Page Iwo PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 2887. Published semi-weekly during the Collette year, except on holidays, by students of Tin* Pennsylvania StaK* College, in the interest or the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING HOARD JOHN A. lIRUTZMAN '35 Editor FRED W. WRIGIIT '35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '33 Sports Editor Circulation Manager KENNETH C. HOFFMAN *35 B. KENNETH LYONS '35 Managing Editor Local Advertising Manager JAMES U. WATSON JR. ’35 HARRY J. KNOFF '33 Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. ’35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS '35 Assistant Managing Editor \<ist. Foreign Advertising Munngcr A. CONRAD HAIGES '33 EARL G. KEYSBR JR. '33 News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager JAMES It. BEATTY - JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSI.OK '35 Ntnvs Editor Wonicn'd Mantuan;: E<litor ELSIE M. DOUTIIETT *35 Women's Nows Editor MARCIA 15. DANIEL ’33 Women's Ivlitor Tuesday, November 27, 1934 CLIPPED FROM THE REAR? In today's “Letter Box” will- be found an item of universal interest, the letter headed, “Penn State needs a new head football conch!” This may be the match which will touch off a mighty conflagration; it is to be hoped not. It is well for such opinions to he aired, but such opinions should not be taken too seriously. No undergraduate is competent enough to go about hiring and firing coaches, but vfhen significant issues are discussed, it rests with the proper authorities to weigh such questions carefully, and then, with their wider knowledge of the subject, follow the proper For the most part, the reasoning in this letter seems sound. First, there can be no question as to the sincerity of “Bob” Higgins. He has given his best to the development of the Penn State conception of athletics; he has spent much time and energy in interesting promising boys in the Coliege; he has cooperated with the Alumni association in promoting closer harmony among the Alumni regarding the present setup. Unquestionably, it is a hard thing to say that he does not have the personality necessary to bring out the best in his material. The Collegian nor anyone else who is not a participant in the sport cannot say this with impunity. It is less hard to say that the team seems improperly equipped with plays. The varsity had a repertoire of thirty-three plays, but how many were brought out on New Beaver field, with the exception of a few short minutes of the Gettysburg game? There is one point on which “A Senior” is very, very wrong. That is the Everhardus angle. Everhardus is nothing more than a last year's varsity baekfield man, with no coaching experience. True, with his back ground! of Big Ten football and. the, knowledge he will pick uj) in the next few years', there is nothing to stop him from becoming a very good coach. But to assume that lie would make a good head coach now is foolish, extremely foolish. Too, at present, the only reason he would leave Pehn State*would more lucrative financial inducements elsewhere: : ’ .Who 1 .- wouldn't leave with tjtose same .conditions? *:*. ( Those in a position’to-settlejsuch'questions will*do well to consider that portion of the new athletic policy which deals with the question of securing the best coach ing talent available. This has been done in several cases already, where former coaches have found other posi tions or outlived their usefulness. It is safe to assume that the Board of Athletic Control will- follow this cus tom. t It is well that this matter has been brought to the surface. For too long a time, there has been an un healthy muttering concerning the situation. All sides will have an opportunity to state their cases in the “Letter Boxes". All this sub rosa matter can bo made public; all rebuttals can be made—the matter'will- then vest in the hands of the properly constituted authori ties. MERCY MURDERS A quiet, frail little Englishwoman of G 2 years was sentenced to death last week because she painlessly removed her hopelessly incapacitated and imbecile son from the suffering of this world when illness threatened her own life. For thirty years, night and day, the noble mother devoted herself to him, even sleeping in the same room with him to attend to his every want. Suddenly stricken ill and ordered to undergo a serious operation, she could not forget her own son even in the throes of her own pain. “I don’t like leaving him behind,” she said. One morning she gave him “100 tablets and then placed a gas tube in his mouth.” A doctor testified that the son's life had been a living death and that his death had been painless. After five minutes, n jury returned a verdict of guilty, adding “the strongest possible recommendation for mercy.” The jury is not to be censured. Under the present barbarian laws and clorical-fosicring pressure that permit the continued torturing of mental and physical defectives under the ban of incurring a divine displea sure, no other alternative was possible. All the legal and social opinions since the so-called emergence from the Dark Ages aided the prosecutor in condemning that cultured, courageous mother. It is not the jury’s fault. Society stands indicted. Why does it force parents and relatives, or increasingly so, the state itself, to be burdened with human rubbish. Why, under the cloak of humaneness, does it permit those hopeless creatures to suffer and to rot through a brief existence. Why, considering the highly-touted economical and financial efficiency of our modern civilization, do the tax-payers continue to sponsor such a drain. Naturally, this question concerns only the incur ables, those pitifull specimens that no doctor, no treat ment, or no amount of time will cure or restore. But Whether it’s the Christmas influence or not, we don't know, but our mail is picking up. In our great Christian spirit we print everything printable that conies in (Most of it isn’t, but who are we to bow to the Letter Box?). Anyhow, here’s the little dramatic item that arrived the other day: JACK A. MARTIN '3S business JdnnriKcr We have come to you for help. (N. B.—ap pealing for sympathy, see.) Nat long ago we read in the Collegian that Prof. Cloelingh was planning a production of Peer Gynt. Ever since then, we have been trying to give him some valuable suggestions for it, but he is always too busy to listen to us; So, knowing that the entire college gives ear to whatever you may have to say, we submit to you this open letter to Professor Cloctingh. We think that the faculty has been dread fully neglected as far as dramatics are concern ed. There is an infinite amount of talent to be found in that august greup that have never been utilized by either Cloelingh or Neusbaum. We propose to save a lot of time by proffering this casting list, which would also do away with Cloetingli’s rather expensive plan of using masks. Professor Begriffenfeldt, Dr. of philosophy, direc tor of tiie madhouse at Cairo Doc Ritenour Three Saeter Girls Mrs. Mack, Miss Brill, and Miss Chase The King of the Mountain Oscar F. Smith Anitra, daughter of a Bedouin Chief Mrs. R. W. Grant Iluhu, language-reformer Prof. T. J. Gates Several Madmen with their keepers: Madmen Keepers Tschan Wyand Galbraith Brother Scamons Butt Mitch The Trails: Librarian Lewis R. H. Dotterer Monsieur Barrage We think the above list, two which wc have devoted hours of exhausting consideration, is pretty fine, especially our choice for the Trolls. Now, Professor Cloctingh, if you■ please! Thanks, dear Maniac. Wc* shall always come to you to solve our difficulties. Very truly yours, Two Ibsenettes That’s perfectly all right, people. We only have one suggestion to make. Don’t you think, you could have squeezed Prof. Cloctingh, himself, Info one of the parts. * * * * * *. M , ~ , About town and campus: The biggest sb far 1 this year—-the Jenn ison-FJetcher bust A seemk .I or so said the gateman’ at’Saturday night’s' Student union dance ... . at pvhicH,T)y ; the'\vKy; r the : bbyV'htfd r: ' a dunce; by.Vhe mere stratgem..of-charging;ififty ,cop-,.• pers admission . . the stag's' stayed outside .. . Kanness. (Hank), pblla C)ii fop :, 'uphi)Hs'ih c S&te 1 ' Standards—he had liis /ju FjV photo taken in a new way: 4 shots in a 2 with his coat and 1 hat ;/Mary imports a ;*• Sigma Nu pin about these daysf/’: ; . ' goodbye to Dag llansen over; Grange l :dorm .;stair- ! case—s’lufF when true. love must 'be! one o’clock permissions ... what drama'gent .finally, ditch- \ ed his impromtu date the other night with', a hlurit,>- “C’mon, ya sad job, why doncha go to bed?” . . . Judy Bcrnardi blushingly refuses a preferred rathe kel'lor fifty cents to do a snake-hips dance . . . the Phi Mus had themselves a porch climber the other night. .. the issue must he settled. Sterilization, legal killing, scientific control of offspring, and others. They have both their good and bad points, now open only to con- With all the present reform and expermentation for improving this world, a really scientific experiment in this vein is highly desirable. There is no doubt that its success would greatly improve our social conditions. DIARIES , 5 Year Leather Lock and Key $-« 50 Price includes name | or monogram in Gold. PLAYING CARDS Christmas Specials 2 Deck Sets 59c -69 c -95 c Always acceptable as a gift FOUNTAIN PEN SETS Of the better manufacturers f In Sets - $1.95 and up Pens-$l.OO to $lO.OO OLD MANIA IIISEN IT A SHAME? Dear Maniac, + + + Poppy Gravatt Cadaver Tietz Naylor Benny-of-thc-Bull-Pen —THE MANIAC. CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS EVENINGS THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Letter Box To the Editor: Penn Stata needs a new head foot ball conch. It is about time to stop feeling elated over a season percentage of .500 and consider why that figure wasn’t 1.000, The material needed to attain the 1.000 mark is available, all we need is someone to develop it. First of all we wish to accord to our present head coach all the honor due a son of Penn State and former All-American end. As a player, he was a great person; as a coach —? ? ? Everyone knows that a coach should be a personality, an inspira tional type of man. The boys at Co lumbia, Princeton, Pitt, Temple, Min nesota, and elsewhere are not “fight in’ for the ole college.’’ That is a lot of rah-rah ballyhoo. Those play ers are playing and fighting for “Lo.u” Little, “Fritz” Crislcr, “.Jock” Suth erland, “Pop” Warner, and “Bernie” Biermnn. It, isn’t “Bob's” fault if he lacks what it requires, but neverthe less it is a fact. Many of us have heard his “line” at the Alumni. Pep rallies in Now York and Philadelphia every year. —“We’ve got a great bunch of boys— I all nice kids—maybe not the best foot ball players in the country—but all nice boys—l’d like to predict victory tomorrow—but I can’t—l think it will be a good game—etc., etc.” Yeah, they usually are good games and State always has lost and nearly al ways in the second half. The games this year were lost in the second half. State needs a coach to inspire its men. Then after the inspiration before the game and be tween the halves, the team needs some plays to enable it to go out there and play football. It’s impossible to expect to win from Columbia or Syra cuse with two or four plays. Every one knows how sickening it was to continually watch Higgins’ “famous” off-tackle slants and end runs this year. Hardly any other plays were used. None of the top-notchera this year got to tha top using four plays. What would those end runs have gained if it hadn’t been for Ever hardus? The'"work that “Ilorm” did this year needs no comment except perhaps to say we derive much plea sure from day dreaming of Penn State’s success were he head coach. The former Michigan star had some plays which I never saw used. One of the backs this year showed me a great forward pass play which “Herm” had submitted—but it wasn’t used. It wasn’t so hard to bear along with .Higgins 'during the first throe years when material wasn’t so good. But.the record should have been bet ter than .500-per cent-and .this year .Penn State should have, t “comeback” ’with an undefeated' ti am: • 1 - A 'good :eoach' could have done it.-c; ! j;!}!{; What was Ohio State .for the! last; few'years?, like-Penh 1 State ,— always putting up a good fight;,but usually'i losing .tho game. Ohio; State got a-new i coach; the material ; was ;there: Schmidt-had what .“it.takes,V 'and Ohio :Stdte lost only to‘-Illinois ■this- year Watch U. of In diana “come back” under “Bo” Mc- Millen—and it won’t require five years. Crislcr brought Princeton back in two. years. Penn has its Gates plan, but Harman is a good coach and Penn won’t be everyone’s door mat for five years. “Hunk” Ander son lasted three years at Notre Dame. Notice what Snavely has done at North Carolina in his first year. And Penn State hasn’t won a major game in five years ! ! ! ! Part of the agreement in abolish ing athletic scholarships here was to provide the best conches possible. This has boon done recently, but the need now is for a good head coach. Although no official- statement has been issued, it is generally known that Everhardus is leaving us at the end of the year. One can hardly blame him for ho knows his football and could “do things" for State if given $5.49 Special $5.49 set 6 VOLUME SETS ' set Kipling Dickens Smollett Stevenson Poe Lamb De Maupassant Hawthorne Fielding Emerson and Plato Eliot This is beyond doubt the deluxe Christmas Book gift. Well bound— Fine eggshell paper—Marbled edges—Silk markers Now on'Display See Them - BOOKS Christmas You will find in our complete stock something suitable for every member of the family. Many on sale at reduced prices. Select books now while our slock is complete. jg ' |Lj BLj 9CI CATHAUM THEATRE M~£ J 8 JLLi Isjl building 332 Artists’ Course Student Tickets Left Two hundred and forty six of 692 student tickets for the Artists’ Course were sold yesterday at the Athletic Association’s office, Old Main. The other half of the 1384 seats will go on sale to faculty members at eight o’clock this morn- Onc hundred and six student tickets at $3.10 remain to gon on sale tomorrow morning for under classmen. Any unsold tickets re maining from the faculty allotment will also go on sale then. the proper chance. State loses only four varsity men this year and much good material coming up from Nels Walke’s fresh man team (orchids to Nels)—must all this go to waste in the next few years. ? ? ? Higgins hasn’t been able to be all that the title “Head Coach” implies. This should be cited in fairness to Higgins. During “Bob’s” first year, “Bcz” couldn’t forget he was a school bead and no longer the head coach. Game time found him in the stands.: At the quarter ho was in the dugout alongside of the track and by the time •of the second half he was on the coaches bench telling “Bob” what to do. No coach could do his best un der this conditions. We all know "Bez” is “in” with the Trustees and there isn’t much chance of his leaving. So, as long as you are “in there” “Bez,” how about getting us a good coach—one who can develop the wealth of good material- we now have? Unless there is a new coach next year, Penn State won’t but even hit the .500 mark. We will win from Lebanon Valley and Lehigh and that is all. No amount of that “Franklin Field spirit” talk will enable State to beat Penn’s team of next year! Yours for a new coach, A Senior HOME FOR THE CHRISTMAS a. HOLIDAY? VuM nimakyotdLmmaao QUICKIYW ECONOMICALLY Don*t spoil the thrill of getting home again by worrying about the shipment of your baggage. Solve the problem by' "' ' leaving everything to Railway We will call for ( (| your trunks, baggage 1 and personal belongings and send : ' tb'em home on fastpassengeirtrains*through to destination. ■ ; You can take your train home with peaceofmind— th'atyour baggage will be there quickly and safely; Railway l Express service means economy!. 1 We give a receipt on , .pick-up, and .takea receipt' on delivery.. .doublejproof of swift, sure handling. 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TYPEWRITERS New Corona “4”—545.00 Juvenile Typewriters $15;00 Others at Moderate Prices New and Factory Rebuilt. Machines Tuesday, December 4, 1934 throughout the country and a reso lution adopted by the Friends Gen eral- conference, a national peace as sociation, to show President Roose velt the interest aroused in the re ports of the investigating copimittec. The Friends General conference believes that the revelations of this committee has aroused the fears of the men with profits at stake to such an extent that they are bringing tre mendous pressure on the Senate to stop these hearings by refusal to grant the needed further appropria tions. Now Is the Time To Order Thai Balfour Fraternity Ring For Christmas or mayhc A Fraternity Pin . , I* Mi:! 'Mori; 1 {] ’ : ! is ( i l: A bracelet, compact, suede purse! lamp, cigrire'U e'case' with compact, pendant and ring en semble, lighter . -I*l, /Hi A Penn/Sla't!e' Class Ring • or ,~ c j fi i i' A “f 1 • Any of a; Hundred Other i’'..Fine 'Gifts-',.-; Tire Balfour Branch Store is in Sauer’s Clothing Store Allen Street CRUM JENKINS, Manager Penn State Men On Tour Visit to NEW YORK Stop at a new, modern hotel, where the modest rates give you more to spend on' other things and, popular with college men and women. Conveniently located in the smart Beekman Hill sec tion,' overlooking the East River 5 minutes’ walk from the Grand Central or Times Square Zones. All Rooms Outside Single from $2.00 a day Attractive Weekly or Monthly Roof Solarium—Game Rooms Cocktail I-oungc Restaurant BEEKMAN TOWER (Panhellenic) " 3 Mitchell Place ■l9th Strict One Block from East River
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