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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
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ALAN L. SMITH M 7
Business Manager
KENNETH W. ENGEL '37
Advertising Manager
PHILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37
Promotion Manager
GEORGE W. BIRD '37
Circulation Manager -
IRWIN ROTH '37
Foreign Advertising Manager
JEAN C. HOOVER '37
Secretory
REGINA J. RYAN '37
Women's News Editor
THE BIA.SAG
JOHNSON BRENNEMAN •f 7
E. TOWNSEND SWAIM '37
Managing Editor
PHILIP S. HEISLER '37
, News Editor
W. ROBERT GRUBS '37
Snorts Editor
RICHARD LEWIS '37
Feature Editor
MARION A. RINGER '37
Women's Editor
M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '37
Women's Managing Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Woodrow W. BierlWeiny Froneis T. Szymesok IS
Jerome stetn 11 Charles :11. Wheeler Jr. IS
ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
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Jay H. Daniels 18 Carl W. Diehl 'BB Robert E. Elliott sr. 19
Kathryn if. Tenalsgs 18 Robert S. MeKelxey '3B Jobn G. Sabella '36
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Shirley It. Helms . Georgia H. Powers 'ZS Caroline Inure .38
Blonaciog Editor This Issue__
NossEditor This Issue
Tuesday, February 9, 1937
FLYING BEHIND THE TIMES
IN LACKING A course in the fundamentals of aero
nautics, Penn State's School of Engineering is
flying behind the times. While such colleges as M.
I. T., Carnegie Tech, N. Y. U., Columbia and Duke offer
aeronautical training in mechanical engineering, Penn
State students learn about gas, steam, and a few more
modern motors.
No engineering student should graduate without a
basic knowledge of the airplane. The air industry, which
even through the depression showed a gain and over
the past year increased fifty-two per cent, has taken its
place in our modern world.
Transportation by air is here to stay. Such recent ex
ploits as Howard Hughes' seven and a half hour contin
ental dash will be commonplace. Here is a definite field
for young men in piloting, maintainence, development,
weather, stratosphere, structures, radio, or research.
A recent article in the New York Times' stated there are
twenty-two men on the ground for every one in the air.
The manufacture of airplanes requires the highest
form of engineering skill. Penn State, which already
has contributed greatly to engineering, could be of fur
ther importance by helping in aeronautics.
The tremendous speed of airplanes must be handled
with the highest intelligence. Illiterates can operate
land and water vehicles but it requires educated men to
guide the airplane. As a safety measure, training is
essential.
The necessity for trained workers was stressed 're
cently when the aeronautical branch of the Department
of Commerce installed courses in high schools through
out the country. If high schools are teaching aeronau
tics, educational institutions such as Penn State should
further the advancement.
When aeronautics are mentioned here, those who
would be responsible say that such a course would in
volve thousands of dollars, which are not available now.
This is not true.
To start, a course in the department of mechanical
engineering, teaching the fundamentals, would be desir
able. For this, accessories from a modern airplane, such
as engines, propellors, etc., would be needed. All these
may be obtained from the Navy Department, free of
charge. This is a service of the government given to all
land grant colleges.
Flying behind the times might easily be changed to
flying with the times. If Penn State is to maintain its
standing in education, aeronautics must be installed.
W.
YOUTH MOVES ON WASHINGTON
WHEN FEDERAL RELIEF first came to town
as FERA to help hundreds of Penn State stu
dents stay in College and eat, it was classified
as an emergency measure. But FERA merged into
NYA, and, as the country began to pick itself up front
the depression, the predicted diminution of need and
the predicted decrease in the number of students re
ceiving NYA aid never materialized.
Instead of decreasing, the need for NYA at Penn
State,. as well as at the eighty-two other colleges and
universities throughout the State receiving aid, has ac
tually. inereased. Instead of providing jobs for only 12
per;:cent of student enrollMent, as of October 1934,
the NYA administration now has to provide
jobs for 19 per cent of that enrollment,. or 17 per cent
of thd e present enrollment. Last pay period; cheeks went
out to 860 graduate and undergraduate students here.
The response to this increase has been the reduction of
the stipend from $l5 to $10.50 per month.
With the tide of returning prosperity, more applica
tions for NYA jobs have drifted in than ever before.
How come?
At best, NYA is a temporary measure, designed to
fill what was thought to be a temporary need. But we
now recognize that the need is not temporary, it is per-
In America today, more than one-third of our gen
eration lives on the financial shoe-string. This third is
our economic refuse. To appreciate only one phase of
the situation, we can take a good look around us and
see 17 per cent of our student body receiving NYA, the
majority enabled to stay in College only by means of it.
In order to cope with the need for security, the
American Youth Act is now coming up before Congress.
In addition to providing educational and employment
opportunities for millions of demoralized, needy youth,
the Act provides employment for college students with
a minimum wage of $25 per month. Contrast this with
the $10.50 undergraduate NYA students are receiving
now.
To spur the passage of this bill, thousands of college
students are marching to Washington on February 10,
20 and 21 to attend hearings and to present petitions
for its passage bearing over 1,000,000 signatures to
President Roosevelt. A delegation from Penn State
is already being formed by the local chapter of the
American Student Union. Anyone is eligible to go.
The Penn State delegation will join thousands from
other colleges and universities throughout the nation at
the end of next week. Youth moves on Washington in
the belief that it must and can share in the fruits of a
democracy which is its heritage.—R. L.
IF "SOME LOYAL PENN STATERS" arc serious
in the accusations made in their recent anonymous let
ter and will furnish their names along with a translation
key we will be glad to print their insinuations and com
ment upon them. The COLLEGIAN'S policy of ignoring
Sit-Down?
If . President Hetzel accepts the offer of the Wiscon
sin University regents to become Glenn Frank's suc
cessor, Will we take it lying down? NO, let's SIT
DOWN!
The recent demonstration of student appreciation
and liking for Pray Hetzel on the occasion of his
tenth anniversary showed beyond question that his
place is here, not Wisconsin. When Glenn Frank
was voted out by the Wisconsin regents, Wisconsin
students voiced their objection by a mass demonstra
tion and picketing, with little success. Their tactics
were stale, out moded. If Hetzel goes we must sit
down!
When you come right down to it there is little dif
ference between the General Motors production line
and the educational process here or at other institu
tions of higher learning. In Flint a group of workers
sat-down in the Fisher :Body plant and paralyzed the
whole industry. Strikes spread immediately to other
plants and the result of the controversy is still hang
ing fire.
Let the freshman and sophomore Physical Educa
tion classes "sit-down" in the Recivation Hall "body
plant" and the whole educational "assembly line" will
come to an abrupt halt. The Bull Pen would prob
ably be the next most strategic "plant" for the strik
ers to occupy. Then let the Art 74 and Music 61
classes "stay-in" •and the culture veneering process
is shut down. If we could get the live stock to "sit
down" in the Live Stock Judging Pavilion the educa
tion Mill would be shut down tighter than a Blue
Band drum.
-Cherles N. Wheeler. jr. 'SA
_—_Frunels H. Sumer,* TS
There would probably be some difficulty with the
R. 0. T. C. units here though. If, as in Flint, the
Governor should order out the troops "to preserve
order," the R. 0. T. C. units would be mobilized of
course. How this would affect the freshmen and soph
omore sit-downers in the "body plant" is a difficult
question to answer. Is a sit-down striker in gym
clothes merely a student, or he is completely at the
beck and call of the War Department? No doubt this
poses a question of great significance to the success
of the proposed strike. Anyway, we can form a neat
picture of the local It. 0. T. C. units with full field
equipment, fixed bayonets and machine guns "guard
ing" all the main arteries and walks of the campus,
while fellow students jeer at them from their sit
down positions in the Bull Pen, Old Main and Main
Engineering!
We doubt, however•, if the R. 0. T. C. would have
a chance though, 'what with Engineers armed with
slide-rules, Forestry students with young oak trees,
and Ag students with ox tails and horse shoes. Lib
eral Artists could encourage the strikers through
amplifying systems, if we had any.
All of which, this department feels, beat the mere
picketing tactics of the Wisconsin students all to
hell. And if Proxy Hetzel could still go out to 'Wis
consin in the face of such a decided show of opinion,
this department is ready and willing to pack up and
gcLback where it ensue from. • ;
Feud:
A sort of traditioichas grown up among COLLEGIAN
columnists to ride hell out of the Business Manager.
A heated game ensues in which practically everybody
on the staff participates. The editorial board strives
to get the remark about the Business Manager into,
print and. the business board makes every effort to
"lift" the offending slugs of type. So far this year the
score is tied—one item saw print, another didn't.
Now to break the deadlock:
Bus. Mgr. Al Smith is indicted on two counts today.
By far the most henious crime is the tea party which
he held in the COLLEGIAN office in conjunction with
the belated finishing of his Journalism scrap book and
in collaboration with Mary Ann Frits. Smith import
ed tea and crumpets from the Sandwich Shop, inci
dentally never returning the dirty dishes.
Among his numerous rackets, Smith has fixed up
some sort of a private "franking" privilege with the
local Western Union and sends telegrams at will, free
of charge. Harmless as this sounds, Smith has dis
covered thnt telegrams sometimes hit back. The oth
er day he . sent off one to the aforementioned object',;
of his affections, Miss Frits, at Grange. Dorm, and
when he arrived at the trystinv place, mentioned in
the::telegram - found:tliat"Dot'tie McAuliffe was therCi,'
Lo meet hiin. Western Union delivery boys are not
infallible. —THE MANIAC
OLD MANIA
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Chinese',Program
Features Slides
Pictures Show Lingnan Campus
Views; Students To Speak
At Second Session
A program of slides showing views
on the Lingnan University campus at
Canton, China, will be held in the
Home Economics auditorium at 8 o'-
clock tonight. The program, which
is open to students, faculty, and
townspeople, is the second of the year
to be sponsored by the Penn State
exchange students.
Dean Ralph L. Watts, of the School
of Agriculture, will net as chairman
of the program. Emma J. Foster '37
will introduce Wu Woot Tsuen, Chi
nese exchange student taking gradu
ate work here. She will discuss "Im
pressions of Occidental Culture."•
Marvin 0. Lewis '37 will give an
explanation of the slides while Wil
liam C. Westberg '37 will speak on
"Athletics at Lingnan." Mildred E.
Vargo '37 will talk on "Campus So
cial Activities," and -Lester M. Ben
jamin '37 will use as his topic,
"Daddy Groff."
Dispensary Visits
Increase Over
Last Year
Dr. Joseph P. Bitenour, College
physician, has just released statisti
cal data on the work carried on at
the Dispensary and the Hospital last
semester.
During the semester just completed
the total calls made at the Dispensary
amounted to 12,666, an increase of
3,547 over the 9,119 calls made during
the same period last year.
Due mainly to the slight flu and
grippe epidemic of January, there
were 310 bed patients in the Hospital
during the first semester this year
as compared with 125 in 1935-36. In
the month of January alone, 130 bed
patients were handled with the capdc
ity being 29 beds.
The increasing participation in var
sity, freshman, and intramural ath
letics is shown by the fact that there
were 1,626 sports permits issued this
past semester, with only 1,043 being
issued last year. There were 777 per
mits issued during October, last se
mester.
There were 2,711 excuses issued by
the Dispensary, and 337 by the Hos
pital.,Last yew:Nike - 4d were 1,826 and
182, • respectively..,'
Taking in all the statistics present
ed it will be noticed that the "busi
ness" of the College Health Service
has increased considerably this past
semester over the same period last
year.
Architecture Seniors
Plan Housing Survey
In an effort to learn some of the
urgent problems that confront the
modern architect, senior students in
the department of architecture are
planning a housing survey in the bor
ough.
.The study will be directed by W.
Pope Barney, Philadelphia architect,
and visiting critic; and• Prof. Russell
M. Krob, of the department of archi
teCture..
The localsurvey is an extension. of
the . :new ' plan ;in tr6dueed last: Year ;liy
Profcssoi. AO enable: advanced
students; to
. stlnly!Praeqcal; arehite&'
tura] . prObleMS in Pennsylvania' com
munities in cooperation with the local
planning commission or other officials.
Mercersburg Defeats
Cub Swimming Team
Penn State's freshman swimming
team, competing for the first time,
made an impressive showing in los
ing to the undefeated Mercersburg
Academy mermen, 47 to 24, Saturday
at Mercersburg.
Guy McLaughlin,Nittany diver,
took the only individual first place for
the losers. The 200-yard 'relay team,
composed of McLaughlin, Harold
Webb, Ed McClintock, and Mark Vin
cent, scored the other _victory in fast
time.
Other State points were gained by
Eddie Zachs in the 220-yard free
style; AfcClintock in the 50-yard
freestyle; Stan Gross in the 100-yard
back-stroke; Vinzant in the 100-yard
freestyle; and MUT") , Shaffner and
Bob Hanel's, second' and third in the
100-yard breast-stroke. Mercersburg's
160-yard medley relay . team lowered
the National prep school record for
the distance.
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We Women
By MARION A. RINGER
By Saturday the freshman women
will have narrowed their choice down
to two fraternities by accepting only
two invitations to the formal parties.
Sunday afternoon is the deadline for
their decision. It's.o pretty trying
time for them, for they have only a
vague idea of the freshmen being bid
by each fraternity. And they can
never be entirely sure that the fra
ternities rushing them will give them
a bid.
The only thing the freshmen Can
do is to think for themselves and tell
no one of their intentions. It is pretty
evident that most of the freshmen
don't realize that every remark they
make finally gets back to the fra
ternity. In some cases these little
remarks are greatly distorted by this
grapevine method and result in the
girl's name being stricken from the
list.
A girl should not be influenced by
a boy for often lie is prejudiced un
justly and he always sees the girls in
a different light. If a girl is a legacy
to one house and is also being rushed
by another house which she likes bet
ter she should not allow mothers and
sisters to influence her. The formal
parties are very impressive and often
sway a girl's decision. Howover, she
should realize that each house has
$25 spread over all entertainment
they might have. Some houses will
have favors and others won't; de
pending upon the type of entertain
ment. They are really a trivial mat
ter and too much importance should
not be attached to them.
Every year girls have said that "if
they can't join the one fraternity of
their choice they won't join any." If
is only fair to mention here that
ninny girls have been very happy in
the fraternity of their second choice.
The freshmen will find their whole
viewpoint of fraternities changed ih
a year. It seems impossible to them
now that they could pledge anything
but one or two houses. They will find
later that they will have friends in
each fraternity with whom they could
be very happy. In view of this there
is no reason why a girl should limit
herself to her first choice on the
preference ballot.
Jeffrey, Neary, Matz
Leave on Debate Trip
Arthur D, Jeffrey '39 and Arthur
R.- Neary '39, acompanied .by J. Edwin
Matz '3B, as manager, will leave to
morrow to. participate in two debates
in the 'Western part of the state. They
will debate at Seton Hill College to
morrow night and at Geneva College
on Thursday afternoon.
At Seton Hill they will debate the
question, "Resolved: That bridge does
more harm than good." A split team
will be used. Following the discussion
there will be a rebuttal'
"Resolved: That Congress be em
powered to fix minimum wages and
maximum hours for industry," will be
the topic at Geneva College. The Penn
State team will take the affirmative
side of the question and the orthodox
style will be used.
Photography Course
To Begin Tomorrow
Because of the insistent demands
for instruction in photography, the
Penn State Camera club will sponsor
a series of_ lectures and demonstra
tions consisting of one . session each
week for the "remainder Of the semes
ter.
The course will include several lec
tures of a general or elementary na
ture, followed by lectures of a more
specialized type by speakers qualified
to discuss their particular line of
work. If the popularity of this course
meets the expectations of the 'club, a
regular course may be included in the
college curriculum. A fee of $1 to cov
er the cost of mimeographed lectures
and other notes will be charged.,
The course will be conducted by
Harry Lerner '37 and enrollment is
open to students, faculty, or towns
people. The first class will be' held
in room 14, South Liberal Arts, at 7
o'clock tomorrow night.
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Moore Obtains Leave
For Second Semester
Professor Bruce V. Moore, chair
man of. the depirtment of education
and psychology, has announced that
he will be on a leave of absence from
the school during this semester. He
plans to spend the semester giving
,tests to the employees of industries
for the purpose of aiding industrial
organizations in selecting employeei
suitable for the job on hand.
This program is part of the psycho
logical service given by the Penn
Rtate depivrtment of education and
psychology. Assist in g Professor
Moore in this testing program is Dr.
Floyd Ruch, of the department of
psychology. Tests were given last
week to 190 apidicants of the Titan
Metal Company. This week a series
of tests are being given to a group
of 200 employees of
. the Bell Knitting
Mills of Sayre, Pa., by Professor
Moore, Dr. Ruch, and graduate stu
dents.
After the work at Sayre is done,
Professor Moore will lecture to a
group of personnel men and employ
ees interested -in the test service for
employes at Ell, Pa. He then plans
to attend -a Personnel and Guidance
Association meeting and a meeting of
the department of superintendents of
the National Education Association at
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Prof. Helme To Give
Illustrated Lecture
Prof. J. Burn Helme, of the de
partment of architecture, will give
an illustrated lecture on the. fifty
best books selected by the American
Institute of Graphic Arts, which is
the current exhibition at the College
Library. Professor Helme will speak
in room 107, .Main Engineering, to
morrow night at 7:30 o'clock.
Professor Helme will discuss the
books from their typographical make
up, materials used, binding and style
of illustrations. The collection illus
trates forty-seven different type faces
and is the product of twenty-seven
different binderies.
Frosh Cagers Wallop
Bison Yearlings, 39-24
Holding their opponents without - a
field goal during the first seventeen
minutes of- play,: Penn State's fresh=
man basketeers smothered the Rink
nell yearlings, 39-to-24, for their sec
ond straight win at Recreation Hall
Saturday afternoon.
With their zone denfense working
smoothly during the first half, the
Lions pulled away rapidly after a
slow start and held a 27-to-7 lead
at the end of the first half.
Led by speedy Homer Knox, Buck-
'Vuusciay, Vebruary 9,193 Y
nell spurted in the vesper period to
outscore a State lineup spotted with
substitutes throughout, but the tre
mendous advantage piled up. during
the first half was too great to over
come. Knox, incidentally, tallied sev
en points in the final ten minutes to'
take scoring honors for the day, with
' a total of ten.
Minus the services of Elmer Aba
hazi and Alex Toth, who failed to
register for the second semester,
Nick Thiel in a revamped lineup
that saw "Sonny" Hoffman and Milan
Buchan at the forward posts, "Sandy"
Kranich at center, and Franklin
Hamm and• Joe Hetra as guards. Het
ra topped State's scorers with seven
pbints, followed closely by Hoffman,
who rang up an even half-dozen.
Freshman Ring Team
Ties Pucknell, 4 to 4
Prestidigitator Leo Houck used
enough magic to'_ form a freshman
boxing team in short order. His
sleight of hand was effective in that
it enabled the Lion yearlings to gain
a 4 to 4 tie with the Bucknell fresh-
Men Saturday in the season opener.
Nate Handler's knockout, at the end
Of_ the first round in the heavyweight
bout deadlocked the score. Handler,
improved 100 percent since the intro
murals, stopped the wild-swinging
Bison, Ed Barren. Other knockouts
were gathered for. State by Bernie
Sandson over Jack Dunn in the 195-
pound brittle and Frank Silvestri
over Floyd Waite at 155 pounds. Both
were in the first round.
Decider Sinkow scored the Cubs'
other point by a decision at 125
pounds: Bucknell's victories were
shored in the 115-pound class by de
fault; 135 and 165 pounds over Dan
Deibler and Al Blair by close -deci
sions; and over Tom Kolb by a knock
mit at 175 pounds._
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