_ _ mmmm ~ ‘ ESTABLISHED J -I I nrfL mrUfcr Adfr COMPLETE CAMPUS " 1 iprtttt %>mtt |jp Quumpsttu = 1 Volume 31 Number 8 I.F.C. Will Sponsor 2nd Annual Freshmen’s Dinner Rushing Committee In Charge of Plans For Affair 6 Juniors Nominated To Form Secretariat In order to promote better ac quaintance among: pledges to frater nities, and to continue a custom in augurated with success last year, the .Interfraternity Council Wednesday night voted to sponsor tho second an nual Penn State Interfraternity Pledge Dinner. Invitations will* be sent to all first-year men pledged to fraternities. No definite date has been set for the affair as yet, but the present In terfraternity Rushing committee, headed by Joseph E. Dentice *35, will be in charge of arrangements. Six juniors were nominated to form the junior .secretariat which is com prised of three members, and they will be voted on next meeting. They are Eugene J. Ambrogi, Herbert E. Bohren, Frederick P. Davis, Robert F. Dyson jr., Neil Nelson and Wil liam M. Scott jr. The. Council also voted unanimous ly to send .the President, A. Maiers ’35, to the national 'conven tion of. the National Undergraduate; Interfraternity Councils in New York City, November 30 and December 1. A committee was appointed to set tle several disputes concerning the ) (Continued on page four) 29 Chosen to College Symphony; 17 Named To Ladies’ Orchestra Twenty-nine men. and women were appointed; to the College Symphony chosenVforthe Women's. Symphony orchestra'yesterday by Prof, pum mel Fishburn, of the department of music, and director of the organiza tions, following try-outs conducted Monday, and Wednesday nights. •The membership in the Women’s Symphony this year will include for ty-five players, an increase of thir teen over . last . year. . The College Symphony will' be composed of .sev enty members.as formerly.: • .> , A list of hew.-members of the Col lege Symphony follows. Those not designated by numerals are fresh men: . , , Violins: Lucy A. Albert ’37, Low ell Boorse ’37, Terence Martin *37, Helen L. Palmer *37, Martha Shaner *37, Frank Bochnik, Bernard Covitch, Sidney Effros, Samuel Fatting, John Gruener, Bruce Houseknecht, Doris Mardorf, Oswald Mattacotti, Horace Puscy, Irving Rutherford, Arthur Shnmbach, and Robert Swengel. Jean Calvin and Bernard Viola Eherhard, Cello: Alexandra Fillson and George Rouault. - . Harp: .Mary Elliott. Flute: Marshall. Evans and Doi> othy- Willamqn. Harold Benedict ’35 and Trumpets: J Daniel Joella. Trombones: Daniel Jones '35, Charles Keeny, and George Nash. Those named to the Women’s Sym phony are: Violins: Helen L. Palmer ’37,- Mar tha Clark, Helen Cunningham, Amy McClelland, and Dorothy Mardorf. Viola: Jean Calvin. Hass: Arlene Kerstetter. Piano: Mary J. Case and. Betty McFarland. Flute: Edna Dimock, Martha Ri nard, and'Dorothy Willaman. ■ Oboes: Adelaide Nokes and Helen Nokes.- Horn: Margaret Pollock. . Baritone: .Alexandra Tillson. Percussion: Mary Stetler. Editorial Candidates For ‘Froth’ To Report Freshmen editorial candidates for the Penn State Froth, College comic magazine and member of the Association of Eastern Col lege, Comics, should report .to the oifice of that publication in Room 309, Old Main, at ’8:30 o’clock Wednesday. night.. Candidates for the art staff should also report at that time. Burton Rowles (jr. *35, editor of the publication, will address the candidates and will outline the work of the staff*for the remaind er of the issues of the-year.. At present the staff is preparing an anniversary number of Froth, cele brating the twenty-fifth year of the publication. Football Half Holiday Scheduled for Nov. 10 November 10, the Saturday of the Penn football game, was cho sen as the football Saturday half holiday by Student Board on Mon day. The game will be held in •Philadelphia again this year. Last year's junior blazer was adopted as a permanent blazer, which may be purchased at any time during the junior or senior years. In addition, the price will probably be reduced. Thespians Sign 200 Applicants Cast, Chorus and Technicians Will Commence Work .On Fall Show More than 200 students interested in dramatics and* stage technician po sitions answered the call of the Thes pian club .for candidates for its fall show, a revue, in the Thespian stu dios in the basement of Schwab au ditorium Tuesday night. . Some 100 of this group signed up for work either in the chorus or cast. These students were given prelimi nary singing try-outs, and will be giv en reading and dancing try-outs at a later date,; according to William B. Edwards, member of Thespians and Head Cheerleader. Most of the can didates have had. considerable experi ence in dramatics before coming here. Almost thirty women reported for work as costume' mistresses, and a large number of both men and women reported'for work in make-up. The scenic artists numbered almost thirty and they will'-meet again.,in the .Thespian, studios . Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock/when Henry Porter the'scenery for’past Thespian suc cesses, will meet them and explain the work of the scenic artist as a stage technician. J. Ewing “Sock” Kennedy ’26, di rector of Thespian productions here for the last few years, addressed the group and outlined in general the work which will be started upon im mediately for the fall revue. • The candidates for other technical departments, I such as electricians, carpenters', property men, business managers met the heads of the va rious departments under whom they will work and had explained to them in full the work which their depart ment includes. Women’s Dormitories Choose New Officers Elizabeth R. Oberlin '37, was elect ed dormitory president for McAllister Hall. Mary Frances Pomeroy ’37, was chosen as vice-president and Ma rian W. Barbey. ’37, fire-chief. Grange dormitory elected Berna dette Hcagney ’36, president; Ruth E. Gorratt ’36, vice-president; arid Ruth Beard ’3B, fire-chief. At Wom en’s building Mary Theresa Baer ’35, was-, elected president and Mary Frances Smathcrs ’36, vioc-president. ‘Scoop’ To Resume Vigil Although Haggard From Days Beside Phone “Hello, royal suite La Collcgicnne. Yes, this is Mr. Scoop. Sure, we can fix you up with a date. Are your in tentions honorable?” Mr. Scoop crouched over the well worn tlephone, his mouth pressed closely to Ihe mouthpiece, and talked quickly and hoarsely. His eyes were red-rimmed and'the browned fingers of his right hand quivered as the blue haze of cigarette smoke eddied arid curled. Cigar and cigarette butts littered the desk and the floor for yards in all directions, giving mute evidence of his long vigil. ‘“I am sparing neither myself nor my assistants to give Collegian and Froth subscribers the very best of servjce, I promised to supply every one who.phones the Collegian office with a date and I am fulfilling my obligations, even at the expense of my health," he declared emphatical ly. Mrs. Scoop’s talented efforts amaz ed his close circle of friends. Scores of date-hungry students have already been satisfied, and the requests are still pouring in by the dozen every hour, Hordes of frantic students have called at his s*uite in Old Main in per son . . . hut they have all left satis- Skemp Cleans Up 1938 Dress Customs Rules Only freshmen who are attend ing the COLLEGiAN-FroM, dance on Saturday night will be excused from dress customs, Leo N. Skemp ’35, Tribunal president announced. He also cleared up another de batable freshman ruling when he stated that dress customs arc not suspended until midnight on’Sat urday nights. All freshmen will be required to sit in the East stands at the football games this season, Skemp added. M.I.T. President Will Speak Here Dr. Compton To Address Open Meeting Tonight, Science Clubs Tomorrow Student science clubs of Pennsyl vania will be addressed tomorrow by Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the principal feature of their annual state convention here. A majority of the thirty-two clubs in the high schools and colleges of Penn sylvania will be represented. A business session of the delegates will be held in Old Main at 11 o’clock followed by a luncheon in the Sand wich Shop for the visitors, at which ten members of the local chapter will act as hosts and hostesses. Dr. Comp ton, will present a popular non-tech nical talk on “High Voltage’’ before the students in Schwab auditorium atj 1:15 o’clock. An exhibition of sci ence posters, open only to members of the science clubs, will be held all day in Old Main. Dr. Compton will, also address an open meeting in Schwab auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock on “Of What Use Is Science?” This address, also non technical, is being 'sponsored jointly by Sigma Pi Sigma, national physics honorary, fraternity, and Sigma Xi, national science honorary. Dr. Comp ton is a member of both. . In addition to his ..world-wide recog riitndn:a3.'a''scientist;'*Dr:~Comptdn'is also noted for his ability in adminis tering the affairs of M. I. T., of which he has been ' president since 1930. Graduated from the Collage of Woos ter, Ohio, in 1908, he received a mas ter’s degree froiri the same school one year later, and a doctorate from % Princeton University in. 1912. Addi-' tional degrees have been conferred on him by Lehigh University, Brook lyn, Harvard University and the Uni versity of’ Wisconsin. The latest scientific development to engage the attention of Dr. Compton and his colleagues is the construc tion of huge electrostatic generators employed in the transformation of the atom.: A generator that will de liver thirty or forty kilowatts at volt ages of at least 10,000,000 is nearing completion at the M, I. T. experiment station, Round Hill, Mass. The bom bardment of the atom by protons is' expected to be the key' to release the vast stores of energy locked within the atom,, which is the goal of the sci entists now. at work on the problem. Hetzel To Entertain Faculty invitations have been is sued for the President’s reception, tendered annually by President and Mrs. Ralph D. Hetzel, to take place in Old. Main, Thursday, October 11. Lynn Christy and his Penn States men will strike the opening chords of the first 'annual Collegian-Fi-oM dance in Recreation hall- Saturday night at 9 o’clock, at which time hundreds. of Mr. Scoop’s satisfied customers are expected to be among the swaying hordes. But a hitch has arisen. Mr. Scoop, haggard and utterly worn to a fraz zle, is now under the care of two doctors and Joe Ritenour, while three nurses are giving him constant atten tion to put him back in shape for an other long vigil at Alexander Bell’s greatest gift to mankind. ' He feebly whispered that he would again be available. for ■ consultations by.telephone or in person *at his royal suite tonight, and urged that all who desire to attend the ball- get in touch with him without delay. No two men will be admitted on a single ticket, he added. < A lucky number dance will be one of many features of thp evening. Chaperones for the affair are: Mr. arid Mrs. William K. Ulerich, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Noil M. Fleming, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Gilbert. STATE COLLEGE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1934 12th Dad’s Day Celebration Set For October 13 Events Include Football, Soccer Games, Play, Smoker, Meeting 4500 Parents Receive Invitations Tor Affair Plans for the twelfth annual- Dad’s Day celebration, set for Saturday, October 13, were announced yester day by Edward L. Keller, secretary treasurer of the Association of Par- j ents of Penn State.vlnvitations have! been sent to approxifriately 4,500 par ents. ,:-V • With the Gettysburg-Penn State football game topping the list of events, the program-; for the week end will open at'll;'o’clock Satur day morning with trie annual busi ness meeting of the.’ Association of Parents of Penn Stale in the Little Theatre, Old Main., iThe speaker at this meeting will J. Orvis Keller, assistant to - the President in charge of extension, former sec retary-treasurer of ' the Association. At 12:30 o’clock the Lion soccer team will meet Gettysburg in their, opening game of the Reason. This will be followed by the, football game at 2:30 o’clock on New-Beaver field. : At 7 o’clock Saturday riight a smo jker and entertainment will be held [for fathers the Armory, followed by the Penn? State Players’ production, “The Late Christopher Bean," in Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock. Dr. Henry H. Crane, pastor of the Elm Park church, Scranton, will be the chapel speaker for the services on Sunday morning. ,Dr. Crane has been the speaker on; 'this particular week-end for a number, of years. Since its inauguration twelve years ago, the ' Association of Par? .entshas : h very.,n3?.tei : a,liy^aided..the, welfare of the students here, both through direct contributions to the Student Loan. Fund and through the contacts it-makes for the College all over the world, Mr. Keller stated. “The Association was founded for the purpose of creating better pub-| lie relations for the College by bring ing parents of students to the Col lege and acquainting them with the work that is being done here,” he added. Mr. Keller made an : urgent pica for all fraternities to make efforts to have the fathers, of their members visit the College next week-end. Spe cial announcements are being sent around to the various fraternities, he added. Chemists To Address Ceramics Conference A symposium on colloid problems encountered in the manufacture of pottery, porcelain, terra-cotta, and other'articles produced in the. ceramic industry, will be held by the Pitts burgh Section of the American Cera mic Society and the department of cerimacs, at the College today and to morrow. Leading chemists and engineers en gaged in the industry through-out the cast will take part in the confer ence. W. Keith McAfee of New Cas tle, president of the American Cera mic Society, and Ross Purdy, of Columbus, Ohio, secretary of the so ciety, arc both expected to attend. This symposium- will be the second held at the College, the session last year having been devoted to heat treatment -'of ceramic materials. Among the speakers on the program will be scientists from the U. S. Bu reau of Standards, research men con nected with E. I. duPont do Nemours, and other large industries, and' pro minent engineers in the industry. The program will include papers on utilization of special Pennsylvania clays; methods of casting fire brick; fundamentals of casting whiteware; metal decorations for ceramics; and modern methods for the determina tion of fine particle sizes. Who’s Dancing FRIDAY NIGHT: Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Closed) Dill Bottorf SATURDAY NIGHT Phi Delta Theta (Invitatiori) DiU Bottorf Collegian & Froth (Subscribers) ■. P.cnn Statesmen Leads Pep Meeting WILLIAM B. EDWARDS Cheerleaders Call First ‘Pep Rally’ Higgins, Everhardus To Speak In Recreation Hall Friday Night at 7 Planning to start the football sea son off with a bang, Head Cheerlead er William B. Edwards ’35 today an nounced plans for a mass “Pep Ral ly”. which will he held in Recreation hall from 7 to 8 o’clock Friday night. Attendance upon the part of fresh men is compulsory, Edwards said. The cheerleading staff, under the direction of Edwards, is in charge of the program of the rally and has completed plans to have John E. Fletcher >’3s, captain of the soccer team and president of the Athletic .Association,;. rrionies and introduce the speakers of the program. Head Coach Robert A. “Bob" Hig gins will speak on . the prospects of the team as will backfield coach Her man A. Everhardus, former Michigan I star; the entire varsity football team will be there and will be introduced to the student-body. The Blue Band, under the direc tion of Major Wilfred O. Thompson, Bandmaster, will make its first offi cial appearance at the rally and will accompany the student body in the singing of Penn State songs. Prof. John H. Frizzell, of the division of public speaking, will relate some of the history and legends of Penn State’s athletes. The meeting, which will last less than an hour, will officially signify the coming of the football- season. Physical Education Graduates Get Jobs H. Keith Parks ’34 is working with the Syivania Radio Corporation. Parks plays baseball and basketball for them and hopes to control their recreation department in the near fu ture. Sehvyn E. “Shorty” Edwards '34 is an instructor in the physical edu cation departriient in a Scranton high school by virtue of placing first in an examination for the position. Robert Watkins '34 is in charge of the recreation for a’C.C.C. camp. ; Fred Turnbull ’34 is in charge of the physical education department of the high school in Factoryville, Pa. Superstitious Persons Invited To Witness Initiation Lightning Bolts From Safe Distance Do you still dive under the bed or perch precariously on a glass-topped table during a lightning storm? Even if you do, there’s absolutely no rea son why you shouldn’t come up to the College “power plant today, cither from 10 to 10:50 o'clock in the morn ing or from 1 to 2 o’clock in the aft ernoon, and watch (from a perfectly safe distance) the hurling of some rather good imitations of Jove’s fa vorite weapon, the lightning bolt. Three quarters of a million volts arc to be sent crashing from the gen erator to on insulator which is pro tected by a device recently developed by the electrical manufacturing com pany which- is sponsoring the exhibi tion. The device, intended to protect electrical equipment from damage and service from interruption, diverts the “surge” to the ground and pro tects the insulator from flashovers, which result from the insulator’s in Grid Season To Open With Lebanon Valley Captain Morrison Will Lead Mates Into the First Tilt of 1934 Card at 2:30 O’clock Tomorrow Afternoon By BONN SANDERS Penn State football fans will be looking for more than a vic tory over the Flying Dutchmen of Lebanon Valley when the two teams clash on New Beaver field at 2:30 o’clock tomorrow after- The tilt will mark the first appearance of a team coached under the most radically revised system since the abandonment of the scholarship policy here more than five years ago. The coaching staff has been enlarged. The College is aiding players to find Council Changes ’3B Date Custom Asks Change in Lending Period Of Library; Instructs First-Year Men i Freshmen may now accompany young ladies to and from authorized church social functions providing they get them in within fifteen min utes after affair closes, as a re sult of a Student Council ruling on Tuesday night. As formerly, the freshmen must wear the regular customs at’ these times. Another ruling requires first year men to wear their, name - cards on their coats or jackets and not on their dinks. Acting under instructions of the Council, the secretary yesterday post ed a letter to Willard P. Lewis, Col lege librarian, asking that the lend ing period for all library books be reduced r -f roiri. two;weeks; tb.pnel.week. When questioned, Student Council representatives called this an attempt, to enable more students to read more books. Mr. Lewis, an interview re vealed, is completely ready to co operate with the Council in any pos sible way. “But,” he explained, “there are al ready three out of the four classes of books which have a limited lending period. Reference books may not be taken from the reference room,'re serve books may’be taken out onlyj for two-hour periods, and all other books in great demand arc limited to one week. Perhaps, though, a change is necessary and advisable.” William P. Rhoda ’37 was elected to succeed Frank A. Ketcham ’37 as representative of the School of Phys ical Education on the Council. Ketch am did not return to school- this sem ester. Sophomore Hat Society Selects New Officers Druids, sopnomore hat society, held their fall elections on Monday night. Paul G. Perry was named president; George G. Rosenbcrger, vice president; Luther R. Barth, sec retary; and Leroy N. Sunday, trea surer. The society is planning to hold a dance shortly after the end of foot ball season if present plans arc ac cepted. The exact date has not been determined. Also, Druids will aid Student Tribunal in enforcing fresh men customs by being on the watch at football games, dances, and other public gatherings. ability to cope with the high volt age. Another instrument which is to be displayed is ’a cathode ray oscillo graph, which records voltage and cur. rent phenomena with remarkable ac curacy. Changes occurring in from, one-hundred millionth of a second to several seconds has been registered, and voltages from 100 to 5,000,000 volts. Both the generator and the oscillograph are used by public utili ties to test the efficiency of power systems. The equipment used to create this controlled lightning is transported about the country in a large trailer. A tour of central Pennsylvania towns and cities is now being made, the ex hibit having a certain spcctacplfer angje as well- as a commercial inter est. The local showing is being spon sored by the student branch of the American Institute of Electrical En gineers. PRICE FIVE CENTS fwork. New training equipment has been bought. New stands have been built. Fans have a right to look for a clean-cut, de cisive victory over the Anviile team—a victory which will war rant the long-heralded return of the Penn State Spirit. The contest will be the nineteenth r in a series which began in 1905. The Lions have never dropped a decision to the Dutchmen. Games have occur ■ red without interruption since 1920, ' and the teams usually moet in the first ■ game of the season. The Higgins pro:egcs will take the field with approximately a three pound weight advantage per man. 1 The tentative line-ups give the Lions 1 a 185 pound average line weight and Lebanon Valley a 180 pound average. The visitors’ backfield, how ever, will outweigh the Nittany backs by. little more than a pound, • 16G pounds to 165. The average team weight are: Penn State, 178; Leban on Valley, 175. • It seems probable that three sop homores will start -for the Lions. Schuyler, tackle; and Barth, guard • are'virtually sure-of their • positions barring injuries. The other neophyte to start will be either Frank Smith or Bob Morini at end. Coach Higgins has not decided which will get the call. Smith showed up well early in the season, but have been kept out for more than a week by a leg injury. The most serious recent injury to the squad came to Wismcr, first string guard, who sustained a had cut over the eye in scrimmage'Wed nesday afternoon. It will probably { keep him on the sidelines tomorrow. Lou Kreiznian is expected to gat the nod in his place. In the backfield Coach Higgins will start a combination of the men who showed up best in the practice game with the plebes last week. A 1 Mikclonis will be at quarter, Captain Merrill Morrison" and Harry Sigel at the halfback posts, and Bill Cooper at full. Weber and Schuyler will be the tackles; Kreizman and Barth the guards; Fry and Smith or Morini the ends; and O'Hora the center, al though Chcrundolo may take the pivot post. The Lions are expected to exper ience the most difficulty in handling Co-Captain ‘Smoky’ Rust, quarter back; Scoop Fcescr, halfback; and Sully Whiting, fullback; all of whom wore lettermen last year. Other ve terans are ‘lron Man’ Sirieavage, rov ing center; ami Coda Sponaugle, guard. The tentative starting line-ups of both teams arc printed on the sports page with the players' weights. P. S. C. A. To Continue Work of Counsellors In order to foster a closer rela tionship between freshmen and up perclassmen, new students on the campus will he given an opportunity to discuss personal campus problems with members of the P. S. C. A. Cab inet in personal interviews during the next two weeks. These personal contacts, designed to acquaint freshman men with up perclassmen, are a continuation of the work of the student counsellors, and are being arranged by a com mittee composed of Charles H. Salt ‘36, Albert E. Diem ’35, Ralph T. Ir win ’36, and J. Lloyd Larkins ’37. The invitations, to be sent to the 1,000 freshmen on the campus, will be issued shortly, and will give a choice of hours, thus making it possible for all new students to have an inter view. Luther League To Hike The Luther League will hike to the P. S. C. A. cabin next Saturday, while the sophomores will visit it next Sun day.
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