ESTABLISHED Volume 33—No. 60 PROKSA, DONATO SURVIVE A.A. PRIMARY ELECTION Genevra Ziegler Awarded White Scholarship Medal At 19th Annual Exercise McAuliffe, Suydam Win Honors As Hetzel Names Winners 10 Win. Pugh Awards; 2. Get Sparks Medals • Geneva/ C. Ziegler received the John W. White medal and. prize at the nineteenth annual presentation of awards by President Ralph D. Hetzel during the combined Scholarship and MotiVers' Day service in Recreation hall at 10:30 o'clock Sunday. This award was made far outstanding scholarship in the 'senior class. Miss Ziegler's all-college average is 2.93. Last year she was among the Evan Pugh. scholars, selected for highest scholastic attainment. Herbert D. McAuliffe and Bergen R. Suydam were awarded the John W. White Fellowships given to members of the graduating class of high stand ing, thought to possess ability and personality which will enable them best to profit by graduate study. Pugh Honors Awarded, Evan Pugh scholars are: John W. Angstadt, James A. Babcock, James E, Hackett; Robert D, Hechinger, and Robert H. Van Horn, of the sen ior class. Juniors are: Alfred A. Al bert, Donald E. Broughton, Ralph E. Dimmick, Robert L. Rayne, and Ber nice E. Zwald. Arthur E. Pollock and . Alvin E. Ileutchev who received the highest averages 'in the' second •semester of '35-'36 and in the first semester of '36- '37, respectively, and who made the greatest improvement over the preced ing semester, received the President Sparks medals. John W. White scholarships were awarded to Charles Rick '37, Lorie N. Hamm? '37, George F. Rouault '3B, and Frances J. Reesler '36. • Carnegie Awards Seniors who received Louise Car negie scholarships are: Harold A.. Do Vincentis, Alex W. Kirnak, Leo M. Shames, Matthew I. Rorabaugh, and Lawrence P. Williams. Junior recipi ents are: Sara E. Blackwell, Morton Fromm, Duane L. Green, Hermione 11. Hunt, and Melvin L. Smith. Of the sophomore class, Carl 0. Clagett, Elmer J. Dimple, Isadore C. Golub, George J. Morris, and Jessie G. Ral ston received the scholarships. Charles F. Barclay scholarships were awarded to Robert L. Kaye, Marjorie K. Miller, Carl 0. Nordberg, and Bernice E. Zwald. Thomas N. Blamer received the Arthur C. Bigelow Memorial scholar ships; Italia A. De Angelis won the Cwen scholarship; and the 'Detwiler Memorial scholarships were given to Anne Hoover and Dorothy M. Johns. 'McAllister scholarships presented to the ranking students from each of the five Counties having the highest ratios of students attending this col lege were awarded to: Houghton W. Horlackcr, and Watson W. Der sham. Marian W. Barbey, Evelyn G. Kray bill, Reva Al. Lincoln, and Elsie L. Morris received the Merrill Palmer School scholarships, and Marina W. Barbey and Bova M. Lincoln were given the State Federation of Penn sylvania Women scholarships. Walter T. Nelson and Fernando E. Badrena received the John W. White scholarships in Spanish. Local Faculty Group Holds Banquet Friday Plans were near 'completion today for the banquet of. the local chapter of the American Association of Col lege Professors, to be held in the Old Hain Sandwich Shop at 6:45 o'clock Friday night. The date of the banquet was set purposely for Friday night when it is believed that all members of the ex ecutive committee of the Board of Trustees will be in town. Invitations have already been sent to the com mittee to attend the affair. Honored at the dinner will be the retiring members of the college fac ulty, most of whose retirements will become eltedive July 1. semilweekly 111,....,..--..,,,,n;i 1 1; run #tfitt r .i--,-4,0-f:%),F rdtrgi IWins White Medal • I GENEVRA C. ZIEGLER '37 Four Honoraries Choose Members Cwens, Mortar Board, Skull And Bones, l'arrni Nous Elect Activities Leaders Two men's and two women's activi ties hono•arics have announced: the results of recent elections. Cwens, Mortar Board, Parini 'Sous, and Skull . "and 'elected 'the lollOWing: Cwens (Sophomore women): Mar garet L. Collins, Jane C. Eames, Bar bara R. Fleming, Vivian D. Harper, Peggy E. Jones, Josephine A. Keeney, Mary J. Kistler, Charlotte S. Nimbi), Mary F. Leitzell," Mildred L. Long, Beatrice M. Lowe, Frances H. Mc- Evoy, Janice M. McPhail, Mary H. o'- Conner, Georgia W. Owens, Mary A. Rhodes, Marguerite It. Schaeffer, Eleanor E. Skinner, Miriam A. Skla dal, Vivian M. Smith, and Winifred M. Watson. Mortar Board (Senior women): Dorothy E. Bollinger, Edna M. Bruno, S. Christine llofTer, Clara E. Jones, Freda Knepper, Jean L. Lyman, Nao mi C. Leßoutillier, Army F. illcCiel land, Maybelle J. Peaky, Anne D. Ru dolph, Doris A. Sander, Eleanor Saun ders, Jessie L. Schminky, Ruth R.' Weidner, and Bernice E. Ewald. Parini Nous (Junior-Senior men) : Joseph P. Adessa, Bernard J. Bur kett, Paul S. Enders, George W. Jar den, Nestor G. Kociubinsky, William E. Lindenmuth, Peter T. Olesy, John G. Patrick, Jack L. Reichenhach, Ben P. Simoncelli, William S. Souse, Sever J. Toretti, Carl E. Wangaman, Wen dell W. Wear, and Aldo Zami. Skull and Bones (Junior-Senior men) : Robert 11. Dewall, William D. Fish, Russel G. Cohn, Dean 11. Han ley, John D. Kennon, Jonathan Lent, Joseph A. Peel, Charles A. 'Prosser, Charles M. Robbins, William G. Thomas, Merlin W. Troy, and Charles M. Wheeler Jr. P.S. Club Will Choose Heads Thursday Night Election of officers to the Penn Stale Club will be held in the second floor lounge in Old Main Thur'sday at 8 o'clock. Howard B. Frankenfield, chairman of the elections committee, will conduct the meeting. 'Before the election, a meeting will be called to add nominess to the list already voted on. Those nominated so far areF president, Russell G. Cohn '3B, present president; vice-president, Charles E. Hugus '3O, present vice- President, and Robert \V. Wertz '3B, present treasurer; secretary, John Ff. Hetrick '3B, Ralph W. Keith, Jr., '3O, Francis H. Szymczak '3B, and Neil B. Walsh '3B, treasurer, Arthur Longoere '39 and .Tames A. Spicer '4O; athletic manage•, Robert L. Smith '3O; and' for social chairman, George , 0. Baker '4O. Reede To Make Talk Arthur H. Ronde, instructor in ec onomics, will speak before the Blair County Bankers Association in Ty rone at 6:30 o'clock Tuesday, May 18, on the subject, "Trends in Labor Re latiotr." STATE COLLEGE, P4 . 7UESDAY, MAY 11, 1937 Student Welfare Committee Refuses Recognition Of ASU `lnconsistency With Established College Policy' ls Grounds For Denial of Grouri'S P etition Mead campus leaders' opinions and the editorial en page 2.) The Penn State chapter of the American Student Ur4n was denied offi cial recognition as an undergraduate organization by the-Senate Committee on Student Welfare last week. . The action was taken on a petition to the Senate ConY;nittee two months ago.. . . . Basis for the action was explained by the Committee,.iff . an excerpt from its minutes that was sent to the ASU. The excerpt open Oil. with its findings as to what the American Student Union represents. It recognized that the aims of the American Student Union are "the uniting of,all' students who want peace, freedom, and security, regardless of their p%Aitical or religion beliefs;" and that "it seeks to orga./ nine students on immediate local and national issues," Reasons Given In refusing the petition, the Com mittee said, "The Committee recog nizes the legitimacy of such aims in a student group, but thinks it incon sistent with established College policy to permit any group or person, with in the College or outside of it, to have unrestricted use of College facilities for promoting partisan views on con troversial issues of. either a political or non-political nature. The function of the College, us fixed in its consti tution and by long tradition, is pri marily to enable its members to bene fit by searching, impartial inquiry and instruction. In keeping with this pur pose and to maintain its position of academic freedom, its facilities should not be readily available for partisan campaigns, no matter how legitimate might be the objectives of such cam paigns." The excerpt further stated, "It is the opinion of the committee that this description of the purposes and meth ods of the organization places it in the category of. promotion .groups rather than discussion forums; and that _the: pyogrnm . an& policy ..ef_ thii. local organization would •be to sonic extent determined by its own member ship and to sonic extent by the com bined membership of the national as seeiation." Official full recognition of jhe ASU would have given it the same rights that other student organizations en joy in carrying with it the privileges of sponsoring public meetings in the College auditorium and in other ways using College facilities to promote the purposes of the organization. The American Student Union is a little more than 15 months old, hold ing charters in 133 colleges and uni versities. It was nationally chartered here in January, 1936. Included in the list of universities where the ASU is recognized are the University of Pennsylvania, Smith College, Colum bia University, New York University, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, and the Uni versity of 'Wisconsin, among others. The American Student Union na tional aims that must be conformed to by the local chapters to hold their charters are: "Peace: It opposes American war preparations. 'lt seeks the abolition of R.O.T.C. "Freedom: It defends Students and teachers' rights against reaction. It opposes Trustee-domination of educa tion. It resists the Hearst-inspired march toward Fascism. "Security: It favors extension of Federal student aid. It seeks ade quate 'social security legislation. "Equality: It campaigns for uni versal educational opportunity. It con demns Negro discrimination and seg regation." Thespians Prepare For Road, Junior Prom Presentations With a road show appearance at Reading Thursday night and the Jun ior Prom presentettion here Saturday, the Thespians are busy once more re hearsing "Pardon My Glove," the mu sical comedy 'adventures of two es caped Rockview convicts who find Penn State an ideal hideout, and in their spare time become the toast of the campus. Climax of the show is the corona tion of Spike, one of the convicts, as carnival king, and his subsequent ab dication because his choice for queen doesn't appeal to the college powers that-be. ,A paradox on the Duke of Windsor-Mrs. Simpson affair, this provides up-to-the-minute comedy in asmuch as the coronation of King George VI and the marriage of Ed ward and Wally are front-page news today. . Deadline . Set,Tomorrow For Cap,;Oinon Orders The last opporynity for seniors to order caps and gowns, invita tions and prcgrams, is today and tomorrow. The . ileadline for or ders is set at noun tomorrow. 3000 Hear Talk In Sunday Chapel Dr. Heaven Addresses Mothers' Day Crowd In Special Rec Hall. Service Three thousand People gathered in'' Recreation ball Salida) , to participate in the second 'combined Mothers' Day and Scholarship program over which President Ralph .D.!Retiel presided. • The principal 'speaker, Dr. Albert N. Beaven, presYlent of Colgate r ,4chail; koehia - ei; N. Y., made an address on the subject of "The Christian Ideal and the Home Life of Tomorrow." • Doctor Beacon asserted that a sat isfactory home life is essential to real ly full living. We have the basis for character formation - , he believes, in home life, which should therefore he happy and salutory.. ' "Only lately," declared Doctor Bea ven, "have we begun to prepare chil dren to lead a successful home life. Unfortunately, the training has been too much -along the material lines alone. Pennsylvania Artists Hold Painting Exhibit The second annual exhibit of the central Pennsylvania artists opened Friday in the exhibition gallery, room 306, Main Engineering building. The exhibition will be 'conducted until Saturday. Paintings by a number of the more important artists from Johnstown, Somerset, Indiana, Windber, Dußois, Harrisburg, and surrounding districts arc being shown. Each artist is ex hibiting two paintings. According to Prof. J. Burn Helms, of the department of architecture, the purpose of this exhibit is to provide a place of annual showing for deserv ing artists of this region who, be cause of their remoteness, would not be invited to exhibit their work in any large metropolitan show. While Spike is busy becoming the campus "big shot," his pal. Benny, carries on it romance of his own with the Dean of Women. Highlights of I the show are the R.O.T.C. drill, the classroom scene portraying Music 61, and a bedroom scene in the girls' dor-I mitory. Music for the show has been de-; (dared "tops" while the dance routines: have been characterized as the besting recent years. The leads for "Pardon My Glove" arc J. Lloyd Larkins '37 as Benjamin Benz, and John 0. Chambers '39 as Spike Walton, the two convicts. , Charles W, Tilden '37 as Craig Tem ' ple, and Lucille Z. Giles '39 as Phyl lis Townsend, take the major roman tic roles. Hermione H. Hunt '3B por trays Dean Stewart and J. Elliot Thompson '37 takes the part of Eg bert Van Peer, n freshman pledge. John Moeller Elected Head Of IF Council Ross Shaffer Named Sec.-Treas. In 3 Cornered Race New - Leaders Take Office Immediately John S. Moeller 'sB was elected president of interfraternity Council for the school year of 181748 at the organizaticn meeting in room $lB, Old Main, Thursday night. Moeller succeeds George M. Hacker '37. Ross P. Shaffer, junior class presi dent and ,recently elected vice-presi dent of the incoming senior class, was named secretary-treasurer, replacing Walter S. Wiggins '37. The new offi cers take office immediately. Committee Election Soon Moeller expressed the belief that the election of an executive committee and a/ faculty advb.or would take place/in the near future. ' Five students were nominated for the ;o offices at a meeting of the Council lust Monday night. Moeller and Frederick J. Horne '3B were put up as candidates for the presidency, while Shaffer, Thomas W. Brown '3B, and Russell A. Golomb '3B were nomi nated for the office of secretary-treas urer. In the elections each fraternity house is permitted to cast a secret ballot. The senior rperesentative holds priority rights in the voting, but usually the' fraternities permit their iumpr... retro:int:Ai:yes tn.,cnstthebal, lots in their stead. Venable Is Silent On Drill Problem Colonel Confident Authorities Will Find Solution; Silent On Optional ROTC Adequate training ground for stu dents in the basic R.O.T.C. courses will be provided even if the proposed electrical engineering building should be built on the Armory drill field. This was the belief of Colonel Rus sell' V. Venable, head of the depart ment of military science and tactics, when interviewed by a Collegian re porter. Confident of Solution "I have full confidence that the President and the hoard of Trustees will solve any program that. may arise from the proposed building program," Colonel Venable said, Ile refused, however, to comment further on the issue. The Board cf Trustees two weeks ago placed the electrical engineering building eighth on the construction list, planning to situate it at the south end of the drill field facing the Presi dent's home and the present engineer ing units. Asked to express his opinion 'on the recent student vote in favor of option al Hilary training here, the Colonel replied: "I have nothing to say. Ab solutely nothing." New Plane Given To Mechanical Engineers The School of Engineering is now the possessor of a =dem airplane, given. by the United States Govern ment. The plane, a Curtis Falcon ob servation ship equipped with a 135 h. p. Curtis D-12 engine, arrived from the Middletown Air Depot Thursday afternoon. The plane, although obsolete as a military plane, is still in running con dition. Built in 1031, it had an ap- Proximate speed of 180 miles per hour. This plane will take the place of an old Martin Experiniental plane that was built for use on a submarine and which has been ordered destroyed by the Navy Department. The new plane will be assembled and suspended in the Mechanical En gineering Laboratory where it will be used as a demonstration model for the various points in airplane construe- Hon. att. New I.F.C. President JOHN S. MOELLER '3B Noted Physicist To Give Address Dr. Dunning of Columbia To Try To Popularize Lectures On Atom Structure In an attempt to popularize on the campus lectures dealing with the mys teries of atomic structure, Dr. John R. Dunning, Columbia University physicist, will deliver an address ac companied with demonstrations in Schwab auditorium tomorrow at S o'- AtlAitri, ,the,lequre is free, according to the sponsors, Sigma Xi and Sigma Pi, honorary scientific and physics fraternities, respectively. Doctor Dunning, noted for his work in the nuclear physics field, will use elaborate apparatus to illustrate his lecture discussing the neutron and the transmutation of atoms. The sci entist will open his lecture explaining why and how the physicists are inves tigating the atomic nucleus. lie will also discuss briefly the tools used for such work. Makes Electrons Audible Using cathode ray tubes, loud speakers, and neon bulbs, Dr. Dun ning will make the effect.i of single electrons both audible and visible. A discussion on nuclear structure and methods of producing nuclear trans mutations will be presented. The scientist will also show, by the use of cloud chambers, ion counters, and linear amplifiers, how alpha, beta, and gamma rays are detected, as well as the general properties of particles and wave,. The transmutation of atoms, a phe nomenon by which physicists today are able to take an element, say lead, and by shooting at the nucleus of a lead atom, change it into an atom of gold that has all the chemical proper ties of gold. Colleagues Honor Espenshade For Long Service Prof. A. llowry Espenshade seas presented with a collection of articles, "Essay in Honor of A. llowry Espen shade," containing contributions by 17 of his colleagues in the Home Eco nomics auditorium Friday afternoon. More than 150 friends of the retir ing professor were present when Dean Charles W. Stoddart gave hint the memorial volume. The essays were contributed "in celebration of his 09 years of distinguished service. 1895-1937," the title page states. "Prfessor Gates conceived the idea of a memorial volume to contain or iginal articles by his friends," Dean Stoddart said in presenting the book Adrian Morse, assistant to the President, and Frank Osterlund spoke in praise of Professor Espenshade. Osterlund told of the students' re spect for him. Professor Espenshade received his B. A. degree from - Wesleyan Univer sity in 189.1 and his M. A. from Co lumbia in 1897. He taught at Mer eersburg Academy, Chancy II all School, and Barnard School before coming to Penn State in 1898. Reg istrar front 1909 to 1923, he became head of the English composition de partment in 1925. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Deciding Vote For 2 Posts Occurs Today Reichenbach, Olexy Vie For Position Of Secretary Change In Athletic Status Is Favored Joseph Proksa and Sam J. Donato, both juniors, survived the preliminary elections for president of the Athletic associa tion, held in the first floor lounge of Old Main yesterday. Meanwhile, Peter T. ()foxy and Jack L. Reichenbach, also juniors, moved into the final run-offs for the post of secretary. The lino/ election will be held in the first floor lounge of Old Main today from 9 to 5 o'clock. The polls will close temporarily from 12:15 to 1 o'- clock this afternoon. A, A. books will he required to vote, Joseph F. Griffith ':l7, chairman of the elections commit tee, said. Amendment Approved Students voted by almost 5 to 1 in favor of the proposed amendment to the Constitution, affecting the eligibil ity of transfers from junior colleges. As approved, the amendment elimi nates the one-year residence rule in the case of transfers from a junior college, provided the certifying col lege requires as high scholastic stand ards. ,of. tbe_trimsfer ,;students" as does of its resident students under similar conditions. It also provides that previous athletic competition in the junior college lie counted as if it had taken place in t i ne certifying col lege itself. The vote was 331 to 71. Prcksa amassed a total of 297 votes, while Donato received 208 to place in the final elections. John .1. Economos '3B polled 115 votes and Dan A. De- Marino '3B ran last with 94. Olcxy tied Proksa for the high vote Mal, getting 297 for secretary. Reich enbach was runner-up with 216. Ross P. Shaffer '3B and Wendell W. Wear• '3B finished in that order, with 180 and 63 votes, respectively. To Pick Jr. Prom Booths Thursday Fraternities Must Post $5 Fees At Student Union Desk By Thursday Noon Drawings for fraternity booths for Junior Prom will be held Thursday. it was announced today by Charles Campbell 'ttB., chairman of the dance committee. Fraternities must, post their five-dollar fees at Student Un ion no later than Thursday noon. Sale of heaths began yesterday at noon. Meanwhile, tickets, priced at four dollars per couple, will go on sale at the Athletic association office, first floor of Old Main, Friday morning, Campbell announced, Glen Gray To Play Glen Gray and his Casa Loma or chestra will make their third appear ance in five years on the campus here when they play at the Prom Friday night in Recreation hall. The Casa Loma played here for the same dance in ItC2 and again in IWIS. "Pe -Wee" Mint and Kenny Sargent will be the , featured vocalists. A Far Eastern theme will pervade the affair, with Chinese temples and lanterns lending a gaudy atmosphere. Dancers will enter the hall through an arched gateway, painted red. The hallways will also be decorated to con form with the general theme. Co-ed Honorary Elects lota Sigma Pi, women's chemical honerhry, elected the following offi cers at a recent meeting: Margaret . E. Zerhy, graduate student, president; Mary S. Clements, graduate student, vice-president; Mrs. June Tsister, secretary-treasurer; Anne T. O'Brien, graduate student, corresponding sec retary. Installation of officers will be held at the next meeting.
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