~r° s ~ d . Vol. 29 No. 34 FACULTY EFFECTS FEW CHANGES IN COURSE TEXTBOOKS Only One New' Book Needed for English Composition Next Semester Action of departments MAKES OLD TEXTS GOOD Journalism, Political Science, . History, Mathematics Unchanged Apparently'foreseeing a desire on the part of students to economize by using second-hand textbooks, relati vely few changes in texts to be studied during the second'semester have,been made by the College faculty in order that books used in previous years may be available to students next semes? ter. , A special effort to accommodate students was made-by the department of English composition, which lists only one new textbook and will -use! seven out of the ten supplementary; reading books previously used in English composition 2 and 5 next sc-; mester. The price range of'the new! supplementary reading books on thej list is the same as those of former years, from eighty-five cents to one dollar and a half, according to Prof. A. Howry Espenshade, head of the department. ,A special group of approximately 175 students enrolled in public speak- j ing 200 will use.Ewbank’s “Student's; Manual ’ for Speech” instead of the j text studied during the second semes-j ter last year. More than two thou-j Sand-students arc enrolled in couvscsl given by the English composition de- 1 partment and Will be affected by the ‘department’s-action. • * • . ' ", .Few- Changes Listed Altfiough'fpur in texts will be . instituted’/ byv the/ department , of economics, arid 'sociology, only two will necessitate the'use of books making their first appearance on the campus; the other two are texts which were used some time ago and of which second-hand books may be available. Classes in commerce 20 will, study Starch’s “Advertising Principles,” while Huntingdon and Williams' text book will return to use in commerce CO. Eide’s “Economic Principles and Problems,” will be substituted for the text .used by classes in. economics 2 last year and “Social Pathology” by ( Mongold will be used for sociology 5 classwork. • Vfery few changes in second semes ter texts from' those used this semes ter except in advance courses and in the French 2 reader will be made in the department of romance languages, according to Dr. Francis M. duMont, head of that department. Most of the books now in use will be carried river into the second semester, he p’ointed out. To Use New Texts Two new texts wilt be used in Ger man classes, “Jugendjahre in Deutsch laud” by Karl Schurz replacing the text used in German 4 last year, and “German Dramas of the 19th Con- XContinued on page two) Orators to meet SCRANTON COLLEGE Baldingcr ’33, 'Strohl *33 Will Oppose St. Thomas Debating Team Next Tuesday Night • Milton I. Baldingcr *33 and Kurl H. Strohl '33 have been-chosen to repre sent Penn' State against the St. Thomas College debaters at Scranton next Tuesday night, Joseph R. O’Brien, men's debating coach ha.s an nounced. v , The Penn State orators will present the affirmative arguments' for the question, “Resolved, that all intergov ernmental war debts, including repar ations, should bea cancelled.” The debate, the first between the two schools, will be a judges decision contest. Because of his registration duties, the coach- will not accompany the team on this trip. ' Prof, John H. Frizzell, head of the department of public speaking, is completing plans for a series of de bates,. during the second semester. The final, schedule will be announced after the mid-semester vacation. SWARTZ ELECTED FELLOW Dr. Frank Swartz, of, the depart-. ment~ of geology, has been elected a .Fellow of the Geological Society of America. ■ i Outgenerals Cadets ' \ J '/ .” " J * V >T W* Earl £. Leslie COURTMEN DEFEAT ARMY FIVE, 33-26 Second Half Rally Gives Lions Triumph—McFarlane Tops Nittany Scorers By WnC M. STEGMEIEIt '34 j •‘With over five thousand excited ; spectators, roaring “Sink the Army,” ! Lion courtmcn staged a breath-taking second half rally that netted them a C‘J-to-2G victory over the Cadets in Recreation hall Saturday night. • It was by far the most thrilling and colorful spectacle seen here in years. The .West Pointers took a 7-to-l lead in. the' first few minutes of play and led at .the half, 13-to-12. However, i the Lions came back onto the floor for j the second period, stepped into the lead, and remained there for the rest of- the game. ■Thrill after thrill kept the fans gasping ‘the entire forty. minutes of play/ 'Dave Thomas' brilliant guard of tbe floor that parted the cords with out as much as touching the hoop, and those Lion tosses in the first half which wavered on the edge of the bas ket and then decided to fall the wrong way, were only a few of the hair-rais ers of the game. McFarlane Leads Scoring Onco again Norrie McFarlane scor ed sensationally. Playing an essential rolo in almost every feature of the game, Norrie found, time to stick up si:: field goals and four charity shots ioi* a total of sixteen points. Five of his two-pointers came during a wild scoring spree in the second half. McMinn and Henning each account ed for six points ofthe Nittany score, whilo “Fighting Doc” Conn; was re sponsible for two fielders in the open ing period. For the, West Point quin tet, Neely* scored the most points, claiming three field goals and a char ity shot. Epler and Hillis shared in the honors which their team deserves lor those spectacular goals from the center of the court. Stancook, who entered the contest late in the second half, boosted the Cadet score by four points. At the start of the game, Henning reassured the Blue and White root ers by securing the opening tapoff from the giant-like Epler. However, after a few minutes of snappy pass ing, Neely broke away for two field shots in a row plus a perfectly clean charity ' throw. McFarlane secured State’s first point on a foul.. A beautiful goal by Epler from the middle of the floor was the chief rea son *why acting Captain Conn called (Continued on page four) \ First Honors Course Here To Enter Its Second Semester As Experiment Penn State’s first. honors course will enter its second semester of trial when College reopens next week, ac cording to Dr. George W. Hartmann,’ of the department of education and psychology. This honors course, Psychology 450, is being conducted as an instructional experiment by members of the faculty of the department of. psychology. . It is open to a limited number of highly qualified upperclassmen who are ad mitted only by- invitation of the fac ulty. This group stands in the upper ten percent of the student body for general*scholarship, and in the first five percent of the subject involved. -- The course'consists of a two-hour evening meeting each week at which informal round-table, discussions with the members of the teaching, staff oc cur in conjunction with a program of study adapted to the individual, i Thev objectives as outlined by Dr. Hartmann arc to provide the abler student with an intellectual outlook STATE COLLEGE, PA;, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933 Student Committee jNjamed To Discuss Artists^Courses Wood , Appoints Group of S for .'/Consideration Of Preliminary Plans, Finances A definite step toward the return of the Artists' Course here was taken yesterday when John A. Wood '33, president Of Student Council, appoint ed a committee of five students to draw up specific plans for the offer ing of the course and to investigate means for financing the series. In a letter to President Ralph D. Hetzel, Wood, on the part of the stu dent body, requested that a faculty committee be named to work in con junction .with the student group. The faculty representatives will be ap pointed next week, according to word from the President’s office. Robert M. Maxwell '33 will serve as chairman of the committee, Wood an nounced. Other members named are Emanuel Frisch *33, William L.. Gard ner ’33, Simon Krudo jr. '33, and Her bert E. Longcnecker ’33. A number of plans, are. under consideration for financing. the course, and the com mittee will make- its recommendation to the College and the student body: within the next two months. i According to,a plan favored by stu dent executives .in an interview with HETZEL SELECTED ASSOCIATION HEAD Receives Presidency of College Administrators’ Group For This Year Piesident / Ralph D. Hetzel. was elected president of the Association of .College Presidents of Pennsylvania for this year-at a meeting m-Harris- J)urg.;Fridajc.Vi-, r v7- •This is* the “first time that'a'. Presi dent of Pfenn-State has been chosen .lead of; the. association. Dr. Hetzel nas been actively interested in the •work of' the association,' attending most of its meetings during the past several years. Since the association is composed mainly of liberal arts college presi ients, its activities have largely been confined to problems of those colleges. Consequently, Penn State’s connection with the association had not been very itrong until Dr. Hetzel came hei*c. Enrollment Discussed Pennsylvania college presidents con tended at the meeting Friday that State Teachers’ colleges, with their four-year courses, were making ser ious inroads upon the enrollments of liberal arts colleges and universities. They stressed the importance of the continuance of the education of fu lure high school teachers in liberal arts colleges. Penn State’s enrollment has not been seriously affected by the Teach ers’ colleges, according to Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Liberal Arts, who has represented the College at- several of the meetings of the association. State aid for Penn State as well as the Teachers’ colleges has resulted in lower fees for both and little competition for students be tween either, he said. MAY OBTAIN CAPS, GOWNS Caps and gowns for the mid-year graduation exercises may be obtained anytime on Friday at Room 305, Old Main, according to John A. Wood, senior class president. that is better fitted to his capacities; to provi’dc a method for the individual izing of instruction; and to open a field of work here with the ad vantages of the honors courses that are; now found at other progressive colleges. In commenting on his innovation, Dr. Hartmanh said that he believed abler students were entitled to recog nition while they are enrolled as un dergraduates.. The faculty , will also be benefited by. such an arrangement as it produces a stimulating effect upon them, he found. He pointed out that the immediate cost is very small and that the re sources'of the library can be most ef ficiently used Under this arrangement. One of'the most important points, Dr. Hartmann said, is Itiat the rank and file of students will profit by the presence of such a superior group on the campus. In addition, it will def initely increase the prestige of the College, he added. the Collegian . recently, the student faculty committee.would have as its duty the. sponsorship of things cul tural. on the campus. A proposed t>venty'-five ceht fee each semester by the students, as'.’suggested in the in terview,-would* go :toward the foster ing of art exhibits'and lectures here by in the country, besides furnishing a" finnnciaUbasis for the, ArtistsVliCourse. Forensic Council rwill consider the •division of the‘present debating fee of fifty cents .a. year, now being paid by the students,'At a special meeting Thursday night; to Prof. John H. Frizzell;! debating head. The allotment- of half, the funds for Ar tists’ Course, -if/, decided on, would necessitate a-.cut, in the extent to which debates are now. being carried on, Professor. Frizzell, said. The proposed division of ,the de bating fee. was .'suggested-in Student Council last weeltJ ;• Action was post poned by the ,bo]dj£ until the report of the Forensic. .Council , was forthcom ing. The debating-fee, it was reveal ed, was'established"through a refer endum by the .student body. SERIES O||KING ROUT|pANNED School of Physical Education, State Foresters To Map Trails Near Here Seeking to reyiyoAformcr interest in' hiking and putdqqi;''activities, the School of work 4ng.~ State forestry de^rtroenfc* , ''b^rV , plahnihg;ta system of’trails and, over-'night;cab ins south of State College for-student use and recreation, according to Hugo Bezdek, director of the School of Phy sical Education. ' - . With.the Andy Lytle cabin at Pine lands near Shihgletown as.-the. start-' ing point, a system of interlacing and] radiating trails within a thirty-mile] radius of Tusse’y mountain .is planned. They have been organized by., mem-j bers of the State department to em-j brace some ,of /the.' most beautiful, mountain scenery in Eastern United! States, Director Bezdek-says. Students To Mark Trails .At suitable places,'sitys for Cabins have ’ been marked; .depending upon student organization and initiative for their future' construction.; Major stu dents in the Physical Education School have volunteered to mark the trails after the manner of State high ways. The thirty-mile outside trail roughly embraces the territory lying within! Little Flat mountains, Prong moun tains, Bear Meadows,' Broad moun-i tain, and Greenwood Furnace on the] South. Greenlee and Big Flat moun tains, Whipple’s. Dam, and Tussey mountain bound the proposed trail on the West. •Maps of the territory, giving trail numbers, cabin sites and locations, points of interest, and names of mountains, will be made, enabling students to plan week-end trips.. Other developments are being planned for the near future. FORMER FACULTY MEMBER SELECTED AS ACTING DEAN Prof. Ernest L., Anthony, a member of the dairy husbandry staff of the College from 1912 to 1919, has been named acting dean of agriculture at Michigan State College. Professor Anthony became heud of the dairy husbandry “department at the Michigan institution in 1928. - He will continue as head of the dairy de partment there in addition to his new duties. NEXT 1 COLLEGIAN’ SET FOR FEB. 10 The next issue of the Collegian will be published on Friday' Feb ruary 10. Because .of the final ex amination and mid-semesters per iods, no papers, will 1 be issued this Friday or next Tuesday. College will officially close Sat urday at noon; .and the vacation period will extend until the begin ning of registration ’ on Tuesday, February 7. 'Classes ,will begin at noon, Thu rs'da'yFebruary 9. THESPIANS SELECT MAJOR ROLES FOR 1933 PRODUCTION H. Grace Baer, Ralph B. Vance To Play Juvenile Leads . In ‘Old King Cole’ I. F. BALL WEEK-END SET AS PRESENTATION DATE M. Dorothy Johnston, Maimed, Edwards Named Featured Comedy Principals Selection of major and minor roles] for the Thespian show “Old King Cole” to be staged on Interfraternity Ball week-end was announced Sunday by J. 'Ewing “Sock” Kennedy, direc-' tor of the production. j H. Grace Baer ’3l and Ralph B. Vance ’34 will play the juvenile leads as the love interest motivating the. story. Miss Baer appeared in last year’s show “We‘the People,” while Vance is making his debut with the musical club. i In the comedy rotes, three Thes pians will carry the buskin. M. Dor othy Johnston '33, Edwin S. Maimed ’33, Thespian veteran, and William B. Edvards ’35, have been named to the mirth, assignment. To Make Debut Helen E. Taylor '35 will be featured in .two musical numbers, to mark her first appearance at the top of the, Thespian bill. Mary E. Snyder '33,; Mahlon L. Heist ’33, Bertram C. Ro senthal '35, and Richard C. Schlauk] ’34, playing their first lead assign-j ments,- complete the cast. 1 The theme of “Old King Cole” treats’ of a Penn State boy seeking fame on : Broadway as. a producer. Through] clever underplots, he loves, is flaunted, in love, and in turn, re-loves, aided by .the -tricky work*•of’-*thc"comedy'trio.' SVill Select Choruses . A.comedy team composed of Mai-] med and Edwards is shaping up to I .the essence of the former Norris-Mnl-j med pair. Both appeared in "We the j People.” Their roles in “Old King] Cole” give them opportunity to dis-i play their best as comedians. j ' Choruses will be selected within the first two weeks of the second semes ter. The unusually large number of: candidates made, an early selection] impossible. Sccneric theme ami gen-! c'ral costume designs will 'be an-, nounced later. ) Manuscripts of submitted musical, numbers are in the hands of Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the music de partment. FEBRUARY 14 SET FOR DANCE BOOTH DRAWINGS Committee Chairman States Cost of Catering Service at Ball Drawing for fraternity booths for Senior Ball will be held at the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main Febru ary 14, John H. Good ’33, committee I chairman has announced. ] Five dollars has been set as the cost! of booths this year, while catering ser vice is priced at three dollars and a half, Good said. This will be the only time at which either service nmy be arranged, ho added. Contestants in the poster competi tion must submit their work to Albert L. Frctz '33 by Thursday in order that their work may be included in the competition, according to Good. Lowell Thomas Emulates Marco Polo In His Travels to Corners of Earth . Like Marco Polo, Lowell Thomas,] noted writer and lectui*er who will speak' at the College on Saturday night, February 11, has been to the ends of the earth and back again. . "Strange Talcs from Foreign Lands” is the title of his lecture which: he is scheduled to give in Schwab] auditorium, and if an actual record] of his tvavels is any indication, he’ll J know what he is talking about. Bc-j sides penetrating far into the Arctic! regions, Mr. Thomas has investigated] conditions and studied the fantastic, customs of a long list of "places you read, about” such as the lloly Land, the East Indies, Arabia, Singapore, and Mandalay. Explorer in Alaska, gold miner, star reporter on metropolitan dailies—for twenty years his life has been packed full of adventure. As a modern mas ter of the magic carpet, the lecturer has a hon‘or of confinement and a longing for adventure. While Thomas was studying for an' COLLEGE TO AWARD 99 DIPLOMAS FRIDAY AT COMMENCEMENT 9 of 99 Mid- Year Graduates Finish In 7 Semesters Included in the list of ninety nine seniors eligible for graduation Friday night, are nine who are com pleting their College work in seven regular semesters, according to William S. Hoffman, College regis trar. Candidates from the School of Liberal Arts numbered in this group are Arthur R. Anwyll jr., William W. Armstrong, Regina 11. Fretz, and Mildred P. Travis, while the School of Education will pre sent Emma E. Bible, John A. Hoch, Ruth H. Niebel, Emma E. Rut ledge, and Harold Stevens. Miss Rutledge will receive first honors, Hoch. and the Misses Bible and Niebel, second honors. Second honors will also be awarded to Carrie B. Gibbons, who is completing her work in five reg ular semesters am! three summer sessions. HETZEL APPROVES NEW RELIEF PLANS Faculty Group Will Undertake Industrial Aid Project At Irvona Soon ! Recommendations of the temporary : faculty committee on rehabilitation ; that a permanent committee be ap pointed and that the .College undei*- I take an unemployment self-help pro ject - at- Irvona,- -were- • approved ■ by I President Ralph D. Hetzel Friday. The committee will receive a small l appropriation from the faculty unem ployment relief fund. I “Irvona, a small town near PhiJips ; burg, was selected because of its prox ] imity to the College, and because of the need there," according to Adrian 0. Morse, executive secretary to the President, who was chairman of the temporary committee. "The commit tee will work with a representative of the American Friends Service commit tee in planning the work at Irvona,” Mr. Morse said. To Organize Town "The College committee will assist in organizing the town, from which the chief industry is removed, with regard to the possibilities of co-oper ative gardening, crop-growing, coal mining, the. .making of shoes and clothing, and the establishment of a , loeal system of exchange, or barter,” I Mr. Morse continued. Dr. Roy D. Anthony, of the pom logy department, has been named by the President as chairman of the Ir vona committee. Other members of the group which will undertake this work, are Prof. Robert G. Bernreuter, of the educational psychology depart , ment, Dr. David C. Duncan, of the physics department; and Prof. Jacob IM. Fry, of the agricultural extension j department. [ Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the [engineering extension department, Prof. Harry B. Northrup, head of the j mineral • industries extension, Dr. Willard Waller, of the sociology de partment, and Dr. Frederick P. Wea ver, head of the agricultural exten ] sion department, will also serve on the ! Irvona committee. I advanced degree at Princeton Univer sity, the war came. Carrying creden tials from the President’s cabinet, he actually witnessed "history in the making” while writing for the Amer ican newspaper public from the I battle-fronts of France. 1 He received his education at four j universities—Valparaiso, Denver; Chi cago, and Princeton. At Valparaiso, ; he worked his way through by feeding a cow, tending u furnace, and acting as a cook and a waiter in a student restaurant. To secure his entertain ing knowledge of the country, he rode, walked, and even paddled his way around. Somehow or other he began to tell small groups about his travel experiences, later he addressed more imposing groups. . Mr. Thomas’ lecture will be illus trated with colored stereoscopic slides. Although definite plans have not been announced, an admission price of fifty cents will bo charged. Tickets will be available at the Christian associa tion office in Old Main next week. PRICE FIVE CENTS Dean Crosby Selects As Topic, ‘Rights, Privileges’ HETZEL WILL PRESENT 25 ADVANCED DEGREES School of Education Leads in Candidates—ls Students Listed for Honors Speaking on “Rights and Priv ileges,” Dean 11. Lamar Crosby, head of the Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania, will address graduates at the twentieth annual mid-year com mencement exercises in Schwab audi torium at 7:”0 o’clock Friday night. President Ralph D. Hetzel will pre sent 121 candidates with degrees, with 1)9 receiving bachelor degrees, and 25 being presented with advanced awards. Six first honor students are listed among the candidates whili sec ond honors will go to nine candidates. First honor graduates are Edna A. Bottorf, George H. Bowman, Leon R. Cool;, Verb R. Craig, Emma E. Rut ledge, and Dorothy C. Shenk. Emma E. Bible, Carrie B. Gibbons, John B. Henry jr., John A. Hoch, Nan R. Jen kins, Paul ICost, Harriet W. Kschinkn, Ruth H. Niebel, and Nancy B. Sankey A'ill receive second honors. Education School Leads The School of Education leads in the number of candidates, awarding Bachelor of Arts degrees to nineteen, and Bachelor of Science degrees to thirteen. Twenty-three graduates will receive Bachelor of Arts degrees from the School of Liberal Arts, while the .Engineering. .third, with twenty-one scheduled to receive Bach elor of Science degrees. Fourth in the standing is the School of Agriculture, presenting thirteen Bachelor of Science degrees, while :he Mineral Industries School will award six students similar honors. Four will be graduated from the School of Chemistry and Physics. Of the twenty-five candidates re ceiving advanced degrees, fourteen will be presented with Master of Science degrees, seven with Master of Arts degrees, two with Master of Education awards, while one candidate will receive an advanced mechanical engineering degree. The School of Liberal Arts will present one Doctor of Philosophy degree. To Assemble in Lounges As in past years,-the graduates will assemble in the first floor lounge of Old Main at 7:15 o'clock Friday night, with faculty members meeting in the second floor lounge. At 7:25 o’clock the procession will start for the Audi torium with the candidates for the various bachelor degrees following Prof. Clarence E. Bullinger, College marshall, and Cyrus V. D. Bissey, scheduling officer, in the procession. Candidates for advanced degrees, faculty members, deans of th? schools, trustees and the President’s party will follow in the procession in the order named. The deans of the various schools will assist in the presentation of diplomas. WALTZ ’34 GIVEN LANGUAGE AWARD Students Fail To Apply .for Prizes In- Engineering, Mineral Industries Units Keith M. Waltz “M has been award ed this year’s John W. White scholar ship for proficiency in Spanish, ac cording to Dr. William S. Dye jr., chairman of the Senate committee on academic standards. Valued ut one hundred dollars, it is awarded annually to a sophomore or junior, who has not resided permim? ontly in a Spanish-speaking country. A similar prize to be given to a sopho more or junior in the Engineering or Mineral Industries Schools has not been applied for as yet, Dr. Dye stat ed. Two scholarships will be awarded this year to students from Latin-Am eiiean republics, who have not resided permanently in English-speaking countries, for proficiency in English. No student applied for this prize last year, it was revealed. . The winners of the remaining schol arships will be announced In a few weeks, Dr. Dye said. All students eligible this year are required to.fill out application blanks ut Dr. Dye's office, North Liberal Arts building, H'liic lime this v/eek.
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