‘ i \ r—£aSrr‘’T — - ( i ‘ / C-- / "I Prttn (EoUapatt. I—™ Volume 31 Number 9 Lions Trip Dutchmen, 13-0, In Initial Tilt of ’34 Card Silvano and Morrison Score in Ist, 3rd Quarters L. V. Air Attack Gives State Most Difficulty By BONN SANDERS The Nittany Lion trotted off New Beaver field after its 13-to*o defeat of Lebanon Valley eleven on Saturday afternoon leaving the impression that it had- tried out its strength rather than expended it. •Prying the lid off the 1934 season, the Penn State gridders scored twice, —in the first quarter when Tommy Silvano capped a forty-five yard march by going through the Dutch man line for two yards and a touch down; and again in the third quarter as Captain Merrill Morrison scored on a four-yard run wide around left end. Mikelonis converted the second try after touchdown. Fresh from winning a $lOO prize for the State College Alpha Fire Company ns the best appearing band in the volunteer firemen's parade at Sunbury on Thursday, the Blue Band gave fans a first official view of their new uniforms. Handicapped by ten minutes of drenching rain, Drum Major Jim Townsend gave on of the best exhibitions of baton-twirling seen on New Beaver field in many seasons. L. V. Takes to Passes The Lions seemed to find most trouble trying to smother the Leban on Valley passing attack. The Dutch men took to the air route sixteen times. Twelve arcs were completed for a total gain of 112 yards, more than twice - the distance the Valleymen were able to gain by a running game. ‘The Blue and White eleven played conservative football. With nothing to gain'by running up a high score, they limited themselves* to about half ' a' ’ dozen > Cd&ch~Btib" Higgins substituted freely. The first intimation of the poten tial strength of the Lion team came with the*injection of Tommy Silvano into the line-up about the middle of the first period. The substitute full back .alternating-with Harry Sigel, tore off consistent gains through the Dutchman line.'Although in the game little more than a half, Silvano ac counted for 53 of the Lions' total of 176 yards advanced on running plays. Dutchmen Threaten The Annville team threatened to score near the end of the second quar ter when Co-Captain, 'Smoky' Rust and Bill Smith, completed a long for ward pass netting them over thirty yards and leaving the pigskin on the Penn State 3- yardtinc. An exhibition of the Lion line's defensive prowess was precluded by the whistle ending the half. Shortly after opening of the second half, Captain (Barrel) Morri son broke a way around left end for a 47-yard run for a touchdown, but a Lion backfield man was caught clipping and the ball. was brought back to the 35-yard line, the point of (Continued on page three) Reserved Seats Plans Announced Fleming Assigns Various Groups To Sections for Contests • On November 3, 17 Seating' arrangements on Beaver Field for the Syracuse - and Lafay ette football games on November 3 and-17, respectively, were . released last night by. Neil M. Fleming, Grad uate Manager of Athletics. • All scats are reserved for these two games. For the Syracuse game, on Alumni Homecoming Day, the alumni, fac. ulty, College guests,' seniors, and. co eds will be seated in the west stands. These stands hold 2,360. Temporary stands; will probably be erected at both ends of .these stands,' Mr. Flem ing said. , - In the east stands, which hold 6,- 260, will < be tho Syracuse cheering section, the Blue Band, the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen. For the Lafayette game, on Penn sylvania Day, : the alumni, faculty, seniors, women,- College guests, and some of the fratornities will be locat ed in the west ’ The Lafayette cheering section and the rest; of the fraternities - will be seated in the. east stands. The Blue Band will be located on a platform extending from the cast stands'over the track. Scores Touchdown capt. Merrill, mopp/so*/ 35 C.C.C. Camps Ask College Help Representatives of 7,000 Men Meet Here To Organize Teaching Program For. the purpose.of organizing ed ucational for the 7,000 Civ ilian Conversation' Corps members, representatives of thirty-five Penn sylvania camps met in Old Main last week to ask the assistance of the College. They asked that full or part-time teachers of academic and cultural studies be ; provided under the. F.E.R.A; regulations and College supervision. •• / V Assistance, in organizings informal educational activities' such .as -.drama tics, music, nature study and lec tures was also requested. The rep resentatives met at the invitation- of Dr. T. Gordon Bennett, educational director of the .Third Corp Area which comprises three states' and more than one hundred camps, each with : an approximate enrollment of 200. ... The College 'made several specific offers and assured further aid as soon as plans could.be completed. Among the offers made were courses in lec tures and musical work for acces sible camps an'd special classes in shops and manual training for the men who are able to come to the campus. . Representatives of the College in- Recent accessions to the College eluded the Council on' Public Rela- Library include the gifts of Judge tions; Prof. J. Orvis Keller, head of H . Walton Mitchell, formerly chair the department of engineering exten- man 0 f Board of Trustees of the sion and presiding officer of the meet- College and the estate of the late ing; and Raymond H. Smith, comp- p ro f. Walter J. Keith', trolfer of the College. • Judge Mitchell has presented the Others present were Ralph L. library with the annual volumes of Watts, Dean of the School of Agri- the session laws of Pennsylvania culture; Edward L. Keller, assistant from 1801 to 1849 inclusive.. This ac professor of engineering extension; cession makes the set. of these vol- Will Grant Chambers, Dean of the umes complete from 1801 to the pres- School of Education; Edward K. ent, Willard P. Lewis, College Li- Hibsham, alumni secretary; Harry B. brarian, said. Northrup, director of mineral indus- The Keith estate's gift consists of tries extension l and Walter F. 200 volumes of Professor Keith's li- Dantzscher, director of public infor- brary, for the most part travel, cs mation. - pccially in the polar regions. Questionnaires Reveal Oddities Of Fashions at Girls’ Schools . College fashions'as revealed by a questionnaire published in the August issue of Harper's Bazaar arc like un to each other, only in their eccentric ity. From Maine to California, the average American, college girl bright ens her-own campus’with fashions unheard of at other institutions <Jf learning. • At Wellesley, if one is in the know, one'wears ear muffs and no hat in the winter. The thing at Smith is a string of pearls with a sweater and a ribbon or bandeau around the hair. Co : eds at the University of Alabama wear a sort of sock stocking with ah elastic band to keep it up while at Vassal - the, only thing to wear is a short tweed skirt, sweater buttoned on backwards, and fiat heeled shoes. Bright shawls like those of Czecho slovakian immigrants adorn the heads of Vassar students who go in for shorts in warm -weather, ski suits in cold, and bare legs until the snow flies. Only on when the women depart for town Ido well cut suits replaces their campus garb and smooth waves miraculously appear on feminine heads. ' » STATE COLLEGE, PA„ T] 24 Fraternities 44 Men In Post Season Sign 26 Freshmen, Ten Sophomores, Six Juniors Additional Pledges Will Be Published Forty-three additional fraternity pledge’s to 24 fraternities have been reported to the Collegian since the publication of the initial ones on Sep tember 28. The list follows, and- all are freshmen unless otherwise desig nated. Alpha Gamma Rho: Clifford Rogers and Wilbur Stoffel. Alpha Kappa Pi: Paul R. Mishler '35, Paul Noli '37, William Moss, and George Statler. - Alpha Phi Delta: Thomas Silvano ’36, Louis Francavilla ’37, Antonia J. Mavario '37,' and Robert Mena pace. . • Alpha Sigma Phi: Robert V. Gillan ’36 and William McCollum. Alpha Tau Omega: John W. Rees. Beta Kappa: John Peterson. Chi Phi:-Donald Detwiler ’37. Chi Upsiion: Roman Spangler. Delta Chi: Charles W. Wiley ’36 and Robert S. McKelvey. Delta Sigma Phi: Bartow Holbrook. Delta Theta Sigma: Charles I-lubcr ’37, Robert Bomberger, and Oliver Shires. - Kappa Delta Rho: Harold Broun ’37. Kappa Sigma: Philip P Reece '37 and John D. Kennon. Lambda Chi Alpha: Roy Wilkinson '37. Phi Gamma Delta: Spencer Potter. Phi Kappa: Bernard Burkett, Struss Remmers,. and William Seamons. Phi Kappa Psi: Robert Bcddow, Jack Bigham, George Gromel-, and Thomas Young. Phi Kappa' Sigma:,Janies .IL.Richie. ’’*~Fhi:Xarab‘da"Thcta’f/WillaM'-Hr‘Sit?' ler._ * Phi Sigma Delta; Sidney EfFross. • Phi Sigma Kappa: John Cessna '36. Pi ; Kappa' Phi: John Bowser '37 and Robert Murphy. ’’ • • Sigma- Phi’ Alpha’: Glenn Eton '36 and W. Frederick Hutchins ’36. Theta Upsiion Omega:‘John Peters ’37.' - • ’Fraternities acquiring any addi tional pledges from time to time in,ay have the‘names published by telephoning the Collegian of fice, or calling in person. College Acquires Keith Volumes Through Will ' 1 In universities where there is the constant presence of the male to con tend with,'heels arc a little higher, tailored dresses take the place of skirts <and sweaters, and hats - are worn on well curled heads. At the University of Michigan co-eds wear hats, gloves, and carry purses to classes and many afternoon dresses are packed, into the college-bound trunks to be used for tea dancing and; such. The argot of the various campuses is as different as the fashions. At Vassar. they call their girdles “sus ans" while at Purdue they are known as “squeezers.” Soft crushable hats are “jam-ons” to co-eds at lowa State, and to Smith students, socks ore “footoes.” At Florida State Univer sity tea time dresses are “sissy clothes’* while the University of Ore gon women call them “droops.” Recalling somo'.of the fashions pe culiar to our own campus here at Penn State we suggest the popular ity of white shoes all winter, flannel nightgowns and pajamas in air-cool ed dormsi'and the lack of interest in laquercd toe-nails. ISDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1934 Keller UrgisjjParents To Attend-;Dad’s Pay Students are purged to invite their parents; to*'Visit the College on ■ Dad’s Day, Saturday, Edward L. Keller, secretary-treasurer of the Parents Association, announces. ’The College is striving to-make this the most successful-: affair of the kind thoy have ever/had, he said. At the the associa tion Saturday morning, new offi cers will be (Clectecl' and a new Board of be chosen. J. F. Torrance, is the present president-:raf . the associa tion. . ' 4**'A ~ Players T|ill Give Comedy Saturday Mrs. Kennedy Cast' For Lead In Dad’s Day Sf/o-iv;', Curtain Will Riscrjat 8:30 '.’Vn-K -; Lucctta Parker Kennedy .’33, an ac tress of considcrabl&Vprofessional ex perience, will leading role when the Penn . State''Players pre sent “The Late Christopher"' Bean,” by Sidney Howard,'vas a part of the Dad’s Day programmin' Schwab audi torium at 8 o'clqck&Jaturday night. Mrs. Kennedy,-. w|if£; of J. Ewing “Sock” Kennedy,, director of ' Thes pians, began her.- sfcSge-'career. with Henry W. Savage tthd/Mitzie .Hojos. She appeared with'^hn /.Harding and Margaret Anglin. in/?A930 as a mem ber of the George ’Sbarp Players in Pittsburgh ■ and ‘ in sev eral Shubcrt productions including the musical hit, “My^Maryland.” As a .etudent- -State two years ago, Mrs. Kennedy- played the lead in the production of “Hay Fe ver” by Noel ln; the . cur rent production of/ “The Late Chris topher Bean”, she-.’fias!/been -cast as Abby, the part played;' by the: ,late Marie Dressier in the'.screen version of the comedy. ; v-iV-k’- ' . Bean Leaves; Paintings : Dr. .Haggett, New.'England'country physician. The play revolves around the scramble .for • paintings ■ left -in the Haggett household by the late Christopher Bean,- an; unknown; and impoverished-' artist -whom Abby hdd befriended. ’■ > - .f ’♦ New York art critics suddenly ac claim. Bean's paintings and Abby comes .into conflict with the Haggetts and the dealers over the. rightful- pos session' of the canyases. • The sup posedly-worthless .paintings, now va lued at a fortune, are claimed by those who had disregarded them as well as the one to whom the paintings (Continued on page two) Dr. Wueller Appointed Director of Taxation Dr. Paul- H. Wueller, of the de partment of economics' 1 and sociology, was recently notified of his appoint ment as Taxation Director of the Chase National Bank.. Dr. Wucller’s. appointment came as a surprise. He was recommended by faculty members of- Columbia Univer sity, where he was graduated because of his outstanding work in this field. His new position will not cause him to give up his work here at the Col lege entirely, however. Dr. Wueller -will meet his classes in economics for.two hours every Sat urday morning. At another meeting of these classes- during the week, W. K. Schmelzle, graduate student in ec onomics, will conduct a. weekly quiz. Kitchen of Alpha Tau Omega Scene of Fire Over 500 students‘.witnessed a fire in the kitchen of-the Alpha Tau Ome ga fraternity at 4:15, ofclock yester day.' The Alpha Fire .Company re sponded quickly and; the blaze was extinguished before anyl serious dam age was done. The fire was started-in. a barrel of waste in the basement kitchen of the building. The exact origin of the blaze.is not known. ; Smoke filled the entire building and was responsible for the only-damage done, to the fur niture. - * Women To Get Lounge Plans which wcre'made last year for a lounge' in McAllister Hall are; nearing completion. The furnishings will be done in American maple. Work will-be started, on :the project as soon as the plans, and estimates are approved by the - W. S. G. A. The lounge will be located in Room 219 in which eighty books from the Car negie library will be-kept f.or the use of women students. Hartmann Bombshell Adds To Scholastic Indignation Study Supports Carnej That Sophomore: In Cultural A potential bombshell was tossed into the already seething fires of scholastic indignation caused by the forthcoming Carnegie Report Friday, .by Dr. George W. Hartmann, of the department of education and psychol ogy and Socialist candidate for the National Congress. •Substantiating one of the state ments of the Carnegie report—“sen iors actually have less cultural infor mation than sophomores”—Dr. Hart mann declared, “A definite deteriora-r tion docs take place in general cul tural knowledge during a student's college career, here at Penn rState as in other colleges and universities.” “The knowledge of seniors and sophomores just about balances,” he continued. “The seniors learn much that , they did not know as sopho mores, but they also forget a .tre mendous amount of knowledge which they possessed as freshmen and soph omores. It is. simply a case of run ning as fast as one can in order to remain in the same place.” Based on Survoy His. statements were made while commenting on an article “Fluctua- Question Chosen For I. M. Debate Non-Subsidization Policy Faces Test in Forum Contest This November “Is Penn State subsidizing its ath letes at the. present time?” This has been chosen by Forensic Council- as the question for discussion in the an- contest, Scheduled : to start the ‘last • weeic •of November. With its selection, one of the ma jor obstacles to the success of the contest has been successfully passed, according to James W’. Townsend, president of Forensic Council. He calls the question, practical, interest ing, timely, and important. ’.The-forum style of discussion will be used again this year. Under this system the speakers -take cither side ot the question and a judges’ deci sion is made on -the excellence of the arguments. Angelo N. Bcrbatis ’35 was elect ed debate manager to assist Prof. John Henry Frizzell, head of the de partment of public speaking, in ar ranging' .this season’s intercollegiate schedule, which will include .between sixty and sixty-five meets. No topics have definitely been decided upon. McSparran Will Speak The Hon. John A. McSparran, Sec retary of the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture, will address the freshmen in the School of Agricul ture tomorrow. Secretary McSparran is a Lancas ter county farmer and a past master of the Pennsylvania State Grange. He is a member of the Board of Trus tees of the College. Surging Subscribers Scene ol JIMMY DUGAN Society Editor Publication slaves met their read ers face to face Salurday night at Rec Hall and the meeting was a de cided surprise to both parties. Ovcr a thousand constant readers turned out to dance to Frothman Lynn Christy and his band. ■ Mr. Scoop’s dating bureau, which employed some thirty clerks to take care of the rush of applications for partners, placed two hundred persons with partners of the applicant’s own specifications. • Mr. Scoop yesterday left for Wash ington to secure government coopera tion in making the Dating bureau a permanent FERA project on this campus. It is hoped that the bureau may function with fraternities, and the committees of the major dances in filling attendance quotas at their functions. It was decided, 'however, in fair ness to all parties, that percentage quotas shall be set up for ail the fra ternities and dormitories, so that the machinery of the bureau may not be clogged with tremendous numbers of applicants from one place,' as in the case of Kappa Kappa Gamma and the ’Womens building. gie Report Statement is Excell Seniors [nformation tions in General Cultural Informa-, tion Among Undergraduates,” which J he has written in collaboration with ; Floyd M. Bnrrick, former graduate' student, and which will be published: in the Journal of Educational /2c-! search this winter. | The article is based on a survey conducted by Barrick, in partial! preparation of his master’s degree | last year. As a conclusion to this survey, Barrick- declared, “students ..reach their peak, in cultural knowl edge "in' their sophomore ..year, and then fall, off-.'.perceptibly,-after that.” The - 'conclusion is based on - [authentic tests, made, by him, with the’ help, of the department of education ahdTpsy chology. Barrick gave these tests to a class of seventy-seven sophomores in. the School of Education in 1930, and then gave the same test to the identical group in 1932 when they were sen iors. These tests were composed of 1220 questions: 290 on general sci ence, 251 on fine arts, 346 on history j and social studies, and 333 on for-! eign literature. Each division of the i tests was divided .into three parts: I true, false questions; identification, 1 or matching questions; and multiple] choice questions. . j Fault Lies With Society j In all but one field, general science, ; 1 the sophomores excelled the seniors.: Their greatest difference was in the' fine arts division. “This is conclu sive proof of the ineffectiveness of our contemporary college program as a cultural agency,” Dr. Hartmann stated. “Most people will probably misin terpret this , report,” he continued. “They will think that by a simple re organization of the courses these evils can be corrected. This is obviously .v .a- AContjinuecio.n.:p(iaß,.twp).. 3 Students Appear As Court Witnesses Richard H. Allen '36, Robert K. McQuiston ’37, and Richard C. Grove *37 left for Pittsburgh Sunday where they are appearing under subpoena at the Allegheny County court house for the plaintiff in' a damages recovery case. The plaintiff, Robert Darrow, a stu dent at the University of Pittsburgh, a friend of the students, accompanied Allen, Grove, and McQuiston to a dance at the Penn-Lincoln hotel in Wilkinsburg late this summer where he sustained head injuries caused by the fall of a flower pot from the ball room balcony. The students were leaving the ho tel when the flower pot became dis lodged from the balcony vailing, fell toward the street and struck Dar row. The injured student was rushed to the Wilkinsburg hospital where an examination disclosed -a fractured skull. Darrow, a Pitt football- player, is attempting to recover damages from the hotel. The case is being contest ed by the insurance company with whom the hotel holds its policy. . Swamp Publications Hop Some unpleasantness resulted when Lynn Christy refused to relinquish the bandstand to two jews-hiirp vir tuosos, aged eight and ten, who had been engaged by two Frothmcn with out the consent of the social chair man, Mr. Jack Martin. Mr. Martin gave a nice little talk during the in termission. Among those present were: Charles Myers, of the State College Myers’, Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, Mr. and Mrs. William Ulerich, Lynn Christy, eight fellows named Joe and a thousand people. The stag line at no time reached over the length of the hall and only two complaints were registered by two freshmen men who claimed that they had not seen their girls from the time they checked their wraps until after the last number. Statistics: Number of yards gained by stags, cutting in 723 Successful gate crashers 9 Jews-harp players 2 Funny drunks 6 Nasty, looks - 115 Crooners in band 10 Student band leaders 9 Business managers G Wraps lost in check room 147 PRICE' FIVE CENTS 3 in L.A. School Tie for Highest Scholastic Rating Banner, Jackson, Town send, Miller Get ‘3’ Averages Brightman, Zarger Lead All Juniors William Banner, Vaughn R. Jack son, Berwyn Miller, James Townsend tied for first place in the 1935 class honor roll of the School- of Liberal Arts last semester with straight three averages. C. K. Lucas Bright man and Shirley J. Zarger,' also with averages of three, led the present junior class, while Josef W. Fox was first among the class of 1937 with an average of 2.9. ■Next in order in the present senior class were Julius Krems, 2.9; Jack R. Heyison, Margaret W. Kinsloe, Harold C. Shuck, 2.8; and Frank J. Burlzman, Leonard A. Cimbal, Mary M. Shaffer, and Margaret Zcr bey, 2.7. : Sophomores Listed Following Brightman and Zarger in the class of 1936 were Walter B. Frcunsch, Wesley C. Mohnkern, Ed ward A. Novack, and Nathaniel Woll man, 2.7; Arthur Berman, Mariana Frantz, and Donald S. Frey, 2.6; and Joyce Campbell, Anne M. McCaughoy, and Lcjmorc Morgan, 2.5. ' . Theodore E. Howe, 2.8,. was second in the present sophomore. class, fol lowed by James E. Hackett and Har old H. Riiland, 2.7; Johnson Brenrie man, Frederick J. Holahan,-ahd Elva A..Karwois,*2;6; and Joseph C. Bar tel, Emily Frentzel, Joseph F. Grif fith, Wilbur J. Porlstein, and Eleanor Stewart, 2.5. '• Twenty-one percent' of the three upper classes had- averages of 2. or .Compared with fourteen per ‘€entfTn t -1028 i 29^ , -this ,^s'a: '*-higH- k avef-- age, Dean Charles *W. Stoddart de-' dared. Twenty-one percent of the sopho mores reached or bettered this mark, 18.7 of the juniors did, and 23.7 of the seniors. Dean Stoddart credited this unusual average to the fact that students are showing more interest in their work. Hetzel Approves 31 ROTC Appointments Cadet officers for the R. 0. T. C. corps were approved by President Ralph D. Hetzel and announced by the department of military science and tactics Saturday. The Cadet Col onel is R. Bates Barnes ’35 and the Lieutenant Colonels are William C. Borland ’35 and Berwyn L. Miller ■*3s. Seniors who will serve as Majors are: Harry G. Benion, Arthur C. Harris, Donald C. Hitly, Henry W. Myers, Walter • F. Plank, John J. Spangler, Stanley J. Weston. Cadet Captains are: Robert A. Brandon, Carmin A. Castellano, Her man Casterline, Leonard L. D’Amico, Stephen B. Gilliard, James A. Han nah, George 11. Hill, James W. Klepp, Sidney J. Laudcnslayer Emanuel- E. MaeCosbe, Norman M. Mcrkle, Hen ry D. Nickol, and Victor J. Onachil la. Others are James R. Uorabaugh, Russell R. Seiler, Harold G. Shirk, I Philip M. Smith, Robert D. Stout, Henry G. Thomas, Jack W. Thoma 3, Crate T. Thornton, William W. Weis ovieh, Alexander 11. Williard, and John C. Yeakcl. Judgers Compete in Baltimore Contest Penn State's livestock judging team is competing in the contest at the Baltimore Livestock Show today, ac cording to Professor William L. Hen ning, coach of the team. Members of the squad who will take part in the contest are: Thomas W. Ferguson ’35, William V. Godshall ’35, Samuel E. Kcichlinc '35, D. Lee Mohney ’35, William J. Poorbaugh '35, Sedgwick E. Smith ’35, Robert G. Strubie ’35, and Morgan A. Wol from ’35. A trip over the United States Ex perimental Farm at Beltsville, Mary land, is scheduled for Wednesday morning, while that afternoon the team, on its return trip, will visit the farm of E. Ai Nicodemus, Waynes boro, owner and exhibitor Sir Wil liam, grand champion stallion at the 1933 International Livestock Exposi tion in Chicago.
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