rape riV..7
ordinary bong who, although he cnew: less guin than
the Pennsykanian, still considers sipping sodas an
accepted practice and believes wearing sheepskin
coats not ar all plebutri Even the wearing of a tux
edo outfit is quite as extraordinary among the ma
of Princeton as it is among those of this democratic
institution It may even be more so.
President At the recent letter men's banquet, more than
Vice-President one observant attendant was struck with surprise
Treasurerj to note that Bill Roper, indefatigable Princeton coach ,
land loyal follower of the Orange and Black, was the ,
jonly speaker to appeal without the prevalent formal
Idress When the politician-mentor rose to speak,
A , isistant Editor ;his first words were those of apology for his mappro-1
Managing Editor , priate garb And probably more than one banquet-
As , nende Editor ei had his illusions shattered for the first time when
Asseei ice Editor I Roper esplained, "At Princeton, we never dress up
;for an affaii of this sort" There was more than one
11 miaam .25 whisper accompanying Bill's !rank confession
1.. Mitstifer One often wonders just how long the world will
continue accepting the written and spolcen word with-
Tllll IIbSINESS lout investigation of its ewn. As long as men accept
ISusmrss ra, g , exaggerated lack and misconceptions, just so long
will they he subject to disillusion and surprise Toss
„„ht,„„ ao,i;believing world is invited, challenged, dared, time and
; believing
to learn by experience And still it refuses.
Penn State Collegian
Published semi-weekly during the College year by students
of the Pennsylvania State College, in the Interests of the
College, the student", faculty, alumni and friends.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
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114 NJAMIN KAMAN
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W. S. Tilfrasos
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ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS
I'. O. Al,Conn.turhey '2')
S Turpor '29
he I,eo 51.11, ( flit I'CIAN w.imme. rommunwnllons
IS 101, t. of I unim A,' All ft ttera 110. l !PI le 11... me a ;
Lr 0000)A0 , 04 'Ant , . 1 /11 , 111, 'Snuther, I noticed you were one of the select few who
r then oocial arum, to 11011, tin Men the Penn State
lonne,Anh Limn 'll. "Ulm' A rivlA 14..111M11.1. " S " b 105,111 haturil ty night.
ith lA , de, /...1 Aoll, for ,alah Atm, , OITA 1.1 1 ,4 01111111 •
IlnlAy for •011{1111.1114 • .11,r l',,s clay night good Ihea an lasted almost
the onto e night so that hair the attendants mere asleep
inigi 1m hen it two holed The I,lllllllthe tta , tie% el enough,
howt‘in, to Mahe e th It the ottheNtia played a Pant
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and loud Jolla„ tune in ozdet to cleat the hail"
mt.. Nal My Prlollnn tool Publollomr Co Slain mot.
Jou go . 11,‘„
es
eve,
IR..re. Snuther.:
Wl*, I tannin,.c you don't, even npineLiate the tnettatton
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I rderrol nt the !wane, Slab C 011.,. Pa ar inroad dens matter I
'Don't misunde,tanil me, Smithos I'm met ely
Au err roe Turnbors Issue mast be In the Alen by twelve n . elnek in, yea v hat I, and malls eves y other member mho tt
%drub., night, soul fon' I r141..a ~,rte, by tn.i.e oduek tyr o, d, thoulit of the L unmet, although there are sonic
light
Cewkn .„„ money omenmm~ ro ,!cloubtles•, who would inoelann it a huge .41,0', even
Stn. Lialecian • Yell: In, u. t 4 roe urennots alue this news., though they uere tally "nth at dn. Convinced.
vau r.
"II it the banquet ,taunted shot tly after six o'clock, it
would rise ,its.lied more of the attendant..., I believe. A.
LL ass, it , tai tea after eight o'clock so that half the
- - —; guests, haviog 11.0 taken of I egulai meals, Sl etc forced
ONE LAST WORD I.lthei to stuff themselvt, m sat 6Le muimme., while the
stint hall, having +halved thcm,elves for the feed, gave
'file customs revision committee has at last begun den , , ,,, ,t , atain,
or the hanger that
inns bout
to work actively on its task of assigning impractical g o t th,,, fast "
and useless class regulat,ons to the discard heap, m (Southern What Ilor r Atte, that, Pm pie..
ievising others, and of introducing new or borrowed!pu,sl for She wont,
TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928
ones Months base been spent in deliberation and , "Yon resent niv cinn ism, yet would lead me on
debate, weeks have been devoted to research and Well, if I most— The entertainment N1.1"1 yelp unwise
select"! Whiny., could espect the talented 311-,
solicitation of opinion. 1 his, with preparations
Romig to lotto bet best in a room clouded with the smoke
of earolully an anted, action will ,be swift and steady
aitei oin»ei ...het,. And how on earth was the vat
and decisions, official decisions, will be made quickly miry qu.o tot, aluih by the way, sang very smoothly; es:
pecans.: it must please the student body in gen- I pceted to pees al over die clacking of dishes, the clinking
glay•cs Ind the tinkling of silveiware—while the V. alt-
LI erlll,ole in Ole inevitable rebel contingent, corn- of
eis stele cleating the tables •
promise with the faculty aim eater. In a measure, to •
those immediately cheered by the changes, the cont.! nlt was leall
y an irony of fate to ask Kennedy, I.e
of Telpsich . Fo.in note, to step few fast ones where only
mittce is faced-with a difficult protect, the, perfect l
la dozen oi S
the u .. coUld see more - Bolin the mason - elf his bod.,
accomplishinent of which is a pract'eal impossibility
It is even suspecting that intermittent student and 1.b."
faculty howls will he emitted when the final re-ar- j "The presentation by the mound= soloist was the
iangement is announced Yet the uprising, if seen only successful one, simply because all could hear hei
a one occurs, will not be justified since the entire and most everyone could see het. Loon then, the waitcks
student body has been invited to trace opinion con-, were real pests and distuibed the recitation mole tsan
corning customs revision. Little response resulted' once Yet, somehow, they temamed absolutely t
well the proper time, probably more •ll come when it 'anl out of sight when the speeches Kiev. toescike."
is 100 late I snothers• I gise in I suppose the eats, too, were—
It is with the grestest confidence and assurance "Not at all Not at all The menu teas carefully
that the changes will benefit not only Penn State IPiepaied and the dishes were sersed with piofessional
smut and tradition but also the college 'melt that the prolbaency But to revert to the mogram, I can't hell ,
comnuttee proceeds to plan its final decisions Over-'feeling that a musical selection, alternated with e speesh
whelming student opposition, and only that, can 101 two, would hate made the esening more enjoyable.
cloinge the innovations made Let him who has oh-I "As for the speake,, Bill Roper spoke sanely and
prctions speak now or forever hold his peace. with much vigor, l'ei y besets scaled a humorous success,
ies.dent 'toilet, .is usual, really had something to say
and Mi. Hildebrand, old time that he is, was really inter
,sting
DOLLARS AND NON-SENSE
Celebrating the University of Pennsylvania's fin- .
al %levity ever Princeton in the Eastern Intercolleg- 1 .'Don't take it that way, Sinithos. I'm not trying
late Basketball league, a wild crowd of Penn students Ito be to eaChy 1 leahae it 1 , ..14 the rust attempt and that
paraded the streets of Philadelphia early last \Ved- because, it u..', some errors had to appear. The commit
no,day morning, baring a P R T. trailer and hecom- tee really did a creditable piece of work, taloing all things,
mg the cauhe 'of two riot calls The joyous cclebraii into TP''')!lat'l" 1 ,1A 13 9r. i ,1 )4 Itkj , tYa3' . l Vrr4,247
i
11191 CV ' ell Went so tar as to resist police force so that 44 " 3 t1 ' “'' , "f i titi c if t ' a Yk I t Mig: ;, 4 4 744 iT
and hene Ow -Aerie who ~ t . e , eeeirtil,rinagal i'S iiminnilt,
the senior iclit'ss president was arrested for inciting milies Its appealianc'e'at renn.'§bde l fleililsiiNmoothei
and shorter ..S" banquets"
With victory in the au and Spring close on its':
heels, the mob, no doubt, felt disposed to frivolity
and justified in broadcasting the success of old Penn
sylvania regardless of the resulting damage and col
mint but destructive press advertising Accounts
of sticn a uemonstration must cause the Penn St tte
powers that be to quake just a bit fearfully in contcni
plation of
,a recurrence of last year's unfortknate
devastating pajama parade Spring's annual debut
always causes a certain restlessness among the stud
ent body and in its lackadaisical way urges that mis
chievous nd careless instinct to be up and doing.
To those who heel inclined to follow the urge in
a destructive way comes the gentle reminder that
Penn State is an exhibition, on trial, striving to prove
that she is worthy of the $8,000,000 that voting citi
:ens may or may not pledge in the coming November
elections A glaring and widely advertised outburst
of student misconduct, always an incident long re
membered, will mean just so many votes and so many
dollars lost The momentary tun and thrill derived
from a night of frivolity is not quite woi th the
penalty paid
Tills BELIEVING WORLD
'Hie average college undergraduate usually
thinks of the Princeton student as it handsome, learn
ed man, well-dressed in his tilted derby, snug Chester
held coat and distinctive spats fhe unknowing
mass is inclumd to believe that this same son of old
Nassau dons his formal black and white togs at the
least social provocation and that with ut his well
trained cane, lie would be unable to navigate along
the narrow streets that border the picturesque
Princeton campus In short, the average man gen
eally associates the Tiger enthusiast with the typical
Englishman or the well-groomed Londoner.
Were Mr. Average Man to visit the New Jersey
instatinon with these expectancies and conceptions
deeply engraved, he would be subject to a sudden
unit :talc shock indeed. For the Princetonian is an
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1 The Playgoer 1
Ihere seems to be considerable
doubt i.mong the cognoscenti about
Vie correct attitude to adopt in polite
company when the Pens State Play
s' portal mance of "Boland the Hor
izon" conies up fro discussmn Rind
hearted people me plane to pretend
that O'Neill is not as bad as they
had anticipated, that is to say, he is
"clean " But even the most courteous
ale bound to feel disappoluted, othem
less cautious, resentful Even be
, tween acts the most glossing criticism
as that "Beyond the MI mon" made
a fan lv tolerable play fin an ama
teur organisation. After the pci-
romance people were heard connica
tog O'Neill with Doctor thane, the I
M ai
Companionate nage speaker, to
the Litter's great advantage; he had
mote "kick" than O'Neill, it was
said Indeed, several lathes coming',
ti om the disci,sion at the Methodist'
Ch arch to the play in the Auditormino
sadly ahrounced that the only thing'
that saved O'Neill even a partial nice
sine of applause WAS the gallant act-,
tog of the Penn State Players. The ,
Play. s, they intimated, gave a not
.
able pm formance, ime that would not
easily be forgotten but for ceitainj
amateumsh tendencies that cropped I
up, incvitably, every Sac occonds .
It is high tine that the word "am- 1 ,
ateur" be thrown out in criticising]
the Players What it means of course!
is that the organization is not to be
taken Seriously, that when it ((nuls
an elloi it is to be patted on the back I
anti fed chocolates, that the poisons)
on the stage after - all .uc our filendst
lor fraternity 1 clatives and are to bel
staunchly co • t* ..I .1d 1 MJC:I .nd net - 1
.er impartially as into and actress.l
Well, we arertnite willing to be nice'
about it, but ,in red c ~ .n we leseive'
,
the light to bear arms I
After .ill, we.ilid not. att.nd "Be.;
I 1 and the Horizon" to Le infoimml 1
that our neighbor had a fi lend in the'
cast. Noi l , tl see-wish to be r.mund-I
ml constantly that we had paid fifty, I
seventy-five cents or a dollar for the ,
privilege of watching a pool perform-I
-nee Most people go to the drama'
to be amused, to be tiansferred to a
world tabu* blue books have little
place and professors less, certainly
they do not go with the intention at
debating whether it will not Le spirit-
ually mot e profitable to coach the gate
the nest time. And precisely this
way lan more than one sentiment on
Saturday Insto3 of participating
In ith author and 4.etors, the audience
yawned, laughed, j p,r clapped discreet-
I ly. That half-hearted applause saat
all that thstinguaed the audience
from a !imam 0451 , -, Thstwas no Iva,
I:111:y ,to the petiflOrmance — lt was I
stafey and ratE.. - I;,•i't lacked blood
l
and'jlesh Thfi' eavai,waslied-zat - ,4
t
ixpurgated a do ro:dithrent ways.)
The "lose elein'e t," 'the 'passionate
,
iag age and Wr. IllgS', %%here, were
I thry , Con\ en.ently coVered, lost in
I hco ildered gestues. -4fiall wondei
ll'at the auttene
„paid . ..edger, atten
i.
ca to the littlei
girl, ;14...Idaughter
,
'lath', than to tha-entire , ,Cast. - .. .Stie
ors, in fact, theraest:actor - on .thi
stage I
No othei chaiiftlier,aatefi, ' miturally. I
The gloat nervous tension that chat-
I actemees O'Nelll'.4 ‘plays.j-and which
I . _
7 1 I
r
perhaps, spoils "Beyond the Ilmison"
by an unconvincing 'tautness, in the
best of its performances—this entire
ly \SUS missing 2The only two who
captured the mood were 311 Buchan
an as Robeit Mayo'and,Miss Oster-
hout as Ruth Atluns. Mr Anderson
a good but a limited actor, was bor.
oibly miscast. Andres Mayo, by all
that is rational, calls for a vigorous,
&kin - lined large young man; yet it
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was hard at times to tell which. watt. in' this diama th e re - was a story'that
the dreamer, Robert to Andrew: And appealed to a etater number of pee
so wrth the test of the characters, pie but the acting of that play was
There was no truth about therm ThCy also really good,' so good m fact that
• entered the scene In doubt and lefthe ere expecting another good show
completely at sea Saturday night.
"Beyond the Horizon," at its best! As a whole, us I mentioned befoie,
certainly one of O'Nell's poorer plays,, the play was—well, I 'do not know
cannot be made into the poem of cm- how to state it sinless I call it deploi
otions it was meant to be by robbing able. Nevertheless there were sever
it of the vii toes it dock have. The al good bits of acting. "Kobel t Mayo"
actors emasculated the playwright was well acted throughout the play,
and instead of feeling, , there weir the'vOice sounded rather poetic, Just For the purpose of engaging metal
chains, instead of einotionsatltters. w hilt one would expect for such a
]orgy graduates, seprecentatives from
—The Playgoer' character and the impractical being
las ge steel companies have been in
-----o---,--- ' ,' I that he was But why, oh why, could terviewing' the sensors lately in the
-
Letter Box • , James Mayo, Kate Mayo, Andy and :awetopositions with then
cent!), lel
not the other -players act natural 7 School of Mines and Metallurgy re
‘lSlr? Atkins all took on an unnatmal, fir...
- a i i a stagey soice It coincided Nt ith -
, I then
we both agreed would have been Aceos ding to Acting-Dean David
. F , o the cho o Mines
Bastin, The Penn State Colletyiati i the ussial tone offectation of hit,, l and r McFailand
,Metallurgy f
thes S e is ol a f
strong
State College, Pa. . Qchool boys and girls enacting a ,
playolemand for graduate metallurgical
Derr Sir: , „
I :sin disgusted , Many people, yet play could place three times as many men
jerstand the club worked this
for the first time. From what I uni engmeess, and he also states that he
that sea)' quite often hat it is seldom sip in a rely shot t time and did not as ore at present available Not
allow sufficient tune for sufficient
,'that such a mood sls es me fog by
only in the non and steel industly but
preparation by the individuals From
nature I am an imusually peace-loving I
also in the non-ferious metal field is
1 and easy going chap However, I be- li t own experience I know that st is
1 bete that I am Justified not up , State declares Ms. McFarland, but
in writing the
possible to' talk naturally there a demand fm graduates of Penn
things which are nose being penned to the stage until after stocks of persist., ' u
s
Saturday night my eas there ch as e
inen also many
and °ppmopenings i e
[unities for ad
-Iyo eat practice If I has e diagnosed the!
for -
r... Mate" and lattei fault properly it mould certainly Ivanced study through Fellowships
1 I attended -the tragedy which was prd-
helloes.: the Players to rehearse for
I seated by the Penn State Players and ^ a - greater length of tins° before the
f tinged). it 14us in every respect In . ax , offermg. Miss Osterhout pol
-1 fact, excepting very few of the minor thiyc'd her part well although the
details, it seas VI agit My friend and talking seemed a tulle fast at times.
I I missed What sets said to be a per-1 Her speaking distracted rather than
t redly good movie to sate money '. lalpt the fittention of the audience.
i that we could learn the mysteries sf 1 The pact D
oT.
die m
Captain was also
"Beyond the Howell." Need/es. to g well acted.
'say say that we got nothing for our moll
;ey hut a collection of errors and' rats- I will saynothing of the rough talk
entering the conversation for that is
i takes in at least that is what the play
I appeased to us. I do not mind the Pften typical of farm folk. If the
1 loss of the money for that I consider.
I as going to a sesy good cause, but,
I the to esentation of the play was teo
1 dcplorably dumb to wasrant any i 511.,,
ll.,,
Returning to our room and both of
u- being Jurors of plays, that is good
plans, no rot into a little
'ion" onei the presentation of Satur
day night In the first place one do
, tided th it the ailing did not come up
to the 4tandard set by the actors
chosen for the pftvious me,entations
I thin )tai "The Valiant" nos, I he
llion e a i ealln. good show Of coal st
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play as a whole gave a true repreei,
lotion of farm life then I have never
seen a farm and I kannencti to limn
on one. It certainly must have been
disheartening to the Ag students
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MONDAY and TUESDAY—
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• rmerxEns IN CRIME"
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Viols Ihni in
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Glenn Tr3on, Laura I.^ Plante in
'THANKS FOR THE BUGGY RIDE'
THURSDAY and FRIDAY—
Edmund hone. Mar) Astor in
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY—
Clara Boss so
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