Pa,. ZaZ 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, TILE EXECUTIVE BOARD Wlioor.rn Loon, Jo. '2B It. 21 AIKINSON '2B C 1' FLINN '2B THE EDITORIAL STAFF NVIIFFIFR I.ortn, JO. '2B ErmrAmiN ICAPLAY '2B R. M. ATIONSON '23 W S 'fimmtnr; '2B I' II SMALTZ '2B 1, 11. Bell, Jr '29 11 I' Flofrman '29 C F. PM , : '2B .1! 11 Kit iito,, '2B IL' I. '.I. LAt c.itt , '2,4 ASSISI'AY l' I:I ',INES , . M INACERS P. C. Al f Conn w'll . ',.!., J H Rear '29 IM3!IMII 'I he Pr rin Mule COL! I h 1:.., ur 1. onn• COMTllllill{lorlll n any unpin nits retl All h mint hour the nnine of the n troiler 4,411,..1 , 4 ....minim tannin hill ilitniturok In tint, It, 11, ,‘,lll lil• r IT. 10 4100111.2 my the Inner. Ihn Suet ishosilal L. hi Ishii, tinl unit tl/111,11 11111.1. rwripucly he Coirll/1111nli C 1,.. ,ant n rt.. the e rr to rt soil. 111 .111111.11. 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B21311=2!Ill All envy for tteedey, Niue mut be In Ike /Imre by twelve o'eleek Sunday snylib and fur I rl.ln, Lnat, by twq n'elm k Wulneneln) night 5.::',7. 1 r,',...::;', •"'Zt," .7.r. t. a 1",7',!,?t!,,a C":;''',7,,,?.'.17,Z,` 1 .1r ',7‘t.e,r:::: SAPPr 1 UESDAI , MARCH 20 1928 F-O-R-U-M FOR FIVE LETTERS Thew are quite .t few students who would wel come the oppoi tunny to hear addresses by special ists on subjects of current national interest as a part of the educational training that might be available here Out-of-town speakers or members of the fac ulty who are parucularly well-versed on various sub jects would be the medium far an enjoyable and in spiring session that would afford a gathering of stud ents some intellectual enlightenment There is an appalling lack. of such term of entertainment at Penn State. 1 hat same situation can be remedied if the students themselves demonsu ate enough enthusiasm for the addition of forums and lectures. At the present time there arc quite a few stud cnts who sit around and bewail the fact that there is no opportunity to attend a forum or lecture After sonic minutes of decrying the lack of this feature, they turn their thoughts to other topics and the forum idea is Just as far removed from being an actual, beneficial happening as before. If those students would start some serious agitation on this subje6t, they would be surprised to see the results It is un derstood tharCollege officials are only too anxious 'to inaugurate weekly forums it they are assured of undergraduate support 11 five students will take the trouble to dispatch as many letters, upholding the forum-lecture idea, to the Letter Box of this newspaper we will guarantee the installation of that feature in the educational fragrant of the institution At first glance, that mty seem like a rash promise, but we are confident that live letters will be the impetus necessary to install the forum idea "You furnish the letters--we'll fut rush the forum," should be the slogan of the move ment that will result in insfkrational and intellectual enlightenment to all who attend the futuristic gatherings P-O-R-U-M, a five letter word that can be made mi actuality by five letters from the pens'of interest ed persons We have threatened to guarantee the installation of the forum idea upon the receipt of five letters Now we want five students who will see it vie can make good on our promise THE HOOVER LANDSLIDE Mr. Herbert Hoover of California and the Re publican party tared e \ceedingly welkin State Col lege over the week-end as members of the community went to the polls to reveal their choice from among ten presidential possibilities named on the straw ballot. If the present 'Secretary of Commence ec periences the same success in the future as was his at Penn State he will certainly not lose any sleep worrying over election returns when the evenings I•eain to lengthen and the air becomes crisp later on in the presidentml year A recoid number of eighteen hundred and ninety-two votes revealed unprecedented interest among the faculty and students here Although it I% quite probable that a certain lew voted more than the legitimate once, never before has such interest been displayed in any election at Penn State. The criticism that the college undergraduate assumes no interest in happenings outside the boundaries of the campus received a stunning blow that should silence, temporarily at least, the ready critics of the college undergraduate The large vote is especially gratity ing and is a credit to the voters and Penn State. It is interesting to note that one hundred and twenty three ballots were discarded because of evident discrepancies. The straw vote showed beyond a shadow of doubt that Penn State is Republican in its political ',references In Favoring Hoover it has also demon %traced a desire for prosperity, economy, high tariff and prohibition enforcement. Herbert Hoover gained a notable victory. The unevenness of the result proved conclusively that the ability of the Westerner is well respected He can count on the hearty support of Penn State voters if he succeeds in gaining the nomination of the Repub lican pasty at the Kansas City convention this sum mer May even greater power and success be his in the crucial tests which loom in the approaching I utin It seems that a portion of the time at a recent meeting of the Liberal Arts faculty was spent to taking tho fraternities to task for conducting I nita flans in such a manner that the neophytes are forced to wait until class time Intern they can procure fifty or more minutes of much-needed slumber. The fra- ternitics should use more caution and common-sense in conducting initiation ceremonies, say some the Liberal Arts pedagogues. lii least, something should be done so that the freshmen will not answer the pleasant call of Morpheus while attending recitations All this discussion is well and good but is it not up to each individual fraternity as to how the initia tion should be conducted The pedagogues. could talk about the initiations for ninny meetings and nothing could be done about it. It is a matter for ,each fraternity to consider. Fraternities have usually iproved themselves perfectly capable of taking care icif their own affairs Is there any reason why such should not be the case now? . . President Vice• President . Treasunr Editor-in-Chict Assistant Editor Managing Editor As,oeinte Editor A,sociate Editor Fraternity scholarship cards have been assailed as a nuisance Perhaps they are, yet nothing aids the freshman in maintaining an acceptable classroom status as much as the issuing of the fraternity schol arship cards at the live, eight and thirteen weeks per iod. It is true that the non-lraternity student is ,denied this advantage A few years ago the Penn !State club was responsible for procuring scholarship ,'cards for its underclass members If this plan has lbecome obsolete, means should he introduced for its 'reinstatement It P. Mileham '29 L. Alltstlfer Ilyslness Manager A.l:erti,ng Manager ( .ILalation Manager Fraternity scholarship cards arc an Invaluable aid to better scholastic standing Non-fraternity scholarship cards should certainly be desirable also. :They do entail extra labor on the part of the faculty, yet nothing is gained without cost. Sentiment is forming with surprising rapidity :concerning the present freshman customs at Penn :State from all sides are heard expressions urging the disposal of some and the retention of others. It IS becoming a live issue In the meantime, a com mittee appointed by Student Council is considering :the whole question and will soon announce recom imendations lot the approval or disapproval of that 'undergraduate legislative body As the College grows many of the customs be come obsolete The larger the institution the fewer the customs Many of the present regulations gov erning the freshmen were in I orce years ago when the iCollege numbered only several hundred students. Now with a student body almost four thousand, it is high tints that the retinue of customs be unearthed and held up for minute scrutiny. If the customs are found wanting after a close observation, then they should go the way of all unnecessary evils. It is most probable that there will be quite a house-cleaning alter all the customs have been brought out for an airing Many are now in force, which are being observed and ,enforced as well as the eighteenth amendment It is all too true that an unenforced law is worse than no law at all. The time has arrived for a thorough investiga tion of all customs Such an investigation is being undertaken In the meantime it would be well for all those who haye displayed any interest to bear in mind that the entire matter is one of undergraduate jurisidetion It is a snidest problem The Bullosopher's Chair "Well, well, so that% where vox s. ere. I understand that it was <coking good meet." Smithers• Yes, it UZIs. Bat some of the deo,ons me • rather— "Here, here, Stnithers, you stop right time if N. going to say chat your facial eNanession lima tb . What', the matt, math you? Are you one of thus.• pen pie mho ale .tlnzy, expecting sictory and If you don't get it you squab and squirm around and yell "robber" and make all sorts of alibis. If you are, I am through tutu you night hue and now. I sized you up as a thor ough sportsman, almay, being gracious in victory and ' , lulling in defeat—and I am still certain that you are just Ithat. What you need is sleep after your hall trip. You Igo to bed now and in the morning you will be yourself again " Smither, Why you have me all wrong, Bullosopher. lain not sore about losing by one point In fact, lan !toady to go,e Navy all the credit Ole desm yes And our buy, gave then all and that's all any one can ask. Nu' in ally it is hardy, to lose by a elo:.e margin than by tOllll,ly score. "My boy, mtory Is all right—it is Nery acceptable at all times but do you know that defeat builds character. It, is the knocks that sic get that strengthen us. , No man ever spcceoded•aslo- sixoldedsthe , trials and niisfot tunes Of life. Victory is sueet but defeat is often more beneficial strengthens tho charades of the right men." CHARTER HOUSE 11 1 MONTGOMERY'S - Inn Slat AN OLD CUSTOM THREE BUTTONS Soft Roll The Second Authorized Ti,. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN [Thoughts of Others! The appearance of a new college honorary or professional organization, iegaidless of whether it is a fratel nay or club, immediately becomes the occasion for a stains of undergradu ate and faculty pi oteq vath the prin cipal ieason advanced that the col lege is aheady crowded solth clues and fraternitie s and that their some what similar function, cause a use less duplication of efforts and inter ests Whether the protestors are just ified in their contentions should de send, of course, upon the general si , - ; nation as well as the merits of the pat ticular ease To adopt a policy of excluding any new fraternities or clubs simply be- Icause the opinion is that there ate already .t sufficient number, would hardly seem a rational treatment of the problem, and would undoubtedly be a reselation to 'brie outside world that the college coos greatly under ritimating the lulu,. of its clubs A j cal clot analysis would doubtless pros e that an oiganizcd body of students and faculty riamber, with common lintercsts and proper administrational 'guidance could do .chore for the ful -1 th,ralice of education arid stimulation of interest in that pal ticular helot than almost any other system One quite plausible' method sug gests itself when the college discover., on the tolls a huge number of clubs I or sandier organizations whose efforts and interests osealii . p,—,tlyat is, tha combination of such:groups Tho,c remaining could then, by virtue of their increased passer and unity, be able to peace ta mem bes such as Mote M etc entirely im possible --.3j.,,1. n lh - , 11 Orange UNLIMITED CUTS When Moses handed doun the tenth commandment he neglected to men Lion good fortune as a prescribed pos. ..ession of our neighbors, so sin are taking the I.berts of cmeting the good fortune of the Princeton senior. faculty has given him unlimited cuts in all hit classes and it is believ ed that uasted clfort may so be elim inated flout the student's schedule. If a man cannot distinguish the u heat from the chaff, and is not able to dispose of his time to his best as santage unhampered by a routine schedule after three Yeats in the Uni ‘ersity, lie has not acquired the udiments of an education. The tTniversits that is ;ending it, graduates into a business morld where initiatne, not habit, and where Jude , : ment, not rules hold snag, might gat its semen., this trifling opportunity to prove their maturity., No miracle can occur ligraticillini:otilia.h might change the utfe'nfq into a reasonable being Ile must have been that way for some time. Why not treat him such, and take away rules that are as g defensible as mriying coal to Nev.castle. —The Cwnell Daily Sim WANTED *. Senior t's) sell life insurance for an old line company. Perfect`, protection, cover 1. - ing Life, Health and Acci- 1!. it dent, with nearly forty mil- t J, lions of legal reserve. Un paralleled growth. Very , liberal contract. Call Nit- :I*. tarry Inn, Wednesday, 21st, v {. 12 10 to 2 P. 111. A. B. FAULKNER t `DUNHILL VANITIES' CRABTREE'S CURE ,YOUR COLD with Gilliland's Mentholated, Pine Tar Containing Cod Liver Extract and Eucalyptus RAY D. GILLILAND Druggist Remarks By— The Letter—A Ploy m Three Acts —NV. Somerset Maugham —Dman , (•>2.00). While the devoted, sleds-I loss husband is hard at uork urost-! i ling shekels from 11 plantation, the[ charming young safe falls in lose u Ith I a gasged eat veteran and becomes his mistress Esentually, or consen- t tionally, rallies, Ilanimond, seduc I tares of Leslie, the erring n ate, and acquires a new mmtress an the person! of a fat, painted and tepellent Chin ese female. - Leslie's pride and heat t [ ale, or coarse, sea y much uounded and di isen despoate by her illicit and ejected love. She lentos a lettetd "The Letter," to Hammond invilangl Laos to s mat her for a show-don n ohile her 1111b111111(1 IS Incur on bum-' news. Hammond neglects to desire) the letter. conies, and is pumped full' of lead when he denies any affection for has former mistiess. The avenged beset, uishtng to save het neck and keep the truth from her admit,: spouse, acts to pet feet the role of a cu tuous ha tome saved ft not viola tion tier lawyer, after purchasing the mcrimtnating letter flout tne Chinese union tot ten thousand dui ' bars does uin the land and faeedont for las client, but Cioslne, Leslie's [husband, learns that his suite is not the pule and innocent Li celiac lie hail supposed when he demands an explan ation of the disposal of the ten thous and dollars. Leslie ends the play and Crosbie's illusions by exclaiming, "With all heart I still love 'he man I " Dramatist Maugham stints his play with a bang, as it score, an opernic;, ~ o effective, in fact, that the rest at the drama drags noticeably at times. After the intioducory murder, expo,- ion and revelations, spiced with cock tails. and frank conveisation, follow in clou succession up to the inevitah'e conclusion. Leslie, cool and self-con trolled for the most pint, excites ad- y ;i: A LARGE VARIETY OF x tEASTER GOODS'i X From Which to Select , Your •:. c• Easter Gift ••• GREGORY'S ::: CANDYLAND:=, Never Gets A.7lNte" From. This Tobacco Jasper, Tenn March 2J, 1927 Larus & Bro. Co. Richmond, Va. Gentlemen • I hove always wanted to smoke a pipe. After sec eral attempts I gave my "taste" up, fora ilk rash trial I got a blistered tongue. One evening, when looking over a certain outdoor magazine, I read that a certain fisherman could catch more fish when using "Edgeoorth," so I decided I would try "Ins" tobacco— for I am no poor fisherman! The next day I tried to secure Edge worth. The local country storekeeper did not base it, so I sent by a friend to the city for my first Edgeworth Too things have happened I still sibohe Edgeworth, and the local storekeeper always has a supply. I catch tish and never get "a bite" from Edges orth , Yours for keeps, II V Massey Edgeworth Extra High Crade Smoking Tobacco l ielsi9o6 l lo l 9eViein Ilegelomiew"6l%9o69m migreartemreteer cirer% SPECIAL BULLETIN This Week • 2 Shirts L s irall i fo o n a g d el h i , es $ - 1 Tie ißnegrnitfolaliisoOnSpuapgrt LEARBURY KIRSHBAUM SUITS SUITS $3 OAT.' ' , s3ooo • 2 Pair Trousers 2 Pair Trousers or Knickers or Knickers $35!! to S4OAI) $38.00 to $4O O Top Coats $2.5-122 to $40 . 2" M. FROMM Opposite Front Campus Since 1913 -ireeeerree.me.-eeeeeeemeeee 'O , re. nuration. Crosbie, who is good and blind to the point of exasperation, ap- I peals to know even less about mo t men than the menage husband. He is too kind and colorless to be con ventional Lawyer Joyce is not strong, enough to be admirable, and too con.; Hentious to he attractive. With the I ekeeption of Joyce's Chinese assistant' and understudy, the rest of tile chat-I . s do not impiess. The situation of the rejected lot e! of a ulfe fot a man other than her! husband and her vengeance for that' neglect is not as new as it seems at ' first glance. Even Euripedes, trag edian of the ancient Creeks, treats of one Phaedra who, en hen her passion. ate love for her son was not returned, slew heiself and left a letter accusing I the hapless youth of violating his sire's marriage bed. Phaedra died ,for revenge. The modern w omen. take., vengeance, but lives. --Book Lover College Prepares for First Annual Banquet (Continued from first page) Toth and Bill Roper Princeton foot- ILAI coach, on the speaker's list, tin. banquet ',molars to be a gala oc casion, accmding to lfatold If Ma ine:, '2B, chairman of the committee Athletic Booklets A novelty of the evening will ba a fifty-page booklet, copies of uhreh Hill be ihstributed among the ban quet guests. This booklet presents r survey of Penn State's athletic ac. mares during the past year and mill include pictures of teams and cap tains in all sports. Entertainment for the affair has not been overlooked by the commit tee. Johnny Buck's orchestra and the Varsity quartet mill give several selections and Ralph G Kennedy '2u, null present some Thespian dance Pm cities. NEW SELECTION OF Bucilla Embroidery Stainped Goods Including the popular QUILTED PILLOWS EGOLF'S Simply Phone 264 The Hiland _Shop cuimiNG - PRESSING REPAIRING Complete Laundry Service We Clean and Block flats Work Called For and Delivered 00000occocap000cxx0x000ocxxxx; Agents for ... Ro al and Underwood Portable Ty # ewriters Easy time payments if desired PORTABLES FOR RENT THE ATHLETIC STORE On Co-Op. Corner Tuesday. March 20, 1928 LOST—A glean and. white bracelet, meek-end of Senior Ball Reward offered for tetuin to C. E. ROBIN SON,—S. A. E house 2to Cil I ___.,..7.7.1EL1T1Z.& Nittany Theatre Olattnee Daily a 2300) TUESDAY— Alice While, Lanett Sherman Lnrr) Kent in Elinor GlynN "]LAD HOUR" TUESDAY—Nat:In) Lon Chaney in "THE BIG CITY WEDNESDAY— Helene Char!luck. Kenneth Harlan In ...STAGE KISSES" THURSD kY and FRIDAY— George Bancroft, Re el) a Brent in FRIDAY and SATURDAY— Billie Dose. Larr) Kent in — nu: HEART OF A FOLLIES GAIL" STARK. 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