Penn State collegian. (State College, Pa.) 1911-1940, October 08, 1929, Image 4

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    M. I. T. Professor
Says Americans
Think as Women
Amciican thinkrrg is fenuninu
thinking, inculcated bv women leach
oi'i, highlv competent in detail, im
mediate in its application, ligidly
idealistic icgaidlos-. ot the walking
ami weak on cntical examina
tion. Pi of. Robert E liogeix, of Mas
sachusetts Instiluto of Technologv
told the sixteenth annual nntionnl
husineso confeience at Babson Park
The piofes.oi, who cieated a na
tionul sensation last spung by nd
v ising the senioi class at M. I. T
to be snobs, nnali/ed “Our Young
People" at the confeience
“Oui boys and gnls have not been
taught to think,” he said “They
aie inteiested in ‘applications, not
ideals and pnnciples Above all they
have not been taught to cuticizc 01
nnahzc
“Thev come to liighei education
and life with a settldj conviction
that the onlv allowable uitieism is
’constructive’, as if one could con
stiuct v.ithout fust tcaimg down”
“Whore fault is it > Foi a half
ccntiiij now the laigest pait of our
voung people have been ti allied ex
clusively by women leacheis The
faulty I have been speaking about aie
the faults of women teacheis Fifty
veaix of this has pioducod a people
incompetent to think politicals and
socially "
PROF. GAUM CITES NEED
FOR HUMAN ENGINEERING
“Most men use only about one
thud of then natuial abihtv, seven
out of ton aie in the wiong jobs, and
what is wasted by the average
Ameiiian family would support
them More attention should be giv
on to human pioductivencss We
should develop a science of human
engineo mg,” declared Ptof Charles
G Gaum of the engmeeung exten
sion division in the fust of his sei
ics of loetuies on peisonal efficiency
Piof Gaum stated that the “hu
mnn ongineet” is needed to coirect
present-day wastes in human energy
and time lie domonstintod that mas
teis of men fust have been masters
ovei themselves, that the successful
man today is the one who develops
himself, and one who is always in
creasing his peisonal efficiency to a
liighei point
ENGINEERS OBTAIN* LIBRARY
A leading and refctcnce loom
equipped foi engmeeung students
will be one of the featuics of the
new Slain Engineering building. En
gineering peiiodicals and moic than
five bundled lefeienee books formerly
Kept in the Carnegie Libruiv will be
placed at the disposal of the stu
dents
.Member of First Dink-D’onning Class
Recalls Smoking by Privileged Plebes
“It was my misfortune to be a
member of the first class to wear a
dink but my good fortune to have the
privilege of smoking publicly," de
chuod J R. Arwell ’O9, now head of
the tiaimng department of the Baton
Construction company.
Mi. Arwell claims that m this event-!
ful yeai about 200 freshmen cntcicd
thu ahead/ ancient corridors of “Old
Main ” Three women at that time
weic responsible for the name co
eds which today includes several bun
dled
“Upperclassmen of those days at
tended chapel weaung corduioy tiou
scis and blue shirt, to say nothing of
p Inoad-rimmed straw hat,” contin
ued the speaker “The entile student
body occupied the front lower floor
ol Schwab auditouum with the ftesh
men in the back whdevci they could
find a scat ”
The speaker went on to say that
each incoming class held an annual
STUDENT CRUISE LANDS
AT GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Composed of students drawn from
evciy section of the United States,
the thud University World Cruise
aruved in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday.
The cruise, lasting seven months, will
encompass the earth
The first semester’s work calls foi
a tour of England and Europe dui
mg which the students will visit
nine countues and seventy-three
towns and cities. Beginning at Naples
in January, the second semester will
consist of a tout of the lands of the
eastern Mediteiranean and of* the
Orient
More than one hundred universities
have gianted credits to students tak
ing previous cruises, according to
lccoids of the University Travel as
sociation. Public lectures, rount- 1
table conferences, and discussions mi,
the lands to be visited are included
in the tour.
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS CALL
WEEK-END TRIPS HARMFUL
Week-ends trips of undei graduates
are “harmful physically and mental
ly” agree President James R. Angcll, 1
of Yale university, and President
Henry N. McCracken, of Vassar col
lege Both president agree that ab-'
scnccs aie harmful to good health
and should be reduced m number. i
MORRELL’S BILLIARD PARLOR
Student Recreation Center
Endorsed By Student Council
Second Flooi, Opposite Post Office
Tonsils Removed Without Opeiation
Safe and Painless Method—No Hospital Operations, Expense or
Confinement. No Radical Suigical Opeiation reifoimed No time
lost from work, business, meals and pleasure. Go on as usuul
DR. R. L. CAPERS
Osteopathic Physician
Tuesday Thuisday Satuiday 10 to 1
Nillanv Printing Building State College, Pa.
Cleanliness Courtesy
Excellent Service
CLUB DINERS, in C ;
Dining Itoom Chairs $3.50
Student Desks $12.50 to $25.00
Student Tables $5.00
Hook Racks $1.75
Hook Shehes $1.50
Bridge Lamp Stands $l.OO
DEPARTMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Room 10G
First Floor, Engineering B
banquet, usually at Willmnispott and:
attended bv as mnny fioslnncn ns
could manage to esiape fiom the xopli
omoies m the final dash foi the spe
cial tiam furnished by the Bcllefontc
Ccntinl He iccalled main* hoisc and
buggj i ides tu Bellefonte, almost a
day’s cxcuision at that time.
"Thoie existed also a lcqunemcnt
that .ill fieshnieu had to pass public
speaking befoie they could take the
hi«t scmcbtci examinations,” explain
ed the speaker. "This unpopulai mi
inf, linally lesultcd in a stuke which
lasted for thiee weeks, during which
biinc nobobdv attended classes The
faculty,” he continued, "finally con
sented to chance the system and as
a icsult the fust Student Council was
foimed ”
"With conditions such as these to
deal with,” Mi. Aiwcll concluded,
“the class of ’33 should feel \oiy foi
tunatc that they aic exactly twenty
foui yeais latei in seeking then edu
cation ”
DR. J. E. KNOTT TO CONDUCT
RESEARCH WORK AT CORNELL
Di James E Knott, piofessoi of
vegetable gaidening, has left Penn
State to conduct lesenich in muck
soil ciops at Cornell umveisity Wai
ter B Mack becomes head of the di-
M'-ion of vegetable gardening in his
place. Mi. Gerald J Stout tomo3
fiom the Massachusetts agucultuuil
college to assume the position of in
stiuctor m vegetable gardening
PITT CO-EDS EVRN 581,226
Thome leading and telephone op
ciating among othei things helped
co-cds at the Univeisity of Pittsbuigh
earn a total of ?81,22G duimg the
'past yeai, aceoiding to a statement
'isued fiom the dean of wonlen’s of
; fice at that institution
PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS
PHIL FOSTER
COAL YARD
Genuine
Anita Punxsulawncy
COAL
Phone 11-1-M
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
COLLEGE STUDENTS EARN
i $2,000,000 DURING ' YEAR
The popular conception that col
lege students aic youths with thoirj
own cals and lots of spending money,]
does not “hitch" with ’the liguies'
gi\on out bv the alumm buienu of I
occupations at the Uimm-ity of Cali-'
tin Pin, which icpoits that la*-t ,\cai
suulent* at the uimer=wtv caincd a
total of moie thnn one niflion dollars
yvhilc taking their legulni college
couiscs
’J’he buicau this \em is seeking to;
inciease that earning powei of the
students to two million dollats Fi\e
thousand students at the school aie
said to be either totally or paitially
seli-suppoitmg, yvhich icpicscnts 75
pel cent of the student bouy
Campus Bulletin
Students leglsteimg late \yho ha\e
not had then pictures taken will re
poit to the Photo Shop at once
Gills' Glee club tiyouts will be
continued fiom 7 until 8 o'clock to
night in Schwab auditorium
Residents thioughout the toyyn aie
icquestod to notify the Alumm oflice
of any vacant rooms which will be
a\ailnble duimg Alumm yveek-end.
The American Societj of Civil En
gineeis will hold then icgular meet
ing m room 200 Engmeciing D at
7.30 o'clock tonight A smoker and
cidei party will folloyy All fieshmcn
uvil engineers aie uigcd to turn out
AH old members cf the College
nehestia me icqucstcd to be present
at i special meeting in the Armory
it 7 o’clock tonight.
, L. G. BALFOUR CO,
FRATERNITY JEWELERS
121 South Allen
CRUM JENKINS Representative
NITTANY RESTAURANT
• George Keprcos, Proprietor
The I3e#t‘-lledlty Insurance is Pure Food Well Cooked
Quick Service Cleanliness Absolute Puiity
136 Allen Street Stale College, Pa.
A Complete Line of
Candies Smokes Magazines
DAILY AND SUNDAY PAPERS
a l
NITTANY NEWS STAND
Ne\t to Cathaum Theatre Building
Have Your Floor Polished Now
Johnson’s Wax
A few gallons at a great bargain
If you are thinking of painting or papering,
don’t put it off—put it on.
Porter & Weber
DECORATING
Interior and Exterior
STATE COLLEGE, PENNA.
Phone 688
Chemistry Lab. Aprons
7Sc and 90c
Guaranteed
The Athletic Store
On Co-Op Corner
ALL STUDENT SUPPLIES
All freshman, sophomore, and jun
ior candidates for the editorial and
busines" staffs or the Old Main Bell
should icpoit to M. Alexander Spear,
| Alpha Sigma Phi, or to Roboit F.
j Stevenson, Theta Upsilon Omega, im
[ mediately.
I Dean of Women Chailotte E. Ray
announced the schedule foi the Ole
wmc scholarship examination as fol
lows algcbia and histoiy at 2*30
o’clock Thursday aftefnoon and Eng
lish at 11 o’clock Saturday morning
Piesulent and Mrs. Hotzel will be
at home to students, faculty mom
beie, ami fuends Mondav afternoons
and eyenmgs, beginning October 11.
Ficshmen who yvish to become can
didates foi football manngei will ic
poit to a first assistant in Recreation
Hull at once.
CLASSIFIED
FOR RENT—Man’s single loom.
Comfortable, \yaim, cheerful, and
quiet. Call 531-M. ltp
WANTED—Students’ Washings. We
call and dclivci Phone 354-R.
9-21-20 8 tC
Welcome Co-Eds
We have a little
Souvenir for you
SCHLOW’S
QUALITY SHOP
FOR RENT—-Room and Boaid for
three boys* sleeping loom separate
from study loom. 224 South Allen.
ltpm
FOR RENT—An attractive room foi
one student on second floor. $2 50
per 'week. Call 322-M. G 32 West
Beaver Ave 10-4-29 2tpC
MAPLE CLUB under new manage
ment. Board and room Meals ?G.50
a week. 133 McAllister street.
Phone 481-R. 3tp
FOR RENT—Desirable 2 rooms with
private bath to upperclassmen or
professors only. Phone 532-R 317
South Buirow’cs Street M-ltp
FIREPLACE WOOD
State College Fuel and
Phone 35-J-3
THE HILAND SHOP
DRY CLEANING PRESSING
Hats Cleaned and Blocked
Complete Laundry Service Wc Call For and Deliver
Pastry Like Mother Makes
THE ELECTRIC BAKERY
Stale College, Pa.
SPECIAL
HALF POUND GRANGER TOBACCO
39c
11. I. WARD, 13S Allen
COMPLIMENTS OF
STATE COLLEGE BAKERY
“You Can Get It at Metzger’s”
STUDENT SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS
All Makes of Fountain Pens
Repaired at Our Stoic
Tennis Rackets Restrung: and Repaired
Student Desk Lamps 12.00 to 33.75
ALL 15c CIGARETTES, 2 for 25c
L. K. METZGER, 111-115 Allen
See a Boxing Bout
On The Stage
In the Penn State Players Reproduction of
“Is Zat So”
Last Year’s Biggest Hit
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11
Schwab Auditorium
Tickets on sale at Whitey’s
Tuesday, October S, 1929
FOR SALE—Tenoi Banjo. Pino ic
onablc 304 South Bunowes
Phone 392-W. M-ltj
Sl2.tjo—For round tilp to New Ye
City for N. Y. U. game loavi
Friday afternoon, iilluming Sti
day Times for departure and i
turn set for convenience of majo
ty. See Soblcr at Phi Epsilon ]
phone 591, oi Muipliy at 30G Wi
Colege, phone 474.
DIAMONDS
WATCHES
COLLEGE JEWELRY
HANN & O’NEAL
Opposite Front Campus
REPAIRING