127 N. ATHERTON oSeraVileekly" ESTABLISHED . .1 1 run tlitatr X . 2 , " / 1904 -Tott 5' • Volume 31—Number 41 Fraternities Will Pick Hop Booths Today `Martin Band Insures Success of Dance,' Newmeyer Says. Orchestra Featured On Sunday Broadcast Alvin S. Nowmeyer '37, chairman of the Soph Hop committee, today an nounced that the drawing of frater nity booths for the dance will take place at the Student Union desk today at 4 o'clock. He also commented on the popularity of Freddy Martin's band which will play at the occasion. "His growing popularity as a radio band insures the success of the hop," Newmeyer said. "His program, 'Open House with Vicks,' on a Columbia Broadcasting System coast to coast broadcast net- Work every Sunday afternoon from 6 to 5:30 o'clock is the bolt advertise ment for Soph Hbp in the world, and what 'is more it not only advertises but it proves the reputation Freddy Martin and his band have made' for themselves," Newmeyer continued. Makes Many Records Newmeyer named many hotels and restaurants that Martin has played in since getting into the "big time" music game. Among these restau rants were the Park Central, the Com modore in New York, two very suc cessful years at the Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn, and the Savoy-Plaza. He then opened at the St. Regis Roof and has had two contracts there re newed. While at the St. Regis Roof he originated "Memory Melodies," which was a sustaining program every Friday night at 11:30 o'clock over a national broadcasting network. "Most dance promoters - judge • a band by the number of phonograph records.- .. At - present—Freddy Martin is" making. more 'phonograph records than any other orchestra in the country," Newmeyer said, "He has just completed making a musical short for the Warner Brothers' studios." Phi Pi Phi Yields National Charter Theta Nu Epsilon Invites Group To Become Members; All But 2 Men Accept. Sigma chapter of Phi Pi Phi fra ternity relinquished its national char ter Saturday and officially disband ed. After considering several oilers, the disorganized group accepted the invitation of Theta Nu Epsilon fra ternity to become members there. The disbanded group first organ ized in 1915 under the name, Cuheco .club. It changed its name in 1925 to Beta Lambda Sigma when the mem bers. Moved Into the house on West Fairmount avenue which they have just vacated, and again in 1929 fol lowing the completion of negotiations with the national headquarters of Phi Pi Pili in Chicago for the insti tution of Sigma chapter here. • Pi chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon was instituted in 1888 and continued until 1907 when the original charter tvas•revoiced. In 1027 the fraternity was reorganized here and moved in to the •old Phi Kappa Sigma house at Beaver and Pugh streets. A few years later plans were made for a new building and in 1932 the group moved into the house on Thompson street. Members and pledges of the for mer Phi Pi Phi fraternity who join ed Theta Nu Epsilon include Phillip W. Fair '36, Frederick E. Hamm '35, John W. Mortimer '35, and John A. Van Dermark '35. Junior members arc. Quentin H. Bowers, Howard R. Erb, John E. Miller, James E. My rick, and William W. Schenck. Ro land C. Henry '37, William D.. Fish '3B, Robert B. Blum '3B, and Robert S. Wetmiller, graduate student, com plete the list. Those who did not ac cept the invitation arc Martin A. Reath'. '37 and Russell B. Rose '37. ' Advisors of the disbanded chapter were Prof. Samuel B. Colgate, of the department of industrial engineer ing; Lorin J. Elder, of the West Penn Power company; and• Prof. Fred C. Stewart, of the department of me chanical engineering. The advisor of Theta Nu Epsilon is Prof. Warren G. C.. Thompson, of . the department, of mechanical engineering. To Play for Hop FREDDIE MARTIN School Reporters To Enter Contest Sigma Delta Chi, State Papers Offer Cash Prizes for Best News Stories. More than 400 Pennsylvania high school students who are contributors to a local newspaper's high - school page or column are preparing for the fifth annual high school reporter's contest, sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism frater nity, and the Pennsylvania News paper Publisherxassociation. Four - , cash '. prizes totallin 's 6otoo and five citations - of merit will be pre sented •to the Outstanding reporters at the annual meeting of 'the high school editors here on April 27. Iligh school reporters for thirty-three daily, and sixteen weekly papers, will enter the contest. The deadline for the submission of material is April 13. Each contestant must submit clip pings of his work which total at least 1,000 words. The awards will be made by the judges on the basis of news conception, clarity and simplicity of expression, news lead, completeness of coverage, and the importance of the news to the school community. Judges for the contest are Charles R. Long, publisher, The Chester Timex; Cha , los M. Meredith, pub lisher, The Quarkertount Frei Press; William L. Ingersell, editor, The . Brookville American; Floyd H. Miller, editor. The Waynesburg Democrat- Ilfessengei7 and Marion S. Schoch, publisher, The Selinsgrove Times. Immediate Lifting of Freshman Customs. Advocated by Warnock Arthur It. Warnock, Dean of Men, recently 'expressed his belief that at least a part of the freshmen customs should be lifted immediately. His at titude may be shared by enough Stu dent Council members to carry this suggestion into effect at the meeting of this group tonight. In explaining his position, the dean said that while he firmly believed that some sort of customs should be- im posed upon all College, freshmen, he felt that the present . apathetic at titude of the students towards cus toms made it imperative that some of the regulations be lifted before the regular Move-Up Day. "I firmly believe that there should be a system of freshman training and education in which upperclassmen should play an important part. Such .a system is not only good for fresh men as an educational process, but it is the only way that we can instruct them in Penn State traditions and in the ways of doing and looking at things," the dean explained. He continued by saying that fresh men customs are a very significant factor in unifying an incoming class. He said that customs give ° them a means of identifying other members of the class and makes them all have something in common. For these reasons the dean felt that some form of customs be placed on all incoming freshmen. However, he felt that the present system of customs is inadequate because any ef fective system of customs must have STATE COLLEGE, PA Hetzel To Attend Third A ke Gridiron Banquet as Hon • 175 Faculty, Student Luminaries woi Receive Invitations; Harlow 'l2 To . nd . may then be purcha ..4 by presenting these invitations att Student Union desk in the lobby'%! t Old Main .any time before 5 O'cleet, on Tuesday, March 12. I About thirty invitations will be ex tended to borough 'administrative of ficials and well4cnOWn town mer chants as well as - thOtudent and fa culty guests. Memliskalof the frater nity who are in :Chilhie of the issu ance of the invitatias are William Y. E. Rambo '3s;:ch'airman, John A. Brutzman andtalinf. Franklin C. Banner, head of tliiidepartment of journalism. The banquet this....year will follow the precedent set tvioidears ago, being modelled after theiXpnual Gridiron banquet given each4eir in Washing ton by the National ;Press club. An innovation at;:tbis year's ban quet will be the, awarding of a Brown Derby to the senior'attending the 'af fair, adjudged by.','.the members of the fraternity to ha - V . e . gone throught his college careervith the least amount of effort. TtW,ptudent who is awarded the Brow4perby will be asked to wear it 'o6*er he goes about town or carritqa.tor the week '.following the affair: V-.,. Ralph D. Hetzel, president of the College has given his assurance that he will attend the third annual Grid- . iron Ranquet to be held in Nittany Lion Inn next Thursday, March 14 under the sponsorship of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism . Dater . nity.. President Hetzel will attend with affair. as a guest of honor, along with Richard C. Harlow 'l2, recently ap pointed head feotliall coach at Har vard University. Other prominent persons who are being contacted by the fraternity have not yet signified Whether they will be able to attend. Invitations to the banquet will be sent out to more than - 175 prominent members, of the faculty and student leaders 'tonight. Tickets to the affair State Debaters To Meet W. & M. Benjamin, Fry To Discuss Arms Question in Joint Debate Thursday Night. Debating in parliamentary style for the first time on the campus this year, Donald S. Fry '35 and Lester M. Ben jamin '37 , will join two representa tives from William and Mary College in a discussion on the armament ques tion in the Home Economics audi torium, Thursday night at 6:30 o'- clock.. This contest will mark the third feature debate this year, the other two having been an Oxford de bate early_ in the Fall, and the split team contest held with the University of Pittsburgh last Thursday. Following a historical analysis of the question 'by a' debater from Wil liam and Mary, Benjamin will recom mend a resolution in favor of the pre ' ention of the international shipment of .armi).appriraitionafiy,fani jater: this resolutiOn on the grounds of its practicability and . will move, an amendment to the proposed.plan. Assembly To Discuss Question • Remaining . neutral on the proposi tion, the second oppiment can either defend the status quo or propose a new 'plan. However he will first have to get rid of the resolutions on the floor. After the Thir constructive speeches have been delivered, the chairman will turn the proposed questions over. to the assembly. Two minutes will be al loted to, any person in the audience for discussion. Speakers will be re stricted,..-from speaking more than twice during the forum. When discussions • have been com pleted, an audience vote will be taken. The assembly will then adopt some official stand on thi armament prob lem. In order that persons attending the debate can attend the Artist's Course presentation that night, the contest will be over by 8 o'clock. the active support of all upperclass men, and at the present time this is not the case here. He said that the up perclassmen must be sold on the principle of customs and must be determined'to see that the system is efficient.. "Not very long ago, this was the attitude of the upperclassmen. I'm afraid that this attitude has gone and may not be recaptured. The vast in crease in the number of students en rolled at the College is largely respon sible for the change. ( "In earlier years the upperclass men closest to the freshman were most diligent in seeing that he obey ed customs and that he was thorough ly punished if he didn't. Now, the upperclassmen closest to the fresh man are the ones who arc trying to 'shield him from the system. The reason for this change is that the upperclassmen are not themselves con vinced of the necessity of having customs," the dean explained. Fir this reason, the dean felt that it is possible that freshman customs cannot be revived to their former usefulness. However, he believed that, some customs .should be retained, if only to make the freshmen feel that they are freshmen. When questioned concerning the immediate situation, the dean said that he believed that the "prohibitive' customs, such as dating and smoking', should be lifted in the near future, while the dress customs should be con tinued until the regular Move-Up Day, SDAY, MARCH 5, 1935 itial 1 i Guest ~,.. Krauss Will' Give sth I,: klecture Speaker To Conciast Classical Social Order With That Of Presekbay. The fifth open -lecture by faculty , members under thelanapices of the Liberal Arts Sclioollwill be given in the Home Economjauditorium at 7:30 o'clock. At,thigtinie Dr. Frank lin _B. Krauss;"*Scielatc l. • professor of Latin, wil presetAlielt‘in "Behind. Dr..7Krauss iss raduate.Of "the University' of .Pennsylvaniai having ,received the degrees of A. 8., A. M. and PhD. from that institution. Ever since •his undergraduate days. he has been interested in present-day social forces and has studiedithe background for them in'anCient "The social forces that operate at any one time in the production of a new order can be appreciated and evaluated only partially by observers who are themselves engulfed in the process. Yet by interpreting the major aspects of a past civilization we can understand more fuly similar elements at work in our own destiny," Dr. Krauss declared recently. In his talk tonight, the speaker will attempt such an interpretation by comparing and contrasting, the many strands of influence in the social pat tern of classical Rome with like strands in our social fabric. The talk, which will be followed by questions and discussion, is open to students, faculty members, and townspeople. Agriculturists' Group Honors 2 College Men Edwin g. Bayard, a trustee of the College, and Floyd S. Bucher 'lO were elected honorary • members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its annual banquet re cently. Both men were honored for out standing contributions in the field of agriculture. Mr. Bucher, who is at .present the county agent of Lancas ter county, received a certificate for serving more than twenty-five years as an agriculturist. Mr. Bayard was presented with the certificate for his services in - organizing and directing rural extension activities. Election to the society constitutes the highest honor in agriculture in the country. The history of the so ciety goes back to the Revolutionary War when George Washington and Benjamin Franklin chartered the or ganization for the "promotion and ad vancement of the art of agriculture." Lutheran Temperance Group Elects Officers Burton C. Bastuscheck '3B was chosen president of the Young Peo ple's Branch, organized at the W. C. T. U. meeting in the Grace Lutheran Church Tuesday evening. Robert B. Elkin '3B was elected treasurer of the group. Other officers are Betty Houtz, vice president, and Ruby Eder, secretary. Rev. John F. Harkins, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, was named adviser. rgiait To Play in Auditorium Tonight „ „„., .., ..,...,.....i.„.„.•,..:,,::::::-...,......:.•:•:•;:•;?.....;fA , ... ... . , ......., ~ .. .. . • ~......,.:,...,...-::.:••••:•:.:.•:„:;::::::•.:::.*:::';;.7;PkM4 ::,............? ...:,....::::::::: ..,.., ~.. , . . . .. :,- .., ..... :,......;„.• ..........i.-,,, ~'......,.',.:.:.),:ii-.:1,.; '?...,... -- '.• ..,....,..:;... .„..• ~.......,,.,!--;,,,:?.-.:,,.....',..p..,.'.,.„.....j..' .-,. .iiie....k.5. ~ .":. ..• ::;.:-;'-'-„, : . ;i.. - ~.' , -;' - 41' , .. .....::: : ::..."‘. . ,..i?. - .:, ".' -...4.1.,..,:1..5..".fi'11...2. ..:,,,::: ....,. % ~,...:,... . ~, - ... ,, z,..,.. • ... 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This comedy will be presented March 30. • The play depicts the activities of the jury behind the scenes of the courtroom in a small town in New Jer sey. It was written by Fred Ballard and produced several years ago with Mrs. Fiske in the leading role. Jean F. Woodruff' '36, Mary Louise Freer '37 'and Al J. Schwadron '3B have been selected for the leading roles. Others named at this time for parts in the cast include Harriet E. forties '37, Doris E. Sanford '37, Isi dore Levin '3B, M. Elizabeth Nichols '38 , , Harry W. Reed '3B, Charles M. Robbins ;38, Irving Tersuhow '3B, John E. Turner '3B, and Nellie B. Gravatt, graduate student. Those taking minor parts in the production , will be announced later, Professor Mason declared. There are still .ten -persons , to:belbamed' in the; iag. l 4fit; c''Writ'Attpfgitt.. lhoSt ,- alreadie selected.: . : ' •!.1: After graduating here in 1917, the director became associated with the Thespians as their director. When the Penn State Players became or ganized in 1920, Professor Mason was associated with Prof. Arthur C. Cloe tingh, director of the organization and head of the department of dramatics, as assistant director. Until 1931 he directed many of the productions, specializing in mystery dramas, farces, and comedies. Among his productions are "The Cat and the Canary," "Seven Keys to Baldpate," "Merton of the Movies," "Is Zat So," and "The Donovan Affair." Banner's Father Dies Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, was called suddenly to St. Louis, iSo., on Saturday night because of the death of his father. All• of his classes are meeting as usual with the exception of Journalism 4. He is expected .to return tomorrow. Department Heads Vote 3-to-1 Against 'Cuts' Lowering Grades "Practices with regard to making up both excused and unexcused ab seam differ among the various depart— ments. The student should acquaint himself with the practice of the de, partments 'in which he is pursuing courses." • The above paragraph is from page 18 of "Regulations Affecting Under graduate Students," as adopted by the College Senate in 1932. Para graphs 43 through 56 in this•booklet are the only official rules pertaining to cuts which exist in this College. Any departmental or other "cut system" now in force exists without due authority. But practice belies the facts of the cave, and Student Board, in an• at tempt to discover the practice con cerning cuts in the' various depart ments, recently conducted an inquiry among forty-two undergraduates de partments in seven Schools, with re turns being made from thirty-six of the departments. The Education School is not included because of poor returns. One general conclusion seems to be possible—the first sentence of the paragraph above is most decidedly true, for the survey shows that there is College-wide disagreements as to the policy to be followed concerning cuts. The student should most cer tainly try to. acquaint himself with the practice of the .department but right , there he will have trouble be cause thirty of .the thirty-six depart- Faculty Members Will Discuss `Validity of Educational Test' at Session. All members of the College staff and any interested students have been invited to attend the meeting of the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors in the second floor lounge of Old Main Friday night, at 7:30 o'clock. The topic for discussion, "The Validity of Educational Tests," will be presented by a committee headed by Dr. William E. Butt, of the depart ment of economics and sociology, in cluding Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter and Dr. Willard Waller, of the department of education and psychology; Dr. Warren B. Mack, of the department of horticulture; and Dr. Frederick W. Owens, of the department of mathematics. Last fall's preliminary statement of the Carnegie Foundation concern ing the integration between the lower and upper divisions of our educational machinery occasioned ,so much discus sion that it was believed worth while to examine, prior to the release of the complete findings, the whole mat tee' ,of the validity•of tests and the rropiitriVagcr'-lvhFit were fghTri.l'f.. • , ;The open meeting will be preceded by an' informal dinner meeting .in the Old Main Sandwich Shop at .6:30 o'- clock, at which the Executive Com mittee of the Board of Trustees of the. College will be the guests of the Association. Only members of the As sociation wilt be admitted to the dinner. 3 Metallurgy Texts Prepared by Faculty Texts designed especially for -prac tical instruction in specific fields are being prepared by faculty members. The second of three books en metal lurgy .prepared under this program has been received Trom the printer. Instruction in the field of metal lurgy is bZing given by the extension division in some of the largest steel mills in the . State to .facilitate in struction for students of the College who are unable to come to the earn pus. ments admit that they have no uni form cut law. In the most important question on the survey, there were three times as many department heads who op posed lowering grades merely because of cuts as there were those who favor ed such action. The count was eighteen against, six for, two unde cided, two left it to the individual professor, three did not answer, and three evaded the question. In addition, two believed a student's grades should be lowered for cutting, but that it was unfair to flunk a man purely for cut ting reasons. By a vote of four to three, depart ment heads expressed their disap proval of a less strict cutting law for the two upper classes or for the senior class. The vote was the same on both questions, twelve favored such a law, sixteen opposed it, six didn't answer, one didn't care, and one was opposed to all cutting laws. Asked for their preference among an all-College cut law, a School cut law, or a departmental cut law, the department heads indicated that they didn't want any of them. The totals were: all-College law, twenty oppos ed, nine favorable, and three not answering; School laW, eighteen op posed, seven favorable, one undecided, and six not answering; departmental law, twenty opposed, five favorable, and seven not answering. One depart- (Continued on page six) COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS String Group To Play Here On Thursday Artists Include Works Of 3 Composers In Program. To Feature Beethoven, Debussy, and Dvorak Compositions for the string quartet by Beethoven, Debussy, and Dvorak will be offered by the Budapest String Quartet in Schwab auditorium Thurs day at 8 o'clock. The concert will be the fourth of the 1934-35 Artists' Course Series. A number of reserved seats for the concert are on sale at the Athletic office, Old Main, and may be pur chased there this week. Subscribers to season tickets for the series arc advised to tear off the section printed for Green Pastures, which is dated February 18, and to hold it for admission on May 6 to the New York Orchestra. The orch estra was booked by the executive committee of the Artists' Course aft er Green Pastures withdrew from the contract under a four weeks' cancel lation clause. Three-part Program A string quartet composition by Beethoven, opus 18, number 3, in D major will be played to open the program. The movements are allegro, andante con moto, allegro, and presto. The second number will be Debussy's quartet in G minor, opus 10, with. the movements anime tres decide, assez vif et bien rythme, and andantino doucement expressif, and tree modern. Dvorak's quartet in E-flat major, opus 51, with allegro ma non troppo, dumka (elegie), romance, and finale will close the program. Large Repertoire The Budapest String Quartet, which was heard in America last year has the largest repertoire of any en semble of its kind. It' includes all of—the,standardzclasstcs,..apd, the ; ex-. atonal doiriPOsers: Some of these 'works 'and composers, never heard in the United States be fore, were introduced during the first visit of the quartet to America in January, 1931. Although their greatest successes have l•een achieved with the classics, the members of the quartet are known as fine interpreters of the moderns. Redaly, Bartok, and others have written special compositions for the ensemble. The Hindemith Quar tet written for, and introduced by, the quartet in their first .A meecnn appearance has been played over the radio in foreign countries since then with continued success. Valuable Old Instruments The four artists who comprise the ensemble play some of the finest in struments of an old Italian make. Jo sef Roismann, first violinist, plays a Petrus Guaneri and Stefan Ipolyi, vi olist, has a Karel van der Meer. The cello which Mischa Schneider uses is a Carlo Testore and the instrument used by Alexander Schneider, second violinist, is a Vuillaume. • Thurman Illustrates Christianity's Failure "There is no more searching ques tion which Christianity must answer than this: "What does it have to offer to the dispossessed and disinherited?" Dr. Howard Thurman, professor of systematic theology at Howard Uni versity, Washington, D. C., asked in his chapel address in Schwab au ditorium. "Since Jesus was a member of a disinherited minority in the Roman Empire," the speaker continued, "his religion had to be that of another world. The appeal of Christianity is not necessarily to the weak and de spised, but It addresses itself to the deepest needs of those, about it and makes life significantfor them." 'Because the ethical ideals of Christ are complete absolutes and thus con flict with environment, Dr. Thurman pointed out, the Christian finds him self living always in a region of com promise. Those who try to hold to these ideals become martyrs, he con tinued. Christians must realize that this is an unideal world and while they may yield to society they should realize that in doing so they have failed, the speaker declared, "Founders of religions," Dr. Thur man said, "have always had disciples to act as a sort of laboratory. Here, in an environment which could be controlled, they tested their ideals. The person who would live profuse ly, wisely, and well must also find a private world of his own and then project himself into diseased society as a healer," the speaker concluded.
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