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TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1026
STEAM SHOVELS IN DEBATING
Resolved. That the Chinese system of education caused the
downfall of Napoleon I3onap.u le ” or Resolved. That the Federal
Reseive s\stem is a menace to the capitalists'’ Of course,
these piopositions aie slightly exaggciatcd but. nevertheless,
they indicate to a ceitam degice the modem tendencies m intei
collogiate debating. Today the collegiate forensic artist selects
a subject which would piobably interest only the Picsulent and
his cabinet, then becomes a human steam shovel in digging out
tacts that mleicst nobody and his brothei, and piescnls the aigu
ment to an audience that consists of two “packed” lows. We
censure the undci graduate for his failuie to attend but. attei
all. is he at fault 7
In the business vvoild, it a manufacturer found that the
buying public did not lav or Ins product, what course would he
be likely to puisne.' It is ceitain that he would not condemn
evoiyonc and continue to pioduce the same article No doubt
he would analyze the taste ol the public and then contoim the
pioduct to the demands of the people. And it is high time that
those who select the issues foi inteicollegiate debates follow a
similar policy.
“The subjects should be of leal, culinary, eveiyday inteiest
to the student.—not to someone else.” states Stephen Leacock in
a lecent aiticle m the McGill Fortnightly Review. The maiouty
ol unclergiadualcs aie intoiested in college questions College
hie is then speciality They arc meiely studying what is vital to
them in then piesent field It is part of the present-day tiend
to major in one line of woik or activity. It .students aie not
greatly interested in the Chinese system of education oi the
League of Nations, what matter 7 These issues belong to the
most skilliul ot international statesmen
In inteicollegiate debating, the size of the question must be
stupendous—“as bioad as the continent and as comprehensive
as the census ” For these issues the oiatois devote twenty min
utes and two minutes for lebuttaP Twenty minutes to argue
out the mtt icate economics of a continent, and two minutes to
b’ebute* all Noith Amenca.” When the League of Nations, mun
icipal ovneiship, and initiative, lefciendum and iccall become
pai t ot the daily life ol the student, when he has an actual con
tact with them, when they become pait ot his speciality, lie can
seek authouly iiom the same books and pamphlet* to which the
‘ human steam shovels” losoit.
Let us hav e issues with more “local” intei est Any ques
tion which demands thought, not an issue that involves the col
lection ot a huge volume of chy facts and statistics, is suitable
H is v’oith a "fling” to say the least
‘HAIL TO THE LION”
We aie stumped * Fiom the Oiegon Emeiald comes the an
nouncement that Oiegon U. as not alone m its song problem An
othei pioblcm, but not ot the usual lun We thought it was a
pioblem which had to do with the students Most pioblems do.
A vvrilei in The New Student laments as follows: “In gen
(»al. college songs aie woetully in need ot diy-dockmg and ovei
hau'ing. They aie too tlowenly insincere, too aichaic in diction,
too ihetonca! and symbolical There is too much sentimentality
and not enough sentiment And it is sentiment that wc need—
the sentiment born ot t: uo college feeling . We need . . the
soil of song that you unconsciously hum while you’ie working,
and gathci in gioups to haimom/.e ovei m the sott twilight ot
long Spring evenings” Good foi him Perhaps he’s a lyric
lenoi.
To om mind, Penn State’s songs aie just right—they strike
a happy medium Of com sc, no one bothcis to sing them when
the time is iipc, but they aie sung sometimes. They aie hiu
mom/.ed, 100. But the hatmony comes and is like the man who
always says the i ight thing at the vvlong time. Fiom the amount
ol harmony that tlouts atound the campus these week-end even
ings a listenei might think that “Victoiy” and “The Nittany
Lion” weie component parts of a modern collection of dunking
songs. It our songs must be harmonized, do the pails up brnvn
at the right lime, don’t waste good music on a couple of “whiskey
Lenoi s.”
CONGRATULATIONS
To the Senior Ball Committee for its untiring efforts in
giving to Penn State the best Call m the history of the College.
To the boxing team for its impressive victory over the
Univeisily of Vngima The clean spoi tsmanship evidenced by
both teams was all that could be desned.
To the wrcstleis foi their great display of Penn State spint
in conqticiing Syiacusc.
To the basketball team, ciippled as it was, for downing
Georgetown and putting up a game but losing battle against
Nav y.
To the freshman basketball team for continuing its unbroken
string of victories
To Penn Slate men for their excellent conduct over the past
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Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editoi
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
U W Howard ’27
11. G Womsley ’27
“Copvshouts the linotype opeiatoi Ficn/icdly ml* sotucli the
otfice A second tune comes the maddening civ, “Copy, moie copy *” In*
coiiuanth we lead thiough Sheila’s hebetate conglomeiation of Webstei’s
elite, becoming moie inspissated with each line.
Yes, we igiee with this eistwhile donnant followci of Mencken If
we “lead moie inspn ntions like this,” we would be inspncd to sudden and
violent deaths hut the wmld vimld be hetteied.
Ag.un the woman has hu wav **
Deni Darnel,
Business Manager
Advertising Manager
Citculilion Manager
I woiiv to -c*c* win so tioiOiled about not knowing how to wide Mavbc
all will need is m'-puation
In those halinj daw, that used to be
\\ hen women weie womanh
And men weie nianlv,
It did not seem to be a huiden to wide
Love songs,
Pastoi il stone**,
Ciiucsome woe,
r It Sunil* MS
W S 1 linin'..>n *2«
J T Van.liMilmn: *2l
Then sit she it hoi maihlo desk
In hci beet pailoi, moodilv chociiless and quiet
She wiung hu hands, hei handkei chief, liei hoait, hoi hank
\nd dinnk the diegs ot damp despau,
And shucked to all ousting gods
Her lament
Then stiung this on the point of hei quill
\n.l wiote i
Multitudes tend and wept and fainted
Youis affectionately^
Sheila jAmelin
p s—This wmld would-be a.bettei place to live in if more woitlnvhile men
like vou lend ampliations like this,
W. W. SWETT EXPLAINS
FACTS ON MILK TONIGHT
United States Bureau Expert
Analyzes Dairy Problems
and Experiments
Speaking on The Relation of Type
anil Continuation ol Dam Cnttle to
Milk Pioduction,” Pi of \Y W Swett,
loimulv of the Utuveisity of Miss*
oun, an 1 now with the U S Buieau
of Darning, will addiess the Penn
State section ot the ‘Vmetican Dniiv
Xuence association tonight at seven
o’clock in Room 27) Danv Innkling
Piofcswn bwett’s visit is in connec
tion with u co-opeiativc cxpei iment
which is being conducted at Penn
Stile, Cornell, Umveisitv of Cnlifoi
nia and nine olhei institutions umloi
the ducction of the U b Buie.m ol
Dany mg The object ot the expeu
ment, which has been in piogiess foi
the p mt two veais, is to deteimine
the leHtion ot the tvpe of dairy cat
tle to m.lk pioduction
Pioiessoi Swett pavs fiequent vis
its to the unions colleges and univer
sities which ue co-opt*!atmg in the
jonductim- of the cxpei iment, taking
with him suggestions for methods of
obtaining data This is lux second
visit to Penn Stite. Ills letcuie,
which will be llhistiated bv lantern
-tides, will include some of the ic
uiltx ohtntncd tlnough the expci i*
meal
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TIII F'INN b‘
Man, meie and wotmhke as today
Moielv lifted his eves on high
Behold the spauowa in their nests,
ihe waving weeds,
The i aging stoim.
The heavens blue.
And mauls demuie
'Then **tioked he hts» fmhoid, white and high,
Ami dipned his pen in l.ving ink
And wiote whole filings of Inc*
Multitude** read, giew ambitious, fought, made love,
Oi if, peichance, a woman yenned
To touch some* souls with a teaiv wand,
(lawcut D lined heed.
Foi vou Know nothing
Oi nc\t to nothing
Of sentiment)
She coicd hei ho.ut with muidcieis’ knives
Ami tiod henvilv v ith the‘mas&es>,
Vi ate«l the sick,
Hunted up bioken lieniU,
Pieiced* them, nil. U.U. mi.
Ami Inined homeless tioubadmus *
DR RITENOUR ADVISES
Accoiding to Di J. P. Ritenour,
speci il precaution should he taken at
this time of the vc.u against din
geis of conti acting coughs and colds
At no time of tne yeai is a peison
moie susceptible to these illnesses
and, at no time of the yeai, me they
moie dnngeious
Statistics taken fiom vanous col
leges in the diffeient sections of the
United States show that out of an
iveiage student both* of 2485 poisons
twenty-thiee peicent have three oi
fom colds a yeai; si\ percent have
two oi tlnee colds .. veai ami onlv
aoventeon peicent ha e eithoi one
mid m none at all \Vh°i it is »i*d
■ i/od how manv veij senous it ■*<a'cs*
fiom nieife colds, these statis
tics aie al.u ruing.
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DANCERS ACCLAIM
SENIOR FUNCTION
COMPLETE SUCCESS
Strains from'AVhiley Kaufman’s
Orchestra Greet Guests
at Imposin'; Ball
ELABORATE DECORATIONS
LEND COLORFUL SETTING
Four Hunched and Fifty Couples
Attend Annual Formal
in Aimory Friday
The Somoi Ball has at last taken
its piopei place among the othei so
t *ul functions at Penn State Be
neath the mynad of coloied lights
and dccointions that tiaasfoimed the
Aimon fiom a dull gvmnasmm'into
!,*. huge ballioom, four bundled and
If.ilv couples danced to the* urcbistable
stialns of populai melody last Fiidav
night, mm c tlmii double the numboi
<.vc*i picscnt at the Semoi class func
tion m the past.
With “Wlntey” Kautimuwmd Ills
C*chebtra at its best, a vaiietv ot
appealing dance numbois and lythm
c uisod the uppcielnssmen and guests
11 forget all past, piesent and futuie
wmucs “Whitov” himself swung a
magic baton and diew fiom Ins ten
musicians the tvpe of music that has
g ven the* pomilai Victoi Recording
, Oichestra an an all its own
Elaborate* Decorations
The decorations for the afTan were
furnished bv Silvci stein and compnm
rf Wilkes-Bano. A huge checkei
hoaid of mtciwovcn stnps of blue
. nd gold bunting foi mod the ceiling
of the ball loom Fiom the edges of
the ceiling white diapenes extended
to the foui walls, meeting them sever
"l feet above the floor to which place
j they' v ere then dncctcd
j A canopy lighted by several gold
,cn*stai‘* led duectlv to the lloor
[Ovoihead, the ballioom vas lighted
ihi a chain of lights smioundcd by
1 multi-coloicd shades, which extended
around the foui edges of the ceiling
J (kcointion
The absence of favors, hcictofou
iconsidered es«ontnl foi a dance of
|tnc type of the Scnioi Ball, caused
much comment. The* mujontv ot the
[dancers weie peifcetly satisfied with
out the usual mementos, winch aided
gieatly m the i eduction of the sub
‘inption puce.
Ninel Ideas
Scveial original ideas, worthy of
comment, winch aided gieatly in
making the dance a success, weie put
into effect by the committee • Each
fuiterinty booth was icudily identi
fied bv a shingle beaimg the greek
symbols ol th fiateimtv The num
lei of each dance was announced bv
mms RK.
NEW HANDY PACK
Fits hand ~
pocket and putse
More for your money
•nd the best Peppermint
CbewingSweetforanymoney
Look for Wrigley’s P. K. Handy Pack
on your Dealer’s Counter 07 fc
placai ds Complimentary admissions
to the bull yyero m the foirn of for
mal invitations, which aided by the
tact that each ticket to the affair was
mimboicd, made the checking of the
tu hots sold much simplei and nioio
an urate
The onlv “favoi” of the dance went
lo Miss Esther Ziegler of lliunsbuig !
Rpfoie intermission the numbered
ticket stubs held by the committee
weie placed befoio “Whitey Kauf
man, who dievv the nunibei 578 T.»
llu* holdei of the conespomling tick
et v cut a five pound box of candy.
Each member of the committee yyas
picsented with a gnidcmu through
Fdv 01 stein and company
Dance* Draw *, Comment
In commenting about the Scnioi
function scveial of the pillions and
pattonesses voiced the* opinion that
the dance was among the best they
had witnessed at Penn Suite. The
success of the dance this veai has as
sjicd the Scnioi Ball a piommcnt
p’nce among the othei functions in
the futuie
The* committee in cliaigc* of the aL
faii was composed of (» M Cook,
ch.iuman, Miss Ruth Schaeffer, Mi*-**
31 B Chnmbeis, B. M Hiickett, E
G Hawkins, A. Y. Smith, Hugh
dunes, \V. G Giay and D D Heni\’,
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*lW»tLi.\, February la.
BATTLE WAXES HOT IN
PROFS’ TENPIN CIRCLES
(Continued from first pnge)
for this method of wmfaio, accord
ing to Zicglci.
Major League Prospects
PiofeHsor Ziegler declines that
tlcie is, a possibility of uncai thing
some likely candidate loi majoi*
league twilling honin'? il the muniiei
.11 which some of the faithful follow
in'? of the wooden allies tluow tlio
halls counts in then lavot l*’oi the
i»‘toundcd Captam T 1’ ihe.siuhan a
new light his at last dented the v»a\
foi he has found that b\ waiving In-*
ifKack he can make a ball roll whoe
.he least expects ,
[ At picscnt the mote cxpeiionccd
, team that lepiesents the Uimorsitv
. r lub is leading the held, having won
[ten games anti lost none Altliougn
| the militaiv depuitment and the uwl
! cngineei lolleis .no now doing as well
irs should be C'.pected of piolcssion
|.«ls of tln*u standing, the\ still
i cmain in the uppei half of the pet
ccntagc column.
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