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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
FuMlxhcd xcmi-HTckly during flic College year, except on holidays,
liy students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the
Cultrgr, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
TIIE MANAGING HOARD
RORERT E. TSCHAN M 3
RALPH HKTZFL JR. M 3
Managing Editor
SIDNEY 31. BENJAMIN M 3
Sports Editor
RICHARD V. WALL M 3
Asaislnnl Editor
DONALD P. DAY M 3
Assistant Managing Editor
ERNEST It. ZUKAUSKAS M 3
Assistant Spurts Editor
ROMAN C. STEINMETZ M 3
Nows Editor
W. J.-WILLIAMS JR. M 3
Nows Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Charles A. My.'rs ‘3l Wm. It. Prulitcro Ml Wm. M. S'legmeier *34
George A. Scott Ml I'.crnard H. Roscnzweig Ml James M. Sheen M 4
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Harold J. Itaiscli Ml H. Edgar Furman MI John C. Irwin M 4
Frederick L. Taylor Ml Francis Wnekor M 4
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Eva M. Rliclifoldt Ml
Ruth M. Harmon M 4 Mao P. Kaplan M 4
Entered at the Postofiicc, State College, Pa., as second-class matter.
Member Eastern liitcrcollcyiutc Newspaper Association
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1932
THE SIDE-SHOWS
Who can conceive of an American college of the
present that would have no extra-curricular activities?
It is past the belief of the average student and certainly
of the people of our civilization. Still it cannot be denied
that such an institution, solely for learning, would be a
great thing. Extra-curricular activities are the side
shows. They can lead students astray—as well as show
er benefits. It is part of the American temperament to
demand that the individual be allowed to make his’own
decision about being misled or not. And so activities
not only seem, but are a prerequisite of an American
educational plant.
The fact that participants in the .various fields of
activity at Penn State are well above the general stu
dent scholastic average is something of which they can
be proud. It is a retort that can be hurled against those
who blatantly condemn all the side-shows. It seems pos
sible that at Penn State a large number of students
have been able to find the happy medium between stud
ios and activities. And that balance is the only thing
that should determine the extent of participation.
If one argues that there are no advantages to ac
tivities or that the advantages are dwarfed by the pos
sibilities afforded in devoting all the working-time to
scholarship, then the survey can easily be refuted as an
argument in favor of extra-curricular activities. It can
be assertcd-thalf the only true test would be a compari
son of statistics on scholarship both when the man was
engaged in an activity and when he was concentrating
on his studies alone. But American students, being as
they are, seem ill-adapted solely to concentrating on
scholastic pursuits.
For that reason activities are justified. They afford
an outlet for student energies that is in some degree
valuable. The degree varies with the different persons
consulted. Activities are thus contrasted favorably
against the other time consuming habits that students
only too easily fall into when leisure presses on them.
And it seems reasonable to assume that students are
bound to do something besides studying—and in a con
siderable portion of their time. That is speaking of the
average student. In his case an activity is valuable so
long as it. docs not encroach on the minimum amount of
studying that he would otherwise do if he had no ac-.
tivity.
There arc a few students, not average, who have the
temperament for profound and deep study. Unfortun
ately they too often become embroiled in.an activity be
fore they know what things are all about in college.
To that minority an activity is harmful—not because
they are getting no return but because they are losing
more from,their physical inability to follow their schol
astic interests far enough. But they are few. And if
the minority alone suffers and the great
matter how unercative and dull it may be, is fairly lyell
off, then the system is justified under the prevailing l
American way of thinking. Activities are a great
thing for the majority. It is for the few that are misfits
that this is dedicated. Do you mind if we cry into our
handkerchief?
A REAL RALLY
For the first time in many years an all-College
mass-meeting has been effectively staged at Penn State.
Credit is due to student leaders who developed the pro
gram and gained the cooperation of the student body. ‘
Although the advantages of an outdoor rally were
lost because of the weather, the large attendance of up
perclassmen definitely marked the meeting as worth
while and worthy of continuance in coming College
years. Only a few persons mourn the replacement of
the Stunt Night by this .more intelligent “spirit” rally.
Unquestionably the discontinuance of the Stunt
Night, in any past shape or form, is another indication
that the student generation of today is more intelligent
in its pleasure seeking. Certainly it is poor sport that
must make physical victims of fellow-students, especially
of uninitiated and befuddled freshmen. Parting shots are
still to be heard—lamentation for the passing of a “great
tradition.” It must be remembered that do great change
has ever been brought about in the history of the human
race that was not at an early stage received with wide
spread disapproval and, until well established, was not
the occasion for the hurling of a few rotten tomatoes.
A I.I'HKD W. HESSE JR, '3J
HunincKS Manager
ROIJF.RT M. HARRINGTON M 3
Circulation Manager
PAUL HIERSTEIN MS
Local Advertising Mnnngrr
WILLARD D. NESTER M 3
Foreign Advertising Manager
ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS M 3
Credit Manager
MARION P. HOWELL M 3
Women’s Editor
isahel McFarland m 3
Women’s Managing Editor
ELIZABETH M. KAMI M 3
Women’s News Editor
an “old potato” because he intended to put him through
a course of sprouts, nor yet because he would make a
good masher. Maybe it was on account of he thought
Mr. Roosevelt had been spending too much time in
damp cellars. As the Penn State Evyinccr (caps
off!) would put it, Hoover Dam site well better be
“Dear poor ignorant author of the Campuser.”
That, we submit, is a very poor way of beginning a
letter. Imagine spelling our name so that one would
have to become antepenultimate before he could even
try it. We pass modestly over the “dear,” frankly
admit our abject poverty, and confess to gross ignor
ance, especially as to the reason why people will
write letters.without signing their names. But we
indignantly deny any literary culpability that would
entitle us to the stigma of “author.” ‘ And that’s only
the first line of this illuminating document.
To continue—“ After all, this method of ‘you
guess who' is childish and you apparently kidding
yourself that the readers ‘cat it up’.” This one, we’ll
admit, stumped us for a while. Where docs our
esteemed scrivener think he is living? In war-time
Russia? Or Armenia? We assure him that nothing
would alarm us more than seeing some member of the
student body strolling about engaged in eating up any
ipart of this newspaper, let alone finding vicarious
nourishment in this particular department. The
'Collegian is printed on high quality paper, but if our
correspondent has been attempting to utilize it as a
cheap substitute for lettuce, he needn’t blame us if he
fhas bitten into some of that raw nature in the ads
during the course of his mastications.
"Do you know that Hoover was elected Presi
dent?” Note: Campaign speakers have shown con
clusively that roasting does not remove harsh person
alities. “Your readers .... don’t care for a weekly
rehearse!. Try to put out a good column even if you
"haven’t the ability.” Yes sir, we’ll do it. And you may
.depend upon it that we will stick in an occasional
comma and use no more than two “e’s” in the word
“rehearsal,” so we will.
Oldsters prattle through their beards about the
famous “21-21-21” game with Harvard .... now a
“32-32-32” contest would be something worth gesti
culating about .... Who was the bright young article
who demonstrated how well she could inhale while
standing in a lighted doorway? . . . and told the gels
she oughtnta be campussed becaused she doesn’t really
enjoy smoking anyway .... Have you observed the
ingenious child on Beaver ave. who has the nice mo
tor-driven wagon .... it’s the pistachios .... From
the meals our steward has been dishing up, we are be
ginning to be inkled with the grave suspicion that our
butcher is trying to make ends meat.... Sunday was
a Jewish holiday, so they had to postpone the IFC
trial until Tuesday .... which turned out to be a
Roman .... Mister Dickson tells us that
“necking” was a necessary part of the artistic effect
. of the Grecian column .... which is exactly what this
column needs .... our o-hum will probably clamber
rail over us when she reads this, considering it a light
spot upon her hitherto totally black rep ....
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No, Julienne, Mr. Smith didn't call Mr. Roosevelt
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“It’s An HI Swindle”
“He Who Runs May Laugh Last”
When you say
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Unfinished Entities
TH£3 PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
135 Undergraduate Students Transfer
Here From Other Schools This Year
Coming from educational institu
tions ranging from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, 153 undergraduate students
have transferred to Penn State this
semester, according to Dr. Carl E.
Marquardt, College examiner.
Although this figure is larger than
the total number admitted last year,
an even greater number of applica
tions were* turned down because of
poor records in other schools and col
leges. None of the students admitted
had any conditions or failures, Dr.
Marquardt said..
Eighty-nine of the group are men
and sixty-four are ■women students.
The majority of the transfers are in
the sophomore class, fifty-seven reg
istering as second-year students. For
ty-seven are enrolled as juniors, .thir
ty-four as freshmen, six as seniors,
and nine as special students.
Attracting forty-seven students, the
education curriculum drew the largest
quota. Eighteen of the transfers se
lected arts and letters, thirteen chose
home economics, nine, commerce and
finance, and nine, the curriculum in
chemistry.
The University of Pittsburgh fur
nished fourteen of the entire number
while the United States Naval Acad
emy supplied three. Students also
transferred from most of the teachers
colleges in the State, and from Lafay
ADDRESSES HONORARY GROUP
Presenting an historical sketch of
Phi Sigma lota, honorary romance
languages fraternity, Dr. Carl E. Mar
quardt, College examiner, addressed
the group at its first monthly meeting
'on Tuesday night. Prof. David D.
Mason, of the romance languages de
partment, presided.
AERONAUTICS CLASS OPENED
Sixty.one students were enrolled in
,thc engineering extension class in
aeronautics, which opened recently in
Philadelphia. The course is offered
in cooperation with the Aero club of
Pennsylvania.
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Have Beautiful Waxed Floors Without Rubhiny or Polishing
USE DRI-BRITE
Pints 75c—Quarts sl.2s—Gallons $4.5,0
See Us for Stove Repairs
- Why lose your patience with dull knives and scissors?
.Bring them in to be sharpened
. / Watch Our Windows for Week-End Specials
THE KEEFER HARDWARE
Allen Street Phone. 333
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NOW LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET
' AT 142 S. ALLEN
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j SPECIALS
Friday and Saturday
otte, Temple, Pennsylvania,.! Lebanon
Valley, Colgate, Northwestern, Hav
erford, LaSalle, Ohio Stated Califor
nia, and Hood colleges band univer
sities. r. . . '
Although the majority of-the new
students were formerly from Pennsyl
vania institutions, eighteen trans
ferred from Now York schools, eight
from. Ohio, and five from Maryland.
Institutions in'twelve other states
have at least one or two representa
tives each. ,
Who’s Dancing
Alpha Tau Omega
(Closed)
Campus Owls
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Varsity Ten
Tomorrow Night
Alpha Chi Rho
(Closed)
Blue and White
Alpha Kappa Pi
(Invitation)
Joe Frabitt
Alpha Phi Sigma
(Invitation)
Bill Bottorf
Chi Upsilon
(Invitation)
Campus Owls
Delta Theta Sigma
(Closed)
Joe Malloy
Phi Kappa Sigma
(Closed)
Varsity Ten
Phi Kappa Tau
(Invitation)
Arnic Leopold
Pi Kappa Phi
(Invitation)
Penn Statesmen'
Sigma Phi Sigma
(Closed)
Blue and Gold
Campus Bulletin
All -groups wishing to enter intra
mural football and cross country
tournaments must deposit one dollar
at the School of Physical Education
office in Recreation Hall at once.
Sophomore candidates for assistant
manager of wrestling should sign up
at the Athletic association office im
mediately.
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Christian Science society will meet
in Room 405 Old Main at 7 o'clock
Monday night.
Building A Bgnlt ,
Account
is
Building Success
One Dollar: Will Open
An Account In
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between the kind used for !
chewing. • and the kind used. ;
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In other words, it’s pipe j
tobacco—and if you’re smok- :
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made for pipes—not tobacco' !
made for something else, it ;
matters not how good it is. i
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' Friday,; October 14, 1932
CATHAUM
*" "Matinee at 1:30
Evening. Opening at G:00
FRIDAY— :
John. Barrymore, Billie Burke in
“BILL OF DIVORCEMENT”
•SATURDAY—
' Jack Oakie, Sidney Fox in
“ONCE IN A LIFETIME”
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
Jimmy' Durante,' George M. Cohan,
Claudette. .Colbert in
“THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT”
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Walter Huston, Kay Johnson (n
“AMERICAN MADNESS” -
THURSDAY— ' ;
Dick Barthelmess, Bette Davis in
“CABIN IN ■THE COTTON”'
THE NITTANY I r
FRIDAY— ' | .
“DOCTOR X”
SATURDAY— ' j
. “BILL OF DIVORCEMENT”’
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY—
Return Showing of Frank Buck's
“BRING ’EM BACK ALIVE”
THURSDAY—
“AMERICAN MADNESS”
America’s pipe tobacco!”