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Vol. 29 No. 32 '
BOARD APPROVES
BASEBALL, TRACK
CARDS FOR 1933
Itunners Oppose North Carolina,
Army in Dual Meets Here,
' Schedule Reveals
SOUTHERN TRIP LISTED
ON DIAMOND PROGRAM
Will Substitute New Opponents
To Replace Triangular
Association Games
A varsity track schedule that will
bring Army and North Carolina cin
dermen here in dual meets and a var-.
sity baseball program of from ten to
twelve games has been approved for
this spring by the Board of Athletic
Control.
- The Lion batsmen will journey
South for games with Maryland,
Navy, and Virginia over the Easter
holidays as their only trip away from
New'Bcavor field, while the trackmen
Will take part in the Penn Belays at
Philadelphia, April 28-29, the I. C. A. I
A. A. A. meet at Cambridge, Mass.,
May 26-27, and will meet the Univer-’
sity of Pittsburgh in a dual meet at
Pittsburgh May 13.
7 Home Games Listed
In addition to the Southern trip,
seven home games have been defin
itely carded for the baseball team.
Temple University will appear here
May 6,. followed by Susquehanna,
Muhlenberg, Dickinson, Gettysburg,
.Western .Maryland and Columbia in
the order listed;
Elimination of spring sports at
.'Syracuse causes the only “hitch’’ inj
:.\, r the ■ Nittany.; baseball; ■ schedule - v since
' the action affects not 6nly r tw9 games
with the but a similar rium
.' ber with Colgate University as well;
A' two-game"northern trip involving
games with these institutions will be
cancelled; and Neil M. Fleming, grad
uate manager of. athletics, has noti
fied Colgate that the College will not
hold the Hamilton institution to its
contract for a contest scheduled here
April 22.
Consider New Rivals
In place of these four games,.the
College is now considering two nearby
. opponents for the dates made vacant
by the cancellation. One game will
be scheduled for “the week of April
22-29, and either a second opponent
will be booked to replace the Syracuse
game here on May 27, or Western
Maryland will be asked'to appear here
on that date instead of Memorial Day,
as now scheduled. The problem of
filling these dates will be taken up
by the board at a meeting this
week.
-Western Maryland and Columbia
arc the only newcomers to the home
baseball schedule, although at least
one of the opponents being considered
for-the dates‘ vacated by Syracuse
and Colgate has never opposed a Penn
State nine. The Southern trip re
turns to the program after a lapse of
.one year. ,
The annual interscholastic track
and field be staged here
May 6, in conjunction with the dual
meet ‘with North Carolina. Army
will open the track season with a dual
.meet here'April.22. . '
Hasek,Tctnger Favor Trial
% Of Honors Course Proposal
... Trial of the honors course proposal
*hcre is favored by Dr. Carl W. Hasek,
head of the' department of economics
and sociology, and Dr. Jacob Tangier,
head of the department of history and
political science. '■ ■>,
... Under the honors' course system,
-there would be no formal classroom
lectures. Instead, the instructor
..would meet frequently with the stu
dent to guide his reading, discuss his
problems, and direct some project on
which he is working. A grade in the
'course would be based on a compre
hensive final examination.
“I.have advocated the honors course
.. idea for some time and I am very
, much in favor of it," said Dr. Hasek.
- “It would mean’much'more individual
.attention,' with the result that the
.student’s weaknesses ' could be noted
more completely and his interest in
-the work could'bo stimulated more
■ effectively. . .
■ “An honors course would offer stu
dents the opportunity to develop their
. fullest‘capacity," said 7 Dr. Tanger,
V ,4 and f tlw good student .would not be
8 Student Executives
Favor Artists 9 Course
Leaders Pledge Support in Bringing Series Back
To College—Confident of Approval
For 25-Cent Assessment
Unanimously of the opinion that Penn State students arc not receiving
their due share of cultural education eight prominent students in executive
positions, when interviewed yesterday, pledged their support i:\ bringing the
Artists* Course back to the College.
Seven of the students approved a proposed plan whereby the student
body would vote a fee of twenty-five cents a semester, which would be used
for promoting aesthetic thought on the campus through the sponsoring of
• 'lectures, art exhibits and the like, in
addition to furnishing a financial
basis for insuring the permanency of
the Artists’ Course.
Confidence that the plan would
meet the approval of the student body
was expressed by those endorsing the
assessment of the students. As out
lined the system calls for the appoint
ment of a Joint faculty and student
group to administer the use of funds
in selecting the entertainment.
Although in the plan the payment
of the fee will not entitle the students
to admission to the Artists’ Course
scries, the advance support would
| bring the ticket price within the reach
of students desirous of attending. . A
series composed only of the highest
type of. entertainment was favored by
those interviewed, stress being laid on
quality rather than quantity. '
Striking the keynote of the plan
John A. Wood '33, president of Stu
dent Council, said, “Since the College
is unable in this time of depression to
.bear the expenses involved in pro
viding for the Course it is the duty
of the students to the institution and
to themselves to furnish the financial
basis 1 for its.return here.”
“Increasing evjdence of greater in
terest; than formerly, on the part of
students here, in cultural - thought,
added-.to t -4i ••new’ .desire-
more liberal education,’will "influence
the student body into voting the fee
necessary for the perpetuation of the
Artists’ - Course,” Herbert E. Long
enecker ’33, Interfraternity council
president, predicted.
Advocating a stu'dent fee of one
dollar or less for the advancement of
the cultural level of the students Ben
jamin L. Wise '33, pointed out the
added value of the project in supply
ing a really intellectual motive, a com
mon means of bringing the student
body together.
Complete responsibility for the pro
vision of the Artists’ Course lies with
the administration of the College, ac
cording to Robert HL Maxwell '33,
Student Union president. He did not
favor student assessment, claiming
that it is inequitable since only a few
students would take advantage of the
: series.
“Notwithstanding the disadvantage
of the large. city college, we often
wonder whether it is not preferable
at times because of its facilities for
cultural attainment,” Milton‘l. Bal
dinger ’33, president of Forensic coun
cil, declared. Student support is
necessary in the absence of College
maintenance of the series, he con
tinued.
Conferring in the same opinion
Walter C. Moser ’33, Athletic associa
tion president, John N. Rathmcll,
junior class president, and Walter G.
Benner jr., sophomore class head, also
pledged support to the proposal.
DECORATION THEME
* CHOSEN FOR BALL
Good *33 Plans Use of Covered
Ceiling:—Palms, Smilax
To Surround Floor
Decorations for Senior Ball will fea-
ture, a solid covered ceiling: of varied
colors in Recreation hall, John H.
Good ’33, chairman of the dance' com
mittee, announced yesterday.
A large crystal ball will be suspend
. ed from the center of the.ceiling, the
committee chairman stated. Spot
lights at each end of the hall will
throw vari-colored lights on the
dancing floor.
To Feature Palms
The hall will be solidly decorated,
with fraternity booths under the bal
conies, Good stated. Plans for decor
ations also will feature groups of
palms and smilax placed at intervals
surrounding the dance floor.
Programs for the function will have
transparent celluloid covers backed by
silver if 0i1,.;.. Studente .designing-post
ers ,v fbr‘ : tHe‘-dance ‘should 'submit,en
tries to Albert L. Frotz ’33 before the
beginning of the. second semester.
•Emerson Gill and his band will fur
nish music for the affair. The Gill
orchestra will come here direct from
the Lotus Gardens Cafe in Cleveland.
Admission price*for the function has
been set at three dollars plus federal
tax.
Advance reports from the booking
agency state that Emerson Gill and
his band play all types- of music,
Good said. Five members of the band
have remained with the organization
since its beginning on the campus of
Ohio State University six years ago, 1
while the remaining members joined
the orchestra five years ago. «?>
ARNOLD TO SPEAK AT SESSION
Prof. Harrison 11. Arnold, of the
romance language department, will
read from Spanish authors at a Fire
sido Reading session in Upper Lounge
of Old Main at 4:15 o’clock tomorrow;
afternoon. A short story by Valdes'
entitled “Jose," some essays by Un
amuno, and a brief selection from
Quixoto will feature the program.'
TRIBUNAL TO MEET TONIGHT
Student Tribunal will hold its semi
weekly meeting in Room 405 Old Main
at 7:15 o'clock tonight. All cases to
come before the tribunal will be taken
up at that time, according to John A.
McAndrews ’33, head of the organiza
tion.,
hampered by the routine and formula
which has to be prescribed for large
classes. Furthermore, in an honors
course,, a much larger phase of the
subject could be'covered."
Crowding more work on already
overburdened instructors was cited by
the two department heads as one of
the major objections to introducing
the honors course system here. In
stead of taking twelve or fifteen
hours a week to teach his classes, the
instructor would be obliged to spend
tweity-five or thirty, they pointed
out.
Dr. Hasck favors the trial of at
least one honors course in his de
partment with a limited number of
students and several.supervisors. - He
believes that it would be an excellent
thing as an experiment.
Intimate contact with the teacher
was stressed by Dr. Tanger as one of
the outstanding advantages of the
honors course idea. The success of
many, prominent men today can be
traced back to the influence that sonic
great teacher exerted-over them, he
pointed out.
STATE COLLEGE, PA.; TUESDAY, JANUARY. 24, 1933
PI GAMMA MU TO HOLD
4 FORUM DISCUSSIONS
Honorary Social Science Fraternity
Will Sponsor Lecture Scries
Four forum discussions will be held
during the second' semester by Pi
Gamma Mu, honorary social science
fraternity, Prof. Thomas E. Shearer,
secretary of the group, has announced.
These discussions are open to the
public.
Dr. Willard Waller, of the sociology
department, will lead a discussion on;
“War—A Sociological Problem” on
February 13. “Currency Inflation”
will be discussed by Prof. Earl V.
Dye, of the economics department,-on
March 13. •
Dr. Asa E. Martin, professor of
history, will speak on “The. United
States and the Philippines" at the
April 10 session. Dr. Ray H. Dot
terer, professor of philosophy, will
lead a discussion on “Social and Poli
tical Ethics" at the concluding forum
of the year on May 8.
CONNELL NAMED TO SOCIETY
Prof. William B. Connell, of the
department of animal husbandry ex
tension, has been named a Knight of
the Golden Fleece in recognition of his,
achievement in animal husbandry ed- j
ucalion. |
Brandt Named Head .
Of Prom Committee
HERMAN C. BRANDT
Appointment of; Herman C.
Brandt as chairman of the Junior
Prom committee was announced
yesterday by John H, Rathmell*,
president of the class.
Other members of the Prom com
mittee are, Samuel' P. Bartoletta,
Richard T. Eoring; John A. Bro
phy, Emanuel Cohen, Charles C.
Cooner, Bernard J;.Duffy, Selwyn
Edwards, Frederick S. Grcenawald,
William D. Hartman, Herbert P.
Jones, K. Jane Lee, Maxwell S.
Moore, Gilbert P. Reniey, Anthony
C. Richer and Edward \V. Yorke.
TRUSTEES RATIFY
9 APPOINTMENTS
6 of Additional Faculty Members
Approved by: Board Plan
. Nine hew. appointments to the Col
lege-faculty; were approved by the
Board of Trustees at its meeting last
week, according to an announcement
from, the President’s office. Six of
the nine appointees will carry on re
search work.
Appointments approved by the
Trustees include Dr. Calvin C. Wright,
: a graduate of the University of
Washington, as research assistant in
fuel Dr. Wright, a re
search fellow of the National Re
search Council, elected to carry on an
investigation of coal at the experi
ment station of the School of Mineral
Industries.
Taylor Named Head
Dr. Nelson W. Taylor, of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, will assume his
duties as head of the ceramics depart-;
nient with the start of tin second se
mester. Other appointments are
John L. Barnhart '3l as,graduate
scholar in dairy husbandry, and Ken
neth N. Campbell, research -assistant
in chemistry.
Five research assistants in petro
leum research were sanctioned by the
Trustees. Those appointed were Eu
gene M. Fry '32, James W. Johnson,
James A. Pollock, Arthur R. Rescorla,
and Frank J. Soday.
Funds for the maintenance of Dr.
Wright’s investigations and to sup
port the work of the five assistants
in petroleum research have been sup
plied by industrial and research or
ganizations, according to the an
nouncement from the President’s
office.
MONT ALTO FRESHMEN
HEAR SPECIAL LECTURES
Members of State Game, Forestry
Commission Speak Weekly
Special illustrated lectures arc be
ing' given freshmen at Mont Alto by
the State department of forests and
wild life, according to Prof. John A.
Feiguson, of the department of for
estry.
Members of the State game com
mission and the State forestry com
mission are speaking each Friday
night at Mont Alto in inaugurating
the series. It is expected to have the
scries completed with addresses by
members of the State fish commis
sion, Ferguson said.
When the series Ims beeh completed
at Mont Alto, the lectures will be
given to student-3 of forestry here at
the College.
E. E. SOCIETY WILL MEET
Showing of a three reel film on
“Conowingo*" will feature the meeting
of the Electrical Engineering society
in Room 200, Engineering D, at 7:30
o’clock tomorrow night. Talks\vill be
given, by Paul IL Bertram '33 and A.
Fred Pecklcr '33.
SURVEY REVEALS MORE
MODERA TE ‘HELL WEEK 9
49 Houses Retain Informal Initiation Period,
Questionnaire Discloses—7 Groups
Abolish Custom Entirely
■ Although sixteen fraternities pledged themselves to abolish “Hell Week"
in a drive against rough initiations three years ago, forty-nine of the fifty
six fraternities in the College now conduct an informal initiation period, a
survey reveals.
A definite trend toward lessening the severity of "Hell Week" in the
past three years is shown in the survey, however, with forty-two of the
houses reporting a moderation of former practices. Three others report
no change in their program of in
formal initiation over the same period.
With* the length of time for "Hell
Week" ranging from one day to seven,
the average length now observed on
the campus is approximately four
days, replies received from forty-;
nine fraternities reveal. Only sixj
; houses arc numbered among those
sponsoring seven-day periods.
Paddling, errands which take the
freshman outside of State College,
and other duties that make study and
proper rest impossible for the pledge
are gradually being abandoned by
Penn State fraternities, according to
the answois received. Thirteen houses
retain these traditional features of
the old-time rough initiation.
As a substitute for these practices,
many fraternities have adopted a con
structive program for their informal
initiation. Included in such programs
is instruction in the history and tradi
tions of t-he national and local frater
nity, duties about the house or in the
most, informal stunts tending toward
the ridiculous.
Other groups limit paddling and
errands xo one night, and restrict
their “hazing” to hours which do not
interfere with the scholastic work and
health of the initiate. One fraternity
.bars, anything that results.irr subject
ing the 'pledge'to' ridicule -outside the
house. ' * • > • -
Seventeen national groups report
approval of "Hell ’Week” on the part
of their national organizations, white l
six of those carrying out informal]
initiations admit disapproval by their*
national officers of such practices.
Several houses report no definite at
titude on the part of their national
chapter toward the question, and one
that the question is now being consid
ered by ita national organization.
Admitting its return to “Hell
Week,” one fraternity stated that it
had revived *the period in a mild form
after abolishing it three years ago.
A favorable attitude among its mem
bership was given as the reason for
the return to the practice. .
Still another group declared that
the question is usually put to a vote,
with the freshmen themselves voting
in favor of “Hell Week” in a majority
of cases. Several fraternities report
ed that approval of the period was
voiced by the initiates.
ENGINEERS WILL DISCUSS
CLAIMS OF TECHNOCRACY
Keller, Stover To Talk on Scientific
Economic Principles Involved
A discussion of technocracy from
the standpoints of the engineer and
the economist will feature the join”
meeting of the Centre County En
gineers society and the Central Penn
sylvania Section of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers to be
held in the lecture room of the Homo
Economics building at 8 o’clock to
night.
Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the
department of engineering extension,
will present the claims of technocracy
from the engineering standpoint.
Prof. Harney W. Stover, of the same
department, will discuss the question
from the economist’s point of view.
An open discussion of technocracy
will follow the talks by Professors
Keller and Stover, according to the
committee in charge of the program.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEBATE
. RESULTS IN DEADLOCK VOTE
Teams of graduate students in
the . School of Physical Education
tied on the debate question, “Resolved,
that the formal program in the Physi
cal Education curriculum has as many
values for the student as the natural
program,” as the result of an audience
poll taken after the discussion held' in
Room SOI, Recreation lm!l, last Tues
day.
' 'The affirmative team was repre
sented by Virginia Thompson, Pitts
burgh, and John Wahl, Penn State,
whilo Joseph Kane, Temple, and
Joseph Pornaciara, East Stroudsburg,
composed the negative team. Thc.au-!
dience voted on the points of sound
argument and indentation.
A.A.U.P. TO HOLD
HEALTH DISCUSSION
Director Hugo Bezdek Will Talk
On Condition of Faculty’s
Recreation Facilities
Problems concerning faculty health
and recreation will be discussed at the
January meeting of the local chapter
of the American Association of Uni
versity Professors in the first floor
lounge of Old Main at 7:30 o’clock to
morrow night.
Director Hugo Bezdek, of the School
of Physical Education and Athletics,
will serve temporary chairman of
the meeting. He will also speak on
the general conditions of recreational
facilities for the faculty.
Ititonoiir To Speak
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, College
physician, will describe the work of
the College infirmary and'how it can
be. made- available faculty emer
gency cases, ..Faculty participation in
sports and recreation will be dis
cussed by Martin S. McAndrews,]
graduate student, who has made
I study of the situation,
j Dr. Leonard A. Doggoit, professor
*of electrical engineering and presi
dent of the local chapter, will talk on j
“Suggestions for Future Activities in;
the Borough.” Proposals for a com
munity medical center and community
nursing will be discussed.
The report of the chapter delegate
to the national convention has been ,
postponed until the February meet
ing. Dr. Francis M. duMont, head (
of the romance languages department, ,
represented the local group at. the ,
convention in New Haven, Conn., dur- |
ing the Christmas recess. .
ILLNESS OF RABBI LAZARON
POSTPONES CHAPEL SERVICE
Because of the illness of Rabbi Mor
ris S. Lazaron, of the Baltimore Jew
ish Congregation, who was to have
•addressed the chapel audience Sunday,
the usual services were postponed.
An attempt will bo made to bring
Rabbi Lazaron to Penn State before
the year ends.
The next services will be held Sun
day, February 12, as examination
week and the time between semesters
will interfere with the regular sched
ule, according to Prof. John H. Friz
zell, acting Chaplain of the College,
who is in charge of the services.
/. F. C. President Advocates
System of Chapter Tutors
Replacement of the present frater
nity scholarship chairmen by a system
of graduate tutors in each chapter
house was strongly advocated by Her
bert E. Longeneckcr ‘33, Interfrater- j
nity council president, in an inter
view Sunday. He will propose the
change at the next meeting of the
Council.
“Scholarship chairmen in the fra
ternities are not responsible and in
terested enough to get the grades of
their men from the deans,” Long
enecker said. “Furthermore, they
aren't willing to spend the time, neces
sary to do the job well.”
Under the proposed system, a grad
uate student who is preferably aj
member of the fraternity would serve!
as tutor to the undergraduates in the
house and as adviser to pledges,
Longencckor explained. Having gone
over the work himself, the tutor
would be welt qualified to assist the
house members with their scholastic}
difficulties. ;
“The CoTlcgc should recognize the
advantages of such a system and!
should provide some remuneration forj
the tutor, probably in refunding part]
of his fees,” Longcncckcr, added. “As;
In ether colleges, the loci! chapter of!
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DANCE SCHEDULED
FOR FEBRUARY 10
BY STUDENT UNION
Second Free AH-Collcgc Affair
To Follow Michigan Meet
In Recreation Hail
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SELECT CAMPUS OWLS
Will Require Showing of A. A.
Cards at Door as Only
Stipulation Made
Student Union will sponsor the sec-
ond free all-College dance this year
in Recreation hall February 10, fol
lowing the wrestling meet with Mich
igan, Robert M. Maxwell ’33, presi
dent of Student Union, has announced.
Athletic cards must be presented
| at the door as the only requirement
for admission, Paul A. Filer ’33, chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments said. The Campus Owls will
furnish the music for the affair.
Similar Affairs Planned
“In order to make more room for
dancing, the committee has requested
stags not to form lines in the middle
of the floor as was the case in the
first, dance this year,” Filer stated.
Fraternities have been asked not to
hold dances on that night.
Student Union also plans to hold
similar affairs after future meets and
basketball games, providing this
dance is a success, according to Max
well. Walter C. Moser ’33 and Eva
M. Blichfeldt ’34 complete the com
mittee in charge of arrangements for
the affair.
Orchestras Volunteer
. ft The serins, of Student UnionvCupc
tions was first started last year, when
i three dances were held after baskot
. ball games. Because of the success
of these .dances, the series was con
tinued this year, Maxwell slated.
Four campus bunds have volunteer
ed to furnish music for future free
[aU-College dances, sponsored by Stu
dent Union. The list includes the
Campus Owls, the Varsity Ten, the
Blue and White, and Bill Bottorf’s
orchestra.
The purpose of the affair, which
comes directly after the registration
for second semester, is to promote
closer acquaintance among the stu
dent body. This plan was started
at the first dunce this year, whicli
took the place of the annual Fresh
man dance, Maxwell stated.
SLOAN, DENNETT, KOHLER
WIN FRESHMAN ELECTIONS
Polling IG9 votes to his opponent’s
135, David K. Sloan defeated Evan
Poliitt for the secretaryship of the
class of 193 G at elections held Friday
nigh;. William S. Bennett gained
the post of treasurer with 145 ballots
cast for him as against 128 for
Charier. M. Schwartz and 27 for U.
John Carey.
Raymond W. Kohler, who polled 151
votes will hold the first year post of
class historian as a result of his vic
tory over Frank Alburger jr, and
Harry Latorre.
the fraternity would furnish cither
room or board, and the alumni or na
tional organizations might contribute
a part of the cost.”
The graduate tutor will be much
more responsible for the scholastic
standing of the house members than
the scholarship chairman is now, he
pointed out. He will bo more mature
and will be able to give the detailed
individual instruction which is often
missed in the classroom.
Frequent conferences with the in
structors and the deans would enable
the tutors to learn the nature of the
difficulties of their men, Longcncckcr
said. No disciplinary powers would
go. with the position, since the tutor
would serve only as an adviser in
matters concerning scholarship and
pledges.
Two fraternities here have already
instituted some form of the chapter
: houso tutor system. Both Phi Kappa
[ and Phi Kappa Psi have graduate
j students living in the house who as
; sist the undergraduates with their
j scholastic work and fulfill some of the
duties of a pledge master. The na
tional organization of Phi Kappa is
sponsoring the system in all of its
chapters.