Semi-Weekly" 4Jk..t 41 2 ESTABLISHED • r . u 414 a r 1904 1:111 Volume 33 . —N0. 41 ASkis3.7,s:3.-;000:::'RNRAL. Women Elect Dunaway, Ziegler as Candidates In May Queen Primary 535 in Initial Ballot To Fill 8 W.S.G.A.• • Class Offices Final Elections Start Next Wednesday at 8 • M. May Dunaway '37 and Genevral C. Ziegler '37 were voted final candi dates for• May Queen at primary elec tions held in the first floor lounge of . Old Main Wednesday. Juanita M. .Chambers '4O and Marguerite R.! Sheaffer '4O• received the highest number of votes for• Freshman At tendant to the May Queen. Two nominees •for each office of W.S.G.A. were voted on in the pri mary election and the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be subject to a final election on 'Wednesday, .March 3. W.S.G.A. Head Nominated • Amy F. McClelland '3B and Mary E. Taylor '3B arc final candidates for president of W.S.G.A., and Doris Blakemore '39 and Italia A. DeAnge lis '39 are nominees for vice-presi dent. The .runner-up in the election or president will automatically be come secretary of the women's stu dent" body, and the runner-up for vice-president will become one of the senior senators. Vivian D. Harper '9O and MarY.Frances L,eitzell:'9o arc candjdates:,for...the:_ciflice.:of&treasurtii of W.S.G.A. • The clOss senators' are voted upon by those women hr the class' whom: they are to represent in Senate. Frie da- Knepper '3B and Doris 'A.- Saun ders '3B are candidates for senior sea-1 ator. Junior senator nominees are Elizabeth B._ Long '39 and June_C. Price '39. 'Peggy E. Jones '4O and. Mildred L. Long '4O are candidates for, sophomore senator. The candi- Antes for':town senator, Norm T. Thomas '39 and Helen R. White are .voted upon by the town women,. who ve to be represented by one of the two.. • Efectio6 :March 3 Final elections for meinbers •Of W.S.G.A., W.A.A., May Queen, • and Freshman Attenilant will be held' in the • first floor lounge of Old Main from 8 to 5 o'clock on Wednesday, March 8 M. Imogene Giddings '3B and Olwen Mr. Evans '3B were elected candidates for the W.A.A. presjdency at the pri maries Wednesday: Dorothy A. Mc- Auliffe '39 and Marjorie Govier '39 led for the vice-presidency. ' Otheis Chosen Rachael M. Gcchdel '39 and Bertha L. Wright '3O are, candidates for the secretarial position. ' Beatrice, M. Lowe '4O and Eleanor E. Skinner '4O won 'the greater number of votes for soph more representative to the, board.. . A total of approximately 535 votes wore east at the primaries. Each vo ter was permitted to nominate two out of the three women running for office. with the exception of the soph omore representatives, who were nom inated by members of that class only. The competing candidates have been listed in the order of the number of votes cast in their favor. Covens To Use Formal Ceremony in Tapping The Cwens, sophomore activities honorary, decided yesterday' to use the formal ceremony that has' been set up by, the National Council in their tapping of new members at the May. Day breakfast this year: The requirethents for membership are an average of 1.6 and outstanding ac tivities. . . There will be at least ; eighteen freshman women • tapped this 'year, Beulah F. Gerheim, president, said to day. This is an. increase•over former membership. In 1935 there were phir 'teen tapped; in 1936, eleven,' ' All conversation will be in old Eng lish during the ceremony. Each Gwen . will present her candidate to the pres ident, and following the presentation leis will be Arced around the pledge's neck. Initiation will be held two weeks after pledging. • . , Co-eds May Still Vote On Drinkifig Question Ballots on co-ed drinking have been made available during the past week , to all women living on the campus and in downtown dor mitories. The results of this poll will be announced in the next issue. ,Ballots will be available at the Student Union office during the remainder of the week Tor any co eds who have not been given the opportunity to vote because of liv ing, in private homes or for any ether reasons. Strike Holds Up New. Water Tank Plant Dispute, Weather Caue 4-month Delay in College Construction Plan Reverberations of the struggle to unionize the great mass steel indus tries of the country along industrial rather than craft lines reached State College last Friday when all eight steel workers engaged in riveting the huge plates cn the, College water bow ler ent on strike completely -shut ting 'down. construction be 'completed" lait'.octobei; .progresi on the tower - hasbeen inmeded 'by adverse weather 'conditions - and the necGssitY , of frequent chengings of workers. Representatives of the steel workers sa" that men will work only a- short time on the. tower under the conditions 'of high, cold winds, long hours 'and low - wages. All eight workers and.the foreman are working for Tippett and Wood,' Phillipsburg, N. J., to wliom the Col lege has granted the contract for the tower's construction. Organize Here Last Friday a group of labor or ganizers arrived in State,College, in formed the group working on the tow er of the strike in effect at the Tip pet' and Wood home plant and the workers voted to join the strike. Ac cording. to one of the workers, all eight immediately signed union cards of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Workers of North.America r affiliate of the Com mittee for Industnial , ' Organization, which is headed by -John 'L. Lewis. • Long hours, low wages, unsatisfac.: tory working conditions, and refdsal to recognize, the "Amalgamated" as sole bargaining agency for Tippet and Wood employees are the griev ances causing the strike,. the steel workers shy, Claim Pay Small The men working on the tower were being paid seventy cents an hour, working nine and a half hours per day, they claim. Payment for similar steel work One when Old Main was • being constructed averaged $1.25 per hour, according to authoritative sources. Wages for the same type of work on government jobs is about $1.20 per hour. Until an agreement is affected be tween Tippet and Wood and union re presentatives, no further work• will 'be done unless outside • labor is im ported. As yet, no picketing has been necessary as no other men have been brought in by the company. Who 's Daticing TONIGHT' Pi Kappa' Alpha. • Vietrola (dosed) *. Silva' Phi Epsilon Newell Townsend (formal-invitation) • TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ' Phi Delta Theta Beta Theta Pi Sigma Chi Bill Bottorf (tonight) Newell Townsend (tomorrow) (etoseci) • TOMORROW Student Union Dance Rill Bottorf isubmription) . STATE COLLEGE, PA.;.FRAPIY, FEBRUARY 276, 1937 Championship Box Ors, Wrestlers To Face Hardest Tests of Season Tomorrow in' Wisconsin, Lehigh Ring Team- After 6th Win in Sectional "Badger Tilt By JERRY WEINSTEIN Whether Penn State's potentially great boxing team is really great will. be proven in - 7.ecreation hall tomor row night at 8:30 o'clock when the Houckmen engage in their toughest battle of the year against - an inter sectional rival, Wisconsin. The Badger,.., who last year defeat ed the 'Lions at Madison, 5% to 2'/•.:, boast the strongest boxing . team in the mid and far ,west. Victors over the .Eastern ,leaders, Penn State; the southern titleholders, Virginia; the far-siuth champions, LouiSiana State; and the western pace-setters, Wash ington State, Witconsiti' will, present Nittany fans with the greatest spec ,taele ' since boxing was established Tomorrow's clash will see the un defeated ,Wisconiin bcxers, who stop ped North Dakota; 6% to 1%, in their season opener last .week, tackle the unbeaten Lions, who have trounced Western Maryland, Cornell, Pitt, Syracuse, and Navy. • ' Soose in Hard Fight, ' Billy Sooe, Penn State's undefeat ed knockout _ artist, will nieet his most formidable: opponent of the year in Gordon - Harman, in the 155-pound tangle. Ranieri is tall and rangy, end packs 'a fleshy left and sharp : righk "" Generally:Regiired.„the'hegt `-"'.7"7, (Co2Viitlicq'on 3rd Art Exhibit To.Go on Display Pi Gamma Alpha SpOnsors Show Of Amer. Art Colin-prints -- , Beginning Maich 1 A third exhibition of Living Amer ican Art - colorprints, sponsored by Pi Gamma Alpha, honorary fine arts fraternity, will go on display for two weeks, beginning March 1, in Room 303, Main Engineering. • ' • An outstanding' feature of this ex hibition is the changing of the mats on the prints. When the first two groups were exhibited, each picture had the same colored mat, whereas the colors of the new mats have been chosen for each picture. The first two groups were mounted and matted with cardboard, whereas this group uses special cloth binding.l The cloth 'binding is the result of much experimentation by the Living American Art jury and artists in an effort, to find a way to present color reproductions which would bring out the full tone and quality of the pic ture, be, durable and inexpensive, suitable for hanging, and convenient for filing away in shelves or cabinets ns a library of pictures. Work by Doris Leo The pictures included are Winter in the Catskills by Doris Lee; Cat and Kittens by Henry E. Schnaken bare.; Comedy by Audrey Buller; Landscape by Henry Mattson; Fall of Old Houses by Ernest Fiene; The Laurent, Pony Cart by Bernard Kar fiolr Still Life by Morris Kantor; Plowed Field by Sidney. Laufman; Winter in' the Verde Valley by Henry Strater; Fish House, New England, by Marsden Hartley; Street Scene by Paul Bindin; and New England by Arnold' Blanch. ' Lithographs by the nineteenth cen tury French painter and caricatu rist,. Honore Daumier, *ill also be presented.. Daurnier is best known for his social and political carica tures. • Hacker Urges Returns George ill. Hacker '37, president of Interfridernity . Council, urged fra ternities' today to turn in- the ques tionnaires given them recently con cerning; their personnel and chapter houses. also asked that fraterni ties reply .immediately on cards sent them, about the basic rates for em ployment under the Social Security Act.. COLLEGE APPROPRIATION Wrestling •00inpion 155-peund Eastern - :liiter:eo/legiate Champion whO will4Testle John Calvin. He •is therblother- of Ben Bishop, Lehigh's , . National Cham pivn a tew,yeart',ago, Senior. Meeting Set for - , fuesday Osterlund "Calls :M1 lidembers Financial Proble-ms A mass meeting of : 'aD members of the senior elass, both nien and woos 'en, will be held in Schwab auditorium at 7 o'clock Tuesday night, Frank A. Osterlund, president, announced to day. "In previous years 'senior classes have 'never field a 'meeting r until the end of the term. By that time there was,no interest; few knew about it; and the result was that scarcely any one attended. This can only result in a break-dcwn of - class unity and a feeling by the individual :that his class and officers mean 'nothing to him," Osterlund said. Officers to Speak At Tuesday's meeting. 'various ad ministrative officials and.some of the class officers will speak .on matters cf immediate interest such as the fi nancial condition of the class, the proposals for a class gift, and the alumni organization: Later in the year Osterlund plans to hold additional meetings. "If stu dent government is to mean anything; if students are to feel that they arc a part of their class; then it is nec essary that they understand the work that their officers do and.. signifi cance of the various class ceremonies. Through this series of meetings we hope to he able to accomplish this," Osterlund said. Dr. Tschan Speaks on Spanish Decline at First L. A. Lecture The inability cf the Spanish purple to adjust themselves . to 'changing con ditions led to the decline Of Spain, ac cording to Dr. Francis J. Tschan, of the department of history and polit ical science, who presented the first of the 1937 Liberal Arts Lectures in Home Economics auditorium Tuesday night. Dr. Techan's lecture on. "The De cline of Spanish Greatness" marked the beginning of the twenty-seventh year of the Liberal Arts series. "When Columbus discovered Amer lea," Dr. Tschan said, "the Spanish decline began. The occupations that had filled the lives of the , Spanish people did not permit them to make timely adjustments to the conditions which the discovery thrust, upon them. "The, geography and weather condi tions of Spain made the .people pas toral rather ,than commercial," Dr. Tschari explained, "and when mono nde minds were needed to cope with the colonial problems, they were' not there." . Thd discovery of Americo led to the dischvery of gold and silver. Dr. Undefeated Engineers • Boast 6 Victories This Season By FRANCIS 11. SZYMCZAK Lehigh's Engineers, boasting nn undefeated record of six victories, will be Penn State's wrestling oppon ents at Recreation hall tomorrow night. One of the bitterest rivalries in • eastern intercollegiate wrestling stamps this meet as the season's . highlight .for Loth teams. State has quite a decided edge on the Remit and White in dual compe tition, although they dropped a 17-to -9 match at Bethlehem last year. The Lions finished the season by nosing out Lehigh, 32-to-31, to win the East ern ,Intercollegiate championship. Jack Light •iS the only first place.win ner of the tournament who is a mem ber of this year's team at 145 pounds. The Engineers have Rudolph Ash man, 126 pounds, and H. Richard Bishop, 155 pounds, us Eastern In-' tercolleginte champs.. Myron L. Stern-, gold, who wrestles in the heavytiveight, division, was the deciding factor in' State's win over the Engineers in the 'tournament. Harshness of Harvard won over Sterngold for a third place in the 165-pound class. If Sterngold (Continued an ?mix tlu•cc) Chair*men State Booth Deadline Louis Armstrong. Began Career In New Orleans; Known As 'King of Swing' Organizations, wishing to obt:iin booth at Senior Ball should submit their 'five-dollar depoiit at 'the Stu dent Union desk in Old Main before Monday, it was announced today by Co-Chairmen Charles 3. Cherundolo '37 and Max P. Reeder '37. 'I he booth drawing will be held on Wedneulay.! Senior Ball will be held in Recrea tion hall on Friday night, March 5. Lcuis Armstrong and his thirteen piece orchestra has been signed to I furnish the music. Armstrong, who recently returned from a two-year tour through Eu rope, is a native of New Orleans. Gaining his musical education in an orphanage in the southern city, Arm ' strong has built for himself the title lof "The King of Swing." He is the loriginator of «wing music. Ability to play the popular type of music enabled the maestro to orga nize a band of his own. Last October he opened an engagement at Connie's Inn on Broadway where he played during the fall and winter Months, at I the same time broadcasting over the 1 Columbia Broadcasting System. Tsehan pointed out. These treasures poured into Spain and this eventually brought about a decline in prices. Spanish economic progress was seri ously retarded by the American flow of gold and silver. Another cause for Spanish decline given•by Dr. Tschan was the lack of fair play on the part of England, the Netherlands, and France. These coun tries were able to give goods to the colonies much more cheaply than Spain could, and this led to the `down fall of the newly forma Spanish in dustrie: and more economic chaos. "The failure of Spain to see the necessity of a navy to protect the colonies," Dr. Tschan added, "com pletely ruined Spanish imperialism. Contrast the strong English navy and the subsequent building of the largest colonial empire, in the world, and it 'is easy to see what the Spanish lacked." • Dr. Tsehan, pointed out that the Spanish inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews and Moors from Spain were surface reasons for the decline but not as important as the more fun damental facts. rgiatt. $3,658,000 Maintenance Sum Included in Earle Record Budget Request M. I. School Scheduled for $lOO,OOO, Engineering For $25,000; Thompson Introduces Bill To Clear Way for WPA Funds The Col:ege today in pcsition to receive more money at one time than ever l:efore with the following developments: Governor George 11. Earle assigned P 3,783,000 as a general appropriation to the College as a part of his half-billion dollar budget given the legisla ture for approval. It was the largest total budget ever requested in Pennsylvania history. Meanwhile, officials here, in the absence of President Ralph D. lietzel, could make no comment on the budget announcement. Nor could they make any predictions as to the outcome of Earle's request to the PWA last • 7 Saturday for $6,696,500 in federal funds with which to conduct a College building program. Scn. Edward .1. Thompson, Centre, however, introduced a bill into legislature Wednesday, clarifying the sponsorship of PWA projects by land grant colleges. The bill which could point to no other• institution than the Col lege, was believed to. have been introduced to clear any technical obstruc tions that might stand in the way of a PWA appropriation. Many Buildings Seen Fr©m $6,696,500 Sum A bill Co clear the way for the ex pected College building prep.= mon ey from the Public Works Adminis trationl was mail for the second time in the State Senate Wednesday. Sen. I Edward J. Thompson, Centre, is the Lsponsor for the measure. ~ : !Although-the bill- rends-for , al4-lind grant colleges, it could but affect thii College. Its purpose, it was believed, is to clarify the. sponsorship of this College in relation to WPA projects: Should it pass, it is thought the way would be open for the use of the $6,- 960,500 building program money re quested by the Governor last Satur day. This money would come from the $56,700,000 state program allocated by the PWA to the state. An out right appropriation of $20,000 has been made to the state, while the re mainder would be loaned. College officials were tillable to say today just what buildings would, be erected should the $6,696,500 PWA allocation come through. They have definite plans for $1,120,000 worth of buildings which were requested as ur gent and necessary by the College last month. Of this amount, $540,000 would be used for a new Liberal Arta section to connect the two constructed wings. A new Education School building would be built from $300,000 of the money, and a Forestry building would use $200,000. Agriculture and hor ticulture research buildings would re ceive .$BO,OOO. Although no priority of any addi tional structures should the full amount come through was announced by the Administration. certain build ings have been known to be necessi ties en the campus for some time. President lietzei has repeatedly said that the College needs $10,000,- 000 worth of litilldings. liuilding Needs Named It is known that the Main Engi neering building is but the center por tion of a much larger structure that i. hoped to be completed some day. Actually the foundation for the south wing has been laid. Officials admit ted that it is logical to assume that the cnmpletion of Main Engineering would be considered. Many campus leaders have been agitating for erection of a new -Col lege library. The present structure is deemed -too small, ten antiquated, and entirely out of step with the pro gress of the rentaindw• of the Col lege, it was learned. It has been ru mored that a new library would 'cwt . *2,000,000. Pond laboratory is hut a part of an original plan for an H-shaped chemistry building. The wane] wing to the Pond, should it be erected, would necessitate the tearing down of the Chemistry amphitheatre, a tent porary.striicture. The bar of the ll shape plan, would be between Pond and the present site of the Amphi theafre. The School of Agriculture, it was learned, is in need of experimentation stations and buildings, especially for (Coutinucd on page twol COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Actual Appropriation No More Than Before An appropriation totalling $3,783,- 000 for the College is included in Gov ernny George 11. Earle's budget rec ommendations for the 1937-39 bien nium. This figure included $3,058,- 000 for maintenance purposes, $lOO,- 000 for the school of mineral hll's itries - and - 125,000 for' engineering 're= search. The amount recommended by the Governor• for maintenance is slightly less tiMn the $3,708,000 given for the last biennium, 1 . 935-37.' This amount was also given in the 1032-35 period, While in 1901, $4,120,000 was alloted. The grant to the Mineral Industries School is double the $50,000 alloted for the present biennium. The $25.- 000 grant for engineering research is an entirely new appropriation, no monies having been specified for this purpcse Alice the 1 5U appropriation. College officials pointed out, there fore, that there is no increase, what soever, in the actual maintenance PWA Adds Funds No provision was 'made in the Gov crnor's budget for a building appro.; priatiun other than $500,000 which is allatted for construction and land purposes in the general fund appro priations for the department of . pub lic • instruction. however, Governor Earle has included the sum of $6.- 69G,500 for new buildings at the Col lege in his $56,700,000 institutional improvement program for the state to be financed by Public Works Ad ministration grants and leans. In the absence of President Ralph D. Iletzel, Who is in Harrisburg, and definite information, College cfficials were unable to comment on the bud get recommendatiens. Tt is under stood, however, that an increase in the appropriation for maintenance had been requested prior to prepara tion of the Governor's budget. Administration officials pointed cut that the increase was desired to aug ment salaries, to talas core of price rises, and an expected increased en rollment. 3lnst :11ateh Grants It is also believed. ithat hie grant to the School of Mineral Industries and for engineering research may be contingent 'upon their being matched by private industries, although noth ing definite ott the matter could be learned. It is known, however, that the $50,000 grant received by the School of :Mineral Industries during the pre.ent biennium was made on that basis. Governor Earle ti recommendations included no increases for the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, which would receive $1,485,000 during the coming biennium, and the University of Pitts burgh, which would get $1,186,000. A recommendation of $BOO,OOO for Tem ple University represents an increase of $50,000 over the -present biennium figure while the appropriation for the Women's Medical College is increased $9,000 to $50,000, for the Jefferson and for the Hahnemann Medical Col lege $l,OOO to 5100.000,
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