1t,.11 t on PUS- ruts tate COMPLETE CAM COVERAGE Vol. 28, No. 63 UNION ELECTS 12 ACTIVITIES HEADS TO 1932-33 BOARD Selection of Representatives Completed by Retiring Body Thursday OUTGOING, NEW GROUPS MEET IN JOINT SESSION Committee Will Name Nominees For Offices of President, Secretary This Week Election of tmelve student activities tepresentatnes to the 1032-33 Stu dent Union board was completed Thursday and members of the outgo ing board and new group met in a mint meeting Thursday night, ac cording to IV. Jay Kennedy '32, this year's pienident Robert E Tschan '33 will represent the student publications on the new boon! while John A Wood '33 has been chosenas men's government rep resentative. Herbert E. Longenecker '33 will represent the inteifrateinity council Moser To Represent A A Angelm Bressler '33, women's gov ernment, If. Louise Evesett '33, Pan- Hellenic council, and Brunet R. Hen ri° '33; women's athletics, arc otheis named to the hoard while Walter C Mosel. '33 will represent men's ath letics. Benjamin L. Wise '33 Is the delegate of the honorai y fraternities on the hoard, Representing the religious organi zations of the College, Robert M Maxwell '33 will serve on the board, together V. ith Paul W Filer '33, mu sical and diamatie oiganizations, and Richard M Shoop '39, Penn State club William S. Lenker '33 is the representation of the interclass bud get committee. Election of Officers Scheduled Offices for next year aril be elected at a me2ting of the board Thursday night. A'nommations com mittee composed of Elisabeth C. Bell '32, II Aubrey Myers '32 and Ilugh It Riley '32 will submit a list of can didates selected from the new board for the positions of president and secretary. Neil M. Fleming, graduate man ager of athletics, will again serve as treasuret of the Union, while other members of the board include Dean of Men Arthur R Wainock, Dean of Women Charlotte E Ray, manage,. of the Student Union, and Prof Moira M Harm, of the department of English composition and Hummel Fishburn, of the department of music, faculty adviseis who serve in an ex officio capacity. The new membeis of the board well assume then. duties immediately All students who ate engaged in actis ties or members of the Athletic asso ciation are members of Student Union.l '3l ORATORS TO SPEAK IN COMPETITION FRIDAY Clo.ose Topes Ttimorroa Night For Extemporaneous Contest With the preliminary assignment of topics scheduled for tomorrow night, the annual Sophomore Extempor aneous contest will be held in Schwab auditorium at 8 o'clock Friday night. Following the preliminary ebee.mg of topics in Room 405 Old Main at 7 30 o'clock tomorrow night, ehmin aims will be held Thursday in each of six groups to which entrants had been assigned. One person in each group will be selected to compete in the finals Fn day night Too prises will be awarded to the • winum, according to Prof. John 11 FrOzell, who has charge of the at rangemcnts. A first in Ire of fifty dollars will be presented by the Col-1 lege, while the second place winner • I‘lll receive an award of twenty-five dollars given by the Forensic coun cil cmintisT TO ADDRESS OPEN MEETING IN AMPIIMEATRE On. E P Kohman, chief chemist and dnector of leseareh La the Na tional Canneis association will speak at an open electing in the Chemistry amplatheatte at '7 30 o'clock tomor row night. Di Kohman will discuss' the prob lems involved in dealing with can con- Testae, decomposition of food, and vitamin mom "Limn. The lecture Is being given under the auspices of the local section of the American Chirn c.il Students Prop Class Dan Wood '33 Will Suggest Definite Fall Date For Function Bolding one of the five big College dances next fall came nearer to being certainty when John A. Wood '33, senior class president, announced Sunday that he will propose in Stu dent Board to set a date for one of the all-College functions around the second neck in December Other campus leaders and dance chairmen concerted in the proposal. Senior Ball was suggested by Wood as the dance that mould probably be moved up Thd crowded social situa- tion during the second semester mould be relieved by such' a step, he said. Hommer, the final decision in the matter will rest with the students, he added. Basil C. Chile 12, Semi Ball chair man, espressed himself in favor of ' advancing the senior function from January to the second week m De cember Coming halfway between the Cluistmas %neaten and final examin ations, the Senior Ball has been held at a very bad time, and weald be ben efited financially by the proposed change, he said "If one of the major College dances were held in the full, prefelably the first or second week in December, the attendance would be increased," Adam B. Barnhart '33, Janie' Pl OM chair man, stated. "This action would also facilitate moving the Prom back a neck or two, thus eliminating some of the confusion which results from holding the dance so late in the sec ond semester," he added. H. Aubrey Myers '32, retiring sen ior class president, also characterized the proposal as an excellent idea and favored moving up either' the Sen.' Ball or Military Ball Philip G. Cooper '32, Military Ball chairman, said that the deficit incurred this year was in part due to the shalt time intervening betueen the Ball and Sophomore Hop. To separate the two dance; by moving one up to the fall would help both, lie added. Fraternity sentiment for the pro posal was expressed by Francis L (Continued on pager two) KROLL ADDRESSES CHAPEL AUDIENCE New Jersey Presbyterian Minister, Former Student here, Talks On 'Venn State Spirit' Speaking on "The Penn State Smut," the Rev. E Kroll 'l7, Pastor of the Ailington Avenue Pi es hytelian ehuteh, East Orange, N. J, addressed students and their Junior nom guests at. the chapel seivices in Schwab auditornan Sunday morn ing. "Friendliness and democratic good will sue the essential qualities of the Penn State sphit," Reverend Kroll said. "It is this spit which opens the same doors of oppoitunitms to both the haternity and non-ftateinity men " The gap between idealism here on the campus and the lack of idealism in the outside world is more than the College man can comprehend, the chapel speaker declared , "The world today needs some of the Penn State spirit in order to rebuild our present semi order along proper lines," Reverend Kioll declared "The spiritual qualities derived from un dergraduate days will go far in help ing the graduate along the pathways of life." Orators Travel 2700 Miles To Speak Before 2600 in 16 Contests of Year Speaking before approximately 2,- 600 people in 10 contests, men's de bating tennis travelled over 2,700 miles this year, actniihng to a com pilation by Joseph F. O'Brien, debat ing couch. The College representatives won thiee of the contests and lost four while four no e non-decision or split team engagements. Nine Oregon plan, and two stiaight debates were held during the season, in addition to the five split-team contests Tliph to Mine and to Vnginia were the longest taken by the orators this year. A team from the British Stu- 1 dents Union in England Caine the fur thest of any of the emit mg groups. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1932 se Holding e in December Senior Invitations On Sale' This Week Invitations, announcements, and programs for Commencement are now on sale at the Student Union desk in Old Main, and will be sold until Friday night, according to H. Aubiey Myers '32, senior class pres ident. Frogs am booklets will sell tor fifty cents, and sheet announce ments and programs at ten cents each or one dollar a dozen. A twen ty per cent deposit is required. Orders for caps and gowns will be taken tonight, and tomorrow and Thursday nights from 7 30 to 9 30 o'clock at the Union office Rental will be $250 this year, with a 'deposit of $4 50. The figures represent a considerable reduction over those of last year. VOLUNTEERS ENTER MEMORIAL PARADE Program To Open With Services At 9:30 O'clock in Rear Oi Main Building Student participation in the Mem orial Day services will be entirely N oluntaiy, Prof. J. Stanley Cobb, chairman of the faculty committee in charge of the observance, announced yesterday. The program for the day will open with services at the memorial placque in the rear of Old Main at 930 o'clock, and will be in charge of the student committee. An alumnus vet elan of the World War will speak, as will a student officer in the R. 0. T. C. . , Purther Serb aces Arranged Further services will be held at the memorial trees on the front campus in him - it of Old Main, Professor Cobb said Proceeding to the memorial trees on the front campus the group will hold further services there, while students will place placques on the separate trees in honor of Penn State men who died in the World War. The parade Will begin at Burrowes street, and continue to the speakers stand near the Stone House on Holmes field. Volunteer campus otganisa bons, including about 300 volunteers lions the R. 0 T C. corps, and sev , etal groups fleet the town still com pose the parade The Blue Band will furnish the music Although fi eternities have been asked to enter flags in the parade, they will not be required to march as groups, according to the student com mittee, which is composed of Her bert E Longenecker '33, chairman, }laity 1%1 Wilson '33, and Charles W. Shaeffer '33. 12 SUBJECTS OFFERED DURING 2-WEEK PERIOD Summer Session Director Announces Twelve courses in education and psychology will be offered at the two weeks Inter-session opening June 20, according to Dean Will G. Chambers, director of the Summer Session Eight will be gradua-undergrad uate couises and one an undergrad uate course. Three will be open only to giaduute 3tudents. Each course will be accepted for two credits, but registrants may en roll for only one course. Students who have not attained senior standing or who have no teaching experience 'hoeld consult Dean Chambers before tegistering. Debaters spoke once in each of three states and, argued, with repre sentatives train seven different Penn sylvania colleges and universities. Home debates numbered nine while contests away totalled seven Five questions were used by the debate], this season The dole system, centralized control of industry, state socialism, capitalism, and athletic scholarships were the topics discussed. Scott Keyes '33, on his first year of Intercollegiate debating, participated in eight contests, leading the squad of ten orators. Coleman Herpel '32 took past in six intercollegiate forensic encounters, while Milton f. Haldinget '33 debated four times. Local Journalism Honorary 'Society Gives Up Charter Blazing the trail for othei homer), societies that have outlived their use fulness, Phi Mu Sigrba, local honor ary journalistic fraternity, has dis banded as a result of action taken at a recent mooing, P. Melton Sa\bolt '32, president of the group, announced Sunday. Although the members had been considering dissolutiori foi sonic time, the recent discussion about the hon orary society situation on the cam pus brought the matter to a head "We decided we did not want to continue Phi Mu Sigma us just an other honorary with a key 'jacket,'" Saybolt said. "I think a number of other honoraries on the campus would do well to follow our example" Phi Mu Sigma was chattered in 1021 as the first honorary journalis tic fraternity at Penn State. Re cently other journalistic societies taco taken over the functions for 'stitch it was founded, according to Say holt RIFLE TEAM LOSES COLLEGE SANCTION Athletic Board Suspends Sport After Request for Added Financial Support Suspension of inteicollegiate milk ing for the rifle team as a insult of action by the Board of Athletic Con trol seas announced Satuidas by Hugo Bezdek, director of the School of Physical Education and Athletics A request for added suppoit foi the team prompted the abolition of Col lege sanction for the spot t, the Board feeling that the added financial bur den to -the Athletic .ssociation seas not warranted. In the past, the fi nancial upkeep of the team has been shared jointly by thu Athletic asso ciation and the depai tment of mil itary science and tactics Listed among the lecommendations to the board' for the sport was that the Athletic association should pio vide the sere ices of a coach, pint of the function of the military depart ment heretofoie. To Continue Corps Matches Commenting upon•the suspension, Colonel Naltet B McCaskeN, head of the military department, stated that the department still not maintain a team for competition 'moth other situtions next seas but will continue to take part in crops area competi tion Tennis composed of students in the baste and ads anted courses still fire in these matches Although the suspenslon 1(3111040h one sport from the libt of those offi . mally recognized by the College, the number remains the same as this year, since fencing sins approved by the Board of Athletic Control and stu dent vote last neck Thirteen sports arc now sanctioned by the College. COLLEGE LIFE STORIES WILL FEATURE' 'BELL Lewis Writes Article on Librar) For Ma> Issue of Magazine Stones and artides of college life and campus activities m ill foetal° the May number of the Old Main Bell to be released Finlay, Ralph D Iletzel jr. '33, editor, has announced Beginning the first of a 5C11123 of two articles on the College tibial V, P Lewis, Itbraimn, a vision of the library of the fatale The 15.1 C also contains shout stoup. by Jam. S. NOllls '32, and Schepli Blair '35. Winners of the contest tot the best nuinusetipt submitted this yeas will be announced in this issue The con test, which was open to all students, was Judged by a student-faculty tom nuttee, DRIVE FOR HOSPITAL BEGINS Supervised by Piot. Milton S Mc- Dowell, director of ogrlcultm,ll ex tension, the annual State College drive for contlibutions to the antic County hospitul at Bellefonte is being held this week, LIONS PAW ELECTIONS (Senior Ifunur huctelY) Wayland F Dunaway John 0, Gninshaw Ralph D Hetnel jr. Herbed S. Longenecker John L. 11kAndiews Edwin S Maimed Wnkei C,revel atobert E 'Lichen John A. Wood Tottrgiatt. STUDENTS, FACULTY TO RATE ACTIVITIES College Discontinues `S' Outing This Year Discontinuance of the annual "S" outing fol this year was announced Saturday by Neil l‘f. Fleming, grad uate manager of athletics, follow ing action of the executive com mittee of the College The outing, inaugurated last year to take the place of the annual ban quet for tine lettermen, was discon tinued by the committee on account of the expense. COLLEGE TO CEASE WPSC BROADCASTS Radie Station Program Will End June 22—May Continue On Short Wave Broadcasting of programs by WPSC, College radio station, will probably cease Jane 22, according to infotmation received by Herbert K Baker, director of radio programs, from Adrian 0. Morse, executive sec retaiy to the President Improvement of broadcasting equip ment as iequired for renewal of the license by the Federal Radio Commis lion was not included among the measures recommended by the execu tim e committee of the Boaid of Trus tees at a recent meeting. Final ac tion upon this and other recommen dations of the committee will be taken by the Board at its meeting next month. Resources Exhaueted A seties of eighty exigency pro grams has exhausted the talent and resources of the College for program material, according to Mr. Baker. The icgulations affecting renewal of li censes also requires an extent of pro giants which neither funds nor re , sources mailable will permit "We are not ready to make appli cation tot ',newel of the license an del the new qualificatiol3,' Baker said. "After June 22 WPSC may continue as an experimental shalt WAVC station.", The experimental license would not peinnt broadcasting of programs, the dnectoi emilmned It would allow the re-broadcasting of messages from one operator to another on short waves, he added GIFT ADDS 350 VOLUMES TO LIBRARY COLLECTION Valuable Sets un If istur3, Tra% el Presented h 3 Philadelphian Applosunatel) 350 10111111.5 have been added to the collection of the College binary through a gift of K. Irwin, of Philadelphia, Willard P Lewis, College librarian, announced Composed mainly of standard works' on histoiy and travel, the collection esents one of the most notable cen t, ibutions to the !Minty in recent seals, according to Mr. Lewis. The ',ohmic, al reed here Saturday from Philadelphia and will be placed on the shelces Tom use just as soon as pos-' ibls The collection includes Wilson's "Illitolv of the American People"; I "navels of John Smith", the works oi Theodore Roosevelt; Guyzot's "Fiance", and Queen's "History of the English People" Ginko Tree, Unnoticed by Co-eds, Once Object of Asiatic Reverence Although co-eds daily pass it up unnamed, a queer-shaped tree on the lean in font of the Woman's build ing, transplanted from the Orient, was once levered by the natives of China and Japan The ginkgo tree, or "silver leaf," as it woo known by the oriental na tives, is the sole sinvhor of an an cient botanical order, which, with the em.eption of the ginkgo, hud ceased to mast by the end of the stone age. The lVoman's building lawn ornament is a menthol of this ancient order. Because of the fact that its long trenches made excellent fuel, the ginkgo crudes had almost passed out of emitence, when the natives of China and Japan intervened and made setied decoration of their temple gm es. Will Evaluate Campus, Organizations in I I Questionnaire As a part of a study of extra-cur ricular activities at Penn State, a questionnaire to determine the value of campus organizations has been drawn up and will be submitted to seniors and faculty members tomor row and Thursday, Appointed by Dean Charles W. Stoddart, chairman of the College committee on courses of study, a sub committee headed by Dr. Carl E. Mar quardt, is making a complete study of the status of extra-curricular acti vities in all phases here. Members of the group include Dr William S. D,!.e, Dr. Muse V. Moore, Elizabeth C Bell '32, and H. Aubrey Myers '32, and Hugh R Riley '32. The questionnaire will offer seniors who have hail four years of College experience a chance to express frankly their opinions on the lalue or lack of value of campus activities and organizations. Besides considering the benefits of professional and hon. I or societies, the survey will include questions on the feasibility of giving College credit for extra-curricular participation The put pose of the questionnaire is to -get student-faculty reactions on certain phases of the problem The complete program of study planned by the sub-committee includes the ef fect of participation in estra-curricu lar activities on the scholastic stand ing of students, the status of the non fraternity man on the campus, and the value of the "point system" as ad ministered by the Women's Student Government association. In making the study, the commit tee has classified activities into speci fic groups including social {rater , nities, publications, music, dramatics, and athletics, both intercollegiate and intramural. Other definite groups to be considered arc debating, the Chris tian: associations, fireside sessions, student polities,mnd church work Data from formes studies made at the College IS being gathered for the survey Pamphlets and material con cerning similar studies made at other institutions have been collected from the College library and the Christian association office BANNER NAMED TO ROYAL INSTITUTE Chosen on American Delegation by President of Great Britain Journalistic Group Prof. Franklin C Bennet, head of the journalism department, was op pointed as one of the American dele gates to the Royal Institute of Join n- Mists In, Sir Ensley Cart, ptesident of the group, last meek. The institute is composed of select ed editors and publishers of the Brit ish Empire, and has elected only sis Americans to membership for them, work in the newspaper field It n meet at Cardiff, Wales, on August 20 Besides Piot. Bennet, Americans selected for this moue include Carl Biekle, president of the United Press; Flank B. Noyes, president of the l Associated Pt ess; Di. Nicholas Mut-I lay Bullet, president of C,olumbial University, honorary member, Dr R alter Williams, president of the Uei veisit} of Missouri, and foimer presi dent of the Press Conference of! World; and S .1 Clarke of the Nen 1 otk II arid Telcip (1111. Since that time the use of the tree for fuel has been prohibited. To this stultification the ginkgo owes its exis tence, including the representative in hoot of the Woman's building Toward the close of the eighteenth century, ginkgos were Introduced into the United States because of their high insuspectibility to the attacks of fungi and insects, and because of their naturally symetrical shape and beauty. The tree here wii, mobably Imported and planted ,onetime dur ing the middle of the nineteenth cen tury The trunk of the tree is a Inas, of Intel woven branches, and its Nobs are long and sl,nde• whale its leaves are laa-shaped. It has necer achiev ed as maul al awe when grown in this Country. ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS 722 TO GRADUATE AT COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES JUNE 6 Liberal Arts Will Lead Schools For First Time With 199 Receiving Diplomas ENGINEERING LISTS 193, TAKING SECOND PLACE Education Gains Third Position Agriculture, Fourth, in Number of Seniors Seven handled and twenty-two ,en !ors, the test class to pass the 700 mark, will receive diplomas at the commencement exercises to be held in Recreation hall on June G. For the first time the School of Liberal Arts leads in the number of graduates with a total of 199 diplomas to be presented to mendr,., of that school The School of Engineering is second with 193 .sensors listed, ahik. the School of Education follows with 128 Agrkulture Ranks Fourth With 101 students receiving degrees in the School of Agriculture, the Col lege's oldest school is fourth in num ber Sects-too seniois all be giant ed diplomas by the School of Chem,- try and Physics, and thirty-nine have completed the iequilement Toi grad uation from the School of Mincial In dustries The Commerce and Finance course is the largest single cuiriculum in re spect to the number of students being graduated with 108 seniors listed. The only other Liberal Arts curricu lum, Arts and Letters, ranks second in number pith a total of 01, E. E. Heads List Electrical Engin:oring leads the Engineering school's curricula with sixty-five scheduled foe graduation Civil engineering and mechanical en gineering come next with 35 and 84, respects ely, Twenty of those rc cet, ing diploma, are in the architec tural engineer mg curriculum, while the architeetuie course lists fifteen Other departments granting diplo mas me industrial engineering, thir teen, electi o-cheinical engineering, eight, and sanitai y mimeo ing, three In the Agriculture school, the for estry department will giant nineteen diplomas, while dairy husbandry is second so ith sixteen Agricultural economics and agricultural education courses are tied with ten apiece, while the age 'coital al and biological chem istry and landscape architecture de partments conic next with nine each The follow lag cout , es will also grant diplomas. animal husbandry, eight, horticulture, 'coon, agronomy, four, zoology, four, poultis hushandi y, three; agricultural engineering, one; and botany, one 21 Pre-Ileds To Graduate Twenty-foul pt e.methcal student, will graduate flom the Chenu4iy and Physics school, u hit, seventeen chem istry, and thirteen chemical engineer ing serums ace listed Othei comic ula graduating students ate phy.,a, four; science, thiee, and physical chemistry, one. illacheloi of Act, degree. will he granted to ...sty-tut) education stu- (Cone ouff ft on pout Door) DEAN SACHET' WILL L 1 1D IN ANNIJ L CONPERENCE IIEIII• With engineming education and its relation to business as the general subject lot discussion, the thirteenth • annual Industi ml Conf. mice of ep esentatives of industi s Pennsyl vania and other Easton states, will he held at the Nittany Lam Thursday and nudity The conference m ill be mle, the leadmAno of Dean Robeit L Sackett, of the School of Engineering, and mill begin at 10 o'clock Thin sitey morning following the n egisti ation of dele ' gates, to continue tin oughout the day. The second meeting mill opus at o'clock Finlay moining and will be in session until the close of the confer ence. PROFESSOR'S BOOK LISTED A book ui atom by Piof. Chalks C. Peters, of the School of Education, has been chosen fot the "List of Books I'm Co llege Labial we," a hick com prises a minimum book collection for a four-yel libmal ants college B iary The book, "Foundations of Educational Sociology," has also been .11 ieLl,d lon Ilebter'., "Books fon dun ui
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