°Semi- eekly: , COMPLETE ~,, ,1 0- 7 11A- I f . . 0 , 1 , 44 . 40 ESTABLISHED CAMPUS 1904 COVERAGE or , --- ~.„, , ~,, ,4 7- . , -. ,'-'1:1\ 11 run •fttitr-. :() e6rittirgtatts. -,:,, .ts__.2 Volume 31—Number 60 L M. Standing Released For Bezdek Award Sigma Phi Epsilon Has • Lead .of 53 Points ,For Sport Cup. Phi Delta Theta Grabs 2nd Place in Contest Sigma Phi Epsilon, with - 295 Points, is in -first place in , the intramural sports' standings for the, fall .season, according : , to the nummary compiled by William • W: Lauet: '36, intramural sports manager. Phi •Delta' Theta, with 242 Points, occupies the second position, followed by Beta Theta Pi with 204. • Fall snorts consist of football, cross country, and horseshoes. Sigma Phi Epsilon's lead in the 'standing is due, for the most part,, to their victory in the football tournament, which was won by one touchdown from the• Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity in a very' close match... • Varsity Points ,Given Triangle fraternity 'won the cross ' 'country- cOntest, and the horseshoe tournament was won by Signia Pi, neither of which teams, however, scored enough outside points to place them among the first five in the Bez dek trophy race. • ' ' Points other than those ;in -intra mural sports which are counted, to ward the trophy include varsity let'- ter and numeral winners in the fall varsity sports, namely football, soc cer, horseshoes, • and "cross-country. Phi. Delta Theta and Beta Theta Pi received most 'of their points in this •' . • .To Ann:ounce Winter' Points - • Delta' Upsilon placed fourth , in the ' standing: with a• total of • ip,pohlts, followed , by Sigma Nui, in filth, pool ';.• tioni#ith a 150-point aggregate- score; far aS ried ~. they. 'aro :no.:indicapon . of:the final . `winner of .the , ticiphy, Manager Liao stated, because';' both ..wintei.! and spring- competitions have yet 'to 'be added to the scores. , . Donald' B. Ross '35, president of • . intramural beard; stated that the re sults of the winter tourneys would be - released 'Some' time next'week. . Dr. Sheen To Speak At Chapel on Sunday The. Rev. Dr. Fulton 1. Sheen, pro fessor of the philosophy of religion at the Catholic University of Amer ica,, Washington, will speak on "Chris tianity and .the World Crisis," at the regular chapel services in Schwab au ditorium at 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing. Dr: Sheen is probably best known to students for his series of lectures, on the National Catholic Radio Hour. Ho has been' described by the London Universe 'as the "new Catholic phil osopher of the ages," and "the most popular of American preachers who have come to England." A native of Illinois, Dr. Sheen was graduated from St. Viator College, and ordained "to the prieithood in 1919. He spent six years in gradu ate study, at the Universities of Washington, Paris, Louyain, and Tome. , , In 1926 he became the first Amer ican to be awarded.the Cardinal Mer cier prize for international philosophy by the University of Louvain. In ad dition -to his work in America, Dr. Sheen lectures annually at Westmin ster Cathedral and also in Cambridge, England. Dr. Sheen hits published eight the :, elegiesl works since 1925. Among his later books . are "Moods :and Truths,","The Philosophy of Science," and "The Eternal Galilean." He has been • characterized by the Living Church' as "among the most success ful of living. Roman writers." Pierce 'l7 Addresses Metal Societies Here . W. M. Pierce,:former Penn State student, and chief of metal research for the New'Jersey Zinc company at Palmerton, .N. J., , ,addressed the Penn State chapter of the American Soci- ety for Metals; last Thursday night , on "The Value of Research 'in Im proving the Utilization of *Zinc and .„ • Zinc Alloys.", • Mr. Pierie 'was a student at Penn State from 1914 to 1917. He received the degree of; Bachelor of Science -from the' University of Illinois in ' 1918, and the degree of Master of Sci ence from Yale , University in 1920. Entries for I. M: Track Due at 5 o'clock Today All entries for the intramural track tournament must be in the hands of Miss. Keller, in Recrea tion hall, not later than .5 o'clock tonight, according to Albert C: Herbert '35, intramural track man ager. ' . . , . . The intramural track and field meet will be held 'May 21, at 4 o'- clock, and only three men from each competing organization may be entered in any one event. Laundry Owners Close Convention 100 Delegates Hear Results Of Research Work Done Here In Textiles. I Sessions this morning and a golf tournament this afternoon will con clude the two-day, twenty-eighth an nual convention of the Pennsylvania Laundryowners' association. Results of . research work •in the laundering of textiles, conducted here by: the department of textile chemis try, will be presented to the conven tion at the session which opens in the Home Economics auditorium this morning at 0 o'clock. An open forum will follow the formal program. Dr. Pauline Beery Mack, head of the department of textile - chemistry, will report on enzymes in starching work-and J. Fred Oesterlin'g, research fellow in textile chemistry, will re port •on 'woolens in laundering and the effect of alkalies on soil removal. Burr Watson, head of the National Laundryowners' association research staff, will report on sales, cost reduc tion and engineering. ';President Ralph D. Hetzel spoke at a dinner dance attended•by over 100 delegates and . their wives in the Nit tany :Lion Inn; last night. Edward G. Lang, formerly director of public works. at Pittsburgh, spoke on "Com pensation Insurance.."- Music was fur nished Moss and. his . arches lai,•7and•ii. novelty, dance .was given by, Helen: E. Taylor' W . - find-William arid. the Arrirsiti .. Qpiritet sing; , • Tschan Elected Head, 'Of Fraternity Group Di. Francis J. Tschan was elected president, Dr: Charles C. Wagner vice-president, and Jean Dambley sec retary, of, the Penn State Fraternity Counsellors'' association by a nnani :mous vote at their monthly meeting held at the Sigma Nu house Tuesday night. The newly elected officers are advisors of the Theta Kappa Phi, Alpha Chi Rho, and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternities respectively. The meeting, conducted by the re tiring president, Dr. Clarence S. An derson, included discussions on sev eral, phases of the fraternity situa tion, including finances, Hell week, ex tra-curricular activities, and scholar ship. A suggestion which may be - carried out later was made to con duct a survey questionnaire among the fraternities to discover possible deficiencies, so that they may be rem edied and the College fraternity stan dards raised. Dr. Tschan, newly elected president of the group, defined worthy extra curricular activities as "those activi ties which make a person leave the campus better because of them." He stated that more consideration should be given by the fraternity to the abilities and past records' of the pledges before, shoving them into some activity. • 'LaVie' Them Pictures of Buildings Taken from New Viewpoints. La Vic Ms gone sophisticate this year. Its editors have decided that the usual College yearbook tends to Present its tale in a light and undig nified manner. Therefore, La Vic will, quoting from its motif: "Strive to portray Penn State through sophisti cated and classical channels, parting froth the general frivolous trend." The austerity of its tan, cloth cover is broken by a print that vaguely re sembles the 'main gates or the south rear view of the 'South Liberal Arts building. Its fold is broken, by red stripes, formed to resemble zi,eorded binding: Above are the words, Penn State, below that La Vic. At the very: bottom of the red stripes and the book edge are the. year figures. The book throughout is a red and black color combination, with red let ters contrasting with black pictures, or red 'figure work contrasting with black 'cuts. The first section of the 01lora Wins A A Presidency; Bell Voted Secretary Bernard Riley Named Vice-President; 765 Vote. Swimming Approved Intercollegiate Sport Flunk O'Hora '36 was elected pres ident of the Athletic association for 1935-36, and. Raymond •0. Bell '36 won the secretarial post in the re vote taken Wednesday between - the two leading candidates for president and the two leading. candidates for secretary, after each had failed to win a majority vote in Monday's elec tions. Bernard A. Riley '36 was elect ed vice-president. O'Hora polled 412 votes to 353 for Riley and Bell • received 414 votes to 347 for Francis W. McAndrews' '36. The total number of ballots cast reached 765. - • .48 More Vote • , In. the re-elections, which were nec essitated by the - association's election ruling that a candidate must receive a majority of votes cast in order to be• in office, forty-eight more votes were cast than in Monday's poll. Swimming was added as ,an ;inter collegiate sport with a four and'one-- half inch letter award' by, a vete . .of 7f1.-to-S in %Monday's elections. Frank O'llora will replace -John . M. Stocker '35, formeraresident of the associe. , tion. The following rulings ivhieh were passed by . the committee. will auto matically. go into effect: 1. Fencing will remain a minor sport here. .• 2. Numerals will be awarded to sec ond assistant managers. in baseball, boxing,, and wrestling. • pamage Estimate tkidejfor $.1.0 Set .As Amcnint 'of to • • College for Student Riot ' Last Wednesday. An unofficial estimate of . $1.30 for damages caused by the recent student bonfire was turned in to the Student Board at its meeting Monday, J. Briggs Pruit '36, chairman, announc ed Tuesday. No bill has been pre sented as yet for the scales of the G. C. Murphy Company which were de stroyed at the same time. -This estimate included repairs for the holes burned in the cement at the corner of Beaver avenue and Allen street and on Allen street and Calder alley. Other damages resulting 'from the recent student pajama parade were , investigated and a few minor ones were adjusted. One of• the student leaders in the parade was brought before the Board and placed on strict probation. May Raise Dues Repairs are now being made to the surface of Allen street opposite the Main Campus entrance. Fifteen hun dred bricks are being replaced in the area damaged by the bonfire which was started by students last fall. The cost of these repairs are estimated at over $lOO. The damages from the more recent blazes •will be paid from class funds. It the bills cannot be met, next year's dues will be raised . to meet the defi cit. e More Auste hook contains one interior and one exterior view of five campus build ings, Old Main, Home Economics, Mineral Industries, Dairy, and Recre ation hall: Each 'picture has been ta ken from as original a position as possible. The newest view is that of Old Main lobby taken through the east hall archway. The exterior picture of Hmie.Economics is taken from a distance and' frames the building in the trees on the front campus. The class division pages break their expanse of white with figures of pup pets on strings, a novel and thought provoking idea, especially since ear lier in the book one of these drawings appears with a puppet under the con trol of a capped and robed professor. All other, sections, except the hem— orary societies, fraternities, etc., are separated by photographs formed of drawings of dancing figures, lion heads, swirling water in a bucket, light bulbs, skulls, and candles, all of which weie'arranged 'bithe yearbook photographers and the student staff: The hardest to make was that which introduces the dance section. This contained' the dancing figure in the center, to the bottom-left the bucket of swirling,'soapy water, and sur- STATE COLLEQE,.PA.; . FRI6AY, May 17, 1935 R.O.T.C. Men ;Excused For Graduation Parade Freshnian and sophomore 0. T. C. student s will be excused from their 3 o'clock classes Monday af ternoon to 'participate in the an nual R.. 0.. T.. C. graduation pa rade. The ceremony will last two hours, concluding at 6 o'clock. At this time, various awards will be made for 'proficiency in military tactics:: ' In case of rain, the parade will by postponed one week, with class continuing as us ual. ROTC Graduation To Occur Monday Military Department Will Award Company,.PlatMin Merits At Annual 'Event. With all 3 o'clock classes being of ficially dismissed fort freshman and sophomore R.0.T.C., students Monday afternoon, the annual.` . inilitary grader ation parade will be.held on Holmes Field. -Awards.will-be: issued for the winning platoons, -winning companies, rifle matches, expert riflemen, fresh man rifle competitionOpistol matches, and the winners of ;Ake President's medals. Kieffer,-'37 , :wi11-receive the President's. gold niedfil, Randall Ja cobs . '3B will. be avi#ded -the silver medal, while Luckenbill '3B is to receive,:tWbronze medal. These medals are awarded annually by President , Ralphfi4fetzel to the three students. niospPoficient in per forming the manual`4.iirms. Winning ComlaiiilListed Company B, Of,IIM:-Engineer Regi ment, and Connpayik'. ; o;l'of the In fantry Reginient, will-;iteceive the best company awards., stiff officers of the winning engine*regiment are Cadet• Major Henry-M:`Myers '36, Ca- ' det 2nd Lieutenant* Lee •Backon- ' stoso ''36, and Cadeftichnical Ser geant Matthew L-Rorii§augh:'37. Officers •of ace - 1411 .. ing Infantry Regiment are Ctidet4aptain Victor Onlichipa !35'inlec2rd tenant ~Louis , The firsE , platoonsriiPik ganter-Regi , ment-Company F and Infantry Regi inent go mpany B -are to , reeeive• the platcion. awards. ' • ; • :Other Awards Named' • ; Platoon officers of these winning platoons are •Cadet • 2nd. Lieutenant Stephen G. Creiswell '36 and Cadet 2nd - , Lieutenant James H. Book '36, of the Engineer and Infantry Regi ments, respectively;. Cadet 2nd Lieu tenant W: Marshal Myers '36 and Cadet Ist Sergeant. William I: Wauga man '37 will receive the silver medal and the bronze• medal, respectively, for their high rifle scores in the third corps area intercollegiate rifle match. Expert rifleman qualification badges will be awarded to Donald I. Smith '3B; first. place; W. Marshall Myers '36, second place; and William I. Wangaman '37, third•place. In the freshman rifle competition awards, the gold medal will be award ed to Bruce E. Drawbaugh; the sil ver medal to James L. Bond; and the bronze medal .to Allan G. Simpson. Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Walter Hobson '37, Cadet 2nd Lieutenant Joseph C. Crownover '36, and Cadet 2nd Lieu tenant Louis T. Lazzarini '36 will re ceive the gold, silver,. and bronze medals respectively for placing in the pistol match. Wurfl To Address Club Prof. George J. Wuhi will speak to the German club at a meeting in Room 410, Old Main, Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting is open to anyone interested. Election of offi cers for next year will be' held, fol lowing the address. re This Year Red and Black Color Scheme Featured In Yearbook. rounding the figure light bulbs which show as bubbles, All these pictures were taken against a black backdrop. Reverting to the cover once more, and opening it to look at the inside decorations, small cuts , of various buildings appear with green trees un obtrusively placed among them and the Nittany Lion springing through the air. Here, too, the tan of the outer side of the cover is carried through. The lion idea is presented on other pages, especially on those which con tain the pictures of the faculty. Each break in the double spread is marked by a springing lion drawn in out line. One of the stuffed lions, which made its appearance for the first time before the Syracuse game, again ap pears, this time merely, as a head stuck through a black-backdrop and acting as an introductipn•to the foot ball section. College Will Play Host to 1,000 High School Students Tomorrow In. Second Annual Penn State Day Penn State Day Program For Visiting Students MORNING • Registration in Old Main Assignment for Meals Assignment to proper school; Conferences with deans and heads of departments, visits to classrooms and lab oratories while in session Campus tours—Special visit to agricultural farms Luncheon, at fraternities and dining commons AFTERNOON • Penn State Freshman baseball game with Germantown Academy Varsity Lacrosse with Lafayette Swimming meet, Freshmen vs. Upperclassmen at Glennland Pool Girls' Play Day Program Women's Panhellenic Tea Barbecue on Beaver Field EVENING Rally in Recreation Hall Address of welcome by President Ralph D. Hetzel Boxing bouts Wrestling bouts Fencing bouts . Soccer game Blue Band Glee Club Men's Varsity Quartet Skits from the Thespian musical show Open House at all fraternities 10:00 A. M. to 12:00 M. 2:30 P. M 4:00 P.M 4:00 P. M 4:30 P. M 5:00 P. M. 7:15 P. M Glee Club Names Badger President 11 Members To Receive Keys at Annual Banquet; To Give Concert Here May 27. Ebert L. Badger '36 was elected president of the Glee club for 1935- 36, and F.dwin J. Griffiths '36, vice president at a meeting of the club Monday. Robert E. Carey '36 was named manager: Howell S. Dobbins '37, secretary-treasurer, and. Charles E. Leigh '3B, librarian. . ' Activities for- the remainder of the semester - will 'consist'. of a 'concert foi. the, Pennsylvania Press "conference which. will be put on by the Varsity Male Quartet' and the'Hi-LOs in the auditorium Monday, night, May 27. The Glee club will make its final an ; pearance at Commencement in Recre ation hall, Monday afternoon, June 10. To Give Keys The following who have been mem bers of the club for three years will be presented with keys at the annual banquet: Stephen Gilliard '35, Arthur C. Harper jr. '35, John L. James '35, Burton Bowles jr. '35, Robert W. Wil son '35, Ebert L. Badger '36, William J. Bright '36, Robert E. Carey '36, Edwin J. Griffiths '36, Lester M. Rit ter '36, and John S. Taylor '36. 400 Mining Students To Attend Convention Between three and four hundred students from mining extension class es all over the State arc expected to attend the fourth annual Miners' Day convention, to be held in the Mineral Industries building tomorrow. The principal speakers for the con vention are L. R. Householder, vice president, and F. L. Vinton, general manager of the Rochester and Pitts burgh 'Coal company of Indiana. One of the features of the program will be a demonstration of gas igni tion, to he made by representatives of the bureau of mines at Pittsburgh. Another feature will be a demonstra tion by several members of the Cly mer extension class, of proficiency in subjects taken in courses during the past year. The program of events for tomor row include a meeting from 10:30 un til noon, followed by luncheon, after which an inspection tour of the cam pus will be made. Knepper To Head Alpha Lambda Delta Elections of officers of Alpha Lmbda Delta, freshman women's hon orary scholastic fraternity, were held Monday night. The new officers arc: president, Frieda M. Knepper; vice president, Grace E. Clark; secretary, Rose M. Costanzo; and treasurer, Peggy R. Pearl: Tho initiation of - the freshman pledges into Alpha Lambda Delta Was held in the Grange playroom May S. Alma J. Shank '37, president, offi ciated at the ceremony. Following the initiation a tea was held for the new members and ,all those freshman women whose aver ages were above a 2. Those women who may raise their averages to a 2.5 for the entire year will then be eligible for Alpha Lambda Delta. Thespians Score Hit at Pottsville Newspaper Reviews Give Credit . To Acting, Music, Chorus Of "Don't Let On". Scoring a hit with their presenta tion of "Don't Let On" at Pottsville Tuesday night, the Thespians com pleted their road engagements and prepared for the final presentation of the musical show here June 8. Reviews of the show in Pottsville papers characterized the production as- a "highly entertaining program t " and ..sald that...."perf,ectycoordination lOrmance." The reviews gave top credit to the acting of William B. Bdwards, who "not only- car ried his part well, but wag the portant' cog in a smoothly operating machine." - ~•• • • . . Highly Praised "The chorus work set a new mark for amateur performances and it can be truthfully said that many profes sional performances have failed to produce the type of entertainment given by the Thespians," one of the reviews said. "Everything moved along so nicely that one could not help but marvel at the perfection which marked every number." Special mention was made of the Winter Wonderland number, with Margaret R. Gaon '37, Norman Hol land, the Theta trio and the men's chorus. The Thespians presented two per formances, one before a high school audience Tuesday afternoon, and the other in the evening. The cast and technical stall', numbering ninety-six persons, returned here Wednesday. Photography Exhibition Arrives from New York A commercial photography exhibi tion Will open in the main exhibition room on the third floor of the Main Engineering building today and will be on display until Thursday. The photographs aro the work of Richard Garrison, of New York City, one of the outstanding commercial photog raphers among the younger men in this field. Reproductions of his work appear from time to time in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and other art and professional magazines. The collection will be brought here under the auspices of Pi Gamma Al pha, honorary art fraternity, and may be viewed on Sundays from 2 to 6 o'clock, and week days until 10 o'- clock in the evening. Mr. Garrison is also co-author of a book dealing with Mexico, a copy of which is in the local architectural li brary. Bracken, Nesbit. Plan Future Graduate Work Franlc L. Bracken '35, who was awarded a John W. White fellowship at the Scholarship Day exercises Sat urday, plans to spend, next year in the graduate school of the Massachu setts Institute of Technology. This coming summer he will follow a grad uate engineer training course in the Schenectady plant of the General Electric company. Dan E. Nesbitt '35, a senior in the electrical engineering department, has also been appointed to a graduate engineer training course by the Gen eral Electric company, and is to re port for duty in Juhe. PRICE FIVE CENTS 52 Fraternity Groups Plan Entertainment Of Visitors. , Sporting Events, Rally Open to Registrants Approximately one thousand high school seniors have signed up to visit the campus during Penn State Day tomorrow and take adVantage of the oppor tunity to see an educational in stitution of the size of Penn. State in full operation. From the time the guests start regis tering tomorrow morning until late at night, when they leave the fraternities at which they have been entertained, for the return trip home, there will be a full day of activity for them. Varsity men of the Penn State boxing, wrestling, and fencing teams have been selected to give exhibitions at the rally in Rec reation hall tomorrow night at 7:15 o'clock. Captain Zeleznock and Cris well, Goodman and Donato, and lazy Richter and Sawehak will give th 2 boxing exhibition, while Captain John son, Ray Yoder, "Sully" Waite, and Jack Light will do - the wrestling. Dick Allen and Dick Lewis have been named to cross sabers in the fencing exhibition at the rally. Glee Club To Sing Besides these athletic contests, the committee has arranged for a'gym ex hibition and a soccer game. Penn State's Eastern Intercollegiate cham pionship Glee club will sing, as will the Men's Varsity Quartet, The Blue Band will play and the Thespian Mu sical Show cast wilLpresent; several skits-:fromltalate a t';l*li4tiiiiet , resante au_ Waes' in 'PhdipshurgPcMiiillit: ' 'Registration: „starts. at 10 o'clock and continues until noon. During this time.carnmis tours to all the build ings and .points, of interest, will be ;conducted. There will be time also fdr the visitors to talk with the heads lof the schools and departments in, which they are interested. These in terviews are expected to clear up any doubts in the minds of the students as to the, advisability of entering a particular kind of work. They should be helpful in a clearer understanding of the kind of work in which they are interested. Fraternity Luncheons Luncheon assignments will have been made at the time of registra tion, and at 12 noon the visitors will report to the fraternities to which they have been assigned. This per iod will aid in developing an increased acquaintanceship with fraternity life, and, along with the evening meeting after the rally in Recreation hall, is expected - to help the seniors under stand something of a college's social 'life. At 2:30 o'clock the Penn State freshman baseball men will meet the Germantown Academy team, and the varsity lacrosse team will oppose Laf ayette, both on Beaver field. These contests will be free for visitors. In line with this type of entertainment will come the Play Day activities ar ranged for some twenty-five girls from high schools whose quota of graduates entering Penn State is small. These girls, and any other girls who may wish to enter, may join in the contests and games to be stag ed on Holmes field. For the girls especially invited for the Play Day events there will be a Panhellenic tea. At 5:00 o'clock a barbecue has been arranged for the guests on Beaver field. This is designed to relieve the financial strain on the fraternities and to liven things up by allowing the visitors to become acquainted among themselves. The day will end for the guests with the fraternity visits. The Play Day girls will be entertained at the W.A.A. cabin at Shingletown Gap with games and other amusement. They will spend the night there and return home Sunday. Phi Kappa Tau Wins 0. G. Cigarette Contest 'Phi Kappa Tan was announced as 'the grand prize winner in the Old Gold cigarette contest. The frater nity was awarded a ping-pong table for turning in the highest number of package wrappers, 760. Winners of the other prizes includ ed Kappa Kappa Gamma, women's prize, bridge set; Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, men's prize, bridge set; Alpha Omicron Pi, second women's prize, lamp; Kappa Sigma, second men's prize, lamp; Susan Flynn, individual prize of $lO.