Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published seini•wenkly during the Collage year, except on holidays. by students of The Pennsylvania State Collette. In the Interest of the Colley, the students, faculty, alumni. and friends. JOHN A. BRUTZMAN '35 JACK A. MARTIN '33 Editor Business Manager FRED W. WRIOI11"35 011011 CR A. kuTLEDGE Sport" Editor Circulation Manager KENNETH C. HOFFMAN '33 11. KENNETH' LYONS '33 s . lll,lllKing EdilOr Local Advertising Manager .1 AMES It. WATSON .111. '33 HARRY .1. KNOPF '35 Antklant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager PHILLIP W. PAIR JR. 'B5 JOHN J. MATTHEWS 'B5 Atti.tant Managing Editor heel. ForPign AdVenking Manager A. CONRAD HAICES '33 EARL C. KEYSER JR. '35 Needt Editor A.A. Local Advertiting Manager JAMES 1111/PITY .111. '35 MARC:MD.7F W. KINSLOE '33 News Editor Women's Managing Etlitor MARCIA I:. DANIEL 315 ELSIE M. HOUTHErI"3S Woown't Ediior Wornens Newt Editor 1k.r , ..“‘ jr. '36 IY. Heronrtl Vro.lsti,../1 '3l; Vance 0. raelmr.l . 36 Harry H. jr. %SG IVillium I'. MeDoWell ':11; John V.. Miller jr. '34; giintle. C10ar1.... M. Sellwart, jr. 11.11 i, Evans *:l4 %Vl'titan IL Ile,!mum %111 I,L.nanl II .I nil W..olwrltelltrer jr. 11. SLirlile '36 I= 1.. Muryl„•l Com.1•••••11 I(„eiil,•r %II: A. ' , rani.. Turner Editnrial Office, 313 Old Main Telephone 500 Business Office, Nillany Printing Bldg..._Telephone 292-W NI:014,611g kililOr 1111.4 Isque New, Dlitor 'Finis MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1939 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME Believing that daylight-saving; time would be ad vantageous to the Student body, the COLLWAN is inter viewing. al lln iniArative and borough authorities to determine whether or not such a move can be made for the balance of the semester. At the same time, repre sentative students will be asked for their opinions on the matter. Two years ago, a similar effort was made on behalf of daylight-saving time, but the venture died an inglori Otis death at the hands of the Board of 'trustees who be lieved "that such a change would he impractical the students would have only a limited time to enjoy the time change." After two years have elapsed, these arguments still seem weak. Evenings, the only time for recreation here, a•e admittedly inadequate at the present. Sunlight in the morning, on the other hand, is totally wasted on any normal, self-respecting student. It seems a simple move for this isolated community to push ahead one hour the hands of the community clocks. No national or international significance need ac company the action; no history will he written by the movement, but student convenience will be greatly en- Another hour of daylight would be a boon to ath- laic teams often handicapped'hy late afternoon classes. Intramural athletics should benefit by another hour when activity is possible, while those who derive greatest en- joyment from plain loafing will be able to do so in much pleasanter environment Daylight-saving should prove of value to the itu dent. Probably the matter will again die a calm; ad ministrative death. But mighty good seasons for the death should! he advanced if respect and cooperittion from the students are desirable. R.O.T.C. COMPROMISES Students looking for loopholes through which to escape two tiresome years of R.O.T.C. should be in terested in the point of view held by President R. C. Bressler, of. Rhode Island State College at a 1t.0.T.C. Conference of Patriotic Societies in Washington a few days ago. Bressler at one time was Vice-Dean of the School of Agriculture here. Terming his plan "silent treatment," President Bressler suggested that the administrative excuse quiet ly a conscientious objector or two rather than to expel them, thus bringing down a lot of publicity whidh would rail attention to the fact that there was oppoSitiOn to military training. This should encourage under7grad notes who for the past several years have been making a drive for.the abolition of compulsory. military training It is surely an admission of weakness, on the 'Tit or al least- one institution, when the adminiStrat'or realizes that the publicity resulting from the expulsion of a student for refusing to take the course outweighs the values and benefits to be derived from four seines- tern of gun-toting and note-taking on such highly inter esting subjects as stable management and the obliga- lions of citizenship from a physicist's point of view THE STUDENT BODY will be given opportunity U o register their approval or disapproval of the new revised constitution of student government at the polls this week. To the average undergraduate, this constitu tion signifies little. however, this represents everyone's chance to ex press himself on the present system of student govern ment. A favorable vote will give the incoming class officers the confidence necessary to purge further campus politics. Antipathy to the p;oblems willAndicate that no matter what the future conduct of campus politicians, the average undergraduates will venture no criticism. IT IS INTERESTING to note that college students may spend a pleasant summer vacation in a C.C:C. camp, providing of course, that they are able and willing to pay forty cents .a day to cover the cost of their board. It seems rather lamentable that the government, in' all its endeavors to care far the youth of the country, can not offer to college students the same facilities gratis that they so g ladly offer to any other young person. Steve llamas, h rather well known local boxer, made a short talk the other night at the Interfra ternity banquet, It was a nice banquet, and after . the hunger of the Greek attendants was satisfied, Proxy (When met on Campus, all undergraduates will salute) Hetzel made a • pretty swell talk. Then he sat clown, and Steve.gOt up. Ile's quite a speaker himself. The house was quiet. "Gentlemen," the lead-your-left expert enun ciated, "following the Prexy on the rostrum like this makes me feel •something like a street cleaner after a big parade." Rumor has it that the Greek populace didn't take the introduction to wean that the ',rev had covere.l his subject excellently. There'll be at least a couple of bright freAllllloll here next yearn• if some of the journalistic crew at tending Mr. Banner's convention yesterday come up. We're hoping one fellow in particular gets his ma triculation card and everything and starts college. Bill Stegmeier, editor of note, was running a plenary session for sonic of the high-school brain trusts yesterday and got tired of talking. So he asked if any of the audience' would care to divulge a few trade secrets in a two. o• three minute exposition. A hand Ant into the air. Deftly catching it, Steg gave it hack to its owner, & told him to s take the floor give his little talk. After he'd tallied twenty sonic minutes, and was just trally getting steamed up on a new phase, a fellow conventioner stepped forward, handed him a note. The twenty-minute orator blushed, looked at the lloor, Wondering just what, Steg grabbed the piece of paper and looked at it. In the middle of it was written one word— __John li. Miller jr. '26 William P. MrDowell '3ll The fellow (lid All we hope is that the guy who wrote that note cornea here. IVe're willing to bet he'd make fending manne, , er Or something important like that State College once had a hero. If you don't be lieve us you can look in Graham's window and see for yourself. The 'friendly little store' has quite a dis play on, old coins,•nosteards, and everything. And right to the side of the•main exhibit is a little card that points indirectly to the hero. It rests in front of a battered tin plate and a picture postcard. It says, "This identification tag and card were taken front a dead Berman, body." That's what we like, real heroism. Sugar Manukas, scabbard and blade man about town, thinks it's a pretty fine exhibit, what, with a real• war relic and everything. Purple Quill had a notable gathering for its meet ing,the other night. Dean Warnock talked. The trouble, however, was .that he talked. too early, lle got there on time, and during his exposition, only five members were present. They were appreciative, it is true, but there were still only five. When the ice cream was served, some two hours later, Dean War neck had gone home, but twenty-five grateful mem bers had arrived •to partake. They say it was very good ice cream. In last minute spurts to gain ascendency for their candidate, people around here arc going to hear from campaigners some interesting cnm•ersation dur ing the next two or three days. We know well lied the following classifications: THE FLIPPANT APPEAL—for sophisticates. • "Ah, yeah, palsie, we know it isn't important, but, what the hell, Wood's (Hirsch's) my• pal, and we might as well put him in office. You know what T mean, he's a good guy, and he thinks that the presi dency means something. Now you don't really mind going up and voting to help out a pal ... etc." THE URGENT APPEAL—for the naive "Yeah, hut see, if \Vood (Hirsch) gets in why, you know what kind of a crook he is. Why I've known that guy Hirsch (Wood) to crib frr r.or 'us. Can you imagine what kind of a class president he'd make! Do your duty! Get to the polls! Vote for the right man! And take a friend with you." THE INSINUATING APPEAL—for sockets. "Well, look now, if you vote our way, and Lake three or four friends with you, why, see, when the time for appointing committeemen for all those committees conies next year, why, the president isn't going to forget his friends, ishe?" Ronnie Steinmetz'was back yesterday ... getting material for his political campaign from Hirsch and Wood, no doubt ... we notice that "Mackie" Wright, 'sports editor par excellence, has succeeded in making two puns grow where one grew before .. . visiting pal greets..Tolcs Vernik with a warm handshake and a, "Why, hello, Julius." . . . 'tis rumored that the American associaticm of Natural History has offered Frank Polin $40,06, fOr thoSe far-famed shoes . . . Larry Madison 6rnered 14 votes for most attractive co-ed in .SaturdayN balloting . . . listed under his sobriquet of "Dolly" ... sonic heel stole Sandy Mar rison's check frotn'tn,Unusual booth ... it was one of those five or six guy affairs and non• he has to nay it. all • OLD MANIA * MINOR GENIUS REAL HEROISM Appeals =:=Wl GUMSHOE GATHERINGS THE NANTAC THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Speaking of Books When East is West, by Henrietta Leslie This book reminds one of Kipling, Bulgaria was formerly East, when under Turkish domination, It has a charm all its own with the Slack Sea, the secluded and ancient monasteries, the ruined capitals of former glories and the picturesque costumes and cus toms as links, Vitruvian Nights, by H. S. Goodhart Architecture in its varied fields forms the subject of a series of inter eating essays, Commerce, religion, and education are some of the fields, Virtruvius was a Roman architect and engineer and the author of the earliest extant book on , architecture. The Turkish Theatre, by Nicholas N The author is Russian but be is an authority on many phases of oriental life. FTe has written an interesting survey of the Turkish popular theatre and the three varieties of plays whiea are given there for the public square, the story teller's theatre and the pup pet shows, Thunder in Their Veins, by Leone B Rxmlniscenee of Villa, Carranza, Dregon anti other Mexican worthies of the capital cty anti other places In the "republic to the South of us," Riddles of the Gobi Desert, by Sven Hedin One of the notable, geographic ex_ peditions into unknown territory is des cribed by a notable scientist and story teller. Masterpieces of the Russian Dram . edited by George R. Noyes American Interest In Russia and the Russian literature is aroused by the recent resumption of official relations between the two countries, Gogol, Tolstoy, Andinyev, Turgenev, and even the Bolshevist Mayakovsky are among the authors represented and the trans lations are in good English. Portrait of Mrs. Siddons, by Naomi Royde•Smith, Mrs, .Siddons was painted by the most famous• English portrait painters, Reynolds, Galnsborough, and Shain, This portrait in words—sympathetic, acurate and worthy, is for those who arc interested in the English theatres, in the English .of her day as well as the celebrated actress herself, Amateur Acting and Play Production by Wayne Campbell Little theatre groups frequently are confronted with problems which can not be solved by recourse to the or dinary dramatic procedure.and experi ence. Here are not only helpful hints but. also five one-act plays -with pro duction notes. ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA Mavis R. Baker '37 Marian W. Barbey '37 Margaret B. Bratton '37 Sarah Bushong '37 . Dorothy M. Carey '37 J. Louise. Davey '37 Alma- M. Fluck '37 Jane C. Hess '37 Lorie N. Hoffman '37 Elva A. Karwois '37 Dorothy L. Lesh '37 Reva M. Lincoln '37 Evelyn A. Meabon '37 C. 'Betty Miller '37 Alma J., Shenk '37 Eleanor L. Stewart '37 Cenevra C. Ziegler '37 i• f. The Public is cordially invited -to COOKING SCHOOL and Modern Home Demonstration ." • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday April 24th, 25th, 26th Each aFternoon From 2 to 4 o'clock Next to Peoples National Bank South Allen Street State-College, Pa. 4 Prizes - ». New Recipes 4 . Sponsored by Central Pennsylvania Gas Company Say, Buddy,- Who's Beaver Avenue Named . For-=Another Lion Prexy? Pugh street, Allen street, Beaver ave nue. Penn State has left an thdelible impression upon State Coliega, FiaSer, Atherton, Burrower, and Spar , all . have a familiar ring of Their 'own, and all but one run parallel .lo eaelCbthee. They were named In memory of out standing administrators of the College.: A research Into a well-worti: history of the College reveals that when Penn State was founded there were three prominent leaders behind the new ht: s:dilution—Dr, Evan Pugh, the 'first president, Frederick Watts. and 11,•N;, McAllister—all familiar names to.stud eats now. . Dr. Pugh was president of the Col lege for only live years, and upon. his death he was succeeded by William It. Allen, who left for us half the address of the "Corner." John Fraser and Thomas H. Burrowes were the next presidents, providing the names for two / more streets. In 1880 DI% George W. Atherton be., came the bend of Penn State., holding this position until his death. in 190 G. New Braver Field as well :Ls Beaver avenue remain as• memorials to the Hon. James A. Beaver, governor of Pennsylvania, and President 'of the hoard of trustees at the time of Dr. Atherton's death; Back in 1008, at the time when there were only two or three creeds in each class, and only nine national fraterni ties In the entire College, Dr. Edwin E. Sparks became Penn Staten president. Out at the southwestern limits of town is his Memorial, Of course .the origin of College. ave_ nue's name Is not difficult to figure out, PATRICK LEAVES TO CONDUCT MISSOURI SOIL EXPERIMENTS Dr. Austin L, Patrick, of the agricul ture experimental station, who has been appointed regional director of soil erosion work in Pennsylvania,. kit for Missouri recently, to study soil ero sion experinn•nts conducted these for the past several years. In Pennsylvania the soil tests will constitute a cooperative project of the college and the erosion service of the United States Department of tlnterior. The project will consist of the three phases of survey. experirnent, ' and application, nor 'is that of Nittany avenue. Jollier. , Stiles and A, 0, Mester, both former members of the board of trus ti es about 'lBlO, were the namesakes for two more streets. Moses Thompson was the first treasurer. of the College. Irvin avenue, out at the southern end of State College, was'named after Gen. James Irvin, whp gave the ground on which the College is built. while Benjamin Gill, a former College ',ahaplain and Dean of .the Sehool of Language and, Literature, provided the name of another street. A small street, eight blocks west of Allen, was named for James V, McKee, a professor of languages in 1870, Haat- Mon street received its cognomen num Prof, John Hamilton, a former pro fessor of agriculture and one-time busi ness manager of the College, Perhaps fifteen or twenty years in ihe future we will have a Warnock boulevard or a Hetzel drive. Who knows? , CAMPUS DRIVES WORK BEGINS Work to prepare the campus drives for the application of asphalt was begun at the foot of North Burrowes Street Friday, according to George W. Ebert, Superintendent of Grounds and NEWEST For Summer Wear AT THE FASHION SHOW SPONSORED BY SCHLOW'S QUALITY SHOP WED. APRIL 25 JUST ARRIVED NEW 'SAMPLES OF SPRING FABRICS Harris Treed Effects. Flannels and Shetlands $25 to $28.50 , • • • • SMITH'S TAILOR - SHOP Cleaning -: 7 Pressing -:- Repairing HAL EMP AND HIS BAND OF INTERNATIONAL FAVORITES Featuring "SKINNY" ENNIS Plus • MAXINE GREY 411 e ,') Junior. Prom SUBSCRIPTION $4.00 Tax Included Aronklay Evening, April 23;•1934 1 COWELL '34 WILL PRESENT MUSACLE SATURDAY NIGHT Jane A. Cowell '3l, pianist, will be the guest soloist at the regular Satur- I day night musicale in the Presby terion church. The recorded portion :of the program, which is to be mod ern in theme, will consist of Sibelius' First Symphony and fiershwin's "An American in Paris." .hiss Cowell will open the program with a selection by Cyril Scott, fol , lov..ed . by two short numbers by Camille Zechwer. Debussy's "Prelude and Sarabande" in A minor and "The !Minstrels" will form the second pert !of her program. Her final selection will be Cershwin's "Rhapsody in SPERRY NAMED PRESIDENT Dr. .10c1 E. Sperry, of the depart !meat of bacteriology, was elected I president of the central Pennsylvania branch of the Society of American 'Bacteriologists at its conference here • !last Saturday. Stetson '9' Clothes I=l RLG 1L SHOES SPRING FABRICS $24.50 On D'spiny All Spring Styles Represented By Russ!! S Smith Represented by Bill Fisher HOTEL STATE COLLEGE Room 208 . • VI/ ' -' - •-- , - 1 ';,•-• - ij , ~,, 1 "•-: •; -, A01), ..7...9, i+6 ..../e' May 4th
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