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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Publish.] semi-weekly during the College year, except on holiday+.
by students of The Pennsylennin Stare College. In the interest of the
College. the student,. faculty. alumni, and friends.
JOHN A. lIRUTZMAN '35 JACK A. MARTIN '35
Editor Business Manager
FRED W. WRIGHT '35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '35
Sports Editor Circulation 51anager
KENNETH C. HOFFMAN '35 R. KENNETH LYONS '35
Managing. Editor Local Advertising Manager
JAMES R. WATSON JR. '35 HARRY J. KNOFF '35
Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. M 5 JOHN J. MATTHEWS MG
Assistant Managing Editor asst. Foreign Advertising Manager
A. CONRAD EAMES '35 13A1tL G. KEYSER .15. MG
Newt Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager
JAMES B. BEATTY 3R. ; 35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE '35
News .Editor
iIIARCIA IL DANIEL '3
Wonten's Editor
ASSOCIATE. EDITORS
John K. Borne, jr..35 W. Ilernard Freunsch 'l6 Vance 0. Pnckard '36
Harry 11. Henderson jr. .36 William P. McDowell '36
John 111. Miller ir. '36 Donald I'. Snndera '36
Churl. M. Schwartz jr. '36
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Marybel Connbre 'll6 Roth E. Koehler '36 A. Yrnnees Turner .33
Application made for entry at the Post Office, State Wham,
Penna., as second-class flatter.
Friday, January 11, 1935
"FOREWARNED IS
This year for the first time, college students were
included on The Nation's annual honor roll. This pub
lication lists Americans who have distinguished theM
selves in various fields during the year. The selection
is based on either important and enduring work or
personal courage and adherence to high principles in
particular situations.
The first was John Wechsler, editor of the Colum
bia Spectator, who attacked all lanes of reaction
through the columns of his paper. Another editor,
Jesse 11. Cutrer, of the Louisiana State University
paper, together with another undergraduate, also made
the list by virtue of their suspension from college be
cause they criticized Iluey Long.
All of which tends to prove two points: first, at
least a few undergraduates are taking seriously the
problem of directing progress in thought and action;
and second, that if conditions similar to Long's domi
nation of Louisiana are allowed to continue, those oft
repeated principles of freedom of thought, press, and
speech must go by the board.
There is little question that the next few years
will witness a struggle over this very point. As to the
outcome or the proper course, the best experts disagree.
•It is the duty of the present college generation to arm
itself with enough facts to insure intelligent participa
tion when the time for decision making conies.
WE AWAIT EXPLANATIONS
Penn State this week-end plays host to' the Penn
sylvania Association of College Students. It is a. dis
tinct pleasure to the College to welcome these visitors
from other institutions to this• convention - , the first of
which was conceived on this campus.
Every type of school in Pennsylvania will be rep
resented, with delegates coming from all parts of the
State. It is to be hoped that much constructive work
can be accomplished during the two-day meetings.
Much should be settled concerning both student.govern
ment problems and the student's relation to imminent
affairs sir campus.
The highlight of the convention should be the
address of John Lang, former president of the National
Student Federation. It is most significant that his
speech should be "A Generation Faces Dry-Rot." It
will undoubtedly have much to do with the Red scare
an the American campus which we read about in a
Boston paper.
NOW IS THE TIME to dust off the Freshman
bibles and look over the traditional Penn State code
of sportsmanship. Wednesday night presented a. rather
sorry spectacle when the Temple-Penn State game was
in progress. It might he well for undergraduates to
remember that gentlemen seldom boo, and furthermore,
gentlemen never boo experts who have been engaged
to handle a situation
A FEW DAYS AGO, newspapers carried two
stories on their front pages. One had to do with a
kidnapping trial in New Jersey; the second told about
tha President's budget message to Congress when he
presented an unbalanced budget of some eight billions.
Which of these stories was , the more - significant; which
got the more attention and thought?
SLIGHT ERROR
Dr. Tyler Dennctt, president of Williams College,
recently criticized the FERA program through which
college students are provided with $l5-a-month jobs.
His was a unique objection—that there were already
too many unemployed college-trained men. This should
be classed among the prize shallow thoughts of the
century.
If one argues that there are too many unemployed
college-trained men at large today, what can one say
about the untrained who are without work? Surely
Dr. Dennett does not think that present conditions
can be surmounted only by producing a race that can
not and does not wish to think.
A lot of just criticism could be directed at the
FERA and its methods of procedure on the campus,
but it is most fallacious to believe that it is wrong to
help a few more people to acquire a slight background.
This is only one phase of a program which is designed
to broaden the horizon of the group as a whole.
The day has passed when education is a luxury to
be indulged in only by the upper classes. The trend
today is advancing the condition of as many as possible.
It is up to aristocratic institutions to realize and recog
nize such trends.
Woolen's Managitor Editor
ELSIE' 31. DOUTIIETT
Women's News Editor
Often, no we slowly slipped away into the dusk,
we have thought of this idyllic couple, and, though
envying them their bliss, have been able to publicise
nothing. For, you see, it's a tradition that one
must do something (practically anything)_ to justify
free publicity in this corner. Until Friday night
Lucy and Bobbie have been circumspect. She has
CAMPUSEER
BY IMISELF
June in January
For years and years, while our greying beard
has been getting longer and longer, a quiet little
Romance has been flourishing nicely on and off this
campus. Quietly, but hardly unobserved. The prin
cipals in the little affair d'amour are none other than'
that s2tter of standards, Lucy J. Erdman, W. S. G. A.
President, and Kappa Kappa barn= member prom
inent in social circles, and Chemist Bobbie Brown,
from the Land of Closed Dances, out Pugh Street
his pin, of course, but that isn't news. There was a
bit of a rumor that they once kissed sweetly under
the Kappa's prominently displayed mistletoe. That
couldn't be confirmed. Lucy's been pretty worried.
It just couldn't be Romance if it wasn't in the
column!
Now, however, they've really done something of
note, especially when one considers that Lucy is Rule-
Maker and Setter-ol'thc-Time-To-Get-Inner extraor
dinary. Friday night Lucy and Robert were only to
N. L. A. when one o'clock struck.
So now Erdman and Brown 'are in the Column.
Weather Note
As you may have noticed, it's been a bit foggy
in these parts of late. B2tween the nice drizzle that
has so conscientiously accompanied it, and the fact
that our old pal, George W. (Trees) Ebert hasn't
gotten around to taking the Xmas red and green
lights MT the tower yet, we've wondered just what
college we were cutting classes in a couple of times.
But now we're reassured.
It was dark in Old Main's gorgeous lobby Wed
nesday afternoon, and it was even darker on the
balcony (o. k., mezzanine, if you wish). We passed
by, and saw two dim figures gazing raptly out onto
the front campus. We'd just come in and hadn't
seen anything interesting while out in the slop, so
we shot over to a window and looked out. Fog.
Then we looked at the couple. A gentleman, one
Richard Errol Snake, was gazing raptly now at the
lady, one Harriet Forbes. On her bosom rested his
Acacia frat pin.' We couldn't see what they were
staring at so intently while looking at each other.
Then we realized. Fog. •
Correspondence
A pal whose name we can't :decipher, tells no
of Lou Case, one of the big men (now) at the Theta
Xi manse. Mr. Case, it seems, has a father, as is
customary in these parts. But his .father is no
ordinary gent. For he works in the nail factory
from which the nails in the rapidly-becoming-famous
ladder in the Hauptmann-Lindbergh case came.
The younger Mr. Case is quite proud of his relation
ship to such'an important trial. Our correspondent
claims that he officially shook the prominent
Theta Xi's hand. He says that Mr. Case will gladly
oblige anyone else who wished to get in touch with
the events of the great outside world.
Glimmers in the Rain
Ask Spadafora how he sneaked in ahead of Mark
Hall in the tangle to become Senior Ball• Chairman
. . Charlie Schwartz is this rag's Grange Dorm
correspondent—he's temporarily in the Infirmary for
repairs, and has been presented with a new pair
of field glasses . Kelly Houck naively removes
Morty Kagen's coat, after Kagen has slightly ripped
hell' out of his trousers slipping into a Cr. booth—
Kagen remained there almost indefinitely . . . The
(Theta) Smith—(Sigma Chi) Dyson posh is doing
nicely, thanks . . .
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Freshman - C.A. Groups
Will Convene Tuesday
In Hugh Beaver Room
Both freshman C. A. groups Will
meet TueSday night, the Freshman
Commission meeting in the Hugh Bea
ver Room, Old Main, at 7 o'clock, and
the Freshman. Forum holding its ses
sion in Room UO2, Old Main, at G:45
o'clock. Because of the nearness of
the rushing season, Mrs. 'Harry A.
- SeanianS will address the women's
group. on "Fraternities."
The man's group will discuss "Re
lationships Between Men and Wom
en" at their meeting. Election of of
ficers for. the coming year will also
take place at this meeting, the nomi
nations h a v ing been made at, the
meeting last Tuesday.
Presidential nominees are Victor P.
Buell and Theodore E. Smith. The
office of vice-president will go to the
defeated candidate. Weston D. Gard
ner, Michael Nemish, and Robert W.
Werts have been nominated for the
position of secretary.
Nominees for the post of treasurer
are Robert G. Danehower, Thomas L.
Gilbert, and Raymond H. Henry.
There are four nominees for the of
fice ,of social chairman: James M.
Apple, Richard S. Crowell. Daniel R.
Grandy jr., and John G. Sabella.
A joint executive committee com
posed of the officers of the Forum
and the Commission will be formed
after these meetings, for the purpose
of planning •a program of activities
for the remainder of the year. Charles
H. Salt '36 and G2nevra C. Ziegler '37
will counsel the Commission and For
um respectively.
Final plans for the holding of a
swimming narty a week from tomor
row will be discussed at the meetings
Tuesday, as well as plans for a joint
meeting of the two freshman groups
on Tuesday, January 22.
Faculty Men Address
Inquiry Trip Visitors
Prof. Charles J. Rowland, of the
department or economics and sociol
ogy, and John H. Ferguson, of the
department of history and political
science, addressed a meeting of stu
dents who made the P. S. C. A. in
quiry trips over the holidays, in the
Hugh Beaver Room. Tuesday
Reports on the trips were present
ed by Katherine B. Humphrey '35, on
the Pittsburgh,. trip; Charles R.
Schlegel on the excursion to Phil
adelphia; and Ralph G. Larson '3G,
concerning the trip to Harrisburg.
A trip to Irvona, -originally planned
for the holiday Period, — will probably
be made some- Saturday in the near
Co-Edits
A display of ;the W. S. G. A. con
stitution, code book; rules, and clip
pings is being prepared for the Penn
sylvania Association of Colleges meet
ing which'will be held here this week
end.
Exactly $48.40 was contributed by
the women students for the W. S. G.
A. Christmas fund. Senate added
$11.60 to this amount,. making it pos
sible to give $l5 .to the deserving
mother who was recommended by the
Dean of Women, and $l5 to the fund
for the new kindergarten at .Lytle's
Addition.
It has been suggested that the all.-
College dance to he given especially
for non-fraternity women and to be
made comparable to Panhellenic Ball,
be held on the week-end after Senior
Ball. No definite plans have yet been
made.
Theta Phi Alpha is having a coffee
hour on Monday afternoon at 4 o'-
clock for freshman women.
The Beta Province of Kappa Kappa
Gamma has accepted the local chap.:
ter's invitation to hold their spring
convention on this campus.
Bausch & Lomb
Twisting
The Dial
All programs will be listed accord
ing to the key station in the East,
and in Eastern Standard time.
Our policy will be to pick the more
outstanding air offerings. Hope you'll
like 'em.
TONIGHT
Abe Lyman's music provides swell
background for voices of Frank Munn
and Vivienne Segal' on WEAF at 0
. . . popular music in symphonic
style, with a new use for a voice choir
—a new program that is clicking on
WEAF at 10:30 ... and after house
meeting, there's your choice of two
she bands at 11—Ozzie Nelson on
WABC or Eddy Duchin on WJZ.
TOMORROW
No use listing programs before 9:30
—but at that hour Richard...Himber
can be found on WABC . . Hal
Kemp's syncopation is on WOR at
10:30 .. . and 11's best bet is easily
Dorsey Bros. on WJZ ... it has huh
buh-Bob Crosby.
SUNDAY
If it isn't on your program to see
the local presentation of "Counsellor
at-Law" ... by all means hear Paul
Muni play Simon in radio version
on WJZ at 2:30 Not one of these
Sunday matinees has been sour so
far . Be'stor to Parker to Benny
. .. fun and rhythm ... WJZ at 7
... and it's Penner versus Will Rog
ers at WJZ and WABC re
spectively .. :the Sage of Claremore
gets one wavering vote here.
MONDAY
Jan Garber is packing them in at
his Supper Club on WJZ at 8 . . .
Dorothy Page, the most beautiful
woman in radio, sings surprisingly
well, as does suave Lee Bennett ...
there's a little plot, but it doesn't get
in the way ... at 9:30, on WABC,
Block and Sully may not put you in
the aisles, but there's always Lud
Gluskin's band and torchy Gertrude
Wessell. I
Roaming Between the Kilocycles
MEMO—ask Mr. Fleming if Paul
Pendarvis has really been signed for
the Senior Ball. Campus gossip
would have it so, at any rate. Heard
him the other night, and he has what
it takes. Try KDKA some time be
tween 11 and midnight, and decide
for yourself. Other bands said to be
on the list are Mal Ballet (Prom
band in '3O, Bernie Cummins, Emer
son Gill (Senior Ball band in '33),
Red Nichols, - the mast torrid of the
group, and George -Hall, the most im
proved band of last year.
Dhncing This
Week-end?
We offer service at two places
'for last minute pressing.
Cash and Carry . 113 Pugh St.
Cash and Deliver . Phone 955
State College
Dry Cleaning Works
Tax on Checks ended Janu
ary 1, 1935. Let the end,
of the 2-cent tax mark the
beginning of a new period
of safe, orderly handling
of your financial affairs.
Pay your bills by check.
The 'First National
• Bank of State
College
John T.. McCormick, President
David F. Kapp, Cashier
CHEMICAL,
intelligent use
its marks the
no, is progres
efficient That
)mb offers op
ined especially
lusch & Lomb.
Paul 'Street, '
Campus Patrol 'Lost &. Found' Department
Boasts Stock from Books To Saxophones
Remember that chum book, saxo
phone, fountain pen, or slide rule you
lost last year? If you would still
like to have it, it may be well :worth
your while to visit the lost and .found
department of the Campus Patrol in
Room 321, Old Main, before.you give
up hope.
A total of $2,258.77 worth or arti
cles were found in corridors,
rooms, and lounges by the five regu
lar and thirty part-time memba:_s of
the patrol and returned to the:own
ers since last January. A great.mian
titY,Of articles still remain unclaimed.
"When we receive notice .of a sto
len article we check it against , a list
of things we have here," Chief '"An
dy" -Zarger said yesterday afternoon.
"If it is not here we give each mem
ber of the force . a description of it
and he is on the lookout. It's not
uncommon for on officer to recognize
a coat reported stolen ou a student
and when he questions him to dis
coven that is , the roommate of the
person who lost the coat and only
borrowed it." . •
"For some reason, more jewelry
has turned up this year than ever U
RA, in. the nine years' I have' been
on duty," the chief revealed. "Dur
9 Students. Withdraw
During Last 2 Months
Nhie students, six. freshmen and
three sophomores, have withdrawn
from College since the middle of No
vember. Of the nine,. four dropped
out on account of illness, two on . ac
count of poor scholarship, one for
lack of finances, one because of . the
death of his father, and one on ac
count of insifilcient preparation.
The sophomores are John F. Shu
bick, •Charles B. Tilbrook, and Lewis
11-Wendel. The freshmen who have
withdrawn are Robert Bohn, George
Elliott, Meyer D. Finkelstein, Nich
olas L. Keyock, Gust Lithe, and
Thomas J. Saurina.
Eliminations. Continue
For Co-ed Rifle Team
Eliminations are being held twice
weekly, on' Tuesday, and Thursday,
to select the varsity co-ed rifle team.
'Although fifty women arc still in 'the
running, the squad will be narrowed
down' to • ten. -
Twenty matches will oonstitnte the
co-ed;' schedule, Which. will!' open, o f-,
ficiallg od:'l o ebruarY. 10 against the
meres - .-freslimen ripe. groiip.
A reporter for a metropolitan daily asked a num
ber of persons on the-street, "What is thnbiggest buy
fox:a nickel?" Two-thirds promptly replidd, - "Aiele:
phone call." '
Americans throughout the'couritry evidently agree
with this judgment of value received from the tele;
phone. For each day they hold more than 57,000,000
conversations over 'Bell System wires.
!ELL tIRLIETTIOE.SYSTEM
Friday, Jandary 11, 1935
ing the past year we have found and
returned six fraternity pins. None
had been found by the patrol before."
Textbooks valued at $357.41 were
returned after identification by their
o‘Vhers during the past year, but
$146.50 worth of books still remains
unclaimed. Approximately $l5O worth
of leather notebooks await their own
era although 4136.40 has been re
turned during the same length - of
time.
"When the name is on a book, foun
tain pen, hat, or any other article,
we try religiously to call the owner
on the phone and sometimes have to
leave word
with a fraternity brother
or the landlady of the owner," , the
chief related, "but sometimes the own
er doesn't receive the message ,and
sometimes he won't come up to the
office when he finds that it was the
campus police office that telephoned."
"A lot of people who lose coats
don't miss them until the cold weath
er or rain comes and then we, get rid
of a few things. That green cabinet
over there is loaded with overshoes,"
he said, pointing to the other side of
the, room.
• TWo of the most. expensive, arti
cles Sound! and returned during 'the
past year were a bass liorn. , and
Geiger Counter, a physics instrument
valued at.s3oo.
After a reasonable length of time,
well-worn . articles of clothing .for
which no owner is likely to call 'are
given to the Red Cross. •
:`l . think some students must leave
old coats and hats so that they will
be. 'lost' and Dad will come across
with new ones," Chief Zarger opined.
The' campus patrol office will be
open each• night including Sunday,
from 7 until 10 o'clock for students
wishing to recover articles. And' any
one who can identify and carry aivay
his property will be doing the• patrol
a personal• favor, according to the
chief, because the articles take, up so
much storage room that the members
of the force are gradually being
crowded out of their lockers.
THE RESIDES
TAXI SERVICE
Will operate until 3:00 A. Pd.,
Saturday morning, Jan. 12,. to
accommodate attending ,
*the. Beaux' Aris
Year after year Bell
System planning extends
the telephone's reach
—increases its speed—
, maims, it, more, coove
nient, more valuable to
everybody.