COMPLETE CAMPUS
COVERAGE
Vol. 29 No. 41
BLUE BAND TO GIVE
SECOND OF WINTER
CONCERTS SUNDAY
College Symphonic Organization
Will Play in Auditorium
‘ At 3:30 O’clock
VARIED PROGRAM CHOSEN
BY MAJOR THOMPSON
Medley From Gilbert-Sullivan,
• Military March Named
As Selections i.'-
Featuring' modern music, the' Col
lego Blue. Band, under the direction of
Major Wilfred. 0. Thompson, will pre
sent the second winter concert in
Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. This will,mark, the
first Blue Band concert of the College
year.
“Song, of the Marching Men,” from
“The New Earth,” by Hadley, will be
tho. first selection by . the group. The
"band, will then swing into a military
•themo with the patrol “American,” by
Meacham. . „ .
To Play Spanish Suite
“La Ferra,”- a Spanish suite of three
numbers has been announced as the
next feature of the program. The
lively “Los Toros” will be followed by
tho serenade, “,La Reja,” while the
modern dance, “La Zarzuela” will
complete the group of modern Spanish
selections. -
A medley of the more.popular music
from Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado,”
Will be presented as the fifth section
of the program, followed by the grand
march “University," by, Goldman, ac
cording to Major ’ Thompson. Con
cluding the concert,' the band will play
: Francis Scott Key's “The Star Spangl
ed Banner,” as arranged by Herbert.
; Will Award Keys
Puring. the concert, the_semi-annual'
: awarding* of ! '-keys ‘toymen’ .who"'have*
-participated - in band : activities'' for
seven semesters will take- iri'ace, ac
cording to the College ’ Bandmastev.
Tbo usual offering for the benefit of
thp Student Loan fund will be collect-:
ed- following the completion of the 1
program.
“The music to be played, while in
cjqding works .by such popular con
temporary American composers as
Goldman, Hadley, and Meacham, also
features compositions of Sir Arthur
9pl!ivan, one of the most famous of
9)1 British composers of
apd orchestra music,” Major .Thomp
son said. “By such a variety of se
lections, the band hopes to appeal to"
pll lovers of instrumental music as
played by bands,” he added.
PANHELLENIC HEAD
ELECTION PLANNED
System '• Would Present
'Method of Choosing Council
President by Rotation
Choice-, of v the Panhellcnic Council
president by election instead of by
the-present system of rotation was
recommended by the women’s Frater
nity. Presidents’ Council Tuesday.
Panhellcnic Council will consider the
matter at its next meeting Tuesday.
According to the recommendation,
no fraternity can hold the presidency
two years .in succession. The election
of the president is .to be conducted
within the council,twhere each frater
nity has an equaKnumber of votes.
Panhellcnic president under the pro
posed plan would be a more impor
tant position,' the. recommendation
pointed out. A second proposal-was
.that the council meet twice a month
instead of once a month as at present.
- Charlotte i L. Summers ’33, head of
the' Fraternity Presidents’ Council
was delegated to appoint, four mem
bers of that group to serve as,a nom
inating board for the women’s spring
elections. They will act in coopera
' tion with a non-fraternity woman ap
pointed by the-Senate. ’ , J
‘GRIT’ EDITORS TO ADDRESS •
SIGMA DELTA CHI MONDAY
* . Howard R. Davis, managing editor,
and Robert P. Stevenson - ’3O, State
editor of the Williamsport Grit, will
• speak under the auspices of Sigma
Delta Chi, national professional jour
nalism fraternity, in Room 14, South
Libera! Arts, at 7:15 o’clock Monday
nighi ‘' - , '. •
v.'Mr. Davis will tell of his experiences
as-a.member.of the.editorial staff of
America's largest community l news
paper. ,
Orchestra Leader
VINCENT LOPEZ
1935 TO PRESENT
SOPH HOP TONIGHT
Second Event in Social Season
Will Feature Music of
Vincent Lopez
The second milestone in the 1933
social-season will be reached tonight
when'the Class of 1935, with Vincent
Lopez.furnishing rhythm, will present
the annual Sophomore Hop* in Recrea
tion hall fronr.lo until 2 o’clock. *
.Tickets for the dance may be se
! cured for the-price of $3.30, including
,tax, at the treasurer’s office in Old
Main this morning and. this after
noon, according to Franklin .J. Brutz
man *35, committee chairman. White
cardboard 'program-favors, featuring
of the decora
rtion'schemei r wiH' , be'distrlbute'd-'with
the tickets. •
'To-Use Crystal Ball
Alternately ‘ colored sheeting will,
cover the interior of the hall, and a
crystal ball-, illuminated by spot
lights,' will, be suspended from the
center of the ceiling. Smilax, palms,
cocoanut trees, and uva leaves will be
used in the floor-and archway decora
tions.
Catering services for the Hop will
he provided free of charge from a
-central booth, as at the Senior Ball.
Fraternity booths will be placed un
der the balcony, and near the orches
tra, while two large non-fraternity
booths will besituated just inside the'
main doorway. - j
Vincent Lopez and his radio broad
casting orchestra are coming dii*ect
from the Congress Hotel in Chicago
to play for the Hop. Robert W. Pier
son '33. and Allen V. Rothermel,
graduate student, were announced as
winners of the poster contest by Rob
ert B. Dambach ’35, committeeman in
charge of the Contest.
‘LA VIE’ TO BEGIN
SALES CAMPAIGN
1933 Yearbook Will Contain Total of
472 Pages—May 5 Set as
Publication Date
Opening a circulation, drive to
dispose of extra copies of-the 1933
La. Vic, College yearbook, the business
staff of the publication has announc
ed that reservations for copies may be
madc’at the Student. Union desk, or
Room 315 j Old Main, at five dollars a
copy.. '
College, class, and fraternity sec
tions have been sent to the printers,
while the l section will be
ready for publication this week. With
a total of 472 pages, this year’s book'
will- be larger'than last year's by 16
pages. - . •>
Name's of individuals or fraterni
ties will be -stamped ,in gold' on the
cover,of the book if those wishing\thc
addition, notify the La Vic office in
.Old Main. v A fee of twenty-five cents
will'be' charged for the service.
Cooperation 'of organizations in
photographer’s 'appointments is re
quested *by the board. The announc
ed publication date.of May's will be
delayed if these appointments are not
kept, according'to tlic editors.
HONORARY PLANS DEBATES
Delta Alpha Delta, women’s honor-, on his own; initiative, come in for oc
ary ’debating fraternity, is planning casional conferences, and then take a
•to hold a series'of debates between the comprehensive- examination.. Regular
women’s fraternities early ithis month, college credit and grade would .be
A problem of campus interest will be given- . ..
used as the topic. “We’re ready for honors work right
STATE COLLEGE, PA., 1 FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933
Schools Adopt New Policy
Toward Failing Students
Lenient Attitude Brought About .by Present
Financial Conditions—Deans Agree
To Investigate Each Case
Hr W. H. STECMEIEK '3l
Assurance that the College can keep step with the outside world by ad
justing itself to strained social and economic conditions comes-with the know
ledge that at least five of the six schools are new’and compara
tively lenient attitude toward students-who fail in more than half their
credits. . • . :
Varying reasons for the less rigid attitude are advanced ,by officials in
the different schools, but the present financial- depression coupled with the
large number of unemployed seems to
be the major motive behind the lenient
policy. ' College officials believe that
students who would be dropped from
school- under ordinary circumstances
might be able to profit more here than
by attempting the almost futile task
of getting a job.
Although no definite policy has
been decided by the College admin
istration, there is a tacit agreement
between the deans of the schools to
give each individual case a closer in
vestigation before refusing to recom
mend reinstatement for a student who
has failed in more than half his cred
its. This understanding was reached
at the last meeting of the College
Council of Administration, according
to an announcement last week by Ad
rian 0. Morse; secretary to the Presi
dent.
•Eighteen of the twenty-six students
who were dropped from the Chemistry
and Physics School under the “fifty
percent” ruling at the end of the last
semester were reinstated. Of the six
teen-students who failed in more than
half of their credits in the School- of
Agriculture, eight were reinstated.
In the School of Liberal Arts, five
upperclassmen who were automatical
ly out of school under the regular rul
ing arc now on probation. In addi
tion, there were, fourteen freshmen
who failed. -This group has been del
egated-, j -to'ra‘'special ;probation .section
which proved successful with a sim
ilar group last year.
Because in some cases the formal
ity of dropping students from school
and then reinstating them had,been
dispensed with, no figures were avail
able for the School of Engineering, i
Officials in the School- of Education
would not release the number of rein
statements, while there were so few
cases in the School of Mineral Indus
tries that the new policy was, not ap
plicable there. }
“In these times, the School of En-:
gineering feels' that a student should'
remain in College if there is only so >
| much as a reasonable chance for him j
i to get his money’s worth,” Dean Rob- i
■ ert L. Sackett said. “However; if a
student is reinstated, we keep in close
touch with him through the advisory
system***
“In the School of Agriculture, it is
the policy to reinstate all students
who fail-, in fifty percent of their
credits unless it is quite evident that
the student will not make sufficient
scholastic progress to justify the fin
ancial sacrifices made'by his parents,”
Dr. Stevenson W. Fletcher, vice-dean
of that school, said.
Referring to the policy of the
School of Chemistry and Physics in :
(Continued outage two )
STODDART DECL
OF HONORS }
Dean , Sees Chance for
Students To Do
Research
, Inertia on the part of the faculty
is the reason why no opportunity for
honors work is offered to students
in the School .of Liberal Arts, in the
opinion of Dean Charles W, Stoddart,
head of the school.
He believes that advanced work of
the honors sort could be given with
out any -trouble under the present
academic regulations. This work
would give superior students an op
portunity to do independent .research,
regardless of’ any specific course, he
said. ’
Under the plaiT which Dean Stod
dart believes would be possible now, a
student would elect an advanced
course in which ■he was interested,
but instead .-,of going to classes he
would make other arrangements with
tho instructor. He would do the .work
43 TENDERED BIDS
BY PHI KAPPA PH!
1 "
Seniors Notified of Eligibility
For National, Scholastic
Honorary Society
•Chosen by scholarship and faculty
recommendation, seniors
of the College have.been notified of
their eligibility for-election to Phi
Kappa Phi, national scholastic society,
Prof. Frederick P. Weaver, president
of the local .chapter, -bias announced.
Formal acceptances willjbe made with
in the next two weeks.'; '
Qualifications for-’eligibility re
quire a grade point'.average of <2.4
provided it places the/sfudent in the
upper five, percent of the class. This
year the minimum average for the
section was 2.45, a'i-'jnark slightly
higher than that required last . year.
The highest average w*j>s:2.92.
Eligible Studente-Listcd
Eligible students include Emmet F.
Ault, Milton I. Baldinger, Grover R.
Beck, Andrew L. B. Cal
vin, _Leon R. Cook, OScifr-.M. Daven
port, Wayland -F. Dunaway lII,* A.
shade; Margaret E.. Fahringer, Marie
S. Fahringer, George W. Filer, and
Paul R. Fox.
Emanuel Frisch, Carrie B/Gibbons,
Howell R. Gnau, Ralph D. Hetzel j>\,
John A. Hoch, Carolyn E. Jones,
Thomas A. Kennedy, James "J. Kinney,
Samuel J. Klapper, H. Winifred Ksch
inka, Jesso H. Landenbergsr, Max A.
Laufier, George H. Messerly, Ray
mond IC. McClintock, Andrew C.
Michel, Marx D. Moller, and Carleton
R.' Parce are additional nominees.
! John B. Pearson, Herbert Peter
' freund, Harold D. Reese, Emma E.
: Rutledge, Paul H. Sassaman, Leonore
Schwarzc, Dorothy C. Shenk, Chris
tian H. Steinford, Robert E. Tschan,
Benjamin L. Wise, William D. Yoder,
and Martin A. Zionts conclude the
list..
CO-EDS NEED NOT SIGN OUT
WITH DEAN FOR BIG DANCES
Women , will not be required to in
form the Dean of .Women that they
plan to attend major all-College
dances in the future, by action of the
W. S. G. A. Senate.
The old system adopted four years
ago was rendered useless by the Sen
ate ruling, according to Eva M. Blich
feldt ’34, president of W. S. G. A.
ARES FACULTY Ii
WORK ABSENCE
DEAN C. W* STODDART.
now—anytime any teacher - wants to
start', it,” Dean Stoddart emphasized.
“Seniors and juniors who have a two
average for the preceding semester
should-, be allowed to go ahead with j
honors y,*ork if they elect it, and they:
ALPHA ZETA GAINS
I. F. MEMBERSHIP
BY COUNCIL ACTION
Professional Organization Notj
To Compete for Annual j
Scholarship Cup !
FRATERNITY BALL PLANS j
DISCUSSED AT MEETING i
Committee Chairman Advocates '
Limited Attendance Rule |
As Congestion Aid |
Admission of Alpha Zeta frater-!
nity to membership, consideration of;
plans for the Interfraternity Ball on!
March 31, and committee reports fea-!
tured the meeting of Interfraternity i
Council Wednesday night. «j
Alpha Zeta becomes the fifty-sixth;
member of the council as a result of
the action taken on its petition at the
meeting. In view of the higher initi-'
ation requirements of the profession
al- fraternity, the council stipulated
that the new member should be barred
from competition for the scholarship
trophy given by the council to the!
the highest averase !CUßßY WILL SPEAK
Plans for limiting the' attendance j IN CHAPEL SUNDAY
formed the major part of the Inter-; • . • •
fraternity Ball discussion, with Har- ’
ry A. Baudcr ’33, chairman of the |To Talk at Regular Services
dance committee, pointing out that it _ .. _ . .
will be necessary to insure comfort- 1 College People the
able dancing facilities. A survey of
the delegates present revealed that
forty houses are definitely considering
participation at the Ball with three j Dr. A. Bruce Curry, nationaliy
undecided and ten others failing to , known speaker and writer on religious
report. ; topics, wiH return to Penn State to
Although definite decision as to .address the chapel audience in Schwab,
whether or.e or two orchestras would ; auditorium at 11 o’clock Sunday {
be signed to play at the ball will not i morning. His subject will be “Col- 1
be made until a report v is heard from ' lege People Whom the.-World Still!
: ; the.members,of the council next.week,'-Wants.” _ -
j Bauder announced that negotiations | Dr. Curry, who is Professor of sys
! are now being conducted with Fred , tematic Theology at the Union The
j Waring and his Pennsylvanians. Use [ ological Seminary, New York City,
! of one orchestra would make a cut in has spoken at colleges and student
the assessment for each house from .conferences in every state in the na
fifty to forty dollars, he said. : tion. He conducted tl/o annual Bible'
Justifying the use of two orchos- series of the Penn State Christian'
tras, however, Bauder pointed out ’ association here last year, as well as'
that continuous'music would parti-. speaking in chapel at that time. t
ally solve the problem of congestion Ti> Speak Sunday Night |
on the floor, *nce them would likely - Follmvi thc cllapel services, Dr.
.be less dancing at, one time than if: c wiu m , thc , dav in state
there were in emissions between Co „ H( , will >c . lk on .. Ethics or
each number. Members of the coun- Rcli io which?" at an open mooting
cil will report the attitude ol their.. n th( , socia , room ot the Paith Rc .
houses at next weeks meeting. : formed church at 3:15 o’clock Sunday
Tutor Committee Named night, according to Homer H. Martz
A committee composed of Frank ’33,-who is chairman of the-committee
R. 'fully ’33, chairman, William A. ‘ on. arrangements.
Hansen ’34, Stephen Hoynak '34, and After his graduation from college,
Gilbert F. Schnflner ‘34 was appointed j the speaker studied at New York
by President Herbert E. Longenecker \ University, where he received his
’33 to study the question of chapter , master’s and doctor’s degrees. In re
house tutors. The committee will re-j cent years he has made throe trips to
port' at a later meeting. Europe and one to the Near East, and
A financial report submitted by has conducted meetings abroad, as
William Macaleer ’33, secretary- well- as in Canada.
treasurer of tho council, showed nj Among the books which Dr. Curry
balance of $65.72 in the treasury on . has written recently are “Facing Stu-
February 1, with receipts for* the! dent Problems,” and “Jesus and Ilis
first semester totalling and Causes." He is also known as the
disbursements, $650.62. The council author of many articles in The Inter
also, heard reports on the fraternity j collegian, Thc World Tomorrow, and
manual, interfraternity debating con- other periodicals,
test, and interfraternity songfest. ; 0
\JFRTI A CA I PETERS OUTLINES
W ™. “cHOOI.: NEW SOCIAL PLAN
Says Advanced Study or i!c-r,.rmsin First Forum
Feasible Under
System Now
~ ' ibo accomplished only through tireless
should not he required' to attend efforts of educators to break down
classes,” he added. ; present prejudices and taboos, Dr.
Specilic courses would not need to, Charles C: Peters, hf the School cf
be offered in connection with honors ! Education, gave the first of a series <.i
work, Dean Stoddavt pointed out. j five Forum lectures in the Howe Eco-
Merely the opportunity for students i nomics auditorium Tuesday night,
to do independent work in each do-: “Resistance, to change is a funda
partment should be offered. 1 mental human ,ti*ait,” .Dr. Peters de-
The charge that Penn State stu- c ] nl . c( i. “While people are slow to
dents are not intellectually capable of i Jlcce p, industrial improvements, they
Honors work was refuted by the Lib- o ff oi . evon more resistance to social
oral-. Arts .dean. He produced figures . m . o g ress; »*
to show that sixteen percent of this:* UT , .. - . ...
year’s seniors and twijvc percent’of. } believe that these reforn s ,n the
the juniors received a two average or if? 1 ™ 1 shonld bo brought about
hotter for the second semester last ’ through ovolut,on lather; than revolu
yoaf. These students could do honors' t’°".' ‘ h = continued. “We
work capably, he believes. (should no tear down our present cos.
Supervision of jionors work would toms until wc have worked out a def
not require too much of the instruc- mitcly organized plan with which to
tor’s time, according to Dean Stod-i lc l^ ac '° ,em *
dart. The idea of the honors plan is I- .The next lecture on the Forum series
to let the student do the work, and!will ho given Thursday night by Dr.
not more .than two or three hours a! Robert E. Denglcr, head .of the clns*
week need be spent by the instructor, sical languages department, who will
Furthermore, good teachers are al- talk on “Culture and the Arts.” The
ways willing to spend extra time with j scries is being sponsored by the Penn
interested students, he added. i Stale Christian association. v
! Committee Outlines
Plans for Proposed
Government Merger
Will Talk Here
DR. A. DHUCE CUItRY
World Still Wants’
! Education' Professor Lists Program
Talk Tuesday Night
Declaring that social changes will
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Arrangements Provide
Combined Student
Board, Council
HONOR COURT, TRIBUNAL
COMPLETE NEW SYSTEM
Representation of Men, Women
Decided by Proportional
Group Enrollment
Tentative outlines of the proposed
men’s and women’s government mer
ger, providing for a combined Stu
dent Council, a women's honor court,
a combined Student Board, and a
Student Tribunal, were drawn up by
tlie merger committee Tuesday.
Student Council, under the combin
ed arrangement, would be elected by
classes instead of by schools as at
present, the outline proposes. Both
men and women students in each
class would vote for each other's
candidates, regardless of the school
in which they were enrolled.
Men To Have 21 Delegates
According to proportional repre
sentation based on the number of each
group in College, the men would have
approximately twenty-one and the
women seven representatives in the
council-. Of the seven woman dele
gates, three would be seniors, two
juniors, and two sophomores.
To determine and enforce all wom
en’s rules, a women’s honor court
would be set up in the proposed
scheme. The president of the honor
court would also be an ex-officio mem
ber of the combined Student Council.
a. Board-Composilion-rDecided- f \
j In addition to the three upperelass
j presidents, the editor of the.CoLLEfi
lAN, and the president of the women’s
honor court, the Student Boat’d would
be composed of two seniors, one wom
an and one man, and one junior,
elected by Student Council from the
membership of the council. Dean of
Women Charlotte E. Ray and Dean
of Men Arthur R. Warnoek would
represent the administration on the
board.
The board would have executive and
judicial power over the entire student
body, while the council’s functions
would be legislative. The Student
Tribunal would exercise the same du
ties as it does now, and its members
would be chosen by the men in Stu
dent Council.
Acceptance by the women of the
secretaryship in each class is still in
doubt. Whether or not they will be
satisfied to have this office reserved
for them will- be determined Tuesday
when they report to the committee.
SOCIETIES TO ACT
ON JEERING EVIL
Skull and Bones. Pnrmj Nous, Druids,
Friars Will Cooperate With
.Junior Organization
Cooperating vfith Blue Key, junior
campus society, in checking jeering aL
athletic contests here, presidents of
Skull and Bones and Purmi Nous, up
perclass campus societies, and Druids
ami Friars, sophomore campus gromis,
announced Wednesday that these so
cieties will take action against the
practice at the meets tomorrow.
i The members of the four societies
: will seek to promote student senti
ment against the practice, ami will
attempt personally to cheek jeering
during the progress of the meet, the
leaders said. Members of Blue Key
will be assigned positions throughout
i the hall to report names of offenders,
who will bo required to appear before
Student Board.
Emphatic, condemnation of the prac
tice was voiced by Frederick E. Kane
*B3, president of Skull and Bones, ami
John A. MeAmliews ’33, Pnrmi Nous
president. John E. Fletcher ’35, and
Louis Kreizmnn ’35, leaders of Friars
and Druids respectively, were also
strong in their denunciation of the
jeering which .took place at the Syra
cuse meet Saturday.
I Interfraternity council delegates
I were requested by Herbert E. Long
eneeicer ’33, piesident, at a meeting
i Wednesday night, to call the atten
tion of their houses to the necessity
of checking the jeering. In addition,'
n letter may he sent to each house
from the office of Hugo Bezdek, di
rectoi of athletics, on ihc problem.