Palle Tyid PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance; established 1887 Published send-weekly during the College year, except on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State College. in the interest or the College. the students, futility. nlontni. and friends. Applied for entry as second class matter at the Stele College Post OITIce. Slate College. Pa. EZE=I= . . MARRY B. HENDERSON JR. '36 WILLIAM IL SKIRBLE '36 Editor Ilusinms Manager DONALD P. SANDERS '36 ROLAND W. OttERHOLTZER'36 Managing Editor Circulation Manager W. BERNARD PREUNSCII '36 WILLIAM B. lIECKMAN '36 Snorts Editor Advertising Stammer VANCE 0. PACKARD '36 PHILIP G. EVANS '36 Assistant Editor Loral Advertising :Zimmer JOHN 11. MILLER JR. '36' LEONARD T. SIEFP '36 Amienint Managing Editor Credit Manager CHARLES M. SCHWARTZ JR. '36 L. MARYBEL CONABEE '36 A:4.ostate. Snorts Editor • Women's Editor. WILLIAM P. McDOWELL '36 JOHN K. BARNES JR. '36 News Editor News 'Editor Mantwfmr. Editor Lisue Nare'u Editor Thil Ivsue Friday. January 10, 1936 STODGY STUDENT PRESS (The following editorial tour ICI - Well. by Ralph D. Hazel jr. '34, and appeared in the Old Main Bell, in May l.'/.g when h,' was editor of that publication. He was valedictorian of his class, managing editor of the COLLEGIAN, and a member of Lion's Paw, senior honor honor society. At present he is studying in. Ragland.) This is an attempt to captain why during the past three years the student publications have been editori ally stodgy. About three bored glances through the editorial Columns of the COLLEGIAN, Froth, and this magazine, prove the accusation. They are stodgy; they overflow with platitudes and generalities, they agree with student leaders, they commend facility members, they gravely approve administrative policies, they are bloated With warm air. Much Lis the organs of free speech dislike to admit it, the most significant portion of the campus editorial attitudes is influenced by the CoiiiciiAN office and its unofficial affiliates, those publications managed or edit ed by COLLEGIAN staff members. Now it so happens that twin or three of the strateg ically placed editors (alWaYs the COLLEGIAN editor) are in the center of student activities: student governMent, student union, interfraternity council, the senior honor society. With the squabbles and differences of opinion ironed out in these small groups, few newsworthystu dent scraps and editorial battles. appear in the. kcal typography to delight pugnacious readers. These afore mentioned student potentates decide among themselves the happiest course of action (us so often happens in democracies), cover some sad slips of their own, and concentrate their energies, editorial and otherwise, to the carrying out of the single purpose. All of which makes uninteresting reading. The administration, in canny fashion, consults With these inner circles of students, listens to their **our ings, offers advice, and leaves student matters largely up to them. All of which impresses informed students with the administrative wisdom and helps persuade them: that most action from this source must be Backed up by ,some good reasons'. And.. there is always the spectre of that body of eminently conservative gentle men who supply most of the funds for the College, the State government. Well, it does not seem miraculous, then, that there have been no luxuriously'blatant stu dent battles with College moguls. Nursed then in the belief that most persons in the organization of this College are decently reasonable, these student powers of press and navel assume that faculty members may be included as a whole among those who are concerned with the progress of the Col lege. So the stodgy student press refrains from devas tating, faculty persons until such accused have a chance to explain. This they often do rather well. And attacks, highly readable, are forestalled. So it is that the press is stodgy. Briefly explained, not excused KEEP OFF THE GRASS Everybody should keep aft the giass. OUR LIBRARY It is with interest we note that Librakian Lewis has announced that there are now more than 150,000 bOcks in the library THE NEW LA VIE We are anxiously awaiting the , appearance of the new La Vie. The present editorial staff has a good policy and is capable of following it to the letter. URCHINS ON THE CAMPUS An informant, who wishes his identity to be kept secret, has informed this paper that there has been much indiscriminate snowballing on the campus by some urchins. We all love the snow. But this should be stopped. MAY QUEEN It is edt too early foi our co-ed friends to begin thinking of the important honor of May Queen. Get busy, girl's! You may be the lucky one. Lots of luck to nil our co-ed readers. GUARD YOUR HEALTH! In these days of uncertain and blustery weather, every one should wear his rubber's, a warin garmei around the neck; and plenty of clothes. At the first sign of a cold visit the College dispensary. it is there for. your use! THINK IT OVER In the hurly-burly of fast-moving college life, some students arc apt to forget that their first resporisibilitY lies in their 1-10111 E.. They Make the mistake elf saer; ing parental ties. This is indeed an Unfortunate this take. It is with a great deal of truth that one of fhb greatest pOets hes said; "Home is Where the heart is." On Going Literary: The Phoenix-like rennaissance of Purple Quill which culminated in a meeting Wednesday' night at tended by members of the Illerati as •well as the Literati necessitates, we think; just a word of warn ing 'to prospective . Quill wielders: There comes a time in.college years, (A pause from tossing down the beers), When•you will find unless you're wary That you've gone suddenly "literary." __Philip S. Hailer '37 Johnson Ilnennentnn '37 You'll arouse the brothers' wrath When you neglect to take a bath. The pledges Rili forget your name; ..Your profs will think you've gone insane But later on you'll find it's wiser To take yotii Allen, Joyce and Dreiser Casually ... with a change of pace: Unlike a sir-clay bicycle race We were bOth surprised and * disappointed Tues day night when Jimmy Durante exhumed the old Penn• State-State Penn gag and sent it over the air Waves. But as we Writhed we thought of some of the potentialities of the thing that have been over-looked. Suppose that at a conservative estimate the Schnozzola receives 3,000 slugs a broadcast. Suppose again (this is the last time), that he pulls about fif teen of hid million gags on each program. Then by a simple bit of calculation the Penn State-State Penn joke Was worth about $2OO to him. And the profs have been pulling it around this U. for nothing fot• 10, these, many years! Camfiusettes: The reason Cadet Colonel Bill Leenha•d has been hannting the electrical engineering depaAment offi-; ces more than usual lately is, of course, Sally Miller, prof. Doggett's secietaik . But the catch is that she's engaged to a riled student at Temple . . . Louise Berkebile and Walt Freunsch are now defi nitely pftt (JohnstoWn and East Stroudsburg papers please cony) ... And Betty Meßain is no longer wearing a D. U. trinket . Briggs Pruitt, chief of the Chi Phi tepee, was in the mood for anything but love the other night when underclaismen dumped him and some of the other seniors. in the shower . . . Penn State fashion note: White buckskin shoes and ski suits on the same Janu ary day . . -personally, we prefer buckskin shoes ... Mahatma Galbraith threatened Bill Balderston with having to run a gauntlet of wet bathing suits if he didn't make better time in swimming team work outs .. and the first copy of "The Modern Writer's Alt" by Galbraith and Gates is off the' presses . . . The Kappa Sigs are not going to.have any friends if they keep pelting Passers-by with snow balls from their second story balcony . . . Pan-Hell, destroyer Of illusions . Have You Visited The Improved During . the: Christmas vacation the Dairy . Store was enlarged, an "Ice Crearn Bar" installed, and an increased stock ob tained. . The Dairy Store is now----more thari ever—a Complete delicatessen. CAMPUSEER , - 1 lii aistb. ;Pt You'll read Gert Stein and John Dos Passes thrbugh thick-lensed glasses. You'il scorn your former pals as rabble And meditate on Jnmes Branch Cabell. You'll seek out some Secluded nook To express yourself and write a book: Your face.and frame will grow quite gaunt From absinthe and de Maupassant. You'll spend your time around the corner Eulogizing lit prof. Werner, Disclosing your lack of erudition To instructors of English composition. MOM =EI Dairy Store? THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN CINEMANIA "Collegiate" wilt be the film fare at the Cathaunt today and will go over to the Nittany,tomorrow. With eight tine tunes froth the facile pens of Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, nhiS the likeable comedy of Jack Oakie, Joe - Penner, and Ned Sparks, this pic ture will probably go, on record as one of the best, light musicals of the year. • Prances Langford has a fetching voice and establish& herself' as one of the outstanding torch shigera of the screen as well as the radio. In the other feminine lead personable Betty Grable setsrJoe Penner by his ears—and we can't blame him. The story has as its salient Point Oakie's attempt to run a girl's school, a legacy front an aunt who stipulated that he was to make it pay for one year before it .became his permanent= ly. The school: has ii Victorian at mosphere—but not for long. It is rapidly turned into a charm schebi and here is where the gorgeous gels start to make life interesting, not to say enticing. Gordon .and 'Revel play themselves, as teachers of songwriting, and lovely Georgia Coleman, champion diver; is imported to teach her sport. The production numbers. are stupendous and there is much fun throughout. Penner forgets his duck temporarily and Joe in an'amorous mood is some thing to be seen, if not osculated. Bette Davis and Franchot Tone are starred in the Cathauni's attraction tomorroW, "Dangerous." The sup porting cast is a hand-picked one, in cluding Margaret Lindsay as the third side of 'the triangle, Alison Skipworth, John Eldrodog, and Dick Foran. Taking their cue front her suc cesses in "Bordertown" and "Of Hu man Bondage," the producers have cast Miss DaVis again in a role that doesn't paint her in a pretty 'light, but does give her a strong charaCteri cation. She plays the part of an actress wfio climbs to the heights over a. ruin of other lives and ambitions. Her descent to the gutter is as rap id, and she takes down with her the man she loved, played by Tone. A divorced husband adds complicatioas and it is to him that she returns in time for an amazing climax. Power ful stuff for Shirley Temple fans, but good fare for those of average sensi bilities. "Tale of Two Oitiesrlatest in the Dickens cycle, will be shieVii at, the Cathaum Monday and Tueiday. It is beyond the province of , this scrivener to evaluate such a picture without having seen it, but all who have Sean it say that it is:, a faithful, transla tiOn from Dicker" and that the - aCtora are More thin adeunitte' in a picture that presents a lot. of probletni'. Ronald Colman (sans mustache); Elizabeth Allan, Reginald Olken, Ed na May Oliver, Basil Rathbcine, and Blanche Yurka head a cast of ink: proportions. Other favorites that ap pear arc Donald' Woods, Walter Cat lett, 11. 18. Warner, Henry B. Walt hall, Isabel Jewell,' and Tully Marsh all. The principal fault found has been in the stilted dialogue, but this haS probably come as a result of too faith ful following of the source. Still, people did talk like that then. The incidents included are admirably handled, according to those who•have seen this production. Prof. McCord Delivers Ist •of Lecture Series Ten lectures have been arranged for the general. agridultural series during the next two months; accbr& ing to a recent announcement by Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School of Agriculture. Prof. John L. E. McCord, of the department of agricultural economies, delivered the first lecture Wedneidnii afternoon, using as his subject, Year in Puerto Rico." Professor Me; Cord, while on leave of absence &r -ing the academic year of 1934-36, was a member bf the staff of the Col= lege of Agriculture in Puerto RicO. The second lecture of the series will be given next week on January 15 by Dr. Alois L. Rhonton, of the depart ment of education. He will use "A World Tour" as• his Subject. Yon Can Get It at Mangers Cash or Liberal Trade - in Alliovirance on Your Used Books SEE OUR WANT LIST . .... , . . . . sto 7 1 A loot Skiis • .. $2 25 to $9.00 Skate Outfits • • • • $3 95 to $6.00 Pucks . • . . . 25e Hockey Clubs 30c to 90c GET READY FOR , THOSE FINALS • Review Books on all Subleets 75 Blue Books ....... . . . 3 for sd, 2 fOr sc, 3 for 16e Prof: Tanner Explains Cofirt's AAA tietiSion (Continued h:Ont. Page One) granted, but not as a resort to invade the rights _reserved by the Stdtds. Otherivise the power to tax could be used to control all industry-through out the United -States. "It would be possible to exact money front one winch Of an indwitry rind pay it to another branch in every field of ac tivity which lies within the province Of the Stnt&i." It was Suggested that the contracts authorized by • the sta tute were voluntary,. but the Court adopted the view that the regulatiOn :n fact was not voluntary: . With respect' to the power of the Ctiart to determine the constitution .alitY of Acts of Congress; the niajor.- :ty observed that under our frame of . .4oVeinnithit lid Other forum is provid ed. The: minority held that this right was subject to two guiding principles: irst, that courts are concerned ohl 'whit the , poker to enact statutes and _sot with their WisdOm; and second; :That While the exercise of poWer by _:he executive and.legislative branches ; It the goverriment is subject to jinn.: review;' "the only cheek • upoM our 'aim exercise: of power is our oWri tense of self-restraint." • The minority also ad'm'inistered 'what is generally regarded .as a re ibuke; stiying;."Cenits - are not the-on ly agency Of goVernment that must ho asSunwil to have capacity to gov ern." •The decision of the Court does net affect the validity of claims against the government which have accrued under the statute, even though the statute itself is unconstitutional. A similar situation arose in 1890 Wiien Congreis passed and repealed a boun ty to sugar growers in lieu of a pro tective tariff.' It was held that bounz ties already earned should be paid whether the statute was constitution al or not. Congress has power to lay and collect taxes to pay the debts of the United States, which,' it was said, include those "ciaiins which rest upon a merely equitable or honOrary Obliga tion, and which Would not be recover.: able in a court, of law' if existing against an individual." Woman Invented Postage, Stamps (*eat commonly_ supposed to he the , honie or the OK postage liSeed 3840. lint France claims to' hueefiest Used a postarstamp In 10:12: • It was ineented by a woman, the Dueheis of Longueville. Its . design ;honed a littld bop . on Wiese; hloU , log a triltariet.l!teirson's Weelny. SPECIAL-ICE CREAM $l.OO Per Gil. Locust Lane Sandwich Shop E. Nititiny First Winter Issue of the - Old Main. Bell on sale at the Student Union and all News Stands A Satisfactory Service by a Modern Sanitary Plant Penn State Laundry 320 W. Seaver Ave.. Phone 124 BOOKS New among travel and adventure is Anne Morrow Lindberkh's book. "North to the Orient" (Harcourt; Brace and CO.; $2.50.) Tile bbok de: scribes the flight which the Lind berglis made to the Orient in, the summer of 1931 by the Great Circle route. Mrs. Lindbergh tells about her personal experienCes on the trip, what they saw, where they went, and what they had to ,go through to get there. ' : Martin' Johnson, explorer de luxe, presents a birdman's-eye view of the *African _jungles in his recent' book, "Over African Jtiliklei". (Harcourt Brace and CO., $2.50). It is the rec ord of 60,000 miles of airplane travel* over the big" country, with* 5,-, 000 new plibtri*raphs and tales, <A higher adventure. The Noveniber choice of, the book-, ot-theZlonth Club. was "Old Jules" by Mari Sandei (Little; BroWn & Co. $3). This is the story of Jules Sandhi, who at twenty-two; left his native land of, Switierland to Settl in Northern Nebraska as a homestead.: er. In the new country, Jules Sandhi lived hard. He took land in the pan himdle, married 'four wives, had children, foUght drought, rain; wind; cyelonda rattlesnakes,*iiiid cattle bar ons. Stephen Vincent Benet calls hint; indiVidualist, an egotist; tyrant, a greet hunter ... and in hint the Solt of vision most men find too'hard to keen," Corsages for Pan-Hellenic Ball Roses Gardenias 0, duds $1 to $2.50 R. N. Stanton Student Florist Phone - 476 Phone 310 Friday, January 10, 19% Convicts Exhibited. Connecticut once admitted spt tors for a price to-view the wretr ness of lie convicts. Come To 123 W, Bea*ref Ave For Your Shoe Repairinu itrkrN STATE SHOE SHOP.. - Repairink •Shinin BUSINESS SCIENCE Co UR'S-ES • Tcnl iCdl Training for ..ollege Men and Women. • Mid:farm Registration. • Ce Igo ' of iourses. Pla6mitoitif Sirvice. PEIRCE SCHOO =l=l I=l Feb. 7 Recreation Hall Admsssion $3 Including Tax
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