rage TWO PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during the College year, exeunt on holidays. by students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the Interest of the College. the students, faculty. alumni, and Mends. CHARLES A. MYERS FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34 Editor Business Manager GEORGE A. SCOTT '34 HAROLD J. ItATSCII '34 Managing Editor Circulation Manager WILLIAM M. STFIGMEIER '34 H. EDGAR FURMAN '34 • Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN '34 Non's Editor Foreign Advertising Manager JAMBS M. 1411EF.N '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34 Sports Editor Claisiiied Advertising Manager RUTH AL lIARMON '34 MAE P. KAPLAN '34 Women's Editor Women's Managing Editor EVA M. lILICHFELDT '3l Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS James 11. Beatty jr. •nr, :John A. Brut7ntan . 33 Phillip W. Fair Ir.= A. Conrad Mitres mr, Kenneth C. Huffman 'l5 Burton Bowles jr. James IL Wanton jr. Ird". Fred W. Wright 13 E=l Sala: .1. Ma'am. '33 Ceorae A. Rutledge '35 Earl C. Keyser jr. '35 Harry J. KnOIT '33 13. Kenneth Lyons '35 Jack A. Markin '36 PAnnaging Editor Thk Ismie Kure Editor This Issue MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1934 AN AMERICAN YOUTH MOVEMENT? 1. Germany: A Contrast While varioni parts of the American studant body are embedded in overstuffed chairs reading their five- cent magazines or are standing on platforms demanding resolutions "against" something at radical mass meet ings, a million and a half German young people are pledging their allegiance to the Third Reich as members of the "Hitler Jugend." Germany i probably Tor:most among the countries of the world 'in organizing her youth—non-students as «•ell as students. For better or for worse, the German Youth Moverirmt is quite a eon- tract to the present heterogeneous accumulation of young people's groups in America. The Hitler Jugend is essentially a nationalistic movement. Nazism has captured the imaginations of the German youth as well as the small middle class. To youth for whom there was no hope, National Socialism held out the alluring bait of a new and better Germany. Hitler knew how to appeal to youthful idealism and enthusiasm, and the young people turned to him en masse. Believing that the unification of the German nation is the only way to insure national well-being, the numerous youth, organizations have amalgamated into one—an organization of all Germans of the younger r,enci ation Although a great deal of the publicity from Ger many about her Youth Movement must be taken as prop aganda 3vhich hides the whole truth, the reader cannot help but be impressed with the fact that here is some thing new. The German youth are in dead earnest. They have forgotten the trivialities of the campus and work shop, and are embroiled in the struggle for a new Ger many, however hazy that may be. One young German leader says of the Hitlet:'Jugend, "The organization is not there for its own sake or for the sake of the young man or young woman nor is, it the weapon of a- definite class oreaste. It is the conummity.oPthe-entire,young er generation which feels its fate bound up with that of the nation and which wishes to have its share in the life and struggles of the nation." The writer forgot to add, of course, that it is the "entire younger generation" with the exception of the Marxists and the Jews. The organization and activities of this German youth group are tremendous. The network of youth hostels, where a young person may spend the night for a very small cost, was a part of the youth movement before Hitler and has been retained under the present organi zation. By means of this system; the German youth, students and workers, can see their country cheaply and learn to know it. In 1932 four million young people spent a night 'in these 2,100 shelters scattered all over Germany. ' The leaders of the m'o , iementare-yoitng' people, one being orily twenty-two-:yi4rs of age.. The -head leader is appointed by Hitler:, , Xumei-oti depprtinents, of the organization handle welfare; hygiene,' labOr service (in' which nearly every mala youth serves), leadership schools, seven youth publications, and student affairs. There are dish-let and local commissioners who make up the minor executive side of the unified organization. Here, then, is a mil Youth Movement. The youth of a whole nation have been fused together into an or ganization which has a definite national purpose. "These young men and young women are determined to do their part in the moulding of the future; they have grown up in hard times and they are conscious that they are the Germany of tomorrow." The postscript is, of course: Are they conscious of just where that Germany of to morrow will lead? Are they conscious of the implica tions their Youth Movement holds for them and for the youth of other countries? FOLLOWING STUDENT INQUIRIES, athletic au thorities have compiled a statement of the Athletic As sociation finances for the last fiscal year. The report was released annually until the School of Physical Edu cation and Athletics was established. Difficulties in keeping student and College financial statements sep arate as a result of the move and apparent lack of .stu dent interest led to its discontinuance, until it was called forth again this year. A $20,000 surplus is revealed by the report. There are several reasons for this. First, unusually profitable football contracts were made three year's ago which accounted for a great deal of the pres ent surplus. Second, the guarantee for the last game of the 1932 schedule was paid despite the game's cancella tion. Third, minor economies have been made in nearly every sport. But in spite of this surplus, it is unlikely that there will be any either this year or next year. Temporary loss of profitable football contracts is one reason. In vice• of the rather dark f Mancini future for sports here for the next year or so, this surplus for last year does not seem unjustified, Good Old State. Even the janitors are imbued with the spirit of loyalty which has characterized Penn State men and :women from the stars - , yea verily, from the beginning. Not long.ago a very dignified, respectable, and al together parsonish-appearing janitor was strolling along close to the front wall of Old Main. Suddenly he stooped and picked up an empty gin bottle which was lying there. Ile turned it slowly in his hands grimacing his disgust.. Then, apparently, a horrbile thought hit him. Ile looked up to the second floor of the building slowly, incredulously. That bottle had been lying directly under the window of The Presi dent's office! Quickly and fnrfully he stuffed the bottle under his coat and hurried away. John A. Itrunr.mon 'll3 -.Fred W. Wright '35 1321 Bria kttraet friends A bunch of Dells got together the other night and decided to have some fun. So they got Dave McClay from the Alnha Chi Rho lodge to come over and dress up ns a girl. He didn't make a particularly nice looking damsel and they soon tired of the fun. Then smoebody had a ,brilliant idea. They put Dave to bed, turned opt the lights, and vaited. Not long after Dave had retired one of the more amorous brothers came in. (Fits name was "City-line" or something similar). He was called aside and told that "someone wanted to see him in th bedroom." Ile went into the chamber somewhat mystified, was there about ten minutes, dashed out, vent up to his room, and dashed back. About five minutes later he came out again look ing pretty mad '—Here is a lightning change of costume to add to the bewilderment of the world at large. "Tesoro" is, at one.moment, a casual, tomboy, loung ing pajama; the next, an elusively feminine hostess gown with trailing skirt that wraps around the waist in the flash of a second. "Tesoro" Convenient and fa's/ the thing for the - perfect Professor W. G. C. Thompson, Penn State, 1908, of the Mechanical Engineering Department, delights in telling his classes of the jobs he has had, the places he has been, and the number of years he has worked in various lands and climes. But he has some very practical-minded. lads in his, classes: . They . checked' up . on'ldrii' 7 One‘dii -. zirid • found that his total of years in various positions added up to the astounding figure of 160 since he was grad uated from this our College. 71.1 , aynard Wood fell asleep in a one o'clock to ba awakbned by the two o'clock class in that room .... the ghost of John A. Wood, '33 proxy, hovering over thu Student Government convention It which, incidentally they. elected a gent president who wasn't there. He was wandering around town buzzed during the whole shebang ... . College - Humor went Froth with a vengeance this issue, using some twelve cuts from the local rag .. ~. some infidel stole a gallon of ice cream from tha,!'Y" office recently and left it in the Men's room on the floor above .... Jim Boring, Chuck Smith; Hortense Gans and ; ,'Wet , , , Willie" Heine man switched theirtsignals i SatuAy.night and cyan' body ended Up W4heirerybodyrelses''flante .... ' Director Bezdek„ who were the Ragen Colts? —THE MANIAC For sheer poverty of thought and complete lack of intellectual courage no recent occurrence on an American camptia is more strikingly representative than the refusal of the American Student Federation to approve a resolution condemning censorship of the college press. To the resolution offered by a delegate from Co lumbia University the reactionary representatives of 175 colleges and universities turned a cold shoulder and indifferently voted to table it. ,The shoddy think ing of the convention was accurately expressed in one delegate's dismissal of the resolution with the asser tion that he for one "did not want his college's dirty linen hanging on the - line for public gaze." In coldly turning their smug backs on the, pro posal for a free and uncensored college press the Na tional Student' Federation is definitely committed to the continuance of worthless campus house organs which persistently, close their eyes to the real issues of the present day American university, and, instead, confine their Pollyanna efforts to continuous glorifi cation of the picaynne affairs of the campus. That such a condition of jOurnalistic poVerty exists among American universities and colleges is amply demon strated by careful reading of the scores of dailies and weeklies which'. Clutter up our desk every day. It seems almosi•incredible that the moss-covered minds of the delegates who voted for a "kept" press Were not in some small measure, at least, exhilarated by the 'wholesome atmosphere of the new, liberal spirit in the nation's capital. That they have refused to accept the challerige.for a free press and free ex change of conflicting ideas is striking evidence that a great mass of American students trod far behind their elders in the march toward social and intellectual progress. 11 OLD MANIA * Y* Add Pomo; —The New Yorke) EMM=M='.I I!MMMI Around the Corner FREE PRESS —Wisconsin Daily Cardinal 'HE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Footlights WHISTLING IN THE DARK, a mystery com edy- drums, by Laurence GI.. and Ed ward Childs Carpenter. Presented by lite Penn Slate Pinyon+. in Schwab maliturium. Saturday ntahL. -Arthur C. Cloctingh. direc tor. Music by the Players* Little Symphony Orchestra, John E. Ryan, dilector. EAST OF CHARACTERS ._ Eleanor Ferguson Walter Bell . Donald Frey - Lucas Brightman A 1.,,. Segal James Norris Carl Heel:del _ Stephen Gillian! _ Noteer Richards lielsy Ross .. Robert 11nrmon Jock Heel. Willinm Graffarn Harriet Lomb Hilda Joe tin!mime Slim Scanlon ___ Hermon Lefkowitz Charlie Shaw Jacob Dillon The Comick Benny %Valium Porter Toby Von Boren _ Cap Oliorke inure Sorgennt Policeman Telephone Operntor "Whistling in the Dark" as the Players interpreted it the other night was a good gangster show which did not become tiresome with the usual racketeer cliches, "So you won't talk, eh?" and "Caton, stick 'cm up." Gory shootings, "chasing shags," court tri als, and gunni6n's molls were all con spicuously absent. Good acting dis placed this rather worn and artificial type of action for crime comedy-dra ma: And the result—first class en tertainment. Maybe it was the fatty beef we had for dinner, or, perhaps, it was the rather wretched detective story which we had read the night before. Any ' way, we weren't in the mood for a gangster drama as we dragged our selves to the Auditorium. We were convinced that a bunch of Pennsyl vania-dutch Sunday school actors were going to bore us with an affec ted New York underworld accent. The opening scene didn't make us feel any better. In fact, it made us grumpier. For jUst as we expected, the opening curtain revealed several kleig-light novices trying to mimic' Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson, the •Emperor Jones, and Stuart Erwin all at the same time, and doing a rather messy job of it, too. Of course the, opening scene of any piny is usually the most difficult to put across (par ticularly if half the audience has had fatty beef for dinner) but the sordid fact remains that the prelude of the show made US clutch our stomachs' and reach for our mints. Not until James Norris as Jake Dillon, the' Boss, strode to "left cen-1 ter" did we ,swallow our mint and take notice. Our digestion was • im proving. 'By the time the other leads, Kutner Richards as. Wallace, Porter, and Betsy' Ross as' Toby Van Buren,: made their' appearance the thought of, the fatty beef had vanished as mys- 1 teriously as Eleanor Ferguson, the Poker-faced maid, made her exits. 'We particularly wish to commend Mr. Cioetiiigh for casting Mr. Ri chards in a part which really permit ted him 6 - demonstrate his dramatic ability. We've been following . Mr. Richards rather paternally ever since his first ',Play , ' appearance, and 115 first sayers appearance, ark we've always said that If given the *right•part, - .lo?&The'-"big-time :Shft." 'ln"-SaturdarisightsholV right part and he was "big-tiine stuff." The part of the conceited young murder-mystery novelist who is forced Ito plan the perfect crime in order to protect both himself and his fiancee from the ire of a gang of thugs fitted I Mr. Richards as nicely as vermouth : blends with gin. His work in the second act when he loses his nerve completely was done with a truly pro fessional technique. Miss Ross' work in the first act (lid not impress us. However, she came back onto the stage in the second period with great deal mbre enter ic fortitude and swept through her lines for the remainder of the show .like a real trouper. Perhaps the .abundance, of - liquid refreshments , Which . seemed to Clutter the -S'et 'had .semething to. do, with her sudden burst of inspired ability. .Before fOrget,,we must mention our one major criticism of Miss Ross. Penn State Theatre-goers, She does not know how to 'kiss! Even if Mr. Richards did not prove to be an ex actly amorous partner, she should have tried to put a bit more feeling into her osculating technique. There is' an art to it—an art that the au- dience wants more of. May we be so bold as to suggest a few Joan Craw ford-John Gilbert movies 'as research work for Mr. Cloetingh before the next Players' show? Jake Dillon's stooges were good, tad,'and indifferent. -We liked Alex Segal as Charlie Shaw, and Lucas' Brightman as Herman the Kike. Slim Scanlon (Donald Frey) was one of the characters who helped to spoil the THE GREEN ROOM RATHSKELLER is featuring Seafood in Season • "Try Something Different". • Available at All Times much-lamented opening scene but his panic-stricken lines in the last act when Jake "gives him th heat" more than made up for , hls 'early- faults. Walter Ball, alias Joe . Salvatore, seemed to be trying- too hard. He didn't click. The climax of the "toothbrush mur der mystery" was; completely ,reined by a couple of boys dressed up in campus cop uniforms. We felt jus tified in guffawing loudly becaUse the scene was good burlesque, not good melodrama. Boy Stouts playing cops and robbers would have seemed a lot more realistic. There were some other minor. char azters listed in the cast, but, with the exception of the telephone • operator (who really had a "voice with a smile"), we didn't notice them, Maybe our eyes are going bad, but we failed to observe one of the policemen, Ben ny, and the Cossack. However, we won't quibble because it's (Mite prob able that they may have surrepti tiously slipped on and off the stage while we were enjoying' the excellent acting of Messrs. Norris and Rich ards. There were a number of high spots in the show which we appreciated and I approved. For instance, the beauti ful silence which accompanied Mr. Norris' fine facial expressions when he received a telephone message from the "big boss" in the first act. There were also a few picayune things Which annoyed us. Miss -Ross• should be taught how to really wallop a man who declaims her virtue; and Mr. i Norris should remember to never, ! never, never get names twisted. ! Technically, the show was way above-the average Players' produe don. What we mean is that all the iaccountrements (no; not acoustics) were prepared anti served 'nicely. The 'set was good, the costumes were sen sible (only one turtle-necked sweater in the whole lot), and there were no audible back-stage noises. In addition to these, the• Players' Little Sym phony Orchestra was , most superb. With art ear that has been ill-attuned to the Players' music for the past three years, we felt justified in toy ing with a superlative so -nonchalant. Compared with the'Players' mus ic of the recent past, John E. Ryan's musicians were really "Most superb." "Whistling in the Dark," we reit erate, was first-class entertainment. KNANDEL TO JUDGE CHICKS Baby chicks and eggs will be judged ;by Prof. Herman C. Knandel, head of .the poultry department, at the NeW Jersey State Farm Show in Trenton !this week. Professor Knandel has been a judge at this show for the past seven' years. ANNOUNCING The Formal Opening of a GENERAL MERCHANDISING ORGANIZATION at 129 Pugh Street Beside Glennland Pool TUESDAY, JAN. 24th, at 9 O'clock Featuring a Popular CAMPUS BAND SEE US FOR YOUR NEEDS PATTY'S `Collegian' To the Editor Following a meeting at Dr. Mar tin's of all but one of the contestants in the best-dressed professors cony petition, I have been authorized by the chairman, Dr. Boucke, to make pub lic the following information. That the shameful smear of pro fessionalism should taint even acade mic circles is a sorry confession; but it is a truth. Mr. John S. Naylor may or may not win, but we feel that students and faculty alike should know that in 192 G only the most questionable pressure withheld pub lication at Lafayette of a letter from a nationally-famous clothing firm complaining that Mr. Naylor was not "making a sufficient demonstration to students of the three riding, habits you were to have modelled for us.", Further, there is the still thirefuted rumor that Mr. Naylor was, induced by Professor Esnenshade to this campus under subsidy to 's'erve as one more spike in the Perin State campaign against the stigma!of "cow College." Finally, it was decided by the com mittee to omit as injurious to the reputation of Mr. Naylor's depart ment evidence that three of his stu dents were . soliciting votes: ' "For fif teen votes,' we get a three," they are reported as saying. Let it be .known, then, that there is bitterness among those who are pure anion - gst , , us (though Gal braith' was hardly fair in spreading the rumor about •my overcoat's being of a decade past—for all that, if I care to I could let. it out that he has no. spats) ; no, as of one mind, we speak only to assure for the under graduate body an example they may be' proud to serve. lERMI!E!M To the Editor• Last week . l. was challenged to pre sent my arguments against Roose volt's. recovery pldns. Illy challengers . "can't understand why I have not come out with a public statement" justifying my perfectly legitimate right to believe in the inefficacy of LEARN TO SWIM AT THE GLENNLAND POOL Free Instruction by Appointment Monday Evening, January 22, 1934 Letter Box the recovery plans. I fail to under stand why my challengers presuppose that I must take a public defense of my insignificant beliefs. I wonder if there are such things as "presump tory complexes"? However; I thank my challengers. for presuming that I would "be man enough to accept the challenge." It is indeed an encour aging sign to see people interested in "dissenting opinions." For a long time our elders have made it a crime to hold unpopular opinions. I propose to justify my opposition to the Administration's recovery plans by showing the lack of any general direction and confusion within the plans themselves, by citing the inef ficacious technique employed, and by showing the inconsistencies of the present Administration. From the beginning, Hugh John son was asked to administer the first part of the NIRA, which is essential ly a reform measure. He. immediate ly reorganized industry through alit:- reau which he called the National Recovery Administration. He per emptorily attempted to bring recovery by social measures. For six months he emphasized the first part of the' Act under his administration by blat ant ballyhoo lacking a modicum' of sobriety, consequently completely epn fusing recovery plans and preventing the induction of real recovery meas ures. Johnson's obfuscation will lie regarded as.a psychological crime per petrated on a confused and gullible pebple, in that he led us from the real instruments of recovery. Herein lies one of the biggest mistakes of the present Administration-confusioni cif reform measures with recovery meas ures. The primary object of recovery•is to put men to work. These workers will produce for a market. In our economic system, if the market lacks adequate purchasing power that will equitably compa're with the prime costs of the products on the market, real purchasing power will be missing. The fact that men are working will (Continued on page three)
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