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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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ASSOCIATE. EDITORS
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Alan C. Mclntyre 19
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WOMEN'S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
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Tuesday, December 14, 1937
HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE
BEHIND THE GRIZZLY face of Burgess Wilbur
T,eitzell there rests not only a pot of student gold. but
a heart filled with warmth and good feeling toward
students, he would tell us.
And warm it should be. HIS association with stu
dents has been most beneficial. But what we have pal,
ticular reference to is the gond will statement he is
sued last week when students were'arrested for .playing
hall on a borough street. Said the kind burgess. "We
don't arrest students on that charge unles i s they have
been warned." On the front page of today's paper is a
description of how that kindness works.
Prim• to Thanksgiving, vacation students were ar
rested for the same offense without warning. They
were ignorant of the law and were told by the kind
Burgess to kick in a dollar apiece to the coffers and go
home without a trial. Or else, he said, the cost would
go all the way up to $2l.
Observers of Burgess Leitzell's dispersement of stu
dent justice will agree that the students did the wise
thing in kicking in the dollar and going'home. Arrest
in State College has proven tantamount to convicticn.
That was part of Burgess Leitzell's good will. Why!
Now we see. The students hadn't been warned. They
knew nothing of the 1897 statute that caused their
arrest. Remember that statement, "we warn them."
Was it that nut of the goodness of his 'heart he was
loath to see students throw their money toward the
borough coffers? Hardly does his record permit one to
believe that fantastic talc.
Could it be that his "we warn them" policy had been
violated? Could it he that he had made 711) effort to in
form students of the 1897 statute that had plagued
them? Gould it be that his conscience would prick
him a little too much to charge $2l for ball throwing?
Could it have been that he was embarrassed to bring
such a case into trial? Could it be that he realized he
was doing an injustice and that he crawled out. of it,
picking up a few dollars as he went?
Could it he that there was no case against the stu
dents, and that he was afraid of breaking his long rec
ord of convictions Is it possible that he did not wish
to admit that the borough was wrong?
We think all these situations possible and plausible
in this case.
Yes, between that grizzly face and a pot of gold lies
a warm .heart. But unlike Old Sol it radiates its.little
sunbeams in but one direction
It would be interesting to know why Burgess Leitzell
and his police force are so efficient in arresting boys
playing football and so opposite in performance when
cars are stolen, houses are robbed, and miniature gang
war shatters several hundred fraternity l. , use windows.
WAKE UP WOMEN!
With a new women's activities building to be finished
for next fall, it is time that - you received some recog
nition in the line of intercollegiate sports. While
there was no place for you to practice, to have a place
of your own, there was excuse for you to sit back and
he unobserved.
Now is the time for you to exert yourselves and lie
come known!
The building that will have a swimming pool, a gym
two-thirds the size of the one in Rec hall, a bowling
alley, squash room, rhythm room and wane rooms, is
to be devoted entirely to your sports.. With the Col
lege .!oing so much for you, why not do something for
yourselves?
Certainly your physical education department is
equal to that of other colleges. Your interclass com
petition can not compare with that of intercollegiate.
But AO far you have been content to have a mediocre
one!
Each of you women in the school of physical edu
cation is going to look for a job when you have finished.
With a background of a well known school to fall back
on you will have a definitely better chance. You women
in other schools will have something to.work for.
if the College cannot dr will not finance this move,
why not do something about it yourselves? Whir not
have an increase in fees? You will have something to
repay you for E. S.
OLD MANIA
Extinguished:
Bill Provost staggered .up the stnirs ,to his apart-
melt in the Montgomery building Saturday night.
Smoke filled the hall and_ Bill decided to act quickly.
Known more as a musician than a fireman, Bill
clumsily grabbed a fire extinguisher and ran Into
Smith's barber shop, where a neat blaze was under
A few minutes later, those (lashing Alpha firemen
arrived on the scene. .They. put the thing out and
then looked around for wreckage, etc.
Lying on the floor in the shop was none other than
our hero. Bill was smiling, stretched out, lovingly
holding the fire extinguisher in his arms.
The nueztion now puzzling the fire department is:
Did the flames and smoke exl:nguish Bill or did some
nthm• explosive cause the accident?
Silk Prude Game:
Events followin4. the Maniac's selection of a car-
SEEEMISEI
ner room All-America football team were as follows
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The cr pidders solicited Leo Ilouck as trainer fm
their team. Ile accepted
The diner waitresses think they can enter formi-
dabie opposition to the Mateer-water-boyed eleven
The diner waitresses were alleged to have offered
Houck a job as their trainee
'knelt k holding out.for the best offer
Nationalism
A young man appeared in the courts recently and
asked to have his name changed. The judge asked
him his name
"It's Franklin D,Stinko," he said. .
"Well," said the judge, "I can see why you would
want such a name to he changed. What had you in
"Mai Stinkn," was the answer
Dirty Work al the Cross Roads:
t Last week when snow was in all its glory, the bzp's
received a telephone call. 'This is the phiepps. We're
coming over to attack your house. Prepare
A few minutes later, the phiepps got a 'phone 'call
"This is the bzp's. Get. ready.. We're coming over to
attack your house."
More than an hour passed, and nothing happened;
In full V if.r.V of a born cop, who was parked in front
of the phi epp house, a hop representative, waving a
white flag. met a phiepp and the boys decided it ,was
al! a PA: , and the thing should be called off.
Love is the Sweetest Thing
The TKE boys took the DG's for a sleigh ride the
other night ... it wasn't too successful because the
bosses refused to go along . .. Silvia 'Pritzler and
Meet Greenfield are sipping from the same straw...
and everyone wonders how Gordon Zern- and Sylvia
Etters•can he so happy together ...
Tut Wirt is back in circulation again
only because Jack Sartz is buried in the woods trap
ping . . . love's angle on Friday night's dance
changed the name of the annual affair to soph flop
. Dee Watscn has been getting 'phone calls telling
him to go out and look at the moon . . . he don't
know why ... Dee Graham and Johnny Moeller are
still staring into each other's eyes ...
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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
MADE EASY
IF IT'S A GIFT FOR
DAD, BROTHER OR;
ROOMY, COME IN
BROWSE AROUND
WE'RE SURE YOU'LL
FIND SOMETHING
MEN LIKE . . . .
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UNDER THE COLLEGIATE SPOTLIGHT
Candle Light Brigade Protests University Of California Library
Lighting Facilities; Judge•lfcDevitt Calls College
Drivers Good But Terrifying To Others
Proteqting-inaddqunte lighting fm
library, students organized a 'candle b
the building, sat doivn, and btgan to re
Bellefonte Clerk
Handles Refund
A ffadavits Must 'Be Presented
To Probation Officer To
Get Payments
Fratm:nities which lost money in a
series of thefts by a , student here last
year may recover sums due them by
presenting signed - statements to Roy
Wilkinson, probation-parole officer : of
Centre county, with offices in the
Bellefonte courthouse.
Although at present funds paid in
to the custody of the'count court are
exhausted because some • fraternities
already have levied. against the ac
count, refunding of the 'money will
proceed as rapidly as the money be
comes available.
Signed Statements Required
• Fraternities desiring to recover the
amounts stolen must make out state
ments giving the amount ,taken, from
each person, his home address, his
signaure, and the signature of the
chapter president certifying the, va
lidity of the claims'.
The total aniount claimed must
equal in all eases the. total specified
on record at the mart as having been
stolen from that house.
FELINE
Fair Play, was sidetracked when
overnight rushing was railroaded
from the sorority, schedule in a stormy
Panhellenic session last Tuesday. A
deadlock between the ten houses pro
vided an excellent opportunity for the
Advisory Board to wheedle, persuade
and finally threaten to abolish over
night rushing themselves, if the five
houses which voted for it refused to'
change their 'opinions. Overnight rush:
ing was . diseontJnued . after
Christmas:
The procedure 'of abandoning the
issue until a final decision was reached
was contrary to our form of govern
mental law. If an act was declared
unconstitutional before the Supreme
Court, assuming that one member was
absent and there was a tie vote of 4-4,
the act would continue to be consti
tutional until there was a majority
vote for or against it. As there was
not a majority vote against overnight
rushing that form of entertaining
freshmen should have been continued.
The houses will ' present their re
sults of a re-4ote Thursday. If there
is another deadlock we hope that the
issue' ill be dropped and that the sor
orities resume overnight rushing.
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D. YOUR traveling over the holidays ROUND TRIP FARES
by Greyhound. As, Santa Claus says,
"Greyhound goes everywhere in America New York . $8.20
—and the right crowd goes along." And Chicago 17.75
why wouldn't theyl It would cost three Cleveland 8.85
times as much to drive your own car. Take Pittsburgh 5.25
a Merry Christmas trip , by . Greyhound ,
Super-Coach—at a happy 8aV11:10 , Harrisburg 3.25
. . Scranton . 5.85
STATE COLLEGE HOTEL Philadelphia ____ 5.95
Corner 'College Ave.. and Allen St. . Philipsburg, N. J. 6.40
Dial 733 s Washington .6.85
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By ROY NICHOLS
cilities of the University of California
,rigade-250 strong, and marched into
ad by candle light. 'As an anti-climax,
one student entered with a big red
lantern and commenced to browse
through the stacks.
"College men are good drivers, but
they terrify eVeryone on the road,"
says :fudge Harry S. McDevitt, Phila
delphia.. "The student driver has per
fect control of his ear," he asserted,
"but the way he driveS scares a lot.
of other motorists into accidents."
Harvard freshmen have petitioned
university authorities to , replace the
young chambermaids who .make up
their rooms -with older women. • The
young maids are too "giddy," talk too
much, and sing too frequently while
at work, say the freshmen. This dis
turbs students at their studies, they
contend. (Forgive them, they're just
freshmen.)
Fi Batar Cappar is a mock honor
ary fraternity for men at the Uni
versity of West Virginia:
Charley McCarthy is gcling collegi
ate again. Latest rumors on the
Northwestern -University campus
have it that Edgar Bergen is bring
ing his woo:lenhead stooge to the
campus to receive the degree of "Doc
tor of Innuendo and Snappy Come
back."
A shipment .of new biology text
hooks at Mississippi State Teachers'
College produced some fireworks re
cently.
A chapter on evolution annoyed
.John M. Frazier, biology instructor,
to the extent that he,ripped the offen
sive pages from GO books.
His action, a decade after Tennes
see's famous "monkey trial," renewed
the evolution discussion.. Mississippi
fundamentalists in 1926 had enacted
a law forbidding teaching or use of
hooks which related the theory that
man "ascended or .descended from 'a
fewer order of animals."
Dean Trabue To Speak
During . Holiday Season
Dean Marion R. Trabue, School of
Education, •will speak 'two meet
:ngs in Harrisburg during the Clirist-
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On December 27, Dean Trabue will
address the College Teachers of Edu
cation on "Our Own Niedicinc." On
December 29, he will speak at a .re
search round table of the Pennsyl
vania Education Research associa
tion. His subject will concern a sug
gested study of, successful teachers.
Correction
The foiar students who were caught
gambling last week were not resi
dents of Watts hall, as stated in the
last issue of the Collegian.
MEI
Dorm Operations
Progress Rapidly
Building One Month Ahead OF
Schedule; Central Steel
Constfuetion Finished
Work on Frances Atherton hall,the
new dormitory for women students,
is progressing rapidly at the building
site on the southeast .corner of the
campus with operations now a full
month ahead of schedule.
All the steel construction in the
central part of the building iF com
pleted with the roof trusses for the
wings the only remaining steel work
to be done. Approximately 500 tons
of steel have been used to date.
Working at 'top speed whenever
weather permits, the 175 workmen
have labored late -into the night to
complete tasks on 'more than one oc
casion:
Cold Weather Hinders OperatiOns
Cold weather makes concrete pour
ing difficult because mild temperature
conditions must be present until the
mixture has set, Concrete and mor
tar is ruined by freezing .when still
moist. Despite this fact the weather
hasn't been unfavorable enough to
hinder the progress of the project to
any great extent.
Much of the plumbing and elec
trical work . also has_ been completed.
The first floors of the wings are fin , .
ished. As much is being done now as
possible in order to keep ahead of the
winter weather conditions which are
almost sore to slow up operations.
The excavation work on the new
women's athletic, plant ,just north-of
the new dorm is about i)5 per cent
completed. Foundations are being
laid and steel construction is expected
to begin about the middle of January.
Duke University
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
DURHAM. N. C.
Pour terms of eleven weeks are given
each year. These may be taken 'con
secutively (graduation in three and
one-quarter years) or three ..terms
may be taken each year (graduation
in four years). The entrance require
ments are intelligence, character and
at least two years of college work, in
cluding the subjects. specified for
Grade A median' schools. Catalogues
and application forms may he obtain
ed from the Dean.,
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CHRISTMAS ROOKS
A CHECK LIST
0 THE -FAITHFUL .WIFE—UNDSET . ; .
❑ NEW FRONTIERS OF THE MIND=RHINE
El THE AMERICAN. LANGUAGE—MENCKEN
OU. S. CAMERA 1937—BOXED . .s,- .
O THE ARTS—VAN LOON . - . . .
0 'LIFE AND DEATH OF A. SPANISH .
TOWN—PAUL ... : .
a NORTHWEST PASSAGE—ROBERTS . . .
O FLOWERING OF NEW ENGLAND—BROOKS
❑ WOOLLCOTT'S SECOND READER .
❑ LIFE WITS MOTHER AND FATHER
2 VOLS. DAY
❑ 1937 NEW YORKER ALBUM •
O COUNTRY MATTERS—LEIGHTON ~ • . .
0 ISLAND OF BALI—COVARRUSIAS .
❑ THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING--LIN.YUTANG
❑ WHITE MULE--WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
O MATHEMATICS FOR THE MILLION—HOG BEN
❑ LAST PLIGHT—EARHART. .
❑ AND SO VICTORIA—WILKINS .
-❑ SO GREAT A MAN—PILGRIM .
ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGEKANTOR
❑ MORE JOY IN HEAVEN—CALLAGHAN. .
O HEINRICH HEINE, THE LIFE, THE
POEMS—UNTERME YER . • . .
❑ YOU HAVE SEEN THEIR FACES--
cALpwELL, WHITE . . .
O EDUCATION OF HYMAN ICAPLAN—ROSS' .
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Mailinglat No Extra Charge. .
HEELER'S
Cathaum Theatre Bldg
Tuesday, December 14, 1937
•Journalism Smoker
Al 7:30 Tonight
Inviting all mem students inter
ested in journalism, Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalism hon
orary, will hold its annual Christ
mas smoker at the Phi Delta Theta
house tonight.at 7:30 o'clock. .
Highlighting the program will
he talks by Chester Smith, sports
editor of the Pittsburgh Press;
Major Albert H. Stackpole, pub
lisher of the Harrisburg Tele
graph; and Marion S. Schoch, pub
lisher of the Selinsgrove Times.
Xmas Carol Sing Set
For Thursday Evening
Led by the College choir, the tradi
tional Christmas carol sing will be
held in front of Old Main Thursday
night at 8:30 o'clock. Both students
and townspeople have been invited to
attend.
Dean Marlon It. Trabue will give
a short reading on "Tlie . Spirit "of
Christmas." The rest of the program,
as arranged by the Christian Associa
tion, will include a brass quartet-and
several hymns sung by the choir.
A worship service in the Hugh
Beaver room, Old Main, will follow
the sing.
Luzerne Wonleu Feted
A tea in honor id Lucerne county
tyomen attending College here will be
given , at 2:30 o'clock, December 28,
at Chase hall, 184 South River street,
Wilkes-Barre, by the Penn State
alumnae of Lucerne county:Mrs, Sara
Sanford, soprano soloist, and Morgan
Reese, concert, pianist, will entertain.
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