2_ 'Sl:~ PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance. established 1887 • Publishedsemi-weekly during the College year, except on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State College. In the interest of the College. the students. !neatly. alumni. and friends. REPRESENT. 1 , 011 NATIONAL. • UV National Advertising Service, Inc. Cotleer l'uldfsh;rs itePmen , ative 420 MADISON Ave. NEW You.. N.Y. cHIE•co COSTON SAM FRANCISCO LOS ....ELLS • YOKTLANO SEarik.o .1011NS01 , 1 BRENNEMAN 'l7 Editor E. TOWNSEND SWAIM 's7 Manuttinic Editor lirlBLtne •s 7 News Editor W. ROBERT (mutat '37 Sports Editor Feature Editor MARION A. RINGER '37 Women's Editor M. WINIFRED WILLIAMS '37 Women's Mon:mine Editor Wocotio' w W. Etterly Francis It. Szymcznk '33 Jerome Weinstein '3S Chnrles M. Wlteeler Ir. '33 Jay IL Daniels '39 Carl W. Diehl '3B Robert E. Elliott jr. '3B Ritthryn 34. Jennirtis 'IS Itoliert S. McKelvey '3B John C. Sabena 'IS I= 8111 .. r1el It. Ireuns '3B GeurBEB It. l'on'ers '3B Cnioline Tyson '3B Btitiasitti Editor mi., F,4lltor This Issue Tuesday, March 23, 1937 OBJECT LESSON AT PITT EXCEPT for those actually Involved in the case, probably no one knows the true story of the Suthet:land-liarrison feud at Pitt which ended Saturday with the resignation of the latter as Director of. Athletics. Yet those facts which are actually known should be examined by everyone who thinks, "If we're going to play teams like Pitt, let's come out into the open and subsidize our football team the way they do." - No one doubts Sutherland's coaching ability. Whether he is a man to "run" football at Pitt single handed is another question. Yet that is apparently what he is able to do if he wishes, for by pressure on alumni, athletes, and the Pitt News he was able to force the resignation of the school's Athletic Director, W. Don Ifarrison because the latter did not agree with him on all athletic matters. What has happened at Pitt can and will happen at any other college that goes in for big-time subsidiza tion. The coach who produces is a virtual dictator in all matters of athletics. The cart is ahead of the horse and football runs the university. To show further the mix-up and the bypocricies that are bound to result anywhere that there is large scale subsidization the following evidence is , interesting: Exhibit A: "Everyone on the first two teams gets around fifty dollars a month and expenses. Some of them get more than that. Bobby Laßue (All-American halfback) before he came up here said he wanted to get married, learn to be a dentist, mid be set up in business. Re bus an apartment where he and his wife live and after graduation he'll be given an office and equipment to, start practice.. Goldberg's getting ninety a month." --Information gleaned front conversation last fall with Pittsburgh sports writers and vembers of the Pitt ;Yews. - Exhibit •B: "We can count two complete elevens, possibly three, of the best football players in the na tion:.. . a sturdy, undersized squad . . . that has a Mighty tough time to provide its daily subsistence .. . il. man:can't attend school ...live properly on nothing a month... Much smaller schools ... subsidize." —Excerpts from an editorial in Friday's Pitt New, ativOent int/ open enbanlization Exhibit C: "Football shall be conducted primarily for: the benefit of students courOinthe gletng of speuird help to students who have • • tiotl!llig-;ixiireaammend thEbut.athletic • 't4'ronlil'it,it announcement by Pitt's Chancellor • i ,y 11 . cnonkon. Satni•aay, following Harrioon's: ronignation.' - State want the same kind Of a' football policy that, they don't hare at Pitt? WHY JUST DEBATING? DIMING the past year students on the livestock , judging team paid from their own pockets more than $l5OO to enable the College to be repre sented in such contests. Forensic Council collected more than $2500 to support .debating activities. If students finance debating teams, they should finance the various judging teams of the School of Agriculture, the Glee Club, and other organizations.• Expenses of one member of the stock judging team this year were eighty, seventy-five, thirty-five, twenty five, and twenty dollars. These included only transpor tation, room, and board. They were paid by each of from five to ten students who made the trips. In 1021 the student body elected to pay the debat ing fee of fifty cents each year. The director of de bate acts as disburser of the fund. Tie files a financial statement once a year which is audited by the College treasurer. When the debate team takes a trip, its transpor tation is paid with the fund collected from students. Room and board are paid by the organization acting as hest. Teams visiting here receive reciprocal treatment. Students should be given an opportunity to express their opinions on the matter at clash elections next month. Either a blanket tax that would finance judg ing teams, debating tours, the Glee Club, and other such organizations should be levied, or students should pay expenses for none of these. If the student body approves a blanket tax to sup port these extra-curricula• activities, a special commit tee composed of faculty members and administrative officials should be appointed to make a study of the situation. They should prepare a budget and determine the tax to be levied on each student. The budget would state what percentage of the fund should be allotted for each activity. It would give organizations, other than the debating team, a fair chance. ALAN L. SMITH '77 BUItIeSS Manager KENNETH W. ENGEL '37 Advertising Manager PHILIP A. SCHWART7. .37 Promotion Manager GEORGE W. DIRt) '37 Circulation Manager IRWIN ROTH '37 Foreign Advertising Manager JEAN C. HOOVER '37 Secretary REGINA .r. RYAN '77 Women', New Editor __Woodrow W. Cicely . 3S Charles M. Wheeler, jr. "But what," he interjected, "about that Phys Ed. 1234 item your college catalogue lists as compulsory?" And he flexed his Martian biceps reflectively. "Ho!" I laughed cuttingly, "Phys Ed? Ha! Yes, we have to take Phys Ed. But ..." And I paused in order to underline my words: "But the army'builds MEN." "Oh," he said. "I can see," I said, and I could see, "that you don't seem to understand the value of this splendid 'ROTC we arc forcing the freshmen and sophomores to take, and I'm sorry for you. "Why look," I poked a finger in his side, "do you know that we get freshmen who come up here and try to get out of taking ROTC simp ly because they don't approve of war? Can you im agine that? Think of it, persons who live in this great Country amidst all of its GREAT advantages and yet refuse to take ROTC so that they can defend their country from those nasty Jap Hordes simply be cause they don't. believe is killing fellow human be ings! Can you imagine the THANKLESSNESS of them the rank INGRATITUDE, the . . . " I turned my head to see if he was as horrified, and indignant as. I. To my horror I .perceived that his normally red Martian face lead turned f_ ruin a per plexed. green, to, an ,apoplectic-vermilion. ",Oh," he said, as he dikappeared into. thin air, "merle." the University shall dis- -W. W. B OLD MANIA HELL, 'KIDDIES there's not much doing. Or rather, we should say, not much that meets the eye. in line with the policy which we have striven to follow all year, we will not stooge for dear Dean Ray. If she wants to know about this and that which we could print but won't, let her re-orga nize her spy system. This dept. refuses to accept foreign Gold, whether from Moscow or Dean Ray. So for want of anything better we'll borrow (with J. B.'s permission) Heywood Broun's Man from Mars and take a short stroll up the main walk. "That," said I pointing to Old Main, "is Old Main." "Old Main?" the Martian queried, a furrow creas ing his brow. "But it looks quite new." Smiling indulgently, I explained that Old Main is a new building on the spot where the old Main building once stood and hence is called Old Main. "Oh," he said. "And that is the Armory where the ROTC has its headquarters." He made me explairi about the ROTC, listening at tentively the while. '!They are learning to shoot each other as in China and Spain?" He was shocked now, I could tell. "Oh. no," I hastened to point out, "we are all broth er Americans here, we love each other. There would be no need for an army here were it not for the nasty Japanese. You see, the Japs are what is known as the "Yellow Horde" and they are only waiting for the day when all of the colleges in this country cease giv ing compulsory ROTC; on that day they will sweep down from the north or west or wherever they sweep lions and we will fill be put to the yolk of the Cruel Yellow Conquerors and our wives, sweethearts and sisters will be—" Breaking in hastily, the Man from Mars exploded: "But they are thousands of miles over the ocean, thou sands c.f miles . .." His deep red Ma•tinn face grew green with perplexity. Witheringly I told him about the airplane, ocean transports, and, as the. final blow, about the hundreds of thousands of Japs who are hiding in Mexico, just waiting to pounce on an unsuspecting U. S. "Ber i narr McFadden says so!" I cried triumphantly. I saw him wince at the mention of Bernarr McFad den, and knew that my words had struck home. He shrugged his shoulders and trudged along at my side with a weary look on his face. "Oh," he said. "And furthermore," I added, "ROTC is splendid physical training and valuable exercise for student brain workers." • T1:112; Campus Social Groups Guests of Chi Omega Chi Omega fraternity will be host ess to representatives of all social groups on campus at their Easter Frolic to be held from 7 to 10:30 to night. Members of the Penn State Club, Philotes, non-fraternity people, and representatives from 35 of the and all of the women's fratern ities have been invited. Kappa Chi Omega's brother fraternity, will net as host. At seven o'clock groups of men and women will start out from each wo men's fraternity house on a scaven ger hunt with a Chi Omega pledge as director. Acquaintanceship will be facilitated by each of the scavengers wearing a name * card. All of the guests will meet at the Armory at 8:20. There will, be dancing and, af ter the return's have been tabulated, a prize will be awarded. Refreshments will 'be served. The chaperones are: President. and Mrs. Ralph D. Hctzel, Dean Charlotte Ray, Dean and Mrs. Arthur R. War nock, Miss M. E. Burkholder, Miss Marie Haidt, Mrs. Neva Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Haller, Miss Gertrude Mo bus, Mr. and Mrs. Lichty, Miss Eliz abeth Farrow, and Miss Alice Thomp son. Include . Two Thespian Numbers at I. F. Ball Two of the numbers from the Thes pian spring production, "Pardon illy Glove," will be played by Hudson-De- Lange's orchestra at Inter-Fratern ity Ball. These numbers are." Not hing New Under the Sun," by Donald W. Dixon 'l7. and "I Never Knew," by Charles W. Titan '37. Other music has been written by William B. Provost '39 and Hummel Fishburn, of the department of mu sic education. The play will be.pre sented April 17 with the Penn State campus as its scene. Other features of the production will be the Varsity Quartet and a spe cial trio. In addition, there will be several dancing and singing choruses. Costumes for • the play have been designed under the direction of Mrs. Merritt Scott. George A. Downs '37 is in charge of scenery designing. Letter Box I To the editor It is the. purpose of this letter to clarify the relationief the Independ ent party of the sophomore class with the other cliques in the coming elec tions. Wishing, to' spike the rumors of a contract existing between the In dependent party and any other clique, I should like to state that there is no such contract, nor will there be. The voters should be warned that no such false propaganda should be swal lowed. Very truly yours, ' William W. Galbreath, Chairman, Sophomore Ind. Party Medsger -To Give Talk • DP. Oliver P. Medsger, of the de partment of education and psychol ogy, will make a speech at the Na tional History Museum of New York, April 3 The talk will he given in commemoration of the 100th anniver sary of John Burroughs,, famous na turalist. COLLEGE CUT RATE STORE Wishes You a Happy Easter SandwichShopGoin' . Places; Signs Up Second Band Swing yo' partners at the Sand w•ich Shoppe to the rhythm of An gelo Vesper and his Vespians every Monday and Thursday afternoons front 4 to 5. Yes, indeed, Booth Watmough, who's been packing them in, will still play Tuesday, Wednesday, and Fri day witha new set of novelty num bers. It's two bands now to tickle your toes. The Vespians have a swing snap lilt to their music that will give you confidence to cut in on that cute red bead you've seen on campus. . Casa Loma style one number and Lombardo the next—the ladle are versatile. You shy souls who arc staying at home arc missing a lot of fun. Join the crowd at the afternoon dances and have the time of your life. It's informal, it's collegiate. Intramural Discussion Contest Begins Apr. 5 "Should Alcoholic Beverages in Ad dition to Beer Be Sold in State Col lege?" has been selected as the topic for the intramural discussion contest, scheduled to begin Monday, April 5, it was 'announced today by Robert A. Gans, jr., '37, manager of intramural debating. Entries must be in not la ter than tomorrow. Discussions will be scheduled for fraternity houses at 4 and 7:30 o'- clock. Each living center will be lim ited to three speakers, free to choose either side of the subject. Judgment will be haseil on composition, material, and ability to speak. The champion ship team will be awarded tivo tro phies, one by the Forensic Council and the other by Delta Sigma Rho, national debating honorary. 8 O'Clock Tonight Is Bus Ticket Deadline Eight &clock tonight is the dead pine for reservations on the special ;through Greyhound buses assigned to 'take care of the Easter vacation ex lodus of students from the College, the State College Hotel, Greyhound ag ents, announced last night. Buses, bound for Scranton, Wilkes- Barre, New York, Harrisburg, Altos , an, Pittsburgh, Sunbury, Philadelphia', Tyrone, Johnstown, Greensburg and intermediate points, will leave from in front of the Education building at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. As the buses will go direct to their 'destination in most cases instead of following the usual bus routings, running time will be cut down consid erably. Tickets reserve individual seats on the particular bus desired. Elected to Committee Prof. John A. Ferguson, of the de partment of forestry, was recently elected to the executive committee of the Allegheny section of the Society of American Foresters. JUST IN ! Good Old Stegmaier Bock on Tap THE HOFBRAU It's in Season Now r•V ejr;;s9o.l‘cdPat,s4,,,. 414;0 Pitikik 'l4o44.„.et*'ic*Sso:loNl7:l r . JOE Buy_ mE Dance to the Music of 'These Famous Bands at Inter-Fraternity Ball NINE O'CLOCK TIL TWO Alderfer States Need For Political Changes "The most important change in the Pennsylvania state and local govern ment is the change from 'Republican to Democratic • administration which brings with it unprecedented and im portant results," stated Prof. Harold P. Alderfer, of the department of his tory and political science, at the last of the social science. lectures in the Home Economics auditorium Thurs day afternoon. Of the changes begun in the Repub lican administration and carried through the Democratic administra tion, the more important ones are greater use of the merit system, and the increased control over highways, remarked Professor Ablator. Atten tion is now being centered on state control rather than local and county control, he said. In concluding, Professor Alderfer stated that the problem now is, "Are we going to be able to develop a ma chine that has as its prime purpose efficiency in government, or will it be Used for political purposes'?" To Complete Survey In an effort to complete the fra ternity surrey sponsored by Inter fraternity Council, immediate return of questionnaires was requested to day by George M. Hacker '37, presi dent of the 'council. Graham & Son Easter Candies Are on Display ANNOUNCEMENT! Due to increased business we have added to our staff Miss Helen Frantz, who is experienced in all brancheSof beauty work featuring individual hair styles. At an introductory. offer. we are giving specials on the following items: SHAMPOO AND FINGER WAVE . . . . 50c 50c REDUCTION ON EACH PERMANENT MARCELS 50c THIS WEEK ONLY Rand Beauty Salon Dial 2621 "The Little Giant of Swing" TtEC HALL !rueNclay, March 23, 1937 ENJOY Lfrety Moment of your EASTER HOLIDAY Stop at the - #otelTuelot in flew York When you visit New York be assured of comfort and come. nience. Hotel Tudor is in Tudor City, New York's smart resi dential community. At the Hotel Tudor there is a delightful cock lounge. And in Tudor City there are three restaurants to choose frOm. Theatres, shops and the goings-on about town arc just a few blocks away. Daily rates: Single rooms, from $2.50; double, from $3.50. Special rates by the week. 600 rooms— each one an outside room with private bath. #oletruct f ot 2 blocks east of Grand Central 304 East 42nd Street I%lUrray Hill 4-3900 Established 1896 Place Your Order Now &BOVE METZGER'S Evenings by- Appointment COMPLETE SERVICE R. F. STEIN MOTOR CO. Dial 3951 121 S. Burrowes ~' £. APRIL SIXTEENTH
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