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Voltime 31—Number 49
M. I. Sc,hool
To Hold 2nd
Open House
Affair, Started Last
Year, Scheduled
For April 10.
M. I. Building Thrown
Open for Inspection
In response to numerous requests
from members of the College staff,
students from other schools, and local
business men, the staff and student'
body of the, School of Mineral Indus
tries will hold Open House on Wed
riesday night, April 10."
'Although, Open House is a popular
activity at many other colleges and
universities in this country, it was
first instituted here by 'the Mineral
Industiies school last year, when it
proved to be a huge success. Over 5,-
000, persons passed through the-build
ing and viewed the various activities
and exhibits during the course of the
evening last year.
To Educate Students
. _
Under the plan, the Mineral Indus
tries Building is thrown open for in
spection, all of the undergraduate
laboratories and research projects are
tn-full operation,
and both staff and
students' are on hand to explain the
work. Hereafter Open House will be
held on e. alternate years.
Interviewed concerning the affair
Dean Edward Steidle of the School of
Mineral lndustry explained the
purpose -of the Open ',House was .to
educate the students, townspeople and
the faculty in particular as to - the
facilities, equipment, extent of cur
ricula and possibilities for service.
In the later respect, the dean point
ed , out that the service to the state
which the:school was doing had grown
immensely in the four years since the
erection of the new building: At pre
sent there are nine aubsidized;out
side , research iellowshipa,..represent
ing a total outlaV.Of $22,060.
Enrollment Exceeds 200
."The_School," be eontinued,T "up
until ;_four five •ye4ri :ajia,;:was% a
.
WealcSiiiter:': - gorions' flunk
ing..out the
. other. schools on the
'campus transfered to Mineral Indus
. tries. There' were very ,few' service
courses taken and no research 'or
extension work was carried on at all.
However, after the new building we's
installed all this gradually
changed, until now the School has
equipment, personnel, and scholastic
' standing, , inferior to non .on the
campus."
"At present the undergraduate en
rollment exceeds '2OO. Service courses
for other schools boasts an
• meat of almost 750. Throughout .the
state, 2780 workers are taking three
;year extension courses in mining,
-.metallurgy; petroleum and natural
. gas, and ceramics. In fact the School
has progressed to the point where it
takes its place as one of the leading
schools of its :type in_the country,"
Dean Steidle stated.
. -
"Senior theses, which work will be
a part of the Open House display, is
'an integral part , of Mineral Indus
tries curricula which, although not
unique on the campus, is not employ
' ed so extensively in any of the other
schools. This work allows scholastiJ
cally outstanding members of the
• senior class an opportunity for ad
vanced work on subjects in their
particular field."
"The entire Mineral Industries
school is doing such a great amount
of really important practical as well
-as purely educational work that the
students and faculty, in fact the en
tire corps of workers, take great
pride in throwing open doors to
all those interested in : viewing the
program," the dean concluded.
•
Astronomical Society
To Petition National
Approved' by the Senate committee
on Student:Welfare, the Penn State
Astronomical Society,. Aich was or
ganized -last fall, has applied for
membership in . Alpha - Nu, national
astronomical society.
At the last regular meeting, Charles
F. Meyer '35, president of the club,
• spoke on the moon and. various as
pects of its topography. • Henry J.
Hibshman '36, vice president of the
organization, will speak on the
':Eclipse of the. Sun and Moon" be
fore the society 'in Room 28, Physics
building, next Monday.. night at 7:30
o'clock. .
As soon as the mirror of the tele:.
zcopo has been aluminized, the tele
scope. will be put into use for mem
bers of tlie club and any others who
are interested. ' The group will ob
serve the planets Mars and Venus,:
and, later on, Jupiter and' Saturn.
The telescope, which was constructed
by Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, of the de
partment of physics, has a ten-inch
-reflector.
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Leitzell Keeps Thespians
From Working on Sundays
Burgess Utilizes 'Blue Law' In Preventing
Removal of. Scenery Until Midnight.
Orders from . Burgess Wilbur F. preparation to moving it called a loc-
Leitzell and a local "Blue Law" or- al "drayman who 'went to Burgess
dinance kept the Thespians, who are Leitzell to get a moving permit. The
producing "Don't Let On" in Schwab scenery would have been taken .out
auditorium Saturday night from mov- the backdoor of the theatrd basement,
ing their 'scenery for the production into the alley and through the alley
from the basement of the Cathauin to Miles street in trucks, and up onto
theafre to Schwab auditorium Sunday the campus 'by way of the drive be
night until after. Midnight.- hind the Kappa Alpha Theta house.
It has long been the custom of the Btirgess Leitzcll refused. to issue a
Thespians, according - to a 'member of permit for the moving of anything on
the club, to build their scenery down- the Sabbath. day, even after nightfall
town in the old Pastime theatre and and said that if the scenery had to be
in the basement of the Cathaum, and moved Sunday night it would be after
to . move it up to the auditorium - on Midnight..
Sunday night so that they can set it' Forces Extra Work
- up for .the dress \reheaesals of their Sunday night at midnight the Thes
production during' the last week be-•
pians waited until it struck twelve
fore the show date. - • and then carried their sets out to
Refuses To Issue Permit their truck fully protected by Monday
Saturday afternoon the• Thespians morning against "Blue Laws." "Of
finished work on their scenery and in course," said D. Henry Porterfield,
who executed the scenery, "it merely
means that we'll have to stay up the
rest of the night setting these sets up.
in the auditorium, but State College's
late Sunday night will, not have been
desecratod because of Mr. Leitzell's
efforts."
Editor To Speak
At Peace Strike
Schachtman Chosen To Address
Student Demonstrators
Here on April 12.
Max Shachtmen, editor of the New ;
international, New York City, has
been tentatively chosen as an outside
speaker for the local demonstration
at 11 o'clock on April 12 against im
perialist war, a part of the nation
wide strike which has been planned
for high schools and colleges in this
country.
"The term .'strike' is being used
nationally because it is felt that such
.a word is applicable in those cases
where . petitions and other forms Yof
protest against war-breeding meas
ures have' been of no,avail," declared
,Manuel Katz , committee chair
'Man. ."It is Oast stand on our, part
k
and - it is lor.this reason:that we are
. 0 1 4)141ligi.tiljt‘
•nOt be' ilesociated with •vitilence, as in
the 'conflicts lietween - capital and la
bor, nor as a move against constitut
ed authorities," he concluded.
To Attack W. IL Hearst
. .
According to national leaders, the
immediate incentives for the action
this year have been the decision of
the U.S. Supreme Court in upholding
compulsory drill, the Hearst cam
paign against liberal and radical stu
dents and professors, and the various
student loyalty bills such as have
been introduced in the state legisla-
The Call issued by the national com
mittee states: "We call upon you to
act against., the war makers in our
own country. William- Randolph
Hearst slanders and attacks profes
sors and student organizations in hii
attempt to reduce the schools to ser
vile instruments of the jingoists and
the War Deportment. Our govern
ment professes peaCe, but with an eye
upon Japan, brings in the largest
peace-time military budget, including
a $4,006p0 appropriation for the R.
O. T. C.
To Ask for Cooperation
. . . _
"Student objectors are being dis
ciplined by the same administrations
which converted the schools into bar-
(Continucd`on page six)
Roving Vendors
Stooge Finds
Spring has come, and with it
swarms of itinerant hawkers, roving
merchants, and strolling Vendors who
have emerged from winter hiberna
tion with a complete line of bric-a
brac, shaving cream, and Gallic lit
erature. ,They haunt the dormitor
ies, the fraternities, and the board
ing houses with 'unusual persistence
and all fifty-seven varieties of lavish
spring neckties, unbreakable shoe
laces, and cigarette lighters—"posi
tively the light that.never fails, mis
ter."
As a rule,•he knocks gently. The
victim opens the door to . see a suave
gent with a suitcase confronting him.
The gent eases himself into the room
with the knack which comes from
long praCtice of easing into people's
rooms. The opening salutation is to
the effect that he was one of the
class of '26, dear old Goucher, ever
heard' of it, pal? He has a swell
line of stuff, something everybody
needs, at regular student prices, •too.
Then there is the guy who prowls
around wanting to know if somebody
is interested in "intellectual" maga
zines. Well, he got some. Half price
on a' seventeen. year's 'subscription,
with a Babe Ruth mushball bat
thrown in. And then there's the oth
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1935
Speaker Decries
Humanity's Sins
Selfishness Not Mankind's Only
Motivation, Dean Russell
Declares in Chapel.
"The greatest sins of humanity are
committed against those who arc out
side a particular circle or group, and
instead of being contrary to codes of
human morals, these sins are urged
on and sanctified by custom," said
Dean Elbert Russell•, of the. School
of Religibn at, Duke UniversitY, Dur
ham; N. C.,. speaking,at the regular
chapel'service in Schwab auditorium
_Sunday morning.
. ~ • •
illustiutiOn' - of - thirfiei;•the
, speaker? told how'adti are committed
in war,against'other people that un
der ordinary circumstances would be
considered . hideous crimes. But •be
cause the victims arc otside a spe
cial group, these deeds are called he
roic, he said. •
Circles Limited in Extent
"The idea that mankind is motivat
ed by selfiihness only is one which
will not bear examination," Dean
Russell• declared. "As soon as there
is the , slightest sort of. civilization
developed,\ certain, altruistie qualitiei
are manifested, and man soon finds
himself in groups where this latter
quality and not selfishness is the
rule."
• Pointing out that these circles are ,
limited in extent, the speaker declar
ed that our greatest danger today is
not that of ,a breakdown within the
group, but in inhuman conduct to
ward those outside. The sin of a lim
ited brotherhood, he.continned, is that
it treats those outside the circle as
something less than human.
"The. trouble With codes of honor
and things Of that sort," Dean Rus
sell concluded, "is that' they apply
only to members of a. particular cir
cle. Our great need today is for one
great all-inclusive circle for all man
kind." .
nfest Campus,
n Student Survey
er variety of magazine peddler, the
smooth-tongued hawker who is burst
ing to give something away- like a,
plaque.
He hands, or almost hands, the
thing to the bewildered customer,
whose sales resistance is below zero
by this . time. Then the salesman
hauls out pad and pencil and starts
'aossaa„ •aaoa °nog Jiasuipt of flumpu
now. To get that plaque, yuhsee, it
goes with a lifetime subscription of
any. two magazines on the list, that's
eight-fifty, payable in two install
ments. Half now and the rest when
.we ship ya the plaque.• Real stuff,
fella. Sign here. Studyin' to be an
engineer, are ya? That's a good'rack
et, too."
Not-only do bargains in miscellane
ous goods arrive with the chairs on
Old Main patio, but business oppor
tunities its well. Scouts from several
of the larger publishing houses of °de
votional literature, Bibles, hymnals,
etc., are looking around the campus
for new talent. They set up tempor
ary headquarters in some locality
which provides a handy back en
trance , and interview prospective
salesmen. The applicants are care
fully noted, for only a few are finally
"selected." After all, dispensing Bib
lical literature is ticklish business.
RUTH A. ROgERTSHAW
Play To Coincide
With War; Strike
"Peace on Earth" ; -,Production
Changed From aturday
To Friday April 12.
The Penn State Playeis' production
of the anti-war .play - ,:;"Peace On
Earth," has been changlecl - from Sat
urday to Friday, April;l2;' to coin
cide with the local deniOnstration of
the 'international , strident strike
against war and fasciiii scheduled
,for 11 o'clock on the morning of the
same day.. •
if the play follows very
The theme of the plat:follow, ._
closely the purpose of-thestrike..The
play treats 'a similar4itUation on a
college campus, the ppiticipation of
a liberal 'professor !arid,§his involve
ment in the militant.enti-war move
ment.. The attitude orithe adminis
tration, the students iinif the faculty)
toward the war bein6lomented is
'brought out in one'of ,:the most stir-I
:ring dramas of the modern theatre.
First
The. Players propipc,tito "Peaci
figPaithgihk,theOrkT4.olYzeOz!eAlk
college' campus: - r,! - Ainorig Ike .prinelp
ali ! in the - cast are:-Edward Binns
'3B as the prOresser, Peter Owens;
Jules!Vernik ,'36 as Miller, leader of
the, strikers; Richard F. Willis '37
as MeCricken, the reporter; Betty
M. Lenzen '36; and Theresa C. Mra
vintz '36.
1
The play is extremely , difficult to
stage, having a huge cast and.several
scenes calling for elaborate sets. Di
rector Frank Neusbaum is sparing no
effort in staging the difficult produc
tion—according to the same - high
standards as the Nev, , York produc
tion , by the Theatre Union. at• The
CiviO Repertory theatre last year.
Forensic Groups
To Compete Here
7 High Schools Will Enter Music
• Contest To Determine
District Titles. ,
Representatives of. seven high
schools, in the central district of the
Pennsylvania Forensic League will be
guests of the department of music
here on April 13 *hen judges will
select the district winners to par
ticipate in the state contest. This
will be the fifth year that the con
test has been held on this campus.
Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the .de
partment of music, is in charge of
the contest. Students from. Blair,
Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Hunt
ington, llfifflin, and Snyder counties
are registered and an attendance of
over 1,000 high school musicians is
expected.
Contests Open To Public
Soprano, alto, tenor, and. baritone,
vocal soloists will compete in the Lit
tle Theatre, Old Main, beginning at
9 o'clock in the morning. Instrument
al solo competition will begin at the .
same time in the auditorium and will
last probably until noon. Initrument
al contests will include piano, cornet,
trombone, tuba, clarinet, and violin.
Boys' quartets, girls' trios, mixed
quartets, and double quartets will be
gin eliminations in the Little The
atre about 10:45. Chorus competi
tion will be held in the auditorium at
1 o'clock.
Small instrumental ensembles will
hold competition in the auditorium at
3 o'clock and larger orchestras will
vie for honors at 4 - o'clock. All con
tests are open to the public.
XI SIGMA PI •
(Honorar Forestry Fraternity),
Robert C. Beige '36 '
Harry M. Galloway '36
William M. 'Hersh '36
• Albert 0. Petzold '36
George H. Rauch '36
I Seton Hill Team
To Debate Here
In Last Contest
Orators Will Consider
Co-Education Topic
Thursday Night.
Co-eds Win Ist Honors
In Pittsburgh Tourney
When Robert L. Durkee '35 and
Kermit Gordon '37 debate Ruth Ann
Robertshaw and Margaret Tomer,
representing Seton Hill College, on
the question, ''Resolved: That the col
lege exclusively for men or women is
to be preferred to the co-educational
institution," in the Home Economics
auditorium at 8 o'clock on Thursday
night, they will present the last fea
ture debate on the campus.
Meeting Oxford University on the
compulsory military question last fall,
the varsity teams debated the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh women in a
split team debate on the marriage
question and then followed up with a
Wayne University contest on the
armament question. The co-educa
tional topic Thursday night makes
the fourth type of debate question to,
be used here.
Co-ed Squad Places First
, Whether or not co-eds are finding
opportunity for self realization in the
activities of their college, or if co
education it advantageous in select
ing a life companion, will be brought'
out in the debate. The. debate will
mark the last intercollegiate meet for
Durkee, who graduates this spring.
He has participated in twenty de
bates, having transferred here in his
junior year.
Penn State women took first hon
ors in debating at the Delta Sigma
Rho tournament held in Pittsburgh
last week-end. Elsie M. Douthett '35,
Bernadette M. Heagney '36, Helen M.
Chamberlain '37, and Myra Cohn '37,
representing the co-ed squad; defeat
ed five other women's' - 'college teams
on the armament question; to win•the
.1"1
Doudieti: reir
Miss Douthett won second honors
in . the public discussion contest, hav
ing survived the semi-finals, after
James W. Townsend '35 and Miss
Cohn were 'eliminated. Donald S.
Fry '36 won second place in the aft
er dinner speaking contest, losing
first honors by two points.
- Angelo N. Berbatis '35 and Roy
Wilkinson '37 split debating victories,
winning one and losing one. Shirley
J. Zarger '36 and Fry lost both their
debates. Thirteen colleges were en
tered in the tournament.
Townsend and Wilkinson staged
the split team marriage debate with
the University of Pittsburgh co-ed
team, which was presented here last
February. This Was the only feature
contest in the meet.
Infirmary Gets Gifts
The health service department has
received two gifts in the past week.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity donated
a radio, and Mrs. Oswald F. Boucke,
widow of the late Professor Boucke;
presented the department with an
ultra-violet lamp.
`Don't Let On' Scenery Completed
After Intensive Effort, Research
With the hanging of the "traveler"
in Schwab auditorium last night the
scenery for'"Don't Let On," the thir
ty-seventh annual Thespian produc
tion, written by John S. Naylor, has
been completed, according to D.
Henry. Porterfield, who has designed
and executed Thespian scenery for
the last four shows.
The huge traveler is the fourth
creation of Mr. Porterfield along this
line and will become permanent. He
has de signed and painted travelers
for 4 Old King Cole," "My Stars,"
"Bargin' Around" and now for "Don't
Let On," which will be produced in
Schwab auditorium Saturday night.
Before Mr. Porterfield designed Thes
pian scenery there were no travelers
in use here.
Scenes from Authentic Source
' The first scene of "Don't Let On"
opens in the interior of a cabin on
board the "S. S. Sciatica," a Student
tour ship, visiting the Mediterranean
Sea, while the second takes place in
the court yard of the Spumoni Pal
ace, near Naples.
In creating the scenery for the pal
ace scene, Mr. Porterfield spent some
time in checking through library rec
ords and sketches of Italian palaces.
After some difficulty he found a.
sketch of a palace near Naples which
exactly suited his purpose. The pal
ace set was' therefore designed with
authentic background as to its plan.
Across the gateway to the palace is
Platt Appoints Committee
To Prepare Plans. for 2nd
Penn State Day on May 18
Named Co-Chairman
A. KENNETH' MAIERS '35
Leadership Group
To Hold Conclave
4 FaCulty Members, 8 Freshmen
Women, Will Address
Conference Here.
Four faculty members and eight
freshman women, will speak at the
Women's Leadership Conference to be
held in the second floor lounge of Old
Main on Thursday.
Mrs. J. Ben Hill will open the meet
ing at 11 o'clock with a discussion of
"Leisure Time Activities," followed
by Miss Julia G. Brill, of the depart-I
ment of English composition, who
will speak on'"Some of the Vocations
of Penn State Alumni."
Miss
. Wyla:u.l.To...!Tillk
wyiand, of •the dep - arCrneriCofediY-
cation and psychology, will describe
the "Girl of Tomorrow" at 2 o'clock,
and Dr. Robert G. Bernreuter, of the
same department, will speak on "An
alysis of a Leader" at 3 o'clock.
Eight freshman girls will discuss
their observations on leadership in
student life at the 4 o'clock session.
Helen M. Kitner will speak on ath
letics; Dorothy E. Bollinger, dormi
tory life; Clara E. Jones, student gov
ernment activities; Sara C. Hoffer,
religious activities; Amy F. McClel
land, scholarship; Ida
.R. Rainey, ac
tivities; M. Elizabeth Nichols, social
life; and Natalia A. Makarov, stu
dent life in Russia.
A dinner for campus leaders and a
few faculty members will be given by
Archousai, senior women's honorary,
in the Sandwich Shop tomorrow
night at 5:A5 o'clock. Prof. Clarence
0. Williams, of the department of
education and psychology,•will lead a
discussion on "Potential Leadership."
All women students who wish to
attend these meetings will be excused
from classes, according to Dean of
Women Charlotte E. Ray.
the coat-of-arms of the ancient Spu
moni family whose motto was "Ad
Nauseam Noux Vomica," according to
Mr. Porterfield.
To "Dirty Up the Show"
The next scene.shows a gangplank
running from the (leek of the "S. S.
Sciatica" and following that there is
the scene which was built about the
special lyrics which Chang Smith '27
wrote especially for "Don't Let On"
of his smash hit, "Winter Wonder
land." A special snow projecting ma
chine will be used in this scene to
give the entire set a realistic touch.
Act begins with a silhouette
number which starts out in the pre
jazz age, but which is stepped up to
a jazz 'pitch before the traveler closes
on the set. To those familiar with
theatrical terms, this is known as
"dirtying up the show."
A rehearsal hall in Newark City
is the next scene of the show which
closes with .a scene in the ultra-mod
ernistic home of the hero's in Long
Island. Of this scene Mr. Porterfield
said, "I feel that the best sets in the
entire production are that of the
Italian palace and the Long Island
home. I pick that of the palace be
cause of its striking appearance and
because of the authenticity of its de
sign, coming from the late Italian
Rennaissance architecture and that of
the Long Island home because of the
brilliant effects achieved by the use
of lighting, both direct and indirect.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Students Requested To
Begin Inviting H.S.
Friends.
Campus Tours Included
In Week-end Program
Penn State Day, instituted here
last year as a means of interesting
high school seniors in the College,
will be held again this year on Sat
urday, May IS. Vernon D. Platt '35,
president of Student . Union, has
named Lucy J. Erdman '35 and A.
Kenneth Maiers '35 co-chairmen of
the student committee.
Students are requested to begin in
viting any of their high school friends
who maybe interested in going away
to college next year. This will aid
the College in contacting more pros
pective students than could otherwise
be done, Maiers explained.
Tentative Program Arranged
A tentative program has been ar
ranged by the committee and will be
worked out in detail in the near
future. According to present plans,
registration will take place at the
Student Union desk, Old Main, from
0 until 12 o'clock Saturday morning.
Campus tours will be made after
10 o'clock, at which time the high
school students will be given an op
portunity to see classes in action. The
School of Engineering will run ex
periments in the various laboratories,
the School of Mineral Industries is
planning an "open house," and sev
eral exhibits and displays . will• be held
by the School of Agriculture.
Following luncheon, the afternoon
will be devoted to spring sports and
other entertainments to be planned
later. A Thespian show, wrestling
matches, boxing matches, a basketball
game, and other entertainment has
been tentatively arranged' for the
progynni- Reerea ion _
'and .
.
program. .
Student Committee Named
Men's and women's fraternities
have been asked to cooperate again
this year in feeding the visitors. More
than 1,400 students are expected. Last
year there were 1,200 here.
The student committee for the af
fair includes William A. Banner,
Douglass R. Borst, Elsie M. Douth-
Ott, Jacob C. Forney, John A. Keech,
Jeanne S. Kleckner, Charles T. Potts,
and Clifford C. Wood, all seniors.
The faculty committee includes El
len M. Burkholder, assistant Dean of
Women; Walter F. Dantzscher, direc
tor of public information; Edward K.
Hibshman, Alumni secretary; Rob
ert A. Higgins, head football coach;
William S. Hoffman, College Regis
trar; Prof. Oscar F. Smith, of the
School of Chemistry and Physics; and
Edwin S. Rohrbeck, of the School of
Agriculture.
Other additions to the committees
are: Elizabeth E. Barton '35, Marion
L. Foreman '35, William D. Berlalette
'36, J. Briggs Pruitt '36, Joseph P.
Swift '36. An addition to the faculty
committee is Adrian 0. Morse, execu
tive secretary to the President.
W.S.G.A. To Hold First
Annual Dance April 12
The first. women's formal all-Col
lege dance will be held April• 12 in
Recreation hall. Lucy J. Erdman '35,
retiring president of the W. S. G. A.,
has stated that this dance is to be an
annual affair and is designed to re
place the class dances now in vogue.
Lynn Christy and his Penn' States
men will provide the music for • the
dance, which will last from 9 to 11
o'clock. Invitations have been sent
to the parents of all town girls and
the chaperones of each dormitory. Ad
mission will he free, but each girl will
have to present her matriculation
card.
Arrangements for the dance are be
ing taken care of by a committe com
rised of the social chairmen of each
class. The members are Helen J.
Ilinebauch '35, chairman, Margaret
M. Campbell '36, Helen M. Clymer
'37, and Ida It. Rainey '3B.
Students File Petition •
To Charter New Club
Students here who have traveled
1,000 miles or more beyond the bor
ders of the United States are eligi
ble for Si Tien, a newly organized
travel club. Sixteen people signed a
petition requesting permission to
charter this society for the stimula
tion of interest in travel.