Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Publithed •cmi'Wcckljr during the College year, except on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD ROBERT E. TSCHAN ’33 Editor RALPH HETZEL JR. '33 Managing Editor SIDNEY 11. BENJAMIN ’33 Sports Editor RICHARD V. WALL *33 Assistant Editor DONALD P. DAY '33 Assistant Managing Editor ERNEST B. ZUKAUSKAS *33 MARION P. HOWELL '33 Assistant Sports Editor ROLLIN C. STEINMETZ ’33 News Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. *B3 News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Charles A. Myers *3l Wm. B Prothoro ’3-1 Wra, M. Stegmcicr *34 George A. Scott *3l Bernard 11. Roscnzwcig *34 James M. Sheen ’34 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Eva M. Bllchfeldt ’34 Ruth M. Harmon *34 Mae P. Kaplan ’34 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Harold J. Bntsch ’3l 11. Edgar Furman ’34 John C. Irwin ’34 Frederick L. Tavlor '34 Francis Wnckor ’34 Entered at the Postoffice. Stale College, Pa., as Second-class Matter Member Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association Editorial Office 313 Old Main Business Office.. Phone 292-W TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933 RETURN TO SANITY ■The fact that several honorary fraternities on the campus have made reductions in their membership fees is 1 one blessing that can be placed directly at the feet of the present hard times. An attempt has been made, to set a minimum charge that will take care of the usual budget of an organization for local purposes. The psy- chology of prosperous times made it possible for honor- aries to charge in excess. But now the number of stu- dents eligible for societies is drastically limited by finances. The operation on an economical basis has been ; the resultant objective of most groups. The difficulty that now faces honoraries is the large percentage of the fee which the national organization exacts to finance officers, contests, and other not strictly essential features of their programs. In seek- ing to scale down the cost of membership many groups claim that they must secure a reduction in the national requirements. Certainly such a demand on the part of different chapters throughout the country would bring tho desired results. A searching appraisal of the entire structure of the honoraries both locally and nationally can under existing conditions . bring much improvement—one that might never be accomplished under conditions of financial case which Americans seem never able to undergo without waste and the lavish expenditure of money for useless functions that have their appeal for purely superficial externals. Perhaps the year may see the demise of several or- ganizations that have been hanging on, trying as best they can to justify their existence. One thing is certain —only the very best of honoraries can be considered by tho students and then with the important item of money swaying the balance one way or the other. Adopting a policy-of greater freedom for upperclass women, tho women's student government association passed a ruling to grant all seniors, juniors, and sopho- mores one o'clock permission on Friday and Saturday nights as a part of general revision of rules. The change, which becomes effective next year also extends the time for receiving callers to ten o’clock with the exception of vacations when eleven o’clock has been designated as the dosing hour. FOOD FOR THOUGHT •Dieting is the vogue now. The trouble with this practico is its spasmodic application. People starve themselves with a liquid diet until they are so hungry, that they later gorge themselves. The same applies to the cultural meals served here. First, so few intellectual opportunities outside of the classroom are offered the student that the lack of them makes him unbalanced. Then they are offered in such largo doses that they become almost indigestible. Lecture series are necessary vitamins which have been included in the attempt to balance the intellectual diet of the students. But for such an extensive program to be digested successfully, careful planning is an im portant factor to be considered. By glancing over the schedules, it seems that the second semester is crowded with several lectures a week, while the first was almost devoid of any. It is hard for the student, occupied with studies, bluebooks, and other duties, to attend many talks a week. The difficulty in making arrangements convenient to a large group of speakers naturally results in some crowding. But such hodge-podge arrangement is unwarranted and can be avoided to a great extent. If those in charge of the lectures would cooperate with each other, making plans far in advance, an extensive series of talks might be carried on with greater profit to the student. Less con centration and wider distribution is desirable. ALFRED W. lIESSE JR. ’33 Business Manager ROBERT M. HARRINGTON ’33 Circulation Manager TAUL BIERSTEIN '33 Local Advertising Manager WILLARD D. NESTER ’33 Foreign Advertising Manager ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS *33 Credit Manager Women’s Editor Isabel McFarland *33 Women's Managing Editor ELIZABETH M. KALB ’33 Women’s News Editor ...Nittany Printing Building OLD MANIA After considerable deliberation we’ve decided that closing the nation's banks was a good idea. At the time of closing we were entirely out of cigarettes, shaving cream and laundry. Now, we've always had a yen to be like Bub Byers and pull the back to the soil idea, unshaven and all, but our feminine public just couldn’t get enthusiastic over the idea, so in the' past we’ve contented ourself with letting our hair reach the silky stage. Then all at once along comes tho banking crisis, and presto—overnight we had an excuse. We felt so good about it that we waxed poetic which is always interesting, and turned out a veritable masterpiece. We intended to dedicate it to Franklin D.j and publish it in Harpers, but at the last moment our Collegian loyalty came to the fore and we pre sent it, dear readers, to you. ’Nif you don’t like it, why, write one yourself. It’s called, “Why Baby Jumped Out Of It Scrip,” or the Engineers song, “Why Tako Descrip?” Now that the banks have been closing, And our whole wordly wealth’s on our hip, We can laugh at the plutocrat’s woe—ing, Wadda we care about Scrip? For Dad’s checks are looked on quite coldly,' And our checks just give them the pip, Unlaundered, our shirt’s getting moldy, But still we don’t care about Scrip!* We bum cigarettes by the fistful, Depend bn the brotherly grip, Refuse to even look wistful, Oyer this innovation—the Scrip. We’ve decided we don’t care about it, And changing this nice little rhyme, We haven't a cent in our pocket— Say, buddy, can you spare a dime? All of which simply goes to show that if trouble’s a bubble, most of us are plentifully supplied with soap. x *** * * * This Beaux Arts Ball business has us plenty wor ried. In the first place our girl friend insists that she look§ like Joan of Arc, and despite the fact that admittance prices range according to the weight'of the girl plus accountrements, she says she’s going to at tend fully equipped with sword, shield, buckler and steel shirt, which is enough to make anybody down hearted. However, we’re not as badly off as some of the more popular profs. What they want to know is who’s going to be Judas in the localized picture of The Last Supper? '** * * According to Dick Haber the best conversation alist, or columnist, is the gentleman who can pass off the most stolen remarks without his victim recognizing the source. Attention Heywood Broun, F. P. A.,- Wamock, Don Rose, The Campus-eer, Nichols, English Depart ment, and Co-eds!’ ■ *** * * * Gossamer The prof who stood up and cheered when the band played an extra-stirring number at the concert . . . . Nils Thomas’ Grotesque black eye .... that T. U. 0. sign on the front door of the library .... more Barn hardt and Loveland .'. . . Professor “Butt” .... ask Lil Ettors about a date she once had with Jack TViaide .... Ed Zern, Ex-Maniac, is teaching. English Comp at an unemployed school in Pittsburgh .... most of his pupils can’t read or write so he takes Hemingway to class .... Phi Lambda Theta would she be very mad? Avaunt, you marryin*.cur! £L»—THE wS Nittany Lion BL Desirable, Rooms Excellent Food Service REASONABLE RATES TO ALL VISITORS TO THE Intercollegiate Boxing Tournament PHONE 1095 THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Sunday Concert Nets $32 for Loan Fund Approximately thirty-two dollars was collected for the benefit of the student loan fund at the third of the annual series of winter concerts in Schwab auditorium Sunday af ternoon. This brings the total amount col lected at the concerts this year for the fund to almost $l9O. The con cert Sunday was presented by the College Symphony orchestra. LEINBACH SPEAKS IN SUNDAY CHAPEL ‘Reformed Church Messenger’ Editor Defines ‘Friend’- at Regular 11 O’clock Services “A friend's.a guy that knows all about you, and likes you anyhow,” defined Dr. Paul S. Leinbach, editor of the. Reformed Church Mcssctujcr, speaking to the chapel audience in Schwab auditorium Sunday morning. Referring to the biblical incident of the publican and the pharisee who were praying together, Dr. Leinbach pointed out the fact that it is not only necessary to pray, but that the at titude of mind makes a great deal of difference in regard to the results to one’s own development. “If you come to the place of prayer with the humble spirit of the- pub lican, and stay an hour* you’ll go away blessed,” the speaker declared. “This is an age in which America would do well to adopt the publican's humility,” ho added. “God certainly knows everything we do, but he loves us just'the same,” the speaker continued. “It is because of man’s faith in this loving and for giving quality of God that we always have and always will go to him in prayer.” Fraternities Name Marriage Problems As Fireside Topic “What shall I expect of the girl' I marry?” was selected by thirty fra ternities as the subject of greatest interest in scheduling subjects for the Fireside Sessions discussions, a survey of the' topics submitted to the Penn State Christian association of fice discloses. Five out of seven wo men’s- fraternities also desired this subject. '■ Requests for discussions pertaining to personal problems ranked highest in numbers, with ethics,- morals, life work and vocations* • personality, and philosophy subjects receiving the most attention. Interest was also manifested in religious topics. Current national and international problems, such as war debts, wars, political and economic conditions, and the social theories of technocracy and socialism had a. large following. Little interest was shown in such subjects as college or fraternity problems, art, health and athletics, or education. APPRECIATING INCREASED BUSINESS FOR LAUNDRY SERVICE PENN STATE LAUNDRY' 320 West Beaver Avenue Phone 124 —THE MANIAC Homtlo Avoid Boncrt AND still they let him live! Even J\. alter 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. 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Phone 665 DAY AND NIGHT STORAGE ONLY SEVENTEEN MORE DAYS TO HAVE YOUR CAR INSPECTED AVOID THE RUSH A CATARACT is I A THAI WED CAT I The Letter Box To The Editor The Penn State ‘Collegian’ Dear Sir Three hundred dollar deficit in curred by the Sophomore Hop! Eighty nine dollars profit realized from the Senior Ball! and only twenty-seven more paid admissions to the Senior Ball than to the Soph Hop. Does this mean that we must wait until our senior year in order to conduct a prof itable all-Collcgc dance? Or-does it mean that v/c must eliminate some of these major dances as was done at Pitt and Georgia Tech? In times like these when most dras tic cuts in expenditures ore necessary, it seems apparent that any dance committee exercises poor business judgment in adopting a budget con siderably in excess of that of a prev ious dance which netted only a slight surplus. The Senior Ball proved that a dance can be run successfully with a low admission charge. Students demand that the now low admission be con tinued. -This means that expenses must continue to if the dances are to be maintained. It might be well for the Junior Prom committee to bear this fact in mind. Respectfully yours, Leland Fanning ’35 Activity Students Receive Highest Grade Averages •Students engaged in extra-curricu lar activities have higher grade point averages than non-activities men, a survey conducted by Joseph B\ O'Brien, of the public speaking division, indicates. Out of seventy-eight pairs consist ing of a non-activities man and an ac tivities man whose habits of living were similiar,- the average grade for tho activities, man was 1.47, while that cf tho non-activities man was 1.32. In the survey, which substantiates tho results of a similiar investigation 'recently conducted by the Collegian, students in each pair were matched as closely as possible with regard to personality, living conditions, and psychological test scores before the grade was checked. Of the seventy-eight pairs, the ac tivities man had the higher grade in forty-two cases. The non-activities man was superior in thirty-five in stances, while the , grades of tho re maining pair were identical. The psychological test score was slightly higher for the activities men, aver aging 107.81, while that of the non activities men was 107.78. FRANK KOZEL Tailor MAC RAE CLOTHES Two Pair Trousers Special $18.95 HARTMANN TO ADDRESS SIGMA PI SIGMA GROUP ‘Unity of Senses’ Chosen as Topic By Psychology Professor Dr. George W, Hartmann, of the department of psychology, will speak on “The Unity of the Senses,” in the Home Economics auditorium at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday night. The lecture is one of a series spon sored by Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary physics fraternity, on subjects which border physics. Because of its gen-; oral interest, the lecture will be open to the entire student body and faculty members. Dr. Hartmann will- discuss the in ter-relation of the senses, pointing out gbmc examples from everyday life, lie will also show that certain phases qX psychology may have a direct bear ing on research chemistry and phy sics. CATHAUM • A Warn’crßiothtfeTbciUcv::' TUESDAY— Warner Bros. Smash Musical TISI “42nd STREET” WEDNESDAY— ; , Paul Lukas and Loretta Young in “GRAND SLAM” THURSDAY— George Drcnt-and Vivienne Osborne in “LUXURY LINER” FRIDAY— MAE WEST in “He Was Her Man, But— “SHE DONE HIM WRONG” NITTANV —— TUESDAY nnd WEDNESDAY— The German .Language Musical Triumph “TIIE TIIEFT OF MONA LISA” THURSDAY— “GRAND SLAM” FRIDAY— • \ . “LUXURY LINER” SATURDAY— “SHE DONE HIM' WRONG” . homing-pigeon! bIiSST J.'. j That’s how pilots on the country’s major air 1/ lines fly today. With remarkable regularity, qg TOlir y they Bring planes through on tune-maided by Western Electric Badio Telephone which serves as a . guiding hand through daYkness, clouds and fog. . By providing thoroughly dependable communication apparatus, Western Electric Has played an important part in the rapid growth of air transportation. In other fields, too, this company is con- stantly meeting new sound transmission needs by' drawing upon its 50 years’ experience in Bell Telephone making. Western Electric Manufacturers . . . Purchasers . . .Distributors SINCE -1882 FOR Tuesday, March 14, 1933 Campus Bulletin Candidates for baseball manager- f ship should sign up at the Athletic as- » sociation office at once. I — o ’ \ Fraternities desiring to participate i in Interfraternity Ball should pay: their fifty-dollar fee to William Mac- 5 aleer at the Pi Kappa Alpha house by | next Tuesday. •— i ' Tho Bradford-Sullivan county club will meet at the Phi Kappa Psi house* at 7:30 o'clock Thursday night. Members of the Honorary Society- - council may secure junior class grades'* by calling at the office of Prof. Har-f “old A. Everett in Main Engineering. * Freshman and sophomore candid dates for the business staff of thei Penn State Fanner will meet in-. Room 308, Old Main, at 7 o’clock to- 11 ' morrow night. THE BELL SYSTEM
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