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Penn Sta.e Collegian
Published semi-weekly during the College year by stu
dents of the Pemisjlvama State College, in the best inter
ests ot the College, the students, facultj, alumni and
friends
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
W P. TCffd '27 -
H G. Wom'U.fi '27
S. It Hour '27 -
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
W. P. Refo ’27 - -
JI. O. Wom«U,y ’27 -
C 2 F Flaunt ’27
Frances L FonnES ’27
XEWS EDITORS
R. M. Atkinson ’2B B. Kaplan 28
R R Fletcher ’2B P R. Smalt* '2B
W S. Thomson '2S W Lord, Jr, ’2B
WOMEN'S NEWS EDITORS
Katherine Holla ook ’2B Mi'dvcd A. Webb *2B
THE BUSINESS STIFF
S. R Roim ’27 Business Manager
11. C M HAiirnx ’27 .... Ad\ertismg Manager
F. X Wmiisek ~7 .... Ouculation Managei
ASSISI'AN r nr-sINESS M \nagers
.T Ferguson ’2S>
C. F Flimi ’2B
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Notts Editoi Thu- I«suo-
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1926
ABOUT DADS AND MOTHERS
At the Student Council meeting Tuesday ev
ening, a committee on Dads’ and Mothers Day
made a lecommcndation that these days, which
now exist as separate occasions, be combined into
a single affair The lecommendation lead that
the week-end o\ei one of the nunoi iootball games
be set aside for the pui pose ot entei taming both
l'atheis and mothois.
Both of the days which aie put at the dis
posal of our parents aie institutions of the stu
dents, and it is the duty of the Student Council
to impiore on the progiams \vhcne\ or it is telt
that such impiorements are needed. The Coun
cil is ot the opinion that a combined Pai cuts’ Da>
would hold moie advantages than the sepal ately
observed events which are now customaiy.
Foiemost among the advantages possessed by
the new propos.! is that the day would be one of
true familj relations, and that appeals would be
made to family interests rathei than to only one
or the other ot our patents. The College, lie
coiding to the sentiment ot the Council meeting,
would do well to foster this family mteiest and
create a sliong bond between the College as a
iamily, and the families of the students
Anothei impoitnnt consideration is that ot
admission to athletic contests. It has been sug
gested that students legistei their fathers and
mothers at least foity-eight horns before the oc
casion has its official inauguration. In so doing,
students would make suie that a “guest card,” as
a token ol' affection, would be turned o\er to the
father and mother, and that the parents would
be entitled to full “athletic pmileges” for the
date oi dates boi ne by the card. The “guest
card” would pi event encroachment upon the priv
ilege by outsidei s those who might attempt to
take advantage of the-Athletic Association should
tree admission bq granted to parents. ,
Thirl fiatcinities. might -ha\e Parents’ Day
dinners instead ot separate* banquet's on'different
days is anothei distinct advantage In this man
ner, sti ongei ties might be made to connect the
fraternity with the home instead of with “mo
ther and “dad.” The fact that usually two
tables aie made use ot at housepaity eliminates
the objection that perhaps the dining room would
be eiowded.
Another feature of the pioposed Parents’
Day is that both mothers and dads would be able
to enioy a football game. The spilit which pci
sists during football season begins to lag during
the warm spring, and the advantages of having
both fathers and motheis here during the tall are
enhanced when one considers the element of col
lege spiut which is present during the gudiron
season
Theie me minor disadvantages to the scheme,
such as rooming arrangements, but these may be
o\ercome if the student body will co-operate un
lescncdly with the Student Council. A Parents’
Day might mean more to Penn State than any
occasion other than Alumni Day which the Col
lege now observes.
ONCE MORE—“HATS OFF”
Hats are perfectly concct when worn as a
head covering during the winter months—that
much is agreed upon by every member of the three
upper classes at Penn State.
But let any jumoi come foith with the state
ment that members ot his class should go hatlcss
and thus command the same pnvileges accorded
semois in this respect, and his request is greeted
with a scowl and accompanied by a negative shake
of the head by the bare-headed senior fiom whom
he seeks the request.
All this was evident during sevcial Student
Council meetings last spring. Junior represen
tatives in that niling body attempted then to oust
the age-old tradition that only seniors were al
lowed to appeal hatless. They Jailed. Follow
ing the defeat of the motion, juniors staled that
they, as members ot* the class ot 1927, would do
away with the ruling as soon as they assumed the
power that attaches to each senior class. Whclh
ci these statements carry any weight or aie onl>
“sour grapes” remarks is yet to be seen.
In the issue of Tuesday, March twenty-ninth,
Iheic appeared m these columns the follov mg
statement:
• President
Vice-President
- Treasurer
“The motion for a hatlcss nuuoi class was
tabled at the last Council session Unless the
members of 1927 aie able to piove to the satis
faction of the semois that thud year men should
go hatless theie is no hope till next > eai Unless
the present limiois piove that next ycai they will
be willing to doff their hats, the battle is lost
1927 has no choice but to take the bull b> the
hoi ns.”
Editor in-Chief
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Women’s Editor
Any action on the pai t oi 1927 w ill be w althcd
with interest. In the lpng list of scmoi bodies
that ha\e held sway at Penn State, one class must
be a martyr. One class must allow the gi oup be
low to escape a tradition that the class itself has
been torced to endure
Will 1927 be the martyr,—oi will 1927 cast
the stones 7
R B Kilborn '2°
W J. McLaughlin '2B
That at least one of Penn State’s honoiaiy
fraternities is pioving itself worthy oi the hon
ored position it now holds is evidenced by the ie
cont announcement of the launching of an annual
state-wide mtcrscholastic contest m journalism m
secondaiy schools, inaugurated by the local chap
ter of Pi Delta Epsilon, honoiaiy collegiate jour
nahstic liatei mty.
The conception of the project is possible onlv
to a gioup ot hve-wiie enthusiasts With no es
tablished lines to follow, with no assuiance that
the contest will be a financial success, the local
Pi Dell chapter is biavmg the risks And whv 7
Not foi any seliish aim, but “to fostei the spirit
ol journalism” and to advertise Penn State in a
way that it has ne\ ei befoi c been ad\ ei tised
That the entei pi ise merits commendation is
jno\ed bv the men who have consented to act in
the capacity of judges. Backed by the good w ill
ol the faculty and woiking thiough the soundl>
oignm/cd machineiy of the student journalistic
fraternity. the contest is cei tam to bi mg ioi th the
desired results, and Penn State will have beneiit
ted by the cffoits of one ot its honoiaiy fiatei al
lies. Pi Delta Epsilon’s initiative is to be com
mended; othci honoraiv fiateimiles may well iol
low the example'
—R R. Fletclioi
The Bullosopher’s Chair
“Say. Snuthers. Do you know what the next
atlemjjt ot the Playeis will be v I thought youi
criticism leaned quite favorably tow aid the organ
isation, and I'd like to go to the next pciformance.
whatever it may be”
SMITIIERS.—“WeII, Bullosophcr. I’m soila
glad that you added that ‘w hatever it may bo’ to
the end of youi last sentence. Because the next
Plaveis’ production is going to bo ‘Medea ’ a trag
edy by Euiipides ”
“What 1 Do you mean to tell me that the
Plajeis aie going to try to sell Gieek tiagedy to
this august assemblage oi nitwit students.' No,
it cannot be. This ‘Medea* should be open to iac
ulty membeis onlv—they probably will apjnecute
it But I doubt that, too.”
SMITHERS • —“And I’ll say this. That the
production manager certainly has taken the big
gest job of his careci on his hands, and that it the
students bang oranges and canots at the actois,
I’ll not assume any responsibility for instigating
the affan. You and I both feel that Gieek trag
edy will not go across m this town: the students
won’t swallow it The play should be lesened
loi faculty members—oi othei classical studies'”
“My boy, I’m beginning to look upon you as
a candidate for my Chau m Bullosojihy. * Youi
mentality is astonishing But I, felicitate you 1
upon'your arrival iit your mental majority ”
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—W. L , Ji
HONORARY—BUT ACTIVE
SESSION ONE
SHE rjilxN STATE COLT^EuiAls
PRESENT PAPERS i
BEFORE A. S.M.E.
Four Faculty Members Analyze
Enginee'ring and Research
Work at Convention
PENN STATE PROFESSORS
DISCUSS NEW METHODS
Tom mcmhci3 of the cngmoctmg
i”CtiUv pu'-sontci! pnpcis befoic th"
rmuil meeting of the Ameiican So
-low of Mechanical Engineeis held
d. the past week at New Yoik
cxt\ l*i of F G Hechlci of the en
..i.cc'ing e\pcument s,tatun sjiohe
• b'»ul common method* of measuring l
. .t Ut . of heat thiough \.umub Lindt
if liu'lding w til-.
Pi of E F Giuntlhofci descubid
out me*lied of niuisiinng low tem
pi" *!uie itiMii.ihon suih ns iv used in
iiAngcmtinn and told “Image He
lomji.uod the lnstnnnent develop
.d m tesi.ojj Jjcie with muious othei
a cthods of measunng he.it How.
\ new method for anahzing tndi
di.igionis. of gas engines was
e. pi lined bv Pi of P 11 Sihweit*
(.ii m oidei to show moie accuuitclv
f’e uonc m of then pciformance.
I’ l ol H A Eveiett, of the Methan-
.1 i: Igmceiing dep.utment,’dneus
sed the behavioi of uu at high tem
pciatuie*. and the use of his theoij
n piedielmg the bclnnior of g-i“es m
in uacinal combustion engine It is
believed tint Ins theoiy the
. tuul pci lot-nance mme closeli than
L'-o lieoiiCi. hetclofoic piesented
The fo.n-e- head of the Depaitment
sf Itidiistii.il Engmecung, Pi of J. 0
tCelloi, now it the head of the En
'•uucntig Extension depaitment,
pu'paietl a paper entitled “Using the
Heibc.t Pendulum to determine the
ih iwing nudities of metal m picked
vet.il v oil. ’’
GLEEMEN TO END TOUR
WITH BUCKNELL RECITAL
Vaisity Quartet and Soloists To
Appear Tonight—Joint
Uew?j»burg Concert
appearing elsewheic foi the Inst
tme tins vent, the Penn State Gleci
fluh gave a conceit in the Ithaca
\.gh school undei the auspices of the
-in <n da-ss of thnt institution Wed
uesdnv evening
In addition to the thirt>-five mem
!)l!o of the club, the vaiMty quaitet,
: imposed of W (f., Bow ie '29; F. E
Ulf ’27, J E Dickson ’2B and D. E.
lonhms '27, *ang and S H Torchm
’27 and Miss Martha Gobrecht ’.'!o
phved s >bs on mandolin and manm
-1) i lespectivolv
Aftei inspecting the buildings of
Cruiell unneisit.v jesterday mom*
mg, the gloomen gave a lecital at the
Coitland norjn.d school at Cortland,
New Yoik A joint conceit with the
LuiLnell glee dub at the Baptist
I’lnnch in Lewisbuig this evening
" ill to-minute the tup
Penn State Christmas Gieeting
Cauls with Sketches of Campus, 8.05.
Othei Chustnus Cmds of eveiy va
tietv fiom 5c to 50t Old Mam Art
Shop
XfVIAS GIFTS
—V.A N.
In Leather, Stationery,
Pen Sets, Fictions, and
Other Suitable Articles
The Athletic Store
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actly the same way with a bank account. If
it is dormant, if it doesn’t grow, it is simply
negative; if it is being added to regularly sys
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creasingly powerful.
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growing.
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STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
••SECURITY—SERVICE-STABILITY”
Remarks by—
YOUNG FOLK, OLD FOLK
William Monovv and Company,
By Constance Tiaveis Swentm.m {
YOUNG FOLK, OLD FOLK r, 1
perhaps, anothei novel wutten with i
the intention of dealing up the sup- 1
posed problem of the “j.i// ago,” an
nge which, by unv othei name, would l
sound n gicat deal moie dimming j
The nio3t outstanding 'ingle Run I
in Miss .Svvcatmun’s efToit w bei ded-'
tc.it.oti. “To Untie foi Lunate p 11011!“ 1
who undetstand, because thev wist
lullj lementbei, spimgtime." That,
to me, is one of the nicest dedicating
phruscs that I liuvo eve. run .u , n r '‘—
it drew me so closely to the thought
of the novel that I seemed to lcnieie- 1
bei it as I began each new ehaptei ;
Miss Swentninn ha* cone closei t 1 j
the spnit of the so-culled gen- 1
cintion” than anj other contenvpoi-}
nv novelist She has ciented ehvi-!
retei* whose pcisomlicutlons we nil 1
?ee busily engaged about us Ilei |
novel fnnlv upmkles with the spiut
that seems to be imbued m the vnung
ei folk, and she gives the le.ulei j
countless instances of the odd, utibe-,
hevable wajs in which p.ucnts ti.v |
to impicss the results of then own [
expel icnces upon the elastic mmda ol j
then odspung. !
Jeirv, the shoit v.a> of ‘•aying
Geialdine, is the living chuiaclci in |
the book She is the M\teen-joat-old 1
spute that keeps o-e’s excite nent at
conceit pitch, she is the beginning
and tile end of the whole darned tale
Maxine, hex sistei, is .1 wonderful
icvelation How mam times 1 want
j cd to shake hei, I ennmt cojnt—she
1 cot.unl.v walks about on the pages
lot YOUNG FOLK, OLD FOLK as
lit* the entue uoild wexe the guu’er
|ol hei happiness Ted. he. hmbund,
J (thev leally aie maititd 'omewheic
j around the fn-t two 01 thiee chap
j teis, although it tievei gets lo be pub- J
| lit_ piopcrtv until Jeuy spills the]
heans tovvaid'thc finale, when the,
‘ample plot is unveiled) is a sensible l
toy whom I was foi ceil to pitv be-,
cause of the hmdlcs ovei whicn lie
has to jump to please Max
Robeit and Mane, husband and
wife and paients of Jc-’tv and Ma'
1.1 e the puncipals of the storv. whet I ’-
ei 01 not vou aie inclined to tlvnk s.i
Robert is a good stick, but he wur.tw
],ib way too often, and the cluldien
of the “jazz age” aie not content lo
be ovet-iuled—whence cjmoth the
stoiv Marie is a good shale, too—
she backs up Robeit'until he thnws
his daughtei Mix out of the cn de
that summmU the 1 imilv {ue-idc—
| then Mane is a mothei and not u
wife.
What YOUNG FOLK, OLD FOLK
does, is this it tieats se\ and its
iiimfitations with the fullne-s ot
Defoe, but in the stvlc of Longfel
low It shows, in eeitum given m
’ stances, how the pai cut and child
dillei m opinion—and how the child,
• because of her (01 his) newlj-acqtm
cd, openly-worn cloak ot independ
ence, gencially comes out the uctoi
The plot is thin, an e cuse lathei
ALBERT DEAL&SON
Heating
AND
Plumbing
117 Frazier Street
On Co-Op. Corner
than a 1 cason, for the writing of the
story But the action goes gaily on
—from loadhousc to apaitment, from
apartmen to home, from home to Ro
bot t’h “hell-nnd-damnntion” tirades.
Miss Swentman’s novel is well worth
join leading, you’ll enjoy it nnd ap
piecuite the natuinl humoi that dots
the pages. As an added thought, it
may go a long way towaid helping
vour patents understand you. •
I As fai .is style nnd the like Miss
j Sweatman has no style that is notice-
I I ble—and that, no doubt, is an
I achievement vvoithj of note How
'incr, she is inclined to be Dietseiian
here nnd theie—although, instend of
mptuiing infinitives, she meielv
splits them and lets them die, gasp
ing Awknuul sentences abound—
bat they dont blux the delightful
I thread of the stotj n the least.
I —The Book Lover.
COSMO CLUB WILL STAGE
SECOND SOCTAL OF YEAR
The second social of the year for
Cosmopolitan Club mcmbcis will be
held at the lesidence of Dr. F D
Kern, 11(5 West Fairmount avenue,
tomorrow evening at eight o’clock
Dr Kern extends a heaity welcome
to all
The Inst social events of the Club
*e«con was staged in the home of Di
I L Foster. Immediately following
the Clmstmas vacation, the Club will
Ik Id an open social foi new mcmbcis,
pi tu. and date to be announced Intel
RYAN TO GIVE LECTURE
BEFORE MINING SOCIETY
J T Rj.in ’OB will give an illu«-
tinted talk on European mines at the
-ir ikei of the Student Mining and
Metalluigical Society Monday even
ing at seven-thnty o’clock in Room
IP) Old Mining
Mr. Kvan. vice-picsident and gen
ual mnnngei of the Mme Safety Ap
-I'l‘ircea company of PitUbuigh, \i'-
i'" l i Englind and Fiance last yeai to
1 uko a study of mining conditions
then* \II mining and metallurgy
'udi'iitb me urged to attend the
- 1 ’Lei
Fresh Florida Oranges
Fresh Sweet Florida Oranges $3 per
li‘)\ of three hundred large size.
Sound fruit and satisfaction guaian
| teed or money back Wc pay express
1 charges A lwv of these makes nn ap
preciated Christmas gift. Remit with
1 order.
ACME FARMS
Gainesville, Florida
BULLETIN
Don’t forget your
Photos
AT TIIE
Penn State Photo Shop
212 E. College Ave.
Full Line of
GALOSHES AND
RUBBER WEAR
Of All Kinds
STATE UNIVERSITY SHOE CO.
PUGH STREET
We will carry a full line of
Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and
Chickens for Xmas.
Place your order not later than Dec. 20.
Winner’s Meat Market *
111 S. Pugh St.
Alduy, December 10. 1926
Livestock Judges Take
Sixth Place at Chicago
Penn State’s stock-judging team,
composed of W. G Mcßlnin, Jr., II
A. Willmnn nml P J. Munz, all sen
inis, placed sixth at the Intel national
Livestock Exposition in Chicago They
placed fouiteen classes of beef as a
gninst the eleven placed concct bj
Nebraska, the vvmnei. The Penn
State team had weak xeusons foi
their selections, lowering then lat
mg
Mißluin turned m a peifcct card in
the beef divisions He also won
«i\th in the individual lutings
IF OU ARb ACCUSTOMED TO
good old home cooking nnd have a
longing fox food that “hits the
spot" ti> the Woomer Club at 228
S Allen sticct. Phone 219-. T for
iatcs. 2t
FOR RENT—Two furnished looms
with private fmnh. One squire
fiom Co-op coinei Available at
any tune Inquire 129 Pagb St
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LOST—Black biief ca«e containing
slide rule, note book, handbook, and
Physics text book. All aie marked
with ovvnex’b name. Reward C
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318-R 2t-p
UItYUW?
JOHNNY HINES
in “Stepping \long'
Saturd.i)
Matmco at Two
LEM IS STONE
xnd
DORIS Ki:\*)ON
in “The Blonde Saint'
.Honda}, Tuosduv, Mednesdaj
Added Stage Attraction
MISS RUTH BRENER
Versatile Entertainer
miss m u; Lunow
Novell} Dancer
M'nd.i} and fuesdav
RICHARD BUNHLEMESS
m “\\ lute Black Sheep”
NITT VNY
Fridav ind Saturdav—
EVELYN BRENT
LAWRENCE C.R VY
in “Love ’Em and Leave ’Em”
Tuesda}—
BEBE DANIELS
in “Stranded In Paris’
imm
Star Jet Bros,
.berdezshers
Bell 293