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Penn State (I,ollegian
Published eeml-vreelly during Os Cannes yens by students of the
Penneylvanla State College, in the Interests of tie Collect, the stud
ents, faculty, alumni and friend..
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
LOUIS IS. DELL. Jr TO----
PAUL C. ILCONNAUCIICY TO------
WILLIAM S. TURNER 19-- _ ---
TEE EDITORIAL STAFF
LOUIS IT BULL. Jr '29_—.___________E4 for-10-Chief
LtRWELLIN MITSTIITR
lIARRY MILEIMIA '2ldor
lIPRMAN R. ROTTMAN AAnoclnte ram.
JUDSON LAIRD '2l /Worn.. IMltnr
NEWS EDITORS
Quinton E Benue 10 Robert P. Stevenson 10
James 11. Coon, Jr. 10 nark. A. blench 'SO
Henry Tbotenfeld '3O
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Entered at the PestaMee, State Colic, Pa , 11.4 errand-eines matter
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929
EDUCATION AND IMAGINATION
With the closing of the penultimate semester of his
college career, the prospectne graduate pauses long
enough in his scramble for a liberal, social or perhaps
athletic education to renew his past three years of under
graduate life, to survey his studies, in a general manner
and to determine, possibly, how practically his studies
have benefitted him He may even make a more micro
scopic analysis of his educational training with the hope
of discovering whether or not a college education is neces
sary for future success or, whether the obs ious advantages
dm wed have been worth the time, money and effort spent.
If his training has been highly specialized, he sail
probably feel that he has acquired his money's worth of
formulas and technical equipment together with much
knouledge mhieli is baldly attained in an incidental man
ner or without the peeper scholastic and parental pres
sure Yet, he is at a loss to understand why so - many
students mho have been graduated as enginceis are now
selling glass seed or peddling books to Liberal Ai ts stu
dents. Perhaps the life of an engineer was not agreeable
or ideal to these sheep who have strayed from the flock
These must be some reason. But the technical sutdent is
content to leave that question suspended or pending fur
ther investigation, for he himself will not deviate from his
prescribed and prepared course. At least, so his enthus
iasm Los the future mould lead lam to believe.
But the student of Liberal Arts obtains a difiesent
point-of-view in regard to the practicability of his COUIS2
He must feel that he has not acquiled any tangible thing
from his four yeass of costly apprenticeship. There is the
gene.' knonledge, he has heard, and the possibility o'
adapting himself to a half dozen or some vocations. He
may even profit from an avocation. But there is no defin
ite project in view for him. Why, he could he °nibs,
sassed, he imagines, if some one nerve to ask him what
definite thing he learned at college
Hrs courses of study bare been compmatirely easy
He has learned that after his first year. Little outsvlc
preparation vas required and seldom made, he knows,
except by the inoie conscientious group of students. In
fact, more than once lie had sensed a per feet recitation in
the classroom by depending solely upon his imagination
for the answer to a question, and it may have pleased him
to know that he had received credit for guessing--cmree
ly. Or it may have amused him. Yet with all his imagin
ative powers, he did not imgame that there was probably
some reason to his response, some method to his madness
Ad least, his course in Liberal Arts Iran developing his
polder of initiginatiori. And that is something. '
Liberal At ts. The name itself implies a lack of technic
al or specialized study and indicates emphasis upon the
broad, expansive, liberal point-of-view A course in Lib
eral Atts prepares a student to meet almost any situation
intelligently and to face an emergency with an enlightened
mind and a developed reason. His mind is the slide-rule
for solving problems.
Certainly the world needs engineers to resurrect fall
en arches, doctoi s to tebuild fallen health and lawyms to
bolster fallen morals, but it also needs libeial minds to
broaden life's whole outlook and to make the world sate
for specialists.
CLASS MEETINGS
Class meetings are held for the rummy purpose of
transacting business and dealing with problems that con
tinually face each class. The meetings are in the charge
of class presidents whose duty It is to call the members
together when important issues arise that cannot be,
settled satisfactorily without the co-operation of the entrin
group Class meetings, then are an Important and essential
function of the student body.
Regardless of their importance, however, class meet
ings in recent yeas s have expetienced a tremendous decline
in attendance. It is now quite rare to see more than one
hundred students at any of these gatherings whale often
the number does not exceed thirty or forty. The blades
of class administration, tlierfeore, lies upon the shoulders
of the few loyalists who are always Present at the meet
ings. To them falls the responsibility of making import
ant decisions and of carrying out all class policies. They
are the very backbone of their class
Every student was compelled to attend the meetings
of Ins class during the first year of his existence at Penn
State. lin joined the ranks of Ins classmates, rather re
luctantly at flint perhaps, but was usually favorably im
pressed with the outcome of each gathering. Re listenel
to ',detesting and helpful tall s by deans, pofcssors and
men momment about the cararas and urn Impreseed by
the class and College split that grave out of these meet-
lags. When th's same student wrs relieved ham freshman'
customs, hummer, he assumed a far different attitude
conceining the College. The sudden relief from bondage
instilled with•n him a eniefice spirit. This feeling of pm
semi Lbci ty caused him to loathe anything of a compul
sory nature lle had been compelled to attend cuss meet
ings, mlech m themscic es had moved interesting and en
lightening, but now the thought that such a mactice had
once been compulsmy to ought forth a revolt within hen
In ❑as m nnei the underclassman becomes alienated from
Ins class and usually confesses in this same path through
out the semaindei of his college life.
Those students who fail to attend class meetings
should se iliac that they are inconvieneing their class in
more mays than one by their absence. In the first place,
thee Judgment and opinion is essential in the settlement
of questions and in the effective execution of class policies.
They asc often too cage, to otrei adverse miticism of cer
tain conditions when, had they been present at the meet
ings, they might hate suggested is change. And, finally,
they owe it to themselves to attend all class functions
Class sped, which is none other than the spirit of mite:
the and co-operation, indeectly paves the way to success
in the business wield Why, then, should not this Mem
ledge be act - pined caily here at Penn State?
_______—_V Ice-President
----- Trensucer
Poi the past few yea's the American pubhc has been
saturated with gal stories dep•cting modern college hie
as one of drinking and necking. A dapper youth is pie
tuied who, devoid whatsoever of conscience and metals,
thinks nothing of including es lid petting parties and drunk
cn escapades in his imolai scholastic tontine And be
sides causing scandalous affaii;, the college man is pops
lady athertised as the cicatm of such fantastic nuisances
as gaitei-less socks, led neckties and 'collegiate' suits.
People natmally become alarmed ashen they read of
the dangers to society v.iought by 'flaming loath.' Deans
and presidents receive heated letters, investigations ate
started, mticles on the subject are written in magazines
and per iodicols and fiery reformers flay student life com
p:sung it even with Sodom and Gomorrah Amid all this
confusion the majouty of the college men sit tight and
uonder if there leally is a gient deal of truth to these
stoics.
Dining a recent imestigation, Henry Grattan Doyle,
dean of Geoige Washington univeisity, sent questionnaires
to officials of foul hunched colleges in an effort to 'get at
the bottom of this talk about necking, drinking and frivol
ity among college mien' The result of these inquiries show
ed that the gicatei pat of these flaming youth stones
um° entitel.t moofless and untrue. Presumably, the
authors of such trashy falsehoods v.ere forced to exagger
ate their theme, college life, in order to have their hooks
listed as 'hest sellers! ' -
In reply to one of Dean Doyle's questionnaires, Dean
Howaid It. Ommal,e, of Franklin and Marshall college,
said 'Thole is a very small percentage, not more thin
one-half of one per cent, of the students in any college
that is made up of the loud tab, salt type known as col
legiate Ills manner, style of dress and usually his chat.
octet. ate condemned by the may - nay of students.' The
great inamtity of college students ate earnest, serious
end bards inking young men and v. (ninon, according to
Dean Omvalse, vho do not differ radically flora other
people.
Self-respecting college men grow weary of constantly
being iefened to as dunken good-for-nothings. They
grow immensely tiled of the fact that the public in gen
eral Limns them only as young men who spend four yews
at an eternal party and lease nothing more than how to
stint the latest dance and mix the tastiest cocktails. They
do not cute for the impression which stamps them as
carelesslvdressod yr)ungstery derninic:i t lin
'ldeogint.ion Ahoy
bail Jtam king, serious-minded 'Ame'sicpirs. •
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The COLLEGIAV
Dear Sit:
In anewer to the letter which ap
peared In your issue of Tuesday.
January 22, me lust must say that
we are most sally to loam that anv
one of our suppe , eilly Intelligent stu
dents has kelt so misinfot me,t eon
coining the digest.. of se‘mal of out
girls end me also booty that any one
should quest , . the duty of the Wo
men's Student Government Associa
tion in attempting to MEC the sten
dm dg of out momen
The incidert, in the first place, seas
called to nor attention by a Senior
member of the group which had char
tered a bus, not i train, especially foi
the purpose of conducting l'ern State
sta dents to then homes The matter
W. thoroughly inyestigated when re
ported, and, rimless to say, most,
careful consideration ssas given it
before the cover ning body of the wo
men students took then heal step of
penalty.
It is not our aim to limit the girls'
pleasures during their holidays and
we assure you that hr,d the Incident
occurred in a girl's home or in com
pany of their home friends, nothing
,ould have been done about it. In
others words, her freedom m her own.
lionever, when the reputation of nu.
Penn State women is at stake In a
circle of Penn State people, when our
traditions and customs are being tried,
then we feel under obligation to the
girls and men of Penn State who
have shown their uillingness to dis
regard thew de=nies far the
good of our Alma me feel un
der obligation to the girls who choose
use to help ix* they reputations
"right," hence, rye intervene And al
low me to say, as is surely unde.stoad,
they are in the minority.
It is most pathetic, in fact the col
lege education rs 10 actreally a total
loss, wtren one cannot realire that the
art of being educated is the art of
"getting along" It is too bad that
ore cannot lire unto °cloches, make
our own laws, do Just as we please,
but in our day and age, it Isn't done.
IV4 choose leaders, and they make
rules which are for the best interests
of the group, and we obey—except
ebels
What you say is hue, youl "ex
tnesmon" will do no good The Wo
men's Student Grnmnrnent will con
tinue in then attempts to lathe the
standards of the Penn State Women
P,e.trient, Tl'. S C A.
Smetroy, ll'. S. C A.
Twenty Years Ago
The cover of the 1910 La Vie will 1.0
of ooze-,beep leather, brown with
edges over hanging one-half inch on
thee sides with the name of the book
hot-pressed', Every copy will be in
this leatl.m and will cost the same as
previously charged for cloth, that is
two dollars There will be 150 pages
el.clusive of advertising, covering ev
ery phase of student life at State
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Collegian®a
The town is going to have talking! Just like the word "applause."
movies early in March. But of course! .1.0.*
they won't be a novelty here.
o,, o ucs Which is merely a contraction of thy
We had falling movies ever since 1 good old collegiate noun, "applesauce."
cinema houses first opened. I
.ceoss
4,,,i snore 5 h 0 ,,,,,,, p zov l e , m a! I This talkie business will be a discs
.... I trolls blow, to those who derive great
But now the old order changeth, we I enjoyment and pleasuie at the es
say without attempting to lisp, and I Perm of other people's agony.
subtitles will be supplied by the Vita- i ...c.o++
phone mechanism,
I By reading the titles aloud.
cocscicc
Now the best they can do is to
listen aloud.
Substituting for the audience.
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Written subtitles are going the way , ****.e•
of bicycles, Model-T Fords and com.l If th a t' s possible.
panionate 111.111liages.
..... .....
I nut it is all for the best, for the
Itut nobody wilt miss them. The ., r; dos aloud will now be able to chew
word "subtitle" was merely a play nn then gum, uninterrupted though the
the adjechle "subtle," (the word Ova •
aline eight feels
nobody knows)
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I 1 ith. a little bit of "it" added. 1 Instead of between titles,
Skating is claiming the attention or nr, JUIUSZ READS PAPER
a large number of Penn State student.
and residenLs of the village. An em• AT ENGINEERING PARLEY
bankment has been built around Bea
ver Field which has heen flooded and
allowed to freeze.
Mi., K. J. De Juhasz, of the staff
—o !of the Enginceling Expeumental sta-
The regular meeting of the senior I lion, presented a paper concerning the
class held last week brought about De Julian high speed engine indica
that the seniors sees: caps and gowns tot at the annual meeting of the So
at the Sunday chapel services after emty of Automotive Engineers in De-
May 1. trait last week
The indicator, which is capable of
Application from the Foe company tegistming six thousand revolutions a
at State College was node to the Es- „„aata ills high-speed gas engines,
octane Committee for the heating of vms demonstrated to the, society in
the file house by the College plant, the latoratories of the Chrysler Mot
but it was voted to he inadvisable to ma coiporatmn, and accepted as a
make such mrangement. meat step towards regiStering the
—o teilifie speed which the new types
Dr. W. R. Cranr, clean of the School of gas engines ate attaining.
of Mines and Metallurgy, wac honoiell
with a request to lead a 0 tiler berm:
the Coal Mining Institut" of
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
which is convening at Pittsburgh
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It has won more people
to Kellogg's Corn Flakes than
to any other ready-to-eat cereal.
Just because they taste so good—
that's why 12,000,000 people enjoy
them every day. . On the campus
and off—from coast to coast—Kel
logg's get first call for breakfast.
fe ,01fRIIr
CORN FLAKES
i Frank ana Ernest
AND CLOSC I
The ALLOT
FRlDAY—Catbaura
Matinee at 2.00
Dolores Del Rio, Roil La Roraue in
"RESURRECTION"
IMMESSEEMEI
Matinee at 2.00
Norma Shearer, Johnny Mach Brown
"A TANDY OP CHANCE"
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—Nittany
(Special matinee for children on Sat
urday at 2.00. Admission: 1k)
Wallace Beery, Esther Ralston,
Charles Farrell, George Bancroft in
"OLD IRONSIDES"
"Our Gang" Comedy
4 i y
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
TUESDAY—Cathaum—`
The most popular cereals served
in
.the dsning-roores of Amerman
colleges, eating clubs mod fen
termhes are made by Kellogg in
Battle Creek. They Include Corn
Flakes, ALL-BRAN, Pep Bran
Flakes, Rice Krispies, Krumbles
and Kellogg's Shredded Whole
M" . FRe.K .
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' AND
Nittany Theatre
Matinee Monday at 2:00 ,
Ramon Navarro: Anita Page in
"THE FLYE4G FLEET" ".
Lois Moron, George O'Brien in,
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