Page Two Penn State Collegian PablLthed eemt•weelle &nine the Colima emir be athd.nete at the Penneelvanla State College. In the Intercede of the College. the stud• en* Iseult,. alumni and Mende. THE EDITORIAL STAFF LOUIS H. DELL, Je LLEWELLYN MITSTIFER HARRY I' MILEHAM '29__ HERMANE. HOFFMAN 1.0 JUDSON LAIRD WILLIAM 9 TURNER '29____ PAUL C MeCONNALICIIEY TEL—. I. HOWARD REIFF —Circulation Manager Manner /Umber of Eastern Intercolimes Newspaper Association C=!l FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1929 COLLEGE AND CHARACTER There is no greatci hypocide than a student who, spends four years at college lading a narrow mind behind a graceful, superficial intellectual front, who deliberately' tads his parents and friends into believing that he is.an individual, educated soul who has taxed his mind and body severely in order to profit by advantages that will send him flying ahemd of the unschooled mob of young men of the world. There is a diploma and perhaps n few gold Lays to prove his superiority over the uneducated, to testi ly mutely for his especial worth and merit. Beyond these trivial trophies, however, he has acquired little of value unless he has been a student at heart, devel oping his personality and striving consciously to strength en his character, to broaden his mind and to nurture his intellect, not with the poison of superficial knowledge and more information but with sincere effort to understand himself, his companions and the problems of both with intellectual honesty. lie may evolve with social polish and charming - refinement, both of which are helpful to the young man setting out on the serious venture of earning a living. Or he may have had his tongue so loosened that. he can speak with apparent intelligence upon almost any subject. Yet how has he prepared himself for the years of perseverance that the world so often demands and how has he fitted himself for leadership and responsibility" Certainly not with selfishness Surely not with ficklenes,. Not with a weak and unexereised will. Nor thoughtful ness Perhaps students are hypocritical because they ase 1 Smithcrsi Not at all. You see I nes— "Then you've been doing one of those continuation bred of a world whose nature is essentially the same. Os digests for Econonucs." it may happen that heredity and environment are to blame Smithers: No, I'm finished with that course I was in But there is no denying the fact that the man who earnest- the library tsysng to unfathoes some philosophy but was ly and honestly wish to live and act with a clear conscience so distracted that I gave up in disgust. and with justice toward his most profound convictions will' "Yes, Smitheis,th F ey ,dooentedsnr seem ll oo me , so some e to think s co -ed'areg o uite eventually be most respected for his true character, will attractive,m,thor. I' m nn ~ oo though.ood for (oolong. oe ‘And furthermore " s shed his cloak of hypocrisy and will cease to be a nonentity girls, especially co-eds, are nothing to ine But in earnest, parading about in a mese sham. I did you ever go into the library, intent upon studying hind Willingness to follow the mob, to surrender to the for the next class but leave after unsuccessful effort to slightest whim, to accept traditions and institutions simply I concentrate?. n . l Organum' must be affecting you. Why because it has been convenient to do so, to think always us the library is the quietest place, everything conducive to the majorty does, or worse, to be unthinking, have become study. Not a bit of noise, opportunities for research and such strong tendencies in college students that seekers of reference, good ventilation and lighting system. I don't sheepskins have lost their individualities, their pesonal- think you've recorded yet from the effects of the final hies, their very characters. As a rule local students, for e s x m a ; t l s B r it i h e e Z " see sight now that you're a stranger to example, foster an unjust derision and hatred toumd the the Carnegie Ural y Just step in there some time and try co-educational representation, toward R. 0 T. C and to- to prepare an assignment, and you'll take back your words ward other institutions that have been much belittled quick enough. After tripping several times over arches merely because it has become smart and accepted custom strewn across the aisles and leaching a scat, a noise some thing like that emanating flora a hugo sawmill strikes to do so Without making personal snvestigation and your cars Despite your most earnest efforts to concen without season of their own they have avoided profess°rs trate and glean some knowledge, this constant prattle conceded to be the least desirable. They have doubtlessly frustrates you at every turn ' spread propaganda about matters which come to them I "Reminds me of Dickens and his 'bu7zing of the blue second-hank and have ignored companions because of the lb. , '" evidence of others. How else could man do more needless Smithers• Blue flies nothing' College men and women harm? who could well alfoul to direct their energy to texts, but instead gab and giggle until the time for their next class Surely college students need to do more sermon arrives. Carnegie library is losing its name as a place for thinking and investigating and retrospecting if they hope study. It is considered only as a meeting 7 house where to validate what pow appears to be a.bogus,stainp on the mistefi - bintineet ,i nugs ;and m4gp. date,forithe'i t even9fit village product Of course charactm: Will 'dere* with or s O tr: i ro bct o f n e , r do w o h' o e d re , musterio collegiatecanseempititsseitolle'Lakellbrr! without will, with or without deep thought.- But these is. You ' can see then what 'afne matrimonial bureau thin a right way—and a wrong way. binary would make NARCOTIC EDUCATION WEEK The World Conference on Narcotic Education has set aside the last week of this month, February 21-28, for the extension of narcotic education throughout the universe. And although the College is planning no official obserf.mice of this occasion, it would be well for students to acquaint themselves with the anguish and incalculable sufferings wrought by one of the worst menaces to society, narcotics. The crime waves of New York, Chicago and Philadel phia, their gang wars and feuds, serve as convincing proof of the power and influence of drugs. Statistics show that more than one-half the climes committed in these cities have been attributed to dope fiends and drug addicts. In addition to causing criminal acts, narcotics undermine the health and well-beam of their users. It is no wonder that James J. Walker, mayor of New York, should cry: "Drugs are the most damnable curse of modern humanity! They are the most devastating scourge the Now York police have to face at the present time." IT IS TO TRY Harvard college, in spite of its proximity to the "Hub of the Universe" and its central location in New England, proverbially a conservative institution has usually man aged to maintain a liberal attitude toward new educational methods. This has not always been wholly true, how. ever, as indicated by former President Eliot's retort to a reactionary faculty that "there is a new president at Har vard." It took some time, but once the "new president" had convinced the standpatters that times were changing and that Harvard must keep pace, it Was easier going and the Cambridge institution became a lender in the field of elective study. It was in this case that the New England conservatism stood Harvard in good stead for the elective system was never carried to the extreme extent which some institutions did. President Lowell has still kept Harvard to the for:, working on the assumption, howcser, that progress does not necessatily involve something new and radical. At the present tune Harvard is conducting an experi ment which faintly suggests the Oxford plan of alternate vacation and residence at the college. Twice during the regular school year students are released from classes for three weeks of so-called library walk. This is not a review period but the students ale assigned special reading on which they are examined. In his annual report President Lowell states that the expeiiment has worked successfully to date. This is atttibuted to the intensive and continuous studying which students can do when not molested lky classes and lectures. Professors, beside noting the improved quality of wink which their students submit, also appre ciate the recess from classes which they base during the periods and the opportunity for research in their own behalf ' •Itor-In•Chld osiottorit Editor amen. Editor °elate Editor oath! Editor In a somewhat similar manner the engineeiing stu dents here have then inspection trips during their senior year and the age cultural students also have certain courses which require inspection 'hips. As yet the Liberal Acts and Education schools hate no such classes in their cur riculum If such a plan No 01 Red a ith success for the entire Hal yard college it certainly should work with a similar degree of success for seniors of both the Liberal Jots and Edu cation schools here Pelhaps it could be impossible to arrange for a three-ueels ',mind without classes, but certainly two weeks could be used for such a pm md along the same lines as those follov,ed at Harvard. The senior would not iecene a special reading_ assign ment from each instiuctoi, but one dealing with his major subject. It is plausible that if such a period were granted with a quiz after the lest a peat deal more walk by the indnidual student would be done than is now accomplished with a sold semester of classes. The Bullosopher's Chair "Hello, Smlthers boy' You look angry. Have a ens tuette." Smithersi Thanks I've just come from the library— "Ah now I understand You must have been reading Plato or Aristotle or perhaps The Front Page.'" Latest Novels Added To Our Rental Library The Bishop Murder Case A Pluto Vance Story, by S S. Van Dine Expiation By "Elizabeth" The Flying Squad By Edgar Wallace Footprints By Kay Cleaver Straham By Berta Ruck Life Steps In By Rudy M. Ayres Mamba's Daughters By Du Bose Heyward Murder at the Keyhole By It A. J Walling We have listed only the best new fiction. and the current best sellers; you will find many other good books in the Library You can order from us any book in print. KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building relM Prasti STAT 3 C3LLEMAD7 Joy Fide ~.' ;‘ I 'IRE , :',. 17 LIONS V : ' MO.O ' (I t k. Domed, Se ) r,.. The. Lion's Den is covered with dust like the furniture of a well-le raternity. On the floor of the cage are some bones, once covered with ion's sumptuous meal but now stale, noisome and dried by the air and sun early three years. It had become the habitat of spiders, a carnival groin or the fragile tents of the little scorpions until Daniel, brave Daniel, cal pen it, wakened the Lion and virtually cleaned house. Which means, of course, that everything- is in readiness for the first meal and that whosoever would partake of rump of lion must make application of Daniel who, by the sa), re-opened the Lion's Den not to lick Leo's roasted limbs but to make his own bread and butter. This Daniel fellow, let it be known, but also as broad-minded as a college 81 has set himself to avenging the Insult lost introduce a column entitled Poems cnablum any one to contribute without masterful little ditty that will serve mer entme greeting from the dean: Rages a ale Wads are Encloacel plc .4'l 11111114 t While here is one that comes from old Scotch ballad containing a beautifu feel that the serge Pi perhaps a bit bele custom of delaying their Christmas (sh dollar day P. created: • Many months ago, Mem Christmas p I'm not the fir it to list reaper I'm th, Twenty Years Ago Two hundred and fifty members of freshman class banqueted on Friday night in 'Williamsport and according to all accounts, they had the time of their lives. The sophomres found out the plans of the freshmen and were at Lemont early in order to attend to the train properly Journals were sc.nded and soap put in the tank. Then the railroad men took a hand and with guns drawn to stand off the sopho mores, liberated the freshmen from the freight cars into which they had been locked by the sophomores. IMIMI William H. Salmon 'OB d,ed at 5 o'clock Sunday morning from the ef fects of being kicked in the head by a colt. I=7=l Swarthmore's 25-20 victory here last Monday night was the first de feat our team suffered on the Armory floor since January 1907 when Lehigh accomplished that feat From the be ginning to the end there was no let-up in the, enthusiastic cheering and the visitors received a full share of ap plause for-their good work. ==l The library has received from Gen ei al Beaver thirty volumes to be added to the collection on Pennsylvania His tory. This is a very welcome addition to our rapidly growing library. ==l President W. H. Reeser of Wilson college will peach a very interesting sermon in chapel Sunday morning. t:÷x-x-H-:÷:÷:÷:-.14o.:-:-x• •:. T÷:± t Public Stenographer %. X X A, MRS. A. C. 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RUBBER GLOVES :, TOOTH BRUSHES 1 ). Dean Ray Approves Freshman Carnival "Freshman gills are co-operating fully in arranging for the proposed Freshman Mid-winter Carnival," stat ed Miss Charlotte E. Ray, Dean of Women, in an interview yesterday. According to the Dean, class meet ings concerning the carnival have been veil attended. She thinks the girls are shoving considerable interest and enthusiasm in the event, which is the Srl t of its land to be held at Penn State. "All indications point to an affair that will promote real friendship among the members of our youngest clam," Miss Ray stated. Ault Experiment • withyoue Appearance . • *- 4 : 41 '";.§ - ...1)::i.'".. u..,,,y" ...,,i , •:.. ( , „. r , ••,.--,-..4.-• • Montgomery & Co. State College, Pa. orn a es are • a], y- pre ferred by 12,000,000. people. The most popular ready-to-eat cereal, on campuses- from -coast to coast. fe "ow CORN FLAKES .•, • • STATE.' C OLLEGE 13AKE'RY :-:-:-).:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:÷:-:»1-:-2-x-x-:44-:-:.:-x-:4-1-:-:44-t-x-:-:-:•+•:-:÷: What To Wear This Spring THESE THINGS ARE NEW! UNIVERSITY STYLES FEAT URED BY SOCIETY BRAND; BRAEBURN, KIRSCHBAUM & LEARBURY The Style Lines: Shoulders are liberal —waist lines and hips are snug—trous ers are easy hanging—lapels notched— coat worn with two or three button. The Colors: Honey, each season fay. , ors a new color—Here is the_ favorite for spring. Scots grey is a grey-with a liberal amount of black in it. TOP-COATS , ARE STRAIGHT HANGING FROM TII E SHOULDERS-WITH SET-IN SLEEVES From m's Opposite Front Campus since 1913 Yrlday, February 22, 1929 i'AwOltitk,il I k :i 7Lci -4l Nittany Theatre FRlDAY—Cathaum Matinee at 2.00 Emil Sanninga; Rath sChatterton i "SINS - 01? THE 'FATHERS" Laurel-Hardy Corned) PRlDAY—Nittany Richard Doc in ' "REDSKIN" SATURDAY—Cathaum— Matinee at 2 00 Nancy Carroll; Lawrence Gray in 'THE SIN SISTER" SATURDAY—Nthany— "SIN& OF THE FATHERS MONDAY and TUESDAY— Matmee Monday , at 2.00 Karl Dane, George K. Arthur in "ALL AT SEA" TUESDAY—Cathnum— Matinee at 2.00 Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle in "BEAU BROADWAY" 2 W' STARK I3RQS E? HARPER) 71pberdashers In The Go/vers., Manner NEXT TO THE MOVIES spness llogg's RN RAKES z --, az-. 4....., -
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