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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.