THE LION’S DEN BY DANIEL The melancholy days aie come, Daniel is told, •he .(.cl football Itciocs must yet doit » to study SO THIS IS COLLEGE With No Good Acts Scene Thud Hoot of Mac Hall, viewed thiough Time Midnight. Chaiactets An S. A E, two Phi Game, one Phi Spi a single suave Beta, and a campus cop to keep ndei (Instiuctions to would-be producois Handle the S. A E with kid glo\cs and feed him plenty of sugui with an occasional sniinkling of water and \inegui Stir frequently to pioduce that dizzy elfect You won’t need to bothci with the Pin Gams, they can take caic of themselves because of expei icncc gam ed through long, long venrs of living in a log cabin covered with vines. For "the Phi Ep piovtdc ham two times a day and occasionally foi bicakfast Oth eiwise, feed him nothing Sec that the Beta is scratched every other day by voui black and white pussy cat in older to prevent that evei-aecunuilating smoothness "When you lchcaisc semi the campus cop home to plav tiddly winks with Andy Zaigei Otheiwise, treat this gieat drama like you would join best enemy, and the lesults will be unexpected. This plav is copynghted in eveiv language except English, including the Seandanavian Finally, be suu* to pi event any D U’s fiom seeing a perfoimance o,' this plav—it is foi adults only ) Act I (Now the Fun Begins) (Phi Ep. appioaches seciet dooi) Phi tp “What ho, and Jiovv, of corn so I sing a long of applcsnuce S A E “Tee, hee, I’m inside and you’re out >ule ” (S A E'a big led nose is discovered poking it ?elf thiough a veiy secret panel in the seciet dooi ) Phi Ep “Brother, I seek- admittance.” S A E “Who said we wanted you’’" (At this s hi Ep goes into a veiv intricate clog dance, lasting n all ten minutes.) S. A E “Your dancing stage is past And, >ra>, what is the passwoid?” Phi Ep: “Mugwump and piociastmation ’’ S A E * ‘What fuithci sign know you'”’ Phi Ep. “This.” (He stiokes S A E.'s nose the iiagical thiee times ) S A E : “Brothel you aie You may entei " (They entei the seciet 100 m wheic the Phi Gams, he Betas, and the campus cop aie all enjoying thou ,vvo-pachages-foi-a-quartci cigarettes. They are all lonchalant Phi Ep sits down, and S A E. mounts ns thione He assumes a Napoleonic pose ) S A E “Biethein, the ancient and honoiable Oi ler of Theend Mime nice, linsht, limp 1» sil lioide my rlxht elliow Oh, liuddlia if ilinu cateVl at ail. Pl-nxc put M»mcbod> close li> nit To lie fry pilot through the muni! Though other student* mo> flunk nut (,h /eus, If thou art still allse Valentines! Now Or, Display "'Make Your Own’ Boxes For the Kiddies 15c 30c 50c Keeler’s CATIIAUM THEATRE BUILDING THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Letter Box All “Letters to the Fdltor” must bear the signature and address of the writer. If desired, a nom 'de plume should sup plement the signature -Xo responsibility Is assumed 1>» the editor for sentiments expressed in this column , R. 0. T. C \galn Editor of the cOLt.FGtAN' Deal Sir I have noticed with a gieat deal of intcicst the account in u recent is-.uu of the tOLLEfiIAN of a piotesl against compulsmy military Uaining bv the fnthei of one our students The w utei of this lettei also is a stiong believer m the theory 'of world peace, but he sees another side to the aigument which he believes should be consulcied i v It has been the experience of the human race throughout all lustoiy that lasting peace is not possible, ex cept on the basis that every person on eaith becomes a one-hundred per cent law-abiding pacifist Even the Pi into of Peace is quoted as having said that lie came not to bung peace but a sword. Our government has adopted the wise policy of not haVijig a large standing army, but of having u nu cleus among its citizens who aie Unin e I to drill and officer on auny in case of emergency To tins end it offers thiough the state universities fice tuition in return foi two yeais of It. 0 T C fiom the male students. It icully ought to lcquue military nuis uig fiom the co-eds. too. Fiom this it is seen that R 0 T C is a method wheieby students earn foui years tui tion by drilling in their fust two years of college Theio is certainly no reason why a bov should be com pelled to attend a State University. If he oi Ins parents object to his earn ing his tuition by taking R 0 T C, theie aie many excellent schools which he may attend and pay Ins! whole way in cash. But it does not! seem right for a bov's parents to cle- 1 mand that his tuition be paid by Ihe* State, and at the same time to de mand that he be excused fiom earn ing that tuition in the only possible way, namely, by helping guard the «afely of the State Those conscien tious objectois xvho specialize in le ligious mattcis may square up R. 0 T C with then consciences by re membering that when they aie dull ing they are “rendering onto Caesai the things that aie Caesai’s” * Veiy Truly Youis, A PACIFIST Sunday,-January 25th at the .Campus Green Room SPECIAL CHICKEN AND WAFFLE DINNER —85 c Served 11 A M to 8 P M Tc Dine Hi th Us h A Real Ticat FLOOD £. LAIRD, Manayeis When It’s Your Move Notify Us ANYWHERE and ANYTIME PADDED VANS LOADS INSURED SHOEMAKER BROTHERS Phone 530 East College Ave. JOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOi Drop In at-the Collegian Office (Times Building) And Subscribe to Penn State Collegian 1 Second Semester $1.25 F. S.: Have it sent home at no extra charge. The Campus Query Do yon think that positions on 'La Vie* should be placed mi a competitive basis 7 EVAN C. REESE ’3l —Chemistry and Physics “Competition for positions on the La Vic staff would undoubtedly be a foiwaid step Although I’ve had lit tle experience in editorial work it ap pears to me that n biggci and bcttci La Fic would lcsult if the meut sys tem weie adopted" FRANK DIEDRICH ’3l —Liberal Arts “When the La Vic offices aie put on a competitive basis it will be a far superior publication because i: will be placed In the hands of those piopeily qualified to edit it.” WILLIAM 1. ZIMMERMAN ’3O —Agriculture “Any College office held by studenti should be gotten only on a men basis The wav things aie run heie now, the best man for the job is not always put in office. It is all a mat tei of the stiongest political faction winning out.” ARCHER G. WOODWELL ’32 —Engineering “Positions on the La Fir stall’ should have been placed oil a com petitive basis long ago. All the oth ei publications have established this system with success so why shouldn’t it be attempted on La Fir ’’ ALBERT M. REILLY MI —Liberal Arts ‘Positions earned by real work aie vvoithwhilc positions Anyone receiv ing a position such as editoi of Ln Fir aftei a hard struggle would real ize its responsibilities and would be come a very efficient manager Then, 100, if the competitive system weie adopted a finer spmt of demociacy would prevail among mcmbois of the staff. I am stiongly in favoi of the I idea ” | PENN PROFESSOR EYPLMNS HIGH COLLEGE ENROLLMENT Three mnjoi faetois aie responsible for the lapid inciensc of emollment of Amcncan colleges and umvcisilies, accoidmg to Prof James Bossard of the Umveisity of Pennsylvania The increased recognition of the money value of a highci education both to students and society have had r laigc pait in this, according,to Pro fessor Bossard National prosperity and the prevailing analytical spmt of American life were, also cited as 'reasons for the inCiease. For the NEWSPAPER EDITOR LAUDS PENN STATE Shcdd Addresses Williamsport Convention—Prof. Banner Speaks to Group “Penn State is synonymous with efficiency ” This statement was made by Mt. Fred Fuller Shedd, editor-in-chief of tho Philadelphia Evcniny Bulletin, when ho addressed the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers association at its wmtei convention in Williamsport, this week. “I could not tell you anything about i Penn State without talking about effi ciency,” Mr Shedd told the assembled editors “I am equally sure I could not go veiy far in tulking about 'effi ciency, whether in agriculture oi m any ot the industrial aits or in fact in any of the expanding business en terprises of the United States with out including reference to Penn State.” Continuing his laudatory lemarks the Philadelphia editor declaicd “Penn State, with the advice and help of the Newspaper Publishers as sociation has done something in the way ot contributing efficiency to news paper making in Pennsylvania by es tablishing a Department of Journal ism ’’ % Mi Fianklm C Bannei, instructor rr journalism, speaking befoie the gioup concerning the nevvly-establisn ej Department of Journalism hole, stated. “Tho Pennsylvania publishers and editois have begun a pioncenng move ment in the histoiy of journalist'- cducution by establishing active com mittees to supervise the work of tho Depaitment of Journalisni at Penn State.” Fire Insurance EUGENE H. 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Tickets for Sale at Keeler’s 50c —75 c Friday, January 21, 11)20 LANCASTER EDITOR EXPECT* NEWSPAPER IMPROVEMEN" “Newspapers of the future will a \ast improvement because of t in.cntion ol lelaUpc ami the use the airplane," claimed Ostend E. 31 Cuilouprh, cditor*in-ehief of the coi bined Lancaster newspapers, in a tn to journalism students Wednesday. 3lv McGullouj-'li evpl.'med the et ics and cdrentrscs ol the joumalis profession, pointing out the innov lion" to be expected in the next t yeais. While here he was initiated in Alph.’ Bern Sunn i ' ' rTa a {§ ilg |THSATRE]I| rerrrs u 8! FRIDAY— J. Hunild Vi.rrjj, Norma Terris Slcpm Feichit m “CAM HO KIRIN ' .iKll Clark anti M(.Ciillmtgh SATURDAY— I)»ro*h\ Mntkaill, Jack Oukie in * II UM> TO GUT" - MONDAY ami TUESDAY-, Matinee I)ai!\ .loh 11 Barn more in CR \CK” WEDNESDAY— Noah Been. Virginia-Valli in “ISLE OF LOST SHIPS" THURSDAY— William Bojd. Doroth> Sebastian “HIS FIRST COMM \.W NiUany Theatre FRIDAY— liene Borthmi in ‘ PARIS” SATURDAY— “C\MEO KIRBY” aNn Clark and .McCullough : TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY— Gouge O'Brien, Sue Carol ' m Zone Grej’s “CONE ST VR RANGER” ITHURSDAY— “ISLE OF LOST SHIPS'