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Volume 33—No. 9
Bezdek Removed From Post by Trustees
Phi Delta Theta Wins
Bezdek Sport Trophy
2nd Successive Year
Beta Theta Pi Rates
Second With Total
Of 644 Points
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Places 3rd With 661
Phi Delta Theta, won the
Bezdek trophy for the 1935-36
intramural sport season, .Leroy
M. Sunday ’37, chairman of the
intra-mural board, announced
today. It is the second time
that this fraternity took first
place in the competition, having
piled up 1107 J /-> points. The tro
phy, which is to be presented at
thS mass meeting the night of Octo
ber 9, will be received by Carl Pohe
’37.
The Beaver House, with a total of
205 points, rated highest among the
non-fraternity organizations. Beta
Theta Pi placed second on the list
with 664 points, Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon third with 661, Delta Upsilon
fourth with 535, and Pi Kappa Alpha
fifth with a total of 445 points.
SAE Led Fall Sports -
At the close of the fall sports sea
son,- Sigma Alpha Epsilon held first
place, followed by Delta Upsilon,
Beta Theta Pi, Pi Kappa Alpha, and'
■Theta Kappa Phi. Phi Delta Theta
j>tpod:jn., ninth- place.uWith_a-.totaL.of.
.85 points.
" Alpha Phi Delta placed sixth with
'403 points, followed by Sigma Nu
with one point less. Kappa Sigma
totaled 373 while Theta Kappa Phi
placed ninth with 360. Beta Sigma
Kho piled up 350 points.
More Standings Listed 1
Sigma Phi Epsilon ranked eleventh
with a rating of 313, followed by Tau
Sigma Phi with two points less. Phi
Kappa Sigma totaled 284 to nose out
Sigma Pi, which had 283. Delta Sig
ma Phi ranked fifteenth with 230
points. .
Placing sixteenth was Sigma Chi
with 213 points, leading Phi Kappa
Tau by seven points. Beaver House
had 205 while • Alpha Chi Sigma
placed nineteenth with 995 and Delta
Theta Sigma twentieth with 191.
Booth First Freshman
To Win Drum Major
Of College Blue Band
A freshman leads them all again—
this time in the College Blue Band.
Competing with members of all the
upper classes for the position of drum
major of the band, Sidney R. Booth
’4O ,was so outstanding that he has
been chosen in spite of his minority
in College years.
The winner of the competition, the
first freshman to crash the band in
its history, will make his debut at the
Muhlenberg football game this after
noon.
Booth is a graduate of Gary high
school, Gary, Tnd., and has recently
moved to the state. ‘ln Gary high
school bands, are big things. - Hence
the experience. Prof. Richard W.
Grant said that Booth is not perfect
by any means, but that he was the
furthest developed of the candidates.
The band has been slow in whip
ping into shape this year and will
perform for. only a short time be
tween the halves. The first seven
minutes will'find the State Champion
State College Junior Drum and Bugle
Corps on the field. Composed of 43
youngsters from nine to sixteen years
of age, the outfit was unable to at
tend the national competition after
. winning the state title at Johnstown.
It so happened that a band that
placed fourth in the state trials won
the national title.. Harold Breon di
rects the bugle section of the outfit
and has instructed the boys in three
part • bugling, a difficult feat for
young players. Newell Townsend *37
has coached the drum section,'while
Buck Taylor, local radio dealer, is
drum-master. The corps is under
the direction of a girl drum major,
Rachel Pulton, and the captain is
Martin ICnutscn, Jr.
Bezdek Trophy Leaders
The first five houses that led
the race for the Bezdek Trophy
were:
Phi Delta Theta 865
Beta Theta Pi 664
Sigma Alpha Epsilon 661
Delta Upsilon
Pi Kappa Alpha
I.F.C. Distributes
New Dating Code
Rules Brawn up Last Spring
Come Back From Senate
Committee Approved
Approved by the Senate Committee
on Student Welfare, the new dating
code drawn up by the Interfraternity
Council last spring has come back to
the Council for distribution among
the fraternities.
Copies of the agreement went to
the various houses at a meeting Wed
nesday night for individual fratern
ity approval. The signed fraternity
approval will be returned to the Sen
ate Committee for its approval of the
individual house.
Rules Outlined
The new agreement is as follows,
in part:
I.' That during the period of the
regular college year, .excepting, the
Thanksgiving,-"Chris tnias;*and-Easter
vacations, unchaperoned women
guests' may be entertained in the so
cial- rooms of fraternity chapter
houses during the day and evening
until the following closing hours:
On Friday and Saturday nights
until 1 .o’clock, which is the closing
hour at women’s dormitory parlors',
except that on week-ends of the In
terfraternity Ball, Senior Ball, Jun
ior Prom, Sophomore Hop, and the
rail and spring houscpartics the
closing hour may be 3 o’clock.
During the period of registration
between semesters and on the night
preceding vacations and holidays un
til 11 o’clock.
On" all other nights until 8 o’clock,
with the understanding that later
permission'may he obtained'from the
Dean or Men or the Dean of Women
in exceptional cases involving out-of
town guests.
2. That at- least two couples are
present and the social rooms are kept
open and well lighted.
3. Each chapter shall be held an
swerable to both the Interfraternity
Council and the Senate Committee on
Student Welfare for compliance with
the terms of this agreement; and au
thority is hereby granted for the sus
pension of the privileges of this
agreement upon violation within the
semester for which the privileges
were granted.
4. At the beginning of each new
semester each chapter shall vote on
the question for applying for a re
newal of the privileges of this agree
ment for the ensuing semester.
5. The application for the renewal
of this agreement shall be made by
the chapter president to a board com
posed of the officers of the Interfra
ternity Council and of the Committee
on Student Welfare at a time and
place designated by the board.
6. The chapter.president shall be
held responsible, for the enforcement
of the conditions of this agreement in
his house.
7. During Thanksgiving, Christ
mas, and Easter vacations unchaper
oned women guests shall not be per
mitted in the chapter houses. In case
of violations,- penalties shall be in
flicted on offenders by the College au
thorities when their identity is made
known. * In suck cases the penalty on
the. chapter may be waived; other
wise the chapter will be penalized for
the violation of the agreement.
Taylor Attends Meeting
As jx delegate of the American
Ceramic Society, Dr. Nelson W. Tay
lor attended the International Con
gress on Glass held in London and
Sheffield, England, July 1936. Rep
resentatives of twenty-two countries
attended the Congress.
STATE COLLEGE, PA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1936
Players Open
Season With
Comedy Hit
‘Personal Appearance’
Will Be Presented
Tonight at 8:30-
Veteran Cast Headed
By Miss Hunt, Binns
The Penn Stale Players will pre
sent-a favorite Broadway comedy as
their first performance of the year
before a Dad’s Day audience in
Schwab auditorium tonight at 8:30
o’clock.
In what is undoubtedly the first
amateur production of the play that
continued a§ a smashing success on
Broadway for many months, the
Players’ presentation of “Personal
Appearance” opens an intensive dra
matic year on the campus.
The success of “Personal Appear
ance” as a comedy has been indicated
recently since a large Hollywood com
pany has begun production of the
play into a movie with Mae West in
the featured role.
Veterans in Cast
On no previous occasion in Player
history a veteran cast been
gathered .fjm.onc play. With less
than two v/eeks in which to rehearse.
Director Frank S. Neusbaum was
forced to call upon tried performers
in ordor, toVwhip together a competent
companysvV ,%v -
- Kermione H. Hunt '3B has been se
lected for the leading role, playing
Carole Arden, a headlined movie act
ress. Miss Hunt, as Miss Arden, has
a roving eye for . men.. Failing-to
-make -Wilkes-Barre c-aftcr -^hei*' 'car'
breaks dpwn, Miss Hunt enters .the
serious business of making the gas
station attendant where she is forced
to spend the night.
Binns in Lead
Edward *T.' Binns ’3B again is cast
in a lead ' part, after starring in
Player productions for the last two
seasons. Binns attempts to mix busi
ness with love when contacting Miss
Hunt for the forwarding of his movie
invention.
Completing a lover - combination
that has liad convincing success in
three shows, Lucille Z. Giles ’3B fights
for her man, Binns, against the loose
wiles of Carole Arden.
A player unheralded before last
winter again comes through with a
part that will maintain him in a posi
tion of importance in actor circles on
the campus. Morton Wolovsky ’3B,
playing a fast-quipping manager
who must scheme to keep his charge,
Miss Arden, in hand, enters his sec
ond semester as a Player.
In Difficult Part
Probably the most difficult ami
most skillful performance of all the
parts in the show is that of a stage
struck kid who persistently pesters
Miss Arden. Jean F. Woodruff ’36
was drafted for this role and again
she establishes herself as a top-notch
character actress.
Epsteins
Productions of Alumni
Begins Pittsburgh
Theatre Run
A Penn State theatrical putsch hit
Pittsburgh this week with the world
premiere of “And Stars Remain,”
written by two local boys who are
making good, Julius J. ’3l and Philip
G. Epstein ’32, whose first Theater
Guild play opened the Pittsburgh
theatrical season Monday night at the
Nixon theater.
Profs. Arthur C. Cloctingh and
Frank S. Neusbaum, of the drama
tics division, Johnson Brcnneman,
Collegian editor, Richard Lewis, Bell
editor, and E. Townsend Swalm, Col
legian managing editor, took a pil
grimage ,to Pittsburgh to see the
iwins and their first stage play.
“How’s Penn State Jessie?” asked
Julius J., by way of making conver
sation for a newspaper cameramen
who was backing into the scenery
backstage of the Nixon in an effort
to get all of Penn State into the pic
ture. Upon being informed that Penni
State. Jessie wo3 no more, the broth-'
ers asked if there still was a football i
THE removal from office of Hugo Bezdek is a.ma
jor victory for the alumni of Penn State. While
there is hardly a student, a coach, or a faculty
member interested in athletics-here who will not greet
the announcement with a sigh of relief, it is the
alumni who will be most glad to hear the news. It has
been expected for about four months, but as the weeks
passed with no announcements, many were beginning
to feel that Bezdek had again managed to obtain a
reprieve from the trustees.
But Bezdek is gone now and it seems unnecessary—
as well as a little unsportsmanlike—to continue to
malign him. The Committee report merely stated
that a “want of confidence in the leadership of the
Director, particularly in his relation to the adminis
tration of intercollegiate athletics” questioned seri
ously the “value of his services in that office.” Like
most committee imports this is a classic of under
statement, but if it suited the Trustees it suits us.
Bezdek is gone. That is the important thing.
That he will return to active duty when his leave
of absence expires seems highly unlikely. According
to the report he will be offered a position of "respon
sibility and dignity ... or granted an honorary dis
missal.” There is little doubt of his choice. It is dif
ficult to imagine Bezdek deliberately choosing to be a
figurehead.
His dismissal, however, will not be a cure-all for
uthor Guild Drama
team and were assured that there
was.
Fresh from Hollywood after twoj
years of scenario writing, les freres j
Epstein were worrying around the
rehearsals of their collective maiden i
effort for the legitimate stage, won
dering what scenes they ought to re
write. Out on the coast, both Julie
and Phil were responsible for a series
of scenarios, among which'were “The
Little Big Shot,” by Julie, and “Love
cn v. Bet,” by Phil. Julie wrote for
Warner Bros., while Phil wrote Tor
RKO.
It all started in Professor "Cloe
tingh’s Lit. 90 class, in-which Julie
Epstein first began to write theater.
One of Julie’s first one-acters, “Be
fore Dinner,” came out of that class
and was subsequently published in
the May 1930 issue of the Old Main
Bell.
. While in College, Julie boxed in tho
115-lb. class in 1929, ’3O, and ’3l. In
29 he took the Eastern Intercollegi
ate championship in his weight and
became captain of tho team in ’3l.
When he was not punching the bag,
Tulie punched a typewriter and wrote
lyrics for several musical shows. He
was a frequent contributor to the
Belt in which his first published works
“MOVE OYER BOYS”
Will the Price Be High?
An Editorial
the athletic troubles of the College. While there is
no doubt that it will result in a better morale among
the coaches and in the School of Physical Education
and Athletics, it will not be a guarantee of winning
football teams.
And that is the principal interest of the alumni.
The alumni got what (hoy wanted with the re
moval of Bozdck. If that does not produce results
they will try again.
In the case of Bezdek the desires of the alumni
and the interests of the College were identical. The
time may possibly come when they are not. If it
does many of those who are cheering the present vic
tory may wonder whether or not it was worth the
cost.
There is no good reason why this situation need
develop. The College and its alumni can easily work
together for the
conflict ever <leve»
is refusing to cool
other’s interests.
Like the alumni
But we don’t -.van!
old days of subsi
So far there has b<
but if victories ai
Bezdek's removal i
be a high price to
Students Here Attend
Premiere of ‘And
Stars Remain’
appeared. He was graduated in Lib
eral Arts.
Phil Epstein was cnroled in jour
nalism, and subsequently was elected
to Sigma Delta Chi, journalism hon
orary. Phil also boxed, punched his
way into the intra-mural champion
ship, and was a member of the var
sity squad. Phil, like his brother Ju
lie, was a consistent contributor to
the Dell in which his “Heartbreak,
Hardboiled" appeared in September,
1931. He was active in dramatics
as well, taking the lead in “The Mask
ar.d the Face” and several other
shows. Both were members of Phi
Epsilon Pi, social fraternity.
“And Stars Remain” finishes its
run at the Nixon this week, and
moves on to Washington next week
prior to playing Before hyper-critical
New York audiences. Both Julie and
Phi! believe that the show will be
: considerably improved in the next
week or two, during which the rough
spots will be ironed out and parts of
the script revised.
Utt [EXTRA!
good of the former. If friction or
jloj) it will be because one of them
iperato or is failing to consider the
i we want winning football teams,
it them if it means a return to the
idization and professional players,
jcen very little agitation for either,
ire not forthcoming there may be.
is desirable but subsidization would
• pay for it.
They’re Off
PENN STATE
21 Adc.s>;a
3 Schuyler
21 I'alrick —lf.
22 Torelti G. Repporl 15
29 Silvano __F
1 Cherundolo C. Eagle 19
35. O’Hara Q.
9 Economos G._.
6 Donato ill.
10 DvMnrino
18 Barantovieh -E Mntuso 12
Substitutes:—
PENN STATE—Gcntilman (2), Smith (4), Wear (5), Harrison (7),
Common (8), Denise (11), Yett (12), Peel (13), Owens (14), Lang (15),
Metro (10), Zoehowski (17), Hanley (19), Krupa (20), Morini (23),
Barth (25), Sacco (26), Waugaman (27), Scott (28), Wible (30), Kyle
(31), Wuenschcl (32), Giannontonio (33), Sheridan (34), Enders (36).
MUHLENBERG—Gadek (2), Ahlum (3), Brown (4), Tracy (5),
Heffner (6), Koronko (9), Sprow (11), Milanick (17), McDonough (18),
Thompson (21), Kennedy (22), McKee (24), Blair (25), Dawc (26), Die
trich (28).
Officials:—
Referee—J. P. Egan (Duquesne), Umpire—J. B. Reilly (Lafayette),
Head Linesman —H. M. Edwards (Lafayette), Field Judge—A. W. Palmer
(Colby).
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Board Orders
1 Year Leave
Of Absence
Investigating Group
Reaffirms Present
Athletic Policy
Committee Will Offer
Bezdek Another Job
By JOHNSON ISRENNEMAN
Hugo Bezdek, director of the
School of Physical Education
and Athletics since its organiza
tion in 1930, was relieved of his
position this morning by the ac
tion of the College Board of
Trustees meeting here today
with President Ralph D. Hetzel.
At the same time it was
recommended that Bezdek be
granted a year’s leave of ab
sence, effective October 1. At
the end of that time he will be,
offered another position in the
School of Physical Education
and Athletics or an honorary
dismissal from the College.
This action was recommended to
the Board by a special committee ap
pointed by the President of the
Board last February’. Its duties
were to investigate the policy, orga
nization, and procedures of the
School in question. Since its forma
tion the Committee has held nine
meetings* at'which faculty members,
coaches, students, and alumni have
been interviewed.
Policy Reaffirmed
In recommending that Bezdek be
relieved of his position the Commit
tee said that they had studied that
problem in particular because of the
criticism directed against Bezdek by
student publications and alumni.
While they found that many of the
specific complaints against him could
not be justified they felt that there
had developed such a want of confi
dence in his leadership as to question
the value of his services.
Committee To Head School
A committee consisting of Dr. El
wood C. Davis, Neil 31. Fleming, and
Prof. Franklin L. Bentley will carry
on the work •of the School until a
new man is selected to fill the va
cancy’. Doctor Davis will act as
chairman.
A large part of the Committee’s
findings dealt with the report of the
Alumni Committee on Athletics which
was issued last June. For the most
part they were in accord with the
findings of this body. The most im
portant other change suggested was
that the name of the present “Board
of Athletic 'Control" be changed to
the “Athletic Advisory Board” in or-
(Continued on Pane Four)
MUHLENBERG
Dietrich 16
„ Young 27
H._ Hunsickcr 23
Laing 10
Farrell 20
Poust 7
ll._ Gutckunst 8
„ Bloom 11