0 Semi-I/Sipe kly -Ig7 COMPLETE CAMPUS 6 - a siotA):; s • ESTABLISHED COVERAGE R‘if ritti #t a t r C' (firtiltglatt 1901 41) Vol. 30 No. 44 UNION TO SPONSOR FREE ALL-COLLEGE DANCE SATURDAY Campus Owls To Play at Second Student Function of Year In Recreation Hall A. A. TICKET BOOKLETS NEEDED FOR ADMISSION Committee Will Charge 5 Cent Checking Fee—Loan Fund To Receive Balance Continuing a policy established two years ago to give free entertainment to the student body, the Student Union will sponsor its 'second all-College dance in Recreation hall from 8:30 to 12 o'clock Saturday night. The Campus Owls will furnish rhythm for the func tion, which follows the fencing meet with the University of Baltimore. Although no fee' will be charged, ad mision to the dance will be granted to only those who present their Athletic Association booklets, according to Jacob R. Stark '34, chairman of .the Union dance committee. •The dance will be financed by the Student Union appropriation and profits from the last Union dance,"which was conduct ed on Thanksgiving Day night. Compulsory Checking Fee ,To accomodate students and pro mote efficiency, all persons attending will be assessed a checking fee of five cents a person, the committee has rul ed. In the event that there is a prof it after all checking charges have been met, the proceeds will go to the Union treasury and will be applied on the next dance, Stark said.. . Conducted on an entirely informal basis, the dance will be considered by W. S. G. A. officials as a free social function for the freshmen women. The '37 co-eds will be granted a 1 o'clock dating permision for the affair, while freshmen will be permitted to discard customs entirely. " - _ Will Improve Acoustics ' In order,tp,.keep_,the.,oancers..from , interruption, a ,request. has been , made by the , dance committee that all "stags" refrain from forining lines in the middle of the' floor, as was the case last year. H. Carl Brandt '34, R. Jane Lee '34, and John T. Ryan jr. '34 complete the committee which has arranged for the ,danee. In order, to improve the acoustics and increase' the volume of the dance band,. the committee has completed ar rangements for the use of a sounding shell and the College amplifying sys tem. This will mark the first time that such improvements have been used at , a free Student Union func tion. L. A. SPEAKER HITS REGULATED LABOR Self-Controlled Industry .Advocated By Dr. Shearer in . Lecture About NRA Tuesday "If the majority of the employers are opposed to a thirty-hour week code, it is useless for the government to clutter up its statutes with such regulations," • was Dr.' Thomas E. Shearer's comment in discusing "Is Government Regulation a Failure?" in the sixth Liberal Arts lecture given in the Home- Economics auditorium Tuesday night. - Dr. Shearer, of the department of political science, and history, pointed out , that.any attempt of the govern-• went to regulate an interest which does not want to be regulated is doomed to -failure. He gave as an example the Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1880 to illustrate this. He said that in spite of this regulation :to prevent highly concentrated utilities,, corporations handling meat, aluminum, bread, and cigarettes "still have monoplies on these products. "The solution,l would suggest is not to eliminate capitalism, but rather to have a system - of •self-control," Shearer said. "Self-control is not a program , for those who want to re make the world in a few days. I ad mit that it is .a slow program, but I believe it would prove more intelli gent." In his opinion, the NRA has heen agreeable so far because it has been mainly voluntary.. Howevor, that if it becomes compulsory, it is liable to crumble. The seventh Lib eral Arts lecture will be given by prof. William L. Werner, of the de partment of English litrature, on the subject of "Gilbert, and Sullivan" on Tueaddy night. , , INSTRUCTOR INJURES FOOT' His. Ormelle H .Stecker, instruc tor in the departmeneof mathematics, slipped Ca the ick pavement Friday night, breaking a bone in her foot. At present she is confined to her home. Union To Examine 3 More Fee. Cases Representatives of three more so cieties and clubs have•been request ed to explain their high fees to the investigating committee of the Stu dent Union board. Hearings have been scheduled for the Penn State Aero club at 7 o'clock Tuesday night; for Gamma Alpha Mu, gym nastic society, at 7:30 o'clock; and for Discobolus, physical education society,, at 8 o'clock. Hearings on Les Sabreurs, fenc ing society, and the Anzar club, campus patrol society, were held Tuesday night, but the committee will make no recommendations un til the hearings have been completed. PRIESTLEY SERIES TO OPEN MARCH 19 Gortner, Minnesota University Chemist, Will Give First 3 Talks on Colloids Discussing the relationship betossen physical chemistry and the life pro cesses, Dr. Ross A. Gortner, profes sor of agricultural biochemistry at the University of Minnesota, will open the eighth annual series of Priestley lectures in the Chemistry amphithea tre Monday night, March 19. In the first three lectures of the series "Dr..Gortner will emphasize the techniques whereby one can study the electrical behavior of the colloidal system. .He will discuss the advan tages and disadvantages of ',each type of technique, and will point out how such studies may be applied to the solution of important biochemical and biological problems. Lectures Memorial to l'riestley , The fourth and fifth lectures will be devoted to a consideration of the theories concerning the state of water. Dr. Gortner will conclude the series by discussing the biological aspects of the theories, and the role played by..the various forms, in the:life pro cesses. , , -- "The - serrea litetifies" reil;e 4 are apart of a joint memorial to Joseph Priestley, established by'alam ni and faculty members 'of the de partment of chemistry. In 1919; the alumni purchased the old Priestley residence at Northumberland and have erected a museum near the home. The annual series Of lectures is sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon, honorary chemistry fraternity. Dr. Gortner is a past president of the fra ternity.. APPRECIATION CERTIFICATE RECEIVED BY DEAN STEIDLE Dean Edward Steidle, of the School of Mineral Industries, received ct cer tificate of appreciation from Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Century of Progress Exposition, last week. Dean Steidle was a member of the original Century of ProgresS com mittee on Mineral Industries, and it was for his work in this connection. that the award was made. •He also received notification yester day of his appointment as a member of the committee on Ground Move ment and Subsidence of the American Association of Mining and Metallurgi cal Engineers. This committee is of particular importance in this State because its findings help prevent "cave-ins" in the anthracite mining districts. 5 WOMEN LEADERS FAVOR SECOND SEMESTER RUSHING Freshman women should be eligible Student Government Association, said, for rushing in their second semester "If a second:.semester rushing sys at the College. That is the opinion tern were installed, fraternities could of five campus women leaders inter- use that extra time to make them viewed by the COLLEGIAN yesterday selves more valuable agencies for set concerning the course of action that ting up higher standards for the stu- Panhellenic Council should 'follow dent body as a whole. Furthermore, when the rushing- bill for next year under the present system, no atten comes up for discussion early next Lion whatsoever is paid to the fresh week. .men during the first week or so that K. Jane -Lee '34, president of the they are here. All fraternity women Council said, "I am definitely in fav- are too busy with the rushing of or of such a revision, because the sophomores." freshman year has already been brok- Defending the present regulations eri up by relationships with fester- of the code, Virginia B. Springer, nity women: ;Under the present stat- senior class' president, commented vs, rushing goes on just the same. that "freshman women themselves are Many freshman women would be say- not ready to make up their minds that ed this inconvenience if they were in soon. And the members of the wont fraternities and under direct guidance en's- fraternities do not know the of the members." freshman women well enough to judge "Freshman women could receive bet• their qualifications. The time is too •ter, guidance and . encouragement in short." scholarship under the proposed plan," Acting as a balance to both fac- Ruth A. Harmon '34, women's editor tions was the stand taken by Dean of of the COLLEGIAN, believes. Selena Women Charlotte E. Ray, who point- A. W,underlich '36, class president, ed out that the Council "needed to and A. Frances Turner '36; president study the whole situation with a view of Cwens,. sophomore women's honor- of building up a broader acquaintance ary society, both'concurred with Miss with the freshmen. The problem now Harmon. • is to find a method that will be-good Agreeing with the proposed revision for the freshmen and will also make of the rushing code, Eva M. Blich- the fraternities of the greatest pas feldt '34, president of ' the' Women's slide service to the College." STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAIftyENING, MARCH 8, 1934 WOMEN MUSICIANS WILL GIVE SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT Glee Club, Symphony Orchestra To Present Joint Program At 3:30 O'clock WILLIAMMEE, FISHBURN TO LEAD ORGANIZATIONS Girls' Varsity Quartet Numbers Solos by Christine '34 Also Planned The second program of the annual free mid-winter afternoon concert series will be given. Sunday afternoon when the Women's Glee club and Wo men's Symphony orchestra will offer a joint concert of vocal and symphon ic numbers in Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o'clock. Opening the program, the Women's Glee club under the direction of Miss Willa Williammee, assistant professor of music, will sing three numbers. "Salutation," by Gaines, will be fol lowed by "Spring Breezes," a Swed ish selection arranged by Bartholo mew. An Hungarian number "Play, 0 Gipsy," arranged by Deems Taylor, will complete this group. Frances Christine Will Sing The program will move along with two arrangements by the Women's Varsity Quartette, "I Know a Lovely Garden," by D'Hardelot, and "The ISnow Storm," composed by Rodgers. As an added feature Frances Chris tine '34, contralto, will sing "My Lad dic," by Thayer, "An Evening Song," composed by Olmstead, and "Suppose," by Braine. Only three selections will be play ed by the Women's Symphony orches tra, which is under the direction of Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the de , pertinent. of music. The group will open with "March Carnivalesque," by Friml, Massenet's "The Angelus," ' from "Scenes Pittoresque" and "Dorn reschen Waltz," as arranged by Tschaikowsky. Women's Quartette Plans Number „The ' ToWomen's:Su a_F...-.S9IIIRD.§I.d. of uhmsW omen's" Grace L: -Moyer' '34; Margaret S. Giffin '35, and Anna C. Strong ,'35, will sing 'My Lady Chloe," by Clough-Leighter; and "You Are There," from "Apple Blossoms," by Fritz Kreisler, and especially ar ranged for the concert by Miss Mar ian J. Kerr, instructor in music. Rodger's "Two Clocks" will complete this group of numbers. , • The Women's Glee club will con clUde the afternoon's entertainment with the presentation of three num bers. Brahams' "The Death of Tre nar" has been chosen for the first selection, to be followed by "Oranges and Lemons" (traditional) as arrang ed by Donovan. "In Derry Vale" (Londonderry air), by McNaught, will be the final song offered. In order to make the auditorium as quiet as possible during the con certs the committee in charge 'of the Sunday programs has ruled that no children undor ten years of age will be permitted to attend unless accom panied by an adult. 4 CO-ED GROUPS TO DEBATE Alpha CM Omega, Chi Omega, Del ta Gamma, and Grange dormitory will compete in the semi-finals of the in tramural debates, sponsored by Delta Alpha Delta, Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock in Room 1, North Liberal Arts. Members of Delta Alpha Delta will act as judges. The contestants will draw for their opponents. Banquet Ticket-Sale To ClcisetSaturday Because out-of-tOtt ''guests and townspeople were 1;0421e to secure their tickets, the duit4line for pur chasing tickets for 4 :l4o"annual grid iron banquet Afondaiight has been advanced to Saturilay d ion, accord ing to William If tegmeier '34, chairman. ' Tickets may be obtained at the Student Union deileoy presenting the invitations sentfiaut last week by Sigma Delta ON professional journalism fraternity, sponsors of the banquet. Oneliblidred and for ty tickets had been.Yold up' to this noon. =dig COLLEGE GLEEMEN TO ENTEIitONTEST 35 Selected To in Annual Intercollegiatesigarch 15 In Philadelphia Thirty-five men. haVo, been selected to represent the Pann,-Htate Glee club at the eighth annualtate Intercol legiate Glee club conta, held in Mit ten hall • auditOriunf!. ? l Philadelphia, March 15, according tO‘;',-Director Rich ard W. Grant, heaCok the depart ment of music, who coil - ducted individ ual auditions. - First tenors who will make the trip include Raymond . A. , Byrne jr. '37, Marvin L. Eshelnialos, Richard D. Langdon Willianiz.2. Linton '36, Robert C. McCreary .?.36, William Y. E. Rambo '35, HarrY7 , ,A. Rowbotham jr. '36, Richard C. Sclillack '34, Rich ard C. Shoemaker '374ohn H. Treder '34, and Robert H.' Woolston '35. Other Shigei,slN,anied Second tenors ehoseii , ,were Ebert L. Badger '36, .Prederiek Doelp '37, Stephen B. Gilliardl, l 3s, Robert K. Hower '36,, Curtis • J.7;Patterson '34, Charles T. Potts '35, - :drid W. Randall Skillen jr. '34: Baritqes' . named were Donald IL Dixon,•'37gThomas Ham-I monds.'3s, Arthur,Cl garper '35, John W. Kreeger'3s,,John*Linton terwise '36, and Burton Bowles jr. '35. Bass section: Everett G. Alder fer '37, Robert E. •Carey '36, Jay F. Getz '35, Richard W. Grant jr., '34, Burton E. Hall '34, Lester W. Ritter '35, Wayne R. Varnum '34, Henry% E. Warren jr. '34, and Robert W. Wilson '35. Richard W. ,Grant jr. '34 will as sume duties as student leader of the Penn State. gleemen, who are compet ing for the trophy for the seventh time, having lost only once to Lafay ette in 1930 by four-tenths of a point. William 11. Stine '33, of Philadelphia,' . will accompany the group as soloist, with Nevin F. Decker• accompanying., 2 DEBATES SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT Men To Speak on NRA in Bellefonte; Co-ed Team to Debate Here Ernest C. Miller '39 and Angelo N. Berbatis '35 will• speak on the affir mative side of the NRA question against two debaters from Western Maryland College. in the Bellefonte high school auditorium at 8 o'clock tombrrow night. The debate will be carki6cl out under a semi-Oregon style with _the audi ence pakicipating in the discussion and with a judges' decision. The judges will be President Judge M. Ward Fleming, Centre county court; Earl Stock, principal 'of the Belle fonte high school., and •J. S. Dubbs, debate coach at IBellefontelligh school. Elsie N. Douthett '35 .and"Suanita Sorzano '35 wiir speak.„in favor of an extension of the President's pow ers against two representatives from Hood College in the Howie Economics auditorium at 7 o'clock tomorrow night. The debate will be in orthodox style, with a critic judge's decision. IWho's Dancing Tomorrow Night Junior Girls *at 'Delta Chi (Closed) . , •, Bill Bottorf Phi Pi ,Phi (Invitation) •: - COMMIS 01018 • Penn State Club' : (Closed). , Statesmen'," Saturday Night • Student Union Pince Recreation Hull (Open) • Campus Alpha. Zeta . ' (Closed)- , BM Botlort Student Council Membership Cut From 42 to 25 Representatives; Board Fixes Date for Elections Electorate Will Vote For Class Officers April 24, 25, 26 MYERS '34 NAMED HEAD OF POLLS COMMITTEE '33 Code Accepted With Minor Changes—Awaits Approval By Governing Body Elections for class offices and Stu dent Council positions will be held April 24 to 26, according to the an nouncement of the elections commit tee, appointed 2londay afternoon by Student Board. Polls will open at noon on Tuesday, April 24, and will close at noon the following Thursday. Campaigning for the elections will open officially at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, April 9. Will Submit Election Code Charles A. Myers '34, editor of the COLLEGIAN, was named chairman of the elections committee. Other mem bers of the group include C. Wilson Anderson, Harry H. Balthaser, Park er Berry, H. Carl Brandt, John A. Clark, Phil F. Hines, John T. Ryan jr., and William M. Stegmcier, all seniors. • The dates for the elections and campaign were set at a meeting of the committee last night. The committee accepted, with a few minor changes, the 1933 elections code and will sub mit it to Student Board for final ap proval Monday afternoon. 2 Other Committees Named Two other committees were named by John T. Ryan jr. '34, senior-class president. Grant A. Colton '34 will head the committee on invitations, an nouncements, and,.programs for com- Viii - eineni,'{vhile other members of the committee are H. Carl Brandt, Fred F. Hoffeditz, and Maxwell S. Moore, all seniors. . . C. Wilson Anderson '34 has been appointed chairman of the Lion suits committee.- .Other members are John .N. Rathmell '34, and A. Chester Rich er '34. JONES TO DELIVER CHAPEL MESSAGE Haverford Professor Will Also Speak At Fiends' Meeting House On Saturday Night Esteemed by a group of eminent theologians as one of the twelve most outstanding Christians in the world, Dr. Rufus M. Jones, professor of phil osophy at Haverford College and lead er of religious conferences throughout the East, will address chapel services Sunday morning. Dr. Jones last addressed a Penn State audience in 1921 and since then has written many books on religious subjects. Included among these are "The Fundamental Ends of Life," "New Studies in Mystical Religion," and "The Trail of Life in College." The speaker is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and of the board of the' Laymen's . Foreign Missions inquiry. During his long career since receiv ing his B. A. degree from Haverfo•d in 1885, Dr. Jones has edited three religious magazines and written sev eral biographies of the Quaker leader, George Fox. Saturday night Dr. Jones will ad dress a group at the Friends' Meet ing House. He will speak at the Bucknell Student Church in Lewis burg Sunday night. JUNIOR, LEAGUE WILL LIST QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS Junior League continued work on the plan to draw, up a list of qualifi cations by which the nomination com mittee may select candidates for all W. S. G. A. offices, at the meeting yesterday, according to Elsie M. Dou thett '35, president. ' Thu league is also planning to have meetings for the freshman women to explain to them the duties of the of ficers. A suggestion has also been made to have the candidates' pictures and the qualifications posted at least a week before elections. SCHOOL TO REVISE COURSES Several agricultural correspondence courses are being rewritten' nd revis ed for next year. Prof. Clinton 0. Cromer, of the animal husbandry de partment, is writing the course in swine husbandry, and Prof. Thomas B. Keith, of the department of agro nomy, is writing a booklet on beef 'production. Group Retains 18 Elective, 7 Ex-•officio Posts, Requires Presidents, Vice-presidents To Come From Same Clique Membership in Student Council was reduced from forty-two to twenty five representatives by an overwhelming vote at the regular meeting of that group Tuesday night. The reduction will become effective upon the comple tion of the present terms of the incumbents. In explaining the action, John T. Ryan jr. '34, president of the Council, declared that with such a large group, nothing was accomplished because many 'of the members failzal to attend meet ings. He pointed out that the aver age attendance at the meetings dur ing the past year had bean twenty eight members. MAT TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS CHOSEN Team Managers Select Spitler, Bishop, Cann To Referee Meets March 16, 17 Paul Spitler, of the New York Ath letic club, W. E. Cann, of Elizabeth, N. J., and N. Austin Bishop, wrestling coach of Wyoming Seminary, have been chosen to referee the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling tourney here next Friday and 'Saturday. These officials were chosen from the lists submitted by the managers of the competing teams, and the three I highest men were selected to handle the tourney. Spitler refereed the & J. meet here a short time ago, while I the other two have not officiated in Recreation hall this year. Finals Listed for Saturday Nine complete teams are expected to take part in the competition, ac cording to C. Thompson Stott, and lists of eligibles are arriving daily. Every college and university in the association, with the exception of Navy, will participate. The tournament will open at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon 'when the preliminaries will be run off. The semi-finals will start at 7 o'clock Friday night, with the finals schedul ed for 7 o'clock Saturday night. Tickets for the bout's will go on sale at the Athletic Association tick et window, Old Main, Irons S to 5 o'clock every day this week. Admis aims will be fifty-five cents for the preliminaries, and seventy-five cents for the semi-finals and finals. There will be no reserved seats, the advance sale being for convenience of those who wish to avoid the crowd at the time of the snatches. JOURNALISM HONORARY PLEDGES 21 STUDENTS 17 Juniors, 3 Seniors, 1 Sophomore Chosen by l'i Delta Epsilon Twenty-one men were pledged to Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journal ism fraternity, at a meeting held in Old Main, Tuesday night, according to Bernard H. Rosenzweig '34, presi dent of the society. Following a pledgeship of two weeks, all desir able pledges will be initiated. Three seniors, seventeen juniors, and one sophomore received bids to join the organization which selects its members from editorial and busi ness staffs of student publications. Howard T. Maynard, Milton Samo rodin, and Albert T. Stohr were the only seniors chosen . Juniors pledged were Joseph F.. Briner, George W. Britton, Fred M. Drothler, Pascal A. Greenberg, Philip F. Holloek, Harold W. Kalb, Herbert, P. Levine, Joseph F. Lockard, Pauli H. LoWy, John T. Matthews, Louis W. Matter, Thomas L. Moncrief,i William D. Monk, Charies Rauden-I bush, James W. Shearer, and S. Ralph Strohl. Sidney W. Koran '36 was also pledged. ENGINEERS' GROUP PREPARES lIIGH SCHOOL APTITUDE TEST Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, chairman of the engineers' council for profes sional development, announced today that the council has prepared a pro gram for the use of engineering schools in determining aptitude for the engineering profession in high school students. The council, acting on the advice of the School of Education, has pre pared a set of questions which arc to be answered by the students before and after being informed about the requirements of the profession. WRITERS' DANCE POSTPONED Because of interference with the Intercollegintes, the annual publica tions dance scheduled for next Satur day has been indefinitely postponed, according to S. Jack• Caraher '34, chairman of the committee. PRICE FIVE CENTS Set-up of Delegates Changed According to the new set-up of membership, each of the three upper classcs will be represented by one member from each of the six Schools, la total of eighteen elective offices. ,Ex-officio members will include the senior, junior, and sophomore class presidents, the senior class vice-presi dent, the editor of the COLLEGIAN, the president of the Interfraternity Coun cil, and the president of the Penn State club. The Council also passed a resolution requiring that the president and vice president of a class be members of the same political clique. They will be elected tog2ther by the u:sting of a single vote for both officers. This arrangement is designed to lseep the same political clique in power if the president of the class should leave College, Ryan declared. Oppose New Armory• Plan Provision was also made at the meeting for the filling of vacancies in Student Council membership. If a vacancy should occur, the position will be filled by the candidate who receiv ed the second highast number of votes in the election. In the past, vacancies have been filled by appointment. The following resolution was passed unanimously by the Council: "Resolv ed, that the Student Council go on 'record as opposing the erection of the proposed new Armory for the R. 0. I'. C." The petition of the students in the department of forestry, asking for representation on the Council, was re fused by the group. It was pointed out that the reduction of membership already effected would not permit the creating of any new' positions. The freshman petition for week-end dating privileges was also rejected. `Collegiate Digest' Pictures White 'B2 , In Special Section Dr. James C. White 'B2 is pictured in the list of outstanding graduates of American colleges appearing in the Col((white Digest supplement dis tributed with this issue of the COL LEGIAN. Dr. White, who heads a large New York City engineering firm, has been vice-president of the College 'Board of Trustees since 1914. Qle is the donor of the John W. White Scholarships, given annually in honor of his father, and the found er of the Mary Beaver White loan fund, in memory of his mother, who was a sister of General James A. Beaver. one-time acting president of the College. After receiving his A. 13. in 1882 and If. A. in 1884, he transferred his attention to engineering and was awarded a Ph. D. for work in this line by Cornell. University in 1885. Following this, he spent two years as an instructor of physics at the University of Nebraska. After serv ing as president of a western engi neering company for three years, he founded the company now bearing his name. 5 STUDENTS WILL 'M'ENU CONFERENCE AT RAVERFORD Two men and three women students will leave tomorrow morning for Has , erford where they will attend a week : end conference of "Race in the World Today." The three women who wilt attend will be helped in their expen ses by a fifteen dollar appropriation passed last night by the co-ed fresh man class for the purpose. The conference, which will open to morrow night and conclude Sunday noon, will undertake to solve for dele gates from colleges in Pennsylvania some of the problems incumbent upon. the marked race distinctions in the world today. Reinhold Neibuhr and other prominent speakers will attend.
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