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.
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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.
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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
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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." • •.• • •
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"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
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-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.
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Tuesday, October 1, 1935
Sonkus•-'3B: A'transfer from 'Wil
liam Mid:Mirk Colleke, Arable Hurst
'3B, was' affiliated with the Tratern
.
Mary Lou Shaner '34, an Alpha Chi
Chnega„, returned for, the week-end.,
Kappa Alpha Theta extended social
privileges to. Betty E. Powers, a grad
uate last year of St. Lawrence Uni
varaity,.who is. taking graduate work
here. She .is chaperone at the Theta
Phi', Alpha Souse.
S. Christine Hoffer '3B'was pledged
to Kap . pa Alpha Theta at the formal
pledging held Saturday, September'