65e.. - rtii:Veekly' • . .. „. CURPLATE A . 4 4 ;‘ ,„:0,-.44, - cAmpus - =, - , ,,,,,v:, 1 rutt , ;alit , . (2,e: .. Tottr COVERAGE , 0 , , , •:.(,:rBss' q-••-• . . . 13reene Named Chairman of Junior Prom Committee Includes 13 Men, 2 Coeds As Aides. Dance is Scheduled For Early in May Breene '37 was named chairman.of the.junior prom commit tee yesterday bY'Frank' J. Smith '37, president of the junior class. ThirteenjUniors; including two co als, will aid Breene in planning and directing .the dance, the last . of 'the six major dances of the year. The committee includes Martha Shaner, Helen M. Clymer, Howard J. Voorhees, Thomas R. Brislin, Frank E.- Schwartz, William H. Egli, Daniel S. Jaquette, and Robert .E. Lentz, Robert Cox . , Allan Chotiner, John R. Palin, Max.P. Reeder and Frank R. Romano complete the list. , Breene. said the dance would be held sometime during the first, two weeks in May as haS been the custom in the past. No definite date has been set thus far. --No orchestra has been considered yet, Breene • said. He indicated,• how ever, that the committee 'would like to bring Hal Kemp, Ray Noble,' or Benny Goodman to the campus. - WS GA Choses Peace Delegates Rutli E. Koehler To' Represent College at Peace. Meeting In Washington, D. C. f. *RothE7Kiiehldrl.'36 hien:cho sen by the 'Women's 'Student Govern ment Board as. the Penn State repre sentative to .thg eleventh annual con ference on "Cause and CUre of War." , The conference will be held in the Hall of Nations, located in the Hotel Washington;-Washington, D. C. The meetings' will be held January 24 to 20. ' Talks by prominent leaders in the fight on war will be heard by the as sembly. Open discussions on pos sible paths to pursue will be the fea tura of the conferences. Ist Time State Has Participated The objectives of the conference arc: to build effective peace 'ma chinery; to reduce war machinery; and to. obtain guaranteed security against war for every nation. This is the first time that Penn -State has been extended an invitation to send representatives- to the conven tion: Numerous well- known organi zations from the leading schools of the country will be represented. Among those .will will send delegates are included the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the American As sociation of the University of Woe= en; and the Student Government as sociations. Campus Patrol Urges Reclaiming of Losses Captain William V. Dennis of the Campus Patrol makes a final re quest that those people who lost ar ticles during.the past year appear at the Patrol- office on third floor, Old Main, to claim their property if it is there. The assortment of unclaimed articles is, getting so large that dis posal is becoming necessary. ' Captain Dennis also states that ov er one hundred persons have been fin gerprinted for the civil files, and in surance 'for safety in accident or emergency, and anyone can have his prints made by reported to the office. The youngest person yet "printed" was an eight-weeks-old baby. The ma jority. of the persons appearing for the process are high school students but a large number of college stud ents, both men and women, have been 'printed." Penn State is the first col lege to give this service, Dye Delivers Reading Dr. William S. Dye, head of the Eng lish Literature department, inaugur ated the second half of the, third ser ies of fireside readings in the second floor lounge of Old Main Wednesday at 4:15 o'clock. Dr. Dye read from Lord Dunsany and other contempor ary. English authors. Other readers during the •second half :will be Pro. fessors George J. Wurf, Paul R. Daugherty, Robert E: Galbraith, and William V. Dennis. New York Critics Enthusiastically AcclaiM Artists' Course Numbers at Recent Debuts Metropolitan Baritone I JOHN CHARLES _THOMAS Suprethe Court's AAA Decision Explained by Professor Tanner .•(The •editors of the COLLEGIAN are' indebltd to" Prof. Sheldon C. T (17L11Cr, of ~ the CCO77 , OIILiCB Cif 1)(11 . i. linnet, for the 'fallinoing explanation of the ioidelll discussed decision of the U. S. Supi•ente Court concern ing the constitutiona!iti of the Ag ricultnral Adjastmoit Adt.)• . The decision of the Supreme Court declaring the Agricultural ' Adjust ment Act unconstitutional in its en tirety is of Anusual importance, not only because if defines More' sharply than even the powers conferred upon the federal government, but also be .caVse it- foreshadows the doom'of oth er New Deal innovations, not the least of which' maybe - an attempt- to' curb the Power 'of the .Court: Thecmajoiity. opinion:Was. delivered -by Associate Atstico:Tobertstand*.UPZ nroved.bY.:Chief Justice • Hughes: and Associate, Van ...Devrtier, Sutherland, Mcßeynolds, and- Butler. Architectural Display . Shows Student Works The department of architecture has on display in the Show room, third floor. Main Engineering, a circulating co:lection of over a hundred drawings and.sketches, representing colleges in the' country. Penn State is well re presented in the exhibit. According to Prof. James B. Helm, of ! the architectural department, the designs represent a trend away from "paper architecture" and a trend to ward correlation between the struc tural aspect and the design aspect in architecture. . . The sketcheS are cf . such things as artist's colonies, hOspitals, dramatic centers, a bus station, and large buildings. Several figure drawings are in the exhibit. 8 Students Withdraw According to Report Eight' students have withdrawn from the College, according to the re port, of Registrar William S. Hoff man. Of this number, two withdrew on account of illness, one on account of lack of finances,. one on account of poor scholarship,' one because 'he entered college too late, one because he was requested to leave for falsi fication in registration. Two gave no reasons. The i;tuddn6 include James A. Wil liams '37,. .William E. Bosler '3B, Parke B. Eslibich '3B, Mary R. Aile- Mich '39, Anna L. Arnold 'b9, Irving 13. 'Weinroth '39; Udall 11., Williams '39, and Nelson' P. Frew, special stu dent. Agricultural Directory Includes 450 Students The agricultural - and . biological chemistry department' has issued its fifth • directory of their graduates numbering nearly four hundred and fifty. From two students in 1809 to ninety in 1985-16 , the department's enrollment is today the - largestin the country. Graduates nre found in thirty states and arc represented in Canada, China, Puerto Rico, Scotland, and South America. The department possesses the old est. soil experimental plots in the United States and the second oldest in the world,- Rothumsted, England, being first. It was in this depart ment, also, that Dr. 11. P.' Armsby 'eloped his famed animal calorie meter. • `News-Week' Praises Traid Schoop;.sPupeteers At Bayes; Town Hall Hears Singers. DUring the Christmas holidays, three numbers listed on the 1936 Art ists' Course opened in New York City. John Goss and his London Singers .gMre a perfamance.at the Town Hall, the Yale:Puppeteers opened at Hayes' theatre "gaily presenting the lyrical, Musical show, that kept Hollywood stars laughing for two years, brought up 'to - the minute 'Mister Noah,' and 'March of Bfiirme,' " and Trudi School) and her Comic Ballet made their American debut at the Majestic theatre. Most enthUsinstically acclaimed by hardened and blase New York critics Was ,Trudi Schoop " and her company. Accompanied by three pictures of Miss Schoop in characteristically gro tesque poses, Ncluslt'ech, national weekly news . magazine, described her performance typically. News-Week's articles follows impart: "Last week, billed as Eurcipe's most A vigorous dissenting opinion, deliv ered by Associate Justice Stone, re ceived the approval of Associate Jus tices Bimndeis - and Cardoio. The Court held, 'as grounds for holding the law invalid, that the power to tax had been used to foster class legisla tion, and that the rnethod adopted to regulate agricultural production was in effect Compulsory and not within the power of the federal government: ,The first 'objection to the statute,aS found by the majority, was be cause the, revenue derived from the processing tax was not "available for general governmentol use," or for the support - of the government; but con stituted: - an .expropriation. of one group for,the:hepefit - .of . another.:The effeet.f.ofi,,therStattitovir_-•,to --, tak - o. money from the processor and be stow it upon farmers" . who would -re thicdtheir acreage. It heid that inch an exaction was not a true tax, but on incident or device used to con trol agricultural production. The min ority replied that the regulation, if any, was accomplished not by the tax, but by the method of which its pro ceeds were ,expended, "and would equally be accomplished by any like use of public funds, regardless of their source." The majority held that the statute could not be sustained under the com merce clause, because its stated pur pose was the control of a purely local activity. The minority vigorously contended, however, that it was justi fied.'under the constitutional 'provi sion that - Congress has power to lay and collect taxes to provide for the general welfare, but the majority re plied that the power to tax was sub ordinate to the powers expressly dele gated to. the federal government, and that the statute'."invades the reserved rights of the States." For this rea ;on it Was unnecessary to ascertain ' he scope of the "general welfare" clause. The power to tax may be ex,. 3rcised as a means to carry into op 3ration another power also expressly (Continucd on. paps two) End Paper Exhibition On Display at Library An exhibit of end papers for books is being shown in Room K of the Col 'ego Library from January nth •to list. End papers are the decorative colored sheets in books inside the binding, the name being derived by Mace Ructte, a Parisian of the early I.7th century. The derivation of the present style of and papers has come about through long and varied , changes of literary tastes. The fancy silk and elaborate end papers of the last century have given ways to the more appropriate ones of today that often are made to coincide with the type of book they are in. Pictures, bright colors, geo metrical designs, and maps are the most popular types of today. To Attend Exposition , Prof. {Jerold A. Everett, head, of the department of mechanical engin eering, will attend. the annual meet ing of the Society of Automotive En gineers at Detroit next week. Professor Everett is a member of two research' committees on lubrica tion. These committees will meet to discuss a program for future I.& search. It is also probable that the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil associ ation and this College will cooperate with the Society of Automotive En gineersin 'extensive research 'pro grams planned for the coining year. riotous comedienne; she (Trudi Schoop), reached NeW'York's 'Majes tic Theatre. Wit . ll,lllec, the 32-year old Swiss brought Twenty carefully picked dancers to ,help interpret her choreographic ,drama 4; ,'Want Ads,' and Tridolin on the.l:itoad.' "With irony that :never dropped to bitterness, "the - troun.trippod out the humorof human foibles. Smooth co: ordination marked. their movements and sometimes bordoled on the acro batic. "'Friolin' traced the adventures of a young man Who left his mother to seek his fortune: Tlie: high spot of the performance came when Friolin, weary of marriage. and' 'bored with it all,' sought -solace an imaginary piano. In perfect ;time to offstage accompaniment Misi4Schoop, as the hero, lovingly': stroke . .d. unseen keys and struck tlynarniechords. It was easy to understand 'Why her manager insured her .hands for $3,000,000." • 'Speaking of the ti4 . 'enty dancers in hliwi Schoop's ensemble, Sohn Martin, in a revieiv in the New York 'finks, said: The company, Contains a num ber. of other gifted s clowns. .Meta Krahn,; Ellen - Liy, Edith Carole, and Otto Ulbricht all give the star con siderable More than able support, and the spirit of the - evening is youthful, energetic, and quite,lngenuous." • A fourth member of the Artists' Course series, the - National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, resumed its regular concerts in : Constitution Hall, Washington, D.' last night. Nu merous outstanding guest soloists will appear' with this - grOup throughout the season. On'Yebi'aary 1,2, and 3; Hans Kindler,;direetor of the Na tional Symphony,' . Will conduct a Brahms festival.. • John Charles-Thomas, Metropolitan ] baritone who will,- appear on the Course -here was . . head in a nation wide broadcast dnrini the Christmas vacation.: lie guest . soloist iirs_Ayraphopy 'the ' Baton 'Erne Rapee,lon Sunday .'night; December 29. Rubin Addresses Ist_ Quill Meeting More Than 100 Students, Facul ty Present at Reorganization ' Of Arts Society. More than HD students and faculty members attended the first re-organi zation meeting of Purple Quill, un dergraduate guild for the advance ment of endeavor in all fields of art, in the Carnegie Music room in Old Main Wednesday night. . The chairman of the meeting was Joseph J. Rubin, of the department of English literature, who spoke on the history of Purple Quill on this campus and the possibilities for its development in the future. Harry B. Henderson jr. Cm, LEGIAN editor, spoke on the function of the organization. College Libra rian Willard P. Lewis addressed the group on the necessity for the orga nization. Membership Unlimited Discussion followed on the program for future meetings. Although no definite date was set for the next Meeting, it was decided to keep the meetings open to students, faculty, and townspeople who are interested. The work of the organization is de signed to bring out creative literary and artistic effort on the part of the student body and to promote artistic appreciation on the campus. Membership in the group will be unlimited, but students desiring to become members must make some con tribution in the form of artistic achievement. The organization will remain open in order to include as wide a student participation as pos sible instead of being restricted to a few. Future programs plan for an art exhibit, musicales, and readings, the dotes to be announced later•. Those sponsoring reorganization and the ac tivities of the organization include members of the former' Purple Quill, headed by Miss Julia G. !Brill, of the department .of English composition; William S. Hoffman, College regis trar; .Mrs. Hugh R. Riley jr.; and Rubin. Who's Dancing Tomoriow Pan-Hellenic Ball (Invitation) Dill But turf College Receives $4OO Damage Bill For Barn Razing Pruitt, Linton Chosen To Consider Terms Of Settlement. Lektrick '36 Elected Into Student Board A bill of $4OO for damages to his property, as a result. of the student bonfire here on Priday night, October 18, was presented by Morris Baum to the Student Board at its meeting Wednesday. J. Briggs Pruitt '36, chairman of the Iloard, - and Levan Linton '37 were selected as a committee to confer with Baum in an attempt to have the claims seftled for a smaller sum. Baum was the owner of the barn, lo cated on the alley behind College ave nue, which allegedly was torn down by students along with certain local youths. The College, following the barn's destruction, took charge of its removal. Lektrik Electea Member Action was taken to amend the Con stitution of the Board to make elig ible for membership the - student rep resentative to the borough council. Previously he had served in an ex-of ficio capacity. Peter Lektrik, pres ent representative, was then elected to full membership. The Board 'discussed the advisabil ity of holding a student poll during the registration period to determine sentiment in regards to student holi days. The opinion has been expres sed that the Thanksgiving and Christ mas vacations are too close together and that it would be, preferable to have only a day at the earlier holi day, two football half-holidays, and a long Christmas vacation. Football Games Named In view of the opening of the win ter sports program, the Board dis cussed methods discouraging..urt 7 'cOniltict byistudents. Through the Interfraternity Council and other groups it is hoped to elimi nate this trouble. Following the announcement of the 1936 football schedule, the Board de cided to designate the Muhlenberg game on October 3 as Dads' Day. Al umni Day will be on October 10,.with Villanova as the football opponent. Houscparty will be held on October 30: and 31 when Syracuse plays here.. Honorary To Sponsor Mathematics Contest Chorus Girls in a Pit Orchestra, the A prize competition in elementary Penn State Players have secured the mathematics through the differential calculus has been announced by Pi services of Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the department of music, who will Mn 'Epsilon, honorary mathematics collect a choice all-star female en fraternity. All sophomores will be sembie toplay far The Pursuit of eligible for the prizes. Happiness," Saturday, January 18. ' The examination, which is designed Mr. Fishburn, in accepting the posi ts stimulate interest in mathematics tion, says: "Music for Players' shows among undergraduates, will be given will be provided by an orchestra made this year on or about Monday, Febru- up of members of the Women's Sym ary 2. 1 . phony. This group will not be con- The society will present three cash slant; instead, the personnel of the prizes of $l5, $lO, and $5 to the per- ensemble will change, depending on sons scoring the first, second, and the type of music suitable for each third highest marks in the examina- individual production. For this Bunt tion. It will be made up, adminis- ling job I am using a string ensem te•ed, and graded by 'members of the ble; all gals from the woolen's band, faculty of the department of mathe- probably a fifteen-piece outfit. I'll maiics. Further details will be an- tell you more about them after I bear flounced later. them rehearse." Players Achieve New Heights In Rehearsing Bundling Scene New heights of artistic tempera ment, which is considered character-. istie of all theatrical groups, are be ing found in the auditorium these nights as the Penn State Players swing into their final rehearsals for their production, "The Pursuit of Happiness." Frank S. Neusbaum rivals Charlie Spledel when it comes to contortions on the bench. lie smiles when the characters smile, frowns with thcim, and has even been known to bow with Colonel Sherwood, "of the Virginia Lighthorse. suh," in the first scene. The play progresses and the actors are instructed to project their voices more so that they'll be used to the far flung balcony stretches of the audi torium. Mild bedlam and babel en sues. At last the MUCh talked of bund ling scene. is reached. Eddie Binns and Lucille Giles are the principals. After the scene Binns is heard to mutter, "Bow can you expect me to remember lines?" Mrs. Merit Mott, who is a former member of the Cornell University art giant Second Semester Registration Will Take Place February 3-4; Classes To Open Following Day Herbert '36, Requests Cap and Gown Orders Students who will he graduated in February should place orders for caps and gowns at the Student Union office tomorrow morning and Monday afternoon, according to Albert C. Herbert '36, chairman of the senior cap and gown com mittee. As has been the practice in past years, $5.00 deposits will he re quired of each graduate, $3.00 of which will ,he refunded when the equipment is returned after the graduation'exercises. 4 Students Gain Academic Award Mohnkern, Rountree, Thompson, Beers Selected by Senate For Scholarships. rinancial awards based on scholas tic merit were presented to four stu dents at a recent meeting of the Col .ege Senate by Prof. Harold A. Ev erett, chairman of the Committee on Academic Standards. Two students, Clair A. Beers ' '35 and Wesley C. Mohnkern '3G, were recipients of the Charles Irwin Tra velli Fund scholarship. This award carries a stipend of $125 and is grant-1 ed on the basis of scholarship and need of the student. Jean Rountree '39 was named as .he recipient of the John NV. Stuart Memorial Award of $5O. This award is made to one member of the State College High school senior class. The recipient was recommended by Su pervising Principal Joe Hays. This award is provided in the bequest of .he late Mrs. Elizabeth Shattuck. The Ellen M. Stuart Memorial Awardi. also:_provided for in the be ed to' Margaret Thompson '3G. . The award, Carrying a stipend of $5O, is granted to a senior in the department of home economics, Jeconnnended by Miss Edith P. Chace, head of.the de partment. Fishburn To Collect All-star Female Ensemble Answering the demand for Ina Ray Button and her Melodears and wish ng to comply with the Rulings and Leguiations of the Administration Re faculty, designer of the set, flits in with materials and sketches the facial contortions of the puritannical minis ter (John Binns) as he denounces bundling as un "instrument of the Devil." Adjusting a handkerchief in his right shoe to remind 'him to limp on that foot is Thomas ,Francis, who plays the part of the New England father. Before he conceived of this brilliant device, Francis confessed he sometimes limped on the left • foot, which, were he discovered, would never do. He'll usy a tiny pebble on the night of the show. Realism at any cost. Conford goes into a temperamental giggling spell over one of the lines and rehearsal is completely stopped. The costume mistress mentally be moans her fate, wind; with vest but tons popping out and scums splitting at some of the lines. The curtain closes on that vivid, last line. NCUStrlilli yells "Tomorrow at 7:30," cigarettes are filched, the exodus begins, and another 'rehearsal has passed.. ESTABLISHED Alphabetical System Establishes Dates For Students. Usual $5 Fine Placed On Late Registrants Registration for the second semes 'or of 1935-36 will begin on Monday, February 3, and continue through Tuesday, February 4. Classes for :he second semester will commence Alonday, ' , chime:7 5, at 1:10 o'clock. As has been the custom in past years, students registering at a time ater than that assigned for them will JO considered as registering late and will be required to pay the 85 into :egistration tine. The usual alphabetical system of as signing registration time for students be fobowed. This system, which has been employed for the lust six teen years, is absolutely fair to all students because as it works through rotation, each student, during hi.' :our years in school, registers in each of the different periods once. Ato 13or __Monday 1:00 in 5:00 Res to Co _Tuesday 1:00 to 5:00 Cr to E __Monday 10:00 . to 1:00 1 , to G __Tuesday 8:00 to 12:00 11 to 1 ____Monday 1:00 to 5:00 Jto K __Tuesday 1:00 to 5:00 L. Mc to Mar Monday 10:00 to 1:50 Mao to 0 _Tuesday 8:00 to 12:00 l' to it __Monday 1:00 to 5:00 S to Sp _Tuesday 1:00 to 5:00 St to V _Monday 10:00 to 1:00 IV to Z ____Tuesday 8:00 to 12:00 Students should see their schedul ing officers to make out their sched ules the day before their assigned per iods if possible, but scheduling offi cers will be iii their offices 'all day during the re-registration period. There is no rule prohibiting the occur lng,of...scheduling-..cards- in—advance . of registration. No one will lie admitted to Recrea tion hail to register during the last half hour of his assigned period, al though anyone registering at that _hoe will be allowed to finish. Time tables listing time and place of second semester elaSses will be available at the offices of the sched• uling officers and may be purchased at the Registrar's office at the begin ning of the final week. Chapel Will Hear Talk By Author Lecture' "God's Government and Man's Gov ernment" is the subject upon which Francis P. Miller, secretary of the National Policy Committee, will speak at the regular Sunday morning chapel 4ervice in Schwab auditorium .at 11. o'clock. Mr., Miller is the author of "The Church Against the World," and co author of "The Giant of the Western World," a study of post-war Euro pean-American relations. Between 1931 and 1934 during a quarter of each year, Mr. Miller was a lecturer on international and social questions at Yale University. He was a member of the staff of the Foreign Policy Association as Field Secretary from September 1934 to July 1935,' and is now secretary of the National Pulley )Committee. Mr. Mi:ler has lived abroad sonic elev en yeiu•s since 1917 and this foreign residence has given him exceptional opportunities to become familiar with the international situation in Europe and in other parts of the world. Between 1926 and 192.0 he was sec retary of the World's Student Chris tian Federation whose headquarter. , is in Geneva arid edited the quarterly magazine, The Shedent Work!. In 1914 Mr. Miller received his A. 13. degree from Washington and Lee Univer sity' and tater was granted B. A. and M. A. degrees from Oxford in the School of Modern History. specializ ing in International Relations. he al so holds a Gnulieut from the Post graduate Institut6 ton higher Inter national Studies in Geneva, Switzer land. Banner Gains Office Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, was elected vice-president of the Amer ican Association of Teachers of Jour nalism at a joint session of the as sociation and the American Associa tion of Schools and Departments of Journalism held in the National Press Club at Washington recently. Prof. Grunt M. Hyde, director of the Uni versity of Wisconsin School of Jour nalism, was elected president.
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