0 (Enllrgnut | “""l Vol. 29 No. 55 COMMITTEE PLANS ANNUAL EXERCISES FOR MOVE-UP DAY Classmen Will Advance to New Positions at Meeting Next Saturday Afternoon' SENIOR WEEK ACTIVITIES TO OPEN AT SAME TIME Dance Scheduled as Concluding Event of Ceremonies for Graduating Class Move-up Day exercises, when all classes advance to' their positions for the coming-year, will be observed next Saturday afternoon.' Harry,M., Wil son *33 has been named chairman of the committee in charge. Additional members of the com mittee named by John A. Wood, sen? ior class president, are John H. Good, . John C. Munch, and Edward A. Ober huber. This committee will* also have charge of Senior Week, which will begin at the same time. Will Install Officers The customary Move-up Day exer cises will be held in front of Old Main at 4 o’clock next Saturday af ternoon, according to present plans. At that time, the campus hat societies will* tap upperclassmen. Newly-elected class officers will be installed,' and. will make short speeches at that time. Tentative plans also include a short address, by President Ralph D. Hetzel. Senior Week Plans Completed Activities for Senior Week will in clude a class meeting at which time the spoon man, barrel man, and cane man will be chosen. -At-this time, the seniors will- decide the use to which the surplus,funds in the class treasury will be put. One evening of the week'Will be devoted to a senior songfest of Col ,lege songs. .Planting-;pf v th'a-ivy,. a custopi “after” "a lapse of several yearsV'will take place at that time. ' A dance, open to seniors only, will be held,in Recreation hall on Thurs day night of Senior Week. According to the .tentative plans,' this function will bring all- senior activities to a close. DR. LAMB TO TALK AT MEETING HERE Will Discuss ‘Our Energy Supplies' In Chemistry Amphitheatre On Monday Night With “Our Energy Supplies,” as his subject, Dr. Arthur B. Lamb, na tional president of the American Chemical society,' will address an open meeting in the chemistry amphithe atre at- 7:30 o’clock Monday night. Since his graduation from Tufts College, Boston, in 1900, Dr. Lamb has 'had wide experience in the .field of chemistry. At the present time, he is editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, which position he has held since 1917. Following four years of graduate study, at Harvard University, the speaker accepted a position as in structor in electro-chemistry there, where he worked’ for a year, and then transferred to New York University, to direct the -Havcmeyer Chemical Laboratories, and is now Erving Pro fessor of chemistry there. In addition to his membership-in the American Chemical Society, the Harvard professor also holds mem , bership in the American Electro- Chemical society, the Washington Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and in Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chi Sigma, and Delta Upsilon fraternities. . PHI SIGMA lOTA SELECTS COLLEGE FOR CONCLAVE Romance Language Group Delegates Will Convene Here May 12, 13 Phi Sigma lota, honorary romance language fraternity, will hold its'na tional convention hero May 12 and 13. This will be the third time that Pcnn -sylvania Beta, the local chapter, will have acted as host to the national fra ternity. ’ . Two faculty members and-one un dergraduate have been Invited from each of, the twenty chapters.' Most of these chapters are located cast of the Mississippi,*'and range from Maine to Georgia. The committee in charge of the pro gram for the convention is headed by Dr. Francis M. duMont, and includes Prof. Leslie M. Burragc, Prof. Susan A. Porterfield, Miss Louise Marguard*, and Miss Nancy Sankey* 1 College Will Enroll 1400 Freshmen for Next Term Great Loss of Other Students Necessitates Enlarging Incoming Classes in Order To Maintain Usual Quota Ranging from 1,300' to 1,400 stu dents, the largest freshman class ever admitted to Penn State will enroll here next fall in line with present plans of College officials to enlarge the size of the first-year group, Ad rian O. Morse, executive secretary to the President, announced yesterday. “A greater loss of students among the three upper classes is expected this year than in any previous period because of extreme financial strin gency among both parents and stu dents,” Mr. Morse stated. ■ “The size of the freshman class will increase inversely with the size of that part of the student body represented by the STUDENTS TO OPEN PRESS CONFERENCE 300 High School Journalists Will Confer on Problems In Talks Tomorrow Over 300 high school- journalists representing nearly 100 schools from every section of the state will be the guests of’ the College at the annual press conference tomorrow. The con vention is sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi and Alpha Theta Epsilon, men and women’s professional journalism fraternities. Starting at ten o’clock .tomorrow morning,- the high school journalists will hold forums for faculty advisors, student editors, and'business manag ers-, to discuss various problems en countered during the scholastic year. i.hcld • basement of Old Main, wherc-awards for meritorious journalistic work will be presented by Sigma Delta Chi. t Students Will Speak «; In the student conference for edi torial workers, the speakers will in clude students from Allentown, Indi ana, Vandergrift, and Philadelphia. Business managers from Bloo'msbuvg, Red Lion, and Tarcntum high schools will contribute to the round table talk on managerial problems, while faculty advisors'from Lancaster, Pittsburgh, Wilkes-Barre, and Windber will pre sent reports. - Eighteen citations for merit will be presented to student editors, busi ness managers,, and advertising rep resentatives by professional newspa per men who will address the luncheon group. Campus tours are being ar ranged for the delegates by the com mittees of journalism fraternities sponsoring the conference. [Congressman Joseph F. Biddle, publisher of the Huntingdon Daily News, Fred Fuller Shedd, editor of the Philadelphia ’ Evening. Bulletin and former president of the American Society of Nejvspaper Editors, Miss Elizabeth K. Read, also of the Bulle tin staff, Edward E. Crooll, assistant! editor of the-Philadelphia Public Led- j ger and the Evening Ledger, and Miss Rebecca R. Gross of the Lock Haven' Express, will be speakers at the luncheon in Old Main.. GRANT ADDRESSES ALUMNI Prof. Richard W. Grant, head of the department of music, was guest speaker at a Penn State alumni din ner held in Los Angeles, Calif., April 11. Mr. Grant, who is studying the systems of music taught at various institutions there, plans to return to Penn State before commencement ex ercises in June. Open Lectures Today—ln chemistry annex, at 7:30 o’clock, Dr. James B. Sum ner will speak on “Recent Stud ies in the Field of Enzymes.” In Room 107, M'ain Engineer ing, at 3 o’clock this afternoon, Edward F. Herrick will speak bn “Modern Developments in Auto motive Engineering.” Sunday—ln Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock, Dr.. Frederick K. Stamm will speak. Subject un announced. Monday—ln chemistry amphithea tre, at 7:30 o’clock, Dr. Arthur B. Lamb will speak on “Our En ■ orgy Supplies.” - * Tuesday—ln Home Economics aud itorium, at 7 o’clock, Willard P. Lewis, College librarian, will . speak on “John 1 Peter Zenger: . Eafly American Printer.” classes now enrolled,” he add ed. . During the past two years, the Col lege has accommodated approximate ly 5,00 Q students with a freshman class of about 1,275 members, accord ing to Mr. Morse. Next year’s fresh man class will, probably number be tween 1,300 and 1,400 students, he declared. “Parents of students now In Col* lege have, in many instances, reached the end of their financial reserve and must, withdraw their children next year, while students who have so for depended on employment or loons to keep them in school are unable to procure either,” the executive secre tary averred. i Because of the uncertain' means of many students, it is difficult to esti-: mate the exact size of the freshman class which will be admitted next fall, Mr. Morse pointed out. Changes in economic conditions during the sum mer may modify the present esti-i 1 mate, he added. I The increase !n the size- of the: freshman class will lead to increased enrollment among first-year women, Ml*. Mbrse stated. Tentative plans' for an enlargement of women’s dorm itory facilities have been suggested] by various officials, but as yet, no] definite action has been taken in this I respect, he declared. j That the increased freshman class will make it possible to admit many eligible students who were, turned away in previous years. simply be cause the quota of admissions for the year had been filled, wascited'by Mr. Morse as an advantage of the plan to increase the size of the class. No change will be -made in the re- to - the.'. Col degertho executivo-stated,- saddingr‘that thc student’s high school record, along with other obtainable data, will be the only criterion by which.he may qualify for entrance. VARSITY DEBATERS DEFEAT COLUMBIA Negative Team Wins .First Contest Of Trip—Affirmative Group Loses 2 Engagements In the first debate on the annual Eastern trip, Ernest C. Miller ’34 and Angelo N. Berbatis won an audience decision contest 'from the Columbia University orators at New York Mori day night. (Miller and Berbatis opposed the can cellation of intergovernmental war debts, maintaining their record of be ing undefeated thus far. this season. Engagements with City College of New York and Upsala College at East" Orange, N. J. are included on the trip schedule. An affirmative team, composed of Dan Heagney *33 and Morton S. Free man *33, lost two judges decision con -1 tests on their trip last week. Sup porting the cancellation of intergov ernmental war debts, they were de feated by Boston College and Brooklyn City College. Tho debate with Boston College, originally scheduled to -be held here Tuesday night, was cancelled by the officials of the Boston school. 10 STUDENTS TREATED AT COLLEGE INFIRMARY 2 Appendicitis Patients Removed to Other Hospitals for Operation Ten students were admitted to the College infirmary since last Monday. Of this number, four were suffering from tonsilitis, two from colds, two from foot injuries and sprains, while two appendicitis cases were. removed to other hospitals. Howell M. Babbitt '3O, John M. Chemerda '35, Walter A. Hoffman '36, Max S. Moore '34, and Richard A. Munroc '36, were admitted and dis charged before the Easter holiday period. Max Moore, stricken with appendicitis, 'last Tuesday, was re moved to his home in Bradford, where he underwent- an operation. Gordon G. Smith ’34, suffering from acute appendicitis, was admitted Tuesday and later removed to the Centre county hospital-at Bellefontc for an operation, while -Alex Turn bull '34 was discharged Wednesday, after convalescing from an operation in the Lewistown hospital.. Thomas W. Averell ’33, S. Harry Markey '35, and William E. Pisklak '36. had not been discharged at a late hour Wed nesday. ‘ •: STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1933 Cliques Must Report Finances by Monday With only four days remaining before balloting in the annual class elections begins, clique chairmen must submit complete financial re ports of the expenditures of their organization io Robert E. Tschan, chairman of the" elections commit tee, by midnight, Monday.. Balloting will begin at 12:45 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and will continue until s:ls;o’clock Wednes day. Polls will opeirat 9 o'clock in the morning and :jjclose at 5:15 o’clock, while .voting Thursday will be confined to the ’hours between 9 and 12:15; Balloting will take place in the first floor lounge in Old Main. jt- PHILLIPS PROPOSES LA VIE’ PRICE CUT Editor of Senior',Class Annual Recommends Reduction in Charge Next Year A fifty percent reduction in the La Vie assessment tfor seiiiors, to go into effect next year, has.been recommend ed.by. Arthur E. Phillips '33, editor of this year’s senior class publication. The proposal would • provide for equal distribution of: the reduction over the four years ; -by the adoption of a definite scale r .Ph{l!ips explained. Next year the senior,; fee would be cut fifty percent, ; r.the junior fee twenty-five percent," yphile the sopho mores would receive.a-ififteen precent reduction, and the. freshmen a thir teen percent decrease'in assessment-. Will Maintain" Standards In announcing the /proposal, Phil lips declared that it -would be .in keep ing with the general' trend toward re duction of fees.. The.recommendation will be voted on at'a'meeting of the incoming and outgoing boards of the annual following • thej ; staff' elections which .will. b^ei^^imonth._^ . “If the proposal is*adopted;;the're duction will not affect the quality of ■ future publications,” the editor em phasized. “We intend to maintain the same standards in future years as we have in the past,” he stated. Three sections of this year’s La Vie havo already been printed, and the other sections of-the book will be sent to the.publishers this week, Phil lips announced. He expects to have the volume ready for distribution by the middle of next month. UPPERCLASSMEN GIVEN SOLE RIGHT OF WEARING BLAZERS Junior blazers are not to be bought or worn by underclassmen, according to recent action of Student Board. Former plans allowed the purchase and wearing of the blazers by any student of the College. The board approved a plan to permit the junior class to distribute the blazers during the fall of the year in the future. Settling technicalities arising over classification of political groups, the board interpreted “cliques” as mean ing two or more cliques recognized by the College, including newly formed organizations. Sargent , Thomas Disagree On Student Socialist View Capitalist, Liberal Leader Present Different Opinions of College Theories “The .average student socialist will not be a socialist ten years after- his graduation,” Noel Sargent,- secretary and economist of the National Manu facturers Association emphatically de clared in an interview to the Col legian Tuesday night. .. . When informed of Mr. Sargent’s opinion of college socialists, Norman Thomas, internationally famous so cialist, countered with the response, “A tlecade ago I would have affirmed. Mr. Sargent’s statement, but present day student supporters of socialism will stick.” In upholding his contention, Mr. Sargent pointed out that the college student, because of youth's idealism, accepts thc-doctrinc of socialism with its 'promises of perfection’ too readily and with insufficient analysis. He added that, in the majority of cases, the student’s experiences in later life destroy his faith in the doctrine. “Students arc easily led to believe that effort without regard for -ma terial reward is ideal,” the economist stated. After qualifying his criticism with, “the student’s attitude is not only natural but desirable as un aid to learning,” he continued, ; *'“most stu dent socialists' eventually discover MAY 13 NAMED AS DATE OF MOTHERS DAYPROGRAMHERE About 2,000 Parents Expected To Accept Invitations for Weekend Function PLAYERS SHOW TO OPEN VARIED ENTERTAINMENT Dean Ray Will Act as Hostess At Tea for Visitors in Old Main Lounge . The week-end of May 13 was nam ed as the date for the annual Mothers Day program yesterday by Prof. J. Orvis Keller, secretary-treasurer of the Parents Association. Over 3|ooo invitations containing the features of the week-end program have been sent to members of the Parents association, according to Pro fessor Keller, who : stated that pres ent plans for the affair provide ac commodations . for 2,000 guests, the approximate number expected to ac cept the invitations. Players To Give Show Opening the entertainment, the Penn State Players will present a modexm comedy, “Berkeley Square” in Schwab auditorium on Friday night, May 12. On fhe following morning, President Ralph D. Hetzel will de liver the principal - address at the Scholarship Day program in the aud itorium at 10 o'clock. Dean of Women, Charlotte E. Ray, will act as hostess to the parents at a tea in the second floor lounge of Old M&in.* The time for the reception has been tentatively set as 2 o’clock, with the program to continue for two and one-half hours, depending on the hour chosen for the May Day' program scheduled for that afternoon. Gleemcn Will Sing „t- Three home sports-contests will be i additional-features of the Saturday I afternoon program. The varsity base ball team, will take the field against Muhlenburg in a scheduled contest at 2 o’clock. At the same hour the Penn State lacrosse team will begin its game against the University, of Maryland stickmen while the golf team will meet the Centre Hills links men. Musical entertainment will be of fered to the parents Saturday night when the men's glee club under the direction of Prof. Hummel Fishburn of the department of music will- pre*: sent a program of semi-classical and: modern numbers in Schwab auditor? ium at 8:15 o’clock. The varsity quartet will sing sev eral selections as part of the musical program. Other features' include sev eral- combined piano numbers by Miss Marian J. Kerr of the department of music and Rosamond W. Kaines ’34, while William H. Stine ’33 .will .sing two solos. I The week-end program will con clude Sunday morning, May 14, with a Mothers Day sermon by Bishop Ed win H. Hughes sr. of the Methodist Episcopal church at Washington, D. C., featuring the regular 11 o’clock chapel services in Schwab auditorium. that material things are not only' woi'th while but necessary.” Mr.- Sargent averred that the cur rent depression has given an unwar ranted impetus to socialism, among college students, while the work of unscrupulous politicians and petty of fice seekers, who promise more equal distribution of wealth to voters, has indirectly aided the cause of socialism. These aids are temporary and unnat ural, ho declared. In support of his contention that student socialists will permanently ad here to their beliefs, Mr. Thomas named unemployment among college graduates as the outstanding reason why tho interest of college students in tho doctrine will be lasting. Pointing to the intellectual prole tariat in Japan as an example of youthful socialism, the socialist lead-1 er declured that there is much evi dence that a similar organization may soon exist in the United States. “Tho attitude of young people may make, possible the first major change in a social order which will not be ac companied by huge losses of life," | Mr. Thomas said. "Present-day stu-j dent socialists will be the leaders ofi the cause for the first bloodless revu-i lution in history," he concluded. ! 50 Delegates Arrive Here for Convention Heads Convention JOHN A. WOOD ’33 1500 TO COMPETE IN MUSIC CONTEST 29 High Schools Scheduled for All-day Eliminations Held By Forensic League Approximately 1,500 musicians from seven counties of the State will des cend on Penn State’s campus tomor row to compete in the fourth annual High School music' contest in Schwab auditorium, and Little Theatre in Old Main. m Twenty-nine schools will be repre sented in the all-day contest which will include events ranging from vocal and instrumental- solos .to band and orchestra- group competition. Judges for the meet will be selected from the faculty, as well as from senior students in the department of music. Vocalists to Compete Starting at 9 o’clock in the morn ing, vocal soloists and small vocal en sembles will compete in the Little Theatre, while the instrumental soio contest will be staged in the Auditor- j ium at the same time. 'Large chorus! and glee club competition will start I in the Auditorium at 1:30 o’clock in 1 tho afternoon. . I Musicians with small instruments will compete in tlife Little Theatre at 1:30 o’clock, while bands and orches tras from the various districts are scheduled to play in the Auditorium at 3 o’clock. Prof. Hunimel Fishburn, acting head of the department of music, will assume charge of the an nual contest, which is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Forensic League. Blair, Clearfield, Cambria, Hunt ingdon, Snyder, Mifflin, and Centre counties are entered in the events. Winners in the various contests to morrow will be entitled to enter the State finals at Sunbury, April 28 and 29. FURNITURE OFFERED FOR CAMPUS SOCIETIES’ USE Engineering Fraternity Draws Plan To Establish Meeting Room Pending the approval of the Col lege, Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineer ing fraternity, has drawn up plans to donate furniture to the College in order to establish a definite room for the use of all honorary societies on the campus. Should the College accept the Tau Beta -Pi plan, all honorary societies would be permitted to use the room at the discretion of the College au thorities. Furnishings offered to the College include tables, arm chairs, rugs, a bookcase, and two window seuts. Tau Beta Pi, previous to 1920, maintained its own club room off the campus, but with the advent of social fraternities the project was abandon ed and the furnishings stored. TOMORROW NAMED LION SUIT DEADLINE FOR’MOVE-UP DAY Tomorrow will be the last .day on which orders for Lion Suits to be delivered in time for Move-up Day. ceremonies will be taken, although or ders may be placed at any time. -Meas urements for the suit, which is priced at one dollar and a half, are made each afternoon at Stark Brothers and Harper.' Changes this year include the use of a lighter material, a new form of button, patch pockets, and a notched lapel. In addition, the entire ensem ble is tailor made,.instead of being the overall type formerly ured. PRICE FIVE CENTS Wood Will Preside at First Meeting of Group Today COMMITTEES TO STUDY PLAN FOR ORGANIZATION Discussions Will Consider All Phases of Undergraduate Social Activities With a short opening address by President Ralph D. Hctzul, the con: vention of Pennsylvania colleges anti universities will open its two-day ses sion here in the Hugh Beaver Room, Old Main, at 1:30 o’clock this after noon. Approximately fifty delegates are registered as guests of the Col lege. Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania College for Women, Mansfield State Teachers College, Wilson College, and Gettysburg College signified their in tentions of sending delegates last week, while Bloomsburg State Teach ers College, Buckncll University, and Susquehanna, Drexel, ' Philadelphia Normal College, and Dickinson Col lege forwarded acceptances yesterday. Wood Will Preside lender a temporary organization, John A. Wood, senior class president, will preside at the initial meeting of the group, and will appoint commit tees to form a permanent organiza tion and to set up a definite financial structure. At 2:30 o’clock, following the tem porary organization session, Wood, Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock and Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray will lead the first of a series of dis cussion groups on student activities. Student government will be discussed at this meeting. ' To Discuss Honor System At the same time as the student government discussion, another group will be conducted by Mil-ton I. Bal dinger ’33 and Dean Charles W. Stod dart of the School of Liberal Arts. Honor system will be the subject of this group parley. Continuing discussions at -1 o’clock, Walter C. Moser ’33, A. A. head, anti Hugo Bozdck will lead a group meet ing on the subject of athletics, while another on activities fees will be con ducted by Ralph D. Hctzcl jr. ’33, and Neii M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics. Dinner hour is set from 5 o’clock until 7:30 o’clock; after which today’s official program will be concluded with a discussion on publications, with Robert E. Tsehan ’33, and Hugh R. Riley jr. ’32, leading the group. Cur- (Continual ou pay? hco) STAMM WILL SPEAK IN CHAPEL SUNDAY Brooklyn I’aslor to Deliver Sermon In Schwab Auditorium—Noted For Radio Lectures Dr. Frederick IC. Stamm, pastor of tho Congregational Church of Brook lyn, -N. Y., will address the chapel audience in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. His subject has not been announced. The Brooklyn pastor is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, and of the Eastern Theological Seminary, where he studied after receiving his bachelor’s degree at the Lancaster school, lie recently delivered radio sermons over the NBC network from Station WJZ in New York City. In 1030 Dr. Stamm substituted for four Sundays during the Friendly Hour broadcast, replacing Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, and Dr. Daniel A. Polling. He has recently published a book, "Through Experience to Faith,” dealing with personal problems. As a result of a recent appointment as Interchange Minister to England and Scotland, Dr. Stamm will travel in those countries this summer. He will address audiences In many of the lar ger churches of England, as well as in Edinburgh, and other cities of Scot land. ATTEND NATIONAL CONCLAVE Eva M. BlichfeUlt. '34, Ethel H. Fil bert ’34, and Lucy ,7. Erdman ’35, president, secretary, and vice-presi dent, respectively, of W. S. G. A., are attending the National Women’s Stu dent Government association confer ence at Cornel] University this week. The conference, which is held bi-an nually, began Wednesday night ami will eloce tomorrow noon,
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