Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during the-College, year, except on holiday*, by students «f The Pennsylvania State Collese. In the Interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD ROBERT E. TSCITAN M 3 RALPH HKTZKL ,IR. M 3 Managing Editor SIDNEY lL BENJAMIN M 3 Sports Editor RICHARD V. WALT. ’33 AnniMant Editor DONALD P. DAY M 3 AsKiHtnnt Mmiuglng Editor ERNEST I!. ZUKAUSKAS *33 Assistant Sports Editor ROMAN C. STEINMETZ M 3 News Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. M 3 News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Charles A. Myers '34 Wm. li. Pruthero M 4 Wm. M. Stegmeler *34 George A. Scott Ml Bernard H. Rosenzwcig M 4 James M. Sheen M 4 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1932 •THE PROPOSAL of several seniors that is pre sented in the “Forum” brings into discussion a problem that is indeed difficult of solution. How can the cost of dances be reduced and the admission charge thereby brought within the range of more and more students? Whether or not this proposal gives the solution.is doubt ful. Nevertheless it is significant and deserves attention nr. being an indication of student demands to economize r-nd at the same time popularize class dances. The pro posal calls for music by local bands as the principal step ip. reducing the admission to two dollars and a half. The entire suggestion stands or falls on one point—will the .students pay that price to hear bands for which they pay no admission at several events throughout the year? Attendance at the larger dances depends for the most part on the prominence of the band. Students have flocked to dances where a second rate band was adver tised under a nationally known name—and liked it! Committeemen who have struggled with the problem of booking bands know.only too well the difficulty of get ting a well-known band at a cost that will bring a low admission price within the budget. The proposed plan can not guarantee an attendance of the group of stu dents who must economize on dances. Certainly they would balk on the greater realization that they were paying over two dollars for what they could have free at other times throughout the year. Because the attrac tion of a nationally known band would be lacking, there probably would be a falling ofF among those who attend the dances at any price. The practicality of the plan .seems doubtful. However, there are other opinions. Certainly the petitioners should be extended every op portunity to crystallize opinion and to find out if their plan has widespread approval. IN SPITE of all efforts to remedy a situation that affects many students seeking certificates to teach in this State who are not enrolled in the School of Educa tion, nothing has been done by executives of that divis ion. Practice teaching, accounting for six credits of the eighteen in educational work' required for certification, ir. not, available for Liberal Arts students nor are the prerequisites to that course. That this exclusion should go on and on indicates a lack of willingness to cooperate and to afford students an opportunity to schedule courses that they really must have to secure a living—one of the objectives of this College. THE CHRISTIAN association in extending its scope has brought together in social gatherings a group of J'Mshmen who, from past indications, will be the leaders on tho campus four years from now. Although some-, thing may be said for the argument that this program will lead to better cooperation among the future leaders when they assume responsible positions, the opinion that tho gatherings are merely wasted time and effort is also vaMd. If anything like a fairly accurate selection from <>r.e thousand men could be made four years before actual attainment, thci’e is still the objection that even the im plication of “marking” men must make for ill-will among tho hundreds who are not included in the gatherings. And among these hundreds there certainly are men equally capable and equally bound to attain positions of responsibility on tho campus by their senior year. (SOME DIFFICULTY is experienced by students when asked to believe that the eagerness of the Physical Education department to have them engage in sport from *1 until 5:30 o’clock in the afternoon is totally in good faith. Members of the School faculty often mon opolize the handball courts during this period with slight regard for the posted rules. Either a court should be specifically assigned to the School’s faculty with that understanding or the faculty members should be the first to abide strictly by the rules posted for the use of the facilities in this rather popular recreation. AT LAST the College has shown its true colors. For a long time, the authorities have been masquerading as the most benevolent of guardians, the most solicitous ri protectors of student welfare. They have, with snaky gleams in their eyes, gone about pretending that they really cared about student welfare. They have kow towed to student requests; they have satisfied student, whims; they have soft-soaped the unsuspecting young men and women hero at every opportunity. Surely there could be no suspicion that this was all prepara tion, sly, deceitful preparation, for a single sweeping dastardly blow. Surely the students could neyer have thought that behind this kindly pleasant mask was hid den a face of ugly deceit. The blow has fallen. But the student body must rise from the depths where it has been tossed by this evil guardian, gather its last ener gies, and strike. This crime against the students must to wiped out and never again perpetrated. If the Col lego dares again to sand those magnificent icc slides guarding all the campus gates, the student body will riso in righteous wrath and strike it down. Enough is So Bobbie Rhodes wasn’t elected president of the freshman class. Bobbie, as you may know, is a native of Scranton, and her name isn’t in the current edition of the Student Directory. She isn’t even in school. •But the fact that she was nominated gave rise to a host of rosy visions before the bespectacled mind’s eye of this colyum. Just picture little (?) Bobbie speech making at a smoker, appointing dance chairmen, in troducing visiting YM'CA speakers. And—parrish tho blue thought—perhaps there really would he a mite less graft in class offices had she been elected. ALFRED W. HESSE JR. '33 Business Manaßcr ROBERT M. HARRINGTON M 3 Circulation Manager PAUL DIERSTEIN M 3 > Local Advertising Manager WILLARD D. NESTER M 3 Foreign Advertising Manager ARTHUR K. PHILLIPS M 3 Credit Manager MARION P. HOWELL M 3 Women's Editor Isabel McFarland m 3 Women’s Managing Editor ELIZABETH M. KALB M 3 Women’s News Editor Of course you’re all expecting us to come through with a pretty little sentiment about hoping you all have a lousy time over Christmas vacation, and that tho fickle St. Nicholas socks you with a flock of pfoocy stuff ... but wo aren’t going to do it. We aren’t go ing to do it because we’re just a bit of an old senti mentalist on this Christmas thing. We like to sit around in front of hearth-fires and read the “Christ mas Carol,” and we like to sneak out and go sledding, and we like to gnaw dear-toys and sneak open Moth er’s biggest box of candy. We get a grand thrill out • of teetering atop a stepladder with a string of tinsel, and we are apt to play for hours with a little electric train in Christmas Tree Land. As for co-cducational osculation, it is a mere shrug of the shoulders as com pared to the supreme tingling joy of that breath-held march into the royal presence of the Christmas tree early in the morning, with piles of gifts spread about the stilldark room . . . but perhaps you’ve grown up. Perhaps you know just what you are going to get, and you're worrying about a gift you’ll have to trade with somebody, and Christmas isn't much more than a dubious vacation with* some rather harassing strings tied to it . . . but don’t come around bothering the 'Campuseer . . . he’s easing hack in a chair with his eyes closed, and doesn’t want to be disturbed.- Back in the more or less good old days when College Humor instead of Hoocg reprinted the stuff from our local humor publication, there was a quaint custom which prescribed that the most offensive con tribution to each issue should be pasted, with some ceremony, on the office wall. It’s a sad commentary upon the disregard for tradition of the modern gen eration that this fine custom has faded into oblivion. Had it been retained, the bare walls of Old Main should have been quite, papered by now, and a pretty good start made on a second layer. Pickin’s for the Harpies: Paul Humphries, derbied, sweat-shirted, plays parchesi with some people in a corner booth . . . without the parchesi hoard . . von B. F. U. Beckeman jr. substituting, for. the Pitt football team . .'. Frankie Musser is scene' shifter for a radio broadcasting troupe . . . Myry Knousc and Ben Bush have very low opinions of the sdphomore Collegian staff, having been interrupted by this wandering band of troufylcdoefc in the third (floor lounge Sunday night . . . who is the big ROTC man Myry has been saying is going to make sure she gets to all the big dances this year? . . . Heard from r. pair ot/eo-eds as we skated past . . . “Aw, emon, take Dr. Waller’s course in The Family with me” . . . •Mr. Henning, from Aghil way, sets ’em up for three slenogs . . . “Is that a Penn State Club'pin?” . . . "Naw . . . Lion’s Paw” . . . What down-town store got nasty with the boys and stopped some forty charge accounts recently . . . and is wondering why it isn’t getting any business or any money? . . . Merry Christ mas, Mr. Lederer, and let joy be un-fined.* WANTED DEAD OR ALlVE—preferably dead. Last seen disappearing over northern horizon in rein deer-driven vehicle, about Dec. 25, 1928. Around the Corner Fraternity -and sorority pledges are rapidly ap proaching that awesome or awful time when they will be elected to membership in the organization. •There are a great number of fraternities and soror ities on the campus that still have the antiquated “hell week” on the calendar for the neophytes. We were under the impression that this practice went out with the invention of the horseles's carriage as far ns initiations generally are concerned. The old idea that the pledge should be made to appreciate the badge by a week of real “Kell” has been stretched about to the breaking point. ’Mjany houses have in the past few years abolished paddling, and some of those who did abolish it have gone back to it as a means of education. It has been fully proved by educators that you can’t beat educa tion into any person by. means of a club or paddle of any kind. The paddling was found to stir up resent ment in many houses, and most of those that abolished tho practice are glad that they did. Those who proudly point to the fact that they have abolished paddling make it hard to understand their actions when they equally boast “\vc have a real hell week at our house.” It seems somewhat inconsistent. Thero remains another group that proudly points out that "our hell week is educational.” The spirit is there, but usually the' Upperclass flesh is weak and the pledgo is made to “properly appreciate” - the great (transition that he is about to experience by means of r. few more or less humiliating encounters.—The Daily CAMPUSEER BY HIMSELF * * * s*s $ * * $ $ # >*s * “Hell Week” THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN LISTOESUMMER HOUSES REDUCED Chambers Announces Alteration In Plans for Dormitories Required by Session The 1933 Slimmer Session will use four less fraternities for dormitories than were accepted for use this year, Dean Will- Grant Chambers, in charge of Summer Session, announced yester day. Because of "an anticipated drop in enrollment, it was deemed necessary to make this curtailment to protect the interests of the fraternities ac cepted, according to the Summer Ses sion dean. All applications from fra ternities for. use as summer dorm itories must be turned in at Dean Chamber's.office by tomorrow. Will Announce Selections ! Applications have been received j from all fraternities that were used i as summer dormitories last year, while i no other fraternities have been so licited, Dean Chambers said. Final selections, ifiill be announced imme diately after the Christmas holidays. ; Authorities for the 1933 Summer | Session have emphasized that a reg- I ularly-elected house manager must be in charge, .9f the fraternity. Any change in manager will automatically cancel the approval of the house as a dormitory. The right l to choose those houses which are best suited for the com fort of students will be reserved by the College., The condition of the | house, freedom from, noise, accessi | bility, screening against flies, train | ing and experience of the house man ager, and a complete .budget statement on which . the house will be managed will be considered),by> the Summer School -authorities, D.ean Chambers stated. . :is . Mart NeverlSaw College; Enrolls In Class of ’35 i,J ; n.,. ’ Entering. .College as a sophomore without ever having'.'seen a college campus or'having taken a single resi dence course is of Martin W. .Luther ’tfo,‘\vho is enrolled in the curriculum of,‘civil engineer ing. ’ : -|i"- ijV- Luther, .taking literally the state ment that’“if you <;an't go to college the college ;will coraipj. to, you,” regis tered as student a year ago,, completed , two,- courses, each in Vdrawipg, 4 history, anu/English by,’, correspon dence, and,this fail successfully .pass ed examinations for advanced stand ing which admitted him to the sopho more class. The accomplishment ,is without parallel in the: College rec ords. ’ ’■ ’’ Two freshman credits in the civil engineering. course which are not given by the College extension division will be hiade up at the civil engineer ing camp next summer, and with the exception of. physical education and R. 0. T. C. credits, Luther will have the same standing at the end of the ‘current year as those who'have spent two full years here, provided he is as successful in his resident work. Spending an average of three and one-half months on each course, Lu ther took as many subjects at a time as possible, and .avoided loss of time between courses by enrolling in a sec ond before completing the first in or der to' complete the work as soon as possible. A maximum' time of ten years is allowed by the extension de ] Music by flie /4k COLLEGE^fV Penn’Harris Hotel BALLROOM MON., SkEC. 26th - 5122 Per Couple •" 1 CHRISTMAS HOME-GOERS . ii-j;'" ■ ’ GASOLINE, OIL AND ACCESSORIES ><l ::. Stop at . RishePs Garage Boaisburg T! , FRATERNITIES: Why not have your Butcher Knives sharpened during the Christmas vacation? 808 MINGLE 119 South Frazier Street THE FORUM Drawn up hi the fnyjn of a pctitii the following proposal has been made believe that it is more than thc.opini open to opinion, one wag or the other, in revealing student sentiment. We, the undersigned, constituting the entire number of an organized group of seniors, believing that we represent a typical group, and .that the views hereinafter stated are held by a. large proportion of the senior class members, do hereby protest against the holding of the Senior Ball in.accordance with the budget which has been contemplated for it, for the following reasons: 1. Under the present budget the Ball will, as previously, incur an even greater deficit than the anticipated one of S2OO. Last year the senior class treasury forfeited $540.46 to make up the deficit of the Ball. 2. The senior class as a whole, the majority of whose members are auto matically'barred from the Ball by the high assessment, must nevertheless stand the loss. We suggest that a budget embrac ing the following considerations be Fraternity Men Play Dinners for Ly\ Fraternity men played Santa Claus to more than one hundred children liv ing in Lytle's Addition this week by entertaining the youngsters, who ranged in ages from five to fourteen, at special Christmas dinners, provid ing gifts for each child, and in a few cases special baskets of food for their parents. Houses which took part in the pro ject included the Associated Commons Club, Delta Sigma P-hi, Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Pi, Theta Chi, Theta Nu Ep silon, and Theta Xi. Sigma Chi has undertaken to provide baskets of food for the Christmas day dinners for those needing -relief. Other fraternities have volunteered to turn over toys received by members in their own Christmas parties to. the Penn State Christian association for distribution to the children. Gayle V. Strlckler '34 is in charge of the Christian association committee hand-, ling the distribution. • 'The annual Christmas party for the partment for completing the same amount of work at the rate of one course a year. Luther not only successfully passed the entrance examinations, but com piled an average of 2.7 for the ten courses. •• Although he found'the work difficult at the beginning,; he'-spent as. much time every day in study ,as he- would have spent in attending classes and studying on the'campus and gradually, made fairly- rapid pro gress in the work, he revealed. NOTICE Special Arrangements Can Be Made FOR LEWISTOWN Reside’s Taxi Phone. 750 Corner 'on to the president of the senior class , ’ by a group of fourteen students who ion of a small group. - This column is on this or any other subject to assist adopted instead: 1. In recognition of the present economic conditions, the total cost shall not exceed S6OO. 2. That the assessment shall not exceed $2.50, including tax. 3. That in order to effect the necessary economies, two campus bands be employed at a total cost not exceeding $2OO, and the cost of dec orating' be limited to $2OO. We find this budget has three dis tinct advantages: 1. At worst, it will incur a smaller loss than the anticipated-one under the proposed budget. 2. It will make for a larger at tendance. 3. And by doing so will permit the .possibility of a profit. We request that before further ar rangements are made, a formal vote of the class shall be taken in such a manner as to assure a'"fair represen tation. Santa Claus at lie Addition Children I Lytic’s Addition children and their [parents will be sponsored by the as sociation in the Lytle schoolhouse at 7:30 tonight. A program of carols, accordion selections by Veto A. Aluise ’33, and distribution of toys and candy will comprise the entertainment. PHI LAMBDA UPSILON (Uonorary Chemistry) Faculty Herman H. Appledorn jr. Graduate George P. Fulton Philip L. Harris Kenneth C. Laughlin Dari McLachlan jr. Robert F. Marschner Milo G. Mayberry Paul ’L. Meunier. George T. Parker Cyril D. Wilson Undergraduate S. Lowroskf ’33 Edwin G. Graeber ’33 Calvin Golumbic ’34 i William J. Having ’34 ' Milton Kosmin '34 Herbert J. Minich '34 Anthony-C. Richer '34 Lawrence Rosner ’34' . William O. Small ’34. Harry A. Walker '34 Duke university SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DURHAM, N. C. Four terms of eleven, weeks are given each year,' These may* be taken con secutively (M.D. in three . years) or three terms may be taken each year’ (M.D. in* four years).' The entrance requirements.are intelligence, charac ter'and at least two years of College work, including the subjects specified for (trade A Medical Schools. Cata logues and application forms may he obtained from the Dean. OUR 1933 CHRISTMAS CLUB , IS NOW OPEN . We invite you to join THE First National Bank OF STATE COLLEGE STATE COLLEGE, PA. John T. McCormick, President David F. ICapp, Cashier 4vo/dBonerj* A SATIRE isa MAM WHO IS 50i THIS sort of thing has gone too . far! "When asked what product wc get from whales, Bill Boner said, “Little whales.” • Let’s take action at once.. Get him • Buy Edgeworth anywhere in two, a good pipe and a tin of gop.d tobacco. fonns Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed We all know a pipe smooths out the and Edgeworth Plug Slice. All sizes r * wrinkly clears, the mind for its.best , pocket package to pound hu thinking. And we all know what midor tin. If you would like to fry * smoking tobacco, goes best in agood before you buy, write Larus & 8r0., 1 ’- pipe. For a' recent investigation Co., 120 S. 22d St., showed Edgeworth to be the favorite Richmond, Va., for smokcat.42 out of 54 leading colleges, a free sample packet. Next timeyou “cram" for an exam, ligh,t.up a pipeful of Edgeworth. Ah! See how that different blend of fino old hurleys makes even the toughest 'U\ EDGEWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO:! Friday, December 16, 1932 America Maintaining | Place in World of \ Music, Grant States, “America is not on the road to be-* coming music dumb,” declared Dircci tor Richard W. Grant, of the depart-j; ment of music, in contradiction to a statement made by Paul Whiteman itJ New York recently. “America is pro ducing its quota of both music'and musicians at the present time,” .he said. '■ “I don’t see how ja ri ever can do kept out of its rightful place >,: m music,” Grant continued. “It. has: a definite rhythm-appeal that recognizes and enjoys. Serious jqzz has earned its.place in art.-” Among the contributions, of jazz that'Professor Grant believes wilFibe permanent are “Rhapsody in Biup r ” “Grand Canyon Suite,”'and “Missis-j sippi Suite.” These fulfill every ■'re quirement of truly good said. “No one can deny that we have gopd musicians in America,” he added. “The trouble rests in the fact that; they 'are not producing enough. of 'tHb higher type of jazz. In a shofrt time they will realize that they must,..do this.” ' DAIILE SPEAKS AT ALBANY Prof. Chester D. Dahle of the dairy husbandry department spoke tin “Research in Ice Cream Production!’ at the. Silver Anniversary of Ice Cream Manufacturers of New Yorif. State at ‘Albany, N. Y., yesterday and Wednesday. HORTICULTURE DINNER HELD, The annual Horticulture banquet was held last night, in Old Main Sajijdr wlch Shop, with horticulture students of the College and visitors here £ol* Jlorticulture Week in attendance. WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE.*; Prof. George R. Green and Prof;- George J. Free, of the nature educa tion department, will attend • a con ference of the • American Association for the Advancement of Science which will be held in Atlantic City from De cember 26 to 31. WAPfAUM. AWarjicrprolhcisTfiCJtic. .... -7 (No matinees during Christmas vacation. Matinees resume on Mon day, January 2. Theatre open every evening at G:30). FRIDAY— George Raft, Nancy Carrojl in 1 ' I ', .‘ UNDER-COVER MAN!’ : SATURDAY—. ; t Nancy Carroll, Cary Grant in >r . j , “HOT SATURDAY” MONDAY and TUESDAY— Evening Showing Only. : Randolph Scott, Sally Blanc In Zanc Grey’s •' if “WILD HORSE MESA” '-‘urr, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY-^' ZaSir'Pitts, Jimmy Gleason iii Jlfl ' 'llhil “THE CROOKED CIRCLE” .. . . NEXT FRIDAY— Charles Farrell, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy in ; “WILD GIRL” NEXT SATURDAY— John Wayne, Noah Beery-imno i “THE BIG STAMPEDE” . NITTANY (Closed after Friday until Tuesday, January-3). . - FRIDAY— “CENTRAL PARK”: and - Alexander Gray Musical Short problem a whole lot easier,
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