• . . . . , . .. ... . , .. Semi-lifitcelcly, . . 2- Collies . . _ 0 If . . , . , • / 47 - 41 A s i. ,, ESTABLISHED ' /4111 it /...-/ 7 .1 ,- ,• .; ‘ , 4 , - , ry : , ,..:, : ' ! . ~ ...v- -- - ;i i i 4,...., • t . 1904 . - '‘', - atirgtatt. _ , Volume 33=N0.2' State Debaters Will Meet In 2nd -Annual Convention Here on Friday, Saturday 17 Colleges _Will Send Delegates; Frizell To Give Talk Groups Will' Discuss Social, Political Topics Foreniic Council sponsor the second annual Penniyivania State De- - .batersYconvention on this campus on Friday.' and .Saturdaydaecording to' - Fred L. Young '3B, president of',For- Unsie Couiwil and of-the•convention.'• .'Sepiesentatives fiom-Albright, Al legheny; Hucknell, Dielcinson; Gettys :l3urg, Juniata, Lehigh, - University' of Pennsylvania; .Pinnsylvania::College for Women, University of Pittsburgh, St. -Francis,. St. Joseph's, Seton Hill,• - Susquehanna, ,Temple, .Wdstminster, and Western Maryland will join the Penn State debaters.,` , .-- . COrtmittecs to..lllcet Delegates Willfirst.ineet in commit tee and then , in' assembly, disduss, de bate-and draw up action policies on signifieant social, political, , and eco nomic problems. The convention opens at 10:30 o'clock Friday - morning-with -an'address by Prof.,John- H. Frizzell,. of the clivisioeof speech. Following this; committee meetings Will - be held in Old - Main.. .After a luncheon at 1 o'clock, delegates . will again hold corn . - mittee meetings. , ' • . Adrian , 0. Morse, executive 'secre tary. to:the president, will - address the delegates at a dinner to be held in .the Sandwich - Shop- at .6 o'clock. Professor Frizzell will be toastmaster. . The first. open session will.bc a par .liamentarY-•Session in the Home Eco nomics auditorium at fi . o'clock -Fri day • night when .. the question of whether or not college. students should refifs& to participate in war will be • . ~Sliturciay--Inorn!ng4tie, ciiieussiok ..ceil . fer ;about the' gues'- tion.of minimum 'wake: and maximum lou - r" regulation, . While. at . 11 :o'clock the ilebaters will consider marriage for college graduates before the age of 25. These sessions, open to the - public, will, also be held in the Home Economics auditorium. Edwin K. Tailor '3 . 9- is chairman of the committee-in charge of the mar riage question while chairmen forthe other. sessions are from Bucknell Uni verSity and Allegheny College: J. win Matz-'3B is secretary of the con vention and Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien,. of the diVision °L.:speech, will act as parliamentarian. • ,• Players To Give All-Expense Trip Door Prize at 'Footlight Frolic' March 20; 'lncludes Fare: . Gay. Time in N. Y. 'An all-expense trip to-;New York for two people . wilk be given by. the Penn State Players at their "Foot light Frolic," 'which Will be held in Recreation hall Saturday, March 20, front 9 until 12 o'clock. Included on the trip will be the train fare both ways, room and botird ,at onei of the leading•hotels, tickets to two bf the headline shows on Broadway, an everting at the. French - Casino, a tour of 'the National.Broad eaating company, -and a (fay in audio If the' winners, who will be chosen at the dance intermission from 'checks given at the deor,, do not desire the New l'Oric trip, they, will be given :f5O in cash. . , The ,Harrisoniani, a 16-piece oral: estra, will furnish.the music for the .dance, which is• to be held annually. -Last summer,. the Harrisonians,play •ed at the. West ,End Casino. at. the Thousand. Islands, where they shared the engagement :•witli Fletcher :Hen- Spring IM Managers . Announced by Board . , The. naines of the managers for spring intramural sports were an flounced, Sunday night by the Intra mural Board. •,- . . . , Those choecn are Harold:L. Gordon '39,.musfiball; Ernest T. Kinkead '3B, track; Joseph W. Weigel '3B, golf; John if. Hetrick 'BB, soccer; and Richard C: Walton .'3B, tennis. Tennis as an .intramural. activity is being revived, by the Beard after three or four years.: Each house may have one doubles' team, and ,there urlll be singles eliminations,, ' Heads Conventi9n FRED L. YOUNG '3B Dr.AeipT.o Give -2iid • LA. ettute "Spanish America" Subject For Speech Tonight; To Weigh Spain's Influence Dr. Frank D. Kern, dean of the Graduate School, will give the second lecture of-Liberal Arts, series in Home Economics auditorium tonight ,at 7 ' o'clecic His - .subject - will be "Spanish America."' Dean Kern ,sbeaks from experience gained on trips to the West Indies and • South America. , An attempt to evaluate , the'y.brk of Spain: in it~?.- American .,. cdloni.es and the'lnfluerica'ef v itiCultu're's'on Zbonel coloniea. Will' be made.' The . lecture will deal only 'with the eighteen coun-1 tries of South. America which were at one time Spanish colonies. Brazil. and Haiti- will not be considered because they - era not,'Spanish.. To Consider Explorers • A short sumniary of physical characteristics and natural ;resources iof the Spanish colonies will be made. Their influence on the politics• and so ciety will also be discussed. The 'epoch-making conquest of the ') Spanish , exploiers will be given eon sideiable attention a s the 'whole of Smith America was • discovered and explored in - the first seventy-five years of the 16th Century. This rep resents an - accomplishment yet un equalled in the world'S history. Spain's motives and desires in their exploita tion will be evaluated by. the speaker. This historical review will cover only the time from Columbus' first voyage to the Wars of Independence. Dean Kern . speaks from the obser. , vations made on six sours to the La -1 tin American countries. •He believes that the countries have been uninten tionally misrepresented by even, well meaning people. -' , Scholarships Offered For Graduate Work ' Three scholarships of $5OO each arc being offered by' the Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity to any woman-stu dent who has or will have a degree by July 1, 1037, from any college or uni versity in which a Kappa chapter is located. Selection will be based upon schol arship, leadeiship, . and a definitely .planned purpose in graduate study. Applications may be filed at the of fice of the Dean of Women, Tanner To Talk on Compensation; Schmelzle Discusses Revenue Bill Dr. Sheldon C. Tann'er, of the de- partment of economics. and sociology,l will speak on- the' social significance of the Workmen's'. Compensation Act of 'Pennsylvania at the Social Science) Lecture to be given in the Rome Ec onomics auditorium Thursday at 4;00 o'clock. Dr.„Tamier, who .served as legal technician 'for the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation .Board for sonic years, will , define the act and ex plain some of the provisions and prin ciples of -the law. He will also point out the defects and offer suggestions to their' remedy. William •K. Schmelzle, of the de partment of economics 'and sociology, STATE COLLEGE, PA., TU Breene Selected Inter-Fraternity Dance Chairman Committee Considers • 3 Qrchestras for Ball April 16 Chairmen Will Choose Decorations This Week San Mel A. Breen° '37 was 'chosen chairman e,f the Interfraternity Bail committee, it was announced today by George. IVI. Hacker '37, president of Interfraternity Council. Hacker also announced that.a band for the dance to be held in 'Recreation 110 on Friday night, April 16, will be selected this week. Orchestras that are being considered include . doe Hayries, Clyde McCoy, and Hudson- DeLange. -It haS not been definitely decided whether one or two orchestras would be engaged for the dance. Committee Named Other seniors who have been chosen for the Interfraternity Ball commit- tee are Wallace H.' Alexander, Paul E: Benner, John W.. Blackburn, Wil liam C. ':Brookmeyer, Erwin G. Deng -IMg,.,Ralph S. DeTurk, John C. Ev erett, William M. Getchey, George W. Haines Edwin Harris, Oliver J. RO ' ger, William Rathgeb, ,Howard J. Voorhees, and Alexander D. Walter. Final decision has not been made as to :the decorative theme for the dance. The motif to be used will be announced following the selection of the band or bands, Breene said. Two years aga Mal Hallet and Fletcher Henderson furnished the mu sic for Inthrfraternity Ball 'and last year • Buddy Roger, and his orchestra were the musicians. Thurman Gives Chatiel Address Dean of Religion at Howard U Says: "Sacrifice Needed In Attaining God "The best that one .can do is less than -God' requires," declared Dr. How ard T: Thurman, Dean of Religion, at Howard University, at the regular Sunday morning chapel service in Schwab • auditorium. Doctor Thurman said that the full ness of life can be measured by the degree to which we. are willing to forego our desires. These must be surrendered completely, he asserted, to attain the realm of Gird. "The road to this goal is hard," said Doctor ,Thurman. "Jesus said, 'Follow me, but remember, straight is the gate'." Gives Impressions of India His impressions of India, with which Doctor' Thurman entertained his audience in the Little Theater at 3:30 Sunday, were principally prob lematical., He presented the problem of the Indian Christian who must give , up all symbols of original Hindu religion and live in a half-world. "They must be more enlightened," declared Doc tor Thurman, 'so that they intik be more selfiassured." The Indian employment question, Doctor Thurman believes to be even greater than ours, since work with the hands is 'considered undesirable* by the cultured. ' 'Defines Quest "The Quest for Validation" was the topic of Doctor Thurman's talk in Schwab - auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night. The quest for valida tion, Dr. Thurman defined as n search (Continucd on Togo Iwo) spoke on ''Recent Developments in I Tax Problems" last Thursday. He said that the. 1936 Revenue Act was passed , for two principle reasons— to secure additional revenue and, sec ond, to correct abuses resulting from Maldistribution of wealth. • 'Mr. ' Sclmeizie added that two ghOups of taxes were affected by this act: 'the personal taxes and the 'cor porate taxes. These tax groups arc determined by, a progressive tux rate, or "soak the rich" system. He said, in conclusion, that the so lution of acquiring an equal distribu tion of wealth and of knowing what' sources to tax" for revenue *.depends primarily on an understanding of the fundamental issues involved. AY, MARCH 9, 1937 5,952 Now Registered For Second Semester A total second .semester enroll ment of 5,952 has•been announced by Registrar William S. Hoffman. • A new record . for'. second sem ester registration. We's established when 5,463. enrolled at the regular registration a month ago.. Second semester enrollment ; last year was 5,224. Forty-four of the , students ad mitted. to the College for the first :time this semester tivere given ad vanced standing, Dr: : Carl E. Mar quardt, College Examiner, stated. He also announced admission of sixty-one new students. 'to the Graduate Selxo' '39 Indepettdents Adopt Platform Freshmen To .JoiniSophomores In Accepting Junior Class Election.•lnes For the first time in the history of the College; three elass' political par ties have united in a .common move ment to subordinate's personalities With definite platform issues in the current re-organization' of campus politics. The freshman and . :s&phomore in 'dependent groups of the College sent representatives to thejuidor class In dependent Tarty meeting in room 318, Old Main, Sunday afternoon. -Itched J. Baxter,: acting chairman of Cie Class of 1938 Independent Party, announced that' the sophomores had definitely .adopted the 11-point platform and constitution of the par ty. The freshmen are meeting this week to announce formally their agreement 'with the'upperelass rep resentatives. . ; Watkittli At Sunday's Meeting,' Prof, Ray V. Watkins, of the department of Eng lish-composition, addressed the group on his observations of . past independ ent movements on the campus Tier° and at Syracuse. Professor Watkins said, "Student politics should: mean more than the following of a trail which leads to the dollar mark or some earthly reward--;class officers can make a better Penn State by con scientious action." Chairman Baxter stressed the pol icy of the• Independents in, refusing to barter. He said, "Several frater nities are deciding to lose their clique identity and join the independent movement. We are 'not engaged in an antagonistic movement, lint we are united for a better student govern ment at Penn State." Panning at Gridiron Affair Planned For Faculty Campus big shots will not be the only ones in for a pinning at the Gridiron Banquet March' 18. The fac ulty will Mlle in for a good share of the riding that is to be handed out in the skits, during the dinner. Sthrting in with the first course and continuing throughout the ban quet, Fitther Time will review the March of Time, introducing the 'dif ferent skits and tracing the year's panorama of activity and news on the campus. From the basement of Old Main to the top of North Liberal Arts will Father Time introduce his charac ters and reveal their Pet accomplish ments.- From Engineering F to the Ag building will be material for the evening's fun. For while certain of the faculty may hide their motives and idiosyncrasies from many, they cannot conceal them from Old Fa ther Time, the ancient seer. He sees all, knows all, and conceals nothing. Invitations to faculty and students were sent out last week in the form of news stories, Those who received bids to the annual affair will be able to procure their tickets at the Stu dent Union office with the presenta tion of their bid, as long as they pre sent themselves before ond a y, March 15: Right. now the committee for the banquet is having a difficult time de ciding who will receive the traditional awards. There are so many eligible for the brawn derby that final selec tion will be hard. . The brown derby is given to the graduating senior who got through school with . the least amount of effort. Other awards will be such things as a big . red bomb to the campus' leading;radical- and a lily to the student most: nearly filling the bill. Class President To Present Plan • Thursday Night Osterlund To Explain Change in Student • Government Open Forum To Follow Presentation of Idea Frank A. Osterlund, senior class president, has called a meeting of those interested in his proposal of student government in the Home Ee onomieS 'auditorium Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Tim meeting is called, Osterlund said, in an effort to interest more stu- 4 dents in their own government: Let ters of explanation have been sent to many student leaders in the past few weeks inviting them to attend the meeting. Osterlund will throw the meeting open .for discussion of his plan to make student government more demo cratic. The proposal was adopted as 1 a resolution at the National Student Federation of Awierica national con vention in New York in December. Explanation of Points An explanation , of the, various I points of the proposed reforms will be made, Osterlund said. The plan at tempts to remedy graft, dirty politico, padded "comp" lists, and inactivity of student officers. Students will be urged to take a more active part in their government, and definite cam paigns with major planks for polit ical elections and parties will be dis cussed. Hoot, Weddell. to Attend Meeting Osterlund will announce at the 'meeting that Willard D. Hoot '39 and David S. Weddell '3B will attend the state convention of the Association of Pennsylvania Colleges at Lehigh Uni- Versity,.Bethlehem,,..Eriday,,,Satutday, and Sunday. Hoot is the 'present treasurer of the association: Among the proposals to be pushed 'is a legis lative bill to permit students .to vote by mail instead of going home at the time of national and state elections. I Osterlund also announced that Rich-I and W. Ewalt, president of the fresh man. class; will be invited to sit in at meetings of Student Board in the future.. Charles A. Hungerrord has been named chairman of the committee for the senicr'elass gift. It is suggested that all ideas for a gift be given to him. Dr. Peters' Invention Applied by Ed. School Using the automatic margin justi , far device invented by Dr. Charles C. Peters, of the department of educa tion and • psychology, the School of Education published the first litho typed book bound in cloth and with the right-hand margins alined me chanically. The book, "Statistical Procedure and Their Mathematical Bases," was co-authored by Dr•. Pe ters and Walter• R. Van Voorhis, ad ministrative head at the Pottsville undergraduate center. The expense of publishing the litho typed book is less than half the cost of printing it in regular type. The book is now used in the teachers' col leges at the Universities of Columbia and California and in the Schools of Commerce at the University of New York and Minnesota.. Reviewed fav orably by American and foreign jour nals, it is also in use in about 15 countries including China, Rolland, Latvia, and Esthonia. Freshmen, Sophomores May Now Apply for Lingnan Scholarships Applications for exchange students to attend Lingnan University, Canton, China, next year are being received at the office of the Christian Associa tion. Appllation blanks and detailed information are available there. Only freshmen and sophomores with an average of approximately "2" are eligible. Other requirements to apply for the senolarships are supe rior diameter, participation in• extra curricular activities, interest in inter racial and international affairs, certi ficate of good health, and assurance of financial support. • "Penn State in China" is a student enterprise, started ih 1911. Since that Vienna Choir Boys Appear Tonight for 4th Number Of Artists Course Series Presented Award DEAN FRANK C. WHITMORE Research Medal Given Whitmore Formal Piiesentation of Nichols Award to Chemistry Dean Made in New York Formal presentation of the William 11. Nichols geld medal award for out- Istanding chemical research was made to Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the School of Chemistry and Physics, at a dinner attended by more than 400 scientists in New York City Friday night. The dinner was •given jointly by the New York section and the So-, ciety of Chemical Industry. Whitmore, president-elect of the American Chemical Society for 1938, _ , receivede the Nichols medal - for his studies , in - the "metallo:organic con -1 pounds; especially those of. mercury, and in the field of aliphatic chemis try, particularly in molecular re-ar-' rankonent and in the polymerization of olefins." _ Honor listablishea in 1902 I Dr. Walter S. Landis, chairman of the medal jury, made the presentation to Dr: Whitmore of the award estab lished In 1902 to "stimulate original research in chemistry." Prof. Marston T. Bogert, of Columbia 'University, past president of the American Chem ical Society, discussed Dean Whit more's scientific achievements, while Dr. Gerald L. Wendt, former dean here and now director of the Amer- • ican Institute of the City of New York, outlined Dr. Whitmore's per sonal career. In accepting, Dean Whitmore, who has been here since 1929, reported that with the aid of a dozen assist ants he had succeeded in five years in removing most of the "magic and un certainty" attached to the reactions involved in polymerization and in re ducing these complex changes to an orderly basis. lie went on to explain how be had accomplished this. Dean Whitmore's text book for or ganic chemistry will he published in the near future. This is the first work of its kind in English. Previ ously, chemists have been dependent upon translations of European texts for such reference books. Plans Bridge Tourney The Ellen 11. Richards Club will sponsor a bridge and game tourna ment in Grange Playroom, Saturday, March El, from 2 to 5 o'clock. Door and table prizes will be presented to the lucky participants. An admission .fee of 25 cents will cover refresh ments and table charge.. time four alumni, George W. "Daddy" Groff 'O7, Walter L. Funkhouser '2O, Lester 91. Zcok '29, and To Shue-ts'oi '3O, have done work at Linpum. Prof. Edward R. Van Sant, of the department of economies and'sociol ogy, was an instructor there and Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture, is one of the Amer ican trustees. Last year Lester M. Benjamin '37, Emma 3. Foster '37, Marvin 0. Lew. is '37, Mildred E. Vargo '37, and liam Westberg '37 attended the Chi. nese university. This year Richard E. Lace '3B and Clayton H. Zahn '3B are going to Lingnan, while Woot Tsuen Ng of Lingnan is taking grad uate work in home economics here. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS 3 To 12 Year Old Troupe Presents Program In 3 Parts Austrian Group Makes Fifth American Tour The Vienna Choir Bcys will pre sent the fourth number of the 1036- 77 Artists Course in Schwab audi torium tonight at 8 o'clock. . Appearing on their fifth American tom•, the Austrian group, composed of boys from 8 to 12 years old, will render a varied program of song and operetta. The Vienna Choir organi zation is over 500 years old. Program in 3 Parts - The program is divided into three parts. Assumpta cot Maria, by George Aichinger; 0 regem well, by T. L. da Vittoria; 0 bone Deus, by Jacobus Gallus; and Stabat Mater, by Joseph Haydn, compose the first part. An operetta M one act, "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," takes up the second group on the program. The music, which was written by Johann Strauss, Was especially arranged fob• the Vienna Choir Boys: Story of Love The story of the cperetta concerns the age-old love tale of the mother disapproving • her daughter's choice, i having in mind a richer man. In the end, everything turns cut well. As the third and final part of the program, the Choir Boys will jn•esent the - evening song and closing 'scene from "Hansel and Gretel," by Engel bert Humperdinek; The Night, by Franz Shubert; Waltz in A flat ma jor, by Johannes Brahms; and The Spring, by Max Heger. SU Plans -Buses For Boxing Trip Buses Will Leave State College Friday, Saturday Mornings For Syracuse Bouts Special through buses to the boxing intercollegiates at Syracuse Friday and Saturday are being run by the Hotel State College Travel Bureau in conjunction with Student Union. The fare'will be $8.91 for a round-trip, as compared with the regular price of $10.45. ' Two buses are being planned at present. One will leave State College Friday at 10:30 o'clock and will ar rive at Syracuse in time for the pre liminary bouts that evening. The:sce and will leave at 7:30 o'clock Satur day and will arrive in time for th:t semi-linals and finals. If there is a further deMand, more .buses will be added. Itescrvations Needed Reservations for seats trust he made immediately with George L. Donovan '3u, Student Union manager, who will conduct the trip. There are thirty-three seats available in each Greyhound bus. A deposit of $2.00 will be required, but this may be re turned if so desired. Hotel reservations for a party of ten or more may be made at a re duced rate at either the Hotel Syra cuse or !tote! Ononandago, Donovan announced. Tickets for the hexing meet may also be reserved, with the price for the three performances es timated at $2.5M. Students or faculty members w•ish tug to make reservations may do SD either at Student Union or at the Ho tel State College. . Hind. Presents In Theatre Program The liillcl Foundation presented "Ile," :a one-act play by Eugene O'Neil, Sunday 'evening, in the Little Theatre. It was the first of al series of dramatic presentations by the Foundation, The May WllB directed by Dr. Fred Brown, Of the department of educa tion :nl phychology, and the cast in cluded Selma Greenhurg, 'Samuel Ro sen, Julius Marrintore, Isadore Green burg, Morton Wool, and Herman Cos tow. l'ropt•rties and lighting were supervised by Beatrice Conford. The Theatre Social wee opened with musical selections by Joseph Miss, violinist, and Bernard Rossman at the piano. Kriss WRS accompanied by pi anist, Leona Kreinson.
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