ft Ctollrgutm OiL Volume 34—No. 38 THETA PHI ALPHA TOPS CO-ED RUSHING WITH 16 Election Of Officers Set For April 6 Voting To Take Place Under New 1938 Election Code Nominating Petitions '' "' Due Before March 23 Elections 'for senior, junior, and sophomore class officers for ihc next school'year wili.be-held from 12:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, April 6, to 12:30 o'- clock Friday afternoon, April 8, under the 1938 election code. ap_- proyed ' yesterday by Student Board. The' code, first approved by Student Council last Tuesday, will be similar to the one in effect last year, which, among other things, outlawed electioneering in Old Main. Copies of the code will be distributed to the clique chairmen at the Student Union • desk Friday, Russel G. Gohn ’3B, chairman of the elections' com mittee, said.' Petitions Must'Ue Filed March 23 Nomination, petitions, bearing the names of candidates for. president, vicerpresident,. treasurer;' and secre tary, and-containing signatures of 60 voters in the class, must be filed with the chairman of elections before noon Wednesday,. March. 23. - , Candidates’for -Student .Council, are "though their cafry’.sig-’ natures of 10' the- voters of the class in the-school in which the candidate is enrolled. Accompanying all petitions must be the candidates’, plutfornis and ulI-Col-. lege averages, with the four class of ficers also required to present indi yiduol pictures “suitable for repro duction.” , " 1 •, • Campaign Opens March 30 , The campaign wjll open oflicTally at 7 o'clock Wednesday night, March 30, with the elections committee sup plying 15 .standard posters containing party candidates and platform to each clique,. Each clique will be limited to $lO in. campaign expenditures, with the clique chairman _bound to submit to the ’chairman of the elections com mittee the party’s “plan of campaign together with an estimate, of all ex penditures” before noon Wednesday, March 30. The final, official list of expenditures .must be submitted to the committee chairman at 7 o’clock Tuesday night, April 6. Talent Sought For New Thespian Production Opportunity has arrived for ambi tious Mac hull Eleanor Powells and would-be Fred Astaires to strut their stuff.- : - * The -story for the next Thespian show to be given Interfraternity Ball week-end, April 2, has been written. A scries of "sure-fire song hits” have been ground out by William B. Pro vost ,’3O and Jack C. Bingham ’39, and a call is'hereby issued for all who think they can' aef or dance;' The continuity and. gags are sup plied by William K. Ulericli ’3l, and Gordon S. Thomas *39: Musical hits Musical hits written are entitled '.'Considering Everything,” “Wadldfle AH Around,” “I Haven't Any Business Loaving'You,” and “Bashful Boy.” Since the showrequires an especi ally talented retinue of singers and dancers tryouts were extended today. Tryouts'for dancers will be held at 8:16 o’clock in the Auditorium. Ac tors may demonstrate their ability to “tramp the bourds” this evening only. • . . ; The clreuit'contracted this year in cludes Reading on April 18, Philadel phia on April 19, Clearfield on May 16, and Dußois on May 17. Bortner Gets Post Doyle Bortner, a graduate of Get tysburg College, who received a-mas ter's degree in history -here last June,' has <been appointed to-the faculty of Perkioziwr. Jurdcr schoci, Per.nsburg. Freshman Collegian Candidates Meet Freshman men and women candi dates for the editorial and business staffs of the Collegian will meet at 7 o’clock tonight in room 418, Old Main. Woodrow W. Bierly ’3B will be in charge of editorial candidates, with Jay H. Daniels ’3B in charge of the business candidates. Other members of the senior staff will be introduced. William K. Ulerich ’3l, former edi tor of the Collegian, will give a short talk. . Local Children Cast In Drama Wolgin, *3B Experiments with /Mass/Movements In ‘Uobin Goodfellow* The use" of ‘'.stupe pictures”'is be-, ing attempted by Jack L. Wolgin '3B in production. of “Robin Goodfcl low” which will be presented on ,Feb ruary 23. The cast consists of local childreiHfroin 8 to 13 years of age. -This .new development in drama has never'before been used in a children's play. . Exemplified by* the Moscow Avl theatre, this process consists of the use of mass movements in order to produce an effect on the audience". This takes the stress -away from in dividual acting. A Fairy- Talc The play, itself is a fairy tale writ ten by Nctta Syrett and designed es pecially for children. ’Mrs. Arthur C. Cloetingh selected - tljc cast, .and Wolgin is designing ;cosLumcs and sets, as well as directing the play. /. Sally Mitchell '3B. is in charge ,of customs.and'Jda'.Bickley, iS make-up.'- College Sponsors Traffic Training 2-Week Officer’s Course, April 18 to 29, Attracts Fifty- Ranking Slate Police Merer than fifty ranking trallic of ficers of Pennsylvania municipalities will attend the second annual Traffic Officers Training school here spon-, sored by the Institute,of Local Gov ernment for a two-week period, April 18 to 29. The training school will be under the direction of Capt. H. S. Carey, head of the Altoona police depart ment and chairman of the education committee of the Pennsylvania Po lice Chiefs association. To Feature Seminar A new feature of the work will be a traffic engineering seminar to be held the last three days .of the ses sions, April 27 to 29, under the lead ership of Burton W. Marsh, director of the safety and traffic, engineering department of the Amcricau Auto mobile Association. Among the speaker's .will be Lt~ Paul R. Krcml, director of the North western University traffic safety 'in stitute; Lt/Ruy Hoover of the Penn sylvania Motor Patrol;«and Profes sors Amos E. Neyhart„John IH. Friz zell, Kingsley R. Smith, and Robert E. Galbraith of the College faculty. , -Students Would Benefit By Watching Muralists’—Hyslop “A decided advantage in. having the proposed Old Main murals done in fresco tyould, be the., opportunity students would have to watdi the ar tist at work,” said Francis E. Hy slop of the division of fine arts. y - Hysiop, who is one of the origina tors of the proposal, claimed that the fresco base had the advantages of be ing a permanent and lasting part-of the building and of .being the best technique for handling murals.. .He stressed, "however, that • the visual participation' of .the student body in the actual process would make fres coes a more integral paijt of the Col lege thaii studio murals-would be. “The fresco process is most inter esting to watdi,”-Hysiop.explained. “The .first step in painting murals is for the artist to survey the walls and background. .He then x'etires to 'his studio to make his plans. The wall plaster ii torn down ar.d the wall STATE COLLEGE, PA., TIMf&Y; FEBRUARY 15, 1938 Students Favor Elimination Of Racial Prejudice, $ To 1 364 Reached In Survey By Colored Association Through Sociology, Psychology Classes And’4o-’4l Organizations :| Althuogli admitting some degree < cross-section of Penn State's student better than 3 to 1 in favor of erasing : cent poll taken by the National Associ People revealed yesterday. Including 49 “voluntary” voters, t dents. Besides the voluntary - voters, c department, 135; -psychology depart-* riient, 78; Sophomore Seminar, 30; Freshman. Commission, 28; >and Freshman Forum, 25. Most discrimination against the colored race was manifest among the psychology aiid sociology students, al though even there the aggregate av erages were as low as 24 and 22 per cent, respectively. On the other hand, members of the Sophomore Seminar voted almost unaninu}jsly for elimination of all social barriers between the races. Prejudice Shown Greatest amount of prejudice against the colored race was shown Debaters Favor Stronger NLRB Freshmen Representing Seven Colleges Discuss Labor Relations At Meeting , A -convention of 3d* freshman • de baters and coaches from, seven schools concluded.in a: general meeting last /.Labor should be given the power, to enforce arbitration with mandatory award in all cases of in dustrial dispute. The resolution was adopted as an answer to “What Is the Best Solution fo the Employer- Labor Struggle in the United Stales’?” after discussion by three designated committees Friday night. Institutions represented at the two day program "conducted by'the fresh man debate team under the direction of J. Edwin Matz ’3B, were .Bucknel! University and Junior College, Alle gheny College, Juniata College, Scranton-Keystone Junior ■ College, Hazleton Undergraduate'Center, and Penn State. Chairman Assigns Questions Endeavoring to get u cross-section of opinion from the delegates at.the convention, the chairman assigned a question pertaining to the employer labor conflict and the N.-L. R. B. to each of three committees. Conclu sions were drawn-by each committee and presented at the closing assem bly Saturday morning. ' • The convention inaugurated a new feature in' the freshman .debating program held under the supervision of Fred L. Young ’3B.and Arhtur R. Neary ’39 with David E. Cohen ’4O us convention secretary. Russian Club To Meet Reorganized at a meeting lust Thursday,’ the Russo-American Club will meet in Room 410, Old Main, at 7:30 o’clock Friday night Member ship is open to all Russian. Orthodox, Greek Catholic, and Ukranian stu dents. Olga A. Slepecky '3B is presi dent.' covered with a 'new ground plaster. The artist then transfers his scheme in cartoons onto the new -ground. “The artist is' how ready to begin the most interesting and most diffi cult part of the work. A small amount of the wall is plastered and while it is stilt fresh the painting is applied,” he explained. “In this way the {figment sinks in and becomes a part of .the plaster and a permanent part of the wall.” Hysiop emphasized that the mu rals must be the best possible, that good studio work would -be better than second-rate fresco work. Based on the ..federal project mural? that Hysiop. saw in Washington between semesters and upon past experience, he believes, that either ‘Henry Var* num Poor or Reginald Marsh would be most satisfactory for fresco work, and that for studio .work Boardman Robinson would be his choice. of prejudice toward tKe'-jNcgro race, a body registered an.aggregate vote of inter-racial barriers,.results of the're flation for the Advancement of Colored ■ ' • the survey reached a total .of 340 stu otlior groups contafctcd'-.HtfeYc: sociology in answers to the question, “Would you eat in a 'boarding house that served colored students!” Of the 33G voting on this query,v|t2B answered in the negative. However, only 58 out of 341 indicated Jtficy would ob ject'’to eating “in in which colored -students; receive serv ice,” and only-. 84 out'ofßMQ said they would refuse “to : patronize a barber shop that gave serv ice.” Ifesults of the poll: '/(•• 1. “Do you abso lutely unbiased and.friendly towards colored people?” Yes/loG; no, 184. 2. “Because of Iheiivruce or color would you deny to men and women who. them selves properly qualified?” Yes, 61; n0,,281. r* « 3. “Do you feel that&olorcd people or any other arc in ferior, psycliologieally :; ';br biological ly?” ‘ Yes, 69; no, 271;5. 4. “Arc you opposed rU> mixed fac ulties of white and colored members in public schools when the student (Continued on pttffo I wo) In The Dybbuk’ Verna Sevast Will Play Leading Role; Thomas S. Francis Takes Male Lead The leading characters for the Penn State Players 18th,anniversary production March 18 and. 19, “The Dybbuk” by S. Ansky, have been cast by Director Frank S. Neusbaum and Ida Bickley, assistant director. The part of Leah, about whom the, plot of this Jewish folk-legend re volves, will be played by Verna Se vast '39. The male lead, Rabbi Az-: rad, will be taken by - Thomas S. Francis 5 39. * Charles ~F. Diehl, graduate stu dent, will be •Chaiuion, a young stu dent in love with Leah.' , He dies in the first act, and his voice is then heard throughout the remainder of the play in the form of a dybbuk, a spiritual being within Leah. Others cast in importantr-roles are Jane C. Eames '4O, Harry W. Reed ’3B, Bernard Freed *40,. Herbert S. Doroshow -'4O, Robert‘Robinson Ml. Bernard Seheetman , '4O, Herman A. Costow ’39, and Clay Donges, Jr., ’4l. -Some of those cast in -minor parts are Bernice J. Hunn ’4l, David W. Jackson, Jr., ’3B, Joseph'. W. Dobbs '4O, Doris G. Gutman ’4O, and Irwin R. Supow ’4O. Myers Hearing Slated On Thursday Morning Previously postponed, tlie hearing of Clyde V. Myers '39, a 2.8 student in poultry husbandry who confessed to a series' of larcenies, will be held in the Court of .Special Pleas Thurs day morning at! 10 o’clock. Judge Ivan Walker will preside over the hearing at the Centre' coun ty court house in Bellefonte. Myers, who will plead guilty to the charges,'has been in the county jail at Bellefonte after his arrest by boitygh police February 1. Watts Appointed To Farm Security Board Dean Ralph L. Watts of the iSehool of Agriculture, has been appointed to the Pennsylvania advisory com mittee for the Farm Security Ad ministration. -. . Appointment was made- by Henry A. Wallace, United -States, secretary of agriculture. The advisory com mittee has been organized to aid in the administration of the Bankhead- Jcr.es Farr.*. Ter.srt Act. Peel Declares Student Book Mart Success 915 Bqoks Exchanged, ■ Rosen’39 Shows In Financial Report ’ SU Office Has Money, Unexchanged Books With the completion last Wednes day of the Independent party’s Stu dent Book Exchange, the committee's fiuunclul report was announced yes terday by Joseph A. Peel. Junior class president and sponsor of the Exchange. Peel stated that “the plan was a. success. In that it benefited those par ticipating, students realizing savings as high us a dollar per book by deal* : ing at the Exchange.” The report was submitted to Peel by Samuel J. Rosen '39. chairman of tho committee in charge, and showed that 915 books chunged hands, making $91.50 in receipts. Expenses wero $lO.lB, thus leaving 551.32 to bo div ided among the five committee mem bers for 428 hours of man-labor. The report follows; Receipts— 915 books brought in for sale at 5e (service charge) $45.75 915 books sold at 5c (service Expenses— Signs $ 2.50 Circulars 2:83 jiSales'.alips: . .... ; j.. 2.00., Thumb-tacks .25 Files .20 Metal clipj? 25 Advertising 2.15 428 hours of man labor at 19c per hour 81.32 The other members of the commit tee were Edward Hebda, Harvey H. Heilman, Berne L. Pearl, uud Henry R. Smith Jr., all juniors. It wus'ulso announced thaL the fol lowing 16 students have not called for their money or books, which are now available at the Student Union olflce in Old Maiu: William A. Bardo Mi, Ruth H. Beach •40, Richard D. Bitner Ml, William Capazzo Ml, Ernest S. Dix Ml, Harry Epstein MO. Eugene W. Picket; Jr. Ml, Sidney O. Fisher *39, Robert A. Hein* bach '3B, Elizabeth J. Keener '39, Dominic D. Miccuci Ml, John E. Prel tyman *3B, Lloyd Reber Ml, Kenneth N. Sloan Ml, Dorothy L. Snyder '39, and Walter J' Steputis ‘39. Doctor Hill To Speak On Mexico Tomorrow Dr. and Mrs. J. Benjamin Hill will speak on “Mexican Civilization” in room 109, Agriculture building, to morrow at 4:10 o’clock. Doctor Hjll, professor of botany, and Mrs. Hill have just returned from Mexico where they studied points of historical interest and the life of the people. Students, Faculty Extended . Ground-Breaking Invitation All students and faculty members are cordially invited to attend .the ground-breaking ceremonies for the College’s $5,000,000 building pro gram, it was announced by John D. Kennon ’3B, chairman 'oi the student participation committee. The ceremonies, which will be broadcast over a state-wide radio hook-up, will take place in Recrea tion ball, Saturday afternoon, Febru ary 26. Many State and national notables will attend’, among them be ing Governor George H. Earle and United States Senator Joseph F. Guffey. A program for the day is being ar ranged by Prof. Richard W. Grant, of the music department, who is i chairman' of the general committee, j The week-end will be packed with nu-1 merous activities, beginning with ' Senior Ball the evening before. I Ik the evening, after the cererac A.O. Pi Pledges 14 As 13 Take Theta, Kappa Bids Rushing Leader CAROLINE TYSON *3B President -of Punhcilcnic council, who supervised women’s fraternity rushing, which was brought to. a cl« : c Saturday P. S. C. A. Groups Will Hold Forum Freshnicnj.TiJ-'PiscuM'Proposed’ Higher Education Changes In Open Meeting An open forum discussion spon sored by the Freshman Forum and the Freshman Commission of the P. S. C. A., together with the Forensic Council on the question: “What changes should be .made in American higher education?” will be held in Schwab auditorium Thursday eve-, ning at 8:15 o’clock. Four members of the men’s varsity debate squad, J. Edwin Matz '3B, Fretl L. Young, Jr., ’3B, Edwin K. Taylor ’3B, and Raymond P. Flsh burne '39, will lead the discussion. Everyone Invited Admission to the meeting, which is being sponsored primarily for members of the freshman class, al though upperclass students arc in vited to attend, will be free. Profes sor Joseph F. O’Brien, of the divi sion of speech and coach of the var sity debating team, will be chairman of the meeting. Members of the committee in charge of arrangements for the meet ing, who are all freshmen, arc Adam A. .Smyser and Rita M. Knoll, co chairmen, Kathryn M. Kochnauer, David E. Wageuseller, Jr., Charles P. Ililferty, Ralph R. Bollinger, Charles J. Bradac, George A. Hay, Jr., Rosemary F. Harris, 'Lois 3. Ru pert, Mina A. K. Smith, and Hazel Strope. Fred L. Young ’3B is in charge for the Forensic Council. i nies, there will be a basketball game between Syracuse and Penn State, and the Nittany Lion boxers will face Pitt. Many students have been wonder ing what the digging is for on front campus and .on Holmes field. This ex cavating is the start of the building program/ under contracts that were let on January 25 for Part I of the three parts of the program. For the ■ two remaining parts,, which includes all new buildings, contracts will be awarded March 35. Part I takes care of expanding the power and water supply systems, which necessitates service tunnels, pipe lines, artesian wells, pump houses, and electric power circuits. The present digging was to have be gun before yesterday, according to the Wins under which the contracts were signed. Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS 87 Freshmen Accept; 19 Sophomores, 6 Juniors Rushing Open For One Semester Women ■■ Theta Phi Alpha led the ten women’s fraternities in pledging 16 women, the largest number bid and accepted by any house. Alpha Omicron Pi placed second with 14; Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma tied for third place with 13 each. Sunday night at 6 o’clock marked the end of rushing when 112 rushees reported to their new fraternities. This number shows a decrease of five below last year’s pledge group of 117. 126 Receive Bids Of the 126 women who received bids, 99 were freshmen; 21, sopho mores; and 6 juniors. Among the freshmen 87 accepted bids, 19 sopho mores accepted; and 6 juniors ac cepted. Open rushing of women students who have attended the College for a semester is now permitted. This al lows for pledging at any time after the regular pledging period. The following women were pledged by the ten fraternities (Those listed without.numerals are freshmen):, . ~--,\ LP IiA~C Hr dMEGA s ' Marybelle Crossman, Judith L. Cut* shall, Charlotte W. Devers ’4O, ‘Wil lamette I. Devers ’4O, Jane Ann Ful ton, Arittt L. HefFeran, Janet N. Holtsinger, Vera L. Kemp, Anyarita O. Mhley ’4O, Grace E. Rentschler, and Elizabeth M. Rinard. ALPHA OMICRON PI Anne V. Boss ’39, Edith A. Bur rage, Ruth V. N. Davis MO, Cicely M. De Silver MO, Margaret R. De Silver MO, Jean H. Fox, Harriet L. Frost, Jean L. Hofmeister, Jane B. Hoskins, Alice M. Janota, Evelyn -S. Lapham, Darline A. Newhauser, Jean M. Townsend, and Jeanne I. Witherow. ALPHA EPSILON PHI Charlotte J. Dattncr, Eleanor Fine berg, Ruth Goldstein, Syril B. Ivler MO, Betty Jandorf, Shifra L. Kirsch nmn MO, Doris nL Schambelan, and Harriet Singer. CHI OMEGA /Bertha M. Douthctt, Virginia C. Heath, Helen L. Kelly, Olga B. Kre pol, Martha B. Manifold. Anna Jane (Continued on page two) Dr. WhitmoreCalls South Frontier Of Chemistry “The chemist of today is a fron tiersman, like his forefathers with long Kentucky rifles and buckskin breeches,” Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics and president of the Amer ican Chmiical Society, said yester day in commenting on his recently completed southern tour. “The South will he the chemical frontier of the country for the next quarter century at least,” he said. “It’s chemical raw materials, especi ally new ones such as cellulose, starch and vegetable .oils, have hardly been touched. They are wady, for chem ical pioneers who are going south and* additional ones trained fin south ern institutions.” Not only the South, but the entire country possesses limitless supplies of these raw materials, Dean Whitmore added. “A nation which is growing must constantly have new frontiers,” he said. “Physical frontiers are gone, but chemical frontiers remain to challenge the United States.” Penn State Engineer To Appear Tomorrow The first issue of the recently re organized Penn State Engineer will appear tomorrow or Thursday in printed magazine form. Wilford C. Wsshcco ’S3 is editor.
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