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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. .