ESTABLISHED 1904 ’ Volume 31 —Number 15 Berbatis, Decker Will Face Oxford Debaters Monday Members of Audience May Participate In Discussion Contest. Will Mark 3rd Meeting With Oxford The eighth international public Re bate on the Penn State campus will be opened in Schwab auditorium at 7:30 o’clock, Monday night when An- gelo N. Berbatis ’35 and Aaron N. Decker ’36 will uphold the negative side of the question: Resolved, that this house condemns all forms of mili tary training in schools and universi ties, against Michael Foote and John Stafford Crimps of Oxford Univer sity. The debate, appropriately enough, will be held in Oxford debate form, under which the audience may engage in discussion or questioning of the participants. Each speaker will be allowed fifteen minutes for his main speech and each side will take eight minutes for a rebuttal. The de bate will then be turned into an open forum discussion. Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the department of public speaking and head coach, will act as chairman of the debate and members of the For ensic Council' will serve as ushers. Students, faculty and townspeople are cordially invited to attend. The contest will mark the third time that the College has played host to representatives from Oxford, the last time being in November of 1932. Other internaional debates have been held with representatives of England, Australian and Canadian universities, and with speakers from the National British Students’.Union and the Na tional Union of Students of Germany. The Oxford team will arrive on the campus Monday afternoon after debating with .West -Virginia Univer sity on Sunday. At 6 o'clock they will be entertained at a dinner in the Old Main Sandwich Shop at which mem bers of the Forensic- Council and the debate coaches will . be present. This debate is their seventh in a schedule which includes .22 contests with leading colleges and universi ties in 13 states from Main to Geor gia and as far west as Michigan. From here the Oxford team will go to. Northwestern University and then to the University of Pittsburgh. The Oxford team is one of three teams touring the United States, all sponsored by the National Student Federation of America. Two mem bers of the National Union l of Stu dents of England are debating in our mid-western colleges and a Canadian team is active on the west coast and in the Rocky Mountain states. The. Oxford team arrived in New York on October 22 and held their first encounter with George Washing ton Universily, Washington, D. C., on October 26. Meeting an average of more than four teams a week the English team will finish in Michigan on December 4.. Student Tribunal Hears 15 Cases in Court Of Common Pleas; 4 Convicted of Charges “Quiet in the . courtroom. This Student Tribunal court of common pleas of the Pennsylvania State Col lege will come to order this thirty first day of October, 1934, at 7:30 o’- clock to pass judgement on fifteen freshmen accused of having broken various regulations which this court has decreed they shall be legally bound to obey. Judge Leo N. Skcmp *35 will preside.” The first two cases to come before the court concerned transfer students who had taken customs, at their for mer institution of learning and who were asking release from them here. Both were dismissed on grounds that no man can twice be put in jeopardy. of life or limb for the same offense. The defendants were Harry Hauser ’37 and Richard Stewart *37 who transferred from Muhlenberg and Havcrford, respectively. In the case of Alfred Alberta vs. Tribunal the defendant was judged not guilty of having crossed Holmes Field and not wearing the head in signia of a first-year man. “Your Honor, the defendant, Char les Mascia, has been accused by var ious reputable citizens of this com munity of having broken all the laws laid down by years of-tradition. The defendant pleads guilty.” “It is the opinion of this court, Charles Mascia; that enough evid ence has been presented against you to convict you on serious crimes. In witness thereof this shall be your sentence: Beginning Friday morning at 8 o'clock you will appear at all wearing a dress, a bonnet and two- signs, each twenty-four by thirty- o Semi-Weekly- -Hies ppitn S»tatp (Enlbgimt. Oxford Team in Bth International, Debate ’ 0 1 . ' - - JOHN STAFFORD CRIPPS DAUIOI COLLEGE. OXFORD Chorus Selected ior Fall Revue Men’s, Women’s Dancing Units For ‘Bargin’ Around’ Hard at Work ■Final dancing chorus selections for the fall Thespian and Men’s Glee club production “Bargin' Around” were made early this week, and fi nal dance routines arc being put into shape for the show which will be pre sented to the annual fall Ho'useparty audience on Pennsylvania Day, Sat urday, November 17. Those who survived the dancing chorus eliminations for the girl’s chorus are Lillian A. Etters ’35, Hel en. Hincbaugh ’35, Dorothy Perkins '35, Gwendolyn Rapp ’35, Janet Be riian ’36, Ruth Gehrct ’36, Emma Hos mer ’36, M. Jean Kalar ’36, Betty Russell ’36,‘ Toni Ryan ’36, Althea Butt ’37, and Margaret Doherty ’37. - The freshmen women who were suc cessful in the. tryouts are Lillian Gra ham, Shirley Helmes, Ethel Mehal ley, Virginia Stuart, and. Lou Sutton. Two' freshmen'girls,‘ Ruth Edgar, arid Hannah Judd form a trio of High-j kickers with Sarah C. "Sammy” Mc- Kee. ' : " " The men’s dancing chorus follows: Jacob C. Forney -’35, George B. Ter williger *3B, William H, Randall ’37, Harry A. Leitzell ,jr.. ’35,.F. Barton Henderson.’3B, Thomas R. Doran '3B, Richard W. A. Flenniken .’36, Thom as F.Fitzgcfald ’3B, and Richard D. Langdon '36.:; ': The rest of these gents wouldn’t stand still long enough for a reporter i to take their first names and class down but here are their last names anyway:' Williams, Warfield, Ritchie, Foster, Griffiths, Broman, Moss. It -is rumored that they are publicity shy but the editorial staff of this paper does not believe.it. So there! Perry ’37 Heads Druids Paul G. Perry ’37,-was elected pres ident of Druids, sophomore hat soci ety, at the annual organization meet ing. Other officers installed are George G. Rosenberger ’37, vice-pres ident; Luther R. Barth '37, secretary; and Leroy N. Sunday '37, treasurer. six inches, with the inscriptions, “I Tackled Tribunal” and “Report All Cases To Tribunal.” Charged with having broken dress customs, Edward Norris and Wesley Chandlec were sentenced, to wear :a sign of regulation size for a period of one week. Norris will carry the re minder, “I Tink I’ll Wear A Dink while Chandlee will vouch for the fact that he did not wear his dink be cause the rain caused it to shrink by wearing the notice, “My , Dink Shrunk.” Pending further investigation, sen tence was suspended on George Mas singer who was charged with break ing all customs and appearing before the Tribunal without any of the re quirements. A suspended sentence, Judge Skemp stated, does not mean that a verdict of “Not Guilty” was returned but that the State desires more time to make its decision. Walter Kelley, Rueben Cohen, Ed ward Elliott, William Fish, Edward Leyton, Walter Rogers, Milton Zeper, and A 1 Schwadron were acquitted on charges of violating dress laws. They were placed on conditional probation which moans that if t said defendants are again brought into court, punish ment as severe as that for first de gree murder will be given. The next session of court will be held in Room 318, Old Main, next Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock. Plain tiffs who desire to make charges against any person are requested to file their petition with Roy L. Schuy ler '37, clerk of the court, in time that the defendant's nariie can be placed on the docket. I STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1934 MICHAEL FOOT .WADHAM COLLEGE OXFORD Skemp Clarifies Customs Rulings 2-Year Agricultural Students Must Observe Same Rules Placed on Regulars • Two-year students in the School of: i Agriculture will be required to ob ' serve all freshman customs just the same as four-year students, Leo N. , Skemp '35, president of Tribunal, stated Wednesday night. In one of the cases to come before Tribunal, the freshman asserted that two-year students were not required to obey customs. Because of a mis take in printing the rules in the Stu dent Handbook and the possibility I that all students did. not see the an nouncement in the Collegian at the first of the year Skemp has granted two-year students relief until Mon day morning at 8 o'clock. Another case to come to the atten tion of Tribunal concerned a fresh man. student who accepted a date made for him by a fraternity broth er. The freshman did not leave the house-as'the girl -wasTirougHt there - and taken home by an upperclassmen', according to the defendant. While this man' was excused from the charge it j was stated that any recurrences of such an action will be judged guilty by the Tribunal. An' investigation will be conducted by Student Board through informa tion-acquired at. Tribunal concerning the throwing of bottles on the second floor of Frear Hall. Students ac cused of participating in this prac tice will be brought before Student | Board and if convicted will be sub ject to suspension from College. Last year a rule was passed by Student Board restricting attendance at Tribunal meetings to members of the various hat societies. The rule will be enforced this year, Skemp an nounced. Upperclassmen were re quested to turn in those freshmen whom they find breaking customs and • permit the Tribunal to work unham pered from that point, he stated- A.A.U.P. Will Study Educational Report Unable to secure advance copies of the forthcoming Carnegie report which will’ charge that Pennsylvania colleges are ‘diploma mills', the exe cutive committee of the local chapter of the American Asociation of Uni versity Profosors has apointed a com mittee to study the recent report of the American Historical association. The committee, composed of Dr. Harold F. Aldcrfer and Prof. Sylves ter K. Stevens, of the department of history and political science, and Prof. Willard Waller, of the department of economics and sociology, has been studying the report for several weeks. The report deals with the method of bringing the teaching of students and; tho training of leaders into line with the new social trends of today. . In conection with the report an open discussion has been' scheduled for the first-floor lounge of Old Main at 8:00 o’clock Wednesday night at which time Prof. R. Adams Dutcher, head of tho department of agricul tural and biological chemistry, and Prof. Alfred *W. Gauger, director of mineral industries research, will speak on the present conditions in teaching and research work in German univer sities. Both men ..have visited Ger many recently. Journalists To Speak William N. Hardy, manager of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ asociation, and Braton R. Gardner, publisher of the Montrose Jvdcpend ent, will address a general- assembly of journalism students in the-Little Theatre, Old Main, at 11 o’clock Mon day morning. Mr. Hardy will discuss the “ ‘Liberty of the Press’ Clause in tho Newspaper Code,” and Mr. Gard ner will speak on the “Problems of the Small City Newspaper.” Grier, Brutzman, Fletcher Chosen To Union Boards Committeemen Chosen To Plan Activities Of Organization First All-College Ball Scheduled for Nov. 30 Student Union has appointed Har ry D. M. Grier '35 chairman of the dance committee for tho:first all-Col lege dance of the year. The affair will probably be held Friday, Novem ber 30. Other members of the committee are Jean S. Klockner '35, A. Kenneth Maiers 35, and Manlio F. DeAngclis '35. The committee made <a prelim inary report at the regular meeting of Student Union last, night but at present plans are stilt pending. In order to continue ;the investiga tion of honorary societies which was started last year, Ver’pon D. Platt ’35, president of ' Student Union board, appointed John ,-A. Brutzman ’35 as chairman of the, investigation board. He will be assisted by Doug las R. Borst ’35, Elsie. M. Douthctt ’35, and Grier. John E. Fletcher ’35 has been nam ed chairman of the Student Union Loan Fund committee. Members of various extra-curricular activities who will work with him are William S. Bennett ’36, who will' represent Inlcrfratornity Finance; Dorothy J. Ely ’36, representative from Pan- Hellenic council-; and Oscar A. Fel ker '36, a junior member of the board. Others on the committee include Al. 1 exander J. Macdonnell '35, member from Inter-fraternity Council; John E. Miller ’36, who will-rcpresent the Collegian; and Wesley C. Mohnkern ’36, representative of the Penn State Club. Men’s Athletic Association will be represented by Richard H. Maurer ’36, and George E v Sperling '36 will serve for men’s student government. ; Catherine. L;. Wagai»^3s: : . has l '.been selected- to represnt'Women’s Athletic Association. Selena A. Wunderlich ’36 has been made a member of -the committee to represent religious societies. As yet the honor societies on the campus have not selected a delegate to serve for them. • A letter was-received-by the Union from John W. Carnwath, chairman of Student Union board at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, stating that Penn State students who come to Philadelphia for the Bennsylvania- Penn State game will make their headquarters at the Union office. Ho extended an invitation to all Penn State rooters to make use of that of fice for any assistance which they may need while there. I.R.C. Will Hold Third Annual Conclave Here Delegates from more than sixty clubs will convene here for the third annual Middle Atlantic International Relations clubs conference, which is scheduled to meet Friday and Sat urday, November 24 and 25, under. the auspices of the Penn State of the International Relations Clubs. The general subject will be “Re cent Trends in Nationalism”, and will bo taken up in three round table dis cussions of two sessions each. The main purpose of the conference is to review the different aspects of na tionalism as a deterrent to world peace. Dr. Otto Nathan, formerly econo mic advisor to tho German govern ment and-now a member of the facul ty of Princeton University, will ad dress the conference on particular phases of nationalism. Berwyn L. Miller, ’35, who will act as chairman of the conference, has completed plans lor the program. Penn Game Tickets Go on Sale Monday Tickets for the University of Pennsylvania football game at Philadelphia, November 10, will go on sale at the ticket office in Old Main at 8 o’clock Monday morn ing. Sale will continue until 5 o’clock' Thursday night. Tickets are all $2.20 and are for seats in the lower tier on the north side of Franklin Field. Drawings for Jfatcrnity blocks at the Houseparty game with Laf ayette on November 17 have been held and the results will be posted at the Student Union desk Monday morning. All fraternity orders, to gether with coupon books but with out matriculation cards, must be handed in at Room 107, Old Main by 5 o’clock Friday night, Novem ber 6. Additional tickets at $2.20 apiece may be ordered with the fra ternity groups at this time and paid for when received. • More Than 1,000 Grads Expected To Watch State-Syracuse Game Sports Writer Compares Teams as ‘Bludgeon Against Rapier’ Morrison, Smith Only Lions On Injured List By DONN SANDERS “And against the rapier comes the bludgeon of Syracuse. A big, raw-boned team, who are fighters all the way back. No tricks for them, but straight bone-crushing, earth-shaking football with seven linemen charging as one to ride the op posing line before them and let the ball carrier through. They like to feel the steady drive of legs as the line rises to throw back the runner and they like to smash thru a tackle with all the force and might of a bat tering ram.” This comment, written by Drew Middleton, sports editor of the Syra cuse Daily Orange, before the Syra cuse-Corncll game two weeks ago, perhaps best typefies the game which more than a thousand alumni will witness on New Beaver field at 2 o'- clock tomorrow afternoon. The rapier which Syracuse will meet this week-end' will be slightly dulled by the absence of Captain Mer rill Morrison, who has been out for the past two weeks and may remain on the sidelines for the remainder of the season because of a bad leg. Lef ty Knapp will start at left half. The only injury of the Columbia game was suffered by Frank Smith, sophomore varsity end, who may be .kept from the starting line-up to morrow by a bad knee. Should he be unable to start, Bob Morini, an other sophomore, will get the call. The Orange promises to be as tough an obstacle as King Leo of Columbia. A’team of veterans bolstered by sev eral sensationaL/s'ophomores is unde feated so,far fctfisj season, having bow led over Erdwn, 33-to-0, last’ Satur day. Bob Weber and Roy Schuyler, Li on tackles, will have probably their toughest assignments of the • season when they meet up with Joe Vavra and Big Jim Steen, eacji of whom weighs about 210 pounds. Vavra was a onetime intercollegiate boxing cham pion and has had two years experi ence in the Orange line. Steen is the outstanding lineman of an outstanding line. He special izes in the crashing of interference. He leaves the ball carrier to the sec ondary, content to throw his immense body at three or four backfield men running interference. He. also has two years experience. The orange may be without the services of Bustin’ Barney Nevins, who sprained his left ankle against Ohio Wesleyan. He was replaced last week by Albancse, a sophomore line buckcr of no mean ability. The backfield will be rounded out by Lou Stark, halfback and the Or ange’s passing threat; Nick Di Nun zio, who was recently shifted from quarter to left half; and Merz as signal caller. Dr. Clausen To Speak At Alumni Day Chapel Dr. Bernard C. Clausen, pastor of the First Baptist church of Pitts burgh, will speak on “Masters of An ger” at the Alumni Day chapel serv ices in Schwab auditorium at 11 o’- clock Sunday morning. Following his graduation from Col gate in 11)15, the speaker took ad vanced work at the Union. Theolog ical Seminary, and then received his degree of D.D. at Syracuse Univer sity. He was ordained into the Bap tist ministry in 1917, although he be gan in 1915 to serve the Mt. Vernon, N. Y., church as an assistant pastor. After three years here, Dr. Clausen went to the Hamilton, N. Y., church for a year, and then to the First Baptist church of Syracuse from 1920 to 1933. Since then he has been at his present charge. During most of tho Great War he served as chaplain in the United States Navy, aboard the U.S.S. North Carolina. This is the first time that Dr. Clau sen has ever spoken hero, although his predecessor at Pittsburgh, the late Dr. C. Wallace Petty, spoke annually at the chapel services here. Green’s Book Published Dr. George R. Green, head of the department of nature education, is the author of a hook just published by Edwards Brothers, Inc. Its* title is “The Broadieaves,” and it is the second of a series of books on the trees of North America. It is regard, ed by authorities as being an authen tic key to all trees in this country and Canada. Pep Meeting Set for Tonight at 7 O’clock Steve Hamas, part of the Blue Band, and swarms of alumni will attend the second football “pep” rally of the year in Recreation hall tonight at 7 o’clock on the eve of one of the biggest games cf the year. Head Cheerleader William B. Edwards announced that all fresh, men would be required to attend the meeting and other student leaders urged that the entire stu dent body get out and show the vis iting alumni that the “spirit of old State” hasn’t died out. At the rally the Hugo Bezdek Trophy will be awarded to Chi Upsilon fraternity, winner of the cup last year. The presentation will be made by Donald B. Ross ’35, president of Intramural Board. This trophy is awarded each year to the unit showing supremacy in intercollegiate and intramural ath letics. |FreshmenPledges To Attend Dinner 300 Will' Attend Affair Given By I. F . C.; Penn Crew Coach Will Speak More than 300 fraternity pledges arc expected to attend the second an nual Penn State Interfraternity pledge dinner which will be held in the Nittany Lion Inn at 6 o’clock Sunday night. The dinner is design ed to foster better relations between the first-year fraternity men. Those who attend the dinner will be addressed by “Rusty” Callow, for merly crew coach at Washington, and at present coach of the University of Pennsylvania-crew.. The dinner, which is sponsored jointly by the Interfraternity Coun cil and the Penn State Christian As sociation, has long been a feature at a number of other universities and colleges but was not introduced to this campus until last year. President Ralph D. Hetzel, Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock, Dean of the School. of Agriculture Ralph L. Watts, Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, of the department of history and polit ical 1 science, and Harry W. Seamans, P.S.C.A. secretary, have been invited to attend, as well as other adminis trative and faculty members, accord ing to Jacob C. Forney ’35, chairman of the committee in charge of the af fair, and toastmaster. Entertainment, which will be under the direction of William B. Edwards ’35, Head Cheerleader, will consist of songs, skits, and short musical num-! bers which will be arranged before hand, and which will be put on by the freshmen themselves. Members of the committee who worked with Forney in preparing this dinner are John Bott ’35, Harry D. M. Grier ’35, A. Kenneth Maiers ’35, Ralph P. Needle ’35, Robert K. Pax ton “’35, Charles T. Potts ’35, John Rinehimer '35, Alan C. Warehimc ’35, William D. Bcrtolotte '36, Herbert E. Bohren ’36, and Charles H. Salt ’36. John A. Clark 111 '3-1, and Car son W. Culp ’34 served as advisors to the committee. Loss of Sleep Caused by 111 Premonitions Supplies Drum Major with Weird Inhibitions Rejoice and be exceeding glad, O carefree cheering students and fun loving alumni when you sit cozy and secure in your reserved seats at the Lion-Orange grid tangle tomorrow afternoon. Consider momentarily the lot of Jimmy Townsend, Blue Band drum major and baton whirlcr, waking from a sound sleep tonight buffeted by a host of soul-scaring premoni tions about the few hours hence when he must throw and catch his baton, the cynosure of all eyes and the envy of all spectators. If Mikelonis were to fumble the ball tomorrow just before a punt, Tie could expect little sympathy in the write-ups in the metropolitan papers. But the slip of the wrist by a drum major is not a misfortune; it is a catastrophe. Loss of the plaudits of the crowd, the love of a pure woman, and tho respect of friends and one’s parents are the inevitable result of a goose-stepping drum-major's drop ping his baton. “It’s throwing the stick over the goal post that is the hardest,” Town send confessed brokenly last night as the bleak winds of jittering began to blow through his heart, “after that CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Homecoming Program Inaugurates Many New Features Alumni Council To Hold Dinner at 6:30 Tonight With a rejuvenated football team and the most extensive Homecoming propram ever planned, Edward K. Hibshman executive secretary of the Al umni association, expects the attendance at the fifteenth an- nual Alumni Homecoming this week-end to go well over the 1,- 000 mark. Although the high spot of the week-end will be the Syracuse football game tomorrow after noon, several entirely new fea tures have been introduced into the alumni program. Most im portant among these is the new type of Alumni Council dinner planned for this year. The fall- meeting will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn at G:3O o’clock to night at which time all members of the Alumni Council, the members of the executive committee of the Board of Trustees, and all class secretaries will be guests of the College. In the past there has been consid erable criticism among members of the Alumni Council about the lack of an organized program, the insuffi cient time to complete discussions, and the type of meeting which has been held for them. This year’s inno vation is an attempt to overcome these difficulties and make the meet ing one which will be decidedly worth while. President Ralph D. Jletzel will be the principal speaker and his subject will be “The Alumni Council and the College.” John T. Ryan ’OB will pre side at the meeting and J. Franklin Shields, president of the Borad of Trustees, will speak for the Board. Other speakers will include Miles Horst' .’ld,' a' [member of the State' legislature; Janies R. Gilligan 'l2, superintendent of the Duiimorc High School; Donald M. Cresswell 'IS, pub licity agent of the state department of public instruction; and George R. Lcursson ’l5, of Reading. Mr. Hib shman will discuss certain phases of the alumni program. Registration of alumni will start this afternoon in the first floor lounge of Old Main and will continue until tomorrow afternoon. Following the athletic mass .meeting at Recreation hall at 7 o’clock tonight the Varsity club men will attend their smoker at the Nittany Lion Inn at 8:30 o’- clock. A golf tournament in charge of William F. Hall- will be held at 8:30 o’clock Saturday morning and stu dents are requested to refrain from using the course while the tournament is in progress. During the morning also alumni will inspect the campus and various schools. The week-ends sport program will be opened when the freshmen grid ders kick off to the Bucknell year lings at 12:30 o’clock on Beaver field. During the half the freshman cross country team will finish their race with the Syracuse University first year men. At 2:00 o’clock the var sity griclmen will oppose Syracuse and during the half of this game the varsity harriers will end their five mile grind against the Syracuse var- (Continued on yuf/c two ) the rest isn’t so bad.” He smiled weakly. He divulged three circumstances which if beckoned by the fickle finger of fiite can lower him as he lends the resplendent Blue Band down the field, from the cestacy of sublime ex altation to the darkest and most for lorn Stygian cave of despair. These are: 1. Rain, to make the metal baton slippery. 2. Cold, to numb his fingers. 3. Catching the stick on one of his multitudinous buttons. But even in case the thmp should happen and he should drop it, there is yet one gossumer filament from which to suspend his fallen hopes. Furitively and while nobody is look ing, except the 8,000 fans, he may be able to stoop quickly, snatch the ba ton up in his right hand, twirl it once in the air over his shoulder and stride on as though it was just an other stunt. He hasn’t had to use the maneuver yet. .... and so into the drear hours of the early morning janitors and publications men toil and meditate. But Jimmy only meditates—on the fortuitous concourse of atoms ' that will govern his fate on the morrow.
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