rage Tw.,:., Penn State Collegian Published semi-weekly during the College year by students of the Pennsylvania State College, in the interests of the College, the students, faculty, alumni and friends. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD Wilmot rn LOPD, Jn. TB . . . It. M. ATRINsox "23 . . . . . C. P. Pus*: '29 .. .. .... .... THE EDITORIAL STAFF WIIFELFR LORD, In. '2B 111'NJAMIN KAPLAN '2B lt. M. ATMNSON '2B W. S. 'thomhos '2B I' It SNIALTZ '2B I=l L. 11. Bell, Jr. '29 11. P. Mrleham '29 II E. llolTinan '29 L Mitstifer '29 THE BUSINESS STAFF C F. FMNN '2B 13uranesa Manager Fratni , sou '2B Idvertising Manager It It. Kuuncv Circulation Manager .I I,st (.11. ".2'; Asst Circulation Manager ASSISTAy: BUSINPSS MANAGERS P. C. Ma onturc,' _VI J II Reiff '29 ErMEMI ll'unaya,,r Editor This Issue TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1928 LARGE OR SMALL? There was a noticeable resentment among read ers of the recent issue of Froth, in that number dedi cated 11 a parody of Time Bitter feeling was es pres,:ed by not a few, threats were actually heal d :11;.11,1St the editors of the humoi ous magazine that Kiln 'State is pi nod to call its own. The threats, the bolter Peeing, the misgivings were occasioned by those members of the faculty and student body who we.i e slighted, whose names did not appear in any portico of what was by far the most creditable piece of endeavor ever to come from the pens of any Froth group The disgruntled ones are insisting that they should not have been overlooked and that Froth was guilty of showing partiality. They wanted publicity too, they didn't get it, and so the natural thing for them to do was to resent basing been e eluded front t is gallery of notables. lite fortunate ones who were recognized by the lun-creators were so elated that they purchased sev eral copies of the magazine for the purpose, as they themselves would willingly tell you, of letting out of-town friends in on the good time There were .t icw, however, who tailed even to favor their most intimate friends with a smile as they read what the student body, through the Froth, thought of them. Did those gloom lovers, composing a very small min ority, mink themselves too important, too dignified to lie subjected to a little fun that is to be found in the pages of the current issue of Froth" Or C.aS it volt they thought the truth about themselves was being unfolded' Do they feel themselves insecure in near present positions now that their foibles have been esposed' +e••is,l It tutre is anyone who raises his voice in protest about words that were typed about himself, that per son is merely pro , ,ing to be a character that is indeed small: anyone that is guilty of disliking his "write up," aid is protesting about it, is in reality telling the world that he is not suited to hold the particular College position for which a pay-check is being drawn The people who really have a legitnnate right to 'hamar resentment are those who were forgotten by the Froth editors Exeryone will sympathize with those alto were ignored, realizing that their claims of "Favoritism" are prefectly justified The Colleg ian joins hands with this group, but has no sympathy wifa the other VALUE RECEIVED About this time of year dissatisfaction swells In' the average collegiate breast. There is an urge to! get out of school and get to work. "I'm not learning' anything, and why should I stick around here," is the usual outburst Opoinions as to the correct an swer to the problem vary What, in truth, does a student get out of his foui years spent at college' If he studies his les sons faithfully, he learns what one should know to be he considered "cultured." He finds out how to com pute stresses and strums for engineering problems He learns that there is a machine which, will save the labor of fifty men in the harvesting of wheat. He lea ns that "there can be no • psychosis witliour neurosis " Ihe average cost of a diploma is $6,000 A worthy statistician recently estimated the worth of this same diploma as $70,000 If we were feeling In a humor oils mood we might comment on the well.known fact that is no Santa Claus and that such a bargain 1., beyond the pale of human comprehension—and belie' A student (in deference to our professors let us call him that) is assigned his lessons and, let us say, he learns them Tennyson once said, "Knowledge conics but Wisdom lingers" But who expects a col lege man to be wise save in the slang meaning? He is supposed to gather "friends who will help him after lie its out of college," he is supposed to tuck away somewhere within himself the rudiments and power to recognize culture; he is supposed to develop him self into a mon in the years spent away from home and mother It is perhaps true that he will become a great lawyer, a marvelous artist or a shrewd busi ness man by means of his "higher education," but when one stops to consider the fact that down through the ages have come world leaders in all lines who were either self-ducated or minus to a horrible degree in that omnipotent thing, a college education, well, what's the use, why not get started in one's life work immediately*, Public libraries contain all the text books com monly used in college courses—except a few. for which let us praise Heaven—and there are number less methods by which the man who wishes to gain education, that is, a real education, may do so. In thy, manner he eliminates all the studies which the ordinary college provides for "mental discipline" and gets Just exactly what be wants and needs The manner of study is discipline in itself. No less an authority than the Rev. \V. Warren Giles, pastor of the First Reformed Church of East Orange, New Jersey, recently quoted figures that claimed but one college graduate out of every 173 succeeds in attaining eminence in life, or rather,— success. In addition, he stated that but one high school graduate out of 160,000 is named successful. as to what the NVOld "-uccess' unpile, One manl strives for a million dollars while another for a home, wife and family. It must also be remembered that the above figures were taken from a prominent vol ume that lists the supposed notables ofthese United States Space in it may be bought for a nominal sum Is this a worthy authority on the number of, men Who have attained success, . President Vice-President • Trensurcr Opinions vary on the value of a college education as it is now assimilated. Would there be colleges and universities without the present social pressure? Opinions vary. , Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Associate Editor Associate Editor 0- UNCALLED-FOR TRANSITION Habits and customs characteristic of a small in stitution, howevdr ingrained in its existence they may be, are subject to modification if not absolute alter ation as that institution undergoes a perfectly nor mal growth So it is with Penn State, and it is not with many pangs of regret that the student body re calls Poster Night or even the more recent custom of juniors wearing headpieces. Even now, a con scientious observer can detect a gradual process of transformation in the daily practices of the under graduates A little slip here, a bit of laxity there, a new idea—and there is a scarcely noticeable transi tion which becomes quite apparent only when complete. Such responses to ever-changing conditions are as inevitable to a college as are similar reactions in the field of business or even in social circles The picturesque but decidedly inconvenient process of trading by barter is the signpost of a forgotten age; also unheard of now is that select "Four Hundred" which lamely upheld the social aristocracy of New York They both submitted to one of the two possi ble alternatives, "progress or stagnation." In neither case can the original remain intact REESE .. Even the most prejudiced observer could not place Penn State as on the road to stagnation Rather, it is on the crest of the all-sweeping wave of progress that the College finds itself and accompany ing its forward movement are inevitable transitions in the traditions and customs of the. College The pity of the whole procedure is that with the depart ure of the undesirable, go some of the more cher ished ideals and practices Most noticeable among the practices which for merly characterized Penn State and which now seem helcied to, the discard is the Penn State "Hello " It L '., '4 mat when fellow student encountered fel lin . dent on the campus, a cheery greetin g would be e.changed. Lamentable is the state of affairs now prevalent. where freshmen not only disregard each other with impunity, but even pass upperclass men with utter indifference. The question of main taining the "hello" is one that rests entirely with those who have already graduated from the ranks or the yearlings It is up to Mem to observe the custom themselves and to insist upon the freshmen doing likewise. Unless they do, the highly commendable "hello" will continue on its way toward a perfect fade-out. The Bullosopher's Chair Smithers. Wasn't Sunday a beautyul day, though Bullosophei ? "Beautiful' lion could such a pleasant adicetne °Mel your maul and associate with such a disagreeable thought as impending finals , Ugh! l'n.e had a bittes taste m my mouth ones since I started thinking about it." Smi[hcrs• Nomtheless, I enjoyed the imasion cf balmy scathe[ and took advantage of it by taking a long walk, the fist in necks "Well, tee have something in common Being a lover of Notate myself, I paced a few short squares about the campus and through Locust Lane" Smithers Beautiful section, isn't it? "Bah , I heard one of the most disgusting and resent ful conceits pouted in my ear as I mandeted through the Line." Smtthers• I hnov, there's mote coming, Bullosopher ln terflateinit.3, sing, aren't even being thought of right now "Collect A group of brothers mho aren't entuelv in on mpathy nith the Christian religion weer assembled in the thud limn of their house, yelling, singing, citing "The Battle 11l mn of the Republic," one of Amen lea's most sacred hymns, in complete and intended discord, in serting inharmonious notes in a most vociferous manner. I felt like heaving a brick- 77 " : 4 Smillier4 was! (Whisper) Smithery: Well, perhaps they could move out beyond tlio last outpost , he: e they ,ouldn't dtstml, the neighbors Always— be mindful of --+- rffle Omer - Unumull TM PENN STAB.. COLLEGIAN "OEDIP An Analytical Review bi Acting Head of Classical When the curtain opens on the Pla ere' production nest Saturday evening, the Penn State ,comxnunity stiP have the lore oppottunitv of see ing one of the moi lil's greatest dra mas The Oedipus Tylannus is -.- guide as the greatest single Greek tragedy by no less a critic than At s totlo in the "Poetics" a mat velous es- SIIN , by the way, fm those who mould comprehend the Attic drama. Aris totle. livings after the c'ese of the pleat age and rpoesessing all the plans, most of ',loch ale now lost, availab'e before him, and having one of Ws tory 's first analytical minds, studies 0 , the "Putties" the essential features of a ha,:ed3, of tragic situation and chnructei His illustrations alone short that our piny is erntinually in his mind • The "Tragic Choice" The olitei has heard mptessed among tcs colleagues' the modern', feefing that the situatcon of Oedipus so not ti my traft.e, an that there is no leaf opporunity far the tragic choice. This is to m.sread Sopheeles and to misunderstand the hellenic root of vice, The tragedy lies not In the murder and inc4st, gapping and gmecous parts of the play though they be; the tragedy, as Aristotle showed, and an modern hellemsts see, consists in the stubboin pride and an tcl:lectual self-will and self-sulrtmency Oed pus in presuming during the plague to cn ores the sm ile., whe lit is confident cannot be his own co o^ q^it r nos self To be sure,. nt t i i•oy r which Sopa ocles was the acknowledged master, rhows atself in that every one—except Oedipus—players and spectators alike know just shut the situation is One cannot help feeling for Oedi pus, even though lie as clearly pav ing for that '^hyla is" (insolence, pat t colatly against the gods), and it is interesting to note that yews .titer, at the close of his own Jong life, Sophoeles again returns to 'heat the tingle Icing, nom• a blind beggar, in the "Oedipus at Colonu.s," a play in which the woeful old man is shown to be himself redeemed through suffer ing and to be made in h s death a kind of sector of the folk Curse of Oedipus The tragedy to be presented by the Penn State Players is the product of the mature genius of Sophocles, mob ably, though the date is unknown. on about 920 B C. In it the King of Thebes—theAgeeks meant by Tryan nus r king rot of the regular des cent—.s discovered in anxiety over a plague which is devastating the city They seek the person aespon able for the divine nvnith seen in the plague, and awful curses are uttered b 3 Oedipus against the guilty scones An older sect tells the King 'thou art the man,' Oedipus theseupon bitterly accuses his brother-in-law, Creon, of conniving. The dispute, later aug mented Eby the wards of Queen Jocaste and the Messenger, make ot clear that it is Oedipus himself that has slain his lathes and married and had child rer by his own mother. Tocaste slays herself and Oedipus stokes cut his eyes This sery briefly is the outline of the stoiy, but the marvellous away mg of main and subordinate plots, the keying up of the ems, the sustained , RADICI' FrAlp Let us demonstrate Atwater Kent R. C. A. Electric Supply Co. Peoples Bank Bldg. AFRAID .OF FRIZZ?--So are we That's why we use the gentle Eugene Method to assure Natural Permanent Waves SMITH'S POWDER PUFF Phone 451 ~.,,......, Official Valve Bladder Basketballs For Fraternities Specially Priced $12.06 THE ATHLETIC STORE On Co-op Corner S . REX" Dr. Robert E. Dengler, I Language Department Interest of the increasing resolations through the masterful dialog, cannot bo analred; they must be hand and I=l In Sophocles the chorus consisted of Theban elders, who reflect the dignity and tiudition of tho city's gloriods past. Mi Cl.tingh, with an etc lot beauty, no doubt justifiable, has substituted a chorus of young maul ., It will be tnteresting to observe what elect this change mill hose upon the presentation of Sophocles'i point of The lyrics of thus play are among the most lovely In Greek poetly In the present produenon the uor Is of the Isms are the s 0100 translations or Do Gilboa 'Murray of Oxford, whole the dia:Og Is taken front the prone version of Richard Vlaver boas° JeLS, the greatest Sophoeleon student the world has knonn. The c h aracter of Oedipus mill be played by Mi. Ricker, who will be remembered ns the splendid Messen ger of last yeat's Medea, and me are assured that the lest of the east will ebb support him. To miss this mar lellous drama, risen by e'celtent pm cannel, under the able direction of Cloetingb, mould be to la, one of the cho.cest inteleetu it and ass thetc delights o'er olfeted on this cair.9us. ROBERT E DENGLER Prof. Henning To Talk On Breeding of Sheep 'lShzcp Produet•on in Cleat Bra,- air" rill oe the title of Pi of L liennaie, achliess to the New Englini. Sheep nil Wool Growers' association on Januiry tuerty-fifth Ths is the ...coed agi cultural tall, planne. , this month fm an anthem, a‘vay from the College, the flint, ',Tea'- any "By-Pi 'duets Utilization in Swine Sealing " having been gi‘ en at the New Joiner Agaieultinal celege Prod „Mansell F Gnmr Blue Band May Parade At Templar's Conclave Reading's Knight Template .hase Immally invited Penn State's Blue Band to lead the parade at t'sc an nuo, conclave whirls will be held at the Pretzel City earls , ' in Slip,accord ing to Wilfred 0 Thompson, band master. No definite arrangements have been made hut should the trip be effected concerts will be firs en en crte Need an Alarm Clock? Get One ili CRABTREE'S Allen Street THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR , JIM'S POOL ROOM WPSC PLANS ATTRACTIVE BROADCASTING PROGRAM "Yesterday Sure-fire Remedies," "Vitamins of Today" Are Themes of Talks With =mall numbers liv mndnul usl students and interesting speak els engaged, the iegural uesday and Wednesdly night WPSC /who pro cams shoull prove unusu illy attrac ts o this week be week also snacks rho feopening of the Armory remote cannel station for the broadcasting of the %%I cutting meet Saturday aftei f COT Speakers for the agricultural pro- gram tonight inalude Professor It. A. Dutcher, head of the agricultural and L.°lcg•cat ehemia.liy depot Intent Mali nnothe: of his talks on a Itamlns. A. IC Andelson an a>sociate mores:el et the same department, and associate Inrofes2cl C. A Sclg, of the landscape arch tectural department, complete the list "Ancient Quack Medicine" be an important talk for tomorrow night lb} Di R.beit E Dengler, inofe.isor of Greek, in he will tell of "sure file" remedies of ancient times Engine°ling extens,on activit.es will b., to:d by Professei John 0 Keller o, r r epresentatne, and announce merts c.l the coming Summer Session e - mpletes the half hour. For the enteitamment features this meet Denali D Henry, announce! in charge c: programs has in clude,' uohn select:els by Willmar I. Stimmel '29, tonight and a unii cal piogiam be a local oimestia to ci ma night MEMBERS OF FACULTY ATTEND ANNUAL STATE FARM PRODUCTS SHOW Mclibels of the faculty of Penn State and othei peisnns conneete.l malt the College will take prominent pints in the State Faun Products Shoe. uhich opera today at Harris- GREGORY'S Fifth Avenue ser vice and atmosphere on Allen Street -BUT Still Allen Street (Open after dances) CANDYLAND goo , Here's your opportunity to sup ply your future needs in High Grade Shoes At Our ANNUAL REDUCTION ,SALE JOHNSTON & MURPHY • $13.50 Calf or Scotch Grain $11.35 $14.50 Black and Tan Calfskin $12.35 • FLORSHEIM $12.00 Custom Built, Cordovan Black and Tan $10.45 $lO.OO Calf and Scotch Grain Black and Tan $8.85 CRAWFORD $9.00 Calf and Scotch Grain $7.95 $8.50 Black and Tan . . $7.45 I STETSON & L MILLER'S BeautifOl Shoes for Ladies M. FROMM Opposite Front Campus Since 1913 Tuesday, January 17, 1928 thurt: and continues until Fiitllty of this week. Among those flora Penn State who will speak at the show ate President Ralph D. Ret'el and Ralph L Watts, Dean of the School of Agucußare. Picife.imrs Comes, Slnglev and Bent ley Item the Animal Husbandry de paitment ate numbered among those who will judge stock The show is under the direction of the State Farm Products Show COM , mission of which Dean Watts is a member PROF. ROHRBECK TELLS POULTRYMEN VALUE OF NEWS AND ADVERTISING Edo in IL Rolnbcek of the a:mi . cultuto cxtenzion drpattment spoke to the men;aets of the Poultry Club Thur. duo in the i clue of news writ and admit.= to the agricultur- Tho theme of h, talk was that the results of evpm intents and gen coal tooth mild he bullet written and used more The club began prep 0 ations tot the Sp. th Annual Penn} Ivania State Standa,t Ploduction Poultry Show to i lla held nest Octobei with the election of officers for the show Toni P. Whit taker '2), elected ,emetaly and c.lito2 of the nominal List and Nay ne Hat traria Ti easui er nt the .how Nittany Theatre (Matinee Dail) at 2.00) Note:—Nittan) open eien night ex cept Montia}. TUESDAY— Gary Cooper. E,cl3 a Brent, Nn th Beery, Willsam Pnn ell in - BEAU S AMUR" Special Prices: adults 10c, children 2k' TUEgDAY nnil WEDNESDAY— Rod Lanoque, Phylli er in "'IUD FicuTING EIGLE" WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY— Leanne .In 3 in "THE ANGEL OP LIROADWAr' THURSDAY and FRIDAY 3111tnn Silk in Peter 13. Kyne'q "THE VALLEY OP GIANTS FRIDAY and SATURDAY— S,d Chaplin In "THE MISSING LINE" 41' Rr STARK. BR S, 7-4therclashers In The Unlvorally Manner CATHAUM THEATRE BUILDING
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