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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.