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Volume 19
NITTANTRIOIR i4,i'MACHINE' . THROTTLES PENN, 7-0
Mat Tourney $14,04
March 25-26
Set For Nat'l
Title Event
Wrestling 1114teheS Are
Shortened:- By New
NCWA Ruling '‘•
Referee Given Power
To Name All Winners
The 11th annual National In
tercollegiate Wrestling, cham
pionship tournament will be held
here next March 25 and 26.
Announcement to this effect
was Made over the week-end by
Dr. R. G. Clapp of the Univer
sity of Nebraka, chairman of
the, National Collegiate Wrest
ling Rules Committee.
Scheduling of , the wrestling
tourney bere will feature a top
notch. program 'next year . which al
ready includes the Eastern Intercol
legiate ,3oxing Association's cham
pionship tournament.
Eliminate "Cluck Scoring"
Meanwhile,' elimination of "clock
scoring" and shortening of the . time
limit of; individual : nut telle . in...wrest
ling were, 'ailopted . by • ihe - National
Collegiate Wrestling Association.
The changes are expected to be
lowed also - by the -Eastern Intercol
legiate Wrestling Association, of
which l'enn State is champion.
In an-apparent effort to. eliminate
stalling by a wrestler lvho hag gained
some time advantage, the association
- ruled out tine-keepers and delegated
t • ot e ] l le t. referee the power to decide the
resell.
Cut Match Time
'Furthermore, the time of the match
was chopped from 10 to nine mihutes.
No mention of extra periods was
made, however, but it was indicated
that under the new ruling the referee
also would have the power to order
an extra period should he so 'desire.
Commenting on the association's ac
tion,-Wrestling Coach Charlie Speidel
said: "It, cliMinates one evil and pre
sents an opportunity for another."
The new ruling,' Speidel added, is
expected not 'only to prevent stalling
by the Matman holding a time edge
but also to augment the chances of a
man to win because-of his_ superior
wrestling ability, regardless of short
comings' in time advantage.
Danger spot ,of the new ruling;
Speidel pointed. out, liek , in the fact
that the decision will rest in the hands
of one man, ii Problem now facing
collegiate boxing.
Home - -Ec. Practice
Work .Diclared
• Strenuou.s
"The only thing soft about practice
house is the 110118,",deelare the home ,
economists who spend eight weeks of
either their junior or senior years in
the houses. The houses, Spark's house
and Ilillerest, are on North drive and
are former homes 'of presidents Of
the College:
The ; houSes: were started to give
home-eefiers practical use of the sub
jects they 'have studied. In the houses
they clean, cook; manage the house;
and care for the baby. This year the
women In Hillcrest have a five months
old girl, DoloreS, and the Spark's
house women have a boy; she months
old, called Jimmie. '
The women who grace the big dan
ces spend, their time during these
eight weeks scrubbing spinach, bath
ing a babycleaning house, and try
ing to make fifty cents a day for each
person stretch to Make up for the food
they will receive in Mae hall the re
mainder of the semester.
,The result? Houses that Make the
women's fraternities look like garde
nias after a..dance. A new prowess
in cooking. Groups of women live and
work together with' the 'cooperation of
Imes in a hive. If one slaoks her job,
the others make 'up for it.
IHis Plan Materialiies
JOHN, D. KENNON.
Council .Elections
End Today At 5
Balloting In Old Main Lounge
To Choose Delegates To
Sub-Councils
E I esiti on 5...:,f0i; „the
'Stail4nr:C'onneils
o'efOck according ta!the pfun'-for.
'action of the.sub.councils. Balloting
is -being, held in the first floor. lounge
of 'Old Main. Matriculation cards will
be:required in order. for a student to
vote:
-Delegates for the' schools' councils
will be picked from each class and
each -department With the exception
of Llc School of Agriculture. , In the
lower 'division of the Liberal Arta
school, three persons will be' elected
at-large.
From these various councils there
will be elected one memberlront each
class who Will meet with the.regularli
elected Student Council. \ ,
Council Activities
These sub-councils, which swing in
to - action shortly after their election,
will regulate the afftiir,: of their
schools Os' does the' Student Council
for the, College.' Matters of conduct
.and class affairs will come under their
.
Although
. the delegates to the Stu
dent Council will have' no vote at
present, it is believed that in the fu
ture they will have the same status
as the others.
Dean:Trabye Speaks
Tu 6,000_ EdueatOrs
. Marion It. Tritium, Sc h ool of MIMI-
Lion, dean, spoke before some. 6,000
Leachers, principals, and superinten
dents in Urbana, 111., Friday.
Dean Trubue talked on "Fact and
Fancy in Guidance" on the occasion
of the IlVird' annual High School con
ference sponsoriid by the University
of Illinois.
Varsiteers'
1937 Varsity Quartet
Appears Over. KDK4
One of the most popular' singing
groups ever de,yeloped in Perm State
'and 'now. one• rapidly gaining public
fume by its radio-performances, the
1037 varsity quartet has been signed
as an outstanding feature of the fall
Glee-Thespian musical show, "Say It
With Music," which will be presented
in Schwab auditorium on Saturday
night.
'Following its immense: popularity
on the 'campus here last year, the var
sity quartet has become equally popu-'
tar ,on the ether. waves over station
KDKA in Pittsburgh where they may
be heard every Friday afternoon 'al
5:16 o'clock. Special release has been
given the quartet to be in the Thes
pian show here.
Singing under the radio name of
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9,-1937
'Groff Describes Slaughter
In China In Weekly,,Letter
Urges• Greater Interest In Japanese Conflict;
Belieses China Will Make Contribution
To World Peace In Future.
"Here at Canton we are on,the.outer rim of the war zOne. During the
past week We have,had on- the average of two air-raid alarms daily. The
city's outskirts have been bombed.a.number of times: 'The'bombing planes
must onerate , from'great heights as aircraft guns are•welf Tlaceil and ac-
* live near •the city. It is said that
Arbsts..-Course l'ithere has been a large loss of life in
the interior villages =near centers of
• • -
Vingad'es'• nescejl." ..,k . "
•
! nu, professor Q.l.Weidinan "Dad-,
ily" Groff, head of the_school of agri-i
culture of !Anglian • ::University in
Canton, China, describes the .current
Sino-Japanese coliflict..in a letter to
Dr: William A, Broyles. This letter,'
the most recent received from Profes.'
sue CrolT, is dated October 10.
."China has the man, power to hold
ron but lacks the 'material necessary I
for a strong and extended defense,"l
Professor Groff continues. "In these,
days one cannot know'what a day or
week . will bring forth. My own con
viction tends strongly in the direction
of the belief that: China and the Chi
nese, in the next fifty 'or one hundred
years, are destined' to. make a great
contribution to wcivld peace."
Professor Groff.writes a weekly let-1
ter about conditions in China to some
faculty_ il*lrbor,:ustia,B.v.,,,to „Doctor
or the School of Agriculture, who is!
chairman of the Penn State-in-China
directing committee.
• To a , rather long letter to Doctor
Broyles two weeks ago Professor
Groff urged a greater constructive in
terest in. the tragic slaughter that is
taking place in China. lie says that
the loss of life .is terrible, thousands,
upon thousan6 being slaughtered. 1
Noted., Vinlinist Also Composes,
Conducts; Mill Appear Here
• February '2l
. ..
fGeorge, Enesco„ world-famous vio
linist, composer, and conductor, has
been signed to appear heec as violin
soloist for the third number of the
1937-38 'Artists. Course series to , be
held Monday evening,
: February 21,
Dr.. Carl. E.. /Marquardt, committee
chairman, announced yesterday.
Enesco appeared :in the series Jost
year:, sharing' the program with
Charles 'l , laegele;..pianist. The cam
pus audience enthusiastically received I
the conceit of Enesco, who is acknowl
edged , to
. be::tlieWorld's greatest liv- I
leg'interpreierof:Moiart !
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Barn in 4tnitapia
The Moldavian 'hills : of
,Roumania in
1881.
,Lle ii•as enrolled in .the Vienna
conservt4ry when only seven years
old,' and , was 'graduated' with highest
honors. Later, after being graduated
from . the . . Paris .coaservatory, he be
gan • his. brilliant.•eareer -as a' violin
virtuoso fit the age'of
His delnit , .as a 'composer came
while he was :still in the . Paris con
serriitory..' Ills first outstanding com
position was the "Symphonic Comer
tante" Which was' given its' initial
hearing in .1008. Concert audiences
everywhere are familiar with his Rou
manian rhapsodies, which are fea
tured by symphonic orchestras
throughout the world.
Uses Over-size Violin
It is said that Enure's - greatness
stems from his absorption in his play
ing, his *penetration of the composer's
intent,, his beauty of tone, his combi
nation' of the emotional and intellec
tual, neither overshadowing the other,
and his implicit sincerity. Ills over
size 'violin is an object of constant
curiosity on the part of his audiences,
but it is merely. adapted to the man.
It was especially designed for his
broad fingers by the French violin
maker, Coll.
Editor Visits Campus
Mrs.' hazel' Richards, national edi
tor' of the hltortar Board Quarterly,
visited the College during , the latter
part' of, the week. During her visit,
she was a guest at A. 0. Pi house.
MrS. Richards presided ate meeting
of the naive 'faculty advisors and
alumni members of the Mortar Board
in the ,KapPa Alpha Theta house on
'Thursday evening. •
ilOadline Thespian Show
•
"The Varsitaers," the lON quartet
in composed of Charles' W. Tilden,' Other Professionals .---
JacltE: Platt, James P. Unganst, and I ' .
4814 :.))I:..,O'Connor, accompanied I . Slated On Program
/0
by pianist Don Dixon; all' '37. The' .
. .
Varsiteers have been enthusiastically Berlin musical "Say It With
received at the Plaza, the Urban Roof, I Music." Another scene from the show
and Rolling Mock,, amon'g, the smart-1 will make use of an absolutely dark
est and 'most popular Pittsburgh ren-1 house. and stage illuminated only by
dezvous. They have adopted as a the fluorescent light aggravated .by
theme., song, the number, "There's the training of invisible ultra-violet
Nothing; New Under the Sun," which rays upon a back-drop painted with
they introduced in last year's musical the fluorescent, ultra-violet sensitive
show. - paint. During this scene a chorus of
Other professional performers in- IS boys and the same 'number of girls
troduted in "Say It With Music" will will sing.
be lIob.L. :Hertz '4O, who has danced So that the time.honored.eustom of
on. the 'Pittsburgh vaudeville stage; taking your houseparty .date to the
JeunritrWitherow..who has appeared musical] comedy show will 'not inter
in Pittsburgh and.Altuonu; and Ruth fere With the dancing this,week-end,
Shlasel• whb 'appeared with a the time of the show has been set up
travelling ballet troupe this summer, to 7:ls.o'clock, enabling the audience
A novel finale at,the end of the firstlto depart . by 0:50 , Tickets will be
act will feature song and dance tol Fold for 75 cents in the balcOny and
the title number of the' all-Gershwin-I :$l.OO downstairs.' • '
At State
Valuable Newspapers
Acquired By Library
A • valuable. collection of nearly a
hundred volumes of Northumberland
county newspapers is a Tecent acquis
ition of the College library.
The collection has .been secured
through gift and purchase from Dr.
Walter Herzog, director of American
historical research - for the Board of
Education of Los Angeles, and a form
er resident of Sluunokin.
Because ninny of the tiles arc the
only ones in existence, the papers are
very valuable and have been stored
in a safe,dcposit vault )O Los Angeles
for twenty-live years. Covering the
period from ISSII to MB, they con
tain valuable source material on Cen
tral Pennsylvania in the Civil War
years. the financial crisis of the Grant,
adMinistration, and other events of
that period.
About seventy-live volumes are
biribul, and the unbound issues arc
placed beLiveen board covers. The
papers incl u de the Shamokin Ilerald
and Times, the . Sunburk AIIICHCILII and
Gazelle, and two volumes of the An
thracite :Monitor. •
Their' Passes. Beat Penn
The Liens' in: 7
flyweight m
ey player.* who
executed the •
game-winning .
p ass in the sec
ondquarter.t:i.:
Windy entered
the
pass to Harry 1;
who made a
great catch on l:
the li-yard line %.
fur a 22-yard
gain. Then'
Harry.. Philly
pride, lined one
flipped a neat :',
remaining
Windy on the
11.11tRY'llAltItISON
Stem Fascism By Collective
Action, British Debaters Say
U. S.. Is Urged To Scrap .Policy Of Isolation
---But Internationalism Leads To War,
Penn State Team Warns
The march of fascism, its dreams of impevialism backed by booming
guns and booming phraseology, is
all in its path. Soon it, will strike t
fin— the eventual battle, America
Ferguson SpeAs
At Soph Seminar
Discusses U. S: Foreign Policy
In Second Of Talks On
Wtir And Peace
:Giving . the second Lulk in a series
of discussions on "War or Peace,"
Prof. John 11.Terguson of the depart
ment of politicarscience, spoke to the
sophomore seminar on "Neutrality or
Cooperation."
Explaining, the - present neutrality
acts and the alleged foreign policy of
the United States, Professor Fergu
son stated that we must use both iso
lation and 'cooperation in dealing with
the problems of the lvorld today.
"We must-remain isolated hi com
mitting ourselves to force, but the
problems of today call for world co
operation," said Professor Ferguson,
who advocates participation in the
World Court and the League of Na
tions.
U. S. Impregnable
The theme of Professor Ferguson's
talk was that the U.S. is us free from
foreign invasion as is possible to im
agine. Ile pointed an. that neither
Mexico, Great Germany,
Italy, or Japan are in a position to
cam on any prolonged attack on us
in Unit the tremendous cost and the
internal dissension aroused would
make it. impossible.
In CUMlllellting on the neutrality
act, Professor Ferguson sold, "Our
neutrality acts are only good if we
firmly determine not to engage in a
war on foreign soil,"
In conclusion. l'rofessor Ferguson
stated that the fallacy of war can be
shown in the lesson learned from the
World IVar. "We made the world safe
for dictators,' not ..for .democracy,"
said Professor Ferguson.
Prof. Alfred U. Pun will 'speak
today on " T he Causes of War.' The
last in this. series will be the discus
sion on November 16 on "Holy Can
We Work Toward Peace?" ,
Radio Station Staff
Chooses '4l Members
Seven freshmen have been added to
the stall' of the College radio station,
IVSYA=WLMA, Gilbert L. Crossley,
instructor in radio engineering, has
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Each of the new operators has a
radio operator's license from the Fed
eral Communications *commission and
Operates .a station in his home town.
The new members . of the stall arc:
Carl D. Bethel, Jr., Walter K. Dau,
Jr., William H. Deily, Robert Huston,
Gerald D. Ostrander, Joseph F. Mar
shall, and John C. Williams. '
WINDY WEAR
•olling relentlessly onward, engulfing
he western hemisphere. Gird yourself
Meanwhile, - help stern the tide by
scrapping impraeticable isolationism
and substituting participation in col
lective international efforts for peace.
Thud, in a running drumfire of
',mind reasoning and obvious emotion
filism,.the British-debate team argued
the modern world" at the. annual in
ternational - debate before approxi
mately GOO students, faculty members,
and townspeople in Schwab audit°. '
rium Thur.stlay night.
Blaming England for the collapse
of the League of Nations, slim, jocu
lar James A. Brown of Oxford add
ed: "The economic weapon is the
strongest of all ... The decisive ele
ment (for its success) can be Amer
ican cooperation . . . Given the bril
liant leadership of September, 1935,
(when Sir Samuel lloare led the chive
against Italy's invasion of Ethiopia)
but this time followed up each
"wary could then feel secure."
Said sorrel-topped, staccato-voiced
Ronald V. Gibson of Cambridge:
"With hooliganism overrunning the
world, nu nation can stand alone.
Help preserve your democracy
(through international collectivity.")
But, capitalizing, on Brown's own
admission of England's guilt, stocky
.1. Edwin Matz '3B argued for Penn
State's negative cause: "England, like.
every other nation in every other in
stance, is out to protect her own vest
ed interests." For this reason, he in
timated, inte•nationalisnm ca n not
work. "At least," he said, "we have
chanee - of staying out of the next
wan• through isolationism."
Claiming slriet isolationism was
the best road to CV:131011 of war, deep
voiced Fred 1,. Young '3B warned:
"Even Lhe price for the loss of inter
national trade would not. surpass the
rust of a war."
Chairman of I.lle debate was Prof.
Joseph I". O'Brien, who also presided
over the 65-ntinute open tumuli that
followed.
German Head To Give
Reading From Dickens
Prof. Lucretia V. T. Simmons of
the departMent of German will give
"My Favorite. Scene From Dickens"
in the second of the Wednesday read
ings in Old Main lounge tomorrow at
4:15 o'clock.
"Favorite Selections" is the theme
for this year's series of readings.
Professor Long will, in the near fu
ture, give "My Favorite English Es
say:" Professor Neusbaum, "My Fa
vorite Drama;" Professor Dickson,!
"My Favorite Mystery Story;" Pro
fessor ''Cidbraith, "My Favorite Col
umnist;" Mrs. Nesbitt, "My Favorite
English Reading;" hit'. Roethke, "My'.
Favorite Original Poems:" Professor
O'Brien, "Sly Favorite Humorous
Halt:" and Professor ninon, "My
Favorite Irish Story."
Prof. Pauline Locklin of the depart
ment of English literature, opened
the readings. last Wednesday, speak
ing on "My Favorite English Poems."
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Wear Scores
On Harrison's
15-Yard Pass
2nd Period Tally Gives
State Needed Edge
For Ninth Win
Whole Team Sparkles
To Defend Slim Lead
By 11E121VCAIIAN
At last!
In spite of what a certain Phil
adelphia sports writer may have
said and what loyal Penn rooters
may think. Penn State's 7-0 tri
umph Saturday was anything
but a "60-minute comedy of er
rors . . . before 50,000 bored
fans" to the 10,000 or more loyal
Lion followers who saw State
beat the Quakers fur the first
time since 1929.
True, the Red and Blue team
was not the aggressive world-beaters
of licJG, but the glory for this long
awaited win over the Philadelphians
should not be taken away from the 20
Nittan:y gridders who, from and to
end and wing -back to wing -back,
smashed, slashed, and crashed their
way all over Franklin field Saturday.
Although it was abovt . all a team
victory, Harry Harrison and Windy
Wear combined a couple of second pe
riod' 'forward - paase2 - that - Milled' the
only touchdown, and this was followed
by a high, accurate placement by "the
specialist," guard Ben Pollock.
Bedenk Is lin . sung Hero
The unsung hero of the affair. one
of "the men behind the throne," was
one of the country's ace scouts, Line
Coach Joe Bedenk. Penn's team was
so thoroughly scouted that it was ev
ident that the Lion defense knew ex
actly where every Quaker play was
beaded fur. Head Coach Bob Hig
gins had his hays rigidly drilled in
Bedenles findings and their efforts
brought the desired result.
Even though every mum on the team
played line defensive football, a few
men are deserving of special mention.
"Black-eyed" Joe Peel and "Wad
dling" Alex Ba u •atrtovich were the
outstanding linemen, with Cu-rapt.
Sammy Donato ;Mel Joe Metro shin
ing for their backfield defensive Me
th,. Clean. jarring tackles by these
men were supplemented by similar
work by Co-rapt. Johnny Economos,
Danny DeMarino, Dean Hanley, and
for the time he was in the game.
Spike Alter.
Peel .and li: n •alovich did spectacu
lar work in covering pant receivers
and Donato was mixed up in almost,
every play. Ile was so Lally bruised
front head to Prof that. he , was Ordered
to the 11111111ln ry to 1 . 1 . 4 for lit.. Mary
,
iatai wt. Saturday.
But. lo the one or Iwo Stale furls
55 1 , 0 did trot see or beau• the goitre,
here's how the %Year-Harrison duo
coneueted Ihe lone tally: After an en
duing., of Willi, in the Sel'ollll period
Hthe ball rested tin Pen n s iif-yard
st ripe.
IlarriFon tried right end hot was
stopped for a two-yard loss. Then the
"buzz-fly wingliaelt" (as n Philadel
phia scribe nielintimed Wear) faded
back mid itenved a _:i-yank pass that
seemed yards short of where Phila
delphia's idol-for-themlay, Ifarrisoni
had scampered. I cut back. and
away from too Penn defenders, lung
ed and grabbed the high-flying oval its
lie fell on the Qtaiker 17-yard
Wear Scares
On the next play Ilarry and the
Rabbit, reversed positions and this
time the lilo-poitil West l'hilly high
product. dropped Itel: to heave. IL
seas a perfect lih-yard flip Lo Lhe ea
ger 'Windy, who Look the pigskin over
his shoulder and scooted over the goal
line unmolested. lien Pollock seas
sent in to convert, Meng with Dud
(Continued on poor Nvo)
Johnson '41,, Stricken ,
Phyllis Johnson 'll, stricken with
an attack of appendicitis last Wed
nesday, was relnoved to her home in
Philipsburg on Friday to undergo
treatment.