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VOL. 28, No. 45
Lions Gain 6 Entries
For Ring Tournament
Stoop, McAndiews, Lewis, Updegrove, Slusser,
Napoleon or Minnich Selected by
Association Delegates
Six Lion boxers will seek titles in the Eastern Intercollegiate
tourney at Syracuse Friday and Saturday as a result of selections
made at a meeting of representatives from member colleges in
Philadelphia Sunday night.
Captain Stoop, McAndrews, Lewis, Updegrove, Slusser, and
either, Napoleon or Minnich will make a bid for individual crowns
and the fifth title for Penn State since
the oiganizatlon of the league. Army
with a complete team of seven entrees
leads the list, with Penn and Syra
cuse each having six, Western Mary.'
land, five, and Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, two. Neil M. Fleming,
graduate manager of athletics, and J.
Fied Winstead '32, boxing manager,
were tho Penn State representatives
at the meeting.
6 Welter% eights Named
Captain Davey Stoop will meet
Nicholson, 115-pound Penn boxer in
the preliminaries, as Howell, of Army,
and Paulus, Syracuse boxer, compete
the other preliminary bracket. A
choice between Napoleon or Minnich
IS provided Coach Leo Houck in nam
ing a 125-pound candidate to meet
Cleveland, strong Army entry. Wert
heimer will defend has title for Syra
cuse against Davis, of Penn, in the
other senu-final bout
Johnny McAndrews starts out
against Mason, Pennsylvania 135- ; 1
pounder, as Tuckerman, Western
Maryland, faces either Hagan or Cott;
fat the Fumy, to determine the final
fists. Six welterweights were selected
with Lewis, present title-holder, and'.
Ross,-o£-Syracuse,-gaining byes- for
the first fights. Borchers, Western' s
Maryland 145-pounder and Carey, M.,
I. T boxer, will meet to determine
who will oppose Ross in the semi-
finals as Harrell, of Army, and Lord ,
of Penn, compete for the post against'
Lewis.
Updegro,e To Meet Moran
Pete Updegrove starts right out
against Moran, Syracuse glove spec
ialist, in the 155-pound bouts Clark,
strong Army boxer, is paired with
Hostel., of Western Maryland, for the
selection of the other finalist.
With six men entered in 'the 165-
pound class, Slusser and Cooper, of
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ORATORS TO MEET
WASHINGTON, TEAM
Itersel '32, Myers '3l Will race
St. Louis, 1110., Debaters
Saturday Night
With the Penn State team attacking
the idea of centralized control of in
dustry, Coleman Herpel '32 and
Charles A. Myers '34 have been select
ed to engage debaters from Wash
ington University, St. Louis, Mo , in
a contest here Saturday night.
In the split-team Oregon plan de
bate with Seton Hill College here Sat
urday night, Kathryn Bream, of Seton
Hill, and Myers won from Mary
Schmidt, of` Seton Hill, and Scott
Keyes '33 by an audience vote. Prof
John II Frisson, of the. public speak
ing division, was chairman of the de
bate _
The winning team supported the
negative in the question of centralized
control of industry. With the Seton
11111 women presenting the case for
•cash side in the opening speeches, the
Penn State debaters conducted the
cross-examinations and summaries.
Lincoln Univeisity orators will fur
nish the opposition in a debate at
Philadelphia on March 21. Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, 0.,
wdl be the opponent here on April 4,
and a debate with the University of
Pittsbuigh is planned for the second
week in April here.
HALLER '32 NAMED HEAD OF
CO-ED FRATERNITY LEADERS
M Lydia Haller '32 was elected
president, and Gladys A. Kaufman
'32, secretary, of the women's frater
nity presidents' council at the first
meeting of the organization Friday
afternoon.
The council was formed for the pur
pose of bringing about a better spirit
of cooperation among the women's
fraternities, and will consider and dis
suss niobium arising in fraternities.
PRIESTLEY SERIES
TO BEGIN APRIL 13
Dr. Victor K. LaMer, Columbia
Professor, Will Deliver
Annual Lectures
' Dates for the sixth annual series of
Priestley lectures have been set for
April 13 to 19, according to Clifford
0. Jensen, president of Phi Lambda
Upsilon, honorary chemical fraternity,
, which is joining with the department
of chemistry in sponsoring the talks
this year.
Dealing with the interconnections
between physical chemistry and bio
, logical science, this year's lectures will
be. given by Dr. Victor K. LaMer, as
sociate professor of chemistry at
Columbia University. Dr. LaMer has
contributed to the present knowledge
of vitamins by his study of vitamin C
through physical chemistry methods.
Begun in 1926
The physical chemistry of solutions
will be the general theme of Dr. La
liler's talks.- Included in the-subjects
of the five lectures scheduled are the
electrical origin of forces disturbing
chemical processes, the interionic at
traction theory of eleCtrolytes; and
an extension of the 'Debye-Huckel
theory.
Chemical kinetics in ionic systems
and acidity in non-aqueous solvents
complete the list of subjects announc
ed The apartment of agricultural
and biological chemistry of the School
of Agriculture will cooperate with the
sponsors in presenting the talks.
The Priestley lectures were begun
in 1926 by the department of chemis
try as a memorial to Joseph Priestley
in recognition of his contributions to
early American chemistry. This year
Phi Lambda Upsilon has undertaken
to lend financial support to the pro
ject.
LOAN FUND WILL RECEIVE
AUCTION SALE PROCEEDS
Committee To Dispose of Lost. Found
Articles, Texts Tomorrow
Unclaimed lost articles turned in to
the campus police 'department during
the past several years will be auction
ed off in the Little Theatre, Old Main,
at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Andrew Zarger, chief of the campus
police,. has planned to give the pro
ceeds to the student loan fund Dean
Arthur It. Warnock, the student loan
fund committee, and Student Union
have sanctioned the project. William
S. Stemple '34 will act as chairman of
the committee chosen to supervise the
auction
All articles may be elaimed•m the
Grounds and Buildings office in Old
Main before 4 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. After that time no claims will
be honored.
MEMBER OF TRUSTEE BOARD
TO GIVE TALK HERE FRIDAY
Edward S. Bayard, editor of the
Pennsylvania Farmer and a member
of the College Board of Trustees, will
address students and foul* mem
bers on "After School," in Room 100
Horticulture building,,at 4 o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. Bayard became editor of the
Nullonal Stockman and Fanner In
1005 When that paper Vas merged
with the Peniongvanio and Ohio Far
mer a few years ago,
he continued as
editor-in-chief of the Capper-Harmon-
Slocum, Inc., farm papers.
GREEN PLANS NATURE CAMP
Two sessions for the Penn State Na
ture camp have been planned by Prof.
George R. Green, head of the nature
education department. The first camp
opens June 29 and the second on July
19. Each session wdl loot for three
e weeks.
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STATE COLLEGE, PA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1932
M'CASKEY TO END
DUTIES AS R.O.T.C.
COMMANDER HERE
Head of Military Department
Will Terminate 4-Year
Detail in June
ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWS
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDER
Colonel May Work With Active
Troops—Captain Sharp
Transferred
Colonel 'Walter B. McCaskey will
end his duties here as B. 0 T. C.
commandant at the close of the pros
! ent semester according to War De
partment orders released yesterday
The Colonel's four-year detail will
expire in June, and he probably will
be transferred to active duty with reg-
I ular troops. No successor to his post
has been named.
Receiving his bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering here in 1896,
Colonel McCaskey entered the employ
of a railroad company. Soon after,
he launched out on his military career
which has taken him to many parts of
the world and numerous posts in the
United States.
Came Here in 1928
In 1898 he enlisted as a second lieu
tenant in the Twenty-first Infantri
Thereafter he was advanced rapidly
until he reached the rank of colonel,
which position he held during the
World War.
Honorably discharged after the
war, he re-enlisted and was agairrad
, vanced to the rank of colonel From
September, 1923, until he was trans
ferred to Penn State in 1928, he was
the .commandant—of Fort Douglas,
lUtah,
Sharp To Lease
Recently, the Colonel has been do
ing active research work on the ques
tion of military training curricula and
was on the committee that drew up a
report on the status of compulsory
basic military courses.
A second member of the military
science department, Captain Robert
0. Sharp, w il l also complete his detail
here in June, but he has not received
airy further orders concerning the lo
cation of his new post or successor.
LEHIGH PROFESSOR
1 TO LECTURE HERE
Metallurgists To Hear Stoughton in
Talk on 'Heat Treatment' at.
7:30 O'clock Tomorrow
Prof. Bradley F. Stoughton, head of
the metallurgical department of Lte
high University, will deliver a lecture
on "Heat Treatment, Past and Pres
ent," in Room 119, Mineral Industries
building, at 7SO o'clock tomorrow
night.
After graduating from the Shef
field Scientific school in 1893, and the
Massachussetts Institute of Technol
ogy in 1896, he taught at the latter
school, Columbia, and Lehigh.
Besides holding important metal
lurgical positions with various com
panies throughout the country, he has
served on special committees of the
National Council, of Defense, and the
National Research Council.
He is the author of several text
books, including "Metallurgy of Iron
and Steel," and was awarded the Gras
sent medal of the Society of Chemical
Industry in 1929. His lecture here
will follow an informal dinner given
in his honor by the Penn State Metal
lurgy society.
DEAN SACKETT WILL SPEAK
' AT CORNELL ON ATHLETICS
Speaking on "The Penn State View
of Athletics," Dean Robert L. Sackett
of the Engineering school, will ad
dress a meeting held annually at. Cor
nell University for the discussion of
athletics, Friday, March 25.
Dean Sackett will also address Coo
nell upperclassmen in the mechanical
engineering curriculum on "Art in En
gineering" the same afternoon.
TO DELIVER MINING LECTURE
"Silver, Scapegoat or Panacea?"
will be the title of an open lecture to
be delivered by Dr. Henry Mace
Payne, consulting engineer of the
American Mining Congress of Wash
ington, D. C., in Room 315, Mineral
Industries building, at 7:30 o'clock to
night!
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(WILL COMPLETE 4-Year Detail
,Here In Juno:
ALUMNI TO ELECT
COUNCIL, MEMBERS
Will Vote on 151 Representatives
For Ruling Group—April 1
Set as Date of Poll
Fifteen thousand ballots till be
mailed to alumni of the College in the
election of nevi representatnes to the
Alumni Council April 1.
Each district is entitled to one
Council member for the test fifty
alumni in its territory and an addi
tional rnembe;• for each hundred
alumni thereafter. Nominations were
made throughi tt e district presidents,
I who mere ,an orized orized to submit the
'names of 1111 - n moos endorsed hg at
least ten alumni from their district.
The alumni Council is made up of
151 members chose terms expire each
yea: The executive board is elected
each year from the Council member
amp. This election mull be held tthen
the Council meets here in May.
15 Alumnae Ihstmets
There'aie forty-five alumni districts
in Pennsylvania and twenty-four sec- ,
Mons outside the State The Alle
gheny and Philadelphia-Delaware dis
tricts are the largest in Pennsyls anis,
with respective memberships of 1,180
and 1,083
Alumnae are organized in fifteen
separate districts, ten within the State
and five outside Pennsylvania The
Philadelphir and Pittsburgh sections
lead• in number of members with 212
and 210 respectively..
REDMAN WILL ADDRESS
MEETING OF CHEMISTS
Society Head to Discus 'Research
In Talt Here Momorroo Night
Dr. Leonard V Redman 1%111 address
the forty-second meeting of the Cen
tral Pennsylvania section of the
American Chemical society in the
Chemistry ampitheatie at 7:30 o'clock
tomorrow night.
Besides being president of the
American Chemical society, Dr Red
man is vice-president and research
rector of the Bakelite corporation He
will speak on some phase of the econ
omics of research
•After graduating from To!onto
University in 1908, Dr. Redman lathe
took a research fellouship at Kansas
University, uorking on synthetic res
ins. This work led him into the field
of plastics, and eventually to his as
sociation with Dr. L. 01. Backeland
and in the formation of the Bakelite
corporation.
LIBRARY TO SEND OUT NEW
PUBLICATION ON BOOKS HERD
"The Highlight on Books at Venn
State," a new library publication, will
be sent out to faculty members, fia
ternity houses, and students who have
placed their names on a special mail
ing list, within the next week, \Vidal d
P. Lewis, College lair:man, has an
nounced.
Containing news and brief reviews
of recent books, clippings of interest,
announcements of feature exhibits,
and' notices of library regulation
, changes, the publication will again be
issued this year in ➢fay.
HONORARY TO HOLD SMOKER
Pi Delta Epsilon, honoiary journal
ism fraternity, will hold a smoker for
junior Pablications men at the Theta
Chi house at 8 o'clock tonight.
PETITIONS ASKING
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME CIRCULATED
College Administration, Borough
Officials Will Consider
System Here
FACULTY GROUP STUDIES
PROPOSED ARRANGEMENT
Citizen Opinion Favoring Change
Quoted in Weekly Paper '
Campaign Here
Petitions gathering the signatures
of students, faculty members, and
townspeople who are in favor of day
light saving time are being tueulated
on the campus and in town this week.
,These petitions will be presented to
the College administration and to the
Borough Council vs ith the request that
daylight saving time for the College
and the town be considered by the
governing bodies
College Considers Plan •
The proposition man present.'
neatly six weeks ago in the council
of admintstration of the College, Ad
,an 0 Morse, executive secretary,
said At that time a committee seas
appointed nith the purpose of adding
one hour to the afternoon recreation .
I Dine during the fall.
• Dean of Men Arthur R Warnock,
chairman of the committee, said that
the committee" Slav considering day
light saving time as a possible solu
tion to the problem Dr. Charles W.
Stoddart, member of the council,
pointed out that no action had been
taken because there appeared to be
no opinion as let crystallized in fa
vor of the time change
• 'Times' Backs Change
The State College Times, weekly
Inew spaper published in the borough,
I quoted opinion among citizens of town
las being distinctly in fat or of the day
ight saving time.
"Daylight saying time for State
College, beginning at the end of April,
is a project a toyrn as progressive as
State College should adopt this yew
as one men-fitted to the living condi
tions of this community," a front
page editotial in the Tones urged
CO-EDS WILL HOLD
MEETING TONIGHT
3 Organizations Sponsor Gathering
in Auditorium Ti, Consider
Spring Electi.s
A• compulsory mass meeting for
women, sponsored by the W. S G A,
Y. W. C. A , and W A A., to discuss
coming spring elections, vall be held
in the Auditorium at 0.30 o'clock to
night
Louise Millington '32, senior W. S
G. A senator, v. ill speak on the prob
lem•. of elections, urging all students
to vote according to the molts of the
candidates for office, and to disregard
fraternity affiliations.
Representing class organizations,
M. Lydia Halle! '32, senior women's
president, and repiesentative., of the
Y. \V C A. and W. A A , will address
the women students.
Assigned seats are posted- on the
McAllister hall bulletin board, and
the attendance adl be taken by clubs
secretaries. Failure to attend will re
sult in the removal of one social priv
ilege.
HOME ECONOMICS SENIORS
To MAKE INSPECTION TOUR
Eleven semi woinen maiming in
innitutional administration, in the de
partment of home economics, mill
leave tomorrow for a week's inspec
tion tool of wholesale and retail food
estabAishments in the vicinity of Phil
adelphia.
Under the superviaion of Miss
Phyllis K. Spiague, associate profes
sor of sonic economics, the group will
inspect tea-room+, cafeterias, canning
factories, furniluic mills, hotels, and
hospitals
KELLER TALKS AT SCRANTON
Prof J Orms Keller, bead of the
department of engineering extension,
addressed engineering extension stu
dent, on "The Psychology of Handling
Men," at Scranton yesterday. Speak
ing on the same subject, Professor
Keller will addtess Wilkes-Bane ex
tension students today.
4 Bands Will Play at
Aid Dance Tomorrow
Campus Orchestras To Pair for 2-Hour Periods
In Loan Fund Affair—Ticket Sale
Held by Fraternities
The double satisfaction of aiding
bands will be offered by the loan fun,
tomorrow night.
Playing for two hours apiece in pi
Bill Bottorff, the Campus Owls, and
FIRESIDE SESSION
LEADERS CHOSEN
Maxwell '33 Announces Faculty
Members To Direct Series
Of Annual Meetings
Forty-two faculty members and six
religious leaders will act as discussion
!leaders in the annual series of Fire
side Sessions, sponsored by the Penn
State Christian association, according
to Robert M. Maxwell '33, chairman of
the committee in charge.
Foity-enght meetings have been
scheduled to date in the series which
opened Wednesday and will continue
foi foul weeks.
E=IILI:1
The faculty members include Dr.
Harold F Alderfer, Prof. Clarence S
Anderson, Director Hugo Bade.,
Profs William A .Broyles and Wil
liam E. Butt, Mr Andrew W. Case,
Profs. Carroll D Champlin and Wit
ham R. Chedsey, Dr. Elwood C. Da
ms, Profs. Harold E Dickson, Ray H
IDotterer, and Earl V Dye, Sir. Robert
E. Galbraith, and Prof. Richard W.
Grant.
The list continues with Prof.
ham F Hall, Mr Eduard K Hibsh
man, Mr. Wdham S Hoffman, Capt.
Wmthsop A. Holler, Profs Julius E
Kaulfuss, J Ores Keller, Herman C
Knandel, and Fred F. Lminger, Mr
Herbert Koepp•Baker, Dr. Carl E.
Marquardt, Psof George F. Mitch, Dr.
Bruce V Moore, and Profs. Russel B
Nesbitt and Harry G. Parkinson.
Prof Austin L Patrick, Dean Char
lotte E Ray, Dr. Joseph P. Ritenous,
Mr Edwin H Rohrbeck, Prof Charles
J Roseland, Dean Robert L Sackett,
Prof Jabir Shibli, Dr Jacob Tanger,
Mr. Edward R. VanSant, Dr Willard
W. Waller, Dean Arthur R Warnock,
Drs Frederick P. Weascr, Marsh NV
White, and Mr. Charles S Wand
complete the list of faculty members
SCHWEITZER TO DELIVER
DIESEL TALK TOMORROW
Itesedrcli Professor,Will Gil e Sistli
Of Series on Engine Design
Giving the sixth of the Diesel en
gine lecture series, Dr Paul li.
Schu Muer, of the engineering re
search department, will speak en "Det
onation in Diesel Engines" in Room
215, Main Engineering, at 2 o'clock
tonna row afternoon.
Thee lecture, have been arranged
by Prof Harold A Everett, head of
the mechanical engineering depart
ment, in conjunction with a course
go. en Naval officers taking graduate
work here.
This will be the last lecture of the
series dealing directly with Diesel en
gine design. Beginning with the next,
talk, the lecturers will take up a new
phase of the work being studied by
the Naval men.
KING WILL DISCUSS RATION
DLFICIENCIES IN TALK HERE
Prof. F G. King, head of the de
partment of uninlal husbandry at Pur
due Univeisity, will diseuyi "Deter
mining Ration Deficiencies" in Room
100, Horticulture budding, at 4 10
o'clock tomorrow afternoon
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This is the second or a series of
rose:lull lectures sponsored by the
School of Agriculture this year. Pro
fessor King will also speak at the in
itiation banquet of the Block and
Bridle club at the Alpha Gamma Rho
house tomorrow night.
TO MAKE TOUR NEXT WEEK
Voting unanimously to continue the
custom of making an annual inspec
tion of anthracite coal mines in the
State, at an unofficial election held
Thursday, students in the School of
:of
lndsstries, under the direction
:of J L. I.Veysser, mining instructor,
now plan to make the tap sometime
next week.
ESTABLISHED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
fellow students and dancing to four
d dance in Recreation hall at 8 o'clock
.airs, foul orchestras, the Varsity Ten,
the Blue and White, will divide the
musical program Amplifiers mill be
arranged to carry the music clearly
to all parts of the hall
Tickets for the dance trill be on
sale today and tomorrow at all the
fraternity houses and at the Student
Union desk in Old Main The total
amount received from tickets will be
turned over in full to the loan fund,
since all the music and labor on the
dance has been given by the orches
tras and other volunteers.
Customs Suspended
Women students base been granted
a free social function for the affair,
while freshmen attending the dance
*ill not be required to keep customs
during the dance.
Francis L 3tathess 'l2, head of the
I committee, urged that the stukhent
body show that it can do its part as
well as the kaculty, patents, and alum
ni *ho base already contributed gen
erously Escry student sull be asked
to buy a ticket as a contribution to
the loan fund, lie said
I=l
Twenty men must receive aid front
the loan fund before the Eastei vaca
tion, Dean of Men Aaiun 11 Warnock
reported More than twice this num
ber are expected to need extra funds
to enable them to finish the year be
fore this semester ends
This dance is the first of a series
of arrangements by which the student
body as attempting to raise its share
toward the student loan fund The
committee in charge has set $3,000 as
its goal for this semester
BLUE BAND NAMES
12 NEW MEMBERS
Esecutne Board Elects Sophomores
To Organization-2 Oven Air
Programs Arranged
'Noise new members wore elected
to the Blue Bond at a meeting, of the
executi‘e board of the organization
Thursday night
Those named to the clarinet section
of the band were Samuel .1 Caroller
'34, Robert N Confer '3l, James F.
Coley '34, Robert Fatringer '3l
Edwatd R. Hoffman '34, Ralph H Le
vine '34, and Hasid K. Shoemaker '3l.
Cordon E Snyder '34 sons the only
new member added to the tenor saxo
phone section
Donning the Blue Band antrum for
the first tune are ‘Vilham R. Skillen
'34 in the baritone section, Fred L
Alexander '.14 in the buss dii,tsion, and
John It Burkholdei '3l in the trom
bone section The only new alto sum'-
, phone player added uus Wail. M.
Wilson '3l.
Under the direction of Bandmaster
Waled 0. Thompson, the band is pre
paring to present two concerts on tho
terrace in front of Old Main this
spring.
OPENINGS STILL, AVAILABLE
IN MEN'S DIETETICS COURSE
Several openings are still available
tr the student diet Louise which start
ed last Monday, according to Dr Jo
seph P. Ritenour, College physician.
Men students who ate interested
should register at the dispensary, in
the basement of Old Main, imme
diately
Conducted under the super vision of
the College health service, the course
is intended to piovide inoper food for
those who complain of an undercieight
condition. AppirAnnately :10 students
took advantage of the class last year.
Bottum), FITTS TO ADDRESS
CHESTER COUNT 1 DAIRYMEN
Prof Andl ew A Borland, head of
the don v huhbandi v deportment, and
Pi of Edwin il B. Pats of the daily
extermon deportment, will speak to
Chester County dolt ymen Satuulay.
Prof. Bon land's subject Win be "Ex
perience, w ith a College Dairy herd;'
while Professor FRU will discuss
.Methoth, of Cutting Donna the Cost
of Milk Production."