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Volume 31—Number 52
Pruitt, Smith, Young Win Presidencies
Students To Join Protest
Against Imperialistic War
Demonstrations Here To Include Mass Meetings
At 11, 4 O'Clock Tomorrow; Players.
To Give Anti-War Play.
Administration Grants Permission To Students;
Faculty' Members Will Cut Classes Tomorrow.
Penn State students will join 100,000 other college students here in the
United States, as well as students in'South America, In a giant demonstra
tion against imperialistic war at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. The local
mass meeting will take place on the, front steps of Old Main, where stu
dents and faculty members will speak. Max Shachtman, editor of the New
International, will address an open meeting in Schwab auditorium at 4 a'-
clock on "The International Crisis." The Penn State Players will conclude
the day's activities with the presentation of the anti-war play, "Peace On
Earth," in Schwab auditorium at 8:30 o'clock..
• According to an order from the President's office, students and faculty
members desiring to attend will be excused from 11 o'clock classes. Speakers
will be introduced by Manuel Katz '36, chairman of the anti-war protest
committee. Elsie M. Douthett '35
will present a series of resolutions
for consideration by the group.
The resolutions, which will eventu
ally take the form of letters to mem
bers of Congress, protest militarism
in education, and urge the diversion
of federal expenditures from an arm
ament race to funds for education,
such as the extension of FERA. or
more free textbooks. The advisabil
ity of war games in the Pacific this
spring will also be severely question
ed.
Editor May Speak at II
Prof. Harold E. Dickson, of the de
partment of architecture, will be one
of the faculty speakers, while the
other has not yet been selected. In
the event - that no faculty speaker can
be secured, it is possible that Mr.
• • •Shachtman may make a brief talk in
stead. In place of Martin,Brezin '36,
preyiously: announced as ~the,.Other•
- will discuss „"dangers of -ItaieriCan
. Pascisra."
A. nation-wide' broadcast on the
"Significance of the Student Protest"
will be made over WABC, WCAU;
WHP, and other Columbia stations
at-4:95 o'clock this afternoon. Joseph
. P. Lash, of the Student League for
Industrial Democracy, and Albert W.
. Hamilton, of the National Council of
•.' Methodist Youth, will make the ad
,,
dresses. ,
No Disorder Expected
Although no violent demonstrations
are expected, much controversy has
been aroused, especially on Eastern
campuses. Although in many in
stances the administrations arc co
operating, such as at Bucknell, cer
tain administrations have refused
permission to use college facilities for
meetings and in some cases have pro
hibited the use of signs and the col
lege press for publicity. •
"We sincerely hope that the local
meeting will prove to be a construc
tive step in the march toward .uni
versal• peace, and that no disorder
Will mar the significance of the day,"
Katz said, speaking for the commit
tee.
2.Leave for Detroit
Drs. Nellie B. Guerrant and Jesse
E. Hunter, of. the School of Agricul
ture left for Detroit early this week
to attend the meeting of the Feder
ated Societies for Experimental Biol
ogy and Medicine.
Billiard Champ Plans To Drop Cue
For Comic Strip Artist's Brush
Twirling a billiard cue in one hand
and juggling eight billiard balls in
his other; John L. Miller '35, who
laid aside the boxing gloves to be-
Come a felt artist and wiri a $2 shirt
in the Student Union pool tourney,
declared today in an interview that
he is going to retire from the pro
fessional field and become a comic
strip artist.
The champ, who was dressed in
purple rob; with load colored spots,
paused before continuing, "Yes,
gentlemen, I'm retiring while I'm still
at the top. I realized that I might
as well quit, as I scored my winning
point over "Giant-Killer" Brubaker
by breaking his knuckles with my
.cue. I want to get out while I'm
still at the top."
The' tiny champion seated himself
on the mantle amid all his cups and
medals, and balancing a ball on his
chin, went' on, "Of course, I have
.other' reasons. Birst of all, I want
to get out more socially. While I-was
in training, I never got time. The
first thing I'm going to do is go and
see all the Mickey Mouse movies in
Centre County.
Thomas Praises
Anti-War Drama
Players' Story Branded as Most
Controversial Play Given
In Group's History.
Branded as the most controversial
play in the history of the Penn State
Players, "Peace On Earth," the The
atre Union's anti-war drama, will be
produced in Schwab auditorium to
morrow night at 8:30 o'clock.
A letter received , yesterday by
Frank J. Neusbaum, director of the
play; from..Nerman ,Thomas, prom
inent :Socialist leader,: lauded the
On Earth." , " Thomas -wrote, "I • am
delighted that-the Penn State -Play
ers are going to undertake to put on
'Peace On Earth.' It was ii tremend
ously worthwhile • play as giVen by
the Theatre Union. It carries a mes
sage and carries it without violating
any of the rules' that'make for sound
and moving drama:
Binns Portrays l'rofessor
"My heartiest congratulations to
the Players and my best wishes for
the success of the first performance
of 'Peace On Earth' by a college
group. The day that you have cho
sen for it is especially fine because
it's the day of the student strike
against war. In that kind of thing is
all the hope we have for peace."
"Peace On Earth". concerns a col
(Continued on page three)
Taylor To Sing 4 Hits
At Co-ed Spring Dance
Four Thespian songs, sung,by Helen
E. Taylor '35, "Don't Let On" star,
will be featured at the first spring
formal dance to be held on this cam
pus by the W.S.G.A. in Recreation
hall Friday night from 9 to 2 o'clock.
The dance will feature the music
of Lynn Christy and his band, and
the numbers from the Thespian show
which will be played are "April's In
My Heart". "Palkin' Through My
Hat," "Seafaring," and "Road of
Dreams."
"And," he went on, "There are oth
ei reasons. Secretly, boys, here is
the real reason. Not, so long ago I
filled out a blank I found in the Phys
ical Culture magazine on how to be
come a comic strip artist. Well, boys,
I sent that blank into these art peo
ple and they sent me a test; I had
to make a carbon copy of a cartoon
in a daily comic strip.
"Well-siree, 'I made such a good
mark in that test, that the company
sent me a letter that I could start
their course, "flow To Become a Com
ic Strip Artist In 8 Easy Lessons,"
anytime now if I just sent them my
tuition check for seventy-five bucks,
and I sent them that today."
In conclusion, the champ stepped
down from the mantel and put away
the things which he had been jug
gling and said, "So, you see, I have
made up my mind. I'm going to be a
comic strip artist because my heart's
set on it." And with that the champ,
known to sports fans as the "Blonde
Comet," broke his favorite cue, which
he has long and affectionately called
"Polyanna,". over the head of his in
terviewer.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL' 11, 1935
Newly Elected
J. BRIGGS PRUITT '36 (C)
Tabular Results of the Elections to Student Council Posts
Agriculture
William H. Myer (L) 120
Robert H. Rumler (C) 122
Chemistry and Physics
J. Jack Weisi (L) " 43
Ralph T. Irwin (C) 50
Education •
John G. Renaldo (L) . .
37
Joseph W. Bielicki (C) '32
Engineering •
Warren W. Show (L) ' • 53 '
N: Randolph. Grossman (C)'__ 71
Liberal Arts
William A. Kester (L) •65
Alexander G. Morris (C) . 49
Mineral Industries - •+ '
Richard A. Munro (C) . 9
Representative at Large (:1)
John Cessna (.1.) _ 242
.Thomas W. Etiglesham jr .(L) _251
I Raymond W. itclliler (L). 253
Elwood M.- Douthutt (C) 256
Joseph . F. LaticiusAC)
Benjamin Palmer . (C) • 232
Senate. Approves
Appropriationßill
College Bienniiim Proposal of
$3,932,234 Awaits Final
Action of House.
Passed unanimously in the Senate
by a vote of 46 to 0, the proposal of
Senator Edward J. Thompson, Cen
tre, to appropriate $3,392,234 to the
College for the 1035-37 biennium,
awaits House action today.
The amount which the proposal car
ries is '5532,234 more than that .rec
ommended to the General Assembly
by Governor George H. Earle in his
budget message several weeks ago.
The College received an appropriation
of $3,708,000 for the 1033-35 bien
nium.
Of the total appropriation of $3,-
982,234, the sum of $114,234 would
apply on the cost of repairs to the
Dairy building, the foundations of
which were undermined by subter
ranean streams over a year ago. The
remainder of the appropriation would
be used as•the trustees see fit.
Temple Gets $1,000,000
Last fall the College asked for an
appropriation of $4,210,000. Of this
amount, $135,000 was to have been
used for • emergency reimbursement
for Ithe dairy building repairs, while
$1,007,500 was to have been used for
new buildingS.
One dissenting vote was cast in the
Senate 'against the passing of the $l,-
000,000 appropriation for Temple
University when that measure came
before the body soon after the Penn
State apPropriation bill had been
passed. . .
Senator: Leon C. Prince, Cumber
land, a member of -the faculty at
Dickinson' College, cast the dissent
ing vote, 'explaining that he opposed
giving state money to private insti
tutions. He. classed Temple, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, and the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh as private insti
tutions and therefore unworthy of
State appropriations. . •
f theICL
Agriculture .
Floyd B. Fischer (1.:,)' 120
Lee M .Peorbaugh (C) 136
Chemistry and Physics ;
Donald H. Newcomb (L)94
Jackson' D. Leonard (C) 32
Education
Charles J. Cherundolo (L) . 91
Frederick J. Salisbuiy (C) 31
Engineering
John H. Calvin (E),___
John B. Ferguson' (C)_
Liberal Arts
GebrVe W. Heinen 72
Harry R. Cromwell (C) 67
Mineral Industries'..
Howell.S: - Jobbitis; 14
4copll
Resolution .
The department of economies adopt
edllw following resolution, at a meet
ing in the. office of 'Dr. Carl It'.' Ha
wk, head of the "department, Taco
'clay afternoon,: •
It; is ,with. profound regret that
we, his' colleagues in economics, .have
noted the passing of Dr. 0. F. Boucke
from our midst. Although aware of
the serious nature of his illness,' we
had hoped that he would' be
: spared
for many months, if not years; to,
continue his work.. As a' scholar he
was known fur beyond the confines of
this campus, and as an able and in
spiring teacher he was admired by
many generations of student; but for
us his death represents a serious per
sonal loss, for he was, at all times a
friend, who gladly gave of his time
in Wise counsel and willing discus
sion without stint. It was our happy
distinction to be associated with hint
in a common field of study, and we
have all gained from his insight and
broad scholarship. Because of his
inspiring example of devotion to his
work, in spite of grevious- illness, and
because of his friendship and genuine
good-will toward us, we shall always
cherish highly the memory of our as
sociation with him."
C. W. Hasek
George_ F. Mitch
J. R. Hilgert
Earl V. - Dye
Charles S.. Wyand
Hugh H. Williams
William K. Schmalzle
E. R. Hawkins
Sheldon C. Tanner
Edward.R. Van Sant
Charles' J. Rowland
W. E. Butt
Paul H. Wueller
Gwen Michael
Rae F. Cronemeyer
College Aid in Moving
Transient Camp Asked
The Pennsylvania Board of Fish
eries and Game and the State Relief
Organization• have asked the College
for its cooperation in the case that
a proposed plan of moving the tran
sient camp at Trcaster Kettle to a
site near Snow Shoe is adopted. The
tentative plan would ,affect about
two-hundred transients who are now
at the Treaster Kettle Camp.
The .College's part in the under
taking, according to Dean Ralph L.
Watts, of the School of Agriculture,
would be .to help select and develop
a camp that would have improved
stream and game conditions. This
could be accomplished by. the biologi
cal scientists and forefitOs of the
College.
1936, 1937, 1938
REDERICK L. YOUNG, JR. '3B
Agriculture
Frederick C. Edgerton (L) 19G
John H. Lotz (C) 94
Chemistry and Physics
Robert A. J. Filer (L) 72
John H. Smith (C) 27
Education
l'arke B. Eshbach (L)__
John J. Economos (C)__
Digincering
Daniel R. Grandy Jr. (L) _ 88
Frederick J. T. Horne jr. (C)___ 36
Liberal Arts
Charles R.' Campbell (L)_—_____ 90
Stanley, Schneider (C) 93
Mineral Industries
"Robeii• H.' Eschbaiin: 38
Music Contests
Will Draw 1000
State Contestants' Eliminations
. Scheduled. for Oil City
On April 26, 27.
Approximately 1,000 high school.
musicians representing seven coun
ties,. will visit the campus Saturday
to compete for district honors in the
Central district competition of the
Forensic and Music League. The
county contests were held last week
and the winners in competition here
will go to Oil City for the state cham
pionship eliminations on April 20 and
27. Director Richard W. Grant and
Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the mu
sic department, are directing the con
test.
All contests will be open to the
public. Vocal solo and small vocal
ensemble competitions will be held in
the Little Theatre beginning at 0 o'-
clock Saturday morning. Instrument
al solo and small instrumental en
semble competitions will begin in the
auditorium at the same time.
Competitions for glee clubs, chor
uses, and orchestras will begin in
Schwab auditorium at 1 o'clock. This
year there will be no band competi
tion since only one band from a Class
B high school has registered for the
contest.
The following high schools have
signified their intentions of sending
representatives: Antis Township, Al
exandria, Burnham, Carrolltown, Du-
Bois, Dale, Ferndale, Huntingdon,
Hollidaysburg, Ebensburg-Cambria,
McClure, Middleburg, Mt. Union,
Roaring Spring, Orbisonia, Roberts
dale, Petersburg, Nanty-glo, Selins
grove, Spangler, Yeagertown, South
wont, and Williamsburg.
Dr. Hunt Will Address
Pre-Medical Students
Dr. Henry F. Hunt, director of the'
clinical laboratories of the Geisinger
Memorial Hospital, Danville, will
speak on "The Origin of Red Blood
Cells" at an open meeting sponsored
by Alpha Pi Mu, pre-medical , honor
ary, and the pre-medical society in
the Chemistry amphitheatre at 7
o'clock tomorrow night.
Dr. Hunt, an authority in the field
of pathology, is an annual speaker at
the meetings of the American Asso
ciation of Medical Colleges. This
will be his first official appearance on
this campus. His speech will be fol
lowed by the annual initiation ban
quet of Alpha Pi Mu.
Lektrich, Linton, Harkess
Elected Class Secretaries
Smith, Morini, Raphael Selected Treasurers As
Balloting Reaches Highest Mark On
Record for 3-Day Period.
Voting Machines Successfully Used for First
Time in Elections, Tuesday, Yesterday, Today.
J. Briggs Pruitt '36, representing the Campus clique, won the
presidency of the next year's senior class in the voting which
finished here today when he polled 340 votes to 336 for Herbert E.
Bohren '36, Locust Lane. John Hermansen and D. Lee Backenstosc
were running mates for Pruitt and Bohren, respectively.
J. Franklin Smith, Lociist Lane, won the presidency of the
class of '37 when he got 354 votes to 320 for George W. Hacker,
Campus. Frederick L. Young, Locust Lane, defeated Robert V.
Donato, Campus by a vote of 474 votes to 318. Henry H. Bell
and Ralph W. Apgar were running mates for Smith and Young,
Tespectively.
In the minor class positions in the
senior class, Peter Lektrich, Campus,
defeated Frederick P. Davis, Locust
Lane, by a vote of 347-to-299 for the
secretaryship. James L. Smith, Locust
Lane, won the treasurership when he
polled 338 votes to 288 for Herman A.
Schmidt, Campus.
The heaviest vote on record was
recorded when 2,183 used the voting
machines used here for the first time
Tuesday, yesterday, and today. This
figure is 71 higher than last year's
record vote, when 2,112 ballots were
cast.
Armstrong Gets
LaVie Editorship
McKinney Named .as Business
Manager; Brooks, Koehler,
Schwartz Win Places.
JameS H. Armstrong - '36 was elect
ed editor of the 1936 La Vic at a
meeting of tie board Tuesday night.
William S. McKinney jr. '36 was
named business manager and Amelia
Brooks '36, art editor. Ruth E.
Koehler '36 was elected managing ed
itor, and Charles M. .Schwartz jr.
'36, activities editor.
In all, 'seventeeni . Were::electe&i,ta:
the-ienioe—boardErrieStAiaeliod
'36 was named fraternities editor;
Edward A. Novack '36, College ed
itor; Jine W. Fernsler '36, women's
editor; Dorothy F. Hull '36, class
editor; and W. Bernard Freunsch '36,
sports editor.
Other members of the business
board are Jacob H. Koehler '36, pho
tographic manager, and C. Harold
Cunningham '36, assistant photo
graphic manager. Joseph F. Balis
'36 was named assistant art editor;
and J. Briggs Pruitt '36 and Robert
A. Wilgoes '36, associate art editors.
The 1935 Lft Vie will be ready for
distribution about May 20. All the
work with the exception of sonic copy
reading has been completed and is
now at the printer's. There will not
be a !Telles" section this year, it
having been replaced by a "Person
alities" section, which will be cam
, posed of both men and women.
M.I. Seniors To Make
Mine Inspection Trip
Senior students of mining will
leave for Pittsburgh Sunday on an
inspection tour of coal-cleaning
plants and the work of the U. S.
Bureau of Mines on the experimental
mine at Bruceton. The trip is under
the direction of Prof. James W.
Stewart, of the School of Mineral In_
dustries.
The juniors in the school are leav
ing for the anthracite coal region
on Sunday. They will• visit the mines
near Hazleton, Tamaqua, - the power
plant at Hauto, a large ore mine at
Cornwall, and a magnetic concentra
tor at Lebanon. This trip will be di
rected by Prof. William R. Chedsey,
also of the School of Mineral Indus
tries. Both groups will return some
time after Easter.
Because of student expense, inspec
tion tours have been eliminated from
the routine of the engineering de
partments in general, but less ex
pensive trips have been made optional
in the mining and Metallurgy depart
ments.
Hayward Will Address
Senior Women Group
Miss cram Hayward, placement
secretary of the Katherine Gibbs
School, will speak to the senior wom
en students in 405 Old Main Mon
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The lec
ture will deal with the private secre
tary and how to apply for a position.
Margaret Kinsloc, president of the
senior class, has extended invitations
to all women students and faculty
members to attend the lecture. The
Katherine Gibbs Schools, located at
New York, Boston, Providence, and
Hamilton, Bermuda, specialize in sec
retarial, executive and academic in
struction.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Levan Linton, Campus won the '
. secretaryship of the class of '37 by
(polling 336 votes to 310 votes for
Thomas R. Brislin, Locust Lane, and
, Robert E. Muriel, Locust Lane, won
the treasurership with 326 votes to
'313 for Walter S. Wiggins, Campus.
--Georgo -i,C.:.:Harkess;- , ..llocust:..Lane,
won the position of secretary of the
class of '3B, defeating John D. Ken
non, Campus, by a. vote of 438-to-324.
Ralph B. Raphael, Locust Lane, was
elected treasurer of the class of '3B
by defeating John S. Moeller, Campus,
by a vote of 425-to-315.
Grange Men To Work
On Program Planning
Program planning will be the prin
cipal theme of the fourth annual
Grange Lecturers' Short Course to be
held here in cooperation with the Col
lege on Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday.
Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh, of the
dramatics department; will describe
the production of one-act plays. James
C. Farmer, national Grange master,
will discuss projects in program
building; Mrs. Elizabeth Starkey,
state superintendent of juvenile
grange work, will discuss juvenile
programs; 'and Willis Kerns, exten
sion rural sociologist, will give the
principles of program building and
tell how to lead singing. Ira C.
Gross, past state lecturer, will out
line planning programs to meet com
munity needs.
Among other subjects scheduled
for the program are public. problems
in agriculture, economic problems of
the Pennsylvania farmer, community
leadership, and the future of agri
culture, presented by outstanding
leaders in agriculture, education, and
grange work.
'Frolic' Booth To Hold
Old Style Square-Dance
The largest booth at the Ag 'Frolic'
in the Armory tomorrow night at 8
o'clock will be that erected by the
Penn State Grange which will fea
ture old-fashioned square dancing for
anybody who wishes to try it. Other
booths will feature cxhibi S and
games, all to be paid with stage money
given to visitors at the door. Refresh
ments will be included in the admis
sion Brice. _ .
Members of the 'Frolic' committee
are Robert H. Rumler '36, chairman;
Robert M. Brock '35, James D. Miller
'35, Keith E. Blair '36, Robert .E.
Curry '3G, Alice E. Platt '36, Samuel
F. Simmons '36.
To Attend Conference
Drs. Robert G. Bernreuter and Wil
liam M. Lepley, of the department of
education and psychology, will attend
the annual meeting of the Eastern
Division of Psi Chi, national honor
society of psychologiuts, at Princeton,
Saturday. Dr. Bernreuter will read a
paper titled, "Chance and Personality
Inventory Scores." Dr. Lepley, presi
dent of the Eastern Division, will
preside.