!NN STATE COLLEGIAN ! ictl urml-werUly durlnc the College year, eteept on hollr!n»« ! x t>f The l’ennxjlvanla State College In the interest ot the e xiudrnt*. facultj, alumni, anil friend* TIIE MANAGING BOARD T. Coogon jr. *3O Russell L Relim *3O \Htor-ln Chief Ilmlnes* Mantcef A. Mensch ’3O Calvin E. Barwis ’3O flatting Tditor AdvcrtUinc Manager !\ Stevenson '3O Henry It. Dowdy jr. ’3O Circulation Manager Quinton E. Bcauge '3O Sport* Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Cohen ’ill Charles A. Schmidt j'r. '3l C. McElvain '3l Norman B. Sobler '3l Morgan ’3l William K. Ulerich '3l ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Cutting '3l Algcrt J. Milcski ’3l B. Heilman *3l Harry C*Wood ’3l WOMEN’S EDITORIAL STAFF M. Woodiow MO Mary J Adams *3l Vomrn'n frdltnr AMociate Editor •• Jraust MO Jrret L, Brownback '3l [nnasinc Tditor Axnorlat* Editor I. Gohiecht '3O E Louise iloffeditz ’3l Newx IMitor Axtociatc Editor Haiton intercollegiate Newspaper Association at the Pnxtntllce, State College, Pa , as second clast matter. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1930 BY POPULAR REQUEST wo aic to believe oul infoiniants, our esteemed liotaiv, the Campuxeei, dropped seeds on fallow last Tuesday when he suggested that Piesident should addiess the student body mote often ■ and undetgraduato icsponse to the suggestion annnous as well as spontaneous However, as niminic itioti points out, the chief obstacle to its ion is not the lack of interest on the pait of Pics el/el, hut lather the lack of an agreeable oppoi- This lack of an all-College assembly is due and, ; who heard Dr. Hctzel speak at the Interfrator iifeienec will testify, the denial of a distinct pnv- lieving that the College executive would frown ny plan to hold a special meeting for this pur cholaiship Day is icgaided as the first oppoi pioficicd by the second-semester calendar. May icen tentatively set for this e\ent. It is under hat an invitation has been extended to a notable , hut that he may be unable to accept because sing business Should he decline, we heieby to Piesident Ilelzel foi Seliolniship Day speaker, lection would have the added effect of boosting endancc at a tcieinoiiy that heietoforc has been ,vo houis olf” foi a Inigo majority of the student THAT ULTIMATE GOAL a College adminisliatoi of unquestioned ability narkable vision, Piesident Ralph Dorn Hetzcl Has ? confidence and lespect of Penn State fraternity speaking befnie a gioup of fiatermty celebrities Ah home and abioad Friday night, the President I a warning of no small importance He ques seiinuMy whcthei fiatcimty men weie meeting legations, whethei they weie keeping step with git’ss which is being made in the field of high ation Yigoious in Ins denunciation of any act cientes public distiust, he feivently urged the -day fraternity to measure its piacticcs by the ds of its ideals This excicise, he believes, n" out the best that is in the fraternity, and on to meet the challenge that is forthcoming. Al the v-oids of an idealist, Penn State fraternities tu him to strive for that ultimate goal ipicssed by the ling team’s stirring victory over n Mai viand, boxing enthusiasts are protesting isly at the piospect of seeing the leathci pushers >n at home only once moie this season Although naming meet with Navy’s undefeated nut team a banner event m the College’s athletic history, itention th it the glowing popularity of boxing at Uale should lesult m mote home meets heicaftci ? •uoble WHEN A TRADITION BEGAN delneimg his addiess on “The Personality and » o r Wn’ien G Hauling” tonight Di. Harold F. .‘i shuts the Ltoeial Aits lectuie series on its ;th yeai It was in 1910 that a small commit faculty membets and students came together— wo do not know’, but quite likely in Old Mam— no gave actuality to an idea The result of their id planning has today become almost a tradition pirn State men and women. They sought to give ident a little geneinl eiiltuial information that ptobnbly be overlooked in the classioom The .tee found that a numbet of specialists could al io diufted fiom the faculty Hence, a series of s was initiated That senes has continued vvith irealc foi twenty yeais, and today is the oldest on npus It is the Liboinl Aits lectuie course. ng the twenty yeais that this lectuie senes has numbet of men notable in Penn State history laced its piogiums Tlieic was Di. Sparks, foi esulonl of the College. Theic was Dr. Zook, then f the Itthloiy depailment and later president of mmeisity Thoio was the familiar figure of Dr cwis Puttee And thcic weie many otheis. o committee, headed this year by Dr. Lucretia. jimmons, m the selection of lectuiers has surely d the high stundaids of the series. Dr Harold .ufei, Pi of. Finnkhn C. Bannei, Dr Wayfand F. uv, Dr. William L. Weiner, Dean Charles W. The Show Window The second-semester legislation left the Cam pu«cer and several of his filends with what one might call misleading schedules It seems that the I-iboial Artists have most of their discos in the New Mam Engineering budding, and the engmecis have most of their classes in the Liberal Aits building The min ing and education students aie scatteied ovei the en tire campus, while Ag students may be found in any building within a ton-mile radius of State College The Chemistry and Physics buildings seem to have re tained their constitutional vngimty in these hectic days of cross-classing, but we are content to let them remain in their jnistine state when we consider the rare atmosphere that geneially suiiounds them. One of the well-known sophomore engmeeis was lieaid lo remark that it was his deaiest wish to have a cluss m the New' Engineering building before he giaduatcd There is anothei story of a student who stepped in side Liberal Aits and boldly and loudly announced that he was a Liberal Aitist Immediately a crowd of enraged engineers swept out of the classrooms and mobbed the unfoi lunate victim of scheduling cn cumstances. The buildings are all misnomeis except the girls’ dorms, thereby giving oui co-eds a definite individuality, God bless their individual lwails About the campus* Helen Faust, one of the pow ers that be in the little planet of women that iuiis its cycle in the Penn State solar system And speak ing of planets, how about the di/ry late of levolution of that one? . . Anne Meihngei, hei own sweet self, as usual . . . Martha Gobicchl, a big marimba and xylophone gill fiom Altoona, (Pa) . Helen Keepers, giand high supreme somethmg-oi-othei at the Psychor Igloo . . And u xumor was wafted on the gentle winds theiefrom that she may be one of the co-ed colonels . . Bob Denglcr and his ancient Greek ear-muff outfit . . Bruce Baldwin of the A G R's, high mogul of the sedate seniois, even if lie does have a good many classes on Ag hill Barnhart of the Alpha Chi Rho’s, this time mentioned as the pov.’er behind the throne m the little kingdom of Sen iors.. Sort of a Black Monk, as it weie Bud Zinunei man, tiying to pocket an older of waffles Piof. Gadd, Franklin and Mai shall pedant, who chnstenod Locust Lane ‘Moitgage Lane’ . Outstanding among the indoor spoils of exnmin- ‘ • ation week is the old Russian custom of beaid-iaising or razor-blade economy, as good old Di. BoucKe would have it. As soon as the fatal week commences, a gen erous poition of the masculine student body hides the shrubbcry-icmovcis, and foigets about appearance in general. By the middle of the week the casual visitor j gets the impression that he is in a Bolshevist com- * munity, and by the end of the week the scouts foi mat tress factories get SOS. calls from the idle barbers It is estimated by the depailment.il statistician that between the exam week beaids and .the jokes in j Fioth thcic is, enough matcual in State College to htuft two hundicd mattiesses and seven congicss men’s speeches a ycai Thoughts while studying: It seems that the yo-yo fad has leached its peak and is on the decline Well, even red flannels went out aftei a while . . Whatever became of those dollni hats that cvery'one was wealing last yeai . They probably went the woy of all mesh Delectable moments at the mov ies John Barrymoic roaung down Mai ion Nixon’s throat and Robcit Montgomery playing with Norma Shearei’s toes What is that little brick house just south of Mac Hall? . . llow do the education students practice teaching spend then evenings 9 . When did Anne Kcllman arrive in town 9 . We see that 0. O* Mclntyie and Waltei Winchcll still have theik jobs ' This column piobably has not been brought to the attention of the editors us yet IN THE UN / V E RS IT Y .V A N N E R ° Stark Bros c/ Harper. 'Haberdashers !n7he Lmvertlty Mnnnrr Sweaters | LEMON YELLOW AND SILVER PINE TWO NEW COLORS FOR STRING GOLF HOSE TO MATCH. Stark Bros. & Harper NEXT TO THE MOVIES THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN FLINT CLARIFIES I ALUMNI PROBLEM Executive’ Secretary Outlines Demands of Graduates Upon Chapter What the alumni expect of the un ideigiaduato chapter, and what the [active membeis expect in tuin from | the alumni wax outlined by llanold W Flint, Tau’ Kappa Epsilon execu tive secretary, in his addiess to fin lleimty presidents Saturday Alumm look foi efficiency in chap ! to: administration, orderliness m the j chaptei house,sustained and com- I prehensivo chaptei publication, and icsponse to t lhe:r communications, he ! said. On tfien part, the undergi adu late'- expect alumm cooperation and ■ nnanciai assistance, and should ic qune good behavioi when visiting the • chaptei house, the speaker pointed | “If an alumnus becomes intoxicated 'while visiting the house he should lie ( ioptimanded by the chapter,” Mi. ; Flint advocated, “for his conduct ic flects on the active gioup.” llow to keep a man fiom becoming “just anothei membei” was explained jby the executive secretary. lie sug [gested that his interests be detci mined land a duty in the fraternity bo as signed him lo stimulate this interest Failuic to fulfill this duly should be i followed by (hopping the ollondei liiom chapter activities, Mi. Flint ad -1 vised. 1 [ “The time is coming when sopho |moie' will icceive sustained ntten ' tion in ordei to develop their ability land pievent the cttstomaiv slump fol lowing the freshman yeai,” he con i eluded [VARSITY, MCYLLISTER HALLS I WILL SERVE COLLEGE MILK | Foui hundred quaits of coitified | mill: fiom the College heul bottled in 1 the Dairy Building will be served to students at Vasily’ and McAllistcr Halls daily stalling this week. Milk served ut both Vaisity and Mc- Allister Halls up to this time had been procured fiom outside souices The College milk is certified by the Altoona Boaid of Health and meets the requirements of the American Medical Milk Commission The Blue and White Bowling Alley Announcing: THE JUNIOR PROM CVHPUSEER i '4y, Jack Crawford and His Victor Recording Orchestra Mai Hallett and His Columbia Recording Orchestra RECREATION HALL Letter. Box All “letters to the rdltor” must hear llie slgnMure anil address nf the writer. If desired, a nom tic idume should sup* ptcmrnl the signature. .X’o re«|inn«ltitllt} is assumed liv the editor for sentiments expressed in this roltimn Editor of the CoiLFGiAN I wish to submit the following Rea sons Why Mihtaiy Training Should Be Made Optional at Pdnn State 1 The Morrill Lan'd Grant (Act of! passed lo encourage the estab-l lishment by the colleges of ngricul-’ tuie and engineering, fiom which Penn State receives aid, ic qune that nulitaty training be com pulsoiy upon' all students The De partment oT the Intenoi, which ad ministers. the Montll, Act, lulcd m* 192” that this measure meiely rc-j quues the land-grant colleges to of-j fei conr'es m military work, agiicul-j tuie and engined mg Fuithei, the National Deleme Act of 1920, v’hich provides Federal aid for schools and colleges having mihtaiy com sex, plac 0-. no obligation upon a local college lo make military training compul soiy to ail students, oi even to oilei military training 1 2 The College would lose no Fed eral money fiom the Land-Giant fund it mihtaiy training were made option al. The compulsoiy feature of mili jtary training was lcmoved fiom the Untveisitv of Wisconsin in 192.1, and their appiopi lalions urnlci the Mon ill Act have been undimmished 3 The Boaid of Tiustces of The Pennsylvania State College chose to make mihtaiy training compulsoiy and by their action could make it op tional. •1 It is an unfair discrimination against Penn Stute students, foi stu dents in other state and tax-suppoited institutions of Pennsylvania ire not lcquucd lo take mihtaiy dull. '' 5. Fiom a purely mihtaiy point of GIRLS A new showing of WHITE STONE JEWELRY foi EVENING WEAR at Crabtree’s You’ll Enjoy Bowling at West College Avenue Management Music Corporation of America FRIDAY, MAY 2nd [view the compulsoiy feature defeats itself in enlisting men for advanced courses and commissions. In 1028, the [last year for which figures aie avoil jnhlo, in institutions whcic military ! training is elective, the enrollment in the advanced course was 03 C% of the cmolment in the basic couiso while the enrollment m the advanced cours es in schools wheie dull was compul smy was only 171% of the emoli ment m the basic course. (5 The vast majority of expert and professional educators are opposed to military training in schools on educa tional grounds. Special commissions [appointed by the states of Massachu setts, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia to study military tiaining, the National Education Association, the American Physical Education As sociation, and the World Federation ot Education Associations arc all ori [lccoid as opposed to military training jfiom the standpoint of education. I 7 It is the opportunity and function * of the College now to create and mo bilize public opinion against war,' lather than to preserve an institution which we deplored in the Prussian GET YOUR If ATS REBLOCKED ' . 1 In time foi the Military Ball Week-End at JIM’S PLACE PRESSING EXPERT TAILORING GRIMM, Tailor East College Avenue We Invite You To A SPECIAL DISPLAY ! Of SPRING SUIT FABRICS -By LANGROCK CLOTHING CO. . FEBRUARY" 19 and"2o H. Montgomery’s u ““»slvkv rf/ RmSMo Mi O’Meara—Special Representative for Langiock Fine Clothesi Rhythm by •■ r -*7 ~yy?+' “Clown Prince of Jazz” Tuesday, February 18, 198! military regime. We covet for.our College a laii and more vigorous share in the wot wide movement of the peoples of \ eaith- for peace, justice and goodwi and the lessening of fear, suspien and the crushing buiden of armamc We believe we aie expressing the si timents of the great majority of « student body ami of the faculty, wji we ask thnt mihlaiy timning made optional. ? Sincerely yours, J - (Signed) A IOOO'o Amoric : ANNOUNCE EXPOSITION DAT ' The ninth annual Penn State da exposition will take place in the>st< pavilion on May 10, Thomas 11. P ton '3O, chairman of the committ announced yesterday. *1 a I \ i I y iTHEATRE 11l i ■ | ijfirlii TUESDAY— Matinee Daily at 1:30 John Garrick, Helen Chamltcr ii 1 “THE SKY lIAWK” WEDNESDAY— i Return Showing of John Harrymorc in “GENERAL CRACK” THURSDAY— Marion Daues, Lawrence Gray, Cliff Edwards in “MARIANNE” FRIDAY— Winnie Liglitncr in “SHE COULDN’T SAY NO’ Nittany Theatre WEDNESDAY— Edward Everett Horton in “WIDE OPEN” FRIDAY— Marion Davies, Oscar Shaw h “MARIANNE” SATURDAY— Winnie Lightner m “SHE COULDN’T SAY NO’ Subscription $7.00
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