di _, . • .0<iT1A,, , ,,,...___, -. ....>; \ ESTABLISHED 4 . 1 rim ot a t r d2 ( „e,, c 1,. T a ti rgi ..0„, , • . me 33—No. 58 . - • STATE "COLLEGE, PA, ._, DAY, MAY 4, 1937 Group Chooses. Women To Take Part In Annual May Day Celebrations 30 Will Give Maypole Dance; Chorus To _ Supply Music College Plans Larger Amplification System Participants in the annual May Day celebration to be held Sun day, 'May 9, have been named by • the committee consisting of Jes sie L. Schminky '3B and Helen M. I<etner '3B, co - chairmen: Jean L. Lyman- '38,. publicity; Dorothy E. Bollinger '3B, music; Margaret A. Wentzel '37, cere • monies: Louise H. Stitton '3B, entertainment; Louise A. Haines '3B, decoration; Dorothy A. Genteel '3O, properties; and 'Barbara J. Diehl '3B, costumes; 1 Those who have been selected for the Maynele dance which is being di rected by Mrs. Amy F. Lichty, wom en's physical education ..instructor, are: Margaret Allen, Ann W. Bonine, Marjorie Evans, Mary Elizabeth Fen n inger, Frances Goldstein, Miriam E. Hawking, Betty Jane Haugh, Fran ces R. Knoblauch, M. Jean Mayfield, Nelrie Oglevee, Ruth M. Oglevee, Ja net E. Story, Ann B. Sturman, Glenne Thompson, Mary Jane Veil, Winnie E. Wilson, from the freshman Soalmecre Dancers Named Dancers from the class of '39 are: Pearl M s Carroll, Carolyn M. McCon nell, Marjorie, F. Davies, Erma J. Ed words, Janet'Ellis, Betty Lou Em mert, Mary Ann Frits, I, Jean Kin ,ney, Mory E. Madison, E. Kathleen Noerk,...Lueia Schu bert, C. Schubert, and EVelYn T. Zanecosky. Folk dancers, who have been chosen from the majors in physical educa tion; are: Eloise F. Rockwell, Harriet L. Burkhotder, Mary Frances Leitzell;! Mary K. Meyers, and Mary Ann Rhodes, freshmen; Elinor Cairns, ; Jane Salberg, and-Charlotte J. Walk er, '3B; and Violet M. Bailoni, Amy S. Blandy, Marjorie Goyim., Madeline J. Purnell, Constance A. White; and Bertha. L. Wright, '39. Music for the occasion will be in the hands of Ruth Edgar '3B, pianist, arid Josephine A. Keeney '9O, Edna L. Oren '39, and Madeleine L.'Sinko '39, violinists. Flower girls will be Carol Duritsa, Farrell, and Rietta Conger of State College: Both small train bearers, Virginia Lou Breneman and Alexander H. Zerban, are residents here..- New additions to the original honor arch list are Elizabeth A. E. Warfel and Golsie It. Ferdinand. Proceedings of this May Dtiy will differ from' those of previous occa sions in that these will be audible. A bigger and better amplifying system has been evolved to enable spectators to hear the program as well as see it. No longer will the_queen be crowned amid a hubub. The fact that she is 'about 'to receive her diadem will lie announced by genuine trumpeters. A girls' chorus will sing from Old Main. Other arrangements .will be announ ced later: ' Agriculture Honorary Initiates 34 Members Gamma Sigma Delta, Agricultural honorary; recently initiated 34 new members. Two agriculdural leaders 'were honored, R. Bruce Dunlap,' di rector of institutional management, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, and Furman 11. Gyger, dairyman and trustee of the College., Faculty members initiated were Charles D. Jeffries, assistant professor of soil technology, and Edwin H. Rohrbeck, agricultural editor. Gradu ate students taken 'into the society include George IL Harryman, Ray mond E. Culbertson, Carroll E. Feth erman, Donald V. Josephson, Donald W. McKinstry, Frederick C. Minsker, Rafael Rivera, Walter J. Rudy, Nelson J, Shaulis, Bernard Trabinowitz, Er nest H. Vennum/and Ruel E. Ward. ' Seniors in the school' of agriculture who became members' are Ralph S. DeTurk, Horace E. Hossler, Morris S. Huntzinger, Rudolph J. landeek, Alex W. Kirnak, Herbert D. McAuliffe, James McCracken, Paul H: Murgolf, Stuart M. Mertz, Harry W. Mitchell, John D: Kelly, Raymond F. Reiter, Frank'•R. Romano, Wilbur D. Seai.- foss, Joseph C. Under Wood, Jonathan W. White Jr., Alvin K. Wilson, and Thomas C. Wright. `Tornado' Plays Mild Havoc On Courts Students on the tennis courts across from Irvin hall around 3 o'clock Sun day afternoon were treated to a nat ural 'phenomenon in the form of a small whirling tornado which swept from one end. of the, courts to the oth er. Starting in the corner near the Kappa Kappa Gamma house, the for mation was easily'discernible because of _the swirling dust. All players stopped to - watch as it progressed slowly, picking up sweaters and pa pers and carrying them along with it till it was finally stumped by th& trees near the water tower.. Raymond E. Murphy, assistant pro lessor of geography, claims that I Was probably nand by the air get ting . exceedingly warm in one spot and expanding and, rising, thereby setting up the freak . current. Class Presidents Give Statements Kennon, Peel, Howarth Make Definite Effort To Uphold Party Platforms According to statements issued by the three newly . elected class presi dents, 'a definite effort will be made to uphold the platforms upon which they were elected'. The statements• follow: , John D. Kennon '3B— this time I would like to take the opportunity. of thanking my class mates.for. the. support . 7 and.corifidence theythave giVen me in the. past elec tion. I take this confidence as a ser ious pledge and will do all in my pow er to justify it. I feel that the vole" accorded us was also an expression lof the approval of our platform. Therefore, this platform will be the guide for my term in office. All the points in the platform will be ful filled if it is...humanly possible. The success of the fulfillment will depend in a large part on the cooperation we get from students holding office in the college administration. The stu dent.bodywill be in a large measure responsible for the-success of the re forms and it is to them that we will dedicate the student government for next year. Joseph A. Peel '39—Being•the first non-fraternity man to he elected to a major office in a quarter of a cen tury is quite an honor, and'l want to thank the class of 1939 for their sup port at the polls. I will do My utmost Ito'fulfill the 12-point platform upon which I was elected, and I feel sure that I 'will have the whole-hearted 'support of the Campus clique toward that en& • William J. Howarth '4o—We realise the need and the trend toward a more efficient government at Penn State; and , we also know that this, if it is to be 'brought about; will depend on the action which the class of 1990 will take in the next three years. We in tend to make definite strides toward fulfilling our platformipromises for next year. Apple Trees Blossom For people who are again planning to make a trip out to the apple orch ards north of State College to see the apple blossoths in bloom, Dr. Roy D. Anthony, of •the department of hor ticulture, advises• that the trees will be in full blossom along about May 8 or 10. Dean Sackett Ends 22 . Years Here; Will Live In Netv'York Just 22 years tau, Robert II: Sack ett came to Penn State from Purdue University. Recently it was announ ced that lie - Would retire and become the Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering. During the .22 years that Dean Sackett has been at Penn State, he has watched the college grow from a cow-college to a modern university. He has watched and,aided the School of Enginereing as it grew in promin ence throughout the nation., After his retirement, Dean Sackett and his wife will live in New York City, where most of - his activities cen ter. He expects to continue his' writ ten work . on technicnl engineering. Letter Winners Protest Cheap Sweater Award Fleming Stops Orders Till Better Quality Is Guaranteed Charge Company Used Cloth Unlike Samples A' deluge of complaints about the new letter and numeral sweaters has caused Neil IL, Fleming, graduate manager of athletics,' to protest to the manufacturing concern: He also has refused to order any more sweaters from this firm until the matter is cleared up. • The order was placed with a differ ent manufacturer this year than has been used in the last few years, al though sweaters - were fOrmerly pur chased from this concern. The change was made years ago because the price offered was cheaper with no apparent loss in quality, Made in Philadelphia The Philadelphia . firM, from whom the sweaters have been purchased for the last few years, it Was learned, had been having the sweaters made by contractors instead of in their 'own mills. Orders were placed for certain letter sizes, and larger or smaller sizes would come in. The size of the sweater itself could never be depend ed on. Aram year, samples were received from this concern that were far su perior in quality to those bought from the Philadelphia manufacturer, he said, The change was made even ' though the Cost was slightly higher, in order to take advantage of the bet ter quality. But now it is seen that the samples were of a better quality than •the product itself, and unless a satisfac tory settlement is made, Fleming will have to .take the' College's sweater 'busipess• elsewhere., ' - • Chem. Students To Attend Talks Priestley Lectures Scheduled To Begin Tonight; Clowes Principal Speaker Students taking Physical Chemistry 11 will be required to attend the Priestley Lectures Ivhich begin to night in the Chemistry amphithentre at" 7 o'clock. The students will be quizzed on the four 'lectures to be given this week by Dr. George H. A. Clowes, research director of the Lilly Laboratories, Indianapolis, Ind. , Dr. Cloves has made researches in the many fields of bio-chemistry He co-operated in the development of insulin and has worked on liver the , ropy, anemia, and the common, cold . Among the numerous scien tific organizations of which he is a member are the American Chemical Society and the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Clowns' title for the lecture series is "The Chemical and Physical Characteris tics of Cell Structure and Function." Tonight's talk, entitled "Chemical Criteria for the Existence of Life," will be a discussion on the essential chemical ..properties of living matter and the ultimate forms and chemical properties of living matter. The speaker will also cover cell diviSion and chromosoMes .and the imitations of various phases of vital activity by models. The School of Chemistry and Phys ics established the Priestley , Lectures in 1926 as a memorial to Joseph Priestley,. pioneer English-American physical chemist. In addition to his work in engineer ing, Sackett hus been interested in athletics. He occupied the position of vice-president of the National Col legiate Athletic Aisociation for sev eral years, and - at the present time is chairman of thhe committee on ath letic eligibility. , Dean Sackett is a member of many engineering clubs and societies, chief among them the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of whichorga hization he is the vice-president. He will retire July 1 from active duty in the School of Engineering. He' has won fame both for himself and for Penn State, and his work will net be forgotten. Education Sophomores Must Take L;V: Exams All sophomores ltrthe School of Education planning -to gain admit tance into the upper division are required to take three sets of ex aminations in addition, to the Eng lish Usage test, already taken. On Thursday therOwill he an in telligence test at 3jO'clock in the Chemistry amphitheatre; on Tues day, May 10, a comntehensive test in the student's 'major subject at 3 o'clock will lib hehl in rooms 100, 101, and 102, Engineering A; and on Thursday, May 13, at 3 o'clock, a Vocational interest 'and personal ity test is scheduled-;att the amphi theatre. Honorary-Takes 54 Top Scholars Phi Eta Sigma TO .Give Dedrick Research Medal;•i ; BabeOck '37 Has Best Record New Members of : phi Eta Sigma, freshman men's scholastic honorary, will be taken into the fraternity —at the annual dnner , to.be held at 6:30 o'clock. tomorrow night in - the Old Main Sandwich Shop. The Phi Eta Sigma' research med al will be presented 'to Benjamin W. Dedrick, of the department of me chanical engineering; at this time, James A. Babcock '37;will receive the medal given annually to the senior Member of the fraternity compiling the best record during his four years in schocl. Make Morse Honorary Member Speakers of the evening 'include Dr. Franklin B..*auSs, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, Dean Frank D: Kern, and Dr. Francis J. Tschan, faculty advi• sor of the , organization. Adrian 0. Morse, executive assistant to the pres ident, will be installed as — an honor. tau member. The- freshmen whvattained the 2.5 average necessary,folknceeptance in rto the fraternity; and who' will be W.. I ken into the organization tomorrow night are as follows: Myles E; Alti mus, Clarence S. Anderson, Jr,, Fred crick B. .Augustine, Robert R. Blu. menstcin, Charles. F. Botto, Robert S. Bowman, Emmett P. Bredenberg, and Fletcher L. Byrom, Jr. Robert L. Casselberry, Jesse W. Caum, Robert A. Clyde, Morton' J. Ccnn, F. Richard Ellenberger, Sep moor S. Epstein, Edmund G. Geiger, Richard G. Goldthwait, Ellis V. Gra bau, John R. Graham, Jr., Henry M. T. Harris, William J. Harrison, Harryl H. Ilauth, and George E. Inskcep. David H. Jenkins, David S. Johns, William E. Kelley, Richard S. Hint. ner, Daniel S. Lyons, Calvin D. Mc- Carthy, Curtis A. Stiller, Frederick R. Miller, Thomas •.1. Nauss, Morton Nieman, Herbert Nipson, Elgin G. Radcliff, and William J.. Reagan, Jr. William Renshaw, Saul Richman, Stanton R. Rubin, James B. Robin son, Jr., Martin V. Rockwell, Harry D. Surge, John D: Shaffer, Richard M. Shave, James W. Sheffer, Richard R. Smith, Paul .0. Steller, James M. Staples, Kenneth Tsunoda, Robert S. Voris, Andy D. Warcholak, Jack Wea ver, Harold E: Webb, Joseph Welker, and Richard D. Willoughby/ Employment For 1937 Graduates . Best Since 1929 Employment prospects for the 1937 graduates are almost as favorable as those of the class - of 1929,• according to u statement issued recently by J. R. Ridgway, president of Investors Syndicate. After en extensive sur vey taken of all the fields, engineer ing, business administration, and teaching were offering- employment in the greatest volume. Largest employers of this year:s graduates are General . Electric, Du Pont, Proctor and Gamble, Westing -I;ouse, and the various'American Tele phone and Telegraph 'subsidiaries.', The journalists, lawyers; and invest -inent bunkers are the ones employing the least number. A questionnaire was sent to 185 col leges and universities, and the results obtained from these indicate that sev enty per cent of the graduates will be employed by the- end- 'of summer. Twenty.eight institutions reported that ninety per cent of their graduat ing men and women: would be em ployed. Prospective employers' ranked the stuants' _qualifications in the follow ing order: scholarship, personality, campus activity, popularity, charac ter, leadership, and general ability. Personality and scholarship were ranked as first by .seventy per cent of the colleges. Gigantic Water Tower Filled As Work Continues Space May Be Utilized As Restrooms For Football Teams Completion Expected By Next September The filling of the gigantic egg- Aaped tank • with water marked a major stage in the completion of the new half-million gallon water tower yesterday. Although the tower itself is not ex pected_ to be completed before Sep tember, it is now ready to supply the College with an available reservoir of soft water. The water will be drained in from the College reservoir at Mus ser Cap during the night by gravity, making plenty of water available for the day. Resembles Observatory Work has yet to be completed on the brick casing for the 125-foot tow er. When finished it will closely re semble an observatory. A red brick casing will surround the tower. up as far as the dome. The trimmings will ,be of Indiana limestone. The dome t will be painted the color of the lime-, stone, and will be surmounted by a small cupola. The ground level floor will be used as a storage room for the department of grounds and buildings. It was or iginally planned to hove handball courts on the next floor, but it was found that the room was not suffi cient. Present plans are that this loot will be used as rest rooms for the football teams between halves of the games. There will be two individual rooms containing all the facilities necessary for that short rest period. WBYA In contact With '43 Nations Failure To Acknowledge Signals . Prevents Station From Winning Award Forty-three countries representing virtually every civilized and semi-ci vilized nation in the world have been ccntacted in two-way communication from the College radio station WBYA, according to an announcement by Gil bert L. Crossley, faculty member• in charge of the transmitting facilities. An interesting sidelight of the re port stilted that although the station' has been in communication with six Asiatic amateurs, four in Siberia and two in Japan, within the past three months, each of them lias failed to acknowledge the contact, thus pre- venting the station Irani receiving the coveted • "Worked All-Continents" award. Verification from all 'other continents has been on file at the sta. Lion for many years. WBYA is one of the most powerful college-owned stations in the United States. Manned by a staff of twenty carefully selected student operators, its distinctive radiotelegraph signal is known throughout the world. Thou sands of messages of an emergency, technical, or purely social nature are handled every semester. During the disastrous St. Pat rick's Day flood in 1936, WBYA hand led many emergency messages. Some were technical in nature, others mere ly were for contacting victims in the flood area. Pinafore Returns Saturday For Mother's Day Showing The stage in Schwab auditorium will be transformed into the quarter deck of His Majesty's Ship, "Pina fore," a rugged thrce-masted sailing vessel. It will set sail nt.'B:3o o'clock Saturday night, manned by a crew of Glee-Thespians. Judging . from the, successful voy age the crew staged January 15, J. Ewing Kennedy predicts an oven more favorable sail Saturday, since all hands will man their original posts. According to Fortune, Gilbert and Sullivan operas are far and away the most profitable properties ever creat ed in the theater, in,any language, at any time. Over a span of 60 years, the .1./ . oyly Carte Company reaped close to $2,500,000 by producing more than 20,000 performances of ,"Pina fore." . Pinafore, written in 1878, created no immediate sensation; in fact, the box office took in all of 14 pounds on att. Student Board Votes To Reduce 'Comp' List; Dance Committee Cut Campus Cops Come, Mushballers Run Because 30 boys were enjoying themselves playing mushball on the Armory field, last Thursday evening, Captain William V. Dennis, pushed by his boss, George W. Ebert, of the department of grounds and buildings, chased them for creating a disturb ance. Mr. Ebert charged that the boys were not "modulating" their voices and were disturbing the Prexy. It has happened in the past few years that the Prexy has gone out and watched these informal games find has enjoyed them Limited space, is noiv available for playing and use of this relieVes the other fields. Lee "81. Sunday '37, head of the In tramural board, pointed out today that all available fields will not be enough to finish the mushbnll sche dule. If this field cannot be used, a jamming of the schedule will result, he said. It had been planned to make use of this spot for playing some of the league games.' 2 Students .Win Chinese Awards Bolster '4O, Walch '39 To Leave In September For Year's Studies At Lignan Thomas L. Bolster '4O and John W. Wale!' '39 have been awarded the ex change scholarships to Lingnan 'Uni versity in Canton, China, for the school year 1937-38. Frank M. An derson '39 was chosen as first alter nate. ••• Bolster. and. Walsh will take _the places of the present Penn State stu dents studying at Lingnan, Richard E. Lace and Clayton 11. Zahn '3B, who will return to State in the fall. Lingnan Represented Here Under the exchange plan, about 25 students from colleges in all parts of the United States are granted scholar ships to Lingnan each year. Chinese students attend these American schools as part of the exchange plan. Miss Wont Tseun Wu is Lingnan's representative at State this year. Bolster and 'Welch were chosen front a total of 27 applicants for the scholarships. Bolster is in the lower division of the School of the Liberal Arts. Walch is taking the dairy hus bandry course in the School of Agri culture. Anderson, also in the lower division, will go in case one should be unable to accept the scholarship. Orders For Invitations, Gowns May Be Placed Orders for invitations and caps and gowns for commencement were taken starting yesterday. Seniors will be able to place their orders during the remainder of the week at least. Howard A. Downey '37 is in charge of the invitations and Robert E. Morini '77 will handle the cups and gowns. The seniors will be required to pay a deposit of five dollars, three dollars of which will be refunded when the caps and gowns are re turned. I the second night which caused the di- I rectors of the Comedy Opera Com pany to sell their interests to Richard D'Oyly Carte. However, when the op eretta became a hit, the directors in stigated the Pinafore Riot of July 31, 1879, wherein 50 thugs attempted to steal props and Scenery fiorn the Opera Continue with which to set up a rival company. Although the theft failed, the directors put on their own Pinafore at a theatre next door. Now an uproarious success, Pina fore began its way tb a record of 700 original performances, The Boston Museum was jammed nightly when the opera was first introduced to the United States. And now Prof. Richard W. Grant and "Sock" Kennedy, directors of the show, believe that Pinafore, though produced only a short while before, is the show to put on as their part to ward the May Day celebration. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Changes Go In Effect Next Fall; Captains, Managers Suffer Senior Ball, Soph Hop, Junior Prom Affected Drastic reductions of the "comp" lists and the cutting in Ilia of the committees of the three major college dances were approved by a vote of the Stu :lent Board in a meeting of that representative body late yester day afternoon. The committees of the Senior 'Ball, Junior Prom, and Sopho more Hop have been in the past com posed of members and two. women. Under the new plan, there will be only seven. members en the committees with no women at all. The board cut the complimentary ticket lists of the Soph Hop and Jun ior Prom from 110 in number to a mere 37. The list for the Senio• Ball was not so severely slashed, being re duced from 110 to 65. Sport Leaders Cut Most The difference in the lists comes about as a result of the cut in passes given to captains and managers of athletic teams. Formally these men received "comps" to all the dances. but now they will only get one to the Senior Ball. The leaders of winter sport teams may arrange for the ex change of their, ticket to the Ball for another dance through their class president. The new el2anges,-which will not go into effect until next fall, will prob ably have a campus political reaction as well as a social one. Dance com mittees have also had their "comps" to the other two dances taken away from them, The only addition to the lists was that of the representative from he Borough .Council. IFC Vote Will Be Run Off Thurs. Nominations Made Last Night For Council Consideration; Delegates To Vote The nominations for the positions of chairman and secretary-treasurer of Interfraternity council were placed before the members of the council at its meeting last night. It was expect ed that the nomnations for the chair man's position would include John Moeller '3B and Frederick J. Ilorne '3B. Probable nominees for the job of secretary-treasurer are Ross P. Shaf fer '3B and Thomas W. Brown '3B. Other names may have been added at the meeting. The final elections for these 'osi tions will be held at a special meet ing of the council on Thursday night. The successful nominees will replace George Di , Hacker ':37 and Walter S. Wiggins ':77 an chairman and score - Lary-treasurer, respectively. Houses Have One Vole Each fraternity will have one vote :n the election. The senior delegate in each house has priority in voting, hut if he does not .care to vote, the junior delegate assumes his vote. In past years the junior delegates have 'done most of the voting, Senior Class Meeting In Schwab Tothorrow ' The lest mass Inucti ng of the sen -1 hie clads will be held in Schwab audi torium at 7:70 o'clock tomorrow night, at which time the traditional Class i Day honor men of the class will be elected, it was announced by Frank A. Osterlund, president. All members of the senior class are urged to attend and participate in the Ocelot's. William .1. Scarlet, chairman cf the Class Day committee, will explain the tentative plans for the exercises which have been moved up from Monday morning to Sunday evening, June 6. The class budget up to date will be explained by Robert E. Morini, chairman of the Interclass Finance committee. .
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