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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lame, established 1887
Published senil-weekly during the College year, except on holldaye.
by students of The Pennsylvania State College. be the Interest of the
College, the students, faculty. alumni, and friends.
THE MANAGING BOARD
CHARLES M. WHEELER. JR. '3B JAY 11. DANIELS '9B'
Editor Business Manager
JEROME WED:STEIN '39 CARL W. DIEIIL '3B
Managing Editor / Advertising Manager
FRANCIS 11. SZYISICZAK '3B ROBERT S. McKELVEY '3B
Near Editor Circulation Manager •
WOODROW W. BIERLY '39 JOHN G. SABELLA '3B
Feature Editor Promotion Manager
SHIRLEY It. lIELasS '3B ROBERT E. ELLIOTT JR. '3B
Womeris Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
GEORGIA 11. POWERS '3B KATIIRYN • M. JENNINGS '3B
Asnaciate Women's Editor Senior Secretory
CAROLINE TYSON '3B
Associate Women's Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Thomas A. Vaal 19 Herbert E. Cnhan .39
Alan G. Nlelntyre '39
Roy B. hlletnl4 Jr. .39 Salvatore S. Sala '39 John A. Trohnovlteh .39
WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Lucille 13. Greenberg '33 Florence E. Long '39 Reim E. Sheen '39
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Ralph H. Gondlnch 'an Richard W. goortmn 'nn Dallas /L Long '99
Jerome Shaffer '29 ' , tonal A. C. gagers Jr. '39 Mary J. Sample .39
.'Nlantdhic Editor This lour
News Editor Tith;
Tuesday, November 23, 1937
PETITION VS. VOTING MACHINE
TOMORROIV AT NOON, we close our books and re-
turn home to enjoy a four•day Thanksgiving holiday.
Not called for in the College's official calendar, a last
minute petition caused the administration to grant the
Bnt this same Senate refused to put the holiday on
the calendar even after the A. A: election returns last
year !hated that the students were in favor of the four
day Thanksgiving vacation. Why?
In the Athletic Association election, only men stu
dents were allowed a vote. Of the 3,000 odd male stu-
dents in the College, less then 500 voted on the pro
posal, although these were heavily in favor of the full
Thanksgiving hoiday
The Senate apparently did not consider the ballots
because of its lack of true campus representation in
number and that it did not carry the women's opinion,
although the measure affected them as well.
Late last Month, a group of students began a petition
asking for the four-day holiday. Close to 3800 students,
both men and women, signed the paper, most of them
half-heartedly hot with a hope that it would sway the
administration from their original decision. The ques
tion in everyone's mind was if they refused it on the
A. A. ballot, how will they accept n petition?
Subsequent results beau• nut a point that has been
sadly overlooked by past administrations; namely, that
the College Senate will consent, to reasonable student re
quests, IF they are representative of the majority. It
also 'emphasized the women's pqrt in College matters
that directly affect them. Totally !eft out ef the A. A.
balloting, the co-eds fell behind the petition and added
new strength to its working powers.
It further 'stressed the true fait that men' students
are uninterested to walk to Old Main to press'a lever on
even such a measure as this. A petition, circulated by
a few interested and energetic people who:go directly
to the students, will collect more vote's, and thus carry
more weight with the College officials, than the office
seekers can ouster into the voting machine. S.S.S.
NURSEMAIDS NEXT?
On one hand the modern, progressive viewpoid—
"Let, the student decide for himself whether he can af
ford to cot—freshmen included."
On the other--" Cuts represent the attitude of the stri
dent toward his work , and should be taken into account
as far as his final grade is concerned."
The former opinion is that of Dean Marion R. Trabue
of the School of Education, the latter that of Dean Carl
Sebott of the School of Education and Athletics.
Opipions of the deans of the various other schools listed
in this issue of the Collegian range in between, as may
he expected. Dean Charles W. Stocinet of the School of
Liberal Arts would limit free cutting to students with
"2" averages, and not flunk students for cutting alone;
Dean of Women Charlotte E. Rny points out the salient
fact that, "The most obvious effect of unlimited cutting
would be that of putting each student on his own re
sponsibility."
In the face of this gust of scholarly opinion, students
well may wonder just what form they take in the 'minds
of their College officers, and substitute lollypops for
their books. Students conic to College, under the suppo
sition that they are effectively preparing themselves for
a lifetime of work in which they will, in the main,'he
upon their own responsibility. Four years of making
one's own decisions as to the relative value of attending
this class or doing something else possibly more worth
while would certainly be no detriment to anyone's edu
cation.
It is felt that the major portion of the student body
will support the viewpoint expressed by Dean Trabue,
not because it makes schdol easier, but because it re
moves unnecessary attendance regulations and enables
students to feel capable of doing some small portion of
their own thinking.
Although leniency is a question that will cause heated
controversy, there is still admittedly a need for some
sort of uniformity of cutting regulations within and be
tween the various schools. The petition of the Student
Board is not one to be lightly considered by the faculty.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO participate in peace discus
sion is offered by Forensic Council on Tuesday night
after vacation when four students will lead a forum,
concerning the question to which all the world wishes
it had the answer today. •
OLD MANIA
The urge to write comes to many young girls.
When these budding ink bloods come to College, they
find a haven for their efforts by going out for the
Collegian although the smart boys say the Collegian
is not a training base for would-be journalists. May
be they're right.
Three outstanding examples of the works of two
of these maidens are printed below. They're pretty
good. That they're a trifle risque is no reflection upon
the girls. It might be the subjects.
These hits are printed for their face value. If any
person or institution is liheletl, it throne no inten
tins of the Maniac.
A New Word for Just Paling
--Thomas A. Bon! 'go,
--Bruce :cl. Trubue
"Time and tide wait for no man but still the vapors,
of house party catch dp and drift past, leaving a feel
ing of something scathing under a heap of ashes,
favors and empty bottles.
"One • temperamental social psychology student,
feeling the same as we, decided to investigate the
matter, believing thu here lay the soltition to the pe
culiar primary group intercourse known at dating.
"Gathering up a scanty amount of courage, the
chap contacted a group of girls (co-eds to you) on
front campus and put the, question to them: "What
did you like best about house party?"
"The girls were responsive. They mentioned the
game, the meals, the corsages, the dances and so
r-far into the night
"The boy timidly asked about Their dates
"The girls looked startled, exchanged 14itcs, smiled
adescendingly upon the poor chap, and walked on."
Sex Has No Place Here
"'There isn't much ditTerence between Penn State
and State Pend' IChis was the astonishing . -conclu
sion reached by one 'dormant dorm damsel at the reg
,
ular hull session. •
"The idea was 'fully developed by the other contrih..
utors, who were only toa glad to enlarge upon some
Louie other than
. the threadbare subject of sex.
"The inmates of both institutions arc there for a
definite length of time. 'They follow the same fade
in clothing, ,and like the co-eds, follow regulations,
and ace chastised severely; in both cases, if broken.
They crash stones and we trash• everything also—
Collegian, classes, dates, and houses
"Time, naturally, is inversely proportional in the
institutions, in one the more indiscretion, the quicker
the exit, and the other it is just the opposite."
In the Dog House.
"Dogs seem to be the center of attraction these
days. They're all over the football field, they use
the hull pen to settle their spats, and they detract
attention frmn many lectures in which we would oth
erwise fall, asleep. But this canine freedom is not
half so annoying as having to watch a dog tied to
a house during this cold weather. 'One of our faculty
has this as a blackmairk against him in the minds
of the Grange and Delta Gamma co-eds. The nearby
blasting is unnerving enough without having the
terrified howls of a dog to contend ,with. Not that
we hold it against the poor dog—we are merely hint
ing that the owner tube the poor thing inside."
Remember now, these were all contrilmtecliw soph
omore Collegian women. —TIIE MANIAC
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THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
UNDER THE COLLEGIATE SPOTLIGHT
Syracuse Said Coglate's Footbal
But The Final Scor
Syracuse o—He
Early last week the Syracuse Daily
Orange carried the following pre-
Colgate game article. ". . . but this
year it's different. We have to face
not only a worn, battered moral-brok
en team, but also a lackadaisical In
different student body. In other years
Ike Colgate cheering section has been
something to write home about; they
veritably overwhelmed us with the
volume'of their 'do-or-die' spirit. But
according to all reports,, this year's
Colgate cheering section hasn't en
ough spunk to cheer a spelling bee.
Vne team and the cheering run hand
in-hand.'
"The long vaunted Colgate spirit is
a hollow replica of by-gone years,
the Maroon eleven couldn't beat an
egg, and the 'Hoodoo' has faded to a
tripping nymph. They, can't cheer,
they can't play football, and they
can't bluff us any longer. THIS YEAR
IT'S DIFFERENT."
Well, the Colgate Maroon, picked
up the , story aiar plastered it on the
front page with the headline: A Syra
cuse Paper Carried This—What To Do
About It? And you know the answer
4 School Deans Agree
To Proposed Cut Plan
(Continued /own page one)
ways cut themselves out of school."
Dean Harry' P. Hammond, School
of Engineering: "To have a tradition
about the work of a school is more
linportant than to have rulings re
garding it. The tradition of the
School of Engineering is that cutting
is not 'health r y.' I should oppose any
system of unnecessary rules and reg
ulatipos.' We have no problem with
cutting and do not want to create one.
Our principle is to mark the student
on his performance only, but no stu
dent can aflm•d,.to cut classes, and lie
knows it.".
Charlotte E. Ray, Dean of Womeni
"It is hardly fair for one outside the
classrcom to tell an instructor when
and why he 'should excuse students
from his class, but I may suggest that
the most obvious effect of unlimited
cutting will be the fact of putting
ouch student on his own responsibil
ity. The studtmt with an alert mind
and the habit; of genuine •study will
not only get_ alP , the classrobms offers
but will probably seize eaining for
his own benefit'
Arthur R. Wiinock, Dean of Men:
"linifarni eattinirrules - are desirable
but to formult*them to fit all the
rehr.sls would he'impossible."
Dean Warnock refused to 'comment
on the question of voluntary atten
dance of classesl: ,
Dean "Marion'lf, Trabue, School of
Education: -"As far. as unifkrmity
goes, let the student 'decide for him
self whether or not he can afford to
cut. I would alio place freshnien on
their own responsibility."
Dean Carl P.' Schott, School of
Physical Education- and Athletics:
"We have to start with the question,
why does a -fellow go to college? If,
he cuts -he is merely short-changing
himself. Cuts represent the attitude
a student has toward -- his work and
should' be taken into account as far
as the final grade is 'concerned. The
question of uniformity of cuts is one
fsr each school to decide for itself."
Dean Ralph L. Watts of the School
of Agriculture deferred opinion pend
ing a meeting of the Course of Study
Committee of the School of Agricul-
ture in Deeembqr, at which time the
pre.dem will be 'discussed.
Tickets For Artists .
Course to Go on Sale
(Conti:mod from Page one,)
1.:1 per series of five numbers,' ThiS
is , an increase of no more than 15
cents a ticket over, last year, despite
'the fact that artists arc asking up to
35 per cent more for appearanaes this
year. The Artists Course has become
recclnized as the'outstanding prOduc
tion of artistic talent in Central Penn
sylvania, and there is a large demand
for seats by out-of-towners. StUdents
who are approached by out-siders de
siring tickets are asked by Dr. Mar
quardt to reject 'such offers.
Series Opens December 2
.
The Amerman, Repertory Theatre
will open the 1457-38 season of the
Ar,tists Course t en Thursday night,
[December 2, when, they present Rob
ert E. Sherwoodis celebrated satirical
comedy, "The, Q'Oben's Husband,"' in
Schwab auditOrinm. In this play the
Pulitzer priie-winning playwright de
picts the turmoil: of various forms of
.7evernment which are 'endeavoring to
force themselves 'On the peoples,of the
world as the only . type under which
to live.
Publisher Gives Talk
John Person, pliblksher of the Wil
liamsport Gazette; addressed students
in the journalism forum in the Littlo
Tllcolrr r.r 0!,1 ra:*l
1 Team Couldn't Beat An Egg,
e• Read: Colgate 7,
•e's One Reason
By ROY
—Colgate 7, Syracuse 0.
Pennsylvania has dropped boxing
from their intercollegiate sports cal
endar. And with tlhis, boxing as in=
tercollegiute competetion is threaten
ing to decline, for Penh's move follows
a similar one made by ,Princeton last
spring, and Harvard and Dartmouth
a few years ago.
To us at Penn State, where boxing
matches pack the stands this is hard
to believe. And those j of us who were
so hasty to criticize tlhe action burr=
ing Billy Soose and Nester Kociu
binsky begin to realize that if boxing
is to remain more than a ' contest
engaged in by Penn State, Syracuse,
Wisconsin, and a few others, some
thing had to be done to put all col
leges on the same level.
On the other hand, should none of
Me other college's follow the lead of
Penn State and turn blind eyes upon
the ruling of the Eastern Intercolleg
iate association, then boxing will con
tine on its senile way.
R. 0. T. C. at California U. comes
in for its share of the spotlight. When
the Golden Bears played U.C.L.A. at
Los Angeles a few weeks ago, a
number of cadets solved the trans
portation problem. The R.O.T.C. fleet
happened to be leaving for Los An
geles, so the cadets climbed aboard
to inspect' the ships. The fleet moved
out, and 'when it got to San Pedro—
Los Angeles harbor—the cadets said
they had, seen enough and' departed
for the stadium.
The boycott of Japanese goods is
picking up momentum at N.Y.D. 'as
llhe whole student body unanimously
voted to throw its lot in with the .20
girls who
. started the whole thing.
Also joining with the "Cotton for
Co-eels" club are students at Smith,
Vassar, 'Moravian, Rochester, New
Roan!lle, San Diego, and Hunter.
The. RecOrd Crop
"The soft and subtle music of Mr.
and Mrs. Swing" is the way the radio
announcers have been introducing
Red Novo and his blues-singing wife,
Mildred Bailey.
• It is this soft quality in swing mu
sic that Kenneth Norm has made
copular since the formation of his
sand in October 1.935. • Much Milo
:need by Bin Beiderbecks, he decided
swing didn't have to be loud' and
shrieking, . but- should be soft .and
.:miet. Around his . xylophone 7 re built
'a band that haS conclusively proved
his theory. The band plays hot mu
sic, but the arrangements do not call
for screaming brasses or. tempos -ins
possible for dancing. Red's boys just
ease out Music. that's languid, yet
lively.
Personifying the band is Red's glit
tering xylophone. With it, in 1925,
' he led a band but sold out to Isham
Sones, hoping to finance an education
at Detroit University. Soon homesick
for music- he left the Ph. D.'s and
scheduled Paul Whiteman for an ex
tended tour as xylophone soloist. At
the same time he made prominent re
cordings with such men as Benny
Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Bunny Beri
gan, Gene Krupa, and others. These
appeared on Columbia as "Red Nor
vo's Quartet," "Septet," and last "Oc:
let." Their success led him to form a
unit "in the
_flesh" at the Famous
Door, New York, borrowing students
from Syracuse, Colgate, N. Y. U., and
A. F. of M.
When Red Norm married Mildred
Bailey it was truly the :wedding: of
Mr. and Mrs. Swing. She was,,and
is, tops in white blues-singing with
"Rockin' Chair" her theme, "Georgia,"
"Someday, Sweetheart," and :others.
Her singing and pleasant personality
have won her a host of friends, not
the least of which are Benny Good
man, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa;
whom she persuaded to get together
as the Goodman Trio— Undoubtidly
Penn State,' like Cornell, Dartmouth,
and Syracuse. will enjoy Red's "soft
subtle swing."
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SATURDAY, DEC. 4 "
Harvest Ball CP!-
Bill B'ottorf and His Band_ I
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Attends , Convgntictn
Merlin W. 'froy : , (tshave),
dent di the local chapter of Sigma .
pelta , Chi, professional journalism
taaiprary, attended' the. national
convention.' last week at Tope ka, Kan. -
The Penn State-chapter was.rated
.
fifth in pinch* 'its graduates in
the journalistic Fort& 'Tlite
versity'of Washington was awarded
the legate plaque ill:icing the
highest number of journalism grad
ates..
S. U. Plans Afternoon
Dances During winter
. • •
If you have been vieticlering about
the afternoon *(lanies that held
lust year in the.: Sandwich' Sliop; here
is the latest nOs.
According to George L. Donovan,
Student Gnion is Planning to continue
these dances this year just as soon as
the winter social season gets under
wai f This will probably bed week or
twr, before the Christmas holidays.
In order to take care of the increas
ing number of students- attending
these popular dances,, Student Union
hopes to he able to secure the Armory.
To date, no band has been selepted.
-BREW
• Armory '9-12
RURAL COSTUMES
AdinissiOn - 7 - 75 c Couple
SEE TlrE "11.11:WEET QUEEN!' .
Tuesday, November 23, 1931
MacHall,To Hold
Holiday Festii7al
Mac Hall will again .hold :tradi
tional Christmas dinner with Lord
and Lady McAllister presiding over
all their subjects. The probable date
of the dinner will -be the Thursday
night before Christmas vacation :al
though no definite date has been set
by W. S. G. A.
Marjorie F.:Davies '39 is 'chairman
of the dinner.
Committee chairmen are: Mary
Connor '4O, decorations; Margaret
Collins '9O, clean up; Marcia!Mor
phine
,'39, costumes; Jnne.Gruber '39,
arrangements; Joan Sperling '39,
purchases; Katherine Griner inci
tations; Ruth Edgar entertain
ment.
• .
Assistants to the chairmen 'are:
Eleanor Acker '39, Mary 'Rita Engle-
Man '39, Miriam Skladel '4O, Camilla
Binder
. '9O, Mary Ann Fritz '39, Ruth
Marcus '39, Mary Jane Sample
. '39,
Evalyn. Boger '39, Phyllis Herzog•'39,
Jean Stillwell '39, Polly Wirtz '4O,
Margeret . Barnett '39, Dorothy Moss
'39, and June Price, '39.
Others l a the committees are F :Her-,
yl Hindman, '4O, Henrietta Marrow
'39, Dorothy Silks '39, Charlotte
Knabb '9O, and Margaret Shaffer '9O.
Lord McAllister will be the presi
dent of W. S. C. A. and `Lady .Mc-
Allister will - be the senior, senator.
The attendants will be the junior;
sophomore, and freshman senators.
Hurry Back
and
: Down to
The
Balfour Office
at Sauers' Store
109 Allen St.
to order
Balfour Fraternity• Jewelry
for
Christmas
If's part of your
_college
edudation!
The sooneryOu get acquaint
ed with Arrow Shirts the
beiter.• They're authentically
styled by experts and topped
with the finest fitting collars
that ever graced a neck. The
body is Mitoga curve-cut and
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