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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Published semi-weekly durinz the College year, except on holidar.,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the Internet of the
College. the students. faculty, alumni, and Friends.
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JOHN A. BRUTZMAN . 35
Editor JACK A. MARTIN 15
Business Manager
GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '95 FRED W. WRIGHT '35
Sports Editor Circulation Manager
KENNETH C. HOFFMAN '35 H. KENNETH LYONS '35
3ianaging Editor Local Advertising Manager
JAMES B. WATSON JR. '35 HARRY J. KNOFF '35
Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. '35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS '35
Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager
A. CONRAD HAIGES '35 EARL G. KEYSER JR. '35
News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager
JAMES B. BEATTY JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE '35
News Editor Women's Managing Editor
MARCIA B. DANIEL '35 ELSIE M. DOUTHETT '35
Wortien's Editor Women's News Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John K. Barnes jr. IC W. Bernard Freunseh '36 Vance 0. Packard '36
Harry B. Henderson jr. '36 William P. McDowell 16
John E. Miller jr. '36 Donald P. Sanders '36
Charles M. Schwartz jr. '3G
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Philip G. Evans . 36 IVilliam 13. Heckman . 36 Leomoll T. Sidi '36
Roland W. Oberhuloor jr. '36 William H. Skirl/la MC
leinnorinu Editor This Issue
News Editor This Issue__
Tuesday, January 22, 1935
TO SAVE A BUSINESS
'A new movement, intensely nationalistic in form,
has risen. It is called the Liberty League, a name
that is designed to appeal to those who can be stirred
by an appeal to the patriotic emotions. The interest
ing point of the whole matter is the fact that it has
recently disclosed that the Du Pont interests are one
of the strongest financial backers of the movement.
Of course it is no secret that powerful lobbies
have long been maintained in Washington by muni
tions manufacturers. The recent Nye committee in
vestigations of the activities of such manufacturers may
have alarmed those who were smugly content with
what they supposed was a strong grip on "the situa
Understanding of the matter is imperative. Soon
high-powered, clever propagandists will unleash a flood
of publicity which will turn the mind of the American
public back - to n nationalistic viewpoint. It rests with
rational thinkers to beat the Du Ponts to the draw.
Before this publicity can be released, the public should
be well acquainted with the source of the eloqu2nt
phrases.
In a way, one cannot blame the powder makers.
Their business is in danger. Of course, there is a
seldom-stressed thought, from their business comes le
galized murder. With the American public rests the
answer. The vote may be cast ineither of two ways—
huge armies and navies which will consume so waste
fully the products of the Du Pont factories; or a sane
realization that the American flag-waving which will
soon burst forth is nothing more than a cleverly dis
guiSed sales talk. '
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING
The Goodwill. Seminar scheduled for the . early part
of February will prows an interesting experiment in
the present trend of thought. Among the younger
generation, especially, the sharp racial and religious
lines of past years aie being obliterated. An intel
ligent discussion of such problems should further this
lack of antagonistic feeling.
Some may doubt that there will• be sufficient .in
terest shown in such a movement. It must be re
membered, however, that sociology is one of the many
courses offered on College curricula: Surely there could
be no more practical method of treatment of one phase
of sociological problems.
Nothing need be said concerning the two speakers
already engaged for the Seminar. Both are outstand
ing in their respective fields. It may be said with con
fidence that the plan will prove successful. A proper
handling of the matter will do much toward laying a
foundation for -the solving of significant matters which
will crop up in the various environments which follow
college.
STUDENTS ATTENDING athletic meets should
bear in mind the rule regarding smoking in Recreation
hail. It is no prudish idea that smoking is wrong—co
operation is asked merely for the convenience of those
participating in the various sports. It is unfair to ask
athletes to work in a murky atmosphere of smoke.
ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH
While the fraternity counsellors are recommend
ing cooperation among the residents : of State College,
the fraternity women are demanding greater coopera
tion between the men of the College and themselves.
Women's rushing, acoording to the date now set,
will be at its height the night of Senior Ball. An at
tempt was made by the Panhellenic committee to change
the date of rushing, but serious objections were made by
those who thought the women's activities were as im
portant as the men's.
Since, apparently, no consideration bad been given
to the women by the, Senior Ball committee, the women
thought it was not up to them to make concessions.
The voting was carried to the women's fraternity
houses and the result is another clash, with ten houses
divided evenly—five voting for a change in the rush
ing date and five insisting that it remain the same.
The real root of the trouble lies in the Student
Union board. The various dates Sor the dances were
there brought up for approval, discussed, and passed
upon. With the presidents of the Women's Athletic
Association, Women's Student Government, and Pan
hellenic Council present, the clash in dates should have
been brought up at that time, not later. The fault
lies at the door of these women. It is their job to make
the best of the situation.
For a long time now, people from the Phi Dolt
house and gents from the Acacia manse have been
going around giving each other many dirty glances.
The Phi Dolts are mad, and furthermore, the Aca
cias are mad, and it's all very interesting.
It's all about a scholarship cup that the Acacia
boys have proudly displayed on a table in their club
room. They're proud of it, as it's their only silver
ware, and they don't want to let it go. The Phi
Dolts, however, say it's theirs, and want it back, A
real interfraternity war has been brewing.
The history of the thing reveals that once, bank
in 1914, the Interfraternity Council started a schol
arship contest, which the Phi Dolts proceeded to win,
three years running. For this feat they were awarded
a beautiful, sterling silver, hand-made, engraved, su
per cup. They liked it, but they were patriotic. So,
when the Acacia's won the contest the next year,
they kindly lent it back to the I. F. C., temporarily,
as the council people were sort of out of funds and
couldn't get a new one.
__W. Bernard Preuneeh
__William P. McDowell '36
Then the Acacias put over their 'death blow.
They won the cup foul• years running. By the time
all this mental struggle was over, it was 1922, and
the Phi Delts had just about forgotten the whole
thing—iand the Acacias proceeded to keep the old
cup, as I. F. C. hadn't torn loose from enough dough
to get a new one.
Everything was peaceful on the cup front until
last spring, when an alumnus, happy over his return
to the manse, asked the Phi belts, in no uncertain
terms, where the hell the cup the boys of 'l4, 'l6, and
'l6 had fought so bitterly for, had gotten to. The
boys didn't know, but they started to investigate,
and finally traced the cup out to the rebuilt barn on
the corner of Locust Lane and - Foster. They de
manded of the Acacia brethren, "Come across," and
produced statistics. The Acwis brethren growled,
and refused to let the Fiddledethates into the house.
Baffled, things were at a standstill, until last week,
when the following ultimatum arrived at the Cam
pus shack:
RESOLVED, that in view of the lack of evi
dence presented by the Phi Delta Theti Fraternity
concerning the Scholarship Cup in our possession
since 1922, and in light of the data. contained in
volume 19, page 108, of the TRIAD of ACACIA
and also upon the statements of Dr..W. S. Dye,
Jr., Head 'of the. English Literature Department of .
this college, The • Acaeia Fraternity shall main
tain pernianent possession of the Scholarship Cup
presented it in the year 1922, unless forced to re
linquish it by due process of law.
The above resolution was adopted unanimous
ly in special meeting December 12, 1934, with the
provision that a copy be sent to Interfraternity
Council where it may be placed on file; another
copy be sent to Phi Delta Theta, and an additional
copy be placed in the hands of Brother Dye,
PFH/egm
Smooth Chisel •
Our brilliant friend, Richard Errol Snoke, has
himself a new system for the garnering of 3's. In the
(front part of his Journalism 14 scrapbook appears
these choice words, "Acknowledgement: To Profes
sor Banner, of the Journalism Department of the
Pennsylvania State College, the bulk of the credit
is due because all of the ideas herein contained were
fostered by helpful suggestions upon his part." You
guess who teaches the course!
Tribulations
Herm Everhardus, who got down here as one
of the football brain trust last fall, has his troubles,
and they're not all grid worries. Nobody knows him,
among other things, and it's a bit of a nuisance at
times. Yirst he had trouble during one of the fall
football games. In civvies, he started blithely across
the middle of the field—only to get tossed right out
side by a campus cop. That wasn't too bad, though—
he finally talked his way back in.
The other night, though, when he bad to buy a
ticket to watch the court five battle the Temple
goons, he was pretty disgusted. Something ought to
be done about it, he thinks,.
About Town & Campus:
Our congratulations to Betsy Ross for her spec
tral job in 'The Giant's Stair' the Play Shop Sat
urday eve—rour only hope is that it be produced
again, so that more may see and shiver, as we did
... Members of the Math. Dept. are officially asked
not to accept jobs at registration. Perhaps they
just can't keep the figures straight? Is a. pfffft
,in the offing?—Smith and Dyson were a full seven
rows apart at the Jazz-fest last week . .. Yes, the
,COLLEGIAN • men got Prof. Bill Werner's beautifully
subtle crack in the 'Bookworm' column Friday .
Mr. Galbraith was recognized as a journalist the
other night—he now has a nice new shiny pin to
wear, that of Pi Dee E, publications frat, and is lie
proud! . . . Dudy Gillan didn't like our publishing
the fact that her number is 9642.
OLD MANIA
Penn State Chapter
Acacia Fraternity '
State College, Pa.
January 8, 1935
Signed,
Phillip F. HaHoek, Sec
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Twisting
The Dial
All Times Eastern Standard
WEAF-660, IVGN-7GO, WJZ-720,
WABC-860
TONIGIIT
Leo Reisman waves a mean baton
on WRAF at S . . the appearance
of Bill Robinson, w. k. colored tap
artist, as Ben Bernie's guest on
WEAF at 9, ranks this program
above Crosby and Grace Moore, .on
other nets at the same hour . Ish
am Jones has Grace Hayes as his
guest star at 9:3o—yeah, she sings
. .. the Beauty Box Theater is star
ring Gladys Swarthout and John Bar
clay in Leliar's "Paganini" at 10 on
WEAF . .. Joe Haymes at 11, WABC,
Rudy Vallee at 12, WJZ, and Anson
Weeks at 12:30, WJZ—all are. recom
mended.
TOMORROW
Mary Pickford's stool: company will
present another corking drama on
WEAF at 8 Burns and Allen are
great,practice for those,studying Ger
trude Stein—they're on WABC at
9:30. . . the Lombardos at 10 on
WEAF—need we say snore . . . Art
Kassel's band is on WEAF at 11:30.
THURSDAY
For the swing band fans Red
Nichols and his music support Ruth
Etting in a new program, "College
Prom"--dial WJZ at 7:95 . . . Vak
Ice's variety show, best-balanced one
on the air, is on WEAF at 8 . . .
Casa, Loma, tops around this here
"U" is on WABC at 9, as usual ...
a standing recommendation—Waring,
WABC, at 0:30 . . . to MI. F. D.—
You win—Duchin at 11:30 on WIZ
gets my ear ... and for a fair imi
tation of Eddy's piano, Henry Ring
at 12, WEAF.
Roses . and Razzes
If you want "the mosta of the
bests" in the dance music line, dial
WGN (720 kilocycles) any night
from 10:30 to 2:30. The following
ace bands each appear several times
during the evening: Wayne King, Jan
Garber, Porde Grote, Ted Weems, and
Kay Kyser, the gentleman from the
South. This latter band is Prom ma
terial, make no mistake. More of this
group anon.
Bea Lirie's last broadcast left us
cold—maybe a change in script wri
ters would •help:the gel—,but keep
listening, the •program may merit
roses yet. • '
We're perplexed. We get panned
first for too much jazz, then for go
ing classical. Now we're putting it
up to you. What type programs
should we be on;the lookout for; what
are your chieekair.-interests? , ' , Drop
a card to. JOKE, care of the . Cot-
LEMAN, Old Main, and give us your
reactions. Wei aim to' please; we're
on our way to the shooting gallery
now to brush up a little.
Barrett Studies Coal
Clinkers for Method
To Keep Grate Clean
An answer to one of the expensive
puzzles of the coal industry was found
in the study of coal ashes here by
Elliott - P. Barrett, research associate
in fuel 'technology. He has traced the
difference of coal ashes to the min
erals in the coal millions of years
ago.
Preliminary tests • made by him in
dicate that minerals, costing only a
few cents, such as Seidlitz powder,
may be added to clinker-forming coal•,
and cure its "indigestion."
What has always puzzled the ex
perts is that while some grades of
coal are clinker-free, others of ap
parently the same grade spread out
like molasses when they are burned
in a modern poWer plant. This miss
usually hardens so that sledges are
needed . to break it drom the grates.
In contrast to this, coal from an
other field will form into melted balls,
like mercury. These round balls roll
by gravity to ash pits of the power
furnaces, leaving the fire grates free
and clean. If science can change the
mineral balance in the coal, it can
change the molasses type of ash into
the mercury kind.
YOU'LL FIND AT HARVEY'S
THE RICHEST ICE CREAM IN STATE COLLEGE '
' CANDY LUNCH TOBACCOS ,
' 220 E. College Ave.
TO MID-YEAR GRADUATES
We extend best wishes for success.
TOO INCOMMING STUDENTS
We extend a cordial welcome.
PERO ICE CREAM CO. ,
Fireproof Wood Uses
Outlined by Graduate
To Engineering Group
"It is entirely probable that in the
not-too-far distant future, we will see
fire-proofed wood used to protect
other materials from fire," Lawrence
W. Smith, a graduate of Penn State,
declared in a lecture which-he gave
before the Aliquippa Engineers' In
stitute last week. Mr. Smith, who is
wood technologist and civil engineer
on the staff of the National Lumber
Manufacturers' Association of Wash
ington, D. C., discussed the probable
use of wood as a fire-proofing medium
for steel beams and columns.
In discussing recent developments
in the industry, the speaker described
the new --structural grading rules
which enable designers to specify
structural grades in engineering
terms. He also spoke of a device
known as the "modern timber con
nector," which so utilizes the full
strength of timber that taller and
stronger structures may be, built of
it and much smaller pieces may be
used in structural jobs than could be
safely used heretofore.
This invention makes possible the
use of wood in the erection of radio
towers, bridges, and similar- struc
tures where other materials were
once considered indispensable. Er.
Smith pointed out the interdepend
ence of the lumber and steel indus
tries and declared that modern lum
bering could not exist without the
steel which goes into its railroads,
mechanical equipment, and tools.
Local Churches Form
New Basketball Loop
While the intramural basketball
tourney is getting underway, another
tournament, composed of student
teams representing various churches
in town, is also attracting much at
tention. Student branches of four
churches, Methodist, Presbyterian,
Reforrh, and Lutheran, are included
in the league. . . .
The league has been divided into
two halves, and the initial games of
the first half were played off last
Monday night. Games are held each
week on this night. Last night the
Reforms met the Presbyterians, and
the Methodists played the Lutherans.
The Methodists appear to be the
strongest at the present time. Be
sides winning their first league.game,
they. bowled over the intramural
teams from five fraternities, Acacia,
Theta Nu Epsilon, Beta. Kappa, and
Kappa Delta Rho with comparative
ease. • •
Judges Choral Contest,
; Prof. Hummel 'Fishburn,,pf-the der.
partment of music, was in Clearfield
Friday ; night where he .acted as' a
judge in the annual junior high
school choral competition.
PI GAMMA MU,
(Social Science Honorary)
William A. Banner '35
Margaret I. Connor '3s'
Manlie DeAngelis '35
Berwyn L. Miller '35
Susan L. Chestnut - '36
Philip G. Evans '36
Donald S. Frey '36
John T. Hermansen '36
Arthur W. John '36
William H. McCabe '36
Snrabelle Reese '36
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Co-Edits
This question of a dance for all , 1
women students which shall• be com
parable to Panhellenic Ball is receiv- '
ing a great deal of comment. Tenta
tive plans, drawn up by the Senate,
have provided for a formal dance to
be held in the Armory sometime early
in the second semester. The four so
cial chairmen of the four classes will
be the co-chairmen, provided the class
presidents agree to share expenses.
It is definitely not a W. S. G. A.
dance and the Senate is far from be
ing arbitrary about it. Whether or
not it is a success, or even whether
or not there is such a dance depends
entirely upon the wishes of the wom
en—particularly the non-fraternity .
women.
Because of the danger of burning
holes in the new furniture and be
cause an informal check-up has shown
that two out of six co-eds don't smoke
anyway, smoking in the new W. S. G.
A. lounge in Mac hall has been pro
hibited.
Theologian Compares
Science with Religion
(Continued from page one)
normal• law of averagas would indi
cate.
"The degree of .accuracy depends
upon a number of conditions. Some
people possess the power to a greater,
degree than others, although it seems
likely that everyone possesses it to
some extent.
For PLAYGOERS
If you have seen the starting
time of COUNSELLOR- AT
LAN or announced as any
thing from 0:30 o'clock to 18:80
p. n., we plaintively plead with
you to regard this as the offi
cial, final and authoritative an
nouncement, to wit:
The Penn State Players
, present ,
,Counsellor-At-Law
A ifiam f itic comedy by
,Elmer Rice
Friday, Janua.ry..2s
at *8:15 o'clock
in the Auditorrumn
Fifty Cents
Tickets arc now available at
the Treasurer's Office in Old
,➢Lain. An additional sale for
late risers will be held at the
Corner Thursday night from 6
to 9 o'clock and Friday from
5:30 to 7:30. The play begins
at 8:15.
Yours for a full house,
by 8:15
THE P. S. PLAYERS
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1 Case . . . 6 Doz. $3.80
Johnston's Dance Wax . . . 60c lb.
LUSTEROL—gives you a Wax Polish, without ruling.
1 Gallon . . $2.25
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tPueriday, ,Tariliary 22, 1.926 • '
Varsity Riflemen Win
First 3 Mail Matchei
Topping their schedule by more
than 100 points, the R.O.T.C. varsity
rifle squad moved into the "unde
feated classification" list, having
proved the better marksmen . in their
scheduled meets to date.
Official reports submitted by rifle
teams from Gettysburg and Concordia
Colleges for the past week show the
former to have totalled 1702 pointi
and the latter to have scored 1795
points. The local group tallied 1820
points in each match.
Each meet is held at the local
school, where official scores are gath
ered and forwarded to the colleges
concerned. Several "shoulder to
shoulder" matches are planned by the
department 'of military science and
tactics.
Kriebel '37 Appointed
Cwen Dance Chairman
Jean C. Kriebel '37 will head the
dance committee for the annual Cwen
dance to be held in McAllister Hall
February 23.
Bertha hf. Cohen '37 is chairman
of "the ticket committee which con
sists of Gelsie R. Ferdinand '37, Ern
ma, Jane Foster '37, and Rachel M.
Van Artsdalen '37. Marion W. Bar
bey .'37 and Elizabeth It. Oberlin '37
are in charge of invitations.
Penn State Men
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