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ESTABLISHED—
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Volume 31—Number. 21
Players To Present York
Nativity Play December 12
Program of Christmas
Season To Include
10-Scene Drama.
Cast To Remain Same
Except for Graduates
As a part of the Christmas week
program this year, -the Penn State
Players will repeat their production
of the York Nativity Play in Schwab
auditorium on Wednesday night, De
cember 12, at 8:30 o’clock. Prof. Ar
thur C. Cloetingh, of the department
of English literature/will direct the
performance.
With the exception of those stu
dents who were lost by graduation
last,June, the cast will, remain the
same as last year. The play is divid
ed. into ten scenes and the scenery
has been designed by Amelia Brooks
’36.
Scenes Listed -
The scenes in the order which they
will be presented are first, Maryin
prayer; second, Joseph "in the fields;
third, Mary in the home; fourth;
Mary arid Joseph with the angel;
fifth,. Joseph rejoicing; sixth, the
three shepherds watching the star;
seventh, the kings on. the way .to the
manger; eighth,. Herod, his son, the
advisers, arid two soldiers in counsel;
ninth, the three kings passing through
Herod’s kingdom; and lastly, Mary,
Joseph, and the Babe in the manger.
During .the last scene of the per
formance, the chorus of angels will
sing from the loft above the stage.
The production is being sponsored
this year by the Artists’ Course com
mittee ari one of the programs in
'that series. ‘
Stage '35 To Appear
Mary will be played by Enid A.
Stage -’35, and Joseph will be taken
by Robert. Warrington *3B. John O.
Linton 735, will take the role of Ga
briel, tHe‘angel. Dr. William S. Dye,
of-.the. department, of English litera
ture,'has been requested to take the
part of the, narrator. ~ ■_>
/■, Others are'the three shepherds who
; : - r .wiir.be..played^byVClayton"-RrtPage,
. graduate' student; H: /Chester Me-;
.Latighlin *35,' and Paul K/Hirsch *36. :
' The Kings'will be portrayed by Wick
/liffe W.~ Crider,736/ Richard- H; Al
lcn-.’36,. and Kutzcr.L. Richards :’36.
' Lucas C; K. Brightman will take th 6
. part of King Herod;' ■ .
Technical'Staff Chosen
Herbert L., Manning has been cast
irithe'role of, the messenger arid-Gra
ham/H. Luckenbill !38 will portray
.the.part-of'One. of Herod’s advisors.
The. other advisor and Herod's son
.have not yet been chosen.
' On ,thc technical staff, Conrad H.
Zierdt '36 has. been named stage man
'ager with Mannis Wood ’36 as his
assistant.. The electrician will he Ar
thur .L. Watmough. .'35, .who will be
assisted by David Y. ICcim ’36.
•. Costumes v are under; the direction
of Ruth B. Evans '37, .with Frances
'.E. Hamilton ’36 as assistant, : Mar
garet E.,, Manning '37 will be in
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Joint Committee Will
Act for Hat Societies
' Eligible members for four hat so
cieties—Friars,-Druids, Parmi Nous,
and Skull‘and Bones—will be deter
mined, next spring, by a student-fac
ulty Committee of.seven as
a result ofaction taken at Monday’s
Student Board meeting.
The committee, consisting of the
'presidents, of the four societies, the
president of the senior .class, the pres
ident of Interfraternity Council, and
a faculty year Joe Be
dcrik, of ;the School of Physical Edu
cation - and/Athletics,' .will,, meet- for
■ the firsfcr, tirrie/before move-up "day
next-spring.- -,/•/ • -•/
''/At .the present time the.;constitu
tions ;of; the four societies limit mem
bership! in. the .sophomore. groups to
fifteen - apiece; and to .twenty, in the
senior organizations./It is .expected
that‘.the,’riew:.'committce will, choose
.about double'that, number of eligibles
from, which/the’.societies will elect
! members/ : V 1 ' ~
- ' Blue' Key,’; junior activities honor
, ary,:'was'.not:'included because 'its
~: n ew constitution "provides .limits as
-to: eligibility!'V-WithC the appointment
■ <>£■ this-committee,'all : the : fivehat
v societies',on-th’e campus are' somewhat
J limited'as to : :thc'use of ‘politics'!in
.-.the choice of-members,'andall have a
t maximum limit' as to/number of mem',
'[bers.
Co-eds Elect Officers ;
•*• Clara* : B. vJones > was elected.' presi
dent of; the . Freshmen :girls at a re
' cent Other 'officers are S.
ChristirieHoffer/yKe-president,-Jessie
L.. Schminky/,’secretary;•;Dorothy .E.
/Bollinger,;'.'.’treasurer‘and./Ida,,' R.
s<kial;chairman,. J . ••*
.s? • • o
THEHTON • oSemi-U/,®ekly-
Prim §>tat£ (EnUwjm
| ; To Address Delegates
DR. OTTO NATHAN
I.R.C. Conference
Will Open Today
Nathan To Talk at Nittany Lion
Tomorrow On ‘Problems
Of World Recovery’
One hundred and twenty-seven dele
gates, faculty advisers, and observers
representing thirty-eight colleges -will
register at 10 o’clock this morning at
the Student Union desk for the an
nual conference of-the International
Relations Clubs, of the Middle Atlan
tic district on “Recent Trends in Na
tionalism.” Dr. Otto Nathan,'prin
cipal speaker of the conference, will
be present at the round table discus
sions tomorrow afternoon and will
speak on “Problems of World Recov
ery" at :the final dinner, in. the Nit
tany. Lion Inn at 6:3o.o’clock tomor-
.. !C^
"■/Tfie; corifererice^will''*b'e, 'dfficiaiiy
opened .in the Home Economics audi
torium -at.2:30 o’clock-this' afternoon
by -Berwyn’ L. '• Miller : ’36) president
of .tlie conference,, after' 1 which ad
dresses of wciconle.'will .be-givon by
John" T.' Hcrmansen; local president,-
and r Adrian 0-‘Morse, executive sec
retary to the President.
After responses from Migs Virgi
nia Plugge,-of George Washington
University, and Miss Amy Heming
way Jones, representing .the Carnegie
Foundation for World Peace, Dr. J.
Paul Selsam, of the department .of
history and political science, will
speak on “Nationalism and the World
Crisis.”
Students Invited To Discussions
Round .table sessions will .meet ,in
Rooms 318, 302, and 304 Old Main
at. 8 o’clock.. These will be open to,
all local students who wish to par
ticipate. Trade relations, political
nationalism, and national defense
will be discussed. • . • '-
. About a hundred delegates, will be
houses by the men’s and women’s fra
ternities Friday and Saturday nights.
At the business o’clock
Saturday morning new'officers will
be elected and the place for next
year’s convention will- be decided up
on. ’
Dr. Leon Godshall, of Dickinson
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First Written Constitution for Blue Key
Limits Men to 36, Lists Eligibility Rules
' In an effort to reduce'the'member
ship; and remove 'political manipula
tions in the choice of eligible stu
dents, Bluo Key/ local junior activi
ties honorary, has drawn up a writ
ten constitution, to go into effect with
the spring elections next year, which
includes minimum eligibility require
ments for admission and sets a maxi
mum membership of thirty-six. .
- This'constitution is, as far as can
be learned, the first written constitu
tion .which the junior society has ever
had. : It. had. its . inception-last year,
but it was not until the present group
under Joseph Pr Swift ’36, president,
became active', that any' actual work
was-done; 'A committee, appointed
injMay, ,1934 drew.up the first draft
which was passed as.amended by Stu
dent Board and. Lion’s .Paw and ac
cepted by-Bluc'Key last -month.
•Examination of past minutes shows
that - election to, the society was
brought about. through nomination by
a : ;member- and a -favorable vote of
those, present. .Under this system the
organization had grown steadily dur
ing 'the', past -five years, increasing
from twenty-five in 1928 to forty-four
in. 1933/ -
. ' Under; this constitution, which has
a '•clause prohibiting, changes- for
three years, the membership will con-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1934
Artists’ Course
Series Enlarged
By Bth Program
Steueckgold Will Sing
Here in Concert
On April 30
String Quartet Signed
To Appear on March 7
Addition .of another number to the
Artists’ Course Series and the com
pletion of booking arrangements for
the appearance here of the Budapest
String Quartet and Grcte Steueck
gold, soprano, were announced at a
meeting of the executive committee
of the Artists* Course Wednesday.
Making a total of eight numbers
on the course, including the Nativity
Play and "The Messiah,” to be given
next month, the extra number is be
ing added because of the impossibil
ity of booking either the Cleveland or
Boston Symphony orchestras. The
sum that would have gone for an or
chestra will be used for two num
bers.
Budapest String Quartet
The string quartet, which will ap
pear in Schwab auditorium March 7,
was booked after word was received
by the committee that the London
String Quartet, listed in .the Col
legian poll, had disorganized. The
Budapest group is considered by crit
ics to be at least the equal of the
London Quartet, according to Dr.
Carl E. Marquardt.
Miss Steueckgold, scheduled to pre
sent a concert, on April 30, is an out
standing star with the Metropolitan
Opera Company. She is also a radio
artist and has sung over stations of
the Columbia Broadcasting'Company.
Ditmar May Speak
The committee is planning to en
gage an aesthetic dance number for
the latter part of. February. Nego
tiations are under way to obtain Dr.
Raymond Lee Ditmar, curator-of the
department of-mammals of the New
York Zoological Park, for a lecture
during the latter part of April.
- Seats in Schwab auditorium will go
on .‘sale to. upperclassmen Monday,
l
December 4, and to underclassmen on
December. 6, according to .plans. of
the committee. The auditorium will
be'divided into alternate rows of seats
reserved for, faculty and students.
Drs. Alderfer, Hasek,
Wueller To Give Talks
Dr. Harold F. Alderfer, of the de
partment of history and political sci
ence, Drs. Carl W. Hasek and Paul H.
Wueller, of the department of econo
mics and sociology, and Prof. Edward
L. Keller, of the engineering extension
department, will attend the fortieth
annual convention of the National
Municipal League at Pittsburgh on
Monday and Tuesday.
They will act as official representa
tives of the Institute of Urban Prob
lems, an organization developed by the
departments of economics and engi
neering extension in association with
numerous stale-wide civic organiza
tions.
Dr. Alderfer will speak at round ta
blo discussions on “Personnel in
Pennsylvania County Government”
and “Election Administration in Penn
sylvania Counties.” Drs. Hasek,
Wueller and Professor-Keller will par
ticipate in the discussion of tax prob
lems.
sist of the same groups as have been
represented in recent years; namely,
first assistant managers, junior class
president, one from each board of the
Collegian, one from the Froth board,
and one junior cheerleader.
•First assistant managers of all ma
jor and minor sports, the junior class
president, members of the junior
staffs of both Collegian and Froth,
and the junior cheerleaders arc auto
matically given five points, the mini
mum requirement for eligibility.
If the eligibility requirements are
satisfied, the active organization must
pass on members by a two-thirds vote
of those present. One, and only one,
representative must be elected from
all activities other than first-assist*
ant managers of football,, basketball-,
baseball, track, cross-country, soccer,
lacrosse, wrestling, and boxing, where
three may be chosen if 'so desired.
-Although only one first-assistant in
golf, tennis, fencing, and gymnasium
may be chosen, it is compulsory, that
the mpn with. the greatest number of
points be' the ' choice. Points other
than those gained as first-assistants
must bo obtained before the close of
the sophomore year and are .given as
follows:
First tenth of .class at end of first
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College Not To Penalize
Thanksgiving Day Cuts
For the first time in several
years there will be. ho five dollar
fine imposed by the' College for
unexcused absences before and aft
er the Thanksgiving-holiday, ac
cording to Dean of \ Men Arthur
R. Warnock.
However, he added, no excuses
will be granted froni that office
for the holiday. This new policy
was adopted because the holiday
is only one day in r .duration and
fewer students are expected to go
home. ",
Shaffer Elected
’3B Glass Leader
Saxer, Stevenson Chosen For
Other Posts In Sweep
For Campus :Clique-
Ross P. Shaffer *3B) Campus, was
elected president of • the freshman
class with 244 votes in a clean sweep
for the Campus group in the ballot-'
; ing Wednesday night. William D. Bcr
tolctte *3Q, president ,of the junior
class, was in charge of :the election.
The ballot was the largest cast in
a freshman election in recent years.
Shaffer defeated Robert O. Vaughn,
Locust Lane, with 198‘ votes, who au
tomatically became vice-president, and
Richard E. Heyl, Independent, 167
votes.
Jack E. Saxer, Campus/was named
secretary, polling 251; votes to 190
for Arland F. Robitzer; Locust Lane,
and 175 for Charles E.f Rosenthal,
Independent. : j
The treasurer of the
will be Joseph S. Stevcnsu
who garnered 235 votes. \
were George C. Harkess, ll
207 votes, and H. Roebf!
!$t year men
tn, Campus,
l His rivals
locust Lane,
t\ ig Knoch,
Independent.
Garfield Thomas, Campu
sen historian of the groi
5, was cho
n, gaining
>A. Wheel.
t Michael
239 votes to 202 for Charle,
or, Locust Dane, and : IG7 : j
Nemish, Independent. 1 /.
Freshmen'Guilty
Shaw Gels- DelayttL sentence;
Griffith Will Wear Sign, .
Woman’s Clothing
• One student was fotnd guilty, sen
tence was suspended cn another,- and
two were freed of charges made
against them before Sniderit Tribunal
on Tuesday night. !
Robert J. Griffith ”8 whs charged
with walking up the :ampus with a
girl, with going into North Liberal
Arts building by the front door and
with refusing to give his name and
address when requeued. He was
found guilty and vtts sentenced to
wear a dress and a w.man's hat, and
to carry two signs ■‘l Just Didn’t
Care” and “I’m Open For Dates.”
In suspending sente:ee on Bernard
Shaw ’3B, Leo.N. Stomp, president
of Tribunal, stated thit an investiga
tion would be made of the charges
lodged against him aid if the charge
of wearing no custom? was found to
be true, a sentence wwid be imposed.
Wilfred Washcoe and Bernard
Ebcrhardt ’3B were ;I»und guilty on,
charges of insubordh-dion and not
wearing customs, resiectivcly. Both
were warned by Skenp to be more
careful in the future in order that
they would not be turned 1n the se
cond time.
“There still seems ti be some ques
tion about the carryirj of the Fresh
man Bible,” Skernp leelared after
hearing a part of; Griffith’s case.
“First year men will be required to
carry it at all times when they are
wearing dress customs, and failure
to do so is a punisljiMc offense.”
S CARIB
(Professional Archite/urc Fraternity)
Richard P. BarzlV ’36
Harold W. Grahvn /36
Melvin H. Peters’36
J. Briggs Pruitt #
Julius E. Smarigi ’36
Charles C. Taylo' *36
George D. Uhrici ’36
Team Leaves Saturday
At 9:30 Fti Bucknell
The varsity foot»H team will
board the bus for Jicknell tomor
row morning at Cc°P corner at
9:30 o’clock. ,It * "planned b>
student leaders to l* ve an. un-of
ficial sendoff for th«& am *
An effort is beini'roade by up
per-class societies :Kobtain a re
cess for ten. minuted that time
in order to give, tb team a send
off even greater tWV those before
the Columbia and ? e h n games.
Lions To Close Season Tomorrow
With Bisons; Negotiations Open
For New Year’s Game With Miami
Bezdek, Coach Higgins,
Fleming Favor Tilt
In Florida
No Arrangements Made
As Yet With University
Negotiations have been opened with
the University of Miami, Coral Ga
bles, Florida, for a- post-season game
on New Year’s Day at Coral Gables.
However, no definite arrangements of
any sort have been decided upon as
yet, although Director Hugo Bezdek,
Graduate Manager Neil M. Fleming,
and Head Football- Coach Bob Hig
gins are favorable towards the idea.
The New Year’s Day game is an
annual feature of the South, having
been inaugurated two years ago when
“Chick” Meehan’s Manhattan eleven
played the Hurricanes. Last year
Duqucsne traveled South for the Mi
ami game. The Dukes won easily.
Decision Within Several Days
This is the second post-season game
possibility which has met with the
favorable approval of the adminis
tration in the past three seasons. Pre
vious to 1933, several invitations have
been turned down because such a
game would entail loss from class
work for the participants.
Last year negotiations were begun
with Rollins College, Winter Park,
Fla., for a benefit game in Orlando,
neariWinter Park, on Christmas Day.
However, the arrangements were
abandoned because the Chamber of
Commerce organizations at Orlando
could not guarantee the -necessary
expenses that the team would incur
in traveling the great distance.
Should the game be arranged, the
team would probably proceed to Cor
al Gables as soon as the College rc-
for the Christmas vacation,
ancT'"resume '‘pratticcs ,v there'" linm'eclP
ately. Coach Higgins could not say
how many men would make the trip,
everything depending on the guaran
tee agreed upon.
'Mr. Fleming has been correspond
ing with Thomas McCann, athletic
director and head coach at Miami,
and expects a definite' reply, .as to
whether or not the game will be play
ed, within the next few days.’,. •
Frizzell Will Address
Chapel Group Sunday
“Can We Be Thankful” will be the
topic of Prof. John H. Frizzell’s ad
dress to chapel go-ers, Sunday morn
ing, at Schwab auditorium, at 11
o’clock.
Frizzell was invited to speak to fill
the vacancy created by the withdrawal
of Dr. John McDowell, Moderator of
the Presbyterian church, New York
City, who suffered a severe automo
bile accident several weeks ago.
Professor Frizzell returned here in
1926, after an absence of 14 years,
and was appointed to a professorship
in 1930. At the start of this term
Frizzell was appointed head of the de
partment of^speech.
Warnock Recalls Many Unusual, Amusing
Stories of Students Requesting Excuses
“I‘want an excuse to go to Pitts
burgh to buy some clothes, on account
of I can’t get any clothes in this town
big enough to fit me.” This request,
made by a burly member of the fresh
man class, was offered by Dean of
Men Arthur R. Warnock, as the most
unusual one asked yet this year. The
excuse was granted.
However, the Dean added, his entry :
for the all-time unusual request was
made when he was assistant Dean at
the University of Illinois. There the
captain of the football team came to
to go home so that he could see
an older brother whom lie had never
seen before.
The Dean smiled as he began to
relate a few of the unusual and am
using requests that had been made
thus far this year. Recently, he said,
a student came to him rather sheep
ishly and asked for an excuse for the
three days that he spent in the Belle
fontc bastilc.
Students’ marital affairs have fur
nished the Dean with some sly enter
tainment. A freshman recently ask
ed for an excuse 'to go home to see
his newly-born son. Another student
said that he had to go home op busi
ness, and when he returned the next
day, he flashed a marriage certificate
before the Dean.
Dean Warnock said that freshmen
The Bison’s Brain
lOHN SITARSKY, Quarterback
Hitch-Hiker Tries
To Rob Kreizman
Thief Threatens Athlete With
Gun, Attempts to Steal
Car on State Road
Held up by a hitch-hiker to whom
he had given a lift, an attempt was
made to steal his car and rob Louis
Kreizman ’35, about 3 o’clock Wed
nesday afternoon on ,the road between
’Tyrone : *"dnd'‘Staile'College“'"'• =, - v
• Kreizman was hailed by a young,
shabbily dressed fellow this side of
Tyrone. He picked him up and was
riding along talking to the fellow,
when suddenly he was commanded to
halt and get out. His passenger had
a gun in his coat pocket with which
he covered Kreizman.
Kreizman slopped his car, but in
stead of getting out, he began to ar
gue with the hold-up man, pointing
out to him the unfeasibility of his
taking the machine, because ho would
be caught in a very short while. In
stead Kreizman offered the hiker two
dollars to get out and get another
ride. After considerable bickering the
would-bc hold-up man acquiesced.
Kreizman, who is doing practice
teaching in Altoona "high school, is
commuting here every afternoon for
varsity football practice. In arguing
with the hold-up man, he explained
that he was hurrying to get to foot
ball practice on time and, therefore,
needed his car. However, he gave the
hiker all the money he had with him.
Library Receives Gift
A miscellaneous collection of 150
French, Italian and Spanish books,
mostly text books, has been donated
to the College Library by Prof. Paul*
R. Blanchct, of the department of
romance languages.
often enter his office, gulp nervous
ly, fidget about for a few seconds,
and then ask for an excuse without
giving a definite reason for the re
quest. He quickly diagnoses their
cases as home-sickness. One of these
afflicted yearlings was more cagey.
He said, “I’m not home-sick, but my
mother is homo-sick for me and she
wants me to come home.”
In a more serious tone, the Dean
said that never a week passed but
what three or four students were call
ed home because of the death of a
father or mother. He added that the
financial reasons have been the ex
cuses offered most frequently this fall.
During the past month, the Dean
'and his secretary, Miss Rupp, have
kept a record of the number of ex
cuses granted. During the period, a
total of 759 excuses were given out
During the week preceding the Co
lumbia game, 235 were handed out;
before the Syracuse game/ 153 were
granted; during the following week,
259.; and last week, 112.
As might be expected, Mondays and
Fridays arc the office’s busiest days;
while on Tuesdays and Wednesdays
the office is about as' congested as
the library on the Saturday night
of Houseparty.
The freshmen and sophomores con-
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COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
10 Nittany Seniors Will
Start Their Last
Grid Game
Rhubrig-ht Out of Fray
With Broken Cheekbone
By BONN SANDERS
Facing one of the toughest
team's of the season, the Nit
tany Lion eleven will wind up
its 1934 schedule against the
Thundering Herd of Bucknell in
the Memorial Stadium at 2 o’-
clock tomorrow afternoon.
Coach Bob Higgins plans to
start the same line-up that has
taken the field in the last two
games. The. splendid offensive
work of the reserve backfield in
last Saturday’s game against
Lafayette will mean that they will
see a pood bit of action, particularly
if the first-string backs start as slow
ly as they did against the Maroon.
Buckncll’s team is also expected
to he in fine condition for the tilt
with the exception of Joe Rhubright,
back. His injury handicapped the
Bisons a great deal for the Western
Maryland fray, for his cheek frac
ture came just two days before the
game, when the coaches had little
time to tunc up another man for his
position. This week Smith will be
switched to Rhubright’s blocking back
post, and Miller will get the call at
fullback. Sitarsky and Reznichak
will bo the other starting backs.
The Bisons took it' easy ‘the first
two days this week, following as
tough a scries of games as. any col
called .on .‘to face..' They have'much
to accomplish this week, especially
on ' the offense. Emphasis will be
placed on blocking, which was the
greatest weakness of the team last
Saturday.
Though the Western Maryland line
outplayed the Bison forwards on the
offense, no change is contemplated
there for the Penn State game. Buck
nell scouts rate State on the same
terms with the Bisons but they do
not believe that the Lions ordinarily
arc as tough as the Terrors. And
Bucknell lost to the Maryland school
only on a bad pass from center in
the closing minutes of the game.
Ten Lions will be playing their last
game for a Penn State team, five of
them starting men. They arc Captain
Merrill Morrison, Harry Sigel, AI
Mikelonis, Lou Kreizman, and Bob
Weber. Other seniors who may see
action are Park, Gouker, Korba, Mc-
Claren, and Zelcznock.
Thirteen Bucknell seniors, eight of
them prominent members of this
year’s team, will be playing their last
game in Memorial Stadium, although
not % their final game of the season.
They will wind up their 1934 card
against Temple in Philadelphia on
Thanksgiving.
Though these seniors have known
of the Penn Statc-Bucknell* rivalry
over since they have been in college,
never have they faced each other, for
the teams have not met since 1930,
when Bucknell won 19-to*o. It was
the Bisons’ fourth victory in as many
years and its seventh in the series
of twenty-three games, extending
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Court Fines Students
On Disorderly Charge
Eight students who were charged
, with tearing down the decorations of
the Alpha Fire company on Alumni
week-end and the student who was
arrested last week-end on a charge of
disorderly conduct were arraigned be
fore Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzelt on
Monday and Tuesday nights and each
paid fines of $5 and costs of $3.25.
The charge in all cases was disorder
ly conduct.
All of the students pleaded guilty
to the charges. Seven of the nine
students were freshmen. They are:
Charles F. Glenon, Edwin C. Mc-
Clure, William P. Moyer ji\, Mason
Jaquiss, Robert G. Morgan, Ralph W.
Apgar, and Robert Steckcl. The other
two students arrested are Herbert R.
Mackey *36, and John D. Basehoar
’37.
.Borough officials stated that if the
College had refused to pay for the
Hags and other decorations which
were destroyed, the students could
have been held for larceny.