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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