. . . ,_.,....._________ z ---- 0 3.1 - 3 ma • ..u. s ).\ \ .. t 11 * l .t COMPLETE CAMPUS' 1 - ,r , ti ---1 , ~,,,4 l'A ; -- • ESTABLISHED ~, • COVERAGE ilittn . # titt. i.,6,-,,,,,, Triiiirgiatt. 1 . 1904 , . Vol. 29 No. 64 SENIORS WILL HOLD ANNUAL CLASS DAY EXERCISES JUNE 5 President Retzel, John A. Wood, Phyllis G. Beidler To Talk At Last Meeting 771 TO GET DIPLOMAS AT GRADUATION SERVICE Formal Acceptance of Annual • Class Memorial Planned By Trustee Head Seven hundred and' seventy-one seniors, who will receive diplomas at Commencement exercises Monday af ternoon, will meet as College students for the last time when the annual Class Day program begins in Schwab auditorium Monday, June 5 at 9 o'clock. President Ralph D.' Hetzel will ad dress the members of 'the outgoing class as his farewell gesture to the group. Phyllis G. Beidler '33, former women's class president, and John A. Wood. '33, ex-president of the senior class, 'will present addresses. Will Receive Class Memorial Col. J. Franklin Shields, president of the Board of Trustees, will receive the class memorial to be presented at the exercises, making an - accep tance speech for the College, accord ing to Alfred W. Hesse jr. '33, chair man of the committee on arrange ments for the Class Day program. Following the dedication of. the memorial, John A. Wood, Spoon Man, of the clasi; will be introduced. Of ficial presentation of the class honors to Robert E. Tschan '33, Barrel Man, and Wayland F. Dunaway '33, Cane Man, will also take place. To Present Class Honors Edwin S: Maimed '33, will present the pipe oration, while S. Louise-Ever itt '33, Mirror Girl, will - make a cor responding _address. _Miss.-Beidler will read the 'dais Poem, and the class historian will, present the history.. Harriet R. Henrie '33, Bow Girt of the class, Angelin Bressler '33,l,Slip per Girl, Helen A. Hoover,i'33, - ,Fan pint, and Elsie W.. Darlingioni.;Glass Donor, are the women ' s selections ;for the honor positions. Each introduced - at the exercises. The annual salutatory address, the class .pieMdents' speeches, reading of the,class history-and poem, .the.pipe oration, and the mirror speech, nreS, entation of class honors; dedication of the class memorial, President Hetzers address, and the valedictorian ad dress will• take place in that order at the exercises. STUDENTS. TO GIVE LITERARY READING '2O Members Will Present American, English Selections Tonight In Little Theatre Featuring selections from both American and English poetry ; prose, and drama, a - program of literary readings will be presented by the members of Prof. H. Koepp-Baker's class in oral interpretation in the Little Theatre, Old Main, at 8 o'clock tonight. The recital will be under the spon sorship of the division of public 'speaking and will serve as a culmin ating experienc4 for the students who have taken the oral interpretation 'course'during the current semester. Twenty students, many of whom have appeared publicly in campus dramatic and musical events, will take part in 'the program. Those to appear in the presentation are: Phyllis G. Seidler '33, Sylvia-R. Brenneman '33, William F. Carn '33, Leslie .E. Kulburg '33, Joseph P. Lach man '33, Hazel F. Neaffer '33, Joseph 3. Rubin '33, Elizabeth M. Sandy '33, Doris M. Acker '34, Edgar F. Benner '34, and Janet S. Cohen '34. The list of participants concludes with Nellie B. Gravatf,'34, Wayne R. Varnum '34, Margaret R. Mclntyre '35, Catherine A. Miller '35, Mary H. Sampson '35, Everard W. Stone '36, ..Frank E. Tcjan '36, John E. Cooper; two-year student,' and Helen L. Ney -hart, special student. METZGER WILL SPEAK HERE Leon D.,.Metzger, Secretary of Rev enue for Pennsylvania, will address classes in public !inane° tomorrow. Students in economics and commerce and finance have been invited to join the seminar at which Secretary Metz ger will speak and discuss questions raised ...by the. subject, "Coordination of State end Federal Revenues and Cuirent Pemtsylvania Tax Problems." .Granted Leave STODDART GRANTED SABBATICAL LEAVE Liberal Arts School Dean Given 6-Months' Vacation Period At Trustee Meeting Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the Liberal Arts School, was granted sab batical leave by the Board of Trus tees at their regular meeting Friday night. Starting June 6, the dean will be absent from the College for a six months vacation period. Dr. Carl W. Hasek, head of the de : partment •of economics and so ciology, will serve as dean in Dean Stoddart's absence. Dr. Stoddart in tends to spend some time in his cabin in the Adirondacks, taking a trip to Alabama before the vacation' leave is Over. Ser'N'ed As. Administrator , , -- , Stattinr'seivicet , •here "in - 1910' as head of the department of agricul turalchemistry,- Dean Stoddart, serv ed until 1920 in that capacity. In 1920, he assumed his present duties as head of the School of Liberal Arts. Following the departure .of Presi dent Thehias for Rutgers hi August, 1525, Dean Stoddart served as one of the five members of an administrative committee appointed to manage the affairs of the College until a new president ,conld be appointed.- -Dean Robert L. Sackett, and Dean Ralph L. Watts were the other faculty mem bers selected for the board. Dr.' Stoddart was graduated from Columbia University in 1900. From 1902 until 1904 he was engaged in the mining business in Colorado, after which he did work in research chem istry at the University of Wisconsin until 1910. In 1909 he received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Wisconsin. DRAWING EXHIBIT TO OPEN Open only this week, a'special ex hibit of original illustrations and paintings for children's books is on display in Alcove K at the College library. The drawings and paintings for the exhibit were loaned to the library by the artists, Berta, Elmer Hader, and Lois Lenski. Warnock Defends Practice of Holding All-College Dances During Past Year • Explanation of the recent outside criticism of Penn State's program of social activities during the past year has been given by Dean of Men Ar thur R. Warnock, who declared that there is a fairly even balance between expenditures for necessities and those for luxuries. "I have .received letters from out siders criticizing the College for con tinuing to hold big dances during this period of economic depression," Dean Warnock stated. "Ono criticism which I can understand, but with which I do not. agree, is that it is presumptions to ask outsiders for con tributions to the Student Loan fund, when students are spending so much on social affairs." The Dean of Men pointed out that the students who attend the big dances are not the students who are benefitted by the Loan fund, and that the stu dents who seek aid from the fund make -up a relatively small group. - He added that the - Loan fund could not. possibly receive any direct benefit from tho discontinuing of social ac tivities. . One of the letters received contained newspaper clippings which reported the .postponement or complete elimin ations of some of the major dances at other colleges, and itwas suggested Committee To Recommend Freshman Custom Changes Rule Prohibiting Smoking on Campus, Revival OF Carrying Matches Suggested . Recommendationi that the rules prohibiting freshmen from smoking on the campus and compelling them to carry matches be revived as customs .for first year men are included in the proposed customs changes, which will be presented to Student Board. this afternoon by the Student Council com mittee appointed to investigate the Student Tribunal, according to Will iam J. Suchors '34, chairman of the committee. The recommendations of the com mittee will be acted on by the Student Board-at the regular weekly meeting this afternoon,'while they will be con sidered by Student Council tomorrow night. ' The only change in dress customs to be proposed is the suggestion that the period from six o'clock Saturday night until eight o'clock, Monday morning and the, period between sem esters be considered as holidays, when dress customs would be. suspended. The rule applying to the carrying of matches would also be suspended dur ing the holiday periods. In connection with the ban on smoking, the committee defined the campus as' being that area bounded by Park avenue, College avenue, North .Atherton street, and East Drive. They also specified that freshmen shall not be permitted to appeir with out coats at any time and that leather jackets be worn only under coats. Although the changes in the dating rules had not been completed, Suchors declared that the committee would specify certain conditions under which dating by freshmen would be per missible. He pointed out that this would prevent any arguments which have-been presented in the past. "These changes in customs have been formulated because of general student- sentiment," Suchors stated. "If they are to be enforced,:the entire student body must cooperate in. re 'porting:all'rololations to the' Tribunal. If the Student Board finds that the customs are not being enforced as they should be,- they will be dropped en tirely," he added. The chairman declared that the Tribunal will,be considered as a jud icial body and not as an enforcement organization. Under the proposed system the Tribunal Will try, cases and will 'mete out justice, and the, mem bers of the campus hat societies will cooperate. in' 'enforcing these punish ments. It is also recommended by the com mittee that a clause be added to the general College customs making" it 6 STUDENTS RELEASED FROM INFIRMARY OVER WEEK-END Six students were discharged from the College infirmary over the week end after having received treatment, whilo one was admitted. John B. Da vis '36 was admitted for appendicitis observation Thursday and was imme diately sent to his home in Williams port where he was operated upon. Leonard P. Duebler '35, who entered tha hospital yesterday on account of pharyngitis, is at present, the only patient. 'Henry D. Brown '36, James C. Pink '36, Roy S. Helm '34; Josephs '35, and Ethel Williams '34 were among those who left the hospital. in .the letter that the seine thing should be done here. Dean I'llarnock, however, declared that the same pur pose was served here by reducing the price of the dances so that the stu dents could afford the cost of the dance. Tn a report froni Neil M. Fleming, treasurer pf the Inter-class Finance committee, it was shown that during 1 the past two years the price of the 'Junior Prom had been reduced from $7 to $4 including tax, while that of Soph Hop and Senior Ball was reduced from $5 to $3 plus tax. The report also showed that a total surplus of more than $3OO was real ] ized on the three class dances this year. Although the attendances at these affairs - was no larger than those of previous years, the decrease in re ceipts was balanced by a careful re duction in expenditures. "The reduction in - the prices of the class dances this year was possible because the orchestras have reduced j their rates," Mr. Fleming declared. 1 "It proves that the (lances can be Imade to pay for themselves if econ omy is practiced in making. out the budget, and I can see no reason why 'they, should be discontinued so long as the classes are not losing money," he concluded. . STATE COLLEGE, PA.,.TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1933 the duty of every Student to report all violations to the Tribunal. The committee also proposed that the pro ceedings be conducted in secret after the manner of a court trial. Members of the committee which conducted a thorough investigation of the systems used during the past few years before considering proposed custom changes' - are Suchors as chairman, John M. Stocker '35,. J. Briggs Pruitt '36, .and Charles M. Norris '35. • R. O. T. C. SUSPENDED FOR REST OF YEAR Orders of Federal Government Recall All CoMmissioned Officers Here R. 0. T. C. training here was sus pended for the balance of the sem ester by a surprise action of the fed eral government, when orders were received by the department of mili tary science.and tactics which recall ed all commissioned officers stationed at this post. , The six captains and three lieuten ants who have been instructors in the basic and advanced courses received orders late last week'to report at the' l forest conservation camps recently established as one of the relief move-I !milts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Only Lieutenant Colonel I Russell V. Venable and four regular' Army sergeants elle stationed here at' the present time: • Action Daixpected Ameng the •officera - who were re called in the unexper,ted action ,were Captain's Raymond T. Cook, Earnest A. Hig gins, Vinton L. James jr., Maurice S. Kerr, and Ernest E. Tabscott. Lieu tenants Frank M. Albrecht, Lewis E. Mielenz, and Lyman 0. Williams were also ordered to other posts. The suspension of military training here will last only for the balance of this semester, in the opinion of Col onel Venable. When College opens next September, it is expected that a fullstaff will be located here again. Officers commissioned in the Re serve branch of the service have been given similar posts in the forest con servation camps. It is understood that applications of student officers here who will be commissioned this spring will be considered for these posts. All seniors who wish to make such applications may do so, Colonel Venable said. ALDERFER TO GIVE SUMMER COURSES .Poritical Science Professor Plans Lectures on Government At Harrisburg Two courses in government will he conducted at Harrisburg by Dr. Har old F. Aldorfer, of the department of political. science, according to Dean Will Grant Chambers, of the School of Education. This is the third year that such a course has been given in .11arrisburg under the direction of the'Penn State Summer Session, Dean Chambers said. The classes have been given there in order to enable State employees to benefit by the courses. Both courses will - carry resident credit, Dean Chambers added.. Classes will start July 3 and continue five days a week for six weeks. Classes will meet from 9 to 12 o'clock each morning. In addition to the lectures to be given by Dr. Alderfer, it is expected that various public officials and de partment heads will address the classes. All the meetings will be held in the State library. $1,500 GERMAN FELLOWSHIP WON BY PHILIP SHELLEI"29 Philip A. Shelley '29, an instructor for the past three years in German at Harvard University, ' has been awarded the Ottendorfer Memorial Fellowship for Germanic Philology. The fellowship carries $1,500, the recipient , being required .to' devote a year to a study of the. Gorman. lan guage and literature, and at least six months of the time must be'spent in Germany, • SUMMER SESSION LECTURES SERIES SPEAKERS NAMED Frederick M. Snyder Will Begin Seasonal Program Here Tuesday, July 6 FIELDS LISTED TO TALK ON CITIZENSHIP SUBJECT Prof. Davis Edwards Scheduled For August 2—Will Recite `Lazarus Laughed' Nine prominent lecturers, authors, critics, recitalists, and journalists will appear • here to speak in the twenty-fourth annual Summer Ses sions lectures series, according to the 1933 general information bulletin. Opening the session with the topic "Hammers of Glass," Frederick M. Snyder, journalist, advertiser, author, and lecturer, will speak Tuesday, July 6. After undertaking social sur veys in eight countries of Europe af ter the Great War, - MT. Snyder was elected a special commissioner of the Press Conference of the World in 1925. He has also held a position of special observer in the press section of the League of Nations at Geneva. Recitalist To Appear Harold Fields, executive director of the National League of American Citizenship, will talk on "The Alien and Our Laws" on Thursday, July 13. Being chairman of the Confer ence on Immigration Policy, he has written several books on the same subject. In addition, he is chairman of the executive board of the Foreign Affairs Forum. Recently he address ed the American Academy of Political and Social Science, choosing the same topic that he will use here. Prominent as a recitalist, Prof. Davis Edwards, head of the depart ment of public speaking of the Div- Inity.Sohool of theAlniversity..k Chi cago, Will recite "Lazarus . Laughed (O'Neill)," before the superinten dents' conference Wedneiday, August 2. Formerly a director of the Chau tauqua. Institute, Mr. Davis gave lec ture recitals in most of the•large cit ies-of the United States. Graduation Speaker Named ' Dr. Paul Blanchard, director of City Affairs committee, a reform group of New York City, will again address Penn State audience on Thursday, July 27, speaking on "Industrial Dem ocracy and the Machine Age." For several years Mr. Blanchard has been associated with the League for In dustrial Democracy as a special lec turer. He has written several books or. racketeering and politics. Sydney W. Landon, traveler, in structor, lecturer, and actor, who has appeared in lecture-recitals for many years, will speak on "Character Stud ies and Speaking Likenesses of Great . Literary Men," during the inter-ses sion period on Tuesday, June 23. While he is the author of several books on make-up, he has appeared at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts of Sci&ice, Rollo Walter Brown, author, critic,'. and novelist, will address the gradu ates at the Summer Session com mencement on Thursday, August 10. For a topic lie has chosen "Shall We Restore Life to the Individuals?" Af ter having investigated methods of teaching in schools and colleges of France, he wrote several French and English texts on the subject. Shaw, Author of 'Devil's Disciple,' Regarded as Prominent Playwright Although George Bernard Shaw's recent visit to the United States let loose a flood of his political views, he is still regarded as one of the fore most of English playwrights. As a dramatic critic more than forty years ago, ha found that the English drama was neither inspiring nor entertaining, and accordingly set out to contribute to it some new ideas. In order to realize his ambition, he clothed his fancies in satire, mockery, and hilarious fun. "The Devil's Dis ciple," to be given by the Penn State Players June 3 and 5, written in 1897, is an example of his efforts. It is ono of three plays for Puritans. In it, Shaw attempts to riddle with ridicule the drama which presents its heroes and heroines doing everything either for love or for the sake of earn ing a great reward in heaven for their I virtuous deeds on earth. He employs I all the tricks of melodrama, such as the rending of the will, the orphan finding a protector, the arrest through mistaken identity, and the heroic sac rifice. However, Shaw reverses the custo mary motives for such actions and Room, Board Rates Reduced by College Board of Trustees Accept Resignation The resignation of Nate J. Cart mell, track coach, was officially ap proved by the Board of Trustees at the regular meeting of the body on Friday night. The action sup ported the Board of Control, which notified Cartmell of his release over a month ago. Closing the incident, which first came to public a t t,e nt i on last Week when Coach Cartmell an nounced his resignation to Pitts burgh newspapermen during the Pittsburgh-Penn State track meet, the Board gave the matter little dis cussion. Cartmell will leave at the expiration of the present contract, which expires July 1. COMMITTEE NAMED FOR A. P. C. S. GROUP To Complete Arrangements for Convention of Students Here Next Fall Committeemen for all arrangements in relation to the next convention of the Association of Pennsylvania Col lege Students, were appointed Friday afternoon by Phil F. Hines '34, execu tive secretary of the association. Bernard J. Duffy '34, Franklin B. Musser '34, and Jerome D. Parker '34, are members of the present junior class who will serve on the committee. John P. Schwenk '35, A. J. McDowell '35, Burton Bowles jr. '35, and Jo seph F. Wagley '35 are sophomore appointees. May Enlarge Membership According to present plans, the sec ond convention .of..the _npwly-formed Association of Pennsylvania College Students - wilt be held here late in Oc tober. The convention group voted Penn State as the site after consider ing location, facilities, and other ad vantages. • John A. Wood '33, president of the association, will return to State Col lege next fall to head the conclave. Plans provide for his contributing any new suggestions in student govern ment and other college activities that lie may obtain while attending Na tional Student Federation of America meetings during the summer. The prices for women s' rooms for the next College year under the new rating will be 8114 for first choice, $lO2 for second choirs, all double rooms, while single rooms will be $l3O. First choice double rooms for men will be $lOB, second choice double rooms will be 899, third choice double rooms will be $9O, while single rooms will he $123, and single rooms with bath will bring $144 for the year. Meals for the entire year at the dining commons in McAllister hall will be $l9B under the new plan for the reduction of fees, while the sum of $36 will be charged for meals at the commons (luring the regular sum- YOUGEL ANNOUNCES DRIVE mer session of the College beginning July 5. AGAINST TRAFFIC VIOLATORS Contacts made between member schools since the adjournment of the March conclave have evidenced the possible addition of Pennsylvania schools not members at present, Hines stated. Twelve schools now are rep resented in the association. A large increase in the number of local traffic violations by students has caused Chief of Police Albert E. Yougel to warn autoists of certain prosecution unless they cooperate with traffic regulations. According to Chief Yougel, a large number of parking and reckless driv ing violations have occurred recently land arrests are certain if they con 'thine. Students and townspeople have !also been warned that stray dogs will tbe seized and disposed of if allowed Ito wander about the streets. turns the wholo affair into high com edy. It was through this manner that ho hoped to bring about the revolution in drama that he desired. Richard Dudgeon, played by Paul K. Hirsch '35, is a Puritan who was brought up in a household where re ligion has been corrupted into cruelty, ' envy, and hatred. Because of this, he turns to the devil whose champion and disciple he becomes. In the autumn of 1777 the British .are trying to in timidate the colonists into submission by hanging a rebel occasionally. Dudgeon is mistaken for the Rev. Anthony Anderson, who is portrayed by Wickliffe W. Crider '36. The British plan to hang the supposed An derson as a public example. Dudgeon will not allow Judith, played by Lillie A. Kell '36, Anderson's wife, to help hint. Judith believes that Dick can not be undergoing this for any reason except love for her. Rev.,Anderson apparently abandons Dudgeon to his fate, whereupon the minister's wife abandons him for Dud geon; 'and Shaw brings the action to a close by making the disciple of the devil a town hero. PRICE FIVE CENTS 15 Percent Change in Prices Approved • By Trustees ACTION TAKEN BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Reduction Made Effective For Forestry School Branch At Mont Alto Reductions of ten to fifteen percent in rates for rooms and meals in cam pus dormitories and commons for the coming year were approved at a regu lar meeting of the Board of Trustees on Friday night. Expenses for all students occupy ing campus dormitories and taking meals in McAllister ball will be revis ed downward by the new measure. While the board rates will be reduced an actual fifteen percent, the reduc tion for rooms varies from ten to fifteen percent as a result of the new ruling. IViII Reclassify Rooms The action was considered expedi ent in view of the current economic conditions of the majority of the stu dents and the coming general revision of budget for the next year, members of the board announced. The board also approved the recom mendation that the rooms in the vari ous dormitories be reclassified before the particular prices arc fixed, and that general revisions will be put into effect by the new ruling. At the Mont Alto branch of the Forestry School, the reduction in the room rent will be fifteen percent, white the percentage in reduction of board will be eight percent due to the smaller number of student's - tit the school. Prices will also be reduced ten percent at the store, kept for the convenience of the studentS, who are several miles from the nearest town. Summer Prices Listed The summer session prices for wo mens' rooms are as follows: $lO for first choice double rooms, $l7 for sec ond choics double rooms, and $22 for single rooms. Men will be charged the same prices for rooms, while third choice rooms for men will bring $l5, and single rooms with bath are priced at $3O. TRUSTEES APPROVE M. I. FELLOWSHIPS Drs. William S. {Palls, D. It. Blunter Appointed To Fill New Posts Created by Action Two row fellowships in the School of Mineral Industries were approved last week by the College Board of Trustees. Dr. William S. Walls and Dr. D. R. Blamer have been named to fill the newly-created posts. Dr. Walls received his Doctor of Philosophy degree at Princeton Um vcrsity shortly after he was graduated from St. Johns College. He was awarded the fellowship supported by leading Pennsylvania oil concern and will do research on the secondary re covery of oil from reservoir rock. Dr. Blamer was first graduated from the University of South Dakota, after which he attended the Univer sity of Michigan where he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree. He re ceived the fellowship endowed by a Pennsylvania natural gas firm and will conduct fundamental research in natural gas problems. The work of both of the recently appointed men will be conducted as part of the regular Mineral Indus tries research projects. Dr. Alfred W. Gauger, director of Mineral Indus tries research and head of the experi ment station, will supervise the work of the recipients at the fellowship..
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