' FaZe 'iv.i Penn State (Eollegian Publlabed semi-oreeLly daring t‘s Colic-, ye., ts etaLtnts et the Pennsylvania State College. in the Interests of t. e College. the stud ents, faculty, alumni end friends. THE EDITORIAL STAFF I=! =EE!!!ME:1!:1:1!!IMIZE lIMMAN r lIUI r' MAN TO-------- ----- A44llGiat. raft. JUDSON LAIRD . 2D--- ----- ------- ....-----Ammente Iltlitnr Quinton E Prnm. 'l3 Ma ert 1 , Sloven,. 10 ban. II C.v., Jr . 30 Chtirle4 A Mennell . °0 Item, Tfintraplel 'lO WILLIAM S TURNCIL '29___ PAUL C NtecONNAOCIMY '29_ J. HOWARD nrrer .29._______ won r Moly!, -n Henry It Donv6. IF .30 ['owl! I. Ilehm . 10 S'Oi.ot II Itaombloom 'BO Member of 77.,40 a Lit,,, .ate Aeir • p aper Ansociation 01:11:=1 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 A CURRENT EVENTS TEST Everyone recognises suck names as lielbelt Hoover,' Cali,ln Coolidge and Al Smith, and to a celtain degree can identify each with events that hose made history to thin the past fen months and 3 ems If the at erage college student, himmer, nem iequn oil to outline the Cruisel 13111 and tell its ultimate fate, to co-ordinate Leon Trotsky with communism in SON let Russia, to 'elate such names as Col onel Ifeniy L. Stimson, Colonel Robert \V Stewart, Baran von Huenfeld and General Bramwell Booth to current events, to state a moon cause for the 'event input di op in the stock market, or to attempt a refutation of St. John II vine's attack upon the Amei lean theater, it is quite pas mble that a long line of goose eggs would be chalked up as a iegistei of Ills empty-headedness. Of course, m.ely hand V. ould be stating frantically to blurt forth the ansu, if the stheleabouts of Gene Tunney, the activities of Jack Sharkey, 01 the basketball record of Machine college so el.: , in question. College students neglect the newspaper. That is a well-known fact The ordinary student gains an occa sional glimpse of happenings foreign to sports and his particular institution through a stray news reel The newspaper is put in the categoly of Latin, Creel, and Every now and then, an enteirnising student awak ens from his lethal gy, and begins to absorb a little of tae (lily's news, but perhaps he would have pi ofited mole by e parroting his fellows and plodding along in the old tut, since a Penn State professor self-importantly tem:irked some time ago that no faith can be placed in the accuracy of the newspaper anyway. It behooves the engineer to know his mathematics, the tamer should lithe a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of ag,iiculture, but neither can lead a well-rounded life without knowing something of cement events Last Scat a number of Eastern colleges and univer sities collaborated in sponsoung a cudient events test, a valuable booby being awarded to the sunned Inchsidual competitions odic held by the institutions concerned. Each sunned then represented his alma mater at an mtercollcg late contest. Naturally enough, such a contest appeals most strong ly to that select group of students mho Keep abreast Of the day's news mahout pt odding. The possibility occurs, novel thele•.s, that the contest mould leach out and interest ..tvdents pleviottsly self-centeied. These is evesything , o grin th , ough such an innovation as an events test, and nothing to lose. A current corals test at Penn State need not neces sarily be an intercollegiate alTair,at first, although that is prefniable. An all-College contest would suffice 'at the Outset. Doubtless, if it v the to be :held - under -faculty supSi vision, the necessary preparations would fall to the lot of the School of Liberal Arts As nell, a contest such as suggested morales a worthy topic for consideration by Student Council. The idea is iespeetfully submitted to both PSYCHOLOGICAL POSSIBILITIES People of the present day, accoiding to psychologists of behavimistie nature, use only about twenty per cent of their gray matter and ace theiefrite wasting time and These statements were generally accepted, most peo ple taking them with a fan-sired exam of salt. Recently, however, the psychological insult struck home on one man and he forged lainself to the fore of a group of educators and claimed that any man of "average" intelligence and ncornal health could do anything he set his mind on doing. To uphold his bold statment he Orem' to move it. Being of muddle age, he °limed himself as a subject to master soy field, mhich this group of intelligentsia decided would be most difficult. They accepted. Ile was to learn to play the 101 in-cello, of which he knew absolutely nothing, in the pectod of six months Scoffing at the length of time graven him, averting that it was too long for a seal'! test, he changed it to sixty days, thirty clays of \Omit he intended to spend in Europe. The end of the experiment came abruptly—tot the intelligentsia. Dr. nederick B. Robison, plesulent of the College of the City of New Yomic and advocate of men tal concentration, appended berme his inquisitors and played such selections us Bandel's "Largo," Massnnet'9 "Elegie," Pogolese's "Tre Montt," and Mendelssohn's "Soling Song." All in thirty days time. It was n sad rebuttal for the eminent psychologists but it moved certain pointy. It, in fact, did more, if peo ple will but heed the lesson it tenches. Many students of average intelligence and better ale falling behind their classumte., dioCiPmg out to face the proolems of the son hi as best they can v, to the equipment nature boa pre sented them—but undeveloped. Try as they will, vith few exceptions, failure and renunse stalk veleotlessly on their ti ail, as it did in college. To use a term psychologists refute, they lack will power. These unfortunate persons find certain things not to their liking and refuse to concentrate on them and in so doing; admit defeat Di. Robinson has solved their problems. His next tssk will he educating the mange type to n point of acceptance and practice. If he succeeds it suit mean is great change in college conditions of the piesent day. If carried out far enough it soul mean the practical elimination of the long lists of students leaving college because of low marks. Dr. Robinson is not in favor of the popular system of cramming before en e‘rimination, regarding this question in a dam ent light. Ills main point, which he attempted to pi ove, mos that concentrated study is all that is neces quy to learn a thing 1!IMMIE!II IMM:M=I --Ilualneu Binne,er -C.reulution Manaper -Myer'Nine Mane,,er Collegiate Definitions NUMBER 11-REGISTRATTON Registration is that process r.beteby the cancel-La declares his intent of submitting to the yoke of study for another pound of eighteen weeks. The proceddie involvcs much juggling of courses, e , :anunation of bank books, and ri gement nib r,ould•he ads ism s Folios, ing carat e straining, and mental elfoit, the student is listed, enrolled, and his good put pose entered in the archives of his chosen inatitution The resultant schedule can he described by only one of tvo tunic, it is tell fa else it is a snap The hist implies S o'clock classes, dead hours, in a week ccith the total hours approaching folly. And as the newly regt,- teted one regmds the mess, the sleepy loot in his eve por tends no good for the fast 'mins. Such a schedule mo s ides ample opportunity for ;elf-pity. The holder of the "snap" becomes a fiesh-an fiend, at it ccele, and novel thinks of sleeping in the mm fling; but allses, takes a beauty valk, plays golf and tennis, m eats ice meant and cake. At some time during the legistoing racket the har assed student mai ches loosely up to a booth marked "trer mo el" and slaps dorm a hundred &Oho sor so. But as the end of the semester appmaches he usually discovers Lila he has walked out ssithout los package. The Bullosopher's Chair "Why do students clam fat examinations , " Smithers. That's easy So they'll pass the course "That's not exactly what I meant In a comp:natively few hoots of concenhated study the student may stuff his head full enough of facts to pass the e , amination, but those facts will not stay with him By the time final MCei. is over it's ten to one that he's folgotten all of the know ledge he clammed I should have asked ynu why student•. put off so much studying until the eleventh hour " Smithers: Because they'ie too lazy - , I guess. "Well, Smithers. I guess you're sight They're too damn lacy to study more than two weeks of the semester NOW I've beau' that college is a place not only to absorb facts and figures but also to memo the collect habits of mind and living. Is that true, Smithers"" Smithers: Ceitainly. Facts and figures aren't any good if you don't hnow hov. to use them. If you are nothing more than a stinehouse of knowledge, you'd be placed in n dusty niche to grow old and moth-eaten waiting for someone to consult you, like an encyclopedia in a public libi ai y. "Then I don't uppnse the Nvol Id has much use for a in oelLstmaton. 9" Suuthe,. Of course not , r Students, I supposo,en" y their mental ambits oath, ~", ; , • ?;nutfla . rs,.. , aiough loti to change after the ilastie Is past. • , "Well, I suppose the clitnanels soul have a tough job' rftel they glalluate Ito-hum" Drawing . Instruments AT BARGAIN PRICES ODD SETS $ 7.50 Sets Now $ 5.00 10.00 Sets Now 7.50 14.00 Sets Now 9.50 22.50 Sets Now 16.00 Get a good set now at a saving KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building GTATA 1 Letter Box 1 Berates R. 0. T. C. Februmy 3, 1929 With the filing of the rust semester nodes, a general M al:0 of ei alum' of R. 0. T. C is 'sweeping the stu lent body. Not one of the moot popu lar muses at any time, the number of failure^ this tetni us mousing unusu al condemnation of both the ',abject soil the manner in which it Is con ducted. It appears that the new al my dß •ein ore making a deter mined attempt to make a regal, corn se out - of what is universally regarded ht the stu dents as a "gripe" and the Wight of lien freshman and sophomore, and ;..erhaps, junior, years. By means of weeldy exams and ember rousing oral questions, they are trying to deter mine how much the forced-to-be sol- I er knows about where the third man ir the rear rank directs his first the .hots and how many inches the rifle sott should be from the third toe of the right foot in parade rest The amount of rear 1, the department murld like the student to do is easily .qual to the usual three-credit course. Thanks to the student on the left with the book in his lap, however, this is unnecessary. And why, anyway, the classes , ' It seems to me, after march ing over the same held for four sem esters through diving rain, pelting had, sweltering heat, and luting cold, :hat the effort and horns of the drill period are commensurate to tire one edit awarded for passing If we must do the three cr edit quantity, why not the three credit mark' Up to this time the value of know ing how to shoot a t ifle, to steal aver o section of glom! I,ithout the enemy heat mg me, and divas knowledge has 'men lathe! doubtful. Not one of a handled students, I ant em trun, trill ever have occasion to use the matm ml il,seminated to It. 0 'l' C What therefore, can be the excuse Sot the imitations, except pet haps to tot tune tit unlucky victim In lotion, yeas, the hour has given many a student the oppoitunity to catch up on his sleep Now the °Meets have beconie so impertinent as to rudely arouse emy gently-snoring individual v.ith visions of moie pleasant things than thawing contours Something should be done about thi. And why, I should also like to know, does the length of the whiskers on the .hin have something to do with out marks' Fur thee, I wonder if the °Meets die really so optimistic as to e•pect the students to mess then uni foi in. What is undoubtedly the price of them all is the fact that the rams seem to be laboring under the delu sion that the men in the classes ale yet in the glade school category. I bnov of op4student, whose work in the class was of a two average, who ed a minus two because oitalk in', in class I defy anyone to sit in an 13. 0 T. C. lecture and not either fall asleep oc exchange notes with his neighbor A "ROOKED" ROOKIE Thoughts of Others The Immaturity of Students A famous university dean said re cently. 'The youth of college age to-1 day is immature morally and as crude socially as it is undeveloped intellect jolly" If this were intended as an uncomplimentary criticism see would hose put its author down as one who, ens glows old in his service to col lege students. But we plate' to be lieve that he was attempting to chart in this etyptie c way tha tricairKpurpose of ilugher' cilugalpn: 1,1 'e ;loch and all of theia tfilnis;wer¬itrtid,Or all of us who are nssociated,=with , tho , Col loges, what further need ',mild there be fen the college? The glory of youth and the hope of progress in this mold lie in that very capacity for moral, social and intellectual develop ment to which the dean points This is doubly true because students them selves ale coming incteasingly to rec- .:. STATE COLLEGE BAKERY .f .;. ;. ;.;.{. ;.;.?-;a,.{«,.a,.✓,. ,~.a,..;»;..;»}{«,. ;..;.r,• :tee :_y;»}{»;a,«;a,.✓,»,.;»}.;..}{»}.;.{. ;.g.{. ;.{.✓~ DRAWING BOARDS for Second Semester Small Size - 20 x 26 inches - $1.25 Large Size - 31 x 42 inches - $3.00 , : DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Room 106 First Floor, Engineering B •i•i ... ~ frK+S•'~i.✓,.✓~i^:. ✓ e{.i..;;•✓.•i-'r•<.. i.ii.;.{..},}i. , r,.;. i..}i.i..~ i..} ognize that education is Lon,thinr, mote titan the acquit mg of a few facts, I skills and talcs. To use a Itusselhan phrase, they ale chinning the right In "pattimpate in their own.eduea-1 lint" In no phase of college life hash this been mote true than In the C tam Associations The genius of these .m cieties is that they lei" esent the or ganized Chi istian conscience of each; local campus, tackling the job of cre-', ating a newel and a better octal and religious life Immatmity in tare cases cleans a immanent incapacity lot glossth, but, as applied to college youth todav may mean that the moial and intellec tual sap is flossing heels and it is yet muesli icted by those tougher films! isslnch come sail matinity —Cett:,,burgian. IM:=1 lc College Worthy,Me? "A college education is not a no- collegiate Fords, wear collegiate cessitv to success in the business !clothes and do collegiate dancing are oi id," stated Merle Ci owell, edam i not connected with a college in any of the Arne, man Magazine, in an in-Tway, and many of them never expect terview Mi Ciowell visited the cam-Ito nave anything to do with one. The pus to take gait in the progiam of a students in the universities and col newspaper conference, dohyding en leges who are supposed to set these address on "The Open Gate." fads and styles really do not set them "While a college education is not a land most students do not participate necessity, it. is most ceitainly an asset in them How many students in this It is in reality n tool, a heieby the c.ii ischool have collegiate Fords with writ , lege man can help himself in his elle ing all over the body? How many I sea mofession," he elaboilted I stmlents are seen doing the Vainly The editor and publishes fuithes has drag at a school dance? It is tsue a distinct view of the attitude of the that supposed collegiate clothes are college man after gi aduat,on 'lf theivoin by students, but this is because college graduate con forget that he is, they are style and ale handled by all a college graduLte and humble himself the clothing stoics It would be rath enough to learn his business flora toe or hind to find a Suit with callow pound up, he will no doubt pas.; pistol-leg breeches in a l plothing store non-college man. This, hovove,, nr.rnj today. college men are unable to do." ' I —Daily Trojan COLLEGIANS IN THE MOVIES Editor's Mite: The following is one of n verses of no terlcs, No deep oil Hot lyit °nil life, by the Mani of the Mu es say of Soothe:if Cobb, nitt• Daily 19 o7au, winrh scull be litiblivlied m Hie COLLEGIAN st ,egola/ riles vial By Virgil M. Ptnkle) What can you learn from a man in three nnnutes' , Perhaps the best an slier would hinge on who the man is The water had three minutes wan Jesse L Lasky, first vice-president of the Paramount Famous Lasky Cor poration, and learned a great deal "Know what you want, go get it, hose a purpose in life, always give more than is expected, know sour field, don't try to beat a master at :us own game, pork with a fixed purpose," and many other expressions sonic ut tered by, Jesse Lasky as he she, quid, conclusions to each statement Mr. Lasky is a pioneer and one or the foremost motion picture produ cers in the world today Jesse Lasl.y attended the Unnereity of Santa Clam His chief associate in the Hollywood studios rs 13.'P. Schulberg from the City College of New York. The millions of dollars that are spent annually by the Para-1 mount studios goes through the hands of these college-trained men. They place the studios approval on the se lection of a picture, or the signing of an actor or writer Upon their judg ment, the success of their company depends. After talking with Jesse Lasky aid watching him work in the studio, one' Ican easily understand why his com pany has won a majority of the awards for the best picture made during each of the past five years over all other studios combined Ile walks through the studio with a springy, quirk sted ! His eyes mote in all directions and he makes mental notes as he surveys all that is going on Although a young man, he has the knowledge and ex perience of men many years his see ith- tile, nTetrsgd' col lege gradnate,!r , he sail, "'is; hhat"he does not-know whatth6 wants. , LIMy is anyone in a studio going to place young man or woman nhen they have no idea of what they would like to do? "This studio rs looking for young men and women. r We nant young blood, provided it is capable of doing the nork required Not long ago, I had a successful maker of golf clubs Aft Croo ell is 111 a position to judge the college man, as he states, "Every year thousands of peo‘ple loom all parts of the country and front all walks of life come to Inc looking for work, and among them ate many cot lege gtaduates.'! —Toronto University Varsity Now We Know .The word "collegiate" is the most nuaused word in the English language Way. No one knows for sure where th s word originated m who origin ated it. The dietionmy definition for ."collegiate" is—of or pertaining to a college. This definition must have be:,, written before the World War because it would not fit the use of the wind since then. Nine-tenths of the people who have ask me for a position. When I asked him what he could do, he replied all he h. d eves done was snake golf clubs. My advice to him was to continue to make golf clubs." That was the story Jesse Lusty told the writes when asked how n col. lege man or woman could get into motion plans es. He was asked about "pull," and an sweicd. "Talk of 'pull' is common among those on the outside Do you think we me going to spend thouvonds of dollars and months of work by all departments, and then let unsl died poison: handle the work and make's failme of it , The rule of every stu dio is to place capable people in po sitions, because pictures must make money if a company is to continue to make them." One of the methods used by Jesse Lasky to cseate interest among all those individuals employed by Praa mount is the establishment of two lunge bounds which record clay by clay the time schedule of new pictul es and the box office success enjoyed by plc tines already released. During the year 1927, the picture "Underworld" directed by Joseph von Sternbmg, featuring an all-star cast, won lisst place based on bet office re ceipts The pause elevated Geoige 13ancsoft to stardom and the dnectos was awarded 110,000 The other board has the name of every picture being made, on what stage or location it k being 'dined, the director, the star, or cast and the number of days it is ahead, or behind AN ASSET Well Trimmed Hair „KAEAMER Women ,• ?•:. • College For 2 Days Only! Through a special arrangement with the A. B. Kirsch baum Co. Inc., we offer our customers a most, remark able opportunity to have suits made to your measure; TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY February 12th and 13th A representative from the A. B. Kirschbaum Co. Inc., will be at our store to personally take your measure ments, and show you the finest assortment of fabrics to retail at the popular prices from $3O to $55 Fromm's OPPOSITE FRONT CAMPUS luubduy, februitty 12,1529 schedule. While the boards ate only one of the ninny plans used by Jesse Lasky to promote economy in the sti.- dio and interest on the pail of cycle employee,. others could be given if spLce allowed From Jesse L Lasky down to the otlicerboys, college trained men and women are found in the Para mount studios and more such men nod women are needed and wanted Twenty Years Ago Our fine made a record of Winning three games in one week when Frani,- lin and Man shall was easily defeated last Friday to the tune of 49 to 1. Naha caged eight field goals dining the melee and Barnett finished with just one to hm credit. Our study ag gregation scored nineteen points lm- I foie the visitom even threw a foul. Rules for the flag scrap are that. no men will be handcuffed with anything but rope; all athletes in training me debatted, the use of machines, lad ders, climbers or other injury-causing implements is barred and no man will have a permanent station rased to the pole after 5 a. m =MO A Groff meeting is planned for the chapel services of Februmy 21. at which General Beaver will speak and an interesting program is assured. -0— As usual the amount asl,ed of ''the Legislature by the College is made up of too-parts, namely a sum necessary fot the support of the College dining the next two years and a deficiency aproomiation to covet the 'Waage due to the insufficient apploproations of too yews ago. 0 —o— the regalia YMCA meeting Sunda: _ . _ay evening, Piefessor Cwchett gave a half how's leading from Ly fellow. The ready was thmou enjoyed by those in attendance.- C4T#N4 11 Nittany Theatre • TUESDAY—Cathaum— Alntmee at 2:00 "THE GREAT WHITE NORTH" TUESDAY—tiAtany_ Velma Hanky, Louis Wolheim In "THE AWAKENING" WEDNESDAY— Matinee nt 2 00 Phyllis Haler, Louis WoMenu in "THE SHADY LADY" THURSDAY and FRIDAY— - Matmee ThundAy at 2:00 Ronald Cohn. in "THE RESCUE" . / T*a, tL, ~,,, STARK 13119 - S dHARPER Mfli= In The 1.. cr,11., ,Ilniter NEXT TO THE MOVIES
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