COMPLETE CAMPU* COVERAGE Vol. 29, No. 12 SHIELDS TO SPEAK AT DEDICATION OF NEW COLLEGE UNIT President Hetzel, Miss Chace Included in Tomorrow Morning’s Event HOME ECONOMICS OPEN INSPECTION SCHEDULED Dr. Hannah Lyons Will Present Greetings From State Grange Group Transferring the Home Economics building to the College, Col. J. Frank lin Shields, president of the Board of Trustees, will be the principal speak er at the official dedication exercises of the new unit in Schwab auditori um at 10:30 o’clock tomorrow morn, ing. • , 'President Ralph D. Hetzel will ac cept’ the new building on behalf of the College, while Miss Edith P. Chace, head of the home economics department, will also make a short speech 'of acceptance. Dean Will Grant Chambers, head of the School’ of Education, will preside at the cere monies. . Trustees To Speak Greetings from the State Grange will be presented by Dr. Hannah Mck. Lyons, College Trustee, representing the home economics committee of that organization, while Miss Florence M. Dibert, also a member of the Trustee Board, will present the greetings' of tho State Federation of Pennsylvania '\yomen.. A-portrait of Miss Sarah Cutts Lovejoy,. former head of the econo mics department, will be presented by ; Miss-; Dorothy George of. Harrisburg,. Miss Mary E. Johnson, of’Har- ; to'J talki on -the - a^tmties‘ c of/'the' forme? Read .'bf'tiie department:’-:;' To Inspect Building Acting College .Chaplain John H. Frizzell will deliver the. invocation at the morning ceremonies. An open house will be held in the new building from 7 o’clock until 9 o’clock tomor row night for inspection of the struc ture, Miss Chace has announced, • ■ Erected from, funds appropriated by the State to relieve unemployment, the E-shaped structure was completed this summer, and Contains both labor atories and practical work.rooms. It also features a modern-nursery school and a cafeteria where school lunches are served. COMBINED GROUPS TO PRESENT SHOW Players, Glee Club, Thespians Plan Joint Musical Revue For Houseparty Continuing the plan inaugurated last fall, Penn State Playeiis, the .Glee Club and Thespians will combine in presenting'a revue for the enter tainment of the houseparty guests' Saturday night, November 5, accord ing to an announcement made last night. ‘A committee composed of Director Richard W. Grant, head of the de partment of music, Prof. Hummell Fishburn cf the music department/ Frank S. Neusbaunr of the depart ment of English composition, and Edwin S. Maimed ’33 will have charge of the show. Work has already been started in selecting members of the cast for the production. Featuring local color,’ this year’s revuo will be of a new type. A bet ter continuity between the acts of the three organizations will be maintain ed throughout the program. Tho show will be presented only ono night this year, instead of two as was the case last year. The combined presentation is the result of a three year agreement between the three organizations. 20 STUDENTS WILL ATTEND •CITY PLANNING CONFERENCES Twenty members of the junior and senior classes in landscape architec ture. arc' planning to attend the twenty-eighth National' City Plan ning conference in Pittsburgh, No vember 14, 15, and 16. '’Prof. John R. Bracken, head of the department, will accompany the twen ty-men on thiftrip. Judge William H. Bassett of New York. City, former president of the national landscape architects, will be the principal speak er at the meeting. (It/ .Sem'rWeekl y ] Penn otatr @ (Mlrgtmt. - Fraternities Draw Houseparty Blocks Block allotments for tickets to the Sewance grid game were receiv ed by fifty-seven fraternities fol lowing drawings made by a student committee on seating arrangements yesterday morning. Fraternities are requested to turn into the Athletic association office tho number of tickets, together with cards and money, that they will need for the houseparty game not later than Tuesday. Tickets will then be distributed on Friday.' (Drawings Listed on Pago Two) P. S. C. A. TO BEGIN DRIVE FOR $3,500 Solicitors, Divisional Leaders Will H.old First Meeting At Dinner Monday With $3,500 set as a goal, the an nual financial drive of the Penn State Christian association will open at 1 a “kick-off” dinner for the two hundred solicitors and thirty-five division lead ers in the Sandwich shop, Old Main, at G:3O o’clock Monday night. “A contribution from every Penn State man” will be the slogan of the campaign, which is under the direc tion of Frank L. Weaver ’33. Com pared with last year’s quota of $4,400, the budget for the 1932-33 pampaign has been reduced considerably. Every donation' will eventually be turned back into the campus for services and a complete program, Weaver said. To Make Co-ed Canvass Speakers at the opening dinner will be Dean Ralph L'. Watts, chairman of the advisory, board of the Christian association, and Prof. John H. zell,' a member of the board. Talks by Robert M. Maxwejl ’33, president of the asbeiation, and John’ A. ..Wood classsr;pr,esident>wiU\’c6m- • Division leaders'attended a lunch eon at noon. yesterday to obtain ad vance information .of the campaign. Both’ the luncheon and Montiay Right’s dinner are through the courtesy of the advisory board of the Christian asso ciation. Although a complete canvass will be made, each solicitor will be requir ed to see only between ten and fifteen students. Boarding houses, fraterni ties, dormitories, and residences will be visited’for contributions.’ Plans for a faculty drive will.be announced later. The. Women’s Christian associa tion drive will begin'at the same time. Five division leaders have been ap pointed to supervise solicitors, accord ing to Ruth M. Harmon ’34, who is! directing the co-cd canvass. TO EXHIBIT STUDENT WORK An exhibition of student architec tural drawings will be shown in the third floor hall of Main Engineering today and tomorrow. J 3 Deans Favor Increase of L , A. Courses in Curricula Stoddart, Watts, Whitmore Would Include Additional Cultural Subjects Inclusion of a greater number of liberal arts subjects in the various curricula in tho College is favored by Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Liberal Arts, Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture, and Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the School of Chemistry and Physics. None of the deans, however, believes that the proposed Bucknell plan, under which 'two years would be devoted to general arts training and two to I. F. C. CONSIDERS RUSHING CHANGES, NAMES CHAIRMEN Ebcnbach ’33 Presents Proposed Code Endorsed by Tanner Wednesday Night COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO JUDGE DECORATIONS Group With Best Lawn Display Will Receive Cup—Song Contest Planned Consideration of proposed rushing code changes, and appointment of chairmen for the interfraternity song contest, the student, loan fund, auc tion bridge tournament,-, and fratern ity libraries were the features of the regular meeting of Interfraternity council Wednesday night. The rushing code proposed by the . Counsellors’ committee two .weeks ago and adopted by the Counsellors’ association at its meet ing Tuesday night was presented by Harris Ebenbach ’33, chairman of the. Interfraternity council 1 committee on rushing. Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, faculty member of the council Board of Control, endorsed the proposed code-in a short talk following Eben bach’s report. To Judge Contest Edward K. Hibshman, Alumni sec retary, William S. Hoffman, College registrar, and Donald M. Cresswell ’l9, assisted by two other alumni, will; form the committee of judges in the i fraternity house decoration contest tomorrow, it was announced by Her bert E. Longenecker ’33, president of the council. The committee will judge the displays erected on the lawns of the houses competing in the contest.’ contest'' to 'be*conducted, in "the -latter part- of this semester. Fraternities entering the contest will select groups of unlimited size which .will render songs of their own fraternity in com petition. Lewis Presents . Plan Presentation by Willard P. Lewis, College librarian, of a .plan for fra ternity book shelves to be sponsored by the College library resulted in the appointment' of a committee headed by Emanuel Frisch ’33 to consider the project. Houses desiring to build up a special collection of books will be assisted by the College library. The student loan fund committee, with J. Philip Evans '33 as its chair man, will make plans for a drive for ■funds by means of the sale of motion picture tickets,.similar to the cam paign conducted last year. An auction bridge tournament, in charge of Ralph Vance ’34, will be sponsored by Interfraternity council. The tournament will op'en sometime before Thanksgiving. -professional study, would be prac tical at Penn State. Rather, a spread ing out of cultural subjects over four years is favored by the School heads. “I have always believed that a technical curriculum could contain much less technical work than is re quired and much more work of a general nature,” says Dean Stoddart. i “There could be more concentration on absolute fundamentals, with the result that a good deal of the detail ed training that is now required could be cut-out.” While admitting that “both arc do. sirable,” Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, maintains that “the student cannot obtain in four years the essentials of the en gineering method of thinking and al so be required to take more subjects given in the Schodl of Liberal Arts.” He believes that “there could be more concentration on essentials and less (Continued on page two) STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIMy, OCTOBER 21, 1932 LION GRIDMEN WILL MEET SYRACUSE BEFORE ALUMNI HOMECOMING CROWD Both Elevens :To Seek ComebacksftAfter 2 Defeats; COLE, KANE,' WANTSHOUSE. MIKELONIS OUT OF GAME Outweighed .20 Pounds Per Man Nittany Team £ji[iil .Hopes For Win Tomorrow By GEORGE A’. SCOTT-*3l ‘ With both teams . seeking' "comebacks” after; ; tw;d. succes sive defeats, the. Nittany Lion of Penn State fyili line up against Bill Orange; of Syracuse in the annual • Alumni . Home- oming Day football;--game on New Beaver Field' J at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon.'/-” And what a game -it should be! Captain “Spike” ' Collins ' and his mates, inspired -by ’ tKeir showing against Harvard last -.Saturday and i backed by renewed confidence among the student body are/determined to | return to the winning/column once more; Syracuse, with‘its sensational | sophomore fullback; .Lou Stark, back I in action and a top-heavy advantage | in weight, is just as : -.determined to | climb back to the victory list. | It will'be a crippledj/and woefully light Nittany Lion eleven that takes tho field tomorrow. “Kirig” Cole, Har ry Wantshousc, “Killer";, Kane and A 1 Mikelonis will not don/uniforms' while Tom Slusser will wafch’the opening kickoff from the' bendhftalthough he may be used if the T oesslbn; demands. Lions ' /'V ,; Last week:the%ipnsl2yjsE'oufrivelgh man WheiT they -;iai^"HarvaT 1 3.' * Ti> morrow the ante* wilf.he,'raised- to an even twenty • pounds per man with Syracuse averaging 188-pounds to the Lions’ 168-pounds. However, past performances and weight advantages are tossed to the wind in_a Perm State T Syracuse foot ball game. The underdog has insisted on coming to the front in every Lion- Orange game in the past, and tomor row should be no exception'. | ; The Lions aren't over-confident— they haven’t the right to be, but they do regard tomorrow’s fracas as a golden opportunity to kick the old dope bucket far and wide. A fighting, and will-to-win spirit that hasn’t been seen on New Beaver Field in some time has come to the front in the past two weeks, and Mr. Tom Lombardi and company can expect a very, very busy-afternoon up there tomorrow. Rosenberg To Start With his squad badly battered as a result of the Harvard game, Coach “Bob” Higgins abandoned .any idea of scrimmage practice this week, and contented himself with light signal practice and a study of the Syracuse formations as a'preparation for .the Orange. Tho heavy rain early in the week was another factor outlawing scrimmage, for the gridders had dif ficulty in ’even running signals over the muddy, soggy practice fields. Harry Rosenberg/ diminutive end who returned to the squad last week after missing practically all of the preliminary workouts on.account of a leg injury, looms ns most likely “to start at left end in place of Slusscr. Slusscr received some injuries in the Harvard game that are serious enough (Continued on page five) No Athletic association cards will be accepted at the gates for to morrow’s game. Exchanges must be made for regular seat tickets not later than tomorrow noon. W. S. G. A. WILL CONDUCT ANNUAL DINNER DANCE Co.cds To Hold Hallowe'en Function In McAllister Hall Monday Sponsored by the W. S. G. A., the annual Hallowe’en dinner dance will be held in McAllister Hall dining room from 8 until 10 o’clock Monday night. Rosamond IV. Haines’’34 heads the committee in charge of arrangements. Other members of the committee are Fern A. Shoemaker ’34 and Gwenel dine N. Rapp ’35. At dinner the-tables arc to have decorative motifs represented by the costumes of the women! Prizes will be awarded to the funniest, the pret tiest, and the most original tables. Nittany Lion Centers "•Anderson Large Orange Contingent To Accompany Team Here Syracuse Will Bring Squad of 40 Men, Band For Nittany Contest Tomorrow By EDWARD M; BARRY Associate Editor, Syracuse “Daily Orange’ .-Syracuse] University, .football interests will center, at State College to morrow when Coach Hanson’s O"rmigf the halfback posts when the whis tle sounds. The quarterback assign ment has seen frequent changes. Fishel, Cody and Tisdale have tried signal calling,. but Nick DiNunzio will be Vic Hanson’s starting choice tomorrow. Line Heavy Fortunutely, the revamped Orange line is heavy nnd fairly fast. Steen and Hordinis, two sophomore tackles, have flashed in rfceent scrimmages and may get the call over previous Syracuse .tackles. Through injuries and close com petition, the guard assignments have been an open book. To date Fran Kennedy and Tindall, veterans of last season, have proven most reliable al though Stork, Singer, Gramlich and Machosky have seen plenty of action. WILL HOLD THIRD CONCERT ’Beethoven's Eroiea symphony and Franck's symphony in D minor will complete the program of the third victrola concert which will bo held in Room 411 Old Main at 7:JO o’clock tomorrow night. The concert is open to everyone. is I j ZAWACM BIGGEST FOOTBALL ; RALLY OF SEASON ' SET FOR TONIGHT The biggest all-College football ral ly of the season will take place in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock to night when alumni cheerleaders will unite with Head Cheerleader Bill Hartman and his corps in leading Col lege songs and cheers. A capacity crowd is expected to greet Bob Higgins and his pack of Nittany Lion gridmen when they are introduced from the stage. The Blue Band will be present to entertain with College songs and marches. 'Head Cheerleader Hartman has urged that upperclassmen as well as freshmen attend to make the affair truly an all-CoUege one and to show both the team and the alumni that Penn State is presenting a united front to wrest victory from Syracuse tomorrow. Attendance of first-year nien will of course be compulsory. EDMONDS TO GIVE CHAPEL ADDRESS Returning Alumni Will Hear Lawyer, Educator of Philadelphia at Sunday Services Returning alumni will hear Dr. Franklin S. Edmonds at the regular chapel services in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock Sunclay morning. Dv. Edmonds, who is head of the Philadelphia law firm of Edmonds, Obermaycr, and Rebmann, is at pres ent president of the National Tax as sociation. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1805, and has also received advanced de grees from Cornell University and Juniata College. As author of “The Century’s Prog ress in Education,” “History of Cen tra! High • Schools of Philadelphia,” “The Life of Ulysses S. Grant,” and “Reciprocity in State Inheritance Tax ation.” Dr. Edmonds is prominent as a writer of historical and political essays. During the late war he was connected with the American Expe ditionary Forces Y. M. C. A., and has since then become head of the legal department of that organisation. Because of his work along educa tional and historical lines, the chapel speaker has been made , a member of the American Historical association. ’ ESTABLISHED PRICE FIVE CENTS Graduates To Convene At Yearly Reunion This Week-end ANNUAL VARSITY DINNER SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT Registration Facilities Placed In First Floor Lounge Of Old Main Alumni of Penn Slate will take the center of the stage here as they return to their Alma Mater to celebrate the thirteenth annu al Alumni Homecoming today, tomorrow, and Sunday. . With two thousand visitors expect ed for the week-end a program of ac tivities has been arranged by Edward K. Hibshman, executive secretary of the Alumni association. The program begins with the annual varsity din-i ner at (5 o’clock tonight. Graduates To Register The visiting graduates will register in the first floor lounge of Old Main this year instead of at the Student Union desk as in former years. Reg istration will begin this morning and continue until tomorrow night. Burly Watson ’ll, vice-president of the Alumni organization, will preside at the annual dinner at the Centre Hills Country Club tonight. All for mer lettermen will attend the dinner, only former athletes being allowed membership in the varsity club. • Rally Scheduled An added feature of the varsity [dinner this year is the reunion of the [football team of 18S7, the first gfid jiror. team to represent Penn State in j intercollegiate competition. Nine [members of the team are expected to [come together as a group for the sec jond time since'the"'team disbanded forty-four years ago. The first re union was held in New York City in 1922. Pep talks will be given by the for mer Nittany luminaries at the rally in Schwab auditorium tonight, and as they recall stories of the Lion prowess of former years, ex-cheerleaders will show the students how they “cheered the boys,” while the Blue Band will lead in the singing of “Victory” and “Nittany Lion.” Gelf Tourney Listed An alumni golf tournament is sched uled to begin at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. The golf course will be turned over to the alumni for their exclusive use during the progress of the tournament. During the morning all the buildings will be open for the inspection of visitors. From 7 to-9 o’clock tomorrow night house warming will be held In the new Home Economics building for the visitors, while the annual alumni Cider Party in the Armory will begin at S:3O o’clock. John A. Wood ’33, president of Student Council, is in charge of the program for the affair. Holding its regular business meet ing in Old Main at 8 o’clock tonight, the alumni executive board will dis cuss plans for the coming year. At the same time the students and alum ni will nlcdge their support to the football team for the Syracuse game tomorrow, at an athletic mass meet ing in Schwab auditorium. Week end activities will conclude Sunday with the Honorable Fvanklli D. Edmonds, of Philadelphia, as the speaker scheduled for chapel services in Schwab auditorium at. 11 o’clock. ARTICLE BY ADAMS ’32 APPEARS IN ’ENGINEER’ October Issue Features Articles by McCarthy ’3l, Hamilton Ml Featuring an article on “The Hoov er Dam Project,” written by Erwin I’. Adams ’32, last year's editor, the October issue of the Penn State EngU vm- will be placed on sale this week. Adams’ story will include a complete survey of the difficulties involved in both the designing and construction of the project. Aji article by Daniel V. McCarthy MI on the sophomore engineering summer camp will also appear. James C. Hamilton Ml' writes an article on the “Magnitogorsk!," a steel plant being constructed as a part of the Russian five-year plan in the Ural valley. Arthur G. McKee ’Ol, head of the construction company which has I charge of the project, and seven other I Penn State alumni are directing the 'work.