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Volume 31 Number 7
Thorp Will Speak
At Fourth Annual
Retail Conference
To Discuss Square Deal
For Consumers at
Nittany Lion
Student. Body Invited
To Attend Discussions
Dr, Willard Thorp, of Washington,
D. C., often referred to as the repre
sentative of Mr. .Average Citizen in
the Federal councils, will speak on
the "Square-Deal for the Consumer"
at the Retail Merchants Fourth An
nual Conference being held at the
Nittany Lion Inn. today. Dr. Thorp,
who will- speak, at the formal dinner
tonight, was recently appointed by
President Roosevelt as executive di
rector of the Consumers Division of
the National Emergency Council. The
student body is invited to attend the
meetings. -
•• A display of governmental publi*'
cations dealing with retail problems
and of the latest books issued in this
field has been arranged. Federal au
thorities.who will be here include Dr.
Wilford White, chief of the market
ing research and service division;-
Dr. H. Gordon Hayes, chief of the
division of economic research in the
Bureau of'Commerce; and Harry C.
Cdrr,' N.R.A; code administrator for
retail trades.
In addition to these men, Paul Ny
strom and'Dr. Reaves Cox, of New
York; Channing.E. Sweitzer, manag
ing director✓ of. the National Retail
Dry Goods association; and Ralph D.
'Withington, of the credit division of
the Philadelphia National Bank, will
address the • conference. John E.
Means of. Lancaster will outline the
purposes/arid .objectives of the’Penn
Among, the: problems considered by
thfe College Advisory 'board at their
meeting last.night were.those of or
ganized research in retail problems
arid those of organizing and conduct
ing a short course for the managers
■of’ small stores as well as the per
sonnel managers of larger stores.
Methods of training sales people were
also a subject.of discussion.
The' advisory board' is composed of
H-irry} 1 D. ; Adamy,' Wilkes; Barre;
Charles : H:; Bear jr., .York;' Albert
Cdons,- Lebanon; and fGeorge Gable,
Altoona. Others-include* S. H. Heck
man,. Johnstown; John Leh jr., Al
lentown; John E. Means, Lancaster;
an'd Charles Schlow, State College.
2 Speak at Meeting
Of Metallurgy Group
Dean Edward Stcidle, of the School
of- Mineral Industries; spoke before
the. Philadelphia. chapter of the
American Society for Metallurgists
•in? Mitten Hall last Friday night. His
subject was Metallurgical Education.
Following Dean Stcidle, Prof. Har
ry B. Northrup, of tbe department of
metallurgy, discussed metallurgical
extension work as carried on at the
College;
Librarians’ Curious Col
Reveals Absent-mi
We are a strange,' rather careless
and extremely absent-minded school
as seen /from behind the librarian's
desk. In the books we borrow from
the Carnegie library, we use as book
markers • everything from razor
blades, neckties and nails to jewelry,
hair-ribbons and badges and then
we. forget to remove the marker be
fore returning the Book.
These improvised bookmarkers
change with the season and with the
times. No money has been found
during the, past few years in -books
returned.
If articles found in books are valu
able the borrower is notified by one
of the -'librarians. If not valuable
but,of possible interest to the owner,
it is held in a drawer for thirty days.
If v not called for, then it is given to
the librarian who found it, or it is
thrown away.
Unpaid bills are frequently used.
Also old letters and picture post
cards of all descriptions. Several of
the having-a-fine-time, wish-you
were-here-in-Niagara Falls type were
•recently ' found.*; At holiday times
there are innumerable greeting cards.
One ' particularly - sweet Valentine's
Day verse ran—
/ made a little Valentine,
All-lovely lace and colors fine,
1 thought of you to send it to.
Sweetheart, unit you be mine?
;One. thing that has always puzzled
the librarians is the large number of
‘More Students Turning
To L. A. Work’-Stoddart
Comments on Trend
Trustees Appoint
Department Head
Federal Housing Official Named'
In Charge of Architecture
For 1-Year Period
Joseph M. Judge, lately engaged in
surveying the social, economic, and
health- problems involved, in New
York City housing projects. for the
Federal Land Utilization Committee,
has been appointed acting head •of
the department of architecture for
one year, with the rank of associate
professor...of architecture, .by; the
Boar'd'of Trustees' of the College..
.Thelappoiptm ant .was aimounced.iby.
President ''Ralph' ‘ D;“Hetzei) follow
ing a meeting of the executive com
mittee 1 of the board" last night. Pro
fessor Judge was recommended for
the post by Dean Ralph L.' Sackett,'
of the School of Engineering.
"His training is particularly adapt
ed to enable him to continue' and ad
vance the close relationship between
architectural design and engineering
construction upon which the course at
Penn State is based," Dean Sackett
said.
Prior to. his recent connection ;with
the Federal Land Utilization commit
tee, he has had an active part in the
design and supervision of a number
of important buildings, including Co
lumbia Medical- Center, the Los An
geles General Hospital, the Brook
lyn Telephone building, and Radio
City.
Professor Judge was graduated
from Penn State in 1922. He was a
student of architectural engineering
under Prof. Clinton L. Harris, for
mer head of the department, whom
he now succeeds. Professor Harris
was obliged to relinquish administra
tive duties this spring due to ill
health, but will continue to teach and
direct the division of architectural
engineering.
Ilection of Bookmarks
indedness of Borrowers
readers who must pull theif hair
while reading. Bunches of hair in
books are almost as common as oards
and letters. . One bookmark , viewed
was a bunch of auburn curls, around
which was wrapped a faded blue rib
bon.
Burnt matches and cigarettes arc
also bookmarkers. In the. summer
time there is a preponderance of
pressed flowers. These arc seldom
saved, unless they appeal to one of
the librarians. In the fall-, nut shells
and apple peelings begin to come in.
Other edible bookmarkers are pieces
of bread and crike.
■ Anything that a reader lays his
hands on while absorbed in his read
ing is likely to become a marker—
powder puffs, combs, hairipins, bobbie
pins,, nail files, tickets and ticket
stubs, circulars, pawn tickets,- tooth
picks, pins, stamps, milk bottle tops,
playing cards, feathers, rags, rubber
bands, pencils) . pens or pieces of
string.
-One especially absorbed reader used
a slip of paper for a bookmarker, on
the reverse side of which was scrib
bled the following:
"Every- great love involves the
cruel thought of killing the’object
of love, .so that it’ may be removed,
once and for all, frdm the mischie
vous play of change; ,for love is
more afraid of change than of de
struction.”
Greater Opportunities
Seen as Cause of
Recent Trend •
"Students are turning to Liberal
Arts," declared Dean Charles W.
Stoddart, of the School of Liberal
Arts, in an interview yesterday.
"There has been a definite swing in
this direction in the past couple of
years, because' this field presents a
greater opportunity at the present
time."
; -Dr.* Stoddart explained that stu
dent enrollments vacillate from one.
kind .of" work to another, probably
because of changing emphasis on cer
tain phases of work and momentary
popularity, of these phases. '
• "This popularity means more jobs,
and a great number of students fol
low the trend of the moment for jobs.
Mob' psychology might possibly be
credited as another factor for the
change. Several years ago a large
number, of students enrolled in agri
cultural .studies; then-they turned to
engineering; and now it’s Liberal
Arts," he said.
The Dean, whose school now boasts
the largest enrollment of any on the
campus, pointed out that during the
depression of all kinds were
| scarce. Men who were technically
trained, he said, and were forced out
•of jobs, were practically “lost." They
found it ten-times more difficult to
secure new positions than those who
had had a general and liberal college
training because "they possessed a
broader education.” »
; "Then, too,” Dr. Stoddart contin
ued,. "the depression and gradual re
covery therefrom has caused people
to do more thinking along economic
al and governmental lines. The need
for social • studies has risen and be
come;, almost paramount in import
ance. . , Students want to know more
about, these ■ subjects which are in
fluencing,' . government;, and business
• • All these factors probably account
swing in the direction of lib
eral arts; he averred. Dean Stoddart
believes they also may partly account
for the fact that the three upper
classes of his . school .have larger en
rollments, than last year, particular
ly in the sophomore class. In some
measure this is due to the addition
of transfer * students from other
schools, however.
The Dean-of the School of Liberal
Arts explained why so many,students
prefer 1 the liberal arts curricula to
many others when he said, "Very lit
tle of the training in the Liberal Arts
(Continued on page two)
3 To Attend Debate
Association Meeting
Representatives of Pennsylvania
colleges .will hold their annual fall
meeting in Harrisburg Saturday to
lay the groundwork for an active de
bating season, Prof. John Henry Friz
zell, Head of the division of speech,
announced today. They will meet’as
delegates to the Debating association
of Pennsylvania colleges, in which
thjrty. colleges hold membership.'
Prof. iWilliam Crittenden, of Tem
ple University, is president of the as
sociation, Prof. Russel W. Gilbert, of
Susquehanna University, is vice-pres
ident,. and Prof. Frizzell is executive
secretary.
Selection of subjects for intercol
legiate debate and election of officers
for the year will be the major items
of business. The topics proposed for
debate are not compulsory for mem
bers of the association, Professor
Frizzell said, but are generally used.
. Penn State will be represented at
the meeting by, three members of the
department of English who arc inter
ested in debate: Prof. Joseph F. O’-
Brien, coach of the men’s debating
team,, Clayton F. Schug, in charge
of women's debating activities, and
Professor Frizzell.
Banner To Speak at
Meeting Wednesday
Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of
the journalism department, will speak
on current conditions in Mexico and
Central America at the first meeting
of the: International Relations Club,
to be held in Room 318, Old Main,
Wednesday night -at 7.:30. All stu
dents interested in international prob
lems are invited to attend the meet
ing.
. .The local drganization is a mem
ber of the Middle Atlantic Division
of. International Relations -Clubs
which includes colleges in six states.
The Penn State chapter will be host
to these,.other clubs at the annual
convention 1 to be held here Novem
ber. 23 and 24.
STATE COLLEGE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1934
Subscribers May Get
Missing \Back Issues
The Collegian Regrets that diffi
culties with circulation have result
ed in a number of Subscribers miss
ing one or more isfeues. The diffi
culty has now been!'cleared up.
• Subscribers may.obtain any miss
ing copies by presenting their sub
scription receipts.?*t the Student
Union desk in 01d}Main.
Thompson Selects
’3BBandMembers
69 Freshmen .Chosen After
Try-outs; \
, .To'Sophomores
Sixty-nine were';appointed to com
pose the • FreshmaiiJ-.band by Major
Wilfred 0. Thompson* College band
master, at try-outs,jheld last week.
Seven sophomores .were added to the
Sophomore band bringing the total
in this organizatiorsto eighty mem
bers.
Weekly for the Fresh
man band will be held throughout the
year at 4 o'clock ‘Monday afternoons
and 7 o’clock Thursday nights in,
Room 405, Old Mqiin. Sophomores
will rehearse at:this time in Room
401,' Old Main. • The bands will- drill
outside on Monday afternoons as long
as- weather permits^.
Those appointed. tb the Sophomore
band are:
Bernard Herman Skol
nik, trumpets; WflHam L. Highhouse
and Blaine V. Remmerer, Eb alto
saxophones; Lewis, Bb clar
inet; Lamer F. Hayiai; Eb bass; and
George C. Patton, : BBb bass)
The freshman band includes
Clarinets: Joseplh F. Antonuccio,
George J. Baron, Charles W. Bush,
Charles C. Conklin, S. Det
weier, Carl W. Diehl,fJ. Edward Gold,
Albert C. Groschke;Vjohn H. Hetrick,
Bernard Foy, Rich
ard W. Logue-, George
(Continued on page two )
Journalism Alley
Dances Saturday
Mr. Scoop Offers To Supply All
Those Unpossessed of Dates
For Gala Occasion
Hatred, animosity, pugnacity, bel
ligerence, ill-will, unfriendliness,
throat-cutting— all will be ‘tempor
arily set aside Saturday night when
Collegian and Froth join arms in an
event which promises, to be the gay
est, most going-to-be-talked-about af
fair of the season—one that will stir
all good men’s souls and arouse the
pittering hearts of fair co-eds.
This is the first annual joint dance
of the two publications’ subscribers.
Lynn Christy and his Penn States
men will start their cool, refreshing,
scintillating music at 9 o’clock in
Recreation hall, when at least 1,000
couples are expected to begin danc
ing.
Jack A. Martin ’35) business man
ager of the Collegian, and chairman
of the dance, has encountered many
difficulties in his preparations, he re
ports. "Stooges" have brought to his
ears the tidings that there are many
fair freshman damsels who have in
their possession tickets for the dance,
but; alas, they know no members of
the masculine species. And to op
pose this, there are many members
of the male species (likely suitors
among them) who want to attend the
dance, but possess no hoarded admis
sion slips.
To alleviate this situation, Martin
has secured a man who promises to
fix up all possessed and unpossessed
with dates for the affair. The pro
cedure is simple: Merely telephone
the royal suite of La Gollcgicnnc,
Room 313, Old Main, 1 any time after
7 o’clock tomorrow night, and ask
for “SCOOP."
Mr. SCOOP will take your name,
address, height, and various personal
details. Preferences will be filled to
the best, of Mr. SCOOP’S expert abil
ity, which is nationally known, since
he has arranged for square dances in
Lemont, and Houscparty dates in
Centre Hall.
Last minute tickets may be secur
ed at the Student Union desk, Old
Main, by the simple procedure of
subscribing to either of these publi
cations, ai which time the ticket will
be free.
Dean Attends Meeting
• Dean Robert L. Sackett) of the
School- of Engineering, attended a 1
meeting of the council of the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic. Association
in New York City last week. Dean
Sackett is' vice-president of the coun
cil.
M.I.T. President
Will Give Series
Of Public Talks
Kompton Will Speak
Friday, Saturday on-
Use of Science
Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma
Xi Sponsor Meetings
Dr. Karl Taylor Kompton, renown
ed scientist and president of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
will deliver -a series of open lectures
Friday and Saturday as a part of
the annual Pennsylvania meeting of
the affiliated chapters of the Student
Science Clubs of America, planned
for Saturday -afternoon.
Dr. Kompton will speak on “Of
What Use is Science?” in Schwab
auditorium at 8 o'clock Friday night
in the opening address. This talk will
be sponsored jointly by Sigma Xi, na
tional scientific honorary, and Sigma
Pi Sigma, national physics honorary.
This will not be a technical- address,
it was pointed out by the committee
in charge, but rather a popular talk
on some of the practical phases of
science.
Speaking on "High Voltage,” and
what is to be attained through it, the
educator will address the assembled
members of the science clubs in
Schwab auditorium at 1:15 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, immediately fol
lowing a luncheon in the Sandwich
Shop, Old Main, for the visiting stu
dents.
The Saturday lecture will touch
particularly on the new generator
constructed by M. I. T., capable of
developing a ftotential of 10,000,000
volts, and now being used in the-fur
ther study of splitting the atom. The
release of atomic energy has been a
goal of scientists for a number of
years.
The local chapter of the Student
Science Clubs,.of which Dr. Pauline
Beery' -Mack,*associate', -professor -'-of'
chemistry and editor of the Science
Leaylet, is 1 the national advisor, is
headed by Kermit Gordon ’37, Harry
Cromwell jr. ’37 is the vice-president
and. Mary L. Frear ’37, secretary
treasurer. The liberal- arts and edu
cation freshmen of the College form
the local chapter, the largest in the
state.
Thespian Rehearsals
For Fall Show Start
Preliminary plans for the fall
Thespian show to be produced un
der the direction of J. Ewing “Sock"
Kennedy ’2G were announced today.
As yet no definite date has been an
nounced for the show but rehearsals
will start immediately.
All candidates for the cast, chorus,
and technical staffs are asked to
"drop in" at the Thespian clubrooms
in the basement of Schwab audito
rium betwoon 7:15 and 9 o’clock
where they will meet members of
the Thespian club.
• Both men and women are wanted
for the cast and chorus, the Thes
pians having abandoned their "no
women rule" four years ago. Can
didates for the technical staff will
have their choice of working on cos
tumes, as scenic artists, advertising
men, electricians, carpenters, or prop
erty men. Women arc eligible for the
positions of costume managers.
The show will be a full length rev
ue, and if it is a success, will probably
go on the road some time during the
year. Last year , the Thespians pro
duced “My Stars” in Philipsburg with
much success, going on the road for
the first time in more than six years.
Infirmary Elevator
Nearing Completion
. An. Otis Automatic elevator, be
queathed by the class of 1934, is now
being installed in the College infir
mary. The elevator will operate
from the basement to the top floor
of the building.
Construction Has now been going
on for two weeks, and it is hoped
that it will be completed in another
week. Its main purpose will be to
carry those patients, too ill to walk,
from one floor to another. Previous
ly these patients were carried up and
down the three flights of stairs by
the doctors, nurses, and -anyone else
available to help.
Engineers Will Convene
Members of the coal division of
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers will hold
their’ fall meeting here October 19
and 20 as the guests of the School
of Mineral Industries. The depart:
ment of mining engineering is coop
erating with the coai division in the
preparation of the program.
Alpha Zeta Announced
Scholarship Champion
Leading Fraternities
1. Alpha Zeta 1.84
2. Triangle 1.77
3. Omega Psi Phi 1.73
4. Beaver House 1.71
5. Delta Theta Sigma 1.69'
WOMEN’S
1. Alpha Omicron Pi 2.04
2. Kappa Kappa Gamma 1.95
3. L’Amitic 1.88
Comfort Discusses
Lignan University
Speaker Says Chinese Realize
U. S. Their Best Friend;
Good-Will Exists .
"The purpose of Lingnan Univer-
sity is to inculcate into the youth of
China the highest standards of
Christian but non>denominational edu
cation," declared Dr. William W.
Comfort, president of Haverford Col
lege, speaking Sunday morning in
Schwab auditorium in observance of
Per.n State in China Day..
China today faces four important
problems, the speaker pointed out:
creation of a representative and de—
mocratic government; medical care of:
the poor; alleviation of the ignorance
and poverty of the masses; and de
velopment of natural resources and
agriculture. George W. “Daddy"
[ Groff 'O7 has been particularly ac
tive in the latter field,' Dr. Comfort
declared. The speaker also told how
j the rural classes love him for the
| splendid spirit he shows in his work.
Dr. Comfort described Lingnan
University, which he visited recently.
It consists of four classes of schools,
covers ’ over'five"hundred acres, "con
tains more than a hundred buildings,
has about twelve hundred students,
1 and is valued at about a million dol
j lars, he said. The Chinese, at pre
sent, are supporting more than half
of it, the speaker continued.
International good-will between
this country and China, Dr. Comfort
believes, has been greatly strengthen
ed .by the university. The people of
China, he thinks, arc now realizing
that America is her one great friend
in the world. The speaker went on to
say that the Chinese are the people
of the future because, even though ;
conquered, they can absorb conquerors ,
so that no nation can influence them
unless they want to be influenced. 1
“I think,” Dr. Comfort concluded,
“that a great responsibility rests ‘
upon the intelligent people in Amer
ica who have started this work to
keep it up in this nation which has |
such a great future before it.”
Richards Cast for Role
In Players’ Production
Kulzer L. Richards ’36 has been
cast in the role of “Tallant” in the
coming Players' show, “The Late
Christopher Bean,” by Sidney How
ard, which will be presented in
Schwab auditorium Saturday, Octo
ber 13 as a part of the Dad’s Day
program.
- During the summer Richards was
in Atlantic City, N. J., with the
Neighborhood Players of New York.
They did experimental drama, intro
ducing the dance motif, in a la yra
hunt, which is the dance drama. The
Le Grand Guignol plays •which were
presented were also produced at the
Le Grand Guignol theati’e in Paris.
Richards’ last role in a Players’
production was that of the "Vaga
bond” in “Redemption,” by Tolstoi,
which was presented here last spring.
He also appeared in the "Nativity,”
"Whistling in Hie Dark,” and “Berk
ley Square.”
Can Efforts of Man Tc
Phenomena-Lightni
Admirers of one of Mother Na
ture’s more spectacular phenomena—
lightning—will have an opportunity
to compare her handiwork with man’s
efforts to imitate, when a travelling!
laboratory of the Westinghousc Elec
tric and Manufacturing company
gives an exhibition of high voltages
on the campus Friday.
Sponsored by the student branch
of the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers, the demonstrations
will, be given at the College power
plant, at the corner of West College
avenue and North Burrowes. The
first exhibition will take place in the
morning from 10 to 10:50 o’clock and
the other in the afternoon from 1:10
to 2 o’clock..
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Tops Men’s Fraternities
With 1.84 Average;
Triangle Second
Women’s Houses Led
By Alpha Omicorh Pi
Alpha Zcta led all men’s fraterni
ties for the second semester scholar
ship ratings last year with an aver
age of 1.84. Alpha Omicron Pi Was
first among the women's fraternities
with 2.04. In a new listing this year,
all men’s fraternities are in one group
and all women’s in another.
Triangle fraternity was second
among the men’- with 1.77, followed
by Omega Psi Phi with 1.73. Kappa
Kappa Gamma and L’Amitie were
next in order in their classification
with 1.95 and 1.88, respectively.
The all-Collcgc average was 1.42,
the same us it has been for the pre
vious two semesters. Women students
excelled the men again with an av
erage of 1.G4 for the co-eds and 1.37
for the men. The women's mark is
the highest in recent years.
The all-fraternity average was 1.35,
which is slightly higher than that of
the previous two semesters. The fra
ternity women far surpassed the fra
ternity men with averages of 1.74 and
1.29, respectively. Non-fraternity
men’s average was 1.48, which is low
er than the previous three semester?,
while non-fraternity women’s average
was 1.59, higher than the previous
three semesters.
In rank by classes, the seniors- of
Chi Phi and Alpha Omicron Pi led;
the juniors of Delta Theta Sigma
and Alpha Omicron Pi topped their
classes; the sophomores of Beta Sjg
ma Rho and Kappa Kappa Gamma
scored first; and the freshmen of Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon ranked highest.-
■The high mark for men’s frater
nities -was-.-considovably-rlower this;
semester than in the previous four
semesters. A new record for men’s
fraternities was scored last year in
the first semester when Omega Psi
Phi’s average was 2.13.
Questioned about the new method
of ratings this year, Dean of Men
Arthur R. Warnoek explained that
houses such as the Beaver House and
Omega Psi Phi are listed with the
fraternities because they are organ
ized houses and recognized as such
on this campus. No differentiation
between national and local, nor be
tween social and professional frater
nities has been made this semester
either for the same reason. This’ is
as is done on other campuses, Dean
Warnoek said.
A complete list of fraternity av
erages is on page two.
Changes Announced
In Library Personnel
Four additions to the College li
brary staff for the current year have
been announced, as well as one pro
motion. The resignations of Char
lotte Ayers, serials assistant, and
Margaret Knoll, graduate assistant,
effective during the summer, have al
so been announced.
Amelia Young, a graduate of Syra
cuse University Library School, was
appointed serials assistant in Miss
Ayers’ place, and Vera Moyer, a
graduate of the University of Chi
cago and the Library School of the
Texas State College for Women, has
been named graduate assistant in the
cataloguing department.
Catherine Hill and Harriet Gil
more, both graduates of the Carnegie
Library School at .Pittsburgh, have
assumed their duties as graduate as
sistants in the circulation depart
ment. Julia Whitmore, graduate as
sistant in the catalogue department,
was promoted to assistant catalog
uer.
> Imitate Nature’s
ing Compare with Real?
The equipment of this portable la
boratory includes, in addition to*' a
lightning generator capable of pro
ducing potentials of many thousands
| of volts, an automatic cathode ray os
cillograph with Norinder relay, an in
strument which records on a photo
graphic film or a fluorescent screen,
the changes which occur in 1-100,000,-
000th of a second, and several other
more common items of electrical ap
paratus.
The laboratory, built to demonstrate
to power companies and the public in
general the results of a long scries
of experiments and studies, is now
on a tour of central Pennsylvania.
Both students and townspeople are
invited to attend the exhibitions.