ESTABLISHED J H AX iMt i* l COMPLETE CAMPUS i ~ pntu stoic fip Uumcgtatt. i~ i Volume 30 Number 64 LEAVES GRANTED TO 9 PROFESSORS FOR COMING YEAR lilasingamu, Champlin, Martin, Hasek To Study, Travel In U. S., Europe TRUSTEES NAME RICHARD ASSISTANTTO L. A. DEAN Sabbatical leaves have been granted to four professors by the Board of ■Trustees .to .be effective during the coming college year. President Ralph 3D. Hetzcl has announced, .In addition, speoial leaves have been granted to five other faculty members. The Board also approved the ap pointment of John R. Richard as ad ministrative asistant 'to the Dean of the School of the Liberal Arts. He was transferred from the department of engineering extension and will aid in the extension work of the Liberal Arts School, Champlin To Visit Europe 'Sabbatical' leaves were granted to Prof. Ralph U. Blaslngamc, head of the deportment of agricultural engineer-; ing, who plans to visit agricultural experiment stations in the south and west; and to Dr. Carrol D. Champlin, of the department of education and psychology, who plans to, visit Euro pean universities. Other professors receiving sab batical leave are Dr. Carl Wi, Hasek, head of the department of economics, for study and travel; and to Dr. Asa E. Mbrtln, head of the departmentT of history, for historical research. Dr. Martin expects ito be gone for a year, the others taking only one semester. Gauger Gets Special Leave Special leaves were also granted to Prof. J. Burn Holme, head of the de partment of architecture, for a year’s study at Harvard; to Dr. Austin L. Patrick, of the department or agro nomy, for three months to aid in soil erosion experiments being conducted by the Department of Agriculture; and to Dr. Alfred W. Gauger, director of research in the School of Mineral In dustries. for two months to mhke a •study of coal research being ■conduct ed In Europe. Leaves of absence have also been granted George J. Bair, of the depart granted George J. Bair, of the de partment of economics; and James IV Long, of the department of met allurgy to complete their doctorates. Both, will study in their respective fields at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during this summer sc.s. slon and all of next year. They have been appointed to part-time instructor ships there. FRESHMEN WtEK COMMITTEE WILL PLAN FOR CLASS OF ’3B The Freshman Week Committee will meet Wednesday in the office o.f Dean of Men Arthur A. Warnoek to 'make plans for Freshman Week this coming September. It is expected that there will be few changes in the program as it was given this last Freshman week. The changes neces sary have come about due to the changes in the curricula of the Lib eral Arts and Education schools. The committee is composed of Deans of various Schools and of four student leaders, Lucy J. Erdmun ’35, president of the Women’s Student Government Association; Paul K. Hirsch ’35, president of Student Coun cil ; Charles A. Myers ’34, president of the Union of Councils; and A. Kenneth Maiers *35, president of In terfraternity Council.' Tragedy of 10 O’a Regulation Una “Sorry, the* phone on ‘second floor Mae hall is busy.’’ If this happens to you, don’t be come discouraged. After all, you are calling the busiest line on the Col lege exchange switch board. The ex change itself, an electrical engineer's paradise with its multitude of wires and tiny colored lights is located in n small room in the Grounds and Buildings offices on the third floor of Old Main and is guarded nightly by the night desk campus police ser geant with a green eye .shade. , The PBX or private branch ex change handles about 3,000 calls each: twenty-four hours over its forty-two lines on the enmpus which connect 304 different telephones. A force of six women working in shifts handles all calls. The busiest night of the week is Friday when calls to women’s dormi tories . and fraternities begin at around 6:30 and last 1 until 10 after which time no co-ed residence can be reached by telephone. Contrary to popular opinion, the largest number of calls to women’s dormitories does ‘Collegian’ Solicits Senior Subscriptions Members of the senior class are be ing solicited by members of .the Col legian freshmen business staff for sub scriptions to next year’s paper. The campaign/ which started last Sunday; night, will last two weeks. Those can didates taking part in the sales cam paign are; George W. Bird, Thomas R. Dietz, and John L. Geary. •Edward Higgin3, Jean C. Hoover. Robert B. Morris, Irwin Roth. Walter H. Shorcnstein, Philip A. Schwartz, Evan R. Stevens .Robert J. Slcglcr, Raymond Shetzline. and Anna M. Youcll complete the staff. Additional candidates for ihe business board may report at room 315, Old Miain at 4 o’clock, any day this week or next. 2-YEAR STUDENTS TO TAKE CUSTOMS Few Major-Alterations in Rules EfTcclccl—Student Council Approves Regulations The most important change in cus toms as accepted by Student Council for next year affects rule sixteen and makes it necessary for two-year agri cultural students as well as four-year students to take one year of -customs. An addition lo this rule now excuses all students over twenty-three years of age from customs. Another important change is in rule thirteen which now allows fresh men to associate with ladies within the three-mile limit only at their own house dances rather than at any house dances, as formerly. Revoke 2 General Customs Other amendments are in rules one and six which now allow the wear ing of a jacket in place of a coat and require the planting of the name of the home town or city rather than the name of the preparatory .school or high school on freshmen name cards. The general custom forbidding the -uhc-of-seals^boaring-the-'Collcge‘in signia and tiie custom forbidding classes to-wear caps bearing class nu merals were both revoked. The ad ditional custom requires the wearing oT the complete R. O. T. C. uniform, including the cap. Student Council at the same meet ing elected Henry H. Sweeney ’35 as their representative on the combined Student Board.’ Student Board the night before had selected Richard A. Sigel ’35 as its representative. These two, together with Paul I<. Hirsch ’35 and John A. Brutzman ’3s.make up the men representatives, while El sie M. Douthett ’35 and Lucy J. Erd man ’35 are the women representa tives on the new combined Board. PHYSICIANS FROM 7 COUNTIES WILL HOLD CONVENTION HERE Physicians from seven central coun ties in Pennsylvania will meet here Thursday for the annual convention of the Sixth Councilor District of the Medical Society of the State of Penn sylvania. The guest of honor will be Dr. S. P. Glover, of Altoona, who has practiced medicine for fifty ycurs. Counties to be represented are Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, and Perry. The president and secretary of the State Medical Society, Dr. Donald Guthrie and Dr. Walter F. Donaldson respec tively, will attend the. meeting. lock Co-ed ’Phone i vered by Reporter not come in on the night before a ma jor dance. Although the volume of business calls is larger than that of social messages, the fact that "the latter flood the switchboard during a few hours gives the operators consider able exercise. The twenty women's phones on the campus are proportion ed for the number of women in each building and on the campus. “It’s a matter of life and death,” is the most popular reason given.by nocturnal Lotharios for wanting to call a enmpus women’s residence aft er the deadline at ten. “How old arc you?” is most often asked by lo quacious males of the night opera tor. ' . ( Although the night operators have almost no time in which they could listen in on conversations if they so desired, a considerable amount of campus activity is revealed to them. ! For example, when the Penn State plpyers are rehearsing in their rooms 1 in Old Main at night a call invariab ly comes in just as the tower clock is booming midnight. “Could you please give me the time,” a querlous voice asks. • STATE COLLEGE, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1934 ‘Penn State Day’s’Success Exceeds Every Expectation Brandt, Ryan, Steidle, Bezdek, Hoffman Voice Appreciation of Program--Think it Ought To Occur Annually T With the exception of one or two minor defects brought out over the week-end, “Penn State Day” was a success! This seems to be the opin ion of officials in charge of lust Sat urday’s program, who have no doubt that it will become an annual af fair. H. Carl Brandt ’34, who was chair man of the committee‘on arrange ments, declared in an interview last night, “ 'Penn State Day’ exceeded all expectations. 1 think there were four reasons for its great success: firstly, the large number who regis tered, very few of which were ath letes participating in the Interschol astics; secondly, the splendid cooper ation .of the various schools in spon soring exhibits and holding inter views; thirdly, the way in which the fraternities took care of the visitors; and, fourthly, the large turnout for the athletic circus Saturday night. “I want to express my thanks for the excellent cooperation I received from the-Administration, the deans, the departmental heads, the faculty, 6 TO LEAD FORUM ON SOCIAL CHANGE Pundt, Alderfer, Rccde, Wyand, Hartmann, Morse Chosen To Talk Thursday Five faculty members and Adrian O. Morse, executive secretary to the President, will lead an informal panel discussion on “Techniques of Social Change” in the Home Economics au ditorium 7:30 o’clock Thursday night. The cial Problems elub. The forum will be conducted on the same plan as the recent P. S. C. A. discussion on NRA and facism. Each man will- answer questions that arise which pertain to the subject upon which he is an authority. Rcedo To Discuss Economics Alfred G. Pundt, of the department of 'history and political science, will answer any-questions concerning the historical aspects of the techniques of social change. Dr. Harold F. Al derfer, of the same department, will present the political point of view. The economics of the question will be presented by Arthur H. Recde, of the department of economics and so ciology. Charles S. Wyand, also of • this department, will take the socio logical side of the topic. Mr. Morse will present the educa tional. point of view while Prof. George W. Hartmann, of the depart ment of education and psychology, will present the psychologist’s atti tude on the subject. STUDENT UNION HOARD NAMES NEW MEMBERS Group Will Hold Election of Officers At Final Meeting on May 29 'Members of the Student Union Board for next year were clcotcd at a meeting of the present staff last night. The new group will hold a final "meet ing of the percent staff last night. The now group will hold a final meeting on May 29 at which time new officers will be elected, nominations having been made by a committee. Those who will serve for next year include Paul K. Hirsch ’35,- men’s student government; Lucy J, Brdman *35, women’s student government; John E. Fictchcr, men’s athletics and Elsie M. Douthett 35, women’s athletics. Vernon D. Platt ’35, a mem ber from last year, has been carried over to this year's board. Albert P. Mlkelonls '35 will re present the IntcTclass Finance Budget Committee. John A. Brutzman ’35 will represent publications, and A. Kenneth Maiers ’35.- Interfraternity Council. Jeanne S. Kleckncr ’35. Pan Hellenic council; Manlio F. UcAngclls ’35, re ligious sociotics; Harry D. M. Grier, honor societies; and Douglas R. Borst ’35. Penn State club, complete the list. The music, and dramatic representa tive has not been elected as yet. GETZ WILL HEAD GLEE CLUB Jay F. Getz ’35 will head the Men’s, Glee club for next year, as a rcsult-of the elections held recently. Other officers elected arc -Burton Rowlos jr. ’35, vice-president; Charles T. Potts ’35, manager; Edwin J. Griffiths ’36, secretary-treasurer; and Howell S. Jobbins ’37, librarian. the Interfraternity Council, Student Union, Student Board,‘ the Colixxjian the fraternities, and .'all others who had anything lo do with the ‘day’.” John T. Ryan jr., president of the | senior class, who was, in charge of registration, stated that between 800 and 1,000 high school-students were here on Saturday. Six hundred reg istered at the Student/Union desk in Old Main, very few; of them being trackmen. In addition, he estimated that 100 or 200 didn’t register at all. Quite a few cafne hack to the registration desk in/the afternoon and asked for application blanks for next year, which is indicative of the profound, impression which was made on the visitors, Ryan^said. “On behalf of thet- committee on enrollments I want to fixpress our ap preciation and the appreciation of the College to the studerii? : body in gen eral, and to the fraternities in par ticular, for their splendid cooperation on Saturday,” dcclared/.Dean Edward Steidle, of the SchooUof .Mineral In? dustries, and chairma’jt'. of the com mittee on enrollments’;,-; "I feel that this was the finest demonstration of cooperative spirit on -AHc part of the student body that. come to our attention. ‘ “Being initiated, by/the students themselves,” Dean Setfllle went on to say, “it actually represents the high est type of Colleger, tradition. This is the kind of spirit ..j’nat the Presi dent talks about. ‘Pehn State Day’ should. have been, started years ago, not so much as a.-campaign for stu dents, but as a serviee/to the young- (Conlimtctl on ikt{/c two) SENIORS MAY;® ‘UWjfrfflDAY Sophomore Candidates for 1935 . Annual Will Meet in Old Main Tomorrow Distribution of the 1034 Lu Vic will begin at the Student Union desk, in Old Main, Friday afternoon, ac cording to Donald M. Smith, business manager of the year book. Seniors! will be able to receive the hook by presentation of their matriculation card, which will be checked against the College Treasurer’s list of Class of 1031 members. Distribution of the yearbook, orig inally announced for May 1, was de layed because of an error in the cov ers as received from the contracting company. Two weeks were required lo replace the faulty bindings. Organization work for the 11)35 La Vic will begin at a meeting of all ed itorial, art, and business staff mem bers in tire publications office, Room 315, Old Main, at 7:30 o’clock tomor row night. Sophomore candidates will lie informed as to general orga nization of work. - At \he meeting tomorrow night, candidates will be divided in accord ance with their preferences for work, anti will meet Senior board men in charge of that particular branch of! work. William Y. E. Rambo ’35, ed itor of the publication, will give a short talk. Divisional work will be explained by Carl It. Conrad '35, art editor, George W. Britton ’35 and Harold W. Kull> ’35, business managers, ami James B. Watson jr., managing ed itor. Elections of juniors will be held early in the fall. SCHLINK RETURNS CHECK TO FINANCE FELLOWSHIP Money for Lecture Here March 15 Given for Textile Research Dr. Frederick J. Schlinh, who spoke here on March 15, returned the cheek he had been given for his talk to the College last week for the con tinuation of a fellowship in textile: chemistry. The fellowship was started by Con sumers’ Research, Inc., of which Dr. Schlink is one of the founders. It is intended to be devoted to research in the field of textile chemistry and is held at the present time .by Miss Mary. E. Deck, assistant in textile chemistry. Dr. Schlink’s lecture, which was sponsored by Alpha Delta Sigma, pro fessional advertising fraternity, and lota Sigma Pi, honorary textile chem istry fraternity, was entitled “Safe guarding the Consumers' Interests.” FORMER CHAPLAIN WILL SPEAK HERE ON MEMORIAL DAY Rev. Frazer Metzger, Rutgers Dean, To Talk on Campus Following Parade EXERCISES WILL HEGIN AT ATHERTON’S GRAVE The Rev. Dr. Fraser -Metzger, for mer chaplain of the College and at 'present Dean of Men at Rutgers Uni versity will be the speaker at the Me morial Day exercises here. Dr. Metz ger will speak on the front campus following the parade in which the R. O. T. C. students, members of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish American War vet erans, and other organizations will participate. Exercises for the day will be opened with a simple ceremony at the grave* of President George W. Atherton, a Civil War veteran. The program will be continued at the plaque in Old Main as a tribute to Penn State men who lost their lives in the World War. Plans Completed by Committee Details of the program are being worked out by a committee composed of Paul K. Hirsch ’35, senior class president; A. Kenneth Maiers '35, president of Interfraternity Council; Captain Raymond P. Cook, of the de partment of military science and tac tics, and Prof. Julius K. Kaulfuss, chairman of the College Senate pub lic occasions committee. Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell, Ray V. Watkins, of the Alpha Fire Company; John R. Doty, of the Rotary club; D. Eugene Wentzel, Kiwanis club; Guy Z. Stover, Commerce club; Dr. James F. Shigley, Reserve Officers associa tion; Col. Theodore Boal, National Guard; and J. Stanley Cobb, Donald M. Wieland, and Edwin 11. Rohrbcck, of the American Legion, complete the committee. In addition lo the local, services, the • Amorican.Legion; the.lL Q. T. G. firing "squatis^ans~thc*depar ttiicnt"of mili tary science and tactics will attend the services at the cemeteries in the surrounding area. JOURNALISTS TO MEET HERE THURSDAY, FRIDAY Will Consider Education Problems In Toaching Their Profession Editors and publishers of the Pennsylvania Newspapers Publishers association advisory committee for the department of journalism will meet here Thursday and Friday to discuss education problems in teach ing journalism. • Among the members of the com mittee are E. Arthur Sweeney, of the Grccnsburg Trilmnc-Kcviav, W. G. Lynett, of the Scranton Times, Col C. J. Smith, of the Allentown Mornini/ Cull, and Fred Fuller Shedd, of the Philadelphia Rvcniiiy Uulktin. D. N. Slop, of the Altoona Mirror, Barton R. Gardener, of Die Montrose ludcpcvdcul, A. E. McCullough, of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., Edward i T. Leech, .of the Pittsburgh Press, | William D. Fish, of the Coudersporli Potter ICvlerjtrke, and Floyd Chal fant, of the Waynesboro Hccord- Jlcrtild, are also committeemen. WHY A TO SERVE ARMY FOR THIRD CORPS AREA Station Named Altcrnato Net Control Under Army Cal! Letters WLQJ The College radio station, under its ariny call letters WLQJ, has been designated by the United Stales Army to serve as alternate net control for the third corps area. The army third area corps em braces four states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Del awre. The College station will oper ate oh a.'frequency of 3497.6 kilocycles as the army alternate control, to sup plement the services of the official army station WLM in Washington, 1). C. Official notification of tiie appoint ment reached Gilbert L. Crossiey, di ro.'tor of the station and instructor in electrical engineering, by radio. The College station was selected from among a large number of amateur stations in the four state area. Op ertion of the station for army pur poses is under the supervision of Lieu tenant 11. O. Bixb.v, signal officer fo.r the third corps area. SHATTUCK GETS APPOINTMENT Prof. .Harold B. Shattuek, of the deimrtment of civil engineering, has been appointed a member of the com mittee on the Economics of Railway Location by the American Railway Engineering ussociution. To Appear Tomorrow Cornelia Otis Skinner NATIONAL ABSORBS LOCAL FRATERNITY Theta Upsilon Omega Formally initiates Phi Kappa Nu at Ceremony Yesterday Phi Kappa Nu, a local social fra ternity on the campus for the past ten years, was absorbed by Theta Up silon Omega at formal ceremonies here yesterday afternoon. Samuel McGinnis, arch-master of the nation al fraternity, attended and officiat ed. Theta Upsilon Omega was orga nized in 1923, the result of a mer ger of ten local fraternities at (lif erent colleges and universities, one of them being lota Alpha here at Penn State. At the present time there are seventeen active chapters of the organization. 22 Initiated Yesterday Phi Kappa Nu was organized De cember 1, 1924, as an outgrowth of a county club. Eighteen undergradu ates, two faculty members, and two alumni .were., initiated. __The,, v othcr nltimm ” wtil“ljw’ihl U ated 'at Tn later dale. Theta Upsilon Omega faculty mem bers conducted the installation cere monies with the assistance of Mr. McGinnis. Willard D. Ilerr ’36, pres ident of the fraternity, announced that the former officers will, continue to exist in the new chapter. ENGINEERING EDUCATION SOCIETY WILL CONVENE Doggett* Nesbitt. Rhodes, Ncyhart To Speak' at Meeting Wednesday Addresses by faculty members on various phases of engineering will be delivered at the spring meeting of the Pennsylvania State College Branch of tiie Society for the Pro motion of Engineering Education in Room 107, Main Engineering at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday night. Prof. Leonard A. Doggett, of the department of electrical engineering, will speak on “Applied F’cdagogy” and Prof. Russell B. Nesbitt, of the department of civil engineering, will! discuss “New Ideas in Engineering Education.” - “New Ideas in Hydraulic Instruc tion”, will be discussed by Prof. Le land S. Rhodes, of the department of civil engineering. Amos E. Neylmrt, instructor in industrial engineering, will talk on a “Study of Correlation Coefficients.” A general discussion 1 will- follow this program. j Yougel Received No Special Order To Arrest Students, Survey Shows Officer Albert A. E. Yougel, bor ough policeman, did not receive spe cial instructions by the incoming Bur gess or by members of Hie police com mittee of the Borough council to make all possible arrests during the past five months, a survey of the police committee by the G'oixkoian last week revealed. Since the publication of the ac count of the student arrests, no order has been given lo Yougel to be more discreet in the matter of arrests, the investigation also showed. • “Burgess Leitzell bears no grudge against the students of the College,” Prof. Samuel B. Colgate, member of the police committee, explained. "He intends Lo enforce'laws, but contrary to student opinion, he is not concern ed with hatching up schemes to “get” students for minor offenses. “I know that he spends long hours studying cases of student offenders before they receive a hearing, in or der to make a just decision,” Col gate said. “In every instance, cases have been tried under the Borough ordinances, rather than under Stato laws or in the jurisdiction of higher PRICE FIVE CENTS CORNELIA SKINNER WILL IMPERSONATE HENRY VIH’S WIVES Entertainer in Artists* Course Series To Present Original Character Sketches PROGRAM TO START AT S:l5 O’CLOCK TOMORROW That strange group of variously fated women, destined for short per iods of lime to be the ruling Queens of England as the wives of Henry VIII, will again be revealed in the flesh as the talents of Cornelia Otis Skinner revive them in Schwab audi torium, at 8:15 o’clock tomorrow night. In this production Miss Skinner will impersonate cadi of the six wives of this notorious king single-handed. | The six queens to be depicted in this ' internationally famous program, ta ken in the older in which they will appear, arc Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, .lane Seymour, Anne of Clcves, Katherine Howard, and Kath erine Parr. Skinner Writes Own Sketches Although onlookers may be prone to regard it as a kind of stunt, the atrical critics insist that it is noth ing of the sort. It is rather a group ing of a half-dozen ill-assorted queens; six portraits, each of which fades into the other. Each is a sepa rate impersonation, depicting both history ami human nature, yet each remains an important part of the whole. To Miss Skinner’s way of think ing, the immortality of these various queens is assured through their en during counterparts in evory age. Al though she is herself the author of these character sketches and is wide ly versed in the historical background of Tudor England, she insists that her greatest assistance in moulding her interpretations has come through the observation of modern prototypes of these women. Sk»itch&s,.Onglpgtc(l : .3.Yoarß_ Ago Miss Skinner firmly believes that each of the six queens has a counter part in life today. She believes that human nature does not change very much, anti that time and aguin one meets these sme women in modern life. For example, she believes that were alive today, she would be pres* was alive today, she would be pres ent at every important social func tion and a popular visitor at every fashionable resort. She would also probably loathe hiking and be fas cinated by night clubs. The idea of giving an impersona tion of the six wives of the Blue Bearded king originated throe years ago, as a result of a telephone call from Miss Skinner’s mother. In the call her mother requested that she present a character sketch of the cele brated wives before her club in Phila delphia. At First Miss Skinner dis | missed the invitation because it seem led Loo dilFiculL. But the idea cap | lured her imagination, and so she spent much time in research on the subject ami on all- Us hostorical background. Needless to say, the impersonations were an immediate success, and soon she was invited to give the perform ance in Knolo Castle, Kngland, which is the original site of King Henry’s marital adventures. The invitation was given by Lord ami Lady Sack ville, the present owners of the castle, and when Miss Skinner appeared there she conquered the guests and {critics alike with her production. courts. There, penalties would he more drastic.” None of l,hc; members agree witli Frank N. D. Buehmnn, Oxford croup loader and former P. S. C. A. dirce tor here, that Slate College is a “cess pool of sin.” C constable Harris Holmes, about whose status some question lias been raised, it has been learned hut recent* ly, was first secured by a local mer chant to protect his property against student depredations. Realizing the need of another policeman, the burgess gave him full police powers. He is now in the pay of the borough. Confidence that Uie students will not start unnecessary disorders and movements was expressed by tile com mitteemen. Tbe unfavorable public ity to the College in newspapers through the Stale would be detriment al to tlic reputation of Uie institution, they stated. The members of the police com mittee are: Ccorgc B. Jackson, chair man, Charles Sehlow, local merchant, and Samuel- B. Colgate, of the depart ment of industrial engineering.
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