Semi-Oyeekly CARIEGI3 LI3=A'.Y ' ”1 w v. Zrf* 4 4 C "* ? + 4 COPIES COMPLETE " j pmnmmt |p (Emtoput = Volume 33 —No. 28 "It's a Pleasure 77 EARLY this fall I got a "tip" on a big story. Important names were in volved and it seemed likely that the nebulous agency referred to as "The Administration” would want to cover it' up. I went to officials. "Nothing to say.” I went to more. Still not much information, but enough to convince me I was on the right track. I had read how reporters got stories out of people by bluffing and other cute little tricks. I decided to try. So I went to see the President. it was the first time that I had interviewed him and I was prepared for anything—except what actually happened. “I’m glad you came to see me,” he said when I hinted about the story. “This is a serious matter and I feel you should know about it. Here is the And for an hour he talked, telling what had happened, an- situation—’ swering questions, and giving me his own opinion. “That’s how things stand,” he said. “It is up to you to decide what you want to do about it.” There n?ay be other college presidents who take that attitude toward the students, but I doubt if they are very common. . That is why it is a pleasure and not a duty to write an editorial .on the tenth anniversary of Dr. HetzePs presidency at Penn State. It was just ten years ago today that Dr. Ralph D. Hetzol assumed his duties here. The College trustees had just spent fifteen months looking for a president. It was a tough job and they needed a good man. They found him. During his stay here the" enrollment has'increased by nearly fifty per (Continued on pago two) Students To Gather for Annual Christmas Carol Sing Thursday Students, faculty .members, and townspeople are invited to join’ in the program- of the * annual Christmas carol sing, sponsored by the P.S.C.A. in co-operation with the department of music, Thursday at 9 o’clock. A varied program, including carols by the College -choir, and group sing ing has been planned, according to James M. Apple ’37 in charge of the program. For the first time on this occasion, music from the new pipe organ will be beard from Schwab au ditorium through the amplifying sys rtem: -Records-. played-'in»*the "-social, room'o'f the ,P.S.C.Ai will also' be broadcast. • . Prof. William S. Dye, of the de partment of English’ literature, will read a short Christmas selection. Aft er the concluding song, echo effects ■played on trumpets will be heard Bus Line Plans Holiday Schedule Company Expects New System To Eliminate Confusion In Xmas Exodus ' Designed to lessen the confusion resulting from the annual exodus of students and faculty -members from the College at Christmas vacation, the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, operating buses through here, yester day announced a system of special bus reservations- for this Saturday. All persons planning to use the Greyhound system on that day are requested to purchase their tickets any time before 8 o'clock Friday night at the Greyhound agency, State Col lege Hotel. With the ticket, the pur chaser will be assigned a reserved seat on a bus going to his destination. Through the co-opcration of Col lege authorities, the .parking lot across from the Education building (old Beta house) will be used as a depot Saturday. At the parking lot, special buses will be lined up bound for Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, New York, Harrisburg, Altoona, Pitts burgh, Sunbury, Philadelphia, Ty rone, Johnstown, York, Greensburg, and intermediate points. Reserved seat holders will be able to go di rectly to the scat on the bus. All'bus es'will leave-here at 12:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The special buses will not observe in all cases the usual routings but will take shortest possible routes to their, deslinatipns. This is expected to cut down running time consider ably. The Greyhound management can not guarantee seats to those not hold ing reserved tickets, the announce ment reads. Co-operation of students is requested in buying tickets before 8 o’clock Friday evening in order that the Greyhound management will know how many buses to dispatch here. Named Co-Chairman • Max I*. Reeder will serve as cor chairman with Charles J. Cherundolo on the Senior Ball dance committee. Mary K Taylor was named on the Junior Prom dance committee. Both names were unintentionally omitted from last week’s Collegian story. •An Editorial. from the Home Economics and Main Engineering Buildings. Printed leaflets with the verses of the carols will bo distributed. The department of grounds and buildings will ' supply appropriate trimmings for the front of Old Main and lights to facilitate reading of the song sheets. Mac Hall To Hold Christmas Party Ziegler, Cohen Chosen To Lead Royal Court at Traditional Dinner. Thursday The traditional Mac Hall Christmas dinner will be held Thursday night at 6 o'clock. Gene C. Ziegler ’37, presi dent of the W. S. G. A., will lead tihe royal court as Lord Mac Allister with Bertha M. Cohen, senior senator on W. S. G. A., who will appear as Lady Mac Allister. Elizabeth R. Obcrlin and. Margaret R. Giffen will attend the senior Lord and Lady Mac Allister, Clara E. Jones and Amy F. McClelland will be jun ior Lord and- Lady, Doris Blakemore and Italia DeAnglcis as sophomore Lord and Lady and Vivian D. Harper and Peggy E. Jones will represent the freshman class. Other members of the honored group include Margaret B. Bratton '37 as poet, Rcva M. Lincoln '37, as cardinal and Pearle M. Carroll ’39 as the 'page. Mary H. O’Connor ’4O and Cicely and Margaret De Silver ’lO, will be the heralds. All guests are expected -to appear in formal dress. Alumni Dances Penn State Alumni Club of Lan caster will hold their annual Christ mas ball in the New Brunswick hotel on Tuesday night, December 29, at 9 o’clock. Ted Brownagle’s orchestra will play. The price is $2.50 per cou ple. The' second annual Penn State Kite of Eric. County for Penn State stu dents and alumni Mil take place in the Masonic Grill room, Erie, on De cember 26 from 9:30 to 1:30 o’-c!ock. Herbie Johnson’s Band will play. The price is $1.50. The annual Holiday 'Dance of the Penn State Club of Reading will be held at the Reading Country Club on Monday, December 28 from 10:00 ,p. ni. to 3:00 a. m. with supper being served at midnight. The price is $4.00 for alumni and friends, and $3.00 for students. The White Diamonds will feature the rhythms. Bill Bottorf’s band will play at the Bradford County Penn State Alumni Dance to be held in the Community Hall, Towanda,on December 28. Tick ets can be obtained from John A Holmes of 237 W. Beaver avenue, State College. Prof. Davey Returns Prof. Wheeler P. Davey, of the Physics-Chemistry School, has return ed from a speaking tour that carried him into four states and before au diences of ten universities. STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, Ends 10th Year Here Hetzel Ends 10th Year of Service President Plays Important Role In Growth of College; 5 Buildings Erected Dr. Ralph D. Hetzel, tenth presi dent of the College, will celebrate his tenth anniversary of leadership here today. He has guided the College through one of its periods of greatest growth, both physical and intellectual. During the years he has spent here the College has the erec tion of the Main Engineering build ing, North Liberal Arts building, the Dairy building,. Home Economics building, Recreation Hall, and the re construction of Old Main. Succeeded Dr. Thomas . President . Hetzel succeeded Dr. John M. Thomas and accepted the trustees’ invitation to become Presi dent on September 24, 1926; he be gan active service on December 15, 1926. Dr. Hetzel came to the campus from the University of New Hamp shire, where he had served as Presi dent for ninevyears. '- , ' Throughout 'his'-service here,‘ Presi dent Hetzel! lias played an activo role in the Association of Land-Grant Universities and Colleges, being a member of the Executive Board. Hospital Base Is Relief Group Aim Bishop Robert L. Paddock Heads National Organization For Spanish Relief “The Medical Bureau, of the Ameri can Friends of Spanish Democracy asks your aid in its campaign to raise $50,000 for a complete field hospital base ih Spain,” stated Roer Chase, executive secretary, of t3ie national organization which is socking to al voviatc the horrible distress affecting civilians in’ Spain’s war. Basing its campaign upon this worthy and humane plea, the State Collego Spanish Relief Committee has been organized on this campus in the best tradition of America’s great re cord of assistance in major disasters all over the world. Organizations which added their! names to tfte sponsoring committee at the third meeting of the local group include the local branch of the American - Association of University Women, and several of the local, church groups. j Prominent National Committeemen] National officers of the American] Friends of Spanish Democracy, which] organization is a voluntary associ-j ation whose members serve without any remuneration, are Bishop Robert L. Paddock, chairman: John Dewey, vice-chairman; Samuel K. Inman, chairman of executive committee; Guy E. Shipler, vice-chairman of execu tive committee; and W. W. Norton, treasurer. Ih allying themselves with this na tional organization the State College Spanish Relief Committe was influ enced by the,' number of outstanding persons in various -professions .and secular walks of life which make up its committee. Among those persons oh the national committee of Amer ican Friends of Spanish Democracy are Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, Rev. Wil liam SpofFord, Stephen Vincent Bonet, Hevschel Brickell, Heywood Broun. Mrs. W. Russell Bowie, Prof. Morris Cohen, Dr. Edward T. Devine and Sherwood Eddy. Other national committeemen in clude: Dr. D. J. Fleming, Pres. Frank 1 P. Graham, Rev. John Haynes Holm-; cs, Rabbi Edward Israel, Rev. John P.j Jones, Prof. Robert M. Lovett, Bishop] Francis J. McConnell, Hon. Vito Mar-] cantonio, Hon. Maury Maverick, Lewis Mumford;, Pres. William Allen Niel- ! son, Bishop Edward L, Parsons, and Oswald Garrison Villavd. I Reede Compares Plight in Spain With That of Armenia in 1917-19 Estimating that more than half a million of the Spanish; civilian popu lation have been rendered homeless and without food or medical supplies in the Madrid area alone, Prof. Ar thur H. Reede of the -department of economics, stated in an interview yes terday that -the plight pf the Spanish people in ;fie war zone can be com pared to that, of the,’ Armenians in 1917 and 1919. '• “I would say that,Their suffering has been rendered more acute by the fact that, before the outbreak of the revolution, a large percentage of the population was aimost : destitute. Now, with their homes shot away, thou sands of civilians have no resources whatsoever,” Reede declared. Comparing the civilian crisis with that of Belgium during the World War, Reede said thaf..although the present destruction is\Fsmaller scale, the warfare has become more devas tating by the use of more advanced and destructive implements than those used in 1914. It is nit unlikely, he said, tihat when a statistical estimate has been made of the factual devasta tion, losses in men and'property will reach far greater, proportions than we can estimate now orff the -basis of newspaper reports. j An indication of tho actual suffer ing, he pointed out, can be seen in the uneensored New YorkiTi/ncs account, by a staff correspondent who had left Madrid during the siege, which reads Debaters Leave For Soutlf Today Benjamin, Taylor sWill Present Negative Sidejon Tour Including 3 Meets ‘ Representing Penn State in the an nual southern tour of. the men’s de bate team, Lester Mi) Benjamin ’37 and Edwin C. Taylor ’39, accompanied jby Prof. Harold P. Zelko, assistant coach of the team,-' v/ill.cleavc today for Washington, they IwilL debate .in,-a nar&ffiehtaryvSes • sioti with members of the (lebatc team of the American University. Throughout their tour, Benjamin and Taylor will support the negative side of the question: Should Congress be empowered to fix minimum wages und maximum hours in industry. Freshmen,'To Open Session Arriving at- Williamsburg, Va., on Thursday evening, December 17, the team will debate at William and Mary I College. The final session of the tour I will be held with debators from the , University of Richmond at Richmond, Va. Radio station WRVA ‘will broad cast this debate on Friday, December 18. Fr'esEimen debators will open their session in a tournament with Buck nell Junior College at Wilkes-Barre. David E. Cohen and Thomas D. Con way have been selected to make the trip accompanied by Ralph N. De- Camp '37 who will act as manager. The team will defend the affirma tive side of the resolution. Players Name Winners Winners in the contest to identify the hands of the players in “Post Road” were Elmer Getter '3B, and Morris L. Bass ’4O who .tied for first prize, each receiving eight tickets, two to each one of the four shows; Irma Schlow who won third prize re ceived six tickets, two to any three shows; and A. Montgomery of Belle fonte, who won fourth prize received , four tickets, two to any two shows. \‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ Sails Into Port Jan. 15 With Glee-Thespian Crew What, in the parlance of co-direc- thing.” tor J. Ewing Kennedy, “promises to Other comedy parts, are taken by bo terrific” in tho Glec-Thespinn pro- C ; Leigh '3O, the Flint Lord duotion of Gilbert and Sullivan'* of th = Admiralty who never had been- Pinafore” on January 15 is ?" a ., boa ‘ M ' e : and Jose P l > K - Cook the work of the men's enicmhle. 38 the Boatswain. - The Captains part will be taken Kennedy, who with Prof Richard b M . Donnlll uixon .»7. i lis charac- IV. Grant, head of the, department of lel . dallg |, lcri Bras Edclbluto 1)8, will music, will direct the show,' claims , one ot the romantic lrads , , vith that the work of the ensemblo wil Frcdal .j ck n . Serif 'US, as Rufc Rack, compare with that of any Gilbert and stl . aw a „ ordinary seaman, playing Sullivan production that has been o pp ajs ji e staged, including the work of the D’- Margin* r. Giffen '37 will play Oyly Carte Opera Company of Eng- the part 0 f Buttercup, the woman land, the original group that featured w j lo se i] s novelties to the crew. Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Elaborate Costuming Many leading players in the cast Complete costumes for the opera and the stage' managers will go to -will be furnished by the Van Horn New York this vacation to see the Company of Philadelphia. J. Lloyd D’Oylo Carte Company present the Larkins ’37 is in charge of costuming. “Pinafore” and to observe the moth- John E. Thompson ’37 is the stage ods used. manager, and George A. Downs ’37 A satire on naval conditions, the and Jack M. Raimor ’37 will be in “Pinafore” has a large number -of charge of the stage and set. leading characters. James P. Unangst Prof. Hummel Fishburn, of the do-! ’3B will* portray the part. of Dick partment of music, will direct u pjt Dcadeye, “the three-cornered seaman orchestra. Ticket sales will •bo in who doesn't ' like anybody or any- charge of Charles C. Conklin '3B. MEMBER 15, 1936 as follows: “Meanwhile, Madrid is hungry, heatless Pnd homeless to a large extent, and is mostly unwashed. There is scarcely any coal to warm the shivering occupants of houses, apartments and tenements still standing, which have had most of their windows shattered, allowing the bitter winter winds from the mountains to sweep through them. Most of these un fortunates pass almost sleepless nights huddled in poorly ventil ated cellars because they arc too terrified-to remain above ground after a death-dealing bomb has fallen from the sky or a big shell has struck near them . . . Only a few crumbs are left for the civilian populace. Potatoes, eggs, and meat arc rare delicacies that most - civilians have not tasted for weeks.” “Foreign military intervention,” Reede said, “has increased the suffer ing immeasurably. Tihe various in terested European powers have fur nished implements of war which have accelerated the devastation of the country.” He explained that sub-rosa inter vention on the part of interested na tions has changed the entire aspect of the fighting. “Since the latter part of July, the warfare fhas abandoned its revolutionary character, and has become a struggle of political align ments. Indicating that U. S. industry has not .been idle,. Reede said that exports i of tractors, trucks and other necessi ties of war have doubled to Catalopia and Portugal, while in other parts of the world, these exports have de creased in view of the seasonal slump. “In view of these shipments of American industry ufliich ultimately are used for destructive purposes", the American people may be considered under a moral obligation to send aid to the civilians of Spain, who are the ultimate victims,” Reede said. College Releases ,J3Z-’3B Calendar Thanksgiving Vacation Limited To I Day; Other Recesses Remain Unchanged Thanksgiving vacation for 1937 will be limited to one day, the College Calendar for 1937-38 revealed today upon release from the office; of the Registrar. Following the custom started this year with the Christmass recess be ginning on a Saturday and extending ] through until Monday, the 1937-36 calendar lists the holiday from Dc-| comber 18 until January 3. Easter vacation will be from April 13 to April 20. Freshman week will begin Sep tember 9. Registration for the three upper classes will be held September 13 and 14, with regular classes sched uled to start September 15. The annual Alumni Homecoming day will be held October 9. The first semester will end January 29, the day after. tlic mid-year Commencement exercises. Registration for second semester will be on January 31 and February 1. The second semester will begin February 2. • The semester will end June 3, with election of trustees scheduled for the same day. Alumni day will be on June 4, with June 5 Baccalaureate day, and June G Com mencement and class day. Penn State Considered Site for 1937 National Wrestling Tournament To Enforce $5 Fine For Vacation Cutting Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock said today that the $5 fine for miss ing class within twenty-four hours i of vacation would be in force for the vacation that begins Saturday. It will merely mean the enforce ment of the regular vacation rule, he said. Christmas vacation will official ly begin at 11:50 o’clock Saturday and will terminate on Monday, January 4, at 1:10 o’clock. Stu dents absent from class within twenty-four hours of cither date will be subject to the fine and in structors will be told to refuse them admittance to class until paid, Warnock said. P. S. Club Slates Dance for Jan. 8 Warnock Will Speak at Yuletide Banquet in Sandwich Shop Tomorrow at 6 The College social program will get back into full swing soon after the Christmas recess, with a New Year’s Snowball Dance, sponsored by the Penn State Club in Recreation hall, slated for Friday night, January 8. Bill Bottorf will supply the music for dancing, which will continue from 9 to 12 o’clock. The Varsity Quartet • will provide i entertainment during intermission. Rcoert W. Werts ’3B is chairman of the committee in charge of the affair. He is being assisted by Jack E. Platt ’37, Arthur M. Longacrc ’39, and Jo seph F. Cohan '39. The admission price has been'set at thirty-seven and one-half cents per person, or seventy five cents per couple. Meanwhile, arrangements were com pleted for the Club’s Christmas Ban quet in the Old Main Sandwich Shop tomorrow night at 6 o’clock. Dr. Ell wood C. Davis, of the School of Phys ical Education and Athletics, will act as toastmaster. Dean of Men Arthur R. Warnock will be the principal speaker. Morris B. Way ’3B, chairman of the commit tee, has announced that tickets at fifty cents per plate arc still avail able at Student Union. Other mem bers of the committee include H. Roebling Knoch ’3B, William E. Kre incr ’3B, and Robert J. Wallace ’3B. Blue and white Christmas greeting cards are now being sent to all mem bers of the club, their parents, cam pus instructors, and all others have have aided the club in any way. Ad ditional cards can be ordered at five cents each by calling Neil B. Walsh ’3B, chairman of the card committee. Floyd I. Fennell ’2B and Raymond J. Koozcr MO are the other members on the committee. Another Arrest Made In Drive On Thievery In the drive to clear up fraternity robberies here, borough police author ities made their second arrest of the week Wednesday after members of the Alpha Gamma Rho reported the theft of a marked $5.00 bill by one of their own members, Robert Smith, a graduate student. Smith pleaded guilty at a hearing Saturday afternoon and is now being held at the county jail in Bcllefontc. Smith denied being guilty of other thefts that have occurred in his house recently. In 1934, however, he was found guilty of larceny of $16.00 and was placed on probation for eighteen months by Judge M. Ward Fleming. ; Both Robert Smith and Theodore. E. Smith ’2B, who pleaded guilty last Monday to robbing about a dozen fra ternities, will probably appear before Judge Fleming some time this week. ‘Bell’ Elects 7 to Staff The associate editorial board of the, “Bell” was chosen at a staff meeting on Sunday night. Elected from the class of ’4O were Gordon K. Zern and Thomas L. Bol ster. The successful candidates from the class of ’39 were David Iless and David U. Jackson. From the cla*s of ’3B were elected M. Constance Glace, Irma Ganz, and John W. Igoe. Elect ed to the position of secretaries were Helen R. Thompson ’3B, and Carolyn L. McConnell '39. PEICE FIVE CENTS Administrative Board Accepts Tentative N.C.A.A. Offer Meeting Dec. 27, 28 Will Decide Selection The ninth annual National Colle giate wrestling tournament may be held here in March', according to Neil M. Fleming, graduate manager of athletics. A letter from Dr. R. G. Clapp, of Nebraska, chairman of the National Collegiate Athletic Association wrest ling rules committee to Penn State athletic officials, revealed that the National wrestling authorities were seriously considering State College as a possible site. College officials, including Dr. El wood C. Davis, Prof. Franklin L. Bent ley and Mr. Fleming, all members of the administrative committee of the school of physical education and athletics, met yesterday afternoon and agreed to accept the offer if it is made. Final decision as to the tour nament will be forthcoming from the N. C. A. A. meeting in New York City December 27 and 28. Held Here in 1930 Penn State was host to this tourna ment in 1930, and it is believed that the success of this affair prompted officials to ask the College to spon sor the tourney for the second time. Last year the tournament was held at Washington and Lee University, and the previous season at Lehigh. Coach Spcidel is enthusiastic over the 'possibility of holding the event here. He stated that Penn State would ■be .represented by a-full .team-of-eight grapplers. The tournament may bo held on March 19 and 20, just prior to the Easter holidays and a week after the Eastern Intercollegiate tourney at Lehigh. If Penn State is awarded the championship bouts, it will mark the eighth year in succession that the College has sponsored a national or eastern tournament. The Eastern In tercollegiate Boxing Association tour nament has been held on the campus in 1929, 1931,1933, 1935 and 1936; the Eastern Wrestling Tourney in 1934; the National wrestling in 1930; and the National boxing in 1932. Prexy Hetzel Holds True to State’s Old Tradition Shortly after President Hetzel had taken office in January, 1927, a com mittee of upperclassmen called on him and explained the old Penn State tra dition of calling the College head by the formal title of “President,” until he had won the regard and affection of the student body, then he would deceive the students’ approval for the usage of "Proxy.” Dr. Hetzel accepted the challenge for their loyalty and set to work to qualify. The semester sped busily by, the President had made occasional student contacts. One night in May a large delegation crowded around his home and summoned him to the porch. The (heerleaders called for the “Prexy” cheer as the students saluted their accepted leader. Prexy Hetzel has often times stat ed on the campus and elsewhere that he has veceived few honors which touched his heart more deeply. Penn State alumni, students, and friends have felt that he has been their* “prexy” ever since. Borough Council Passes New Ruling on Banners As the result of action taken by the -borough council at its meeting lust week it will now lie necessary for any organization wishing to ad vertise by means of outdoor signs and banners on or over borough property to apply for speeiul per mission to do so. Tiiis application must be made to the horougli engineer on a special blank for that purpose, lie will refer such requests to the council for final action. Upon their approv al permission will be grunted, at which time a minimum fee of $1.50 must also be paid. This ruling goes into effect at once.
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