y 0 ji / g woemi"u«cci\iy “="i ppttn j&at? A (EnUrgiatt. 1 ~ Vol. 29 No. 48 CAMPAIGNING FOR CLASS ELECTIONS TO OPEN APRIL 5 Candidates Must File Petitions With Committee During Next 2 Weeks NEW CODE DEFINITELY BANS VOTING BY PROXY 1933 Rules Give Student Board Full Authority of Acting On All Violations Campaigning for the 1933 class and Student Council elections on April 25, 26, and 27 will officially begin at midnight on April 6, two weeks from tomorrow, according to the new elec tions code drawn up by the commit tee and passed by, the council- last week. Candidates for the three major class offices and for Student Council scats must file their petitions with the chairman of the elections com mittee on or before midnight, April 6. Petitions of all candidates must state the all-College average of the candi date to date, while petitions of candi dates for class offices must bear the signature of fifty class voters in ad dition. Voting by Proxy Banned Voting by proxy will be definitely prohibited under the new code.' On presentation by a voter of a matricu lation card, any member of the elec tions committee may ask for 'further identification if ho deems it necessary. All candidates will be required to have a “1” average for their college career up to this semester, and not just for the preceding semester. On recommendation of the elections com mittee any violation of the code by a . candidate, a clique member, or by any voter definitely affiliated with a can-, didate will be dealt with by Student Board. -—>7 •- . 'Clique alignments "must be turned in to the elections chairman on. or before midnight, Sunday, April- 9, and there must be no switch of affiliations after that date. A financial report must also be submitted by each clique before midnight, Monday, April 24. .Expenditures for political advertis ing, which may not be distributed un til April- 5, will be limited to $25.00 again this year.. No smokers or mass meetings may be held and party posters will be illegal, although personal advertising cards and class posters with both cliques represented will be permitted. Clique affiliations of candidates may be listed on the ballot, but voters will not have the op portunity to mark a straight party ticket. To Vote in Old Main Polls will open in the first floor lounge of Old Main at 12:45 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, April 26, and will close finally at 12:15 o’clock Thursday afternoon, April 28. There shall be no electioneering in Old Main while voting is in progress, although it will be permitted elsewhere on the cam pus. *' Votes will be counted by the elec tions committee in the. student gov ernment room in Old Main, following the close of the polls. One represent ative from each clique must be pres ent, preferably the clique chairman. This representative, however, must riot be a candidate. The .code, was drawn up by a senior committee headed by Robert E. Tschan. A. Albert Blaess, James B. Goyncj Ralph D. Hetzel jr., Robert M. Maxwell-, and Benjamin L. Wise arc the additional members of the com mittee. • Under the recognition which Stu dent Council and Student Board gave to-cliques, it will not be necessary for them to hold meetings in Old Main or appoint faculty advisers this year. However, such measures may be nec essary next year if complete recogni tion is - given by, the College. WINS I. F. BRIDGE TOURNEY Pi Kappa Phi won the interfra ternity contract bridge tournament by defeating Delta Sigma Phi in' the final playoff held last week ‘Collegian ’ Sets New Record With Extra Establishing, a new low record, the Collegian’s Saturday night boxing and wrestling extra was on lale in Recreation hall exactly sev en minutes and forty-five seconds after the decision on the final bout of the tournament was announced. The new time clipped one minute and fifteen seconds from the record established last year. Previous to last year, the record for Collegian boxing and wrestling extras , had stood at nineteen minutes. Stoddart Notes Scholarship Gain In Students Here Believes Intellectual Attainment Holds Added Value Intellectual attainment is being re garded with more importance now than formerly, according to Dean Charles W. Stoddart of the School of Liberal Arts, who says that students maintaining an average of “2” or bet ter have increased from 13.6 percent to 19.7 percent in the past five years. • “Freshmen attaining an average of “2”'or more fall- within a percentage of from ten to thirteen,” he continues, “showing that there has been little change in the quality of the students admitted. For this reason, the in crease in the number of high stand-; ing students .in the school is attributed to a greater interest in' scholarship,” he points out. In a comparison with the student body of 1928, this year’s group stands out as a major improvement. At that time, the percentage of “2*.’ averages in the freshman class was 11.8; sophomores, 11.5; juniors, 15; seniors, 16.4. Figures for last semester show that the freshman class number 11.5 percent with that average; 16.7 per cent of the sophomores;.3o.2 percent of the juniors, and 22.3 percent of the senior class. GROUP MAY ALTER GRAPE CARD PLAN Adding Zero Marks lo Warning List Discussed by Council Of Administration In addition to the usual below-grade warnings,- 1 zero .marks in all courses will /bo-sent to the deans--of .deficient students’at/the eight-weeks" period, if a proposal how under consideration by the Council of Administration is approved. The proposal was submitted to the council by a joint committee composed of faculty members and representa tives of the fraternity scholarship chairmen’s committee. Under the present system, only below grades are available for students. Present Plan Unsatisfactory \ “We feel that the present plan is unsatisfactory,” Carl R. Ingling >’33, head of the student group, declared. “The individual students receive their below grades through the mail, and the work of the scholarship chair man is merely a repetition.” This new plan would be of consid erable value to the individual student rind to the fraternity,- since it would be a warning to students who are just passing their courses, Ingling pointed out. It would make the work of the scholarship chairman mean something, ho added. Members .of the joint committee which presented the proposal were Dean of 'Men Arthur R. Warnock, Dean Frank C. Whitmore,- of the School of Chemistry and Physics, Dr. Carl.W. Hasek, head of the department of economics and sociology,- Dwight W. Bloser ’33, Robert W. Pierson ’33, Wil liam H. Thomas ’33, and Ingling. A decision will be reached at the next meeting of the council. 'FROTH’ TO HOLD ANNUAL BEST DRESSED CONTEST Humorous Magazine Will Open Yearly Student Poll on April 6 Competition in the annual- Froth best-dressed man and Froth girl con test will open April 6 and close April 8, according to an announcement made yesterday by Edwin S. Maimed ’33 and Joseph Lachman ’33, Froth edi tors. Under the contest rules this year, all undergraduates will be entitled to one vote. Balloting will take place at the Froth bar on the corner, ac cording to the announcement. Wearing apparel will- be awarded to • the winner of each part of the contest, Maimed said. Competition for the best-dressed man will be con ducted exclusively on the basis of “smoothness” of clothes, while the co ed winner will be chosen on a basis of dressing, popularity, personality, and general appearance. MRS. FRANCIS M. DUMONT DIES Mrs. Francis' M. duMont, wife of tho head of the department of ro mance languages, succumbed at her home here Sunday night at 6 o’clock following an illness of more than'a. month. Funeral services .will be held at .the Roman Catholic church at 10 i o’clock this morning. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1933 FLETCHER FAVORS MORE COURSES OF CULTURAL NATURE Agriculture School Vice-Dean Cites Need for Revised Curricular Changes FACULTY HEARS PLANS DURING FIRST MEETING Proposal Includes Reduction in Credits Undertaken Each Semester to 15 Increasing the number of cultural subjects jn the agricultural curricula here was proposed by Dr. Stevenson W. Fletcher, vice-dean and director of research in the School of Agricul ture, at the first of a series of meet ings for the school’s faculty last week. AH Land Grant colleges, including Penn State, have proceeded too far in specialization, Dr. Fletcher as serted. Pointing to the need for a broader curricula, the vice-dean cited the fact that a comparatively • small percentage of graduates in recent years have found opportunity for em ployment in the specicalized fields which engrossed a large proportion of their' time while in College. Credit Reduction Suggested Reduction of the number of credits' required for graduation in the School from 140-145 to i2O, or 15 a semester, was the first suggestion made by Dr.j Fletcher. The chief evil of the pres-! ent system is that the student' “is shunted rapidly from one class to' another; he-has little time for con structive thinking,” Dr. Fletcher said. Second, the proportion devoted- to “liberal” subjects should be the same in all agricultural curricula, he add ed. A total of 120 credits of electives in English,*' English literature, fine -a’rts;.-mbderii J lwguages, social stud ies, . philosophy, science, and applied science was proposed. Moro Survey Courses Needed Strengthening the graduate school to provide specialization beyond the undergraduate course and increasing the number of “survey” or “apprccia-i tion” courses were listed as the third] and fourth steps in promoting lib eral education. Changing the four year curricula to meet more ‘exacting professional requirements and assign ing vocationally-minded students to the two-year curricula was also pro posed. “These suggestions are based on the thesis that the function of the Penn sylvania State College ... is to pro vide ‘liberal* as well as ‘practical’ ed ucation,” Dr. Fletcher concluded, “and that the most effective type of un dergraduate technical -education in agriculture is that which establishes a broad foundation of general culture and thorough knowledge of the sci ences on which specialization may be built; partly in undergraduate work, but mainly through graduate study. Standardized Course Plan Neglects Contact—Sackett Dean Contends Famili Subjects Aids i, Lack of contact with the freshriian or sophoiqore in courses in which he plans to specialize is a major ob jection to the standardized freshman sophomore curricula plan as seen by Dean Robert L. Sackett of the School of Engineering. “I feel that it is desirable to. have contact with the freshman in subjects in which his aptitudes appear in order to advise him better as to • future study,” Dean Sackett declared. “To gain this contact, it would be neces sary for students enrolled in the in dividual schools to study some sub ject directly supervised by the par ticular-school during, his freshman and sophomore year.” Using his school as an example, the Engineering School dean pointed out that a course in drawing is included in every engineering curriculum be cause past observation has revealed that the type of work done by tho freshman in this subject has a direct bearing on his ability to master sub sequent courses in the various cur? ricula.' After observing the student’s ability in drawing, his instructors arc able to advise him as to his future courses of study, Dean Sackett added. “We must also take the student’s own interest into consideration,” Dean Sackett continued. “A common fresh man-sophomore course which would not include subjects relating to the student’s, special interest certainly Will Speak Tonight ‘COLLEGIAN’ NAMES ASSOCIATE STAFFS Members of Junior Editorial, Business Boards Elected For 1933-34'Term Thirteen sophomore men and three sophomore women were eleoted to the junior hoard of the Collegian at a meeting of the staff Sunday night. Eight men and three.women were ad vanced to the junior editorial board, while five men were named to the business staff. Men’s editorial board members .elected were James B. Beatty jr., John A. Brutzman, Philip W. Fair jr., A. Conrad Haiges, Kenneth C. Hoffman, Burton Rowles jr., James B. Watson jr., and Fred W. Wright. 5 Business. Associates-Named Associate-business-mfiiUnamed "were Harry J; Knoff, Kenneth B. Lyons, Jack A. Martin, John J. Matthews, and George A. Rutledge. In addition, Earl G. Keyser jr. was chosen as al ternate. Women elected to the editorial board were Marcia B. Daniels, Elsie M. Douthett, and Margaret W. Kins loe. No alternate was chosen for this group. ■ Members of the present junior staffs who are' completing a full year of service will be elected to positions on the senior board on April 9. The new members of both the editorial and business boards will assume ac tive duties immediately. TO SELECT DEBATING TOPICS Topics for the 1 women’s speaking contest will be selected at a meeting ;in Room 407, Old Main, at 7 o’clock ; Thursday night. Anna L. Miksh ’33, ! Margaret E. Barnard ’34, Elsie M. Douthett ’35, and Dorothy J. Ely ’36, compose the committee in charge of the annual contest sponsored by Delta Alpha Delta, women’s honorary speech fraternity. iarity With Specialized In Future Study wpuld hold no appeal for him.” Rather than to set a definite limit on the number of credits of special ized work to be taken, Dean'Sackett is-of the Opinion that a balanced ratio of subjects is the goal to be sought. It is difficult to discriminate between courses which arc specialized and those which arc not because elective courses in one curriculum may be part of the specialized work in another, he pointed out. The student's need for adjustment to his vocation presents another ob jection to limitation of specialized work, in the mind of the Engineering School dean. Maintaining that some students need more than the prescrib ed number of specialized credits whilo others need fewer in order to prepare themselves for the line of work they wish to pursue, he asserted that “we must take into account individual needs and strength in an individual ized system of education.” That the cultural aspect of tech nical subjects could, and should be emphasized-to a greater.extent than it is now is another contention of tho head of the Engineering School. “Tho effect of technical inventions upon civ ilization is a phase of instruction that has been neglected up to the present time, but I believe that such an aspect is of sufficient importance to bo pre sented *as part of the technical educa tion,” he said. WHITMORE TO GIVE L A, LECTURE AT 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT Physics, Chemistry Dean Names ‘Habits of the Atom’ as Subject for Talk SPEAKER HAS CONDUCTED VARIED RESEARCH WORK Topic Will Attempt To Reveal Simpleness of Technical Points in Field With “The Habits of the Atom” as his topic, Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics will deliver the third of the Liberal Arts lectures in the Home Ec onomics auditorium at 7 o’clock to night. Born in Massachusetts, Dean Whit more prepared 'for college at an At lantic City high school. Later he en tered Harvard University, where he spent ten years as an undergraduate, graduate student, and teacher in the University. Taught at 4 Institutions . After leaving Cambridge, he taught at Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., Rice .Institute in Texas, and at the University of Minnesota. In 1924, he was appointed head of the department of chemistry at North western University, where he remain ed ten years. Following his service at Northwest ern, he became chairman of the div ision of chemistry and chemical tech nology of the National Research Council in Washington, D. C. From this position, he came to Penn State in 1929 as dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics. Wrote Research Treatise ‘ His treatise on results of research in organic compounds of mercury, is -the only .work published in this 1 field; Since talcing up his- duties here, he has devoted research activities to ali phatic organic chemistry, a field close ly related to the petroleum industry. In his talk, Dean Whitmore will attempt to justify the, simpleness of chemistry to those not acquainted with the subject. He will point out that understanding the complicated for mulas is no longer limited to chemists alone. • • DEBATERS WIN 3 DECISION MATCHES Ohio Wesleyan, Juniata, Mt. Union Teams Conquered by Miller, Bcrbatis in Contests Winning a judge’s decision debate from the Juniata orators Friday night, Penn State's negative -team completed a week’s trip during which time they emerged victorious in three contests and participated in two non decision debates. Ernest C. Millar ’34 and Angelo N. Berbatis '35 composed the team which made the trip, and argued against the question, “Resolved, that all intergov ernmental war. debts, including repar ations, should be cancelled.” On Tuesday night, the debaters won a decision from the Mt. Union College orators, while the following afternoon they won a contest with the Ohio Wesleyan University team. Opponents *in the non-decision en gagements were the Washington and Jpfferson and Seton Hill College teams. Two trips arc being scheduled for the debaters during- April, according to John H. Frizzell, head of the pub lic speaking division. The week of April io the team will debate against New England college teams, while the following week the Penn State orators will meet the debaters of New York institutions. DEAN SACKETT TO ADDRESS . AERONAUTICS CLUB MEETING Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, •will address members • of- the Aerocraft club in; Philadelphia tomorrow at the last meeting of the club’s extension course in aeronautics. The group is com posed of .students f.rom aircraft fac tories in the city. On Thursday, Dean Sackett will speak before students of the West Philadelphia high school at the morn ing chapel services, while at noon he will' talk to members of the Penn State Alumni club of Philadelphia at their weekly luncheon meeting. ’35 WOMEN TO HOLD DANCE Sophomore women will hold their annual dance at the Delta Sigma Phi house Friday night, according to A. Louise Halbach ’35, social chairman. Casa Loma, Specht Signed for I. F« Baii Winter Concert Nets $2B for Student Aid Approximately 328 was contri buted to the Student Loan fund at the joint winter concert of the Women’s Glee club and the Women’s orchestra in Schwab auditorium Sunday afternoon. The total do nated to the fund during the concert series now exceeds $2lO. In addition to numbers by the Glee club and the orchestra, selec tions by the Women’s Varsity Quar tet, and by an instrumental trio were featured on the program. Prof. Willa C. Williamec, of the depart ment of music, directed the Glee club, while Prof. Hummel Fishburn, acting head of the same department, lead the orchestra. COLLEGE GLEEMEN WIN FIRST PLACE Singers Score 1 255 of Possible 300 Points To Receive Award Friday Scoring 255 points out of a possible 300, Penn State gleemen were again awarded first place at the eighth an nual State intercollegiate Glee club contest in the Academy of. Music at Philadelphia Friday night. Temple University placed second with a score of 238. I Although eight colleges had origin-' ally planned to compete in the song meet, three were unable to enter. The of—Pittsburgh, -Temple University, Haverford College, West Chester State Teachers College, and Penn State entered the contest which was sponsored by the Philadelphia Forum. Sang 3 Selections Singing a selection of their own choice, a popular college song and a composition named by the directors, the club was graded by a board of three judges on interpretation, pitch, tone, and diction. Lewis J. Howell, N. Lindsay Norden, and Henry G. Thunder, Philadelphia musicians, seiwed as judges. The Glee club, composed of thirty-: five men under the direction of Rich ard W. Grant jr. ’34, sang “Broken Melody” by Sibelius as the directors’ choice. The gleemen chose “The Echo Song” as their popular song, and “Blue, and White” as the college selec tion. By winning first prize again this year, Penn State won the second leg on the cup awarded each year to the champion. If they win next year, the College gleemen will be entitled to permanent possession of the cup. JETTE WILL GIVE PRIESTLEY SERIES Associate Professor of Metallurgy At Columbia To Speak Here Week of April 3 Dr. Eric R. Jettc, associate pro fessor of metallurgy at Columbia Uni versity, will deliver, the seventh an nual scries of Priestley lectures in the Chemistry amphitheatre during the week of' April 3. Dr. Jette attended Franklin and Marshall College, and received a doc tor’s degree in physical chemistry at Columbia University. He studied in Europe as a .fellow of the Scandin avian Foundation, and upon his re turn he accepted a position as a mem ber of the 'faculty at Columbia Uni versity. Although he has -made a study of metallurgy, Dr. Jette is recognized in Men of Science as an authority on physical chemistry. His lectures here will deal with the relation of physical chemistry to metallurgy. • The Priestley lectures, inaugurated in 1926 as a memorial to Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, are being sponsored by the department of chemistry and Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical- fraternity. ARRANGE NEW SEATING PLAN Freshman women-will sit at tables reserved for theit class in the McAl lister hall dining commons, Under a new plan devised by-Cwens and Arch ousai. This supercedes the former arrangement by which junior and senior girls had been'required to sit at the head and foot of each table. PRICE FIVE CENTS Committee To Abandon 25-Ticket Limit On Houses FRATERNITY PRESIDENTS RULE OUT RESTRICTION Assessment Cost Reduced to $5O With Booth Service, Catering' Included Offering a continuous program of music, the Casa Loma orchestra and Paul Specht and his orchestra will play for the 1933 Intarfraternity Ball on March 31, Harry A. Bauder *33, chairman of the annual function, an nounced Sunday. Each fraternity participating in the affair will be allotted as many tickets as it needs, instead of being limited to twenty-five as previously announc ed, Bauder said. The change is the result of a protest made by the Fra ternity Presidents’ association at its meeting Sunday night. Presidents To Give Tickets Under the new arrangements, the president of each fraternity will make a survey of the number of members of his group who plan to attend and will distribute tickets to that number. The presidents will assume the re sponsibility of limiting the attend ance to fraternity men only. Reduction of the total assessment for each fraternity to fifty dollars, which will include booth and catering service, was also announced by Baud er. Fraternities that have already paid the five dollar fee for booth and catering service will bs refunded their money by William Macaleer, secre tary-treasurer of the.council.. 1 1....—v...played--for~ Soph-Hop—- r t The Casa Loma orchestra will be returning to the College after a year’s absence, having furnished the music for Sophomore Hop last spring. At the present time the orchestra is on an extended tour of ths East and Middle West. Paul Specht and his orchestra will come here direct from New York City, where it is now playing an en gagement. The band was one of the orchestras which furnished music for the Inaugural Ball at Washington on M;arch 4. Forty-five fraternities have definite ly announced their intention of par ticipating in the annual dance. Six others have not yet reported to the committee. MYERS TO OUTL T NE 'SOCIAL REFORMS’ Church Council Secretary Will Give Lecture, Lead Faculty Forum Talk Spdaking on "Strategies of Solving Social Problems,” James Myers, in dustrial secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, .will address students and faculty members of the College in the Homo Economics auditorium at 8:15 o'clock tonight. Beginning this morning and con tinuing until 4 o’clock this afternoon, Mi*. Myers will address regular classes in economics. At 4:15 o’clock the in dustrial secretary will lead a discus sion of the question, "By What Right Can the Church Speak on Social Prob lems?” at a faculty forum meeting in the Hugh Beaver room in Old Main. Mr. Myers is coming here from Bucknell University where he is one of a number of labor leaders who have been conducting a parley on social problems. His speaking program here will be conducted under the su pervision of Jules Vernik ’36 and Francis J. Gehr ’36. A study of constructive industrial relations in some of the largest manu facturing plants in the United States has been mado by Mr. Myers. He has also had first hand contact with the most critical strike situations which haw occurred during the past several decades. lIELME ADDRESSES SOCIETY' Prof. J. Burton Helme, of the de partment of architecture, addressed tho members of the Ceramics society last week on developments in the use bf ceramic materials in ar chitecture.” COLLEGE GIVEN 100 BOOKS One hundred volumes on engineer •ins subjects have been presented to the College library in memory of S. A. Seely, a former student here.
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