Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly 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 MANAGI CHARLES A. MYERS '3l FREDERICK L. TAYLOR *34 Editor Business Manager GEORGE A. SCOTT 'Si HAROLD J. BATSCH '34 Managing Editor Circulation Manager WILLIAM M. STEGMEIER ’34 H. EDGAR FURMAN '34 , Sports Editor Local Advertising Manager BERNARD 1L ROSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN ’34 News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager JAMES M. SHEEN ’3l FRANCIS WACKER ’34 News Editor Classified Advertising Manager RUTH M. HARMON ’34 MAE P. KAPLAN *34 Women’s Editor Women’s Managing Editor EVA M. BLICHFELDT '34 Women’s News-Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS James B. Beatty jr. ’33 John A. Brutrman ’35 Phillip W. Fair jr. *35 A, Conrad Hafges ’35 Kenneth C. Huffman '35 Burton Rowles jr. ’35 James B. Watson jr. ’36 Fred W. Wright ’35 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Marcia B. Daniel ’35 Elsie M. Douthett *35 Margaret W. Kinsloc *35 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Harry J. Knoff ’35 B. Kenneth Lyons ’35 Jack A. Martin *35 John J. Mathews ’35 Ceorge A. Rutlodge '33 Enri G. Keyaer jr. *35 Entered at the Postoffice, Slate College, Pa., as Second-class Matter Editorial Office 313 Old Main Business Office Nittany Printing Building Phone 292-W FRIDAY, MAY 12,1933 FOR TRUE SCHOLARS ■WJhilo athletes, activity men, and others are being constantly rewarded for their display of ability, the scholar usually goes undecorated and unpraised during most of 'the year. There comes a day, however, when intellectual attainment alone is the basis for reward, and such an event is the annual Scholarship Day. In the classroom it is often the “grade grabber" or “chiseller" who seems to be ahead scholastically. But over a long period of time the .weaknesses of such in dividuals arc brought out, and 'they do not stand the test. It is not these persons, but rather those who have intellectual curiosity and the desire to pursue knowledge because they believe it worth while, who will receive,the prizes tomorrow. ‘ One important step in rewarding true scholarship will bo inaugurated at the exercises tomorrow. For several years, high ranking students with no financial need were not considered in the awarding of monetary prizes. This year these students, five in the senior and five in the junior class, will ‘be rewarded by the presen tation of Evan Pugh medals and the listing of their names in the College catalog as Evan Pugh Scholars. Charges of underhanded campaigning, bolting from one clique to another, and general discontent seemingly go hand in hand with women's elections. The ill-feeling created cactbysar promises' td ‘continue just as':.long ;as' - the women. pretend that there are .no cliques existing in their midst—a pretense‘that is too thin to fool any but the women themselves. Recognition of clique poli tics has served to place the men's government on a-level that is above petty jealousies and squabbles such as follow women’s elections. The whole controversy stands out as one of the best arguments for the proposed mer ger of the men’s and women’s governments on the campus. With the two governments combined, the cliques already existing in men's politics would bring the present sub rosit women’s political organizations into tho open. THE SENIOR CLASS SURPLUS Several questions are raised by the senior’s com munication published in the Letter Box this issue. Since the disposition of the senior surplus has already been decided upon by the class'at an official meeting, nothing more can' be done this year. 'However, the letter is significant as the point of. view of one group of seniors. Tho main contention of the writer is that this year’s senior class should give its entire surplus to the Student Loan fund. It is morally obligated to do this, he says, because members of the present senior class have been aided by the fund. However,- only 150 seniors.received loans. Is the rest of the class “morally obligated,” then, to reimburse the Loan fund which it did not draw upon? Should the whole class in reality pay back the loans of less than a quarter of its members? Should they not have some right to say that a part of the surplus money go to other projects? Although the writer’s proposal that seniors forego the wearing of caps and gowns is out of the question this year with contracts already signed and orders filed, it holds possibilities for other years. Perhaps there is somo justification for the custom on the basis of senti ment, formality, and uniformity. (But it is an expensive privilege, and one that seems rather superficial and un necessary. Tho attainment of an academic degree ought to contain something more than the wearing of a cap and gown and the receipt of a neatly tied diploma. The suggestion that the $l,OOO given by the seniors to the Artists’ Course 'be turned over to the Loan fund will not receive the approval of those who have long deplored the lack of things cultural on this campus. >Someono has to set the ball rolling. The economic need of a few students may be great, but the cultural need of many more students is just as great. To emphasize the financial failure o-f ATtists’ Courses in the past, is to predict tho same in the future and to deny that a cul tural series can ever be brought here. Weighed in the light of final results, $l,OOO given toward the inaugura tion of an Artists’ Course would probably do more good for the student body as a whole than the same amount given to tho Loan fund. At least,- a majority of the senior class held this view when it voted this sum to the Artists’ Course. ING BOARD SENIORS ! GRADUATES ! NAME CARDS Genuine Engraved Plate 100 Name Cards ff $1.75 For the Works Regularly $3.00 to $5.00 Others may approach this value but none can match it--Our idea of the only re deeming feature of graduating in 1933! PLACE ORDERS NOW! KEELER'S CATHAUM THEATRE BUILDING CA MPUSEER What with the looming of final examinations and all, we have been planning for two months to catch up on our work and get our reports in before the end of the semester for once. A betraying ambition has also made it our intention to do a little studying a few weeks before the semi-annual event, and not cram all the necessary perusing of a book or two the night before the test. But in tho end we’ve decided to let our starved mind rest until the last week before we feed it with tho delicate morsels of history, psychology, etc. etc. Away with such fickle gabel. As the finals approach word is expected forth coming from Doc Ritenour’s office on the detri mental effects of cramming and late hours during finat week. At last we’ve found out why J. P. R. strikes his annual bludgeon against that vice. It seems that there was an industrious student in a college in New England .who. foresaw dire results unless he accom plished large gobs of book-leafing on the night di rectly ere he must scoop his knowledge of the subject into one complete test. Ironically enough, industrial ism deserted him about three o’clock in the morning and sleep caused him to drop from the chair by his desk and fracture his writing arm. A Professor’s Lament •Eh Gad, muttered one Of the .Faculty's best. I’ve erred in grading The poor devil’s test. *-»***« Doc Boucke set forth in no uncertain terms the other day his criteria for any person who must drop off to sleep in his class. The stage for the setting down of the rules came when a sophomore unusually bored was snatching a yawn or two at the expense of a high tariff. Unexpectedly came the statement, startling tho dozing class, “It’s 'not correct to go to sleep without your nightio on.” And you can quote “Old Bouck” on this, ****** Brickbats ■John S. Naylor, of our own English comp, depart ment, does compose an anagram now and then for the esteemed New Yorker' ... If it’s a J. S. N., -it came from his typewriter .... From the ex-Campuseer comes the fact that D. Campbell mimeographed sheets for architectural profs to play battleship on in some of their weakest moments .... Imagine M. Dickson 'participating in such horseplay . . . . tch .... tch .... “The Loyal Order of Short Haircuts” is the new monicker plastered on the S. A. E.’s .... Scallions to the ones who insist on walking on the newly leveled dirt plots near the library .... A bottle of milk on the veranda of the -Education Building .... Probably to feed Chambers’, lap dogs with .... Word comes from Bucknell of Hank Hartzler’s-bethrothal to a feminine representative of that institution .... Proxy Ryan loses his -breeches to. the Sigma Chi’s and rescues them from the Phi Gam flag pole .... Betty Brice braves the stormy weather to watch her track team perform .... “Chuck” Geis has joined the “Society of Perfect Hits” after a sojourn down bird alley last week .... Joan Suchors spending the whole history period p'utting her coiffure in perfect shape .... The Daily Mirror exposes tales of vice at neighboring Bucknell .... For two weeks now an impossible punster has been urging us to publish the yearbook ■ song, Vie I Sing” .... -Skull and Bones and t Parmi Nous initiates dragging around yesterday ... < At least all the members of the committee arc wearing ■blazers .... THE PENN StltE COLLEGIA The Farm Relief-Inflation Bill now awaits the President’s signature to give him the power to put into prae tico his initial efforts for snapping the country out of its hole. A $3,- 300,000,000 public works and indus trial planning program will be sub mitted by the administration to com plete President Roosevelt’s internal move for nation-wide rehabilitation of industry. But these powers are not enough. Tho country’s recovery hinges too much upon world recovery. In order to completely fortify the President in the pursuance of -his program for economic restoration, Congress should not hesitate to delegate to him the power to arrange tariff and war debt agreements with the nations at the World Economic Conference next month. Thus far Roosevelt has proved his ti’ust. He has acted efficiently and sagaciously. It is the bounden duty of Congress to back him up still fur ther. How unfair the United States must seem in tho eyes of the British. Poor England must now contest with an American dollar, which, like the pound, is worth only eighty percent its weight in gold. -England -has finally approved the tariff truce which President Roose velt, and Prime Minister MacDonald agreed upon as a temporary arrange ment until the World-Economic Con ference has met. Great Britain, how ever, very astutely delayed her action until she had arranged trade agree ments with South American countries. For the sake of world re covery may Great Britain be not too astute in the future. Secretary of Labor Perkins works fifteen hours a day in her fight for a thirty-hour labor week, and her chauffeur'gives up his job because of overwork. After eleven months of sporadic fighting Paraguay has formally de clared war on Bolivia. Paraguay, it can be seen, is set to fight to the last ditch, since the disputed territory over tho which tho hostilities are be ing waged represents over half the area of the nation. Let us hope the League of Nations will cope more ef ficiently, with this problem than it has with tho Chinese-Japaheso situation. Mussolini has fine breeding. When Hitler became,dictatorial, the Signor turned Socialistic. In this enlightened day and age it seems deplorable that a certain por tion of the civilization of the world will openly idealize Uie destruction o£ Mother’s Day Don’t Forget that Corsage for Mother or Big Sister Corsages $1 and up Wear a. Carnation for Your First Sweetheart—Mother State College Floral Shoppe Allen Street Phone 580-J THE CAMPUSEER Fine for a late snack ALONG about bedtime when you be* gin to. feci a little hungry, enjoy a Af r W bowl of Kellogg’s Cora Flakes and || milk or cream. CORN I It’s just the treat. Easy to digest. FLAKES j|| Invites restful sleep. How much bet- sFuwHeSKr| |p ter than heavy, hard-to-digest foods. J 35fj|3s£ § |1 Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek. f flavor I The Letter Box Looking Over The News I I To the Editor: I am of the opinion that the aver age senior is unaware of certain facts which should receive serious consid eration before the final disposition of the senior class funds is decided upon. The first and most important is that the senior class is morally obli gated to reimburse the Student Loan fund to the limit of its ability. The Class of 1932 gave the fund $6,100. That sum was used entirely by sen iors. In addition, approximately $6,- 000 was also lent to members of our class, making a total of $12,000, or 75 percent of all'that lent during this school year. ' The fund is now badly ,in need of money. Dean Warnock estimated that at best it will be only one-half as large as it was this year. Coupled with this, the demand for loans next year is expected to be the largest yet experienced. Under such conditions our class should at least do as much for next year’s seniors as those of last year did for us. Secondly, the $2,900 balance in the class treasury actually represents an excess of class dues paid by all sen iors, including those that were gradu ated at mid-term. As such, if the fund is used to pay rentals on caps and gowns, the mid-year seniors are en titled to an equivalent cash refund. Granting that most of us are un- mankind. The new principles of edu cation in the German school, as laid down under the Third Reich, call for the exaltation of .war in the minds of tho school children. To teach racial differences, to im press the significance of the Nordics, and to awaken the nation to breaking through the National Socialist idea of liberty are additional principles to be followed. The move backward was exemplified when thousands of books, written by intellectual leaders of the world, were publicly burned. How long does Hitler expect to work on the emotions of the German .peo ple? Is it because he is aware of his sad inability to cope with the eco nomic and social problems of Ger many? People dazzled into blindness soon regain their sane sight. Adolf had better begin truly administering tho affairs of his country. And pro gress is forward, not backward, Adolf. —B. H. R. Nerhood’s Garage West College Avenue Satisfying Service Work On All Cars MOBILGAS Courtesy Cards Honored P. S. C. A. PLANS TOUR ABROAD (Plans including three conferences with students in Europe have been formulated for this summer by the Young Men’s Christian Association of New England according to Harry W. Seamans, secretary of the Penn State Christian Association. Penn State students desiring to make the tour may get full information from Mr. Seamans. able to bear the expense of rentals for caps and gowns, would it not be more advisable to forego wearing them en tirely and give the money to the Loan Fund? By so doing, we would not only perform our duty toward the coming senior class members, but would also create a weapon that_could be used effectively as a bargaining point by future graduating classes in obtaining more equitable rentals on caps and gowns. Third, that all former Artists* Courses that have ever been held on this campus have been financial.fail ures. The last one cost the,College Treasury approximately $3,000. In view of the foregoing facts, are we justified in depriving the Student Loan fund of $l,OOO in order to insure another Artists’ Course? It seems quite obvious that the economic need outweighs the cultural need on our campus at the present time. . I believe that most of us have not considered these facts in this light. It is still not too late to establish a more unselfish program. Very truly yours. Dan Heagney *33 MOTHER’S DAY CAKES The Electric Bakery PHONE 603 ALLEN STREET Have Mother and Friends Enjoy Our Delicious Home Cooked Meals Fenway Tea Room OPPOSITE FRONT CAMPUS SENIORS « For those who want photographs taken in cap and gown, we are offer ing a line assortment at a very low cost. The Penn State Photp Shop EAST COLLEGE AVENUE Friday, May 12, 1933 CATH. kI)H • A Warner Brokers Theatre. (Matinee I:3o—Evening Opening 6:SO Complete Late Showing After 9 P. M.) FRIDAY— Fay Wray, Ralph Bellamy in “BELOW THE SEA” SATURDAY— Dennis King, Laurel and Hardy in ‘THE DEVIL’S BROTHER” . MONDAY and TUESDAY— The Happiest Picture of 1933! George Arliss in • “THE WORKING MAN” With Bette Davis WEDNESDAY— Jack Oakic, Carole Lombard in '‘FROM HELL TO HEAVEN” THURSDAY— ; Elissa Land!, Ernest Truex in “THE WARRIOR’S HUSBAND” NITTANY FRIDAY— “EX-LADY” SATURDAY— “BELOW THE SEA” TUESDAY Jack Holt, Raquel Torres in “THE WOMAN I STOLE” WEDNESDAY— v James Cagney in “PICTURE SNATCHER”
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