Pago Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance , established 1887 Published svmi-wcekly durinc the College year, except on holidays, :»y students of The Pennsylvania Slate College, in tho interest ol the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. iING HOARD ALAN L. SMITH M 7 Business Manager KENNETH W. ENGEL M 7 A ’vcrtiainj: Manager PHILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37 Promotion l Manager GEORGE W. 15IRD ’37 Circulation Manager IRWIN ROTH ’37 Forcicn Advertising Manager JEAN C. HOOVER ’37 Secretary REGINA J. RYAN M 7 Women’s Nctvs Editor - THE MANAGI JOHNSON lIRENNEMAN ’37 Editor E, TOWNSEND SWALM *37 Managing Editor PHILIP S. IiKiSLEIt ’37 Nev.-s'E litor W. 110UERT GUUBtI ’37 Sports Editor TUCUARD LEWIS *37 I’caturo Editor MAIUON A. RINGER '37 Women's Editor M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '37 Women’s Managing Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Woodrow W. Bierly Mi Jerome Weinstein ’3B ASSOCIATE nUSIXESS MANAGERS .Tay 11. Danrds MX ' Carl V/. Diehl '37 Robert E. Elliott jr. ’3B Kathry:-. M. Jennhgs *3B IloU-rt S. McKclvcy MS John G, Sabclla M 8 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Shirley R. Helms MS Georgia H. Powers '!JS Caroline Tyson MS 1036 Member 1037 Associated Goltegiate Press Distributors of Cblie&iafe Digest Mnnnging Editor This Issue News Editor This It.tuc Tuesday, September 29, 1936 CONFUSED CATECHISMS The Centre Daily Tones* “Centre County’s Repub licans’ Own Daily Paper,” in a bit of subtle propaganda attempted to throw that blessing of all reactionary edi- torial writers, the “Red Scare,” into the coming presi dential election by claiming that President Roosevelt is undermining the “American system” and is supported by the Communist party for that reason. Carrying about it a false air of honesty gauged to make itr. readers think that the editorial was written in cpen-mimicdness, the article is much more effective than Mr. Ifearst’s blaring headlines. Perhaps the most com pletely dishonest statement in the editorial is: “To vote clearly and intelligently this fall the voter should re alize once and for all that the issues of Communism and Fascism have entered the campaign.” The Times would come closer to telling the trulh had it said that the Issue of Fascism, not Communism, has entered the campaign. “Mr. Roosevelt, make no mistake, is a believer in Capitalism,” says the Times. “But in his efforts to make the Now Deni function he has desperately resorted to measures which have served to undermine the present American system, not strengthen it.” Why doesn’t the Times tell the truth and substi- tute the word “Capitalism” for “New Deal” in that statement? Capitalism is dying a slow death, a fact admitted by most economist?, but Mr. Roosevelt is giving it all the medicine it can swallow in a desperate attempt to keep it alive. His so-called “New Deal” is no more than a flimsy crutcli on which the capitalistic system is supporting itself. Yet the Times claims that these measures are weakening the system, ns we take it for granted the Times' “American system” means the capi- talistic system. Yet the Tinu s, a Republican staunch defender of a sick system, fights Mr. Roosevelt, capitalism’s doctor, and his medicines just because the medicines are a little hard to take. It fails to see that while the system is certain of death before tco long, Roosevelt is shoving off that date just a little. Probably the only thing correct about the entire editorial was the statement saying that the present Spanish civil war strife has a definite relation to life in America. NEATEST TRICK OF THE YEAR DEPARTMENT A surplus showing an increase of over $ll,OOO was registered by the Penn State Athletic Association in its annual financial report approved by the College Senate last week. 4- + ♦ VIVID CONTRAST Selection of a fraternity in no way resembles selec tion of a wife, so tho University of Washington Daily The editor of that campus journal stated it thusly: It is a funny thing the way a man picks a wife. First he meet? her. Then he “steps her cut” a few times and begins to like her. lie examines her closely, analyze.? her, Nvatchos her actions, her personality, her character, her disposition—everything that pertains to her (or at least he think? he docs-, and then finally ac- cepts ov discards her; and she accepts or discards him. Regardless of whether he really understands her at last, ho at least tries to understand her. He takes his time. He is careful because he realizes he is signing himself up for life. How different it is when a man picks his frater nity. No careful thought there. No watchful waiting. No cautious discrimination. It is just like leap year to him. Somebody jumps on him with a proposal of ever lasting love and affection. Another puts on the badge, while still another murmurs the fatal words, “Till death do us part.” Hurriedly kissing him on both checks, they all run off to the next conquest, leaving the bewildered young groom alone, except for the mop or broom which some kind person gave him as a symbol of Ins new rank. “Until death do us part.” That phrase is applicable almost solely to these two things, both equally import ant to the young man. With one he is cautious, with the other foolish. But what can the poor follow do? So long as fraternities have every year a leap year, and no year a sane year, there is no hope. Happily, the above description of fraternity rush ing is exaggerated to emphasize the mistakes each year l’rnnris 11. Sxvmczuk M 8 Charles M. Wheeler jr. M 8 Je--mi» Weinstein Mf Charles M. Wheeler, jr. MS —J. T. D. —Penn State Collegian OLD MANIA Mad Maniac Five minutes until the mighty presses would spew cut this issue and still there was no Old Mania col umn; what’s more nobody knew where the Maniac was. Hugh Ralston, diminutive pressman of the mighty monster, was oiling the grumbling presses when in rushes a Western Union man with the telo- Dcar Campy: Am Inst in the Pittsburgh smoke stop am all alone stop Brenneman and Lewis with me stop write column stop notes on corner room menuc stop having a fine time wish you were here stop. —Tho Maniac + + + Over to the errm and through the booths until in booth fourteen we came across a menu folded in the shape* of an airplane and full of hierglyphics frrm which we made out the following: Kenny Kagen wants a date with Ruth Klein . . . cream cheese and nuls on rye $.25 . . . Mary Lou, waitress 2fith and Broad, Altoona . . . Virgin sodas $.15 . . . Kenny Kagen knitting Sally Kay’s sweater in booth 13 . . . Lewis reports more textbooks have been stolen from the library this year than any year before. Is this another indication of good college spirit? Is this another indication of good college? . . . Chipped beef sandwich $.25 ... Is this another indication? . . . Snoopy Hovowitz no longer an offi cer of the camera club . . . Investigate this ... I hear that he has developed some very interesting pictures taken by Reardon Cotton . . . | Hugo Bezdek jj Hen House Harmony As you probably lemembcr, the Maniac, in his last column, asked who stole the plaque off the hen house door or who took the Chi Omega’s shingle. To day wc received the answer, written on Kappa Sigma stationery'and in a very scrawny hand. It read as follows: Dear Campy: We think the Chi Omegas are poor detectives when it comes to finding the shingle off the hen house door. As soon as our sisters post a re- ward big enough to make a down payment on a car wc will talk hut no sooner. ♦ 4- ♦ Appalled by the thought that the Chi O’s may have committed the unforgivable sin of failing to trace down their cherished emblem) with a book of A. Ccnan Doyle under one arm and a magnifying glass in the other we rushed up to their manse where we learned that they are true followers of the art of deduction. “Sure we knew that some dirty Kappa Sig took the plaque in one of their more inebriated moments,” they said. “What’s more, we know that the booty is new 150 miles from State College.” Quick, Watson, the needle- ♦ 4- ♦ Addenda: Quote of the Week: Carl Diehl, “Penn State, where men are men and the women are sorry for them ’. . . It is being rumored about that Cyrus V. D. Bissey, College scheduling officer, has been bribed with a pint of ice cream daily to schedule Liberal Arts classes in the Dairy building so that the Liberal Artists will buy ice cream . . . Doc Ritenour is do ing a rushing business with his cough medifcine since it has been discovered that it tastes exactly like Bill Gilger is on his second bottle. —CAMPY FOR MANIAC. orange gin CUSTOM SHOP “■IMTEGWTAS * CLOTHING TAILORED TO YOUR INDI VIDUAL REQUIREMENTS AT MOD EST PRICES. NECKWEAR,-HOSIERY, SHIRTS, HATS AND SPORTSWEAR IN KEEPING WITH THE FASHION DICTATES OF PENN STATE MEN. Stark BrsSharper. Haberdashers THE PENN. STATE COLLEGIAN By MARION A. RINGER Surprising, but true, the frater nities got a big kick out of Pan hellehic Stunt night than did the freshmen. For once the fraternities got to gether, individually and collective ly. ' They really enjoyed working out those skits, and some of them put a lot of time and trouble on them. The freshmen got a comparative ly good idea of the ingenuity and personalities of each fraternity. The success of the affair should be remembered in the plans of Panhel for next year. . This week senior sponsorship meetings will , begin. There are 32 selected senior girls who will have a small group r of freshmen women to guide. Each sponsor has complete freedom in the handling of a few rudimentary subjects. It is up to her when she holds meetings and what method of approach she uses. Many seniors found last year that a combination of a social meet ing and a very subtle introduction of serious -topics of discussion worked out beautifully. The freshmen will not be divid ed according- to courses' this year. Instead, they will be grouped by dormitories. This is a step of im provement. The girls already know each other and will.be able to talk to the sponsor with less timidity. It was found last year that the most successful senior sponsors were tffose who had groups of freshmen meeting her half way. The Record Crop j . Eddie Nichols asked me to -take this column over for him. So, in the role of mouthpiece, ghost writer, or whatever you want to call it, I’ll keep you up to date in the hot discs that rate. Haunted the Onyx Club this sum mer (seven time in two weeks) and found Stuff Smith and his boys to be the current, feature of “swing row” 52nd street between sth and 6th. Stuffy, who originated the “I’se A- Muggin” craze)’ is packing them in now with a nightly feature ofjfnock- Knocks. There is really a tune which goes with these, “Ah, I heard that one” jokes and-Onyx Club Boys have recently released it for Vocalion. Ov erlook the vocal and watch for the swell breaks of’tlrummer “Cozy” Cole who is a second Gene Krupa as far as I’m concerned. , •* —A By Stander “Old Joe’s Hittin’ the Jug” is an other Vocalion recording by Stuff and the boys. In this number you will not only get plenty of “Cozy’s” fine rhythm but also an earful of Elliot “Jonah” Jones .trumpet playing. Fletcher Henderson has been trying to get this lad; and you will not be surprised after hearing him come in on “Cozy’s” second break; he doesn't fuss, but stays right down in the groove with fine restraint and all the swing that a quivering foot can stand. I can’t discard the Onyx reminis cences until one more paragraph. My one regret is that these boys haven't put more of their work on wax. .Tones’-second chorus in “Stompin’ at the Savoy” is a.‘piece of work which surely should go .down to posterity. .He takes it'for a full .three and a half minutes (I timed.him)'and it’s differ ent on-"every-playing/ The'boys are also good showmen and the ickeys will appreciate the little skit which goes along with their version of “Christopher Columbus.” Haven’t had the opportunity to get on The Music Room machine as yet, but next time I will review some of the new Bob Crosby and Tommy Dor sey releases. These bands are now jammed with satellites of the hot world. Joe Sullivan, for instance, is now on piano with the gang. He is considered by the authorities the greatest white pianist in the bus iness, having played with Red Nich ols’ second group of famous • Five Pennies at the end of the twenties. If studio Restrictions don’t limit these two groups to the usual com mercial type of thing, there’ll be some records out which you will be wanting to take, out of-that clubroom pile and keep in your bureau drawer. T. H. PRINTING for FRATERNITIES AND CLUBS LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES. STATEMENTS Nittany Printing & Publishing Company 110 West College Avenue We Women 4 Exchange Students Talk in Sunday Chapel Oh Lingnan University {Continued from page one) They are very easy going and un emotional. They hate h'ypocrsiy, Miss Vargo continued. “The boys eye the girls dormito ries with threat curiosity and the girls eye the boys' halls with the same reel ing. One thing about the Chinese is that'they never get drunk. They are har’d to win as friends, but once a friendship is .'established, it is deep, close, ahd permanent,” ftfciss Vargo concluded. Miss Foster spoke on the country surrounding the university. She said they left the campus for a tour. At the side of the path, growing from the dirt and slime, is the lotus flow er, pure and beautiful. She talked in Chinese, telling how they would bar gain with the natives wh'en they de sired to' hire a jinriksha. She said the river was a mass of large and small boats, and along,the banks were bathing houses and gambling places. City Streets Resemble Ours “The city streets are much like ours. They have electric lights and street cars. The people have no re gard for traffic. The theatres are much like ours. We went into the shopping district. Thfere the streets are dark, damp, and dingy. They are so narrow that one can reach the buildings on each side by stretching ins arms,” Miss Foster continued. The exchange student closed by telling of the rural districts through which they journeyed,.. She said ,that there were fields along the road no larger than cur gardens. These were covered with water, and planted in rice. She told of the cemetery view on New Year morning. The previous night the Chinese tied red papers to the tomb stones oh which is written a message to the Gods. Stresses Work of Groff Benjamin, the last speaker of the morning, told oi‘ the work “Daddy” Groff is doing In the Oriental country. He said that when he started to school here he had heard much about Penn State in China ' but that it seemed more or less of a tradition. “It wasn't until we went to school there last year that we realized what a great work he was carrying on' there. Chinese people look up to Groff. They consult, him in many of the agricultural problems. Twenty five years ago South' China was not getting any results from her farms. She lacked science and it was this that Groff Introduced. He went there as. a representative of-this College, not only devoting his life, but risking it. Danger, discomfort, disease faced him, but he realized that he was go ing there for Penn State and contin ued; He introduced many plants, vegetables,' and citrus fruits. He has given the Chinese food, employment, activities,, or in short—-a new life,” Benjamin said. He stressed the importance of the students here continuing to finance the Pehn State in China project. “Bear in mind the. wonderful work that he is doing and do it for Dear Old State,” Benjamin concluded. Interclass Financial Budget Returns Given (Continued from page one) Expenditures•;!, ran.. • $11,536.43 and there was consequently' a profit or $202.15. Printing, binding, and en graving cost $9,843.87 and $750 was paid in compensations to a staff of sixteen. Of the three class dances the Sen ior Ball showed a- surplus of $271.05, while the loss on the Junior Prom was $168.51, and the Sophomore Hop $472.32. Some 5,300 invitations and announcements and 700 programs were purchased by the seniors at commencement time; 471 Lion coats were sofd, while the sale of the jun* ior blazers recorded a low of 14; and 1268 caps were purchased by fresh men. The Student Union spent $726.91 for five all-College dances but had slightly more in receipts from ad missions and checking for a total of $797.50, Newspapers, magazines, and game equipment for the first, second, and third floor lounges ran $241.91, and there was paid for extra student help $6T2.32. SAVE THE PIECES AND WE CAN DUPLICATE YOUR LENSES WITHIN TWO DAYS. + + + DR. EVA B. ROAN OPTOMETRIST , 420 E. College Dial 672 CINEMANIA “The Great Ziegfeld” plays to night both at the Cathaum and Nittany theaterr with no advance in prices. One of he longest shows ever filmed, this extravaganza runs three hours and fifteen minutes and has presented a problem in higher mathematics to the local manage ment. It will be shown today at the Cathaum at 1:00, 4:10, and 7:20 p. m., with the final complete show at 8:30 o’clock in the evening. The pic ture will be shown at the Nittany. at 8 o’clock both nights. / The story is built about the Gar ganlua of the American stage, Flo renz Ziegfeld, who is becoming a legend. The colorful-life of this theatrical gent sugestetl the script. Designer cf the “glorified” girl, Ziegfeld made and broke precedent in American stage extravaganza. In attempting to reproduce life and times of the producer, the screen ' has gone cxlravarigant in a big way. Five new song hits, especially designed to sweep the country, bril lant dances, spectncluar costuming, ■ elaborate sets, etc. are expected to do so well by the memory of the guy who blazd his trail in lights across the American stage. The Pulitzer prize play. “Craig’s Wife,” comes to the Cathaum to morrow with John Boles and Ros alind Russell. The screen adaptation seems to have been successful. Fol lowing in the wake of “The Great Ziegfeld,” “Craig’s Wife”.has oc ccupicd more or less of a‘back scat far as publicity is concerned. It is one of these things that comes quietly out of the studios, relieved of ballyhoo and shorn of superla tives. “Down the Stretch,” a horsey (“Devil is a Sissy"), Patricia Ellis and Dennis Moore, comes to the Nittany tomorrow. Lady Luck, the Race Track Boys, and the Thoro bveds are all in the picture. The •horse in the picture is a thorobred named named. Faithful, who- has been taking all these race-horse parts. Already a tried and true per-, former in this type-role, Faithful worked his-way up. from the milk wagon to the Hollywood lot and.has never broken his contract. He wins by a nose. The British stage a flank attact on the American cinema with GB’s “Nine Days a Queen,” the story of Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane is, per haps, one of the most tragic figure in British Justory. Gaumont people have adynneed further in historical pictures than Hollywood, judging from their recent- produc tions. Nova Pilbcam and John Mills arc the leads.. The plot centers LAST TIMES TODAY Continuous Showings—Feature at 1:00, 1:10, 7:20. Last Complete Show at 8:30. . WEDNESDAY (Also at Nittany Thursday) ALSO: VINCENT LOPEZ IN “KNOCK, KNOCK” THURSDAY ONLY MONDAY; “ MID-SUMMER TUESDAY I ' NIGHT'S DREAM” Tuesday, Seplcrnboi- 29, 1938 around the old Tudor gag of trying to get u head. It was in the gorg times of the Tudors that Lady Jane Grey last of Henry VJl's unfortunate wives met with a .throne and a block in the same fortnight. The palace is lousy with conniving ministers, and the pawns of. conniving ministers, the axman is polishing up his blade for another Queen, the King is dead, spades are trump and deuces wild. We pass. The pageantry here' is something to watch, and the British have gone in for artistry that the Hollywood gave didnt go in for because they thought the American public would never understand it all. Sets-are nicely, done, with an emphasis on occult balance. La Pilbeam, no pri ma donna, acts. “Craig's Wife” comes to the Nit •tany Thursday.-. Lcng range previews reveal that the classic production of Shakes pear’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” comes to town next Monday and Tuesday to the Cathaum and Nit tany theaters, sponsored by the BELL, undergradutc literary and opinion magazine. The-BELL, in terested in this new experiment of cinematic art, makes a special offer of, free admission to this immortal picture with every subscription to the magazine purchased on Monday and Tuesday.' By special arrange ment with the. management, free tickets to both afternoon and even ing performances will be passed out with each subscription taken on those davs. t .- ~ | LAST. TIMES TODAY | ONE SHOWING ONLY STARTING AT 8:09 P. M. s Th@ Great Ziegfeld 9 | WEDNESDAY ONLyT | THE KING OF SPORTS’ THE SPOUT OF KINGS! ‘Down the . Stretch 9 with Patricia Ellis, .Mickey Rooney, Dennis Moore. I THURSDAY- . .1 4 Craig’s Wife’
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