ESTABLISHED t ir rilitt /tit • 4r 1904 Volume 33—No. 35 Stevens Talks On Relations, With Latins R. D. Hetzel jr., Traces Labor's Position With Politics Federation of Labor Formed to Aid Unions "Recent Trends in Latin:American Relations with the United States" will be the topic of Dr. S. K. Stevens, 'assistant professor of history, who will speak in the Home Economics auditoriunitoday at 4 o'clock. This. tis tlie'fourth in the series of Social Science. lectures sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts and is open to the public.' Dr. Stevens! speech will deal' large ly with' the way in which' the United States has tried' to improve ind help her ,relations with the Pan-American countries. He will tell' how these re lations have improved since 1928 and since the withdrawal of our marines from these countries. Further, he will point out how the recent Pan-Anier ican conference and Roosevelt's tour have developed the relations between the Latin countries and the United States. Hetzel Spoke ' On January 21, Ralph D. lietzel, jr., delivered an address based on the activities of the American Federation of Labor in politics. Mr. Hetzel traced the Federation from its orga nization in 1881 through its various stages and effects on national crisis*, to . its downfall in 1935, when it failed to take-the risk of the unions after the depression of 1929: . . The Federation Wee formed in. 1.881 with delegates from the, international union coniposing• iti' eiecutivc -body, whiel.Cdelegatedfonly_th&protilemni.to the Federatiati — thbe 'could lie" better settled by the national organization than by state Organizations. The pus , ' pole of the Federation was to secure legislation in favor of the craft union and its Policy was to get legislation by going directly to the legislators and by defeating their enemies ut the polls. Minority Body The Federation operated politically as a minority body, which switched frOm one party to another at will in order to .get the people what they wanted. In 1900 conditions changed. The social order made it more diffi cult for a boy to rise above his class; 'categories of skill were broken down due to the widespread use of elabo rate machinery; and an aggressive philosophy that the goi , ernment ought to act in the interest of all the people was prevalent. • In the face of the depression of 1929, the union was unable to meet the situation, and the Commercial In dustrial Organization formed on the ruins of the American Federation of Labor to obtain security for unskilled labor and to provide measures of so cial insurance. • O'Brien To Read Next Wednesday - Selection Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, of the division of speech, will read "Repatri ated," a short story by Pearl Buck, in the upper lounge, OM Main, on Wednesday, February 10, at 4:15.e -clock. This is one of the series of Wednesday Readings sponsored by the College Library. On Wednesday afternoon, Febru ary 17, Prof. George J. Wurfl,...f the department of German, will read Ja cob Wassermann's celebrated short story, "Lukardis." Theodore Roethke, of the depart ment of English, composition, will read from some of the younger •peets of today when he reads on February 24. kr. Roethke replaces Dr. Robert . S. Dengler, of the department of classical languages, who is away on a leave of absence. Special Course Open To Graduating Seniors A special course for graduating seniors interested in the steel indus try is being offered by the Bethlehem Steel Company. The course, lasting several months, is designed to give the, student an opportunity to learn not only the 'production process, but also accounting; sales, industrial and public relations, raw materials, trans portation, finance, and purchasing. Application for admission must be made on regulation forms furnished by the training advisor. Nautical Theme Selected Motif For Senior Ball Dancers To -Enter Hall Only by Gangplank , At Entrance Revolving Floodlights To Add Color Effect Dancers will have to' "walk the gangplank" when they go to Senior Ball on March 5. A nautical motif has been choSen as s the decorative scheme, it Was announced today .by co-Chairmen Charles J. Cherundolo '37 and Max P. Redder '37. The con tract will be let to the G. A. Trahan Company of Cohoes; N. Y. ;The dance floor will represent the deck of a yacht. Dancers will enter over the gangplank. At the far end of the hall will be a painted replica of a cabin and the captain's station. Four life-boat cutouts will hang about the side which will be decorated with a valance of red and white awning effect. Colored Floodlights Booths will be separated by white clOth, representing canvas railings. Life preservers, anchors and other nautical emblems will decorate the side of the platform from which Bob ; Crosby and his band will play. Two twenty-foot poles will be erected in the center of the hall. From the tops - of these code pennants will be distributed to the side walls. Th - d ceiling will be composed of blue fab ric while two revolving, colored flood lights will'throw several hues of light about the hall. The nautical motif was chosen after members of the committee had con sidered a number of ideas submitted by decorating concerns. Dancing on a yacht; _it was .thought, would pre- Sent a, new and different atmosphere to . this, year's Senionßall. The. Dutch theme:;ive.tiseOlastf , yeay . r • ;1_ Colle - ge . Removes Hazardous Trees ACtion by Borough Commission Precedes Order To Scrap 13 Norway , Maples • ..Workmen started this week to re move the thirteen Norway maple trees from the campus side of College avenue between Allen and Pugh streets. The trees, which had reached their limit of useful existence and were considered a hazard to property and individuals; will be replaced in the spring by trees of a hardwood variety which are expected to last at least four times the present age of the College. Action upon the removal of the trees was brought about by a notice to the College from the State College borough shade tree commission stat ing that the College would have to stand full responsibility for what might happen if, the trees were al lowed to stand. In serving notice, the commission made clear that it felt they were a source of danger and asked that the 'borough be relieved of I:the responsibility if the trees were not removed. Recommended Removal As far back as 1929 Thomas W. Scars, consulting landscape architect, recommended the removal' of the trees. He said they were beginning to age and rot. The trees were plant ed seventy years ago, according to Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of IMulscape construction. "The shade tree 'commission has been alarmed about the trees on the College side of College avenue for of number of years," George W. Ebert,' head of the department of grounds and buildings, said. "Practically all of its members have been connected with the College staff and hesitated to force the issue. After giving the matter consideration from every angle, it was finally decided that their removal and the substitution of elms cf hardwood variety was the only solution. This, accordingly, will be done." Camera Club To Give Photography Course The Camera Club of the College has arranged to sponsor a lecture course on . photog,raphy during the shcond semester. One lecture will be given each week. Students wishing to participate in the activities of the club are asked to sign the list at the Student Union office or send a card to the Camera Club, P. 0. Box 401.. STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 4, 1937 Pilot Risks Life To Savepthers In Typical Movie-Thriller ! Style Pilot Adventure? SHERNI LUTZ Women'sßushing Will End Feb. 14 Fraternities To Entertain Girls At Formal Rushing Parties; Rushees To Meet Women's fraternity rushing will close with formal parties Saturday night, February 13, and actual bid ding on Sunday afternoon. All rush ers hre to attend a meeting in 403, Old Main, Monday night, February 0, at 7 'o'clock. • Invitations for the formal rushing .par,ties'will, be mailed on Thursday pigh,t,;;FeAruary ..11,And; returned:l;y. the rtisheesAtilioxesiii::riiiiiii Maih; On- Friday.. Each rushee is Per 'mitteil to accept two formal party in vitations. These entertainments will last for an hour and a halt with a half hour interval between the two for' transportation facilities. Lists of desired rushees will be sent by the 'houses to Dean Ray's office Saturday night before 11 o'clock. Theio rushees will be notified Sunday morning that they have been invited to join a fraternity and will submit their preferences to the Dean's of fice Sunday afternoon before 4 o'- clock. 'The rushees will be informed as to what house has accepted their preference while the houses will re ceive a list of their new members. Seventeen Students Drop College Courses ,t• Seventeen student; have withdrawn front College in the past.two months, according to Registrai- William S. Hoffman. Of these, five gave ill health for leaving; one a desire for com mercial teaching; two finances; one to accept a position; one because of the death of his father. Two are transferring to other . institutions. One is leaving because of poor schol amhip, and three expect to travel: One gave no reason. • Those who withdrew are Robert' C. Bitner '39, James E. Clark '4O, Cla mide L. Giovannini '39, Jack IL Greenberg '39, Warren F. Hall '39, Fred Kardos '4O, Ray E. Kiefer '39, Corey 11. Miller '4O, David L. Opper man '4O, James S. Orlando '39, James T. Pierce, unclassified, Rich.' and E.Tride '39, James S. Romig '4O, Mrs. Carl Rossman '39, Milton Silver '3B, James E. Strickler '4O, and Jos eph Tryens '40.. N.Y.A. Aids Nearly 10 Percent Of College Students This Year Nearly ten percent of the students attending cclleges and universities in the United States this year are earn ing part of their expenses through employment under the National Youth Administration, Aubrey Wil liams, executive director of the ad. ministration, announced recently. Preliminary rep its from state di rectors for December showed a total of 124,818 students enrolled cn NYA projects in 1,886 colleges and univer sities in 'the forty-eight states and the District of Columbia. National edu cational offices tentatively set the year's college enrollment at 1,788,000. Both the number of students re ceiving aid and the number of col leges participating in the program chow increases over the figures for I Thrilling adventures:usually de i picted in fiction magi : Zlles and movie , hero tales are taking, 01am constantly in State College. .A .• Sherm Lutz, pilot', rind director of the local airport, has Aleen the prin cipal in many storiss - that have reached the front Nigel of metropoli-, tan new: papers during4the five years he has been in operatiOh here. ' Outstanding in his: party- life-risk ing escapades was a: lit-saving flight in the winter of 1934. :Lutz braved', fog, rain, snow, and islect to fly to I Philadelphia for serunAthat was nec essary to save the lifecif ,a.State Col lege boy. His was the only plane to get', off the ground in - ,the east that' day. •• i Lutz.'s only accidentr over 5,000 horns "offlying in the ;treacherous Allegheny MountainS:a occurred in 1935. 'Flying -with ,',istudent pilot, Lutz crashed due to a,structure fail ure. He was commended: by the gov ernment after an investigation for his skill in saving both his own and the student's life. :.-1. ' • ' Three weeks ago .Lutz had his most recent adventure when, be was called upon to fly a local. man to. Pitts burgh in bad weathei_ to meet the only transport plane rearing for the west that day. Notiked at 1 o'clock, Lutz kept the transcontinental ship waiting only two minutes away from the 2:90 scheduled leaVing time. Since 1932, Lutz 14S taught 125 students, professors . and • townspeople how to fly. These have taken their solo flights successfully. Among his most recent pupils' are'Ellcn Roberts '37, Howard Johnston:'! 35, Jack Cal- Vin '37, Fred Stegmaiei"3B, and Jack Howarth '3O. Thirty, students arc now taking instruction's. Lutz began flying4'l923 . . . at-1 tended Penn State iiv,.1.024 and then Michigan State diii barnstorming ! with flying troupe...`. joined Naval' .. Reserve Flying Carpi . worked for 'Berliner Air Craftexperimenting I . . taught • historY ! .."and aeronautics at Beckley Colicgc ::i:r The State College iiirinan" has won many competitive races and exhibi tions . . . says snow only delays him slightly .. . calls service to students and townspeople in emergencies the aim of his airport ... Military - 7 Ball Starts Social Season Friday Military . , Ball will inaugurate the second semester social season tomor row night in the Armory. The an nual dance is sponsored by Cadet of ficers in the R.O.T.C. Music will be furnished by the Harrisburg orches tra of Howard Gayle. Flags and bunting will be hung around the dance floor with a color scheme of white, blue, and gold. Spe cial lighting effects will blend the at mosphere. Admission to the affair, which is formal, is by invitation only, Linn 31. Kieft er 'a7, chairman, announced. Two o'clock permissions have been granted women attending the affair, which will be held from nine until one o'clock. P. S. Club To Hear Jam Session Tonight at 8 The Penn State Club will hold its monthly meeting in room 405, Old Slain, tonight at S o'clock. Coach Bob Higgins will show movies of the Pitt- Penn Slate football game and explain the situations. The program committee has ar ranged for "Eddie Nichols and his Jain Band" to furnish a session of red-hot swing music. Admittance will be by membership 'card only, 1935. There were 15,817 more stu dents receiving aid in eighty-four more colleges in- December than the year before. Pennsylvania iyceivc.s a monthly allocation of 8110,386 for student aid under the NYA. This is.distributed to 7,181 students in eighty-nine col leges and universities. The total monthly allowance for the entire na tion is $1,869,143. • This college is third in the state in number of students aided each month, the quota being 604. The University of Pennsylvania heads the list with 758 students receiving help. Temple University is second .with 663. The University of Pittsburgh is fourth with 578, and the Carnegie Institute of Technology is fifth with 243. Werner Creates Special Prologue For Player Show Adaptive Introduction Called 'High Spot' By Neusbaum , `School For Scandal' Set for Feb. 12, 13 A special prologue written by Prof. William L. Werner, of the dePart meat of English literature„and spo ken by lola D. MurraY . '39, will open !the Penn State Players' seventeenth, anniversary presentation of - "School For Scandal" on February 12 and 13. Professor Werner's prologue ii de signed to show the application of the eighteenth Century play to present tday society. It was the custom in the . I days when Richard Sheridan wrote I'fSchool For Scandal" for plays to have prologues. The original writ -1 ing was by David Garrick, one of the most famous actors cf the English theatre. highlights Play According to Prof. Frank' S. Nous baum, of the division of dramatics, who will direct the period comedy; Prof. Werner's 'prologue will be• the high spot of thu Player presentation. ' In addition to speaking the pro logue, Miss Murray will portray Lady Teazle as the feminine lead in "School For Scandal." She will be remem bered for her performance in "The Sunken Bell" last year•. Thomas S. Francis-'39, who plays opposite Miss Murray as Sir Peter Teazle, her elderly husband, won rec ognition last seaFOn for his fine por trayals of old men. He was seen in "Ali, Wilderness!," "The Late Chris topher Bean," and "The Pursuit of Happiness." (inns in Cast Others in the cast. include Edward T. Binns as Sir Oliver Surface; Hairy W. Reed '3B as Joseph -Sur face; John Steer '4O as Charles Sur face;:r.W illiain 40 as. Crab tree; Robert H.' Thompson '4O iir . Sir Benjamin Backbite; Jack L. McCain '37 as R.7.wley; Silom S. Horwitz '39 as Moses; Kenneth S. Kagen '3B as Snake; and P. Barton Henderson '3O as Careless. Included in the feminine part of the east are Miriam E. HawkiMl '4O as Maria; Jane C. Eames '4O as Lady Sneerwell; and Hilda L. Hanson , '37 as Mr... Candour. Miss Hanson has been active in summer productions. Rehearsals for "School For Scan- . dal," which began after. Thanksgiv ing, were continued through final week. The Players moved 'from the Little• Theatre. into the auditcrinm this week and now are ready for full performances. Rabbi To Deliver Chapel Address Lazarin To Speak on Function Of Religion; Possesses Gottheil Medal Rabbi S. Launrin of the Baltimore Hebrew congregation will speak on the function of religion in the regular Sunday morning chapel service in Schwab auditorium. Rabbi Lazurin received the Cott heil medal in 1933, an award made for the greatest contribution to the welfare of American Jewry. Promot ing better understanding between Christians and Jew.:, he toured thir ty-five states with a Catholic priest and a Protestant minister and lec tured in many cities. After receiving his B.A. apd M.A. I at the University of Cincinnati, Rabbi Lazarin trained for the Rabbi nate •at the Hebrew Union College and was ordained in 1914. Ile preach ed in West Virginia for a year and was called to Baltimore. Rabbi Lazarin has been an active member of the executive board of the National Conference of Jews and Christians for tunny years, In 1936 he was conferred with his L.L. B. 'from Rutgers University, honors causa, because of his "great contri bution over the years to religious thought and spiritual wealth of the nation." A. S. U. To Meet Sunday At its first meeting of the new semester, to he held in room 415, Old Main, on Sunday at 2:10 o'clock, the American Student Union Will discuss the American Youth Act and its re lation to the college student. Plans will be laid for the sending of a dele gation to Washington, D. C. on Feb. 19, the date set for hearings on the act. The discussion will be open to all students and faculty members. 2nd Semester Registrants Number 4,851; 1,100 Defer • Fees Under New System Library Exhibits 50 Chosen Books J. B. Helme To Speak on Year's Outstanding Art Collection Wednesday Night Fifty books selected by experts for the American Institute of Graphic Arts as outstanding among the year's publications are being exhibited in the College library from February 1 to 14. Prof..T. Burn Hahne, of the depart ment of architecture, will glve an il lustrated lecture en this collection in romn 107, Main Engineering, Wed nesday night, February 10, at 7:30 o'cicck. " Books Are Varied The fifty books, which have been placed incases on the first and sec ond floor lobbies of the library, came from thirty-seven different printing houses. They illustrate forty-seven different -type faces and were bound by twenty-seven different binderies. The . fundamental principles fol lowed in selecting this collection were: conception, the process on the part of the manufacturer in visualiz ing at the outset what sort, of a vol ume is needed to satisfy the author, hook seller, and reader; materials, the realization of the work in terms of type, paper, illustration, and bind ing; execution, the actual perfor mance of the manufacturer. Graduates Hear Dr. Ade's Speech Hetzel Awards Degrees to 103 At Jan. Commencement; Four Win Honors Dr. Lester K. Ado, state superin tendent of public instruction, called upon 102 graduates to help "awaken ' the social conscience of cur future citizens" when he addressed the twenty-fourth annual mid-year com mencement exorcism in Schwab audi torium last Friday night. "Young people should grow up sen sitive to the suffering, insecurity and :njustice that today make life almost unbearable to a large part of man kind, and we should imbue them with a desire to help in building a better souiety," Dr. Ade said. Four Honor Students Continuing with a discussion of ed ucation for citizenship, he said that "the school mu.4t understand that its main. material, books, are aid for ex perience; truth is life and not a knowledge of books; that we learn from books really only when their contents are interpreted by life and experience." "Books interpret and expand ex perience, but they do not supply it. Books are reflections, life is real," Doctor Ade concluded. Dr. Ralph D. lletzel, President of the College, awarded 103 degrees. Among the graduates were four with averages of 2.4 or higher. They were Daniel D. Brubaker '37, :James R. De- Yore D 7, Herbert D. McAuliffe '37, and Charles M. Ricks, Jr• '37. Jean Rishel '39 Wins Olewine Scholarship .Tenn Rishel '39 was awarded the fifty-dollar Elizabeth Olewine Memo vial Scholarship offered by the Penn State Alumnae Club for the resident of Centre County showing the best scholarship The scholarship was established by the Club in 1536 and this is the sec ond grunt. Mrs. S. K. Stevens of State College was in charge of the committee arranging for the award. Who's Dancing TOMORROW Phi Della Theta Bill Bottorf (invitation) Military Ball Howard Gayle (invitation) 1 . Armory SATURDAY State College Mr Pilots Bill Bottorf (invitation) Hada Park COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Enrollment Will Equal Previous Record, Hoffman Says Over 500 Students Fined for Tardiness Registiar William S. Hoffman plac ed second semester registration at 4,851. late yesterday afternoon, and said that by the time final tabula tions are available that the enroll ment will equal any previous one for the same period. The 4,851 figure included all reg istrants for Monday and Tuesday and a portion of those registering on Wed nesday. Returns from Mont Alto for estry division and graduate students will not be available until next week, he said. The Registrar estimated that over 500 students had been assessed $1 for failure to enroll in the specified time allotted them during the regular period. Meanwhile Bursar Russell E. Clark was. considering excuses offered by students registering yesterday. The $5 fine was being added to the in dividual fees. If the student protest ed, his card was so marked and he was instructed to place. a written ap peal in the Bursar's hands within twenty-four hours. All consideration of these excuses will be made as quickly as possible. If the excuse is judged worthy, credit will be °tiered in the Bursar's office. A list of ex cused persons will be posted. Clark said that there were over 1,100 applications for deferred fees under the new system used this sem ester to diminish the deferred Ice line in Recreation Hall. Many of the students who intended sending bills home for payment did not realize that this_ was actually de fef'fiiient[ lie - said; Such 'eases, -how ever, were taken care of. Ile said that those students whose deferrments were granted in many cases stood in the deferred line un necessarily. They should have gone directly to the paying booths, he pointed out, where they could have paid their pledged amount. Anderson Forms Fraternity Scale Devises Chart for Predicting Worth of Social Clubs; Covers 25 Points A rating scale for predicting fra ternity membership worth has been devised by Dr. Clarence S. Anderson, professor cf vocational education, in atn etfort to facilitate pledge selec tion and to aid fraternity standings by frequent testing and improvement. The rating scale, resembling PsY etiological and personality tests, has been tried by Dr. Anderson at sev eral fraternities. It covers twenty five selected factors in personality' traits on a graduated scale from "very superior" to "very pcor." In dialed among the factors are such items as personal appearance, initia tiveconversational ability, regard for scholarship, regard for standards of morality, and, promptness in pay ing bills. An article explaining its use and copy of the scale appeared in the December issue' of the Pratervily Month. The rating scale was pub lished by the Leland Publishing com pany cf St. Paul. When asked about the po'sible ex tent of its use, Dr. Anderson replied that he did not originally prepare the scale for publication, but for use in his own fraternity. However, since its appearance, several national fra ternities have requested to place copies of the test in the hands of the active chapter pledges and their ad visers for use in self-analysis. S. U. To Hold Valentine Semi-Formal on Feb. 13 Student Union will hold its annual Valentine Dance in the Armory Feb ruary I tt. it was announced today. by Jean 11. Sheanta '37 and Frank A. Osterlund co-chairmen of the af fair. Newell Townsend and his or chestra will play. Women attending the dance will he requested to wear semi-formal dress es, with the men going informal. Dancing will be from 9 o'clock until 12, and will follow the boxing match with Syracuse.
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