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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
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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.' '
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Pi of. Ficilcnok P. Weaver, head of
the depni tment of agricultural eeon
.onucs, spoke on “Rural Tax Problems
in Pennsylvania” before the Gieens
buig Kiwams club Wednesday night
PUGII LEADS CONFERENCE
David B Pugh, of the teachei tinin
mg extension depaitment, conducted
conferences on visual education at
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.uid Wednesday.
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take his clothes.”^
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editor’s day's work sometimes.
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"“labor was then employed ex- and industrial world loday . That
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„ _ . You who are about to step out
McGraw-Hill editors are not out - mo ind shou)d makc
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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.