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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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JOHNSON BRENNEMAN ' t 7
Editor
E. TOWNSEND SWALM 'd7
Monottind Editor
PHILIP S. 11F.ISLER . 37
Novo Editor
W. ROBERT GRUBB '37
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.Soorts Editor •
RICHARD LEWIS '37
Feature Editor
MARION A. HINGES '37
Women's Editor
M. NVINISRED WILLIAMS '37
Women's Managing Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Woodrow W. Merle '3S Francis H. Szymmak '3B
Jerome Weinstein '3B Charles M. Wheeler Jr. '33
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Jay 11. Dnniehi '3B Carl W. Diehl '3B Robert E. Elliott jr. '3B
Kothryn 31. Jenniogs '3B ,lieleert S. 31aKeleey '3B John C. Rubella '3B
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Shirley R. nein. Craraim iI. Powers '3B Caroline Tyson .39
1936 Member 1937
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Tuesday, February 16, 1937
"CO-EDS DON'T DRINK"
girHE PENN STATE co-cd just does not drink."
With tightly shut eyes and glittering gener
alities the W. S. G. A. expresses itself in
wishful thinking. Perhaps the smug little group that
has made taking a drink a shipping offense for women
does not drink. Many more who have found the rule
an unreasonable one undoubtedly do.
And we are unable to look upon these latter as
willful and incorrigible rule-breakers. They do not
impress us as wild young women out to Raise Hell and
Get Awful Plastered. They simply realize that they will
shortly take their places in a society where moderate
drinking is the accepted thing. Hence they are un
able to see any harm in it now—with one exception.
-. That exception is the stigma attached to being
caught. A girl who has had a glass of beer is in dan
ger of disgracing herself and her friends if discovered
by the governing board. She may be accustomed to hav
ing two or three highballs in the course of an evening
in her home town;.her parents may serve cocktails be
fore dinner__ but while she is on this campus the taint
—the very faintest taint, mind you,—of alcohol is
enough to have her summarily dismissed from college:-
Creation of this artificial stigma, making a primary
sin out of a minor episode of normal social life, has had
and can have only one result; it leads to hypocrisy with
its. attendant demoralizing effects. Drinking is done
under cover in apartments or dark corners. Sneak
ing becomes prevalent. And in the half hour before
curfew, sales of cigarettes, chewing gum, and breath
sweeteners reach new highs.
What defense does W. S. G. A. offer for its unob
served and (relatively) unenforced rule? Their prin
cipal defense is this: The girls who now drink will do
it more moderately if they know that they are violating
a rule. Thus highly confused has the issue become. The
avowed objective is moderation, but a girl who indulges
ever so moderately suffers disgrace if she is not both
clever and hypocritical.
Society and public opinion will never countenance
drunkenness in co-eds. But neither will drunkenness
be countenanced among women in any other level of so
ciety. The pressure is just the same when there is no
rule against drinking. It would be just as strong here if
W. S. G. A. abolished its outmoded rule. There are no
restrictions upon men's drinking here and likewise no
problem. If the men can regulate themselves we don't
see why co-eds—upon whom social pressure is much
greater—cannot do the same thing.
A further evidence of the absurdity of the whole
thing is. seen in the attitude of co-eds themselves to
ward drinking.. The majority arc intelligent:and broad
minded 'enough to realize that drinking pm; ac is an in
dividual
probleM and one which, each co-ed must' solve
for herself:-The on* objection that the 'abstainers have
to thirl who takes an occasional drink' is thaVete is .
breaking a rule.
LET'S FLY WITH THE TIMES
ACOLLEGIAN editorial last week called for funda
mental courses in aeronautics as part of the
curriculum in mechanical engineering. Profes
sor Everett answers that editorial in the Letter. Box
today.
M. E. 154 and 456 are listed in the catalogue but
not in the time table. Why? No one is taking either
course this year. Senior electives, the courses are too
far advanced in aeronautics for students who haven't
learned the fundamentals.
"The mechanical engineering laboratory has exten
sive aeronautical equipment including a Complete air
plane, typical engines, etc.," says the letter. The com
plete airplane is twenty years old, obsolete, absurd as
an exhibition and useless fcr instruction in aeronautics.
The typical engine is a five-year-old model, used only
for exhibition. Five years is a century in the air indus
try.
Professor Everett did not say in his letter that his
department would . be able to modernize its aeronauti
cal equipment and install basic 'courses. There are two
things preventing this action.
The first: The faculty of the department of mechan
ical engineering has not increased despite the terrific
increase in enrollment that' puts its curriculum roll
ahead of all others on the campus. To add fundamental
courses in aeronautics, additions to the faculty are
needed.
The second: If Professor Everett did obtain modern
and more extensive aeronautical equipment from the
Navy department, he would have no place to install it.
The mechanical engineering laboratory is overcrowded,
with lecture classes taking place in the same room in
which engines are constantly running.
If Penn State wants to be flying with the times,
wants to help in the prevention of air catastrophes such
as last week raised the death toll since December 15 to
forty-three, let there be additions to the department of
mechanical engineering—additions to the faculty, to the
courses, and wings—to the buildings. —J. W.
NC HOARD
ALAN L. SMITE '37
Ilumine," Manager
KENNETH W. ENGEL '37
Advertising Minager
PHILIP A. SCHWARTZ '37
Promotion Manager
GEORGE W. lIIRD '37
Circulation Manager
IRWIN ROTE '37
Foreign Advertising Manna
JEAN C. HOOVER '37 ,
Secretary
REGINA J. RYAN '37
Women's News Editor
-.Strom" Wrirstein
Woodrow W. Ellerly
OLD MANIA
itray "Queen"
Fpr May Queen we nominate Charlotte Ray.
There's no two ways about it, girls, she's the only
logical candidate for the position. We have always
felt that this business of giving an important job
like May Queen to just anybody just because she hap
pens to be the best looking girl on the campus was
certainly a pretty poor business. Why think of it
girls, the May Queen even gets her picture in the
Lin city newsp«pers! And for some pashy bisquit to
fall into a spot like that just 'cause she happened to
be born beautiful but dumb ... No, indeed girls, this
department certainly agrees that by all means the
May Queen should be elected for "suitability, inter
crest and past activities."
And this department can think of no person on
the campus who so well fulfills these three require
ments as our own Charlotte Ray.
IMON3
Penn State-Syracuse
Penn State's openly subsidized semi-pro booing
team (see "Between the Lions" column) walloped
the hell out of Syracuse Saturday night to the accom
paniment of a barrage of paper airplanes from the
gallery. We have heard all kinds of comments about
this newest vogue of the Penn State undergraduate
and figure it's just the logical reaction of a student
body long suppressed in its natural desire to toss
pennies. The best idea we heard was that they
weren't being aimed at the ring at all but at Dean
Sackett's head.
After the bouts the battered Syracuseans, almost
to a man, dated the same Sandwich Shop waitresses
they took out after last year's Intercollegiates.
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Syracuse-Penn State
"Hello. What? Long Distance? Yes. This is Mr.
Galbraith. Who? Bell Helriegel? Well for ..., where
arc you? The swimming meet starts at two this
afternoon. WHAT? Did you say Broadway and 42nd
street? Why you *!5?&...)!.$ . . . Sober up man,
speak plainer, I can't understand a word you're say
ing. Yes, I know your parents sailed for Europe
last night. Yeah and I know all about Bon Voyage
parties, but' you promised to be here . . But Bill
what about this swimming meet? What about the
glory of Old State? What about . " Click. "Why
that scPl;?!'''S?( he hung up on me!"
And so Gal walked down the two flights neces
ary for him to go to catch up with his face and tried
to make up his mind whether or not to break the
news to the rest of the boys. With his chin. sunk on
his stomach he entered the hotel dining room and
stumbled towards the group of Penn State swimmers
assembled at one of the tables.
"Toys," lie gulped. "I ... Bill ... uh . that is
. "Looking up he stared at the group which inelud
ed - (and we hate to say this because it spoils the
story) Bill Ilelriegel—sober.
InZZI
Gleanings:
Billy Soose really scored two knockouts,
nical, last Saturday. The first occurred in Bee Hall
where he had "Beast" McGivern reeling when the
ref stopped the fight and the second took place at
the Valentine Dance in the Armory when Freddy
Ball hung one on his partner's beautiful feminine
nose in showing her "how Soose done it." Freddy
says she lead with her chin ... Tyrone society notes:
Bob Beddow, fi si, has a Tyrone babe who calls him
"Bunny-Ducky" and he balls her "Tops.y-Wopsy."
Dick Clements says that he rates a poor third with
his Tyrone hisquit. Frank Smith and Chuch Hughs
leading in her affections in the order named . . .
Pearl Carroll's new bathing suit blew out of the
window in Mac Hall and is now securely caught
high in a tree with the entire grounds and buildings
dept. frustrated as to how to retrieve it ... Another
of our stooges tells us about the guy who called his
gal on the Mac Hall lobby phone and then took off
his coat preparatory to settling down for the usual
half hour wait. His suspenders were dangling
around his ankles . .. Aside to Barbara Bowes: you
have an unknown admirer by the name of Allen Mc-
Intyre who works NYA in the publicity dept. . .
Bud Chase has 3 (count ?cm) :ales for Senior Ball,
so'far• ... And Bart Bender Son swears he is the only
guy in these parts ever to don Proxy Hetzel's "tails,"
(aside from the Proxy, you (lope). —The Maniac
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We -Women
By MARION A. RINGER
The recent nominations for 'May
Queen have created violent discussion
and opposition. The majority of the
women feel that the May Queen
should be selected upon the basis of
beauty alone. True that the May
Queen should be attractive, but beau
ty and brains can be combined as has
been evidenced in the past. It so
happens that there are no outstand
ing beauties in the present senior
class and any girl nominated would
have lots of opposition.
A simple way of dealing with the
problem in the future would be for
all May Queen nominations to come
from the girls at an open meeting.
This year W.S.G.A. limited its nomi
nations to five girls so that the wom
en would have a better opportunity
to nominate their 'choice. This has
not been generally unfirstood.
What W.S.G.A. meant by activities
as a qualification was not a big posi
tion but something to show that the
girl had taken some interest in cam
pus life. However, if the women de
sire that the May Queen be selected
for beauty they should say so at the
meeting tonight and realize that they
are just as much a part of W.S.G.A.
as the officers. They should not need
a compulsory meeting to spur them
on to take an interest in their own
student government.
Letter Box
To the Editor:
1 Referring to an editorial in the
February 0 issue, "Flying Behind the
Times," the following facts should be
helpful, as the article contains many
misstatements. - Ten years ago (in
1927) the department of mechanical
engineering established courses deal
ing with the fundamentals of aero
nautical engineeiing. These were
available to seniors in both semesters
and with changes to modernize, are
still given. M.E. 454 and M.E. 956.
Approximately seventy men have ta
ken these courses and a large percen
tage are engaged in the airplane in
dustry, including two who later took
flying training at Kelly Field and
qualified as pilots in the Reserve
Corps.
The mechanical engineering labora
tory has extensiveaeronautical equip
ment including a complete airplane,
typical engines, accessories and in
struments. Much of the material has
been obtained on loan from the U. S.
Navy or Army and probably totals
at least $lO,OOO in value.
The department aided the forming
`of the Glider - 1;11db some years ago
and has assisted it. There is now in
effect a cooperatise arrangement with
the officials of the local airport per
mitting the use of our laboratory fa
cilities in ground school work carried
on under the auspices of the depart
ment of engineering extension.
An up-to-date ,libiary of aeronau
tical books, particblarly a very com
plete file of the publications of. the
National Advisory Committee on
Aeronautics is maintained.
If the editorial is 'based on the re
port of ,the yoting man who inter
viewed Inc," there is obviously a mis
understanding. His question to me
was concerning my attitude on the es
tablishment.here a a four-year com
plete curriculum in aeronautical engi
neering. To that my reply was that
the need of this intense specializa
tion was at present well served by
the colleges such as the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, New
York UniverSity,' .aad Leland, Stan
fqrd, lyhich had; ;large ,midewments.
'For piss `to
enter this field would be very expen
sive with $lOO,OOO as a minimum fig
ure for proper equipment and such a
large expenditure 'appeared to me un
wise to bridge the gap between what
we are now doing, and the four-year
course of intensive specialization.
1 - 1. A. Everett,
• Head of the Department
To the Editor
- For the most part....l agree with
your editorial on the need of a course
dealing with aeronautics. There are
a number of students, not only in the
School of Engineer . ing, -but also in
other curricula, who would subscribe
to an elementary survey 'course.
These may • not be interested in de
signing airfoils or propellers, but
would , desire to obtain a more gen
eral and basic knowledge of aviation
to broaden their understanding of the
relationships between major indus
tries, or in pursuit of an avocation.
Such was the case last year when,
through the Persistent efforts of
Sherm Lutz and the co-operation of
the engineering extension division. a
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FOOT LIGHTS
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a
prologue by William L. Werner and a melody by Hummel Fishburn. Di
rected
by Frank Neusbaum for the Penn State Players. Presented Friday
and Saturday, February 12 and 13, in Schwab Auditorium.
Lady Sneer veil Jane Eames
Snake Kenneth Kagen,
Lady Sneerwell's Servant Walter St. Clair
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Joseph Surface Harry Reed
Maria Miriam Hawkins
Mrs. Candour Hilda . Hanson
Mr.Crabtree William Hile
Sir Benjamin' Backbite Robert, Thompson
Sir Peter Teazle Thomas Francis
Rowley Jack McCain
Lady Teazle' lola Murray
Sir Oliver Surface Edward Binns
Moses Shorn Horwitz
Charles Surface • John Steer
Charles' Servant Herbert. Yanofsky•
Careless Barton Henderson.
Sir Harry Bumper Fred Serff
Joseph's Servant Randolph Graham
Scene designs. costume selections, and wig designs by Dorothy Scott..
Orchestra conducted by Mr. Fishburn.
In selecting Sheridan's immortal comedy of manners for their Seven
:eenth Anniversary production the Players were 'on treacherous ground:.
Fresh and new when written, so many hack writers have reworked Sheri
lan's situations that the original itself is apt to seem stale and hackneyed
today. And to modern audiences accustomed to short plays with a great deal .
A* action, the long eighteenth century drama with .its emphasis upon lan
;nage is often monotonous and stifling. -
It is a pleasure, then, to report that the Players' "School for Scandal"
successfully avoided these hazards and turned out to be the finest show of the
year. Every principal had en intelligent grasp of the character he or she
was portraying and the interpreta-t
tions, if not always brilliant, were I ver the most convincing character on
much more than adequate.. The play, the stage.
moved along at a steady pace, and The villain of the piece, Joseph
while a few scenes dragged, it would Surface, was played with good taste
be a harsh critic who would expect an by Harry Reed. He wisely withstood
amateur production of Sheridan to the temptation to overact and used
keep a uniformly high speed: For his voice to good advantage. John
these merits Mr. Neusbaum is respon- Steer, as his brother Charles, was the
sible. The costumes selected by Dor- weakest of the principals. He has an
othy Scott were magnificent. unfortunate tendency to pose and his
The most surprising performance chAracter was a little wooden. This
of the evening was lola Murray's was his first show, however, and with
Lady Teazle. This was her first per- experience he will improve.
formance of the year and she demon- The large supporting-cast had no
strated remarkabl6 improvement over obviously weak members. Several of
last season. Not only are her read- them lacked color, but none detracted
ings better, but in several scenes, not- from the production. To our mind
ably her quarrel with' Sir Peter, she the best were Jane _Eames and Rob
demonstrated some fine pantomine. ert Thompson, two newcomers seen as
Thomas Francis, in the latter role, Lady Sneerwell and Sir Benjamin;
gave his usual capable performance. and Kenneth Hagen, Hilda Hanson;
Francis is an excellent technician, but and Shorn Horwitz. •
he shouril realize that he is a good A word about the scenery. It was
enough actor not to need the tricks designed with an eye to pictorial el
and mannerisms to which he frequent- feet rather than to authenticity. With
ly resorts. this we have no quarrel. One or two
'Edward Binns, in a type of char-
scenes—notably Charles Surface's
actor which he has never played be-
apartment—were well done. The oth
fore, continued to demonstrate that ens, however, looked sloppy, especially
he is the most nearly professional ac-
when contrasted with the rich cos
tortames.
here in recent years. His panto-
mine and his readings made Sir Oli- No small part of the play's success
was due to the delightful prolague
written by - William Werner. •dir •ad:
dition to serving 'as an appropriate
introduction its sly humor was just
the thing to ,prepare the audience
for the play which followed.
course of this nature was inaugurat
ed by the division and was enthusias
tically attended by persons majoring
in spheres other than engineering.
The fact that college credits could'
not be obtained kept others from en
rolling. It may be worth noting that
a few of the men wio took this course
are now directly associated with the
aviation industry.
The rapid developments in this in
dustry and allied fields certainly
point to a future demand for trained
experts, but whether the student en
ters aeronautics with the purpose of
preparing himself for a life's work or
for an avocation the most logical
place to start would be to learn the
fundamental principles upon which
later work can be based.
A Mildly Air-Minded Alumnus
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schools are closely affiliated. Dental students have two
years of basic medical study under the direction and super
vision of the medical faculty. Clinical practice of dentistry,
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and is connected with the clinics of several liospitals.• One
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Facutty May Reserve
Recreation Hall Seats
Faculty. members may reserve seats
for athletic events to be held Febru
ary 20, 27, and March 6 in Recrea
tion hall, it was announced today by
Harold R. Gilbert, ticket manager of
the Athletic Association.
Tomorrow and Thursday are the
days set 'aside for the exchange of
faculty book coupons for the reserved
tickets. Good only for the evening
events;,4oo reserved seats in the fac
ulty section will be given. '
Any remaining tickets will be
placed on Sale each Friday and Sat
irday before the events at the Ath
letic Association window in Old Main.
The price for ; each reserved seat will
be $1.1.4..
Hillel To Hold Meeting
For Cabinet Elections
A reorganization meeting of unaf
filiated 'Jewish students Will be held
in.room 418, Old Main, tonight at 8,
according .to Minerva Z. Lehrman '3B,
president of the Hillel Foundation.
'i:The . ..purnose of this meeting, Miss
Lehrman stated, is to elect members
to;the'Hillel cabinet from the body of
students wlio 'are not members' of fra
ternal or other organizations.
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