Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lawe, established 1887 THE MANAGING BOARD JOHNSON BRENNEMAN '3? ALAN L. SMITH '37 Editor Business Manager E. TOWNSEND SWALII '37 KENNETH W. ENGEL '37 Managing Editor Advertising Manager PHILIP S. UEISLER *37 riIILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37 News Editor Promotion Manager W. ROBERT GRUBB '37 GEORGE W. BIRD '37 Sports Editor Circulation Manager RICHARD LEWIS '37 IRWIN ROTH '37 Fenturo Editor Foreign Advertising Manager MARION A. RINGER '37 JEAN C. HOOVER '37 Women’s Editor Secretary M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '37 REGINA J. RYAN ’37 Women's Managing Editor Women's News Editor ASSOCIATE EDITORS Woodrow W. Bicrly *33 Fronds 11. Szymczak ’3B Joromu Weinstein ’33 Charles M. Wheeler jr. *3B ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS Jay 11. Daniels *33 Carl W. Diehl '3B Robert E. Elliott Jr. ’3B Kathryn M. Jcnn£>i;»t '3B Robert S. McKelvoy '3B John G. Sabella '3B WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Shirley R. Helms ‘3B Geoijdn H. Powers ’3B Caroline Tyson *3B Mttnacins Editor This Issue.. News Editor This Issue.. Tuesday, November 3, 1936 “AND FORBID THEM NOT” «TTNNECESSARY.” "Futile." “Inane.” “An in- VJ insult to a co-ed's intelligence.” ' That's what wc thought, too, when we saw the late- W .S. G. A. pronouncement labelled "Co-Ed Command ments.” But to get the “women’s view” we asked about ten co-eds, the first ten we saw, and the above adjec tives are the ones they used. The House of Representatives published this docu ment, probably acting on the theory that it would “be a good idea for the other girls to read it.” Leaving out any discussion as to the worth of the Commandments themselves, we agree with the girl who said: “We all know the things in there. Haven’t our parents told us often enough? If a girl is going to do them, a thing like that certainly won’t stop her.” If we didn’t know better we'd suspect that there are a bunch of radicals in the House of Representatives. Remember the old line in the days of prohibition: “The best way to get people to do something is to tell them not to.” “THE CENTRE .DAILY TIMES regrets that it was necessary to omit yesterday’s comic page ... It was done in order to provide space on the issue before elec tion for both the leading parties to express their opin ions.” Well, a fair exchange is no robbery. COMMUNISTS ARE TRYING to gain control of our educational system by seeking to centralize direction of all public schools in a bureau at Washington, warns Fred C. Clark, national commander of the Crusaders. If this can be accomplished it will require only one little step to gain the desired control: the election of a Com- munist president. OUR THANKS TO JIM NORRIS, ex-Thespian and publications man, for his “Footlights” in this issue. So far as we know it is the first time that a graduate with both professional standards and amateur experience has written a criticism of a Thespian show. A LETTER CALLS our attention to a recent er ror which we made. By some mistake the word Negro in referring to the race—was printed with a small letter. Thanks to the letter-writer and apologies for the “THE NEW DEALERS have lost the confidence of the salaried workers . . . the faith of the farmers... The New Dealers have alienated the man who has .They have lost many others.”- saved his money The Centre Daily Times. Yes, the Democrats might just as well give up and CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS The classification of Penn State’s football team in the semi-professional class by John R. Tunis in his re cent article in the American Mercury, “More Pay for Football Stars,” will cause no surprise to anyone who has had much contact with the system at work here. Most of our players were sent here by alumni interested in the College’s football fortunes and they are support- ed in some measure by payments in cash from the vai*- ious alumni groups. In all fairness it should be pointed out that the College itself has nothing to do with this system. Tun is characterizes State pretty well when he says in speak ing of this class as a whole: "Does the college administration know this? Well, most college authorities are intelligent enough to real ize that great football teams, like babies, are not brought by the stork.” There is news, however, in -the classification of State’s football opponents. Lehigh is the only team that is in the amateur class. Muhlenberg is not mentioned. Cornell, and Penn are anvng the semi-pros. Half the teams on the schedule, then, are definitely professional. Villanova, Bucknell, Syracuse, and Pitt are all, accord ing to Tunis, going out and getting players and putting them on what amounts to a salary basis.' This hardly seems to be in line with the often ex .pressed policy of the College of playing teams with ath letic policies similar to our own. Not that we object to playing Pitt or the rest of the big-league teams. We got a much bigger thrill in watching the team hold Pitt to a low score last year than we did in defeating Lebanon Valley. But if we arc going to continue to play professionals wc should not shout quite so publicly that we schedule “only op ponents in our class.” It might give people the wrong idea of what “our class” actually is. Co-Ed Commandments: / After forty days and forty nights spent on the top of Mount Nittany in prayer, fasting, and mortifica ion of the flesh, W. S. G. A. descended into the midst of us sinful mortals, bearing pearls. (Note: This is no gag. Just before House party, W. S. G. A. actually had printed on paper, that ' “is just the right size,” as one co-ed put it, the fol lowing “Commandments,” which we reprint in black type:) ]. Thou shall never allow a stranger to lake you to your destination. How about his destination? 2. Thou shalt say, no thank you, when offered a drink. . . . with the bottle grasped firmly in'the right hand. 3. Thou shall not sit out dances in cars. Go upstairs, it’s more comfortable. 4. Thou shalt not be seen with young men who are not careful.to obey conventions in society. Which takes care of Penn State men very nice ly, thank you. 5. Thou shalt not use a pet phrase in conversation. Actions speak louder than words. 6. Thou shalt use discretion in using slang. Yeah, and pull down the window-blinds while you’re at it. 7. Thou shalt not pat or nudge a person when speaking to one. Keep your hands to yourself. “We will if the boys will.” 8. Thou shall never go to a man’s apartment alone. You can’t enjoy etchings by yourself. 9. Thou shalt not indulge in careless affections. You got to be damn careful sometimes. 10. Thou shalt not powder your nose on the street. Hell, no, get up out of the gutter and go home like a lady. (And we can’t help adding:) 11. Thou shall not mix thy possessive*. ..Woodrow W. Bicrly *3B Jerom- Weil stein *3B Reading copy on the football story in this issue, we note that Charles M. (The Boy Reporter) Wheel er, Jr., in an abrupt about face has credited Tommy (I’m'a Senior) Silvano with an abrupt about face. Which brings up a little story, one which we tell belatedly because every one on the paper thought everybody else was going to do it—or so they said. It’s entitled “The Rover Boys and Their Big Blue Bus,” or “Goddam the Collegian*.’’ Boy Reporter Wheeler in a moment of journalistic inspiration turns' out a story on the Lehigh carnage which says some mighty nasty things about the Rover Boys. Calls them “slackers’ or “ungentlemnnly cads” or something mean like that. Evidently the shoes fit nicely be cause a week later, comes time for THE TEAM to start climbing far above Cayuga’s waters and Tom, the earnest Rover Boy, absolutely refuses to get in the bus, saying, “It’s too crowded in there.” Out jumps the Boy Reporter and starts trying to placate Tommy. Never one to be far behind in his brother’s harmless pranks, Lou (Dick Merriwell) 'Barth Rover also joins the:gathering just in-case the Cub Reporter takes a pass at brotherTTom (!). Ev erything is finally settled by Joe Griffith (A Good Guy If You Ever Saw One), because Gcd knows THE TEAM needs Silvano. Oh, yes, and Barth. The Boy Reporter bums a ride to Ithaca with one of his frat brother cronies. It turns out that Tommy doesn’t do so good against THE BIG RED (or whatever it is) of Corn meal, probably having completely sublimated himself out getting Wheeler off the bus. So Bounder Wheeler ends his Cornell story, cracking: “Silvano ran the ball 1000 times for a total gain of 1% yds.,” or something like that. (We didn’t read the story eith er.) Reacting vigorously to such unjust criticism the Rover Boys immediately get together and begin to fulimate dark thoughts such as “ . . . take him up'to the field and turn the team loose on him ...” But don’t. Now that the Boys played so swell Saturday and the Cad Reporter is again the Boy Reporter (see football story on page 1) and everything is swell between THE TEAM and THE COLLEGIAN we can, print this story without creating any hard feelings. Oh, yes, the Rover Boys’ average age is prob ably twenty-five years and I was . . . OLD MANIA ♦ + + —THE MANIAC THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN FOOT LIGHTS Jerry Martin Chuck Tilden Patty Parsons Doris Jane Thomas Buck Bender J. Lloyd Larkins Peggy Hopkins Royce Fran Gates Joe Don Dixon Captain Parsons Bob Ricks Paul Dean Duke Mantee Jim Unangst Dick O’Connor Jack Platt Tom Dick Harry Mantee Stooge __ J. Elliot Thomson Book by John Thompson and J. Lloyd Larkins Settings by George Downs, Jack M. Reamer Costumes by Van Horn Orchestra under the direction of Bill Bottorf Lighting effects by George Meek Book directed by J. Lloyd Larkins Dancing directed by J. Elliott Thompson Entire production under the direc tion of J. Ewing (Sock) Kennedy and Richard W. Grant “You should have seen ’em in my day ... we really gave shows then!” I wish I could say it boys, but I can’t. Last night’s Thespian show was tops for fall shows and what was more do you want that? Even the program was pretty. Just for,the record, the name of this little opus was “Steer Clear.” (Don't ask me io/ij/.) It was pi'oduced by- a man by the name of Kennedy who seems to have the luck of the Irish. . But dont 1 get the idea that I think it should open on Broadway tomorrow night. I don’t. So let’s play George Jean Nathan for a pica or two. Un der the heading “LOUSEY” we have the following: Non-union scene shift ers. The Thespian type go out for short beers during the course of the show and make you listen to fiddle players *and tenors singing “When Shop Lifts By GEORGIA 11. POWERS Judging from the houseparty at tires, the best-dressed girl struck the keynote of smartness in simpli city. Proceeding chronologically from Friday night’s formal—. Classic is the word for formals. Cire satin, metallic, and velvet take the lead in popularity. The dress must be sled* with a molded-fit top, either extremely high in frbnt and low in back, or extremely low in front and backless, with a wide skirt, flaring from the waist. Ac centuate -tile dress with smart ac cessories, Juliette caps sparkling on smooth .coiffures, wide mesh brace lets, and. substantial san- Shrieking shades ore the thing for the football games. Raccoon has the vote for swagger furs, but the wool coat flared from the shoulder with a huge fox collar has that touch of 1937 a jump ahead. The bowler hat is coming back to answer the demand for casualness. The most striking costume we saw at the game was a bright red wool coat with a close beaver collar, and a small black built-up hat that slanted from its high peak well over the right eye. ‘ For dinner—velvet or moire but toned with tiny buttons from the top of the high neck to the hem of the swing shirt. Or—smooth crepe with an indistinct satin stripe in princess lines with full sleeves nar rowing at the elbow. Or—a bro caded tunic dress, with puffed sleev es and a Peter. Pan collar. All are unique and that must be your quest ’ .—distinctiveness,'-and a style’that; 1 caters 5 to your individual type. ; Attitude in America Encourages Student (Continued] from page one) “I learned how nice and kind profes sors can really be.” “The girls here are all nice looking —made up, of course. Beside that, they have some chic, an American smart ness with which neither the English nor the German girls can compete. Of course,” she commented, “the Am erican girl spends a lot more time, trouble and money on her looks.” “Indeed,” concluded Miss Steinitz, “I have not found any faults here yet, except, perhaps, that I should like a river flowing through State, so that I could practice my favorite sport of boating.” Day Is Done.” <1 like that .better than “Sylvia” though, don’t you?) But don’t get me wrong. It was a nice fiddle and a nice tenor. Just out of place, that’s all. Then we have the little item of scared chorus girls. Keep smiling through the tears darl ing, it makes the customers think you're having as much fun as they are. And Bottorf might have been re placed by a few of the boys doing a little informal jamming instead of the stock stuff, but who am I too criticize when the gee practically pulled down the house? Then I like a little more humor with my shows. You know, people hitting each other over the head with bladders and things like that. Every show should have at least one belly laugh, even if you have to go to Minsky to get it. (G’wan, you low-brow!) Now we come to the sweetness and light part of this thing. Under s. and 1. \ve have, oh just oodles of things. Fine voices that showed the Grant touch. Fine hoofing that showed the Kennedy er, . . . touch. A hero and heroine who sang, danced, looked and acted the part. An ingcnoosie who is fine in the Merman manner. A clown who is listed on the program impressively enough, as J. Lloyd Lar kins. Don Dixon, to the manner born. (All right, manor, what the'hell do I care!) A'villian who looked and act ed the part. This bird sat down next to me in'the unfortunate balcony shooting'scenc and I jumped a foot! (Continued on Page Four) We Women By MARION A. RINGER The first party during the Open House rushing period of November will be held on Thursday from 3 until 5 o’clock. This new plan of Pan-Hellenic Council is based upon the excellent theory of having the freshmen gilds go to the fraternities and look them over. The opportunity of the freshmen to become acquainted with all the fraternities in the past, came through the initiative of the fraternity. This year every freshman and transfer has the chance to visit ev ery fraternity and make herself known. It is up to each girl to meet 11 / / Ifhc AL% I L # 1 i n'v’ Any man or woman who wants a permane». position' selling fine products, should see Realsilk. <Si»s.Bui*ukßMt«rr*iMi Realsilk Hosiery Mills, Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana ARRANGE FOR FREE DEMONSTRATION CALL LOCAL STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE Real Silk' offers a convenient way to shop for Christmas the girls of all ten fraternities, see their house, and learn the qualities of each group. There are to he four parties this month, one to be held each week. There are ten fraternities scattered all over the campus. Again, it is up to each girl to see that she gets to know each fraternity in the four periods. When she lias met them all she FALL BOOK NOTES Much shrewd observation, keen commentary, and ingratiating humor appeared in seme of the west coast journals from 1927, when Lincoln Steffens returned from Europe, until August 9,193 G,. when he died; observations and comments on events, people, and social forces that can be matched, or will be matched, by few contemporaries, half his age, because few men are as wise and kind as Steffens and few write with so many red corpuscles. LINCOLN STEFFENS SPEAK ING is dedicated to "Perplexed students, teachers, statesmen, busi ness, men, crooks, and artists” and he might well have included all those victims of the "open, mind.” "THAT MONKEY who was frozen and revived cured of tubercu losis holds no hope for the depression and for the human race. The experimenter confesses that the brain was not affected. A frozen human would probably come back to life still believing that there are two sides to every question.”. This book contains good sketches of Robinson Jeffers, Frcemont Older, Jack Reed and many others. We recommend it without reser vation for -practically everybody and especially those persons who be lieve that human nature can not he changed. (315 pages, $2.50) “An instrument that is far from rifty • * Is THE MELANCHOLY LUTE ($2.50) ”—Dorothy Parker The best lyrics of thirty years by F. P. A., selected by himself. Constance Rourke brings back John James Audubon alive in the pages of her.new biography. She writes of the wandering spirit which took him, naturalist and artist, from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, Texas, England, Scotland. Paris, Florida and Labrador, eternally perfecting his art and striving to bring his work before a not always eager public.. Not only the story of Audubon, but also of Lucy, his understanding wife, and his two sons Victor and’ John, who helped him through the dark days before he was fully recognized. In his career he was always associated with unusual men— George Rogers Clark, Daniel Boone, Thomas Bewick, Sir Walter Scott, to name a few—who emerge from these pages as real figures for the reader. A good biography, if you like biography, and a good nature book if you do not believe, as Heywood Broun, that if you have seen one tree you have seen them all. Twelve excellently reproduced color plates from the original Audubon plates accompany the book in addition to numerous black and white drawings by Janies MacDonald. AUDUBON by Constance Rourke, (335 pages, $3.00). - KEELER'S » Cathaum Theatre Building 'ersonal-Fit Hosiery is a service that no other maker of hosiery has ever offered. Try it! VICTOR P. BUELL Dial 851 Tuesday, November 3,1936 can consider which group she is qualified for and which group she is interested in. Then when-informal rushing comes she kows jdefiriitely where her interests are) and can concentrate upon them. 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