Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Pab%bed eembtreckly during the College year. except on holidays, by etudents of The Penney into State College, in the Internet of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friend.. TUE 3tANAGING BOARD ROBERT E. TSCIIAN '33 ALFRED W. lIESSE JR. '33 Editor Rosiness Manager RALPH myrzEL JR. '33 nonercr M. HARRINGTON '33 Managing Editor Circulation Manager SIDNEY 11. BENJAMIN '33 PAUL BIERSTEIN '33 Sports Editor Local Advertising Nonage,. RICHARD V. WALL '33 WILLARD D. NESTER '33 Assiotant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager DONALD I'. DAY '33 ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS '33 Assistant Managing Editor Credit Manager ERNEST it. ZUKAUSEAS '33 . MARION P. HOWELL '33 Aasistant Sports Editor Woman's Editor ROLLIN C. STEINMETZ 'll3 ISABEL McFARLAND '33 News Editor Women's Mnnoging Editor 'W. J. WILLIAMS JR. '33 ELIZABETH N. KALB '33 Neon Editor Wonten'd News Editor 13=1 Chnr), A . My,r, '3/ Wm. It. Protheru '3l Gro A. Scott '3l Ikroor.l 7f. Rosenzweig '3.1 Jnmes M. Sheen '34 ASSOCIATE lIIISINESS SIANAGERS Frederick L. Taylnr '3l 'WOMEN'S ASSOCIstIE EDITORS 14vn 31. Mat, '3l Ruth M. Harmon '34 li,, nber Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Entered at the Pestoffice, State College, Pa., as second elan matter. TUESDAY, SEPTEMPER 20, 1932 ,SORORITY RUSHING Under an improved Panhellenic code, rushing among sororities will begin tomorrow. The changes incorpor ated in this year's regulations should prove more satis faCtory to both sororities and rushecs than previous codes. The shortening of the silent period, a term of agony, comes as the greatest change and at the same time the greatest blessing. Formerly extending over a period of four days, the silent period this year will be of twenty-four hour duration. Certainly that is suffi cient time for rushecs to reach a decision When they have had a whole year to think of and to inquire about sororities on the campus. It is an entirely different situation froM that which the men face at the close of their rushing, period. Date cards, allowing each group four dates with any one rushee, are also an innovation which should make for a smoother working system of rushing. 'lncreasing the - amount of money which each group may spend (hiring rushing is another revision in keeping with eliniination of unnecessary stringency of The success of the rushing system depends upon the power and the justice meted out liy the enforcing body, the' Panhellenic rushing committee.— It- has- too often been thecisfOin - in YOars'to 'proceed• like-the • pro6ibial three monkeys—'seeing, hearing, and speaking no evil of 'any sorority and punishing 'violations lightly if at all. Each sorority is conceded, of course, its share of honesty and fair play. It cannot be denied, however, that in human affairs a stiff penalty in the hands of an alert and powerful agency of justice is good insurance for fair competition. To many who,view with alarm expenditure of Col- lege money on curbing and the construction of Malls explanation is due before they give up all hope for ccon- only along the proper lines. The emergency building grant of the legislature was not entirely spent on the projects designated because of economy in fulfilling contracts. As a residua this money would naturally have been diverted to improvements, but before that time the cut for the College was announced. Much to .everyone's surprise even this money was returned to the College when the cut was removed. First designated for construction it was further emphasized that the money be used' to plan men at work UNTIMELY Five days ago rushing officially began. Now comes the announcement that the practice of fraternity men signing into the second period of a date card when there are first period dates still available is unethical. It is granted that there is no mention of this rule in the . code. It is a little late to bring on new interpretations of a rushing code that has been mulled over and made sub ject for so much publicity both among fraternity men and freshmen. Nothing but confusion of the more im portant restrictions can result from this further regula tion. It is a difficult task to groom fifty-six fraternities to 'the point where they understand all the regulations of a code such as is in effect for rushing. To complicate matters when the boat is in the middle of the lake is to endanger the entire stability of the craft. Council officials would better have made the correc tion in next year's code than have added to their dif ficult task of enforcement a relatively picayune regula tion which will, s at best, be well-nigh untraceable in its violation. • Discontinuance of the all-College convocation on the opening day of gm semester comes as a good thing By some quirk in student nature the convocation in past years has come to be attended by freshmen only. Ob- viously that was not its purpose. The president has always had important things to bring before the entire student body. It is to be hoped that later in the year the student body may have an opportunity to hear what President IletY.erhas to sny When we do a job, we want to do it right. Some people think that all a man has to do in order to turn out a column full Of casual wit and humor is to stuff a typewriter full of copy paper, burn a pipeful of matches,' and let his fingers translate the effortless flow from his mind' in something of the fashion of a glorified Ouiji board. Not so us. We studied all summer about wit and humor, from banana peels to Rabelais. • The only satisfactory thing we found was the definition that 'humor is a sense of the flexibility of things.' This pleased us very much, but we don't know what it means so it is no practical help. For a long time, we despaired, thinking unhappily about sales men, farmers' daughters, professors, and mothers-in law. I=l 'But it's all right now. We found a little booklet whose impeccable taste is certified by the number of times the name of this paper is glorified in it. It has revealed the secrets of wit and humor to us. It is really easy. And we can't begin to tell how good.we feel about discovering it. One just has to apply some simple little formulas to simple little thoughts and, presto, wit and Women A nice thing about it, too, especially for .us who can't afford to make up pictures, is that pictures don't seem to mean anything in the life of humor at all. They're just some rather tired lines wandering around the page taking up space so people won't have to think up funny things to put there. This is shown in our booklet. El= brevia ions Example: Nw ise Thuhee tme. f'r awl (veddy) ghood um. two come (hell, heh) two Thuhee abide o've there counteree (Oh; Mother Machereee). Remarks: There should be no stint in this type of reading matter since people enjoy deciphering it. It gets to be sort of a game. endings. Example: They're ammr This smrnr: FORMULA' NO. 3: Mention the editor's brothers plenty often. (This needs no example). • 'FORMULA NO. 4: Toss in a few swear words. Example: Now, by god, is the damn time for (why the hell not) all good damn men to come, by the bells of hell, to the ma of their party (hcair,"e.ns, yes). FORMULA NO. 5: Use obscure tt i rms such as: manse, , :youse, eatery,' deanery, scene ) y, hostelry, _,combo;.anurnbn„;hiinhO,4:insqntlier t, ckholmesing; and collegian. - FORMULA NO. 6: Write it ;in the form of verse: , Example: Now is the time . , For all good men To come to the aid-en Of the rape of theii; Note: If you're, talking about love, by all means put it verse. • FORMULA NO 7: Make it appear -as if the neither became intoxicated while writing. , Example:_ Now isthe t-@'k&%WICUIP""E • *M33% FORMULA NO, 8: Don't sign any names to the articles. Let people guess. Example: by mongoose the mailman's female man's mongoose mongoose. FORMULA NO. 9: Use the word 'coed' in all simple unComplinientary clauses. Example: Now is the time for all good coeds to come to the aid of their country—men. FOIiMULA NO. 10 and on up to 100: Pick tip all possible lines from that Altoona burlesque show. (The editor sans ?Zeller mind if some magazines would rue this stuff, he won't). FOR ALL 1 . Student Supplies TEXT BOOKS New and Used FOUNTAIN PENS Standard Makes LOOSE LEAF BOOKS All Prices COLLEGE SEAL PAPER • LAUNDRY CASES Fibre and Canvas . REMINGTON Portable Typewriters $19.75 $34.75 $60.00 $65.00 $69.50 SAVE AT KEELER'S Cathaum Theatre Building OLD MANIA Here are the secrets: FORMULA NO 1: Use strange spellings and ab- FORMULA NO. 2: Make verse with abbreviated 'HE PENN STA COLLEGE GIVES 14 ABSENCE LEAVES (Continued from pope one) in June to spend the summer visiting various stations throughout the United States and observing agricultural practices.• Ethel M. Beadles, instructor in home economies extension, will do graduate work at Cornell University, while Clyde H. 'Graves, instructor in muthe• Males Will take graduate study Si the University of Chicago. A. Paul ine Locklin, assistant professor of English literature, will work for hex Ph.D. degree at Bryn Mawr College. Prof. Burke M. Hermann, cif the history department, will do graduate work in history at Columbia Univer• sity. Prof. Richard H. Sudds, of thci pomology department, will spend thc next year in graduate study at the Ohio State University, and Edward R. Van Sant will' do graduate work at thepniversity of Pennsylvania. j, Em' F. Williams, instructor in min eral° y, will spend the - coming acad emic ear in graduate study at the University of Wisconsin. Prof. Ar thur L. Wright, of the mathematics department, has been granted a year's extension of his leave for graduate study at Harvard University. MacKENZIE TO JUDGE SHEEP Peter C. MacKenzie, assistant in animal husbandry, is judging all the sheep at the Eastern States .Exposi tfon which is being held at Spring field, Mass., this week. ilave You Tried the Italian Spaghetti The Evergreens Bar B-Q . LOOK! r Haircuts 25c KNEW BARBER'. SHOP 2nd Floor East Beaver Ave 'Amore from Polito/fire TIIE MANIAC E COLLEGIAN 28 SPONSORS TO MEET WITH FRESHMAN CO-EDS Dean Ray Names Senior Women For :36 Orientation This Week For the purpose of aiding in fresh man orientation, 'twenty-eight senior women sponsors will meet for the first time with the freshman co-eds this week. Appointed by Dean of Women Char !otte E. Ray, the sponsors are Phyllis Beidler, Angelin Bressler,Lueienne 11, Bullard, Ruth Crowthers, Elsie \V. Darlington, S. Louise Everett, Harriet R. Henrie, Helen A. Hoover, Marion P; Howell; C. Elizabeth Jones, Eliza beth 14. Kalb, Margaret C. 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Allen St. • Phone 333 —and raw tobaccos ave no place in Cigarettes They are not present in Luckies . the mildest cigarette you ever smoked E buy the finest, the very V V finest tobaccos in all the world—but that does not explain why folks every where regard Lucky Strike as the mildest cigarette. The fact is, we never overlook the truth that "Nature in the Raw is Seldom Mild"—so "If a man write a better book, preach a beitermmen, or make a better M otae•trap than hit neighbor, tho be build bit Awe in :he WOO 4 the world will make a beaten path to his door"—RALPH WALDO .INERSON. Does not this explain the world-wide acceptance and approval of Lucky Strike? , 5 'e A.LIMIA CIII OMEGA TO HAVE MISS LINDEMAN AS ADVISER Sent by the national.oqice of Alpha Chi Omega, women's social fraternity, Miss Ruth Lindeman of Purdue Uni versity, will act as adviser and help in the organization of the, local chapter. • The local group was installed as the Beta Mu chapter of Alpha Chi Omega last spring. trade A. Keubier, and Anna H. Light. Esther L. McClelland, Isabel 'Mc- Farland, Alice M. Marshall, Reba M. Michner, Helen E. Neff, Elsa I. Ot- Unger, Helen I. Pollack, A. Elizabeth Preston, Helen P. Ransom, Harriet E. Soper, Charlotte L. Summers, Mabel L. Thompson, Marietta Tregellas, and Helen A. Wood complete the list. w~