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TIIE EXECUTIVE BOARD
77 P. Refd ’2"
H G Womsi.sy '27
S. R Ror.n '27
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
W. P RFrn ’27 - -
H G. W’OMSIFY '27
G F Fisjifr ’27 -
Fkanli i, L. Fo'-urs '27
NEWS EDITORS
R M Atkinson '2B
R R Fletchci ’2B
W S Thomson '2B
women's m:\\s editors
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S R Rorr ’27
B G Wit \Mos* ’27
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Ne\.s Emiloi Tins Issue
\ T O\ EMBER 10, 1026
T*» to CABIN'S ROOF
Y~ wc.Jdnt slick needles into the roof of
>oui mouth just because it’s yom mouth, would
you* You wouldn't hammer youi head against a
stone wall just because il’*» your head, would you ,
And [list because you bought a shingle, don't try
to find it and bieak it lust because you bought it!
On sc\etal occasions, visitors to the Lytle Me
moual Cabin ha\e been seen clambering all over
the root of the cabin Those visilois probably
went up to the root to get the delightful view of
our valley, and to stamp that view hrmly upon
then memory.
But the i oof does not belong to these visitois.
Unless they bought ten shingles, they are not en
titled to a toothold on the roof. And if thev
bought one shingle and gave it to the Cabin, the
visitoi s need not climb all over every other shingle
trying to locate the one oi ones they bought.
The loof is supposed to last as long as the
foundations Whether it will is another question.
But so lon*' as visitois to the Andy Lytle Cabin
quiLLying to stand on then shingles, the 1 oof has
a chance to iulfill its purpose.
BEATEN PATHS
Delving fai back into the annals of the Stu
dent Council, yes, as fai back as the hist meeting
oi the legislator this fall on Tuesday, Septcm
bei 21. 1020, we find written on the records these
unmistakable vvoids, 'Theie shall be no beaten
paths on the fiont campus ” Perhaps those who
lead this phiaso failed to see the “no” foi there
are “beaten paths on the campus” sind no effort
is being made to bung these jaywalker who are
daily obliteiating what little green remains on
llie shoit-cuts to justice.
Fai back Penn State was famed foi its beau
tiful campus. Those were the days when tra
ditions held then sway and no mles existed Then
the unw i itten law ti ow ned upon the habit of beat
ing paths on'the front campus Students took
pride in its unmaned veiduie. But with the op
ening ot the second decade of the twentieth cen
tury tiaditions began to fade, today theie-re
mains in then place a written law, strict in ieir.ii
nology and rigid m cnfoi cement (we ueg leave to
doubt this last statement)
Theie can be no doubt as to the meaning of
the Council when it said "There shall be no beaten
paths on the campus” The rule in no way cm
tails the established puvilegc of seniors and jun
ior to use the fiont campus, but it does insist
that there be no bai e-earth thoroughfares trans
veising the lawn Lom the flag poles to the south
west corner of the campus or skirting the Tan
Beta* Pi hedge from the Engineering buildings
toward the Aimoiy. We feel that the proposi
tion “a straight line is the shortest path between
two points” should he proved m the mathematics
dopai tment and not on Penn State’s front camp
us
Pi 101 to the passing ol the “no beaten paths”
rule five successive Councils endeavored to enlist
the students’ aid m picventing the formation of
i s, but they failed. Wo now have the rule:
we .iso mve the me.uis ot enloicing it. What
moi e ’ necc >- r.i ; \ little eo-opcration, coupled
with little Lucrcion—it is apparently necessary
—and fbc pa.'s will disappear. Let those in
authority u- ember that the rule exists and see
to it that offenders aie corrected.
HOME VS. COLLEGE
College is a great old place, isn’t it? Can’t
you have just the best time of your life, though?
With sports and dances and other things—-and
classes, of course, but they’re minor considera
tions—don’t you have qurilms when you think of
having to leave the place?
Home is a great old place, isn’t it? But
do we all realize it? Have you ever felt yourself
drifting slowly, but drifting surely away from
home?
Many, many times, families that have sons
in college experience a trying period when it is
somehow felt that son is getting out of leach,
that the contact between parent and son has
been bioken by his college life.
This is true, very tiue But parents have
not yet located a reason for it. They have blam
ed it on every conceivable excuse, from drink to
unmended socks. Now and then, some parents
hit the leason, but they do not dwell long enough
upon it.
- President
Vice-President
- Trensuror
Edit*- !n-Chief
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Women’s Editui
The leason, piobably, is this, the son who
has gone away to college has stepped from one
atmosphere into anolhei. He has thrown ofl the
philosophy which was drilled into him, unknow
ingly, as a youth, and he has started out in search
of his own philosophy ol life Not realizing the
change, he has stepped into an abnormal environ
ment. and has become so absorbed with new loves
that he has, lor the moment, foi gotten just when*
lus home fils in.
B Kaplan '2B
P R Sniiiltz '2B
W Lord, Jr., ’2S
Mildred A. Webb '2B
Parents, too, sometimes attempt to leniedy
the condition. But they cannot do this until once
more they are placed in the same atmospheie as
Iheir sons. It i*, a ioregone conclusion that the
parents cannot go to college with then “chips,"
although Mothei Farley, we aie given to under
stand, did that a few years ago; and she obtained
her diploma at the same time her son and daugh
ter did. That case, howevei, was quite unusual.
It is. then, the student’s task to bring aljoui
the renewal of “friendly relations” with lus home
He must shoulder the burden of lepairing the
bleach that his life at college has caused Tins
“growing back to home” is the young graduate’s
first task—and he owes it to lus parents, for he
probably will go through the same experience
with his son in another generation.
•Business Manager
Advertising Manager
Client itiou Manager
11 B lidborn *2 U
W. J. "McLaughlin '2S
The Bullosopher’s Chair
“Mi Snuthers, sometimes I am amazed nt the gulli
bility of the Penn State student boil> ”
SMITHERS “Whv gullible
“It has become a tiadition of several ycais* standing
for gentleir n n who climb the political ladder to
clique loadeiship, oi clique locognition, and achieve or
acquit c mi appointment committee chairman—to juggle
the budget for the money for which they me responsible
so that the honoiable hard-working chairmen and all their
slaving colleagues receive not only a just levvard for then
honest efforts, but an unjust reward for their dishonest
effoits as well Several years ago, I understand, a Hop
committee opeiated on the theory that Sophomore Hops
were conducted for the benefit of private individuals. Some
nisty mmois weie rampant, the usual gossip was higgled
about—and the affair took its place among the foigottcn
misdeeds of campus leaders. Complacently forgotten l
“Just why students aie so indifferent to the ransack
ing of their public funds is enigmatic! It is common
knowledge that twenty per cent of the lental fee foi caps
and gowns DOES NOT return to the companj Where
does it go 9
A genernllv accepted tumor makes it known that each
of the three pionuncnt jewelry companies which raid the
campus with alleged ruthless prices and piactices, is quite
willing to pad the invoice or statement—for the con
venience of the committee Unscrupulous committeemen
have a dozen such connivances at then command and these
are used eveij jear on this campus'
“A pathetic instance occurred not long ago The op
eiose toilers of a ccitam committee had calculated in ad
vance that each one would receive so much forage, but
that speculating chairmen couldn’t allow so much booty
foi such a pilfering ciowd! No—he would keep it him
self And eighty per cent of a foui-figuie sum went
to the lcspcctable, hnrdvvoiking chairman*
“It is time we cease to be so gullible l Any repre
sentative of any company who offeis giaft to a student
committee should be the object of much watching. And
nny student lcadei who takes advantage of his position m
student estimate foi personal gam is, in plain words, a
uook!
. Wheelci Lend, Ji
"It is a problem for the students to solve. And the
soonqi we pxcludc the ijivoicp-paddijigi satpsmea. from
Penn State, and the'sooner <lhe‘m'crv irt’ position fpirl&e
their responsibility to play square—the sooner the.tra
dition for pocket-padding will be exposed and exploded"
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THE ?HiNK Sr ATE COLLEGIA!?
SESSION i
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REMARKS BY
The Thespians. They kept me wait
ing twenty minutes after the sched
uled time for their overture If the
laxitv for observing starting time
continues this year with every organ
ization as it did last year, I will go to
the movies and cnticize them at home
and tell the College organizations to
go to the dickens
As for the show—it was a living
example of line, wholesome, amusing
entertainment made horrible bv rot
ten -tape work If ever I see that
green and white drop again, I’ll per
ish Thai was the most abominable
cut tain I've seen since the time I used
a sheet to cut off a kid audience fiom
a coal-bin diessing room
Then, the lights The big thrill in
the “d.uk” effects dui mg acts came
<inl\ to the students and girls.
The ovcituic was all right—nothing
to brag ibout. Roimg and his band
v. ill continue to play at dances this
yeiti—but thev’li never be broadcast
fiom unv station except the one be
hind the University Club
Nehf was good—his assistant,
though, must have been n last-minute
pioduct He was the fellow who held
tire Act Announcements, too. He
held the “H” upside down. I couldn’t
hear Nehf—and if he said anything,
lie should have had a good line of
taughs But he didn’t
Foster and his Musical Saw was a
veiv good choice lor the second act
on the bill. It was a good act—
nothing marvelous—but entertaining.
He made his exit, at the right mo
ment.
“If Men Played Cards as Women
Do ” Well, I never This was great.
I got the best laugh of the year This,
with Maltha Jane Gobrecht, made the
show.
The Kennedys and Runklc tapped
off a few good taps but there was
every evidence of no rehearsals. When
Runkle learns to smile and keep his
feet from the other fellow’s, we’ll go
h s bond and have a picture taken, if
necessary. Let me see. Was Nel
son m that act 9 I guess so But I
can't icmember-him
Martha Jane Gobrecht was the fin
ished performer. She was a “troup
ei,’ so to speak. Although she for
got a chord m one of hdr selections,
she went across well, and she was a
welcome addition to a group which is
pioud of the fact that np co-eds aie
on the program. They should be
proud she’s there, no\v
Smith, Fisher and Noble “separated
the blacks from* the whites” m good
-tvle. One criticism I have to make
is that the two end pianos should have
neen placed so that the players could
have faced the .audience, if need ‘be
Another criticism is that Smith’s
makeup was abominable The play
ing was acceptable, but not wonderful
The first number was a hit
The Three Thingers must have been
thirsty They were good in their first
lumber, but they should have thrown
“Lucky Day” down the ramspout
That was an indiscretion.
Buck’s orchestra was as good as a
college band could be. Nothing
great oi startling, except the returned
Mr Widenor, who insisted on taking
tne bows
The,saxophonists were fair. That’s
all. They need more practice The
finale, which was designated "Smooth"
was pretty rough, I thought
—The Playgoer.
Change Made in
. Cast of Players
(Continued from first page)
tiei which >is treated by psychic anal
ysis. ■ . * » - /
t| ,ThccasVrs,a&'.follows: , 1
Ji>ck kroolificlil ,Jncknon Wheatley .*29
Tom Dinning' J Os Andenlun '2 V
H'irviy H N Pcndclton *2B
'ln Alice Cnmiib* II Mi«« M C Ullcn *27
Win Ililin VVhlpiile Mins O M Davl* "28
Violn Mtu E B Dutton "30
Clny W hippli I~ 1) Skinner *l7
I rank llariimuth C li Cray '3 )
lin Kllintrcr R W Hunton '27
Juilicc I'rtniiic tt S Prltclmrd '2D
Juntice lit mlenon T E "Bnrtram "2u
lurvnnt C C Urrpihart '3O
Scalmrd and Blade Elections
J R. Flcgal ’27
P. Petrochko ’27
M. E Godfrey ’27
E E Howard ’27
A W King ’2B
D. H, Klincstiver '2B
R. P Lugg ’2B v
L J. Reilly ’2B
FOOT-BALL
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WILL CHANGE NAME
OF THESPIAN SHOW
Club Dissatisfied With Present
Title, “The Aztec Maid”—
To Select New One
ITINERARY FOR ANNUAL
ROAD-TRIP ANNOUNCED
Dissatisfied with the present name
of the 1027 Thespian show, the organ
ization has appointed a committee
consisting of Prof M M. limns and
Prof. 11. W Stovci to vvoik with W
P. Rood ’27, in an effort to obtain u
better name than “The Aztec Maid”
for the musical toiredy to be staged
by the Club. -
A budget'plan will bo innovated llm
yeai in covering the finances of the
different depaitments Sevoial of
the*.* plans aie being vvo’ked on at
jiresert by the iiirnageis and it is
thus hoped that the Spring tup may
be more of a financial success than
has been the case in past years
Cities to bo played in bv the Thes
pians on their road-trip in the spring
are Altoona, Wilkcs-Bane, Scianton,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Johnstovv n
and Greensburg Negotiations are
pending for showings in Cleveland and
othei Western cities.
Contributions Please
Old Main Bell Editor
(Continued from first page)
the lack of short stories, and uiging
those with literary talent to ac..o/t
Letters have been sent to Penn
State alumni in all pans of the world
with the hope that the section icserv
ed for graduates will be gieatly aug
mented. Many articles solicited by
such letters are being written at pres
ent nnd will arrive in time to be
printed m the second issue of the Old
Ma in Bell Among these are shoil
stones, poems, tieatises, reviews and
cuticisms.
Alumm Contribute
Among the notable alumni contrib
utor is a recent initiate of the Pi
Delta Epsilon fraternity, Mr Chap
man 20, former editor of El Dm at do
and the Blue mul IJViHt,
of the Old Bell Dean Wendt,
of the School of Chonnstiy nnd Phys
ics, has written a scientific aitide,
W. L Werner, assistant piofessor of
English, has submitted a treatne, and
a poetic interpretation by Miss Lock
lin, mstiuctoi of English, has been
received
Manuscripts should be in the hands
of cither R D Dundore ’27, or Prof
M M. Harris, before the teimmation
of the Thanksgiving recess. .
Debaters Prepare for
Opening Engagement
(Continued fiom first page)
members and a captain The afinma
tive team will oncouhtei Washington
and Jefferson college in the Auditor
ium while the negative will tiuvel to
Pittsburgh where the forensic team
will be met
Squad Divided
The foionstc candidates me divided
into two squads, one of which is work
ing on the "Volstead” question to be
debated at a later dntc and the other
on the “Practical Tendency” question.
“Freshmen on these squads aie mak
ing excellent progress,” declared Pro
fessor Frizzell “As a body they atp
sticking better nnd showing more in
terest than members 'of the othei
classes ” - ’
Efforts to secure a meeting with the
Oxford university team, now in this
country, were unsuccessful, owing t(
the fact that the English team is
leaving foi home early in Decembei
Arrangements aie being made to have
them on next year’s schedule. If this
plan succeeds, the debate will probably
be held at State College.
GILLILAND
DRUG STORE
A Marvelous
NEW PERFUME
by RAQUEL
We have Perfume
Sets of all fra
gances.
RAY D. GILLILAND
Grid Gossip
Society girls led cheers for Harold
“Red” Grange and his confreres in
their recent 24-0 conquest over the
Boston Bulldogs. C. C. Pyle's cold
cash lured them from an exclusive
seminal y to distract attention.
Their antics were so amusing nnd
their cheering so enthusiastic that the
Galloping Ghost was foiccd to retire
fiom the game with a twisted neck
late in the second quaitcr.
Rival captains and ends will clash
when Captain Weston, Penn State
terminal, flips the coin with McMillan,
leadsr and star wingman of the Pan
ther eleven on Turkey Day ,By a
curious coincidence, this has occurred
tvv ice previously.' Captain Weston
and Captain Hanson of Syracuse are
both ends, while Captain Thayci of
Penn n also one of the fringes of his
forward wall
All this end business leads us to
behove that when the con is tossed
before the game in Pittsburgh, it will
stand on end. v
The Notre Dame gridders have gone
into active training for their post
season battle with Southern California,
by mangling oranges and grape-fruit
at their breakfasts.
Larry Conover, Captain of the At
lantic City Life Guards in the off
season. had quite a squadron of em
bryo Wemmullers in the New Beaver
tank Tuesday. Joe Krnll went through
lus famous Australian stroke with all
the form of a Gertrude Ederle.
Lrrry had a few words of commen
dation for Joe’s crawl-flutter But,
as the managers remarked, Joe always
was good at kicking l
Coach Bezdck has nothing but
praise for the military department of
the Pennsylvania State College “The
linemen take only two years of R O.
T. C , but don’t think those boys can’t
soldier'”
Whereupon we heard a chortle oi
mirth from Bud Bergman, for his mil
itaiv training covered a three-ycai
period *
As the COLLEGIAN remarked,
“With the tension of a victory-’c*s
season broken, the plebe gridders have
taken on new life ” Coach Newsh
Bcntz is putting the yearlings through
their paces—one forward and two re
psr iod'
However, the sophomores are in
equally bad straits Only three team
members have been able to purchase
brass knuckles
“Annie” Rooney, Pitt quarterback,
is said to have suffered a severe bump
on the nose, with attendant swellings
He is nobody’s sweetheart now'
LOST—A white gold wrist watch
white gold wrist band, between A
G R. house and New Beaver field
on Saturday, November 13. Please
icturn to A G. R house. Reward
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1924. Compare It with other makes,
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THANKSGIVING VACATION
Correct' Tie, new Arrow Shirt, Society
Brand Suit and Overcoat, Stetson Hat,
and Florsheim Shoes.
“/f is the cut of the
clothes that counts.”
M. FROMM
Opposite Front Campus
Friday, November 19, 1920
Pre-legal Fraternity
Cons Rushing System
(Continued from first page)
S H. Torehia ’27 and E. L Willaid
The Pi Lambda Sigma oratorx
staged a heated argument, with the
affirmative presenting as their im
portant issue the content-on that so
cial fraternities prefer members thit
are characterized by thei- honesty,
integrity, good seholaisli.p an.! abil
ity to become n living pait o f that
fiaternitv. .Such trait.-, thev aver
red, can be ascertained m;rc exactly
by the observation in the ncics*nrv
year.
The negative’s retaliation was that
a student’s most important year m
college wag the ficshmm year vnen
continued throughout his carcei ns
a college student
N D Zimmeiman ’27, president of
the organization, was the chairman
of the debate
LOST—GoId Elgin wrist watch with
name engraved on back Return to
Lany Conover at Varsity Ilall and
receive reward ' H-p
LOST—Fndav, November twelfth, a
small gold-framed hair-brooch Re
warJ if returned to Julia G. Brill,
Heathorbloom Apartments, 128 E
Nittany Ave. Phono 831-R
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information leading to its lecoverv
Call Phi Lambda v rheta. Itp
LOST—A jfold fiamed hair brooch.
Reward for icturn to Miss Julia
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Nittany Ave. Phone 831-R.
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Friday—
BEN LYON - LOIS MORAN
in “The Prince of Tempters”
Saturday—
GLORIA SWANSON
in ‘Tine Manners”
Monday nnd Tuosdny
WALLACE BEERY
nnd
RAYMOND HATTON
in "We’re In The Navy Now"
NITTANY
Friday and Saturday—
EMIL JENNINGS
in “Variety”
Tuesday—
I, VERA REYNOLDS
m “Risky Business”
Since 1913