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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
Published sembweekly daring the College year. except on holidays,
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the interest of the
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1935 Member 1936
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JOHNSON IIIttNNEMAN 17
Editor
id TOWNSEND SWALM '37
Menneinc Editor
PHILIP S. HEISLER 17
News Editor
W. ROBERT GRUBB '37
Sports Editor •
RICHARD LEWIS '37
Feature Editor
MARION A. RINGER '37
Women's Editor
M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '27
Winewris Mrtunitinie Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Woodrow W. Bierly %V. Stephen Cnrnpbell '32
Francis 11. Snynwznk 'IS Frnnk 11. Titlow '3B
Jerome Weinstein '3S Churl. 'SI. Whwier jr. '3.3
ASSOCIATE. SUSI:4EBS BIANAGERS
Jay IT. Duntel4 '3B Edward H. Elliott '3B Willett E. Elliott it. '3B
Kathryn M. Jennlnge Robert S. McKelvey '3B John 0. Salnd4 'Si
WO:IIEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Shirley It. Ilelme IS Georgia IL Powers '3B Caroline Tyson IS
Managing Editor This Issue___
Noon Editor This Ingo°
Friday, May 22, 1936
HANDS ACROSS THE SEA: 1936
Something's happened to break down the wall of
apathy between State College and the rest of the world.
A little light is coming through and shining on our
A plan is being made by the Hillel Foundation to
bring to .Penn State next year a• Jewish student ref
ugee from German fascism. The proposal has already
secured the enihusiaStic endorsement of the Interfra
ternity council, Cwens, Charlotte E. Ray, dean of woe-.
en, and Women's Student government.
With 60,000 of his race he has been driven from
his home and classroom by Hitler and the gang that
has tyrannized the German people. The plain people in
Germany did not do this deed; When a land is ruled by
murder and the headsman's axe, the great mass of pop
ulation has to be silent in the face of the terror. , When
the little, tearful sadist burned the books the culture
and the civilization and the honor of Germany went
up' in that' smoke. The Nazis sent this student forth
searching for streets where the shadow of a sign read
ing, NO JEWS WANTED IN THIS TOWN, might
not fall across his path. Where are the .classrooms
where the wanderer might hear reason and sweet laugh
ter? •
The democratic world has no stomach for fascism
but it has not been quick to make ways, to succor the
victims of fascist terror. Here is a way and Penn State
joins that honorable and growing handful of American
colleges Which have opened their doors to the refugees
from German universities. The University of California
has taken one of the refuge students; the New School
for Social Research in New York City has established
the University in Exile, where the most distinguished
professors in the old German educational system prior
to Hitler form the, faculty.
.The organizations inaugurating this noble task
will shortly be joined by others, showing the world that
Penn State still believes the things in our democratic
tradition. America was the first home of the oppressed
from the , tyrannies in Europe. Our country was built
by the freedom-seeking refugees from Europe. We have
welcomed the Pilgrims, Lafayette, Kosciosko, Carl
Schurz—anyone seeking a haven where freedom rules.
Today we have not forgotten. Hitler has driven out
the cultural leaders of Germany: ThomaS Mann, Lion
Peuchtwanger, Ernst Toiler, Einstein, George Grosz
nail countess others. The German people, ground un
the heel of fascism, have seen their, intellectual
tradiexn «•reeked and in its place a monstrous hodge
podge of evetything the rest of the world holds ftilse.
Our college has placed itself in coritrastwtih those .
American colleges and universities Who have accepted
Hitler's invithtion to send a representative: to the,ssoth
Anniversary of the University of Heidelburg, where one
may study the history of the Aryan (superior) race
instead of anthropology; Nazi Nen-Paganism instead
of comparative religion; Naziism instead of economics
and the works of Dr. Goebbels instead of Max Weber.
More support from 'other local organizations is
needed for Penn State's Refugee Scholarship. It would
be fn good idea if every fraternity and organization on
the campus would pledge a small sum toward this re
assertment of American freedom. That that support
will be begrudged is unthinkable; Penn State has rec
ognized that something is going on out beyond those gas
stations that bound our town.
The breach has been made in the wall. Through
the hole our curious eyes may see the people march
ing in the world, madmen in armor, the flails on Jewish
heads, the flames from books, the laughing colossus in
the East.
TRIBUTE
The tribute paid to• Prof. A. !Jewry Espenshade
by Phi Eta Sigma and La Vie is one with which every
faculty member and student will probably be in accord.
For thirty-eight years he has served the Colltge as
instructor, registrar, and administrator. Despite the
fact that he has principally been interested in teach
ing, he has never hesitated to undertake some other
job whenever necessary.
. A list cf his contributions to the College includes
the foundation of the present selective system of stu
dent admission, the summer session, the establishment
of the Association of College Registrars, and a ,number
of texts and books.
In awarding the Phi Eta Sigma Research medal
to Professor Espenshade the president of that group
made a statement which probably sums up the camp
us attitude: "He has without subsidies carried on his
research; he has inspired hosts of instructors and stu
dents to do creative writing; lie has contributed much
of lasting moment to the scholastic advancement of this
College; and, what is not less important, he has made
the lives of colleagues happy by his matchless wit.
• Things had arrived at a pass where something
drastic had to be' done. It seems that the boys who
call for their girl friends at Grange Dorm usually
wile away their time by performing such pranks as
removing the glass knobs from the chandeliers, cut
ting the telephone wires, placing drawers on top of
the mantel, and turning the clock back several hours,
which became a favorite; in fact it became such a
favorite that the clocks refuSed to keep time.
As has been said before, something had to be
done, but it was decided that it should be rather sub
tle, in keeping with the general tone of the dorm.
Wednesday night the boys were greeted by a myriad
of toys scattered throughout the lobby. Rubber balls,
tiddley-winks, toy clocks, balloOns, and lollypops were
paced at propitious points with the kindly printed
invitation, "Souvenirs For Ybu, Enjoy Yourself."
AI.A.N IC. SMITH '3l
Business Manager •
KENNETH W. ENGHIc '37'
Advertising Manager
PHILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37
Promotion Maroon
GEORGE W. BIRD '37
Circulation Manager
IRWIN ROTH '37
Foreign Advertising Manager
JEAN C. HOOVER '37
ikeretary
REGINA 3. RYAN 'l7
Woman's News Editor
Overheard:
Two girls apparently in the throes — of Engl.
Conip. 8 work, were discuSSing , the pros and cons of
the course. Finally they decided that the English
language was, to use their own phrase; "a helluva
language," and the blonde, who was sitting next to
the window, groµ•led, "Prof. Watkins sure is piling
up the , work, isn't he?" "Yes," replied the other,
"but what kin we do about it?" Get it?
Stephen 3. Campbell 'Si
Fennell, H. Szymezak 'ea
Prof. Schmeltzle, economist, was one of the or
iginal members of the Memphis Five, one of the most
famous early swing bands. He strummed the banjo
. .. Serafino Ciambello, of straight 3 average fame,
cut classes for the first time in his four years in
co:lege the other day when he missed two classes .'. .
At the Pi Mu Epsilon, math honorary, initiation, the
only•two who appeared in full dress were two ags :
Frank Nousbaum has issued a call for anyone wish
ing to play the part of the bloodhounds in the Play
ers' production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Sometime in the next few years when you are
looking over your assets in search of something that
yea might hock for your next meal and come across
a little gold key with weird
. Greek symbols on it, the
meaning of which you have forgotten, or when you
are packing your trunk to move into a more expen
sive apartment, having taken a better job with trip
led pay, and come across the diplOma that you will be
getting in the next few days, you might get a kick
out of recalling:
Sam Wyand's soc. sci. lectures your freshman
year when you really began wondering what the score
was .. . stopping the advance on .151cCaskey's hi:l so
the R. 0. T. C. boys could raid an apple orchard
The first time one of the coaches talked to you (it
was Leo Houck and lie called you "Fred," as:he does
everyone else) ... Penn State 27, yillanova 13 . . .
How you covered Art Through the Ages in four-and
one-half months in Art 74 class. . 'Werner's . blue
books ... Doc Dengler's parenthetical philosophy ....•
The time you and your date made the column ... lola
Murray in "Stocks and Blondes" ....The phenomenal
Alumni Day issue of the COLLEGIAN . . . The cock
and-bull stories you heard from the fraternity men
during rushing season and how, you improved on them
your last three years in school ..• . Friday nights in
Kalin's backroom (you- may find some difficulty in
recalling how those nights ended, but it's a happy
thought anyway) ... The great day you managed to
get five refills in the Corner (the record still stands
at 14, with Watson as the titleholder) ... The Moth
er's Day you attended chapel . The Thursday_ be
fore Housenarty when you learned that both the girls
you had written to would be down Friday, and then
the two "Sorry, can't come" telegrams you received
Friday afternoon ... So you went to Bellefonte nay-.
way . . . The bearskin coats Fisher and Kennedy
wore ... How you listerieCin pain to the yarns of)the
jolly alanuti• who came .back to the house and ,told
about
you,
when" and how you swore to ycMrself
that . , yen yoUld never:be the same as they ... We'll
be . Waiting'for 'yen next Alumni Day.
CAMPUSEER
Fun In Grange Dorm
MOM
Pick-ups
Remember Wizen?
You'll Enjoy
The Corner
unusual
PEDIN STATE COLI,C4tAI4
I'ARMI NOUS
(Upperclass Activities Honorary)
• (Juniors)
• Samuel A. Breene
John }l. Calvin
Charles J. Cherundolo
Richard S. Eisenman
Joseph B. Griffiths
George M. Hacker .
Joseph H. Krupa •
Robert E. Morini
Joseph S. O'Dow•d
Louis J. Ritzie
(Sophomores)
Dan A. De Marino
Sum J. Donato
John J. Economos
CINEMANIA
"The First Baby" with Johnny
Downs, Shirley Deane and Dixie Dun
bar plays at the Cathaum today.
This unique story begins where the
average cinema romance leaves Mt
Two newly-weds provide good com
edy in their adventurese in parent
hood.
Tomorrow, the Cathaum .. features
"The Princess Comes Across" with
Carole Lombard and Fred McMur
ray. Douglass Dumbrille, Allison
Skipworth, George Barbier are . the
supporting cast. "Murder on a
Bridle Path" comes to the Nittany
tomorrow with the two sleuths, James
Gleason and Helen Broderick, the
well'-known New York comedienne.
The story is RKO's screen adapta
tion of Stuart Palmer's latest mys
tery.
The 1936 version of Edna Ferber's
immortal story, "Show Boat" comes
to the Cathaum's screen Monday and
Tuesday starring Irene Dunne and
Allan Jones, Paul Robeson and Helen
Morgan sing the lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein 11, and to music by Jer
ome Kern. Robison sings his famous
"Old Man River" and introduces a
new song. "Ah Still Likes Me." Allan
Jones takes the part of Ravenal,
Irene Dunne. is Magnolia Hawks and
Charles Winninger is Captain Andy.
Glimpses: "One Rainy Afternoon,"
the much discussed comedy with
Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino
plays at the Cathaum Thursday and
the Nittany nett Friday. On Memor
ial Day, Joe E. Brown in "Suns o'-
Guns" comes, to the Cathaum. In the
offing is "San Francisco" with Clark
Gable anal Jeanette McDonald.
Specializing in Cosmetics
COLLEGE CUT SATE STORE
e DEN
RESTAURANT
REFRESHING
ICE CREAM SODAS . . . 10C
END OF . SEMESTER
NEEDS
ks.c'
Letter Box
To the Editor
No doubt a lot of , people , around
here think - that now we're out of. of
fice it's 'high time that we shut up
our bazoo. -.But having .lain in the
editorial cradle- for a year, it .just
seems that we can't quit crying.
Truthfully,- we were a bit fright
ened Tuesday morning while we were
drinking mu' usual . Bromo-Seltzer,
when we read in the Collegian, that
some of the smooth minor politicians
in these parts hnd decided not enough
people realized just what Big-Shots
(the typo's ours) they were. And
what's more they had decided to or
ganize themselves into a hat society
so people could point and say, "There
goes Joe Pesquidnok . . - he's a big
shot." (The typo's ours again).
And truthfully, we- were a bit
more frightened upon reading that
the damn thing was actually being
received with fivor. Even the Col
legian practiCally endorsed the plan,
although it pointed , out defects that
show the uselessness' of such. an ergo-
The . hat societies , are,. indeed in a
SKULL AND ZONES
(lippercls Honoraiy)
' (Juniors):
Johnson-Brenneman
Eminett B. Brown.,
Janes L. Cumming
Paul R. Massey u
Robert K. Metz
Walter L. Peterson
Robert J. Siegler
Alan L. Smith
('Sophomores)
Herbeyt R. Peterson •
Joe P. Proksa
James R. Redmond
Ross P. Shaffer
BUSINESS
SCIENCE
COURSES
• Specialized Training for
Young . Man and Women.
• Summer Session of six
weeks, begins June 291 h.
e Placement Service.
PEIRCE SCHOOL
OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PHI t. A DEL PHI A ETIMM
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.TRADE AT
4`t- AS Trio
time and certainly the addition of one
more 'won't help them out. " .
However, if the boys agree:to hold
themselves down to a key, we'd.be .
.
glad to suggest.a . design for that em
blent of honor. Nothing could 'be
more appropriate in „our Mind than a
small replica of what was..known. in
the old days as a "Thunder-mug." '
. • -- .
H. B. 11. .
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CATHAUM: THEATRE BUILDING
Fridity, Mity 22, 1936
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