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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.
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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.