egemi-M/eekly; ~ 1 ppnn #tatr (Enllwjtan. h" Volume 30 Number 65 STRAUSS SPEAKS ON CHILD HEALTH AT LEAGUE DINNER Women Voters Hear Discussion Of Sanitary Conditions in Country Districts ‘LACK OF INSPECTIONS, NURSE CAUSES TROUBLE’ "Child health conditions arc 'worse in rural school sections, some rural districts having had no health inspec tion for three or more years,” said Mrs. 1 Berthold Strauss, speaking- on Pennsylvania’s Emergency Child Health program at the second session of the General Council conference of the Pennsylvania League of Wbmen Vot ers being held at (the Klttany Lion Inn Tuesday, yesterday and today. "In these localities there is no public health nurse, and defects in children that were discovered at the time of the last examinations have not yet been corrected. This condition is not re stricted 'to one section but is typical of the entire state,” declared Mrs. Strauss. Underweight Cases Cited One of <thc most Important phases of the work' of this committee, Mrs. Strauss explained, is .to devise means of reducing the percentage of under weight cases throughout the state. In Centre county in the last year there has been an increase <of 42 per cent In underweight cases. Seven agricultural counties decreased their percentages of underweight, she stat ed. “To combat this increase, trained -women arc giving Instructions in hy giene, buying of food,, feeding, of chil dren and the proper preparation of food,” continued Mrs Strauss, Dr. Josoph P. Ritenour, represent ing the Centre county Child Health Committee,, -pointed out' that 70 per cent of the students entering the Col lege are underweight, and 20 per cent of these arc in the danger zone. Dr. Davis Gives Summary He expressed a'belief tha t much un derweight is due to lack of sleep be -cause of (too many outside activities,. ; Xack^dr r f6'od*''i3^iT6t rr tlie r? oniy causTof malnutrition since even-the more for tunate students fall. in this class of underweight, Dr. Ritenour said. A summary of the Emergency Child Health program was given by Dr. El wood C. Davis, professor of Physical Education, and Dr Frank H. Koos, professor of school adminlstrat.on dis cuscd the proposals for the reorgani zation of school administration in Pennsylvania. PHI ETA SIGMA ELECTS CASE PRESIDENT, KRAUSS ADVISOR Charles P. Case was elected presi dent of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman scholastic honorary, for the coming year at a recent meeting o’f that so ciety. Dr. Franklin B. Krauss, of the department of classical languages, was named as the assistant faculty advisor to the organization. Other officers elected were James E. Hackctt, vice-president; James A. Babcock, secretary; Jesse ’F. Core, treasurer; and John' F. Sammel, his torian. Cornelia Skinner Si Quick- Change A r “Of all Henry’s numerous wives, Ihc one that appeals to me most strongly is JCathcryn Howard. There is 1 something about her foolishness and wild- impetuosity which -arouses my sympathy more, than any other character on the stage,” Cornelia Otis Skinner said in an interview preced ing her performance here Tuesday night. Kalhcryn Howard was the queen who was trapped by Henry with another lover in the next to the last scene. When asked what .her greatest dif ficulty was in presenting this six-act show single-handed, Miss Skinner said that it was not in rapidly changing her moods to fit the widely varying personalities of the six. queens, as is commonly supposed, but rather in changing he r costumes between scenes. However, she admitted that she now makes a complete change of costume and make-up in a minute and a half, And -according to her. ward robe mistress, that is a generous es timate. At v the Tuesday’ night performance it soon became .obvious to. the-audi ence that Miss Skinner had more than talent, pantomimic ability, and per sonal- charm in helping her to capture its imagination; that being an extra ordinary propensity for foreign lan guages. • According to her manager, she seems- to absorb languages as easily as the sun draws water. Al though she can now converse fluently in German, French, Italian, and Span ish, she said that she hopes to master Chinese and'Russian soon. ‘La Vie’ Distribution Will Begin Tomorrow -Distribution of the 1934 La Vic will begin at. the Student Union Desk in Old Main at 9 o'clock to morrow morning, Donald B. Smith ’34, business manager of the pub lication, announced late this after noon. Second semester matricula tion cards must be presented at the desk by seniors desiring the book. Because of the large number'of yearbooks to be given out this year, distribution will continue at the Student Union Desk all day tomor row, Saturday morning, and Mon day. Five hundred copies of the book were received this afternoon, while more arc expected on the first express delivery tomorrow, .Smith said. COSTUMES CHOSEN FOR TO TAVERN’ Supporting Members of Players Houseparty Show June 8 Named by Director Costumes for the Penn State Play ers' production of George M. Cohan’s, “The-Tavern,” which will be given in Schwab auditorium on June 8, will include those of the southern gentle men of the Civil War days, those of, the years preceding the gay ’9o’s, and those of the innkeepers of the time of ‘merry England/ 'As supporting members of the cast, Clayton R. Page '34, Gretchen I. Mar quardt ’35, Henry D. Brown '36, Wil son Ferguson ’3G, Mary L. Frear ’37, and Leonard Reibstein '37 have been named. Music Composed by Bassett Harold Z. Snyder ’36 has been ap pointed stage manager for the pro duction. Working with him as mem bers of the technical and executive staff will be H. Chester McLaughlin '35, who designed the setting; Marion L. Foreman '35, property mistress; Edith R. Cottom '35, costume mis tress; Katherine M. Gorman '35, pub- OA ATTEWH EIDCT licity agent; "and Charles Rauden- JjU, ill lIjIiI/ FllVijl Four women are. working with the . I A Vlr [y| Hp I IjNIJ, | costume mistress. Several of the cos- lifl f ili lrlJuiiilu?VJ ; tunics will be made, while a few will be borrowed from townspeople. Spec ial musical arrangements for the or chestra arc being composed by T. Robert Bassett, of the department of English composition. The costumes of the period prior to 1890 will be worn by four women members. Two men characters will .wear the garb of the southern gentle men of 1860, and the innkeeper and his son will wear costumes traditional to the tavern-keepers of the nine teenth century. COOPER TO JUMP TOMORROW «Dick Cooper,'nationally famous para chute juniper, will make a 2,000 foo' delayed drop at the ‘Stale College Air port at 6:30 o’clock tomorrow night. He will put on a special smoke-screen act while descending. In making the jump' Cooper will descend the first 2,000 feet before he "opens thu chute. This will be the first time that such a feat has ever been attempted in this part of the State. 'fars as Linguist, rtist in Performance In explaining why she left the legit imate stage te become an imperson ator she said, "I used to do mono logues in college and after I was grad uated and had been on the stage for about four years without doing much, I decided that I would like to be my own boss for a change. Since that time T have been giving impersona tions, and I enjoy it immensely." She said that while at Bryn Mawrj her alma mater, she used to write character sketches and monologues in the afternoon and then present them the same evening. She cheerfully ad mitted that she had something in com mon with Katherine Hepburn in that both of them were able to last at Bryn Mawr for only two of the four years. •Whjin asked if she had ever visited this campus before, she said that she had not. However, she added that she once had received an invitation to a Junior Pronrhcrc, not too many years ago, but had to decline it at the last minute because of an attack of meas les. In the interview she stated that she had just returned from a visit with Fred Waring’s sister that afternoon. She is a close friend of the Waring family and recently broadcasted with the .orchestra leader on one of his radio programs. Miss Skinner’s next engagement will be in Connecticut. Following that performance she in tends to retire for the summer. She is now formulating plans for a new program which she intends to begin next fall. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1934 Stoddart Favors Unlimited Cuts for All ‘2’ Students Dean Reports Results Of Cutting Survey In L.A. School “Students with averages of ‘two’ or over ought to be allowed unlimited cuts,” declared Dean Charles W. Stod dart, of the School of Liberal Arls, in an interview this, morning. “We don’t have to worry about the cuts of the good students, for, as a rule, they are the ones who seldom miss classes;”, he said. This has been his attitude for sev eral years, the Dean stated. “I don’t believe a student should "be marked off for cuts. His grade should be de tcrminei) on what he actually demon strates in class work, quizzes, blue books, and exams. If a student finds that he need not attend every class in order to get the full benefit of the -work, then all the more credit to him. If he* can get his grades and does all of the required work for the course, then that is sufficient,” Dr. Stoddart declared. These random comments were made as a result of a survey completed yes terday on student cutting in the School of Liberal Arts. At a meeting of the faculty executive council of that j school several weeks ago a complaint was registered that cuts were exces sive this semester. Dr. Stoddart re quested instructors in the various coui'ses to hand in to him a list of all in their classes having five or more cuts this semester. The survey reveals that 0.9'/ of the students in that school have cut classes five or more times. The de partment of romance languages reach ed the highest mark of 12.8'/. Out of* 779 enrolled in courses in that de partment, 100 have cut excessively. Lowest is the department of English (Continued on puye livo) > Sophomore Candidates. Include 25 for Editorial Staff, . 5 for Business Thirty sophomore men and women candidates reported for La Vic work at the first meeting under the new staff Tuesday night. Additional can didates for editorial, business, and art staffs may report at the second meet ing to be held in Room 321, Old Main; at 7:30 o’clock next Tuesday. .. At the „first. meeting, the newly elected members of the senior board were' introduced and short talks ex plaining the work were given by Wil liam Y. E. Rambo ’35, editor, and James B. Watson jr. ’35, managing editor. Editorial Candidates Listed Sophomore women editorial candi dates who attended the meeting were Jane W. Fornslcr, Betty J. Frear, Frances G. Hamilton, Ruth E. Koeh ler, Elizabeth J. McKeon, and A. Frances Turner. Sophomore men editorial candi dates include James 11. Armstrong, John K. Barnes jr., Melvin D. Ben nett, Julian K. Benson, K. Ward Bien, Joseph A. Boyle, Joseph C. Doherty; Fhilip G. Evans, W. Ber nard Frounseh, Harry B. Henderson jr., and Maurice H. ICirshner. John E. Miller jr., Alec S. Morri son, John C. Phillips, Donald P. San ders, Charles M. Schwartz jr., Jules Vernik, Nalhanial Wollman, and Shirley J. Zarger jr. complete the list of men editorial aspirants. Business candidates are Charles 11. Cunningham, Sherman R. Dickman, Tom'C. Roanlrce, Reuben A. Strand ine, and Joseph P. Swift. 5 TO SURVEY PLAYGROUND Sclwyn Edwards ’34, Kathleen Slc gal '34, Edward P. Wfigncr ’34, and two graduate students, Richard G. Kccscy and Lewis A. Shook, all in the physical education curriculum have been selected by Dr. Elwood C. Davis, of the School of Education and Ath letics, tu conduct a survey of the local playgrounds. The survey Is being spon sored by the local board of recreation. LION’S PAW ELECTIONS (Senior Campus Honorary) John A. Brutzman '35 John E. Fletcher *35 George W. Harvey ’35 Paul K. Hirsch '35 John H.'Houck '35 ' A. Kenneth Maicrs ’35 Albert P, Mikclonis ’35 John M. Stocker ’35 Harry N. Sigel ’35 ' E. Dudley Townsend '35 Alan R. Warehimfc '35 Releases Cuts Survey lEAN CHARLES W. STODDAR' ‘COLLEGIAN’STAFF TO HOLD SMOKER Banner, Hofford, Nichols, Staff Members Will .Speak At Affair Monday The annual Collegian smoker and get-together will be held at the Phi Kappa Psi house .at 8 o’clock on Monday ..night. Both-men and worn-: on stall members and candidates for the paper from all four classes may attend. | . Prof. Franklin ,Ci. Banner, head of the department of/journalism, will be the principal speaker! at the gath ering. -Others .who wjll n talk are. Prof. ’partment; and "Edward .J; Nichols,'of the department of .English composi tion and faculty advisor to the Collegian. Brutzman, Martin Will Speak John A. Brutzman, editor, and Jack A. Martin, business manager, will al so speak briefly. Bolh the faculty and staff speakers will talk on mat ters relating to the publication or of professional interest. - The function this ycar.marks-an in novation as it is the first time in the history of the paper that women .staff members have been included. Annual smokers were begun in an effort to coordinate the work of the editorial and business staffs, and to promote cooperation between freshman, soph omore, and junior staff members. Included on the program will be in formal discussion of work for next year, and formulation of preliminary plans for work during Freshman Week in the fall. George A. Rut ledge ’35, circulation manager, will discuss these arrangements. DR. F. BOYD EDWARDS TO GIVE CHAPEL TALK Headmaster of Mcrccrsburg Academy; Will Discuss ‘Judging tho World’ Dr. F. Boyd Edwards, headmaster of Mcrccrsburg academy, will speak on “Judging the World” in Schwab auditorium' at 11 o’clock Sunday morning, in the final chapel program of the year before the Baccalaureate services on Sunday, June 10. Dr. Edwards was ferjaduated by Williams College in 1000, and has also received degrees from Union Theological Seminary, -University of Pennsylvania, and Franklin and Mar shall College. After his ordination in 1904, he servodas pastor of church es in Brooklyn and Orange, N. J., until 1022, when he became headmas ter of the llill School, in Pottstown. Dr. Edwards has been at Mcrcers burg since 1028. lie is also a mem ber of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Holyoke College and of'.Williams Col lege. In addition to serving as vice president of the Philadelphia Head masters’ association, he is a member of the National Headmasters* asso ciation. STEIDLE, HIGGINS TO SPEAK Edward Steidle, Dean of the School of Mineral Industries, and Robert A. Higgins, head football coach, will address the meeting of the newly elected Alumni council in the Little Theatre at..-10:30 o’clock, Saturday morning, June 9. The Alumni council is composed of elect ed district representatives and class secretaries. James Watson ’l4, pres ident of the Alumni association, will preside over ;i the meeting. COLLEGE TO HOLD RURAL FIELD DAY HERE ON JUNE 14 Talks, Exhibits, Demonstrations, Tours Planned by School Of Agriculture 12 DEPARTMENTS WILL TAKE PART IN PROGRAM Twelve departments of the School of Agriculture will devote Farmers’ Field Day on June 14 to talks, exhi bitions, experiments, and demonstra tions aimed at solving the problems of farmers. The day will he open house for .rural visitors to the Col lege farms, gardens, orchards, barns, and laboratories. Faculty members in agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, agronomy, animal husbandry, dairy husbandry, forestry, home economics extension, horticulture, plant path ology, poultry husbandry, rural edu cation, and zoology and entomology will participate. Prof. Thomas I. Mairs, of the department of agricul tural extension, is chairman of the committee. Will Hold Choir Contest The County Choir contest at 7:30 o’clock in Schwab auditorium is open to any choir or chorus representing rural churches, schools, or communi ties. An admission fee of twenty-five cents will be charged, the proceeds going as prizes. First prize will re ceive forty per cent; second prize, thirty per cent; third % place, twenty per cent and fourth place will get ten percent. The awards will be made by three judges on the basis of ensemble, qual ity, interpretation, accuracy, and ap pearance. The groups will sing “Drink. To Me Only With Thine Eyes,” a required number and one of their own choice. Dr. Ernest L. Nix on, of the department of botany, is in charge of the contests An exhibit wiir^c7stage^^fr'fhb‘ r Sro'ek - Pavilion and barns, the dairy husbandry ex hibit will be conducted in the dairy barn. E. A. Stevens, of the Pro ducers Cooperative Commission Asso ciation, Pittsburgh, and W. 11. Itoster rnan, of the United States Department of Agriculture, will deliver addresses of special information. ALUMNI TO HOLD CLASS MEETING 9 Reunions-Planned To Feature Event Juno 9, 10. With Assemblies . . . Dating From ’B9 To ’29 Alumni Day, June 9, will witness the following class reunions: Ttei class of ’B9 will reunite in tho after noon, with Henry Miles, Buffalo, in charge of arrangements. The class of '94 will hold their reunion at the State College Hotel in the evening. John B. While, Philadelphia, with the cooperation of P. B. Brcnncman and James Aikens, of State College, is handling* arrangements. The class of *99 will rc-asscmblc at the Nit lany Uon Inn. W. F. A fielder, a mcmlier of the College board of trus tees, is secretary. Twentieth century graduates will reunite as follows: The class of 'O4 will hold their reunion at the Nit tuny Lion Inn, with Harry Lcitzel in charge of local arrangements. The class of ’O9 will observe their twenty fifth .reunion at the Nitlany Lion Inn. Prof. Lloyd D. Markle, of the de partment of electrical engineering, is class secretary. Dr. and Mrs. Jlctzcl and those faculty members who in structed during tlie ahtmni’s under graduate days will be guests at the dinner. A picnic will be held at Ray mo n a Camp on Sunday, June 10. Other class reunions are: The class of ’l4, which will be held at Ray niona Camp. Prof. Michael W. Lisse, of the department, of biological chem istry, will handle the arrangements. The class of T 9 will get together at the University Club. Prof. Wil liam F. Hall, of the school of agri culture, is completing the necessary arrangements. - The class of ’24 will hold their reunion.at Centre Hills Country Club. F. Joseph Bedenk, baseball coach, heads the local com mittee. The first reunion of the class of ’29 will be held this year. Louis A. Bell is class secretary. Registra-, lion for the alumni will lake place in the first floor lounge of Old Main. Who’s Dancing SATURDAY NIGHT Senior Women At Nittuny Lion Inn (Closed) Bill Batter/ Senior Cap and Gown Orders Due Tomorrow No orders for caps and gowns will be taken after tomorrow. Sen iors must deposit $7.00 at the time of ordering, at least $0.50 of which will be returned. The actual cost is $1.75, most of which is being paid for out of the men's senior class treasury. The caps and gowns will be here about June 0. Immediately after graduation on June 11 they should lie returned to the Student Union desk in Old Main and a majority of the deposit will be refunded. HETZEL WILL GIVE GRADUATION TALK To Make Address at Jefferson Medical College Program Friday, June 1 President Ralph D. HeUel has ac cepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address before tho graduating class of the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, on Fri day, June 1, it was announced yes terday. The President topic will be “Sonicl Current Assets and Liabilities.” Thol exercises will he the 109th annual] commencement of the medical college, and will be held at the American ! Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, at noon. The graduating class of the medical school is expect ed to number 140. Former Trustee Gives Invitation Tho invitation came from Alba B. Johnson, president of the board of trustees of the Jefferson Medical Col lege. Mr. Johnson served as a trus tee of the College from 1922 to 1927. President Ilctzel’s acceptance of the invitation to speak is viewed as evidence of the spirit of cooperation and friendliness prevailing between the two institutions. With the ex ception of the University of Pennsyl vania, Penn State provides more ac ceptable candidates for admission to Jeffeyson Medical than any other, col 'lege. 150 PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINERS TO VISIT HERE Will Inspect Facilities of School Of Mineral Industries Tomorrow One hundred and fifty practical coal miners from the bituminous coal producing counties of the State will visit the College tomorrow to inspect the campus and the facilities afforded by the School of Mineral Industries. The school is sponsoring, through its. extra-mural extension work, twenty six classes. Due to tlie improvement in the bitu minous industry, through the oper ation of the code and its improved demand for certified mine foremen, assistant foremen, and fire bosses, a conspieious increase in Interest in the evening coal courses offered by the College in the bituminous coal-pro ducing area has been noticed, within the past few months, Harry B. North rup, director of the Mineral Industries extension, said. Conditions arc such thal many more of the school’s students In the 0 bitu minous extension work would visit the College if they felt they could take time off from their work, and it is an encouraging contrast with former conditions of unemployment, Director Northrup said. Fishermen’s Paradi Catalog, Becomes A nearby stream for good fishing will ho a reality after 'tomorrow. 'Hie preliminary announcement cutalog of tho College has stated for years that good fishing streams arc within reach of the College, but the Wallonilcs have not as ytit found one where il is pos sible to fish with a chance of gclting anything much larger than a sunny. Spring Creek will be opened to the public tomorrow. In celebration of it a banquet, at which sportsmen from Centro county and the entire Slate arc expected ‘to attend, will be held at the NHtany Lion Inn tomorrow night. Leading conservationists of the East arc expected to attend the celebration, which is in charge of 0. M, Dicblor, State Commissioner of Fisheries. Dr. George Thomas of Spring Mills, vice president of the Centre County Con servation association, will act as toast master at the banqquct. Among-'the fifteen or twenty pro minent conservationists who have sig nified their intentions of attending arc Dr. Grover Ladner, president of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and prominent in activities against stream polution; Edward Hewitt, of New York, under whose dircotion much of the work on the Spring Creek project was done; and Charles Warner, PRICE FIVE CENTS ’35 WOMEN NAME BARTON, KINSLOE FOR CLASS HEAD 32 Other Petitions For Upper Class Officers Submitted To Committee Head POLLS TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 5:30 TOMORROW Elizabeth K. Barton and Margaret \V. Kinsloe were chosen senior wom en’s presidential nominees in peti tions submitted to Martha B. Bond ’JM, chairman of the nominations com mittee. Thirty-two other petitions for the offices in the three upper classes have been handed in to tho committee. Polls for the elections will be open in McAllister hall lob by from li until 5:l>0 o’clock tomor row. Katherine B. Humphrey and Anne B. Fagan arc nominees for the sen ior class vice-presidency, and Mar garet It. Mclntyro and E. Marion Tomlinson are running for the sen ior secretaryship. Anna C. Strong and Margaret S. ClifTin are nominees for the posL of senior treasurer, while Helen J. Hinebauch and Jane M. O’- Connell were nominated for the post of social chairman. Boman, Turner Nominated Janet M. Beman ami A. Frances Turner have been nominated for the junior women’s presidential post, while Bernadette Heagney and Dor othy V. Maguire wore nominated for the class vice-presidency. Alice J. Parkinson and Ilulh E. Kauffman are running for the class secretaryship, while Sara B. Bitting and Virginia W. Lewis arc candi dates for the treasurer’s post. For social chairman, Katherine I. Allc haeh and Margaret M. Campbell were nominated. 3 Named as '37 Candidates M. May Dunaway, Bertha M. Co hen and Rachel M. VanArlsdalcn are Tandidales'**for^lhc v prosldency of" the" H 137 class. For the office of sopho more vice-president, Ruth B. Evans, Marielle Hobart and Margaret G. Pease were nominated. Althea L. EuLt, Elva A. Karwois and Jean C. Kricbcl are listed as candidates for the posL of secretary. Mavis F. Baker and Gretchen M. Haffley arc running for the posi tion of sophomore treasurer. Helen M. Clymcr and Margaret I. Doherty have been nominated for the sopho more social chairmanship. POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASSES TO HEAR SCHANCK, STUDENTS 'Richard Schanck and four studcnt3 representing the American University School of Public AfTairs, Washington. D. C., will appear before political science classes tomorrow morning. Mr. Schanck will speak on “Contempor ary Washington,” and win tell about the new summer session beginning in Ylashington next month, which will take In a study of the new deal gov ernment. Following his talk, he will meet students personally who arc interested in school work this summer, or any who are interested in work in the fed eral service. One of his lectures will he on “How To Get a Job in Wash ington.” Mr. Schanck and hi 3 ns-, sociatea appeared before a group of students in a special meeting today. se, Long Praised in Reality Tomorrow president oj the 'New Jersey Conserva. ■tion Commission. For a mile and a quarter Spring Creek, which is within four miles of IJeUcfonlc, has been improved by the addition of dams and rocks, creating a vacation-laud for trout. Into Ihis Im proved area approximately one-half million trout of legal size have been placed. The trout iishing will be open to the public with but a few restrictions. The ,-i‘nglcr must, use artllieial flics and bnrhlcss hooks,- but he will be limited to snaring itwo trout a day. Visitors at the Spring Creek project tomorrow will have an opportunity to inspect the pools of lish, which will be designated by signs as do -the age and species of fish which they contain, the plant at which they were hatched, whic includes tanks of different, species of trout, and see a truckload of big trout “planted” by the Slate Fish Com cnission at noon. (Demonstrations of fly casting will bo given by a number or nationally known sportsmen—among them Arthur New, of New Jersey, loading fly castor in the United States. All State depart, ments will be represented by officials and Governor Pinchot Is expected to fly by airplane to the grounds for tho occasion,
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