P.ge `.l. ..) sVenn State Collegian 1 1 " grereaemt.v.er'..ly rlarlne I'e C 411.7.. lora E 9 Att.22.'s et the l'enns,l‘nnln Stele Collet, In 2. Int...b of t . e C.llc.q r a rut!. nta. tnenlo. alt ?ant 'rut fr'and, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD LOINS R BELL Jr ------ rresldent I'AUL C. MeCONNAUGHEI '25 V'ee.Preeldent 1111 LIAM S TUDNER '2O----- ....... ........... —Trot:elver TRE EDITORIAL STAFF Lnuis II PEI L. Sr ......... ...... I.I,ENVELLYZI MITSTIFER '" 1 ........... Editor MAURY 1' mitriiAm ...... ........llnnnti.. Edntrr lICRMAN 1101.1 MAN "C 0 ---- Irroxinte Faro, JUDSON LAIRD ............. Lear NEWS EDITORS Qmnton E Dwane 'CD Robert I' Steren.ou '3O 3nm. 1L Carmen, Jr '3O Llmrl. A Mene‘ll 'CI Rem Thalteteld '3O 'LIFE BUSINESS STAFF WILLIAM c TURNI R 120 _ Rusin. Manazer C MeCONNAUGIII ___( rrulatinn Mann= J HOWARD It C,IP an - Ads..rtislng Harmer INT in_ SIN LSI; 111NAGERS Cahn: E It.ruJr W NI,. II I ItOni '3O II•nr, II Drud, Jr . 10 Ml'. 11 Mr.rnblmon '3O All coo, for fue. , lll,'s tuue must. he In the °Moe L, ruelve Strnd.,, rv6r, Sod for Frtda, s Ir.tur, 1,, tuche °awl. 14,11,e111.1, 111 -hr. t buck.. and moms Mate Cnlia•lnn" ,slt r order. nth, then 'The Penn ot he nnturn, for ni.otiats due thes noun,p, qal.4er p.tun Bre, CO, B able berme Novemler 1. 102`, Trlepl.nni . 292. W 1./I IC 11 9 I 1;11 .C 1,71 ° .11 I ".le n n, 71Lele, in l:n. Monurr ol Eagle, It Intorollcgiatt. Xrwspupn Assocuttzon Ent , cd W. Po" Wince, S•nte Lune, l'n as fecor.l:lnss muttyr FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1928 COLLEGIATE WISE-CRACKERS A group at people I now n an comethann depend upon the laughs of the cionn to keep ciinhtms in abeyance In fAmeal college towns thine in anothei pinup who pm nest in attempting to estmt chuckles Liom the audience al hough that Mane no balarl l'iom then pastime This latter clans is known as "l% ismetachins " Tin* are well- teino-ented in out mm moue-gum; undergladuates. Mort often than not the huminnusly-intended remarks of the college ease-crackers accomplish the desired end. Thee throw the patrons of the silent drama into ‘rolent bra,” and soft chuckles Less ttequent4, the funmbone ticklers fad to tickle Is long as the tr , tacal remarks remam within the berm& of common decency, no one con complain. One ought men say that this stage-whisper wise-cracking adds to the entertainment of the esemng Visitors enjoy the not eft, ol this tspical collegiate frail of aniuscinent, which, as memene knows. , s not tolerate. m any theatres except tho.c w hlch catu to college students. Occasionally, host eter, the comments hulled publicly at the pantomme actors descend to vulgaiity and obscenity and the assemblage of the nation's faint e intelligentsm 'iesponds sixth as much hilarity as eves. Such conduct dots not reflect credibly upon the student bode In th, event he who laughs bait is yid as guilty as he who Is responsible for the laughtei If profanity - and smut con tames to float about in the theatm, silt!)ce will hate to be imposed upon the come audience and ordeily conduct maintained throughout by fm cc, if necessary. FOR A BROADER VIEWPOINT Ir. the curb days doling the colonization of Anielica min had to he a curt of 3001-of-all-ttaileg in code: t? h e. S , ace that time the spcLiali , t has glaidually se plrced the Jack-of-all tindes Now the mciage man must }row one job and know it thoinughle of stane Mote and mote has education tended toad the Inputting of specialized knowledge So fat the icsults of spefutlization have been prosperity and prognes., While the , 'peoplii 'as'a , :rhole gain by this ilnision oil mink, the individual loses semething. 'Suppose'', p man de:otes his life to the profession of eleetileal en gineming After his freshman •csiir in college he learns) little eseopt mhat applies &teetly ni indite,tly to his; Nocation. 'lilies, he !cads e‘tensiiely on other sulkiects; outside of 1., he mill graduate kw - ming a gloat derl. about clot rural engineming and but little about ans thing else In his post-graduation llggie iii ,111. Ced m h"i Noerition •ind 1:1,1 by some mealth lot n lean-prosperous ; day lie mill find little time to devote to anything hat elee-i trical engineering Sonic dm lie mill bi foieed to realize: that he knoss NCIy little about this thing called life. In outer to enjoy life's gall and honey to the fullest exttnt, one should know a little more about too fellow inert and the nattu al law, that gorein this globe of out, than can be battled by heinsal Every siitualt4t should cultn,ate an Intel egt in things outside Ills JllOOlll calling, College students., emieciallx, .hotild attempt to gain seine knowledge of the subjects taught in schools other than his own Fl,er y college irt minute should hose a broad, general educition in addition to his specialtzed training Of course, knowledge IS 110( happiness, no mule than wealth is happiness, but wisdom is the mat ascent by winch happiness no attained. Reviewer Comments On the Oxford Debate Following the method of 'pelts vi tern who estimate vith fan son eons the strength of football teams by awatth desersing naming:, of points fon offensive pitmess, defensne poison, dependabilitt of punting and the like, he Res amen attempted to deride the tespecti, merits of the Onfoid and Penn State debating teams In their battle if tuts in the Sehnab Auditoimin Tuesday night on the interesting but mealied suluttt of the United States' For Nolen Atoll: a quota of 100 possible plant: us as allotted each speabet, lot iii,thou of picLentation, 100 paints to a man, lot appeal:ince and stage conduct. 50 points, for convincingness of argument, 200 points, for tchuttal. 100 Points. All these allotments wean invite to inds.idual ,Toole.. Thus. the highest poshible inia valual %cote Swath! be 550 points and the greatest 110,1. ble leant stoic mould be 1630 The tabulated losults, based on the Icactiona and opnuons of the limos en, Ulna: Fast speaker, Dmgle .1f Foot some, 01, method of meqentabon. 89; appetuanee, 40; eonvmongoess of argument, 160, rebuttal. TI; Second speaker, C. S Malcolm Breroton• voice 7$ method of presentation. 85; appentance, 12, commune . , noqs of nrgument, 175; iebuttal, Thud speaker, Alan T Lennox-Boyd. voice, 78 method of pi esentation, Si, nppeaiance, 41, coniinenig nest of mgument, 182, rebuttal, 71 Indr. i dual ceolee Mr Foot, 127; Mt 131 el don, -154; 511. Lennns,l3oyd, 152 El= First speaker, Albert J Gales. ,oree, 71; method of presentation, 85, uppealance, 15, convtneinneas of :liga ment, 115, rebuttal, It Second speal,et, Robed W. Haley• t owe. Si: mothod of pre,entation, SO, appeal ante. .11, cominungness of gument. 180, rebuttal, 78 Thud speaker. •Tack II Melton's core, Si, method of pteesntatton, 80; uppeatanee. 10, comm.:none., of argument, 187, t elatttol, 81 Individual sem es• M. Gales. 429, Mr Hales', 159 Richtuds, 492 11=1 fotO team , cole 1373 pointg At the close of the mordfest—for it was such in great measure—neither team mas awaided an actual deenuon, although from the percentage of listencis mho, in !natter of standpoint, were conceited to the negatne, the Penn State team non a ',anal ieton Although me ate of the opinam that the l'enn State team won the (ligament (but lost the opal tee), sir feel that the method of (let.- 1111(1114, the wmnei, thn method mas so purposed, is quite f colt} as the point sj.tem not be. for there mere in attendance those mhoue piejudices and original opinions could not be umeitod oi altered cmen a thousand of the most skilful debate, s Thole herethose, too, mho may lime acknowledged the supelimits of one team or the mho but mho ‘till maintained their mignial steps on the 'Wiled undo. debate Whether the in pose of aSo emit. trio is to cons ince m to be convincing is a Moot question At am. late, the unusual method of double liellot mas indeed an inteiestine e•piniment Tuesday night's affair v.as a peculiai one Even those mho came catls enough to hens the delicious bits of humor, value and ,rticasin propounded tt the gentlemen from England pn then plehminaly remarks and le:named long enough to heat the open forum discussions, expeuenced difficulty in locating the actual debate and ume mobably houbled in attempting to dittmentiate the petsunal and international thnists and jibes train the sabot points of aigument. For an Englishman's wit is generally staid and sober and as such often passes somonfully . unrecog l msed. especially by the menage Amerman audience. Bath teams were guilty of injecting ton much hell-meaning and onto, taming fuvolltv into an atTair intended to he of the most serous nature Too mkieh supeifluous and me:m ingles: =Lena' nas inti educed; ton many teminks stoic wade to smoke laughtei or applause horn the audience llnu es er, when the gentlemen from England and those hem a less distant locality did settle down to business, an argument that was chasuetetista, of youthful vigor and intensity tnstilted The (Mold debaters pleaded Nuts the ludience and their opponents almost pitifully, almost desperately—as though they could never again face Klng George sinless they letusned It iumpliantly Nl Ith the avowed and unanimous support of these United States. And when their .sigument met the cold and merciless le- Mittel of the negative team, straightway they appealed with due solemnity and sincerity to the emotions of their "worthy opponents" and to those of the listener s Fully prepared, evenly matched, the teams presented on intmesting debate chosen mg the heal tv support that was manifest by the hugest local audience in the history of Penn State's fosensse.acts‘sn: True, there were times wheat the,studießPl , 4e4 that thefiitei- - plylngegle:rds Plat . wases:otteii; t i art . .Alit . ttle,„ IW.iwn linsteitd:of contest ains,t but as the kindly , old lady to our left remarked as sho,pulled.on het subbers; "eevrything ended lovely" ' Christmas Cards For Personal Engraving NOW ON DISPLAY See our samples before placing your order for Christmas Cards KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building '1.1511: WINN SIV.T2 031 LE 0.7.1,r4 lESIBMI Talks by 'Deans People throughout the State mete sin posed at the merit amount of rap. pont fon Pens State v.loch .as as senthled during the Bond Issue cam paign It seemed to them tonal kettle that in a tea chat months such suit poi t could be th.telotted and organized. As a mattes of fact this large amount of state-wide support could rot have been both dm eloped and ot , 4111a1V1.41 than nog the relied 01 the cam paign—the time .as even too hooted fon adequate ozganization of this sup port. The actual situation stns that dining the I,t somul yeats the people ot the state had -minuted a favorable interest in this college to ar extent mhich me really hail not knomr. It was this fact that enabled U. to agonize .n Only 101111111,able shot, mg. Time and lime again during the campaign I .a.,‘ impi cited aith the political value of the seas nee uhich th s College has been tendeting to the people doting the past scans, and I mac particulath imptessed ',all the salve of the good teputation .hich the student body has been able to acquit e m recent vents On crop hand there v.as evidence that the tai payers thought of Penn State as demon alio, xholesoine, snottily in stitution of high. lean rang Ir shunt, nun °nits to be a clean and decent student body with pine tical ideals of &moue" , fan play, setioubness of mopes°, touttesy and loyalty have bottle good hint. Much of our support caine float parents who hoped to be able to send then. :Hill en to Penn State. No tax paver likely to be milling that his money should go to support a college to which he mould not be stilling to send hi , son or daughter I am ceitainlv glad that we hate gained. and I think veined, such a reputation A tiadition of this kind is a precious one._ A. R Warnock, Dealt of 3/en 1 Twenty Years Ago Walter B. MeCaskey, oho has many friends at the College, seas promoted to a captaince see eral months ago nod leas assigned to the 12th United Stetcs infanti. 'rot too veal s he hos been commandant of cadets at the PeAsedle-Militaty Acad.* MO= Instead of stalling the basketball ,ason about. the middle of Januaty, game V. On be played with the Hig rislang A. C an about Once weeks, and an castes!, hip, imluding the Pennsylvania game, tall be taken be fore Christmas ‘acation Games ugh Alleghern, West Pomt, and the Pittsburgh Collegians have been ar ranged and manager Lendernuth may even induce Penn to (nine here for a contest. - i: WHAT COULD BE MORE IDEAL :=. THAN AN AFTER-DANCE SUPPER .I. .1: ' At The Blue Moon '", , q -. 4 l', tie'csl T'.;,. t-,1 r k S,-4;,,-via.l.i. t--"S1 64k' ;r•;: 4. is i: 4. NOW ON DISPLAY :: •,:• 5' BUY AND SEND YOUR CARDS EARLY 4. . i• _ ~: STUDENT SUPPLIES : s The- Athletic Store On Co-op Corner '• ... 1: :i: „........................................,. . , * , .1.: Your- „ • • . I Than ksgtvzng „ ... „ Party ::. is, not complete withoutJ. J ~: +: those delicious individual ~. t + PUMPKIN PIES Y ,t. Y J. x, .: From 4. ) X ? f The Electric Bakery y' x X Half Block west of Postale° *4. * `League of Nations Fails In Aim,' Debaters Affirm "The League of Nations has failed to accomplish that for which it wan established," Penn State's forensic team declared in successfully opposing the Oxford univetsity debaters Tues. day night on the question, "Should the United States enter the League of Nations " The Penn State tito, composed of Albeit J. Gales 'Pt, Robot W. Haley '29. and Jack It Richards '3O, main tained that two chelished American principles nould be sacrificed if the United States entered the League., They asserted that the League hasl not accomplished its miginal anal and that the United States can ac complish more foi ucald bottom ment D. she does not Join. thfoi d's iepiesentatives, Dingle M I Foot. C S. 'Malcolm Bleieton, and Alan T Lennon-Boyd, argued that the United States needs the League in order to furthei her economic in-, toe,ts, and that the council of nn-I Hole needs the membership 'of the; United States to be scatty elfeee.e. The picience of many distinguished visitors, pi onunent in the political life of the State, ideal vveathet conditions and a genial spuit of optimism as to the foluie of the "Pennvivania State College thinactetized the an nual celebration on last Friday of Pennsylvania Day. ‘, =MI It is op to us who me going to Pittsburgh in the State °heeling sec- two to wenre a good leader now, cul tivate our voices mcll in the meantime and show W. U. I' what real concen trated rooting and real State spirit are! Win or loin, our undergrads, who can get to Pittsburgh on Thanks giving will root all the time and we will go out there to sun. I=l=l Skating v.ill be a popular diversion at the College after the holidays. An embankment is being built ...mind Neu 8e... field, and it will be flood ed and allue.cd to freeze ART FRATERNITY OFFERS PRIZE FOR CARD DESIGN To stimulate intetest in the design mg of Chustraas muds, Pi Gamma Alpha, honoring fine arts naternity, is olio n.fir a special p me to the stu dent submitting the best design Any medium such as linoleum Mod,. pi inting, wood block, half-tone, ot Ime•cut reproduction may be used in the designs which must be turned For First Mortgage Money EUGENE LEDERER t-:-:•4 :••••: :-. De!ming that the League nould settle question% pollens pestment onli to Almoners, Gases deelated that sic 11011111 lose out sovereignity and the Monier Doctrine would be vsolat ed if the United States joined the inteinational council. Hales main tained that the League has failed to serene the co-operation of the great morld 'seisms "By staying outside the League we ea•" maintain n peace of faith, while if en join see mould be tequited to assist in maintaining an enforced pe.i,e," Richinds stated. "The League of Nations otters the hest chance of world pence," Lennox- Bo!d declared, "but if n nation like the United States lemains aloof it cannot posses the greatest pow. " 1r closing the final speech of the anirmatne iebutt.ll, Foot anal: "When fame generations lead has• toll' ecounting the struggle of Eai• oilcan nations to secure world peace, shall it be said that the United States lemained outside" iv before 10 o'clock Wednesday man or;,, December 12. The name and ad dress of the designee must be written legibly on the back of the card, which mill become the in opeity of the so tietr AIL offer mks must be sent to Richard W. Rhoda, P 0 Box 708 State College The rrinner's name rr ill be announced in the COLLEGIAN at' December 14. ALBERT DEAL & SON Heating AND Plumbing 117 Frazier Street For Your Thanksgiving Banquet j: CHICKENS, TURKEYS, 'GEESE, DUCKS f Leave your orders NOW FISHBURN'S MEAT MARKET WHERE QUALITY PREVAILS MEM TAKE A GIFT HOME , • , . 1. FOR THANKSGIVING x + • y if College Cut-Rate Store 131 South Allen Street Play Safe ! Be 9tll o that uhen buying tour Thanks: ' , taltdt 4 yoll rget• inechaqise• tpat, i• ...ling proven- satisf.letory. s - f • • • r f• , with Society Brand, Learbury • Hart Schaffner & Marx Kirshbaum and Braeburn Suits and Overcoats We ale safe in saying that ue have just what you cant and we don't think you have user seen. finer look mg clothes at $3O. to $5O. Sweaters $3.95 to $8.50 Shirts $2.00 to $3.00 Neckwear $l.OO to $2.50 Underwear $l.OO to $5.00 Suspenders $.50 to $1.50 Bath Robes $5.00 to $20.00 Shoes $6.50 to $14.50 Hats $1.50 to $8.50 Gloves . . • $.50 to $6.00 Hosiery . $.35 to $5.00 Fromm's OPPOSITE FRONT CAMPUS Viiatty, Nuvember 23,1%28 DI?. PATTEE'S DAUGHTER TO LECTURE TOMORROW .Mrs. Satoh Puttee Stetson, dough tet of Dr Fred Lewis Puttee, will dept et lour Inclines to students in the depattnient of landscape arch,- tedture tinnotton. Last night Mrs. Stctson addressed the menthe], of the Topinn society, student landscape nr ehitectu al of gall mitten. i• ( ; 4 I . • •-- 77IEAT:Rf- [4ND Nittany Theatre NOTE Nition} Theatre open Tueg dii3 evening onl3 next neck !w -ean,' of Thaithsgising ncnt n. FRlDAY—Cathaum Johnnie Mack Brim n. Jeanette Loll" I n "ANN POETS" PRlDAY—Nittany Erich Von SD.°Win. Fan Wray in "TUE WEDDING MARCH" SATURDAY—Cathaunt— Matinee nt 2.00 SATURDAY—NIttany— "ANN POLIS" MONDAY and IUESDAY Matinee D.ul) at 2 00 Motif. Spectacular Pmture of the Age Settsattonal Drama of the Clouds "IN INGS" 'lAdmi,ion: \ dulls ine, Children 21e THESDAY• —Nllttany Rtehard Div. Ruth Elder in 1 "MORAN OF THE MARINES" len , 'ArrOt Pl ' STARK BRPS (iiiAR.PERz 'Haberdashers I=l
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