Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during (he College year, except on holidays, hy students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the Interest of the College, the student', faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD ROBERT E. TSCIIAN *33 RALPH HETZEL JR. ’33 Managing Editor SIDNEY 11. BENJAMIN *33 Sports Editor RICHARD V. WALL '33 Assistant Kditor DONALD P..DAY *33 Assistant Managing Editor ERNEST B. ZUKAUSKAS ’33 Assistant Sports Editor ROLI.IN C. STEINMETZ ’33 Nows Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. ’33 News Editor Editorial Office Business Office l«Nitlany Printing Building Phone 292-W Entered at the Postoffice, State College. Pa... as Second-class Matter TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1933 THIS COLLEGE CAN be congratulated for the sig nificant fact that it has no mammoth stadium hanging around its financial neck like a mill-stone. A large un paid for plant is cited by many athletic authorities as one of the outstanding reasons for the present financial difficulty facing colleges throughout the country. Such instances of where too much plimt and equipment has laid low the athletic side of many institutions serves only to point a significant moral for other sides of the educational field. There arises from the shadows of beautiful buildings, excellent equipment, and all the f.uperficials of a great institution, the fact that a col logo is, when reduced to the absolute, nothing more than the quality of its teaching staff. As typical Americans, W 3 naturally enough in good years emphasize the more tangible articles at the expense of those -of lasting val ue. A depression serves to bring into true perspective, these latter. If only the lessons of evil days can be re- membered when affluence returns, colleges can gain much. Whether or not this college has indulged to ex cess in buildings no one can say who is not familiar with conditions and, especially, with the purpose for which the funds have been specifically legislated. Leg islatures can more readily see propositions where there is need for building and consequently vote funds for such purposes more readily than for other necessities. Nevertheless, the ideal of a strong faculty should be jealously guarded as the keystone of the college. A stu dent of long ago doesn’t recognize this campus today. He remembers the men who shaped his college life. He may be proud of the physical plant in so far as it in dicates an intellectual richness beneath. Even more proud must he be of the contributions of the faculty to world knowledge and its ability to develop students. So it is that while buildings make education comfort able and-facilitate-its/spread only the teaching, staff can be of lasting significance. - SOME TIME AGO there went up the cry that stu dent labor in State College was being exploited—that lean, gaunt individuals were being worn that way by cruel capitalists who drain the last inch of work from their helpless labor and give them nothing in return. It ail seemed as if the heel-grinding which Russian nov . c-lists arc so fond of existed right in this pleasant val ley. Something should be done, said the indignant mem bers of a student organization—a scathing editorial, a gigantic revelation of the dripping facts. The facts and statistics were a little hazy at the time. Now material is on hand concerning student employment and wages. All indications are that the situation isn't so bad, that nothing much might be done unless it were to provide nioro jobs for more students. And that, of course, is entirely beside the issue of exploitation. IN THE DESIRE to bring lecturers of wide re pute to the campus, it is only too natural- for students and faculty alike to forget that there are many interest ing lecturers within their own ranks who are author ities on subjects of general interest. The Liberal Axis Lecture series, now entering its twenty-third year, serves as a welcome reminder of this fact. The program this year, in keeping with a consistent policy, includes sub jects that are of general interest—scholarly, it is true, but at the same time within the range of appreciation of the entire student body. The popularity of the series in the past is the best guarantee that need be given for the value of the lectures. AS PART OF A subdivision of a Senate committee considering specific changes in curricula, a student group lias been s working to present undergraduate opinion. How much ultimate good this undergraduate effort may result in depends entirely on the seriousness with which the committee works and how seriously the Senate com mittee takes the work of the student group. Experi enced educators may be able to pick to pieces the edu cational theories of the student recommendations and with more precision, if less feeling, than the entire stu dent body which as a unit can be called the most crit ical of what is being offered them. This student com mittee has been spending much thought as well as time in making serious proposals. There can be no doubt that it is endeavoring to fulfill its part of the program. THE FORMATION of such an organization as an Eastern Intercollegiate Football conference—in the vis ionary stages that it is now being studied—would cer tainly be a marked advance in the history of Eastern sports.. The conception of Penn State athletic officials in assigning it a primary purpose of advancing ideals and facilitating cooperation among the member groups is one which requires such an organization. That it could be formed and would develop into a strong force for athletic progress seems unquestionable. What with finals rearing their ugly heads to threaten us and all, it’s a dull world save for those jolly little incidents that will happen now and then to arouse a chuckle. By the way, have you read that latest of masterpieces by the author of “Goona-Goona” entitled—“ The Mystery of the Missing A. A. Office Stamps” “Chambersburg Here I Come,” by La Belle Maimed? ALFRED W. HESSE JR. *33 Business Manager ROBERT M. HARRINGTbN *33 Circulation Man&Ker PAUL BIERSTEIN ’33 Local Advertising Manager WILLARD D. NESTER *33 Foreign Advertising Manager ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS ’33 Credit Manager MARION P.. HOWELL ’33 Women’ll Editor Isabel McFarland *33 Women’s Managing Editor ELIZABETH M. KALB ’33 Women’s News Editor Wending, his woeful way homeward the other evening one of those snooping reporters discovered a young fellow in a pitiful plight. Head buried in hands, this lad was sitting on the curbstone tearing up paper matches. Match after match was torn from the parent pack to be dessicated by his merciless fing ers, and cast aside to swell the growing pile at his feet. Large tears coursed down his face to drop from his chin and splash in a puddle of brine that bore gilent witness to the poignantness of his grief. His face was covered by a week-old stubble of beard, and his clothes, once neat, were now in a sad state of dis array. Impulsively the reported stopped and put his hand on the poor wretch’s shoulder. The lad glanced up, and .... Goodness! It was Cyrano de Rosen thall, the campus lover! Silently, he nodded. “I haven’t got a telegram from her in a week,” he said. 'The reporter swallowed once, and turned away. 313 Old Main For years we have stood or sat uncomfortably by, while people spoke in hushed and reverent tones of a certain Mona Litha. Just who, or what, they were talking about seemed to be far beyond the realms of our comprehension. Then came the dawn! Recently while walking up the campus with a young lady, who might have been Isabel Loveland only we just don’t seem to register, some unknown, behind, said in an awed voice, “Say, Jim, isn’t that the monalitha Rip ley had in Believe It or Not?” And we silently blessed the fate that had at last given us the answer. We read, hot long ago, a learned discussion by our contemporary (may he rest in peace) The Cam puseer, an excellent discussion, in fact, of what to do with that curse of modern curses, the paper napkin.. Wo take this opportunity of thanking him publicly for such a service to mankind. Now that that’s been dealt with, how about the problem of dealing with a lettuce and tomato sandwich without getting may onnaise in your eye, on your fingers and down the front of an impeccable tux shirt? ..There seems to be a doubt in.the minds, of many, "as to the identity of a “Skittle.”^A’ common'and er-' roneous impression is that it's .'something that one eats while imbibing non-intoxicating. 3.2 beer. This is wrong. It all started from a relatively simple fa[ct. In the old days dramatic organizations were wont to rehearse far into the night, and,of course sometimes felt the need of light refreshment, which need was met by serving glasses of beer and some few pretzels at intervals during the night. After a particularly long and hard rehearsal one evening, with frequent stops for refreshing parched throats, one of the lad dies cried exultantly, “Oh, baby, this skittle have them rolling in the aisles!” And there you are, people, there you are! Fantasy: ’We solemnly dedicate the above to the episode bn the corner at two bells (-not nautical) the other night. THE MANIAC. Get • Results Phone Your Want Ads JUST CALL 292-W It connects you with the selling counter of the town. Rates are low and results are high. THE Pehn State Collegian OLD MANIA *** * * * ****** ****** ****** ****** Who has seen the wind, Neither you nor I, Oh yes I have, mother, McFavlane just passed by. THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN lIAY FEVER by Noel Coward, produced by the Penn State Players under the direction of Frank Neutsbaum, Saturday, January 14. THE PLAYERS Sorcl Filins Margie Kuschkc Simon llliss... .... ......Paul Hirsch Clara ..Nellie Grav&tt Judith 81ina..... Lucclta Parker David Bliss Kulr.er Richards Sandy Tyrell ....... Milton Curver Myra Arundel.... .-Theresa Baer Kiclmrd Crcatham ....Wickliffe Crider Jackie Cory t0n..... —Mary MUhollahd More neatly acted and produced than any Players’ comedy we (during about five years) have seen. That was Noel Coward’s “Hay Fever,” opening and closing here Saturday night. It was the sort of production which mokes this column lament. Endowed with a zeal for social service, we al ways want to do something more than hurt the feelings of young actors who have done their best (or worst). If we could use this space to say to all those who take us seriously, “Listen, kid, you oughta see this show next week,” it would give us that benevol ent feeling we crave so much. That is what we would recommend about “Hay Fever.” But each, play is given only once, which is hard oh actors, audience and our social consciousness. The‘first act got off to a rather asthmatic start, with even Miss Par-: ker in the general gasping for that old audience empathy. In the second act, however, everybody was breath ing regularly and the third act with its delightful breakfast skirmish brought full breaths of satisfaction. Too much importance-can hardly be attached to the fashion in which Miss Porker bore up the difficult main role. She was more than competent, suc- ; cessfully versatile, and totally know ing in the strenuous technic of double intention, i. e. noting acting. Pleas ant as was her performance, it was more pleasant to see how well some of the less experienced players kept the pace she set. Two reasons, Kuschke and Richards, came up during the performance which make us wish that we were slated to se'e the plays here during the next three years. Their work stood out beyond the usual freshman per former—and the usual upperclass per former. Miss Kuschke'exhibited an ease and natural dramatic sense which promises a good,deal of pleas ure for Players’audiences here if she, will devote .herself• a bit to the cere bral aspects of acting .which are the natural complement to her inherent facility. (This lecture could be am plified* at her convenience). Richards ...showed a-fine sense of, dramatic- pace, equally noticeable in his inflections and. timing. He ma'de the character of the; novelist thor oughly delightful.-’.He lacked only a }touch of: easeand -surety,-a 1 conscious unconsciousness orthe^audierice. Two other freshmen showed prom ise. Crider and Carver. Crider had difficulty in reacting to the situations Special to January 15 Two for $l.OO Call for and Deliver Quality and Service EXCLUSIVE DOLLAR , CLEANERS Phone 4‘U 109 E. Beaver Ave. Duke university SCHOOL OP 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''cach year (M.D. in four yean). The entrance requirements are intelllirenee, charae „ ter and at least.two years of College work, including the subjects specified for Grade A Medical Schools. Cata logues and application forms may he obtained from the Dean. tiotylo Avo/d B&Mrs- A CATARACT is A TRAINED CAT AND still thejrlet liim live! Even XJI after he 'said "a refugee was a man who took charge of prize fights ! There’s just one thing to do—and high time somebody did it. Intro- . .., • , „ • , duce Bill Boticr to a good-pipe and forms-Eageworth Rnady-Eubbod good tobacco. A pipe helps a man aad Plug Shoe. All s.z<3 get'down to straight'thinking. Col- -lStpocketpackagetopoundhum.- logo mon know, 100, that there's one dor «"■ n ou d ]lkc ta ,r » bofo ™ smoking tobacco without a rival. y° u bu V- ,vnte tor a Sm-smt [>lo That's-Edgeworth.* ' packet. Address Larus & Bro. Co., Hero's an idea. Fill your pipe 120 S. 22d St., Richmond, Ya, with Edgeworth Smoking Tobaefco IwJrfsSJSSSh'to °b, andlightup. Now—taken good Idng thofavoritcsmokiuK to rr T. • X lb'! lwcco at 42 out of Cl puff. Ever try anything like that leading colleges. before? Of course not, for Edge worth 13 a.-distinctive and different , blend of fine old burlcya. Buy Edgeworth anywhero In two - EDGEWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO FOOTLIGHTS in the way the character he repre sented would react, rather than as he personally would react. Carver ap parently - had the will, but not the way. His technical knowledge seem ed limited to knowing that lifting the eyebrows can show surprise. When Hirsch reads lines, we al ways say them over to ourself in the way we think they should be read, which is not the same. His picture of 'the volatile young artist waft drawn heavily, without understanding. His vigor and appearance only re deemed him somewhat. Misses.Baer, Gravatt, and Milhol land acted in patches. Baer under stood the part well, but with flat voice and indefinite acting she kept herself from a good performance. Gravatt sniffed well, but was careless of the part's possibilities. Milholland cried well, but did not handle herself easily upon the stage. For casting that was accurate and directing that was sure and intelli gent, Mr. Neusbaum may receive long term credit from this department. If this play were to be given again, we would say in our benevolent way, "See it." PLANS MONT ALTO PROGRAM William A. Hammakcr ’.TO, who is in charge of P. S. C. A. work with freshmen, was in Mont Alto Friday planning the second semester program of the newly-organized Mont Alto Christian association. ALPHA PHI OMEGA ELECTIONS (Education and Social Service) Charles I. Bottorf '33 Earnest Dejaiffe ’33 John D. ICendig '33 Robert W. Burrage '35 The New Chevrolet Six Chevrolet goes marching into 1933 with a colorful parade of the biggest cars in the low-price field-'-and the greatest values in its •history.. . Let Us Show You the New Chevrolet McClellan Chevrolet Company Phone 606 : W. College Ave lean Says Conditions Slightly Subnormal (Continued from page one) Marquardt, College examiner, stated. "Only 350 transfers were admitted Of the 1,500 or more who applied, while all students accepted had unusually high qualifications." ’ The rapid increase of the transfer rate.in the last three years is due to the lower rates and living conditions at Penn State, Doctor Marquardt be lieves. Many students, however, de nied this fact when interviewed, claiming that - a student spends pro portionally the same amount in -this College as elsewhere. Of sixty-three students who have left College this present semester, twenty-two gave financial reasons, two left to accept a position, and two gave conditions at home. There are still-more applicants for entrance to the College than 'the College can ade- VARSITY BILLIARDS REDECORATED and under new man agement. A place where you will enjoy your recreation mo ments. : Across from Post Office The New Bedford Cord The Corner 6 o'clock means nothing to telephone service! Bell-System service must go on all the lime. Day and night, Sundays and holidays, it must handle with speed and accuracy not only the usual traffic but also the unexpected rush of calls.. To meet this obligation, Bell System men tackle problems of many kinds. At Bell Telephone Laboratories, scientists develop new kinds of apparatus. At Western Electric, engineers find ways to make telephones, switchboards and cable more and more reliable. In the telephone com panies, traffic engineers devise improved operating methods that make service faster, more accurate, more dependable. Result: at noon or in the dead t>f night, the public reaches confidently for the .telephone, knowing that Bell System service never stops. I TELEPHONE HOME ONE NIGHT BAGH WEEK I . . . LOWEST RATES AFTER EIGHT-THIRTY - quately care for, even with a require in the upper three-fifths of his high school class. " Intangible' factor's, 'such' as signs of discouragement among students with the saturation factors of industry and commerce, listed by Dean Rivenburg, are noticeable here. Worry and dis appointment over possible financial situations at home is-also evident in a quiet study of students. liApSAibM Matinee at I:3o—.Evening Opening at'6:3o. Complete Laic Showing After 9:00 p. ,ri. TUESDAY— ;%« Eddie Cantor in “THE KID PROM. SPAIN” Mickey Meuse Cartoon and News WEDNESDAY— * .’j Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson in “THE DEVIL IS DRIVING” THURSDAY— Warren William, Lili Damita in “THE MATCH KING” Added Attraction Complete Action Pictures of the Notre I)amc-Southern California Football Game FRIDAY— . '• Barbara Stamvyck,- Nils Aslher in “THE BITTER TEA OF . GENERAL YEN” Looney Tune and Comedy SATURDAY— William Powell, Joan Blondell in TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY— Mightier Than the Stage Play “THE LAST MILE’! Also Charlie Chaplin in “Easy Street” THURSDAY— “THE DEVIL IS DRIVING” FRIDAY— “THE'MATCH KING”. SATURDAY— “THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN” GREY OR BEIGE $l.OO a Yard EGOLFS BELL SYSTEM “LAWYER MAN” NITTANY
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