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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, establisbed 1887
Published seml-weekly during the College year, except on holidays.
by students of The Pernowleania State College, in the interest of the
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Friday, January 17, 1936
GOLD IN CALDER ALLEY!
Gold, amounting. to $4OO, was definitely found in
Calder Alley about 4:20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon•
Mining engineer Maurice Baum estimated the value of
the nugget, an old barn torn down by students and local
youths Alumni week-end, at WO several weeks ago,
but it was not until today when Student Board met
that the value of the old barn, or rather the nugget, was
finally , set. at $lOO
This , is nt.; the first trace of gold that has been
found in Calder Alley by Engineer Baum. Approxi
mately a year ago Mr. Baum was able to extract a slight
amount of gold there but the size or the vein was never
fully realized.
The mining tool most instrumental in extracting
this huge nugget from what was scarcely considered
"pay dirt" was a steel-fisted threat of a suit against the
borough for inadequate police protection. The new drill
is most efficient.
The finding of this large nugget; will undoubtedly
result in an old-time "gold rush." Already it is being
rumored about that claims have been staked on et•ery
thing. in the Calder Alley vicinity from an egg case,
estimated to be worth $5O, to a garbage can, thought
by old-timers to be worth at least $25.
A SOLUTION?
For some time now the.student . leadera and College
authorities have been "greatly concerned?' over smokL
ing in Recreation hall and' the 'Wing of teams and
officials there. But despite the "great concern" and
efforts on the part of the College authorities and student
leaders the smoking and booing continue.
This is not an attempt to impress the students of
Penn State with the faults of booing and smoking dur
ing the progress of an athletic meet. The question has
been discussed and hammered at for so long that it
causes this paper no wonder that it continues.
However, the COLLEGIAN is. firmly convinced that
the College public address system could be used effec
tively at athletic meets to end these practices. If it
were announced in an audible way that there must be
no smoking in Recreation hall and if booing was greet
ed with a strong "Quiet, please" instead of raised cheer
leaders' arms, it seems highly probable that those prac
tices would soon cease to be.
Then, too, it would simplify any announcing that
had to be done, thus taking a great load off the tonsils
of the cheerleaders and managers. Anywhere this sys
tem has been tried it has been found to be most satis
factory, not only for straight announcing but also in
stopping booing and other disturbances.
Of course, there are some, who will say that it
would be too expensive a venture. To this the Cot-
LEGIAN replies that if Penn State's reputation for
good sportsmanship is going to continue and if it is
worth half what.the College authorities and student
leaders say it is, the venture is decidedly a bargain.
THE AMERICAN STUDENT UNION
Under the name of "The American Student Union"
hundreds of small student organizations and , the two
larger groups, the National Student League and the
Student League for Industrial Democracy, with liber
al aims, have united against war and fascism.
This organization is an outgrowth of the realization
that little can ha accomplished in the fight against war
and fascism unless there is a united front of all the
students of America against those elements. The many
anti-war strikes that have been held on campuses all
over the United States have been undoubtedly aided by
the organization of this one student group tremendous
ly. In fact, it might be said that these anti-war strikes
have caused this merger of student factions.
Among the things which the American Student
Union will carry on will be the fight against R. 0. T. C.,
and against the papers and other forms of propaganda
used by America's Liar-in-chief, William Randolph
Hearst and his cohort, Bernarr McFadden.
While there have never been chapters of the Na
tional Student League or of the Student League for
Industrial Democracy on this campus, it is , apparent
that there is a need for a chapter of the American Stu
dent Union here. In some colleges the Christian =Kochi-
'ion has been the organization sponsoring the American
Student Union. Perhaps the local P. S. C. A. will see
fit to do the same thing here. It would be in line ,with
Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit
One William G. Van Keuren, better known as
"Rake" when he enjoyed the doubtful distinction. of
authoring "Old Mania" here in I81:14.14, hit the head
lines in and around. Boston this week when he was
named track coach at Watertown Iligh School in his
home town. Those of you who would like to weep
nostalgic tears in your beer at the recollection of his
lean figure presiding at nocturnal symposiums here in
the good old days, must remember that even poets and
former I. C. 4-A. relay men must eat.
During the past year and a half the old Bezdek
baiter has been successively reported as sailing on a
tramp oil steamer, editing a suburban weekly sheet in
Pittsburgh (for three days) , , raising pigeons for res
taurant consumption on a farm in California and
writing sports for a California paper.
A lengthy and' laudatory announcement of his
appointment to the Watertown job relates the details
of his athletic career here and should be one of the
prized items on the "Van Keuren" page of Nancy
Pletcher's scrap book. One paragraph' in particular
will interest those to whom "Rake' means more than
the name of a garden implement:
Richnrd E. LOW i 4 '37
__E. Townsend Swaim '37
"This new Watertown coach is a modest,
quiet-spoken young man; yet rather forceful
when he desires to be ; and lie has a way with the
youngsters."
Some Fun:
Despite the following clipping , from one of the
exchanges which some subversive scul pasted on the
office bulletin board, the paper must go to press:
"To 'get even' for their embarrassment when
their names were mentioned in the campus scan
dal column, some University of Georgia students
captured the editor of the column and' embarras
sed him—by relieving him of his trousers."
+ +
Propagandist:
One of the Players' publicity men was explain
ing his latest brain progeny over the phone to Frank
Neusbaum and seeking official sanction to use it.
"Why couldn't we have one fellow with 'Pursuit
of written across his back chasing another fellow
dressed as a girl with 'Happiness' written across his
back to advertise the show?" the lad asked.
"That sounds fair," said Neusbaum.
"Sy, what about having 'SEATS STILL
AVAILABLE' written - across the so-called' gal's
bloomers so that when she would lean over it would
Fiank said no. And the rumbling noise was Ivy
Lee turning over in his grave.
Campusettes
Jcyce Campbell has Gus Vogt's'', Beta pin . . .
Well, anyhow a Beta pin is a Beta:pin . . . Taffy
Johnston and Pearl Gwin, pride of the Gamma Phi
Betas, arc not that way any longer ... Dugan's sug
gestion for review of any Shirley Temple picture:
Perish the tot! . . . One solution for the student ex
odus to nearby towns on week-ends which the Student
Board is now in the process of deploring is for our co
eds to organize a strike. Pashy biscuits of Penn State
unite! . . .
To the Sigma Tau Phi boys who tried to "make"
a blonde in the library the other afternoon: She is
Mrs. W. 31.'1,..ep1ey, wife of the psychology prof . . .
The Barbara Stevens-Dick Maurer affair is still
doing 0. K and there's more to the Nancy Nash-
Vance Packard alliance than meets thenaked eye .. .
Orrin Mink, math prof, is one of the foxiest bridge
and chess players in these mountains . .. Get Doc
Tschan to tell you about his "Highly Undesirable
Ciub" of historical characters some time ... On the
top of this typewriter is pasted a piece of paper with'
the name "J. Kenneth Beaver" on it in ink. Below
it is pencilled: "Brief but stormy." . . .
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Meeting of Trustees
To Open in-Harrisburg
The regular January semi-annual
meeting of the Board' of Trustees wilt
be held in the State Education build
ing, Harrisburg, tomorrow. Fredrick
E. Heim of Williamsport, recently
appointed to• the Board by Governor
George IT. Earle, will sit with the
group for the - first time.
Preceded by the' usual meeting of
the College Exectitk.e. Committee to
day, the Board will hear President
ffetzePs semi-annual message. and
ercet officers for the ,ensuing year.
CINEMANIA.
The Cathaum attraction for today
is "Paddy O'Day," with Jane With
ers in the starring role. Supporting.
her are Pinky Tomlin, crooning song
writer; Rita Cansine, dancer; and
George Givo, radio's Greek "hembes
sador"
Miss Withers, so the plot runs, is a
motherless colleen`adrift in New York
and one step ahead of the immigra
tion authorities. Tomlin, eccentric
young millionaires; gives her refuge
in: his home.
Young Jane brings about a romance
between Tomlin and Miss Cassino,
and the lot:' of theM are involved in
the show staged by Miss Can
sino's uncle, played by the irrepres
sible Givot. The floor show is the
means whereby some rather captivat
ing tunes are introduced. Unpreten
tious but none the less 'genuine enter
tainment.
•
Boris Karlofe and Bela Lugosi are
back together in the Cathaum's lilm
fare for tomorrow, "The Invisible
Ray." Francis Drake and Frank
Lawton are the principal supporting
players.
Based on a scientific nightmare in-,
volVing "Radium.t . Z" which is 1,000,
times more powerful than ordinary
radium, the picture is filled with
glimpses of tomorrow's wonders ae
cording to. today'aconceptions. •
Imagine if you will the ability to
gaze fixedly at- a statue and melt it
completely. That gives you - a rough
idea of what powerful. stuff this
thriller is made of. Lugosi and Karl
off are rival scientists, one or both,
slightly demented, and you won't
have a finger nail left either, if you
see this.
"Navy Wife," based on a story by
Kathleen Norris '`and starring blonde
Claire Trevor, will he, shown at the
Nittany Saturday:,
~
Loveless marriage that tarns out,
fo be the McCoy * the 'theme, and it
goes'to sliow that there is still a new
twist in the racket that is4lollywood.
Ralph ,Bellamy plays opposite Miss
Trevor, while p..b. 'Cathleen Burke is
übinuitous .. spy that nearly wrecks the
marriage of Miss Trevor and Bella-I
my. Ben Lyon is.,also in ,the cast.
"Magnificent Obsession" will be the
screen fare of the• Cathaum on Mon
day and Tuesday, which picture hav
ing had its world premiere less than
three weeks ago in , New York.
This picture, taken:from Lloyd C.
Douglas' best seller' of the same title,
is so powerful in theme and treatment
flint Universal might be said to be
pointing it for Number One picture
of the year. Irene Dimne, Robert Tay
lor, Charles Butterworth, and Betty
Furness head a huge -east of well
liked players, such as Henry Armet
ti, Sara Haden, Inez Courtney, and
COrsageS
for
Military Ball
Roses ; . Gardenias
Orchids
eS/ to $2.50
R. N. Stanton
Student
Florist
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Dance Programs
Invitations
Banquet Menus
Publications
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Publishing "Company
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College Health Service Records
Indicate Drop in Tuberculosis
Indicative of the advancement be
ing made in the prevention of tuber
culosis is the decided drop found
,by
the College health - service this year
in the percentage of freshman stu
dents who reacted. positively—thatis,
,persons showing to have had tuber
culosis previously or having it at the
I time tested—to the Tuberculin Test
as compared to the percentages of
the last two years.
Thirty-eight and four-tenths per
cent of the 1220 students of the class
of 19:19r who completed the test re
acted positively. Of last year's freSh
man class, 40.67 per cent of 1104-stu
dents reacted positively as compared
with , 50.80 per cent of the 672 stn.. ,
dents tested from the class of the
year before,
According to Dr. Joseph P,
College physician, letters are
being circulated this week to all
freshmen from whom positive reac
tions were obtained. These students,
if they wish, may be examined thor
oughly to discover whether they are
now infected and if so, may receive
advice as to the best methods for
cure.
2 Groups of Athletes.
Will See Events Here
Two groups of athletes and form
er athletes will travel here tomorrow
order to witness the athletic
events. Clyde "King" Cole, former
Penn State wrestling champion and
football star will bring the wrestling
team he is now coaching her to see
the Michigan meet, while another
group will- journey from- Altoona.
The wrestling team thtat Cole will
bring represents Dußpin' High School,
where he is now on the athletic staff.
He coached football thdre in the fall,
and is now responsible for the mor
motion of a wrestling team. The pur
pose of his visit is to instruct his
team along the lines of intercollegiate
grappling.
Altoona high school's coaching staff
will also attend the Wrestling in ad
dition to the basketball games. Among
the men coming are Athletic Direct
or Robert Wolf, football coach Snaps
Emanuel, and. track coach Dick Bar
tholemew. The Altoona coaching staff
comes here every Monday night for
graduate work in , Physical Educa
tion and Athletics.
Fagan Chosen Judge
Prof. Frank N. Fagan, of the hor
ticulture department; was selected as
a' fruit: judge ~for the . New Jersey
Farm Show - on January 27. ' :
Ralph Morgan.
The story is familiar to many, but
it may be summed up as the tale of
romance between a girl and an ir
responsible young.man whoSe thought
lessness brought about her blindness.
Simple enough; yet the director has
carried over to' the picture so• much
of the book's power that there has
emerged' a picture that is at once a
tremendous drama and a philosophy
of living.
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State kollege Dry Cleaning: Works
`You Can Get It at Metzgers'
WE ARE NOW BUYING
USED TEXT BOOKS
EITHER CASH OR CREDIT
See Our Want List
SHOE SKATE Outfits—s3.9s to $7.50
SUS-Pine-Maple-Ash-7 to 7 1 / 2 feet
s3.so to $7.75
RIFLE RANGE NOW OPEN
R is probable that many of these
students have recovered from the dis
ease; bat may heed - some personal.
regulation of health practices to pre
vent recurrence.
Dr. Ritenour explained that Col
lege students should be particularly'
interested in the prevention of tither--
eulosis because statistics, show that
persons of college age form a' large
percentage of the group which dies'
from this cause each year.. 'Tubercu--
losis kills more people between the
ages of fifteen to. forty-five than any,
other one cause. The death curve in
creases most sharply "between the
ages' of ten' to' thirty;
The College health service' is . carry
ing •on the Tuberculin Test- in-co-op
eration with the Committee on Tu
berculosis of the American Student
Health 'Association. A number of
other schools, including the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Yale Univer
sity, University of Michigan, Univer-'
sity of Minnesota, Cornell University;
University of California, and the Uni
versity of lowa, are cooperating witlr,
the Committee. • •
Co-Edits
Kappa Kappa Gamma held open
house on Saturday night following
Panhellenic Ball.
Dorothy Perkins '35 visited here
last week-end.
Kappa Alpha Theta held a showm,
on Monday night for Natasha Maka=
roe 'iB, who recently announced her
engagement.
Delta Gamma was entertained at
dinner by Tau Kappa Epsilon last
week.
After Panhellenic Ball Saturday
night, Delta- Gamma served a buffet
supper.
Isabelle Nicely, 'ex-'37, spent the
week-end at the Delta Gamma house:
Youngs Leave College
George 11. Young; graduate assist.:
ant in chemistry, and hiS wife, li t
brarian of the Chemistry-Physics
henry,. have left the faculty of the
College, going to Pittsburgh where
Young' will be employed. by the Mel
lon Institute' as research worker.
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Friday, January 17, 1916
Dr. - Anderson Writes
'New Laboratory Book
Dr, Arthur K. Anderson, of the
department of physiological chemis
try, is writing a laboratory manual
to accompany his recently published
text, "Essentials' of Physiological
Chemistry,' published by John Wilk- .
ey and Sons, New York. •
According'to reports received from
the publishing house, Dr. Anderson's
book is, meeting' w successful demand.
At the present' time eighteen . schools
lurk adopted the book including, the
Harvard: Dental School, University of
Pennsylvania,. New University, Ohio
State,-and' Ificliiiran State: .
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