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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
Published stunt-weekly during the College year, except on holidays.
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, In the Interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumnL and friends.
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Tuesday, October 22„ 1935
SOME OF OUR HIG SHOTS
The COLLEGIAN heartily condemns the members of
the StudCnt Tribunal who sentenced a freshman to buy
seven bottles of beer for violation of dress customs.
It was the act of a group of power-drunk smart alecks
who have no regard for the dignity of, their office.
They undoubtedly considered themselves pretty clever
college boys when they administered this sentence. It
crtainly was a cute kit of graft; it showed what a great
bunch of leaders and thinkers they are.
When the question came last spring as to bearing
with the student government groups in enforcing fresh
men customs, the COLLEGIAN swallowed a few prin
ciples and went along with the plan.
This incident has shown that these men are incapable
of considering the dignity of their office and of the
responsibility which rests on their shoulders.
If they are going to be so strict with the freshmen,
why don't they, as upperclassmen and student leaders.
be at bit sensible and strict with themselves and resist
this temptation of petty graft?
Or if they can't do that, why don't they resign?
LET'S END THIS TROUBLE
Friday night's bonfire was a re-occurence of the
trouble and danger of Alumni Day a year ago:And if
the past is any indication, this trouble and danger will
occur again. The only thing which kept Friday night's
tontir . e from developing into the seriousness of last
year's fire and riot was the strenuous effort of the stu
dent leaders in discouraging the mob.
It has gotten to the place now where the College ad
ministration must step in and provide some spot on the
campus where. the danger of setting `fire to buildings
is absent. The police can no longer handle the situation
unless they are allowed to use brute force. And cer
tainly no one wants to see heads smashed. It cannot
be handled through the efforts of the hat-men and stu
dent leaders as was demonstrated the other night.
It apparently does the average student no gpod to
tell him he is paying for this bon-fire and damage to
private property out of his own pocket, for some of the
leaders of Friday night's trouble were seniors and jun
iors who have seen these fires before and know the ex
pensive damage•and danger connected with these inci
dents.
Last spring there occurred a minor disturbance, of
this sort which was easily quelled. However, following
that incident the COLLEGIAN asked that the administra
tion take some steps toward providing a spot where
these outbursts of youthful enthusiasm may take place
without endangering the downtown business district.
Apparently no attention was made to the CoLuzrAN's
suggestion which might have made possible the avoid
ance of Friday night's celebration.
The College now sees that this is the sanest method
in handling this situation. The COLLEGIAN hopes that it
will take immediate action to establish such a place on
the campus where these outbursts can be handled safe
ly. Not only will this end the damage to private property
and the danger involved but that it will also promote
better relations and understanding between the stu
dents and townspeople.
The COLLEGIAN fads that Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell
and the Alpha Fire Company should be congratulated
on the way in which they co-operated with the student
groups in attempting to handle the situation
A CHANGE
A year ago Burgess Wilbur F. Leitzell was the COL.
LEMAN'S worst enemy and the target of manyeditor
ial broadsides. Today the COLLEGIAN regards Col. Leit
zell as a friend, not only of this paper, but of the stu
dents of this college.
Why has there been this change in attitude?
Because he * has realized that the student govern
ment groups can handle many of the cases which he has
to deal with and has called them in to consider them
with him in order to mete out justice in the best pos
sible way, and thereby promoting a better feeling be
tween the student body and the townspeople.
OLD MANIA
Anesthesia
Where are we? In a fraternity dorm at 5 o'clock
in the morning? In a sanitarium for the treatment
of sleeping sickness? Have we been going without
sleep for three days?
Nope—only in quiet State College in the golden
hills—reading The Daily Half Colyum.
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Jottings at the pep rally Friday night: The A 0
Pis there early in a body and in the front row . .
Max Middleswarth coming in alone, going out, and
coming back, each time getting loud huzzas . Bill
Edwards standing back in the corner, forgotten, until.
Harbaugh called on him . . . Bob Carson getting a
perceptible murmur from the crowd when he said:
"I take. great pleasure in presenting the Ilesdek tro
phy to Phi Delta Theta" ... Gal coming in late .
And all the while Bez in the movies ...
Anchors Away
We sort of feel that it's our duty to chronicle the
troubles the Delta Gammas have had with their an
chor; how it disappeared, where it went, and how
they got it back.
In the first place, you should know that Betty
Deemer's father got it from a friend of his in Detroit
and shipped it here because the anchor is the symbol
of something in the d. g. frat. The girls were proud
of the thing and put it out on the lawn in front of
the house.
Then one morning last week they woke up to find
it gone. They asked around awhile, but weren't able
to find out the truth—that Carl Bechtel and Marsh
Brown had taken the anchor down to one of the Col
lege farms, where Vic Marburger, Beaver House lad,
found it, painted in barber-pole fashion.
Marburger called Bill Balderston to come to his
aid in outwitting the dastardly Phi Psis. Balderston,
being manager of the Hort Show, had innumerable
cars and trucks at his disposal, and with Marburger,
took the anchor out into the barrens.
They then called the Delta Gammas and told
them to inform Chief Yougel of the theft and tell
him that he would find the anchor on the Phi Psi
lawn Friday morning. But the girls slipped up some 7
where, and no one came around to claim the anchor,
which was chained securely to the Phi Psi flag pole.
The Delta Gammas finally got some man to Jake it
back up to the house.
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I'M NOT .
The Centre Daily Parlous Times
Is fond of A. Ray Warnock's rhymes
Doc Tsehan's pet peeves are the "Alma . Mater"
and "The Star-Spangled Banner." He'd rather lie
down than stand up when they're played. He'd like
to put them under a microscope and listen to them.
And—he says that you can't go much lower in the
scale of intelligence than faculty wives.
About Town and Canipus:
Lynn Christy and co. are tolling over the Show
boat in Pittsbg this week-end. Christy will be in. c.
. . . Our nomination for the two prettiest people in
town: Doris Rumage and Bob Collins ... Ephemeral
posh: Helen Taylor-Briggs Pruitt ... Bill Rambo '35
is president of the Norristown Young Republicans ...
Tommy Runnette, Beta, was married last April to
Margaret Ethel Searles. It was announced only last
week ... Does anyone know the whereabouts of Kel
ley Houck? . . . Down at the pen on Sunday, Rock
view played the Liberty eleven . . Pete Bond's gal
from York taking pictures of her hero in the rotissie
parade last week ... Ruth Linde in the front line of
the crowd at the fire Friday ... Where do they find
all the dim-witted sadists that get on Tribunal? .
Zzz zz z —THE MANIAC
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Judging Team Places
Second at Exposition
The livestock judging team won sec
ond place at the Baltimore Livestock
Show 'last week, the University of
Virginia group baling taken first
honors with a total
,of •3,751 points,
ten more than thelocal organization.
Before going to Baltimore the team,
which is coached by Prof. William
L. Henning, of the department of ani
mal husbandry, was awarded first
place at the Eastern States Exposi
tion.
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High individual honors of the'con:
test were given to William P. Camp
bell '36 for judging horses and sheep,
and to Walter S. Gabler '36 for his
ability to judge cattle.
The Record Crop
Here's something Sock Kennedy's
proteges will be interested in, we ven
ture to predict. Victor Young's con
cert band has recorded two numbers
for stage dancing that will prove a
boon to those who would prefer some
thing recorded especially for them.
One side is a soft shoe number to the
sharply accented rhythms of "Tea for
Two," and the reverse is a tap num
ber in a livelier tempo, to the strains
of "Sweet Sue." Beth were recorded
under the personal supervision of Ar
thur Murray.
Decca—No. 562
You may object to Guy Lombardo's
lack of originality but you must ad
mit that the devotees of the dance
find him always the provider of sat
isfactory tempos. "Cheek to Cheek,"
with the vocal by the trio, is no best
seller, but the excellence of the tune
will carry it along. This is backed
by a sprightly tune, "Broadway
Rhythm." There .are actually por
tions of this.platter that differ from
the usual Loinbirdo treatment. Decca
reports that sales of their Lombardo
'and Crosby recordi have mounted so
that they haven't been able to keep
up with the demand. After all, if
the one you're dancing with is charm
ing enough, you won't mind such lit
tle details as off-key saxes.
Decca—No. 549 ,
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Dorsey Bros. have grooved a num
ber for Decea entitled 'Dipper Mouth',
and it's as 'crazy as its title. Played
with all the joyous abandon of a
bunch . of morticians out for a good
time, it proves that there are some
capable men in the crew, which we
knew all the time. As an ensemble,
it leaves something to be desired.
Kay Weber tries . hard to make her
voice match the excellence of the lyr
les and melody". "The Gentleman
Obviously Doesn't Believe.", She does
n't quite make it,, but the record is a
good number withal.
Decca—No. 561
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Al Bowlly is rapidly becoming Vic
tor's best bet as a soloist. Accompa
nied by Ray Noble, he does two slow
numbers that will be liked wherever
sentimental ballads are appreciated.
It's time tßat someone does some
thing for the older generation that
grows weary ocrizz. hot or commer
cial. These numbers make elegant
listening, and if you are good, you
can dance them;' "ROB Along, Prairie
Moon," and on the other side, the ex
otically-titled "Red Sails in the Sun
set."
Victor—No. 25142
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Jack Hylton, England's No. 2 band
(No. 3 if you like Ambrose better)
has assembled an outfit of concert hall
proportions for these numbers, and
they deserve to be hits. "When the
Lilac Blooms 'Again" features some
notable trumpet and piano bits and
a tricky change of pace. On the oth
er side the ever Popular "I Kiss Your
Hand, Madame," and this also is
characterized by varying tempos and
really fine harp interludes. The vocal
is the record's. yeak Spot, it being
handled by a tenor whose forte is a
falsetto.
Victor—No. 36172 (12 Inch)
.• —W. B. r
If You are late to a class at the
University of AkVeit (Ohio) you are
fined five cents, the money to be used
to purchase a bench ,for students to
sit on during leisure hours.
Penn . Staters, Attention!
Something New in State College!
Flectrolaked Greaseless Do Nuts
CHOCOLATE WHOLE WHEAT
HONEY PLAIN
RINGER DO-NUT CO.
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117 S:Pugh St. •
Standing in
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The Wings
—By J. EWING KENNEDY
La Barrymore, working on a na
tional soap program, was asked to
say that she perSonally used the soap
—she refused. The writers then came
through with &blurb to the effect that
the soap was used by one of the coun
try's most prominent actresses—Miss
Ethel then revised it to read: Amer
lea's leading actress. There's a com
promise for you.
Today marks the 814th perform
ance of "TObacco Road" and puts it
fifth on the list of all-time run rec
ords on Broadway. The piece has had
four different leading men and the
property man has had to plant his
turnip patch on stage four times.
John Van Britten has another Huf
fy little comedy at the Cort Theatre
titled "Most of the Game." Very much
like his "There's Always Juliet," this
one does not register as strongly—
suffering mainly from the absence of
such players as Herbert Marshall and
Edna Best.
The big news sheets sent both their
music and dramatic critics to the pre
miere of 'Porgy and Bess" in Boston
—the dramats stayed to cheer, the
musicians had only a feeble wave of
the hand. The show is done in oper
atic style, scarcely, a line being spok
en, no expense has been spared in pro
duction, and it has one song "I Got
Plenty of Nuttin' " which may do for
this one what "Smoke Gets in Your
Eyes" did for "Roberta."
The Lunts version of "The Taming
of the Shrew" has stolen the thunder
of Billy Rose' circus "Jumbo." A
broad farce, gaudily costumed, with
acrobats, dwarfs, and a human horse
this is the gayest, merriest thing on
Broadway. The Guild now has aweir
cus•to. its credit.
Rodgers and Hart (with the She
berts money) are readying a num.!
ical "On 'Your Toes" for the Shu- 1
'lefts All-American backfield—Ray
Bolger, rouella Gear, Gregory Rat
off, and Dorothy Stone ....Vivienne
Segal gets back into the musical show
picture in "Home Town Boy" . . . .
Warner Bros. "Midsummer Night's
Dream" is taking an awful panning
from the press because the. movie
stars can't read Shakespeare . . . .
Irene Delroy makes her comeback in
"Anything Goes," replacing Bettina
Hall in.the singing lead.
The so-called legitimate producers
have evidently had one eye on bur
lesque for the past few years—while
the former's shows opened and closed,
the, latter's kept grinding on forever
—and making money. Now vinide un
its must have a strip girl .and 2 spveral.
nude acts and two new diamaS "The
Body Beautiful" and "Strip iGrl" will
open in the near future.
Some real good news for the belly
laugh ,fans comes in the official re
port that W. C. Fields is entirely well
and back in production again. Six
weeks ago they carried him into So
hobs Hot Springs in a serious Con
dition—arthritis and numerous oth
er compliCations—now he is ready
with drawn Bowie knife, "to carve
his way through a wall of living
flesh." With Will Rogers gone we
certainly can't get along without
Fire In Football
Stands Accidental
Rumor, that an attempt had been
made on Saturday afternoon during
the Penn' State-Lehigh football game
to set fire to the east stands were
spiked today by George W. Ebert, su
perintendent of grounds and build
ings at the College, who said that a
fire which broke out beneath section
6 was "purely accidental," and be
lieved to have been caused by a ci
garette stub.
The fire was quickly extinguished
by Captain William V. Dennis, Jr.,
chief of the campus patrol. Three si
milar fires broke out during the 'home
coming day game last year, Ebert
pointed out.
An Intercollegiate Trustee's con
ference, the first of its kind to be
staged in this country, will be held at
Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.)
More Nicotine in Dry
Cigarettes According
To Findings of Haley
Studies on, the nicotine content of
cigarettes have Seen published in the
September issue of a trade :journal
by Prof. Dennis E. - Haley,' of soil
and photochemistry depaßment, and
Clifford 0. Jensen, instructor in
riculture and biological chemiStry.
Using the machine invented by Jen
sen, many interesting facts were dis
covered.
It was found that dry cigarettes
have more nicotine in the smoke than
moist ones. Twelve percent of the ni
cotine in tobacco is, found in the
A War oLhis The 4,
Shows at
1:30.3:00
6:30:8:30
WEDNESDAY .(Thursday •
t .. th'e 191tany)
Featuring the Metropolitan Opera Star and , Romintii Idol of the
Radio Millions in His Sensiti - onal Screen Debut!.
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Genevieve Tobin, Anita Louise, Schumann-Heink, Maria Gambarelli
(Gamby), Vicente Escudero, Reginald Denny
&DDED: The second of the Thrilling "Crime Doesn't Pay"
series—" Alibi Racket."
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, October 24-25
SLIM .SI,T.34III.IRVILLEANI?Y.DEVI.Nt
After tie Pitt Unit
there'll be Smooth Sailing
to
Smooth Musk
. AT THE
, .
SHOWBOAT
(Wood and water Streets)
—WITH—
LYNN CHRISTY
AND HIS
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PENN.STATESMEN
' Supper Dancing (with Flocir Show)
from 6:00 M..'til 2:00
On the air over WWSW ,
• Note: The last State dance band to play at' the
"Showboat" was Fred Paring's.
Tuesday, October 22, 1935
smoke. The rdajnr portion of nicotine
is condensed in the,butt of.the cigar
ette. The amount of nicotine in the
smoke of one cigarette burned to a
length of one centimeter was approx
imaiely.:egual to the nicotine found in
the smoke of three cigarettes burned
t on length - of three centimeters each.
If one follows the theory that nico
tine is harmful, the conclusion of this
experiment would 'suggest that it
pays to thro.;. , away the butts. Facts
can be shown also that the nicotine
content orthe four popular brands of
cigarettes, is exactly the same.
Experiments, the results of which
have been sent to the Kaywoodie Pipe
Company, were carried on by Di: Ha
ley using the Jensen machine. •
A third year law student at the
University of Naltimore•-(Md.) was
one of • the winners in , the , recent
Grand National sweepstakes race in
England. He won $5OO.
Complete
show at
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