ESTABLISHED ~..,,,,,/ . .(i.i i ...7-.._: „ : 4 -5-,... . it • .r 1 . . . • . . . ....."..._.......,„ 1904 1* 1 5 ! - :•.',,A"?1,(2': • \',..;\`,-- ,•c,-.. 5 _ ~..), f ;,' - --'../p_...:,-- ... . . . . . Volume 33—No. 64 Quarters Bar ProgreSs of 150 Lb. Team Locker, Medical Store Rooms Needed To Finish Plans 'Higgins, Schott Favor Light Football Squad The installation of a 150- pound football team-bas gone as far as it possibly can, said Dr.. Elwood C. Davis yesterday. "The development of such a team would mean a new supply room; a medical room, and More lock ers," he continued. Ways and means of getting th e necessary appropriations have already been worked out. The money,, not only,for the uniforms, but also fcr the coaching:staff, 'can be had. Higgins Ready, to Cooperate Davis said that the upper practice field has already been considered as the place for a team to use, as Bob Higgins has consented that that•space be used for it if the 150-pound team is ever installed. Dr. Carl P. Schott, new Dean of the 'School of Physical Education and Ath letics, Davis said, is also very much in favor of the proposed squad. Cit ing the fact that there are ninny lightweight boys who like to play the, game, it would mean that a chance, would be given for every one to par.: ticipate la the game that wished 'to, Davis said. Excellent schedules could be ar ranged with Penn, Columbia, Yale,' Princeton, and others in the East hav ing these lightweight teams. 'Until there is a new, supply moth. with someona,in charge of it, a larger rboni;anirriiore loCkerS,' then the chances 'of 'having a 1.50-pOund. football team meat be laid aside. "The staff of the School, sensing a large turnout for such a project, are all in favor cf it," Davis concluded. Ziegler Ist Woman Valedictorian In 17 Years The first woman valedictorian in seventeen years is the final honor giv; en Genevra C. Ziegler '37. She is one of the outstanding women to be grad uated from the college, having von the highest honors in scholarship and activities to be given. Miss Ziegler has been named Bow Girl of her class, the name given the outstanding senior woman. She has bedn given the John W. White schol arship for having the highest average, 2.93, of the class. Last year she was among those receiving the Evan Pugh scholarship given for high scholastic: attainment. The presklency of W. S. G. A., which office she filled last year, cli maxed •her four years work un the senate. Besides her activity in student gov ernment work, Miss Ziegler was in the college choir for four years, was a member of Cwcns and Mortar Board, sophomore and senior women's honoraries, respectively, and active in Phi Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary. She was also an active member of Student Union Board. • Miss Ziegler is enrolled in the pre medical division of the chemistry and physics school, and a member of the honorary chemistry fraternity, lota Sigma Pi. She is also a member of Alpha Phi Mu, local pre-medical fra ternity. S.U: Promises Return Of Afternoon Dances Maybe, boys and girls, you blamed the Student Union office, or possibly even the Sandwich Shop, but we, are glad to say, it was neither of these. The numerous banquets and social af fairs that occured this spring made it necessary to discontinue the after noon dancing. Next year, however, Student Union promises us dancing on Monday, Wed nesdays, and Fridays, 3:30 to 5 o'clock. They again hope to furnish an orchestra and are trying to make ar rangethents for either the Sandwich Shop or the Armory. Studerit Union also plans to sponsor dancing every afternoon of next rear'S Fresluntip vhek. Frances Atherton Hall To Be l Name Of New Women's. Dorm Executive Committee Of Board Of Trustees Also Makes Specific Proposals For Changing Names of• Drives ' The new women's dormitory is to be known as Frances Atherton hall, in honor of Frances Washburn Atherton, wife of-the seventh president of the College, President Ralph I). Retool announced today, following recent action by the executive Committee of the board of trustees. The suggestion to name the building in honor of Mrs. Atherton came as a recommendation from the special committee of the board on the naming of College buildings and roads, Hetzel stated. .Although a great variety of names proposed by alumnae were considered in naming the building, the name chosen ,by the trustees reflects the great preponderance of alumnae favoring the tribute to Mrs. Atherton whose wise counsel and loyal friendship was an inspiration to the early women stu dents of the College. The board also adopted several gen eral policies and approved several specific recommendations pertainirig to the naming of College roads, Hazel stated. 6 Honor Women Named At Dance Zeigler Named Bow Girl, Cohen Is Slipper Girl, Schantz. Voted Fan , Girl The six, honor women of : the senior class: were announced at the annual dinner dance held 4 the Nittnny Lion Inn Friday night. Bill Bottorf an nounced the leading women of the class during intermission. The three highest honors are Bow Girl, Slipper Girl, and Fan Girl. Gene C. Zeigler was named Bow Girl. The Slipper Girl is Bertha M. Cohen. The Pan. Girl was announced as Jean H. Schantz. Three other honors were bestowed upon Gelsie R. Ferdinand, Mirror Girl; Jean B. Northrup, Class Donor; and Dorothy P. Fish, Class Poet. The six women were chosen by the vote of the senior to-eds. This is the second year that the names , cf the outstanding women of the graduating class have been announced at 'the an nual dinner. dance. College Will Hold NatureEd:Tamp Summer Session To Include Nature Courses; Credits Will' Be Awarded One of the first of its kind, the College nature study camp will :be open again this year as a part of the summer session. The .camp, One of the few in the United States which offers collegiate credit for work accomplished, will be staffed with a group of naturalists headed by Prof. George R. Green, of the department of nature education. Enrollment Limited Undergraduates will be allowed to enroll in hut one of the camp's two periods this summer. The first session will be from June 25 to July 16, while the second period will enroll in both camp periods. For the last three years, the camp, 16 miles from the campus, has been by the CCC while roads and trails in Stone Valley were being improved. This year the camp, reverted to the College and nature education work - will •be continued under Professor Green. `Boy Meets Girl' Caused New York Drama Critics To Rave "A roar in every mouthful." "'Madcap fooling at high speed." "It is a knockout" "Funniest play in town." "Best show in New York." "It's packed with mirth." From the pens of New York's ace drama critics came these raves on the occasion of the opening of the Holly wood Same, "Soy Meets Girl," which will be presented here Saturday eve ning, June 5, by the Penn State Play ers, under the direction of Frank S. Neusbaum. liere is what the Broadway first nighters had to say after viewing this comedy when it. begun its New York run (which is gill going strong) in November, 1035: Walter Winchell, Daily Mirror— " Bella and Samuel Spewack collabo rated on the, newest champion in the show business. Every line is delicious writing. It is the funniest comedy this spectator ever enjoyed, and 'your observer will lay the odds that the meanest grouch in town will melt be fore Boy Meets Girl. And there you arc. Call it rave—that's what it was meant to be. • But call it the best show in New York, too. And to our con freres among the critics, who have to award an annual prize to the Year's Best Show, Boy Meets Girl has our vote now." Gilbert Gabriel, New Turk Amer STATE COLLEGE, PA., 'p I UESDAY, MAY 25, 1937 Roads to Be Renamed Among the specific proposals is that the present North drive and its pro posed extension, the Three Mile road, be named Curtin road in honor of An drew Gregg Curtin, \ Civil War gover nor of Pennsylvania and a constant and loyal friend of the institution. • A second approved proposal was that the present Center drive be nam ed Pollock road in honor of James Pollock who signed the charter of February 22, 1885, establishing the Farmers' high school. The third specific approval was that the extension of Atherton and Burrowes streets in the campus be named Atherton road and Burrowes road, respectively, in honor of the sev enth and fourth presidents of the in stitution. In formulating its general policies, the committee has been cognizant of the fact that the Borough of State College has, in the main, adopted the policy of naming its North-South streets after former presidents of the College, Iletzel stated. Adopts Town Policy Because prolongations of some of l.hcse•otrccto 'have becomo main. eam pus roads, the committee suggested that the College adopt the same pol icy as the town to avoid confusion, changing the name "street" to "road." Roads traversing the campus in the opposite direction are to be named for governors of Pennsylvania. Present development plans and the possibility of future changes indicate that it would be undesirable, at the present time, to assign names to oth er than a few of the major arteries which appear• to be permanent. The board accordingly decided that, with the exception of North and Cen ter drives and the extension of Ath erton and Burrowes streets, subse quent designations .might be left un til other road locations become more permanent and more important. Class To Give Recital Two recitals of interpretative read ing will be presented co June 2 and in the Little Theatre by the division of speech. Approximately 25 stu dents, under the direction of Prof. Herbert Koepp-Baker will participate in the recitals winch climax the oral reading calm-T. A lit»ited nuMber of free tickets are available at, the Stu dent Union desk. :can—"A wild-haired hit, this oneo with more laughs in. a minute than you can count on your ten command- 1 meats. I hated leaving it ... It drew 'oud; 100 laughter, the sort of laugh-i ter which purges your every ache I and midday worry ... Everybody lov-' ed it The piece moves with sure fire pace. Lines—hilarious, gravity shatteringeome hurtling out and chasing each other furiously around the auditorium . . Its this year's surprise package—and a roar in. ev ery mouthful." RObert Garland, World-Telegram— "ln an admirable desire to give Broad-, way something for which to be thank- ful George Abbott brought Boy Meets Girl to the Cort theater, where it,was received with riotous acclaim. , It is a kdockout ... As rib-tickling as Boy Meets Girl is, as laughable as to lines, it recounts •an arresting narrative all the while, a sure-fire cinderella story . . . Were this department a star-be slower, it would present Boy Meets . .Girl the planetarium." Heywood Broun, World-telegram— " Boy Meets Girl is an example of the type of play which is done as well in America as in any other theater of the world, or better. It has the gaiety of fresh and ingenious invention and the exhilaration of pace. Boy Meets Girl, as far us my taste gees, is far ond away {he funnie , t play in town." DoPm" Soft-Ballers Told To Discontinn Playing The campus patiol has ordered occupants of the men's dormitories to discontinue, playing soft ball on the dormitory grounds. The game, played near the walk leading to Rec hall, has been termed a hazard to the safety of passers by and, according to the patrol, has resulted in the . disfigaration of that part of the campus. The patrol has recommended use of the drounds between the drive adjoining the dormitory quadrangle and Mineral Industries building. Wistrand Named Editor Of Froth Bond Elected Business Manager, Junior Sophomore Boards Also Announced Robert B. Wistrand '3B and James L. Bond '3B were 'elected editor-in chief and business manager, respec tively, of the Froth,'-at a meeting of the senior board Sunday night. Wis trand succeeds. Jarnes'T. Dugan '37, and Bond (allows Raymond H. Schim; mel '37. The remainder of the new editorial staff follows: Art editor, Merle E. Campbell '3B; managing editor, Charles W. Flanagan-'4O; office man ager, Betty M. Reyburn '3O; and wom en's editor, Minerva B. Lehrman '3B. John M. Price '39,. F. Richard El lenberger '4O, and,.Edward L. Green- . berg '4O were elected 'to the art beard. The editorial board John E. Ail:, man '4O, Nancy 1,. 'Bolden '39, Wil liam J. Hopwood '4O, Silent S. Hor witz '39, Edward. P: Leech '4O, Wil liam' Reisert '4O, Ruth Stein '4O, and Pauline B. Surdoek Yeiberg, IV°'gin Elected Sidney A. Neiherg '3B was, elected' circulation manager, and• Jack L. Wol gin '3B was named -advertising man ager.. The junior,linainess hoard col.: lows:, Arthur S.. Elion; Joseph P. Erkes, Herman I.)..linber, Alvin J: Isecovitz, ;Longacre; and Pauli Wohlfeld: • ' • The sophomore business board is: Williath J. Copeland, Edward •S. Ger stenzang, Norman L. Lang, *Martin S. Lipsius, Adolf FL Markel, Leon M. Meyers, Ulysses G. Palmer 111, George B. Selfless, James It. Sunde r Barton•D. Whitestone, and Don ald E. Wilson. Maybell J. , Penley '3B and Anne D. Rudolph .'3B were elected recording and corresponding secretaries, rmpec- Lively. Dr. Hughes Gives Last Chapel Talk "Are You Really Courageous?" Is Challenge To Students By Local Minister "Are You Really Courageous?" was the challenge deliVered Sunday to students by the Rev. Edwin Holt Hughes, Senior• Bishop of the Meth odist' Episcopal church, in the last chapel address of the year to be held in Schwab auditorium. Dr. Hughes said that courage has been connected with war for so long that it is difficult to. extricate it. lie said that the virtue of courage is ap pealing to all, while cowardice is re pugnant. There must always be a great prin ciple behind courage the speaker stated. Ile cited as an example the cases of Lafayette and a soldier in the Itevoluntionary war who had as good a record us the famous French man, but is not. remembered because lie lacked the principle of fighting for a cause. States Differences in Courage Dr. Hughes also said that in cour age there must , be tremor. Ile added that the person who has courage al ways has fear accompanying it. It is easier for a 'man to go against rifles and bayonets than it is for a man to stand. for his principles in time of peace he said. The speaker said that there is a difference between bravado and cour age. He stated that the student must have courage to beep his religious beliefs when lie is at school. He con cluded with the statement that who waits on the Lord, his heart will be strengthened. Air :Training . Explained Students interested in enrolling in the Army Air Corps may be inter viewed today by Maj. C. D. DeShields in the Armory. Major DeShields will show motion pictures taken at Ran dolph and Kelly Fields, demonstrat ing Air Corps training to possible re ernits, . . Third Press Conference Opens Friday First Session Will Be Devoted Entirely • To Advertising Dept. Of Journalism, • PNPA - Sminsor Affair • In the third annual PcfinSilvtinia Press Conference. sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania 'Newspaper FobUsh ers' association 'and' the departnient of'jcurnalism to be held he're on Fri day and Saturday, the talks and busi ness of Friday morning trill be de- Voted completely to the subject . of ad vertisiug.'Prominent adVertiSing men of the country will be pregent to 'de liver talks' on the subject. Chairman of the meeting will be E. Arthur Sweeny,• publisher cf . the Greensburg Tribune . Review a n'd chairman of the Pennsylvania; News- naper Publishers' Advisory Commis sion. lie will. introduce many men prominent in the advertising world, among whom: will be Donald U. Bridge, advertising director of the New York Times, who will talk on "Current Problems in Newspaper Ad vertising." • Columnist, to Speak Included' in' the program will be Frank Fehlinan,. advertising colum nist and .newspaper counsellor, who will talk on "how Newspaper. Adver tising \Yorks.!' .. Others will be Earle Pearson, general, manager of the Ad vertising Federation cf. America, who will talk on." The Work of Organized Advertising in Gonsumer Education;" Warren Van Dyke, of the department of highways; Will T. Dodge,;adwe•tis-. Mg manager Of the Scranton Tribune; W. Van Pearson, advertising ager of the . Willitimsport Sun Ga . - zette; and 'David Knipe.' advertising director 'of . the 'Bethlehem Globe Entertainment Planned The entertainment program for Friday evening includes a- musicale at the Nittany Lion Inn directed. by Jack Platt '37, to be followed by, a talk by Florence Fisher Parry, author . of .the column , "I Dare Say," in the Pittsburgh 'Press: On Saturday eve- - ning a banquet 4; planned at which the speakers be Arthur Krock, New York .TimeS Washington .corre slxmdent, and ;TOintny Richardson, well known Irish humorist. Toast master•willte Prof. Franklin C. Ban ner,of the department of journalism. Also on Saturday evening will , be a concert by the -Blue -Band. Phi Mu Alpha Elects Sarver '3B - President Clifford Sarver '3B was elected pres ident of Phi Mu Alpha, honorary mus ic fraternity, at a recent meeting. Other officers named were: William Kremer '3B, secretary-treasurer; Fred Serif '3B, historian; Ralph Knapp, '3B,warden. Because of the unusual interest and appreciation shown by the students in Eddie Nichol's "jam session" spon sored by the fraternity, plans are be ing made to • have a "campus sing' in the near future. Definite plans will be released at a later date. Pond Lab. Workers Discover Facts About Sex Hormones From the concentration, crystaliza tion, and investigation of 40,000 gal lons of urine, Prof. Russell E.lllarker, chemistry, and his assistants working in Pond laboratory have made another discovery . concerning the nature of those mysterious an d interesting chemical compounds that cause us to act as we do, the sex hormones. The new theory advanced by Pro- fessor Marker is that the reactions of the hormones 'are purely chemical rather than physical, as was previ ously believed. This is to say that I • the hormone acts as an ordinary chemical compound, being reduced in the process of use into the various chemical by-products that go to make it up, much as 'the food we cat. Previous belief had it that the hor mono functioned as a catalyst, a chem ical which causes and speeds the re 'action and production of other chem ical combinations and compounds without itself entering into the com bination or being changed by. it, as Ido ninny of the digestive fl uids in the human body. The reason for this old 'belief was that it takes such a small •amount of a sex hormone, a fraction of a milligram, to produce results, a potency previously encountered only an. Change In Rushing Code Adopted By I.F. Council; Effective In September Freshmen Will Receive Fraternity Engagement Cards In Old Main Lounge Following Ist Counsellor Meetings . Only one major change in the freshman rushing code was adopted at a meeting of the. rushing committee of the Interfratern ity Coundil Sunday night. The new rule, affecting procurement of engagement cards, will go into effect next Sbptember. Under the new rule, freshmei the Old Main lounge immediate ineetingS on Wednesday night of coming students were required t Dean Whitmore Will Get Degree Franklin and Marshall Will Give Doctor of Science Honor At Commencement Dean Frank C. Whitmore, of the School of Chemistry and Physics, will he awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by Franklin and Marshall College at their annual com mencement June 2,. Dr. John A. Schaeffer; nreAdent of that college, announced recently. Whitmore was awarded the. William H. Nichols gold medal for oulstand hig chemical research by the New York section of the Society of Chem ical Industry at a meeting . of that or ganiiiition in New -York in March. Whitmore, president-elect of the American Chemical Society for 1938; will publish a textbook on organic chemistry in the near future. This is the first work of its kind in Eng lish. "Previously, chemists,-have been dependenk.upon:translations 'of ;;Euro,.! lican.teXtX fol. such referenCe books':' Seven others are to be awarded bon. orar3 , degrees at the Franklin and Marshall coMmeneement, but the dean is the onW one to receive the degree Of Doctor bf Science. The other seven Will be• awarded *to three educators, two )awyers, a jurist, and a elergy- man. Diary- Students Find 'Many Jobs Available Prof. Andrew A: BOrland announces that all except two of the two and four year dairy husbandry seniors have secured jobs. These men, with two and three offers apiece, aro ex pected to be placed during the next week. Offers this year have' been more numerous than during the last four cr five. lligher wages and great er opportunities chariteterize the posi tions. Jobs are so numerous that sophomore and junior men are being forced into service. to fill them. The annual U. S. Department of Agriculture inspection 101 take place May 18-22. Dr. W. 11. Beal wilt in spect the experimental work done dur int the last year on the federal money grants. Any arresting phase of the work, considered worthy of continu ance, will be considered for next year's funds. in catalysts. However, Marker's new theory that the reaction is chemical is based on the fact that in the analysis of the 40,000 gallons of urine only one hor mone has been found in its natural state, the rest all appearing as chem ical by-products of the original hor mone, indicating that they have par ticipated in and been affected by chem ical reactions in performing their 'nor mal functions. The only new exception to the rule is the female sex hormone, Theelin, which is thrown off in its natural state by pregnant women, since it per forms no purpose during the period of pregnancy. Other hormones studied were Thee lol and Di-hydro-theelin, female, and testosterone and andostcrol, male. Discovered and produced here syn thetically for the first time recently was the hormone, lipi-allo-oregano lone. In this hormone hunt, most of the research work was done by post graduate students under Marker's di rection, while the very heavy work was done with the assistance of Parke-Davis and Company, which sponsors the entire hormone research program. COMPLETE CAMPUS COVERAGE PRICE FIVE CENTS , 1 will obtain engagement cards in ly following the first counsellor freshman week. Previously, in o get their cards at the Student Union desk. The old fee of 50 cents was retained. Rushing Regius on 2nd I)ay •Rushing will begin as usual at 7:30 o'clock the following day. With the exception of the one amendment, last year's code will prevail throughout the fraternity rushing period. Chairman of the committee, which was appointed at the Council meeting Thursday night, was Clifford L. Cra mer '3B. Other members comprising the committee were: harry Cohn '3B, Robert E. Hayes '39, George W. Jar den '3B, Albert J. Murphy '3B, John 11. J. Pearce '39, David M. Ramsey '3B, Wilmer X. Rockmalter '39, and George W. Yeckley '39. To Elea Board of Control The faculty advisor and the hoard of control will he elected at the Coun cil meeting tonight, John S. Moeller '3B, president of the Council, announ ced last night. Prof. Sheldon C. Tan ner, of the department of political sci ence and economics, has been the fac ulty advisor for the past few years. The board of control serves as a governing body during the rushing period. Violations are reported to the elected faculty member of the board, who investigates and in turn reports his :findings' to. the, heard.. A specific_ . Penalty is then decided upon by the entire board. Hoffman Replies To Tunis Article Refutes Author's Accusations That College Is Lax With Honorary Degrees Registrar William S. Hoffman wired a statement refuting an article by John R. Tunis in the June issue of Harper's magazine in which the au thor charged that the College was lib eral with its hcnorary degrees. Tunis, in his "Ilcnora Causa, The Strange Business of Honorary De grees," says in part: "One recalls the remark of the Rev. William Sunday when awarded a D. D. by the Pennsylvania State College. an institution more liberal with its degrees than its dogmas. Casting his eyes over the gaudily costumed fac ulty, he dropped to his knees in pray er, beginning, 'Jesus! What a glori cos bunch of men.'" Hoffman Telegraphs Reply Iloffman's telegram to Leo F. Hart man, editor of the magazine, said: "The Pennsylvania State College has not given more than a half dozen honorary degrees in the more than 75 years of its existence. Only twa hon orary doctor of science degrees have been given, both to alumni of the in stitution now long since dead. Two others were masters of arts. No hon orary degrees have been given since :lone 1911. No degree of any sort. was over conferred by this College en Bil ly Sunday nor would the Pennsylvania State College presume to give the de gree of doctor of divinity." Also Writes Tunis In his letter to Tunis, Hoffman also -enclosed a copy of the telegram. Re ferring him to the Division of Edu cation in Washington for the correct ness of the telegram's statements, the registrar added, "I personally take great pleasure each year in inscribing on he space reserved for the distribu tion of honorary degrees the sentence, 'The Pennsylvania State College does not grant honorary degrees?" Continuing, Hoffman called Tunis' attention to four statements that "should be retracted." First, Billy Sunday never received a degree from the College. Second, the College never granted a degree of doctor of divin ity. Third, the College can not be called liberal in granting honoraries, especially in the past quarter century. And fourthly, Hoffman challenged the author to find a single dogma that is written into our rules and regulations or which exists as more or less com mon law on the etonmet.
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