Pace Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN PuMikhed «emi-w«ekly during the College year, except on holidays,' >y students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the 'ollcgc, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends, THE MANAGING BOARD ROBERT .E. TSCIIAN *33 Editor RALPH HETZEL .TR. ’33 Muiiaxinc 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 Women’s Editor ROLLIN’ C. STEINMETZ *33 ISABEL McFARLAND ’33 News Editor Women's Managing Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. ’33 ELIZABETH M. KALB ’33 News Editor Woman’s Nows Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Charles A. Myers '3t Win, B Prothcro ’3l Wm. M. Stcgmcior *34 Genrgi* A. Seolt *:ii Bernard H. Ilosenr.veic '34 James M. Sheen *34 Entered at the Pnstnffice, Slate College, Pa., ns Sccond«c)as9 Matter Editorial Office 313 Old Main Business Office Nittany Printing Building Phone 292-W TUESDAY, MARCH 21,1933 REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS Long before Spring returns to" the campus, class politicians busy themselves with whipping party align ments of the preceding year into shape. With athletic tournaments*, placed on the shelf for another year, mat ters political now will begin to hum openly and be the subject of interest through successive stages that will culminate in the elections late in April. An activity, although belatedly recognized and en tirely different from other interests, politics possesses much glamor to the outsider who can only slightly ap preciate the amount of organizing work that is required to build up a clique, to settle on candidates, and to con ciliate all elements so 'that the whole group will be working for a common ticket whole-heartedly. The problem is much the same, in its limited scope, as that faced by the American parties. In dealing with the electorate the same problem that exists in the country at large holds for the campus. Unless some measures arc taken to remind and to goad many of the voters to exercise their franchise they for get or lose sight of their privilege in the press of or dinary routine, It is unfortunate from some angles that student bodies are not the ideal of electorates in that they cannot carry on independently without forming into groups. But they are not this Utopian ideal. Po litical units justify themselves and certainly are de- serving of recognition as an activity. The elections code recently adopted by Student- Council continues with little exception the practices of last year. Intended to insure a fair election, the cods also makes possible and encourages independent voting. In seeking this latter objective, it prohibits electioneer ing in the first floor of Old Main and prohibits voting a straight party ticket. Student governing agencies assume the limit of their authority in regard' to setting up rules and regulations. They can insure, with proper administration, the mini mum standard that is accepted for elections. The act ual campus political organizations, not only have their reputations at stake for the carrying out of the code to the letter but can do the most effective work for attain ing the highest success of the entire election. The spirit of the organizers, an interested student body in general, and a sound code stringently enforced are three factors that can work together to continue the develop ment of honest and representative elections—a develop ment that has been reaching new highs with each suc- ceeding year, TWO VIEWPOINTS Slightly opposing points of view concerning the common curricula plan for all sophomores and fresh men have boon expressed by two of the educators of the College. One sees the proposal as an advantage to the student who waits until the end of his second year to choose the line of work he wishes to pursue definitely, while the other believes it desirable to have some contact with the student in the first two years in order to advise him better regarding his future work. Both also ex press slightly opposite opinions concerning the amount of specialized courses in a curriculum, one placing him self on record as favoring a definite limitation of the number of credits of specialized work while the other sees a better balance of subjects as the solution. That there is justification for both points of view is obvious. An almost unbelievable number of students enter college without a definite objective as far as their ultimate line of work is concerned. Still others, after completing their first two years here, find that their merest lies in some other line of work. It is for these students that the standardized freshman-sophomore cur riculum would be of special benefit. On the other hand, at least one or two courses bearing on the line of special ization seem necessary if the student is to determine just where his ability lies. Whether it is possible to set a definite limit on the number of specialized credits ft also highly debatable. Certainly many of the courses demand an unjustified number of so-called specialized credits at the present time. The plan would entail a considerable change through out the College, a change that is doubtless impractical at' this time. Nevertheless it is a change that seems forthcoming as educational methods advance. Only by carefully considering the arguments both pro and con can the best plan be formulated. Thespian the Ides of March as it were, we took occasion the other night to drop in and witness a re hearsal of that new masterpiece “King Cole.” In cidentally somebody had ought to be more careful how they go naming shows around this College, just suppose that worthy heavyweight didn’t appreciate the honor! But wc digress. ALFRED W. HESSE JR. ’33 Uuolncss Manager ROBERT M. HARRINGTON ’33 Circulation Manager PAUL BIERSTEIN *33 Local Advertising Manager WILLARD D. NESTER ’33 Foreign Advertising Mnpntrer ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS ’33 Credit Manager 1 and 1/2 by 6 3’s are getting easier, Stoddar't states .... Winning debaters, Miller and Berbatis, return from foreign en gagements .... Watkins states that College people should conserve the English language ..... Myers comes direct from labor conference to discuss “Strategies of Solving Social Problems” tonight .... Architects successfully Scarab a novel dance . Scholarship chairmen get no more below grades Football team plans to Spring surprise with game on April 1... . Maybe the players won’t feel much like carrying the ball after attending one the night before .... McClure exhibits linoleum cuts and pencil draw ings in Main Engineering .... Loan fund nets $2B OLD MANIA Wje sneaked in through the keyhole, wrapped in the black cloak which tradition demands we wear when upon official business, and hid ourself under one of tho seats. Mr. Kiddie Karr was banging melodiously away at the piano, his face wearing a dreamy ex pression, undoubtedly Inspired by thoughts of Boehm; the chorus was working industriously; and the leads •were sitting around looking bored. We stayed exactly two hours and thirteen minutes—until it was all over; and, people, we’re going back the night it opens! Why? Because any show which features Helen Taylor as an Indian squaw is entertainment aplenty for us. *** * * * We call your attention to the fact that today is tho first day of spring, the official opening of the new .season. The trouble is that too many of the lads have a head start on us all. Look at “Hairbreadth” Harry Baltlmser and Ruth Torrence. Consider Ed York© ami Laurabelle Lee. Then there’s Byers and Fran Turner, Shorty Edwards and Co., Irvine and Crowthers, Oberhubor and Loveland, Johnny Wood and Weiland W. Va., Bressler and troop, and the lord knows how many others. Why can’t the boys get to gether and swap around a little? After all, one shouldn’t be selfish about such things. We’re willing to put our ball and chain gang back into circulation at any time, any time, in fact we’re leaving town im mediately upon the publication of this masterpieie. ****** Well, “A stolling rone mathers go noss,” as the saying goes, and we’re “here today and here today,” but after all: “Early'to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy and wealthy and healthy and wealthy.” Phew!.... ****** Heigh-Ho! Another Jungle Picture! Time was when we used to harbor secret ambitions to hob-nob with apes and-lions and such, to say nothing of covet ing the ability to swing lithely away through the tree tops in search of beautiful damsels; we even practiced standing on the body of a victim, head thrown back to the skies, and giving vent to the horrible cry of the victorious bull ape; but that’s all over now. Just let one of these forest Apollos try to climb* into an upper bunk at five in the r morning, while under tho influence of a Beaux Arts Ball! ****** Near Beer and Pretzels Speaking of this Beaux Arts business, some of the profs present looked slightly reminiscent of a “Beer by Christmas” slogan ..... Winstead, Neely McCown, Moonves, Epstein, and Bert Luhm, all back for tho Intercollegiates .... Spike Collins’ dog, a ten by four-inch model .... Miss Livitsky’s art collection . . . . the D. U.’s have a nice crop of mushrooms a-growing. Where? .... the two bantams battling before the crowd at the Nittany theatre Thursday for your information, no beer will be sold within two miles of State College .... the gas-pipe leak that vacated tho rendezvous . . . . E. Marion Tomlinson is not a Mr. as alleged by incoming debating correspon dence .... Here’s how! “Habits of the Atom” should make clear much unknown about chemistry at the L. A. Lecture tonight .... Davis’ lecture on “Health and Recreation” will bring out much Forum Thursday night.... In Casa large crowd goes to I. F. Ball, two bands should relieve the situation without a Specht of trouble .... Alumni and Snckett concur that there is not too much emphasis on technical courses .... Council votes nixy on voting by proxy .... Warnock foresees success of Gridiron Banquet here .... Chapel speaker 'Russell scores failure of country’s police force .... Fresh man basketball team makes “foul” percentage of .583 .... Victorious gleemen return with seventh title . ... R. 0. T. C. officers immune .... Jabber on the boxing tourney makes the rounds inter-mittently .... Priestley lectures Jette out in the near future .... Fletcher bemoans lack of culture in Agri-Culture School, in spite of horti-culture, flori-culture, etc THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN M’CLURE TO SHOW PENCIL SKETCHES Lithographs, Drawings Exhibit Planned for Display Room At Main Engineering An exhibit of linoleum cuts and pen cil drawings by Dr. Frank J. McClure, :of the institute of* animal nutrition, will open in the display room on the third floor of the Main Engineering building tomorrow. . The exhibit will continuo until April 1. Dr. McClure, who received his de grees at Purdue and Illinois Univer sities, has been, engaged in drawing for some time. Many of the subjects in the exhibits were inspired by local scenes around State College, and are done in an interpretative manner. En couraged by interested faculty.mem bers, Dr. McClure has done an enor mous amount of work during the past year. Helmc Commends Work “His work is full of character and largely interpretative,” Prof. J. Bur ton Heline, of the architecture depart ment, stated. “Unimportant things are pushed in the background, while ;ho lays stress on essential details. I believe that he has much promise as a technician.” “Thera is a freedom from restraint which he might have acquired had he studied art in tho school classroom,” 'Prof. Helmo continued. “Quite with out design he has captured the same interpretation of a wave as has the Japanosa artist, Hokusai, and .the Orientals have been especially skillful in maritime scenes.” Dr. McClure has drawn many dif ferent subjects. In the collection to bo exhibited tomorrow, some of the scenes and subjects are entitled, “Boalsburg Poplars,” “Shocks,” “Con flict,” “Fate,” “College Precinct,” “Pina Grove Mills Suite,” “Penn State Laundry,” “Spring,” and “Toward Lemont.” OLD CLOTHES CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED BV RED CROSS UNIT Contributions of old clothes are needed by the Red Cross group of State College to alleviate the condi tions existing in this town and in out lying districts, according to Mrs, Robert S. Kirby, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the drive. Shoes, in particular, are needed, Mrs. Kirby said. Packages may ba brought to the basement of the Cath aum building on Monday afternoons from 3 to 5 o’clock, or if 801-W is called they will be collected. APPRECIATING INCREASED BUSINESS FOR LAUNDRY SERVICE PENN STATE LAUNDRY 320 West Beaver Avenue Phone 124 THE MANIAC Speaking Of Books Just as everyone is becoming stirred np and numerous titles appear in the book market and the magazines, the news comes out that Mr. Howard Scott, the original Technocrat, and the organization fos tered by Columbia University to in vestigate the subject have come to a parting of the ways, with the Co lumbia group cQntinuing by itself. If you are interested, the Carnegie library has Arkwright's “A B C of Technocracy,” Scott’s own “Introduc tion ‘to- Technocracy,” and Stuart Chase’s “Technocracy, an Interpreta tion.” Someone has mentioned that Bellamy's “Looking Backward” was the original book on technocracy. j The most popular books of fiction t for 1932 included Moi’gan’s “Foun- : tain,” Buck's ‘ “Sons,” Glasgow’s ' “Sheltered Life,” Bridge’s “Peking! Picnic,” and Galsworthy’s “Flowering. Wilderness.” For , 1933 Sinclair Lewis’ “Ann Vickers” appears to be a likely candidate. It is interesting to note that for the year 1931, 3,138 new volumes were published in Bulgaria, 9,522 in ' France, 19,960 in Germany, 3,169 in! Hungary, and 12,193 in Italy. For j that year in the United States, 8,816 J new books were published. Among recent deaths in the field, of letters that of John Galsworthy is' the notable. Someone has said that his “Forsyte Saga” is worthy of be ing counted in the distinguished lincj of English fiction. i John Masefield, poet laureate of England, is touring the United States and recently gave a benefit reading .for the Seamen's Church institute at Carnegie Hall, New York City. Recent accessions at the College li brary include: “The Letters of David Henry Law rence.” “Wanton Mally,” by Booth Tarking ton. “Mary Lincoln, Wife and Widow,” by Carl Sandburg. “Marie Antoinette,” by de Segur. “Recent Social Trends.” “Human Being,” by Christopher Morley. “Ann Vickers,” by Sinclair Lewis. “The Odyssey of Homer,” trans lated by T. E. Shaw, (Colonel Law rence) . STUDENTS MAKE INSPECTION Fifty students of the mechanical en gineering department made an inspec tion trip to the Lewistown Viscose plant and the Burnham steel plant last week. . A. Credit! During the Last Two Weeks THE MERCHANTS OF STATE COLLEGE Have Whole-Heartedly Cooperated With Students In the Financial Crisis, by Extending Credit They Appreciated Your Usual Patronage. Let Us Show Them That Their Confidence In Us Was Not Misplaced. PAY YOUR BILLS GET YOUR MONEY INTO CIRCULATION MAKE PROSPERITY A REALITY THE Penn State Collegian MACK TALKS TO PITTSBURGH CHEMICAL SOCIETY FRIDAY Dr. Pauline Beery Mack, assistant professor of chemistry, addressed a meeting of the Pittsburgh section of the American Chemical Society at the University club Friday. Her topic was “Chemical- Education and Ain crican Chemical Industry.” “Chemical education holds the keys to the future of American chemical industry,” Dr. Mack said. “The.chem istry teacher in America has two im portant tasks to perform: to train the comparatively small group of students who study industrial chemistry and become producers, and to train the great mass of students who take but one course as part of their cultural education and become consumers.” / Chapter Papers Fraternity Stationery Nittany Printing _ and Publishing Co. Between the Corner and Movies Phone 85 Bgwlo4vo/d Bomb A <• A SATIRE isa MAN WHO IS 50% THIS sort of thing has gone too far! When asked what product v 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 know 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. Next time you “cram” for an exam, Jight lip a pipeful of Edgeworth. Ah! See how that different blend of fine old burleys makes even the toughest EDGEWORTH SMOKING TOBACCO Tuesday, March 21,1933 CATH aUH v A wifnaf piothos Thsa.ttos •> • (Matinee I:3o—Evening Opening 6:30 Complete Late Showing After 9 p. m.) 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