PflftG TwO r Perm State Collegian ■Puhllr.hed aeml-weehly during the College year by students of Iho Penn sylvania State College, in the Interest of Students, Faculty, Alumni ami Friends of the College. EDITORIAL STAFF n. W. Cohen '2fl U. T. Krlehel ‘2O A. K. Smith ‘2O . W. J. Durbin *2O 11. h Kellner >2O U. A. Shnner *2O JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS (! K. Fisher ’27 U W Howard ’27 W. |*. Rood '27 11. C 5 Wnmsloy ’27 JUNIOR WOMEN'S NEWS EDITORS Ellen A. Dullock ’27 Fiunroq I. Foihes'27 Alary E Shancr’27 W. F. Artier '27 E. !!. Coleman ’27 BUSINESS STAFF T. Cain Jr. '2(l G. L. Guy '2(5 . . . . . Advertising Man iger G K Brumfield *2(5 Circulation Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS S R Rolib *27 F. N W. irtner. Jr *27 R C Whnrtnn *27 Tlie Penn Stnte COLLEGIAN invites cnninimncnUmis on any subject of college interest-. I ntters must hour the signatures of the writers N.um*s of communicants will lie published unless requested to be kept coulbleiilial II assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed in the Letter Box and reserves the light to exclude nnv whose public* itmn would be palpably inappropriate All copy for Tuesday's issue must he in the olT.ee by ten a. m on Monday, and for Friday's issue, by ten a m on Thursday. Subscription price. ?250 if paid before December 1, V)2!5 Entered at the PostofTicc, State College, Pa, as second-class matter. Office: Nittany Printing and Publishing Co Building, State College, Pa Telephone. 202-W, Bell. Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association TUESDAY, APRIL 13,1926 TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT To doff or not to doff—that is the question. Whethei the juniois \\ill continue to dispoit thcii traditional hats or whethei they will be permitted to bare their heads and go, sans perspuu lion, sans decoration, sans lamentation, to the completion of then thiid yeai at Penn State With Student Council, when that bod> convenes tonight, rests the question ot a hatless junior class It cannot be impressed too greatly upon the members of the Council that the piesent third-year class almost unanimously tavois the abolition of this shop-worn, disagreeable eustom; that the juniors, as a body, aie making a supeib attempt to lid them selves of a most objectionable article of chess which selves no purpose except that of a snow-shield during the winte'i months. The sophomores and fieshmen also deserve consideration in the vote. Are they not to be affected by the issue? Do thev not appreciate the fact that then junior year allows them no othei privileges than those crossing the front campus and wearing a sweatei 7 Can they not sec the expediency of abolishing hats foi the lunior class 7 They most certainly can! Tonight’s the night’ Will enlightenment conquei tiadition or will “ancestoi woiship” call forth a negative vote 7 May wis dom govern tonight’s Council moceedings! OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE Student Council, in its search ior better class election meth ods, last year hit upon a system of candidacy announcing which hi ings into piommence the best men of the classes and at the same time brairds the election as one which will be based not on popu larity but on ability. In two weeks’ time, Fenn State students will be confronted with one of the most impoitant events of college activity—class (•lections Apnl twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth have been sot aside as the days upon which fieshmen, sophomoies and juniors v ill ballot foi the men who are to lead their respective classes next >ear. It is necessary that all candidates for class offices submit their names, m writing, to the seeietary of Student Council by Wednesday, Apnl twenty-fiist, since aftei this date no names will lie accepted. There is no doubt that there are many outstanding members of the junioi, sophomore and fieshman classes who hesitate to announce their candidacy because of a personal element which l hey think otheis will view as overestimated sell-importance I’hev have no confidence—let them withhold their names Again, there are a great many who are bound to thiow them bats in the ring “just to see how many votes they can get ” These are the popularity seekers who look upon class elections as purely a pcisonal matter. They aie not needed Those men who become candidates with the view of further ing the best interests of their class, the men who feel that the class will be betteied under their leadership—to them we look with pride and hope. Anyone may have a superabundance of some quality which a leader must possess. Anyone who is noticeably popular may have an idea that he is the best'radn for thejob simply because of his popularly. . But it is the man of character, personality, aggies- Mveness, intelligence and executive ability who should piesent his name as a candidate for office. Let all others keep out. If the ••hoe fits WE HAVE WITH US TODAY It is to laugh ’ The esteemed Mi. Mencken has been taken lo task, tried, tested, appioved, filtered and laid away to age (May it be in a chai coal-lined wooden barrel) We have w ith us today The Watch and Ward Society. We never heard ot it before this, and when the Mencken episode has died away, we expect never to heai of it again Probably the members clamoied for action until the lepiesentative was so ex hausted pacifying them that he had to find some person or thing upon which to vent the wrath of his cohorts. Luckily or unluck ily for him. “Hatrack” happened along at the time. Look at the results. The American Mercury has been forbidden the use of the mails but is still permitted street sale Express companies will be abnoimally busy for two weeks handling packages ot the Mercury, the packages no doubt being labeled “Rush” or “Do Not Open Until Xmas ” * - What more can happen? What more can we expect 7 Youths m years to come, will pore through Meicury files in seaich of Ilatiack . Their morals will be corrupted, they will not go to chinch, they will not say then prayers, they will not mind their jiarents—they wi Ibe jay-hawks and piovvlers, they will be nothing which they should be and everything they should not. All be cause of Mr. Mencken, The Amencan Mercury, “Hatrack’” and the Watch and Ward Society. We have with us today the Watch and Waid Society. CAPACITY CROWD CHEERS \ liole m the ground to the magnificent DEDICATION OF CATHAUM! | ,t . ructure ,l ,s "°' r ” ai " (I Dean w ntts I 'A town is judged bv its people and . ~TZ , then attainments and by then stiuc (Continued fioin fust page) tuies they rear Mi, Bnum is to be gun bv the piesentation i-peech of the | congiatulatcd foi his achievement ns lion. J L Holmes who also acted as, well as aie the people of State College ihuirman of the exeiuscs After as-j in being so fortunate ns to bnve io serting (hat the opening of the beau-; com.se to such an educational centci tiful edifice marked a step foi ward in j ns this " ■ho luhtoi v of State Collepc and re- Throrp-fircct. Opccr minding that “dedications aie the „ . , ' / I imekcepers of prepress," Mr Ho,nos „ I«Howed thm .pooch with introduced Doan Watts 11,0 ■’tmthnp decimation, "Wo don't “I have watched with keen interest accept it —we tuke it!" and congintu- Ihe piogicss of this theatre from the kited Mr. Maurice, Baum, ownei, fm Letter Box 701 West Nevada Stieet, Ui b inn, Illinois Etliloi of the COI.LEGI \X 1 have seveul hits of news that m.iv int<uc , 't COI.LEGI \N icadcis PiofesMii Gem go K Pattee who foi about eight \eai-, was a tnembei of the English injunction stair at Penn Slate and who was the uuthm ol the honk on Ai gumeiitatinii tong ns"d as a U"t hook at tie* College, died at a saiuloi aim in iJeavei, Col oiado <\piil louitli Until two wars ago when he w»,s stucl.cn with pai ti il pai il\sis, lie u is the head oT the I nglish depul meat of foloiado col lege Editor-In-Chief Assistant F.ditor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Business Manager Most nticuelv \ouis. Tied I. P ilfce Ins aggt( s> iwncsh .'ml his polity of applying the best «r enteit unmenl loi the student- of Penn St ito Bui gess KoiliHick extended his (elicit i tmns to Mi Baiun, the College anil llie town and m the name of the peo-; pie of St lie College auepted the then-' lie is a place devoted to wholesome shows \II sc its wcie tilled hcfoie the pro gram commented, and tnanv weu* standing in the foyei dining the show The photopkiv given .a- the opening pictiuo was "Ceveilv of Guitetaik" Jpitunng Mai ion Davies and Antonio Moreno It was the Inst PennsvKun a’ ot New Yoik showing “Monkej Business.” i tomedv, followed The Cotlauim thentu* stands is the last woul in the building of modem enteitninincnt houses It is of buck ..ml steel fiie-proof construction, and I*- located foui buildmps lU'-t of Co op cornet on College avenue A spa cious lobln leads fiom the sidewalk to the mam flooi Although the wil ing has been piovided lot a huge el eetiiw sign this will not be elected lei severil weeks On eithei side of the fovei ate test looms and lest alcoves Tin .n e doMjrn.itcd h\ novel, illuminated plates Above the fover ami m the I innt of the biuldipK aie the bakonv. lodges and the operating room Theie no two exits on the mam flooi and two in the baleonj, piovuling foui times the space lequited bv law Except Foi the 01 ange-tolored lanterns chopped from the sides the lighting x\stem is ( indnect Aiound the ceiling alone aie placed 225 elcctnc bulbs Tlnee colon, are used and an\ combination <n any in* tensitv may be obtained fiom the switch boiml m the opeiatmg loom The panel is seven feet squaie, con tains twentj-foui switches and foui iheostats 01 huge “dmi-a-lights " The untain veiling the silvei scieen is el cctucallv contiolled fiom this loom oi fiom the ouheslia pit The mag nificent plush cuitmn which coveis the entile platfoim is diawn bach b> ham! openited machineiv Aitisticulh concealed vent' lcgu lute the flow of nu into and out of the hull Before enteimg the theatie pi open the an is fn*t httcied and heated In the wmtei tune the sup- Loving Cups IN SILVER Both large and small CRABTREE’S Allen Street ALBERT DEAL&SON Heating AND Plumbing 117 Frazier Street JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOC I For golfers -8 I S Clubs and a 3 Stay Bag 1 SPECIAL $lO.OO $OOOCOOCOCOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCDOOOOOddOOOOOOOOOOO( 'lllE timnl? STATE COLLEGIA!? pl> is clmngod once everv ten min utes, while m the summer time it is changed every minute and a Imlf. This means that five tons of fresh mi pass thiough the theatre everv hom in the winter and two hundred ton? cvei.v houi in the summertime. Cushioned Scats Temperature is controlled fiom the basement and the rending in any pait of the auditorium may be taken sim ph bv piessmg a button downstaus If the waimth falls below a eoitam ■•el degree automatic bloweis begin at once and continue until the pioper Umpeiatuie is icnchod Theie aie neatly eleven hundred seats m the balconv and on the mam flooi The.v are heavih cushioned, ami are minnged so that an entile view of the stage may be lmd fiom tin pait of the hall A pipe organ will be installed m tbe chamber pio v iilcd at the left of the platform Huilt in Eight Months Two of the modem and imptoved fvpes of flash the pictures on the sci eon A new spotlight is al •-0 putt of the control room’s equip ment The walls and ceiling arc done m gold and eieani colors. At least eighteen firms assisted m the con stiuction and outfitting of the build ing After the difficult task of ex cavuting was finished eight months weie occupied in completing the thea tic A clothing store and a stationeiy stoic oceupv the giound flooi facing the sidewalk on cithci side of the lobbj. The upper rooms me to be u«cd as offices Nearly eightTiundicd tons of concrete and almost one bun dled fifty tons of plastei woic used in the constiuction The entne load of the building is cauied by steel otih Provisions have been made to add four hundred-fifty seats without cnlaiging the walls Shows will be given ns usual at the pievuiltng puce of hftv cents Mat inees may be run on Saturday aftei 1100I1S Typewriters and | Phonographs of all s makes cleaned and re- % paired. j Second hand Typewriters bought and sold. p Harry K. Metzger p 255 Atherton'St. £ Phone IGO-J 5 ■aacxsxsjcxMcxxxMSSwocMacsx Fur Storage Means Safety—See ,Us fflie*cost is 3 per ct. of valuation THE HILAND SHOP Cleaning Pressing Repairing LAUNDRY SERVICE CATERERS- We have a specially fine lot of GREEN VEGETABLES AND FRUIT JUST IN Be sure to have enough of the best for f this wcek-entFs guests We Have It FYE’S ON TIIE AVENUE FISHING TACKLE ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON BASE BALL GLOVES AND EQUIPMENT Wc invite your inspection of our new store. The Athletic Store ALUMNI WILL ENTERTAIN JUNIOR METALLURGISTS Junioi motallmgv students will be entertained on the inspection trip by the Penn State Alumni club of Youngstown, Shaion, and New Castle A dinner of the Penn State Club will be hold at soven-thntv o’clock at the Youngstown club Offieets of the club set the date to coincide with the visit of the junior class in metniluig.v, under the direc tion of Piof O. A Knight, to Youngs town They will be the guests of the Club at this meeting. Mi A N. Diehl, vicc-pi esident of the Ciinegie Steel compnnv, will be the principal s-peakci hcchler explains fuel use Pi of F G. Ilechloi, h *nd of the cnginecimg experiment station, ad diessed the Pennsvlvnnia Mate Stew ard’s association, an oiguni'atioii of officeis of State institutions iioimnl schools, the depin tmenl of Health, Public Instruction, and \\Mfnie, on Hast Thuisdav His subject was “f’uiclinsing Fuel bj Specification 1 and Analysis ” WRIGLEYs Bflfe ggiflF More BY fiawr for your hB9& money Hi ® Da9 an d thg best Peppermint Chewing Sweet for ■ any money Gl3 >OOOOOOOl On Co-Op Corner Thoughts of Others Lnfavcttc college students who have the “writing bug" will have an nppoi tunitv next year to trv out thou abil ity in a “shop” couise in ci tative wi it mg to be given bv C Gill, mstmctoi in English, and sponsoied by Dr. J W Tuppei, piofessor of English lit erature Enrollment in the couise will be lim ited to fifteen men who show pi.ilic ular promise in writing Those de smng admission to the corns* 1 will be icquucd to submit ongtnnl mnmi scupts foi consideintion The wmk of the couise will include a weekly meeting of those in the class foi the puiposc of infoimal discussion by various members and frequent indi vidual conferences Each inemboi ot WINNERS OF R. T. HAFER*S ADVERTISEMENT CONTEST First Prize, R. B. Smith Second Pi lze, D. L. Edwards Thiid Prize K. E. Wise ? GREGORY | BROTHERS '{* Leaders of Ice Cream % £ making since 1014. Com- $ X pare it with other makes, j; and you will find our qual-, ’j* ity is always higher than X. X our prices. $ J 50c Quart $ | 25c Pint | 15c Half Pt. i J You get it only at £ CANDYLAND ' More Than One Hundred Bank * Have ' . Changed Thetr Charters to National Since January Ist National and BndividnaS This Bank is subject'to'regular irfspec- ; tion by National Banking Officials. The i strength of the National system is behind our own strength The stamp ' of individuality marks our own service. \ s Start Your Account Here Now! $ The First National Bank of State College, Pa. $ 1 BASEBALL BATS FISHING TACKLE Everything for | Spring and Sumnier Sports TENNIS RACKETS TENNIS BALLS PENN STATE HARDWARE CO. ALLEN STREET YOU KNOW IT’S THE RIGHT THING WHEN YOU BUY HERE When you buy clothes or anything- else in our store you always get something besides what you purchased. You get a comfortable and satisfying assurance that the style is correct, that the quality is genuine, that the patterns and colors are in perfect taste, and that the value in relation to the price is sound and trustworthy. FROMM’S OPP. FRONT CAMPUS *i iiChduy, April 1.‘5, li)2G. the clnss will be allowed to demote lu-> time to’anv pai'lieulai foi in m. wilt ing which inteiexts him, whether it be the essay, shoit story, poetiv, oi even ccitnin types of advertising vom : position Mi Gill is a graduate of Cornell umversitv, and has hud consideiable peuence jiaiticipating in such coins, es. He has done considctublc w.iik in the shoit story field, being the nutliw of several published stones. The Lafa.v kttp ©TfaMralTfaaiffCk Phobpt>i(Sgf''QuAl4f , C vrirAUM Tucsdnj — ALL STAR CAST 1 in “The Blind Goddess” 1 Wednesday— DNE> C'H U’LIN ' in “Oh WJial a Nurse" '■ J \CK HOLT i in Zane Grey’s “Desert Gold" Friday— i NORMA SHEARER » in “The Devil’s Circus a NITTANY Tuesday— HARRY LANGDON in “Tramp-Tramp-Tramp’ Wednesdaj ALL STAR CAST in “The Blind Goddess” '1 luirsdaj*— SYDNEY. CHAPLIN in “Oh What a Nurse’ JACK HOLT in Zane Grey’s “Desert Gold" Ail Stark. Brqs. uf -LsiberdashGrs In the University Manner BASEBALLS GLOVES SINCE 1913
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