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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
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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
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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.
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'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).
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New and Used
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$19.75 $34.75 $60.00
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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
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Haircuts 25c
KNEW BARBER'. SHOP
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TIIE MANIAC
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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. Kish, Cer-
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—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?
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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.
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Custer's dauntless band at Little ,
Big Horn, Montana, by the savage
Sioux Indians, June 25, 1876.
these fine tobaccos, after
proper aging and mellowing,
are then given the benefit of
that Lucky Strike purifying
process, described by the
words—"lt's toasted". That'S
why folks in every city, town
and hamlet say that Luckies
are such mild cigarettes.
" It ' s toasted"
That packag e
SEW
Tuesday, September 20, 1932
VALUABLE EQUIPMENT GIVEN
TO ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT!
Two 'airplane engines donated by
the estate of Parker Cramer, who lost
his life in a flight from the United
States to Europe, were received by
the mechanical engineering depart
ment this summer.
Two additional Liberty airplane en
gines together with accessories and
gifts amounting to §'15,000, presented
by the United States Navy, have been
transferred-to the engineering experi
ment station here.
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War per6,r0.6eiT1.144;,,•,:
(Opening lime 0:00 p. m. Last
comprelo program starts S:411. illat
ive° daily at 1:JO.
Tuestlay—
Lee Tracy, Dick
,Powell in
"BLESSED EVENT"
Wednesday—
Will Rogers. Dorothy Jordan in
"DOWN TO EARTH"
Thursday—
Edmund Lowe, Bela 'in
"CHANDU Tali MAGICIAN"
Also LAUREL and IlAlt6Y - Comedy
Filthy-
Constance Bennett, Neil Hamilton in
"TWO AGAINST THE WORLD"'
Saturday—
Bert. Wheeler, Robert Woolsey in
'HOLD 'EM JAIL"
THE NITTANY
Tue.sday—,
"BLONME OF THE FOLLIES"
Wednesday—
"BLESSED EVENT"
Thursday—
"DOWN TO EARTH"
Friday—
"CHANDU THE MAGICIAN"
Saturday , — •
"TWO AGAINST THE WORLD"
of mild Luckies