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VOL. 28, No. 54
SCHOLASTIC GROUP
NAMES RECIPIENTS
OF MEDAL AWARDS
Drs. Dotierer, Overholts Gain
Recognition by Freshman
Honorary Society
PHI ETA SIGMA GRANTS
HONORS FOR RESEARCH
Committee From Faculty Makes,
Choice—lnitiation Banquet
Scheduled on May 7
Dr Ray ff. Dotteier, professor of
philosophy, and Dr. Lee 0. Overholt;,
professor of botany, were named
Wednesday as recipients of the med
als awarded annually by Phi Eta
Sigma, national honorary freshman
scholastic fraternity, to two faculty
members outstanding in unsubsidised
research.
Initiating the project last year, Phi
Eta Sigma awaided the first medals
to Prof., Madison M. Garver, of the
physics department, and Dr Asa E.
Martin, professor of American his
tory. Professor Garver's -contilbu
tons were notably on the kinetic na
ture of matte', while Dr. Martin had
done research work in American and
State history.
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Research projects conducted by Di.
Dotterer include "The Philosophy of
the 'As If' in its Application to The
ology" and "The Argument fin a Fin
itist Theology" He is also the au
thor of too books, "Beginners' Logic"
and "Philosophy by Way of the
Sciences," as well as numerous ar
ticles which were published in philo
sophical and religious journals
Dr Overholts has done research
work in fungi, tree diseases, timber
decay, and other botanical studies
"Taxonomy of Higher Fungi of Penn
sylvania" and "Fungi of Colorado"
are among the twenty-one papera
which Dr Overbolts has written
Committee Members Listed
The committee 'which selected the !
recipients; was composed of Dr. Carl I
E. Marquardt, College Exa miner,
chairman, Dr. Stevenson W Fletcher,
vice dean of the School of Agricul
ture, Dr. Carl W Hasek, head of the
department of economics and socio
logy, Dr David F McFarland, head
of the metallurgy department, Dr.
Charles C. Peters, director of educa
tional research, Prof. °scat F.
Smith, assistant dean of the School
of Chemistry and Physics, and Prof
Elton D Walker, head oE the civil
engineer mg department
Medals will be awarded at the an
nual initiation banquet of Phi Eta
Sigma at the Nittany Lion Inn on
May 5. Freshmen with a 2.6 aver
age are eligible for the honorary, and
pledging will take place Monday
night.
`FARMER' SELECTS
HORST '33 EDITOR
Group Names Banton '33 Business
Manager as 10 Gain Posts
On New Senior Board
Elmer L Hoist '33 was elected
editor-in-chief of the Penn State
Farmer for the coming year, succeed
mg John W. Kennedy '32, and James
H. Breton '33 was elected business
manager of the publication at a meet
ing of the Fainter board.
Other members of the new senior
editorial board ale Walter S. Shearer
'.13, managing editor, Oliver A Por
ter '33, campus editor and Martin L
Spangler '33, alumni editor Ansel
S. Wood '33, Grange editor, Elisha M.
Rahn '33, contributing edge', Helen
K Neff '33, home economics editor,
and Katherine C. Aungst '23, assist
ant home economics editor, complete
the newly-elected senior staff.
Byron 7# Konhaus '33 will serve as
circulation manager while Frank L
Weaver '33 Was elected local adver
tising manages and Robert E. Gray
'33, national advertising manage,
Wdhnm H Moon, two-year student,
and Robert F. White '34 were named
as assistant circulation managers.
Assistant business manage. are
Eugene G. Douse '34 and John R
Longenecker '34, while Jorge J. &i
-rides Jr. '34 and William H Wilson
'3l were elected as Junior editorial
assistants.
TO SPEAK ON 'SOIL EROSION'
H. H. Bennett, of the United Staten
Bateau of Saila, will lecture on "Soil
Erosion" in Room 100 Horticulture
I. F. Ball Chairman, Orchestra Leader
SATIRE FEATURES
THESPIAN COMEDY
'We, the People' Draws Humor
From American Politics,
Diplomatic Affairs
Satire, a new type of Thespian com
edy, features the story of "We, the
People," 1932 Thespian production
which will he presented on Saturday
of Arnim. Prom meek-end, according
to J Ewing "Sock" Kennedy, (I:sec
tor of the show.
Following the lead of a current
musical comedy, the Thespian show
will satirize American government
from a presidential election campaign
to meetings of the senate and diplo
matic relations with foreign coun
tries. A love affair of the president
and a resulting entanglement with his
jilted sweetheart adds movement to
the general plot.
klalmed Takes Lead
Edwin S Maimed '33, cast in the
role of the presidential candidate, and
H. Grace Baer /34 us his wife, curry
the principal leads in the show
James S Non is '32, as secretary of
state, and Helen L Crozier '32, who
replaces IV. Dorothy Johnston '33 in
the cast, as the jilted sweetheart,
share the supporting roles with Rob
eit C Ayres '32 and Lucille L. Las
key '35, secretaries to the president
and his wife.
Differing from past Thespian
shows, the current comedy follows the
Gilbert and Sullivan operetta type
with singing and dancing forming a
major part of the show. Two sets of
choruses, one used entirely for dan
cing and the other for singing, aid
in carrying out the operetta effect.
Dialogue fot the production was
written by Kennedy and Kenneth L.
Holderman. Rehearsals are under
the direction of the co-authors and
Hummel Fishburn, of the music de
partment, who assisted en Sc citing
much of the music for the show
ATTENDS W. S. G A. CONCLAVE
Angel., Messier '33, newly elected
president of the W. S G A.. attend
ing a convention, of women's self-gov
erning associations at the University
of South Dakota, Vermillion, S D.
The convention begun Monday and
will close today.
Penn State Faculty Members Most
Conservative, Morality Study Shows
That Penn State faculty members
and then wives are the most conser
vative of seventeen diffe.nt social
groups in regard to moral standards,
was one of the findings which came
as a by-product from the study of
the relation of movies to the nieces
made by Dr. Charles C Peters, three
tor of educational research, and his
associates
Dr Peteis found that twerity-fi, e
middle-aged Penn State mofessols
and then wives weie mole conserva
tive than any other group In the ex
tent to which they would tolerate
people's actions in lo‘emaking, treat
ment of children by parents, and
democratic conduct.
Penn State seniors WrIC among the
more cocoon awe element, ranking
as a group, with preachers and Men
comic farmers in their moral stand
ards. Young ladies of the New York
City social elite were rather conser
vative, mote so than graduate stu
dents, but mote liberal than Penn
State semis.
Social reformers and other intellec
tual leaders stele the most libeial of
all the moans, Dr. Peters discovered.
Other social units having a Ilbeial
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1932
CHIEEEM
2 BANDS TO PLAY
FOR BALL TONIGHT
Doc Peyton, Kay Kyser Rhythm
Will Feature I. F. Affair
In Recreation Hall
With variety in music being fur
nished by Kay Klsei and Doc Peyton,
Penn State fraternity men will hold
their third annual frolic in the Rec
reation hall from 0 o'clock until 2
o'clock tonight
Kay Kyser conies here from a six
months tour sponsored by the Na
tional Bioadcasting company, while
Doc Peyton so 111 come here on a road
trip after a long stay at the New
Kenmore Hotel in Albany where he
broadcast nightly from station WGY
Both bands plan special arrangements
of popular Penn State songs.
Decorate with Blue, White
A blue and white color scheme, sim
ilar to that, of last year, will decorate
the hall , Subdued lighting effects,
and a crystal ball hung from the ceil
ing will furnish lighting for the affan
together v, ith several spot lights
placed at various places on the floor.
Handball courts have been moved
back to make room for more booths
under the balconies Fraternity men
attending the dance will receive pus
gram favors featuring a design of
the Interfraternity Council key set
against a dark background on the
cover. The program will also feature
a memorandum section.
No one will be admitted to the
dance unless his athletic card and
ticket checks ,ith the list of names
handed in by the frateinity presi
dents, Chailes C Bryan '32, chairman
of the committee announced yester
day. Stags will not be admitted to
the dance.
DISTRIBUTION OF FLOUR TO
COMMUNITY POOR PLANNED
Coming from the government
through the National Red Cross as
sociation a carload of flour will fu
me at State College in tno weeks for
distribution among the needy, accord
ing to 13uigess Eugene H Lederer.
Approximately 175 families in the
surrounding townships will receive
the benefits of the distribution
workos and coal miners in western
Pennsylvania, and business men in
Reading. .
"One of the most surprising find
ings," soul Dr. Peters, "was the Van
ability of moral standards within the
group. in the face of the sociologist's
dogma of group solidarity. The most
conservatrve quarter of any group
differed from the aver age of another.
"Isolated groups, like Mennonite
farmers and Virginia negroes, were
rather composite in their standards,"
he added, "but the groups that get
around a great deal, such as social
reformers and the New York City
elite, were characterized by a great
variability in regard to moral stand
ards It seems that with the mobility
of modern society, true groups, in the
sociological sense, have almost ceased
to exist."
Social groups, on the average, are
alike in what they demand in demo
cratic practices and treatment of chil
d:en by parents, but differ appreci
ably in what they will sanction in re
gard to kissing. They differ molt in
what they will approve in regard to
a girl's taking the initiative in love
=king,. the survey showed among
COLLEGE PREPARES
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
FOR MOTHERS' DAY
May 6 Week-end To Open With
Concert by Glee Club,
Phi Mu Alpha
BROOKE WILL SPEAK AT
SCHOLARSHIP EXERCISES
Athletic Events, Visitors' Tea
Annual Co-ed Coronation
Fete Scheduled
Special programs for the entertain
ment of mothers, in addition to dra
matic and musical events, still fea
ture Mothers' Day week-end May 0
to 8, according to Prof .1 Orvis Kel
ler, secretary of the Parents' associa
tion
The program will open Friday
night, May 6, when Director Richard
W. Grant will direct a Joint concert
by the Penn State Glee club and Phi
Mu Alpha, national honorary music
fraternity. Ten and eleven o'clock
classes will be dismissed Saturday
morning to allow students to attend
the Scholarship Day exercises at
which Dr Edwin C. Broome, Phila
delphia superintendent of schools, will
speak.
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Athletic events for the day include
a varsity track meet with the Enloe, -
sity of Pittsburgh and a baseball
game with Syracuse An mteischo
tastic meet will open with field events
Saturday morning and continue
throughout the day. Time schedules
for the athletic events have not yet
been completed
Dean Charlotte E. Ray and Ns omen
students will entertain visiting moth
ers at a tea - from - dstiO to 5 o'clock
The annual May Day exercises, at
which Muriel E Borman 'O2 will be
crowned May Queen, will probably
take place on the front campus at
G. 95 o'clock.
Will Gne Play
"Bird in Hand," a production of the
Players directed by Frank S Pleas
baum, dramatic 'coach, will be pre
sented in Seim ab auditorium at 8.15
o'clock The hour for the May
Queen's coronation and the play may
be changed if daylight saving time is
adopted
Choosing a Mothers' Day theme for
his address the Rev. Warren Giles, of
East Orange. N. J, will speak at the
Sunday morning chapel Full details
of the Mothers' Day program Null be
mailed to parents about May 1, Pro
fessor Keller said
29 WILL COMPETE
ON 'LA VIE' STAFF
Sophomore Candidates for Business
Editorial Positions Report
At First Meeting
Tuenty-nine sophomore men and
' women lepoited for the edam nil nod
business staffs of the 1933 La Vic at
the first meeting Monday night
Theodore A Serrdl '32, of the yeas,
book staff, Will conduct weekly meet
ings to instruct the candidates The
next meeting will be held in Room
318, Old Main, at 7.30 o'clock Mon
day night at winch time additional
men and women may 'cool t.
The list of editorial candidate, in
cludes M Harriet Allen, Eva M
Blichfeldt, Andrew It Brasko, Hol
man Chinn, Marjorre M Cur tin, Ethel
H. Filbert, Mac P. Kaplan, Andrew
F. Maack), Eduard A. Miller, and
Charles A. Myers
Others who is ill try out for the edi
torial staff are C. Calvin Naylor,
June B. Roberts, Bernard H Rosen,-
Imola., Thomas A Semill, Jame, 111
Sheen, William bf Stegmeier, Wll
- S Stemple, Homer E Stennett,
Betty B Thompson, and Raymond F
Wagner.
,Business staff candidates are Mar
garettc E. Aungst, Albert M Rd
covdch, Gerald C Borland, S. Jerk
Candler, James E Farater, Richard
F Herr, Carlyn V. Manifold, llouard
R. Neumaim, and Virginia B
Springer.
ENGINEER TO SPEAK TODAY
Speaking on the subject of factots
I which entei into the designing of deep
water power stations, K. 111 lime,
vice president and chief engineer of
the Philadelphia Electric company,
Will address the American Society of
Chemical Engineers in Room 107 Main
Engineering at .1 o'clock this after
noon,
CrAittrgian.
Malmed '33 Elected
New Boxing Manager
Edwin S, Maimed '33 was named
boxing managei foi the next sea
son, succeeding J. Frederick Win
stead '32, and Joseph Kaufman '33
seas selected manager of the gym
team, succeeding James F Coch
ran '32, at elections held Wednes
day afternoon
First a.sistant managers in box
ing for 1933 mill be Harry 11 Bal
thasar '3l, Langford B Dobbins '3l,
and Edward W. Yorke '3l, ,ith
Edward h. Atkinson '3l as an al
ternate Gymnastics first assist
ant manager; named are C Wade
Bryant '3l, Fredenek F•. For '34,
and William E Bade, '3l.
TSCHAN '33 NAMED
`COLLEGIAN' EDITOR
Board Selects Hesse Business
➢Tanager; Ilona Elected
Women's Editor
Robert E Tschan '33 ooas selected
to serve as edam of the Courcins:
tot nest year at a mteting of the
senior bond Wednesday night, Mule
Allied W Hesse jr '33 was named
business manage!
The ntanaging, editor's post 1,111 be
held by Ralph D Helsel ii mith
Sidney H Benjamin 'll soloing as
sports editor Mchind V. Wall '33
ndl be assistant edam, and Herald
P Da) '33, assistant managing editor
Ernest B Zukaushas '33 still hold the
position of •Issistant spelt, edam,
while nems editors for the 1912-'ll
tom will be Rollin C Steinmet,
and 1,9 dham J jr '33
The circulation manager's position
was gained by Robert 31 Harlington
'33, and the ads entlsing mantrei's
place olds awarded to Paul \V Bier
stein '.3.3Ntllard D Nestor '33 omit
serve as manager of foreign adv.-
Using on the nen busme, , , staff,
while Aaiun E assume
the position of ci edit nianaget for
next yea,
Marion P. Ilona 'ft null he si (I -
men's edam fot the miming teen
Isabel 31cFalland '..13 and Eltrabeth
31. Kalb '33 nem selected on onion's
managing eilittn and nen, edam, le
spectively.
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR
TO GIVE LAST L. A. TALK
Hartmann Wlll Speak on 'Geometr3
Of Nlind"ruesdn3 Nsght
Dein ming the last lecture in Lib
eta! Arts sel les this Nem, Piof
George W. Hartmann, of the psychol
ogy department, mill speak on "The
Geometry of the Mind" in the Little
Theatre, Old Main, at 7 o'clock Tues
day night
Plofessm Hai tmann will disco,
the history of Gestalt psychology
since its development in Emope in
1912. Ile mdl also espluin how it
dittos time other systems of thought,
and how it is used in the solution of
controNei.ivu in sociology, biology,
physics and metaphysics
Recening a degree of Doctor of
Philosophy from Columbia in 1928,
Piofessoi Ilmtmann taught psyhol
ogy at Dal tmouth and Columbia be
fore coming to Penn State Too
yeais ago he was r eseui ch fellow of
the Social R 03011,11 Council and meat
abroad to shalt Gestalt psychology In
Germany
Glee Club Arouses 76 Inhabitants
Of Tutopolis When Bus Breaks Down
Ifo,intaltty in its lottte , t Tot us' ttadttions of old Penn State, mlule
Wlth' the eau e tom it's populatton the natives matched in stroll-hound ad
letahng sisal terrain to a harmonious nut salon. Oh hum'
"bon voyage," out tong.tet hale, "Arlo a hurtled consultation with
on then recent s stun to to from the himself, the nutyot (located that with-
Glee club Intel collegiates at St. Lotus, I mg could be done obout it, and form-
Me" mete ..ent .cutrying homemaist sill!. handed Ole lON', of the city to
tiftet a most delightful sopaua among the shstingue-hed slit cites, 'Doctot'
the flats% es of Tutopolis, 111. But, I .Inv Kennety lie accepted watts has
what of that! IVtll you 11 , 1, Its 'What usual modesty and moll known 'M
uffed. Tutopolts, 11l has upon the sits- !tett boy' ,
covery of the 14111,11 mi gh hen 9 Well t "The pat ty then[ pt oceetled to make
—but let one of out tughtingale-like a tattle whoopee—and line ! By the
tenors tell the tale . gt nee of Cod, 'Slim,' the bue drtehr,
" .. . Out boys, alto taking and the Janitor of the Congtegattonal
thud pl ire, lat,ed it hack After chat ch, the hack Wats Email} Instal and
much Jogglmg the old wagon broke the boys pouted themselves in
Moan in a town ( called Tutopohs "As they wen e about to leave, the
(by gosh), 111. and what a vdlogess gathered 'bound and, led by
place! The hove ilii.embaiked from the chief of the fine depaament, ren
the et moltd galleon and proceeded to, dined north gn eat feeling, a panting
make them, pn COOllOO known. I song set to the tune of 'Mai ylund'
"The unaccustomed activits en oke up
the lel - ink. , " (ell 76 of therm), who 'To-to-no-11s, 'fu-to-po-lisl
homed to th to ascel tam the (.11090 Penn State Gleemen came to town,
of the tumble. The boys put on an Then sue hound then 10 eat n enoun,
out omptu pet founance in the 1,, Tw.to-pu-11 0 .
Sigma Tau Phi Leads
In Scholastic Rating
Cliques To Submit
Group Lists Sunday
Clique affiliations for the class
elections, April 26 to 28, must be
in the hands of Hugh R Riley jr.
'.12, elections chairman, by mid
night Sunday
Fiaternitios and groups tsdl not
be alloued to alter then align
ments north cliques after Sunday,
according to a provision of the
code. This tilling was instituted
to present swathing of affiliations
at the last minute.
1400 TO COMPETE
IN MUSIC CONTEST
Winners of County High School
Eliminations Meet Today
For District Title
Fom teen bandied musicians from
nine counties of the State will com
pete in the third annual high school
music district contest in the Auditm-
Min and the Little Theatre, Old Main,
today
Rem esenting thirty-tun schools,
the students will compete in events
ranging from vocal and instrumental
solos to band and orchestra group
competition The contest is held un
der the auspices of the Penns} Ivania
Fm ensic league Winnei s here to
day U3ll enter the State finals in
Pittsburgh sometime next month
Starting at 9 o'clock this morning,
weal soloists and small soca! en
sembles will compete in the Little
Theat, v,hile the instrumental solo
contest will be held in the Auditorium
at the same time Large chorus and
glee dub competition nod] still t at
1 30 o'clock this afternoon
Bands ndl compete at 1 o'clock this
afternoon in the Auditmium and 01-
chestia3 are scheduled to play here
at 630 o'clock tonight Dnectm
Richard IV. Grant and Plot Hummel
Fishbuin, of the music depaitment,
are in chain . ° of the contests
Blair, Clem field, Cambria, Clinton,
Huntingdon, Simi., Union, Miff tin,
end Centie counties are entered in
the Cc ento. Judges for the contests
have been selected from members of
the mu.sic department and senior stu- ,
dents in musical education
DEAN OF MEN ENDORSES
SALE OF MOVIE TICKETS
=ID
To Increase Loan Fund sioo
That movie ticket sales will be a
good means of increasing the student
loan fund be flte m six bandied dol
bus, sus the opunon espressed by
Dean of Men Arthur It Warnock, in
commentmg on the plan Wednesday
"Any student who goes lathei log
1111111\7 to the mosses mould he selV
selfish not to bus he, tickets in tins
may," salt! Dean Wainock The sales
campaign was begun Wednesday be
.he student loan fund conmuttee and
will continue fin tell days
Gunge \V Sulhsan, managet of the
local Ocala es, has mollusc(' that one
thud of the gio, income from the
sale of music ticket books will be
;men to the student loan fund
ESTABLISHED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Attains 1.57 Average
To Head National
Fraternities
DELTA GAMMA EXCELS
CO-ED GROUPS WITH 1.87
Women Surpass Men Students,
Statistics Rey eal—College
Mark Set at 1.27
With a scholastic at mage of 1 57
Sigma Tau Phi led foitv-eight men',
national fratei nitres, while Delta
Gamma headed the national women',
hater nities girth 1 87, according to
statistics fro the lust semester re
leascd liom the Registrar's office.
Attaining an at er age of 1.20,
Omega Epsilon e‘ceeileil other men',
local hater filler, while Laodelphia,
with 2 11 led local women's societies,
as well a, all campus groups Alpha
Zeta, social and professional .agncul
tunal fiatei nit\ , was second highest
with 2 01
College Acerage Decreases
The all-College as erage Ai as 127.
a deet ease front 13 5 5 of the pimous
semester Women students °seen"!
men Is ith an as m age of 152 for the
co-eds and 122 lot the men Non
fratio oily men seemed a null< of
1 11, while non-fraternity Nt omen sur
passed them 0 ith a 1 16 average
Delta Theta Sigma ranked second
among the men', national fraternities
ith 111, Triangle filed girth 1 17,
elide Alpha Chi Rho and Phi Sigma
Delta hut Col fouith place Nuth 1 40
each,
Alpha Phi Sigma ...owed second
place among the locals with a 1 21
al.erage, while Chi Upsilon and Slain
tied foi thud with 119 Kappa Al
pha Theta was second Inghe,t among
women's nationals with 1 82, Kappa
Kappa Gamma second with 1 80, and
Chi Omega foul th with 1.79. Oread,
the only othei women's local group
scented an mirage of 1 77
Class Ratings Listed
Alpha Chi Sigma semori, Sigma
Tau Phi Juniors, Acacia sophomm
and Kappa Delta Rho freshmen Icd
their i espective classes in the men's
national fratm nay do ismn Omega
Em,ilon swum s and Jun. s, Alpha
Phis Sigma sonhonun es, and Sigma
Phi Alpha fi eshmen top the list in
the local In atermtv gi oup
Kappa Alpha Theta seniors, 'Kappa
Kappa Gamma Juniois, and Alpha
Omicron Pi sophonun es Si ere highest
in then Haven in the u omen's na
tional flan nitv group Seniors and
Jimmie of Laodelphm and thead
sophomm es headed then divisions
among the u omen's local gi oups
(Complett List an Ng Tim c)
LAMER CONTINUES
PRIESTLEY TALKS
Columina l'i nre,air Will Speak al
7 O'CloLlt Tonight—To End
Series un 'rue d.,
Continuing his tall, in the annual
RI estles !taint e son le, DI Vietot K
La'alci, of Columbia Univelsita, will
ilo.cus: the esten•inn of the Debye-
Iluckel !Remy in the Chemistry am
phitheatt e at 7 o'clock tonight The
lecture will 111 St fin one hout
On thi. qubject Di LaMer will dis
cuss high valence tpe inistui es and
non-anima, , olutiont, together with
ion asiociatmn and meal palate do,
teikociatinn
Monday night the Columbia Um
colsity motessin II 111 speak on
"Chemical Kinetic , : in lonic SN.tents "
Tluv .ukim.t will include a discussion
of molecule stamtute and calculation.
and statistical facto, and disassocia
tion constant, Ile toll conclude but
talks Tuesdat night
The !cella cs founded in 1 1 1:20 .10 a
menus till to Jo.eph PrieAtlo., me
.31 . m -toted thi, real Phi Lambda
Up.ilon, boom my Llienikti 'CI titer
aitv. the cheat isti y tiepin talent, nail
the tlepai tinent of biological chemis
t! y.
I[l] =Ti
Discussing a t t ti athttons in the In
let national %Valet Calm e•lnlntion,
Plot Jana, 13 !feline of the urchi
lotteio dealt:ll)mA will ipso a lantern.
stale !came in Room 107, Main lin
t:meeting at 7 a o'clock Monday
night. The cshibituon is sponsored
by Pt Cantata Alpha, lionotat y fine
tilt, ftatta atty.