Page Four Heidelburg Affords Glimpse Into Past, Says Grad. Student "There's nothing like Heidelberg University for a glimpse into the past," says Marion McKinney. a grad• uate student who studied in Germany last year. "A Heidelberg man Is not a man until he has received at least one scar in a duel. Duels are quite frequent and often are fought with little or no technique.", According to Miss McKinney, cam pus smoothies at Heidelberg are eith er too attentive or indifferent, are quite fat, not handsome, and are care less about their personal appearance. On the whole, however, a Heidelberg er is quite generous with his gifts. "Co-eds at Heidelberg are not, at tractive," says Miss McKinney, "use little make-up, and are unsophisti cated. They alit dress half as well as the average American college girl. "Social life at Heidelberg is differ ent from that on the American cam pus. Beer parties are the rage, danc ing is popular but is mostly limited to waltzes. Dating co-eds is almost taboo. Town -clerks and cafe workers are the objects of masculine affection. Men students formerly lived in "cor porations." a German counterpart of the American fraternities, but these were abolished, with the coming of Hitler." In her courses of study, Bliss Mc- Kinney states that she could detect very little propaganda in technical subjects but that It was quite obvious in several lectures. '4l Women To Sponsor Tea For 'Big Sisters' The freshman women will entertain their big sisters with a tea in Grange lobby Sunday from 3 to 5. The sisters according to the custom, will call for their big sisters and accompany them to the tea. The cochairmen for the affair are Betty Mattes and Elinor Weaver. The food committee is Jean Fox and M. Elizabeth Hearn. Dorothy M. Austin and Ada A. Markley will servo while the cleanup committee will be Mar• garet E. Harlan and Louise Para ska. For Christmas Give a Sequin or Beaded Evening Bag The Susanna Shop 120 Alle'n St., State College, Pa. Phone 332 HUNGRY • . • •? STICKY CINNAMON ROLLS CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS OPEN EVENINGS The Electric Bakery Allen Street Phone 3121 We are happy to see that Collegian has grown into such a fine collegiate publica tion since its beginning fifty years api. HILLSIDE ICE & COAL COMPANY 133 N. Patterson St. . Phone 842 To the Collegian . . . . A Toast To Your Fifty Years of Progress. "May we grow together" GERNERD'S CLEANING PRESSING REPAIRING BOOTH WATMOUGH And His. Orchestra Now Booking Definite Dates for Christma Tours Student Directory Features Novel Cognomens With the publication of the 1937-3 Directory comes the .usual bevy of nondescript nomenclature. Included in this year's college cata logue of cognomens were such com binations as East and West, Black and White, Dull and Sharp, Fall and Winter, Deach and Shore, and- Frost and Snow. Ng, not a chemical formula. is the shortest surname listed while Koust souglanis wins the crocheted bathtub for having the longest monicker. The Millers with a representative figure of 65 nosed out the Smiths by a sheer plus four number to win the statistically prominent class. The Joneses ran one member short of ty ing the Wilson clan with 2S for third place. In the Bird and Fish category is listed Swan, Dove. Crow, Pike, Bass, and Flounder. Grass, Bay, Moss, Root, and Fruit are offered for botanical classification. Under the column headed "uncles sifted grotesque" comes Custard, Fly Bride, Dice, Pew, Dloou,•Odd, Stump and Post. These appellations °wipe tionally enumerated are Pope, Cook Sheriff, Stoker, and Porter. Moore '3B Appointed Conference Director Thomas H. Moore '3B has been up pointed a regional director of the In tercollegiate Conference on Govern ment representing the north-central area of Pennsylvania. Moore served on the public utilities committee for last year's conference, - and is one of six members on 'the regional board. Plans for the fifth annual :meeting of the conference to' be held in Har risburg, April 22 to 24, are well under way. Students Interested in govern ment from approximately 35 colleges throughout the state will convene at the' capital city to discuss interstate problems with a view of bettering in terstate relations. Peace Group Elects Robert L. Lewis,' a graduate stu dent, bus been elected president of the Peace Action Council. The other offi cers are: David S. Anthony '39, treas urer; Lottie M. Steinitz '3B, secre tary; and Mildred A. Robbins '3S, chairman. • Dial 2238' This Question Of ROTC At $l,OOO A Head By JOHN A. T Balance the budget! Slash federal grants for public works projects. Why? To balance the budget. Levy new taxes to cover farm re lief appropriations. Why? To balance the budget. Slash unemployment relief appro priations and shift more of the bur den to local communities. Why? To balance the budget. Such has been the philosophy of the New Deal during the past fort night. But along conies Secretary of War Woodring to knock that philosophy into a cocked hat. Last Sunday in a report to the President, Mr. Woodring asked for an increase in federal .appropriations —for what? TO HAND OUT MORE MONEY TO MORE COLLEGES TO —PoRO - MORE OFFICERS •FOR THE REGULAR ARMY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MORE R. 0. T. C. UNITS! It is imperative that America do this, Mr. Woodring surmises, be cause we must strengthen our de fenses to keep step with the *crazy militaristic despots of the world who arc sacrificing butter for bullets. We must strengthen our defenses, Mr. Woodring contends. Despite the fact we have two of the greatest nat ural defenses' in the world in the form of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Despite the fact we have only it comparatively narrow land boun dary to protect, a boundary inhabited by friendly people. Despite the fact we have the most strategic naval bases in the world. Despite the fact we are 3,000 or more miles away from those crazy militaristic despots. Yes, strengthen the defenses. But cut off the formes, cut cif the unem ployed, cut off the public works. Give us bullets, not butter. Eddie Nichols Rates Norvo, Bailey Two Plus Or Better By EDDIE NICHOLS (Mr. Nichols is widely known as as authority on "the art of swing," and it- is in this capacity that the Collegian takes pleasure in present ing his views on the hand for Soph Hop.) This department wouldn't have traded the backfield of Beaver Col lege for Women and fifty feet of cop per •wire for Russ Morgan's Orches tra, but Red Norvo is something else again. And Mildred Bailey is two somethings else again. The Soph Hop Committee and-I went round and round until they declared me Ina-, gible, as long as it looked like the Morgans. Now all is peace. • Red Norvo's appearance at Soph Hop ought to answer one argument often made by anti-swing people. They keep saying' people can't dance to swing music with much pleasure because the music keeps getting in the way, or the tempos are too fast, or there is -too much moneky-business going on. The Norvo orchestra does —or did when your correspondent ‘ last heard them—a better than fair job at combin:ng swing ideas with dance- Ale music. There can't be inua blasting away since Norvo features his xylophone consistently, which means that the excitement must be produced more subtly. If Eddie Sauter's arrange ments are still being used, there should be a restrained but stirring pulse On the stand most of the even- I Mg. He has scored some trick liar ' moray figures for trumpet and two reeds, which come out effectively when the band is heard in person. Even if the orchestra were only or dinary, the presence of Mildred Bail ey would lift it beyond its powers. Just give that woman the nod and she'll make the night something for the memory book: Now that Bessie Smith is gone, there are few blues singers to challenge the Bailey, es pecially when she has good material to work with—something she seldom gets on records. Anyhow she's an artist that needs the crowd; so give her a break and you'll know. there's real talent on the premises. , Norvo. is one of the pioneers of good I jazz, having„played with the best of THE - PENN STATE cm:az-cgs ROANOVITCH Mr. Woodring admits that although there are some 96,000 college and high school students enrolled in R. 0. T. C. units throughout the nation, only ap proximately 3,000 are potential offi cers. The U. S. Military Academy at West Point, adds Mr. Wocidring, cannot supply the officers needed by the army, although its quota has been raised to 1,960.. What Mr. Woodring didn't say, however, is just how much of an in crease he would need in federal ap propriations to supply 120,000 officers for the army through the R. 0. T. C. :The lust individual figures released by the War Departnient showed Penn State with an enrollment of 1,694 stu : dents in the baSic R. 0. T. C. course. Of these, only 107—less than seven per cent—continued in the advanced Course. Yet the War Department pumped in $49,305.17 for .personnel pay and an additional $57,723.69 for "main tenance." A total of $107,028.86 to produce 107 POTENTIAL reserve of ficers. One thousand bucks a head, mind you. • Those figures were read into the Congressional Record in February, 1936. They were released by the War Department in November, 1932. But since then the War. Department has discontinued the service. It now groups all colleges together and re leases figures covering the nation as a whole. No attemptis made at clar ity. In other words, the War De partment is doing its, pumping under secret contracts now. But that last price tag cannot be covered by any '-War Department smokescreen. . Scratch your head, Mr. Woodring, and think it over once more. Do we • really have to strengthen our defenses? And if so, isn't there'. a cheaper way to do it than by expanding R.. 0. T. C.—at a thousand bucks per head? them since the middle twenties. At one time he was featured on a stage tour with Paul. Whiteman's Orches tra, and from that time on he has never lacked for work in high places. There will be no sloppy musicianship, no bogging down of tempo, no "trick hats, and noise makers.!' The, stuff should Tome out with 'lift and 'with finish: 'The heights of' electric frenzy that Goodman has reached, or Elling-' ton, won't be experienced; but neither will the chin-leaning, 'all-for-the-pay check, routine mediocrity be suffered. So this,department predicts the Nor vos won't rate less than two plus. Richard E. Harvey '9O shot a ten point buck Monday morning near Hollidaysburg. The buck weighed 189 pounds. SHOE REPAIRING 808 MINGLE NEXT TO FIRE HALL Artists Course Nears Sellout Self-Supporting Policy Assured By Total TiCket Sales Numbering 1,271 Ticket sales totaling 1,271 guarani teed the self.suporting policy of the 1237-38 Artists Course, according to figures released late yesterday, by Dr. Carl E. Marquardt, chairman of the coarse counnittee.. Up to that time approximately 125 seats were yet to be sold with indi cations pointing to a sell-out for the series. Remaining seats will be sold on either a partial series basis at" a slightly reduced rate or 'on a single Performance basis, Students -Wait All Night • The students' ticket sales begin Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock. Desir•. ous of obtaining good seats, several students remained In Old. Maki over night to be first in line. By 6 o'clock about one hundred course patrons till ed Old Main. Faculty and townspeople appeared at the window around 3 o'clock Mon day morning, the du' of their allotted ticket sales. Many of the faculty were represented by proxy, having students stand in line for them. The American Repertory theatre's presentation of "The Queen's Hus band," the first number of the series, was given on the Schwab auditorium stage last night." Hans Kindler and his National Symphony orchestra will return to the campus for the third straight year as the second number of the course en Wednesday, Januari , 12. Exhibit of W.P.A. Art Will Remain 2'Weeks Thirty-two black and White . and col or prints, loaned by the Federal Art project, went on exhibition in • the Main Enginering gallery Wednesday And will remain for the next two weeks. The show •is representative of recent work done in all sections of the country under the W. P. A. Fed eral' Art project. In addition to a large group of prints from New York, there are sam ples of graphic art from Ohio, Call fornia, Colorado, New Mexico, Mas sachusetts, and. Pennsylvania. Dis tinguished artists such as Arnold Blanch, Adolph Dehn, Don' Freeman, Emil Ganso, Charles Gardner, and John Gregory will have works in the exhibition. This is one of the largest 'aeries of displays being sent out from Washington. The gallery, located on the tilled floor of the Main Engineering build ing, will be open every day, except 'Sunday, from 8:30 in the morning to 8:30 in the evening. 1 "State's Biggeit Little Sandwich Sh op'' Congratulates The Collegian on Its Fiftieth, Year SAl6OYvncH ALLEN STREET ALLY'S HOP Opposite Post Office HOP UNDER THE COLLEGIATE SPOTLIGHT Neon Lights Latest Thing For College Bands; Ildward University Freshman Develops. New High Speed For Photography; . Optional Attendance Plan Is Successful Winning first honors in a recent. SOn Francisco International Exposi tion parade, the Fresno State College band showed the latest thing in col orful musical 'organizations. By means of a central io s iier unit carried on the carriage of the big brass drum, the entire band of 100 pieces is lighted up with neon and bulb lights for night marching. !With the football stadium dark, the hand makes a startling appear ance—trombones outlined with red neon and bass horns circled in blue neon, the college colors. Centered in the marching unit is the big drum, with a neon circle en closing a neon "Fresno State" on top. Each musician has a red or blue light on his cap and movable lights at his hips. The lights swing as the men march and illuminate their brit red trousers. , A freshman student at Howard University has developed a process of photographing at a speed more than twice as fast as hitherto possi ble. Speeds,ranging from 1/1,000 to 1/1,500,00 of a second are.attained by the. new method. Although- the general principles of the process have been known for many decades, refine ments developed by the student, F. Balm Riggs, Jr., make much higher Speeds obtainable. , Riggs has taken pictures with his machine of a golf ball compressed by the blow of a golf club, and a bullet stopped in flight,' as it shattered a bulb. Despite the terrific velocity of the objects, the pictures show very little distortion. " In. its practical" applications, the apparatus will open new fields of in- Vestigation 'in ballistics formerly un known. By detecting defects in high speed machinery, by "freezing" prac tically any action, the camera will show both how and why a machine breaks. Its application in the auto; • • Graham,& Son . - -• _ Established 1896 • - • • .Dealers in :,;, • Congratulates the Collegian on its• Golden 'Jubilee. Friday, Decemlier 3, 1937 ICHOLS , '-' mobile inaust',alo'ne, promises wide renown for Rigg§. Six years of' . ekration have proved the voluntary attendance plan of ed ucation a success at the University of Chicago. ' Some students hive completed the four-year course in one year. Others have done it in two, and the major ity in less than four years. -Fewer students cut classes and a greater number take'post graduate work: But president' Robelit M. Hutchins believes the plan has a drawback. At tendance at classes . has increased since it. became non-compulsory, in dicating a "slavish• servility" which President Hutchins deplores. The student iS • advised not to let the university - interfere .v. , :th his ed ucation. If he feels he can' get an education superior 'to that the facul ty can give him; , he can go to the aquarium, take'• a '.trip around the world, or deposit himself with an en cyclopedia. - k,K. , .....,..a 9 . ..„ --, f' S f i' . 4 4 1 if -..‘'-- ‘,.,, I 1 1WilP 4 t Fun _ t Health Puliue s
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