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Nlitlllolllll,liOr This Issue
News I:ditor This
TIITJRSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1934
HAT SOCIETIES CHANGE
It seems a step in the right direction when the
two upperclass hat societies set a maximum of twenty
men to be Ind in coming years. Poi. some time, these
societies have suffered a loss in prestige on the campus
because of the almost indiscriminate admission of uprier-
classinen who have achieved any degree of distinction
\Vhen :1 society becomes too large, nothing ean•.he
•iecomplished, and to the layman, membership means
little. A selected few, however, point to 'the societies'
wish to achieve the ultimate goal of honoraries—rthe
selection only of men who truly deserve the recognition
hat membership in such an organization should give.
Like Parini Notts and Skull and Bones, Blue Key
has adopted changes in its election methods, but. it
seems questionable us to whether or not the changes in
the latter organization have been an'imnrovement. Many
members of the society were astonished to learn that a
meeting was held last night at which time membership
for. the coming year was decided
Most honoraries find it advisable to hold smokers for
rushers to the society, at which time the brothers look
over the prospective members in itn• effort to sectira
only the most desirable type of men as Pledges. Blue
Key, however, holds to no such rule. .
Fur Cher, it is customary for most societies to notify
all members of meetings, more especially important Ones
such as those when pledging is discussed,. but Blue Key
holds distinctly to the middle road on .this .quest4M,
inviting a portion of the membership to such meetings,
while the balance is perhaps overlooked.
It is evident that the motive was not a political one,
inasmuch as twenty-four men, the total nuthber eligible,
were balloted upon favorably. It seems evident that only
the highest type of man is elected to first assistant
manugerships, because all who have been so honored
were elected to the junior honorary, even though no get
together was held at which the members had the oPpOr
tunity to meet the eligible sophomores.
Admittedly, membership in a hat society is not the
most serious step in one's college life, nor should a man
need to possess too stringent qualities for such member
ship, but two qualifications seem almost imperative. The
present members should be given a chance to meet the
rushees, and should at least have a chance to express
their consent to pledging iilieonting members : of ..thOr
STUDENTS' AND POLITICS
The National Student Federaiion of America urges
that student political clubs be established in colleges and
universities Sor the purpose of "fighting against the
hypocrisy, witchcraft, and corruption of the present
Political set-up."
The Federation realizes that a great possibility
for action lies in this field, providing sonic way may.
lie found to awaken the American student from his 'Com
placent lethergy. With the educational facilities that are •
available in almost any institution in the country, there
is little reason why the campus should not furnish solu
lions for many of the current problems.
A united undergraduate group iihould be able to
master sufficient strength to force politicians to follow
their wishes to a certain degree. The difficulty seems
to he in interesting the average student in perfecting.
the machinery •which would command res-pect frcnn
legislators.
It is pathetically true that college undergraduates
know very little about the problems facing the govern
ment, at the present time, while at the same time they
offer surprisingly few suggestions as cures for these
troubles. Few seem to realize that the present facilities
afford the best opportunities for the Most satisfaitory
solutions.
At once the cry goes up froin conservatives Cita
Flick clubs would become seething centers of student
radicalism. But it is far better that a bit of socialism
or communism creep into the makeup of the under
graduate mind than that it remain the complacent blank
which holds shallow nonchalance more important than
the seriousness with which the future must be faced. ,
Ever since Pitt denounced professional focithall •
we have felt that the great intercollegiate game wits =
on the wane and that It would soon be necessary to'
find some substitute; a substitute that would be even
more thrilling and, at the same time, of greater berm
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lit. We think we have the answer.
Why not Intercollegiate R. 0. 'T. C. rivalry,
real bullets and everything. After all, as the
Rottissie serfs only Stand around clicking empty rifles'
and rubbing lumpy, orange ilicieS against their's - hanks;
The fault is the boys ; have no spirit, no incentive, no,
pride in the Old. School! What the lads need is some
gond, brisk, wholesoMe, manly competition! •
Why not prepare our 'boys for 'Mr-Hearst and
war by giving them a taste of the •real•thing?
With the aid of grandstands fronted:with
proof glass, thousands of spectators could witness the
'slaughter of American manhood'. that they - hpve
heard so much about. Rutgers men'could
: really (i!c ,
for the dear old school. .The onlOokerS could• yell
'shoot' a - thousand times more often - thon is, cus
tomary at the average basketball game. OOe'llitenour
could actually earn his salary. Rotissie, • instead
being something drab and uninspiring, -. vvoilld becoMe
tremendously vital to hundreds of :students. The •
Com.EntAN could feature five murder :yarns in :every
iate ;dress
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Charles M. - Sehwurle • jr. '36
Vane, 0. haekard '36
issue. There would he news stories such as—
Displaying. a firing advance that soon
strewed the ground with 'Cornellrnen, the •
Nittuny Lion Varsity Battalion easily out
manoeuvered and out-fought the Ithaca Bal.
letnian in Saturday afternoon's slaughter at
MeCaskey Field to gain the chance to wipe out
Penn next Saturday.
Incidentally, what with all the •casualties, .new
captains could he elected every game -or so : and the
Outt.inotii —reporters, could
_lead .i'faactnating
playing scoop all over the ArlOory.
,Bucknell could lie re , arded fgibirn...,
legioh outfit subject to hire by ' all the., blue : blood
colleges such as Yale, Princeton, and 4itivaril.
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If the number of recruits on t he ,vicithity, Wair.to
be limited the .e.tcesiicould see crab:in:in short. inkrh
niural skirmishes in which., let us sity,:theki 20);
would kick hell out of the Betas. Tire: W
could furnish'iloughtints and hot coffee ier • the brave
lads who were in eic for the glOrY of bld State
and a' roken lek t Ol rn the Bezdelc CUP. , •
The School Of Education cotdd serve fittihglitts
the Intelligence bureau, while Prefessor Banner:mind
hizve a special stebl turret in the center of iletsiCei
Field from which he could peer intently toward Winn
Nittany for the 'first sign of. the Ited'Army front the
City College of blew York. All his !.men' eotild hp tear
correspondents and wear irattlies oVerline.eYe.
The National Championship would take :plfice
at a colossal Rose Bowl Battle in.the Caand CaffS , int
between Joel Sure's Carna'rsieShaiiihoo t tenr:4lnl
the Uilies of Pitt. The use;:of ectma
would be peimiitied'iniithis
CAMPUSEER
MIZIMEI
OUR OWN ARMAGEDDON
Greeted by a gigantic roar -of approval
I rein ten thousand throats, the first casualty
occurred when Captain Mielienz, was struck
down by a stray grenade while he was smok-
ing. a cigaret behind the line of attack
BOX SCORE
Casualties Ts Officers
Perm State Captain 3tielien2
Cornell No Luck
Casnratics In flanks
Penn State _AP)
110
Field Yardage Gained
3,0413
Penn State
Cornell
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JUNIOR•BL'AZ'ERS TO GO
ON "DISPLAY• TOMORROW
Sport teit'in Blue, White To Have
Re aoAa tr . !•Co I leg e Seal
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The new, land i tblazer will , be on
'display In biark Btothers and Harper's
store all .clay tomorrow• and In the
Corners over the,- week-end, Michael
Zeleznock '3s;corrimittee chairman an
nounced yesterday, ,
The blazer in tailored like a sport
coat: It belted batk, pleated
Pockets, and hi-swing shoulders, em
bodying all-the Ilie:st sports touches,
Zeleznock, said: . " It is made of flannel
and will be, available in plain blbe or
white without piping, A removeble
College, seal - will be on the upper left
hand -- pcielcdt,' '• A feininine model is
also available,
Orders will he . Mken by members of
the committee, or at Stark 'Brothers
and :Harper's. Each coat will ha made
:to measurements. Any student who is
st . member Of one of the two upper
classes may buy u blazer.
This yeiiils.:)cilaner is different front
ithosi orall . dilieyious years In that the
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Neeting The needs of the limes •'. sat .alt
New- Librark,
Think?' the fourth of a series of let
ters by Willard P. beivii,-College'li
brarian. This article dents with the
necessity of new hook ithicks.'
, The annual book 'acceSsiOns:•for" the
college year ending June 30; 1930
totaled 000. For the ypar ending
! June 30, 193 , 1 they ex . peed,9soo
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I or an increase of thirty-seVen percent.
llt is unthinkable that this annual in
crease shall drop. • Rather At must
further increase our present total of
155,000 volumes to -500,000 volumes in .
order to adequately support our-pres
ent curriculum which covers a consid
erably wider area than Purdue Univer-
I city or lowa State College' and stands
somewhere between those institutions
and Illinois or Ohio State University.
Further the location of the Pennsyl
• vania State College distant from the
large cities denies it the supporting
aid of neighboring
.institutions such
as University 'of Pennsylvania . and
Pittsburgh have. '" -•
The library has within the'last. two
months. added shelving to the. last
A.M E RI CA'S
available space in the Carnegie build
ing. When that is used we must be
gin to occupy temporary storage
places as near to the central library
as possible for the less used books un
til the new building is ready.
The new building. stacks, will also
solve one other problem. •It will
neither be feasible nor necessary: to
keep adding shelving to the branch
libraries.' Only live, active material
needed in curricula of the various
schools will be shelved there. ' The
,seldom used books will be'deposited in
the stack rosin of the . centrarlibrary.
Hence it must be built . with a capacity
of 500,000 volumes. at the start and
I with arrangement for expansion later
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ctirry • 1,000,000 volumes.
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Thdrsday Evening, April 19;1934
'BELL' CANDIDATES TO MEET
Opening competition' 'for.. freshnien
interested • in business staff work on
the' Old Main lien, student literary
and opinion magazine, William M.
Stegmeier' '34, — editor, - announced to
day that the first meeting. for fresh. ,
men interested would be held •in the
publications office, Room 310,, - Old
Main at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night.
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