•' - . Semi-Weekly ./grgsas Priut itatr 0 Cull 1 Fifty years of age—yet not a day old. Thus does the Collegian today reflect upon its life history, a half century marked by sporadic letdowns but nevertheless a half century of definite progress toward the realization of a more satisfactory relationship among the student body, the-fac ully, the administration, and the townspeople. l For today, as the Collegian enters its second half century of publication, a new board moves into control—a board fully cog nizant of its tremendous responsibility, the responsibility of maintaining that high degree of integrity and ability of campus leadership demonstrated by the Collegian boards of the past. But the Coliegian w_ill not be content with reaching any standard that may have been set in previous years. The Col legian aims to continue its progressive march, bunding upon the foundations that .have been built and rebuilt during its 50 years of existence. Should it fail to reach that goal the Col legian will have no one to blame but itself. Although the annual change in the managing board neces sarily precludes a changing'editorial policy, the Collegian be lieves this to be the best preventative of a stodgy press, for the constant shifting of those at the'helm provides a steady flow of new blood that sees and feels the current problems at first-hand and hears and thinks of them in the current vein. And so it is for this same reason that students should re alize they cannot run the school. They never have, never will, never should. For the'folly of permanent self-government of an. educational institution by a group whose personnel mate rially changes every year is self-evident. On the other hand, the administration must not—cannot— divorce itself from that changing student body; it cannoL long discharge its duties in utter disregard of the interests and the needs aiid the wishes of that student body. But the administration must go even further. It must keep constantly in touch also .with the interests of the faculty, with the interests of the townspeople—yes, even with the in terests of the entire commonwealth! in full realization of these facts, the Collegian has been given unlimited freedom of expression, a. freedom unshackled by any outside control, a freedom so complete it becomes unique iiecolicgo journalism. The Collegian shall not betray that trust. Human nature being what it is, it is only natural to expect that any controversial issue will bring forLh .not only widely divergent but even'conflicting opinions, yet the one perhaps as' sincere as the other.. Ip such cases—as in all cases—the Col legian will lake ;as impartial a viewpoint as possible under tile circumstances, recognizing full well the impossibility of pleas ing all persons at all times. Once and for all, the Collegian repudiates the belief that the only good college newspaper is the one which, continually wrangles with the administration. For, although the adminis- Iral ipn may be wrong at times, the. Collegian believes that the studenls,.loo_.may..be_.wi-ong, .that, the! tfiat Llie'townspeople may" be wrong, that the Collegian itself ' may be wrong. ' In short, the Collegian will be forthright. The Collegian will be frank. But above all, the Collegian will be tolerant. For in tolerance there is vision and there is might. HETZEL ASKS FOR AID IN TRAFFIC PROBLEMS (President Ralph 'Dr- Jlelzcl, in a plea" ly all students, faculty, and townspeople, asks cooporatfoti'-Df them in dcalintr with the new traffic and Fervid' prohlmns occasioned by the ad,uni inauguration of the building program. lie at a Ins (Hat new regulations of parking zones and movement of traf fic on llio main college roads were necessary bemuse of the congestion that will result when work on the construction projects is in rail blast. butter* will - Ins received in today’s mail by.- all students, faculty, and townspeople who drive ears which will explain the new Lralfic set-up. A map, which will show Lhe changes in parking areas -ami Irallic movement, will also be included. •Signs, specifying one-way streets or llie way which trallic is to run, will be tint up on the campus in the near future. No-parking signs will' be put up in the restricted '/.ones. It was pointed out that. actual heavy trallic has not yet begun.. At present, with only the excavating work being done, a recent check-up revealed that 400 ears within 20 min utes, , passed at the intersection of Burrowes and Pollock roads (near the Phi Gaiumu Dellu house). In .making known the new plans for lessening confusion mid conges tion, President llelzcl also called the attention of faculty members to the possibility of the interruption of serv ice in the various utilities and called upon them to exercise patience in the face of unforeseen interruptions. "Although advance notices will be issued .insofar as possible from the Grounds ami Buildings department, occasions will no doubt arise when service will have to be interrupted in .order to avoid liuzurdous condi tions and he fore advance notice cun be Issued,” - President, lletzel ex plained. • , “There will be .times when periodic interruptions will be necessitated in the gas and electric services, high and low pressure steam, water, telephone, and compressed air. These interrup tions may cocur at night as well as during the day.' ‘Tt is therefore requested that all experiments or projects requiring (Continued On Page Four) Petition Seeks Business School C & I* 1 Honorary Moves To Begin Separate Unit, Di\ lletzel To Be (liven List For the purpose of securing student supporl of a move to establish a sep arate School of Bu.incss Administr ation, Della Sigma Pi, professional commcice and finance honorary so ciety, lias begun the circulation oT a petition among commerce and finance students in the .School of Liberal Arts. The petition is worded as follows: “In view of the fact that the Penn sylvania State College is an institu tion supported by the taxpayers uf Lhe state in order to meet their needs, auU in view of the Tact that an ade quate education in commerce and finance and economics cun not be ac quired at this institution under t/lie direction of the School of Liberal Arts, the undersigred, students in commerce ami finance and economics, respectfully request, that the Trustees of the college approve the establish ment uf a School of Business Admin istration.” Joseph G.'Korsak ’3B, president of Delta Sigma Pi, when queried on the petition, declared that the honorary society hoped to have about HOI) sig natures from members of the com merce and nuance curriculum before May. 1. After the petition has gone the rounds of the- campus, the honor ary will prcseul it to President lletzel for ednsideratiou by the administra tion. % According to Korsak, one of the possible plans discussed by Della Sig ma Pi for the housing of flic new school would be involve the use of the old librury building when the new library scheduled on the building pro gram is erected. Oilman To Talk Tonight David - UHman, of the Workman’s Compensation Board of will speak at a fireside session at the Phi Epsilon house at 7 o’clock tonight. . Volume 34—No. 55 Peace Strike Scheduled For 11 Tomorrow 2 Authorities To Talk At Mass Meeting On Terrace A strike for peace! The annual nation-wide student demonstration against war will be observed locally at an all-College mass meeting spon sored by the Peace-Action Council on Old Main terrace at 11 o’clock tomor row morning. All students attending the meet ing will, be excused from classes. In the event of-rain, actviitics will be transferred to ’Schwab auditorium, Robert S. Lewis ’3B, chairman of the local committee, announced. 'Paul Harris, Jr., of Washington, D. C., director oT the Peace-Action service of the National Council for Prevention of War, heads the group of four speakers who will make a pica for world peace. Harris will present the isolationist point oT view on the conduct of United- Stales foreign policy. National OHircr to Thlk Student, leaders Anne l>. Rudolph, president of Mortar Board, and Gor don K. Zorn, president of Lhe Penn Stale American Student Union, will talk. JJichard it. Wood, secretary of Friends’ Peace committee of Philadel phia and member of the Executive Board of the National Council, con cludes the group of speakers. Harris is an authority on the peace problem and'the activity of the or ganized movement against war. -He is the author of "To Stop War,” pol itical peace action handbook pub lished by the National Council, and has delivered inspiring speeches in his travels in this country and abroad. Local Council Named Wood, ypeaking on llie. possibilities ->f collective security in bringing world pence, is a delegate to the Na tional Pea ee Conference holding ■ York. There Ire gathers first-hand information t*n activities and experiences of national peace obganizafoas in their campaign for world peace. Headed by Robert S. Lewis ’3B, the student. Peace-Action Cohneil in ••hides David S. Anthony ’33, '.Sylvia M. Eller Mo, Louise A. Maine* 'B9, Katharine I). Greiner ’B9, Naomi C. Loßoutiltirr ’3B. I). Russell Palmer *3ll, Mildred A. Robbins ’3B, .lame.* W. .ShefFer ’-10. Dorolheu W. Sillier ’3D, and Doris X. Spiegel ’3B. M /. Shaft Holds Four-Year-Old _ Seismograph In an unused elevator shaft below the Mineral Industries building, lies a delicate instrument which measures earthquakes. This seismograph, as it. is 'called, records all ground move ments mi photographic paper. De signed and constructed by the Min eial Industries department, it is now in ils fourth year of use. About two hundred disturbances have been recorded since the appara tus was installed. The most distant of these occurred seme 14,000 miles away, in the Solomon -Islands. 'On November I, 1935, a .Canadian earth quake put the machine out of com mission. The earthquake station here is one of more than four hundred scattered throughout the world. , With the in formation about the earth’s interior structure which these studies reveal, scientists hope sonic day to predict where and when earthquakes will lake place. First Penn State Fraternity ; Celebrates SOth Anniversary Attended by 120 fraternity aluiuni, the liftletb anniversary of Phi Gamma Delta, the oldest social fraternity at Peiui Sluteriwna held Friday and Sat urday. ( : - ' ’l’be celebration started Friday 'night witli a friendship smoker at tlio Off icers' Club at Boulsburg, followed by an alumni golf tournament Saturday monilug and a section convention of other Pennsylvania chapters of the fraternity.' A trustees’• meeting fol lowed Saturday, night. A feature of the eelebratlou was uu atunuil-active wushlmll game la which the actives triumphed to the tune of many creakiug boues from tholr opposition. The sl>lh aimlvorsary banquet held Salurduy night in Lite Nittnny Lion Inn whs attended by all uctives and returning alumni. Joseph M. Nelson STATE COLLEGE, PA., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1938 Peace Speaker Kay Kyser Signed For Junior Prom Kay Kyscr and his! orchestra will provide tfio rhythms ‘at the Junior Prom on May 13, it avhs announced ■by Janus* A. Ghml; *3O, chairman of lhe commitlec. As yei. no theme for the Prom has been selected. ♦Shirting at 5i o'clock, the dance will last until 2, adding one hour to Lhei usual time of big (lances. Programs of blue leather have, been chosen byj the committee. ' After an unsuccessful atlempl. to book Ifni Kemp for the dance. Kyscr! was signed after telephone negolui-j lions with his agent'-in New York. | The committee also considered [tunny i -Kerrigan together wilji' (ieim Krupa’s! newly organized band, Cli ck Webb. \ Fred Waring, and Larry Clinton. ] With Kyscr, originator of singing j song titles,-will come almost the iden-| Gcal band that played Senior Baiij here in 1930. Headlining this popu lar company are Miss;'(Jinny Simms. Kyser's songstress ;''i.Sully Mason, whimsical "ride” type«sjnger; (sh Ka bihble,. fJead-|uuL<a*&>jsWM-{-and"Hur ry Babbitt, syrup-voiced crooncK.. Since i' ? last visit lo this campus. Kyser's band has enjoyed widespread popularity. Recently the orchestra took over a big radio spot, when Kyscr signed with a cigarette concern to present the "College .of Musical Knowledge.” Kyscr broadcasts over NiBC every'Wednesday night between 10 and 11 o’clock standard time. Nominees For A.A. Will Be Selected .Joseph I’. Froksa 'BB, president of the Athletic Association’, has an nounced that a nominating commit (ee consisting of the coaches, cap tains, and manager:; of all sports will meet in Ree Hall bins after noon.at 3:30 o’clock for. the purpose of Humiliating students to run for olFices in the Athletic Association for J 938-19351. Junior-Senior Faculty Reception Announced The annual formal .limior-Scnior reception for faculty members will be held in second Hour lounge. Old Main. From *8 until JO Thursday night. Entertainment for the evening in cludes vocal solos' by Doris-Juno Fishbunie ’3B and Barbara E. Hayes '4O; piano sojo by Bernard Rossman ’3O; violin solo by Madeleine L. Sinco '3O, and a performance hy the Speak ing Choir. Pianist will be Florence Marquardt MU.' Miss Hayes will be accompanied by Uut.li Edgar ’3B. i *O3 acted us toastmaster, while Charles C. Hildebrand *92 conducted services for non-living members. .An Important feature of the week end was the. "Burn the Mortgage” eereniouy, in which Lho tast vestige of the mortgage uu the present chap ter house, Incurred when the house was built lu UUS. was paid off by alumui.' A beautiful baud-carved uiautel done by Ralph F. Martin ’95 .wus< pre sented to tile chapter. ' The mantel was unveiled by two other members of the same class. C. W. Hepeuslall aud C. W. Burkett. Phi Gamma Delta wag established by six founders in Feuu Satte in ISSB when the chapter lived lu a site on Beaver Street acruss from the present post office. The national chapter was founded in IS4S. Giles Will Be GrownedMay Queen On 7th Front Campus Chosen As Scene Of Fete; Groups Named Despite the excavations on front campus the annual May Day cere mony, culmination of the year’s ac tivities of the women, will be -held as usual on Saturday, 'Slay 7, at 5 o’- clock. Lucille Giles ’3B as May Queen of the traditional old English May Da}* court, will be crowned by Doris Blak'.moro *39, ’president of W. S. G. A. Rachel M. Bechdcl ’B5), presi dent of the W. A. A., will present her with the world and Italia A. Do- Angelis ’39,‘ president of the P. S. C. A., wtlf give the Queen her scepter. Attendants Named Maid of ’iionor will be Helen B. Cramer ML The Queen’s attendants: Mary E. Taylor Jessie L. Sclmiin fcy ’3B. Ceeile G. Metz ’B9, Anna E. Palmer *B9. Alice C. Noll MU, Bar bara V. Welles MU. Jo E. Condrin Ml, and O ga B. Krepol Ml, and Martha E. McCormick Ml and Jeanne A. Smith Ml ns heralds will lead a reti nue consisting oT jesters, llie honor larch, the hemlock chain and May pole | dancers. This year, for the first, lime. Miss] 'Cameron of the physical education I ; department will select and train thej ;jesters and dancers in the folk andi : May pole dancing. • | Eleanor B. Acker ’39 and Phyllis; j Herzog *B9, co chairmen of May day.' j Imw announced the following commit-, | tees. Ceremony: Eleanor C. Warrj j MU, chairman, Marcia L. Molding *B9, | I Helen F. White *B9. Mary Jane Veil i MO, and Annc/M. Yeager Ml. ' Entertainment.: Mildred L. Lyngi *4O, chairman, Elizabeth J. Hofmann' *B9, Dorothy M. McKinney *B9, Mar-i garel. L. Collins *4O, ami Marguerite) C. Schaeffer '4O. Pr: Molissaj !M. "Minrtiel; 'B9, rhaTrinan, Miry C. J Deaterly 'B' l , Martha M. Marur-uk ‘39,; and Eleanor R. HjfTer *4O. ! ' The wardrobe eoumii'lee consists of Dorothy A. Clarke ’BB, chairman, Nancy L. -Bolden ’B9, Jean L, Bram, i *B9. Mary Ann Frits *39. .Dorothea W. J'Silties *B9. Rachael E. Bosrar *4O. and ;Janice M. MePhail *4O. Music: Jane !*M. Fisher *B9, chairman, Ruth Edgar ! *BB. Anne K. Hall *3B. Mary Lou Jen kins *4O. Josephine A. Keeney *4O. and Kappy Keith Mo. •Other com mill ccs arc: publicity. Lucille B. Greenberg *39. chairman. Dorothy C. Benton, Phyllis R. Gordon *4O, laxbcl M. Jordan ’4O. and Madge F. Norton ’4O. Decorations: Louise A. Haines *B9. chairman, Mary I, Kif ler, Mary Rita Engchmin *B9, and Elizabeth T. Morrison *B9. Jane I. Gruber *39 is budget advisor. * Szymezak Heads Group At Confab Uelcf-.'iles Of 52 Colleges Meet At Government Conference Jn Harrisburg Resolutions for the adoption of the metric system and a 13-munlh; cal ender by the slates and the establish ment of a natiomil lottery through stule cooperation, sponsored by Penn Stale’s delegation of 15 students, were approved by 820 representatives of 82 colleges at the fifth annual In tercollegjatc Conference on Govern ment at Harrisburg lust weekend. I JTJie resolutions, introduced by Francis 11. Szymezak ’3B. who headed j the Stutc delegation as Governor of .the Stale of Illinois, gave the College hi major share of the honor Jit the I fllodel. Governors’ Council which was sponsored this year. A mode! unicam eral legislature is scheduled for next April. Besides Szymezak, other .Stale rep resentatives. were Franklin W. Ruth Jr. ’3B, state treasurer; John A. Tru arovileh *B9, secretary of state; Ed win K. Taylor '3B, attorney general; Daniel F. Joclla ’3B, secretary of ag riculture; D. Kahle MU, secretary of labor; John J. Roberts *B9, secretary of f bunking; Julius Maryiiuor ’4O, sec retary of health; Cusimir Pulkoski ’3B, seeerlary of education; Florence Szymunkiewicz ‘B9, secretary of pub lic welfare; Churtes Miller '39, secre tary of highway; Ruthven A. Aubrey ’39, secretary, of forests and waters; Nestor V. Wahlberg, public utilities commissioner, and William E. Brown ’BB, liquot control administrator. Thomas A. Moore '3B, regional di rector uf the conference, also served as chairman of the public welfare conuni.ttee. Prof. John T. Law, pol itical science, was faculty advisor. Emergency Fund Drive To Aid Lingnan Starts Today, Ends Saturday STUDENT KILLS SELF BULLETIN Obviously a victim of suicide, the body of Deri Mess Jr., ’.‘lB was discov ered shortly after 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon in the clothes closet of his room at Phi 'Mu Delta fraternity. It was estimated that he had been ! dead approximately eight hours, j Fraternity brothers who forced his j door open found that if had been i locked and scaled with yards of ad , hesive tape on the inside. Several I containers of sulphuric acid and so dium formate were found in his room, ! and authorities believe his death to jhave hecn due to gas generated. Mess, aged 22 and an honor stu dent with a -.ld average, was last seen at about II o'clock the proceed ing night hy fraternity brothers who claim that he seemed in good spirits., None of I hem could offer any reason for his act. Pianist Ends Artist Series At 8 Tonight P«Toy Grainger, noted pianist and composer, will conclude this year's Artists Course series in Schwab Au ditorium at eight o’clock tonight. Ar tiste Course subscribers will also be giver an opportunity tonight to indi cate on a ballot their preferences for numbers on next year's series. Grainger, born in Australia, was j-tulored'-on-lhe-piano-"by- his-mother i-vheii a 0101*0 child. At the age of 10 . e studied with Louis Pabst, in Mei bom no. My the time he was twelve he had earned enough from his con certs to go with his mother to Ger many for further musical studies. Music expresses definite pictures and emotions to Mr. Grainger, and hr docs not best in le to communicate to Jus audience his impressions of the cempo jtions'be undertakes. Tickets Still Available Included in the program, Grainger will play numbers by Bach, Schumann, Griclr, Munson, and some of his own compositions. A limited number of* tickets for this single performance will be available. Dining the intermission tonight, each subscriber will be asked to name his preferences for live numbers. He may write in the names of individ uals or o’.ganizuf ions' not shown on he ballot if he so desires. The com mittee in charge will consider Lhe suitability of available dutes, total expense, and uttempt to organize a balai ceil series. Kindlcr. Orchestra Signed Because oT the great demand for Man? Kindlcr and the National sym phony orchestra, tile committee has • e-engaged him for the coming fall. This was done in advance so as to take advantage of a favorable open ivy dale. ! Suggestions which will appear on i Lhe ballot include lists of different dance groups, string (quartets or quin tets. ensembles, choirs and vocal quar tets, : ingers, violinists, cellists, and dramatic groups. Noted Art Critic Endorses i Poor As ( One Of The Best 9 See editorial, "Ai/aiiir-floiv Abo ft Murats!" page J In the midst of universal acclaim for his latest work, "The Culture of Cities,*' Lewis Mmnfurd, one of the foremost architectural and social critics of the day, takes time out to give his "unqualified recommendation” as to the abilities of Henry Varnnm Poor, noted artist mentioned in connection with ilie proposed murals for Old Main. In answer to an inquiry made by a mural minded faculty member, Mum foj'd wrote tbe following letter: . “Henry Vurmnn Poor is one of t • n America today, a man to put alongside the very best in any coun try; and 1 his choice as a muralist for the Pennsylvania State College would reflect great credit on the institution. "The turning away from the medio cre and the insipid in public works, and the willingness to use the more able and original spirits in painting is a sign of a growing cultural ma-1 turity and self-confidence of which I, as a patriotic American, am proud. AH the more happy should an Amer ican be when this new spirit mani fests- itself in one of our publicly rgiatt Z6SS PRICE FIVE CENTS Students From China, Japan Give Talks In Auditorium See editorial, “In Common Cause, . page ii Organized for the purpose of providing aid to Lingnan uni versity, at Canton, China, the Far Eastern Student Emergency Fund drive will begin today and continue until Saturday. Striking, the keynote of the drive. Torn Matsunioto, a Jap anese student at Columbia Uni versity and Clio Yuan Lin a Chinese graduate student at State, spoke at an all-college mass meeting held in Schwab auditorium last night at 7:1. r > o'clock. Dean Ralph L. Watts, head of the Penn State in China committee, presided at Lite meeting. The drive here will form part of h nationwide campaign conducted •mong colleges which act as big broth ers to Chinese schools. President Ralph D. Iletzrl is a member of the national eommil.lee for the drive which has set a goal of $25,000 to he gathered Train colleges throughout the United States. Zahn Heads Drive The drive on this campus will be eon due led under the auspices of the Penn State in China committee and will be headed I y Clayton H. Zahn T.S, an exchange student to Lingnan last year. Emmett K. -'.‘Dusty*’ Rhoades T.x VII have charge.of men's solicitation while Beulah l'\ Gerhchu ’.*{?» will supervise the campaign among women students. Groff Cables for Aid A sperml cablegram Troni “Daddy” Crolf at Lingnan was received last Tliujvday \v Dean Wat Is. who is a member of the board of directors of Lingnan. The text of the message follows: GUUI'T* INFORMS ZAHN MANY CENTRAL A Nit NORTHERN UN -IVERSITIES DESTROYED STOP STUDENTS MIGRATING SOUTH STO P A SSI ST A N CIS N EED ED. CANTON Because of heavy bombing of the civilian population in Nanking, Han kow, Peking, and Shanghai, many students at Lingnihi have found themselves both destitute and orph ans overnight. In order to provide aid to the stricken colleges and uni versities in China American schools organized the nationwide drive. hVa campaign already conducted among the faculty before the Easter vacation by Prof. Donald D. Steven son. one lime instructor at Lingnan, a sum of $2OB was raised to add to vlic {"uount gathered in the student drive. » ROTC Unit. Inspected Today and yesterday the annual of ficial inspection cf the College R. 0. T. C. has been carried on by Lieut. Col. 11. 11. Sliekney, Corps of Engi neers, ami Major Charles D. Carle, infantry. Tin* oflicers came here from the Third Corps Area headquar ters at Baltimore. he most distinguished artists painting supported slate universities.'* Mnmford is widely known in the literary world for a series of studies of American culture, host known of which is perhaps “The Brown Dec ades.” His recent work, “The Cul ture of Cities,” is one of the out standing books of the ■moment and has received unusually wide acelaiiri in all reviews (see Time, April 18). He was architectural and art critic for the New, Yorker magazine for many years, and at present is a con tributing editor of the New Republic.
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