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Volume 33—No. 12
Performance of Nittany
Soccer Eleven in Opener
Promises Topnotch Team
McEwan Leads Lions
In Shutout Victory
Over Bucknell
Tallies 4, Osterlund 2
To Halt Bison Booters
By JERRY WEINSTEIN
Although it will take stronger op
position to make a final decision,
Coach Bill Jeffrey thinks he has an
other topnotclr soccer team this year.
That the forward line is among the
best in Lion history, there is no
doubt. In scoring six goals. against
Bucknell Saturday, the wings exhib
ited an intricate passing attack that
had a veteran Bison team buffaloed
Jhroughout.
As for the novice halfbacks, Coach
Jeffrey was more than surprised with
their performance. They fed the for
wards like a tried aggregation. The
defense clicked on the few occasions
it was necessary, and never in the en
tire game was there any serious
threat from Bucknell.
McEwan in Form
With Captain Bill McEwan again
showing the form that earned him an
all-time scoiTng record two years ago,
the Penn State eleven romped over
Bucknell 6 to 0 on Saturday in its
season’s opener.
Shortly after the start of the game,
McEwan scored the first goal on a
penalty kick that eluded the goalie by
going into the left corner.
The second goal came a few min
utes later, culminating some fast
passing by Frank Osterlund, veteran r
wing. Osterlund and McEwan team
ed and with short, accurate passing,
brought the bail from midfield
through tlie entire Bucknell team. Os
tcrlund tallied on a deceptive boot.
In the second quarter, Osterlund
again scored. This time Frank took
the ball down himself, dribbled
-through the-Bison- fullbacks, - and
scored on a quick kick. -McEwan
scored two more before the half ended
to boost the I'enn State total to five.
The first of the Lion captain’s sec
ond-period goals came as his first, on
a penalty kick. The second resulted
from a play unprecedented on the
soccer field in many years. McEwan
took the ball from Bucknell defend
ers /.ear the net by jumping high in
to the air. He then headed the ball
into a high arc, so that it dropped
into the left corner out of reach of
the Bison goalie.
Penn State’s attack practically
stopped in the second half, with Mc-
Ewan getting the lone score. There
was no point in running up -any more
. goals aga'inst a veteran but weak op
ponent eleven. Coach Jeffrey used
his substitutes at will and instructed
the entire' team to concentrate on
passing, wh’iclT’tHey did with more
skill than could be expected in an
opening game.
A strong head wind also prevented
scoiing. It was to the wings* credit
that six goals were counted, most of
which came against the wind. The
four veterans, McEwan, Osterlund,
Carl Wacker and Sol Miehoff, aided
by a newcomer, Dick Wilde, perform
ed in a highly commendable manner.
Both Wacker and Miehoff exhibited
as fine a finesse as was ever seen at
Penn State.
Aiding the attackers was the half
back line. Eddie Mandel, who is
slowly acquiring JVffrey’p style of
play, showed an aggressiveness that
was always effective. Walt Painter
played well throughout, while the oth
er newcomer, Freddy Spyker, per
formed favorably.
When a strong defense was needed,
the veteran fullback, Phil Barnes,
was there to £top Bucknell. Bill
Borda played well in his first varsity
encounter. .The new goalie, Dick
Haag* had no opportunity to show
his ability. The three substitutes all
showed well and give Jeffrey some
thing more to count on in future
games.
(For lineup ste page 4)
Bowman To Address
‘Bell’ Meeting Today
Prof. John S. Bowman, of the Eng
lish composition department,. will
speak on “Proletarian Literature” in
the Ball office, Room 412, Old'Main,
this afternoon at 1 o’clock. Staff mem
bers, candidates, and others interested
art invited to attend.
This is the second in a' series of
weekly talks given by members of
the Bell faculty advisory board on
contemporary literature. This series
has been instituted .this year as part
of the program of activity instituted
by the magazine.
Paces Lion Booters
Cwens Will Hold
Dance Saturday
Annual Affair To Feature Style
Show; Freshmen Women
Get Free 1-o'dock
The Cwens, sophomore woman’s
honorary,• will hold their-annual for
ma: dance in Mac Hall Saturday
night Trom 9 to 12. Free one-o’clocks
have been granted to all freshman
women attending the affair.
Famous figures and faces on the
campus will be featured in a style
show, modeling the appropriate ward
robe for houseparty week-end. Among
the senior mannequins there will be
Doric A. Kurtz, Jean C. Kricble, Joe
W. McClure, Jean B. Northrup, Carl
Pohe, A. Dean Walter, Walter S.i
Wiggins, Harry R. Cromwell, Robert
A. Gans, and Lou C. Witmer.
The junior class will be represented
by Dorothy E. Bollinger, Lucille Z.
Giles, Hermione H. Hunt, Pauline L.
Lowe, Georgia 11. Powers, and Ted E.
Smith. Additional mannequins will
oc selected this week. Bill Bottorf
and his orchestra will play.
Philosopher To Speak
For Forensic Council
Dr. Will Durant, philosopher, will
pay his belated visit to the compus
on Monday, October 2G, when he will
lecture in Schwab auditorium under
the auspices of the Forensic Council.
Durant’s subject will be “A Blue
Print for American Civilization.” The
lecture will be given at 8 o’clock and
is free.
Durant is the author of a number
of philosophic books, including "The
Mansions of Philosophy,” “The Story
of Civilization,” and “The Story of
Philosophy.” He -has been a featured
lecturer for a number of years.
Co-op Comer Mortar Ancestry
Traced to New York’s 44th St.
Co-op corner and 44th street, New
York, have something in common. It
is not the traffic, nor the women, but
the building materials.
When Raymond Hood was commis
sioned by the American Radiator
company in 1924 to design a home of
fice in New York, he wanted to con
struct a building with an entirely
new principle. Convincing the direc
tors of the soundness of his plan, Mr.
Hood set to work and designed a
building which, lighted at night,
would resemble a glowing fire.
For this novel scheme Hood needed
a brick of a very dark color. The
only company which could supply him
was one in'Wa'tsontown, near Lewis-,
burg. Mr. Hood carefully selected
his bricks and was quick to reject any
not exactly of the shade he wanted.
About this same time in State Col
lege there was a big fire on the corner
—a fire that would put all the com-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13; 1936
100 Talented Thespians Report
To Kennedy for ‘Steer Clear 9
Over 100 persons blessed with the
best Thespian' talent in history will
appear in that organization's first
show of the year, “Steer Clear,” on
houseparty week-end, Sock Kennedy,
Thespian director, said today.
With much of the cast chosen, re
hearsals and final try-outs will get
under way this week on the original
story, written By J. Lloyd Larkins
37 and John E. Thompson ’37.
Ingenue leads for the production
have been vested in Charles *W. Til
den ’37 and Doris J. Thomas ’3B as
Jerry Martin and Patty Parsons. Rob
ert H. Hicks ’3B has been cast as
Captain Parsons, Paul Dean ’4O as
Duke Mantec. Larkins will play the
part of Bucky Bender. And the four
members of the Masque and Wig Club
of Dartmell College will be portrayed
Choice of Study
Affects Failure
Dean Sackctt Heads Committee
In Study of Vocational Need
For Student Guidance
Tnat more students leave college at
the end of their first year because of
the wrong choice of study rather than
because cf poor scholarship, financial
difficulties, or other reasons, was in
dicated after a two-year study by a
committee of the Engineer’s Council
for Professional Develeopment, of
which Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the
School of Engineering, is chairman.
“In order to properly place students
in the correct course of study,” Dean
Sackett said in his committee’s an
nual report made last week to the
Council in New York, “emphasis
must be placed upon the need for
vocational guidance to prospective en
gineering students.”
Various institutions and the seven
professional societies which are sup
porting the Engineering Council have
been urged, according to Dean Sack
ett, to set up a more effective guid
ance mechanism than had been pro
vided*'.previously. ■ The .-professional
engineers of the country have orga
nized local committees to assist high
schools in obtaining such information
for prospective engineering students.
A study of more than 1800 fresh-!
men who entered a group of engineer-:
ing schools in 1934 shows that a large i
number were dropped for poor schol
arship. After the guidance system
had been in effect for one year, an
other study was made by the commit
tee which showed higher grades.
Tests were given in English and
mathematics, and the report shows a
high correlation of good grades in
the mathematical test for the fresh
man and now for the sophomore
yeaxs.
Democratic Students
Plan Rally on Friday
Democratic students of the College
will have the opportunity of hearing
two members of the Young Demo
cratic Clubs of America National
Committee who will speak in the I. O.
0. F. hall on East College avenue,
Friday night.
Under the leadership of several
students, Franklin W. Ruth jr., act
ing as chairman, the local Democrats
will form *a permanent organization
under the name of the young Demo
crats which will be affiliated with
the state organization.
Pasters will announce the definite
arrangements which will be complet
ed before the night of the meeting. A
large group has_signified its intention
of being at the “rally.
bined Alumni Day bonfires in the
bock seat. A row of frame buildings
where the Athletic Store now stands,
Graham’s, Smith’s, and Sauers’ burn
ed to the ground.
The various owners then put their
heads together planning to build one
oig structure that would take care
of their needs. But the local mer
chants and landlords could not agree
on their art and as a result they split.
The owner of. the plot on the Cor
ner, a shrewd business man and a
one-time magistrate, purchased from
this company in Watsontown the left
over bricks which did not meet Mr.-
Hood's taste. He brought these to
State College and had his architect
design a building around them.
Because of Mr. Hood’s genius State
College can now Boast of a structure
which can trace its ancestry to 44th
street, New York City. ' *
oy Don Dixon.'37 as Joe, Richard W.
O'Connor ’37 as Dijk, James P. Un
angst ’3B'as Tom, and Jack E. Platt
’37 as Harry. '
•" Edward T. Binns ’3B has been cho
sen to play the part oflHarold Wahl
green.
Specialty numbers include a
skil by Silom S. Horwitz ’39, a girl
dance team composed of four fresh
men, Peggy Lytel '4O, t Pat Altwater
'4O. Louise Stringert '4O, and Peggy
Shaffer ’4O, toe dancer.
A special extravaganza entitled
“Top Hat” will feature the Varsity
Quartette, the 20 Hy-Los from the
glee club, and a girls’ dance team.
Barbara Hayes ’39 will do a Helen
Morgan special, B. Ha
zen '37 has written a scene, “ 'Round
Times Square,” that will portray the
city newspaper editor in a big-time
mood.
Helene Iletzel ’4O, who spent six
weeks this summer in New England
at the Humphrey Weidman interpre
tative dance workshop, will do a num
ber. aided by F. Barton Henderson
'3B/ Peggy Lytel ’4O, Ruth Wolozski
'4O, Ruth Fein '4O, and Peggy Shaffer
MO.
Two girl and one boy chorus for
“Steer Clear” have yet to be picked.
Tentative plans provide for a stage
band with two grand pianos in the
pit.
Student Council
[ Will Help/Rhoda
Group Votes To. Meet Portion
Of Hospital Bill; Nullify
Bezdek Petition
BULLETIN
The condition of Whiley Rhoda
was vastly improved, Bellcfontc
Hospital officals said.at press time,
8 o’clock Monday. His burns arc
progressing nicely, it-was reported,
and the danger of lockjaw infection
that was feared last’week has been
removed by an effective scrum
treatment. Doctors ale so pleased
with his - recovery - " tffal- they ‘are
planning to free him from his bed
in the near future.
Student Council voted last week to
help take care of “Whitcy” Rhoda.
' In an action unprecedented in
Council activity, the body legislated
to pay from one-third' to one-fyalf, as
necessary, of the nursing bills for
the burned Lion athlete in the Belle
fontc hospital.
Rhoda has been confined since be
fore' the school semester with severe
tar burns inflicted while working on
a local construction job when he slip
ped carrying hot asphalt.
Council Voids Petition
At the same meeting Student Coun
cil at the request of Hugo Bezdek,
former director of the School of
Physical Education and Athletics,
formally voided a petition of 1925
that that body made requesting Bez
dek not to leave, the College to man
age the Philadelphia Phillies, National
League- baseball team, according to
Frank A. Osterlund president.
Osterlund emphasized that both the
Rhoda and Bezdek actions were out
of the regular procedure of the Coun
cil, and that no precedent would he
set by the actions. “We felt that the
Rhoda case was deserving,” he said.
MacHallDeath- Trap
Rumor Exploded
By Reporters
The rumor that- Mac Hall is a po
tential death trap because of an am
munition cache has been extinguished.
Late last night three reporters se
cured a denial of the rumor from
Colonel Russell V. Venable, P. M. S.
& T.
While the two male reporters (paci
fists) lingered in the shadows of the
Venable hedge, a reporter from Mac
Hall cornered tlie Colonel in his
home. Colonel Venable expressed as
tonishment when questioned as to the
veracity of the rumor.
The Colonel stated, “There are no
munitions in Mac Hall. There are
some supplies, uniforms, and perhaps
a frw cartridges in the basement.”
The reporter informed the Colonel
that at a house meeting the girls had
been advised to'be careful with ciga
rettes because of a fire hazard in Mac
Hall. One of the mentioned hazards
was the existence of munitions in the
basement.
To this the Colonel replied, “Al
though there are no munitions in Mac
Hall, I think the girls should be care
ful with their cigarettes.”
Disappointed with the loss of a pos
sible expose, the Collegian reporter
joined her companions who by this
time were sitting in -the driveway
across the street.
Board Rules on
Maintenance of
Training Table
Athletic Advisory Unit
Gives Authority To
School Heads
Ray Re-elected Head
Of Advisory Board
The authority to maintain a train
ing table for varsity and freshman
football teams wus placed in the hands
of the administration of the School
of Physical Education by the Ath
letic Advisory Board at a meeting
held Saturday.
The board’s resolution, directing
Dr. Elwood C. Davis, Prof. Frank L.
Bentley and Neil F. Fleming, who
compose the administration of the
school, to maintain a training table
during the active season, stated that
the measure would be for “condition
ing purposes, ■subject to the limita
tions of finances and the code of eth
ics governing amateur sports.” ]
In Administration Hands
The board’s action places future ac
tivities of this kind squarely in the
hands of the administrative commit
tee. Whether the training table will
be continued for other sports remains
for the committee to decide, although
the group will be goverened in its ac
tion by the “limitations of finances”
clause in the board’s resolution.
William Ray was re-elected chair
man of the Athletic Advisory Board,
while Professor Bentley was named
vice-chairman, replacing Dean R. L.
Sackett, who retired a year ago.
Fleming was reappointed as secre
tary to the board.
Accept Trustee Report
Formal acceptance of the report of
the Board of Trustees on the dismis
sal of Hugo Bezdek as’ director of the
School of Physical Education was
made by the board.
To provide entertainment and guid
ance for freshmen planning to go out
for football, the board appointed a
committee: composed‘of-Frank A. Os
tcrlund, senior class president; Rob
ert E. Morini, chairman of the Intcr
class Finance Committee, and John
son Brenneman, Collegian editor to
work with the administration of the
School of Physical Education in pre
paring a plan to care for the fresh
men.
Freshmen arriving early to par
ticipate in football activities often be
come discouraged because no assist
ance is offered them, it was pointed
out. In its plan, the committee will
provide an organization to assist the
freshmen in orientating themselves to
college life.
Benjamin Addresses
Weekly ASU Meeting
“The impending election in China
will be an election in name only,”
Lester M. Benjamin ’37, exchange
student in China last year, told the
members of the American Student
Union at the regular weekly meeting
of the organization in room 415, Old
Main, Sunday afternoon. “Chang
Kai Shek, present dictator, will be
made president of the disorganized
republic and will move to unify the
insurgent provinces for concerted re
sistance against Japan,” Benjamin
said.
Benjamin also predicted that in
spite of this, move Japan will have
completely taken over China inside
of a year. An indication of this, he
said, is to be seen in the great num
ber of Japanese soldiers swarming
over Northern China at the present
time.
Mrs. College’s Little Boy ‘Joe 9
I Gets Wisdom From 3000 Pipes
It all started back when old Ben
Franklin was caught puffing on his
lengthy clay pipe by a candid camera
man. When all of his contemporaries
discovered that wise Ben indulged,
they deduced that knowledge was in
volved, and decided to take the pipe
in hand.
From that time on, every wisdom
starved individual who took up his
abode in a school of higher learning
and lower morals has purchased post
haste a battery of boilers. And that
is how the thriving industry of pipe
scliing has grown to such gigantic
proportions in our fair borough.
After questioning a number of
prominent town merchants, it was dis
covered that a conservative estimate
for the number of pipes sold last
year would be three thousand. Enough
to furnish each sophomore and fresh-
1500 Alumni Visit College;
Phi Kappa Tau Places Ist
In Fraternity Decoration
Lehigh Game Tickets
On Sale at A. A. Office
Tickets for the Lehigh game to
be played Saturday at Bethlehem
may be procured now at the ticket
window of the Athletic Association
office on the first floor of Old
Main.
Priced at $1.50, the tickets pro
vide seats in the Penn State cheer
ing section located on the fifty
yard line.
Debating Season'
Opens Tomorrow
45 Candidates Will Argue Issue
Of Empowering Congress
With Labor Clause
Debating for the 193(5-37 season
will get under way tomorrow evening
when ali candidates will report to
Room 1, North Liberal Arts building,
at 7 o’clock. The forty-five candi
dates who reported at the preliminary
meeting last Wednesday will be heard
in five-minute talks on either side of
the question, “Resolved, that Con
gress be empowered to fix maximum
hours and minimum wages,” the sub
ject on which Pennsylvania colleges
A’ill debate this year.
As usual, there will be an interna
rional debate this year. A team rep
resenting the British Students' Union
will meet a selected Penn State team
on the question, “Resolved, that this
house prefers Wilson’s League to Kel
logg’s Pact.” The tryouts for fhis
debate will be held in the same room
at 4 o’clock today.
Harold P. Zclcho, assistant coach
of debating, will assume the task of
coaching the Penn State team for the
contest. . Joseph F. Olßrien, of the
division of speech, will take charge
of the \Vhole squad and prepare two
teams for the Westminster tourna
ment, which will be Keld'in the early
part of December. Penn State teams
have tied and won this tournament
during the past two seasons.
The first feature debate will be the
international debate on this campus
in the latter part of November. In
February a girls’ team from Seton
Hill College will debate a men’s team
here on the subject, “Resolved, that
bridge does more harm than good.”
The debating team takes several
long trips each year. Major trips
for this year will probably include a
trip to New York City, one to Phila
delphia, and another through western
Pennsylvania. The largest trip of
the year will probably be a southern
micivvcst trip going through Kentucky
to ?t. Louis and coming buck through
Ohio and Indiana.
Livestock Team Wins
At Baltimore Contest
Penn State’s livestock judging team
won its second major victory of the
year when it carried off first honors
at the Baltimore Livestock Exposi
tion last week. Morris S. Huntzinger
*37 led the State entrants in the con
test by finishing with the second high
est individual score. John R. Hoffman
'37 finished right behind Huntzinger
in third place.
Other members of the team were
Lcland I-I. Bull ’37, John M. Jaqueth,
Jr. ’US, Lee M. Poorbaugh '37, and
Elton B. Tait '37.
man with a fire-box, including the
ladies. Laid end to end, they would
form a line of plumbing to reach from
the Corner Room to Ag Hill. So far
this year approximately seven hun
dred various and sundry pipes have
found new owners.
According to •an outstanding ex
ponent of the briar, the short, stubby
pipe was most preferred on the camp
us last year. The smoke-eating pop
ulace hasn’t quite decided as to just
what style m’ lord wiil inhale from
this fall.
Choice ranges from the short S
shaped to the fourteen-inch long
Church Warden. The Betas will de
cide for themselves upon the arrival
of this month’s Esquire. Quite a few
corn-cobs are sold to Alpha Zeis, and
on Saturday nights when our farmer
friends ore in town.
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Alumni Council Picks
1937 Homecoming
For October 9
Class of 1908 Honors
Ist State All-American
Fifteen hundred alumni of the Col
lege registered at the annual home
corning lost week-end, according to
figures released by Edward K. Hibsh
nian, executive secretary of tho
Alumni Association.
At a business meeting on Saturday
morning, the Alumni Council dis
cussed the membership campaign that
they are getting under way. Their
object is to unite the alumni of the
College. Most active in this drive
for new members has been Robert
Cochrane, president of the Pittsburgh
Alumni Association.
By action of the council, the home
coming next year will be the week
end of October 9. The football game
with Eucknell is played on that date.
Phi Kappa Tau Wins
Phi Kappa Tau took possession of
the cup given for the best fraternity
decoration during homecoming week
end. A dirigible from which the
alumni were represented jumping
with parachutes was the novel crea
tion that won first place.
Second place was taken by Phi Del-
Delta Theta with the “Steamship
Penn State” towing a dory represent
ing Villanoya.
Alpha Zetai' winner of the cup for
the past two years, placed third. An
inverted V on which was lettered “Up
set Villanova,” was their decoration.
Of the women’s fraternities, Theta
Phi Alpha look first place, and Alpha
Omicion Pi came in second.
The decorations were judged ac
cording to the amount of . effort ex
pended, originality, lighting, and ap
propriateness. .v • ,
‘Mother’ Dunn Honored
A testimonial luncheon was given
by the class of 1908 in honor of
“Mother” Dunn, Penn State’s first
All-American football player who vis
ited here last week.
Alumni filled the Armory to cap
acity at the cider party and smoker
Saturday night. The breakfast Sun
day morning in the Sandwich Shop
of Old Main was also well attended.
Marty McAndrew's' and Robert
Cochrane addressed 150 members of
the Penn State Glut)'after the ban
quet Saturday evening. McAndrews
reviewed the game and commented
favorably on the Penn State spirit
which an enthusiastic crowd of 15,-
000 displayed at the football game.
Cochrane Addresses Group
Cochrane, who has organized Penn
State’s largest alumni club whose 1,-
800 members meet every week in
Pittsburgh, expressed the need of or
ganization among the alumni to help
the College. It was said at the meet
ing that Mr. Cochrane “lives, eats,
and sleeps Penn State.”
Approximately 2,400 saw the ex
hibits of fruits, flowers, and vege
tables displayed at the Hort show in
the Armory Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. G. Stout '34 was the only gradu
ate entrant to win a sweepstakes cup.
Many of Penn State’s old-timers re
turned to witness the football fray
with Villanova. Among them were
N. C. Davison ’SI, Robert Tait ’B2,
George Demming ’9O, Arthur G. Mc-
Kee ’9l, C. C. Hildebrand ’92, M. S.
McDowell ’92, Willis McKee ’92, J.
Lloyd Pillow ’92, John K. Furst ’93,
Richard W. Williamson '93, Ralph E.
Martin '95, J. Eugene Hall '95, J.
Franklin Rodgers ’95, and C. W. Hcp
pon&tall ’95.
Tryouts for Women’s
Debate on Wednesday
Women’s debating will hold try
outs in room 103, Home Economics,
tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. The
ivyout speech is, “Resolved, that Con
gress should be empowered to regu
late maximum hours and minimum
wages in industry.” Elaboration on
this subject will be limited from five
to ten minutes.
Freshman women interested in de
bating met in Old Main lounge yes
terday afteroon. Women transfer
students who arc interested should
report to room 1, N. L. A., this eve
ning at 7 o’clock.
Delta Alpha Delta, honorary speech
society, will tap sophomore women
within the coming Week. Eligible
prospects for the fraternity arc those
women who proved to be active and
progressive exponents in freshman
•debating last year.