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Cast Chosen
For 'Stocks
And Blondes'
Walters '3B Will Play
Lead; Depicts Life
Of Jim Fiske.
Kennedy To Announce
Dance Choruses Soon
Charles C.. Walters '3B play
the leading role. in'. "Stocks and
Blondes," the Thespian show' depict-.
ing the riotous times of Jim 'Fiske:
Walters, making his debut in Thes,
plan productions, is cast as Fiske in
the'musical comedy which will be pre
sented here for . the first time on
April 3.
Selection of. the cast for the show,
which was written by Johnny Binns
'36 and Dick Allen '36, was announ
ced by J. Ewing Kennedy, Thespian
director, who has already started re
hearsals
,for the show. Selection of
the choruses will be announced soon,
Kennedy said, and several of the
small parts in the cast Will be' filled
froni the chorus. •
In reality, the show has no one
leading character, following the mod=
ern trend in plays of this type, in
that it is a vehicle to carry the actien
and not the star, even though the
show is built around the life of Fiske.
The female east parts are about equal
in importance, Kennedy said.
James P. Unangst will play the
part of Daniel Drew, Arthur W. John
'36 is cast as Jay Gould, Jack E.
Platt '37 as Edward -S. Stokes, Roscoe
R. -Smith '39 as Commodore Vander
bilt, Robert L. Smith '3B as President
Grant.
The remainder of the cast includes:
William G. Marlin '39, Caesar,
Negro porter; Frances M. Gates '37,
Angie; Virginia Swart '3B, Liicy
Fiske; lola D. - .Murray '3o,,Cedda Gar
lend; , Clara E. Jones .'3B, Josie, Mans
field; Rtidie-L:' , lDillniiind- 1 37; , -Corbiii;
Charles W. Tilden - '37; Rabbits.' Ful
ler; George Morris ,'3B; Walsh; Jay
T. Lodzsun !SG, Senator Lefkowitz;
Charles B. Keiser- '36, 'doctor; J.
Lloyd Larkins '37, Mestache, the bal
let-master; Joseph K. Cook 138, Sam
uel. G. Gallu jr. '39, and Raymond G.
Sloan jr. 'B7, stewards; Leßoy. P.
Levitt '39,: leader of,' Vanderbilt's
gang; John E. Thompson jr. '37, Tom
my; F. Barton Henderson '3B, Spy
era.
Chorus Fills' Minor Roles
The policy of filling :several of the
smaller parts from the chorus will be
followed mainly to make the troupe
smaller for the road showings. Ken
nedy explained that the length of
thus involved in choosing. the cast
was due to the desire for exactness
in character which is necessary in a
period show of this type.
The entire production of the show
has been undertaken with a view to
facilitate handling on road trips. All
major parts have understudies so
that there will be no trouble in sub
stituting for. the road showings if
necessary. While chorus prospects
aro large, the male and.female chor
uses will be relatively small in order
to eliminate expense on .the trips.
Astronomy Fraternity
Initiates 12 Members
Eleven students and one faculty
member were initiated into Alpha Nu,
national astronomical honorary, at a
meeting held in the Textile. Chemis
try building Friday afternoon. Dr.
Sidney Hacker, of the University. of
Indiana, installed the chapter here.
He also delivered the address at the
banquet-held in the Old Main Sand
wich Shop at 7:00 o'clock Friday
night.
Member's 'of the organization are
Dr. Henry L. 'Yeagley, of the depart;
meat of- physics; George R. DCan,
graduate Student; Joseph C. Crown
over '3O; Henry J. Hibshman '36;
Louise S. Kunkle '36; Paul 0. Nico.
demus '36; George' H. Sperling 'B6;
Arabel S. Walters '36; S. James Zar
ger 's6; Pauline' E. Rlncheralc '37;
Howard S. Coleman '3B; and Richard
S. Crowell '3B. •
Who 's Dancing
Tomorrow
Phi Sigma Kappa
Lynn Christy
(Closed)
Theta Chi
Booth !Valmont/It.
(Invitation)
Phi Delta Theta
Bill Ifottorf
(Invitation)
Delta Sigma Phi
Norm Hollslllll,lll.
(Invitation)
Sigma Delta Chi Leads Students
Tolleaven'at Soul-saving Dance
Working in conjunction with St.
Peter, Gabriel and a Broadway angel,
Sigma Delta Chi has made elaborate
preparations to welcome Penn State
students into heaven in the Armory
Saturday night, March 21. This func
tion will take the place of the annual
gridiron dinner.
Interviewed by a Collegian repor
ter front the top of - the Dairy build
ing, which is as near as one gets to
heaven around • here, St. Peter ex
plained that the celestial, motif will
predominate, ,
' Last year, 'he, said, Sigma Delta
Chi was in' league with- Satan when
the fraternity..put on the, gridiron
banouet. But this . year, he expldin
ed, the devil has been out raising- hell.•
So we decided to 'cut in, he said, as
he diaaPpeared through a P. S. C. A.
office windoW. •
Celestial music will be furnished by
Gabriel and his wingmen, whose
Ilanceable rhythms juggle the ham
strings: The boys will featere'•un.: .
earthly Music, and "claim that they
never wrote the handwriting, on:the
wall.
Trilling a few stresses' and strains
on his battered .trumpet:which dates
back to the presubsidization era of
goodwill, Gabriel explained that he
was going to introduce a new song to .
the campus:, .
. Asked -what he thought, of celeStial
dances, Gabriel quoted: "In the Worda
of John Milton, I 'heaven' the least
With other worldly 'omniscience, lo
cal customs and practices' will: be re
vealed through a.series'of.akits, writ=
en by members of the fraternity;Lit.;
tle slants at big' shots will be' pre
sented as well as playlots.', • '
A pester contest ,is
. open to &any-,
one with an . idedfJepicing the.heav
enly theme of the daice..These
wish
lug to submit aft work may do so. at
Room 310, Old Maiti: ~ ..Alr'posters
must be-, in . by Saturday noon, March
21.. • The. winner will receive a com
plimentary ticket to the dance. JUdges
of the posters will-be . Prof. 'Helen 'M.
Savard, of .the department of archi
tecture, LOuiS 11;13611, of the depart
ment' of. journalism,' - and Miss Jos
enhine' A. Wardell,-graduate student
Neusbaum Picks
`Old - Maid' Roles
Confnrd; MraVintz Given Leads
In Pulitzer, Prize Winner
• Booked-Mar.. 27, 28.
Beatrice Conford !37.,and Theresa
N
C. fravintz f 36 have been selected , to
portray the leading characters in
"The Old Maid," which the Players
will present Friday and Saturday,
March 27 and 28, under the direction
of Frank. S. Neusbaum, associate di
rector of the division of dramatics.
"The Old Maid," which received the
Pulitzer Prize for the outstanding
drama of 1935, was dramitized by
Zoo Akins from the novel of the same
name by Edith Wharton. Produced
at the Empire Theatre, New York,
last year, the play rapidly became one
of the most distinguished dramatic
successes .of the recent American
stage.
"Edith Wharton," according to Wil
liam Lyon. Phelps, "holds a univer
sally recognized place in the front
line of the world's leading novelists."
The current Broadway success, "Eth
an Frome," is a dramatization of her
classic novel of that name.
Frances J. Keesler '39, Edward T.
Binnslle Z. Giles '3B, J. Har
old Bernstein '3B, Hermione H. Hunt
'3B, Nellie B. Gravatt, graduate stu
dent, Hurry W. Reed '3B, Helen W.
,Knouse '3B, 'Paula B. Wok Held '39,
and M. Wolovsky complete the east.
Sanders To 0
`Ole Left-Hander' Uses
Own Compositions
FOr Themes.
The soft strains of You Miss
Me?" coming from Joe Sanders and
his Nighthawks will mien Soph Hop
tonight as the orchestra appears once
again in the familiar surroundings of
a modern night club, which has been
selected as the, decorative motif for
the dance.
Famous for his "happy music" and
the many innovations which he intro
duced at the Blackhawk restaurant in
Chicago's famous loop spot, Joe Sun
ders, the ''old left-hander," will pre
sent an evening of his unique enter
tainment.
Although the Thole " left-hander's
primary claim to fame is his distine
olive music, which has warmed the
hearts of music lovers throughout the
nation, he is also known for his mean•
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FR IDA Y; ltk.TiCli 6, 1936
Seeks Divorce
After - more than'. twenty-five
S , eurs of .tharried , life liugo F. Bez
-4.1614 Director of the' .School 'of
Physical ;Education.' and' Athletics
filed a suit.eflibel in. divorce Fri
day, February.2B; againSt his wife,
Victoria C. Johnson Bezdek,• in .the
Centre 'Comity Cqurt of Common
Pleas• The subpoena was served
on . Mrs..l.lezdek Saturday by Sher
iff '.Harry . V. Keeler.,. The:)lub
poeriala returnable. Monday, April -
The Beideks came -to State Col-.'
lege. in 191.8'When,Mr. Bezdek as-
corned the position of 'assistant
football.-coach to • Dick Harlow,
'coming .here from Pittsburg where
he .coached' the Pittsburgh Nation- •
: als. They have two children, Ho
jr., now 'married, aged twenty
. six, and Francis ; aged about 21,
now a student 'at-the University of
Chicago. • -
Neither Mr. or Mrs. Bezdek
could he reached as the COLLEGIAN •
'went: to - . press; Friends' reported
that they. were, both out of town..
cago: The- attorneys for Mr. Ber.
dek, the libellant, arc the Messrs. •,
Ivan Walker end John • Love, of
Bellefonte. The grounds for divorce
.in this state are: impotence, big
amy, adultery, desertion, cruelty,
indignities to the person, fraud, •
imprisonment, marriage within the
prohibited degrees: of consanguin
ity, and false rumor. of death.
crichton To Talk
At Dinner Here
Noted Satirist, Dramatic Critic
Will Visit Here Thursday;
To Report Boxing.
Kyle Crichton, theater and movie
editor for Colliers' magazine, edi
torial and book reviewer of Lift, and
author of lakt summer's sensational
satire, "Redder Than the Ifose," will
speak on the American theater at an
open dinner in the Old Main Sand
wich' Shop next Thin•.ably night at 7
o'clock. The dinner is being cospon
salad by the Penn State chapter of
the American Student Union and
Purple Quill;
Crichton will cover the boxing in
tercollegiates for Colliers next Fri
day and Saturday. He is a Penn
sylvanian and a graduate of Lehigh
University, where he starred in foot
ball and basketball. An outstanding
figure in American letters, Crichton
is prominent in the. magazine world.
Previously, he was on the. stair of
Scribnce;s, and Modern Monthly. .
en Hop With
innovations, such as the various
clubs.
Among these ninny radio clubs - are
"The Insomnia Club," Knights and
Ladies of .the Bath," "Nutty Club,"
and the "Pitch Fork Club.".
The talented southpaw was also
first to present to the public the nov
elty of reading telegrams over the
Indio, announcing guests the same
way, and otherwise acknowledging re
ceipts and requeits from his admir
ers.
Sanders is also credited with hav
ing introduced the hand microphone
for use while he plays the piano. In
asmuch as the "ole' left bander" nev
er uadd a baton in leading his Night
hawks through their musical paces
and he could not lake the time to
leave his piano to render the vocal
choruses, he.' deviSed the hand micro
phone which enables hint to play and
sing at the some time.
The Nighthawks a•e also one of
the few_ bands to employ three iden
tifying numbers. Upon opening the
Burns Suffered
By YoUnidahl
In lleiVWeek'
Flames Cover,' Pledge
As Brothers Smear
Body With: Jell.
Victim of Init9tion
Ignited iy Battery
Week.":- tietfidtig.sr.reacheil a
new-high in lnxanity'W,Mitesday• night
when William. E. '.:YOOgdahl '3B, a.
pledge at the Alpita'Zeta,.agricultural
professional fraternitY;;Was seriously.
burned about the' hpdt.<l9ring
Week" activities andiviis . admitted to
the College infirniaiiiiir. treatment.
According to there'ports received.by
the COLLEGIAN, Youngdahl, Wbo.Was
planning to. go honie-this , week-end,
WAS stripped by the: monikers of the
fraternity, and' painted,. with various
!yes, .compose{) mostlyof methylene'
',lac, gentian viOle'f;-.*..nrid .cartel fui ,
:bin. His body was -then coated
,with
:olloidon, a jell composer) of a viscous' ,
solution of gun-64°60r pyroxylin in
alcohol, and ether,- usedi to form film,
Sy evaporation, on a Wound:
• The members of .the.'fraternity then!
.hretv feuthet's on his z hody to that :
hey would stick in the, jell. A spark
from a nearby.'batteky, which, ac
:ordiog to one repOrt;-:,waa supposed
make the 'feather's' stand on end,
gitited the ether aiOLialcOhol of the;
and the boY'Sibody was coy , :
ved:with flames.: For a minute or
',WO immediately foileVving, the Mem-1
Sera of the house , tiled desperately!
to extinguish the :ponies. Unfortu
nately one of them. ran• and got a
',ticket of water Which , he threw on
Youngdahl. This immediately incieas- 1
ad the. flames instead. of extinguish-1
ing them., •
After some 'cliff icultY 'the. men final
ly put out 'the firf.and• had , Young,
Uhl removed to the 'infirmary- where
he is reported te'be -resting quietly
today. The - seriotiSneSS Of; the burns
has not- been- deterriniiidift,ia!yet , ,hut
he believed .thd patient.',Would bear
scars -from his burris. •
Faculty Soloists...
To Play::Concert.
Mid-Winter .Prograin of. Kappa
Gamma Psi Will Feature
Violins, • Trumpet.
Kappa . Gamma Psi, honorary pro
fessional
music fraternity, will hold''
its annual mid-winter concert in the
auditorium 'Sunday at 3:30 o'clock.
Featured on the program. will be
members of the faculty.
Prof. Sheldon 'C. Tanner, of the de
partment of economics, will offer• two
violin solos, •Rachmaninoff's •'Prelude,
in C Minor,". and Chopin's "Polonaise
Militaire." Three .trumpet selections
will be played by Prof. Ray W.. Swift, I
of the department of animal nutri
tion. They include Lwoff'a "Russian
Hymn," Lemare's "Moonlight and
Roses," and the American folk song,
n'ankee Dobdle."
Herbert A. Wahl, instructor in bot
any, will accompany all' selections at
the piano. Henry S. Brunner, instruc
tor in agricultural education, will be
the last featured one on the program.
lie will offer three violin solos, Opus
40 of Beethoven's "Romance in G Ma
jor," _"Seivnite," _bp ...IriGurtemps,
and "From the Canebrake,". by Gard
ner.
ThO program will get under way
with the orchestra playing • "Luta-
riginal Tunes
Decorations F e'ature
Theme of Modern
Evening Club.
program, be•it either dancing or for
radio, Sanders plays a few bars of
one of his original compositions, "Do
You Miss Me?" Following this he
blends into another of his own com
positions, "I'll Never 'Forget I Love
You."' "Nighty Night," another• of
the 'maestro's contributions to the
musical world, serves as his closing
signature song.
With the nick name of "'the 'ole'
left-hander," the general opinion is
that &hiders wields the ham). with
his left hand. However, he haS nev
er directed the orchestra with a ba
ton and received the name when he
was .playing semi-professional base
ball with a western loam and acquired
an enviable reputation by his south
paw pitching,
Women Nominate Oberlin, Ziegler
For Presidency of Governing Body
To Appear Heie Tomorroi6
&hoop Comic Ballet To. Apimar
In Auditorium Tomorrow Night
„Quite. in keeping with the„opirit,of
'Oph!lforiveelV-enir;wilt-lie
forniince_of Trudi , Schoop and her
Comic Ballet, appearing as • tho
fourtly . presentation on the 1036 Art
ists' Course in Schwab auditorium to-1
morroiv night at o'clock.
Although the appearance of Miss
Schoop here in the same week-end as
onO:ollbe major dances is purely co
incidental, ..it is a most happy coin
cidence 'in that her show is a succes
sion of impish, vigorous, and fie
ipiehtly,rowdy..pantomimes calculated
to . sustain the entertainment tempo
which- Soph Hop induces.
Although .season tickets are no
longer available, a limited number of
single seats have been retained and
may be purchased for $1.50 each at
the Athletic Association window in
Old Main or• at the ticket booth in
Schwab auditorium the night of the
show. In order :that the perform
ance. may start promptly, the time of
the wrestling meet with Cornell has
been moved up to 6:45 o'clock.
For
. years a favorite with Euro
pean audiences, Trudi Sehoop is mak
ing her American debut this year and
the Artists' Course committee was
fortunate in securing .this aggrega
tion of pantomime artists before the
New York debut. In New York the
trope was so enthusiastically received
that it was 'necessary to extend the
originally planned ten-day New York'
run six days in order to accommodate
the crowds. When this extension ex
pired and previously scheduled per
formances out of town forced the
group to leave, the crowds were still
thronging the lobby of the Majestic
Women's Date Rules Discussed
By. Fraternity Presidents' Group
Various plans for a code regulat
ing.unchaperoned women in the men's
fraternities were discussed at a
meeting of the fraternity presidents'
gt•oup and the Senate Committee on
Student Welfare Tuesday afternoon.
Some of the suggestions that were
forwarded concerning allowing wom
en. in the fraternities were: (1) Al
low women in the fraternities Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs
day anytime up until 10 o'clock, pro
vided that there are two couples pres
ent; (2) On major dance hock-ends
girls will be allowed in the houses
Friday and Saturday nights until..",
o'clock. •
. Another suggested change was that
during A:acations or any times during
which the College is not in session
the women will not be allowed in the
fraternities.
Under th'e present plans, if they
are accepted by the Senate, it will be
up to the Intcrfraternity Council to
enforce . the code and to pass punish
ment on any of the offenders.
The fraternity presidents will sub-
Adb;" the'firsi bnllel on the
Program. shows the' audience the
events leading up to , the tragi-come
dies' that result in such . newspaper
advertisements ns "For Sale—Wed
ding gown never worn,'! or "Honest
woman in middle fifties' seeks- ac
quaintance—object matrimony."
The second half of the program is
given over to "Fridolin on the Fond,"
a merry series of adventures: Alta
lampoons the pretensions . and stupidi
ties of physical culture addicts, fan-.
atical. religious cults, mothers-in-law
—even a bowling tournament. •
An interesting feat growing out of
Miss Schoop's ability as a 'da - ticer is
that in direct contrast to' other fa
moos dancers who have their agile
Coot insured for fabulous sunis, Trudi
Schoop's manager has had her hands
insured for $300,000. Miss Schoop
dances us much with her hands as
with her feet. In fact, it is the unique
employment of her hands for comic
effect as much as her gift for subtle
pantomime that lifts Truth Schoop's
performance out of the realm of mere
dancing and into the field of riotous
comedy.
Iler humor is naive, subtle, Achim
sical, satiric, and frankly rowdy in
turn, her lightning swift changes of
mood lining graphically transmitted
to the audience by the eloquent use
of her hands.
Miss School) employs a company of
twenty-two actor-dancers and speci
ally composed music. Each member
of her troupe is equipped with ouperb
dancing and gymnastic talents, and
Miss Schoop herself is the sole di
rector, librettist and creative genius.
nut their plan to the Interfraternity
Council and if they accept it, will in
turn submit the plan to the Senate
Committee to be put into effect.
The committee appointed by Jos
eph P. Swift '36 to draw up sugges
tions is composed of Thomas C. Roan
tree '36, Morton li. Kagen '36, Thur
man C. Tejan '36, Thomas W. Eagle
sham '36, and Charles M. Schwartz
jr.
Sudds Addresses Club
Prof. Richard H. Sudds, of the hor
ticulture department, and Prof. J. O.
Pepper, of the entomology dePart
ment, attended a meeting of the Lan
caster County Fruit Growers associa
tion last week. The cultural and eco
nomic sides of fruit growing were
discussed, and Professor Sudds spoke
on "Factors Affecting Size and Color
of Apples."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Beman, Turner Named
As Candidates For
May Queen Post.
Barbey, Northup Vie
For W.A.A. Presidency
Elizabeth IL Oberlin '37 and Ce
nevra C. Ziegler '37 were nominated
as candidates for the 'presidency of
the Women's Student Government
Association, while A. Frances Turner
'36 and Janet M. Semen '36 were se
lected as candidates for May Queen
in the women's primarY elections
Tuesday.
Election of officers for W. S. G, A.,
the Women's Athletic Association,
and May Queen will be held in the
lobby of Mac Allister hall next Tues
day.
The defeated candidate for the W.
S. C. A. presidency will automatic
ally be elected secretary of the wom
en's governing body. Clara E. Jones
'3B and Amy F. McClelland '3B polled
the highest number of votes at the
primaries to keep them in the run
ning for the vice-presidency. Helen
V. Anderson '39 and Doris (Blake
more '39 are the treasurer candi
dates.
Senatorial Nominees Chosen
For the post of senior W. S. G. A.
senator, the women nominated Ber
tha M. Cohen '37 and Elizabeth A. E.
Warfel '37. Frieda M. Knepper '3B
and Georgia H. Powers remain as the
junior senatorial nominees, ' while
Italia A. DeAngelis '39 and Elizabeth
B. LOng '39 will vie for the post of
sophomore senator.
• Turner and Beman were nominat
ed for May Queen after Ave other
candidates had been eliminated in the
primaries Tuesday. For the post of
freshman attendant to the May Queen
the women nominated M. Jane Fisher
239 -and-Dorotby : A. , McAuliffe•'39,-‘•
.
For the presidency of the Women's
Athletic Association, the co-eds nomi
nated Marion W. Barbey '37 and Jean
B. Northrup '37. Olwcn W. Evans
'3B and Martha I. Giddings '3B re
main as the candidates for the W. A.
A. vice-presidency.
Frieda M. linepper '3B and Ida R.
Rainey '3B• were selected as nominees
for the position of W. A. A. secre
tary, while Elizabeth B. Long '39 and
Dorothy A. McAuliffe '39 are the can
didates for the treasurership. The
defeated candidate for the office of
W. A. A. president will automatic
ally receive the position as treasurer
of that organization. -
Polls To Opcn at 8
Polls will open at S o'clock Tues
day morning in the lobby of Mac A
llister Hall and voting will continue
until 5:30 o'clock.
S. Elizabeth Shaffer '36 is chair
man of the installation banquet for
the W. S. G. A. officers which will
be held in Mac Allister hall March 26.
Margaret B. Bratton '37 has charge
of decorations; Jean 11. Schantz '37,
invitations; Geisle R. Ferdinand '37,
seating; Catherine L. Wagner '36,
programs; and Marian A. Ringer '37,
publicity.
The May Queen and freshman at
tendant will be announced at this ban
quet. The installation ceremonies,
usually held in Schwab auditorium,
have been abolished and the installa
tion banquet substituted. Faculty
members and representatives front
the downtown dormitories will be
present. W. S. G. A. will bold its
formal dance in Recreation hall Fri
day, March 27.
Soviet Mining Expert
To Give Ore Lecture
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Meyer, who
hare just returned from the Ural
Mountain region in central Russia,
where Mr. Meyer had a contract with
the Soviet government to put Rus
sian mines on a modern basis, will
speak to Sigma Gamma Epsilon mem
bers in 815 Mineral industries Build
ing at 2:ao o'clock, Saturday after
noon The subject of Mr. Meyer's
lecture will be, "Mining and Treating
Complex Ores in Soviet Russia."
'While in charge of a Russian re
fining plant, Mrs. Meyer, a graduate
of Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology im metallury, perfected and
patented a new method of refining
lead. The ore involved was of a 'com
plex nature containing• gold, silver,
copper, lead, and zinc.
Both Sir•. and Mm. tMeyer have
spent some time in Columbia, South
America. where they milted platinum
and in Spain where they mined mer
cury ore. They have been in Russia
for three years. Mr Meyer is a grad
uate of Case University.