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Volume 34—No. 42
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EARLE ADVOCATES CHANGE IN COLLEGE NAME
Dance Draws
1,280 Couples
To Set Record
1935 Glen Gray Mark
Broken by Dorsey
At Senior Ball
.$4700 Sum Collected,
6 . Chairman Announces
The largest, crowd in Penn State’s
dance history attended Senior Ball on
Friday night. More* than 2500 people
danced to Tommy Dorsey's band in
Recreation'hall. A sharp contrast to
the- 740. who attended Soph Hop on
December 10, the only other major
dunce of the season.
Although the official financial report
has not been made as yet, Clifford L.
Cramer '3B, chairman of the commit
tee, revealed that 1280 couples paid
more than $4700 to attend the affair.
The largest dance crowd previous to
Friday night was for the 1935 Junior
Prom, at which 1237 couples were
present—Casa Loma- was the band.
. Dorsey Here Last Year
Last year's Senior Ball with Louis
Armstrong attracted 810 couples,
whereas Junior Prom with Casa Loma
again providing the music attracted
945 couples. Dorsey played here at
last year’s Soph Hop, before he had
reached his present, high rank in
“swing” circles, and drew onlyi about
half as many people.
In the past, -Junior Prom has al
-. ways been, the, big, dance of the sca-
C
to reach •record-breaking lieighwm
ordeiyto maintain this Precedence.
At the time of the 1935 Junior Prom
the “comp” list was almost twice as
large as at present. There were 116
passes issued for the 1935 affair,
whereas for Friday night’s dunce only
05 “comps” wore given out.
Traffic Control
Seminar Planned
3-Day April Engineers’ Meeting
Eirsl. In' U. S.; Plan 2nd
' O(liters’ School
The first of its kind in the United
States, a tlirco-day Traffic Engineer
ing Seminar, open to all city and-bor
ough traffic engineers, will be held
here April 27 to 29 to discuss the
problems of traffic control from the
engineering standpoint.
Bused on the experience which
came from the two-weeks’ Traffic En
gineering School held at Harvard last
August, this seminar will be held
jointly, by the institute of local-gov
ernment of Penn State and the insti
tute of Traffic Engineers.
Burton W., Marsh, the first traffic
engineer in the United States and, at
present, [ director of the safety and
traffic engineering department of the
American ■ Automobile Association,
will be the chairman.
To Study Signal Systems
The subjects for consideration will
be: organization for traffic control;
accident records and their use; traffic
surveys—importance, use kinds, vol
ume, counts; parking studies; signs,
signuls and signal systems; mark
ings; state and highway lighting; en
forcement; roadway and intersection
design; channelization of traffic; edu
cation.
Another traffic school, the unnuui
Pennsylvania Traffic Officers’ Train
ing School, held here last year for the
first time, will be held here, over a
two-weeks period-, April 8 to 29.
Open to traffic officers, city and
borough police, training in the field of
traffic control will be afforded under
the direction of Captain H. S. Carey,
chief of the. Altoona Police and chair
man of the educational committee of
the Pennsylvania Police Chiefs* Asso
ciation. '
Babcock Accepts Job
M. Jack Babcock, who was 1 gradu
ated in agricultural biochemistry last
month, I,ns accepted a-graduate as
sistantship in aniniul nutrition under
Dr. L. A. Maynard at Cornell Uni
versity. Babcock, who is working for
ff doctorate, is the son of. Prof. Mac-
Lean M. Babcock, of the Schco! of
Engineering. j
Unique Jooss Ballet Appears
On Artists Course Program
Group To Present ‘The Green Table, ’ Winner
Of International Prize At Paris, 1932 '
“A milestone in the history of theatrical dancing” is what the New
Turk Times says of the Jooss European (Ballet, appearing as the-fourth n.im-
Ur of the 1937-38 Artists Course tomorrow night at 8 o’clock in Schwab
auditorium. ' ..
The Ballet, under the directorship of Kurt Jooss, skyrocketed to fame in
10U2 when its presentation of -“The Green Table” won first prize at the Inter
•national •Congress of the Dance held
in Paris. Audiences on both sides of
the Atlantic have bceir thrilled by the
nine brief dramas, comedies,* and sa
tire- in its repertoire, all of which
are original works performed only
by tins company.
To Present Prize-Winning Ballet
“The Green Table” will be the fea
ture of the four ballets to he present
ed tomorrow night. It is a mordant
satire .upon the futilities and tragic
humor- of international diplomacy.
Dance history has been made by this
work, and history itself is -recorded
in its eight swift scenes.
The .Jooss originality of conception
is again typified in Lhe vivid and
moving “The Big City.” It portrays
modern European life Loathe jazz-like
music of Alexandre Talisman. "Bal
lade” is a thrilling and spectacular
tale of medieval lore.
Astronomy Club
Sponsors Exhibit
Alpha Nil Displays Equipment In
Downtown Store; Contains
Telescope, Planets
An exhibit is being featured in the
window of a downtown store—not u
dance advertisement, not a new
slock of typewriters, and not a vur
ied supply of architect's equipment
but- an astronoinieui display.
This display, sponsored by Alpha
Nu and astronomical studeuts, com
tains a .four-inch refracting telescope,.
i model mechanical pluneturlum, and
i model, showing the earth revolving
villi I n Hie imaginary sphere of the
leavens.
These three apparatuses are used
as a bolter means of explaining the
actions 0/ tlie earth in relation to the
celestial bodies around it.
The telescope consists of two purls:
(1) the objective, which may be either,
tulcus.or a concave mirror, forms an
imQge*o[..tho- i objoct' ; .at ; 'wliich.'lhe - 'telO*-
’scopo'is* pointed, precisely us a cam
era lens forms an imago; and (2) the
cydptocqf, wjth \wjitfch Ilie observer
looks at this image.
The plunelarium is a mechanical
instrument, sliowing the revolving of
the planets, including the earth, in
the direction and rale of speed in
which they actually travel; while the
model of the,.earth revolving within
a sphere gives a simple and direct
explanation of why stars appear to
change their places in the heavens at
night
Applications Available
For White Fellowships
Applications for the .John W. White
Fellowships, anniutl Lo gradu
ating seniors or Uip highest'standing
and who, in the op’nion of the 'Com
mittee on Academic Standards, pos
sess those qualities which will enable
them to profit to the greatest advan
tage by graduate study, are now
available, Prof. Jacob Tange r, chair
man of the .committee, announced to
day.
Three fellowships for the year
1938-39 will be awarded, the recipi
ents spending the year in advanced
study at Penn State or any other col
lege under the direction of the Presi
dent of the College.
The application” blanks which can
be obtained in ‘lloom 24, SLA, must
be returned by March 15.
POLITICS:
1939 Clique Chairmen Give
Campaign Points Of View
By HERBERT B. CAIIAN
Due to. recent developments in the
Junior class, we huvu asked the chair
men of the three cliques to give us
their points of, view on the coining
campuigti.
Stanley J. Brown ’5l), Campus
clique eltuirman—<*Tt looks as if this
campaign will be a really close strug
gle between the three major purtics
with the interest of the student body
'reaching a new peak. Tills is defi
nitely a healthy outlook for the school
because it v makes each party realize
the importance of a worthy) platform.
“Speaking for Campus, I would like
to suy thut we not only realize the
importance of. Having a'.worthy plat
form, but wc intend to. pledge our
selves to a workable program for car
rying out our platform’s principles.”
William W. Galbreath ’39, Indepen
dent party chairman—“ With the an
nouncement that our/rival parties are
not going to merge wc feel that it is
better for the student spirit to have
open-lraiided student activities with
Presents Four Numbers
The oilier number on the program
is “A Ball in Old Vienna,” which is
an exquisite re-creating of the gay
and gallant life of the “fortius,” en
livened by the sentimental intrigues
of fair ladies in crinoline and their
ardent swains, and danced to. the in
toxicating strains of Joxpph Lanner,
rival of Johann Strauss. .
T-he- Jooss - Ballet is- Aisual
bajlet of skirts and slippers, based on
some (airy or classic tale. Its rare
quality lies in the Tact that it draws
its inspiration mostly from the life
of today. There is no written sce
nario, no voice is heard; yet so vivid
and-dircct is the method of projection
that the immediate impression is
truly gripping.
The musical director of the com
pany, Fritz Cohen, composes the mu
sical backgrounds. The -mastery of
the dance includes not-only this skill
ful musical alliance, but the expert
use of all the mechanical adjuncts of
the modern theatre, particularly in
lighting and costumes.
State Sen. Thompson
To Speak Here Thurs.
.“The Legal Profession” will be the
subject of a talk by, State Senator Ed
ward .1. Thompson, an attorney of
Phllipsburg, in room 107 Main En-.
ginecring building at 8 o’clock Thurs
day night.
Senator Thompson will address an
open meeting sponsored by Pi Lambda
Sigma, honorary prc-logal fraternity,
for pre-Icgal students of the college
ami those interested in law.
Nestor V. Wuldberg ’BB, Thomas H.
Moore ’BB, ami William E. Linden
mulh'*3B comprise the committee in
charge of arrangements for the meet
ing.
out the conflicting barrier of non-fra
ternity versus'fraternity men. The
Junior. Independent party, does uoL
differentiate between these two major
divisions and we will not, on our own
initiative, inject this undesirable fea
ture. into politics on the campus.”
Fes. W. Tibbott *B9,' Locust Lane
clique chairman—“Wc realize that a
fraternity clique is not a true repre
sentalive of any class. Wc arc form
ing u ‘Fusion Group* .including both
fraternity and non-fraternity men. In
forming this Fusion Group wc sin
cerely invite any fraternity or non
fraternity members of'Uie Class of
*B9 to come to our open meetings. Our
next meeting will be held Wednesday
night at 9 o’clock at the Alpha Chi Rlio
bouse.
'“Also, -we wislrtu slule that we will
not merge with either of the other two
cliques;-and by thus gathering togeth
er a homogeneous group of'fraternity
and noil-fraternity men wc will be
butter able to represent our class if
successful iu our coming camoaign
STATE COLLEGE,' PA.} TJJESDAY, MARCH 1,1938
Women Form
WSG|,WAA
Election Plans
Nominating Committee
To Present Choices
•At MassfMeeting
Primaries To Be Held
March 16 jn Old Main
The mass meeting for the nomina
tion of women for_.W. S. G. A. offices
and W. A. A. be held Wed
nesday, March 9,- ty the auditorium,
Amy F. McClelland}’BB, president of
W. S. G. A., announced today.
At the compulsory mass meeting,
the nominating cbinmitlee composed
of Miss Burkholder? Miss Habit, and
the senior senators; will present its
nominees. ATtci\ih‘fy have been pre
sented, nominations. may be given
from the floor according to the plan
started last year.
The nominator", miist give the rea
son for her nominations. The name
will then be added" tp/the others to be
voted upon in the;L : primaries sched
uled for March. 16>s£i Old Main, fol
lowed by eleetions- tr./o days later.
■ ‘Eloctioi£;Unucc
W. S. G, A. daujt&will be held in
Ueo hall the. nigldjvbjf final elections.
The new officers yvilT,\bc announced at
intermission ofvttfc’?”4l.ll.ee.., Thu. in
•stellatlon*'b’an(iuct,wHf‘ise r Kin(ftlic'fol-~
lowing Tuesday, March 22.
The committee for elections is head
ed by Italia DeAngelis- *B9. Members
of the committee are Jean L. Lyman
’BB, Mary E. Taylor '3B, and Mary E.
Leitzeil ’4O. Marcia F. Morfmg *B9
will be general chairman of the in
stallation banquet.
Student Board. has decided thuL
there are to be two. women repre
sentatives on each of the dance com
mittees. These women shall be named
by W. S. G. A. and they will receive
complimentary tickets. However, W.
S. G. A. will give no financial aid to
the dances.
McCloy Will View
Physical Program
President of Health Education
Association To Visit Here
On Thursday
Ur. C If. McCloy. president of the
American Association of Health and
Physical education and research pro
fessor of anthropometry and physical
education at lowa State university,
will visit the cum pus Thursday In
his tour of eastern colleges tor the
purpose of observing (Ulterout types
of physical education programs..
On the morning or his visit, Ur.
McCloy will talk to professional pliy*
sicul education students on “Meelmii
ictil Principles in Physical Education
‘Activities.”'
Uuriug the afternoon, Dr. McCloy
will lour the campus and inspect tho
health and physical education pro
gram carried on here. Scpclal atten
tion will be given by Ur. McCloy to
Stnto's unique system of elective
physical education.
Honored at Dinner
Members of the School of Physical
Education ami Athletics will givo a
dinner iu honor of Ur. McCloy during
the evening.
Closing IBs visit here, Ur. McCloy
will uddross an open uieoUng Iu the
Home Economics auditorium at 8 o'-
clock on “The Next Ton Years In
Physical Education.”
LaVie Proofs Must Be
Checked Tomorrow
■Men’s and women’s fraternities
should send representatives to the
Student Union oirice before 5 o’-
clock tomorrow afternoon to check
the proofs for the 1938 LaVie,
William D. Fish *BB, editor, an
nounced.
. Pictures and names should be
corrected on the proofs an order to
eliminate errors in the organiza
tion’s section; of the yearbook; ,
Collegian Will Poll Students
On Proposed Name Change
Peel, Kennon, Howarth, Crowell, McClelland
Pledge Aid In Securing Material
Do .students favor changing the name of rhe Pennsylvania Slate College
as suggested by Governor Earle Saturday?
Do they want the name changed to the University of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania?
Do they want it changed to some other name?
The Collegian will determine all-this in a poll reaching all those en
sv’led in the College.
Student opinion concerning the Go
College Glee Club
Plans4-Day Tour
To Feature Quartet, Violinist,
Magician In 5 Concerts;
.‘l2 To Make Trip
Thirty-two members of the College
Glee c.ub, including the Ili-Los and
the Vuisity Quartet, will c.mdueL n
lour day conceit tour extendi g
hrough southeastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, beginning Monday,
Mai ch 14.
The group will be accompanied by
Prof. Richard W. Grunt, director, and
Airs. Irene 0. Grant, accompanist.
Leaving here at 12:30 o’clock Mon
day afternoon, March 14, the Glee
club will make five appearances in as
many different schools, the concert
itinerary follows:
. Monday, March 14, 7:45 p.m.—Boys’
- school," "Lancaster; Tuesday,
March 15, 12:45 i>.m. —Downingtown
high school, Downington, Pa.; Tues
day, March 15, 7:45 p.m.—Radnor high
school, Wayne, Pa.; Wednesday, March
l(i, 7:45 p.m.—Cheltenham high school,
felkins Park, Pa.; Thursday, 7:45 p.m.
—Vernon Davy Jr. high school, Last
Orange, N..J.
Featured on the programs will be
Edward E. Wood Ml, violinst; Sidney
Webb ’3B, magician; and the Varsity
Quartet, composed of Fred Serif '3B,
first tenor; Richard Tyrrol ’39, second
tenor; Joseph Cook ’3B, baritone;
David Osborne ’3B, bass; and John I
Harkins Ml, pianist.
Miniature Tin Pan
Alley Flourishes
In Apartment
“The Music Goes Round *n* Round.’ 1
And Irving B-irlin is still tin pan al
ley’s leading song writer.
But here at Penn State we have
our own. Yes, miniature tin pan alley.
Tt all started when a couple of mu
sic majors, William B. Provost ’39
and Jack C. .Bingham *39, desiring Ij
keep their song-writing abilities in
trim for the coming Thespian show,
decided to rent a piano. They, with
the aid of a few husky football play
ers, moved this piano lo their third
floor apartment. .
Since then it’s been one 'kmg jam
session. With two pianists banging
away at the same piano, a hot clari
net player, and sometimes a trumpet,
these sessions go on lo wee hours of
the morning. However, there have
been results—the music and lyrics
for ton songs which the Thespians
will have to pick from for their com
ing show. * \
‘Gridiron Banquet A Publicity
Stunt For Heaven’—St. Peter
We cornered Saint Peter yesterday
and made him confess that the Sigma
Delta Chi Gridiron Banquet is a put*
up job. The gate-keeper solemnly
hung his head and admitted that he
had promised Sigma Delta Chi a halo
of humor if it would come “To Heav
en” for the scenes of its annual ban
quet next Tuesday, night at 7 o'clock.
“But why did you do such a thing?”
we asked. ;
St. Peter broke down and wept hys
terically. Not until we grabbed him
by the sheet around his neck and bull
dozed him, did he sob out, “Heaven
needs the publicity.”
After dragging this much out of
him, the rest was easy. He went so
far as to admit that he had certain
members of the Penn State elite in
mind for the brown derby, the big red
.Lappler-the pretty white lily, and the
rgiau.
wernor’s proposed change swayed back
♦ and forlhover Lhe campus during the
past week-end. One of those chiefly
interested was Joseph A. Peel, presi
dent cf the junior class, lie offered
the services of the Independent party
in determining student attitudes on
the subject. j
, Pool said that he fell as president
{ the jun or class, lie could fulfill
ids obligation as a student leader in
! offering his cooperation in eondue.ing
•the poll.
Jjliii IX Kvnnon, p:csidcnl of the
i-enN.- class, said that he wou.d be
glad (o aid the poll. lie said he was
interested in student reaction to the
proposed change. W. Jerome llo
warth, president of the sophomore
class, also pledged his cooperation, as
did R •'ert 11. Crowell, president of
the freshman class.
Amy F. McClelland, president of
W. S. G. A .‘ofT'-Ted her cooperation
in securing the eo-ed reaction.
Through various functional agen
cies on the campus, mimeographed
ballots will be distributed during the
next few days on which students can
express their feelings in the matter.
’32Xlass~To Pick!
Long Delayed Gift
Proposed Ideas Include Murals;
Cabin, Memorial Collection,
Star Observatory
Tn order to determine their belated
class gift, the gift, committee of the
Class of 1932 met recently under the
chairmanship of Hugh R. Riley, Col
lege sports publicity director.
The Committee is investigating the
acceptability to the College of four
proposed gifts, Riley announced.
They are murals for Old Main, a
cabin in the mountains for outdoor
recreational activity, a multiple ob
servatory, and a memorial collection
for the Library.
When in school, the class decided
to lend their class funds to needy stu
dents in $5O amounts. .The circum
stances which arose during the de
pression made this move advisable.
The loans were made for live yea us
and matured last summer.
11. Aubrey Myers, class president,
appointed a committee to select the
permanent class gift at the. Firth re
union last . June. The committee is
composed of all members of the class
residing in vStnle College.
PSCA Elects Officers
Italia A. DeAngelfs ’39 was elected
president of the Penn Stale Christian
Association cabinet at the weekly
meeting held in the Hugh Beaver
room Wednesday.
Other officers elected were: Phyllis
Herzog ’39 and Edward K. Kraybill
’39, vice president; J. Duane Moore
’39, secretary; Henrietta F. Marrow
’39, assistant secretary; Wallace 11.
Dunlap MO, treasurer.
chipped beer mug.
He confessed that he bad Charley
McCarthy under contract for an ap
pearance at the banquet, that he had
been rehearsing his angel chorus for
weeks for the event, and that Gubriel
had been practicing on his tuba just
for the occasion.
When we discovered liis nefarious
scheme, it was too late to cull the
whole thing off. Invitations had been
sent out. They will be received in
this' morning’s mail. Arrangements
were under way to have a well-known
speaker at the banquet. And a gen
eral celestial atmosphere had been
created around the satirical skits.
So with a severe chastisement, we
sent Saint Peter on his way and told
him to show up with his gang at the
Nittany Lion Inn on -March 8 at 7
o’clock sharp.
EXPRESS YOUR
Choice of New Name in
Collegian Poll.
Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS
Claims Title
Now In Use
Is Misnomer
Guffey Claims National
Government Helps
Social Progress
Hetzel Calls Ceremony
Outstanding Occasion
Complete text of Governor Earle’s
address, page 2.
j Claiming its present title was
“absolutely a misnomer,” Gov
ernor George H. Earle advocat
ed a change in the official name
of the Pennsylvania State Col
lege to the University of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the ground-breaking cere
monies inaugurating the Gener
al State Authority’s fivc-million
doliar building program before
6,000 persons in Recreation hall
Saturday afternoon.
Speaking over a 10-station,
radio hook-up, the Governor
had concluded his prepared
speech when he added his ex
temporaneous remarks.
‘‘This is not a state; it is a com
monwealth,’” “Tins is hot
a college; it is a university.” He went
on to explain that there are only four
: eommmuve ilLli.v out of the 48 states
and coinmonwtalLh-s and added: “We
should be proud of that old English
■name ‘comionwealth’ whether you
say it rapidly or whether you divide
it into two sepaiute words.”
Governor said he had discussed the
proposal with President Ralph D.
Hetzel at luncheon and they decided
it merited the consideration of the
students, faculty, and trustees. The
Governor promised full and hearty
support if they arrived at a positive
conclusion.
Refoning to the building program,
Governor Earle said: “I believe the
$5,000,000 invested in these build
ings is a wise investment. I feel that
you, Dr. Jlctzel, and your associates
will make use of these new facilities
for the best interests of the people
of the cmwnomvealLh.
“It is wuh great astisfactiou that
as governor of Pennsylvania I share
in these ground-breaking ceremonies.
May the halls that arise here bring
greater wisdom and happiness to fu
ture generations.’’
Contending that the interest of the
federal government in the last five
years has given a tremendous impetus
lo social activity, Senator Joseph F.
Guffey,“who followed the Governor,
said: .
“The physical expression of tlic
government’s |K>liey finds roots in
your building program at the Penn
sylvania Stale College. You are the
institution in Pennsylvania to which
Die young men and women of the
state must look primarily for an in
expensive education with which bet
ter to equip themselves for the com
petition of modern society.
“The tremendous increase in your
enrollment in the last few years gives
adequate,proof of the services being
rendered here. Wc Hope the day will
not be far distant when it will be
unnecessary to turn uwuy ycung men
uud women of this state who are
sincerely ambitious for education.”
Terming the occasion a “red-letter
day for the Pennsylvania State Col
lege,” President Hetzel opened the
ceremonies by explaining the necessi
ty for each new building and pointing
out how the College hud been forced
to turn away an increasing number
of candidates for udmission during
the past Jo years.
“We initiate tins - program in the
linn conviction that at no time and
in no place have public monies been
invested with greater promise of
yielding generous dividends in the
form of a vital public ministry. This
statement can he supported by many
different theses, but there ib none
more compelling than that represent
ed by the constant and increasing de
mands made upon this college by the
people of the commonwealth for
which it has been created to serve,”
Dr. Hetzel said.