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) •
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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
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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. .