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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.