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Tuesday, November 24, 1936
RETROSPECT
WITH Syracuse anti Bucknell defeated for the
first time in the memory of this generation and
with State alumni in Philadelphia and Pitts-
burgh pretty well satisfied with our showing against
Penn and Pitt; it begins to look as if the annual rumors
about coaching changes will not be as widely circulated
Students are still wondering what was wrong with
the team the first half of the season. Proboably no one
knows the answer. Part of the trouble was bickering
in the team. More was caused because the coach knew
that nlumni groups had to be kept satisfied. “Their
boys” had to get into the game or next fall there might
not be any half-backs or tackles frtjm Philadelphia or
Scranton or Pittsburgh.
The 1986 season was not successful but it was sat-
isfnetory. We aren't apologizing for the team when we
say that it was much better than its record would indi
cate. We don’t think we are unduly critical in saying
that the record should have been better.
“But it sure locks like a great team next season,
BORING FROM WITHIN
THE RED’S LITTLE ‘ School House is an article
upon which we have thought a great deal. It
is contained in the current issue of Fraternity.
a magazine devoted principally to such folksy articles
as “For the Good of the House” and “Phi Delta Theta
Saves Eugene Fields’ Widow’s Home.”
The article is designed to inform all good fratern
ity men that “The colleges have not been overlooked by
radical organizers as a possible source for securing re
cruits for their diabolically devised plans.”
To regular readers of Red Exposes the article of
fers nothing new. You will be told of class-hatred and
overthrow of the governments and connections with Mos
cow. What interested us, however, was the way all this
tied up with college.
Four long paragraphs are devoted to uncovering
the .organization of the Young Communists League. Not
once is there any mention of shcools or colleges. But the
next paragraph opens: “The Red’s little schoolhouse is
thusly formed.”
If you saw signs at peace demonstrations here:
“Abolish the ROTC,” “Down With Fascism,” and
“Fight Against Imperialist War,” you probably thought
these phrases were inspired by peace-loving
Not so, says the author of this article. These are “the
phrases most often found in the handbooks.of Commun
ism.” And when you thought you pledged your sup
port to some peace organization it is likely that instead
you enlisted in some radical group. “Individuals are
somewhat confused as to what organization they are
pledging allegiance, regardless of whether it is a fight
against war.”
So you see, you may bo a Dirty Red without even
knowing it yourself.
“When a man is unoccupied he usually talks. There
is more talk nowadays than most anything else, which
might make one jump to the conclusion that there arc
more people unemployed,” says the author in a flight
into logic.
But he then produces figures to prove that this con
clusion is not valid because there really isn’t any un
employment! Therefore "the talk nowadays is agitated
and amplified.”
The high point of the argument is reached when he
concludes that Washington cut down the famed cherry
tree because it bore “ripe, red fntiti” (Italics arc his.)
There are more gems of wisdom, but by this time
you should bo willing to agree with our own conclusion
about the article: It was written by one of those Dirty
Reds so that readers would be so disgusted they would
never again read a “red Expose.
IT WAS PARTICULARLY FITTING that the
football team should carry Captain Cherundolo after the
last game. During the season he carried them.
BUT NOT AT STATE
DEPARTMENT
“The board of trustees of Syracuse University an
nounced today it had voted to restore the salaries of all
members of the faculty to pre-depression levels. About
700 men and women were affected by cuts of from 10
to 15 per cent made several years ago.” —A November
Attention All Co-eds, Athletic Coach
es, & Especially Charlie Speidel:
The following letter appeared in the January,
1936, issue of “Western Action Novels” in a column
conducted by “The Old Wrangler,” entitled “Remuda,”
and sub-titled “rope yourself a pen pal.” (Our thanks
to “Sanity Claus” for digging out this little example
of Centre County frustration.)
Dear Wrangler:
J would like to correspond until some pen
pate. I am particularly interested hi blondes,
brunettes, and red heads.
I am u rather likeable chop, five feet eleven
inches tall and weigh 158 pounds. I have curlcy,
sandy hair and grey eyes. lam not exactly ««-
prcposscsing in ’my appearance, being almost
handsome. I have a pleasing personality. I«w
athletically inclined, being a superb wi'tstlcr. I
am also proficient at chess.
} sincerely hope that you will publish this in
your Remuda and that some members of the fair
sex will find it worth their while to correspond.
PERRY H. APPLETON
HO E. College Ave.,
State College, Pa.
Could this be how imports arc made?
Ducking, Ducking:
Soccermen at Navy (“The Navy Builds Men”)
have a curious but not unappropriate tradition of
tossing the Manager into the ocean if the team loses
the last game of the season. Down at Annapolis last
Saturday, State’s undefeated Booters decided that
this was one Phase of Naval-routine worthy of Emu
lation—and informed Our Manager Newmeyer before
the game that no matter which Team won the game
some Manager would feel the Icy Caress of the At
lantic.
—Charles M. Wheeler, jr. '3B
Jerome Weir stein ’36
Newmeyer—for whom you don’t have to draw
pictures—took one look at the Angry Waters and was
seen no more by the Jeffreymen until they arrived in
Baltimore, bearing in their lunch pails the Fruits of
Victory. Newmeyer now Swears that he was in the
Stands at the Game the whole time, but You know &
X know ...
Remote Control:
To those of You who wore annoyed by the Inter
ruption .at the “Varsity Drag & Drain Dance” t’other
nite v/hen Marge Little’s name was shouted from the
Rostrum to Come & Get a Telegram, we respectfully
submit that our Undercover Agents have gotten the
Straight Dope.
Miller Frazier, who lives somewhere in the dcl
tnchi Apiary, almost—but not quite—has an under
standing with Our Marge. Last Friday, as is his
wont, Miller buzzed Marge for a Date for Saturday.
As is usual when Miller asks her for Saturday Dates
Friday, Marge was Taken and Miller spent Saturday
nite Moping, as is his wont.
Becoming tired of Moping along about 11:15,
Miller Conceived & Executed the Plot which delayed
the Army-Navy Drawing at the Drag. “WHAT ARE
YOU DOING STOP YOURE LOOKING WELL,”
the local branch of A T & T telegraphed to Rec Hall,
and, Crowning Blow of All, Miller sent it COLLECT.
Prosey Dept.:
(\Vc doff our Fedora respectfully to Miriam
Frances for:) •
TO A PLASTERED COW, IN .
ROOM 215, DAIRY:
Because the advent of Winter always takes our
Breath away and also to show Froth, we can get our
stuff printed even if They do throw it in the Waste
basket:
THE SEMESTER IN WELL UNDER WAY
The snow is on the trees.
Jeez!
(Yeah, and wc never heard of that Dandelion
one either.)
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Employment Facts
There has been a surprising re
bound from tlhe conditions of 1933 and
1934 in the demnnd for young .engi
neers. It became evident in 1935, but
Inst spring the graduates were prac
tically all employed at or soon after
graduation, and furthermore those of
the preceding classes of whom we
knew had also found positions either
through their own efforts or because
of the continuing Jjqmand for our
graduates which has kept up to the
present moment.
The building construction industry
hit about the lowest level of the de
pression, and it has been relatively
slow in returning to even its present
state,' which is far below normal.
Nevertheless all the gradutes in arch
itecture and architectural engineering
of 1935, and all but one architect and
two architectural enginetrs of the
1936 class are employed. Equally
gratifying is the fact that the jun
iors had little difficulty in obtaining
positions in the offices-of architects
and builders last summer.
Of the one hundred and five men
who graduated in civil engineering
froni 1933 to 1930 inclusive, ninety
are known to be employed and some
of the remainder may have positions
of which the department does not
know. ,
I’he details of employment of elec
trical engineers have not been obtain
ed recently, but it is safe to say that
the majority of them are employed
in designing, manufacturing, or op
erating electrical apparatus.
All those who graduated in June
1935 and all of the last class except
one in industrial engineering have
positions and in a wide spread of or
ganizations and lines of manufactur
ing.
In mechanical engineering practic
ally all the class of 1936 had positions
at the time of graduation, and we
know of none of the preceding classes
who are out of employment.
The outstanding fact gained from
investigation of employment is that
while companies which formerly em
ployed young engineers are returning
jto nearer the normal demand, there
ihas been a marked influx of small
j corporation and those usually con
sidered as outside the field of engi
-1 nccring, both of which groups state
| that they are feeling the need for
! engineering graduates in their busi
ness. Keener Competition, higher
[ taxes, new applications of scientific
| inventions, increased emphasis on
management and personnel ha v e
broadened tlhe field of demand for
young engineers.
Salaries have shown a steady in
crease from a low figure of perhaps
$75 to $9O per month to an average of
$lOO and higher figures for those of
outstanding ability ranging from $llO
to $l3O per month for recent gradu
ates. There has been an unusual de
mand for graduates of 5 to 10 years
of experience with' salaries equal to,
or higher than those preceding the
depression. The evidence at present
from the number of inquiries and re
quests for men which we are receiv
ing indicates that positions will be
available for those who graduate in
1937 and have the necessary qualifi
cations.
Departmental
Notes
Act as Judges
Professors Andrew W. Case, Helen
M. Savard, and J. Burn Helme, of
the department of fine .arts, acted as
a jury to select prize winners at the
fourth annual exhibition of the Allied
Artists of Johnstown last Wednesday.
Pictures in the exhibit pertaining’ to
mining subjects are on display in the
Mineral Industries Building.
—THE MANIAC
To Address Engineers
Professor Harold A. Everett, of the
department of mechanical engineer
ing, will address the Baltimore Soci
ety of Automotive Engineers on De
cember 3. He will present some of the
data developed in research work here
concerning the effect of detonation on
lubricating oil in automobile engines.
Fossil Fish Presented
A well-preserved fossil fish dis
covered in a deposit of marine clay
near Ottawa, Canada, was presented
to the school of mineral industries by
Howells Frechette, chief of the cer
amics division of the Canadian de
partment of mines. Four inches long,
the specimen dates from the. period
when receding glaciers caused the
flooding of the Lake Champlain area.
Thanksgiving Vacation
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Sauers’ Store)
109 Allen St.
3000 in Mining Extension
Over 3000 mineral, industries work
ers are “enrolled in extension ocurses,
Harry B. Northrup, director of min
eral industries extension, announced
today. Men occupied in the fields of
coal mining, petroleum, natural gas,
metallurgy, and ceramics are going
to school to learn how to improve
their earning power and work.
Attend History Convention
Dr. Asa E. Martin, Dr. Wayland
P. Dunaway, Prof. Sylvester K. Ste
vens, and Prof. Joseph P. Selsam of
the department of history, attended
the annual convention of the Pennsyl
vania Historical Association in Read
ing last week.
The Record Crop j
By EDDIE NICHOLS
The quality of Tom Dorsey’s per
formance at Soph Hop will depend
upon what is wanted by the boys and
girls who are going to be there. If the
dancers want smooth but deperson
alized popular music, the band will
dispense it on about a two-minus com
mercial rating. But if the spirit calls
for "sock and ride 'ev out, boys,” the
Dorsey will own ■'/he place before
morning. This band is potentially the
best that State has had since the Casa
Lomas a couple of Junior Proms back.
Tommy himself has only one rival on
the trombone—Jack Teagarden; and
Tommy is the more versatile techni
cian. Bud Freeman is the best white
tenor man' in jazz wfhen he gets the
call from the house to ‘‘give out.” Maz
Kaminsky generates a high-voltage
trumpet, and Dave Tough (or Tuft) is
better liked by some experts than is
Gene Krupa for drums. A new trom
bonist named Los Jenkins is reported
able to hang on right along with Dor
sey's own blasting, which is good
news because the strength of this out-
It is going to be in its brass anyway.
Around such a nucleus any band
should be able to‘deliver if t}hc lift
is there from the floor. That is where
the crowd comes in.
As for the singers, the shoppers
can look at the publicity pictures;
only don’t use them as a criterion. Re
rleniber, even Fiorita’s girl looked
nice in the silken-legged representa
tions that teased from the local store
windows last spring. However, mess
ers Dixon and O’Connor of the Glee
Club say countifully concerning vocal
ist Edyth Wright. What the dancers
should keep in mind, though, is that
over a four-hour wrestle it’s the boys
who blow arid scrapo and pound that
make the evening—or don’t.
The big message is, then, that the
returns from the Dorsey band will de
pend upon the attitude it finds among
tfno patrons. Any number of bands
will top it in the shallow commercial
routines, but if the boys want the
works and let it be known, heaven
help the band that tried to carve the
Dorsey down. Tom and brother Jimmy
(whose is on the Coast with a band)
have been in the business for more
than twelve years. They were play
ing the kind of music we now call
swing when the present sophomores
were hammering out rythms with a
spoon on a high chair; so if it’s the
real article you’re asking for, you
may be satisfied that either musician
would deliver.
The current record crop is lean
enough to obviate the need for A. A.
A. restriction. Not that studios aren’t
busy knocking out stuff for the turn
table trade, but so much of it sounds
so much like so much we have heard
so much that we don’t care for it so
much. So muen for that.
VICTOR: Goodman and Tom Dor
sey take a;sicle each.on the forthcom
ing release Bugle Cull Rug and Af
ter You've Gone. Good tunes, good
bands; name your own ticket, for
your reviewer hasn't heard them yet.
Just the same it's the kind of mater
ial these bands work best with, stand-
SOPH HOP!
ard tunes with ideal melodic and har
monic possibilities. Now else is it
that you remember a Goodman King
Porter Stomp but forget a Goodman
When a Gentle Man Meets a. South
Doivn a Lady, or whatever ft is? And
since Tom Dorsey will be among you
soon, his works should be required au
ditioning. •
BRUNSWICK: Norvo is out.with
It Can't Happen To You and another
pop tune. The band fails to come up
quite, even despite Mildred Bailey’s
presence* on the first side; but the
playing is solid, In good taste—a sort
of "firesfde swing.” Ben Pollack keeps
at it, usually smothered* by inspira
tions like / Couldn’t he Mad at You
—/’»». One Step Ahead of My Shadow.
V haven't heard his Jimtown Blues,
but I’ll bet the new clarinet find "Fa
zola” really gets away there. /The
feeling that the band could do justice
to good material persists but when
will they get the chance?
You won’t rise up at'the Hudson-
DeLange Cross Country Hop—Grab
Your Partner- and Swing, though the
going is competent and Hollepback
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FALL BOOK NOTES
Lloyd C. Douglas will speak in the Auditorium on Monday,
November 21, at 3:00 P. M., under the auspices of the Penn State
Christian Association.
As it is quite possible that Mr. Douglas will not have time to
sign his books after his talk, we have arranged to secure
graphed copies of the following books beforehand:
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION, $2.50
WHITE BANNERS, $2.50
GREEN LIGHT, $2.50
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES, $2.50
THOSE DISTURBING MIRACLES, $l.OO
PRECIOUS JEOPARDY, $.75
if * * *
The publisher’s supply of U. S. CAMERA 1036 is now exhausted.
If you desire to use it as a Christmas gift it would be advisable to
reserve one now, for, at the present rate of sales, ours will be all
gone within two weeks. 208 pages of the finest in modern photog
raphy ($2.00). * + * * .
THE BEST OF ART YOUNG, with an introduction by Heywocd
Broun, 181 pages, $3.00. ....
A collection of "joke drawings,” pictures criticizing government,
allegory and fantasy, by. the courageous American Hogarth, whose
favorite subjects are hell and trees.
"Comprising the bulk of this book are such cartoons as have
social content —they represent my truth as I tried to keep track of
it winging its way through the tragi-comic chaos of an epoch. An
epoch which may’yet prove to be the most important in all history
to the human race.”
LEAVES OF GRASS, by Walt Whitman, illustrated by Rockwell
Kent and published by the Heritage Press ($3.75).. A limited signed
edition bound in morocco ($8.50).
As the artist did not submit his 120th drawing to the printer, the
Lakeside Press, until October 12, only half of the first edition will be
ready in time for Christmas. We have seen the printer’s dummy and
some of the illustrations, so if you should reserve one now and it docs
not meet with your approval, you need not accept it. Publication
date, November 30.
, The same conditions apply to THE COMPLETE WORKS OF
SHAKESPEARE, also illustrated by Rockwell Kent (40 full page
cuts) and printed from the same plates used in the $50.00 limited
edition. The Lakeside Press is the printer, the book is complete with
Temple notes accompanying the Cambridge text, and Christopher
Morlev contributes the introduction Publication date November 20
($3.95). v
< ' « KEELER'S »
Cathaum Theatre Building
with Music by
TOMMY DORSEY
featuring the Personality Girl
EDYTHE WRIGHT
also JACK LEONARD
FRI., DECEMBER 11th ,
$3.42 (tax included)
Tuesday, November 24, 1936
continues to play a trumpet faintly
and timidly after the Beiderbecke
manner. The sting is not in him and
he lacks a dozen other virtues of his
master. .
DECCA: Andy Kirk’s Twelve
Clouds of Joy do Steppin ’ Pretty —
Git, with tiie warmth that unselfcon
scious Negro jazz can usually achieve.
Mary. Lon Williams adds strong and
fresh piano treatment to the first
side. She is the only woman playing
with a first rate jazz band; yet many
a husky barrelhouse artist, would
trade left hands with her.
. (Addenda) Shop Fields—a straw
in a “water glass, with or without so
dn—a triumph in jazz art, by cour
tesy* of the Rexall stores. Doesn't he
ravish you?
ALVIN MORROW
FLORIST
Dial 2302
139 S. Allen
State College