Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN • Published .arms -weeltly tiurinc the Colieee year, ex c ept an holioinis. by students of The Pennsylvania Plate College, in the interest of the Collett, the student, faculty, 1111111111 i, and friends. VIE MANAGING BOARD .101 IN A. TIRLITZMAN '35 JACK A. 'MARTIN 'Sr Editor Business Manager FRED W. witicirr '35 nEflittm A. ItIIII.EDGE '35 Sports Editor Circulation Manager KENNETH C. 11011 , MAN '35 11. KENNETH' LYONS '33 Managing Editor Local. Advertising 51anager JAMES 11. WATSON JR. '55 JFARRY J. KNOFI' '35 Asii.tant Editor Foreign A,lvertising• Manager 1.1111.1.11. W. FAIR JR. 13 .1011 N J. mArrimws '35 Assi.gint Managing Editor 'cast. Foniign Advertising ?Jammer A. coNimn DAVIES '35 NAM. C. KEY.Slift arc. '35 NeW4 Editor Aa.t. I.w•al Advertising Manager JAMES 11. BEATTY .11t. M 5 :MARGARET W. EINSI.OK '35 News Editor Weitlell . s Man:wing Editor MA RC I A It. DANIEL ''s MAO: N. IM/L/TIIETT '35 Women's Editor Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE Enrrons John K. Burn, jr. '3G W. Bernard Vreloslch %SG Vance 0. Packard '3G Ilarry It. Irnnl•romi jr. '36 William P. McDowell John K. Miller jr. '33 Donald I'. Sandler.. .311 Charles M. Schwurtx jr. ASSOCIATE ROSINESS MANAGERS Philip G. Ey:mg William It. If 1.1.1.mmi 'lli Leonard T. SKI 'l5 Itoland W. (Maori.luer jr. William 11. Skirlile mun,ing Isque Newi Editor Thi., NUURSDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1934 WAR AND THE FUTURE College men and women have clearly demonstrated their attitude concerning any war of the future. Think ing undergraduates have been incensed . by recent re- pOrts that all munitions manufacturers were in league to prolong the last war in order to sell more of their gOOdS. • Protest against this was most emphatic, the polls results show, the question , Of nationalizing and gaining international control of the manufacture and sale of armaments getting by far the largest number of affirm ative votes. Probably the most nraeOcat means of outlawing war was • outlined in one proposall. This was to sever cominereial relations with the belligerent, nations. It seems that economic pressure will be the most satisfac tory means of subduing war-like tendencies in the fu It is interesting to note that Pan State, long hailed as a conservative institution, lived up to reputation by joining the minority of institutions that opposed iinniediate'adherenee of the United States to the League of Nations. Students here seem quite content to allow all'airs to move on serenely in the same old channels, preferring that rather than any change. Most interesting will be the reaction of adininis- trahion officials to this expressed opinion of nndergrad- uates. It is . to this group that political parties must look for support in the future. The leaders of the next decades will appear from the ranks of college students. It would he well for officialdbm to consider the re- sults Of this poll, because as the editor of th'e Broivn Maly hl has poiOted 'Mit, "If the United States goverment does nothing more than'it has to date to stave Off the impending - catastrophe, it cannot and should not expect the cooperation of youth in any war that might arise from its negligence." THE OXFORD MOVEMENT, as exemplified by Frank N. D. BuChman, has caused considerable con troversy regarding ideals and beliefs.. It is especially intii•estint; to this campus inasmuch as Buchman was at one tiine here, and claims no his first convert a na- tive of State College An opportunity to hear this man will be given Fri day afternoon when he speaks in the Home Economics auditorium. Whether he is right or not *ill not be dis cussed here. But if there are some who wish to oh serve his system in action and perhaps reach a conclu sion, no better opportunity will he offered than this one. ONLY FAVORABLE COMMENT seems evident among students and faculty members regarding the proposed merger, of 'the first two years of the Liberal• Arts and Education Schools. The new curricula should provide a stimulus foi• •binm fide students, those who reidly: desire an education—and there are still students of that type. THE SENTOR CLASS must look with envious ekes upon their classmates in the department of forestry who have jobs either new or immediately following graduation: The question as to the'desirability of hir ing college graduates seems to be definitely answered in EDUCATION OR GRADES? The new method of marking recently adopted at Boston University brings to mind the old question as to whether education or grades are the objectives of col lege life. At Boston, numerical marks have heeep ahhn- Boned, and in the place substituted the terms, "Honors," "Satisfactory," or "Doubtful." Reflection seems to demonstarte how much - more suited to a true college education this system is. The- oretically, college means study with the purpose of no similating knowledge. The important thing is not hots well the student can .return the phrases of the instruc tor to him, but whether or not he has henefitted by the knowledge':OtTered him; Under the grade point system, the style of a marker may mean the difference by a se-called honor•student and the balance of his class. When education is determined by numbers, averages can be made or ruined by either chance or careful choice of instructors. Under the 'newer system, however, the professor can readily see those students worthy of the phrase, and just as easily determine those who are "Doubtful." The average student will not he discrim inated against by an instiiictor whose choice of a ninn her inay make or break an average. We went along with the rest of the pagans to the, Real New England Tabernacle. We were all pre pared to satiate ourselves on lurid descriptions of how the Buchmanites lived in B. C., but everybody was disappointing. Even the Broad A people of the peer age, according to anything they actually admitted, were pretty feeble sinners before they saw the light. Why, even we could boast a more gehenna-deserving past than theirs' coin there they were, packing them in to hear puny little reVelations. Alright, we'd how them; we'd confess too, so there! Once, while a wicked, wicked college boy, we wrote 'a column sinned the Campuseer. It was hor rible. Everybody said so. We were despicable, .we mean we actually were, always riding simple folk like archie butt, connie glace, dagmar hansen, doe Champlin, bee, &dab rose, honey mitch, mr. White head, mr. seamoans, the maniac, mahlon heist, Icon mirbach, helen taylor, p. r. daugherty, dean kern, trees ebert, grant sr.. lieut. mielenz, director elnetingh, mel fox, sugar Manukas, John bernat, sid koran, and johnny phillips. Well, the Campy was nasty, nasty. You ran see what a prodastinating wastrel We were in our youth. But that wasn't all. Once We didn't take Our hat off in the P. S. C. A. (we know you pale, and wince, but we must tell all). Many times we forgot to salute the President. Lots of times we missed chapter meeting at the dear old fraternity. (0, we were evil, alright.) We referred to an english lit professor as 'Spook.' Ones we Said 'Hell' in front of a Kappa. Another time we put a lead penny in the Penn State In China fund. Once we deliberately tainted our mind reading about unclothed people in the Old Main Bell . . . . But now all Oh; is done. We finally ivere graduated. _ Donald P. Nandern '36 _. John K., Iljirnen jr. '319 Mrs. Morton, chaperone at Birmingham Semin ary, also gave a testimony in which she admitted that "We have a beautitill school and beautiful girls." Yes, yes, we've seen sonic of them and we still think il's a beautiful school.. We are definitely done with Prom Chairman Warehime. For years every Junior Prom had a re volving crystal hall and smilax and uva leaves. And now what do we find in the Accoration saheme—no smilax, no revolving crystal ball, and (this is a blow at rock-ribbed tradition) NOT ONE SiNGLE UVA LEAF! Think of that! The Froth dopes *ere incensed because they sent three cuts to the Ited Cot of Western Reserve Uni versity and the catty mag. only used one after asking for the trio. They aren't quibbling•any more.- -Last night they got a letter from the lied Cot editor—'two of the cuts were censored. News release reveals Myers is Boy Scout at heart! It was at the Nittany Printing-Collegian dinner. Somebody passed us a rata sheet and there was a neat picture of The Boy Editor in the B. S. of A. unit With an ambassadorial banner civbr his chest which con tained at least tWenty merit badges. Incidentally, F. W. W. was . Riding Between the Lions all evening. OSMOTIC TREACLE A couple of lads parked Jim Lichty's roadster on the front porch of the Phi Kappa Sig manse .... the G. & B. dept. will he after them for advertising .. Gretchen Stewart, the gal with lineage, has a cousin named Alice Jane Grey, whom D. U.'s rush at Flat Rock Inn to innis team's oranges it filching the fruit icling habit . ehnseball, as you prefer , CAMPUSEER I=l ADDENDUM BUCHMAN I=l lIMM=M3 * * * FLASH! 'Kenny Maiers seems to like the in fact, lie's quite clever Connie Glace wears a black a goad touch, she's a sad figure on The A. 0. Pis go in for hasebitil THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN `Collegian' To Sponsor Misspelled Word Ted The COLLEGIAN will sponsor a misspelled • word contest in next Monday evening's issue. Worth while prides *ill be awarded to the persons who are'• able to discover the most misspelled words in the advertisements appearing in the paper. A standard unabridged dic tionary will. be used for final deci sions. • Any reader of the COLLEGIAN will be eligible to enter the con test, details of which will be an nounced next issue. Entrants in the contest should list on a full sheet of paper the wards as they are misspelled iii the advertise ment, the correct spelling, and the advertisement in which they ap pear. Entrants are also requested to number the mistakes Which they list. KAPPA PHI KAPPA . (Professional LlueafiOn Orafernity) peter . P. Stapay—Graduate Walter A. Kearney '34 John L. Kreider '34 -Henry Moulthrop '34 Harry" W. Swartz .'34 Stanley L. Zawacki '34. Joseph' S. Pry '35 Victor J.' Onachilla '35 ' Henry G. Thomas '35 Paul L. Vandermark '35 Joseph A. Boyle '36 George-W. Daugherty '36 Simon .W. Fiankepfield '36 William H. McCabe '36 New Library This is the sixth' of a. series of let ters by Willard P. 'Lewis, College li brarian. This:article deals with the need for an improved librarian's of fice. The office; of ~the College' Librarian I in the preserit'irailding is merely one 'of the small open alcoves where pri‘ vaey is impossible and the important businesi of this section of the College must be carried on either in so loin a tone es to lie 'unsatisfactory or be, plainly audible in the general reading Furthermore, - the .librarian's secretary it order to be adjacent must occupy a corridor where her typewrit er bothers renders and she in turn is disturbed by the constant stream of passers-by.. There is no place for file cabinets,,,, mimeograph or other necessary OUT appurtenances. All confererices and committee meetings conducted by the librarian are forced. to adjourn to "the one meeting room in the lilirarY,On the second Elm:4.. 3'3 Senior Forestry StudeOstetive foi Jobs; 6 Rothain Here Thirty-three of the thirty-nine for estrysttidents'who Will be graduated this year have already left college for . jobs, and the other six have their kits packed in readiness to depart:on short notice,Due to the nature of the work, forestry graduates' regularly leave Penn State in March and April to start work iri their profession, the advance of the summer fire season having no regard for the convention al June Commencement. Twenty-three of the 1934 graduates completed the four-year course for foresters and 'sixteen took the two year rangers' course. The last of the foresters, Albert C. Downs '34 left last week, and is now in Blinne , rota. The othe'rs'have already start ed work with' the Federal Govern ment, the Pennsylvania State Depart ment of Forests and Waters, the State of New Jersey, and the National Park Service. The rangers have tak en jobs with the Federal Government, with lumber companies, and on game preserves. Before the ladt M this t'eat's for esters had obtained his traveVoiders, prospective freshmen were already , filling applications to enter in the fall, and one student had been admitthd to the rangers' Course. Aecoinadations for students at Mont Alto are being eillaiged sufficiently tb care for 125 during next year. Admissions to the rangers' course is limited to twenty five percent of the first yc , at forestily students. ' . • - MRS. MACK TO ADDRESS CLUBS Prof. Pauline B. Mack, associate •profeSsor of ChdrniStry, will address a joint isseniblyi cif:Wiinieh i s clubs of Sharon and Niieinitir.at Sharon to morroni. ProfeSSar.Miick will speak on "Purchasing' .teitiles." Get Your Date Her HoMetown Newspaper THE NITTANY NEWS STAND COLLEGE AVENUE Nittany Paintingguilding AT GLENNLAND POOL Fred Waring Selected To Conduct X 11-Tithe IV . Wan), Dance Orchestra By HUMMEL FISHBURN It was, Thursday night, just before Fall HousepaitY, and the :KaPpa Sigs Were in a mess. The band that had been signed to play for the week-end had called up and called off the job. The social chairman had tried every band he could think of but it was no use—they were all signed up.' It looked very black for, the Kappa Sig- Ma's week-end. And then somebody had an inspiration. "How about Schlosser at the S. A. E. House? He's a musician. Maybe he knows *here we can pick up a band that'll pull us through." The social chairman looked disgustil ed, and then thoughtful,' and finally, reached for the telephone. "Hello; 'Schloss'?" he asked, we're ;tuck; - ^ band's run out e Yr [stuck; our band's run out on us. You !don't happen to know anybody who'd !take the job, do you?" Mr. Schlosser did some fast think ing. "Sure," he said, "I got a band. Por two hundred dollars we'll play !your job. 0. K.? Sold!" An d _ thus originated Schlosser's hand, one of the most famous of the old time 'Penn State dance bands. This was in November, 1918. The band which Schloss Picked up that night consisted of five pieces: a pi- , an°, one C-melody sax, two banjos, i and a drummer. The pianist, read-; I ing the vocal line; the banjos played the chords as they were sung out to them by the pianist; and the drum mer merely 'beat time. Schlosser's band played the job of ,ter one rehearsal. They had a reper toire of ten numbers; and when the four fox-trots, four one-steps, and two waltzes had been played, they started right in at the beginning again. The arrangements consisted of verse, chorus, Verse, and two chor uses, the only variation being in the "breaks" or measures at the end of each eight bars, Which were taken in order, thus assuring each player a chance to exploit his prowess several times in the course of a dance. The band was an instantaneous hit. Music was negligible; popularity came from a combination.of acrobotics and comedy., The pianiSt seldom used a bench; . more often he stood or sat on the floor while playing. The. banjo players were often on .the . top, of the piano, and the sax player might - be I found anywhere on the, dance. floor.) The personnel of the band 'varied at times. One job was played with a band .consisting of two banjo-mando lin Players, tiva tenor Banjos, a straight banjo, a banjo:guitiir, and a piano. Fanck the present-day Crowd of audeitts'dancing to that ecinibine fion! It frein the eld-tiine bands of EchlaSser's type to the bald of today, and the transition SiiiS not made suddenly. I'm not sure whether it WaS Harold Griffith or Fred Waring who first 'used two Sexes in hariunny parts, but I do remember that It the time the other orchestra men looked upon the six piece band as camber sonic, and the second player as excess baggage and completely 'non-essential to good music. And when Hobie Bet tnrf and SOck Kennedy introduced professional orchestrations r other than sheet music, it seemed 'like a needless expense to most If us. It Was a feiv years after this that Char lie Light introduced the first troin bone into band work, and,later still before Ernie Coleman came" 'along with the first ensemble. ,Since that day orchestras have graduated froin one rehearal -a sea son to set'ei•al a iveek; from five men to ten or more; from a piano sheet to a fully scored special-arrangement; and from noisy rhythm to symphon- Capital $200,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits $275,000 The 'First National Bank of State College State College, Pa. Johii NieCtirtnick, President David F. Kaiip, Cashier ically conceived music. Novi the bands on the Penn State campus rate up to and beyond many of the better-broad casting radio groups. A good many - times the question has come op as to an All-Tiine. Penn State dance orchestra, butlhe various methods of choosing a personnel make this impossible. Should one"chooSe a complete sax team, or three individu als; should trumpeters be "smooth" et "hot"? A deien•Aants . arise. Tut any list of All-Time dance musician ship would have to include the fol loWing: • Piano: Ernie Coleman, for style. Lover Fisher, for "hot" playing. Jay Kennedy, for general - adapta bility. Drums: Eddie liotisel, for technique. Duke Morris, for arranging • and managing ability.- . Banjo: Hobie Bottorf, for adaptability.' Si Krudo, for doubling prowess. • Jim Hornbeck, for arranging. SaxeS: Les Vallmer, for tone. Phil Koster, for arranging. Johnny Miller, fol. "hot" solo work. Bill Ltiti, .Roth Lnognecker, and •Danny Nesbit for ensemble play ing. • Trumpets: Walter Cuip and Rex Rockwell, for • "smooth" solos. Cliff Geary and Bill Beery, -for' "!hot" solos. • • Trombone: !Bud Wilson and Emery May, for . style. Bass: Bob McClure and Eddie Roneonne Wells Rayl and Hen Brinier, for musicianship. Russ Widenor, for personality. • • Leader: • Fred Waring. • So the next time you go to a fra ternity dance and sway to smooth, pol ished music, you might think back and picture yourself dancing to one of the old time dance bands of five pieces: a piano, one C-melody sax, two banjos, and a drummer. It might be interesting. COWNTOWN WOMEN CONQUER GRANGE 60 . 0111T0 . R . V 1N.tE616116 Downtown women defeated Grange dormitory in. the intramural tennis doubles match; and Women's building won, from. Alpha. Omicron Pi: Gamma. Phi Beta - forfeited to •In tlie7.linglea, tournainentliza: beth S: Pennell '37; McAllister• Hall; defeated Ilkkothy Jeter: Alpha Omicron Pi. Cartoon auggfitions Invited Thursday Evenirig,'Ma3 3, 1934 McDOWELL '36 ENTERS HOSPITAL William-P. MeDoViell '36 was ; ad mitted to . the College hogpital late yesterday afternoon' for treatment. 0 .0' , MORNING NOON F ** OR NIGHT FOR breakfast, Kellogg's• Corn . Flakes set you up for the day.: Those brier . licionS flakes, with inifk or cream, or fink added, sup. ply - the energy you need and are easy to digest. For a quick, satisfying lunch; eat a hOwlftil of Kellogg's Corn Flakes: So much better than hot;lteaci , , dishes that often slow:you , up in afternoon classes. Thai if you're hungry, at bedtime, Kellogg's Corn Flakes are just the thing. Ask your club or fraternity, steward to keep them on hand Cr get.theni at yobr ca mp u s-... 7.., restaurant. 00 inah6Mt AP taiA DES _CO O KN FLAKE'S, 4, VEN•FR_ E 5 FLAVOR vtw3cT , • #44°11 0 . A .? : *.•.• . , uein.u:a,i..: weoi:4..:ii. W
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