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VOL. 28, No. 27
FACULTY MEMBERS
SUBSCRIBE $17,456
FOR RELIEF FUNDS
910 of College Staff Contribute
To Unemployment Cause,
Report Reveals
DEAN STEIDLE DIRECTS
GROUP ON DISTRIBUTION
January 12 Set as Final Report
Date--Subscription Drive
Terminates May 1
Funds totalling $17,456 were sub
scribed by 910 staff members of the
College to the unemployment relief
fund, according to a report by Dean
Edward Steidle, chairman of the ap
peal committee, Friday.
The time for receiving subscrip
tions was extended by the committee.
to January 12 when a final report is
to be made. Any subscription, how
ever, will be gladly accepted by the
committee up to Slay 1, Dean Steidle
said
The disposal of $19,537 from the
fund was left to the discretion of the
disbuising committee by the givers
while $1,922 was specifically marked
to go to the student loan fund
The sum of. $368 was marked for
special cases with $395 assigned by
the givers for local relief. Other as
signments included $l9B for State re
lief and $93 for county relief.
Cush Fund Distnbuted
Approximately $6OO, or half of the
amount teemed in cash, was distrib
uted by the committee before the end
of the holiday season to a certain sec
tion of Centre county known-to be in
dire need
The first progress report of the
Lommittze is being mailed to faculty
membem today in the Faculty Bac
he It is apparent that the greatest
amount of relief should be given to
isolated, poorly organized regions
where there is actual starvation and
suffering, the report states.
"The committee is now making a
suney of all recognized relief agen
cies in the State and is engaged 3n
assimilating data on every county.in
the State which has been collected by
the College staff and from records oh
tamed though the State Welfare Bu
reau, Department of Public Health,
and other authentic sources," the re
port showed,
STATION RESUMES
DAILY BROADCAST
WPSC Presents Talks by . Members
Of Paean) After Recess
During Vacation
Radio station WPSC recommenced
its regular daily broadcast yesterday
with two talks by faculty members.
The station's program had been dis
continued during Christmas vacation
Prof. Ina Padgett, of the home eco
nomics department, spoke on "Glimp
ses of Our Vitamin Knowledge" in
the d o'clock program. Prof James
B lielme, of the architecture depart
ment, gave the first of a series of
talks on "Our Changing World of Mo
tel ads Used in Construction"
In tomorrow afternoon's broadcast,
Prof. Mason Long, of the English lit
erature department, will discuss "The
American Ballad" and Prof Franklin
B. Krauss, of the classical language
department, will speak on "Educa
tion and Youth."
Agricultural news notes were an
nounced in yesterday noon's program,
and College news briefs will In pre
sented ut the same hour today.
DUTCHER, HALEY TEXTBOOK
RELEASED BY PUBLISHERS
"Introduction to Agricultural Blo
chenustry," a textbook written by
Pi of. It. Adams Dutcher, head of the
department of agricultural and bio
logical chemistry, and Dr Dennis E.
Haley, professor of soil and phyto
chemistry, was released by the pub
lisher for distribution Saturday.
An outgrowth of lectures presented
to agricultural students over a period
of twenty years, the book is designed
for those students interested in the
pail that chemistry has played in the
development of agricultural science.
ULERICII ACCEPTS POSITION
William K. Ulerich '3l, editor-in
chief of the COLLEGIAN Ina year, has
accepted a position on the staff of the
State College Time. He assumed
Lis duties yesterday. -
Hetzel Envisions University
Of 15,000 Within 50 Years
Students Here Equal Those at Endowed Schools,
President Claims in Speech Before
State Educational Meeting
A university of twelve to fifteen thousand resident students
with a comparable research organization is the vision of Penn
State fifty years from now which President Ralph D. Hetzel pre
sented to the State Education Association at its meeting in Pitts
burgh last week.
Speaking on "Certain University Progiams in the Common
wealth," Dr Het:
eel outlined the
present and fu
ture policy of the
College. He de
fined the College
as a "public in
stitution in the
field of higher
education in very
much the same,
sense as are the
public schools in
secondary educa
tion "
"On account of
ulmission require.
DR. HETZEL ments, the stu
dents of the College represent , in
terms of ability and attitude a group
definitely superior to those admitted
to the state untversities and colleges
of the county and comparable, I am
sure, to those granted admission into
the most discriminating of out endow
ed colleges and umsersittes," the
president said
Dr. Hetzel definitely committed the
College to a full and fair trial of an
athletic policy which emphasizes the
attempt to "make every possible and
reasonable effort to improve the health
and physical well-being of all the
young men and young women seho
come to it seeking the benefits of its
educational ministry" above any other
objective.
"The funds Da' the maintenance of
the work of the ir..' , tutior hire lag-
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SHOW TO FEATURE
MYSTERY EFFECTS
Players Will Employ Intricate Sets
In Production of 'The Black
Flamingo' on Jan. 16
Trait des ices for mystery effects
v.lll make the single set used in ''The
Black Flamingo," to be presented
January 16 by Penn State Players,
one of the most difficult to build,
according to William II A Laudon
singer '32, stage manages for the pro
duction.
With the action of the play taking
place in the interim of an old, broken
down castle which has been trans
formed into a tavern, It will be neces
sary to create an atmosphere of mys
tery which the play demands, Laud
. enslager said. Gilbert S. Shutt 'l2
will design the scenery.
The name of the play is &lived
from the scene of action, the Black
Flamingo tavern, so-culled because
of a painting on the huge stone fire
place in the main room Located on
a load leading from Paris to the bor
der, the tavern is the stopping place
for a party of fugitive nobles.
' An attempt to lob, them, followed
by an attempt on the part of einzed
peasants to kill all in the Thirty adds
zest to the main theme of the stusy,
the mysterious disappearance of a
Jeweled necklace.
Student Leaders Oppose Prohibition,
Score Compulsory Military Training
Opposition of prohibition as it now
exists but refusing to condemn the
Volstead act sins the action taken by
the National Student Federation of
America at' its seventh annual con
vention held in Toledo, Ohio, last
week, If. Aubrey Mye,s '32, one of
the two Penn State delegates at the
convention, reports.
A resolution denouncing prohibi
tion in its present form was intro
duced by James C. Wilson, of the
University of Missouri, and adopted
by a vote of 63-to-10. The second
Imotion made by Laurence A. Pratt,
of Kansas State University, asking
the convention to go on accord as op
posed to the Volstead act was defeat
ed by a 50-to-31 balloting, with thirty
delegates declining to vote Many of
those who favored the previous °so
lution refused to support Pratt on the
ground that his motion was unwise as
a matter of policy.
At one of the sessions Dr. livery
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932
ORATORS TO ARGUE
ATHLETIC SUBSIDIES
Dual Debates Scheduled With
Franklin and Marshall
On February 12
A dual debate with Franklin and
Marshall College, Lancaster, on the
question of athletic scholarships has
been scheduled for February 12, ac
cording to Prof John H. Frazell, of
the public speaking division
With one Penn State team defend
ing one side of the question here and
the other supporting the opposite side
at Lancaster, both contests will be
held in the Oregon style
The first scheduled debate is with
Juniata College on the State Social
ism-Capitalism question at Hunting
don on January 20, with Penn State
defending the negative. Arrange
ments have also been completed for a
radio debate over WPSC on the same
question with Dickinson College on
February 28
Hold Extension Debate
Pairing with representatives of
American University, Washington, D
C, "and William hnd Mary College,
Williamsburg, Va , Milton I. Balding
er '33 and Charles A. Myers '34 each
won one debate by an audience decis
ion in two split-team contests on the
State Socnalism-Capitalism quustion
on December 16 and 18.
In the debate at Washington, D. C,
on December 16, Myers supported the
affirmative side with W Earl Mem
sup '32, of American University, to
defeat Baldinger and W. Yule Fisher
'32, of American University, by an
audience vote.
Ballinger, pairing with J. James
McPherson '33, of William and Mary
College, upheld the negatne side of
the question to win an audience de
cision over Myers and Mernll Brown
'32, of William and Mary College, by
a vote of twenty-one to fifteen on
December 18. This debate was an
extension contest held before the
Women's club of West Point, Virginia
MOTORCYCLE CRASH KILLS
STUDENT DURING VACATION
Kurt Zimmer, 20, a sophomore in
the mechanical engineering curricu
lum, died from Injuries received when
his motorcycle skidded last Saturday
afternoon at Swarthmore.
&annul, who lives in Ogden, was
unable, to tell how the accident hap
pened when he regained conscious
ness for a few moments before his
death.
DEUCHELE, DEIKE ENGAGED
The engagement of Miss Anne Bue
chel°, Student Umon secretary, te,
George H. Deike Jr. '3l was announc
ed Friday
N. hfcCraelcen, president of Vassar
College, said, "Students are not
people because they do not function
as people should They are not influ
ential enough either on the manage
,ment of then own collegiate affairs
or m the determination of public opin
ion and public policies."
Dr McCracken urged greater stu
dent participation in the operation of
colleges and stressed the fact that if
students are to be influential mem
bers of their civic communities after
their own graduation, they must learn
to manage their own affairs as college
students.
The convention went on record as
I opposing compulspry military train
ing, favoring America's entry into
the World Court and the League of
Nations, deploring armed interven
tion to protect Amen can investments
abroad, and advocating, arbitration to
settle international disputes. South
ern delegates dissented.
LIONS WILL MEET
EASTERN LEADERS
IN SPRING SPORTS
Baseball Nine's Schedule Places
Harvard, Yale, Princeton
On Proposed Trip
TRACKMEN MAY TRAVEL '
TO LOS ANGELES TRIALS
St. Johns, Maryland, Terrors
Included a' Stickmen's
Home Opponents
Penn State's sin mg sports teams
will encounter nmoy of the leading
teams in the East in intercollegiate
competition this year, an early glance
at the tentative scheduling arrange
ments reveals
Although the baseball team will
not engage to a southern training trip
for the first time in years, an attrac
tive eastern trip has been arranged
during which the diamond represen
tatives of the "big three"—Harvard,
Yale, and Princeton—mill be met
The usual northern gaunt for Triangu
lar Association games with Syracuse
and Colgate 4 m also scheduled,
May Compete in West
State College 'aisehall fans will
have the opportunity of seeing the
Triangular Association champions in
action against Army, Lehigh, Temple,
Colgate, Syracuse. Juniata, Susque
hanna, and Dickinson Since the
scheduling arrangements arc not com
plete, it is possible that several more
games may be added to the home
card.
The track team, undefeated in four
dual meets last year, mill defend its
laurels against three strong oppon
ents, present arrangements disclose
Pittsburgh will bednet in the only en
counter on New:Beaver Plaid, while
North Carolina and Army will pro
vide opposition away
The cmdermen will also compete in
the Penn Relay carnival at Philadel
phia and will probably send represen
tatives to the intercollegiates being
held at Los Angeles this yeas under
the auspices of the Olympics commit
tee.
St. Johns of Annapolis, internation
al champion, is a newcomer to the
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SANKEY RECEIVES
$lOO SCHOLARSHIP
John W. White Spanish Allard Gnen
To Junior Following Apprinal
Of Preudent, Senate
Nancy B Sankey ',13 was awarded
the John W. White Spanish scholar
ship of $lOO following an examina
tion conducted by the department of
Romance languages deportment and
the approval of the president and the
College senate.
Although the original giant pro
vides for the awarding of three schol
arships, only one was given because
then mere no candidates eligible for
the other two No anent noes made
a student from a Spanish-speaking
muntry oi to one enrolled in coning
or engineering for this reason
The price which Miss Sankey gain
ed was open to any school of the Col
lege The examination on the basis
of which the award was nude consist
ed of translation, composition, and
conversation
The Senate endotsed Student Coun
cil's recommendation to the Trustees
advocating change in the manner of
awarding the White and Carnegie
class scholarships. The proposal
places the selection squarely on the
basis of need.
ANNUAL INSTITUTIONAL WEEK
FOR FARMERS OPENS TODAI
The sixth nnnuul Institutional
Farmers' Week conducted by the
School of Agriculture opened today
and will continue tomou ow and
Thursday Superintendents, manag
ers, and farm operators as represen
tatives of charitable, and educational
institutions are attending the there
day program.
Included an the list of speakers foi
today are Prof. Andrew A. Borland,
head of the department of dmry hus
dandry, Prof. Frank D. Cimino, head
of the agronomy department, Dr.
Charles F. Noll, superintendent of the
College fauns, and Prof. Ralph U
Blaslngame, head of the agricultural
engineering department.
Sports Heads Favor Change
' In Athletic Letter Awards
Lasich, Lewis, Bezdek, Higgins, Fleming Score
Present Classification As Antiquated
But Give Varied Solutions
II) Stclncy H. Benjanuti '33
A change is needed in Pep
athletic letters if the opinions
are to be believed
With one accord, Judy Lam
Higgins and Neil Fleming have
cation as antiquated and outwore
BYRD TO LECTURE
HERE IN FEBRUARY
Noted Arctic Explorer Will Give
Illustrated Talk Under
P.S.C.A. Auspices
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, conquer
or of the North and South poles by
air, will lecture under the auspices of
the Christian association in Schwab
auditorium at 8 o'clock on the night of
February
The address of America's most
famed explorer will be supplemented
by illustrations of slides and motion
pictures collected on his many scien
tific expeditions. Some scenes de
picted in the recent film success,
"With Byrd at the South Pole," will
be elaborated upon by the explorer in
Ills talk
Began Travel Earl>
This 11,111 be the first opportunity
for students here to hear America's
most decorated son Admiral Byrd
has been officially cited twenty times
for bravery or conspicuous courage
sus conduct.
He has received th-., thanks of Con
' gross as 'well as the four highest
medals the country can give, the Con
gressional Medal of Honor, Congres
sional Life Slicing Medal, Disting
uished Service Modal, and the Flying
Cross.
Every expedition Admiral Byrd has
undertaken has been in the interest of
science The noted a, iatoi began his
scientific pursuits at the age of twelve
when he tra,elled around the world
The explorer has been lecturing
throughout the country since his re
turn from "Little America" near the
South pole nearly two years. • He
has given accounts of his trii, in
most of the large cities of the co. by
and has appeared at a large numbei
of the colleges and universities in the
United States Paul Siple, who at
commned Byid on his last expedi
tion, spoke in State College last
spring.
AGRICULTURAL DEPART:BENT
PUBLISHES GRADUATE LIST
The publication of a directory of its
'graduate, ,as announced by the dc
ointment of rigneultural and biologi
cal chemistry, Saturday. Issued
through tine cooperation of the Fislyir
Scientific Company of Pittsburgh, the
directory gives a complete listing
alphabetically, geographically, and
by classes.
Almost four hundred students have
graduated from this department since
its inception in 1910, a survey of the
director y shows The department is
no, the largest of its kind in under
ginduate work in the United States
Connoisseurs Delight in Kuniyoshi
Lithographs Displayed Here Today
•Pictures that make connoisseurs
laugh math pleasuie' is the characteri
zation often given of the pictures by
Yasuo Kuniyoshi whose lithographs
will be exhibited in the top nom gal
lay room of the Main Engineering
building
A select collection of the punts
mill be shone for two weeks begin
ning today. The collection was loan
ed by Charles Daniel, of New York
city.
A sense of line and form inherent
in the tradition of Eastern painting
make his lithographs among the most
pleasing of his - works, critics say. Ile
won honorable mention at the 1931
Carnegie International exhibition with
one of his paintings and is represent
ed by work in the Metropolitan mu
scum, the Brooklyn museum, the Car
negie Art Institute, and other noted
collections of the country.
His mink is clunactenaed by his
n States present classification of
of leading campus sports figures
ieh, Al Lewis, Hugo Bezdek, Bob
chaiaeterized the pi esent elassih-
, but then efforts at solution of
the problem show a
wide divergence of
opinion In fact,
they have athanced
foul different
theories as to ,hat
changes should he
made
Judy Lasich and
Al Leans unite in
advocating that
awards in hosing,
wrestling, cotter,
cross-country, and
lacrosse should he
raised to the st,
Inch letter n o w9i0.1
given to tette,
Iwinners in basketball, baseball, and
track They mould keep tennis, golf,
gymnastics, and rifle on a malting list
with these sports to be given the six
inch letter when they hate champion
ship or undefeated teams at present
and when increased popularity justi
fies a Chanr.2 in the future
"All spurts should hate the same
accord," Director Beadek dams, "I
believe that the six-inch letter mould
be an ideal award fa all sports with
the possible exception of football,
which might have a distinctite foot
ball letter in mess of its singular po
,sitton in intercollegiate athletics To
give snecial awards for undefeated
and championship records isto place
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CHALFANT NAMED
AS NEW TRUSTEE
Of SARI Recent tddgion
To College Board
Appointment of Mis James C
Chalfant, of Vi illansburg, to the Col
lege Board of nuste, last neck com
pleted the list of six membeis of the
!bomil appointed by the goseanoi of
the State
Othoi meinbeis of the board ap
pointed recently by Goveinoi Gaud
Pinchot are Miss Min once Dthert, of
Johnstown and Di Hannah McK Ly
on, Osford Othm membe, appoint
ed by the goveinin arc Mis Clara C
Phillips, of Washington, It W
qua, of Chicago, 11l , and E. B
Dorsett, of Mansfield
Trustees who ictire fiom office at
the 1932 meeting of the board ale
Holly D. 13toN‘n, of Philadelphia, J
B. Wintmer, of Lansfmd, and Sohn
II McCormick, of Williainspolt
Mrs. Chalfant is a membin of the
school [maid of Wilkinsbuig And is
active in the State Fuderation of
Pennsylvania Women
She nas than man of the education
department of the federation foi tin
yams. At present she is president of
the southwest district of the oigiam
cation.
own statement "I have wish it to es
mess the thought of the East, my
t wee" He has bsen ihscoveiud laugh
ing um 0111. Musty ,01110 sitting alone in
his studio, painting 'I hus a subtl,
eaticatui e is appment in a number of
had human figures
Bain in Japan, he came to the Unit
ed States at Hi, age of thirteen and
studL , d art.in this country Hoacvm,
his woi k was enthusiastically rem,
ed at a lucent une-man clinic in Tokio,
Japan
Prof. Remold E Dickson, of tho
ar
chitecture department, will speak. on
"Signs of Vitality in American Paint
ing" next smock in connection with the
exhibit. "These unusual and highly
personal hthogiaphs offer an excel
lent mmsme of the weak of one of
the most Intel citing paints, in
America today," Ptafessoi Dickson
said He paused the delicate line
quality of the exhibited winks,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TAI, HENRY'S BAND
TO FURNISH MUSIC
FOR SENIOR BALL
Orchestra at Fraternity Dance
Last Spring Inaugurates
1932 Social Season
ARMORY SELECTED AS
LOCATION OF FUNCTION
Shepard Will Beech e Students'
Poster Designs Before
Tomorrow Night,
Tel Remy and Ins Nei th Catolin.
mans home been signed to play lot the
Semoi Ball which will be held in the
Armory Friday, January Hi, Basil C.
Chute '32, committee chairman, an
nounced yestm clay.
This will be tl. second tune within
a year that Tat Item y has played at
an all-College dance as he Journe)ed
to State College for the second Inter
fratermt} Ball which was held in
Recreation hall last April
Aftiiir playing at the Hotel New
Yinkm, New Yolk city, dining the
summer, Tal Henry moved West Ilc
has now begun a month's tour in the
East during which he will make the
trip to Penn State before proceeding
southward Following a month's tour
of the South he will lama to New
York city to pilot on location
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Beliesing that it 14 to the students'
benefit, Cline said, the committee ha,
selected the Aiinory because music
the, can be apprecmted The Al
mory is lingo enough for the Senior
Ball attendance, lie added, and it can
be decorated mote completely and
elaborately
The caliber of Tal Henry's musici
ans, the chairman said, is indicated by
the fuct that the plat.t. of tric North
Carolinians in Nen York city was
taken by the Coon-Sanders band when
the fomei's engagement was complet
ed In addition to it new singing trio,
Tal Horny will bring with him Tas
IValteis, his well-known soloist.
Postn a made by students adsertis
,mg Semi Ball are to be submitted
to Robert 0 Shepard '32 at the Alpha
Chi Rho house by (3 o'clock tomorrow
night, in milts that the tuo prize
winneis can be announced befrac neat
week.
BEZDEK APPROVES
INFORMAL DANCES
Student Union To Hold 3 All.Collugn
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EIMEMEI
Approcal by Ito ector Hugo Benl.tk,
of the Phystcal Education School, pav
ed the way oesteiday Inc the holding
of trammel dances aftm three of tho
basketball games this syastin
Under a pnto,al made by the Stu
that Bawd, the I-•ticlent Union 'm
sponsor dances to ,luch admission
may be old tined ho meson" , at the
games ot by Athletic assochttion
cards. David P. Young '.32 is chair
man of the committee making al
tangenrents lot the fut,hon4
The dances NOl be held on thi or of
the followmg four dates, Januaty 00
,Ith the S}tacuse game, belt! nary b
with the Bucknell game, Fclnuary 20
with the \Vest Vlrguna game, and
March 5 with the Pitt game.
The dances will hewn Immediately
.diet the games and LI - nt:lac until 12
o'clock, Young said Thy purpose of
the danc, is to provide more all-Col
lege fum.tions and to ant in entertain
ing ctvdug teams
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The n Intel shots cool ses m agri
tultute and dory manufaLtul ing of.
feral by the School of Agrmulture
opened yesterday it ith v'.ty students
on oiled.
Coin ses in genet al fuming, hoiti-
Lulline, poultry husband! y, vegetablo
gardening, ice "cam making, mill.
testing, dun y pt oduction, and butter
and eli,esc malting ate among the
mile range of subjects being given.
BRESSLER TALE CANCLILLED
Dr linyinond G. Bressler, pre,dent
of Rhode Island State College and
foiluer sico-dam of the School of Ag
ileultuic hole, law cancelled the lee
tom ulnell he was scheduled to give
at I o'clock tomes l on aftei noon, Dean
Ralph L. Watt., of the School of Ag
licultule, announced yesteiday