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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Publislasi send-weekly during the College year, except on holidays.
by student• of The Pennsylvania State College. In the interest at the
College. Oil students. faculty, alumni. and friends.
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Tuesday, January 15, 1935
GLITTERING GENERALITIES
Delegates at the P. A. C. S. dinner Saturday night
heard described in brilliant terms the problems and the
solution of those problems which the youth of today
faces. John Lang, recently deposed president of the
N. S. F. A., propounded a plan through - which the
government would be enlisted in the search for work
for young men and women.
To one who leans back in his chair and toys with
an ash tray during a speech, it must have sounded
well, but if one were to attempt the analysis of phrases,
astonishing results burbled up. They were good phrases,
well-chosen and catchy, but often they crossed each
other's paths or rang rather hollowly.
"We must return to the spirit of American philos2
ophy," he said, at one point. Questioned later as to
his definition of such philosophy, he declined to be more
specific. He did not specify whether rugged individual
ism covered this phrase. Communism, too, must never
be allowed to permeate this country, while Fascism is
definitely wrong. Bureaucracy is also out, definitelZ
When questioned as to his conception of President
Roosevelt's policies in relation to bureaucracy, Mr. Lank
termed the President "the hope of Democracy." In
almost the same breath, he decried certain NBA codes
which set up minimum age standards, thus depriving
youth of its right to work.
Just a bit later, when Ma% Lang turned to his
solution of youth's troubles, he forgot his aversion to
bureaucracy and suggested that' a bUreau he. created
in the Department of the Interior through which
Youth's piT s iblerns would be solved and prosperity brought
back to' us. Ile didn't mention it, but we suspect he
would accept a job in the new bureau if it were offered
him.
At any rate, we must solve this problem, and un
doubtedly, as Mr. Lang pointed out, it should be done
in an American., scientific, democratic fashion. From
it will evolve a social and democratic organization.
And, in this Utopia, passing the buck will be eliminated.
Perhaps throwing the bull will be, too.
WHILE FIFTY-TWO fraternity treasurers con
tinued their frantic efforts to mahow:o balanced budgets
here, Syracuse undergraduates went home at ,Christmas
with instructions to bring back the names of all high
school seniors "Financially able' to join a fraternity
and whose scholarship rating would be an asset rather
than a liability to the group."
Apparently, the situation there is even worse than
the local one. There, they frankly say that they must
have more pledges to keep the mortgage holders away
and keep the (lining room open. Here, it has not yet
reached such an extreme point. When it does, the time
will have arrived for dropping the subterfuge of the
name fraternity and classifying all the young palaces of
the eating clubs which they will then become.
THE COMPLACENCY OF AGE
Students at Kansas State College must take com-
pulsory military training despite conscientious objec
tions, according to a recent ruling by District Judge
Otis E. Hungate. In his decision, the learned Judge
said, "The State has a right to train. its youth in mili
tary matters and to have them prepared for defense
of their country."
That glib phrase, "defense of their country," seems
to cover such a multitude of sins. With a witticism
like that; all attempts to eliminate a bore from college
curricula are lightly dismissed. When has this country
needed defense? Just how soon, in your opinion, is
this country going to need defense from the hungry
hordes of savage conquerors from, well, who knows
where?
Judge Hungate can prate on about preparing you
for the defense of this country heis probably old
and dried up enough that the army wouldn't want him
for cannon fodder. Cannon fodder is best when com
posed of the finest physical specimens which a country
can offer. He may thus sit back and recommend edu
cation for murder because he'll never be a pupil.
What of youth's beliefs? What of youth's efforts
to bring about international understanding and the ul
timate elimination of conflict? "Impractical and non
sensical," the older generation will snort. "Only by a
strong army and navy can our noble democracy be
saved!"
OLD MANIA
Student Leaders
We've been trying to figure out the most idiotic
thing that happened (luring the Pa. Ass. Col. Stooges
convention here this week-end, and have just about
come to the conclusion that the most idiotic thing
about the whole affair was its existence.
Of course, we may be wrong. Kenny Maiers, our
President of Interfraternity Council, although ar
rayed in all his glory, was mistaken for a freshman
by over half the imported brains that were here for
the week-end.
And, we understand, Pinzy Needles (looking very
much like a slightly inferior fifth Marx Brother with
the cigar that he affected for the benefit of the fem
inine delegates) was declared "too, too cute," by five
of those delegates within our hearing. We quite
agreed with them.
And then, of course, there was Lang, the great.
This gentleman, who denies that he made a prime
journalistic ass of himself at the Boston N. S. F. A.
conference over Christmas, was very much here.
In fact, he went so far as to make a speech. All
during it we were trying to recall just what he re
minded us of. Because of this, we fortunately didn't
hear much of the drivel. Along towards the end, we
remembered.
Mr. Lang, in our humble opinion, would, make
one of this country's most successful morticians.
Ms southern accent, plus a swell professional man
ner, would be perfect.
Very much
. present was Libby Barton, our own
nomination for a M. W. G. I. C. (Most Wholesome
Girl In College) degree if she returns again from
moulding the youth of the nation with the Educa
tion School's practice teachers.
Present this year was Rostand (Patsy) Kelly,
Proxy, no less, of the great Student Association.
He was around, sort of, which was pretty good, for
him. Last year, right after elections, they had to
haul the gentleman out of one of State College's low
beer dives by the seat of his britches—to get him up
to Old Main for inaugural ceremonies.
All the boys and girls had a gmid time here,
though. They all arrived, registered, dated, and
went home with the idea that this would be a nice
college to go to if they weren't going somewhere else
'at present. Of course they didn't get around to do
muCh_ conferring, didn't advance . any particularly
revolutionary ideas. But they all• IMd a swell time.
It's to bad the thing is going to be held at Dickinson
next year. Just watching the delegates is good for a
week-end of laughs.
Concert, with Refreshments
One of the ever-present problems• of the, Pons
iState undergraduate, we find, is that of eating. This
if taken care of in various Wnys, but about the
smoothest we've heard of lately is the little business
three Phi Psi fresh put on in, the Corner the other
night.
Three young gentlemen (why, of course they're
gentlemen—any Phi Psi will tell you, whether you
like it or not, that all Phi Psi's are gentlemen) were
returning from practicing with one of the campus'
more embryonic orchestras. They went in the Cr.,
sat down, and contemplated the floor. No money. It
was o. k„ though. A Mr. Williams had his trumpet,
a Messrs. Miller and Bighorn had saxes. They tooted,
and after awhile Edna came along with ice cream
and cake. Free, for nothing. They kept on, hut they
only got a little candy (it's the law of diminishing
utility, you economists), so they left. The people in
the Cr. said it was pretty nice while it lasted.
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Color Story
They had a dance over in the Armory Friday
night, and a lot of people were there, us too. The
costumes - were nice, the music' was nice, and the
Scarab decorations were nice. A Mr. SAE Kaiser
went as 0. Soglow's Little King, and won a prize.
A' Miss Theta Wells went as something (somebody
was in front of us) and won -a prize, too. All very
The guy that had the most fun, though, was the
gent who went as Humpty Dumpty. He wasn't
doing so well, for awhile, just dancing around by
himself—on account of the troubles of being a Hump
ty Dumpty. After intermission, though, things picked
up for him. Some brunette lady came along, gravely
knocked on his gigantic stomach, and when he bel
lowed, "Come in," she did. Just like that. Slue stayed
for three dances. That must have been pretty nice,
too.
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About Town and Campus:
Nifty Nicholson (the Beta, you barbarian) had
himself a good job over Xmas. He went to Wilkes-
Barre, and nearly every night got paid for working
with Joe Somebody and his Melody Manglers -- he
whistled, Nifty did ...Charlie (Infirmary) Schwartz
is sort of sore at the Campuseer—after Friday morn
ing's squib, all the Grange Dorm blinds came down
every night . .. The Grange Gals had themselves a
pebble-throwing visitor the other night, by the way
. Punnyman Bowles, Frotl!, editor, spent Sunday
afternoon in the Cr.—totally surrounded by Comic
Supplements—an issue is definitely going to press,
and a snickering bird tells us that a very aristocrat
ic University is going to be slightly mad . .
THE PENN SXTE COLLEGIAN
Welles, Keiser Given
Titles at Beaux Arts
Betty V. Welles '35 and Charles
B. Keiser '36 were awarded the ti
tles of Queen Carnival and King
Afomus at the Beaux Arts Ball Fri
day night. Miss Welles was dress
ed as a belle of the Gay Nineties
and Keiser was disguised as So
glow's Little King.
Prof. Helen Savant and Prof.
Andrew W. Case, both of the de
partment of architecture, and Hay
wood Shacklett, of the department
of fine arts, acted as judges.
State Highway Relief
Maps on Display Here
~._The relief map of Pennsylvania
showing the highway system and the
geographical features of the State,
which the State Highway department
borrowed from the College for dis
play at the Sesnui-Centennial Exposi
tion at Philadelphia, has been com
pletely revised; Dean Edward Steidle,
of the School of Mineral Industries,
reported last . week.
The map is on permanent display
in the hall of. the Mineral Industries
building and .is supplemented by a
similar relief map showing the geo
logical featares of Pennsylvania
which is in the Mineral Industries
museum. Revision of the geograph
ical and highway map was carried
out by the State Highway depart
ment 'in return for its use.
Junior Collegian
Scri6es Select
10 Best Storks
Although campus sentiment has
often compared State College to
Grand Hotel in that nothing ever,
happens, eight COLLEGIAN Junior
Boardmen lent inestimable enugy
in narrowing down their list of the
"ten best news stories" from the hun
dreds of exciting, harrowing, poign
ant, and riotous news events which
have been reported in these pages
during the past year.
The selections follow (points being
awarded on' the basis of a possible
80):
1. Liberal Arts-Education Schools
merger :which constituted a com
plete riorganization of both
schools-58 points.
2, -1 7. : E.H:A.: announcing aid for. 585
• 'needy afidentso6 points:..
3. Student riot and bonfire preced
, ing SyraCuse football, game, when
H Burgess Leitzell called in several
State , TrooPers-44 .
4. Wrestitilf..lptercollegiates here
when t 'State grapplers won
championships-35 points.
5. Eight freshmen gridders tell re
porter, of 'dissatisfaction ' and of
plans to !leave at the end - of the
. year-33. points.
.6. Election of officers of the various
classes and members to Student
Council-28 points.
7. Membership of Student Council
cut from forty-two to twenty-five
--23 points.
8. Herman Everhardus, former All-
American, becomes member of the
football coaching staff-17 points.
9. Number of complimentary tickets
for major dances cut from 128 to
89-16 points. ,
10. Walter J. Kinsey, non-fraternity
man, elected manager of football
for the coming year-15 points.
Penn State Men
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and, popular with college
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Conveniently located in the
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All.ltooms Outside
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TAE MANIAC
On Youi• Visit to
NEW YORK
Vienna Choir Will Give
Musical Play Thursday
(Continued from page ono)
Nascus, Gallus, and Palestrina, and
also numbers by Franz Schubert,
Brahms, Kromer and Strauss.
"A Song from Old Vienna" is a
musical playlet arranged especially
for presentation by the Choir Boys
from "Der BausEche Krieg" by Franz
Schubert. It has a romantic setting
and plot.
Third American Tour
The Vienna Choir Boys come to
this campus on their third American
tour. They sailed from Europe on
the Ile de France October 29 and an:
rived in the United States November
6. The tour which has been planned
for them will take them to the Pacific
coast and back.
Critics are quick to point out that
the singing boys of Vienna, ranging
in age from eight to fifteen, should
not be confused with amateur choral
organizations. The organization is
400 years old, being founded by
the Emperor Maximilian in 1498.
Finished Musicians
Their long history presupposes a
vigorous training in the traditions
established by their Austrian and
Hapsburg background. Josef Haydn
and Franz Schubert were members of
the organization.
Each one of the twenty boys in the
choir is a finished musician, capable
of singing accurately the most com
plicated choral harmonies, from the
chromatic modes of Palestrina and
Monteverdi, to the simple tonal out
lines of the classical school.
The boys are recruited from the
working classes. Before they enroll
in the organization, which is equiva
lent to a school, they must pass se
vere examinations regarding their
scholastic ability and musical talents.
Engineers See Movies
In place of the regular senior en
gineers' lecture series in the Chem
istry amphitheatre on Friday after
noons, two motion pictures concern
ed with the development of the A. I.
E. E. were shown at the Nittany the
atre. Dugwald C. Jackson 'B5, who
is now head of the department of
electrical engineering at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, was
one of the men interviewed on the
screen, and Charles F. Scott, profes
sor of electrical engineering at Yale,
was the other.
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When he starts to read you the story of his life,"From
Bootblack to Butterfly," don't weep, don't scream.
Just relax with a sunny -smooth Old Gold. You'll find
its mild and mellow tobaccos as soothing as a lullaby.
TRYING TIMES . ; . TRY A-SMOOTH OLD GOLD
Co-Edits
The W. S. C. A. Senate entertained
the visiting women delegates to the
Pennsylvania Association of College
Students meeting at a tea held in the
'..second floor lounge in Old Main on
Saturday afternoon. Of the 125
delegates attending the convention,
36 were women students.
The display of the W. S. G. A. con
stitution, code book, rules, and clip
pings which was compiled by, Nancy
W. Stablman '35 received honorable
mention at the conferenee.
Wednesday night the Delta Gam
mas entertained at a waffle party:and
Sunday afternoon the Thetas served
tea at the house' from 3 to 5 o'clock.'
The pledges of the Louise Homer
Club entertained the active members
with a musical program at the- meet
ing held in the Home Economics
building Thursday night.
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Tuesday, January 15, 1938
Education Department
Secures Andre Battut
Prof. Andre Battut, of the Lycee
Janson le Sailly in Paris, has been
secured as a member of the faculty of
the Institute of French Education for
the summer of 1935.
M. Battut visited the United States
in 1927-28 and lectured during that
year ut Princeton University. He
holds at the present time the chair of
Arisithig Professor. from France at
Hunter College, New York City.
While here he will give lectures on
his native land.
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