COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Vol. 29, No. 25 ft LAMAR CROSBY SELECTED TO GIVE GRADUATION TALK Helzel Announces Speaker for This Year’s Exercises in. Schwab Auditorium FEBRUARY 3 CHOSEN AS DATE OF ANNUAL EVENT Pennsylvania University Dean Called-Authority on Greek Epic, Private Life Dean H. Lamar Crosby, head of the graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, has been selected to give the address at the twentieth an .nual mid-year commencement exer cises in Schwab auditorium on Febru ary 3, President Ralph D. Hetzel an nounced yesterday. After graduating from the Univer sity of Texas,- Dean Crosby received .-advanced degrees at Harvard Univer sity, later becoming an instructor in Greek at the University of Pennsyl vania in 1905. For the jriext three years he held the post of professor of (Greek at Missouri University. Directed Summer Schools During the college year, 1909-1910, Dean Crosby was Preceptor of Clas sics at Princeton, and the next year assumed the position of-professor of ■Greek at the University of Pennsyl vania. • He -has been connected with the University since that time, serving .also as director of summer; schools tlhbrc from 1918 to 1925. The speaker has held the position -of dean of . the graduate school since his appointment to the post in 1928. He is also a -member., of Phi Beta Kappa, honorary, scholastic fraternity, •arid - .;Phi Mu Alpha, honorary- music /fraternity.■ ...._ _____ Contributed Articles . vAs a member of the .Archaeological Institute, ‘ the Philological Association, arid;.the Classical Association of the Atlantic States,, the graduate school dean has contributed many articles ito. Classical Weekly and Classical Philo logy. , - The commencement speaker is also ‘co-author of an 1 “Introduction to Greek.” . From his studies in the classical language.and archaeological remains in Greece, he is recognized throughout the country as-an author ity on Greek epic, drama, and private life. . L F. BRIDGE TOURNAMENT TO ENTER FINAL ROUNDS Teams Will Finish Contest. Before Start, of Christmas Recess With the list of thirty-one contest ants narrowed down to four, the semi final and final rounds of the Inter fraternity auction bridge tournament 'will be completed this week, according to Ralph B. Vance '34, manager of the •tourney. ( Phi Mu Delta fraternity will meet Sigma Nu in the upper bracket of the semi-final round, while Delta Sigma Phi and Delta Theta Sigma will meet in the. other semi-final- match. Win ners of the two matches will oppose each other in the finals, which will be held before the beginning of the Christmas vacation Saturday noon. Sigma Nu defeated Theta Upsilon Omega to advance to the'semi-final round, while Phi Mu Delta was the victor over Kappa Sigma in its quar ter-final match. Sigma Tau Phi bowed to Delta- Theta Sigma and Delta Sigma Phi defeated Pi Kappa Phi in the lower bracket quarter finals. • ■« SHEDD RESIGNS PRESIDENCY Because his duties as journalism lecturer .here and as .editor of the Philadelphia Evening bulletin were requiring most.of his time, Fred Ful ler Shedd resigned as president of the American Society of Newspaper Edit ors ' Saturday. Mr. Shedd will con tinue to serve as a member of the board of directors and as chairman Of the joint committee on schools of journalism. JUDGERS GET FIFTH PLACE Penn State’s fruit* judging team placed . fifth in the annual eastern intercollegiate fruit judging contest last Saturday at Morgantown, W. Va., Prof. Frank N. Fagan, coach of the team,.announced last week.. 5 APPENDICITIS CASES LISTEp ' Five cases of appendicitis among the students have been reported in; the last three weeks, according to Dr.; Joseph P. I>itehaur, College physician, j ] flrmi A (Eollrgiatt. | ~ Freshmen Will Elect Class Head Tonight Freshman men will elect their class president from a list of four trial officers at a meeting in' the Chemistry amphitheatre at 7:30' o’clock tonight. Daniel L. Backenstose, Paul 'W. Brubaker, Richard H. Maurer, and Chester W. Moore are the four can didates who received the highest number of votes at a meeting Fri day. A check-up will be taken on all freshman present, and absence from the meeting will be a Tribunal offense. PINCHOT APPOINTS ZOOK AS TRUSTEE Bradford Man To Succeed Mrs. Chalfant—Connected With Petroleum Groups Appointment of Ralph T. Zook, of Bradford, to the College Board of Trustees was announced last week by Governor Gifford Pinchot. -, Mr. Zook- will succeed Mrs. Edla S. Chalfant, of Wilkinsburg, as one of the six members of the Board ap pointed by the Governor. Mrs. Chal fant’s term expired this year. Heads Petroleum Board As chairman of the petroleum ad visory board to the School of Mineral Industries, Mr. Zook has been con nected with the College for. the past four years. He was one of the in itial members appointed to that group. The new appointment adds an ex perienced petroleum producer to the Board of Trustees, Mr. Zook being president .of the Sloan and Zook com pany of the Bradford oil field. He is also'head of the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil association. .. .. ■V'Mr.-rZooki'was' actively.-interested-in the Oil and Gas conference held-here last year in his capacity as president of the . Crude, _Oil association. His term as Collegetrustee '(will expire in 1935:.' *1 ' ■, ; ' '• l ' ' ' SOCIETY TO HOLD,, SONGFEST TONIGHT Louise Homer Club .Will ' Entertain Musical. Organizations in Old Main Lounge Louise Homer club, women’s hon orary musical society, will entertain members of the student musical or ganizations and faculty at an old-time Christmas party in the second floor lounge of Old Main at 7 o’clock to night. The party will take the form of a “ICristmas Kaffee' Klotch,” which is an old German custom of gathering at the Yuletide season to sing carols, drink coffee, and munch Dutch bread. This, is the first time that such an affair has been held here. ■Members of the men’s musical fra ternities, men’s symphony orchestra. Blue Band, men’s and women’s glee clubs, choir, and faculty will be guests of the club at the affair. Carol sing ing- and musical numbers by women students will comprise the entertain ment. Frances Christine ’34 will sing a contralto solo, and Marion G. Blank enship ’36 will play a selection on the harp. Numbers by the women’s vo cal ensemble and the' string quartet are also included on the program. ilean STEIDLE,°PROFESSORS TO.ATTEND M. I. MEETINGS Dean Edward Steidlc and four mem bers of the School of Mineral Indus tries will attend meetings of the bitu minous and natural gas advisory boards in Pittsburgh. Thursday and Friday. Dr. Alfred \V. Gauger director of mineral industries research, and Dean Steidlc will attend both meetings, while Prof. Harry A. Northrup, di rector of extension, will either attend or submit a report. Prof. Chesleigh A. Boninc, head of the geology and oil and gas production department, and Prof. William R.' Chedsey, head of .the mining department, will attend meetings of their respective boards. PROFESSORS CONFER HERE Prof. John A. McLean, former head of the animal husbandry department at the Massachusetts Agricultural College and the Agricultural College of British Columbia interviewed mem bers of the 'animal' and dairy hus bandry -departments of ’ the College ; concerning the feeding of farm an jimals recently. • STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1932 Former Report Contradicts Proposed ObjectiiveslCode Student-Faculty Committee Stresses Social, Cultural, Civic Development as Aim of Penn State »r Charles a. hyers ’3< y Penn State’s raison d’etre; as outlined by the deans of the Schools last week in their proposed fcode of 1 objectives for the College, differs radically* from that submitted by a student-faculty committee in its report last spring. “To provide education for earning a living” is the No. 1 objective of i Penn State training on the dean's list, in contrast, M the’ development of cultural, social, and civic abilities, and preparation -for effective parental: relations” stands first in the opinion' of the student-faculty committee, which characterizes the present objec tives as “too narrow.” Dr. Carl'W. Hasek, head of the-de partment of economics and sociology, » was chairman of the student-faculty committee, which was composed of five other faculty members and' six representative senior students. After four months of study, the committee : submitted a, report to'President Ralph : D.-Hetzel and Dean. Charles W. Stod - dart, of the School .of Liberal Artsl Training for creative' living should . be the primary objective of Penn ’ State education, if the ;College is,to render her best service, the report of students’ and faculty of the College maintains. On - the contrary, voca tional training is the College's first purpose in instruction, the adminis trative heads say- • . . In addition, the dean's report main tains that the College “is an agent in the educational, social, and economic progress of the Commonwealth and of the nation” and lists as the second ob jective of the instructional program, “to improve- the various industries and .' professions - of the Common wealth.” The report also points out the-obligation. 1 of..'the College to the State and nation*’which'help to’’• sup port'it; *r • The r-'student-f summarizing its findings, states, “The educational objectives of Penn. State must be based upon .the-fundamental principle that education 'should' jead eachrperson-to extend bimself to his capacity.’in the ihrerfests.dfJ i weUjasldf ;selfi ’ CJpp.prefent' primarily- vocational,, ;bur' education training each'person ifrmkke a"living ’ rather than -to live creatively; as an integral part of society.” - ' . • Scoring >the present system, of courses as containing subject* matter unrelated to life as a whole, the stu dent-faculty report points out that “as a result many students are grad-' uated without adequate bases, for a' philosophy of living, without any par ticular interest or knowledge concern- ! ing the affairs of the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world, and with very little resource for spiritual and ' mental development.” . „ ■ “It is the direct responsibility of the College, and of each faculty mem ber, a responsibility which is not be ing successfully met today, to provide an educational program which con tains these essential elements,” the report continues. i Although vocational training, is not considered .the primary purpose of the collegiate instruction here, the stu dent-faculty group admits that “effec tive pursuit of a vocation”' is one of the elements of genuine education.” A different color is given to this element, however, tvhen it is qualified by the statement, “ .... as a con structive • leader or as utilizer of the (Continued on page four) GERMAN SONG PROGRAM WILL FEATURE MEETING Yiilctide Singing, Address^ by Wurfl Scheduled for Thursday Night Featuring a program of German Christmas songs, a Yulotide gathering for students and faculty members will be held in Schwab auditorium at 6:30 o’clock Thursday night under the auspices of the German department. Two selections in' German.by the women's quartet have been planned, asj ’a feature of . the program. A violin solo-by Mrs. Gregory, accompanied on 1 the' organ by Mrs. Charles E. Govier, has also been arranged. Speaking on “Christmas Customs in Germany,” Prof. George'J. Wurfl, of the department of German, will give a short talk. The meeting will be limited to a half an hour, accord ing to Miss Lucretia V. T.- Simmons, head of the department, who has charge of the arrangemonts. . BEZDEK TO GIVE ADDRESS ‘ Director Hugo Bezdek, of the School of .Physical Education; will address the Kiwanis'footJmll dinner at Nanti cokc tomorrow night; STUDENTS TOIOLD 9 HOLIDAY DANCES Hazleton, Scranton,- ;Uniqnto\vn, York, Pottstpwn Clubs . Sponsor Functions Nine dances in various sections of the State have been scheduled by Penn State undergraduate and alumni or ganizations' during the Christmas holidays, in addition to intercollegiate balls at Harrisburg on-December 26 and at Philadelphia orf-December 28. Opening*"the series of Penn State functions, the York ‘county club will sponsor its annual dance at York next Thursday, December 2fe, with Doc .Fisher’s orchestra furnishing the mu sic. A similar dance .will be held at Lancaster on the following night. Cpmpus- Band .Engaged A formal dance featuring the Var sity .Ten, campus orchestra, will be held by the Hazleton club on Monday, December’ 26, at Hazleton. ' The same band has been signed'for.dances spon sored by'the Penn State 'club of Potts town .on Tuesday,- December 27, the Bradford-Sulliyan county /club, at To wandaron- tdri'ciiib.oh Friday,-December 30. It will also play for dances at Lewis town and Wilkes-Barre during the vacation period. The Fayette county alumni club will dance! to' the music iof. tlie Washington and Jefferson Collegians; at the Union town country .club on Thursday,; De •ccmber 29, while the Beaver county club , has signed Doc -Peyton for its. function at Junction Park, Beaver Falls; on December 27. A dance at Greensburg December 29 will feature Claris Pennsylvanians. •Sponsors of the Harrisburg inter- I collegiate ball have named Katherine , M. Gorman ’34 to represent the Col lege-on the .honorary committee for the dance, which will present Doc Pey ton's orchestra. The first annual in : torcollegiate ball at the Penn Athletic club of Philadelphia will feature Blanche Calloway as one. of two or chestras. -•- DR. MARQUARDT REELECTED PHI BETA KAPPA PRESIDENT Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, College examiner, was reelected president of the locai Phi Beta Kappa association at a meeting last week. , Cyrus V. D. Bissey, College sched uling officer, was chosen as secretary, while Prof. Charles J. Rowland, of the economics department,-was elect ed to the treasurer’s post. Dr. Robert E. Dengler, head of the classical lan guages department, and Dr. Carl W. Hasek, head of the department of economics and sociology, were named as trustees. Home Towns Listed in Directory Lead to Varied Mental Responses Foreign places, mental and pictur esque images, and ideal spots arej among the varied pictures conjured by the names of home towns of Penn j State students, a survey of the stu- 1 dent directory shows. Students from the following places are not paying out-of-state tuition because these towns are in Pennsyl vania: Wyoming, California, New -1 foundland, Corsica, Athens, Rome, i Milan, Canton, Liverpool, Moscow, Berlin, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. Matter of fact or idealistic plabes arc Freeland, Industry, Imperial, Univer sal, Republic, Fairchance,..Power City, Noble, Liberty, Endeavor, Excelsior, Gravity, Midway, Emporium, Export, and Union. ' Penn State men and women come from Lilly, Marion Center, Jeannette, Aloppo, Ulysses, Atlas, Cecil, Natilic, Elizabeth, Marietta, Alicja, Annviilc, Marysville, Jeansville, Port Matilda, Darling, and Billmeyer. The family fireside is suggested by such names as Home, Homestead, Mountainhomc, and Shingle House. / Equally picturesque are Seven Val- CHRISTMAS CAROLS SONGFEST PLANNED FOR STUDENT BODY Christian Association Sponsors Program at 9 O’Cloek Thursday Night P.S.C.A. WILL FURNISH PRINTED MUSIC SHEETS Director Grant To Lead Singing With Choir of 100 Alices Rendering Harmony A long-standing Penn State custom will te continued when students gather on the plaza in front of Old Main at 9 o'clock Thursday night to join in singing Christmas carols. The songfest will feature old car ols well »:nown to everyone, according to Nathaniel G. Acton '35, who is in charge of the program. Song sheets, on which are printed all the songs scheduled, will be furnished by the Penn State Christian association. Grant To Lead Singing As in former years, the program is under the auspices of the association and the department of music. Direc tor Richard W. Grant, head of the department, will lead the mass sing ing, with the College choir of one hundred voices forming a vocal nu cleus. A trumpet quartet, composed of Paul W. Filer *33, John W. Burkholder ’34, Emery E. May !34, and Claude E. Shappelle '34, will play. an instru mental obligatto as a background for the carols. The quartet will also play old Yuletide .selections from Old Main tower. ' Der.gler To Talk E,..Dengler. head..of the department of classical'' languages, wiil give a short talk on "A Christ mas in old Provence." The commit tee in charge of the program has ar ranged for the installation of ampli fiers so that the speech and explan atory remarks by Director Grant can be heard plainly. To enable students to read the songs on the sheets more easily, the depart ment of grounds and buildings will install floodlights, and will decorate the evergreens at both sides of the steps with vari-colored lights. In case of stormy weathex*,, the annual affair will be held in the front lobby of Old Main, accoi’ding to Acton. CO-ED DEBATING TEAM OPENS SEASON TONIGHT Force ’33, Tulin ‘3l Engage Woman At .William and Mary College Sax*ah A. Ferree '33 and Gertrude Tulin '34 will open the co-ed debating season tonight when they meet a wo men’s team from the College of Wil liam and Mary at Williamsburg, Ya. The Pann State women will sup port the affirmative of the proposi tion “Resolved, that all intergovern mental war debts, including x-epara tions, should be 'cancelled.” Clayton H. Schug, women’s debating coach, is accompanying the team on the trip. Milton I. Baldinger ’33 and James W. Townsend .’35 will oppose cancel lation in a debate with a William and Mary men’s team at Williamsburg Monday night. Only one debate has been scheduled *on each of the trips. .leys, Green Castle, Barnstable, Hick | ory, Slippery Rock, Picture Rocks, and several other rocks. In addition, ! Angels, Plains, Meadowlands, Beaver Meadows, Mann’s Choice, Plymouth, Meeting, Bird-in-Hand, White Deer, Red Lion, Quakertown, New Galilee, Pennsylvania Furnace, Warrior’s. Mark, Old Forge, Forty Fort, Roul ette, Highspire; Snow Shoe, Lock No. 4,. Driftwood, Strawberry Ridge, and Sugar Grove may be found. Some slu'dents.from the woods claim Rockwood, Maplewood, Forest City, West Grove, Breezewood, Cherry Tree, and Blooming Glen as their home towns. Indian mimes are in the direc tory nlong with some unusual place namts. These are Tunkhannock, Cal licoon, Peach Bottom and Hop Bot tom, Mehoopany, Moshoppen, Shick shinny, ' Punxsutawney, Tamaqua, Wnmpftm, Moosic, and Throop. Penn State mqst have some swim mers from'Lake Ariel, Lake Como, Conneaut Lake, Erie, Atlantic, (CoHif'm'.crt on p«/7c four} 1933 Lacrosse Team Reduced tolo Men Penn State will comply with the ruling of the United States Inter collegiate Lacrosse association at its meeting Sunday to reduce the num ber of players from twelve to ten, according to an announcement by Dii'ector Hugo Bezdek, of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, yesterday. Since Penn State, as a member of the association, schedules only con tests with other members, the log ical move for the College is to com ply with the changes, he said. Be sides x-educing the number of play ers, delegates to the national lacrosse convention, which was held in New York City, decided to short en the playing area and permit the use of face masks. EDDY TO LECTURE HERE NEXT MONTH Prominent Speaker Will Discuss International Problems January S, 9. 10 Sherwood Eddy, world traveler and lecturer, will return to the College after an absence of two years to con duct. a series of meetings in Schwab auditorium on January 8,9, and 10. Sponsored by the Penn State Chris tian association, the talks will be a part of the Forum sei'ics. Although a definite program has not yet. been arranged, Dr. Eddy will probably dis cuss a number of current international pi'oblems. He will also addx*ess the regular Sunday morning chapel au dience ‘that week-end. Addressed Other Students Since lecturing here, the speaker has traveled once again around the world to study social and religious problems in other* countries. Re cently, he has been addressing stu dent, meetings.at colleges and.-Umv.qr.- sities in the United States'. Dr. Eddy is the author of many books. His more recent publications include "Th* World's Danger Zone” and “The Challange of the East.” He also wrote “The Challenge of Russia,” “Sex and Youth,” “Religion and Social Justice,” and “The Awakening of India.” The speaker was graduated from Yale University in 1891 and received his mastei’’s degree from the same in stitution sevai*al yeai's later. He has received honoi*ai*y degrees from uni versities in China, India, and the- United States. For many years the lecturer was associated with the Y. M. C. A. movement in China, Japan, India, and other countries in the Far East. FOSA TO READ IN FIRESIDE SESSION Selections From Italian Literature Will Feature Program of Wednesday Group tProf.' Joseph W. Fosa, of the ro mance language department, will read from current Italian literature at the weekly Fireside Reading' in lower lounge of Old Main at 4:15 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Translations will be rend from the prose and poetry of the last quarter century of Italian literature, in which the manner of the writers is poetic and lyrical. Italian writers using this style are Pea, Tozzi, Viv'anti, Marin etti, and Deledda. ! Deledda won the Nobel Prize in 1927, and is the most familiar name in America. Marinetti is the orig ; inator of the fad of futuristic expres sion in poetry which spread from Italy to Russia and then to France. Beginning Wednesday, January 11, the second section of Fireside Read ings will be held at 4:15 o’clock in the afternoon in the upper lounge of Old Main instead of the lower lounge. Dr. Carl W. Hasek, head of the de partment of economics and sociology, will open the second series with “Readings from the Russian.” PROF. DUNCAN TO GIVE TALK •D.*. David C. Duncan, professor of physics, will deliver a non-teclmical lecture on “What Keeps the Sun Hot” in the Chemistry annex at 7:30 o’clock tomorrow night. The program is be ing sponsored by Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary physics fraternity. DISPENSARY TREATS 2,118 - The College dispensary treated 2,- 148 patients during the month of No vember, according to Di*. Joseph P. Ritenom*, College physician. Of t’/.s number, 1,859 wei*c men and 289 were women students. An average of, 100 cases were tx*eatMd daily. PRICE FIVE CENTS COLLEGE FACULTY TO START SECOND RELIEF CAMPAIGN Administrative Group Sponsors Voluntary Contributions- Drive This Year PERMANENT LION FUND PLANNED FOR STUDENTS Committee Recommends Use of Personnel, Facilities in Aiding Conditions Members of the College faculty will again give voluntary contributions for general relief purposes this year as a result of the authorization of a second relief fund campaign by the Council of Administration of the College yes- terday morning. • Two specific forms of relief are provided in this year’s plans, with .•ontributions being accepted for gen eral relief in Pennsylvania, including relief in Centre county and College township, as well as for a student loan fund. Disbursing of funds re ceived for general relief will be at the discretion of the committee in charge, the council ruled. Establishment .of a permanent fac ulty-student loan fund is included in the plans, and members of the teach ing staff will be permitted to desig nate that all or part of their contribu tions be used for this purpose. In ad- dition to contributions turned in this year, money received through the pay ment of loans to students from the 1931-32 relief fund will be placed in the permanent fund. Contributions Voluntary “Contributions will be purely vol untary without thought of any specific., aniouht'to"b'e~raised or slibscvibccl, and without suggestion or inference that -any member of the College staff is obligated in any way to contribute,” said Dean Edward Steicjlc, of the School of Mineral Industries, who is’ acting as genera! chan man of the project. : , Subscription cards accompanied by a le.ttcr. l of explanation will be mailed to-iherhbers of the faculty this week, and. contributions will be accepted un til] March 31, 1933, according to the Council report. Faculty members may make one complete payment on or before February 1, authorize the Col lege treasurer to deduct the amount of their contributions from their sal ary checks on January 1 or February l, or make.equal monthly deductions over a period of three to four months. $18,231.1.1 Given Last Year A recommendation that the College utilize its personnel and facilities in rehabilitation studies and other meas ures tending to correct, or prevent the recurrence of present conditions, was also made by the Council, Such cor rective or preventative measures con stitute an activity of more permanence than money contributions for diieet relief, the Council pointed out. Last year’s faculty contributions for relief amounted to $18,231.15 with 957 members taking part in the project. A total of $5,267.10 of this amount was turned over to the student loan fund at the direction of the contri butors, and the balance was disbursed through recognized lelief agencies serving small communities through out the State. Dr. David C. Duncan, of the School of Chemistry and Physics, heads the executive committee directing the pro ject. Additional members are Wes W. Dunlap, of the department of pub lic information, Prof. R. Adams Dutcher, of the School of Agriculture, Edward K. Ilibshmnn, alumni sccie tnry, Prof. Julius E. Kauifuss, of the School of Engineering, W. J. Mills, of the comptroller’s office, Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, of the School of Liberal Arts, and Dean Steidle. * 2 CO-EDS ELECTED TO W. A. A. Olive D. Morris ’36 was named by tho Women’s Athletic association board as its second freshman member at a meeting last week, while Margaret B. Oschman was elected to the board by tho freshman class. Berenice 11. Jarck ’34 was chosen basketball man ager for the junior class, Kathryn M. Hertzler ’35 for the sophomores, -1 and Jano A. Roopc ’36 for the freshmen. LIBRARIAN GROUPS RARITIES Cataloging of autographed hooks, iivst editions, and other valuable pieces of manuscript into a special “Treasure Collection” has been start ed by Willard F. Lewis, College li brarian. A separate room will be available lor these hooka in the pro nu.*,cd new library building.