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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Published semi-weekly during the College year, except on holidny*.
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
;i.VG HOARD
TnE MAN,
JOHN A. HRUTZMAN 'SS
Editor
FRED W. WRIGHT *35
Sports Editor
KENNETH C. HOFFMAN *35
Managing Editor
JAMES R WATSON JR. ’35
Assistant Editor
PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. ’35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS ’35
Assistant Managing Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
EARL G. KEYSER JR. ’B5
Asst. Local Advertising Manager
MARGARET W. KINSLOE '3G
Women's Managing Editor
ELSIE M. DOUTIIETT *35
Women’s News Editor
A. CONRAD HAIGES ’35
News Editor
JAMES H. BEATTY JR. '35
News Editor
MARCIA B. DANIEL *35
Women’s Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John K. Barnes jr. ’36 W. Bernard Freunsch *36 Vance 0. Packard ’36
Harry B. Henderson jr. *36 William P. McDowell *36
John E. Miller jr. ’36 Donald P. Sanders ’36
Clmrlcs M. Schwartz jr. 'SC
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Philip G. Evans ’36 William 11. Heckman *36 Leonard T. SielT ’36
Roland W. Obcrholtzer jr. *36 William 11. Sklrblc ’36
Managing Editor This Issue— —Donald P. Sanders ’B6
News Editor This Issue Chatlvs M. Schwartz jr. *35
Tuesday, December 11, 1934
STUDENT COUNCIL FUNCTIONS
At present, a feud is being waged on the Lafayette
campus between Student Council and an organization
known as Knights of the Round Table. In a recent
poll, a majority of only two votes favored the reten
tion of Student Council. The argument was advanced
that Student Council had but three functions—to peti
tion for a football week-end, to petition for the Thanks
giving week-end, and to elect what is known as the
Pepper prize man.
This situation could be localized and Student Coun
cil here could be studied with some interest. At
present, the disciplinary powers of student government
are vested in Student Board; the setting of dance dates
and discussion of issues such as honorary investiga
tions are conducted By Student Union; and the enforce
ment of'freshman customs is in the hands of the'Stu-
dent Tribunal.
Thus, little is left for Student Council to handle.
It sets up the code of freshman customs for the coming
year, and this fall was successful in effecting a change
in the length of time certain books may be taken from
the library. A committee has been appointed to take
steps toward recognizing political cliques.
It is granted that Student Council has certain
values. Politicians must be rewarded for their clique
allegiances. Keys, too, are given members; they are
very distinguished-looking keys. Occasionally, prob
lems come up which must be decided'by a representative
group, but such problems arise so seldom that it is to
be questioned whether or not such a group is practical.
Government shows a : growing tendency to cen
tralize. It might be well to consider the possibility of
coordinating functions a bit more closely here. Under
the present set up, many are prone to feel that no
organization has enough duties to justify its existence.
COMPLAINT HAS BEEN made by the livestock
judging team which has just completed a trip that it
seems unfair to make members pay their own expenses
when they represent the College in one form of student
activity. Their dissatisfaction is based chiefly upon
the fact that the debating team is subsidized by the
student body through levy on each semester's fees.
Such levies are placed on the budget by student
vote. The livestock judges have two alternatives. They
can attempt to make the student body livestock-con
scious enough to vote favorably on the question of
adding another item to student fees. If this is impos
sible, they can make an attempt to have other items
which they consider unfair eradicated from the budget.
ONE OF THE MOST pleasing features of Penn
State life will take place Thursday night when the
annual cal’ol singing will be held on the front campus.
There are all too few such traditions here that bring
students really together on a common plane. Nothing
is more effective than those few brief moments when
all inhibitions are cast aside and sentimentalism, sneer-
ed at for the rest of the year, prevails.
THE PRACTICAL SIDE
A recent survey has shown that student enrollment
throughout the country has increased some nine per
cent over the figures of last year. This means that,
despite the current economic unrest and uncertainty,
more and more young people are coming to believe
that higher education is becoming a more important
requisite as preparation for the future.
Many arguments have been advanced to disprove
the practical value of college training. Statistics have
been prepared which show that a man never gets a fair
return from the money which- he invests in college. Of
course, there is always the answer that the aesthetic
value of four years of college cannot be measured in
monetary terms.
In contradiction to this is the report of Dr. Clar
ence E. Clewell-, director of the University of Penn
sylvania placement service. He says that he has found
seventy-six per cent more positions available for gradu
ates. He found more than two hundred additional jobs
last year than he had the previous year.
This tends to prove that today employers are
turning to colleges to provide the new blood which their
businesses warrant. This shows the value of a careful
preparation for life work in the field in which one is
interested. To be sure, a greater number of openings
is appearing for next June’s graduate, but competition
for them will be increasingly great. Those with the
best college records should have the best chance of
JACK A. MARTIN ’35
Business Manager
GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE ’35
Circulation Manager
It was pretty noisy in the lecture room in the
basement of Varsity hall when the four Collegian
men went in, but after they were there awhile it
got much, much noisier. Quite a sociable crowd had
gathered to receive the representatives of the local
press. Pinzy Needles, freshman grid manager, A 1
Warehime, varsity (think of it, my dear!) football
manager, and the whole varsity team, the substi
tutes, and the freshman team were there. At Mr.
Wnrehime’s special request.
B. KENNETH LYONS ’35
Local Advertising Manager
HARRY J. KNOFF ’35
Foreign Advertising Manager
There had been a story in the paper, it seems.
A nasty story, inferring that the freshman football
players didn’t like this place so well; that there had
been promises; that some of those summer promises
weren’t panning out so well; and that the frosh grid
dors (How’m I doin’, F.W.W.W.?) were pretty griped
at the whole works. They were going to leave this
dump, they were. Why the hell, they wanted to
know (or so the news story inferred), should they
waste their valuable young lives here, when they
could be making fabulous sums and All-American
ratings at some real college? Mr. Higgins was a
heel, Mr. Warehime was a heel, and they had their
own opinions in regard to Mr. Bezdek. That was the
news story.
OLD MANIA
Be A ‘Collegian’ Man
And See The World!
Well, as we started to say, it was quite a party,
there in the basement of Varsity hall. The idea, you
see, was to show all the lousy journalists that Mr.
Higgins was not a heel, that Mr. Warehime was a
swell gent, and that Mr. Bezdek was an ace among
aces. The way there to be shown was by speeches.
All the varsity men would give their own opinion
of the coach, etc. All the substitutes would sit in
mute agreement (as substitutes always sit) and all
the freshmen would gently deny that any of them
wore dissatisfied.
“Jeez,” the Collegian men stuttered, “and they
say there’s no subsidization here!” ,
Mr. Morrison sat down. Mr. Warehime got up.
He’d bsen thinking, fast. “That eight hundred
bucks, of course, you fellows from the paper realize,
was just loans, that’s all, just loanc.”
Mr. Mikelonis took the floor, and demanded what
the hell. The coach was a nice guy. We had a bunch
of fine fellows on the team, and next year we ought
to be better, if things got better. Anyhow, what the
hell- was it the business of the paper, butting in and
all.
After the varsity had had its say, the Managers
started firmly after their second point. They would
now prove, by the very simple method of asking the
frosh, whether any freshmen were'dissatisfied. They
asked them, one after the other, “Are you satisfied,
have you gotten everything you were promised?” All
the freshmen meekly mumbled, “Uh, huh.” That is,
nearly ‘all. One guy declared that he was going
away—he had a better offer. (That was all right,
though, Needles pointed out. A guy had to look after
his own best interests, didn’t he?).
Then two nervy freshmen players nearly wreck
ed the whole works. Right in the middle of Ware
hime’s optimistic speech; “So, you can see, you four
guys from the paper, that everything, is o.‘ k., and
that you hadn't any basis for that story about the
eight freshmen,” two frosh shouted, “You know damn
well they had a basis for that story.” It was o. k.,
though, the managers didn’t have very goo.d ears—
they didn’t hear the cry of the first year plugs.
After all the points had been, proven, the meet
ing broke up into little battles. One almost stopped
being verbal with a Mr. Barth’s thundered “If I had
my way, I’d blacklist every issue of your damn paper
the rest of the year!” as he clendched his giant paws.
The Collegian man was lucky though, he didn’t want
to get popped. “Lissen, pal,” he said, “I don’t even
know who you are, but this is the . . . ”
He didn’t get any farther. Mr. Barth had col
lapsed limply against the wall. Gosh, darn, here was
a senior who didn’t know who he, the varsity guard,
was. Such stupidity!
After awhile, all the Lackawanna County brain
trust left, and soon the journalists did too. Everyone
had had a nice time. There wasn’t any more noise
in the long basement room. Noise was no longer
needed. The football men had proven their points:
Mr. Higgins was not a heel, but just the man to be
coach; Mi\ Warehime was a nice fellow, too; and Mr.
Bezdek had his elbow ever guarded by the symbol of
pure athletics.
Pretty soon the janitor came around and cleaned
up all the chalk people had been throwing around.
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Scarfs Sox
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Gloves Sweaters
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Pajamas Flannel Robes
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Belts and Braces Slippers
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Slacks l ! Suede Jackets
$3.25 to $6.50 $7.50 and $8.75
PAUL A. MITTEN
MEN’S APPAREL
THE PENN' STATE COLLEGIAN
Lewis Seeks Aid from
Obituaries To Build
Book Stock in Library
Librarian Plans To Send Extra
Volumes on to C.C.C.
Camps, Prisons
Sauntering into the reserve-book
room at the Library the other day,;
we noticed a battery of, co-ed em
ployes busily going through a huge
stack of Pennsylvania newspapers.
Each worker manned an impressive
pair of shears.. • With regular repor
torial inquisitiveness, we asked the
frowning group what they were do
ing.
“We are clipping obituaries,” one
of them muttered.
Our next, logical question was
“Why?” but the women only shrug
ged their shoulders. They didn’t
know why. We investigated and
found that Willard P. Lewis, College
Librarian, is having them clip these
obituaries in an effort to build up one
of the strongest collections of Penn
sylvania books, pamphlets, and manu
scripts in the State.
Librarian Lewis has assigned sev
eral. FERA workers to a trial pro
ject in which their work consists en
tirely of checking death notices in a
long list of papers. The Librarian has
found that when a major change oc
curs within a family circle, the fam
ily will -very likely want to dispose
of the personal* effects of the deceased.
Many of the books now lying idly
on the shelves in homes throughout
the state would, when assembled, ren
der significant service to student and
scholar, the Librarian believes.
By contacting homes at a time
when changes occur, it is possible to
enhance - the Library’s facilities for
service in a' manner difficult to sur
pass. Where duplicate material is
obtained, the librarian proposes to
transmit it to CCC camps, transient
camps, and prison libraries.
The Library will be grateful for
Pennsylvania items or books of fic
tion, travel-, biography, general lit
erature, science or art. They may be
.sent express collect and either will
be added to the Library’s own stacks
or distributed to camps and prisons.
Lt. Williams on Leave
Lieut. Lyman O. Williams, assist
ant professor of military science and
tactics, left Friday on a short leave
of absence prior to sailing on a tour
of foreign service to Panama on
December 15. Lieutenant Williams
will- be stationed at Fort. Davis while
in Panama.
—THE MANIAC
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Col. Rothrock Blames
College for Bonfires
(Continued from page one)
bevs of the Board didn’t seem to be
lieve that I would do it and that Gov
ernor Fisher would send the National
Guard here. But he got up and stat
ed that he would certainly send the
militia in here to protect the prop
erty owners of this town and to back
me up any time I asked for aid.
“Luckily, that has never had to
occur, but I haven't any doubt but
what it will occur if things keep on
as they have in the past several years.
The burgess takes an oath when he
takes office that he will enforce every
law and ordinance of this Common
wealth and borough, and he has that
responsibility to fulfill,” the Colonel
emphasized.
“I think every real man here wants
to be proud of State. I know I did
when I was an undergraduate here
and I know I do now. . But if Penn
State gets the reputation of being
the abode of a bunch of rowdies, I
certainly won’t be proud to say I am
a State man,”' Colonel Rothrock de
clared vigorously.
“I think to hit the nub of the whole
business the best plan would be to
let the College weed out some of-these
no-goods that are here,” the Colonel
concluded.
3 Will Attend Meeting
Of American Foresters
Prof. John A. Ferguson, Dr. J. Lee
Deen, and Dr. Eldred R. kartell, of
the deportment of forestry, will at
tend a meeting of the Society of
American Foresters in Washington,
D. C., December 28, 20, 30.
“The Policy of the C. C. C. Camps”,
“The Lumber Code”, and “Forestry
in the New Deal” are among the sub
jects to be discussed.
Glass ’35, Jackson ’35,
Langan ’37 in Hospital
Ten students have been admitted to
the College infirmary since December
1, three of whom still remain as
patients. They are Henry Glass ’35,
Vaugh R. Jackson ’35, and Thomas A.
Langan ’37.
Those who have been discharged
are Mary E. Freeman ’35, Albert P.
Mikelonis ’35, Joseph W. Bielicki ’36,
John W. Grosskettier ’3O, William J.
Miller ’36, Robert N. Stanton '36,
and John M. Mason, special student.
Cwen Carnival Delayed
The Cwen Penny Carnival has been
postponed until January 9.
a word
thewi
Letter Box
To the Editor
What do you think of this? I clip
ped it from a Bellefonte paper.
“The Bellefonte High School football
team won its Thanksgiving tilt with
State College, at State College, in a
hair-raising, thrilling game; ifecore,
14-to-13.
“Sometime ago mention was made
of the near-riot at State. College as a
result of an attempted bonfire demon
stration by College students when the
mayor of State College called upon
the State Police to quell the danger
ous (?) elements. The student body
was up in arms and still is.
“As a glorified contrast, after the
Bellefonte High School victory, the
students built an immense bonfire
right on the public square here and
practically the entire population was
out to help the students celebrate.
“Did tlje Bellbfonte mayor object?
He most emphatically did not! He
was there by the fire to help cele
brate, and it is reported, that he join
ed in the school'songs and threw an
occasional log on the fire.”
Lichty Selected Head
Of Dance Committee
Panhellenic Council selected Claire
M. Lichty '35 as chairman of the
Panhellenic dance, to be- held some
time in January. Other members of
the committee are Martha J. Bring
'35,. Wilma E. Heineman ’35, and
Selena A. Wunderlich '36.
During the 'meeting on Thursday
the Council decided that in order to
inform the freshmen about fraterni
ties and rushing, an upperclassman
would be sent to each of the down
town and campus dormitories to
speak on these subjects.
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Tuesday, December 11, 1934
Tanger Believes New
Platform Necessary
For Republican Party
Political Scientist Says Future
Campaigns Will Center
About New Deal
When questioned as to the possibil
ity of the Republican party dying out
entirely as a result of the Tecent
Democratic landslide, Dr. Jacob Tan
ger, of the department of history and
political science, remarked that it is
quite doubtful as to the actual party
extinction, but that Republicanism, as
it stands today, will not enter into
the political battle in the future.
Rather, an entirely new platform will
be adopted by the party.
“Future party battles will* be fought
out in the New Deal program,” Dr.
Tanger added. “The Republicans
will have to find some manner in
which to squeeze into this present day
program, thereby adopting a conser
vative policy. We can’t hope, how
ever, to restore the order that pre
vailed under Harding,” Dr. Tanger
continued.
Democratic principles, themselves,
have undergone radical changes, as
a result of the new economic and
social order that has forced itself up
on them. It is only evident that Re
publican principles will- shape them
selves as well.
“To evolutionary socialists, this re
cent Democratic landslide should be
very . encouraging, as evidence is
shown that the government is gradu
ally taking hold of, operating, and
managing more things,” responded
Dr. Tanger to the question of wheth
er the Socialists have gained anything
as a result of this past election.