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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
WHEELER LORD, Jo. '2B
It. 21. ATKINSON '2B .
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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928
LET US DANCE
College life is not all textbooks, lectures, quizzes
and the like, nor is it all dances, football games and
Ime-making as most of the fiction dealing with tin
uergraduate life nottid hose the innocent and unsus
pecting public believe. Occasional week-ends devot
ed exclusively to norship of Terpsichore and Bacchus
keep Jo College from becoming a seedy bookworm.
Tonight we greet with anticipated pleasure the cli
mactic eNent on Penn Stole's social calendar, the.
Junior Promenade
Week* ago students with foresight began cor
responding for a Prom date The fortunate, ur
lather unfortunate, minority who have so early in
life attached themselves to one ot the female specie.
invited the "one and only," and if refused, let it go
at that The rest ot us, variety-toting majority,
did not give up with one "sorry but" Nav, nay, we
persevered, first in leisurely correspondence, then with
well-known special deli‘ery stamp, and finally resort
ed to telegrams The method of obtaining the afore
mentioned Prom date is of little consequence, hot,
ever The all-important thing is to have a partner
of the so-called gentler see fer the week-end of danc
ing, etc.
Early this afternoon gas-dm so vehicles of trans
portation will discharge a variegated crowd of Prom
sanders The week-end guests will include represen
tatives of mindless types The professional "Prom
rotter" will be here Sophisticated, pretty, viva
cious, she will lead the rest. She "knows the ropes."
for is not "Prom-Trotting" her business' , There will
be "steady" g irls from back home, who will languish
their time an affection exclusively upon the men of
their choice. Wide-eyed, inquisitive, will stand
neophytes attending their first Prom Carefree, jolly
young misses from co-ed college oi girls school will
be numbered among the merry crew. ,
nur-haired, red-lipped. beautiful creatures, our
Prom dates, without you we could have no Junior
Promenade With you, we can have a glorious week
end We extend our hand and heart in welcome Be
merry with us a title you may, for tomorrow there is
no Junior Prom.
SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship, having been set up as .t mark of
distinction, has been a perpetual tai get for adverse
criticism from those who, for a variety of reasons,
have failed to attain that distinction Some time
ago an editorial writer stirred up a great deal of com
motion by referring to the Phi Beta Kappa ken as a
"badge at grinds" This continent v‘ as made upon
the strength of the refusal to accept the famed key
by one who had attained the distinction of scholar
ship. The secretary of the honorary fraternity t
olled in print and prosed that the Phi Beta Kappa
key was not a "badge of grinds," that Phi Beta Kappa
men were selected for character as well as scholastic
standing
Whatever else may be said for and against the
grade system, the only definite standard by whicn
the faculty may judge a student is his marks. Sta
tistics have been compiled to show that, as a rule, the
man who stands high in his school work ranks high
in the world alter graduation and that the reverse is
also true Of course, there are exceptions on both
sides, as there must be since there are qualities other
than those required by scholarship that count toward
practical success The trouble with most attacks
upon the value of scholarship is that exceptions are
used to prove the rule.
From the viewpoint of the critical students hon-,
ors derived from scholastic endeavor may seem empty.,
He knows that high grades do not always mean know-;
ledge and understandnig of the subject. He knows I
that by studying his protessor he can learn his meth-I
ods and anticipate quiz questions. He knows that,
by a practice vulgarly known as "chiseling," he can
materially raise his grade. Likewise, he realizes that.
a good bluff has averted many a zero, that most WO-
linen students, because they are feminine, receive
Ihigher grades than men students, that the practice
of copying the work of a "three" student is more
common than it should be. Knowing alt this, our
critical student cannot help being a bit sceptical about
the value of scholarship. One cannot blame him, bum,
surely, the above-mentioned practices are not as wide
spread as he believes
.. , President
Vice-President
Temptation is great, but sell-control is pester.
In the beginning there were no laws, except those
enacted be Nature Man did what he pleased, ate
what he could rind and killed whom he chose. When
man disobeyed the laws of Nature, he suffered some
times severe pain, often death Nnturc's rules kept
man 'tom injuring no one but himself. He could
treat his weaker neighbor as he wished There was
no punishment incept that wreaked by kin of the vio
ilated indiNidual
If man had been satisfied to treat his fellowmen
with kindness instead of violence, if he had obserscd
t the Golden Rule, there would have been no necessity
of laws But there were a few who would not obey
the commandment, "do unto others as you would
have them do unto you," and then restrictions were
laid upon the liberties of all men Everyone V. Is
forced to suffer because of the excessive indulgence
lot a few throughout the history of mankind it has
i been thus. The guilty and the innocent must pay
t the same penalty, submission to a cumbersome code
lot laws and contentions
Editor-in-Chicf
Assistant Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
II P. Illleham "29
L Mastlfer 29
Business Manager
Advertising Manages
Cu eulat ion Manager
Because a minority did not know how to enjoy
inebriating beverages in moderation, we have prohi
bition with us today. Because students in the past
did not know how to bchaye during festive week-ends,
we have College rulings governing student conduct
Because .t few students have in the immediate past
disgraced tnemsek es and the College in public, wildly
exaggerated stories of their evploits have eked out
into the neighboring countryside and mothers, hear
ing die tales. have refused to allow their daughters
to come to a social affair where revelry becomes riot
And who can blame the mothers for their solicitude=
Again, all of us must suffer tor the indulgences of .1
feu
I During this week-end thete will be both the
temptation and the opportunity to break embattle
!rules We believe in relaxation, in enjoyment, In
pure fun and revelry, but there is a danger line beyond
which lurks disgrace Let no one pass that line, for
the sake of his own future pleasure, if for no•other
Ircasou The College has made certam rulings go,
erning student conduct and intends to enforce them
!rigidly. The maxim, "a ward to the m Ise is sufti-
I ment," is old, but it's still a good one
The Biillosopher's Chair
Souther:, Theme may be no fool like an old fool, but
some of these young ones celtainly do appioach the high
point of assuunitl Take all these young fools who at
-1 tend the big class dances, lot e,ample And [llO,l, cla
'they enjoy it.
"Odn't they ,"
I SIMI her, nom can'an3.one enjoy being, jostled, shored
elbowed on a hot and ciowded dance floor, coon if he Lv
Ihi., princess Lb:noting within the click of Ins aim m Vu
onvic. is finnished by the best dance ou.lie,tia mn En.
countl v
"Of coot se, the Almon , is too vn.dl tot the
but we'll hate the new• gymnasium nest ymn, I hope
But, then you forgot about Saturday night The hate,
nay dances me not so clouded"
Sinithers: On the night after the big dance, eveiyone
wed out I can see no iileasute 'in dancing open lam
dead on my tent
"Perhaps all do not tare as quickly as you, Souther
I must cool ens that I really enjoy such a meek-end That'
a spurt and glamour about any large college social funs
tion that toe miss entirely Who wants to sit at home
cheoing his thumb when others rue out indulging in the
so-called pleasure , One may be both exhausted and broke
when the affair is over, hut still feel that, after all, it
north something You can spend many pleasant hour,
in bull sesmoning about the a ender tot girl you had and •
listening to the other fellow tell about his oon. Your gut,
too, may be all tired out \Oren it's ma, but can't she go
back home und,tell ter friends about the oonderful Prom
slie'z'attenileft,',aboriti,themarxeloirir oicheqi os , and 4boin
the hn4soine'men'sbe 'Me(wheihem4he'ilid or not. , . No
one will linear After all , Srintherti, you really efijiy
13 om sell as much as you think you tlo, and no nicne
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GUIDONS TO DIP AS SERGEANT '
LENNON RETIRES FROM RANKS
Au old army man ha; heard lots of
roar tsal musts and he's probably bored'
to tears at the sight of khala-gatbed
ligui es on parade, but when the Cadet
Corp, parses in teem, Monday night,
Sergeant John Lennon Is going
to look on with some interest He'll
be .7 eentaal finale in the lc sea mg
stand that (lay; guldens n ill de dipped
for lion, and the student rank:, will
=elute Insu as they pass by. For the
sergeant has called an end to Ills sol
diet Ing and army treditson asks this
last honor on the e‘e ;1f his robin
ment
With twenty-live lecns of smelt,
aLendy behind him, Sdgenut Lennon,
in the Sall of 192 t, hilt ',posted foe ,
duty nL Penn State, coampcil tutu, al
dress unito.m, two campaign bass, a '
ouszmal ce.piceion, and a elan, lot
of withes ing terbiage Pseshmen
learned to know bins as matte, of the
gun-room, a kindly gentleman with
tendd !tamest in the tookie c sdet
sophomores tame to Inspect bun as at-1
tendance-takes tntsao“liniuy, a kees
man not to be taken in by an unten
anted sheep-skin. limply occum mg n
seat otherwise assigned
On his teLuement the goveimnent
will make John Lennon a wad not of
tee,, the highest t anlang that nut' I
be held ht anv .o my man of ron-com
1111,RIOned grade 'those is some soon,
tot speculation as to just v hat uses
lit Lennon will put this high-sound
ing title to but these is season to;
Mice° that it still tosse to tommano
Cw thes respect among the wily tsout
o ith which he plans to match was at
some shad, ' n t .12 w: south
land The onh mayo. the smgcant
has %on., ii s olesed up to
Prom Revelers Await
Hour of Annual Dance
ryx n'ed"
(Continued from tint page)
greet Prom-goers at the function A
huge crystal I all, made to 'evolve by
oceans of on electrrc motor, will be
suspended from the center of the
embus_ Flood-lights of different hues
will be focused on this revolving
sphere Iron, the four corners of the
court thus producing, an unusual blend
of color effects on the walls and floor
Si f rater nitres hal c err :urged
for booths which they will furnish to
blend with the color scheme These
booths are pointed white and decorat
ed with lin tic branches, lending a in
t._ effect to the sole of the hall.
Inc 'Winos Not Transferrable
At.cording to those in charge, dance
invitatjun,l,will. not be_ttansfetkable
ender any ciAumsrtnnees. The cum.
ounce wants this understood by
ever.ove All those attending will
entei tbio7gh the front entrance.
111 , ‘I s iill be do oiled into two see
ti4p, A comelging hatlCC,Olk leads
an min once on une sole fot those
tickets while the othet is for
Loose oho must pay the anti anee fee
at the dam.
Doctor I Wendt Resigns
Memorial Directorship
(Continued from first page)
piniciples of Doan Wendt, and he
tieciJed to seenic his release.
Since the :Initial of Dean Wendt
at the College in 101 l ninny innota
taus have been made in the School
ut Chemistry and Physics. Ile was
msti mental in Winging the national
Ptciiii
GREGORY'S
CANDYLAND.f.
RESULTS
DON'T •
JUST
HAPPEN
THEY
ARE
BROUGHT
ABOUT
Persistent sai.ing uhile you are
Nniltlg will certainly bring about
financial independence in old age
The Peoples
National sank
State College, Pa-
the shade of Isaac Walton, Is that he
may he able to spend another thirty
one years with an able rod and a
butt-aced creel.
It was In the Spanish-American
War that Sergeant Lennon first sass
active some°. Ile went through the
campaign as a non.comnussioned of
ficer a ith the 7th Infantry, and was
transferred some years after the V.lll
' to the Ist Orsiston, and later to the
20th On the entr Once of the United
States Into the World War he sons
set r, rag so Ith the 4.lrd Infantry, which
loutlit it was that some years later' .
gave him up to this cantons
On July 19, 1928, Mr. Lennon re
, ems ed Ins first commisSion, a beaten
-
limey In the Signal Corps, and a feu
lays Inter was made a captain m
Oa:lawn:isle' service. Ciartarn Len-
Sons' first coimnand was a troop ship,
I tne British El P.t e, winch ran back
Viand forth across the Atlantic Ocean
i He nest was placed In charge of a
I construction brttalion stationed at
Lofel Le Grand, France, and from
thine tr ansfeared to a post at Le Man.
For a tune he dneeted the rad head at
Bar-le-Due, and after the Arnustree
lwas signed, took °Net the happy task
, of directing the personnel sectron of
I the Records ogre° at Ste Namur°,
1 durtng the embarkatron of troops for
lthe United States
A ft.w months after his discharge
at Camp Dodge, lowa, in ,August 1919,
Sergeant Lennon reverted to his for-
I ram non-commrssioned status m the
41rd DlNlsion. I, addition to foreign
service in France and In the Philip
pine Islands he has spent varying
per Mk of sersice at twenty-five posts
fin seventeen states of the anon
!institute of cheinvitry to Penn State
Ilast suminet, and he has established
a lesealch den:lament which bone
hts not only the College, but the In
dustues of the State as well
It v as mainly through his effoits
that Di. Wheelet P Davey, piomment
authouty on physical elionistiy, and
Di. Emil D Ries, who now directs
the industi ml r esealeh mepat tment,
stoic added to the faculty of the
school Doctor Wendt foiwaided the
plans of follies Dean Pond by cleat
ing the Not t:—.:mberland home of Di
Joseph Pi iestley, the discovoei of
osvgen, into an intonational shrine
fin chemists
PROF. DOGGETT ATTENDS
ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE
Prof Leonard A. Doggett, of the
S&hool of Electrical Engineeling, and
Cat) Dannetth '26, attended the Mid
dle-Eastet n district meeting of the
Aineiltan inhtitute of elechical engin
eers at Daltimoie, i‘laiylaral, last
m eel,.
Piofes.oi Doggett, mho is ash
man on the student activities com
committee, picsided at a meeting ,f
this committee when the topic of stu
dent activities in engineering schools
was discussed.
Returns to
His Favorite
Tobacco
Boerne, Texas
Oct. 14, 1926
Large & Bro Co.
Richmond, Va.
Dear Sirs.
I am a prodigal soh.
I began pipe-smoking with Edge
north. But after a while I began to
w ander, trying other tobahcos,?mperi
/Mentnig fcishe thcreWe.ni:aay littotq‹ ,
tohlteccefor N't -VI •
I have tnedniost of the best known
! brands and a number of the more ob
scure. bath imported and domestic,
' but they didn't suit
So now I lime returned—l am using
Edgeworth again, satisfied that no
better tobacco is made.
"And the prodigal son partook of
i the fatted call"; I bought -a new pipe
when I returned to Edgeworth,
With many thanks for my cool, mel
low, sweet smokes, I am,
Very truly yours,
"M D"
Edgeworth
Extra High Grade
Smoking Tobacco
FOR HER
The House of the Black Ring
A Penn State "Pup"
THE ATHLETIC STORE
DR. PENNIMAN SPEAKS AT
SCHOLARSHIP EXERCISES
Outlines Cul tur al Obligations
Of College Students to
Society at Large
"The duty of the college giaduate
when he goes out into the world is to
impart to his less-fortunate biotheis
the love of culture and instill in them
a desue for the maturation of linos,
ledge, and only when he fulfills this
task still he be answering his obliga
tion to society," declined Josiah 11.
Penniman, provost of the University
of Pennsylvania, when he spoke on
"Culttne and Obligation" at the an
nual obselvance of Scholarship Day
Nesterday mottling in the Schwab
auditorium.
Doctor Penniman defined culture as
not moiety the acquisition of know
ledge but an attitude of mind based
o•n the best .of uhat 14 thought and
known in the sound and uhich causes
an inilooduars influence to be p0i...,
41V0 in the community rn uhich he
Ines. According to' the Provost,
tore is inseparable font the happiness
received from the acquisition of lama
ledge.
CiffMMl
The simous prizes and acknow
ledgements for excellency in scholar
ship I.eic presented by•leaders of
each poop donating the awards. This
yein the John W. White fellowship,
the mincipal award oirmed, went to
Galen E Schubauer '2B, who is enroll
ed in the physics comse. The John
W White medal fin 'cholastie excel
lence was given to Winifted M For hen
'2B, who is enrolled in the Liberal Ails
school. John D. Hartman '3O and Al-
Jim C Sooty '2B, were the moments
'of the President Sparks prizes.
Two handled and fifty members
,1,010, elected to the callous honmaly
roc.eties and fraternities represented'
lon the campus. Many faculty mem
hems and giaduate students were in
!eluded among those howled by sel
lettion to these groups
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EDITORS ISSUE JUNIOR
CLASS ANNUAL IN MAY
'• GV%
La Vie" To Contain Views of
Campus Buildings and
Mount Nittany
Adhei ing to the migmal time sched
ule, the Le Vie will be issued by the
fifteenth of May, seem ding to Sohn
\V. Brandt '25, editor-in-chief.
Because of the illness of the frat
ernity edam% Henry R Sheirard '29
has been appointed to the stuff to tube
charge of this v. oil, and a committee,
with Craig Williams '29, us chum man,
is stoking on the dedication. -
Campus Vieus
Among the various featane, is sec
tions devoted to campus vmws A
two-page photograph of the Liberal
'As is building and the Can scene
In any heads the metm nal soles which
eonunNes places of seem(' beauty
about the College The frontispiece
rs a four-color photograph of , Mount
Nittan).
Establishmg a precedent, advertise
ments have keen dispensed with this
sear. TIM Lit Vie will contain op
proximately tire same number of pag
es as the 1928 issue, the space for mer
-13 occupied by advertisements being
taken by the enlarged fraternity sec
tion.
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This number of the Lc Vic has been
notes ed m the national contest upon
.coled by the &hot., ir .101(1 nal and
nhich sixteen handled schools, in
cluding all the American colleges and
uinveisities, compete The 1928 La
Vie Wes included in the list of the
fifteen best annuals •enter ed in last
yeas's competition.
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71IL4T.gt.
Nittany Theatre
FRlDAY—Catimum
Richard Di' in
' "EASY COME, E %SY 00'
FnlDA.Y—Nlttany
Rtmon Nmarro. Joan Crawford in
•'.\CROSS TO SIN: &PORE"
SATURDAY—Cathaum—
Matinee at 2:00
Dorothy 3lackailL Jack Mulhall is
"LADY BE GOOD"
SATURDAY—Ndtany—
'EASY COME, EASY GO"
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
Matinee Monday at 2 00
Mary Philbin. Lionel Barrymore,
Dnn Aharado in
IL W. Gril
"DRUMS OF LOVE"
Special Price.: adult. Mc, children 21c
TUESDAY—NIttany
Arthur Lake, Mary Brin, Alsce Wlnte
m
"HAROLD TEEN"
ili.ag4A.ria.6.l.aa3.rre.A.o.d