4 , COMPLETE CAMPUS ... 1 1 run t r b ot t rgratt . COVERAGE VOL. 28, No. 38 Alpha Chi Omega Accepts Oread Sorority Petition National Organization Will Hold Installation - Ceremony This Spring—Social Group Established Here in 1927 Alpha Chi Omega, national sorority, has accepted the petition of Oread, local soma? group founded at Penn State in 1927, according to an an nouncement this week. The eighth of the local women's fraternities to join a national organi zation, Orend will be installed by Al pha Chi Omega sometime early this spring as the fourth chapter in Penn sylvania. Other chapters in the State are at the University of Pennsylvania, at Bucknell University, and at Al legheny College. Founded at De Pauw University on October 15, 1885, Alpha Chi Omega now has fifty-eight active chapters. lIM=I Miss Julia G Brill and Miss Pauline A. Locklin are advisors of the local group, with Mrs. H. N Heist as patroness Active members of Greed include, Hilda V. Bitting '32, Marian WASHINGTON FETE PLANNED MONDAY Historical Pantomime, Musical Numbers Will Feature ' Birthday Program Penn State students and State Col lege residents will observe the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington in Recreation hall on Monday night at 7.30 o'clock in a program sponsored by the State College Bi-Centenary committee. The program consisting of musical selections, community singing, and an historical !pantomime, will be Pre sented jointly by students and towns peo plc. "Washington of Young America," the pantomime, directed by Herbert Koepp-Baker, will be enacted in six scenes, with musical interludes furnished by the Blue Band. Approximately 40 characters, in cluding a male chorus of Indian dancers, will be represented in the cast of the pageant A string en semble, under the direction of Prof. Hummel Pishburn, and the College Choir, under the leadership of Prof. Richard W. Grant, are a part in the presentation. George Washington will be enacted by Benjamin L. Wise '33, and Martha 'Washington will be portrayed by Mrs. Herbert Koepp-Baker. Other charac ters include Paul K Hirsch '35 as Lord Fairfax, Richard J. Fisher '35 as George Fairfax, Peter G Meek '32 as Jack Custis, Mrs Stevenson W. Fletcher as Mammy Sal, and Austin B Moore '32 as Marquis de Lafayette. Professor Richard W. Grant will be in charge of the community singing and has arranged a number of favor ite selections for the program. A minuet chorus also has been provided by the State College Women's club. The staging, costuming, and lighting are under the supervision of Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh. ORATORS MEET IN RADIO CONTEST FEBRUARY 28 O'Brien Names Kernel '32, Keyes '33 'fo Face Dickinson Debaters Coleman Hanel '32 and Scott Keyes '33 have been selected by Jos eph P. O'Brien, men's debate coach, to meet the Dickinson College debaters in the radio contest over station WFSC on February 28. With "Resolved, that capitalism as r. system , of economic organization is unsound in principle," as the ques tion for discussion, the Penn State pair will support the negative. The debate will be held Oregon style and will be bioadcast as a part of the regular Sunday afternoon radio pro gram. William and Mary College, of 'Wil liamsburg, Virginia, will be the next opponent on March 1 here. Negotia tions arc being carried on to have the debate on the centralized control of industry question. ADDRESSES YALE STUDENTS Dean Frank C. Whitmore, head of the School of Chemistry and Physics, returned last night from New Haven, Conn., where he adds eased a group of Yale University students on a series of chemical topics. _ Dunning '32, M . Catheime Little '32, Ethel A. Lux '32, Margaret A. Maule '32, Rhoda J. Oberdorf '32, Dorothy B. Rissinger '32, .Mary K. Rissinger '32, Virginia M. Spangler '32, Mary M Byrd '33, Regina M. Frets '33, Eliza beth N. Hepner '33, Elsa I. Ottmger '33, and Helen F. Ransom '33 Other members are Dorothy J. Showers '33, Mabel L. Thompson '33, Ruth A. Wick '33, Eunice L. Chamber lin '34, Phyllis I. Chumard '34, and E. Christine Hoffman '34. Imogene A. Carson '34, Bernice L Rods '34, and Dorothy I. 31ergenthalei '34 are pledges. Oread alumnae living in State Col lege include Mrs. W S Hoffman, Mrs. Albert P. Ponell, Mrs. E. R. Queer, Mrs. E. R Vansant, and Mrs. Anne B Wenger. Mrs. Kenneth B. Barnes and Mrs. J Mylin Will me local Al pha Chi Omega alumnae. 55 STATE PAPERS WILL AID CONTEST To Co-operate With Alpha Beta Sigma in Conducting High • School Competition Fifty-five newspapers of Pennsyl vania have indicated their willingness to co-operate in the second annual high school page journalistic contest which m being conducted here under the supervision of Alpha Beta Sigma, professional journalism fraternity, and the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishing association Five prizes amounting to a total of seventy-fise dollars will be distri buted by the publishers to the win ners of the state-wide contest which began last Tuesday and will termin ate on May 1. Only senior high school reporters who contribute regularly to the col umns of some professional newspaper are eligible to participate in the con test. The editors of the various newspapers send copies of the con testants' news stones here to be judged The judges who will select the win ners arc• Prof. Franklin C Banner of the journalism department, C M. Morrison, editor of the Philadelphia Ledge, a, Floyd Chalfant, publish°. of the Waynesboro flew) - Hm old Charles BI Meredith, past president of the National Editorial association. and Clifford A. Shaw, city editor of the Clearfield Po og, csa Approximately 200 high school sen ior reporters competed in last year's contest With a considerable increase in the number of nenspapets repre sented this year, the committee in charge of the competition expects it to cover the entire state. SENIOR ENGINEERS TO HEAR LECTURE ON RUSSIA FRIDAY "Russia" will be the subject of the lecture foe senior engineers to be given in Schwab auditoe ium at 4:10 o'clock next Friday. Tho speaker, John Cal med}, of New York, is president of the Society of Industrial Engineels and editoe of Facto, y and Industr ial Man agenten: The lecture scheduled last Wednes day by Val Cronstadt, of the Lycom ing Manufacturing company, William sport, -has been postponed to next Wednesday. The talk is to be given in Room 215, Main Engineering build ing, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 1 Who's Dancing Tonight 111 11 'tars, Ball Recreation hall (Subvcrlptlon) Austtn Nude and the Vmsity Ten Tomorrow Night Phi Kappa Tau and Phi Lambda Theta 'ut Phi Hamm Tau (Invitation Only) Vdnitty 7'. Phi Sigma Kappa, Theta Xi and Ti angle at Phi Sigma Kappa (Closed) Austin Wyno Student Union Dance Rem cation hall Bill Bottod STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1932 SELECTED FOR Dedication By College Annual - 4. \ DEJ `LA. VIE' DEDICATED TO DEAN WARNOCK Seniors Select Men's Adviser For Highest Honor Given By 1932 Yearbook • Dedication of the 1932 La Vie will Ye made to Dean of Men Arthur R Warnock, according to Charles 1V Rico '32,•editor-m-chief of the College annual. "In looking too a man who could combine intimacy with the students with prominence, we came to the con clusion that none other could qualify foi the honor as well as Dean War nock," Rice said. A half-tone cut of the Dean in the dedication section of the yearbook will be accompanied by a short biographical sketch. z - Dean' Warnock will complete his thirteenth year as Dean of Men at the College m September He came here in 1919 from the University of Ill inois, where he served as assistant dean of men under Thomas Arkle Clark. To Appear In May A nen section of informal snap shots of typical events, scenes, and 'people around the Campus is an ad . dawn to this year's annual. A sim lint section appeared in the yearbook several years ago, but was discon tinued. -Although none of the publication has gone to press as yet, Rice expects to have the class section ready next week and the fraternity section in the hands of the 'Williamsport publishers in two necks. The complete copy will be in by April 1, and the annual will ;appeara during the first Nseek In May. A call for sophomore candidates will be issued early next month, and elec tions for the new senior staff will be held in the middle of April, Rice stated This year's La Vie is the first to be published under the new com petitive staff system, all proms staffs having been appointed. 'PERSHING RIFLES' TO INSTALL CORPS National Honorary Will Initiate 89 Undergraduates, 3 Facult) Menibery Monday The Penn State ifoninary Drill Corps, composed of eighty students, will be initiated into the "Pershing Rifles," national honmary R. 0 T. C. society, by Commanding General Ver non E. Cordel at 7 o'clock Monday night in the Armory In addition to the students three faculty members, Captain Ernest E. Tabseott, adviser, Captain Wraith' op A. Hollyer, and Sergeant Jack II Weske, will be inducted. A smoker will follow the induction ceiemonies. Penn State will be the fifteenth chapter in the national organization, which was formed in 1894. Its head quarters is at Ohio State Univer sity, with most of the chapters dis tributed throughout the south and the middle west. The local unit consists of tno pla toons commanded by William C. Burry '33, captain. Other officals me Donald G BruhnLet '34, first lieu tenant, David D Locke '34, second lieutenant, and Winifred 0. Vosbury '34, sergeant-major. CLASS OF '27 WILL MEET B. Gail Wharton, of Mount Union, secretary of the class of '27, will meet with local representatives of the class in Room 104 Old Mom, at 4.o'clocic Saturday todnake plans for the June /.eunion. GRIPPE, INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC SPREADS ,THROUGH COLLEGE Dispensary Treatments Reach New Levels as Sickness Strikes Wednesday SUSPENSION OP CLASSES DENIED BY DR. RITENOUR 2 Additional Nurses Augment Regular Staff—lnfirmary Filled to Capacity Doctor Sets Rules 1. Get at least 8 hours of sleep every night in mdei to prevent fatigue. 2. Be legulai in every one of your health habits 3. Eat regularly and don't eat between meals 4. Cover your nose and mouth whenever you sneeze 01 cough, and you will cut the spread of the disease very materially. 5. If you don't feel well, get into bed immediately. Get plenty of rest and Nentllatlon. Hon - ever, at the first signs of ill ness, go to the piopoi authori ties and be examined so that you will know shat is wrong with you. With College dispensary tieatments reaching new high levels and hundreds of students being cared for en frater nity and rooming houses, Penn State was in the clutches of a giippe and influenza epidemic Wednesday. Rumors that eln.ses would be su spended or thatiiny unusual action would be taken by College authorities wele dispelled by Dr Joseph P. Rite near, College physician, in a statement to the COLLEGIAN Dr Rdenoui point ed out that such methods of dealing with epidemics are now antiquated, since they tend to spread the disease over even wider areas First signs of the situation appear ed Friday when the usual daily aver age of seventy dispensary treatments swelled to 171. Saturday morning's record totaled 107, and Monday the total of treatments soared co.er the two hundred mad: Infirmary Filled Tuesday's mark of 221 visits had been bettered at 'I o'clock Wednesday afternoon when 230 cases had already been treated Many who were un able to secure treatment immediately because of crowded conditions were taken care of by private doctors in the borough. The infirmary is filled to capacity at present, and the regular staff has been augmented by two nurses Five eases of pneumonia, three of mumps, one scarlet fever, and one chicken pus arc being taken care of there, while many less serious and convalescent cases are being nursed by students and professional nurses in fraterni ties, dormitories, and roominic houses Sounding a precaution to the stu dent body, Dr Rdenour pointed ,out that every new case is brought on by contact with the afflicted person. He scow ed carelessness on the part of the ill individual in snowing and coughing without covering his mouth. The epidemic, he said, was caused by changing weather conditions. Phi Kappa Phi Places Less EmPhasis On Grades, Seeks True Scholarship From the chaos of discussion on the condition of honorary societies at Penn State, one organization at least, has set aside talk for action and taken a definite step in the direction of higher standouts Phi Kappa Phi, general scholastic honorary fraternity and generally ' acknowledged cream of societies recognizing scholarship, has an nounced a mole selective system for its coming election placing less em phasis on guides and time on other 'evidences of scholarship. "The mere possession of a high average does not necessarily rank the student as an outstanding scholar" That is the modified attitude of the otganization. A prelinunary quali fication has been set as a grade of 24 providing it places the student in the upper tenth of his class Front then on, requirements become mole difficult. Infoi 'nation will be secured from the dean, tiepin tment head, and other Mathews, Kennedy Approve Fraternity -Dance Proposal! Council, Union Presidents Indicate Support by Students--Believe Better Distribution Of Functions Would Result Student approval of the proposed system for fraternity dance tegulation was indicated yesterday by favorable statements from Francis L. Mathews '32, president of Interfraternity Coun cil, and W. Jay Kennedy . '32, Student Union president. The new elan, which Dean of Men Arthur R Warnock endorsed earlier in the week, would require each fra tetnity to submit to an Interfraternity Council committee a list of its pre ferred dance dates for the semester. These dates could be reduced to the stipulated number, and those not marked as "particularly attractive" ' would be arranged at the commit tee's discretion. Closed dances, if such are indicated, would he fined to fall on week-ends when open ones are scheduled Mathews `believes that the plan UNION WILL HOLD DANCE TOMORROW Third College Affair of Series To Follow West Virginia Basketball Game Following the basketball game with West Virginia tomorrow night, Stu dent Union 1,111 hold the third of a series of dances in Recreation hall As at the pie,ous affairs the only requirement for admission will be the presentation of the athletic associa tion card The music, which will he prosided by Bill Bottorf's orchestra, will begin at 9 30 o'clock and last until 12 o'clock In accordance nab a recent ruling made by Student Tribunal, freshmen having dates wd(be allowed to attend without customs Freshmen not es corting girls, however, must adhere to the customary freshman rules. lIIII=II Tomo,low's dance cull mark the close of the trial series to determine the. ads inability of making these af fairs part of the regular customs. The prone purpose of the idea is to offer entertainment to visiting ath letic teams and stimulate social actin, ties betas een nien and nomen students Because of the success of the bas ketball dances so far, David F. Young 'B2, chairman of the committee or :ranging the affairs, ndl present a recommendation to Student Union and to Student Council to continue the functions next yeas aft.. carious ath letic events DIRECTOR REPORTS LINGNAN UNIVERSITY SAFE FROM IN AR langnan Um‘ersity, "Penn State in China,' in not in danger from the' Sino-Japanese conflict now being, waged ut Shanghai, the COLLEZIAN learned yesterday front Dean Ralph L Watts, of the School of Agricultme, who is a director of the College Situated two miles from Canton which is approsimately 1000 miles faonr•the scene of conflict, Lingnan is doubly guarded by being neat to Jiang Kong, a British possession faculty members with whom the can didate comes into contact They will comment confidentially on qualities wiedi lank lain as an outstanding scholnr. Scholarly achiesement, in disidual initiative in studies, research abilities, promise of success, and the extra-curricular activities of a schol arly notate in line with the major moik, will all be considered in this analysis In commenting on this procedure, Cyi us V. D. Bissey, scheduling °Mem and secretaiy of the society, rcmaik ed that in this process students who were of teal saluc rind mollusc would be icwaided instead of adding an other key to name mum k-maggots The attainment of the 24 average is within the lenge of any sincere, schohnly student, in Ills opinion. The higher giade standard of 26, form oily the requirement, cuts out many who do not came to sacrifice taking difficult courses on a wide range of subjects in order to gain honor points by scheduling the bare requirements. should be giten a test nest seniestei and that, if Council adopts the meas ure. a committee should be appointed this spsing at the same time as the rushing group. lie sees no obstacles to its adoption Citing the inability of fiaterinties to foiesee financial reveises, Mathews said he favored basing the dance lists diamn up each semester. rather than foi a year's period This mould also enable fraternities to know when ath letic meets mill occur before submit ting their list. "Although Student Union attempted a lough sot t of regulation this beat, by asking chapter, to turn in their dance dates beforehand, it is evident that Interfraternity Council mill base a better opportunity for success, be cause its measures represent the opinions of the fraternities," Kennedy said "I behme that the measure will be appimed Both Kenne4 and Mallet, fed that the plan mould effect a better distribution of dances titer the open week-ends Thet believe that the system mould hate piesented sonic of this )em's dance congestion, eten though fewer functions have been held this year than ordinarily. WINTER CONCERTS POSTPONED WEEK Musical Organization? Part in Washington Bi-Centenary Advances Programs Bemuse of active participation in the College Bi-Centenary obqemance of George Washington'i, birth. the fine winter concerts to be given by Penn State musical organisations hase been advanced one week. according to an announcement by Professor Hummel Fishbuin, of the music department. Originally scheduled for this Sun day, the Blue Band under the direc tion of Prof Wilfred 0. Thompson is now arranging to present their con ceit of overtures and military num bers, the first of the series, at 3:30 o'clock next Sunday afternoon, Febru ary 28, in the Auditorium Broadcasting Discontinued A neck later, on March 6, the Col lege symphony orchestra, Professor Fishburn. in charge. soul gue a pro gram On March 13, the Girls' Glee club is scheduled to present a pro gram of vocal numbers. The newly foi med co-ed orchestra %%ill also of fei several selections at this concert. Phi Mu Alpha, national honorary music fraternity, is planning to pre sent a program of modern music on Match 20, o ole Kappa Gamma Psi, also a national music fraternity, will complete the series of concerts on Apill Contrary to past custom, the con lcmts tics year N,Il not, be broadcast lover the College radio station, WPSC One of the reasons cited for this change Utll a poor attendance last year at the concert, A. A. U. P. WILL OBSERVE / ANNIVERSARY AT DINNER' Julius Hopkins Profe.sor To Speak For Celebration IVednesda3 , --. Oliseiving the, came minister of the College church tenth anal% chary of then local oigamaation, one hum- at Wesley on Um ' or city. 1 ‘ Ink there, he arranged too intcrcollegiute par. di died memheis of the American Asso: leys . education, one on wat, and an clution of Unit ersitv Pi ofessork will of johos. intercollegi symposium on ieligion hear Di Walter W. Cook, Hopkins University, at a dinner in' Alter Bealee yeah of sera ice at. IVes- Alm Umsersity Club at 7 o'clock on .10., the speaker Was called to his N% edneeday night. !present position m tic the Federal Shoat speeches will he given by the Council of the Choi dies of Christ in past pi eshients of the organization,: America, where he is secretary of thu while the principal adritess will 'be Commission of International Justice node by Dr Cook, head of the Inst. and Good Will Ile to also secretary lute of Lan at Johns Hopkins and to the Committee on Good Will be president of the national association of tween Jews and Christians of which proiessois.'Dr. S Parkes Cadman, nationally - • • .• . 'known theologian, . chairman A gi aduate of Columbia Uno.ersit Di Cock has studied at universities in Sena, Lei P CTl 4 i ' m:L i . l'nendtl ‘VTTiIIEGNrDantI3IC-C h. EN ,b l e ir of lA t I L taught ut lion to the universities of Nebraska, I.School of Education, will attend the Montana, Missouri, and Chicago Hi-Centennial convocation of George While at Johns Hopkins, he organized! Washington Univer,ity to be bold in the law institute purely for research I Constitution Hall, the auditorium of purposes Considered an expert on, the Daughters of the American Revo insurance and taxation laws, Dr. Cook'lution . at Washington, D. C., Febru ie also the author of several hooks on,ary 22, as the representative of Penn has specialty. [State ESTABLISIIED PRICE FIVE CENTS AUSTIN WYLIE BAND, VARSITY TEN PLAY TONIGHT FOR BALL Committee Will Donate Proceeds in Contribution Tonards Student Loan Fund METALLIC-FACED FAVOR SELECTED AS PROGRAM Cafe Orchestra Will Make Trip To State College From Clo eland, Ohio Snores 0111 flash and spurs xdl clink to the blended nuotc of Austin Wylie's band and the Vursitt Ttnas students and reserve officers dance at the Military Ball from 9 o'clock until 2 o'clock tonight in Recreation hall Nun 3 student, "Flo other, ise mould bane been forced to lea,e ,chool fm ~ ant of,mone, will be able to remain : because of the profits donated to the Loan Fund hom this dance, for uliith : the officers lane contributed all labor, catering service, checking, and janitor ork. MilrJ111!M!1!ITEMill A metallic-faced in o„ ram with gold background vtll be gieen out to those ssho attend the ball The cover still display the sign of the eagle and crossed flags The six pages are to be denoted to honor guests and dances, uhich are to be named after battles of the Itoolutlonury War. Austin Wylie's band Is conning bent direct from a regular engagement in Glee eland, Ohno, svheie the orchestra has been play mg at a night club and ,broadcasting seer the lad. The Var.sit3 Ten, in addition to nu• merous local engagements, played with other well known orchestras at the Intercollegiate Ball in Pittsburgh during the Chi a.tmas sucation decorations mdl be a blend of the national coloio in streamers, bunt ing, and lights, v ith fraternity booths along the sides of the dance floor topped ci tb cl bite tell, mod: and %sues. Electric outlets are to be sup plied, so that indisidual groups may bring floor lumps fur illumination uithin the booths. according to Philip C. Cooper '32, chairman of the dance comnuttee mid student colonel CHAPEL AUDIENCE TO HEAR CLINCHY Official of recierdl Church - Council W:II Deliier Sermon Sunda) I=l "From Neighboi hood to IN urldhood" will be the subject of the address by the Rev Eveiett Ross Clinchy, of the vecretai lute in the T;ederal Council of the Churches of Chi ist in America, at the regular chapel some,. 11 o'clock Sunday morning in the Auditorium. Reverend Clinch}, a minister in ;the Prost* tenon chuich, gives the ; major portion of his tulle to inter- Icultural relations in America. In ac cord milli the nation-wide George IVashington Bi-Centennial obseii once, the veaker n IlOn um ling 011 a nu tional ,eniinat of Catholic% Jeus. and Protestants, to 1.011,11 C 10 I\*ashlar:- Iton, ➢. r, Muich 7 to 9, as a part of the Washington cclebrution there. 1 Folloe ing graduate cork at Union ;Theological Seminaiy. Yale and Col , unit. Universities, the speaker be-
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