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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published sernimgekly during the College year, except on holidays,
by students of The Pennsylennla State College, In the Interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
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CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34
Editor Business Manager
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Editor • MAE P. KAPLAN '34
Women's
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EVA M. BLICHFELDT '34
Women's News Editor
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1933
TRIBUNAL IMPROVEMENTS
The revisions announced for Student Tribunal will
do much to make that body an effective and sensible
agency in the supervision of freshman and all-College
customs. Too often in the past has the Tribunal been
the seat of horseplay on the part of domineering upper
classmen. The present changes will add much to its
dignity.
Under these improvements, the meetings of the Tri
bunal will be entirely secret and upperclassmen seeking
favoritism will be barred. Freshmen will not be made
to go through a third degree or be made ridiculous be
fore the group. They will be given a chance to speak in
their own defense. The whole procedure of trying vio
lators will be on a higher plane than heretofore.
In defining the function of the Tribunal,. the com
mittee has placed. the burden of enforcement of fresh
man customs squarely on the shoulders of the students
themselves. This is exactly where it belongs. The
small number of men composlng the Tribunal cannot be
expected to serve as a detective force for the rest of
the student body. They should merely deal with those
cases which are brought before them. If the students
as a whole are not willing to see customs enforced by
reporting violations to the Tribunal, then it is a farce to
continue them. And it is fairly certain that if they are
not enforced, the end of customs will come within a year.
USE OF THE TENNIS COURTS by various groups
has always been a source of friction. Now the report
comes that men students and instructors are using the
two courts in the rear of the Wibmen's building. These
courts have always been reserved specifically for women,
and some agency such as the campus police force should
see that the regulation is observed. The fact that men
aro using the courts, however, points to an overflow
from the Varsity hall courts. During the school year and
the Summer Session those courts have always been over
crowded. Students who pay the regular athletic fee and
participate actively in no other sport except tennis are
often forced to sit on the sidelines because there are
not enough courts. In an athletic program which has
as its slogan "Athletics For All" it Seems strange that
all the funds should be devoted to Inter-unit sports which
'in reality reach only a small percentage of the student
body. More tennis courts would be welcome.
A MAJOR FALL DANCE
The practice begin last'year of holding one of the
major all4ollege dances before the Christmas recess
should . be continued again this year. Likewise, the re
duction in dance assessments instituted at Senior Ball
last February is a move which should not be discarded.
Several reasons make both of these changes necessary
again this year.
With the Thanksgiving recess shortened to one day,
there is nearly a month of uninterrupted classes between
the middle of November and the beginning of the Christ
mas recess. This period has always been barren of any'
sort of diversion, and an all-College dance would fit in
nicely. And because there is no competing entertain
ment, the dance should be reasonably profitable. Al
though the Military Ball on 'December 9 last year in
curred a slight deficit ; the relatively high fee of four
dollars was charged. Late': dances made a profit 'with
a three-dollar assessment and there is 'every reason to
believe that a fall dance with the, same assessment
would be a financial success.
If by any chance it is decided not to hold Military
Ball this fall, one of the class dances ought to be held
in its place. On last year's social calendar, Sophomore
Hop was held only two weeks after Senior Ball, and,
as a result, a deficit of $3OO was incurred. At least a
month should intervene between each major dance, and
it it is not possible to arrange the dances during the
winter, ono of them should be moved up to November or
December.
',Other colleges hold major dances during the fall,
and do it successfully. It means less time to complete
arrangements, of course. The committee which in the
past has not functioned until after. the Christmas recess
would have to begin work as soon as possible. But
there is no doubt that the dance would be more likely
to pay its own, way than if it were held during the
crowded winter season. This likelihood - would be in
creased if the low assessment of last year is continued.
Furthermore ; with one less dance, during the winter, the
others would be more certain of financial success.
One of the better known inmates of Grange .Dorm
was wandering around the fourth floor a few nights
ago clad only in what the inmates usually wear when
they wander. 'lmagine her embarrassment when a
man suddenly appeared in front of her, jabbed a
frenzied finger ut her, and shouted at the top of his
lungs the one word, "SPOOK!"
It was a difficult situation. She realized inime-
diately that tact was required. She ran into her room.
Her visitor, however, failing to take the hint,
followed her into the room shouting something inco
herent about "everybody coming out or he'd dynamite
the joint." It occurred to her suddenly that he might
be intoxicated. Rising heroically to the occasion, she
screamed. Then she yelled.
'By this time every person in the dorm was on
the fourth floor and somebody had' phoned for the
police. The visitor seemed to realize that he wasn't
Telephone 500
getting anywhere with the young lady, so he ran out
into tho corridor again, stopping now , and then to ask
some young lady for a date; several accepted.
When the vanguard of the police arrived they
camo in the front door, only to find that the culprit
was gone via a first floor rear window, and that four
girls had received minor abrasions, contusions, and
such, in the struggle to follow him through the afore
said window. The girl whom he had first accosted
described him as being tall, dark, and sort of Spanish
The whole affair was rather embarrassing espec
ially as a police guard was placed around the dorm
and several of 'the girls were forced to stay out all .
night; worse, a couple of them all unaware of the ex
citement were caught climbing in one of the rear
windows. It is stated by authorities that this is the
first time a man has ever attained such altitude in the
dorm, and that they have 'several clues upon which
they arc working, the most important one being the
description of the man given by the feminine resi
dents.
"Grange Dorm. People come, people go . . . .'"
*** * * *
Which reminds us of an interesting anecdote
about Eddie. , He had borrowed. the racy "Life and
Loves of Frank Harris" from a'[Detroit book-store
and was on his way to return it one morning when he
narrowly escaped being run down by a speeding taxi;
his jump to the curb just saving hiM. When he walk
ed into the book-store a few moments later he laid the
Copy • of Harris down on the counter and wiped his
forehead.
"Man," he said. "I can just see the headlines.
'EDDIE GUEST HULLED, CLUTCHING COPY OF
FRANK HARRIS!'"
Pearls
Sil Runkle's girl has a nice set of false uppers
.. The Advanced Rotic lad who went to' an apart,
ment party, got tight and went home ... . and woke
up next morning stark and blushing in the original
apartment .. .. Phi Dolt Johnson drinking a pitcher
of beer in a continuous gulp .... Mad Maimed back
town temporarily .... also ourold:frlend.43etty BoOp,
Taylor:... and the coy Chi and a surprising;'
number of pretty faees, some new, some familiar ....
and the innocent; gullible, lucky Prosh.
Beginning
Thursday
The .
Ccollegiate
Digest
Pictorial-News
Supplement with the
Penn State Collegian
Every Thursday
OLD MANIA
People come, people go; nothing ever
"I'd rather flunk the Wasserman test,
Than read the works of Eddie Guest."
MMEI
-THE MANIAC
PENN STATE'COLLEGIAW
LOOKING
OVER. THE
NEWS . . .
Flaunting a definite disregard for
justice the Nazi , administfation con
tinues with its farcical trial of five
Communists charged with setting fire
to the Reichstag in February. One
man has already been assured of a
Nazi escort from this world.
Evidence in the trial thus far
points directly at the guilt of Nazi
leaders rather
. than the Communist
Prisoners. Since the Communists were
strongly entrenched in the Reichstag
they had nothing to gain by resorting
to incendiary tactics at the time. The
Nazis, however, could further their
demands for dictatorial power by
pointing to a five in one Reichstag as
an illustration of weakness in the ad-
ministration then in power.
If Hitler is truly desirous of fur
thering the cause of justice he should
openly weigh the evidence and exon
erate those on trial. However, the pro l
ceedings so far seem to indicate that
the trial was begun with only one
purpose—to convict those on trial.
After a very wobbly start the Cu
ban President Grau San Martin seems
at last to be directing his government
on a more steady keel. For the pres
ent a number .of the major rebellions
have been abandoned although spor
adic outbreaks'continue.
Whether temporary or not, the par
tial let-up in hostilities will enable
Grau to entrench his governmental
system more firmly among the people.
Likewise the present head may now
turn his attention to progressive ac
tion in the social and economic affairs
of his country.
If foreign influence desists from in-
traducing ftfrther disturbing factors
for tho government to contend with,
perhaps the excited condition now per,
vading the Cuban people would start
to wane, and thus allow the citizenry
to employ sane thought in readjusting
their state to normalcy.
Pursued by inflationists President
Roosevelt has declined to commit him;
self to any definite action on the vat-
uation of the 'dollar. While he was
giving his ear to Senators Pittman,
Thomas and others, the president also
was quietly. studying. Professor
Warren's plan for a commodity dol
lar.
Having met with success thus far
as applied in, Sweden's monetary sys,
tem the idea is gaining favor in Roos,
evelt's mind. Characteristic of the
president's penchant for giving prom,
ising new pleas a fair trial, he may
decide roduce.'the new mone,
tary system'if too much inflationist
pressure is brought to bear upon him.
At present (Roosevelt is considering
a proposal for 'releasing $2,000,000,000
tied up as deposits in closed banks
through the - purchase of ' preferred
stock by the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. The monetary inflation
caused indirectly by such an action
would probably satisfy the southern
and western inflationists for the time
being.
Old Song
20 Years Ago..
The School of agriculture had just
received $275,090 in State appropria
tions. fort maintenance, .'adiile.. , ,othef
schools ; received; $5;01006 4 Three , hurl
dreCanit
Viel* . allotteetfeir Chet ergetion 6F neNV
buildings, while $1,226,000' in State
aid was appropriated for the entire
College fcir two years.
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One-hundred and one candidates
reported for football practice under
Coach Hollenbach, All-American
selection at the turn of the century.
Seven veterans of the previous cam
paign were again available to form
the nucleus- of ,the 1913 eleven with
the Carnegie game only a week
away.
Published iii the COLLEGIAN was a
lengthy discourse on the -fact that
hazing and -other stunts of the rah : -
rah age were rapidly being controlled,
and that they were outlawed—that
of course, except poster night. On
poster night just about anything up
to a first-class hanging "went."
Just twenty- years ago students
went around the campus saying,
"What's going to supplant the an
nual soph-frosh, picture scrap?"
There was so much interest in the
event—what,
.when, and how that
a full-column' was used 'to get the
rules of the push-hall coriteit
across to the students, A complete
column of Section Is and Article
Ills!
DEMOLAY TO HOLD PIDEPR.
As the opening event of its fourth
year of existence here the Penn State
DeMolay club will hold its first social
function of,the year, a smoker, at the
Sigma: Tau, A phi- house next lyetinee=
day night.
'WILL APPEAR FOR TftY-OUTE
With ' bandmaster Wilfred.. 0.
Thompson directing,' freshmen can
didates for pasitions on the brit year
R. 0. T. C. band will appear for try
outs at room 401, Old Blain, at 7
o'clock Wednesday night. •'
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comes communtcatcons on any sub
ject" of campus interest. All lettors
must bear the name of the sender
and should not be over two.hundred
words in length. Anonymous CO7ll
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However, if the write• does not wish
his or her name to accompany the
fact should be no fizdicaged and
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The editor reserves the right to re
ject all communications that are
deemed unfit for publication.
To the Editor
During the rushing period for wom
en's fraternities; it is customary to
advocate changes in the rushing code
in order to alleviate as much tension
and strain as possible on the part of
those involved in the yearly occur
rence. The custom is being followed
with slight alterations—urging the
abolition of women's fraternities al
together; as the next move toward a
"new deal" for women et Penn State.
Viewing the matter from all pos
sible angles, fraternities seem to be
useless and harmful. They are use
less in that they don't accomplish any
thing; they merely exist. They are
harmful because they discriminate
against people who can't afford such
a luxury or who don't qualify in other
artificial respects such as appearance,
social suavity, or lack of popularity;
because they tend to produce a stere
otyped kind of woman who, after col
lege, usually, joins bridge clubs, wom
en's auxiliaries, Elks' sisterhoods, and
gossiping tea groups; because- they
create a false sense of values in the
minds of naive freshmen who begin
to think that status gained from a
membership in a particular club is
more to be desired than individual
achievement; and finally, because they
dominate politics, which are, of course,
foolish too, and because theyc is "much
ado about nothing."
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Perhaps membership in a well
known group might help Some to se
cure a position after graduation
which will pakly repay • them for
helping support parasitical national
'.officers in their undergraduate •days.
Fraternities might help to raise the
scholarship standard by 'giving the
sisters past blue books and notes so
that they wouldn't have to bother
thinking for themselves.
A comparative Utopia would exist
is fraternities were abolished. Too
much imagination is not required nor
too much mental .exercise •is needed
to picture the • resulting atmosphere.'
The idea can be made into an actual
ity by just a little effort on the part
of the - few intelligent ones. •
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CERAMIC PLANT OPERATORS
TO MEET HERE NEXT MONTH
Problems concerning the heat treat..
meat of ceramics will be discussed at
a symposium for technical men and
control operators of eastern ceramic
plants, to be held on October 20 and 21
in the Mineral Industries building.
Proceedings of the conference will
be mailed to all research men unable
to attend. Professor David F. McFar
land, head of the department .of met
allurgy of the School• of Mineral In
dustries, will be, among the speakers.
B. H. R
CLASS CENTERS' FORMED BY
ENGINEERING EXTENSION UNIT
• 'Class centers will be established in
additienal cities :this year by the
'engineeriag extension; department of
the college; according to T. EMI=
superyisor of the work. This in
creases the number of centers operated
by the college to fifteen.
Taught by individuals selected from I
the local centers, the class centers are
set up at the request of persons or
organizations interested in further
ing adult education. Additional cent
ers may be formed in other cities later
in the year.
DAVEY TO DELIVER ADDRESS
"gechanism of Crystal Research"
will the subject of a paper to be pre
sented by Dr. Wheeler P. Davey, of
the department of chemistry, 'at the
annual convention of the American
Society for Steel Treating to be held
in Detroit in October.
COMO
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Speaking
Of
Books
The House Of Connelly, and Other
Plays, by Paul Green.
The play which furnishes the title
of this interesting collection presents
a contrast of the old and the new
South—the aristocracy of culture and
lost causes versus the democracy and
industrialism of today. "Potters
Field" shows the negro down and out.
"Tread the Green Grass" traces k the
downfall of a country girl bewildered
by modern morality, music and ro
mance.
The Snows of Helicon, by H. M
Tomlinson.
The search for an ideal as pictured
by, a beautiful Greek temple, on the
Island of Corinna. The searcher
comes too late to save the temple but
in time to perish with it. ' Beautiful
in imagery and well written.
Meet the Sciences, by W. M. Malisoff.
The natural and social sciences— .
drom mathematics to sociology—are
introduced to a supposedly lay reader
in tho interests of . a better under
standing of the tams and values of
science and its proper place in modern
life.
The Farm, by Louis Bromfield.
At least- four generations of fam 7
ily life from .the Napoleonic era to
tho -Great War •are well represented
in a succession of pictures and. cher,
acter sketches. The farm and the men
and women are real and there is a
wealth of incident.
Gypsy Waggon, by Shelia Kaye Smith.
A steady ploughman is forced by
economic changes through the coming
of tractors and the breaking up of
farms to leave his ancestral occupa,
tion as a ploughman and enter upon
a nomadic life with his wife and chil
dren. Continues the scenes in "The
House of Alard."
The Coming Struggle'ffilr Power, by
Johq Strachey;
Mr. Strachey disagrees with Mr.
Keynes and Sir Arthur Salter. He
presents here front the communist
view point in en able, academic man
ner and very well written his solution
for tho world's economic troubles. Of
course, it is not welcome to the con
servatives.
The I%!ind of - chin4, by, Edwin D
• The powerful influences, of magic,
religion and superstition motivate the
lives and actions' of of. citizens
constantly. "Every'kernel' of rice
sown, every silk cocoon reared, every
ton of coal mined ; or tree hewn, every
birth or death in China has religious
or cult sanction."
Guide to Chicago,. by John Drury..
. A Chicago newspaperman received
the official commission td write the
guido to Chicago for the "Century of
Progress Exposition." One notes With
interest the historic landmarks, the
exotic • headquarters, the museums,
zoo, etc. A good piece of work which
will outlast most of the exposition.
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Vanessa, by Hugh Walpole. •
The Harries family and the Forsyte
COLLEGE BOOT SHOP,
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Monday, September 25, 1933
GOVERNMENT BULLETINS
RECEIVED BY LIBRARY
Books, Pamphlets on NRA Subjects
Included in New Collection
Information and material relating
to the administration of the 'National
Recovery Act throughout the United
States has just been received by the
College library in the form of pamph.
lets and bulletins.
Included in the list is the National
ReCovery Act bulletin; containing in-
I forrnation service, of the issue of Au
' gust 22, and: the following books:
Tread, Labor Relations Under the Re
covery Act; Valenstein, Business,Un
der the Recovery Act, and Wklcox, AA
New Deal for Business and Industry,
a bibliography.
Other material, sent from the gov
ernment printing office in Washing
ton includes Codes for Sixty-six In
dustries; NRA Bulletin, Nos. .1-3;
Handbook for Speakers, and a sup
plement to the-handbook for speakers.
family are the two outstanding tam;
ilies in the English fiction of the
present day. The Galsworthy epic is
ironic, the Walpole romantic. Vanessa
is the last and in many respects the
best of the "ferries hooks.
A History of Spanish Civilization, by
Rafael Altamira
The spirit of Spain looks out
through centuries of her economic and
social development from pre-Roman
times through the nineteenth century.
Protection of Women and Children in
Soviet Russia, by Alice 'W. Field.
The Soviets have insured the future
of their race through special priv
ileges accorded to prospective mothers
and the careful education and phy
sical program for children. Men and
women live on a plane of social equal
ity.
In connection with the exhibit ot the
fifty books of the year at the College
library, Prof. Harold E. Dickson of the
department of architecture ; Will give
an illustrated talk on the exhibit in
Room 107, Main Engineering, at 7:30
o'clock Thursday night.
Just the Right ShOes
for College Men
' Are Here!
Walter Booth
Shoes
FOR MEN .
New Fall Styles
and Leathers
$3.95 to $5.95
THE HUB
East College Avenue
OPEN EVERY EVENING