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Volume 33—No. 45
CHAMPION:.:. BOXERS; • WRESTLERS. 'DEFEND CROWNS
Players Pick
Shaw Drama
Against War
To. ,Present "Bury the
Dead," April 23-24;
Just Released
Casting Begins Mon.,
Neusbaum Announces
"Bury the Dead," a thrilling anti
war dramatic fantasy by Irwin Shaw,
will be presented by the Penn State
Players in Schwab auditorium April
23 and 24, it was announced today
by Prof. Frank S.
,Ncusbaum, who.
will direct the production.
Just released for amateur perform
ances, "Bury - The Dead" remains as
one of the truly dramatic excitements
of the theatre in recent years. Its
stirring action treated an emotional
ditch which aroused audiences and
critics throughout the country.
Professor Neusbaum, who is a
member of the division of dramatics,
will begin' casting Monday and will
go into rehearsal immediately.
War-Time - Scene
"Bury The Dead" takes place dur
ing a supposed next . war. Six dead
soldiers refuse to be buried because
"their business is with the top of the
earth, not the under side."
The action of the play concerns the
ineffectual efforts of the 'generals,
sweethearts, and mothers of the dead
men, and public sentiment to have the
soldiers allow themselita to be buried.
: Quoting one'of 'the 4.'enernis,.lrving
Shaw, the • 23-year-old author:', said,
"Wars can : be-fought. and. won.only
when the dead , are buried and for:
gotten."
Thespians Work
On Spring Show
Production Entitled `Pardon My
Glove"—lst Performance
Planned April 17
With only a•month remaining for
rehearsal before the opening perform
ance, the Thespians are hard at work
on their annual. spring show. The
show bears the tre.e. "Pinion my
Glove." • ,
Something new will be presented
in the plot angle., The story concerns
the antics of two. convicts, :to he
played by J. Lloyd Larkins '37 and
John 0. Chambers '39, who in a sud
den switch of institutions find them
selves matriculating at Penn State.
"Pardon ..iny Glove" promises to be
an interesting satirization and bur
lesque of current campus life.
Choruses Begin Work
Among those included in the east
will be Jack L. McCain '37, Betty L.
McKuin '37, Myrtle E. Rutzell '37,
Raymond G. Sloan '37, Charles W.
Tilden '37, 'John E. Thompson '37,
Evelyn M. Antwerp '37, Hermione H.
Hunt '3B, Clifton J. King '3B, Lucille
Z. Giles 'O9; r. Barton Henderson '39,
William Marlin '39,, Paul. E. Dean '4O,
and John W. Steer '4O.
"Sock"' Kennedy put his choruses
to work during the past week and
found more talent available than ev
er before. The east has been in re
hearsal for the past several - weeks.
The first performance is to be pre
sented on April ,17, Saturday night
of Interfraternity Ball. • .
Hudson-DeLange, Joe
Haymes To - Play I. F.
The orchestras of Joe llames and
Hudson-DeLange have been selected
to play for the interfraternity Ball,
Chairman Samuel A. 13reene '37 'an
nounced today. • . .
The' committee is now at work in
selecting, the ' decorative theme. to be
used at the dance,' which takes place
on Friday night, April 16.
It. was learned that some difficulty
was experienced in 'contacting' Hud-
son-DeLange since the band wanted
to play on both Friday and Saturday
nights. Since then the booking agency
has been able to contract the orches
tra for Friday'ply. •
New EduCation Dean
DR. MARION R. TRABUE
Dunaway Elee,ted
1937 May Queen
Scheaffer '4O Named Freshman
Attendant; Announcement
Made at Banquet,'
M. May Dunaway '37 is May QuCen
for 1937, and Marguerite R. Scheaf
fel: '4O is Freshman Atendant, accord
ing to the announcement made at the
annual Installation banquet in. Mac-
Allister Ball last night.
The officers of W. S. G. A. were in
stalled by Cenevra: C. Ziegler '37, out
going president. The new officers of
the organization are Amy F. McClel
land '36, president; Doris Blaltemore
'39, vice-president; Mary E. Taylor
'38,, secretary;- and Mary Frances
Leitzell '4O, .treasurer. The class ,sen
ators installed at
.the.formal.hanquet.
arc Doris , AY. Sander '3B, senior, sen-.
ator; ,Italia A. DeAngelis '39 and
Elizabeth B. Long '39, junior. sena
tors, and Peggy E. Jones '4O; 'sopho
more senator. .
Northrup Installs Officers
_Jean B. Northrup '37, out-going
president of .W. A.A., installed the of
ficers of that organization. The 1937-
38 officers are Imogene Giddings
'3B, president; Dorothy A. MacAuliffe
'39, vice-president; Rachel M. Bechtel
'39, secretary; Olwen W. Evans '3B,
treasurer; and Beatrice M. Lowe '4O,
sophomore representative. •
The announcement of the May
Queen and • Freshman Atendant, to
this time kept secret, was the climax
of the banquet.
Livestock Exposition
Committee Selected
The Little International Livestock
Exposition, sponsored annually by the
Block and -Bridle club, will be held
in the stock judging pavilion April
24. It will be managed by senior ani
mal husbandry students.
Patterned 'after the International
Livestock Exposition held every year
in Chicago, this showing has .proved
successful during the several years it
has been held. About seventy-five stu
dents take part in fitting and showing
cattle, horses, sheep, and swine.
Those in charge are: Leland IL•
Bull, show manager; J. Robert Hoff
man, superintendent of hollies; Mor
ris Huntzinger, superintendent of
cattle; Elton B. Tait, superintendent
of sheep"; and Philip W. Grabman,
superintendent of swine. •
Circus, To Hell, To Heaven,
Now, The March of Time'
•In 1034 they went, to the (Annus,-
1n 1935' they went to Hell—in 193 G
they went to Heaven—Time. Marches
On!
Outstanding at; all Gridiron' Usti
quets has bean, the theme of the af
fair. Whdn in 1935 the Devil bid and
invited, Gridiron guests to" witness his
chamber of horrors in which he
wrenched the innermost secrets from
prominent faculty, and student.'body
members; and then' in 1936 when St.
Peter admitted the guests into-Heaven
by Press Passes, it would have seem
ed• that the ultimate had been' reached
and that a sequel to these themes
would be impossible. However, "Time
Marches On!" '
Having selected "The March - of
Tillie" as the theme for this yecir's
Gridiron dinner, the satirical skits
STATE COLLEGE, PA., FR
Rumor Says
Navy Cancels
'3B Mit Duel
Letter From Academy
Relates Officers'
Grievances
Report Has 'Fleming
Answering Complaint
•
By CHARLES M. WHEELER, JR.
Rumor has it today that Navy has
decided not to meet Penn State in
boxing nekt winter, that the Naval
Academy bosses arc a bit wrought up
over some minor incidents that occur
red during the Middies' recent visit
here, and that as the upshot. State's
Lions will not go down to Annapolis
until the whole thing cools oft.'
. It , was larned from usually de
pendable sources that Graduate Man
ager of Athletics Neil M. Pleasing
has received a letter from Navy ask
ing that next year's meet he cancelled
and airing grievances that the Abed
emy officials have about the meet
here that State won, 7',Ei-to- 1 / 2 .
Fleming •Is Silent -
When interviewed concerning the
matter, Fleming said, "I have nothing
to say."
But the rumors persisted that a
letter had been' received and, more
over; that it . had been answered.
It was thought that Navy was dis
satisfied with the arrangements for
taking care cf visiting naval officers,
that she was perplexed because Coach
Leo Houck wanted the weighing-in
ceremony , to take place. at 2 o'clock,
that the student attitude Here was
antagonistic toWard the invaders.
-2“ncidditallY, was
done at l o'clock, Navy's preference.
Navy also requested, it was learned,
that there be two judges in addition
to the referee, another granted favor.
It was believed that a letter, .ex
plaining the student enthusiasm and
pointing out the various concessions
Lion officials had made to the Navy
was returned to Lt. Com. McFall,
Navy Graduate Manager of Athletics.
Director of Athletics at Navy, is a
Captain Gillen, whose son is a mem
ber of the. Navy team.
See use to Eye
It is known that Navy and Penn
State bad stood eye to eye in the past
concerning practices in recruiting a
boxing team, that neither countenan
ced professionalism. Coach Leo
Houck's sportsmanship has never
been questioned. His reputation 'is
secure, and his admirers many, as at
tested to by the Minor accorded him
prior to the Army meet Saturday.
The meet with the mid Shipmen two
weeks ago was the fourth ever staged
here in the sixteen engagements, and
the second that Penn State has ever
won. The Lions beat Navy at An
napolis last .year,
,It has been learned from time to
time from athletes returning fiom a
Navy trip that the accomodations
there leave much to be desired. IL is
known that Penn State has arranged
in recent years to feed its athletes off
the Academy grounds.
It was rumored that a slight delay
in feeding the Navy team in the
Sandwich Shop when it was here this
winter was also' a grievance. But
Manager Robert K. MeQuiston says
that not only tile Navy boxers, but
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will portray, the revival of the dead
while ,Father Time tinkers with his
Flash Gordon time machine, making
it possible to see into the past, pres
ent, and future.
The scene Will be laid in the maca
bre .surroundings. of a grave yard
with the ghosts of those persecuted
wailing out the wrong done to' them
into the faces of the wrongdoers. For
many persons scheduled for the grid
iron the past is best forgotten, but
- Father Time will view the past
through his rosy tinted spectacles and
bring to the guests the horrible truth.
Climax ;of, the banquet will be a
strictly oil-the-record address by one
one of the administrative' o ff icials as
an answer to the charges of the skits
and,a possible smoother of 'what ruf
fled ego there may be in the audience
after the fun is over.
Goodman, Donato,
Pohit To Retain
3-WayFight
Jack Light To'Attempt
To Cop 145-Pound
I. C. Lauitels
By FRANCIS H. S4l-31CZAK
. The drawings made today will
determine the firstiround com
petition of the thirty-third an
nual tournament of Itho.Eastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling Asso
ciation held at Lehigh.. Penn
State, defending champion, en
ters the competition with a
slight edge in its fa6r, being a
welt-balanced team.
Lehigh and Prinekton are the
serious contenders, -while Columbia
with a couple of good wrestlers isn't
to be slighted. State Won the tourna
ment last year by nosing out Lehigh,
31-to-30, with Princeton coming
‘. in
third with 26 .
The Niftany weesthrs enter the
tourney without a champion, although
Jack Light, 135-pound` crown-holder,
will be in pursuit of. :the 116-pound
title. The Lehigh Engineers have
two titleholders" in Ititdy Ashman at
118 and Dick Bishop , at 155. The Ti
gers' Nouse Emory iSithe defending
champion of the 1654iund Class.
Tigers - Use Strategy ,
The strategy, of Jimik„Beecl,,,Tiger
coach, seems- to be directed towards
gathering second and third places to
total up enough points to win the
championship which the Tigers have
not been able to win since 1511. With
all falls counting an extra'point, Le
high, it is believed, will, display some
aggressive wrestling to - garner those
free points whicb niay - mean a lot to
wards the title.
Other - teams in the league include
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Syracuse, Co
lumbia, Yale, and Harvard. Results
of their dual meet season show that
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650 Now Taking
Elective Phys. Ed.
System Allows Able Students
To Select Time, Type
Of 'Activity
Over 650 freshman and sophomores
are now enrolled in the elective phys
ical education program instituted for
mally at the beginning of this semes
ter, it was announced today by Glenn
N. Thiel and Prof. Eugerl C. Bischoff,
who are in charge.
The purpose of this new system is
to give those students who are phys
ically -fit and possess the necessary
skills in sports a chance to select
their time of actiVity. Building of
bulky muscles is not the object but
rather a preparation for after-college
years.
Special Card Needed
Students are selected after a care
ful check-up on their physical exami
nation record, their activity record in
high school, their participation in
sperts in a required physical educa
tion period, and their ability in four
representative sports. High schools
in the 'state have been told what per
centage of their graduates arc now on
an elective basis with the idea that in
the futuie, they will concentrate
more en. games, than ordinary exer
cises.
After a student has. been - selected
for this program, he must procure -a
special card' bearing his photograph
and signature. The student turns in
his card before the time he chooses to
Participate in a sport. It signed
by a qualified person and given hack
to the student. The eleetii , e student
must report at least — two botis a
week" unless he is ill. No make-ups
are allowed unless a doetol''s excuse
is presented., At the end of the sem
ester the student's 'card and the
School's card must - correspond.
This elective plan is known to be
an important forward "step , in modern
physical education.
ARCH 12, 1937
Lead Lion Champions in
,Title Defense
JOE - O'DOWD
Debate Congress
Delegates Ariiie
Representatives of 17 Colleges
Will Attend Annual Conclave
• Beginning Today •
Delegates from seventeen colleges
arrived here last night to attend the
• second annual debaters' convention to
be held here today and tomorrow. The
convention will convene at 10:30 this
morning when Prof. John H. Frizzyll,
of the division of speech, will address
the first meeting.
• After, a series of committee meet
ings to be held thin morning and this
.afternoon, Adrian 0. Morse executive
secretary to the president, will speak
at a dinner in the Nittany Lion Inn
at 6 o'clock tonight. Professor Friz
xell will lie toastmaster.
Open Session Tonight •
In the Rome Economics auditorium
at S o'clock tonight the first session
open to the public will be held, when
the committee on the college student
and war question will be heard. The
topic will be discussed in a parliamen
tary session.
The second open session will 'be
held at 0 o'clock .tomorrow morning
when the discussion will center about
the minimum. wage and maximum
hour question. At .11 o'clock the topic
of marriage for college graduates will
be debated. Both of these sessions
will be held• in the Home Economics
auditorium. A closed meeting of dele
gates at 1 o'clock will. close the con
vention, which is sponsored by Foren
sic Council and is in charge of Fred
L. Young '3B.
Singers Give Concert
The men's glee club, with the Hy.-
los abd the Varsity Mule Quartet.,
presented a concert at the Williams
port high school last Tuesday eve
ning; March P, under the auspices of
the Penn State Glob of Lycoming
county. The proceeds from the con
cert will he placed in a scholarship
fund to be given to a deserving and
worthy person wishing to , attend
Penn State. The glee club plans simi
lar projects for alumnae in Altoona,
Pottsville, Norristown, and Lancaster:
Who's Dancing
TOMORROW NIGHT
Irvin Hall
Penn State Dictators
(invitation)
Della Theta Sigma
Newell Townsend
(dosed)
LOU RITZIE
Senior Ball Nets
Profit of $723
Crosby Refund Swells Income;
Armstrong Gets $lOOO
To Top Expenses
• Senior Ball netted an . estimated
profit of $723.90, according la an an
nouncement by Cc-chairmen Charles
J. Cherundolo and ➢[ax P. Reeder '37.
The income was $2,317.65 while an
estimated expenditure totalled $2,-
093.75.
Total admissions, less tax, to the
dance amounted to $2,091, booth rent
als to $230, and checking, $156,45.
$lOOO for Armstrong
The major item on the list of ex
penditures was Lcuis Armstrong's
orchestra at $l,OOO. Three hundred
dollars of this was paid with the re
fund from. the booking agency of Bob
Crosby, who broke his contract. Deco
rations cost $3OO, and $338.26 was
paid as tax on admissicns. Programs
were purchased for $125.03.
The amount spent for advertising,
compensations, and checking reached
$156.54. Catering, college labor,
printing, and miscellaneous items to
talled $277.11, making the total of
expenditures $2,093.75.
Dedicate Observatory
Atop Botany Buiiding
The new astronomical observatory
constructed atop Buckhout laboratory
will be formally opened tomorrow and
Sunday at an "open house" to which
students, faculty members, townspeo
ple, and visitors here are invited.
The new building, built under the
supervision of the department of
grounds and buildings, consists of a
12 by 18-ftrot, room sunk below the
level of the roof of the Botany build
ing,. Three isieces of astrcnomical
equipment are mounted in the new ob
servatory: a ten-inch reflecting ink
scope, the new telescopic camera pre
sented to the College by the class of
1931, and an old three-inch refracting
telescope which is used as a meridian
circle.
Dr. Henry L. Yeagley, of the de
partment of physics, said that the in
strument is to he used in collabora
tion with a for reaching variable-star
research program.
Penn State was the first college to
give its students a course in telescope
making; however, up to the present
time these courses have been limited
to summer sessions. Beginning next
fall, they will be available to under
graduates during the academic year.
COMPLETE
CAMPUS
COVERAGE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Richter
Diadems
Favor State
Ritzie Seeks 165-Pound
Title; Lions Enter
Eight Mitmen
By JERRY WEINSTEI:C
Eight Penn State boxers left
yesterday to qyfend their East
ern Intercollegiate Association
championship at Syracuse in the
thirteenth annual tournament.
In addition to combating
fighters from seven other teams,
the Lions will be forced to hur
dle the barrier of poor judgment
on the part of Association offi
cials in making the draw. By the
pairings, the strong Syracuse outfit
received five draws, as compared with
one each for Penn State, Western
Maryland, and Cornell.
Competing against the Lions will
be teams from Syracuse, Western
Maryland, Yale, Penn, Army, Villa
nova, and Cornell. Permanent pos
:ession of the trophy will go to Penn
State if the Lions are successful. Syr
acuse has three legs en the prize, one
less than Leo Houck's aggregation.
4 Defending Champions
Three defending champions will
represent the Lions in Izzy Richter,
heavyweight; SamMy Donato, welter
weight; and Frank Goodman, 135
pounds. Captain Lou .Ritzte4A3p
Special Service Wires
Intercollegiate Results
Results of each event in the box
ing and wrestling , tournaments
will be made immediately available
to students remaining here through
a special service offered by the
COLLEGIAN, Centre Daily Times,
and the Corner Room.
Direct wires to the gymnasiums
at Syracuse and Lehigh have been
arranged and will convey the re
sults to the Corner Room, where
they will be broadcast over a pub
lic address system throughout
to
day and tomorrow.
Descriptions of the events will
be handled by George A. Scott,
city editor of the Times. The Cot
'Ems will have W. Robert Grubb,
sports, editor, and Francis Szym
conk, wrestling writer, at Lehigh
to cover the wrestling tourney,
while .Jerry Weinstein. COLLEGIAN
boxing writer, and Ridge Riley,
sports editor of the College news
mrcau, will handle the boxing
ourncy at Syracuse.
ner of the 155-pound title, will vie for
165-pound honors. The only other de
fending champion in the tourney is
Captain Tony Sala, Villanuvu light
heavyweight.
Despite the drawing, Penn State
still ranks as slight favorite, consid
ering the fact that Syracuse already
has nine points, with probably twelve
since Battle Barksdale, Army 125-
peander, received a deep cut in his
fight with Tapman last week and may
be forced to forfeit to Sorenson, of
Syracuse.
Scapy 3leels Bess
Officials made an additional error
in pairing Alex Sopchuk with Clar
ence Bess in the 115-pound bracket.
Representing the best in the cast, the
victor in thiS Lion-Army bout should
undoubtedly go through to the cham
pionship. Soapy dropped a very close
decision to Bess last week.
Taman may be the surprise of the
tourney. Ile meets bloc Cotaus in
the opening round. The Lion sopho
more received his only knockout from
the Cornell star, but the latter lost to
Sorenson last week. It is rumored
that Coldbas has a broken hand and
may be unable to fight.
To his crown, Goodman must
again defeat Ton) Shimley of Army,
and then reverse his performance
against Freddy &eery°, the. Syracu
sae who °anointed the National
champ.
Sammy Donato's chief threat will be
Johnny Mastrella, Syracuse, whom he
already defeated this season. Billy
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