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Penn State Collegian
Pnblhhed Sarni-weekly durlna College. rear eanot dmialr Conan*
holiday. by Peanrylvanla Slate College studenta In Interest of Cone s%
studenhs alumni. faculty and friend.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
LOUIS H. BELL. Jr. '22
PAUL 0. MeCONNAUGHEY
WILLIAM S. TURNER 19
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
LOUIS B. BELL, Jr. It
HARRY P. MILEHALI 79--
HERMAN E'HOPPIIAN
JODSON LAIRD 7.9_
TUE BUSINESS STAFF
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1929
ATHLETICS FOR ALL
Citing the overcrowded conditions of New Beaver
field, the tennis courts, and the golf course during spring
competition, Hugo Bezdek intimated, in an interview story
published- in Tuesday's COLLEGIAN, that expansion of Penn
State's intramural program of athletics is practically im
possible. Limited facilities, in the opinion of the. Director
of Athletics, prohibit a more extensive' system of Mass
.athletics; but he maintains, nevertheless, that the present
program is producing results. "We have here,," he "ex
plained, "about 150 different athletic teams participating
In interclass, interfraternity, and non-fraternity group
competition each year."
With this conclusion the COLLECLU4, disagrees. The
figures, no doubt, are correct, but the risults'are doubtful.
Under the present plan a large number of teams compete
in each of the groups‘mentioned but probably only once
during each season. During basketball 'season, for In
stance, a league is organized by each of the groups; the
member teams, however, only play until they are defeatedi
Which, in the great majority of cases, is in the first game: .
And so, with few exceptions, each-team plays only one or
two games during the two or three months of competition: ,
This situation exists likewise in baseball, boxing, wrestling;
and tennis tournaments. By substituting an aVarage rat
ing system for the present elimination plan this objection
would be overcome.
Another moot point is the neglect of freshman athletic
schedules. In support of this the:COLUCIAN points to the
four-game schedules of the freshman baiketball and base-,
ball teams, and the one dual meet for the yearling track
team; the first-year cross-country, boxing, soccer, and
wrestling teams were disregarded entirely. How a coach
can interest the aspiring freshinan athlete, and send Ifirit
through the rigors of a training period, without assuring .
Itlm of active combat against formidable foes is a Prob
lem for a diplomat to solve. Freshman athletes intiably
rook forward to to display theft eratealefore
public eyes; it is! human failing. Meteoric, there are a
number of nearby college and preparatory- tea*
that would be only too willing to place -Penn State teams
on their schedules. And, If preparatory school Itiminarim
are to be attracted to Penn State without the assuranee of
financial help, more extensive schedules might serve as the
Magnet. To make this possible the ban an athletic con:
tests against preparatory school teams should be lifted.
The foolhardiness of certain "Bell, Week" practices
was illustrated in Pittsburgh last week when a Carnegiei
T4i[fie•shiiiiin collapsed after walking the eltystieata all
night as iiiit;•of.a , feafetsitlx•ilitttiaii.ii:;.::l;.... , ...
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UNLOCKING HER DOORS
Unrelenting in their efforts to 'mita bllsb a irbi Bea
Kappa chapter here, faculty members Of the tuitional .hon
orary scholastic fraterniti are preparing ietitions In
the hope of gaining membership at the TrienzdatiOnventiAtt
1931. Unsuccessful in previous attempta to secure*
Penn State chapter, the faculty association is responding:
to its task with renewed spirit; already . .the group has
begun work on pamphlets to he - disttibuted to the various
chapters in this district, and later to be' presented, with
the signed petitions, to the natidnal Senate of Phi Betel
Kappa.
Organized since 1016, the faculty 'association besmisde
a number of attempts to gain admittance Into the nation's
fraternity. Last year sentiment favored the. Penn State,
petitioners but it was thought advisable not to force the
matter to a vote. A revision of districts since last year's
eonventien ' believed to have increased Penn State's
ehaneis of securing a chapter at the nett convention.
Formerly this section had a membershipof 44 chapter,;
new this district, which is knotin as the Middle Atlantic
district, has a membership of 24 FlUtpters.' Since two.
thirds of the district members must vote favorably on-a
new member before a charter is limited, there ate, faculty
members who bellaie that it will be comparatively easy
to gain the assent of stztehn chipters in this diedrict.
Membership in the fraternity is based primarily on the
character and organization of the School Of Were Atte:
There are chapters of Phi Beta MaPPa.whioll was bonded
December 5, 1716, at William and Mary co/lege, at more
than one hundred colleges and universities throughout the
United States. The more prominent schools !n•the Den
that are represented are the tlifivernity:ot Piraneylvallik,
Lafayette, Lehigh, Dickinson; Colvin; Celliate,'Prkloetoll.l,
Syracuse, and-Rutgers. If Penn State I to'be.adinittecr
into the Inner circle of the educational eyelid, aha muse
first unlock her doors with a Phi beta kappa key,
WHIE
4 1rOit s i LIONS ,t_ . 7 t
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Aubtint Editor
_Rumen 841t9?
.. tato Mar
Pi Editor
Instead of soliciting similes by means of a contest and
allowing the:likeable little things to accumulate on the
desk for days and days, Daniel has decided to pick the
winners issue by issue and to announce them semi-weekly.
This Friday's "as-dash-as-a-so-and-such" winner is a
blonde-haired youth, a most unusual chap who prefers to
have himself announced as W. K. •(The initials, to ex
plain; mean Which Kind?)., a sobriquet which the'modest
youth acquired during his four years experience as a soda
jerk, known to polite Boston as a refreshment dispenser.
And the winning simile. Yes, the winning simile:
"He was as big and red as a Lancaster barn."
That literary delicacy won first honors from a' select
field; it was the only one submitted. But, as in the club
room of a newly built fraternity lodge, the crack still go:?::.
It won honors from a select field.
OEM
• We remember having alluded to W. H., this week's
Simile king, as a most unusual chap. He has. only three
gold keys, two gold teeth (a practical use indeed for ex
cess keys; that is, for all of them) and not enough shingles
to .patch the roof of a bird-house. He belongs to a board
ing house (with rituals), wakes every morning at seven
without-the aid of an alarm clock—or freshman, and has
been seen on stormy evenings carrying his own laundry
pack . tv the post office.
Our hat is off to a most unusual chop—W: K
The World At Its Worst
. , (Likeirise, Poetry)
When the prom is but three daze off an, amid all the
happy anticipation of a week-end with thelnimrite posh,
comes suddenly, unexpectedly a slip of paper (usually
yellow) froin a Anil - of a girl (usually red) cancelling all
the expected terpsichorean hostilities, and you feel as
though 'the end of the world has come, be brave (or even
dramatic, if you will) and pen a Classic comcbtick, like the
following: (It came back.)
• When first I read •
Those disappointing word.% •
I felt the I world
Conte to on end t -
For being "left" is Hell—
lint gettitig rid of sou -
Is Heave •
Thank G,dl
- Bophomorl. l
Between the last bee
had to' pause for breath,
Portune moment to awe
who had to listen, with t
his sinus operation. (it
be lost part of his nose.),
"Yes,".he sighed. "I've went through it all. No ether,
no gas, no nothin' except a local anesthetic (;roin the Na
borhood4ruggist) to dead the pain. Then the doctor, lie
took a skinny chisel and 'alittit up my nose, took a little .
hammer—"
And' the fascinated freshman, agog, unable to wait,'
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whispered, "And did he put your head in a vice?"
"The only difference between a working man . add a
college boy," pays a contemporary wit," "is that the work
ing man says "I seen" and the college boy says "I have .
saw!'
-An excerpt from the Pentiatilvanian, daily newspaper
of the. University of- Pennsylvania, states something like
this:
... sonic startling; end runs were made by"
Rosenbloom, QUalcer halfback
Little Bow Peep •
Press agents for 'Clara Bow, having outworn' the re
• 1 • ~~e propaganda, the red.hair and-personality stuff , atesee
aulong'...oolage>..plaidents< (and. ejsewhere); fdr4iiew
fish te4ollli',*ititti'liileOtiO,lit,crha
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lii/hvind boost, her nsthe‘girl with - the most beantifu
Bow-legs -In the world?, •
-NEW ADDITIONS
• to our
RENTAL
,LIBRARY
"THREE JUST MEN"
by Edgar Wallace
• "PATIENT IN ROOM 18"
by M. G. Eberhart
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"DUSKIN" •
. by Grace' Livingston Hill
"DARK HESTER
by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
"STORM HESTER"
• • , by Kathleen Norris
Eitra.Copies of
"CRADLE OF • THE DEEP"
• by Jean Lowell
•
"PROFESSORS' WIVES" •
by Bravig Imbs
We have listed only the best new Action
and the currentbest sellers; yon will•find
many other gaxl in 4ooks in• • the
You am order f us any book in print:
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•KEELER",S
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Cithaum Theatre Binding
The Simile King
Biography of W. K
Wit (Premature)
and the 'dessert, when the lioie
Daniel saw an opening, an op
believing freshmen, and others
Ie ghastly, nauseating details of
should. be called minus, because
The _Grammarian's Funeral
Tan Shoes With Tuxedo
PENN SIAM cozzaaw
I Twehty,Ye4rs Ago
The sophomores met the freshmen
last Wednesday, in the initial struggle
of Penn State's first inter-class• bees-,
ball gamethat is—the first one since
way back in the fig's.' The freshmen
won 6-5 throtigh costly errors, fitir Mc-
Cain allowed the freshman only four
hits.
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The proposed honor , system, as pre
sented for signatures has so far failed
I to gain the necessary number of names,
for its adoption. Though practically
all the students in the engineering
and agricultural schools have signbd
the measure, it still lacks sufficient
power to institute the change. '
A. crowded house witnessed the in
itial performance of "Popocaterpillor
VII" 'jest Friday night. To say the
least, no College organization could
be expected to furnish a more finished
production than that offered by the
Thespians. The scenery was good,
costumes splendid and the dancing
artistic..
EMEMI
Last Thursday night the props-of
1913 held their class banquet in Mc-
Allister Hall. The - banquet was a
great success and tho preps are look.
ing forward to a large freshman class
next year.
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Not only was the final baseball game
of the Pastern trip called off at the
University of Pennsylvania on account
of rain. but .tho annual Princeton
struggle had to be called off on .the
same account.
DEAN DESCRIBES STATE
RESOURCES IN SURVEY
A picture' of Pennsylvania...as the
greatest industrial commonwealth. in
the world is painted by Dean Edwaid
W. Steidle, of the School of Minea and
Metallurgy, in bls recently completed
survey centered on the economic out
look of the basic industries of the
State.
"The importance of Pennsylvania
as a mineral territory," declared Deep,
Steidle, "is clearly shown when We
stop to consider that our mines.and
products derived from minerals ac
count for approximately two-thirds of
the State's productive wealth, and
that the Keystone State 'alone pro
duces about one-fifth Rf ; the nation's
wealth..
"No single political unit," the dean
states, "can display such a firm grip
upon resources and such a valuable
use of mineral products,• Its relative
Position as first in production places
it as the trustee of that share of this
nation's wealth which determines in
dustrial 'progress or decline." •
DAIRY'GROVP WILL HOLD
EXPOSITION HERE MAY 11
The seventh - annual dairy most;
tion will be held here ffiay,ll, officials
of the local chapter of the American,
Dairy Science association announced
yesterday.
Six Contests Will be run'in conjunc
tion with the show. Four breeds of .
Cattle will! be judged and various
dairy products will also be rated:
Other contests will be the fitting and
showing of the five major dairy breeds
in the college herd, clean milk pro
duction and a eb-ed milking contest. '
Following the show, milk_
prises
will - be awarded to contest winners
and medals will be preiented to mem
bers of 'the college dairy teams.
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NOTICE—
Fertilize and
Re-seed your
Jawns . now. •
V. C Fairway , •
will make your
lawns look like .
new, and our
grass seed can't
be beat..
STATE COLLEGE .
FLORAL: SHOPE
Allen Street Side
Phone 5814
Collegia.n.et
_A profeasor at Columbia_University 'He re-enters at 7:15 with a eat,
despises the sharp, jingling sound "Time to stAtch the right leg, sir"
the American alarm clock and redom- and leaves quietly.
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mends a Large Benjamin with a more
pleasing and musical menher of alarm- At 7:3o—"Your left leg needs cx
ing those who would be startldd into ercise, m'lord." Leaves as stealthily
consciousness in .the morning. • as he entered, '
He would have men wakened not
suddenly and quickly but by degrees.
They are.
In winter, it is ten below that chills
a man back to consciousness. Or may
be two below in more than half his
credits,
In summer, it is 90 above that melts
him out of bed.
But perhaps the Columbia educator
meant something different: that a man
should be first wakened softly, then
stretch himself limb by limb until he
has come into full consciousness.
That would entail extensive super.
vision end make a useful animal out
of a freshman.
For instance, - the underling enters
timidly at raven o'clock, strums a few
soft chords on the banjo - until his over•
seer wakes and then leaves.
Co-ed Chats
The best methods of helping the
freshmen have been a topic of polleg
iota interest during the last year or
two. A few years ago the University
of began a movement among
its women which was known as. the
"big sister" movement. By, this plan,
members of the upperclasses were as
signed freshmen whom they were to
help.
Wheq this plan was adopted at Penn
State, juniors, as the sister class of
the -freshmen, were given the sole
duties of directing them. Every year
this relationship has grown firmer as
far as class functions ae concerned.
At many. other colleges "little sis
ters" cannot be assigned until after
registration because of the many girls
who apply but never enter. Also„at
some institutions, -an early system of
pledging frequently causes -a breach,
between the girls when the "little
sister" joins a different sorority from
that of her "big sister."
We have fewer of these difficulties
at Penn State. Most schools dO not
have such an appreciative body of
freshmen as the class of 1932 proved
itself to be When it presented a be:auti
ful net of jewelry to its advisor from
the junior class.
Frequently individual freshmen fall
in their respect to juniors but more
NEW
Wrist Watches
THAT PLEASE
at
HANN & O'NEAL'S
.Opp. Front Campus •
•Ar • IFben."whent—itoil'iuniie
Dana and zr.frelh Towel
9'Aa C-^c.-o^4da Co:: : Adam. Cr
MILLION' -
DAY
At 71 , 15—" Please, yopr right arm."
By tho tine the student has careful
ly stretched leg, toe, ankle, thigh, neck,
arms, fingers, mouth,.eyes, ears and a
few miscellaneous segments of the
anatomy, the freshman, tired, droop
ing,-worn, exhausted, enters ‘(now it
is 12:30). "Time to eat, please."
And the the student, hampered by
the strenuous waking, is forced—ac
tunny forced to cut the first hour in
the afternoon to eat breakfast.
If musical alarm clocks are the ideal
means of gently and harmlessly wak
ing college students
• • *es * •
Why not replace the Ohl 'Main Bell.
With chimes?
often we find juniors, who for no rea
son at all or for an insignificant one,
have failed to do their duty. Juniors
should realize that it is their place to
make advances. The "big sister" sys
tem can be well applied at-Penn State
.and it can prove the most effective
means of giving individual direction
'to etch, freshman gir4
,This can be
accomplished only when
.juniors are
unselfish "and farsighted enough to
take the time to supervise a freshman
or two. Juniors, let's dd it! r •
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" You can get it at Metzger l s
• FREE use of the Dayton Steel 'Frame Tennis Witt
.t; ,INQUIRE AT OUR ,STORE -
Tennis Rackets Repaired and Restrung '
L. K. METZGER
111 Allen Street
...:t .
till tt,
THE true use of the mouth is not
merely to make a 'noise, any more
than-the propel' use of money is to
make a show of the spender.
!i h. PEOPLES NATIONAL BAND;:
Nkiow; and RefreW4
WiTH BUT
.E THOUGHT
SE AND ,
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Friday, April 19,1929
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Matinee Daily at I : 3 o—Lant COiC
Afternoon-Showing Begins atl..
FRIDAY—
Raymond Griffith. Raymond Rab*ii
Marceline Day in
'TRENT'S LAST CASEII.
Synchronized Picture--Musle;oilil,:
M=E
Sue 'Carol. Nick Stuart
"GIRLS GONE ,WILD!..
'Synchronized Picture—hitude , Oit y
-MONDAY and TUESDAY— •-•;::',,,ta
• Buddy Rogers, Nancy CarroWl&
"CLOSE HARMONY"
All-Talking, Singing, Dancing'PQ4.)
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WEDNESDAY and THURSDAV
Dorothy Mackaill, Milton Sills it
."HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN"
Music and Dialogue Sequen , :a4
NEXT FRIDAY—
Ruth Chatterton and All• Star Cait
' "THE DUMMY"
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100% . Talking Picture • ".-41,;
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Nittany Theatre:.
Showing Silent Pictures - belt'-.,
SATURDAY— ''
Sue-Carol, 'Glenn Tryon 10%! .. - .i .. ,
"IT CAN BE DONE" ,
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TUESDAY— - - .4i ,
' - Laura La Plante-In - i4,2
"SCANDAL"
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THURSDAY— "TEP
Lina Basquette, lean Herahillil„ , e4-
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"THE YOUNGER-GENERATPOr7
k THE
Drink ,
l II IRSX Flf,
'TOE/ CAN'T SEAT THE
pAysfs THAT REFRESHES