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Friday, January 22, 1937
TWINS IN THE "TIMES"
Twins are interesting; people like to read about
them, see them. But readers of the New York Times
are quite likely to get the impression that twins are
Penn State's chief contribution to the educational field.
On the main page of the educational section of last
Sunday's Times, there was a large, three-column pic
ture of the eleven sets of twins attending Penn State
this year. The caption told that there were twelve
sets, with the additional pair attending an undergrad
uate center.
While Dartmouth College reports that a new advis
or has been appointed for their readjuited fraternity
system, Brown University pays tribute to Horace Mann
as the father of the American School, Amherst tells
of plans for a modern infirmary, Smith relates the rise
of world events in campus discussion, the University of
Rochester plans for students to weigh problems of
peace, and Cornell reports on new health study—Penn
State has twins!
There are many- things happening on this campus
daily that are of more importance than twins to the
outside world. Some of the more recent things can be
seen in a moment. For instance, the forming of the re
lief committee for war-torn Spain by every organiza
tion connected with town and campus puts Penn State
ahead of other colleges who now plan to do the same
thing. Famed scientists and technical workers are dai
ly making discoveries that are of high interest. The
school of physical education and athletics plans an elect-
We program that is leading a new education trend.
But Penn State has twins.
Twins are usually of news interest and a picture
such as appeared in the Times would be of value in a
rotogravure section of most papers. But the tone and
quality of the New York Times is somewhat above an
ordinary interest picture and if Penn State is ever to
get out of that "cow' college" classification, something
must be done.
Penn State, with its seven schools, is earning a
place in the field . of education, in the East, at least.
The department of public information which usually
dispenses news in a commendable manner certainly
should be able to find educational trends about which
the Times reports weekly. Penn State has more than
twins.
ANNOYANCE NOTES
Art should not need to wait for athletics
Still where there are as many patrons of both as
we have here it is a sensible idea to time events bet
ter than was done Tuesday night. Fortunately a late
bus delayed the Artists' Course long enough for the
basketball fans to get to the Auditorium before the pro
gram began. If it had started as scheduled a five min
ute intermission would have been necessary to seat late-
We suggest to the proper authorities a new and
much-needed course: DramaticS (Supply any number)
Curtain Driwing (3):—Study of the'-technical prob
lenis connected with drawing curtains with emphasis
on timing for encores.
IN THE INTERESTS OF ART AND HELPING
students to know What Is Going On In the World we
suggest that someone make an effort to bring the road
company of the WPA Theatre's "It Can't Happen
Here" to the campus. Starting early next, month this
group is touring the eastern colleges and since it is in
part government subsidized the cost of having the play
should be low.
ALL THE OLD IDEAS ARE BEING SHAT
tered.
Last week a class president made a sensible sugges
tion to raise the level of politics 'on the campus. This
week come authentic tales
,of how a dance committee
actually held several meetings and talked about or
chestras. For years the Commax has been quoting
dance chairmen as saying. "This was the best band
available on this date' For once it is really true.
THOUGHT FOR FOOD
Last year the women on campus petitioned that
breakfast in Mac hall be made optional. They were
tired of paying for a meal which they seldom ate.
The venture was reported successful but in Sep
tember they paid the usual board fee which included
breakfast—served only at 7:16 o'clock.
The 396 women who take their meals at Mac ball
each pay $lB a semester for breakfast. There are
about 160 at, the most who attend it. This leaves a
theoretical profit of over $9,000 a semester.
Breakfast served at 7:15 o'clock all through the
week is satisfactory to those who have 8 o'clock classes
every day, but decidedly not for the majority who have
them twice or three times a week. Most of them feel
that an hour or two of sleep is worth more than a
meal. They either do without breakfast or buy it.
Unless there is a complaint strong enough to force
the authorities to grant the women the privilege of an
optional breakfast, week after next will find them turn
ing over $9,000 for food which they will never eat.
CAMPUSEER
Correspondence
To the Maniac:
of the Case mural, but you were in error when you
designated my Liberal Arts daub a mural. The sub
ject under discussion was hurriedly batted out to
serve as a backdrop or something fair the L. A.
School's 75th anniversary—a favor for a harrased
committeeman. For your information, and in the in
terest of truth, a mural is a painting Which has been
designed for a certain wall—a serious work of art.
The piece of beaver board lately in Dean Stoddart's
office could scarcely be classified as such.
Cordially yours, ANDREW W. CASE
To Art 74 Prof. Dickson
Campy has generously (I miglrb say gladly)
consented to concede this small space to me tonight.
In asking that we print the above letter Mo. Case
explained that it would "help to clarify a slightly
unpleasant situation." In printing this letter to you
Mr. 'Dickson, I should like to clarify ;the same type
of situation. Your Art 74 class is swtlli and honest,
Mr. Dickson, I know the difference between a mural
and Mr. Case's daub. But you see we journalists, Ms.
Dickson, we have to write to our audience, see?
Charles M. Wheeler, jr.
—Francis 11. Szymczslc '39
P. S. 'Now that the Maniac has put in his word
may I add that I also am taking Art 74 under Prof.
Hyslop, so I may as well give your department a
hearty slap on the back for your attempt to make the
academic life more interesting as Prof. Hyslop ex
plained. "There is always one surprise in each test."
+ +
Knowledge Knotes:
We have been suspecting all along that, those
physicists couldn't possibly be as serious as they pre
tend and we came across proof for our belief the
other day in a physics text which defined an erg as
follows: "An erg is the amount , of work expended by
a well fed flea climbing through a vertical distance of
one centimeter."
Another revolution in knowledge is going on in
one of the psychology classes over the question giv
en in a true, false test. The question was, "A neuron
is of microscopic dimensions." Prof. Van Ormer,
teacher of the course, said it was false, although he
admits it cannot be seen with the naked eye, using
as his argument that a neuron may be a yard long
and anything a yard long cannot be clssified as mic
roscopic.
Lifted Leads:
We are forced to print the story about our own
Al Smith trying to free Helen Anderson's brother
from a charge of violating freshman customs by
calling up some of his B. M. 0: C. friends. The rea
son we say we are forced to print it is that for the
past two issues of this rag the Maniac and myself
have placed in the original copies of this column that
Al and Helen are quite the pash on the campus.
However, the gag never saw print for the simple rea
son that Al has formed his own censorship bureau
by hanging around the print shop and throwing
away any type which tells a story about himself.
Addenda:
In a letter from the gal back home Bob Grubb
learns that "The feeling between us is neutral" . . .
The squib on Flo Wolozyn's accomplishments with
Dick Agster, Accacia Cellini, has excited several re
percussions Still Flo has'the pin and ditto her
Davy Club sister Betty Marquis...who depinned Ron
Jacobs . . . Bob • Clark, self-Ailed Adonis, will bet
anyone almost anything that he can get a date with
any co-ed in this man's college .
Would you like to pass all your
examinations next semester?
That was an amusing little bit about the case
Hopefully yours, THE MANIAC
MOM
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TiirJ YEN N STATE COLLEGIAN
Library Displays
Bookmakers' Art
Prof. Heinle Lends 35 Volumes
For Comparison with Old
English Specimens
A collection of. books designed,
printed, and illustrated within the
present decade, forms the College Li
brary exhibit for. the current month.
The thirty-five books on display are
from the collection of Prof. J. Burn
Helme, of the department of archi
tecture.
As a demonstration that the art
and finesse in present-day book-mak
ing compares favorably with that of
the past, specimens from the best
presses of England and Ameriea are
shown. In many cases the designs,
both bindings and illustrations, are
entirely new. Among these are. City
Child, by Selma Robinson, and Ercw
hop, by Samuel Butler, both of which
are illustrated with pen-and-ink and
colored drawings by Rockwell Kent.
Several Adapted From Old Art
Other books demonstrate an adap-
tation or copy of famous old books
printed by early book-makers. An
example of 'this work is the edition
of Aeaope's Fables, translated from
the early text, and illustrated by for
ty-six old Florentine wood-blocks re
produced from a rare sixteenth cen
tury book. The woodcuts are re
drawn by hand by Bruce Rogers, the
designer and printer of this volume.
Distinctive binding of tooled leath
er, stained lambskin, and patterned
woven cloth supplement the print and
pictures in the various books. Wil
lard P. Lewis, College librarian, re
marked, "In beauty OT design and
artistry of workmanship, this is one
of the most significant - displays that
has been shown in the library."
Letter Box
To the Editor
The most enjoyable thing staged
on the campus in a number of
years that is what the 'Pina
fore' performance was of last Sat
urday evening!.
It may seem preposterous to of
fer comparisons with the D'Oyly
Carte Company's current rendition
of the same comic opera; but, ac
tually, we had, here a ballet one
felt was corn - posed of living peo
ple. The choral and dancing sup
port of the English group seemed
to be done by expressionless dolls, -
spontaniety lost, by the many re
petitions, I
,suppose—Our Sir . Jo
seph was excellent and really more
enjoyable than the D'oyly Carte's
Sir Joseph. The singing and acting
was good throughout.
As Penn State traditions of a
prep school sort disappear, how
fine it would be to inaugurate sub
stitutes of a more intellectual kind!
Why can't we have a Gilbert and
Sullivan cycle here? The talent and
interest are here. .
And while on the subject of addi
tions to the traditions, may I sug
est another? With such an excel
lent organ, why 'can't it be known,
if at every Sunday afternoon there
could be arranged' a concert. Many
of our faculty members are cap
able organists and willing to vol
unteer.
One Act Plays Staged
By Dramatics Classes
' TWO' on'e' act pinY:s staged; directed
and acted by students in Dramatics
classes instructed by Professor Ar
thur C. Cloetingh and Frank C.
Neusbaum, of the department of dra
matics, were presented in the Lit
tle Theatre Wednesday night.
"The Last of the Lowries," a trag
edy by Paul and Erma Green, was
directed by Hermione H. Hunt '3B.
The downtrodden half breeds were
played by Dorothy E. Bollinger '3B,
Shirley R. Helms '3B, Jane Van Du
sen '3B, and Roy Uhlinger '39.
"The Dickey Bird," by Harvey o'-
Higgens and Harriet Ford, was di
rected by Ane Boyer '37. The cast
included Lester M. Benjamin '37,
Ruth Edgar '3B, Henrietta M. Landis
I'3B, and Marcia L. Marling
The homecoming attendance record
at the University of Minnesota was
shattered by 5,000 this year when 69,-
000 fans saw the Gophers smother
the Hawkeyes.
March 27 a.m.
March 27 p.rfi.
Final Clearance
Friday and Saturday, January 22nd and 23rd
ALL FALL FORMAL, INFORMAL and
STREET DRESSES
Will be sold at reduction of one-third to one-half
of their former values.
schlow's Quality Shop
Dennis Favors Result
Of Student Auto Plan
IntervimVed concerning the work
ing of the student automobile plan on
the campus, Captain William V. Den
nis, of the campus patrol, voiced the
opinion that he "considered the con
duct of student drivers satisfactory
to date."
No comparisons can be made of the
present auto licensing plan with the
past ban on a student-owned 'autos.
Captain Dennis believes that it was
inevitable that the accident figures
mounted in.town as the result of the
increase in traffic.
Captain Dennis emphasized the
fact that too many of the minor rob
beries on the campus in the college
buildings result through carelessness
of 'the people who leave personal
property and valuables within easy
reach of,preying hands.
Silent Period To Begin
For Women Saturday
A silent period in woman's rush
ing will begin tomorrow at noon
and end Saturday, January 30 at
noon. During this interval, all as—
sociation between fraternity and
rushes will be suspended. Any
group which deliberately violates
this ruling will be severly punish
ed.
Unique Coke Oven
Installed Here; •
Cost $1,500
A practical test coke oven, described
by Dean Edward Steidle, head of the
School of Mineral Industries, as the
only one of its kind in the world has
just been completed and is now in
operation in the basement of the Min
eral Industries Building. Dr. Walter
M. Fuchs is in charge of tests made
in the new oven.
Previous to the installation of this ,
new oven, coke was made in a fifty
gram oven which was not practical.
In this new by-product oven, condi
tions similar to those found in .the
industry will be present.
The charge of 600 pounds of coal
will produce 300 pounds of coke, a
decided advantage over the old one.
Thus coke necessary for the various
experiments can be easily produced.
Dr. Fuchs plans to blend the vari
ous types of coal so as to find the
best possible combinations for the
needs of the industry. The test coke,
produced since the oven was complet
e& in September, has been found to
be sufficient to run the many tests
planned by Dr. Fuchs.
The oven was installed by the funds
provided by the Central Pennsylvania
Coal and Coke Producers Association.
The cost of installation and building
was $1,500. A chimney was built in
an unused dumb-waiter in the corner
of the Mineral Industries Building.
The coke oven closely resembles the
modern by-product one in all details.
Grip Causes Ban
On Group Visits
- ITo Infirmary
Very truly,
K
Due to the large number of severe
colds and mild cases of La Grippe in
the Infirmary, Dr. Joseph - P. Riten
our, College physician, requests stu
dents not, to visit in the Infirmary in
'groups.
He stated that the Infirmary is fil
led to near capacity, and with the
large number of visitors between the
hours of 5:30 and 8:00 in the even
ing, the place, "was beginning to
sound like a fraternity house.
"They would come in and sit all
over the bed," he said, "and by get
ting so close to the patient endanger
their own health and the health of
others."
Dr. Ritenour doesn't mind if you
come up inclividaully, but he believes'
that group visiting is not conducive to
helping the recovery of some of the
more severe cases.
He wants it thoroughly understood
that this ban on group visiting is no
cause for alarm, but merely a pre
cautionary measure for the good of
all concerned.
Seventy-five of the 272 members
of the freshman class at Lafayette
College are either sons or relatives
of alumni of the college.
The Record. Crop I
After a narrow escape from falling
into Shop Field's fishbowl, the Sen
ior Ball Committee managed to pick
a really good outfit for its dance on
March 5. Bob Crosby's band isn't the
best in the country but it is certainly
the finest Senior Ball orchestra in
the memory of the present generation.
Authority E. J. Nichols has given
them his Stamp of Approval and stu
dents who have danced to them re
cently report that, they are emmin
ently satisfactory.
Bob recruited his band from an old
unit of Ben Pollack's, and made few
replacements in that bunch. The
band's library has plenty of lioth hot
and sweet numbers. The hot numbers
have sock and drive that'll curl the
iron reinforcements. They are the
glorious, free variety that have
blood boiling from the New Ohlins
rnthskellers to -Hotel New Yorker.
Then Bob can calm down the lads in
to a soft relaxed number featuring
light rhythms in a feathery atmos
phere.
On getting autographs; first carry
your own pen; second sneak around
Bob Crosby and nab Eddie Miller,
the tenor sax man sitting second in'.,
the sax section. The only white man
superior to him is Bud Freeman with
Tom Dorsey. Eddie's interee(ted dn
model airplanes and almost anything
mechanical. Save a page in the pro
gram for Ray Baudas, Gene Krupa's
chief rival on the drums. Louis Arm
strong says he's the best of all times.
Like Eddie Miller he's from New
Orleans. Number three of the greats
in the ensemble is Bob "bass fiddle"
Haggard. Taking time out from being
one of the three best bass men he
makes arrangements for the ;band
with Dean Kincaide (arranger for
B. Goodman and Red Norco). Bob
is an authority on Louis Armstrong
I records and Uncle Wiggly. Yank
Lausen, the taller of the trumpeters,
waxes white hot but isn't in the class
with the above-mentioned musicians
at present. As for Crosby himself—
he's one of four brothers and young
er than Bing. He was a center, but
was always out of the game for
roughness, and a slugging short stop.
During the "Knock. Knock" season
his favorite was " . . .consomme Mc-
Mullin . . . consomme McMullincholy
Baby."
Crosby's records are released by
Decca. In September he waxed
"Through the Courtesy of Ldve."
with "Mg Kingdom for a Kiss" (Dec
al 903). When the dance fans take
that disc off try "Pagan Love Sondy s !
(Demi - 890).' a swell hOt number,
and, aside, if that's the way the pa
gan's make loie, lead me to them.
Reverse is "Come Back Sweet Pap
ye." Incidentally on Bluebirds under
trumpet of Wingy Mannone seven of
the Crosbites have propelled some
really hot stuff down the channel.
Try 6375, "Dallas Blues" and "Swing
ing at the Famous Door," and one
side of 6616 "In the Groove." More
dancapations on Decea 930 "Peter
Piper" and "Women on soy Weary
Mind. What I said about "Savoy
Blues and Sugar Foot Strut in the
COLLEGIAN of Friday the 15th still
holds. Unfortunately since all these
discs were made, Clarinet Matty Mat
: lock, was traded with Noble for
1 Johnny Mince. I think the Crosby
crew got gypped.—Brew
founded 1865 Seventy-Second Year
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Ritenour , Advises
Training Period
For. Exams
Take the advice of a physician and
train for your examinations.
The association of training with
athletics . has given the word 'train'
a misconcepted meaning. In the opin
ion of Doctor Ritenour, training for
an athletic event is not conditioning
the muscles of the body to Withstand
the strain incident to a contest de
manding great strength so much as it
is a preparation of the nervous sys
tem, which ,of course includes the
bruin, intelligence and skill during
a contest. • -
. ,
An examiation is a contest making
just as heavy demands upon the ner
vous syStem as does an athletic con
test, and it behooves one to prepare
for the combat by undergoing a sea
son of training previous to and during
the examiation period.
Doctor. Ritenour'offers the follow
ing rules, which to be effective must
be adhered to without evasion.
Rest. To avoid fatigue, physical or
mental,, one must rest. It should be
obtained by reclining in a horizontal
position for at least eight hours a day.
Exercise. Daily stimulation of the
muscular, cardiac, nervous and ex
cretory systems to increased activity
through exercise or physical exertion
is necessary in order for the body to
function efficiently.
Recreation. This rule is usually
overdone. It implies the exertion of
distracting the mind from the "more
serious matters." No further expla
nation is needed.
Food. Fresh fruits, green leafy veg
etables and milk should. be included
in the diet in generous amounts. oth
er foods should be according to sci
entifiic principles and eaten at regu
lar intervals. Don't eat between
meals! A glass of milk with a few
crackers before retiring may be con
ducive to_ sound sleep and rest.
The members of the Health Service
will be pleased to aid students who
have difficulty with the problem of
training for examinations.
Fenske Named Leader
Of Research Division
• Prof.. Merril R. Fenske, of the
school of chemistry and physics, was
appointed head of the division of in
dustrial research work under cooper
ative agreements between the college
and industrial groups in Pennsylvan
ia, such work having increased con
siderably recently. ,
Professor Fenske came'h'ere - in 1929"
under a special appropriation from
the state for researches on Pennsyl
vania petroleum and has had• charge
of the, petroleum refining research
ever. since. He .has, had wide exper
ience in applying the methods of phy
sical chemistry, chemical engineering,
and organic cemistry to problems of
industrial importhance.
Only two laboratories are attack
ing the problems of petroleum com
position—the National Bureau of
Standards and Dr. Fenske's labora
tory.
Capital—s2oo,ooo
Surplus and Undivided
Profits—s27s,ooo
The
First National Bank
of State College
STATE COLLEGE, PA.
Member of Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation
John T. McCormick, President
David P. Kapp, 'Cashier
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