rage rive, PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lapse. established 1887 THE MANAC ZOHNSON BRENNENIAN '37 Editor E. TOWNSEND SWALM '37 ?dumping Editor PHILIP S. HEISLER '37 News Editor W. ROBERT GRUBS '37 Sports Editor RICHARD LEWIS '37 Feature Editor MARION A. RINGER '37 Women's Editor M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '77 Women's Managing Editor ' ASSOCIATE EDITORS Woodrow W. Bierly '33 ' Francis IL Scsmezok '3B Jerome Weinstein '3B Charles M. Wheeler jr. '33 JOY H. Daniels '3B Carl W. Diehl '3B Robert E. Elliott ie. .38 Kathryn 31. Tenni:es '35 Robert S. McKelvey '3B John C. Sabella '3B WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS Shirley R. Helms '3B Crorght IL Powers . 98 Caroline Tyson '9B Managing Editor This Issue News Editor This Issue Tuesday, January 19, 1937 "C 43 ATHOLICAITING" OBVIOUSLY Rev. Owen Al. Gallagher, 'rector of Our Lady of Victory rectory here (see communi cation in the "Letterbox") can have no legiti mate objection to the COLLEGIAN'S reporting any Open meeting - held in Schwab auditorium. Furthermore, in so . far as it is possible to boil down an hour and fifteen minutes of speeches into 200 words, the COLLEGIAN'S account is accurate. Since the COLLEGIAN account is accurate it follows, Rev. Gallagher assumes, that several remarks deroga tory to the Catholic church were made by the speak ers. It it is assumed that the Catholic church, from the Pope down to its lowliest communicant, is above criti cism, Rev. Gallagher is correct. Two of the speakers criticized certain members of the Catholic priesthood in Spain, who (they said) sided with and abetted the rebellion of Gen. Franco in that country. It is also true that ?tone of the speakers criticized Catholicism as a- doctrine or a. faith. Rev. Gallagher states that the three speakers lied. In this connection we can only present the speaker's background and let others judge as they may. The three speakers, Prof. Pedro 'Villa Fernandez, of New York University; Mrs. Gonzales, native of Spain whose husband has been killed in the civil war; and the Rev. Julian Hamlin, former Boston minister who has been traveling in Europe for the last three years; were se cured by the State College Spanish Relief Committee from the American Friends of Spanish Democracy in New York City. The State College Spanish Relief Committee is composed of well-known faculty members, townspeople and students. The American Friends of Spanish Democracy is a non-profit agency which is organizing medical units to send to the aid of the distressed Spanish people. Its chairman is the Right Reverend Robert L. Paddock, re tired Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; its vice-chairman is John Dewey, America's foremost phil osopher; chairman of the executive committee is. Sam uel Guy Inman, clergyman, writer and member of the international law faculty at Columbia University. . If, as Rev. Gallagher says, the speakers made di rect lies—the blame for this must rest with these na tionally known and respected members of the Am erican Friends of Spanish Democracy who supplied, and stand back of, the speakers. Perhaps if Rev. Gallagher, as part of his study of the Spanish situation,, had attended the Mass .Meeting he would have seen that in no sense of the word were the speakers "Catholic-baiting." They did, however, take exception to the actions of certain priests who professed Catholicism in Spain. If, as Rev. Gallagher infers, to criticize any part of the Catholic Church is an "insult and an outrage to the Catholic members of the student body, to the Catholics of Pennsylvania .. . and to all Catholics in general,' then the accusation is true. The COLLEGIAN however, feels on principal, that few in deed of contemporary institutions, of whatever sort, are above criticism as a whole. To infer that criticism is an "insult" is to strike at the very foundations of Democracy. —E. T. S. CAN HONORARY SOCIETIES BE . JUSTIFIED? , Overabundance. of honorary and professional so cietias: .On this hampus offers a laughable situation and one ;quite unbecoming college men and women. There are thirty-six such organizations, plus sev eral other clubs here, the purpose of each being to pro mote interest and foster achieyement of its particular field. Membership in such a group presents a goal to ward which aspiring students in the field will work. However, over half of these societies hold meetings only to elect officers and to decide who is to be bid to the ranks. In no way do they fulfill any real purpose. Many do not even have a charter; all they have is a name (which several of the members have not yet learned) and officers. Without organization and with the low standards of scholarship rating and activity participation that practically all of the societies hold the fraternity can no longer be called "honorary." The problem raised by initiation dues also takes membership from an honorary basis. Because of the expense, many people are excluded from membership in the group, even if they are bid. The abolition of many "honoraries" would be the most sensible move for these organizations that contin ue to live in the "last-gasp" stage. Others should be fin.: proved by raising the standards and lowering the ini tiation fees. The activities honoraries, to mean more than a hat, a key, and the awe of the freshmen toward a "shot," must clamp dawn on the political ruling and accomplish something to justify their position, else ev en the freshmen will catch on. —G. P. NEATEST TRICK OF THE WEEK Saturday afternoon Samuel K. Hostetter was named College treasurer. Monday morning arrived at the College Publicity Department (more euphoniously referred to as Public Information) mats and cuts of Hostetter, obviously ordered last week or earlier. SMOKING IN RECREATION HALL HAS not been a serious problem so far this year, although there are still a few sportsmen who must have their nico tine no matter how annoying it is to the athletes whom they are watching. If these few would realize that the rule against smoking is made only for the benefit of those men who are performing they would decide that they could last another half-hour withuot a drag on a NG !WARD ALAN L. SMITH '37 Business Manager KENNETH W. ENGEL '37 Ativertiaing Manager PHILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37 Promotion 'Manager GEORGE W. BIRD '37 Circulation Manager IRWIN ROTH '37 Foreign Advertising Manager JEAN C. HOOVER '37 Secretary REGINA J. RYAN '37 Women's News Editor _Jerome Woireteln '39 _Woodrow W. Bierly __under. Automat Education: Bryan Hayes, who refereed the West Md. meet, was discussing college boxing after the bouts.. In pointing out how the smaller colleges were coming . up in the fistic world he took as examples William & Mary, Washington & Jefferson, Horn & Hardart . Penn State in the News: COUNTRY BOYS:" Many of our large cities would decline if it wasn't .that the • rural areas send many of their Most capable people to the city."—Professor :WE. John of Pennsylvania State Col- OLD MANIA Manuel Diego Rivera, Mexican muralist and ad vocate of World. Revolution of the Proletariat, and Andrew W. Case, of the department of tine arts, here, have something in common. Not much, we think, but something. Each has been done wrong by and each resents it. In Trotskyite Riveras' case (as in Case's case) he did a mural. In Rivera's case his.mural was a good one (according to Rivera); but in Case's case, Case's mural was a bad one (according to Case). Rivera did his painting on a hotel in Mexico, Case in the office adjoining Dean Stoddart's office in SLA. In Mexico, an irate hotel manager painted over certain "objectionable" portions of Rivera's paintings. In State College, Liberal' Arts profs insist on hang ing Case's painting. Both'artists are concerned about their professional reputation and artistic • integrity —or something. Rivera says that when any other brush but his own touches his canvass, its forgery! Case, on the other hand, says his painting—done some time ago—is not ART, is not of a calibre to have his name inscribed on it, is not, in fact, worthy to be on view at all. Rivera fumed, sued the hotel manager, secured damages and had the mutilated murals removed. Just what will become of the Case painting has yet to be decided. Prof. Cose swears either the painting must be removed (he is willing to do another) or his name must be obliterated. • • Meanwhile, some sixty Liberal Arts professors, who evidently are not terribly critical about their art, have signed a petition defending the painting and demanding that it must remain. "I've Got YoU Under My Thumb: "Fellows;" bragged the youth, "have 1 got that babe sowed up! She's really under yours truely's thumb. All I !have to do is raise a finger and she'll jump through hoops for me, Yah!" The "youth" was Dick Agster '3B, Accasia in mate. The "babe" Flo Wolozyn, freshman bisquit. Scene two: Friday night, after a date with Flo, Dick has retreated to his bed. Two o'clock, the tele phone rings insistently and a female voice asks for Agster. The brothers listen attentively. Dick argues for a moment, concedes, hangs up, gets dressed, goes out. The brothers wonder. Dick has gone for a hamburg to take to Flo at the Davy Club. Scene three: Saturday night. Flo has a date— but not with Dick. Moral: You never can tell whose thumb who's lee. Prof. John, strangely enough, is Asst.. Prof. of Agricultural Economics! The statement is from the N. Y. Times "Quotes of the Week" column. • + Attention, Senior Ball Committee: "The N. Y. U. sophomore beer-fest will have strip-teasers and other stageaccouterments. No fac ulty members will be admitted, because the collegi ates want to be raided—so that the resultant pub licity will make next year's fest a financial success .. ." (From Leonard Lyons' "Broadway Gazette.") + + + Randomdata: Gordie Zern was burned up about being aroused in the middle of the night to receive a telegram of no importance. As retaliation he wrote one back and explained to the operator that he wanted it deliv ered as close to 4 o'clock in the morning as possible. Western Union's N. Y. operator tried in vain to get the family—all out of town, held telegimin over 24 hrs. and delivered it 4 o'clock the next inorning . . A k pie's Bill Greiner'w6S seen making off withl,i a-crnr rm table cloth, t'other day . .. Campy ran a list of "gift exchangers" before the Xmas vacation. —THE MANIAC TEE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Letter Box To the Editor: On behalf of the . Independent Party•of the class of 1538 I would like to commend the COLLEGIAN for its policy of attempting to better campus polities: and the progressive nature of the present Senior• Class president, far his stressing the need of reform in the polities on our cam pus. We are whole-heartedly in fa vor of the proposal made by the Cot- LemAN and by . Frank A. Osterhind, in fact, we are bound to such - a pro gram by the constitution of our party. I would like to explain that the Independent Party of the class of 1938 was reorganized during Octo ber of this school- year and after sev eral months of careful study, during which a large percentage of the In dependent voters were consulted, a constitution was adopted. This party was formed not . to "bargain" with the existing cliques, but to be a defi nite organ of student opinion on our campus. I quote the preamble of the Constitution of the Independent Par ty, "In order to-stimulate and arouse the Independent men in an active in terest 'and participation in student governmental 'affair's, to increase efficiency of collegiate 'politics, to foster and perpetuate the ideals and principles of equal participation of all classes of students and to provide fo• the . Independent following a mer itous and democratic action—" Section 4 'of Article I states, "Past history in collegiate politics has shown elections based on compulsory organization or 'built-up' personali ties; the 'lndependent Party will in ject platform issues of student im portance and welfare into the cam paign, With suggestions from party members and Independent voters of the College. During past elections, and at the present, the Independent group has been seriously 'handicapped because the two existing cliques through their executive groups have kept election rules and procedures a more or ,less secret matter. In fact, mainly be cause of this reason, the Independ ents have not been able to have their own party, and have been used as the political "football" between the two cliques. This year the Independent men are determined to have their party on the ballots and thus help voice student objections to the present political set up. College authorities have been approached and have expressed .them selves as being unopposed to such ac tion. We therefore invite any sug gestions from the,.19.18 electorate. SirTeerely yours, Robert. J. 'Baxter '3B, Acting Chairman, In4ependent Party. January 17, 1937 To the Editor Will you please print the following —preferably on the 'front page? "The break in the Spanish Cath olic Church" "Corruptness of the old Church" "Used Churches for arsenals." No, ladies and 'gentlemen, these are not excerpts from "The Menace," "The Fellowship Forum," or "The Rail Splitter:" they appeared, believe it or not, on the front page of our very .own COLLEGIAN of Jan. 12th. The COLLEGIAN was reporting speeches made by persons who talked under the auspices of the State Col lege Relief Committee, in Schwab au ditorium on the subject of the Civil War in Spain. "If the report in the C9LLEGinx is a correct.account — of what was said py these. persons—,and COLLEGIAN re; porting' 'IS usually acCurate—Lthen several remarks derogatory to the Catholic Church were made. There wore uncalled-for, and I do not hesitate to give the lie direct--un true. To anyone who has given any study at all to the Spanish situation, the effort of_ those speakers to place so much . blame on the Catholic Church—if the COLLEGIAN account be true—is simply 'fantastic. The remarks quoted at the begin ning of this letter, therefore, consti tute an insult and an outrage to the Catholic members of the student body, to the Catholics of Pennsylvania whose taxes help to support the Col lege, and to all Catholics in general. We are not taking it lying down. I have already filed protests over the affair with the proper authorities. If future speakers from the College rostrums are not chosen with more care than was exercised in the selec tion to those individuals, then I sup pose we may as well look for the A TON OF: COAL IS A TON :21F COAL BUT Service Quality Courtesy Are a part of your, dealing with FOSTER COAL COMPANY PHONE 2653, FOOT LIGHTS I `H. M. S. Pinafore' CAST The Rt. Hon. Sir John Joseph Porter, K. C. B. (First Lord of the Admiralty) Edward Leigh Copt Corcoran (Commanding H. M. S. Pinafore) Donald Dixon Ralph Rackstraw (Able Seaman) Fred Serif Dick Deadeye (Able Seaman) • _ Jim Unangst Bill Bobstay (Boatswain's Mate) ' Joe Cook Bob Bcgket (Carpenter's Kate) Ralph DuVze Josephine (The Captain's Daughter) Bess Edell?lute Bebe (Sir Joseph's First Cousin) Evelyn Van Antwerp Little Buttercup (A Portsmouth Bumboat Woman) Margaret Giffen First Lord's Sisters, his Cousins, his Aunts. Sailors, 'Marines, etc. Edward Leigh as the Right . Honorable Sir Joseph Porter walked off the stage Saturday night as the audience's individual hero of the .Glee-Thespian version of Gilbert and Sullivan's "H. M. S. 'Pinafore." In fact, it must be added, he literally trucked his way into their hearts. It was good burlesque without strip-tease, but our view is that Mes sieurs Gilbert and , Sullivan Would have turner over in their graves had they seen it. We do not say that Mr. Leigh or his fellow comedians have no poSsi bilities. We say that Sir Joseph gave a clever and enjoyable performance. But certainly not a Gilbert and Sullivan one. We have seen Gilbert and Sullivan before. There is a story lat Imunti•us about some of the cast going to New York to see a D'Oyly Carte performance of the "Pinafore." It should haunt those who went as well. For, although the . boys may have topped ofrthe evening in Harlem, we still contend they didn't. see much trucking called for in the original script. And that was our conception of what the cast was supposed 'to do— recreate Gilbert and Sullivan's "H. M. S. Pinafore." What resulted was a burlesque show with emphasis on music and comedy. Don't get the idea we didn't enjoy ourselves. Dry and dead was he. that didn't. But we didn't see what Gilbert and Sullivan planned their . master ( piece to be. • Bess Edelblute, as Josephine, displayed a remarkable voice. Her•acting was of a different order. She emoted with dead-pan mononity. Nest to her vocal work, the chorus under the leadership of Joseph Cook spent the most successful evening. • Don Dixon, as the captain, Fred Serif, as the romantic lead, and Peg Gillen, as Buttercup, did vocal work of high order. Fault can be found with the make-up of Dixon and Miss Giffen, who were supposed to look old and didn't. Mi. Dixon rates right up in there for burlesque ability, While Miss Gillen had the spirit of her role well in mind. As a common seamen Mi. Dix on lacked the inane look that Mr. Serif adopted upon donning the captain's uniform. James Unangst did well in captivating the audience while earning the hatred of the crew. That was his job, even under .Gilbert and Sullivan. His acting was good but his diction none too distinct. We must commend the flawless continuity of the performance. Although the first act dragged somewhat, the second moved rapidly along. And that lagging in the first was not one of technical imperfections. Each performer knew this part well. There were no hitches., With the direction though, we must find fault in the over emphasis of encores in the first act: The audience can be described as most enthusiastic and gave vent to its feelings with gusto after particularly deserving bits. It was too bad they were forced to applaud near the beginning and that the characters were embarrassed by redoing their numbers. We also feel that the characters became embarrassed after their dramatic utterances and over burlesqued their asides to the audience by making fun of themselves. As for the crowd: there weren't as many empty seats as there have been on numerous occasions, but we can't help but opine that had the prices ranged from fifty to seventy-five cents, there would have been none. Dr. Mackay Stresses Need:of Inner Peace The need of inward peace to solve the eternal conflicts of the world was stressed by Dr. John A. Mackay, president of the Princeton• Theolog ical Seminary, at the regular Sunday morning chapel service in 'Schwab auditorium. Dr. Mackay, secretary of the Board !of Foreign Missions of the Presby terian Church, is noted for his work in South America, having founded the Anglo-Peruvian College in Peru and working as a writer and evange list under the Y.M.C.A. He is the author of several books, including "The Other Spanish Christ," and "That Other America." Peace, which is only found in an active life can not be obtained unless a person has a cause for living, ac cording to Dr. Mackay; who said that to obey God's will is to develop the potentiality of one's being. "We find a perfect example of peace in the world of nature," said Dr. Mackay( who compared the peace ful life to a river which is born' in committment and lives in ceaseless action. pleasure (?) of hearing "Maria Monk, the ex-nun"---if the poor soul is still "lecturing," or others of that ilk. When the platform at State Col lege descends to Catholic-baiting, it has fallen upon evil days, indeed. Rev. Owen M. Gallagher, Rector. A Common Expression in Town and on Campus "You Can Get It at METZGER'S" We are now buying used Books for the Second Semester Cash or Liberal Trade in allowance for your Used Books. See Our Want-List Strand and Northland Skis Poles $1.85 to $5.50 Pine—Maple—Ash—Hickory Ski Boots $4.75 to $5.50 Ski Harness $2.00 to $5.00 Snow Shoes RADIOS, TYPEWRITERS, RIFLES FOR SALE AND FOR RENT LAUNDRY CASES $.98 to $4.50 Our fibre cases will give years of service. SHOP . AT METZGER'S -C. M. W. Jr Fuel Technology C. C. Hsaino has returned to China as technologist in the National Geo graphich.Survey of China, having fin iShed his work for a Ph. D. degree. lie was research assistant in fuel technology in the school of mineral industries. George A. Brady, of the depart ment of fuel technology, is conduct ing a _research on the surface pro perties of coal under a fellowship in fuel technology established by the Rochester and' Pittsburgh Coal com pany. &M. r, 'Evenings at . . 6:30 and 8:30 Last Complete Show . . 9:05 Matinee Every Saturday . 1:30 TODAY and WED Au outstanding French film of the past year— "SANS FAMILLE"- . This picture is being. sponsored by the French Department at the College. THURSDAY Lily l'ons, Jack Onkie in "That Girl From Paris" with Gene Raymond, Herman Bing Tu - qsdity, January 19, 1937 `Tempo' Carries Nichols Article on Beiderbeck The January issue of Tempo, a magazine dealing with contemporary music, particularly in the field of jazz, contains an article by Edward J. Nichols, of the department of Eng lish composition, on the musical back groupd of Bix :Beiderbeck, generally considered by critics to be the great est of the "hot" players. . . . . • rATHAU Shoivs at . 1:30, 3:00, 6:30, 8:30 Complete Show as late as 9:05 p.m. LAST TIMES TODAY The thrilling piiturizatfon of the conquest of the great. West. WEDNESDAY Also at the NITTANY Thursday Five new Swing songs. A .thou shn laughs. The French accent on U. S. A. Swing. 0 • • ataZ • with • HERMAN BIER • ' MISCHAAUER LUCILLE BALL - FRANK JERKS • iil o te.e u t c edby . Le.•:ghJeion. Pendro t Berman .. • n.on ou . „ Ag y usi E c a fg rd A i lhur Schwant THURSDAY ONLY
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