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Penn _State Collegian
Published sembweekly during College yearexcept during Collerrs
holidays by Pennsylvania State College atudents in interest of College.
student. alumni. faculty and friends.
THE EDITORIAL STAFF
LOUIS FL HELL. Sr.
LLEWELLYN MITSTIFER
HARRY P. IMMUNE '29_
HERMAN E. HOFFMAN '2.:
JUDSON LAIRD .29.
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WILLIAM 9 TURNER 19 —Huainan Manager
PAUL C McCONNAUCHEY 19 —Circulation Manager
J HOWARD REIFF '29------Advertleing Manager
Member of Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association
Entered at the P.M!ltem State Callen. Pa. .e wand-elan matter
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1929
In reponse to a request by the managing board of the
cattromst, Assistant Editor Llewellyn Mitstifer and ➢lan
aging Editor Hairy P Mileham Lerewith record their re
actions to their four peal s in college.
ON THE LAST LAP
As the senior nears the tape that marks the end of
his fourth lap of the collegiate race for a diploma and in
cidentally an education, he is inclined to discard his typical
lethal gy for a moment and wonder Just what good it has
done him. The world at large is inclined to ask the same
question. lle usually finds the query a poser and doesn't
know quite what to say. In fact, he doesn't know.
If the senior will lay aside his natural lassitude and
attempt to form a definite conclusion, he must begin by
asking himself home much time and energy he has spent in
the pursuit of knowledge, so-called! A sincere answer
will force him to admit that he has put something into it,
probably just enough to keep the 'yellow" slips from the
paternal doorway, but that lie has merely tapped his reset
voir of abilities.
Suppose Mr. Average Senior asks himself why he has
been so parsimonious with his potential capabilities Ile
must reply that he has occupied himself chiefly in the put
suit of falst ideals, in the attempt to be typically colleg
iate. Increasing his bbckground of knowledge and putting
lus God-given brain cells through their proper paces hasn't
bothered him much. He has been absorbed in acquiring a
"smooth" exterior, or in training only those abilities which,
in sonic fashion 'or other, will be productive of gross gold
alone, either now of in the future. To all things cultural
that will not, as he firmly believes, help to hoard vast
amounts of current "medium of exchange" he closes his
eyes Worship of the Great God Gold is his religion, fur
which, of course, he is not to be condemned because he has
merely adopted the religion of his age.
Our Average Senior has been actively engaged either
in winning campus honors, whether they ate intrinsically
worth anything or not, or in proving himself liberal-minded
enough to indulge in poisonous liquids and supposedly im
moral pastimes, whether he enjoys them or not! His
characteristic wildness in whoopee often lacks spontaneity
and suggests a slavery to commercial comics' collegiate
ideal.
One of the Average Senior's highest ambitions has
been his natural desire to be considered a "goad fellow."
For the sake of this ideal, he has sacrificed much thnt
mother taught hint with her open palm. A few must climb
to attain the current standard of good fellowship, but the
majority must lower their ideals in order to conform, and
therein lies the unfortunate phase of this popular servility.
After all, college is merely a touchstone for character.
When father sends his potential President away from the
home influence, he frees him from restraining forces, and
gives him his initial opportunity to display his inborn
traits Why, then, blame college life if the darling son
ieveits to type and sows as many wild oats as did stern
realm in his own youthful days?
THE FINAL IMPRESSION
It is hard to analyze college and even more difficult
to put thc l itrialysis into swards. From teyerx side,dt: is
criticized, piamed or commented" upon. Acco!dinfi'la
viewpoint, it is decried as a spoiler of youth or hailed as
the golden gate to opportunity. Some have declared sage
ly that it is an artificial environment, an Arabian Night's
episode thrown into modern life. If so, what else is child
hood with its toys, its make-believe and its tragedies' ,
What else is manhood with its dreams and its ambitions?
In the deepest sense, college is not artificial It is as real
as life itself.
College is an ever changing and re-changing panor
ama of youth. Its scenes val.), with kaleidoscopic eccen
ti :city from the somberness of exam week to the thrill of
an athletic contest or the gay abandon of a house party
week-end. It is one thing today and another tomorrow.
Yet, through all there runs a fine thread of consistency.
It manifests itself in the final impression of a senior, ns'
lie doffs cap and gown and, putting his diploma in the
bottom of his trunk, continues his trek through life.
The one predominating impression of four years at
Penn State emphasizes the human contacts it provides
Compared with them, classes and books merge intb an
important setting for the whole theme of college life
The lasting impression is of people, men, personalities.
It Is a story of valued acquaintances and true, enduring
friendships. It Is a tale of conflict, men against men
and men against things It is a romance of association.
However much college may be criticized, it still serves
to prepare thousands of young men and women for adult
life. In hordes, freshmen—youthful, idealistic, unsophis
ticated and uncertain of thhmselves—push through Penn
State's academic gates each fall. In the successive years
of their matriculation they are cuffed, cajoled and caressed.
Finally, as seniors, they leave, a little more mature, much
less idealistic, but with knowledge and an undimmed eager
ness for life. Penn State has given them invaluable hu
man contacts and experience, frcfm *lnch they have devel
opcsi an oUtlook on life. As they leave, they feel immeas
urably enriched in the goods which money cannot buy and
which correspondence schools cannot deliver by parcel post.
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-Maimslog Editor
Anotl•t• Editor
Mootlota Editor
A prominent psychologist and a well-known educator
claim that a man's intelligence can be measured by his
voice Unreasonable as this may sound, you'll have to'ad
mit that the man who has no voice is dumb.
These same eeperimentors claim that a man who
speaks continually in a monotone, for example, tanks low
in intelligence
Judging on that basis, tse may say that there is an
army of morons on out faculty.
Add: Smile
"As popular as the R 0. T. C
A Pennsbuig (Pa ) boy, student in the high school,
recently took an anaesthetic ro that he wouldn't ha. e to
listen to his teacher in algebia class
Stokes us there was a simple. say out.
P.•00C..."
Early Training
In n recent article about George Jean Nathan, who is
one of the nation's most %mous drama mates, a writer
told how little Geoigie spent his boyhood days by selling
score-cards
And after neatly 20 years, he's doing that very thing
this day.
Up on Ag MU, they're telling the story of a Scotch
farmer who spanked his kid because he didn't catch his
ball on the first bounce
We didn't attend any of the Saturday morning. (early)
breakfasts often the nom, and vie'ne not sure what they
served, but we'll make a safe anger that there were melded
pears
Friday night's Prom celtainly pleased us although we
heard one disgusted patron who had Just pushed his way
through the mob describe it: "Looks lust like the Demo
cratic convention, decorations and all:"
My Double and HOW Ile Did Me
(A True Story)
Co-op corner was crowded Finlay afternoon. There
were spectators, buses and bankrupt girls going into the
hands of the receivers. Motors roared as bus after bus
sped away to niche loom for other conveyances. Our
hero's eyes followed each bus and turned to search the
next. Ah, there she was' At least, he thought so, having
seen her only once before. Timidly, he stepped toward
her but before he reached that dainty mire a chap inter
cepted it briskly and vigorously, embraced it, planted a
kiss on its smooth rod bps
Our hero was astonished. But then, he had seen her
only once. Perhaps that wasn't her. It couldn't be. Thou
suddenly he hemd the tao talking 'Oh then you can't
be Bob," she said in a high startled voice.
Our hero, Bob, blushed. Ills heal t came up and ob
structed his fire speech Timidly, sheepishly, lie accepted
his prier—a grab bag, so to speak.
A little town kid appipaehe r d us today and stopped
long enough to ten us that ho had named hB new imp
Lindbergh beatnik he 'wan an intedale.-
"Fie had as much Mass as the jcwchy counter
Woolworth's . . . "
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The Lale,t Scotch Joke
After the Prom
(Song et Bus Ttme)
"Good-by.
Remember that I tore you."
Thy deepy 21101(i. titrlied
And yawned to him
"Good-by, ',menthe), dear
I tote you—
And, coy, that tax, for Bob
Anti Joel. and Jim."
This Week's Worst Joke
FLISig ST.ATO MLLEOZAW
The Book Worm
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty
Little did England's cherished bard,
Keats, realize ,that the essence of his
"Ode To a Grecian Urn," would be the
motivating force in the conception of
the 1930 "La Vie." The beauty is
there, from the genuine leather cover
beating a graceful galleon of old Hel
las under full sail, through the digni
fied illustrations symbolic of the Weals
of Penn State and reflective of the
finest of Grecian culture, to the last
paie of collegiate "facetiae" (Latui
for humor). And, the truth" Verily,
photographs don't lie, er, that is if
they aren't retouched, and the record
of the classes, college, teams, is His
toly—and it can't be changed It will
not he the dead history of the past—
for always on your bookshelf, rill you
have the "open sesame" to live again
—your college years.
As to "the Glory that was Greece,"
the art staff was supported by Plofes
soi Dengler, who authenticated all
mythological symbolism and by Mr
Case of Fine Alts, who worked tire
lessly with Jim Hornbeck '3O, Art Ed
itor, to make the illustrations ultra
professional. All trite themes, such as
the "Discobolus," facades of Greek
temples and the Laocoon group have
been avoided and oiiginal has reliefs,
amphorae (ancient rendering of two
handled Froth mug) and eyclices (oth
er "still" life) have been substituted.
Photographs of the campus are
flamed within architectural antiflxes
and the soft blue in which they use re
produced gives the effect of moonlight.
In the athletic section, the various
sports are set off from one another by
animated giuflex comma shots. Pic
totes of the two Penn State men who
represented the imited States in the
' Olympics and stalking cuts of the In
tercollegiate Boning Championships,
are other interesting features present
ed by C E. Patterson, Athletic Editor.
The vignetted cuts of the fraternity
houses are splendidly arranged Other
innovations include increased size of
' the book, a facsimile of Dr. Pattee's
originsl manuscript of "Alma Mate],"
several pages devoted to the Glee Club
trip to Ens ope, and an impression In
gold of each junior's name on the front
cove,.
Collegian-a
The Plum favors were delightful
little trinkets, neat, compact and un
usual.
Unusual if you got one
Ask the man who got one.
It you can find him
And if you 6n find the men who
teemed one. " _
tau base the man who missed the
track meet, the baseball game, the
elening meal, the after dinner movies.
In old," to get to the dance before
the Pam—pardon, the favoul were
all gone.
The lack of the Prom souvenirs cre
ated gn extraordinary situation. We've
heard of men who do you a favor.
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Under The Spotlight
That Gilbert and Sullivan operetta has lost none of its perennial and ever
modern charm was demonstrated anew Saturday evening in the presentation
of ff. 111. S. Pinaforo by the Thespians and the Combined Glee Clubs.
The house was filled—rather it was at last after the usual few rude late-,
comers had finally arrived to the inconvenience of the audience and the dis- 1
turbance of the performers. When will a Penn State audience learn the good
manners of punctuality? But, in any case, there was a sold out house, and it
was one that enjoyed thoroughly the play's happy humor, colorful charm, and'
melodic mastery.
Director Grant's weeks of careful drilling in the score were justified by
the accuracy and tune shown in the singing. Maurice Darcy deserves no less
praise for the finished character of the staging and dancing. To be particumr
—in a matter that means so much but is often neglected to the polll particu
larly of amateur work—the gestures were without exception easy, natural,
even graceful The foot work of the dancing team and of the choruses w•as
delightful.
The characters seemed chosen for the persons who played them, a difficult
matter•is college dramatics, the mole so when both singing and acting are
required. Mr. Paul J. Sturgeon's Sir Joseph was properly pompous, and his
vibrant voice had just the right quality for the old egotist. In the role of
Josephine, Miss Edna Roderick sang clearly and accurately and carried her
part with convincing sweetness and grace. We shall not soon forget the
dreadful Dick Deadeye (Robert Tice), nor the dashing hero Ralph Rackstraw
(James Waterfield), nor the pleasing person of Little Buttercup (Miss Sarah
Wentzel)
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The lyrics of Gilbert contain many involved and interesting rime scheinek.
Coupled with the breath-taking speed of Sullivan's music the task of choral
production is not light The work of the choruses was good, the voices ac
curate, and the breathing fair, the tone production passable, one might ask
for a little more clarity in the enunciation of the lyrics. This is a quality
needed in all Penn State stage productions, but is especially in demand in a
Gilbert and Sullivan opera It is perhaps too much to ask in this day of
lighter demands on choral training, especially of less experienced singers.
Some of the voices wore Ns eater than one might wish, but again one must
realise the exacting nature of the music and welds as well as the the youth
of the singers.
We wondered, as see looked over the program, whether some highly mod
ern "Prom" Queen might not think there was a misprint in the phrase Bum
boat Woman; but we had no opportunity to kat n• their escorts and they were
too much absorbed—in the music, of course'
Altogether this nos a delightful performance. We hope that Director
"Two Savoyards" some day in the not too distant fliture.
And now n e hate those who do you
out of a Caton
But life is hke that
➢fan must be content with Fate and
can hold only env.
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Foe the fawned few
India School Head
Returns Here To
Study Conditions
Returning to America t 6 study the
most modern farming methods, John
L Goheen, superintendent of Sail&
Agricultural and Industrial school in
western India, is making a two weeks'
survey of the School of Agriculture.
Since he began his tour eleven
months ago, Goheen fins inspected a
number of American institutions in
the South and Middle West. After
studying instruction methods here he
will incorporate them in the course
of study at Sangh. His inspection of
the College is the most extensive one
he has made in the United States.
1311 M
They gave the express rider a good start
Henry Wells, developing the mail and ex- than it was then, thanks to electricity. And to
press business of Wells Fargo, knew the neces- a vastly greater degree has the work of_ Prepa
sttyof careful preparationandalertmanagetnent. ration behind the scenes become important.
Communication was more than the pic'tu'resque In the Bell System, management must 'con
racing of pony express riders ;behind the scenes _stonily look ahead to provide the sinews 'of ser
therewasalwaysthesystematicplanningof routes, vice against growing public demand—material
the watchful inspection of outposts and men. and men must be mobilized to extend arid
Communication today is immeasurably faster keep open the lines of communication.
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"OUR PIONEERING WORK IiAS JUST-REOUN",
"I chose Penn State as the final
stop in my tour of the colleges be-
I cause of its reputation and also for
sentimental reasons," the agricultural
nussionary declared "You see," he
I added, "I was horn down the valley
land I wanted to return to the coon
try I knew."
Officials of the Indian school en
deavor to teach their pupas the most
tip-to-date agneultuial methods and
Goheen believes that with the infor
mation he obtains at Penn State and
other colleges, he will be able to im
ove the curricula. Several hunched
natives learn how to anise citrus,
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fruits, mama, and other products aulf
the sessions Ithich are instituted twielS I
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a year ,
"The majority of the students owil
small farms," lie continued, "although
several native princes and lords at
also enrolled. The natives are of ar r i
erago intelligence and readily grasp
new agricultural ideas," Goheen said.
Although the climate here is more
some than at Sangh farming proce
dure is similar, while methods follow
ed at the University of Illinois and I
Tuskegee institute will also he intro
duced. Thirty miles fiom the Sangli
school William Kincaid, a measlier of
the class of I^2l, conducts a similar
institution
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New Loner Prieen Now in Effect
ESEECEEZ
Fred Waring's
PENNSYLVANIANS in
"SYNCOPATION"
All-Talking, Singing, Dancing Playing
WEDNESDAY—
Corinne Griffith in 1,
"SATURDAY'S CHILDREN" ,
Talking, Sound and Music
THURSDAY—
Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor in
"CHINATOWN NIGHTS"
All-Talking Picture
FRIDAY—
Alice White in
'HOT STUFF"
Dmlogue and Music
Nittany Theatre
Shoring Slont Pictures Only
TUESDAY—
Norman Kerr), Sally EilerS in r , v
"TRIAL MARRIAGE" ~
Laurel and Hardy Comedy
THURSDAY—
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Roth Taylor in Amta Loos'
"GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES"