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VOL. 28, No. 50
ALPHA CHI OMEGA
TO INSTALL OREAD
CLUB HERE TODAY
Women's National Organization
Will Establish Local as
Beta Mu Chapter
75 VISITORS EXPECTED
AT INITIATION TONIGHT
33 Pledged in Ceremonies Last
Night—Formal Reception,
Dinner Arranged
Alpha Chi Omega will be the eighth
women's national fraternity to estab
lish a chapter at Penn State when it
installs the Oread club as Beta Mu
chapter in the Wesley Foundation at
8 o'clock tonight. The Oreads were
organized here in 1927.
Ethel Mead Van Aulien, national
president of the fraternity, will be as
sisted in installing the group by Miss
Mildred Blacklidge, national secretary,
Miss Elizabeth Rhodes Dalgliesh,
president of the Atlantic province,
Mrs. Charles Coward, Pennsylvania
State alumnae chairman, Mrs. J My
line Will, local chairman, and Mrs.
Kenneth B. Barnes, assistant local
chairman.
Will Be Fifty-SeNenth Chapter
Twenty-two charter members will
be untiated into the Beta Mu chapter
of Alpha Chi Omega tonight. These
charter members and eleven others
were pledged last night. Ses enty
fp.° guests representing seven active
and three alumnae chapters will also
be present at the ceremonies tonight
The plogiam for tomorrow includes
a model chapter meeting IR the morn
ing. a formal reception at the Lambda
Chi Alpha house from 3 to 5 o'clock,
and a formal dinner at the Nittany
Lion Inn at 7 o'clock.
Fourth State Chapter
Beta Mu chapter of Alpha Chi
Omega will be the YoUrth chapter of
the fraternity in' Pennsylvania and
the fifty-seventh , in the country.
Other chapters in the State are at
the University' of Pennsylvania, at
Bucknell University, and at Alleg
heny College.
Other national women's fiaternities
which have already installed chapters
at Penn State include Chi Omega in
1926, Alpha Omicron Pi in 1929. Phi
Mu in 1929, Theta Phi Alpha in 1929,
Delta Gamma in 1930, Kappa Kappa
Gamma in 1930, and Kappa Alpha
Theta in 1931.
L. A. TALK GIVEN
BY COMPTROLLER
Itoy 11. Smith Discusses Educational
Polar), Relation to World's
Economic Problems
"'rho scientific, knowledge of natur
al things has given us an unbalanced
human cultusa and with it theinabil
ity, to adapt Durso'sos to changing con
ditions," Ray IL. Smith, College comp
troller, said in discussing "'World
Pleblems and Educational Policy" at
the fifth Liberal Arts lecture Tuesday
night.
"There is nothing to prove that we
will not be affected economically and
socially by the present depression,"
the College comptroller stated "We
face a lack of talent in our economic
world today," he added
Further discussing the depression
Mr. Smith said that there is bound
to come a shift of responsibility from
the few men who control lobos to the
mlmmistrators of our country "Re
sponsibility must be placed whole it
belongs if society is to get out of this
depression," the speaker concluded.
The last lecture in the Liberal Arts
series. this year will be given by Prof.
George W. Hartmann, of the depart
ment of psychology, in the Little
Theatie in Old Main on Tuesday
right, April 19 Piofessor Hartmann
will speak on "The Geometry of the
Mind."
LIVESTOCK SHOW PLANNED
BY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
The Little International Livestock
show, patterned after the Chicago ex
position, will be held lime Mull 16,
Prof Franklin L Bentley, head of
the department of animal hushanthy,
announced yestei day.
Milton E. Millet '32 heeds the com
mittee in charge of the show. Divis
ional chairmen include Sam Dave '32,
lumen A. Scott '32, Fiancis H. Shaw
'32 and John IV. Coolchnua
President Declares
Half-Holiday Today
Permitting students to attend the
elimination bouts of the National
Intercollegiate Boxing tournament,
classes will be suspended this af
ternoon, according to an announce
ment released from the President's
office.
Approsed at a special meeting
of the College administratne
council >esterday morning, the
holiday is the result of a Student
Council petition recommending the
action:
BEAMISH TO TALK
HERE TOMORROW
Political Writer, Secretary of
Pennsylvania Will Address
Journalism Classes
Speaking on "The State Capitol as
a Source of Feature News," Secretary
of the Commonwealth Richard J
Beamish wdl adthss students in the
journalism classes tomorrow morn
mg.
Mr. Beamish, a former Washington
correspondent for the Philadelphia
Inquiet and ono of the most promin
ent political feature ureters at that
time, is returning after an absence of
two years, when he visited here to
gather material" for an article on the
history, aims, and cork of the Col
lege, which he published following the
trip.
Wrote About Lindbergh
Specializing in political writing,
Secretary Beamish has held many re
sponsible positions on newspaper
staffs. He was managing editor of
the Philadelphia Press apd for a time
held an important office on the New
York Sten.
Only twelve ddys after Colonel
Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight, Mr.
Beamish published an 80,000-word
volume entitled - " Lindbergh—the Lone
Eagle"
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Mr Beanush's party, which includes
Lt Governor Edward C Shannon, At
torney General William A Schnader,
and Secretary of Internal Affairs
Philip H. Dewey, v ill attend , the
Olympic boxing tryouts here today
and tomorrow.
`LA VIE' ASPIRANTS
TO MEET MONDAY
College Yearbook Calls Sophomore
Candidates for Business,
Editorial Staffs
Men and momen sophomore candi
dates for the editorial and business
stalls of the 1933 La Vic are to re
port for the first time in Room 318
Old Main at 8 o'clock Monday night,
Theodore A Sentll '32, editor of the
College year book, announced yester
day.
Set nil will address meekly meetings
of the sophomot o group at mhich in
ciples of the editorial and business
moll. on the book mill be discussed,
Specialized topics will be studied at
each meeting. '
Charles NV Rice '32, editor-m-chief
of La Vie, and Albert J. Zilligen, bust
; nes: manager, will speak at one of
the weekly meetings Andrew W.
Case, of the architectural department,
I will confer with the sophomores at a
later meeting in the series
The new candidates mil begin ac
tive work on the 1933 annual follow
' ing the election of the 1933 senior
stall' The selection will take place
late this month.
DEAN SACKETT TO ADDRESS
WILKES•DARRE ROTARY CLUB
Dean Robert L. Sackett of tho En
gineering School, will discuss unem
ployment insurance at a meeting of
tho W ilkes-Barre Rotary club Tues.
day.
He will address the Dunmore High
School at 4 o'clock that afternoon on
"Going to College" At 8 o'clock that
night the engineering dean will dis
cuss Penn State's new athletic policy
at o meeting of the Penn State Alum
ni club of Scranton.
REPORT LISTS TALKS HERE
Mole than one extra-curricular Ice
tine or mstitutionnl•address has been
even here every day the College was
open since July 1, a recent report re
veals. Of the 186 topics discussed,
82 wine of general interest and 104
were trlinicel or scientific in their
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STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1932
CLASS ELECTIONS
CODE ADOPTED BY
STUDENT COUNCIL
Governing Body Revises Rules
To Abolish Electioneering
In, About Old Main
SUNDAY DEADLINE SET
FOR FILING PETITIONS
Committee Follows Suggestions
Of Former Group—More
Publicity Planned
The 1032 Class Election code was
adopted, with a single alteration, as
presented by the Elections cominittee
at a meeting of Student Council Tues
day night
A ruling in the tentative code which
barred electioneering from the entire
campus during elections was changed
by vote of Council to affect only elec
tioneering in or about Old Main.
Elections will be held in the first
floor lounge of Old Main from 12.45
o'clock Tuesday, April 26, to 12.12
o'clock on Thursday, April 28. Mid
night, Sunday, is the deadline for fil
ing nomination petitions with Hugh
R Riley, jr. '32, committee chairman
Straight Vote Omitted
In formulating this year's code, the
Elections committee carried out three
of the suggestions handed down from
last year's committee More pub
licity, as recommended by the prede
cessors, will be effected through
mimeographed copies of the Elections
code to be distributed early next
Another suggestion to be put into
effect this year is the holding of
elections in a closed room The
straight party vote, as afforded last
year through a special block on the
ballots, will be discontinued this year.
Committee Members
pique alignments of fraternities
and groups must be subinitted to
Chairman Riley by midnight on Sun
day, April 17 These alignments are
final and may not be switched after
this time. Statements of financial
expenditures of cliques must be turn
ed in to the chairman before midnight
on Monday, April 25.
Seniors seeing on the Elections
committee, along with Chairman
Riley, are Townsend C Anderson,
Robert B Burlemb, Clarence E. Chris
tian, Coleman Herpel, Francis C
Mathews, John D. Page, and Francis
E. &hill.
DEAN FAVORS EXTENSION
OF DISCUSSION SESSIONS
NVarnock Says Fireside Plan Should
Cunt one Sclera) Months
Endoising the Fireside Sessions
sponsored by the Penn State Christian
association, Dean Arthur It Warnock
expressed the opinion that greater
benefits ought be obtained by contin
uing the discussions through several
months instead of scheduling them
over a period of four or five weeks
"Uncles the present arrangenient
the whole program is a little too in
tensified," he explained "Instead of
being confined to a few weeks' time,
the progiam should extend all through
the winter months, with the talks on
curling at not too {lament intervals."
The discussions, sponsored for the ;
first time in the spring of 1920, hovel
grown from past:mat:on by eighteen,
fraternity and non-fraternity groups;
to thirty-three organizations this yeas I
A.A.U. Rules To Govern Olympic Tryouts
Using the rules of the Amateur
Athletic Union, the National Collegi
ate Busing Tournament here will be
regulated by the following most per
tinent provisions.
The number of rounds in each con
test will be three while each round
will lost for three minutes with one
minute intervals between. An addi
tional round may be called by the ref
tree if there is still no decision after
the judges,and the referee vote.
At the end of each round the judges
will award fie e points to the better
competitor and a lesser number to
the other contestant based on merit.
When both men are equal each must
leceive the maximum number. At the
end of each bout the announcer col
lects the judges' papers and the ref
one's and the contestant who receives
the most points from the judges is
declared the winner.
BOXING
Mountaineer Threat
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CAPTAINAIAWKINS
GLEEMEN ,COMPETE
FOR TITLE TODAY
9 District Winners Entered in
Intercollegiate Contest
At St. Louis, Mo.
Seeking it 4 first national champion-I
ship, the Penn State Glee club, trained,
by Director Richard W. Grant, will,
enter the National Intercollegiate Glee'
club contest in St. Louis, Mo , this
afternoon and tonight.
Eight other clubs, umners in state
or regional contests, are entered 10 1
this national meet, including those of
Oklahoma University, New Yolk Uni
t °rut), University of Utah. Pomona
College, MonmouthtGaillege, Rochester
University, Yale University, and
Washington University of St. Louis
To Sing "Nittany Lion"
Undei the direction of the student
leader, W Jay Kennedy '32, the glee
men will sing numbers with which
they won the State contest Phila
delphia on February IL. They will
give as their choice song "Wassail,"
an old English folk song by Vaughan'
Williams, and as their College song,
"The Nittany Lion."
This afternoon the nine Glee clubs
will sing 'Fight," a student song of
Finland by Faltin, and the three
which sing it the best, according to
the judges, will again sing it at the
contest tonight in competition fos the
title.
Leaving here by bus Wednesday
morning,, the songsters stepped ovei
night in Columbus, Ohio, and armed
at St. Louis last night. Expenses of
the top will be defrayed entnely
front the treasury of the club to
gether with funds garnered from its
recent benefit concert here.
`Collegian' To Issue
2 Special Editions
-.The first of two special editions
of the COLLEGIAN will be distri
buted to subscribers and put on
sale tomm row morning while the
second will be put on sale imme
diately following the final bouts
tomorrow night
Containing full accounts of the
entire series of bouts, the boxing
specials will also contain feature
stories, surveys among coaches and
officials, asp well as Leo Houck's
selection of an all-time Penn State
nut team.
vote is consulted and if two out of the
three ballots agree the winner is de
cided. If throe is still disagreement
among all three ballots the referee
calls an estra three minute sound
after which the judges name the win
ner without scoring. Both must
agree, however, and if they should
not the referee's decision made at the
sense time shall decide.
Weighing-in must take place within
three hours of the time of the (list
contest. With a half-pound margin
allowed over specified weights bouts
will be fought in the following classes:
112, 118, 126, 135, 117, 160, 175, and
heavyweight. There is no weighing
in for the second day of the tourna
ment.
Six-ounce gloves use the older in
weights under 160 pounds while eight
ounce gloves ere used in the bouts
over 160. Only soft cotton or linen
bandage= use to be mud and must not
Tattrigittit.
OLYMPICS BEGIN TODAY
8 Nittany Mitmen Seek Titles
As 71 Enter National Tourney
Army of Wee
Includes
Varsity Hall Converted
Into Headquarters
For Ringmen
Thousands of visitors, including
many leading sports and political
notables, flocking into State College
for the spectacle a national collegiate
boxing meet presents, crop n Penn
State King of Fistiana for the neck
end
Town and campus, both, have taken
on a holiday appearance as sophm
heated students, staid professors,
bored business men, and chattering
co-eds gather in excited groups to
venture unofficial opinions on the
meets
Val sity Hull has long lost all sem
blance of the quiet, studious atmos
phere sshieh once pervaded it Stu
dents hate fled before the advance of
boxers, coaches, trainers, and man
agers to whom the dormitory has been
turned user. Workouts, training
tables, and morning calisthenics again
claim the places they held when the
Hall seas the home of Penn State's
athletes.
Among the notable guests echo have
signified their intention of being
here, athletic directors of ninny East
ern institutions are represented
From West Point will come Major
Philip B. Fleming, while Princeton
sends Dr. C W Kennedy Dean E
Leroy Mercer of Pennsylvania, Prof.
Philip 0 Badger and Albert B Nixon
of New York University, and Romeyn
Berry of Cornell are other distin
guished guests.
Completing the list of well known
collegiate athletic heads, are George
B. Thurston of Syracuse, Harry A
Stansbury of West Virginia, D. Le-
Roy Reeses of Lafayette, William J
Bingham and Henry W. Clack of Har
vard, Ham , A. Heneage of Part
mouth, Harold F. Woodcock of Yale,
Reynolds Benson of Columbia, and
(Continued on page four)
DEBATERS WILL MEET
PITTSBURGH, APRIL 22
Keye., Kloper To Uphold Control
Of Industry Program here
Upholding the alTirmatne of the
centralized control of industry 1)101,-
0,1,10 n, Scott Keyes '33 and Samuel
J. Klepper '33 have been selected to
debate a Univeisity of Pittsburgh
team here April 22
In a split-team, Oregon style de.
'bate on the same question Monde!,
night, Keyes and James Rae, of
Westein Reserve University, compos
ing it negative team, defeated Paul L
Fos. '33 and Victor Pollack, of West
ern Reserve, by an aadience vote.
Contending that cont.:limed control
has failed oherever it has been tried,
tho u inning team pointed out that
theic ale uncontiollable factos mina
make planning impossible The nit
: fii mative maintained that centralized
.control has been attempted success
i
' luny and that it could be effectnely
extended.
be in inoic than tine° thicknesses
when protecting the hands Bandages
ate subject to the referee's approval
Each contestant is entitled to the
assistance of two seconds and no ad
vice of coaching shall lie given to any
competitor by eithet of his seconds or
by any other person during the prog
ress of the rounds The referee may
disqualify the contestant fot violation
of this ruling.
The referee has the power to cau
tion or disqualify for any infringe
ment of the rules and to stop a round
in his opinion, a man 15 outclassed
of unfit to continue. In the event that
n man is clown, his opponent retires
to the furthest cornet and do. not
°commence basing until told by the
teteree A man is considered down
when lie is on one foot in when any
other past of his body is touching the
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ANNUAL DRAMATIC
CONTEST CANCELED
Cloetingh Announces Cessation
Of College Play Tourney
After 6-Year Run
Cancellation for this year of the an
nual play tournament conducted by
the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Dra
matic association was announced this
reek by Prof Arthur C. Cloetingh,
professor of dramatics, v, ho heads the
association
Financial depression which resulted
in a large number of members of the
group withdrawing from the competi
tion caused the officials of the asso
ciation to cancel the tournament this
year, Professor Cloetingh said. Sev
eral of the College dramatic goons
advised the officials that they would
be unable to enter the competition on
account of finances.
Organ:red in 1925
Lust yuir's contest aas staged iii
Schaub auditorium, Bucknell, Theil,
Drexel, and Gro‘a City competing, in
addition to the Penn State Players.
The Green Room club of Franklin and
Marshall ,on fit st pt i/e, and the
Penn State Players gained second
place
Composed of twelve Pennsylvania
college dramatic .olganizations, the
association has sponsored sit tourna
ments.since its inception in 1925. The
Penn State Playei , and Franklin and
Marshall College bane twice carried
off first prizes in the competition,
while Gettysburg and Villano‘a each
placed first on single occasions
Whethet the contest will be re
sumed next yeal Si ill ,depend upon
genet al conditions, said Professor
Cloctingh David D Mason, of the
department of romance languages, is
secretary-tieasuret of the otganiza
tion
CO-EDS PLAN GALA
FETE FOR MAY 7
Will Dual Annual Coronation Riles
On Mothers' Dad—Chairmen
Of Groups Designated
Plans lot May Dm', wha.h is to he
held on They 7 in conjunction with the
Mothers' Day eelebiation, are being
made by ILut net It, Soper 'B3, and
Marjorie G Gioat '33, co.chaumen
Lillie A, Kell '.13 will seise as eh:ln
man of ceremonies, tt hile Cat elyn V
Manifold '3l and Isabel McFarland
':l3 will be ehatimen of m opet ties and .
publicity iespettively Tubing charge
of the wanhobe, Mary 13, Laiamy
'B3
,111 select the dress of the queen's
patty and Irene IM, Mye”, '3B will
choose the costumes of the informal
group.
Lucy J. Erdman '35 will he chant
man of the music committee, with
Josephine S Stotler '34 mrenging
the enteitamment and M. Adele Fork
= 'B3 beetling a committee on decim
ation.
On the mining of the May Day
celebration, Owens, sophomore wom
er's society, will give a breakfast on
Holmes Field for the women students
and mothers, at which there will be
tapping of nev, members.
ESTABLISHED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
16 Preliminary Bouts
Carded for This
Afternoon
2:: MATCHES SCHEDULED
AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT
Survivors From 28 Institutions
Will Compete Tomorrow
To Decide Winners
Eight Lion boxers 11.6 among
seventy-one outstanding collegi
ate fighters who begin quests
for national titles and further
Olympic chances here at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and 7 o'clock to
night.
Weighing-in at 11 o'clock this
morning, boxers who come from
twenty-eight institutions bill be
gin eliminations in sixteen bouts
this afternoon and leach the
semi-finals following tuenty
three bouts tonight. Consisting
of fifteen matches, the semi-finals mill
begin at 2 o'clock toinoriow after
noon and the eight title bouts and
seven run-offs for thud place mill
start at 7 o'clock that night
Five Nittany boxers, Zeleanock,
Ferrero, Al Louis, Updegrove, and
Nebel, mill compete this afternoon,
while Woolbert, heavyweight, makes
SIS initial appearance tonight. Cap
, lain Davey Stoop and Miller, fresh
-1 man 112-pounder, gained bye, to the
!semi-finals tomorrow afternoon,
Stoop Gains Senii-f,.ls
Vaillla, Duquesne, and Miller.
Penn State, mill be fighting tomorio,
for a place m the finals against D'Al
lessandro, Temple 112-pounder, who
secured a bye to the finals Stoop
and Malmo!, Columbus Unnersity,
secured the byes to the semi-finals in
the 118-pound division, while Scott,
of the University of South Carolina,
and Houehens, of Loyola at Baltimore,
meet tonight as Snell, New Hamp
shire boxer, and Puglia, West \ru
gs= fieshman, also compete to en
ter tomorsom's semi-finals
The first bout this afternoon nodl
be contested between Tusdugno, Col
umbus University, and Bsailsford, of
South Carohna University FOIIOU-
Ing that Zeleenoch, Lion freshman,
and Breese, Kansas State College
mansion, Will appeal in the other first
elimination in the 120-pound division
The noisiness m the two bouts mill
compete tonight as Minaidi, Florida
captain, meets Vougatsas,
Deasboin, of 'New Hampshne, and
Cleveland, Cadet, face each other and
Al \Vei them ei , Eastena Into col
'emote clump from Syracuse. opposes
Boomer, Badmen, to decide the foot
men in the semi-finals tosnosiom.
Paul Fellow, Lion lightweight, ail)
meet Watts, University of South
Carolina hovel, this afternoon, and
tonight the v.innei nu ll meet the sum
betneen Neely, West
and Dill, of Bialmell Cannell,
Smingfield College, opposes Cadet
Began tot the position against either
Ketcham, Hamilld eaptam, m Gold-
(Cl , llll/L11"/ on page 1111,)
1932 SUMMER SESSION
OFFERS NEW COURSES
Catalog Lists Near!) 11111 Subjects
Not Ce‘eil Durum Last Term
lNear lv a burial oil courses not listed
ug last summer's bulletin will he of
fined to students enrolled for the 19:12
Summer Session, a study of the new
catalog Just released shout Monty
are listed for the first tune, the other
courses having been given at summer
sessions pr evious to 14111 or dui mg the
regular academic year
Seven new courses me listed liv
the. Education School, two of which
are open to only graduate students.
The department of agricultural eng
ineering offers a composite course for
vocational teachers for the first time.
Units taking up the prepaiatlon
and serving of meals and the cooking
et foods are included in a composite
course of the home eeononues depart
ment.