(Erilwjum. Vol. 29 No. 36 SIGMA PHI EPSILON LEADS IN BEZDEK CUP COMPETITION Sigma Nu Holds Second Place With, 205. Points—Beta/ ' Theta, Pi .Third ' 3 FRATERNITIES HAVE FOURTH PLACE HONORS 12 Groups Gain More Than 85 Credits Toward Annual Athletic Trophy - By amassing; a total of 215 points, Sigma Phi Epsilon leads in the race for the- 1933 Bezdek, cup,! standings for competition in fall varsity and in tramural sports released by the-In tramural board show. . Twelve, fraternities have garnered eighty-five or. more points in com petition for the trophy given annu ally by Director Hugo Bezdek, of the School of Physical Education, -for the advancement of sports at Penn State. Scoring of points was based on the number of representatives of the var ious houses in varsity sports, com petition in intramural 'sports, and first and second assistant managers. Sigma-Nu Places Second Sigma Nu, winner last year, holds second place with 205 points, followed by. Beta Theta Pi ih the third position with 160 points. Three fraternities, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, and Phi Kappa Sigma are tied at fourth place, each with a total of 155 points. Phi Delta; Theta with 135 points polds seventy place ahead of. Kappa Sigma with [122 points and Chi Up silon with 9p points. Sigma Pi and' Sigma Chi are deadlocked at eleventh .place with 90 points, while twelfth place goes to Pi Kappa Alpha with a total of 85 points. Points: Listed \ ’ One hundred'; aiui ctf' Sigma Phi Epsilon's points" were gained as - a i-esult of winning! the intramura] foot ball; tournament,; while, thirty .points were garnered /from intramural ’cross country. Varsity football netted the leaders fifty-five points. ! 'Sigma Nu’s! total was gained by eighty-five points from varsity, foot ball, sixty-five from soccer, and thirty-five fromvarsity t cross'country. Competition in intramural' football gave the second,-place boilers ten points, with five, points each from in tramural cross country and intra mural horseshoes tournament. V ’ One hundred and twenty-five points of Beta Theta Pi’s total came from representatives in varsity football, While twenty points were gained from Varsity . soccer and ten’from varsity cross country. Intramural football netted the third place holders five points. - , ‘ REV/ILLINGWORTH TALKS AT CHAPEL Addresses. First Service of Second Semester in Auditorium Sunday Morning “Abraham Lincoln was great in spite of his many Weaknesses because of his faith in! God,’’.declared the Rev. Ralph W. Illingworth jr., pastor of the First Presbyterian church pf-Philips burg at the regular chapel address Sunday ,’moi*ning. It was Lincoln's unfailing .belief that if God was on his side he would . succeed, which ’• carried. him - success fully through .the treacherous days of the presidency, the Philipsburg pastor continued. .Without this faith, ho would have shown only his.weaknesses to the world, he added, i •.. < Materialism—4he striving. only for things to pile up where the eye can dwell upon, them—-would have ruined the speaker said. He pointed out that-Esau, who.was probablythe only materialist, whose problems have come-down to us from ancient, timesj lost-a great amount of the true hap piness of his life from his selfish, purely materialistic desires. . “Limited, after all,-is'the life of a materialist, bounded as it is by the world’s poor .goods.' /Row. infinitely greater the life that is-lived 1 on.,the greater plane, how much richer in memories the life of one who has'been faithful,”' Rev.- Illingworth concluded. ALUMNI 'BOARD MEETS HERE •' Members of the executive board of .the Penn - State Alumni association held their regular mid-winter meeting hero Saturday morning. Nine alumni of the College were present in'their capacity'as members pf the'board. Named Chairman ■ Harry/ A.. Bauder '33 will serve as chairman for the Interfraternity Ball on. March 31, it announced Sunday by Herbert E. Longenecker '33,.. president, of Interfraternity Council. , Other membei*s of the committee are' A. Albert Blaess '33; Harris Ebenbach '33, Howard D. Fonz '33, Alfred TV. Hessfi ’33, George F. Hieber *33, Robert C. Rinehimer '33, Frank R. Tully '33, Carl B. Wille '33; and Harry W. Wilson '33. PARENTS 7 AID FUND LACKS DONATIONS Absence of Interest In Drive Scored* by Secretary of Loan Association . .Contributions to the Parents’ Stu dent Loan fund have diminished-to the point where it difficult to meet operating expenses, according to Prof. J. brvis Keller, secretary of the Loan ’■•.'•->!•- / Ohly'.one student has received-aid from the fund this year, and'no.money is.available for aid at, the present time, Professor Keller said.. Approxi mately $6OO had been contributed to the- fund last year at this time, he added. r Predicts Increase Emphatically denouncing the lack of .interest' on the part of the parents as'-a factor in the failure of the fund, •Professor Keller pointed out that re plies from parents indicated that ‘ma'riy. could not afford to contribute and ‘were uncertain of the means by which their children could continue in 'college. “Of those who have ‘ contributed,” Professor Keller .said, “many have given more tharr the dollar necessary for- membership in the association. This shows that parents realize the need, for student aid, and . indicates that with the return of normal busi-. ness conditions membership in the as sociation will undoubtedly increase.” Contributions received during the year have betn used for mailing let ters to parents, publishing and.mail ing the bulletin of the association, and in defraying the expenses of programs on Dads’ Day and Mothers’ Day. Prominent Alumni Praise Extra- Curricular Activities 38 of 45 Graduates Believe Participation Aids Greatly to Success in Later Life, Questionnaire Reveals Extra-curricular' activities contri-1 activities in which they had partici bute greatly to success’in after lifc,jpated, seven former athletes marked in the opinion’of thirty-eight of forty- 1 the contribution of athletics as “Very five prominent Penn State alumni who* Great,” ten as “Gicat,” and-five as participated in those activities while “Perceptible.” In this group were at College. eight varsity- football players, inelud “lf you were a. participant in extra- ing .two captains, four varsity .base curricular activities while at college, ball men, four varsity track men, what is your opinion of their value as three varsity basketball players, one gauged by their contribution to sue- each on the varsity wrestling and la cess in after life?" was one of sixteen crosse teams, and a number of class questions sent by the Collegian to a team members; selected list of sixty-three prominent Twelve ‘alumni who worked on the alumni, of the College: These men staffs of student publications while now. hold outstanding positions with a t College marked the value of that large corporations, . manufacturing activity as 1 “Great,” while two con concerns, mining, companies, govern- sidered it “Perceptible.” This num- mental' deportments, colleges, and ber included" five former editors, three *. Of the fifty-one alumni who an- managers of LnVic, , two assistant swered the questionnaire, forty-five editors of the Collegian, and editors indicated that they' had participated 0 f Froth and Free Lance. in •extra-curricular, activities 1 at col- T | ]( , vll i uc of y. M. C. A. work at lege, while only six had not. Twelve co u cge was 1 termed “Very Great’' by of.the participants marked the value one a i umnu ' St “Great” by eight, and of activities as Very Great, twenty- «p crcts j,tiblc” by three. Four thought SIX a f vt* se y cn w that.the contribution of forensic ac tible. None of the alumni said thatj ti v iti cs t 0 success in after life was their participation-had -proved either “Negligible” or “Detrimental.”' When asked toevnluut? the specific STATE COLL] HETZEL PROHIBITS SMALL CLASSES IN ECONOMY RULING Required Courses Musi Number 5 Students, Undergraduate Electives at Least 10 • MOVE NECESSITATED BY CUT OF APPROPRIATIONS Measure Will Take Effect Next Semester—President May Authorize Exceptions^ Classes in required undergraduate courses.containing five - or fewer stu dents, and classes in elective courses ■enrolling’less than ten students will not be given without the special con-; sent of the President beginning next semester, as a result of a ruling by Pi'esident Ralph D. Hetzcl -Saturday. Exceptions to these regulations will be made when the conference method is used •«''and when the classes arc taught with other classes, so that the combined enrollment totals ten or more students, -the ruling stated. Listed as Economy Measure The ruling was made as a result of a recommendation by the Survey com mittee, headed by Dean • Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Liberal Arts, which is now making a complete study of the entire set-up of the Col lege. It comes as another measure of economy in the teaching program of the College which is now being in stituted because of the probable cut in the appropriation. In order to eliminate the “dead wood!' in the College's list of courses, the President also approved a sugges tion by the Survey committee to drop 'all undergraduate -courses not given -during, the.first -semester of 1932-33, -nor-in'-anyone -of the seven preceding semesters. To Make Final Report A complete report of the work done by the Survey committee since it be gan its study two years the request of the President will be made on March 1, Dean Stoddart said. Ad ditional recommendations for changes and suggestions for future study will be included in the final report Accompanying the report, a final list of objectives ]of the College in the future will be submitted by a special committee/headed by Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering. A student group, of which Robert M. Maxwell '33 is chairman, will also of fer a list, of recommendations for changes in the College program at that time.’ ADVERTISING MAN-TO SPEAK W. J. Miller, a Williamsport, ad vertising man, will speak on the op* ! orations, of an .advertising agency at . an open , meeting in. Room 318, Old ■ Main, at 7 :30 o’clock tomorrow night. This is the first of a series of lectures i planned 'by thb newly-organized Ad vertising club. associate • editors, and two business (Continual on ptiyc four) !GE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1933 Weatherman Cites Low Temperatures In Zero Cold Wave Students who -thrust their hands deep into their pockets and wore their heaviest .overcoats for the first time this year while attending classes since last Thursday had good reason, for the temperature was never at any time above the freezing point. The lowest temperature of the cur- Do students who work their way rent cold snap was' reached early Sun- through college rob themselves of all day morning, when the thermometer the advantages of an education? read one degree below zero. On « No » answe rs Lowell Thomas, Thursday the low was two degrees no t e d lecturer and radio reporter, who above zero, while on Friday the ther- s p o ] ie here at the College Saturday mometer went even lower-to one de-j night ..Although it is a highly dc ab°l'? z , ero * , . 1 batable question, I believe thut a stu- The cold abated somewhat on Sat-; dant geti as mach value from thl! urt.ay, teaching the comparatively, perience gained in earning his own high temperature of seventeen degrees; col | ege eX p<, nses as he WO uld,if ,ho above zero The highest temperature ; dcvoted his t , ntire time t 0 dasswork.” of the cold snap was registered on: .. Saturday afternoon when the ther-| .Mr. Thomas discussed the question mometer reached twenty-six degrees! " ,th ? n .n erV.awcr while raveling: above zero ‘from Lcwistown to State College be-1 ' fore his lecture. He talked about his own experiences to prove his point. “I earned all of my expenses, and I don’t, think I missed much while I was doing it,” the lecturer said. “While an undergraduate, I managed to find time to edit the school paper, to’participate in athletics, and to take in all the dances and other sociul af fairs in spite of my outside work.” “While it is true that I may have derived a lot more benefit from my FINAL ENROLLMENT ! LISTS 4,269 TOTAL! Complete Compilation Reveals! Increase of 309 Students | Over Last Figures Showing an' increase of 303 oven' to “ I ™' 1 certa, " l y S ot , a , lot . ot cx the 3,900 mark recorded at the close P" ,ence , frora < ?. tl ' a during my of the mgistration' period last Wed-! c “ le S c . da f ' vh,ch con f de ‘" nesday, complete enrollment figures i when I, supposedly, came out mto for the second semester total 4,269, | tae wor ( ’ William S. Hoffman, College regis- 1 So firmly dops Mr. Thomas believe trar, announced yesterday. ' in the value of practical work while Eighty of the additional registra- 1 studying at college that he stipulated tions. were from Moil't Alto where "in his will recently that his son would sixty freshmen and twenty second- be required to earn at least, half the year men enrolled for second semester I c °st his college education. Mr. courses. Of the vemaining 229 who! Thomas also rated public speaking enrolled since the close of the regular!'a bil ity as one of the easiest and best period, the majority , Were graduate; known stepping stones to success, students with permissions’ for late i Following his lecture in Schwab au registration. 'i, ditorium, Mr. Thomas saw Penn State .... To Release GrndtV-'Reportx. • defeat North-.Carolina' in-boxing. --A Student grade feport's will be given reception for the noted traveler was out'at the registrar’s office in Old held by Sigma Delta Cln, professional Main on Thursday and Friday. The I journalism fraternity, and Kappa grade sheets will be released to al- 1 Sigma, social fraternity, in the Hugh phabetical groups in four half-day | B ? avel '.room, Old Mam. He was in periods, Registrar Hoffman said y C s-1 touted into both organizations during teriJay. • his college years. Students whose, last nairas begin Mr. Thomas arrived in State Col with the letters A. to D inclusive may lege just in time to give his lecture ’receive grade sheets Thursday morn- and left at 11 o’clock the same night ing, while on Thursday afternoon stu- for Boston where he was scheduled dents in the alphabetical classes S toito give another talk. Both the au- Z may obtain their grades. Reports | dience and the sponsors of the pro will be available Friday morning fos 1 gram were disappointed when he fail students in classes L to R inclusive,; ed to show his collection of slides while those in the E to K group may j along with his lecture. obtain their grades Friday afternoon, j o No grades other than those sched- /-vt> A TVYDC T’A TVn?l? r r uled will be given out during the reg- j vXvrV. 1 v/xvD J. ular distribution periods, Registrar! rtrji Tpij A TVATC r TT7'A TVT Hoffman stated. Late applicants may i 01 • X xvAli iXiAITI call for their grades on or after Sat-! - * ’ urdav mornin- T . I ! Miller, Berbatis Will Represent Penn WOMEN STUDENTS State in Return Debate at WILL MEET TODAY! ' Lurctl " T ” B " mr ! Ernest C. Miller ’3*l and Angelo X. ' Berbatis ’35 have been selected to rep* j resent Penn State in a return debate ; with the St. Francis orators at Lor* Old Main Lounge jetto tomorrow night, Joseph F. o’- <• !Bricn, men’s debating coach, has an- Sponsored by Archousai, honoraryi no^ co l!' senior women’s activities society, a • Jfho nn State team will jJldmM the leadership conference for all women * affirmative oi the question, Resolved, students , will be held in the second j that ’ socialism should bcT substituted floor Joung-e of Old Main today. f ° l ' capitalism.” Decision will be made Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock 1 a S rou P of three will speak on "The Girls’ Place in I Following the Oregon plan of cross- Campus Leadership” at the 10 o'clock! examination, the Penn State team will session. "Community Leadership” • defend the affirmative of the topic, will be discussed by Mrs. Frank W., "Resolved, that all intergovernmental Haller at the same meeting. war debts, including reparations, Dr. George W. Hartmann, of the should be cancelled,” against the Jun psychology department, will answer iata College debaters in the Little the question'"Have Women Met the Theatre in Old Mtain at 7:30 o’clock Challenge of Leadership?” at the af- Friday night. Senior Society To Hold Leadership Conference For. Co-eds- in ternoon session at 2 o’clock. In ad- .Upholding the affirmative of the dition, Robert M. Maxwell ’33 will WJll . debts question, Milton I. Balding diacuss ‘ Society a Need of the Stu- er *33 and Karl H. Strohl ’33 lost a wlu.e Ra^lph D. Wetzel jr. 33 «j-to-l judges decision to the St. will talk on The Student s Response. Thomas orators at Scranton last Tues- Short talks by seven freshmen girls day night, on desirable leadership traits will con- 1 . elude the afternoon session. These talks will be given by - Eleanor H. Beman, Mariana Bane, Janet Frantz, Carol R. Hagenbuch, Virginia W. Lewis, Beula M. Rhoads, Anna, M. Soisson, and Selena A. Wunderlich. RAY, HAIDT,' HALLER, SPEAK AT OPENING OF CWEN WEEK With Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray, Miss Marie Haidt, and Mrs. ■Frank W. Haller as speakers, a com pulsory freshman class meeting open .ed the annual Cwen Week-last night. .. Members of Cwcns, honorary sopho more women’s activities society, will sit together at dinner tomorrow night. A party for freshmen-women will be held in • the. ’ McAllister.' hill lobby Thursday night.’ * Work Your Way Through jFORENSIC COUNCIL College, 9 Thomas Advises l RESERVES SURPLUS Experience Valuable, Noted Lecturer Believes i classes had I apportioned more time TOPIC FOR I. F. DEBATE TOURNAMENT SELECTED Fraternity Orators Will Speak on Deferred Rushing. System Deferred rushing has been selected ar. the topic for the interfraternity de bating tournament, Howard Fonz ’33, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, has announced* • The opening round of the tourna ment will be started next week, ac cording to present plans. A complete list of houses entered in the contest has not yet been announced. It is planned to make the tourna ment us informal- as possible, Fonz said. Thomas Commends College in Broadcast Commenting on his Penn State trip, Lowell Thomas termed the North Carolina boxing meet, which he witnessed after his lecture here Saturday night, “ a superb exhibi tion of sportsmanship” in his daily radio address Sunday afternoon. •Mr. Thomas contrasted the quiet conduct of the large number of Penn State students at the meet with the disorderly crowds usually found in Madison Square Garden in New York City, lie also mention ed the unusually low temperature which he encountered “while in the mountain district of Pennsylvania.” SOPH HOP TICKETS REDUCED TO $3.30 Benner Names Platt, Wood as Additional Members of Dance Committee , : In line with the reduction of dance prices this year, the admission charge j for Sophomore Hop on March 3 has been set tentatively at $3.30, includ ing tax, according to. Franklin J. Brutzman, chairman of the Hop com mittee. 1 Two additional members have been named to the dance committee which was appointed by Walter G. Benner, jr., sophomore class president in Da-i comber. Vernon D. Platt and Clifford; C. Wood are the new' committeemen. 1 6 Bands Considered Six'nationally-known orchestras are 1 being considered for'the all-College : dance, Brutzman said. A final selec tion-will, probably-be made..within a j week. ' ; Hal Kemp, Wayne King, Casa Lo imi, Gus Arnheim, Vincent Lopez, and Henry Theis are the bands under con-! .sidcrationl Casa Loma played for, the Hop last year. I A budget for the dance has already, been drawn up, Brutzman said, and ! will be submitted* to a Senate com-j mittec for approval this week. Mem bers of Hop committee held their first meeting last night. DEADLINE SET FOR SONGFEST ENTRIES Committee Expects More Than 21) Fraternities To Participate In I. F. Competition Tomorrow night \vill be the. dead line for all entries in the Interfrater nity Songfest) according to Wayne R. Varnum ’34, who is in charge of the arrangements, A fee of one dollar will be charged each house vnteiing the contest. At the present time, few' houses have officially cnteied, Varnum stat ed. However, over twenty-five are considering the songfest as a house activity, and it is expected that twenty will enter the contest. Present plans include several spec ial entertainers, who will appear on the programs between songs by fra ternity groups, according to Varnum. The first contest meet will be'held March 9. Four or five houses are scheduled to present their selections each night that the meets are held, but the num ber of meetings will be determined by the number of houses enrolled. Four are planned at the present time, Var num said. SENIORS WILL ADDRESS ‘COLLEGIAN* CANDIDATES To Talk on “Future Newspaper Work” At Freshman Meeting Tonight Freshman candidates for the editor ial stuff of the Collegian will resume their weekly training meetings in Room 405, Old Main, at 7 o’clock to night, Richard V. Wall .’33, who is in chargo of the meetings, has unnounc- Talks will be given by Robert ‘ E. Tschan '33, editor, and Marion P. Uow’oH '33, women’s editor, on the subject, “Future Work ]on the News paper.” Other of the senior editorial staff will also;be present at the meeting. Following the talks, freshman can-! didotes will report on work which'they 1 are conducting outside of the weekly ( classes. Copy reuding und correcting will also be taken up aj the meeting. I PRICE FIVE CENTS TO SPONSOR TALKS ; Debating Group Votes Aid for Promoting Lectures'by Prominent Men . i ANSWERS PROPOSAL OF i ARTISTS’ COURSE PLAN Fcrree, Ebenbach, Vance Named As New Members—Miller Elected Secretary As an aid in sponsoring things cul tural on the campus, the Forensic « Council has voted to sot aside surplus | money fi om the annual debating fee 'to bring possibly two nationally- I known speakers here each year, Mil [ ton I. Balditiger ’33, president of the ; group, announced. “Forensic Council recognizes the need of offering the students a means of acquiring as liberal an educution as possible,” Baldingcr said. "It will do its best to present lectures by some of the country's prominent men with the council’s funds." Miller Named Secretary According to the plan, all income resulting from a nominal admission charge to the proposed lectures will go to help finance an Artists’ Course, provided it is established here next year. In the absence of an Artists’ Course, the lectures planned by the Forensic body will be offered the stu dent bqdy at no admission charge, Baldinger said. At Student Council’s last meeting a committee was appointed to investi gate the possibility of appropriating part of the debating fee for use in . sponsoring an Artists’ Course here. The plan ns', adopted by "Forensic Council will be reported to the student group at its next meeting. ! Elections were also held to till va , cnncics in the Forensic Council at its i last meeting. Sarah A. Fcrree *33, Harris Ebenbach ’33, and Ralph B. Vance ’34 were selected for the po sitions. Ernest C. Miller ’34 was named secretary of the group. Debating Tourneys Discussed A suggestion was made at the For ensic Council meeting to have intra mural debating tournaments for men and women separately this year, if sufficient support is given the tour ney by the women’s groups. A cup is given by the council each year to the winning fraternity. A committee was appointed to for mulate plans for holding extempor aneous speaking contests for both men and women students in all four classes. At present one contest is held each year for members of the sophomore class. DANCE ISSUE OF ‘FROTH’ WILL APPEAR THURSDAY Comic Magazine To Expose Wrestling Racket in Senior Ball Number Lessons on the manly art of self defense and an expose of the wrest ling racket, with an explanation of the holds, are features of the Senior Ball issue of Froih which will be re leased Thursday night. Another modernistic three-color drawing by Frances Cohen will bu used on the cover. Dan Gordon, fea tured artist in the last issue, contrib utes more of his metropolitan artwork. “My Days at Penn Hall,” explaining *ife at a girls’ boarding school, is also featured in this issue. The usual four pages of “Mug and Jester” will seek to "reveal intimate details of campus activities. PROF. WURFL WILL SPEAK AT FIRESIDE SESSION TOMORROW Current selections from the German .will feature the Fireside Reading ses sion to bo conducted by Prof. George .T. Wurfl, of the German department, in the upper lounge of Old Main at 4:15 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Included on the program are two [selections by Rainer Maria Rilke, who is outstanding among current German poets. "The Express Train” by Dot ievvon Lilliencron, and “The Work ingman” by Richard Dehmel will also bo read. HETZELS RETURN FROM TRIP President and Mrs. Ralph D. Hetzel returned from a week’s vacation in Atlantic City yesterday.
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