Summer Edition VOL. XIV, No. 4 KERMIT ROOSEVELT WILL GIVE TRAVEL LECTURE TONIGHT Explorer To Spe«ik on “Chinese Thibetan Borderlands” in Schwab Auditorium ARRANGES AFTERNOON TALK ON LITERATURE President's Son Went to Africa With Father—Wrote of Wide Experience Keimit Roosevelt, cxplorej, author, and son of the late Piesident Theo dore Roosevelt, will present the thud series of talks by visitinpr lecturers today He will speak on “The Chi nese Tibetan Boitlei lands,” in Schwab auditorium at 7 o’clock tonight. In an earlier lecture, Mr Roosevelt will discuss “Travel Litciatuie of Three Continents” in room 405 Old Mam at J o’clock thi* afternoon A veteran of numcious exploia tions, some of which were conducted with his father, Keimit Roosevelt has visited many of the strance corners of the earth and wntten of these places in seven books, as well as nuny magazine articles. Explored Africa In 1909 and 1910 Roosevelt went with his father to Afuca hunting big game lie spent thiee years m Bia zil engineering, chiefly in the inter ior, and then accompanied the late President on an exploration of the River of Doubt Poliowing this, he spent tW’o ycais in Argentina and Chile. Roosevelt was commissioned in the British army, and served n Mesopn tamia at the start of the Woild Wai, as n captain of the Motoi Machine Guns He was tiansfeircd to the American army when the United States enteied the wai, and seivcd in the First Division in Fiance, being decorated for bravery His writing began n 1919, with the publication of “Wai in the Gai den of Eden ” “The Happy Hunting Grounds” followed in 1920. In 192(5 he | wrote “Quentin Roosevelt A Sketch, with Lettcis,” and “East of the Sun and West of the Moon ” Since then he has written “Chared for Strange Ports,” m 1927, “Ameii chn Backlogs" in 1928, and “Tiading the Giant Panda,” 1929 He is a con tributor to Scnbnei’s Magazine, Asm, Metropolitan and Bookman. ‘Haunted House ’ Rehearsal In Darkened Theatre Gives Solitary Spectator Thrill Witnesses Criminologist Communicate With Spirit World It’s nil usually veiy enteitnining to sit somuwheie in the vicinity ot Centre H, when the seats louttd about are occupied, and tensely watch the murdei mystery unfold to the ac companiment of shucks, shulls and. sirens ; But to sit alone in the daikened Little Thoutre in Old Mam’s base ment with only lows of staik, liafd! scats as one’s closest associates and witness the attempts of a cnminolo* gist trying to communicutc* with the spirit world—well, that’s somethi lg else again One actually forgets il is only a rehearsal of the Summei Session Players enacting “The Haunted House” as it will be piesenled next ■Wednesday night in Schwab auditor ium. That is, one foigcts utilities until Frank Ncusbnum from hi-, peich on the piano ovei n the coinei, cries out in despair, “No, no, no! The ac cent belongs there 1 ” Of coui.se, being an amateui le hearan] attendant, we felt like gag ging Fiank fui spoiling what we con sidered smooth acting, but someone had informed us that dircclois eijoy such automatic privileges, and nat urally they should know whole ac cents belong Speaking of accents, we should like to commend this onteitnminont to the members of the Flench Institute, foi fir an j&tat? $ ‘Enter Business!’ Novelist Tells Prospective Writers ‘Literary Career May Prove Sordid Too, ’ Says William McFee---Author Will Never Return to Work at Sea Tuxedo and slmt-sleevcs bad a chat in the Corner Room Thursday night, nnd fioni the talk came William McFoc's woids of advice to those who think they can wute Mi McFee, New* England novelist who found his cateci in writing after a long pcnod us an engincei, can think of no bcttei course for young literary tha i to turn to some business before buying a quantity of paper, PIKE WILL DISCUSS EMOTIONS IN TALK Psychiatrist To Present Third Mental Hygiene Lecture On Monday Night Di Hmate V Pike, clinical pschin tiist of Danville Stale hospital, will continue his lectui es on abnoim.il psychology with a discussion of “The Relationship of the Emotions to Men tal and Physical Health." m Schwab uuditouum at 8 o’clock Monday night Which would you lathei lcmem bci, sunsets oi tooth-aches'* With this as a cnnundium which he pioposed to explain duung his second talk, Di Pike explained that the -un sets ate remembered as a icsult of envnonmcntal mommy, while tooth achsc wcie a part oi the oiganic memory “If you weie given a choice between the two, which would you choose to retain'”’ the psychiatrist asked. "I suspect that most of you would ask foi the sunsets.” Tells of ‘Napoleons' “Yet when you wcie told that oi ganic mcmoiy is the foundation of personality, your views would umlei go a quick change,” he said The child in early stages of devel opment is like a person with no oiganic memory, Dr. Pike explained Foi a long pcnod it will icgaid its toes as something apait from itself It speaks of itself in the thud peison, “Maty wants this,” or “Johnny is sick” Finally, its personality de velops and the third peison is diopped “Some time ago I met a young man of twenty-thieo,” Di Pike said, "who gave me his hand much as would a little child I asked for his foot, and (Continued on pnyc (hue) A Fainting Sheriff HOWARD E. LWGimiMKK heat sals me tuil of all -oils of sui pnsmg noi-es, and when you he.n the clashing and clashing of pans just at the precise moment the atti active heroine -creams nnd faults you real ize that tile chap handling the out side bustness of sounding bin-s and tinkling cvmbals is on the job There's no mistaking this husine-, foi home ly discords fiom the sandwich shoppe's kitchen As an amateui we found it difficult it lust to reuii/e that Jes-e Mnc- Kmght scnmpei nig mutelv auo-s .tage was a tramp in a li link, oi that lolin H Fitzzell ji's lusty upturns STATE COLLEGE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1011 ‘a stout pencil nnd setting out on then caicci. “To any young man who asked me how ho could best enter the writing field,” he said, “I would reply— go into business” The visitoi, with an es cort of two English instiuctors, was enjoying a few idle minutes after his lectui c, when we were introduced to him and listened m on the conversa tion. ‘Writing Autobiographical’ “Business,” he said, “isn’t neces sanlv as sot did as it's painted. I’ve known men in the strangest parts of the woild, doing things that would seem far fiom usual to most people.; who were ‘in business’ in the strictest sense of the word ” “On the othci hand, writers can find then ‘trade’ as unattractive and as monotonous as the cheupest kind of Icleikmg But that doesn’t explain I why I’d advise a voung writci to go i.ito business,” he said, smiling. “The leal reason is the experience he would gain ” “Most wilting,” he added, “is based wholly or in part upon actual experi ence A great deal of it is nuto biogiaphical. Some of it comes about I tin ough close obseivation " “That is why the ‘attic’ school of wntets cannot succeed.” Many of the vast number of peo ple who believe funily that they can wnte should not only go into busi ness, but should stay there, Mr. Mc- Fec believes. Discusses Readers “It is pleasant to believe that one can wute,” he said, “but the belief is vciv often a delu-ion. Many of those who think they have htcrniy ability' would do well to turn to an occu pation that would be more suited to them, and devote their time to intelli gent reading of what the other fellow is vvi iting ” “Too few people read intelligently,” he said “That, in a large part is the reason foi much of the bad literature that is ptoduccd today As long ns there is a demand for it, it will con tinue ” “John Eiskinc quotes someone say ing Americans lead creatively," he sank “If that is true, it is very in- (Continued un puffc two) ‘FRENCH MODERNS’ IS LECTURE TOPIC Professor Dickson Will Give Fourth Art Talk at 7 O'clock , Wednesday Night “Fame French Moderns” will be the topic foi Piof Haiold E. Dickson in hi- {ninth lecture on ait m room •’l5 Miinal Industries building at 8 o’clock next Wednc-day night In his discussion last night Profes sni Dickson dealt with Vincent Van Gogh nnd Paul Gaughtn, two eccen tne Fiench pamtcis who aie inter esting lot only’ for their contribu tions to ait, but for their personali ties. ns well. Van Gogh, whose soul “was tortur ed into that of a painter” went thiough countless hardships and much suffeimg in his life before he even tually produced paintings of merit, Piofcxsoi Dickson related At first a minister, Van Gogh'.- philosophy was too Chitstinn to bo acceptable, so that he was ousted fiom religion His attempts at phil anthropy were misunderstood, and he tinned to painting, going to Paris, and then to the south of France His woik wn- chiefly m still life**, veer ing from the sombre shades indicative of hts <.*aily painting to extremely light and biillnnt colors Inter. The eceentnc painter concluded what might have been considered bvj some an extremely bitter life by go ing insane Gnughtn, almost his equal! in individuality, was likewise an tn*| novaloi in ait, aid helped to bring about the new movements which foi-1 lower! impicssioni*m | Barrett Clark Listed As Lecturer Tuesday Barrett Clark, authoi and dia mntic critic, of New will be the fourth visiting lecturer, speak ing in Schwab auditorium at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. With his topic, “American Drama Comes of Age,” Mr Clark will dis cuss current movements in diama. He is one of the outstanding figures in American dramatic criticism today. HUNTINGDON, CAVE VISITS ARRANGED Excursionists See Reformatory Tomorrow —View Natural AVonder Saturday Excursions to Huntingdon refoima tory tomorrow and to Alexander Cav ern* on Satuiduy will continue the Summer Session program of afford ing students an oppoitumty to view nearby points of interest this we*k Starting from in front of the Audi torium at 1 o'clock tomoirow aftei noon, the trip to Huntingdon will af ford an opportunity to view condi tions similar to those found in peni tentiaries The Pennsylvania Indus trial Reformatory’ wus established m 1889 for the purpose of surrounding, young lawbreakers with influences which would help them to become in- j dustrious, honest and law-abid’ng cit izens I The visitors will be able to see one of the most modern sy.*ems of voca tional education in the country at the institution Those wishing to go in their own cars may join the paity at the entrance of the refoimatorv, pro viding they obtain admission tickets, which ure free, at eithei the Student Union desk or the Summei Session office To Visit Slone Valle} An excut «ion to Alexander r.ivenis by way of Stone and Kishocoquillas valleys ''ill leave from the Auditoii um at 8 o’clock Saturday moraine: This excursion will cross foui moun tain ranee® ilurne he trip Alexander Caverns h.is many di versified and ficakish foi ms pies«>nt ed by the stalagmites and stalactite l * The range of coloi is pictutcsqque and harmonious, ranging fiom almost pure "’lute to chocolate brown Some; conics of the formations can be sounded sol In discussing tlm diffa allies of get as to give the entire musical scale I ting a manusuipt accepted, tlv* wnt- Thc cave is well equipped with elec-jet pointed out lh.it vnur mamismpl trie lights, good walks, and piovisums 1 nia} not -non get to the ediloi Theie for an interesting boat ride jaie eighty manuscripts a da\ at Ilai- Transportation tickets for the Hun-! pci’s, with no more than 200 accepted tingdon trip "ill be sold at the Stu-| during the eiitite jeat dent Umo'i office m Old Mam and at' Deplores \ulgmt} the Summer Seas,on office until II F d ten cent maw ocloek today Tickets for the cs- t |,.,,1,e,l jou,n.ihcm, he de. 1.i,e,l cursion to Alexander Cave,>,s «.11 he „ A „, tl , ,„,l on snh at the c,,me place- until noon t „ f ~.,s „„ tomorro " chance „l such a mniMrinc than a DR. SNEDDEN TO OFFER ! LECTURE ON EDUCATION: . | spui oT the nionii it ovcepl on iaie Rasche Discusses Vocational School! nu aslon '' according to Mi Wcl'n , i Successful coll.ihoi.ition is om of the Work in Second Address | Dr David Sneddon, piofes.oi of, o cdin.otnn at Columbia umwi.iH, mil MASON W II.I. GIVE TAI.K describe education As I See It in j i the thud he tme of the Industnal ON DRAMA TOMORROW Education soncs in the Auditoiiuni .it] 8 o'clock Tuesday night William Rasche, pnneip.il of the* | Dr. O' 1 * Discusses Restoration I‘l.ies Milwaukee Vocnticn.il School, pie- 1 j„ Setond l.eclurc of Series sented the* sc'cimd of the senes Tu.— day night He spoke on “Piactieal Arts and Vocational Education in. With “Fiancms dc rinel’s * I In* Milwaukee ” | New Idol’" as his topu, Piof David As superintendent of one of the 1 D Mason of the innnmr laiuruai'e largest vocational schools in the! clep.n tment \ull dtlivei the Hunt of country, Mr Rasche discussed email-! a senes of talks on diama in mom tiona n his uork, and cited possilnl-j dlfi Mineml Indiistnes huildrijr at <» ities for development along that line [o'clock tommmw afternoon of education | i, t j u . s ji , Ir'.i'l of PROF MACK WILL \I)I)RKSS .the Diurh'h lit'-Mtim patlni»iil, CONVENTION IN H\RRISHURO , i ‘ sUl ‘"\ < ;' l , “I h«* W.i\ of 111-loi alioii | Di.im.i Inst arid noon _ , _ , “ , , . , C.iailuati’d with Ins bachc Im»l< - P.of Paulino Iluuiy lUiok, of tlio ~, Pl . nn StilU . ~„7 i School of Chora,st. vun.l Phvsii-,, will, Mlls „„ „ K „ SCUIIC ,, h ,„ nddross tl,o olntc convont.n,, of div tv ,. s (k . K , w ~,2 , clenncis ... Hani-buis ll,i, nook on L, t „ llUll , the d'roct n'lu.ns to lax pnyo.x of nl , ltl „ IK of Iho Pon , .St .to Plai the Stato thnoUKh 00-opo.nt.nn of tl.o _ ln(| u „. T , „ r OOIIOBCX and un.volslt.os alo Coll, bo ,1m,.,.,til n,K..,„„.t,0ns Professor Mack, who is a national-1 ly known authm ity on textile them- 0 istry, will cite as an example the ie-'**l CIVIL EMIiNTCUS PLISLISH cent establishment of a fellowship at. SIHIMLIt C\Ml’ NEWSPAPER Penn Sute bv the Pennsylvania! Laundry Owner**’ Association The ! fellow, J. Fred Oosteiling, of Rullei.j will subject the problems of Lominei-i cm! laundnes to scientific wvusiig.i' 1 E | tions in College laboratoi r.*s. Summer Edm ° n MTEE DESCRIBES COMMERCIAL SIDE OF AUTHOR’S LIFE Cites Necessity of Atoiding Academic Atmosphere In Literature CALLS REPORTING WORST PRACTICE FOR WRITERS ‘You Don't Write for Money Notelisl Dcclaies in Lyceum Address , W.nnng of the pitfall- and coin mcicial obstacle* which accompany a writing cuieer, William McFec, Nev England novihst, spot, on “The Soi dnl Side of Lilciatuie" m the second of a sums of talks b\ wsiting 1 jc- Uiiejs last Thursday night The nccessits foj a«- (mating with “common folk” lathei than seeking in academic c.iteet wa* strissid hv Mr McF-'o ..s the fitst point in his aduce He had little congiatulntni \ to sav foi the an.ilvtic.il imitwcts win toie wntcis apait and discu-sjd their strange faults Tearing to shreds the populai hc lief that newspapei nu n and women w-ie peeuhailv lilted lm wilting, Mi McFoe said “Newspapn men almo-t iiivi sueieed Those th it on, succeed in spite of their nev spapei expeiitv.o, not hceau • of it ‘‘Theie is no win i piipaiation Slovenly English, te-dimi. npi'itnn,; ‘journalese,’ and a eoinpMe lack of oiiginalit\ of phrase aie some of the charges to he made against journalis tic writing” Can't \\ rile for Mom \ "Orig.naltty is not ncces-auh a lequisitt* of good willing," the speak \*i s.ud “The man whose mows eon tide most exactly with the gie.it si numhe 1 of people* is moie often suc cessful ” It It. not possible to wnto about “just nnvthmg,” according to Mi Mt- Fr.* The men* fwt that .ou dislike an authoi does not gne vou the abil ity to wnte the soil of slull you di>- “You don’t write foi mows.” h* .aid "You just wilt** and the mom uipple m a subw,i\ uish" "No one is so riteiestid in vom mnmtseiipl as \mmelf,” hi addid It is tmpossihle to wnte on the ' (Cii)ilniiiul on i>in/i llnti) Soplionnne civil engint-M* aie again issuing the* Pen i Stale* Tupod fiom then summci eani]> at hellv blitg tins vein The papei includes Players Will Present Mystery Wednesday The Bride M.\m C JOHNSON BAGNELL WILL GIVE 3RD VESPER TALK Pastni of Mdhndist Church in Harrisburg To SpeaK .it 7 O’clock Sunda\ I»i Rebelt Hagiv 11, pa-lot of tin fii.ue Methodist l.pi copal ehu ib, ol Iliiii-buig, will c'vhui the timd of, tlu weekh \ispu talks at 7 o'elocl j Sunil iv n.ght in the oiitdooi ampin-' theatie I Di Hagmll is well Inown line,' hating deln-icd Vi'pei addiessos din.iig the* Sunimu S ssinns fm tile* last few \eai« He w.is oid.nned n the Methodist hpi copal nnntstit in IhHS and venal at taiious pastmates until PiOl In PiOl Dt Hignell hi mu* pMot of the Me tiopolitan temph of Niw Ymk and vend time until l‘io7 when he wint to lams Ciiuuh Hiook le-i u itil PHI Fiom PHI to PH7 he 'ii\ed is p isloi <>t the Puk \\r nlit* Chin hin Phil idc Iphia ll* In. tilh d his pn nit position since 1017 licencing his doetoi of divimt\ de-, giie* fiom the Cornell College of lowa in PiO-, Hi H.ign'll continued his stiulie. «tt Columbia tjimci-ity I THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE TWENTY-SECOND SUMMER SESSION OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS THURSDAY, JULY 1(. • Loci ii ie, “Tiavol Ltloiatiue of Thief Continents,” In Koiniit Rnnse\cll. Now Voi k (Ttv Room 403 Old Mam -Lei line, “Tlio Chinese Thibetan Ren doi lands,” bj Kcinut Roose\cll, Now Yoik Citj Audiloi mm. FRII) \Y. JULY 17 -F.\c in ->lOll to Pennsylvania Industiial Rofoi matoi v, Huntingdon, Pa Leaves fiom iiontoi Audiloimm Sot m o ticket', not latoi than Thin sdaj noon at Sum niei Session Oflice, Education Building, oi at Stu dont Union oilico. Old Main Building Cost of Tianspoi latum Si 30 -Lecluie, “Fiancois do Cuud’s The Niw\ Idol,” bv I) I) Mason, Assistant Piolessoi of Fioncli Room ..13 Minctal Industiics Building S \TURDAY. JULY IS -E\cuision to Alexandei Caverns l»v wa\ of SI out* and Kashucoqmllus Valleys Lea\os horn fionl of Atiditoiium Scciuo tickets not lalei than Knday noon at Summci Session Oflice, Education Building, oi at Student Union Oflicu, Old Mam Building Cost oi tianspoi talmn *l3O SUN!) \Y. JULY I‘) A espei Song Scmce Addirss by Dr, Robot Bag nell, Oiace Methodist Chinch, Banishing. Open An Theatir. MONDAY, JULY 20 -Student Assembly and Gt otip Singing, Du action of Piolessoi R. \\. Giant Amlitoimm Lectuie, ‘‘Relationship ot the Emotions to Mental and Phjsu.nl Health,” by Di. II V Pike, Dneetorof (Binic «1 Ps\ehiatr\, Danville State Hospital toi the Insane Auditonum TUESDAY, JULY 21 • Leitino, “The Amencan Di.un.i Comes «l Age,” by Banett Ckuk, Author and Diamalic Cntie, Yoi k Citv Auditoi mm. •Vocational Teacher Tiaunng Conleience Topic “As I See It,” by Di. David Snedden, Piolessoi of Education, Columbia Uimersity, New Yoi k City, Auditm mm WEDNESDAY, JULY 22 8 n r :.i 1-00 P M y.oo p m 8 00 A M PRICE TEN CENTS Oiler ‘Haunted House’ In Auditorium at 8:30 O’clock AYKIIS TAKKS JUVENILE MALE LEAD IN DRAMA Girls Compose St.ijre Crew for Summer Production of Owen D.ivjs Pl;tj "1 Ik* IJ.umUtl House,” a famcal injstei* i»la\ In Own Dims, will be piesentod hv tin* Sumnu'i .Session I’l.nois un.l-i the duet lion of Frank S Xeitshnum at H ;i() o’clock Wedneo dav nifrlit in Schwab auditoiium \ftei s..octini; an e\poncnced cast fiom tnoio than a hundted candidates, Dncctoi Xiushaimi has spent the h.„t two weeks m liaimit; th„ actois foi thoi paits in the builesrpic diania Maiv C Johnson, a madu.itc of the \nimcan \cadmn of Diam itic Art-, m New Ymk ( itv, will take one of the m.ijoi pails in the pioduclion ns 'Hie I’lidc, while Unbelt C Alois, as 11k Gioom, will act tile juvenile male k id Had Lone New Wk Hun \s lb- Novelist, Canon I) Keam. has been selects! foi mu of the im poi t ml paits i i th< plav, and Annette Hannon, who look pait in last snm nui’s piodiichnn, will lake I lie pai L nf ’lb" Wife lossi Mmlvniiiiit a. Ihe 'liamn and Oiville A Hitchcock at The I 1 alii u. aNo have important paits in lln sfiov Othei studints taking pait m “The Hauntiti House” m Paul Furlow, .is Tin C lianlh nt, Dons Willuc, a. The Gnl, How.ud K I.inuhammer. .is The .Shmir, John s Ft I/, -11, a. The Mdk ina l, and Haljih I'. Fieiman, as The D( t-ctive “The Haunted Hoti'C” had a lons tun in N< w Ymk Citv and received fjvoiahle comment fiom dramatic cut it S tin 10 \ static new of puls will hustle n ound pi ops and setntiv Ihi siaß\* hands aic all niomboi. of the clti-si .n staiit craft, tin* one male student Tickfts for the show will no on • lie todav, an«i will continue through Wfdmsdav fiom “• until ."i o’clock nt the Student Union offiu in the mam lohl.v of Old Mam Thtv will ako he on sale at <> !0 o’ckuk Monday and Tuesday iiiuhts m th • Conei Room