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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
Published setni-wegly during the College year, except on holidays,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the
College, the students, faculty, alumni. and friends.
Applied fur entry as second elnss matter nt the State College Post
Office. Stale College, Pa.
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HARRY R. HENDERSON lit. '36 WILLIAM 11. SKIRBLE '36
Editor Business Manager
DONALD P. SANDERS '36 ROLAND W. OBERHOLTZER MI
Slanging Editor Circulation Manager
IV. BERNARD PREUNSCII '36 WILLIAM B. HECKMAN '36
Sports Editor Advertising Manager
VANCE 0. PACKARD '36 PHILIP C. EVANS MC
Assistant Editor Local Advertising Manager
JOHN E. MILLER JR. '36 LEONARD T. STEEP '36
Assistant Managing Editor Credit Manager
CHARLES M. SCHWARTZ JR. 'l6 L. MARYBEL CONADEE '36
Assistant Sports Editor Women's Editor
WILLIAM I'. MeDOWELL '36 RUTH E. KOEIILER '36
News Editor Women's Mannging Editor
3011 N R.. BARNES JR. '3G A. FRANCES TURNER '36
News Editor Women's News Editor
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Richard Lewis T. 7 E. Townvend Swaim .37
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George W. rira 17 Kenneth W. Engel '37 Senn C. Hoover '37
Philip A. Schwartz '37 Alan le Smith '37 Robert 3. Siegler 77
!donning Editor This Issue__
Notts Editor This Issuo-----
Tuesday, November 5, 1935
REV. WEISIER'S LETTER
Rev. G. Cecil Weimer's is the best letter the COI.=
LEMAN has received from an anti-beer adherent. He has
put his addled cohorts to shame with the pertinence of
his questions. Bore at last is a gentlemanly and intel
ligent letter that sticks clearly to the basic issues of the
local quorum.
The first two of his questions were answered in
Friday's COLLEGIAN, and space does not permit taking
them up again. It might be well to state here, however,
that the COLLEGIAN business staff has never had a really
hard time financing the paper and that the cost of the
free papers is easily absorbed by the increase in sub
scriptions.
As for the rest:
CO The survey taken by Professor Bowman has
shown, as stated in the front page editorial, that 56.8
per cent of the student body are beer drinkers. It may
be correctly assumed that a larger percentago are in
favor of its retention,
(4) This question and the next (5) may well be an
swered together. Although no figures are available, the
testimony of local residents and faculty people unani
mously states that prior to repeal the student drinking
problem was of graver concern than at present. Since
even the COLLEGIAN cannot chart the future, we must
accept that we shall return to such conditions, and even
conditions much worse than during the days of national
prohibition, because now the only law against the boot
legger will be selling without a license andmanufactur
ing it. The old laws concerning transportation and pos
session will be of no use.
Muskingum College students exist under Complete
repeal in the town of New Concord, Ohio; Thetii - wit
is smaller than State College. Students visited the
nearby towirsf:?,anesville, during prohibition' ancl,later:
Muskingum College authorities realized. the 'acuteness"
of the problem. There were' several . expulsions, and.
much unpleasantness for the college-when 'sty - dents:were
arraigned on charges of drunkenness in; Zanesville. The
college authorities, however, could find no solution be
cause the voters of the town had saddled them with a
local option outlawry of beer.
Northwestern University at Evanston, 111., was
overrun with bootleggers during prohibition, and when
the town outlawed beer, the bootlegging gentry remained
and flourished.
(6) No figures on the proportion of minors in the
student body were available as we went to press.
(7) The COLLEGIAN cannot legislate on the virtue of
any particular advertiser, in the same 'way that the
Centre Daily There is editorially pro-beer. but accepts
huge advertising lineage from the Laymen's Dry Com ,
mitten and Ministerium.
MRS. BLACK'S LETTER
In the Letter Box on this page may be found a
letter from Mrs. Ella B. Black, state president of the
W. C. T. U., about the local beer quorum. W. C. T. U.
eloquence against the demon rum is well typified in Mrs.
Black's letter. However, Mrs. Black's love of Penn
State, her touching death bed'scenes, her picture of gin
engendered lunacy and her hope for fine jobs for tee
totalers, hardly is pertinent to the point that State Col
lege is voting cm beer. It would seem as though W. C.
T. U. headquarters had no literature on beer and the
membership had to think up the local campaign out of
their heads.
Voters must not allow appeals to sentiment or
harrowing death bed scenes to ob s cure the fact. that
they are making a decision that involves the rights
of half their population who are without votes. When
the drys confuse liquor and beer in their arguments,
the wary voter must again make the proper distinction.
Mrs. Black's letter is a sorry commentary' on the
logical powers of the dry hordes. If their exalted ruler
can achieve nothing better in the way of argument than
of America's youth ... We are preserving adolescents
the precious non sequitors, jumbled illiteracy and pathet
ic sentimental appeals of her letter, then the W. C. T. U.
had better stick to the pulpit and the camp meeting
rather than insinuate their fanatic interference with hu
man rights into the political arena. Champions of nar
row "moral standards." admit their failure when they
attempt to railroad their ow•n beliefs on the politically
defenseless
One of their standard tricks in this campaign has
been the patronizing attitude that they are keeping the
trust with parents of students. "We are the guardians
from a life of sin" ... Let Mrs. Armstrong answer
that one for them in her letter on the front page.
The man on the middle ground in this question has
had to lay low to escape the mud being flung over his
head. The COLLEGIAN has attempted to show as far as
possible the exact reasons, facts and consequences of
both sides of this issue—feeling that such appeals to
reason constitute the only admissible arguments in mak
ing the decision. If we have stooped to pick up some
mud it has been because we were angered by the con
sistent refusal of the drys to meet logic with logk and
facts with facts.
Curt Note:
Fred Young, sophomore member of Tribunal, and,
we believe, president of his class, received the follow
ing curt note, inscribed on the back of a government
post Card:
Say, Young, on Thur., Oct. 31, you were
seen with a Freshman by the name of Cunning
ham and he 'wasn't wearing customs! If you can't
enforce Customs, why - don't you admit it and
give up. The Tribunal has been Sad all year and
you boys should get on the ball or admit that you
are no good and that you don't have intestinal
fortitude enough to do your job right.
Front-4000 Upperclassmen who want Cus
toms (such as they arej rigidly enforced.
Don't be a heel and tear this up, Young.
Show it to the other members of the Lousy,
in
effective Tribunal.
W. Robert Grubb '37
_Johnson Brennernon '37
e tore it up
Minor Campaign:
Tn many ways, the College has fallen short in
its provisions for the use of the Carnegie records.
Perhaps the most serious of its shortcomings has been
the failure to provide batons for repressed embryo di
rectors. We realize that the number of students who
are potential leaders of dance bands is much higher
(count them next Friday and Saturday) than the
number of symphony directors. But the conditions in
417 Old Main are otherwise• so ideal that some facili
ties should be provided for the discovery of hidden
talent. We feel sure that the College will see eye 'to
eye with us on this matter and remedy the woeful
situation by providing a podium and guest batons.
About Town and Campus:
Vance Packard, of the stall of this paper, is lead
ing a miserable life these days, because of this paper's
stand on the beer question, even though he has no part
in the policy. He's just waiting for election, so he
can live in peace and quiet again . . .
Frances Bezdek is quite a socialite at the U. of
Chicago . . . The preview of the new Froth cover
turned into a riot. • We look for the same thing when
it comes out . . The five .Birmingham gals 'who've
heen makingqhb rounds on'sucessive week-ends ;soon
forget. TheY've gone to Phi Dolt, Beta, D. U., Phi
Gam. Who's next .. . 'Guess the Alpha Sigma Phis
got stuck worst on the Ina Ray Hutton deal. They
even had photographers there. Hutton, Hutton, who's
got the Hutton? .. .
1. "The turtle lives 'twist plated decks, which prac_
tically conceal its sex."—Ogden Nash. .
2. "Oysters are a great aphrodisiac."—The American
Credo, by G. J. Nathan
3. "Sex is bad for minors."—The Maniac.
4. 'Sex: character of being male or female."—Noah
VOTE "NO" ON THE SEX QUESTION?
Advt
A "TUX
or
Fred Astaire has de
signed 2 smart lies for
Tux and Tails. TAILS"
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For the season's
formal occasions
whether you are
wearing "Tux"
$4 O or "Tails," we
have the appro
priate accesso-
The smarest of evening r i es.
vests—for Tails or Tux
—are backless.
$5.00 and $6.50 •
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STARK BROS. a HARPER
HATTERS . HABERDASHERS . TAILORS
OLD MANIA
We can't be sure of this, but we rather imagine
MEM
Purple Quill
Will Sex Bring. Prosperity
to State College?
the fair sex . .. "—A. Schopenhauer
-THE MANIAC
THE V.ENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Letter Box
To the Editor:
The October 15 issue of the COL
LEGIAN came to my desk yesterday.
In your editorial, you speak of the
"deplorable situation Of the W. C. T.
U." Probably you will be kind
enough to give' us space to affirm our
principles. We are sincerely sorry
that we could not have had this issue
sooner, then we might have replied
before November: 5.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union fights liquor. The fact
that it is sold legally does not change
the fact that 'alcohol is a narcotic
habit-forming poison. We
,do not want
our people to buy from the bootlegger
any more than we want them to buy
from a State Liquor Store.
Recent events in New York and in
New Jersey prove that the gangster
is with as, since repeal, just as he
was during
,Prohibition days. Kid
napping and 'aline 'command front
page news today, just as they did be
fore repeal.
A paper "that .fought Prohibition
constantly printed' statements that
anyone with • an ounce. of common
sense knew were not true, in its is
sue of Oct. 30, states that "DRUNK
EN DRIVING IS ,OP 75 PER CENT
SINCE REPEAL,'' and gives the sta
tistics from the Bureau of Statistics
at HarriSburg as its authority.
I love Pentisylvania,.l love Penn
sylvania State College, I love old Nit
tany, and the sight of the tower of
"Old Main," viewed from'a distance
always brings a thrill of joy to my
heart.
With national and world conditions!
as they are today, we need young men'
•and women of courage and strength
co face the future. Penn State, with
her unexcelled location, her well
equipped buildings,' her splendid fac
ulty, should, and does each year, send
out into active service just such men
and women.
Why not, for the honor of Penn
State, and for what it will mean to
you personally, have the COLLEGIAN
say, "We will fight to have all beer
places put out of State College, and
we will also see to it that the boot
leggers take their departure, that the
fraternity houses are dry?" In the
years to come, your children would
bless you for this action.
I see by the COLLEGIAN that most
of your staff belongs to the class of
'3G. If you had more time, I would
suggest that you use as a project the
reason why the' inmates in the fol
lowing institutions are there—Nor
ristown, AllentOwn, Danville, - Warren,
MuncY, Laurelton, .Morganza, Hunt
ingdon, DixmOnt;•Polic, Fairview. If
you should determine the number in
these institutions, there either direct
ly, or indirectly from the use of aim
hol, you might .11Vmore dis
posed. , towards , an'•organization that
teaches what alcohol is; and what
does,
A trained 'nurse said to me, "Mrs.
Black, I wish these college young peo
ple who think they must take a"drink
of beer now and' then could know
what it means to see a person in a
padded cell die or delirium tremens,"
and then she told some death bed
scenes that I have never repeated to
any one. '
We really expect more of our splen
did men and women in colleges than
that they should give their time fight
ing that they may have beer. Within
the past few years many have laid off
their caps and gowns to look for
places they have not found. We hope
this may not be the case in the future,
but of one thing we are certain, the
physically fit, mentally alert, will win
the prize positions--and hold them.
There is one more consideration of
this problem—in all colleges there
are, no doubt, many who have money
to buy anything they want. There
are also those who, are there because
of the sacrifice of parents or others at
home. Many a mother wears stock
ings with runners mended that (laugh
ter may he well shod at, school. Many
a father wears a suit that is almost
a mirror, that his splendid son may
I have what he considers the right ties
and shirts at college.. Sisters teach
ing exchange dresses and hats with
sister at college, that .she may appear
. presentable. Son may be so busy with
his affairs that he may not even no
tice the shine on Dad's suit. These
parents sacrifice thus gladly and will
ingly, but is it necessary, with these
conditions, that these young people
spend even any money for beer?
You say the dotamotAN is seeking
temperance. We believe you are, so
why not make a clean sweep of it and
say, "WC will have no beer joints, no
bootleggers at beautiful Penn State."
Massachusetts speaks of Northfield,
the burial place 'of Dwight L. Moody,
and the schools there that are his
everlasting Monument, as "Beautiful
Northfield." It is not as beautiful as
Penn State. All Hail Penn State!
Ella B. Black, Press, Pa. W. C. T. U.
To the Editor
The policy of the Penn State
,Cot,-
LEGIAN with respect to the beer ques-
Thais well known to all. Any fair
minded person cannot help but respect
the managing board for its clarity of
statement as well as its courage to
state openly the policy of the paper.
Of course, there are students, and,
persons interested in students, who,
while admiring the ,clarity and cour
age of your policy; cannot agree with
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Allen Street
CINEMANIA
"Personal Maid's Secret," which
plays at the Cathaum tomorrow, was
witnessed over the week-end by your
reviewer, and he can recommend it
as a diverting comedy-drama, pleas
ing and plausible. The story concerns
the rise of a New York couple, played
by Margaret Lindsay and Warren
Hull, from social obscurity to lead
ership as a result of the suggestions I
made by their maid, played by Ruth
Donnelly.
Anita Louise, as the maid's laugh
ter, has the romantic lead with Frank
Albertson, who plays the part of Miss
Lindsay's brother. Miss Louise is
beautiful enough to carry her role
with minimum demands on acting
ability, but in the scenes with Miss
Donnelly, she does show a dramatic
sense not expected. Miss Donnelly, in
addition to mannatng the family's af
fairs, also finds time for a little ro
mance with the butler, played by Ar
thur Trencher. The action is swift,
there are no sobby tense tear-jerking
episodes, the humor is deftly handled
without throwing it in your face.
"Rendezvous," starring William
Powell, was also taken in by the Cin
emaniac, and this picture,•playing at
the Cathaum Thursday and Friday,
has much of the same appeal of the
"Thin Man," with an' entirely new
setting. Powell, as a government
cryptographer during the World War,
is supported liy Rosalind Russell op
posite him, and also by Binsie Barnes,
Lionel Atwill, and Cesar Romero.
Powell is a swashbulckler from way
the position taken. 'Because of this
point of view That disagrees with
yours, these folk watch with interest
and concern what your paper is doing
to promote and achieve its purpose.
In studying your procedure, some of
those who look at the beer, question
from a different point of view than
yours, would like to have some infor
mation about your position. We notice
that many homes are receiving free
copies,of the COLLgGIAN. No scheme
for increasing subscriptions has been
announced. No unusual' features have
added. The free distribution
has come At the time when the beer
question is paramount. We also re
member hearing various rumors in
the past that the COLGEGtAIsI business
staff at times finds it difficult to
fi
nance the publishing of the paper.
Now you are, if reports be correct,
increasing your circulation quite a bit
by the distribution of a number of
free copies. In the light of these
things will you kindly and as candid
ly as you have stated your position
on the beer question inform us
' (1) „If 'the free 'distribution of the
C - OLLECIAIC has any connection' with
the beer question:. '
(2) Who is financing this added
expense? Are persons or companies
interested in the sale of beer paying
for these gratis copies?
(3) What specific and accurate
steps have you taken to find out the
wishes of the student body with re
spect to the beer question?
(4) What factual basis have you
for your belief that more drinking
would result if beer. .is not sold in
State College?
(5) Will you cite college towns
where beer is NOT sold that have
critical problems due to drinking at
establishments out of the town or city
limits?
(6) Will you kindly publish the
proportion of students in State Col
lege who are minors and therefore
not lawfully eligible to purchase beer?
(7) If going out of town to drink
ing places is dangerous and undesir
able, are you being consistent and
working for the good of the student
body by accepting advertisements of
establishments that sell beer ten' to
twenty miles outside of the borough
limits?
G: Cecil Weimer
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back and indulges in much horse
play throughout this picture. Miss
Russell is admirably cast as the so=
day girl while Miss Barnes is ati
exotic spy. Romero, as another spy,
also gets our sympathies after he
jumps out a wmer..v. kmong the fun
nier scenes are those in which Miss
Barnes is searched for evidence of
espionage,' when Miss Russell gives.
Powell the sleeping potion, and the
charity raffle in which Miss Russell
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at
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On Route 322—NearPort Matilda
Tuesday, Noventhev:s; 1935
is duped - twice by the prankish Pow
ell. The picture' gives an insight in
to a branch of the War Department
that hasl been somewhat neglected. up
to noci The inside workings of the •
code expert's room is revealed and
the mail-house that was the Black.
Chamber is the IdCide foi: some of the
more important scenes. There is 'some
thing :Zoing. every moment, building
up to.a climaxithat has a literal punch
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