ESTAILLISII6 1904 r, FNMA'', ' , 2 7.7 1:: , : i run.::41h,?,,,,.„,,, , „. COMPLETE CAMPVG . ' , . 1) COVERAGE . - . . . " - . . Vol. 30 No. 37 COUNCIL PETITIONS GOVERNMENT FOR $400,000 ARMORY War Department Contemplates Construction of Building As Permanent Gift MAY BUILD STRUUTURE .ON BASEBALL DIAMOND Comthittee in 'Charge Includes Captains. Cook, .Tabicott, Lieutenant Mielenz If ' a resolution , passed by the bor-, ough council.last•Monday, is favorably acted upon by . the Federal govern ment; a new s4oo;ooo'arrnory'mny be erected on.,the. Penn, State ,campus. The resolution was given the, - council by Prof. .William R. —Young, of the department of 'engineering extension; who is a member• of the borough planning commission. • • . The action was taken when it be came known here. that the Federal government is ' contemPlating the. con . - strOction of new. armories. at land grant colleges where , theTresent-mili tary . facilities 'are considered inade quate. Unlike the CWA arid PWA projeCts, the new. armory would 'be an out-right . gift •to 'the College rather thin a long-time loan: • Committee Completes Plans • • Recommendations and Plans'for :the new building . ' werd:warked .out by' a conimittee consisting of Captain Ray mUnd P. •• Cook, *Captain' .Einest E. Tabscott, and* Lt. Lloyd E. Mielenz, all:, Of the department ..of military science and - tactics. • ' : • .. The new armory .will be built anon the, present baseball diamond,. if the prOnOsitiew is •aPproVed,:accordini to then architects' • plans 'for Fenn-' State of ~ the future, quorge , ,W. Ebert: sup dnintendent_Of . grounds;and. buildings, told - U.. Coia ! Ecrm:i' represintative Yea , terday: • Mi r •:.Eber does c not ARO*. (Where. the . drill - field would •be loCited: Morse, , Explains Project • : "Strictly, 'a' ',federal ' r projebt,' the College has nothing :to dO With the proposed- construction of the Alm ar-• niory," Adrian . '0: Morse, secretary:to president,- explained.. "pnder ;the War dePartmeiit,• the armory : would have no connection with the funds sought fdr the'. construction of •,the 4horal , Arts 'bilfldhig 'or 'the women's dormitory." • • • Built originally to .acconiodate 'the 190 students enrolled in , the College at that time, .the:present armory is for too small for the, corps Of two thousand underclassmen now using . it, Mr. Morse said!, • In replying to, the question.that the possible abolition of compulsory It. 0. T. C., here 'might make. such a, building useless ,, Mr. Morse thought that there is little likelihood of such an °courant°, considering the troubl ed state of- world affairs and the changing national, outlook. 2 WILL DEBATE ST. FRANCIS , - Aaron N. 11/eckdr '36.and Roy Wil kinson; jr. "37 Will represent Penn State on' the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That the powers of the President should be extended as a 'matter of 'permanent' policy," against .St. Francis College debaters . at Loretto, Wednesday night. Post Office, Stotes College Opened 7' Friday morning when 'you roll out at 7:16•. o'clock, dash off, with perhaps a stop -off for a Package of cigarettes or the , early mail,•at the post office, to your first class, you may never:give a••thought that exact ly seventy-five years ago—Penn State's Year 'One—students at the then• Farmer's High SCIMOI hid - nO such convenient time of it ' . , , Reason one: The post office was situated a mile away. Reason Merchants' shops just didn't, exist: By "abolishing, all"'stores and cape cially groceries 'and confectioneries." and by such curious insularity.: as "We can well afford to have the local post office, a mile away,, if secured from demoializing Shops.at.oUr door, and front langsdape disfigurements,! a proper environment for youth was essayed, two letters' recently ,acquir ed by Dr. Erwirifly.'Runklej'College historian, • And when yoii i see some four thousand-odd felloW students': hurry-' ing to and from c , hisses, you ,perhaps will never realize'that on a similar morning in 1819.6n1y sixtl-nine men made • up the undergradute body. The enrollment for the entire first year Was only 110; and, 'on the first day; the original` .Old ' Main—razed in 1020 tip malte . way,for the present 515. Couples Attend • Senior Ball Friday Five hundred and fifteen couples attended Senior: Ball in Recreation hall .Friday night, according town announcement released this after nOon by, Bernard, J. Duffy '34, chairman of the class social affair. Thirty-seven booths were engag ed:for the dance while - 390 tickets were sold:.at the entrance Friday night. ; A complete profit and losh statement will be released from the ,office of , the College treasurer as soon as .possible; Duffy stated. TSCHAN I WILL GIVE SECOND L A. TALK History' Professor To Deliver Lecture - on Medieval Art Tomorrow Night ' '•Pre-Romanesque art in. Germany will .be discussed .by Dr. Francis J. Tschan; of the department'of hiStory end political science, in the second Liberal 'Arta lecture on' the .subject "The Art Work:of Bern Ward in Hil desheim,": 'in . the Home Economics Auditorium 'at' 7 o'clock tomorrow The..lecture, the third in the Lib eral Arts. series, •will be illustrated in part. , by' Prof. Harold E. Dickson, of t 'department• ' .of architecture. Bernward lived during the early part of the eleVenth' century and was bish op of a city in .northern .13rnward 'Noted for Architecture ••Although a bishop, .Bernward is remembered', for' his artistic and architectural, creations.'ThiS bish on, of, the' early middle age's cast a set - of bronie doors for 'his church, im addition' to his wort: in gold, sit 'ler and enamel: 'The portals , are re garded as being the first to be cast with• the door . and relief all_ in one . . . sixteen .pariels,' scenes „from the, Irew'•Teritarrieni:rare portrayed' in relief o'nthe dociii. The harshness of- the - Romanesque' style was modified :by extensive mural paintings and many noble bronie fur nishings. 'Bernward did • all of this wrirk between the' yeirs 1015 and 1022. Hezmade Hjlde:sheim the. center of fine art. and learning in northern Grkrnany, during this 'period. The EpiaclOpal 'city . extended' its, influence thrMighout -western' , Europc.. - Bern ward vies' one of the most important men'. from whose work Romanesque art-and .architecture developed. • . Dr. Tschan was graduated front Loyola UniVeraity. in 1901 and receiv ed his doctorate front the University of Chicago. After teaching at Yale 'University and the Carnegie Insti tute of Technology, he came here in 1924 as a member of the history de partment. Since that time he, has been instructing in 'the fields of ancient and medieval history. • . JOURNALIST VISITS COLLEGE ' Leland Stowe, Pitris correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune and winner of the Pulitzer - Journalism Award in 1930, visited at the depart ment of English composition here last week. Mr. Stowe is the author of a' book, "Nazi Means War," which will be published in the United States soon. Mile. Away When . Years Ago Friday 'building—was only 'one-third com pleted. There was no such place as Watts; Freer, or Varsity hall, or Sigma Phi Nothing fraternity to , house students then; the over-flow 'Of underiradtiates were occomodated .in, rough board shanties_ hurriedly thrown up by contractors. 'tine , Of 'the 'letters, • written by a student from Columbia who - enrolled 'on FebruarY. 24, 4859, gives a pre- Sent-day student who- thinks' weather of the '.'thirty, below' variety is a hardship something „to wonder about. "At first I did not like it here very well, but -since I haVe made the ac quaintance of the students, I am be ginning - to like it better," the letter reads. "We are required to perform three hours of active, labor every day, at whatever. work they see fit to put us at—Such as loading manure, -cleaning- out stables, chopping wood . loading and ; hauling stones, carrying water, waiting on table . . . sweeping 'ciut••thei.college, emptying the chamber buckets, etc., which goes again some of the fellows grain, but all 'kinds of work is equally honor'. :ed, and so We don't care . • , .The student described his room as having "a. double cottage bed, four (Continncd un puyc knD9 STATE COLLEGE,'PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1934 SIGMA DELTA CHI GRIDIRON BANQUET SET FOR MARCH 12 Professional Fraternity Plans Comedy Entertainment For Second Fete GOV. PINCHOT, BEAMISH • EXPECTED TO ATTEND William M. Stegmeier '34 Named Chairman—Toastmaster' Not Yet Chosen : . Prominent faculty members , and ,undergraduates will• see and hear themselves portrayed as the world secs them at the second annual Grid iron Banquet sponsored' by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fra ternity, which will be held at the Nit tany Lion Inn Monday night, March The banquet, art innovation here last year, is patterned after the famous annual Gridiron Banquet given by the National Press Club at which some of the most prominent men in tho'coun try are roasted for their' actions •of the past year. This sante theme will be followed out in the local banquet through the medium of short skits, and jokes dealing with local person ages. ' Stegmeier Named Chairman Among the more prominent guests who are expected to attend are Got ernor Gifford Pinchot and Richard J. Beamish, Secretary of the Common wealth. Before assuming his present position, Beamish was a well-known political feature writer. Several fam ous alumni have also been invited to the affair. . William M. Stegmeier . '34 has, been awned' general chairman, of the •ban .oatk-thijOnietmitAey;;'wha the serenionieg, will . 15e itnnonile ed dater..• The• script 'for the affair will be prepared by William M. Stegmeier '34, William K. Ulerich '3l, and Wil liam Y.' E.,Rambo '35. Properties will be' prepared by Karl E. Knecht '39, John B. Davis '35, Kenneth C. Hoff man''36, and Fred W. Wright '35. Richard G. Wolf' '34, Karl E. Knecht '34 and Tom J. Nokes jr. '36 have , been named as the committee to handle the business and finance, while George A. Scott '34 and Wil liam Y. E. Rambo '34 will issue the invitations. Advertising and publicity will be prepared by James M. Sheen '34, Gmerge A. Scott '34, • John A. Brutzman '35, and Phillip W. Fair jr. '35.. DUMONT TO READ PLAY WEDNESDAY lioepp•Bnkcr, Simmons, Shibli Will Piesent Remaining Fireside ' ' Session Lectures Four more "Readings by the Fire side" will complete the present series, according to Willard 'P. Lewis, Coll ege librarian. These readings, held in the second floor lounge of Old Main at 4:16 o'clock each Wednesday, are sponsored by. the College library. Dr. Francis M. DuMont, head of the, romance languages department, will read a translation of "Asia" by LeNormand .on Wednesday. The translation' that Dr. DuMont will use was prepared by Winifred .R. Hwy, graduate student in romance inn guages... Herbert Koepp-Baker, instructor in public inedking, will give a lecture, "The Oral Road to the Enjoyment of Literature" on. February 21. He will present a variety of - literary forms to show:how jhe enjoyment of reading may be increased by effective oral rendition, and the application of simple principles of speech. Translations froni 'Herman Suder min and . Jacob Wasserman will bo read by Lucretia V. T. Simmons, 'head of the German department,. on February 48. The concluding num ber, a reading from the works of the, Armenian writer, Kabuli Gibran, will be 'elven by Di. Jabir Shibli of the' mathematics department, on March 7. ROBERT M. FOSTER 'B3 DIES Robert M. Poster 'B3, member of Penn State's first baseball team, died of st . heart' attack at his home on 200 Highland avenue, Thursday. Foster, who was.lB, was prominent in poli tics and was a former Democratic national committeeman, state legisla tor, and Postmaster. • To Lead DeOi f ice Band HOPKINS SELECTED TO PLAY FOR HOP Dusky Serenaders' Will Furnish .Rhythm for Sophomore Dance, 'March 2 Claude Hopkins and his Harlem orchestra, nationally • known for their ,work over WABC on the Harlem Ser -snade program, will provide rhythm when dancers step' -out on the Re creation hall floor March 2, accord ing: to Harrold B. -Lipsius, chairman of the committee' in_ charge of ar rangements. for Soph Hop, announc ed last night.. • , i Hopkins was chosen after an in • tensive survey of •Eastern orchestras, • tiecause, Lipsius pointed out, it is be ' Belied by memberi of the committee that his music . will.best suit the ear as well, as 'the 'temperament of stu dents-present for:-.the occasion. • . KnoWn*,Ceinposer. 'Alikippirk • • as ~band !alder, 'ffiinkins.-.has become: ~vTdcly known as a composer, listing among songs which -he has written and ar ranged "Mississippi River," "Harlem Serenade." Among the college dances which he has played recently are the Prince ton• Junior Prom; ,Cornell• Junior Prom, Lehigh Senior Ball, Dartmouth Freshman- Hop, . and smaller dances at Williams and Boston colleges. This will be his first .appearance as the featured orchestra for a Penn State dance. GRID COACH, HIBSHMAN WILL SPEAK TO ALUMNI 3 Faculty Members, 3 Graduates 411. end Ceramic Convention Head Football Coach Bob Higgins and Edward K. Hibshman, executive secretary of the Alumni Association, will 'explain the College athletic pol icy at a meeting of the Dauphin County Alumni Association in Har risburg next Monday afternoon. This meeting is one of a series being held , in all parts of the state. They are scheduled to speak before the York County association in the evening of the same day, while on the following day, they will talk in Lan caster and West Chester. Other meet ings will be held in Uniontown, Greensburg, and Indiana. They have already addressed groups in Altoona, 'Bradford, Erie, Oil City, and New Castle. The purpose of the meetings is to stir up interest in athletics at ,Penn State by thoroughly acquainting the alumni with the present status of in tercollegiate athletics ' here. Mr. Hibshman also reviews other changes being made at the College. Thermometer. Hits 17 Below; Coldest February Since '99 "Cold enough for you?" • This trite question which starts so many undergraduate conversations. took on real meaning on Friday mor ning when the mercury dropped like ; a stock quotation in. 1929 to reach a new low for the century. When Prof. Clinton 0. Cromer, who has charge of the College weath er, station, had found and donned! enough coats and gloves to venture! out to the official thermometer; he! *found that a low mark of seventeen' degrees below zero -had, been reached during . the night. Only once since the station was! founded in 1886 has a loWer February I temperature been recorded. That was in 1899, when it•reached twenty. de.. green below zero. • ' DANCE 'COMP LIST' ADDITION APPROVED BY STUDENT BOARD 117 Persons Eligible for Major Class Dance Tickets This Year by New Plan RYAN SAYS ANY FURTHER CUT MUST BE DRASTIC New System Eliminates Chance Of Graft Where Student Holds Two Offices Approved by Student Board last week with only a few minor changes, the dance 'comp list' includes 117 per ' sons who are eligible to receive com plimentary tickets' for the major class dances, this year, a slight increase over the number on- the list during the past two years. The captains and managers of golf and tennis were added to the list, while the size of the dance commit tees have been increased this year. The Board also authorized the placing, of both the Former and the Engineer, on the list, with one ticket to be giv en each publication. Further Changes Called Unfair In 1930 the list included 180 per sons, and the following year it was reduced to 191, and in 1932 the group was further reduced to 108 students. The same number, received compli mentary tickets to last year's social functions. JOhn T. Ryan jr. '34, president of Student Board, explained that furth er modification of the list would be unfair. He declared that if any chang es are to be made in the future, a radical reduction in the number of persons will be necessary, since the positions now recognized are of near ly equal importance. The members of the Senior Ball, Junior Prom and Soph Hop commit tees eack receivejwo tickets to their . liy:tirdidide;7 - and - oat; ticket - 10 - each 'of' the other class dances. The class of ficers also receive tickets to their respective class dances. Captains. Managers Receive 'Comps' Included on the list who receive 'comps' to all three class dances are the captains and managers of all var sity sports, the members of the In terclass Finance committee, and the members of Student Board who do not otherwise receive tickets. Tickets arc also allotted to each of the cam pus publications. The president and secretary of the Intramural council, Intrafernity coun cil, Tribunal, Student Union, and of the Penn State club, also receive comps. Ryan pointed out that in case of duplication, only one ticket will be allowed, eliminating the possibility of anyone receiving tickets from two dif ferent positions. Thus, he declared, the number of tickets given oat will actually be less than th. 3 number re presented . on the list. `PENN STATE IN CHINA' FACULTY DRIVE PLANNED Larger Enrollment Slakes Additional Funds Necessary At Lignan Planning a faculty campaign to raise additional funds for the aid of Lingnan University, Canton, China, better known here as "Penn State in China," members of the student-fac ulty committee in charge of the local end of the work met recently to draft plans for the campaign, which will supplement the funds raised every Sunday through the chapel service contributions. Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture, reported at the meet ing that the foreign school has been successful in obtaining increased ap propriations from the Chinese govern ment, but that in order, to carry the increased load made evident through ever increasing enrollment, larger sums will need tq be raised in this country: Receipts from student chapel ser vice collections were found by the committee to have increased materi ally over last year. A survey of work recently completed at Lingnan 'Uni versity included the study of several new buildings which have been erect ed within the last year. FOSTER'S WORKS IN LIBRARY The College Library. has been se leeted as one of the, repositories of the. complete works of Stephen C. Foster, author of several of America's best known songs. Some of the songs which will be placed here are "Way Down Upon The Swanee River," "Old Black Joe," and "Old Folks At Home." , 4,144 Announced As Registration Total With the return of Mont Alto enrollment at noon on Saturday, total registration figures jumped to 4,144. Ninety-sevbn students re gistered at the forestry school. These figures were released today by Alexander W. Stewart, secretary to the Registrar. Nineteen freshmen were admit ted this week, the School of Liberal Arts leading with eight. The School of Physical Education accepted four, the School of Engineering three, the School of Chemistry and Physics two, while one each enter ed in the Schools of Agriculture and of Education. Twenty-eight students were admitted to advanced standing. LOAN FUND DANCE SET FOR FEB. 23 Bottorf, Campus Owls to Play For This Year's Second All-College Dance With Bill Bottorf's orchestra and the Campus Owls waging a "Battle of Music" in Recreation hall Friday night, February 23, junior members of the Student Loan fund committee have completed plans for the second all-College function to be held this year. Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock and continue to 12 o'clock, according to Carson W. Culp, '34, chairman of the committee. field primarily for augmenting the depleted Student Loan fund treasury, a charge of $l.OO per couple will be assessed, according to chairman Culp. Admission to the dance will be gained only at the hall, since no tickets for the affair will be on sale before hand. To facilitate matters, a check ing charge of ten cents per couple will be made, with all proceeds go ing to the Student Loan fund... Poster Contest Opens' A poster. contest to begin imme diately, will be conducted by the corn ••!3fi,: in charge. when drawn, all poSters should be left at the Student Union desk, Old Main for .scrutiny by the judges. The originator of the winning poster will be awarded a complimen tary ticket to the function, Christy stated. No fraternity house dances will be, scheduled for the night of the dance,' as a result of the recent ruling of the Interfraternity council, according to Culp. The dance committee will rig idly enforce this regulation and pre vent any fraternity functions for that date, he explained. Freshmen customs will not be en forced for the dance because it is an all-College function, he added. Al though no late dating permission will be given, it is expected that W. S. G.' A. Officials will declare the dance a free social function. The dance will be conducted on a strictly informal) basis, in order to make the get-to gether feeling stronger. HERMANN ESCAPES INJURI Prof. Burke M. Hermann, of the history department, escaped injury, late last night when ' the' coupe which he was driving collided on the Boob:- burg road just outside of town with a light roadster driven by 0, S. Mc- Dermott, of the War Veterans camp near Danville. No one was injured, al though the left front wheel of each car was sheared off. Hamas Is Confident of Victory in Schmeling Fight Tomorrow Night A quick knockout victory establish es him as a contender for the heavy weight title—a 'decision places him among the top-notchers—a decision loss merely points out that he is dan gerous but lacks experience. With those three alternatives, Steve llamas '29 will face Max Schmeling, former heavyweight champion, in a twelve-round bout in the Convention hall, Philadelphia, tomorrow • night. It seems predestined that the former Lion heavyweight boxer, basketball guard, and grid fullback can't lose anyway you look at it. • But, although a defeat apparently will not harm his standing irrepar ably, llamas is looking forward only to one outcome—victory. "Yes, I am confident that I can win this fight." he said, when interviewed in his cub urban-Philadelphia training camp. "I realize that a chance like this is a 'break' for me, but I feel right now as if I'm ready to meet any test," the heavyweight said. "I can't say right now just how I'm going to fight May, but I can promise that the fight will be one of my best." The 'break' that Hamas referred to is the chance at the •age of twenty two. with only thirty-five bouts to his PRICE FIVE CENTS WORK AVAILABLE FOR 437 STUDENTS ON CAMPUS JOBS Hetzel Sends Request for Loan To Washington for Final Apprm'al of F. E. R. A. PERSONS DROPPED FROM • COLLEGE MAY RE-ENTER Work To Include Filing Records; Classifying Books, Papers; Mounting Specimens Campus jobs for 437 students will be available by the end of this week under the plan of the Federal Emer gency Relief Administration for giv ing aid to students, College officials announced today. Approval of Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzers request for the necessary funds has been sent to Washington. Telegrams are being sent to stu dents who were forced to drop from College at the end of the last year, or who left College during the last semester, telling them of the plan. A list of these students has been com piled by the Deans of the various Schools and every attempt will be made to have them return. I=l Under the terms of the FERA pro gram, at least twenty-five per cent of the money must go to students who were not in college on January 1, 1934. Although the College will en deavor to help them return, it is doubtful that all of this sum can be used. It must then be returned to the government. With the other seventy-five per cent of the appropriation, there will be no question as to its being entirely used. At the end of each month, the President oust submit an itemized account. of the expenditures for the period, and return-ail 'unused- funds. Thus every effort will he made to utilize the entire amount, both for the' out-of-college students and the members of the undergraduate class es. Work in Mineral Industries Schind There is no difficult in finding jobs for students working under this pro ject, officials have stated. Depart mental records that need filing, cata loguing and classification of books, papers, and other records about the campus will more than occupy all the students time, it is believed, and in addition, there is a great deal of work to be done in the College library. One instance of the possible work is given by the School of Mineral In dustries, which has barrels of speci mens which must .bq classified and mounted. Other schools are reported to have similar work which will keep the students employed until the end of the semester. Dr. Hetzel's request asking for $3,277 on the basis of ten per cent of the student enrolment with an av erage wage for' the second half of February of $l5 a week, was sent to Harrisburg last week. It was approv ed by James N. •Rule superintendent of public Instruction, and Eric Biddle, State administrator, and was for warded immediately to Washington. Final approval is expected sometime this week. record, for a fighter to meet a man of the quality of the Black Uhlan. Der Moxie is still rated as a top notcher, despite the loss of his title to Jack Sharkey and his subsequent defeat at the hands of Maxie Baer. The fight tomorrow night, however, is not llamas' first against ranking heavyweights. lie fought Tommy Loughran four times to the former light-heavy champion's sorrow, and Lee Ramage, rated by experts as 'up and coming,' three times. Against Sehmeling, Humus will be engaging in his first really important bout since his career was nearly ended by a trick knee over a year ago. Politics makes strange bed-fellows and fighting sometimes strange spar ring partners. For instance, Ramage is now in that role against llamas. And he has donated his services gra tis. Although the Humas-Schmeling scrap has aroused a great deal of in terest among !student followers of the former Lion's career, a collegiate setting similar to the one for the Loughran fight seems improbable. As far as could be learned this morning, no organized cheering is being con templated. .
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