SUCCESSOR To The Free'Lance/,cstal lishcd!BB7. Volume 34—N0.. 51 Fur Flies As Peel, Board Hurl Charges Battle Flares As Joe Refuses To, Name Committee By CHARLES M. WHEELER, JR. If there was any doubt last week that the political knives carried under dark cloaks and , used'slyly late at night were not keen,"' all" uncertainty was dis pelled.- this week as Student Board "and Junior Class Presi : dent Joe ' Peel crossed blades over,the latter’s refusal to name ' his Junior Prom- committee prior to elections next-week. .At two turbulent "meetings during* which charges were hurled back and forth with an aniaz • ing abandon and speed, the Board Anally came to the decision that it had overlooked something peculiar and important,.to this year’s cam paign until' it was too late to do any thing about ,itt What, is referred, to is the possibility that Peel, if rc*-elect cdj will have the unusual privilege of naming two dance committees aft er an. election instead of the usual; one. Board Makes Statement Monday- night the -Board placed the following resolution in the “Student Board has given consid eration -to the question which has arisen because the Junior Class pres ident has riot selected his - Junior Prom-committee. The Junior Class president has indicated that he does aiot believe he should appoint the committee; before'the, coming, elec tions. -• • . , \ • prior to-class elections* has'.becn the . custom for many years/ Student Board has lcgislatedfor the continu ance of this practice with-a rule to go into effect the next college year.- , “However, under the circumstances existing this year and because the question has come, to the attention of the Student * Board virtually on the eve of .he student elections, the opin ion of the Board was that the deck sion particular case be left to: Llio judgment of the Junior Class! president.” ' ■ ' /I Earlier ax-motion had passed the Board unanimously requiring that all class presidents munft their commit tees by the second week of the second semester of the college year. - This rule was placed into.effect next year, and carries the stipulation that no! dance committee is to name its band! until the . previous dance • has beenj held. The second provision grew out of oiie of Teel’s.reasons,for not nam ing the cohmnttee—a verbal agree-, meat with. John lntcrfrnte rnity .Council president, not to do any thing that might injure the success of Interfralernily Ball. '-/(Continued On Page Tour) M. 1. Open House Shows Relics ‘ >Of Science Specimens of 'dinosaur, footprints, tusks and teeth of the, only mastixlon found in this slate, fossilized sala mander tracks, the only meteorite ever founcf in Pennsylvania, the only 'mineral industries art collection in the world and shrunken human heads from Ecuador head the list. Petrified cedar cones from Patagonfa, a per-; feet diamond crystal from Brazil— j all arc to be found on exhibition' when,the Mineral Industries School, holds open hc>usp for students, fac-i ulty, and townspeople next Tuesday j night. ‘ » j Undergraduate laboratories, re search projects, demonstrations; and special features can be inspected by the public at the third open house held by the school. Visitors can view I the-physicul testing of metals, the l weighing of . gold anil silver assay beads, the assaying of gold and sil .ver ores, and the production and ap plication of glass wool. ** '.• Also among the features on exhibit are: strength .tests on 'tempered glass; kiln Hiring of ceramic products, microstructure of metals, the vacuum distillation 'of petroleum, sound 'mo tion pictures of mineral industries subjects/ a. miniature geyser, the oxy acetylene welding’ and cutting of metals, and a display: exhibiting phosphorescence and fluorescence of minerals. . ' -r; SerrH-M/gjekly . = ~ 510 B PaOSPBv , -I pMit ffi fltnli [«=.. \ Coast-to-Coasters , JOhV E. MATZ. ’3B , FRED L. YOUNG’3B +•> ''' Debaters To End Season On Tour Matz, Young Will Meet. Teams . Of II Schools In Two-Week , Coast to Coast Trip ,Pcnn State’s, varsity. debate team, represented by Fred L. Young, .Jr. ’3B and J. Edwin Matz ’3B, will cli jmax the intercollegiate schedule by meeting nine schools in a two-week coast-Uwmast tour starting-. Monday. The University of Pittsburgh will be the first opponent in the Cathedral of Learning Monday night. - Univer sity of Chicago, University. of Ne braska, 'University of Denver, and the University of • Colorado' will be met on. the campus of-the respective schools in successive nights through out next.weck.- / On. Monday, ApriL.ll, the pair will oppose • the University ;p^ ; Southern "Against the University of -California at Los Angeles slated for the follow ing night. of New Mex ico and Kansas -State College,will be met on April 14 and 16,' respectively, on the return trip.. Issues to be debated on-the tour to the 'Pacific coast include: (1) Should the National Labor Relations Board, be empowered to enforce the arbitra tion of'all industrial disputes? (2) Jlow much academic freedom should the American college- or university permit? (3)- Should- Congress[ enact 'a law. forbidding the conscription of American troops in wars involving .land action outside the boundaries of the United States, her possessions, and North or South America? The discussion of the N. -L. R. B. i will be used in all debates except j those , with Colorado and Kansas I State. At-Boulder, Colo., Young and f Matz will uphold the' affirmative, of j the academic freedom question in the featured/debate at ( Colorado ~this sea son. The/ debaters will engage in a radio broadcast bn limiting the pur pose for which -American troops .may be conscripted as they conclude the. series in Kansas City the ..day before Easter. ' • C. A.. Names Directors Prof. D., D. Stevenson, associate professor, of forestry research, was the only faculty member added to the board of directors'- of the Penn State Christian association. Also named at the-board elections last Monday eve ning were the following student niein .bers: Phyllis Herzog *39, Vivian S. Doty ’39, C. William Sprcnke! ’39,,J.- Duain Moore ’39, and Edward Kray bill. - ‘ ■Dusty ’ Rhoades Named Head Of Fund Drive For Far East j Emmett E. “Dusty” Rhoades ’3B Mias beeir appointed' chairman of [ men's solicitation, for the Student ■ Far Eastern- Emergency Fund Drive; : Clayton' H. Zahn ’39, head of the [drive’s executive'.committee, aunoun iced yesterday. Beulah F. Gerheim ’39 has been named head of women’s solicitation. * Plans are being made to have Toru Matsumoto; a - Japanese citizen, and Miss Pao Chen -Shill, of China, speak on tlie aims of the drive. Dr. T. Z. Koo.'Svho had been asked, to speak, is sailing for. China to insure the safety of his family in the war zone..,. Because of .war conditions in China, 30,000 destitute students have been forced to give up their studies in col leges and universities.' Among these unfortunate ure members of the Lingnan University student body. Pat Costello Named’3B-39 Boxing Head Hanna Chosen Captain; Pick Simms, Walker, Anderson Firsts '; Patrick J. Costello ’39 ..was elected manager of the 1938-39 boxing team, it was announced yesterday by Joseph P. Prpksa,; , .A; A. president. At a meeting - of.lettermen Tuesday afternoon; Roy M. Hariria, Jr. ’39. was cho sen; captain of the mitmen to succeed-Sam J. Donato ’3B. Cos tello, follows Charles M. Robbins ’3B'as-manager. Howard.G. Anderson MO, Wil liam H. Simms MO, and. Willian R.: Walker MO were named .first-as sistant' managei*s; freshman man ager is [O. Herbert Pintard, Jr. J 4O and-Paul E. Gies„’4o and Richard B Young-’4O were named alternate first assistant managers. Robert R. Hutch* ison Jr. .’39 and Robert . M'. Knupjr ’39 were named associate managers. Ten'boxers were awarded varsity letters, and nine freshmen were given” numeral awards. Hanna wus named, captain .‘after 1 only one year on the varsity,.'and although/he won only three, out of cigjit.-matches, - Coach Leo Houck believes' that' he • shows promise of being, a strong champion ship-contender next.season. H Letters Awarded Varsity« letter.; awards:'- Paul W. Bachman '39, Alfred' J. Bolder ’4O, Kenneth 'S.-Byld, Jr. ’39, o Michael Cooper '4O, *Capt.\Snm- J. Donato ’3B, Nathaniel S- Handler -MO, Cawt.-elcct Hanna.,’39, Heber D. Lessig ’3*,'Hen ry W -.Schweitzcr • ’4O, C:-.Aliaii. Tap- Numeral a'Wards: Lester H: Cohen, Victor W; Fiore, James C.'Lewis, Lloyd J. Parsons, John R. Patrick, Elbur O, Purnell,' Frank W. ,Stanko, Ralph Stoyer, and Sidney Thomas, Jr. 7 ■* Associate manager awards:* Jolui D. Brisbane ’3B and Robert Morris, Jr. ’3B. r Tap Roolhs Pay Fines, Face Trial Two Local Beer Establishments ' Hit for $150; 2 Others 6n ‘Minors’ Hearing Striking among local beer dispen saries on Saturday niglit, January 15, when the crowd of revelers following the. Western Maryland boxing match .was at its height, -agents of the Pennsylvania .State Liquor Control Board raided all four, finding minors consuming beer in all. The" result is that' two. establishments have pnid fines of $l5O aiid two others are due to go on trial April 7. The original fine of $3OO or revoca tion of license for the period .of a month was imposed upon cacti. How ever the fine has been reduced to $l5O, and has been paid by'Husko’s Tap Room on Beaver avenue,and the Texan Lunch on Allen'street. . Two, other local brew houses, Paul Boeger’s , Hofbrau ’ on ' Allen street, and.C. C, “Doggy” Alexander's* All- American Rathskellar on Pugh street,-have as yet paid no penalty j and are due to "go on trial April 7.[ Ninety per cent of the proceeds of the. Jo’cal drive wlil go to Lingnan which in past years has received sup port from the Penn State in China foundation. Drive Is Nationwide . Already in the drive,;which is a " nationwide affair, many colleges have raised large sums for the fund. Yule University' has raised SG,OOO above the annual $3,000 appropriation giv- , en by Yale in China. The Univer sity of Illinois has'subscribed $1,300, 1 and Cornell has raised a fund of $l,-' 100. • Georgia H. Powers ’3B, associate women’s editor of the Collegian, Mar tin V. Rockwell MO, member of the staff of the Penn -State Farmer, and Bradley Owens MO, member of the junior board of the Collegian, have been named to. the-publicity commit tee for the drive. STATE COLLEGE, PA;;':.FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1938 Thespian Musical Comedy Will Feature ‘Waddle-Waddle’ Hop ‘Hey Rubelj Portrays Adventures of Carnival Troupe Engaged In Escort Business A dance ccuiifojiiing some of the features of the “Big Apple” and a duck walk wiLh-rthe appropriate name of the “Waddle-Waddle” will be ex hibited the fittjt time when the Thespians present their spring show, .“Hey Rube!” in;Schwab auditorium tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. ' • -Y; i:■ ■ - - . " Slide Trombonist f ' -t- IF Ball ijancers| Set For||)sborne Creator Of Slide;:Khyllun Brings 3* Janice. Sing Velvet music andjV sliding, rhythm will be brought. to 0! cars ofetho Iii T ,Ur hall ,beginning at 1 /TO o’clock : by.an orchestra which .irTpart resembles the toy section of a department store. The creator of slide-rhythm, «Wi!l Osborne, used his brass section of three trombones and three slide tram pets (miniature trombones) to combat the novelty arrangements of Hal Kemp, Abe Lyman, and Fred Waring. An added l feature to the orchestra will be the beautiful vocalist, Janice Todd, who replaced the Hollywood star, Eleanor Whitney. Charles. R. Campbell ”18 and Will iam E. Lindcmnuth ’3B, co-chuirmcn, announced that additional bids must be obtained at the Student Union of fice between 4 and 7. . Soose Scores 2nd Pro Win Bill Soose, knockout artist of last year’s Nittany Lion ring team, won a four-round decision over Jimmy Brent, Arizona middleweight, at the Olym pic in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Knocking his opponent to the can vas six times, Soose won every round by a wide mai’gin. It.was his seeotttl victory in as many fights' as a pro fessional under the managership of Paul Moss and Dick Powell, moving picture star. P.S. Club Holds Annual \Easter Dance April 9 The Penn State Club’s annual East er Dance will be held itv Recreation hall April 1) from 0 to 12. Booth Wat ainough will play at,the affair widely will be senii-formul. The Meyers brothers, who won sec ond prize in the all-College amateur contest, will take care. c<£ the inter mission lull with novelty, song ar rangements. Punch will also be served at intermission. A booth will be provided for the ! faculty guests of the. Club. Lighting 1 effects for the affair will be supervised [by Wilfred \Vnschoe-’3B. Needham Will Speak At Zoology Seminar Dr. James G. Needham, retired head of the department of entomology at* Cornell university, will speak before < the Zoology Seminar at 4:10 M'ouday afternoon, April 4, in room 109 Agri culture building. His subject will be l“The Place ; df Animals in. Human ■Thought.” Dr. Needham, recognized' hi Europe | as well as America as one of the lead- I ing biologists of the -day, has written !many books on. bi6logy. His text on General Biology is used as in many colleges. ~t A new musical number called “Waddlin' Around” has been special ly written for the new dance by Wil - Jiam B. Provost ’4O and Jack Bing lham ’39. During the dance, mem bers of the cast will imitate animals, such as ducks and chickens. , "•Hey Rube!” which in carnival vernacular means fight, includes cur rently popular dance steps, among them the “Shag,” “Truckin,” and the i “Susy-Q.” ’ ' j *A musical two acts, .“Hey ißube!” demonstrates to the '•public what happens "when a travel in's carnival arrives in the bis city .and purchases an escort bureau. Be j tween episodes in the solving of--a • jewel robbery of one of its patrons, ;tho characters sandwich in comedy I with such features as a shower-bath 'scene. Other scenes of the show are i laid on a carnival lot, in 'Centra] I Park, at an - escort bureau,, in an apartment, and in a irght club. Members of the cast arc: Jimmy Robert Hertz Slick Herbert Yanofsky Spieler Edward Sutherland Mary Connie Konopka Sheriff —James Mitchell Mr. Slabsides George Pomeroy Carlos John Vosburgh Trixie -’..Peggy Schaeffer Mabel Louis Hali Secretary Leslie. Lewis Mr. Ginsberg . Morton Wool Achmed " Herbert Heller Hank ! . - Angelo Jerome Swami Barton Henderson Eleanor Carnegie •..Hermionc Hunt Prince Rudolph Popanoff Paul Dean ...Joseph Cook Mr. Dooly — Pcjjnrosc;—^-^"—^'L/»uis' Also, appearing Ts the Varsity Male Quartet composed of Joseph Cook, Frederick Scrff, Richurd Ty rol!, and David Osborne. Arrange ments for the songs written by Pro vost, .‘Bingham, and Edward Suther- Jand arc by Bill Bottorf and James Minium, pianist for the KDKA Var siteers. Dunaway Will Lecture At Bucknell Tomorrow Dr. W. F. Durraway, professor of American. History, will speak before the delegates to a history conference at Bucknell University tomorrow morning on "The Pennsylvania Scotch Irish in Politics.” 'flic conference is being sponsored by the Pennsylvania Historical (Com mission, the Pennsylvania Historical Association, and the history depart ment of Bucknell University. Dr. Asa- E. Martin, professor of history, will accompany Dr. Dunaway and will lead a general discussion on promoting the study of the history of Pennsylvania in schools of the Com monwealth. The main speaker of the conference will be Dr. Roy F. Nichols, chairman of the department of history of the University of Pennsylvania, who gave the sixth lecture in the Liberal Arts series here last night. Campus Campaigning Brings Taste Of ‘Big-Time* Politics By HERBERT B. CAHAN Men students—if you have not al ready found it out—you are now at the mercy of the politicians! •With, active • campaigning having' begun Wednesday night, posters plastered in prominent spots around -.•ainpus and down town, and all kinds of promising going on, Penn State's annual taste of "big-time” politics is moving along in gala preparation for class elections which will last from Tuesday noon until Thursday noon. So that the average voter who akes no active part in politics may know what goes on in preparation for the coming elections, we will de mote this column to an attempt at explaining a few phases of political plannings. • ’ First of all, the clique chairmen and presidential candidates arc usu ally' tuken for granted as eauh clique's dictators. This is true to a lesser degree in the Independent par ;y with its senior advisor and execu tive committee, having representa tives from each of the three ciusses. Committees are appointed to take care of various phases of campaign- I.F.C. Adopts Code Revising Fraternity Rushing Season Planned New Code' j THOMAS H. MOORE '3B Actor To Grant Interview To 22 Group To Hear Backstage Talk In N. Y. As Part of C. A. Social Inquiry Trip Vincent Trice, star of the widely acclaimed play, "Shoemaker’s Holi day,” will give a backstage interview in the Mercury Theatre, New York City, at 10:30 tonight to a group of 22' students on a social inquiry trip sponsored by the Christian associa tion. Leaving here yesterday afternoon, -the group will spend four days in New York observing racial, housing, labor,-.‘e.ntertainment, . and reerpatiop. ex7sting r ‘uT" n mopolitan city. Among the places the group .vill visit are: East Side, Chinatown, push cart markets, the Harlem \modcl housing project, the Harlem art stu dio, the Henry Street .Settlement, Radio City, Wall Street and Union Square districts, and the federal the atre project pluy, "One Third of a Nation." Those on the trip are: Doris J. Boiler, Anna D. Goldschmid, and Howard E. Wheeler, freshmen; Or rie M. Baer, Carl H. Keller, Mervin R. Lowe, Vincent J. Pisciolta, and Martin V. Rockwell, sophomores; Henry Borbw, Mary C. Deaterly, Italia A. DeAngeiis, Rhoda N. Koch, Edward .K. Kraybill, -Barbara E. Lewis, Nancy K. McQuigg, John H. Shellenberger, Nancy S. Sproal, Charles W. Sprenkel, and Helen M. Underwood, juniors; Elizabeth B. Johnston and Morris B. Way, seniors. Others are: James F. Miller, grad uate student; and Harry W. Sea mans, Ruth B. Mabee, nad Mildred E. Dunkieberger, members of the stuff of the Christian association. Profs Attend Meeting (Professors Jacob Tatiger and John H. Ferguson, political science depart ment, are in Philadelphia attending the forty-second annual meeting of the American Academy of Political uml Social Sciences. : ing. Following are a few of the com mittees: platform, poll'book (list of eligible voters in class), nomination, publicity, and general campaign. These all come under the direct con trol of the clique ‘chairman, who is usually provided with the power to "make promises,” as is the presiden tial candidate. ■From a set-up as simple as this one seems, all kinds of complications spring up that must be taken care off No doubt the toughest job is the ac tual campaigning and getting reluct ant voters out to the polls. To take care of the latter difficulty, lucky vo ter, you will be called for in a car, with the hope that you will cast your vote for the party whose car you use. But, there are no rules as to whom you must vote for—-and there are no holds barred—it is really "catch-as catch-can.” Russ <sohn, chairman of the Elec tions Committee, announced that a sample ballot, showing Noting ma chine positions of all candidates, will be on display in Old Main lobby on Monday and Tuesday until election time. ■ Z 658 PRICE FIVE CENTS Changes Period, Place Of Rushing; Forbids Use of Women A fiew inlcrfraternity rush infir code, completely revising the present system, and placing new restrictions on fraternities, has been adopted by Interfra ternity Council, Thomas H. Moore ’3B, chairman of the council rushing committee, an nounced today. The new code forbids rushing outside the limits of State Col lege and in beer distributing estab lishments. It also forbids the use of .women in rushing, and the presence lof women in a fraternity house at a I time when freshmen are there. 4 . The code establishes a ten-day .rushing season, beginning Saturday September 10, three days after the .start of freshman week activities, j The season is divided into silent pe i riuds, informal periods, open house •periods, and the period in which freshmen have dates at the fraterni ties for meals, as under the present code. Rushing Periods Defined During a silent period, there is to be no contact or communication be tween fraternity and rushee. During the informal period the fraternity may have contact with a freshman anywhere except in the fraternity house or in eating establishments. The purpose of this period is to give the house a chance to get some idea of who the freshmen arc and 'where they live. During an open house period, the freshman may go to a fraternity house, but the fraternity , man may hot accompany him to or N from the :or-makc-vorbul-dates .-\vith-liittu During an open house the fraternity may serve light refreshments but not meals to the rushers. Rushing Begins September 10 Summer rushing ends on Wednes day, September 7, when Freshman Week begins. A silent period also begins at that time and ends at l p. .in. Saturday afternoon. There is an informal rushing period on Sat urday afternoon and evening with a silent period during dinner time. On Sunday there is a silent period in the morning with informal rushing during the afternoon and an open house in the evening. On Monday and Tuesday there is informal rushing. The freshmen get their date cards Monday, and the (Continued On Page Four) Hunt For ‘Gowks’ Starts Today On Campus The hunt is on! AH day today there will be open season on all types of "gowks’’ on the campus. Watch out that you aren’t caught kicking hats wiLli bricks concealed or picking up wallets with strings attached, be cause you may be the target of some joker’s pointed jibes. In case you’re wondering what it’s all about, "gowk." is the Scottish term for cuckoo, and a contemptuous term for an "April-fool." .Scottish lads and lassies amuse themselves the first day of April by sending unwary vic tims iii search of cuckoos, instead of keys to ovens, left-handed wrenches and other non-existent objects which we use to lind April-fools. The French have a word for it, too. They cal! a person who is gullible this day mm poisßon d'avril, meaning an April lish, because the April fish would be a young fish, and therefore, one easily caught. This old custom of sending unwary persons on bootless errands or mak ing them the victims of some prac tical joke is comparatively new in America, for it supposedly originated at the time of 'Christ or during some pagan or Roman festivul before His time. Hornbostel To Speak Major Henry Hornbostel will talk on "Architectural Treatment of En gineering (Structures” iu the engi neering lecture to be held at 4:10 p. m. today in [Room 110, Home Eco nomics. Newbury Gets Letter The name of Donald 5. Newberry ’4O was inadvertently omitted from the list of letter winners in varsity swimming last iveek.
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