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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published seml.weekly during the College year, except on holidays
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. in the Interest of th.
College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34
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Editor Buminess Manager
GEORGE A. SCOTT 14 HAROLD J. DATSCH '34
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM Id. STEGMEIER '34 IL EDGAR FURMAN '34
Sports Editor Local Ativertiaing Manager
DERNARD It. ROSENZWEIG '3l JOHN C. IRWIN '34
News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMES M. SHEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34
~ News Editor Classified Advertising Manage.
RUTH M. HARMON '2l MAE I'. KAPLAN '34
Women *s Editor Wonton'a Managing Editor
EVA N. BLICIIFELDT.'34
Woman's Moon Editor
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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1933
THE OTHER EXTREME?
The announcement that Nate Cartmell, dean of the
Nittany Lion coaching staff, has resigned his duties as
track and field coach "under fire" has drawn more than
passing attention from the student body of the College.
Thu wave of indignation and criticism which followed
hhe announcement Saturday night is ample proof that
student sentiment is strongly behind the deposed mentor.
There are two sides to every case and the Cartmell
situation is no exception. The administration May right
fully maintain that its action is justified on the grounds
of future policy. Insubordination, failure to serve the
required number of hours demanded in his contract, and
absence from work arc legitimate enough reasons to de
mand the resignation of any employee. And the con
tention that Cartmell refused to cooperate in the new
athletic policy is an important reason for the refusal to
renew his contract.
Nevertheless, there are several facts which argue
against the action of the Personnel Committee. Mehl
hers of the group might well have taken into consider
ation the Prominence and natural prestige that Cartmell
lends to Penn State athletics by his position and reputa
tion among the athletic coaches of America. They
might have taken into consideration the fact that more
mutual understanding might have eliminated Cart
mell's alleged insubordination, and failure to conform
to the requirements of his contract They might have
considered his record as a successful coach here in the
last ten years, a record that stamped him as one of the
leading mentors in the country. They might have con
sidered the personnel of his teams, and recognized that
his work hasn't been confined to turning out cham
pions alone, but is character-building as well.
Members of Nittany Lion track and cross country
teams who have taken part in metropolitan contests can
readily testify to Cartmell's Wide acquaintanceship with
sports celebrities and men of his profession. It is this
acquaintanceship, particularly with sportswriters, that
has resulted in much favorable publicity for Penn State,
and it is this favorable publicity that has attracted
countless students to the College.
Nate Cartmell's record as. a coach stands for
itself--there is little need to pojnt out that Penn State
cross country teams are recognized among the nation's
leaders, that he has developed at least five individual
intercollegiate track and field title-holders.
If Nato•goes, others of the old school of coaches
will probably follow him. Good physical education in
structors may replace good athletic coaches. Unsub
sidized, winning intercollegiate teams may be sacrificed
to an extensive intramural program. Both should be
striven for; not one at the expense of the other. It
might be questioned,
,therefore, -whether Penn State's
athletic policy is not progresiing too far in . the other
extreme.'
TWO LETTERS
Old Fussbudget's communication in today's Letter
Dor, points out one angle of the cap and gown problem
which has apparently been neglected. His suggestion is
that sotto group, probably the local tailor shops, could
buy caps and gowns and rent them each year to seniors,
making about seventy-five cents profit on each outfit
annually. This appears to be a sound proposal. Why
should seniors pay even $2.00 to an out-of-town company
when they could rent them for half the price from a
local concern which has purchased the outfits from the
company? Several years ago some faculty members
were prepared to undertake this projedt, but they were
discouraged by College officials. Surely if these men
were willing to invest their time and money in a pro
ject which would have the seniors money, there can be
little justification for the College's attibale. Why
couldn't the Student Union, Interclass Finance com
mittee, or some other student organization buy about
COO outfits and rent them to seniors? The savinrwould
certainly be worth the trouble, and the backers could
still make a profit.
Another communicant, Dwarf de Faa i asks the
"stodgy student press" to protest against those who
purloin.books from this library. But this "stodgy press"
can do all the protesting and berating that it wants to,
without so much as touching the sort of student who
steals from the library. A previous editorial which ap
peared in this paper still applies to the book thieves,
with a few stronger words thrown in for good measure.
A matter of this sort is nob so much the.concern of the
paper as it is of student groups such as Interfraternity
Council and the new Non-Friternity•lnter-Unit.Council.
Theso organizations should consider the problem at their
next meetings and devise some definite punishment
for students found guilty of stealing. library books.
_ OLD MA NIA
MIEITEM
There is nothing, more stifling to true initiative
than the usual semester lists of class assignments.
Write them or be damned, seems to be the helpful
attitude that the college professor assumes. •
It is really small wonder that the universities
of the United States produce so few scientists. Of
course Americans do stand fairly high in the ranks
of scientific investigators, but very few of America's
man of learning haVe been• able to make more than
a half-hearted beginning in their field while in schoeli
It has only been after they have escaped from the
unceasing flow of class assignments that they have
been able to advance.
,•Well, May-Day has come and gone and for once
it was really interesting. In fact it was almost a
panic. Between *he wind blomirig the page boy
around ; and the girls trying to keep the mud from
rising above their ankles, and the throne falling over
every few moments the whole affair was nearly
ruined; and the foot-race at the end nearly spoiled the
effect, too. But all in all and taking everything into
consideration it was a very lovely show, and in our
opinion Behar gave the best performance of "Sadie
Thompson" that we've ever witnessed.
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PLASH: Dot (Royal Northwest Mounted)
Johnston is now wearing an S. P. E. pin.
nvas the Junior-Senior Girls' Reception and all
the campus beauty •was there, looking very lonely,
and wistfully scanning the groups of faculty males
for someone with at least a twinkle in his eye. Things
were getting pretty desperate and some of the girls
were beginning to contemplate Naylor speculatively,
when suddenly ....
Enter Dunaway and Hesse resplendant in shining
soup and fish ....
Score: Thetas 2
Opponents 0
We. passed the Confection A. C. recently and had
a very narrow escape. Just as we reached a point
opposite the entrance to that estimable resort, the
figure of a man came whizzing out and just missed
knocking us into a History 21 final. It was Lachman.
"I got thrown out,' he said. And turning,
"Hitierite!"
EZZEKI3
The D. U.'s have at last found out the identity
of the mysterious female who has been in the habit
of calling the House at odd Moments and having a
nice chat with the brother who happens to, answer
the phone ... . . and refusing to divulge her name.
Credit one more to Mr. Hines.
Hello, Nancy! How's for giving us a ring some
time?
It has always been our policy to keep as far
away from serious or sensible material as possible.
But even a columnist has a right to think once in a
while.
For the last hour we've been sitting here listening
to a reporter call faculty and student representatives
for their opinion regarding Cartmell's resignation.
The statements have been variously worded but they
all boil down to the same thing.
The faculty states: "We have nothing to say
Our hands are tied??
The undergraduates state: ' "It's a damn
Being an undergraduate we'll'sign along with the
student body and offer once again an old slogan of
ours, "The Bez is none too good."
AS OTHERS SEE IT
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
The fact is that the American system ofuniver
skies is arranged to defeat the progress of any stu
dent above the group. The reasoning, if you can call
it that, behind the arrangement has been most suc
.cintly put by a professor squelching a complaining
student with, "Rats, college students can't think!"
And the professor may be assured that college
students won't think as long as they are forced to do
stereotyped lessons and notebooks.
ON LYINGIN BED
One of the transient joys in this hectic world of
ours, one of the most ecstatic, is the Olympian pleas
ure of lying deliciously relaxed on the soft surface
of a bed and letting the body, mind and soul float
away of their own volition.
ITo savor this delight to the utmost, it is neces
sary to be lying abed when common sense demands
that tho Sybarite be up and about his business. Un
less certain such conditions are fulfilled ; it is little or
no pleasure
. to indulge in the experience. In fact
there are times when it is a downright hardship to be
tucked under the covers. Take for instance the fellow
who is confined to his bed because of a slight illness,
And who looks longingly out of the window at a soft,_
warm sky calling•to him ....
Set the alarm for the time you should get up, or
leave a call. Pull yourself upright and hang your
feet aver the bed. Hear the voices and movements of
those who are beginning the day's labor. Feel the'
warm breeze on your face, gently closing your eyes.
Think of the many reasons why you should get up.
Topple over backinards and surrender, while saying
slowly but with little conviction: "I simply must
get up!" University Daily Kansan.
Tn PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
The Letter Box I
To the Editor
I'm glad to read in last Tuesday's
editorial column that the cost of caps
and gowns may be only $2.00 next
year instead of $2.50 per head.
(What's the dope about getting them
free this time? Do you mean free—
that is, paid a year in advance?)
Anyway let's hope. you keep after
those four bits next year.
But I have a better idea. Aren't
the seniors all saps to pay $2.50 to
rent an outfit that sells for only $10?
For just a few days' rental you pay
25% of the cost. Anything over a
dollar. oharge is a racket; you ought
to be able to rent it at no more than
10% of the cost.
How? By having some local or
ganizations buy the caps and gowns
for $lO, and rent them annually for
$l.OO. Of this dollar ; twenty-five
cents could cover costs of pressing
and moth balls, and seventy-five cents
would be annual profit—a 7 1 / 2 %
profit, not counting small additional
profits at February and August com
mencements. Fraternities could earn
money this way—if they had money to
invest. But since they don't, why
shouldn't local tailor shops get a good
profit and at the same time save the.
seniors 50 to 60%? Now almost all
the money goes out of town to agents
and freight charges and makers of the
gowns. Wbth•this dollar rental plan,
the senior saves $1.50 and the local
merchaht increases his business.
Of course, there would have to be
a stiff deposit charge. (perhaps $5),
along with the rental fee so that nope
of the Thespians would walk off with
the paraphernalia. But about com
mencement time the refunds from
laboratory breakage fees ought to be
coming back, and they could easily be
used to cover the temporary deposit
charge.
Old Fussbudget
To the Editor
Will a "stodgy student press" pro
test more vigorously with us against
those -who steal hundreds of dollars
worth of books every month from the.
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DARROW WILL LECTURE
HERE FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Sigma Pi Sigma To. Sponsor Lectures
On Certain Phases of Physics.
Dr. Karl K. Darrow, an official of
a national telephone laboratory, will
give two open lectures on certain
phases of physics Friday and Satur
day. The lecture's are being sponsor
ed by Sigma Pi Sigma, honorary phy
sics society.
Dr. Darrow will lecture on "Trans
mutation of Atomic Nucleii" in the
Chemistry amphitheatre at 8 o'clock
Friday night. He will deliver his sec
ond lecture on "Some Aspects of Nu
clear Theory" in Room 28, Physics
building, at 11 o'clock .Saturday
morning.
The speaker, acknOwledged one of
the leading writers and expositors on
contemporary advances in physics,
has studied at the University of Chi
cago, University of Paris, and the
University of Berlin. He is the au
thor of the textbook "Introduction to
Contemporary Physics" and numerous
scientific articles in technical journals.
Library? The explanation is this:•
Money collected from over-due and
lost books goes to.the 'College,not to
the Library. Most library . endOW
ments specify purchases .in liMited
fields—religious, scientific, ete. Stolen
and' "borrowed" books are • usually
those most in demand and purchases
cannot be made until they have 'been
out 'a certain length of time. •It' is
difficult, therefore, for the library to
replace missing volumes • immediately
and often ultimately from reduced
College funds and limited' endowments.
Returns on the recent. appeal to fra
ternities were fair, demonstrated that
recovery is possible, and ,were appre
ciated.
Although those new.ugly, grey bars
look -threatening,"we'd like 'publically
to toss our'bouquet on the desk of. Mr.
Lewis for his many ether improve.
!bents .and help him fill"the itacks:'
Now if the library could recover more
Of 'those books .'...
Yours,
Dwarf de Faa
ICampus Bulletin I
All members of the , pre -medical• so
ciety will meet to elect. officers for
the coming year Boom 28, Physics
building,
,nt 7:30 . o'cldck tomorrow
night.
• Invitations and announcements for
the commencement exercises will be
available at the Student Union office,
Old Main, from 2 until's o'clock Sat
urday afternoon. "
A meeting of Phi Eta Sigma will
be held in Room 14, S. L. A., at 7
o'clock tomorrow night. 'Election's for
next year's 'officers will be held at
that time.
Freshmin . editOrial and buiiness
candidates for the Penn State En
gineer will report in Room 314, Old
Main; at 7:30 .o'clock Tuesday night.
Distribution of La Vic will take
place at the Student Union desk in
Old Main until Thursday.
:Freshmen. Business ^Candidates . of
COLLEGIAN) • meet: on Wednesday
at 7:3o'o'clock)mOld COLLEGIAN
office, 'Rooin 313... ..
• The•Stu . dent.,COunelLmeeting sched
uled for tonight• is 'postponed , unti
further 'notien.• ; •
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The
Corner
unusual
Yes, I have heard about two
words; and now and then
three words—but "They Sat
isr"means."To gratify fully."
Why do these two words
"they satisfy" fit Chester
fields? Because Chesterfield
Cigarettes are milder. Be
cause Chesterfield Cigarettes
taste better.
Chesterfield's way of blend
ing and cross"-blending fine
Turkish and Domestic tobac
cos brings out better flavor
and aroma.
They Satisfy!
Tuesday, May 16, 1933
MINERAL INDUSTRIES GROUP
INSPECTS PITTSBURGH MINES
Eight students of the School of Min
eral Industries made an inspection
trip of the coal mines in the Pitts
burgh district last week, visiting
mines at Bruceton, Imperial, Library,
and Wildwood.
The trip was made under the su
pervision of Prof. John L. G. Weysser
of the Mineral Industries department.
CAT : 7
11 A ,. : 1U
' T”C,L,C.
(Matinee I:3o—Evening Opening 6:30
Complete Late Showing After 9 P. M.).
TODAY-
George A:nos in
"THE WORKING MAN"
WEDNESDAY,- •
Jack Oakic, Carole Lombard in
"FROM lIELL TO HEAVEN"
THURSDAY—
Elissz Land', Ernest Trupx in
"THE WARRIOR'S HUSBAND"
FRIDAY-
Ruth ChattCrton, George Brent in
"LILLY TURNER"
SATURDAY—
Wheeler and Woolsey in
"DIPLOMANIACS"
NITTANY
TUESDAY—
Jack Bolt, Roque] Torres in
"THE WOMAN I STOLE"
WEDNESDAY,
"PICTURE SNATCHER"
•
THURSDAY
. "FROM - HELL TO HEAVEN"
FRIDAY- •
"THE WARRIOR'S HUSBAND"
SATURDAY
"LILLY TURNER"
just two
words . .