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Volume 31—Number 30
P.A.C.S. Favors Continuance
Of FERA Aid, Provision for .
Absentee Voting in College
Elects Evans Treasurer,
Board Member for
Ensuing Year.
Group Fails to Vote On
Athletic Subsidization
The third annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Association of College
Students closed with a banquet in the
Nittany Lion Inn Saturday night aft
er having adopted resolutions favor
ing the continuance of F. E. R. A.
student work for another year and
the petitioning of the Legislature to
provide for absentee voting for col
lege • students in Pennsylvania.
At the main business meeting Sat
urday afternoon, the conclave offi
cers of the association for the next
year were elected. Philip. G. Evans
'36 was chosen treasurer and a mem
ber of the executive board represent
ing the central division of the state.
The newly elected president of the
organization is Arthur G. Bouton, of
Dickinson, at which college the con
vention will be held next year.
"Too Full of Dynamite"
Other newly elected ,officers are
Rose Davis, of Cedar Crest College,
vice-president; Lee Gahman, of the
Philadelphia College of • Science, ex
ecutive secretary, the position occu
pied by Clifford C. Wood '35 during
the past year; and Betty Rosenthal,
of Albright College, recording secre
tary, the position occupied by Eliza
beth IC. Barton .'35 this past year.
. Subsidization of athletics, expected
to be one of the features of the con
vention, was evaded as being "too full
of dynamite." ' A 'resolution favoring
subSidizatiow was reported out of the
committee' studying that subject .but
it was . killed , by the resolutions com
mittee.. In its , place a resolution op
posing Athletic,
or subSidiVion
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This resolution - was• almost unani
mously defeated. • In its place a reso
lution favoring the granting' of open
scholarships was made, seconded, and
passed by a vote of eleven to•selien,
with five delegates not voting. A
minority group,- maintaining. that the
subject. was. of too great importance
for the• convention to. express its
opinion, then moved that this resolu
tion be stricken from the records,
which motion was carried by a vote
of twelve to nine, two delegates not
voting.
"Revolution or Dry Rot"
Speaking at the closing meeting of
the convention at a banquet in the
Nittany Lion Inn Saturday night,
John Lang, ex-president of • the N.
S. F. A., declared that "our genera
tion is facing either revolution or
dry-rot, because there is nothing for
us to do."
Mr. Lang stated that the two revo
lutionary groups that are working
on the idle youth of America are the
Fascists and the Communists but that
as yet they had not made great in
dention in the youthful masses. He
did warn, however, that they were
growing rapidly,
Claiming that instead of revolu
tion, the youth masses were faced
with dry-rot, Mr. Lang said, "Our
trouble is that our leaders„are con
cerned with settling the problems of
'the present. They are forgetting
problems of the future generation,
our generation, the 'generation, of
1945.
Youth Not Recognized
"Americans, both young and old,
must, join in a program to solve the
youth problem. Youth wants to know
where he gets a start. ' He doesn't
want temporary crutches. F. E. R. A.
and other emergency programs are
all right, but what the youth of this
land needs is something solid, some
thing permanent on which to get its
start," Lang declared.
Pointing out that because the youth
of America has not been provided
for, or even recognized, Lang stated
that "dry-rot" had already set in.
He mentioned how the European
countries organize military and polit
ical parties to absorb the interest of
unemployed youth. As a solution to
these problems, Lang proposed that
a bureau be set 'up in the Depart
ment of the Interior of the Federal
government to adjust the problems
of Youth.
"Youth has borne the brunt of the
situation every time. How are we
going to solve this problem? By fac
ing it in an American, scientific and
democratic way. The aid, such as
F. E. R. A., offered by the govern
ment, is not getting at the roots of
(Continued on page four)
I P.A.C.S. Treasurer I
College To give
5 New COurses
School of Education tclffers 3,
Liberal Arts, Mineral
Industries 1 Each.
Five new courses will. be offered
next semester by three Schools of the
College, according to an announce
ment released yesterday by Cyrus V.
D. Bissey, College scheduling officer.
The School of Education' will offer
three of the five new courses.. Educa
tipn 25a, Methods of Teaching in
Elementary Schools, will be taught
by Prof. Mabel E. Kirk. This course
has been given for some time in Sum
mer Sessions, but this is the • first
time that it has been offered in the
regular session: Its introduction is
due - to student requests.
Education 07; Woman - in. Educated
Wofnen:Charlottn'ti
'A graduate course in Clinical Prac
ticum, Psychology. 507 , will be • pre
sented by Dr. Robert G. Bernrcuter
as the second semester continuation
of 'Psychology .506... This course has
been added because the State'Depart
meet of 'Public:lnstruction has set up
standards whlch require such clinical
work.
In the School of Liberal Ar 6 one
additional course, Mathematics 8, Ele
mentary Mathematical Statistics, will
be offered under Dr. Charles C. Wag
ner. This course, which will combine
features of statistical mathematics
courses of other departments, was re
°nested by a joint committee of the
Liberal Arts and Education Schools.
The School of Mineral Industries
will add a laboratory course, Petro
leum Engineering Laboratory 83, un
der Kenneth If. Barnes, instructor in
petroleum and natural gas engineer
ing. .
Named to West Point
The appointment of Richard L.
Hassler '37, a former York High bas
ketball star, to West Point Military
Academy has been announced by Rep
resentative Harry L. Haines, of Red
Lion. Hassler's entrance is subject
to his ability to pass the academic
and physical examinations.
J. Lang Denies Interview
- Published by 'Advertiser'
Interviewed after his address at the
closing session of the P. A. C. S. con
vention in the Nittany Lion Inn Sat
urday night, John Lang, ex-president
of the N. S. F. A. denied that the
story carried by the Boston Adver
tizer, in Which he was quoted as say
ing that there were 250,000 students
in America demanding an -investign•
tion of "Red" activities in America.
"That story was planted on me by
the Hearst paper. I never said any
thing at all like that, and I want to
deny it emphatically. That story was
given out by my program manager
who was not authorized by me or
anyone else to make such a state
ment. And certainly not to use my'
name," the southern collegian declar
ed.
Mr. Lang was then asked if he did
not think that Roosevelt's program
was pointing definitely towards fas
cism. "No," hn replied, "I think
President Roosevelt is the hope of
democracy. As things are going
democracy .has retreated. But com
pare us to Germany. Why, you aren't
even allowed to say anything
. over
there."
When ,Mr. Lang asked what the
Amerlein philosophy was, he seemed
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESPAY, JANUARY 15, 1935
Spadafora Signs Irving
Aaronson for Senior Ball
Arrangements were completed
by telephone late yesterday after
noon by Cecil C. Spadafora, Sen
ior Ball chairman, and Paul K.
Hirsch, senior class president, to
have Irving Aaronson and his fif
teen Commanders - play for the Sen
ior Ball which will be held in Rec
reation halt - February 8. '
Aaronson and his band has just
completed playing an extended en
ragement at the Congress Hotel
.n Chicago. In speaking of the
3and, one of the senior class stu
lent leaders said, '"lt is the best
mnd we could contact for that date
end we feel that •it will bring a
.lew type of dance music to this
:ampus." . •
Medieal Theme
To Feature Hop
Castle Motif Will Characterize
Annual Military Function
In Armory, Friday.
Medieval decorations, including a
castle motif, will characterize the
second annual Cadet Hop, to be held
by the advanced R. 0. T. C. students
in the Armory from 9 to 1 o'clock,
Friday night. Bill Bottorf's orches
tra will play.
According to the plan evolved last
year when this dance ceased to be
all-College function, each advanced
officer will receive a ticket for him
self, as well• as one which will admit
a guest couple. A complimentary list
has also been drawn up to include
campus leaders.
R. Bates Barnes '35 is the head
of the general committee in charge
of the affair. Entertainment, which
will include a singing trio—from the
last Thespian show, is under the di
rection of asommittee headed by Ar
thur C. Hitrris '35, and Berwyn L.
Miller '35 is in charge of the decora
tions committee:
The committee on invitations •is
!headed by James R. Rorabaugh '35,
that Of refreshments by Stanley J.
Weston '3 . 5, and Hairy G. Benion '35
is4a-,,cllarge:of..atrangements.,
Llciyff E;''',Mielenz, of the 'department
of military scienee'and tactics, is the
faculty advisor. • • •
2 Faculty Men Asked
To Exhibit Paintings
~Professor. Andrew W. Case,
,of the
department of fine and applied • art,
and ProfeSsor Carl Wild, of the
department of landscape architecture,
have been invited to send paintings to
an exhibition-of Pennsylvania artists
to be held at Bucknell University
opening January 15 and continuing
through the rest of the month.
There will be about twenty artists
exhibiting in the show including a
few men of international reputation
such us John Sloan and Stuart Davis.
Joins Research Staff
Dr. S. T. Yuster, formerly of the
U. S. Bureau of Standards, and late
ly connected with the University of
Minnesota, has recently joined the re
search staff of the College as holder
of the fellowship supported by the
Bradford / District Pennsylvania Oil
Producers association. Dr. Yuster
will carry On research in petroleum
under the *direction of Dr. Alfred W.
Gauger, director of research for the
School of Mineral Industries.
to be interrupted byiineone and did
not answer the question even when it
was repeated.
In Mr. Lang's speech he described
a plan, submitted to the Federal gov
ernment, by which the problem of
unemployed youth would be solved.
This plan would provide training for
young .men who are preparing for
some industry.
It would also set a maximum age
limit for everyone and would provide
everyone over sixty-five with a pen
sion which would be given both by
the employers and the government.
When asked what would be done in
.the case of professional men, Mr.
Lang said, "Of course, that couldn't
be done very well in the case of pro
fessional men. Sometimes it is not
until scientists have reached seventy
that they do their best work. It's just
just like everything else there are
exceptions."
When asked where the money to
provide for this plan was coming
from, Mr. Lang said, "We have al
ready submitted this• plan to the De
partment of Interior. They have ac-,
cepted it and have a provision in their
budget to have $206,000 set aside for
our use,"
Fishburn,: Nichols
To Give Program
On 'Clinic in Jazz'
Lecturer Will (Diagnose
Modern 9Hiogi Music
Here Tonight.
Talk Marks Fir.St L. A.
Lecture for:This Year
Diagnosis of three -types of jazz
music will be made iiolome Econo
mics auditorium at 7:g6 'o'clock .to
bight when Hummel Flahburn, asso
ciate professor of music;, and Edward
J. Nichols, of the departinent'of Eng
lish composition, presei4 a "Clinic in
Jazz" as the first of sixiLiberal Arks
Lectures. Ifr.
"The clinic is not going to be eith
er argument or apology„" Mr. Nich
ols said yesterday. "It'irgoing to be
exposition because, Whether they
know it - or not, 'hot' ja . zz will be a
new idiom to most of the people who
attend."
To Consider 'Commercial Jazz'
The other two types;* jazz to be
discussed are the popular, type of jazz
music heard over the' radio today
known as "commercial j4z" and what
Mr. Nichks terms the "allegedly sym
phonic" jazz. of Gershwiu and Grofe.
Mr. Fishburn — will: sigeak first on
the program, which will approxi
mately an hour, and "will discuss jazz
from a musical standpoiiit, analyzing
and explaining it in musical terms.
The development of :"hot" bands
from their origin about' 1920 and a
discussion of the playerilwill be given
by Mr. Nichols. He :VI illustrate
his points with electric recordings
from his famous collection of records.
"'Hot' doesn't neceasarily mean
fast and furious, becatale the music
can be slow and 'languid," Mr. Nich
ols said. "When handl like Duke El
lington play in Europe, Hasslesl mu-.
sicians crowd the'musie halls because
they enjoy. 'hearing - wliat 'they' Con
sider to be a new. type(of 'distinctly
American'musie.
.They'don't care for
symphonic jazi like thatiiif Gershwin.
because 'they% belieVe-jit*.be.-nierely
a 'Corruption of the classics."
WeaVer Gives 'First -
Agricultural Lecture
'Appearing.as - , thefirst .of • eight
speakerk- - in the, annual series of
School of Agriculture lectures, Dr.
Frederick P. Weaver, head of the de
partment of agricultural economics,
presented an agricultural program
Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Frank D. Kern, head of the
department of botany and dean of
the Graduate School, speaks January
16 on "Some Biological Viewpoints."
Professor R. Adams Dutcher, head of
the department of agricultural and
biological chemistry, speaks on "Eu
ropean Observations," January 23,
and Professor John A. Ferguson, head
of the department of forestry, speaks
January 30 on the "Holy Earth."
Dr. IL H. Bennet, director of - the
soil erosion service, U. S. Department
of Interior, will speak •on soil ero
sion as. a national problem, February
5. Dr. Charles F. Noll, professor of
experimental agronomy, will tell of
the plant breeder's lure, February 12.
Charles F. Preston, master farmer,
Nottingham, will give the possibili
ties and limitations of a planned ag
riculture, February 10, and F. S. Bu
cher, extension agricultural agent,
Lancaster, will relate "The Romance
of a County Agent," February 26.
Talks Feature Meeting
Featuring the meeting of the Penn
State chapter of the Dairy Science
association which was held in Room
117, Dairy building,. last Wednesday
night, were talks given on recent
advances in dairy production by Dr.
Samuel I. 'Bechdel, Dr. Joel A. Sperry,
and Prof. Francis J. Doan, all of
the 'department of dairy husbandry.
Liddy Named To Head
Annual Panhellenic Ball
Claire M. Litchy '35 'has been
named chairman of the committee
for the annual Panhellenic Ball by
Jeanne S. Kleckner '35, president
of Panhellenic council. The ball
will be held at the Nittany Lion
Inn Friday, January 25:
Other members of,the committee
are Martha J. Bring '35, Wilma E.
Heineman '35, and ,Selena A. Wun
derlich '36.
The Student Welfare: board has
granted two o'clock permissions to
those 'attending the dance. for
which Bill Bottorf's orchestra will
furnish the music. Prof. and Mrs.
William M. Lepley and Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Besley will be the
chaperons.
Viennese Choir Boys
Pres. Iletzel Completes Survey
Of Oncoming Youth's Character
Completion of the first steps in a
survey of the characteristics of "on
coming youth," an undertaking
which may have far-reaching conse
quences in determining the policies
in elementary and higher education
in this State, has been announced by
President Ralph D. Hazel, as chair
man of the committee on higher edu
cation of the commission for the study
of educational problems in Pennsyl
vania.
Considers Youth Unemployment
In cooperation with the State Dc-
Dr. Fenn Cites 3
Paths To Truth
Science, Art. Religion Comprise
Ways To Reach Ultimate
Reality, He Says.
"Science, Art, and Religion are the
three paths to truth, but we can nev
er discover it unless we approach
from every angle," declared Dr. Dori
.FrankTenn„Rector of;theXhurch.,Of
St. Michael and - All Angels, Balti
more, Md., at his first appearance be
fore the, chapel audience Sunday
inornhwt
'Citing the present paradox of
. ft
plus .economy and widespread 'pov
erty; the speaker ;said he belieVed that
it exists because society is not based
upon truth, but upon false premises.
Re Continued by saying that the most
important of these falsities is the I
idea that business and industry ex
ist solely to make money for their
investors.
"Science, the first way to truth,
concerns itself solely with material
things," Dr. Fenn pointed out. "Art
is an attempt to discover the truth
that lies in beauty. Because it is
more important to teach people how
to live than how to make a living,
education must be half Science and
half Art."
Too many people, the speaker feels,
neglect the third way, which is Reli
gion. Although many believe that
Religion is instinctive, they are in
error, for itis just as difficult to be
intelligent about it as about Science
and Art, he explained.
22 Trades, $5,000 Needed
For Production of 'Faust'
To produce a marionette show like
"Faust, the Wicked Magician," oper
ators of the puppets touch on twenty
two different trades, from carpenter
work to hemstitching, in addition to
manipulating the puppets, an art re
quiring several years to perfect," Da
vid D. Prichard, manager of the Tony
Sarg Marionette company, declared
in an interview after the production
of "Uncle Remus" in Schwab audi
torium Friday afternoon.
The evening product of Faust cost
approximately $5,000, Mr. Prichard
continued. Puppets average about
twenty-eight inches in height, al
though larger onces are constructed
for emphasis of character. At least
nine strings are necessary for the
proper manipulation of the marion
ette and more than that are often re
quired.
Four operators can handle eight
characters on the stage at the same
time, but it is rarely necessary for
so many puppets to appear together.
In "Rose and the Ring," however, it
was necessary to have twenty pup
pets acting at once, Mr. Prichard ex
plained.
"What possibilities are there for
college students finding openings. in
this field?" the interviewer asked
Miss Winifred Parker, who assisted
Mr. Prichard in his presentations. "Is
the field crowded or are new pup
peteers welcomed?"
"At the' present time," Miss Park
er stated, "there are only five or six
partment of Public Instruction, the,
committee has turned its attention
to a fact-finding quest into the realm
of youth in an endeavor to contribute
eventually a solution to the problem
created by the growing number of
Pennsylvania boys and girls not in
school or college and who are now
unemployed. The total is now placed
at 200,000.
The time of the eventual comple
tion of the survey is indefinite be
cause of the various other possibili
ties which enter into the picture. The
work thus far has extended to the
completion of a cross-sectional sur
vey among 30,000 boys and girls, 15,-
000 of whom had been enrolled in the
sixth grade of the public schools in
September, 1920„ and 15,000 in Sep
tember, 1928.
Study Uses Social Approach
Unlike other surveys which have
contented themselves with the acqui
sition and analysis of data pertain
ing only to the student's life, the
committee's approach has been broad
ly' social rather than merely educa
tional. The study lies primarily in
the field of administration instead of
jpstryetion„:,apd..,aa much or greater
emphasis placed 'his been itced — iipon &eta'
external to' the operation of the ele
mentary.schools and colleges as with.
in other confines.
Conscious of the fact that .conclu
sions must be based on a widespread
"sample" of the youth of the 'State,
the committee delegated Dr. Harland
Updegraff, who came to the depart
ment at the invitation of State Super
intendent James N. Rule and Dr. Het
eel, the supervision of the collecting
of the data.
Gives Complete Record
An "individual pupil data sheet"
was used in obtaining specific infor
mation about each pupil studied. The
information includes his school rec
ord, his story after leaving school,
his efforts made to continue educa
tion, and vocational experience and
preference.
In addition, a study was made of
his social and economic background,
covering such items as home environ
ment and the occupation
,and educa
tion of his parents, and certain of his
character traits, ouch-as the power,
force or promise of his personality
and his social interests and attitudes.
marionette companies on the road so
that the field itself is quite limited.
Securing a job depends a lot upon
whether you are lucky or not. Some
times a new man can get located eas
ily if he knows of a company that
is in need of a puppeteer."
"I think that possibly the best way
for a person interested in this type
of work to prepare himself for a po
sition is to work out puppet shows of
his own," Miss Parker continued.
"Clubs, private parties, and various
social functions of a community are
looking for unusual types of enter
tainment and the marionettes afford
such entertainment.
"As in any profession or business,
the manager is reluctant to hire a
man without some experience. It
takes several months for one to get
the feel of the puppets and until that
time he is not able to do much with
them except make them walk around,"
she concluded.
The stage on, which the perform . ..
ances are given - is about eighteen in
ches in width. Above this stage, and
on what looks like a painter's scaf
folding, the puppeteers manipulate
the marionettes and speak the vari
ous parts.
For the most part; the operators
are in a crouching position while their
characters are on the stage. Some
times they straddle the stage in or
der to operate their puppets proper-
(Continued on pogo four)
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Vienna Choir
Will, Present
Musical Play
Singers Will Present
First Professional
Series Number.
Organization Formed
In 1498 by Maximilian
With the experience of the Vien
na Choir Boys in Schwab auditori
um at 8 o'clock Thursday night, the
first of six strictly professional num
bers of the 1034-35 Artists' Course 7
will be presented.
Tickets went on sale yesterday at
the Athletic association office win
dow in Old Main for individual num
bers. The price for individual tick
ets for the Vienna Choir Boys is
$l.
Season Tickets Available
Tickets for the entire series, which
will also include "Green Pastures,"
the Budapest String Quartet, Humph
rey and Weidman and their dancers,
Dr. Raymond Ditmars, curator of the
New York Zoological Park, and Grete
Steuckgold, Metropolitan Opera so
pranO, are priced at $3.10.
Because tickets for the six num
bers, if purchased separately, would
cost $6, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chair
man of the Artists' Course commit
tee, is urging prospective ticket buy
ers to take advantage of the saving
made possible through the series priv
ileges.
The price for 'Green Pastures' alone
has been set at $1.50 if seats are
available, Dr. Marquardt pointed out.
Admission to the other five numbers,
under the series arrangement, will
cost approximately thirty cents per
number.
To Give 'Musical Playlet
In opening the program with the
Vienna Choir Boys, the committee
has selected a number which .has re
ceived widespread declaim. wherever
it - baSlMpearedl - Ifeadlineit'Oirerl - resS"
notices in the New York Times indi
cate that a New York audience was
delighted by their debut there, a tri
umph which was repeated in Balti
more, Washington, and other cities.
The program to he presented here
includes a number in costume entitled
"A Song From Old Vienna" in addi
tion to traditional choral numbers.
The repertoire of the organization in
cludes compositions dating back to
(Confirmed on pogo two)
Summer School Lists
New Speech Courses
Because of the extensive forensic
activities being carred on by the high
schools in this state the School of
Education is instigating an "All State
High School Speech Group" which
will be incorporated in the regular
curriculum of the Summer School this
year.
Courses will be offered in public
speaking, interpretative reading, and
debating, and there will also be a
speech clinic for the overcoming of
speech defects. Prof. John 11. Frizzell,
chairman of the division of speech,
will be in charge. Joseph F. O'Brien,
coach of men's debating. will instruct
in public speaking and debating while
other members of the division of
speech will teach interpretation.
Admission is limited to high school
graduates or members of the three
upper classes of any Pennsylvania
high school provided they can show
evidence of interscholastic competi
tion in debate, declamation, oratory,
extemporaneous speaking, or inter
pretative reading; or upon the recom
mendation of their high school princi
pal as to their having potential ability
in any of these lines.
The course will run from July 1 to
August J and arrangements are being
completed to house the group in one
building.
First Swimming Meet
Scheduled for Friday
Penn State's unofficial swimming
team will hold its first ineet Friday
night when it will meet the Wilkes-
Have Y. M. C. A. team in the Glenn
land swimming pool. A slight ad
mission will be charged to cover part
of the expenses of the visiting team.
The events to be staged are the 30,
60, and 150-yard sprints, 00-yard
breast stroke and back stroke races,
a 120-yard relay, and a diving event.
The College team will be composed
of students from the advanced swim
ming classes. The team has not yet
been definitely selected, but will be
listed in the next issue of this paper.