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Newt Editor Circulation Manager
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Pent ore Editor 'Promotion Manager
SHIRLEY It. HELMS 314 ROBERT E. ELLIOTT JR. TS
Women's Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
CF.ORGIA it. POWERS T. 5 KATHRYN M. JENNINGS Ts
An,winte Womon'A Editor Sen for Secretary
CAROLINE TYSON '33
Associate Wonten's Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Thotana A. Real '39 Herbert 11. Callan '39
Alan C. Alelnlyre
Roy R. Nichola Jr. '39 Salvatore S. &On '39 John A. Trannavltch 'B9
WOMEN 94 ASSOCIATE EDITORS
I.lwillo R. Creonl...rg '39 Florence E. Long. '39 Reita 1.. Shoran '39
Ralph 11. Cundlnph 331 Richard W. Koxanan . 39 DRIIII4 R. Lanz '39
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Ttig:;(4ty, October 19,1927
BRAINS VERSUS BRAWN
THE R. 0. T. C. DEPARTMENT has come through
with another masterful hit of fair play and effi-
dent management
In the dismissal of Francis Szymczak, senior, from
the advanced military course this fall for being over
weight, the rotisse boys have performed :in amazing
feat.
Szymezak lad completed one year of the advanced
course and spent six weeks of hued work at a Virginia
encampment as part of the course. He weighed the
same through it all, a situation that the authorities cer
tainly could not help but be aware of.
In the dismissal, if there is a•rule against being over
weight, there is no argument. But why was'the action
delayed until the man had put r•er a year's work and
time into the course? •
If he was to be disallowed beeaase of weight, why
wasn't the action taken when he first applied for the
Such treatment, of men is grossly unfair and marks
a new luw in the management. of the local unit. When
men who ore interested in the work receive such unfah
consideration, what can he expected of the manner in
which hundred.; or students who have to Lake it ore
handled?
In trying to work out logical reasons to excuse, such
methods, the reader becomes involved in a hopeless
cryptogram edit of which comes but one lending ques
tion: "Why R. 0. T. C.?"
PROSPECT OF A SPECIAL SESSION
NOWTHAT P / RESIDENT Roosevelt has called a
special se. , sion of the United States Congress,
speculation is beingmacleas to the possibility of
Governor Earle doing: the same with the state legisla-
It has been estimated that a special session would
cost about $1.50,000. And leaders in Harrisburg feel
that such a session is practically assured should fora•
of the live referendums on the Novendvir ballot be ap
proved by the public.
The referendum most widely discussed, of course, is
the graduated income tax measure. Politicians feel that
an expense of $150,000 to regulate this would more than
be paid in the fruits the measure would draw.
The one amendment that GovernOr Earle has asked
he defeated, of course, is the one affecting the College
here. Since the legality of . the State Authority has
been established there is no need, he feel, for approval
of 42 millions of dollars for public institutions.
Approximately five millions have been earmarked for
Penn State. He plans to borrow the money from the
Teachers' Retirement Fund through the Authority and
save 12 millions in bond coupons, that would have to 3 s . net,
in a federal sale, which a favorable referendum vote‘
would necessitate.
Despite the apparent likelihood of - a special session
for this winter, all capital leaders are hoping that there
will be no duplication of the last dcg-fight session when
the famous labor march from Philadelphia took place,
it has been• learned.
ON THE BANDWAGON?
THE POLL. THAT the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is
conducting on the mayorality campaign in Pitts-
burgh is of interest to all Pennsylvanians who
remember the Literary Digest's famous election of Alf
Landon to the presidency.
The Post-Gazette poll reaches every tenth name on
the registration lists and is conducted by Main .and
Company, auditors, undoubtedly to protect the Post-
Gazette should the whole thing prove haywire, and also
to lend a no:e of authenticity.
The results so far in a strongly Democratic Pitts
burgh-have been amazing. Robert Waddell, Republican
candidate and former Carnegie Tech football' coach, is
leading Mayor Cornelius Scully, incumbent,•3,oo2 votes
to 1,980. The Post4lazette unquestionably is interested
in Republican success.
The thought occurs that such a poll given by mail to
every tenth person could be very easily faked. The idea
crcps out of the possibility that such a poll result would
have the voters shrugging their shoulders, and jump
ing on the Republican band-wagon, thinking that the
election was going that way. Be that the aim or not,
the affair looks like an extremely interesting experiment
that has that latent psychological possibility.
It appears here that a David Lawrence state machine,
of which Scully is a part, is entirely too strong to be
confident of any Such Republican strength.
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John A. Tronnovitch
Love Is The Sweetest Thing:
Tommy Francis (players) dining with Irene Sick
ly (Players) at the Nittany Lion Sunday night
Marg Green and Stu Marlow are looking into each
others' eyes ... It's true that Marion Martin and Bob
Blum are hlumming around . . . Bud Jones'- heart
tiirob was up for the week-end . . . Dixie Smith
spurned a LaSalle to sit yith Thigh... Nevin .- ..
Fraternalism
Bill Engel,• who won the Beaver Field Pictorial
guessing contest, handed this week's predictions to
Ridge Riley, who runs the thing, the other day, and
received congratulations and the like. After much
banter in which Riley kidded Engel to some extent.
the winnah said with some embarrassment:
"FM a fraternity brother of yours."
.41 Long Last
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy upon their sixth
appearance at beaux arts are judged the best cos
tumes.
In '33 they were Gretchen Diehl and Ed Smith ...
i 4 Ginna Lewis and Frank Thomas ... '35 Gretchen
Diehl with Crackers Graham ... '36 Bobby Diehl and
Bill Bastain ... '37 Marcia Mo•phing and Russ Gohn
... Now the costumes bring home the laurels when
warn by Lou Sutton and Ray Pope.
Beats Grandma, Too:
Bill Rainey tried to 'pass off a phoney dime at the
football game Saturday. All would have been Well
if Bill had been sitting on the end of the row, but
some one between. him and the unsuspecting peanut
vendor objected and the phoney.wns- -returned to. the
blushing Bill.
Definition
Best of the week ... A heel is a person who would
do anything for a friend ... if he had one.
Submitted
Much comment has been made about the bell-lyres
which the Jersey Shore band used at the State Col
lege High School-Jersey Shore football game last
Friday night.
Coed authority tells us that a . sophonore purchased
one of these instruments during the summer with the
idea of getting in the - Blue Band. However, Band
master Thompson would not permit such an instru
ment in his dignified organization.
Even though your drills are an improvement, Tom
mie, we feel the Jell-lyre would add considerable pep
to your outfit. We want a bell-lyre!
Look-Alikes:
Pete Greiner and Jack Sartz. —The Maniac
OLD MANIA
Urgent: '
This ad appeared in the help wanted columns of
the local daily newspaper:
"Women to do upstairs work in fraternity; white
and experienced. Apply Phi Sigma Kappa before
Sunday."
There's a :de:m:l(dd pledge who hands the boys this
one:
"The reason I'm so popular 'is bemuse I'm good
looking and such a good sport." •
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Pretty Crude
'Johnny Moeller was taking Dee Graham ('3B Af s dy
Queen) up to 'the steps of the kappakappagamma
house after Saturday's football game when one of
his friends (1) yelled:
"Why don't: you take her out to the house for din-
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
`BoundslsTheme
Of Pfohl Sermon
Indiana Minister Gives Sermon
In Chapel On "Accepting
Our Limitations"
"Boundaries of limitations which
we cannot pass have been set up for
most of us."
Such was the keynote of the Sun
day chapel address on "Accepting Our
Limitations" by the Rev. Arthur J.
Pl'ohl, of the 'Zion Lutheran church,
Indiana, Pa. ,
as Well as We Can"-
"The greater wisdom," he contin
ued, "is Lo accept them graciously and
to do our work as well ns we can
within the borders of our limitations."
The general public is..dazzlecl more
by famous people with fewer limita
tions than the seemingly insignificant
folk whom they neglect, Dr. Pfohl
said.
Urges Prop for Society
Using the illustration of small
stones in a wall holding the larger
ones together,' he urged that small
men perform a similar service to so
ciety. They provide moral stability
and steadfastness to civilization, the
speaker added.
There is work for us all to do with
in our limitations, Dr. Pfohl said.
One of the great days in - a man's life
is the day when he realizes happiness
is within his reach," he added.
Penn State Fans
Number 288,331
This Year
If all the people who have attended
the 137 events here from January to
October this year formed a snake
dance, the line would reach from
State College to Elizabethtown, Pa.,
via Lewistown and Harrisburg.
This estimate was hosed on figures
released by, Capt. William V. Dennis,
head 'of the campus patrol. Accord
ing to Captain Dennis, 228,331 people
have attended Alm 137 athletic, ses
sional, and 'conventional events of the
past 10, months.
The campus patrol has handled the
parking of, 47,921 cars in that time,
or enough cars, to cover a field of 140
acres when parked solidly, leaving no
space for . lanes. If these same cars
were parked. end to end on the high
way, they
,would extend from here to
Downington, Dennis estimated.
Defeat Of Bond Issue
Would:Siwed:Program
(dontinned front page ono)
j two retirement* funds at the same
rate tol be paid the federal govern
. meat weald mean no loss to the State
Authority, but,'on the contrary, would
leave the taxpaying public $12,000,000
richer, inasmuch as the retirement
I funds would be earning their required
interest find no assistance from the
state's general fund would be needed.
Actual savings under the "retire
ment
plan" are estimated at $ll,OOO,-
000, with another, million
,added by
the elimination of brokerage' fees,
commissions, trustees' fees, printing,
and other official Ted tape.
. Furthermore, authoritative sources
said, inasmuch as the retirement
funds are available at once, 'construc
tion will go - forward without the de
-6y which would be precipitated by
any other method of financing.
Rumors that the sale of bonds to
the state agencies rather than to'the
federal government would affect the
federal grant to the General State
Authority also Were spiked.
Dean Hammond Feted
Dr. flurry Pi;llammond, new dean
of the School of,Engineering, and Mrs.
Hammond were honored at a dinner
given by the School's faculty in the
Nittany Lion Inn last night. Hammond
was appointed to the post early last
summer.
Howe Replaces Bowen
Maj. .lames Howe, of 'Port
Thomas, Ky., has been added offici
ally to the E.O.T.C. staff, replacing
Muj. Arthur Bowen who was trans
ferred recently to Denver, Colo.
Three Penn State Students
Soloed Thii Week
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Lin, Chineie Student, States
Nipponese Are Against -War
Shanghai as a - peaceful Oriental
city is much busier than New• York
Impossible? Well, it may seem
strange, but Cho Yuan Lin, graduate
student in ceramics, says it's so - . And
Lin should know because he's been in
both places. In fact, he's spent his
entire life- in China; that is, all ex
cept-the two months he has spent in
this country.
Lin, who speaks excellent English,
claims that subways, elevated rail
roads, and other transportation brie
a-brae are unknown in Shanghai and
that the net result is a Mass of rick
shaws, automobiles, and crowded hu
manity on the streets of the city.
dims to nein China •
Granted a fellowship in ceramics
here from the China foundation, Lin
spent five years in study and three
)..ears in research at Yen. Ching, the
American missionary university, in
China. Ile intends to study here for
two years, then return\ to his home
land to itid the ,Chinese Government
in doing what he termed "a vast
amount of work."
"It is tragic," Lin stated, "that
hostilities between China and Japan
began at a time when China woe well
an the road to•progress and reorgani
zation under Chiang Kni.shelc."
The people of Japan do not want
to-fight, Lin said. The real cause of
Japanese aggression, he explained, is
government instability—military lead
ers on the one hand are bitterly op
posed to the emperor and political
parties on the other. Both sides want
UNDER THE COLLEGIATE SPOTLIGHT
l'enn Observes 200th Anniversary With 'Bouquets' To State;
Grid Star Fined 2 Touchdowns for Speeding
By ROY NICHOLS
With a drive for $12,500,000 to be
collected by 1940, the University of
Pennsylvania celebrated its 200th an
niversary at a "world-wide" dinner in
Convention hall, Philadelphia, last
night.
A coast-to-coast network linked to
gether more than 70 similar world
wide dinners. held simultaneously
through-out the United States and
abroad by, Penn alumni. Supreme
Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, a Penn
graduate, presided over the celebra
tion at Convention hall.
.Said a Daily Pennsylvania editorial
last •Nvek, "Then, on, October 18, a
Pennsylvania `round-the-world' dinner'
will be held, with millions of
listening in at their radios. By
this time, hundreds4peOpleC.vill - have
found out that Penn and Penn State
arc two different schools.
"After 200 years!"
Aside to the editor: We're just as
happy as you are.
It wasn't a pajama parade that
prompted :AO co-eds of the Slippery
Rock Teachers' College to go traipsing
cut into the gray dawn with only
Campus Bulletin
Red Wing Society will meet in Room
35, Education building, at 7:15 o'-
clock. Illustrated talk on "Birds on
Bonaventtire Island."
Sophomore Seminar meeting will be
held in Hugh Beaver room, Old Main,,
at 8:15 o'clock. Jessie Scliminky 'will
lead on "Summer Education Unique."
Freshman Forum will be held at 7
o'clock. Alice Cuinane will speak on
"Fraternally Speaking." Nominations
for offices will be held. Check lists
must be brought.
TOMORROW
Alpha Delta Sigma, hoborary ad
vertising fraternity, • will meet in
Room 318, Old Main, at 7:30 o'clock.
THLIRSDAY
House of Representatives will meet
in Room flos, Old Main, at 4 o'clock.
MISCELLANEOUS
Philotes will meet in clubrooms at
7 o'clock.
Candidates for freshman 'and var
sity wrestling report to Rea Hall to
day and Thursday at 4 o'clock..
Registration of candidates for Phi
Eta Sigma, freshman honor society,
will be held in Room 209, North Arts
building, today and tomorrow from 7
to 9 o'clock.
Harold Archer
William Fuchs
their share- of power, 'he said, and
consequently, the military leaders are
now doing their part in China.
"China Fighting for Life"
"Our pepole will fight to the last
man. The very existence of coun
try is threatened. China is fighting
for life. We have a tremendous.mun
power from which we can draw, and
appreciate the moral support ofi the
United States in this 'crWs," Lin
stated.
Lin agre&S with Sen. Key, Pittman,
chairmnn • of the foreign affairs com
mittee,' who recently stated that .if
economic pressure were. applied to
Japan, the Nippon would be forced
to quit within a month..
Sews First Grid Game
Turning from the troubled interna
tional horizon, Lin explained that the
environment , at Penn State is ideal
for study. As far, as students - are
concerned, Lip believes that- the atti
tude of Chinese and American' stu
dents toward their work is very near
ly alike. Customs at Lin's alma ma
ter in China take the form'of tossing
freshmen into pools, but usually -are
disregarded. ,
Lin saw his first football game - a
few weeks ago—the Gettysburg-State
contest. Despite' the fact that it was
his first game, Lin 'found' it Interest
ing."—he had the actions on the field
interpreted and fully explained. to
hint.
Asked what had . impressed him
most since his stay in this country,
Lin didn't hesitate to say, '!The gen
erosity and liberalism of Americans."
night-gowns and blanketa covering
them. A fire, believed to have started
in the dormitorrkitchen where an ox
was being roasted in preparation for
a homecoming celebration, - destroyed
the dormitory early Saturday morn
ing.
The world's greatest optomist was
brought to light in the classifieds of
the Indiana Daily Student. Lost-A ten
dollar bill in the Cbmmons, .Tuesday
noon, October 5. Call 5105. REWARD.
(no kidding.)
Football players pay, speeding fines
with touchdowns out' in California.
Howard Yeager, Santa Barbara State
College halfback, was, sentenced last
week by Judge Fred'T. Harsh: "I'm
lining you sl.oor. two . foucbdOWns:
against Redlands." '
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In 'the first ;quarter of the game
Friday night,. Yeager traveled .12
yards for a touchdown. Later he snag
ged a 21-yard pass over the-goal line.
Judge Harsh marked the fine "paid"
When he saw the • final score—Santa
Barbara 31, Redlands
. Dartmouth begins an experiment in
deVeloping motion-picture script writ
ing this week when Walter NVanger
'l5 returns to promote instruction in
this field as a memorial to Irving
Melberg. illikbe the EpStein boys can
be persuaded to return to the fold:
It's fewer corsages for "dates" at
Indiana U. as the men passed a rul
ing that the gui friends get flowers
for only three dances during the school
year
Princeton freshmen rate Chief Jus
tice Charles Evans Hughes as "the
greatest living American." Poll them
in their senior year,and it'll, be Old
Mr. Boston, no doubt:
The Tiger cubs also said that they
felt that full academic credit was jus
tifiable for the A-year. R.O.T.C. course.
(We suggest double credit and a year's
treatment in some nice sanatarium.)
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Tuesday. October 19, 1937
Lakonides -Fetes
Dr. Carl Schott
Formal 'fen In Grange Lounge
Given By Women's Group
Honors New Dean
Lakonides, women's physical educa
tion honorary, welcomed. Dr. Carl P.
Schott, new dean of 'the School of
Education and Athletics, at a formal'
tea in Grange - lounge Sunday. \ "
Invitations were extended to, the
staff of the physical education depart
ment, and. to Dean of Women Char
lotte E. Way. , •
The committees: Refreshments—Vio
let Bailoni '39, chairman; Gene Cid,
dings '3B, Dorothy McAuliffe '39; and
Amy Blandy '39.
' Properties: 'Helen Ketner '3B, chair=
man; Louise Sutton '3B, Eleanor Car
ins.'3B, and 'Edith 'Trigiani '4O.
Invitations: Mary Ann. Rhodes '9O.
Clean-Up: Bertha Wright '39, chair
'man. Madeline' Purnell '39, Patricia
Altwater '4O, Eloise Rockwhll '9O; and
Beatrice Lowe '4O. ' ,
Daddy Groff Gets
New Fruit Used
As Medicine -
Dr. G. W. Groff, known as "Daddy"
to thousands of Penn State graduates
and students, who is now dean of ag
riculture at Lingnan University in
China, has discovered a fruit highly
prized by the Chinese.
The fruit, lohon, is found in a re
stricted province in China Mtere it is
grown and dried by primitive tribes- .
men. In its fresh state, lohon is very
sweet and irritating 'to the lips and
tongue. However, in its dried state,
it is known in Chinese stores the
world over as a medical remedy for
colds and congestion of the lungs.
"Daddy" . Groff found •he . was the
first white man ever to be seen by
these tribesmen who have a highly
developed horticultural technique. He
collected the first leaves, blossoms,
and fresh fruits - of the plant for the
National Geographic .SOciety.
Lohon,. which for years was "just
beyond" science and botanical identi
fication can now be studied for its ac
tual medical value 'sad plant history
'as a result of this discovery.
Bently Attends Show
Of Percheron Horses
Prof. Franklin L. neatly of the de..
pertinent of animal husbandry attend
ed...the national percheron horseshow,
and 'bred,tYpp eonfeivneec,in:Coluin
has, 0., hist'week-end.._
neatly, also acted as judge at the
percheron horse shbw in Frederick,
Md., last week.
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