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Vol. 28, No. 62
3 NITIANY BOXERS
PICKED FOR FINAL
OLYMPIC TRYOUT'
Stoop, Lewis, Updegrove Named
On List of 17 Collegiate
Representatives
WILL ENTER TRIALS AT ,
SAN FRANCISCO IN JULY
Squad Chosen from 34 Ringmen
Who Survived Preliminary
Competition Here
Three Penn State boxers have been
selected to represent the collegiate
world in the final Olympic team try
outs to be held at San Francisco, July
20;21 and 23, it was revealed here
this week by Hugo Bezdek, director
of the School of Physical Education
and Athletics, and chairman of the
National Collegiate Olympic boxing
committee.
Captain David Stoop, 118-pounder,
Al Lewis, welterweight, and Pete Up
degrove, 160-pounder, are the Nittany
Lion rmgmen selected from the group
of thirty-four tentatively named for
the finals at the close of the piehm
inary tryouts held here in April A
total of seventeen boxers were named
by the committee for the final try
outs.
Pete D'Allessandro, 112-pound
champion front Temple University,
will be the single college representa
tive in his class, while Stoop is the
only bantamweight Included In the
final selections. Al Wertheim',
Syracuse champion, and Mike Tar
dugno, Columbus University, are the
126-pounders named for the Pacific
Coast trip. '
2, Lightweight' Entered
Lightweights who will compete in
the finals are Bobby Goldstein, na
tional champion from Virginia, and
Bobby Taylor, Washington State,
runner-up in the tournament here.
Nicholas Del Groin, of Yale, and El
mo E Freyer, of Geoigia Tech, have
been named as 147-pound representa
tives in addition to Lewis.
In addition to Updegrove, four 160-
pound mrtmen are included in the se
lections of the committee. Dennis
Flynn, colorful Loyola title-holder,
"Dynainite Joe" Moran of Syracuse,
Daniel 'Pyne of Catholic University,
and Bob Eldred of Washington State,
are the others who will compete in
the midoleweight class.
ET=I
Theofiel Wageman, rugged New
Hampshire light heavyweight, who
gained the national title here, and
Felton A. Gentry, University of Vir
ginia boxer who fought in the pre
liminary tryouts as a heavyueii,ht,
have been named as the 175 pound
representatives, while Doyless A. Hill,
Tulane champion, is the only heavy
weight selected for further trial.
Although the selections ma final,
whether all seventeen men will make
the trip to the coast will depend upon
the ability of the Olympic roinauttee
to provide funds for their expenses.
Budd: announced. Appointe las of
ficial boxing representative of the
National Collegiate Athletic associa
tion, Bezdek may attend the final try
outs and Olympic games himself, he
revealed.
BELL CHOSEN FOR
`BOW GIRL' HONOR
Senior Women Name Haller 'Simper
Girl,' Darlington 'Fnn Girl' in
Class Day Selections
Elisabeth C. Bell, president of the
W. s G. A. was awarded the highest
honor among senior women, that of
"Bow Gail," ate meeting of the glad
eating women Monday night.
Receiving second honor, DI Lydia
Haller, president of the class, was se
lected as "Slipper Girl," while Louise
Darlington seas named "Fan Girl,"
third ranking position
Elected to give the Minor oration,
11. Louise Marquardt will be "Mirror
Girl," while Mary M. Wiight will be
"Class Poet."
At Class Day exercises on June 6,
the first three honor girls will be pre
sented with pins by Elizabeth Esc,
ett, president of the Y. W. C A , and
"Class Dom," sixth honor title.
The Class Day mimes will mark
the last official assembly of the grad
uating class. Men's honors, corres
ponding to those awarded the women,
will also be distributed.
Prom Chairman
JUNIORS TO DANCE
AT PROM TONIGHT
Isham Jones' Band Will Furnish
Rhythm—Herr '32 Wins
Poster Contest
Concluding the all-College social
program for the year, members of the
Junior class will be hosts at the 1932
Junior Prom with Islam Jones and
his recording orchestra furnishing the
music in Recreation hall from 10 un
til 2 o'clock tonight.
Clyde D. Herr '32 received first
prize in the poster contest conducted
by the nom committee while second
honors were awarded to John H Sny
der '32. Donald A. Shelley '32 and
fhlbert S. Shott '32 were given honor
able mention by the committee of
judges. - -
To Hold Promenade
Chairman of the Prom committee,
Adam B. Barnhart '33 will lead the
traditional promenade of the class of
1933, a hich will take place at 11
o'clock. Only members of the third
year class and their partners will
take part in this annual feature
Decoration of the hall was begun
Wednesday and has transformed the
base gymnasium into an oriental
flower scene, with colored elects lc
lanterns, paintings and draperies of
buff and gold and blue and gold. With
the orchestra pit changed to the north
side of the hall, refreshment booths
have been erected in the west end for
the convenience of the dancers Cater
ing service will also be offered in the
fraternity booths, according to Barn
hart. •
Foaming a 10-piece band, Ishani
Jones will come here direct from Chi
cago, where he has been playing an
engagement at the Cafe Winter Gar
den. Ho famished music for the In
diana University Junior nom last
Friday and will play at Cornell a
week from tonight.
Dr Jacob 'ranger, of the history
and political science department, will
speak on "The Disarmament Confer
ence" at the Friends' Meeting House
at 10 o'clock Sunday.
Student's Will Portray Mock
Political Convention Monday
Cheers, Banners, Flags, Band,. Favorite Sons
To Feature Model Republocrat'
Meeting in Auditorium
Cheers, bannos, bunting, flags,
placards, a band, favorite sons and all
the other characteristics of a led na
tional convention will be seen when
the Republociat national convention
conducted entirely by students, opens
in Schwab auditorium nt 7.15 o'clock
Monday.night.
Three hundred and sixty-two dele
gates, all members of the thirteen po
litical science classes, will sit in the
main nom of the auditm Min as rep
resentatives of the forty-eight states
Spectators will occupy the balconies
Opening with the call to order, the
prayer by the chaplain, and the play
ing of the "Star Spangles! Banner" by
the sophomore band, the secretary will
read the 101 l call The chairman of
the national committee will then make
an inboductory speech and present
the temporary than man for election
by acclamation
After tile temporary chahman has
addressed the convention and conduct-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1932
M'ANDREWS NAMED
TRIBUNAL HEAD BY
STUDENT COUNCI
Bauder, Anderson, Maims Chosen
Senior, Junior Members
Of Judicial Body
GROUP WILL DECIDE ON
'35 SECRETARYSHIP TI
Wood Appoints Memorial Day,
Customs Committees at
Meeting Tuesday
John L. McAndrews '33 was elected
president of the Student Tribunal for
next year at a meeting of the newly
formed Student Council Tuesday
night
Harry A. Bauder '33 was named
senior member of the Tribunal from
the council. Next year's junior mem
bers will be C Wilson Anderson '34
and Kenneth H. Muirs '34. A deci
sion on the secretaryship tie in the
sophomore class will be made by the
council at its next meeting.
Student Board Chosen
Student Board members chosen from
the council were A. Albert Blaess '33,
Herbert E. Longenecker '33, and Wil
kens S Bovard '34. Ex-officio mem
bers of the board are Dean of Men
Arthur E. Warnock, and next year's
three class presidents, John A. Wood
'33, John N. Rathmell '34, and Walter
G Benner '35.
Wood, as ex-officio president of the
council, appointed a committee com
posed of James B. Goyne '33, chair
man, Robert E Tschan '33, and Ben
ner to consider changes in freshman
customs. The committee will meet
this week and report at the next meet
ing of the council.
Plan for Memorial Day
Plans for a Memorial Day obser
vance conducted by students will be
drawn up by a committee composed
of Harry M. Wilson '33, chairman,
Longenecker, and Charles W. Shaeffer
'33. Tentative plans call for cere
monies at the memorial tablet in the
first floor lounge of Old Main and at
the memorial trees on the hod cam
pus
"Fraternities will be asked to co
operate by entering flags in the par
ade," Longenecker, Interfraternity
council president, said "However,
they will not be required to march as
a group," he added
Mi=l
OP STUDENT HEALTH GROUP
Dr Joseph P. Ritesour, College
physician, was elected president of
the newly foi med Pennsylvania branch
of the American Student Health asso
ciation at the first meeting of the or
ganization here Saturday.
More than 100 Pennsylvania col
leges have become members of this
group whose purpose is to aid college
physicians in their problems concern
ing student health. Similar associa
tions have been of gunned in a num
bei of other states
ed the election of officers, the per
manent chairman will take the chair
Majoiity and minority reports b 3 the
committee on resolutions, presenting
the platforms, will then be read
Issues on which definite stands mill
be taken are piohibition, tariff, mor
atorium, soldiers' bonus, unemploy
ment, immigration, farm idler, pub
lic utilities, law enfoicement, admin
istration, taxation, and the recogni
tion of Russia.
Nomination of presidential and
vice-presidential candidates will fol
low the mesentation of the platforms.
Balloting on these candidates will oc
cupy the remainder of the convention
time.
Members of the Pershing Rifles will
net as ushers for The convention, and
flags for the various delegations are
being furntahed by the :midst) , de
partment. Plans for the convention
have been under way since the middle
of April.
Rice '32 Chosen as
Class Valedictorian
Charles W Rice '32 was elected
as valedictorian of his class and
Coleman Herpel '32 ,as named
salutatorian at a committee meet
ing late yesterday afternoon.
Based on extra-curricular activi
ties as well as scholarship, the se
lection was made by a committee
composed of Hugh R. Riley '32, H.
Aubrey Myers '32, class president.
and Prof John H. Frizz°ll, of the
public speaking department.
HETZEL '33 GAINS
`BELL' EDITORSHIP
Board Chooses Frisch Business
Manages—Names Staffs
Foi Coming Year
Ralph D Retael jr. ?33 wa , . elected
editor of the 1933 Old Maw Bell, lit
erary magarme, and Emanuel Frisch
'33 was named business manages at
r meeting of the senior staff Tuesday
night
The managing editor fos next yeas
will be Joseßh J. Rubin '33. Stock
tor Relffrich '33 was named assistant
editor while Jeanne G. Barn is '33 and
Mildred F. Ttavis '33 were selected
as assistant editor and art editor re
spectively.
William W Armstrong '33 was
elected to serve as advertising man
ager and Elmer H Miller '33, eircula
tmr manager Junior business associ
ate, for next year will be John H.
Powell '34, Philip S. Princenthal '34,
Harry A. Staib '34, and Ernest 13
Wilby '34
The board of contributors for next
year's magazine mill consist of Ray
mond G Heasley '33, Carl R. Ing
hng '33, Ralph K Rockafellow '33,
Elizabeth D. Nate '34''and Davrd'E
Starry '34. The staff also Noted in
favor of a new budgeting system and
- plan for financial auditing for next
Year.
The final issue of the fell this year
is scheduled to appear the latter pare
of nest week. Winners of the contest
for the best short story and the best
article submitted dating the entire
neat will be announced in this issue•
TOPIC FOR PATTEE
TALKS ANNOUNCED
Emeritus Professor Will Speak on
Early American Literature
In Series This Year
"Uncultivated Plots in American
Literary Hiatoiy" will be the general
topic for this yew's lecture series by
Dr. Fred Louis Pattee, professor em
eritus of Amencan literature, Dr
William S. Dye, head of the English
literature department, announced
Wednesday
The lectures will heat of American
literature of the eighteenth century
with attention to the Euronean and
American background, Dr Dye soul
Opening Monday, May 23. and con
tinuing for five days, the talk, V, I I he
gives at 4 10 &clot k daily in the
Little Theitie, Old Main.
Serving as head of the English de
nartment nt Penn State for thirty
four years, Dr Pattee resigned in
1928 to accept a part-time position as
special lecturer at Rollins College,
Florida. He is expected to arrive
from the South Friday of next week,
Dr. Pattee is the author of numer
ous books dealing with literature and
kindred subjects He Is recognized
as an authority on Philip Freneau,
eighteenth century American poet
CURTIN . DEFEATS CHRISTINE
FOR 1931 VICE-PRESIDENCY
Mariam° M. Curtin was elected
‘ice.president of the Junior class, de.
footing Foe E. Chtistine, 5G ballots
to 53, in the te-elections held in Mc-
Allister Hall lobby on Wednesday to
determine the junior offices that were
tied in the rumens election. •
The office of social chahman was
again undecided as K. Jane Lee and
Betty B. Thompson each received 56
votes. The elections for this office
will be held again in McAllister Hall
lobby Wednesday.
13=1
Paul W. Filer '33 was elected presi
dent of the Blue Bnnd nt a business
meeting held Tuesday night Other
officers chosen were Emery E May
'34, secretary, and Haws Ebenbach
'33, business manager. -
Mt tt 4' ESTABLISHED
1904
Gamma Phi Beta To Install
Laodelphia Next Week-end
Local Organization Will Become First Chapter
In Pennsylvania of National Social
Sorority Founded 1874
Gamma Phi Beta, national social
sorority, will install Laodelphia. local
group, as its Alpha Upsilon chapter
here next week-end. The new chap
ter will be the first in Pennsylvania
and the forty-second of the organiza
tion in the country
Laodelphm was organized January
16, 1926 and was recognized by the
Senate committee on student welfare
on March 5, 1929. The name, mean
ing "common sisterhood," was sug
gested by Dr. Robert E Dengler, of
the, classical languages department]
and Dr Carl E Marquardt, College
examiner, while the pin was designed
by Mrs. William S Hoffman.
The Panhellenic scholarship cup for
the highest average of any women's
group on the campus was awarded to
Laodelphia this year Last year the
group ranked fourth in the scholar
ship rating
Gamma Phi Beta has forty-one ac
tive chapters and fifty-four alumnae
THESPIANS OFFER
SHOW TOMORROW
Club lo Open 1932 Season With
`We the People,' Musical
Satire on Politics
Offering "We the People," a mu
sical satire on American politics, the
Thespian club will open its 1932 sea
son. en Schwab auditorium tomorrow
night at 7 o'clock.
The show, a takeoff on a current
musical comedy, follows the Gilbert
and Sullivan operetta style, with sing
ing and dialog each receiving major
attention. The book and lyrics for
the show were written by .1 Ewing
"Sock" Kennedy '26, director of the
production, Hummel Fishburn '22, and
Kenneth Holderman '3l.
Features Nlusical Numbers
Edwin S Maimed '33 and H Grace
Baer '34 ate cast in the lending roles
with Robert C Ayers '32 and Lucille
L Laskey '35 play mg the leading
minor parts, James S Noires '32,
William P. Simpler '32, James F
Cochran '32 Joseph Lachman '33 and
William B. Edwards, Jr. '35 also play
impoi taut minor male roles while
Helen L Crozier '32 takes the third
major feminine role
Foaming the - galaxv of entertain
ing musical numbers are "Who Is the
Lucky Girl To Be"" "Cast Your Bal
lot Los Love," "It Makes No Matter,"
and "Hello, Good Morning," by the
ensemble and "Scientific Point of
View," sung by Ayers and Laskey
"E Plulibus Munn," and "What Is
the Difference" solo number,' by
Maimed and "Broken Blo5som," and
"Jilted" by Cromer, are other featur
ed musical numbers
Fishburn, Holderman, Leon Cohen
'3l, Willard E Fitchthorn '33 and
No% in F Decker '34 collaborated in
welting the music fun the show while
the orchestration was scored by Fish
hutn, Frank F. Morns '3l and Simon
Kende, Jr. '33.
DRAMA COURSES LISTED
FOR SUMMER SESSION
Will Include Production, Stagecraft
Curriculn, Bulletin Re',eels
Seven courses in the drama, mind
ing courses In stagecraft and play
production as well IN other, in the
study of contemporary and Shakes
pearian drama, will be offered stu
dents at the 1932 Summer Session,
according to a bulletin recently Is
sued.
The codrsca in stagecraft and dram
atic production 1,111 take up the tech
nical problems connected with play
producing in the profe,sionel and
amateur theatre and the principles of
acting and directing, the bulletin says.
Student, will act in and direct sev
eral plays.
A composite course a .trace the
development from romantic themes
and methods in early nineteenth cen
tury drama to works of more recent
times. Sm members of the faculty
will teach the course, each lecturing
on the drama of different nations.
Visiting faculty members specializing
in dramatics will teach sevoal of the
courses. .
chapters and associations. It seas
founded at St racuse Unis ersity on
November 11, 1871 and was the first
Greek letter organization knossn as
a sorority
Present members of Laodelphia in
clude Miss Jean D. Amberson, Mrs.
Leonard A. Doggett, Mrs Anne Flab
burn, Miss Geraldine Cook, Helms°
Fye '2B, Gladys Quigg '2B, Kathr} n
Rtshell '3l, Helen M. Patton '32,
Heti,iyne Mf Strouse '32, and A. Irene
Zerbey '32
Junior and sophomore members are
Ruth E Behers '33, Lillian E Brigh
ton '33, Margaret E. Fahringei '33,
Marie S. Fahringer '33, Sarah A. Fel ,
tee '33, C. Elizabeth Jones '33, Nisi
P. Hewer '33, Christine H. Lambert!
'33, Catherine E Mahoney '33, Kath..l
'rye H. Moyer '33, Ruth L Stover '33,1
Charlotte L Summers '33, Helen A.l
Wood '33, Nellie L Marble '3l, .7
Mane Prather '34, and Viola V. Van
Noy '34
LACHMAN, MALMED
WILL EDIT 'FROTH'
Weis Elected Business Manager
As Aff Obtains Art Post
Or 1932-33 Staft
Joseph Lachman '33 and Edam S
Maimed '33 were chosen associate
editors of Froth at a meeting of the
board Wednesday night, uhile Ken
neth W Weis '33 was elected business
manager for the 1032-33 term.
The position of act editor was gain
ed by Eduard A Aff '33, and Jeanne
C Bane, '33 wdl serve as exchange
editor Other senior bow(' members
include Robert H Faller '33, circula-,
tion manager, and Ohs er 31 Sheaffer
'33, advertising niana,ger.
Junior Staffs Named
Prof Harold E Dickson, of the al
clutecture depaitment, mas chosen to
succeed Prof. Montt 1%1 Hants, of
the English composition department,
as advisor for the publication. Ger
tiude A Kuchler '33 mill act as sec.
tetary of the boat d Col the 1933 trios
The Junior editorial staff mill be
composed of Robert J Dickson, Lass -
lence Rosner, William G Van Keuren,
Choiles J. Wetzel. and Maynard P
Wood
Positions on the junior business
staff stern glined by Carl M Balton.
Samuel J Caishet, John C Guild,
John E !twin, Milton Samorodin, Al
beit T. Stobi, Anna M. Dotter or,
Fiances Kein, and Josenhine S. Stet
lei, and John T Davies.
Who's Dancing
Tonight
Junior Pim
Recreation Hall
(Subsu iption)
Isham Jones
Tomurron Night
Alpha Sigma Phi
Pula Zumnt o !nun
Betr Theta Pi and Delta Upsilon
at Beta Theta Pi
(Closed)
Ted Ili mangle
Delta Sigma Phi and
Alpha Chi Sigma
at Delta Sigma Phi
(Closed)
l'a'
stty Tea
Delta Tau Delta
(Closed)
Mach Cat
Delta Theta Sigma
rit Centre Hills Country Club
(Closed)
Johnny .lla, int
Phi Delta Theta
(Closed)
Joe Vannitect
Phi Kappa Nu
(Closed)
Blue and 11 hat:
Phi Kappa Sigma
(Cloned)
Bill Iloilo,'
Phl Gamma Delta and
Sigma Nu
at Sigma Nu
(Closed)
Joe Neninit
Theta Upsilon Omega
(Gloved)
Johnny Landenion
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MOSER '33 NAMED
A. A. PRESIDENT IN
SECOND BALLOTING
Defeats John L. McAndrews by
97 Votes—Carries I of 6
Schools In Vin
739 STUDENTS EXPRESS
PREFERENCES AT POLLS
Fencing Secures Intercollegiate
Ratin&, as Dunaway Gains
Secretarial Post
Waltei C Mower '33 amassed a total
of 418 votes to defeat John L McAn
drews '33 for the Athletic association
pieonlency in the second and final
ballot Wednesday. Moser won by a
margin of 97 votes, McAndrews gain
ing 321 of the ballots cast
The victor carried four of the six
schools, McAndrews gaining the high
est total at the Liberal Arts and Ag
riculture polls Moser took the Edu
cation School by a margin of 15 votes
and the Mineral Industries School by
In both the Engineering and Chem
istr) Schools, the new president gain
ed a majority of 64 votes. The sate
at the Liberal Ai ts poll was 97 to 107
in favor of McAndrews while 55 votes
were cast for Moser in the Agricul
ture School as competed with 113 for
McAndrews.
Seven 'writhed and thirty-nine bal
lots n ere cast in Wednesday's voting
Al Me 743 voters exple.sed themselves
in the first election Monday These
figures are only slightly below the
total number of ballots cast in last
year's Athletic association voting.
Fencing liecognind
Although 117 of those voting in the
first ballot Monday did not signify
whether they siere in favor of recog.
'wing fencing as an intercollegiate
spelt, the amendment ssas passed by
a bale margin of four votes. A t.no.
thuds majority utis needed to make
the change in the Athletic association
constitution
Winland Dunaway '33 defeated
Fred E Kane '33 to gain the secre
taryship in Monday's voting At the
aine tune, Jesse H Brewster '33,
John 0 Cannsham, Edwin K Mc-
Minn '33, and John It Napoleon '33
were eliminated from the presidential
ace.
ALUMNUS TO TALK
IN CHAPEL SUNDAY
Itei Kroll 'l7, Nex Jerse) Mmister,
W 111 Use 'Penn State Spint.
Is Address Subject
Choosing "The Penn State Spirit"
as he, subject, the Rev 'Witham E
Knoll 'l7. pastor of the Anlington
Asenue Piesbytoms chinch, East
Change, N Atilt addles., chapel
goers and then Junior Prom guests in
Stlmah auditorium at 11 o'clock Sun
day looming.
Reveiend Knoll entitled Penn State
in 1913 Besides being tnstormn of
hi, class, be sea, an associate editor
of the COLUCIAS, a member of the
Y M C A. cabinet and an .I,omate
(Algol of tho 1517 /La Vie
Aftei giaduation the chapel speak
el enlisted in the third officers train
ing camp and se"ed in the Infantry
for civet a year To addition to teach
ing school for several years, Reverend
Kroll was wcretai v of the Wesleyan
University Christian association.
The Penn State alumnus also took
guiduate work at Union Theological
Seminal v, Rochester, N Y., and Col.
matim Umvei city Berme assuming
Ins pi esent position, he traveled for
two gems no iepteAentative of the
Notional Student Council of the Y.
Pt C. A.
Spoi,med by Pt Gamma Alpha,
honormy arduteLtui al fratei nay, an
exhibition of oil painting's, water
colors, Ittlingi half tones, pen
and peimil sketches, and pastel open
ed yesterday in Room 305 Main En
globe, log budding
The exhibit, it loch represents the
wok of thirteen senior and Junior
students in the an ehltectut depart
ment, it ill Lontmale lot one week.