MEE! 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, alumna and friends. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD WITMER LORD, JR. '2B „ , ..... , R. M. ATKINSON '2B .. ...... .. , , C. F. Film: '2B . , „.. , . .. „ TEE EDITORIAL STAFF WHEELER LORD, JR. '2B BENJAMIN ICAPLAN '23 It M. ATKINSON '2B W. S TFiomsoN '2B P. It SMALTZ '23 NEWS EDITORS L. 11. Bell, Jr. '29 11. E. Hoffman '29 THE BUSINESS STAFF C. F. Fry::: '2B !Justness Manager It B Bung - ins. '2B Ad.eruslng, Manager NV I llclAtt.ntts. '2.8 Cat eulatlon Manager ASSTSTAN I' SINESS MANAGERS C McConnaugh'•' J. IJ. Reiff '29 IMEM!IIMI::1 The Penn State COLLEGIAN neliomes communication. on n t h snitie of enmpui intent. 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MAY IS, 1928 MON &UP DAY Ostensibly the yearl‘ advance through class cus toms and traditions is a gradual increase of individu al 1 reed= rhe down-trodden Ireshmen, hemmed in on every side by restrictions on his personal and pLb lic conduct, eventually cn3ovs the privileges of senior dom with its unlimited freedom Looking beneath the surface of class customs and forgetting for a mo ment personal irritation against restraints upon in dividual liberty, one sees a progress of a different sot t going on. The period between matriculation and graduation witnesses an increase in the assump tion of responsibility From this point of view, then, the freshmen should be the most carefree of the four classes , Responsibility as well as customs carries with it restrictions upon individual conduct and action. rhe shade of difference lies in the fact that observance of customs is enforced from without, which IS, no doubt, irksome, and that responsibility's only taskmaster is the individual's sense of duty and the effect his ac tions will,have upon his associates' opinion of him In popular opinion servility to customs smacks of in feriority while slavery to responsibility is commonly supposed to indicate a high degree of ability Hence the apparent readiness on the part of undergraduates to cast oft one set of shackles for another Tomorrow members of the four will drop old restrictions and take on new responsibilities at the annual Move-Up Day ceremonies In high glee and boy they will leave behind them the past year's class customs, but will think little, if at all, about the de mands their new taskmaster will make upon them. It is well There is yet plenty of time to worry about the responsibilities of the future FRATERNITY SONGS Fraternity singing has long lain in a dormant state Not only has there been little development along this line, but there is also an unusual scarcity of good fraternity songs, songs that may be sung in public without a blush on the part of the songsters A recent movement to awaken interest in this phase of the Greek-letter man's life has taken the form of an interfraternitv radio singing contest. As yet there has been a lack of interest shown in this competition Fraternity songs form a colorful and worth-while part of undergraduate life and Penn State fraternities seem, from the amount of response to the call for entries in the contest to hate no songs' Buried beneath the dust in some obscure corner of their houses, they must have both chapter and nation al songs Let them unearth the music, harmonize over it and enter the contest before tomorrow noon when all entries must be in The Bullosopher's Chair "Pedagogues who stick to their posts and aim high ate quite elated Olel the fact that education has gone Botany The late Achievement 'lest motes it The ode, lons move it The students theinselt es move it But some of us ale sick It has been only a slant slide since bookkeopeis tines up then penclls anal became efficiency c spells on education, but in that short tone they in ospei ed exceedingly and a system, aliouily wobbling nom me cum-/0d methods was knocked spiamling by the applica tion of mole nualatnimi methods It was tin easy matter for the Cainegie Foundation to pass oil its Achievement Test as a scientific expeliment Those who refused to consul. the test sm musty were amused of magician and wee mamma to lemembei those who had scoffed at Co lumbus The aigument that the Educatois looked mane like weasles than Colambuses had no effect. Appearances cue deceitful and those gentlemen who do not know Chns tophet Morley from Kit \tallow° ale lenity capable to tell those sho do hos litmattne is to lie taught. "It seems to me that the whole business of blue punted education has leached a udsulous state. Unless a stop is put to it the baby science, as the peterkin wet noises facetiously tom it, will soon be on a level with chn opractic, insinance, and alum elevated ails. Right now Ifighei Lein ning is even up with pluenology and got mg strong, In fact, the only advantages tai the latter that I can think of at the moment are that It costs less and that its mactitionms has e sonic sense. "Why, it may be asked, do I not give these educia _tors a chance? Why do I not cooperate' Why do I not become inoculated with then ideas? Why do I not become tolerant and keep my own opinions in suspended anima tun? It Its as intelligent to ask me why Ido not do these things as it is to ask me why, wish to improve the conditions of the insane, I do not myself become a lunatic. "I do not shine the popular belief that all schools! and all professors are endowed vont a mystei inns wisdom whirls, if not apparent on the surface, operates furiously, 'theyit. If depot Intents of pedagogy knee any viituesi 'they have escaped me. I hate encountered scores of li:du e:Am s and Embryo Educators and among them all I small only one who had anything inteiesting to say. 7'hey ate neatly all dull, authot itative, and tat-headed They would make excellent. movie detectives. Whether or not they ate familial mall a subject, thej ale exasperatmgly cocksure about it; in fact, not knotting a subject is considered a great advantage it still allow hirer lunge fin the meth ods Tall. to an Instauctos as educational measmements and he tall leave you with the implesston that von have been conterstag mall a mime anntsto ot at the least, an olden...in. You may be an Einstein, but hooey°i meagle his knowledge of science you will discoses that in ten minutes he will be discussing n elativsty. In twenty lie still Wes to teach it to you. In thnty he still undestake to chit t vont vitality and cremate your bones. "Glantlng all then plepostmous dams to science one cannot see boo anything remotely smentafic can be ob- 1 tamed final the Achievement Test, men though the semis' of the School of Education tabulate the papers. In the! fast Mace, the thing was not nn achtetement test Vast' portions ume palpably designed to give the Ags and other Intellectual nonentities a chalice to catch up Vast mations mote were so ambiguous and obscure that heads of depaitinents protested that they were unfan and could'' be ansomed only atbdtanly. Fulthelmme, batches of papers still hate to be thrown out as Incomplete Even the most enthumastm (outside the School of Education) had little to say .diet they hail taken the exammation The feltot which had led them al to gluteus speeches on the maul obligation of taking the test had faded out to a wee sputtering on the stimulatmg effects the test would have It shooed students hose little they knew, and thgt would stanulate them The students stho had taken the test would knock then Va 1.101.15 courses for loops, and whenever they lagged other tests would be given The motessors themselt es, however, felt no such jubilation In the dear sllumination of then offices in Old Mann they began to doubt whether the supettolity of the Seam °ter the freshman tins not after all obvious They began to doubt whether the Caineme Foundation was justified in taking too clays an a. ham the College's tune to mote that It was °Mums Waist of all, they began to doubt whether it V. 111., a matter of college loyalty to take the test or a matte, of selling themselves fat eight million pieces of ',lves . . President Vice-President . Treasurer Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Managing Editor Jksnciate Editor Associate Editor II P. Mlleham '29 L 1111tstlfer '29 "This bangs us to tne pi messois themselves The business of college loyalty is all sety well, hut it :Alike, one as being sommy hat limited Why dal not the faculty membeis take the csamination with the lest dining the too day sweating lies toil And why, before they bad taken the esammation themselves, veto they Permitted to discuss the questions with those who silently had taken it And why did the led apple boys of the School of Educa tion get the ptivilege (and how') of narking senior Pan els only' What coos the lesson fec not subjecting the faculty to the saute indignity! "It is iiithei puzzling, too, sshv so many of the fac ulty who opposed the examination should hesitate to say so publicly - 'According to the Dean of the Liberal Alts School, the choice of the school's policy lies yllth the faculty And I solely an expo iment that cuts so deeply and so important ly into the regular cuticula is a matter of policy for -thd faculty to decide NOV, it would seem, is the time to speakl up It may lie eons entent to have the Cat:lope Founda lion recommending instead of dictating, but it staikes one that to questions of inst.t action the faculty should have a R4ll. At it sins, a Pittsburgh loportei commented that stacks and stacks of books were piled up and tly roma, and the student so as left to make Atha he could of tics resulting &Min "A consaleiable number of inofessois, question, g the value of the test, took tt lamely to satisfy then cal losity and to condemn those sum refused to take tt Tee rebels, they said, roue flinching from scientific duty "Yet the Achimement Test by the most gigantic giant of glace cannot be iegaided in any stay as scienti fic It can no mole be called it test of achieuement than lolling n peanut up a hill can be called a test of knowledge. And peihaps the most niitating thing about the affair is the minim in Much the Libels' Acts School conducted itself Not dining to ci Aim° foe feat of being mitiemed itself, the Libels! Ai tu School put it clown as a good joke, somewhat painstakingly it seems and the vets absence of mitical comment heats ominous plod of how fat clown tine education has ahead', gone It is high time that someone authority stoic the inasquelade Mote of these e ment Tests and it ,111 become as silly to attend an insti tution of heat mg as it is now to consult a hoioe doctor for an appendicitis operation What the Educators should chits to abandon their frequency calves fin a few books in the Libialy What they need is a shaight tight to the tau What they need is a cold showei " GIFTS For the GRADUATE Our stock is especi= ally suitable for gifts' on this occasion. Whether it be boy or girl you will find something for them here. 'Greeting Cards KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building THE rttilsl &Alt tar.ntAiq 'Lion 'lmprints W'lint impressed you rno,t during your College career? Molex C. lieu yll ell '2B President of Student Council "May I say it in just a few words' "The gmatest thing that these four years of college life have given me is a 'point of %le,' "What was once of little value Is I TIM of great moment What once seemed of NA.] importance to life and 'life's school' is now of little woith compaiison to those values n luch entny college senior should have learn ed to hold as the chief purpose foi mu existence These last four years has e gin en me a bmadei , eleai er, mm e wholesome attitude towaul life at huge This 'point of view' has de neloped [min the books I base mad, Ithe contacts I liaise 11111d0 so ith msta uc lois and the associations pith other college men whom I have Conic to know and Chose acquaintance to me . worth much. 'As any othei college mum, I hold that throe ale many values in college life which ate too numinous to men tion here The filendships which me invaluable, the mole of less free and independent life of college, the acquis ition of knowledge and all the several -thantages of college that null e tne foul }ems wroth the time and ex pense many times over, have all gone togethm m Calming this 'point of which I maintain weighs heav iest in the balance of 'College life and whit it has meant to me.'" Thonr ✓. CoOrli° '2B Co NIT 1188rtur, "lhe oft-repeated incident that has left the greatest impiession with me dining ny fo a ',ea', at Penn State is the singing of the Alma Mates at the conclusion of athletic events, milks meetings and convocations. Especial ly, at New Beaxei Field, at the end of an exciting football game is this custom inspiiing. If the team has come thiough successfully the notes of the Alma Matei make a fitting vnc hny song, and then, if a defeat has been administeied by the opposing team, the singing of the Alma Matet lightens the disappointment and one looks fonvasnl to the next game. "Class customs' may fall into V e dikcaid, and Penn State may change in many ways, but the one ememony that should always imam is the sing mg of the Alma Nam at the conclu sion of all College events" Lad, .1,. '2B Eflitol-noChlof of Collegian •"fhe wondeiful possibilities of a fast-approac hing future that awaits i Penn State s the one tangible thing that impiesses me most when I re gard this inimitable institution. "Of Louise, there ale chenshed ft .endships, tnlunble contacts and beautiful memories that consummate lout 7., ears of college life, but towering rho, all, is the possiblity of the fa ints Penn State . . ~ H. 'l. WARD *1 MAGAZINES :1:1' ..:.: :1 TOBACCO CANDY 5 . .; . .f. 4, ... COLLEGE ICE CREAM .t ti •l• 138 'Allen Street •? 3:.1 .:;•:-:-:.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:+•:-:-:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:-x-:-:-:-:-:+1»:. x-:-:-:-:-:••:»54-:$ ' SPECIAL Bridge Lamps for $l.OO SATURDAY ONLY Just received a fine selection of Bridge Lamps All under $7.50 ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. Peoples Bank Bldg Porch Swings Seventy-two Inches in 'length (extra strong) $lO.OO Sixty•lnches in length . . . 5:00 :Department , of Industrial Engineering Room 106, 'Engineering 13 "Penn State is young. The College is just emerging from an experimental stage. More and, more the people cf the Commonwealth ale coming to to ntine that Penn State can teturn en ormous dividends for money expended for the gientet efficiency of the Col lege. "The tireless workers who are sacri ficing tone and energy, and even health, in order to orate possible in creased uppropriatton for the greater glory of the College and Common 'wealth, crertarnly deserve all kinds of pause. "Thole are ninny more of us who could well ulfoid to emulate the efim ts of these loyal fnends polo State onuld cotamly welcome such old" LINKSMEN BATTLE LOCK HAVEN TEAM TOMORROW Nittany Golfers Will Engage Strong Clinton Country ' Club Aggregation Hoping for a repetition of last week's victory mei the George Wasn rngton golfers, the College links quar tet will leave tomorrow for Lock Hav en, Ashore they mill encounter the golf team of Clinton County country club. The Clinton county aggregation is composed of all experrenced golfers, who play consistently throughout the y ear, and oho will no doubt offer much opposition to the efforts of the NittanY club wielders. The same men who have remesent ed the Lions in every match so fat this season will probably uphold the Blue and White in tommiow's snatch es Captain Jim Bunting will lead the attack foe Penn State, playing the first man on the Lock Haven team. Bail Hewitt, who has been peifm ming tieditably so foe this season, will no doubt follow Bunting in the matche, of the afternoon If Veinonhman displays the foim tomorrow that he exhibited against Alexander of the Ceoige Washington team, copping the low medal score far the matches, Satur day, he will move a salient feature in the pow ei of the Penn State team Toots Panaccion, who is a newcomer in varsity golf ranks, is immoving steadily and vs ill prove an aid for the Natan, , , golfers toincalow. Panacmon won Ins match with Herron of the Hatchet train last meek and palled with Prgehman, sensed a win in the best-ball foursome. IJEWELRY 1 Vail kinds iHANN & O'NEAL'S : 'i 1 i E. College Ave. I'Letter :Box ' I Editor, Penn State Collegian, State College, Pa. I wish to congratulate you for your open discussion in revealing the ques tionable flames insulting from the re cent class elections. For mere per sona! satisfaction, I investigated the figures nom the elections and found that Yost original editorial was en , tuely Justified hum these facts That after seven ballots had bten thrown out of one school ballot box by the elections committeeos being illegally' cast, there yet remained in that school a total in e•cess of the actual number of students in that !school nt the present.time, the num bet of students in school having been obtained from the secretary of the Dean. Only after a recount follots mg y our editoual did the election coni mittee find the count to be nine less than they originally ',ported and vei, fled by their first check. That a number of persons at vat ions school ballot boxes illegally el- I ectionect ed for candidates, in abso lute violation of ,Student Coucil rul ings of last year It is to be"regretted that the elec tions committee has iitteinoted to re fute the'facts as stated in year edit in ails entitled "The Election Problem" and "Figures Don't Lie" Their more I progressive policy would have been to openly reveal the case and advo cate a refoim in out ballotting tom The fault is not thews, it is the system. Trusting that subsequent yews may find a change in elective system, I imam, Very truly yours, Non-il atee nit y Sento, , Nelson R. Adams '2B Library To -Institute New Shelf of Books Purposing to offer woithwhile teal log over the week-ends, Miss Sabra WI. Vought, College Librarian, an nounces that in the near future a shelf of "Fiiday Books" still be instituted Compliments , and 'Best Wishes CLUB -DINERS, Inc. 'l+ , Pour dictionary, service means HELP FULNESS. Whatever we can do to make things more pleasant for you, we want to do. Anything that will aid your progress and advancement, will command our active interest and co operation. The first National Bank State College, Pa. DAVID F. KAPP, Cashier IFor Move We have'your choice of a Suit, -2 Trousers $35 to $4O $37 .60 t o $5O Society Brand BLAZERS GOLF' HOSE 17.50 to $ll.OO 11:50 to $lO.OO KNICKERS NECKWEAR 'White Duck - '53.00 'sl.oo and "$1.50 TureCinen $.1:00 SHIRTS Silk and Wool $7.50 ide and Arrow TROUSERS $2.00, to '53.00 White-Duck - '52.50 SPORT SHOES Sailor - - *52.00 = - $6.50:t0 $12.00 M. FR —' Friday, May 18, 192 S This selection will consist of a num ber of wolthwhtle volumes chosen from the current publications. They will be both' fiction and non-fiction and soul be placed on the shelf on Fridays to be ietained ovei the week-ends. This sei, ice is said to be an innovation in the service of college libraries. Pi ivilege has also been extended to I take out books oven the summer en ' cation polled but the latter 'books must not be those which ale in popu lar demand. TIIL4TI~G - Nittany Theatre (Note. Nlttany Clo,ed Tuecdny) FRlDAY—Cathaurn First Pennc}ivnma Shol,ine: or Mite Doge in "THE YELLOW LILY" FRIDAY—NIttnny— Victor McLaglen. June Coßyer in "lIANGM AN'S HOUSE" SATURDAY—Gathnum— Shirley Mason. Ben Turpin in "TIIE WIFE'S RELATIONS" SATURDAY—Nanny— "TIiE YELLOW LILA REVIVAL PROGRAM MONDAY—Cathnum— John Burry more in 'THE SEA BEAST" TUESDAY—Cathaum— George Arli,s in "DISRAELI" " J STAR. BR S, "Atherdashers In The University Manner CATHAUNI THEATRE BUILDING Up Day OMM
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