Fzga i'c Eletln Mate T„ollea,ian rumbaed eensi4rethle nosing the College rm. t, eto deo. of the Penneelvenle Bute Cotton. In the Inure. of the Gallons. the studs enie toothy. alumni end friends 13=1 LOUIS H HELL. Jr T. 9 LLEWELLYN MITSTIFER HARRY P MILEHAM . 29 HERMAN E. HOFFIHAN 1 lUDSON LAIRD '29 .-- NILLIAM S TURNER IN -- PAUL C McCONNAUCHEY TEI I HOWARD REIFF . 20 - Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Enter.ol at the Pont*Mee. State Collette. Pa., as seeond•class matter TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1929 HE WHO CANT, TEACHES 'Ho who can, does, he U}lo can't, teaches." Sonic observes s with a liking for irony take pleasure in quoting the above sentence to show their disgust with the inefficiency of the entire tribe of college professors, implying that the man really capable of applying his know ledge in the social, business and professional worlds does so, while giving instruction to the coming 'generation falls to the lot of a "homo boo Men," otherwise unable to obtain a livelihood. A trifle unfair to the teaching profession, the statement contains an oversized grain of truth, nevei theless. No other notable than President Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin, himself in the fore of contemp orary educators, is authority for the tenet that able team eis are few. The trouble with university professors, ati he finds it, is there are not enough good ones. This is no real "trouble" at all, but far more than that word signifies. Pointedly speaking, the lamentable fact approximates misfortune, an educational catastrophe, a predictable de nouement of former teaching methods and present salary conditions. "The brutal truth," President Frank said, "is that there are not enough able and inspiring men in the teaching profession adequately to man all the universities of the United States." Perhaps if the truth were told, there are not enough able, interesting and inspiring teach ers (in the strict connotation of these three words) listed on the rosters of American universities adequately to man one institution. Exactly what qualifications and characteristics consti tute an ideal instructor is a moot question. Every stu dent, however, does know that the instructor personally makes a course of study either interesting or the exact opposite, while the subject matter perused has little or m ong .?; nothing to do with the problem. Smithers: So far so good, old man, but every now and All too often, the task of teaching attracts weak per- "mg"tlhllehagtogs ttsteteoi be e ns t h i e n ttoroauhslneaf Hasn't the . c sonalthes, like unto jackasses and whose stuttering at- tee enough initiative to put the ides moss, or is it that tempts at lectures could be likened to nothing better than support from the student body is lacking?" the bray of the aforesaid animal. Tests concluded at La- Struthers: Don't misunderstand me when I say that fayette college recently, once again proved that men who things are not functioning just as they should The com er* underweight stand head and shoulders above their fel- m d tt l ee sin is co wo t r h k o m i g de fec a ti a vel y and hs accomplished ro i t csh m a o ri g is was at lowa in scholarship. The teaching profession very often evolved. get-together enfolds such men, men who thoroughly understand their "But you haven't told me whore the snag ben." subject, but who have no ability for imparting this know- Smithers. lam coming to that point now. It seems that I ledge to others, and whose personalities fit them for circus a certain group of fraternities is opposing the plan be-' 1 performance it will interfere with the peuod of initiation performance rather than class-room instruction. "Can't something be done to bring these fiaternities An instructor who has had practical experience in his to a realization of the mei its of the idea?" particular field, and has produced results, gains and holds Smithers: That depends. In most cases I think it is a the student's attention and respect more readily than does matter of plain ignorance Word was conveyed to these one who has done nothing except teach. An aspiring March second, tl iat a freshman h h n o i a t n e a social t o g s a t g h: v r e i h n g ,oril v y as it to sh b o e uld he b id e writer (if he be wise) does not take correspondence les- held or what benefits ought he devised therefrom. The sons from a nonentity, but studies the art of the mantel thought that such an went would encroach upon the sacred Why, the; should the American college student be sub-' grounds of "Hell Week" obliterated all others and set the jected to the despotism of an instructor who, if he %vele houses dead against the plan forced to sail the sea of life by aid of the rules and what- I "That is another c u z i am „ ple where 'A little knowledge not he promulgates, would sink helplessly below the t ' S g mll7ll . :r g s: ‘ Righ g t g you are! And until this faction can be brought to realize that the College should stand always before'tbe fraternity, since it Is to The College that the fiaternity-;oweS M existence; the freshmart.`Zarmval net:prOire as great a success 'as M might be. c1,t140, , , however, that these back-Mad orianizatiOns should be en- lightened as to their position before they should receive too severe condemnation STUDENT COUNCIL'S HOLE' Dean of Men Warnock, an, experienced and prudent observer of fraternity politics, regards the recent Student Council proposal for an open political system as a possible remedy for the lack of interest in class elections If the! apathy of the student body can be overcome by a system of open politics, he opines, there is every reason to believe that the proposal Is worthy of a fair trial. The wisdom of Dean Warnock's conclusions is undeniable; but the vain. tins to the problem lies, not so much in general acceptance of the plan ns in public declaration of its basic structure. The plan, as originally discussed by Student Council, was a mere statement of the system as it is practiced at other leading colleges and universities. The system, as outlined at that time, met with the ready approval of the legislators A committee was chosen at once to ins esti gate the practicability of the plan and to formulate the rules and regulations which will govern it in practice This committee will report its findings early next month in order that the system may be put into effect at the spring elections. There are numberless ways in which the system can be annulled, in part, if not entirely.. It is against any such nullifying provisions that the committee must guard Among the many and varied problems which confront the committee are matters of grave importance, as the forma tion of parties, the making of platforms, the definition of issues, the regulation of campaign expenditures, voting restrictions, and the qualifications of a candidate for of fice. Far-sightedness and frugality should be the chief forces in the determination of the laws which will mean the ultimate success or failure of the plan. Meanwhile organization of what were formerly known as "cliques" can be accomplished legitimately by any num. ber of fraternities combining forces, choosing candidates, announcing platforms, and subscribing to the letter and spirit of the rules. and regulations which Student Council will prescribe. Candidates for minor offices will qualify for a place on the "ticket" only if they aro in accord with the platform of their leader. Differences of opinion will be relegated to the pie-campaign organization, thus ne cessitating harmony between individual members of the "party" before a fraternity will he justified in joining hands with the major office-seekei. The existence of "cliques" will be recognized publicly; sub-rasa and under. hand polities will be eliminated; and the student voter wuil be casting his ballot for an accredited candidate instead of for a "clique" figurehead rotsuint Editor anitiring Editor mizte Editor vorist4 Editor Student opinion uill be fostered by public discussion of vital Issues, such as unlimited cuts for sensors, a jun ior or sensor La Vie, holiday extensions, customs revision., the honor point system, and, should the candidate be am bitious enough, changes in the curricula. If adoption of the system accomplishes no other purpose than to Sons attention on the problems of the undergraduate, it will have Justified its existence. 3. H C, Jr. =1:1 —Circulation Manager --Advertising Manager College men one plane to turn up their noses at any thing, any experience, uhich smacks of a chance to lera n or to explore ness fields of knouledge But combine that chance with an opportunity of benefitting his oun particu lar fraternity while 'at the same time lifting himself by his own bootshaps Ida the limelight of campus life, and one of those same men is just as apt to jostle, shove, and tumble over his fellow in older to reach first the place where has been hung out the sign, "Help Wanted" There is such a sign hanging befoi e the gaze of the men of the class of 1932 at the present time It announces that freshman candidates for the business staff of the COLLEGIAN 1%111 inert in room 11 Libeial Arts building et 7 o'clock tomorrow night Every freshman would do well to ponder this call No where else during his four years at Penn State can he gain the practical business training which the COLLEGIAN provides. He matches wits 'with merchants of the tovai in order to sell adsertising'space In his weak he meets all types of persons, and team ns the propel methods of break ing down the individual lesene to reach the real man within He makes acquaintances Ile gains experience in business letter writing, and other details. He mingles with campus kudos and hoops in close contact with stu dent life. The first step can be taken to obtain this business ex perience by reporting to ioorg 11 Libeial Arts building nt 7 o'clock tomorrow night The Bullosopher's Chair "How are the plans Lot the freshman carnival coming Try the LUNCHEON MENUS Changed Daily - N (11.1.# Te Cgrner unusual FOR BUSINESS MEN ONLY rENN Vela; COLLEGIAN " Collegian-a Well, the boxert cleaned Penn In fact, from the very start, they had 'em well m hand. Epstein pulled the big surprise hi outsmarting the wily Peluze in an extra round. The sophomore flash is the chap' whose brother resembles hint so closely that the two could box alter. nate rounds and nobody would the difference! It may bo hard to believe, but never theless we have heard that when Coach Leo despatches Eppie to his shadow boxing assignment, he meets the situation in a novel way. 13) speirring ulth hp; brother. TVhara more he's just enough to ht twine, Kolakoski lost the second bout but Casoni, who excels m tiimming han and opponents, non his fuss after an extra round 1,12 S called. Which, tonsorially speaking, was a close shave. Even the touted Winorsky,,vetonn of many tiff, and semi-finalist in the GLEE CLUB WILL ENTER STATE CONTEST FRIDAY Singers Hope for Third Victory And Championship Trophy In Pittsburgh Meet With permanent possession of the siher loving cup emblematic of the intercollegiate glee dub champion ship of Pennsylvania as an incentive, the Penn State songsters will attempt to gain then thud successive victory in the State contest in Carnegie Hall, Pittsburgh, Friday night. In addition to the Manny glee men, University of Pittsburgh, Car negie Tech, Washington and Jefferson, Allegheny, Eucknell, and Juniata have entered groups in the competition. The %inner will repiesent the state at the national tournament in March Each club will offer three songs; a song chosen by them, a college song and the "prize" selection, "Songs My Mother Taught Me," by Dsorak. At the conclusion of the contest, the so: or oiganizations combined will pre sent Kremsei's "Prayer of Thanks giving under the ,direction of Harvey Gaul, Pittsburgh 'musician and entie. On the followmg night, the Glee Club will present their first concert at the yam at the Sunnehanna coun ty club, Johnsto,n The program it sponsored by the Cambria Coun t., alumni association. They will of fei the numbers sung in the Interco!. hgtates as r.ell as popular selections. Farmers Request New Ag Extension Bulletins Requests' fin bulletins and menials published by the College agricultur al experiment station and extension service indicate that farmers of the State arc especially interested in keep ing cows contented by feeding them correctly, officials of the School of Agriculture reported today. 11e,sai.e:te:aee file new smocks and , $ 1.00 EGOLF'S .. h: C'Mi"}''r: N."}` f ' r ' a _: ~}✓. ~ S^}':. {...✓.^i". CCr':•{^L• :»:»:"C : {":":' ..': a,`{✓.•. :C 1 4. Free Free + Delivery , . , •? ::. Delivery Y '1 2. cLEANEsts LMEns ' .:. 1: I: MOTHPROOFING OF FURNITURE y , t Call and Delivery Service - t .. 124 ALLEN STREET Phone Gl6 ..!. 14.4.4.4.4.444.4.4.444.4.444•44-:44.4444.44444-:4444-x.4-:-44.4.444.444.4.444. Why Buy Hardware at the Hardware Store? + . Because the hardware store is the logical place to buy hard- 2 ware, just as the drug store is the place to buy drugs. You 37 . f wouldn't take a chance of buying groceries at the black smith shop. Here we pay salaries to our people so that they 'X. f • will study the many commodities of hardware so that they •.:* may tell you authoritatively which is the best item for you 4: 3. to use from the economic standpoint. The neat time you is are shopping for hardware give the hardware store a chance •e• ' :: 17, to show you that our statement is correct. You are always R. welcome here. J. .s THE PLACE TO BUY HARDWARE X. IS THE HARDWARE STORE The Keefer-Nolan Hardware 1: pritereollegiates last year, found the going tough against Davis, veteran of a week's boxing. The name frightened Jack Alhe Wolff flattened his opporont before the reporters were able to as certain whether he had one co ton f's in his nom Allie never has much to gay g* ..... Except when he's talking with Ins hands. Then he says enough to fill a hos pad. Ed Jordan, who was Marty McAn drew's scheduled buff mate, faded to appear because he was scholastically That's a case of being dumb enough to he wise. So Malty won by for-felt Winch is not unusual foi the Huh clown. Whn usually mins by a mile Of the 54 available bulletins, No 161., entitled" Computation of Dairy Rations," is the most in demand. The most popular of the 39 available cir culars is No 111, called "Feeding the Dairy Cow." This is a handbook 'Much can be carried in the daily man's pocket. The first issue of 20,- 000 copies was exhausted in the first year and a icprint of 20,000 more copies is going rapidly Other topics in which Pennsylvania farmers and others me sin:in mg inter est are fertilizers and liming methods, poultry farming, especially egg mo ductior and the growing of chicks in dose confinement, early cabbage growing, treatment of apple orchards, feeding and care of swine, and live stock feeding and judging. Rural people also are interested in health and sanitation on the farm, the cir cular "Septic Tanks for the Farm" is in great demand. Professor Blasingame Says Keynote of Farm Week Is New Machines Calling attention to the observance of National Farm Equipment Week, beginning yesterday and ending Sat urday, Prof Ralph IL Blasmgame, head of the farm machinery depart , ment of the College, said yesterday that the keynote of the week is new equipment In the past three years the biggest change in farm implement use has come in the field of the combined har vest-thresher Last year nearly us many combines were manufactured as threshing machines. The usefulness of the combine has been increased, according to Professor Elasingame, by the devices known as the su.athei and the pickup attachment. EAperiments on the energy and time required to 1111 silos weic con ducted by the depot tment last fall and now similar research work is he ing conducted in feed grinding. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Thoughts of Others La: The Poor Professor Dean Loretta Rose of Geoign Wash ington university in her statistical comparative study of the marks of men and women students in univesi ties throughout the country, and of Ohio State in particular, says: "Charm," "IT," or "Personality" is one• of those variables in the educa tional world that must he reckoned with. "Esen to the scholarly, absent minded professors, an attractive wo man student with sex appeal will al ways help to make an, otherwise emery classroom a more interesting plrce and the daily educational grind capable of producing a few vicarious thrills when a feminine student needs a bit of extra attention and service." The Men, Too Dean Esther A. Gaw of Ohio State is a little skeptical about the whole mrtter. "It all depends on the indiv idual professor," she says "There ore those who lean toward the pretty gu I, but at, the same time there ate those who are so opposed to a girl's rdceiving a grade on her personal at tractions that they absolutely refuse to give a pretty girl a grade " And while we are speaking of girls vamping grades, Donn Gaw points out that the opposite sex is not altogether guiltless. Frequently a clever boy will learn the lilies and dislikes and hobbies of his professor and will seemingly become so interested in to hat the professor likes that the pro fessor will find it impossible to give him a low mark. —Cornell Daily Sun Twenty Years Ago Six members of the College orches tra will play for a dance given by the Cale Hose company in Caletown to morrow night. 11=1=1 The foul th annual agrict.ltural ban. quet will be held in McAllister Hall next Monday evening. The faculty and students of the School of Agri culture and the employees of the Ex periment Station are cordially invited to be present. The junior mechanics gave a chick en and waffle feed to the senior me ebonies at McAllister Hall last Mon day night. Aftet the chickens and Nov Finds Sad World Young Again DREAMS THAT COME TRUE I am sitting alone in my room tonight, Dreaming and smoking my old cob pipe; I smoke and dream, and dream until I get a plot, and get a thrill. I am in the writing game, You ricer And the pipe-dreams softly brmg to me Scenes of carnage where the red blood ran, And the dreams all come from a bright Blue can It', just a can of Edgeworth-cut— Fragrant as flowers—sweet as a nut; Of all Fate's kindly gifts to man Is this gilt of dreams from the bright Blue can. I sit me down at eve, to smoke; And soon am wrapped in amagic cloak; It has banished trouble, it has ban ished pain, And the sad old world is young again. J. H. Rockwell Midland, Michigan. 4gewQrth Smoking Tob.CCO' RARIN' TO GO waiting for spring weather before buying one of ar new spring suits and top coats is like an old maid waiting for a man—so slow arriving This store is brim-full of spring things— the things we have represent the cream of good taste, executed in tomorrow's style. Suits .Top-Coats- Shirts—Neckwear—Hats Fromm's Opposite Front Campus Tuesday, February 19, 1929 other things had been taken care of, a talk- vasgiven-by F. F. Simon on "Why Are We Here" E=II Prof. Fred L. Patten has consented to give a short lecture tonight at sev en o'clock on Shakespeare's popular "Merchant of Venice," the play which the Ben Greet company will give next Saturday afternoon. It will be ,ely interesting and no one will lose ont by attenaing. _ The Thespians have selected as their play this year the comic open "Popocaterpiller." which was produced by the Cornell Masque last year v.ith such wonderful success. The play is full hf song hits, and the costumes, which are rented flora Cot nell, ale very gorgeous. It is said that this will be the best play the organization has elm had the opportunity to pio duce. I=l=l When the White and Blue meets the Harrisburg A. C. in the second meeting of the year, one of the mo,t fierce encounters can be expected. Acting-captain Waha is again on the war path and promises that his team mates will be at their best in tins battle. IMSEI Many of the townsfolk are com plaining concerning the disappearance of their gates and board walks, be cause of pilfering being committed by students during celebrations President Sparks will take action in the matte. IMI:= The student body will gather in the auditorium tomorrow to celebrate the iftieth anniversary of the College President Sparks and Prof Fred L. L. Pattee will be the principal ,peal.- erg bn the program. WOOD TRAVELS IN WEST Prof. Arthur J Wood, president of the American Society of Refrigera ting Engineers, is in the Middle West this week addressing local sections of the society in Detroit, Milwaukee, and Chicago. He will also meet Penn State alumni groups at some of these places. lal.i4lljart :x - cXEI Nittany Theatre TUESDAY—Cathaum— Matinee at 2 OD Esther Ralston in "THE CASE OF LENA SMITH TUESDAY—NIttany— Lnpe Velez. WO= Boyd in . D. \V. Griffith's "LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS' ESEMECTEI Matinee at :•00 All French Cast ta "NAPOLEON" THURSDAY and FRIDAY— Matinee Thursday at 2.00 Richard Dix in "REDSKIN" FRIDAY and SATURDAY— :Matinee Friday at 2.00 Emil Jannings in "SINS OF THE FATHERS' ;As STARKBROs.o'HAnpEP , Waherdashers NEXT TO THE MOVIES
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