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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,