P«g» Two . PENN STATE COLLEGIAN j PibliiM MI*VNUr 4 tries tki C*Bt£* jrcsr. iitfpt *a Wfji". 1 by itsdesto cl TU Feiianltlnli fitatt Collet* ta lh» totem* n to* Collet*. Iht ttadtßto. feealty. alaaai. tai Mead*. THE MANAGING BOARD Jamea H. Coogan jr. 'SO Eqsmll'L. Rehm ’3O E4itoM»-Cktef Bsslnex* JUtiixtr Charles A. Mensch "30 Calvin E. Barwia '3O Nuustas Editor A4»ertUln* Mena*«r Robert P. Stevenson *3O Henry R. Dowdy Jr. •30 Nev* Editor CirraUtka Masaxer Quinton E. Bcauge *3O sport* Eiltar ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jacob L. Cohen ’SI Charles A. Schmidt Jr. •31 William C. McElvain *3l Norman B, Sobler ’3l Roy E. Morgan "31 William K. Ulerlch ’SI ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Alan B. Cutting ’3l Algert’J. Mileski *3l William B. Heilman ’3l Harry C. Wood *3l WOMEN’S EDITORIAL STAFF Grace M. Woodrow ’3O Mary J. Adams *3l Vcta'i Editor Aaaadatc Helen F. Faust Janet L. BrownbOck'3l Martha J. Gobrecht '3O E. Louise Hoffedita '3l Nm Editor Member Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Entered at the PuteSe*. State c*nege. aa seevsd-claaa matter. Tb* Penn State COLLEGIAN welcomes communications efl any • abject of campus interest. All letters most bear the came of the sender. Anonymous comm on lost ions will be disregarded. In case tb* writer does not wish his or her name to accompany tb* letter, this fact should be so indicated and a non de plume most accompany the communication. The editor reserve* the right to reject all ttflnmnnteA* tions that are deemed unfit for publication. The COLLEGIAN assume no rttponslhJity for sentiments expressed in the Letter Bat TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1930 Disillusionment That great thing called Penn State Spirit is losing its hold on the student body. Heretofore we have avoid ed mention Of unruly displays because v/e believed that eventually they would die of their own volition. On the contrary, conditions have become Increasingly worse. The flagrant outbursts at the basketball game Thursday night brought this fact out in large, black letters. The unsportsmanlike practice of shouting in structions to players and officials'was outdone only by prolonged booing and hissing at measured intervals. Formerly this sort of thing was not tolerated at athletic events, but presumably tiroes have changed. Formerly the large majority of clear-thinking students set the pace for the unruly. Now the tables are turned. Now the unruly are in command. The exodus prior to the tableaux ceremony—and during the playing of the Cornell alma mater—Saturday afternoon was a painful experience. Hera was a his torical event of tremendous significance completely snubbed by the ruling minority. It made no difference that the program was sponsored by Student Govern ment. Instead, that apparently was more reason why this uftruly element should assert itself blatantly. Even the promise of hearing President Hetzcl speak was un convincing. The challenge is plain. Either this conduct is re buked or “Penn'State Spirit” is relegated to the long list of ancient misnomers. Either the responsibility of upholding an enviable and hard-earned reputation is shared by the entire student body, or it is rejected by the entire student body. Either we have Penn State Spirit, or don't. It is certain that we can’t go oft forever. Fraternities would show their willipgness to encour age formal dress for the Navy boxing meet, if they de creed that formal dress will rule at house dances Satur- day night. THE WRONG FOOT FIRST After reading the questionnaire on unlimited cuts that is being distributed by a faculty committee from the American Association of: University, Professors, we cannot help but problem ia tsing approach-, cd with bias. In the first place, ‘tfie tiSttriuited dfeliWs' “that final examinations would have to be made ex tremely comprehensive under the proposed new sys tem;” and secondly, that “Should unlimited cuts lead to failure in a course, would you be willing cheerfully to abide by the results?” After which we hold our breath lest we emit a cry of anguish. OPPOSING FORCES There are troubles at every turn, but none is so dis concerting to the college student as faculty dominance. This is demonstrated every day in little Ways—in the elassrootn, in the committee room, or in college com mons. Occasionally this inborn opposition comes to a head, making the gap between the two forces Immeasur ably wider. Minnesota is experiencing this sort of thing right now and, not unexpectedly, the student newspaper Is involved. As; it happened, smoking is forbidden in University buildings at Minnesota. Harrison Salisbury, once man aging editor of the Daily, protested the ruling vigor ously. He personally defied the administration by smoking in the library one day. The next day he was ousted from college for a period of one year. The stu dents' choice as a successor to Mr. Salisbury was Mr. Atwood. But he was not the choice of Dean Nicholson. Dean, Nicholson, be it known, presided over a faculty controlled committee that wished to keep the publication under its wing. Henceforth Mr. Atwood whs shown the door. The deaii simply would not have him. And now the war is on. The student body appar ently is not “naive enough" (as a metropolitan newspap er would have it) to overestimate the value of a sheet which is a student publication in name only. Instead, there has,been a call to arras, and the inevitable battle is in full swing. Happily enough, IJean State publica tions are singularly free from censorship. s This may ac count for the fine spirit of cooperation binds the body and Administration on our campus. The Show Window After hanging around the Collegian o'ffice the major portion of Friday afternoon in hopes of scar ing up a stray complimentary ticket to the Military affair, we accidentally discovered the editor doing like wise, and entertaining the same hope. Realizing that the situation was exceedingly desperate we abandoned our ambitions until evening. Our second attempt to gain entrance Was foiled when we discovered that-the good old bass drum was stuffed with Ipana toothpaste advertisements. Finally we acquired a non-transfer able invitation from a gigantic-hearted manager and strolled proudly into the fray. Despite the fact that we had neither spurs nor sabre, we made several ad vances and did quite a little skirmishing, but our movements were constantly hampered by the vigilant enemy air service in the balcony. General Horberger and Admiral Geesey performed a cleverly executed flank movement with a grand display of nice new nic kel plated sabres; after which the newly-appointed co-ed colonels led a magnificent charge down the floor. All in all it was one of the most successful wars we weren’t invited to, but we did our bit anyway. While hastening across the beautiful Penn State campus the other evening, we inadvertently fell over one of the newly-planted traffic signs, lollypOps, etc., much to the disadvantage of our morale. Thinking the thing over we are inclined to agree with a prom inent Liberal Arts professor who said that they limit ed the freedom of the campus to visitors and garbage trucks. However, they arc quite chic little arrange ments with their lovely scarlet plates, jet black stems, and adorable lettering. We are told, that the Inter national Association of Moronic Decorators is plan : ning to garnish each sign with a magenta ribbon tied in a bow, and peonies and hyacinths will be planted at the foot of each. TJiis column is inclined to en courage such tendencies' inasmuch as we believe that they offer indisputable evidence in support of learned writings by such doubted sejentists as Darwin and BarhUm. * Overheard in the Jocal taproom while waiting for the sylph-like barmaid to return w\th the sandwich we ordered the day before! ‘THd you have any jokes in this issue of the Froth dr Will it be 'all right to send it home to mother?” v * Dutch Ricker, was seen near the cow barns, the home of the late-lamented Jessie, lost week. It has been supposed that he was merely looking for Jessie’s suicide note, in the'event that she left one. About the campus: Jimmy Gilder of the O. E’s, looking distrustfully at a barber Eddie Welch handing out Salvation Army capes to the co-ed col onels at the Military Ball . . . There were plenty of souls to be saved at that affair . . . Somebody trips over a sabre and looks sheepish . . . Dick Whetstone, the rhythm king from the Beta Manor House .. Some body remarks on the similarity between the Sigma Phi Epislon and a California gasoline station .... Madeline - Delaney without Lola Haid trudgiftgby her side. It looked strange .... Gas Eiseman, whoi nev er learned how to'frown along with other things, it is said ..... Marjorie Fisher, a town girl who gets places . . , D. D. Mason and bis patent napkin holder. Kappa Beta Phi Elections James T. Wolfe ■ 'William Hammaker. y ' Raymond Bowers George J. Schauta jr. IN THE UNIVERSITY MANNER t Stark^^^Shaßpej^ } Ttoteahthtr* { - /a Univtrttty Mmaw 1 Pajamas \ “T MADE BY MANHATTAN IN STRIPED * * - * AND PLAIN PATTERNS Stark Bros. & Harper NS X f TO tB B HOV l B 8 THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN I “WHITE COLLARS." a comedy by Edith I Ellb. etaaed by David D. Moion, and present | od by thC ; Penn State Pln.-crs. | >' . THE CAST I Winiam Van Luyn • Joan Thayer i Cousin Henry.... i Helen Thayer.. I Hr. Thayer. ■ Mrt. Thayer •[Frank Thayer... : Sally Van Lorn Tofrt Glhncy. i In “White Collars” appeared a'cast • of unmistakable ability. All the chav iacters, even down to'the'blustering I and coarse-voiced truck driver, Tom I Gibney, were cast with a meticulous j care> and consequent superior results that a professional director might en vy, and that speaks highly of, Mr. Mason’s-dramatic eye. A critic is ever chary of praise, but following the old.adage, “Honor where honor is due,” it is impossible to speak of the- players and Saturday night’s performance in any - other manner. The play, the aeting, the stage sets were good—perhaps the best of the present season, and, if one is to believe the audience, the result was thoroughly enjoyed. A sehtlmental • force, into ' which class "White Collars”’ properly falls, always holds. a fascination for any audience,.but'it is a class, too, that is highly dangerous from the director’s . viewpoint. A little over-acting, a | step past the brink'of ,-prdper exag geration,'and there *ls a fall into | cheap melodrama or mere burlesque* ! But neither Mr. Mason nor his play ers made either of the two false steps, and the whole was a happy perfor mance. • Centers Around Two Problems “White. Collars’'' Jr Shavian in its , concern with a modern economic prob lem, ' -the old • disatisfaction that -springs from the unequal-distribution of the world’s wealth, a fact that the laboring class, and the “middle class” ' —the “white collar".porkers— contln ! uoliy deplore, but a problem for which | everyone admits there is no solution, j - The author, Miss- Ellis; makes the (character Cousin Henry her ffiouth i piece in explaining- the’ problem, and I this mechanism becomes so painfully : 'oT )bvious. at times that it detracts a great deal from the interest of the ploy. In spite of this, Arthur Cun ningham performed the role to per fection. After seeing hira portray Cousin Henry, one is almost inclined to, believe that the “Great Middle Class" should after all be elevated to the millionaire class.’ The second problem lies in the char acter Joan Thayer, so nicely mirrored by Miss Ley. After tho first scene, the practised theatre-goer knows that “White Collars” can end only in one of two wafcs.-- To bring it to a hap py conclusion,. the'; class distinction must be removed, and this can hap pen in ,onfy two ways: either some rich relative must will the. Thayer! family a million dollars and elevate them to the.social'rank of the Van Luyns, or Joan’s husband, William Van Luyn,mast somehow'lose all his money. ’ Joan is not ashamed of her family, as woulcbusUally be the case. Instead of eloping Without the knowledge of her family, Joan prefers to obtain their consent, She then wraps her husband, the rich Van. Luyn, around Her finger and attempts to make him one of the Thayer family, to make him One of the “Great Middle Class.” One cannot help admiring Joan's loyalty to her family, perhaps it is meant as an object lesson,-;but the author seems have oyerstressed it a little. Diamonds THE CAMPUSEER Crabtree’s Locust Lane Sandwich Shop? RICHMAN’S NEW SPRING LtNE : $22.50 Suits, Topcoats/Tuxedos Extra-large sHowirig of Top coats and Knicker. suits—By all odds the most • complete line RICHMAN BROTHERS. have ever produced. W. C. McCLINTIC . at B|ate.College Hotel Monday to Thursday February 24,2 b 2b 27 7 P. M. to 10 P. lf\ The Playgoer PORTRAYED ‘Cousin Deary* In Players’ Show ' Charles Kray '3O Dorothy Ley ’3B Arthur Cunninirham ’SI Justine Undlonz *32 .—• James Aber ’3l .Olive Osterhout ’3O Benjamin Conrad '32 ..Shirley Thorpe ’ss Kenneth Pnjre '32 ' Arthur, Cunningham ’3O Charles Kray’s personal appear* nnce harmonized well with the sleek and moneyed'Mr. Van Luyn. He fill ed .the role in an incomparable man ner, and wa3 the perfect companion player for Miss Ley. One mark of the amateur detracted materially from a full enjoyment of the ploy. The enunciation ,of the players, as compared with former, pre sentations, was bettered. But, since the audience simply must laugh from time to time, the characters should re member to wait until the roar sub sides before beginning on the next line. Several times during Saturday : night’s performance important lines were missed by the audience simply because of the haste of the player^.’ Another fault occurred in the “lights-out scene.” Although every stage light had been turned off,* light from -±he back, shone through miscel laneous cracks'and holes. The, award for the best acting, of the evening goes to Miss Budlong. Her impersonation of . the tired girl coming home' from work—at the be ginning of the second scene of the third act—was superb. She was fol lowed a close second by Miss Thorpe, who as the rich society matron, seems to be in .her natural element. Nor can one* forget James Aber, Miss Osterhout, Benjamin Conard, and Kenneth Page. If we were in a bad humor—which we are not—we would probably say something naughty, but there is really no cause, for they were all good. FoiilU of Play EObItSTEANE IT'S THE Removing mental barriers In the Bell Telephone System men are constantly studying new waysto frake the customer’s dealings with the tompdhy easy arid pleasant The new “counter less” idea, now being introduced in the telephone company’s business offices, is a case in point. Here the customer is placed at once on a friendly personal basis with the company BfeLL SYSTEM % of natiott~dride system of nonet - L • “OUR PIONEE R I N G Honor Roll Striking another blow at Penn State's outidom “Hell Week" tra ditions, Delta Tan Della last night added its weight to the increasing sentiment against rough initiation practices. Sixteen fraternities have now banned “Hell Week." PHI DELTA THETA ALPHA CHI RHO DELTA CHI DELTA UPSILON OMEGA DELTA EPSILON ACACIA PHI KAPPA PSI SIGMA CHI TAU KAPPA EPSILON , PHI EPSILON PI CHI UPSILON - SIGMA PHI SIGMA BETA KAPPA - TRIANGLE ’ PHI PI PHI DELTA TAU DELTA "EYES EXAMINED All Kind:! of. frames, & repairs DR. EVA B. ROAN Registered Optometrist OFFICE HOURS Dcllefonte State College Wed. S prn U 8 pn Mftßdxr. Tfieide;. Stt. 10 ADttos p id • Thursday, Friday Garhrlrk • <oo Scat College Opp, Court ITouM • ‘ Aeeaue SPRING and SUMMER SAMPLES On Display Now at BalfurcTs Tailor Shop Cleaning • Pressing Tailoring Cleanliness Courtesy Excellent Service CLUB DINERS, Inc. representative. He is invited to sit down comfortably and discuss his business, fcer tainly more satisfactory than standing at a This single jnstance represents a point of view which telephone men think is im portant. Telephone service calls for engi neering skill and more—it needs human understanding. WO R K ;H.A S--JUS T~B E G:U fU Tuesday, February 25,193$ THEATRE TUESDAY- 25 Favorite Stars in “THE HOLLYWOOD REVUg* WEDNESDAY— William Haines, Anita Karl Dane in “NAVY BLUES” ■ [■THURSDAY— *. Cecil B. De Millc’a “DYNAMITE” FRIDAY— Charles King, Bessie Love in • “CHASING RAINBOWS" SATURDAY— Sue Carol, Dixie Lee in “THE BIG PARTY” Nittany Theatre TUESDAY'— J. C. and Elliott Nugent in Screen Yersion of “Kctnpy” “WISE GIRLS” FRIDAY— Cecil B. DeMille’s “DYNAMITE” SATURDAY— Charles' King, Bessie Love in “CHASING RAINBOWS"
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