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FRIDAY, NOVERBER 6, 1931
JUMPING A STONE WALL
Annually stholais and others in each of the thice
vimerclasses ate nominated and selected fin Jan W.
White and Louise Carnegie scholarships; the meetings
fat elections, no otter how much energy Is spent in
?mining a lepresentatne guar um, sic raiment affairs.
The men who are chosen ale, disiegaiding their quali
fications, the men who can command and trade ft ater
rity Notes, lather than the needy whose support is often
Novel m recent Yeats has thole been sufficient
attendance at these meetings to justify any statement
that the majority of the class made the selection.'
It is fan ly obvious that cc en if students did ewe_
to CX01.90 any judgment on the question of uhom they
considered earths, personal prejudice and clique meth
ods ate sufficient to make student Notes almost useless
And glanting that election is by the unbiased map - nay
fuluch Is nes ei tine) the chances are still high that
student selections ale not inclined to lie my judicial
lot tunately the student selections ale suppleinented by a
deans' list, ft one v Inch the final pi...unmet s are often
taken
An irvesligation of the situation last yeah, with a
view to diminishing the difficulty by establishing a stu
dent-faculty committee, culminated in the discrnm y
that the deed, of gift tot these anal ds could not,
ro it is said, be changed These deeds made allowance
for selection in clam meetings, and no otho method
could lie substituted It mould be unlawful to disregard
these commands which have been out-dated
Yet essentially the faculty committee on academic
.tarclards IS best qualified to make any selection, and it is
impossible for this body lawfully to select a candidate
rf merit whose name has been eliminated in a class
meeting, unless he chances to he picked by the dean
To nvei come this difficulty, the only iecom se is to ad
mit that student elections do mole harm than gond, and
to eliminate the class elections eNcept as a mattei of
formality.
By limiting these class selection.; to a mole nomi
nation of candidates, without omitting any'nernes by any
I,oting pincess, it would be possible to pi esent the fac
ulty committee M. Ith a complete hat of those who Al shed
to petition scholainhip, No wrongs would be done A
laughable spectacle would be elinunated. And the code
the deed of gifts, unless scene pool lawvei s, nould be
fulfilled
THE FOUR-QUARTER SYSTEM
Although the relative merits and demetits of the
,our-quattei system as opposed to the semester system
PON, in operation bete have been matters of debate
among Penn, State's faculty rot a number of- years,
few undeigiaduates have the least idea concerning the
qualities of the two opposing stews
The foot-quarter plan divides the school year into
tout tel autumn, ,Intel, spring, and summo The
evmage student would schedule three cow ses each quin
tet, each coot se usually mvol,lng five recant!nn ni lee
tut e hours pm week. If the student schedules the sum
mer tel Ins a college muse could be completed In three
yeas s.
A questionable issue deals with whether the com
mittee appointed to study the quartet system accom
plished its rematch at institutions which have used it in
a "pate" form on whethei its research was confined to
colleges which have attempted the system and failed be
cause, after dividing the school yeas into quartets, they
11.111 scheduled classes under the semester plan
On the other hand, those definitely opposed to the
cuatter system cite the fact that the conditions under
a Melt it has v.eibed successfully at Ohio State Unice,
sity and Chicago ate vastly diffei eat lions those under
I,i ionic it should he forced to operate at Penn State
There have been many arguments presented both Inc
and against the quai ten system. Prom all educational
annilpoint, it has been pointed out, the concepts salon of
rousse, would he o*qt emely beneficial, pal ticulasly to
I.OOIIIMICS and language. The new plan would also
Wind mole [mum tunity for students who are mu rung
their way through college to shop out for a quarter at
any time dm nig the year. The additional %cosh involved
segistiation, and the additional class loom hems for
each mtluctos ale factors against the new system which
must be ,etiously considered.
Thole will bp, no doubt, much controversy before
the question of the edaptability of this system to Penn
State's needs is settled. But the suggestions offeic4L
Loth pin nod eon ale at least worthy of student dis
co 5 sm.
OLD MANIA
We came nom, the cutest little catalog the other
dap•. It', called Abgborts of Storbe.; in Education of
the Peno..yleamo Store College, and it's put nut by the
School of Education. There aren't any pictures, but
them's a lot of ‘ely valuable dope For instance, do`
tau have any idea how ten muscly school children
null lona in play with blocks and kiddy bats? What
do you Lana about the olfectnene, of keeping after
,chool as a means of collecting Tailrace In mathe
matics? Hoe. accurate is a stop-watch? What!
Yoe don't know '
Well, nn page 30 there is n study in education
called Reactions of Ten Nurscuy School Children in
Play 00th Blocks and Kiddy Kars This article says
that the ...elation hetaseen age and kiddy kars is
- 617 (We had suspected this all along )
On page 51 is a study called The Effectiveness of
Keeping After School as a Means of Collecting Fail
ures in Mathematics, in ulna, a party named Ben tha
Svpiit.7 uses a Comilla six inches long to prove that
making a high school student stay often school doesn't
,mp, me his algeln a. (It novel 0010 oved ours, either.)
On page 67 you'll find a study called The Accur
acy of Tuning with the Stop Watch. This article
maintains that persons using stop-uatches often make
elm, of one-fifth of a second, and sometimes a
whole second. If you'i e fussy about things like that,
the cull !utmost you. Pelson:Illy, sse could 'level
get veil , escded about one-fifth of a second It just
doesn't seem snot th
These ale all ahsti nets ft om theses for Master s'
Degrees and show conclustvels that the School of
17.iluestam Is I milt op on its toes. Not to mention
Dean Stmlilat t's
In NI, Shearei's polar class, the talk got around
to possible methods for getting people to vote. Some
one made the suggestion that an Amendment be added
to the Constitution uhich mould absolutely prohibit
voting, and the polls set up in back alleys, with peep
holes in the does, and caul, neeessmy lot admit
tance. Possibly a poison could get in to vote by say
ing that he was a fiend of Joe's. This stilLes us
a.; being a very sane & progressive suggestion, and
simply moves our contention that sohat this country
need- is more college-ti ained politicians
Tho only dorm-bock to the alcove scheme is the
probability that the ballots ,ould he cut
We net. nuns a chance to lead Arthur• Blisbane's
column Planning as me are for a you nahstic career,
it clams us immensely to Icahn that Bi !shone gets
mod for mi sting
Pm instance it seem,. that President-Hoover re
cently congratulated Kemal PaVa, Turkish ruler, oh
the birthday of the Turlisb Redublic. Mr Brisbane
say, "Kemal deseises congratulations for wiping out
much nonsense, veils on women' faces, control of ha
mar being, on ear th by a telidious personage, sup
posed to represent the prop Pet Mohammed, and
especially for ending the nude of a viciously cotrupt,
cruel and murderous Sultan."
Noss uhen President Morel wipes not Empress
Eugenic detbies, Ammo Semple Maerhelson, and
Alphonse Capone, Kemal Pasha can turn right around
and congritullte Piesulent Iloosel, and evelybody
will be happl,.
In this country there seems to be some direct
association between buns & coffee. (The School of
Education should look into this.) Judging !Min the
Pucka, d that Al Buono & Flank Tejon, Moth mag
nates, are clueing mound, thole seems to be some
dual association between nuns & coffers.
The bun is the lowest tom of wheat.
Caterers !
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19.31
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Glancing Back
(From Past 'Collegian' Files)
25 Year 4 Ago
"Saturday, (October 13) foi the
fist temt• in State's twenty years
of football history, a varsity eleven
was played to a stand still on Beav
er field.•' The plucky aggressive
team from Gettysburg college accom
plished this feat in their great 0 to 0
game.... Never before hate State'?
students seen their team unable tc
moss the goal line cm Beaver field.
. . This present season makes the
twentieth in, State's gridiron annals,
Ind during this period the elevens
representing the White and Blue
have won no less than fifty-five foot
ball games upon Beaver field, with
never a defeat nor tie game to mar
the record"
"The Cadets won new laurels for
the College at the dedication of the
capitol building in Harrisburg on Oct
1 .. In the reviewing stand were
such prominent men as the President,
the Governor .... The President
(Theodore Roosevelt), as tNe Bat
talion marched by, turned around and
said to the Mayor ... "I have
never seen a better drilled body of
cadets in iny life"
20 Years Aga
"One of the social events of the
coming Thanksgiving season at Pitts
burgh will be the concert given by the
Musical clubs of Pittsburgh Untve,
sity and those of Penn State. The
clubs . hare been working for
the past four weeks . and it bids
fair to be a contest for supremacy."
"Last Saturday the first agricul
tural ham sent out this year by the
Pennsylvania radioad completed a
Once day's `tour through the west
on part of ,the state The heads of
the various departments in 'the Ag
ricultural school gave lectures at
(numerous) .... places along the
line"
li Year, tgo
with the beginning of the
second week of school there are sev
enty-five girls enrolled in the fresh
men class .. . The majority of the
new girls have expressed then desire
to take up' the study of domestic
science while a few are taking up ag
imultural and liberal arts subjects"
"One of the most important things
to be grasped by the new students
this year is the Honor System ....
This system was made effective slur
' ing thy - ,speing of 1915 .... The
rules cmcludej .."If a student de
tects any apparent dishonesty in a
quiz or examination, he shall at once
quietly inforin the offending party
ShoUld the offender Persist,
the attention of at least one other
person shofild, be called . . and
then the ease shalLby called to the
honor committee ... ;The instruc
tor in charge of the min .... re
mains in the scam or leaves at the
option of the majority of the stu
dents present ... Should he re
main, he cannot act as a proctor."
EM=l
"Penn State Is taking a prominent
part in one of the foremost questions
of the day and has the honor of be
ing the otiginator of a College stu
dent movement that will have no
small influence on the future history
of the world The largest colleges
and universities of the country are
taking a lively interest in the ques
tion of booting the armaments-sup
ported by the different nations ....
Penn State and Princeton are leading
in this far-reaching movement and
both have planned conferences al
though the plans formulated by tho
Welcome
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5 Experts Carve
Intricate Design
On Stone Pillars
While the walls of the new Home
Economics building are mounting
~a pidly, a small but impoi, tont bit of
work is being catmed on in the little
shelter next to the roadway in front
of the. building Here the figured
cap stones that will grace the tops
of the fount columns of the building
are being carved by five expert work
men from New York City.
A full week is needed to finish the
carving of one side of a square cap,
according to Peter Calcagni, one of
the five carvers at work Intimate
designs as well as delicate relief work
are cut from the huge blocks of In
diana limestone by means of chisel
and hammer.
Calcagni is a native of Italy al
though he has been in this country
men 1893. Born in a small Italian
village near the Suitzeiland border,
he began his apprenticeship in Milan
at the age of twelve. His thirty
eight years in America have been
spent following the trade of stone
.carver and In has visited all parts
of the United States while plying his
trade.
"Work isn't as good as it used to
be," he commented as he paused from
his chiseling, "the rich people of the
city are living in apartment houses
instead of building homes of their
own, and most of our wink nowadays
is done on public buildings such as
this "
different institutions vary in certain
fundamentals and both have their
strong adherents . . The student
body and Student Council adopted the
plan .... and invitations were sent
to twenty-three of the leading institu
tions . to take part in the pro
gram."
"Educational extension courses for
school teachers will be iostablisl.d
throughout the state on a huge scale
and the annual summer session for
teachers will continue in its present
popularity when Dr. Will Giant
Chambers takes up his duties at Penn
State within the next month Di.
Chambers was for eleven years dean
of the School of Education at the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh and he comes
to State College as dean of the Lib
eral Arts extension courses and di
rector of the summer session ...."
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OPENING \ PRODUCTION
Will Conduct Tryout.; Beginning on
Monday—Candiduteo Report
Try Ats for the first two produc
tions of the Penn State Players will
befits Monday and Continue until Fr
iday
Registration for tryouts will be held
•omorrow afternoon 'from 1 until 5
o'clock in Room 413, Ohl Main. At
-egistration, each aspirant will be as
signed a time for a tryout seine even
ng next week. The office vs dl be open
'or registration every afternoon next
Neck from Monday until Thursday.
The two plays in which .parts will
to assigned are the "Black Flamingo"
by Sam Jenney, and "Holiday" by
Philip Barry. Prof. Arthur C. Clue
tough, director of the Players, will
have charga of the first play to be
given on January 10,
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PrMay, November 6. 1931
(Nlglinee Thub at 1:30 o'clock) ,
FRIDAY— , ...--M
Jean Harlon, Loretta Young in
"THE PLATINUM BLONDE"
SATURDAY—
Greta Garbo, Clark Gable in
"SUSAN LENOX"
Song Cartoon and Nona
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
Will Rogers, Greta Nissen in
"AMBASSADOR BILL"
Lionel Burrsmore, Eligsn Lan/di in
"TIIE YELLOW TICKET",
THURSDAY—
Ulna Brook, Ea) Francis in
"TWENTY-FOUR HOURS"
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