•. , - .: 4:4 : 4 3:7; \'' si p A sz .. s. ESTABLISHED 4 \' so \l - --r - -....— ' \''',?‹ ---- '''./ N.,:i 2. 255:---• , , Volume 33—No. 62 Gene Ziegler Made Senior Valedictorian Post As Salutatorian Given To Angstadt By Committee Will Participate In ClasS Day Exercises Genevra C. Ziegler '37 and John W. Angstadt '37 were nam ed valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the senior class at a meeting of the committee appointed for this purpose. Miss Ziegler and Angstadt will take part 'in the Class Day exercises. The committee was composed of Prof. John H. Frizzell', Dean Arthur R. Warnock, George M. Hack er '37, Frank A. Osterlund '37, and William J. Scarlett '37. The choices 'were based on the applicants' scholas tic rating, personality, activities rec ord, and ability to speak. Class Day Set for June fi 2liss Ziegler is a student in the School of Chemistry and Physics. She has a 2.93 average for the first seven semesters of her pre-medical course. Angstadt is enrolled in the School of Engineering, and his average for the same period is 2.92. Class Day this year will be held on Sunday, June 6. At this time the class gift . will be presented to the school. In addition, the honor men and women will be announced. The valedictorian and the salutatorian will, as usual, give addresses at this occasion. Selection as valedictorian makes the third major honor that has been awarded to Miss Ziegler. During the past year she served as president of the W. S. C. A., while last . Week she was - presented the John W.: White scholarship, emblematic of top scho-. lastic honors in her class: Banner To Make Tour Of Orient Journalism Head Sails June 20; Will Write Articles On . Manchoukuo, Russia • Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, will leave the United States soon after the semester ends for an extended tour of the Far East, during which he will write feature stories dealing with the development of the new Japanese em pire in Manchoukuo for a chain of mid-western newspapers. Banner plans to sail from San Francisco on June 20 and spend most of the summer in Manchoukuo gather ing material for 'his feature stories and research work, Ile then plans to take the trans-Siberian railway across Siberia to Moscow, where he has made arrangements to meet and interview several Moscow editors. • To , Write on Russian Advance Having been in Moscow on a similar mission five . years ago, Banner will write features on the advance of Rus sia during the last five years. He will also collect material for a compara tive study of world journalism and collect material for a course which he hopes to install here on compara tive journal isin. In England, before he returns here for the full semester, Banner will ad- dress the Royal Institute of Journal ists, of which he has been a member since 11)25. trotter Chosen Head Of Ag Student Council Clarence E. Trotter '3B was elected president of Ag Student Council at the annual eleitions held Thursday night. Other officers were Hugh C. Watts '3B, vice-president; Walter B. Lutz '39, secretary; and Francis M. Aleander '3B, treasurer. , Trotter has served on the Council for - the past two years and was chair man of the Ag Frolic this spring. Watts is preSident of the Clover club, while Aleander is master of the Penn State Grange. Lutz was recently named editor-in-chief of the Penn State . Farmer. Wyland At Meeting Prof. Mary Jane Wyland, education and psychology, attended a meeting of the planning committee of the Pennsylvania section of the National Department of Secondary School Prin cipals at Ilarrkbarr Collegian Will Hold Smoker Tonight All freshman men and women candidates for the Collegian edi torial and business boards arc cor dially invited to attend a smoker to be held at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at 7:30 o'clock to night. New aspirants are remind ed that it is not too late to turn out for the staffs. Members of the retiring senior boards and the new senior and junior staffs will be present at the smoker, the purpose of which is to better acquaint the candidates with the members of the upper class boards to have the work of the Collegian explained to them. All freshman "men and women in the journalism curriculum are urged to be there. Profs. Franklin C. Banner, Don ald W. Davis, Braton It. Gardner, and Louis H. Bell, all of the de partment of journalism, will speak. Refreshments will be served after the speaking program,. and there will be dancing and oth er entertainment provided.. lan Keith Added To Drama Staff 5 Other Noted Theater Figures Also Added To Faculty For Summer Session Dramaticg will achieve greater im !portance in the next slimier session with the addition of lan Keith, well 'known actor now appearing in "King Richard II" in New York, and other *portant theater names to the fac ulty. The session opens June 28 and ' closes August 7. In addition to Keith, Barrett H. Clark, dramatic critic and author of I numerous books cn the theatre; Dar- Hell L. Larsen, dramatic director of (Franklin and Marshall College; Hilda I Soong, of New. York, veteran actress Of the American and European stage; land Mr. and' Mrs. L. B. Heath, Work ers .with marionettes; will be on the summer school faculty. The courses are designed to aid teachers of dramatics in high schools and colleges. Added to this work, six full-length plays will be presented under the direction of Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh. Show 19th Century Drama The plays will range through Ger man, French, Russian, English, Ir•isli, and American drama.to illustrate an intensive composite course in 19th century drama. They will be staged by students in dramatic courses. A graduate seminar in stage light ing will be offered by the college. A modern switchboard has been installed in the Little Theater. Members of the stage lighting class . will supervise the lighting of all plays presented this summer. The six plays that will be produced are: "The Assumption of Bennele," by HauptmUnn; "The Three Sisters," by Chekhov; "Anclrocles and the Lion," by G. B. Shaw; "Thc Playboy of the Western World," by J. M. Synge; "The Girl of the Golden West," by David Belasco; and "A Night of Grand Guignol." Attends L.A. Meeting Dr. Palmer C. Weaver, assistant director of the summer sessions, at tended a meeting of the Association of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Ad vancement of Learning in Harrisburg last Friday. Problems attendant to raising the standards for teachers' certificates were discussed at the meetings. 7 Class of '27 Questionnaire Indicates '37's Probabilities The questiOnnaires showed that the group had held over 211 jobs in all, making it a little better than two jobs apiece. Forty answered that they had taken a trip abroad since graduation. However, time evidently did not cause the alumni to lose the pleasant memories of Engineering A, B, and C, and the Forestry building, for 96 of those who answered the question naire stated that they would choose Penn State should they have to repeat their undergraduate days. Thirty-two are members of national alumni associations, while 41 belong to local alumni associations. Sixty nine answered "yes" to the question of whether they would return for re unions, 24 answered "no," and 16 an swered "maybe." To the last ques tion one girl answered, "I'd plan to return for the reunion if I weren't scheduled for an operation at the . same time," STATE COLLEGE, PA.;' TUESDAY, MAY, 18, 1937 Phi Dells Maintain Lead In Intramural Cup':l?acei Win Scoring Honors For Winter Events; Delta Upsilon, Sigma Nu Follow Leaders As Contest Nears End Phi Delta Theta, winner of the Bezdelc cup for the past2two years, and leader in intramural sports for the fall season this year, also Jed in points compiled in winter sports, it was revealed by figures releated yesterday by •ts manager. . , Wallace H. Alexander '37, winter spo •Delta Upsilon placed second for the winter group with 354 points to Phi Delta Theta's 368. Sigma Nu was third with 242. Other leaders were Beta Sigma. Rho, 200; Phi Sigma Kappa; 173; Alpha Chi Sigma, 172; and Tau Sigma Phi, 172. By winning the winter sports cham pionshii, Phi Delta Theta brought its total for the year to 627. Delta Up silon, with 574, and Sigma Nu, with 967, were the only teams within strik ing distance of the Phi Delta. . The boxing championship was won by Tau Sigma Phi, although the tour nament title was taken by Phi Kappa. , Tau Sigma Phi had three men on the, varsity team, thereby giving itself the required points. The same situation resulted in wrestling, where Alpha! Chi Sigma won the tournament, but! Delta Upsilon scored the greatest number of points. Beta Sigma Rho won the volleyball , tournament, defeating Delta Upsilon' in the finals, in two straight series. Delta Upsilon won the swimming 'cup' When it beat Sigma Alpha Epsilon in the last round. Sigma Nu won out over Phi Delta Theta in the finals of the basketball tournament. The only other tourney was. the handball competition, in which the Associated Commons Club walked off with the first place laurels. Frizzell Censors Carefree Living Declares 'You Only Live Once' Attittide Has Betoind Too Prevalent Today "'You only live once' is a common by-phrase today," declared Prof. John H. Frizzell, college chaplain and pro fessor of public speaking, as . _ he ad dressed the chapel audience Sunday morning. Frizzell said that the attitude im plied by the Phrase "you only live once" is all too prevalent, not only among College students but in every one. Many arc wont to so "Oh, you only live once. Why worry about great causes and the like when you're only here today and gone tomorrow?" "Take Interest in Life" "Wake up and live" was the advice which Frizzell recommended to his au dience. "Perhaps we do live only once, but our aim should be to live that life as fully as possible. "Life will be fuller if it is lived joy fully, with a realization of its wonder and a curiosity to know what it's all about. Those who take an interest in life and in the other fellow will find themselves living richly." Frizzell closed with the idea that It is better to resolve not simply to take what life gives us with the attitude that we live only once, but to crowd as much into our lives as we can and wake up and live. Place Ceramic Seniors The entire graduating class of stu dents in the ceramics department has already obtained employment, it was announced today by Dr. Nelson W. Taylor. Requisitions from a number of companies remain unfilled. Will you be cooling your heels on a mahogany desk in your Fifth avenue office or will you be improving your technique of riding the rods on n freight train somewhere between here and Topeka ten years from today? Judging from the experience of the class of '27, as recorded on 115 ques tionnaires returned by members of that class, you will have one and 15/80 children; and the same percen tage that will be married will own automobiles, probably running from these old sputtering 1937 Buicks that will be blocking the highway to the latest models with streamlined bars in the glove compartments. The average graduate of the class of '27 is at the present time pulling down an income of $3,350 per annum, 63 of the 115 who answered being in business, 46 being in a profession, and only four' corning under the classifica tion of being unemployed. Name Marsha Ils For Graduation Bullinger Announces Completion Of CommenceMent Plans; Release Instructions . : . Plans for the. June commencement exercises have been completed, it was announced today by Prof. Clarence E. Ballinger, college 'Marshall. Student and faculty marshalls have been cho sen, and instruction .sheets, showing meeting places and Commencement regulations, will be available to all seniors this week through the depart ment heads. At the same time, Edward X. Hibshman revealed the program for Alumni Day on .Saturday, June 5: Each class with numerals ending in "2" and "7" will hold a reunion on that date. Three alpmni will be elect ed by delegates to the board of trus tees on Friday, June 1. School Marshal's Listed Marshalls from each school were selected by their respective deans. It is their duty to assist in the operation of commencement activities. Those chosen from the School of Liberal Arts were Dr. Franklin B. Krauss and James E. Hackett '37; School of Education, Dr. WilliaM M. Lepley and Grace V.. StraleY '37; &hoe' of Agriculture, Prof..kilam L. Ream. and Leo AL Shames ?37; School. of Chem- istry and Physics, Dr. David C. Dun can and Genevra C. Ziegler '37. Faculty and students named as marshal's from the remaining schools were: School of Engineering, Prof. Albert P. Powell and John W. Ang stadt '37; School of Mineral Indus tries, Prof. Ogden B. Malin and Har-I old A. DeVincentis '37; and thel School of Physical Education, Profd John D. Lowther and Richard L. Has-1 sler '37. Library Features Censored Books In Exhibition Why did the Lord Cahmberlain for bid the production of the Mikado in England in 1905? What country ban ned Jack London's "Call of tne Wild" as "too radical" as recently as 1929? For what sentence was Don Quixote placed on the Index Librorum Prohibi torium of the Roman Catholic church in 1640? These questions are answered in the exhibit of banned books which the College library is featuring until the end of the current semester. The ex hibit is based on a list of over 200 fa mous books which were exhibited by the New York Junior League library in 1935: The books are on display in the first and second floor lobbies. Book censorship is a fascinating study. Among the earliest books ban ned were Confucius' Analects, In 200 B. C. Emperor Chi Huang Ti ordered them burned since he frowned on all literature except practical work on alchemy, husbandry, and medicine. In 35 A. D., Caligula had Homer's Odyssey suppressed because Greek ideals of freedom were inconvenient to Rome. Through the following cen turies, the names of many famous au thors and books have appeared on the censors' lists. Dante, Rabelais, Mon taigne, Shakespeare, Moliere, Defoe, Addison, Richardson, Hugo, Heine, and Marx are among the number. Wild Epidemic Of Flu Ended, Says Ritenour Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, college phy sician, yesterday' disspelled all fears of any continuance of the recent mild epidemic of intestinal influenza and the hospital. "There were no cases serious enough to be treated in the hospital. Dispen sary care was all that was necessary. Whatever there was has cleared up entirely," he declared. Ritenour also said that there are, at present; only four beds occupied in the hospital. , Press Meeting Scheduled Here For May 28-29 2nd Annual Conference To Feature Four Speakers The second annual Pennsylvania Press Conference, sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Pub lishers' Association and the depart ment of journalism, will be held here May 28-29. Four featured speakers will provide material for discussion groups. Heading the talented list is Arthur Frock, New York Times Washington (correspondent. Krock is the only 'newspaperman who has interviewed President Roosevelt alone. His speech will climax the convention Saturday night. • Florence Fisher Parry, columnist for the Pittsburgh Press, will be one of the two women speakers. Her col umn, "I Dare Say," is one of the fea tures of the Press. Irish Humorist To Speak Stanley Walker, assistant managing editor of the New York Herald Trib une, will speak on what he thinks of the modern' press. Walker is the au thor cf the hilarious "Mrs. Astor's Horse." Tommy Richardson, Irish humorist, will render a bit of his native humor. Richardson is best known for helping the Philadelphia Athletics when they are in a slump. Connie Mack calls bins his unofficial jester. Richardson will speak on "Personalities." A feature of the program will be the selection of two Pennsylvania. pub lishers who will be recognized for long and meritorious service. The selec tions will be announced the night of the banquet. U. I'. Correspondent To Speak Lyle Wilson, chief of United Press Washington correspondents, a write• of the capital's most-talked-of person alities, will, bring to the delegates "News From. the Nation's Capital!' Warren Van, Dyke;' secretary. of highways in Pennsylvania, will give news about advertising. He will also speak on the plan of the State's Sce nic and Historic Commission which aims to publicize Pennsylvania. Dr. Honess Talks On Etch Figures Professor Gives Fourth Annual Faculty Research Lecture On Crystal Forms "Interpretations of the Etch Figures on Crystals" was the title of the fourth annual faculty research lec ture delivered last night by Dr. Ar thur P. lioness, professor of mineral ogy and petrology. lioness explained how crystals in general are able to be classified into six systems, which arc again divided into ;?classes. These classes are dis tinguishable on a basis of their sym. metry of atomic structures, he said. "Several methods have b'etni em ployed to test the symmetry of cry stals," he stated, "the more common being by means of electrical excita tion, testing of circular polarization and other optical behavior, X-ray an alysis, synthetic production of cry stals, and by means of etch figures and other solution phenomena. My re search work has been chiefly in the field of the latter.. Explains Structural Relation "Etch figures are definitely shaped solution cavities which may be de veloped upon the plane surfaces of crystals, and whose sham.; and orient atibn are directly attributable to the atomic configuration of the crystal. the chemical mature and temperature of the solvent employed, and the time through which the etching action is continued," he explained. "These fig ures portray the symmetry of the atomic configuration of the face upon which they occur." lioness went on to explain that through the use of optically active solvents the atomic configuration as set up by X-ray analysts may be in dicated by the etch figures developed on the faces, but when lie used.opti cally inactive solvents an entirely dif ferent symmetry was indicated. The first shows structural symmetry, the second shows geometrical symmetry, he explained. Phi Sigma lota Elects Phi Sigma lota, romance language honorary, elected the following offi ce at a recent meeting: Rosald G. Forbes '3B, president; Kathleen E. Gilbody '3B, vice-president; Prof. Paul R. Blanchet, secretory-treasurer; and Prof. Leslie M. Barrage, correspond ing secretory. an. Two Players Cited By Cleveland Company Beatrice Conford '37, above. and Edward T. Minns '3B have been ac cepted as apprentices at the Cleve land Playhouse, Cleveland, Ohio. Misr. Conlon!. however, has reject ed her acceptance. The Cleveland Playhouse is the leading eastern stage training school, and accepts only 33 appren tices annually out of the hundreds who apply. The term begins in September and lasts for 40 weeks. lOnns will play one of the lead ing roles in the l'enn State I'lay ers' houseparty week-end presenta tion of "tiny Meets Girl," and Miss Conford is assisting in its direction. Coast School Has Campus Slang Dictionary "I'm taking my fever frau to a ce ment mixer in a tintype." According to Dean Edward H. Lauer, of the University of Washing ton, who, with Felix Bauman of Ger many, has just compiled "a campus dictionary so everyone else may know what the student is talking about," the above sentence means, "Pm taking a good-looking co-ed to a dance in an automobile." A few of the definitions (so that we here at Penn State may be up on our "slanguage") arc: Coed-looking co-ed: Fever frau. A dance: Cement mixer. A student automobile: Rolls rough, bone crusher, tintype. A homely co-ed: popeye pansie, muddy-plow. A. campus millet,: Gold mine. A kiss: honey cooler. No doubt. Penn State "hot-dogs" (Penn State nifty) and "fever fraus" could add a few of their own that Messrs. Lauer and Bauman have not included in their dictionary. Gohn Re-elected Head Of Penn State Club Russel G. Cohn %111 was re-elected president of the Penn State club-at a meeting of the organization last week. Robert W. Wertz '3B was vot ed to the vice presidency, while Fran cis 11. Szyniczak 'lB was named secre tary. Arthur• M. Longacre '39 was named treasurer; George 0. Saber '4O, social chairman; and Robert L. Smith '39, athletic manager. The new and old officers will hold a joint session Friday at 7 o'clock to discuss and outline plans for the com ing school year. After the meeting, a nite club, featuring dancing, card playing, and bingo, will be held for members only. It will start at 8:30 o'clock in the Sandwich Shop. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS Pick Kennon Board Head For 1937-38 S h a 11 e r Elected Vice President; Ludwig Town Delegate Executive Committee Accepts Class Gift John D. Kennon '3B was re cently named president of the Student Board while Ross P. Shaffer '3B was elected vice-pres ident. David B. Ludwig, Jr. '3B was appointed borough council representative. Other members of the board include: Dan A. DeMarino '3B, Joseph G. Korsak '3B, Ray S. Ccskery '39, John S. Moeller '3S, Jos eph A. Peel '39, W. Jerome Howarth '4O, Charles M. Wheeler, jr. '3B, and Dean Arthur R. Warnock. The Student Board is composed of the three class presidents and the vice-president of the senior class. Two seniors and one junior from the Student Council, the borough council representative, the editor of the Col legian, the president of the Interfra ternity Council, and the Dean of Men complete the group. • Class Gift Accepted Kennon will succeed Frank A. Os terlund '37, retiring president of the Student Board and president of the senior class. Formerly the borough council representative and president of Interfraternity Council were invit ed to the meetings but this year they will become regular members of the board. The class gift, a set of chimes and an' amplifying system, was accepted by the executive committee of the board of trustees, it was announced today by Charles A. Hungerford ':37, chairman of the committee. The gift is expected .to be completed by June 6. This Will be the first time that 'any class will sec its gift installed before graduation. Johnson To Talk On Photography Eastman Kodak Representative Speaks Tomorrow Under Camera Club Auspices "Recent Achievements in Color Pho tography" will be the subject of a talk by Ilerbery Johnson, of the East mon Kodak company, Rochester, N. Y.. in the Home Economics audito rium at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night. All persons interested in camera work, amateur or professional, have been invited to attend. Johnson will explain fully the the ory of color photography in such a manner that even a beginner in pho tography will be able to undei•stana it. It has been said of a lecture John son gave in New York city, "His ex planation of the division of the spec trum into the three components for use in color photography makes the subject particularly understandable." 'fa Include Lantern Slides The lecture will include lantern I slides and motion pictures in color. One group of the latter was taken in Times Square, New York, showing the huge electric signs in full color. Johnson is appearing on the cam pus under the auspices of the Penn State Camera club and will he intro , duced by I Lerner, who is now teaching the Camera club photography course. The speaker will explain the various methods of color photography and stress the importance of camera work, both as a hobby and as a means of making a livelihood. Sackett Contributes , Library For Engineers The engineering library, to be pre sented by Dean Robert L. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, will soon be added to the college library. The collection will contain a large group of teat and professional books in en gineering, among them several books on civil engineering, in which Dean Sackett specialized. Also in the collection will be files of the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Trans actions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Journal of the Americnn Water Works Associ ation, and the Engineering News Record.
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