~T S 0-17 pFlttl | ™° J Vol. 29 No. 56 WOOD ’33 ELECTED ASSOCIATION HEAD AT CONCLAVE HERE Chosen To Lead Newly-Founded * Intercollegiate Group For Coming Year , BODY FAVORS COMBINED STUDENT GOVERNMENTS Organization Supports Campus Political Parties—Takes -No Action on Beer Johir A., Wood '33, student govern ment head, was named president of the newly-formed Pennsylvania As sociation of College Students at the close of the two-day. convention of that'group here Friday and Saturday. Following group discussions held Friday afternoon 'and 1 Saturday morning, group heads presented res olutions arising from'their separate discussions to the plenary session, which took place Friday afternoon. Will Recognize Cliques i Student government discussion re sulted in the formation of a resolu tion suggesting that in schools where men’s and women’s governing’ bodies exist, they should he combined. The group should include ex-officio mem bers, including .college newspaper of ficials and representatives of - major campus organizations. This group also - favored the recog nition of campus political.parties in the election of officers to student gov ernment organizations. Questions of beer control were considered to be subjective to the jurisdiction of sep arate schools, since varied problems were presented in the discussion of student reaction to that beverage. Athletic Policy Outlined Athletics discussions resulted in a resolution that one year of residence, and only three years' of varsity com petition - be allowed -an individual, while .captains. shoujd.-.bc by the icttermchy and •managers, ably seniors,, be selected from three first assistants. " . . Participants in the publications dis cussion proposed the establishing, of a central office, from which important college ncws'itcms could be mailed to each member of the association.. This group further recommended that en tire control of student publications policies be placed in the hands of the student publication staff. - ' „ ' Approve Activity Fees The group considering activities fees resolved that each school- of the association consider the levying of such a fee-to be drawn upon for the support 'of all activities excepting those self-supporting ,in nature. Russell Leech, of Indiana State Teachers College, was named vice president of the association, while Margaret E. Barnard ’34 was elected recording secretary. Phil F. Hines ’34 is the executive secretary of the group, and will-supervise plans for next vyeai-'s convention, to be held here in October'. • ABRIL ‘ENGINEER’ ISSUE TO APPEAR TOMORROW Publication Will Feature Article - on ‘World’s Fair in The Making' Featuring an article, “The 1933 World’s Fair In the Making,” by John K. Walter ’34, the Aprtl. issue of the Penn State Engineer will be released tomorrow, according to'Paul Bicrstcin ’33, editor of the technical publication. Prof. Harold A. Alderfcr of the de partment of political science Has con tributed an. article entitled, .“The En gineer in Government,” while a/de seriptionof the construction and final appearance of the new swimming pool nearing completion here is the subject of an article.by Daniel ,V. McCarthy ’34. Other 'features in* the issue include a. description of. a unique method, of concrete reinforcement by L. H; Clou ser ’25; sanitary engineer with a York construction company, and . a short treatise on, “The Art-of Drawing,” contributed by James B. Helmc,-, as sociate professor of architecture'here. Open Lectures Speaking on “World Conditions,” Charles A. Wells, author and news paper, correspondent, will talk a.t the University Baptist church-at 7 o’clock tonight. ‘ Willard P. Lewis, College librar ian, will speak on ' “John Peter Zcngcr; Early New York Printer,” in the Home Economics auditorium at 7 o’clock tonight. . - Military Training Policies Of College Not Determined To Lecture Tonight WILLARD PI LEWIS LIBRARIAN TO GIVE LECTURE TONIGHT Lewis Will Depict Zenger’s Life. ’. In Fifth Talk on L. A. Series Program “John Peter Zeriger, Early New York Printer” is the topic of the fifth lecture, of the Liberal Arts series to >be presented by Willard P. Lewis, College librarian in the Home Econ omics auditorium at 7 o’clock tonight, night. Mi - . Lewis graduated from Wes leyan University in 1911, and receiv ed his master’s degree the following year. In 1913, he obtained a.buchclor of library science degree at the New York State Library School; Bolds State Office Baylor University,' l University of New. Hampshire, and Wesleyan previous to his coming here in 1931. He is also vice-president of the. Pen nsylvania State Library Association. In addition to.his duties as librar ian, Mr. Lewis has contributed num erous articles to library and educa tional journals, and has lectured sev eral times on technical subjects. Mr. Lewis is' a member of the Bib liographical Society of America, Am erican Library Association, Pennsyl vania Library Association, and Sigma Phi fraternity. His lecture will deal with the life and times of Peter Zeng cv, as a pionqer.of modern printing. ‘FROTH’ TO ISSUE NUMBER THURSDAY Will Feature Full I’age Pictures of Best Dressed Man, Girl in Junior Prom Edition Presenting full page cuts of winners in the Best Dressed Mftn and Froth girl contests as one of its features, the Junior Prom number of Froth will appear • Thursday night, according to Joseph .Lachmap .'33. and Edwin S. Maimed editors. Outstanding among the articles in the issue are “The Return of the •Belch,” “Don’t Burp the. News'to Mother," and “Rhapsody in Brew,” which touch upon the frothy side ef the advent of 3.2.- The cover design is of the ultra-smart modernistic type, printed in four colors. - * • ( The story of “Sadie Gnitzky, Prom Trotter,” and two new features, imag inary interviews with celebrities', are also included in the number, which will be the largest this year. “What I Did for .College,”.a hcavt-to-heart talk with Jack Oakie, will reveal secrets of his past,.while “3.2 Land ing;" by A 1 Noderer, 1930-1931 Froth editor, presents the intimate thoughts of. the President of Washington and Jefferson College. . ' • In addition to work by Noderer, Bob McKean ’3O, arid Benno ’3l, who are also'cx-College comic men, have do nated creations which will grace the issue. - Price of the forty-four page magazine has been set at thirty-five cents, a reduction from that charged last year. , PLANS FOR COURSE DRAFTED Plans for the annual summer man agement course, conducted by the de partment of industrial engineering in conjunction with the department of engineering extension, have been com pleted, according to Prof. Clarence E. Bullingcr, head of the-industrial cn r ginccring department.. The course will be held'from' June 7 to June 15. STATE COLLEGE, PA;i,{TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1933 Possible Abolition by Congress Retards ' Arrangements With the possibility of R. 0. T. C. being entirely abolished by Congress, the future policy of- the College re garding military training is still un determined, . according to Adrian 0. Morse, executive secretary to the President. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lewis B. Douglas, director of the national.budget, have submitted a bill to Congress that withdraws all* Fed eral support to R'. 0. T. C. Should this proposal be enacted by Congress, it is probable that military training would be abolished here, Mr. Morse said. . planned Optional Course’ Action taken by the College Board of Trustees at its meeting in January, 1932, recommended the substitution of optional courses to replace the drill that is now compulsory for all fresh men and sophomores. At that.time, it was expected that the' College would put the new. program into effect dur ing the school year 1933-34. Tentative plans at that time would allow students, to present other ap proved courses as prerequisites for graduation. . The present system of drill and instruction in warfare’would be retained as an alternative, accord ing to the suggestion of the Trustees'. Larger Faculty Needed Still another difficulty has been en countered by College authorities in devising the new plan adopted by the Trustee Board, Mr. Morse said. The uncertainty of the size of the appro priation for the College now pending in the State legislature is further hin dering the outlining of the hew policy. “There are two great difficulties in bringing , about this change,” Mr. Morse said. “Itr will be necessary to j have a larger faculty and more equip ment in the various Schools. o£; the Cbllege7'ifac!tliti<iriafcourses are to-be’ introduced! . “There has 'been a great deal of speculation concerning a possible cut in appropriations from Harrisburg. This will be the determining factor of the whole situation,” he said. “A small reduction will enable' us to work out a limited program, while a more substantial cut might prevent us from offering any change," he said. Deans Survey . Curricula In preparation for the proposed changes,- the Deans of the various schools have studied their curricula with a view to incorporating appro priate courses related to military training. The entire plans have not yet been worked out, however. “This is an especially difficult per-: iod in which to formulate a new pol icy,” Mr. Morse said. * ' W. F. MILLER TO ADDRESS ENGINEER SOCIETY TONIGHT Speaking on • "Railroad Mainten ance” W. ,F. Miller, engineer of the Eastern Pennsylvania grand division of the-Pennsylvania railroad, will ad dress members of the student chapter of the American Society of Civil En gineers in Room 107, Main Engineer ing building at 7:30 o’clock tonight. •The engineer will discuss the new rail designs recently developed by the Pennsylvania c railroad engineering staff and new developments in main tenance of way equipment including the giant brownhoist ballast cleaner. ‘lnevitable That United States Go Off Gold Standard Says Dr. Hasek “It was inevitable that the United States should go off the gold stan dard,” said Dr. Carl W. Hasek, of the . department of economics and so ciology, in commenting on the recent action taken by Congress and Presi dent Roosevelt.. “If we had stayed on the gold stan dard and'had tried to inflate prices by some other method,” he explained, “we would have piled up more credit on the same amount of gotd. Foreign creditors would have become uneasy, and would have .called for outstand ing debts to be paid in gold. As a.re sult, our reserve would soon have been gone.” The purpose of the proposed infla tion, in Dr. Hasek’s opinion, is to en deavor to raise the price level-. At the present time, prices have been very low, while, debts have remained at the same high level of the boom years of 1928 and 1929. The proposed hill will give Presi derit/Roosovclt power to employ van- Nominations for A. A, Head To ,Open Today Candidates foi* the offices of president and secretary of the Ath letic Association-are requested to submit their-names to the A. A. office in Old Main, according to an announcement by:| Walter C. Moser, present A. A. head. According to. the constitution of the Athletic association, voting will be held on Monday in May. Polls will be-:'lbcated in the first floor lounge 'of/Old Main, where voting by schools will take place. BLUE, G&LD MOTIF CHOSEN FOR PROM Fraternities\jWlll Draw Booths At Student jUnion Office Tomorrow Night Decorations at the Junior Prom Fri day will feature solid ceiling done in a blue and, goldj motif with a cen terpiece consisting of a revolving crystal ball- illuminated by spotlights of various colors, according to Herman C. Brandt ’34, prom chairman. J Booth drawings "will be held at the! Student Union.offiefe, Old Main.'at 7j o’clock tomorrow night, Brandt stat-i cd. If the number:of fraternities de-J siring them is not too great, the booths! will be arranged so’that none of thenif will flank he added, i Replace Favors Potted be used as floor decorations, while smilax and uva leaves, in addition to the general color scheme, will be' used to enhance the appearance .ofxthe .booths. Refresh-, ments will be served at a central dis-| tribution bootin'. v( - In order to maintain the admission price of four including tax, favors will not be lhcliided. Formal programs bound leather will replace the favor, the prom chairman stated. All students who,.desire to enter xheir,work in contest which* v was’announcM-recentlyi-should submit posters-to Herbert P. Jones '34 at the Sigma. Alpha Epsilon fra ternity by tomorrow noon. ’35 CHEERLEADERS TO HOLD, MEETING Hartman Will instruct Candidates in Routine Work—Weekly Tryouts Planned for Aspirants Additional sophomore candidates for the 1935 song and cheerleading squad will- appear at first floor lounge of Old Main, tomorrow night at 7:15 o’clock, William E. Hartman ’33, head cheerleader announced yesterday." Instructing the cheerleading aspir ants in the-routine of song and cheer work will be featured at the meeting, he said. Continuing each week,‘the senior cheerleader will conduct meet ings until the elections to the junior staff which will take place during the latter part of May... Previous to last year the cheerlead ers were awarded no recognition, but with the adoption of a new code, vot ed upon by students, the three junior associatc leaders will be entitled to class numerals after a yeaf of ser vice. The 193-1 head cheerleader, selected from the present associate, staff com posed of John, T. Davies, James C. Hamilton, arid Warren S. Harper will be chosen next week. ous methods that he may consider advisable to -remedy the. present fin ancial situation. Before we form any opinion regarding this action, we must wait and see exactly what pow ers President Roosevelt desires, Dr.! -Hasek said. | “There is too much concentration! of incomes in this country,” Dr. Ha-! sek' stated. “For this reason, the la-1 boring class does not have purchas-l ing power enough to, consume the! amount of material that industry is! producing. Until we can.create morel purchasing power for laborers, we 1 will, not 'witness the return of pros-' perity.” ! “A degree of inflation might be of; some benefit, as more men would re-: turn to the ranks of the employed,”! he pointed. out. "Although - prices | would 'rise faster .than wages, the! total umount of earning power .would! bo Increased. However, I can’t bo-'j come too enthusiastic: about almost ] any plan of inflation,” the economics! professor concluded. | McFarlane Opposes Ryan in ’34 Presidential Race as Polls Open At 12:45 O’ClOck This Afternoon ... ■ Compete for Senior Class Presidency JOHN T. RYAN ’3l 7 Presidential Candidates Support Varied Platforms Nominees Disagree Concerning Men’s, Women ’s’ Government Combination ! Varied election’s eve opinions on j current campus problems, and fore casts for future developments were i expressed by - seven contestants for class presidencies ' in stating their platforms Sunday. Viewpoints on the desirability of the proposed mer ger of Men’s and Women’s Student , Governments showed the most marked . ...... Norris B.' McFarlane ’34 ! Norris B. McFarlane, Locust Lane I candidate for the 1934 presidency sub-. ; mitted his platform as follows: | 1. “The proposed merger of Men’s f and Women’s Student Government is !an excellent idea. However, further ! investigation of the relative rights of j the two groups under the system is I needed- before the plan should be* put I into effect.” 2. “Efforts should be made to con tinue the development of- the non-fra ternity unit system in intramural athletics.” 3. “Added stimulus shouid be giv en to the new Pennsylvania Associa tion of. College Students to insure its continuance and further development.” .4. “Price for next year’s Senior VARSITY DEBATERS CONCLUDE SEASON Miller, Berbatis Undefeated During Year on Question of War Debt Cancellation Winning two judges’ decision de bates on the annual eastern trip dur ing the past week, Ernest C. Mill-V '34 and Angelo N. Berbatis ’35 main tained their record of being unde feated in this season’s debates on the question of the cancellation of wnr debts! Opposing c-ancelhUion, the orators won victories over Columbia Univer sity and Upsala College, while the debate with College of the City of New York was a non-decision con test. They were defeated by the St. Joseph’s team in a debate on the sub stitution of socialism for capitalism. The trip concluded the season for the men’s debating teams and was the second to be made by Miller and Berbatis. On the western trip, the orators were undefeated in four con tests, one being a non-decision con test. 1 ‘ Although they have lost two debates on the question of the substitution of socialism for capitalism, Miller and Berbatis successfully opposed the can cellation of war debts in eight judges’ decision debates ami were awarded one tie decision. < COLLEGE INFIRMARY ADMITS ONE PATIENT; DISCHARGES 3 Only one patient was admitted to the College'lnfirmary since Wednes day, while three were discharged.] Melvin Smith ’35, was admitted Fri-| day for treatment for tonsilitis. i • Thomas W. Avcrill ’33, and Harry' S. Markey *35 were discharged Sat-1 urday, while' William E. Pisklak *3O left the infirmary Sunday night. norris b. McFarlane *3i [Ball should be reduced within the | means of every member of the 1934 class.” , John T. Ryan '3l John T. Ryan, Campus nominee for •;enior class president stated the fol lowing viewpoints on current prob lems: 1. “The proposed merger is, a step ; forward - in -student government ■>»t -1 Penn. State.- Active steps should be taken to insure its approval by both groups concerned. A’- leaflet should be issued outlining the plan and the. reasons why it shouid be-adopted. All students should receive a copy of this leaflet.” • : 2. “The Pennsylvania Association of College Students movement, unit ing as it does the colleges and univer sities of the State, should be encour aged- and steps taken to insure the cooperation of the larger colleges in the State in time for the next conven tion." 3. “The formation of non-frater nity units for intramural competition should be hastened so that all units can be represented next year. An in tra-unit council would greatly assist in .the formation of these units.” *l. “Senior Ball should be econom ically managed so that every member of the senior class could afford to at tend.” Willard J). Moyer ’35 Willard D. Moyer, Independent can didate in the three-cornered race for the 1935 presidency stated the • fol lowing as his platform: 1. "Wider knowledge of the results of the proposed merger is needed be fore it i§ submitted to student vote.” 2. “Major steps should be taken to even the competition between frater nity -and non-fraternity men in pol itics, and all other extra-curricular activity competition.” 3. "Organization of a non-frater nity council- and non-fraternity pol- (Continued on page four) 15 SCHOOLS WIN FIRST PLACES IN MUSIC MEET Successful Entrants Here Will .Go To Siirihury for Slate Finals Fifteen schools won the right to en ter the State finals of high school musicians contest at Sunbury Friday and Saturday by receiving first places in the 'district contest here last Sat urday.. Dale high school, Cambria county, obtained high' scoring honors with nine firsts. . In the major events scheduled, Clearfield's high school band won first place in the class B division, while Westmont-Upper Yoder, competing in class <B, was declared winner of the orchestral group contests. Yeager | town, in class C, received first place | honors with its orchestra. 1 i Ebensburg was awarded the clas:> j B title in both the mixed and girls’! choruses while Huntingdon claimed! first honors in the hoys’ Chorus com- j petition. Sponsored by the Pennsy!-1 vania Forensic league, the annual af-| fair attracted nearly ‘fifteen, hundred! high school students to the campus, j PRICE FIVE CENTS First Floor Lounge of Old Main Named as Voting Place MATRICULATION CARDS NEEDED FOR BALLOTING Moyer, Platt, Stocker Enter Contest To Gain Junior Executive Post Two weeks of verbal battle on the part of seven political groups will be consummated at polls in the first floor lounge of Old Main today, tomorrow, and Thursday. The annua! avalanche of votes in class and Student Council elections will begin at 12 :-15 o'clock this afternoon. Balloting will close at 5:15 o’clock this afternoon, to open again at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. Closing again at 5:15 o’clock, the polls will be reopened Thursday from 9 o’clock un til 12:15 o’clock when counting of votes will begin. Proxy Vote Prohibited With the lounge roped otr to make two aisles, voters from three schools will pass through the right aisle, and voters from the other three through the left aisle, and ballot boxes will be divided by schools. In order to vote, students must present second semester matriculation cards, which will be checked with dean’s lists of eligibles. The cards will be punched after checking, and names on the lists will be checked off. Voting by proxy of any description is prohibited, and any member of the Electionseommittee may ask for fur ther identification if he deems it nec essary. Electioneering anywhere within\old’;Main-is - 'prohibited,-.- only members of the elections committee and voters being permitted in the lob by or lounge. Political interest centers around the senior class contest between Norris B. McFarlane, basketball captain. Lo cust Lane, and John T. Ryan, basket ball manager, carrying the Campus hopes. Last minute surveys of voters indicates success dependent upon the balloting of non-fraternity students. ’35 Race Three-Sided In the 193 d minor class office race, Donald G. Brubaker, Locust Lane, con tests with Grant A. Colton, Campus, for the position of secretary; while S. Jack Caraher, Locust Lane, and Max well S. Moore, Campus, seek the treasurer’s post. With three parties entered, predic tions as to the result of the 1935 pros- (Continued on page Jour) DR. STAMM SPEAKS AT SUNDAY CJJAPEL SERVICE Discusses Characteristics of Christ In Schwab Auditorium Discussing characteristics of thy personality of Christ, Dr. Frederick K. Stamm, pastor of the Congrega tional Church of Brooklyn, N. Y., ad dressed the chapel audience in Schwab auditorium Sunday morning. “One of the master’s greatest traits was the unselfishness which he always felt and acted. He realized that man cannot live for himself alone,’’ the New York pastor said. “He realized that a man must at all times subli mate his own wishes to those around him, and that a selfishly aggressive attitude is never truly worth while,” he explained. In developing his point that co operation is vitally necessary for the snooth running of the social order, Dr. Stamm pointed out that a man rowing a boat on a river could go in any direction he pleased, hut that if tlic same man were placed in a crew, ho would have to pull with the rest. ‘Collegian’ To Issue Elections Special Complete results of the men’s class and Student Council elections which will be held this afternoon, tomorrow, and Thur>day morning, will be published in a special edi tion of the Coi.lkcia.n Thursday night. Members of the ’elections com mittee will compute the results im mediately after the polls close Thursday afternoon. The edition will he placed on st,rcet sale* early Thursday night.
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