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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
Published saini.weedy during the College year, except on holklays,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, to the interest of the
College. the students, faculty, alumni. and friends.
TILE MANAGING BOARD
HARRY B. HENDERSON .15. '36 WILLIAM H. SKIRBLE
.Editor Business Manager
DONALD P. SANDERS . 36 ROLAND W. OBERHOLYZER . 36
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
W. BERNARD FItEUNSCII 16 WILLIAM B. HECKMAN '3G
Sports Editor Advertising... Manager, ,
VANCE 0. PACKARD '36 PHILIP C. EVANS '36
Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager
• _Richard E. le,wis •37
W. Robert Grubb '37
Mansell= Editor This Issue__
NOW!! Editor This Issue
Tuesday, September 24, 1935
THE MERCHANT'S SIDE OF IT
Throughout the year, year after year, and particu
larly at this time of the year when there are some 1400
new freshmen in town for the first time, One hears the
conStane moan and wail over the prices of the local
merchants.
A believing soul listening in on one of these wailing
moments womthl be firmly convinced that the local mer
chants and tradespeople are a gang of highway rob
bers to whom everybody must pay the highest sort of
tribute.
It takes but a moment's thought to see that the
greater part of this talk is very much ill-founded and
that it has little actual basis. However, these little bits
of slander make interesting talk when rushing season
conversation runs a bit thin.
Therefore, the young freshman is usually pretty
well inoculated by the fraternity men with the idea
that the local merchants are thieves and grafters bleed- 1
ing poor students to death to live on the fat of the land
and who have never known the depression.
These piece -meal bits of slander are, for the most
part, entirely fallacious, and are very detrimental to
the local merchants. Perhaps the only thing which is
true, and then only in part, is the fact that prices may
be a little higher in State College than in Philadelphia;
Pittsburgh, or Podunk. • • '
However, this slight increase in the price of a com
modity is not to bleed the students' purse so that the
merchant may fatten his own. The cause for this price
increase is something which is entirely out of the liands
of the local merchants. It is forced upon them, since
they are forced to earn a living, and pay a very heavy
overhead for twelve months of the year, while their
goods are marketable for only nine.
During the nine months which the College is in
operation, the local merchant mat sell an enormous.
amount of goods since lhe must Ifoot-the .for r ; tiv s eliie
months, and in Oicier.,ffildcithis;!he'nnint;,'Spenfilii•;kri4.:;li
deal of money o&,:nili4tiFiWiiiiKo449ll4dh.l.A
customers are steallOidtly t i • lyeittiptOl
Thus, the only 411/24: it 47,1-kt
can meet his overheaclq4A l elii:4lltig4titt ' 4114
living'is by slightly increa l sin l kticeli'44, 441
However,' there are many articles" whieh.fiNY b
purchased,in State polpnluApsrrpiippi4y„anA r ini j napy
cases cheaper, as in other communities. And anyone
who thinki that the local , rrier'cliOts•tiaVi: an: 'easy time,
of it should just take a lock at their b i ooks.
It's very convincing... .
WITH PUBLICATION OF fraternity averages ih
the last issue of the COLLEGIAN, a wail of protest has
come from certain fraternities. It was unfair,, they
claim, to publish the facts so early in the year. Some
fraternities have even gone so far as to claim that these
figures were published with the intent of hurting them
specifically.
Of course, that is an unfounded theory. The 'sole
reason for the publication of the figures was the fact
that they had a greater news appeal at the time when
they were published than they would have had at any
other time during the year.' The- COLLEGIAN sees no
need to withhold from its subscribers news of great in
terest, and in this ease, of importance.
It certainly is not the COLLEGIAN's fault if a fra
ternity's average is not whit it ought to he or what
they have said it to be.
THE ADDITION TO
THE ,WOMEN'S RUSHING CODE
For many years in this College, women's rushing
has centered itself about a certain chosen group of
freshman women. By an addition to the women's rush
ing code, recently presented by Dean of Women Char
lotte E. Ray, all freshman women will be entertained
by the women's fraternities. For three weeks the fra
ternities are not to rush, the rule including the stipula
tions that freshman women are not to be entertained in
women's fraternity houses all night nor will rushing be
permitted in the rooms of freshmen. After the three
week period, the freshman women are to be divided
into groups, each fraternity entertaining a different
group every week, this continuing until December 1,
after which time rushing will proceed as usual.
In the past,'many freshman women knew nothing
about fraternity life, their only observations being from
the outside. Now each freshman woman will be given,
during the period extending to December 1, an equal
opportunity and there will be no slights. This also en
ables each fraternity, through making more contacts,
to have a larger group from which to choose its rushees.
The amount to be spent on rushing each week is to
be kept to the past rule of $1.50 per• week for each
house. This will eliminate the problem which might
otherwise have arisen concerning the added entertain
ment being too great an expense for the fraternities to
defray.
The COLLEGIAN also feels that the three-week period
of no rushing will give the freshman women a chance
to get accliMated to college life without the enforced
OLD MANIA
Hold-up
One night last week all the Lambda Chi boys
went out to a hunting cabin in the mountains as part
of their tremendous rushing campaign.
Win. S. Hoffman, well-known College registrar
around here, went into the cabin some hours early,
along with a few other Lambda Chi alumni, to clean
the cabin and start'the supper. Finishing their work,
and finding time heavy on their hands, the party
masked themselves, got shotguns, and started down
the road to meet their undM.graduate frat bros with
pledges and dates, all of whom were coming in on a
truck.
The bad men advanced with drawn guns. When
they met the truck coming up the winding mt road,
they held up the merry throng, just like they had
seen it done in the movies. To put it briefly, bedlam
reigned.
The dates screamed and all the boys threw their
wallets far out into the woods. Mildly surprised to
see the consequences of their crime, the Hoffman gang
unmasked. Lambda Chis started hunting wallets in
the woods. One pOor chap didn't find his at all.
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American Tourist:
Lynn Christy, who, with his band, visited'Europe
during the summer, dropped into the office while We
were writing the foregoing. Remembering our train
ing as a COLLEGIAN newshound, we, crept up to him,
notebook in hand, and before he knew what had hap
pened, got an interview.
Christy, who went through France, Belgium, and
Germany on a bicycle, remarked about - the tremend
ous manure piles to be found in front of most every
villa in the country through which he passed. ••
"I aver," Christy averred, "that the German ma
nure piles are vastly superior to the French ones."
"Things look black for Ilfussolini in Italy,"
Christy said. "That's what he gets for trying to
mussolini." Christy did not visit Italy.
Asked what he thought about Harry Seamans'
contention that Germany would be broke by October
first, Christy said that they will have to work fast
if they hope to fall in with the genial .P. S. C; A. sec-
, retiiry!s boyWt fare looking
'illii.4zilkiafi•;iisty said, say that Germany will fie
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L. Werner, lit Urof,''got'llig•tiarlilif• l ifie! . af,:"
Mr•ir 71 issue of Vanity Fail. : ,a46'giitie
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were able to. answer. more i .thaU;forty i pei, cent ;of, thuvi,
questions in the 'questionnaire, We predict:.
he , llAnse.' thclallestionnaird 'as the'prif'Oesilan y in fu
ture Lit 6 finals. Ineideritally,l6; Wainer,has:tiye4„,
:',l2cll;,Rivarr,:t'o7the reading list in that course.
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Wale' 7 A4lewmcies"erbekaficitrt the 1/ - 1.1.'5.
Ife:saim - ,that 'they're building the freshmen into , the.:
new woodwork . . . Capt Wilcox, Dick Geiger, and-'
Lynn Lansbury Were up to the A 0 Pi house the other
day sewing up the cushions
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Jules Vernik, Sandy Morrison, and Mary Simp
son were sitting in the back booth in the Corner the
other night waiting for dinner. They waited and
waited. Becoming a bit piqued at the service, Queen
Mary 'went into the phone booth right by where they
were sitting and called the desk in front of the place
to inquire about their order. It worked.
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TEE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Selected Shell Group
Displayed in . Library
A selected grO4 'of the finest shells
from the' Artemui 'Dean collection,
numbering about 4,000 different speci
mens, is now on display in the exhi
bition room of • the College Library.
Shells ftoin • Afifea, Asia, Europe,
Australia, and. the East' Indies are
represented in theexhibit. A
,snail
ery and terrariam,',are also included.
These are the-property of Hubert
Frings who arranged the exhibit. The
shell collection•wds presented to the
College by Samuel H. Dean,
,the son
of the Rev. Abner, Dean, who made
the original collealion in February;
1934. •
The exhibit will be open until the
end of OctObei%
DISC . I fit': DATA
Reginald Foresythe's compositions
lend themselves 'quite readily to per
formance by 'large bands, and "The
Duke Insists" is just such a one, re
corded by Paul . Whiteman for Victor.
The swing in the-first. part is by far
the outstanding ieature of the disc,
made so by the tripletsleaturing clar
inet lead and backed by saxes. The
piano passages, :solo and duet, are
worthy of note,' as ;are the trumpet
bits toward the end. This is backed
by another of. - the English negro's
novelties, "Garden of Weed," in
Which the King steps down a bit in
Burke's Peerage and goes Duke El
lington, especially "in the intro and
the piano finale. Both are 'danceable
tunes, and should meet with consider
able response.
Vikor-25113
Willie Bryant, neiv - elite of the liar
lemaestros, does - considerable justice
to his own coniposition, "The Voice
of Old Man River," aided and abetted
in the early stages of the_number by
tenor, then alto saxes, both backed by
string bass that is ample to say the
least. Trumpet, fair; vocals by Bry;
ant, pleasing , bit .tndistinguished. An
old W. C. Handy tune, "Long Gone,"
is found on the'. other side, notable
chiefly for "Nay's" clarinet solo, and
a brief trumpet, flare. .The boys 'con 7 ,
tribute sonic c4FeCtiye work iri'siving-
ing the' DiMce to. the *fornier,
listen to the ,latter, and give .thera
each. abotit a 2
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Ray Noble goes :definitely velvety
in :"Top but venue. that
makes' thls:eitimlien.a [definite: treat.
Tiumpetsc againati sam.background- is
Standard enough;:but wait uritil.iNo
hie touch'
arid.r.the!,,FroshniO4alie ahree's
the,yotali.bitt:SamOone:ketsSi zip ,for .
thinking,that , ive, would .be interested
,virtuosity,:of the, clarinetist
(that; winds ; up: the dise..,l"Picolino",
onthetotber side was created especial-,
ly for the nimble feet of Astaire, and
is noteworthy chiefly for the rhyth
mic=pattern:: thafairlyrliegs ,- one4o
dance. These "comeback" tunes of
,Berlin; make r,tisl wonder if he had
everibe'erd away, t%.
Victor-25099,.
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This next number is so patently up
Eddie Nichols' alley that I hesitate
to review it, but here goes. It's Fats
Waller and His Rhythm in Victor's
"Truck - in'," the sensation from' this
year's Cotton Club show. Fats' spon
taneity is infectious to the nth. The
clarinet is reedy, but the trumpet bit
following is considerably better. The
string bass and drtims furnish pass
able rhythm. The-Waller right hand
gets .a workout, and for an intermis
sion numbers at that next vie dance
it is a must. The
.reverse side is a
panic, no less. It's "The Girl I Left
Behind Me," and '-rny ribs are still
sore.' A 1926 piano, and a 1907 model
crooner are ribbed by the versatile
Fats in -the first part, and they get
the year's award as the choicest Gol
den Bantam. Some good trumpet and
unrestrained vocalizing feature the
rest of the disc.
Victor-25116
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Stock Judging. Team
Wins Title 10th Time
At Eastern Exposition
Harvey M. Russell '36 Places
First in Individual
ScoieS with , 31.
For the tenth time since 1921, the
livestock judging team won the judg
ing championship at the Eastern
States Exposition in Springfield,
Mass., last week with an aggregate
score of 2,397 points.
Competition included the Connecti
cut State College, Cornell University,
Massachusetts State College, and the
University of New Hampshire. Penn
State took first places in beef, cattle,
and sheep judging.
High man was Harvey M. Russell
'36, who placed first in the individual
scores with 831 Points. Maxwell
Smith '36, took second place with 800
points, and Ward W. Studebaker '36
tood' seventh with 766 points.
Other members of the squad are
William P. Campbell '36, Karl P. Cat
terall '36, Walter S. Gabler '36, and
Samuel F. Simmons '3G. Prof. Wil
him L. Henning, of the department
of animal husbandry, is coach.
The team has had a high record of
Victories. From 1921 to 1923, 'Penn
State won three consecutive victories.
In the alternate years of 1925, 4927,
and - 1929 teams representing the Col
lege again won. From 1931 to 1933,
the livestock judging team turned in
three consecutive victories. Last year,
the team placed third.
Fraternity Future
. Not in Danger,
Say Advisers
MEE
The future of college fraternities
was the theme of the recent conven
tion of the Delta Chi fraternity at
Yellovistone National Park, according
to Prof. Marsh W. White; of the de
partment of physics, who, with Prof.
Richard W. Grant, head of the de
partment of music, and J. Norris Bar
nard '36, attended the conference as
delegates from the local. chapter.
.Discussion of the situation disclosed„
that the : preSent tronble in fraternity,
'cirales is ; centered plainly in, the mat
rOpolitan. areas ,and ,:particularlyi in
the„New ; England states, „professor,
White reports. „ ,
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"There is no. eause'for elerm.in•the,
'4 :fay . theo t fr'rp
kernity Sithation ( „siieli,vhiVers4ies
as ?ehri.:Otat,a,.. y (lAie
.areashilikes n'eceij
eery ,siich . a.,S§sterri as the' :fraternity
. .whiCh .exists here,"
_'Professor
eahspasiis:,.;pf
&pinkie is that institutions like' Peeh
Statp.Nrill be She list to be affected
by. these changes;" lie said.
, On :the: National •Interfratemity
:Conference .meets,-in New York-City
ilt6veniber; :the: theme .will: 'The ,
FfirdrO of:College:Fraternities.".,Dele
' gates. representing 'every- national Ira
ternity from all sections of the coun
try will., attend to , Aiscuss , the vital
problems facing the • Grea r letter, or,
ganizations. • : I: • 2 • •, •
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Dr Austin to , Address
Metallurgist Meeting
Dr. Charles R. Austin, of the de
partment of metallurgy, will present
two papers on-high temperature-prop
erties of alloys at the fall meeting of
the American Society for Metals.
The society will meet in conjunc‘
tion with the National Metal Con
gress in Chicago on September 30 and
October 1: Dr. Austin has been in
charge of the co-operative research
conducted in the School of Mineral
Industries on high temperature re
actions of metals and alloys.
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CINEMANIA
Kay Francis and GeOrge Brent,
who played together in "Living on
Velvet," are again teamed in the ro
mantic leads of "The Goose and the
Gander," which plays at the Cathaum
tomorrow. ,
Miss Francis plays .the part of an
ex-wife, whose millionaire husband
ha's fallen for the wiles of a pretty
blonde, married her, and 'then at
tempts to flirt with his first wife.
Kay seeks revenge and manages to
get the husband to visit her and at
thq, same time maneuvers wife num
ber two and an escort, bound on a
philandering trip to a mountain re
sort. all under the same roof. Acci
dentally, a gentlemanlY jewel robber
and his moll also are sidetracked into
the lodge.
The untangling of the marital mix
up, as well as the jewel robbery, leads
to a surprise elimaxV Miss Francis
and Brent are supported by Gene
vieve Tobin, Ralph Forbes, Claire
Dodd and John Eldredge. Alfred
Green is the 'director, and Charles
Kenyon wrote both the 'story and the
screen play.
Julie Epstein '3l, local bby who
made good in Hollywood, had a hand
in devising the screen play for "Lit
tle Big Shot," which comes :to the
Nittany tomorrow night.. .
A new juvenile screen star makes
her American debut in the picture.
She is Syßil Jason, and she is not.yet
six years old. . .
"Little Big Shot". is a story with
the picturesque, and dalorfut back
ground of the Great White Way, de
picting the lives of the denikens who
make their living by their wits.
It is not a gangster story, btit some
phases of gangster life are touched
upon. Two men who live by their
wits are left in charge of a little girl
a few minutes before her father is
put on the spot by killers. When the
courts take the tot from thein, they
get honest jobs so they can keep her.
But the gangsters are after their'
and kidnap the girl Co they can lbcate
the two.' The' tWo'get intd the Crooks!
'Mil, - 101 - de they 'are 'lUredifor'Jhe'
'slaughter. Here the plot' WinilS• up
d surprising climax. '
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The' loy ly':Merle ,•
her 'oiotip .chasaeter and; emerges
a new screen _personality the 'fea
ture- picture- at the'catha?al
day. and ;Bridny. , •
TIM 'play, which is from a story by
Guy Bolton, is a love-Story laid in
New 'England. It 'follows the life of
Kitty Vane ..and her, neighbors; Alan
Trent' ,
,(Frederic • Maich) '
coesin; Gerald'. Shannon,' (Herbert
' Since childhood 'Kitty has adored
the indifferent Alan and Gerald has
been , in dove :with her. Comes the
-make the 'ending' happy.
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