Varsity Ten COUNCIL ARRANGES FOR CONFERENCES HERE IN FEBRUARY National Fraternity Executives Will Direct Discussions Of 2-Day Session PROGRAM TO OPEN WITH DINNER AT COLLEGE INN Chapter Presidents, Caterers Advisors Plan Saturday Luncheon Meeting With featured addresses by men prominent in the fraternity world, Penn State's Interfraternity Council will sponsor a conference here Feb ruary 12 and 13, Paul IV. Henderson '32, chairman of the committee on charge, announced Wednesday night. Among outstanding fraternity exe cutives who have been invited to spoak here are, Alvin Duerr, national presi dent of Interfraternity Connell, Thomas A. Clark, former dean of men at the University of Illinois, and Jo seph T. Nate, former national presi dent of Sigma Chi. In addition, invi tations have been extended to George Banta, publisher of Banta's Greek E.- change and Gordon Smyth and J H Johnston, prominent publishers of fraternity magazines. To Hold Discussions The two-day conference will begin with a banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn Friday night. The Saturday luncheons, at which special fraternity problems will be discussed in small groups, w il l be the most important events of the conference, Henderson said. According to tentative plans, the conference will close with a mass meeting for all delegates Saturday night. Caterers, fraternity presidents, treasurers, scholarship chairmen, so cial chairmen and chapter advisors will meet in individual groups at var ious chapter houses for luncheons and discussion periods on the second day of the conference. These discussion groups will be led by fraternity exe cutives who have specialized in that particular branch of fraternity acti vity "The conference will be the most important affair sponsored by Inter fraternity Council this year," Francis L. Mathews '32, president of the Council, said "This mill be the third conference held under the auspices of the Penn State Council, the last hav me; been held here in February of 1930." Tnterfraternity Council has request ed all chapters of national fraterm• ties to invite one of their lending exe cutives to attend the conference. At the last conference a special attempt ions made to ban "Hell Week" among the fraternities No definite topic has been selected as the theme fot the meeting in February HIBSHMAN TALKS TO ALUMNI Arthur R. Warnock, dean of mon, and Edward K Hibshman, executive secretary of the Alumni association, attended a meeting of the Penn State Alumni club of Lycoming county at Williamsport Friday night. Mr Hibshman spoke to the club about the prospects and problems of the Alumni association. Post Office Mail Shows 10 Percent Gain in Spite of Present Depression Receipts at the State College post , office have increased ten percent in ' spite of the present depression, an cording to George Glenn, local post master. As soon as the Christma s, rush is over, the volume of mail will deco ease sixty percent because of the I College Christmas recess, he added The post office, however, is prac tically the only business establish ment in State College that looks for sutra to the annual holiday exodus of students. Local merchants, for the most part, feel a serious depression in their business dui irg the vacation period. "When vacation time comes there is no,business as far as the theatres are concerned," the local manager said. "We lust operate, since the at tendance is cut about seventy-five per cent." State College barbers expenenee a sudden drop in number of haircuts and shaves when the annual holiday period arrives One barber said that, while from four to six barbers are TENTATIVE 1932 -3 3 CALENDAR APPROVED BY STUDENT BOARD HEADS Senate Group l'rnna , tag Calendar Changes $6,702 FOR FUND GIVEN BY FACULTY Drive Ends Tomorron With 331 Subscriptions Contributed Yesterday Afternoon 1 A total of 50,702 seas reached ses terday noon in the unemployment re lief fund appeal, William G Mar torff, College treasurer and chairmiin of the collection committee, reported. Subsciiptions seen received from 331 members of the faculty and staff The amount of cash mailable for im mediate distribution is 5018, accord ing to Mr. Mintorff. The drive end., toinoirov , Dean Edward Steidle, chan man of the gen eral committee, urged that all those who intend to make a subscription to the relief fund turn in their cards !today if possible. The goal toseaid which the drive aims is $25,000 Th^ first appeal be gan on Wednesday, December 9 Cards for subscrintions were distri buted at meetings on the first day of the drisc EZd=M!!l Infos matron concerning unemploy ment distress in the five counties of the State which hose riser thirty per cent unemployment was eceised by the disbursing committee from relief agencies in those counties A study is alto being made of the situation at the College and detailed reports are being recessed from agencies in close touch with the situation in this town ship and county Apprmal of the appeal V 6 tIS reemed from all the School, and departments of the College except the Engineering School which planned to consoler the appeal in a meeting last night. BUSINESS MEN liEhrt WATTS Dean Ralph L Watts, of the School of Agticulturc, addressed business men of Huntingdon on "Aglicultural Research in Relation to Producers and Consumers," Saturday. needed v. hen the student, ate here, only one is I ego tetul to do the stork dm ing %acetate. Night trade at local iestaut ant., de en eases siNty Percent when the stu dents go home Business astound midnight, N, hick is quite tin iving on ordinal y nights, di ops off consul. - ably at vacation time, atcotiling to the prop clot of one of the popular I eating places Lunch, dumm , and hotel trade, hot, even, deft eases t cry little. "Student business is seventy-five percent of the business we do,' said one of the State College haberdashers. ."Consequently, dining esery vacation we have a decided di op in sales" Crocety stores experience a sev entysfise percent decrease in orders, 'since many of their custoineio on the faculty also leave State College, Only one State College merchant, the,ploprielat of a book and student !supply stoic, stated that his business lis not seriously affected by a College vacation PRICE FIVE CENTS Thanksgiving Vacation Cut to One Day in New Schedule PLANS WOULD LENGTHEN PRESENT EASTER RECESS Football Holiday. Scheduled for Grid Game With Temple On November 12 A Thanksgiving recess of only one day and the transposition of one reek ;from the second semester to the first are morn features of the 1934.33 cal endar presented by the College Sen ate committee and approved with rec ommendations by the Student Board yostm day afternoon The proposed plan will be considered by the Faculty Senate for final decision on January 7. An extended sacation following the Easter holidays was a suggestion of the Board to replace the week inter sal between semesters in the tentative calendar planned by the faculty group. This proposal mould provide for a six-day Easter vacation and the usual time between se mesters Dean Charles W. Stoddart, head of the Senate Committee on the calen dar, stated that the Thanksgiving re cess may be .reduced to one day for several reasons, one of mhieh is be cause of its proximity to the Christ mas holiday Prost,.le Temple Half.hohday Other reasons cited for tho change inchide the fact that some students do not avail theinsehes of the oppor tunity to go home In all probability, the $5 fine mill not be exacted for cutting classes before or after Thank,g,ing, giving students an op portunity to spend the holiday in their home-town, actoiding to Dean Stod dart The tendency towaid a longer first semester is based on the contention that it Is split up considerably by periods of inactnity while the second vainest°, is better suited for contin uous study This change and other proposals v ill be discussed by the fac ulty Senate when its meets January Selection of Saturday, Nmember 12, the date of tha Temple game at Philadelphia, as the annual football holulaN etas also made yesterday by the Student Board subject to the ap proval of the Senate ,hen it sill de cide on the calendar N 1 It Consider 2 Plan In a summary of the schedule pro posed, reglsuation would be held on Monday and Tuesday, September 19 and 20, 1932, and the first semester %souk! begin Septembor 21 The football half-holiday is scheduled for (Cotuuwd on vatic two) CO-EDS WILL MAIL BIDS TO RUSHEES l'anhellenia Council Rules Installation Of Pledging S.sstetn After Regular Rushing Open bids issued by women's fra ternities lotion inc the official rush ing period must be I , ent to the justice through the mad, according to a de eision of the Panhellenic Council, !Tuesday afternoon. The preferential ballots to be used !dining official ins ng season cull be tabulated IA a lh,ntei estcd pets= to be chosen by a Panhellenic rushing committee for nest Council ruled Recommendations that the commit tee be tompo,ed of the dean of lie men and hei setietaurs, or the dean 'of women and cm ions fraternity wo men hying in teen, whose fraterni 'ties are not represented on the cam pus, were snide to the Council. Because of the crowded social schedule for the remainder of this wmesto, the Panhellenic Ball which had been under discussion will be postponed until next semester. The proposed amendment to the 'rushing code that a stipulated sum 'be allotted to fraternities for second !semester rushing was 'ejected by tho group.
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