PagB Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during the Collece year, ezeept on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State Collece, In the Interest of the Collece, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD ROBERT E. TSCIIAN *33 ALFRED W. HESSE JR. *33 Editor Business Manager RALPH IIKTZEL JR. *33 ROBERT M. HARRINGTON *33 Manncinc Editor Circulation Manager SIDNEY H. BENJAMIN *33 PAUL BIERSTEIN '33 Sitortu Editor Local Advertising Manager RICHARD V. WALL *33 WILLARD D. HESTER ’33 Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager DONALD P. DAY *33 ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS ’33 Assistant Managing Editor Credit Manager ERNEST U. ZUKAUSKAS '33 MARION P. HOWELL ’33 Assistant SporU Editor ROLLIN C. STEINMETZ *33 News Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. *33 News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Charles A. Myers ’34 Wm. U. Prothero *34 Wm. M. Stcgmeler ’34 George A. Scott '34 Bernard H. Roscnzweig '34 James M. Sheen '34 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGER 3 Harold J. Batsch '3l H. Edgar Furman ’34 John C. Irwin '34 Frederick L. Tuvlor ‘34 FraiMs Wacker '34 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Eva M. Bliehfeldt '34 Ruth M. Harmon *34 Mae P. Kaplan '34 Editorial Office—. Business Office Nittany Printing Building Phone 292-W Member Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Entered at the Postoffice, State College, Pa., as Second-class Matter TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1933 THE SKELETON of “Hell Week” has been dragged from the closet and once again as initiation season as sumes top position in campus talk the question will be argued in all corners. The results of the survey of fra ternity presidents would indicate that “Hell Week” is practiced extensively, that it is a good thing, and, para doxically, that it does not interfere with scholastic mat ters. For several years crusaders among national of ficers, faculty, deans, and students have been striving to eliminate barbaric initiation practices from frater nities founded as they are on brotherhood. At first glance it would seem that all efforts have been in vain. Further inquiry will show, it can reasonably be main tained, that some progress has been made. The images conjured by the phrase “Hell Week” today are different from those of five or six years ago. With few excep tions the pre-initiation practices have lost most of the old-time flavor of physical injury. Such rigamarole of endurance that may be retained is kept more for the sake of what it once signified than as an actual test. However, it cannot be asserted that matters of study under the present set-up arc not interfered with. As long as there is any initiation at all, formal or infor mal, interference will exist.. Who.would eliminate for .mere scholarship’s such a matter as an initiation? The situation reduced to simplicity, shows that, 're-, assuring progress has been made in bringing fraternity informal initiations to a more reasonable plane. Be cause it is a human' problem and because humans don’t do things because they are rational but depend largely on their prejudices the ideal of anything can nob be at tained in one step. As improvement has come in the past, so will it continue to come in the future —if the ideal is held before the groups long enough. A DEFINITE PROPOSAL to establish a fund from which all manner of cultural projects could be financed, at least partially, comes as welcome relief from the maze of comment in favor of such things as Artists’ Courses at Penn State. If students who hold responsible positions delegated to them, are in sympathy with such a student financed program, the remainder of the under graduate body will no doubt go along with them. It is common opinion around the campus that this College should offer more opportunity for cultural advance- ment through visiting artists. Unless these lamenta tions are nothing more than a feigned interest in things cultural, there should be no objection to the small sem ester fee that is proposed. At any rate some time there must come a satisfaction for all the demand for an Ar tists’ Course. Whatever way it comes no one particular ly cares. The proposal that has received widespread ap proval of student activity men at least should be con sidered from all sides. BECAUSE THE entire system of education in America is built to meet the ability of the average stu dent and to develop liim as much as possible, the future for honors courses seems dark. That the system should be tried in some subjects and extended wherever pos sible approximates the most constructive policy. Edu cators launching broadsides from all parts of the coun try bear witness to the fact that the better students are held to the limitations of the average, that the fire of knowledge for knowledge’s sake can more easily than not be suffocated by boredom of routine which only the poorer student requires. Worth-while as the raising of the general intelligence may bo, nevertheless there is something vicious about a system that hampers the more gifted. The use of honors courses would be a step toward shifting a little emphasis from the average stu dent and using it to benefit the more capable and serious minded. FRATERNITY representatives will discuss tbe “graduate tutor” system that has been adopted in many colleges and is actually being practiced in slightly different form at several fraternities here. If guidance can solve the problem of failing 'students, the tutor system can bo of material benefit to fraternities who dread tho prospect of losing men through dismissal from college. More than that the assistance of tutors could do much toward advising men who arc at sea in their work. Obviously, guidance would be the limit of the tutorial assistance. The work must always rest on the Ah, the ingeniousness of youth! And the utter naivetee of the powers that he! Not so very long ago two innocent appearing young gentlemen presented themselves at one of the larger girls dorms, announc ing that they were the brothers of one of the inmates. Said inmate rushed downstairs and after suitable greeting they were ushered courteously aloft and re mained to cheer the dismal afternoon and evening, until at last it was announced that all visitors must leave, whereupon they made graceful exit—to their respective fraternity houses and bull sessions! Hats off, people, we give you two of nature’s nerviest noblemen! Women’s Editor Isabel McFarland *33 Women’s Managing Editor ELIZABETH M. KALB 'S3 Women's Nows Editor A certain English Lit professor appeared before ono of his classes recently in a rather pitiful state. Ho was sadly in need of sleep and showed it. Pain lay in the deptli of his eyes. Somberly he regarded his class. Then grasping the back, of a chair for sup port, ho began to speak: “I wish to make apologies for presenting myself in such a condition of sleeplessness, and so evidently disgruntled. Last night my youngster was ill, and I was forced to walk the floor for some hours with him. I am not fond of such exercise. In fact I dislike it in tensely. At any rate he could not go to sleep and neither could I. Hour after endless hour'l paced back and forth, back and forth, until I thought I should go mad with the torture of it! And then—suddenly— the child slept. As I, too, fell off to sleep (he took a firmer hold on the back of his supporting chair) —the phone rang! Dragging myself to the receiver, I growled a hello. Came a voice, ‘Oh doctor, I’m hot feeling well!’ What the , neither am I! And the name is not spelled Rffenour! . . . Let us pro ceed with the class.” 313 Old Main We think we’re going crazy. Daily, the vestiges of our sanity are leaving us. In fact, we’re cracking up. Soon there won’t be anyone to write such lovely columns for you, but we have our consolation. Life’s just not worth living anyway. Why just the other night, wo peeked into the Kappa House and there were three of ’em doing jig-saw puzzles . . . jig-saw puzzles! . . . Aw, what’s the use . . . * Yes, we heard about the lad who recently re ceived a certified check for some $14,000. Whereupon we immediately put our fertile brain to work dream- ing of what we could do with such an amount. Our , final-decision was to invest it by buying- one of the Liberal Arts buildings and. turning it into a gleam ing, brass-fixtured saloon, with sawdust on the floors and everything. The catch is that business probably wouldn’t he any good, because everyone is always late . in getting to the L. A. buildings ... * * * * $ * ' * We’ve heard of girls being bored and walking out on their dates, and such, hut we hand the palm to a certain visitec. at the Chi Phi lodge on Sunday eve ning. She was the pride of Kappa Kappa Gamma am! who was a lowly Atkinson to keep her awake? She suggested a game of hide-and-seek. He didn’t wanna, but she hid anyway, and stayed hidden until closing time, when she was located sound asleep be hind the piano! Oh dear .. . ! a * # * * sjc Curds and Whey ,Why doesn’t someone kill that guy Lombardo . . . Dave Long and Croohe doing their act to the tune of “Tho Sidewalks of New York” at the local rendezvous on Saturday night. . . who was the elderly gentleman ■who patted Doc. Ritenour on the head at the bashct "ball game i . . that closed Kappa Sigma dance Theta been better off if it hadn’t rained so hard Warnock come and see us some time?, go now! Dollar Days Wednesday to Saturday Shirts - - ' - - - .$l.OO Ties - - - 2 and 3 $l.OO Sox - - 3 and 5 pairs $l.OO Scarfs - - - - $l.OO Gloves - - - : - $l.OO Pajamas - - - - . $l.OO Sweaters - $l.OO per sleeve Corduroy Trousers $l.OO per leg Hats - r - - . $l.OO OLD MANIA *** * * * ****** we’re goona THE MANIAC THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN High School Students Rival College ,Contemporaries as ‘Handshakers’ “High school students can hand shako as well as college students,” stated Lucretia I. Blochcr ’33, after nino weeks of practice teaching Jn Johnstown. One young hopeful came early to school every noon to bring his teacher candy and inquiro about improving his work. Another, after having a little difficulty with his teacher in classroom work and completely ignor ing her, bid her a repentant goodbye when she left. Learning the peculiar names of her pupils was one of the most interesting and puzzling phases of her work, Miss Blochcr said. In one class she had a Venus, a Plato, and an Electra; while the name Luminary Holliday appear ed on another class roster. . “I learned' more German in nine weeks of practice teaching than in four years at College,” said Elsa P. Karger ’33, in describing her teaching experiences in Johnstown. Some of her exceptionally bright pupils in first and third year German classes were ever on the watch for an opportunity to “trip up” the teacher. English themes furnished the most amusement to Sylvia R. Breneman ’33 and Marian I. Gillette ’33. In one pa per, Miiss Gillette received: “He en tered the room and there lay a man on the bed in his fifties shot through the heart.” jTo Miss Breneman came the follow ing comments on Burns' poems “Hal lowe’en” and “Tam O’Shanter”: “Hugging the darlings around the barns arid stables was his idea of pleasure,” and “Tam would have Library To Display Valuable Books in Treasure Collection Six valuable books, four journals of the Congresses of one-hundred fifty years ago, and a : collection of letters are included in a “treasure collection” which will be displayed in the library. The collection is a step in the plan to catalog all valuable items in the li brary. Among tlitrvolumes in the Treas ure Collection is a first edition of Hawthorne’s “Life of Franklin Pierco” published by Tieknor and Fields in Boston in 1852 and has the original covers. The Tribune Primer, Eugene Fields’ first book, privately reprinted‘in Boston .inT.9OO, is inthc collection.. Vy-- , .. of .'the correspondence : between Gen eral and Senator Sherman from 1837 to 1891 edited by Rachel Sherman Thorndike, New York, 1894, and a first edition of Irving’s “The Alhambra,” published in two volumes 'by Carey and Lee, Philadelphia, in 1832, arc to be seen at the library. The library ,als'o contains the Jour nals of Congress, containing the pro ceedings from Sept. 5, 1774 to .Janu ary 1,177 C, for the year of 1770, for the year from January 1, 1777 to Jan uary 1, 1778, and for the year 1781, all of which were published in New York or Philadelphia about 1777. Other books in the collection arc: Tho Castle of Otranto, first edition of a story translated by William Mar shall, Gent, and published in London in 1705; Japan, an attempt at inter pretation by Lafcadio Hearn, a first edition, published in 1904 by Macmil lan, New and Kokoro, hints and echoes of Japanese innerTife, by Laf cadio Hearn,-which was a first edi tion published* by Houghton, Boston, in 1890. FOR THE BEST FUEL Use Neville Coke ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL HILLSIDE ICE & COAL COMPANY Phone 136-J “You Can Get It At Metzger’s” Wanted: Text Books for the Second Semester SEE OUR WANT LIST! Camels |T C% C Of Now 2 lor 25c Jig-Saw Puzzles For Sale and For Rent Womrath’s (New York) Rental Library of Fiction—loo New Books Each Month . reached the bridge all right if the mare’s tail hadn't given out.” In one of the.history classes taught by Sarah A. Ferree ’33 in Altoona, a staunch supporter of Roosevelt* was denouncing President Hoover, pointing out that he couldn’t even give a speech without reading it. Suddenly, how ever, the youthful orator stopped, gaz | ed at his audience blankly, and reach ed down into his pocket for his paper to tell just what eke was wrong with Mr. Hoover. Frothy Funsters Feature Foibles For Future Year With or without ice and snow, the Winter Sports issue of the Penn State Froth, will be released Friday. Ac companied by a deluge of frigid hu mor, the comic magazine will unveil the mysteries of the future by depict ing life at Penn State in 1902 as one of .its features. Enshrouded in glaring color com binations, the magazine will appear with a cover drawn by Dan Gordon, metropolitan illustrator whose work has appeared in various periodicals. A keen insight into the true version of athletic events at Penn State will be presented. , Features of this issue include “Har po and Chico Marx at the Winter Sports,” and “The Early Worm Gets the Birdies.” . Other philosophical treatises to be presented to the read ing public for the first time are “How To Raise Bunions in Two Parts,” and “Romeo and Juliet .with a Capulct Letter.” Feeling that Winter sports at this College have been sadly neglected and realizing the unlimited possibilities for scintillating wit in this field, the Frothy men have attempted to set a precedent in this, their first attempt at a Winter Sports number. The regular departments of the magazine—“ Mug and Jester,” “With the Editors,” and “The Situation,” — have caught the spirit of the issue wit'll icy bits of mid-winter humoi*,: according to the editors. An abund-; anco.of short, pithy jokes will, supple ment the features. NEW ROAD FROM BOROUGH TO POTTER’S MILLS OPENED .The new'concrete road from Potters Mills to State College has been opened to traffic. Continuation of work on the road across the Bald Eagle moun tains north of State College has been suspended until the return of warm weather. The nov; highway shortens the dis tance from State College to Lewistown by eight miles, avoiding the old road over Nittany Mountain. Two for $l.OO Call for and Deliver Quality and Service EXCLUSIVE DOLLAR CLEANERS Phone 444 109 E. Beaver Ave. Speaking Of Books Vocational and placement guidance are more important than ever in this time when places are few. Some agencies have been unusually success full and the story of one and its methods is contained in “How to Get a Job During a Depression” by W. C. Graham, a record of actual and suc cessful experience. For tne science major in college Edward J. Menge has written “Jobs for the College Graduate in Science” which tells him what courses to take, the personality needed and the types of positions available. Dr. Menge is a biologist and thoroughly familiar with the field and work he is discussing. Turning to economics, Walter Lipp man says that “War Debts and World Prosperity” by Harold G. "Moulton and Leo Pasvollky is “a thoroughly re liable American study of the question which is indispensable.” It is par ticularly important for _ the way in which it brings out the relation of the debts to world economic recovery and the international depression as it affects the United States. An other volume in this field which bears the stamp of authority is “Red Eco | ncmic3” by 11. R. Knickerbocker and , others with an introduction by Wal ter Duranty of the New York Time s. The Russian situation at this time with the ending of the first “Five Year Plan” is particularly confusing when, one Bolshevist report acclaims its success and another admits its failure. The library has also ordered several authoritative volumes in the field of “the new technocracy” and these, will be made available as soon as possible. Perhaps the most important recent volume in the x*eligious field is “Re thinking Missions,” the report of a commission appointed by the “Lay men's Foreign Missions Inquiry.” Seven denominations were represent ed in this investigation of the mission situation in the Far East and its find ings and recommendations indicate the need for far-reaching‘changes in the missionary programs. -Biographies and autobiographies continue to be among the most nu merous and popular volumes from the publishers' presses. “Sherman, Fight ing Prophet” by Lloyd Lewis is rich in anecdotes of one of the'greatest American military leaders. 'Gwynn’3 “Life of Horace Walpole” presents a picture of the aristocratic society of which he was a distinguished part. Through his eyes also arc seen the France and Italy of his day. ‘Revolu tionary France is represented, in -this field by Do Segur's. “Marie Antoi nette” and Mahan’s “Marie Louise, Napoleon’s Nemesis.” * Finally we take a seven-day ocean trip across 'the Atlantic to Yucatan where Thompson of Yucatan “has ATTRACTIVE Cuff and Collar Sets 50c to $l.OO EGOLF’S WHY NOT TRY Laird-s Tea Room West College Avenue FOR GOOD FOOD AND PLENTY OF IT Special Low Rates 14 Meals $5.00—21 Meals $6.25 You Get Every Meal You Pay For HewloAiwD lotsistr A m A SATIRE isa MAN WHO IS SOt THIS sort of thing has gone too far! 'When asked what product we get from whales, Bill Boner said, “Little whales.” Let's take action at once. Get him a good pipe and a tin of good tobacco. We all know a pipe smooths out the wrinkles, clears the mind for its best thinking. And we all knofr what smoking tobacco goes best in a good pipe. For a recent investigation showed Edgeworth.to be the favorite smoke at 42 out of 54 leading colleges. Nexttimeyou “cram” for an exam, light up a pipeful of Edgeworth. Ah! See.how that different blend of fine old hurleys makes even the toughest EDGEWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO; Tuesday, January 24, 1933 SOCIETY HEARS WHITMORI Bean Frank C. Whitmore, head < the School of,Chemistry, and Physic addressed the Maryland section < the American Chemical society, i Baltimore recently. On his trip 1 also visited the Edgewood Arsenal i civilian consultant to* the Chemicj Welfare service of the United Stat< Army. PI GAMMA MU ELECTIONS (Honorary Social Science) Graduate John Barber' Hugo Bezdek jr. Wajtcr L. Ferree Undergraduate William D. Balitas J 34 Anna M. Dottorer *34 Charles A. Myers ’34 made a forty years study of the n sterious highly developed culture the Mayas, of Central America.” 1 “People of the Serpent” relates own adventures “with snakes, jagui and the unsubdued Indians of the } catan hinterland.” MntSnec at I:3o—Evening Openingnt 6: Complete Late Showing After 9:00 p. it TUESDAY— Shows at 1:30, 3:33, 6:30, 8:45. Norma Shearer, Clark Gable in Eugene O’NeiU’s “STRANGE INTERLUDE” WEDNESDAY— Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart. in Jim Tally’s “LAUGHTER IN lIELL” THURSDAY— Leslie Howard, Ann Harding in “THE ANIMAL KINGDOM” ‘‘ Mickey Mouse, Abe Lyman Orchest: FRIDAY— Clark Gable, Carole Lombard in “NO MAN OF HER OWN” . , Also LAUREL and HARDY Comet SATURDAY— : Slim Summerville, ZaSu Pittsi Roland Young, Fifi D’Orsay in “THEY JUST HAD TO GET MARRIED” Special Children’s Matinee ... Saturday, 10:00—For Showing of “HUCKLEBERRY FINN” ‘ Admission—Children or Adults; Ifi NITTANY TUESDAY and: WEDNESDAY— Ed Wyrni (The Fire Chief) in. “MANHATTAN MARY” From “Follow the. Leader” THURSDAY— “LAUGHTER IN HELL” • FRIDAY— “THE ANIMAL KINGDOM” SATURDAY— “NO MAN OF HER OWN” problem a whole lot easier. { Buy Edgeworth anywhere in two* forms Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed; and Edgeworth Plug Slice. All sizes' 15ji pocket package to pound hu midor tin. If you would like to fry before you buy, write Larus & Bro, Co., 120 S. 22d St., Richmond, Va., for a free sample packet. |
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