4674 4, COMPLETE ESTAI3LISHED CAMPUS 1904 ; run - a r rgitzttro. COVERAGE Volume 33—No. 47 Phi Belts Top IM Standings By 34 Points 8 Fraternities Exceed Century Mark in Fall Scoring Sigma Nu Places 2nd In Bid for Sports Cup Winner of the Bezdek trophy for intramural athletics for the past two years, Phi Delta Theta fraternity was well en its way to a ,third title when the results of the fall sports compe tition found that fraternity,.in first place with, 259 points. The announcement of the fall stand ings for the Athletic Trophy (it will no longer be the Bezdek cup) was made by William E. Smith '37, fall intramural manager. Leroy M. Sun day '37 is the chairman of the Intra mural Boaid. Runner-up for the fall season was Sigma Nu with 225 points, while Del ta Upsilon was third. with 220 points. Other fraternities garnering over a hundred points• are Beta Theta Pi, 186; Kappa Sigma, 160; Delta Theta Sigma, 130; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; 114; and Phi Kappa Sigma, 110. Phi Delta Theta gathered 150 points from football, seventy-four from put ting, 20 from cross-country, and fifteen from .horseshoes. Sigma Nu gained 220 of their points by winning the football title and the other five ..• from horseshoes. The third-place Delta Upsilon \ group took eighty-five from football, seventy from . putting, sixty from cross-country and five from horse shoes. Individual -champion in cross-coun try was Delta Theta Sigma. David B. Ludwig '3B, •manager of that intra mural sport, announced,. Charles T. Watts '3B was football manager, Jai,: A. Fair '3B was putting manager, and , Jay, ll . ... Daniels '3B, was, horse "-alaid. Delta Upsilon won " the putting laurels, and Delta . Thota Sigma took the horseshoes. Summer Driving Course Planned Prof. Neyhart To Begin 6-Week Training Program on June 28; Ist in Nation A feature of the 1937 Summer Ses sion will be Prof. Amos E. Neyhart's driver education and training course for teachers which aroused so much comment last year. The course, which begins this sum mer on June 28 and lasts to August 6, is the• first such driver training course in the United States and is based upon five years of research and experience in training drivers and one very successful year in teaching at Penn Slate last year in the Summer Session. . The purpose of the driver training course is to teach teachers how to teach students to drive, since great need is recognized, for such a course and for properly trained teachers. ' Throughout the course the follow ing important characteristics of - dri vers and how they affect sound and safe driving habits will .be presented: inentali physical, and emotional char acteristics; knowledge; driving skill; and attitudes and appreciations. Sev eral devices will be provided for meas uring the various factors connected with vision, choice reaction time, ex citability, and other factors which have to do with the operation of an automobile: The Work will consist of duns reci tation, practical problems, and actual roadwork. The roadwork will include the training, of beginners and the use of the new dual-control l Pontiacs sup plied by the Pontiac Motor . Company and the 'American Automobile Asso ciation. Ray Conger Attends Outdoor Conference The fourth annual conference on Outdoor Recreation, held at Massa chusetts' S tote College, Amherst, Mass., lust week on March 11, 12; and 13 was attended by Ray Conger, in structor in the School of Physical Education and Athletics. Nearly all outdtior sports and-sub jects were discussed, including golf, Parks, wild life Conservation, arch ery, trails and mountaineering, win ter sports, camping, and horseman ship. _ Peace Council To Discuss Neutrality Issue Monday Neutrality:—Can the United States Stay Out of War?" will be the sub ject of a panel discussion in Home Economics auditorium at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening. Sponsored by the Student Peace Action Council, the panel will be made up of two faculty members and Dr. Wilson L. Godshall, of Dick inson Seminary, who will come down from Williamsport especially for the meeting. Originally scheduled among those making-up the panel, Prof. Sylvester K. Stevens, of the department of history, will not be able to participate due to his absence from State College at that time. His place will be taken by Prof. Arthur H. Heade, of the department of economies. Prof J. Paul Sel- Sam, department of history,• will complete the panel. well as other bills and amendments Arrangements for the panel have which have been introduced or are been made by the council at this time pending in Congress. Long a student because of the great controversy of neutrality and foreign relations in which the issue has aroused both in general, Dr. Godshall will attempt to the nation's =gross and in the press clarify the issues to which the several of the country, Clarence A. Dockens neutrality programs give rise. '3B, chairman of the Peace Council, Both by reason of his position in stated. the history department and his ac- .Chairman and principle speaker of ' tivities as under-secretary in the the pallid, Dr. Godshall. will 'discuss World Court for many years Profes s our present neutrality legislation as or:Selsam is peculiarly fitted to give, the history of .neutrality legislation in this country mid-abroad. He will draw on his eicperienees as World Court secretary for personal illustra tions. The 'economic implications of meu , trality will be 'given by Professor Iteede, who has been working on this aspect of the question for sonic time. Following the opening remarks, the speakers ' will discuss the question among their and later the meet be thrown open for questions and discussidn from the floor. . Model Legislative Assembly Slated 10 Eastern College Delegates To Convene in Harrisburg April 9 to 11 Twenty-three Penn State students will attend the annual - intercollegiate Conference on Government at which 400 student delegates from Eastern colleges will meet in Harrisburg on April 9, 10,-and 11 to act as a "mod el" legislature. The general assembly to be formed by the delegations will go through the procedures of a legislature in in troducing hills, holding- committee meetings, and voting on legislation submitted. Committees Named The c om m i t tee 'representations formed by the local students include State and local 'government represent ed by Robert V. Donato '3B, George 011endiko .jr. '37, 'Henry' Szymczak '3B, and 'Nestor V. Wahl berg '3B; labor—Robert A. Gans '37, Henry A. Jackson jr. '37, and 'Robert G. Kutzer '3B. The other committees include utili ties—Alvin E. Heutchy '37, Thomas H. Moore jr. '3B, and Charles L. Zar ker '37; welfare—Thomas R. Brislin jr. '37, James N. Peck '39, John 8. Roberts '39, and Joseph L. Stevenson '3B; education—Kenneth L. Fritz '37, and Franklin W. Ruth jr. '39; nat ural resource—Gerald C. Krantz '3B. • Marshall K. Evans '3B, John A. Genther '39, Edmund Turtzo '3B, and Albert L. Viccahirelli '3B form the committee on finance. William J. Searleti '37 is in charge of the local group, while Dr. Jacob' Tenger and Prof. John T. Law, of the depart ment of political science, arc the fac ulty numbers in charge. This project is being sponsored by Pi Lambda Sig- , ma, pre-legal fraternity, and the de partment. Gardner '3B Elected President of P.S.C.A. Weston D. Gardner '3B was elected president of the Christian Associa tion for the coming year at a meeting of the cabinet held cn Wednesday af ternoon. Other officers who were elected arc Robert 11. Martin '39, men's vice president; Italia A. 'DeAngelis '39, women's vice-president; Edward K. Kraybill '39, secretary; L. Jean Still well '39, assistant secretary; and Fred.L. Young '3B, treasurer. Wyand Discusses Problems Of Consumer in New Book Why do you buy two pitchers of beer M the Rathskeller Instead of 'that pair of Argyles in the haberdasher's window? Charles S. Wyand, of the department of economics and sociology,. diti, cusses your problem as a consumer in his recently published book, "The Eco nomics of Consumption." ' Mr. Wyand, who is also writing a series of articles on consumption for the Consumers' Digest, stresses the growing importance of consumption in the present economic set-up. Aim ing at a comprehensive treatment, he synthesizes material on psychology of selling, statistical studies of income and 'expenditure, and the recent stud ies for the protection of the consumer. In the introductory chapters, he ex plains the basic assumptions of the study and sketches the development of consumption problems and concepts since the Middle Ages. Following this are chapters in which Mr. Wry and gives the definitions, philosophy, and psychology of consumption. The most interesting and centr STATE COLLEGE, PA.,. FR Players Hold Ist Footlight Frolic Harrisonians Play at Rec Hall Tomorrow; Dunaway Picks N. Y. Trip Winners The Penn State Players will hold their first annual dance, "Footlight Frolic," in Recreation* hall tomorrow from 9 until 12 o'clock. The Harri sonians will provide the music for the demi-formal_ affair. 4. : Mayfittriaway- '37,: iiewly. engin* May Queen, will make the di'aw at intermission which will decide the two winners of all-expense trips to New York City. The selection will be made from cheeks given upon enter ing. Included on the New York trip arc all train and taxi fares, room and board at a leading hotel, tickets for two major dramatic productions or musicals, an evening at the French Casino, a tour of the National—Broad casting company, offices, and a tour of Radio City. The winners may se lect $5O in cash instead of tfic'trip. 16-Piece Orchestra The Harrisonlans, a sixteen-piece orchestra, played along with . Fletcher Henderson at the West End Casino at the Thousand Islands last summer. Other engagements included ..two Eas ton hotels, Hotel Hershey, and house party contracts here. •The thl•cc de butantes and a male trio will supply the vocal offerings. • Donald Geiger '37 heads the, com mittee in charge of '''Footlight Frol ic." Associates are Jean F. Woodruff '3B, Dorothy P. Fish '37, Lucille B. Giles '3B, Edward T. Binns '3B, F. Barton Henderson '3B, -lola D. Mur ray '39, and Thomas S. Francis '39. Hold 'Bible' Tryouts All sophomore men and WORM) who wish to try out for the business staff of the Freshman Handbook are requested to..report to the Hugh Bea ver room at the Christian Association office at 4 o'clock Monday. Alan L. Smith '37. business manager, will out line the work to the 'candidates. versial chapters arc those in which he deals with the factors that cause people to buy goods—courtesy, cli mate, habit, advertising, sex, prize contests, etc. The author also gives an analysis of promotion agencies such as the Good housekeeping In stitute. In keeping. with the present-day consumers' co-operative movement, Mr. Wyund devotes a chapter to the discussion of co-operative's, taking a critical and skeptical viewpoint on the subject. He devotes three chapters to the levels of family living: actual, desired, and desirable, and a chapter on• consumers' goals. Men's Halls Want Co-op Restaiirant Petition To Circulate Among 288, in 3 Dormitories Plan Proposed After Minnesota's System Demand for a co-operative res taurant is being .made by students living in Watts, . Fienr, and Irvin halls. Petitions are being circulated among the 288 students living' there for resumption, of the' dining com mons in Irvin hal::: The commons were discontinued .when athletic sub sidy was discarded fiVe years ago in what was then called , Varsity hall. Under the plans net up and circu lated by the committee each student contributes an equal i amount . each week which, . approxiMates ,$3 for twenty-one meals. For , the remainder, of the expense each diner would work, three houri weekly. .The work would 'rotate from kitchen duties to service in the dining room.- Cafeteria System The set-up would. follow ..the cafe teria system. The co -Operative orga nization would hire cooks and possibly a dietitian. These would be the only paid help. This to-operative dining commons Plan has been successful at the Uni versity of Minnesota: . At the end of the first year there a' profit of over $l,OOO was made andAivided among the 200 in the organization. The Minnesota planTmroved so suc cessful that a xo-operative book store grew from it. For a.'ileposit of $5 a year each student obtained the use of all his text 'broke. Atphe end of the year the, books 'wet:e . .i ‘ r . eturned and the money .refunded. - P.S. Club Dance Set for April 3 Booth Watmough Will. Furnish Musk for All-College Easter Affair The All-College Easter Dance to be sponsored by the Penn State Club will take place in Recreation ball from 9 to •12 o'clock on Friday night, April. 3. Booth Watmough and his orchestra will furnish the music. Richard E. Heyl '3B and John H. Hetrick '3B were named by the execu: tire .committee of the Club 'to act as co-chairmen for the affair. Commit tee members include Horace W. Yerkes '37 and Robert J. Schaffer '3B. The committee will announce their plans in the hear future. At the. business meeting of the Club on Wednesday, the members suggested that the "Saturday Nits 'Club" be a periodic affair to take place on suitable dates to furnish en tertainment over week-ends. The date of the next "Hite Club" has been set for Friday, April 2, with Ivan L. Traftner '4O in charge. In order to provide more entertain ment the club passed an amendment to the -constitution to levy an initia tion fee of fifty cents and dues of the same amount payable each semester. At the conclusion of the business meeting Robert W. Werts '3B, treas urer of the club, entertained the group with his technicolor movies of the campus- and its activities. Tlie next meeting will take place on April 15. VMo'.s.Dmicthg TONIGHT W.S.G.A. Dance Rec .• Bill Bottorf (invitation) Delta Upsilon . • Newell, Townsend . • (closed) TOMORROW Player's Footlight Frolic • Ree -Itoll The Itaerisonians (subscription) Alpha Zeta Bill Bottorf Formal (closed) - Phi Kappa Psi Newell Townsend „ " (cloyed). RCH 19, 1937 '37 Class Funds For Annual Gift Placed at $4,800 Profit on Senior Ball Swells Treasury, Says Morini Seniors Will Choose Present at Meeting Swelled by a Senior Ball ,profit of $793.90, the senior class funds were estimated today as $1,196.40 by Rob ert E. Morini '37, chairman of the in terclass finance committee. This amount, Morini said, will go toward alumni activities of the 'class. An amount of 34,830 from the dam age fund is expected to be available for a class gift he continued. There will be a meeting of the se nior class in Schwab auditorium, Tuesday at 7:30 o'clock at which time the gift to the College will be deeid-1 ed upon. Fite suggestions for the gift have been submitted to Charles A. Hunger ford. '37, chairman of the gift com mittee, as appointed by Frank A. Os terlund, senior class president. The leading idea at present, it was learned, is a set of chimes for Old Main tower. The chimes would be ac companied' with a flexible amplifying System that could be hooked-up any place on the . campus and broadcast from the tower. Other suggestions include a cabin for recreational purposes in the vicin ity, en endowment to further the Li brary Headlight collection, a telescope one-twentieth the Size of the famed Wilson Observatory instrument, and a general scholarship endowment. The class will, however, make the final selection of a meeting in the near future. In the finance repert, thief items of income for the first semester were class dues, $2,012.50; damage refund, $167.84; and Student Union, $53.58. This totals $10,615.67, by adding a 'surplus carried . forward "0f'58,385,75 for all classes. First semester expenditures:were ['Ulric, $345.16; Band, $332.92; Stu dent Union, $316.94; treasurer, $125; Rhoda, $86.26; council and tribunal, $49.25; sports, $37.50; clerical and accounting, $37.50; Blue Rey, $25; funds; $12.50; audit, $10; printing and supplies, $0.40; flowers, $7.50; damage '35-'36, $3.75; finance com mittee keys, $3.75; renewal bond, $3.12; and miscellaneous, $2.66. Morini estimated that $l,BOO would be the final amount collected in sec ond semester dues. From this $1,103 Will be alloted to 1,0 We. Ile believes that other expenses during the semes ter will amount to $297.50. The second semester expenses ta ken from the seccnd semester reve nue, including Senior Ball, make the surplus figure of $1,106.40, he said. Fraternities Warned About Drinking Codes Fraternity houses will be deprived of their social privileges by the Sen ate Committee on Student Welfare if corrupt drinking practices are.found to exist, it was announced yesterday by Dean of Men Arthur It. Warnock. Serving or drinking liquor when unchaperoned women guests are in the house under the dating code, and providing a "social room" where liq uor is served or consumed at dunces and house parties would not be tol erated, Dean Warnock stated. Pleading for moderation in drink ing, Dean Warnock 'charged that "conditions in a few houses at the present time arc making an excellent argument for an arbitrary regulation prohibiting liquor and drinking in any chapter house at any time." 7 Campus 'Big-Shots' Receive Coveted. Awards at Banquet Do you know the latest style in men's hats? (lave you seen E. Townsend Swalm '37 wearing a brown .derlq? lie received the coveted award at the annual Eigma Delta Chi gridiron banquet at the Nittuny Lion inn last night. The honor distinguishes him as the senior to have gone through college, or at least this far, with little or no work. A fragrant white lily, symbolic of , peace and serenity, was presented to I meyer was awarded the shining tro- COLLEGIAN Editor Johnson alrenne-' ph' for his ability as an apple polish man '37, while Walter L. Peterson er, chisler, hand shaker, or what have '37. chief campus key man 'and editor, y ou? of Lai' ic, was the recipient of a large. To W' Garfield Thomas ' soccer 'manager, went a glass of water' be rusty key. Both are of journalism cause of the reputationhe has gained of being the thirstiest nun in school. Alvin S. Newmeyer manager of The final award of the evening was scccer, received the apple that has a cushion to Michael L. , Kornick '37, been on display for the past week. basketball co-captain and one of the (It is probably rotten by now). New- chief bench warmers. 'Urgent' College Building Program for $5,431,000 Approved by Committee State Authority Board OK's Recommendations Of Hetzel, Thompson; Will Present Plan to PWA in Capital Expectation of a large College building program received impetus this week when the State Authority Board approved a $5,431,000 recommenda tion for that purpose made by President Ralph D. Iletzel and Senator Ed ward J. Thompson, Centre County. This program described by President Hetzel as "most urgent," will be given the board headed by Governor Earle this week for further approval. The program must also be accepted by the Public Works Administration in Washington. The PWA is supplying the,state with sums estimated between $54,700,000 and 570.000,000 from which the College grant would come. The State Authority Board is the group that will handle every phase tof the construction, and administra tion here and in other programs com ing under the PWA budget. Dr. lietzei and Senator Thompson, aside from submitting the "urgent" improvement list of buildings amount ing to the $5,431,000 figure, submit ted another list estimated at $14,596,- 000 for "needed" buildings. • The members of the Authority Act CoMmittee that will consider the amount to be alloted arc Col. A. S. Janeway, director; Governor Earle, President; Arthur Colegrave, secre tary of the department of properties and supplies; Thomas A. Ltigue, sec retary of internal affairs; Frank E. Baldwin, auditor general; Charles A. Waters, state treasurer; Sen. Harvey Huffman, president pro tein of the senate; F. Clair Ross, treasurer elect; Warren P. Roberts, auditor general-elect; and James P. Rossiter, of Erie, general counsel. Lion Teams Plan No NCAA Entries Money Lacking for Long Trips; Houck, Speidel Make No Move To Compete Neither the Eastern championship wrestling team nor the boxing team have been- entered in the National Collegiate - Athletic Association tour naments which will be held within the next few weeks, it was announced to day by athletic officials. The wrestling meet is scheduled for Indiana Normal College, Terre Haute. Indiana, today and tomorrow. The boxing tournament is being held at Sacramento, California, April 1, 2, 3 and is sponsored by the Califor nia Aggies of Davis, California. According to athletic officials, there was no move made by either Coach Charlie Speidel or Coach Leo Houck to enter teams in the tourneys. As a-matter of fact, the wrestlers have not been sent an entry blank. Plans Non-existant Plans for sending either team to the Nationals were non-existant when the COLLEGIAN interviewed an official from the athletic office. No money had been provided by the Athletic Association to pay the expenses of sending teams to such distant points. Although Indiana officials promised to defray forty per cent of all visi tors' costs, no mention was made of this concerning the boxing team. The Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Association, at a meeting of the ex ecutive committee Saturday, decided against sending representatives to the Nationals in any other than Olympic years. At this time, money is pro vided for expenses by the E. I: B. A. Frank Goodman, holder of the Na tional 116-pound championship, thus will probably default his title. Mem bers of the wrestling team unofficially expressed little desire to make the trip. Wisconsin University Agrees Upon Dykstra I Regents of the University of Wis consin have agrceir upon Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati, , as their choice to succeed the ousted Glenn Frank as president of the uni versity. This announcement last week may put an end to the possibility that President Ralph D. Iletzel would be asked to accent the position. • It is gencrnlly known that Iletzel teas prominent among those considered for the presidency of the mid-western. university and that he had been in terviewed by the' regents about a month ago. PRICE FIVE CENTS Uses Listed Central unit, Liberal Arts, $615,- 000; water system, $130,000; Textile Chemistry, $278,000; Forestry, $300,- 000; Education, $275,000; Health and Physical Education, $350,000: Li brary, $1,000,000; service lines and power plant; $300,000; Mineral In dustries, $210,000; 'Zoology and Agri cultural CheMiStry, -$925,000; Elec trical Engineering,'s3so,ooo; Poultry, $100,000; Physics and Chemistry, one unit, $500,000; infirmary, one wing, $100,000; serivee and storage, $30,- 000; Mechanical Engineering, tivo wings, $240,000; and Agricultural Engineering, $228,000. Listed on the "urgent" list arc pro posals fcr construction for the follow ing purposes: barns and crops, $60,- 000; *Main Engineering, $235,000; men's dormitory, $290,000; green houses, $73,000; roads and walks, $40,000. Ligted as "needed" arc ccnstruction proposals for the following purposes and departments: women's dormitory. $820,000; Botany, $650,000; Physical Education, $010,000; armory, $500.- 000; President's residence, $60,000; remodeling old library, McAllister Hall and President's house, $65,000; observatory, $30,000; Fine Arts, $300,000; auditorium, $1,000,000; En gineering Experiment Station, $240,- 000; Animal Industry, $250,000; ex tension office $250,000; foundry and shop, $200,000; Chemistry, Pond lab matury, $1,450,000. Choir, Organ Recitals Head Easter Services An Easter service will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning in Schwab auditorium. The service will consist largely of selections sung by the Penn State Choir and of musical • numbers. The program, directed by Pref. Richard W. Grant, cf the department of music education, will open with the organ prelude, "March Funehre et Chant Seraphique"'lty Guilmant. The organist, Mrs. Irene Osborne Grant, will also play "Palm Branches" by l"aure following the announcements later in the program. Featured in the service will be the Penn State Choir under the direction of Prefessor Grant, which will sing "The Crucifixion," a negro spiritual by Robertson; "Ilallelujah to the Lord," by Christiansen; "Were You There?," a negro spiritual by Bur height; "Worthy Is the Lamb," front Ilundel's "Messiah;" and "Unfold Ye Portals," from Conned's "Redemp tion." `Bell' Copy Reserved Members of the faculty who desire copies of the forthcoming issue of the Br//, featuring an article by Dr. Jer ome Davis on the American 'Federa tion of Teachers, may place a reserve order with the Student Union Office. This announcement was made yester day by James D. Mothers '39, busi ness manager. The issue will appear Monday instead of the date previously announced, he said.
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