Page Four SINGERS TO ENTER GLEE CLUB MEET College Group Will Compete in Contest at Philadelphia Friday, March 17 Penn State’s Glee club, directed by Richard W. Grant, head of the music department, will seek State honors for the seventh time when it appears at tho annual Pennsylvania State Inter collegiate Glee club contest which will Lc held at' the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on Friday, March 17. University of Pittsburg]:, Lafayette College, Moravian College, Havcrford, Temple University, Juniata, and State Teachers’ College of West Chester, will compete in the contest, which is held under the auspices of the Phila delphia forum. National Meet Abolished The College glecmen have lost only once since their entrance into the Slate Intercollegiate Glee club con tests. Penn State’s Glee club lost out to Lafayette College in the 1930 com petition by four-tenths of a point. In the national competition, held in St. Louis last year, Penn Slate captured third prize. Tho National Intercollegiate Glee club meet has been abolished this year because of the Student International Music festival, which will be conduct ed at the Chicago World’s Fair next August, Director Graut said. Before appearing at Philadelphia, the Glee club will give concerts at Radnor and Elkin’s Park Wednesday and Thursday, March 15 and 16. Sev eral solos will be given by members of the organization. Statistics Show Common Student Age as 20 Years Twenty is the average age of Penn State students, statistics com piled recently by William S. Hoffman, College Registrar, show. The ages c-f undergraduates here range from sixteen to forty-nine years. Of the 4181 undergraduates enrolled here this year, 258 are eighteen years of age, 758 are nineteen, 903 arc twen ty, 557 are twenty-one, 67G are twen ty-two, 351 arc twqnty-three, and 164 are twenty-four, while the other 206 students extend their age limits over the other thirty years. The two youngest men here are sophomores, both being sixteen years of age. Nineteen is the average age of the freshmen, with the oldest forty-seven; while the sophomores, with an age center one year older, have as their oldest member a man of forty-three ycai-s. Juniors ranges in age from eighteen to forty-two years, with the majority being twenty-one; while the senior class, with the only ‘forty-nin er’ in school, has'gji average, of twen ty-two, the youngest member being nineteen. CLASSIFIED RALLIiOOM DANCING INSTUUCTION—In dividuaI instruction for beginners. Call 779-J or sec Mrs. F. J. Ilunrahan, Fye Apartments. etch INSTRUCTION—SociuI dancing Instruction. Individual and group lessons. Call Ellen J. Mitchell, -IGci-J. Etch LOST—OId Forge high school class ring with initials S. J. K. inside. Finder please re turn to Suva Kozitsky ut Grunge Dorm. 2tl>d CAM LOST—Hanking hook and loose leaf note-book. If found sec llody Diggcrt or phone SBO. Howard. ItpdHC LUST-'-Techn«lojry book and note-book on January 5 in Library. Please return to Knhlhcpp. 211 W. College Ave. ILnpJMS LOST—Drown leather coat in Armory. Phone 21U Muck Hull. ltnpllU SPECIAL—For l mouth only, SIU.QI) CroquiK notc permanent wave for $2.00. Shampoo and fingcr-tvnvo, 73c. Mrs. LorkavlU, 210 Allen St. StnpKL TYPlST—Desires work, themes, reports, etc. Reasonable rates. Photic 192-It, Mrs. Lewis. ltpdlT Is it as good ,m tltt other fellow's? Arc you sure your vision Is tip to par? Our examination is conscientious. Mrs. Eva 11. Kuan, O. I). ■FOU YOUR EYES SAKE' l’hune 318-M, Bellefonte Wednesday—2:oo (o 8:00 p. m. Saturday—9:3o a. m. to 8:00 p, m. Smcltser llldg.—Opposite Court House STATE COLLEGE: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 322 East College Avenue Mac Hall Seldom Heard Woman’s Voice 25 Years Ago, Borland Says Mae Hall, home of today’s co-eds, seldom heard the sound of a woman's voice twenty-five years ago, according to Prof. Andrew A. Borland, head of the dairy husbandry department, who was head marshal at the Hall in 1908- 09. In 1908, there were approximately a dozen women students among the 700 undergraduates who made up the student body and they lived in the Women's building, Professor Borland said. Mac Hall was reserved for men. “A dining hall for both students and faculty members covered the entire first floor of the building,” he. declar ed. Many of the leading professors at the College today were among the younger faculty members who dined sit the Hall where they were referred to by the students as the “scrub fac ulty.” ■Class distinction was a feature of life at the Hall. An upperclassman's word was lav/ and freshmen bad to keep their places or suffer pain, Pro fessor Borland said. Interclass, ci der, picture, flag, and pre-banquet scraps took the place of the social life LEE ’34 NAMED HEAD OF DANCE COMMITTEE Dottcrer ’34 To Serve as Assistant Chairman for He-She Affair K. Jane Leo '34 was appointed chairman of the Hc-She Dance com mittee by the Women’s House of Rep resentatives at a meeting Monday night. Anna Mary Dotterer '34 will act as her assistant. Emily M. Stehman ’33 was named chairman of the decoration commit tee, whilo Kathryn C. Aungst ’33 heads the refreshment committee. H. Grace Baer '34 was appointed chair man of the entertainment committee. Helen F. Tananis ’34 will- act as head of the clean-up committee, and Berenice H. Jarck '34 has been chosen as chairman of the advertising com mittee. No date for the dance has been announced. ARCHITECTURAL PROFESSORS ATTEND A.' I. A. CONFERENCE Eight members of the architectural engineering department attended a meeting of the American Institute of Architects in Harrisburg Tuesday to organize south central Pennsylvania industries into a building congress. ' •Dr. Louis F. Pilcher, acting head of the department of architecture, and Prof. James B. Helme, Prof. David A. Campbell, Chester L. Wiseman, Louis A. Richardson, and graduate students Albert \V. Dudley, Edward G. Baird and Albin Lundgrcn attended. FOR RENT—I larre room on second floor for 2 students at $2.00 per week each. Also accommodations for 1 student in another room at $2.00 per week. 113 S. Atherton SL Rhone TTMY. ltnpEF WANTED—l’nasenjrera to Philadelphia over week-end of January 14. 1931 Ford sedan. Heater in car. Leave Saturday noon, return Into Sunday' Round trip, $4.30. Cull 112-J. ItnpHli FOR RENT—Modern 3-room front apartment] with private bnth on second floor. Con-i venient locution. For further information! Inquire at 309 W. Beaver Ave., apartment FOR RENT—I iarjrc room, second floor, for 'business Kiris or students. Also room for] 1 boy. Reduced rent for part-time work. I ' 235 S. Atherton St. Phone 813-J. ItpdCAM GREATER THAN ZIEGFELD'S GREATEST SHOW! T’Ae Fa*# / H£ SAMui In the Mexican Bull King! which now prevails at the College. As head marshal, Professor Borland was supposed to keep order -in the Hall, although he' never specifically remembers having done so. He'added that he received the sum of one dollar a week for his services. Two other noted “dormitories’' on the campus were located directly back of the armory and were barrack-like structures known as “The Bright An gel,” and “The Devil’s Den,” accord ing to Professor Borland. At one time a student letter was found which con tained the sentence, “I room in a place called ‘The Devil’s Den’ and he may have it for all I care.” 72 Percent of ’35 Class Underweight Physician Discloses More than seventy-two percent of the present sophomore class were un der the minimum average weight for respective heights and ages upon en tering Penn State, according to a re port issued by Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, College physician. The report, based on an analysis of the physical examinations given dur ing the Freshman Week of 1931, showed that the average height of the class members was sixty-seven inches, and the average weight 137 pounds. Based on the height, the average weight should have been 141 pounds, the report said. Heights of the students in the class varied from sixty to seventy-eight inches. The lightest boy in the class weighed 55.5 pounds, while the heaviest boy. weighed 257 pounds. The analysis found that of the 1,- 198 students examined, 775 did not need the assistance of glasses. Of the 431 persons who were found to have slight errors which needed as sistance, only 2G5 were wearing glasses. One student was found to be totally blind, and eight students were wearing glasses without any appar ent reason. CONDUCTS RESEARCH WORK -Mrs. Clair Ramsay ’25 conducted research work for • the Good House keeping Institute in the textile chem istry laboratories here during the Christmas recess. Mrs. Ramsay, a former student and assistant in household and textile chemistry at the College, is now on the staff of Good Housekeeping Institute in charge of the textiles and household equipment. LIBRARY GETS MONOGRAPHS , Tho College library has received a completo set of “Careers,” a series of monographs describing various pro fessions and callings, according to Willard P. Lewis, College librarian. Tho set will be placed on display in tho reading room of the library. EXAM SCHEDULE CHANGE Bot 201 Th 8 200 Hort LOUISE A. LAMBERT BEAUTY SHOP Above Athletic Store Finger Waves and Permanents Phor.c 240-J MONDAY And TUESDAY Matinee at I:3o—Evenings-at 6:30 Complete Late Showing After 9:00 p. m. THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN THROUGH OTHER EYES Verbal brickbats have been flying about me in the last few days, hurled by men of Temple University. I am charged with being biased, uninform ed, silly, unfair «and unilateral. That last word gave me the shivers, but it is not so terrible. -It means simply, “one-sided, as an elm leaf,” on the authority of the dictionary. Let Robert H.’ Gamble be the spokes man. He writes: “Permit me to give you the funda mental motives behind the hiring of Pop Warner as football coach. Tem ple is one of the youngest univfcrsities in tho country. Upon the death of Russell H. Conwell, the founder, in lO'So, Charles E. Bcury was named president. Since that time, under the personal direction of President Bcury, Temple has taken gigantic strides, academically and athletically. The medical school has been brought from class “C” to class “A”; internationally famous doctors ‘ and surgeons have been added to the medical school stall; a beautiful new' medical school has been built; a-huge sixteen-story build ing has been erected for the under graduate schools; a large and spacious student union house was built; the academic requirements have been greatly raised, 'and scores of. other steps, too numerous to mention in do tail, have been undertaken. “Hence, the hiring of Warner is'in keeping with the progress of the en tire university ; ar.d, in no way, smacks of commercialism. Waimer, even in your own words, ‘is a constructive coach of nation-wide fame.’ . He is the type of man that Temple has been seeking to head its football toam..-His presence will greatly aid Temple in its drive to give this country another great educational center. Is this com mercialism?” - • • • To this direct question the only an swer can be:..“Yes.”. Any designed effort to build up a football team for advertising purposes, no matter how good the end to be served, rcfiects on the sport and 'on the college so con cerned. It is the policy and the mo tive which count. If Temple’s only purpose in the.engagement of Warmer is to provide one of the best teachers of football for the undergraduates who naturally enroll, only applause and praise can be given. It simply does not look like that.' Many colleges have offended and •some are still offending by permitting or blinding eyes to the evils of recruit ing and subsidizing schoolboy athletes. The practice is an abomination. Any effort to check or discourage the in discretions . -vvhich have marred the conduct of intercollegiate sport must be approved; fany move to continue unsound practices must be condemned. It is plainthat this particular spokesman for, Temple is out of pa tience with ethical practices and in full sympathy with making football games a sort of circus for gate-get ting entertainment purposes. In con clusion Mr. Gamble writes: “Frankly, I havo never seen the IUNITED^AITUTS’PICTUBI’ Chicago World’s Fair Architecture , X Reflecfs Progress, Pilcher Believes Expressing'- the spirit of'progress of the last century, the architecture at the Chicago World’s Fair will mir. ror the achievements and activities of the American people, Dr. Lewis F. Pilcher, head of the architectural en gineering department, declared. The architecture at the 1933 spec tacle will no doubt go a long way toward the success of the affair, ac cording to Dr. Pilcher. It .will be a reflection of the social factors that have established the reality of con temporary humanities, he said. „ “The World’s Fair of 1893 was re sponsible for the Classical Renais sance in this country,” the department Pumps With Black Bow Held Student Style 40 Years Ago Penn State students in the era just following the “gay nineties” wore pumps with dainty black bows, in stead of the more sturdy laccd-type shoes in vogue today, .according’ to James Matthews, 59-ycar-old negro who has been shining shoes here for over forty years. Matthews, who has lived most of his life in this vicinity, has shined shoes here and in Bellefonte for forty one. years. Ho and his wife began polishing shoes at a local hotel here when Penn State students were dis cussing the merits of free silver and the latest war bulletins from Cuba. Because of the fanciness of the footwear in those days, shoe shiners had to be very careful in applying the various cleaners and pastes, Mat thews says. The bow on each shoe was unhooked during the polishing process. MINERAL HEADS TO CONFER Dean Edward Steidle, of the School of Mineral Industries, and Director Harry B. Northrup, of the mineral in-: dustrics extension division, will fer with instructors of the thirty-1 eight bituminous extension centers in Greensburg today. harm in awarding scholarships to ath letes. If academic ability, is recog nized with a scholarship, why is ath letic ability unworthy of the same re cognition?” None, of course, if the building of top class football or baseball teams is one of the aims and purposes of any educational scheme. Somehow 1 thought that football was.listed among tho extra-curricular activities. George Daley— New York Herald-Tribune YOU Can shop more econom ically by patronizing ad vertisers who advertise in the Penn State Col legian. A consistent ad vertiser is a consistent value giver. ■ - liiffllllf| | l | l|ll |, IH I IIIIH^ l WH l m\V r \ ■ ... head stated. “And the Renaissance meant the rebirth of beauties, won derful proportions, and the character of expression that marked the period between the fall of-the Greeks and'the fall of Rome. As far as the archi tecture is concerned the Fair is sure to bo a success.” According to Dr. Pilcher, Chicago was chosen as the site for the gigantic cfTair because of its economical, logi cal-, and historic location. The inter national display, which will be held on tho lake shore, will have available tho medium for vista, life,, and con trast with all the effects of shadow. The selection of the site itself repre sents the achievements of the great minds of. the country, and an expres sion of a century of progress, he de clared. “The World’s Fair must be a scheme that will take care of upwards of a million people a day,” Dr. Pilcher stated. ‘‘ln the element of economy, and for protection of exhibits, there exists twenty-six million dollars worth of permanent architecture. In construction, the use of new ma terials has been undertaken to make possible speedy erection, he said. Sheet steel plates, fastened, with rivets for rapid dismantling, are used for the exterior of one of the buildings, while hydraulically-pressed asbestos-cement board is the material forming another exterior, he pointed out. “All buildings with the exception of the Administration building arc with out windows,” he continued. “Planners decided to eliminate windows and to employ artificial light. This feature made for more speedy construction, as well. The absence of natural light provides opportunity of displaying the past centuries’ achievements with un usual lighting effects.” FRESH FRUIT CAR DIRECT FROM FLORIDA—Now on B.C.R.R. Tracks BUSHEL—PECK—DOZEN John Haugh & Sons Nitlany Grocery . ' Highland Grocery Friday, January 10,1903 Campus Bulletin •Candidates for the coming Thespian show will report for try-outs on tho following nights: Monday night, freshman'women; Tuesday night, up? perclass men;' Wednesday night, up? pcrclass -women; Thursday night, freshman men. All try-outs will bo hold in the Auditorium at 8:15 o’clock on each of the scheduled nights. Representatives of non-fraternityl units will hold a meeting in Old Main; at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Managers of | basketball teams will make entries' at that time. ' /. The Ceramics society will hold a; dinner meeting at the State College hotel Monday night. An open retreat for men students will be held at the Andy Lytic cabin' this week-end, those interested should sign up at the C. A. office today. Corner
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