PENN STATE' COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, establisfied 1887 Published sami:treeirly during the College year. except on holidays. by students of The Pennsylronia• State College, In the interest or the College. the studenta. faculty. alumni. and friends. Applied for entry an-errand Oars matter at the State Collette Post Office, State College, Pa. • HARRY B. HENDERSON JR. '3O WILLIAId H. SKIRBLE 'B6 Editor fluidness Manager DONALD P. SANDERS 'B6 ROLAND W. 06112RHOLTZER , 36. Managing Editor Cireukrtiort Manager:, W. BERNARD FREUNSCIF '36 WILLIAM B. HECKMAN '32 Sporto Editor Advertising Manager VANCE 0. PACKARD '3O PHILIP C. EVANS '96. Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager JOHN E. MILLER JR. '36 LEONARD T. SIEFF '36 Assistant Managing Editor Credit Manager CHARLES M. SCHWARTZ JR. '36 L. MARYBEL CONABEE '36 Ann Vitae Sports Editor Women's Editor WILLIAM P. MeDOWELL '36 RUTH E. KOEHLER. '3O News Editor Women's Managing , Editor JOHN K. BARNES JR. '3O A. FRANCES TURNER '36 News Editor Women's News. Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS I. Kenneth Beaver 17 Lester M. Elenimin '37 Johnson rirenneinnts V. Robert , Grubb '37 Philip S. Heisler 17 Rislittrd Lewis '37 E. Townsend Swain. '37 Managing Editor This Issue__ Nary Editor This Tuesday, October 1, 1935 507• PLEDGES Last Monday 507. men, mostly freshmen, were. pledged' to the fifty-two social and professional fraterni- ties on this campus. A year ago, 568'men pledged at the cfose of rushing season. Thus, roughly, the decrease in the number of men pledged was sixty. Of course, since last Monday more men have been talked into pledging. It is very improbable, however, that the total number of men pledged since that time will equal sixty It is most strange that the year the largest class ever to enter here fewer men than ever pledge to fra ternities whose number has dwindled yearly. To,try to analyze the reasons for this slight but rather indicative decrease is a most difficult task: Probably the biggest factor in keeping men . from joining this year was of a financial nature. More and more freshmen are coming to college this year on the well-known "shoe-string." Then,- too, a. large number of these cautious freshmen did not come here directly from high school, many of them having worked several years to earn at least enough money to get them started here. The fact that they have remained out of school, perhaps most of the time doing odd jobs and looking, for work,-has undoubtedly enabled them' to see the artificial ity of college in general and• movie-set fraternity houses in particular. The handshake of an athlete,- a - manager, or a hat man seems to have had•littla effect upon the logic and common sense of Aida freshman class.., Houses totally lacking. in campus "big-shots" made out ai;well, if not better, as houses polluted witlfkey-nien fFeshmerimitbi.ra4,r.tih:perapeetiiPeaCd;cellego , glib campus "sinoothies"'Witli 124 f nlesiia. in ;their 'oatit: backs, now standirrawe of the "131 g-shots." Rumors are now afloat that several houses which failed•to get a suitable number of men are considering giving up their charter. It is unfortunate if that is the case. Fraternities in the snore formative period of American colleges and universities played a great part in building them up to.their present size and-accomo dations. Certainly that is true here. However, indications all over the United States, as Well, as here, show that fraternities are starting to slip. At several large eastern - universities :they have been wiped out of existence and at many Other colleges their power, prestige, and usefulness •is slowly dwindling away. Ten• years is not a long time. But the COLLEGIAN predicts that ten years from now the fraternities on this campus will have decreased from fifty-two to fifteen. It will not take. the building of dormitories here to do it, either. The present attitude of a great many men, who as juniors and seniors, move out of their fraternities, will be the biggest factor in this change: Another factor will be the housing situation which,.at present, as every one knows, is bad; the town is sadly under-built. How ever, this condition will not go on forever. Some .busi ness man will rake up enough money to build several large apartrnMlt houses with reasonable rentals where students can live cheaply. And then, too, the dormi tories may be built in that time. The fraternities' loss of prestige will be:the third factor. THE PENN STATE CLUB For years the Penn State Club has been a disorgan ized organization of non-fraternity men. 'But now, un der the leadership of Wesley L. Mohnkern '36, it has been whipped into something like the organization which it should be. The Penn State Club is an effort to organize the men who have not joined fraternities and td provide for them the many advantages of social and group activity. It is an effort to bring together the hundreds of non fraternity men who live in the countless rooming houses scattered all over town and to give them some social ac tivity, aside from the local "hang-outs" and , trips to nearby towns. Present plans include the organizatiOn, through the club, of, group , athletics for competition' in the intra mural sports, frequent get-togethers, and an all-College dance: At the first meeting, which will be held in the Old Main Sandwich Shop at Sin teelock Saturday:night, Coaches Robert A. Higgins and' Herman A. Everhartliis 'will. review and' analyze• the Lebanon' Valley football. game: The organization of the Penn State Club *ion this scale, and-with the ideivid mind of-being social, rather than political; will.fulflll , need , long felt here' by non' fraternity men and'fho Collegeadibinistration. 0 AE. OF' THE . AIOST sweetly sentimental tales ' that has come to these aging ears in some time concerns the president of the W. S. G. A., women's news editor of this paper, pride of the Theta house, and epitome of the Penn State Coed, Fran Turner. It is now very untimely, the action having taken place a week ago Saturday, but the sentiment is still there. Those of you who read thp Cinemania column to be found elsewhere in this sheet do not need to be told that the movie, "Annapolis Ferewell," was filmed om the campus (if that's the - right word) of the Naval . Academy. Now it so happens that the love interest in Miss Turner's life may be found' there on• the grounds; he is, in short, a midshipman. So it is hardly a coincidence that he should be in the picture. His name was not to be found' among the.cast of characters; he was not on the production staff; he was listed merely among the "midshipmen loaned through the courtesy of the U. S. N. A." And he might be glimpsed for just a few seconds in one of the shots where gobs were to be seen marching. But that was enough for our Fran. She was go ing to see that picture. And see it she did. For two shows in the afternoon, and' again for two shows in the evening. When life seems hard and. callous, we find it comforting to' conjure up . a picture of her sitting there in the darkened theatre, the famous Penn State smile a trifle wistful, perhaps; sitting there waiting through long Hollywood drama for that one brief moment when she might get a glimpse of him. i __W. Robert Grubb 17 --Richard E. Lewis 17 It is one of life's minor tragedies that "An napolis Farewell" played here "SATURDAY ONLY." We were sitting down in Bea and Derick's the other day gulping our usual swiss chocolate almond sundae (adv) when spies broUght us report of an amateur. Tribunal that met last week. One night last week—Monday, we think it was— Tribunal met in a room on the third floor of Old Main to hear the cases of freshmen and transfers who wished to be excused from customs. Jim Dugan; Harry Springer, George Morris, and Lute Luttringer baplilined to be in the Froth office on the same floor; and; : seeing these . milling-hordes . of freshmen' - waiting for Tribunal- to converie,nide big signs saying " Tribunal meeting will'be-held in-Room 315." (That ,being the Bell office.) ' ": They ,soori; hadMie •hordes .harding.areithditheir... door. They organized a.hiSti - courtioom.mid Started hearing cases. Illugfin was judge, Morris:grid Lot .tringer took down the proceedings ontyp'ewriters, and Springer acted as clerk. It was, on the'Whole, a very • orderly picture and did justice to the dignity of nal. And every case they debated seemed to . have some merit—at least they let every one off. So the following boys who were "exempted" will have to go back and try it again: It was all a gag. Here they are: Frank Haminer, Henry Vlossak, • Henry Malachowski, Francis Megrail, and Frank Babiary.. Bob Hanawalt and Phil tines, D. U.'s a.feW years back, are both working. Bob is employed - in a cheese fadtory at Belleville. His hours are from' 9to 5: Phil, sometime best dressed man; is deliveririg milk in Allentown. He works from 4in the morning until 2. The - freshman who stands next to Johnny Louden in Rotissie asked - him the other day: "Say,. buddy, What pontoon are we in ? Govier and Tonk 4 were pretty funny Saturday night . —THE MANIAC . • • CUSTOM CLOTHES STARK BROS. & HARPER GIVE YOU' DIS TINCTIVELY - INDIVIDUAL CLOTHING CUT . TO YOUR MOST EXACTING REQUIREMENTS. WITH. ALL THE CARE AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. OF THE FINE CUSTOM. TAILOR. AT PRICES AS• LOW AS $25.00 • . • • ( ..aV - C3 ‘ , . . . • STAIIK.BRQS.• HARPER, HATTERS .HABERT)ASHERS TAILORS. OLD MANIA +++ The Campbells Are Coming Joyce Comforts. boyce + + + + + + Depression Note +++ TEE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Tryouts for - Thespian Technical;Staff Called Tryouts for the, technical staff of the Thespians will'fie conducted in the Little Theatre, .02 - Ifain, tonight at 7:30 o'clock according to nn announce ment made by T.' Ewing Kennedy, di- All students -interested in stage• management,. electrical and costume work; make-up; design;or-advertising work in connection With theatrical production should - report for tryouts. 6INEMANIA Greta Garbo, Fredric March, and Freddie Dartholomew, head the cap able cast which will bring "Anna Ka resins," film diarriatiiatton of Tol stoy's immortal novel, to the Cathaum theatre on Wednesday. The film was directed by Clarerice Brown and pro duced by. David% (X. Selznick. The story, with-which you are prob ably familiar, concerns the tragic struggle of Anna Karenina for hap piness through her great love for the young and handscime Vronsky (Fred ric March), whom she meets while on a trip •with his rnetther, the Countess 'Vronsky, played 'by. May Robson. A fatalistic note•is introduced early in the picture, wl4n tlfe first meeting of Anna and Vronsky is marred by the death of a- workman- who falls between two: cars before the railroad station where the. two are talking Anna, interprets this as an ill omen. As the lovelyy - yOung wife of a stod gy government clerk, Anna is faced with the problem of denying her love' for Vronsky or giving up her home and her beloved' son Sergei. After a month of determination not to see Vronsky again, she goes to him and he takes her awaY. They are su premely happy in their love, but An na's premonition, that they will be punished persists. They finally re turn to Russia, Where Vronsky grow ing restless- in their enforced isola tion from society, impulsively joins the Russian' forces in a - war against the Turks. . . I. From this poini:the story - sweeps 'into a magnificent'climax: which finds lAnna at the same station where she first saw her loverand where .she now sees his train' leaving for the wars. The emotional struggle which ensues is highly moving: in the intensity that Garbo has given it.: Freddie BartholOmew, of "David CopperfieldTfaine,igives an intelligent performance as: : Sergei, Anna's son; and manageS.to`,•steal .several , scenes :from his stellar 'Colleagues. Others in the cast include - 13asil jtathlione; very hateful - - as Karoiiiii;. Reginald Owen, Joan • Marsh', • anal, , - ..tOrti';Gue• Collins; Whom; yon• :MaY!ligte'Tseen'• list. week+ as the young. Kitt:Y . ln "The•Dlirk An= gel." • •.• • • ••• "Anna Ka . renina";,;wili, be shown at the Nittany on ,Thursday.. The• bill of fare' seems to be un usually tempting. this week. Following "Poi' Hat" : and "Anna Karenina," Comes "She Marrietf.Her Boss," with Claudette Colbert taking the letters 'and Melvyn Douglai doing the dictat ing. . Julia; the secretary, marries for the • EVERY BEAUTY SERVICE that will aid in enhansing your attractiveness. LOUISE A. LAMBERT Leitzell Bldg: Phone 240• J SPORTING GOODS , Footballs Warm-up Suits Basketballs - Official Ball Sweat Pants Official Ball $8 Sweat Shirts A 8 • Sweat Socks Streamline - Scholastic Fencing masks $6.50 N'"*"‘i Foils Handballsßike • and The 'Athletic Store . Supporters Gloves Opposite Main Gate Standing in • Me Wings. • -By J. EWING KENNEDY=.- "THE KID; HIMSELF" The kid, himself, wrote Cools:how and -"THE ErD; HIMSELF" was the title he gave it. He. was six feet three, curly hair, and he was loaded to the guards with self-can 'Hence and enthusiasm—but he was just a kid. Barnum was his hero' and show business was the only thing that mattered. An accident to• his leg gave: him insufferable pain—couldn't sleep at night: So he' wrote his first show and most of the music and lyrics to go with it. Then he went to New York and tackled the biggest picture house* chain in the business and came out with the job of assistant manager' of one of their largest houses. The kid just.. smiled and said: "r went in to see the big boss, and sold my self—that's the, way Barnum would have done it." Be was going places —and he did shortly—to Chatta nooga as manager of a big theatre there. . Long, late hours put the kid in a sanitarium with TB—but he Still had that confidence and enthusiasm. Set himielf up an office and enter-- ed• radio and magazine contests— and won. Netted about a hundred dollars a month for the three years that he was there. He came out a "negative case and invaded Tin Pan Alley. He clicked almost, immediately with "THE BREEZE"---but the money was awfully slow. They on ly pay off every six months in the Alley. "WINTER''WONDERLAND" was next, a , terrific smash', then "WHEN A` GYPSY MAKES HIS VIOLIN CRY," something for the violinists to get their teeth. into, and finally "IT LOOKS LIKE AN EAR LY PALL." The Old. Master called him in last Saturday night to write lyrics for that big song up there—and'l know the kid will do it with plenty of confidence. CAST Or CHARACTERS. The Kidßichard B. (Chang) Smith usual reasons: home, affection, and so on; but it develops—on the honey- I moon—that the boss; being dyspeptic and afflicted' with .any unmanageable nine-year-old, daughter by a •former marriage, chose_ his mate , for her su-, ner-efficientY,:iwithmc:thougbt,,of:,ro Michael Bartlett arrives on - the scene as Richard Bartley, a . playboy business man, and promptly falls , in love with •the' heavy-hearted bride. The resultant complications are finally un wound without loss of the gpy humor which has enlivened the whole film: If you raved about the lovely Miss Colbert in "It Happened One Night" —and everybody did—you'll want to see her - in this; it's the same type of light comedy with just enough story I to keep it sensible. co-Editg, Delta Gamma gave a tea in honor of Miss Louise Daniel, their. chap erone. All chaperones were invited. Four Delta' Gammas, - Tip' Rees; Ann Bowers, Freddie Williams, and - Peg Mclntyre '34, went . to . Philadelphia over the weeli-end. • Gamma Phi- Beta• initiated- three girls: Elizaßeth J. Cook '36, Mariam E., Francis '37, and Jean -E. Keller. '3B. They also pledged' three • girls: Martha A. Barr• -'38,-Ruth- F. Glenn, a special• student, and Patricia.. V. EyeningS atW I IT . .TA y : Last-complete ' N -r 6:30 and 8:30* • Avg A Warner tiros.. Theatre show at 9:fi •'- , . TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY SPECIAL Two racks •of Fall Dresses , in Silk $3:95>and,55.00 MOORE'S . 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