. 4 pNlA''; , „ SUCCESSOR' z Oa 1i.:7 7 ~ ,,s I^,;\7--- ~ ...-- To The Free Lance, e.stab- ' ti ) , . 2 r. • ss, ilium ttafr lished 1887.. •so ? ------ •••--- , t . /85 5. .. . , Volume 34—=-No. 25 GRAVES INSTALLS PHI BETA CHAPTER TODAY 2 '4l Cliques Combine For Political Fray Locust 'Lane Merges With Independents For Elections Set Up To Prevail Only For Present Campaign By HERBERT B. CAHAN Apparently hnin effort to turn the freshman election tide away from the powerful Cam pus clique, the '4l LocuSt Lane party has combined with the freshman Independents in pre senting their candidates for '4l class elections to be held next Monday. This unprecedented move, it appears, will make for a more evenly divided fight, inasmuch us the, way things stood before, the Campus clique looked like the sure winner in a walkaway. Now, with Locust Lane' and Independents merging and a big turnout at the polls expected next week, the vote should be close. • It has been rumored that there is some dissension in the ranks of the '4l Campus party, and if this is true then the Independent-Locust Lane combine should stand abetter chance than' they would against a united Campus clique. - Campus announced its .nominees -two weeks ago,widleLocust Lane and. the Independents' llehdr - afrithill - the merger. was 'final. Now that they have definitely combined they have announced, the following candidates: Foil president, Thomas E. Vargo; for _secretary, Louis A. Sipos; for treas urer, Ralph Sapp; and for historian, Milton L. Keiser. It was made known that this fresh man Locust Lane-Independent setup will not be permanent, 'but is just a move for this election and will not be followed in the Spring campaign. Jos eph A. Peel, junior class president, is Ein charge of the elections next Mon day night in the Chemistry amphi theater, and will he assisted by Lion's Paw,- senior activ:ties honorary, in the capacity of an election committee. Xmas Service Slated A Christmas vesper service .at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon will be held instead of the usual 11 o'clock morn ing chapel service, President Ralph D. Hazel' announced yesterday. Prof. Richard W. Grant, director of the Col lege music, is in charge of the pro gram. Examination, Schedule, 1 •`final examinations for the first semester will be held from Monday, January 24, to Saturday, January 29, inclusive. The designation "SEE LIST" indicates that the rooms for examinations will be announced, by the depart ments concerned. Any student having two examinations scheduled at the sump time or three examinations on the same day is required to report the fact in person at the office of the Registrar on the special form provided. there. Seniors graduating at mid-year commencement who have examinations scheduled after Tuesday, January 25, Should re port, that fact on the conflict card' in order that they may be scheduled for -an •'earlier- regular conflict examina tion, if . possible. Since grades for graduating seniors are due at the of fice of the Registrar by noon on Wed nesday, Janicary . 20, it will be neces sary fur instructors to give special examinations for such students in cer tain courges after the conflict exami nations are arranged. To receive ad justments, all conflicts must be re ported not later than 5 p. m., Friday, December 17, 1937. Notices of adjiistMent will be avail able at the office' ofthe Registrar for those students who filed conflict Cards and will be mailed to heads of depart ments on January 10. Appointment examinations should not be scheduled until after notices of conflict exami nations are available. Tlfe dates of the appointment' examinations will be . announced by the instructors con cerned. Examinations will be of two 'hours'. duration, beginning at 8, 10:20, and 2 o'clock. ABCh 1 W 8 SEE LIST ABCh 413 Th 2 103 Ag _ABCh 425 M 10 103 Ag ABCh 947 -IV 10 315 MI ABCh 510 51 8 103 Ag She Sings, He Swings, Sophs Hop MILDRED BAILEY P.S.C.A. To Hold 2nd 'Book Display About 300 Recent Best-Sellers Will Make Up Exhibit In ' Library Dec. 13-15 Approximately 300 books will be on display at the second annual book fair to be held in the library next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Open to all, the exhibit will be held under student supervision from 1 to 5 o'clock each afternoon and front' 7 -to 10 o'clock each night. Furthers Literary Interest ' , "1:1Z4 — .o'l di Clic i; . f . app reatatiOn" 'of good books, acquaint the student body with the best of the recent pub-' lications,' and piisent an opportunity for an early Christmas gift-book se lection, the fair is sponsored by the, Christian Association through the co operation of Willard P. Lewis, libra rian, Keeler's book store, and the Athletic store. . . Emerson Zettle '39 is chairman of the committee in charge. Facsimilies Of Famous Paintings On Exhibit A special one-day exhibition of sev eral facsimile reproductions in Color of old musters and modern paintings will be held in the exhibition ream of Main Engineering from 11 a. m. to 9 p. m. tomorrow.' The collection was made from outstanding European and American publishers. Exhibited by Dr. Konrad Prothmin,• in his fifth 3thur as. exhibitor, the paintings • will be on sale and pur chases may be made through. him. AE 405 By Appt. AgEc 2 . 1%1 8 206 Ag I AgE‘e 8 W 8 117 Dairy AgEe 11 T 2 100 Hort AgEc 12 T 10 104 Hort AgEe 16 By Appt. AgEe . -407 By Appt. AgEd 11 T 8 103 Ag AgEd 417 By Appt. . • lAgEng 4 S 10 215 Dairy !AgEng 6 S 8 5 PH AgEng 7 F 2 5 PH AgEng 13 By Appt. AgEng 14 F 10 200 Hort AgEng 206 By/Appt. Agro 6 Th 10 10 Hort Agro 24 By Appt. Agro 28 F 8 200 Eng B Agro 33 By Appt. Agro 236 M . 2 103 Ag Agro 416 F 2 104 Hort Agro 410 By Appt. Agro 423 By Appt. Agro 502 By Appt. ' AH 1 T 8 120 Dairy Alf 3 By Appt. AH 6 51 8 224 HE AH 7 W 10 104 Hor i t Ali 14 By Appt. All 15 F 10 104 Hort All 17 By Appt. AH 21 By Appt. BTATE.COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1937 RED NORVO Norvo Features Famous Jazzmen `Mr. and Mrs. , Swing' Lead Collegiate Dancers At Sophomore Hip In addition to the leader being one of the finest all-around musicians in the country, Red Norvo's orchestra features some of the nation's out standing swing artists. Norvo and Miidred Bailey, the "Mr. and Mrs. of Swing,'.' will bring their ace group of musicians here , Friday night for Soph Tickets Will go On stile Friday, and all final arrangements have been made, including the chaperone list and - arrival of programs, it was an nounced by F. Richard Bloom and Ir win R: Supow, co-chairmen. Sprinkled With Stars -Among the famous "hot men" in Norvo's band is Herbie Ilitymer,' who ranks among the best tenor saxo phone players. Other stellar perfor mers on their respective instruments are Stew Pletcher, trumpeter and vo calist; Pete Peterson, bass player; Hank D'Amico, -clarinet and alto sax virtuoso; and Bill Miller, pianist. Then, there is Red himself, who presents something new in swing with his xylophone renditions. He is con 'sidered as having few peels in the art of playing the xylophone, and he and Mildred Bailey received -the biggest ovation of all the East's greatest ar tists at thet first all-star swing con cert held in New York.' Eddie Sauter deer most of the( ar ranging, 'and he especially deserves credit for much of the -band's success. t Semester All 32 T 2 206 Ag All 201 T 8 200 Ag All 415 .T 2 103 Ag . ' Arch 8 M 10 107 MEng Arch, 10 T 10 107 MEng Arch 12 M 8 102 MEng Arch 421 By Appt. Art 55 M 2 SEE LIST • 'A Art 74 W 8 107 MEng, B Art 74 Th 8 107 MEng , C Art 74.. W 10 107 MEng !D Art 74 Th 2 107.511ing E Art '74 'T 2 107 MEng F. Art 74 1 0 2 107 MEng - G Art 74 S 8 107 MEng Art 80 By Appt. ' Art 443 By Appt. Bact 1. -Al 10 SEE LIST Bact 2 (ABC) M 8 SEE LIST Bact 4 By Appt. Bact 21 'F 10 206 Ag Bact 204 By Appt. Bact 412 M 8 215' Dairy , Batt 413 M 8 202 PH Bat 1 Th 10 120 Dairy Bat 3 W 10 SEE LIST Bat 10 T 8 117 Dairy Bat 11 Th 2 120 Dairy Bot 17 By Appt. Bot 27 Th 2 SEE LIST • Bit 201 F 8 SEE LIST Bat 419 M 10 304 BL Cer 52 By Appt. Car 53 By Appt. Cer 54 . By Appt. Cer 411 By Appt. Car' 413 By Appt. ChEng 1 T 2 315 MI ChEng 5 T 10 101 CA ChEng 402 Th 2 108 Phys (Continued on page four) Oxford' roup To Publish Aims In News Pictorial/ Rising Tide' Dr. Frank Buchman Was Founder Of Movement , On Pelin State Campus During His Office As P.S.C.A. Leader ,There is a risingitide of people in the Oxford Group to make new men and women, new nations, and a new world. How can this be done ? - In the opinion Or;iht group, God has a plan to answer world unrest. His plan, they say, is an American answer and was first expounded by a man on the Penn State camplipa quarter of a tentuly ago. Dr. Frank N. D4Buchman, College Y. M. C. A. director from 1908-1913, founded the' world-viale movement,+ 10111 I H now , called the Oxfo r d Group, he was "elea'ning Callege condi tions. I honorary Seeks • I Mobilizing Spiritaal Forces That God has a plan for every Mun and that every.man-can know God's plan is the belief of the Oxford Group wh;ch is cempr.sed of thousands of smaller groups in 60, different coun tries. Its people are ,trying to mobi lize the spiritual -Or constructive forces - * in the world 1.x . , fight the de structive forces of Materiallsm and moral rot that are threatening Chris tian divilization today. That there has to be a change in the world and that a. rising tide must overcome the faults of modern civili zation is recognized by the Oxford Group. To acquaint, the rest of the nation wills the movement, the Group is publishing a pictorial called "Ris ing Tide," to be issued; next Tuesday. Absolutism Picvails The group belidves 'God wants to talk to man and control his acts. In adapting himself to be; - a good recep tor for God's guidance, a member tests himself for 'absolute honesty, purity, unselfishness,' and love for all. [ These are concrete .facts, feels the „, "grouper," and , aid f'.;n..establishing commutlicatiOrr er gives God complete Control of his life to right Wrongs - and to enable him to "listen in." Answers not com patible with the above absolutes arc discarded as Self-deception. An advance guard of the "Rising Tide" visited the Penn State Oxford Group meeting of almost GO persons who niCt Sunday night at the home of Prof. Chesleigh A. Bonine. Converted to Group • William oldest living gr‘oup member, William Pickle, told at the meeting how in 1211 he was "changed" through the influence of Buchman, whom he called his benefactor. Pickle is almost 88 and is a resident of State College. Penn State 26 years ago was the freshet which now is termed the "Ris ing Tide." Leßoutillier Gets Top Matrix Prize Frieda Knepper, Mary O'Connor Also Honored at Banquet In Nittany Lion Inn Adjudged as the senior woman con tributing most to the College. Naomi C. Lei3outtllier IS was presented with the Matrix Girl honor at the Matrix Table banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn last night. Other top awards were given to Frieda C. Knepper 'XS and Mary 11. O'Connor %Pk Miss Knepper was nam ed Cap Girl. because of her versa tility as manifested by her various ac tivities and interests. while Miss O'- Connor received the Quill Girl award. designating the• most popular woman on the campus. Columnist Speaks ' Featuring • the speakers program was Florence Fisher Parry. Pittsburgh Press columnist, who talked on "In teresting Personalities I Have Met." Following a Hindu theme, three Hindu seers—Margaret R. Ciffen Edith J. Rowe '3B, nod Jane Gulick '4o—spun the Wheel of Fate to peer into the futures of the guests. Toastmistress was Jean L. hymen '3B, president of Theta Sigma Phl, nu !tonal women's professional Journalism honorn ry, which sponsors the affair annually throughout the nation. En tertainment was offered by Bess Edel- Mute 'as and Putricity Altwater '4O. Honored guests at the main sneak ers' table In addition to Mrs. Parry were: Mrs. Ralph I), Hetzel. Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray, Miss Mary Ellen Burkholder, Mrs. Donald Davis, Mrs. E. R. Van Sant, Amy D. Mc- Clelland 'as. Itnlin A. De Angelis '33, Jean L. Lyman '3B, Caroline Tyson '3B, Ruth L. Boyer '3B, and M.'Jane Gordon '3B. rgiatt. Rushing Change Mortar Board Asks Panhellenic Council To Bar Overnight Sorority l'arties Mortar Board, senior women's hon orary, has petitkined Panhellenic Council to reconsider its previous de cision allowing freshman or' transfer women to be rushed' by sorority houses at overnight parties. The following reasons have been is sued by Mortar Board to substantiate its Premise in opposing this phase of rushing: Reasons Listed I—The extended rushing period on this campus provides an oppor tunity for personal contact with freshmen outside of classes without placing undue emphasis. Rushing in the freshman dormitories may require more effort on the part of the sororities.but there is the added advantagaof;discOvering,mat.crjal 'they might otherwise have over looked. 2—There is less need of rushing for financial gain than on other campuses sidle our sorority houses are college-pwned. a—Under the' present ruling, each sorority feels it must use the same rushing techniques as the oth er sororities. The freshmen feel ob ligated to accept each invitation for fear that a refusal will indicate disinterest. The abolition of this ruling will not prove disadvantage ous to any one sorority since all would be on an equal basis. 4—Overnight rushing is a strain on both the freshmen and the sor ority women. The season both be fore and after Christmas is one of the busiest of the year,.both schol astically and socially. Most upper class women have learned how to organize their time and know how to combine activities and study. Freshmen, however, have, to be taught first _how to orient them selves to the new study situation, and secondly to adjust that with the social and extra-curricular life. s—Late hours and overcrowded sleeping conditions, together with the high nervous tension, tend to lower each woman's resistance to disease. 6—Sorority women have much freedom in working out their own problems, and practices which are detrimental to sorority women and rusheest may ultimately count against the sorority as an institu tion. Dick Powell Will Manage Soose In Western Bouts A contract to fight on the West Coast and a possible entrance into the movies is Billy Soose's reward for his two years of spectacular fighting in the intercollegiate ring. Dick Powell, singing slur of Warner Brothers studios, will back Penn State's Eastern intercollegiate 155 . -• pound champion. Powell first met Scose in Cleveland last summer. ‘ Signs Three-year Contract Souse will leave for California sometime in June, after the end of the second semester. The contract will run three years. During Thanksgiving vacation, Bil ly took several screen tests and when in California it is expected that more . will be-made, • As an intercollegiate boner here, Souse was the boy wonder of the ring. "He won all his college. bouts by knock outs, including the mulches in the in tercellegiates at Syracuse lust March. His best remembered collegiate bout was the smashing, pounding fracas he had with Artie MeGivern, tough Syracuse captain. From the very first, Souse had the upper hand with IHeads Installation IJR. }RANK P. GRAVES President i. the University of the State of New York and Commis sioner of Education for New York state, he will install a' Phi Beta Kappa chapter here today. NYA, Chemistry Checks Available Stud'ents Must Appear Person ally At Bursar's Office Before Dec. 15 NYA and chemistry refund checks are now available at the Bursar's of fice. Bursar Russell Id. Clark announc ed .yesterday. I)4l'ering frtnii the procedure of previous years, students.must call per. Hominy Car their NYA checks'. lire sent their matriculation cards, and sign their names to the official payroll sheet, in accordance with the regula tions of the National Youth Adminis tration. Extra Hours In Effect In addition to the regular hours from 8 a. at. to 4:81 p. in. each day. the Bursar's ollice will he open from 7 to o'clock tonight and tomorrow night. Checks not called for before December 15 will he returned to the state disbursing offices. Chemistry refunds are available to students who have completed all their chemistry courses. The students, how ever, must appear at the Bursar's of fice In person. Notices will be mailed only to those who are no longer en rolled in the College. Banner Will Address Advertising Honorary Newly-initiated members of Alpha Delta Sigma, national advertising honorary, will hear Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, speak tomorrow night on his experiences 'in the Orient during the past summer. • Banner will sneak at a banquet following initiation ceremonies in Old Main. Initiates will include adver tising students and public business board members interested in the ad vertising profession. stinging left jabs and his bruising rights. In the second round, one of Billy's blows partialiy paralyzed the astonished McGlynn, then dropped him with bone-crushing lefts and rights. Great. Ovation One of the greatest ovations ever given a Penn State athlete was then accorded Soose. For fully five Mill utes the crowd stood up and roared approval of his fistic abilities. • A junior, Soose was declared in eligible to participate in the collegi ate ring late this summer by the Col lege's Committee of Eligibility, which charged he had violated the spirit of the recently-adopted regulation of the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Assn. ciotion, prohibiting boxers from par ticipating in amateur fights. PROS Plenty Tough, Says Chuck. Page 3. Z 653 PRICE FIVE CENTS Induction Will Take Place In Alumni Office Exercises To Conclude With Mass Meeting In Auditorium Hetzel, Morse Will Be Foundation Members Dr. Prank P. Graves, presi dent of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, Liberal Arts 'honorary and oldest Greek-let ter society in the United States, will conduct the installation ceremonies of the Lambda Penn sylvania chapter here, which will begin at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in the offices of the Alumni Association and con clude with an open mass meeting in Schwab auditorium at 8:iiO o'clock. Academic gowns will be worn at the first meeting where the induction promir will take place. President Ralph D. Iletzel and Ad rian 0. Morse, assistant to the presi dent in charge of resident instruction, will be initiated as foundation mem bers of the chapter. Invitations Extended invitations to attend the exercises have been sent to the 27 senators of the United Chapters of the society, to representatives, of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at' other.'PennsYlvanidifsti lutions, and to the national fraternal officers. Inasmuch as Phi Bela Kappa is the progenitor of the modern social fra ternities and the oldest of honoraries, invitations to attend the open mass meeting tonight have been extended also to all local social and honorary fraternities. Students, faculty, and townspeople also arc welcome to at tend the meeting. Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, College ex , amine• and president of the local Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association which will have •received chapter sta tus at the afternoon ceremony, will act as chairman of the meeting. Mem bers of ~ P hi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta, men's and women's freshman honorary societies, will serve as ushers. To Talk on Leadership At the meeting., Graves will deliver an address on "The Duties and Re sponsibilities of Leadership." Presi dent of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Edu cation fo• that state,. Graves, who is 68, twice took the degree of doctor of philosophy, once in Greek and once in education. Ile was graduated from Columbia with the deirees of A. 8., A.M., and Ph.D. lie to il : graduate work at four American institutions and abroad. He holds the honorary degrees of Litt.D. from three colleges, degrees of Lh.D. from two others, and degrees of LL.D. From 17 different universities. Snow Ball Free For All Hits Campus Fraternities Incited by heavy snowfall Sunday night, the adventurous youth here ventured out on all parts of the cam pus to gain vengeance on fraternity rivals through the medium of the snowball. On the campus proper, fraternities that indulged in the sport were Sigma Chi which accounted for some 30 odd windows in the Sigma Na house, as sisted by various other nearby fra ternities, it was learned. In the Kappa 'Sig-Phi Kappa Sig district, the f-•rmer broke some 70 small panes of glass in the house of the latter, but the Phi Kappa Sigs, none daunted, retaliated will the ex cellent coverage of at least eght large panes in the rival house. Senior class proxy John D. Ken non, Kappa Sig, tiring of time ineffec tuality of commonplace snowballs, turned to the Kappa S'g basement and a bushel of potatoes to more strongly defend the house honor with more solid mistler•, it was lem•nvd. Twelve Delta Upsilon and about 18 Phi Epsion Pi windows also were de molished by unknown assailants,
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