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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Published semiweekly during the College year, except on holidom,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the interest of the
College. the students, faculty, alumni, and friends.
THE MANAGING BOARD
JOHN A. RRUTZMAN '95 JACK A. MARTIN '35
Editor Business Manager
GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '35 FRED W. WRIGHT '35
Sports EiMoe Circulation Manager
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. '35 JOHN .7. MATTHEWS '35
Assistant Managing. Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager
A. CONRAD lIAIGES '35 EARL G. KEYSER JR. '35
News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager
JAMES 11. BEATTY JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE '35
News Editor Women's Managing Editor
MARCIA B. DANIEL '35
'35
Women's Editor ELSIE H. DOUTHETT
Women's News Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John K. Barnes Jr. '36 W. Bernard Frounsch '36 Vance 0. Packard '36
Harry B. Henderson jr. '36 William P. McDowell '36
John E. Miller jr. '36 Donald P. Sanders '3O
Charles M. Schwartz Jr. 'SG
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Philip G. E.ne '36 William B. Heckman . :1G Leonard T. Siert '96
Poland W. Merle,beer jr. 'SG William H. Skirble .36
Idannuina Editor This Issue_
Mews Editor This Issue
Friday, January 18, 1935
FOR BETTER LIVING
Adequate indeed are the recommendations of the
Fraternity Counsellors association concerning the
problems of cooperation among the residents of State
College. It is only too true that certain groups here
have given an insufficient amount of consideration to
tin other members of the community. No doubt this
fault has been evenly divided among all, every faction
being guilty.
As to the clause concerning cooperation and en
couragement of those charged with the protection of
life and property, it has been the experience of the
past that so-called student leaders are always anxious
to do all in their power to foster proper cooperation.
Their efforts have not always been rewarded.
Probably one of the most misunderstood and under
rated bodies on the campus is the Student Board, the
supreme governing body of the student government
set-up. The fraternity counsellors ask for discipline
for the "more thoughtless members of the student
group." Such discipline has been meted out steadily,
and undoubtedly will continue. The matter has been
treated without fanfare; hence, the idea that nothing
is ever done about such matters.
IT IS NO SECRET that the Penn State Enfrineer
is in serious straits financially. The subscription cam
paign last fall did not prove too successful and unless
new subscriptions are secured, publication may be sus
pended. The Engineer is one of the best technical stu
dent publications in the college field today. Surely the
members of the School of Engineering will have loyalty
enough to forestall the suspension of the official organ
of their School.
THE STUDENT SPEAKS
Over 300,000 ballots have been mailed to students in
more than a hundred leading colleges in America, in
cluding Penn State, in the nation-wide Peace Poll spon
sored by the Association of College Editors and The
Literary Digest.
Such an attempt to stimulate and stabilize student
opinion on a subject of foremost importance is highly
commendable, but it can be successful and significant
only if the students of America cooperate by return
ing their ballots.
The five questions asked on the ballot are simple
and easily underitood but still highly pertinent. The
first (Do you believe that the United States could stay
out of another great war?) becomes even more im
portant because of its sub-questions which ask whether
you would bear arms in either a defensive or an ag
gressive war.
The second question (Do you believe that a national
policy. of an American Navy and Air Force second to
none is a sound method of insuring us against being
drawn into another great war?) will determine under
graduate sentiment on the preparedness vs. disarma
ment question.
Question number three (Do you advocate govern
ment control of armament and munition industries?)
is especially timely because of the recent Senate muni
tions investigations, as is the fourth question (Would
you advocate the principle of universal conscription
of all resources of capital and labor in order to control
all profits in time of war?).
Perhaps the most debated subject of all and one
which national student opinion will be revealed for
the first time is the fifth , and last question on the bal
lot (Should the United States enter the League of
Nations?).
More than 300,000 of these ballots have been sent
out; very close to 300,000 should be returned, The
survey is a test of the American undergraduate. It
does not seek expert opinion on world affairs but it
will determine whether college students think and what
they think.
If only a small percentage of the ballots are re
turned, it will prove conclusively what many editors
of college newspapers have maintained for some time
—that the average college student is only slightly
concerned with even the most pressing of national and
international problems and affairs.
On the other hand, if students take advantage of
this, their first unified chance to express themselves
on the stabilizing of peace, the results of the poll may
be accepted as a true and accurate cross-section of
student belief in this country. The almost unbelievably
accurate results of previous Literary Digest polls guar
antee this.
John E. Miller jr. '3G
__Harry B. Menden. jr. '3G
after a little gentle investigation, we found out the
stupendous facts. It's a now way to converse, and a
novel one. Charles Blake, it appears, is none other
than our old pal, Charles Blakely Keiser, the pride
of deah ole SAE. And, if one Alm* moonings in
Grange Dorm mean anything, the lady being indi
rectly talked at can be no one but that adorable pos
sessor of golden locks, Dagmar Hansen.
In the monologue, what there is of it, the gent
addresses his love. He's mad, he is, and he lets her
know it:
"I'm white and human and like to be treated as
such," he thunders.
_"What would your reaction be
if I treated you in such a manner?" Then he goes
on, devastatingly, "I'm not the meek fellow you think
I am. Gawd, how do you think I've gotten through
life this far or managed to keep in my fraternity?
I'd love to get you out in the woods and show- you
I am a man among men.' I can keep smiling when
breaks are against me. I can fight for what is right,
and I can recognise right from wrong. I can fell, a
tree. I can hike all day and not gripe about it. 'l'm
a man and you're a woman who sees in me an arti
ficial set-up which I don't like." (Strong stuff,
Chollie.) '
Not satisfied, the man goes on, and on. Pretty
soon he ennunciates firmly, "You want to be domi
nated and you will be. You have been at times but
you never knew it. Do you remember when you
wanted to leave college? You're still here, aren't
you? What happened when you wanted to go for
an overnight hike in the mountains? We didn't go!
Oh! I've been nice to you. Don't mistake it for
meekness. I am a man." •
Ahd more. "I tell you that I'm going to be a
successful advertiser and what words of encourage
fnent do I get from you? Instead, you tell me I won't
make out. Don't you think a word or two might
help? Is that psychology? 'lf it is, I prefer a dif
ferent method to spur me on and :make me happy
at the same time. Anybody can be a flop, but it takes
a good man to be successful. Even if I'm a ditch
digger . . I'll be the best man in the ditch." In
conclusion, Mr. Keiser makes a potent observation,
"I'm dependable, but you can't make a mahogany
table out of a cheese box."
Our congratulations to Mr. Keiser, and to the
frat which bred him, SAE. A literary effort like
that sets our minds at rest. And more, it let's us
know what our man primeval is thinking about when
he looks into Miss Ffansen's eyes so tenderly.
Hail Stones
Dick Cullum, in our contemporary advertising
sheet, Esquire,' slips, sort of. On page 86 of the
January issue be raves on about the Nittany Lions.
We thought, "wheeee, fame!" . But he means Colum
bia . . . The checking booth man at the Beaux-Arts
affair succeeded in getting his own hat lost—contrary
to custom in these parts, to say the least . . . Our
regards to two much missed invalids, Sam Wyand
and Snem Herbst—may they both be back in circu
lation soon ... Cliff Wood didn't like the CocrzniAN's
'nasty words about Johnny Lang one bit . . . •
CAMPUSEER
ErEEMEMI
Letter To Dagmar
For quite a little while now, we've been getting
around to mentioning the rather obvious fact that
people from this U. are authoring a large percent
age of the fiction, etc., that appears in that gradu
ally-becoming-stellar journal, The College Specta
tor.' We didn't get around to it, of course, lik2 we
never get around to anything, until this last issue
(Jan. 9) came out. Then we got ambitious. For,
joining the pleasant company of Dick Lewis, Bill
Hastings, Snem Herbst, Mary Louise Frear, Jim
Beatty, and Martha Levine, there was a new name—
Charles Blake.
We read the gent's story, "What Manner of
" shuddered, and read it again. Then,
TEE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Student-Town Group
Accents 5 New Rules
(Continued from page one)
considerate and law-abiding
and furthermore that the stu
dent body is essential to the
prosperity and wholesome
.de
velopment of State College;
"4. Student Council look into and
take -cognizance of its author
ity to discipline the more
thoughtless members of the
student group in order that a
few may not embarrass or
bring discredit upon all;
"5. The Penn State COLLEGIAN is
hereby requested to publish in
its columns information about
the problems of this commun
ity 'and the efforts madd tb
solve thern,.so that with every
student intelligently informed,
all may more happily reside in
• State •College."
Respectfully submitted,
Prof. Charles C. Wagner
John R. Doty
Prof. Francis J. Tschan,
It was suggested that each fratern
ity should make periodic examina
tions of their property and see that
all clauses of their fire insurance
policies were being carried out as
well as to determine if, because of
changes in rate, new equipment, or
for any other reason, reductions in
fire insurance cost could be affected.
The principal speakers, John R.
Doty, Edwin R. Hawkins, of the de
partment of economics, and Prof.
Morris W. White, of the department
of physics, brought out that because
of the fluctuation of the dollar, and
property depreciation, periodic pol
icy adjustments were necessary not
only economically but as a protec
tion against errors in policy writing.
Individual fraternity house quantity
surveys was also recommended.
Deficiency in English
Noted by Professor
"If there is one feature of educa
tion in which Penn State students are
deficient it is English", said Prof.
George W. Hartmann, of the depart
ment of edncational psychology, in
an interview., "Through co-operative
tests and statistics, it has been deter
mined that as a general rule a stu
dentts ability in English is a good in
dex to his ability in the rest of his
subjects and it . is in an attempt to
raise the relative scholastic standing
of the School of Liberal Arts that cer
tain procedure and standards are be
ing set up.. 1
State Is, Not the Worst
"These standards will take the
foim of competetive and objective
,
tests in every day spoken and written
I English whiCh must be passed before
a student is' admitted to the Upper
Division. A 'rather small fraction of
students with , zero 'averages, who
formerly would have gone on, will now
be forced to leave school," Professor
Hartmann added.
He concluded by asserting that
while Penn State is by no means the
worst offender in the country in re
spect to English, it is nowhere near
the top. The ultimate reason for the
institution of these tests is 'to raise
the standard of Penn State graduates
not only in ordinary English but also
in all other subjects.
The committee, which for the last
three months has been working on this
problem, is composed of Thomas J.
Gates, professor of English composi
tion, Professor Hartman, Mason
Long, associate professor of English
literature, Bruce V. Moore, professor
'of psychology, and Adrian 0. Morse,
executive secretary of the College,
chairman. -
Ritenour Advises Rest
Primary Health Sign
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, College
physicians, recently attributed the
causes of the numerous cases of nerv
ous breakdown •and sickness here to
long hours and lack of sleep.
"I'm afraid that the oncoming finals
this month will result in more students
going to the infirmary," Dr. Ritenour
said. "Students will spend long hours
in an attempt to learn their courses
Over night, and the little vitality they
have now will be all used up. In the
long run a student will not be pre
pared 'to pass his examinations any
way."
"There is no beating around the
bush", Dr. Ritenour continued, "suffi
cient rest is needed for any normal
body. There's no curriculum at any
college that asks anyone to stay up
half the night to study."
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TONIC H r
Recommended!! Jessica Dragonette,
soprano, with a male quartet, and
Rosario Bourdon's orchestra, on
WRAP at 8 ... Beatrice Lillie, come
dienne, on WJZ at 9—whether her
transition from the stage to the
studio has robbed her of some of her
effectiveness, the neat few programs
will tell . . for the stay-up-lates,
Noble Sissle on WJZ at 11:30.
TOMORROW
"La Forza del Destino," one of
Verdi's lesser known works, will be
presented from the Metropolitan
Opera House over a combined WEAF
WJZ' net at 1:50... Elizabeth Reth
berg, Giovanni Martinelli, and Gladys
Swarthout sing leading roles; Ger
aldine Farrar is the raconteuse . . .
try "Art in 'interim," on the movies
at 8 on WJZ . Romberg headlines
an hour show at 8, over NEAT .
Sport highlights of 1934 will be re
viewed at 10, on WABC, by the dy
namic CBS mikeman, Ted Hosing
SUNDAY
Chairman
Easily the outstanding day of the
week for general excellence of pro
grams . . . Don't miss "The Late
`those
grand
Bean," starring *those
grand actors, Walter Connolly and
Pauline Lord, on WJZ at - 278 - 0 . . .
If you don't mind hearing some poor
soul get a rousing chord in G, as a
sign that his act isn't jelling, then
get Ray Perkins' Amateur Night on
WABC at 6—some good, some awful
—but lotsa fun ... Alexander Wooll
cott spins fascinating yarns on
WABC at i . . . opera again—this
time a tabloid version of "Cavalleria
Rusticana," it's on WEAF at 8. and
stars Frederick Sage], tenor . . . an
Artists' Course performer may be
"previewed" on WABC at 9—Grete
Stueckgold, soprano, appears with a
symphony orchestra under the baton
of Victor Kolar.
MONDAY
WEAF, from 8 to 10, presents a
variety of musical programs that
should appeal to a large number on
this campus ... the following appear,
in half hour programs, in the order
listed—Himber's band . . . Richard
Crooks, tenor, with Daly's orchestra
. . Frank Parker, supported by
Harry Horlick's Gypsies . . . and Al
Goodman's ork plus guest stars, to
wind up this melange ... B. I.' 0. N.,
but we'll bet that Edwin C. Hill could
read Patagonian war debt statistics
in, a manner that would have you
hanging on every word this - com
mentator may be found on WABC
at 8:15 ... and some of the evening's
smoothest symeopatiOn may; be heard
on WABC from 11 on, including Casa
Loma, Henry Busse, Herbie Kay, and
Scott Fisher.
CLASSIFIED
SPECIAL DANClNG—lndividual and
group. Instruction at reasonable
prices. Call Ellen Mitchell, 708 E.
College avenue. Phone 468-1
81-et-np-OW
WANTED—Students and family laun
dry. Called for and delivered.
Phono 355-M. GG-2t pd C.M.
NEAT TYPING of theses, reports,
etc., done quickly, dependably, and
cheaply. Call "Al" Haiges at T. N. E.
Phone 324 for information.
73-3 t comp ACH
TWO DOUBLE ROOMS—For Rent.
Twin beds. Prices reasonable. State
Club, 412 West College. Phone 4124.
72-2tpd CM
FOR SALE—Girl's shoe skates, size
.five. New, wool-lined, tubular. Call
at 134 South Atherton street.
70-ItpdCM
WANTED—Ride to Coatesville and
another to Lancaster. Leave Satur_
day noon, return Sunday. Call Smith
at 203-Sf after 6:20 p. m. 71-ltpdcm
CASH FOR YOUR
OLD TEXTS -
Turn your old textbooks into
money or exchange them for
current books. Write us, stat
ing title, author and 'copyright
date of books you want to sell.
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CAMPUS BULLETIN
TODAY
Today is the list day for filing con
flict examination cards. The conflict
examination schedule will probably
AU freshmen and sophomore Ca
ndidates for business stall' of Froth
report to Room 309, Old Main, at 4
o'clock.
TOMORROW
Alpha Phi Omega will meet in
Room 318, Old Main, afternbon and
evening.
•
SUNDAY
Alpha Phi Omega will meet in
Room 318, Old Main, afternoon and
evening.
MONDAY
Dairy Short course, Room 405, Old
Main, at 7 o'clock.
Mrs. Robert E. bonnier will Speak
to the Graduate Women's Scientific
Club, on "Alpine Wild Plants", in
Tax on Checks ended Janu
ary 1, 1935. Let the 'ea
of the 2-eitit tax mark the
beginnhig 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
OLD MAIN ART SHOP
Valentine Day is Just Around the Come'
Why Not Select Your Valentine Here?
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Friday, Jan: 18th, at 8 P. M.
General Admission 15c
Admission and Swimming 35c
GLENNLAND POOL
DANCE
at
The Nittany Lion
Every
Saturday Night
from .8 to 12 o'clock
80 cents per couple
Friday, January is, 1985
Room 110, North Liberal Arts Build
ing, at 7 o'clock.
All freshmen candidates for the
COLLEGIAN should report to Room 417,
Old Main at 7 :o'clock.
MISCELLANEOUS •
Will all those who have made sur
;leys of prospective freshmen for Penn
State, please leave the returns at the
Student Union desk, or give them to
Paul H. Hirsch '35,
All seniors who have not had their
pictures taken for the portrait sec
tion of the 1935 La Vie should hand
their names in at the La Vie office,
Room 315, Old Main.
All students in the education scion
graduating in February should re
Port to Miss Hagen, Room 22, Educe
tion Bifilding, to obtain their Teach
ing Certificates.
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