’ lV**a PENN STATE COLLEGIAN rulillilicd «*m!-w«*Vly dartnr the Colleee rear, except on holldcra. br itudenU of The I’cnniylvanla State Colleee. In the Interest of the Cnltece, the itudenta. faculty, alumni, and friends ICING BOARD WILLIAM R. DLERtCn 'St ALAN n CUTTING *3l Editor Business Manacer ROY E. MORGAN *3l ALGERT J. MII.ESKI *3l Manncme Editor Circulation Manaccr WILLIAM C McELVAIN ’3l HARRY C WOOD '3l Sports Editor Advertising Manacer JACOB L. COHEN '3l WILLIAM II lIEILMAN '3l News Editor Forcicn AdvertUinc Manacer CHARLES A. SCHMIDT jr. *3l JANET L BROVVNBACK '3l News Editor Women's Editor E lOUISE HOFrEDITZ *3l Women's Managing Editor NORMAN B. SOBLER *3l Kens Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Hugo K Frear '32 Hush R Riley jr '32 Stewart Townsend 'B2 William II Irvine *32 Theodore A Scrrlll '32 Edward W. White ‘32 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Louise Mnrnunrdl 'l2 Wanjnnt Tachnn *32 Mary M Wright ’32 ASSOCtATF misixrss MANAGERS I.ln Y Trh *32 Jt«c C MrKc-cn ’32 t'.dlui P 1 Ink *3i Wendell L Rihm ’jJ Member Eastern Intncollcffiatc Ncicspnpcr Association t nlered at the PoxtnMce. State Colleee. Pa . as second class matter TUESDAY, MAY 5. 1931 SOPHOMORE CUSTOMS No piogioss is evei made unless some tiadition is bet aside Aiul tiadition without any definite value is often ignored to the extent that it passes out of existence a* slowly but as suicly as it came into being Sopho inoi c customs have long been a soic spot to second ly ai men at Penn State In last weeks elections stu- dent sentiment was cxpie.>sod stiongly in opposition to iovulations ltmiting the dioss of students who ha\e rltcad> passed tluough the chscomfituies of fieshman Fewer Molations of Penn State customs would occuv if chess regulations and othei icstrictions weie limited to the fust-yeai students It is haul foi custom violatois to foice fteshmen to obey additional cus toms The basic fault of customs lieie most ceitamlv i. found in the fact that theie ate too many customs to obey ovei a peuod of time which is too long If dioss customs hn\e unv value at all, and at many of the largci colleges in the countiy then value in student tiaimng has been minimized, then woith u ceitainly not applicable to students who have become well acclimated to college life At Penn State it is sup posed that yearling dioss rulings help to adjust a fieshman to college life, take the “conceit” out of him, ami sogiegate the new men fiom their “moio cxpen encod" fellow students No aiguments of this natuie c.m he voiced m favoi of continuing customs into the M>phomoic >eai The pioblem of customs, long a Inc issue here, might be solved next \eai if Student Council would eliminate sccond-yeai diess luhngs altogcthoi ami pos- v-.hly shoiten the duiation of lieshman icgulations with the stipulation that they be stuctly infoiccd bv Tn lumal in the cui tailed penotl A lecent communication from a Penn State “lad cal” who nns appaicntly too ladical to sign his name, lcvealed a ceitnm conveisation which the author said look place in the aveiage “bull sev>ion” The letter was too icaliatic to be pnntable. The same coi re- spondent kindly consented to .settle one of the vvoild’s gi cutest pioblems in hts leainetl epistle, and ends up by saving that he will “discuss the question of religion” m his next letter. Because numeious unsigned letteis have been te cened, wo must again state oui policy of not publish ing any communications unless they beat the signntuie of then author The signntuie will he eliminated horn the punted letter if desned. but no letter will lit published unless it has been signed ELECTION CODE CHANGES The sewr infractions of th,e selection's j laws, and iflim. ot the 1 unpleasantness which ciopped up, in,the vicinity o!f the ballot boxes might be entnely eliminated next jenr if the sound recommendations of the elec tion's committee officials me incoipointed in the 1932 code. Mai king and casting ballots in a room where stu dents aie not allowed to gatliei will encouiage inde pendent voting A votei will he assured of pnvncy when he mniks his ballot Loitcnng about the polls v ill not he allowed, if the iccoimnendations aie adopted, ami the ontne pioccss of voting for class officeis will be cairied thiougli in a more efficient and dignified Although it is believed that comparatively few students hn<l their ballots “cast by pioxy,” this prac tice will he fmthei stnmpod out if athletic passes aie sukstitutod next yeai for mntiiculation cards. Of eouise, a strict check of those students actually m college will he necessaiy if this system is to he used, but it is appai ent that the athletic eaid has all Hie i,)fiits of the mntiiculation with the added advantage ol the votoi's photogiaph foi complete identification. Fmallv, if the entue elections code is definitely (ompiled and published yeaily m the fieshman biblcs, U-vvoi disputes will ause and the committee will have something moio definite to hack its decisions. Another custom went the way of many othei Penn State tinditions Saturday afternoon. The annual tug* of-wai, tinditionally between the fieahmcn and sopho mores, lesulted in a battle between two gioups of yeaihngs. Those who me saddened by the passing of another tradition might as well look at the whole thing philosophically. Theie is no need for foicing a tiaditionnl custom on a group of students who are definitely opposed to it The sophomores gave an esti mato of their opinion of the tug-of-vvai by theii non appearance in Saturday’s cxei rises. CAMPUSEER Kveiy time we see a Lambda Chi. now, we feel like bursting into svmpntbetic terns They’ve had .i hnmblc tiagedv. wav out theie. Aftei eighteen veai.s of earnest endeavor the Lambda Clns have been aw aided onl> one cup fot then niantlopiece. And that one foi scholaiship (>es, quite a long time ago) You know vouiscdf that a sthnlaiship cup isn't much to show the freshmen mound here, and then* mnntlepiecc looked veiv, vetv haie. Well. >ou can imagine how elated the hiothcis weie when they heaid that then team had won the ping-pong championship And that they weie to he avvnided a nice, big cup, with the names of the plaveis printed on it and cveivtliing Swell And then this individual who lan the tournament skipped town, cup and all Samuel Sinclair ’32 Edward S Sperlnc *32 After we told >ou about Snookv Sovnst and her fifty-one diffcicnt date.-, we heurd about a couple of othois with pietty good lecouls ovei theie in the Fiasei Sticet Doim Vi Paluniba, for instance, has gone out with at least foit>-foui fellows this yeai, and Dell Romanovsky seems to be coming along fine, but she lost count some time ago That’s all the mfoi mation we have at the moment, but we're going to find out moie if we can. We'ie going to investigate this mattoi, and un>bodv who knows something about it is invited to communicate with this depaitment Foi instance, we want to know whether these gnls have so many dates because of sonic particular charms, oi if theie is a icason foi then having so manv (hflaent dates Aien’t thene any lepeateis'’ Well, we’ll see if we can’t find out That is, if it’s possible to get neai the place. Bob Beachboid, Fiothman, vviote a nifty aiticle the othei night He wa-s in a fog at the time, and, veiy nppiopilately, he vviote how college dunking was suiel> on the decline Boh sent the ni title to the Women’-, Chiistian Tempetanco Union, and thev u«ed it in then publication When the Sociology class viMted Rockview Peni tentiaiy some of the bo>s had a lot of fun Bill Bmle>, in paiticulm, was having a lip-ioanng time tiymg to get in a cell. Ho fmallv did get in one, and somebody locked the door Yep, thev let him out latei, all right Duung the lecent election excitement people tried to vote with auto licenses, Y M. C A cauls, and what not. and somebody wanted to tinde a ballot for a cigai. And theie was a freshman Who came up to the Commcice and Finance table looking lathci he- “C & F ’ > ” asked the election official “No, Sigma Nu,” icplied the fio>h. About town ami campus Hap Baudci, second \lpha Chi Sig Jnmor Class Piesulont in thieo veais . . Evte Reese, foimei Big Political Boss, diop pod into town to suive> the political situation and Jean Davis ... Is Bob Fane-, still m .school’’ . We pass Hotshot Hany McCoy with an Old Main vvaitiess . as usual he snccis at us as onl> Hany can . Clay Musser, newlywed, is yawning awfully these days . Cuilv Dcisei at the Move-Up Dance in evening pajamas . she was with Sid Chapman, that tieless, mustachioed fel low* Hnppv, Happv Sopei, with those red, ted cheeks . . Bemice Roubeit posing piettily foi Hovvaid Elhston, oui poi trait paintci Bob Higgins has a new baby gill an asset or a liability in eo-ed politics? Sue Allen . she ought to know tei get on youi collateral leading pals LINEN ;and NUROTEX KNICKERS THREE DOLLARS FOUR DOLLARS FIVE DOLLARS ■P- Montgomery’s " ,n Unn suit kgxi-i Jjx^ k 'i.lii Votes by Schools The following statistics are a sum mary of how vL-parate Schools voted foi the class picsulents m the elec tions of last week, according to elec tion's committee hguies Agriculture Mveis. r>9, Ciookston, 30. B.uidei, 98, Conn, 38 Andeison. s(>, Balthasei, <l3 Cliemistrv and Phvsics Mjeis, IG, Ciookston, 22; Baudot, dl. Conn, 07, \ndmson, (iG, Baitluser, G 1 Education «05; Ciookston, 17. Bander, 02. Conn, 21 ‘\ndcivon, 15, Balth.ner, 21. EimuicorinK M\ors, 119, Ciookston, 40 Baud-Ji, 100, Conn, 88. Anduison, IGI, Balthnscr, 110 Liberal Arts M\ers, 101, Crook si Baadei, 9!l, Conn, 95. Andeison, 105, Bnlthasor, 71, Mineral Industries Mjois, 15, Cioohston, 1” Baudei, 21, Conn, 21 Andeiton, 52, Balthasci, 20. Mvois, 415: Ciooki-ton, 221 Baudei 427, Conn, ‘lO.l Andeison 417; Baltha=cr, s*lB. HUNDRED TO SPEAK TONIGHT Anthony Kunched, flovvoi and gladiola expeit will speak on flow cm in Room 107 Main Engineer ing building at 7 o’clock tonight Mi. ;Kundiccl, who owns the laigest jilant jnurseiy and ghidiola faim in the | country will visit the College as a pail of a tour thiough eastern cities GAIN MINING CERTIFICATES One hundred and sretj-bwo cm-! plo>cc*s of the Plnl.uielphia and Rend-! nip: Coal and lion company at Shen andoah, recently leceived ceitificntes 1 ! in mining fiom the College These ! men constitute the largest cla«s on lecord to be giaduated fiom the tlnee ! yeai couise conducted by the School of IVlinei.il Industiies extension do- I pnitment Mother;* ♦ ‘DAY* ♦ IT Is beauty i . . Ask"» Bet- ' SUNDAY M Ay wtk One day in all the year to honor the one who has given all her days j to us! What a privilege —and what a pleasure to wear a flower in her k honor—a bright blos- som if you know the joy of Mother’s pres- 'ence; a pure white one if her smile is but a treasured memory. te College Floral Shoppe Phone SBOJ Say it ° with Flowers WEAVER KEVEaLS,EAUAI, ? lAN. OF 38 PERCENT IN IiULLETIX' That Pennsylvania fanner* pay thirty-sight percent of their net in come in taxes is explained in n bullet in on wual pioblems compiled by ( Dr Fiedeuck P Weaver, head of the department of agricultuinl economics. With mining the only other entei puse of those studied having an equal ly high percentage, the State farm eis paid in one year eleven million dollnis more than they would have paid undei a system based on in comes STEIDLE ATTENDS MEETING Dean Edward C Steidle, of Mineral Industiies School, attended the meet ing of the National Industrial Con ference boaid m New York city ie ccntly World energy and the compet itive position of coal weie the topics discussed Dean Steidle also visited Lafayette college and Lehigh uni versity on his leturn tup fiom New York. IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO SEND n ,„ CANDY '' TO ’ -i MOTHER.' ' we wrap ANb ’Mail 1 GThe Suleeteit Place Jft REGORY O ALLEN STREET “REAL NEW ENGLAND INN” Reservations Accepted for Mother’s Day Arrangement May Be Made for Dinner Dances, Fraternity Banquets, Etc. SUNDAY DINNER—SI.SO' L. G. 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Copies of these eyes and ears of the readers and Publications are—or should be must bring to them the ever- " —in your college library. Tuesday. May 5, 1931 CAT" ‘UM ' AWjtne»R«olh«sTli6Jlie. ■ ■ ■ TUESDAY— Matinee at 1:30 John Boles, Genevieve Tobin, Znsu Pitts, Lois Wilson in Charles G Norris’ “SEED" WEDNESDAY— Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, , Louise Fazenda in “GUN 1 SMOKE” THURSDAY— Jack Oakie, Joan Arthur In “THE GANG- BUSTER" FRIDAY— Gloria. Swanson, Ben Lynn •» “INDISCREET" SATURDAY—, Leu C-ody, Laura La Finnic in ‘MEET* TIIE WIFE- The Nittany TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY— . Special Showing of “WITH BYRD AT TIIE SOUTH POLE" THURSDAY— “GUN SMOKE" FRIDAY— “THE GANG lIUSTER’ SATURDAY— • “INDISCREET" JOHN N. LE VINE, Hcs. Hrt. - Viet. . ditor y thing to the facts shouted the burly mine , tired person who had lual. "You know me ;;; to get a story." changing picture of modern in* dustry and business.
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