COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Vol. 29 No.-51 2 NOMINATED FOR W.S. G, A. HEAD AT POLLS WEDNESDAY Blichfeldt, Filbert, Chosen as Presidential Candidates Of Co-ed Group ACKER ’34, MAGDA ’34 NAMED W.A.A. NOMINEES Elections To Take Place Next .' Week in ‘ McAllister Hall Voting Location Eva M. Blichfeldt ’34 and Ethel A. Filbert '34 will compete for the W; S. G. A. presidency, as a result-of wom en’s nominations held in McAllister hall lobby Wednesday. The votes re ceived by the winning nominees were 183'and 106, respectively. l • Doris M. Acker ’34, with 170 votes, and Victoria It. Magda ’34, with 62, have been nominated for the presi dency of W. A: A. Elections will take place next Wednesday from 8 o'clock in the morning to 8 o’clock in the afternoon. Nominees Listed Phyllis G. Beidler '33, with 123 votes, and S. Louise Evcritt ’33, with 65, are nominees for May Queen. A. Frances Turner ’36 and Maria Knep per '36 have been proposed for the freshman attendant by 70 and 23 votes respectively. Candidates for vice-president of W. S. G. A. are Lucy J. Erdman '35. with 140 votes, and Nancy W. Stahl-, man '35 with 120 votes, while Janet; M. Bcman '36 and Jean 1 Poffenbergcr '36 received 167 and 89 votes- to be come the nominees for treasurer. The defeated candidate for W. S. G. A. president automatically becomes sec retary, according "to regulations of that body. Kinsloe, Rupp .To Compete Rosamond W. Kaincs ’34, .with 23 votes,’ and Margaret E.'-Barnard -’34, with 21 votes, are candidates for'sen ior senator; Katherine B. Humphrey ’35, with 47 votes, and Elsie Iff. Dout hett '35, with 27 votes, fop junior senator; and Beaula M. Rhoads '36, with 44 votes, and Virginia W. Lewis '36,, with 25 votes, for the sophomore scnatflrship. For town girls’ senator, Anna Mary Dottercr '34, who receiv ed 14 -votes and Margaret W. Kinsloc '35, who received 10 votes, will com pete. Miss Douthctt with 152 votes, and M. Elizabeth Diffenderfer '35, with 88 votes, received the nominations for vice-presidency of W. A. A., while Margaret W. Kinsloe '35, with 120 votes, and Mildred E. Rupp '35, with 101 votes, will compete for secretary. The defeated candidate for the W. A. A. presidency will automatically be come the treasurer of that organiza tion. TWEEDY TO SPEAK IN CHAPEL SUNDAY Yale Theology Professor Will Talk On Subject of 'Baked Lives’ At Religious Service Drl Henry H. Tweedy, who has been professor of practical theology at Yale for the past twenty-four years, will address- the chapel audience in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock Sun day morning. . His subject will be “Baked Lives.” Dr. Tweedy has spoken at Sunday services here intermittently since 1923. Following his graduation from Yale in 1891, Dr. Tweedy studied for three years- at Union Theological Seminary, New York, and then for two’years at the Ber lin. He was ordained to the Congre gational -ministry in 1898. After four years of service at the Plymouth church,’ Ithaca, N. Y., the speaker went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he was pastor of the South church for seven years., In 1909, the theologian accepted a position in the School of Divinity at Yale, where he is how located. ‘The Yale professor studied at Leb anon Valley College during 1920, and was granted his doctor of divinity de gree there in. 1921. Among the books which he has written arc “Religion and the War,” “Training the Devo tional Life,” “The King's Highway Scries,” and “Moral and Religious Training in the School and Home.” TO PLAN FRESHMAN TOPICS Margaret E. Barnard ’34, Frances S.-Inman ’34,' and Grace L. Moyer,’34 were selected, at a recent meeting of senior sponsors, as a committee to work out suggested topics for discus sion in next year’s freshman groups. They will be assisted by suggestions made by‘various freshman groups this year. 6 Copies 0 ij _0 jSemi-IA/eekly I. F. Ball Band Leader, Chairman 2 BANDS TO PLAY FOR BALL TONIGHT Annual I. F. Dance Will Feature Continuous Music by Casa Loma, Paul Specht Dancing to continuous music by the Casa Loma orchestra and Paul Specht and his orchestra, Penn State frater nity men will be hosts at the 1933 •Interfraternity Ball in Recreation hall tonight. Dancing will begin -at 10 o’clock with forty-five houses repre sented. Attendance . at tonight’s function will be limited to fraternity men and their guests. No tickets will be sold at the dance, Harry A. Bauder ’’33, chairman of the committee in charge, announced Wednesday. Fraternities participating in the function must ob tain their allotment of tickets at Stu dent Union desk in Old Main today. I. : Chaperons-Announced Chaperons for the daned will be Mr. and Mrs. F. Joseph Bcdenk, Pijof, and Mrs. Hummel Fishburn, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harper, and Prof, and Mrs. Harney W. Stover. - The dunce floor will be decorated with smilax, uva leaves and palms, with a special light ing effect as an added feature. Both orchestras will come here di rect from New York City, where they are playing this week. The Casa Lo ma orchestra will he making its fourth appearance at an all-College function here, while' tonight’s engagement marks the first time that Paul Specht and his orchestra have furnished mu sic for a Penn State function. Because of the decoration plan, the location of a number of the frater-. nity booths has been changed, accord ing to A. Albert Blaess ’33, member of the committee who is in charge of booths. Fraternities should commun icate with Blaess at the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity house today in regard to the changes. ' PROFESSORS READ REPORTS “ BEFORE CHEMICAL SOCIETY Sixteen members of the School of Chemistry and Physics read reports before the American Chemical society at its annual spring meeting in Wash ington, D. C.,.this week. Dean Frank C. Whitmore, Prof John C. Aston, Darwin E.’ •Badertscher, George H. Flenning, Percy A., Las selle, and David F. Menard were those who read papers. Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, Dr. Raymond L. Parks, Dr. ■Pauline Beery Mack,- Dr. Mary L. Wil lard, and Dr. Arthur Rose also at tended the meeting. English Composition Rated by Alumni As Most Important College Subject English composition is the most, im portant, single subject for students in technical schools, according to the rating given various college courses by prominent Penn State alumni. Mathematics was listed second. Theme-writing may be a nightmare for the average student Here, but it is still considered extremely import ant by graduates who are now con nected with work relating to agricul ture, chemistry and physics, engineer ing, and the mineral industries.- In a Collegian questionnaire, thirty-two such alumni evaluated thirteen types of course? now given at Penn State.; Twelve said that English was 1 the most important, while nine chose mathematics . for . the first position. Public speaking courses received the third highest vote, followed by eco nomics, and then chemistry. Specialized courses, which have been emphasized greatly in the past : few years, are only sixth in import ' ance as fur as contributing to success STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933 HARRY A. BAUDER ’33 THESPIANS TO GIVE FIRST 1933 SHOW Will Present ‘Old King Cole’ in Auditorium at 7 O’Clock Tomorrow Night With “Old King Cole,” a musical comedy depicting the fortunes of a Penn .State student who docs things to the producing game on Broadway, the Thespians will ring, up the cui-, tain on their 1933 season in Schwab auditorium at 7 o’clock tomorrow night. H. Grace Baer ’34, and Ralph B. Vanco *34, juvenile leads, will appear as the producer, and speakeasy dancer, respectively. In the comedy roles, M. Dorothy Johnston ’33, Edwin S. Mai med ’33,- and William B. Edwards ’35 will inhabit the speakeasy of the show in their characterization, of three “per sons with pasts.” . ! _ -- Directed byKenncdy Bertram C.- Rosenthal ’35, as the proprietor of the hard drink dispen sary, and Richard C. Schlaak '34,- as an; oldtimc Broadway actor, will furnish supporting comedy to the hey day speakeasy scenes. 'Margaret I S. Giffin ’35, Helen E. Taylor '35, and Mnhlon L. Heist '33 complete the list of leading roles. Seven changes ol scenery, and ten complete changes of costume will be presented in the show. J 1 Ewing “Sock” Kennedy '26 is directing the production, assisted by Kenneth L. Holderman ’3l. “It’s All Ballyhoo,” and “Bo •My Valentine,” are two comedy song num bers, while “I Wonder Where He Can Be,” and “As Time’Hurries On” are numbers on the lyric list for the per formance. Helen C. Whelan '34, and Samuel Wjolfson ’35 will be fectured in a dancing specialty. LIBRARY TO DISPLAY PRINTS IN ALCOVE K UNTIL APRIL 10 Prints originally selected for the international exhibition held in the Los Angeles museum in connection with the Tenth Olympiad will be on display* in Alcove K of the College library until April 10, Willard P. Lewis, College librarian announced yesterday. Including etchings and dry prints, •lithographs, wood block prints, and water color drawings covering such subjects as fox hunting, golf, wrest ling, skating, deck sports, and yacht ing, the collection was assembled by the. American Federation of Arts un der the heading “Art in Relation to Sports.” in a technical vocation is concerned. Shop courses* and laboratory courses are even lower ori the rating scale, tie ing at tenth position. Physics comes seventh in the collec tive opinion of the alumni, followed by psychology and history :in that order. Sociology and modern languages stand at the bottom of the list. Only two. of the alumni added writ ten comments to their evaluation of tho courses. One said that “English is without question- the most valuable, regardless of the profession,” while another maintained that “the average engineer is unable to write a report properly ,or to express his thoughts when on his feet.” Before undertaking the specialized training required for engineering,- “the student should pursue a general course which would - give - him a broadened outlook on the world at large,” the second alumnus added. “At the pres ent time, ! believe this is lacking in many of our engineering graduates.”, $4.00 Announced as Junior Prom Charge Four dollars, including tax, has been definitely set as the admission charge for Junior Prom on April 28, Herman. C. Brandt, Prom chair man, announced yesterday. The ’ reduction from the $5.50 price of last year, is in keeping with the present financial policies, but no features will be discontinue ed, Brandt declared. Ben Bcrnic will furnish the music for the func tion. MUSIC FRATERNITY TO GIVE CONCERT Phi Mu Alpha Will Present Last Of Winter Entertainments Sunday Afternoon Phi Mu Alpha, honorary musical fraternity,' will present the final win ter concert in Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o’clock' Sunday afternoon. A voluntary offering for the benefit of the Student Loan fund will be receiv ed at the ’conclusion of the program. As the first number of the after noon, the fraternity orchestra will play selections from “Student Prince” by Sigmund Romberg, followed by “At Dawning,” by- Cadman. Prof. Hummel Fishburn, acting head of the music department,; will direct the group. ; l’alterson-To Sing “By tho Waters of the Minnetonka,” by Lieurancc, will be the third num ber by the orchestra, and will- be fol lowed by .Kern’s “OP Man River,” from “Showboat.” “The Pipes of Gor-| don’s .Men," by Hammond, will follow, with Curtis J. Patterson ’34, as the tenor soloist. Patterson will -also sing the solo parts of “The Last Hour,” by Kram er,; and “Morning” by Speaks, which will be the next part of the program. “Rogue Song,” a fantasy by Stothart, 'pluyed , .by'~thc ; ied, will follow the solo selections. As the final number, the fraternity group will present “Evolution of Dix ie,” by Lake. Herbert E. Longeneck cr '33, is president of the musical honorary, Simon Krudo '33, vice president, Thomas A. Kennedy '33, .treasurer, and Paul W. Filer ’33, sec retary. HARTMANN GIVES LAST FORUM TALK Educational Psychology Professor Concludes Scries in Address Or Tuesday Night “No man is really educated until he has within himself an emotional lust to alter things for the better,” declared Dr. George W. Hartmann, of the department of psychology, in his Forum address Tuesday night. The talk was the last ‘of the series sponsored by the Penn State Christian association. "The world is not right in any man’s eyes,” the psychologist explain ed, “and pcoplu that cannot sec these imperfections are anything but edu cated. Reactionaries and ultra-con servatives are merely men who cannot see the need for chnnge._ In discussing college aims, the speaker pointed out that for years 1 colleges have had, as their avowed reason for existence, the intention to make desirable alterations in human beings.. Universities should not limit their aims to such a narrow field, but rather point towards making bene ficial changes in the commonwealth, and in the social order itself, he de clared. “The aim of every college should, be to graduate men who will work toward what wc all hope the world will be like in the year 2000,’.’ Dr. Hartmann continued. Palestra Selected For P.I. A.A. Final The Penn Palestra at Philadel phia will be the site of the State interscholastic basketball champion ship play-off between Altoona and Lower Merion tomorrow night, ac cording to news dispatches publish ed -in Philadelphia and Altoona newspapers yesterday. Favoring Recreation hall as the logical location for the title game, Altoona officials had raised a storm of protest against playing the game in Philadelphia. However, up un til late yesterday afternoon offi cials had not been notified that un agreement between the high school officials had been reached, or that the game would not be played here. 5 CAMPUS GROUPS PASS COMBINATION OF 2 HANDBOOKS Y. W. C. A., W. A. A. Last Bodies To Vote Favorably on New Publication STAFFS WILL ORGANIZE AFTER EASTER VACATION Tentative Plans,Make P. S. C. A., W. S. G. A. Responsible for Final Appointments Climaxing ' three attempts in as many years to combine the men’s and women’s handbook staffs, the current efTort became successful at meetings Monday and Tuesday nights when the Y. W. C. A. and the W. A. A. voted to approve the merger. •Sanction of five campus groups was required for the combination in the resolution as drawn up by the stu dent handbook committee. Members of the W. S. G. A. and Panhellenic Council, acting on Tuesday, March 21, were the first of the bodies to voice approval, while P. ,S. C. A. cab inet members voted affirmatively two days later. Will Draw Up Plans Beginning immediately after the Easter vacation, plans for the pub lication of next year’s handbook un der the supervision of the joint staff will be drawn up. The amount and nature of material to be contributed by the respective staffs will be de cided upon at that time. In accordance with the resolution of the handbook committee, approval of men’s appointments will rest with the P*.. S. C. A. Women’s appoint ments will be subject to the approval of the W. S. G. A., which acts as rep resentative of the two other women’s groups. • ’ To Name’“3 Women - : ■ Members of the latter group will appoint three junior class women, se lected from candidates named by the other women's groups, to positions of associate editor during the process of organization. The editor of the women’s staff will be appointed at a| later' date. I Under the terms of the handbook committee’s resolution, the position of editor-in-chief must be filled by a male student. The present editor of the publication will appoint his successor subject to the approval of the P. S. ] C. A. I Other men’s senior editorial ap pointments will be made by the pres ent senior staff and will be approved similarly. The same system will be used in selecting members for • the senior business staff of the publica tion. EXHIBIT TO CLOSE TOMORROW Only two days remain in which to view the exhibit of lineoloum cuts and pencil sketches by Dr. Frank J. Mc- Clure, of the institute of animal nu trition,' according to Dr. Lewis F. Pil cher, acting head of the architecture department. The exhibit is located on the third floor of, the Main En gineering building. Two-Thirds of 1933 Class Participated in Activities 424 Seniors List Extra-Curricular Interests On ‘La Vie’ Cards, Survey Shows Nearly two-thirds of the members of the present senior class success fully engaged in some sort of extra curricular activity during their four years in College, a compilation of the 1983 La. Vic activity cards shows. Of the 654 seniors who sent in cards to the yearbook, 424, or about 65 per cent, listed one or more activities in which they had participated. One third, or 230, had no activities listed on their cards. Honorary fraternities and societies have 538 senior members, many of whom belong to move than one group, the card survey reveals. Senior men seem to be the greatest “joiners,” with 471 of them listed on tho rolls of the honoraries as compared to 80 senior women members whom various groups claim. Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary, heads the list with forty-three seniors tendered bids, while Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic group, comes sec ond with thirty-three of the present seniors listed on its roll. Blue Key, junior hat society,‘lists thirty seniors to place third in the number of 1933 members. Thirty-seven honoraries, many of which are not recognized by the Col- Named Mit Manager HARRY H. BALTHASER Ml BOXING, WRESTLING CAPTAINS ELECTED Slusser, Rosenberg Chosen for Posts—Balthaser Named As Ring Manager Thomas A v Slusser ’34 was elected boxing captain and Harold A. Rosen berg ’34 was chosen to lead the wrest ling team next year at meetings of the lattermen of the two sports Tues day afternoon. • Next year’s boxing manager will be Harry 11. Balthaser ’34, who was selected at a meeting in the Athletic association office Tuesday. First as sistant managers chosen were Frank lin J. Bi’utzman '35, John 11. K. Houck ’35, and William B. McKechnie '35, with Robert B. Dambach. '35 as alternate. Gym Manager Named .. ,C. Wade Bryant'.was. elected .man ager of the 1934 gym team at a meet ing held Wednesday. First assistant managers chosen at the same time were Charles C. Pfordt jr. ’35,- Her man L. Ro'senbluth '35, and John P. Schwenk ’35. Eleven wrestlers and Manager Al bert J. Weber were awarded six-inch major letters. Grapplers receiving the major awards were Captain Can cy F. Lorenzo, Hudson H. Roe '33, Captain-elect Rosenberg, Clyde H. Cole '34, Robert E. Ellstrom '34, Pet er W. Fletcher ’34, Clayton B. Cram er ’35, William J. Cramer ’35, E. Guy Dißito ’35, Howard K. Johnston '35, and Louis Krcizman '35. Robert E. Gray ’33, an'd Clarence M. Lawyer jr. *33, associate managers, received minor letters. Six-inch major lotters were award ed Tuesday to nine boxers and Man ager Edwin S. Maimed '33. Varsity ringmen who received letters were {Continued, on page three) ’33 CHEERLEADERS TO MEET Sophomore candidates for the junior cheerleader staff will meet in Room 417, Old Main, at 7:30 o’clock Monday night, according to William H. Hart man '33, head cheerleader. lege as members of the Honor Society Council, havo seniors on their mem bership lists. In addition, this year’s seniors are members of thirty-six other clubs and eight campus so cieties. Track is the most popular with sen ior men, seventeen listing varsity par ticipation on their cards. Football comes next with fifteen, wrestling third with thirteen, baseball fourth with ten, and tennis fifth with eight senior participants. Hockey rates first on the senior wo men’s list, with sixteen having played during their four years here. Ten marked basketball, eight track, seven rifle, and five baseball. Nineteen men and four women have taken part in Thespian productions, according to the cards, while eighteen men and four women have participated in Player’s work. Six men and four women listed debating as their ac tivity. • Eighty-six senior men arc members of publications boards, as compared with sixteen co-eds in publications work. Thirty-seven men were mem bers of Interfraternity Council, and thirty-two of Student Council during their four years here. • i PRICE FIVE CENTS STUDENT COUNCIL APPROVES MERGER OF GOVERNMENTS Amalgamation Plan. To Include Council, Board, Tribunal, Co-ed Honor Court CLASSES WILL VOTE ON ■ PROPOSAL AT ELECTIONS No Change Planned for W'.S.G.A, In Set-up—Wood Stresses I. F. Ball Conduct Merging the men’s and women’s stu dent government associations was unanimously approved at a meeting of Student Council Tuesday night. The proposal will bs drawn up in out line form and submitted to a student vote at class elections, April 25, 26, and 27. A combined Student Council, con taining twenty-ono men and seven women, would be at the head of the new governmental set-up. In addi tion, a women’s honor court, similar to the present W. S. G. A., a com bined Student Board, and a Student Tribunal would serve as subsidiary agencies to tho council. Women Favor Plan • Women student leaders favor tho combination proposal ns it now stands, it was reported at a meeting of the merger committee Tuesday. Under the present outline, the set-up of the W. S. G. A. would remain practically the same as it is now. In addition' to five ex-olTicio mem bers, Student Board would be com posed of two seniors, one of whom would be a man and one a woman, and one junior, all elected by Student Council from its own membership. The ox-officio members would be the three upperclass presidents, the edi tor of the Collegian, and the- presi dent of the women’s honor court. Would Vote by Classes Under the combined government, elections would be held by classes in stead of by schools, with the men and women students in each class voting for each other’s candidates. If tho plan receives the approval of the stu dent body at the coming elections, it will go into effect in the spring of 1934. President John A. Wood ’33 em phasized at tho council meeting Tues day that the conduct at Interfrater nity Ball tonight must be distinctly better than that of last year or the danco will bo removed by the faculty Senato from the social calendar next year. Offenders will be punished by Student Board, he added. SPEAKING CONTEST TO OPEN THURSDAY Date of Eliminations Changed From Saturday—Contestants Must Give 5-Minule Talks Eliminations for the annual speak ing contest for undergraduates will be hcl.l Thursday afternoon, Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the public speaking division, has announced. A meeting of all contestants will be held in Room 405, Old Main, at 8 o’clock Wednesday night. For fifty years this speaking con test was known as the junior orator ical contest, and in 1920 it was chang ed to the sophomore extemporaneous speaking contest. This year it was opened to all students regardless of class. In elimination speeches, the contest ants will select a topic of current or campus interest and will speak for five minutes. Six speakers will be chosen from this group. Those select ed will speak on another subject in the finals in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock next Saturday night. The College will awa..' a prize of fifty ■dollars in gold to the winner of the contest, while a second prize of twenty-five dollars will be given by the Forensic council. The contest is being sponsored by the Forensic coun cil and the public speaking division. BUSSES, RAILROADS REDUCE RATES FOR VACATION TRAVEL Reduced rates for round trip fares on the Greyhound bus lines and Trunk Line association including the Penn sylvania railroads, have been an nounced for the Eastern vacation. The round trip fare will be one and one half times the regular, one-way rate. This reduction in fares applies only to college students, and identification cards will be required for the pur chase of tickets. These cards can be obtained at the Student Union desk in Old Main.
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