ESTABLISHED 1904 Volume 31—Number 18 Students Escape Serious Injuries In Bus Smash-Up 2 of 9 Undergraduate Passengers Suffer Slight. Bruises Bus Crashes Into Rear Of Parked Moving Yan Several students of the College re ceived minor injuries and other pas sengers were momentarily shocked when a Greyhound bus bound for State College crashed into an Allied moving van in a blinding snowstorm on the Cresson mountain near Dun cansivllc at 5:45 yesterday morning. The students injured were J. Stan ley Taylor '3G, who suffered bruises about the head, and another student, whose home is in Sunbury, but whose name, could nof be learned. However, his injuries are not serious. Other Students in Bus Other students who were returning to the College aboard the bus were Florence E. Lynn ’13(5, Theodore Parks ’35, Bernard Esman '3B, George E. Ehle ’3O, Ralph Buchman ’3B, Richard H. Allen '3O, and Ralph L. Ferris’ ’3B. Taylor, who was the most seriously injured, had boarded the bus at Eb ensburg, after the car in which he, Ehlc and Essman were returning to College, broke down. The moving van which the bus struck was stranded with its rear end straddling the highway half way down the mountain. Although a red lantern was placed fifty feet in front of the truck, the road was so icy that the bus was unable to stop in time to avert • the crash, even though it was travelling at a low speed and began braking 200 yards ahead of the stranded truck. The driver of the van was also slightly injured when he was hurled against the steering wheel by the im pact of the crash. There were three occupants in the cab of the stranded machine. The bus was unable to continue under its own power and another bus was dispatched to the scene of the ac cident from Ebensburg. Brown ’35 Injured in Automobile Accident Paul L. Brown ’35 suffered a bro ken collar bone and minor cuts and bruises when the car in which he was riding to Philadelphia was struck by another near Norristown about 9 o’- clock Friday night. With Brown in the car were Wil liam B. Heckman ’3(l, the owner and. driver, Newcomb A. Cracker ’3G, and Robert L. Pennewell ox«’3G. Heck man and Pennewell received minor cuts and bruises. The students were travelling east when a roadster, bearing a New Jer sey license and driven by Alfred Gas paroni, collided with their car head on. The car was thrown back about forty feet and overturned. It was completely wrecked, while the other ; auto was damaged slightly. Tanger Says Election Landslide Will Cause Many State Changes I)r. Jacob Tanger of the department of history and political science, ex pressed his views on the recent nation wide Democratic landslide in a ques tion-answer interview with a COL LEGIAN reporter Friday. The inter view follows: Q. After GO years of Republican ism in Pennsylvania, won’t the change of parties in control have a profound effect throughout the state A. I look for a great many dras tic changes, especially in the fields of taxation, finance and Constitutional re vision. Naturally, since there is no civil service in this State, the change will provide an excellent opportunity for the new party to make a re-dis tVibution of the “spoils” in the form of government jobs. However, I don't believe that the stairs of the educa tional institutions will need to fear any change, because the educational program is too deeply rooted in the State. Q. Should the election be inter preted to mean that the people are wholly in accord with the New Deal, or was it rather President Roosevelt’s popularity that drew the large Dem ocratic vote? A. I don’t believe that the people are wholly in accord with the New Deal, but they are willing to go along with any program that is trying to stabilize the country. Although they don’t approve of many phases of the New Deal, they are willing to co operate to a fuller extent than they ' o Z -FILE oSemi-U/eekly' prnn State (Mlrgtan. Hartmann Sees Socialistic Gains Despite Recent Election Defeat Survey Shows 55 Per Cent Approve Socialist Platform; Opponents’ Accusations Answered in Open Letter “Our main, accomplishment during the campaign which has just passed was to change a great number of peo ple from open hostility against Social ism to curiosity about it, and we feel that many of them will join us when they better realize the things for which we stand.” This was the opin ion expressed by Dr. George W. Hart mann, of the department of education and psychology, who was defeated last week as the Socialist candidate for U. S. Congress from the 23rd Pennsylvania Congressional district. Although complete returns are not available, Dr. Hartmann estimated that he received over 2,000 votes in Blair and Centre counties, and that in Clearfield county he carried sev eral districts. This, lie said, represent ed about ten per cent of the entire vote, or a'one hundred per cent in- 5 Win Prizes at ‘Hort’ Exhibition 2,150 Attend Show; $5 Prizes Given Davis, Worthington, Hinkle, Miller, Sacco Five prizes of $5.00 were awarded to the winners in each class at the annual Horticulture Show in the Dairy building Friday and Saturday nights, and ribbons were given to winning members of the home econ omics department. More than 2,150 people attended the show, which was in charge of James W. Shearer ’35, president of the Horticulture club. Over $lOO was taken in by the store which was operated in connection with the ex exhibit. Paul Sacco ’35 won first prize in the floral exhibit, while Fred Hin kle, a graduate student, won the prize for the largest and best display of flowers. ! The single food exhibit was won by Russell Worthington ’l3, and James B. Miller '35 received first prize in the vegetable exhibit. Gordon P. Da vis won first place in the competi tion for the best landscape architec ture plans. About twenty floriculture students, landscape architects, anil vegetable gardening students displayed their products, which were judged Satur day morning by faculty members. In addition to these, about seventy-five home economic students participated. College Prepares New Course in Agriculture Because of the shift to farming, either as a full-time occupation or as a sideline to other employment, made necessary by the present economic conditions, the College has inaugurat ed a new winter short course in agri culture. This course will be given from Jan uary 3 to February 28. It covers poultry raising, vegetable gardening, dairying, and many other agricultur al subjects. were under the Old Order. With a plan, they are more hopeful. Q. Will Congress support Roose velt as strongly now, since the mem bers do not huve to worry about get ting re-elected? A. Congress is likely to split up into a number of factions. This Dem ocratic majority will not support the President in a solid block, but will break up in a number of interesting groups. For them, it will not be so much the question of whether they arc going to back the New Deal—but rather what kind of a New Deal they are going to back. There will undoubtedly be conflict ing points of view within the New Deni. This conflict may bring a new powerful party. I believe that there will be a change in party alignments. The names Democratic and Republi can may stick, but tenets of the two; groups will undergo drastic changes. Q. Sinclair has said that he will recall the California election. Is that Constitutional, and if so, what arc his chances of succeeding A. In a few states, including Cal ifornia, it is possible to recall nn elec tion. What he will probably do is wait until the citizens of California see that Merrium does not huve any thing constructive to otter, and then he will petition a recall. However, if he does succeed in becoming gover nor, his EPIC plan is liable to fail because an absolute dictatorship, such as exists in Germany and Italy, would be necessary to put his plan .into suc cessful execution. | STATE COLL crease over the vote of two years ago. “We have learned through extensive tests that fifty-five per cent of the farmers and laborers in this county want the things advocated by our platform but that they refuse to vote for them,” Dr. Hartmann declared. “Their opposition comes from pre judice against the party and ignor ance of the things for which it | stands.” I “It is because of untrue propaganda spread by our opponents and a lying press that this prejudice has been built up. We are unable to combat it successfully because of a lack of money and workers. The man with the most money and best machine behind him wins the election.” During the past campaign the state ment appeared in one of the county papers that the Socialist publicity in this region was being financed by Mellon and Grundy and that the So cialist candidates had been paid by, the Rcpublicas to injure the Demo crats’ chances. In an open letter last week, Dr. Hartmann said that his of fer of $l,OOO to anyone who could prove this statement had been un claimed. He also charged that both parties had spread lies and engaged in personal mud-slinging against the Socialists, whom they consider their common enemy. ' “The defeat of Upton Sinclair ; proves that no radical who is more than a reformer can capture the nom ination of an old party and get away with it," said Dr. Hartmann, com ! menting upon the California election. 1 "He must either change his ideas or be knifed by his own party.” Believing that this country will , turn to Socialism within the next . ten years. Dr. Hartmann signified his willingness to continue his activity at the next election if the party leaders wished him to do so. He is preparing a report at present, to be submitted to the American Society for the Ad vancement of Science, which is meet ing in Pittsburgh next month. The report describes a survey of this county, showing the favorable reac tion of the majority of the people to the items in the Socialist platform. Wright Perfects Coal Percolator Liquidating Method Facilitates Production of Colorful Dyes, Perfumes Production of colorful dyes, deli cate perfumes, and numerous medi cines was given a strong boost by a discovery made here by C. C. Wright, national research fellow in fuel tech nology recently. He developed a me thod of liquefying coal into its var ious components so as to greatly faci litate research with the tars of coal. Tho coal is liquefied in a special percolator developed by Wright. This percolator is scarcely larger than a family coffee pot. The ground coal is placed in it in a perforated holder. Instead of water, some tetralin, a water-white liquid, is poured on the coal. Ail air is pumped out, and then the percolator is filled with hydrogen. A pressure of 3,200 pounds per square inch is applied. Then the tetra lin is boiled so that it rises and runs down through the coal. Unlike the coffee urn which merely extracts the flavor of coffee, the percolator breaks down ninety percent of' the coal, changing it into an inky black liquid. This process is known as hydrogen ation. Its purpose is to liquefy the most possible coal with tho least de struction to the chemical make-up. When liquefied, the separation of the different substances in coal becomes, much easier. • From the liquid coal, the tetralin is boiled out, leaving tar, which still contains ninety percent of Lhe original stuff of coal. All ordinary tar, made by heating coal, is only about seven percent pure. The value of this ninety percent tar for investigation is emphasized by the fact that with the common coal tars already available, chemists have produced most of the world’s beautiful dyes, many perfumes, and innumerable medicines. Pundt To Address IRC Alfred G. Pundt, of the department of history and political science, will speak on “Historical Backgrounds of Nationalism” before the International Relations club at 7:30 o’clock Thurs day night in Room 318, Old Main.' This talk and the discussion which will follow it are for the purpose of giving the members a better under standing of this subject in prepara tion for the nationalism convention here on November 23 and 24, .EGE, FA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1934 Distribution of Ticket Orders To Benin Today Fraternity orders for tickets to the Lafayette football game will* Ik* distributed today to the various houses. Non-fraternity seniors and juniors may secure their tick ets by reporting to the Athletic association window tomorrow. They must present their matricu lation card along with the ticket book in order to get a reserved seat ticket. Sophomores and juniors may se cure their tickets by reporting to the same window on Thursday. Mail orders are being sent out Friday for the Bucknell game on November 24. Throughout the week there will be a general sale on Lafayette tickets. Seniors To Begin Practice Period •15 Education Students Will Go To Johnstown, Altoona For Next 9 Weeks Forty-five senior education students will leave for Johnstown and Altoona next Monday to engage in their nine weeks practice teaching period. At the same time forty students will return, having completed. this re quirement. The first group left Sep tember 12 and will return tomorrow, while the second dhision will con- : tinue until January 2G. Those students leaving for Altoona next week are: Elizabeth IC. Barton, James B. Beatty, John M. Bernat, Herman Block, Rose K. Braunstein, Verna M. Britton, Warren Challis, F. Lynn Christy, Edward R. Chuh ran, and Elsie M. Douthctt. Marion L. Foreman, Joseph S. Fry, Monroe L. Kessler, Louis Kreizman, Nancy Lazier, Virginia M. Mathews,. Martha! M. Newell, Melvin K. O’Connell, Jos-j eph L. Phillips, William J. Simpson, I Paul L. Vandermurk, and May Yam polski are others in this group. Johnstown To Receive 23 Johnstown schools! tVlii'receiv'e Dor othy L. Anderson,- Patricia L. Bas tone, Harriet J. Beemcr, Aldona J. Bulota, Betsey Davis, Minnie E. Dif fenderfer, Dorothy A. Furlani, Mary E. Gaughan, Carolyn E. Gronrel, anil Lucille G. Hansen. Helen J. Iline bauch, Clarence A. Johnson, Eliza beth M. Lnthan, Nellie T. Noel, Vic tor J. Onaehilla, Frances T. Pasehall, Gwcneldine N. Rapp, Harold G. Shirk, Juanita Sorzano, Helen E. Taylor, Henry S. Thomas, Robert K. Thomas, and Harry N. Sigel com plete the list. Students returning tomorrow are: Mildred J. Bogle, Marian G. Bow man, Elizabeth M. Commons, Wil liam J. Cramer, Henry C. Dern, E. Guy Dißito, Wilma C. Ingram, John Guild, Elizabeth M. Judy, Harold L. (Continued oil page two) Butt Chosen Delegate To A.A.U.P. Meeting Dr. William E. Butt, of the depart ment of economics, and Dr. Francis J. Tschan, of the department of his tory and political science, have been chosen as delegate and alternate to the national meeting of the American Association of University Professors to be held at the Stevens Hotel in Chicago, on November 30 and Decem ber 1. With chapters in every state of the Union, more tliap 150 delegates arc expected to attend the national con vention. Dr. Tschan, as a member of the national council, will attend the meeting in this capacity, even though Dr. Butt should go as delegate. It is expected that the forthcoming Car negie report will be discussed at the meeting. Prof. Roy D. Anthony, of the de partment of horticulture, and presi dent of the local chapter of the A. A. U. P., last night released the program of mootings for the next four months. At the next meeting on December 5, William S. Hoffman, College Regis trar, will speak on “Certification of Pennsylvania High Schools.” The dele gate to the national meeting will also report to this meeting. Dr. Ehvood C. Davis, of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, will speak at the January meeting, and the report of the committee on faculty health and recreation will be presented. The report of the com mittee investigating the findings of the American Historical Society will bo presented at the February meet ing, and that of tho committee on the Carnegie report at the March meeting. Dr. Hurrell in Hospital Dr. Arthur S. Hurrell, director of teacher training extension, is being treated at the Geisinger Memorial hospital at Danville. Lion Eleven Outplays Penn Team Only To Lose, 3-to-O, as Murray Kicks Field Goal in Third Period 5,000 Loyal Students, Alumni See Hard Fought Tilt ‘They Come by Train, Bus, Even by Trolley’ Five thousand people with loyally jto Penn State in their hearts went to watch their team battle against Penn Saturday afternoon. They clambered into seats and watched their team lose. They watched what had been better than even odds fade into negligible chances as Penn’s slim lead got stronger with each second of scrimmage. Five thousand people thundered cheers for their team Saturday after noon—their voices roared from the megaphone that is the first tier of Franklin Field scats and echoed across the field—blasting the air during State three threats at the goal, and, only slightly subdued, vibrating across the gridded plot while the Lion was settling back on his haunches in hon orable defeat. Many Students at Game Alumni, students, faculty, friends of everybody, all were there. The entrances to Franklin Field looked like front campus while classes are changing, In the jumble of traffic that was the only way to the game, Penn State stickers showed in hun dreds of windshield corners. “In trains, cars, hitch-hiking, and even by trolley, they are coming, the Penn State undergraduates,” one Phiadel phia paper said. The paper was right —crowds on roads to Philadelphia, in gas stations on the way, all boded ill for those whose backing was anti- Nittany. j They flooded through the gates, did the Penn State backers, and jammed into the sections reserved for them. With lusty voices they bellowed to each other; “Hyah, pal, got a job yet?” “Jeez, how'd YOU get here, I thought you were broke V' “Yes, but I’d never miss this!" Sigel Excites Spectators And later: “Look at that guy Sigel sneak around those mugs, twenty-four yard run-back that time. Gccz!” “Six straight plays with Tommy Silvano pulling the same gag each time. Yard age!” “Morrison sure seems to be back in shape after that lay-off." “Yeah, lie must feel kind of funny playing here in PlnUy.’’ “That gent Kreizman sure is nailing those babies who try to get through the center section of the line. Is he fighting this year!” The half, with seventy-five Blue Band men blaring forth onto the em battled ground, to parade against the Red and Blue overcoated figures in what turned out to be almost a battle of baton wcilding; with everybody stamping a semblance of warmth back into frozen feet; with the teams rest ing, and getting ready for the heady struggle of the-third quarter. The tragic third quarter, when Mur- (Continued on page three) Hordes of Contented Collegians Working Daily on Over 300 Varied FERA Projects Jobs to suit the tastes of even-the most exacting students have been pro vided here under tho FERA set-up. Vast hordes of collegians are now gainfully employed at doing every thing from teaching the inhabitants of Roekview penitentiary how to play trombones, to making sociological: studies of the advanced R.O.T.C. of ficers. At the present time, over 500 stu dents are on the FERA payroll. Ap proximately 300 projects are being carried on by these students, which makes an average of not quite two persons per project. The greatest number of projects, seventy-one, is listed for the Liberal Arts School, while the School of Engineering, with 127 students, leads with the largest number employed. The type of work varies according to the School in which the student is employed. In the Liberal Arts School, the work is mainly that of making studios and surveys; in the Engineer ing School, it is mainly technical, con sisting of mounting, calibrating, con structing, and repairing; in the Chemistry School, it is entirely lab oratory work; in the Education School, it is essentially clerical and research work; and in the Agricul ture School, it is mainly manual- la bor and research investigations. Probably the Liberal Arts offers the most varied and interesting pro jects. In the department of econo mics and sociology a large number of studies are being made, such as: propaganda in college newspapers, NRA in State College, comparative prices in State College stores for sim- i Penn Had His Number if; V capt. Merrill. H^LF/3a<Z(<, Phones Control Stage Lighting Master Electrician of “Bargin' Around” Directs From Audjtorium Seal For the first time in the history of •Schwab auditorium, telephones will be used to direct the lighting effects of a stage production there. This system will be put into effect when the Penn State Thespians and the Men’s Glee club present “Bargin’ Around,” thirteen scene musical rev ue, at 7:15 o’clock Saturday night in the auditorium. • • . Separate phones have been connect ed to each of tho four spotlights used during the production and to the main switchboard backstage and a trunk line has been laid to a seat in the middle of the auditorium from which Lamar C. Hollar ’3G, head electrician of the Thespians, will direct his as sistants at the various lighting con trols in adjusting their lights to gain the best possible effect. This system has been used with great success in the modern theatres recently and is a definite step for ward in controlling the tone and depth of indirect lighting which will be featured in “Bargin’ Around,” ac cording to Hollar. The scenery for tbe thirteen scenes of “Bargin’ Around” was set up on the stage for the first time yesterday. The scenery was designed and execut ed under the direction of Henry K. Porterfield and Gordon B. Davis ’35. The sixty-four costumes which will be used by the women’s dancing chor us have also been completed and will be used in dress rehearsals which will be held all this week until the time of the show, Saturday night. ilar and identical goods, and male and female social rejected types. The School of Agriculture offers n wide selection with fifty-nine projects for ninety students. A few projects are: assembling data on why boys and girls drop out of high school, overhauling farm machines, working at the beef cattle and sheep barns, feeding and managing ring-necked pheasants, and directing poultry op erations at the penitentiary. Among the sixty projects which 127 students conduct in the School of En gineering are: constructing electrical furnaces, making film strip services for the various classes, and remodel ing radio station equipment. The ninety-four students who carry out the forty-seven Education projects as sist In making personality tests, and construct experimental apparatus, among other things. The School of Chemistry and Physics has been given sixty students to carry oul twenty-eight projects; the School of Mineral Industries has twenty-one students to carry out twenty-one projects, and the School* of Physical Education has twenty seven students working on four pro jects. Other places where projects are being carried out, outside of the vari ous Schools, are: the military de partment with four students, the Li brary with twenty-two, the Regis trar’s office with seven, the Publicity oflice with six, the power plant with one, the office of the purchasing agent with three, the Alumni association office with thirty-three, the Treas urer’s office with three, and the Dean of Women's office with one. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Scoring Threats Fall Short of Line As Wall Holds Nittany Passing Attack Fails To Gain in Fray By DOXN SANDERS Taking- advantage of its one chance to score, the Quaker eleven of Pennsylvania defeated a roaring Nittany Lion on Franklin Field Saturday after noon, 3-to-O. Thirty-five thousand specta tors saw the Lion team outplay Penn in every department of the game except passing, only to lo.se because they lacked flu* final punch necessary to push the ball across. The thirty-third clash between the two teams was decided in the third quarter when Franny Murray, Red and Blue quarterback, booted a kick from placement between the uprights after his team had been held by a stubborn Lion defence on the twenty two yard line. SLite came very close to scoring twice. The first opportunity came early in the second period. The first quarter had ended with a twelve-yard forward pass from Mikelonis to Fry, placing the ball on the Penn 2G-yard line. I.ion’s Threat Fails Short line plunges by Silvano ami Captain Morrison gave the Lions a first down on the Quaker 10-yard stripe. Morrison made two yards. Sigcl’s interference on a run wide around right end was broken through, and he was thrown for a five-yard loss. Morrison tried left end for no gain. Mikelonis tried the : only possible play—a pass. His attempt was hur ried and Sigel, who had gone wide ‘out to receive it, could not get his hands on the pigskin. The Penn line had held, chiefly because of the ef forts of Paul Stofko, stocky guard. The other Lion threat came in the last period. Harry Sigel ran back a Red and Blue punt for twenty-four yards, bringing the ball to midfield. Silvano, who had come back into the fray after being relieved by Rhoda, bucked his way for two first downs, putting the ball on the Penn 25-yard line. Captain Morrison added live yards around left end. Silvano pick ed up three more through the line. One ya"d was needed for a first down, and Silvano was given the ball, hut the Penn line again held. A pass, ruled completed because of interference, gave the Lions the ball inside Penn toritory a little later, but another pass was intercepted by King, and after that Penn had no cause for fear. Murray Hoofs 3-Poinlor Penn’s lone score came in the third period when Franny Murray, Red and Blue quarterback, kicked a placement from the 23-yard line. Elverson took the pass from center and held the ball as Murray’s kick from directly in front of the post sailed across several feet above the middle of the cross bar. The first field goal scored against the Lions this season, it was also the first one kicked on Franklin Field this year. It was Murray’s first attempt for a field goal in intercollegiate competition. Tommy Silvano was the most con sistent ground gainer for the Lions, accounting for seventy-seven of his team's 121) yards from scrimmage. Playing one of the host games of (Continued on puyc four) Dr. Weaver Predicts State Income Taxes “Undoubtedly Pennsylvania’s ex penditures will be more than double its income during the next biennium. Therefore a sales tax. as well as a Slate income lax, appears to be the only way out,” Dr. Frederick P. Wea ver, head of the department of agri cultural economics, slated recently. “Probably the soundest procedure would bo a Federal sales tax with uni form rates throughout the country, and the major portion of the income from it returned to the State as State revenue over which Federal govern ment exercises no control,” lie ex plained. He continued by saying that such a tax, supplemented by an income tax within the State on the same ba sis as the Federal income tax, would constitute a sound movement toward equalizing the tax burden. The oc casion for these remarks was the con cluding session of the recent Amer ican Association of University Wom en convention held on this campus.
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