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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
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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
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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
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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,