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Volume 34—No. 36
CAGERS FACE TEMPLE FOR LEAGUE
I.E. Freshman
Missing Since
Wed. Morning
Wm. K. Miller Leaves
Fraternity House;
No Clues'Found
Police Investigations,
Searches Prove Futile
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BULLETIN
/William li. Rliller’s^myslcrious-dis
appearance from the cumpth early
last'Wednesday morning was solved
this morning, when his fraternity,
brothers received a letter from, him
mailed in “Elkins, 'West Virginia. It
substantiated their belief that he left
cchool because of low* marks.
Miller gave as his reason for not
telling anyone .was that "he didn’t
want to be talked out of it." He plans
to stay in Elkins until the beginning
of the fall semester when he will re
turn to College, the letter said.
•William K. Miller, freshman
industrial engineering has dis
appeared, leaving no clues as to
.hitf whereabouts' since he left
the Phi Delta. Theta fraternity
house. early last Wednesday
morning. His father, William R.
Miller of Waynesboro, notified
police last Thursday,, but'.their.
; tele type- pleas jhave .brouglil Hio
"responsetAS’y efc-*
Fraternity' brothers"said- that Mill
er boy, und lie had flunked
some courses. Upon inspecting Mill
er’s notebook, it was found that be
had nut taken ntore than three lines
of-notes for any one course,-his fra
ternity brothers slated.
It was learned that Miller seemed
to l>e bothered hJjouL something all
semester, but never sputyj much of
anything or anyone-except about a
summer job 1 he. had had, at an Ocean
KJity, N. J., refreshment stand. The
proprietor of the stand, who spends
the winter in Florida, has been con
tacted but he said that he ims heard
nothing from Miller.
A fraternity brother said tliat
Miller had set bis alarm for six o’-
clock last Wednesday morning, and
apparently arose mid left at that'
time. « • '
His description'as given to the po
lice is as follows: 18 years old ; height
~(> feet 8 inches; weight—lGo
pounds; brown liuir; believed to have
worn dark blue suit, reversible* rain
coat, and no haL .
It was also learned from the Phila
delphia police that they had found E.
Richard Bloom ’4O) who had been re
ported missing over a week ago. No
reason was given- for his disappear
ance, and he could not.be contacted
here inasmuch as' lie -has not yet re
turned to school.
Soil Losses Imperil
Living Standards,
Report Warns
Warning that'continued loss of our
fertile soils by,soil erosion.jvill inev
itably lead to a lowering of stand
ards of living, in the country, Dr. W.
C. Lowdennilk, chief'of Soil Conser
vation Research) U. S.; Department
of Agriculture, urged the cooperation
of all agencies/in .the drive against
soil destruction'during a recent visit
to the College.' -.... , . . 1
“Cultivation, pasturing, road build
ing, aiid similar activities accelerate
the process of erosion-and lessen the
amount of good tillable'land in the
iface of an increasing population,’’
Lowdermilk’ stated.. '
The Conservation Senriife is carry
ing on an intensive program of re
search in aif attempt to learn the
most effective means of towering lush
es by'erosion, the Conservation head
said. . , .
Leuschner Appointed
Frederick H. -Leitadmer •’2l, lms
been appointed to the poultry exten
sion staff of the : College, Milton S.
McDowell, - director of the agricul
tural extension service, announced
yesterday/ - •
*Sweet Someone 9
EDY.THE WRIGHT
Tommy Dorsey's featured vocalist,
she.-will :sing and swing in a Colo
nial-setting at the annual Senior
BalLtb.bc held in Recreation hall
February. 25. . .
. Dorsey,- who brings, with him a
sentimental swing hand for the
event,-will hit it hot amidst a back
ground .of the staid ML Vernon
mansion'of the first president. The
reproduction of the first-homes of
America is the feature of-the Colo-
nial theme for tlje ball.
Conger To Speak
Tomorrow Night
‘Sircamliniiiff-Rccrcalion' To Be
Subject’. Of Talk at, 2nd ,
Ray .M. Conger of the School .of
Physical Education and Athletics,
will’deliver the second lecture-of the
Liberal Arts series when lie speaks in
the Koine .Economics auditorium ; ut 7
o’clock tomorrow ii'gbL He will
speak bn' “Streamlining Recreation”
und will and a film'to il
lustrate the.modeni trends in the use
of leisure.
. Conger received; tlic. degrees of
bachelor of science and master of sci
ence at lovja State College; studied
physical education at Columbia Uni
versity, and was instructor of zoology
and truck couch at Carlcton College
in. Nortlificld, Minn., from .1931-1930.
In the latter year he came to this
College as an instructor of physical
education and is now preparing for
the degree of doctor of philosophy.
Outstanding U. S. Runner
Conger was one of the outstanding
runners in the .United Stales from
1.927 to 1932. He won a score of
1000-meter and one-mile'races from
the best runners of his day, in this
country as‘well as in Europe.’Amung
the runners lie has defeated are Dr.
Pellzcr of Germuny, Lloyd Hahu of
Boston, ,Dr.‘ Martin of Switzerland,
Edwin Wide of Sweden, and Mr.
Purge of Finland.
Unforgettable, however, among
track fans will be his victory over
Paavo Nurmi,'the great Finnish run
ner' in the twenties, in ' Madison
Square Garden in ,1929. Conger is
the only man on this side of the At-,
lantic yho defeated Nurmi in a mile
race.
Since coming to this campus, Con
ger has steadily worked at the prob
lem of recreation for students in* our
colleges. . .
Extension Work Helps Prison
Inmates To Learn Vocations
Evidences of the help the College
gives to the people of this state arc!
coming -to -light every day. Through
itis extension service, Penn State has
done notable work in aiding
era at the Rockview -Penitentiary in
learning, useful vocations.
,A tour through the prison, a self
supporting • institution of approxi
mately 1000 prisoners, shows the re
sults of this work. Discovering that
there was artistic, talent among some
of the men,- the’prison authorities be
gan art lessons unjler the guidance
of a' College upperclassman studying
art The result is a group of murals
on. the state of Pennsylvania now lin
ing the walls of the prison dining
room.
Three nights a week professors
travel to the’prison to teach classes
in electric arc welding, dairy hus
; bandry, poultry husbandry, diesel en-
STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1938
Senior Class President Gets
$350 Rake-off\ ReportShows
Receives Commissions From Senior -Ball, Caps
Gowns, Commencement, Lion Copts;
Others .Also‘Make’Money
By BRUCE TRABUE
Willi the revival of interest in iPenn State polities'anti- Senior Bull com
ing two weeks hence, a question cf interest to the student boily, "Who makes
the money ami how much'?”, has been answered by the student.activities re
port for last yean published recently.- 'if-
The report, printed and audited, shows all income and expenditures of
student class activity as they are turned in, and "rake-offs" by the president
mid committeemen arc listed as compensation. From Senior; Ball it shows
►that last year’s senior cluss presi
! dent, Frank A. OsteVliihd, received a
compensation of \. $50.00 beside a
checking compensation; of $54.73, a
total of $104.73 for his[‘'«ervices.”-
Scnior Ball Chairmen
Included in the .report were the
salaries of the co-chairmen of that
dance. These salaries totaled an
amount equal to that received by the
president, $104.73. -.Chairmen and
paid committee members of commit
tees .are political constituents and
supporters of the cla3S president, al
most without exception men who
were instrumental in /getting enough
votes to get him into'Office.
Other profits for..the president to
talling $350.02 with- the inclusion of
the senior ball in with
the spring. Seniors -.’blossomed out
in Lion. Coats, a $55.00 blossom fell
to the ciass president. Seniors gradu
ated, a be appoint
ed to procure caps ( an<l gowns, an
other to get commencement invita
tions; announcementssaml programs
published^.-Tor. this^Ujl’ifiresideu.t^ref.
Chairmen bn/‘Gravy Train**
Florida Chemists
Hear Dean Speak
Whitmore Discusses ‘Potential
Plenty’ In Lecture; Talks
Of Tour In South
Discussing his tour through the
southeastern slates, Dean Frank C.
Whitmore, of the Sehcol of Chemistry
and Physics and president of the
American Chemical Society, told the
chemical group of, the University of
Florida Llml potential plenty exists
everywhere. "But,” he .questioned,
"what will he the solution of the
problem of making: this plenty avail
able to all?"
_ I-In his.eleventh lecture in 17 days,
Dean Whitmore said that, potentially
there is* plenty of food, clothing, shel
ter, medjjaLscryjpp, jmi-‘
‘boolovund education of all kinds.
And, he-addtpi, there are plenty of
chemists to insure the operation of
the sources of plenty.
The president of the chemical soci
ety, in comparing the sections of the
nation, suid that there is little dif
ference between the various parts of
Lhe country. "The countless hovels
of the south in which no human be
ing should live arc no worse than
those in the Pennsylvania mining sec
tions, the mill towns of New England:
or the ‘farm slums’ which surround
the average small mid-western town,”
he stated.
Dean Whitmore will conclude his
month’s lecture tour before the south
ern members or the- American Chem
ical Society on Thursday and Friday
when he will speak before the soci
ety's inenrbers of the Universities of
South and North Carolina, respec
tively.
New Speech Course
Covers Broad Topic
The new three-credit course, Speech
450, “Discussion Techniques,”- being
ottered this semester. for the first
time by Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, is
one of (lie few courses of this type
taught in America. The University
of Colorado and Akron University
are two of the schools which include
such a course in their curricula.
Designed for the prospective forum
.leader or the director of-forensics in
school-or college, "Discussion Tech
niques” gives the student intellectual
and emotional backgrounds of con
troversy, . the evaluation of reason
ing, and the theory and practice .of
the various forms of discussion.
gines, and radio.
Prisoners are taught to assemble
diesel engines direct from engine
blocks , brought from the College.
Facilities for instruction in poultry
husbandry and daily husbandry are
already at the prison, u self-sufUc’ent
community which raises and’slaugh
ters its own beef, pasteurizes its own
milk,, churns its own butter, bakes all
-its breadstuff's, and raises its own
crops, some of which, such as + he po
tato crop, have made record yields
per acre.
In recreation the College has also
helped. Johnny 'Sayers, pro-fighter
and aide to "Doctor” Leo Houck, lias
refereed boxing matches, wliile Oliti
Butt of the Campus Owls has helped
the prison orchestra to swing it. The
prison football squad is under the
tutelage of W. W. UUcry of Hunt
ingdon, a Penn State graduate.-
On the cup and gown committee of
four, the chairman got $88.7G for
whatever he did arid his three assis
tants got $58.75, $48.70, and $40.00.
respectively. - Altogether these polit
ical taffy-pullers took in $050.07 in
personal profit. On the commence
ment printing committee the chair
man got $7(3.00 while each of his two
assistants got. $81.07.
The chairman of . the Lion Coal
committee, who ordered the coats, re
ceived $55.50, one committeeman got
$25.00, and the other got $24.78. This*
ay totals to $935.G4 for registered
"rake-off” on senior class activities
alone.
Other .Class Activities
Junior Prom seems by the report
to be the sole source of the junior
class president’s income from his pol
itical activities. There he received
$90.00 for "services.” The commit
tee chairman received an identical
amount.
.Sojdt Hop delivered into'Urn hands
of the sophomore class president
$80.03 and the same to the two chair
men collectively. Thtte it appears
that from class activity in Penn Slate
that $1801.50 wus made by politicians
running them, and that here playing
politics pays.
Donato Won’t Be
Professional—Not
Even For $lO,OOO
Saiiimy Donato definitely will not
enter the professional sports arena
after graduation here.
.The Lions’ stocky 155-pouud box
ing captain and 1 ccM’aptaiu of last
fall's football team, indicated this
yesterday, when he spiked reports
that he would be willing to enter the
pro ring provided he could make SJO,-
000 in . a year or so and quit before
"Hearing uoises” in bis head.
■Denying that there was any truth
to the report, Donato said that even
as lucrative an offer as this would
not tempt him to turn professional.
"Furthermore,” he added, "I put
on'my last football uniform at Pitts
burgh last November,” thus dashing
beforehand any reports that he may
join giant Chuck Cherundolo, the Li
ons' 193 G grid captain and star cen
ter 7 in professional football ranks.
Hillel Elects Officers,
. Because of the graduation of Min
erva Lehnnan, president 1 of the Hil
leL Foundation, new officers were
elected Saturday. Those .elected are:
president, Bernard Rossman.’39; vice
president, Paula Wohlfeld ’B9; re
cording secretary, Ruth ■ Stein ’4O;
corresponding secretary,- Irwin Su
povy M 0; and treasurer,-Milton My
ers ’39.
Judge Delays
Hearing For
Clyde Myers
Junior Student In Jail
At Bellefonte; Held
Under $2500 Bail
No Reason Given For
Sudden Postponement
Scheduled for 10 o’clock yesterday
morning, the hearing for Clyde V.
Myers ”39 before Centre • County
Judge Ivan W-alkcr at Bellefonte was
indefinitely postponed, the burgess’s
office announced. No definite reason
for the postponement was given.
Myers, a 2.8 student in poultry
husbandrj’, was committed to the
county jail at* Bellefonte last Tues
day under $2,500 -bail after pleading
guilty to'seven larceny charges at a
preliminary' hearing.
With the apprehension of Myers,
local police were confident that a long
epidemic of robberies of fraternity
houses and private homes was solved.
' Houses that Burgess Leitzcll said
Myers admitted .looting were the Aca
cia, Alpha Gamma Rbo, Alpha Sigma
Phi, Delta Theta Sigma, and Theta
Upsilon Omega fraternities.
Students To Pay
Tees, Thurs.. Fri.
Regular, Installment Payments
Due in Armory; A. A. Books
Will Be Distributed
The final step in second-smuester
registration will come to a close with
the payment of fees in the Armory
Thursday und Friday.
The doors of the Armory will be
open continuously from 9 am. to 9 p.
in. Thursday and Friday- Five-dollur
fines will be assessed for lateness.
To Distribute A. A. Books
Besides the regular full payment
of fees, initial installments on de
ferred fees will he due at this time.
To avoid congestion, ten alphabetized
windows will line the Armory Hour.
Meanwhile, four special
sandwiched among the collection
booths, will distribute second-semes
ter A. A. booklets upon the presenta
tion of receipted bills.
Caricature Collection
On Display At Library
A collection of colored London
Vanity Fair caricature portraits of
famous men of the Victorian era is
on exhibit at the College library.
Most of the subjects represented,
all drawn from life, are authors.
Among them are Kipling, G. B.
Shaw, Anatule France. Browning;
Mereditli, and Zola. The two most
famous Vanity Fair caricaturists rep
resented are "Spy,” Sir Leslie Ward,
and "Ape,” Carlo Pellegrini.
POLITICS:
Lane Chairmen Deny Rumors;
Independents, Organize Frosh
By HERBERT B. CAHAN
.Rumors have been flying thick and
fast uli over this seemingly serene
campus during the past week. And
taking political rumors for what they
are worth gets one exactly where the
politician wants the voter,—in a
quandry, easy prey for the politi
cian’s vote-getting sales talk.
But one definite thing has come of
the rumors about Locust Lane. From
reliable sources it was learned that
"the highest bidder,” figuratively
speaking, will get the Locust Lane
support. It looked for a while as
though they were pretty definitely
considering cashing in for v the Inde
pendents, but now that the issue has
been brought out into the open, both
Lew Shollenberger and Fletch Byrom,
chairmen of the Lane iuniur and
sophomore cliques respectively, deny
having taken any definite steps. So,
whoever offers most will garner the
valuable Locust Lane ballots.
LEAD TONIGHT
Breaking Even On Road,
Lions Seek Revenge For
37-30 Loss To Owl Five
Foul Conversions By Miehoff, Stopper Turn
Tide As State Trips Georgetown In
Extra-Period Battle, 34-33
By JOHN A. TKOANOVJTCH
Deadlocked with four victories and one loss apiece, Penn
Stale's rebounding Lions and Temple’s high-flying Owls will col
lide in Recreation'hall' at 7 o’clock tonight, with the Eastern Inter
collegiate Basketball Conference leadership hinging on the out
come.
Skinning through with a
Georgetown’s Hoy us at Wushini
C.A. Plans Forum
On L.A. Colleges
Debaters To Lead Criticism Of
Present College Education;
Freshmen In Charge
An open forum upon the question.
"What changes should be made in the
American liberal arts college?” spon
sored by the Freshman Commission
and the Freshman Forum of the P.
{s. C. A - , and the Forensic Council
will be. held in .Schwab auditorium on
Thursday evening. Fob. 17, at 8:15
o'clock.
Tliis will be the second year that
the P. S. C. A. and the Forensic
Council have combined to sponsor an
open formn primarily for the fresh
man class, although members of aIJ
classes are invited to attend. Admis
sion will be free.
A discussion and criticism of col
lege education as it exists today on
American campuses will be led by
four members of the varsity debate
squad, whoso names will be aunnoun
ccd later, in a series of ten minute
speeches. Proposals for the adoption
of iifore liberal system* of education
such as that proposed by Dr. Robert
M. Hutchins, president of the Uni
versity of Chicago, and the increas
ing prominence of Junior colleges ir
present day education, will be taken
into account.
The establishment of the so-callet
"geutieman's college," as advocated
by Dean Max MeCon, of Lehigh Uni
versity, will also be included in til*
discussion. Aims, purposes, and goals
to be obtained in higher education
will be discussed. Upon conclusion l
of the speeches, an open discussion ol
the various proposals presented will
be held by members of the audience
; Votes will then be taken on these and
other proposals suggested by the au
dience at the close of the forum.
Pre-Meds Meet Wed.
The Pre-Medical society’ will meet
in Home Economics auditorium at
7:80 o'clock Thursday. Dr. A. K
Anderson will be tiie guest speaker.
The Independent party, with its
four-class setup, has already started
the ball rolling in the freshman class.
Last Friday 00 freshmen gathered in
Old Main and, under the supervision
■of the Independent’s chief, Francis
Szymczak, elected Lou Sipos frosh
chairman.
All the class cliques are swinging
into action this week and it is expect
ed that class office nominees will soon
be out. Russ Goiin, chairman of the
elections committee, promises that a
date will be set for elections some
time this week.
The turmoil iu the ‘4O Campus
clique, that was meuticned in this col
umn last week, was emphatically de
nied by the soph class president, a
Campus mail, Jerry Howarth. A re
organization meeting lias been called
for this week, and with the revela
tion of its new chairman will har
mony or discord within the'clique be
apparent.
Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS
34-33 extra-period victory over
igton Saturday to gain an even
| break on the week-end road trip, the
Lions will be seeking revenge to
night for Friday's 37-30 loss to Tem
ple at Philadelphia. The loss halted
State’s eight-game vicLory march.
Owls Win Fourth Straight
Meanwhile, the Owls, beaten only
by Georgetown in the league inau
gural, copped their fourth Confer
ence tilt in a row Saturday, drubbing
West Virginia, 51-34, with substitutes
cluttering their lineup during most
of the second half.
Although handicapped by u trans
parent glass backboard, the Lions
matched the Owls point for point as
the lead soc-suwod back and forth
until the closing moments of the
game.
Temple Leads at Half
A capacity crowd of 8,000 saw the
short-lived
Temple edge as Charley Prosser and
Co-captain So) Miehoff sank three
goals in succession to give the Lions
a G-2 advantage. The Owls, however,
jame .back with an eight-point spree
to move into a 10-G lead before Pros
ier broke the spell with a foul con
version. Temple managed to main
tain the four-point advantage, hold
ing a 15-11 half-time lead.
Temple increased its lead to 17-11
as the second period opened. Then
State began to click, tying up the
count at 17-J7 as Miehoff, Prosser
and Co*-captain Joe Proksa ripped
the cords with three successive goals.
Nets 8 Points in One Minute
Captain Don Shields, giant Owl
forward who took high-scoring hon
ors with 10 points, broke the score
with a double-decker, but Miehoff tied
it up again, and Prosser added two
fouls to give State a 31-19 margin.
Then, with less than 10 minutes
eft’to play. Shields ran wild, netting
sight points in less than a minute to
park an 11-point streak and give the
Owls a decisive 30-31 lead. Jack
Reichenbacii and Miehoff whittled
the lead with three foul shots, but
Temple .stemmed the Lion surge to
take the victory, 37-30.
Reichcnbaeh Back in Form
Almost perfect foul shooting by
Miehoff and Bill Stopper -and the re
turn of Reiehenbr-cb to last yeai J s
form provided the Lions with the raz
or-edged m’argin of victory over
Georgetown Saturday in an extra-per
iod battle marked with dramatic ten
seness.
Fighting to overcome a 16-14 half
time disadvantage, State kept pace
with the lfloyas as Vic lead uhifted'
back and forth, with the teams seldom
separated by more than three points.
Miehoff Knots Score
With Georgetown ahead, 30-28. and
only seconds left to pity, Miehoff in
tercepted a piass near midcourt and
(Continued on pape three)
Rev. Thompson Urges
Life Guided By Christ
Addressing last Sunday’s chapel,
the Rev. W. Taliaferro Thompson,
professor of religious education at
Union Theological Seminary, Rich
mond, Va., stressed the moral activi
ties of man and the motives causing
them.
"There are four groups of poople
in college," he said. "Those who are
guided by the crowd, those controlled
by the fear of consequences those
guided by their convictions, and most
important those guided by Christ.”
Reverend Thompson advised that
each individual should examine him
self as to the group' which he would
be classilied under. He should then
attempt to live in the last, which is
the best controlled life of all, the
speaker concluded.