Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during the College Year, except on holidays. by students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34 Editor Business Manager GEORGE A. SCOTT '24 HAROLD J. BATSCII '34 Managing Editor Circulation Manager WILLIAM M. STEGMF.IER '34 11. EDGAR FURMAN '34 Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager BERNARD H. ROSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN '34 New., Editor Foreign Adtiertising Manager JAMES 31. SIIER',I . 34 FRANCIS WACKER '34 Snorts Editor Classified Advertising Manager RUTH M. lIARMON '34 MAE I'. KAPLAN '34 Women's Editor Women's Managing Editor 11VA M. IILICIIFEI.DT '34 Women's News Editor James B. Beatty sr. '35 John A. Brutaman 15 Phillip W. Fah . jr. A. Conrad liaises 15 Kenneth C. Hoffman 15 Burton Bowles jr. James B. Watson jr. 15 Fred W. WHOA '35 CZ= Marcia D. Daniel 15 Elsie M. Douthett 15 Marrnrct W. Maslen 15 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Sohn J. Mathews 'B5 George A. Rutledge '35 Earl G. Keyser jr. '35 Harry J. Knoll' '55 IL Kenneth Lyons '3l Jack A. Martin '55 Nlannginic I.:ditor ThiS U.. - News Editor This Josue THURSDAY EVENING., FEBRUARY 8, 1934 NO STEP BACKWARD After some delay, the plan for aiding freshman ath letes is published in this issue. Rumors have been cir culating around the campus that Penn State has aban doned the non-subsidization policy and returned to athletic scholarships. In order that these rumors may bo discounted and that misunderstanding may be cleared up; an analysis of the plan and its purpose should be made. Tho real athletic scholarship policy which Penn State followed prior to 1927 was much different from the present arrangement. Under the old system there were seventy-five-trustee athletic scholarships covering fees and room rent. or fees or room rent or board. In return for these scholarships, the recipients contributed nothing but their services as athletes. Feeling that such a system was out of line with the alias of the in stitution, the Alumni advisory committee and the Stu dent Council committee recommended in 1927 that such scholarships be abolished. The recommendation was carried out and Penn State was in the vanguard in the matter of non-subsidization of athletes. In contrast to this old system, the present plan does not give the athlete something for nothing. It does not guarantee him a livelihood during his four years as an athlete. Instead, it merely gives the prospective fresh man athlete a real chance to earn part of his expenses during his first year here by doing actual work in ad dition to his services as an athlete. In this respect, the freshman athlete is getting no. more than the•non-ath lete who perfo'rms the same sort of work. in a:fraternity house kitchen. Some will say, however; that such, a pfaii,Vigcrim i :i Mates in favor of the athlete. Granting that this is true , to some ,extent, is it such a great evil? There is a tendency for a non-subsidization policy to bend over backward and discriminate against, not for, the athlete. At the present time, nearly every student activity head gets sonic form of remuneration, while athletes get little aside from letters, trips, and glory. They work long and dismal hours on the practice field without reward, because any form of remuneration is considered un ethical. Now, the present plan does not attempt to reward 'the athlete as many other student activity paticipants aro now rewarded. To repeat, it merely gives the fresh man athlete the chance to work for his board at a "fra ternity for one year. In this way, many athletes who would other Wise be unable to do so will be able to matri culate at Penn State. Such a plan is a far cry from the old policy. is simply a legitimate way of helping needy athletes to help •thernselVeS!and;thereby better ing the calibre of Penn' §tate"s SUBSIDIZATION JUSTIFIED Tho College literary magazine is the means of satis fying a definite desire on the part of certain members of the student body to express themselves either crea tively or critically without being hampered by formal rules of presentation which govern the expression of student thought in the majority of College courses. For a number of years the Old Main Bell was re quired as a supplementary text in freshman composition courses. Naturally, the resultant subscriptions did much to help the magazine over its financial barriers and made it possible for the Bell to maintain a high literary standard without too much worry about cash sales. This year the magazine was not required in the classroom. Consequently, the needed circulation had to be gained by whatever effective means were available. Critics of the Bell aver• that it recently lowered its standards and resorted to a not-too-literary poster cam paign to increase its sales. 'Granting that the criticism was justifiable and that tile recent advertising campaign was tinged with sen sationalism, it was made necessary by a financial con dition which was certainly not improved by eliminating the Bell as a supplementary text in freshman English composition. It would greatly aid the magazine finan cially and also tend toward the maintainance of a high er literary standard if the College would• subsidize the 801 l or require its use in the classroom. Certainly the magazine is of use there; it contains student writing which, if not excellent, is a fair sample of the capabilities of student writers. Surely the fresh- man is stimulated by .a piece of writing composed by a fellow student as well as by something written by a recognized man of literature who often appears to the student as a kind of genius definitely beyond the realm of the freshman composition clam. CAMPUSEER MEMEL If sonic one had approached us with odds, we might have wagered that the sands of the Tucson &sort would eventually grow cold. But we never, never, never would have placed a bet that Bill Hoffman would be mistaken for a notorious gangster. But then we always seem to bet on the wrong horse, With second semester registration just around the corner, the Registrar decided that he'd better get as far from the College as possible. He 'picked Tuc son, Arizona. Unfortunately, he decided to reach Tucson in his 1933 Oldsmobile sedan. That. was a mistake. One of the famous Dißinger gang hap pens to be driving a ear around them there parts which just fits the description of Mr. Hoffman's petrol wagon. Bill was stopped just outside of Tucson by a'squad' of bulls. For over a half-hour they gave him the third degree. Finally, after some thorough fin ger-printing, they decided that Bill really was Bill, and not a member of the Dillinge• gang. He's free EMEIZI EMMSI TOUJOURS LA VIE Some choice bits of information about spelling and grammar may be gleaned from the senior La Vie activity cards. Here are just a fe ‘ w items which a I.a lie copy-reader noted for us. There is some discrepancy among the members of Discobolus Society concerning the preferred spel ling of that organization's name. Buck McKee, Shorty Edwards, am] Dave Long are holding out for Discoholus. However, Tom Slusser, Bob Flood, and Poncho Palasin insist that the proper spelling of the word is Discoho/us. Instead of settling the argument as all good leaders should do, President Wantshouse come along with an entirely different, version of the word by idly spelling it, Discobolls. Thera is a similar controversy raging about 'the spelling of Parmi Nous, the French society. This un usual organization has the unique distinction of hav ing two presidents. One of them, a Irian by the name of Schuyler, spells it Parma Nous. and the other, Johnny Clark, holds out for our version, Parmi Nous. John Parker, who probably thinks variety really is the 'spice of life, mixes his Greek and French and achieves the happy medium of Fermi Nu. Pete Fisher listed himself as "Treasure of Inter national Relations Club," and, similarly, Russell Smith said ho was "Treasure of Alpha Tau Alpha." The little dears. We'll bet they Were valuable to the or ganizations to which they belonged. Then there were the usual jokesters. Trying hard to be humorous, this man Schuyler (allegedly from the Phi Kappa Sig house) also claimed to have Pievident of the Sophonicird:and'Junior class. Charles Franco listed Summer Session '3l-32 as an undergraduate activity, and Martin Roberts listed the very interesting extra-curricular subjects of studying and drinking. Jerry Parker, the old braggart, in cludeaas an activity, "Chairman, the Swimming 'end Investigation Committee (1)." GOOD CLEAN FUN Yes, there really is a freshman who wants to know if they named Grange Dorm after Red Grange . . . Mr. Dickson would like some nice bones from Bemick's row of corpses for his dog, Flywheel . . . A Women's Building gal forgot to lock her diary last week and furnished the entire dorm with reading matter . . . dammd interesting reading matter, too . .. Peg Binsloe has memorized the boxing schedule . .. Ruth Harmon's back again ... after Raving gam boled on the sands of . .Nfiainl:with none other than ; Junny NeCown, iboilni manager of 4 . few Year's baCicil' now' has a job J . of sorts but it's reputed that he "wants to get away front it all and , write a book" . . Yougel chasing Govier on Saturday night ... TEXT Parker & Sheaffer Pens & Pencils Dietzgen Drawing Sets Winsor and Newton Art Sets Keuffel and Esser Slide Rules Cathaum Theatre Building THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN To the Editor If I chose to page through some back issues of the COLLEGIAN, I could refer you to a statement made by the editors, in which they lamented the fact that there were so few student ' 1 contributions 'in the form of 'opinions to the Penn State COLLEGIAN. Per haps if the editors could be persuaded to adopt a fair attitude toward the expressions of those who have con tributed, the number of contributions might be increased. I was astonished to read in your columns the reply •You offer to Mr. R. L. Durkee, whose denunciation of your attack upon the integrity of Pennsylvania State senators was prompted only by the sincerest of mo tives. Rather than attempt to justi• fy by evidence the initial statements you had made,, you elected the easiest and most contemptible way of sliding out of ,the difficulty by pouncing upon a chance remark of • Mr. Durkee's which had no connection with the is sue. . : The only conclusion that can be drawn from your reply, which read "recognizing the need, the COLLEGIAN wishes R. L. D. the best of-luck in his efforts to- become liberally educated," "'New and Second Hand . : For All Courses Every Student Profits by Buying at Kr"Es,':,.E . L . ER ' S Letter Box IRE'S TOO INTERESTING waste in arguing about what ,arette one ought to smoke. here are many excellent Anis. What's hest for you ... iy not appeal to me. 'Try them I,' I say. 'And then let your In taste decide.' , .Started:t4smokO OE D. 01.33:5" hi the:first-place: And their honey-smoothness keepsme smoking them. is that. lacking the evidence to sub stantiate 'your remarks, you hoped to dismiss the subject merely by hurling a bit of sarcasm at the writer and in ferring an insufficiency of intellect on his part to fully comprehend the situation. YoU might have done far better by making no reply at all. I agree with Mr. Durkee that "do ing violence to legislators at random may have far-reaching effects." It may be that the Record and the Led ger were justified in their policy to ward "scholarship racketeering." The COLLEGIAN, however, is not the proper medium for an arraignment of state legislators. —Joseph P. Arnhem Ordinarily it is not good policy to answer a reader's letter in the Letter Box column. However, because of the other material in the editorial column this issue, a reply to the above at tack will be made here. The COLLEGIAN has not attempted to discourage contributions to . its col umns. On the contrary, more letters have 'been published this year than previously. However, in the case of the : second letter by Mr. Durkee, it was felt , that a detailed, point-by point ,refutation would have been an imposition on the other readers, none of whom were particularly interested in the matter. Furthermore, the whole "If you're satisfied with your present brand, be loyal to it. But if you'd like a change . you could do a lot worse than try OLD GOLDS." No better tobacco grows than is used in oi.o GOLDS. And they are PURE. ,(No . : atfificia! flavoring) AMERICA'S S "' • •%/, " CIGARETTE Tuna in on TED Fici-HroY's Sensational Hollywood Orchestra every: Wednesday night-Columbla Chain BOOKS Remington and Corona Typewriters Leather Note Books and Fillers 1934 Calendar Pads. and Refills Desk Pads - Laundry Cases tone of Mi. Durkee's second letter in: made that "lacking the evidence the issue of January 15 was not one substantiate your remarks, you ho to encourage a lengthy reply. Conse- I ed to dismiss the subject merely 1 quently, the footnote still stands. I —O-- In the above letter the charge is (Continued on page fire) • College . Cut Rate Store DON'T FORGET VALENTINE DAY, FEBRUARY 14 Valentines 1c- to 15c Heart .Candy and Valentine Napkins Whitman Heart Shaped Box Candy and Valentine Wrapped Boxes Special Demonstration Size Seventeen • Cleansing and Cold Cream $1.19 Let Us Shou You Our Latest Perfume 6 Flower Odor $l.OO Each . • WATCH OUR WINDOWS FOR SPECIALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY • IV • ,-' tz. Member N. R. A. _ . Thtirsciay Evening, February 8. 1934
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