. . ' _ , . - Semi:liVe :WY - . . "01 3 14 s' SUCCESSOR ... ( 4,...„.._; ‘ , " , ";"1,, \' ' . . 40 ..... - 7SENATOR NYE To The rice Lance, eslab •" • . • .-', rfr. ,:: : :'. V; ' % 3) ' - Opposes Compulsory lished 1887: . Clll4 ( , , • . it. O. T. C. See Page 1. . —., , . - .• - . Volume 34N0. 18 College Senate LIONS AIM Act As 3,800 Sign Petition For Holiday School Closes at.-Noon -Wednesday, Opens Monday At 8 Frear Hall Students Instigated Campaign Acceding to a• petition signed by about 3,800 students, the Col lege Senate unanimonsly . grmit ed a Thanksgiving vacation 3rei terday afternoon. The vacation wilt begin at noon on ,Wednes day, November 24, and continue until 8 o'clock Monday morning, November 29. The petition, which was pre sented to the Senate by Jail D. Kennon '3B, president of Student Council, was drawn up and circulated by t„ group- of then living _in Freer Hall, who charged that the -Thanks giving holiday was dropped'from - the College calendar s on the condltion that more fooiball half-holidays' be"grant-' ed, .and' that this ',was not, done. Students Asked'to Ccoriernte, . , -- - - , The4etitir, r wasgranted ~,135%.-: the Sedate on tic 'condition that the stii dent co-iipeiate in not cutting classes before dud, after the vacation . . . . . period../ . ' . „ . The Senate pointed out that the va cation ended at 8' o'clock on' Monday morning, rather than at 1:10, the usual time. The petition presented to the Tres ident and - senate yesterday follows: , We; the members of the committee, representing signers of the , petition for the extension of Thanksgiving Vacation, do hereby present to you, through our spokesman, John D. Ken- (Continued ow puye two) `I Say Bunk'—Nye Launches Blow At RO.T.C. If • only American • universities would provide's compulsOry course in 'peace training! the, folly of' the pre paredness issue, as it is modeled, in schools today,• could lie offset •splen, didly." : • • - Thus, in an address at Indiana Uni versity last' week,-:North :Dakota's dapper. Senator-Geruld• P. Nye rang the keynote of the resumption of his battle for elimination of compulsory. military' training .in :American col leges, a battle he has waged intermit tently, since the introduction of the , Nte-Kvale bill in 1939. Said Senator Nye, by way of elabo ration: "Why should college boys be penalized , th compulsory military training when' all around us arc thou sands of farm boys and boys in indus try who' haven't been trained. Mili tary authorities would answer 'pre parddness.' 1 my "Our national defense would not be hurt in the'leagi Particular by aban donment of - the tompulsoi7,aspect of military, training," Nye - added., "Vol untary' training, on' the other..hand, would koride Many, many more men than we could over Use if culled upon to defend our bOrders. • "Should compulsory military train ing be abandoned . a great advan tage would result in the accompany ing .destruction 'of an influence that, is deeply planted In compulsory mili tali', training—an • influence which plays a large pArt in propagandizing and firthering the cause of military thought." • " - 'Reiterating his 'contention that, elimination of compulsory training would not affect federal grants, Nye, maned to the'Universities of Wiscon !: , sin; Minnesota, and North Dakota, the vanguard of the peace parade, which "are receiving just as much federal aid as they received before making the change in military setup." Net-Work To Carry Grid Contest - A complete Eastern network will broadcast the Pena-Tenn State game tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'- clack. The broadcasting personnel will be: Sol 'Wolf, play by play; - Buck Taylor,,.spotting State play ers; and Bill Crowell, well-known official who will handle the expert commentary. Transmitting stations . will -in clude: W11P,..1 , 130 kilocycles, Har 'risburgl. WBRE, 1310.'Idlocycles, Wilkes-Barre; WTIC, 1040 kilo-' cycles, llartford; WCAU, 1170 kilocycles, Philadelphia; WKOK, 1210 kilocycles, Scranton; and WOBT, 880 kilocycles, Sunbury. 36 L.A. *dents - Make Hoilor Roll Six Members Of School .Obtain Perfect Three Averages For 2nd Semester The 'honor roll of -the School of the Liberal Arts issued -yesterdy for the second semester of last year lists - 1.3 members of the class 0f.'38, 12 from the class of, '39, and 11 from the class of '4O as the top ranking students in scholarship in the school. Six. members of the school attained a perfeet.3mverage for. the semester. r - Of. this number three were from the crass ofJBB, two .from''39, aml.the re mainingonedfrom .the .ejassiop:4o . • It.was found tFuY E 2 'cal of Clic tlifee - upper classes had a 2 average orbetter for the last semester.. The lclass of '3B topped the list with 30 per Cent of. its members having a 2 or better, "39 had 17 per cent with that average, and '4O listed 24,per cent. The following lists are arranged in order, those having highest average coming first. - ClasS of 1939 In the class of '3B the three who re ceived a perfect average were Chris tine Kauffman, Robert ,L. Kaye; and Vernon R. Smith. Others in order of scholarship are D. Altenburg, 2.8; Frank A. Itgen, 2.8; John F. Jage nuin,. 2.8; John E. Matz, 2.8; Eleanor Robinson, 2.8; Robert L. Smith, 2.7; George E. Bowman, 2.6; Jennie B. Cantafio,, 2.6; Robert H. Dewalt, 2.6; I Mrhat is the Oxford Group? and Marshall Evans, 2.6. This question evolved from the an . Class of 1939 I pumice on this campus of an article Two, Margaret J. Lloyd and Ellis entitled "God Control"' in a current Schien, gained the 3 average' in7the issue of the Collegiate Digest, pictor class of '39. Following them are Bar- ial supplement of the Collegian. bara H. McClure, 2.9; Frank C. A definition given in a recent inter- Craighead, 2.8; John J:: Craighead, view with Prof. C. A. Bonine, pioneer 2.8; Vernon L. Hull, 2.8; Carolyn Mc- Penn State- grouper, was this: The Connell, 2.8; 'Henry R. - Smith, 2.8; Oxford Croup 14 a group of- people Edwin Ks .Taylor, 2.8; Henry Borow, who are trying to mobiljze the spir -2.7; Alvin Isecovitz, 2.7; .and Doro- itual resources of the world into a thee Sillies, 2.7. ' -." spiritual front to fight the subversive . '. ' Class of 1910 forceS of materialism and moral decay The only person in the class of 'IOI which are threatening the destruction to get a straight 3 average was 'AfOr. of our ChriStian civilization today. 1 ton4.' Conn.. Five received a 2.8. av- ' From the book,."For Sinners Only," crime and the name number got a 2.7.. by 'A. J. Russell, editor of one of Those, with a 2.8 arc David E. Coben, i London's foremost dailies, it was Charles .W. Flanagan,' Mary E. learned that the Oxford Group eman- Fletcher, Sara E. lineman,' and .Jos- ated from Oxford University. The ephine B. Miller. Following with a standards of the movement as given 2.7 are Ann W,Bonipe, James V. De- in the book, are absolute love to all, Luke, Mary E. HattOn, Ruth J. Ko- absolute purity, absolute unselfishness, cher, and John R. Verbalis. and absolute honesty. Cast Of 'Say It With Music' FeaturesProfessionalTalent ' ProfCssionulism is one charge of which at least the Thespiun•Glee fail show, ','Say. Bosic,". has. no fears; - . One of , the professionals appearing . in .theshom , :. is Bob-L. Ilertz '4O, the son Of a musical comedy stair, who has tup-danced on ' the -Pittsburgh vaudeville 'stage. lle Iw-featured in a trio with Marguerite It. Sitheaffer '4O anti Louise Stringer '4O. Another professional is Jeanne Wjthcrow,, an acrobatic And ballet dancer. She does a dance which she has composed 'herself .aintj which she performs on, a, three-foot square dist six feet alnive the singe. It is called "Sunset in Arabia." Jeanne has per formed its Pittsburgh and Altoona. Still another is Ruth Shtascl '4l, who is partner of Dart Ilenderson STATE COLLEGE, PA:FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1937 Grants 4-Day Thanksgiving Vacation .r K B. R -EA . .‘EI'H JINX .AT PENN Monday Set As Deadline For Council Nominations Student Elections Will Continue For-Two Days • From 9To 5 O'clock; Matriculation Cards. Will Be Required . . . Nominations for the various school student Councils will be continued un til Monday, it was announced last night by Russell G. Golin !El, chairman of the elections committee supervising the reorganization of the - Present Student Council. The previous date set for the end of the nominations waS last Tuesday. bht since so few were nominated, it was thought advisable by the Student Council to continue. , ~ - . Elections will be held Monday and Tuesday in the first floorlounge of Old Main, from 9 to 5 o'clock. Stu dents are to vote for members of the council of their own department and their own class. Matriculation cards will be needed in order-to cast a bal lot. More Representative The amendment to the . Student Council' constitution was passed by both .the council and the Student Board last week. The purpose behind the bill was to Make the high ruling group more representative of the stu- I dent body. , • j The plan, as'formulated by John D. 'Kennon '3B, senior class president, 'proVides for a student council for each school 'and from the various school councils, representatives from each cla.4s, who will sit in on the regu lar Student Council meetings. - I . The folleWing nominations sere re- Engine ing:~~Sfl.sp.l:: ; Sop!tonloc4 elasS, Electrical Engineering: Benja hula Wulburn, Richard Fletcher; Rog er Sharp, N. R. Lloyd, Karl Bretney; 'lndustrial Engineering: Berman Fo gel, Titus. Miller; Civil Engineering: (Contimecd on page two) Bonine Explains Religious Group Student Interest Aroused 13) 'God Control' Article In . Collegiate Digest . . In the "Rhapsody in Bine" dunce num ber. Before coning to school this 'fall, Ruth-appeared with a travelling , bal , let troupe. . The featured dunce number of" Say It With Music" is the "Wig Apple." The' Thespian interprettitiOn, of 'this OoPular dunce novelty includes Sock Kennedy's an d Burt Henderson's "Washington Crossing the . Delaware," "Hornpipe," and "Spirit of '76." -Each of the.dancers has developed his own "shine" for this number. -- - Prof. Richard W. Grunt has an nounced that Joe K. Cook '39„,wi1l take. the singing role of Sum G. Gullu '39. Sum is now studying at the New York Conservatory of Music. The other soloiits will be Bess Edelblute '39, who was starred in "H. M. .S. Pinafore," and. Doris J. Thomas '39, u newcomer. . Drama T&Open Artists' Course Sberwood'silay,- "The Queen's Husband,' To Begin 1937-38 Program OriDee. 2 The American .Repertory theatre will present Robert E. Sherwood's "The Queen's Husband" on Thursday evening, December 2,,as the opening number of the 1937-38 Artists' Course, Dr.- Carl lE. Marquardt announced yesterday. To satisfy the• continued demand for a dramatic.nunar ..on the pro ..the. Artiste , Coif.ilie , codanittee; headed by Doctor Marquardt; secured the talents of thiS •newly formed dra matic group, composed ,of veterans of the theatt:e. -These professional man agers and players were brought to gether under•one management to sat isfy the demand among colleges, wom en's clubs, and fraternal groups, for dramatic -talent of Broadway calibre. Playwright ,Won Pulitzer l'rize Sherwood won farm .as the author of the Pulitzer prize 'play, "Idiot's Delight," and also won recognition with his "The- Road to Rome." . "The Queen's Husband'? is a satirical com edy about the turmoil of various forms of government endeavoring to force themselves on the peoples of the world 'no the only type of government under which to live.. • The author stresses the futility of war, but at the smile time does not lose his sense of humor in the development of his characters. The play enjoyed a „long...and suc cessful run on Broadway and added to the author's string of hits. Alex ander Woolleott opened his review of the play with: "In the new comedy which came to the Playhouse last night the author - has written an im mensely engaging play about a Queen pecked,Ring." The formation of the American Reperlory theatre had as its purpose the filling of a delirdte need for a touring dramatic group to make ap pearances throughout the country and away from Broadway. Broadway.pro ducers„ have feared the_ poSsibility of a gamble in .backing talented shows outside of the several large cities in the country. Jose Ruben is the direc-1 tor of the company and has a dis tinguished background in the theatre. Tribunal Lifts 1941 Customs For Holiday In connection with the Penn half holiday, itien's Studeitt tribunal an nounced that freshmen will be •re leased from customs beginning tomor row morning at Bo'elpek and ending Monday•nndrning at the same hour. The Tribunal also decided that the winter woolen dinks of Dartmouth green will 1w permissible for the.com ing cold spells. They'.will be on sale ut the local clothing stores. George.Shekell was brought before the court for failure to wear his dint: and apprarii4 before the justices without matches. 'Penalty, after due deliberation,. was that Shekell shall adorn a - big bonnet and carry a 6- foot, red tipped match . about the 'cam pus. A sign on his back reads "I lost my dink?" . . • In The Old Backyard Again Former West. Philadelphia High School speed merehantL hd dazed Penn with a9l-yard touchdown dash last year. Will he repeat again for the Dr. Schott Plans Extensive Outckiorßecreation,Program), Head Of Physical Education Places Ray Conger In Charge; Attempts to Secure C. C. C. Camp, Boalsburg Stables "The trend of the youth of today is definitely in a - buck to nature di rection, and I ant doing all I can to organize an extensive all-year-round outdoor recreational program to fill this growing need," Dr. Carl P. Schott, Dean of the School of Physical Education and Athletics, stated in a recent interview. "This is no scatter-brained idea which will' be forgotten after a few months of lukewarm voluntary work on the matter," the Doctor said. "I have placed Ray Conger in charge of• the program and he is to devote his Li b r ar y Grant Is entire time to its organization.. We; Ikant any mushroom growth,' don'tbu would railer have a program' Cut o $500,000 which will grow slowly and soundly no matter how long it takes." To Acquire Nearby Facilities Doctor Schott went on" to explain his desire to have a program so broad that it will capitalize on all facilities on the campus and. in the nearby mountains. Ile explained the steps be has taken . in attempting to acquire excellent facilities for riding, swim ming, overnight hiking, skating, ski ing, and for ninny other uses. Negotiations arc under way with the government to gain possession of an 'l.tandoned C. C. C. camp nearby. It will include a large recreational hall, a lake deep enough for sum mer swimming and large enough for an excellent ice skating rink, a num ber of bunkhouses, and excellent hik ing and skiing trails. One of the other properties Doctor Schott is, con centrating on is the abandoned' Na tional Cuard stables at Boalsburg for riding classes. Plan's to Build Large Lodge• "Scsides.getting hold of these IWO pertics,.l want to have built a large dud e, easily -accessible froin State College, where meetings of various groups could be held, hiking parties (confirmed tia puyo four) Peini `Game Special Bus • LettveS At 4:30 A "Penn game" Special greyhound bus will .lenve here at o'cloeh this afternotin and go direct lo Phila delphia, the State College Hold Tray; el bureau, local agents for the Grey hound lines, have announced. The return trip will be via the regu lur buses from l!hiladelphiu to Stute College, leaving the former city on Sunday.ut either 10:80 o'clock in the morning or 6:45 at night. Round trip will be $5.95. All seats ure,reserved, with reservations closing as soon as the bus is filled. ;College Librarian Retains Plans For Million-Dollar Building Despite Huge Slash Plans for a new million-dollar li brary have nut been discarded despite the slash of the appropriation to half I a million, Willard P. Lewis, College librarian, said yesterday. Lewis explained that the library will be 'built according to the original plan with the exception of the wing.: and four floors of stacks.' These will omitted until more funds ate forth- May Curtail Work "If tiny more cuts are made," Lewis said, "certain forms of work will be curtailed. It would man elimination of the, third and fourth floors across the 'front of the building which are intended for seminar rooms and rooms for collections such as the "Penn Stale - in China 'room." ' - Located at the bead of the drive past the Liberal Arls IMildings, the T-shaped building will face down campus, Lewis pointed oul. The drive will be replaced by - a mall approach- Mg the library. The building will be built of fire-resistant, acoustical) , treated materials, and will 'contain elevators. Would Increase Capacity in stuck eapacity the proposed building will not give much enlarge ment over present facilities. hut when the wings are 1111111:11 it Will ho almost doubled. Lewis asserted that the_ pres ent library now holds MAIN books. Without its wings, the new library will house !lima 3004100 vidumes. Lewis pointed out that the College ibrary includes branch libraries at the Schools-of Agriculture, Chemistry and Physics, and Mineral Industries. PRICE FIVE CENTS Have Dropped All Tilts But One Since '29 Toretti Shifted From Guard To Pivot Job Against Quakers Harrison, Giannantonio To Play In Home Town B.• HERB CAHAN Aiming to break a jinx that has followed them to every away game except one since the last victory over Penn in 1929, a squad of -29 Nittany Lion foot ballers left early this morning for the game on Franklin field tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The one exception was the win over Lehigh at Bethlehem in 11)34, but the Lions consider this only as a minor victory. So, besides want ing to stage a comeback after last Sat urday's second-half defeat at the hands of Syracuse, the State eleven will have the added incentive of seek ing their first major victory in eight years. Ilt=l — TOnnirrow'S' - 'sett mark' , the :;01.11 game in a series that was begun in 1890. " Penn State has won only eight times, the Quakers 24 times, and three games ended in ties. Coach 8010 Higgins' I-ruining this week was concentrated primarily in bringing the team up to the proper mental peak after the saddening loss to the Orange. The boys showed their usual practice pep and seem to realize full well that much depends on the outcome of the Penn game. Up until last Saturday it looked as though the Quakers would be an in ferior outfit. but since their upset vic tory over Navy they have climbed right back into the pigskin spotlight. The Philadelphians have beaten Mary land, lost to Yale and Columbia, and tied Georgetown previous to the Mid dies clash. Bedenk Says Penn Strong' According, to Line Coach Joe Pe dunk, who has scouted the Red and Blue all season, Penn will present a strong outfit. Their line is almost the same as last season, and it seems as though they have finally struck a backfield combination that works well with the veteran forward wall. Sending the squad through ehl)• two scrimmage sessions, brushing up (Clllli itmrrl on page l u re) Frosh 'Go College' In Many Tastes, Figures Show That freshmen are more "college conscious" mu upperclassmen is now an est abli.neil fact. At lead a con sensus of tin' lignrc•e 1 . 12101501 IT a few or the reilt,rs in Slate lollt•ec seems to 111111C;111 , so. For example, Olive (jilt of every four ILl:gimlet' run to the nearest store upon their arriyal, in town and stc.zl: up with College kxiled station ery, while practically all of mono dosti 10 moil boxes with picture postcard.; of Old Mainland other campus build ings to show the folks hock home that, they really are in College. Portlier evidence thut conservatism 0411111:8 lvii h age 01111 be gleaned from t be.faci that On overwhelming major ity of upperelassmen buy non-lietion books denting with subject~ of contro versial nature. And the older they ,get. the more outside reading they it 0(19110. Dealer : , report. lhnt the books by John Steinke]: are among the top ranking favorites ut present. Among them are "Of AliiT and Men" nod "To God Unlinown. - "Anil So Victoria" by Vaughan Width's, i, .enjoying sale comparable to that of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind."
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