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Vol. 30 No,er" 2-0
INTRAMURAL BOARD'
MAKES PLANS FOR
SWIMMING EVENTS
Gies '34 Announces Tournament
Scheduled for Completidn
Before Christmas
DIRECTOR BEZDEK TERMS
MOVE PROGRESSIVE ONE
Majority of Houses Expresses
Intention of Entering •
Cup Competition
The addition of swimming to the
'intramural sports program was ap
proved by the Intramural Board last
week, and ' arrangements are being
made for the organization of a swim
ming s tournament which can be corn-
Plated before Christmas, according to
Charles R. Gies '34', winter intramural
sports manager. .
A 'poll of , the fraternities revealed
that thirty-three; groups favored
Swimming as an intramural sport, and
although no definite plans have been
announced, most of those houses ex
pressed intentions of entering teams.
The expense of entering' was the
major consideration of most groups.
Tentative Arrangements Made
• According to the plan outlined by
Gies, the companion would be con
ducted by tournament elimination,
with a cup to be awarded to the win
ning team. An effort is being made
to have the tournament count towards
the Bezdek trophy.
With the contests to be held in the
Glennland Pool, the entrance fee will
cover the admission tothe pool' at the
time of: the regularly scheduled meet,
Gies explained. The teams will be
responsible,,for the expense" of swim
ming at any other time fdr practice
purposes, according to the tentative
arrangements, -• •,,' ,
~.Thedist of :Miiiiita•to_be-included-in
thd, competition' has not yet beende
cided' upon, but the teams entered in
the. tournament• will, be notified as
soon as the - arrangements are: ap
proved. Suggestions from the en
trants will receive consideration by
the board,. it was announced.
Bezdek,Cite's Difficulties
•
• In commenting on the action of the
Board; Director Hugo Bezdek, of the
School of Physical Education and
Athletics, who inaugurated the pres
ent system of intramural athletics,
declared. that he thought the move a
progressive one, and that he was
pleased to see that the 'sport was to
be included in the program this year..
He added that there were some dif
ficulties to .be solved..,
"A. similar situation existed when
bowling was placed in the intramural
schedule," Director Beidek pointed
out. "Since some•houses could not af
ford to pay the' charges involved, those
units were automatically barred from
competition." • '
Declaring that the matter was en
tirely up to the Intramural Board, Di
rector Bezdek suggested that every
effort be made to reduce the expenses
to the fraternitieS or units entering
teams. In other respects the plan re
ceived his whole-hearted approval.
SENIOR EDUCATION
WOMEN TO-LEAVE
9 Co-eds Begin Practice Work at
Altoona. 'As Remainder Go
Twenty-nine senior women enrolled ,
in the School of Education of the Col-1
lege left during the week-end for Al- I
toona and Johnstown where they wily'
begin a nine-week period of practice
teaching today. Nine, of the women
will serve at Altoona while the re
mainder will teach at
,Johnstown.
Included in the Altoona group are
H. Grace Baer '34, G. Pearl Bowersox
'34, Esther M. - Chadwick '34, Hortense
L. Gans '34, Nellie B. Graved '34,
Victoria R. Magda '34, M. Josephine
Miller 134, Elizabeth J. Neiderhauser
'34, and Ruth L:Woodall.'34.
Vie Johnstown gr - Oup is comprised
of Doris M. Acker ,'34, Rena C. An-
Selmi '34, Alice D. Bierstein '34,
Louise A. Coppolo '34, Virginia E.
Detwiler "34, Eleanor R. Ebert '34,
Ethel H: Filbert '39, Irma E. Gregory
'34, 'Louise D.. liaselbarth '34, and
Berneice H. Jarck '34. -
Others in the Johnstown group are
Elizabeth. A. Lewis '34, Dorothy I.
Mergenthaler '34,' Harriet P. Murray
'34, Ida DI: • Myers '34, Vandolyn I.
Raffetto '39, Kathryn R. Schleicher
'34, Grace E. Shaffer 124, Anna H.
Shedlock '34; Fern 'A. Shoeinaker '34,,
and Kathleen A. Siegal '34. •
I.F.C. Will Conduct Survey
Of Fraternity Study Rules
Council -Committee Promotes Investigation In
An Attempt To Improve Further
Scholarship Conditions
In an effort to further improve fra
ternity scholarship standards here,
members of the Interfraternity Coun
cil committee on scholarship will begin
immediately on a survey of present
fraternity rules for study periods, in
cluding a survey of work being done
to promote better methods of study,
undertaken with underclassmen on the'
part . of the fraternity groups.
In addition to the work to be done
by members of the committee, repre
sentatives of the School of Education
will collaborate in studying the aver
age rule system in effect at present,
and in working towards the develop
ment of a more . generally effective
system than that now in use in fra
ternities.
Under' the organization plan, each
fraternity will receive a request toire•
port . to the I. F. C. committee on its
present rules..
,When all houses have
reported, the committee members will
undertake to find general characteris
tics of each fraternity's plans for aid
ing scholarship. Bernard H. Rosenz
weig '34, chairman of the scholarship
committee, will supervise the study of
present regulations.
Following plans at present, every
meeting of the Interfraternity Council
committee will be attended by a mem
ber of the staff of the School of Edu
, cation. As regulations affecting un
dergraduate scholarship are studied,'
the faculty men will aid the commit
tee both through suggestions at the
meetings and through research on the
problems which they intend to under
take independently.
As the first step :n the attempt ,to
pull up present all-fraternity grades,
the committee has recommended the
instituting of the new individual card
system for the reporting of eight.and
NON-FRATERNITY
SMOKER. PLANNED
Bischoff To Talk at Meeting
In Old Main Lounge
Thursday Night
With "Non-Fraternity Men and In
tramural Sports" as his topic, Eugene
C. Bischoff, of the School of Physical
Education and Athletics, will address
a smoker for all non-fraternity men to
be held in the first floor lounge of
Old Main at 7 o'clock Thursday night.
The smoker, under the sponsorship
of the Penn State Non-Fraternity as
sociation, will be held in an effort to
get a greater percentage of non-fra
ternity men into competition in intro-,
mural athletics. Bischoff is faculty;
director of the Student Board on in
tramural athletics.
Will Hold Discussion
In addition to the talk by the Phy
sical Education School representative,
entertainment, and a short talk by
leLanlio F. De Angelig '35, president'
of the Non-Fraternity association will
feature the 'meeting, to which all men
not members of social fraternities
here are being invited. De Angelis
will speak on the aims of the associa
tion, shortly outlining the history of
the organization.
Discussion of plans for the organiz
to ' the
ation of teams to represent the var
ious non-fraternity units in intra
mural sports competition, and discus
sion of plans for a general non-fra
ternity men's dance 'will occupy the
meeting following the talks. Intra
mural• Board recently approved the
new 'system of units, as adianced by
the Non-Fraternity association this
fall. '
In addition' to Dc Angelis, three
men hold offices in the association.
William D. Moyer '35, is vice-presi
dent, Ronald C. Denniss '35, secre
tary, and David R. Brost '36, treas
urer. Members of the inter-unit coun
cil groups are yet to be elected by the
various houses.
JOURNALISM BULLETIN SENT
TO OVER 100 lIIGH SCHOOLS
Over 100 high school publications
in Pennsylvania have received .a copy
of a .bulletin of constructive criticism
of these papers issues recently by the
department of journalism under the
direction of Prof. Herbert M. Hof
ford of the department.
The bulletin, which was lirat print-i
ed last year, criticizes' the school
papers from the standpoint of style,
make-up
. and treatment of news star-:
ies and editorials, and 'comments upon.
these which are worthy of note.' I
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1933
thirteen weeks grades to fraternity
freshman and sophomores. Although
the system cannot go into effect this
semester because of the proximity of
the eight weeks period, the Council• of
Administration has the plan under
consideration for possible application
next semester.
In addition to the study of study
hour rules, the I. F. C. committee
plans to conduct work towards several
definite recommendations. concerning
methods of organization of study, as
well as for definite procedure. These
recommendations will also be Worked
out with the cooperation of educe-,
tional psychology department mem
...
bers.
Despite the rise in fraternity aver
ages this past semester, members of
the committee feel that average grades
for fraternity men should more nearly
approximate the all-College average,
and it is with this ideal in mind that
the group is beginning its work this
year, according to Rosenzweig.
BEAUX ARTS BALL
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Costume Dance Committee Will
Use Old Massachusetts
village Setting
Penn State will have the opportun
ity to attend a dance in an old Massa
chusetts village without leaving the
campus the night before Thanksgiv
ing. In keeping with the spirit of the
annual holiday, the Beaux Arts Ball
to be held in the ArMory,'will employ
i'deeoratiorifseheme-following , tha:beit:
Nevr-Eriklind:tiadition.
The dance, which will be the second
annual affair of its kidd, is sponsored
by Scarab, professional architecture
fraternity here. A limited number of
invitations at $2 per couple, will be
available immediately from members
of the fraternity. •
Village Being Built.
All couples attending the dance will
be in costume, with regalia in keeping
with the decoration scheme predom
inating. Four prizes, two for the
couple with the most original costume,
and . two for the couple wearing the
most ludicrous costume, will be award
ed at the dance, according to Samuel
D: Kaufman '34, chairman of the
Scarab dance committee. '
Invitations for the dance will be in
the form of handbills. "The making of
decorations, which are being con
structed .hy members of the frater
nity, has been begun in the Scarab
loft in Main Engineering building.,,
Among the individual units of the vil
lage-now under construction are a tav
ern, from which refreshments will be
served, several flog cabins, and a
graveyard, in which Bill Bottorf and
his orchestra, which will furnish
rhythms for the dancers, Will be
seated.
Last year, when the innovation of
a costume ball here proved very popu
lar, the scene laid for the dance was
along the left bank of the Seine, in
Paris' Latin Quarter. Approximately
300 attended the affair, which was
also held in the Armory. • •
Hasek See.i Russia's Recognition
As . Outcome Of LitvinofPs Visit
Supporting the statement of Dr.
Jacob Tenger, head of, the department
' of political science, that United States
will soon recognize Russia, Dr. Carl
W. Hasek, head of the department of
economics recently said, "In all prob
ability Litvinoff's visit to Washing
ton will conclude with the recognition
of Russia' by the United States.
Dr. - Hasek pointed out that from
1921 until 1931 United States carried
on trade with Russia totaling over
one-half billion dollars, and that since
1931 Russia's buy:* power has- de
creased by millions of dollars. It is
therefore evident that in order to
Stimulate trade we , must recognize
Russia. •
"I do not mean that upon recog
nition Russia will buy as much as
she did five years ago," Dr. Hasek
stated, adding that, "She will, how
ever, gladly sell us raw materials and
buy our manufactured products, es
pecially machinery.",
Russia, as much as any other na
tion, is feeling the pressure of econ
omic stringency at the present time,
'according to Dr. Hasek, who believes
that because Russia is a large coun
try, it will welcome the tendency of
Board Warns Against
Cutting on Week-End
Widespread cutting or classes im
mediately preceding the football•
half-holiday this week-end may lead
to abolishment ,of the half-holiday
next year, according , to a, warring
issued to students , by Student
Board.
"This half-holiday has been
granted by the College in 'Order' that
excessive cutting on Friday prior to
the game might be prevented." it
was explained. • "If , this privilege
is abused, the College may rescind
the piovision next year," the warn
ing concluded.
ALL-COLLEGE PEP
MEETING PLANNED
Student Body To Hold. 'Football
Rally for Squad Before
Game With Penn
Coach Bob Higgins 'and his squad
of Nittany Lions, be accorded a
gigantic rally in Schwab Auditorium
at 7:15 o'clock Thursday Night, be
fore their departure for the final en-'
counter with Penn. according to John
T. Davies '34,, head Cheerleader.
Planned as the largest, send-off 'of
the season, the entire, student body
will engage in rousing cheers, aided
by Davies 'and the associate senior
leaders. Thomas J. Harper '34, presi
dent of the Athletic' Association, will
also take part in' the. meeting, which
will last less than an hour.
To Give Short'Talks
An R. 0. T. C. band may attend the
mass meeting to give a program of
music and to provide. the accompani
ment for the College songs. In addi
tion, new features will be presented
by the eheerleading staff at the rally,
which appears to lie bigger than any
one .heretofore
,
~ptain Tom
Slusser•, and other ihembers.:of the
squad will -give short talks at the
send-off preparatory to their depart
ure for Philadelphia Friday morning.
The Athletic Association urges a capa
city turn-out for the send-off before
the final away-from home encounter.
Fraternities will be requested by
phon•s later in the week to urge up
perclassmen to • attend the rally in
order to stage large and enthusiastic
send-off. Freshmen who fail to attend
the meeting will naturally tic sub
ject to punishment by. action of the
Student Tribunal, according to Harper.
STUDENTS, FACULTY ATTEND
COLLEGE ALUMNI MEETINGS
Dean Edward Steidle, head of the
School of Mineral Industries, address
ed an organization meeting of the Al
toona Alumni Association held in Al
toona last Tuesday night. John A.
Wood '33 presided at the meeting
which Charles A. Myers '34 and John
T. Ryan '34 also attended.
'Edward K. Hibshman, alumni sec
retary of the College, explained the
eighth amendment bond issue before
a meeting of the Lehigh-Northampton
club in Bethlehem Wednesday. One of
the principal speakers at the meeting
was Glenn Killinger, former Penn
State football star and present head
coach at Moravian College. Another
Meeting to further interest in the bond
issue was held at the same time in
Reading. .
the •United States to do things on a
large scale.
Concerning the government of Rus
sia, Dr. Hasek said, "Although it is
still in a developmental and experi
mental state, the government of Rus
sia is one of the strongest and best
organized in existence today."
Commenting on the attitude of the
people of the United States toward
the,Soviet system of rule, the econ
omics department head said, "We
Americans are capitalistic, therefore
it is difficult for us to,agree.with the
Russians' governmental point of view,
but that does mean that they are
wrong in their attitude."
Dr. Hasek stated that one matter
.which influences the questioning atti
tude of the people of the United
States toward Russia is the work of
Russians in the United States who
are engaged in spreading communis
tic propaganda throughout this coun
try.
In concluding he said, "Some meas
ures must be taken to cheek the at
tempts to spread this' Communistic
propaganda...lf this is done, most of
the American - opposition to the recog
nition of Russia will cease to exist:'
Lions Win Over Johns Hopkins
40-6 in Saturday's Grid Tilt
PENN BACKFIELD COACH
PREDICTS LION VICTORY'
Paul Scull, 1928 All-American Fullback, Says
`State Too Strong for Quakers'
Penn State to beat Penn! ,I Ohio State this afternoon if that 20-
That's the way Paul Scull, backfield / to-7 defeat means anything."
coach and former all-American full-i Asked what he considered was the
back, sizes up the game between the cause of the string of defeats that has
Lions and the University of Pennsyl- been the Quakers' lot this season,
vania on Franklin field, Philadelphia,l Scull said, "They just .haven't the
this Saturday. I stuff this year. Two of our regular
"I can't see how Penn can possibly
'guards have been out for four weeks
: .
, because of injuries and that can make
win," Scull said, following the Johns!
a lot of diffrence in a team's show-
Hopkins game Saturday. "Penn State , -
mg. But they'll, be back in the line
looks too strong and too* determined." up ot th e ' Stat e' a .
f • th 'Stat ' g me "
"It's going to be a close battle I "Don't underestimate Johns Hop
though," he continued. "It won't be kins," he said. "Penn State just never
ady set-up either way, but it looks to gave them a chance to get started.
me as if 'State' is going to win." I They look good all-around; both their
"You've got to take into considers- and passing attack clicked—
tion the relative positions of the two , and that means power: .
teams psychologically," the Quaker! Scull, who' is now backfield coach
coach explained. "Penn State will be with his alma mater, was scouting the
,winding up their season on Franklin Lions for the Red and Blue and left
field—fresh from an easy victory the' immediately after the game. He was
week before; Penn has still a season' captain of the Quakers in 1928 and
to complete and they probably took a was selected as alt-American fullback
pretty hard physical beating from that year.
BLUE BAND INVITED
TO SWITZERLAND
Musical Organization Receives
Bid to Competition at
• Geneva in 'August
• •An invitation to the International
Music-Competition.to be held in Gen
tevai-Switzerland.cluring-ktigust;6l93.l;
has .just- been received by the' Blue
Band, according to Major Wilfred 0.
Thompson, director of 'the band.
Although a portion of the expenses
of the trip would be paid by the com
mittee in charge of the competition,
Kajor Thompson estimates that the
cost of the trip would be approxi
mately $3OO apiece for each of the
forty members of the band and does
not contemplate making. the trip.
Will Attract . Important Bands
The first International Music-Com
petition was held in Geneva twenty
five years ago and the second one to
be held next August will attract
important binds from all parts of the
world.
Major Thompson met. M. Joseph
Poncet, general secretary of the af
fair, at the Louisiana Purchase Ex
position in 1903. Major Thompson
was there on duty for fiva months
with• the 24th U. S. Army Infantry
Band.
M. Poncet, who is one of..the most
prominent band musicians in Europe,
attended the Exposition as a member
of the Royal Bnnd of Belgium and
the two men became doge friends and
have remained so.
FRESHMEN CO-EDS NAME
NOMINEES FOR OFFICES
Evans, Oberlin, Zeigler Nominated
As Presidential Candidates
Ruth Evans, Elizabeth Oberlin, and
Genevra C. Zeigler will be t!ihe nom
inees for the presidency of the fresh
man women at the elections to be
held in Room 405, Old Main, at 6:30
o'clock this evening. Each nominee
has served for one week as trial presi
dent, just as each of the other nom
inees has served a trial term in her
office.
Mary F. Pomeroy, Jean S. Schantz,
and Winifred M. Williams will run
for the vice-presidency, while the po
sition of secretary; will be filled by
either Marian Barbey, Bertha M. Co
hen, or Virginia Weaver.
Nominees for' class treasurer arc
Mary Camerer, Evelyn G. Graybill,
.and Jean Kriebel, while Gelsie Ferd
inand, Josephine Hobart, and Gret
chen Stewart will run for social chair.
man.
TRACTOR REPORT RELEASED
Prof. Ralph U." Blasingame, head
of the agricultural engineerng de
partment, recently released a„,:mper
summarizing the results of 'tractor
production experiments carried on at
the College experiment station. These
ekperments, . which have covered a
period of several years, deal particu
larly with the raising of corn and
potatoes.
HANSON TO SPEAK
AT P. S. C. A. FORUM
Columbia Graduate To Discuss
Recognition of Russia in
Opening Meeting
Speaking on "What Recognition of
Russia Will Mean to - .the United
, University graduate student , in :for
eign affairs, will :addresS:the, first of
a series of open forum meetings spon
sored by the Penn State Christian' as
sociation in the Home Economics. au
ditorium at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday
night.
In dealing with his subject, the
'speaker will turn particularly to the
significance of the present visit of the
Russian representative, Litvinoff, to
the Capitol. Well qualified to speak
on the subject because of the trip
through the industrial region of the
U. S. S. R. last year, Hanson will out
line points affecting the possible
recognition of the Soviet republic. -
Made 4,000-Mile Tour
A graduate of Washington and
Lee University, where he received the
degree of badhelor of arts, Hanson
next went to Yale University, where
he took his degree of master of arts,
and then transferred to Columbia,
where he has been a graduate scholar
until this summer.
In an effort to determine the real
effect of the NRA upon the industrial
development and expansion in the
United States, Hanson last 'slimmer
conducted a 4,000-mile tour through
the industrial section of the east. He
was accompanied by twelve prominent
newspapermen, ministers, social work
ers, and professors from the eastern
section of the country. '
In addition to his recent travels in
the U. S. S. R. as well as in the United
State's industrial secticlis, Hanson
has studied industrial• reforms, their
effect on labor conditions, and gov
ernment organizatiOn for labor re
forms for several years' as part of
his graduate work. Following his lec
ture, students and townspeople at
tending the meeting will be given an
opportunity to ask questions'on any
phase of the question.
MORSE, MURPHY SPEAK
TO POULTRYMEN TODAY
Make Principal Speeches at Beginning
Class of Annual Short Course
Adrian 0. Morse, executive secre-
Airy of the College, and Robert R.
Murphy, of the poultry husbandry de
partment, addressed the opening of
the thirteenth annual poultry-short
course, here this afternoon.
Following the welcoming speeches,
they spent the remainder of the after-
noon inspecting the' College poultry! "It is not possible for one to mgard
plant. There the 'poultrymen sow everyone else as his brother," the
breeding flocks of the standard, popu-:speaker reminded his audience, "but,
lar varieties of chickens and turkeys, at lmst, it is possible and highly de
and the incubation and brooding house:sirable for everyone to become suffi
equipment. ciently social minded that the in
.. . . .
During the next three days the'justiees practiced in labor today will
fifty visiting poultrymen will be givan ; become intolerable. Cooperation and
lectures on all of the poultry prate-, not selfish competition is the law of
tices from incubation to marketing by 'progress'," Dr. Oxnain Concluded.
members of the faculty and outside "and, likewise, love, and not force, is
experts in the poultry field. the social bond."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Nittanymen Gain Early
Advantage To Lead
33-0 at Half
RESERVES SET VISITORS
7-6 IN LATTER PERIODS
Boring Features on Field-Long
Run for Touchdown in
Second Quarter
Penn State's Nittany Lion
eleven defeated John Hopkins
University in the opening of ath
letic relations between the two
,institutions by a 40-to-6 score
on New Beaver field Saturday
afternoon, but the victory was
only incidental to the progress
that it marked.
Most important was a definite
indication that football here is on
the rebound, since the' game
marked the third victory of a
season which still has another
Potential Lion victory on its
regular schedule. Not since 1930,
when the last hang-over scholarship
athlete, was graduated, has a Lion
grid team held a .500 average this
late in the schedule.
Visitors Score in Third
Rolling up two touchdowns before
Johns Hopkins could run one play,
the Lions were off to an early lend
that continued to pile up higher and
higher as the game progressed. By
.half-time..the....score -had -mounted—to
33=to-0 in favor of tlie Blue and
White.
Behind such an overwhelming lead,
eleven Penn State reserves outscored
the Bluejays, 7-to-6, in the second
half. The visitors made their only
touchdown of the afternoon in the
third quarter, but the Lions came back
with seven points in the final period to
make the score 40-to-6.
',By far the most spectacular.feat of
the game was a one-hundred-yard re
turn of a Bluejay punt for a touch
down by Jim Boring, Lion halfback
near the middle of the second quar
tet.. Johns Hopkins had worked• the
ball to the Lions' 31-yard line and
were forced to kick when an impreg
nable Nittany line stopped the drive.
The punt bounced in front of
.the
(Continued on page three)
OXNAM ADDRESSES
CHAPEL SERVICES
DePauw President Discusses ideals
Needed in Changing World
13y Students Non
Describing the world today as be•
ing in a constant state of, flux, Dr.
G. Bromley Oxnam, president of De-
Pauw University, was the speaker in
chapel Sunday morning. Choosing
as his subject, "The Student and
Social Idealism," Dr. Oxnam reviewed
six'principles which, he stated, "must
be the basis of living if a better world
is ever to come."
Dr. Oxnam blamed "devotion to
things of this world" as one Of the
that "men, not things, should be the
goal of social living." Stressing the
faults of the present age and stated
solidarity of the human family as an
other great need, he admonished the
audience to "have a granter interest in
our fellowmen that we may have
greater depth as well as doing a vast
amount of good."
I "Educated men and women shank!
ibe expected to forget their own self
' ish interests and think of the broader
principles for which they are work
ing," the speaker declared in describ
ing the noul of supremacy for the
common good. "With this principle,"
he continued, "goes the necessity of
equal rights for all—in government,
in industry; and, most important of
all. in education.