Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Snecessni. to The -Pere /,rarer, esF.ublished 18R7 Pahllo,l eand-Nally daring Ina Callese.yanr. infrant nn hnlidaYa, by analenta of The Pannavlynnla States tlollega. In tho Werra!, of the Callav, the anoleals, fa,alty, and friend, 1511.1.11.Tal MN 14AT1011.. AOVICRTISINO Sy National Advertising Service, Inc. Collev P•4l , ll.lorrs Horne:dark. 420 MALMOON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. •••.Nro • !afro. . WI Rome., • f.•011./ARCISCO CHARLES M. WHEELER...7ft. TR JAY 11. DANIEI.S %IR Woolen'. Editor nosiness Manager JEROME WEINSTEIN CARt. W. DIEHL 'lB Mailaving Editor Advertising Manager FRANCIS 11. SZTMCZAK 18 ItOftERT S. NeKELYEY Nr. Editor Circulation Manager • wrinrthow W. BIFILN"iI° .10IIN C. SADELLA MR Feature Editor Eroinntion Malinger SHIRLEY It. 11Eleuti ITS ROBERT E. ELLIOTT JR. .38 Editor Condon Advertising Manager ErilltillA 11. POWERS 'illt KATHRYN hl. JENNINOS 'B5 As•veinie Widnerix Editor Senior Secretary CAROLINE TYSON T 8 ,• Associate Wometes Editor 1937 1,4 ernber , 1938 Pssociated Colletsiale Press f): tributor of Collegiate Digest ASSOCIATE EDITORS Thorwu A. Nal '29 Herbert R. Callan *::9 Alan C. Alrlatyre Roy IL Ittleholv Jr. "l 9 Salvatore S. Sala ':R John A. Trnannvitch .29 WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS B. 80w1.1...rg E. 1...n8 Sliren Pxinh Nn••,llr.-1 1 Webarol NV Seeman 'PP DOW It Lone 'PO Jerome Shaffer '39 Francis A. C. limiters r. 'PO Mary 3. Sample ':10 Manalaintr'FAltor Thk hit Nvws Editor Tuesday, November 16, 1037• A DEAN'S DINNER It is time that Penn State women arise, front their lethargy and realize that they do not receive recogni tion for their achievements except in their own small groups. The inauguration of Denll'S dinners would be a step towards giving credit to those women who are eon trilmting most to the College. One evening each month could -be set. aside in the Dining Commons when the Dean of Women could enter tain at her table the women whose work has been most constructive. Invitations to dine with the Dean could be issued front her office. A list of the guests could also be posted on the bulletin board in bloc Hall. The number of• office; a woman holds should not be the measuring stick to determine her right to this honor. Those who do the most work for the College should be the ones to be recognized Theta Sigma Phi is taking a step in this direction with the Matrix Banquet which will provide for yearly recognition of outstanding women. If women students support both a Dean's dinner and the Matrix Banquet, they will have a definite goal of achievement for the en- tire feminine enrollment PEACE OPPORTUNITIES THE PRESENCE OP Philip Jacob in State College to day and tomorrow oilers an excellent opportunity to those interested in promoting pence to receive some fresh ideas. It can he Neel y assumed that most thorough-thinking persons are fundamentally in favor of , promoting peace Some militaristic demons and fascist sympathizers oh feet, but pretty generally we all are for rime°. Yet pace is one of the most neglected of our worth while projects. Too few people arc willing to spend the time to campaign constructively and to work effectively I for poace. Mr. Jacob unquestionably can point out ways'of pro moting and fostering n latent interest in the furthering of peace. The meetings_ that he will attend and the in terviews that he will conduct in conjunction with the Christian Association should be well-attended and con structive. ADD HORROR NOTES NOW WE SEE that the Senate Committee has granted recognition to an advanced , R. 0. T. C. honorary organi- zation for military engineers All this, mind you, after the Senate Committee said last spring that it was opposed to recognizing props gnnda-spreading organizations NEED FOR UNIFORMITY STUDENT BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION to the Deans of the Schools last week that a uniform system of attendance be set up in each School can be turned into the answer for a crying need if it receives proper consideration before another semester is inaugurated. There is no argument against a uniform system. There is no doubt that such uniformity is needed. But what must be assured is that any such new sysieM that liIIMIEESIM=IIII It is modern and progressive to believe that students today come to College because theY wish to become edu- cated. It is logical to assume that they s can hold no one responsible but themselves if that is not achieved under a system where they will know where .they stand at all times. Students today are willing to attend classes they feel are worthwhile, from which they will learn vomething. They are loathe to waste time in others that they have a compulsory atmosphere Student. Board's suggestion is worthy of deep consid eration. It is not aimed to affect freshmen. It is not aimed to interfere with academic - standards. It is intended to help attain a much•needed reform • and uniformity on the campus. It appears to have been given in good faith. OLD MANIA • , acuity- Members Find N Houseparty Gore: 1 Of MO 'Million-Year-Old In spite of the - general belief, Housepartv this year Tracks In Mine , Licked something. There wasn't the usual excite- meta. Couples were seen netunlly going in before 3 n. in. There were the some drunks, including the re- turning alumni . One good sign seethed to imiteate that the co-eds held their own in the traditional. fracas with the im- ports. The opponent§ continued" their hate of 'each other, with much sniffing in evidence. . It's an ski Rag, but it happened dill Voehl waF, standing across the street'from Del ta Chi with two babes when Skinner Francis chum out of D. C. house. Asked Skinner Francis: "Who's the lady with you, fill?" Replied Bill: "That's no lady, that's Pete Mitch 11=1 ell's h. p. (1." George flitter's (also D. C.) date was so small she 11:141 to sit on the Family bible to reach the 'table. She must have been a saint. Roy 11. Nlchols. 'ID ..11erhert IL llnhon %IP 'Overheard in Iloalsburg: Tr I ached you to come up again, would you? A candid-camera bug was a visitor over the week end and took nearly 100 shots at various h. p. doings Ode had much Sun. Going into the darkened club room at the Kappa Sig house, he heard strange noises from a corner. lie got his snooper set, flashed the bulb, and turned pale at the very thought of the photo - he had taken. Then he turned and rar,. Some loyal brothers chased the nasty fellow, and catching him, made him expose the lewd film. The brothers didn't know the chap had turned the film while being. pursued. When Bobby Brown walked into the cr with his h. p. date last Sunday night, some smart boy asked him if he didn't know that h. p. was over and that his date should have gone home. "I wouldn't know." replied Bobby. "I slept through it." Thespian Show Gore Another smart whip eras standing with a group of friends in Schwab AuditoriUm at intermission during the Thespian show Saturday night. Be noticed a sta tue by George Gray •Bernard, a Bellefonte boy, repos jag in the earner. - . Very 'artistic, the piece shows .a shapely base with the arms clasped to one side. "There's where the Susy-Q originated," he said. ♦ -L. B. C As usual at a Thespian fall show„entertainment wap lacking. Some individual with foresight brought a copy of College Humor and was reading it at inter- No matter which way you look at it, entertainment lacking. Overheard: . "Ile's ' not a bad egg, even if he is a fraternity brother of mine." We always thought so Overworked The duties of senior 'class president are rather try ing. That, added to houseparty, seems to have tired Jack Kennon no end. He was riding a motor bike around town Sunday. —THE MANIAC • KEELER'S ANNUAL O NOVEMBER BOOK. SALE Buy Books Now for Christmas Select Prom Hundreds of Titles ' At Greatly Reduced Prices 4 „ • NOVEMBER 15 - - to - NOVEMBER 30 THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN CM= =XI +++ +++ +++ +++ IZZII College Obtains- Fossil Treasure I About 14 feet of fossil tracks of a 1200 -million-year-old salamander, the of A large hog, will he in the nos ; SeeS inn of Penn State within a Week ins the result of an expedition made by three nm; from the Mineral Pa dm:tries School last week-end •to :;56-fetit level in the Jerome niine of Ililimen Coal and Coke company,. .15 mile.: south of Johnstown: • Donald snporvism• or the !mining extension; his assistant, Keith ; B. Pfoor; and Prank M. Swartz, pro ;tor of prilentology, made the trip to S6mersct county. They Were aided in 'retrieving 'the fossil beast:re by 13 men in coal mining ex ' tcm-ion classes and their instructors, John .1. Alexander and Vincent Si kora. ail ol* Jerome: Tracks Very Clear "They are the clearest fossil tracks have evet• seen," was a statement made by Dr. Swartz. The small piece Wf.' have in'the NI. L corridor was or iginally to go to the American Mu -.Stn of Natural History." The foottn•itas were on the upper surface of the roof rock and repro i sent. the 'path of a coal age amphibian. :When the creature crawled by, the tend covered vegetation • which later wan compressed into the Upper Kit tanning or C coal of the Allegheny !formation. • Exhibit on Ist Floor Exhibition of the fossil will be in the first floor corridor of the M. I. building. One large section of the new slabs is nine feet in length. Many other tracks are in evidence at the JCII)IliC mine, indicating that the area . was once quite wild 'with prehistoric lizards. The mine is one of the few pots in the world where such tracks have been found. + FOOTLIGHTS 4/ Say It With Music' It was fortunate for both the Thes pians and the audience that viewed their performance Saturday night, that .the Varsiteers saw fit to come up froM Pittsburgh to provide sonic entertainment that was new, original, and sparkling,,,to a show that other wise shrieked of mustiness and in adequate taoli. And the Varsiteers were successful in their attempt to give the audience entertainment. Their improvement! over not year was marked. And lo- I cal audiences thought' then that they had received the ultimate from thesei i remarkable young men. But aside from their efforts and !the dancing of .Beet Henderson and Ruth Skase], veteran Johnny Thomp son and the personable Bob Hertz 'struggled on with old jokes, old situa -1 Lions, and mediocre support. To be sure, some fun can still be squeezed from the old "Insane Asy lum," favorite of the burlesque stage, "the D. A. R. at Home Abroad," and . ! Grouch° Marx .in -the White House. But at best it was pretty hollow and thoroughly old stuff. The audience 'was unable to appre ciate' the groans and grimaces of young Miss Witherow who obviously, threw herself to a disadvantage when ever given an opportunity. Magician Sid Webb carried a pro logue and epilogue sheerly by magic. lied he possessed the magic to un- cover a whole show as Mr. Hertz ask ed him to, he would have performed a noble service. The dancini of Hertz, Louise Stringer, and Peggy Scheaffer added a pleasant taste, as did the voice of Joe Cook. The curtain-puller had a lot of fun. Not only did he have the opportunity of performing frequently, but he was overzealous enough to send Pat Alt water off to a had start in her dance routine. The choruses . , subjected to weird costumes, performed weirdly as well. All hands seemed to feel the incoher ence of what they were trying to do. Certainly the audience did. Those five girls who preceded the finale by a few moments had an ex tremely difficult time spinting forth what they .had to offer. It added to the audience's feeling all night that surely something must be coming some time. Then came the finale. It was a fitting finale. Lack of ,coordination, lack of text, and limb of general Thespian enter tainment qualities were disappointing to a painfUl degree. Chief excuse for the performance appeared to be 'that billing had made production nee.' essary. Best gag of the evening: "He was late today, wasn't he?" -c. M w Dr. Dengler To Speak Dr. Robert E...Dengler, professor of classical languages, will speak to the Cosmopolitan Club on his .trip' to Greece at his, home, Thursday, No vember IR, at R n'elttelc. UNDER THE.COLLEGIATE 'SPOTLIGHT Johns Hopkins `De-Emphasilzes' Football And Packs The Stands; Women At N.Y. 'Boycott' Japan By Replacing ' -.Silk Apparel With Woolens - By ROY NICHOIS Johns Hopkins University is•packing 'em in at football games these days. With an unparalleled plan of "de-emphasized football," the University will never pay or accept guarantees, will finance its own trips away, and will expect visiting teams to do the same. The spectators get a break, too. All that is necessary for admission , to tames is a guest yard which may be had-for the asking. •And the be — arer of one of thes'e cards ban Jake all his friends arid relatives to the ganie-with him without expense, obligation, or an uneasy conscience. , Boycotting - Japan is a serious busi. ness.with curds or the school of, ed ucation at New . York , tlniveraitSr. Twenty of them decided last Neck to weal: 'F. I eel • wool hose instead of stockings. The boys looked -upon them .and :found them good. The. girls found them good--and also cheap. One of the organizers, when asked ' whether the boycott would include un derclothes, looked puzzled. "What undergarments?" '!Well, or step-ins and such things. Everything else that we wear —pajamas, slips, negligees, will be eoltan or wool from now on." ' Victory-drunk students of Lafay ette College took a voluntary holiday after the Rutgers game and paraded through the streets of nasori. It was the first student-organized celebration in more than 12 years to be taken following a major football victory. High spot of the occasion was a sit down strike in the streets of Easton which Milted trolley and auto traffic for• more than two hours. A .professor at Carnegie Tech in measuring the decibelsof sound in the men's dormitory found that between 15 p. m. and 12 midnight, the average ;noise level was 112.1 decibels, or "the equivalent to that given by two, riv eting machines or a sustained roll of ',thunder." An electric eye detects late-corners to physics classes at St. Thomas Col lege. Even while the professor's - back is turned a person can't slip in un detected; for he must cross the light beam and when he does a gong clangs. A University of :Minnesota fresh moo has had to say "Ugh" 97,000 I times in the last few weeks. That Lone word is his .entire speaking part lin a play. C;E:M:=111 Complete ""servicing" of Fordham graduates is the new policy at that university. • A (college graduate, like other Pre . - ducts of this machine age, gets• con ,siderable wear and tern., and Ford ham proposes to guarantee its grad uates on a replacement basis. Industry 'can_ send graduates back fp Fordham for more seasoning if any' Weakness develops. The new Placement bureau is the result of a year's survey among leading employ ers and interviews with 92,000 stu dents. "No manufacturer would think of selling a $7,000 airplane, automobile, or any other product without complete servicing to the client," said the Rev. Robert I. Cimnon, president. "We in education are making- a • mistake today. It costs from $4,000 to $7,000 to turn' out finished pro ducts. We get a job for our product I and forget him. " And there's a lot of truth in that. Co-Edition Given Group's Approval Welfare Committee Also Grants Recognition To Petition For, ROTC Charter Action by the Student Welfare - committee last week gave recognition to the Co-Edition, bi-weekly news piper sponsored • by . the W. S. S. A. At the same time, the committee ap proved a petition by advanced •lt. 0. T. C. engineering students asking the establishment of a Penn State chapter• of the National Association of Military Engineers.. The, decision of the committee per mitted the Co-Edition to sell advertis ing space on the provision that said advertising does not finance more than 75 per cent of the total income of the publication. i. Okay' ilitary Ball It was the opinion of the majority of the Student Welfare. committee that "proper consideration would not likely be given to the quality or need for student publications if they could to financed entirely through the sale of adveftising space." Permission was granted 'by the committee for the Military Ball on February 4. Action on the American Student Union was delayed pending a hearing to be held when A. S. IJ. members are ready to present their case. William L: Henning, associate pro• fessor of animal husbandry, received the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Wisconsin at a recent meeting of the state univer 't: I (nu.: of ilicr.!F. • Nation:Vide, Drive Launched Against Compulsory ROTC Rededicating. themselves to the pdr-' pottiation of peace . in AmeriCa on the anniversary of the World War's end, at least a score of colleges dotting the .country from California to West Vir ginia simultaneously- started a• drive' last Thursday' to remove. compulsory military training from the nation's educational system. •' Spurred by peace talks by Maj.pon. Smedley D. Butler at' Northwestern University, - Chicago's Prof. T. V. Smith at Indiana University, and former Wisconsin President ' Glenn . Prank at West Virginia University, the movement to' abolidh -compulsory ROTC gained sudden momentum throughout the land. • , Spearheading thO attack was The Daily Californian, niouthpiece - of the University of California and self-styj cd "Monarch of 'the College' Dailies,". which illeaped• bitter invectives upon protagonists of compulsory military training and advocated a stllke of ROTC students. - The movement took definite form at West Virginia, where voluntary regis tration of students "interested- in peace advancement on the campus" Was begun. Seats For Pitt Tilt Available At A.A. IleServed seat tickets for the Penn State-Pitt game this Satur day in Pittsburgh arc now on'sale at the Athletic Association ticket office in Old Main: The price is $2.75 eaCh.'' ' This. will. be the final game, for. the most . successful Higgins-coach cd Nittany Lion eleven, having won five and lost taro to date. 77- Pitt is undefeated and is the lending contender - for is Rose Bowl invita- Students Accused Of 'Lifting' 200-Ib. Lion (Continued from rage trite) °rabic 'eigiense. I would appreciate a thorough in vestigation and search . of the Col lege grounds, dormitories and Ira : Comities :in an effOrt to recover this, and would be willing to forego prosecution if' it can- be recovered and returned to inc. The Nittany Lion footliall team and students of the Penn State College would 'con sider this stone lion a "wonderful trophy," - ai you - On readily see. I am appealing to you for your assistance and -co-operation in a search and recovery of this person al • property, , the carrying off of which was, after all, an act of van dalism. . • '• trust you will view the inci dent from, my 'point of view and make all poisible efforts - to locate this stone 'adornment and have" it returned to me. • • \cry. truly yours, L.' Howard' Weatherly Has anyone seen a lion loose? PRINTING for FRATERNITIES AND CLUBS • LETTERHEADS ' .ENVELOPES STATEMENTS`_ Nittany :Printing & Publishing Company 110 West College Avenue TOesday. November 16, 1937 Bissey Promoted To Acc'ting Post Administrative Revisions Give Watkins Vacated College Scheduling Post . . • Changes involving two members of the CAliege administration have been effected, it was )earned yesterday, de Spite lack of official Confirmation. That some change had taken place in the administrative staff was re vealed "during the past fortnight when letters from the 'College sched uling officer carried the signature 'of Prof. Ray V. Watkins, of the depart ment of Englishommposition. • Bissey in Accounting Dept. Meanwhile, Cyrus V. D. Bissey, it Was learned, .has been moved from the College scheduling office, to the accounting: staff. Both appointments' are regarded as promotions. Whether a new poSition was creat ed for Bissey and whether - Watkins would retains his, position as assistant professor of Bng,lish eompoition could not he +nulled. `Thought Pattern Regulates Living' Philadelphia Pastor Addresses Houseparly Audience At Chapel Services "All that we. are is the result of. 'what we -hove thought," declared Dr. Frederick R. Griffin of the First Uni- Winn church in Philadelphia in his chapel speech on the duties-of the mind in Schmitt auditorium Sunday. "Each of 'us can think as he likes," he continued. "Oar mind is the most private thing. about us; within its gates we are sovereign. We are not able to speak and net because of con vention, tradition, customs, and laws; With thoughts it is different. If we choose to think on high levels, we may, if we choose to think on IoW levels no one can deny our privilege. It is for us to decide." Thinking Hardest Work The doctor stated that thinking is is the hardest work Which men . may Undertake and that there is as a re sulta great many unemployed minds Tor which it is necessary that we pro vide relief.' Ile said that three'duties of the mind are to.know the truth, to: be free, froM.,the opinions -,of other pcojle, and to he healthy. " - It is the privilege of the mind to - choose its own environment, to choose for our companions, those who are bright .and true, and to choose the kind of ground in which life will grow, he continued.- The mind is tied up with the whole meaning of life;- and therefore the mind must .he used if life's purpose is to he fulfilled, he said. " MORNINGSTAR BREAD "The Well-Baked Home-like 'Bread" MORNINGSTAR BREAD is fine for' every purpose. It makes sandwiches that are pleasing in task and at the same time nourishing. And , if you want crisp toast that fairly .melts'in your mouth, this is the loaf for you. MORNINGSTAR SALLY ANN AND PURITY DREAD " • -7:1 ) '`" : 7 0;1" • , movv,-2: '44 : l llljk fr :r Approved by. American.Medieal,Association
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