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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1928
THE DANGERS OF SERIOUS-MINDEDNESS
The triiditionak flask-in-the-hip collegian has been oft
'accused of taking life too light.hemtedly Ace°.ling to
sonic extieme impiessions, college is foul years of class
cutting, hell-raising joy. Of course, even the piceeding
generation Bill agree that exit emists have dyed the knom -
ledge fount lust is bit too inky-black, but they'll route
Chen fui in teitific negation if any one suggests that the
a‘mage undergraduate takes life far too seriously. Let
them nine. He dots take many things with too little
facetiousness
Oidimu ily, the college student thinks too =ch—
i:Mout relatively unimpoitant matters Into the ash can
of the past go scads of golden minutes while he doctors a
fancied injury to his self-assumed pride He will not
for two hours over an All-Ametican assignment that
could take thirty minutes to complete. Instead of amt.-
constructively with the professorial cliticisim In
sophistties himself into believing that an evil smut has
entered the =flitted puneyot of knowledge and that lie
deserves binning at the stake Instead of enjoying the
. session" hem in idle pleasantues, he hhouers pellets of
acrid cynicism upon the hoed\ of his companions \ and
superiors In moments of self-I)sknoss realisation \ toe
extioveits himself 'upon unoileniSmg freshmen -1
In their thinking most undergraduates emulate the
splinter who runs fast enough, but too much in one place.
'they are lost in a strange forest of ideas and all their
tinseling is done in a circle The farce and incongruity
of human existence sic too saluable to be missed Sol mu,
mindedness and worry are compatriots But for the
soul's sake, disminunatc between supmeibousness and
the mundane corned}
SATURDAY'S CHILDREN
Among the alumni and the members of visiting col
leges Amherst scents to have the reputation for being
remarkably blase and unemotional dating Its athlete
contests. In football, especially, it appears that a sixty
yard run fot the Al inning touchdown in the last sonata
of play is the least that till bring the stands to then
feet. Many 7111 even temark, "tie Alas lucky," as they
suppress. a yawn and trudge, bile's' to, their toonm, dis
gruntled.
Entering fteshine'n display mild enthusiasm at the
op'ening game before they I.now better' If they mete
'to take their ;yes off the held of play for on instant
they mould meet blank and almost hostile glances It
is futbidden to let oneself go emotionally If an alumnus,
an indent football fanatic, stands up in his seat to cheer
a play, if he makes himself at all conspicuous, everyone
within healing radios suit Win and ask, "What's he doing
here?" and II 55 itty sophomore will mulmm soinethirs
about a hog-calling contest.
It ceitainly ought to be possible for upperclassmen
to lose the somber dignity that they strive so intently to
cultitate and [Facia off the old Anplo-Snot tradition of
suppressing emotion Just lot five afternoons dining the
Ldl team No doubt the lack of a sufficient number of
competent cheerleaders has a great deal to do uith it
Rooters on the ends of the blenches hose hitherto been
foiced to take the initiative for their own noise, usually
one scold latei than then mote fortunate Inethien in Sec
tion G, Amherst cheering has been N{ orsted mole than once
by rival institutions.
Student opinion at Penn State is steadily and definitely
moulding itself during these °ally days of underclass
uctitity. By their general mutnunings and public state-.
Scents (..I Letter Box, COLLFGIAN, Pu. Oct 5) students are
declaring themsehes against acts ttluch they feel me
detrimental either as Indications of sank college commet.
cialtsm of as unsuccessful and unnecessary forms of class
initiation.
Among the acts most vigotously condemned mete the
sale of paddles, eggs and chocolate bars to Fieshmen for
Stunt Night with the false inference that purchase of
these was compulsory, the sale of football tickets to pat
ents who have been inn led as guests of the College, and
the generally nuschievous planks of members of the three
lower claws whose combined efforts =ally wrecked com
pletely what was to have been a novel Stunt blight As a
result of the last named difficulty, many ell, hoping fot
the complete abolition of Stunt Night
The facts contouring the ticket sale lime badly pun-
bled. coloted and one-salad, letent dmlosui es :Alm,. Thol
°ugh explanations u ill plobabls be made in the near
future.
N I ,Prat krt
-- Than cr
Just align the gAnie ended Slaw day and the le tins
but g band jaayed the most tctci cu and .I.lVli %A Ito bt/14.,
tile Alma. Alutu, the imams liana snot k. up a loud ma
ho:sto sus tune that conflicted a Ith that of the Battlefield
band, Just as if out opponents, ambled on the gininon,
had not the right to sing its customary closing song
Long liNe the Band, champions of good oasis and pool
mannms.
__Amtittant Editor
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\ncuunte
A+nnehla Eth or
-_ 11u5Ines. Sommer
- Cir,ulotion Mnnm_tr
-AoherttAinte Mannl,•r
A sophomme, t.>picallv speaking, is a elude, uncouth
fellow, one of last seat's freshman ale, feels that in peal
of custom•brenkmg entitles him to the e•clusise pin ilege
of Incalang a ycalling's neck Generally he grabs
self in the slouch cup, noun aft. the Apache fuslecm,
patched sheepskin coat and toads pants se Inch are meant
to sloe hint the appcalance of a touch gas, poison to the
fieshinan, a real college killer
An item essential to his hiutishness is a quid of to•
bee") (the bigger, the better) uhicli sssella one check to
mumpish proportions, M bleb gists w kite teeth a healthful
lumen discolointion and uhicli, when properly molested,
lifetimes a stagnant fluid that, when eNpeeteiated, does
not help the grass grow
A sophomore is the lout who mates Stunt Night seem
necessaly end mates the lieshinen seem unuetessiny lit
is the little sluing, with the gigantic paddle or the huge
sap with the wagon-tongue, the too curio) who sill tell the
plebe where to go and what to do—Ashen the lest of his
rowdy bunch is present. Ile is the fast to offer his ser.
sites fat the disTinilitute of the frosh, is this Wave, hula,
taming sophomore who hid undei his bed cluinig
tun fresh
man Stunt Night
The Bullosopher's Chair
Sunthers: HaN e you e, et studied the lit ouchan psycho!
ogY ?
"Yes. then Ficuil was in rogue Why do you ask*:"
Souther". I'm beginning to think he is all Wong
"That's a betty bold statement. On on hat points do
ou diner firm the ardent Sigmund , "
Snutherh: Well, Freud hues e‘mything in Pre to sea,
doesn't he
"Yes, do eel!) , to Indneetly Don't you agi cc to Ith
bun',"
Smithers. I don't To begin with, it soit of knocks all
the idealism and r omance out of life to attubute esery-
I
th•ng to a biological pi inciple It seduces lose to sensual
passion AT? then, I can't force myself to believe that
the sex:impulse, Freud's "libido," is the dominating motive
in human emstence.
"Well, Smithein, I agree ssith you heat tdy on that
Ilea I think that the se., mge plays second fiddle to the
in.stanet for self-ineseisation In other words, man must
be fed, clothed and protected front his enemies before he
thinks of t rerouting his hind Nanny, then, is the town
img motive in the human cycle Von hose lathe] minus.
Iderstood Fieud's inteimetation of so. To hint sex mean:,
Isomething mole than sensualtsm. It is the posy et that
urges Lutists to paint pictin es, engine°rs to build budges,
poets to write gloat epics. In short, the sex impulse is
the crest's° and consttuctise Inge"
Sniitherg If, as Solomon has said, "all the ssoild in van
ity..." %shere does the multiple of lose and self-samthee
come in"
"Anothm misunderstanding. Let nie explain Man
lin his original state had to light ins own Lind as well as
!animals and nature in order to suivi‘e So long has man
I been forced to light for Ins own mill.) , and comfort that
the urge to place Ins own benefit before all else has become
deeply imbedded in has own mind Man no longer needs
to fight for life and food, but the impulse still lemmas
paramount among Ins instincts Vanity as 'too deeply
rooted to be cots ely overedme, but it is the'tiusinesli , of
education to teach the youth how; to control She energy
arisio .flom . this urge and 'to direct. it Info` Auntan`F anal
useful channels."
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—Amherst Student.
Collegiate Definitions
NUMBER 2-SOPHOMORE
'ZEE PENN STArisil 'COLLEGIAN
Pena Ticket Sale Today;
Revise Allotment System
According to a rullng by the
student tommittee on seating ar
rangements, no mole than six bd..
eti slay be purchased for the pre
ferred section during the first too
days of the 'robin sale but any
number nun be bought for the
other sections Students must pre
sent then. matriculation cards at
the bon office during the sale of
trtkets.
Seniors nod juniors may secure
titket4 for the Penn game today
at the A. A. office. ithile sophomore
and frebtuban seats rill be dr,tillo.
uted tomotion Tao-year Ass and
special students rum, obtain ticket,
Thursday. All scats are priced at
.$3OO.
Side Lines
recover} of a fumble la the
fast Imitate of pl 4 and his tun lot a
touthdoun treated the spectators to
a premature 61111 \When the referee
tale,' the ball dead, homer.et, and no
score resulted, the G-Burg rooters In
the East Stands breathed a sigh of
t chef
EZIMI
Gettysburg's burly eentm, Tus3ev,
uas the outstanding lineman on the
visiting tenni lie solely Otto It moun
tain on the defense
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Tuckey, Bullet substitute halfback,
received his fiat baptism of the wlitni
he replaced Gaidnei in the second
half. On tlin \elv fin dt phi} be fum
bled the ball and Vold lecoNcied.
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Stew line s caa Haile be called
"Flee Yard.' In Saturd.Ws game
he aseraged that figure in all his
ball-ear 13 mg expedthons
The husky halfback seas almost
knocked out in the play in chick
Stahlcy converted the Gettysburg
tumble into a touchdown And that's
something Stme has 'reset encount
ered in the ring
numbei 20, uas Gettvs
buig's chief ball cal lael We ssomiel
if his first nano is Bo
——o—
Gettsbuig's fumbling proved its
chief undoing in the contest Satuida3
On 5 thireient occasions Bullet hall
tote. Mopped the pigskin, watchful
Lions icemming, them each time.
=ISM
Coop French's :),3-yard sprint in the
last quattei was both exerting and
destruetise Two bully Cettysbutit
rang were knocked out completely
while the diminutive quarterback. con
tinued his merry way,
Tw'plity Years Ago
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Although the White and Blue lost
its fast big game of the season last
Saturday at Wilkes,Batte to the In
dians, oui ,eloven suits nestles hum
bled in dCsgtaced Only through
Thorpe's accurate place-kicking did
the Redskins sun the game by a same
of 9-5
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The picture strap was won on
Thursday morning by the freshmen
They gathered at the side of McAllist
er and twenty-tN‘o e•pasnres were
taken from the timed floor of the
Chenusti y budding. Only one of the
fractures sins good It had 108 fresh
men on it which is eight more than
the number necessary to Os In
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In a little Over a, nee]: we 1,11 deli
cnte, the new 13enviir field wall n great
interscholastic field and tad.' tneee
In whlch the best secnntlary schools ,n
Pennsyltenta Shave entered letnesen.
tat, es
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The concert Sattaday night by
San !Riot's Hungailan thchestaa was
, 0 1 : , * good The moment sons aell
selected, and if it seemed a little long
to some, that was probably due to the
fact that nearly eleiy body in the
audience was lather toed.
STATE COLLEGE BAKERY
' Furniture Made to Specifications
Single Units or Quantity
DEPARTMENT OF y
•1.•
t y
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
First Floor, Engineering B
Room 106
The tepoit that the College mill be
closed mithm ten days unless me hove
lain is mahout foundation. It has
not been necessary to shut-the pumps
Minch <hams matei from the two big
mills on the campus, mate, front the
leseison is still buppltmg the needs
it the College and town-folk
Out in th' World
Lighthorse Hurry Wilson, most
tamed of Penn State all-Americans,
left West Point to enter on aviation
school in Texas On a gridiron, Harr
could almost fly.
I=3El
Too Imo life-long thrunas of the
Lion and the Lamb oete released In
June when both Pianos A. Harvey
and Aithtn L Hattlv '2B gia‘l9, took
unto thernsely'es a our. One each
——o—
A duo of tide-au sidekicks was so,
med alien Adelbett S Schioeder '2B.
foimm student colonel, has entered
the Pennsylvania Law School highly
lecounnended as Chief Yougel's most
muumu; imml
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Paul G Nagle '2B, Is walking at
Clearfield on the highway, niobably
making the load cater and maim. fm
Prom State latch-law •
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Blait E Henderson '2B, Comer I
F. C esocuitve, is v,oilong foi the
Rothett Putnam° Co, of Altoon
p‘einuingto fill his fother's.chair.
=EMI
Randall Thomas and illattm Phil
lips, both '9B, lime succumbed to pe
aversions and ace attending the It,
school at Pitt
COLLEGE EXPERIMENTER
DEVELOPS NEW CABBAGE
" A distinct contlibution to the veg
etable industly of the state has been
made by the aglicultmal experiment
station in phut is I.noun as the Penn
State Dallhead cabbage," stated Di.
SteNenson W Fletchei, head of the
depattment of hoe ticultule.
The,, steam of cabbage, dencloped
by Di Charles E Myeis, of the de
paitinent of hoiticulture, yields mole
than luice as much as inclinaly va
licties moon in the State
MINING SCHOOL RECEIVES
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
To take Cale of the largest student
bodies reel °moiled in the School of
Mines and metallurgy several nest
pieces of apparatus hate been acquil
oil, according to Prof. DaNid F Mc-
Failand The lieu equipment includes
Once metallographic lIIICIOSCOPCS, a
laq:el numebr of smaller micioscopes
and several of the Imes types of cam
el,
ENGINEERS ELECT PENN
STATE FOR CONVENTION
Dean Robert L Sackett of the En
'ginceiing School announces that the
Amelican Society of Refligelating,
, Engmems has selected Penn State for
its annual June comention
Tins convention will mask the ini
tial meeting of a national engineoing
industiail society at Penn State
Piof. Ai thin J Wood, of the mechani
cal engineering department is vice
president of the mganization.
ATTENDS ARMY REUNION
Prof Ogden B Malin, of the School
of .Mines and Metallurgy attended a
meeting of the Aim) Oidinanee As
sociation held at Abeideen, Mat gland,
loot stock The section of the ICSLINC
officos m uhich Piofessor Malin was
cm oiled had ailanged n reunion
conjunction ugh this meeting
SELL CITRISTIIIIS C1121)$
.
, Here Is pour chance in eurri hitolnufer - in
n,nr, tint, ,N 0 axi,erieride onl. 4 ltry selfin—
messed thing• in personalized Liiristrans rants
Asulluble for the lira time Assortment n
ditrersnt glesisneil surds all stet' die en
ed pith stroke of 4reetinz and m
o!. eniwnsed lo maldi Box of 20 anis
is lulls for V. 2i of Phisli M sours Lust
lo sell from our htuutiful Hailing awn.) , furs
niched free Write ludiw
PERSONAL STATIONERY CORP
OF NEW YORK
L. A. SCHOOL FILLS
VACANT POSITIONS
Dean Charles W. Stoddarl Makes
Known IS Additions to
Faculty Staff
With the addition of eighteen mem
bers to the fatuity of the School of
Ai is the %amities which <m
ewled in that school during the sum
mer huge been filled.
H F. Alderfei of Syracuse um
vet sity and Wallace Br ewster '27, have
been added to the derail talent of his
toiv and political science, while Dr
Florence M Blears of Cornell, Dr. C
A. Rupp of the University of Clucaym
and Or Or un Funk of Coltimbia um
vmsny have been added to.the mathe
matics department Other additions
to the depJament of mathematics are
L. 'l'. Dunlap, W 0. Gordon, J. A.
Hamilton, R E Peterson and 13. V.
Kunkel
In the depattinent of romance lan
guages T 0 Ranniez, V E Deßin
centis and R, IL Ki issingei have been
appointed to the stall% Di K. E.
nosing. of Harvard university has
replaced Di. S. McClellan Butt, in the
depaitment of philosophy.
Prof Theodore J Gates has return
eel, to the-English composition depait
ment after an absence' of tins yea,.
In addition to Prof Gates, F. S Neus
bam, E J Nichols and C. K. Moilun
have been added to the English de
paitment. J F O'Bium of the 'Um
vmmty of lona will assist Prof John
Fimzell in the department of pub
lic speaking 'and nr coaching the de
bating team.
AG STUDENTS TO VIEW
MARKETING CONDITIONS
To study the marketing instituti
on, and conditions prevailing in Phil
adelphia, and to acquaint themselves
with the competitive Pennsylvania
fain pi oducts show there, the mmois
and seniors of the class in marketing
of the School of Agi wahine will make
a till, to that city October 19 Pio.
few! Fiedelick P. Weaver and As
sistant Piofessor Om ed P. Lininget of
the department of agiicultinal econo
mics mill lead the group
SWEENEY EARNS DEGREE
Retaining from two years of study
at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology whole he received the de
glee of doctor of philosophy, William
Sweeney, formerly instiuctm of
chemistry, will dnect the industual
iesealch depaitment, of the School of
Chemistry and Physics
NEW FALL J3OSTONIANS
iSCOTCH AND PLAIN LEATHRS
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COLLEGE BOOT, SHOP
Allen Street
Society Brand Hart, Schaffner & Marx
WE
LOWER THE COST
OF ORF,SSING WELL
From m's \
Opposite Front Comps'
Kirshbaum , Learbury
Tuesday, October 9, 1928
Freshman Trackmen
Show Marked Ability
(Continued from first page)
with a mark of 9 feet.
In the plebe cross-country trials
held Saturday after neon Harmon,
Wolfe, Gla9burn, Deck, Crawford,
Peterson, McClintock, R Wdhams and
Lippencott placed in the otdet named.
7.71E4ny, -
Nittany Theatre
TUESDAY—Cathatn—
Matinee at 2 00 -
The Greateq or All Mr Pietureo
Colleen Moore and Gar) Cooper In
MEE=
Special prices: adults 10c, children 21c
TUESDAY—Nsttany—
Jean Hershaft, Marian Nixon in
"JAZZ MAD" •
WEDNESDAY—
Dorothy Macklin', Ralph Forbeg, Anna
Q. Nilsson, Lowell Sherman in '
"THE WHIP"
Also Penn Stale Pictures
THURSDAY and FRIDAY—
Return Engagement of
Janet Gaynor, George O'Brien in
"SUNRISE"
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—
Alice, White in
"SHOW GIRL"
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