,401 A COMPLETE CAMPUS tilt. t u f t ..,.v„,„4 7 , COVERAGE Vol. 28, No. 64 PATTEE WILL OPEN LECTURES MONDAY • IN LITTLE THEATRE Professor Emeritus To Talk on American Literary Plots At 4:10 O'Clock AUTHORS' GROUPS PLAN 2 DINNERS FOR VISITOR Speaker Held Position as Head Of English Department Here Until 1929 Spelking on the general subject, "Uncultivated Plots in American Lit erary History," Dr. Fred Lewis Pat tee, professor emeritus of American literature, will open his third annual series of lectures in the Little Theatre at 9:10 o'clock Monday afternoon. Five lectures will be given in all, each taking up a different phase of the general topic. Dr Platte will discuss "things very frequently not considered in the history of early American literature," according to Dr. William S. Dye sr., head of the de partment of English literature, in charge of arrangements. Ariivmg late today, Dr Pattee will be the guest of honor tomorrow at a picnic of the Literary club, of which he is a charter member. Other plans to entertain the visitor include a din ner to be given by Purple Quill at :.30 o'clock Monday night, 'and a din ner sponsored by the Authors' club Tuesday night. Dr. Patten seried as head of the English department here for thirty four years before he resigned in 1929 to accept a position as part-time lec turer at Rollins College, Florida. Since that time he has , continued as professor emeritus of Amecicari, lit erature at Penn State and has return ed each year to lecture. Author of Several Books In addition to editing several lit erature collections for use by college classes, the former English depart ment head has written several novels and works of criticism and some poetry, including the words to the Alma Mater His most recent work, "The New American Literature," a history and criticism of the works of leading American authors in the per iod from 1890 to the present time Other works of Dr. Pattee are "Tra dition and Jan," essays; "American Literature Since 1870," and a number of volumes on Philip Freneau, Amer ican poet and editor of colonial times. NEW CO-ED SOCIAL GROUP RECOGNIZED L'Amitte, Jewish Women Students' Fratenut), Secures Senate Committee Sanction u newly organized social fraternity for Jewish women students, was recognized by the Senate com mittee on student welfare last week Complete campus recognition will not be granted until Panhellenic council approves the action. At present, the group is Petitioning Alpha Epsilon Phi, national women's serial fraternity, for membership• The local group was originally formed as a club two years ago Dr. Teresa Cohen, of the mathe matics department, is acting as fac ulty adviser to the group. The active members of L'Amitie include Gort 'nide G Cohen '33, Sylvia A. Epstein '33, and Caroline Kahn '33. Additional members of the organi zation are Mildred S. Kahn '33, Ro salyn Nieman '33, Gertrude E. Lev inson '34, Rezone Roubert '34, and Ruth hi. Swerman '34. P. S. C. A. WILL COLLECT OLD CLOTHES FOR DISTRIBUTION Old clothes for distribution to the needy of State College and vicinity will be collected from fraterAity houses and homes by the Christian association Tuesday afternoon, accord ing to Harry W. Seamans, secretary. Thomas A Adams '34 and Gayle V, Strickler '34 will be in charge. Students and townspeople are asked to bundle the clothing and place it on front porches Members of the com mittee assisted by the State College 111-Y club will canvass the town in cols beginning at 3 o'clock. in the of wt noon, `La Vie' Distribution Set For Next Week Copies of the 1932 Le. Vic will be ready for distribution by the end of next week, according to word re ceived flora the publishers by Charles W. Rice '32, editor of the annual. With an Egyptian theme as the motif, the yearbook will feature a section of senior "belles" and a snapshot section of campus events. INDUSTRIAL HEADS OPEN CONFERENCE Conclave Sponsored by School Of Engineering Will Close With Dinner Tonight Sponsored by the School of Engin eering, the thirteenth annual Indus trial conference for business, indus trial, and education heads opened yes terday morning and will close with a dinner at the Nittany Lion tonight The theme of the year's program centers around engineering economics and planning for the future. With Col. R I. Rees, of the American Tele phone and Telegraph company, pre siding, speakers on this morning's program are W J. Donald, of the Ames man Management association, Steele R. Sellers of the West Penn Appliances company, and L. P Al ford, of the Ronald Press Company. President Hated Speaks Prof. Clarence E Bußinger, heia; of the industrial engineering depart ment and secretary of the conference, will give the closing talk at a lunch eon in the Nittany Lien today. As a new feature of the conference, alumni of the Engineering school will hold spemal nicetings this afternoon and tonight. In the opening session yesterday morning, speakers and discussion len ders were J. S Bigelow, New York Telephone company, C. S. Coler, West inghouse Electric company, E W. Kempton, American Steel and Wire company, R V. Riekord, New York City, and C. R. Beall, Union Switch and Signal company Dr. William B. Kouwenhoven, as sistant dean, John Hopkins Univer sity, acted as chairman of the session yesterday afternoon Discussions on "Training for the Young Engineer" were led by Adrian 0. Morse, execu tive secretary to the President, 0. W Eshbach, American Telegraph and Telephone company, and Herbert Wottrich, Public Service Electitc com pany. • President Ralph D Hazel, Fred DI Felker, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commie°, Washington, D C, and Dean Dexter S. Kimball, College of Engineet mg, Cornell University, spoke at the con ference dinner last night 9 STUDENTS APPOINTED TO '33 FORENSIC GROUP Wood Selects 4 Seniors, 3 Juniors, 2 Sophomores for Council Nine students Isere appointed to Forensic council, College public speak ing organization, for the corning year, by John A Wood '33, president of the senior class, Wednesday night. Seniors who will serve on the body are Milton I. Baldingcr, Frederick W. Cramer, Ruth H. Niebel, and Robert T. Tschan Members of the junior class for next year include Albert M. Bilcovitch, Ernest C. Miller, and Les lie A. Seaman. Angelo N Borbatis '35, and Sarah A McKee '35 conclude the list of members. The council is composed of members of the debating squads and of students interested in public speak ing, appointed annually. The chief function of the organization is to stimulate mteiest in debating and the forensic arts in the College. 2 FRATERNITIES TO MEET IN I. M. DEBATING SEMI-FINALS With only three tennis, all nega tives, remaining in the intramural de bating competition, iepresentatives decided to continue the eliminations with a debate between Omega Epsilon and Delta Upsilon Monday night at the Omega Epsilon house. A split-team doped°, the aigument will be conducted on the examination exemption question. The winner, do ted mined by the percentage score of the teams, will meet the Penn State club in the finals. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1932 `PLAN AND PURPOSE' CHOSEN AS SPEECH BY DR. M'CRACKEN Director of American Council On Education Will Talk At Graduation FORMAL EXERCISES SET FOR MONDAY, JUNE 6 1932 Commencement Speaker Held Lafayette Presidential Post During Long Peridd "Plan and' Purpose" has been se lected by Dr John H MacCracken, di rector of the American Council on Education, as the topic for his address before the 1932 graduating class at the commencement exercises in Ree leation hall, Monday, June 6. The Washington educator's speech will culminate the formal ceremonies preceding the awarding of the diplo mas to the seniors, which will begin with the traditional procession of the graduates at 3 15 o'clock in the af ternoon The topic for the baccal aureate sermon, which will be giverf by Dr Joseph R &zoo, pastor of the New Yolk Avenue Presbyterian church, 'Washington, D C , on Sun day, June 5, has not been chosen as yet. Aethe In Foreign Countries Dr hlacCracl•en has been very prominent in education activities in oreign countries as well as in the United States. Positions held out side this country include the presi dency of the board of the American College at Teheran, Persia, and a trusteeship of the American Univer sity of Cairo, Egypt. For the year 1929, Dr. ZdacCracken was president of the Phi Beta Kappa alumni organization of New York. Other honorary fraternities of which he is a member are Psi Upsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Kappa Phi Kappa. He is the author of, "College and Com monwealth," which was published in 1920 Former Lafayette President Receiving his bachelor of arts de gree at New York University in 1897, Dr. MacCracken remained there for his master's degree, and then studied at the University of Halle-Wittenberg where he received the degree of Doc tor of Philosophy. In 1903 he was made a Doctor of Lama by Westmin ster College, while the title, Doctor of Science, was confeii ed upon him by Lafayette College in 1920, upon the completion of his eleven-year term as president of that institution. Other educational institutions with which Dr MacCracken has been affil iated include Lehigh University, Rut gers University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Flom 1899 to 1903, the educator was president and pro fessor of philosophy at Westminster College He served as a delegate to the Lausanne Conference in 1927, and was president of the American Insti tution of Christian Philosophy. LOCAL AIRPORT PROJECT PROGRESSES THIS WEEK Federal, State Officials Expected To Make Inspection of Site Removal of rocks by blasting and the plowing of a large acreage brought the State College anport site near Boalsbuig nearer completion last meek Federal and State officials are expected to make a prelinnnary inspection of the field this week. Planes and pilots will be provided and the field so ill be available for student flying when the College opens next fall, according to Sherman Lutz, local aviator and one of the backers of the project. Several students hold pilots' licenses which will lapse if they do not spend a certain number of hours flying each year. Plans also call for giving lessons to students and others who wish to acquire pilots' licenses. At least two planes will be available at the field during good flying weather, Lutz said. KINSLOE CHOSEN PRESIDENT Margate!: W. Kumloe was elected president of Alpha Lambda Delta, honorary scholastic fraternity for freshman women, at a meeting of that glow, Tuesday night. Other officers ate Elsie Df. Douthett, trice-president, Mary C, Elhston, secietaly, and Mar- Enrol E. &they, treasurer. Young keceives Nomination At Model Convention Here General Electric Official Wins Presidential Choice on Fifth Ballot--Prohibition Repeal Gains Approval Owen D Young received the presi dential nomination on the fifth bal lot, when one hundred and ten dele gates bolted from Franklin D Roose velt and Norman Thomas in the mod el national Republocrat cons ention Monday night. After trailing the leaders in the fist two ballots, Young advanced sec ond to Roosevelt on the third and fourth counts, and r secured 214 notes to receive the nomination on the fifth ballot. Great shouting and was mg of banners accompanied the victory of the General Electric president, nho Ives proposed by delegate Maimed of Nevada Prohibition was the moot impoitant issue of the convention, and an amend ment to the majority platform fm the repeal of the Eighteentd amendment was passed with cheer ng Anothei amendment to establish a gen einment NATIONAL SORORITY TO INSTALL GROUP Gamma Phi Beta Will Initiate 18 Members of Laollelphia Here Tomorrow Gamma Phi Beta, the rinth national sorority to come to Pen i State, nil! motel! Laodelpina As it Alpha Up silon chapter in the 11 ugh Beaver lounge of Old Blain at 1 SO o'clock to morrow afternoon. Millicent pees Hof flian, grand president of Nore,ir.t.', and Mary Herrold Ea9tCrbevol., prolince duce tor, will have charge of the installa tion. The chapters at Ohio Web'cyan, and West Virginia UniNersities sill each be represented by four membets Will Pledge IS Women Eighteen momen will be pledged at a service in the Wesley foundation at 7 30 o'clock tonight, and will become charter members of the chapter to morrow. These include Miss Jean D Amberson, Mrs. Leonard A Doggett, Ms Anne Fishburn,. Miss Cela ldme Cook, Miss He'owe Eye '2B, Miss Gladys Quigg '2B, Miss Rath, n Ration '3l, Helen M Patton '32, E Blighton '33, Satoh A Pence '33, C. Elizabeth Jones '33, Elsa P Barger '33, Catherine E Mahoney '33, Ruth L Stover '33, Charlotte E Sum mers '33, Helen A Wood '33, J Maim Prather '3l, and Viola V. Van Not '34 The program for tomm row include, a mining prepaiatory semce fiovi eight until ten o'clock, conducted by the national officers An examina tion will be held lions ten until eleven o'clock, initiators nom 1:10 until 5 30 o'clock, and an installation banquet at the Nittany Lion at S JO o'clock. A model chapter meeting will be conducted at 0 o'clock Sunday mein mg, and m the aftei noon the now chapter of Gamma Phi Beta will give a reception for faculty members and Penn State fratei nitres at the Alplm Tau Omega house Local menthols of Gamma Phi Beta ate Mts. Chmles Stoddart and :Ms Bally W. Sea mans INTERPRETATION CLASS WILL PRESENT RECITAL Readings To Feature Program Nest Endo) in Little Theatre With eight numbers on the pin gram, a reading recital by the mem bers of the course in litmaly r muting and intopretation of the public speak ing division will be given in the Little Theatre at S o'clock next Friday night. Personntions, impersonation,, and pule readings will be included in the program, accoiding to Joseph F O'Brien, instructor in the course. The literary style of the selections Hill in clude monologue, dialogue, poetry, and one-act play Of the eight readings on the mail gram, four will be of an original na ture, and two of these will be reflec tions of Penn State campus life. Prof John H Frizzell, head of the public. speaking' division, still preside at the recital, which will be the lust of its kind given here in recent years. Ad mission will be by ticket., which can be secured at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Tottrigiatt commission Tot the opetation of all gotei nment-owned mdustiies was le meted. With the exception of the prohibi tion plank, the complete majority platform was approted by the conven tion This platform included propo sals for a lotion Witt, a graduated income tax, recognition of Russia, a war debt conference, soldiers' bonus, unemployment In'sitrance, federal aid to Stainers, and federal commission to ontrol public utilities Other presidential candidates pro posed in the nominating speeches 'tote Hobert Hoover, Alfred E Sinai), E Bomb, Albert C Ritchie, Net, ton D Baker, Giffoid Pmchot, John N Camel, "Alfalfa Bill" Minray. and Will Rogers. George Wharton Pepper, fennel Pennsylvania senator, secured the vice-plesidentml nomination on the Dist ballot as the contention came to a close Other nominees Tor the of fice were Baker, LaFollette, and Roosevelt Edmund Longcope '32 presided as chanman of the cons ention The key note speech nas given by Fiancis L 111athens ',12, nho asked for a strong candidate and platform and cautioned against straddling the issues The maimity platfm m nas lead by Glenn D. Rohrbaugh '.13, who nas chairman of the resolutions committee. Similnt model conventions lime been held at other colleges and um veisitaes this spring Omen D Young nas nominated at Duke Unmersity, Roose‘elt at Washington and Lee, Baker at Western Rosen e, and Den ser at Ilenvatil Oberlin College staged its first model convention In 1804 and has held seventeen since that time. 5 ORATORS SPEAK IN FINALS TONIGHT Entrants Select Tonle, for Annual Sophomore Extemporaneous Contest at 8 O'clock With sip speakers in the finals as re'ult of last night's elimination., the annual sophomore extemporane ous sneaking contest still be held in the Schaah auditorium ,rt S o'clock tonight 'l, eats -foot sophomoi es entered the contc.A and selected prchnunam streaking Opus at a meeting Wednes day night - Si% elimination groups stele liel l last night, malt members of the faculty as Judg, Each of the 'n ilnah , t4 selected a subject on sehich he se 111 speak to night Genoa! headings from shah specific lopes could be chosen v,ete aesthetics, Amtn tea, business, campus questions, education, ethics, govern• meat, religion, science and sports ' , lmes avoided to the victois to night include one of fifty dollar green to the mullet by Ur, College, and an other of tv,enty-fi,e dam:, ple,ent ed to the second place soinner by Foi ensm eoutuAl A display ease in ', itch ale ex lulated chppmg., conciniung the Col lege [tom iepresentative daily and ueekly papers, has been placed in the College lanai , / by the deptuttnent of pubic infoitnation, lot the puipose of acquainting students with publicity accorded the College in the pie.... The display will be changed twice Meekly, accoichng to piesent plans. Students hat mg limes, to Penn State clippings are requested to tutu them to at the public infoiniallon office in Old Main fm display purposes. Time Extended For Cap, Gown Ordering Senior caps and min ns may be diddled at the Student Union of fice in Old Main limn 7 to 9 o'clock Tue , day and Wednesday nights. This tune extension has been made order to accommodate those who MOlO unable to place orders this m eel< The lental win, ties yeaL iv 50 with a $1 50 deposit regalia,' This leplesents a comaleiable tleetion mer last year's Agates '36 Class Will Fill Usual Quota in Fall Appioximately 1235 freshmen, the usual quota, ttill be admitted as the class of '36 this fall, according to William S. Hoffman, College Regis trar This figure includes 1,000 men, 185 %%omen, and 50 students at Mont Alto. The final number admitted depends on conditions early next fall, 51i, Hoffman said TELL' ANNOUNCES CONTEST WINNERS Nace '34, Zern '32 Gain Prizes For Best Short Story, Article Printed Winners of the Pi Delta Epsilon contest for the best article and best shit story appearing in Ohl 411 rim Bell this }cal, uele announced in the last issue of the litermy magazine for the year which Sias released this morning. Edam,' C 'tern '32 tamed first mention for his Lunde, "Institutions and People," while Elizabeth D. Nace '34 seas awarded first pub for the best short stoic of the year, "Trees into Plows." Both winners were accorded fifteen dollat mizes by Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary journalism fraternity Features College Stories Honorable mention was accorded to Mehlman '3l, Coleman Her pel James S Norris '32, Ralph D Heteel it , 33, Joseph J Rubin '33, and Francis Inman '3l The contest which sins open to all student contri bute. to the College literary maga zine, was judged by a student-faculty committee College life is the main topic for articles and stories in the current 4ue rs according to Ralph D Hetzel yr '33, editor Sketches by Rose K Braunstein '.15 and by Call It Ing lmg '33, tontine the May edition As an added feature the magazine has included a page of light nose by Edward C Zmn '32 and Jeanne C Ram is '33. In the first of a seises of too aiticles on the College library, WlRaid P Lewis, Idnarian, envisions a lanai% for the intone. CHAPEL AUDIENCE TO HEAR VINCENT 'Atu Jerse) Congregational Pastor 'St di Gtse Last Address Of Year Sunda) Giving the last chapel addle, of the teal, Di Gem= C Vincent, pas tor of the Union Congiegational chinch, Uppei Montelan , N. J, a ill sped! at scissors in Schisab auditor. tutu, 11 o'clock Sunda 1, mining D • Vincent seceised his bachelor", degree Tim. Vi estminstei College in 1901 He is as selected as the lecipient nt the Rhodes scholai ship lions Oluo 'ho same and attended Orford Unites sits'. England, until 1905 Fin se, oral yeas the chapel speak ei also studied at Queens College England. In 1925 lie aas giaduated tt ith a doctor's degree lions Mon moutl• College Befoie accepting his present posi tion Di Vincent held a numb°, of impel tont pastorales in Penns} Munn, including the Shads side United Pies ' betel lan church, Pittsbuigh Be has Leen sets ing at Uppei Montelan since 1928 COLLEGE DELEGATES nEAR DR. \ LLEN. ORNITHOLOGIST Delegations fauns eight Penns) , an, college+, including Bucknell and Juniata, attended the illusts ated lee rturo on "Instinct or Intelligence in Buds," ga en by Di. A. A Allen, pi ()- h.q.., of of nithologv at Cot nell Uni. eel sit), hese last night. Dr Allen gave an account of the mono peeulins habits of laid life, lusts tiling thesis with slides nod mo tion pictures, lie also spoke on the comes cation pioginin of State offic ials in piotecting n ild game 8 pecles. DAvis To DEDICA'I'I.•' BUILDING With 'Physical Education and the Life of Ft cedoni," as the topic, Di. Elwood C Davis will (Maur the speech in dedication of the new ath letie building at the Calitonat Teach ers' College, California, Pa., at 10 o',. 1001, SAU.C.I,IY 1110111111 Z. ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS HISTORIAN TO TALK AT MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES HERE Dr. Fredrick Godchatles Will Give' nnual Address, Faculty Group Announces SPEAKER HELD POSITION AS LIBRARIAN OF STATE Student Committee Plans Semi': Before Plaque in Old Main, On Front Campus Dr. Predict. A Gockhailes, noted historian, mill speak at the annual Memmial Day esoru'es hone May 30, Prof J. Stanley Cobb, chairman of the faculty committee on atranga mentz announced yesterday. Born at Noithumberland, Di. God diaries was graduated from Lafayette in 1893 He then entered the Penn sylvania National Gould, seeking ser vice in the Spanish-American War, and as captain of ordnance on the staff of Major-General Leonard Wood during the World War The speaker eras a member of the State House of Representatives in 1900, and held a out in the Senate in 1904 From 1915 to 1922 Di God chatlCs was Depot!. Secretary of the Commonwealth, and from 1910 until 1926 eras editor and publisher of the 3h/for/ton, and the Milton alo, ring Bullet vt. A member of the American Legion, the historian is also a member of the Itlanufactmer's club, the Union League, the Acacia social fraternity, and a numbei of historical societies. He has also held the position of State The annual sere ices here mill open at the Memorial Plague in the rear of Old Mann, m charge of the student comnuttee From there the voluntary group mill proceed to the Mentor ml trees on the front campus where fur ther services mill be held. Three hundred volunteers from the It 0 T C corps mill enter the parade hush mill begin at Burrome, street, and continue past the rev rewlng stand at the ratersectron of College avenue and Allen street, ending at the speak er's stand so front of the Stone House on Holmes field The College Blue Band has volunteered to furnish the mum for the ceremonies. SENIORS TO RATE P. S. C. A. PROJECTS 1=!!IMMIIIIIIII=IfiltIll!!!! Questionnotre To Plan for To aul In plannuut a plogrant for nett veer, Lite Penn State Cluistian association is sendlog out questton nalies tone:n:l.w its monk to all sea tor, and some juntot, iophomote snd freshman students th i s meek. Space is pi ovided dot individual tidings and opinions on the %aive of the piojects a huh ume canted out in tins seal's plogiam The blanks must be netuined to the association office in .301, 01 I Main by Monday. Included in the program projects listed on the maily, ale fnesule sion=, annual ielnnous soles, student handbook, life conk neck, and th,, And, Lytle cabin The topics %shall the Clnistmn association speakers chose tins cal arc also listed Other projects on the questionnaire C student seen ICC, Hugh Beaver inteicollerate conferences, teinational relations, cabin retreats. and special tontines such the Byrd lecture Space for suggestions Is provided IC Tone Lee has elected sOCIIII Ottoman of the aunon dabs defeating Bette B. Thompson UN n note of 62- t0.5:1 in the le-dm:bon held in Ale ,\ !lister hull Wednesday This hat hot was the thud east tot the °Bice of social doorman, the lost too tesult mg in tics. I=l Doling the month of Notch the College Health Seitue limited n total of 2,191 ne,,on, 2,171 of which were nun and 320 Al own, uhde during Air it, 2,201 student, mole treated, 1,. n, end J3O utniun,
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