ESTABLISHED ' 1904 Volume.3~!' Numbei-5C H.S.. Students 5et.10 I, 9th.: - : '' ' Music Affaii 1,000 • Representatives From 20 Schools To Participte. Prof. Grant To Direct Tomorrow's Contests ' One thousand students from twenty Central-'Pennsylvania 'high schools will gather. *here tomorrow for the district eliminations of the Pennsyl-. vania Forensic and Music,.Leigue'S ninth.annuaLcompetition. The various musical and - forensic contests :will get under way' at 9 a'- , clock tomorrow morning inSyhwab auditorium and the Little 'Theatre, Old Blain. All, competition it. under the direction ,of . Prof. Richard W. Grant, head of the department of music. He will be assisted 'by Prof. , Hummel Fishburn, of'the department of music; and H.-Neff, - superintend ent, of the Huntingdon .schools'mnd district directol7of the association. • "The pslFpese of the' contest," Pro fessor Grant said,•"is to stimulate and develop 'solo and choral singing and solo and band-instrumentation of the -• highest' order, among Pennsylvania high school students," Finals at Pottsville Winners of the central district corn- I petitions will enter, the state finals of • the League in Pottsville on April 24 and 25. Over 5,000 studenti are ex pected at the finals, Professors Grant and Fishburri will act as ojudicaters at Pottsville, and members of the de partment-of male, as well as music major students, will be the judged for the district events here tomorrow. I The Order of entrants competing. will be' determined by drawing. No warn-up numbers will be permitted any entrant:' because of- the large nuniber'of events. Judges will know only the 'numbers of the contestants , before judging; 'the school being 'kept - events inelude all voices,. piano, violin,• brass,' and woodwind ,solos. Girls' and boys'. trios' and quartettes, mixed voice ensembles and choral groups; large voice 'and instrumental groups, and orchestras from class A and B schools complete the long list - of events that will keep the judges buiy from 9 in the morn ing until dinner time in the evening. Dußois heads the central district in the number of event entries. This school has students entered in seven - - teen of the twenty-five events.. The list of the other competing high schools is composed of Ellensburg, Huntingdon, Luthersburg, Yeager town, Antis Township, Westmont, Upper Yoder, Franklin, Mt. Union, 'Hollidaysburg, .Ferndale, Middleburg, Selinsgrove, Orbisonia, Dale, East Conemaugh, Soutlimont, Robertsdale, and Alexandria high schools. Supervisors of Youth Centers Will Convene National „Youth Administration su pervisors, county supervisors,' and persons in charge of youth centers in the central part of the-state will meet here from:May 3-6. The conference is-being called by the state office of N.Y. - A. aid and education'at ' • .The purpose of the sessions is lo review the program covered by the N. Y. A. this Year. Subjects which will be discussed are: youth adVisers, recreation, rural projects, and physi ology of youth. Meetings will be held at the Nit tany. Lion Inn. Delegates will take their meals. at the , Old Main Sand wich Shop. • 17 Foresters Accept. Permanent Positions Five of the twenty-five seniors in forestry, and twelve, students in the two-year course iwho will be candid dates for graduation in June have already accepted positioni. Forestry students i'egularly leave college in the spring when Federal and State forestry services and private lumber companies are adding to their forces, •and, so are graduated in' absentia at the fornial the in- June; 'All of the seniors in the•four-year Course are preparing to take the civil service examinations for junior fon esters in the.- federal service this month, and hale applications on file for positions as technical assistants ivith the .various governmental agen;• cies. The rangers, whirtake the twos year course, have made applications for posts with the re-settlement Urvice, • • C. , e 14111 eek Iy . , - 7 - • Vi * G • i 'Ll; 2 COMPLETE rot , , COVERAGE Fio' Agit° Group Arrangement Distinctive touches in arrange ments and novelty effects in orchest tration are probably one of the prin- Hipsl reasons for the rapid rise of Ted .Pie-Rite's orchestra, which is playing for Junior Prom here May 1. Latest of these effects which he hal introduced is the use of an electric organ, which he plays himself. Fio- Rito's .finge'rs, incidentally, are in sured for s3oo,ooo—n lot of money but Understandable when it is remem enty-eight popular songs, including bered that not only is he a skilled pianist, but that he has written sev such successes as "Threeon a Match," "King for, a Day," and "Laugh, Clown, Laugh." Unusual-orchestration accounts for many of the novelty effects which the band gets. Instead of featuring saxo- Phones;•Fio-Rito uses them for back ' groUnd and has flutes or violas take the' melody in many of the numbers. His violins are used a gieht deal in obligaio wOrk' and in backgrounds. Another novelty, which many bands are now - using, is the '"'trombone slide." . Charlie' Price, drummer with the outfit, in responsible for many of the novelties.. He has what in probably the most complete rhythm -outfit of any' orclieatra in the country, and as a 7 result he stands up while. he plays in order• that lie can employ a larger number. Fifteen men and three girls will-be in the outfit' which will _'supply the Prom music and entertainment. The orchestra is made up of three way brass, a string trio, two guitars, three men' on woodwinds, who' , , double on clarinet, flute, and sax, piano, basi, and rhythm. Fio-Rito also takes pi ano solos. Two members of the band, "Muzzy" Marcellino And "Candy," do the vocals -also with the three debu tantes, a girls' trio. • - Plans are now being °made for the I usual poster contest -in connection with the Prom, Samuel A. Breene '37, chairman, announced this week. Com piete details be published later, but the same general rules will be pb- Served that have held' fOr .contests in connection..with other dances .this years The ::winner , will , the Usual :eompliineritary?tieket to. the Community Choruses Enter Contest Here • Rural community choruses are look ing forward to the fourth annual state-wide contest to be held at Farm- I ers' Field Day. The final date for filing entries in writing with the county agricultural extension associa tions is April 25. . Where more than one chorus enters, county contests will be conducted. I Where necessary, district tourna ments will be staged. These elimina ' tion contests: will be scheduled before Slay 31. In the chorus entered, at least three-fourths of the participants must be at least 18 years of age: All those taking part, except the leader, who may or may not be a member, must be, amateurs and members of the or ganization represented. The rules call for at least eight members of the chorus, not including the pianist and leader. While no maximum limit is set, it is suggested that more 'than thirty-six may prove unwieldy. Nittany Lion 'Post No. 1, V. F. W. Will Organize , at Mass Meeting With tentative plans calling . for a huge mass meeting Tuesday night in order to organize the Nittany Lion Post No. 1, Veterans of Future Wars,' active participation in various veter ans activities both on and off the cam pus is being arranged for the group, James T. Dugan '37, post commander, announced yesterday. "In organizing the post here," Du gan stated, "we are only .following the lead of over 150 colleges through- Out the United States. In order that Penn State retain Its place in the col legiate sun' it is imperative that a chapter be organized here," the com mander. pointed .out,- emphasizing his words with a vague gesture. It is being planned that some mem ber of a local veterans group, either the•Amoricen Legion or the Veterans of Foreign Wars, address the sta..; dents at the Tuesday meeting, al though to date no definite speaker• has been contacted. ' MeMbership 'will be restricted to persons between the ages of 18 and 86, Dugan said, and a slight fee of twenty-five cents will be charged each member in order to defray running expenses. Most of. the membership fees collected will be. sent to national headquarters to assist the V. F. IV. of , America within the age limits. America has a moral obligation to those who are nbollt to di? , or sacrifice oasts Unusual , Orchestrations To Play at Proin TED -FlO-R,ITO Di.-- . 4'. -. W.' . 'NOATer. To::,-Spook.S.ipi40 To. Talk on `Making Good in Real Life'. in Regulat Chapel A4diess at 11 A. M. • "Making God in Real be the topic of the . chapel addicss by'Dr. Albert W: • Beaven, presidept• of, the Colgate-Rochester, Divinity ; School, Rocheiter, N. Y., at the•regular Sun day morning chapel service in Schwab auditorium at 11 o'clock. • : Doctor' Beaver' Is' a graduate of Shortleff College, Alton, Illinois, and of ..the' Rochester. Theoogical Semi nary. He has beets honored by thede gree of Doctor of Divinity from three different educational institutions, and also by the 'degreeof Doctor of - Laws from another:'', • ' For, "twenty years,. Doctor -Beayen wasipastor of 'the Lake:Avenue:Bap- Hat chure , hpf: Roehester' and Aas been. He is a member Of the hoard of man agers of the.lnternational So - Ciety'of Christian-Endeavor, a !heather of the Associated' Boards of Christian. Col- leges in:China, and a member of the Board of 'Corporatora ,of - the Peddie School 'in New Jersey: - - As author; Doctor Heaven. -has published "The Fine Art of. Living Together," "Putting the Church on a Full-Time Basis," "Fireside Talks with the Family Circle," and "Ser mons-for Everyday Living." Lawyer Will Address Classes, Hillel Group David" Ullivan, chairman of the State Workman's Compensation board and well-known constitutional lawyer, will address studenti in the sociology and political science classes today. His address is Sponsored by the Hillel Foundation at Penn State. Ullman will speak at the Friday evening Hillel fellowship in Room 405, Old Main, at 7. o'clock. The top ic of his talk will be "The First of the American Liberals." their loved ones for her!" It is expected that the platform, aims' and activities of the local chap ter will be presented at the mass meeting Tuesday, Dugan said, and from the, general tenor of student opinion concerning the organization, a huge turnout is expected. In a letter received by Dugan, which accompanied the recently secured chapter'of the Penn State group, 'Al exander Black jr., Regional Com mander for the South Atlantic States, said among other thirigsi "An intensive campaign is being launched in the nation's press, radio, and news agencies. Protests us well as congratulations and' backing; are pouring in from all over the country. We fully expect to have our mani festo' read into the Congressional Roe. ord. We are proceeding rapidly. America has flocked to our banner,. and we have the situation.. well in hand." • - In complimenting the local group for organizing; Regional Commander Black said: ", . may, God and' the people of. America go' with you. You have allied 'yourselves' with a glori ous cause, one • which discriminates against no Political party, is. neither pacifistic nor militaristic, and is im partial in its efforts to aid the citizens lohby in Washington. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY; APRIL ,17 1936 22, High-Schools Enter Debaters In Tourney Here Pennsylvania,Delaware, N. J. High Schools Send Teams. Nat. Forensic League . Sponsors Eliminations Eighty-eight high echo . ol debaters from twenty-two high. schools in this state, NeW Jersey:nr4 : lllelaware will attend the district tournament of the National Forensic league debate tour- Insolent which begins'here this after noon and runs until:tomorrow night. The tourament snesored locally by the division "orspeech, which will serve as host for district contest. Prof. John H. Frizzell, - :gollege chap- I lain and . head of the division of speech, and Joseph F. O'Brien, men's debate conch of the division of speech, will serve as host.chairnlen to the vis iting. orators and .coaches. Tourna ment headquarter:s".will,lbe Room 15, South Liberal 'Arts: I • . Preliminaries TO Dc in at 4 According to .the'ialeS of the con , test, each 'school enters...a: negative' and affirmative team. Each ; team 'debates until it has lost three decisions. Win nem of first and second:places in the finals tomorrow- night;*ill - he eligible to compete for national honors next month at the national tOurnament at Oklahoma City, Okla: • • - The question : to be.discussed is so cialized medicine. EntrieS for the con- test. are being handled ,hy • Leslie D. Schriever, of CharleiOi;district chair man of the leagiie. Debating begins this afternoon, - CoatinueS'.:tonight and ends tomorrow night.'' I, Preliminary debates.'today, will be run off-in the NOrth-and South Lib eral A . rts buildings. Students of the division of speech .willacrve as judg; ei..The preliminary's:644ms begin at 4 o'clock;, run tonight ; :end*morrow _• • Finalo for .the .diatrict - tourney are set - :in the Home .Econoinics auditor:- iuni tomorrow night:it 8 o'clock. Paul V. House a.. the „divisien ,Of speech, will serve as chairman : and Profi. Harold F. Graves and Ray V. Wat kins, both of.the department of Eng lish composition, and Herbert Koepp- Baker, of the diviSion of:speech will act as judges. Freshman Wins Beaux Arts Design Contest Joseph C. Didinger '39, achieved an unusual honor recently when he won the highest possible award in the quarterly contest sponsored by the Beaux Arts InstitUte of Design for the best original architectural design. Didinger is the first student from this college in recent years to win the prize and is the first freshman ever to enter the competition. A jury of prominent New York architects se lected his design of- a small church over all other entrants. Diclinger has entered two other de signs to the Institute, both or which won honorable mention. Winning the Beaux Arts prize makes hint eligible to• compete for the $lOO prize offered by' the college department of architec ture. Student Campaigner Offers Unique Excuse Francis 'Worley '3B successfully presented a new reason to porn of Men Arthur R. Warnock for a per, sonal extension of the Easter vaca tion. Ile wished to take . an extra half day off to campaign for the leg islature. Worley,is entered in the primaries for assemblyman from Adams county on the Republican ticket. At the drawing for places on .the primary ballot he obtained first place. With his name in such a position, he be lieves he has an excellent chance of winning the nomination..He is earn: ing funds for his college education by working on farms during the sum mer months. • PHI EPSILON KAPPA (Physical Education Honorary) Russell R. Yost Charles J. Cherundolo '37 , Arthur A. Gottlieb '37 Michael L. Kornick '37 Joseph S. O'Dowd '37 Louis J. Ritzie 'B7 John J. Eeonomos '3B Richard L. Hassler '3B Herbert P. Peterson 'IS Edwin A. Sheridan '3B ASU Committee Gets College Sanction To Stage An&war Strike Wednesday Strike Against War FELLOW STUDENTS: We have no abiet interval of peace before us; war is being made now in Ethiopia •and in 'North China. It has been brewing for months in Europe as the recent crisis in the Rhineland shows. World War is al most upoM us and Congress has put off passing any genuine neutrality measures. Instead, it has made the largest peace-time appropriations for war yet. .American students do not want war. It is we who will have to light if there is another one. The last two demonstrations•showed the student sentiment for peace. 'Now is the time for taking a more active stand. How shall we do ; this?' • The most effective weapon - we have is a. strike against 'war_ and the .war-makers. We did not select the word strike merely because it is a _colorful word, but because it indicates our firm intentions to stay out of war. We will not fight again unless the invader is on our very borders. This Anti-Wai• Strike•is a rehearsal for the future—a mobilization for peace. • . Three hundred and fifty thousand students will walk out of classes simultaneously in, colleges and high schools thrOughout the country. Penn State must not lag behind, other campuses in this. We should have a large turnout. Here is what we hope to accomplish by the April 22 strike: - 1. A Senate hearing on the Nye-Kvale Bill for optional ROTC. 2. Passage of stricter neutrality legislation through Congress. "Peace before Profits." ' 3., More appropriations for - student aid (NYA) and less for 'armaments. "Schools; not battleships." It: you believe in these things, conic out with us on April 22 at 1.1 •a. m. This .is no altruistic crusade. It is a fight for our lives. - Strike against War! Thespians Plan Pittsburgh Show Will. PreSent Next Spring Show Here May 2; Await Word From Pittsburgh. With a Pittsburgh engagement pending early in May, '''Stacks and Blondes,"• Spring Thespian musical, will soon go into another series of in tensive'rehearsals for the ,show's sec ond here• Junior Prom N Y,C*4l l 4 , i , J. Ewing "Sock" director, announced: today 'that re hearsals for the second presentation of. the 'show here on May 2 would Start next week. Convinced'that the show appeals to the students because of its originality of theme, Kennedy said .that only. some minor changes Will be made before "Stocks and BlOndes" is-Presented 'here again. Meanwhile, arrangements arc going forward for, presentation of the show in. Pittsburgh, probably May 7 and B. Final decision to take the show on the road will be made after the Thes- Pian club hears from the Pittsburgh Alumni 'Club late this week, Kennedy said. Arrangements are also pending for an engagement in the Wilkes-Barre- Scranton district, although the club is concentrating its efforts on the Pittsburgh showing because of the in terest already shown in that section over the production. Will Inspect Centers Dean Charles W. Stoddart, of the School of Liberal Arts, .Dr. Grover C. Chandlee, of the department of chem istry, Dr. Francis M. Du Mont, of the department of romance languages, and John R. Richards, director of arts and science chtension, will in spect the undergraduate centers at Schuylkill and Hazelton next Wednes day and Thursday. Dean Stoddart will address the student bodies of both groups. College Men Regard Themselves God's Gilt to Women ---'Vogue' "College men think of themselves as God's gift to women," said ninety per cent of the girls in colleges all 'over the country, who were ques tioned in the latest college poll taken by the fashion magazine, Troptie. Ite cently, the COLLEGIAN published the result of a Vogue. poll, which revealed what the college man thought of the college girl. It seemed only fair to let the worm turn, and here the Penn State man can find out just what the girls think about him. Vogue questioned the girls concern ing "what they thtught of the college man's general appearance his behav ior, his philosophy of life, ' his attitude towards spending money on them, his passions and aversions, demands and assets." Here are the excerpts from the answers: 'As long as his handkerchief and do not war, a college man thinks is attired for anything." "We like them for their personali ties and not for what they wear. (We hate to)." Robert Goldsmith, Chairman, Student-Faculty Straw Committee P. S. Club To Hold Dance Tomorrow hilsty Will Play for All• College , Easter Affair in Rec • Hall at 9 P. M. An all-college Easter dance will be held in Rec hall tomorrow, night from V to 12 under the sponsorship of the Penn State club. Lynn Christy and his Penn Statesmen will play-for the affair. • . . ACcortling to Christy, more of the '.'smooth" type of music kill be Play 7 ed, since most of the dancers seem to prefer this to the "Tiger Rag" type. however, there will also be several of the faster. numbers interspersed on the program. An improvement over other dances will be the special treating of the floor cf Recreation hall. Another innova tion will be the giving out of boxes of Easter candy to holders of lucky checking stubs. A woman student will draw the winning tickets. The admission price, including the amusement tax and checking privi leges, swill be 75 cents a couple. The inclusion of a checking stub on the admission ticket is expected to relieve much of the congestion at the en trance to the dance floor. The officers of the Penn State club for next year, who are to be elected at a meeting in the Old Main Sand wich Shop tonight, will be announced at the dance by Wesley C. Mohnkern '36, president of the club. Hold Judging Contest The Block and Bridle club will hold a livestock judging contest at the Pavilion tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock. Anyone may participate in the con test, which is under the direction of Prof. William L. Henning, of the ani mal husbandry department. The en trance fee is 10 cents. "I get all dressed up in. my best formal dress, and then he can come along in his little grey suit." "Full dress is thrilling. Tails do things for any num." It seems that the girls have a lot of pet peeves. They object to white saddle shoes in . winter, pork-pie hats, white socks, drooping socks, bow ties, crew hair cuts, greasy hair, pants reaching only to the ankles, and "cords." Untidiness, 'however, is .their chief complaint. "Pet enthusiasms are: —tails, white shirts, camelshair coats, casual sports clothes, and tweeds with an English air." One girl described the college man's interests as follows: (1) Him self, (2) Himself, (3) Himself, (4) Athletics, (5) Football, (6) Making merry, (7) Making Mary, (8) Mak- I ing as many Marys as possible, (9) I Himself. . The girls listed other likes and dis likes. "We hate men who precede an invitation with 'What trre you doing tonight ?'" PRICE FIVE CENTS Over 350,000 College Students To Join In Peace Drive. 81 College AuthOrities Favor Demonstration Official sanction for Penn State's participation in the nation-wide anti war demonstration next Wednesday Morning at 11 o'clock was granted last Tuesday morning when members of the ASU strike committee, the Stu dent Peace, Action Council, and the State College Peace Action Council conferred with the administration. In participating In the strike against war, Penn State students join more than 350,000 fellow students in colleges and universities throughout the country, according to figures re leased by the national office of the American Student Union. Permission to have classes excused at that hour is still pending, however. Student interest was sounded yester day and today when the strike com mittee circulated petitions among the student body to determine its attitude. CBS To Broadcast Call Endorsement for the national dem onstration has come from eighty-one college presidents and faculty mem bers in colleges throughout the nation. Among the prominent American edu cators supporting the demonstration are President J. Nelson Norwood, of Alfred University; President Earl S. Rudisell, of Connecticut College; Dean William E. Nichol!, Fromm Col lege, President Frank Ringdoit, of the University of Newark, Lewis Mum ford, and others. Fifteen minutes before hundreds of thousands of students join the strike against war, the Columbia broadcast ing system will broadcast the strike call on a nation-wide hookup. Thus far, the Student Peace Action Council and tile State College Peace Action Council have not participated in arrangements for the denionstra tion. The plan of the demonstration is `di studentVfa r eulty members, townspeople, and students from the high school will assemble in front of Old Main next Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. The meeting will open with the raising of the flag. The in troductory talk will be delivered by Robert Goldsmith '36, chairman of the strike committee. Nichols To Speak Two student speakers, Joseph I' Swift 'SC, president of Interfratern: ity Council, and Genevra C. Ziegler '37, newly elected head of the W. S. G. A., will deliver the student talks. Prof. Edward J. Nichols, of the de partment of English composition, has been selected to make the faculty ad dress. Full arrangements have not yet been completed by the student faculty strike committee. The com plete program of the demonstration will be printed in the Tuesday issue of the COLLEGIAN. In adidticin to the demonstration of anti-war sentiment, the national stu dent mobilization will serve' to put added pressure on the passage .of the Nye-Kvale bill through CongeessMob ert Goldsmith '36, chairman of the strike committee, announced. The bill; which would outlaw compulsory mili tary training, has been endorsed by thousands of students and educators throughout the country. 2 Men Granted Leave From Faculty Service Two sabbatical leaves, one retire ment, and one appointment to the Col lege faculty were approved by the Board of Trustees at an executive meeting held here last week-end. President Ralph D. lietzel announced today. Sabbatical leaves were granted Prof. William li. Butt, of the depart ment of economics, for the first se mester of the next school year for re search work, and Prof. John B. B. Dickey, of the department of agron omy extension, from ➢lay 1 until Oc tober 31 of this year. Professor Dickey will study soil erosions while on extensive travels. The Board approved the retirement of Prof. Harold B. Shattuck, of the department of civil engineering, who is retiring because of ill health. The appointment of Bay L, Olney as pro fessor of agricultural education was approved by the board at the same meeting. Scarab Elects Mertz Scarab, national architecture fra ternity, elected Stuart Al. Mertz '37 president for next year. Other offi cers chosen were George Downes '37, vice president; Edward T. Roth '37, secretary; and John 13. Ferguson '37, treasurer.
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