. • ,tiSel2ll.l.Weekly:: , - 1 , tr . k . r., • .. . 11 . . ,-. ,A\ ESTABLISHED - -• 4 - it 1904 .11 run taritek,......... : _,..( t5,..„:„..:„„);._, .....,...„.„ , ~...._,...... ~ Volunie 31—Number 43 Senate Ruling To Abolish All Secondllonors All - College Averages Of 2.4 Necessary For Awards Too Many Persons Get Mention, Hoffman Says Second !loners have been abolished at graduation as a result of a, ruling passed by the College Senate at their meeting late last week. This will not become effective until 'June, 1936. The new ruling, which was a rec ommendation of the committee on ac ademic standards, *establishes an- av erage of 2.4 as the lowest all-college average which a graduate can have and still qualify for honors. 17 ad dition, the graduate must be in the upper fifteen per, cent of the class. Honors Listed It also ruled that no one will be eligible for honors who hasn't been enrolled 'in the College two years or the summer session equilialent. The changes were the result of a plan which William S. Hoffman, Registrar, and secretary ,to the Senate, has been working on for three years. In the present set-up of honor awards there are four honors levels. The first ranking student in the class is awarded the John 'W. White med al. Then - there are senior scholar ships awarded in the form of the Evan Pugh scholarships and John W. White fellowships. Awards Too Numerous The third and fourth levels are "First Honors" and "Second Honors" and are awarded to graduating .stu dents in the upper fifteen percent of the class, regardless of their average. !I . ..he..rnabi trouble. with the;ifiesent . plair.ef:honorsawards," Mr Hoffman eirplained,-.ls that students who are graduated in. Tune, August, and Feb . -. ruhry don't know Whether or not they are getting honors. Another fault .we have to find is that too many are receiving honors at graduation in June so that it has ceased to become anhonor." Demand For Engineer ' Graduates Increases An index pointing to at least par tial return' of prosperity is evidenced here by the demand for graduates of Engineering. ' Individual calls for experienced en gineers have been coming in - all ydar, according to Dean R. L. Sackett, and general inquiries , about the June graduating class have been received from a number of firms since Janu ary. Several personnel directors have already visited the campus to inter view prospective graduates. Demand for mechanical engineers is apparently leading, Dean Sackett said, with calls for electrical and in &stria] engineers coming close be hind. "Capable graduates in these fields should experience little diffi culty in obtaining'positions this June. Both big and little companies are loking for men, and the requests for engineers is coming from all typesof industry," the school head stated. Long Making Deals for Financial Aid from Industry, Miller Says "Huey Long is today making 'deals' with prominent industrialists where by they will give him financial sup port in return for protection when and if he rises to power in this coun try." This was the statement of Dr. Francis P. Miller, field secretary of the Foreign Policy association and chairman of the World's Student Christian Federation, in an interview Sunday night. "There is a distinct parallel be tween Long and Hitler," Dr. Miller continued._ "The latter's rise to pow er was financed by Thyssen, the steel magnate. COnservative groups in this country realize that Long is a corning threat and' are offering hiro their aid. There is. a distinct danger that he will run for President in 1936, though. I do ',not think he will bes great threat by then unless econ omic conditions are much worse." As' yet Long, Coughlin, and the Hearst presi are not making a great deal of headway in American univer, sities; Dr. Miller believes. There are, he• said, several Fascist groups, but most of them' see Long as a coming power and are "playing around" with him because of what theymay . get out 200 Will Go To Hell at Gridiron Banquet as Proteges of Satan Two hundred persons will go to Hell Thursday night. They will enter the mouth of Hell• to be guests of the Devil for the eve ning. They will'be escorted about by screaming imps, and will witness the execution of several prominent cam pus figures. Duplicate Derby Displayed For Hell has been chosen• as the decoration motif for the third annual Gridiron Banquet to be held in the Nittany Lion Inn at 7 o'clock Thurs day night under the sponsorship of Sigma Delta' Chi, professional jour nalism fraternity. A duplicate of the Brown Ddrby, which will be awarded to the senior who has gone through school with the least effort, may be seen in Stark Brothers and .Harper's window. The fraternity felt that the original Der by was far too valuable to risk in a public place until the night of the Banquet. The senior who receives the Derby will be requested to wear it about town and campus the day following the Banquet. Rambo To Roast .Leaders The only chance for the beridden guei;ts at the Banquet to reply to their tormenters will be in the talk at the close of de affair given by Presi dent Ralph D. Hetzel. He will give a short talk rebutting the skits and "roasting" the members of the fra ternity in turn. Alumni Directory Will List 20,000 Association To Publish Names . Of Graduates For First Time Since 1920. For the first time since 1920, the Penn State Alumni Association will publish .a complete directory of College graduates and former stu dents .in ..the.:rtear;-future.... . '' The 'Association. h'as sent' outs quer ies to 21,000 'alumni to find out how "ManY would' purchase such a. direc tory if it were published.. Two thou sand five hundred 'subscriptions were necessary in order to print it, and . 2,100 have bden returned already, with more coming in every day. Three Divisions Made It is planned that the directory will contain information concerning 20,- 000 alumni and former students. It will include the, person's name, his course, his present address, his pres ent occupation, his rank or title in the corporation in which he is em ployed, and his fraternity. All of the 20,000 names will be list ed under three separate classifica tions. They will be listed according to their geographical location, their ,classes, and alphabetically. The di rectory will contain several hundred pages and will be six by nine inches square. . Davey On Lecture Trip Dr. Wheeler P. Davey, research professor . of chemistry and physics, is fulfilling a series of four speaking engagements before -sections of the American Chemical Society in the mid-west. Last night he spoke to a group of chemists at Dayton, Ohio, and he will complete his tour with lectnres before_ groups at Cincinnati, Purdue, and the University of Indi ana. "The present wave of nationalism has come about because the people of this country are sick of Europe and all forms of internationalism," Dr. Miller said. "The demagogue of the- Long type has anticipated this national mood and capitalized on it. While he may have intensified the mt. tionalistic spirit, he. has been a re sult ratfier than a cause." To combat the growing strength of Fascism, Dr. Miller advocated that the public be educated to what he termed ',`radical democratic prin ciples." Colleges in 'particular should offer lectures, or written articles ex plaining and interpreting the old doc trines-of Jefferson, 'Tyler, and other early American radicals. "Because Capitafism . and Democ: racy -have grown up together," he said, "people. tend to confuse them and • feel 'that we cannot eliminate the one without the other. As a re sult they turn to• European socialis tic, doctrine as the -solution to our problems, forgetting that we have al most' the same doctrines advocated by political philosophers in our own Country. Certainly 'their • chance of success would-be greater if they could use Jefferson as an authority rather than Marx." ' ' The part of the Devil will be played be Burton Bowles jr. '35, and Wil liam Y. E. Rambo '35 will be Roast master, who will act as master of ceremonies during the affair. The Devil will have all charge of the en tertainment. The imps as well as all the parts in the skits will be played by members of the fraternity. Political Skit Planned Persons who have received invita tions to the affair may get their tick-. ets by presenting the invitations at the Student Union desk in the lobby' of Old Main. The committee reports ,that the sale of tickets is proceeding faster than was expected. The din ing room in which the affair is to be held holds only 200 persons, so the attendance is limited to that number. 'The deadline for purchasing tickets is 5 o'clock tonight. A recent addition to the script is a skit which will "roast" the present Pennsylvania political set-up. It was thought advisable to include such a script when the fraternity found out that at least four prominent State politicians would be present at the' Banatiet. Tney are Senator Edward J. Thompson, of the 39th district; Richard 3. Beamish, chief counsel to the Public Service Commission; Sec retary Edward N. Jones, of the de partment of Labor and Industry; and : Secretary Arthur Colegrove, of the department of Properties and Sup plies. Glee Club Leaves For College Meet Ist, 2nd Places Will Give State Songsters Broadcasting Chance Over KDKA Members of the Penn State Glee club left this morning for Pittsburgh to participate in the All-Eastein In 'tercollegiate Glee Club Concert-Fes. , third _tonight.. The competition will ho held izi the•ballrooin :of :the: Williarn Penn•Hotal at 8 o'clock, instead of in Schenley 'High .School as originally announced ` by . the committee in charge. Tho Penn State Glee club will sing over radio station KDKA, Pittsburgh, if it places first or second in the con test against other state and district winners. . Tho broadcast will be at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. To Sing At Convention The club will arrive in Pittsburgh by bus shortly after noon today and will attend the Intercollegiate Glee Club' banquet at the Fort Pitt Hotel. Other clubs present will, be Dennison College, representing Ohio; Union College, which appeared here last night and which represents New York state; George . Washington University, representing the District of Colum bia; Wesleyan College, representing ;the New England states; and Penn 'State; representing Pennsylvania. Tho glee club has been appointed to sing at the convention of Eastern Music Supervisors to be held in South Hills High School auditorium at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternon. It is the only club asked to sing there. Glee Club Members Members of the Glee club who sang last night in Schwab auditorium in the joint concert with Union College and who are making the trip to' Pitts burgh are: Tenors: Marvin L. Eshelman '35, William H. Linton '36, Richard E. Snoke '36, Paul A. Noll '37, Richard W. O'Connor '37, Richard C. Shoe maker '37, Herbert S. Cohn '3B, Clif ton J. King '3B, Herbert L. Seidelman '3B, and Bergen R. Suydam '3B. Second tenors: Stephen B. Gilliard 35, Joseph Hower '35, Charles T. Potts '35, Ebert L. Badger '36, Rich ard. P. Nicholas, jr. '37, Charles W. Tilden '37, Joseph K. Cook '3B, and Charles Walters '3B. Baritones: Arthur C. Harper '35, John W. Kreeger '35, John 0. Linton, Ir. '35, William B. Mead '35, Burton Bowles '35, Edwin J. Griffiths '36, Donald Dixon '37, and Norman land^37. - Basses: Fred d, Getz' '35, George F. Mogdeburger '36, Lester W. Ritter '36, Raymond G. Sloan, jr. '37, Ralph DuVzo '3B, Edward M. Leigh '3B, David P. Osborne '3B, and James P. Uhangat '3B. Jones Gives Workmen' Lectures On First Aid Lectures on first aid and safety, which Prof. Daniel C. Jones, of the mineral industries extension division, hits been giving before miners throughout the state, are now being presented before workers in petro leum refineries and natural gas plants. The talks are illustratei with exhibits of appropriate safety devices and demonstrations of effec- tive first aid. STATE COLLEGE, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1935 WCAV •Will Broadcast Matlntercollegiates Arrangerrients have been made to have theastern Intercollegi ate wrestlink...'matches broadcast by the. twe'iiiost powerful radio stations in .1 3 ,hiladelphia, WCAU and KYW,Aliis week-end. Melvin J. Fox '35, Dissident of the wrest ling associati4 this year, made ar rangementi;',Aer the broadcasts last week. The two a tions will devote a total , of feuilf hours and fifteen minutes to "the tournament. On Friday , :afteinoon WCAU will broadcast tli . ;preliminaries from 3 to 4:30 o'4ock, and KYW will broadcast from 5 to 6 o'clock. KYW will ..Tifinounce the results of the semitnals Friday night from 11:15 11:30 o'clock. Dur ing the. flails Saturday. night, KYW'will ben the air from 7:30 until 8 o'clock., WCAU will an nounce the.'sult ,of the finals from 8:30. ttt.9 o'clock, and the second and talid place winners will be announceOrom 10:30 to 11 o'- clock. 1. Stoddatt,. Clark To Deliver Talks Dean To Tine& Rise of Liberal • Arts Here; Critic To Give Ideas : . ?n Theater. Dean Charl4lW. Stoddart, of the School of • Liber ‘ al Arts, and Barret 11. Clark, critic; writer, and anthol ogist, will . spetilii in tho Liberal Arts lecture series:tfmight and tomorrow. night. Dean - Stoddart will speak 'on "The Developnient A ef: .the Liberal Arts . School at the.P,ennsylvania State Col lege in theLllcomi Economics audi tom= at 7:30..0,c10ck tonight. Mr. Clark will deliver an address in the third the special , seriew of lectures in Schwab nnclitikiurir tomorrow night Tedt& aw - Dean. to:Trace. History Dean..Stoddart!s. lecture will trace the historS , and -,development of • the school, showing , its growth and changes.- Me will; explain -the advan tsges of- the present system of upper. and lower divisions in both the Lib eral Arts and Education Schools: Certain of the more radical ideas in education; cuts, and the grade point system will be discussed. The lec ture- will close. with a survey- of the needs and hopes of the future Liberal Arts School here. Speaking informally, Mr. Clark will present the inside facts about contemporary playwrights ' and thea ter conditions in 'New York and the country at large.. An admission fee of, twenty-five-cents will be charged. Clark Upholds Drama Mr. Clark has' appeared here sev eral times in the - past. He is well known as-a supporter of experiment- al and legitimate drama, and has written a textbook on amateur pro ducing, "How To Produce Plays," which has become a handbook for pro ducers of amateur theatricals. When Mr. Clark spoke here in 1927, he said,. "There is one subject in which. I am vitally interested. That is the American. drama of the pres ent day, its status, and its future development outside. of Broadway. My theory is that we have at last a full-grown drama. of our own; that in order that this drama may become a definite part of American life ev erywhere, we must decentralize pro duction in order to give every part of the country a growing theatre of its own." Whether Mr. Clark still holds this view will be determined tomorrow night. He has said that he believes in the utmost freedom for the thea tre as a necessity for artistic devel opment. He has been a militant cru sader against all forms of censor ship. Hood '27, Grau Added To Extension's Staff Dr. Kenneth Hood '27 and Fred V. Grau, graduate of the University of Nebraska, have been .added to. the agricultural extension staff recently. Dr. Hood has joined the agricultural economics personnel and Grau, the agronomy extension staff. After being graduated in agricul tural economics in 1927, Dr. Hood re ceived his doctorate at Cornell Uni versity in 1994, where he taught farm management and cooperative marketing for two years. He also spent three years in extension work. Mr. Grau has received his master of science degree from the' Univer sity of Maryland.. He will 'receive his doctoiate there in June.. His duties here Will be to aid county'agents in projeCts on pacture and grasses. I. F. Committee Signs Henderson As Second Band `Hot' Music Exponents To Play Here With Mal Hallett. Orchestra Has Several Great Colored Artists The signing of Fletcher Hender son and his orchestra to play at In terfraternity Ball on April 5 with Mal Hallett will bring the first col -- 'ored band to the campus since Claude 'Hopkins played 'for Soph Hop last year. The band was booked Friday and announcement was made Friday night by Freddy Martin during inter mission at Soph Hop. • Fletcher Henderson will bring to the campus four or five of the great est colored artists in jazz history. Coleman Hawkins is conceded by all connoisseurs to be the greatest tenor sax in the world today, white or col ored. Hot solos like Hawkins' fa *mous lick" in "Nagasaki" are fami liar to all followers of this band. • Almost equally famous is Henry 'Allen, jr., whose trumpet stabs out `choruses guaranteed to break a light 'bulb at one hundred feet. Next to Louie Armstrong, Allen is Harlem's favorite trumpet player, Henderson Plus . a Piano Another virtuoso who will be heard in the band is "Keg" Johnson, "ride" trombone, whose flutter-tongue effects and high register figures are alleged to, peel paint. Fletcher himself, a graduate of Alabama University, may take choruses on piano if present and sober and local ivory enthusiasts will see how to "send" a band. Two other, trumpets which contrib_ ute to making 'Fletcher Henderson's. brass section one qf the bast in the . busineas, , St&iii - it7and 'Randolph? Although Stewart hag been filling in .recently for Freddie Jenkins of Duke Ellington's band;'he is 'expected to be hereto back up Allen. - Zany' experts rate Fletcher Hen derson next to tne Duke's own orga nization at the top of colored bands. The band carries' no special vocalists and choruses are taken by the play ers, particularly Allen. Co-Eds Change Date Of Costume Kotillion Because of conflicting building res ervations, the Ko-Ed Kotillion, sched uled to be held in the Armory tomor .row night, has been postponed a week,. according to Elizabeth K. Barton '35, chairman. Lynn Christy and his Penn States men have been: engaged to play for this annual costume affair for worn -en students, and all arrangements have been completed. Refreshments will be sold by the Cwens. • Chairmen of the different commit tees arc: Dorothy L. Anderson '35, decorations; Edith R. Cottom '35, ar rangements; L. Marybel Cons Tee '36, publicity; Dorothea E. Ruth '36, in vitations; and Dorothy P. Fish '37, clean-up. `Faculty or White, I'll Take 'im,' Crows the Ping-Ponging Vernik Interviewed in his dressing room immediately after winning the Stu dent Union all-College ping-pong tournament by beating "Lover Pip" Block, 2-1, Jules . Vernik declared that he will be a fighting champ. "Yessir," the champ yelled, strut , ting around before the mirror, "I'm going to be a fighting champ. I'll take anybody on. I don't care who. Faculty or white man, I'll take him on." Questioned as to his plans for the Immediate future, the bespectacled athlete, who was picked as having the outstanding ears of the year by Burnard McFatten, said, "I don't have any plans for the immediate fu ture other than a trip around the country playing some of the other champs. Of course, I have also just signed a contract to write a personal experience story on winning the championship for ScHlnter's. The Iv- mor going about that I signed the contract with the Old Main BM is false." The champ said he had an easy time winning the tournament, but that he was glad it was over. Speak ing into a microphone installed in Rec ball especially for the title match, immediately after the battle, the champ said, "Hello, mom! Hello, pop! It was a great ght. An' I'm rgiatt, Women To Vote This Week On Proposal To Abolish All But Freshmen Class Offices 11 Teams Enter 12th Boxing Tourney Here Entries Tor the twelfth annual Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing as sociation's ring tournament which will be held here this Friday and Saturday have been received from Syracuse, present team champion, Western Maryland, Army, M. I. T.,, Princeton, Harvard, Toronto, Rutgers, Villanova, State, and the Coast Guard Academy. Tickets are now on sale at the Athletic association's office, Old Main. Reserved scats for the pre liminaries Friday night will sell• for fifty-five cents each. Those for the semi-final bouts will be seventy-five cents, and those for the finals, $l.lO. Players' Comedy Cast Announced Ballard's 'Ladies of the Jury' Scheduled for Showing Here March 30. Casting for "Ladies of .the Jury;' next Players production, has just about been completed by Prof. David D. Mason, of the department of ro mance languages, director of the play. The comedy, which was written by Fred Ballard, will be presented March 30. Mary Louise Freer '37, heading the group of twenty-two players, appears lus Mrs. Livingston Crane, aristocrat ; is New Jersey society woman, who I is a member of the jury trying the case 'of Yvette Gordon, former Broadway show. girl,. accused of the -murder- , of-her— ,, husband Conford '37 has the part of the de. fendant: Other Characters Named Harry W. Reed '3B.plays the cold blooded foreman of the jury. His ef forts to steamroller a verdict are op. posed by Mrs. Crane. Other charac ters in the jury box include a vice crusading spinster, played by Harriet E. Bartges '37; an ex-chorus girl, played by Doris E. Sanford '37; idealistic college girl, played by M. Elizabeth Nichols '3B; a young south ern bride, Jean F. Woodruff '36; and an Irish cook, played by Nellie B. Gravatt, graduate student. Gentlemen of the jury will be par.; strayed by Irving Tersuhow '3B as a flashy Greek candy store proprietor; Isadore Levin '3B, as a. portly real estate agent; Charles M. Robbins '3B as an idealistic poet; Al J. Sehwad von '3B as a hard-boiled automobile mechanic; and John S. Turner '3B as an old Scotch gardener. Play Opens hi Court The play opens in a small New Jer sey court house with both sides sum ming up their cases just before the 'judge, played by Israel K. Shulman '37, gives the charge to the jury. The- prosecuting attorney, C. K. Lu- (Continued on page four) glad I won. I'll be home soon. Change my bed." Questioned as to the rumor that he was a dirty Red and was spreading Communism through Rec hall, Ver nik threw down the ping-pang pad dles Nyhich he constantly carries in his hands and shouted, "That's a vic ious untruth and is being spread around by persons who are jealous of „the fame and honor I have gained myself by marching in COMMll liistic parades and being a picket against child labor. It's a malicious misrepresentation of myself. It's a fabrication of lies that I want to brand as false." Questioned as to whether he would advise young men going into the ping pang game professionally, the champ declared, "I wouldn't advise anybody to get into ping-pong professionally. It's a tough racket, a man has to stand a lot of punishMent. It re quires hard training and good condi-1 tion at all times. I would advise ev ery young fellow whd is thinking of going into ping-pong to forget it, to get himself a nice girl, settle down and get married and have some kids." . Vernik concluded by stating his political aims. He said, "I am at present backing Huey Long because ho wants to make me Secretary of State and I want to be Secretary of State and show the boys back in the old home town, Philadelphia, that I do amount to something." COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Proposal Would Make Senators Act As Executives. Freshman Heads Would Retain Present Status Women of the College will vote this week on a recommendation, signed by all of the women's class officers and each member of the women's Senate, that will abolish all but freshman class officers and provide that the Senator act as class head. The recommendation comes as a re sult of long questioning as to the value of class officers, which culmin ated in an editorial on the subject in the March 5 issue of the COLLEGIAN. This editorial summarized the argu ments against the necessity of offi cers and urged that some action be taken. To Abolish Framework The purpose of the recommendation is merely to abolish a useless frame work of machinery, according to Lucy S. Erdman '35, president of the W. S. G. A. She explained that although the recommendation may seem like r. radical concentration of power, it actually is not, for investigation has shown that there is no power. Junior women voted last night on the recommendation; sophomores will vote tonight; freshmen vote tomor row night, and the senior women on Thursday night. The recommendation does not include the freshman class officers. Class Senator Responsible It was felt that freshman officers I were necessary in order to organize the new class and to facilitate rush ing and;other similar-problems.- Class meetings for freshmen, it was ex plained, provide a 'means of getting acquainted and give the freshmen a sense of belonging. Under the new set-up the class Sen ator would automatically become class head upon election and would be held responsible for any class or ganization needed.' It is expected that better cooperation between classes and student government will be the result. Treasurers Are Figureheads Details of redistributing the few re maining duties of the ;resent offi cers have not been entirely worked out, but it is probable that the class Senators will be able to handle them or appoint committees to do so. Freshmen customs, campus sisters, junior-senior reception, and the senior dinner would be included among such duties. That the class treasures are mere figureheads, since all the actual work is carried on in the office of Neal M. Fleming, Graduate Manager of Ath letics, has been admitted by the pres ent treasurers. Social chairmen have nothing to do except serve on the class dance com mittees, but with the omission of this year's sophomore class social chair man from the Soph Hop committee even this function has disappeared. Modern World Faces 3 Faiths, Miller Says The three faiths challenging the modern world are nationalism, econ omic forces, and God, according to Dr. Francis P. Miller, field secretary of the Foreign Policy association and chairman of the World's Student Christian Feileration, speaking in Schwab auditorium Sunday morning. "Faith is used to describe the ulti mate thing that men live by," the speaker said. "It is the thing that gives life meaning for them ; and for most it is the thing that they would die for. "Perverted nationalism makes the nation a god and object of worship," Dr. hillier declared. "The Japanese, for example, are today worshiping the ashes of their military heroes. Those of you who have heard Long or Coughlin or who read the Hearst press know that there is a trend in this country that has the ingredients for the same kind of national idolatry that exists today in Joplin or Ger many." The faith in sonic economic strue ' tut.° is based on the belief that man is an economic animal, the speaker explained. Since each of these groups hold different beliefs, for which they are willing to fight, the inevitable end is that they kill each other off. "The essence of faith in Christian ity is that it constitutes citizenship in the kingdom of God," he conclud ed. "This determines what sort of economic, political, and social beliefs such a person will hold."
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