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1933 SOCIAL WHIRL
TO OPEN TONIGHT
WITH SENIOR BALL
Emerson Gill Will Furnish Music
For Annual ;Dance Event
In Recreation Hall
GOOD ANNOUNCES TICKET
SALES AT TREASURERS’
Old Promenade Superceded By
Novelty—Smilax, Palms
. Decorate Floor -
. Opening' the 1933 social whirl, sen
iors will dance to.the.music of Emer-'
'son Gill and his orchestra at. Senior
Ball in Recreation hall from 9 o'clock
until 2 o’clock tonight.
Tickets for tha function will be on
sale at three dollars.plus thirty cents
tax at the. Treasurer’s office in Old
Main today, John H. Good, chairman,
of the dance committee,. has an
nounced. Programs will be given out:
: with the tickets.
Novelty Planned
A novelty to Jte' announced at the
affair tonight will .'replace - the old.
promenade for seniors, a feature of
dances in the past. .Catering service
, will be from a central stand on the'
• dance floor, while fraternity booths
and two non-fraternity booths will be
1 situated „under , the balconies of Rec
•j rcation halLy ’
-•' The ha.ir.will be solidly decorated
" with a large crystal ball suspended
•from the of the ceiling, while
‘ spotlights at each !end of the hall will
throw. vari-colored lights on the
dancing floor. Groups of palms and
Vsmilax will also be placed at inter
'•vals'''su'rroun’ding,ithe floor.
’ , 3VSingcrs Featured !
'//Emerson Gill and
. i, •liei'c fro|h‘;Pittsburgh:wherer'he played
club last u hight;'>Reccntly l th k e-orches;-
■f: _’ completed ‘an, engagement, at'the
‘t ; ;Clevelahd.’ . Thp Gill
‘first'organized on*'the’Ohio
; 'llßtate campus .and has since had en-
'at'the .largest hotels in
: and • has broadcast from
. mors than fifty radio stations. - ,
. * A feature of'.thc orchestra. is the
singing of Miss-Marion Mann, Clcye
land debutante, “Pinky” Hunter, and
,/Frank Devol.. This . will mark the.
*, first tima that a woman singer has.
. been featured .by an .orchestra at’a’
large dance here. .The band also car
ries its own amplifying system.
' Programs for the function will fea-,
ture transparent celluloid covers back
ed .by silver .foil, the chairman has
' announced. Winning posters ini. the :
'po.ster contest .were submitted by Ar- .
. thur B. Bernstein *33 and A'ien Roth
. crmel ’36.
VARSITY DEBATERS
TO MEET JUNIATA
Baldingcr, 'Heagney Will Represent
Penn State in Oregon Style
Contest* Here Tonight
.• An affirmative team of Milton -I.
Baldinger .'B3 and Dan. Heagney .'33
will oppose tho’Juniata College de
baters on the question,-“Resolved, that
all intergovernmental war debts should
•be • cancelled,” in the Little Theatre,
Old Mtain,'. at .7:30 o’clock tonight.
The contest .will be conducted as an
Oregon stylo debate, with the first;
speaker presenting the
arguments, and to cross
examination. Heagney. will conduct
the affirmative cross-examination, and
will summarize the constructive argu
ments. The* decision .will be deter
mined by the audience.
Defending socialism' against capital
ism, Ernest C. Miller'34 and Angelo
Berbatis ’35 lost ■an audience decision
debato to St. Francis College orators
at Loretto "Wednesday night. The vote
was .109 to: 90.
The Penn State orators will debate
against the Dickinson College team at
Carlisle next Friday night. Dual de
bates with Washington and Jefferson
and Franklin and Marshall, colleges
'arc included inth’e schedule of debates
for next month./- ;
STEIDLE WILL READ PAPER
• Discussing tho “Basic Trends in
! Mineral Industries Education,” Dean
; JSdward Stcidlc, head of the Mineral
■ Industries i School, will .read a' paper
the American Institute of Min
ing land Metallurgical Engineers con
■ vention at New York Wednesday
piorning. . The convention,Svill open;
. Monday and' hold its final- session
Thursday afternoon;’ '* V \
Local Organizations
Plan Loan Fund Aid
In order to supplement the Stu
r dent Loan fund the Cathaum The
■ atre will donate one-third of the
returns from the Loan fund ticket
sale, while the Stetson D store has
announced that it will contribute
five.percent of its daily receipts to,
the fund.
Theatre ticket books will be on
sale by fraternity representatives
•.and at the Student Union desk/in
Old. Main. The ticket sale began
Wednesday and will continue until
March. •» * * .
DUMONT REPORTS
TO A.A.U.P. GROUP
Summarizes Changing Condition
, In, Coliege World Before
. Faculty Chapter
“Colleges and universities have de
veloped too fast- within the- last ten
years. ■ They have expanded depart
ments too much, and 'the time' has
come, when, programs must be con
tracted,” 'Dr.- Francis M. DuMont,
head of the department of romance
languages, said, in . summarizing a
committee report of'the national con
vention of the American Association
of University Professors before tie
local'chapter Wednesday night.
. Dr. DuMont quoted a report to. show
that-the United States pays a smaller
percentage towards higher educa
tional institutions than many coun
tries of more limited finances. The
local delegate to the convention, also
pointed, out that no. relation had ever
been fount! between success in college
teaching and courses in educational
theory.
Lewis Addresses. Group
'.-.Speaking- on “New - Library. De
vsslopments/'.'-Willard.P.' Lewis, Col
'Hiese' include tho ground'noW;
Occupied:''by;-'the) -Women's building,
with the new.structure facing on . cen
ter-drive.* "
. “That’ campus sentiment is in fa
vor.of a new library-is undeniable,”
Mr. Lewis said. “Complete pians afe
being drawn upjfor a new unit to ac
commodate 500,000,b00k5, suitable for
a college of 10,000 students, so that
when tho legislature is ready, wc will
be. ready to start,".he'added. ;
' Following a discussion of ; -the ef
fects of the possible deputizing of tho
campus patrolmen,'the executive com
mittee of the local chapter was re
quested to study and recommend ac
tion on the question of contemplated
salary cuts’among the College faculty.
MRS. DU BOIS "TO TALK HERE
- Mrs. Rachel Davis- Du Bois, edu
cator and .author of a scries of As
sembly, Programs on Worldmindcd
hess, will address members oft local
church student groups on the subject;
“Youth and the International Mind”
at the Friends Meeting House at 6:30
o’clock Sunday night. ■*
Value o f Honoraries Rated
As‘Negligible* by Alumni
Graduates Deem High Scholarship Important\
. To Success in Later Life—Show j
Need for Wide Interests
Dy CHARLES
Keys dangling on a college man’s
watch chain.mean little as far as their
contribution to success in after life is
to thirty-two of
thirty-eight' prominent Penn • State
alumni who’ were members of honor
ary organizations while undergrad
uates here. . •
’Twenty-one of the graduates who
answered a questionnaire, sent out by
the Collegian believed that the value
of honorary groups is “Negligible,”
while eleven considered/ them "Per
ceptible.” Five marked their value
as “Great” and one “Very Great.” ‘
High scholarship in college, how
ever, is considered of greater import
ance ,to success by the alumni. Over
half of them, twenty-seven to be
exact,' judged its value as either
“Very Great” or “Great.” ] Sixteen
considered it “Perceptible” and seven
“Negligible.”.
The keynote of-alumni’opinion on
the value -of honorarics was sounded
by a'graduate who said that"“the work
necessary’ to ! make the fraternities
was worthwhile, but not the frater
nities , .themselves.’’ Another- com
mented, that “it is -hard to discern any
actu'al aid, buf thesc honorary sqcie-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933
BLANSHARD TO GIVE
NEXT FORUM TALK;
HERE ON MARCH 14
‘Technocracy Versus Socialism*
Announced, as Subject of ‘
- Reformer’s Speech
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
WILL SPONSOR MEETING
Leader in Industrial Democracy
League Assisted Seabury .’.
' With? Recent. Case
. Dr. Paul Blanshard, director - 'of the
City- Affaire committee, a reform
group.of-New York City, will again
address, a Penn State audience on
Tuesday, March 14, as the next speak
er of the Perin" State Christian asso
ciation’s Forum series.- ;/ : •. •
•j “Technocracy' * Versus . Socialism”
will be Dr. .Blanshard's subject. When
he 1 spoke' here last year his-topic was
“Racketeering, High and Low.” The
lectuier is known for the leading part
he. took in ,the recent civic investiga
tion instigated by Judge Samuel Sea
bury.of New York City. . •
Collaborated With Thontas
This lecture is the first feature of
the Christian, association 'program
which is made possible partly through
the success of the Lowell Thomas lec
ture last. week. Financial returns
from; the .-Thomas lecture were enough
to. insure, to a much‘greater extent,
the carrying ’out of the Forum pro
gram as originally planned.at the be
ginning.'of the’ year, officials of the
association said.
For several years, Dr. Blanshard
has been .connected with .the League
for Industrial Democracy,, of. New.
York City. ~ In, addition to being the
author, of :“The British Labor Mo've
qieijt” • and :‘/Laborvin Southern Cot
•tcyijMUls/'-rthe'speaker-rccently'pub-’'
collaborittion with
Norman ■ Thomas ’ called “What’s', the
Matter .'With * New York?” In 1928
and 1920\he;wa's associate editor'.of
the Nation, controversial magazine.
Other Lectures Planned
Dr. Blanshard studied at Michigan,
Harvard,. and .Columbia .universities.
After serving as a labor union or
ganizer -and directing a labor college
for several years, the’ reform director
began lecturing in American colleges.
He Has'. studied social conditions in
China, Japan, Russia, -and Great
Britain.' i
Since this is a feature of the reg
ular Forum series; no admission will
be charged. Negotiations-arc now
being made' by Christian association
officials to bring several other.nation
ally known ’speakers here before the
end of the College.year.
PROF. KELLER WILL SPEAK
Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of the
engineering extension department, will
deliver the opening address of the
Greater New York Safety conference
at New York City on March 1.
A. MYERS. *34
tics are undoubtedly valuable in build
ing- character.”
Honorary societies represented in
the collegiate records of the alumni
were Lion’s • Paw, Skull and Bones,
Parmi Nous, Blue Key, Friars, Druids,
and Sphinx. . Fraternities and clubs
in dramatics, chemistry, press, Latin,
French, science, botany, and debating,
as well as numerous county clubs and
departmental, societies were also in
cluded in the list.
- Alumni comments on the value of
high scholarship indicate that it’is'
considered important, but that its at- j
tainment should not take up the stu- {
dent’s tvhole time. One alumnus cm- j
phasized that .“the attempt to attain
high scholarship should not absorb aj
student’s' time and .energy to the point
whore he/has no interest in other im-.
portont phases of college life.”
“High scholarship .fs desirable, not
necessary,’’ according to another
prominent aluhinus. “Good judgment
und ability to: analyze and get-along
with other people is'more important.”
The grade system was criticized when
one • graduate 'auid, "What you have
learned doesn't necessarily - come
through scholarship as it is rated- in
grqdo'reports.'’/* • • • -
Grid Team Will Meet
Penn in 1934
First * official; /confirmation of
- Nittany Lion foothill opponents for
the 1934 season vrsg made this week
‘ when Philadel'phiav-newspapers an
nounced that :‘th6; University of
Pennsylvania • would meet Penn
State in a’football game at Phila
delphia November 10, 1934.
The Lion grnlders will resume
their series with—Pennsylvania on
November 18* thisFyear after a
lapse of four years in the tradi
tional series. r~WitK: the series be
• ginning in 1890,/thisy2ar’s tilt will
•be the thirty-Second between 'the
. two institutions, /Pennsylvania hold
ing a twenty-onevto eight edge in
. victories .with;twoi(tf the games re
. suiting in ,tieSij ; -;^f|; .
PLAYERsIfGIVE
SHOIpARCH 25
Organization Selects ‘Last of
, ’.v'SNfrj
. . Mrs. Year’s
■ Second Prasuclion
“The Last of Mrs/Cheyney” -will be
enacted,by Players in ;
Schwab auditorium-Mkrch 25, as the
second production of-'tjj&j"season. Cast
ing has' been ’ completed,v'and rehear
sals have already .started.
Kutz'er L. RichardsVSC, in the role
of Lord Dilling, and fchyllis G. Beidlor
’33 as Mrs. Chpyhey,will-head the cast.
Benjamin'L. Wise'..’33- as Lord Elton
and Marjorie I.’ -KusClike- ’36 as Lady
Frinton complete’ th'e/principal leads
in the cast- •* -
4- New Players' Listed
j Charles, ; a butler,* is;.played.by John
E. Binns ’36, Hon. 'Willie Wynton is
portrayed by Wilbur, 'ElUisney jr. '36,
and .the part of William,' a-footman,
is taken by.:Milton"‘Df/Carver; jr. ’36.
George, a footman/is/played bytHenry
K. Moulthrqi)
leurjiis portrayed byi'Ned'KeliyF36.
■ ,Lillie Keil .’33- takes /the part .’of
Mrs.'Bblcry, a cousin of Lord Dilling,
L. .Marybel, Conabce ’36 'assumes the
rolo of Hon. Mrs. Wynton, while M.
Theresa Baer’'34 and-Frances S. In
man '3? take the; parts of Joan and
Mary. • ‘ (
Only four newfplayers will appear,
in “The Last of-Mrs. Cheyney,” with
Binns, Moulthrop," Kelley, and Miss
Inman appearing in a Players produc
tion for the first time. Richards, Car
ver, and Miss Kuschkb took important
roles in “Hay Fever,” while Wise and
Disney appeared in “Black Flamingo.”
HETZEL APPROVES NEW
SCHOLARSHIP PROPOSAL
Board of Trustees Must ‘ Sanction
Evan Pugh Honorary Award
i The proposal of the Senate Com
| mittce on Academic Standards to de
signate Evan- Pugh Scholars as recog
i nition for high attainment by upper
classmen has received the sanction of
President Ralph D. Hetzel. Before
final adoption the proposal must re
ceive-the approval of* the Board of
Trustees.
Under the proposed plan the Evan
Pugh'scholarships 'will become one of
the highest honors for, undergradu
ates, and will be awarded to upper
classmen who do not receive other fel
lowships or scholarships. The Honor
Society Council has voted to present
medals to students receiving the Evan
Pugh awards.
- The Academic Standards committee
originated the plan of awarding for
high scholarship, honors to juniors and
seniors, not receiving other awards,
deciding to call :the honorary awards-
Evan Pugh Scholarships in honor of
the former President. Students re
ceiving these scholarships''wil-1 be list
ed in tho .College catalog.
Who’s Dancing
Tonight
Senior Ball
Recreation hall
(Subscription)
Emcrnon GUI
i - .Tomorrow Night
Sigma Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon
At Sigma Pi
(Closed)
Varsity Ten
Alpha Gamma Kho, Sigma Phi Alpha
• At Alpha Gamma Rho
(Closed) ' j
Allen Quirk
1 - Bela Sigma Rho*
(Invitation)
Al Hollander ■
Phi Kappa Tau *
. . (Invitation)
• Campus Owls , •
GRANT APPOINTED
TO DIRECT CHORUS
AT WORLD’S FAIR
Music Department Head Named
Conductor of American
Group in Festival
COLLEGIATE QUARTETS
WILL COMPOSE SECTION
Varsity Unit Invited as College
Representative—Foreign.
Gieemen Entered
• Director Richard W. Grant, of the
department of music, has been selected
as leader for the American section of
tho International Festival- of Student,
Choruses at the Chicago World’s-Fair
August 7,8, and 9, according to word
received from directors of the project
this week.
Professor Grant will have complete
charge of a men’s chorus composed of
representatives of more than two hun
dred American colleges and univer
sities, members of the Intei'collcgiate
Music Council. Each member of the
council has been asked to send one or
more quartet groups, which wilt be
combined into one large chorus under
Professor Grant’s direction at the fes
tival.
Quartet To Appear
In addition to representing Ameri
can colleges and universities at the
festival, the quartets appearing at the
Fair will also engage in an 'inter
group competition, which will take the
place of the annual national- intercol
legiate glee club contest this year. The
glee club, which placed third
in tho national competition last year,
will'likely be.represented by the.vav-
according Lto .. Director
'Grahi J
Planned as one of the features of
the Woxdd's Fair, the International
festival will-also present' student
choruses from Denmark, Germany,
Hungary, Jugo-Slavia, Latvia, Poland,
and Sweden in addition to the group
directed by- Professor Grant. Dele
gates of these countries at an inter
national conference at Zurich, Swit
zerland, last summer indicated their
intention of sending chorus groups to
the festival.*
Groups To Combine
. Both American and foreign groups
will combine to present two songs at
the festival, while Professor Grant
will direct the American section in
singing a program of religious, .mis
cellaneous and college songs. The
American chorus will number approxi
mately five litlndred voices, according
to Director Grant.
Under Professor Grant's direction,
Penn. State glee clubs have won the
Pennsylvania intercollegiate cham
pionship in five of the past six years.
Although he -has never coached a na
tional champion, Professor Grant has
conducted Penn State glee clubs which
have placed second twice and third
twice in national contests, which arc
held every year.
College Faculty Reveals
Diversity of Alma Maters
187 Institutions Represented in Instructional\
Staff—-Foreign Schools Included j
Ily CiEOkUE
Revealing a wide diversity in their
alma maters, a survey discloses that
members 1 of the College faculty list
bachelor's degrees from 187 different
colleges - and universities, including
eleven -foreign institutions.
Penn State alumni form by far the
largest'single group on the instruc
tional staff, no fewer than 182 grad
uates of the College holding positions
ranging from extension workers to
deans. Columbia University ranks a
poor second with twenty-two repre
sentatives, while Cornell University
trails in third place with nineteen.
Only eight other institutions cun lay
claim to ten or more graduates on
the faculty. -The University of III
! inois is represented by sixteen faculty
members, Ohio State University by
I fifteen, and the University of Mip-
I ncsota by thirteen. ’ Purdue Univcr
! sity with twelve alumni, University of
Pennsylvania, University of Michigan,
nnd the University of Missouri, have
eleven each and -Massachusetts Agri
cultural College lists ten as its grad
uates. •
Foreign universities which granted
bachelor dcgicca to 'members of the
Senator Introduces (STUDENT COUNCIL
College Firtance B,U Iffi
if introduced QN MERGER MOVE
a bill in the Senate appropriating v - IUV ?l4
$4,120,000 of the State's funds to 1
S 3 y - lv s n!a Stnte Co "° Ke fm ' Combination of Men’s, Women's
the 1933-30 biennium. ! • ,
This is 8412,000 higher than the j Government Agencies
figure submitted by Gov. Gifford j Planned bv Wood
S. Pinchot in his estimated budget j *
for the State last January. At that j
time he asked for a ten percent re- | CO-EDS WOULD SECURE
duction in the appropriation for the g EC jj ETA jj YgHlp g
gw YORK PASTOR e “ gUZ? e
TO SPEAK SUNDAY! i %, Campvs politics
Buttrick Will Address Chapel ~ Fi '. st st “ l>s in , thc P™i>osed com
r bmation of men s. and women s stu-
Audience—‘Lamp of Lord’ ; der.t. government will be taken at Stu-
Nameri k; Tnnir i (iant CounciLmeeting Tuesday night
‘ ! when the move will be discussed and
! a permanent committee appointed to
r\ r- . „ .. . , . Jconfer with a women’s group.
Dr. George A. Buttrick will return, b 1
to Penn State after an absence of two I Suggested by John A. Wood ’33,
years to deliver the chapel address in; , 188 l )l evident, the proposal
Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock Sun-' vas delegated to a commitlte headed
day morning. “The Lamp of the' Ilßrry M * W,lson ’ 33 for considcr *
Lord,” will be the topic of the N«wj at,on ‘ This committee will report to
York.pastor’s speech. ~ • j the Council 'luesday night, and a per-
The eminent theologian, who first; n . ia l ,en * committee with Wilson as
spoke here at the 1931 baccalaureate; c,a,rman W, H appealed,
services, is a pastor of the Madison i Proposal Outlined
Avenue Presbyterian church in New Women’s student government agyn-
York City. 'He was born tn Seaham. c i 2St lls thev now exist, would be done
i Harbour. England, and after attend-, away with lJndcr the Comb j n od
ing locul schools, stuclied at the Lan- j system. Instead, there would be pro
caster Independent College, in Man-; p or tional representation of women
Chester, England, where he was grad- • students in Student Council, one or
uated in 1910. more women on Student Board, and
• Ordained in 1913 a woman would hold the secretaryship
■ Immediately after leaving college,: c ' ass ' Wood said.
Dr. Buttrick came to this country, and; Elections would be conducted by
was ordained to the ministry in 1915. • Student Council for the combined of--
His first pastorate, which he held: flees. Women would be represented ,
from 1915 to 1918, was at the First. at men’s clique meetings, which as a
U.nion Congregational church at; recognized activity would be held un-'-
Quincy, Illinois. ' ' |der the supervision- of faculty ad-
Dr. Buttrick then went to the .First] visers.
’Cqn^regaUbna^^phuTch^at/'Rutland,.. ; ••
i-cbmbinhVg'. botK'JiriSiiV' "arid '• tho
years. . In 19-1 he was sent, to the (■ women's' agencies will result in great-
F,rst Presbyterian church of Buffalo,, cr coo])(!ra ti on and more effectual op-
New lark, whore he remained until, cra tj on 0 f student government?,’ Wood
ho; accepted his present position inj pointcd out . “The mei-ger will also
. . , ■ , , 'give women a chance■ to participate
Soon after the .chape speaker sue-: ia po |i t j ca „„ an Cl]ual footin with
ceeded famous Henry Sloan Coffin at )mon »
the Madison Avenue church, the Col-' 4 . ’
lego asked him to speak hero at ! Hwe are to rccogmw tho women
chapel, and continued to do so unsuc-: a f ' eB ‘ ,n ’ at .° members of Penn Stain’s
cessfnlly every year-until 1031, wheni stud ; nt . bc , d >'’ he th f
he was secured for the graduation j raust SIVC a l’ art m » u J’.»t»<lent
exercises. This will be the first, time! lovernniont known now chiefly as
he has ever addressed a chapel au-i“ . nre " s colla f’ Pen "„ State
dience here ' ' £ mp - tlle confidence of the people by
• • •’ : being recognized as a true co-cduca
-0 | tional institution.”
FIRE CAUSES 8250 DAMAGE i o
Fire of undetermined origin destroy
ed about $250 worth of initiation
equipment in Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
early Tuesday morning. Billows of
smoke that rose to the first floor from
the ritual room gave first indication
ol' the conflagration.
LIBRARY COURSES INCREASED
To satisfy a demand from students
lor more advanced courses in library
science, the College library is increas
ing courses of study for the 1933 sum
mer session, according to Willard P.
Lewis, librarian. • •
A. SCOTT *3l
College faculty Include the University
of Heidelberg, Germany; Technical
University of Budapest ami College
of Engineering, Budapest, Hungary;
University of Chile; University of
Munich; College Chapin!,. Paris, and
Valentine College in France. Others
are the' University of Wales, Univer
sity of Vienna, McGill University, and
Queens College.
Represented by nine of its grad
uates, the University of Pittsburgh
ranks ahead of Harvard University.
West Virginia. Lehigh, Nebraska,
University-of Chicago, University of:
Wisconsin, Michigan State College, I -mnnrp nmn\VF«!im\
Franklin'and Marshal! College, and: ro LNGAGE OHIO >\ESLE\AN
Pborlin College, which , have seven r—
alumni each employed by the College.) Upholding the negative side of'the
-lowa State and Kansas State Colleges [Question, “Resolved, that all.intergov
are represented by six graduates each i ernmental war debts, including rep*
on the faculty. jarations, should be cancelled," the
Some one hundred and eleven insti- i women’s varsity debating team will
tutions have but one graduate as their ’ meet Ohio Wesleyan University in the
Penn State ' representative, while! assembly room of the Homo Econom
twenty-six lay claim to two alumni j ics building at 8 o’clock Wednesday
who hold faculty positions hero. Al-i night.
most every state in the union can j Margaret E. Bernard ’3-1, Jeanne
claim at least one bachelor's degree's* Kleckner ’B5, and E. Marion Tom
represented „on the college staff. at I linson ’35 have been selected to com
thc present time. 1 poae the Fcmi Stale team.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
STEVENS TO OPEN
1933 L. A. TALKS
‘Grover Cleveland’ Named as Topic
Of First Lecture Planned
For Tuesday Night
Speaking on “Grover Cleveland, A
Study in Political Courage,” Prof. Syl
vester K. Stevens, of the department
of history and political science, will
open the twenty-third annual Liberal
Arts lectures in the assembly room cf
the Home -Economics building at 7
o'clock Tuesday night.
| Professor Stevens made an exten
sive survey of the life •of Grover
Cleveland last year while on a leave
of absence from the College. He* stud
ied under Dr. Allen Nevins, noted his
torian at Columbia University, cover
; ing intensively the period of American
; history in which Cleveland was a cen
tral figure.
After graduating froni Penn State
in 1926, the lecturer received his mas
ter’s degree here the next year. Since
then he has been a member of the
history department and has-contrib
uted historical articles to various
magazines.
The lecture Tuesday night will be
I the first 'of six talks by members of
| the Liberal Arts school, continuing
(through the next three months. All
lectures this year will be held in the
assembly room of the Home Econom
ics building unless' previously an
nounced. ,
WOMEN'S DEBATING TEAM