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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published semi-weekly during the College year, except an holidays.
by studente of The Pennsylvania State College, In the interest of the
College. the students. focally. alumni. and Mends.
THE MANAGING HOARD
CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34
Editorßusiness Manner I
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GEORGE A. SCOTT '34 'HAROLD J. DATSCII '34
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILL N. STEGMEIER '34 11. EDGAR FURMAN '34
Assistant Editor Loral Advertising Manager '
BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIG '34 JOHN C. IRWIN '34
Newt Editor Foreign Adiertising Manager
JAMES M. SHEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER '34
Sports Editor Classified Advertising Manager
RUTH M. HARMON '34 MAE P. KAPLAN '34
Women's Editor Wornetes Managing Editor
EVA N. 111.1C1IFE4.DT '34
Women's News Editor
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James B. Beatty Sr. '35 :Sohn A. Brutzninn '35 Phillip W. Fair Sr. '35
A. Conrni liniKen '35 Kenneth C. Herman '35 Burton Bohlen Sr. . 3 Z
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Barry 3. Knorr '33 B. Kenneth Lyons Jack A. Martin •36
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THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1934
STRICT UPHOLDERS OF the academic standards
of this institution may deplore the probationary plan
used in the School of Liberal Arts by which freshmen
may remain in school even though they flunk fifty per
cent of their credits. It, is true that this is a distinct
lowering of the former standards. But since the plan
was begun threw years ago, the number of freshmen that
has been reclaimed front the ranks of flunk-outs justi
fies its continuance. That the real purpose of the plan
is not to be lenient with poor students is evident from
Dean Stoddart's statement. that if economic conditions
were better the plan would he dropped. But even dur
ing improving times like these; jobs are not so plentiful
that'a student who s fails,in college can find employment
elsewhere. Keeping' the low-standing students in an
educational atmosphere is therefore preferable to throw
ing them on the street.
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WE SEE BY THE PAPERS that three more sopho
mores have been added to the Soph lisp committee.
The object of this move no doubt is to interest these
worthy fellows in student government. By 1940 we ex
pect to see a dance committee of some fifty or sixty
members, all of whom will get their four complimentary
tickets for their intense interest in student governmen
tal problems.
FOR THE STUDENT TO DECIDE
Foreign news correspondents and political observers
do not deny there is a great possibility of war.breaking
in Europe or Asia before the end of the coming summer.
Hitler, with his eyes on Austria; :Mussolini, determined
M keep Austria independent with the support of France
and England; Russia, mobilizing troops on the eastern
frontier; and Japan, still .aggressive. • Such conditions
and mental attitudes, with the people of all countries
being deluged with propaganda, do not reassure those
concerned in the future welfare of the world.
A small group of students is interested in the prob.:
able events of the next five years. Within that time,
Much of a constructive nature could he done. Within
that time, the nations of the world could be clawing at
each other's throats, with the absolute end of civiliza
tion not far away. All of us who' are now in college
will : be vitally affected; it, is we who Will lie sent as can-
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non4oddir..
Undergradull.tel,opinorr. on the sithjeotqg
war is curiously diVided!.'!:lVlemVets ona graup,.com
paiatively small, rave frantically and foam at the mouth
when the word is mentioned, declaring that under no
circumstances would they bear arms. Others consider
it calmly, admitting that wars are useless :and futile,
asserting they would not fight, but remaining vaguely
confused and troubled. Most of the undergraduates,
however, if they have given thought to the subject, re
gard the possibility of war with complacency, content to
dismiss the question until the emergency arrive, if ever..
Although it is undisputably an attempt to increase
circulation ; the collection of tear photos now being run
as a daily feature of many newspaners is continuing the
process of the de-glorification of war that started - some
years ago. Such an education most be continued for
those of us who were too young to understand or con
demn at the time. Our only fear is that such indoc
trination will take too long and thus lose its effective-
It is easy enough to assert that one will never bea;r
arms when the nation is at peace, but what will one do
v; hen the war spirit surges high?' A brass band play
ing a stirring march, the sight of brown uniforms on the
street, a pretty girl urging one not to be a slacker in.
his country's hour of need, make it difficult to retain
r. proper perspective. Ilewspapers, gagged by sedition
and libel.laws during a war period, have no choice but
to carry government-censored dispatches. It is impos
sible to decide logically which course to take, and any
public discussion of the matter is forbidden.
Students should endeavor to decide and strengthen
their position in regard to their decision before .a pos 7
siblo emergency arrives. the student again ghie
his blood to wash alien religious and racial hatreds
clothed in the spirit of democracy and freedom, or will
ho mentally resolve to refuse absolutely to take up arms,
except to repel an actual invasion?
THE. SCENE: Rec Hall at the late lamented
registration.
THE CHARACTERS: Two co-eds.
FIRST CO-ED: 'Come on, don't he foolish, I
know there's one in here!"
SECOND CO-ED: "Oh, no, you can't go . in
there."
FIRST CO-ED: "But I know there's one in
FIRST CO-ED: "Yes, I know, but there won't be
anyone in hero now. Come on, there's one in here."
(Pushes open door of men's locker room. Stares,
and retreats hurriedly.) "Oh-eon! Pardon me!"
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(Curtain)
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SUMMER SESSION SALLIES
=ISM
There is a vice on this campus, a vice that has its
roots down deep in the very midst of administrative
activities. It's over in tha office of the School of
Education. That School has just issued its Summer
Session catalogue ; a •'small pamphlet of twelve pages
which should certainly be censored, if not suppressed
entirely. The Old Main Bell has nothing on Dean
Chambers and his crew when it comes to luring on the
innocent sucker with sex, women, and song. .
..,From cover to cover the pamphlet has only one
message: the sensual pleasures to be derived from
attending a Penn State Sum Mer Session. It reeks of
drawings whiCh portray falsely, but vividly, the danc
ing,, the song, the merriment, the fun, the secluded
trysting spots, and the cool, shady hide-aways which
accompany each and. every Summer Session matricu
lation card.
.---A. Conrad 'lain. 'ar.
Kenneth C. Hoffman .35
We could have forgiven the enticing line cuts, but
just as we were about th lay the magazine aside we
came across the following passage which sounds as
though it may have come from Palmer C. Weaver's
very own pen: "The town of State College, the seat
of the Pennsylvania State 'College, is situated on tt
high plateau, surrounded by the Bald Eagle, Tussey,
and Nittany mountain ranges. It is in a physical en
vironment of rare beauty, in the heart of magnificent
mountains, far from - the summer heat and the distrac
tions of the more populous sections."
Well, :we'va been to Summer School and we deny
every bit of it. What's more, we imagine that Bur
gess Leitzell would resent his own little village being
called the "seat" of the Pennslyvania State College.
After all; the very noble Educators might have chosen
some more - respectable part of:the anatomy in which
to locate the Coll2ge. AS fur the dance, song ; and
merriment, well, maybe Dean Chambers and Palmy
Weaver are privileged to enjoy such a round of pleas
ures during the summer here but certainly we didn't
There were 8 o'clock classes bothering us the entire
six weeks. Of course, it you want to, you can still
ibe a sucker. Nino just thought we'd warn you about
all these things.
If you're a philologist of sorts you'll 'probably be
interested in a recent footnote that appeared in last
week's Time. It's under the review of the new play
"Theodora, the Queen." Quote: "Queen, Anglo-
Saxon from civene, IoW woman."
H all happened after the wrestling meet with
W. &J. We were seated on those horribly hard Rec
Hall bleachers intently : Colgate basket
ball game Jed:. Fletcher..wak , jUs4:abbut to,'shebta•
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foul and. 'kanrk"' StaKheeiltd , We.liOird: The crowd h . :
sat in a hushed silence. No one bothered to drop a
pin, for If they had, we're sure we would have heard it.
Then right behind us we heard a small, feminine
voice:
"Aw, gee, don't squeeze so hard, do you think
I'm a wrestler?" '
Right. It was Edythe Rutter and King Cole hold
ing hands. 'lncidentally; Fletcher made the foul.
Dear Sur-Camp
What this college needii is a bigger and better
telephone exchange! Or at least—one that stays
awake nights without an alarm clock. Don't you
think so?
Grace-s-allen (an-em-ni-bus)
(Or a Grounds and Buildings Department that stays
awake without the natural advantages of a bigger
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and better approprhitioit.)
To the Campuseer:
Rosalie Joseph has fallen into the bad habit of
leaning out at Window No. 308, Grange, and whistling
at Chevrolet sedans., Regains,
The Chevrolet.
(Don't worry about Miss Joseph. However, if she
should start whistling et. Matins, you'd better notify
Doe Ritenourd • •
Dear Campy:
Since you .use things like Tonfours La Vic in your
column, maybe Yoti can see the sharp Trench point in
this COLLEGIAN quote: "The lead in 'Red Head' is
portrayed by Poil de Carotte, premier French actor."
Loyal Son-in-law.
(Yea, we get it, but:we had to read it three times be
fore it cliched. After all, wee took French under
Dave Mason.)
FLASHES: Connie Glace tried to crash the
I. F. C. meeting last night ...Jane Town left the vil
lage .. and Kuschke came back ...
-P. W. r
CA MPUSEER
BY HIMSELF
DRAMA
SECOND CO-ED: 'But that's the men's locker
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FOR CWENS ONLY
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OH-000, YOU'RE SUCH A CAVE MAN
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LETTEB BOX
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
`Collegian'
To the Editor: -, t , •
Since the English ,composition de
partment withdrew. support from the
Old Mailf Bell, the editors and those
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connected with the magazine have been
[ saddening our air with wailing and
weeping over the sad, sad end they
see approaching. The corpses left in
the Bell office by .former editors have
been turning over like whirling der
vishes at the pacing by midnight,
exacerbation -and entreaties of the
staff. 0, What of Art in State . Col
lege? Who'll save the Bell?
IWe have no argument with' their
;property assertion that such a Student
I Literary and Opinion Magazine is 'a
necessity on this campus. With
trembling fingers they accuse the
hick majority of impeding the cause
of Literature. They only make an
unconscious admission of their own
inadequacies when they put the onus
for a slipping circulation on the
phlegmatic 'rustic collegian.
i The intelligent minority is strong
' enough to' support the. magazine in
the manner to which it has been ac
customed. But, the Bell is repuls
ing and, more significant, failing to
interest this group. Why? Their
widely criticized sensational poster
campaign: is of-no importance—it was
merely a' schoolboy prank. The un
avoidable :fact remains that the Bell
is 411,
They have attempted to allay this
emasculation .with some flashy fea
tures, such as th'eNudism article and
with what they fondly believed
.was
a rousing expose of lingo Beidek.
Now, Herr.Bezdek is a .highly vulner
able • target . for an under-graduate
Mencken, bittlie,„.cannot be, knocked
You May: FOrget
You'r flunks,
Your roommates,
Your ,profs, or,
4ven your date,
BUT,—You Won't Forget
YOUR - HAIRCUT AT
The Row Barber Shop
Balcony E. Beaver Ave
BE SEEIN' YA'
at
„STUDENT. LOAN FUND DANCE •
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RECREATION HALL
131i,L BOTTORF ' CAMPUS OWLS •
Dancing - Admission .
9:00 to 12 :00 $l.OO Per Couple
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:jai, flavoring in OLD GOLD. - . . .
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Tune in on Tno Fto-Run's sensational Hollywood Orchestra every 11 - ednesday night —Columlna:cholo
That o.' G . tobacco don't need.
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Letter Box
out of the ring by a personal peeve,
however righteous.. e
We also believe With the harassed
editors that the pelt should be a me
dium for experimental writing. But
no journal, literary or otherwise, can
thrive on a content of sketches. Can
no one write a plot story? If not,
why not encourage some? Instead of
a device for characterization, the Bell
writers use the sketch form as a con
venient excuse' for Underdeveloped
writing.
They are to be commended for Writ
ing of things they are familiar with,
to matter how romantic and senti
mental their stories are under their'
aura of sophistication. •
The reader grows tired of under
graduate life in fiction, essays, verse
and 'epigram'. There must be some ,
one here who does not regard this Col
lege as the dramatic centerof the uni
verse. Through some of .his courses,
'if through •no direct-contact, someone
has an, interest and a writable:know 7
ledge 'of things remote•from the col
legiate merry-go-round. The outside
world may be remote to the 'Bell staff
but there are quite a few people who
are aware of it and •who'could write
•of it. Pieces, hardly above the 'How
1-Spent-My-Summer-Vacation' variety;
would be a happy change.
It is the function of the Dell staff
to search out and encourage such
writing if none is immediately evident.
—James Dugan.
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ThUrsilay Evening, February 22, 1034
:101IN . 12.,BENNETT '37 WINS
LOCAL GUESSING CONTEST
Winners in the contest sponsored
by local•business , men, in which en
trants ' were required to: guess' the
number of times Jack 'Pletcher hat*
led. the. ball in the second half Of the
Colgate game, were annorced this
morning. Since no one. came within
five points of the actual score, a first
prize was not awarded.
Second prize went to John It. Ben
nett '37. The three winners of the
third 'prize were Elizabeth A. Lewis
'34, Delbert A. Davis '35, and Anna
Mary Soisson '36, while Leonard w.
Bauer '35 was awarded fourth, prize
and William H. Schmaus '35/fifth.
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