Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published seml-weel.ly during the College yea, eseept on holiday... by ',lndents of The Pennsylvania Slate College. In the InUsed at the College, the student, faculty, alumni, and friends. TIIE MANAGING BOARD HUGH R RILEY JR '32 Editor HUGO K. I REAR '32 Hornig!. Naar EDWARD W WHITE '32 Amlstont I dltor THEODORE A SF MULL '32 Sport. Editor WILLIAM II IRVINE '32 WENDELL L REHM '32 Tinniness Manager SAMUEL SINCLAIR '92 Circulation Manager LIN Y. ERR 'l2 Advertising Manager EDWARD S. SPERING 12. Foreign Advt Manager COLLIN E. FINK 'l2 While the Rev. (or was it Hon.?) Ben H. Spence goes on collecting, lecture fees for telling people that the Canadian liquor system is almost as terrible as, ours, our inimitable Department of Rhyme & Metre comes right back with his own views on the whole Mgt Clreulntion Manuer 1 business. As follows: JESSE C blehEON 12, Nous Edam. W STEWART TOWNSEND '32 Nerve Iditor Ant Advert.ln. Manottor MARY N WRIGHT . 32 MARGARET TSCIIAN '32 Women's Editor Womotee Manocine Editor LOUISE MARQUARDT . 22 Women's No. Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Sidney II Ream:3llll'n Ralph D Helsel Jr. 'n Robert E Tseban 'BB Donald P Day '33 Rollin C Steinmetz 'B3 Richard V. Wall '3B W.. 7 Williams Jr '33 Ernest 11 Zukauskan 13 WONIEVS ASSOCIATE EDITORS Marlon I% Howell •93 Tilsabeth DI Walb 13 Isabel McFarland 13 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Pout W Bientem %LI Robtrt N. Barrinton '33' Allrcl W Hesse Jr '33 I, Illnrd B Nester '93 Arthur E Phillips 'II Member Eastern Interco!learnt° Newspaper Association e==l FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1932 ABOLISH STUDENT LUXURIES? Editorials in newspapers all over the country have knocked college students consistently for spending thou sands of dollars for luxuries while the parents of these students use struggling to make both ends meet. Col lege newspapers, for the most part backed by college ndministratme officials, have brought pressure upon student organizations which led to the cancellation of numerous class dances and other elaborate social functions. Tho latest void comes from Lehigh where propri ‘gande against expensive affairs was started in the offi cial student publication, the Brown and 'White. "One single tseekend dance," the editorial said, "costs students $15,000. Maybe the students don't pay the $15,000 Maybe the fathers and alumni pay it. But it costs that much anyway Beautiful women, lavish extravagance, imdnight dances and sleepless nights may be enjoyable to collegiate, at weekend parties, but no one can deny it is a luxury." We lei= from saying "so what" with difficulty It is possible that the amount expended for such af fairs at other institutions has been out of accord with student pocketbooks. It would be a much more satisfac tory solution hosseser, if, rather than eliminate these functions altogethei, students would hold the dances on r less elaborate scale and so decrease the burden upon undergraduates (or parents). Present depressing con tl.tions would not be alleviated if college students were to attempt an elimination of all the luxuries of their un 4ergraduate careers. It seems that here is a case where we may point to the action of Penn State students with pride. With out eliminating one of the larger dances here, students have been successful in running Senior Ball with no more deficit than in previous years, and Military Ball lost only a few dollars. Without attempting then, to cut a great deal into the Penn State student's admitted tight to enjoy him self doting undergraduate days, it seems that there is still something additional which should be carried out by fraternities here. For instance, few of the Greek houses have not felt a serious lessening of income be cause of outstanding accounts, few have been able to Iye strictly within the required budget Yet, how many et these houses have contemplated the elimination of June houseparty with the stipulation that money which 'as budgeted to this affair should be credited to some eepartment other than social', Even if n fraternity has been able to struggle along within its budget this year, wouldn't it be a wise procedure to take this five or six hundred dollars and salt it away foi next year's possible hardships' This is not unssairanted pessimism, but common sense. It will be the fraternities who look ahead, adjust them selves to new circumstances, and plan for the future, who will thrive on the depression and withstand its difficulties with colors flying. IT MUST BE SO The college mon, it is still claimed, shows little of the cultural training he is supposed to be securing from his university contacts. He rarely exhibits an ap preciation for the artistic. He lacks anything approach good judgment. He is interested only in himself. Ho has no patriotism, no respect for national achievement. Ile . . But why go on? After all, the endless spliken and written criticism concerning the species horn's, collegn clues sometimes leach home. We suppose we might as well admit right now that the college man misses out entirely when it comes to the "finer things of life" We might even concede that, as far as obtaining culture is concerned, 41100 undergraduates are here on a four-year loaf Of course, we de/ notice a fine response on the part rf the student body when a series of artistic foreign made motion pictures was announced for local showing. Social functions a; e being curtailed in keeping with the present depression. Campus leaders do spend many hours searching for ways to tide less fortunate class mate, over periods of need. And students were actually turned away from a lecture by a national hero not so long ago . Yet, indictments are indictments. And don't col lege boys in the movies still spend their lives drinking rnd gambling? se OLD MANIA Rhymes to be Pasted in a Homberg and Worn to Clam-bakes I sea by Ripley's Behove It or Nat That a gent in Lorraine, Who sure was a sot, Numbered his years one hundred and fifty Though drunk all but ten—say, it must have been nifty! Plastered for seven score years in a row! How he could do it I'm sure I don't know; Throughout fifty thousand and nine hundred days Getting polluted in all sorts of ways: With whiskey-and-sodas during his youth; Through a gay middle age that was rank with vermouth When all else had faded hum he thank gm•and- bitters; Cointreau for breakfast gave him the jitters; Three star for lunch, with beer far a chaser; Side-cars each hour which sersed as a bracer; Washing his body in light wines and beers; A queer walking barroom, outliving his peers. Oh, that I live to the age of this martyr I'll match his pace despite a slow starter, Steeping myself in all kinds of sin, Living a life that's polluted-with gin, Sleeping on doorsteps, in gutters, and bars, Spending my life in the back seats of cars, Getting the D T.'s, the jitters and shakes, Doing my home-work at weddings and wakes, Insulting debutantes, brides-maids, and mothers Setting a wicked example to others. And when saturation at last makes me liquid, Seal me up in a jar, like a fish_or a sea-squid, Then paste a small label on the side of my crypt, And this epitaph mute tee in fine English script: "The remains of a guy who got what he' deserved— In a can of 200-proof alky preserved!" Kid Casanova That for you, Ben Spence! A party hands us the folloumg item clipped from the September 29th issue of the Stroudsburg Record: "Jack Mullins, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is the guest of the family of Gilbert Smrz, of Club Court." To which sue reply "Nrtz," and go right on as though nothing had happened. A particularly encouraging bit of collegian has just come to out cars, and ever the philanthropist, we - pass it on to you. It seems that five of the brethren at the Tau Phi Delta house got a yen to go swimming the other evening, and after a burned consultation, decided that the logical place for swim ming in February is Florida. In less than one half hour, the five lads had thrown some clothes into bags, and were on their way to Florida in a car belonging to one of them. This is the sort of thing that bolster, up our faith in the American college student, and makes us shed copious tears at our own stodgy, un-eventful, thorough ly forlorn existence. Ah me! (Or should we say Ah 718 2 The Editorial We has us momentarily baf fled ) Typewriter Bargains 1 Remington Noiseless Portable. Used 1 month. $75.00 new. $69.50 3 Remington Portables. Newest Model Demonstrators. $49.50 TYPEWRITER SUPPLIES Ribbons 50c and 75c Type Cleaner 50c Carbon Paper 25 Sheets 50c Stencils - - $3.25 quire Overhauling and Repairing Of All Makes Keeler's Cathaum Theatre Building THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Who's Dancing Tonight Sophommo Hop Accrentson linll (Subscription) Coon Loma Tomorrow Night Phi Epsilon Pi (Invitation) limy Molts Phi Sigma Kappa (closed) Versify Tent Pi Kappa Alpha Nittany Lion Inn (closed—formal) The Galileo Selenadera Sigma Tau Phi _(lnvitation) Blue sod White Beta Theta n and Delta Upsilon at Beta 'Theta Pi (Invitation) CM k's Pennsylvanians Kappa Sigma and Phi Kappa Sigma at Kappa Sigma (closed) Leunsloam Serenaders Phi Mu Delta (Invitation) Fran!. Carr and Nw Bellhapa Delta Tau Delta (Invitation) Camp. Owls Ph Delta Theta (open) Bill Rolls,! Kappa Delta Rho (closed) Engle Ruched/ Phi Gamma Delta (open) Eddie Minnick &gnu. Nu (closed) Ted Ili miniagle For the Soph Hop Crystal and Rhinestone Clips, lb acelets, and Necklaces Shomberg Jeweler Oppoeto Postoffice 107 East Beaver Avenue FOSTER COAL & SUPPLY CO. GENUINE ANITA Punxsutawney Coal Phone 114-hi R. F. STEIN Gas, Oil, Alemiting Fireproof Storage 24-Hour Service Phone 252 Dogs !. Dogs ! Dogs ! Why not present THE GIRL with one as a dance favor? Sec Our WL:dow CRABTREE'S 192 Allen Street THE MANIAC POPULAR REQUESTS AT THE.CORNER Oysters and Clams on the Half Shell Seafood Platters A Complete Food Service W. S. G A. NAMES BLICHEELDT WOMEN'S HANDBOOK EDITOR Eva M. Blichteldt '34 was elected editor of the Women's Handbook for 1932.33 by W. S. G. A. Senate Tues day night. Her assistant Islll he Nancy W. Stablimn '35 Other appointees include Virginia 1 . Sminger '3f us business manager .f the Handbook and Margaret kin- Joe '35 serving in the capacity of as istant business manager. Above Athletic Store FENWAY TEA ROOM Rea 8 Derick, Inc. 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(Matinee at 1.30 Elenings at G. 00) FRIDAY— ) VIII Rogers in 'I3USINESS AND PLEASURE" SATURDAY— Joan Bennett, Unn Merkel in "SIZE WANTED A MILLIONAIRE' MONDAY and TUESDAY— Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes in Sinclair Lewis' "ARROWSMITH" WEDNESDAY— Jack Halt, Boris KarlolT in "BEHIND THE - MASK" 'THURSDAY— Lionel Barr more, Nancy Carroll, and Mhos Holmes in "THE BROKEN LULLABY" (o)iginally titled "The Moo I Killed") Phone 240-J FRIDAY "SHANGHAI EXPRESS" SATURDAY "BUSINESS AND PLEASURE" TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY— The Pleturwation of Russia Today "THE FIVE YEAR PLAN" (Inth Engbah thalogne and Idles) THURSDAY— "BEHIND THE MASK" E~ T Z-..: 4 * ,, Beecham Pills 10c. , 23c 45c JELLY EGGS 10 oz. Bag 10c DENTAL NEEDS Tube Colgates Tooth Paste Free with Pint of R.D. 29 Solution-59e ' 6 for 25c SOAPS 40c Squibbs Paste 27c 50c Ipana Tooth Paste____29c 50c R.D. Tooth Brush____3sc 50c Pepsodent Paste 3ic 50c S. 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