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Penn State Collegian
Published semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Penn- j
fiylvama State College, in the interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni and ;
l-riends of the College.
EDITORIAL STAFF
It. W. Cohen *2G
K T. Kriebel ‘2G
A. K. Smith *2G
V/. J. Durbin ’2G
IT L. Kf liner '2O
R. A. Shancr *2G
JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS
(I E FVliei ’27
w. F Adler ’27
E II Colem.in '27
TUXIOIt WOUEVM XHWS EDITORS
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Editor this issue
FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18. 15)25.
CHRISTMAS
Campus greetings cat iy a row note of chcei. Wot k-crow decl
iioura seem shorter than before and a new urge is abioad—the
t hnstmas spirit is awakened again'
Lut we eonsidei foi a moment lla\e wc used piopuly the
term awakened?" On leflection, it would seem that we have
clone so, untoi lunate though the condition may be In our age
anc * so ' ca^ teason, especially as niinored m the little
college worlds, too oiten is the slide mle substituted for the Gold
on Rule, cheerfulness is lost m the shadows ot tulmo moblems
and thoughtfulness and fucndhne.v, are lorgotlen
!«■ «i.eh an age, then, is sentiment dead'* The Chnstmas
ec<u* i. -n any college campus shouts a joyous No l Sen ices such
as l held under the big e\ergicen. when a thousand Penn State
sLude.iLS sangcaiols, show an abiding lailh in the spait ot Chirst-j
mas. Beliefs may vaiy, aie often neglected in the sci amble lor
lacts, but beneath it all oiu college jouth is piepming foi a life
ot service m the bunging ot good will among men
This Chnstmas spmt, so m.nkod m picsent expectations,
should be kept toiemost, e\en in the happi less of vacation plans
icalixed Let’s put chcci, fiom the hemt into oui yulet’dc gieet
mgs'
May our fnends, and olheis, enjoy a Men v Chnstmas
A BELL-OW
Last spung theie appeared on the Penn State campus the
fust issue ot the "Old Main Bell" Faculty and student leadens
lulled the publication as a much-needed stimulant to undci grad
uate consciousness and to the doimant htciaiy appetites attubut
od to the Penn State student Tne debut of the "Bell,” moused
interest, but, pci haps on account ol ihe unfortunate lime ol ic
lease, the issue was undci subscribed Tins oceunencc necessi
tated a re\i&ion of the sales procceduie
Immediately aitei the Christmas recess the new* publication
hoard ot the "Bell” will begin its subscription campaign ior the
next issue. In all conscience, theie can be but one lc-ponse fiom
the student body
Until last spung Penn Slate had foi some rears been unable
to boast any student-edited publication piotcnding to puic hler
aiy woith. Some of our rcadeis will accept this fact quite pas
sively They will close thou eyes to anothe, significant fact,
that practically cvoiy college and unAciMty which thev me m
the habit ol legaidmg equal in ian'* to Penn Slate and many
which they aie likely to unwcler micuoi, ha\c htciaiy magazines
as stable as the campus newspaper and the campus comic. They
will loiget that many ot the high schools at which they prepaied
h«id modest htciaiy magazines Thev will lecognize no implica
tion which these tacts might bring home And they v ill turn
deal curs to the note* ot the "Old Mam Bell ”
Penn State, howe\cr, lias nucleigiaduates of anothei oideir—
Jor the future of the College wc hope the" me m the rnaioiity—
undertfiaduates who icalne that a college education mint bo
something more than a tiamirg in the use of a handbook, an ac
quisition ot facts and nienUil discipline flora text-books. They ic
ahze that theie is another side, just as 1111 pm tant* an appreciation
ot things hteiaiy. in theory taken caic ot by the college courses,
in tact pitifully handicapped by the lack of means of cxpic.ssion
And moie, thev icalizc that litcr.u > woik pioduced by their own
classmates, although faulty perhaps, cun be at once a pleasme
to read and a prod to thou own creative powers.
These are the men who can set the slnnduid ol intellect and
culture at Penn State The first modest step ot the "Old Main
Bell” m pointing the way to that standard was ielteimg The
second step must be made secure
Dining the past week a nation-wide poll on the World Comt
question was conducted in every Ameiiean college and unneisity
The issue was vital, affecting e\ciy citi/on, and the losults weie
expected to influence the judgment of the ‘-talesmen who aie
now moulding our nation’s destinies.
But the tabulation of the totals liom hundreds of colleges
reveals the fact that of appioximaloly seven hundred thousand
Amcucan undeigraduates only one punched and twenty thousand
\oiced then opinions on this all-impoitant question Unnersilies
with student bodies ol moio than fifteen thousand were able to
amiss but a scant nineteen hundred \otcs and colleges of five
11* nd but seven hundiH Is it Luo that only one student in
0 ve ,M ’ six is sufficiently intei estorl in cunent topics to state his
opinion on what is peihaps the nation’s greatesl pioblem?
Courses m political science and history fail when undci grad
uates ignore contemporary political issues and fail to notice events
which are shaping historv. Piactical expenoncc is the ciy of
employers But piactico is gamed not only in the laboratories.
It is the coupling of thcoictical study with present clay events
that consitutos the really important pinctieum And the‘stud
ent studying present clay pioblems as well as thcoictical prob
lems is the one who is fitting hmisclt for scmcc m the outside
world It is he who will achie\c success.
It is not the fault of the colleges It is the fault of the un
dergraduate. And with him lies the lcmedy.
Editor-in-Chtef
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
U W Howard ’27
1! Ci Wom*,le> ’27
Manager
Ad.’citiMiig Manager
Cucnl.'lion Manager
D C W’lini lon ‘27
E IL Coleman
MYOPIA
<srME
i nows xsrilxi
MW
fc-
With only two more quires it'd two spoils to h\c ihtough I bo
to feel as if \aeaton weie icallv lieu- la fact. Dame!. I dmof-t wiote
poem I did wute one \o"*e uni if puttc rood, >,o I’ll quote it.,but
second \use didn’t go so wdl though the thought is beltet—it wouhl
ilbme and what can \oa do with ,t volte that won’t ilium; Ami,r , hei
the fi-,1 voiM*
I sing of the imghtx Chnstnus tico,
The best or all its km I,
Except perhaps Uu* punticc,
Where jam mid take we find.
Am! this i'- what I was fining to put m the emml \eiso, hut it non
n't «o It's one of those thoughts that ,ue ton deco fm mortis m.whe W
jou know the funuK tiee, don’t vm 1 Well ’t>, omeUung like the Chii
mas tree, except the Cht*vtju.v tiee lias lots <;i lights on it and oui fam
tice has onlj one light on it, and n\ Oitliei s.ns that’s mn I Junk it »>
lather queei of hint to snv it, though, because I'm nexci he
Well, Daniel, as tins is the 1 ist urn’ll nca. fi m>i me kefoie Chi istm
PU wish >ou
Yon thought I was /romp: to sot “Men., Chnstmas,” didn’t \ou"
I fooled xO,l, Miss L Toe
Dear Dating
As I was looking thru m\ duu* the other night, I came across whit I
consular some piettx goo I exhibitions of
I’cnu Slate “Line*’*’
“Tlie moon i-. nice tonite,” lie said,
Ami put her hand upon Ins .nm
As tow aid the shadowed poith lie led
“The moon is nice tonite,’’ he said
(Good taste m gul_, hu “biotin i“ had)
‘The moon is nice tonite,” he s.i.d,
And put his liird upon hci atm* !
“Nitwit lanebr.ii! , fool,” he cued
A xxell aimed kiss then icached its in irk
The fue in l.*i exes l.e spied
And ‘Nitwit. I’nebt.im, fool," he cued
lb* picsscd the ‘spitfire” to his sule
Against his aim hot he d did .ink
Then "Nitwit, lamcbiam, fool,” he cried
Hi, we’l aimed kiss had reached its mail,
(alias I M Pol loin r K K Kntn]uis
P. I. D. A. ENCOURAGES
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMATICS
College Plstyers Organization
Takes Step To Procure
Amateur Shims
With the success of their Inst col-
legiate dinnatic contest a ninttei 01
biston, the Peiinsjl.’aiu i hiteicol-
l« grate Dramatic association r, no
tuining its attention to otliei
tci s concerning the piomotion of au.-
ateui diamatus, with spccia* em
phasis on sen ice to high schools ol
Ihe State, Piof A C Cloetingh of
the English department and inci
dent of the association announced to
day.
After Gettysburg college and
Ducknell unneisitv dtamatic clubs
had been declaied the lust arc! *-ecnnd
rlace winners, respeclnelx, in thr
plax contest, the association accom
plished the last of its Jour m jo 1 *
piojects Another aim is to ammo
rnd mnintam interest in the dr arm
among college students Tbov luxe
.Iso pioxided a dealing houso ol
lueas with a connn.ttce that keeps
on file the names of the piny - mxnt
1/ released to amateurs, md pi oxide
other information of interest nnd
profit to members Exchange pe>-
foimrnces me to be arranged bv tin.
committee Ihev also hope to luxe
e. rh college member gixo assistance
to the high schools m then xicnif
m the matter of choice of plaxs, *"]-
citron of icenux and to w’th
lhe coaching
FLOKVL CLUB I* \HTY
The Floral Club staged its fust
Christmas partx’ at the Firends Union
house Tuesday night Among tin*
evening’s entertainment vote several
mandolin selections b\ S II Toichia
’27, “identification of house plants
contest,” vid the presentation of gifts
to the senior members ol the group
The piogr un was prepared bx the
tumois taking the Floneultuie couise.
E 1 Wilde, prolessor of P tor icullui e,
portrayed the role of Santa Claus ard
pic-icnted each senior with a gift
Write Yotit Name with
SANFORD’S INK
It Will Last Forci’er
SANFORD'S
** Fountain Pen Ink
’The Ink tluit RSaile the
Fourtala ren Posubtc"
THE TENN STATE COLLEGIAN
A Merry Christm;
Wc hope son’ll hau* a grand tmu
Chri'-lma*' Ho'idais We Know jnu
puls a pair of
NORTHLAND SK:
in \our ‘•(uckni)'. Christmas and snoit
land'—U>o‘< enjcijmenl'
Our free hnckjet to Ski”
northi'And’ ski mfg’
World’s J Jarseat §ki M.mi
Z J Merriam Park, St. Paul. Minn. <
5
£ Best wishes for
I
Fishburn’s Meat Market |
A MERRY XMAS
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Xmas Greetings
The Fashion Shop
Best Wishes For
A Merry Xmas
and
A Happy and
Prosperous New Year
Nittany
Printing and Publising Co.
State College Transformed by Rapid
Construction of Buildings Since 1922
If \ou \\<mi* a gi idu ile of the class
of 1'»22 ami leturncd to \nui Alma
Matoi todav for the fust \isit suite
graduation. wouldn't the town appeal
st*autre to you*’
Tlip class of '22 lias been singled out
because that was the yeai when the
town of State College stinted to put
on a new appeal nice. The men of
this chsa knew this as just a small
| \illnge Today, onlj four joai.s Intel,
| numeious building operations hue
1 completed tiansfoimed Stale College,
t giving it the appeanmee of a laiee
! tow »
Tile piesent semoi class came to
Penn State just as the older fiame
dwellings began to be leplaced by up
to-date modern buildings They have
witnessed the entile tiunsfounntion
that thus fai has spicad over a col
lege gcneiation The National Bank
was becoming acclimated m its pics
ent location on College Avenue The
twu-storj fiame building of the Nit*
turn Punting Company has been le
placed by a modem stiuctuie Stoics,
such as Ilann and O'Neal, Fcnvvaj
| Tea Room, Weiss Puie Food, Kgolf’s
| mil the Old Mmn Ait Shop have all
stalled, on Rust College* Avenue in
then new horns suice the cl *.- «■ oL
1920 enteied as fteshmen
On Allen Stieet smulai changes
have been noted" The People-. Nation
il Bank was unknown fom veals ago
but now occupies a familial red lank
building. Numeious miallei business
Piuses whuh include the Pui-t\ Tea
Room, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com
pany APs Shop, Seif-is, Natan
Quick Lunch, Penn Slate Ilndwt .«•,
Cubtiec's in addition to the Cmvit
sis building have spiung up m tie
genetal piogicssive movemenu Until
two ye.us ago Allen Stieet wa. just
an ouhnniv* dnt toad v.ith sidewalks
ot vaued descnptions Ceme.it p.,
ing covers, all tiaces of toimei oavs
and boulevaid lights at spaced intci
vals give the s>tiect a untque effect
Buildings that five joais back wcie
but common-place stiuctuies aie now
suddenly becoming tiaditional iuud
maiks Thcv aie i.ipt.ll.. tiring I»«l
in the whnl of birkhng opeiat.>ns
that me sleeping thi K'gh the loan.
uld
k'oll,
ust
nily
»v*is
Two structures piodoii'innlo m the
luoie lecent constitution These'nu)
the “movie” house on Cohere A\rm.e
th.it Mnuncc Bnurn e\pec*s to open
on March fust anil the Leit/cM, Smitli,
Mnntgomeiv and Schlow butidm?-,
that adjoin each othei on C-op eoi -
With an nhLicipntcd seating capac- i
itv of 108-1, almost double the 050 that j
the Pastime accommodates, e\ei\ of-j
foil has been made to give State Col- 1
tore an amusement house th it will be !
the last woid in aiLhitcctuinl beiulv.!
In the basement of the new (heater n
pool loom with hfteen tables will be
operated Tlnce stoics with a spac
ious aicnde will complete tlie down
turns while two moie stoics will fl ink
the mam entianee to the thcntio. Ac
cording to the piescnt plans of Mi
Baum the Pastime will be tuined ovei
for some othei cnteipusc not yet an
nounced while the Nittanv will le
nam as the othei pla\ house
On Co-op cornei the Leit"ell build
in?, l.ipidlv neat in? completion, will
be the futuie home of thiee concern' -
The Athletic stoic will hate now stn
loundmgs when it is moved acioss
the street ,to ocoup.v the opposite c,oi
net. Xe\t to it on Allen Stioet will
be Giah.tm and Sons yhile the ic
matning pint of the new stiuctuie
will bo used by the Keyatoiu* Light
and Power compam These itores
nic not expected to be icadj lor oceu
panc.. until Febiumy »
Ne\t laigest in sue io the Schlow
building on College Avenue, whiui
will be opened immediately following
vacation The Blue Moon and
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For Sport or Street Wearl
SsSSSS SEA Island
f ,“! urcr * M hhb, r JMPOIiIED
able racnlianJilc BROADCLOTH
| G*[sl£«Mius I WrJnslvcuhf Smluys
! 'BRM)CLOTJ5 >
! " I IMPORTEP f
j; w 1 - 1 1 •} Expresses good taste
and good judgment
Sea Island Mills, 53 worth st., new York
• Among - our assets we like to count
the only one that money cannot buy
—your good will.
And so at this Holiday Season
we extend to you—not as a customer
alone, but as a friend—the Best of
Wishes for the coming- year.
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF STATE COLLEGE
Ft iJay. Hcccuhei LK, 102.".
Sehlow's Quality Shop me heie to lx
fount! Montgomery ami the Smith
bmbci shop ench housed in then own
stiuctmes, side b\ side on Allen
Street, weie tne fust to be compluled
Apavtmeats ami olkces complete tin
niahe-up of the second floois in these
foui buildings
What would we do up here, tucked
awuv among the Ntltiur, mountains,
without good old Uncle Sam's pn.t
of^c•e‘, It is piobabh the most wubly
used building in town But no longei
can the P 0 olneials complain of pom
facil’ties and lac!" of space The>
niONfd nciositlie atieet and now occu
py a well-liglitod budding th..t is it'
keeping v ith the genual tieml ol ad
vancement 'I heir lo.mei home, ie
j modeled, now houses the Music Boom,
i Fibhhiun’s Miat Maikot, and the
( Penn State Photo Shop
Cto
’RlCtCjA.ij'S r/' Quaß&T
Commentmtr l - T.<!a\ and dui
Xmas \auitiuu Thcatie opens
FRIDAY—
L \RIIY SEMON
in “Ihe Pei feet Clown*
S \TURDAY—
IRENE RICH
mi "The V ife W ho Wasn't Wanted*
>10X1) VY
>IOXTE lILUE
m "Limited Mill'
\> EDNESDAY—
S|»ecial Children’s Matinee
LARRY SEMON
in *“l he Wizard of 0/”