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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published eemi•weekly during the College year, eseepi an holidays,
by atudents of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the
College, the atudents, faculty, alumni, and friends.
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CHARLES A. SIYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR 4
Editor Business Manager
GEORGE A. SCOTT 'l4 HAROLD J. DATSCH '34
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM M. STEGMEIER '34 11. EDGAR FURMAN '34
Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager
BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN '34
News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMES N. SIIEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34
Sports Editor Classified Advertising Manager
RUTH M. lIAIIMON '3l MAE I'. KAI'I.AN '34
Women's Editor Women's Managing Editor
EVA M. BLICIIFELDT '3l
Women's News Editor
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1933
NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY
"The Pennsylvania State College needs your
help. It is cueing the most serious crisis in its
With these words, President Hetzel launched the
campaign to secure the passage of Amendment Number
Bat the November 7 elections. His words are no exag-
Probably very few students realize the gravity of
the situation. With a cut of ten p2reent already made
in the next biennual appropriation, the College faces
another and larger cut of thirty-three and one-third
percent if Amendment Number 8 is defeated. It is
obvious that the College cannot operate normally on
such reduced funds. In order to continue on the re-
stricted basis, a thousand students would have to be
dropped, the valuable extension services of the College
would be completely broken down, the faculty would be
cut in numbers, research work would have to be cur
tailed, and the physical plant would deteriorate.
Quite emphatically, therefore, the College needs
the help of every student, faculty member, alumnus, and
friend. Soon students will be instructed as to just what
they can do. There will be very definite things for each
one to do. There should be no relaxation of effort when
the time conies.
(For ono thousand students, staying in College will
mean the passage of Amendment Number 8. For a good
many fraternities, continued existence means the pass
age of Amendment Number 8. For quite a few faculty
members, future livelihood means the passage of
Amendment Number 8. For others, the College's
further opportunity to serve the State means the pass
age of Amendment Number 8. It is not a matter to be
taken lightly.
IN A CHARACTERISTIC manner, quite a few stu-
dents are going around with drooping mouths and sour
words after Saturday's defeat at the hands of Muhien
berg. Of course, these students know just what to do
in any situation, and loud are the censures they heap
on coaches, players, and the athletic policy in general.
Although the wisdom of some of the substitutions might
berquestioned; there can be no doubkas
. tothe fighting
qualities of •the team. • The potential touchdown spurt
which it displayed at the end of the third quarter was
as lino a "comeback" attempt as students have seen here
in a long time. The fact that a technicality ruled the
touchdown out, seems to make all the difference in the
world. Because of it, the game was lost and the stu
dents aro dissatisfied. Such an attitude is obviously
poor sportsmanship. Nothing can be gained by a re
laxation of the fine spirit and cheering which was in
evidence Saturday. Incidentally, another exhibition
such as the Blue Band staged between the halves will
do much to keep that spirit bolstered up.
STUDENT LIBERALISM
The subject of student liberalism is an interesting
one. Here is an institution of learning, with an im
portant division for the',liheral arts, in which students
can browse over the thought of all ages, can view move-
milts of the past in their proper perspective, and can
weigh present beliefs in the light of past opinions.
Yet whore is the student who is actively and intelligently
interested in what is taking place in the world today,
and what it means for the society of tomorrow? He is
harder to find than an honest man. The majority of
students seem to be content with their round of -activi-
ties and classes. Occasionally, they get a professor
whose learning and enthusiasm is contagious, but for
the most part they are content to accept things as they
are, secure in the belief of their fathers that the pres
ent arrangement of things is the best possible.
It is therefore to be considered a healthy sign when
any group attempts to interest students in liberal, in
telligent thought on contemporary problems.. Three
such groups are the International Relations club, the
Social Problems club, and the Penn State Christian as
sociation. The first has already held a meeting this
year, while the second will meet for the first time Wed
nesday night. The P. S. C. A. confines its activities
in this direction to the holding of discussion groups and
the securing of prominent speakers. All three groups
deserve the tolerance of authorities, and any attempt to
drive their activities underground would cast a distinct
blot on the progressiveness of this institution. Oppon
ents of such groups• denounce them as purveyors of
"propaganda." Yet the easy optimism of some profes
sore and of some metropolitan newspaper editorials
which students read is propaganda just as much but of
the opposite sort. The militarist is a propagandist in
the same sense as the pacifist; the capitalist in the
same sense as the socialist or liberal. If one is to exist
here in a mild degree, then the other type of propaganda
deserves tolerance on the grounds of impartiality and
open-mindedness alone. Fortunately, authorities have
seen fit to permit the formation of liberal groups. It is
now up to the groups themselves to see that their activi
ties reach a larger number of students than heretofore.
OLD MANIA
Compliments to Major Thompson nail Dean
Grant! The Blue Band put on the finest exhibition
drill that New Beaver field has even seen, (artillery
and all) and the Glee Club's little offering was chic,
really. State's cheering was rather fine, too, al-
though of course the singing was weak in spots. The
weather was marvelous; brisk, bracing, real fall
weather. Dads were there in abundance, and a gen-
emus sprinkle of imported and local pulchritude,
it was a colorful, festive occasion!
And the score
Last night as I lay in my quarters,
Lookin' out at the cows on the range,
I wondered if ever a cow-boy,
Had got to the third floor of the Grange
For the roads that leads to that pasture,
Is guarded and watched all the way,
And many a cow-hand has fallen,
Who rattled his spurs, so they say
For it's there that there'll be the last round-up,
And the doggies that graze there will stand,
To be roped by the hard workin' cow-boys,
Who are posted and know every brand, ;:•
And if there should be a lone doggie,
Unseen and unknown on that range,
You can bet that she's not from the out-fit,
NV,Im graze on the third floor of Grange..
Chorus: I'm headin' for the last round-up, etc.
'Old Song
IMMIZI
We're the victim of a bit of particularly low-down
slander, and under-handed cussedness. Out of a clear
sky our struggling contemporary, The Campusesr,
sneered at us in his last column. Not that we mind;
we're used to that, and he probably didn't have any
thing better to write about.
What incensed us, however, was the lofty con
tempt in his condemnation of Penn State's Nudist
Cult. (Now anyone who keeps at all abreast of the
times would know that nudism is generally accepted
everywhere as a step toward proper philosophical
thinking and physical well-being. It's to the credit
of the student body of this College that they have
had initiative and push enough to organize and de
velop the group of nudists now in our midst.
We invite the opinion of undergraduates and foe
_ ulty upon this matter, and incidentally, we feel sure
&it the response will justify' our ideas upon'the — ilib::
ject.
Styccemaleun
And another thing . . . the Hetzel fishing story
wasn't so hot ... when they ride in the Governor's car,
Ralphie rides in back and. Hizzonor parks in front
with the chauffer ... Ruth Neibel and Bill.Henzey are
taking the fatal jump Nov. 29th, in Harrisburg . .
Helen Rountree walking up Campus after dark lug
ging a bag full of golf clubs ... Tch! Tch! Bartels,
Boehm, and Schwarze, three of last year's belles back
over the week-end . . What went on in Room 212
Sat. night? . . . They say that Old Main and the
Power House are that way about each other . . .
Thanks, Mr. bicksoif„ , for the compliment .
As Others See It
LEHIGH—"NO MORAL VICTORY"
Saturday's football game at Columbia was not a
Korai victories at Lehigh have gone
moral victory.
the way of the Board of Control of Athletics
they just aren't'
• Lehigh can, and will increasingly be able to, read
victory or defeat from the score board. Moral issues
The Columbia game was hard fought against
heavy odds, the entire spirit of the team being exem-
plified in the fighting leadership of Paul Short. Nor
was support lacking from the stands where . Lehigh
men backed the'thain as strongly as they will through
victories later in the season
As substitutions were made, the Lehigh men ran
from the field uninjured, still fit'for important eom-
ing games on the schedule. It was an uphill fight
but no quarter was asked nor given
A general survey serves only to emphasize Director
Kellogg's statement that Lehigh will withdraw from
"big time football" at least for the present. In line
with this policy Lehigh will meet teams of its own
calibre. Roman holidays for big teams may be fine
for the box office : but that too is being made post
history.
Will Not Raise Prices as Stated in•the State College Times
I. Haircuts 25p ' ..
,: • Shampoo and Set 75c
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Itln. Eliabeth Rand, -
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Stale COlmre. Penna.
Dear litilam:
In only to your letter or October 10th, we WISh to advise that the prices or
Reality Slop services an not fixed by NRA, and that local price schedules are not
endorsed by NRA for enforcement. It Is therefore, permissible for you .to adjust
your pries to your own necessity us far as your membership In NRA is concerned
1 Very truly yours,
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- r HARRY K. SORENSEN
District Hanauer. NRA. •.,
—Lehigh Brown and White. IR
The remainder of the football• schedule finds many
games in Which Lehigh will come into its nivm But
there will be no moral victories. Lehigh stands to
win or lose by.final scores; nothing else.
122 E PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
In the 'Collegian' Mail Box
To the Editor
I was rather surprised to see the
letters of "A Daughter of Penn State"
and H. V. R. '74 pretending to answer
mine in the issue of October 5. Sur
prised, because I know I presented the
sentiments of almost a hundred per
cent of our students, and since I al
ways thought the majority made
right, I did not see how any answer
was possible. Well, I suppose there
always will be a few discontented in
dividuals who like to stir up trouble.
"A Daughter of Penn State" is not
' satisfied with the music provided by
the college organizations. She would
probably have foreigners brought
here for a concert. I'd like to know
' what's wrong with our own musicians
right here at State College. I think
they are as good as any "ski" or
rvitch" .even - though they do keep
itheir hair well-cut.
And the Greek Literature class. If
that is not a manifestation 'of the
undergraduate desire for culture I
want to know What is. I forgot to
mention Art 74 in my last letter
thereby missing one of the best ar
guments in the "cultural" line. How
ever, here it is now. The evidence
is overwhelming. Do you think I'd
know that Leonardo Dc Vinci painted
"Sistine Madonna" if I hadn't taken
the course? I have also learned many
other facts of similar cultural nature.
I am afraid there are still a few
who fail to realize the importance of
the R. 0. T. C. Imagine our shores
invaded by a foreign nation. Doesn't
the well drilled R. 0. T. C. unit
give one a sense of security and well
being? The trouble with you mal
contents is that you do not know when
you're well off. My advice to you is
to sit back and leave the running of
things to those better qualified—and
,thank the Lord that they are in such
callable hands.
To the Editor
It is painful and shocking to a loyal
alumnus to read in the column of your
journal the letter signed "Loyal Son."
Always We find that those most in
tent on blasting our noblest principles
have hidden under treacherous, sin-
—TIIE SUTTER AND ECG MAN. by George
S. Kaufman. produced by the Penn State
Players under the direction of Arthur C.
Cloethingh uturilay. °clutter 11.
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Joe Lehman Paul Hirsch
Manny Lehman • Nellie Cravatt
Mary ........ hlargie Kuschke
Jack McClure_ --John Minns
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Bernie Sninpson:::=73uhn Herusimehuk
Peggy Marley:9 • Ted Beer
Kitty Bumph rim LaVerne Reithoffer
Oscar Fritehie Henry Moulth rep
EMMI22I
A bouquet! to Director Cloetingh
whoa& citiseuances , of. the piceties, of
type' cahtingUcontributed largely' to
the 'success of the Penn State Players
in presenting,Kaufman's 'Butter and
Egg Man' Saturday night.
These niceties were obvious in the
choice of Kritzer Richards as Peter
Jones, "the Butter and Egg Man;"
John Binns 7as. Jack McClure, pro
ducer; Ted;-Baer as Peggy Mar
lowe, militant chorus girl; 'anl Nellie
Graved, a producer's wife beautiful
in her 'insolence.
The thread of the play, which is
phrased in the argot of the Broad
way theatrical district, winds about
the experiences of a hopeful, but not
too illuminating, young man from
Chillicothe; Ohio, who comes to the
show game as an "angel" and makes
an Alger-like flight from it (carrying
both cash and queen) on wings nur
tured by 'experience. . ' . ;
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Paul. Hirsch as Joe :Lehman, and
John Bintni as ffnck McClure; partners
in Lehman Productions Co. Inc. (semi
insolvent) New York City, went well
as a team although Binns, who did
the lesser amount of talking, con
tributed the greater amount to the
drama. Hirsch - was excellent in the
'depiction' iscene where the Lehman
epic is sold to "Sweetheart" Jones,
but there viere times when he worked
so hard t be "theatrical" that he
became so st the worst sense of the
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ster, and hypocritical pseudonyms.
In this instance, we find the wretch,
who dares to ascribe to himself the
term "loyal," advocating under the
guise of "culture" the study of Greek
literature! Culture indeed! In a
country which boasts of such creative
artists as Harold Bell Wright, 'Ursula
Parrott, J. S. Fletcher, S. S. Van
Dine, Octavus Roy Cohen, Edgar Rice
Burroughs, etc., is it necessary that
we should turn to trash written by
some greasy foreigner?
In conclusion I wish to state that
I am a loyal alumnus.
EDWARD B. ZERN '32
(Loyal Alumrius)
To the Editor
I wish to call to your attention an
ommission lit your write-up of the
scholastic averages of the colleges.
It seems to me to be an unfortunate
oversight not to mention the frater
nity having, the highest scholastic
average in the College. This neglect
assumes greater importance when the
fraternity happens to be a group al
ready suffering from prejudice and
segregation in State College.
The Omega Psi Phi, local chapter
of a national Negro fraternity,.made
the highest scholastic average of any
group in the College, and yet was
not mentioned except for a place in
the \ Jist of fraternities on the last
page of the paper.
This fraternity has been in exist
ence for thirteen years on the Penn
State campus. It has been pictured
and written up in La Vie. It has no
high scholastic requirements for ad-'
mission. While not a member of the
Interfraternity Council, it is a na
tional social fraternity.
I am not a member of this Ira-
ternity but am writing this in the !
name of sportsmanship that you give
this group of men the favorable men
tion they sincerely deserve.
-LOYAL SON
The writer of the letter signed J.
K. B. in the last issue is a member
of the class of '37 instead of 'l7 as
published.
Footlights
Molly Chadwick as Jane Weston,
stenographer for the Lehmac organi
zation and source of heart interest,
failed to arouse any noticeable pal
pitating of the cardiacal muscles to us
in seat 3, row 4; while Margie Kusch
ke as Jane Martin, a sort of Miss
Tempermental, was somewhat impres
sive in spite of the fact that her
anger was comparable to the pseudo
remonstrating of a girl just kissed by
the man of her choice.
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In bouqueting - Mr. Cloatingh we do
not desire to nullify' the efforts of
either the Misses . Gravatt and Baer
or those of Messrs. Richards and
Binns. Richards and Miss Baer per
formed with their usual sincerity and
skill, while Miss Gravatt and Binns
were "naturals."
Among other things, the nervous
indecision of Oscar Fritchie, hotel as
sistant, was rather nicely portrayed
by Henry Iffoulthrop; LaVerne Reit
hoffer as Kitty Humphries, hotel tele
phone girl, didn't exactly have the
'dial tone' or something; while Her
bert Manning, as Cecil Benham, di
rector, was fortunate. in the respect
that he was portraying a "nervous"
type—which he seemed to do natur
ally. Herasimchuk and Balderston
also made appearances.
Of the stage-craft, the hotel bed
room of Act II was all• that could 'be
desired, but the Lehmac office seemed
just' a.bit too roomy and spacious for
the good of it's own sloppiness, and
there were too many newspapers on
one spot. The introduction of music
in keeping with the spirit of the per
formance at hand, as contributed by
the Penn State Players Little Sym
phony Orchestra under the direction
of John .Ryan, deserves mention as
being both creditable and helpful.
(Note to stagehands:on't talk
loudly behind the curtain.. It doesn't
blend well with the bass viol.)
FIREPROOF STORAGE
Represented by "Pete" Stoddart '32
REGRETS OMISSION
606 W. College Ave
LOOKING
OVER THE
NEWS•. . .
Faced on all sides by nations who
could not seem to sympathize with
what his Nazi government stood for,
Chancellor Adolf Hitler has with
drawn Germany from the League of
Nations and the World Disarmament
Conference. Hitler's official state
ment declared that Germany wanted
"equality and honor."
After ens has ruthlessly demolished
righteousness in his path to unhuman
itarian and selfish notoriety what
right does he have to ask his brethren
for "equality and honor"? When the
Nazis began their fratricidal cam
paign and purposely destroyed so
much of the spirit and art in the world
they forsook'their honor.
The hysteria that is creeping upon
the Nazi regime is the logical out
come of the perversity irr their gov
ernmental administration. The Ger
man nation cannot much longer re
spond to the nationalistic narcotics
with which Hitler has been ply
ing it. With its trade gradually
being stifled, with its loss of external
sympathy, and with Russia's impend
ing break in relations, Germany is ap
proaching its crisis. • Whether the
Nazi government will survive the win
ter is very problematical.
The administration is getting set to
fire its strongest broadside at the de
pression. To thaw out $2,500,000,000
of frozen deposits from our frigid
sires (formerly called banks), a fed
eral, liquidating corporation capital
ized at $1,000,000,000 will be formed.
The capitalization will be forthcom
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IVlonday, October 16, 1933
GRADUATE GIVEN STATE JOE
William 11. Lehmberg '32 was re
cently selected by the Massachusetts
Department of Labor and Industry to
develop standards of permissible Aus
tiness and allowable concentrations of
noxious gases in industry.
tion Finance corporation
Striking right at the root of the.
depression, which is the lack of pur
chasing power, this release of frozen
deposits should have a far greater
effect upon the depression than any
plan thus far utilized by the adminis
tration. •
While the N. R. A. was of exceed
ingly great value in advancing lalgir
to a safer and more equitable posi
tion, and in paving the way back to.
prosperity, it could not possibly com
plete its job, since it (lid not com
pletely encompass the "durable and
capital goods" industries with which
two-thirds of the unemployed were
affiliated. The liquidation of deposits,
however, should have a universal and
beneficial effect on labor.
Florida went wet last week by a
6-to-1 majority to become t h
thirty-third state .ratifying
With the demise of prohibition set foi•
two months hence even our "siners"•
will be spiritedly looking forward to'
Christmas.