Page 'Ewa PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published swot-Weekly during . I:tie College year. except on holidays. by students et The Pennsylvania, College, In the Interest at the Collats the student's. fatuity. &Intent. and friends. 13:1=1 CHARLES A. MYERS '34 . FREDERICK L. TAYLOR '34 . Business Manager GEORGE A. SCOTT-'34 HAROLD J. DATSCH '34 Managing Editor, Cfreulation 3lanager WILLIAM M. STEGMEIER '34 IL EDGAR FURMAN '34, Assistant Editor Local Advertlsing Mimi - ger BERNARD H. ROSENZWEIG '34 , JOHN C. IRWIN '34 News Editor Foreign Adiertising Manager JAMES M. SHEEN '34 FRANC/S. WACKER '34,,,,. Snorts Editor Classified Advertising Manager RUTH M. HARAION '94 MAE P. KAPLAN '34 Women's Editor, . . Women's Managing Editor EVA lit BLICHTELDT '34 Woniin's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jnmea B. Beatty Sr. '36 John A. Bratunan '35 PMOIck W. Fair sr. '95 A. Conrad Tralses '35 Kenn'eth C. HotTi r nitn '33, Burton ROVVia jr. '3E . Jam B. Watson Sr. '35 Frei W. WrNb3 iSSdel'AT ‘ i itU9l§i9.9 Harry J. Knoff '35. D. Kenneth Lythis '35 34ich A. Mania 3. Ma th ews '35 Geo'melllgice '35 Earl C: . '35 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Martin 13. Daniel '35 Biala M. Do'utlielt i.finviret W. king. '35 41inctiii* PMS 1933um4= - At>l . - / 934 t-7 Editorial Oitice,ll3 Old Main Telephorie 500 Business Office, Nittany Piintfak Bldg—Telephone 292• W Dtatagring Editor This Ids. , --- News Editor 'This Issue MONDAY EVENING; MARCH 5, j 934 OUT' }' DATE The attitude still exists, 'it seems, that it is th e pre 'rogat'ive O'f a class aaaaa chairman 'or ether student of ficial to make a little petty graft on the side. This year some of the seniors in responsible PeisitiOns have taken the vieiv that such an attitude cannot be justified, and consequently notable efforts have been made in stopping up some Of the few remaining leak's. bilt now, to the contrary, it aPPedra that soine'of the Underclass politi cians would - not be averse 'to going back to old methods if they had the chance. There are a number of runiarfi circulating around the campus to the effect that the recent Soph Hop pos ter contest, was not conducted eXactly on the square. To be sure, there are denials tiftifese . ruitrais on the part of interested parties, whO Maintain that the winning poster was S'elected fairly bq a faculty judge. This is probably the truth, but neVerflieleS it is Certain that an attempt was made to have the contest winner's compli mentary ticket given back, in return for a nri4i6ui favor; Of course, this instance is inconsegiiential and.sear cely worthy of mention. But die faet.iiinains that - the attitude of underclasi "politicians" has not been wholly lily white. This has not been eharicteiiitic only of ono elique,,but of most, of the iinaller'rniOnid-be office holders. The expressed attitude has hien that if Yon have the 'clianee to Make a little pin money by tiienns' of your VOiltion, you should.not pass up that chance. . Needless to saY, snail an attitude iiilistinbtly but of step with the times itiid contrary lb the actions of the sitnient body as reflected by theTrio'ie proMident student governmental leaders. It is held only by a few "campus politicians" who look ufion,their .office as 'a means of 'enhancing their fiocketbOn6,iiicontiast to the others who CoiL;iiiei it. student office an opportunity for doing some good. The quicker these"paliticians"• rid themselves of theii nreSent' view; the better it 'will be for their own _future, if for no otherreaba. A CODE FOR .CO:EOS Recent changes in the rules of the Women's Student Coveriment Association and its preSentatioh CoAe to the women of the College is a significant step for ward:in the educational program here. 'The. develop'. radnt:af a high sense of values is. a ; very,.real:.pa4t of education?,and,one.which has, Mitilire'cently;, ben.;6adilY • . .?• neglected , nniong wornin.s.tunents .evetywnere. . Rulg' have alWaYs, in, a measure,' preOlUded ''any" thinking On :the part of college women. 'lt was a simple matter merely to decide that, If the rules perniitted a thing, then that thing Wns right. Certainly little room was left for independent thinking and the development of some personal responsibility. diittnediiitelY following the removal or "easing up" of any restriction there is aivayi a dicided teiidencY to take adiantage of the new ireedicii: This 'situation in the peat has made effiCiala hesiMte in 'Changing iresitiC tions. And tightly so, fot it adthittedli doe's not point to a itudent body that is capable of 'setting its own standlards. It is imobiblY true that ift4i ationa of colldge 'students had passed by, the situation would begin to Mend itself. It is 'araibtfui whether the reputation Of co-eds here 'can Mir : rive this interim: If a 'W. S. G. A. Code . can bring these facts to the attention of the women students 'se. that they sill - develop qualitids as a result of their new freedom; if 'it 'can bd tablish a tradition wh6se Mitt standards will be more binding than rules, thin assuredly it Will lie worthwhile. One section 'of the Code' deali With Mental deiMioi); ment. itudeii*lneiC Might Willie and attempt to equal the progtOSs being in o'iliet col leges of the country. According .to a statement Made by Dean Virginia 'GildersideVO of Bitinitd men of that institution con • "nb long& be eirtirOcietiied by an attitude of blaie - indifference." ..Altiititigiv in re cent Yeats eOlieges of libital arts been ''EsCing wall of indifference;' she lielievei'that the pikst year has shown b. decided increase in iitteddiiieCitt'Cluies.telfgliiiis groups, discu'esion orgaidialidn's and dent activities. . . Sidi a change oY attitude iii oar own not come ai leov, nor code Conduit and stiaridai49 have any vital i'ffe'Ci:UnlegirW meet's a wholly 'ic:cebtrvo 'and symjiutfietic ' st<ident body. it. Flash! Dottam Boehm married to a Mr. Angell in New York. Ex-TexaS Ranger Yougel met with decisive defeat Saturday night. For •Io these many moons •this de fender of the State College Populace has stood gal lantly liefilieen the 'cowering citizens and the terrible, hysterical onslaughts of the students. But on Sat urday night as we said, he-was humbled; never again ;can he stalk majestically down the sidewalks of the town and hear the admiring whisper, "There goes Chief Yougel, ex-Texas Ranger!" .... At exactly, well approximately, one o'clock, The Chief noticed what appeared to be a danierous gath ering of some half dozen students cluSteVed 'around the Froth bar. 'With characteristic decision he acted, ordering the mob to disperse, and the three loafers seated on top of the bar fo scram. The suddenness of the attack startled the crowd and for a nionient it looked like a victory for the Chief. The loafers climbed down from the bar, all but one. He woo reluctant. It Seemed he was Froth editor; he owned the thing andeensidered it his inalien able right to sit upOn it when 'he chose. Upon threats front authority, hoWaver, he too came down front his perch. --Kenneth C. Koffman '35 ' John 'A. Brutiinan.'3s But not for long. After . a :hurried consultation ;Ye Frell 6 . editor and his vicious compatriotS climbed back upon the bar determined . to protect with their lilies the honer of Froth and the Pcan State Student. Well, they waited and waited. Yougel drove by again and again but petulantly refused to climb out and arrest the rioters. Gradually the Mob dispersed, fading one by one discolliolately in the dark, until at last there was but a solitary figure guarding the sane titit of the bar. /Through the night he sat there, a prOtid,'aldef figure . . . . an editor ready to make supreme sacrifice .... but no, Yougel refused to make the arrest. At four o'clock lie went honte. The honor of Froth and the student body had been saved. From this day on Ex-Texas Ranger Chief Yougel Lord High Potentate of the Leitzellites is Amnia. The column known as Old Mania is leaving our bed and hoard. 1 - feneeforthvie refuse to he resPon sible for any debts contracted by her. For a year and A half We've been more or less 'harried. to the lads', andit's with a Siah of relief that we Pass her MI to our successors. May he hhve Miich joy of her•; she's an, attractive wench to have around but powerful hard to provide for, and shreivish? Tch! Tch! So saying, 'we'll begin Min off. We realiie that we've never done justien to the Education School; bib Y. M. C. A., Student Coancili oY the'thiniSand 'other . superfluous deCora s timia of the College.; . BovieVer, in inisSin'g we offer our list; as is traditional, of great and infamous name's, and leave the cheilshed institu tions of uselessness for our• successor• to make faces at: Dengler Champlin Weiner Mitch Dickson : Tanner Hasek • Case Waller vs. 'Grhne • Aldirfei RitehMir Boucke Burrage Tschan Bezdek Eng. Comp. Dept. 'Journalism Dept Muck Haidt * * * * * Skoal ' =MEM A'S'bTHERS SEE IT ok.,- The Sage"Of 'San Simeon who recently has been ;filling his neWpapeys'With Propaganda for building up a big war machine finally came forward with a suggestion that California should celebrate a "de fenso day." The paper sales idea took well with his - readera and he immediately expanded—the pro poied "day" became a "week." GoVeimer RoTph, Who is starting his campaign machinery for reelection, agreed with the pUblither and issued a proclembtion setting aside the week oi February 10 to 17 ai•the time 'especially for drUm ming up sentiment favoring greater armament The favOrite theme of the jingo press is that the best way to keep neace is to be prepared for war. Tile United States is 'peace with the world, yet the jingoist arouse in the nation a morbid fear of being attacked . • . . Preparation for war is not and cannot be preparation for peace. Secretary' , of War George 11. Dern says arma- linehtWill never prevent war. In 'discussing the Wlarld War he said: "One object of the war was to abolish war. cl'hit object "certainly Was not achieved, for ;HuraPe is Still u powder keg and all nations are spending - snore money than ever for military pre-. paredriess. However, we won some things from the War , that Wei hot on the Peogeam. IFor example, nye had a - complete deMonstration of the fallacy of Che tradition that in•epdiedness nieVents war. That . 'is north something." On the Other hand we have: liessis: Hearst and 'Nett Week Ciiifeinin will bbierve a week of ide?inseifenionitiatieas against hairible ogees of war +yelhavi, White, ethereal. The people of the state into a Silly gig'of preparation ti) light viers to end, wars. ' . —Daily Californian OLD MANIA Thank God? NOTICE!! • ' • -VAN GUNNING-FOR PEACE THE PENN STAIE COLLEGIAN `Collegian' To the Editor Greetings, D. A. P. I sincerely en joyed your recent, inspiring article in the Letter Box. Listen, Sonny, or possibly you are of the other sex, any way, what I want to know is: Do you honestly believe that military ar maments are the cause of war? Do you believe that the Asiatic and European countries have spent mil !lions of dollars on. armaments and !placed the cream of their manhoed under arms so that - feW "unscrup ulous capitalists" ,can have a little fun with a nice war? You give evi dence of such beliefs, at any rate. That is also what the Socialists and Communists Would have the rest of us believe too, though they usually aren't. so bold-faced about it. ! I'm afraid Iwasted a good five min utes trying to:discaver you in the dir ectory but I must admit failure. You at least did not have any such diffi culty in discovering me, I hope... At any rate, speaking of psychology and • history (S. K. Stevens' courses ex cepted), your studies along these lines were obviously spent in - absorbing the products of sonic of our local lib eral clubs. What you evidently need is a little sound logic_ and some cent mon sense, with possibly a toWel to dry your ears. ' I ask you, why ,the armaments you speak about? fitter all, the people of Europe are paying, for them, and these same people .stand to wind up !under the sod according to you. Do you think a • French Man wants to I spend his money and get a bayonet in his belly, and that he wants to let those "obnoxious capitalists" have their "fun"? The qUestiOn is, why is he doing theSe "suicidal" things then? Instead of giving .him hell for doing them, Mr. Pacifist; why not take the trouble to find out his reasons for do: I ing then?? If you will ask a French man who is: not a Socialist what the reasons are, and if you ask any Ins tory prof. S. K. Stevens excepted) what the basic causes of war are, you r will receive the same answers. In! your process of reductio od absurdum,' you have concluded to place the blame for wars on armaments and capital ists. As for annements, we could abolish every weapon of modern war, I destroy every single implemen:, yet this little old world of ours could im mediately stage "the bloodiest war in the history of man. Abolishing ar maments doeSn't cure the causes fort their existence. These devilish mod ' ern implethents of War such as the airplane, tank, poison gas 'etc: don'ti win wars, though the lack of any one of them may mean defeat. They are accessories and auxiliary weapons *to enable the' soldier 'in the field to do his job and hold ground. The an cients fought andyron their wars with knives in SomelfOtn or, other, and if , - Modern weapons !mere abolished, a war could immediately be fought and won with • • knives. Ificidently the .World War wak.won With kniVes in the form of bayonets, just as all iva . rs before were won, and all futUre warS are likely to be won. No, Son, doing away with modern armaments wroitV cure war for•they are not the cause. As for blaming the capitalists for wars, all I have to say is, I'm a peaCe i loving man and I thank God the Soci lalists and Communists have never had I much chance to run the governments! iof the world. The "peaceful" riots in Paris and Vienna recently, and the, "quiet" demonstration in Madison,' Square Garden were far too vicious for a . "bloodthirsty" capitalist like ' I myself. What a ^grand opportunity' I these "benign and peaceful Socialists and Communists would :have for a "peaceful" world 'revolution if the armed forces of the present govern ments were removed! These gentle men • preach • pacifism, yet • they and their gullible converts have the nerve to point out the enormous "benefits" Wthich, would. go with 'the ovcrihrow of the capitalists. May,l suggest, dear D. A. P. that you review your psychology and his tory, and apply a little logic to the situation before your next attempt to kid the public? I realize you won't, follow my suggestions, but please bear in mind, Old . Son, I'm just as Strong ly opposed to wares you are. POLKA DOT SILKS 39 Inches Wide—WASHABLE 80 . a yafd EGOLF'S .i i e ljt ,ts P \ klr i . Boy! That Was a Good Meal! GET THE HABIT OF SAYING " MEET ME AT WA ' RD' S : ,1 `'124l Allen Stieit. ..: Letter Box To the Editor: I attended the Syracuse-Penn State boxing meet and came nway'wonder ing why a Penn State team has to participate in a contest under such incompetent officiating. I do not Mean the deeisions. They were bad enough/but "honietoWn" decisions I suppose, must be accepted. Ido be lieve, however, that all officials hand ling college sports shoud have some knowledge of that sport, in this case college boxing. It was'apparent that the referee Saturday had little knoivl edge of boxing, as done by college boys. Do not "The Powers That Be" at State College have something to say on the subject of officiali4 at the Meetings of the Boxing Association? lam not alone in my criticism. I haVe talked with Syracuie ,townspeo plc, Syracuse alumni, and Syracuse students who feel as I do that the meet was a diseredit to college box ing. Cannot something .be done to see that this condition will not he re peated? —A Penn. Sfnte Alumnus —o— IMMO! Saturday night Penn State was giv let a demonstration of a One of cour age seldom seen in athletics: _• I am referring, of course, to Captain Mc- Farlane of the basketball team. No Penn State athlete it has been my privilege to watch has displayed the qualities of a fighting heart bet ter than :McFarlane. Playing for two seasons under conditions that would make most boys quit, McFarlane stuck it out and finished his Career in a highly creditable manner. iWthatever McFarlane may have done to incur the disapproval of the student body should have had no place on the basketball court. What .he may have done off the basketball ,court was strictly his own business. lOn the court he attended strictly to ( paused business. If he could have paused for a moment Saturday night to see the jeerers turn to cheering when he made ready to attempt those free throws it might have given him some. little satisfaction to feel that he had done the best he could. As a player McFarlane was entitled to the same consideration as any other player. It is 'unnecessary to say that he didn't get it. I realiie, 'Mr. Editor, that there is no particular point in writing this let ter now. • McFarlane's basketball' playing is Water over the dani; but perhaps it is not amiss to „point out now that atMetei of the future should be accorded better treatment .. Let us not take the chance 'of' depriving ful tare Penn State teams of this type of fighting heart. To the Editor For the information 'of your read- ers, vre quote -a letter received from . 131 r. A. R. Elliott, SeeictarY of the National Council of Student Christian Associations: "My attention has been. directed to the statement by "J. C. M. '34" in the COLLEGIAN of February 19, in which it is implied that the Penn State Chris tion Association "was dismissed from affiliation with the National Y. M. C. A." Doubtless this already has been corrected by the editors, unless per haps such an implication is so 'con trary to common knowledge that no correction is considered necessary. Prechiely the opposite, I am glad to • . Pre-Easter Sale On DRESSES 15% REDUCTION • ON ALL SILKS 1110011 E • S DIESS SHOP New Baum Building C. M. '34 In thi FaFul.i.Y I "The entire running expense's of the College could be the . profits which the farmers of •Pennsylvania have made annually by using Penn sylvania 44' . wheat rather than any other kind in existence: ThiS breed was originated by a member of the College faculty—Dr. Charles F. Noll."• This excerpt was one of the College's strongest selling points during its eight million dollar bond isiue 'cam paign in 1928, • • , Syracuse, N. Y. February 28,1939 With but few. exceptions, Dr. Noll has bee'n Working on eiperiMental ag- Ironomy here since, 1908. He . has ispecialiied in aeleeting and cross lbreeding farm crops with the view of 'discovering better 'strains that would increase yields, quality, and resist ance to plant &seek , . His first note worthy contribution was "Pennsyl vania 44" wheat,' afterward named "Nittany" wheat. This wheat, when tested on farms thrinikhout the State s gave a decided increase in yield 'and quality over any kind yet discovered. It attracted na tion-wide attention' and spread rap idly, no that is is now by far the lead ing variety in the State. ' A strain 'of oats which the Penn State agronomist originated is also 'a best-seller in Pennsylvania. Dr. Noll was graduated here in 1906 and was appointed as an assist ant in the agronomy departaterit two years later. In 1911 he received his Master's degree from Cornell Univer sity. Twelve years later he received the degree of Doctor of Philoiophy at the same institution. Students En'ro'lled From All Counties, 15 States This Year Every county in Pennsylvania, fif teen other states; and two other con tinents are included in the territory repreiented by Penn . State's student body of 4,180 undergraduates, accord ing to the annual report from the of: Tice of the registrar. More than ninety percent of the un dergraduate enrollment is drawn from Pennsylvania, with Allekheny county sending 304, the largest number of. students. Centre county was second, followed by Philadelphia count y. Other states represented are Connec ticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Kentuckyi. North G'irrOlina,'Virginia, Vermont, and West Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. The _report . also shoved that 'the Prehhite'rian, faith, for the second eon= . secutive claims the largest num heraf ,ddhVien'ts, a V:4l 'O. - ' gain of fifteen over laSt'yee:Ys figure. 'Other large groups include Methodlit, Roman Catholic, tutherin, Reformed, Hebrevir, Protestant . EPiscopal, and Baptist. Teienty-seVen differentsects are represented. -P. N. S knoW, is thh case. Relations bath of ficial and pers'o'nal between the Na tional Courieil of the Y. M. C. A. and the Penn State Christian Association aro distinctly .harinoniouS and 're warding, and never have been Inoie so." , Carson W. Culp '34 President, P. S. C. A "WHENA TE4LE k . '. ,N...f;:p5"..-A FRIEND I< l. ,-.. 7 Monday Evening, March 5, 1934 Speaking'. Of Books - "An Economic Revolution" by Arthur B. Adams American voters today are divided I into three - groups—(l) those who be lieve the recent. economic changes are' Permanent and' will be expanded; - (2) those Who believe the recent eco noMic changes were warranted by the emergency, but that they. ore tempor ary and that with better times the old order Will.be restored; and (3) those who believe the economic change's Were and are wrong and that we should immediately abandon them and re turn to individualism and ' laissez faire. The author looks beyond even the' present Panaceas :ins° a ginfein . melit controlled future. "The Dollar, the Franc and Inflation" by E: L. Dulles. Money is a subject which influences every citizen. At once inflation ap peals as a means of lowering debt and 'providing more currency. This bOok atteinpts to show that inflation does not solve the debt probleni but rather makes it more difficult for the small debtoi'. The experienee of France is set forth as a , warning and the need ler a stable exchange value emphasized. • "Witch's Cauldran," "A Shadow Pass es," by Eden Phillpotts. These stories continue the study of a Stringn'personality begun in "Bred in the Bone." Against a beautiful background of rural England the sin ister influence and activities'of a re lentless Woman upon her son and dan; ghtei-in-law are developed. Murder is evolved and the porblem of a taint-. ed inheritance. "he Prophet" "The Wanderer," by Kahlil Gibran. Books of parables, poetry-and phil: osephy by one of the greatest genius es from the Near East, a poet whale works have been translated into twen ty languages, and a painter whose works have been exhibitdcl in the great capitals of the World. His Volumes "The Prophet," "The Wanderer" and other's Site: illustrated with his own drawings, "The World's Economic Dilemma;" 'by E. At .naterson It is all a question 4 international economics. How can a world 'econo- mically Unified and tinterdependent exist when it is, politically divided and ev'ea, sub-divided? Population, pro , . duction, markets, finance and many Other questions are involved. The United StateS, Great Britain, Prande, Germany, and Japan receive 'special study:,.. • Di% Gfae S. Dodson Osteopathic Physician Ifeatherhloom Apartments No. 3 PHONE 10624 112 E. Ilittany .Are.,, State Callan L B. MINGLE SHOE REPAIRING 116 South Frazier Street When a Collapsible 'cellar makes yon look pretty silly... forget' t, With a ful of BRIGGS. This tranquil tdbaCco brings peace after panic. Long seasoned in weed, ifs rate, iplOtObaeces are to ifilldneSs. There'S not a biteina fui of ititiobS ... the blend a fellerne'eds...
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