. , , . , . ~.,„:„.„:„„, . , .. . . -, SUCCESSOR . . . ,oi lt . 41 , EXPLOSION To The Tree.l. - ance, estab- - . , - , . . IN:ree s ic e s e 1 1, ,a a g b e or l a . tbm tithed 1887. : . rtt .iff,e4,\,•• ~,.,,,•,„,:.. tr, . . , . ..,./8,,..„...: . , . . . . ._ . • ~..:.. Volume 34—No. 20 GRIDDERSIEET . MARYLAND IN HOUSEPARTY:TILT SchooloCouitcils_ Tos Meet .:'Ne.itt . Week Revision Plan Hastened By Student Head Kennon Aims To Form Non-VOting Group Immediately 55 Newly-Elected Class. Representatives Called Fifty-five representatives to the school councils, elected last Konday, and Tuesday, will be called into a meeting by the sent for Student council representa tive Sometime next week, it was announced yesterday by John D.. Kennon '3B, - author of the plan to revise council'. , These newly elected men will form a council in their own schools which will operate similar to the regular Student council. They will pass ,on affairs pertaining to matters of their own school. • From each 'class, in each school there will be selected from these coun cils a man to represent ,his class and school at the regular Student council meetings. These: delegate 4 kill have no voting power but will .he' 'able to Neice...the,opluion..e;thitir;:suhoON' , ' - - • - Se4 - )rs : loi Organize ' The seniors chosen' to organize the 'school Councils' are: - Liberal Arts; Adolph H. Marcus; Physical Educa tion; Joseph' J. Proksa; dustries, obert McCormick; Chemistry., and Physics, David S. Wedell; . Engineering,, 'James M.. Ap ple; Education, Russell G. Golm; and Agriculture, Clarence -E. Trotter. - The following were elected to the subeouncils in - their respective schools: Education; Junior three elected • at-large: William I._ Sutton, Jerome Shaffer, and John S. Buck mah, Jr. Sophomores chosen arc:: Hayes Darby, Julie M. lloffman,, and Ldwrence V. Vargo, Jr. Engineering.. student council will consist of Juniors:' Benjamin It. Wal born, Herman M. Fogel, Daniel 'J. Bess, CamEo IT. PorraS, and Lec Thorne. Sophonwies 'chosen are: Jos eph J. Bolton, Robert 5: Boi, , ar, Karl M. Mason; John P. Rollins, and Jos eph C. Didinger. Liberal Arts- Council - lantern elected arc: John J. Lipeezky, and John. A. Troanovitch. Sophothores named to the body are: Edward C. Anderson, Ernest li. Sedum, Jr., and Donald At. Cresswell, Jr. In the Alineral Industries the JIM: tors elected arc: William I'. Bramlett, Jr., John Boy. James E. Campbell. Raymond P. Rice, and Andrew Allan, Jr. Underclassmen chosen to repre sent. their departments are: William It. Cramer, S. Alan liohnstrap, Envy (Co . titinuo cut puyc Iwo) Most Popular Co-ed To Be Chosen Next Week "Who is the Quill • Girl?" This is the question which will cen ter the attention of the women stu dents newt Wednesday. The Quill Girl will present the most 'popular woman onl.campus as elected by the women students. The vote will' start aat the,Froth Bur Wednesday, Novem bre 17, at 4 o'clock. Thu 11111110 of the Quill Gi•l will be revealed at the Matrix• Banquet to be held at the Nittany Lion Inn.' Mon-* day, Pc:ember- 6, sponsored by ,Theta Sigma Phi, women's journalism hon orary. . The Matrix Girl will also be named ut this time. She, will .represent the senior woman who, has contributed most to our' campus. ,The Gtfp Girl , will be crowned on the basis of her versatility in activi ties and scholastic record. Both the Matrix Girl and the Cap Girl ,will be elected by Theta Sigma Phi. Betraying The Dead Yesterday was Armistice Day Approximately 130 . million Americans . paid lip tribute to those who died in the World War—"to make the world safe for democracy." Yet if those dead should awake and look at the fruits that have sprung from their blood they would find themselvebe trayed, double:crossed—not only by the outside world, but by America itself. For there exists-todely on the Penn State -campus and on htindreds of other college campuses' throughotlt the country, OM of the most undemocratic principles any nation 'could foster—compulsory military training. Perhaps someone will shy it is ridiculous to contend that the war was fought to get rid of compulsory- military training. It wasn't. But it was fought for the sake of democracy. And majority rule is one of thccardinal principles of a democracy. Now if the majority of the people in this country wanted compulsory military training, then there would he no reason to say it is undemocratic. But the majOrity of the people in this country don't want compulsory mili tary training. If they do, then why don't we have compulsory training of ALL citizens, in the army, in the navy, in the marine corps? For' 78 years American colleges have FORCED college students to ? take military training.. Why? Smite say; To maintain the federal grants which are given to schools under the Merrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862. That myth has been e x ploded long ago. Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota—all have discarded compulsory military training. And all of them keep getting their-federal grants just as usual. _ Others say: To keep faith with the Morrill Act. ,Buf the. Morrill Act never was designed for compulsory military training. R.-says that military training should be "ofrered",at land-grant collCgeS-L , OFFERF.D to students, - not, FORCED -Upon them. And how ...whoatl.,lceephig;44.4wlth,our4tiost,iireaMit. , goneratkon;?4ty-,heOne : mhieli : over ,toEbrOp Saarificed for the salw'of democracy?.. • . But there . arc: still others who say compulsory military training , (Continued tin wipe two) Noon Hour Class Plan rs Dropped' Hoffman Spikes ExLra Period Class Rumor; New Buildings To Provide Space Rumors that the College would in stitute 12 to 1 o'clock :classes nekt semester because of Lle: huge enroll ment, were spiked yestoday by •ltegis trar William 8, lloffman: Possibility of conducting noon classes waS seriously considered .at one tune, Hoffman explained such plan now has been dropped. Although there have been proPosals: to utilize classroom Space during noon .recess, C. V. I).. Itissey. -added, hoped that the new building program Will provide the needed space. In use now in ninny urban colleges, the syAem of noon classes would pre sent a major probleab here to frater nities,'which would be forced to serge 'noon meals more than once. , Artists Course . Will Present Noted Jooss European Ballet SOMething new and entirely differ ent in the wuy of exceptional enter tuinutentilt- be-- brought here on Wednesday, March '2,- when the tal ented 'JeciAs 'Europe'an Bullet frill ap pear. as - the fourth number of the 1231-38 Artists Cburse. Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, 'chairman, • ... announced, yesterday that the Artists Course coMmittbe had signed the fa mous dance troupe which has. been banned front Germany, Italy, Japan, and Russia because of the anti-Fas cist philosophy of its bullets. The comic bullet troupe of Trudi Sehoop made up one of, the numbers of the 1935416 series, but this is the first time that a dance group of‘this type has appeared here. The Jooss method is different in that it is a facile blending' of theatre and dance founded upon classic thince traditions, but developed in consonance with 'modern feeling. Kurt Jooss, direettir and founder, delights to project im- An Editorial All-American Rating Won By Wear Windy Wear, Nittany 135-imund cartridge of dynamite, received not ice today - from the All-American Board of football that he has received All-American toCntion from that Board for his performance against Pennsylvania last week. : With Wear's notification was re ceived a card of merit encased in a 'entherwallet, The recognition' means that Wear's play was one of the ten outstanding performances on. the col lege gridiron throughout the coun try last week. it 11101110 aitiO Bad he will be one of- the list of -- 90 players that Top Warner, Howard Jones, Frank-_,Thoin as. Robert Zuppke, and ',Christy Walsh will survey when the' go to MO this,- year's All-American team. • t was also learned today that,Penn State will be mentioned as the ,liest team in the Nast last Satu rda y by ! virtue of her victory over Penn in a broadcast over the NBC-blue network' tomorrow night at 8 o'clock by Grant land Rice: pret.sions of the fantastic times in which we live. The. history of the 3ooss Ear(Mean I Ballet is short and brilliant. Sud s denly precipitated to fame when ."The Green Table," the joint work of Jooss end Fritz Cohen, composer, was awarded first prize at the Interna tional Congress of the Dance held in Paris during the summer of 1932, it became the sensation of London and the 'continent. Critics everywhere rec ognized the work of the Jooss :ballet us the most dramatically significant event in the )(story of the fiance. They have just completed an all summer engagement at the Paris In ternational Exposition where - they drew capacity audiences daily. The present American tour is by far the greatest they have ever had in Amer ,ica. Starting their season in Balti more, they have already completed successful engagements in Philadel phia and New York. After a trip to 'the coast they will again return east at which time they will appear in 'Stale College. STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 12, 1937 Directs Senior Ball CLIFFORD L. CRAMER '3B Cramer Selected Senior Ball Head Heidt, Kemp, pory Listed As Prospects; Woman May Be On Coniinittee • Clifford L. Cramor.2owas appoint ed chairman of Senhir Bull, to be held February 25; it. t was .announced last night by: Johd, , ,D, Kennon '38,1 president of the Senittlass.. SelecteCto_Aid:;,g4tq . o'ra - dub% of:the: daned:were: 'Robert IMOrris; Jr., Frank A: : ltgen, 'Robert S. McKelvy; Duv7d S.Weddell, \M ord S. Sitler, Alfred ill. Durant, Jdlm C. Peterson,- and Charles W. West. - Thu committee plans. to 'meet some I time neat 'week to discuss the possi-. Willies of contraCting,for big "conic"' orchestra. for the' ball." Already the names of Heidi; Kemp, and Dorsey. have been suggested for the commit-I tee to act on. ' . May Appoint_ Woman - A possibility, -should: W. S.G. A. permit, that a woman Le named to an honorary position on the- Senior ball committee was made known last night by liennou.'"lihould the 2 W. S. G..A. allow such an .'appointment," he said, "it would have. te mean that she would serve without• receiving a ticket as -The 'comp list, is closed." Tho 'icoinp" list is' .made up such year • by -the retiriai7Student - Board and can only. be changed• by time 'board in Ilhe spring. Thd motif for the annual boll hue not, as yet, been selected, depending a great deal on the orchestra which will be signed to .playi for the, affair. Last year, Louis Armstrong furnished the music for Senior Bull. , Balloons Soar , Into Upper Air From 111.1. Hangar The Mineral Industries building ,is becoming a hangar. In an uttbmpt to obtain-better In formation about the upper air ear rents. four pilot balloons were •lann cited last week by students in meteoro logy under the supervision of. Dr. llelmut Landsberg: .• The balloons were, the first of a series to be cast adrift from the M. I. building in preliminary tests to a contemplated study , of atmosphelle conditions above the Allegheny moun tains. If the initial tryouts prove successful, instruments will be at tached to the balloons to accurately record the conditions above us. Of the four stratosphere-soaring dent in eheMistry, who was the only vehicles one was reported to have person in _the basement laboratory been found near Lebanon, eighty miles where the blast occurred. from State _college. This balloon was I The explosions drove several hue the largest of the four, measuring died students out of lilac building and four feet — in diameter. It drifted well' the Alpha Fire Company was rolled within the stratosphere reaching .a . to put out , a — Small blaze caused by maximum heighth of approximately the hydrogen explosion. eleven mileS and traveling at a speed The hydrogen liquefying equipment of about fifty-five miles per hour, The was under the supervision of Dr. J. remaining three have not been report- G. Aston, professor of organic Chem ed found as yet. , • istry. Chief damage was done to a If the ,preliminary ascents are dissertation experiment being cornice satisfactory, according, to Dr. Lands- ted •by G. 11. "Messerly, whose upper berg, the actual tests- which follow I atus was adjacent to the hydrogen will be of great importance for the. set-up. hlesserly had been working application of new methods of air lon his experiment for nearly five mass analysis to weather forecasting,. years. Board Seeks Revision Of Cutting Rules School Heads Asked To Give New Proposal Consideration Kennon Recommends Uniform, Liberal Laws A recommendation suggesting uniform and more liberal atti tudes toward cutting of classes was sent this week to the Deans of the various schools by John D. Kennon, chairman of Student Board. following action by that body Monday. The Board passed a recom mendation asking tll a t the Deans' consider seriously a pro posal to start with the second semester, whereby students etin deter mine "where they stand" in the mat ter of attending class and to relieve a general student "bewilderment" over class attendance. Follows the recommendation sent the Deans: " "Hach — department' of each school of the College 'haS its intliyiduul Student •Roat•d, sensing studUnt opin ion, finds that the majority of the stu dent body is bewildered as to where it. stands in the matter of cutting classes. "There have bene brought to the •'Board's attention 'numerous instalwcs whore students have flunked courses for cutting them when their scholastic blue botik 'standing was well above the required average for credit. ' "'the . litiard,"after considering the problem feels that there should be set up in each school a uniform system of cuts and a uniform method of making up .work for both excused and . unex- cured absences. It feels very that each school should set up a system that would be more liberal than the hap-hazard system now in vogue. light of the situation, the Board (Coulinucd ou ouov hvo) Lion_Gridders To Sell - '3B Athletic Calendars Vursity - fOotball players are taking orders this Iveek for an athletic cal endar which includes for the first time a complete week -by-week sports and activities program from now un til June. PhOugraphs of teams and couches are included. Rabbit Wenr, Dun DeMarino, ,Polimny Patrick, Harry, Harrison, and Tor Toictti arc the gridders who will make Vie rounds of faculty and stu dents. The calendars will be ready for distribution before the end of No vember. They sell for $l.OO. Student Escapes 2 Blasts in Pond Lab; Heavy Loss Two hydrogen gas explosions rock = ed Pond laboratory about 3:15 o'- s ai Yesterday afternoon blowing out windows, damaging equipment and scientific research, and nearly injun. ing Scylnour Schuman, grnduutc stu 3 Sophomores To Lead Lion Backfield; Donato, Harrison Nurse Bruises What To ' Do—When And Where The following program wi I 1 mark the annual three-day fall howieparty . celebration here over the week-end: Friday Formal fraLcrnity dances Saturday 2:oo—Varsity football game, Penn State' vs. Maryland, New Beaver 7:;o—Thespian-Glee Club show, "Say it With Alusic," Schwab au ditorium. Evening—informal open house dunces. 11:00—Chapel services, Schwab' auditorium. Dr. Frederick It. Grit fen, First Unitarian church, Phila delphia, guest speaker. Thespians Give Musical Comedy `Say It With Music' Will Offer `Varsiteers,"Big Apple,' Tomorrow Night "1 Got Plenty of Nothin'" applies Ito the fall Thespian-Glee musical show tomorrow hdit, in only one way trii,;7“o7l - j .. or nutojtoureTtrali: burs, all by Gershwin and Berlin, that sprinkle the show. • The thow, 'Say It With Music,", takes its whole inspiration from Owl first scene, the Varsiteers in a nat-i und and know-like setting, "Dr. Pis euydnak's Bughouse." From Dr. Pis coydnales institution they toareb, on parole, to the flowery of . the "Guy Nineties" where wine, women, and -ong were at their height. The Val.- sheers are the . 1037 varsity quartet • chin have followed op their college opularity with an equal popularity n the radio world. broadeasting over radio station 10.1KA in Pittsburgh. Relates Gershwin. lkAitte The mitre FIRM' i: , woven around the rise to taw of the two now-fam- JOS song wrjlers, Gershwill and Bee in. Both of these :misters conic from the atmosphere' of horseerars, tan dems, and turtle-necked sweaters amid the clatter and stench on lower New York's East Side. Both wore out shoe leather peddling their songs '.)efore . the break 'canoe. The result int successful songs of these two have given the fall musical show a wealth of material from which to choose musical numbers. The now•popular "hig Apple" will include the whole east in an enor mous "apple," exploiting all the rou tine steps and other Thespian vani ties. The .ehow goes on at 7:80 o'clock loinurrow night in Schwab Auditor ! ium, and tickets sell at $l.OO and 75 Irents. The estimated damage included I broken windows as high as the third floor, Shuman who in the laboratory at the time of the blast said that be heard one explosion, saw flames shoot into the air, and dashed for the south exit. Just as he passed the gloss doors, be said, a second more violent explosion occurred, picking him up and carrying !him along the outer bull. The glass panels in the doors were blown past him as he wan cur ried along by the explosion, he said. Two-inch wooden doors guarding the other end of the laboratory were completely demolished and lay hi . SpiillterS, demonstrating the injury or loss of life that might have occurred had the laboratory been filled. Dr. Aston was unable to determine the cause of the two blasts. Chief loss by the explosion was in time, used to prepare apparatus. Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS State Aims To Smash Terrapins' 5-Game Victory Spree Syracuse's Lone Loss Inflicted By Visitors By HERB CAIIAN Three sophomora are expect ed to start for Penn State in their final home game against the fast, tricky University of Maryland eleven before a house- I party week-end crowd on New 'Beaver tied tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. This change was made by Coach Bob Higgins in asmuch as Co-capt. Sammy Do nato and Harry Harrison, in jured in the Penn game, are still ailing, although they will probably be abie to see action during part of the contest with the Terrapins. Tony Ciannautonio will again start at the No. 1 post, with Lloyd Ickes stepping in for Donate at the block ing position, Dick Skein') at fullback, and Steve at Ilarrison's usual spot. Higgins also announced that he will start l)uil Enders. who has been bothered, by- an injured knee and Teams' Weights fialance This eleven, which is heavier than any starting outfit so far. this season, will race a Te•p squad with about the same weight average. The Mary and boys tome here spurting a live game win streak, including the only victory over, Syracuse this SCII6O/1. Although the Marylanders lost to Penn 21-'2B in an early season game, the Terrapins lost out only in the fi lial few plays and have beaten sonic strong Southern teams. Their defeat ed opponents are St. Johns, Western Maryland, Virginia, Syracuse. Flor ida, and V. M. I. in that order, the Quaker contest coining between the St. Johns and Western Maryland tilts. Meade, Wvidinger Stars llacklield Couch Al Michaels, who scouted Maryland, has come back with tales of the kicking and plung ing ability of Jarring Jim Meade and the slinging of one of the country's leading passers, Charlie Weidinger. The Terrapins' diversity of attack was exemplified in the statistics of the V. M. f. game last week. Mary land rushed fur 110 yards, passed fur 130, lateraleil fur 28, ran back kicks 58, and Meade had a piloting average of :In from the line of serimm age. The') to top it uhf Pershing Mondurlf kicked a field goal to bring as 9-7 tri umph, just as his placement won the Virg:nia game, 3-0. 'l•he Lions have net 41le Terns only untie before, and that was . way back in 1917, with State handing . the Uni sersity (which was Own lotown Maiwland Stale) a 57-0 Inking. The LIMIMITOW, of course, is not -slivetell to he anywhere near as one iled as the "war" game. Eulll'o - flu's, DeMarino Start Co-capL. Johnny Et:ono:nos, Danny Ihirinu. and Enders will be the ..tnly starting centers seeing :tel:on for the last Lime on New Beaver field. Donato, Windy Wear. Joe Ade,sii, ieranit Sill Tin, and owl wampum. are other seniors who lire iltely to get in !heir fi foil home game. Higgins' prol-able starters: Alec ,3:trantovieli and Spike Alter, ends; Jeun Hanley and I),llarino, tackles: Joe Peel and Euenottios, guards: Mi lers, center; ai nil Glanniinntonio, Ickes. Sheinp, and Rollins, bucks. I\Tath Series Planned Alu Ispsilun, honorary mathcuut "es fraternity, is beginning its 1937- :18 series of monthly meetings this month. These meetings will feature organisel . programs. arranged by the student incinbcrs, with the object of promoting; mathematics. There will be discussions of mathematical topics, and members will give papers of their own preparation un the subject.
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