Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887. Published semi-weekly 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 MANAGE JOHN A. BRUTZMAN '35 Editor FRED W. WRIGHT '35 Sports Editor KENNETH C. HOFFMAN *35 Managing Editor JAMES B. WATSON JR. *35 Assistant Editor PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. ’35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS *35 Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager EARL G. KEYSER JR. *3O Asst. Local Advertising Manager A. CONRAD IIAIGES '35 News Editor JAMES B. BEATTY JR. ’35 News Editor MARCIA B. DANIEL '35 Women’s Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS John K. Bnrncs jr. *3G W. Bernard Frcunseh *35 Vance 0. Packard *36 Harry B. Henderson jr. *3O • William P. McDowell *3G John 13. Miller jr. ‘3G Donald P. Sanders *3O Charles M. Schwartz jr. *SG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS L. Marybel Conabcc ’3O Ruth E. Koehler ’3G A. Frances Turner *36 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Philip G. Evans '3O William B. Heckman *3G Leonard T. Shift *36 Roland W. OberhulUer jr. MG William H. Skirble *3G Mnnaelur Editor This Issue —_ W. Bernard Frcunseh *3G News Editor This Issue ...John E. Miller jr. ’.*l6 Editorial Offices, 313 Old Main—Telephone GOO Application made for entry at the Post Office. State College, Penna., as second-class matter. Friday, December 14, 1934 FOR THE ASKING Administration authorities have extended a chal lenge to the student body. Last year, Artists’ Course tickets were sold indiscriminately with the result that students maintained townspeople obtained the best tickets and students were forced to take inferior seats or wero unable to see the numbers at all. With this in mind, those in charge of ticket dis tribution this year set up definite dates on which tickets could be purchased by different groups. Students were given first chance, with faculty following. As yet, no tickets have been offered to outsiders, even though many requests have been received. This was done because it was felt that sufficient demand would exist within the confines of the College. ; * The demand has not been as great as was antici pated. Apathy is noticed particularly among members of the two lower classes. This may be attributed to lack of knowledge of events that led up to the resump tion of the Course. A feeling prevailed that a notice able lack of things cultural, existed here. With that in mind, the course was again offered,' arid last year, re ceived enthusiastic support. • • ‘ Such undertakings are not designed as profit-ma kers, rather, a loss is anticipated even before the open ing number.' The College underwrote'the deficit last year and plans to do the same thing this year because the administration feels that it owes such cultural ad vantages to the student body. The College, however, does not feel that it should underwrite an Artists’ Course for the lay public. If the tickets are not taken by those for whom the enter tainment was designed, it is probable that there will be no future courses. The solution lies with the students. If they wish to hear and see outstanding performers of the better class, those remaining three hundred tickets will be taken. If not, let no cry be heard in the future, “We are culturally starved,” THOSE WHO ARE asked to contact prospective students for Penn State have a really excellent oppor tunity to render a tangible service. There is little doubt that this College must put forth some efforts that will counteract some of the daring sales acts put on by other institutions. It should be clearly understood that no unnecessary nor untrue statements need be made in making such contacts, for Penn State offers wide variety of interests and opportunities which few other institutions can. 'A san, fair presentation of the facts should do much to fill the quota necessary to keep the education factory op erating at its highest peak of efficiency. AS PLANS ARE laid for a convention of student government leaders in Boston during the coming vaca tions, it is gratifying to note that every week requests are received here for information as to our govern mental set-up. Often complaints are heard that it is all a “stuffed shirt” procedure, but in comparison to the lot of other student bodies, the one here represents a comparative Utopia. ONE OF THE more unsightly spots this year is the first floor lounge of Old'Main, where newspapers from all parts of the State may be found scattered anywhere about the room. Racks are provided in each corner where the papers may be placed when they are not used. It is such a small thing that it seems fair to ask students to cooperate in keeping the place a bit neater. WHAT TO DO? FERA officials are faced with the quandry of how to dispose of the December allot ment of Federal money. No additional names can be added to the payroll and unless those who are now holding the sinecures put in the maximum number of hours before leaving for home, any balance will have., ,to be returned to the central office. It is regrettable that it is impossible to arrange for a judicious use of such student-hours during those long, cold winter, months ahead. WITH THIS ISSUE, publication cares are glee fully tossed away for three weeks. In another two days, State College will he as dead ns Scotia. Another sem- JACK A. MARTIN *35 Business Manager GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '35 Circulation Manager B. KENNETH LYONS *35 Locnl Advertising Manager HARRY J. KNOFF *35 Foreign Advertising Manager MARGARET W. KINSLOE *35 Women’s Managing Editor ELSIE M. DOUTHETT '35 Women’s News Editor v MEMBERS of the Delta Chi fraternity wish it wide ly known that a Mr. Franklin J. Brutzman, listed in the current Student Directory as a member of their lodge, is not a member, and so far as they can see, will never be. Said members of Delta Chi frat beg to add that said Brutzman (not to be confused with John A., editor of this noble sheet) is a Delta Upsilon —they’re stuck and they can’t help it. Morty ICagen, Beta Sig junior, has his worries. One of the worst concerns an event which may have taken place while he was home over Thanksgiving. Morty returned here, and almost immediately, we are given to understand, the congratulations began to pour in. Congratulations, you ask? Morty asked too, and found out. People were congratulating him on his marriage. ester. is rapidly drawing to a close. Any other time ’twould be the' proper thing to advise an inventory of the mental and moral benefits of the last three months, but it’s hard to this time. For three weeks there will be no talk about the village authorities, the missing books in the library, the football coach, or why the tower isn’t open after 4 o’clock. We’re going home tomorrow; you are, too; all vital issues are buried under that old stand-by, “Merry Christmas.” OLD MANIA Winter Note It’s been cold the last few days, as perhaps you’ve noticed, and we’re here not only to take note of this somewhat obvious fact, but to compliment one gentleman who did his best to alleviate what might have been serious distress brought on by the frigidity. It gave us real pleasure to see the workings of so kind a heart as this person’s, and we want to pass some of the pleasure to you. He did his noble work in the lobby of our notor iously impressive auditorium Sunday morning. He was on his way to chapel, and saw immediately upon his entrance into the lobby, the shivers emanating from the lady nude who adorns the left corner of the reception room. He hurried over to the statue, gazed at it momentarily with pity fairly streaming from kindly eyes, and then achieved an idea. Removing his hat and his heavy overcoat, he plopped the chapeau firmly on the statue’s head, and draped the cont snugly about her slightly bare shoulders. Perhaps it was the advance Christmas Spirit as purveyed by the choir that caused so many people, upon leaving the services, to stop and gaze apprecia tively at his work. + + + Ad What marriage? That’s what’s worrying Mr. Kagen. He’s going home tremulously for Xmas— expects to find out ‘for better or for worse.’ + + + Short Short Short Story Bo Langan, Phi Kappa flash, has date with Grade of the Sandwich shop. In Rathskeller Mr. Langan meets pal, a Mt. Jack Callahan. Mi*. Calla han dances with Gracie, whispers, “How about a late date?” “O. K.,” answers Gracie, “I’ll get Bo to take me home and then you come up to the apartment.” -Bo Langan.takes Grade home. Bo Langan comes back to Rathskeller, drinks another beef with Mr. Callahan, who’s still there. Mr. Callahan bares all. Upon earnest,plea of Mr. Langan, said Callahan calls for Grade, .invites'her, to a potion of brew at ' .the • Rathskeller. - They go. Mr. Langan looks up from ‘ his table,•• he's -still there- too.. ' Denouement: Miss Gracie’ thinks, with reddening face, that some one has double crossed someone. Nuggets: Miss Mary Weber is not wearing a Sigma Nu pin, she declares—she does not think highly of either the frat or its members, and would not be. seen with a twenty-three pointed star on her chest for love or money .■. . sign’ in Mac Hall Sat. night “All Co-eds Invited To Theta Chi Dance,” signed Lou Mattis . . . Harry Roberts ’3B, after endless search through Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, cata logues, purchases a beautifully bound Bible, has her name engraved on it, and shoots it merrily on Its way—to his true love, for Xmas . . . yeah, we think it’ll be slightly cold on the way home tomorrow too ... ARE you GOING HOME for CHRISTMAS? • Of course, you arc. You’re planning right now to leave here on the fifteenth or maybe before. If you desire any information on bus, rail or.piane schedules, please call on us. Schedules —Rates TICKETS . • Hotel, State College TRAVEL BUREAU Above the Corner Room—Phone 300 THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN THE YORK NATIVITY presented ■by the Penn State Players nnd the department of music. . The Players The Narra.tor - Dr. William S. Dye jr. Mary 4 Enid A. Stage The Angel Gabriel John 0. Linton Joseph Frank W. Warrington Shepherds Paul- K. Hirsh, H. Chester, McLaughlin, Clay ton Page :Kings WicklifFe W. Crider, Richard H. Allen, Kutzer L. Richards ‘ ; Herod C. K. Lucas Bringhtman Herod’s Son Charles M. Robbins Advisers Donald R. Geiger, Isreal K. Shulman Soldiers Wayne Blaekley, J. Harold Bernstein Messenger Herbert L. Manning Production directed by Prof. Arthur C. Cloetingh Music directed by Prof. Richard W. Grant Scenery and Costumes designed by Amelia Brooks Stage Manager Gonrad H. Zierdt Head Electrician Arthur L. Watmough “ Costumes Mistress Ruth R. Evans Property Manager Margai’et E. Manning ’ It’s just an old Penn State custom. That’s the only excuse we can give for the annual Players’ presentation of the York Nativity Play. Personally we were bored stiff and, like the rest of the house, wouldn’t have been there- if it hadn’t been for the fact that an Artists’ Course tic ket is an Artists’ Course ticket, and we didn’t want to feel that we hadn’t got everything that could be had. However we noticed one thing. The two old ladies in front of us seemed Only 2 Continents Unrepresented Here Only Africa and Australia are lack ing in student representation at the College, as Europe, Asia, North America and South America are rep resented, a report on student enroll ment made by William S. Hoffman, registrar, shows. Of the 5,040 students in the cur ricula enrolled at the College, 4,727 are Pennsylvania men and women. The remaining 313 come from six foreign countries, thirty-four other states, Puerto .Rico, Hawaii and the Panama Canal Zone. Four of the six foreigners are at tending Penn State, for graduate study. • The 4,727 Pennsylvanians come in the. State. —THE MANIAC Stark Ir!lsl?Harper> 'Haherdaahera Hatters, Haberdashers, Tailors The Yarn Craft Shop Wishes Our Students a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 140 E. College Are. Tel. 854-J THE TEXAS LUNCH Christmas Greetings FOOTLIGHTS mildly interested. As for the Nativity itself, in the Biblical story Mary bore Jesus Christ. In the ploy, Mary (Enid Stage) not only bore Jesus Christ but the rest of the cast os well. In fact, she and King Herod, (C. K. Lucas Brightman) in famous villian that he was, were the only things that kept us awake. To be exact King Herod woke us up. Dr. Dye, narrator of the Nativity, certainly looked nice. And Paul K. Hirsh was the best looking of the three shepherds, while Wickliffe Cri der was the best looking king. And we want it understood that we are not influenced by base facts. And Herbert Manning is nicest little messenger we ever saw. In tact, he woke us up too. We don't know whom to blame for this nativity. It was exactly like any other “Presbyterian Church Christmas Pageant. Presented by Members of the Sunday School" we have ever attended. Of course the music was better but on the whole it wasn’t im pressive at all. We do not even have'a good word to say for the electrician of the pro duction or for the designer of the scenery, Amelia Brooks. The light with more or less on and the scenery —well it was there. Frank Warrington as Joseph (The Players spell it Jospeh) wasn’t near ly as good as we thought he would be but then maybe he was tired or had something else on his mind. We don’t .understand a lot of things about these Nativities. We most cer tainly cannot understand how this particular one ever got on the Artists’ Course schedule. It is harder to under stand how it is kept there. We nominate the York Nativity for Penn State’s Hall of Oblivion. Stained Glass Window Designs On Exhibition An exhibit of eighteen original de signs for stained glass windows was opened recently in the agricultural exhibition room in. the Main Engineer, ing building. These designs, which are all in colors, are from a Philadelphia studio that is considered to be one of the two best in this country. The room will be open to visitors from 8 o’clock .in the morning until 5 o’clock in the afternoon and from 7 until 10 o-’ clock at night. ‘ Among the designs included in the .exhibit are the “Seven Ages of Man" window from Foley’s Shakespearian from Riverside church in New York, and one , from Dwight hall at Yale library in Washington, a window University. 808 TAYLOR West College Ave. Faith.T. Aungst Cmidwi s ■ k \WB Greetings 0 from A dWfoC MITTEN’S feJLJgK J 5& ■ SHOP Merry Christmi and a Happy New Yet Bottorf Bros. Bootery Allen St. and Beaver Avc. dhrishnasX>itmm Greetings of the Season from MR. AND MRS. PIRRONE State College Bakery 55 Faculty Members To Attend Meetings (Continued from page one) Gerald J. Stout. Other meetings, no less important, will proceed-with only a single rep resentative from the College admin istrative or instruction staff. Among these will lie Dean Robert D. Sackett, of the School of Engineering, who will appear at the National Collegi ate Athletic Association meeting in New York. Dean Sackett is vice president of this association, and will report for the second district on the present status of intercollegiate ath letics. Librarian Willard P. Lewis will present a, paper on “Fraternity Li braries” at the Chicago meeting of the American Library Association. Health Officer Dr. Joseph P. Rite nour will preside at a joint meeting of college health directors,' physical education directors, and football coaches to be held in New York in' connection with the fifteenth annual convention of the American Student Health Association. Prof. John H. Frizzell- expects to attend the nineteenth annual meet ing of the National Association of Teachers of Speech in New Orleans; Prof. Raymond E. Murphy, of the department of geology,- will attend the Philadelphia meeting of the As sociation of American Geographers. Prof. Frank M. Swartz, of the de ; partment of geology, will attend the and the Paleontological Society o'f America, meeting at Rochester, N. Y. We take this opportunity to extend to all Penn State heartiest wishes for a happy holi day season. We wish also to express our appreciation at this time to those friends and customers who have, by their patronage, enabled us to suc cessfully close another business year. KEELER'S JLf Season’s ' fxll ■Jf Greetings SHOMBERG—JeweIer 132 y 2 E. College Avc. Xmas Greet ings. Hot cof fee and dough nuts . < Served Hourly at the DOWNYFLAKE SHOPPE (Opposite the Post Office) At this happy season. we wish you, one and all, a Joyous Noel Friday,'December* 14,1934 Howe EJntertained by Journalism Fraternity, Charles P. Howe, president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper - Publishers* Association, was the guest of honor at a dinner given by Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fratern ity, in the Old Main Sandwich Shop Wednesday, night. Mr. Howe, who is the publisher '.of the Tarentum Valley Daily News, spoke at an open meeting of jour nalism students yesterday morning on “Personal Experiences and Edi torial Policies.” He was accompa nied in State College by George P. Schmitt, business manager of the Daily News. Div Michael A. Farrell, of the de partment of bacteriology, will present a paper at the annual meeting -of the American Society of Bacteriol ogists in Chicago. Prof. Franklin C. Banner, head of the department of journalism, • will speak on “Research in. Journalism”- at the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journal ism in Chicago. Several members of the department of economics and sociology .will attend two-meetings in Chicago. Dr. Willard Waller And Prof. Charles J. Rowland, of the de partment of economics And sociology, will attend the American Sociological Association meeting; and-Dr. Shel don C. Tanner, professor of business law, and. Dr. Carl W. .Hasek, head of the department of economics and sociology, will meet with the Amer ican Economic Association.
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