Page Two Penn State <£ollegtan Published semi-weekly during the College year by studentß of the Penn sylvania State College, in the interest ot Students, Faculty, Alumni and Friends of the College. EDITORIAL STAFF H. W. Cohen *2O R. T. Kriebel >26 A. K. Smith *2O . W. J. Durbin ’26 H. L. Kellner '26 R. A. Shaner *26 JUNIOR NEWS EDITORS W. F. Adler ’27 G. E. Fisher '27 U. W. Howard '27 E. 11. Coleman ’27 W. P. Reed '27 H. G. Womsley ’27 JUNIOR WOMEN’S NEWS EDITORS Ellen A. Bollock '27 Frances L. Forbes ‘27 Mary E Shaner '27 BUSINESS STAFF T. Cain Jr. *2O Business Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS G. L Guy *2C ... G. E. Brumfield ‘26 S. R. Robb *27 F. N. Wcnlner. Jr ‘27 B C. Wharton ‘27 Subscription price $2 50 if paid before December 1, 1925 Entered at the Postoffice, State College, Pa., ns second-class matter. Office: Nittany Printing and Publishing Co. Building, State College, Pa Telephone: 292-W, Bell. Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926. COLLEGIATE HUMOR Wo glean from The New Student that the Illini Weekly, Uni versity of Illinois, sajs that “the Gieat American People look on those college humoious publications as barometers of the undei gi actuate intelligence and moials The baiometer is falling” In proof of this as.seition the Weekly examined a number of college magazines and found that most of the covers of these ic vealed an expeit knowledge of feminine chaims, lingerie and the lorbidden jug, and that the greater peicentage of these cover designs weie offensive to the eye and to the morals of the Gie.it Amencan People The jokes also weie taken into consideiation and found to be wholly detestable. The bonmots were concerned with wine, women, gutters, walking home, female anatomy, drunk en Bacchuses and decidedly decollete Venuses and kindred sub jects. Then, it was concluded that the barometer was falling We, not to be outdone, conducted an nnestigation all our own Stealthily wo wormed oui way into the Fioth office and swiped a pile of exchanges, eighteen of them. And this is what we found one co\ei entitled “99 and 44-100,” indicating that at one time ot anothei the staff of the magazine had been “bawled out” for slip ping; one co\ei on which stood four completely diessed young wo men, not especially good-looking, two covers depicting combina tions ot wme and women; one front showing a Navy man kissing his swcetheait good-bye; five covers showing eithei men or wo men, unusually general, among which Fioth had two; eight coveis exposing what might be taken tor some sort of feminine chaim but which was nothing moie than good art work. That’s that. So we had a look at the jokes After reading the humorous lines until our eyes ached, we de cided that about fifteen percent of the witty clacks were worth reading twice because they smacked of a double-meaning hidden away somewhere And out of the fifteen percent, we came on on ly two iokes worthy ot clipping (so that they wouldn't leach the eyes of the gillies who might chance to read a new' Froth). We lciead the aiticle m The New Student, icmembermg how confident we weie that we would have a chanco to thiovv a wrench into the'machinery of the humorous publications . And now that disappointment has come to us, we div ulge an opinion that w e ha\ o held ever since we leached the half-way mark in the pile of maga zines* that college humoious magazines are not all they’re cracked up to be by the Illmi Weekly. We’d rather lead Life or Judge— the magazines that aie concocted for the Great Ameiican People They have the coveis and the jokes! ! 1 THE SENIOR MEMORIAL Each giaduating class leaves to Penn State a memory known as the memorial of the class of so-and-so. The sun dial, which now stands bioken on the fiont campus, was left by the class of 1915; the class of 1925 set aside a sum of money tor wrought-iron gates to be placed at the main cntiance to the College. The class of 1926 has not vet decided upon its gift to Penn State, the mem orial which will not only serve to add to the beauty of the College but also which will be a constant lcminder to future students of the love which 1926 felt for its Alma Mater. Veiy few suggestions have been given the Memoual Commit tee Is it that the seniors, or even the three lower classes, have no ideas or is it that they have no interest in the maik which i* to commemoiate a love for Penn State’ Time and time again the committee has asked for the ideas of students concerning the gift which shall be piesented to Penn State by the class of 1926 and at piesent only a handful* of suggestions has been .received. Even the seniors themselves hesitate to express then opinions.' Cannot the students support the Memorial Committee in telling that body ot the needs of the College > Cannot a suitable gift be found which will satisfy a void at Penn State? A few minutes spent m thought by any student may be able to cleai up the question and allow 1926 to make a piesentation which will be admired for yeais and which will serve to endear Penn State to coming generations THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT Those people of some intelligence who have their nightly fling by planking dovv n thirty cents at the box-office sooner or later be gin to vvondci why the pioduceis release such imbccilic buncombe as taut which flickers across the screen. Surely the producers arc capable ot doing better. For has not the industry risen to the point of art? Have there not been movies which have piovcd leally worthwhile? Why is it, then, that the general uin of pie tuies produces such’ a mental nausea to those who have some ap preciation of ait? The blame for so many pieces of Fordized drivel, pure and un adulterated. cannot be placed with the producer but instead with the “gum-chewing movie fans”—the ones who, belonging to the uncivilized majoiity, have their movie favoutes- (the “i” as m “icc”) and send tor autographed photographs of the stais. The bloodsucked bunch demands that the plot be a standaid one, one which they can “guess how it’s gonna turn out" and which end-, with the Arrow-collar hero and the pulchritudinous heroines clinched in a couple of half-Nelsons. Now, the movie producer is a business man. He is not in the “game” for art. He invests, iabulous sums and expects a decent return and gets it by putting on the market a lot of trash that “they’ll just gobble up," as the distnbutor tells the exhibitor. And they do. Once m a while we find a brave soul in Hollywood who vv ill venture a “Greed" or a “The Girl He Loved” but he finds he is casting peails before swine. The pictures are pronounced “flops” and the producer, disgusted, floods the theaters with Elin or Glyn to make up for the loss. Once in a great while, for some unknown reason, a good pic ture happens to please the fans. But that is rare. And the pro ducers have almost given up- the attempt to elevate the fan. Re sult* the pietuics are i educed to. the level of the average audience. Here wo get the cieam of the offerings, such as those offeimgs aie. But the only time any exhibitor can show the really good pict turcs is when it pays to make them. Sandumonials On Editors The Toledo “•Campus Collegian" appeals to be Inning its tumbles The papu of mu s.stei im.nietp.il institu tion urns i long ultlon.il. “What n Wiong With \ cm Papei ’ W’e don’t pictend to know what is \uong with the “Caniput, Collegian" of Toledo U But wo do know what i« wrong with the editor ml. It begs and beseeches the students to pick on the school papei It is tealful—anil un dignified W'o Him], this i« .i mistaken tone to lake with im “student hod\” m the woild, espciiullv to a student toips which has got into the habit of knock ing The editor of n college papal mii-t be a haulened iasc il with the skill of a ctocodiie Hi* c mnot affoul to li.ne feedings lie must be a haul woihei and it possible a dear thmkei, but be will be the d inirulcst of fools to expect any accolade of merit fiom eithei students or fncnltv If he wants lecogmtion, let him go m foi debating oi footbill oi some such oth ci tamo activity and give \he school papei a wide beith. The editing of i college papei is foi one who absoibs shocks naturalh and has no illusionl - editoi of i college paper must love lus job lie must lun to moot uppioacli ng dangei arc! bat it on the nose Instead of studying his niconi poototoniv ot lus baldci dashology foi the appioaclnng quu. ho sits up nights lacking Ins b.ain foi new ideis to spruce up the ptpei, foi new no tions of make-up foi di-t.nctn e feat mes, and wondenng h*>v\ he can guy the business staff into getfing moio ads Tijmg to do tins, is be di-majcd when some student nit-wit oi pctufied t.’cultntus takes a stmdaidiaed wallop at lus papei Xaj. Gvendolvn, he mrv stop to gnash hr, teeth oi thumb lus nose, blit he goes the w it lie has maiked foi himself Cortamlj he should never go the h igth of pleading with the mt-v, its foi a continuance ot the hue-and-ciy For what do the nit wits know 9 Ihei* cuticimis cancel each other out, 107 ml-wits Urnk too much space is given to atuletics,, 201 Hunk the spoit is not .being used enough to give the college f..voub!o pubhcitv Fit tv-one pet cent think the features ~ie fine and the editorials the bunk, JO pa cent think the le.t tu*es me lotten as well as the edi toi inis. And usuallv thee aie the kind Unit cannot wnte a C-giade theme foi llhct 1 Editor-In-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor No, let the editoi lake it for grant ed that he I nows haw to lan the pa per Let him tmnk, and think, am! think again, and loim lus policy; then, deaf to the clamoimis treble of the nit-vv its, go ahead vv .th it If they get in the way, stoam-ioller ’em. The majority of them don’t know why thej’re in college anyway They need someone to tell them how stupid thev me, and whj Let the paper do it Now and Uen a student arises whose eutici&m is informing, intelli gent, and sinceie m motive Tlieie aie vcij few of him When he ap peals, the ed.toi is in a hurij to sign him up —Toledo Campus Collegian The college* and universities of \meuca todav aie ‘•ubject to moie unjust critiusn than ,m> othei insti tution m the countiy Much learning winch r entnelv ttue and valid, but theic can be as much said likewise for their beneficial qualities The popuktt punted misconception of college life does mine to undermine public opinion of the schools than anv otlici one factoi To pick up the morning paper and lead of collegiate activities would bo much to view a lesume of the spoits contests foi the week, the pionunencc of some oratoi, the production of soinu play, oi the d'scoveied unseemly dissipation of some one individual in the institution Tins lutlci phase is one upon which the newspapers dwell with all of then potent vehemence. One unfortunate mi-demeanor withm the portals of a college campui calls fortii bitter con demnation bv the press throughout the state, or e.en, n some instances WRKLEVIS MSgas BBJ& More Bj| nF for your money ■® Bn wk.® and thd best Peppermint Chewing Sweet for ** any money qj 3 THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN fee- Iw "“- AN ODE There arc odes to Love And odes to Spring But this is a new kind ’Tis an .ode To the Campus Matchmaker, Are you in lo\e? Do you want a man? She'll help you all she can. Short, blonde, dark, tall, Makes no difference She knows them all. The curious girl, the blase man Are all alike To sei vo her plan. Sometimes they get mixed But who gives a darn * A pretty gill, a moonlight night And Lo» The matchmaker sure was i ight. Lo\e is divine, love is supreme, Here’s to her. The Campus Matchmaker Queen. (She knows her onions’) Dear Danny: The rhyme is poor ancl the rythm worse. Somehow or othei I feel as though I ne\ cr was meant to be a poet but I simply had to express my wholehearted admiiation of the Campus Matchmakei by some little token. It leally doesn’t do justice to her, since matchmaking is but one of her many charms. Cheichez la femme' An Admirer ! tluoughout the countiv A student’-*! oiv one at the piuty was (hunk" oui bleaks down on his wav home from I But was e\eivone 9 Let us say that a veek-end, and he is forced to walk I twenty-five poi cent of those in at amving at Ins frateimtv houso at I tendance had had something to dunk four in the morning;. If some earlj j (and this is a ma\imuin peiccntago), using neighbor happens to sec the ad- | piobably ten peiccnt of these showed \ent it is food for scandal. A student I effects of the be\erage, and possiblj slips on the ice, falls, and is accused j two of the individuals might be said of being under the influence of liquor i to have been intoxicated. Yet those Eveiv such unavoidable oceuncnce is two bring the disappro-nl of the en onenly reproved bv the ptess and the Ine newspnpei woild upon the col public. lege, as well as the malediction of. Student parties me described us. lmid .iffms, with laughtci, liquor and late hours as preeminent clurac teiistics The mipiossion is a vivid one, and one that the public us a whole likes to accept Scandal and vice aie onjojed by the average wagging tongue. Such misconceptions are stienglhcncd bv the undue amounts of publicity given them, and- the gen eral public reads and enjoys the fob lies fentuiadjfra the dmly gazette They enjoy it, ‘because the papers have pei veiled their views, with only sensational stories of what they term “college life ” In an undertone some one says “ev- PRINCESS SLIPS A new line of Princess slips including mus lin, broadcloth, rayon, radium and crepe de chine in all the wanted colors. EGOLF’S 120 1-2 E. College Ave. State College l SENIORS “"'’"'''"l I PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW | :♦ FOR £ COMMENCEMENT NAME CARDS | > NO PLATE NEEDED £ > Books KEELER’S Stationery % > Cathaum Theatre Bldg. £ The smile of contentment comes with a meal at W. W. KNOX’S } The New Eversharp Pencil I* Oversize $l.OO Club Size Vellum j s Die Stamped 75c \ THE I ATHLETIC STORE ; i On Co-Op Corner ®Tinmst third cabin ’EUROPE With college parties on famous “O” steamers of The'Royal Mail Line Uoitenity Tour* with College Credit* ORC/Wuneia ORDUNA,June26 ORBITA, luty 3 nriltftr,Uniinr,JimU,t , THERGYALMAILSTEAMPACKETCO. V 26 Broadway, New York a the populace of the town. This is what comes of the student following the lino of least resistance (luting his college career. College life is not all play, and it i* high time that it be recognized by outsidei s as otliei wise. One week* end may be a pat tv hut the ne\t will be un equal amount of work, In boi not lecogmzed by anyone, fot the public hems only of the partv and fails to learn that time must be spent in the classroom ns well as on the balhoom floor. * Gossip is the utter ruination of an individual and it can be the downfall of a college ns well Consequently, as long as the press handles publicity as it docs, it is up to each of us to '•ee that Wabash's icputntion is not jcapoidi/ed by any unthinking act on oui paits. A moment's thought* Stark. Brss, \Hgtberdashey , s In the University Manner JACK HARDER SENIORS Penn State is your school Her president is your president Her teams are your teams Keep in touch with your Alma Mater by reading THE COLLEGIAN 1926-27 SUBSCRIBE NOW BnBHBB"ALWAYS R ELI ABLE’’■BBBBBKBKmS -SPORTWEAR STYLE QUALITY —PRICE Black Slip-over Sweaters at Blazer Coals at . Fancy Slip-over Sweaters at KNICKERS Heavy White, Extra Long at While Linen at Plaid (Blue, Black, Gcecn)t GOLF HOSE Plain and Fancies SPORT SHOES Sportocasins at Sport Shoes . FRQMM'S OPP. FRONT CAMPUS Friday, May 21,1920 less folly mny bung condemnntioi upon the cntne school—The Wabasl “Bachelor.’' ©TfalMajlTMfeGa. 1 Phcfclpbu/S e/'Qutihf *TW CATHAUM RAYMOND GRIFFITH in “Wet Paint”' Saturday— . First Pcnna. Show ing of, CLAIRE WINDSOR AND OWEN ' MOORE m “Money Talks” Monday and Tuesday— HAROLD LLOYD IN “For llcai en’s Sake Special Prices Adults 30c. Children 2"c. NITT \NY RICHARD RARTIIELMESS in “Ransnn’s Folly” Saturday— RAYMOND GRIFFITH in “Wot Paint” 53.75 54.75 55.00 to 50.00 $1,50 lo 50.00 . 512.00 56.50 lo 50.00 SINCE 1913
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