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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1931
DANCE ECONOMY
Although this is not the season for all-College
dances at Penn State, it is none too °ally for students
to ponder oval a question that has perplexed adminis
trators at many institutions "To nom or Not to
Prom," a accent editorial in the New York He, old- Ti t-
Lame has titled a discussion of undergraduate dances.
Colleges are meeting the problem in tuo different
ways. At Williams, President bony A. Gatheld has
urged students to abandon the regular fall house parties
and clued the 512,000 usually spent for these festivities
into more sober channels At Princeton, the prom com
mittee, under Dean Christian Gauss, has decided to hold
the regular mom and cut the cost of admission by a
third.
The Heio/d-T, /brine is quoted as favoring the at
titude of Dean Gauss. "College moms and dances are
not the sinfully extravagant saturnalias that cinema di
rectors and the over-pious would have us believe, but
rather gracious and modest festivals far young people
of no great opulence. The money spent by then parti
cipants is by no means wantonly wasted, since it comes
to the pockets of musicians and artisans at a time when
it must be extremely welcome "
At Penn State the situation is not quite parallel to
that at Williams or Princeton. Student's expenses here,
on the aserage, do not run as high as those at schools
where it is the custom to import all partners and pay
all expenses Nesertheless, soc bellow that it would lie
an extremely wise move on the part of class piesidents
and dance chairmen to plan a substantial expense cut
in older to reduce matetially the admission price of the
all. College functions this yeas.
The logical item to eliminate born the class dances
is undoubtedly the Sevin Rarely has a dance commit
tee chosen a laser that has proved of any value to the
recipient (if one has been even so fortunate at to e
cove it ) And a little more Judgment could be used in
the selection of an orchestra so that at Least the dancers
will pay for quality lather than for merely an impres
sive cognomen
THE NEW LIBRARIAN
(From The Wesleyan A, in
The departme of Rhllmd P Leafs from Wesleyan
at the end of this week ends a two years service to this
University of inestimable Nettie Mr. Lewis' admin.
vitiation of the Olin Library during this per mil of time
has been notably successful. He came to us after sim.
dal moth at Baylor and New Hampshire State, and
leaves us to assume thc-Librarianship at Pennsylvania
State College.
Ile has become a familiar figure scuirying about
the campus, an embodiment of industiy Ile has pro
duced the results, The material changes, such as the
equipment for the Map Room, the Wesleyan Memma.
Wm Room, the Giibbel Treasure Room, and the Win
chester Room add to the beauty and usefulness of the
Library. The books he has secured,' the collections he
has brought her: for c • hibition, the readjustments of
the cataloging and financial departments are all tan
gible contiibutions that will stand as memorials to his
But Libratian Lewis' greatest contribution has been
in his vision. This has been particularly noticeable in
his consideration of the relation between the library and
the undergraduate. Ile developed the Firaside Readings
which Were a fixture of college life last year He held
exhibits of students' first editions and other rare copses.
Ile tins endeavored to mouse student interest in the
library us the core of the intellectual life of the campus
by calling attention through new despatches and talks
to the new acquisitions and facilities of the library.
This farsightedness in the man has carried over into his
reorganization of the Library Committee of the faculty
and tha publication of the "Friends of the Olin Library"
for the alumni. Mr. Lewis has combined an inexhaus
tible vigor with an extraordinary executive ability He
has set a high standard fat those who would entry on the
OLD MANIA
Once upon a time there ‘999 a College. As 19
generally the case at institutions of this sort, the Col
lege had a Football Team. This Team used to be an
aggregation not to be sneered at, knocking off such
Rivals as Navy, Penn, Lafayette, and other Institu
tions of Learning m thout batting an eye. This
caused much delight among the Undergraduates and
Alumni of the College, possibly because they felt that
if then Football Team could go mound smacking
down worthy ouonents in such fashion, their College
must be a sery swell Institution indeed.
After this had been going on lot a number of
years, certain Patties about the Country discoveled
that as a•gnneral rule, Athletics at Institutions of
Higher Learning mere not conducted on a Strictly
Ainatem Basis. That is to say, Colleges and Univei
cities were offering other Inducements to Promising
Half-backs & Tackles than the Cultural Atmos
phere.
Accordingls, these Pasties began to Deplore ...uch
a Horrible Situation, and to Condemn the Commercial
Aspect of Collegiate Football They even went so fur
as to Suggest that these was Something Wrong with
the System nhich provides Tuition & Sundry Ex
penses for a Student with Large Biceps & Hair on
his Chest, but makes no pi °vision foe a Student with a
High Intelligence Quotient & Cloy Matter in his
Cranium
So the College, which had not been doing on well
with its Football Team anyhow, decided to Abolish
Ore Nefarious Practice of Subsidizing Athletes. The
Administiation decreed that in the future, Athletics
mould be conducted on a Sti let Amateur Basic
This Change of Policy caused much Discussion
Pro & Con among Undergraduates, Alumni, and other
Interested Parties. A great many people felt that the
College Sons going Sissy; they maintained that the
whole business Sons a Great Mistake, and that the
College would has eto return to the. Old System But
the College, convinced that it ,as in the Right, stuck
to its Guns.
In the fast Caine of the Season following the
Great Reform, the Opposing Team, representing a
Small, 2 by 4 School, scored a Touchdown to Win.
The College, nothing daunted, continued m its adher
ence ton Policy of Amateurism, believing that a Col
lege is, after all, an Educational Institution and not
a Pi ofessional Ball-club
Another Defeat folloned, and Another, accom
panied by a Chorus of Moans from a number of Peo
ple, but the College still held to its Ideal
During this time, a Great American Statesman
died The Freshmen continued to wear Black Ties,
but there seer no other Evidences of Mourning. A
Great Inventhr died. There was:no noticeable Weep
mg & Wading Among the Student Body:
Came House-party at the Gollege, and a Football
Game pith a Rival School. The r Third Qum ter of the
Game came to a close. And while someone played a
lather shaky version of Taps, Eight Thousand Stu
dents, Alumni, and house-party Guests bared their
Heads to a Cold Wind and stood in Solemn Silence
foe Sixty Seconds to do Honor to the Man who dal
more to make Commercialind Football a Great Spec
tacle than any Other Single Person.
0 Temperature, 0 Morons,
The nest thing you know, there', going to be a
Carnegie Foundation to investigate oxen-emphasis
on debating. We just learned that 'lmpel, Friza2ll,
07iiien, and Hoch were down at Huntingdon the other
eNening, scouting the British 'addles in their debate
with Juniata The esrradition wasn't much of a suc
cess, as the Englishmen didn't have to open up, le
soiling mainly to Powers plays and off-tackle slants.
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I LEWIS ANNOUNCES
i LIBRARY CHANGES
(Continued from page one)
from 2 o'clock in the afteinoon until
10 o'clock at nizht - ori Sundays In
addition, the library will b, open from
9 o'clock in the morning until 5 in
the afternoon during vacations to
provide the greatest possible use of
facilities, Mr Lewis said
In an attempt to encourage read
ing interest, a librniy publication list
ing and describing new and old books
will appear soon Nev. books will be
exhibited on the desks and noted on
the bulletin board Mr. Lewis in
dicated that the library ssould at
tempt to organize readings of fine
winks by professors, open to all who
wish to listen
Collection Started
Beginning with an exhibition of
Lewis Cation lore as soon as display
cases aie prepared, the library will
sponsor showings of rare collec
tions, fine bindings, and master print
ing, Mr Lewissaid
According to new regulations, books
may be borrowed for a two-week per
iod only, but may be renewed re
peatedly unless they are in demand
Reserves may be placed on all books,
including fiction.
Alumni and other persons through
out the State n ill be appealed to for
help in collecting a special group of
literature on Pennsylvania. The li
biary here is an ideal place for the
best collection of Tennsylvaniana,'
Mr. Less is said.
Completion of sufficient research
collections to enable seekers of ad
vanced degrees to do all necessary
work hare is being advanced, the li
brarian said, while all publications
that are necessary to the various de
partments me under consideration for
addition to the library list.
College Comptroller
Points Out Student
Damage Fund Use
Explaining hon surpluses from the
student damage fund are disposed of,
Raymond H. Smith, College Comptiol
lee, pointed out this meek that $4,-
]9I7G, net proceeds of last year's
fund, was given the senior class for
a class memorial.
"Each ydar, the amount left from
the fund is handed over to the grad
uating class. For the past five no
sp, years, this money has been appro
priated to the winter sports progiam
Just east of State College," Alt. Smith
said.
All students pay $1 apiece to the
damage fee ,at teg,stratton time, the
comptroller indicated. Rather than
enrol the money to accumulate for
foot yeaislt a particular class' his
tot}, it is deemed advisable to turn
over net proceeds from a single Col
lege ear to the senior class, he said
"Instituted as a safe-guard against
losses sustained as a result of stu
dent action, the fund has been de
pleted but slightly on this account,"
Comptroller Smith said. "In order
for a claim—to be considered, it must
be established that the alleged dam-
age was a result of mass or mob
action students"
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Inn"
Gillespie Sees Chino-Japanese Crisis
\ As Real Test for League of Nations
"A teal test of the League of No
tions is Mimed in the present Jae
anese-Chinese distuibances in Mon
chum," declared Dr. James E
Gillespie, professor of Eulopean his
tiny, in an interview last night.
"It remains to be seen boo the,
League will handl e the situation," Did
Gillespie continued. "While forceful
measures seem improbable, it sa n.'
tirely possible that the League may
declare a strict economic boycott of
Japan, such as China is now attempt
ing, at it may withdiaw its minister,
from Japan."
Japan's threat to withdiaw from
the League should not lend to the •
idea that the League would be perm
anently wiecked through such action,
the professes said, since other nations
have withdrawn for she t intervals
without materially hurting the organ
ization. Houevel, Japan's °kit sexy
likely would affect the coming dis
armament conference, he stated.
Turning to the causes of the dis
turbances, Dr. Gillecpie pointed out
that it•is difficult to establish defi
nitely-Japan's motives, inasmuch no
the question arises as to \ \ bother the
Japanese are merely trying to pro-
DEPARTMENT HEAD DELIVERS
THIRD AGRICULTURAL TALK
Prof W. R. Graham, head of the
deportment of poultry husbandiy. On
tario Agricultural College, Guelph,
Ont , lectured on "Institutional Co
operation in Poultry Research in Can
ada,"'Tuesday afternoon in the Hor
ticulture building.
This tons the third of a soles of
lectures sponsored by th,.. Sehnol of
Agriculture and the expetiment sta
tion. The fourth lecture, "The Pron.
tiers of Science," will be given Wed
nasday by Dr Max Trumper 'l5 of
Philadelphia.
MAKE TRIP TO PHILADELPHIA
Twenty students interested in the
marketing of farm moducts left Wed
nesday on an inspection trip to Phila
delphia. The group, which is being
conducted by Prof. John E McCord,
of the department of agricultural
economics, will examine markets and
other various channels through which
the farm products of the state pass
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test their holdings in Manchuria, us
I they profess, or ehether they are
using such a reason as a pretest to
I add the province to their possessions,
I us believed by other pow ens.
"The situation is similar to that
'itch °slated when France occupied
Morocco to restore order there, and in
the many cases when the Under! States
has inters coed rn all'arrs of South
Amer lean countries," soul Di. Gilles
pie, "and it rs entirely possible that
Japan real attempt to follow the
esample of the French, who renamed
in Morocco after restoring order."
"Japan," he continued, "seems to
have the faculty for getting into such
disturbances at a time when other
nations of the world are too enn
ui ned with their own trouble to pay
much attention to Japanese-Chinese
arguments," the professor soul "In
1015, while the European nations were
at sal, Japan forced treaties which
now farm part of China's grounds for
complaint
"The attitude of the United States
seems to favor peaceable means of
settling the trouble," he continued,
hand consequently our part must be
one at moral suasion."
Piof Franklin C Bonne], head of
the Journalism department, address , d
the American Association of Um Vol
city Women on the topic, "Out Neigh
bor, Mexico," last night.
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Friday, November 13, 1931
Debaters Criticize
Collegiate Football
(Conlamed fi am feat papa)
he stated, throe ale NCly few places
m,here rt is tomuulsorr, onlr one or
two schools having retained that le
murement.
That England will sup, ice her r"-
cent trials is the belief of the-Not
tingham representatn e Ti ode has
been resllllloa since the country came
off the gold .tandm d and the nation
now has a lmy socw o faith in the
gas m nment, as es idenced by the re
cent s lam y fm the coalition group,
he surd
"Actual distress in England is not
very widesprzad," Craig added, "and
the dole takes care of .unemployment
sufftning there The success of the
coalition government still depend on
its piotective bluff in ogiain. Ran,
sap MacDonald, its leader, is the most
respected politician England has ever
lad"
Upholding the aft n mater e of the
proposition, "Rewils ed, that tiro rim ld
has mote to flmi. nom Fascism than
from Bolshevism," the English stu
dents Inst by an audience decision to
the Junmta debaters Wednesday
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