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.