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Friday, March 20, 1936
PANHELLENIC COUNCIL
Since the recent violation of the Panhellenic rush-
ing code, measures to prevent future violations are
being considered. The fact that the present code did not
provide for adequate punishment to the offender duos
not indicate that penalties should not be forthcoming.
No actual punishment was meted out to the past of
fenders; the formal notification to the National Pan
hellenic Council and the National President of the of
fending fraternity is required in any violation.
One proposed remedy is a twenty-five dollar fine
in the form of a bond to be posted by each fraternity
at the beginning of formal rushing season. Any fra
ternity violating the code will automatically forfeit this
bond. Twenty-live dollars seems to a rather low estimate
of a fraternity's honor. In fact, two or three highly de
sirable pledges would make up fur thiS hole in the fra
ternity's budget.
The answer to the question lies in a stronger Pan
hellenic council—a council which will not only lay down
strict Provisions but which will deal quickly and effi
ciently wth the violator without milktoasting around
the issue. Panhellenic council has reached its crisis—in
the future it must either become a strong functioning
body or remain a farce. —M. W. W. and M. A. R.
VETERANS OF - FUTURE WARS
OK the front page of this paper is a. IiCICS article
concerning the formation of a new association at Prince
ton University called the Veterans of Future Warn. As
Urine satire, (wittiest seeress', and bitter irony, the
idea to a stroke of rare graben. Got why not carry the
thing for•rard to Ito logrial conelasion? Why not or
gunke a post he,:
3IANIFESTO
The PATRIOTIC ORDER SUICIDES of AMER
ICA (P. 0. S. of A.), Penn State local No. 1 of the
VETERANS OP FUTURE WARS, believing unequiv
ocally in the doctrine of equality and fairness to all,
believes the following demands to be indisputably fair
and decent:
WHEREAS ninety per cent of our membership
will be speedily and thoroughly eliminated from partici
pation in the fruits of victory which we will have oc
casioned by laying down our lives in the next conflict,
WE DEMAND that Congress set aside one day each
yetis• to be known as the KNOWN UNKNOWN SOL
DIER DAY. On this day, in accordance with all of the
accepted ritual, each young man in the country should
haven wreath placed at his feet in tokeneofthe appre
ciation of a grateful country. Why should death rob us
of the knoWle'dge of our deification?
WHEREAS the thrill of victof•y will be denied to
the majority of the members of the V. F. W., WE DE
MAND that another day he set aside .to be known as
FUTURE GLORIOUS ARMISTICE DAY, at which
time the members of the order should assemble on some
convenient dock in New York harbor and from there
march up Broadway between walls of madly cheering
citizens while the bands blare out "Hail the Conquering
Hero," and millions of tons of confetti—formed from all
the excess tickertape which the next great wa• time
business boom will have occasioned—is showered on
our proud shoulders.
WHEREAS we who will be doing the fighting will
be unable to read foreign newspapers, WE DEMAND
that the government seize immediately some huge news
paper concern—preferably of a high moral and Intel
tellectual. charneter which publishes for persons who
think—and distribute it to all members of the V. F. W.
This paper should carry numberless stories and articles
on. the atrocities committed by our enemies—or rather,
attackers. While we are fighting we will not see any
of this sort of thing and if we can rend about it before
hand, when we get in the trenches we will know just
what sort of thing the enemy is doing and will just get
mad as hell. Also such high aims as "Make the Worlij
Safe for Democracy," or "Communism Must Co," should
be repeated endlessly.
WHEREAS, since most of us will be lost and sight
Will be denied us, WE DEMAND that bronze tablets be
orected in all of the post offices throughout the coun
try NOW, 'to be called ROLLS OF HONOR and on'
which our names shall be faithfully inscribed. Why
should we be denied thd knowledge that we have not
died in vain?
A complete list of the demands of the P. 0. S. of
too per rent AMERICAN organization, is to bo dis
tributed in the mar future in handy 100 foot shelves
and all uudergeaduntes are urged to join this progres
sive organization. Headquarters of the group is in the
R. 0. 7'. C. building mid inquiries will be answered ful
ly by any one of the RESERVE OFFICERS TRAIN
ING CORPSES. —E, T. S.
EDUCATIONAL psychologists have a disturb
ing theory by which they explain that a very
• small percentage of the facts that we learn in
classroom or elsewhere are remembered. Sev
eral years after college, according to them, you ;any
remeinter some isolated facts like how to integrate
incalculus, whether or not monocotyledonous plants
are exogenous, not to writs consecutive fifths. in har
monizing a tune or what "epiphenominalism" means,
but the chances are you won't.
Some of the outstanding things that this depart
ment remembers about past courses are epigrammatic
asides that profs made while deviating from, the main
subject. • Not all of these are profound, but sonic: profs
like the scholarly Dec Dengler have a knack of inter
polating observations on politics, science, philosophy,
and what have you in such a way that you feel you
are gaffing your money's worth out of the course.
This is not meant to convey the impression that
all profs should (lash clown to the book store to buy
the works of La nozbefoucauld so that they can imi
tate his epigrams for the edification or amusement of
their classes. Here are a few random comments that
we happen to recall now which may illustrate the
point, if any:
C. S. WYAND Economics
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Women'n Manntrine Editor
A. FRANCES TURNER 'rift
Women's Nevn Editor
(0a the hainan racc)
"The one thing ,that never ceases to amaze me is the
astounding phenomenon of human eredtility,"
S. K. STEVENS
(On iint(ergradued es)
rtd,ert Grubb •37
E. Town,mti Swaim .37
...Most college students arc politically conservritiv s e be
cause they regard themselves as embryo capitalists."
It. E. DENGI.ER Classical languages
(White ceiling roil)
"Every American is privileged to mispronounce his
ow•n name."
R. E. GALBRAITH
(OH mulutzines)
"Esquire is a fifty-cent Saturday Evening Poet. It
confirms the banalities of the college man."
W. L. GODSHALL Political Science
(Oa traveling in. Africa)
"When traveling in Tripoli you go front one oasis or
drinking place to another. Just as the people in
New York do."
E. IL HAWKINS
(On. bitsinesx othics)
"Economic expediencies often invert Biblical injure
tions."
While we're on the subject of humor there is an
other comment we'd like to make which may help to
shatter a fairly prevalent specious belief :
There are just as ninny good wise cracks spawned
around the tables of boarding houses (fraternal or
otherwise) and by the lads who man the local kitch
ens as there are in the beer• halls, in Publications Al
ley, or in downtOwn hangout-eateries which cater to
the carriage trade. They just don't happen to see
print.
Mother Love:
When Bucky Schott answered the phone at the
T. 1%1. E. house the other night a falsetto feminine
rcice purred in his ear: •
"What arc you doing tonight, Bucky?"
Thinking it was one of his veddy funny archi
tectural engineer pals disguising his voice, he carried
out his part of the joke.
"Oh, nothing. Why?"
"Well, I thought maybe we might have a date?"
the voice annwered.
"Sure," Bucky said, "You stay right where you
are. I'll be down before you can cooloff."
'This sort of thing went on for several minutes.
And then his mother stopped 'disguising her voice,
told him who it was, and Buckv was carried to the
nearest davenport.
Optional Reading
Leo Houck's imitation of Major Bowes over the
mike at the rally Tuesday night was particularly in
teresting to Mike Zeleznock . .. Mike, who has been
coaching boxing at Rockview Pen, has applied for a
try-out on the real Major's amateur hour ...
Hum Fishburn, music prof., spent his birthday
Wednesday in Washington Hospital, Tacoma Park,
Md., where he is still ill with the flu . .
Sec you at the Gridiron Dance. Sat. night ..
The Sigma Delta Chi boys are speculating about the
possibility of 'holding - it in an ark in ease it keeps on
raining . . . Flood,. telegram= from Lute Luttring4r,
Froth, inomzer: "HARDER TO- GET OUT OF HARii,
RISBURG THAN ROTC." '
CAMPUSEER
English composition
Economics
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAR
New 'trophy Donated
To Ree Hall' Display
Another was added to the growing
list of gifts and.trophies now. adorn
ing Recreation. hall when the School
. 31* Physical ;Education received a
'aeautiful viece..l)f sculpture recently.
The gift, an' appropriate one, de
picts two. battered . boxers crouched
over in combat, 'fists swinging and
bodies tense. The piece was done • by
Joseph Brown and was obtained by
Hugo Bezdek, director of the School.
Dr. R. Tait.TMCKenzie, u, noted' ati
thority on sculpture, commented fa
ratably Upon
,it, and at die induce
ment Bcadek ~eontacted Miss Mary
Curran, regional, director of the State
Emergency Relief Administration,
under whose, department it Aiitsmade.
The trophy-` . ^remains the property
of the United States Government and
is awarded tojhis school on the ba
sis of a 'permanent loan. The only
conditions ore: that it remain on dis
play and. reasonable care be taken,
of it. The. trophy will be displayed.
just inside the ,main entrance in Ree-,
reation hall.
Leiter Box
. (The follottutty letter was received
by E, K. BibsOnan, executive seem
tory of the:Aftivail Association, front
the Phil«clelpkia.(lmuni club. A copy
Was sent to this'imper.—Ed.).
Dear Mr. Hibshman
At a Meeting , of the Pena. State
Club of Philadelphia, held Feb. 25th,
19: . 25, it was unanimously agreed that
there would hirz . rio purpose in having
a representatkq:lYom this district on
the Board of .Athletic Control.
Whereas our, present representative
on the Board of
,Athletic Control, Mr.
George Hessebtielter,. who has served
over a period of, 10 years, has report
ed to us on seVeral'occasions that the
Board of Athletic Control has no con
trol and therefore is a superfluous
organization. '
Whereas we are of the opinion that
unless the board is given some con
trol over athletics from the Alumni
point of view, we feel that it should
be abolished::' • ",
Whereas we feel that the great ex
pense of this. body could be used to
seine other advantage.
If we are wrong in our viewpoints,
we would be glad to. receive enlight
cement as - to_the importance of this
Board. . ,
Very, truly yours,
The Penn. State Club
of . Philadelphia,
J. C. Mairs, sec'y
Seely To Give - Lecture
The % Christian• +Science :organization
of State College has announced 'a free
lecture by Paul S. Seely; C. B. S., of
Portland, Ore:;a member of the board
of lectui•eship.of the Mother Church,
the First Church of Christ Scientist
in Boston, Mass— The lecture will be
held in 'Schwab. auditOrium tonight. at
8:15 &clock. The 'speaker will be in
troduced by Robert A. Gans '37, bead
of the local organization.
In 1847, an Act of Congress forbade
the preparation of further stamps by
the local postmasters and decided on
a Government issue which was to be
current throughout the country.
Lewis To Give Series
Of Priestly. Lectures
Dr. W. K. Lewis, of the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, will,
open his series of Priestley Lectures
in the Chemistry amphitheatre Mon
day night at 7 o'clock. - He will speak
on "The Physical Chemistry of the
Borderline between Fluids and Sus
pensions." •
The lecture will be concerned, with
the structure of liquids. a* contoured
with gases. It will cover the equilib
rium between liquid and Vapor in the
light of the kinetic. theory, the nature
and effect of intermol4cular attruc
:ions and the concept of internal
MTSSUrC, and the structure of the
surface between liquid and vapor and
characteristics of such surfaces.
Journalism Code Cited
By Fred Fuller Shedd
Fred Fuller Shedd, editor of the,
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, has
issued what he calls the "Ten Com
mandments of Newspaper Service.'
The noted editor drew up these rules
For a journalism course, but has since
;earned that they will be run in the.
publication 'of the Pennsylvania.
Newspaper Publishers' Association.
The make-up of the code is paral
lel to the actual ten commandments
It embodies the golden rtijecihe news
paper's responsibility trktlii public,
d the newspaper man'stecnfe, of hon
or. Students in journaliginlare being
required to commit Ifi r eY , Yeode to
memory.
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Magazine Commends
"Headlight' Cglketion
The "Headlight," official- publica
tion of the College library, :was re
cently commended and a fac-simile ofc
one of its pages published in the Wil
son Bulletin, for Librarians, a maga
zine put out by the H. W., Wilson
Company of New York City.
Particular comment was made on
the verve of the section of the pub
lication known' as "A Holf-Dozen
Books," a book review department.
in commenting on the book "Redder
Than the Rose," by Robert Forsythe,
a passage from, it was given that
caught the magazine's fancy. "Listen
ing to Alexander Woo'cat on the ra
dio is like being bit by cream puff;
you are uninjured but by_
Ferguson Will Speak
To C. A. Groups. Today.
H:' FerguSon,' Of :the: - depait
meat Of political science, will speak
on "Comparative Isms" at the C. A.
Seminar in the Hugh. Beaver rooMi
Old Main, at 4 o'clock this after
noon.
Ferguson will define - individualism,
capitalism, fascism, communism, so
cialism, internationalism, and *nation
alism in his lecture. Richard.
Smith '37 is chairman of this semi
nar.
At the meeting plans will be made
for the Seminar cabin retreat to be
held March 28 and' 29 at the Chris
tian, Association cabin.
CINEMANIA
Seeing his success , in. minor parts,
20th Centary has now- given Irvin S.
.Cobb, famed• Immorist,a starring , role
in "Everybody's Old Man,','; Playing
today at - the Clithaum - , Featured'
the cast •are, ltoehelle , Iludson ,b ids
Norman Foster.' • ;
Cobb plays the part of a...cannina ,
!industry king 'who gOes foy ti'Euro;
peon trip when' his chief Competitor:
!dies. There he Meets the son and;
daughter of his old rival and, , despite
!his disapproval of their 'wild and;
;feckless life, hp. takes an interesOM
them. Keeping ,his identity'. unknmiM;
'he gains control of their business,W
on their return to America and fi
nally reforms them by saddling them
with responsibilities.
A gripping picture which depicts ;
the tortures and cruelties of convict.
camps is "Road Gang," the offering
at the Catimuni , tomorrow. Donald , '
Woods, who ifortray's a neWspaper,
reporter, railroacied4ir. he.
did not; coMmit becatiie his•epose:
of crooked' gang;;; the
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He. •is first-
,plaeeci.'ln :the, ,couoty:'
prisOn' feria, .blit'.ln'ter.ent- to the .
Blael:feet."Mines where conditions ale
so. unbeaiable that he instigates 'a.
strike' among the convicts: The:re
volt itself fails,' but WOodi cams his
=MlMElttll!=ll
LENTEN WEEK .
Hot.CrOss Buns •
Fresh Dail); at•the •
Electric Bakery,.... ,
233 South •Allen.
To,B 4 y.e.thu—tp.epriiaci.nio . re people more:frequenay
---.M..inprease sales reduce selling costs, business.
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more and more turni . to the 'telephone.
New ideas; for systematic"coverage of markets, for more
efficient PMeliaihig, :.. CClleetionsi adminiStraiion, 'are 'Con: .
Bundy being devised 14 .- DellSystem men'as'a result of
their . c:xPerience - Witlz Me-application of Long Distance in
the business world. ,' •
Through developini, new lcleae; to. meerchanging needs;
Bell System
Priilay, March 20, 1930
,Although the farninis story of "Lit
tle Lord Penni eri:q remains un
changed,•the s title role, as interpreted
by . Freddie Bartholomew, is an en
tirely -new characterization in the
lilni version of the English` novel
which will• be nt the. Cathatnn Mon
de-Y.-Enid-Tuesday.
Kereft of the. 7 traditional golden
curls, plush suit, and. lace collar,
Ereddiels a completely "desisaified"
Fhthitleroy. Delores ...Costello 'Bar-
Lrymore plays the part of his - mother
in her first' screen appearance in-Sev
eral years. An excellent! supporting
clist includes henry Stephenson;, C.
Atibrey Smith; Guy Kibbee; and
others.
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