ESTABLISHED 1904 Volume %,---NumbeFsr--;'_c4 James Hamill, Trustee Here, Dies Saturday Graduated With Class Of 1880; on Board For 31 Years. Trustee Responsible For Campus Lay-Out James L. Hamill, a member of the board of trustees' or thirty-one years, died at the University of Pennsylva . ilia hospital early Saturday. Funeral services were held yesterday at the home of his' brother, Dr. Samuel Ha- Mill; in Philadelphia. Mr. Hamill's major contribution to the College was the promotion of the development of the campus and grounds. In 1007, Mr. Hamill spon sored the report made on •the campus and grounds. The general. campus .layout today closely follows the one suggested in 1907. Founded -Academy ,In 1905, the alumni elected Mr. Ha mill to the board of trustees, and re turned hint triennially ever since. In addition to this position, Mr. Hamill was active at Columbus Academy, of Columbus, Ohio, which he founded. Mr. Hamill was a member of the class of 1880. He then was graduat ed from the Law School of the Uni versity, of Michigan in 1885. He was elected to the bar in Pennsylvania the following year, and later to' the bar in Ohio and West Virginia. Gener ally, he practiced in lumber company and railroad cases. President Hetzel visited Mr. Hamill at his winter home , in Florida in March. The two conferred on vari ous •phases of the program for the college year. Exhibition To Display Work of Pa. Artists , 'The department of fine and applied arts. is: planning an interesting and comprehensive exhibition of the work of Central Pennsylvania artists, to be held ,in the 'Exhibition Gallery. of Main Engineering. from. May 4th .to 16th inclusive. The committee in charge of ar rangements for the exhibition is com posed of Prof. Andrew W. Case, chairman; Professors Helen H. Savard, C.. L. Harris,. and Francis Hyslop, who have issued invitations to artists who *ere born in or are now living in that section 'of the state comprising a vertical panel rising ap proximately fifty-five miles east and west of State College. Enthusiastid•responses to the invi tations are being received, many from far distant points,. some promising .oils,others water colors or drawings. Each exhibitor is limited to two pic tures. It is expected, that this show will attract considerable attention, be ing the first of its kind, and it has been planned so it will be over Mother's Day' weekend, thus being available to the large number of vis itors at that time. Gohn '3B Elected New Penn State Club Head Officers of the Penn State club for next year were announced to the 350 couples- who attended. the all-college Easter dance sponsored by the club recently. Russell G: Gohn '3B was elected president; Charles E. Flamm '3O, vice president; Richard E. Heyl '3B, sec retary; Robert W. Wertz '3B, treas - urer; Howard B. Frankenfield, social chairman; and Robert L. Smith '39, athletic manager. The neiv men have ; begun their duties. The.members are planning a fare well banquet to close the activities of the club for the year, to be held May 9'. Wesley ,C.t'Mohnkern; this year's president, .and .a member of the fac ulty, will speak. Red Cross Gets $125 ' Total receipts from the collections taken at the, mid-winter concerts of the department of music are $126, Mrs. J. Ben Hill, chairman of the State College, chapter of the Amer ican Red Cross, announced today in a 'letter of appreciation to Prof. Rich ard, W. Grant. The collections were taken from persons attending the eon -Celts for the express benefit of the 'Red Cross. • Put together with the 5725 raised from the Red Cross dance, this makes a total of $B6O that has' :been. secured by the organization Wough the use of College facilities., - - __ di 111 it 40. 4 . 4 • ..,, i , i -, 7 6,- ~ , I , (. 1,..-,.,1 r, . 4iir . Iq , ' run ' fair \F,,,,,,„,,,,), i _....... COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE Cast Chosen for Players' Presen Thomas S. Francis '39 and'Harvey Levin '39 will appear in leading roles of "Ah, Wilderness!", which the Penn State Players will present Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9, in Schwab auditorium on Mother's Day week end. Francis, cast as the father, the role created by George M. Cohan, was last seen in ":The Pursuit of Happiness." His other' roles were in "The Last Mile" and ."The Late Christopher .Bean." Still in his first year of col legiate dramatics, he has gained a reputation for his warm, sympathetic characterizations. Levin make's his debut as Richard "who is a high school senior and a rebel. He reads Swinburne, Shaw, Wilde, and Omar Khayyam, and his mother worries. He is an incipient anarchist; he hates capital and his father looks disturbed." Beatrice Conford '37, as the bOy's mother and Morton Wolovsky, trans fer, as his drunken uncle, portray piincipal characters. ,Miss Conford played Delia, the domineering cousin taster-mother in "The Old Maid," and in addition to Comfort Kirkland in "The Pursuit - of liappiness," ap peared in numerous productions last year: Wolovsky had his first role as the germ-conscious husband in "The Old Maid." In supporting parts are William L. Orris '3B, Jane I. Gruber '39, Marga ret It. Giffen. '37, Silom S. Horwitz '39, and Het:mione H. Hunt '3B. Oth ers are Harriet E. Bartges . '37, Je rome T. George '3B, Irving J. Tersu how '3B, and Edward T.-Binns '3B. Thespians Revise Show for Prom `Stocks and Blondes' Scheduled For Auditorium Sat. at 8; Improvements Made. • Dance routines •_and dialogue re .vised and the entire show speeded up generally; "Stocks and ~..Blondes," Spring 'ThegPian 'dramatizing the times of the "Robber Barons" of American . finance, will ,be presented on this Campus for the second time before a Junior Prom-audience Sat, urday night. • Profiting by •the experience of the musical's first • presentation, the au thors, Dick Allen; Johnny Binns, and Director "Sock" Kennedy have rebuilt the show around the original histor-, ical theme and the cast is really pointing for this week's showing, as. evidenced by the interest shown at last night's rehearsal. Show Shortened 15 Minutes Fifteen minutes have been cut from the running time of the shop• and two major changes have been made in routine with the injection of new com edy scenes. Tickets for the show will be on sale at the Student Union, office thrOugh out the week and also at the ,Corner from 6.th ii o'clock every evening. The ticket sale on Saturday will Open at the Corner at 1 o'clock in the after noon. Deer Drama Replaces Perennial Fish Yarn ; Sackett Takes Honors The staff thought that the advent of fishing $OOBOO would herald some tall yarns in the various 11C1(78- papCrs throughout the state. Not wishing to la. ontdonc in any re spect, and pooh-poohing the sensa tionalism of sonic that hare appear ed, we eau only offer the following. lt is not a fish story, but the funny thing about it is that it's all true. Probably no - Penn State student re alizes just what an illustrious father Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, had. Perhaps' the Dean's noble parentage would have gone by unnoticed if a COLLEGIAN re porter had not found himself in the lounge of 'the Centre Hills Country Club recently. Out thereon the wall there is a mounted deer head. It looks peaceful and innocent enough as it is, but un derneath it there is a typewritten note that is of unusual interest. It seems' that the deer head was presented to the country clubby Dean Sackett in commemoration of the courage of his father. Follows a de scription of the courageous instance: One day the elder Sackett went in to the wild, wooly woods after deer. Now, anyone can shoot a deer, but it is di<linctive to sneak op on vne and STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY,-';APRIL 28, 1936 h Wilderness!% tation on May 8, 9 In Role of Mother .1 - BEATRICE CONFORD '37 Johnny Moffett, 12-year-oM son of a member of the faculty, appears as Tommy, the kid brother. The cast of fifteen has been in re hearsal since before Easter. Nellie B Cravatt '34 is directing and has designed the sets. The production is under . the supervision of Prof. Ar thur C. Cloetingh, director of the divisidn of dramatics. Students Attend Political Meeting 260 Eastern College Delegates Meet as National Convention To Formulate Plans. Thirteen' students, accompanied by Dr. Jacob Tanger and Prof. John T.. Law,,, of,.the„departMent,of politiCal . g • Ci6h6, - iiiijiiae'it the .Intercollegiate Conference On Government burg Friday. and:Saturday. OVer'.26o deligates from'. Eastern calleies 'Met as a national convention to. formulate plans fora model plat form, for use by any party, for the coming presidential campaign. Favors Government Control • In its platform, the convention fa vored stricter control of natural re sources and public utilities by the government, more social legislation, strengthening of the civil service, and workmen compensation. It was op posed to direct subsidization for far mers, favoring a cooperative system. The convention elected, as officers from this college, Albert Foster '36, sixth assistant clerk, William V. Jackson , 30, second assistant clerk, and Roy Wilkinson '37, parliamen tarian. The delegates from this college were represented on every committee at the two-day session. The group will - meet next year and act as the F tide legislature. ' knife it. So Sackett snuck up, when, the animal 'turned and , made after him. This was bad, the deer being more agile than the man. Before Sackett could count "three," he was faced with a perplexing situa tion. The deer charged, antlers low encl. (We will vouch to their• size and keenness). Somehow, Sackett' hung on to the front of the animal without getting too badly macerated and look a brisk ride backward throughout the brush for some thirty yards. Things of this nature. can become tiresome, free as the power may be. Sackett deliberated briefly. The best thing he thought to do was to use a ,few Speidel half-nelsons and burden .the animal to the ground. This he proceeded to do, and after a brief struggle succeeded in snagging an I antler under a foliage -bough. The <leer was out-witted, out-fought, and out-rageously beaten. Death , en- I sued; mounting followed. Sackett tra dition was carried forward. As lOng us the building out there in the coun try is used for the Centre Hills Coun try Club, the note and head will be there, commemorative of a man who was a hunter, not a fisherman, and mica was, to say the• least, a rugged Group Tabulates Artists' CoUrse Patrons' Choices Symphony Orchestra Receives Highest Series Rating.. Comic Ballet Seleeted Second; Thomas,'Third The National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Hann -Kindler,, was rated the most enjoyable number On the 1935-3 G prograth by..thore than 800 potions of- the Artists'' Course, a tabulation of ballots taken at the last of the series shows. Scoring a total of 3,553; points, the Orchestra hail an impressive' ead as the counting ended: Tt;ucii Schocip and her Comic Ballet was 'rated sec ond with a total of 2,728 points, while John Charles Thomas was a close third with 2,601 points. . , Fourth position went to'ithe Yale Puppeteers, who amassed : a,'.total of 2,527 points. The double• attraction of Charles Naegele and Felix Sal mond placed fifth, with. 2,255 points, while John Goss and his London Sing ers scored 1,608 points, to' take sixth and last place. Ballots Well-Filled. "Marked on a basis of six:.'points for first choice, five for second,, etc., the ballots as a whole were 'well filled. The Artists' Course committee is now totalling ballots to ascertain the de sires of the subscribers: 'fOr next year's series. Results gill he made available as soon as the work is com pleted. The National Symphony', received 219 votes as the most enjoyable num ber. Trudi Schoop.had 120:?votes as the most enjoyable; Thomas-seventy two votes; the'Puppeteers:sixty : first choices; Naegele and Sa!mond forty four; and the-London Singers eigh teen. ' A total of 845 ballots was tabulat ed.'. . I.n this group, 628 persons rated all six numbers.-aceording , ,to the in structions. No _,rating .. .S tioned• by 116'pecinle, two rated only four numbers:;Three were rated , by fOrfy-seven, •two by nine, and . thirteen rated ,only - -one number. . Subscribers Enjoy Couise -aid very fact that a- large 'number of persons apparently found• it easy to 'rate first• and second •ehoiees and apparently difficult .to. rate the other four . numbers, along with individual comment, leads the committee. to be lieve that the course was generally enjoyed by its subscribers," Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chairman of the course committee, stated, in making public the summary of the popular vote. "It also indicates to the committee," Dr. Marquardt said, "that, by. and large, group numbers apparently are more popular than solo numbers or duos." Rare Book Collection On Display, in Library A collection of rare and' curious books will be on exhibition in Room K of the College library until May 21. A show case of typical hooks that arouse interest in book collectors is on display in the library lobby. First editions, limited editions„ and unusual work done by privately-own-: NI presses feature the exhibition. Among them there is an original page from the printing of Johann Mentelin, who was printing at the time when Gutenberg printed the first Bible in 1456. Another unusual feature is the Addresses of bineols, the smallest book in the world to be set in,type. It was printed by the training di vision of the Kingsport Press of Kingsport, Tenn. It is seven-eighths by five-eighths of an inch in tIiMCII - and it can be read without the aid of a magnifying glass. Other interesting publications on ex hibit are a Penh Grower's Hulk(book dated 1851 ill Boalsburg, the first ag ricultural periodical issued in 1819, the Philadelphia whole sale business directory for 1848, a Pennsylvania land grant vellum signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin in 1795, two volumes of leessubidate books published 'be fore 4500, and many other such items of student interest. Grant Chosen Judge . Pref. Richard W. Grant, head of the department of music, and Prof. Hummel Fishhurn will leave for Pottsville today to act as ajudicators for the state music finals in the con test sponsored by the Pennsylvania Forensic and Music League., Profes sor Grant directed the central district eliminations of the contest here last week-end; while Professor Fiohburn served ;is a judge, Women Will Hold Annual May Day Ceremony May 9 Court To Inaugurate New Senior Women Honor Arch. Breakfast To Feature Tapping of Freshmen Climaxing the women's honorary activities for the year, the annual May Day ceremony will take place on the front campus Saturday, May 9, at 4 o'clock. May Day Breakfast will open May Day at 7'o'clock on Holmes field. At this breakfast, tapping for Cwens, the sophomore' women's activities lion orary fraternity, will determine the freshman women who will carry on the work of fostering leadership in the freshman class of 1940. From 2 until 4 o'clock the Dean of Women's office will hold a tea in the second floor lounge of Ohl Main in honor of the mothers of all Penn State stu dents. Will Have New Feature A new feature of the May Queen's court will be the honor Arch, com posed of outstanding senior women, selected on the basis of activities and leadership. The hemlock chain, for merly selected, will be open to all aen ior women. The May Queen, A. Fritnces Tur ner '36, her maid of honor, M. Jane Fisher '39, and her attendants, Janet Beman '36, Selena A. Wunderlich '36, Ruth B. Evens '37, Margaret R. Giffen '37, Amy F. McClelland '3B, Ida R. Rainey :38, Dorothy A. Mc- Auliffe '39, and Cecile C. Metz '39, will lead a retinue consisting of her alds, jesters, the honor arch, the hem lock chain, and May Pole dancers. Senior Women in Arch The .senior women in the Honor Arch are Amelia Brooks, L. Marybel Conabee, Gretchen 11. Diehl, Berna dette. Heagney, Emma Jane Boomer, Ruth E. Koehler, and Theresa Mra yintF..:,.Dther women receiving, this honor' are Sara Belle Reese, Dorothea E. Ruth, Anna Mary Soissori, Eliza beth A. Springer, and Catherine L. Wagner. The May Queen .will be crowned by Gencvra C. Ziegler '37, president of W. S. G. A., and Jean B. Northrup, president of7l l l. A. A., will present the Queen with the world and Rem M. Lincoln, president of P. S. C. A., will give -the Queen her scepter. Hermione H. Hunt '3B and Lucille Z. Giles '3B will herald the Queen and her court. Theo Johnson '39 and D. Jean Rountree '39 will act as jesters. To Award Fellowships Virginia Polytechnic Institute will award ten fellowships to seniors of high scholastic standing who are ma joring in science. The fellowships will range from $4OO to $6OO for the college term of 19364937. The rccipi .&it,r' of theSe , awards arc excused from paying fees and tuition, - and they are "expected to do research work and assist in undergraduate in ! struction. Farmers' Field Day Preliminary plans for Farmers' Field Day, to be held here June 11, are being made by a School of Agriculture committee headed by Prof. Thomas I. Mairs, director of correspondence courses in agriculture and home economics. Lingnan U. Offers Scholarships For Study of Oriental Culture Opportunity for Penn State stu dents to travel to the Orient and study at Lingnan university, Canton, Chinn, will be offered again this year. The chance to study oriental culture is made possible by scholarships to the Chinese school made under the "Penn State in China" plan. During the past academic year, four Penn State students have been attending Lingnan. They are Mil dred E. Vargo, Mary .T. Foster, Mar vin 0. Lewis, and Lester M. Benja min, all of the class of '3?. They will return to State College at the end of this year to continue their studies here. Lingnan has had close relations with State for many years through the work of George W. 'Daddy' Groff, State's representative on the Lingnan agricultural staff. The policy of making scholarships available for American students was instituted three years ago for the purpose of strengthening the bonds of under standing between China and the Unit ed Slates. At the present time 51 stu- 'College Will Hold Annual Commencement Week-end Program June 5,6, 7, 8 `Old Main Bell' Staffs Will Meet Tomorrow Men and women on both the bus iness and editorial staffs of Old Main. Bell will meet tomorrow night at the office, 315 Old Main, at 7 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the coming spring issue ct the Bell. The issue will mark the third and final product of 1935- CA To Celebrate 60 -Year Service Former Leaders. Many Guests To Attend Anniversary Dinner Thursday. The Penn State Christian Associa tion will hold a banquet in the Old Main Sandwich Shop Thursday at 6:30 o'clock to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the organization. Former secretaries, directors, and student leaders, as well as guests from other colleges, are expeirted to attend the dinner. A national leader in the field of Christian Associatiton work will speak. Will Hold Election Election of live board members will be held (luring the dinner. The newly elecied student cabinet officers will be installed at that time. • Revs M. Lin coln ':l7 will be installed as president of the organization for next year. A capacity crowd is expected to at tend the banquet, according to Charles P. Hogarth, associate secretary. Res ervations should be . made with Charles P. Case '37 no later than to morrow. Dorothea E.' Ruth '36 is - in charge of arrangements.' Durant To Come Here Next Fall for Address Continued efforts on the part of the Forensic Council to bring Will Du rant, eminent philosopher and wri ter, to this campus before the end of the year have been unsuccessful. Durant had been originally scheduled to speak in Schwab auditorium March le. The (late was postponed by Du rant until March 19 when he was un able to come_ because of the fl ood con ditions in Pennsylvania. Vice president of the council Ralph T. Irwin '36, said, however, that in all probability Durant would be here next October. Ile was to have spo ken on the "Crisis in American Civi lization." Irwin said that in the con tacts with the philosopher he gath ered that Durant would speak on the same subject. Durant thought that the subject at that time would still be pertinent in this country, Irwin said. 5 Named To CA Board Five new members were recently elected to the Christian Association board: Joseph T. Riley '36, Charles P. Case '37, John F. Jazeman '3B, Doris A. Sander '3B, and Bernice I.l'. Zwald dents from 16 American colleges and universities are studying at Lingnan. Among the schools represented are Harvard, Wesleyan, Stanford, Wash ington, Swarthmore, and Oregon Stale. The strongest departments at Line= non are those of zoology, botany, chemistry, and physics. The social science departments ore less highly developed, but any deficiency in the scope and variety of courses is some what offset by the opportunity of studying Chinese social problems in their own environment. .The Lingnan College of Arts and Sciences has an enrollment. of about 500 students. The faculty numbers approximately 100, twenty of whom are Americans: The college, together with the Middle school (high school) and other related schools, is situated on an island in the Pearl river near the large city of Canton. Those interested in the scholarships offered for 1930-37 should inquire at the Christian Asseciation office fur an application blank. PRICE FIVE CENTS Registration of Alumni Will Start Friday In Old Main. Full Activity Program Arranged for Guests Commencement week-end will begin Friday, June ii, and extend through until Monday, June 8, it was announ ced today by Edward K. Hibshman, alumni secretary. Saturday, June 0, will be alumni day. Sunday will be Baccalaureate day, while the com mencement exercises will take place Monday. At 12 o'clock on Friday, alumni delegates will hold the annual trustee elections at a• luncheon and meeting at the Nittany Lion Inn. At 7:30 o'- clock, the Penn State Players will present "Uncle Tom's Cabin," for which reservations must be made. Fraternity dances are the attractions for the late evening. The alumni will register all day at Old Main. To See Baseball Game Saturday morning, the alumni will conduct their annual golf tournament at 8:30. Following that, there will be an alumni council meeting. At. 11 o'- clock, election of trustees.closes. Aft er luncheon at McAllister hall, the an nual alumni parade will take place. The afternoon's program wil fea ture a baseball game between the Nittany Lions and Syracuse. Other events taking place include - a meet ing of the board of trustees, a special meeting of alumnae, and class re union dinners. Non-reunion class dinners will also be held. At 7:30 o'clock, the I'cnn State Thespians will present their spring musical, "Stocks and Blondes." Fra ternity dances, plus a non-fraternity dance, will close Saturday's activities.' Baccalaureate Day 11ev. Henry 11. Crane, of Scranton, will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon in the auditorium at 11 o'clock Sun day morning. The services will be dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the Class of 1885. Earlier in the day there will be the Senate break fast at the Nittany Lion, and an alumnae breakfast in the Sandwich Shop. At 7 o'clock, the Blue land will give their annual concert at the open air theatre on the front campus. Sun day will wind up the second day of class reunions, Commencement Day Program Senior class day exercises will open commencement day on Monday at 9 o'clock. At 10:45, there will be a school and department open }lease for seniors, parents, and alumni. The commencement procession will form at 2 o'clock at the Library and March to Recreation hall. Commence ment exercises will be conducted, aft er' which there will be a recessional to Old Main front campus where fare well seags, cheers and goodbyes. will take place. The schedule will be on Eastern Standard Time. Quartet To Entertain At Formal Reception The College Varsity Quartet will sing 'at the Junior-Senior reception to he held in the second floor lounge of Old Main Wednesday night from 8 until 10 o'clock. The affair is for mal, at which the women of the sen ior and junior classes will be hos tosses to the faculty members and in terested townspeople. Resides the entertainment fur nished by the varsity quartet. Miss Willa C. Williammee will sing and the string quartet will play several numbers. Jane A. Parker '36 will al so sing and Elizabeth J. McFarland will play a piano solo. President and Mrs. Ralph 1). Iletzel will head the receiving line. Janet 31. Beinam '36. Bernadette Ileagney '36, Elizabeth A. Springer '3G and A. Frances Turner '36 will stand in the receiving line. Outstanding junior women in the line will he Ruth B. Evans, Jean B. Northrup, Elizabeth R. Oberlin, and Genevra C. Ziegler. Lederer Submits Work Mrs. Eugene 11. Lederer has been requested by Dean Steidle to submit her painting, "Scotia Washery," to the mineral industries art display. This is one of a series of paintings which she is doing that depict the mining of old iron ore.
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