penn State (Lollegian
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Friends of the College.
EDITORIAL STAFF
IT. W. Cohen '26
It. T. Kriebel ‘2O
A. K. Smith ‘2O .
W. J. Durbin ’2O
11. 1,. Kellner >26
It. A. Shaner '2O
JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS
G E. Fisher ’27
W I». r.eod ’27
W. F. Adler ’27
U. II Coleman ’27
JUNIOR WOMEN'S NEWS EDITORS
Ellen A. Bullock *27 Frances I. Forbes ’27 Alary E. Shaner *27
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News Editor’this Issue
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1926.
GIVE AND TAKE.
The time goes back two yeais. The place is the University
oi Kansas The occasion is a debate between the forensic teams
icpicsenting Penn State and Kansas The Blue and White de
batci s appear on the platform, and a mighty applause goes up
liom the huge audience, an audience that numbers more Ilian
two thousand people. And never for one moment has the Blue
and White foi gotten that memorable reception, a reception that
moio than merits lecipioeation.
On Thursday night, the Unitersily of Kansas debaters ap
pear in the Auditorium They are accustomed to large audiences,
and icel th.it one will gicet them in the Nittany Valley. Penn
Suite's team is suflcnng “menial agon}” so to speak, for mem
bers of the squad are helpless The entire squad would fill but
the lust two low of seats.
Penn State undergraduates should forget their antipathy
for debates, tf such a thing exists, on Thursday, and return a
compliment oi tv o years’ standing. It is an excellent opportunity
Jm the Blue and White to “captuie the West.”
RE CLASS ELECTIONS.
We quote from an article m the recent “Century ”
“Oh, I don’t know.” Richaxd answered. “I guess I’ve joined
the gioup of young men who still think something can be done.
Ccituinly something ought to be. I’m back again where I was
as a sophomoie. anxious to make the world a better place to live
in.”
The aiticle concerned politics—Richard had been stumping
for the Third paxty, which is known as “radical” to those reac
tions ics who do not use the polls on Election Day. We also gath
er two more thoughts—one that Richard was once a college man,
and the other that he used the word “sophomore” in its oldest
sense, that of “wise tool ”
All of which bungs to mind the class elections which, until
now, ha\c appioached noiselessly with the spring months. Theie
aie too few* Ricluuds in the colleges today—the “spoils system”
has too gieat a hold on the voters
These young lllummati who wish to refoim sooner ox later
are made to admit defeat and xav "Let George do it.” The pow
(•i-lusliul candidates do not want offices m which the duties can
lie performed ioi the benefit ot the class. They want offices, the
1 row ox ot which may be used to benefit themselves.
Upsets in college class elections arc many. Not always does
the best man get the job. The best man is the well-known man,
the man who has done something for Penn State, the man of in
tellect; he. and only he, is deserving ot the position as leader of
his class.
Before we know. Election Day will be here. There will be no
stumping oi printed placards; but theie will be an abundance of
\otes cast because the umllumincd will place their ill-advised con
fidence in some candidate w*ho has whispered that he is an expon
ent of the “spoils system ”
.Illinois, sophomores, freshmen—find the RIGHT, the BEST
man!
YOU CAN’T KEEP THEM OUT.
“Thai lock-ribbed stalwart, the Old Graduate, is in for it
going and coming”—New York “Times.”
Next yeai, according to the “Times,” the price of football
tickets for games m the Harvard bowl will be five dollars for the
Old Graduate, instead of the customary three dollars. The price
loi undergraduate pasleboaidx will not remain at three dolUis;
it is to be lowered to two.
There will bo no commercialism, none at all. There will be
no championship lootball games; Harvard will play “only her
natuial and local” rivals. No, sir, there will be absolutely no
commercialism The price simply rises from three to five dol
lars foi the Old Giad and is lowered to tw r o dollars for the Old
(bad's son.
Three and throe equal six. Five and two equal seven. No
commeicialism. Simply the ingenuity of the Harvard Athletic
Association At any rate, the Old Grad foots the bill.
NITTANY DEBATER VIE
WITH KANSAS THURSDAY
(Continued from first page) The orators come here uflei a tie
full of spmt and is tiuly extempor- bate with Pitt and then proceed to;
.menus Susquehanna, Franklin and Marshall,
Two >ems ago Kansas State won
,i decision uvet Penn State in u debate
m Manhattan, Kansas At this time
nn audience of more than two thous
and gieeted the Nittany team. Coach
Jfeni.v hopes that Penn State stu-
Editor-In-Chief 1
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
U. W. noward ’27
11. Cl. Wonwley ’27
Business Manager
I*. IL Smalls '23
W S Hionann ’2S
U. W. JJnwaid
dents will reutrn this courtesy hy at
tending Thursday’s match m groalei
numbers than usual.
Massachusetts Agricultural college
and other Eastern schools.
Dr. Hunt, authority on public speak*
mg and professor of English at
Swaithmore college, will act «s
judge
Thoughts of Others
DOG PROBLEM
(The Daitnroiith)
To the Editor of The Paitmouth
A new and vveiglrlv problem has
come into oiu midst' It seems to me
that the dogs of this little Milage
among the hills, aie altogcllici 100
much in evidence. I can stand the
Airedale sitting on the stops of the
Ad building—also the one that does,
likewise in fiont of William's Laun
dry. “Puddles” of the Cofioo Shop
is also a fin onto The little dog (/)
at Horace P.utudgu's is quite 0 K
and e\en the pmp that occasionally
Mbit* Z Webstci has his nientb Ye-,,
all of tliLbC aie college tiaditions and
as such should be mamt lined—but
when these cuis come in buds and
threaten to tiample student, undei
foot, something should be done about
One of the vile beasts contracted un
affection foi mv loom-mate the othei
nay to the extreme emlnuiassment ol
the othei fellow, then jum last Sat
urday three great big dogs chased
us home and we wmen'l able to go out
the lost of the evening At Cainival
parliuiliuly the desire*. oi the dog
element should be •'uppiessed '1! eie’s
nothing vvoise than pointing out a
cute little dog to voui gnl .ml then
having him misbehave Ol unu-e,
llieic may be manv v.tys ol dealing
with the situation hut jra-l as in iocm
l suggest tli it-Smith Hall be t»l clos
ed but that the empty loom*, he as
signed to \aimns clogs Tins vill be
hcncliicial to the lam! .cape it r.,t to
the dogs
STRATEGIC COUGHING
(Gieen anil \\ bite)
When matching pennies and laving
bets on the length of the sermon n
piaycr fail longei to .nui-e the stu
dents ot W’lHiims College at chapel,
the undeigradti ties it-anl to Ills oT
coughing at stiatigic riomuit, in lli •
set vice.
It is a miNtme of the ctgatoUe
tough and the bionchi.il cough, and
hi oiks out at stialegic moments of
extended seimons ui sriiptme lead
ing*,
The piaclice of 10 tiling nevvspapcis
and lcttois in morning chapel has le
ccntly tnllon off A voung ntvvspa
pei coricspondent used to scauh
e"«ei lv for his ai tides during the soi -
vice until President Gailield, conduct
ing the bOiMce, remarked
“Gentlemen, conti atv to the appar
ent belief, the lesson is not m the
Spnngfield Republican, but in the
second book of Acts ”
STUDENT FEDERATION TO
MAKE NATIONAL SURVEY
In an effoit to mouse the Amencan
student to a gieatci lnloiest in col
lege and national affnus, the Na
tional Students’ Fedeiation of Amei
ica, organized at Piinceton a few
months ago, is making a nation-wide
survey among undeigiaduates and
faculty mcmbeis to find the cuilent
opinion concerning nupnitant ques
tions of Aincncan college life
Tins smvev will be conducted by a
iiucful and systematic scinch taken
fiom student publications icpicsent
ing all parts of the country The
committee composed of Princeton stu
dents who are to go tlnough the pa
pers, will coniine then clipping ac
tivities for the time being, to the five
subjects which hive been chosen for
immediate investigation
These subjects concern the questioi
of coinpulsoiy carpel, the value of
the piesent lecture system, the rela
tion of fraternities to the college, the
place of athletics in education and
student participation in the arrange
ment of ctuiiculi No stand will he
taken on nnv question until after sev
eiul months of cmctul investigation
lmvc elapsed
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TIIE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
FRATERNITY MIT;FINALS
DATED FOR TOMORROW
(Continued from first page)
I the pace set in the first round. Cm
tiv. Pin Kappa Sigma IGO-pounder,
1 added the second and finnl point to
I Ins tiatermtv’s score when he bested
lleitig in a scrappy bout
Appealing for the second time Robb
was defeated by McAndrews, stnlvvnit
Alpha Sig light-heavy weight m n
loosely fought bout.
W'lth the score then standing 4-2
in favm of Alpha Sigma Pin, Pin
Kappa Sigma forfeited the heavy
weight class
' llanchctt, Theta Upsilon Omega,
1 opened the second meet by sconng a
decision ovci Chapman of Alpha
j Gamma Rlro in a *4uglost Aftei be
| mg slightly outpointed bv Ticichlct m
i the lirst round, Bi ambler, A G. R
i featherweight, retaliated in the ’ns:
■two periods with n senes of effect
ive uppercuts and left hooks to gam
■ a decision. The K!5-pound light was
i marked by terrific slugging, Durbin
[ ot the Ag contingent losing to Royc
mainly because of lus wildly nrrdr
leeted punches In the middleweight
division Blank of T U 0 increased
his fiatermty lead to 1M by annex
ing u win over Cohen
With lus frnteinitv on the short
end of the score Fessloi entered the
ring to represent the A G. R boxer .
in the remaining three weights The
first bout had hardly opened v hen he
scored a knockout over Fmeftock, )m
lanky opponent In the next Light
Fessloi tied the count at three all by
winning fiom Spcchl. The robots*
i was foiced to stop the match in the
; tlin d tound
j Fc“*slei then proceeded to clinch
. the meet almost single-handed, elec
itufving the spectators by securing a
knockdown over lus bigger opponent,
Patterson, in the first canto, holding
him to a draw m the second and gam
ing an ersy decision at tire end of the
tilt
PROF. CASSELBERRY TO
ADDRESS OUTING CLUB
“Some Animal Phenomena” will he
the subject of an address to he made
by’ Pi of. U D. Cussclheny of the de
partment of Zoology at a meeting
of the Outing Club in Room -tl-i Old
Mam tonight nt seven o’clock
CO-ED SHOOTERS SCORE
949 AGAINST CINCINNATI]
Murks First Mutch With Ten
Members on Team—Fire
Oklahoma Next
Firing their fust match in which
nil ten highest targets counted, the
co-ed miuksmcn piled up a score of
040 out of a possible 1000 in their
match last week with the University
of Cincinnati The results of Cin
cinnati’s taigctmg have not as yet
ai lived
The Blue and White high scores m
this match were the Misses E A Bul
lock '27, J G Ritter '29, K Holbrook
’2B, .T. E. Womei '27, L E Andeison
'27, W M. Forbes '2B, M. Darlington
'29, M L Dunlap '29, H. M. Hakes
’27 anil N Gie.ir '27. This is r new
intercollegiate recoid, bienking the
old mark of successive perfect scores
made lust vein by one of Diexel’s
woman sharpshooters who fired four
successive pci feet scores
Scores just received from the Uni
versity of Michigan and Geoige Wash
ington university place the Penn State
nunrbei of victones nt six out of the
eight matches fired this season. .Ok
lahoma, on account of a change in
schedule, is to be the Nittuny oppon
ent this week
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It actually runs itself—you just guide it.
It polishes under davenports, buffets,
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PLAYERS’ LATEST
BEST, SAYS CRITIC
Commends Work of Main Leads
In “The First Year”—Lauds
Entire Cast
V. A. N. CITES FLAWS IN
MINOR ROLE DEPICTIONS
Thcie aie umateur shows that aie
amateur shows, and theie arc uma
tem shows that me piofession.il in
cvciy respect except that the audi-;
once, hy glancing at the proginm,'
learns to its sutpnsc that the piece
is being done by an anrntem group.
The Penn State Phnom’ presentation
of Frank Graven's delightful thiee
nct domestic faice, “The Fust'Yeni,”
m the Auditorium Saturday night
should come under the second cate
gory. That it was good, no one will
denv; that it was gieat—one or two
may give n dissenting nod
If I hnrboied the thought foi one
moment that “The Goose Hangs
High” was n flash, and that the type
of work could nevet be continued hv
n group like the Phryeis, t r.o longer
exists “The Fust Yeai” without a
doubt is the best nmntcui production
I have ever witnessed Nevei btfoie
have I seen an amntcui show *o we!’
cast and novel befoie has sinceu* di
leetum been so well repaid.
Fiom the moment the curtain went
up on the first utl, one had a piemo
nition that this was going lo no nlou*-
the best thing the Pl.ivcis had cum
done and one was not disappointed
One act was better than the next,
with each act being sufficiently good
to make the show a complete success
even if the other two did fill down,
but they didn’t.
First honois of necessity go lo Mias
M D Reed ’2B and 0. S. Andeison
’2S whose interpretations of Grace
Livingston and Tommy Tucker fur
nished the audience with probably the
first, real, honest-to-goodness poitiay
al of a young miunetl couple it has
ever* witnessed on .*n amateur stage
Each one hoc ime hotter as the show
progressed, while the climax of then
characterizations came at the end of
the second act. Fiank Ciaven him
self would undoubtedly have been
pleased to see lus character, Tommy
Tucker, being so üblv handled by An
deison. His woik in the fust act
v.as good, but nothing to he compar
ed with his diunken scene in the sec
ond Miss Reed was the most natural
person I have cvei seen, one was led
to believe that she was entirely obliv
ious of an audience' m fiont Her
dialogue, her stage business and her
i emotions were per feet
Not/far behind these two came N.
D Zimmerman ’27 who gave Mi Liv
ingston to the “First Year ” The
more I sec of this fellow on the stage,
the rnoie I am led to believe that he
is destined for a ciueci behind the
footlights lie is a natuinl bom ac
toi, and possesses a stage peisonility
that attiacts one the minute the cur
tain goes up Miss A Gnibei ’29, as
Hattie, the coloied maid, did not have
the ncgio brogue down pat. but that
was overlooked in hot excellent char
acterization. A more matter-of-fact,
natural poitrayal would he hard to
find. Heie was a compaiatively small
part, done in such a manner that one
might believe after the performance
that it was really n major role
R K. Elder ’29 as Mi Enrstoiv,
was good, but not ns good ns he was
in “The Goose Hnnga High” while
Miss R. E. Warner ’27 as Mrs Bars
tow gave an excellent portinvnl of
a crude, rich woman. The promise
she gave in “The Goose Hangs High”
is gradually’ being fulfilled Miss G.
A. Smiley ’27 as Mrs Livingston
made a good small town housewife
She adapted hcisclf vciy well to the
pait although perhaps she mnv not
have been as much at home on the
stage ns the others.
The characters of Dr. Andeison and
Dick Loring were undoubtedly hard
to fill, hut Director .Clootingh did an
excellent job J. Mnthos ’2B as Dr.
Andeison was good, hut not ns good
ns he could have been. His voice was
too duimntic and upstage, and he was
too self-conscious He dul a good
piece of work in the third act. R. W.
Huston '27 as Loring should be given
a high mtmg when it comes to giving
credit for individual performances
As the big-time, small town, knovv-it
nll, he had few equals.
FLAYERS TO PRESENT
POPULAR MELODRAMA
(Continued fiom first page)
pi escalation of “Seven Keys to Bald
p„te” Inst vear A combination of
amusing and blood-curdling scenes
make up the theme of tile play, which
is similmi in a way to ’’The Cut ami
the Canaly” Replete with mystei
ious and inexplicable happenings,
“The Seventh Guest" deals with a
single night m the “Hermitage” a
house on the Hudson liver just op
posite New York cit*.
The plot deals with the cffoits of
Paul Scott, the male lead, to find the
muidetcr of lus fnthoi This sei
rous theme is lightened somewhat bv
the comedy supplied by such charac
ters as Katie, an lush cook and al
policeman by the name of Deegan
Turkish Caramels
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Opp. Front Campus FROMM’S Sinee 1913
'luesdciv. ftl.n'di 9.
The production is being staged undei
the direction of D D .Mason
The complete cast is ns follows:
Kite. YV. Y\ r . Kelley ’2l
Katie Miss L. C. Furman ’2*
Paul Scott .) Wheatly ’2;
Mis. Tcddv Wilson
Miss 11. C Fostci ’2’
Cm ter Van Ess R W. Huston '2‘
Marlyn Hcirick —Miss M. D. Reed ’2l
.Tack Non is R W. Tyson ’2’
Vivian Mason Miss D. Mussel ’2‘
Kelso Burnt T K. Morns '2(
Edgar Morris 11. F. Schwaitz ’2‘
Deegan ——— II W Cohen '2(
Since the Delta Sigma P: fraternity
has secured the scivrces of Mr L
Ormerod to speak Friday evening, tin
Player's show will be delayed unti
liib nddtcss is finished.
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Tuesday’—
RICARDO CORTEZ
GRETA GARBO
in Ibanez “Torienl
Wednesday and Thursday
ALL ST \U CAST
in “The Iron Horse”
Frid ly and Saturday—
MARIK PREVOST
M YTT MOORE
in ‘The Cave Man'
NITTYNY
Tuesday and Wednesday
TOM MIX
in “The Everlasting Whisper*
Tlmr-day and Friday
MATT MOORE
in The First Yejir’
Siturclay
WILLIAM S. H\RT
m “Tumbleweeds”
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