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Tuesday, September 15, 1936
FRATERNITIES AND SCHOLARSHIP
Publication of fraternity averages should help pros
pective pledges determine whether the boys at the house
are serious about there being a rigidly enforced study
hour and whether scholarship is considered of major or
minor importance. It should also assist fraternity men'
in deciding whether valedictorians or half-backs arc go
ing to be of more value to the house.
As usual the averages for non-fraternity men are
higher—this time by .10 of an honor point—than the
fraternity men. The latter generally explain this by
pointing put that the type of student who gets high
grades is often the “bookwormish” fellow for whom fra
ternities- have little appeal. They also claim that the
fraternity man goes in moie for activities, thus giving
him less time for study. While his marks may suffer,
he usually gains experience which is more valuable to
him than grades.
To a degree this is orobably true. Two facts, how
ever, are opposed to it. T.n the first place it is hard to
see why, non-fraternity men should have higher aver
ages when the grades of non-fraternity women are con
sistently lower than those of women who are affiliated
with houses. In the second place a number of studies
on this and other campuses have shown that students
who engage in extra-curricular activities generally
have grades that are as high or higher than those who
Although it happens nearly every semester it al
ways comes as something of a shock to find that several
houses have an average below a pne. . This, of course,
means that there were nearly as many men in those
houses who received failing grades and zips than there
were men with ones and twos. It is also rather start
ling to find that only a dozen fraternities have aver
ages that are higher than the combined average of all
non-fraternity men.
It would seem that Interfraternity'Council—if that
group is interested in such a matter as scholarship—
might do something to improve this situation. A stand-
ard ruling requiring initiates to have a one average
would help some. To be effective it would have to be
enforced a little more strictly than the ruling which
many houses now have whereby certain courses in
which a man received a failing grade are excluded when
his average is compiled because they .were subjects that
“he wasn't much interested in,”, or upon some other
With a few exceptions the houses occupy about the
same relative position this semester that they have had
in the past year or two. This is probably evidence that
new men tend to place the same emphasis upon scholar
ship as the old members.
STEREOTYPED THINKING
The first results of the Collegian presidential poll
are just about what might be expected. The freshman
class has returned a large Landon and a larger Re
publican majority. Coming, for the most part, from
middle class families that have been voting since the
Civil War it is only natural that the politics of the Class
of 1940 should be the same as that of their parents.
Two encouraging signs, however, are to be noted.
The first is that the Landon majority is much lower
among the freshmen who are over twenty-one, demon
strating, perhaps, that by the time a man is of voting
age he begins to think a little for himself. The second
is that although in party affiliations the Republicans
are given a lead of 145 votes over the Democrats, their
nominee, Landon, has a lead of only 128 over Roose
velt. When members begin to vote outside their party
it is evidence that they arc thinking about the issues
and men confronting them are not voting blindly be
cause of a party label.
Apparently the Communist organizers have not
been very efficient in high schools of the state, Hearst
newspapers to the contrary, since there is one long vpte
for their parly and none for their candidate. P.enn
State’s hordes of Reds will soon change all that, of
course. -
The uppercloss vote, which will be taken this week,
will probably -show different results. Many of theni
have received N. Y. A. aid and are not likely to bite
the hand that feeds them. In addition they have been
away from home long enough to have the opportunity of
thinking over the issu.es of the election. The number
that actually do think can be determined more accur
ately when the results are returned.
THIS YEAR’S RUSHING CODE seems to be
working out quite well. The one major change, which
imposed an overnight silent period between the giving
out of rushing cards and the signing of dates, pre
vented the mad scramble of last fall. The result has
benefited both the fraternities and the rushees.
(With this contribution a new star looms on the
literary horizon. For obvious reasons.her ajionim
ity must be preserved. Although she writes in a mod
ern style and tempo her subject matter is even old
er than Mac Hall! By printing this gem the Colleg
ian once again shows its extremely progressive pol
icy for this bit of worse was successively turned
down stellar publications as Froth, the Bell,
Ihe Fanner, Engineer, - Liberty, Saturday Evening
■ Post, Esquire and the New Masses.)
.Jerome* Weinstein ‘3P
Francis 11. Szymczak '3B
OLD MANIA
autumnal urge
across the lawn
a butterfly
is getting dizzy
the air is warm
and balmy too
it makes me quiver
so do you
the birds are'mating
in the tree
they seem to like it
wouldn’t we
Below the Belt
In order to discourage an influx of nondescript
students into his attractively titled Novel course,
Prof. Werner has scheduled it for 8 on Wednesday
and Saturday ...
Knott for Lqpa
The summer being such at it was and human
nature such as it is, \yc take great pleasure in an
nouncing that the following persons assumed the
tie-that-binds since last we walked in the shadow of
Old Main: Under the sponsorship of Wm. Y. E. Ram--
bo as best man, Ernie Nachod, sigma nu, made the
fatal gesture with Vivian Yeaney, perennial summer
school sw.eethot. First, honors go to the sigmapi
frackhouse with two victims, Frank Thomas, who
passed the circle to Ginny Lewis of the kappa manse
while Bar Riley exchanged vows with an unidentified
female. Others whose -partners names have been
lost in the shuffle, include Dot Monkgqld.cn, Helen
Mallilieu, Dot Ely, Marian Tomlinson, Jean Sechrist,
Bucky Buckwalter and Lou Bell.
Rogues. Gallery
Only pictures {decorating the waste, expanse pf ‘
walls in the printing dept, of the Grit Pub. Go. of
Williamsport, printers oFLoFie, are LqVic proofs o/_:
Fran Turner, Quejenie Rosini, Ginny Louis and M,ed.
Connab.ee. - • • t .*f
Pick-ups
Dagmar Hansen (remember?) is phys ed in
structress in Morrispn’s Covp Vocational high school,
an agrarian institution we are told . . . Dory Becker
is modeling gowns in Pittsburgh while according to
her own admission, Nancy Drake had so many .offers
to do the same job ihat she had 'difficulty picking
her spot... We have heard that Sandy Morrison, for
whom we hav.e the greatest respect because he had
the courage of his convictions and failed to gradu
ate rather than take R. 0. T. C., is “talking saljes
girlies into talking women into buying his father’s
corsets” . . . Signs of Change: Arney Kalin is no
longer presiding over the festivities at the Hofbrau,
local pleasure spot, having sold same to one Paul
Boeger . . . Our congratulations to Director Bezdek
for his hole in one the other day. TVe always knew
that he would make good some day . . . Heard While
-Strolling: “. . . and at our.house we even got a bar
ber just for; freshmen; shaye,'.haircut‘any time . . . ”
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Next To The Movies
THE PENN) STATE COLLEGIAN
CINEMANIA
Tonight presents the
cinema version -, of. “Anthony Ad
verse,” t)ie tyopk. wl)ich. 3,000,000 arp
alleged to ’ Kaye read, talked about,
but never quite 'finished. The picture
threatens to ;be as long as the book,
but vastly mojre- entertaining.
. Frederic March is cast in the lead
with QHyj& . <d,e • Ilaviland and thou
rands of. Hollywood extras.' .Opinion
on the-.show--.lias been-divergent, which
seems to be 1 -phenomenon - expressly
applicable to outstanding productions
of this 'type;' There' are 'some ’ trick
techniques’ at Jvoi'k- in this' collossus
as yell, whichjmight make interesting
comment for .ojispfvers of the obscure.
In addition^th.e local management
is npt boosting prices,'.although they
have been advanced in les3 civilized
communities. The outstanding feat
in the production, is the choice of
scenes. Obviously, the' entire book
could not be"used since it contains lit
erally thousands-of scepes and would
require an equal number of sets. But
the selection’so skillfully worked out
that the continuity of the book is npt
too h.cavily sacrificed, although thepe
are some who would say that it
y/ouldnft make much difference. “An
thony Adverse” is truly a spectacle.
Well, here they, are again. Gene
Raymond and Ann Sothern arc at
ihe Catliaum tomorrow and at the
Nittany Thursday, with a refreshing
little comedy about an original theme.
The scene Jo laid in Hollywood, Bev
erly Hills, to be precise, and the ac-
tion revolves around an heiress and
two college'boys. It’s a comedy and
has spme slick melody thrown in, in
cluding: “Cubin'on the Hilltop,” “My
Heart Wants to Dance,” and “Let’s
Make a Wish.”' Gene sings, too.
. The novelty ,of the picture arises
from the fact that it has never been
done before. Usually, these pictures
about guys' impersonating Fr.ench
counts to earn money and to further a
career and ; wearing a mustache for
the first time, are just variations of
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Mam,e of Jones, Henry Siephensjon
•and -Jessie Ralph, all three of. which
make themselves useful in the com
edy situations. Oh, yes, the name of
the sho\y is “Walking on Air.”
' The Nittany theater opens tonight
with “Bengal Tiger.” " The co-stars
of the picture are Barton McLane, a
lion tamer, and Satan, th.e man-kill
er, whose performance as a man
eating tiger is unequaled, critics 'say.
The' latest critic who shook' hands
with Satan has never been seen since.
It’s ai show packe,d with terrpr and
thrills, and includes a trapeze artist.
•The conflict' lies between .joe,' the
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mer, who'are both in'love with “Laura,
the heroine. - The man on the trapeze
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uidate the situation in his own way
when he attacks both men in the cage.
It’s on tomorrow night also.
General Yang died at dawn.- So
Clifford Odets, who wrote the screen
play and incorporated swell dialogue,
let it go at that and they called it
“The Genera] Died at Dawn.”" It
plays Thursday arid Friday at the
Cathaum’. It’s one of the niftiest ci
nema products that, has hit the local
landscape in some time. Gary Cooper
yvho has become much more of an
tor than most would suspect, does a
canny bit of acting. Madeleine Car
roll, whose performance in the Brit
ish cinema -was exemplified in such
pictures as “The 39 Steps,”, gives an
entirely pleasing performance.
This show is rich in many things.
Among them is delicate photography,
especially military shots, directed by
the man who gaye you realism in war
in “All .Qu(et on the Western Front.”
For the first time in many moons, ci
: nema-montage is used effectively. A
full symphonic accompaniment is
delicately worked in, without becom
ing obtrusive, y.et contributing to the
. emotional effect, a tonal recording of
.the moed the entire production so ef
; festively stimulates. Working on the
thesis that two stimuli are more ef
. fective in creating mood thpn one, the
■ .directors .of the “General Died at
pawn,” have done a masterful job.
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