■, . Semi-Weekly jfcnn (Enllcgiatt. Volume 34—No. 33 l. A. Facility Vetoes Glass : Cut System Vote Against Uniform Plan After Long Discussion Unanimously, In Favor Of Committee Report Because of the diversity, of subjects, members of the Lib* 'eral Arts School" faculty claim it is undesirable to have a.uniform system of class cuts. At a infecting held Wednesday afleuiiooii,. the mucli-disputed culling problem was settled aft er a vote by fell Liberal Arts fac ulty members. The administrative commit tee of the School of Liberal i after carefully studying the cut situation for several •weeks, present ed the following plan to the faculty members who unanimously voted in . favor of it: : 1.-Because of the diversity of sub jects in Liberal Arts, it seems unde sirable to have a uniform School pol icy on cuts. ] • 2; The -Committee, however, sug gests that a departmental policy may be very effective,, and recommends that each department determine its own system of handling cuts. Fur thermore, it recommends that each teacher announce at the beginning of each . semester how cuts arc to be / handled. .1. The present College 1 rules gov erning absences are sufficiently-flex ible to takc__care_df all • cases. dered about absences. ' 4. The practice of reducing a stu dent's grade • because of absences alone should not'be tolerated. 5. Unlimited cuts must of necessity ■result in comprehensive examinations, not possible under 'our . abbreviated examination schedule. Knowing What You Shouldn’t Know— That’s ESP Ex*\ra-sensory perception, or the highly polished art of knowing some thing that you’re not supposed to know, lias at last taken Pemi Stale 'by storm. A brain-child of the psy chologists, it has been tried in two of Mr. C. It. Adams* Psy. 2 classes with good results. To the great num ber of questions that the psychologic al male asks about his OAO, such as: How’s her subconscious, her libido, and her ego, has been added the la test: How’s her ESP? Does.the average student posseis ESP? Mr. Adams decided that he’d find out. The method is simple. -A' pack of 25 cards containing live cards marked, with wavy lines, five with plus signs, five with stars, five with circles, and'five with squares, is used. The cards are' shuffled and then held up oiie at a time so that the Stu dent can’t see the markings. Each student puts down his guess of what sign is on the card. Only he isn’t guessing?'ho is using his ESP, say the psych profs. If the student makes more man five correct guesses out of one rim of the pack, five being chance, he’s supposed to have ESP. One hundred and seven students took three trials under Mr. Adams, thus making a total of 8,025 guesses. Out of this number there were 1,730 correct calls. Chance would have given the students 1,005 correct calls. By a little mathematical juggling, Mr. Adams found v out that his sub jects were able to call the correct card 5.38 times out of 25. As chance in 2(3 is five, Mr. Adams decided _ that the average student does, have somoESP, but nut enough to pass a final examination. Additional facts obtained -indicate that circles are most popular with students. The highest number of correct guesses, wtus made oil Circles. -Least popular of the sym bols was wavy lines, on which only 260 correct guesses wore made. Clausen Will Lecture 1 Dr. Bernard C. Clausen, pastor of the First Baptist church in Pitts burgh, will give a series of lectures sponsored by the, P. S. C. A. to the faculty and students in Schwab au ditorium .Monday and Tuesday eve nings, February 7 and 3. Herbert Yanofsky | who plays.lhc leading rote in the Players* 'presentation iff “Idiots \ DelighL” ♦ + t- Players To Present ‘ldiot’s Delight ’ Finale Tonight Tonight at 8:30 in Schwab audi torium—your last 'chance'to sec the Penn State 'Players’ presentation of Robert E. SherwcodM Pulitzer Prize winning, anti - war comedy - drama | “Midi's ‘Delight.” •The -Broadway, hit had its world ; non-professional debut last night in Schwab auditorium, and a first night audience left the show more than pleased, many comparing it favorably with the New York production, which starred Alfred Luntand Lynn-Fon tanm*. t , - It is a single-set play,, and’accord ing! to Director- Frank S. Neusbaum, it is probably the most.bcuutiful ever staged; here.. - The:, props' are. of- tnod ?fefnrsfro~de2l^ifrser:o^'^ry; effective? [ 'ly‘ in pastels dominated, by white. The difficult lighting and sound ef fects arc handled by Mid following technical staff: Stage—-Karl P. Bretney ’-JO, man ager; Jcaii L. Brant ’3O, assistant; Paul N. Herb Ml, assistant; Robert C. Hanati Ml,'Arthur J. Fritzingcr *39. Louise E. Patterson ’39, Robert M. Ludwig MO, Mary D. Hoffman, un classified. Helene Q. Tully MO, Mary Jane Veil MO, F. June Miller Ml, and D. Jane Boller'-Ml.* Advertrsing-/-Wilfred C. Washcoe I *3B, manager; Dallas K. Long ’3O, ! Vivian S. A. Dc-ty ’3O, Estelle Mar [igulies Ml, Clarence H. Evans MO, | George F. Horn ’3O, William 11. Bor- I key Ml. ißetty Jandorf MI, Rhcta B. iGlueck ’3b, Eleanor Fineberg Mt, and [Miriam it. Rubine. ; _ Costumes—Sara C. I loffe r '3B, [manager; A., Noreene Mitchell '39, iassistanL;, Miini M. Muschut MO, M. Katbryu Thiele *39, Joan C; Sperling *39, and Thelma E. Prather *4O. Lights, and sound—Morris 11. Wood '3B, electrician; Stephen 'S. Benton. Jr. Ml, Edward i-I. Gatlin Ml, Marvin K. Snyder ’39, Eleanor Saunders '3B, and Ralph R. Bollinger MI. Drops—Dorothy A. Gentzel *39, manager; Mary Lou .Trunk MO, Jean 'E. Poiler MO, Syril B. Ivier MO, Ver na F. Sager MO, and Dorothy E. Home MO. ' Omicron Nu Initiates Omicron Nu, Home Economics hon orary fraternity, initiated its new members Wednesday ' evening. These initiated were Emily Blair ’3B, Doris A.-Sanders ’3B, Nanette D. Robertson '3B, and Helen E. Bor ton '3B. Move Started To Eliminate Smoking , Booing In Rec Hall Because of the danger to spectators, inconvenience to atliletes, and out breaks of discourtesy to officials', a movement has started to eliminate smok ing and booing 'in Recreation hull. A pledge has been drawn up lo be submitted to each fraternity house, dormitory, club, and student organisation, asking signature of the president of that organization, guaranteeing that the members of Ins organization will refrain from smoking and 'booing at indoor athletic meets, Launching the- campaign Tuesday night,.(Ross P. Shaffer, captain of the, wrestling team, .spoke to the fans at the freshman-sophomore boxing meet, pointing out that smoking was a nuisance to the athletic performers as we>l as a menace tv the crowd if a fire stampede should occur. He said that officials should be extended courtesy because their decisions were a matter of judgment. The pledge that will be given to each organization in an effort to curb what ere believed to be dangerous and unsportsmanlike actions follows: “In the interest of good sportsman ship, the members of our organiza tion have pledged their support and STATE COLLEGE, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938 Upperclassmen Pay $212,640 Per Year-Book Poll Shows ‘Many Books Unnecessary, Seconds Too Costly, ’ Soy Large Majority Of Students W'ilh tlie revelation , in the Colleg ian’s publication. Tuesday of the re sults of a book poll, that the average Penn Stale stuilent spends $17.72 per semester for textbboks, a little figur ing will show that he spend $36.44 a year, and $141.70. over a four-year period. These figures multiplied by ap proximately 0,000 students .on the show that $100,1120.is spent in State College each semester, $212,- G4O. per year, and over* a four-year period the student body spends $850,- 500. '“•The following comments were made by. some of the .277 students partici pating in the poll: "Cv'Usidering l that technical books are expensive because of their limited sqlcs,, prices are not too high.' But something is wrong between the. sell ing pr'cc of, language books and the resale of those books* back; to the slores/’-T-Junior, chemistry. "t have no objection to the present situation in my work, since it is nee essury to change to new editions to keep up with the times. The prices seem to me to be about as low as pos sible.”- Senior, nature education. “Wj need a College-owned book store supervised by a board of mem bers made up of College administra tors pins student representatives.”— Senior, public administration. „ .“Tin* College should have its own' book store and hire College students. This would give more student em ployment and reduce the price of the books. This program is carried out very successfully at Princeton Uni versity.”—Junior, architecture. “Second-hand books are much too high.”—Sophomore, mining. i.'JtVHU:'cmi , t-^t--dTdecent-priee''f<jr < used books . around here.”—Sopho more, landscape architecture. “In- Math 2, a simple course in al gebra and .trigonometry, we are re Corps Of Cadets Plans Annual Ball Charles Slenross’ Band Will Be i First Big Name Orchestra For Military Dance Charles Slenross and his Lotus Carden orchestra ituve been signed to play ter the annual Military Ball, Friday, February 4, by the Corps of Cadets. This affair which will be held in the Armory, will be open to the cadets and their guests.' The orchestra, which lias recently concluded a 14 weeks’ engagement in the Pompeiun room of the Hotel Stat ler in Cleveland, features its leader with his trombone. This is the first time' t :iat a “name” bund has been signed lor Military Ball. The band was signed through Consolidated Ra dio Artists. Sammy Kaye has re placed Stenross at the Statler. Cadet Colonel Edgar D. Seymour is the chairman of the afTair. Other chairmen are David E. Bauer, George L. Hunvick, Max R. Maehnicke, George E. Motz, Emmett E. Rhoades, and Hugh C. Watts. Cadet officers may obtain their in vitations from David E. Bauer or the record office at the Armory during the w< ck beginning January 3i. personal cooperation toward the abol ishment of smoking and inconsider ate treatment of officials and play ers in Recreation hull. “We firmly believe that refraining from smoking' and unsportsmanlike conduct at indoor athletic events is in keeping with Penn State spirit and tradition. . • ' • “We believe thut N refraining from such conduct will help the preserva tion of safety in a crowded gymna sium” Name of organization President Secretary, : quirbcl to buy two texts—both exor bitantly priced but: published by one of the faculty. revised near ly every year, t00.!'4-Sophomorc, ag ronomy. “College book store with prices the lowest possible. I ”~Sophomorc, poultry husbandry. ' ’ “Bock situation stinks to the high heavens. The book' stores ■ charge maximum prices. -.JTlie local authors reword the preface,i.cliangc arrange ment of chapters, J.rcsuU —new edi tion. Second-hand .'copies arc not available. The students arc taken for a merry tide.”—Senior, dairy husbvndry. “I do not believe that students should •beniadeto-purchasc the litho graphed, pHpcr-bouiiU books at the exorbitant-prices charged by the au thor who also is thejiistructor in the •course. The German department should not, In my opinion, change the edition every semester.”—Sophomore, chemical engineerings “Cooperative book stores have proven successful in many other col- j leges, v so why not at fenn State? It seems tc me lhai.if the student body would ■ back a . project of this kind, books could be secured at a much lower price without'too much incon venience.”—Senior,..arts and letters. "The selection of the text seems in some cases very poor. The - text is sometimes Indefinite} and poorly ar ranged (Economics 2f). The deplor able -habit of making, unimportant changes and putting'pul a new edi tion is well kiiowii.’V-rJunior, com merce and finance..?/vj “College should .operate book store oil non-profit basis.- - Use N. Y. A. to supply labor.” t- Sophomore, lower ' lectures parallel book texts too closely to necessitate the pur chase of a book for.class study.”— Junior, journalism. Ground-breaking Set For Feb. 26 Invitations To Go To Governor, . State Cabinet. Members, Legislators, Alumni Plans for the ground-breaking ceremonies which will signalize the start of the General State Authority's $5,000,000 building progrum on the campus of . the College are rapidly being whipped into shape, Prof. Richard W. Grant, chairman of the Senate Committee on .Public Occa sions, announced today. .The ground breaking ceremonies will be held on Saturday, February 2G, the day after Senior Ball. "No pains will -be spared to make this a memorable occasion in the his tory of the College,” Professor Grant stated. “Invitations will go out at an appropriate time to the Governor, members of the cabinet, members of the state legislature, and officials of the General State Authority and State PWA, as well as to alumni and other groups the couunittee has un der consideration. “Seating capacity j alone would seem to be the limiting factor in ar ranging the event We arc expecting Recreation hall, where . the ceremo nieswill be held, to be crowded to the doors and &re.making plans to have an overflow crowd seated in the audi torium.” As executive secretary of tlie alum ni association, Edward -K. Hibshman is laying plans to have.this occasion suitably recognized by alumni groups throughout the country. A radio hook-up, at least state-wide in scope, has been planned for the celebration. Women’s Fraternity Will Give Fellowships i Kappa Kappa Gumma is offering for the fourth consecutive year $l,- 500 in graduate fellowships, which will be available to any woman re gardless of whether or not she be longs to a fraternity. Tlie fellowships are divided into three of $5OO each and are open to any women under thirty years of age who has or .will receive her bachelor’s degree before next Julj'. Application blanks are available at Dean Ray’s office and'must be in the hands.of the Kappa Kappa Gamma fellowship chairman before March 25.' Lion Boxers, Cagers Face Crucial Tests Georgetown Challenges Courtmen’s Loop Leadership Ex-State Mit Champ Leads Southern Foe Penn Slate’s boxing and basketball teams will swing into 1 another double header attraction in Recreation ball, tomorrow night at 7 o’clock, when Mike Zeleznock. former Lion inter colleglute champion, returns to tlie campus with a tough North Carolina mit squad while Georgetown Univer sity, conqueror of Temple’s high-flying quiutet. will battle the cotirtmen with the Eastern Conference leadership at stake. Zeleznock. who is now Mike Kou man. won both the 1115-pound and 155- pound Eastern titles ns spearhead of the 11154 and 1555 teams here. He coached the freshman boxing squad through au undefeated season two years ago before being named coach at North Carolluu. Although losing to The Citadel. to 5 Vi, in tlicir'opener, the Tarheels will present a well-balanced team, led by Captain Joe Murnlck. 135 pounder, and CroweH Little. 155-pound star and aU-Sdutliern quarterback. Hoyas Threaten Lead Immediately following the boxing meet, the Lion basketball team will face Georgetown’s super-special, which rumbles into town ufter meeting Pitts burgh tonight. Practically uureckoned with before the season started, Uie Hoyas bounded into tbc limelight- with a scorching 39-22 .victory over Temple lust week. Meauwhilc. State will be protecting a triumphal'nmrclrwhich reached-sev-’ en straight wins Tuesday night as the Lions whipped Buckuell. 35-2(1, in u uou-Confereiice tussle. Although Coach John Lawthcr used 14 players during the game, the Lions had little difficulty in coasting through after piling up a 19-5 lead at halftime. Top scoriug honors went to Sopho more Sonny Hoffman, who flavored his seven points with unmistakable flashes of potential greatness. Co-cap taiu Joe Proksa aud Max Corbin tal lied five apiece. , Weidner Honored At Mortar Board Dinner Ruth “Reggie" Weidner, dormitory nurse, received 'the tribute of all the women on campus when she was sur prised at a farewell dinner spon sponsrred by Mortar -Board in Mac hall Tuesday night prior to her de parture to take over the duties of superviror of nurses at. Altoona Gen eral hospital. For three and one-half years, "Reg gie” lias proved herself to be an able nurse and a good friend to approxi mately 400 women each year. At the farewell dinner, “Reggie” was presented by Ohven W. Evans ’3B with fifty silver half-dollars con tributed by campus women. The sil ver pieces formed a shining lei around her neck when she stood in the lobby after the dinner bidding good-bye to many of her friends. She was presented with a corsage of orchids. Sports Managers Criticize, Agree With Present System In reply to the letter printed in T ugers of the various sports were ques ments mentioned in that latter. The letter criticized the managerial serl-up as being conducive to "pad ding the books" by the managers, and that the present system demanded too much and compensated too little for the work required Following are some of the com ments given by the various man agers Robert B. Blum *3B. manager of Lacrosse: “I thoroughly agree with the wri ter of this article that the managerial system here at State is sadly in need of reorganization. The voting, the remunerations, the entire set-up as ■it exists at present is way out of line. Unless something is done in the near future, boys of high caliber who in the past have managed Penn State’s sports ‘will no longer be eveil interested in this form of extracur ricular activity. I suggest a meet ing of the athletic board and those college authorities who are interest ed, along with the present group of varsity managers to discuss this question.” William E. Lindenmuth ’3Bj former manager of football: Mid-Year Senior Class Graduation To Award 140 Diplomas Thursday Time Tables Go On Sale Monday Time tables for the second sem ester will go on sale at the Regis trar’s office beginning Monday, Rny V. Watkins, scheduling offi cer. announced yesterday. Payment Of Fees Slated Feb. 10,11 $5 Fine For Late Registration To Be Enforced, Registrar Hoffman Announces following the procedure introduced last September, second semester tees will be collected In the Armory Thurs day and Friday, February 10 and 11. the Bursar’s office announced yester day. Students whose deferred-feu appli cations have been approved utso will be required to puy lltelr initial install ments duriug this period. Fines To Be Enforced WiUi alphabetized windows again in Use, the Armory will remain open from a. m. to op. m. Thursday and from 0 a. in. to 5 p. m. Friday. A five dollur line will be assessed students failing to make their puymeuts with in the specified time. Meauwhllc. the usual five-dollur hue for late registration will be enforced, Registrar William S. Hoffman said yesterday. Students registering ,dur dug'aiiffriod'other* tlian*lhat;ichedule*a for them will be required to pay a oue-dollar line. Moeller Names 9 To Head I.F. Ball Campbell, Lindenmuth Selected Co-Chairmen; Group Named To Study Rushing- The committee tor the lutertrater uity bail, to be held April 1, has been announced by John Moeller, president of the luterfrateruity Council. The co-chairmeu are Charles R. Campbell and William E. Liudenmutb. both seuiors. The other members are Howard D. Baldwin, Russell A. Gol omb, Joseph W. Lucusch. Thomas H. Moore, Louis N. Pearce, Willard W. Welch, all seuiors, and Charles A. Cantley *35). * Moeller also named a committee at the last Interfraternity Couuctl meet ing to consider the rusliiug rules for the coming year and make recom mendations to the couuctl. The rules must be revised to enable fraternities to take in freshmen shortly after their arrival because of the overtaxed hous ing situation. Thomas H. Moore ’3B was appointed chairman of this committee with the following assistants: Raymond S. Cos ken* *39, Clifford L. Cramer Ml, Vic tor C. Sandham ’39, and Charles H. Teller *3B. Tuesday's issue of the Collegian, man ?stioned on their opinion of the state- “1 believe that what I have gained in the way of contacts and valuable experience more than compensates for any monetary recompense I might have received as proposed in the let ter in Tuesday’s Collegian. It would not be fair to the players, who work every bit as hard, if not harder, than the so-called ‘fish’—and some of the scrubs and second stringers don’t make out either. Another thing— perhaps it is just as g<x>d a lesson not lo make out, and possibly those who do not will benefit by their ‘misfor tune.’ ’’ 1 Robert Smith '3B, manager of base ball, declined to comment. George W. J&rdin 111, ’3B, manager of wrestling: “The letter has some truth in it, but I can’t agree with all of it. I (Continued on pa ge four) Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS Thirty-four Scheduled To Receive Higher Degree Rank Dean pf Swarthmore Will Deliver Address Approximately 140 .degrees, including six doctorates of phil osophy, five masters of arts, and 23 masters of science, will be awarded at the mid-year commencement exercises i n Schwab auditorium at 8 o’clock Thursday night. Delivering the baccalaureate address will be Dr. Harold E. B. Speight, dean of men at Swarthmore College, well-known author and literary editor of the Christian Leader, former professor at the University of Aberdeen and Dart mouth College, United States chap lain overseas during the World War, and a member of the committee in vestigating religious minorities in Transylvania following the war. List of Candidates The list of candidates for degrees, as compiled by Registrar William S. Hoffman, follows: School of Agriculture Agricul tural and Biological Chemistry: Mac- Lean J. Babcock, Charles G. Ehly, Richard M. Forbes; Agronomy: Ray mond H. Wells, A. Rudolph York; Dairy Husbandry: Morse R. Carl, Jaaies.M.Avyner, .-WHinerJL .Twining, William A. Voigt; Forestry: Marsh all T. Augustine, Camman H. Nieder hof, Carl P. Schreiber, L. Leßoy Shaylor, Norris «r. Stuart, Daniel W. Triem, Martin E. Wolfe; Horticul ture: Everett F. Quakenbush; Zoolo gy and Entomology: ’ Donald W. Ayres, Fred B. Jacobson. School of Chemistry and Physics—' Commercial Chemistry: Lloyd H. Al bright; Physics: Howard S. Cole man, John E. Walter; Science: Ed win J. Grajek, Robert G. Stober. School of Education—Daily Educa tion: Wilbur R. Lecron; Education (8.A.): Marian P. Crawford, Anna S. Fleck, Robert E. Masters, Edgar F. Miller, Vernon E. Rank, Garnet J. Sal berg, Isadore Shapiro; Education OB.S.): Miriam B. G. Stibcr, Elsie E. Tillberg, Ruth R. Weidner; Home Economics: Rutli E. Eckels, Julia C. Markle, Jean F. Nicholas; Music Ed ucation: William E. Brown, Helen E. Buchanon, Edward C. Estabrooks, Charles E. Hassler, Catherine E. Herb, Howard L. Kuhns, Floyd March, Janice L. Nichols, Earl W. Seibert, Charles Shick, Glenn N. Thiel, Clair J. Urich, Clarence L. Zook. School of Engineering—Architec ture: Bernard H. Evert, Margaret R. Griffin; Civil Engineering: John W. Malot: Electrical Engineering: Rich ard M. Brubaker, Walter Knapp, Morris H. Wood; Electrochemical Engineering-: Henry W. Williams; Industrial Engineering: John B. Humphreys: Landscape Architecture: Jacob S. Siesholtz; Mechanical Engi neering: Joseph W. McNary, John E. Thompson, Paul W. Wise, William J. Zimmer. School of Libera! Arts—Arts and Letters: Marguerite C. Alstadt, Ar thur G. Ciatnacco, Jacob M. Corson, Robert V. Donato, Irma Ganz, Mary A. M. Gravatt, Lucille D. Hayes, Ro land C .Henry, Norman L. Huffman, {.Continued .on page two ) Princeton’s Minister To Address Students Dr. John A. Mackay, president of Princeton Theological Seminary, will be the chapel speaker Sunday morn ing in Schwab auditorium. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Dr. Mackay studied at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he won a fellowship in theo logy, and at the Institute of Histor ical Studies in Madrid, Spain, where he spent a year studying Spanish literature. j Dr. Mackay is secretary of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church in this country, in charge of the relationship of the board with its missions in Latin American and Africa. Before his con nection with the board on June 1, 1932, he was foreign secretary of the North American Young Men's Chris tian Associations in Latin America.
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