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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Published send-weekly durinx the Cottle year, except on holidays.
by students of The Pennsylvania Stale College. in the Interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni. and friends.
EMI=
JOHN A. DRUTZMAN 'B5
Editor JACK A. MARTIN 15
Business Manager
FRED W. WRIGHT 15 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE 15
Sports Editor Circulation Manager
KENNETH C. HOFFMAN 15 B. KENNETH LYONS '35
Managing. Editor Local Advertising Manager
JAMES It. WATSON JR. '35 HARRY S. KNOFF 15
Aasistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. '35 JOHN J. MATTHEWS '35
Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager
A. CONRAD lIAIGES '35 EARL G. KEYSER JR. 15
News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager
JAMES B. BEATTY JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE 15
News Editor Womens Managing Editor •
MARCIA 13. DANIEL 15 ELSIE M. DOUTHETT '35
Witinen's Editor . Leeman's. News Editor
Munseitut Editor This Issue
News Editor This Issue
Tuesday, February 19, 1935
MORALS vs. MEDICINE
Those interested in holding up the moral tones of
this institution must point with pride to the code of 1890
morals which villifies the air about the College building
facetiously known as a "hospital." In this instance,
the term is used to identify a structure in which are
detained people suffering from colds, grippe, stomach
ache, and other minor ailments.
Inasmuch as proper surgical equipment is lacking
in this "hospital," only primary illnesses are housed
there whenever possible. It is not the quality of the
( "hospital" nor the treatment thereof that is under dis
cussion—this time. Rather it is one of the rules de
signed to promulgate another generation of good, clean
Americans.
This rule says that no College student may visit a
patient of the opposite sex unfortunate enough to be
interred in the "hospital." It goes without saying that
a patient should not be allowed visitors when seriously
ill, but convalescence comprises most of the time of
"hospital" inmates. With this in mind, the ridiculous
ness of the rule is doubly apparent.
If the building opposite Grange Dormitory is to be
a "hospital," let it have hospital rules—certain visiting
hours in which friends are allowed to call on inmates,
without the question of sex or morals entering into the
discussion. College students are not too depraved to be
trusted in such an environment.
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NO DISCUSSION IS necessary concerning Student
Board's reluctance to pay certain bills tendered it. If
it can be shown that the quality of the cloth in those
flags differs from that submitted by.a College depart
ment, or that a mistake in quantity was made some
where, the matter will be erased from everyone's mind.
If, however, it is shown that nothing similar to the
above occurred, let's hear no more talk about thought
less students; no more talk about.cooperatien between
town and gown. no error is found, this will not have,
been a thoughtless act—it will have been' deliberate.
The issue will be decided by this incident. •
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OUR DAILY BREAD
The problem of finding a job after graduation
from college is one which usuallidoes not present it
self with any startling amount of reality until the day
after commencement. Then the graduate discovers Tor
himself the cut-throat competition for positions and
begins the weary round of contacting prospective em-
There are only two departments here at Penn State
in which students at the present time can feel sure of
having employers asking for their services when they
graduate in June. These are forestry and dairy hus
bandry. The fact that the supply of trained college
men and women far exceeds the demand in the great
majority of cases has lead such colleges and universi
ties as Purdue, Cornell, Carnegie Tech, and Pitt to es
tablish employment placement bureaus on their cam
puses to aid their undergraduates, graduating seniors
and alumni to find jobs.
No longer do personnel men from large industrial
concerns descend npon'this campus as they did after the
war in such numbers that students had to be given
schedules of interviews so that they could meet all of
the men. These same personnel men today sit in their
offices and college men cool their heels in outer offices
waiting to see them.
The principal means of interesting employers in
students about to graduate is now through contacts of
the deans of schools and the department heads. Stu-
dents in some engineering departments have had print
ed booklets listing their qualifications, training and pho
tographs to try to interest employers.
But even these things are not enough.
Why not a central College employment bureau here
with standards of eligibility before a name can be
entered? The director who headed the bureau could co
operate with the heads of the departments and with
business and industry to place, students in suitable
positions.
The alumni office is now making a cumulative pro
fessional directory of the 20,000 living Penn State
alumni which should prove valuable. The. extension
centers offer another contact that could be coordinated
toward the end of securing jobs if the, employment
placement bureau is founded.
At least two definite hindrances to the proposal
present themselves at once. The moo a year or more
necessary would make a sizeable hole in the already
contracted budget and the placement bureau would be
in operation for several years before the director would
have an opportunity to develop contacts and organith?
the files so that results would be apparent.,
Why not begin by making the alumni office a cen
tral clearing house for employers and job-seeking stu
dents since many outside contacts have:already been
established there and frequent request's for men are
sent te that office? Then, if the plan were successful,
a separate office could be set up and a director ap
pointed. • • —W. P. McD.
Lipsius the Lucky
What with the return of normalcy and all, we're
gradually getting used to, the idea of ghost stories
being revived as a means of intellectual entertain
ment. But we were shocked when we saw one float
into the Corner Room Sunday night, casual like, and
take a booth just as if it were a student here or
something.
Pretty soon we conquered our amazement anti
stared. It looked like one Harold Lipsius, for whom
wakes had teen conducted all over town just Friday
evening. We kept on. staring, and got convinced. It
was the ghost's black derby that did it—only Lippy
could wee• a derby like that. '
So we asked him, and one of the weirdest tales
in years came to light . . There's a depression on, it
seems. Young Lipsius was all set to be a victim of
it. lie couldn't make it for second semester any
way he looked at it. So, Friday afternoon, he finally
set sail for Philly. In due time he arrived, and slept
easily, with no thought of eight o'clocks.
Saturday afternoon, being a gentleman of leisure,
he strolled down Market street. On a corner he met
a friend, whom he'd last seen in an impoverished and
slightly intoxicated condition Christmas eve. "Hya
&in'?" Lippy asked.
"Pretty good," answered the pal, "pretty good,
right now. But what the hell are you doing in town?
I thought you were up at college somewhere." Lippy
mumbled—no dough.
_John K. Barnes jr.
Donald P. Sander,. .3G
"How much would you need anyhow; whyarfba
borrow some from somebody?"
"Couple hundred dollars at least," Lippy an
swered, thinking of his friend's weakness for various
games of chance, which kept him in the cigarette
bumming class all the time. "I suppose Doi' could
lend it to me—like that, huh?"
"Why, sure=l cleaned up almost a thousand last
night in a joint up towards Lancaster—busted the
bank. I might as well invest some of it. Here," and
he handed Lippy ten twenties. Our young man fumb-
Isd for the dough with one hand and for something
to lean on with the other.
So Lippy's back. His friends are planning a
welcoming party to cancel oil' the elaborate wake,
and things look pretty good. All except for one
thing Lippy's pretty worried about. Everything he
has. in the world is on- an express:.train.somewhere
between here and Philly, *ceding'
Conversation
(Localeclub room'of,the, Sigma Pi House, Fri-:
day night. Characters—lted headed flash in any
body's pan, Nancy prale'itil Bill (Runt) Harvey, of
the afdresaid ininse...:4,'S . a date.)
Bill (suavely); What record do you want played
honey? Isn't there one you like particularly? Just
for you ..
Nancy (using mood 23—coyness), "Yes, Bill,
play 'lrresistable,' that's what the Betas call me."
Quick Ctertain
About Town & Campus:
Weekly award for M. D. D. 0. W. (Most dis
gusting drunk of the week)—to Fencer Dayton, Phi
Kappa Sig, and they're sorry ... our Froth inter
pretation prim will be announced next week—right
now we're broke ... Will some friend (if he has any)
of this horrible McGovern person please ask him to
eliminate the moustache and goatee he's affecting
right now--our stomach's none too strong ... Battle
Royal with sidelights—the Beta Sigma Rho-Phi Ep
basketball fracas Sunday afternoon; the Phi Ep
froSh offered a 50e prize for the mugg that gave
tracicman .Barnes the best going over—we don't know
who won, hut Jerry Freudenheim was runner-up ...
Passion In An Express Wagon—McCaleb (Delta X)
gives Helen (Booth) Ake a ride, and dumps her neat- .
ly out of the kid's•toy, and into the slush
OLD MANIA
-TIIE MANIAC
THE PENN STATE, COLLEGIAN
Art and Artists
In each Tuesday's issue of the
COLLEGIAN there will appear an, or
tick on the art collection in Roost
305, Main Engineering building. A
discussion of 'the picture with a,
brief resume of the life and tech
nique of the artist together with
references to published works on
the artist' or his. paintings will be
be gives.
The first painting is that of
."Land
scape," by H. W. Redfield, which was
presented to the College by the artist
in 1915. The scene portrays a quiet,
restful scene of nature in a clear cut,
impressionistic style. Were one to
stand at the top of the hill on North
Atherton street and look across the '1
golf course toward the. west part of
town, he could get a good impression !
of Mr. Redfield's painting.
The artist paints directly from na
ture, but has a remarkable memory
for the changing .conditions of light
and shade which puts him in good
stead for' his profession. Ile mere- i
ates a scene that becomes true and
complete when the picture is viewed
at a distance. Other paintings in-'
dude "Cottage by the Sea," "The
Open Sea," "The Open Road," and
"April Buds."
Mr. Redfield was born in Bridge
ville, Del., December 19, 1859. He
frequently chooses winter. landscapes
and themes and it may be said that
he leads the American landscape ar
tists in this particular genre. He
studied abroad under Bouguereau and
Toni Robert Fleury in Paris. He has
the distinction of being the first
American landscape artist from
whom the French government bought
a picture to hang in the Luxembourg
Gallery.
Working out of doors almost exclu
sively, Mr. Redfield produces many
canvases in a season because of the
rapidity with which he works. There
is nothing manufactured about his
work, no over-refinement, but rather
he cerates - an impression of what lie
sees. He worked twenty years before
developing himself sufficiently to do
a complete impression at one sitting.
His one outstanding feature is in
his ability to blendland and sky grad
ually instead of creating a back-drop
effect of the two. Articles on his
technique, his 'life and his paintings
are published in the American Maga
zine of .Art, Vol. pages 139-142;
The Literary Digest, Vol. 92, page
29, Jan. 22, 1927;, and International
Studio. Vol. 15, pages 402-410, Aug
ust,,l922.. ?';4;„[.
Chorus, Ca 4 Chosen
For Thespian Musical
(Conkinno.ktimnago ono)
'president of the' T espian club, Wil
liam P. Moss '3B; fend Samuel Wolf
son '36, who. just won a wrestling
victory at Cornell Saturday night.
Kennedy' announced that all the bit
parts haven't been '.i r elected as yet and
that there may be , abliie - Minor changes
made, but he expects rehearsals to
pick up fast as lie plans to retain
practically all the.fhorus from "Bar
gin' Around" and 'to make substitu
tions with girls NOM have had plenty
of chorus work in the past. Complete
choruses, including the men's singing
and dancing groups, will be announc
ed some time next week, Kennedy
said.
SALE!
All sizes are included in this
great group! Not every size in
every style, but you're sure to
find your fit in a real buy!
BOTTORF BROS.
SHOE SALE
Entrances Allen St., Beaver Ave.
State College
Co-Edits
If it should ever come to pass that
a brother in a fraternity should pause
long enough during the awesome ini
tiation ceremony to discover that the
candidate for those sacred bonds was
a co-ed and not a mane need not
be too overcome with surprise. There
are at least thirty co-eds who have
dearly earned the right to member
ship in one or more of the men's fra
ternities this week.
It's not so much that these co-eds
want two or three more pins. Mist
of them have one or two of their own
—and enough is enough. But when
a poor freshman pleads that he'll lose
an arm or an car—what can you do?
One good ear is undoubtedly worth a
trip downstairs in the cold chill of 3
o'clock in the morning to give that
good old signature.
The co-eds really don't mind. There
are only two or three, or ninety-nine
out of a hundred, who are asking
"Just who's hell week is this any
way?"
Correction
An error was made in the article
on page 2 of the last issue of the
COLLEGIAN which gave the name of
Paul Startzell '36 as treasurer of Var
sity Hall. The story should have
read: William H. Schmaus '35, treas
urer; Paul Startzell '36, social chair
man.
New
Playing
Cards
DOUBLE DECKS
65c
The Athletic Store
(On Co-op Corner)
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Preston 'll Will Speak
Charles P. Preston 'll, master far- 4:10 o'clock today. Mr. PreStm
mer froth Nottingham, will give the ed as county agent of Chester (
seventh of the general agricultural for -four years, after which hi proed to assistant state le at
lectures in the 1035 series when he county agents for a period o
speaks on the "Possibilities and Limi- years. • •
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