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Volume 31—Number 12
8 Undefeated
Men To Fight
In Navy Meet
Both Mat Teams Have
Perfect Records
For Season.
Strength, Weaknesses
Of 2 Squads Coincide
By VANCE PACKARD
Dress rehearsals are over
This year, Penn State wrestlers
have regarded the first five meets of
the season simply as preliminary try
outs where they were able to rehearse
their repertoire of tricks in prepara
tion for the meat. Now the rehear
sals are over and the Lions are faced
with the stark reality of meeting
Navy—the train—in Recreation hull
tomorrow nig,ht, at 7 o'clock.
In the meet tomorrow, Navy is
straying from its Annapolis lair for
the first and only time this year. Its
record for the 'ear is perhaps even
more enviable than Penn State's.
Both teams are undefeated; and both
teams have one-sided victories over
Lehigh, reigning Eastern Intercol
legiate champion.
Meet a 'Natural
Navy has beaten Penn, Chicago, Le
high, Harvard, and Pitt. The Penn,
Chicago, and Pitt meets were won by
shut-outs. Penn Stale has lop-sided
victories over Miami, Columbia, Cor
nell, Lehigh, and Syracuse. Navy and
Penn State are the only two major
teams in the East that have unde
feated records.
The meet -can be justly described
as a "natural." It would be futile
for any sooth-sayer to predict the
outcome of the meet—or even the out
come of any one single bout. The
strength of the two teams coincide
in every instance. Where State is
strong, Navy is strong and where
State is weak, Navy is also weak.
Undefeated wrestlers ' from both
teams will battle in four of the
matches—four men arc destined to
receive their first set-backs of the
year tomorrow. These super-super
colossal struggles 'will *be' Waged *in
the 7.118=;-.1:35-,' 155-; 'and 165-Poiind
elassts.
In•summing• up hiS deScription of
the Navy team- to the• Penn 'State
squad recently,• Coach Charlie 'Spei
del said, 'You won't need• to worry
about having Navy wrestlers diving
ofF the mat- every time you rush them.
They •are lighters through and
through.
"They are powerful, they^are smart,
and they will scrap every second—
whether they are winning or losing.
Don't expect them to quit, or even
rest, when they are on bottom. They
will give everything they've got right
up until the final bell. Thcy won't
try to ride you for time advantages
—they work for folk. And when
(Continued (171 page three)
Martin Will Play
For Hop Tonight
Japanese Decorations To Lend
Oriental Air; To Feature
"The Makinettes".
With fraternity booths selected and
decorations being put in place, all is
in readiness for the annual Soph flop,
second major dance of the year, which
will feature the music of ' Freddy
Martin in Recreation hall tonight, ac
cording lip Alvin S. Newmcyer '37,
chairman of the Soph Hop committee.
Martin's orchestra is composed of
fourteen men, including the maestro
himself. 'there are three saxophones,
three violins, one bass, two pianos, one
guitar, one trombone, one trumpet,
:nal one drum. One of the features
of Marlin's band is the Martinettes,
a trio of vocalists composed of Wes
Vaughan, Jack Condon, and Elmer
Feldltamp.
Japanese Decorative Theme
Decorations for the dance, which
will be put op by the decorators this
morning, will lend an Oriental atmos
phere to the dance since the main
scheme of the decoration motif will
be Japanese. Strings of beautifully
tinted Japanese lanterns will be hung
throughout the hall while at one end
of the dance floOr a huge backdrop
will depict Japanese life.
Martin's band comes here with
quite a reputation as a radio band
and has of late risen steadily in popu
larity to become one of the foremost
entertainment bands in the country.
Martin's Sunday afternoon broad
casts have brought him to the atten
tion of thousands of music lovers and
of Into his recognition has been
spreading through the pages of the
large radio magazines of the country.
Carnegie Library
oSemi-Weekly'
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Tickets Now Available
For Gridiron Banquet
All persons who have received
invitations to the third annual
Gridillm Banquet, to be held in the
Nittany Lion Inn next Thursday
under the sponsorship of Sigma
Delta Chi, professional journalism
fraternity, may obtain tickets by
presenting their invitations at
Student Union desk in the lobby of
Old Main any time before 5 o'-
clock next Tuesday.
Gut!AL; of honor who are expect
ed to be present at the Banquet.
are Richard J. Bearish, chief
zounsel to the Slate Public Service
Commission; Secretary Arthur
Colegrove, of the Department of
Properties and Supplies); tEeere
tary Edward N. Jones, of the De
partment of Labor and Industry;
Harry E. Kalodner, secretary to
the Governor; and State Senator
Edtva••d J. Thompson, of "the 34th
district.
Governor Earle has been extend
ed an invitation to thL affair, but
its Yet the fraternity has received
no reply roe him.
Thespian Designs
4 Sets for Show
Porterfield Completes Scenes
For 'Don't Let On'; Uses
Modernistic Note.
Scenery designs for four of the
' eight sets of the coining Thespian
show, "Don't Let On," by John S.
Naylor, have been completed by Hen
ry Porterfield who has been develop
ing the scenic designs and effects
through hearing the show rdwm•sed.
The scenery is all modernistic in
style and color, according to Porter
field, who has been designing theat
rical scenery for some time and has
solely handled Thespian wort: here
for the past four years. Ile design
ed the scenery for "Old King Cole,"
produced here in 1933, "We, the Peo
ple," produced here in 1032, and "My
Stars,'' which was pUt on here last
. . •
"Because dt.iti,highly,probable that
this show will. go on the road, it has
beat., especially hard to design..the
scenery for, it 41.41nd, the designer
must take into account, weight, bulk,
and things like wear and tear, which
would be of tittle consideration if the
show, was to be produced here exclu
sively," Mr. Porterfield said.
Under the direction of Mr. Porter
field a large group of scenic artists
will take up the painting of the dif
ferent sets as soon as the stage crew,
which is under the direction of Gor
don B. Davis '35, has constructed the
sets.
Among the set.; already designed
by Mr. Porterfield is a scene showing
the courtyard of the Duke of Spu
moni in Italy, rendered in modernis
tic effects, a scene showing the play
ers aboard ship, a silhouette scene,
and a "Winter Wonderland" set. that
mom especially created as background
for the "Winter Wonderland" lyrics
which "Chang" Smith, who wrote the
original lyrics of that number, has
written exclusively for the Thespians.
Mussolini Unjustified in Sending
Troops to Africa; Pundt Avers
That conditions in Abyssinia defi
nitely did not warrant Alussolini's
snding 30,000 of his troops to Africa,
was stated by Alfred G. Pundt, in
structor in history and political sci
ence, in an interview Wednesday.
"Italy's actions in this situation are
entirely unnecessary and unjustill
able. They can he explained only as
national gestures, intended to impress
other European countries with Italy's
military strength. Mussolini's mo
tives for staging this military dem
onstration probably arc to warn his
neighboring countries • of Italy's
strength, and also to bolster up his
own waning prestige in Italy," Mr.
Pundt explained.
Ile said that it was obviously im
possible to say positively whether
Mussolini is deliberately scheming to
annex Abyssinia as a part of his
imperialistic plans. However, it
would appear that Mussolini has def
inite designs on that piece of African
wilderness, he stated.
Mr. Punch placed little hope for
peace in the fact that Italy and Abys
sinia had agreed upon a neutral zone
between the possessions of the two
countries, and that they seemingly
had agreed to arbitrate. lie said that
it was hard to think that Mussolini
would send all of those troops to Af
rica if he really planned to make a
peaceful Battlement. ,
When asked whether he saw any
similarity between the Abyssinian af
fair and Japan's acquisition of Man
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935
Barrett H. Clark
To Give Lecture
Here Wednesday
Noted Writer, Critic
Will Speak in L. A.
Lecture Series.
Speaker To Explain
Views of Backstage
Presenting both a backstage and an
audience picture of the American the
atrc, Barrett 11. Clark, writer, critic,
and anthologist, will appear here in
the third of the special series of Lib
eral Arts lectures, Wednesday night.
Mr. Clark, who has spoken here on
several , occasions in t h e past under
the auspices of the College and the
Penn State Players, is known as a
writer, literary advise•, business man
and an enthusiast for American dra
ma. Ile has travelled and studied
extensively in Europe and was at one
time stage manager and actor with'
the late Mrs. Fiske.
Ilas Written Widely
Ile was the first to translate and
make known in English the work of
a score of French playwrights and
he has written widely in American,
English, and Continental magazines.
Ile wrote the first textbook on ama
teur producing, "flow to Produce
Plays," which has since been reprint
ed and used all over the United States
and England. Among his latest works
are biographies of Eugene O'Neill
and Maxwell Anderson.
Mr. Clark has served as dramatic
critic• on The Drama, literary adviser
to Samuel French, and has contribut
ed to leading drama publications and
New York newspapers. During the
past ten years, lie has been engaged
in militant work on behalf of young
American dramatists, as critic and
adviser. Ile was among the first to
recognize the talent of Eugene o'-
Neill. At the same time, he has waged
war against all forms of censorship
and has been prominent in the fights
against moral reformers.
Because of his limited time, Mr.
Clark has repeatedly refused requests
for-speaking-engagements not within'
easy reach of New York' City, hut
has consented now to a tour.which
is taking him to the Pacific coast.
Speaking in an inforinal "shop' talk"
fashion, Mr. Clark will present an in
timate 'knowledge of present-day
playwrights and theatre conditions,
Loth in New York and throughout
the country.
The lecture will be given iri the
auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Wednes
day night. An admission fee of Oxen
ty-five cents will he charged. Tickets
will go on sale at Dean Storldart'sl
office and at the Student Union desk, !
Monday, March 11.
Whitmore Appointed
Dean Frani: C. Whitmore, of the
School of Chemistry and Physics, has
been appointed to a committee on
deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, by the
National Research Council. Seven
colleges and universities, the United
States Bureau of Standards, the Gen
eral Electric company, and the Carne
gie Institution of Washington are
represented on the committee.
churia, he said, "There is very little
similarity. Manchuria is a much
more valuable piece of territory than
Abyssinia. Italy's reasons for want
ing this barren, uncivilized territory
are not so 'ouch a matter of economic
necessity as they arc that Mussolini
wants to increase his prestige with
the Italian people. He apparently
believes that such a conquest would
strengthen his hold on Italy.
"The League of Nations could prob
ably avert the impending Abpisinian
war if it wanted to take, action; but,
thus far this body has kept a dis
creet silence. Abyssinia has appeal
ed to the League but it has refused
to act. This crisis puts the League
in an extremely precarious position.
If it should attempt to rebuke Mus
solini, Italy would undoubtedly with
draw from the body. If Italy should
drop out, only three of the seven ma
jor powers would remain, and then
the League would be entirely power
less."
The reason which Italy has given
for sending its troops is that it must
protect its possessions, Italian Somali
land, and Eritrea from Abyssinia. This
possession is in the extreme eastern
portion -of central Africa, and bor
ders on Abyssinia. The trouble first
began in December when Abyssinian
tribesmen are alleged to have crossed
the border and killed several persons
at the Italian post, Afduh. However,
Yesus, Abyssinian consulate in Rome,
vehemently denies that this was the
case.
To Sing in Auditorium Monday Night
Personnel of the Varsity Quartet: Marvin L. Eshelman 'XL first tenor
Ebert 1,. Badger '36, second tenor; Burton Emden jr. '35, first bass; .1
Fred Getz '35, second bass; and Donald it. Dixon '37, accompanist.
Union, State To Appear in Glee
Club Sing; Wesleyan Withdraws
2 Groups To Give Join
All 3 Will Appe
Wesleyan College of Middletown,
Conn., winner of the New England
intercollegiate glee club contest, will
not be present to sing in the concert
festival with Union College, of Sche
nectady, N. Y., and Penn State glee
clubs Monday night.• The concert will
take the form of a joint program by
the two clubs and will be held in
Schwab auditorium ut eight o'clock.
..Both. the. Penn...-. l 9;.ite. and Union
College groups, as well ,as Negleyary,
will take part' in the'All-Easterg in- 1
tereollegiate• glee club eoneert-festieid
$lOO Refused by
Borough Council
Burgess Leitzeil Claims Be Will
Sue College Unless Town
Receives Money.
' Student, Council's offer to donate
$lOO toward the repair of the pave
ment of College avenue at. Allen
street, said' to have been damaged by
a student bonfire last fall, aroused a
lengthy discussion at a meeting of
the State Coi!ex, borough council
during which liurgeas Wilbur F.
Lcitzell staled that he would be on
willing to accept the "donation" and
that he was prepared to sue the Col
lege if necessary.
The discussion ended in sending the
Student Cumacil letter to Col. .1.
Franklin Shields, president of the
Board of Trustees. and also recalling
to his mind a conversation in which
he is quoted as saying that the Col
lege :dumbl pay fur all damage ilea•
by the students, :toil that he 'felt that
the students were misguided in their
attitude.
Council Recalls Conversation
The conversation in which Colonel
Shields is quoted as having stated
this is said to have taken place be
tween Colonel Shields, Burgess Leitz
ell, Prof. B. Colgate, of the
department of industrial engineering,
and Colonel William P. Rothrock,
president of Ihe borough council, who
in an interview with a reporter some
time afterwards laid the blame for
student demonstrations on the. Col
lege administration. Prof. Colgate
first recalled the conversation. winch
took place the morning after the dem
onstration. and it was also recalled by
Burgess Leileell and Colonel Roth
rock.
The Student Council had voted to
donate $lOO towards the repair of
the pavement because it felt that the
estimate of s2o:t made by borough
engineer George Denithorne was too
high since the pavement was laid fif
teen years ago and because of the
condition of the pavemmt previous
to the bonfire. Student Council em
phasised that it was !flaking the "do
nation" merely to maintain goodwill
between the town and the student
body.
School Gets Pictures
Two huge industrial paintings by
Ludwig Henning were presented to
the collection in the Mineral. Indus
tries School recently. One is a gift
of the painter's son, Curtis F. Hen
ning '34, and the other is from Tons
J. Nokes '33.
• Concert Here Monday;
tr in Pittsburgh.
to be held in Pittsburgh Tuesday
night at 8 o'cloch in Behenby high
salmi auditorium.
Dr. Joseph DaPry, director of the
Wesleyan College Glee Club, called'
Prof. Richard W. Grant, head of the !
department of music, by long dis
lance phone \l'erlm,day to inform
him that bee Luse of a regulation
which states that "Wesleyan under-
graduates may not, take more than
/four days away from classes per
senwster," ,the group, will be unable
to :appear here ; ,
' To Enlarge Paris in Progiiiin
'Dr. Dattry explained that if
IVesloyan club stopped here enroute
trA the intercollegiate.; in , Pittsburgh
Tuesday night, the cut privilege
•woul.l be, exceeded by a day and ono
'half. WeSleyan college authorities re
fused to make an exception to this
regulation even though the club could
defray part of the expenses of the
trip by appearing here.
After discussing the !natter with
students, Professor Grant has decid
ed to continue with the original plans,
for the concert here by increasing,
the part in the prog; ant which Un-,
ion College and Penn Stale will tilt!
Before Professor Grant, had made,'
plans for this combined conccrt-fes
(Con( int,v ( l on ye I WO)
Salt Chosen Head
Of PSCA Cabinet
Dorothea Ruth Leads Women;
Lewis Maurer '37 Named
As Men's Leader.
Charles il. Salt 'tat was elected to'
head the combined cabinet of the P.
S. C. A. for Itnls-36 at a alerting or:
thu cabinet. Wednesday afternoon.:
Lewis Maurer 'll7 was named viee-!
president in charge of men's
Lies and Dorothea Guth 'tat, was chits;
en vice-president. in charge or WOlll
- Ileva NI. Lincoln '37, and
:Harry I. Gilbert '3O were named score
tag' and treasurer respectively.
Th
.11e new, ..-cted officers will as- --
sinne office immediately, their first The funny, funny men have once
function being the carrying o ut of a ; again gathered thems:lves together
cabinet planning retreat. at the Chris-; long,
enough to write another issue
Ime Association cabin at, Shingletown
Cap on Alarch 2:1 and .1t this re-! o f Pe t " , the Soph ll apis s ue, which
H•cat the work of the inist year will) approved on the newsstands, notahlyj
,Ire surveyed, and programs and mm-the Froth bar on the Corner, last
'phases for the coaling year will be' n i g ht .
mapped out.
, 1 Among the art features of this is-
j This election of officers mads the sue of the magazine are two full
final stage in the amalgamation of page , photographs of clay figures
the men's and women's activities in j ,scalped by James T. Dugan '37, Froth
the P.S.C.A., the unification having , art editor. One of these carries a
progressed over a period of several "gag" line and it. is believed that
:years. For the first time, the officers this is the first time "gag" lines have
of the P.S.C.A. cabinet were elected • been tagged upon the clay figure situ.
by the cabinet members instead ofj ation.
by the membership at large, and the! Another art feature is the work of
cabinet is now a joint group of both Joseph Balls '3ll and J. Briggs Pro
, men and women, with a single set; ja '36, who present numerous "situ.l Bern renter To Speak
of officers.
Lion gag" drawings. Editorial mat- Dr. Robert G. .Bernrenter, of the
This new plan, which makes pos.! ter includes an F. Lynn Christy '35 School of Education, will deliver the
!sible a more complete harmony, was : sparklet, entitled "Transport," a, weekly engineering lecture in the
adopted as the result of a year's cx-I Northwestern Mounted Police story , Chemistry amphitheatre Friday after
periment with a single cabinet with by Frank If. Hilgartner '36, entitled non at 3:10 o'clock. His subject will
'co-officers. it also permits equal op-j" Law's Length of Arm,' and a case be "Engineering and Personality" in
'portunity for the election of men or study of one "Mcßride" by "Stop Mu- which he will develop the results of
women to the post of president. I nitions Shipments" Jules Vernik '36. investigations which he has made.
rgiatt.
Student Coun
Continuat
Hirsch Explains How
To Report Violations
Surprised, even flabbergasted at
the lack of knowledge on how to
report freshmen violating cus
toms, Paul K. Hirsch '35, senior
class president, yesterday was
moved to words. What, he consid
ered the acme of such ignorance
he expressed thusly, "Why, even
sonic of the boys in my own house
don't know how it's done."
All that is necessary, he ex
plained, is a letter or postcard
mailed to Student Tribunal giving
the violator's Caine and offense
and the name of the sender. This
last is necessary only to check up
on the violation and will lie kept
strictly confidential, he concluded.
Miller To Deliver
Series of Talks
Speaker Will Address Student
Movement Dinner, Open
Mass Meeting Here.
Dr. Francis I'. ➢Tiller, field secretary
'of the Foreign Policy association and
chairman of the World's Student
Christian Federation, will deliver a
series of talks here Sunday and age for clique chairmen was passed
a rule that all cliques must be reg
istered Ly their chairmen with the
P. S. C. A. 'Student Council secretary, Ilenry IL
Dr. Miller will address the chapel
!service in Schwab auditorium at 11
o'clock Sunday morning, on the topic
"Faiths Challenging the Modern
World." The speaker will also ad
dress an open mass meeting in
Schwab auditorium at 7:30 o'clock
Sunday night on "Christianity's An
swer to the Present World Situation."
Several classes on Monday will hear
Dr. Miller speak.
To Speak At Dinner
A Student - Movement - dinner, with
Dr. Miller as guest,' speaker, will be
held in the Old Main Sandwich Shmi
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Emily
INr. Koczansky '35 has been 'named
'chairman of the committee in charge.
j Tickets may be purchased by students,
,faculty members, and townspeople
!from members of the P. S. C. A. cabi-
net, or reservations may be made at
the Christian Association office, $Ol
Old Main, up to noon Sunday.
Dr. Miller's topic for the dinner ad
dress will be "The Christian Interns- !
Donal." Prof. Mary lane Wyland, of
the School of Education, will act as ,
toastmistress. Representatives of
seven other colleges in this area have:
been extended invitations. The col
leges are the Lock Haven, Mansfield,l
and Bloomsburg State Teachers Col-1
loges. Dickinson and Juniata Colleges,!
and Susquehanna and Buckne Uni
The speaker, who was a Ithodex
scholar and who received his M. A.
in modern history at, Oxford, has lived
abroad some eleven years since 1:117,1
and this foreign residence has given I
him exceptional opportunities to be- I
come familiar with international I
problems in Europe and other parts
of the world. From 1926 to 1929 he
was secretary of the World's Student
Christian Federation, with headquari
tern in Geneva.
13ctween 1931 and 1934, 1/r. Miller
served" as a lecturer on international
and social questions at Yale Univer
sit y for a quarter of each year
association in 1931 as field secretary
Froth Soph Hop Issue
Features Clay Figure
Sculptures by Dugan
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
it Favors
on of Customs
Clique Chairmen Must
Have 'l' Average
For Eligibility.
3 Appointed To Study
Move-Up Day Function
Student. Council definitely ended
freshman hopes Tuesday night, by vot
ing Di to 2 for the continuation of
customs until Move-Up Day. The
Council also extended the recognition
of clique work as a regular campus
activity by requiring that all clique
chairmen must have a 'l' average for
their college career in order to hold
office.
The vote on customs came after
only a short discussion and is in line
with the policy of the past several
peat• Furthermore. Student, Coun
cil, in cooperation with Student Trib
unal, is going to make an extended
drive for the st-ict enforcement of
at customs until Move-Up Day,
;which, with the exact date still to be
!set. will be in the first part of May.
No Customs Removed
"It should be understood that no
customs have been removed," explain
ed Roy M. Schuyler T. 7, president of
the sophomore class and secretary of
Tribunal. "Some freshmen believe
that the rule prohibiting smoking on
the campus is no longer in force.
They are mistaken."
Along with the vote on the aver-
Sweeney before arch 15. The
'l' average mile will affect only one
of six chairmen this year.
Make Committee Permanent
The Council also passed a ruling
making the spring Elections Commit
: tee permanent for the whole year.
This means that the sonic committee
will supervise the freshman elections
jin November, the elections for class
; officers and Student Council repre
sentatives in April, and the Athletic
association elections in May.
--A committee - of three was author;
iced to consider means of increasing
the importance of Move-Up Day. It
is probable that the committee will
'consider the donning of some tradi
tional garb by .underdassmen on this
!day, something. similar to the senior
!Lion suits but less expensive than
junior blazers.
This committee attacks a long
standing problem. The importance
of Move-lip Day gradually declined
fn'• a number of years until 1933,
when it reached an all-time low and,
as a consequence, was replaced last
year by a More-Up Day dance, with
the installation of officers and tap
ping ceremonies taking place during
the intermission.
Publication Dance
To Rear Bottorf
Chairman Britton '35 Announces
Plans Set for All-College
Affair. March :30.
Bill Bottorf and his orchestra will
play for the first all-College Publica
tions Dance in Recreation hall on Sat
urday night, Morel) 30, according to
present plans announced yesterday by
George W. Britton 'ls, chairman of
the committee.
Bottorf and his orchestra have not
yet been .sinned • Britton said, but
negotiations are under way. Tho ad
mission price for the dance will be
forty cents per person. Each mem
ber of the junior and senior staffs of
the various publications will retCiV2
one free ticket, but there will lie no
duplications in the ease of member
ship on more than one staff, Britton
said.
Originally the plans vie to have
a well-known national orchestra play
at the dance, such as Ina Ray Hutton.
However, the committee was forced to
drop these negotiations because it
was felt that another major dance
would seriously hurt the attendance
at the class dances and [Meander
nity Ball.
The committee is attempting to
have freAnnan customs lifted for the
night of the dance. An advance ticket
rale will begin about a week and a
half before the affair, Britton said.
Assisting Britton in completing, ar
rangements for the dance are S.
Ralph Strobl '35, Philip G. Evans '56,
Roland W. Oberholtzer '56, and Leon
ard T. Sion', '36.