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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published mad-weekly during the College yesr, except en holidays.
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the Interest of the
College. the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
'FIR MANAGING BOARD
CHARLES A. MYERS 14 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR 14
Editor Business Manager
GEORGE A. SCOTT 'l4 'HAROLD J. BATSCH '34
r Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM IL STEGMEIER '34 H. EDGAR FURMAN '34
Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager
BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG 14 JOHN C. IRWIN '34
News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMES M. SHEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34
Sports Editor Class(lied Advertising Manager
RUM M. HARMON '34 MAE P. KAPLAN '34
Women's Editor Women's Managing Editor
EVA M. TILICITFELDT '34
Woolen's News Editor,
I=l
Jame. B. Beatty jr. 15 John A. Brlitnman IS Phillip W. Fair jr. 15
A. Conrad Haines 15 Kenneth C. Hoffman . 35 Burton Ron:len jr.
Jtunes B. Watson jr. '35 Fred W. Writht I 5
Jahn J. Mathews '35 Ceorge A. Rutledge '35 Earl C. Keyser jr.
Harry J. Knoll' '35 R. Kenneth Lyons '35 inck A. Martin '35
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Murcia 11. Daniel . 35 Ehie M. Douthett '35 Marcnret N. King!. 15
MumLeine Editor This !MOO ___.
NMW2I Editor This Issue.
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1934
SCHOLARSHIP RACKETEERING
Shady tactics in the distribution of State Senatorial
scholarships were exposed for the second time in Phila
delphia two weeks ago when twenty State Senators were
implicated in - the conviction of a scholarship "peddler."
Ono witness revealed that he had distributed scholar
ships to "applicants thought worthy by political leaderk
of the Republican organization," and that he had re-
ceived large sums of money for his services.
It is a well-known fact to most students here that
the awarding of these scholarships has largely been oft
a political basis. The student whose father knew the
State Senator was ordinarily in a better position to get
a scholarship than the otherwise worthy student who
had no political "pull." Even worse than this was the
fact that the more valuable scholarships to some of the
other State-aided - universities were being sold at a
profit.
Quite obviously, there is no justification for such a
situation. Wien the first expose was made last year,
the Cou.ketWi.acommended at that time that the, dis
tribution of the scholarships be taken out of. the hands
of the Senators and put under the jurisdiction of the
State Department of Public Instruction where it rightly
belongs. Now, within the last two weeks, both the
. Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Record have pro
posed the same change in their editorial columns.
Certainly there is no logical . or justifiable connec
tion between a scholarship and political influence. Sim
ilar awards at all' colleges and universities are made on
the basis of abilty or need, after carefid examnation of
each, applicant. The same .procedure is 'already fol
lowed in the awardizii;:ef
partment of Public Instruction. But since thei:e is only
one of these competitive scholarships available annually
in each county for each State-aided institution, the sup
ply is inadequate to meet the demands of needy and
worthy students. If these could be supplemented by the
present Senatorial scholarships, it is certain that a
greater number of students could be aided on a much
fairer basis. The desirability of this change should be
seriously considered by the Legislature at its next
session.
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE some merit in the
ruling of the executive sports councils which prevents a
man of the same fraternity affiliation as the manager
from competing for the managership of that sport, it
certainly will not•stop :politics. Igor instance, it is easy
enough:to effect a "trade";betWeed, the managers of dif
fererit, sports, : by thel"yeu-put,MY-Men-in-and 7 l'll-ma r
your-man-in" Method. , Lil[ s oWi.4e;:fit'hai been pointed out
that if the manager's man is . disqualifie'd; then aeeord
ingly men front the same fraternities as the captain
and other• members of the election board ought to 132
prevented from competing in that particular sport. A
year's trial, however, should be given to the plan. It
is conceded that the voice of the mangaer in manager
ship elections is usually the most influential, and that
such a ruling might tend to reduea polities, d3ut the
loopholes still remain. Along with this ruling, the sug
gestion that the three outgoing first assistants submit
identical lists of three incoming firsts, might well re-
ceive some consideration. Under thin arrangement,
"trades" would not be so easy to effect, and the unani
mity of the selection would tend to prevent polities in
the final elections. 3
IT IS WELCOME NEWS that the Artists' Course
will he resumed here next year. The initial appropria
tion will give financial support to the project, but it will
need the backing of the student body and faculty if it is
to he successful. One of the reasons for the lack of sup
port several years ago was that the average student was
not interested in the type of program offered in the
Cotirse. However, an Opportunity will be given .to both
students and faculty members within the next two days
to indicate their preference as to specific, programs.
The result can then be taken as the Majority opinion of
the student and faculty group here. ,As such, there
should be no reason for lack of support if this sentiment
is carried out in scheduling ihe programs.
WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED that needy stu
dents would lie given work on CWA projects here, part
time jobs - SOPT,OO students were promised. 'Over six
hundred iiliPliedfor the jobs, yet only eighty-seven have
been emplOyothds far. Was it an empty promise or
is thero spnie'good reason for the delay? •
Phillip W. Fair .3 s
JIIITICS B. Beatty jr. •9,
CAMPUSEER
BZEIMEI
Nineteen thirty-three was a memorable year and
will long be remembered, according to the New,
Yorker, as the year a dwarf sat in J. P. Morgan's lap.
The twelve months just past are also significant to
Penn State and Dr. Runkle.
During tha year the Blue Band was invited b
Switzerland, Doc Boucle cultivated a yen for Mae
'West, a Swastika was painted on the Beta Sigma Rho
sidewalk-, Doe Ilasek recognized Russia, and Dick
son's dog, Flywheel, had pups. Nineteen thirty-three
was also the year that Nate Cartmell resigned and
Mr. Murtorff shot Mr. Hostetter in the pants.
There were other significant events of the year
which indicate extremely unsettled conditions. Marge
Kusche painted her toe-nails red ; John A. Wood had
his picture in the COLLEGIAN more than any other man
in school, and Daddy Rhoton won a canoe race. Dire
results are predicted from Dr. Hartman's emergence
as Penn State's Heart Diagnostician who "summoned
personality to the laboratory and studied it even as
an astronomer oxamines the solar nebulae." It was
also the year that Nate Cartmell resigned and Mr.
Murto•ff shot Mr. Hostetter in thrpants.
Miss Uppercue defeated the Penn State football
team 1.00-to-0 in New York, an epidemic of skunks
overflowed the campus, Mrs. Mack dressed little 'rats
in pink pants, Miss Hurlbrink paddhd Gib Cookery,
and 5 of 6 deans favored the Honors' Course, Artists'
System, Strip Poker, et. al. "Mary" predominated
the nomenclature of the freshman class, Doe Rite
near mu& the startling statement that a patient
was never too sick to be moved, Bezdek had "milk
leg" from giving birth to a new athletic policy, Eddie
Maimed wroba the story for the Thespian show, and
S. H. B. lost himself in a Camden beer garden. Nate
Cartmell resigned and Mr. MurtoriT shot Mr.
totter in the pants,
Although the State department of education has
recently been dodging a barrage of complaints about
the silly questions asked in the *liquor tests, we still
insist that the answers were a lot funnier than the
questions. There was one applicant for a truck
:driver's job who should have merited a position on
just his pure, unadulterated efficiency. The first
,question of the spelling Contest was a pipe for him.
,I'llithout error he wrote, "Papa gave a stylish recep
tion." Subsequent sentences were more difficult.
For instance, "The plebiscite and the armistice ended
the dissension." Valiantly, the applicant in question
attacked this sentence, got as far as "plebiscite," and
then gave up. ,But:no, he wouldn't be stumped. Not
he.., IVith.a..triuMphant.scrawl he scratched out his
'fliSt l 44emPt, irnd'thei: wrote simply, "The war's
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SLUBBERDEGULLION
Best orgy of the week: the Beta Sigma' Rho
!dance ... it took six Isadors to get rid of MacFar
lane Hines did a snake-dance ... and one male
reveler cavorted about the floor sans pants . . .
Doc Sperry got stuck for several hours in that gol
darned, new fangled, self-operating elevator at the
Glennland the other day ... Blessed event congratu
lations go to Disk Stoi'ier ... and also to Peter Hersh
the CINCA .men' are digging some lovely
n. the R. O:,T. C. department ... all sizes ;
e loud "Excuse me," heard after the Metro,.
ion had clone his stuff in the Cathaum the
Catno . : from Curt• Henning A very oh
npsylvaniti Railroad porter refused to serve . ;
its Norris ireceatly - antelia‘cke'd . his decishM
)mment, "You're too young" ... Footballer.
r, known to fans as the "Prancing Pump-
red an Oriental Complex over the holidays.
trznehes f.
Goldwyn I
other day,
.a ving Pc
liquor to .J
with he co
Jim Bonn!,
kin;' acqui
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To the Editor
Now that the Worker's' Commis
sion seems to be progressing nicely I
hope the College will put a few walks,
roads and parking areas where they
are really needed.
I have heard several tourists ask
down at Co-op Corner how they could
get on the campus. We like to brag
about our lovely buildings, but we',
surely don't try to show them off.
You have to drive most to Centre Fur
nace or out.to Pine Hall to get up to
Old Main, supposed to be the center
of administrative offices.
Parking facilities are very accom
modating to employees of Old Main
also: There are a few employees who
have to drive to work but even these
few must park over back of the Chem
istry buildings or back of Liberal
Arts. It must' be very discouraging
to park a shining clean car in either
of the grounds 'because when you re
turn in an hour or tivo the car is
covered with dust as though it had
been parked in a freshly ploughed
field and, your shoes, after walking
to and from the car, look like they
had never been shined. I have known
instances where a person has had to
park over in front of Liberal Arts
building to go in to work in an office
at Old Main for an hour. There just
isn't any justice; there are a few
"privileged characters" who park in I
the drive back of Old Main five days
and a half out of every week. It
must be nice to have a drag with the
cop..
If people, are compelled to use these
out-of-the-way parking areas, why
not put in just a few more walks so
they can be reached conveniently, and
why not give a.few more unemployed
jobs by placing protection over their
cars. Last .year a person had gas
taken froth his car while parked on
one of the parking grounds, and an
other has had' two fenders bumped
while parking at the same area. Who
wants to, take chances like these by
obeying the parking rules?
Old Main is not the only building
affected by this parking business.
Main Engineering building, Mineral
Industries - and -Rome Economics peo
ple are troubled the same. Surely
some space. biick of each building
could be used for a parking space.
Sincerely,
A. B. C.
To the Editor
. The Red.. Cross. Clothes Distribu
tion Committee extends thanks to the
student body, for the hearty support
given the drive for old clothes.
We hope you will continue . to re
member us Wheh you have any cloth
ing yotr"alre : ' nos longer using.
Much warMtli and comfort has been
given th•elothing -collected.
MRS. ROBERT S. KIRBY,
Chairman.
To the Editor:
I would, like: to answer the letter
concerning R. 0: T. C. which our ir
ritateafreshman.wrote in this column
last issue. •
It seems' that after three months
of the course, he is. questioning the
value. of the training which is given
him. I think that A. E. T. '37 will
undoubtedly become more sympathetic
with the. course after he has had
twelve months of it, as we sophomores
have- had.
This .morning"r sat through a two
hour R. O. Tl . C. lecture •on stable
management,, and I will have several
more lectures on the...same subject
during the'next'plonth. Now that is
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All for a Very Nice
Miliday . Season
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Come in and gee - Our-Store with the Improvements
what I would call a really beneficial
and enlightening lecture, and I be
lieve it will be of great service to me
in later life.
I've learned a lot of helpful things
about it already. I know that you
should put rocks in horses' hay so
that they won't eat too fast; I know
how to detect the first stages of wind
sucking in horses; and I know the
most convenient way of killing an=
ideals that are too old .or sick to be
of any practical use.
Wihat could 'be of, more practical
value? I admit that horses have be
come obsolete in the army, and only
a few mules are used; but still we
should be prepared for anything.
During our lecture on scouting and
patroling, which we had last month,
we had some things which I'm sure
our cynical freshman will enjoy. For
instance we learned a thirty-two-line
poem which began with,
"When you are called to fill the 'role
Of leader of a small patrol . . . "
and then enumerated in poetical rhy
thm in the other thirty lines, just how
you should go about it. I still like•
to recite it to myself in my idle mo
ments when I need to cheer myself
up.
There is. another important consid
eration which should be pointed out
to these • cynical freshmen that are
doing all of this uncalled for com
plaining. That is that the R. 0. T. C.
here serves a far more valuable pur
pose to the country than merely giv- '
ling its young men (that's us) a
"training for leadership in civilian,
industrial, and professional careers."
!That service is that it provides an
authorized resting place for our gen
.erals -and higher officers until they
can get into another war. After all,
they can't be winning wars all of the
time! 'Here, they can rest and recu
perate for another war, and at the
same time impart to us some of their
valuable information.
So please Mr. A. E. T. '37, (and the
rest of your classmates)—don't try
to kill the goose that is laying the
Golden Eggs.
—PLoyal Soldier"
LIBRARY TO EXHIBIT'STAGES
TAKEN IN PUBLISHING BOOK
Stages in the publication of the
current best seller, "Anthony Ad
verse," will be shown in the exhibit
loaned to the College library by Far
rar and Rinehart, publishers. The
exhibit will be on display in Room IC
'Of the Library during this month.
The exhibit will include a page of
type, galley, page and foundry proofs,
printed section, a stamped cover or
binding, two color illustrations.and a
dompleted volume. Other displays of
rare and interesting volumes from
private collections of members of the
faculty will be held during the spring
months.
DAUGHTER BORN TO STOVERS•
A, daughter was born to Mr: and
l‘frs. Harney V. Stover on December
27 in the Bellefonte hospital. Mr.
Stover is tennis coach and assistant
professor of economics in extension,'
while his wife is an instructor in pub
lic art, at present on leave of absence:
15% Reduction
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Another Sole •of
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$l.OO Value for
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2 Pairs $1.50
THE BUSH . AND BULL
COMPANY
Cornei Beirer Ave. &
Nearly 50 Oil Pai
To College 0.
Nearly fifty oil paintings valued at
apporximately 56,000 are now a part
.of the permanent College collection,
'according to Prof. James B. Hehim, of
the department of architecture.'. All
of the paintings are gifts' to the Col
lege and most 'of the donors - were
artists themselves.
The paintings are being shown--in
exhibition hall on the ihirtlll - ohr 7 -'•of
Main Engineering until a permanent
'exhibition place for them can'be'ar
ranged. Because of lack 'of' splice,
some of the paintings have been stOr
ed and others hung in offices in other
parts of the building.
The rarest painting in the collection
his "The Rocky Coast" by John : Sloan:
-Mr. Sloan was born in Lock Haven
and his paintings are.in such demand
that they are seldom found outside
of private collections. The most val
uable painnting in the, possession of
the College is one by G. W. Sotter
called "Pennsylvania ~ Country 7,: val
ued at $l,OOO. t
Other noted paintingslare "Winter
Evening" by- `Charles. Rosent , ,and
"Spanish Coast" by, an' .aneityraous
,painter valued at $5OO, etich.r. "Por,
trait Study" by William. LtSlakens
is valued at $2OO.
lOf special interest to Penn: State
students is a woodland scene: hiEmile
Walters which. is valueT,at , over42so,
Mr. Walters has been' an instruetor in
-
art at summer school'here ea'chtja - m-I,
mer that he has spent , in tthe United
States for the past ten'years... t• ,
Although as yet'under forty,-Mr.
W,alters has secured.an.envishle : plaie
in American art, • and- many -::signal :
honors have come to hint frorn;linth
to time. He was the first - reCipient '
: of the Louis C. Tiffany• Scholarship,
'donated by the Tiffany Foundation at
Oyster Bay, Long Island, to Amer- .
icon artists of-outstanding merit:
Wlhile . at the Tiffany Foanditianlie
painted the first canvas' gained
him national recognition • "in art:
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
The Natiohll:Pt-ogress
in 1934'
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lf You WiatietAilira4lte to the
Latest n Styles Cbasitlt
OLLIE - GARRITY
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Tlitir:lday'EN;oning,.January 4, 1934
tings. Donated
Ction By Artists
"Roosevelt's Haunts, Early Autumn,"
now , 'the••iiroperty of the Nationoal
Gallery, . Washington, D. C. This
painting-was -later . chosen as one of
the thirty .paihtings by American ar
tists to be exhibited at all the lead-
Inarr , Cetiters in. the country.
Mr. Walters has :exhibited exten
sii,cly ,botit in AnieriCan and• foreign
Cotintrierand:ls a yearly participator
in ! the Carnegie . International Exhibi
tion in. Pittsburgh and the exhibition
of. the 'Academy of Design in New
RUGH WILL SPEAK
IN CHAPEL SUNDAY
Nationiff.Y. M..C. A. Field Siceeqtry
To Use "Anteikan Yotith and
Religion as Topic
Rev. ::ArtliUr Rugh, ,national field
csecretaiypbf , •The Y. M. C. A., will
; sjieek On.!'American•Youth and Re
dieion" at•the•regular chapel services
auditorium at 11 o'clock
dn'sunday; morning.
~Fot:lthe'last four years. Mr. Rugh
has beeri"working with the youth men
in collekei and in the cities of North
Areeriea to develop a modern pro-
Itram. ,of well balanced and effective
'religious For twenty-three
yeasshe ;was. national student secre
'ta'ry of the ChineSe Y. M. C. A.
is, a graduate of the
Penisylvtinie State Normal • School
,arid, of = Wittenberg College and re
ceived;:his M.A...degree from Oberlin
:College. ; For one.year he was Y. Id.
.a . A.! : Secrettiry in Spilingfield, Ohio,
'aftertvhich:he became State Student
,Secretety. of, 'AM.' ,He then spent a
'yeah .with 'the Student Volunteer
ilifoiminettt..• In 1903 . 1 e went to China
and,remained until 1926.