. COMPLETE CAMPUS ESTABLISHED r . .4;i, ... 1 )^, Gr o ltirglatt 4 , COVERAGE rttn at tot . • .4 041.4, 3 51,„ , V ? " 2 ...;_l' 4 1 , .190•1 \\• <,_, ?..•iess. Vol. 30 No. 39 MOORE, WEBER GET APPOINTMENTS AS L F. BALL CO-HEADS 11 Additional Council Delegates Named to Committee by President Brandt WILL HAVE ONLY 1 BAND FOR DANCE ON APRIL 13 Negotiations in. Progress Now With 5 Outstanding 'Name' Orchestras for Affair Maxwell S. Moore '34 and Karl P. Weber jr. '34 were appointed as co chairman of the 1934 Interfraternity Sob . by Herman C. Brandt '34, presi dent of the Interfraternity Council, hest night. At the same time, eleven other Council delegates were appointed to serve on the committee. They are: Jack R. Aldrich '34, Ray E. lOnge archer '34, Raymond C. Mowrey '34, Robert E. Robbins '34, Theodore S., Rogers -'34, Thomas A. • Smith '34, Nelson Thomas '34, Herbert A. Tyler '34, Wayne R. Varnum '34, Frederick S. Wolf '34, and Edward W. Yorke First Co• Chairmen Named The appointment of Moore and Weber ns co-chairmen of the Ball is in line with Brandt's "new deal" poli cies for stricter supervision of finan ces and setting up a system of res ponsible checks and balances. This is the first time that co-chairmen h-.ve been appointed for any major dance in the history of the College. • Scheduled for April 13, the Bail will definitely have only' one band to pro vide dance music, Moore and Weber said last . night. Negotiations are already under way With five leading national "name" bands for the affair. To Eliminate "Chiselling" • In an - effort to cut dOwn on tickets by fraternities—through the medium of padding their lists and then permitting individual members to sell tickets to outsiders, fraternity house • presidents will meet in' Room 405, Old Main, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon for a discussion of the pro blem. "If possible, we want to show a profit after the Ball is over and be able to give a rebate to the fa'aterni ties," Moore and Weber said. "One way money has been lost in the Bast will be eliMinated if we can only im press the fraternity men that every ticket that they sell to an outsider is really money out of their own pocket." -0 `COLLEGIAN' BUSINESS CANDIDATES TO MEET Freshmen Aspirants To Take Charge Of Circulation Immediately Freshmen business candidates for the COLLEGIAN will meet in Room 321, Old Main, at 7:30 o'clock Wednes day night. Frederick J. Taylor '34, business manager, and Harold J. Batsch '34, circulation manager, will be in charge of the meeting and will give the candidates preliminary in structions. This is the second meeting of the year, Taylor said. The freshmen will begin work immediately and take charge of circulation. They will be given training in the make-up of ad 'vertisements and instructions in the selling of them. During the latter part of the year they will receive an opportunity to put what they've learned into prac tice, he added, taking over the work of the present sophomore staff. In augurating a new policy this year, the COLLEGIAN 'is permitting women to come out for the business staff. Engineers Plan To Complete Work On Dairy Building by April or May "Just one hole alter another': is . thz baffling situation 'which confronts the engineers, who have been trying to keep the new Dairy building from sagging for the past seven months. As soon as they decide that they have the structure solidly supported, they find several new underground crevices which they did not know about be. fore. Now, however,. they feel that they can state with assurance that the work will be entirely completed bY,April• or May. They arc no longer placing the raisons in what they think are the weakest points of the building, but rather they arc inserting them syste matically, with one caisson supporting every two of the steel girders,. which support the building. When this is completed it will be practically im possible for the building to sag. Appointed Co-Chairmen of I. F. Ball KARL I'. WEBER jr. DANCE COMMITTEE ADDS 3 MEMBERS President Appoints Whitenight, Cooper, Orlando, To Serve As Committeemen WilliaM G. Cooper, Salvatore A. Orlando, and Bruce H. Whitenight haVe been added to Soph flop com mittee, as plans for decorations and programs for' the affair, which is scheduled for March 2, were•definite ly Settled'upon by the committee. Inaugurating a new scheme for Penn State class dances in Recreation hall, the motif of the Hop will be southern: Banners and curtains in soft pastel shades, palm trees, urn leaVes and southern smilax, will pro vide a Florida atmosphere for the dance which will present the music of ::Claude Hopkins. Poster Contest Scheduled •AVithildecirition 7 arrilligeilients Com pleted, the poster contest, conduct cd.annually by the Soph Hop commit tee,•will get underway at once. Pos ters 'will be submitted to Harold B. Lipsius '36, chairman of the commit tee. The winner of the contest will receive a complimentary ticket b the dance. • Favors will be combined with the programs, in a blue 'and white motif. CoVers for the small folders will be of bakelite, the front cover blue,with a College seal in white stamped on it, and . with the white back cover pro jecting about one quarter of an inch'. beydnd the front for contrast. According to present plans, frater-1 nity booths will be ranged about the floor and under the balcony, as usu al, while refreshments will be served' from a central booth. The band will be placed in a shell at the north end of the hall. DECKER, PAGIELLO TO ;MEET BROOKLYN COLLEGE ORATORS Aaron N. Decker '36 and Joseph A. Paciello '36 will debate with two re presentatives from Brooklyn College in-the second home debate of the sea son in Room 107, Main Engineering, at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday night. They will uphold the negative side of the question, "Resolved, That the es sential principles of the N. I. It. A. should be made a permanent part of the policy of the U. S. government." The oldest series of 'debates in the state will go into its thirty-first edi tion Friday night when . two Penn State representatives will meet two speakers from Dickinson College. This is the sole surviving meet of .the old Pennsylvania Debating League which was organized in 1.903 by Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Swarthmore, and Penn State. Altogether, they have placed thirty six caissons underneath the build ing, and the plans call for nine more. These caissons, which are steel cylinders filled with concrete, go down until they strike solid rock; which is about sixty or seventy-five feet below the earth's surface. The rock underneath the building 'is 'lioney-coMbed7 with crevices ; and the only time these crevices can be dis covered is when the drilling for the caissons is made. Wkwk is being carried on both day and night, with about forti-five men working in two ten-hour shifts. Al -1 though the entire lower floor of the Dairy building was blockaded for a while several rooms were recently re opened. All of the repairing that has been. done thus far has been under the Dairy building, and this does not include the creamery_ . . STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1931 MAXWELL S. AMORE '3l 55 VOLUNTEER AS FIRESIDE SPEAKERS 40 Fraternities and Dormitories Cooperate in Spring Series To Start Wednesday With fifty-five professors and ad ministrative officials volunteering to address the forty groups which-have applied for talks so far, the annual series of spring fireside sessions will begin at various fraternities, sorori ties, and dormitories here Wednw.iday night. The series will continue, until Easter vacation. Under the plan for the series as advanced by the committee in charge of arrangements for the series this year, each group will have four speak ers, at weekly intervals, with a gen eral theme along one subject to be fol lowed by successive speakers. Wide Variety of Subjects "- AMong Jlitr general 'Theme'"subjects to be presented at various times . by members of the faculty are "Sex and Marriage," "Is Socialism the An swer?", and "Ways of Improving Chapter Fraternity Life." It is the plan 'of the committee-to have each subject taken up from several differ ing points of view before each group, according to Albert J. Lehrman '35, chairman of the committee. Among the faculty men to take up the subjects before the residence groups are, under the topic, "Is Socialism the Answer," Dr. Carl W. Hasek, of the department of econom ics and sociology, economist; Dr. Joseph S. Roucck, of the department of economics and sociology, sociologist; and Dr. Harold C. Alderfer, of the de partment of history and political science, political scientist. Other faculty members and admin istrative personages to address stu dents during the series are Dr. George W. Wurfl, of the department of Ger man, Miss Twila B. Kline, associate P. S. C. 'A., secretary in charge of women's work, sand Arthur R. War nock, Dean of Men. Harold E. Dick son, professor of fine arts, Alfred G. Pundt, of • the history and political science department, and Prof. George W. Hartmann, of the psychology de partment arc others among the men most in . demand for talks. NEWSPAPERMEN SPONSOR HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST Department of Journalism, Editors, Publishers To Offers Prizes Students' in Pennsylvania high schools have been notified that the news reporting contest, sponsored by the department of journalism 'and the Pennsylvania Association of Editors and Publishers, will start this • week. •The final date that contestants may hand in their work is the last Week in April. Contestants must submit at least one column of their work which has been printed in their local professional press. Any high school student is eli gible, and the stories which are sub mitted will' be judged by a committee of six editors of large Pennsylvania newspapers. • More than fifty dollars will be giv en in prizes and besides these cash awards, all persons receiving high scores will be given certificates. Al though the committee does not know definitely how many students will en ter the contest, there were over 300 entrants in last year's contest. • STEEL TO SPEAK ON It. 0. T. C. Prof. Charles B. Steel, of the de partment of civil engineering, will ad dress an .ol)en meeting of the Social Problems club in the Home Economics auditorium, at 7:30 o'clock, Thurs day night 'on "Compulsory R. 0. T. Defense." ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES . WILL OPEN HERE ON MARCH 4 5 Musical Organizations Ready To l'resent Programs in Schwab Auditorium SYMPHONY MUSIC TO END ANNUAL SERIES APRIL 15 Blue Band Will Open Twelfth Concert; Men's Glee Club Omitted This Year With five musical organizations prepared to present programs, the annual series of mid-winter compli mentary concerts will begin on March 4, according to Director Richard W. Grant, of the department of music. All concerts will be given in Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o'clock. The pro. grams will be concluded on April 15. Opening the series,' the Bluc Band will present a varied program of mod em symphonic and march music un der the direction of Bandmaster Wil fred 0. Thompson on March A. This will be the first concert to be given by the Blue Band this year. Will Give Concert Jointly The second program of the se:it's, to be held on March' 11, will consist of a combination concert given by the Girls' Glee Club and the Women's Symphony Orchestra: The program will be conducted .jointly under the direction of Miss Willa C. Williamee and Prof. Hummel Fishburn, both of the department of music. On March 18 Prof. Fishburn will conduct the 65-piece Men's Symphony Orchestra in the third complimentary concert. The following. Sunday the newly-organized Choral Society of 150 voices, under the direction of Director Grant, will present - 4 Lenten Cantata Seven Last Words.64:Christ".written by Dubois, French composer, organist and writer. Will Conclude Series Following an intervention of two weeks as a result of the Easter vaca tion, the annual• series will be con cluded by a concert.. of symphonic music by the Kappa Gamma Psi, hon orary music fraternity. The organi zation is also making arrangements to present several vocal selections as a feature of the program. This year's concerts will mark the twelfth of a series to be presented by musical organizations of the College. Sponsored by the departmeht of music, the programs have been arranged by. Director Grant. The iltens' Glee club has been omitted this year because of . preparation for the coining Intercol-. legiates. PHI EPSILON KAPPA WILL INITIATE 24 National Physical Education Society Grants Petition Entered Last Semester Granting a petition made early last semester, Phi Epsilon Kappa, nation al honorary physical education soci ety, will establish a chapter here when seventeen students and seven members of the faculty of the School of Physi cal Education and Athletics will be initiated an Sunday. Starch 4. 'Hugo Remick, director of the School, will serve as president of the College chapter, with Robert R. Watkins '3l as secretary and Harry N. Sigel '35 as treasurer. All were elected last week. Four members of the coach-1 ing staff are already members of the society, founded in 1914. .The students who have been invited! to be initiated include: Frank I'. Del-' liquanti '34, Selwyn Edwards '3l, Edward C. Finzed '3l, Robert A. Flood 'O4, David Lon". '34, Thomas , A. Slusser ':l4, E. Paul Wagner '3l, Ifarry M. Wontshouse '34, Watkins, Donald 11. Masters '35,, Albert :P. Mikelonis 'B5, James A. Reed '35, Sigel, John M. Stocker '35, Frances J. Andrews '36, Frank O'Hora '3t and'. William F. Sutliff '36. Faculty members: Prof. F. Joseph Bedenk, Prof..Eturene C. Bischoff, Dr. Elwood C. Davis, Prof. Robert A. Higgins, Leo F. Houck, Prof. Gilbert F. Loebs, and Bezdek. Profs. Earl E. Leslie, Nelson S. Walke, Charles D. Werner, and Charles M. Speidel are also members. 4 ADDITIONAL CO-EDS PLEDGED Additional pledges to women's fra ternities coming as a result of a rush ing season for transfer students are: Alpha Omicron Pi, Mildred W. Isen berg '35; Kappa Alpha Theta, Flor ence V. Venable, graduate student; Theta Phi Alpha, Helen R. Ake '35, end Julia J. Lucey Hamas Accepts Invitation To Attend Gridiron Banquet Richard J. Beamish, Alexander Gray 'l2 Slated • To Appear at Second Annual Affair Of Journalism Fraternity Steve llamas, one of the best-known alumnus of Penn State, is planning.to attend the second annual Gridiron Banquet, sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism frater nity, to be held at the Nittany Lion Inn, Monday, March 12, according to the committee in charge of arrange ments. Richard J. Beamish, Secretary of the Commonwealth and a former poli tical feature writer, has accepted an invitation to be present at the affair. Alexander Gray, another alumnus of Penn State, has written the commit tee that he will be here if his concert engagements permit. llamas, whose twelve-round victory over Max Sehmeling last Tuasday was MEN'S GLEE CLUB TO SING IN MEET Chorus Will Tour Eastern High Schools Before Concluding Tourney at Temple The Penn State Men's Glee club, winner of seven State championships, will again compete in the ninth an nual State Intercollegiate Glee club contest to be held Thursday, March 15 in Mitten hall, Philadelphia, ac cording to an announcement of Direc tor Richard W. Grant, of the depart ment of music. Gleemen from the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Mil lersville State Teachers' College, West Chester State Teachers' College; and Haverford will compete in the con test, sponsored this year for the first time by. the Alumni Association of Temple University. Will Give Concert Tour Since 1926 the College gleemen have won every meet with the exception of 1930 when Lafayette College took firgt honors in a very closely-contest ed meet. This year's organization is in excellent condition, according to Director Grant, and high hopes are placed on the annexation of another cup. Before their appearance. in Phila delphia, the•Cleemen will leave on a four-day concert tour of eastern Penn sylvania. Beginning Monday, March 12, the , singers will give varied pro grams in Reading, Lower Merlon, Darby, and Philadelphia high schools. The men's varsity quartette will ac company the glee club to give special vocal selections. In order to enable Penn State alum ni to hear the College gleemen when they appear for competition in Mitten hall, March 15, 1,000 tickets will be mailed immediately to graduates by the department of music. All reser vations will be made by the Teumi In University Alumni Association. TRIBUNAL SCORES FRESHMEN DATING Anderson '3l Declares Fraternities Aid Freshmen by Escorting Co-eds to houses Acting on the report that upper classmen are aiding freshmen in breaking dating restrictions by es corting the freshman's date to and from the fraternity house, C. Wilson Anderson '3.1, president of the Stu dent Tribunal, announced yesterday that he will refer the matter to the Interfraternity Council for action. "If the freshman violators arc ap prehended," Anderson said, "they will receive the usual severe penalty for dating violations. Since all reported infractions occurred in fraternity houses, the Tribunal felt that the mat ter is the concern of the Interfrater nity Council." Anderson attributed the infrequen cy of Tribunal cases this year to the fact that customs have been scaled down to sensible, practical limits. Ile questioned the statement that the de crease in freshman convictions is the result of laxity on the part of the upper-classmen, for he averred that the older students fear that customs may disappear altogether if they are not enforced now, Anderson also pointed out that, al though the total number of cases has decreased appreciably, the percentage of fraternity freshmen involved in Tribunal proceedings has been great er. one of the upsets of the spurt.; world, is one of the greatest all-round ath letes that ever matriculated at Penn State. While here, he won eleven major letters, including awards in football, basketball, boxing, and track. lias Fought :16 Bouts Since his graduation in 1929, Steve has fought thirty-six professional bouts. Thirty-one have been victor ies, two have been draws, while he dropped three encounters, one to Lee Ramage and two to Tommy Loughran, who will meet Primo Camera Feb ruary 28. Twenty-five of his victories have been knockouts, the most spectacular of which probably was his second round victory over Tommy Loughran in New York City when they met for the first time in EMI. Nine of these engagements were terminated in the opening round. llamas has never emerged on the 'short end of a series with an oppon ent. Ile has fought Tommy Lough , ran four times, Steve winning twice and dropping two referee's decisions. Against Lee Ramage, California heavyweight, llamas has won once, dropped one, while the last one was called a draw after ten rounds. llamas was one of the few Lion athletes ever to compete in two major sports in one season. He was Coach Leo Houck's mainstay in the heavy weight division of the Lion boxing squad on Saturday afternoon, and that same night, he would play a full. game at guard on the basketball team. SWARTZ TO GIVE TALK ON FOSSILS 'Po Deliver Fourth L. A. Lecture In 110 Home Economics Tomorrow Night "Fossils, the Footsteps of Creation" will be the title of the fourth Liberal Arts lecture wihch will be given by Dr. Frank M. Swartz, of the depart ment of geography. This lecture will be illustrated by slides and will be giv en in the Home Economics auditorium at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. In his lecture he will discuss the vast changes that have taken place in the geography of land and sea. He will illustrate this by showing the charac ter and occurrence of the fossil re mains in the ancient rocks of the State College region. Trained At Johns Hopkins Ile will also point out the evolution of plant and animal life during the successive geological periods, showing the gradual development and relation ship of higher and higher forms. Fossils from the State College area will be used to illustrate this evolu tion. Dr. Swartz's early training was re ' ceived at the John Hopkins Univer sity, where lie received his doctorate, and he joined the staff of this College in 1921. In these years he has writ ten several papers dealing with stmt. igraphy and paleontology of the mid dle Appalachian area. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, and also of the Paleontological Society of America. 'Besides his regular work here, he has been a part time associate geologist of the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic survey since 1929. 2 Cases Affected by New Student Athletic Regulations on Eligibility ' .Only two cases have arisen recently in which the students involved will be affected by the new eligibility rega l:o,lOn adopted by the Advisory Board of Athletic Control, according to Dean Ralph L. Sackett, chairman of the Senate Committee on Athletics. "In each case there were proper reasons why the student in question might participate," Dean Sackett de clared. "The rule limiting participa tion in any sport to six semesters was passed long ago when there were cases Of student's deliberately postponing graduation in order to engage in ath letics." The new regulation will permit a student to engage in three seusbns of a sport regardless of how long he has held the status of an undergraduate. Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, and others have already approved the new rule. It was explained at the time the PRICE FIVE CENTS 4 STUDENTS HURT IN AUTO CRASH SUNDAY MORNING Wilson, Meek. Dyson, Keiehline Injured Near Milroy Early Yesterday ACCIDEN l' OCCURS WHEN , AUTO HITS GUARD POST : Still in Lewistown Hospital As Result of Wreck On Route 5 Four students were injured, two seriously, when an automobile in which they were riding plunged off the road near Milroy and smashed in to a guard post shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday morning. 'lwo were still in the Lewistown General hospital at 1 o'clock this af ternoon, according to Patrolman L. C. Gibbs, of the Lewistown division of the State Highway Patrol, who hives tigated the accident. The students: Charles J. Wilson '34, suffering brok en ribs and injuries to his right shoul der, and George It. Meek '37, cuts about the face and head. Both were reported as recovering. • Suffer . Minor Injuries A passenger in the automobile, who gave her name as Mrs. David King, was also taken to Lewistown General hospital and was still under treat ment there this morning. Both of her legs were broken, one in five places, police said. Samuel E. Keichline '35 and Robert F. Dyson jr. '36, suffering minor in- Allies, and Robert B. Petty, giving his address as WM Heberton street, Pittsburgh, were discharged. Petty conducts a business in State College. The car plunged off the road and struck guard.post on Route 5. near. Milroy, where the concrete road joins the old highway, according to Patrol man Gibbs. lie investigated the ac cident, arriving at 2:20 o'clock, and estimated .the time of the crash at. "near 1 o'clock." 4nother Accident. Reported According to Patrolman Gibbs, Wil son was driving the car, which was a Ford V-S sedan owned by Petty. 'rho party had been to a dance at Kisha coquillas Park and were returning when the accident occurred, police said. In another accident early Friday night no automobile driven by Thomas W. Church 'tt-1 collided with with one driven by Joseph Collide, of Philips burg. on Route 5, at Itualsburg. Dam age was reported as amounting to nearly $lOO. No one was injured. 3 $lOO AWARDS AVAILABLE FOR JUNIORS, SOPHOMORES Contestants for the John W. White Spanish prize will report to Prof. A. Dowry Espenshadc, head of the de partment of English composition, be fore February 28, Prof. William S. Dye jr., head of the. department of English literature and chairman of the scholarship committee, announced yesterday. Three prizes of one-hundred dollars each will he awarded by means of competitive examinations: one to a sophomore or junior in the School of Engineering o• Mineral Industries for proficiency in Spanish including con versation, literature, and grammar, and a similar award on the came basis to a sophomore or junior in anyother school. The third prise is awarded to a student from a Latin-American reptiblie for proficiency in Bnglish. rule was. passed, (hat the depression would have a decided affect in pre venting athletes from 'remaining in College any longer than is absolute ly lead to the destruction civiliza and the desire to complete their school ing, as well as the insufficient finan cial means, were cited as factors which would prevent abuse of the ruling. "Scholastic standing toil be main tained as it. has been without excep tion for many years," the Dean re plied to the question as to whether the scholastic standards would be lower ed to let students compete. "The College will protect itself and its opponents by requiring that stu dents carry a schedule which is evi dence of there being no evasion," Dean Sackett believes, "In the last analysis it all depends on a continua tion of the spirit of fair play and good sportsmanship for which Penn State is known and respected."
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