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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.
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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 •
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'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.