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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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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
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ADDENDUM BUCHMAN
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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:
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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.
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Trumpets:
Walter Cuip and Rex Rockwell, for
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"smooth" solos.
Cliff Geary and Bill Beery, -for'
"!hot" solos.
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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.
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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.
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MORNING
NOON
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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
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