Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887. Published eemt-wwkly during the College year, except on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD JOHN A. BRUTZMAN '35 JACK A. MARTIN ’35 Editor Business Manager FRED W. WRIGHT *35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE *35 Sports Editor Circulation Manager KENNETH C. HOFFMAN '35 R. KENNETH LYONS '35 Managing Editor Local Advertising Manager JAMES 11. WATSON JR. *35 HARRY J. KNOFF ‘35 Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. ’35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS *35 Assistant Managing Editor \nst. Foreign Advertising Manager A. CONRAD HAIGES ’35 EARL G. KEYSER JR. ’35 News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager JAMES D. BEATTY JR. ’35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE ’35 News Editor Women’s Managing Editor MARCIA B. DANIEL ’’33 ELSIE M. DOUTHETT *35 Women's Editor Women’s News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS John K. Domes jr. *3G W. Bernard Frcunsch *3C Vance 0. Packard ’3O Harry U. Henderson jr. ’3C William P. McDowell ’3C John K. Miller jr. '3O Donald P. Sanders '3G Charles M. Schwarts jr. '3G ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Philip G. Evans 'DC William 11. Heckman '3G Leonard T. ShofT '3G Roland W. Oberholtzcr jr. *36 William H. Skirblc '3O WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS L. Marybel Conabcc *3G Ruth E. Koehler '3O A. Frances Turner '3G Managing Editor This Issue... News Editor This Issue Editorial Offices, 313 Old Main —Telephone COO Application made for entry at the Post OiTlce, State College, Penna., as second-class matter. Tuesday, November 27, 1934 LEGALIZED CUTS As this week brings Thanksgiving and its resultant one-day holiday, perhaps a brief resume of the reasons for the abbreviated respite from classes is in form. Until last year, the College calendar had provided a four or five-day vacation. College authorities felt that this was one of a number of factors which disrupted work rather thor oughly during the first semester. Sandwiched be tween football season and the Christmas vacation some two weeks later, Thanksgiving provided the connect ing link in the chain of interruptions, and was viewed as the one luxury which could be cut from the menu of collegiana. ' At the same time, the few days thus garnered from the calendar were tacked to the first part of the Christmas vacation on the theory that those additional days could be profitably employed by students who might be able to find work at home. Obviously, this is a point which is favorable if one will grant that it is possible to find work at home. The chief argument advanced, however, was that more coherent work could be accomplished during the semester. Constant week-ends interrupt the train of thought—students being as they are, the day before and the day or so after a vacation are. blanks as far as educational processes are concerned. But it is on this point that psychology or some thing failed. Thursday has been named as a College holiday, without the usual fine being assessed for ab sences before or after the period. What does this mean? It means that Wednesday, Friday, and Satur day will find skeleton classes in session on the campus. True, professors will undoubtedly be in the rotrum giving the work which the course demands. There are two questions to be considered: How many will be in class to receive the work given, and how many will be home? Do the College authorities feel that it is all right to cut and go home anyway, or why was the regulation fine covering holidays lifted?. Perhaps all this could be eliminated. It might be possible to arrange a holiday from Wednesday noon until Monday morning on next year’s calendar. This would mean an additional loss of only two days over the present system. This time could be taken from the Christmas vacation which is extremely liberal at the present. The students would not want to travel on Sunday, you say. Very well, they can stay here as we do now and not have a Thanksgiving recess. It seems reason able to believe that were the situation explained ade quately, they would be glad to return on Sunday. There is no question that mon-class hours would be increased. THE GRASS BETWEEN Old Main and the Armory is taking its annual punishment. It is to be re gretted, as it is usually regretted at this time of year, that students are not enough interested in appearances to follow the walks laid for their convenience. CLASS FUNCTIONS have been so arranged by Student Union this year that a minimum of confusion should result. The calendar has been worked out in an effort to cooperate as nearly as possible with the other functions of the College. Under the present arrange ment, all dance dates have been set well in advance in order that meetings or conventions may be held at a time which will not conflict with the social calendar. This is not done with a view to belittling either one or the other, but simply because the town provides in adequate housing facilities. * THE RECOMMENDATION that some pamphlet be prepared for the purpose of better acquainting fresh men with fraternities is a valuable one, and halted only by one question. At whose expense will such -a publi cation be prepared? Interfraternity Council considered such a move last year, but most fraternities are in such straitened circumstances that they are not in a position to assume any additional burden. It is clearly not a problem of the College. It is to be hoped that some thing may be worked out in the future, but at present, it is almost impossible. * We didn't know about this little item until some one at the Theta house called the office Sunday night to tell us that it isn’t true. Naturally, naive as wc arc, we asked them, “What isn.’t true.” So they told It seems that some gent named John Long, from Dickinson Junior College in Williamsport, came down here last week-end for the IRC (International Rela tions Clubs, to you) Convention. In the course of the week-end, according to the story which isn’t sup posed to be based on fact, this Long gentleman had a date with a fellow delegate, who was staying at Stone House. In the course of the date, while parked in one of the smaller rooms on the first floor of the Theta house, John fell gradually to sleep. After awhile his date observed his peculiar behavior, but, as a lady, felt that she shouldn’t disturb him. She went on about her business, leaving John slumbering on the Theta uavvy. Along towards the bleak dawn Sunday morn ing, Mr. Long woke up, looked around, lit a cigarette, and fumbled his way out the door. He went home. At least that’s the story which seems to have been going around, and which the Thetas firmly de clare isn’t true. Wo don’t know, but we always like to help put a stop to rumors. Maybe it was the Kappa house, huh? Those conventions arc nice, anyway you look at it. Out at the Beaver House there are a lot of fellows with ideals. Some of them —Manny DeAngelis, the Great Organizer, especially—have ideals above all. With a convention like the IRC in town, they were right in their element; so much so that it took them until six o’clock Sunday morning to get through dis cussing International Relations. Some of the -fellows at the Beaver House were pretty sore, though. A number of the lady delegates insisted upon going home, leaving the discussion in the lurch, so to speak, at two and three and four. S’Hell of a thing, •they think, to break up a good forum, just to go home to bed. Vance 0. Packard ’3G Donald P. Sanders *36 Emil Schott has been pretty hot stuff around the TNE house of late, all on account of an ad in the Harrisburg Telegraph that somebody put in for him. The ad, if you remember, advertised that Mr. Schott wanted a smooth blonde for houseparty. What we .imagine is the final gong on the affair was rung by the Telegraph columnist the other day when he print ed Mr. Schott’s letter of appreciation to the paper. Mr. Schott had to say that it was his opinion that ads in the Harrisburg paper worked, as he received three replies. One applicant, he says, declared that she could shake “everything but her toenails.” In a P.S., he spoke up manfully, stating that he hod contracted a date with a co-ed, and that he would stay sober until Friday night of houseparty. We only want to add a notation of our own. P.S.—His co-ed date stood him up—she didn’t like all- the publicity. Lou Kreizman, the Roaring Nittany Lions’ Burly Guard (as our pal, F.W.W., would say) found himself an All-American the other day. The only trouble is that it‘s the Jugo-Slavian All-American run by a Jugo-Slav paper, the Enakopi'avnost , of Cleveland. John Pristov, the sports editor of the sheet, wrote Lou, congratulating him, and asking for a full length photo, in uniform, and for a life history, including his plans for next year: Will he go pro, will he coach, or what? iLou thinks it’s pretty nice of the boys on the Enakopravnont. Of course he isn’t Jugo-Slavian, but it’s nice to be on at least one All-American team. About Town and Campus: Iriv Riu throws talcum powder all over his room at the Sig Phi Sig manse— to deaden the essence of Jimmy Roth’s slightly odorif erous pipe. He’d like to eliminate either the pipe or Jimmy—but you know, roommates must stand it the best they can . . . Ben Barron appeared above the surface for the Bucknell game . . . Bill Stegmeier snared himself a job with the Grit . OFFICIAL BASKETBALL EQUIPMENT ♦ . BASKETBALLS $5.00 $6.50 $lO.OO BASKETBALL PANTS 50c - $1.25 BASKETBALL SHOES $2.00 $2.25 $3.00 * Eye Glass Protectors Sweat Suits. Supporters ♦ THE ATHLETIC STORE ON COrOP CORNER OLD MANIA We Refute A Nasty Rumor ****** Tragedy All-American —THE MANIAC THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Complete Artists’ Program Announced (Continued from page one) Students purchasing tickets for the course are asked by the committee not to buy them for townspeople or visitors from out of town because by so doing they will be depriving other students from seats. Present indi cations are that the demand for tick ets is even greater than last year when every season ticket was sold. Approximately 550 seats will- be sold at $3.60 and the remainder at $3.10. While faculty and students will be seated in alternate rows throughout the auditorium, the great er number of seats have been reserved for the latter. “Students buying tickets for people other than their student-friends will only be cutting out and depriving other students from obtaining seats,” Dr. Marquardt explained. “If the student quota is exhausted and some seats remain in the faculty quota, then these will be offered to students for sale; and the other way about.” The committee has received numer ous orders , for seats from surround ing towns but none of these will be answered until all on the campus who wish to buy tickets have had an op portunity to do so. Gardeners, Producers To Attend Hort Show Fruit growers, vegetable producers, and amateur flower gardeners will at. tend the eleventh annual Horticulture Week here, on December 4 and 5. Marketing will be the general sub ject of the meeting. Drs. Frederick P. Weaver and Fred F. Lininger, of the department, of agricultural econ omies, are included as speakers in the two-day program. FLOWERS For Thanksgiving 9 CLARON FLORAL SHOP Allen Street * Phone 795 .;.,. , '; * 4 1 i : Z.11111 ••» in cl common «, packagi Co-ed Chatter Knowing that a large and active group of college women would hesi tate to let a Christmas season go by without helping in some way those less fortunate than they, the W.S.G.A. Senate has planned a Christmas pro ject to which each girl' will be asked to contribute. Margaret I. Connor ’B5 will have complete charge of the project. Since there will be no women's class dances this year, suggestions have been made in the Senate for a dance for the senior women. Appropria tions for some such all-class dance have been included in this year’s budget, but whether it is held or not depends upon student opinion. The bazaar to be given by the home economics department in the Home Economics building Saturday, Decem ber 8, is receiving the full attention Keep your money in cir culation f by depositing it. Every dollar helps your community, your neighbors and your friends. The First National Bank of State College State College, Pa. John T. McCormick, President David F. Kapp, Cashier A r o of the two honorary home economics fraternities. The members of Omi cron Nu are planning to make cookies for the occasion and fruit cake will be the contribution of the Ellen H. Richards Club. Farm Census Planned Useful and interesting information bn Pennsylvania farms and farmers will be collected next year as a part of the rural census to be conducted by the U. S. Department of Agri culture, according to an announce ment received by staff members of the School of Agriculture. Beginning November 28 Big Reductions on Dresses and Coats It will be worth your while to attend MOORE’S DRESS SHOP Pipe tobacco made by the Wellman Process and rough cut as Granger is, does not clog the pipe but stays lit, smokes longer, slower and cooler. We believe this process is the reason for Granger being milder. We know it adds something to the flavor and aroma of the good, ripe White Burley Tobac co that cannot be obtained in any other way. — doesn't clog a pipe Tuesday, November 27, 1934 OMICRON NU (Honorary Home Economics Fraternity) Lucile Beatty '35 Dorothy . Perkins '35 PENN STATE PLAYERS Marian L. Foreman ’35 Katherine M. Gorman ’35 Amelia Brooks ’36 Bryson M. Filbert '36 Samuel A. King ’36 Betsy F. Ross ’36 SALE n,,, /', ' '\ v j jiSOv'” ' .^| V/ ' ' * fsL,#s J^: We wish, in some way, we could get every man who smokes a pipe to just try Granger.
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