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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published serol , weekly during the College Year. except on holiday%
by students of The Penneylrania,State C.ollene, in.the littered of the
College. the students. faculty, alumni, and friends.
THE MANAGING HOARD
CHARLES A. MYERS '34 FREDERICK L. TAYLOR 14
Editor . .11usIness Manager
GEORGE A. SCOTT '24 HAROLD J. BATSCH 14
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
WILLIAM M. STEGMEIER 14 IL. EDGAR FURMAN 'B4
- • Amtistant. Editor Loral Advertising Manager
BERNARD 11. ROSENZWEIC '34 JOHN C. IRWIN 14
-News Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
JAMBS SHEEN '34 FRANCIS WACKER 14
Sports Editor Classified Advertising Manager
MITI! N. HARMON '34 MAE P. KAPLAN '34
Wornen's Editor Wanton's Managing Editor
EVA M. DLICHFELDT 14
Women's News Editor
Tema B. Ilentty jr. 15 John A. Brutgrnan P,IIIIIIP W. Fair jr. '35
A. Cnnri i ilniges 15 Kenneth C. 'Littman .:sr, Burton Rawl. jr.
James P. V7iittnn jr. Fred W. Wright IS
Harry d. Knelt '35 H. Kenneth Lyons . 35 lack A. Martin '35
John 1. Mathews '35 Geotge A. Rutledge '33 Earl C. Keyser Jr. 15
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Marcia 13. Daniel '33 Elmie M. Dnahat '33 Mnignret W. Xingloe '33
Editorial Office, 113 Old Main Telephone 5011
Business Office, Nittany Printing Bldg—Telephone 292-I'V
Managing Editor This 'astir.
o, lovm Editor Thht home
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1984
ELIAUNATING KEY CUTBACKS
Saveralmonths ago it was suggested in these col
umns that the petty graft in key and favor contracts
, be eliminated by inaugurating a system of compeiitive
bidding. There has been , definite evidence even this
year that jewelry salesmen are still offering small sums
money to student organization heads in return for
the key contract. This practice is a hangover from the
days when the key job went to.the salesman with the
biggest offer. The salesmen, on the other hand, were
forced to do this in order to survive, for the one who
gave no cutbacks received no business.
Now, howevei,when the student attitude seems to
be against such practices, it is time to set up a System
which will preventthe return of the cutback game. The
original objection to the
.competitive bidding scheme
was that (lies forkeyS would cost too*Much and that the
jewelry companies would be unable to compete on such
an uncertain basis: This,,hoWever; is definitely not the
case. The profit on individual . key; is enough , to cover
the cost of the die, even if the contract is held for only
Competitive bidding, therefore, would Operate in
this manner. The' organization desiring a hey .would
invite all the jewelry companies represented here to sub
mit sealed•bids for a certain design and grade of key.
Tho bids would then be opened at a meeting of the ei 7
ecutivo board of the organization, and the contract
would automatically.be given to the lowesthidder. The
same process wouldthen be repeated every year
.Such a plan is distinetlymore buainess-like.and fair
than the present - procedure .
,ii- It. :would probably save
each organization small'amount on key contracts by
securing lower prices.
,Furthermere,it would elimlnetc,
petty graft among by awarding contracts on
the basis of lowest price instead •of 'biggest' cutback.
Finally, it would give the jeweli'y salesmen a chance to
compete on the bdsis of quality and price goods rather
thin on tha basis of favoritism; and Chi . selling, aiiin the
RUSHING FRESHMEN WOMEN
. . .
°pea again comes the.inevitable discussion of second
semester rushing for freshman women. This question
is now facing the Prinhelienic Council, and what is more
important, the Student NVOlfere Committee of the Col
lege• Senate: •
lit previous yeah .it•has been:brought up for eon
siderOion,- and th'eii, aftei‘ a sufficient: time, dropped
very politer
Yet - every - year some
attempt of revision all i; , Let's have`some
final action on the matter. The women's student body
has been trying• to further the best interests of the
freShman women in this respect for a long.time. POr
haps this year the : Senate committee will feel qualified
to tome to a definite decision, and then the matter can
rest fOr .n few years.
• Ono of the strongest arguments for second semester
rushing of freshman 7.liomen: is that under the present
circumstances no attentien is, paid : to these students who
have just left high schoOl and are now immersed in a
new order of living. Unfortunately .the members of
Cwens, the sophomore society which is supposed to look
after the .freshmen„arethemselves being rushed by,the
fraternities so that they have little time to dwell upon
the needs of the fi4siiinen.
The freshmen,:ieft to their own deviCes, are first
bewildered by the strangeness and then become despon
dent and go home; or they stick it out, but acquire :It
the sane time a distorted perspective„ of the hipor,tanCe
of the various sides of their college education. Either
they spend all their time in studying, or they go wild
over the dating facilities offered by this institution, or
they become so absorbed in activities that they neglect
everything else.
A women's fraternity has, of necessity, certain
standards of 'scholarship. A freshman taken into a
group such as this would be urged to study, and perhaps
even taught how, if necessary. LikeWisei the social edti . 7
cation of the freshman woman would not be neglected.
Sho would be encouraged by her associates in the fra
ternity to take part in tho social life .of the College.
Then, too, every Wonien'a fraternity fosters extra
curricular activities as a means of broadening its mem
bers'.views and acquaintenees. Too many freshnien.be-
come so narrow that nothing outiidb of. thetrotyn room
and friends holds the slightest interest for thorn. A
friternity's guidance here li!'ould sometinies'MeMi' tho
OLD MANIA
There's a heap o' hummin' around the office of
our graduate manager of -athk.tics these days. As a
rule, this absent-minded professor business turns out
to be a lot of movie lukewarmness not worth its salt.
We've never More questioned the lucidity of Neil
Fleming, but he's eligible at last. Oyez, oyez. Conic
in closer.
To begin, Neil isn't a professor (check this:)
He:goes downtown every noon for a paper, however,
and leaves his car motor chuggingwhile he completes
a deal. Not so long ago he was returning to his oil
burner, paper in arm, when he was greeted by Chick
'Warner, who had something to tell him. They talked
a while. They talked another and still another while.
In the bitter end, Chick offered Neil a ride home.
Chick's a gentleman. Neil was tired. lie accepted,
and they churned down the street, leaving Neil's
buggy purring away at the curb.
If anybody sees Fleming before we do, tell him
where his car is. Tell him it's just where he left it
~in front of the Times office, a couple doors from
ex-Burgess Lederer's hangout.
James It. Beatty jr.
Conrad Ilniges '45
They don't waste words at the University Club.
A spade is a spade down then ; and not a hoe, card
!Ni l e form of shovel or technical label for how faSt
•o going. The U clubmen were selecting a group
of rnegazines to decorate the library table when
the "Nation" slipped in on the list. But it didn't.
Tate to. all. Three. or four of the gang wrote "too
.radical" on the approval slip.
Forever and forever, little bits of human interest
will crop out in newspaper copy baskets. Our ever
vigilant captain of the advance guard found this
particular bit buried beneath soma less important
stories such as the bombing of the library and th . e
assassination of the entire Administration. It was
written by a freshman gal repOker whose sincerity
we admire' greatly , . She tried and she succeeded.
She didn't write h'er little gem for this department,
hut We have it, and if it were possible, we'd have it
printed in capital letters of pure gold. here 'lid:
"Cdrl Bechdel 'l6 is terribly hard to get out of bed
in the mornings to go to his math class, his lather,
Dr. Samuel I. Beattie!" of the department of dairy hus
bandry said in an interview with the COLLEGIAN late
today."
That word Nate" may makes the story
Aramis and Porthos are dead these many yearS.
IYArtagMan, iong may he ride, is living right here in
our midk Of course, he's incognito; if -you knew
thoSD'Artagnan of yesterday, you will recognize him
as one of our little family today. Isis, alins is "E'red
r*inner7 and he's doWn from liarAnionth. .
Craving saddle leather and the feel of a whip in •,
his hand' Winner Med i c off to the local liVeries where
he; : rCnted a ''rein-it-yourself." He , loped blithely'
around the bOunds of Mt Nittany"until he Zeus tired,. I
then . rode . a spell to relieve the monotony.. 'Hunger
brought him briek to State College finally. Evidently,
.flse was thinking about'tho'hOrse too, because he tried
to take bins into the angle room for a three-course
dinner hey to bran. They absolutely would not serve
the horse at the angle rm.
"Well, what the hell,"thought Winner, "I'll take
him swimming." Frustration again. There were no
horses allowed in the pool during mixed group hours.
"Okay," went the Winner brain, "we'll charge up to
'Grange Dorm." So thinking, he galloped away to a
hitching post on front of said dorm. Frustration jr.
`'Scram," - .tho , ddim coritents,.said ; and scram he•did.
dud it all by jogging home, a .;Or.:
rowful:YoutK•aYgenileni4n and 'a soldier of mettle.
• Whsi couldn't he have put his steed to bed 'and
made u novel out of an incident?' Anyway, we like'
the 'stuff In your veins, p'Artagnan, and we hope
you'll remember us, to your two pals. "
The Kaniae is a bitter-ender. He's a mugwump,
a .renegade, and there no difference. between a mug
wump and a renegade. There is a difference between
the Maniac and a guy what'abad fifteen-years of edu
cation, though. Head bowed, ostracized and hued a
. •
deep red, he apologizes for dangling a participle in
your porridge. Never . again, he' swears, . only speak
to him,.somebody. Tell hint all right, and "there's
good' fellow." • —,THE MANIAC
unearthing of a yersonality, perhaps Oen a leader. If
,fraternities were allowed to - do this, fewer freshmen
women would leave College hecauSe of homesickness and
the Mirriber of valuable : girlS in each succeeding class
would bo noticCably increased.
Second semester rushing of freshman would also
be much better for fraternity women. Instead of three
I rushing periods,one for sophomores, one for transfers;
and an illegal one for freshmen; there would be just one
Period for all women—at the beginning of the' second
semester. This would give the fraternity women a
.chance .to do something besides running after-prospec
tive members all year. It would also make it far more
,economical for the fraternities and much easier to abide
by the MlShing regulations.
Why not give the:fraternities chance to , become
a' force for constructive work, among .the 'freshman
women and why not give,the freshmen a chance to make
,the most of the posSibilities they bring to college with
them? The best interests of the women may lie along
this course as much . paalong , the one which has caused
diimitisfaZtion for;thePaSt .fpar . or five years...
Peace of Mind
We Choose n `lag
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-N. B. D
'IME PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
M. I. 'OPEN HOUSE
PROJECTS STARTED
Visitors To' See.:§chool in Full
Operation During First
Affair; March 21
Penn State students and facutry
members will have their - first •oppor;
tunity to see ,the Mineral Industries
School, including research.' projects
and experimental work in full opera
tion, at the firat . Minerai . .lnduStrics
Open ffouse,' in ihe School building
here next Wednesday night,lNfarcli2.l...
To present Abe open house; which
will be the firSt affair of its kind ever
to be held here, faculty members and
students wilVeonperate,.se,that..erarY
facility of the School will be in action.
Work on senior. theses; eadUate re
search, andmndergaduate demonsta
tions will be diiplayed to visitors.
28 IteseaccirProjects Underway
. .
A total . "of .; - twenty-eight- research
projects now - ..underwaV.' will be. seen .
at the, open:4lom Included .in the
projects are exhibits of metals, as well
as coal, glanS . ;oir, and' brick triater,
leis. Facultyi.,rnembers•of the Sehool
will conduct most of their experiments
as demonstrations for the visitors.
Included among the special fe4ures
to be exhibifed2during the display ire
a peg model showing asublstirfaCe,pf
Western anCNortherryPentiiylvania,
I a working nicKfel u puraniag.New
a geologic relief map of Pennsylva
nia, a demon4fration of. oxy-acetylene
welding, and , U demoUstration off-
band glass working from a gl ass
, pot.
To ti c tigii'Gas Devices
Among the -!undergraduate ,demon
strations whieh; : 'irlsitors . willare
an exhibit of Abe 41141*
sands of Pennsylvania;, demonstra
tion of the physical . te'stini; of metals;
,
and showings. of .crushing.and grind
ing exnerintentii testing,oL air drill;
fuel testing, and microscopic' studks
of thin section's, of rocks.
• In room 203, - according to the pro
gram which will be distributed.to. vis
itors, will be' Sounddenionstrations
of natural gas'ineasurerneni devices;
natural, gas ,pressure controllers; de
termination of gai.densities, oPer4ifin
of a miniature air-gas,lift for, oil.
duetion, precisd , fiactional
lation
. .
apparatus, And oil testing apparatus..,
DR. JON-PS_RPANS
IN CHAPEL SP . SUNDAY
Rebuilding of• Soul Thiough Insight
Into Eteinity,',l.dvoctited
. .
Collei4Trofessor.
"The. nlajo.r ,- ,tas . y. , of
rel t u Pd:
through, file temporal and. an:
insight; which will eauble us toaive:in:
1 1,11c:domain 0f,:e*r1itV!,1,7% , A344#1 , M:
.I:thies,"progesiOrfot\ philiispOrtitar4v.,"l
erford if."4:441: seinri9es
yesierday : ,
The sneaker eoinparcd prespnt
scientists: tO
gether a - jig-ifisiliiruage latLra
of the pieces . . , irere, Tliesa
pieces tie kjentifiCtl Iyith - th:a aspects.
"We must - congaei• .tha world wjieri
ever it th . rea . fenaij.6' defeat oir spir t
its," the visitor declared. "goaeihii*
has chilled our a timisin and hiffled,
our. milts,' headded.
,
You cant build a,i,reOt.4fe on
ativitk,." Dr. Jorisisca,u4oned'lds44i
(Nonce. "I en1i6.,Y,9n,f0. 1 ?P
or . iinin i s .W Wo, i ivo in .Pie . t!i?
worlds of man. nod : said
in elOsing. j,
REDENK, WEInfER, HIBpMAN
SPEAK AT , ALUNNi rtiETING.
Coaches Frederick J. Bedenk and
....
Charles D. Werner, . the , Schci . 9 . l
of Physical Ednciitionk. _,'and Ed-.
ward K. Ilihshioarl,.. secretary_ of
the Alumni Association, were
. guest
speakers at the .rreetiiid , of the -Cam
bria County Alurani .aisociation held
at the Jenny . %Wade restaurant in
Johnstown ThUrsclaY
Coach Bedenkiriolie,of;tha.atfileiia
developments' College .and,
proipects for nekt - ;s%ear. Coach
ner related the :experiences which" he
has had since - :talting post of
track coach at:PerinfState.-
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Speaking
Qf
Bodki
Turning from fiction to other fields,
it is well to mention first a new book
on Russia by Maurice Hindus, than
Whoni there is no more notable inter
preter M the new Russian life and in
stitutions; particularly When it relates
to agrieAtnie."The Great Offensive"
describes.the atther's most recent vis
its in Soviet Russip. The first glum
our lists worn oft and the new govern
lrapntcarind on by a tremendous en
letcretinetien for the
establishment of the new economic and
socipl order surmounts, crises which
would have crushed a less determined
. • • .
group. Famine, 'misery, and a stead
ily lowering. standard of living 'are
met and checked by an increasing in
dustrial production the loyalty of, the
younger par , t..ot, the adult _population,
an 1:1
d ); the promise of the future. Mr.
Hindus, feels that no matter what bap,
bensszthe revolution .cannot be over
thrown.,po*... This volume, as well as
u s. previous - Wroilis, is well written,
ntithoritativefrom personal..obscrva- I
tion, and unusually. interesting.
The , - outstanding characteristic. of
i4ekatilre in the. twelfth , century,
.ac
curdiag,to.,Professor Werner, it is ten
oieneriMeat with words, with
Onctuition; with plol, with ideas in
the novel in ,Poetry and in the drama.
Veitrude Stein has been one of there
eoerinieniera.and most of her work
has.. help frankly unreadable. Her
4 ,A - iifohiographi of Alice Toklas "
'Mei is in reality her own . autobio
graPhY,,is difficult. It is readable, it
is interesting. It appeared.serially in
she.,.!!Atiaptic. ; Monthly.'.' It contains
', mugh ; n ;addition about the, modern
i'improvement, 41. t in Ftlance . with
frequent g . limnies of Picasso, Matisse.;
itild:Others.
T.ManY•liinds, of •people arc enjoying
'reading ?alliday. Sutherland's "Arches
oiii tbe.Yeirs.' . It bears a certain sim
ilarity tci."San , Micliezile" bUtis more
normal, more• htnnorous, more inter
tasting. It tells the story of a Scotch
tdoctor who Ms .. .some 9sciting.adven
inret, wad a sportsman,. Went, whale
fiShing, and • Went hull fighting. 'But
utter all .ihe'best . part of his book deals
with his Medical practice at hoMe.
i .."LiS in the *king," by Dr.' A. F.
glitiilEtoe,r;ii an interesting and Ont..
sien . dini - .yoldme on medical.science
fOr; the , . mentally adult 'reader writ
ian- ii , a leader in his profession in
piglish Of: uripSual excellenee:Seience
fei:the,alithOr is an. exciting advert-
fuze. add lie,; to, convey.;dili, iiiiiiii: id' his. writing.' His field
edygAz i r:l4, tyF-liiti!cigy pf reiiroduc- 1
.:is de
tto4l;:WajOclio9iy. of. sex. He
4 , ehepicals,butlinsists :that .oar. twes
eyt,lintr4eoge 114. very. definite.lim
itatione and that we have not: raathed
ijAVERFORD, CONVENTION ENDS
•-..."Race in the ...World , Today"' was
the iepic. ntStudent conference
kaverfOrd _College,. which , ended
.yesterday. Renresentatives,from the
A. were: Roy lg. - Pecker, of
the r ,:agrieultural extension dephrt-,
..Harlan, J. Smith. . Grace.
'3:7,',Deryl S. Hicks '37, and
•Doiothi, J. Mergenthaler . '34.
Clean comi;okable
Roiths'at
MOderate Rates
Dining ROom Attchied
Penn State Hotel
atunpti tti Street
Plane 9640
42MMIiii
Union Will Continue
Investigatind Cases
The Student Union investigating
committee. .ripresenta
tiVes. of three societies .and clubs
regarding theirappacerillSr high
fees in Room sos, Old Main, tomor
row night, beginning at 7 o'clock
when the Penn State Aero club will
be considered.
At 7:30..01c10ck, ,the. committee
will hear Gamnia Alpha Mu, gym
nastic society, apd o'clock,
representatives of .Discolml4. phy
sical education`society ; `will iiresent
their case. .
WERNER EXHIBIT SHOWN
IN ROOM K OF LIBRARY
Other Contributions 'Made .By Wood;
Nichols, MOson For Displity
Illustrating various phases of con=
temporary American literature, an ex,
hibit composed material
,possessed
by Prof. William L. Weiner; of the
department of EngliSh' liteiature, is"
now on display in Room IC of the Col=
lege library. Additional contributions
are from the collections of
,Prof, David:
D. Mason ; of the Romancelanguages"
depaltment, and Profs. EdWard "3.
Nichols, and liandell N. Wood, of the
English Composition departraent.
First editions, rare books; auto
.graphs, letters, facsiiniles, maps, and
magazines from the '9o's until ;the
present time - are, included in:the rcol=
lection., The paterinl . ii grouped,pa.
der the headings: The Gay, and Tragic
Nineties, Greenwiclh • Village
and O'Neio,. The Experiinentat Mag
azines, The New,Peetry, The Censor=
ship .War, Sinclair Lewis, Other Nov
elists, and The tolyumists.
Nine first editions of. AIM Vickers
from as many:countries. is one of the
items that is especially T"interesting
from a collectoi'a viewpoint. An is
sue of The 'Seven Arts - Magazine in
which O'Neill's firstr and one short
story, appetired, illastrates one of the
examples of literary develoPment in
the exhibit The dinlinatOo notes
prepared by Professoi Vertier to ac
company the exhibit enhance' its in
.
S3OO GIVEN . TO CHINA' WORK
Approximately $300.00 was -.contri
buted in a drive among' faculty MOM
be'rs for Penn State in China; `accord,
ing te; PrOf.Williand Al BrOyles,lOcal
faculty ailministratiii. He said the res
ponse was very gratifying' for the
project and WaS dUe mainly to the
Work doriel by George W. "Daddy"
Tiyq of New
,g ( !ts and
Sivaggr Suits
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MondaylEvening, March 12; 1934 ,
W
DROP. SPORTS, TAX
Petitions Requesting Renioval of
Federal Assessment 'Sent
To state Senators',l ;
With a . view , toward having.. Fed:
eral taxes bn . attendance at College
athletic ,events removed, athletic
thorities bora . ire making efforts to
bring about action on all dual aial'in
tercellegiate , progirams, it . bocame.
Letters-have heensent to all Penn
sylvania
. CO l ngressmen and' Senators
at Ayaihington, D. C.,' asking their
support in having .action taken upon
which would eliminate
admisr-
Sion taxes on nthletie events in.
RecreatiOn hall and New Bever field.
Replies have keen received, With:near
ly all'giving their sanction to theidea
and- promising support or giving tn.
dicationlhat they stndy the
nuittei.nlOnely."
Expect,Aaion ni,; Week
• .It is•not generally known wberr the
bill. Will be introiluced, in the House
of • IrePreientativis ':for ?preliminary
eonsideration, but College . authorities
expect 'aCtiOn on, thet measure. some
time this week. - - - .The'"bill, 'however,
will. probably - not receive final .action
for enactment before ,April, was
The efforts of the College are not
being taken entirely on - its.own behalf
innd other colleges and universities in
the East are. cooperating. Director
Hugo ,Bezdel, - of the School, of PhySir ,
cal -.Education and ?Athletics,, is
chayge tlid:negotiations here. •
In sending,letters to legislative rep..
resentatives, the ,College has Pointed.
_out that the ian per cent amusement
tax on gatereceipts here is work
ing a hardship on the' finanCing
intercollegiate ' athletics.-. Th e ., tax
was, placed on all intercollegiate sports
events hi' 1932. ' •