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Volume 31—Number 36
Earle Proposes $308,000
College Appropriation Cut;
Hetzel Remains Confident
Believes Investigation
Will Show Need of
Penn State.
Cut Will Cripple Work
Of College; Is Not Final
If the . recommendations which
Governor George H. Earle made in
his supplementary • Budget message
to the -State Legislature Wednesday
are .curried into effect, • Penn State
will have to curtail its budget by
$308,000 during the next biennium.
The College, in its request for ap
propriations last fall, • asked for
$4,210,000 for general maintenance,
$135,000 for emergency reimburse
ment for repairs to the dairy build
ing, and $1,007,500 for new build
ings, --what it .got, in the Governor's
proposed budget, was $3,900,000 for
general maintainance, and the other
items were not mentioned.
Recommendations Not Final
This proposed cut, following up the
$412,000 curtailment forced upon the
College two years ago, will seriously
cripple the College's program if it is
carried into effect. It will necessitate
a reduction of resident instruction,
research and extension work: It may
also mean a general reduction of
salaries.
However, Governor Earle's recom
mendations are by no means finall. He
'has stated that he intends to make a
very thorough examination of the
needs of this, and other colleges in
the state, before his final' recom
mendations go to the 'legislature. And
;even if this should prove to be the
Governor's' final figure, it will have
to be approved by both
,houses of the
Stntei.Legislature, before it goes into
effect.:: . •
Retiel-COnfident
•i6itneiiiiiigtOn4lM: , Gdyernor'e
- President 'Ralph Hazel 'said;."l .do
not believe that the Governor and the
members of. the legislature desire to
curtail and restrict the services of this
institution. I believe that it is the
intention of the responsible officers
of the State to make a thorough study
of the program and needs of the Col
lege before final action is taken."
President lietzel has repeatedly
urged such a procedure, and he • has
now been assured that a study will
be undertaken within the next few
days. The President is certain that
when the facts arc made known to
the Governor, proper provisions will
be made for, the continuation of the
work of this institution.
Penn, Temple Not Cut
He continued; "The College is fully
aware of the financial difficulty which
the State is experiencing and is will
ing now, as it always has been, to ad
just its policies and programs in such
manner as is designed best to serve
the interests of the Common Wealth
and its people.
"However, it seems to me, that at
this time it is imperative to not only
preserve, but strengthen those agen
cies and institutions Which are most
capable of making constructive con
tributions to the State. Certainly,
the educational program and the re
search and 'extension work of, the
College must be classed in this cate
gory."
The President concluded by saying
that these conditions made him confi
dent that the more complete under
standing which should result from an
investigation of. the officers of the
State will assure proper provisions
for the future work of the College.
Other educational institutions in the
State were not effected as seriously in
the proposed budget as was this col
lege. In the proposed- budget, the
University of Pittsburgh was cut
$BB,OOO, while the appropriations to
Temple and the University, of Penn
sylvania remained the same.
Advertising Honorary
Selects Poster Jury
The jury on awards for the Penn;
sylvania poster art contest to be span.
sored by Alpha Delta Sigma, profes
sional advertising fraternity, was an
nounced yesterday by Tons J. Noises
'35, president of the fraternity,
The jildges. are: Prof. Andrew W.
Case, of the,department of fine arts;
C. Valentine Kirby, chief, art educe-,
tion, of the department of public in
struction at Habrisburg; A. G. Desch
boa, of Associated Artists, Pitts
burgh; Dr. Bruce V. Moore, of the
department of psychology; Robert J.
Flood, merchandising director of Gulf
Refining Company;, and Charles T.
Coiner, art .director, N., W.. Ayer &
Son, Inc.,• Philadelphia.
Carnegie Library
Still Hopeful
DR. RALPH D. HETZEL
Chief of Campus
Patrol Dismissed
Zarger Relieved of Police Duty
Jan. 23 for Indefinite
Period of Time.
C. Andrew Zarger, chief of the
campus, patrol, was relieved of duty
for an indefinite period, starting Jan
uary 23,
,it was revealed Wednesday
by George W. Ebert, superintendent
of the grounds and' buildings depart
ment.
Itutimrs that .nr. Zarger had been
dismissed had circulated considerably
throughout State College-since. the:
end Of .last month, but no statement
Was..made /iy the .gronrids.and
announcement the:effect' that' Mr.
Zaiger bas.been,relioyed. of duty 'will,
,appear in the, faculty bulletin of. the
college next week, according. to Su 7
perintendent Ebert: ;
No'Successor Named
Mr. &tier htis been connected
with the campus patrol in. the capac
ity of chief for, approximately nine
years when he organized, the unit. At
one time the patrol was deputized
and permitted to make arrests, both
on and off the campus. This proved
unsuccessful because the patrolmen
were not trained policemen and be
cause they overstepped their delegat
ed powers. The plan was dropped
after this unsuccessful tryout and the
patrolmen were reduced to their pres
ent status, watchmen. Mr. Zarger
was also connected with the State Po
lice for a time.
No :successor to Mr. Zarger has
been named, Mr. Ebert'said, and there
will be no immediate replacement of
the Chief. A new sergeant has al
ready been appointed. The new ser
geant refused to divulge his name,
but he was recognized as a former
taxi driver.
Fenske Gives Address
Dr. Merrell R. Fenske, assistant
professor of chemical engineering,
and Dean' Frank C. Whitmore, of the
School of Chemistry and Physics, re
turned early this week from New
York where the former spoke to the
New York section of the American
Chemical Society on "Recent Develop
ments in Petroleum."
College - Alumnus Creates Uproar
By Interrupting Hauptmann Trial
Penn State is back in the news
again—tills time internationally.
A Penn State graduate of the class
of 1916 created an uproar late Tues
day afte : rnoon in Flemington, N. J.,
at the '{great American show," the
Hauptmann trial, and was immediate
ly thrown out of court.
The Bevil Vincent G. Burns, Pali
sades, N. J., minister, and a brother
of Robert Elliott Burns,
the chain
gang fugitive, interrupted Attorney
General David T. Wilentz'a speech on
Tuesday when he stood up on a win
dow ledge and shouted:
,"Your Honor, may I address the
Court? I want to . . "
A dozen hands yanked him down.
All over the courtroom arose the cry:
"Shut him up!" Justice Thomas W.
Teenchard ordered• him evicted from
court. Court attaches surrounded the
man as he shouted: "A man prac
tically confessed this crime to me
. . . " and then the big hand of a
deputy sheriff clamped over his
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1935
Niebuhr Opens
Lecture Series
Here Tomorrow
Authorities Dismiss All
11 O'Clock Classes
For Saturday.
Famed Author T•o Give
4 Talks Over Week-end
With "An Analysis of •the World
Situation" as his topic, Dr. Reinhold
Niebuhr, author, lecturer, and teach
er, of the Union Theological Seminary
in New York City, will open his se
ries of four talks to student mass
meetings here at Convocation in
Schwab auditorium at 11 o'clock to
morrow morning. All College classes
will be dismissed in order to enable
students to attend, President Ralph
D. Hetzel will introduce Dr. Niebuhr.
Immediately following his address
to students, to which townspeople and
faculty members have been invited,
Dr.' Niebuhr will be the guest of the I
faculty at a luncheon meeting in the
Sandwich Shop of Old Main at.„12:15
o'clock. Re will speak on "The Decay
of Our Liberal Tradition." Faculty
members who have not made reserva
tions for this meeting may do so by
calling the P. S. C. A. office in Old
Main by noon today, according to
Prof. Joseph Tanner, chairman of the
committee in charge of the luncheon..
To Speak Saturday Night
The nationally known leader of stu
dent thought will give his second ad
dress at a mass meeting in Schwab
auditorium at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow
night. His ,subject at that time will
be, "The Youthful Idealist in Amer
ican Politics." As the chapel speak
er for regular services in the audi-.
torium at II o'clock Sunday morning,
Dr. Niebuhr will take as his topic,
"Finding Life's Meaning."
Concluding his series.here, the em
inent eduCator and conference speak
er will talk on "Our Responsibility
for •the• Fate of .Our Civilization,' at
7:30 o'clock Sunday, night, ere.) in the
auditoriuni.'
*bigoted.' es Author
rii 'atidition'ecit his work sin 'theca&
aft} , of :the .Union Theological' Sem
inary, -Dr. Niebuhr in widely known
for his. Work. an an' author. He. is. a
contributing editor•of "The Christian
Century," as well as of the "Student'
World,". and was formerly -the editor
of "The World • Tomorrow." In the
laSt feW yearn, his articles have •ap
'peered .regularly . in "Harper's," "For- 1
urn," and trie: "Atlantic Monthly.'.',
Since 1930 he has published four
books, all of which have become wide
ly known.
Dr. Nicbuhr is a graduate of Yale
University, where he received his
Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1914,
and his M. A. in 1915. He served in
the ministry from the time of his
graduation until 1928, when he went
to Union. He now holds the position
of Professor of Applied Christianity .
there in'addition to his work as,speak
er at numerous student conferences,
and meetings.
11 WOmen Compete in
Postcard Rifle Match
Eleven members of the WoMen's
Rifle Team competed in .a postcard
match with Nevada, Nebraska, and ll
diliOlS Universities and the Kansas
State College, Thursday afternoon:
Those participating were: Elsie M,
Douthett '35, Ruth Everett '35, Mary
E. Jennison '35, Frances T. Paschall
'35, Frances E.^Conklin '36, Frances
E. Nissley '36, Catherine L. Wagner
'36, Alma J. Doran '37, Dorothy
Woodward '37, Mary E. Taylor '3B,
and Georgia H. Powers '3B.
Fighting, kicking and' fiercely try
ing to make himself heard, the man
was dragged into the antechamber
where he stated that some time ago
he had told counsel for both sides that
a man came into his church on Palm
Sunday, 1932, and while he did not
mention the Lindbergh case, talked
in a manner that made it plain 'he
was confessing that he murdered and
kidnaped the Lindbergh baby.
The Rey. Mr. Burns was warned by
the court to stay away from Flem
ington for the balance of the session.
He will probably be prosecuted for
contempt of court.
Burns was a brilliant scholar while
here.at Penn State. A member df
Alpha Zeta, fraternity, he won both
the John •W. White Fellowship and
the Louise Carnegie Scholarship. lie
received a B. S. in botany. Burns was
active.,in debating activities and was
a member of the debating • council,
the varsity debating team, and the
D. O. fraternity.
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To Speak TOmorrow
DR. REINHOLD NIEBUHR
Gridiron Banquet
Script Coinpleted
`Roasting' of Campus Figures
Will 'Feature gournalism
Fraternity ";Affair.
. „
With the script completed and re
hearsals already begun, the date for
the third annual Gridiron Banquet,
sponsored by Sigma,iDelta Chi, pro
fessional journalisfraternity, has
been set as Thursday, March IC It
will be held in the Nittany Lion Inn.
'Friday, , I4Tarch
,1, had tentatively
been set as the date for the Banquet,
but it was changed`beeause of con
flicts with other affairs. The com
mittee decided to . hold it later in the
semester so that it would not conflict
with sports events. •14
Burton Rnidei - * who is chair
man of the script ciniimittee, and who
will have charge
,ofithe entire affair,
has announced that Alie Banquet will
follow. the precedent: -set in former
years in that mernbViis of the fratern
ity will present
,skii.S•in which stu
dent leaders,. acirniniiiiative
rarictlyrgitniintioiri44:a4l3' ezeitupus,will
!'roasted.",
, The , "Roristmaster,". who acts as
master of-ceremonies at the Banquet,
has , not yet been chosen. Other mem
bers of the committee who arc aiding
Rowles in writing skits are Harry
B. Henderson jr. '36, William. Parker
McDowell- '36, and Nance Oakley
Packard '36.
Christian Conference
Scheduled for March
Under the sponsorship of the Stu
dent Christian Movement in the Mid
dle Atlantic Region, the annual inter
collegiate mid-winter conference will
be held at Buck Hill Falls, from
March . l. to March 3. A Penn State
delegation of from thirty to forty
students and members of the faculty
is expected to attend.
Robert K. Paxton '35 and Claire M.
Liehty '35 arc the student committee
chairmen in charge of the Penn State
delegation, while Manilo F. DeAn
gelis '35 is a member of the executive
council of the Student Christian
Movement for this area, which is in
charge of arrangements.
Sayre To Speak
.The conference, which includes a
definite faculty program for the first
time, will be addressed by a group of
eight prominent leader's of student
thought, headed by Francis B. Sayre;
Assistant Secretary of State. Others
who will lead various sessions are
Henry P. Van Dusen, dean of students
at the Union Theological Seminary;
George Stewart, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Stamford,
Conn.; and Katharine Duffield, trav
elling secretary of the S. C. M. of
the Middle Atlantic Region.
Features of the session on March
2 will be the faculty seminar on "Re
ligion in iligher Education," conduct
ed by Leslie Blanchard, and a stu
dent commission and faculty seminar
on the relation - of these topics to the
campus.
The approximate cost of the con
ference, including accomodations and
meals at the Buck Hill Falls Inn, and
transportation both ways, has been
estimated at $14.00. Those who are
interested should call at the P. S. C.
A. offices, Old Main, for ',further in
formation.
IWho's Dancing 1
SATURDAY
Tit! Phi Delia
(closed)
Porn Mutant=
Student Union Dance
(open)
.71m. Minium
Varsity Lagers
To Meet Alumni
Here March 23
Game May Renew Feud
Of Formerly Keen
Competition.
Hermann To Manage
Squad of Graduates
A feud which has lain dormant for
some time will be renewed March 23
when this year's varsity basketball
squad will meet a team composed of
varsity captains and players of other
years. The game is being sponsored
by the Athletic Association, under
the direction of President John M.
Stocker '35.
Tho game will be played a week
'after the regular season closes. Stock
'er has sent letters out to alumni of
the last few years, inviting them to
take part in the game.
The game was an annual feature
until a few years ago, when it was
discontinued. Coming at the end of
a campaign, it was always one of the
high spots of the season. This year
several former Lion players are com
peting in some of the fastest profes
sional leagues in Pennsylvania, so
that there is every assurance that the
game will be one of the fastest in
Recreation hall this year.
It is expected that "Dutch" Her
mann, coach of another era, will come
out of retirement to take charge of
• the alumni team, all of whom played
under him when they were in college.
Paul A. Mitten '3l, former basketball
manager, will be asked to act as al
umni manager.
As an added feature, the gym team
has been asked to cooperate by fur
nishing entertainment between halves.
An effort is also being made to sched
ule a Student Union dance to follow
the game.
Tribunal Finds 2 of 5
1938 Students Guilty
. . .
Fide freshmen , two of .whom were
found guilty, wore brought before
Student. Tribunal:on Tuesday night
'at the regular meeting.. Richard E.
Doyle • was given a suspended sen
tence by Leo N. Skemp '35, president,
for not wearing his dink, while Rob
ert Marasco was. placed on probation
for the same offense.
' William E. Lindemuth was found
not guilty,' while Charles J. Marcia,
who . ha's been summoned to appear
three different times but, failed to do
so and who notified Tribunal by post
card that he would wear a sign or
dress as he had been ordered to do
previously if they would be furnished
to him, will now carry two signs, "I
Thought I Was Tough," and "Alibi
Ike," for a period of three weeks.
In addition he will wear a woman's
dress and a woman's hat for the same
period.
George N. Nash '3B was found
guilty and will wear two signs for
ten days. The one sign will read,
"Love, You Funny Thing," and the
other, "Just' Once Too Often." An
other meeting has been scheduled for
next Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in
Room 318, Old Main.
Billiards Played More
Than Ping-Pong Here
Statistics for the month of January
show that of the gaMe equipment on
the third floor of Old Main, pool has
a slight edge over ping gong, 138
students using cue and eight ball and
107 using the paddle and net.
During the same period of time,
126 College visitors called at the Stu
dent Union desk and student requests
for information. numbered 242. Stu
dent and faculty organizations re
served rooms in Old Main for 113
meetings.
Local Officials Issue Warrants
For Arrest of 3 Beer Salons
The borough authorities' drive
against the selling of beer to minors
took a legal turn yesterday when
warrants were issued for the arrest
of four local beer garden• proprietors
for violation of Section 23 of the Bev
erage license law, approved May 3,
1933. The issuance of the warrants
was the result of the investigations
of police officers Saturday night.
Burgess Wilbur F. Lcitzell, who
headed the raiding officers who took'
names, addresses, and ages in local
beer establishments Saturday night,
said in an interview, that in every
place minors were found drinking
beer. "We're absolutely going to
break up the selling of bedr to mi- .
nors in State College," Burgess
Leitzell declared.
The recent investigations followed
Elections Board To Bring
Automatic Voting Machine
To Spring Polls April 9-11
Student Council Representatives, Class Office
Candidates Will Open 9 Day
Campaign April 1.
An automatic voting machine will
spring elections for class officers and
will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday,
none than two weeks earlier than last
The machine, which is being furni
tuner, is identical with those used in,
To Sponsor Free
Dance Tomorrow
Minium To Play for All-College
Student Union Function;
Customs Lifted.
As the first free all-College func
tion of the year, Student Union will
hold a dance in Recreation hall to
morrow night from 9 until 12 o'clock,
Harry D. M. Grier '35, chairman of
the dance announced. Matriculation
cards will be needed in order for stu
dents to be admitted.
While this is the second all-College
dance sponsored by Student Union,
it is the first free affair. The dance
is made possible by an appropriation
of $2OO which was given by the inter
class finance committee for this pur
pose.
Jim Minium and his orchestra will
play for the affair and will be placed
at the west end of the gym floor.
Chairs will be placed along the sides
for the dancers who wish to sit out.
It has been requested by the commit
tee that stags refrain from crowding
onto the dance floor and hindering the
dancers.
Two other similar dances are sched
uled at a later date this semester.
The dates will be announced follow
ing a meeting of tha committee on
dances which includes Grier, Jeanne
S:Klecktier F.*DeAngeli"a"
'35, and Kenneth . A. 'Millers '35.
A checking charge of ten cents per
couple will be made by the committee.
This fee will Partly defray the ex
pense of hiring the hall and of pay
ing for the band, although most of
the expense will come out of the spe
cial fund.
Only,
,those freshmen who take
women to the dance will be permitted
to go without customs, Leo N. Skemp
'35, president cof Student, Tribunal,
announced. Freshman stags will be
required to wear all customs and will
be punished for violating this ruling.
Annual 'He-She' Dance
Planned for March 13
March 13 has been set as the date
for the first women's dance for this
semester. On that date the annual
"He-She" 'dance will be held in the
Armory. The second dance will take
place April 12.
This dance, an all-Co-ed affair, is
an innovation this year and is being
planned to replace most of the smaller
dances held in previous year. 'Helen
J. Hinebauch '35 will act as chairman
of the dances, She will work with
the other class social chairmen, Mar
garet M. Campbell '36, Helen M. Cly
mer '37, and Ida R. Rainey '3B. The
All Co-ed dance will be similar to
Panhellenic Ball, but will not be re
stricted to fraternity women.
Former Dietician Dies
Miss Alice E. Philbrick, who pre
ceded Mrs. Edith Johnson as dieti
cian in .MiacAllister hall, died at her
home, 42 Broad street, Newburyport,
Moss., on February 7, 1935. She is
survived by her mother, a sister, and
two brothers.
the arrest of thirteen youths Satur
day night two weeks ago on drunken
and disorderly conduct charges. Of
this group, only five were College
Students and the remainder of the
group were high school students and
others. Burgess Leitzell stated that
almost all of the entire group were
minors.
Any person, Burgess Leitzell point
ed out, allowing minors to come into
possession of beer or use of beer,
whether they sell it to them, give it
to them, or furnish it to them in any
other way, are violating the Bever
age Act. !Burgess Leitzell said, "I
don't care how much beer anyone cYf
twenty-one drinks as long as they do
not disturb the peace, but I am de
termined n ,break up the sale of beer
to minors."
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
• be used here for the first time in the
Student Council representatives which
and Thursday, April 0, 10, and 11—
t year.
ished free of charge by its manufac
several of the larger cities. It will
afford a majority of the students their
first experience with such a means of
voting; and save the committee many
weary hours of vote-counting, ex
plained John A. Brutzman, chairman
of the Elections committee. Instruc
tion as to its use will be given each
voter on a small• replica at the poll
ing place.
Campaign Period Shortened
The campaign period, starting at
X l5 o'clock Monday, April 1, is a
' week shorter than last year, accord
ing to the code Which was accepted
by Student Board on Tuesday after
noon. No advertising can be distrib
uted before this date.
Voting will open at 12:45 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon and continue un
til the same hour on Thursday. On
Wednesday the polls will be open
from 9:00. o'clock in the morning
until 5:15 at night, with a period off
for lunch. While voting is in pro
gress in the first floor lounge, no elec
tioneering will be allowed in Old
Main.
Petitions Due March 22
Violations of the code will be dealt
with by Student Board upon the rec
ommendation of the Elections commit
, tee, and anyone found guilty will be
liable for dismissal from College.
All candidates for the three major
class offices and for Student Council
seats must file their petitions with
the Elections chairman, John A.
Brutzman
. '35, on or before,noon of
Fiidaiy;'MitiCh - & - f• All petitfans.musZ
state the all-College average of the
Candidate and petitions of candidates
for class offices must bear the signa
tures of fifty voters of his class.
"1" Average Necessary
This year there will be no vote
checking in the rear of Old Alain,
but instead the Elections committee
will appoint three men who will check
affiliations of all voters from lists
previously submitted by the various
cliques. Clique chairmen may have
access to these lists at two-hour in
tervals throughout the voting per
iod.
All candidates must have a 'l' av
crag° for their entire college career,
not just for the preceding semester.
Clique alignments must be turned in
to the Elections chairman on or be
fore 10 o'clock Wednesday night,
April 3, and there can be no switch
of affiliations after that date. Can
didates' clique affiliations will be
placed on the ballots.
No Voting by l'roxy
As usual there will be no voting by
proxy. Voters must present their sec
ond semester matriculation cards,
which will be checked with a list pre
viously secured from the Deans' of
fice, and the voters' name will then
be checked oil the list.
Those who have lost their cards
will be eligible to vote upon presen
tation of a note from their Dean cer
tifying them as regularly enrolled
undergraduate students. Any mem
ber of the Elections committee may
ask for further identification than
the matriculation card if he deems it
necessary.
Returns in Collegian
Vote-counting will begin immediate
ly after the polls close Thursday noon
and, because of the machines, will be
finished much sooner than in previ
ous years. Complete returns will be
published in the Thursday, April 11,
issue of the Collegian.
The code was drawn up by a Sen
ior Elections committee headed by
John A. Brutzman and including John
E. Fletcher, George W. Harvey, John
K. Houck, Paul K. Hirsch, A. Ken
neth Maiers, Albert P. Mikelonis,
Richard A. Sigel, John M. Stocker,
James W. Townsend, and Alan R.
Warchime.
Collegian Subscriptions
To Expire if Not Paid
All COLLEGIAN subscriptions
which have not been paid for in
full will expire automatically with
the issue of Friday, February 15.
Payments will• be accepted at the
Student Union desk or the Cot,
LEGIAN office, 313 Old Main. Pay
ments may also be made by mail,
addressed to the Penn State Cot-
LEGIAN.