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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."
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`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."