Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN I'ubliMhetl Reml-wevkly (luring the College year, except on holiday*. I*y student* of The I'ennHylvunla Slate College. In the Interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, anil friend*. THE MAXAI JOHN A. BRUTZMAN MS HNG BOARD JACK A. MARTIN MB Editor Husinm Manager FRED W. WRIGHT MS GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE ’BB Sports Editor Circulation Manager KENNETH C. lIOFEMAN MS B. KENNETH LYONS M 5 Managing Editor lg>cul Advertising Manager JAMES Il. # WATSON JR. M-'. HARRY J. KNOFF Mr, Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. MB JOHN J. MATTHEWS MO Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager A. CONRAD HAIOKS MO KARL C. KKYSBR JR. MO Now* Editor Asst, Advertising Manager JAMES It. BEATTY JR. MO MARGARET W. KINSLOE MB News Editor Women’s Managing Editor MARCIA It. DANIEL MO ELSIE M. DOUTHETT MB Women's Editor Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS John K. Barnes jr. MG W. Bernard Freunsch MC Vance 0. Pochard MC Harry B. Henderson jr. MO William P. McDowell MC John E. Miller jr. MO Donald I*. Sanders MO Charles M. Schwarts jr. MC ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Philip G. Evan* MO William 11. Ilwkmuu MG Leonard T. Sieff MC Roland' W. OlierhoU/er jr. MC William H. Skirble MO WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS L. Mnrybel Conaboo MO Until K. Koehler MO A. Frances Turner MO (SoUcQiutc ffiresa 'r* 1*133 ”“‘"1 193* f-- Editorial Office, 313 Old Main Telephone 50l) Business Office, Nittany Printing Bldg. —Telephone 292-YY Managing Editor This Isaac News Editor This Issue MONDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1934 WAR DECRIED AGAIN When 100 college presidents presented n petition to President Roosevelt urging immediate anti-war leg islation, it was merely another indication of the trend of thought throughout this country. At the same-time, this group .submitted an eight-point legislative peace program, including a recommendation for adherence to the World Court and entrance into the League of Na- •Tt is true that legislation, pacts, and peace treaties have not prevented war in the past, and the hope that they will in the future is slight. One great reason is that when war strikes, it is cleverly aided by the propa ganda of financiers and munition manufacturers. The case is not hopeless, however. When 100 of the leading educators of the country go on record for world peace, the movement may strike deeper than is at first realized. Should the colleges and universities of the country promote an extensive peace program, in <iue time the influence would be so strong as to com mand the attention and respect of the whole country. And it seems that such a program has been car ried on in a small way during the past few years. Revelation of some of the gigantic hoaxing which characterized the last military fantasy has produced a noticeable reaction. Gone is the old fervor which the mere waving of a flag was wont to produce. In its place has come the desire to know the reasons which lie behind military moves of the future.. Thg old appeal of jingoism has definitely passed. It will have to be a justified war—if there is, such a thing—before the thinking youth will have more than a derisive laugh to offer. THE CURRENT NUMBER of La Vie presents one the best class records that has been published. Its style, typography, and contents represent adequately an attempt to give as a permanent record an otherwise rather weighty batch of material in an interesting THE PROPOSED PLAN through which students will be allowed to include swimming in their physical education curricula is a move for which the student body has waited a long time. With the facilities that are available, such a plan should prove highly satis factory. AN INNOVATION THAT has proved extremely popular this year has been t*he panel discussions by members of the faculty. There has been expressed a desire for more opportunity for education of the truer type—jnot the boring classroom but real glimpses into knowledge. No better way can be given than through such discussions. Every effort should be made to con tinue them next year. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED that some arrange ment be made in order that the Carnegie library be kept open later than 10 o’clock at night during the last two hectic weeks before a semester closes. It is no secret that a majority of term papers and reports are pre pared at that time. There is a distinct advantage, whereby, under the present system, a great many reference books are not allowed to be taken from the library. This insures everyone an opportunity of using the books—if the library hours were -only longer. An added two hours each evening should do much to relieve the congestion as the school year draws to a close. AS THE WOMEN COMPLETE another election campaign, the question of changing the present system of determining class officers again comes up. At pres ent, there arc no organized cliques recognized among the women, but there is little question that they exist. However, it is not the paramount question whether or not a more efficient clique system should bo put into operation. The thing that is questionable is the practicability of women’s class offices. Their functions ‘have been reduced to an almost negligible quantity. The sugges tion has been made—and rather coldly received—that the W. S. G. A. take over all these executive duties. Of course, dubious campus honors would be reduced, but a more efficient organization could be welded, and useless,- empty offices would go. i There was once a country called College, ruled by a mythical figure, one Prexie. It was a Progressive College, with a Progressive Newspaper. The paper had a Progressive Editor, who observed conditions, considered things, and wrote editorials giving progres sive suggestions. We have told you that the College was ruled by one mythical Prexie. He, however, was only a Figure head. The ruler of the College was one George the Ebert. The Ebert was a real Mogul. Before him pro fessors in the College trembled. His slightest wish sent giant trucks rumbling up sidewalks; his whim made New Jersey trees find themselves new homes in the middle of the Ebert country. lie read the editor ials. The boy editor once observed that at the Main Gateway between the territory of the Ebert, and that of the ruler of the adjoining country, called Blights- All land, was a <1 foot strip of barren ground, a tract that was no-man’s land. He suggested that it be trans foimed with a mere eight feet of concrete, into a habitable spot, a veritable roller-skater's parade. The Ebert looked. The boy editor was right. The Bogul moved, got his men in action. The Men didn’t do things by halves. They laid waste to hundreds of miles of territory on the College side of the boundary. They build immense'temporary walls. The thousands of residents of Uie College went out of their way, took to dangerous quagmire bypaths to avoid the barriers. Vance O. Packard MC John K. Barnes jr. MC Then the Mogul moved again. He saw that much of the old highway had been lifted .laboriously and transplanted to a pile near the Armory. He looked on the work of his trucks and his men and found it good. He set them to work again. They fumbled back to the Progressive Paper, saw that it suggested Concrete, and started in. For miles on either side of the main gateway to the College they poured concrete. Farms were laid waste, forests trampled under the downpour of cement. Finally the laboring was done. To all skies, students in the Col lege could see nothing but endless concrete. The Ebert was almost happy. He called back his men. Then he sat down on his Grounds and Buildings Dept, throne to wait. Pretty soon the Progressive Editor would make a suggestion as to the disposal of all the old territory he had moved up and piled by the Armory. Then everythiny would be all right. Prof. Dickson throw a blucbook this afternoon. A lot of people had to take it and among them was Jimmy Dugan, who draws funny pictures for Froth. Last night he wanted to study for it, but he couldn’t find his book. lie looked all over his room, under chairs, in his laundry case, everywhere. But no book. Then he remembered. He’d lent the thing to Jimmy Norris, Thespian .of note, back in history __ 'Sometime, and the Norris still- had it. Norris was out of town, and that was a problem. Dugnn really wanted the book, so 2:30 A. M. found him listening at doors on the third floor of Norris’s rooming house. "No alarm clocks should'be ticking in the room of a mug what is out of town, ’’ the artist reasoned. But tick ings'ticked merrily in allthe third floor rooms.- Dugey crawled back downstairs and listened at more doors. More tickings. Then, "WHO IS IT?”, and as the prowler mumbled, "only me” and started downstairs, “STOP THIEF,” in a high pitched femi nine growl*. Dugan stopped, explained. 1 He explained for thirty-five minutes. "S’a for a book. S’my book. Norris has the book and he’s out of town and I go to college here and I have a bluebook and jeez lady, I only want to get the book and I’ll get out of here.” The lady escorted Dugan to the Norris room and he finally got the book. But she’s going to tell Jimmy. She doesn’t approve of people coming after art litera ture at 3 o’clock in the morning. About Town and Campus: Prof. Sam Wyand opens- up and describes himself as a "philosophical anarchist” . . . King Kong Cole takes the sun on the Fiddle lie Theta lawn—attired in a perfectly ducky red, white and black striped bathrobe job ... No! we don’t like the new test-tube sterilized sanitary labora tory coffee that the Corner is serving—there’s no ro mance in urn-less coffee, Mr. Mateer . . . hyah, Bob, how's N. 11.... a very Tan Knoth was back . . . Jack Dienna plus Peggy Brown equals Romance . . It Pays la Buy Style and Quality, STARK BROS. & HARPER HATTERS HABERDASHERS TAILORS P. S.—‘Articles Selected Will Itc Held Uvti! OLD MANIA PARABLE ****** Second Story Man * * * * * - * —THE MANIAC COMPARE! At. this store you are offered no shopworn, out-of-style merchan dise at marked down prices. 1 Here you will find only new fresh wearing apparel that is favored by the best dressed men at Penn State and all other Eastern uni versities. Come in to Stark Bros. & Harper before you “stock up” on your simtmer wardrobe you’ll he ahead in the end. Jnve. 6— No Deposit Required. THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN 'eathered Friends’ Studied, Identified Countless books have been written in praise of the virtues of our little appreciated "feathered friends.” On this campus the birds do not flit by entirely unnoticed. Several students take early morning jaunts to identify them and study their habits. These naturalists are listing their "finds” on a chart in the Education building which gives the names of all the birds that have been observed in this locality since February 10. At the present time about ninety birds are on the chart and only the most unusual specimens are listed. Since the dam below town was built, several water birds have been seen! here for the first time. Some of these are the Bonaparte gull, the Horned grebe, the canvasbaek, the pintail, and the Greater scaup. A few of the rarer lurge birds are the Great-Horned owl, the marsh , hawk, the Sharp-Skinned hawk, and the Wilson snipe. Unusual small birds which have been identified are the Fox sparrow, the Savannah spar row, the Blue-Headed vireo, the Black-Polled warbler, the Cape May warbler, and the Crested flycatcher. 10 Years Ago The radio station broadcast “H. M. S. Pinafore" —"the most ambitious musical feature ever attempted from the station.” * a * Co-eds carried umbrellas and rib bons during spirit week. The Senate Welfare committee had so much confidence- in the ability of fraternities to conduct an orderly houseparty that they restored its or iginal five-day duration. Surveyors, began work on locating a site for. the Andy Lytle cabin. Sophomores lost, the pants scrap. Prospective students were sent a twenty-eight page pamphlet by the School of Agriculture describing the Penn State Campus. The call letters of Penn State's radio station were WPAB. Freshmen held their Annual Pov erty Day paradeftin which they all appeared in the*most ragged cos tumes which they- could resurrect. The rooms on the upper floors of Old Main were deemed unsafe and unsanitary for dormilories£by»the Boartl of Trustees.'-’ Dr. Fred L. Pattee returned to the campus to resume his duties as head of the department of English. 1 On Other Campuses Members of thig of Wash ington University,', St. Louis, Mo., have offered to contribute their ser vices to the university for the summer session to avoid ’all further salary cuts. •* One gf'oup of 102 Haverford Col lege students has sent to President Roosevelt and Senator David A. Reed a petition announcing their refusal to “Fight in any war.” The Board of (Trustees has voted to lift the ban; which has 'been in ex istence for nearly 100 years, on dances and bridge parties at Muskingum Col lege. A proposal has’ been made at the University of Minnesota to allow a two day study interval before final examinations. At Purdue University an extensive program for improvement in the use o,f the English language among up perclassmen is being taken seriously. All written work’ of upperclassmen, especially juniors,''•is sent to a com mittee to be graded. , With the whole world for a campus, the Floating University will set sail October 4 for' the : 1934-35 college year on a 225-day world cruise. Sixty ports in thirty-four-couhtries will* bo visited by the students. Standard courses of university and preparatory grade will be conducted on shipboard. The ship will be equipped with a gym nasium and swimming pool, and con tests in various sports will be sche duled with college teams of Hawaii, China, Japan, and other countries vis ited. Seventy freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences' at Ohio State Uni versity made a cumulative point av erage of 3.33 or better out of a possi ble 4 points for the autumn and win ter quarters. •The women’s affairs committee at the University of -Wisconsin recently sponsored its first annual style show. Through skits, models, and stylo com ments, what the well-dressed college woman should wear was illustrated. THESPIANS (Professional Dramatic Society) Hugh L. Bowman ’3l W. Ernest Brown ’34 John E. Ryan ’34 Claude E. Shappellc ’34 •Ralph B, Vance - ’34 Thomas M. Wood jr. ’34 James V. Baker ’35 Joseph A. Benner *35 •William B. Edwards ’35 S. Bruce Gilliard ’35 Philip O. Grant ’35 - Arthur C. Harper ’35 Charles W. McDermott ’35 Daniel E. Nesbit ’35 M. Scott Robinson ’35 Michael Zclcznock ’35 ■ Sinclair A, Adam ’36 Richard P. Barzler ’36 William H. Cramer ’3G Vernon D. Cronister ’36 [Harry B. Henderson jr, ’36 C. Lamar Hollar ’36 R. Lee Homshcr ’36 Daniel G. Jones - ’36 Charles B. Reiser ’36 Roberb B. Kelso '36 Jay T, Lodzsun ’36 William M. Scott ’36 Robert A. Willgoos ’36 ■Sam Wolf son ’36 ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA NAMES SHENK ’37 AS NEW PRESIDENT Alma J. Shenk ’37 was elected pres ident of Alpha Lambda Delta, nation al freshman woman’s scholastic hon orary, at a meeting recently. Other officers for the coming year are Elva A. ICarwois ’37, vice-presi dent; J. Louise Davey ’37, secretary, and Eleanor L. Stewart ’37, treasurer. WARFARE CONFERENCE CALLED Dr. Frank C. Whitmore, dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, will attend a meeting of the research advisory committee for the chemical warfare service of the United States army, at Edgewood Arsenal, Mary land, on Thursday, Friday and Sat urday. New Library A library building must express art and culture in the college com munity as well as utility. Its in terior must be attractive and invit ing as well as efficient. One such expression shall be a recreational reading room or so-called browsing room where there will be comfortable furniture, good pictures on the walls/ good books of travel, biography, lit erature and the arts in attractive editions on the shelves, and a well planned fireplace and restful- atmos phere. . A sympathetic helpful assistant in charge can do much to make real and effective this informal type of education. Here may be held fireside readings from English and foreign literatures in translation. Here may be given book chats and talks and quiet conferences—it may become the heart of the library. LABORATORY UNITS INSTALLED Three manufacturers have donated units of their products to the mech anical engineering laboratory to be used by students in studying house hold mechanical equipment.* A cast iron boiler,, an automatic control for the boiler, "and a refrigerating unit have been contributed. MORGAN BROS. COOL SUMMER SUITS 5.95 UP Reduced Prices on Diy Cleaning All Thin Week Rhone 444 Opp. Post Office S-s-s-h-h’! BUT HAVE YOU HEARD THAT LYNN CHRISTY PENN STATESMEN WILL BE FEATURED EVERY NIGHT DELAWARE WATJER GAP, PA. Drive Over and Hear the Hoys in the Most Popular Rhythm Center of the Poconos i i ♦*« *w**C* •$» *~l* »*♦ »*'»♦*« *♦* *!* *■* y v y*4* v ♦ 1 *S* Elections PHI EPSILON KAPPA (Physical Education Honorary) Wilbur E. Brown ’34 John P. Civltts ’35 Michael Zeleznock ’35 Joseph T. Buczkowski ’36 Andrew T. Leldy ’3O Richard G. Waite '36 Howard A. Downey ’37 Frank A. Ketcham ’37 William M Radcllffe ’37 Leroy M. Sunday ’37 LOUISE HOMER CLUB (Music Honorary) Janet S. Cohen ’34 ' M. Jean Kalar ’36 Leonore Morgan ’3(? Mildred F. Nicman ’36 ■Dorothea E. Ruth ’36 Anna C. Strong ’35 E. Virginia Wevili '36 PURPLE QUILL (Literary Guild) John N. Rathmell ’34 John W. -Kecger '35 Walter W. Wiezevich '35 Marion G. Blankenship *3O Harry B. Henderson jr. '3O Alec S. Morrison '3O DEDRICK TO ATTEND MEETING OF MILLERS IN TORONTO, CAN. Prof. Benjamin W. Dedrick, as sistant professor of milling engineer ing, expects to attend the convention of the “Association of Operative Millers,” in Toronto, Canada, on June 5. Representative millers will come from the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Professor Dedrick, incidently, was the first president of ttfis organiza tion and is the only person to bear the number one membership card. He has been calletf by his colleagues, "number one,” and “the father of the association.” ARCHOUSAI ELECTS OFFICERS Margaret W. Kinsloe *35 was chosen president of Archousal, senior women's activities . honorary recently. Claire M. Lichty ’35 was elected vice presi dent and Nancy. Wj. Stahlman ’35 was chosen secretary. Marian L. Foreman ’35 was named treasurer. DUNAWAY ’37 HEADS OWENS M. May Dunaway ’37 was elected president of Cwens, sophomore worn-; en’s honorary, at a meeting Thurs day night; The other officers are: Jean B. Northrup ’37, vice : pres»dent; Jean C. Kreibel, ’37, secretary; and Emma Jane Foster,''37, treasurer. Graduation Gift Studying for Finals Suggestions Means Eye-Strain LINGERIE... ♦ AH Prices GLOVES .. . Glasses Protect Kid and Fabric jour Eyes HOSIERY Let us examine your eyes. HAND BAGS PICTURE FRAMES + T J E Dr. Eva B. Roan BUSH & BULL CO. Optometrist ' . * 420 E. College Ave. Phone 41 Corner Beaver Aye. & Allen St. IT’S A SCOOP! AND HIS. [Forrest Hunsicker, Directing' CLEO’S RALLRQOM Route 402 Monday, Miay 28,1934 Speaking of Books . .. “And here Is nature’s secretary, the philoso pher; And wily statesmen, which teach how The sinews of a city's mystic body; Here gathering chronicles; and by them stand Giddy fantastic poets of each land.” “Cruelty to Words” by Ernest Weekley Occasionally even the great and the' near great in history and liter ature violate the king’s English. Sometimes it is more the right word in' the wrong place. And now they make interesting reading. "Twentieth Century Music” by Marion Bauer Some of us perhaps are mqye con servative in our musical tastes than in anything else. Here is an ex planation and guide that is both sympathetic and helpful to impres sionism, new chords, tone combina tions, 1 the new musical- terms and examples frbm ' Debussy, Stravinsky, Strauss, Gruenberg and others. ’.‘The Mongols of Manchuria”'by Owen Lattimore Repeated journeys and intimate contacts with Central and Eastern Asia have made Mr.. Lattimore not only an authority but also an inter esting interpreter of Tibet and Tur kistan as well as Manchuria and Mongolia. “Colonel Lawrence, the Man Behind the Legend” by Liddeil Hart Air craftsman Shaw has translat lated the Odyssey, has been archae ological explorer in the Near East hut his greatest claim to fame is as the writer' of “The Seven Pillars of Wis dom” and as Colonel Lawrence of “Merchants of Death” by H. C. Engeb brecht and F. C. Hanlghen The great munitions manufactur ers are internationalists who arc op posed to peace.' Their profits are blood-money with a vengeance. But perhaps they are a result rather than a cause of war. “The Horizon of Experlepce” by C. Delisle Burns ■ It is not easy to build ‘a personal philosophy that will be sufficient in these days. In this book perhaps one may find some new values which will be helpful in confronting new facts. “Art as Experience” by John Dewey A philosophical study of aesthetic values in . architecture, * sculpturp, painting, music, and literature as they relate to everyday life. The neces-r sity for art in practical affairs., '. I
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers