Page Two ---"" PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887. Published semi-weekly during the College year, except on holiday', by modems of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni. and friends. 'ME MANAGING BOARD JOHN A. BRUTZMAN •35 JACK A. MARTIN 15 Editor Business Manager FRED W. WRIGHT •35 GEORGE A. RUTLEDGE •35 Sports Editor Circulation :Manager KENNETH C. HOFFMAN •35 B. 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 T. MATTHEWS •35 Assistant Managing Editor Asst. Foreign Advertising Manager A. CONRAD HAWES •35 EARL G. KEYSER JR. •35 - . News Editor Asst. Local Advertising Manager JAMES It. BEATTY JR. 'St MARGARET W. KINSLOE '35 AWN Editor Wooten. Managing Editor MARCIA IL DANIEL '95 Woinen's ELSIE M. DOUTHETT '35 Warren's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS John H. Barn. jr. *IIG W. Bernard Prennsch 15 Vance O. Packnril 16 Harry B. Ilenderson jr. 16 William P. McDowell 16 John E. Miller jr. 16 Donald P. Random 16 Charles M. Schwarta Jr. 16 ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS • Philln C. Evans 'MI William 13. Ilvekman '36 Leonard T. Sir 33 .26 ' Roland W. Merinltser Ir. '36 William li. Skirl& 'WI Manselow Editor This Issue.-- %Teets Editor This Issue Tuesday April 9, 1935 STUDENT ELECTIONS The polls open this noon, and for the next two days, members of the student body will have their opportun ity of voting for the men who will represent them, both in student government and in other means, for the on coming year. The elections this year have a touch of practicality in that the majority will be introduced, for the first time, to the use of voting machines. Undoubt edly this factor will have much to do with bringing out a greater response to the pleas of the clique henchmen who have spent the past week soliciting votes. More than curiosity should impel the average man to vote. Stoogy as it may seem at times, the student governmental setup here is much more liberal than that at, the majority of colleges. Boards, councils, and what not are refreshingly free from executive or ad ministrative interference here: Delegates to the vari ous conventions come home telling of the restricted rights of student officials at other institutions, where committees invariably are made up so that one more safe, sane faculty member will overbalance the num- bee of students Only if class officers remain truly representative can the present system continue. Should the student body generally regard elections with antipathy for a period of time, it will find itself under the smooth, firm thumb of the administration. If enough interest is evidenced to insure the dignity and effectiveness of the present system, there is no reason to doubt its ex istence for a long period. YOUR ATTENTION IS directed to the article reprinted in the adjacent column. It is possible that the Maniac can be accused of deviating from his usual function of dispensing humor, but such a display of in telligence from a man in President MacQuarrie's posi tion can claim space only under a humor heading. WE HAVE ALWAYS read one publication here with some interest, but with the current issue of The Faculty Bulletin, journalism reaches a new high peak therein. We find there that one student has "with drawn" from College. He "withdrew" because he could not present a vaccination certificate. INTERFRATERNITY BALL was one of the most successful all-College social functions of recent years. It is possible that every (lance could be a success, not only socially, but financially as well, if reputable bands capable of producing good music were secured. WHY NOT A SPRING VACATION? The middle of the semester has passed, and eight more days remain until the opening date of the Easter vacation. On April 24, the student body will return for the remaining five weeks of classes before finals. Thus the semester is split inconveniently into a ten-week and a five-week period. The Student Welfare Committee is now consider ing a plan that will regulate spring vacation. The committee hopes to plan the holiday so that it falls at a more logical time than it does when governed by the date of the Easter holiday. A survey of each fratern- ity and dormitory group will determine student opinion on the question. The committee's plan also includes a holiday on Good Friday, in consideration of Easter, which would allow a large proportion of the students to spend Easter at home. Because of the fact that this year the vacation week occurs so late in the spring, more and more stu dents are making week-end trips away from the Col lege. These excursions have the effect of disrupting the regular routine of study and activities. They are a physical strain on the student himself. Yet they are the outgrowth of a normal restless ness which should be considered when the calendar for the year is planned. The need for these trips and ex cursions would be eliminated by a seven-day vacation during the first week of April. Last year everyone realized the convenience of a spring vacation which divided the semester equally. A number of other colleges have been using the spring vacation idea successful for some time. It would' be quite logical for Penn State to follow their example and adopt the plan which is to be proposed. In addition to this plan, the Student Welfare Com mittee might also consider the idea that a majority of the student body would be willing to sacrifice several days from both the Christmas and summer vacation periods to extend the spring holiday to a two-week period. Collector's Item A young fellow from the Daily Spartan, (San Jose, State College, San Jose, California), went in to see the President of the college the other day. He wanted to know what the great mind of Pres. T. W. MacQuarrie had to divulge about the strike. He found out. His paper printed the statement of this modern educational leader. The thoughts of his giant brain thundered forth onto the peaceful San Jose campus, and, via the Student Outlook, onto our desk. As a tribute (by contrast) to the intenlgent lib eralism of Prexy Iletnel, we're just going to give you a look in on the workings of the medieval mind of this President MacQuarrie. May we thank what few gods there still may be that we don't have an administrative head like this baby here. Here's his well-thought-out statement. (Italics are ours): So now they're trying to get you to put on a protest strike against war? There's something simple about that gang. Just as if the loss of a day's college work on your part would keep nations from quarrel. ing with each ether. __Vance 0. Packard _John IL Milk, jr. "We promote a few cause that everyone will accept and when we get a • good hunch organized (hooked) we just raise all the hell we can." I don't think there's any real danger from the activities of the local cabal (the fat one, the lean one, and the brains) which represents that treason able group in New York on this campus, but I just hate to think of our fine young people being taken in by such insincere propaganda. Don't make any mistake about it. I'm not in furor of war myself, and I don't know anyone who is. It's a silly, distnrbing, wasteful. and unsatisfac tory method of settling disputes. I'm thoroughly in sympathy with any move which will avert wars, and I gladly pledge myself to use any influence I have to that end. However, I'm not going to take the pro gram of a disloyal group of yicious and partly de mented people and state beforehand that I will not support my country if war should be declared. As I have said many times before, I hope you won't tie yourselves up with pledges now that will control your actions in an entirely different set of conditions. Get at the facts, come to a conclusion if you will, but reserve your, right to conic to another conclusion if the situation warrants it. Just refusing to take part in war will not stop it. As a matter of fact under the United States Con stitution, you could be compelled to take part, and that with little ceremony. During the recent war, conscientious objectors were kept out of the fighting units on the ground of religious freedom, but every one knew that they could be forced into battles if the • need arose. I had two conscientious objectors in my own company. Rather decent sorts, both of them, and it was all very bard on them. One of them would have been glad to take his part with the rest of .the men, but his pastor Came to see him every day to encour age him and make him stick. I'm sure the idea was not original with the young man, but that old fanatic bad him tied up somehow and the poor fellow had lost his freedom. of choice. The other one just sat on his bunk all day and stared. He came down to mess, he could eat all right, but.he just wouldn't obey any military Order, I gave him one or two myself, but he never moved. So we just let him alone, and the rest of us carried his loud. He explained to me one time that he had a farm and wished to go home and raise wheat. Would he sell Isis wheat to the government to feed the sol diers? Yes, he'd do that. Ns so hm•d to he logical in own• thinking and in our attitudes. —San Jose State College Spartan Daily We'll sec you clown on front campus at eleven o'clock Friday morning. LOOK AT YOUR HAT - EVERYONE ELSE DOES -R. E. K OLD MANIA THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN "Don't Let Ori," presented by the Thespian club under the direction of J. Ewing KetinedY in Schwab auditorium Saturday night. The cast follows: Hi Hurst _ Bill Edwards Helen Helen Taylor Jack Sanford Norm Holland . . Pat Charles Putt Lew • Rudy Hellmund Cyrus Twitchell James Unungst Duke of Spumoni Graham Luckenbill White Flash Boys Jake Forney, John Thompson, Lloyd Larkins Nina Peg Caen Dictator of Bulgravia John Binns The Policeman William Shaffer • The Captain of the S. S. Sciatica Don Dixon Jane Jane Parker Mary Mary Jane Thompson Weenie Hannah Judd Customs Inspectors _ Charles Keiser, Ira Sendroff Mildew Melody Boys John Ronald°, C. B. Patt, R. L. Hellmund W. L. Shaffer, Webster Christman, Cliff Sarver The Thespians produced their first• homespun musical comedy in several years Saturday. night before a small audience that came. out of curiosity 'and left with the impression that "musical" described the show ade quately, hut ; that. 'the appellation "comedy" called . for 'a rather hard tug on the imagination. , Twenty musical numbers, none of which.'seemed,i,to drag, proVided ad 'equate entertainment. ' Outstanding were "Mussolini - :Says No, No!", "Winter Wonderland," "ln Name Only," and "Vine - D'Uvra—Tyrolean Folk Song." The. Theta - trio, Helen Taylor, Jane Parker, and Mary Jane ,Thompson, were' worked in • every :number, but their style is so good that they were not tiresome. • Had it not been for Bill Edwards,, ,comedy would have been almost to-' tally lacking. The hook seemed 'written so that the 'few funny lines 'were divided up equally among the cast, making it hard to distinguish straight from comedy parts. It was obvious that English comp. depart ment humor is too- subtle to be put apun the stage. - Too many of the good,speeches were buried in rapid dialogue and were just a little too clever for the aver age sense of humor. Johnny Binns put too much effort into his dictator ship to be convincingly funny. One of the cleverest touches was the appearafee'of 'the three stooges. Only once, on':the illuminated .shirt stud, did ,they overplay. Their im personatiOn of . the Humphrey-Wied fnian danee:eompany was the liveliest the shot Teenicalli,*the .Show was excel 4ent, as Thespian sliiiws always are: 'Only two jarring' note's,. the shirt sleeved 'stage,:tarids.'iiisible through the doors of tlii-lcaPles.villa; and the scenery which once , preceded the tray . eler, marred the efforts of the :tech 'Weal staff. - • Library 2 l4aiis On View Pictures and . plans of college and ; university • library building exteriors ,:and, interiors itte„nOiv on exhibit in 1•Roore K of f4b Library. Recently 'erected library buildings represented in the exhibit; sire frorn the follow ing institutions: *. Atlanta, Columbia, .Dartmouth, I;ehigh,.. Northwestern; Utah State College, Wesleyan, Yale, University of ..California, Cincinnati; 'Denver, IllinOis, KentuCky, • North •Carolina, and Sotith'garolina univer : : cities. • STUDENT& Are you saving OLD GOLD package fronts? Deposit then: in the convenient Old Gold Ballot Boxes. There's Still Time to Win! FOOTLIGHTS Letter Box .To the Editor I have been patiently waiting for - some campus organization to protest against the presentation here of "Peace on Earth," but since there is no group with spine enough to point out the possible consequences of this production, it remains for an indi vidual to demand that some action be taken. Communists are behind the Theatre Union, which first produced "Peace on Earth." The Players are proud of the fact that Penn State is the first college in the east to produce it. Certainly Penn State is first. Other college dramatic groups have enough discrimination to differentiate be tween propaganda and dramatic art. "Peace pn Earth" is seditious propa ganda, in which the Declaration of Independence is held up to contempt, and the laws of the United Stated are defied. As•if enough attention were not di rected to Penn State for its part in the malicious anti-war strike on Fri day, the Players seem oblivious to the danger of displaying Penn State, through their play, in the light of an other C.C.N.Y. Blithely they go on rehearsing their shallow, malicious drama, while they jeopardize the good name of Penn State with the voters of Pennsylvania. Aren't they satis fied to keep their Communism within the classroom; rather than making a vulgar, sensational display of it? Why doesn't someone in authority read the play 'before permission is granted to produce it? It ridicules the church, condemns our American industrialists, sneeralat our, laws, and I even slyly implies,thAt:OUr,Arnerican colleges are tools of :certain power ful interests: The authors of the play had no purpose but to shock au diences with as many vile, baseless insinuations as they could concoct. They take advantage of the liberal ity.of American laws to hold Amer ican society in disdain. Students who are sincerely con cerned with the welfare of Penn State Dished by a Dilemma? AT TRYING TIMES ....TRY A will do all that they can to make "Peace on Earth" a sordid flop. Since the administration has not seen fit to recognize the situation, it is our duty to ostracize the actors, destroy their publicity, and refuse to pay.fif ty cents of "capitalist" money to see communistic drivel. —Loyalist New Chairman Named Elsie M. Douthett '35 has been ap pointed chairman of the honorary fraternities' investigations 'committee in place of John A. Brutzman '35. For the next two•or three weeks the committee will make an intensive study of the honorary situation and present their recommendations for abolishing certain ones and maintain ing the others. TO A _FUTURE MECHANICAL ENGINEER Bausch & Lomb OUR WHOLESOME BREAD APPROVED BY THE American Medical Association MORNING- STAR• BREAD Wholesome Baking Products "Good to the Last Crumb" DELIVERED FRESH DAILY TO YOUR HOME OR FRATERNITY Tuesday, April 9, 1935 State Horticulturists Will Hold Annual Show Amateur flower growers will have an opportunity to display their efforts at the annual convention to be held here June 18, 19, and 20. All ses sions of the convention except one will be held in Room 100, Horticul ture building. This will meet in the Botany building. Prof. Ear: 7. Wilde, or the orna mental horticulture department, is in charge of arrangements. He expects a number of flower experts to be pres ent -to lecture •and discuss various phases of flower culture. During the opening afternoon, Professor Wilde speak on "Developing a Herbaceous Garden." A9r*/ guest don't 0 his rating tfully I. Cs! .OLD GOLD , moot
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