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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published semi-weekly during the College year* except on holidays,
liy students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
THE MANAGING HOARD
ROBERT E. TSCIIAN M 3
SALTO IIETZEL JR. *33
Mnnnging Editor
SIDNEY 11. BENJAMIN M 3
Sports Editor
RICHARD V. WALL M 3
Assistant Editor
DONALD P. DAY M 3
Assistant Mnnaglng Editor
ERNEST It. 7.UKAUSKAS M 3
Assistant Sports Editor
ROLLIN C. STEINMET7. M 3
Nows Editor
W. J. WILLIAMS JR. M 3
News Editor
Entered at the Postoffice, State College. Pa., as Second-class Matter
Editorial Office ’ &13 Old Main
.—.Nittany Printing Building
Business Office..
Phone 292-W
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1933
DOUBTFUL HONORARIES
The belief of a surveyed group of prominent alumni
that keys dangling from watch chains may be, and in
many cases are, an index of anything except all the
ideals for which they stand only serves to take a little
more wind from the sails of many so-called honorarics
which have been undergoing no end of criticism from
student and faculty sources.
Efforts have been made repeatedly to make the
numerous honorary organizations as an entire group
justify their existence by at least serving members who
are elected and if possible the entire student body. That
much rehabilitation work remains to be done is evident.
The obstacle to progress along this line lies in the fact
that there is no arbiter for determining the value of
honorarics or for taking steps to eliminate the useless
ones. It is true that the Honor Society Council, by
scholastic and other standards of admission, maintains
the level of scholastic attainment in'many of the honor
aries. Tho work of the honorary should not stop, how
ever, with, the recognition of scholastic proficiency. It
should continue so that the members, through personal
contact with the group and with prominent guest speak
ers may be aided in further developing.
Tho students who are to become the future.members
of honoraries control the fate of the worthless honor
ary. If they are to consider the attainment of a key as
the sole return for the money that they will spend for
an organization, things unfortunately will go on much
the same. If, however, more than the exterior sign is
sought for, if students, weighing the value tube received,
make their decision on that basis tho worthless societies
will be forced out of existence by the difficulty met in get
ting members. Some students will grab a key no matter
what the Renditions, may be and how much respect the
organization which it represents.may command. (Others,
with a little more thought than that exhibited by the
student generations before them, can reasonably decline
membership in groups which they consider of no value.
By their action they not only can spare themselves re
grets in the future hut can also administer the most
effective test to the score of existing honoraries.
Tho compilation of figures on the educational ante
cedents of the members of the faculty is enlightening
because it summarizes what may seldom if ever be called
to the attention of the students. The breadth of view
that must bo represented in a group with so many and
such varied contacts serves to increase confidence of the
students in the ability of the men under whom they arc
studying. The recent exchange of a member of this
faculty with one from another college for a semester
seems a policy that might well be extended. A change,
bringing with it new and fresh contacts, in addition
to inspirational values is one of the best tonics for minds
that can too easily become sluggish from the same en
vironment.
STUDENT AID ; '•
: Student .organizations, have been striving:-doubly
hard this year in.their sponsorship of loan fund projects,
so thntnefcdy students might remain/hr college, i Sup
port of these projects is the only way In which‘students
contribute to the fund. Accordingly, a final program
for tho year, planned to supplement an already depleted
loan treasury, merits the cooperation of. the entire un
dergraduate body.
With the organization of the loan fund here in tc
cent years an opportunity was afforded students who
found themselves in financial straits to secure assistance
in continuing their quest for an education. In the per
iod of its history the loan fund has received the sup
port of the student body, parents, alumni, and others in
terested in the welfare of needy students. The result
has been that approximately twelve thousand dollars
has been loaned to needy students. Two hundred upper
classmen, receiving loans of fifty and seventy-five dol
lars, have demonstrated that they were worthy of finan
cial assistance in that they secured a scholastic average
of 1.8. Last year, with' all the hardships experienced,
the fund was only sufficient to aid half the number of
students benefitted the year before. Unless support for
tho coming program is widespread another large de
crease will he noted next year because of the ever in
creasing number of applications for loons.
Recognizing fully this period of financial stringency,
the committee in charge of the student projects for the
fund has maintained a policy that does not include di
rect solicitation. If parents, because of existing condi
tions, find it impossible to build up the Parents* associa
tion fund to its former proportions, an. increase must
emno in student aid. Whole-hearted support of future
benefit projects is the only means by which these de
mands can ho answered.
Tho papers recently passed over with little emo
tion a news item that marks the end of an era, the de
struction of a tradition held sacred since the first
horseless carriage was used for commercial trans
portation. Wc refer to the action of the Pennsyl
vania Motor Truck Association in promulgating a
new and revolutionary code, among whose Chester
fieldian provisions is “imposing upon the driver the
necessity of meekly accepting any criticism from oper
ators of passenger vehicles and insisting that such
reprimands he topped with a courteous apology by
the truck driver, even when he is admittedly in the
right.” Tho apparent indifference of the press affected
us deeply—so 1 deeply, in fact, that wc were inspired
thereby to the following monumental effort:
“Courtesy, Consideration, and Cooperation”
Are now .Uni watch words of the Pennsylvania
• Motor Truck Association
you’ll never receive words of censure
From the New Truck Driver, ami hence you’re
Always sure of soft polite answers
From Moving Van pilots who may turn out to he
aesthetic danswers
But don’t exercise your .Tack-the-Giant-Killer
complex or megalomania
On unemasculated truck drivers that aren’t from
Pennsylvania.
ALFRED W. HESSE JR. *33
Business Manager
ROBERT St. HARRINGTON *33
Circulation Manager
PAUL BIERSTEIN *33
Local Advertising Manager
WILLARD D. HESTER ’33
Foreign Advertising Manager
ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS *33
Credit atunager
MARION P. HOWELL *33
Women'ii Editor
Isabel McFarland *33
Women’ll Managing Editor
ELIZABETH M. KALB *33
Women’ji News Editor
We don’t go in much for pediatries, or pedagogy,
or whatever it is they call the study of feet, but our
little verses, such as the above,- arc edifying to no
slight degree. And remember, don’t look a gift horse
in the mouth—he may have halitosis.
Did the Pi Kappa Phior alarm get you out of bed
too? We'have been told that all the dates got out
safely, with the exception of one who sprained an
ankle running down stairs. However, it is rumored
that the Flame of Brotherhood, in the guise of a cig
arette stub, consumed most of the ritual robes that
were getting pretty old anyhow, and a moth-eaten
pile of hand-me-down finals that people had been try
ing for years to get up enough courage to throw out.
At first we thought the racket outside was the gar
bage man, or Chandu the Magician, hut it turned out
to be that rather sad bell- on the chemical truck. Three
cockroaches and a cricket, which had been breaking
up study hour for some time, were overcome by smoko.
Tho clamor and shouting sounded distressfully far
away, there were no flames in the sky; so we officially
declared the whole thing a fizzle and returned to bed.
IHavo you ever considered the distinctly Mater
nity-hospital implication in the name of a certain hotel
hereabouts? . . . One of the more irrevocably Lost
Souls suggests that-Charlotte be re-christened Dean
Roue .. . Especially since we ovbvheard a co-ed pro
mulgating “What’re these men for, if you can’t use
them when you need them?” ... Which of the S'wich
Shop gels went catty with a bunch of comic valentines
for the rest of the waitresses? ..: Has Herbie Hofford
at last found his niche, as editor, of the High School
Press Exchange? . . . Our favorite tonsorialist reports
the puzzling phenomenon of the freshman who insists
on singing and whistling during the process of being
shorn . . . “Engineering A” trembles as Tanner and
Tschan blast away at opposite sides of a flimsy parti
tion . . . Bona fide white flannels on Allen street . . .
Idle speculation: How many of these Ice Carnival
Empresses and Snow Queens ami such resort to heavy
winter underwear? . . . We’ve got termites in the
trousers trying to figure out whether a riot among tho
co-eds could he called a femaclstrom . . . Did you
hear about the deep-dyed plot to get some trusting
lad a blind date for the Ball, the Indy’s gender to be
subject to change without notice? ... it all fell through
because the conspirators could not find any women's
shoes in size 71b . . . When the cynic cried out in his
disbeljef, “Divergence are-few and far between/!:....
sve’ Answered, “Them’s fife-fingered 'words, 1 and we’re
WiPictfoi’o player;” 1 ,
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The Athletic Store :
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Fraternity Tutors Aid Scholarships,
Officers of Organizations Maintain
Scholarship in the two Penn State
fraternities that have chapter house
tutors has been aided materially dur
ing tho past semester, according to
fraternity officers in each house.
One of the fraternities said that the
aid of the tutor had resulted in a
greater understanding of undergradu
ate subjects, especially mathematics
and chemistry. The other house also
emphasized tho point that scholarship
in technical subjects had been aided.
In tho Delta Chi fraternity hero the
tutor is a graduate student anti a
member of the local chapter. His
duties are purely scholastic, holding
classes in some subjects and teaching
individually in others.
Phi Kappa Psi has a system in
which the tutor, also a graduate mem-
PISH,HORN WII.I, ASSUME
CHARGE OP GI.EE CLUB
Grant Ml Appointed Student Leader
For Annual Philadelphia Affair
In tho absence of Director Richard
W. Grant on his sabbatical leave,
Prol’. Hummell Fishburn, assistant di
rector of the music department, will
lake charge of Penn State’s Glee club
when it enters the state contest at
Philadelphia, March 37.
Selection of tho men to compete in
the contest will he made during the
latter part of next week. Richard W.
Grant jr. ’34, acting student leader,
will direct the singers in the contest.
Before competing in the contest, the
dub will sing-at Radnor and Abington
on March 15 and. 10. William If.
Stine ’33 will render several baritone
selections at ithc meet, while Marian
G. Blankenship ’.'JO will play harp
solos.
BUILD LOG CABIN
Forestry students at Mont Alto are
constructing a log cabin on the State
forest reserve, three miles from the
forestry school, for the purpose of
week-end recreation. The wood used
in the production 'of the cabin has
been furnished by the State depart
ment of forests and waters.
AIRPLANE COURSE OFFERED
Instruction in stress analysis of air
planes is Being offered to engineers
throughout the State by the depart
ment of engineering extension 1 this
semester, Prof. J. 'Orvis Keller, head
of the department, has announced.
'SPECIAL
Hot Dogs - 3 for 25c
And All Kinds of
Short Orders and
Home Made Pies
TEXAS LUNCH
Compacts With
Penn State Seal
Crabtree’s
132 South Allen Street
AFTER THE BALE
1 VISIT •
The Fenway Tea Room
DELICIOUS HOME COOKING
Opposite Front Campus
Radio Service
Used and New Sets
$ 5 Up
Long and Short Wave
CAL. GRAY
109 So. Pugh Phone 955-J
bcr of the chapter, is available at all
times to instruct undergraduates. He
also takes care of the pledges and ad
vises the chapter' heads on many
phases bf chapter management. No
disciplinary powers are connected
with tho. position in either house.
"Remuneration for the tutor consists
of room, board, and exemption from
somo of the fees at one chapter, while
tho other furnishes the tutor with part
of his hoard. In each case the sys
tem is encouraged by the national or
ganization of the fraternity.
Both of the fraternities also said
that the system had a helpful’ moral
and cultural effect on the active mem
bers. One was of tho opinion that it
had “a quieting influence on under
graduate rowdiness” and had result
ed in “more interest in literature.”
70 FRESHMEN CALLED _ ’
BY STUDENT TRIBUNAL
5 Found Gullly of Insubordination
Af Meeting Tuesday Night.
Seventy freshmen, the largest num
ber to be called to any meeting of
Student Tribunal in recent years,'were
summoned before that body Tuesday
night, and quizzed with regard to fail
ure to procure freshman proclama
tions. Five others were punished for
various customs violations.
Freshmen who received punishment
for insubordination were Kcnenth S.
Dalo and Joseph C. Millen. while An
thony Abate, E. Robert Curry, and
James Y. Gurley were found guilty
of breaking other first year rules.
Freshmen who have not as yet re
ceived their proclamations must do so
within the next week to avoid tribunal
summons, according to .John A. Mc-
Andrews ’33, president of. the tribunal.
Proclamations may be procured at the
Student Union desk in Old Main.
Make it a Point to Start
a Savings Account
TODAY
Half of the Difficulty is
in the Starting. You’ll
Never Regret It
TIIE
First National Bank
OF STATE COLLEGE
Slate College, Pa.
John T. McCormick'
President
' ‘ David .F. Kapp
Cashier
Fraternity
Papers.
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PROGRAMS
ATTRACTIVE WORK
REASONABLE PRICES
Nittany Printing and
Publishing Company
Between The Corner and
the Movies
LIBRARY ADDS 3 COURSES
TO SUMMER SESSION LIST
Meeting a demand-for more courses
of study in library science for' the
Summer Session at the College, the
Carnegie library has added three in
termediate courses to its list, accord
ing to Willard P. Lewis, College li
brarian. They will, be-given for tho
first time this summer.
■ The courses are listed as Library
Scienco 3S, Intermediate Dictionary
Cataloguing and Subject Headings,
Library Scienco ,4S, Intermediate Ref
erence Work and Bibliography, and
Government Publications, and. Library
Scienco SS, Children's Library Work
and Literature. Two credits'will be
given for each_course..
DISTINCTIVE
PORTRAITURE
THE .
Penn State Photo Shop
212 E. COLLEGE AVE.
State College, Pa.
Laundry Service
PENN STATE LAUNDRY
320 West Beaver Avenue ’ Phone 124
WHY WALK
WHEN YOU CAN RIDE
TO THE BALL
Call RESIDES TAXI
SERVICE UNTIL 4:00 A. M.
PHONE 750
SENIOR BALL CORSAGE
■ We Are Prepared to Take Care •
/ of. Your Late Order V
week-end special orchid corsAges : " '
$3.002t0 $5.00 ....
State College Floral Shoppe
Allen Street ‘ . Phone 580-J
CATERERS, ATTENTION:
YOUR MEAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED ; ,
Go Back To Your Studies And ’’
Let Us Do Your Work ,!
FISHBURN MEAT MARKET
- The Home of Quality and Service ■'
- At Reasonably Low Prices
Masonic Building-. Phone 357
P Spending Is i Saving”
YardleyV Lavender Water
75c Size
With 3 Cakes . ■ '
yARDLEySOAP.
: $ lO5 ■ - ,
TOILET NEEDS Special!
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$l.OO Le Pirro Face Powder—69c pt t? AMQTVP TTQQTTF?
.$1.25 Le Pirro Crcams '-69c . CLEANSING TISSUES
$1.25 Le Pirro Foundation Cr.__79c Four Colors
7 0 J c „„ N “ xzcm f . 12x15 inches—36o Sheets
$l.OO Jergen’s Lotion —7lc
35c Cutex Preparations 24c . , Ar\
50c Ncy Liquid Deodorant 39c *t7C
50c Mentho Balm Lotion 39c
SHAVING NEEDS DENTAL NEEDS
50c Ingram's Shaving Cream..33c 60c Bonded Magnesia Paste 33c
50c Squibb Shaving Cream .33c 40c Squibb Tooth-Paste—; 27^
50c Old Gold. Shaving Cream—39c 50c Pcpsodont Paste 32c
Yardley Shaving Bow) $1.30 1 pt. R. D. 29 Solution— 59c
35c Palmolive Shaving Cream.26c 65c Forhan’s Paste 39c
50c Lanovan,' Brushless Shav— 39c Sl,OO Lavoris 73c
51.00 Gueret Lilacf 49c ' $l.OO Lyons Tooth Powder 89c
$1.25 Shaving Brush-' -79 c 50c Ipana Tooth Paste—.—-32c
$l.OO Shaving Brush 69c 50c. R. &D. Tooth Brush 25c
75c Shaving Brush— -49 c 50c Kolynos Paste— 31c
50c Gillette Blue -Blades i—4sc $l.OO Pcpsodent Antiseptic. 71c
50c Cooper Blades, 6’s—- 33c 50c S. T. 37 Paste— —.32c
Friday, February 17, 1933
CAT H. OJM
| ... A Warner B/othcrsThGitit • - |
(Matinee 1 :30—Evening Opening
Complete Lute Showing After 9 p,
FRIDAY—
Jimmy Durante, Duster Keaton ii
“WHAT! NO DEER?”
Also Bing Crosby Comedy -
SATURDAY—
Loretta Young, Warren William
“EMPLOYEE'S ENTRANCE‘ V
MONDAY and TUESDAY—
-10
. George Arliss, Dick Powell,-i
“THE KING’S VACATION;
WEDNESDAY— ' -
Joan Blondcii, Chester Morris in
“BLONDIfi JOHNSON”
THURSDAY—
Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart in
“PRIVATE JONES”
NITTANY
FRIDAY—
“FACE IN TITE SKY”
SATURDAY— r
“WHAT! NO BEER?” v *
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY—'
An-Outstanding',German Picturd
“KAMERADSCHAFT”
(English sub-titles for those‘Sv
cannot follow the language). •>,>
THURSDAY— •
“BLONDIE JOHNSON”