Page 'hvo PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887. Published semi-weekly during the College year, except on holidaYs, by studenta of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Internet of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAGING BOARD JOHN A. RRUTZMAN 15 • JACK A. MARTIN 15 Editor Business Manager FRED W. WRIGHT '35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE '35 Sparta Editor Circulation Manager RENNFT. 13 C. HOFFMAN '35 B. KENNETH LYONS '35 . Managing Editor Local Advertising Manager JAMES B. WATSON JR. '35 HARRY J. KNOFF '35 Assistant Editor Foreign Advertising Manager PHILLIP W. FAIR JR. '36 JOHN J. 31ATTHEWS '35 Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager A. CONRAD HAIGES '95 EARL G. KEYSER JR. '35 News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager JAMES B. BRATTY JR. '35 MARGARET W. KINSLOE 'B5 News Editor Women's Managing Editor MARCIA B. DANIEL '35 ELSIE 31. DOUTHETT '35 Women's Edithr Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS John K. ➢ornee jr. '3G W. Bernard Freunsch '36 Vance 0. Packard '36 Harry B. Henderson jr. '3G William P. McDowell '36 John E. Miller jr. '3G Donald P. Sondem '36 Charley M. Schwartz jr. '3G ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Philip G. Evans TC William B. llerkmon '36 Leonard T. Sleir '36 Roland W. Oberheltrer Jr. '36 William Si. Skirlde '36 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS L. Morybel Connhec MG Ruth E. Koehler '36 A. Frances Turner 16 Associatact m gligiate Vress 1D34 (golitoidt wasoa Vanes:lnc Editor This latie.---. Neese Editor This losue---- Tuesday, March 5, 1935 WILL THE LESSON SINK? As the prophet's voice in the wilderness comes the announcement of the demise of another fraternity on the campus. This is the fourth to pass out of exist ence within the last two years. How many of the re maining legion will heed the lesson written before them? A sound argument is that a smaller number should make for financially and otherwise sound groups, but this self-complacent smugness has neglected one angle. Every empty fraternity house stands beckoning to an enterprising boarding club mistress. An empty fra ternity house will make an ideal club, one with all the external advantages of a Greek letter society and none of , the financial handicaps. How many seniors, as they near the end of their collegiate days, can look upon four years in their fra ternity as a beneficial influence upon their careers? How many, rather, will look back upon it as a hoard ing club to which they subscribed more money than was necessary to gain the same living conditions? It's becoming tiresome to continue asking these same ques tions, but their answer will determine the trend of liv ing at Penn State. • A CHANGE IN SYSTEMS There is deep significance in the fact that all of thO women's class officers have recently agreed that, except for freshmen, their duties as officers do not even warrant the bother and expense of elections. Theie 'women would not make such a decision without sell ously considering the question.. Some of them have been in office for two, three, or four years, and they know full well the extent of responsibility and honor incurred. Their decision was unanimous and comes as a timely answer to the generally felt question of the value of women's class officers. It was agreed that freshman offices be retained because there is a definite need for organization among freshmen. Class meetingii provide'a means of getting acquainted, giving freshmen a certain sense of belong ing, and facilitating the presentation of many problems (such as rushing, etc.). The duties of the other officers are few. The only duty of the senior class president is to make arrange ments for the senior dinner, while the junior class president has charge of the organization of the fresh man class and the supervision of the campus sister project. The vice-president of the sophomore class is auto matically chairman of the customs' committee. The treasurers of all classes are mere figureheads because their work is checked and limited by the Graduate Manager of Athletics. The social• chairmen are supposed to serve on the class dance committees, but, judging from the fact that the social chairman of the sophomore class has been omitted from the Soph Hop committee, even this func tion is not recognized. The only function of the re maining presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries seems to be a trip to the photo shop for the La Vie picture. Officers have become so aware of their uselessness that some have actually asked student government to create activities for them. But why, when they have passed the stage of usefulness, should class officers be retained? No definite plan for reapportioning the duties has been made but many suggestions have been offered. It was proposed that a president of each class be re tained to serve as one of the representatives of her class on Senate and to appoint necessary committees. Thus she would be responsible for whit organization was needed in her class and she would be better able to cooperate with student government. Any other class duties might be divided among the senators, there being four seniors, three juniors, two sophomores, and two freshmen. The few dutieS of the treasurers might be given to the treasurer of W. S. G. A. to great advantage, avoiding unnecessary confusion in Mr. Fleming's office. . • No one should be alarmed about a proposed con centration of power. There is no power. There has been a survey of the value of having class officers and if the women agree with their class officers that the "old order changethand slims officers, except for freshmen, are passe—then some action should be taken. Ilarsi 1935, W. Rennin] Freunsch John E. Miner ir..l!G This is a tale with a moral, but you'll have to figure out the moral yourself. We're tired. Jimmy Hackett, Sigma Pi average gainer,. is the hero, and he does quite well by himself. Jimmy's in love, it seems, but his darling is far away. He has the right spirit, however, and haunts the post office. 8 a'- clocks, sandwich hours, noons, all buzz by while he wonders about mail. He has even set the standing offer of a free movie to the freshman who brings him a letter from the lady any day after 4 o'clock. Milt that isn't the moral. .Timmy had a "2.8" so they tell us, and when his pop found out this fall that elemental passion had entered his son's soul, he was worried. "Son, your average will. drop," he warned. Jimmy grinned, and plunged in. Last semester he got a straight "3." As we said, you figure out the moral. OLD MANIA Slight Errol For a long time, we've been wondering about just - what course is really the most popular one in the U. Now we know, and we can prove it. Art 74 is the winner. Definitely. A Mr. Bill Sheldon, from the Chi U manse, proved it this semester, and the whole story is quite a tale. It goes like this. Last year, second semester, this Sheldon gent took Art 74, and didn't seem to do ho well. Ile liked it all right, but the grades didn't seem to come in. At eight weeks he had a minus one. At the end of the semester he just took .the final, laughed wryly, and wrote the whole thing off as a bad job. He got back this year, and finally got around to seeing his scheduling officer. "Flunk anything?" the gent asked. "Yeh, Art 71, I think," Sheldon an swered, grimacing. "You'll have to repeat it, and it'll cost you fifteen bucks," the scheduling officer gloated, as he signed the slip. So Willy took it again. And this time he was a new man. He went to class. He studied for quizzes. In fact, you'd have thought he was a student here or something. Came the end of the semester and he got his transcript. A Zip• in 74. "Okay, anyhow that's over with," said the happy Chi U. Then he looked back over last year's grades, and suddenly collapsed limply in a chair. He stared. Then he stared some more. Then he got a Bro. to look at the transcript. Jeez, there could be no mistake. Next to the words "Art 74," in the 1933-34 second semes ter grades, was the figure 'l.' Willy wondered. "A 'l' last semester. A Zip when I take the damn thing over again. Something's screwey somewhere." Then, for a minute he was happy. "Anyhow, I can get my fifteen bucks back." Lotto funny delusions around this college. Shel don didn't know Clay Musser. "You took the course a second time. You paid fifteen dollars for the privi lege. You don't get it back." Mr. Sheldon is sad. And he still thinks there's something screwey some place. Lost and Found Dept. A Mr. Forney, who sort of wanders around be ing local fencing manager, could have used the COL LEGIAN classified dept. Saturday night. He lost some thing. In fact he lost quite a lot of something. To be absolutely specific, he lost the whole Cornell fenc ing team. He got called by this Mr. Quante, the Cornell team's coach. i[r. Quante was worried, and pretty soon he got Jake worried. So they looked. From low dive to low dive they wandered, alwaysseaiching.' But no team. Finally, - worn, - <int in iniiidyantlAody, and discourage& beyond the poWers of the' ; lprinted word, they folded into bed. The team came home after awhile. Ask Jake where they'd been; he doesn't like to talk about it. Love Story Partying This Week-end? Then you ought to check your evening wear wardrobe. Maybe you'll need a new back less vest with shirt and tie to match, or per haps it's a pair of pure silk 6x3 rib socks, or a smart black Homburg hat. Whatever you need wo have it—and you may be sure that it will be authoritatively cor rect. STARK BROS. & HARPER HATTERS : HABERDASHERS : TAILORS TAM PENN STATE. COLLEGIAN "Peer GYrit,," piod'ueed by the Penn State Players, in Schwab audi torium, March 1 and 2, and directed by Prof. Arthur C. Cloctingh, of the drama department. Dances directed by Mari Yanofsky and musical ac companiment by T. Robert Bassett, of the department of English Composi tion. The cast:. Peer Gynt Kutzer Richards Ace, his mother Betsy Ross Aslak, the blacksmith Edward ,Binns Mads Moen, the bridegroom Clayton Page His Father John Charest His Mother Nellie Gravatt Solveig Enid Stage Helga, her sister Nancy Neasbaum Their Fatheii Israel Shulman Their Mother Mary Louise Frear Ingrid, the bride Margaret Melntyre Guttorm, fiddler Lowell Boorse The Master, Cook Herman Kail A Peasant Betty Lenzen The Green Clad 'Woman Gretchen Marquardt The Dovre King ~....Richard Allen The DoVre King's other daughter LaVerne Reithoffer The Brat Koppel Cloctingh Mr. Cotton . John Linton Monsieur Bullon Richard Wagner Herr Von '.Elierkopf John Kreeger Herr TruMpeterstrale Lars Larsen Anitra Mari Yanofsky • The ButtPalllfoulder 'Wickliffe Crider Peasantsi Soisson, Harriet Lamb, Edwin Kiser, Donald Dickin son, Leo DtiffY, Harriet .Bartjes, Alma Doran, Jean Woodruff, Donald Gei. ger, Betty Nichols, Martin Swope. Some people object to comparing Penn State Players' productions with the dramatic work in other colleges. Well! We suppose they're right. In fact, we're sure they 'are after see ing a performance of "Peer Gynt" the other evening by the Players. Of course, Ibsen's play is no radical de parture from?..nidern theatre.. At least it isn't.*rcvolutionary today as it was when ;it.was first produced. Still there was - .plenty of-room for im agination and a fresh interpretation of the play. Neither of these quali ties were present. There was cer tainly nothing neW about' it, unless it was the total lack of any meaning whatsoever. Peer Gynt is not just another pageant Professor Cleetingh. Such a woeful lack - of imagination comes straagelyilrom a gentleman who professes to 'teach Ibsen. There were-tWo 'bright spots in the play, we thoUght.' One of these was Kutner Richafq , Peer; the other was Chester McLaughlin's sets. Both of these men showed real originality and inventive imagination. .I wonder if Peer has ever before been conceived as quite the fantastic scalliwag that Richards - made him.. There was something of Til Eulen spiegel about him, but - more of Peter Pan. • The posturing was a little over done at times, reminding,ane of Doug las Fairbanks...ln The.. Black Pirate. We wish there - hid been - a little more of the ruthleselNpirate, especiallyyin, the cane °AI tlitforroccp - :clast...:..;He seemed a little- 'Ory.:,,toward the end of the play - after ; big earlier cavort ing on the stager The fault here was probably the 'director's, who . - 4 didult seem •to understand the role. ards did especially fine work in the scene of Ase's (pronounced Osa) death, Here, the set was very strik ing. Good job, McLaughlin. The ac companiment was too feeble to put the scene over., music does not possess the rPower of the Ibsen play, but it is lovely and in spots, highly dramatic: This you would never guess froni the playing of Ase's Death. The music , limped weakly be hind the spirited performance on the stage. It was sad but not bemuse it was a dirge. .• , As for the rest of the cast, here goes ,Betsy Ross, since her recent climb to :character roles, has been develop ing the cult of unintelligibility. Peo ple in the front row thought she was fine, but couldn't understand a word she said. 'Eddie Blocs did well enough as'the blacksmith. He's slat ed for better roles in the future. Clayt Page as the bridegroom looked foolish, but tbat)was, the idea. Enid Stage's SOlveig mos - feeble support to Richards' Peir. - She looked the part of the Noiloegian country lass all right, but When she opened her mouth she spoi4d the illusion. In grid, played ,by Margaret Mclntyre, was not at all' convincing; Nor was Gretchen Marquardt much better. She didn't do her father-in-the r play justice. Dick Allen .made a pretty fair Dovre King, and in between cues doubled as Monsieur Ballon. Kreeger did a good job as the German. Not - only was his accent good, but his ges tures and walk didn't spoil the im- -THE MANIAC "Jean, your hairdress is ex ceedingly smart. "Yes, it is, distinctive quark. That's 'because I always have it dove at Louise Lambert, BEAUTICIAN. "Fo s r the Discriminating" t', - ' l '..' FOOTLIGHTS pression. Larsen's Herr Trumpeter stale was fair. We couldn't quite make up our minds whether he was Swedish, Jewish, or both, in the play. of course. Crider slipped upon a real chance as the Button Moulder to make a role for himself. His laugh wasn't too bad, but• his speaking voice was Wirkie's own. The supporting cast as a whole left too much up to the lead, and he carried it off well at that. Many of us wonder often why Play ers' productions follow so slavishly the Broadway playbill of the previ ous season. Why, in the college which is comparatively free of box-office domination and long_ run engage ments, should we not get more the atrical experimentation. The profes sional theatre must conform to the box-office demand, and put on uni formly mediocre shows. College dra matic productions are relatively as sured of some attendance from the students and faculty members any way. Why not attempt something of an experimental sort? We saw the an swer Friday night. ' Experiments on a large number of subjects at:,the Harvard University 'psychological• laboratory have shown that difficult material is better assim ilated- by- students by means of a speaker. in the room than by receiving the same infoimation by . radio. Phone 240-J Bring Your Guests in to See OUR collection of pictures of Penn State. The DENN C TATE HOTOb..7IIOP 212 EAST COLLEGE AVENUE STATE. COLLEGE, PA. Canvass Raises $2OO For ,China Plant Fund With $2llO already advanced, the canvass to help G. Weidman "Daddy" Groff 'O7 in his work of introducing new plant varieties to China is rap idly nearing its goal of $6OO at the end of the second week of the cam paign. Mr. Groff is now in Florida, which has a climate similar to that of South China, experimenting with living plant materials to be used in further improving the flora of China. For more than twenty-five years, Mr. Groff has had an important part in introducing new plant varieties to the fertile lands of the Yangtze Val ley. Some of his transplants are: the Siam banana, the Australian eu calyptus, and the Italian lemon. Leaders of the funds drive here are Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture, who is chairman of the Penn State in China committee; and Dr. William A. Broyles, of. the department of agricultural education, who is faculty adviser. to the com mittee. Both Dean Watts and Dr. Broyles feel confident that the $6OO goal will be reached. Three hundred books have been do nated to the 'University of California by the Italian government. • SCHILLING • Keys Made—General Repairing 129 S. Pugh St. A Satisfactory Service • by a Modern Sanitary Plant Penn State Laundry 320 W. Beaver Ave. Phone 124 The Better Dressed Man is always admired —but you can't be better dressed unless your clothes fit properly. Have them made at B . ALFURD ' Incorporated We invite you to inspect our large selection of Spring Patterns. Suits - Topcoats from $21.50 Tuesday, March 5, 1935 If you'd have Her wear a little white Gardenia-- or an Orchid— or Roses, Sweet Peas, or Lilies of the Valley— Place your order without delay at the STATE COLLEGE FLORAL SHOP 127 W. Beaver Phone 580• J
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