- SemJ-iWeekly 200 ffiXU.v.3 ; Irnn#iatr w ffiaUrgtan. EIE Volume 34—No. 40 GOVERNOR MUN(M BIIING WORK SATURDAY Debate Teams Discuss NLRB On Thursday Cohen, Sweet To Take Negative Side For Penn State . First Tour, Including 4 Broadcasts, Begins Penn State’s debating team will meet the Dickinson College debaters in the 35th annual de bate between- the two school's in Room 107, Main Engineering building,. Thursday evening at 7:30 o’clock.. Prof. John H. Frizzell, head of the department of speech, will be chairman. •David E. Cohen '4O and Charles G. Sweet '3D will take the negative side in an orthodox do* bate on thu question, Resolved:' That the N. L. R. B. should be empowered to enforce arbitration of all indus trial disputes. Speakers for Dickin son will be Jerome L. Rosenberg ’4l and Leon M. Robinson ’39. 'Winners •will be- decided through a sway-of opinion bullot by the audience.' .- Debate Over Radio Two inembers of-.the varsity team, Edwin-dC. Taylor ’3B. and Raymond .J*. / Fishbui*ii/3’3U,» accompanied ,by; Prof. Joseph F. O’Brien, left' yester-’ day on a. tour lo Philadelphia and New York City. This is the first of two major trips which will include four rudio debates. The debaters upheld the negative in a. debate with Gettysburg College on the N. L. R. U. resolution, the first of the debutes, which was broad cast from Harrisburg yesterday af ternoon. Debate at Penn. Tonight They will take the negative in a debate against the University of Pennsylvania on the question, 'Re solved : That the Constitution of the United States should be so amended that no man 1 may hold the office of president for inure than eight years, in Philadelphia this evening. Rutgers University willbe their opponents on the same question in a broadcast'over station .WNEW in New York tomor row evening between 9:30 and 10 o’- clock. Debaters "of Columbia University wijl be met in a radio debate on the question, Resolved: That a college graduate earning a minimum salary of $1,600 per year should not marry before the age of twenty-five, over station W.NYC, -New York’ City, on Thursday afternoon from 3:16 to 3:46 o’clock. A radio debulc with the College of the City .of New York on the N. L. R. B. resolution over a New York station, on Friday afternoon, ‘from 3:30 to .4 o’clock, will conclude the tour. - Roethke To Give 3rd Liberal Ai ts Lecture The third in the series of liberal arts' lectures ..will be given by Theo dore.. Roethke, instructor in English composition, tonight at 7 • o’clock in Home EftMiomics (auditorium on “Some-New Poets." • Roethke, named by Louis Unter meyer,. critic and anthologist, as. one of the most promising young.poets in America, lias had his poetry pub lished in the Atlantic, Scribners, New Yorker,,Nation, New Republic, Adel phi -(London), Commonweal, and others. He is also, included in the anthology, “Trail ' Balances,” com piled by Louise Bogan, poetry-editor of New Yorker. In addition to his verse, Roethke has reviewed poetry for the New Re public, iu which two more of. his. po ems are to. appear soon. The Boston Transcript has called him the “most masculine of poets.”i • Roethke received his B. A. from the University-of Michigan in 1929 and his M. A. from the same institu tion in 1930 . He also studied at Har vard-' University during 1930 and 1931. ' Plans Pamphlet ' JOSEPH G. KORSAK ’3B President of Alpha Sigma Pi, com merce and finance honorary. The" society is publishing booklets con taining information on seniors for •prospective employers, C&F Fraternity Prints Booklets Pamphlets With . Information, Senior Ficturcs Will ' "Aid Employers A booklet, i 'cpKtkininj:tvid.ui*es;ami; infprmatioiC -of. each" senior, student majoring' in ,'Cohuherce and -Finance or Economics, has been publisdied-by the Alpha Sigma Pi, ' professional commerce and finance honorary soci ety, Joseph G. Korsak, president, of the fraternity, announced. •With the idea of aiding students in gaining positions after graduation, the Alpha Sigma Pi, with'the help of its faculty advisor, Prof. Carl W. Hasek, professor of economics, un dertook tiic publication of this<book let. , To Print 200 Booklets . Each student Will have his picture, beneath which will be listed his name, home address, age, weight, height, and the course he is majoring in. Then his job preference,- college av erage, business subjects taken, extra curricular activities, and percentage of. college expenses earned will fol low- - Two-hundred of these booklets have been printed, 126 of which are to be sent-to different corporations. Hasek plans on enclosing information which will ’ give a ■•detailed outline of the commerce and finance curriculum at Penn State. Each .senior who js majoring, in either, of these two courses- will re ceive "a" copy of The booklet, along with 25 personnel sheets, which :«re exact duplicates of pages in the book let. : These' cult be used when apply ing, for- other positions. Dorsey Will ;TOM.DORSEY LEADER Amidst a''.setting of cherry trees and. a reproduction . of the “.First Home of America,”, Tommy Dqrsey, the'sentimeutal gentleman of swing, will swing it. hot and play it low as the spirit moves at-Senior (Ball Fri day .night.. Accompanying" Tommy will be popular Eclythe Wright, Jack STATE COLLEGE, PAyTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1938 Beer In Fraternity Houses Restricted By Liquor Board State Enforcement Officers Warn Organizations Against Serving Members Under 21 Fraternities cannot serve beer or hold beer parties unless all members of the house originating the party and those served beer are over 21 years of age. This was the warning given by two’ members of the enforcement division of the State Liquor Control Board call ed hero to attend a meeting of the Fraternity Counselors association Thursday night at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. Purpose of the meet ing was to consider the legal aspects involved in the proposal by a- number of fraternities that‘.they be allowed to serve beer or liquor. The Board officers pointed out that fraternities could not obtain a restaur- Weaver Retires After 28 Years Head of Agricultural Economics Department Resigns; Poor Health Reason Given Dr. Frederick P. Weaver, associat ed with the .College for 28 years and head of the department of vagricul tural economics, announced lliis - re tirement Friday, to be effective March 1.. Poor health was the reason given for retirement. Doctor Weaver cumo to the College in 1910,: as assistant in.. agricultural assistant iii laboYatorics'~6f:"the Pennsylvania >BlOOl company and Jr vona Coal and Coke company. In 1914 he received his Bachelor of Sci ence degree at the head of a class of 327. From 1915 to 1926 he was af filiated with the agricultural exten sion'department.-. Was Hoover Appointee President Hoover appointed Doctor Weaver to.the Committee on Rural Housing and to the Committee on Taxation in 193 J. In 1932 Governor Pinchot named him to the Mineral and Forest Land Taxation commis sion. He received his M. A. degree uL Cornell in 1923 und Ph.D. in 1930. Registry Date Listed For Slimmer Courses Registration for summer camp and summer pr&cticum courses for under graduates will be held Friday and Sat urday, March 4 and- 5, in the Regis trar’s office, according to an announ cement made yesterday. Courses included iu this category are: Agronomy 14, Dairy Husbandly 17, Forestry, Camp; Geology 70 and 72, Home Economics 315 ,Horticulture 17, Landscape Architecture 1G and 17, Mining GO, Poultry Husbandry 9, and Surveying 48. 'Payment of fees for summer camp and summer praeticum courses will be made at the bursar’s office on or before Monday, May 2. lay Amidst Colonial Setting Leonard, and the Three Esquires.. The-replica of George Washington’s home will be about, 40 feet long and 20 feet high set at the western end of Recreation hall. / The hull itself will be lighted in the. manner ,of the late 18th century style. ’ Dorsey’s orchestra is ' rated by the experts in modem music as the most versatile band in America. -He ranks tirst hi the interpolation of soft, sweet music and second in the more boisterous, spirit moving “swing.”, ,..j “Marie” Rated Best Dorsey is in the midst, of a nation wide tour of night clubs and college proms where every appearance lias brought forth .favorable applause and comment. At Bucknell recently he was'given the best reception ever ac corded a dance orchestra.' Tommy Dorsey’s recording of "Ma rie” became a best seller late in 193 G and has still won the praise of swing addicts for its arrangement. On the other side is ah equally popular num ber, a semi-classic, “Song of India.”' Tommy. Dorsey, who is a Pennsyl vanian by birth, is easily reached and your favorite 'numbers will be played in. the familiar uuforgettable Dorsey style. For the vocals, Ddytke Wright, I ant license because they served no (food to the public,Awhile minor mem bers made it impossible for them to be licensed as a clubl- With regard ,tdi beer parties the. Liquor Board '.representatives stated that they would bejegnl provided that all members of the party are over 21* years of age and ;that beer would not be sold or served to anyone outside of the original party. They sard that beer could, not bo bought out of fraternity funds. ‘ Dean of Men Arthur Warnock mak ing a statement concerning the ques tion said: “The College has no specific regulations on whifch a statement of College attitude flxward iliquors in fraternity houses cpuld be bused. No college action Is necessary, however, to warrant the Administration in see ing that fraternity-aiid chapter house practices shall, not violate our civil ■laws' J “It is that the fraternity chapters • will give proper attention to the statements made by representa tives of the Control-Board,” he said. John Moeller,; .president of Inter fraternity Council;-.said, “the action taken by the liquor board represent atives is very reasonable. No one can object to it.”-'... PS Club:Jo Hold Am Night - ..'alioiV Sei For Marcli 2; Audience Will Judge. 'Participants" An all-College amateur.contest will be conducted by the Penn State chib Friday, Mai’ch 4, at 7:30 p. m. in Schwab auditorium. Robert W. Werls ’3B is in charge of arrangements. Individual or group amateurs in terested in participating must regis ter at ’Student Union on or before Wednesday night, March 2. Prizes in keeping with the affair will be awarded to four'Vinners cho sen by the audience. The decision of the audience will be final. The com mittee in charge is searching for an “applause-o-meter” to put an official touch to the contest and have means of recording the applause of the au dience. Cast hi the role of master of ceremonies will be Jack Bigham ’39. ' During the brief intermissions, the audience itself will be given a chance to “show its stuff" in a program of group-singing. Stevenson To Lecture Prof..D. D. Stevenson, department of forestry and a former instructor at Lingnun University in China, will give an illustrated lecture in Room lOt), Agriculture building, at 4:10 oV clock tomorrow/ afternoon. His' topic will be “Land Use Problems in the Orient.” EDVTHE WRIGHT Jack Leonard,.and the Esquires will pleuse the most exacting of the intel ligentsia. The . annual .ball, with Clifford L. Cramer ’3B as-its chairman, will be gin at. 10 o’clock and.wind up, what promises to be the best dance of the season, at 2 o’clock. U.S. Colleges Criticized By Forum Group Matz, Young, Taylor, Fishburne Debate In Symposium 3 Propose Changes t In Present System “Tlie college of today is not justi fying its existence;" “The Chicago plan is the only practicable one;” “The graduates of today are definite ly educated;” "We need a real col lege, a . gentleman’s college, and a professional college.” These were the challenges given Thursday night in Schwab auditori um in a symposium and forum spoil sored jointly by the Christian Asso ciation and the Forensic Council on the subject “What Changes Should Be Made in American Higher Educa tion V" J. Edwin Malz '3B, presenting the case against the present liberal arts | college, declared that there is no cor relation between “throwing material back at the instructor in exams and education." He cited the findings of the Carnegie foundation project which lie said proved that college stu dents are not being cdueated. Fred.L. Young, Jr., ’3B, advocating the Chicago plan, pointed out the ad vantages to be. obtained from volun tary class attendance and advance ment .'ot theVaUulont -al'liis * own “pace/ The net" result-of the plan, Young said, was a higher grade student en rolled in the institution. Edwin K. Taylor ’3B stressed the disadvantages of the Chicago' plan in his arguments for’the present liberal arts college. Declaring that the plan puts too much emphasis on the intel lect to the neglect of personality de velopment, Taylor said that the pres ent system gives the greatest amount of education to the greatest number. .Raymond P. Fishburne '3D pro posed three types of colleges, each to accommodate a specific type of stu dent: the real college for the student who wants cultural advantages, the gentleman’s college for the “playboy” student, and the professional college for those who want to enter the pro fessions. Gridiron Banquet Date Set For March 8 The reckoning for profes sors, BMOC’s, townspeople, and what-have-you is coming. In fact it has been sot for March B—the date of Sigma Delta Chi’s annual Grid iron banquet at the Nittany Lion Inn. For the theme of its traditional ban quet, the honorary journalism fra ternity will go “To Heaven.” In ca*e you've only recently joined the ranks of Penn State’s Who’s- Wlio-And-Tlie4lelMVith - The - Rest, here’s what it’s all about. Each year, Sigma Delta Chi chooses a theme for its vituperative expressiveness. Skits are written about those-who-leave tliemselves-unde-open, and during the course of the banquet these skits are acted out. There are prizes, tu,o. One of A 1 Smith s cast-off relics—a 'brown der by which has been refused by every trash collector from the Bronx to Flatbush—will be awarded to Penn State’s outstanding loafer. A big. red-cheeked apple gees—no, not to any ’ terpsichorean artiste—to our best soap-salving, wmesap-polishing •handshaker. These are only two of the many,' many prizes you can win by being an individualist. Seniors Should Check , La Yie Pictures Now Five o’clock tomorrow afternoon has been set as the deadline for seniors to. check their pictures on La Vie proofs now at the Student Union Office, Old Main, William D Fish ’3B, editor, an-1 nounced today:. ' ' I The pictures were placed there last Friday for checking in order to enable seniors to see that their name has • been placed opposite the correct pic ture and also to enable them to check the spelling of the name. I Earle, Hetzel Will Head OfficialGround-Breaking Ceremonies At Rec Hall Grant Announces Tentative Program; Includes Ten Students Chosen To Represent Each Proposed Project Tilt! largest, single building program in tlie history of the Col lege wilt be inaugurated Saturday in Recreation hall, when spades of earth are turned by Governor George H. Earle, President Ralph ,D. Hetzel, and other Slate notables. A tentative program for the ground-breaking- ceremony was announced yesterday by Prof. Richard W. Grant, chairman of the general planning committee. T en students, selected to represent each of the new buildings to be erected under the General State Authority’s $5,000,000 •♦building schedule here, will take part I in the symbolic indoor ceremony. Mld j way in the pregram, after speeches i by Governor Earle, President Hetzel, ,jand United States Senator Joseph-F. | Guffey, these ten students will march to the speaker’s platform where they will pour a box full of earth from each of the building sites into one large box. Dean of Men Arthur It. Warnoek will describe the actual ground-break ing ceremonies over the State-wide radio hook-up, which will be on the air from 1:45 to 2:30 o’clock. After the earth is poured into the box, which will be iu front of the plat form, Dean Warnoek will hand the special shovel to Governor Earle, who will turn the first spadeful on behaU of the State of Pennsylvania, fol ’. lowed > J)y. > Colouel_August.ino S.-Jane way on' behalf of the General State Authority, Captain G. Douglas ‘An drews on behalf of the State P. W. A., und Doctor Hetzel on behalf- of Uie Board of Trustees of the .College. Students, faculty members, and townspeople have .been invited to the. ceremonies, which will begin at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Inasmuch as an overflow crowd is expected at I Recreation hall, provisions have been made to make Schwab auditorium available for all those who cannot get into Recreation hall. The program will be heard in the Auditorium by a remote' control hook-up. In connection with admittance to the ceremony, Professor Grant made the following announcement:.“Due to : the fact that the sealing facilities of Recreation hall will be taxed to the utmost, to take care of our visiiing guests, alumni, students, faculty, and townspeople, persons' under college age, whether accompanied or not, will not be admitted. Children accompa nied by their parents will be admit ted to the Auditorium, in which the program will be broadcast by remote control.” The ten students, and the build ings they will represent, are (in the order of march): William L. Shaffer '3B, Electrical Engineering; ,Her mione Hunt ’3B. Liberal Arts; Italia DcAngdis ’39, Library; Donald V. Gnau *39, Chemistry; Neil J 3. Witnier ’3B, Poultry; John C. Cosgrove *3Bi Mineral Industries; Bernice Zwald ’3B. Education; -Helen M. Haley *39, Agricultural Science; Ralph M. Ty son '39. Agricultural Engineering; and Gilbert P. Spangler ’3B, Forestry. Tentative Program Announced The tentative program follows: 11:30 A. M. Governor Earle and his .staff meet student leaders at the NiUany Lion Inn. 12:00 Noon Luncheon at the Nittany Lijii Inn. 1:30 P. M. Luncheon guests to be es corted to the platform iu Recrea tion hall. 1:45 P. M. Program goes on the air. air. 1:50 P. fil. Dean Warnoek intro duces Doctor Hetzel, who 'is. the initial speaker. Doctor Hetzei in troduces Captain Andrews, Asso ciate Director, Region No. I,' P. - W. A.; Colonel Janeway, head.of the General State Authority; and State Senator Jackson Thompson. 2:02 P. M. Speech by Governor Earle. 2:17 P. M. Speech by Senator Guffey. 2:24' P. M. Dean Warnoek explains symbolic significance of ground breaking. 2:2G P. M. Ground-breaking, takes place. (While earth is being turn ed. Glee Club sings "Blue and White.”) 2:30 P.M. Prcgvam goes off the air. 2:35 P. M. Meeting ends. 2:45 P.M. Tour of campus for Gov ernor and guests. 3:15 P. M. Freshman and varsity boxing with University of Pitts- Walker Becomes New Bell Editor Cordon Zero Elected Managing Editor; Itobinson *4l New Business Manager Jeanne M. Walker ’3O was elected editor of The Bell, student literary magazine, at a recent meeting of the editorial board. Robert 'Robinson '4l is the new business manager. Gordon K. Zorn *4O was reelected managing editor and Dean C. Millet* /00. named associate - managing, editor/ •staff' "selected John C. Kulp ’39 as' advertising man ager and Morton C. Scvel '4O, assis tant advertising manager. The new officers will serve an ap prenticeship on the next issue of the magazine ami will have complete charge of the last issue which will be published in May. Miss who succeeds Naomi C. Le Boutillier '3B as editor, is the J second woman editor of The Bell in the history of the magazine. Miss Le Boutillier was the first woman to receive this honor. E.E. Sophomore Jailed After Larceny Charge Kirby L. Murray ’39, pleading guilty to a larceny charge Thursday night before 'Squire F. .S. Hile of Pleasant Gap. was committed to.the Centre County jail at Bellefontc in default of $l,OOO bail pending court action. Murray, an electrical engineering student, admitted stealing a Complete windshield from a ear belonging to William Trimble, also a junior at the College. He told Chief M. L. Kauff man of the State College force that the theft took place after midnight; Wednesday. „ According U> the -.police, Murray needed the windshield for his own veheile in order to comply with the state vehicle code and pass regular inspection. ; Student Union Plans More Tuesday Dances Student Union dances in Old Main Sandwich shop will be held every Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 to *G p. in. from now on. according to George L. Donovan, Student Union manager. Recordings of popular dance bauds will provide the music. The dance this afternoon is being held in com memoration of Washington’s birth day. Watch For Saturday’s Edition of the Collegian Held over one. day, it will carry last-minute news and' features on the building pro gram dedication. vl Special Edition Keep ing Pace with College History. Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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