. .age Trto PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly doting 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. SCOTS 14 HAROLD J. BATSCH '34 Managing Editor Circulation Manager WILLIAM N. STEGMEIF.R. '34 H. EDGAR FURMAN '34 Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG '34 JOliN C. IRWIN '34 News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager JAMES N. SHEEN 14 FRANCIS 'WACKER 34 Sports Editor Classified Advertising Manager RUTH N. HARMON '3l MAE I'. KAPLAN '34 WlllllOOl Editor Women's Managing Editor EVA N. RLICHEELDT '34 Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE. EDITORS James IL Beatty jr. '35 John A. Brahman '35 Phillip N. Fair jr. '35 A. Conrad Haipes . 35 Kenneth C. Hoffman '35 Burton Rona. jr. '3! James B. Wataon Jr. .35 Fred W. NYright..ps ASSOCIATE. BUSINESS MANAGERS Barry J. Knoll' '35 11. Kenneth Lyons '35 Jack A. Martin '35 John J. 3lathaws '35 George A. Rutletive '35 Earl C. Keyser jr. '35 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Marcia B. Daniel '35 ENie Daulhett '35 Margaret W. Kin.lae '35 /Innihanii Editor This I,ihe Editor This 'Phur THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1934 MUCH BETTER ,The cap and gown situation, probably the outstand ing example of unjustified compensation in last year's - interclass Budget report, has finally been remedied by the recent action of Student Board. .The result is that seniors graduating in June this year will have to pay only $1.75 for the rental of a cup and gown—,seventy fMl cents less than the charge made last year. !Last year the committee of five and the class presi dent received $149 fo• their services in connection with tho handling of the outfits. This came from a fifty cent charge which was added to the list retail price. Some sort of an addition was necessary, furthermore, because the company's agent, who did little more than sign the contract, received the regular agent's commis- After making inquiries this year, the Board learned that direct dealing between the College and the company was possible, thereby eliminating part of the agent's commission. The resulting saving will be given to the student committee for its services, and no additional fee will have to be added to the list price. Furthermore, five-year contract lowers the retail price twenty-five cents per outfit In addition to the saving to seniors, the compen sation to the cap mid gown committee will be more in proportion to the work. done. -The amount received for each cap and gown handled will be approximately twenty-six cents, which is not too much for the time and work involved. THE PETITION INSTIGATED by Liberal Arts professors to request CW,A . funds to build more tennis courts hero should not be disregarded by College author ities. The fact that approximately 1,700 'students and faculty members have signed the petition indicates the wide interest in the nroject. As the petitioning group has pointed out, the need for more tennis courts here 5: great, Certainly they would be of more benefit to tho students and faculty as a whole than some or the other CWA projects on the campus--regirding the drill field, for instance. STUDENT UNION FUNCTIONS Four years ago the Student Union was organized to coordinate all extra-curricular activities and to pro mote projects that would otherwise'not be undertaken by individual. groups.. Since that time it has proved a necessary adjunct to student government in the regu lation of all irregularities that occur in various student Moreover, it has promulgated plans which are of direct significance to all students. organizations Since 'its inception Series:of danpes has beeii:condtietedeach;!year; tbprev)de ir , lexpensiye.enter, tairiment l'enn''Siat:e4ttidenis:f Several of the difti r ce: have been held after at:bletic 'contests for the benefit of spectators and members of visiting teams. In the past these all-College functions have proved very popu lar and at least two more will be condUcted this semes- Another project that has been promoted by the Union is the Student Loan fund. Originated three years ago, this has been a means of keeping hundreds of stu dents in College by collective loans amounting to sev eral thousands of dollars. The Loan fund committee devises methods for raising money to be granted to de sirable students who are financially restricted. The fund has been augmented from time to time by benefit dances, concerts, and commissions from theatre tickets. This year the Student Union is cooperating with the Honor Society Council in conducting an investgation of honorary fraternities. It has also been responsible for a bulletin of events in which all future student acti vities,- meetings, lectures, practices, exhibitions, and concerts are made known through semi-weekly pub lication in the COLLEGIAN. Under the present arrange- Mcnt all notices are published regularly after they are 'phoned to the designated places. The Union calendar, which is maintained at the Union desk on the first floor of Old 'gain, lists all events scheduled for the remainder of the year. This'is highly important because it serves as a clearing house for all activities and seeks to eliminate possibility of scheduling two functions on the same date. This calendar may be consulted and arrangements made accordingly. Fr6m this card of events, a mimeographed sheet is sent monthly to all fraternities and dormitories for posting. Although both of the new features have met with hearty response on the part of most societies, every organiza tion is requested to give notification of coming events in order to make the bulletin and calendar still more helpful. llamas won! And are we proud? Just ask us,. You might ask Professor Banner and Dean Stoddart, too, while you're at it. They're proud, too. Prof. Banner, alias "Mr. 'Journalism Corms of Age,' " was so proud that he came to class yesterday morning, slammed a few books around, and beaming ly announced, "Well, you can probably attribute llamas' success to the fact that he one; took Journ alism I?." Dean Stoddart; who is an older hand at inter school rivalry, was just as proud but a bit more •subtle. He called in,a COLLEGIAN reporter, did some extensive hemming and hawing, and finally got around to revealing the fact that Steve had graduated in the Liberal Arts School. Steve originally matriculated in !Ag-ec, transferral to Pro-legal, then tried the Chem School, and finally drifted back into the Liberal Arts fold with a science major. Jame.. 11. Wutron jr. -John A. Itrutratan '3. "And he had better grades his last semester than any other semester that he was in College. He em bodies the true spirit of the Liberal Artist. He proves that an L. A. student can go out in most any field and achieve success," the Dean said. That closed the interview, but there was a little .epilogue to the story which we heard while hiding un der the Prexie's hat at a Council of Administration meeting yesterday morning Dean Stoddart was still raving about the fight (ho admits that he's low-brow enough to en4oy a good ,bout). Director Bezdek was sitting next to him. "Well, Bez," the L. A. Dean said, "what do you :think of the fight?" Bez turn2d around, cleared his throat, looked at Mr. Stoddart quizzically, and then said, "What light?" We suppose that Bez has given up following llamas' activities. After all, Steve was a subsidized athlete! We don't bother going to fires here anymore. Right now the fire whistle's shrieking madly but we're ignoring it. ‘lce're just going to go on calmly typing. Fires aro getting to be pretty tame anymore. The only fire that we're sorry we missed was the huge conflagration that broke out about two weeks ago. We hear. that, as usual, it was pretty much of a fake —.merely a little smoke coming from a kitchen stove of some sort. There was one fireman on duty; the ,rest were looking around for something to do until the 'fire's out" signal was sounded. There were quite a few spectators on hand. But no cheering, no ap mlauding, no milling crowds. There really wasn't anything. to cheer about. In fact, the whole thing was pretty disappointing.... _, At the crucial point, however, ,w en things were at , their lowest ebb, our new Burgess Ltitzell - came to the ' rescue. Ho raged about, tore at hispiair, and shouted, "This can't go on. I'm the new BurgeSs around here and I won't have my firemen hampered byrit lot of yelling stu dents. Anyone that opens his mouth :will be fined fifteen dollars. I'm warning you keep your mouths closed. I'm the new Burgess around, here." 1k was quite a success. Things really did — seem more interesting. Political diplomacy, we suppose. The elector ate must be entertained!. Mr. DeAngelis; the Mighty Organizer, held a meeting of non-fraternity men the other night. During the course of the proceedings, things got pretty boresome and sev eral of the barbs in attendance began to get sleepy. But Manny met the situation quite adequately.' Instead of calling for new business, he pulled out his little ocarina and began . .a veryt,Sweet ' '' ; fhe"Menebe4 tip aliright: . '.And'before Mr. , Deknggis• finished the. SeleCtion . somebody had neatly combed his hair with a rotten apple core. (N. B. The meeting was closed in form.) THE STUDENT CAFETERIA 2g7 W. Beaver Ave. INVITES YOUR PATRONAGE Breakfast - - 7:00 to 8:30 Lunch - - - - 11:45 to 1:00 Dinner - - - 5:00 to 6:15 Special Daily. Lunches 25c Meal Tickets » . $5.50 For $5.00 CAMPUSEER DEMME E=:MIM=M3 THE' PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Letter Box To the Editor: , In the "Letter Box" of the Thurs day, Jan. 18 issue of the COLLEGIAN, "E. D. '35" comments on the lack of any members of - the College teaching staff "with ambition enough to over come the inertia" of the present "old est and worst method" of conducting examinations. "E. D. '35" is entirely unhampered by facts. I know personally of sev eral members of the teaching staff who have bean trying some of the sev eral variations of the "oldest and worst method" of examination. I myself, have tried several of the pos sibly better or at least newer •meth ods. I haVe used the true and false type of exaMination, the association of ideas examination, and most of all the oral examination. In all of my classes at the close of the present semester I am using the oral exami nation entirely. I have been using the oral examination in the smaller classes for at least six years. In come instances most of the questions I are asked by members of the class.l The candidate 'passes to the board, the students ask him questions, the instructor interfering only when ab solutely necessary to bring the discus : sion back to the topic or to clear up or emphasize an important point in the discussion. Not only do the stu dents ask questions but each one is I asked to grade all the candidates by placing them in the rank they deserve in relationship to other members of the class. The questions asked by 1 the students are fair questions and I the student ginding is remarkably just and fair: As a matter of fact, the instructor has to "edit" the grades on the plus sides rather than de duct from the student grades. "E.,D. '35," joining' in the current ly fashionable and perpetual "open 'season" on college professors, should have clone a little research among the faculties of schools other than his own (which one gains by inference is the School of Education). While facts may be a handicap in forming hasty conclusions, they are an aid in arriving at the truth. I doubt if his faculty, whatever their opinion on the methods of teach_ ing and examinations, would approve of "E. D. '3s's" method of conducting educational research. • "E. D. 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STORE • technical school of the College has! been working for over 'ten years on. definite, concrete plans for improv- i ing the teaching in that school., These efforts have consisted of occur-, ing several of the outstanding educa tors in America to come to the camp us and conduct classes of instruction for members of the teaching staff of that school. Follow-up classes have been conducted for several years for the faculty in this school. The teaching methods of successful-teach ers have been studied and analyzed. Since the Dean of this school is very much interested in these improve ments, I have heard of no member of the staff either having "his mind changed for him" nor of any mem ber being "fired" as "E. D. '35" post ulated would be the fate of those ex treme - academic variants . who might dare to try a few new methods. —A. Professor To the Editor:' Though most of the events which have taken place hi my past years at Penn State may tend to be lost from my memory, there is one incident which I shall always remember: the most miserable experience of my life: It occurred a little more than a week ago, when I spent four - hours in the Armory taking Physics examination. .... it was so cold in there that a polar bear with long underwear could not survive. Well do I realize that, the College cannot afford to erect new buildings every few years .. . . but surely the collection of fifty dollar "incidental fees" .... ought to insure enough funds for repairs on an anti- Minted heating plant. -T. F. G. '35 9 NEW EXTENSION 'CLASSES STARTED FOR DAY WORKERS Nine new engineering, extension classes in mathematics, business cor respondence, aeronautical engineering, electricity, and law have been formed recently for employees of industrial concerns throughout the State. 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