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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.