ESTABLISHED 1904 Volume 31—Number 37 Selsam Will Talk at 4th L.A. Lecture Will Speak on League Of Nations, World Crisis Tonight. Speaker. Has Worked, Studied Widely Abroad Discussing "The League of Nations and the Present World Crisis," Dr. J. Paul ,Selsam, of the department of history and political science, will give the fourth of the Liberal Arts lec tures in the Home Economics audi torium tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Dr. Selsam's discussion of the League is expected to be especially pertinent in view of the recent poll conducted by the Literary Digest, which went adversely to the United States' entrance into that body. Many believe that such a decision may be duo to lack of knowledge of condi tions, and Dr. .Selsam will attempt to explain this. ' Peculiarly qualified to discuss' this subject, Dr. Selsam has spent several years abroad in advanced study and practical work in the field of inter national cooperation. He has travelled some thirty thousand miles through out Europe and Asia Minor and has lectured widely in 'both Europe and the• United States upon subjects con nected with the work of the League and international affairs. Before 'coming to Penn State this year Dr. ,Selsam was ,director of the historical survey of squrce materials for. Pennsylvania history under Dr. Garrison of tlioState Library at Har risburg. He a graduate of Frank lin' and Rarstall College, where he was instructor for some time. He did graduate work at 'Princeton. ' Dr. Seliam 'studied, at the Hague Academy of International. Law,Hol land f'and at the Graduate Scholtof ••••:! International .'Geneya;,SwitzerlandFer,some time lication'shies• office' of:the League'' of Nationh. .. The~;two remaining leettirCa'of Ehis twenty-fifth series of the Liberal Arts Lecture Course will be, given soon by Prof. Bioniclin M. Krauss, of the de partment of classical languages, and, • Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the 1 School of Liberal Arts. •' , The subjects _will be "Behind the Roman. Looking . Glass" and '!The DeVelopment of the • Liberal Arts School at Penn State." Business Staff Aspirants Called Former Editors Will Address Freshmen-Candidates For . `Collegian' Staff. Freshman .candidates for the busi ness staff of the COLLEGIAN will hold their first meeting in Room 418, Old Main, at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Jack A. Martin '35, business manager of the newspaper, will be in charge of the meeting. Louis H. Bell '2O, of the department of journalism, and Charles A. My ers, '34, head of the Student Union desk, both former editors of the COL LEGIAN, will address the candidates. Mr. Bell will• talk on advertising. . Martin, in an interview yesterday, emphasized the value derived from service on the business stair of the COLLEGIAN: He also pointed out the chances wtiich••fraternity as well as non-fraternity men and women have bf being elected to' the junior and senior business boards. Martin is a non-fraternity man himielf. "The•CoLLEGIAN is run on a-profit sharing ba.sis," Martin explained. "Service on it is a. means of defray ing college expenses. The students also learn the principles of advertis ing in soliciting advertisements and 'contacting national advertisers and lo cal• merchants." 1, 'Election of the business candidates who sign up for work this year will take place in March of next year, at which time five men and women and .an alternate will be named.' to the' junior business board of the publica tion. In_the following year elections will again be held and these five will' be named to senior business board positions. • Grade Reports Ready Grade repOrts for the first semester are now available to all" students at the Registrar's office in Old Main, ac cording to Miss Elizabeth Parker, re corder in charge- of filing reports. While copies of the reports are mailed to parents of students, the only'way the students may obtain, a copy is to call at the office. _ 5 „. 5w 41.4 • Ilrun oilitatet ottegtan4. 1•1655 Y. `Marxian Christian' Ideas Owned By Dr. Niebuhr in 4 Talks Here Speaker's Analysis Points . Out Decadent Nature Of the Capitalistic System Doomed By 'New Society' Shift. Declaring his viewpoint to be that of a "Marxian Christian," Dr. Rein hold Niebuhr, of the Union Theolog ical Seminary in. New York City, gave a series of four addresses to Penn State students Friday and Saturday, in which he examined the political and economic systems of the world to day. In his first talk, at 11 o'clock Sat urday morning, Dr. Niebuhr gave a general analysis of what he believes to be the situation in- the world to day. As a "anti-revolutionary" Marx ist, he pointed out the decadent na ture of the capitalistic system, de claring it doomed, but voicing the prayer that in the shift to what he terms "The New Society," there may be no periods of anarchy and general governmental and social disorganiza tion. Comparing the leaders of reaction ary Fascist movements in Europe to those in this country today, Dr. Nie buhr declared that both Father Coughlin, radio-priest, and Huey Long, Louisiana's dictator, had pro Soph Hop Names Martin as Band Hallet, Original Choice, To Play For I. F. Ball Because Of Committee Mix-up. Freddie Martin and his orchestra wilt play for the 193550ph Hop Fri day, March 8, instead of Mal Mallet, as was originally announced, Alvin S. Newmeyer '37, chairman of the Hop, said today._Mal Hallet will play for .Interfraterniy. Ball instead. The mix-up, over what, band was going ,"to play for-, Soph ; Hop, arose when the F.A3all.cOmnittee.aigaed Mallet and;,:hisasaLfokkh,eitAti.C9, an. 'fail&l — to.: notifyTeither Othei.majof dance . .Conanittees - or Neil BC' Fleming,'Oaduata 'Manager • of athletics; 'arid through' whom' air the major dance bands, with the exdep tion of the Interfraternity Ball band, are ; ,• • , ' - • The ,Soph Hop committee also pro ceeded to' contact the managers of the Mallet band and sign them for their I dance. Both dance chairmen and committees thought they had Mallet signed for their respective dances. They both did. Finally the Soph Hop 1 committee withdrew fromt their con tract with Hallet, leaving the I. F. ball committee with their contract in tact. After , a great deal of discussion and telephone conversation with the offices, of the . Music Corporation of America in New York, the Soph Hop committee and Mr. Fleming finally signed Martin who has long been known to radio dance fans and played during this summer at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, Atlantic City, N. J. Martin is playing currently at the Hotel St. Regis in New York City. One' of his earlier spots was at the Hotel Bossert's Marine . Roof, in Brooklyn. In addition, to his hotel work, Martin is playing on a commer cial program Sunday afternoons at 5 o'clock over IVABC, Intercollegiate Li Praises Pe Because of the continued excellence of the Penn State contributions and the regularity with which they have been received, the current issue of the College Spectator, an intercollegiate literary newspaper, has praised this institution thus: "If ever our pen stutters and stops for lack" 'of inspiration we have de cided that we shall pack our worldly (sic) possessions at once and hie our selves off to the hills of State Col lege; Pa. Judging by the number of contributions' we have received from Penn State it would seem that every breath of air in 'that locality must be laden with ideas, and that every roof top must harbor a dozen or so prolific writers." ' As ten Penn State students have had thirteen articles, short stories, and poems published in the Spectator to date, including two in the current issue the editors of :that publication certainly seem justified in their ex tollments. The current Spectator continues its Penn State contributions with :'Some Hard Linei for Ogden Nash," , by Jules •Vernik '36, and "Campus Dry points" by James B. Watson jr. '36. This is the second poem of Vernik's they have published; the other being "Song for Tonight and Tomorrow." An essay •of his entitled "An Open STATE COLLEGE, P grams of the hypocritical-stladdling sort that ignorant masses could be taken in by, and that there was a good • possibility that either one of them or a politician of their stripe would'some day rule this country. 'Saturday night, discussing "The Youthful Idealist in American Poli tics," Dr. Niebuhr condemned what he termed the "romantic" idealists, who beCome so . disgusted with the dis eased system we live under that they wish its overthrow immediately, and pled for the realization that social changes take time, if they are to be accompliihed for the benefit of the greatest number of people and the harm of the fewest. • As the speaker at chapel services Sunday morning, the New York the ologian and widely-known speaker talked on "Finding Life's Meaning," pointing out that all people inevitably have some sort of religion. He de fended Christianity against the two greatest attackers of it: those who believe that Christianity treats man as being much better than he really is; and those who believe that man is inherently good, and that Christian ity treats him erroneously as a sin ner. , Winding up his series. Sunday night, Dr. Niebuhr re-emphasized the points of his analysis, and went on to out line his ideas of the changes to come before the world is able to straighten out its chaotic interrelated social and economic wires and restore some sort of order to a system that creates a million paupers for every millionaire: ' "The greatest immediate need in this country today is for a 'Farmer- Labor movement which really amal gamates the objectives of both groups, each of which has widely varying ideas as to just what they do want. Any attempt to impose industrial, ur ban.eollectivisrd upon the farmer, or any .attenipt of farmer..organizatioos y to~stick , too closely. to'oliminatiOnOf .fitianquir-(mertgage) " 'is 'tragic: - . It' allows the small dead of 'real. capitalists to run both of 'the other groupe, neither of whiciris eith'- er ready enough or 'strong .enough. to , seize power independently of the oth er," tbe theologian pointed out. Glee Club Neer Here Scheduled - for Mar. 11 Union College of Schnectady, N. Y., by virtue- of winning the New York State glee club contest,' will be one of the two guest glee clubs to appear in Schwab auditorium on Mon day, March 11, in a concert with the Penn State Glee club. The other organization to appear will be the winner of the' New Eng land contest to be held in Portland, Me., during the first week of March. The club to sing here will be selected from groups representing Amherst, Middlebury, Bowdoin, University of Vermont, Dartmouth, Boston Univer sity, and Weslyan. Both guest glee clubs will stop over at Penn State enroute to the All eastern Intercollegiate Glee Club Con test-Festival to be held in Pittsburgh March 12. Penn State will also en ter this contest. erary Paper n State's. Authors Letter to the Editors of America" has also appeared in the publication. Watson's drypoints are short sketches of local campus life, dealing with chapel, first-hour classes and fra ternity dances. It. is the first of his work to appear in the Spectator. Richard Lewis '37 has made two ap pearances in this bi-weekly publica tion. , His first was a short story en titled "The Fresh," an amusing anec dote of a first-year man's tribulations. He followed this with an article, "Skoal,to the Realists," which was an answer to "Notes for a Realist," an article which appeared earlier by Jim Bullard„ of of the University of Pitts burgh!,.. Short stories by William P. Hast ings .'3l, graduate student ("Sales Meetine); .'James B. Beatty jr. '35 ("Lunch Bucket"), Snem M. Herbst '35 ("Mi. Limp and His Friends"), Frances V. Laubach '35 ("Two Wom en"), and Mary L., Frear '37 ("Gar denias and Orchids”) have 'also ap peared. In addition, there have been published two poems by Martha P. Levine '37.• ' A dramatic monologue also appear ed under the pseudonym of Charles Blake, entitled "what Manner of Man." The manuscript was by .Charles B. Keiser '36. . . Publication Dance Set • For May 0, Rec. Hall Negotiations are under way with Ina Ray 'Hutton,Doc Peyton, and several other bands for the Publi cations Dance which will be held Friday, March '29 in Recreation hall. Pi Delta Epsilon, honorary journalism fraternity, is sponsor ing this year's dance which will be the first time W,hai been an all- College affair.. ' The price for tickets has not yet been set, depending on which band is secured, but it should not go over s2.oo,'according f!to Frederick IC Drothler '35, president of Pi Delta Epsilon, who is in 'charge of ' ar rangements. Players To Give Ibsen's3lFantasy 20 Masks Prepared For Use In Production of 'Peer . Gynt' Here Saturday. Twenty masks arc being made for the Penn State Players' production of Sen's fantasy, -"Peer Cynt," which will be staged in SChwab auditorium on Friday and Saturday, March 1 and 2. The masks are being built by Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingb'S' class in mari onettes. They will be used by the actors who ploy some of the tiolls or Norwegian hill-folk, brownies; ''and other .gro tesque creatures ilithe scene of the Hall of the ivfountaht_King. Richard H. Allen 1 36 app6ars;as the Old Man of the Dovre, ruldr::of tliese quaint folk. Using several heads modelled in clay by H. Chester McLaughlin '35, the mask-makers !;paste alternating layers of papev.toWelling and news papers to the clayjnodela by means of a specially premed hot glue. Aft er drying, the maskis pried off the clay model, givenl , coat of - shellac inside, and is then!,ready for an ap plication of color; A special prepirition of luminous paint will be ,useiffito touch up the masks orddr:itliati they will give the wierd: arid: gintilintie - effects need . Paint will inerease'.the wierdness •of the figures on-which Ibsen. based his story orthe roving -rogue,,Peer.Gynt. Fifteen sets will be required for the production and have been design ed. by McLaughlin in what is termed "picture book"•design...The sets are. done in a stylized manner which re-, sembles, in effect, the work of such man as Willy Pogany: In the set for the Hall of the Moun tain King scene, the' conventionalized rock formations, built up into irregu lar pyramidal hopes, will be flooded with green lights. This forms the background for the king' and his court when Peer arrives to demand the hand of his daughter and a dowry of half his kingdom._ A stage crew of fifteen members is working on the construction and painting of the sets, lighting effects, and costumes. In addition, the mar ionette class is constructing the masks. 400 Courses Offered At Summer Sessions Listing some 400 courses in 90 divi sions, the preliminary announcement of the summer sessions- has been re leased by Dean Will Grant Chambers, head of the School of-Education, and director of the summer school. The announcement lists the work of the three sessions. Summer instruction opens, with a three-weeks inter-session from June 11 to June 2k; continues with the six weeks main session from July 1 to August 5, and concludes with a three weeks post-session from August 12 to August 30. students may attend any one or all three of the summer terms. Courses to be given will include work in every school of the College and provide opportunities for both un dergraduate and gr a duate study. 13,000 At Conventions . Held Here:Last Year Approximately 13,000 people at tended forty-one conventions which were held on the' Penn State campus between January 1, 1931, and January 1, 1935, according to list compiled and mimeographed by the Student Union office. A' copy of this list is: available to students and faculty members. . The February issue of "Student Union Notes" has , just been re leased and may be had free of charge at the desk 'in Old Main. Available also are copies of the February carendar of events and the Student Union Directory, which contains' names and a& dresses of all student. fraternity and activity heads. BRUARY 19, 1935 f Chorus and Cast Chosen for 38th Thespian Musical `Don't Let On' Selected For Presentation Here April 5. Giffen, Holland Star In Naylor Production With the chorus and cast of the thirty-eighth annual Thespian show, "Don't Let On," selected, rehearsals for the production will get under way this week, according to •J. Ewing "Sock" Kennedy '26, director of Thes pian productions. The show, written : by John S. Naylor, of the department of English composition, will be pre seated for the first time Saturday night of the Interfraternity Ball week-end, April 5. Because of the success with which the Thespians met last spring when they presented "My Stars" in Phil ipsburg, several alumni and fraternal organizations have been trying to ar range to have this year's shoiv pre sented in their home localities. Ken nedy and Herbert R. Kinky, gradu ate treasurer of the club, were in Pittsburgh Saturday investigating the offer of the Shriners and the Pittsburgh Alumni club who want to present the show in the Syria Mosque there for two nights. "Don't Let On" will star Margaret R. Gaon '35, who starred in "Old King Cole" and who is a member of the women's varsity quartet, in the part of "Nina, the daughter of the Duke of Spumoni," and Norman Hol land '37, who was in the cast of "My Stars" and "Bargin' Around." Wil liam B. "Bill" Edwards '35, Thespian comic lead for the past three years, will be starred in the role of "Hi Hurst,' a campus orchestra leader." Annette A. "Hannah" Judd '3B, who danced in "Bargin' Around," will play opposite Edwards in the role of "Wee nie." - Graham Luckenbill '3B, who was in' the cast,. of.. seyeraLAamatiozp-_ matriculation; will appear. in the role .otf'Duke of Spumoni,. the. father of Nina," and 'John E. Siang' '36, Whose appearance in dramatic productions here are al- Most too numerous to mention, will play the part of the "Dictator of Bul gravia, also a suitor for the hand of Nina." Donald IL: Dixon '37, who Played the lead in "My Stars" and who wrote a great deal of the music for that production besides the title number, will play the part of the "Ship Cap tain" on whose ship a great deal of the action of the show takes place. • Helen E. Taylor '35, Jane A. Park er 'B6, and Mary Jane Thompson '36, who were 'discovered" by "Sock" Kennedy as one of the best singing trios ever to appear in a Thespian show, are also members of the cast. More comedy parts in the show will be provided by the introduction of "The Three Stooges, WHITE, FLASH, PLUS." These parts will be played by Jacob C. Forney '35, (Continued on rage two) Penn State Vote Lines Up With Majority in Peace Poll Finals Campus sentiment on peace prob lems, as expressed in the 2,500 bal lots returned from hem in the Asso ciation of 'College Editors-Literary Digest Peace Poll, agrees, on all ques tions with the majority of those stu dents voting from 118 colleges. This agreement was made possible by a gradual swing on the question of entrance into the League of Na tions. At the first report Penn State was IMed up with the minority group who opposed League entry; at, the sec ond report the colleges were evenly split, and in the final results the col leges were slightly against entry. Ballots were returned by 112,607 of the 718,414 studerds to which'they were sent. This average of more than a third is the highest percentage of returns ever obtained in a Digest poll. The heavy returns indicate the interest which students took in the •Poll. Penn Slate's vote was within 3 per cent of the total percentage on all questions except League entry where the margin of difference was 9 per cent. This College voted 41 per cent for and 59 per cent against entry, while the total vote was 49.47 per cent for and 50.53 per cent against the question. On the question of whether the United States could stay out of an ••other great war, the student vote was more than 2-to-1 in the affirmative. Tha vote was nearly 5-to-1 for uni versal conscription of all resources of capital and labor to control profits in time of war, and 9-to-1 for gov- 4,883 Have Enrolled For Second Semester A total of 4,883 students have registered for the second semester, according to latest figures corn piled by the Registrar's office. In addition, 108 have enrolled at the Mont Alto Forestry School. This figure, while slightly under the first semester enrollment, is normal for the second semester it was pointed out, the drop being due to failure of a number of stu dents to return either by reason of financial exigencies o• flunking. Last semester approximately 1200 students requested deferred pay ments, while this semester, about 200 more made requests. Grant Announces Concert Program College Music Organizations To Present Annual Series Of Mid-Winter Shows. Announcement of the dates of the five programs to ba included in the thirteenth annual series of compli mentary mid-winter concerts to be presented under the auspices of the department of music has been made by Prof. Richard W. Grant, director of the department. The concerts will be given in Schwab auditorium at 3:30 o'clock on the five consecutive Sunday after noons immediately preceding Easter Sunday. Seven campus musical or ganizations will take part. Bandmaster Wilfred 0. Thompson will. direct a program of symphonic and march music to be played by the Blue Band for the first concert on March 17. The College Symphony Or chestra will present a program on March 24 under the direction of Prof. Hummel Fishburn. Phi Mu Alpha, honorary music fra ternity, and the Louise Homer Club will, give a joint program on March 31. Miss Willa C. Williamee and Pro fessor Pishburn will• direct the Wom en's Glee Club ana the Women's Sym phony Orchestra when the two or ganizations give a program on April Members of „Kappa Gamma Psi, professional music ' fraternity, will gilie the concluding concert of the se ries on April 19. Senior Receives Honor Philip P. Hallock '35 received first mention from the Beaux-Arts Insti tute of Design for his drawing of a "Duplex House." The current issue of the Beaux Arts Bulletin carries this drawing as its cover Casign and contains lists of awards and photo graphs of drawings receiving the highest awards in the recent student competition sponsored by the Insti tute. Bracken Takes Leave Prof. John L. Bracken, of the de partment of landscape architecture, left Friday for the University of Michigan where he will complete his work for a doctorate. George W. Wickstead '33 has been appointed to assume Professor Bracken's duties. eminent control of armament and munitions industries. • Voting 37 per cent to 63 per cent, they voiced opposition to a national policy that a "navy and air-force sec ond to none is a sound method of in suring us against being drawn into another great war." Asked "if the borders of the United States were invaded, would you bear arms in defense of your country?" 83.,54 per cent of the students voted that they would, while 16.46 per cent voted that they would not. On the question of "would you bear arms for the invasion of the, borders of an other country?" 17.82 per cent ballot ed affirmatively, and 82.18 per cent voted negatively. The College Peace Poll was extend ed to one university in Canada, Queen's University, to serve as a test vole of Canadian sentiment.. The questions asked were substantially the same, altered, of course, to fit the special case. Only on the League question did Canadian percentages vary appreciably from ratios return ed by the American colleges. This question was phrased: "Should Canada remain in the League of Na tions?" An overwhelming majority, 97.14 per cent of the voters, advo cated that Canada should remain in , the League. On the basis of the accuracy of previous Literary Digest polls, estab: lished with smaller percentages of re turns, it is safe to say that the re sults of the College Peace Poll por tray an accurate-cross-section of opin ion in American colleges. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Fire Company Bill Too High, Board Rules $188.64 Bid Contrasts With $44.25 Figure For Damages. Bunting Destroyed at Homecoming Fete Upon securing n bid of $44.25, Stu dent Board at their last meeting re fused to pay the bill of $188.64 sub mitted by the Alpha Fire Company for bunting destroyed by eight stu dents the night of the student riot and bonfire last Alumni Homecoming day. Student Board's bid was secured through the office of Samuel K. Hos tetter, College purchasing agent, aft er members of the Board had express ed dissatisfaction at the size of the bill submitted by the fire company. According to the Alpha Fire Com pany, their bid was based on a price quoted by Robert M. Graham, local merchant. The students charged with the de struction of the decorations were held overnight in the borough lock-up and released the next day on $25 bail. Two weeks later all eight were found guilty of disorderly conduct and fined $5 and costs of $3.25. The decora tions, the property of the Alpha Fire Company, had been put up at the re quest of the College Alumni Associa tion. The bunting of the fire company included fifty-nine small colored flags sewed on a tape rope. In addition thirty blue and white flags, three by five feet, on six-foot staffs surmount ed by gilt spears were also destroyed. These were the property of the bor ough and the bill submitted for them was $22.50, as compared to a bill of $18.75 quoted by Mr. Hostetter. Stu dent Board is attempting to discover the reason for the large variance in 7UndifiZhifll;l3x"4l2eidlifflitn - die .MT. Morris Pawn for the destruction of , his shed and fence in the bonfire the same night, has not yet been paid. The original bill of $l6O was submit ted to Student Board, and, with a $35 reduction, was passed on by the In terclass Finance committee. Albert P. Mikelonii '35, chairman of the committee, asked for an item ized account two weeks ago, which, to date, has not been forthcoming. A new shed and fence have already been constructed, which, according to stu dent leaders, is a "sight smart piece of construction." Lingnan U. May Trade Student with College A student from this campus may go to Lingnan University, Canton, China, as an exchange student next fall, if the invitation of Olin D. Wan amaker, American director of the University, is accepted, it was an nounced today. For several. years, exchange stu dents from Pacific Coast and Ha waiian universities have attended Lingnan, and according to Mr. Wane maker, a student from this campus is desired, as well as from such other strong universities as Harvard, Yale, and Chicago. Room and board will be furnished the exchange student at Lingnan Uni versity. The other expenses, includ ing travel, have been estimated at a minimum of $6OO, although funds amounting to $B7O are recommended. Students interested in such a project should consult Carson E. Culp '34, at the P. S. C. A. offices, 304 Old Main. Shelley Receives Art Scholarship at N.Y.U. Donald A. Shell.2y '32 'was one of the nineteen graduate students of the New York University Department of Fine Arts to recently receive a schol arship, according to an article print ed in the January 20 issue if the New York Times. These scholarships were awarded to students who are specializing in the history of art and are candidates for the degrees of Master of Arts or Doctor of Philosophy in the fine arts. Shelley was graduated from here in the curriculum of Arts and Let ters and was one of the outstanding members of his class. His activi ties included Blue Band, Phi Mu Al pha, Pi Gamma Alpha, Purple Quill, Phi Eta Sigma, College Symphony Orchestra, Director of Players, Little Symphony Orchestra, Penn State Players, Art Editor of Old Main Bell, Kappa Gamma Psi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He was. a member of the Omega Epsilon fraternity.
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