' : S • ESTABLISHED • ♦ COMPLETE • 1904 . run a r rgtan CAMPUS COVERAGE `••••..!iass• • Volumne 33—No. 50 Hedgerow Players Give Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at 8:15 Tonight Farce Comprises Fifth Of Artists Course Presentations Jasper Deeter Directs Famous Actors'. Group The Hedgerow • Theatre will pre sent Shakespeare's immortal farce, "Twelfth Night," as the fifth number of the Artists Course, in Schwab au ditorium, tonight at 8:15 o'clock. The Moylan-Rose Valley company has often been compared to the Bard's own Old. Globe group, and one journalist, as many as eight years ago,' suggested that "the Hedgerow would one day -rank with the Old Globe. Shakespeare's most balanced corn . edy, "Twelfth Night" combines farce and romance into a skillful ,poetic whole, which the Hedgerow presents in an uncut version. Under the astute direction of Jasper Deeter, 'founder of the Hedgerow Theatre, the Bard's farce 'of mistaken identity in the mythical kingdom of Illyria, is brought to full stature. It is the most popular of the five Shakespearean productions in the Hedgerow's reper tory. In "Twelfth Night," Shakespeare has introduced some of his most be loved comedy ,characters in a string of mirth-provoking scenes. The pru dish Malvolio, the insipid Sir Andrew Aguecheck, the lusty Sir Toby Belch, the merry clown, Fcste, and the wag gish Maria form an unforgettable ta pestry of foolery. lu counterpart to the farce, runs the poetic • romance of Orsino pursu ing' "the marble - breasted" Olivia through his messenger Viola, whom he believes to be a .boy; and who is onlY.masquirading.-asameh.,, , The production is not burdened by elaborate scenic effects; but flows rap idly against a rich background, mak ing prominent the• costumes by Ray mond Sovey, and the Shakespearean lines. - Harry Sheppard's Toby Belch, Al fred Rowe's Malvolio, Miriam Phil lips'. Olivia, Cele McLaughlin as Vio la, 'and Henry Jones as Aguecheek head the large cast of this' super ro mantic 'comedy from the pen of the world's greatest dramatist. Elect Ist Woman Editor For 'Bell' Zern '4O Replaces Brenneman At Managing Editor l'ost; , Igoe, '3B To Assist Naomi C. Leßuutillier '3B was elect ed editor of the Bell at a meeting of the staff on Sunday night, according to an announcement by Richard Lew is '37, present editor. She is the. first woman to edit a campus publication at this College. ' Gordon K. Zern '4O succeeds John son Brenneman '37 as managing ed itor while John W. Igoe '3B was elect ed assistant managing editor. David W. Jackson, jr. '39 was' hosen as po etry editor and Irma Ganz '39, was named story editor. Three sophomores were elected to the ,editorial board at the same time. They are John A. Connell, Dean C. Miller, and Robert J. Rutman: The next issue of the : Bell will ap pear about the middle of May. The newly elected staff will cooperate with the present board to publish the com ing' issue. The new staff will' take complete charge of the literary pub lication after that time,. Lewis said. Speaker To Advocate Optional ROTC April 13 "Penn State Should Have Optional R.0.T.C.," is .the titlo-of an address to be , delivered by Dr. Charles D. Rockel of Altoona at an open meeting to be held in Schwab auditorium on Thursday, April 18. The meeting is being sponsored by the Penn State Pence Action Council as a prelude . to the strike against war to be held on the 22nd. Dr. Roche! is a well gnown . Alto nun, connected with the Reformed Evangelical church of that 'city and is at present serving as chairman of the Altoona Community Chest grOup. He is connected with the Emergency Peace Campaign and was secured by the local Peace Council through that organization. In `Tw e lfth Night' I CATHERINE RIESER Thespians Book Road Showings Alumni Instrumental in Getting Underwriters To Back `Pardon My, Glove' Faced with two road trips and a performance after Interfraternity Ball, the Thespians were hard at work this week on their spring per formance 'entitled •"Pardon My Gloye,7 , shoW'S opening will be on April 17.. the first ,road show will be at Clearfield On Tuesday, April 20, and the other road show has been booked for the Orpheum Theatre, Reading, on Thursday, May 11. Alumni Back Trips . The two road trips were booked through the efforts of the Alumni As: scciations of the two towns. Instru mental in getting the underwriters to buck the Reading performance was George Luerssen, life-time president of the Reading Alumni Association. The committee includes ninny ex-Thes pian stars such as Grace Baer '34, William Edwards '35, William Hart man, Thomas Harper '34, and Ken neth Holderman '3l. The Clearfield Junior Board of Trade is backing that performance. The male leads for the production will be taken by J. Lloyd Larkins '37 as Benjamin Benz, and John 0. Chambers '39 as Spike Walton. Both are supposedly escaped convicts from Rockview Penitentiary.. Charles W. Tilden -'37 as Craig Temple, and Lu cille Z. Giles '39, as Phyllis Townsend, are the romantic leads. • ilcKain Plays. Red Jack L. McKain '37 plays the cam pus red. John E. Thompson '37, co author of the show, plays a freshman pledge, and Marguerite R. Samlrer '4O , plays the part of Rosebud, a co-ed. ' Members of the supporting 'east are John W. Steer '4O, Clifton J. King '3B, Hermione H. Hunt - '3B, Paul E. Dean '9O, William G. Marlin '39, and Raymond G. Sloan, jr. '37. The scenery was designed by George A. Downs '37. Individual sets were designed by John Ti. Suydam '4O, Elwood R.'SuloufF '39, and Nor ma Lewton '37.• John W.• Fenner '3B supervised construction. For the first time .fights . will be used to create beauty effects with cos tumes. George R. Meek '37 is in charge of lighting. Woodblock Exhibition On Display in Library An exhibition of woodblock prints in color will be pn display in the Col lege Library until April 12. Chosen from the works of recognized masters of color block designing and print ing, the group' of twenty-eight prints has been 'loaned 'by the American Federation of Arts. - Outstanding artists whcse work is included in the exhibition are Tod Lindeninuth, Charles Turzak, Ernest Watson, and Norma Bassett Hall. Each artists has 'used his own fa vorite method and technique in selec tion and handling of woodblocks, col or materials', and papers, all of which result in a striking individuality 'of preduction. ' STATE COLLEGE, P Tossers Win 2 Tilts Away In Ist Starts Beat. Washington, 9-5; Navy, 6-1; - Score Runs Early Harrison, Brake Lead Lion Batting Attack Penn State's tossers downed George Washington and Navy Friday and Saturday to open auspiciously their 1937 baseball season. The Nittany nine, battling in a windy field, outhit the Colonels to score .9-to-5. Sweet revenge was gained over Navy when .Frank Smith, with the aid of timely 'hits, sank the Niddies 6-to-I. Playing in sight of the White House, the Lions started off by get ting three men on in the first but failed to tally. The N!ittanyites drew blood in the thiM when Harry Har rison opened, with a single. Windy Wear sacrificed him to second and Harry scored on Joe ' Adessa's long one-sacker. Again in the fourth inning, State tallied a run when Don Crossin scored after a hit by Johnny Waters, an er ror by the Washington third baseman, and a fielder's choice. In the fifth, Adessa walked,. advanced to second on the shortstop's error, and scurried home on Ray Brake's 'long double to center field. Rallying in, the fifth, the Colonels scored three runs when Johnson ho mered, chasing- Noonan and Staple ton in ahead of him. The boys from Washington chalked up another mar ker in the eighth as Johnson came home on pitcher DeAngelis' long hit into right. Their last tally came in the ninth when Stapleton's double sent in catcher Zenowitz. . Seeking to break the tio in the sixth, Wear scored on Brake's single. Batting around in the eighth, the batsmen collected five bits, put across fqpr—runs.,,,,,/idessal,,aingledent•.to second on KornickVi4terifiee." Brake sneaked in a double stun he took to the dust going into Second after a long hit into left center, tallying Adessa on the play. Wayne Vonarx gained first on an error and was scored by Crossin's triple, Brake scooting in ahead of hint. Ben Simon celli, not to be left in the cold by his fellow teammates, socklal a single in to right to send Crossin home. State's last run came in the ninth us Brake singled, again look the dus ty path to steal second, and scam pered in on Wayne's single. Take Navy Easily Showing great improvement in play over the season's opener, the Lions hit timely to wipe away a 1-to-O de feat suffered from Navy last year. Frank Smith, not yet. in mid-season shape, struck out five of the Middle batsmen. Navy, unable to satisfy the hungry Lions, used three pitchers. As in the first game, Harry Harri son led the boys off with a single. Duplicating the Colonels' third base man, McFarland of Navy also fum bled Wear's attempted sacrifice. Joe Adessa walked, filling the bases. Harry shot home on Kornick's hit to short. Solly Miehoff, in, for Brake, start ed the ball rolling in the second with a long single to left. JOhnny Waters advanced him to second with a hit to left-center. Sol slipped home when McFarland made an error on Smith's hard-hit ball.• Windy Wear's double sent Waters and Smith in to clinch the game. ',A rally by Navy in the fifth gained but one run, Matheson scoring on Thompson's single. State again count ed in the sixth ns Kornick opened 'with a double and tallied on Vonurx's llarrison scoreel the last run for the Lions when he opened the ninth with a base hit, advanced to second on- the catcher's error, and came in on Adessa's Leading hitters in the first two games were: Harrison with five out of ten; Adessa, four hits in nine Aries; Brake, three out of five; Vo narx, three hits in nine attempts; Crossin, three in nine; Waters, three in eight; and Mieholf, two out of four. Vonarx, biggest non in squad, had ;smallest bag . . . Smith could only ;laugh as Waters dropped an easy Navy infield fly after loudly calling for• it ...Kornick chased a Washing ' ton fly into the crowd only to lose the out on ground rules .. . Dartmouth Indian lacrosse players kept the boys awake with Jde College antics. Nelly Wins Scholarship John D. Nelly '37, major in horti. culture, was recently notified that he had been granted a $3OO Scholarship by the University of Chicago in its department of botany. "Young Girl" This bronze figure bY:%=pn , contem porary German sculptorKolbe, who is no longer workinglin„Germany, is one of the finer examples in the_ current international:Sho'n• -in Old Main. Exhibition'Dratbs Large Crowds . For the first time in central Penn sylvania, an exhibit' of international contemporary sculptures, arranged by the Division of Fine Arts, is being shown in the second floor foyer -of Old Main until Saturday. The twen ty-five works shown include pieces from Spain, Russia, Germany, France, Mexico, and the United States, and have been loaned from various sour , ces.to the College Art Association, through which they have been se cured locally. • It includes work in bronze, wood, • and stone, including work by , such distinguished sculptors as Kolbe, Lachaise, Corbin, Warneke, and Hunt Diedrich. In the Mexican group, Dove, Hone, and Nude W0171 , - an by Archundia; Couple in wood by Flores; Cosmie in bronze by Jorge Martinez and another Cemeple in wood by Nagana, exemplify the modern primitivism and humorous genre treatment of this flourishing school. The portrait busts comprise works by the American Harold Cash, for mer Guggenheim Fellow and Anto nio Salemme; a monumental Portrait of the Pedalo. Kolialiagi.in granite by the Spanish sculptor Jose De Krceft; and a smooth conventionaliz ed Dr. Ralik by the Russian, Ghana Orloff. Another head in bronze, Po/y -nesia by au' American, Boris Lovat- Lorski, is shown. The recently . deceased ; American master, Gaston Lachuise, has a small bronze of his early period Girt with [tabbed Mir, a fresh, intimate sub ject, full of youthful' charm. Four ;animal subjects by Americans: Kid !in rough stone by John Flannugan: la plastic study, Horse, by Hunt Died ' rich; a playful bronze Dear, paper weight size, by•licinz Warneke: and la glistening. bronze Howling Monkey I by Allen Woolf, illustrate the modern ; sculptor's interest in animals. Two"slkk" pieces: Fletcher Clark's (mahogany Torso and Allan Clark's on Parma, are American, with for mal anti exotic interest but Jon Cor bino's Baby in smooth-grained; wood and Chaim Gross' Girl at Ease in the marble-like and colorfuP.lignumvitia 'wood ,represent ,the better tradition lof solid modelling. hanio Noguchi, another American, shows a mechanic al bronze Abstraction of his former abstract style. Drummer, a tiny piece of "whittlin" by an ananymous Amer lean Indian is an example of the fresh, direct manlier of an untrained sculptor. The ,pieces are on exhibi tion daily from 9 until 9, and have 'been attracting, are tbxengs. APRIL 6, 1937 Independents Approve Civil Service Plan Merit, Not Patronage Proposed By '3B Class Group Also Favors Blanket__ Charge for Activities A proposal to-enact a Student Civil ISerVice was unanimously approved ,by Ithe 'Junior Class Independent Party at Sunday's meeting', according to Robert- J. ,Baxter, party chairman. • In part, the resolution read as fol -'ows: "In order to assure the class 3f: a respectable and meritorious ser vice, or all class committees, the Jun :or Independent Party resolves that, cif elected, it proposes to enact a Stu j dent Civil Service Commission com posed of members of the three major campus political parties." 'The .ecimnission will accept appli cations for all the positions usually available as patronage and appoint members . on the basis of merit, abil ity to do the work, interest, experi ence, character, and personality. . Blanket Fee Proposed Chair Man Baxter• announced. that the Independents would support the 'proposed amendment titled "A Blank et Fee:" This proposal will levy a seventy-five cent assessment instead :of the current twenty-five cents levied for the debiting team. The funds will he available to the debating team, ivestoek judging team, glee club, and the Other outstanding, activities of the College which have no appropriatimis. The amendment is now pending be fore the Student Board. . The party will endeavor to support legislation of interest t 6 the College students as the amendment fcr absen tee voting which will give the stu dents a chance to vote and get the necessary experience for the duties Of • ' • • An error in the reporting of the candidates for major offices is cor rected with' this release of the major offices: President, Richard - E. Heyl; vice-president, Victor P. Buell; treas urer, Jack Blades; and secretory, Paul Harnish. Baxter announced that a resolution was received from Watts llall to the effect that formal approval of the party was passed by those . groups. Reemphasized the fact that the party is not a "clique" or a "non-fratern ity" bloc, but an Independent Party. Steidle, Gauger Speak .Dean Edward Steidle and Dr. Al fred W. Gauger, of the School of 'Min eral Industries, were guest speakers at the seventh annual meeting of the Bradford district of the Pennsylva nia Oil Producers' association at Bradford last Tuesday. Washington Correspondent Reports Doings of Senate By THOMAS A. 1304 Covering the baseball front. over I the week-end, the writer rimmed upon a Senate hearing on. the Su preme Court question. Herewith. is an account of the proceedings of the COLLEGIAN'S first Washington correspondent. The caucus room in the Senate Of fice building was almost filled. It was 10:30 o'clock and the beginning of -the •meeting was past due. Senator Ashurst, tall„attired in tails, a head of bushy grey hair, walked into the room very pleasantly greeting his ad mirers. Other• senators strolled leis urely into the MOM ignoring the "no smoking" sign entirely. Mr. Dodd of the Chicago bar association, long faced, a peculiar sense of humor, was here to defend the Supreme Court. . Senator Ashurst. nipped for• order at 10:15 and announced the first wit ness. "You may read a formal state ment or talk from notes, stand if you wish, sit if you desire, no questions , will be asked till you are completed." The hearing had opened. Mr. Dodd began to read his opin ion on the• President's plan to enlarge o• modify the Court. Nervous, ill at ease, a tendency to laugh at frequent intervals, he was reading in a sonor ous tone his reasons why the Court should not be changed. A i-foot"'eop" kept watch over the door as the tardy senators slouched in, portfolios in hand. They would stop to talk out loud while the witness was still speak ing. Senator Ashurst, the chairman,. was busy' writing, Dlr. Vandenberg, slouched low in his chair, puffed a cigar, Mr. Austin was the Duly one Ross Shaffer Elected Captain of Wrestlers; Name Darden Manager Wrestling Captain ROSS P. SHAFFER '3B Debaters Meet W. Md. in. Finale host '3s, Neary '39 To Wind Up Season at Pleasant Gap . Tomorrow Night : Closing their season, Penn- State debaters will meet a team from the University of Western Maryland at the Grange Hall in Pleasant Gap to morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Arthur R. Newry '39 and M. Calvin Kost.'3B will take - the affirmath%e Side in an JAhOdoxjleb.itit,:al3s , ,9lYedi j` z hat. Congress should hel einimweied to fix minimum wages and maximum hours in industry." Robert A. Gans, jr. '37 and Ralph N. DeCamp '37 debated with a Sus quehanna University team at Hunt ingdon high school yesterday after noon. Penn State tool: the affirma tive of the wage and hour question. - Intramural Discussions Begin Discussions in the intramural con test will begin this afternoon at d o'- clock when a Beta Sigma Rho team will meet debaters from Lambda Chi Alpha. Arguing On the question: "Should alcoholic beverages other than beer be sold in. State College?" six other teams will meet today. Phi Sigma Delta will contest against Del ta Upsilon this afternoon. Tonight, Pi Kappa Phi will meet Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Kappa Psi will meet Beta Theta Pi. who paid real attention through the reading. A digression on the semi-colon that was taken out by style committee on the original 'constitution took up ten minutes. Mr. Dodd explained that this deletion of the semi-colon chang ing it to a comma made possible the seventeen clauses which gave Con gress its powers. Tim witness at tetupted to show that laws passed by Congress, if constructed properly, would pass the court. Ile cited the revised Frazier-Lemke Bill as an ex ample. The various senators nodded in approval.' Time for questions had come. Sen ator Austin, well dressed, severe, ask ed if the bill before Congress would eventually obliterate states bounda ries and personal guarantees of lib erty. The - witness agreed. Mr. Au stin was trying to show his col :engues that liberal bills' would - be passed by the Court, if worded prop- In his question he landed on the word "labor" to impress the oth er committeemen. The chairman then stated that of the last twelve passed on by the Court, only two had come before his committee and those had passed. One of the senators interjected the com ment that even if they had come up "-this committee would never be table to agre'e on them anyway." It was now 11::30, the roving re porter had to be back tat the-hotel to get ready to watch a ball game. The proceedings of the committee would have to go on without Penn State be ing represented or allowed to voice its opinion. PRICE FIVE CENTS Name Pearce; Rodham, Wilson Ist Assts.; Make Awards New Capt. Won Title In 175-pound Division Ross P. Shaffer '3B wa., elected cap tain of the wrestling team for 1938 at a meeting of lettermen held yester day afternoon. He succeeds Joseph S. O'Dowd '37. Announcement was made also by Robert E. Morin' '37, president of the athletic association, that George W. Jarden '3B had been elected wrestling manager to follow• Robert J. Siegler Shaffer won the 1713-pound eastern intercollegiate crown this year, after being runner-up as a sophomore in 1936. He has been undefeated in var sity dual meet competition during the last two years. First assistant managers elected were John IL Pearce '39, Russell D. Rodham '39, and Robert I. Wilson '39, with John C. Rex '39 and John IL Stockmore '39 as alternates. Thomas W. Brown '3B and George L. Ilur wick '3B were named associate man- There were nine varsity letters awarded, and three special awards made to the team that walked off with the eastern crown, compiling a record score of thirty-five points, and taking five individual crowns. Seven freshmen were awarded their numerals in recognition of their un defeated season. There were also two associate manager awards made. Varsity lettermen: Donald G. Bach man '39, John 11. Calvin 's7, John J. Craighead '79, Joseph H. Krupa '37, John IL Light, '37, Capt. Joseph S. O'Dowd '37; Capt.-Elect ; :Ross,P. Aldo Zazzi '7S,-and Robert J. Siegler '37, manager. Special awards: Richard S. Eisen man '77, Eugene E. Houck '37, and Luther S. Singley '37. Associate let ters: James E. Sharpless '77 and Dud ley T. Dimoff '77. Numerals: Irnic F. Bortz, Charles T. Edwards. Boy F. Gensler, Paul G. Hess, Carl S. King, Herman W. Shmu kler, and Lloyd G. Smith. Shedd Succumbs To Heart Attack Editor of Philadelphia 'Bulletin' Rode 100 Miles To Teach Here Each Monday Fred Fuller Shedd, lecturer in the department of journalism since 1930 and editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia Eveuipylain, (lied of a heart at tack at Southern Pines, N. C., early Friday morning, three days after he had undergone an operation for can cer. Unaware of his ilium, Mr. Shedd was vacationing down South when he was stricken. With merely a high school educa tion, Mr. Shedd's only days in college were spent here during the past sev en years, when he rodgover 100 miles Audi Monday to lecture in his own journalism courses. introduced at the insistence of the Pennsylvania News paper Publishers' Association. Ile was the only great active editor-in chief in the entire nation to teach in a journalism school. Born in New Boston, N. 11., on Feb. 9. 1871, Mr. Shedd was graduated from Haverhill, Mass., high school at the .age of fifteen and immediately became bookkeeper for the Haverhill Gazelle. Ile was made a member of the reportorial staff of the paper three years later .and advanced to the editorship' in 1899, holding that position for eight years. In 1007. he shifted to editorial writing for the Boston Ilrruld and became editor of the I/ , •sold in 1909. Two years Mier, he was made an ed itorial writer• on the Philadelphia Eveniqy llifilclin, from where he ad vanced to editotCln-chief in 1021, holding that. position to the day of his death. In 1940. he was elected president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, serving throe one-year terms. Attend Conference wor. John 11. Frizzell and Prof. Joseph F. O'Brien, of the division of speech, attended. the tw•enty4eighth annual meeting of the Eastern Public Speaking Conference in New York City Friday and Saturday.
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