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
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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
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I For golfers
-8
I S Clubs and a 3 Stay Bag
1 SPECIAL $lO.OO
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'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
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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
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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.
\
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Start Your Account Here Now! $
The First National Bank of State College, Pa. $
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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.
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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"
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