Page Two Penn State Colleaian Published semi-weekly during the College year by stu dents of the Pennsylvania State College, in the best inter ests of the College, the students, faculty, alumni and friends. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD W. P. REED '27 IL G. Womgr.v.r '27 S. R. Roert '27 - THE EDITORIAL STAr•i. W. P. REED '27 - - IL G. WOMI.EY '27 - G. F. Flsifrn. '27 - nLv:cr. , , L. Foßnr.g '27 NEWS Enrro Atkinson '23 1.:al,3:ol '23 ISEIMIIMEMI WOMEN'S NEWS EDrrons Kathpr'...l Mildred A. Webb '2 1.:,.::u: E~:I _.. i 7:: S. R. Rom: '27 R. C. WiIARroN F. N. WEIDNER '27 dSS!ST.tNT nt - st.NEss 31ANM:EUS Ferattian '2B C. F. Flinn '2B rePr fur The,d,r , . h. Mint he in the fake In . twelve o' twelve Serrlay high:. and for Fri•ln o.o y'ri i3see. by twelve Welerk Wedrier&Y bight. Chrthß and Mont.!, onlf, narnird: PnY..e Mho , — l " be Pent. S , .hr Cenet:iah ' VAR het he accepted fur uer‘ollnhi due this h,di• Sabqeriptl.,n 1•~ —^o• payable before N.,vemlter 1. 1924. Ent. red at the I..etatilre. State rent me. ....e.,tel.elteet matter Nittaey Prit,ting me! PubliAting Ce. Itailoliar. State Col lette. Pa. Telephone: 2:1.-W, real. mitre Hear, 11:410 to. m. .a 12:69 at .t:GO to 6:110 p. m. News Editor This Issue- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22.•1927 FOR Tlll GLORY OF GAMMA NU The open season for fraternity initiation is at hand. The period that has long been awaited by both the fraternity man and the pledge (with dread by the latter) is now in progress. More and more this - Hell Week," "Week of Torture." "Rough-house Week" or whatever you may Ball it, is proving that it has long outlived its usefulness, if it ever was useful. Not long after the freshman accepted the pledge button of his choice, stories, vivid in their horror, began circulating through the halls of dear old Gamma Nu concerning the pains and tortures that would have to be survived by each neophyte before he had earned the right to wear the "badge." Longing was expressed for the "good old days" when initiations were really that —when trips to the hospital went hand in hand with the initiation activities. Gruesome as all the stories are. it is a fact that there has been an appreciable decrease in the intensity of the preliminary initiation. Years ago. casualties were not uncommon during the height of the week's activity. (Which may ex plain the reason for the present modification.) Freshman hazing at college belongs to the mauve decade: rough-house week is well on the way. When that objectionable feature to frateimily in itiations is removed the Greeks will have taken, a great step forward. • Were it not 1•or tradition and custom it is likely that the "rough'' part would be eliminated pronto from the initiation of the candidate. THE DAILY NORTHWESTERN advances the opinion that "Hell Week is carrying over into civilization of the barbaric custom of torturing young nun' as a test of physical prowess before admission to tribal war councils." The editorial concludes with "The need for Ibis particular form of examination is hard to discover in the present circumstances." While tradition and custom play a large fac tor in the retention of the objectionable rough house week. revenge is not fan• behind. Those whe have endured the hardships, pains and hu miliations of "Hell Week" are anxious to "get hack" at the next class. The truth hurts, the truth is sometimes uncomplimentary, but it is the truth just the same. Does dear old Gamma No intend to impress itr. greatness upon the unfortunate neophyte by subjecting him to humiliations that are childish. to the paddle wielded when the neophyte is blind folded? A fraternity that follows such a prac tice—and the majority do—unknowingly lowers its prestige. Usually, instead of having a bene ficial effect upon the freshman, "bringing him down a peg" as it were, it creates a lack of disci pline and respect. "A fraternity is supposed, by those who know, to he a men's organization with serious motives and purposes behind it. and the 'rough-house' is mere child's play. It is said that pledges expect it—but one does not always get what he expects in college. One of the worst features of the farce is the fact that it cheapens the real ritual. The freshman is. very likely to put one on a par with the other and to consider the pledges that he takes as a huge joke." Like many another unworthy custom which has been discarded, tradition is its only justifica tion for existence. If. then. horseplay initiation can claim no basic merits, there should be no place for it. in fraternity life. The freshman is a man, to be treated as a man and physical abuse is noth ing short of insulting to the man of spirit and self-respect.' DOWN GRADE Some sunny day when the student adminis trative committee decides to make out a list of grievances and present them to the Board of Trus tees, ninety-nine and forty four hundreths per cent of the student body will wish that one item will Jae included—the other fifty-sixth hundreths per cent will have "flunked out." With ridiculous gravity—if it is allowable to achieve an adjective which history makes inevitable—the psychologi cal quantity in Penn State's soapy contributions to the illuminati will fervently hope (patiently sigh) that the Board of Trustees. or the Registra tion department, or the college deans, or whoever attends to such matters, will see to it that with in at least two weeks alter the final examinations the grades are posted. Then those students who do not receive the battle's results by special mes sage may feast their eyes upon their victory. It is a victory. Of course, if one judges from the- present evaluation of grades, his enthusiasm is apt. to be dampened. Apparently there is no weight placed upon the successful rebuff of final examinations. (For one must take the faculty at its word. Those members of it who keep tabs an a student's grades regard the student's success in the examination crucible so gravely that they do not see lit to inform him whether he hits made C or a I or an A until after the Easter holidays —quite a long ways off from the chill February winds.) - President Vice-President - Treasurer n-Chief Assistant Editor :tinnatring Editor IVonierti.s Editor There is of course, always the possibility that the power. , may know what is best for the student. But the student. after honing. borrowing, or ac tually passing the cfairse on his merits, feels that after having withstood the finals for another se nmster,. he is justified in throwing his cap, or link. or hook in the dr, and shouting roughishly "Wc have met the enemy and they are ours." On the whole. we believe that in this case the stu dents are right. The practice of posting grades is not an unusual one. In fact, it, is the habit in roost colleges. In Columbia university for exam ple, the marks are released four days after the finals. The degree of the grade might prove em barra.-,''rt;• in certain quarters. but after all who has created the discomfitting situation? And there would he no need to post the grades of les miserables. for these receive special correspon dence, penned personally by their deans. More over, if posting the grades is too inconvenient a process, they can be mailed to students with no more expense than now. • W. I.4rd, Jr. '2B P. R. Stun Pa. liunineFs Manager Advertising Manager Circulation Manager IL IL Killinrn '2 9 V.'..1. 31(...1.aughlin The release of the grades within two weeks after the last examination xvould. perhaps, create a problem for the registrar and possibly for the achool deans. But then, are not the grades re -2orde:l anyway ; and are they not given to the deans; and are not those deans—or their secretar ies—pestered to death icy indomitable students? Ar we see it there is no apparent excuse for re fusing tr. give the students the benefit of the doubt. For the faculty it means the saving of a good deal of time and patience, the removal of ob vious annoyances; for the students it signifies a boon. -I'. 11. Smaltz "The litho red snort house is hater than the little read citizen." And I suppose. the dills,- red Engineering buildimrs, and the other red buildings on the campus are'! Letter titan having nothing at all read on the campus. That. is a rather extravagant tnin. Smithers—far fetched, and likely to draw a sneer front the weakest of the collegiate array of wise-cracker In fact, it is no wontle:- that we have such a large "Ag" school—if you consider the superfluity of wiseacres in our midst, that is ONE thing the college man performs with MTh:lent:y— inr has that highly developed souse of Diserepaney which enables him to divest his own distorted humor upon oth ers (judging by Froth) with the unfailing and happy fac ulty of seeing no tdge and no point in his cempanion's re ciprocation! But—te return to the beginning-Which is always a , wise procedure for the moralist. who gets tangled in his own attack, you know, a reformer 'mist (TACK, Smith let's. lie isn't help himself—it's his curse from the gods! V'u: see it happened this way: Bacchus had a lot of relay ions—but they were all within his jurisdiction. Well, a !certain distant, cousin ran out of festival,supplies, and pro eeedcd to implore his Imperial relative lit lend hint as drink. Bacchus refused—l/el:Mete he teas giving it party fm. Venus that night. Whereupon Nitwitus. which was the ,cousin's name. uninvited to the party, and without the wine am! women for one of his own—whipped in the green-eyed monster a n d beeame the first reformer! Whereat Bacchus bevanto peeved and commanded his poor relation to go "set." on a tack. And so to this day, Nitwitus, the patron devil or modern reformers lots set upon attack. Which FM rile! , :all ungodly collegians that all Nitwiti remain set— amd the game goes on just the same. Sometimes, however. when poor Nitwitus tires of etting on the tact of godless people, anti upon the tax of 'godlyg people—he sets upon an :de, perhaps, or as pike— ir related through piker, he feels more comfortable there mum lint to return to the beginning—we contend that Shakesbeer came front Lebanon; and that he was an king- Hillman! For if he had not put the "1" in it, he would neve: have achieved immortality. And that brings us to the matter of things heind read --..vhich we started with. Boys don't like "t" nowadays— am! thus they don't read Shakespeare, because modern literature leaves the "t" out of its immorality. Besides, the common vogue "teed" has nothing to do with Shakes-. BEER! Al! of which. Smithers. is very nitwitish—and I hope omeone else fill, the column before the editor sees this. The Military Ball Committee ANNOUNCES A Change of Orchestra WHITEY KAUFMAN AND HIS Victor Recording' Orchestra Have been engaged in place of Dan Gl:egory The Bullosopher's Chair THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Dean Watts Portrays Oriental Student Life This is the second of a series of three letters which Drop P. L. Watts, 0/ the School of Agrienithre, is Will ing exeln.irely for the CoHeflinn f rOO5 Chita, -where he served on a spec:l'ol inerienn educiftinsul rinstuissins In sniaply with Chisese ref/slot Herein Den?, Irnib portrays 0 10 , 11 e nr lien train oriental. olifflelll /qr. Soon after the COMMIS:4On :u rived at Canton, we conferred with the Al- UMIII Council of Lingnan University. We found all the members very mm est Christian gentlemen, eager to as sist the commission in every possible way. There .was absolute agreement among the alumni and faculty that tho government requirements for .-,- Ifitratll4l should he met fully and as promptly as possible.' To this end, a new hoard of directors, the majority of whom would be Chinese, had to be , organized. in about . two weeks fromi the date of our arrival, this task was accomplished. All members of the board but one (and he was in Europe) were present for the . first meeting. The membership included the chief i executive of the Chinese National Board of Education, the acting mayor of Cantu.] who is a devoted Christian, the Chief Engineer of Canton' who is an alumnus of l.ingnan University, a wealthy Chinese gentleman who is president of ten .books in China, San Francisco and New York, a prominent attorney, school principals, business men, and a Chinese lady, Mrs. I. C. Folk, who is one of the most promin ent women of Ctraton. The Alumnae of Penn State will be pleased to know that Mrs. Folk the second person nominated for membership on the hoard and that she also was made a member of the executive committee. As Doctor Edmunds reniarked, "It is a Board of Directors worthy of any American College or University." Associate President Chetrsg, who visited State College about a year ago, was elected President of the Univer sity. Though the management of the institution mill be in the hands of Chinese administrators, the Founders or Board of Trustees in America will continue to function and cooperate by supplying the usual number of foreign teachers. The alumni, faculty, and students of the University expressed great confidence, in the new admini trative adjustments. wad the contin ued success of the institution. We were most delighted by the at titude and spirit of .the college stud ents. A liner or more earnest body or young men and women cannot be found anywhere. The "Penn State For Service, Comfort and Economy Burn the Genuine Anita Punxsutawney Rusty Coal For Sale at PHIL FOSTER COAL YARD Phone 1114-M --mohshwo.-swncwcwcwooiwvswcwooomwmwvooaooooo Elinor Glyn Defined 6' 99 9 We Will Soon Show COMING MIMICANICIMICIMMICSIMoramiIMCSSICIMMICISIPMVAVVONNANWAN. .HAROLD P. GRIFFITH Special Representative New York Life Insurance Co. 4- Phone 294-W STATE COLLEGE, PA. YEAR ROUND CLOTH Pretty New Prints Acc: Yard Guaranteed Fast Colors 91.%) EGOLF'S Newest in LADIES' DRESSES AND SILKS FYE'S West College Avenue spirit" must have been planted there years ago by "Daddy" Groin Though they take their work seriously, they also know how to play and how to get the most out of athletics. For several years the students have been holding. sunset meetings every Sunday evening. It was our privil ege to attend one of these meetingq and though I could .not understand a word, for the service was in Chinese. it. was nest impressive. The student who addressed the meeting spoke on leadership, a very appropriate theme at this time when the whole Republic needs the services of devoted, well ed ucated Christian leaders. Most sig nificant changes are °milli.= almost. daily in this country with foie• times as many people as there are in the United State. and great indeed the opportunities for trained leader ship. R. L. IN'ATTS (l'o 1w rrnol inowd.) Niehuhr To Hold Last Session This Evening (Continued from first page) nitets and some say a second John, the Baptist" and to the other was an awered, are the Messiah." "However," said the Detroit clergy man, "Jesus feared to he called the Messiah because people would then expect more tiara was his earthly mission: ' Think Like God, Not Man What the Savior really desired Was a kingdom of love upon earth. That desire prompted the rebuke to Peter's von• of fidelity in which he answered. "Peter, thou thinkest like man and not like God." The logic of forgiveness. according to the Reverend Niebuhr. is more pow- ful than the inst:%tet of vengeance, especially when the divine equation, which states; "to return evil l'or evil merely multiplies evil" is taken into consideration. Answers Queries An open discussion between Rev. Niebuhr and the members of the Fa terfratternity council took place in the afternoon. In reply to a question which gave the modern college maids view or property rather than culture, EQUITABLE, LIFE OF lOWA J. A. (Pop) GARRISON AGENT Phone 325-W 121 Burrowes S Nittany Lion Bracelets $l.OO at CRABTREE'S Allen Street he stated that cultut•al conversation was almost never heard among All tieltS of today. For instance. very few undergraduates hold conferences in which political issues of the day ore discussed. A contraA between so-called mod ern book review sermons and the old fashioned revival was dismissed be cause of the wide difference of sub jects and conditions surroi u idiaft them. Youth and Ills Problems As for the promotion of culture and the development of morals in stu dent. ;minim, the main remedy is to express oneself correctly and adhere to the moral principles which are part of, our training. It. is possible to express one's own opinion and still nut he a Bolshevist. Then came what might be called the amst-discussed phase of the dis cus:Mi in which modern youth with its evils and advantages were placed under lire. To quote Hey. Niebuhr. "Religious education today is better than it was twenty-live years ago." Women's rrvedom Affects Moral:: • "Modern. youth is critical mut therefore care.: not for the deceit and hypocrisy which marked the moral pra'etices of our forefathers, nut itself affected :ieriously by the break ing up or the ,111(1 family ties. The in creasing freedom of women has also brought about a loose• .Fense of moral Justice than was the ease or a 170- _ailed wholesome frankness. "MorCOVCr. modern man is living without standards, being luxury-and nex.dicssed. 110th nationalism and ,:ex have become religions to the man of today. "liave Too much Leisure" "One of the greatest perils of mod civilization is the uneducated ex pert. That is. many men specialize to such an extent that their• general cultural bachground is left out entire ly and. although thee• are of service in their particular field of endeavor, they da not have the attributes of the successful citizen. "However, it is the civilization that is at fault and not the itulivitlual or the university. We ale becoming a luxury-loving nation. inereasing our efficiency to such a point that we will eventually have too much leisure." Carmeletes 39c SPECIAL THIS WEEK CANDYLAND Is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday Buy Your Building Supplies Where Quality Is Emphasized Satisfaction Is Guaranteed HOMAN & HAFER Material that doesn't come back for owners who do Bell 40-M N. Sparks St. WCIMPOMNIMIEWMCW,CMICIMIMICWINVCIMMICICOMMICCIM It's the Cut of Your Clothes That Counts A A -' !:-/ A 71". 0 t N , 14 • ;!agfa ~ L IARkt A A A 0 College Men Say . o 0 Society Brand Make Exactly e • P What They Want 4%100". MEN in college know what they want to the last fraction of an inch. They say the clothes we have here have everything; the style lines, the quality, the colors, the patterns, and best of all, economical prices. Ask to See Our $25 Tuxedo • • Opposite Front Campus slissztivissmivsvimiNvismoslissNmos ......... ........... Tuesday. February 22,1927 "You can't do anything without money." a materialist 'principle; was the last theory discussed at that con ference. "3laster I will follow withersoever thou goest" was the text of the ser mon at the union gathering of.all churches in the Auditorium Sun day evening . . Under this topic th e unity of principle which underlie; the various der.0111i..1:11i0115 tray brollf.tht 1111 t Jesus' "hol l ow me." the exhortation to one who desired to wait until his father• had liven buried. was n o t 01 terse or hard-hearted command as might be surmised. Instead it was an illustration of the sacrifice to he made by one who would follow in the footsteps of the Master. UV; night Reverend Niehuhr's is was "Spiritual Light in a Specular Civilization." After his speech. the Detroit elergyman spent a short time in answering various questions which men:oer.: of the audience had to aik continuing the subject of his mis Ann. 711/ATIZI:- Nittany Theatre (Matine e Daily at Cathatini) TuEsimr— Mae Murray in "ALTARS or TuEsnAV—Nittany— Buster IENEIe.% I." WEDNESDAY- ;cue SI ra t 11111 Porter's Tit E 31 AG IC GA !WEN T !I U RSDA V-- Mark Prevost, (Barka Ray in ES t:•Ut'l'Eu" I RI DA Y- Owen Wore. Joan Crawford in TAxi RAscrx" Adie4 eY-I . ls STARK. BRQ S, 7-4.berdashers TODAY- But---Why Worry M. FROMM MI Star Cast in
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