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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
ruhliThed semi-weekly during the College year, except on holidays,
by students of The Pennsylvania Slate College, In the Interest of the
College, the students, focally, alumni, and friends
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Editor Business Manager
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31ctunning Editor •rhi ,
, :ews Editor This Issue
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1934
, INTT-CHEAP GLASS
An editorial in the last issue reviewed the war situ
ation which confronts the college student today. The
tone of the editorial was undoubtedly pacifistic, and as
such received the stigma which goes With the word. In
the - minds of a great many people, including students,
a pacifist is a weak-willed creature, a slacker who has
no love for his country, and a puppet who is acting
und2r the directions of some socialist or communist
'But the pacifist in college need be none of these.
Like the militarist o• neutral ; he may contend that com
mon SCIVO alone determines his stand. Unlike them,
however, he questions his obligation to support or par
ticipate in anything which he regards as wholly useless
and wasteful. Ire is strengthened in this conviction by
what has gone before him.
if he gives any thought to the subject, the student
cannot disregard the 1917 picture. Those fifty thousand
American young men who lost their lives in the war,
why did they fight? For adventure? Yes, for death
in the trenche. For ideals? Yes, for ideals which are
now as dead as those who died at Chateau-Thierry.
Democracy .... liberty a war to end war ....
to keep the country's honor bright . . . . We smile at
these things now. We doubt whether they were worth
the cost. flat those :young men in 1917 really believed
them. For whom did they fight? Tor the maititinS
makers who could not maintain neutrality. .For bank
ers who had investments in Allied nations to safeguard.
For politicians who burst into lathers of oratory about
serving the country, while they thought of the next elec
tion. For speakers who inveighed against atrocities,
inflated several times. For majors and admirals who
itched to show their stuff. For these—they died in vain.
General Smalley D. Butler said recently, "I'm a•
peace-loving Quaker, but When war breaks out every
damn man in my family goes. If we're ready, nobody
will tackle us." Although he is the arch-type; General
Bluster is an example of those who believe that war meth
ods prevent war, but who cannot see the contradiction
in their attitude. Prepare for war so as to have eternal
pence, but the moment war seems wear, sail right in
with all yotovo got. Tins attitude, history shows, pro
duce's a similar reaction in every other nation and is one
Gf tha factors which' finally brings 'war.
Here,. then, is •the .combiiMtion . circumstances
which is placed before st.ndent, ; :oro nil sidgs . he
hears people say, "No More INTr!" Unless he:has - sonic
personal interest in them, therefore, he cannot support
those measures which lead eventually to war. Unless
he is afraid of the opprobrium of more conventional peo
ple, he cannot take up arms to defend; on fo•iegn soil,
ideals which will turn out to be cheap glass fifteen years
later.
CONFORMITY TO STANDARDS
In attempting to justify the existence of the frater
nity system, fraternity leaders have quite naturally as
sumed that a high scholastic rating and proper manage
ment of chapter finances provide the • best defense
against criticism. Both objectives are important and
should be a nart of the foundation of . every fraternity.
But scholarship and finances should not be the only
considerations of a fraternity. Present day criticism is
prompted by tha more apparent evils which have crept
into America's fraternity system.
The struggle to survive the current economic de
pression has caused many fraternities to become lax in
saluting their men. They pride themselves on having a
versatile group—ow: which is capable of absorbing any
type of individual with equal success. Rushing season
seems to have undergone a definite degeneration until it
now resembles a lottery. Instead of conforming to set
standards of selection and choosing individuals who ap
pear to be most capable of fitting into the social group
wills comparative ease, the Creek , letter societies are
willing to 'take a chance' on anyone whose personality
is not particularly repulsive, provided that he is finan
cially able to join a fraternity. They trust to the law
of averages to provide enough pledges to carry the house
through the year.
This situation is not peculiar to Penn State, but it
is more noticeable here because of the largo number of
fraternities in comparison to the student enrollment.
We've been watching with considerable interest
the amazing swath that a Mae Hall dumb sel has been
cutting in the ranks of our noblest co-ed slayers.
, Thig young lady has been changing hands with the
rapidity of Mae West at a Beta Houseparty. All of
which is none of our business. But when the dazed
and shattered victims start handing us specimens
such as the following-it's time that measures were
taken to stop the slaughter Consider.
4 HIGHBALLS, 2 SOURS, 3 STRAIGHT, G BEERS,
AND AN ODE TO A FAYRE LADLE
Ah. Connie Glace,
Sweet, Connie Glace,
Prithee wottlilst time go someplace . . .
No?
Bonnie Connie,
how fonny!
How loony,
Bonnie Connie,
No?
Prithee wouldst thou glace someplace
Cw•2et Connie Since,
All, Connie Glace?
—AAA A. Tlrotzmun
anmer H. Realty jr.
him Connie!
Fanny Bonnie.
Prithee wouldst thou place someglace
.Ah i Connie Clace,
Cweet Bonnie?
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Ah, Clounie Cam,
Sweet, Connie Bonnie.
Prithee Glace wouldst thou go place ....?
POW' Honey,
Nonnie,
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(Black Out)--Curtain.
The gal's a menace. Domething sould bhe sone.
We take back everything we ever said against the
[College. It's'a great place and it really looks after its
students. Look at the way it ignores the lovely slip
pery slides that grace our sidewalks after every snow
fall. Any ordinary mean old college would put ashes
on them and spoil our fun. But not our good old Col
lege. We have so damn much fun sliding down'from
Main Engineering to the Corner!
Then there's the puzzled lad who cam..l up and told
us about dating a very shy Chi Omega recently. Dur
ing the course of the evening he accidentally touched
'her kikee, whereupon she indignantly berated : ,him
thusly: •
"I'll give you just twenty minutes - to take your
hand off my knee!"
He was so baffled he grabbed his hat and coat
and left.
Dunaway and Hesse back for the week-end .
and Shoemaker and Kuseke .... Tanner called Grange
dorm t'other day and the greeting he received was,
."Cowbarns!" . . . . the brand new Burgess accusing
one of the more pronfinent managers-elect and gal
friend of being ooh very fried when said couple had
downed two glasses of beer . .. wanted to jail 'em
.... the nahhsty mayin' .... and the name of the
next Thespian show is going' to be good news to a tot
of people.
:Profe'ssor Willnrii Wiiller,the • folkXvays . and mores;
Man, : . annomieed.:tlie:;ot/j9icOyi;tll4e•43e: Would•really'.
Irouii'•eikky'bfit' for the fact:,
that the wicked COLLEGIAN Columnists would take''''
him for rides which he wouldn't enjoy so much: With
your eye for the interesting you should become a col
. umnist, Mr. Waller. Columnists can ride both peo
ple and bicycles, which is something not to be sneez
ed at.
ADDENDUM . . Incidentally, Mae Kaplan, is
a column a mos?
The latest sobriquet for II dash-dash --T dash
dash L dash It is 'Pantywaist.' All persons who have
been looking for some workable means of burning this
lady with a single remark should memorize this little
gem Which we picked, up from operative X who sue
ceeded in pushing himself right out of the Taylor
league with a single application of the epithet. Of
course, we don't know whether or not the word, when
applied to Miss Taylor, has any basis in fact but
someone must have found grounds for it.
Tho uncontrolled expanSion of fraternities during the
past decade has given rise to similar problems at other
institutions. The policy of refusing charters to any new
social groups, suggested recently by the Interfraternity
Council, will aid in preventing the dilema from becom
ing worse. But the responsibility of improving this un
fortunate situation rests entirely upon each individual
fraternity.
Although it may cause a little hardship a first,' a
conformity to standards and ideals in selection, of men
would servo to prevent more serious diffidulties. Con
geniality and brotherhood within the group is not pos
sible where there is a continual clash of personalities,
and where the ability to pay a board bill is considered
more important than personal qualifications for mem
bership. The breaking of pledges does not reflect die
eredit upon either the fraternity or the individual. It
merely shows that a mistake was made, and that at least
one party realized the mistake before It was•too late.
—K. C. IL
OLD MANIA
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THE MANIAC
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIADi
In the Faculty •
(This is the first of a. series of
sketches of faculty members who
are ontstanding in research in their
particular field. No attempt will
be made to list them in the order
of their importance, since the names
have n been :selected at random
from a large group of men and
women. on this campus who have
distinguished themselves by origi
nal contributions to the sciences or
the arts. The object of the series
is to fiegemint niiideltht with little
/mown facto about their professors.
1 Among those members of Penn
IState's faculty who are comparative
ly unknown to the student body, and
who have achieved real prominence
in their own * field is Dr. Walter II
Pielemeler, of the department of phy
,oics., In his field, the study of super
sonics, he is regarded as one of the
I world's leading authorities.
His works have been translated into
three foreign languages, and have been
quoted by other authorities on super
sonics in France, Germany, England,
and Russia. Grossman and Kneser,
who share honors with him as Euro
pean authorities in the field, invari
ably quote the Penn State faculty
member in their works on the subject.
Super-sonics, the study of sounds
which are of such a high frequency
that they cannot be heard by, the
human ear, became the particular
study of Dr. Pielemeier as a part of
his general physical research. He has
recently had four articles published,
in Physical Revisit., this country's
lending physical journal, and in other
scientific magazines.
Dr. Pielemeier Bolds the position of
associate professor of physics here.
He received his B: S: degree from the
University Of Michigan in 1016, took
graduate work there, and received
his master of science diploma in
1919. After several years of profes
sional work, he , returned to his alma
mater to ;receive his doctorate of
philosophy in 1998.
Letter Box
To the Editor:
The office of the Oki Main Bell is
cloaked in sorrow. The giant presses
have been stopped; no longer do the
editors whistle merrily as they go
about their work. Even the corpses
have lost their usual cheery mien.
"The Bell is dulL" (cf. letter in last
COLLEGIAN.)
We're sorry. Naturally, we are at
a loss to refute these charges present
ed in such devastating fashion: that
we are repulsing, and failing to in
terest "the intelligent minority" which
"is strong enough, to support the mag
.aiinel; that: "WA are attempting to
allitir — this 'emasculation with some
flashy 'features"; that we are "at
tempting ,to write of things we are
familiar with"; and most important,
that we are ,not encouraging under
graduates to write plot stories.
Well, as a result of seven hundred
and fifty written subscription appeals
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to the "intelligent minority," four re
sponses were received. Two of these
were from members of the faculty of
the Engineering School.
True, we are "attempting to allay
this emasculation (see Roget's The
saurus) by the use of flashy features."
In doing this we are undoubtedly
"impeding the cause of literature"
by appealing to "the hick majority."
We also admit that we are attempt
ing to write of things with which we
are familiar (pardon us, "which we
are familiar with"). We -humbly
apologize for being unable to write of
the exotic and alluring South Seas,
of the new Russia; China, elephant
hunting in darkest Africa, and the
other subjects "remote from the col
legiate merry 7 go-round."
The letter asks, "Can no one write
a plot story?" To which dramatic
question we reply not quite so drama
tically, "Perhaps, but to date only a
few of the printable variety have been
submitted. These have been publish
ed."
Nevertheless, we are willing to do
our best. At present the entire staff
is collaborating in a giant masterpiece
of plot that will Make 0. Henry twirl
in his grave. It will incorporate such
fascinating subjects as slave-running
in Pago Pago, incest in a New England
farm house, gangster vengeance; the
breath-taking adventures of a beauti
ful female spy in the Russian White
Army, and "How Frank Merrhiell
Came to be President of the Inter
national Harvester Company."
However, we'd like to thank the
author of the criticism for his inter
est. We.adlnire his literary style and
ideals. Furthermore, we most cordi
ally invite him to submit a 'few plot
stories from his own type mill.
Without a trace of vindictiveness,
we sincerely hope that some day he'll
be an editor.
The Bell editors.
W. C. Van Keuren
M. P. Wood
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To the Editor.
J. C. M. '34?' (The reason the '34
is open to question is that there wasn't
a "student on the campus who knew
that Hugh Beaver was a general until
J. C. ht,informed us.) So drop that
'34, Big Boy, for you've been around
here since the College was established
And think you are still living in the
age of .George Washington.
We have learned a lot since . the
days of the great Washington and the
error of his view that a preparaption
for war assures peace was proved
false before our own eyes in 1914.
According to J. C. M., Europe, armed
to the hilt, was ready for the golden
age of peace,. but it didn't come, for
an - event' happened that caused the
death of 10,000,000. men. Had Europe
not. practiced compulsory military
training for decades and developed
large armies and navies, the Serbian
incident wouldn't have causeda dog
fight. Huge armies and navies never
have - and never will prevent war, in
fact, history shows us that they have
always caused war. AccOrding to J.
C. -M., EdrOpe today, prepared for
war, is on the . verge of peace; but
every political observer differs with
Lim. To talk peace and prepare for
war with the hope of getting peace
is to show - that you never had much
psychology in the Liberal Arts or
Education Schools.
Why pick nut those faculties any
way for special assault? Don't you
know that if the question of compul
sory military training were left to
the entire faculty, the R. 0. T. C.
would be kicked out so fast you would
never know it had been here. De-
Pauw's action, recently taken, in ex
cluding their military unit seems to
have nettled you. And why attack
the P. S. C. A. for socialism? Whe
has swung further in that direction
than Uncle Sam? Be careful what
you say abort socialism or you'll be
accused of disloyalty to the govern
ment
ISCEEI
To the Editor
The boxing between Navy and Stat.
was very finebut disappointing.
The fact that State log, it. seem:
oilet
17i
Louise A. Lambert
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Sister 'Mary, home from college,
:Nearly bursting out with knowledge,
Baked a cake which didn't look bad,
So she tried it out on Dad.
Father tried it, cried in haste, •
"This is' , terrible! Tastes like paste!"
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MORAL:
This couldn't have happened if Mary hought,
.Her cakes al. the stare where she ought.
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Monday Evening, February . 26, 1934 '7
to me—and other spectators—was due
to poor management.
Why was each man, on the team,
beginning, with the 145-pound bout,
moved out of his clas? Many of the
spectators felt that if State had for
feited the heavyweight bout and let
each man. box as scheduled„the score
would probably have been 4-to-3 in
favor of State. .
—A '3l Co-ed
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