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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published semi-weekly during the College year, except on holidays,
by etudents of The Penns,lnnis State College, to the interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
BIELEEZ
CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34 I
Editor Business Manager
GEORGE. A. SCOTT '34 HAROLD J. I3ATSCH '34
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM M. STEGMEIER '34 IF. EDGAR FURMAN '34
AssiAtant Editor Local Advertising Manager
11F.RNARD 11. ROSF.NZWEIG 14 JOHN C. IRWIN '34
News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMES M. SHEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34
Sports Editor Classified Advertising Manager
ItIITII M. HARMON '3l MAE P. KAI'LAN '34
Wontstis Editor Womett's Managing Editor
EVA M. BLICIIPELDT '34
Women's News Editor
Manuring Editor Thin Imo--
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MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1933
FACING THE LIQUOR PROBLEM
Tomorrow afternoon liquor of all kinds will
legalized throughout the country. According to the
lairest information; there is nothing to prevent the sale
hard liquors in State College. The Pennsylvania
liquor control act passed last week makes no provision
for prohibiting the sale of liquors in the State College
district, as the pre-Prohibition bill did. And neither
College nor borough authorities have taken any action
on the matter as yet. According to the liquor control
act, it is doubtful whether they could prevent the sale
of liquor here. The only legal steps to prevent sale
would be a referendum which cannot be held until next
November, a quarter sessions court decision upon peti
tion of fifteen or more resident taxpayers, or a procla
mation by the Governor.
No official expression of opinion has been made
by College authorities on the matter. The wisest course
for the present, however, seems to be the policy adopted
when beer was legalized. In spite of 'all the predic
tions of a drunken orgy after April 7, the conduct of
the student body was entirely commendable. Of course,
there was a great deal of beer consumed by students,
hut it was not accompanied by increased drunkenness
and disorderliness. Since no attempt was made to pre
vent students front buying beer in town, the "thrill" of
surreptitious drinking was not present and the novelty
of drinking beer legally soon wore off. In this town, at
least, beer has not made a noticeable difference in stu
dent morals or conduct.
It would secin, therefore, that students could handle
the hard liquor situation in the same reasonable man
ner that they displayed when confronted with legal
ized beer. Of course, 3.2 beer is not comparable to
hard liquor in its effects on the drinker. But college is
presumably a place where young men and young
women are trained to face the problems of living and
to 'master them. To shield them from a problem which
they will have to face when they graduate is not exactly
the best type of education. If they can learn in .col
lege that intoxication is individually and socially un
desirable, so much the better.
The approach of the death-knell of Prohibition has
been accompanied by surpris'ingly little of the ballyhoo
that accompanied the return of beer. There have been
no Bacchanalian orgies painted for this town after to
morrow. Perhaps. this is evidence that students are
willing to meet the situation as it comes unrestricted,
and master it with good conduct and good sense. .At
least, they ought to be given a chance to show whether
they are capable of handling it. If, after a reasonable
trial, it can he shown that the sale of liquor in State
College has lowered the students' morals, instilled the
alcohol habit in students who had not already con
tracted it under Prohibition, and caused an unprece
dented wave of student drunkenness, then authorities
wood be justified in prohibiting the sale in and around
State College. Until then, the policy of tolerance
adopted by such universities as Harvard and Johns
Hopkins seems the logical '
When members of the staff of the School of Agri
culture honored Dean Ralph L. Watts last Tuesday, they
were honoring a man who has served Penn State long
and well. In his twenty-five years here; Dean Watts
has developed a School of Agriculture which ranks with
the best in the country. His interest in the affairs of
the College and the community has been of real signifi
cance in the progress of the institution.
ALTHOUGH THE COMPLAINT of a Scarab mem-
ber in the Letter Box this issue is justified in some re
spects, it is questionable just how much the Student
Union dance Thanksgiving - night hurt the attendance at
the Beaux Arts Ball - the preceding night. The attend
ance at the Ball was naturally limited to those students
who could muster the two-dollar admissi'on fee. The
object of Student Union dances is to furnish inexpen
sive entertainment to the majority of students who may
not be able to afford the price of a larger dance. Al
though no figures are available on the matter, it is prob
able that most of those who attended the Student
Union dance would not have gone to the Ball even if
there had been no Union dance the next night. This
should not be taken to mean that the Beaux Arts Ball
does not deserve support. On the contrary, a great
deal of credit should be given to Scarab for sponsor
ing an affair of such refreshing originality. However,
when the Student 'Union dance was scheduled, there
was no idea of attempting to compete with the Scarab
dance. Rather, it was thought that such a dance would
enliven an otherwise drab Thanksgiving night for those .
students remaining at College.
The success of the dance confirmed this view. Per
haps it was unnecessary to hold two dances during the
Thanksgiving period; perhaps there was a lack of co
operation. But it is a little presumptions to blame the
financial failure of the Ball on the Student Union dance,
when the nature of the two dances and the type of their
attendance is different.
NG BOARD
l'hillin W. Fair '35
__Kenneth C. Koffman 'B5
Are. You
HUNGRY ?
Stop in Ward's
when your stomach feels empty
and treat it to some delicious
food such as can not be obtained
any place else but at Ward's.
Our Milk Shakes are the best in
town. Try one and be convinced.
, .
OLD MANIA
This may be Penn State to'you, but right now it
reminds us of the Missouri State College. Here we
are with Demon Rum knocking on our very door,
yet no one's a bit excited about it—no one believes
that it's true.
NIMRODS
'"Ta ta ta, ta ta ta, ta ta ta,' whistled Mr. Hos
tetter, the purchasing agent, one (lay last week.
"Good idea," answered Mr. Murtortf, the trens
acer, who happened to hear him, "a
-hunting we will
So, off they chugged, guns tucked under their
arms. For a while they whistled and "ta ta'd" mer
rily, but the game was sparse so their enthusiasm
soon waned. Anyway, it's a well-known fact that
where there's no game, there's no fun. Take Hide
and-go-seek, or Lay-sheepie-lay for example. Soon,
however, Mr. Hostetter became so engrossed in say
ing, "Here, bumiy, bunny, bunny, bunny, here bunny,"
that 112 strayed away from his companion. It was
right after this that Mr. Murtorfr espied a small
speck of white in a distant clump of bushes. "Ah, ha,"
murmured the Keeper of the Kash, "how fine you will
look on a platter." And without further ado he took
aim and squeezed the tricker.
The shot reached its mark all right, but that
didn't affect Mr. Murtorff's platter. The little white
speck turned out to be Mr. Hostetter's handkerchief
which was reposing peacefully in his hip pocket. But
what's the difference, a purchasing agent wouldn't
look so good on a platter anyway ; so why make game
of him?
FORWARD!
A quarter of a century of progress in the School
of Agriculture was celebrated at a banquet • in the
Nittany Lion Tuesday. Only College food products
were served. And there were speakers from far and
wide. They extolled the progress in the Ag School
but added that much was yet to be accomplished.
They were right. At this celebration only two worms
were discovered in the salads. Who knows, perhaps
twenty-live years hence only one worm will attend.
After that, the School must strive for perfection—no
worms at all! Ever onward, ever onward!
X-COUNTRY NOTES
The co-ed cross-country run, in which Lion har
riers represented various women's groups, was an
unpremeditated success. Perhaps that's too subtle.
We mean that the whole business opens up an entirely
new field of vision ,for• us, new possibilities. There
could be so many other similar contests. Corner-
Room-sitting contest, for instance. And then, turn
about's fair play. Why not have the co-eds represent
fraternities in a sock-darning contest, or a vest-button
stitching match? The winners might be entitled to a
date with the.man of their choice at the fraternity
they represent. And then may God help:the winning
fraternities!'
Comment .arhong the spectators at the recent
hill and dale mateli"was interesting: "This is a fowl
race" ... "Hurrah, the Thetas win by a neck" .. .
"And the Phi Men lose by a leg" ... "Harrier up,
or you'll lose" .. "Harrier yourself, you brought
her" ...
AS TIME HURRIES ON
One of the windows in the third floor, rear, of the
Women's Building is attracting quite a large male
audience nightly . . . swell place for a hot dog stand
. . . and no, boys, Dean Ray's apartment is in the
front of the building . . . The Grange gal that drank
the quart of pickle juice was eating pie in the bath
tub the other night- . . . The new Student Directory
lists Ronald Knapp as living at 138 S. Frazier . . .
- which, if we're not very much mistaken, is a girl's
dormitory . . . check up on that, Mr. Palmer Weaver
. . . Peg McMasters snubbed Hitler at the Beaux Arts
affair . . . her date
was
look Jedish either . . . the
ball, incidentally, a swell function . . . orchids
to you, Scarabs . . .
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
To the Editor
I suggest that some new system be friend's condition became more crit
devised whereby a major dance like ice'.
the Beaux Arts Ball can be held and Ina desperate move, I appealed to
- • •• . . .
not conflict with a minor affair, such the Dean. of Men for action, but "his
as the Student Union dance. The one hands were tied." Then in a final
was supported because of its low sub- outburst, I related the predicament to
scription fee, while the other went un. the President of the College. His
der because of its added expense in promise of action was shortly cul
giving the College something unusual. minated, when he himself, in corn-
Is the College in favor of staying in pany with the Dean and our College
the same old rut—Mot desiring some- physician entered the room of the pa
thing original and different? tient. At the suggestion of the Presi-
Honorary fraternities are expected dent he was to be removed to the in
to be active on the campus or they are firmary. The doctor suggested the
disbanded. Does the College sponsor patient walk, but his legs buckled be
extra-curricular activities? If so, neath him like a pair of rubber
why didn't Scarab get some coopers: crutches. He was transported to the
tion in their dance last Wednesday infirmary by taxi—again at the sug
night? Both dances were sanctioned gestion of the President.
by the same persons, but the Beaux My actions in that tale are pitiful.,
Arts Ball committee was not inform- I know. But how was Ito know that
ed of a dance of such a nature on the it requires the jeers of boxing meet
following night. Scarab dos encour- spectators to remove the physician
aged, I understand, to hold their dance from his fireside and not a student's
Wednesday night as an attraction to urgent sick call? How was I to know
keep students front excessive cutting that one had to summon the President
over the vacation period just past. . of the College to secure the services
Scarab made a very obvious at- of our "Colorful doctor?" I was a
tempt to cooperate with the College, fool, I admit, in believing that our
but in return they were forced to see health service fee entitled us to health
their efforts to give Penn State some- service, although I am still at a loss
thing unique go unappreciated because to know what service our $4 fee en
of the competition from Student titles us.
Union. —A Freshman
To the Editor
As the various all-College dances
begin to roll around it seems that it
would be opportune now to say some
thing concerning the number of com
plimentary tickets which the various
committees are required to hand out.
Almost one hundred and twenty
managers, captains, present and for
mer class officers, editors and pub
licatigs' staffs, coaches, cheer lead
ers, faculty members, and numerous
other campus "big shots" are given
free admissions to every dance, caus
ing, in many cases, the so-called
"deficit's."
Many dances in the past few years
have gone under by.s3oo or $4OO, a
fact which may be attributed mainly
to the one hundred and twenty passes,
which at an average price of $3.30
apiece, approximately make up the
difference. If these "comps" were
not required, by custom, to be given,
the subscription price could be cut
about one-fifth, and the financial loss
wiped out.
Insofar as many of the College
"customs" have been discontinued, is
there any reason at all why this
rather. expensive one should continue
to exist? Let's hear some opinions on
this.
To the Editor
How foolish I feel to be offering for
publication - a tale in 'which I myself
am, the.apron, of -a -ridiculous • shoe- -
tion! Were I not prompted by a sense
of duty to erect myself as an example
to those freshmen students who may
be as ignorant of Penn State tradi
tions as I - am, I would never expose
this narrative. Also I feel, I can, in
part, refute a portion of that ridicule.
Several dayS ago, one of my closest
friends living in one of the men's dor
mitories became suddenly ill. It was
about 7_ o'clock in the evening. He
moaned and groaned with frenzied
pain. His actions revealed the symp
toms of a serious attack of ptomaine
poisoning. I Was alarmed and set
about tat secure the service of a phy
sician. All the State College doctors !
were indisposed. My freshman hand
book, I recalled, stated that the Col
lege physician would treat students in
their rooms at the prevailing doctors'
fee. I called trim (and it is here thati
I erred), vane urged upon hint the
seriousness ; of the case. But he re-,
fused to come to the room; despite my
pleadings. I reasoned that my year's
health service fee should entitle me to
his services, even though he should re-
THE STEG AT EVE
(For THE MANIAC)
`Collegian' Letter Box
—Scarab Member
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To the Editor
May I agree with an article that
appeared in the COLLEGIAN a short
time ago.
It happens that I entered Penn
State at the beginning of this semes
ter as a transfer student from Ala
bama University. My first day on
this campus was nothing more than
a sight-seeing trip.
I had heard so much while• at
Alabama as to the athletic proficiency
of Penn State in past years that I
naturally wished to see the awards
that its teams hid won. I was sur
prised to find that -few seemed to
know where these venerable relics
were housed. At last I was told .that
some of these were to be found'in Rec
hall arid• others were in "some" one
of the men's dormitories.
I finally found these .trophies
closeted away in an obscure corner
in the basement of Varsity hall—tar
nished, dusty, and unrevered. Penn
Relay plaques hung unappreciated on
the walls of the hall lobby. „Team
pictures grace both the lobby and the
club-rooms below.
Must they always remain there?
—A. It. B. '36.
DEAN RAY ANNOUNCES AWARD
OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO 9 CO-EDS
Nine women students have received
scholarships for outstanding work,
Dean Charlotte E. Ray 'announced re
cently,,,Home.BconosiFs,.scholarships
were awarded to Eleanor C. Mac Lean
'35 and Jean R. Beaten '36:., The Jane
Campbell scholarships were awarded
to Jeanette E. Beck '35 and Mary C.
Ellison '35.
Other women students to receive
awards were Elsie M. — bouthett '35,
who received the Delaware County
Junior scholarship; Eva M. Blich
feldt '34, who received the Margaret
H. Boden scholarship; and Doris H.
Acker '34, who received the scholarship
from the Woman's club. Others to,
receive scholarships were Margrette
E. Aungst x { '34,' and Alice E. Merry
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'34.
PARMI NOUS ELECTIONS e
(Upperclass honorary SaeletY) •
Grant A. Colton '34
Ernest J. Kaulfuss '34
John V. Parker '34
John% N. 'Rathmell
C. Thompson Stott '34
Harold R. Woolridge '39
Clayton B. Cramer '35
James A. Reed '35
Robert E. Weber '35 "
FRESHMEN WILL NOMINATE
OTHER OFFICERS WEDNESDAY
Nominations for the other three of
fices of the freshman class will be
made at a meeting of the class in the
Chemistry amphitheatre Wednesday
night at 7:30 o'clock, according to Lee
N. Sunday '37, freshman class presi
dent.
The three officers yet to be elected
.re the secretary, treasurer, and his
orian. The election will be held on
he following Wednesday, December
13. At this meeting Wednesday, the
luties of these officers will be de
cribed and the details of the fresh-
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