Volumfc 33—No. 4
Resignations of Two
Officials Were Asked
By College Trustees
Murtorff, Lepley Lose
Jobs in Treasury
Department
Unsatisfactory Work
Reason for Dismissal
“Unsatisfactory conditions”.in the
office of the Treasurer of the College
resulted 'in a request for the resigna
tions of Wilfiam G. Murtorff, Treas
urer, and. Reno A. Lepley, cashier in
his office, it was learned today. The
resignations' of both men were an
nounced as'accepted by the Board of
Trustees earlier in'the week.
At that time it was reported that,
the Boara of Trustees had requested
President Ralph 0. Hetzel to investi
gate the work of- the Treasurer’s of
fice in order to make such adjust
ments as would assure the efficient
and economical administration of the
College.
Hostetler Is Acting Treasurer
Since that time there have been
many rumors around the town .and
campus as to the reason for the resig
nations. Mr. Lepley had. recently
won $30,000 in the Canadian sweep
stakes and it was believed that he
had resigned because of this wind
fall. Likewise there were various
stories concerning Mr. Murtorff’s
resignation, including one that it was
due to the refusal of the College to
admit his daughter to the freshman
class this fall.
Meanwhile Samuel K. Hostetter,
, assistant to the President in charge
ofLbusincss and finance, has been act
ing as Treasurer.. He will continue
to fill the position until a successor
is elected by the Board of Trustees.
; Mr. Murtorff came here. twenty-
Ago u jn^l9oB,-
*in‘.'€Ke“"ScHoor of 7 * In-1918
he was appointed to a position in the
Treasurer’s, office and in June 1924
was elected to'.the* position which he
resigned this week. Mr. Lepley has
been employed by the College since
-April, 1921.
Richards, Ass’t. Dean
Resigns to Fill Post
At Wayne University
John R. Richards, executive assist
ant to the Dean of the School of Lib-
Arts, Charles. W. Stoddart, and di
rector of the arts and science exten
sion, has resigned his dual position
to accept one with Wayne University,
Detroit.
Richards will teach economics at
Wayne, a university that has devel
oped tremendously during the past
few year*s chiefly through consolida
tions. It is a metropolitan -school of
some 12,000 students.
Just,who will succeed Richards in
his position hero is undetermined as
yet. It is believed that two men will
divide the aiities that he once per
formed. ’ *,
Richards, a State graduate of 1929,
will probably leave for Detroit early
next week.
500 License Plates
Issued to Students
Something new 'has appeared on
the Penn State campus these past
two days in the way of an attractive
student license plate. During regis-;
tration, over 600 applications were
•received for these special, permits'.
The issuing -of the plates began- yes
terday in the Campus Patrol office
under • the supervision of Captain
William .V. Dennis.
. This new regulatory system was in
stigated at the suggestion of the
Committee on Student Welfare, com
posed of'Deans Ralph L. Watts,
Frank C. Whitmore, Will G. Cham
bers, Arthur R. Warnock, and-Prof.
Samuel B.' Colgate. Under this plan',
a traffic board will be set up com
posed of members of the faculty and,
student body. They will sit in ses
sion to decide the penalty to be im
posed upon any student breaking
traffic regulations within the college
community, the whole of Centre
County.
The college colors, arc used in the
color scheme of white numerals on a
blue background. TKe plates are
three, inches high and five inches
wide';' Captain .Dennis has set the
deadline for possession of a student
license for next Wednesday, Septem
ber 23,,i
Acting Treasurer
SAMUEL K. HOSTETTER
4,971 Registered
In First 4 Days
Freshman Entrants Near Quota
As More Students Start
Classes on Schedule
A total of 4971 students had regis
tered at the close of the regular per
iod Wednesday night, William S.
Hoffman, College Registrar, announ
ced yesterday. The final registration
expected for this semester .is 5400.
While the quota for freshman en
trants-has been, set between 1405 and
1415,. have 'registered thus
-far. - ! The total 1 quota for "the -Mont
Alto Forestry School has been filled
at 150. >
Seniors Take Practice Teaching
In addition to the total registered
here, an approximate number of sen
iors are doing practice teaching at
Altoona and Johnstown for the first,
nine weeks of the semester. The fig
ure has been set between forty and
fifty by. Hoffman. •
On Monday, the total registration
had reached 1303. This mounted to
2196 by Tuesday, and on Wednesday
the 262 registering raised the total
figures to 4971.
1 Many Start Classes
Hoffman indicated that-the number
of students starting classes on time
was the 'largest in several' years.
More students registered during the
designated periods this year than in
recent times. The total of those reg
istering thus far is- ahead of last
year.
All figures, released by Hoffman
concerning the total amount of stu
dents in all sessions is compiled by
Miss Ruth Gould, statistician in the
office of the registrar.
Meeting Called for ’4O Women;
Class Customs , Dating Defined
The first of a series of four fresh
man women’s meetings for the pur
pose of electing trial officers will be
held in the Home Economics audito
rium at 7 o’clock Monday night The
meetings are compulsory and will be
in charge of Italia A. DeAngelis ’39,
sophomore senator and chairman of
the Freshman Council. The first set
of trial officers, president, vice-presi
dent, secretary, treasurer, and social
chairman, elected Monday night,, will
be in charge of the nominations for
the second set of trial officers, which
will be held the following Monday
night. After four sets of officers
;have conducted meetings, the final
elections will be held.-
The customs for freshman women
include the wearing of regulation
name card and green hair-ribbon un
til Thanksgiving. They must also
carry lime drops at all times for the
benefit of upperclassmen until that
time. Customs will be lifted every
Saturday -at 5 o'clock until the fol
lowing Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
Freshman women are not. allowed to
date for the first three weeks of the
regular school session. After this
period the dating of freshman women
will be restricted to two dates a week
end. Eight dates of the entire semes
ter may be one o’clock permissions.
. Failure to observe these customs
and dating rules will result in what
ever punishment the Freshman Coun-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1936
Landon, Republican Nominee, Wins
Straw Vote With 479 Majority
Exemption Made
To 46 Freshmen
In Composition
Examination Marks Up
But Less Receive
Option Chance
Proficiency of Students
Tried in English Usage
Forty-six freshmen were exempt
ed -from freshman English composi
tion courses on the basis of two
placement tests given during Fresh
man Week. This number is slightly
lower than that of last year, when
fifty-nine were exempted, but the av
erage grade of the examinations is
higher.
. The examinations tested the stu
dents’ proficiency in grammar, spell
ing, punctuation, vocabulary, and
composition writing.
All freshmen exempted have the
opportunity to take courses in jour
nalism or English literature; how
ever, they do not l-eceive credit for
English composition I.
Those students who arc not. requir
ed to take English composition dur
ing their freshman year are Howard
G. Anderson, Frederick B. Augus
tine, Robert L. Casselberry, Harold
H. Cherry, David E. Copen, Edward
H. Cox, William D. Deibler, James
V. DeLuke, WaP.ace H. Dunlap, John
R. Godshalk, Ellis V.'Grabau, David
R. Gross, Raul S. Haldeman, Wil
liam F. Hanaway, Robert W. Helms,
and Robert L. Hertz.
Others are John R. Hursh, G. E.
Inskcep, John. U. Keating, James W.
Kitchen, Robert : B. Lesser, Jean Liv
ermore,'Mildred. -L,- Long,-Frances :H.
McEvoy,' Josephine B. Miller, Lois T.
Myers, William B. Owens, Allan D.
Pallin, William J. Reagan, Raymond
Rottcck, James R. Sausscr, George
B. Schless, and William H. Simms.
Miriam Skladal, Richard R. Smith,
James A. Spicer, Leonard Steinberg,
Betty M. Strayer, Gordon K. Tern,
Bess Treager, Carl E. Tucker, Rob
ert S. Voris, Charles F. Viltor, Nancy
J. Welker, and Frank R. Zumbro, jr.,
complete the list.
Fruit Specialists
Attend N. Y. Meeting
Four fruit specialists from this
college are attending the regional
meeting of northeastern pomologists
at Geneva, N. Y., today.
They are Dr. Stevenson W. Fletch
er, of the department of horticulture,
Dr. Roy D. Anthony, Dr, Richard H.
Sudds; both of the department of
pomology, and J. Lupton Mecartney,
of the agricultural and home econ
omics extension. .Doctor Fletcher will
be one of the speakers.
cil considers just.
For< the benefit of- both freshman
and upperclass women the penalties
for violations of W.S.G.A. rules will
be explained under which branch of
Senate they are handled.
1. General
A. Over three minutes' lateness on
a one o’clock removes one one o’clock
the next week-end. In the case of
freshmen during the first semester,
one would be removed from their stat
ed-number (eight).
B. One black mark is given for
lateness, three to ten minutes inclu
sive, on a ten o’clock.
C. Black marks arc also given for
making noise during quiet-hours, for
failure to sign out or check in, and
for failure to receive special permis
sions from the chaperone.
2. Judicial Committee
A. A Campus is imposed by the ju
dicial Committee for such offenses as
tmexcused latenesses over ten min
utes, and accumulation of five black
snarks. The campus varies in,strict
ness, according to-the seriousness of
the offense.
B. 1. A Lenient Campus means
the removal of social privileges with
men for a week-end. The girl must
be in the dormitory by ten o’clock.
2. A Campus means the removal of
social privileges with men and re
quires the girl to be in her dormitory
(Continued on page two)
Roosevelt Receives 579;
Lemke Occupies
Third Place
Students at this College favor the
election of Governor Alf‘ M. Landon
of Kansas to the presidency, accord
ing to the results of the straw vote
conducted by the Collegian at regis
tration. The Republican nominee
garnered almost a l-to-1.7 majority
over Franklin D. Roosevelt, Demo
cratic nominee. A-
Landon received most of his votes
from members of the freshman class
who voted last week and on Monday.
The tabulation of the ballots cast on
Tuesday afternoon showed that Lan
don received only 24 more votes than
the president. Women , not of legal
voting age and men over age favored
the Democratic nominee in the vot
ing Tuesday afternoon'.- .They were
the only groups at any time that
cast a majority for Roosevelt.
Students Favor (*: O. P.
The greatest number , of votes cast
for Landon came fromithe men, stu
dents under the legal yotin’g age of
21. Men over this age indicated their
choice in favor of the.'Kausan also,
but not by such a large majority.
The straw vote settled all question
of doubt as to the .political party to
which the largest part of the student
body belongs. Nine-hundred and
sixty-nine indicated their affiliation
with the Republican party while 490
declared their intention of joining the
Democratic ranks. ■ The communistic
party received the total of nineteen
votes, while Browderi, the candidate,
received but eight. ' .
Freshmen Support Landon
Votes cast by members of the
fresjinmn class during the two regi
stration days last-.week-;and on Mon
day .morning gave Landon a majority
of 128 votes. ' • ; . L -
of the freshman-class during their
two. days of registration’last week
and. Monday morning Landon receiv
ed 321 to 193 for Roosevelt. Three
hundred and twenty-five students ex
pressed their intention of becoming
affiliated with the G. O. P., while 180
favored the Democratic party. •
Tuesday Brings Change
Men students over 21 years of age,
who voted on Monday, cast 273 votes
tor the Kansas governor while they
gave Roosevelt but . 133. Women of
the same age favored the Republican
nominee with 80 votes to 40 for his
opponents. Upperclassmen not of
voting age, who registered Monday,
also supported the G. 0. P. candidate
with a total of 158’ while the Presi
dent l-eceived but 80. The women un-,
der twenty-one years of age also
favored Landon by a better Chan 2-
to-1 majority.
Tuesday -afternoon, things began
to turn the. other way. Roosevelt
began to gain more votes as the day
passed and when the tabulation was
made for the final day, he lacked only
24 of tying with Landon. Women
under 21 years of age favored the
Democratic candidate by a l-to-1.6
ratio, while but three more intended
.to join the Democratic party. The
women of legal voting age expressed
their opinion in quite the opposite
manner by showing a 2-to-l majority
for the Republican candidate and al
most a 3-to-l majority in favor of the
G. 0. P. The men students over vot
ing age cast three more ballots in
favor of Roosevelt while those under
21 favored Landon by 16 votes. Both
groups favored the Republican orga
nization.
The Collegian straw vote proved a
number of interesting facts. The sur
vey showed that the student body is
decidedly in favor of the Republican
party. A number of Republican stu
dents cast their ballots in favor of
Roosevelt, but students who were af
filiated with the Democratic party
and voted for Landon were very few.
The majority of the Socialists who
did ndt vote for Norman Thomas,
cast their ballots for the Democratic
nominee. ,It also showed that the
Unionistie party is not so strong as
their candidate.
Judging Team Leaves
Penn State’s livestock judging
team of Leland H. Bull ’37,
John M. Jaqueth, Jr., '3B, Philip W.
Grabman '37, John R. Hoffman ’37,
Morris S. Huntzinger '37, Kenneth
Mowry ‘37, Lee M. Poorbaugh *37,
Robert B. Sterrett '37, and Elton B.
Tait '37 will leave tomorrow, to com
pete in the Eastern States Exposition
at Springfield, Mass. Prof.. William L.
Henning, of the department of ani
mal husbandry, is coach ol the team.
‘L.D. Experiment
Proves Worthy’
Claims Stoddart
181 Students Admitted
Without Condition;
44 Dropped
Committees Give Plan
For Conditional Cases
Dean Charles W. Stoddart, head of
the School of the Liberal Arts, in an
interview, commented on the Lower
Division “as coming up to all of our
hopes.” The new method has been
successful as a means for selecting
good students for admittance into
the. Upper Division bracket. •
Out of a total of 401 applicants
only 181 students were accepted
without conditions for admission into
the junior and senior years of the
School of Liberal Arts and the School
cf Education. Seventy-nine students
were admitted on condition.
Forty-Four Students Dropped
Seventy-six applicants were admit*
ted, provided that they take extra
work, either by attending summer
sessions or planning for additional
semesters. Forty-four students were
dropped from JCollcge- through the
recommendation of the Committee on
Admissions with the approval of - the
President.
Dean Stoddart remarked: “Those
dropped have two procedures to fol
low if they desire to be reinstated.
They are suspended for a semester,
and have the privilege of. attending
another • - institution. * If • • their * ■-tran
script shows that they have made
satisfactory progress, they will be
reinstated.
Stoddart Suggests Plan
“On the other hand they have an
opportunity to work, a procedure
we heartily recommend. On receiv
ing information from their employ
ers as to the practical experience
they have gained, we will re-admit
these students. It has been proven
that the student who works and
gains a practical background -to sup
plement his college study, usually
finishes successfully.”
Twenty-one students were rejected
for admission whose status has not
been determined. The majority of
this group includes students in the
School of Education who have not
successfully met all of the require
ments. An example of a student who
falls into this category is one who
has reacted positively to the tuber
cular test and an X-ray examination
shows that fie is afflicted. The state
school law requires all students of
education to be in good physical con
dition.
Strict, But Fair
Dean Stoddart emphasized the fact
that the Committee on Admissions in
both schools worked many hours in
classifying the standing of the ap
plicants. In many instances the ad
visors’ statements were used as in
dexes to cases where the student had
a good average, but lacked, for ex
ample, good usage of English or the
required language credentials.
Dean Stoddart said: “The Lower
Division experiment has proven suc
cessful. It gives a realization of the
student’s individual capacities. Crit
ics were skeptical about our warnings
to drop any student who did not meet
the requirements. We were strict,
but fair."”
Straw Vote Tabulations
Republican
Democratic
Socialistic
Communistic
Unionistie
Non-Partisan
Other Parties
Totals
Landon
Roosevelt
Thomas
•Browden
Lemke
Other Candidates ‘
Totals
•ML—Men Students over 21 years of age, AVL—Women students
over 21 years of age, MM—Men students not of voting age, WM—Women
students not of voting age.
••-Fascistic.
•••-Mussolini.
Open Rushing Begins
As Fraternities Get
Ratings at 7 O’clock
| Makes Theelin [
/ >
, f,
--
’•Professor Russell E. Marker of
the Pennsylvania State College who,
for the first time in the history of
chemistry, has made the female sex
hormone theelin synthetically.
Veterans Chosen
In Players Show
Binns, Wolovski, Giles Selected
With Female Lead Yet
To Be Decided
Veteran actors have been chosen
to play the leading parts in “Per
sonal Appearance,” long-run, comedy
smash-hit which will usher in the
new season for the Penn, State Play-r
ers tile might ; of* Dad’s Day;' Satur
day, October 3.
Edward T. Binns *3B and Morton
Wolovski '3B were selected by Prof.
Frank S. Neusbaum, who will direct
the play, to plky the featured male'
roles. One of the female leads will
be handled by Lucille Z. Giles ’3B.
One Lead Not Filled
While the major part of -the cast
will have been assigned parts by the
end of this week, Director Neusbaum
has not yet selected his female lead.
This choice will be made today and
the play will go right into rehearsal.
Binns, who will enact the part of
Bud, a gas station attendant, is en
tering his third year as a head-line
performer in Penn State dramatics.
Wolovski is a comparative newcom
er, but in the space of eight months,
has assumed the spotlight on many
occasions. Miss Giles is known for
her major performances last year.
Both -the male leads were active in
summer productions. Binns had prin
ciple roles in six of the eight shows,
while Wolovski was seen in four per
formances. Binns added to his al
ready long repetorie leads in “Pri
vate Lives,” "Squaring the .Circle,”
"Waiting for Lefty,” "Lady From
Alfaquequo,” and "Accent on Youth.”
Wolovski played in “Squarring the
Circle,” “Glamour,” and "Waiting for
Lefty,” among others. Miss Giles
had many leading performances in
successes of the 1935-1936 season,
some of which included "Pursuit of
Happiness,” "Peer Gynt,” "The Old
Maid,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and
"Dear Brutus.”
“Personal Appearance” is listed as
the outstanding comedy of two sea
sons back on Broadway. It ran there
ior more than a year and then was
produced, by many professional thea
ter groups. The wise-cracking com-
(Continued on page two )
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Second Period To Open
'At 8 O’clock; Bids
Due Sunday
Over 500 Expected To
Pledge Monday Night
Fraternities enter the second per
iod of rushing at 8 o’clock this morn
, ing more in the light of how they
stand with 1200 prospective freshman
pledges than they have been in the
whole rushing season to date.
Preference cards issued to fresh
men were returned yesterday to the
Student Union desk with each rush
pe’s first three rating 'fraternities
designated' Fraternities will learn
how they stand with the freshmen
when they call for their preference
ratings at the same desk at 7 o’clock
this morning.
Second Period Open
Contrary to the first period, the
second one will not be bound by many
restricting rules. Dates arc not bind
ing on cither the fraternity or the
rushee. Bushing can exist all day
instead of in limited hours, and any
number of dates with one man can
be had.
The second period, beginning at 8
o’clock this morning, will last until
8 o’clock Sunday night. Fraternities
must have their bids to freshmen in
to the Student Union desk by 10 o’-
clock Sunday night.
Freshmen may call for their bids
at any time on Monday and are to go
to the fraternity house of their
choice [Monday evening for dinner.
Must Use Cards
Freshmen desiring to pledge Mon
day evening must have submitted
preference 'cards “yesterday."" “Fresh™'
men failing to do so wTU be unable
to pledge until a 30-day period has
elapsed under a ruling by Interfra
ternity Council.
When the eleven-day rushing sea
son is over on Monday, more than
300 freshmen'arc expected to go fra
ternity. After the lapse of the 30-
day period rushing may be carried
on by any fraternity and pledging
may be done at the discretion of the
fraternity and the rushee. No regu
lations will involve rushing of this
type, nor the rushing of sophomore
transfer students during the present
rushing period. Those men who are
not first-year may pledge with
out having designated choices on a
rushing card.
‘Frothy’ Dugan Calls
For New Faces;
, Meeting at 4
The staff of this paper was sitting,
quietly knitting over its tea and
scones the other evening just before
presstime, when the door opened and
a footman blew three blasts on a
trumpet. Our hot jazz editor picked
him up and carried him to Eddie
Nichols’ house on the dead run. Then
entered a swaying palanquin, embla
zoned with rubies and precious
stones; well, they looked like precious
stones. Descending from the howdah
was a picturesque figure, dressed in
lavender and old lice. '‘Howdah,”
said the figure, and we all felt good
because he hadn’t made a knock-knock
out of it.
Yes, dear renders, it was the editor
of Froth, James Dugan ’37, and he
had sojourned over miles of tundra
to bring his annual message of good
jeer to youse kiddies. Rapping on
the Campuseer’s head for emphasis,
lie fired at us in a rapid stacatto, the
following message:
The editorial and business boards
of the magazine arc having, their first
meeting of candidates for the stafT
this afternoon at four o’clock in the
office. Room 300, Old Main. Fresh
men, ifephoniores and juniors with a
sense .of humor or a drawing ability
are invited to compete for the edito
rial staff. Work is competitive, cli
maxing in four years with the selec
tion of an editor-in-chief and art ed
itor, as well as other high positions.
Members -of the staff will outline the
nature of the staff work for the in
terested candidates. Froth is presid
ing magazine in the Eastern Associa
tion of College Comics and has held
a high place from year to year in the
national judging?.
Ray Schimmel ’37, business man
ager, will meet the business candi
dates at the same time to explain his
end of the magazine,