, Page Yvo 1 PENN STATE COLLEGIAN 'pnblli&ed Kml-ireeUr dnrtn* ti» CoDet* jtt, «e*rt « b*iM*y«, by ttsdenU of Tb* P«miylr*nto BtaU Colkn la ft* iatorat at tte C«llect. ti« ctsdentSt toeoity. tinzßßl, and friend*. • THE MANAGING BOARD James H. Coozan Jr. *3O Milton M. Rcsenhloem *3O - . Z • --- WaMM Russell,!* Rehm *3O Charles A. Mensch *3O y.n.finy Editor AdmtWa* Haas. Robert P. Stevenson *3O Calvin EL Barwis *3O Neva Editor ClrmUlioa Kuttftr Quinton EL Beaage *3O * • Henry R. Dowdy jr. *3O SporU Editor Por»i*T> AAwtfaina Mmitr ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jacob L Cohen *3l Charles A. Schmidt Jr. *3l William C. McElvain *3l Norman B. SoMer *3l Roy EL Morgan *3l William K. Ulench *3l ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Alan B. Catting *3l Algert J. Mileski *3l William B. Heilman *3l Harry G. Wood *3l WOMEN’S EDITORIAL STAFF Grace M. Woodrow '3O • Mary 3, Adams *3l Women'* Editor Helen F. FauSt ’3O Janet L. Brownback *3l Mmilnt Editor ' . . *«*£»!* EdiUJ J- Gobrecht *3O - E. Louise Hoffedit* *3l 7 Xnra Editor Anoetoto Editor Member Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Tie Pena Stoto COLLEGIAN welcomes common kxtiqM on any subject of enmpas interest. Ail letters most bear too name of the tender. Anonymoos eommonlcations will be disregarded. Is eaa# tM writer d©« not wish bis or her name to accompany the letter, this fact should be so indicated and a nom de pi ante mast accompany Uw communication. The editor reserves the right to reject_ajl wtomonlca tions «*«<■ are deemed unfit for publication. The COLLEGIAN anranaa bo responsiblity for sentiments expressed in the Letter Box. Entered at.tos PestoOce, Stole Colley*. aa aatend rfan matter. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1930 FOR A BETTER “LA VE3” i The proposal of Fred C. Schwerer, editor of the ; 1030 La, Vie Supplement, to place future La Via elec ; tions on a strictly competitive basis certainly is de serving of considerable thoughts That the suggestion ; is devoid of bias—and motivated by an earnest desire to J place responsible campus offices in the hands of worthy jl and capable students—is unquestionably true. It is 1 evident that such a plan would have distinct advantages I over the present one: an editor under the proposed sys | tem would be capable of producing a better yearbook h after serving an apprenticeship, of two or three years. - I That is but .one of the many advantages cited by , Schwerer in favor of his plan.; -One'other that alone ~> should carry weight with interested students is-the op j portunity to remove a publication activity of recognis ed merit from the fielw' of fraternity politics. Extra* curricular activity should be a cumulative process that requires thf, display of jnarked ability. La Vie U per haps the outstanding exception to this rule on the Penn ; State campus, • ' This condition has not seriously affected the publi cation, however, for the annuals, of past years .compared favorably with any publication ,of like nature in .the country. Former- editors agree, nevertheless,, that in experience cost .them valuable time and labor. .-There to believe, therefore, that a well-trained editor wpuld surpass the best efforts of his less-fortunate predecessors. Surely the plan is deserving of Student Council’s attention. “CRAM! CRAM! CRAM! One week of 8 o'clock* and fraternity meals has bfoug&t the last of-, the student guard back into iine, and now attention is being turned to tjie Senior Ball and the lay-off, with occasional mention of the less-thrilling "finals." To make the interval.more interesting, .obliging instructors have consented-to call in term papers'and other like assignments.' Now and : then, though, we stop to consider a current problem., Tf-.e problem for this week is "cramming." Should we endorse the practice or deride, it_on the .grounds . that.it is unethical and opposed to the best principles of higher education? We should butaelves ; for-the latter but,'finding oursqltea in'.Root• eirenttt* { stances, we hereby join the throng'hnd shout;“Cramt;.; Cram! Crhjn!" . . / "HELL WEEK” • Voicing tab sentiment of a new school of thought, Cfolcolm Kirkpatrick, president of Interfraternity Coun cil last night. Penn State fraternities for their open toleration-of "Hell Week" practices, and indicated that that question.would receive considerable attention daring the forthcoming conference of College fraternity men. The Council head affirmed that “roughhouse" tactics were diametrically opposed to the more, pro gressive policies of the Penn State fraternity system, ahd he expressed the hope that thii purposeless prac tice would go the way of other undesirable customs. There are those wha-conaistently maintain -that "Hell Week" Is the redeeming feature at a,fraternity initiation, and attempt;to justify its existence .under, the pose of "character-building" and similar "awe-in spiring” effects. To be truthful, the practice is; timer worn. To quote the Daily mini of the University-of Illinois: "It is a vestige of the period featured by the centcf- 1 rush, the flying wedge, tandem bicycles, and. mandolin quintets." Certainly it has not.kept pace, with the advancement of Pcnn'Statb fraternities during the past five years. Rather, it is a "hang-over” from the "old days*.” • ~ Because of an existing misconception,-, freshman hazing is often linked with freshman training., On the - contrary, freshman training is a real institution created ; for a real purpose. It -is the undeniable duty .of the ' fraternity to guide the yearling into fruitful paths* i£ - help him shoulder hie newresponribilities, and to. make. him a better man for having beet* in the fraternltyi> Does-“ Hell Week"-serve this noble 1 purpose t . EnSpha-' ticolly no..- Sleepless nights, Md like absurdities Serve a. quite different; purpose,-vjApur* pose,, of course, that is detrimental rather thaa c,bene ficial to u wholesome fraternity spirit. _^j THE LION'S DEN —BY TPAKBt -■ ■' New Year's Resolution • Daniel hereby informs'the entire world that nev er during the year 1930 A. D. will he print, nor al low to be printed in this column anything that Is. actually humorous? . But, of course, everything that resembles a Hew Year's resolution is broken occasionally. Daniel is hitman, too . ’ , Start the new year- right—-by sending Daniel about a thousand contribs. paring the Christmas Holidays Daniel, in com mon with other infamous' columnists, had occasion to do a little traveling. He visited Chicago and saw nothing more dangerous than a fire-cracker. That is why this column today isn’t filled with more crack ing tales. During his wanderings, Daniel visited the Uni versity of Illinois, and made the acquaintance of tho editor of the Bueknellian whose lair is a‘cubby hole in Lbwiaburg, Pennsylvania. But the day Daplel met him he was. abnornfel. Also of the party was the “Campus Scout,” ‘columnist of the Daily lUinu Both men admitted, that they; too, were allegedly humor ous. Open letter to each: “Heigh, ho, rum!” u t shall never sin." "Howdo yoii know?" M 1 can't taste my Adam’s apple.” "As busy as o one-armed paper-hanger with the To make the editor of a humorous magazine pay for a joke, think of a good crack, laugh loudly, and •telegraph collect. - - . "Yhis is my last mateh, n thundered the divorcee as he threw away the empty boxi Add: Simile “As.tipsy as a lame man walking down the aisle of a moving train—" ‘ Happiness is golden—dollars. j -.. 1 ' \* Ahead';-' '.fay-M A bald-headed than is considered'successful be cause he has come out on' top* We are glad that the Penn State campus is not the Penn State crampus,' but at .the.present time the most beautiful spot on the Penn'Stato eampus ia any rwhere 6ff .it.\ Height *of Embarrassment Johnny-combs his hair each night before going to bed because he’s afraid he’ll meet the girl of . his dreams.- -. i Add It/Simile ’‘As thin as frog’s hair—” .• Definition frora . .; v ..'; ; “A frate.nuty l? a/gpup of men combined for.i ■* 'A freshman at one o'f ihefraternlty houses wants to know whether he is* pledge or the ianjtor. . ; LATEST ADDITIONS To Our Stock of 'MpppMi Forianb “Son of Man”„i.—— 7-U-&WK r EjgiL-Lti4wig > 1-“ Why W© 9.90 ;•/. •. ‘ - _• ;• ; : ; ; .. . : “Anlb-Bfog ofan Er-Cofored ! Man” 7.J.W.JohnK>a .... 6.W •, Fotep Milter • “Shanlylrish” - - JUSO Jim Tally r “Gnat American Bant; Wagon” '•?- Charts‘Hen .'' v “An lndlan JoumeT , ’ __--- 4.80 'Vir»to#»»»8on»«B» •■■■.■■ -,•••• “Great Honi SfkjbjfcT-ii-™ ™— ,6.80 *.•l / \ ■ -• ‘o' v. . “Revolt ofModtroYooth”-.- S.OQ Jadgcßen LiwUajr THINKOFm il;00 =; #%lomc Itftfr Uniform Size and Bio&ng GET TMM AX KEELER’S C&TaittIfTHSAT&B THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN [ TheCampusQuery [ In Your OpinionWmtld.Unlimited Cuts Be A* Advantage.'To The Studentt ,'\ r DR. FRANCIS T.-TSCHANr- Professor of Historyr-Liberal Arts “Although mj; .opinions unlimited cuts havq not beendeflnite- Iy„formed there ateem.*. to/be several outstanding point* both ' for and against the proposed system. I do not believelhat unlimited cuts ; woald be good for the average .student. It would give him the wrong slant on life. - \ ,• r- ‘ ; ‘College should fit the student’for his life work. Consequently it : should be viewed as a busines 'proposition. In business it is impossible. to .come and go as one pleases.. If College is to be viewed In. that light' attendance would, necessarily be required., Fur thermore I cannot see. hpw it. Would bo possible to cover advanced .work, especially in the. Liberal Arts cur riculum under such a system. “On the other hand the unlimited cuts, system is' designed Ito develop initiative in the. student, -, The real student.would not, probably, fake ad vantage of the opportunities offered him to slight , his work. t lt would help, too) In weeding out‘the undesir able students by maklngtit.easier for the instructor to determine, who should or r Bhould not.pass the course.* WILLIAM E. MILLER ’3l-i -. Liberal Aits:*. . “I • think ‘ that - the unlimited cuts system would bepefit'Cthe,, student scholastically because-it. would , place him on his own Initiative, which is the ultimate purpose of a college educa tion.’ —HARRY W. LIGHTSTONE ’3l— Liberal. Arts; “The unlimited cuts system would benefit the student with the provision that a certain average be maintain ed for the first three years." R. H. Z. ’3O ‘Fear Drives MetiS Says Dean Sackett : “Pear has been a power driving men to'greater achievement, and-it ban also driven 'many to despondency, o -‘don't care attitude/ and failure;" Dean of Engineering Robert L.Sack ett writes in therJanuary issue of the Engineering ExUatUm New. .‘’Remember thdt.he who. has kept ahead of hte times neednot fear, that ho will fall and tJ# great successes in fifo have beep.men wJio just would not give.n'p^.H^a^vises. ■ The dean p6inw' out V that James Watt, who inve~ifterf~the surface con denser, was a man.who ' t met ten times the trouble, one -m*y- have to-encounter now, and who was poor, ill, only an imdrurntent maker, and jfet by perse verance:and. study became one of the T Sfa nf Taw*) great engineers bf -England. - ‘ LuC “Faith in otitselves and our country.,.; ) t A fPoD> Garrison *27 reinforced with eternal striving, to , ___ . • • learn have inspired more men than AGENT fear has” the Dean states.' . Opposite. Post, Office . - Phone 'sl7-J ;{:./• R. H.. 2L ’2O 3.00 Opening idem eqnipnw ...ass\ * a mp. _ ...ig.y*, _ h*iv_ , .... .diem attheDollar Dry Cleaners.Hatwillbe nailed for; and delivered free by. the' Dollav ' '■ Cleaners MORRELL’S BILLIARD PARLOR 2nd floor opposite Post Offleo : ; STATE COXXEdB, PA. v tiOME QUALITY PASTRIES THE e£p>TRTC BAKERY : ' ; ' iSi ; . ' wwOMWci^^jßi/^^/^oi<^aiwei«t.; . We!: are limning 100 points evejrybody. Costs-you Prizes given to winners. DkoPiWANDfcONSULTUS ' •. Fieshmen Attain ; . High Standard in Psychology Test Exceeding the ; average; made; last year by 5.5 points, the class of-1533 made an average score of 103.9 in the psychology test given to all first year students during freshman week. Joseph E. DcCamp, professor of psychology, sold of the* high ;score yesterday, “perhaps this difference is sufficiently great to indicate that tho present freshman class Is slightly above our average freshman class, in ability, preparation, or both.” Although theco-ecb' have surpassed the men for 'the past few years, the average of the men and. women -stu dents this year .is exactly the same, 103.9. The chemistry and physic stu dents highest average with a score of 115.1 was followed by the Engineer ing freshmen who averaged -104.9 points. Mineral Industries students averaged 103.8 and those in the Lib eral Arts school averaged 103.2. The two, lowest scores were made by the Education and Agriculture school with 99.5 and 94.2 respectively. \ Tho highest score, 186, was made by. a" student-in -the School; of ’ Mineral Industries. Two men from the.-School of Chemistry and Physics made scores of 181 and 182 respectively. This examination was. compiled in 1924 by Doctor De Camp in an effort to develop a psychological teat that could be used for administrative .and advisory purposes with respect to the student’s studies and his preparation for life work. * CUSTOM DECREES AMERICANS SEND CHILDREN TO COLLEGE The American people have acquired r. university complex and send, their children to college because it is, the thing to do, not for education acquir? cd, ic the opinion of John D... Hicks, dean of the Arts collegeof the -Uni versity of - . . - . ■ The majority of college students, ac cording to Doctor Hicks, doinot come to institutions with a fixed desire to learn. Tho average student, he' also said, is too young to get any 'place ip the business world, v \ . ZOOLOGIST WILL SriSAK HERE. Dr. R. N. . Chapman, Head of'the department of entomology and econ omic zoology at* the University'of Minnesota, 'will address the research staff of the School of Agriculture l at 4:10; o’clock Thursday : afternoon in Room 100' Horticulture “An Experimental Study of-the Trend of Animal'Polulations’’-will be the topic of.his.address.: Play .'your billiards where' all students go .l MeCORD TO 'ATTEND PARLEY-: Cd*ed Ghats - Prof.JoKn E..Mc&mt r ol the^De-p, ! j partment ccf Agricultural Economics'. 'will represent the agricultural depart-.: [ment at' ths outioofc cohferenc* held in Washington, Xl. Cl* next week.;: 1 “the cultivation of physical excel lence was the object, of Greek athletic contests" President A i Lawrence Low eli'Vd Harvard stated. In an annual report of the board of trustees in which he advocated only one inter collegiate game a year in each major sport. While collegiate activities for men ’continue to’ be ■ raised on a bet- paying'basis; women's- collegiate athletics have taken a different turn. Most women’s colleges today, _ and practically all of the .co-educational institutions, have abolished intercol legiate activities for their, women* The reasons for this is that % lack of -finances makes it impossible in most cases. - But fortunately it has resulted in women students partici pating in athletics pbrely for the love of them; ' ' : At , Penn State a girl who goes out to make a team sometimes has ambi tions for a three in Physical educa tion. But these girls usually ■do not last very lorig. ,One (fact quite evi dent .to an observer of women’s ath letics, on our campus is that practical ly the same girls may be. seen par ticipating; in every sport., : A girl who makes the hockey team is usual ly alte on the track and basketball teams.-This is of bourse.no bad sign in itself. . But a larger number .of girls' interested in , athletics - ia the aim of the Women’s Athletic’Associa tion. In this way it hopes to'attain the ancient Greek standards; - STUDENTS EARN : $29,000,1)00 Students at New York' university earned more than $2?,000,00,0 last year, according to the annual report of the bureau of employment, released recently.. ; Their jobs , ranged all . the way from low-paying house-cleaning to sales work carrying a salary of •$3,500 a year. " “The Girl” For The Senior Ball Will Enjoy The Home-Cooked Meals THE FENWAY TEA ROOM “At Penn State It*A Tke Feriu&y” . ■ Why The First National Is A Place To Bank ' ’ • Because SAFETY should always be the .primary . consideration in selecting a bank. The First National's safety is one of its. strongest recommendations. This bankconstantly safeguards its depositors with a capital, surplus and undivided profits of four hundred arid seventy dollars. * / • ' THE FIRST NATIONAL solicits‘your banking business-upon the basis of the' safety\it affords. . FliretNational Rank ofStateColfege, Pa. DAVID F. KAPP, Cashier ' •' -j l• ; ’ January 10,1930 IcMRI FRIDAY.and SATURDAY— - -? VMat&ee Daily at 1:30; ■ Victor McLiglen, Kl Breadel, [ ■ (4?ifi DorSay in ' ■“PpMOE PARIS” AU-TalkW» Laughing Comedy - - MONDAY and TUESDAY— . Matinee Daily at 1:30 • v ■. Ronald Cobnan, Ann Harding,' Loots Wolheim In “CONDEMNED” All-Talking Romantic iMelodtaraa- WEDNESDAY—- I "Lupe Velez, Moate. Bloe, - . ■’;«.• H. B. Warner in * “TIGER ROSE” 1 = Melodrama of- the Northwest Mounted . .! Dolores' Costello, Jack Ikiulhall in “SECOND CHOICE” . All-Talking Romantic Drama . . Nittahy Theatre FRIDAY— j ■ j ./Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee in . \ **THE SACRED FLAMER SATURDAY— Grant Withers, Marion Nixon in . f*IN THE HEADLINES” Newspaper Comedy-Drama TUESDAY—- / ■ Olive Borden, Joseph Cawthome, Lee. Moran in ■> “DANCE HALL” Romantic Comedy-Drama Tables " - ■ V,- '■ Coll 444
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