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Women's Editor Secretary
M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '37 REGINA J. RYAN '37
Women's Managing Editor Women's News Editor
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Jerome Weinstein . 33 Charles M. Wheeler jr. '35
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WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE. EDITORS
Stiltley R. Items '3B Crory H. rowers `TS Comtism Tyson `3B
Idadastitur Editor Thls Issue._
News Editor This lisue
Woodrow W. Bierly '29
Francis If. Szynscriak .31
Tuesday, March 16, 1937
FOR WOMEN ONLY
WOMEN STUDENTS should take a lesson from
the men in hacking their organization. The fact
that there are fewer of them should Make them support
their government more strongly. They'are lacking in
initiative and are entirely tco disinterested in what es
sentially concerns their welfare.
The number of vacant banquets at the Installation
Banquet Thursday night was proof enough that a great
many women can't be bothered with student govern
ment. Too lazy to find out who had been elected May
Queen, they claimed it was too great an effort to dress
in formal clothes. Yet how many of them would stay
home from a dance for the same reason?
Lack of initiative is found in many student organiza
tions but particularly in Panhellenic Council. There is
sheep-follow-sheep attitude among the delegates who
admit themselves that they are sycophants to the Offi
cers and advisory board.
The boards have their opinions, but what about the
sororities that the Council represents? Surely they have
some individuaHdeas. Or are they just another example
of stagnant viewpoints, complete disipterest?
The Mortar Board meeting for Junior women was
sparsely attended although this was an opportunity for
individual nominations to the society--just another cx-
ample of non-support
Co-operation can be obtained by threats, as the W. S.
G. A. mass meeting proved, but it seems infantile to
loft.° attendance with a strict campus bogey. It makes
a mass meeting an unpleasant affair instead of an op
portunity for women to make their own rules.
Wonien can scarcely expect to see changes in regula
tions unless they make their government truly repre
sentative by giving it their Ahole-hearted support.
HERE COMES THE BANDWAGON
SLOWLY, AND with much moaning and groaning,
student government here is crawling out of the
slough of lethargy in which it has been sunk for
the past several years. EVen the clique chieftains are
seeing the direction in which the government is going
and are climbing onto the reform bandwagon.
But of course talk alone will accomplish nothing.
The changes, the reforms mast all be put into syStem
atic order and adopted„ : The Elections : Committee
shoulili }, lO Able tO'make;,-the necessary changes in the
Eli.'C'tfons . .4 but some interested group should draw
up,da ;tress ra f t lit student governMent:find•linlintit it
foeia l proVal. Left to their own devices the politicians
are unlikely to take time or make the effort to clip
their own wings.
Sentiment is swinging in the right direction, but
sentiment alone never brings reform.
"WE WUZ ROBBED" IS A HIGH SCHOOL
hangover that is as childish as it is useless. TeleCams
and pronouncements from self-appointed boxing experis
have just about persuaded an easily convinced student
body that the only things lacking at Syracuse were
masks and guns for the officials. Acttially the Inter
ollegiates were lost last Monday in Neiv York when
five Syracuse boxers drew byes. The meet itself was
poorly and inefficiently run, but on the deeisioriS theni
selves there should be no complaint. ThiTe broth Were
very close; had any one of them gone to State we would
have wet the meet. They didn't and so vie lost. But this
department will continue to agree with anyone who
claims that we have the better tenni.
WITH THE NYE NEUTRALITY BILL, the Pit
man resolution, and various others under discussion in
Congress and practically every person advocating his
awn or some one else's pet system of keeping this coun
try out of war, Home Economics auditorium should be
packed next Monday night when two faculty members
and . a speaker from Dickinson College Participate in a
panel discUssion on "Neutrality."
Dr. Gottschall, of Dickinson, has made neutrality, his
particidar field of specialized study over a Period of
many years and has spoken many times in the East and
his reinarks should be of particular interest.
Becauke of the ; many factors which enter into any
discussion of thiOroad 'field, a meeting such as this
can be of great help in clarifying issues. The Student
Peace Action Council is continuing to render great serv
ice in sponsoring this discussion at thii time.
OLD MANIA
About the May Queen. Election
"Dorm Doings:"
Volume 2. No. 10, latest release of this breezy
sheet "published by \VSGA as a means of,,news
change among all women," includes along with its
usual bunch of reprints from the COLLECIAN, an in
teresting bit of "news" -to the effect that "to put it
frankly, there seems to be too many fancy love scenes
in the lobbies of the dormitories." Although the item
doesn't state just who has decided that there are
"too many" or even what constitutes a sufficient and
permissible number, we can't help guessing that
NV§GA has probably got it all figured out and pos
sibly charted.
In line with our consistent policy of lending aid
to the girls in their struggle for "democratic govern
ment," we'd like to suggest that WSGA take a poll
'and ask each girl just how many "fancy love scenes"
they think ought to go on in the lobbies at any given
moment. Then they could get an average number, set
aside a corresponding number of couches and the
problem would be solved.
The "Dorm Doings" item, if we are to take them
at their word, • was prompted by two considerations
on the part of WSGA. First: that it's not really the
fact that the "fancy love scenes" are going on, (no,
no, more power to Dan Cupid), it's just that "the
girls walking in alone are sometimes embarrassed.
Secondly, WSGA is concerned that this poor "lone
girl" feels pretty bad "because no one is in sympathy
with her." Now obviously, this delicate situation could
he solved in several ways. For instance WSGA Could
rule that all lights inns, be out in the lobbies as soon
as the sun sets. Thus when a "lone girl" walks in
she will he unable - to see the "fancy love scenes" and,
ergo, no embarrassment. We can see some technical
difficulties with this
,ultra-simplified answer, how
ever, and feel personally that a better way would
be to set aside some sufficiently large room (such as
Rcc ball, for instance) and call it the Fancy Love
Scene Room. Another solution which has occurred to
us and which is offered in deepest humility would be
to set up some central board of control which could
see to it that the& are no "lone girls." That is
WSGA might work out some system (in cooperation
with Men's government, perhaps?) whereby every
girl was insured a date every night in the week. In
this way the embarrassment - could be eliminated at
its source.
Now that we think of it though, the problem has
really already been solved. The very act of printing
the item in "Dorm Doings" has solved the whole
problem. No longer need any "lone girl" feel "embar
rassed" in lobbies "because no one is in sympathy
With her." No l.Never again! She can draw consola
tion from the knowledge thnt WSGA sympathizes
with her to the fullest extent.
Tournament Tattle
-S. R. H
It looks bad for Ord Fink neat year. Kociubinsky
wants to drop to 65 in order to take tare of him and
if he doesn't, Sopchak will go up, they say ... Leo
Houck is reported as having remarked that "Tiger"
McGivern could have beaten Eddie O'Brien, IC4A
champ, the way he was running from Some . . .
Speaking of Souse, we hear that five different girls
called the Corner Satnrday night and the only bout
they wanted to knoll• about was Souse's . . . The
drunk who kept beating the announcer to the draw
with a loud and lucid "Quiet!" during the progress
of the rounds . . . Doc Neiman and Carl Poe botli
picked tin speeding tickets on the way to Syin'cusV
And.lastbutnotjeast,..the shambles et the
I%l'' ' Syraeas'e late Sat-idy nite .. . —The Maniac
it i rj i' N ~a'Ai' i euLLLliii i'
Alderfer To Talk
On Government
Political Scientist To Give Last
Lecture of Social Science
Series Thursday
Prof. Hamad F. Alderfer, of the
department of history and political
science, will deliver the last of the So.
dal Science lectures in Home Econo
meets auditorium at 4:10 o'clock on
Thursday. Professor Alderfer will
speak on recent political developments
in the legislature of the state. He will
deal with state and local governments
and their relationships with the fed
eral government.
Prof. Sheldon C. Tanner, of the de
partment of economics, and legal
technician for the Pennsylvania State
Workmen's Compensation Boar d,
spoke on "Workmen's Compensation"
Thursday, March 11. He traced the
adoption of compensation laws in this
country, presenting 'the major fea
tures .of the Workmen's Compensa
tion Act of this state and the deci
sions of the courts interpreting it. In
his lectUre, Professor Tanner came
to several conclusions:
1. No provision is made Tot' occu
pational disease. .
2. The allowance for medical aid
should be extended beyond thirty
days.
3. The rate of compensation, which
May never exceed $l5 per week and
which is frequently less, is inade
quate to provide for the support of a
disabled person and his dependents.
4. The comnensable period should
be extended in cases of permanent to
tal disability (now only 500 weeks).
5. The amount paid for tempor
arY total disability should not be sub
tracted from the amount payable for
a specific loss such as a leg or arm.
6. An injured employe should be
allowed to select the attending physi
cian from a panel approved by the
Medical societies to insure impartial
medical opinion. •
7. The liinitations of -time within
which petitions for relief Must be
filed and which frequently constitute
a bar to the payment of compensation
should be modified or altogether re
moved.
8. An adequate personnel should
be provided td facilitate the disposi
tion of the cases without undue delay.
9. Those who pass on contested
cases should'be learned in law.
• Professor Tanner concluded with
the thought that many of these
changes would'tobably be-made dur
ing the, present session of the legis
lature.
COLLEGIAN
LETTER BOX
Dear Mr. Editor
- . .
Is it true that the internationally
famous Penn State Apple Judging
Tenn is giving an exhibition 'perfor
mance at the Players' "Footlight
Frolics" using fifty of Minsky's glori
fied hip heavers as subjects?
Snowshoe Subscriber
Dear Mr. Snowshoe SUbscriber:
According to the original plans for
that Super Social Event of the Sea
son, The Footlight Frolics, Mr.
Throckmorton 2. Minsky . . . better
known to students es the Father of
the Little Movethent Theater ... was
to donate fifty nifties for the evening
to entertain the; stag line. I believe
' the Apple Judging Team all promised
to conic stag that night. But because
of the expense involVed in shipping
fifty head of livestock froth Neiv York
and because thd' "batty toity" social
committee of Players ruled out the
stag.line, another beautiful' idea : was
hit, upon. They:are selectihg from the
audience ;that night„ some' menibgGr'of
the student body to tick as a rem*:
sentatlve of the. Apple judging :Tenth
who - will be sent to New York at the
expenSe of Players to investigate the
situation. There he will meet Mr. Min
sky in person and back-stage he will
hold a "Little International" of his
own. The "judging,",if the represent
ative so desires, will continue thin
Friday, Saturday, and. Sunday ... his
only debt to Minsky is to lift his feet
when the janitor conies by with the
broom.
If, Mr. Snowsoe Subscriber, you feel
that you have the qualifications for a
representativeship of this type, be
sure to assemble at "Footlight Frol
ics" and- show your hand when the
position is announced open. Penn
State needs men like you.
(Advt.) The Editor
`l3ell' Presents Controversy
Concerning Teachers' Unions
Analyzing forces at work in mod
ern education which necessitates an
organization of teachers from. the
kindergarten to the university, Dr.
Jerome . Davis, of Yale University,
president of the American Federation
of Teachers, presents the case for
teacher unionism in the forthcoming
issue of the Dell, campus literary and
opinion magazine, which goes on sale
Thursday.
Expressed in his article, "Educa
tion and the New Frontler;" are.sen
timents which observer's believe led
to the cancellation of Dr. Davis' con
tract at Yale. Regarded as a pioneer
in the field of modern education, Dr.
Davis is the author of two books in
our College library.
Two seniors present Critical re
views of Penn State student govern
ment in this issue. A co-ed analyzes
the W.S.G.A. and co-ed morality, with
insight worthy of a sociology major.
How men's student government be
gan on this campus with the famous
1905 Penn State revolution and how
Camphs Bulletin
Two motion pictures, '"l'he Etcher's
Art" and "The Last of the Wood En
gravers," will be shown in room 307,
Main Engineering, at 7:30 o'clock,
under the auspices of Pi Gamma Al
pha, honorary fine arts fraternity.
Inter-fraternity Council meeting in
room 418, Old Main. All members are
requested to be present.
Tickets for the "Footlight Frolic' ,
are now on sale at the Student Union
Office.
Invited guests may purchase their
tickets for- the "Gridiron Banquet" at
the Student Union.
Prof. Oliver P. Medsbar will speak
before the Red Wing Society in room
7, Home Economic's building at 7:00
TOMORROW
Penn State Club business meeting
in club !nom at 8 o'clock.
BE SURE . . . CONGRATULATIONS
your Footwear has been re
paired when she gives you an t - Ve'l. glad that you elaintilloiwhabe won,
invitation to the W. S. G. A.
Dance on F riday . well-desekbed victories in the Mtereollegiates'
• L. E. KLINE' . The. p TATE .
• Allen St. - HOTO HO P
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SEE NEW YORK
Two All-Expense Trips, Including
TRANSPORTATION (Round Trip)
ROOMS AT LEADING HOTEL '
TICKETS TO HIT SHOWS ON BROADWAY •
DINING AT POPULAR RESTAURANTS
DANCING TO LEADING BANDS
NIGHT AT FRENCH CASINO
' . „ : INSPECTION TOUR OF - N.B.C: ' STUDIOS
'VISIT TO RADIO CITY ' " •
ALL TAXI, SUBWAY FARES, TIPS, etc.
Absolutely All Expenses Paid
• • or • •
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Winso.oo Cash
$
by Attending
..
"FOOTLIGHT:FROLIC"
SPONSORED BY
PENN STATE PLAYERS
Sat., March 20 Rec Hall Adm. $1
Do - not wait to, get your date;
If you do 'twill be too late.-. ,
it subseliuently declined is revealed in
a critique on men's student govern
ment.
, Two winne•s.of the Bell short-story
prize contest. are published this issue.
First prize of seven dollars worth of
books went to Theodore Bowe '37 for
his story, "Ace." Second prize of
five dollars in books was awarded to
John Connell '39 for his story, "Bird
in the Bathtub," which was published
in the December issue of the Bell.
George Palmer's '37 "Easy Money"
won third award.' Both FlcnVe's "ACe"
and Palmer's "Easy Money" will ap
pear in the forthcoming issue.
For the first time this year, 'tile
Bell is running a page of verse', ban
anthology of canvas poets, which in
cludes work by David Jackson '3B,
David Hess '3B, Robert Wistrand '3B,
and Jeanne Walker '39.
Two undergraduates record the
tonic student march on Washington
in which 5,000 representatives of the
nation's youth held a demonstration
for the passage of the Anierican
Youth Act. In their article, "Youth
Invades Washington," the two Penn
State delegates tell how they met rep
resentatives from every part of the
country and several former Penn
State students. They describe how
the parade of 5,000 young men and
women was broken up by Washing
ton police.
A new•writer published in this is-
The Latest 'Styles
in TOP COATS.
SPRING SUITS,
SPORT COATS
GERNERD'S
South Allen Street
'rues(lay, March 16, 19S(
sue is Ronald Forbes '3B whose ',Pei
feet Paper" is a short-short stor!
about a Spanish professor who put:
all his faith in the student who turn
in a perfect paper.
Anew lit'ocess . of 'weitiing°
soles to 'uppers" makes -
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