E6:I:4ILISIIED =BEE Volume4.lo:4>er-4.6 Artists' Course Patrons Will Hear John Charles Thomas In Fifth Number of Series Famed Singer To Give Concert Monday At 8 O'clock. PuPpeteers Will Come Here Tuesday, April 21 • John Charles, Thomas,' internation ally celebrated Metropolitan' Opera baritone, will present the fifth and penultimate number on the 1936. Art ists' Course in Schwab auditorium on 'Monday night at 8 o'clock. The 'last number , of the series, The ;Yale Pup peteers, Will be given Tuesday, April Since his opera debut in 1925, Thomas has' risen steadily to . the top in his profession until at the present tim&.he ranks with Lawrence Tibbett as leading operatic . haritdne in .the country. Only two weeks ago Thomas made his first appearance in the title rola in "Rigoletto", at the Metropoli tan Opera in New York and received the acclaim of the audience. According to the . New York Times, Thomas' portrayal of 'Rigoletto was extremely moving. "Mr. Thomas sang the. role with his wonted command of vocal: nuance and opulent tonal qual ity. ,His smooth, sinuous baritone Was projected with power. 'As sheer singing this performance.could rank -with many of .the illustrious Rigo lettos who have trod the Metropoli tan boards." ' Program Listed Monday night's program will be di vided into four' parts with Thomas singing two groups of five selections each and one group of six, while Car roll Hollister, Thomas' accompanist will play the second group of three selections. For the first group, Thomas will sing Torelli's To Lo Sai, Caldara's Alma del, core, Brahms' Schwestcr loin, Schumann's Stifle Thrones and Der Ton ,by,Marx...Bau'rree 'Saint:Saens• is the 'firsCielactitin Hollister's'program, followed by, toe ,. 'hussy's La Cathedrale.Engloutie, and Malaguena by Lecuona. For his €econd appearance, Thomas has chosen 0 .del mio amitto ben.by Dimaudy, Dupare's Le Manoir de Rosemonde, Fevrier's Flntruse, a Si-• 'cilian air "Amtiri; . Amuri," arranged by Sadero, and a recitative and air from "Herodaide" take from Massen et's Salome, :The fourth and last group' by Thomas will .include Frederick Keel's Bonnie George Campbell, She Moved Thro' the. Fair as arranged by' Her bert Hughes, William iirms Fisher's, arrangement •of the Minstrel - Boy, Pearl Curran's i6locturne, "Kitty, My Love" as arranged by Hughes,and will conclude with,Ulysses by eorge Simeonn. Flood Fo . rces 'Froth' To Suspend Issue For I. F. Ball The flood's catastrophes have been common occurrences in regions sur rounding State College, but mow, an other campus disaster strikes home! FROTH, comic publication, must give .up its hopes of publishing an Inter-Fraternity Dance number, be cause of the damage done to the Grit Publishing company, Williamsport, where Frothy's brew settles. In place of the I. F. issue a - "Spring" number will be putlished. "Colossal is the word to define this Spring issue," says. Art Director James, T. Dugan. "It will feature the . best comic cuts selected from contem porary college bumor magazines and the best of their writings. Several pages will be devoted to 'Candid Ca mera nets' of local personages and affairs by Siloin S. Horowitz '38." "A gigantic number," says Paul J. Widlit;;. circulation manager. The most attractive co-ed and the best dressed man winners . will be an nounced in 'this issue. Second and third place winners will 'also be listed. Balloting for your choices should be done at the Froth stand from ,April 1 tO 6 at 6:00 p. m. And so with the slogan of "Only a Flood Stopped Us" the Froth leaderi are working with renewed effort to I make this next issue the best of all. It will be the last' publication of the present senior .stalf. remaining numbers will be published by the jun ior board. Lewis Will Griy,e-Final Dr. Warren 'IC. of Massa chusetts Institute 'Cf: Technidogy, will conclude the tenth lintiunt. series of PrieStley Lectured When he speaks in the Chemistry amphitheatre tonight tat 7 o'clock. . , 111 .4,A II run - . tifr.' • (~...:4 -T,-._.--,.;,,, i ) i i : l it -141 • . --A :::::;\:. . 4 . s 5, • To Sing Monday JOHN - bEfARLES THOMAS 5 State Boxers Will Enter NCAA Officials Will Nanie Olympic • Qualifiers by Choosing .4. From Each Class. By 808 GRUBB ' Wearied by over 2,009 miles: of travel, lye . Lion:bOxers will compete ' in the second annual N. C. A. A. mit tournament whiCh opens at the .Uni • versity• of , Virginia, . Charlottesville, today... Over seventy-five singmen ; from thirty. colleges are expected . to doinpate in the ftwoAny..event. The Lion: mitnien Teturned . from Wis:,on Wednesday . , after meeting the -Univers:it) , of Wisconsin, boxers,infOt dual-:meet4here4Vlonday, the Lion's lost, to 2%. .-ne.pe was, staged' ;before iftia . tivaa-rn'obably.thc largest crowd ever: td . ' witness an intercollegiate match,; close t6,looo'Spectators jam ming- the •University, field house. fo . • . Conch Leo, Houck-nnt his five selec tionaforliatiOnal competition .through two: fast woele:outs here -just before leaving -for Virginia... One training session took place .in'the 'gym Wed nesday afternoon, while -the boxers again were given .brief work-outs dur ing -vacant recitation hOurs Thurs day meriting, - just,' prior to entrain ing for Charlottesville. • • 4 Champions Entered • Representing Penh State in the na tional—tournament are four Eastein Intercollegiate. title-holders and one former champion. Captain Russ Cris well, bantamweight; Frankie Good man, lightweight; Sammy Donato, junior welterweight; ' end lazy Rich ter, heaVweight, are the four cham pions, while Lou Ritzie, '159-pound title-holder .list year, will fight - , in that weight - at the tournament. N. C. A. A. officials will choose four men in each 'weight as qualifiers for the Olympic tryouts. In the first national tournament, which was held here in 1932, two Penn State boxers, Allie Wolff, welterweight, and Da vey Stoop, bantamweight, won titles and the right to compete in the Olympic tryouts. Strong Threats in South - From the South will Come strong threats in the University of. Virgi nia, Washington and Lee, V. M. 1., Florida, Tulane, North Carolina, Louisiana,. and Mississippi, while the midwest will be represented by Wis consin, Kansas State, University of Nebraska, University of Missouri, Michigan State, and the University of North Dakota. From the Pacific coast will probably come Washington State, California, U. C. L. A., Stal -1 ford, California Aggies; and the Col lege of - the Pacific. - Announcement of officials for the tournament by Hugo Bczdek, dircc tor of the School of Physical Educa tion here, and chairman of the N. C. A. A. boxing rules' committee, re. reels that Allie Wolff, who won twenty-eight consecutive victories while wearing the -Blue and White, will be one of the referees for the tourney., The other two• are, also fa miliar to Penn State fans. They, are Frank McCracken, Philadelphia sport writer, Harvey Miller, of Washing ton, D. C; and 'Major Charles Short, of Baltimore, Md., all three of whoin officiated at the -recent Eastern In tercollegiates here. Despite their long trips during the past few days, the five Lion mita= shOuld make a creditable showing against the cream of the nation's box ers. While he had. a difficult time making the 115-pound weight at Wisconsin, Captain Russ. Criswell is (Continued on pogo three) ASU'Makes Plans Fnr War Strike; Set For April 22 Affair To. Take Place On Front' Campus At 11 O'clock. Hope for Cooperation Of Local High School Following .out its .program of crys tallizing student opinion against war, the Penn 'State chapter of -the Amer fean 'Student, Union has made plans to hold -a strike against war at 11 o'- cloidc Wednesday morning, April 22. .The strike will follow the tenor of the strike last spring on April 12 and the Armistice Day strike last fall. TheteraatiVe plane of the strike cons arittee provide for, an 11 o'clock oat door meeting.in front of Old Main. Student . leaders and members of the' faculty will address 'the group, according to the"phins drawn up by the 'strike committee.' Effort is' be ing. made to, contact- the local high school students and have them hold a joint meeting in the'higli school audi torium simultaneously. An evening meeting has been plan ned, tentatively to be held in. Schwab auditorium. A prominent speaker, who has not yet been named, will ad dress the assembly. ~ - Effort is 'beim: Made to urge the cooperation of the fraternities in sup-'' porting' the strike. Fraternities will be contacted by members of the com mittee. Other campus gioups are urged to support the strike, Robert GoldsMith '36, chairman of the com mittee, announced. Parkinson Dies In Puerto Rico Agriculture Expert Succumbs To Cerebral -Hemorrhage Pi 'HarrY Pirkimon, head:Of the department of rural education, died 'suddenly from a .corebral homer-, 'bake in San Jnan, Puerto Rico, • Mon... day. He :Was believed. to lti ave.bee ill only a short!me befOre his death, although .nO indication, of this. sort was included, in the wire from .his colleadae, Prof. John E; .I%feCOrd, to Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the Scheel 'Of Agriculture.• Both had been on leave of abbence to the University of Puerto Rice,since 1934. 'According, to Dean Watts, the Parkinson family will leave Sun Juan for Philadelphia on Thursday. Pro fessor Parkinson is survived by his wife, Mary Hope Patton, and Six children, John, Alice Jano, Harry, Jr., Edward, Anna Hope, and Carol Vir giniu, 'all of whom were in 'Puerto Rico' at the 'time of his death. Serving as dean of the 'College of Agriculture and Mechanic -Arts of Puerto Rico * University' at the time of his death, Professor Parkinson was understood to be working 'hand in hand with the chancellor of the uni minty, who ,is also the head of the island relief, board.' Between them they .were to allocate over $40,000,- 000 of government funds that had been given the island for agricultural rehabilitation, said Dean Frank D. Kern, of the College Graduate School. Defenders of the. Constitution—Awake! (Secured at great• risk of lift. and limb, the .following declaration of principles is to direct and exact transposition of to manifesto pre pared for distribution by a society which has arisen on this campus, having its headquarters the' Colonial Hotel. The original of this important document is reprinted, exactly as it appears below, on very expensive papor, in unusual type, and striking format.—Ed.) DEFENDERS OF TILE CONSTITUTION A National Youth Moverne'nt to, pUrpotuate our Democratic form of Government. 'We :sincerely believe that the present 'trend in college life is toward a disregard of the guarantees of constitutional rights and liberties for which our forefathers gave their•. all! The disregard for our, democratic form of government is rampant in oil phases of college life. What .the •agitators have to ofioi• can only be disorganization under the present , system and chaos in America. We believe in evolution of liberal government from which"in the past has 'come all personal freedom guaranteed to us by the constitution, made sacred by the blood of your soldiers' in past wars. WC protest againstthe flippant disregard of nationalism, which, if it is fully devel oped may some day be the price of safety u national crisis: We sol emnly bind ourselves in the common cause of maintaining of free in stitutions, which have given us the opportunity for each man to build through his personal initiative for the future. The college men of America should view with alarm and deplore the Conditions that indicate .clearly a .trend, either toward. communism or fascism, neither of which is friendly toward our constitution Toi•_ under the . one, the constitution would be suspended, and under the other it would, be abolished. We have ,purposely adopted the name "Defenders of the Constitution" so that the title may nut convey the, anxiety and STATE COLLEGE,' PA - j,FRIDAY, 'MARCH 27, 1936 Kornick, Smith,Nained -BaskCtball:c4-Captaino. • Michael L.'KernieWand J. Frank lin Smith., were.eleit4d 'eo-captaini Of next season's, basketball team Wednesday afternoon, at a meeting of the varsity teitin,;.l Kornick and •Sinithhave starred at' guard, this The co-cap tains replace Capt. Bernard A. Riley, Who led 'the tears through the last eighteen 'game season. Both Kornick andr,Sinith received, Coach Spike Leslie's . nomination for honorable mention in the all conference team selections. Both - .also are .MeMbers of the. Lion baseball team, .Smith serving as pitcher, while Kornick plays be hind the plate., t , , Result of MidyQueen Election: Revealed At Ban4uet A. Frances:Turnetl '36 was..an flounced Mein • Queeitiland M. Jane Fisher '3?, Freshinari;;Attendant. at the first formal W. tion banquet . 'held lasej,night in Mc.: Allister Hall . - M. Elizabeth Springer '36, out-go ing president of . A." A. installed Jean B. Northrii,.coming presi dent;. Olwen W. Evans'.43B, vice-presi dent; Ida R. Raine Y.-138, secretary; Marian W. Earcley, 7 .l37, treasurer; and Dorothy ,A. MacAuliffe sophomore represelfativA. VariouS' awards .were also made: I - The W. S. G. A:. installations were performed by A. Fraiiees Turner '36, out-going' president, Of :W.. S. G. A. who first . insialled Italia A. De An gelis '39,. sophomore:repreeentative; Frieda M. Knepper '3B; and Clara E: Jones '3B, junior - representatives; Doris Blakeinore'39;:treasurer; Eliza beth R. Oberlin . '37, secretary; Amy F. McClelland '3B, vice-president; and Genevre C. Ziegler, '37.;fpFesident. , Miss Ziegler their announced; the name of the, Fieshinan, Attendant, who in turn :announced the May Queen. Both nanies,liad been kept secret up to ,this • • ,• . .., • '36'siiiikiii§Nlo . :.' For White,ficiie Applicstion',Slanks for Awards 'Accepted From Seniors :• e • With 2.s•Average..' . . . .ApplicatiOns :for the .$6OO John W. White Fellowships are OW being re-, ceived by the committee en academic standards, Prof.-Harold - A.• Everett, chairman, announced this %Week. • . Each year $6OO-is awarded to the three members of the graduating class, of highest standing, who pos sess, in the Committee's opinion, the qualities of ability and -persOnality that will enable them best to profit by graduate study. Those receiving the' fellowships must spend the. year in advanced work either - hare or at some other college under the. dime tion of the President. .• .Any senior whose average for the seven semesters prior to, graduation is 2.5 or higher is eligible for one of the fellowships. Applioation blanks are available at the (ike, in Room 208, Main Engineering., .They must be filled out and returned. by April a (Continued on Tape Four) Hawaiian Debate Group Will Meet Orators Tuesday Matz, Young To Argue Negative of Case On Statehood. State Team Will Meet Westerners on April 4 The Ainiversity of Hawaii debate team' will engage the Penn State or ators on the topic of Hawaiian state hoOd -in the Home Economim audi torium next 'Tuesday night at 8 o'- clock, according ,to debate Manager Roy Wilkinson jr. '37, who complet ed, arrangements recently. • John E.. Matz '3B and Fred L. ttiung, '3B will uphold the negative case_ while the Hawaiian team will lake tho affirmative. The question in statement is; Resolved, that the Ter ritory of Hawaii should be admitted to the Union as the forty-ninth state. .." The currency of the topic is illus trated by the recent resolution in CongresS by.. Representative King, of Hawaii,' which demanded statehood for that territory. Prof. A. How'' , Espenshade, retiring. head • of the EngliSh.camposition department, will be honorary' chairman of the debate. ',Saturday; April 4, the Nittany de bating 'team will meet the orators from 'Western State Teachers College, of ' Kalamazoo, Mich., in Room 1, North' Liberal Arts building. The vis itors will argue the question: Re... solved, that Congre... , s should have the power to override by a two-thirds vote decisions of the Supreme Court declaring acts of Congress 'unconsti tutional. Warnock Names Hell Week Group 6 Students, • Faculty Members House ActivitieS Continuing the drive toward the abolition or civilization of the "Hell Week" activities of the fraternities, Dean Arthur. R. Warnock,' chairman of the Council :of Administration ecmiinittee on "Hell Week" appointed a cominittee.to investigate the activi ties. Students appointed to the cominit tee arc: George Hacker '37, chair man, Walter S. Wiggins '37, George L: Haines .'37, 'Samuel Breene '37, William. Scarlett '37, and Robert IC. McQuiston 37. Faculty members on the committee arc Professor Marsh W. White, of the department of phys ics,. Edward J. Nichols, of the Eng lish composition department, and John R. Richards. The, committee has been asked to make specific recommendations as to the best methods for getting a quick and effective abandonment of the ob jectionable initiation practices of. the fraternities and other student orga nizations. The students for the student-fac ulty committee were appointed after conferences with J. Briggs Pruitt '36, president of Student Government, and Joseph P. Swift '36, president of In terfraternity Council. the necessity of such an organization. We wish to issue an appeal to older patriots than ourselves in the ranks of those who have served, so - that the DEMOCRACY might live. We need support 'a all organizations who arc interested in the awaking of AMERICA with the fact, and the stark realism of the suspension or the abolition of constitutional rights. In defining what we represent we wish to make it clear that we are not apologists for any wrong un der our present system, but we feel thht history demonstrates clearly the advisability of following the beacon lights of a constitution that has guided us safely through all manner of national crisises in AMER ICA'S PAST.' We appeal to the college men and women of America to join with us through the enrollment of students in the Educational Institutions of our land to fight the cancer of flippant disregard of the mesas of making America a safe place 'to live, we wish to draw atten tion.to the picture Of a possible suspension of the constitutionunder a dictatorship, either of an individual as a party or abolishment of the constitution and its guarantees under a proletrol czardam. 'We re alize our organization has a fight ahead of it, that it may be contrary to editorial thought in our college papers, which on account of imma ture judgement has enigmad the cause of discrediting the sacred works' of our greatest statesmen. The fear of our cause being unpopular does not for one moment deter us from the path of duty as we see it .. . we arc not a lobby subsidized by fear or favor or campaign contributions. We arc however asking without being alarmists that the college men and women of America rally from'their passive resistance'and awake to the fact that the present trend - will rob them and their children of everything which has•made up their lives and have given them. the ad advantages of freedom of thought and action. We do not believe in a. rugged' individualism, but an evolution guided by liberal thought that gives each citizen an opportunity to enjoy his or her place in na tional life for which education and ability fits them, • rgian. Players Will Give Pulitzer Prize Play 'The Old Maid' Tonight, Tomorrow Night In "Old Maid" Cast I LUCILLE Z. GILES Fraternities Aid Penn State Day Promise To Entertain 4 Alen; Borough To Punish Liquor Offenders—Swift. Penn State fraternities agreed to entertain four men each on Penn State Day, May 16, after the tenta tive plans for the affair had been pre sented' to them by Joseph P. Swift .'36 . at a meeting of Interfraternity Council -Wednesday -afternoon. . Swift cited the proposal of the Student Union for a more effective Penn State Day, when a selected group of prospective situdent: Will be entertained here. Swift stated that aluMni and alumnae clubs throughout the. state had been requested to in terest only the highest type of. high school .men and women in attending the affair•. While fraternities bray' invite-guests at their discretion, each • house. was asked to entertain four men over the week-end. In this way, an -opportun ity for spring rushing will be pre cented because fraternities uill be en zertaining a more select group than ms been customary in the past, it .vas pointed out. Swift admonished. fraternity men to make an effort to regulate drink ing among their members, stating that the borough has decided to step in the situation and arrest all disor derly persons. Heretofore, the mat cer of enforcement of the liquor Jaw was left in the hands of the Student Union, but due to several recent af fairs, the borough authorities have taken the situation in hand, Swift stated. Leo Lurie '37 appeared before the council and in a brief talk urged the fraternities to support the proposed Anti-War Strike which is being spon sored by the Am. Student Union. :Harry A. Hill, Pub. man, Culunial Hotel, Dom COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Cast Led by Conford, Mravintz; Curtain Set for 8:30. Neusbaum Will Direct Character Portrayal With free tickets being thrown from two planes, and an all night drive to Philadelphia for costumes .limaxing a week of dress rehearsal, he Penn Slate Players will present The Old Maid," the Pulitzer Prize play, under the direction of Frank S. Neusbaum, associate director of the division of dramatics, tonight and tomorrow evening in Schwab audi torium at 8:30 p. m. Beatrice Conford '37 as Delia, and Theresa C. Mravintz '3O as Charlotte, head the east of sixteen. Miss Con ford's most recent characterization was Comfort Kirkland in "The Pur suit of Happiness." Miss Mravintz was last seen as Rose, the fiery strike girl in "Peace On Earth." As Stella, she will make her appearance in the coming presentation of Rose Franken's "Another Language." Lucille Z. Giles '3B will portray Tina and Hermione H. Hunt '3B is to characterize Dee. Completing the cast are Edward T. Hiram '3B, J. liar old Bernstein '3B, Frances J. Kessler '39, Harry W. Reed '3B, Nellie Gra watt, graduate student, Paula B. Wohlfeld '39, Helen W. Knouse '3B, and Morton Wolovsky, transfer stu dent. Four children, members of the Children's Theatre, play significant roles. In the character of Tina as a child, Jane Watson; others are Claire Robinson, Joan Pepper, and Kenny Widdeson, of Bellefonte. Arthur L. Kline '3B is staging the, production under the supervision of Arthur C. Cloetingh, director of the division of dramatics, with G. Arthur Brandon''39, - and - Itoberr Batchelor '39, as assistant stage managers. Frank Hen• '37 is electrician; his as sistant is David Y. Keim '37. The three sets were designed by Mrs. Merit Scott who created the sets for "The Pursuit of Happiness" and "The Sunken Bell." Kathryn Dippel '3G is . in charge of costumes and assisting her are Doris Blakemore '39, Mary E. Frye '39, Sally M. Mitchell '3B, and Ruth K. Brant '36. "The Old Maid" N%as dramatized by Zoe Atkins from Edith Warton's or iginal novel of the same name, and was awarded the Pulitzer prize for the best American play last year. The play 'is set in New York of the middle nineteenth century and is wo ven around the conflict between De lia, the philanthropic adopted soother, and Charlotte, the real mother. The critics lauded the play as being rich in character situation and having sensitive dialogue. Co-edsWinßeerMug In Dance Contest At Cotillion Doris H. Jones leading Mary Jane Sample won the gaily decorated beer mug under the assumed title of lov ing cup, as the lirst, prize offered for I the two best, women (lancers in Col lege at the Koed-Kotillion held at the Armory, Wednesday night. Harold Rudacille, trumpet player for the Penn Statesmen, did the tap ping as Christy directed the proce dure from behind his drum. There was a near tragedy when Ruddy, mis interpreting Christy's signaling. elim inated the two freshman women who were later pronounced the winners. As the two dancers started to leave the floor the co-eds cooperated with a hearty boo. Christy came to the res cue by reinstating the dancers. Carl Beehdel and Marsh Brown were traveling incognito and behav ing with very lady like manners as they sat behind unknowing and un assuming Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray. ' Carl was appropriately dressed for the occasion with his mother's persian bed spreads draped about him while Mr. Brown wore the latest in women's' white linen sport suits. With all the veteran dancers we have here at State it was quite an oc easion for find. year women to dance sway with the prize. However, num erous upperclass women remained on the floor until the very end causing Ruddy to dodge hack and forth be tween the couples. This dance is one of the gayest on the women's social calendar Icing and annual affair. The elimination dance contest was an ad dition to the program and it was such a success that it will undoubtedly be a regular feature fur future dunces.
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