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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*.
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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 . .
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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.
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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
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Rhone 444 Opp. Post Office
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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.
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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.,
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