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Vol. 29, No. 22
GRANT SEEKS STUDENT
AID IN ARTISTS COURSE
Music Director . Appeals. to Undergraduates
For Return of Cultural Programs
Disappointed fey the lack of interest on the part of both faculty and
students thus far, Director Richard W. Grant, of the music department; made
a direct appeal to the student body in an interview yesterday to bring back I
the Artists’ Course of former .years' to the College. .; i
“Generally’speaking the broad cultural development of the students has
been,sadly,-neglected during the last two years,” Director Grant declared.
■‘■“The time has come when the stu
dents, should decide whether, they are
or are not to acquire proper intellec
tual knowledge outside their own par-'
ticular sphere of activity.”
/The music director contended that
students are becoming aware of the
fact that their, education .will fall un
less they make an attempt for richer
and fuller living, such ‘ as : is attained
through an-appreciation of art and
culture, right here and now. He was
of the opinion that action should be
taken .-immediately to warrant a re
vival of the-’series. ' '
Asa means for solving, the finan
cial difficulties of the.past, Director,
Grant endorsed a plan whereby the
students would vote an extra fifty
cent fee per year.for the organization
and’ perpetuation of an association,
whose work/would be to sponsor
things cultural fen the campus.
“With this fund as a foundation the
proposed association could' - be assured
of feufficient supporfin order:to bring
annually to. the : College outstanding
speakers, artists," and musicians! In
this way a. well-rounded program-of
entertaining, -intellectual, and artistic
interest could'be offered, at a ’ticket
price' so .reduced as to fee,within the
means, of .everyone,”'he declared.’
The Artists Course In former years
was- a - losing ’ proposition mainly be
cause .the admittance ,-charge was, too
,average Renn.-State.'stu
.dent^Director rpoifetea butt. The!
fault' .did not* lie. sfe'fmuch'in! lack'- of
desire, to/attend the! series^-tief said!
- -“A .cdmmunity. as 'isolated as ouri,'
should by all support and, nipm-'
tain an Artists : G6urse. ii The; 'fa'dbity
and students, .owe, it to themselves,
and-’ to their/ duty. : of ttj6, ciassf.that
fosters-.knowledge, to - show an’inter
est, in-such a” necessity to a liberal,
education'as'art,” He concluded. •
‘COLLEGIAN’ CALLS
1936 CANDIDATES
Freshpian Editorial . Aspirants
Will Meet in Old Main * '
Tuesday Night
. Men and women freshman candi
dates for the editorial staff of the
Collegian will meet in Boom 405
’6ld Main at 7:15 o’clock Tuesday
night;.
Meetings will continue on every
Tuesday night throughout the first
/semester, according to-. Richard V.
Wall '33, assistant editor, who will
have charge of the instruction during
thfcse periods. The meetings will bo
•limited to forty-five minutes '' in
length.
Will Outline Course
The course for the candidates will
be outlined as a feature of the first
gathering of the candidates. Instruc
tion in 'news reporting,- writing .in
Collegian style, and headline writing
will-also be started.
Following-a few weeks instruction,
quizzes will be given on the work cov
ered during the -period.' Questions,
will cover writing ofylead paragraphs,
and.the
ture 'stories.' - •.•'•-‘--i”', >'{■;;'» ■■.
, 'Prof. Franklin C. Banner, Prof.'.Wil*
liam F; Gibbons, and,Prof.- Herbprt' M.
Hofford, of the journalism. depart
ment,, will address future meetings of
the first-year candidates. ~ '
MUTCH WILL SPEAK
IN CHAPEL SUNDAY
‘Supremacy of Character’ Selected
As Subject for Address by
Bryn Mawr Pastor
. “The Supremacy of Character” will
be the topic of the address of Rev.
Dr. Andrew .Mutch, pastor' of the
1 Bryn Mawr Presbyterian church, who
will speak, at chapel services in
Schwab auditorium at 11 • o'clock
Sunday morning.
Dr. Mutch, who was born, in Aber
deenshire, Scotland, was graduated
from -Edinburgh University' in 1894,
• and after attending the divinity school
at the same'university was ordained
to the ministry, in 1899. After thir
teen years of service in three churches
in' his home country, { the chapel
speaker was called to the Bryn Mawr
church, where/he has .been'minister
since 1912. ■ ' ■
For many years the Scotch pastor
served' as president of the Main Line
Federation of . Churches, an organiza
tion which he helped to found, and is
at the present time president of the
Presbyterian Board of Pensions. He
has often, addressed meetings at Yale
hnd - Princcton ; ,Universities . and 'at
Lafayette, -.College during the last few
Vcars. . \
( Lafayette'College has conferred an
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity
iipon Dr. Mutch. After the serviced
Sunday morning, .the.'chapel speaker
AVIII remain in State College to ad
dress the evening.service of the local
Presbyterian church.
FIRST ROUND OF I. F.. BRIDGE
TOURNEY TO END TOMORROW
"•First round contests in the Inter
fraternity auction'bridge tournament
trill bo completed by tomorrow, ac
bbrding .to Ralph B. Vance '34, .man
ager of the competition. Thirty-one
teams are entered in the tournament.
.Entries,for the ribn-fraternity tour
nament to be sponsored .by Student
tJnion must be filed at the- Student
Union desk in Old Main as soon as
possible. •; „ , ' f '
MAZER GETS;APPOINTMENT
. Lawrenco M.'Mazer .'35, Inter-class
hnd intramural wrestling champion in
..the 125-pound class - last, year, receiv
ed an appointment to .wiest Poipt last
wed;. . - .
PARENTS INITIATE
LOAN FUND DRIVE
Association Sends Out Appeal for
Payment of. Membership'
Fees This ’Week
The first move in the accumulation
of. the $lO,OOO revolving loan fund
war. started this week by the Associa
tion of Parents of -Penn State, when
that organization 'sent out an appeal
to all parents io pay the membership
fee of one dollar. ,
Eight students’, have, applied for aid
this year, according to Mrs. Frank W.
Haller,.chairman of the student loan
fund committee. Last year the asso
ciation aided fourteen students.
.‘The money loaned is obtained pri
marily from dues, along with special
contributions.ln past years the ex
pending of -the loans has been depen
dent largely upon the payment of
dues. /' ’
"Every applicant for aid must have
the. endorsement of the dean of the
school in. which " the- student, .is cn-.
rolled, so that" we know money loaned
is going to conscientious students who
are really i in- need,” the committee
chairman said in the appeal. . •
Penn State Men Chii
Favorable on ‘D
Penn State men. are.still chivalrous!
At least that was .the impression given
by the answers of many of the repre
sentative men 'students to the ques
tion of their opinion of “dutch treats”
on dates. . . , ' r ’ • ••
1 Of the co-eds interviewed almost all
were hi favor of this practice, espec
ially in college towns of the size-of
State College where «the women'stu
dents have aboutjtKe same amount.'dl
spending money as the’men.
•Marjorie G. Groat’*33 «hd Laura-B.‘
Lee.'33 think' the.men should expect
to pay'all the expenses on a date un
less the couple goes together steadily,
and then • they is only fair
that the.girl should pay Her own share
at times. ,
Emily R. ; Gans. ’34 and ,-L.. Isabel
Loveland ’3l lire two ’of the eo-eds
Brutzman Appointed .
Soph Hop Chairman
• Franklin J. - Brutzman ’35 has
been appointed chairman of the
Sophomore Hop committee, Walter
G. Benner jr., 1935 class president,
announced Wednesday night.
Additional members of the com
mittee are James V. .Baker, Charles
E. Bartlett, Joseph A. Benner, John
M. Bernat, Robert M. Brown, Rob
ert. B. Dambach, Edward M. Eber
hard, Walter F. Gaylor, A. Kenneth
Maiers, and Ralph P. Needle. The
all-College • dance will be held
March 3. '
SOCIALISM UPHELD
IN OPENING DEBATE
Wilson, of. Oxford, Berbatis ’35
' Gain Audience Decision
Monday Night
Upholding socialism; Geoffrey M.
; Wilson of Oxford University, Eng
: land, and Angelo N. Berbatis ’35 won
an audience .decision over A. J. Ervine
of'Oxford and Scott Keyes, graduate
student, in an international split-team
debate Monday night
•’. Nearly 600' people attended the
opening contest .of the forensic'sea-’
son. Of the 470 ballots cast by the
audience after the debate,- 206 voted
for. the negative of the question“Re
solv.ed, that socialism ‘ offers no rem
edy* for the. present economic disor
der,-” while 111 voted for the affirm
ative, and 153 .were unchanged in their
opinion. '
Control Necessary
’ Keyes, in opening the case for the
affirmative,.’ said that governmental
control, of .individual, effort and not a
would.
be^Secessary^to;.bring-the t fuil.b ; ehefit
of private enterprise, to the’'American
.economic system. Berbatis, first neg
ative ;speakcr/' inaihtained ;that '/in
equalities' in,. ,-,the distribution .’ of
wealth/, busjnessj;!cycles, •'ja;nd j/war
could' be /prevented u'nd£r/ socialism.
.Characterizing his opponent's.argu
ments’ as .“sound—mere sound,”’lrvirte
emphasized the point that “we must
look, to a powerful man for a way-out
and hot to socialism.' Great leader
ship seeking the spiritualization of
the machine and not a materialistic,
noh-idealistic socialism is. needed,” he
said.
Contrasting the two systems, Wil
son pointed out that under capitalism
capital employs labor for the benefit
of capital, while under socialism labor
employs-capital-for the benefit of
labor. Socialism with centralized
.economic* planning for the benefit, of
the '.whole community is needed, he
concluded.
BILLIARD TABLES INSTALLED
IN STUDENT UNION LOUNGE
• Completion of the transfer of one
poohand one billiard table from the
basement of Varsity Hall to the Stu
dent Union Lounge on the third floor
of Old Main is expected today, ac
cording. to H. Aubrey Myers ’32, Stu
dent Union secretary.
Application to use the- new equip
ment should be made at the Student
Union desk. According to present
plans the new tables will replace one
oi\the ping-pong tables now in use.
LEWIS ATTENDS CONFERENCE
Willard P. Lewis, College librarian,
represented Penn State at the twen-.
tieth annual; conference of 150 East-,
era College Libraries at Columbia
University, Saturday.
Ivalrous, Co-eds
)uich Treat’ Subject
who disapprove of dutch treating, and
say. that when a fellow calls them up
to go to the movies, they do not ex
pect 1 to pay their own way.
Adam 8.. Barnhart ’33 and Edwin
S. Maimed ’33 were the two men most
opposed to the idea of a girl paying
Her own ’ share of expenses. When
asked why they felt this way, they
blamed it on a combination of.' pre
cedent, chivalry, and a desire not to
feel cheap by having a girl hand them
a sum of money. . .
J Arthur R. Anwyll jr. '33 and John
C. Munch '33- say dutch-treats- are
“6. k.” at times when a couple goes
together regularly, especially in this
year of depression... Although most
of the men students were not in favor!
of dutch:treat?, Robert C. Hanawnltj
’3l is a staunch supporter of the idea.!
STATE COLLEGE, PA:, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1932
11CODRTCONTESTS
INCLUDED ON 1933
BASKETBALL CARD
Cagers Will Face .Susquehanna
In First Encounter Here
Wednesday, ; Jan. .4
A. A. REDUCES SCHEDULE
BY 4 GAMES THIS YEAR
Lions To Meet. Colgate, Army,
Penn, Temple,] Syracuse
During Season
Ily W. M. STEGMEIER ’3<
Four games thinner than the cus
tomary fifteen-game cards of the past
few years, the 1933 basketball sched
ule of eleven gairiesiwas released by j
Athletic association-officials Wednes
day. The new court program includes
contests with' Penn,/Army, Temple,
Colgate, and Syracuse. .
None of the opponents listed on this
year’s card will He/entirely’ new to
the Nittany ’ Lion, four
schools, ‘ Susquehanna,. Washington
and Jefferson, Lafayette, and Temple,
have not-appeared' on a. Penn State
basketball schedule,.for several years.
Eight of the eleven feames will be
played in Recreation'fliail.. ’
. For the opening- game/of Lioni
season; 'appear in’
Recreation hall on -,\y»«inesday, Jan
uary 4. Three days J'afer Coach Spike
Leslie’s team will.travel ib’Philadel
phia to play Penn hva&ontinuation of
the series of tilts resumed last year
after a two-year iapgd.’
To Play/Army Here
Following the .Philadelphia contest,
the -Lion five 'willvset‘lle ,'down for a
long sojourn in heath ns
seven
to-. ;l>e?rplayc{Li.'o?iJ^^»4lAi , eatfdh';H‘aH:
court..: Western Maryland .will-oppose
the Nittany quintet on January 14
for. the first.of the string of home
games while a tilt with Washington;
and Jefferson follows on January 21.1
Army is scheduled to appear here I
on January 28, Lafayette on February)
8, Temple, February• 15, and West!
Virginia, February 18.. iThis will
mark the first Owl game on a Lion!
program since 1928 while the last
time the Blue. and White courtmen
encountered a Lafayette team was in
1930.
Freshman Schedule Announced
In the last home attraction of the
schedule, Penn State fans will have a
chance to see Carnegie Tech in action'
. when the Tartans appear here on Feb-
vuary 25.' The Lions will close their
season with a New York trip including
games with Colgate and Syracuse on
March 3 and 4. A pre-season prac
tice game- with Lock Haven State
Teachers College at Lock Haven on
December 30 was. approved, by the i
Board of Athletic Control along with!
the regular schedule. . i
A freshman basketball card of six j
games, four at home and two away,,
has been arranged.- The yearlings willi
open their season on February 4!
against Newton Academy. .Games'
with Dickinson Seminary on Febru
ary 11. Wyoming Seminary on Feb
ruary 18, and Carnegie Tech fresh
men on February 25 follow. On
March 10, the freshman five will meet
the Bucknell plebe team at Lewisburg
while a return game with Wyoming
Seminary at Kingston is scheduled for
the following day. * '
O’BRIEN SUFFERS OPERATION
Joseph F. O’Brien, instructor in
public speaking and coach of the Col
lege. debating team, underwent a ma
jor operation.at Flemington Hospital,
Philadelphia,- last weekend. *He will
probably return to the College some
time during January or the early part
of the second semester.
Who’s Dancing
Alpha Omicron Pi at
Sigma Pi
(Closed) •
Vursity Ten
Scabbard and Blade at
Omega Epsilon
, (Closed)
Campus Owls
Tomorrow-Night
.Alpha Chi Sigma
(Invitation)
Bill Bottorf:
Phi Gamma Delta
(Closed)
Campus Owls
Grange Dormitory
‘ (Closed)
Blue tnul Wb.itv
Freshmen Will Hold
Nominations Monday
Prospective freshman class presi
dents will be nominated at a meet
ing in the Chemistry amphitheatre
at 7:30 o’clock, Monday night, John
N. -Rathmell, junior class head, has
announced.
Four, trial presidents will be se
lected at a meeting a week later,
while 1 the final election will take
place immediately before the Christ
mas vacation, Rathmell. said. At
tendance of' all freshmen at each
of the three meetings will be com
pulsory.
FLAGS TO FEATURE
DANCE DECORATION
Military Bail Plans Include Use
' Of. Gold, White Draperies,
Ceiling Streamers
Featuring a national flag on which
arq inscribed the names of all Penn
State men who were killed in the j
World War, decorative plans for the j
Military Ball-in Recreation hall next
Friday night have been completed, ac
cording to George H. Grabe ’33, who!
is in charge of the decorations. *
i A contract with a Wilkes-Barre
! decorating company was signed' last
week, Grabe said. According -to the
contract, red, white, and blue stream
ers will be employed to disguise the
ceiling of the hall while lattice-work
and gold and white draperies will
cover the sides. The canopy above
the' orchestra will be draped .with
flags of other countries.
To Draw for Booths
•Fraternity booths this year will be
placed out on the main floor ami the
space under the balconies will -be
'cldsed.' , "T6^6ften'tHe'Hgh'tfng^e’ffccts l '-
all overhead-illumjpation-will be-dis
pensed with.' Forty’small lanterns
scattered around .tju*. hall will be the
j only lights used.
| The charge for booths at the affair
will be four dollars, with-a three idol
j lar assessment for-catering sfei;Vice.
This is a reducpqh ‘.of. thi*i*e.. <loila*3
j from the'eost of a booth and ’cnteiibjg
service last year/ .Willia’m- C. :Bilrr> ;
’33, committee-chairman, said.' •
Drawings for booths will be held
at tHe Student Union office In Old
Main at 7 o’clock Wednesday night.
Baron-Lee and his Blue Rhythm or
chestra will furnish the music for the
dance.
DR. TSCHAN NAMED TO
NATIONAL A. A. U. P. BODY
Nominated for Executive Position in
Association of Professors
j Di\ Francis J. Tschan, professor of |
I history, has been nominated as aj
; member.of the national council of the,
! American Association of University l
j Professors, according to an an-]
I nounccment by the local chapter yes
| terday.
Dr. Tschan was one of ten profess
ors from various sections of the coun
try nominated to the council for a
three-year term.
.Positions which Dr. Tschan has held
in the association include the presi
dency of the local chapter for. the past
two years and membership in*the na
tional committee on oiganization. and
conduct of local chapters.
Fraternities, Customs Have No Place
In English University, Debaters Say
Freshman customs and social fra
ternities, two institutions which seem
indespensible at Penn State, hate no
place in the English university system,
declared A. J. Irvine and Geoffrey M.
Wilson, Oxford debaters, in.an inter
view Monday.
“Freshmen at Oxford University
are not made to remember that they
are freshmen one atom,” Irvine , said,
with his broad English accent. “Haz
ing and restrictions occur only in pre
paratory schools, and they are dropped
completely in the university.”
Contrary to the popular belief that
[customs are necessary to keep. 'a
freshman in his place, the absence of
restrictions does not make the Oxford
freshman “uppish,” the debaters' said.
“We believe in treating the freshman
as a college man, and if he doesn’t
respond, he is gently snubbed,” they
added.
“We object very strongly to the ex
clusiveness and rough initiations of
fraternities/’ Wilson stated. “At Ox
ford, where twenty colleges have 200
PRESIDENT DENIES
‘RACKET’ CHARGE
Dr. Hetzel Finds No Trace of Irregularities
In Senatorial Scholarship Awards
To Penn State Students
Charges that racketeering has, cr
scholarships’ to State-uided university
Penn State is concerned by President
this week.
“So far as I know there have bee
the granting of these scholarships to si
statement said. Three ' scholarships
covering tuition arc granted annually
by each of fifty State senators to stu
dents at this College and at the Uni
versities of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh,
and Temple. ’ i
Investigation. Threatened
Frauds in connection .with the scho-
lastic subsidies were exposed early
this week when a Philadelphian was
arrested on the charge that he had
swindled .several persons out- of large
) amounts through the sale of “bargain
I scholarships.” An investigation of
! the matter, unless it was cleaned up
immediately was threatened by. State
Senator William D. Mansfield.
‘ Willingness to cooperate with any
effort to wipe out the practices was
expressed by President Hetzel.and the
presidents .of Pennsylvania, Pitts
burgh',’ and ' Temple in’ a joint state
ment issued at Harrisburg Tuesday.
“As heads of these institutions we
deplore the practices which-have been!
exposed and stand ready to cooperate j
fully and freely in any effort made
by‘‘responsible legislative groups to
eliminate such practices and prevent
their recurrence,” the statement said
in part.'
Holders Here Total 554
enrolle’d.-atVPenn State, total •554,-. ac
cording to. Adrian 0. Morse,.executive
secretary to the President. These
scholarships are good for the , four
year course of study and exempt the
holder from the incidental fee of one
hundred dollars a year. . .
..“Only two honor points more than
the number of credits carried in the
preceding years are necessary for the
holder to retain his scholarship,” Mr.
Mprse said in pointing out the fact
that the awards are not made primar
ily oh the basis of the applicant’s
scholastic standing. “Supposedly they
are given to needy and meritorious
students,” he added.
Possible changes in the method ofj
awarding the scholarships suggested!
by Mr. Morse were the establishment
of a general average prerequisite or
a more rigid examination of the ap
plicant’s financial condition.
EXTENSION WORK SPEAKERS
wiLL MAKE LECTURE TRIPS
Three of the speakers of the Ex
tension Lecture Program service of
the College have been’engaged to lec
ture during December and January,
Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the ex
tension service, announced recently.
Prof. Harney W. Stover, of the de
partment of economics extension, will
address the Franklin Rotary club next
Thursday on the topic,.“Recent Trends
In Retailing." On January 7, Prof.
Harold E. Dickson of the fine arts
Jivision will give an illustrated art
ccture at Juniata College.
students each, there is no place for
such a thing as a fraternity. We
would get tired of eating our meals
with fifty other people.”
Each student at Oxford has two
rooms in which he lives by himself,
they pointed out in describing the
English system. Breakfast and lunch
'arc served in the rooms and usually
eaten alone, while dinner is served in
a common dining, hall.
Both English debaters also disap
proved of final .examinations, saying
that the whole system impressed them
as “learning an incredible amount for
a short time, taking an examination,
and then forgetting it/' At Oxford
only two examination's are given dur
ing, the college course, one at the end
of the first or second terms and one
at the end of the four years.
“Lectures at Oxford are entirely
voluntary—they do happen' and some
people go,” Irvine said. “Attendance
at the beginning df the term, however,
is noticeably larger'than at the end,”
he «d‘M. a - .
PRICE FIVE CENTS
;cpt into the distribution of senatorial
-*s were declared unfounded ns far as
Ralph D. Hetzel in n press statement
-*n no irregularities in connection with
tudents at Penn State,” the President’s
BEAMISH FORSEES
CHANGE IN AWARDS
Believes Inquiry Will Motivate
New Distribution Method
For Scholarships
A new method for awarding sen
atorial scholarships will probably fol
low the investigation of charges of
exploitation by racketeers, Richard J.
Beamish, secretary of the Common
wealth, said here Wednesday in an
interview to the Collegian. He
knows of no irregular practices in
connection with the Penn State
awards, however.
“Some safeguard against irregular
practices in connection with the
awards should be made and undoubt
edly will be made,” Mr. Beamish
stated. “A competitive examination,
such as is used at the United States
service academies, may be used,” he
added.
May Check Awards
“If the distribution of scholarships
still.remains:in-, the/, hands.of tfie. State
senators,'there will probiably.be some
check’mad-i by the governor’s office,”
the' secretary suggested. “Another
possibility is taking the award of
scholarships away from the senators
altogether and placing them under
the jurisdiction of some State depart
ment.”
•• was of the opinion
that the total abolition of senatorial
scholarships./ as advocated by certain
huiWrities, would be undesirable.
Many worthy students who could not
otherwise come to college would thus
be denied the chance, he tfaid.
“I first heard of such practices
about five years ago,” Mr. Beamish
said, “but they were not’ as wide
spread as they are now. The sale of
scholarships is largely confined to the
large cities and to awards which, are
worth more money than they arc at
Penn State.”
CORBETT SPEAKS
IN FORUM SERIES
Oriental Traveler, Lecturer Talks
On Manchurian Situation at
Discussion Tuesday
As the second speaker on this year’s
Forum series, Charles H. Corbett, lec
turer and traveler, talked on “What
Next in Manchuria" Tuesday night.
Mr. Corbett, who has been a close
observer of affairs in. MJanchuria, gave
a complete history of the “interna
tional sore.” Besides the open lec
ture, Mr. Corbett conducted a number
of special interest meetings on “Dis
armament,” “Race Relations,” and
“Christian World Education." The
talks were also sponsored by the Penn
State Christian association.
Born of American parents in the
Far East, the speaker has had ample
opportunity to witness the changing
political situation in that part of the
world. At present, he is internation
al relations adviser to the national
councils of the Y. M. C. A. and Y, W,
C. A.
In his talk Tuesday night, Mr. Cor
bett declared that a Japanese attack
on the United States is highly im
probable because as the aggressive
party the Oriental’ nation would lose
in the long.run. Even now, Japan is
finding that imperialism does not pay,
hu said.
CO-EDS TO USE GYMNASIUM
Recreation hall will be closed to
men students from 7:il0 o’clock on
each night starting Monday, according
to an ailiouncemcnt by Director of
Athletics'Hugo Bezdek. For the re
mainder of the indoor sports season
the gymnasium will then be turned
over for the exclusive use of women
■•uiUciits.