COMPLETE CAMP
COVERAGE
Vol. 30 No. 27
TRUSTEES TO ACT
ON RESUMPTION OF
ARTISTS' COURSES
l'resident Hetzel Expected To
Recommend Favorable
Action Friday
$2,000 ESTIMATED AS
NEEDED AI'PROI'RIATION
$l,OOO Available for Program
As Result of Donation
By Class of 1933
Contingent upon an examination of
the budget, President Ralph D. Hetzel
will recommend to the executive com
mittee of the Board of Trustees at
their meeting here Friday night that
the College resume active subsidiza
tion of an Artists' Course, following
a two-year lapse.
Director Richard W. Grant, of the
department of music, has worked out
an estimate of the possible costs and
revenues of the project, together with
reserves available. It is understood
that College administrative authorit-;
ies are favorable to the plan.
$2,000 Appropriation Necessary
In recommending to President Het
zel the needs for a resumption of the
Artists' Course, Director Grant point
ed outthat $l,OOO is available for this
purpose from funds left by the senior
class of 1933. Also available is a
guarantee of five hundred dollars
from the Forensic Council.
Director Grant ha's estimated that
the total cost of such a project would
be $5,500, including incidental ex
penditures. Considering the reserves
available and an estimated revenue
from the sale of season tickets and
box office receipts of $2,500, the sub
sidy would have to reach between
$2,000 and $3,000, without considering
the donation available from the funds
of the senior class of last year.
Students To Aid Selections
If the plan is approved, Director
Grant will endeavor to secure five out
standing features, a symphonic or
chestra, a vocalist, an instrumentalist,
a dramatic production, and a speaker
of international prominence. Enter
tainers from those classifications will
be selected, if possible. from such out
standing attractions as the Cleveland
Symphony Orchestra, Richard Crooks,
Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles'
Thomas, Rosa Ponselle, Zimbalist,
Little Theatre Guild, Will Rogers, or
William Beebe.
Should the trustees favor an ap
propriation sufficient to !nuke the
project feasible, the Com,EniaN will
conduct a survey of student opinion
during the first week in January.
LIST OF ACTIVITIES
PLANNED BY UNION
Will Scud Mimeographed Directory
To Offices, Organizations
Haying Use For It
A complete list of all College ac
tivity groups and their officers is be
ing compiled at the present time by
the Student Union, which hopes to
have it ready for distribution about
January 1.
This mimeographed list will be sent
to the various offices and organiza
tions which have a definite use for it.
It will list the names of the menibers
of the Student Council, the Student
Board, the captains, managers, and
first assistants in all of the thirteen
sports, the editor's and business man
agers of the eight. main publications
on the campus, the presidents and ad
visors of the sixty-six men's and wo
men's social fraternities, and the
presidents and secretaries of the forty
Creek letter honorary and professional
societies.
Also included in the forthcoming
Student Union list will be the names
of the presidents and secretaries of
the seventy-five campus clubs, the hat
societies, the various class officers,
the presidents of the ten actual and
four poential non-fraternity units, the
nine College dance orchestras, many
unclassified student organizations, and
a list - of four faculty committees hav
ing direct contact with student activi
ties. The faculty committees which
will be listed are the Student Welfare
Committee, the Council of Administra
tion, the Committee on Athletics, and
the Committee on Public Occasions.
Commenting on this new list, Stu
dznt Union officials brought but the
fact that a really complete list of ac
tivities in which students may par
ticipate has never really been com-
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Student Government Survey
Results Released by Ryan
33 of 47 Universities Have Combined Systems
While 41 Institutions Elect Officers
By Means of Joint Voting
Planning definite action on the stu
dent government merger as approved
late last year by Student Council and
Student Board, John T. Ryan '3 , 1,
senior class president, last night re
lease
, the results of a general• sur
vey of governing systems in American
universities which revealed that, that
of forty•seven institutions which sub
mitted replies, thirty-three have com
bined governmental systems, while at
forty-one schools, class officers are
elected by combined doting.
The survey was conducted in an
effort to find definite data for cony
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
TO MARK CONCLAVE
President, Gen. Johnson, Norman
Thomas, To Talk Before
Group In Washington
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
General Hugh Johnson, representing
the NRA, Norman Thomas, repre
senting the Socialist point of view,
Earl Browder, representing the Com
munists, and Hamilton Fish, repre
senting Capitalism, are listed among
the speakers for the first "National
Student Conference of Students in
Public Affairs," to be held in Wash
ington December 29 to 31. Students
planning to attend will meet in Room
304, Old Main, at 4:10 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon.
At the meeting here, arrangements.
for rooming, transportation, and pay
ment of the one dollar registration
fee will be made at the meeting, ac
cording to MArdio_De„Angelis. 'B5,
chairman of the local "On to Wash
ington Committee."
Free Rooming for slen
Free rooming accommodations for
thirty Penn State men representatives
have been arranged for the duration
of the conclave by members of the
committee over the weekend. Rosin
ing for the co-eds expected to attend
are being made. At the present time,
approximately thirty students have
signed the preliminary registration
role.
Among the subjects to be discussed
at the round-table meetings at the
convention, which is the first of at
tempt to remove some of the provin
ciality of the American college camp
us, are "Shall we Support a
. Program
of National Self-Sufficiency," The
Student and the Labor Movement."
and "Is Another World War Immin
ent?"
The self-stated purpose of the
leaders of the conference is; "To con
vene a widely representative confer
ence of college and university students
to consider the urgent issues of .our
time in the light of the political inter
ests and responsibilities of the stu
dent classes."
INN CHOSEN FOR
BALL ON JAN. 12
Bill Bottorf To Play for Pan-Hellenic
Dance; Guests Will Include
Dr. Iletzel, Warnock
The Nittany Lion Inn tyill be the
location for Pan Hellenic Ball to be
held from 9 o'clock until 1 o'clock
January 12, it was decided at a meet
ing of Panhellenic council Wednesday.
Bill Bottorf's orchestra will furnish
the music.
Each women's fraternity will be
assessed twenty dollars and may have
one patroness and her escort as
guests. Because of limited dancing
space, alumnae members will not be
admitted except as substitutes for ac
tive fraternity women. A complete
list of all fraternity women and
pledges who are planning to attend
the dance must be given to Margaret
E. Barnard '34, chairman of the ball
committee.
Guests to be invited to the affair
include President and Mrs. Ralph D.
Hetzel, Dean of Women Charlotte E.
Ray, Dean and Mrs, Arthur R. War
nock, and Miss Marie Haidt, director
of physical education for women.
Otherguests will be John 'l'. Ryan 'O4,
president of the senior class, Herman
C. Brandt Interfraternity Coun
cil president, and Charles A: Myers
'3 , 1, president of Student Union.
Women transfer students who were
membei.s of national Pan Hellenic fra
ternities at other institutions will also
STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1933
paring the governing system at the
College with those at other institu
tions and, if possible, to indicate to
some extent the advisability of adopt
ing a combined student government
here, Ryan stated,
Election Systems Surveyed
In endeavoring to get as close a
comparison to local problems as pos
sible, Ryan grouped the responses ac
cording to the percentage of men stu
dents at the co-educational schools
surveyed. Of the three schools which
have student bodies containing ap
proximately eighty percent men, all
are operating under combined govern
mental systems.
Underclassmen interested in stu
dent governmental problems here will
be called together in the near future
to discuss the merger plan and draft
a revised plan fur approval by the
student body voting at large, accord
ing to Ryan.
Other questions in the survey in
cluded an investigation of the means
of electing members to the student
council. Of forty-one responses to
this query, twenty institutions elect
representatives at large, three uni
versities elect student council repre
sentatives both by voting in individual,
schools and by general election, tend
schools have special systems, while
eight institutions elect all represen
tatives by split voting in the separate
schools.
Survey Weakness Cited
In forty-four schools which re
sponded to the question concerning
men and women serving on the same
council, thirty-three replied affirma
tively. In a geographical distribution,
the greater number of combined gov
ernmental systems seemed to prevail
at schools 'located in the middle west
ern and western states.
• .
In commenting on the results of the
survey, Ryan stated that its weakness
lay in the fact that only a few of the
schools which responded had the high
percentage of men students which pre
vails here. Ile added that many of
the schools forwarded copies of their
constitutions which proved useful as
information concerning various stu—
dent government laws and systems.
"The merger plan as proposed last
year," Ryan said, "is yet to be submit
ted to the student body for final apd
proval. Undoubtedly the information'
shown in the survey will have some'
bearing on the probable revision of
the plan before it is submitted for
general approval this year."
BOTANY CONCLAVE
TO BEGIN TUESDAY
100 Persons Expected To Attend
10th Annual Conrerence
On Plant Diseases
The tenth annual Horticulture Week
will be held here tomorrow, Wednes
day, and Thursday under the direction
of the department of horticulture.
About 100 persons are expected to
register in Room 1 Horticulture build
ing tomorrow morning. The theme of
the conference is "Plant Diseases and
Insect Pests and Their Control."
The program this year is a continu
ation of a precedent started four years
ago in that half the sessions will be
devoted to a consideration of the back
ground studies, botany, entomology,
and chemistry; and the other sessions
are to be spent in a study of the ap
plication of .the principles of specific
problems of the horticulturist. To
morrow and Thursday the conference
will be divided into three groups, the
fruit growers, ornamental growers,
and gardeners.
In connection with Horticulture
Week. the Garden Club Federation of
Pennsylvania held its annual meeting
at the College today. Most of the wo
men attending the meeting are ex
pected to stay over to attend the Hor
ticulture Well: meetings.
A tea will be served to the mem
bers of the Garden Club Federation
on Tuesday afternoon by the depart
ment of home economics. A banquet
is to be given to all attending Horti
culture Week in the Sandwich Shop
on Wednesday at 6 o'clock.
BOND . ISSUE COUNT FINISHED
Approved by a margin of 890,666
votes, Amendment Number 8, contain
ing the $25,000,000 bond issue, passed
with the largest majority of all am
endments submitted during the No
vember elections, official tabulation
by the State election bureau completed
last week, shows.
Fletcher Selected
Captain of Soccer;
Nicholson, Manager
John E. Fletcher '35 was elected
captain of the 1934 Nittany Lion
soccer squad by lettermen at a meet
ing Saturday afternoon. William 11.
Nicholson '35 was elected as next
season's manager yhile major let
ters were awarded .by the athletic
commission to fifteen !numbers for
participation in twelve or more
quarters.
The letter "S" was given to three
seniors, Salwyn Edwards, Howard A.
Hansen and Edward' C. Fineel; live
juniors, Franklin M..... Ambler, John.
E. Fletcher, Robert 0. Graham,
Donald H. Masters, and Richard A.
Sigel; and four sophomores, Ray
mond 0. Bell, Josiipli W. Bielicki,
George L. Corbett and Edwin G.
Long. Special awards were given
to L. Benjamin Palmer '36, William
F. Sutliff '36 and Winifred D. Vos
bury '34.
Minor letters were awarded by the
commission to John P. McCune '34
and Richard L. Boring '34 for as
sistant managerships. First assist
ant managers chosen, for next yea•
included Edward J. Behney '36,
Evan Pollitt '36, and'Carl L. Miller
jr. '36.
PLANS COMPLETED
ON CWA PROJECTS
College Authorized To Work on
Remaining Proposals; Permit
Received Over Week-end
Final authorization for the con
struction of the remaining projects re
quested by the College Linder the
Civil Works Administration were
made by officials over the weekend
and work will be started as soon as
working schedules can be arranged, it
was announced today.
With the rctptAinri4PY(!ie(it.'s
proved, those in charge of the work
are busy classifying and arranging
schedules and forming laboring gangs.
It is hoped to have the work on the
storm sewer project along East Drive
start by tomorrow morning at the
latest.
Although every attempt will be
made by College offiCials to give the
work to members of the student body,
unemployed war• veterans and men al
ready living on State and Federal re
lief must be given employment first.
Effort will be made to have a gang
or so of student laborers remain here
for work over the holiday period.
With a total outlay of $51,000, in
cluding the sewer project, other •proj
ects approved included the improve
ment of the site of the arboretum,•the
building of a macadam walk along
North Atherton street from the rail
road to Park avenue, and the exten
sion of Centre Drive from Burrowes
to Atherton streets.
Besides the regrading and draining
work to be done on the drill field, four
other grading operations on the front
campus, two on Burrowes, and one
each on Allen and Atheiton streets
will be undertaken. A service road
will be built to the incinerator. One
project where student help will be
used entirely will be the leveling,
grading, and recindering of the park
ing areas around the campus, oflieials
in charge of the work said.
Is the NRA Constitutional?
This is the second of a series of Hies of being designated emergency
interviews with Pr. Jacob Toupee, legislation as well as being limited
of the department of history owl Ito a duration of one year, the political
political science, on the subject of scientist said. "However, the question
the ARA. la a subsequent Wee- lof constitutionality may assume great
view, Dr. Tango r will indicate triad i er allaOrtallea with the prospect of the
actions will mod: the future if the .continuance and elaboration of the
N/L1 shoat! fail. I recovery program."
Even in this latter situation, Dr.
i Tanger is satisfied that the Supreme
"I believe the NRA to be constitu- i
Court will find ample ground for de
three questions have been answered to i 'Z n . ng
I of the Constitution. He likens
my personal satisfaction. They
are:
this
program to the law authorizing
first, has the national government. ' .
. • - tver.
I lio issuance of "greenbacks" in the
go" beyond its P '" Vn over " nets t 'case of R„ox vs. Lee in 1871, whe„
1 commerce and invaded the sphere of l
states; second, has the President been that move was sustained as a normal
given too " nth discretionary nniv ` i
~.rnt I exercise of Congress. This decision
;was subhstaen iated more than a decade
nt
and third, have individual rights been I
w
'unduly restricted? no emergency existed.
'later
l "The decision of Judge Akerman in
Since the national recovery program I the Federal District Court of Florida
has been inaugurated, Dr. t rangel c ion December 2 to the effect that the
pointed out, many of its friends have 'regulation of a cleaning and dying es
feared for its constitutionality and its I tablishment as provided for in the In
foes have not hesitated to condemn i cklustrial Recovery Act is beyond the
on constiutional grounds. It is the i power of Congress will afford an early
view of many that the• emergency !occasion for an opinion by the Su
character of the situation will be
Preme Court," Dr. 'ranger said.
adequate to sustain the recovery leg - 1 A survey of Previous decision.; of
illation if the question were brought. the court such as the Shreveport case
before the Supreme Court. ' ;in 191.1 and the Wisconsin Rate case
""It is true that the legislation has: --
the important emergency characterte- (Coal jailed on page: tour)
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
WEEK PROGRAMS
TO BEGIN TONIGHT
German Sing. Choral Oratoria
Nativity Play, Traditional
Carol Fest Planned
VISITING ARTISTS TO AID
LOCAL CHORAL SOCIETY
Students. Faculty. Townspeople
Will Take Part in Service
Here Thursday Night
Observance of the annual Christ
mas season will begin tonight in the
Schwab auditorium at 0::10 o'clock
with the annual German Sing, fol
lowed by the Nativity Play tomorrow
night at 8:30 o'clock by the Players
in conjunction with the department of
music. A Choral club will give a se
lection of Handers oratorio "Messiah"
Wednesday night, and Yuletide ob
servances v.lll end with a carol "sing"
in front of Old Main 9 o'clock Thus
day night.
The German program, directed by
Prof. George J. Wuril of the depart
ment of German, will consist of songs,
a reading, and vocal and instrumental
solos. In addition to the usual carols,
Mrs. Eugene Wentzel will sing "0
Schoen° Zeit" by Goetz and a quartet
will render "Abschied" by Mendels
sobn. Mr. Max Krumrine will be at
the organ.
To Sing Handers -Messiah"
Penn State players will give a ver
sion of a Nativity Play in the audi
torium tontorow night at 8:30 o'clock.
The play centers around the birth of
Christ. Opening with the annuncia
tion scene, the play proceeds with
'brief scenes depicting the' journey Of
three kings, their visit at Herod's
court, and their arrival at the loun
ger. All seats will be reserved.
Assisted by four visiting Pitts
burgh artists, the State College
Choral society will present ilandel's
famous oratorio "Messiah" at 8
o'clock Wednesdly night. A group of
MO voices, under the direction of
Prof. Richard W. Grant, head of the
department of music, will sing Part I
of the oratorio, well-known as the
"Christmas Section."
Carol Sing Scheduled
Yuletide activities will be concluded
Thursday night when students, fac
ulty members and townspeople take
part in the traditional carol singing
on Old Main Plaza at U o'clock.
Printed song sheets will. be distri
buted. Director_ Grant will lead the
carol singing which is sponsored
jointly by the Penn State Christian
Association and the department of
music.
As a feature of the carol sing, a
brass quartet composed of two trum
pets and two trombones will offer a
Christmas selection, while notes by
the quartet will be echoed front se,
oral parts of the campus. Trumpet
ers will be Major Wilfred 0. Thomp
son, bandmaster, and Forrest W. Hun
siker '36. Trombonists will be John
It. Burkholder '3l and Emery E. May
College To Consider
Plans for Replacing
Beaver Field Stands
Impending Necessity for Extensive Repairs
To Wooden Bleachers Before Next
Season Prompts Move
College administrative authorities are definitely making overtures with
ds on New Denver field with newable,
a view of replacing the wooden stall ,
steel structures, it became known todi
ment, the grounds and buildings de
heads are cooperating in collecting da
Although the wooden stand:: paet
ities a•e aware that extensive repairs
59 ANSWER FIRST
`COLLEGIAN' CALL
Freshmen :llen. Women Attend
Initial Business. Editorial
Classes Wednesday
Fifty-nine freshmen candidates for
the editorial and business staffs of the
COLLEGIAN were addressed by Ber
nard H. Rosenzweig news editor,
and Frederick L. Taylor I, business
manager, at their first meeting
Candidates Listed
Editorial: John N. Bearer, Lester .
31. Benjamin, Johnson Brenneman,
Richard G, Byrne, George Bondira.
Solomon B. Cherry, Bertha 31. Cohen,
Philip L. Diboll. 31:iy 31. Dummy.
F. Dale Eagleburger, Eugene 31.
Feldman, Dorothy P. Fish.
'Mary R. Geisinger, Elmer Getter,
Richard D. Goldsmith, Kermit Gor
don, Leon W. Gorenstein. William E.
C roffam. W. Rnbcrt `Grubb, Philip S.
Heisler. Lorie N. Hoffman, Frederick
G. Holahan, Julia A. Leopold, 31yer
Lerman.
Richard Lewis, Homer K. Luttrin
ger. Martha 11. Pincus, Imogene C.
Raynolds, Thurston M. Reeves, Marion
A. Ringer. Clyde Al. Rinker, Regina
.1. Ryan. Frederick W. Stabley, 'Joseph
M. Stainer, Nicholas Wassel,
L. Welch. Jonathan W. White, Wini
fred Al. Williams.
Business candidates included: Fauk
net F. Acker, jr., Carl .1. Bernhardt
E. Newcomb Crocker, Thomas R
Dietz, Erwin G. Degling, John P
Doer, Constance' M. Glace. Hilda L
Hanson, Alvin E. Ilentchy, Jean C
Hoover, Irvin A. Levinson.
Robert B. Alorris. Irvin Roth, Ber
nard F. Samuels, Walter L. Schmidt,
Fran I: E. Schwartz, Philip A.
Schwartz, Sylvan Schwartz. Alan L.
Smith, Evan IL Stevens, James T.
Stott.
FRESHMAN TO HOLD
ELECTION MEETING
17 Students To Select 'treasurer
I=WEIIMIEIIIINMI
Wednesday Night
For the purposc of electing a secre
tary•, a treast n •er, and a historian of
their class. freshmen will meet in the
Chemistry Amphitheatre at 7:30
o'clock Wednesday night, according to
Lee M. Sunday ':l7. president of the
freshman class.
Nominations for secretary are Law
retire W. Bedard, Campus; Edward
Schenkmeyer Ir.. Locust Lane; and
Julius J. Julian, Independent. Candi
dates for the treasuncr post are .to•
seph 11 .Neely, Locust Lane; and Bar
mond A. Byrne Ir., Campus.
Nominees for historian are David
W. Wright, Campus; and Carl F.
Maisch, Locust I, A matriculation
card will be necessary in order to vole
and attendance of all freshmen is com
pulsory. The election will be run oft
the same as the presidential election.
Before the voting begins. the nom
inetts will be again introduced to the
freshmen. Other business which will
be considered at the meeting is the
election of a freshman cheerLader,
and a discussion of the dance which
was held Saturday night.
EIEI=III
Speaking on "Programs of Econ
clinic Reform," Dr. Carl W. Ilasek,
head of the department of economics
and sociology, will address an open
meeting of the Social Problem , club
in Room Old Main, at 7 o'clock
Thursday night. A table of literature
covering the subjeet will he available
ESTA BUSHED
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ty. Ofticials of the purchasing depart
partment, and athletic administrative
to on the project
I inspection this year. College author
or ecru complete replacements will In.
necessary lefore . 111 e 1931 football
season. Because of this. definite riai-
mations as to cost, structural type
and size are Lying sifted for study.
Plan Financing rrangemonn
Complete 11(M" stands of the steel
type would cost about $lOO,OOO, it was
learned. Since the plans are entireiy
in a formulative stage, no definite de
cision concerning how far reaching the
replacements would be was known by
officials studying the project.
Problems facing the authorities
which must be overcome before defi
nite action can be taken concern the
adviseability of replacing the wooden
stands completely or installing the
steel seat section by units. Financial
arrangements for the project binge
upon the success of a seven-game foot
ball schedule and the ability of the
Athletic Association or the College to
assume the burden.
Would Seat 20,000 People
In planning for the future, the Col
lege is considering the possible instal
lation of all equipage that makes for
a modern stadium. Present plans call
fora stadium that will seat between
15,000 and MON spectators.
Dressing rooms under the stands
emnpletetwith -all plumbing radli:ies
are also being considered in the plans
A press-box is included with the facil
ities under consideration.
Portable Stands Considered
From the estimations received lo
date. indications are that steel stands
are the !Host favorable, both financi
ally ;mil structurally. Since they are
completely portable. they are favorer!
by College administrative authorities
because of the possibility that all
Penn State athletic games may within
a decade be played where the soccer
field and golf course is now located.
The present wooden stands on New
Beaver field were built shortly after
the Worbl War. with a view of ce
placing them in ten years. They have
been in service almost fourteen years.
PITA MI C WILL TALK
ON EUROPEAN LIFE
Ileizel Will Introduce Yugoslavia's
Itepre,entative in Auditorium
Tonight at S O'Clack
Speaking on some phase of central
European life and customs. Dr. Leon
idas Pitzunic. Yugoslavia's represen
tative to the United States, trill speak
at an open lecture in the Schwab audi
torium at S o'clock tonight.
1)r. Pitamie is expected to arrive
here late this afternoon directly from
Washington. I). E. Following a tour
of the campus, the diplomat will be
the guest at a dinner given by Tau
Sigma Phi, local Slavonic fraternity.
President Ralph D. Iletzel will pre
side at the lecture and will intriiduve
the Yugoslavie minister. L u mediatel;•
after the lecture a short reception
will he held. Because of pressing .
business engagements, Dr. Pitfunic
has notified Dr. 'lase): that his visit
here will of necessity lie short.
Students, townspeople, :10t1 faculty
members are invited to attend the lec
ture. which is sponsored by the de
p:u•ttnent of economic, and sociology.
Those wishing to question the speaker
will have an opportunity to ,10 so at
the reception folloWing the lecture.
NATIONAL CONVENTION II ERR
Members of Beta Sigma Rho, na
tion .Jewish social fraternity, :tre plan
ning to hold NOW celebration
1111t1 their national Ci111V,0.11.i1,11 in a
three-day jamboree at the College.
The convention opens December 2hl
and cln,ec with the New Vear's dance
The local chapter is making :Ir
rangements to care far Inn to 1:i
delegates and nearly as many guests.
according to present plans. Delegal.,
'meted from all chapters of the