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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN I
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
Published semi•rreekly durum the College year, except on holidays.
be students of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the
College. the students. faculty. alunmL and friends.
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VIE MANAGING BOARD
HARRY IL HENDERSON JR. '9O WILLIAM IL SKIRBLE '36
Rditor Business Manager
DONALD P. SANDERS '36 ROLAND W. OBERHOLTZER '36
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
W. BERNARD FREUNSCH '36 WILLIAM 11. HECKMAN '36
Sports Editor Advertising Manager
VANCE 0. PACKARD '96 PHILIP C. EVANS '36
Asoistant Editor Local Advertising Manager
JOHN E. MILLER JR. '36 LEONARD T. SIEFF '36
Aasistant Managing Editor Credit Manager
CITARLES N. SCHWARTZ JR. '36 L. MARYBEL CONABEE '36
Potistats` Sporto Editor Waroen's Editor
WILLIAM P. McDOWELL '36 RUTH E. KOEHLER '36
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• New,. Editor.
JOIIN R. 'WINES JR. .11G
NOUN ?Ater
ASSOCIATE. EDITORS •
/Anson Brenneman, '37 W. Robert. Grubb '37 Philip S. Heisler .37
MIM=I
atom,. W. DIM '37
PhUh A. Sehwurtz
Kenneth W. Engel '37 Jean C. Hoover '37
Alan L. Smith '37 Irwin Roth. '37
wOItEN'S ASSJCIATP. EDITortR
litlfirlan A. Ringer '37 Re::lna .1. Ryan '37 'M. Winifred Williams .37
Tuesday. April 21, 1936
DEADLINE
The past year has been a most hectic one for the
COLLEGIAN and now kith this issue of the paper its
senior managing board is meeting its final deadline. The
now staff which takes up its new responsibilities is eer-
tainly capable and brilliant. The departing senior hoard
hi fully confident that the new men, fired with enthusi-
asin, and backed with a better background of knowledge
than any previous staff, will , turn out a good paper, and
it is hoped and expected, a better paper.
It is impossible to be in the position of running a
college publication for n year without coming, to some
very definite opinions. Our only. policy this year• has
been to give our readers n paper with real "news" in
every issue, hacked with live editorials. • And we believe
that policy has been lived up to.
However, there is facing the person who takes the
.responsibilities of publishing a college paper the ques
tion of whether or not certain real news is really for
the good of the institution. Some will argue that such
news should be squelched, and previous to this year it
has been squelched.
However, after reading• closely the files of this
paper for the past ten years cne begins to wonder
whether it is justifiable to withhold these items of in
terest. Year after year it is always the same sore spots
that reappear. And as a result the technique of hand
ling these troublesome points comes up for analysis, and
criticism.
The thing resolves itself :into an argument as to
whether or not it is justifiable for the good of the insti
tution to print news and editorial matter which others
would withhold
: And, believing firmly in the freedom of the press,
we have printed highly controversial material this past
year because we have seen little success in the hand
ling of these troublesome sore spots year after year and,
therefore, we question the technique which has been
used.
To turn to another subject, we highly fear the pres
ent trend of thought on the athletic situation here. We
do not and have not thought the present set-up fair and
decent: however, in no circumstances do we wish to see
anything like the old plan of subsidized athlete:: here.
As to student liberal thought here, we are and
have been convinced for some time that the local stu
dent liberala:are unconsciously trying to rush things a
hit: Their , fnult lies mainly in the fact that they for
get the bmikground and the nature of the average stu
dent at i'enn State when ,they are attenipting to sell
their pre . gram. They are not really aciptainted. , with'
the workings of the State College public's mind, And
befOre their program will make real progress here they
mast learn its workings, •
R. 0. T. C. IS UN-AMERICAN
For those persons who label pacifists as being un
patriotic, un-American, for those who become ardent
Rod-baitcrs when anti-war strikes are announced—we
Fay that. R. 0. T. C. is an-American
R. 0. T. C. is the only unit in the peacetime nation
al defense program that is compulsory. All the others,
.National Guard, C. M. T. C., army, navy, and marine
corps, have voluntary enlistment.
It's obvious why Germany, Italy, Russia, and the
other nations have compulsory military training for
students; the very life of their systems depend on mil
itant nationalism. But in the democratic United States,
compulsory military training for college students is a
foreignism, a policy inconsistent with the various ideal
istic spirits that govern our nation.
College administrations have authority to provide
curricula which they consider to be beneficial to the
students, but the Student Faculty committee on the ed
ucational objectives of Penn State reported that R. 0 .:
T. C. should be made opional, and a really liberal course
in citizenship, etc. be substituted.
R. 0. T. C. is a failure at Penn State. The afore
mentionud student-faculty committee recognized that
the general sentiment is against R. 0. T. C.
If military training in land grant colleges in an
essential unit of the national defense, then its elimin
ation is impossible, but it can be 'Made optional. And
increased, respect, improved morale, better educational
opportunities would result. —I. K. S.
Women's Mammies Editor
A. FRANCES TURNER '56
Women's News Editor
EM=EMZIM
OLD MANIA
Juicy Paragraphs
"The instrument having the greatest 'wall-flow
cr'• attributes is the flute, says Ted. lie uses it for
the passionless effects. Like the viola, Fio-Rito fans
find it playing an important part in the majority or
his arrangements.
"Perhaps the greatest mark of distinction in
Fia-Rito's style is his manner of taking the vulgarity
out of the hotter rhythms. This he does by using the
flute with the brasses muted, and lighter percussion
eqcts, and with many other Fio-Rito didoes."—Ted
Fio-Rito's publicity book.
Please play us a (lido solo, Mr. Pio-Rito
Junior Prom
Reprint
"I am glad that no one enforces customs, because
they arc bunk ... I believe that Bob Higgins gets a
lot of unjust criticism as football coach, and that the
poor records made by Lion teams are the fault of the
school's athletic policy and we
. may as well resign
ourselves to them or play teams in our class . . . I
believe that every student should visit the College
barns some time, but, never having done so, I may be
wrong about this . . Local athletes are more .con
ceited without cause than any other class of persons
. .. Most college columns are pretty sad jobs ..
—Old Mania, September 5, 1935
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About Town and Campus:
Betty McKain denies the rumor that she was
married during vacation to the Beta Sig Herb Ja
cobs . . . Besides the three 'lunches at the Lion that
Frank Allebach had to buy the other week-end when
he dated E. Hunt, the Outing cost him an even sixty
bucks in fines for running past the traffic lights
and using another guy's license. Worth it, Frank?
The late lamented Campuseer, bless his heart,
wears long %coolies . . . Bill Bailey is leaving school,
but the new Mrs. Bailey will finish the semester ...
Her parents announced the engagement of Marion
Tomlinson '35 to Bill Leight '34 - last Sunday after-
1111=1
Advice to Successor:
Having begotten . a
successor Sunday night, we
feel that we should by rights give him some fatherly
advice before, we send ,him out to scoop for himself.
This, then, is for him only:
1. Say nothing good about Fio-Rito.
2. Use lots of profanity. The customers think
it's funny.
7. Use abbreviated spellings: ernr rm, apt, fidelt,
lcppa, calm, etc.
.1. Use wierd words: manse, Ebertmen, hostelry,
yclept, you think, Troth.
5. Get the editor's brothers' names in plenty of-
.6. Drop hints about SEX going on around here,
and spell it that way.
7. Write lots of tOtcirline verses. They fill upjast
8. Remember that' you have tt noble ancestry:
Bob Tscham Rake, Van Reuren, Jim Watson, and '
kENN SIAT.B COLI,VIGI/i'rt
Fashion Flower Show
To Feature Reception
Shower and 'Wedding
The biennial Plower Fashion show„
sponsored by the . division of orna
mental horticulture and Pi Alpha
honorary floriculture, fraternity, will
be held in Schwab auditorium Wed-
Inesday night, April 22, at 8:30 o'clock.
Three scehes, portraying a kitchen
shower, a musical reception, and a
wedding, will serve as a background
for the - display of the latest flower
fashions, modelled by Janet M. Be
man '36, Anna D. Gleason '36, and
Pearl ,R. Gwin '36. Junior women
who will serve as models are Jane IL
Bechtel, Betty Deemer, Ruth B. Ev
ans, Mary Louise Prear, Josephine
Hobart, Vivian A. Rosini, Irene H.
Starke, Lou C. Witmer, and Genevra
C. Ziegler.
Those from the sophomore class
who will' model are Clara E. Jones,
Lillian IL Graham, Pauline L. Lowe,
Maybelle. J. Penlcy, Georgia H. Pow
ers, Louise 'IL Sutton, and Mary E.
Taylor. From the freshman class
Marthamae Cohen, M. Jane Fisher,
Cecile G. Mete, and, Dorothy A. Mc-
Auliffe will model.' Nancy and Helen
Neusbaum, daughters of Prof. Frank
S. Neusbaum, will be the flower girls.
' All floral arrangements worn byH
the girls will be on display in the
lobby after the show. ' A collection of
the rarer types of cut flowers will al
so' be shown, according to Charles H.
Salt '36, manager of the show. There
will be no.a . dmission fee but a silver
collection will lie taken.
ILetter Box • !
To the Editdr
Should the students of Penn State
be made robots for war profiteers?
This question ought to arouse every
thinking male student from his leth
argy and stir up that spark of dis
approval of compulsory military
training which lies dormant in the
minds of almost all students in prac
tically every college and university in
the United States. This question
might even start some of the instruc
tors thinking about the mechanical
minded students that are being pro
duced to fight the future wars so that
a favored group of men, who profit
by the conflicts, can become richer.
A defense of military training is
made ly stating that our civilization
must be protected front invading na
tions; or that some nation may se
cure a monej)oly on suitable national
defense for:luch emergencies must be
built up;' and that' this 'can be' dope
by training — citizens'' in the 'fundament
als of war. 'The anger of a country
attacking the United States is very
small as compared with the chance of
the United States• entering a Euro
pean war that is liable to break out
almost overnight. If the United
States entera 'a war that is fought on
foreign territory, it is probably the
result of some men protecting their
interests, or of others trying to drum
up business. To do their fighting,
these war, profiteers obtain young
men, suck as are developed by the
ROTC; who must be given instruc
tions to do 'everything they do, who,
cannot, or rather are trained not to
do any origidal thinking, and who act
mechanically- to orders from' superior
officers.
It is bad enough causing a student
to lose his individuality and become a
robot, but it is worse forcing this au
tomaton to engage in wholesale
slaughter in order to bring a profit to
a few war profiteers.
Cam Pus Bulletin
,
TODAY
"' The Freskmari Coni'mission will
meet in Hugh Beaver Room, Old Main
at 7:30. Professor and Mrs. R. B.
Nesbitt will speak on "Love and
Marriage."
.1. Fletcher, vice president of the
Caterpillar Tractor Company will
give an illustrated lecture and demon
stration of the Diesel power unit ut
the Tractor Laboratory, Ag. Dill at
7:30. All persons interested are in
vited to attend.
TOMORROW
American Red Cross Examiners
certificates May be renewed Thursday
end Friday.' Those, interested should
report to Clenniand Pool not later
than tomorrow noon.
Le ferele Franciais will meet at
8:10 p. re. in room an Old Main. All
members are urged to be present to
participate in election of officers for
the coming year.
There will he a meeting of the
Freshman women candidates for the
editorial staff of the Collegian in
room 312 Old Main, at 4 o'clock.'
The Home Economics. Club will
hold election of officers in the lobby
of the Homo Economics building from
8:00 to 5:00.
THURSDAY
The Redwing Bird Club will meet
at 7:30 p. in room 32 Education
Building. Nominations ef officers
will bo held. John S. Webb '36 will
lend a discussion on "Bird Migration."
MISCELLANEOUS
Anyone interested in attending the
fellowship groups held each year by
the P. S. C. A. should see Charles
liogurth in.the C. A. office, Old Main.
In order . not ta conflict with the
"Ag" Frolic the Student Union Dance
scheduled for this Saturday has been
postponed,
Lynn Christy Selects
Records for' Concert
Lynn Christy, local orchestra
leader, has selected fifteen popular
jazz records which will be played
at a Student Union concert in the
'second floor lounge of Old Main on
Thursday afternoo at 4:10 o'clock.
Each record is Christy's selection
for a typical interpretation of a
particular type of jazz music. Each
major kind will be characterized
by at least one selection. All are
invited to attend.
CINEMA NIA
"These Three," Lillian 11.1ellman's
own movie adaptation of her sensa
tional Broadway success, "The Chil
dren's Hour," will be seen for the last
' time tonight on the Cathaum screen.
The screen version stars Miriam Hop
kins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea.
Tomorrow the Cathauni twill pre
sent Margaret Sullavap 'in Faith
Baldwin's story, "The Moon's_ Our
Home. Miss Sullavan plays a tem
nermental motion picture star who.
learns to hate a man whose reputa
tion as a world explorer and author
have won him the admiration of mil
lions of women. He too has learned
to hate what he calls the, "pastry
faced screen star." Both celebrities
run away to escape the autograph
hounds—and hump into each other.
The result, a fight-and-make-up-and
fight-again romance, make hilarious
screen fare. Hoary Fonda and
Charles Butterworth support Miss
Sullavan in'tlie production.
The heralded "A Gentleman ,Goes
to Town" starring Gary Cooper comes
to town Thursday and Friday to ap
pear at the Cathaum. This picture
concerns Mr. Longfellow Deeds, small
town' poet and captain of the fire de
partment, who inherits some $20,-
00000 from a rich uncle in New
York. Arriving at the city, he is im
mediately besieged by reporters, for
tune seekers of all kinds' and general
hangers-cn. Finally he is tracked
down by a sob sister, liege Bennett,
(Jean Arthur) who appeals to his
sympathy and, then ridicules' him in
her paper. But Bebe falls, in love and
he with her until he discovers she
has been given him thehride in the
newspapers. More complications arise
at a court trial instigated by Deeds'
lawyer. But—the ending is"happy! '
• Probably of more local interest
than the featured production will be
the showing of the "March of Time"
at the Cathauni Thursday and Friday
since one of the episodes in. the lat
est release concerns the organization
of the now famed "Veterans of Fu
ture War." ,• •
*
The latest star to essaYAle role of
the best known detectiv,V:s'of fiction
since Sherlock Hohnes,,Bhilo Vance,
is Edmund Lowe in the new Van
Dine. mystery, "The Garden Murder
Case" playing at the Nittany, tonight
and. tomorrow. Three deaths are
solved by the usual Vance techniqUe,
and in the process he manages what
is, for him, a more unusual feat—that
of falling in love. Virginia Bruce is
the subject of his affection. The sup-
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`Reality of. God Gives
Religion Satisfaction'
Says Chapel SPeaker
"Whatever religion you ' have de
.
ponds for its satisfactoriness to you,'
on whether Or not you believe sin'eere
ly that God is real to you," said',Dr.-
. Albert W. -Beaven, president of Alio
Rochester-Colgate Divinity • School,
Rochester; N. Y. in his chapel
dress, "Making dod Real," delivered
in Schwab auditorium Sunday -at 11
o'clock.
Jesus was a specialist on the, ques
tion of God, Dr. Beaven said; bccauSe
He got more out of God's existence
and was willing to rely. more .corn,
pletely on the reality of. God: . In ex
"plaining how Jesus came to this 'as
surance of a superior being, Dr. 'Bea-,
ven said that He found the reality Of.
God not entirely through His brain;
rather He seemed to practically • as
slime God just as we '
assume, the urii,
verse, electricity, the past, theifuture;
without questioning 'the' truth and
"The high-hat attitude of people to
day irrbelieving:nothing,but What:Can..
pass a laboratory test is the riMatin
one and insane of theintellectual'ego-:
tisms" of which we are•:guiltY," the
speaker said. "God comes to reality
through the narrow doorway of man's
mind. If you want to be sure of God;
open the door s to your 'will:end when
you know. what God wants you : to do,
do it."
potting. cast includes Benita Hume,
and Nat Pendleton. •-
One of the finest productions of, the
year ensues to the Nittany.Tgursdoy.
The French picture "Crime et' Chat;
iment," adapted from one of the,
greatest novels of all time, Dostoi
evski's "Crime and Punishment," is
being brought here as the .result' of
strenuous efforts on the partof mem
bers of the French department. ,
The support given this picture will
largely determine whether or not si
milar foreign hlins will
,be , shorn.
Subtitles in English enable • anyone to
follow the story quite easily. Metro
politan critics have been unanimous in
praising this picture and,it. should go
down on your list as the "must" of
the week. • • • •'•, ; •
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Co-Editi
• The Chi Omegas gave a surprise
iiitenshower for Althea L. Butt'37,
who will be married on May 1.
...The Chi Omegas held , a cabin party
iiisthe W. S. G. A. cabin'Sunday.
..'.Gertrude Cronari '3B, Bertha L.
I?et'elval '3B, Louise E. Patterson '39,
BarHet A. Rickets '39, and Doris G.
Stewart '39 were initiated into Delta
Gamma Saturday afternoon. A Imf.:
fet.supper was given in honor of the
new initiates, following the ceremon
ies.
Louise. DinmE . '3B has . returned
front Bermuda where "she spent the
Easter holidays.
Kappa Kappa . Gamma initiated 12.
women Saturday afternoon; and later,
entertained their new members at a
banquet 'at the Delta Tau- Delta
house.- The wonien initiated are: Mar-2
C. Anderson , '3B, Lucille Z.
Giles '38, - . Shirley It. Helms '3B; Sara
Seett , '3B, Evelyn L. Boger '33,'
Pearl' M. Ca . rroll w, Jean. I.* Gruber..
!39;;-Louisa' Hinkley '39, ,Frundes J:
, Keesler. Mary' E. • Madison '39;
Lucy. _Pascoe '39,• arid' Reiter D.,
Sheen '39: The new initiates gave a
breakfast for the, actives at the Kup-r
pa house Sunday morning, •
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Why Was
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(See Page 3)