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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887.
Published aentbwcukly (luring the College year, except on holidays,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the Interest of the
College, the students. faculty, Omni, and friend..
TIIE MANAGING BOARD
JOHN A. lIRUTZMAN '35 JACK A. MARTIN '35
Editor ' Business Manager
FRED W. WRIGHT '35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '95
Sports Editor Circulation Manager
KENNETH C. HOFFMAN '95 IL KENNETH LYONS '35
Managing Editor Local Advertising Manager
JAMES D. WATSON JR. '35 HARRY J. KNOPF '35
Assistant Editor Foreign Advert's'. Manager
PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. '35 " JOHN J. MATTHEWS '35
Assistant Manuring Editor 4.t. Foreign Advertising Manager
A. CONRAD lIAIGES '35 EARL IL KEYSER Jli. '35
News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager
JAMES It. DEAVYY JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSI.OE '35
News Editor Women's /gumming Editor
MARCIA D. DANIEL '35 ELSIP: M. DOUTHE7I."3S
Women's Etlitiir Women's News Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
John K. Dnrnes Jr. MC W. Dernnril Froonsch . 56 Vance 0. Packnrd
Barry B. Henderson Jr. .56 William P. McDowell . 36
John FL jr. 'l6 Donald P. Sanders . 36
Char M. Schwartz jr. 'l6
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS hIANAGERS
Philip C. Evnipt 16 Wilntim It. liparnun 16 Lpoppril T. Sleff 16
Boland W. Oberholtzer jr. Minim 11. Skirl;le
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Mnrybel Combee MG Roth E. Koehler .:10 A. France+ Turner '3G
itrunotrinc Editor This Issue._
Mews Editor This Issue
Tuesday, Febrdary 26, 1935
THE FIRST STEP
An extremely significant meeting has been called
for 7 o'clock tonight. At that time one hundred men
students will meet with Dean of Men Arthur It. War-
nock to discuss possible changing social and moral con
ditions on this campus. This presents several aspects
of a problem which is daily becoming more apparent
It shows clearly that the administration has its
ear close •to the ground, and can sense the faint comb
lings which nay herald m movement in seine uncharted
direction in the near future. Naturally, it is the wish
of the authorities that such a movement be a sane,
I=l2
The calling of these one hundred men may do
much to avert trouble in the future. It is through
this medium that the most accurate picture of under
graduate. thought can be drawn. And, hollow though
the term may be, one hundrad "student leaders" can do
much to direct any unlikely trends of thought back into
clean, safe channels. With this as the most probable
aim, a series of such meetings should be very successful.
TILE SELF-SUPPORTING swimming team con
tinues to pile up impressive records against opponents
of first-rote calibre. At present, this team is not me;
ognized by the College, but members of the organiza
tion feel that the time has come for help from the
Athletic Association.
Within the last - few years, several sports have' been
introduced to sport fans here with varying degrees of
success. In other schools, swimming occupies a rather
prominent place in_ athletic. circles. --It would he well
.for the proper authorities to consider the record and
faithfulness with which an .interested group has built
up the sport here. Perhaps, nest year, - it will he rec
ognized as a minor sport and receive the official
hack
ing which it needs so badly.
IT IS TO BE HOPED that the grounds and build:
ings department will find time between now and June
to convert some campus walks, notably the one from
College avenue to McAllister nail, into something that
won't resemble a miniature river every time a little
snow melts.
DINKS AND DATES
The general consensus of opinion seems to be 'that
Perhaps three-quarters of the members of the fresh-
man class are still more Or less conscientiously observ-
ing customs. The freshmen in the remaining quarter
either observe customs only when it is convenient, or
else they disregard them entirely
Freshmen in the first group who are still obeying
customs are doing so only from force of habit, and be
cause the customs do not irritate them personally.
They find a black tie and a green hat just as decorative
as a plaid tie and a fedora. However, freshmen in the
latter group have found customs oppressive, and have
usually ignored them. They have felt reasonably sure
that they could violate the laws without being turned
in to Tribunal—and they have not been turned in.
.The average student's interest in customs has grad
ually degenerated into a state of sluggish apathy. The
upperclassman constantly sees freshmen of his ac
quaintance breaking customs, and feels vaguely that
something ought to be done about it—but nothing ever
is. The two sophomore hat societies, whieh are sup-
posed to check up on the freshmen, function only in
that the members wear their lints, nothing more. The
Tribunal is conscientiously trying every freshman that
is reported to it. But it received only a half-dozen
complaints during n two week period; .while there are
hundreds of open'violations every day.
Because of this lukewarmness on the part of both
freshmen'and upperclassmen, many student leaders 'are,
now advocating that custonis be lifted as soon es pos
sible. The only body that can officially lift •customs-is
the Student•:Council.. This liody will meet next .TuOsday
night, and the question may be brought up at that 'time.
There is. no question but that customs do perform
at least one very useful function:, they make it possible
for the incoming freshmen to identify other meniberS in
their class, and thus the 1;200 freshmen can 'be unified
into one strong, spirited body. However, this doesn't
seem to he a .sulTicient excuse for continuing customs
any longer this year, especially since they are being so
widely disregarded. One thing is certain; customs
should either be rigidly enforced, or else they , should
be lifted immediately. • ,_
Error
Friday night, in case you may remember, this
beautiful little village in the Pennsylvania hills•was
rapidly being deluged with a suspiciously white sub
stance—in fact, there was a honey of a blizzard rag
ing. Mostly, as one would imagine, local gentry
either frollicked happily in the snow, properly attired,
of course, or stuck to their stoves.
But Penn State can pride itself—it had one in
dividualist. Right after. supper, when the wintry
blasts were blasting their best, this gent was slip
ping into - White flannels and sneakers, and adding an
sweater, just for the sake •of the •ensemble effect.
It was Bill Edwards, one of the campus' really prom
inent men. He looked in the mirror, frowned, got
the •crease set just -right in the white flannels, and
then, after donning galoshes and overcoat, slipped
out the door and started .determinedly for Rec hall.
Vance 0. Median' 16
Murry B. Henderson jr. 16
He dug his way. to Allen street. 'He fought
briskly into the teeth of the wind, feeling the shivery
snow climbing up his flanneled. legs as he crossed
College avenue. The campus reached, he heaved a
sigh, and battled on. A moment's rest by the Arm
ory, then on. Up across the steppes, past the library,
past the forestry building, on and on he worked his
way. Slowly, painfully, he reached the crest of the
hill. There stood Roy; hall, with every light ablaze,
shining happily into the face of the storm. Gasping,
the SAE big shot stormed the lower doors. Ah,
inside. Heat, light, all the comforts of home.
Everything seemed fine, except for a little de
tail that made itself evident after awhile. There
wasn't anyone there, and even the Great Edwards
can't lead cheers when there's no one at all to yell at.
Pretty soon he realized something. lie was at Rec
hall sort of twenty-four hours early; the sports fes
tival was on Saturday. Drearily—with inspiration
no longer sparkling within his summery soul, Mrs.
Edwards' little boy went on back across the campus—
back to the warm hearts •and warm fires of SAE.
Prize •
•
If you may remember . , we were going to get
around to awarding an interpretation prize—to the
gent who did us the best translation of Jack Hawks'
last Froth edits. ]But we're sore. Someone beat us
to the chance. Evidently realizing that the only one
really able to decipher the jargon was Editorrouns
Rollo, a kind soul Sent him a . carefully packaged gift.
Jack opened it (with care, of course; on account
of Mr. Hearst's CoMmunist 'bombs and things) and
siniled happily. There, beautifully. .modelled, was a
little doll-sized Sid Suit—both a translation and. an
appreciative interPretation of Mr•. Rowl , :is'
About TowU'faild'COUipits.
Storm Casualties: 4 Beta Sigma'Rho windows,
as against 3 Phi Psi panes; 3 Delta: Chi windevi,
balanced by a snowed-in'stTeamline car• on the T. N.
E. lawn—some fun, eh, heeds? AnyhoW, the hard
ware store glass merchants will like it Pash of a
snowed-in-week-Lurie a-Tap-ROoming Ilal Math
eson says the Mac 'hall food is lousy—and he can
speak . Syracuse's 'Most Popular. Coach' Ring
master Roy Simmons, can out-Speidel 'Chas. Speidel
when it comes to' fighting a ring battle from the
bench—right jalv, cross hooks, and everything ... the
Lehigh second assistant managers got so heated up
watching the wrasslin' Saturday that they ate up
some 30 oranges during the battles . . . yeah, the
Campus-College avenue ski, jump did right nicely
Friday eve . . . A. Bobby Brodin and one 'Cookie'
made a slight error in adoring Fran'tie '(the Pooh)
Ilillgartner—under the impression that ho was scone
basketeer named Jimmy SMith ... King Burke looks
just darling on skis .... and then there's that inci
dent of nonchalant campus patrolman Bill Voight
who fell asleep in the stands during the boxing
matches Saturday night while another cop relieved
him fora rest from traffic duty outside.
SOME ADVERTISERS TALK OF MAKING TILE
PUBLIC "CLOTHES - CONSCIOUS". S T ARK
BROS. S HARPER BELIEVE THAT THE WELL-
DRESSED MAN SHOULD BE WHOLLY UNCON-
SCTOUS OF TITS CLOTHES
HE WILL 'DE SO CONFIDENT OF STYLE, •SO
COMFORTADDE IN FIT AND S9"BECOINCI.;Y.
ATTIRED TWAT HE CAN AFFORD, TO TOR:GET
lIIS ' CLOTHES. .IF YOU witL•fiEt TA RN
BROS: TCPETI - DO,'TBE:' REMEMBERING,
YOU CAN DO TILE-FORGETTING
THE NEW SEASON'S FABRICS ARE 'HERE TOR
YOUR NSPECTION. MODESTLY PRICED FROM
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OLD MANIA
-THE MANIAC
CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS?
STARK . 'BROS. & HARPER
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Lord of Fertility
A statute of the Lord of Fertil
y. found at Toll Asmar. Iraq. a
lace:shown in the eight-r'eel talk
ta picture, "The Human Adven
are." The'enlargement . of the eyes
Its used to indicate divinity.
Neyhart Will Offer
Auto Driving Course
A unique edticational experiment
will be inaugurated at the local high
school early next month when Prof.
Ames E. Neyhart, of the department
of industrial engineering, will' con
duct a class in the.safe operation of
automobiles.
Professor Neyhart is a member of
the National Safety Council, and if
this experiment proves successful, it
will be recommended by the educa
tion division of the Council as a part
of high school training in the future.
While several schools offer courses in
automobile mechanics and highway
rules and regulations, this is believ
ed to be the first time that a prac
tical instruction course has been
given.
As a part of his research work in
the training of new drivers, Profes
sor Neyhart has written two books
on this subject, "The Relation of the
Training and Other Characteristics
of Automobile Drivers to Their
Proneness to 'Aecidents," and "The
Safe Operation of. Motor Vehicle
for both Teacher-and Learner." '
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!Federation Secretary
To Give 4 Talks Here
When Francis A. Henson, general
secretary in this country of the In
ternational Student Service, speaks
here tomorrow and Thursday under
the sponsorship .of the P. S. C. A.,
he will deliver the first of sour ad
dresses. One speech will he delivered
tomorrow night, while three will be
given on Thursday.
'Henson will address the Christian
nssociation forum meeting on the
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interfraternity Ball
April 5
Featuring MAL HALLETT
And One Other
Name Band
'Will Your-House Be REPRESENTED?
Will You Be THERE?
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to
up
AT TRYING;:TIMES:.... :TRY - A
topic, "Will the New Deal Lead to
Fascism?". at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow
night. Thursday, at 4:10 o'clock, he
will speak to the Student Union meet
ing about international student serv
ice.
.Henson will• talk to the Interna
tional Relations club on the economic
plan in Russia at a dinner Thursday
afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. He will
speak on "Current Trends in Russia"
before the Christian Association for
um in Room 304, Old Main, at 7 o'-
clock.
It is estimated that approximately
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Tuesday, February 26,1935
95 per cent of the 200,000 men and
women who enter U. S. colleges and
universities each year do so on cer
tificates from high schools or private
schools, while the remaining five per
cent'enter after passing entrance ex
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