ESTABLISHED 1904 Volume 31—Number 23 Negotiations For Miami University Grid Tilt Dropped Authorities Feel Lion Team Would Draw Small Crowd Neither School Picked For East-South Game Negotiations for a New Year’s Day game with Miami University, of Coral Gables, Fla., have been dropped, Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics, announced Friday. An nouncement has also come from Dr. B. F. Ashe, president of Miami Uni versity and chairman of the athletic committee, that a ruling passed by that committee prohibits Miami post season games. These decisions left the field open for the proposed ‘‘Orange Blossom” game between two as yet unselected teams on New Year’s Day. Five schools have been asked to submit their terms for participating in this intersectional football classic. They are Duke, Pittsburgh, Colgate, West ern Maryland, and Louisiana State. Lions Too Mediocre for Game Mr. Fleming explained that the Col lege dropped negotiations with Miami following the Bucknell game because of the mediocre season which the Nit tany Lions had. Coach “Bob” Hig gins, .Director Hugo Bezdck, and he felt that Penn State would not be much of a drawing card. The “Orange Blossom” is a new football classic which is expected to rival in the east the Rose Bowl con test of California. According to pres ent plans, this will be an annual event, with a representative team from the north meeting one from the south. ' “Andy” Kerr’s Red Raiders from Colgate have expressed a desire to represent the cast in this classic. Wal lace Wade?s Duke University eleven may also Accept the invitation if the city of Miami can guarantee .'suffi cient gate ireceipts.' “Biff” i Jones, cogch ,of Louisiana, State University,'received a telegram on November 22 inviting his. eleven to play in the intersectional. game, while-Coach “Dick!!' Harlpjy^.of/jyest-, 'ern Maryland,’ .telegraphed on Saturday. schools t*spn. the offers under atlyiscpierit,'.but], no. immediate decisions’have, made. Popular Books Limited To 1 Wefek,Circulation As a result, of a letter from Stu dent Council to College Librarian Wil lard P. Lewis several weeks ago, sev enty-five books pertaining to history and political science are now limited to a one-week circulation rather than the former two-week period. The letter asked that, because of extensive demand, such books be re duced from two-week books to one week books. The department of his tory and political science so far is the only department which has re quested such action and plans to ask that 300 additional books be placed on the one-week list. Other depart ments are expected to follow suit. Henry H. Sweeney ’35, William D. Bertolettc ’36, and Fredoricjc P. Davis ’36 were appointed a committee by Student Council to study the ques tion of administration recognition of cliques. At the same meeting it was emphasized that freshmen can walk only on concrete or macadam paths, not on dirt paths around the cam pus. Hunters Chase Badgers, Beavers' Baers In Woods, Fields of College Catalogue Names make news! More than 5,- 000 names of students, resident fac ulty, and administrative staff in the new 1934-1935 directory just released made news, for they- reveal the fact that right here in Penn State we have a- large animal kingdom, the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, a whole countryside expressed in names, the weather, insects, colors, trees, precious stones, and a complete menu. “What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” And that’s exactly what we have —the sum total of four Roses attend the College,* and they arc matched with six Blooms. Let’s take a look at our name me nagerie. In our zoo we have three of the Fox family, two Lambs, nine Wolfs (of varied spellings), two Bea vers, one Badger, a Baer, one Bull, four Martins, five Harts, two Grif fins, and four Bucks. One Hunt and two Chases can be held, with three Hunters to go on them. A short meander into the country unearths eight Hills, one Hillman, nine Woods, two Stones, two Fields, two Bushes, and* one Busch, and six Parks.. It’s a shame that in a .state school-' such as this there are no Farmers. There are Lotz of Brooks, .Waters, and Wells. Where there is Chairmen of Senior Ball, I. F. Ball VERNON D. PLATT ’35 ROBERT O. GRAHAM JR. *35 Anderson To Sing Role In'Messiah’ Bass-Baritone i, of >. Metropolitan Opera ,To Replace. Soloist , In Oratorio Dee. ,12 . era. Company; b(iss-blvmone,. has -.bbnv signed: e by-t! Professor Richard W-. ' Grant,, 'of',the.jdqpjirfcmen tj; fliusic, •as .one of ,<a .quartpt of wilL.take..solo pai*t&' in'the, oratorio, “The Messiah”’ to be givenI'December 1 'December ,12i in .Schwab auditorium. Mr. - Anderson, .was' obtained mfter Professor Grant learned that William Simmons, baritone, found it impos sible to fill the engagement. Each of the four singers except Robert Betts, tenor, has been connected with the Metropolitan Opera company. Miss Myrtle Leonard, contralto, appeared last year in concerts with the San Francisco Opera Company. In radio she has been heard over both the National and Columbia net works. Miss Mary. Craig, soprano, has appeared in concerts and recitals on tours throughout the cast and spe cializes in the singing of oratorios and other religious musical works. Season tickets for the Artists’ Course, of which'“The Messiah” is the second number, went on sale for upperclassmen at the Athletic Asso ciation office in Old Main yesterday. Faculty members will buy their tick ets today arid underclassmen tomor row. State College residents may pur chase tickets on December G and per sons living outside of State College on Saturday, December 7. , Water we have an Eddy, and some times it causes a Flood. The Brooks are crossed by a Ford. Out in the country there arc many Birds. On the College farm land there is a Drake, a Finch, a Piper, two Fowle, a Duck, five Robbins, one Swan, two Plummers, and four Mar tins. There arc two tough Boyds in this aggregation. We can claim one Singer, and he might be a Nightin gale. Wo could almost open up a fish market, but for the difficulty of get ting the Fish, of which there are but two. We have eleven Fishers and five Fischers, however, and an Ehlc. Let’s look at the delectable menu offered in our directory restaurant. Such edibles as Rice, Ham, Pease, and Beans (Beane, Bicn) will be put in Potts by several Cooks. For de sert we can have two Beers, and an Apple. •The College color scheme lacks many of the rainbow tints, but what it hasn’t in variety it certainly makes up for in quantity. There are twen ty-two Browns, six Greens, eight Whites, five Blacks, and a Gold. But wp could go on like this for hours. The best bet is to look them up for yourself. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1934 CECIL C. SPADAFORA ’35 Recently . appointed chairman of the committee for Senior Ball, the third of the six major all-Collcgc dances, which is scheduled for the first of the month of February with the exact date still undecided. Co-chairmen of the Interfraternity Ball committee who were announc ed yesterday. I. F. Ball will be held this year on;April 5 and will be followed by only one other major all-Collcgc dance—Junior Prom. Library Displays Inscribed Books Collection Consists of Several First or Rare Editions Of Famous Authors Sixty autographed books, among which, are several* first or limited edi tions, have been lent to the College Library by Rundell N. Wood, of the department of English Composition, and will be. on exhibit-until (Decem ber. .16: Thq books have, been placed in Room K, on the second, floor of the library.. Among the more interesting,,books .of: the,.-collection are a limited first printed) .edi 'tiih6 Bridge Rey,” by Thor,nton,, Wilder /luptratecli>bj( 'Rockwqll, Kent;, f and. ( |a, limited,dirst editiop.qf 'by Walter De La,Mar^, ; John Ers klbc’s novei, Garden,’?,'is also in the group. L 'j * - “We alllmust-eat our peck of gold,” is 'the-'inscription,.written by Robert Frost' in his book, “West Running Brook.’!,, Eunice. Tietjens.has- auto graphed her book, “Profiles from China,” together with the inscription, “In- romembcrancc of pleasant after noons in State College.” One of the thirty copies of John Masefield’s, “Trial of Jesus,” which were* presented by the author, is in cluded in Mr. Wood’s collection as well as “Julia Elizabeth,” written by James Stephens, the poet who lec tured here on November 22. Other autographed editions include those of such authors as Carl Sand burg, Edgar Lee Masters, Eugene O’- Neill, Sherwood Anderson, George Jean Nathan, Zona Gale, Christopher Morley, and Nicholas Vachal Lind say. “Sherwood Anderson’s Note book” is the edition which the author presented to Mr. Wood, while Eugene O’Neill gave a copy of his play, “Anne Christie.” “Farmington,” by Clarence Darrow, and a copy of Tony Sarg’s Alphabet arc on exhibit along with an “Anthol ogy of Pure Poetry,” by Geore Moore, '■‘'ulriac Colum, .In***- T nd Padriac Colum, James Joyce, am, other well* known authors of the pres ent era arc also Included in the dis play. Students Fined $6.25 And Price of New Shirt P. Eugene Fricl *37 and Charles Simon '37 were fined $6.25 and seven ty-five cents each extra after plead ing guilty to a .disorderly conduct charge preferred by J. Stanley Tay lor '36 before Burgess Wilbur F. Lcit zell Friday night. The extra seventy-five cents went towards buying a new shirt for Taylor who produced a shirt he alleges was torn by the other students and who constantly annoyed him and caused him, discomfiture. ’3B Officers Will Take Posts Tomorrow Night A regular meeting of the fresh man class will be held in the Chemistry amphitheatre at 7:30 o’clock tomorrow night to install the class officers and discusc plans for the freshman dance. William ’B. Bcrtolcttc, junior class president, will take charge of the meeting until the freshman of ficers have been seated. Freshman attendance at the meeting will be compulsory. J First Year Men To Dance Friday Night in Rec Hall All Co-eds Incited to Affair; Will Begin At 8:30 O’clock Customs Off as Soon As Freshmen Arrive Freshmen will' have 'xt chance to revel and cavort without having to worry about being haunted by upper-; classmen at the second annual Fresh man Dance in Recreation hall, Fri day night from 8:30 until 12 o’clock. The dance is being held exclusively for freshmen; and the upperclassmen that succeed in getting by the “boun cers” will be distinctly frowned up on. Jim Minium and his orchestra have been engaged to furnish the mu. sic for the affair. ’? The College authorities: have prom ised that the floor will be waxed es pecially for the occasion.; Freshman will be required to wear their cus toms until they arrive ail the dance, but. after that the regulations will not be enforced. Although only freshman men may attend, all women are not only in vited but urged to be there, freshman and upperclass women alike. First year men cannot escort dates to the affair, but they may take them home after the dance. A restricted number o£ prominent upperclassmen will receive invitations but this list will not be released until the Friday issue of this, paper. Be sides wearing the regular clothing customs, freshmen must present a matriculation card in order to be ad mitted. Smoking will* not be prohib ited at the affair. 4 William D. Bertolette, president of the Junior class, is in charge of the arrangements for the.affair. He states that one of the features of the dance will be that everybody present will be insured of having "several dances, no matter . how bashful jor shy they are. ," ••* Bertolette has. appointed two com mittees, one for* the men* and. the oth er for the jwomen,./whose, functions it will.be to keep all* oftjie' “custom ers”-.4;CQntented;^tßos£l..(iP/*.;):Shaffor,. president of; the/tfreshman.jmen,-‘twill heatf r l qne.*,committee,:i'andrnClara ‘:Ej , Johe^*::.pj , esideirtriV'6fv-'the‘:ifre&hnittn wpiT¥jn,,,viJh Wfohairinaß ofithe;ofch* <cc.-one. : s, j,,, ! m •- • Extension Mad&ifor/ n IMDiscussioniEntries . As the'result of an extension by the committee in charge, there are two days remaining for entering the an nual Intramural* discussion contest. Entries will close at Wednesday mid night. Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta The ta, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Sigma Chi arc among those fraternities who have already entered this year’s con test. Neither Delta Upsilon nor Phi Epsilon Pi, each of which have one leg on the Delta Sigma Rho cup, has as yet entered the tourney. In addition to one year’s posses sion of the Delta Sigma Rho trophy, the winning team will x'eceivc a cup if it is a fraternity or keys if it is a non-fraternity group. Both tro phies are now on display at Crab tree’s, the jeweler. The question this year is: “Is Penn State subsidizing athletics at the present time?” Registration must be made in writ ing and may be mailed to the com mittee in charge or turned in at the Student Union desk. There is no fee of any sort required for entrants. Sigma Delta Chi Holds Journalists’ Smoker Eight newspaper editors and pub lishers were guests of the Pennsyl vania State College chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, Monday night at the an nual fall smoker of the organization, held at the Delta Chi fraternity house. More than 100 students from the jour nalism department attended. The guests were: Fred Fuller Shedd, editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Evenfng “Bulletin”; Daniel N. Slop, publisher of the Altoona “Mirror”; Theodore Arter jr., co-publisher, of tho Altoona “Tribune”; Frank D. O’Reilly, publisher of the Lock Haven “Express”; Marion S. Schocli, editor of the Sciinsgrove “Times”; George E. Graff, president of the Williams port “Sun” Publishing Co.; Howard R. Davis, managing editor, the Wil liamsport “Grit”; and Col. B. C. Jones, editor of the Tyrone "Herald.” Court Rules on R.O.T.C. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Ul‘) Conscientious objectors who wish to attend land grant colleges must bear arms or seek a higher education else where, under a ruling today by the supreme court. 5 Deans Would Leave Cut Penalties To Instructors Agriculture, Engineerin Industries School ‘No Collegi That students cutting classes and the penalties to be inflicted for un excused absences are the concern of the individual instructor is the con census of opinion of five deans of Schools on the campus revealed by answers to a question submitted to them by the Collegian. “Since the College has made no pro. vision for the number of cuts per mitted in any given* period, have you one rule that governs your entire school or do you leave the matter to the discretions of the heads of your departments or to the individual instructors themselves?" Deans Cham bers, Sackctt, Steidle, Stoddart, and Watts were asked. The opinions of the heads of the Schools follow: School of Education Dean William C. Chambers “The School of Education has no general rule governing the matter of student cuts. Cuts like student grades are the concern of each individual professor I don’t believe there should be a Col lege rule. The only reason why a teacher should object to cuts is that the student who habitually cuts iy likely not to get the subject matter of the course. “If this were not true it would mean that nothing is to be gained by College Approves House Club Plan Men To Organize Under Charter From Senate Committee; Application Made „ Men’s dormitory units and lodging houses will be permitted to organize as house, clubs recognized by the Col lege under a ruling.adopted last week by,the Senate Committee on Student '•Wclfare'. —An application-for-a char ter un'dbr'thls plan has'alrca'dy •‘been ‘received ; by the :: Coniiriittee.‘ t "''-Certain I 'conditions' must;be meriby whi' a'pply for charters, and definite privileges "\yill be accord ed’those whose petitions; are granted. Social ; and"iathletic privileges'will be trxte'ridfed,’’ ark! the houses will be en titled. to .have their scholastic*stand ings 'in* a list*:of similar groups. It was definitely decided that such organizations are not to have the status of. social fraternities, and that members of house clubs may also be members of social fraternities. Per sonal financial responsibility for all business transactions in the name of the club must be assumed by an ex ecutive committee of five members. “This plan gives students that are now. unorganized an opportunity to have a simple organization which does not conflict in any way with the fraternity system,” Dean of Men R. Warnock said, in commenting on the plan. Cody Manor, a rooming-house on South Allen street, has had its ap plication for a charter approved, and will receive the recognition of the College pending the suggested revi sion of its constitution and the selec tion of its - executive committee. Will Hold Last Rites For Mrs. I. L. Foster Funeral services for Mrs. Irving L. Foster, widow of a former member of the faculty, will be held in St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church this morning at 10 o’clock, with the Rev. George 11. Kettcrcr in charge. Mrs. Foster, wiio was a resident of State College until the death of her husband five years ago, died at her home in College Park, M.d., Satur day. Well liked and respected by the faculty and the successive generations of students, ns well as the townspeo ple, Prof, and Mrs. Foster have been remembered especially for their cus tom of holding a student “open house” every Saturday night. Mrs. Foster was the daughter of W. S. Patter son, former College treasurer, and superintendent of College farms. Beaux Arts Ball Added To College Dance List Military Ball has been changed from January 12 to January 18 since the list was published in the last issue of the Collegian. Beaux Arts Balt has been added to the original list. The date of tho newly scheduled dance will be either January 11 or 12 in place of the original date of Military Ball. The remainder of the dates for the all-College func tions will remain as announced. ig, Liberal Arts, Mineral >1 Heads Agree on ;e Cut Rule’ attendance, in which case the bright est students would stay away to save their time. As a rule, however, those who cut to excess are the students who can least afford to.” School of Engineering Dean Robert L. Sackelt “The School of Engineering lias no regula tion which recognizes allowable cuts. It has not been a problem with us as the attendance has been and is re markably good except in cases of ill ness or for other good reasons. We obtain information in cases of absence in order that students may be aided in making up subjects which were missed for good reasons or may be dropped if he is neglecting his studies. “In the usual case the teacher should be and is responsible for excusing absence or for bringing it to the attention of the head of the de partment in which the student is en rolled cither directly or through the School. It works.” School of Mineral Industries Dean Edward Steidle “There is no definite rule and cuts are left to the discretion of individual instruc tors. Excessive cuts are reported to heads of departments and the dean. The dean interviews the student, but we don’t worry so much if past work is entirely satisfactory.” “But cuts count materially against the poor student. Anyhow the student is investing his time and someone’s hard-earned money in an education and his conscience should be his I guide.” School of Liberal Arts Dean Charles W. Stoddart “We have no rule governing cutting in the School of the Liberal Arts. We leave instructors themselves. My own opin ion is that if a course is well taught (Continued ,o« page four) 30 Form German GulturalSociety Deutscher Verein, Inactive Since .1914, Revived; Maisch ’37 Chosen President The Deutscher Verein, a German club .which lias been inactive since 1614, has been reorganized here re cently and will carry out a program devoted to the revival of interest in German culture. In its first meeting, the club elect ed the following officers: Carl F. Maisch ’37, president; Robert K. Pax ton ’35, vice-president; Marie 11. Web •a* '37, secretary; and Harold W. Wei. gel, instructor in German, treasurer. The purpose of the organization is to unite those who are interested in German music and literature. Read ings, plays, lectures, and. musicals will be given during the year by mem bers of the German' department and outside speakers. The first activity of the club will be a presentation of a Christmas program of German songs and readings, the date to be an nounced later. Starting off with 30 members, the Deutscher Verein intends to increase its membership and invites all those interested to join. Announcements of meetings and activities will be post ed, as no definite arrangements have been made yet. Dickson Says One Cannot Appreciate Art Unless He Obtains Historical Background “I don’t believe in having our art course labeled “Art Appreciation,’ ” Harold E. Dickson, associate profes sor of fine arts, emphasized in a Collegian interview recently. It would bo far better to change the name to the ‘History of Art’ or some such title. Students are not ready for appreciation when they have no know ledge of a course. I would like it un derstood that this course does not of fer strictly appreciation, but a rath er fair knowledge of art through the ages.” When asked whether such a course was advisable for freshmen, Profes sor Dickson replied: ”[ do not think this course is best for a freshman because the mechan ics involved are too difficult. Most freshmen arc not ready' to be exposed to a course with so many facts. How ever, inasmuch as this is already a freshman requirement, the chief fac tor should be to lay a foundation of cultural history which should serve as a skeleton for the* building of fu ture work. As a result, one should have a memorized knowledge of per iods, dates, monuments, and works of art and individual artists in order to lay n good background. One should not think the generalized idea of art COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Forbes Honored At Annual Dinner Of Livestock Club Animal Nutrition Head Here Feted Sunday At Chicago Award Given Annually For Outstanding Work Dr. Ernest IJ. Forbes, director of tile institute of animal nutrition here was honored in Chicago. Sunday, when his portrait, painted by Robert W. Grafton, was presented to the Saddle and Sirloin dub here, for its famous gallery. Dr. Paul E. Ilowe, of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture, reviewed the contributions of Dr. Forbes to the field of animal husbandry and Dr. W. E. Carroll, of the University of Illinois, president of the society, pre sented the portrait. Dr. Forbes ex pressed appreciation, recalled some of the interesting events and achieve ments of the society, and outlined challenging research problems. Doctor Forbes was the guest of hon or at the annual banquet of the Amer ican Society of Animal Production. Tile custom of inviting as guest of honor some individual who has ren dered outstanding service to the livc ■ stock industry has been observed an nually since 1021. The unveiling of the portrait of the honored guest and its presentation to the Saddle and Sirloin Club also has become an an nual custom. Was President of Society Dr. Forbes participated in organi zation of the society in 1908 and serv ed as its president in 191-1-15. The presentation of the portrait, how ever, is primarily in recognition of liis research work in the field of ani mal nutrition. This work began at the University of Illinois in 11)02, and was carried on at the University of Missouri dur ing the years 1003 to 1007. In the latter year Dr. Forbes organized the department of nutrition of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and remained at the head of this depart ment, except for military service, un til. _ ■. .. ''After'tho returned to the Ohio Station, 'and in 'Noverrw ber, 1020; entcredthcemploymcnt of the United Chemical and Organic Pro ducts company, which later became a department of, Wilson'and company} at Chicago. In iliis‘relation lie de veloped animal foods,- and studied methods of manufacture ’throughout the packing plant. Ilecaine Head Here in 1022 In 1021, Dr. Forbes served as spe cialist in nutrition with the Institute of American Meat Packers—the meat packers’ trade organization, and in 1022 was appointed director of the institute of animal nutrition to suc ceed Dr. 11. P. Arnisby, dean of Amer ican students of animal nutrition, who had died in 1021. During the twelve years he has oc cupied this position he and has asso ciates have published seventy-two technical papers, dealing with the va lues of foods and feeding stuffs and with conditions affecting their utiliza tion. Prominent among the recent in vestigations of the institute of nu trition here under Dr. Forbes’ direc tion, have been: the determination of the relative economy of utilization of food energy .for maintenance, milk production and growth of cattle; the establishment and the analysis of the curve of heat production in relation (Continued on page four ) is an appreciation of pretty things.” “But why is it that so many up perclassmen have trouble in grasping this course,” was asked of Professor Dickson. “Merely because our course has raised Its standards every ycai\ Stu dents have become so strange to an art course, that they under-estimate its importance. Art does not occupy the position it had during the Renais sance, for instance. It now belongs in the luxury class. The man in the street doesn’t become attached to it because it is too far distant. As a result, the average art student has a dislike for art even before be enters the course. It all boils down to the fact that the student, himself, makes the course much more difficult than it really is.” “In- our earlier history, art was much more important in man’s life. The whole emphasis on art is a mod ern development. Art has only been introduced in the majority of our col leges within the past few generations,’ Professor Dickson continued. “We use more contemporary art in our courses than in most other col leges,” he concluded, "merely because the student is always interested in what goes on about him. However, this, too, can be over-emphasized.
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