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Volume 31—Number 51
2 Cash Prizes
Are Offered for
Speaking Title
Contest Open To Any
Student Enrolled
In College.
Ist Meeting Scheduled
Tonight At 7 O'Clock
Offering cash prizes of $5O and $26,,
the annual extemporaneous public
speaking contest 'will open ' with
preliminary meeting for selection: of,
topics and assignment of sections in,
the Home Economics auditorium to- ;
night at 7 o'clock. The contest is•
open to all ; students in the. College. •
At the preliminary meeting,' the:
contestants will report and choose one
subject on which they speak five' min-,
utes, from a list .of topics of com
mon interest. None will deal with
any subject requiring intensive prep-:
oration, nor a 'wide range of knowl-
edge. When the contestants - have:
picked their topics, 'they will be as
signed to,one of six groups.
• Groups Meet Individually
Groups will meet individually in the.
elimination . contests which will be
held in Rooms 1 and 107 North Lib
eral Arts building; 14 and 25 South
Liberal Arts building; 107 Main En
gineering building; and in the Home
Economics auditorium tomorrow
night at 7:33 o'clock. Winners in
each group will pick new topics any
time before ' Saturday from Prof.
John H. Frizzell, of the division of
public speaking.
,The final contest will be held in the
HOrne Economics 'auditorium Satur
day night•at 7:30 o'clock. • Each of
the six group winners will speak for
five ''ininutes. The winner will, re-
Ceive $5O -and ~ ,the, contestant' who•
takes seiond.place,will receive,.s2s,..
,Judges of the,' eliminations contest
-who• , have , been: selectit:nOilne
:Graves, Prof. Ray V. 'Watkins, Prof.
Itobert E. :Galbraith, Clayton F.
Schug, and Robeit L. Milisen, all of
the department of English composi
tion. Judges who -will decide the
•winner of the finals are: Prof. 'S. K.
Stevens, of the department of history
.and political science, and Prof. Theo
dore J. Gates, of the department of
.Engl•ish composition. Others have not
yet been chosen. , '
I. F. Council Organizes
Caterers' Association
Interfraternity Council organized
the Caterer's association on Wednes
day night, its membership being com
posed of the caterers or cooks of the
various fraternities. Twenty-five
houses were' represented at this ini
tial meeting. In the future the group
will meet once or twice a month.
The association was organized so
that .an attempt can be made to at
tain a uniform price level on foods
by a comparison of prices. It will
also try to achieve cooperation in
maintaining a better assortment of
foods on the tables of the various
houses.
. .
Philip G. Evans '36 was elected:
president of the association, and Ver
non D. Cronister '36, secretary-tress-•
urer. Willard E. McCain' '36 was
named chairman' of the program com
mittee, while William H. Skirble '36
was appointed head of the investiga
tions committee.
Assisting Skirble are Carl S. Carl
son '35 and Robert P. Custis '37. Tivi
committee will attempt to compile a
list 'of prices of foods and to present
methods of cutting expenditures. The
next meeting will be devoted to menu
planning and futures in foods.
16 Students Will Visit
Iron, Steel IndUstries
Sixteen students from the junior
class in metallurgy under .Prof. 0.
A. Knight will visit iron and' steel
plants at Johnstown and Pittsburgh,
:during the week following Easter va.
cation.
• Fifteen students from the senior
class in metallurgy will leave on an
inspection trip to visit non-ferrous
metallurgical plants in eastern Nevi
'Jersey and the vicinity of New York,
April 16-17. Copper refineries and
load and copper smeltirig plants will
be studied.
Crash Rumor False
A rumor prevalent Saturday morn
ing to the effect, thah a studenhrhad
been "fatally injured by an automo
bile at an Atherton street intersec
tion, proved to be false after investi
gation by the roue] police.
Chairman of Anti-War -Protest Committee
Asks Students To Support Strike Friday
I call upon the entire student body of: Penn State to join the youth of
the world in a protest against imperialist war. This demonstration of
solidarity will make
,the war mongers hesitate before they offer our lives
in a repetition of 1919. It will show that the youth is no longer, content
to become the servile tool of the industrialists in their struggles for new
markets and new sources of raw materials. Our lives really are precious
things; not to be squandered'for greedy profiteers. By • this show of
strength we arc demonstrating the fact that we do not intend to become
cannon fodder, and we are taking the initiative in protecting ourselves.
We must be ready to.realize that all imperialist wars have the same
cause, whether they be wars of invasion or wars of defense. The age of
slavery has vanished with industrial progress. We no longer fight for a
new homeland or for the domination of a particular church. All wars of
our present time are fought for the aggrandisement of a few. The rich
industrialists scramble for new markets and new sources of raw materials.
In the competition that arises, nationalism is aroused in its worst forms
by the captains of industry through their henchmen: the Hearsts, the
MacFaddens, the Coughlins, and the Longs. In war our lives are given,
not to make the world safe for democracy or to end war, but to make
the world safe for the DuPonts, the Morgans, and the Mellons so that
they can-reap more profits at the cost of our lives.
'We must tell these parasites to,keep their hands off! We will have
nothing more to do with another war of their making. Our lives are.at
stake and we must not delay!
—Manuel Katz '36. (Chairman -Anti-war Protest Com.)
Students May Cut
Class For Strike
All Faculty Members Granted
Permission By President
To Dismiss Classes.
Classed will be dismissed at 11
o'clock Friday for those students and
faculty members desiring to attend
the anti-war protest. The administra
tion official statement is as inflows:
In response to a request from a
committee of students interested in
the peace movement in ' American
Colleges,' and with' the approval of
the Council of' Administration, the
President of the College is sending. a
communication to all schools of the
College advising that students and in
structors who' desire to attend 'the
nieeting,'to be held at eleven o'clock
Friday Morning, April'l2, will be ex.'
cased from clnsse's 'at' that hour. •
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'Officejd. the Preeident,,,..;,,_,;;__ '
"Air'''. 8, 1935. •
,§tUdent Speakers Announced
Among the students who will• speak
at the 11 o'clock meeting are Martin
Breiin '3O, Elsie M. Douthett '35, and
Manuel, Katz' '35, chairman of the
student committee in charge, who will
make a preliminary statement of the
aims of the meeting. Resolutions
urging action on local and national
situations will be presented by these
students.
Prof. Harold E. Dickson, of the de
partment of architecture, will also
speak on' an unannounced topic. One
other faculty member will be secured
'to' speak on some phase of the pres
ent international crisis.
To Distribute Literature
'Max Shachtman, editor • of the New .
Internatfonal, .who will speak at the
afternoon meeting in Schwab audi
torium at 4 o'clock, will probably be
.introduced by the newly-elected pres
ident of the senior class. Both can
didates are being contacted, although
neither have made definite state
ments. •
Literature of an educational nature
will be distributed tomorrow or
Thursday, detailing steps that may
be taken by students to avert war.
Printed copies of the resolutions to
be presented will probably be dis
tributed to those. who attend the mass
meeting.
Hallett, Henderson Do Not Agree
When Questioned in Interview
Mal Hallett and Fletcher Hender
son, orchestra leaders at Interfrater ,
nity Ball on Friday night,"eould not
agree on the starting time of the
dance, nor on any one of six ques
tions asked them during an inter
mission. The questions were:
Which, in your opinion, is the best
orchestra in the country at the pres
ent time?
Hallett—"lt's hard to say that any
one orchestra is the best because there
arc so many different. styles of mu
sic which each features. My choices
. are Ra.„Noble, Hal Kemp, and Casa
Loma."
Henderson—" There is no orchestra
which can be labelled as 'the best.' I
think the two'best bands at the pres
ent time are Casa Loma and Benny
Goodman."
. Which orchestra do you think will
be the best in a year from now?
Hallett—"Ray Noble."
Henderson—" Benny Goodman."
Which number 'do you find -to be
the 'most popular now by virtue of
the number of fequesta you receive?
Hallett—"Every Day."
Henderson—"Limehouse Blum ever
since we made that recording of it."
What do you find to be the most
popular number of all time?
Hallett—"Stardust."„
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1935
Open House Adds
Many New. Items
Art Museum Lends Indian Work
Valued at $l,OOO For M. I.
Display.
.Tomorrow. •
• The second Mineral Industries
Open House which will be held tomor
row night from 6:30 to 10:30 o'clock,
although, resembling in plan its pred-
Ccessor , of last year, will contain
many new and totally different fea
tures. • •
Of particular interest will be the
collection, valued at $l,OOO, of early
American ceramic art, which is lie
ingloaned.to the School by the Penn
sylvania Museum of Art, in Phila
delphia. 'The" collection, which is
composed of different examples of
rude - ndian pottery, arrowheads, nnd
various Other war' and peace imply
inatits; is .one of the . , finest in the
Relief`Map'-on Display
pther features, being exhibited for
the first time this year, are two
working models of natural -phenom
ena 'which, have - been constructed by.
the students.. These models, one of a
geyser, and the other of a volcano,
are constructed 'to scale and repre
sent accurate reproductions.
A large relief map of Pennsylva
nia, the only 'one of its size or type
in existence, which was completed
quite ,recently, will also be on dis
play. This map, which was construct
ed with the cooperation of the State
Highway dePartment, )s nine feet
high and fifteen feet long, and shows
all of the geographic features of the
State, including its intricate system
of roads.
There will be many collections on
diSplay, including the showing of
minerals and fossils in and about
State College and also indicating the
locations from which they were ob
tained.
The Literary Digest recently de
voted a full page to the gallery of
contemporary paintings of mineral
industry activities, which is a part
of the Mineral Industries School.
Several noted artists have contribut
ed to this collection, which will nig()
be open to the public tomorrow night.
In the future, Open House will be
held on alternate years.
Henderson—" Poor Butter f ly."
Which type of music is more pupa_
lar nowadays, the hot or the rhythm
ical?
Hallett—"lt's hard to answer that
because wherever we play we find the
situation is entirely different. We
play at one college and they want
all• slow numbers, and the following
night we'll be at another school where
they'll howl like the devil if we don't
make practically every number a red
hot one."
Henderson—" The rhythmic, but
we still get plenty of requests for
hot ones."
Do you find any one songwriter's
musk easier or harder to arrange
than that of the others?
Hallett—"No, they're all about the
same to us."
Henderson—" Cole Porter, who
wrote You're the Top, is the toughest
because of his peculiar style."
This is the first time that Mal
Hallett has played hem since May 2.
1930, when he paired with Jan Gar
ber for Junior Prom. Fletcher Hen
derson was here on May 5, 1922, for
Junior Prom, playing with Ted
Weems. The novelty of this dance
was the three-foot unexpected snow
storm which kept both "imports" and
orchestras in town several extra
days. . . .
Artists' COUrse
Brings Ditmars
Here Thursday
Zoo Curator Will Speak
On Animals; To Show
Motion Pictures.
Movies Will Picture
Many Unusual Scenes
Dr. Raymond IL Ditinars, Curator
of Mammals and Reptiles'at the New
York Zoological• park; speak on
"Animals: 'Friends ' and Foes," in
Schwab auditorium Thursday night
at 8 o'clock under the ausbices of the
Artists' Course. The.lecture will be
illustrated throughout' with motion
pictures taken at Dr: Ditmars' studio
in Scarsdale, N. Y.,
The sciehtist has been making mo
tion pictures of beasts; birds, snakes,
fish, and insects Tor twenty-five years.
Insects we-'N his .first Subjects,.since
the age 01 seventeen he was assist
ant curator of entomology at the
American Museum of .Natural His
tory in New York City.. ,
' To Show' Animals' Battling
After that he served .as a reporter
on a New York newspaper until. at
the age of twenty-three: he was offer
ed the post of curatidr, of reptiles.
Eleven years later he.i 4 hecame cura
tor of mammals also and was put in
charge of collecting specimens from
all over the world.
The pictures which l Dr. Ditmars
will show will include shots of ser
pents shedding their , : Skins. Others
were photographed "swallowing prey
much larger than themselves. Anoth
er scene will Portray'a battle between
an Indian monogose and a king cobra.
The closing feature will be a jungle
circus with insects. as comedians.
Discusses Photographic Difficulties
Last month Dr: Ditniars showed the
New York Zoological society his mo
tion pictures of the, , i:ainpire bat, the
first pictorial record ever made of this
Weird' and dreadecribeast•:that drinks
the blood::ofl.sleepingih.imane: .Re
Spent - most of last summer trying to
Photograph a vampire bat• which. he
brought from Central . America and
kept 'in the reptile house at the zoo.
.Bati:are active only in the dark, so
it was several weeks before Dr. Dit
'Mars got his grizzly . pet accustomed
to enough light for him to take pic
tures with super-sensitive film.
' Speaking of his experiences recent
ly, Dr. Ditmars said: "To 'obtain
motion pictures of animals is far
more difficult than to produce ordi
nary pictures. With the latter there
is always a rehearsal, and when the
Camera is ready each member of the
cast does as he or she has been told.
Teachers' Influence
Discussed by Frizzell
Discussing the unsettled question
df the influence of teachers upon stu
dents, Prof John H. Frizzell, of the
department of public speaking, gave
the regular chapel address in Schwab
auditorium Sunday morning.
"Influence," he said, "is best recog
nized when we look back upon it. In
the highlight of the present most of
us fail to notice it. Those few peo
ple who exert influence usually don't
know that they have it and couldn't
tell you how they got it."
Citing the example of. a number
of instructors at an eastern univer
sity, Prof. Frizzell said that it was
impossible for anyone to deliberately
set about trying to influence stu
dents. Good teachers, he continued,
don't worry about their influence;
they just go on being good teachers.
"A study of personalities has a
part in religious studies," Prof. Friz
zell said. "Of the two men who most
influenced human life, Socrates and
Jesus, not a line of their writing re
mains. They discovered the secret
of enduring influence. A part of this
power of influence is what we mean
when we speak of God."
A.S.M.E. Plans To Hold
Annual Conclave Here
Student branches of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers,
representing thirteen colleges and
universities, wilt hold their annual
conference here April 20 and 30. Res
ervations have been Made by ap
proximately one hundred delegates.
Institutions which expect to send
ilelegates are: University of. Akron;
Bucknell University; Case Sehool of
Applied Science, Cleveland; Ohio
Northern University; Ohio State
University; Catholic University of
America and George Washington
University, of Washington, D. C.;
Johns Hopkins University; Univer
sity of Cincinnati; ' Carnegie Insti
tute. of Technology; University of
Pittsburgh; University of Toronto;
and University of West Virginia.
Riley Elected Captain
,Of Nittany Lion Five
:Bernard A. "Bar" Riley '36, was
elected captain of the Lion basket
ball team for next year at a meet-:
ing of. the varsity lettermen, at
noon yesterday.
Riley played regular forward
this year and also filled in at cen
ter. lie was fourth high scorer,
with 79 points. He registered 34
field goals and 11 foul goals, play
ing in 16 of the 17 games..
Riley will have a strong team to
work with next year. The varsity
men remaining have plenty of ex
perience and they will be augment
ed by a strong lineup of sopho
mores who composed the freshman
team this year.
Juvenile Theatre
Plans Under Way
Leaders Announce Presentation
• .Of 'Little Boy Blue' Here
'Latter Part. Of May.
Establishment of a children'S the
atre here through the cooperation of
the departments of dramatics and
music is under way. Tentative plans
call for continuation of the theatre
through the summer and for more
formal organization next fall.
The first play, "Little Boy Blue,"
will be presented in the latter part of
May. Thirty local children between
the ages of six and ten have been se
lected for the cast, and nearly thirty
more, whose parents desire them to
receive the training, are on the wait
ing list. The age limits for particip
ants have been set at six and twelve
years.
Graduate Students Direct
In promotion of the sprejjeet as
training for' College students, the
play 'next. month is being produced
under the direction of Nellie B. Gra
ratt, Gretchen Marquardt, and Clay
ton" Page,' graduate students in
dramatics. Assisting them _axe Ger
aldine E. Broberg '35, who is giving
instruction in. voice; Mari Yanofsky
"35,: who -.is, training„the children, in
"daliCE:itepand-"Alne . :'
lin Brooks '36, who is planning cos
tumes and settings.
Experiments in this field are being
undertaken to extend the. work in
dramatics in line with current de
yelopments, to provide training for
children, and to supply practice for
students whose future work will
bring them
,into contact with chil
dren, largely prospective teachers
and teachers of music in the public
schools. •
Further development of the chil
dren's theatre for this summer and
next year contemplates having stu
dents in play - writing produce the
scripts, students in musical• compo
sition provide the scores,. and.. stu
dents'who have successfully complet
ed work in play production direct the.
rehearsals. All of the work will be
carried .out under faculty supervi
sion.
Students Not To Get
Usual Free Bulletins
Limited funds forbid the free dis
tribution this year of the annual illu
strated bulletin to undergraduates al
though the bulletin will still be sent
free of charge to prospective students.
Only 8,000 are being printed this
year, whereas 23,000. were printed
last year.
However, any students wishing
copies of the bulletin may purchase
them for a nominal sum at the Reg
istrar's office. All receipts from sales
will be used in the purchase of ad
ditional copies for free disribution
among prospective students.
Literary. Digest Describes College
Mineral Industries Art Gallery
Devoting an entire page to the sub
ject, the Literary Digest for the week
of April 6, described the gallery of
oil paintings in the Mineral Indus
tries building here, which depicts the
development of the mineral industries
of Pennsylvania. The article was
accompanitd by six reproductions of
paintings hanging in the gallery.
The gallery, which is probably the
only one in the world devoted exclu-:
sively to paintings pertaining to the
mineral industries, has been created
under the direction of Dean Edward
Steidle, of the School of Mineral In
dustries. There is a total of thirty
seven paintings in the collection, rep
resenting the work of eleven , artists.
The paintings, which hang in the
large conference room of the Mineral
Industries building, were presented
to the School of Mineral Industries
by alumni of the College, especially
those of that School; and by private
citizens. Many large industries also
have presented paintings of their
plants to the gallery.
Election of Class Officers,
Student Council Positions
Will Begin Today at 12:45
`Collegian' Will Publish
Special Election Issue
The COLLEGIAN will. publish the
regular Friday issue on Thursday
afternoon in order to bring its
subscribers the only official results
of the class and Student Council
elections being held this afternoon,
tomorrow, and Thursday morning.
The paper will be 'on sale on the
streets as soon as possible after
the polls close at 12:15 o'clock on
Thursday. The use of voting ma
chines in the election this year
makes it possible for the COLLEGIAN
to have the results of the election
several hours earlier than in for
mer years.
Varsity Debaters
Begin Spring Trip
Men's Team To Meet 7 Squads
In Eastern Colleges While
Women Tour Ohio.
Finishing the largest debate sched
ule ever attempted by Penn State de
bating teams, the men's team left
yesterday afternoon for its annual
spring trip covering several eastern
states, while the women's team will
leave April 22 for a tour of Ohio
colleges and universities.
The men's team, •composed of An
gelo N. Berbatis '35, and Donald S.
Frey '36, accompanied by Joseph F.
O'Brien, of the department of pub
lic speaking, will discuss the muni
tions question with the University of
Pennsylvania squad before the Phila
delphia Lion's club at noon today.
Tomorrow, the team will meet Co
lumbia University on the munitions
Thursday the team will journey to
Rutgers for a discussion of the mar
riage question. The remainder of the
debates concern the munitions ques
tion and will be held at the College
of 'the City of New York, Friday;
University of Vermont, Monday; Ot
tawa University, Canada, Wednesday,
April 17; and Buffalo University,
Thursday, April• 18. -
Second Team Formed
Robert L. Durkee '35, and James
W. Townsend '35, forming another
team, will debate the munitions
question at Philadelphia, Saturday
at 2 o'clock, with the University of
Pennsylvania men's team. This dis
cussion will broadcast over station
WCAU.
Leaving for Ohio April 22, the
women's team made up of Lucille
Hayes '3B, and Ruth Zang '3B, will
meet Marshall College, April• 23;
Denison University, April 24; Ohio
State University, April 25; Kenyon
University, April 26; Heidelberg
University, April 29; and Akron
University, April 30.
Alumni To Visit Here
Alumni Visiting Day has been sche
duled for Saturday, April 27, Edward
K. Hibshman, Alumni secretary, an
nounced yesterday. The deans of the
schools and the members of the fa
culty will be in their respective of
fices to welcome forme• alumni.
Only two weight events were run,
the discus and shot. ' In the first
Cromwell won, followed by Murphy.
In the other event these positions
were reversed.
Among the Pennsylvania mineral
industries which are portrayed arc
coal-mining, both anthracite and bitu
minous, quarrying, natural gas pro
duction, pottery, fuel technology, and
metallurgy. These paintings repre-
Sent the start of what Dean Steidle
hopes will be a gallery of fifty oil
paintings of mineral industries. •
Steidle Institutes Gallery
The gallery was started when Dean
Steidle assutned his position as Dean
of the Mineral Industries School here.
Until last year, when it was viewed
by the thousands who attended the
Mineral Industries Open House, an
other innovation by Dean Steidle, the
gallery was unknown except to a
small number of persons. •
The six paintings which were re
produced by the Digest are: "By-Pro
duct Coking Plant" and "Blast Fur
nace," by A. H. Gerson; "Drilling
Rig," "Petroleum Refining," and
"Pouring Large Telescopic Disk," by
Christian J. Walter; and "Bituminous
Coal Tipple," by Ludwig Henning.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3ilvano '36 Withdrawn
As Campus clique
Representative.
Voting Will Continue
Until Thursday Noon
With the chief interest centered
around the contest between J. Briggs
Pruitt '36, Campus, and Herbert E.
Bohren '36, Locust Lane, for the
presidency of the senior class, voting
in the annual class official and Stu
dent Council. positions will begin at
12:95 o'clock this afternoon. •
The other presidential candidates
are George M. Hacker '37, Campus,
and J. Franklin Smith '37, Locust
Lane, opponents • for the presidency
of the class of '37; and Robert V. Do
nato '3B, Campus, and Frederick L.
Young '3B, Locust Lane, for head of
the sophomore class.
Silvano Not a Candidate
Thomas J. Silvano '36 has with
drawn from the Campus clique ticket
and has been replaced by L. Benja
min Palmer '36 as one of the aspir
ants for Student Council representa
tive at large.
The polls will he open this after
noon until 5:15 o'clock; will be open
tomorrow from 9 o'clock until 12:15
and from 1 o'clock until 5:15; and
on Thursday from 9 o'clock until
12:15. The results will appear in a
special edition of the COLLEGIAN on
Thursday afternoon.
To Investigate Violations
Voters must present their second
semester matriculation cards to the
elections committee. There will be
no voting by proxy. Those who have
lost their cards may vote by present
ing a note from their dean's office
certifying that they are regularly
enrolled , undergraduate students.•
"`All` reported violations' the — elee-
tions code will be investigated by the
committee 'and dealt with by Student
Board.; Violators will be liable to dis
missal from College.
The members of the elections com
mittee are John A. 'Brutzinan, chair
man, John a Fletcher, George W.
Harvey, John H. K. Houck, Paul K.
Hirsch, A. Kenneth Maiers, Albert
P. Mikelonis, Harry N. Sigel, John
M. Stocker, E. Dudley Townsend, and
Alan R. Warehime.
Petroleum Industries
To Hold Meeting Here
The fifth annual Petroleum and
Natural• Gas Conference for the Penn
sylvania industry will be held here
April, 26 and 27, Dean Edward
Steidle, of the School of Mineral
Industries, announced today. The
program will cover problems of pro
ducers and processors.
As the opening speaker Dr. D. B.
Williams, of New York, will explain
the "Chlorex Process in the Treat
ment of Lubricating Oils from Penn
sylvania Crudes." Two other men will
also speak at the first meeting. John
Dickinson, of New York will discuss
"Solvent Extraction" while Dr. Earle
S. Hill, of the research staff of the
College, will lecture on the "Satura
tion of Oil Sand Samples."
Opening the program for the sec
ond day, Allen D. Mac Lean, of Pitts
burgh, will speak on "Measurements
of Fluids in the Petroleum Industry."
Dr. Charles R. Fettke and S. H. Cath
cart, of the Carnegie Institute of
Technology, will discuss "Oil and Gas
Possibilities of the Deeper Sands in
Northwes.erm Pennsylvania." As the
last address of the convention Arthur
Simmons, of Bradford, will speak on
the "Problems of Flood Water Sup
ply."
Library Display Room
Exhibits 100 Old Bibles
The collection of Bibles of the li
brary, one of the most interesting in
the State, is now on display in Room
K of the library and will remain
there until Saturday. The collection
contains 100 volumes and pieces in
eleven different dialects and lan
guages, ranging in date from 1518 to
recent years.
Among the rare Bibles are. a He
brew and' Latin Bible published in
Switzerland in 1534; a Latin Bible
from the press of Etienne, in Paris,
published in 1532; a copy of the
Christopher Sauer Bible published in
Germantown in 1776; and a copy of a
German Bible published in Somerset
in 1818. There are also reproduc
tions of a section of the Gutenberg
Bible, the Bay Psalm Book, the Stutt
gart and Utrecht psalters and the
earliest complete English prose psal
ter.