. . Semi-title•eklir. - . .. , , . . • .... . . . , . ~. ; 40 , 4 1A- 7 5 SUCCESSOR I ••• . . .3 1 * . 4 „ It 1„1".., ~., • . . To The Free Lance, caul). ;. . . run tt zt i r , ~,,,,.,..,,?. . o tt t.' ~.s ;,` '- ---, lished 1887. •.. '' ' .. 111 so • cz---___--' c fy - /855 V . . . . • . , Volume 34—No. "28 ESTABLISHMENT OF BOOK EXCHANGE APPROVED $697.95 Loss On Soph Hop Is Reported Only 373 Attend First Big Dance Of Year; 40 Get Comps _ $lOOO For Orchestra Is Chief Expenditure A $697.75 deficit, largest ever reported for a similar occasion, was sustained at the annual Soph Hop last Friday, the tenta tive financial report released Yesterday shows,: Although a total of 333 paid admissiOns, booth rental, and checking aggregated a total in come of $1,497.55, this was vastly overbalanced by expenditures amounting to $2,195.50. Forty com plimentary tickets were distributed. ' Nerve l'aid $l,OOO , Largest expense item, as usual, was .the music, with a flat $l,OOO being paid Red Norvo.Mildred Bailey and their orchestra. Next in line were the Congo village theme decorations, costing $375. . , "Tha ifunfinary - report: •- Atimissions—sl,l6s.so; Lax on admissions-4139.55; booth rental —$110; elmAcing—s9l.so; t0ta151,407.55: $1,407.55: ' Expenditures $1,000; decorations $375; tax on admissions-4130.55; , : progranis'--$104.53; advertising— :PB.27; College labor—sloo (esti " mated); compensations—class pres ident, $5O; co-chairmen, $5O. Checking—s:ll.so; telephorM and telegraph—s 37; ticket seller—slo; women's attendantss; catering— ss4 (estimated) ; ticket printing— s3l.so ; invitat'ons-4125; piano tun i ng—ss ; flowerssl3; piano .rental $10; miscellaneous $l5 (estimated) ; t0ta1—52,195.50. Oral'Tests. Show Speech 'Defects 244 Of Freshntan'Class Have Faulty Speech; 76 Need Clinical Treatment, Resul ts . of the speech' exami tuitions given to the freshmen- upon their en trance show that 244 students.L.l9 per cent of those examined—have speech faults, George W. Dougherty, acting supervisor of the clinic, announced yesterday. The students were divided into two major gruopsL-mildt speech defectives and severe speech defectiVes.. In the first group are placed those who do not need immediate clinical treat ment, but 'who, Dougherty sayS, should strive for general speech im provement.. In this class are 168 of the 244 students, comprised of 143 men and 25 women. 76 Have SeCious Detects The remaining 711,15tudents, 71 men and live women, are grouped under the latte r heneng. ~ This group, Mr. Dougherty , says, requires 'clinical at tention because, the speech defect might prove torbe a handicap in later life. Here are . found faulty sound m'eduCtions,, sound substitutions and omissions, defective quality; of- Voice, and defective speech rhythm." The speech clinic was organized in 11130 by the speech division under the supervision of ' Prof. Bkrbert, Hoepp; Baker in 'order to - care for the college students' in need of .individual speech treatment, The clinic is open to all students, regardless of classovho are need of speech se . -education, Mr. Dougherty said. Appointments may be made through Prof. Joseph F. O'- Brien, head of the speech division, or Mr. Dougherty. Merry -Christmas. 444 :Happy :.. New :Year Conflict Reports Due At Five Today . Final-examination conflicts must be reported 'at the registrar's office before 5 o'clock this afternoon, Ray V. Watkins, scheduling offi cer, announced yesterday. ' Students failing to file conflict blanks before the deadline are sub ject to receive deferred below grades, Mr. Watkins said, inas much as make-up examinations would be given only at the discre tion of the instructor. The Ag Ec 11 final, previously scheduled for the Armory for 2 o'- clock, Tuesday, January -25, will be held in the Horticulture build ing instead. Many Hear Talk On Sex, Marriage Dr. Paul Piponoe Outlines 2,080 Factors In Creating _ Good Marriages More than 500 students and faculty members received counseling from Dr. Paul Poponoe, noted authority on sex and marriage, dialing his visit to the campus last Monday, sponsored by the Christian association. Speaking to an afternoon audience of 200 in the Home Econoniics audi: torium on "The Art of Counseling on Sex and .Marriage," the general di rector of the Los Angeles institute of :Family ; StAlittiona explained. what: the, counselor ought to be anirwliat he Or 1 she should look for in the person seeking advice. The audience was composed of faculty members and per-' sons interested in counseling. Speaks on Marriage Problems His evening topic of "Looking For ward-to-Marriage" drew a packed house of more than '3OO to the Home Economics auditorium. Talking on divorce, the speaker said there were 30 million married couples in the United States; and to this a million newly-married couples arc added each year. Of these milhon marriages, a quarter of them will be failures, he said. ' ~Dr. Poponoe said there were 2,080 factors in ereating.a successful mar riage. The three most important fac tors he stated were the proper .atti tudes toward marriage, wise' hoice of a mate, and necessary technical infor mation. The proper attitudes should be firmed in the home, church, and scliool, he claimed, but all three have failed. The attitudes are now formed through the medium of the movies, radio, pulp magazines, and sensation al newspapers. Talking oil the selection of a mate, Dr. Poponoe claimed 'that 60 per cent of college women graduates are not married.' Trained_Falcon Earns Much Deserved Christmas Recess Tomorrow, when' Ulysses is released from the swiveled leash attached to his leg, he will bop down from his wooden perch in the backyard, spread his long-pointed wings and screech in delight. '.No one will be more happy when school is let out tomorrow for the Christmas vacation than Ulysses, a trained falcon belonging to the wrest ling Craighead twins, Fraiik and John. His twin masters have found that, On the three years he has been at State College, he displays his great est thrill and delight when they are all, prepared and ready to leave for Washington, D. C., his old haunts. He will spring up on the . rear of the driver's seat of the car and.re main perched. in that same position throughout the trip—a proud, cocky looking bird—without even one single move. This vacation will enable him to have at least two,weeks- of good ftin. It will be an opportunity for his mas ters to pay much more attention to him, for after three years Ulysses has begun to realize that very, little attention can be paid him while here at State/College. However„ there has been one inci dent Whey too much attention may STATE COLLEGE, PA,'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1937 Wanted—Humanitarian And Hero To Claim His Reward Relatives Of Persons Fatally Injured Search For Modest Penn Stater Inconspicuous among Penn State's motley aggregation of:engineers,. ags, and liberal artists, is one humanitarian who unhesitatingly did'everything in his power to save two people in a fatal automobile accident. Then, quietly he slipped. away, leaving no name—seeking no reward. . . , . , Today, the relatives of these two persons want to find Ida'. They want- to repay him for his unselfish action —to give' him some token of their deep appreciation. ' Mishap Occurred Nov. 21 The accident occurred near Colum bia Cross Roads, Pa., Sunday after noon, November 21. At great risk to himself, the Penn' State student extri cated the two persons from a wreck ed car and rushed them over rain drenched highways to the State hos pital at Blossburg. George M. YanKirk, Wellsboro, Pu., who is' in charge of the' search for the student, believes he is from Ithaca, N. Y., inasmuch as the acci dent occurred on the road leading from there. If you who are reading this now are or know the unindentified student for whom a reward is waiting, you are requested to communicate with Mr. Van Kirk at the County building, Wellsboro, Tioga county, Pa. Import Will Reign Over. Snowball Dance Jan. 8 The newest personage of royal blood to flush across the College's so cial horizon is one "Snowball Queen," queen of Lhe Snowball dance. Unlike ether queens, she will not be crowned in her kingdom. She has already been selected.. Unlike other queens reign ing over campus functions, she will. not. be a co-ed. In fact, she is not a co-ed but a co-ed's pet peeve, an im port. 'George Donovan, John Moeller, Joe Peel, and Ross Shaffer consisted of the-committee responsible for the foreign , queen who will preside over the second annual all-College Snow ball dance to be held Saturday, Jan uary 8 in the Armory. The commit tee would not reveal who the queen is or from what land she comes. The Snowball dance, sponsored by the Penn State club, will begin im mediately/v.-following the Susquehan na-Penn State basketball game and will continue until midnight. Music will' be supplied by a native orches tra under the leadership of Bill Bot torf., Admission tb the affair will be 75 cents per couple. Checking will be free. have been accorded hint—when the Craigheads took him up to the golf course recently to fly hint for exer cise. Flying about in h very inde pendent and happy manner, Ulysses sighted two golfers on the 10th hole. Immediately he dropped out of the sky like a rocket in reverse and land ed on one of the golfer's heads. Al most immediately lie flew back , into the air. • • A few minutes later lie spotted the other golfer, who was preparing for a mighty swing. Down dove Ulysses with terrific speed'and landed on the head of another very surprised golfer. Away he flew again. This was great fun, for it was similar to the way his masters, liked to play with him. - After cruising around in the air a bit, he saw the two golfers again and decided to have more fun. He came flying down once more, but this time the golfers were waiting for }int and just when he was about to land on one of the men, two golf 'clubs came swinging at hint from all sides. But both golfers were bad. shots. Ulysses, for this reason, will he even more happy this time to get back to Washington where he 'can indulge in the' ancient art of falconry by roaming -through the woods for ani mal prey and not on u golf course for serious-Minded golfers. Release Housing Survey Figures Rooms For 400 _Workers Now Available Hope: to Coy& Towns Next . Week After three weeks of research in the State College area in which 500 homeowners were interviewed con corning renting rooms to the 1500 ox pected workers for the. building ao gram, over 100 favorable replies have been received. George' C. IL Lucas '34 is in charge of the survey.'.,';`. These figures are c9nplete, cember 11, Lucas sai6 "By the Send of this week we exits .- ..have.:r6 .- oni for at least 500 of t cas explained. Up, to: L'slsFrday . !. rOorri 7 inc workers, boarding facilities could be obtained for 172 men, and rooms were obtainable for 65 couples. These figures include only the hor- Anigh proper. and voluntary replies from districts surrounding. "Yester day," Lucas continued, "we made a canvass in Pine Grove Mills and found rooms for 25 workers ami. board for twenty. We were surprised to find such few facilities in this place, expecting room for at least a, hundred." In the next few days a survey will be made in the surrounding towns of Boalsburg, Bellefonte, and Lemont. "When-the time comes for the impor tation a the workers there should be enough room for all," Lucas said. "We only hope that the tunaractors will allow their men to live in the houses that we have contacted, for it will mean less chances for minor dis turbances that are usually expected," he concluded. The house to house canvass of the facilities available was begun the week of November 29. The borough and College facilities have been co operating in this project as it is ex pected to bring about-a minor busin ess boom to the locality, and long sought buildings to the College. Unlimited Cutting Drive Began 7 Years Ago Although new to the present stu dent body, the question of unlimited cuts for upperclassmen is really a re sumption of the drive started here more than seven years ago. In Karel), of a series of ques tions concerning a similar plan was submitted to members of the faculty, Producing much opposition to the measure. ' Lean to Liberality Answers to the questionnaire, how ever, indicated the faculty's tendency toward liberality in dealing with stu dent absences. That superior students should be granted special privileges and that scholars generally were not handicapped 'by cutting keguldtions formed the consensus of faculty possible solution for lack of uni formity in the system was presented in the suggestion that each school adopt a method peculiar to its own needs, outlining clearly the treatment of absences to students. Farmers' Week Held The 12th annual Institutional Far mers' week .was observed here last Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday by the School of Agriculture and • the State Department of Welfare. rgiatt. Mid-Year Graduation Date Advanced Mid-year commencement ha a been advanced lo Thursday, .Janu ary 27, upon the recommendation of the Council of Administration, Registrar William S. Hoffman an nounced yesterday. Originally scheduled to be held on January 28, the change was made to permit the president to attend the annual meeting of the Beard of Trustees at Harrisburg on that date. Drama Students Visit New York Penn State Actors To Be Taken Behind The Scenes Of Three Professional Plays obtain standards by which to judge- their own performances, 20 students of the department of drama, accompanied by Prof. Frank S. Netts. boom. assistant professor of, dramat ics mill visit several New York the atres during the Christmas holidays. Three performances by profession al companies, including , '.lnlitts Cae. oar," "Of Mice . and Men," and "Am phitryon 30." will be attended by the group. Arrangements have lawn made for the group to be taken behind the scenes after each show where stage managers and elm:torte:tans will ex plain and dentonstrate the technical' features. • Trips to a scene design studio, a scene building siudio, a costume house, and a lighting effect house. also have been arranged. Visits to broadcasting studios, and the Radio City Music Hall will also be included in the program for the traveling act ors and technicians. The "inspection" trip, which was originated last year by Professor Neubauni, will be held annually for the dramatic students. beginning with the first day of !he Christmas vat:a lien. PSCA Will Conduct 3 Inspection Tours Three trips to observe social condi tions as they exist in the more unfor tunate areas of modern cities will he conducted by the Christian Associa tion during the Christmas holidays. Student groups will visit Pitts burgh, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg on their itinerary. In Pittsburgh,De ember 21, they will investigate con ditions' in the Hill districts, the Irene Kauffman settlement, the Juvenile court, and Catham On December 27, the students will go to Philadelphia to visit the Jure- Mle court, the House of Detent:on, the Colored Day nursery, the Home for the Blind, and the Home for the Incurables. Arrangements for the Harrisburg trip have not yet been completed. Sino-Jap War Story Picked As Most Important Of Year There's something about the thought of mass bloodshed, the appeal of thousands of homeless, wandering refugees seeking handfuls of rice in shell-torn cities at the risk of their lives, and the ever-dreaded drone of airplanes returning to complete their wholesale destruction that grips the attention of the thinking public and makes them wonder. So thought the senior students of the department of journalism when they answered a poll as to what was' the biggest news story of the past 12 news-packed months. They adjudged the outbreak of the undeclared Sins- Japanese war as the one single event which affected the largest part of the world most vitally. Second on the list of what the jour nalism students deemed as world-' rocking was the bitter strife between the C. 1. 0. and the A. F. of L, with its far-flung social, economic. had po-1 litical consequences. Outstanding in the minds of the students were the Chicago riots. Third came the crash of the dirig-' ible.Hindenburg at bakehurst, N. J., last spring. This bit of news was one of the best-covered events of the year, inasmuch as a number of reporters, cameramen, and authorities were on the scene. Following this in importance as a Independents To Begin Project On Jan. 26 In Library Exhibit Room President -Hetzel Grants Permission For Trial Period; Will'Be Open For Two Weeks Under Direction Of Rosen '39 The establishment of a second-hand book exchange on the campus has been approved by the College administration, it was revealed yesterday by Samuel J. Rosen '39, chairman of the Inde pendent clique committee which presented a petition to the Col lege Council of Administration last week. The exchange will be located in the exhibition room of the Li brary, and wilt open tor two weeks beginning Wednesday, January 26, and closing Wednesday,';Feb-• teary 9. This two-week period occurs between semesters, and, as the plan was approved by President Ralph D. Iletzel, per mission has been granted to conduit the exchange on a one year trial period "Set Own Price" It is the plan of the committee "to.have the student set his own price on the book he wishes to sell, said price not to exceed i'iYMthir4 Ore original value of the book, and. leave it at the exchange. which will make every effort to find a buyer. "II the book is sold, the seller and the buyer each will pay a live-cent service charge. This'live•cent service charge will ge to cover the operating epenses of the exchange. If the book is not sold there will be no charge made." This plan was embodied in one of (Gonlinncd on page Iwo) Fossilized Salamander Tracks On Exhibition Giant salamander traeltu. estimated to be fine luillioon years old. are now on exhibition on the first floor of the Mineral Industries building. The tracks are imbedded in a 10- foot fossil. which Is believed to have been the muddy delta of a slug gish river flowing 'lnto a sea cover ing part of Pennsylvania during the carboniferous period. An additional four-foot limestone slab will be cem ented on to the fossil later. The slab was- extracted from the Jerome mine of the Hillman Coal com pany. near Johnstown, about a month ago by the School of Mineral Indus tries. with the aid of millers and im struetors. news story was the seating of Senat or Rugs L. Black of Alabama as an I associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. The seating of Sen ator 'Black was bitterly contested .by many of the country's leading news papers, inasmuch as he had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Others in order were President Franklin D. Roosevelt's futile Su preme Court tight, the coronation of ,; King George VI of England, and the' disastrous school explosion in New eondon, Tex., in which a large nuts-1 ber of school children were instantly blown to bits or crushed as a new school blew up because of accumula tions of natural gas in the walls. Chosen as the most romantic story I of the year was the marriage of Wal lis Simpson_ to Edward, the Duke of Windsor, who abdicated as King of England to marry Mrs. Simpson. WINTER Sports Schedule Z 653 PRICE FIVE CENTS Colgate Resigns To Take Position Purdue Graduate Instrumental In Bettering Town-College Affairs While Here Professor Samuel 13. Colgate, lin gireering, resigned his position in the College • early this week to accept a job. with Kawneer Company of . Niles, Ile'T.l.lim'te,' - start work there on Monday. Purdue Professor Colgate,' . a graduate of u University in 1924, came to the College from the Crown Chair company in September, 1929. Since taking his position here, he has kept in touch with industry by serving as an advisor for several firms. Stopped Riot As a member of the borough coun cil, its police, light, and fire commit tee, and its finance committee, lie has endeavored to establish better town- College relations and an improved ti nancial•set-up of the borough. Professor Colgate is credited with stopping a student riot in the spring of 1934 after one of the students had been arrested for disorderly conduct. He persuaded the burgess to take a more conservative 'course after the latter had issued the now famous "break out the rifles" order. A successor to Professor Colgate has not as yet been announced by the College, Varied Activities Mark Xmas Days Fraternities Sponsor Banquets While Campus Groups Hold Separate Services Beginning. with the vesper service last Sunday afternoon and continuing through tonight, the Christmas sea- SCSI has been observed here with many and varied activities. Among the services ccannemorat lug the holidays arc the carol sing anti Christian Association services lust night, a Christmas party for the sophomore seminar Wednesday night, a program for the freshman forum and commission Tuesday, the pre- Christmas book fair Monday, Tues day, and Wednesday, the Penn State club Christmas dinner, and the Ger man club's program in the auditorium Tuesday night. Fraternities Hold Banquets Most of the 53 fraternities have held banquets, many having under privileged children as guests. Some of the houses are having Christmas dances tonight, Among the women, Lord and Lady McAllister ton,-. command ut the an nual dinner in Mac hall, while several sororities and downtown dormitories have held parties and receptions. Food and clothing have been collected by the W. S. G. A. to distribute to several needy families in central Pennsylvania. Dances During Holiday Annual Christmas vacation alumni and student dances will be held In Bethlehem. 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