ESTABLISHED 1904 Volume.a4 -- '—' Number-48— Ritzie,O'Dowd To Head lion Sports Teams Robert K. McQuiston '37 Elected Manager Of, Ring Team J. Lloyd Larkins amed Swimming Head for '37 Lou Ritzie, Eastern Intercollegiate senior. ..welter -weight .champion in 1935, was .elected captain 'of next year's Lion boxing team, 'while Joe .o'Dowd, heavyweight wrestler, was named leader of the mat team at meet'ingi. of letternien in the two sportSihis week.• With an impresiive string of yie torieS in his two years of varsity box ing, Ritzie suffered a- hand injury early this season •which handicapped hint for the balance of the year. In addition to this, the Lion welterweight suffered two bad- decisions, one of which cost him MS welterweight title in the Eastern.. Intercollegiates here - this year and - the other which elimin ated him early in the N. C. A; A. com petition last week. O'Dowd Leads Wrestlers O'Dowd; while his two-ymir record has not been • impressive as Ritzie's, contributed greatly to . the. success of the Lion wrestling teem, especially <luring the past season. In the Eastern Intercollegiates at Princeton he ad vanced to the semi-finals, only.to lose to Howell Scobey, of Lehigh, who, won both Eastern and National Intercol legiate titles this year. Robert K. MeQuiston '37 was select ed as boxing manager for the 1937 season at a meeting of the executive committee of that sport yehterday af ternoon. Thomas W. Shinafelt '37, was named as freshman manager and Rob ert B. Bengston was elected associate The three first assistant managers, .elected..at.the saine.meeting.',ware,John D. Brisbane '3B,''Robert Morris '3B, and Charles M. Robbins '3B. Dale Boyer ''3B was Selected 'as an alter nate. 10 Men Given Lelter Ten men, including John L. Howarth• '36, - manager, and Captain J. Russell Criswell, were given major sports letters. Richard W. A. Flen niken ?36. Frank J..Goodmart '37, Wil liam P. Rhoda '37, Israel L. Richter '37, Louis J. Rilzie '37, John Saw- Oleic. '37, Robert V. Donato '3B, and Sam J: Donato '3B were the other let termen. In adidtion to letters.. the seniors received gold boxing awards. At the meeting or the boxing let termen on Wednesday when, Ritzie was named captain, Coach Leo Houck was presented with a leather hand bag as n token of esteem from mem bers of the steam. J. Lloyd Larkins '37 was 'elected manager of swimming, Penn' State's newest varsity sport, at a meeting of the executive committee of that-sport yesterday afternoon. John C. Ever ett '37 and Furman H. Gyger '37 were selected as assistant managers. First assistant, malinger who were elected are Robert S. Heckling, Rich ard E. Rentz, and Charles R. Seely, all sophomores.. John A. Beck jr. was, named alternate. , Lettermen Selected Fifteen men, including, manager Henry D. Brown. jr., '36, were given the first swimming' letters that Penn State has ever awarded addition to Richard A. Geiger '37, captain of this year's team, the fol lowing were named as lettermen: William G. Balderston '36, Marshall E. Brown '36, James.L. Cumming '37, Eugene F. Lesko '37, and Raymond W. Parks '37. Others were John .A. Ackerman jr. '3B, Robert C. Brown '3B, Gilbert D. Burleigh '38,. Robert H. Dewalt '3B, Martin .M.• Hart !38, William Helriegel 111 '3B, John T. Walker '3B, 'and:Jerry Weinstein '3B. Who's Dancing SATURDAY Alpha Gamma Rho Clun•lie Warp • (Closed) Theta Nu Epsilon Ted Brownville (Invitation) Phi Epsilon Pi Ray Drown (Invitation) • - Sigma Chi Now Holimitunn (Open) Phi Kappa Sigma Delta Upsilon • ' Newell sscod (Invitation) • Phi .Kappa Tao Red Withers= (Invitation) Delta Chi and Sigma Pi' ' .Nm•w Pude (Closed) • cSemiTtillepkly- - el .. . . ....‘r7--, •!!! 1 •„1 - 3.‘ •. I 11 oig rgt ~,:, Debating Foe Vranz4y WilegMe • CRIMMX 41/4•4E.1 EV ORTON, cIOMV VEN/4.06: Debating Season To. End Saturday IVestern State Teachers' Team To Meet Paciello, Zarger On Court Question. As the last debate of the current season, the Penn State debating team will meet the Western State Teachers' College orators in Room 101; Nortfi Liberal Arts, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in a panel discussion of the Supreme Court question. Those rin terested are invited to attend. Joseph A. Paciello '36 and S. James Zarger . '36 will meet two of the four Western State 'Teachers'. 'debaters. These are Gardener Ackley '36 and Stanley' Wheater • '36,- who ,'comprise the visitors - affirmative team, and John DeWilde '36 and Rex Ortoh '36, who coniprise_ the negative team. To , Discusi AlteruatfrCs ' The statement of the question is: . Resolved; jhat. Congress should be thirds • vote decisions of the Supreme Court declaring. acts of Congress un constitutional. Four ten-minute discussions will be held by the debaters of each team, *ho will present a solution to the question and suggest alternative methods. ?acidio will propose the in terstate amendment while Zarger will propose that Congress override deci sions of the Supreme Court by a two thirds vote. The audience is invited to discuss the question .and those participating in the discussion will deliver three minute speeches, Penn State is one of the nine insti tutions at which the •Western State Teachers' College debaters have dis cussed the Supreme Court question. All four members of the visiting squad are members of Tau Kappa Al pha, national forensic fraternity. 6 Students Withdraw From. School in March Six students have withdrawn from the College during the month of March, it was announced today by Registrar William S. Hoffman. Those who have ,withdrawn are CarnercMßrown jr. '37, John Brodish '3B, Myer 'B. Greenfield '3B, Richard S.'Bennett '39,• Valerca D. Henderson '39, and Philip F. Hoffman '39. Three of the above gave illness asitheir rea son for withdrawing, one accepted a position. One was 'advised to' with draw by the dean of his school, and the other gaVe personal conditions. Thespian C `Stocks and Blondes' Features Romantic Theme About Life of Jim Fiske. "0. IC., gang, on' stage for the open ing number. Set up your overture, Jay." And another Thespian musical entCrs, the final stages of production as "Sock" Kennedy gives the com mands that start the choruses and cast through their routines for "Stocks and 131ondes,". 'which will make its premiere Saturday night be fore an Interfraternity Ball audience. The most auspicious Thespian show in several seasons, bufit'around a ro mantic theme of the unscrupulous ac tivities of the, "Robber Barons," is ready for its Penn State debut before embarking on a state-wide tour. One needs only to view the opening scene, 'which reproduces the lavish splendor of Jim Fiske's "New York headquarters," the ornate offices' of the Erie railroad in the Opera. 'House. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1936 Anti-War Strike Plans Discussed . At Open Meeting Co-op Book Store, NYA Continuance, ROTC Ban Planned. Seek Aid of. Churches, Peace Action League . , Preparing for the anti-war, strike on this campus, which - will coincide with similar strikes .in colleges all ever tPr Country, the Penn State chap= ter of the American Student Union held an open meeting' last night in Old Main to discuss issues of the strike: Other subjects discussed were a co operative bookstore, the abolition of compulsory It. 0. T. C. on this cam pus, continuation of student . , aid up= der NYA, with special emphasis on the American Youth Act, pending in Congress now, and the building of e strong, 'united - student movement on thts campus. The immediate objective of the. American Student Union chapter is ' to secure the cooperation of ,other peace groups on the campus as well as in the town for the anti-war strike. Local church groups have been con tacted in the town. On the campus, the Student Peace Action League his been • contacted: for support in the 'strike. ' • . Although official recognition has not yet' been given for holding the demonstration on April 22, it is he llo/ed by the strike committee that recognition will' not be withheld since it was given for the two previous an ti-war demonstrations. The tentative plans for the strike include a - morning mass meeting on the steps of Old Main at 11 o'clock. Student and faculty speakers, who have - not yet been selected, will speak on the war .menace confronting the college student today., An' evening (Contiitited on page thrcc) Mikan ChangiiDate For Organization Of VFW Post Commander James T. Dugan '37, of the Nittany Lion Post No. 1, Veterans of, Future Wars, stated in an interview last night that because of the approach of Easter vacation, the organizational meeting of the V. F. W. here has been postponed until after that period. Dugan said that if proposed pians materialize the V. F. W. will be the largest and best organized society on the campus. It 'is planned that pla toons will be former in each fratern ity house on the campus and others among the unaffiliated groups. A defi nite plan of action, with the $l,OOO bonus demand as the prime aim, is being drawn up, Dugan stated. . Asked about recent national devel opments within the group, Dugan said that William Randolph Hearst was in vited to become honorary national contmander, but refused saying that he was more effective editorially when not occupying any office which might indicate bias. Although the movement is new, .there are. sonic elaborations already. At Cornell, students of the College of Engineering have, decided to establish a Future Munitions -Workers Post. Students at the Darlington School of Rome, Ga., have suggested that a tan be. levied on "undivided surplus es" of the P. W. A. as a means of raising the bonus fund. ostume Mu The entry of Fiske, played by Charles C. Walters '3B, with a bevy of beau ties on each arm, is truly a colorful opening for any Show. Fiske and his partners in crime, Daniel Drew, played by James P. Unangst '3B, and Jay Gould, played by Arthur IV. John '36, lose no time in getting their stock market machinations under way and the ,groundwork of the plot is laid early in the first act. The villain enters . the plot in the person•of Commodore Cornelius Van derbilt, played by Ross B. Smith '39. Bill Marlin and Fran Gates team to gether in several dance routines throughout the show as "Caesar" and "Angie," • The love interest is fur nished by the team of Tilden and Murray. Jay Lodsun, in addition to his task. of assisting in arrangement of the music for the show, plays the part of Senator Lefkowitz of New York and in this role promises to out shine his performance in "Don't Let On" last fall. Jim Unungst, win; "wowed 'em" Osteriund, Shaffer, Tibbot Elected Presidents . Of 3 Upper Classes as 3-Day Ballotting Ends; Voters Approve of Blanket Hospital Payment Neil) Senior, Junior,_ Sophomore Class Heads 2 Mining .Classes Plan State Tour Seniors, Juniors To Make Study Of Coal, lion- Sections In Pemisylvania. Senior and junior classes in mining engineering will make,' an extensive tour and inspection trip of the min ing districts in Penns'y'lvania during the week of April sth, Edward D. Steidel, dean, of, the -',Mineral Indus tries School, announced? recently. The juniors, with pfbf:.Willia,m,R. ,Chedsey.,,hcad,zof_theSigartment._Of. mining, - in charge, will , visit the mines around Hazleton'and Lansford. They will also inspect a large steam elec tric power plant at Rants and the iron-ore pit at Cornwall. The seniors will study the bitumin ous 'coal fields under the guidance of Prof. John W. Stewart, of the depart ment of mining. Barnesboro, Spang ler, the Kittanning, and Pittsburgh areas are the regions selected to be visited. Among the underground operations they will inspect are the mechanized mines at Butler and Pittsburgh. A feature of the tour will be demonstra tions of the explosibility of coal dust and the testing of explosives at the experimental mines of the United States Bureau of Mines at Bruceton. The students will also receive dem onstrations and instruction concern ing the most advanced methods of washing coal and modern , safety de vices for mining work. Beman, Wunderlich '36 Elected Queen's Aides Janet M. Boman and Selena A. Wunderlich were named senior at tendants to the May Queen by the committee composed of., ,the senior members of W. S. G. A. and the co chairmen of the May Day program. Ruth B. Evans and Margaret R. Giffen were named junior attendants. The sophomore class. will be repre sented in the May Queen's court by Amy F. McClelland and-Ida R. Rai ney,, While Dorothy A. McAuliffe and Cecile Metz will be freshmen attend- ical Ready Spring Show To Be . Presented Here Tomorrow Night Before Road Tour. with his "Minnie the Moocher" in last fall's show, should be outstanding in the role of Dan'l Drew—the chorus girls' weakness and source of income. A bit of charm is injected .by Gina Swart, who plays the part of Lucy, Jim Fiske's wife, while Clara Jones, in the role of Josie Mansfield, stands out as the vocalist. The book is by Binns and Allen, the musical . score by Hum Fishburn and Don -Dixon. The show, directed by J. Ewing Kennedy, gets under way at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow night in Sell Web auditorium. Tickets may be obtained at the Stu dent Union office today and tomorrow morning and also at the , Corner Room today and tomorrow afteinoon. There will be a limited selection available at the box °trice just prior . to the per iiirmance tomorrow night: Ross P. Shaffer '3B Spanish Decorationsl Will Feature I. F. Ball Tonight. Atuidat a setting of Castilian splen dor, designed and executed by Silyer stein ,Brothers of Scranton, the af fable, versatile Buddy Rogers and his California Cavaliers swing into "Twelfth Street Rag" as another In terfraternity Ball opens in Recreation hall tonight at 10 o'clock. Dancing will be from 10 to 2. Featuring Jack "Screwey" Douglas in a diversified comedy routine and lovely Jeannie Lang; charming song stress, Rogers will entertain his lis teners—with....such..apiqueanumhers, as "Jake the 'Snake," also providing rhythms which will lighten the feet of the soberest "frat men." Rogers will be among his own ele- Mont when he plays .here tonight. For it was while a student at the Univer sity of Kansas where he was a mem ber of Phi ICappn Psi fraternity that the idol of radio and screen organized his first orchestra. • Rogers and his band comc here from a record-breaking engagement at the Westwood Symphony Garabns in Detroit. Making his belated debut .11 .9 a baton waver in Ziegfeld's produc tion, "Hot-Cha," the youthful maestro followed this with a successful ap pearance at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. Then came more gag,ements, climaxed by appearances at the World's Fair in Chicago. Chapel-goers To Hear Easter Music Sunday A special program of Easter music, sung by the College choir, will be of fered at the Interfraternity week-end chapel service in Schwab auditorium at 11 o'clock Sunday. There will be no guest speaker, the- music taking up the better part of the program. Under the direction of Prof. Rich ard W. Grant, head of the department of music, the choir will sing five num bers.. Irene 0. Grant, instructor in music, and Henry K. Beard '36 will accompany at the piano and organ. John Henry Frizzell, College chap lain, will preside. Selections to be offered by the choir will include "The Trees and the Mas ter," by Protheroe; "Christ the Lord is Risen Today," by Thiman; "Alle- Min," by Kopolyoff; "Lost in the Night," by Christiansen; and "Un fold Ye Portals from Redemption," by Gounod. Bess Edclblute '3B, soprano, will sing the solo. in the number, "Lost in the Night." NSGA Names Officers To Organize '4O Class Gcnevra C. Ziegler '37, president of W. S. G. A., announced the officers to lie in charge of the class of 1940 at the W. S. G. A. meeting on Tuesday night. Frieda iII. Knepper '3B is to be•in charge of the campus sister project. Clary. E. Jones '3B has been appoint ed chairman of .the organization of the Class of 1940. Italia Dc Angelis '39 will be in charge of freshman cus tomc. Bertha M. Cohen '37 was named chairman of the Activities Commit tee, and Mary E. Taylor '3B will be in charge of the W. S. G. A. scrap- and t -.75• Fes W. Tibbot '39 LA School Plans Advisory Systni Dean Stoddart Approves Plan To Stimulate Scholarship Among Fraternities. To, meet the challenge of declining fraternity scholarship: the School of Liberal Arts is developing a fratern ity resident advisory organization. Dean Charles W. Stoddart proposed the plan at a meeting last week of fifteen fraternity presidents, and if his suggestions are favored by the fraternities, definite steps will be ta ken after Easter. Dean Stoddart's plan would be for graduate students, recommended by the fraternity and approved by the School of Liberal Arts, to live in the house and attempt to stimulate activ ity both in studies and other activi ties. These advisers would be ma ture, a member of the fraternity, and scholastically capable. Through personal contact with earls member of the fraternity, weekly meetings with other advisors, and co operation with parents, faculty, and fraternity officers, the School of Lib eral Arts hopes to nudce the plan suc cessful. If the plan is accepted, Dean Stod dart will recommend that College graduate scholarships be given to the chosen advisers. The fraternities will do their part by giving their ad viser room and board. Dean Stoddart emphasizes that the plan is merely experimental. The plan need not be accepted by the fraterni ties, it being rather an entirely volun tary proposition. All fraternities will not be allowed to try the plan. Prob ably a representative number of fif teen will be given the opportunity. P. S. Club Will Sponsor Easter Dance April 18 An all-College Easter dance, spon• sored by the Penn State club, will be held in Recreation ball Saturday night, April IS. Lynn Christy and his Penn Statesmen will play for the dance, the first to be held after the Easter vacation. • The admission price will be 75 cents a couple. This will include the amuse ment tax and checking privileges. The inclusion of checking service with the admission ticket is expected to elimi nate much of the confusion at the en trance to the dance floor. An added improvement for this af fair will be the special treating and proper surfacing of the dance floor. During the intermissions several box es of Easier candy will be given to the holders of the lucky checking stubs. Members of the committee are James W. Shoff '36, chairman, Wil liam G. Balderston '36, Richard E. Hey' '3B, Robert J. Shaffer '3B; and Arthur D. Veghte '36.. Parking Rules Issued Captain William V. Dennis, director of the Campus Patrol, announced that there was to be no parking in the rear of Recreation hull during Interfra lernity Ball tonight. Captain Dennis requested that those driving cars ap proach Recreation hall slowly so that the campus patrolmen may direct their parking. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Thanksgiving Vacation Favored Over 2 Grid Holidays. Students Have Choice Of Football Week-end Frank A. Osterlund, Locust Lane candidate, defeated George M. Hack er, Campus, to win the presidency of neat year's senior class by fourteen votes in the official count Wednesday afternoon. Osterlund polled a total of 100 ballots to 292 for Hacker. Charles J. Cherundolo, Osterlund's running mate, became vice-president automatically. Balloting reached a total of 2,008. Students voted in favor of retaining Thanksgiving vacation with one op tional half holiday for the Pitt or Penn game, and decided in favor of adopting the plan of paying a blanket fee sufficient to 'provide free hospita lization for students for a limited length of time. The proposal to give two half holidays for the Pitt and Penn games, with no Thanksgiving vacation, was decisively defeated by 352 votes to 1.88. Campus Takes Major '3B Offices The Campus clique won all major '3S class offices. Ross P. Shaffer, Campus nominee, polled 400 votes to 249 fcr Dan A. Delllarino, Locust Lane, to win the class presidency. Richard E. Heyl jr., Shaffer's run ning mate, became vice president of the class. Locust Lane showed strength in the class of '39 by triumphing in the ma jor offices. Fes W. Tibbot, Locust Lane, was elected president of next year's sophomore class with 359 votes, defeating John P. Ritenour, Campus, with 321 votes. Myron 11. Kyle, auto matically became vice president. - - Calvin Elected Secretary John IL Calvin, Locust Lane, was elected secretary of the senior class by 309 votes , to 243 for John B. Fer guson, Campus. Louis J. Ritzie, Cam pus, received the freasureship of the class of '37 with :311 ballots, defeat-' ing Thomas 11. Brislin who polled 245 votes. John F. Jagcman, Campus, defeat ed Donald 11, Dickinson, Locust Lane, for secretary of the class of '3S by 369 to 244 votes. John P. Sartz, Campus, was elected' treasurer of next year's junior class by 355 ballots to 244 for Jack L. Itcichenbach, Locust Lane. Robert C. Ditcher, carried on the Locust Lane wave, received the post of secretary of the class of '39 with 345 votes to 308 for Arthur P,. Teary, Campus. Lewis J. Shollenberger de feated Walter Scott, Campus, to be come class treasurer, with 351 votes to 301 for Scott. Drama Class To Play In 'Another Language' "Another Language," by Rose Franten, will be presented by the ad vanced play production class under the direction of Mr. Neusbaum and Mr. Cloetingh Monday and Tuesday nights at 8:30 o'clock in the Little Theater in Old Main. This will be the second three-act play to be pre sented by the class. Free tickets may be procured in Room 113, Old Main. Among those having roles in "An other Language" are Mary Louise Fre:lr, Israel Shulman, Jack Platt, Harriet Bartges, Francis Wood, Nel lie Gravatt, Richard Allen, Dorothy Weidner, Donald Geiger, Theresa Maravintz, and Edward Binns. An other set of two plays, yet unselected, will be given later in the spring. Fosa, Woman Unhurt As Autos Collide Here After turning over and landing against a tree at the corner of Bur rowes street and Center drive Tues day following a collision with a Chev rolet coupe, Prof. Joseph W. Fosu, of the department of romance languages MILS only considerably shaken. The Chevrolet was driven by a woman who gave her name to the Campus Patrol as Miss Laura Clark, Ceciltown, Maryland. Although Miss Clark's car was lit tle damaged, Professor Fosn's Buick is believed to be beyond repair. Miss Clark claimed that she did not see Professor Fosa coming down from Recreation hall as she was crossing the street frhn the west. Of the many students who soon gathered, none were eye witnesses. .
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