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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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Managing Editor Advertising Manager
FRANCIS H. SZYMCZAK ’3B ROBERT S. McKELVEY '3B
News Editor Circulation Mnnnger
WOODROW W. BIERLY *3B JOHN G. SABELLA '3B
Feature Editor Promotion Manager
SHIRLEY R. HELmS '3B ROBERT E. ELLIOTT JR. '3B
Women's Editor • Foreign Advertising Manager
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Associate Women's Editor Senior Secretary
CAROLINE TYSON '3B ,
Associate Women's Editor
'ASSOCIATE EDITORB
Thomas A. Bnal '39 Herbert B. Cahan *39
Alan G. Mclntyre *39
Roy B. Nichols Jr. ’3D Salvatore S. Sala ’39 John A. Tronnovltchj3D
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Lucille B. Oreenberß Floronre E. I-onjr *3‘l Reita E. Sheen ’39
Managing Editor This Ihsii**.
News Editor Thi* issue
Tuesday, January 11, 1038
A SHOT IN THE ARM
(Contivvrd from pope one.)
how little his profession means to him. Years of service
in a salaried and non-competitive field has dulled rather
than sharpened his evidenced ability.
The fault lies, we discover, not in lack of money or
facilities. It lies in lack of interest and ability.
Since President Hotzel’s committee did noLifind the
correct answer to the problem last year, it is its duly
to open the question again. The Colleginn is firmly
convinced that the trouble is with the head of the Sor-
An efficient, conscientious head of the Service would
satisfy students that they can receive proper' medical
treatment on the campus. Students would know that
they were being given a service which their health
fee demands.
The Collegian hoped this fall that the answer to an
ancient comphiinl imd been found. That hope is shat
tered. New faces are needed in the Health service—es
pecially at its head. A complete reorganization is need
ed. An efficient and skilled bead of the Service would
build an efficient anil skilled staff.
AN HONOR—UNDER BABYISH TREATMENT
SHOWING ALL THE tactics of a child -with a new
toy, the Liberal Arts School with the acquisition of a
lc?nl chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this year has char
acteristically attempted to run off into a corner ami
keep it all to itself.
Through the prompt action of several faculty mem
bers aiming to support the L. A. School and let the rest
sink or swim, a set of by-laws limiting the student mem
bership in Phi Beta Kappa as closely as possible to stu
dents from the L. A. School, was drawn up, hastily read
at the first meeting of the faculty members of Phi Beta
Kappa on November 23, and railroaded through the
meeting by the/narrow margin of 23-21;
The by-laws set up state that 80 per cent of the'stu
dent members to be elected to Phi Beta Kappa each year
at Penn State must come from the senior class of the
School of Liberal Arts, the remaining 20 percent to he
chosen from the various other schools. Of the 80 per
cent chosen, members must be in the upper fifth of their
class and must have at least a 2.13 all-college average.
A little figuring will show just what chance anyone who
is not a h. A. student has of attaining membership at
Penn State.
We find that the eligible five per cent with the ne
cessary average in the L. A. School last year would
amount to 12 students. If these 12 should represent
80 per cent of the total membership per year, the re
maining 20 per cent to be chosen from the other schools
of the College would amount lo two and two-fifths stu
dents, representatives of approximately 000 graduating
non-L. A. students. Should this.number of eligibles in
the L. A. School for some reason tdke a drop some year,
then this pitiable figure of representation from the
other schools would drop correspondingly.
There seems to he nothing wrong with the scholar
ship requirements, nothing wrong with the limiting of
the number admitted, as IMii Beta Kappa is based pri
marily upon scholarship and exclusiveness; but—the
designation as to which schools on the campus the mem
bers come from seems to be sadly gummed up in schol
astic politics. For why should a student in one of the
three branches of the L. A. School, arts and letters, com
merce and finance, or journalism; have a four to one'
better chance to make Phi Beta Kappa than a student
in a number of other courses taught here? The answer
seems to be purely an arbitrary one—because the pro-
L. A. faculty members of the fraternity managed to get
their 80 per cent rule passed. There’s not much logic
al rpason as to why the majority of the student body
should be left out in the eold. Other curricula outside .
of the L. A. School have just, as many liberal subjects
included as do certain of the L. A. curricula.
Although ouv chapter's publicity, smoothly dished
out by chapter president Carl E. Marquardt, designates
Phi Beta Kappa as "primarily a liberal arts frater
nity',” the national interpretation of its principles call
it. a "scholastic fraternity of the arts and sciences:” In
other colleges its membership Is chosen on the basis of
. the number of liberal, non-technical subjects the stu
dent is taking. However, here it appears that an educa
tion student, for example, could take many more liber
al subjects than a commerce and finance students and
have identical high grades and yet have one fourth the
chance for Phi Beta Kappa of his classmate in the L.
A. School—simply because the faculty of the L. A.
School were thoughtful enough to hog the honor for
their own school. The same may he applicable to stu
dents in botany, chemistry, geography, physics, English,
and social sciences. Thus it would appear that this look
ing nnr for the interests of the L. A. School has been
done not only at a sacrifice to the principals of fair play
towards the students of the other schools, hut to the
principals of the fraternity itself.
Up to the present a hitter, internal fight has been
wagd among the faculty members over this point, al
though nothing of it was known to the student body due
to the planned, unruffled publicity releases of Dr. Mar
quardt. However, the fact that remains to be seen is
whether the L. A. School will be allowed to keep its
newly acquired toy to itself, or whether students in oth
er schools may also have a chance to share the honors.
OLD MANIA
Hangover:
When Marcella Andersoii, kkg, went home for the
holidays she had the plesaure of sharing her seat on
the train with an ardent WCTU advocate. The old
lady displayed from her travelling bag several small
bottles of “fire water,” pointing out their harmful
effects, frowned on Marcella’s smoking, and became
very much concerned about the girl's welfare.
Returning from vacation, Miss Anderson received
a letter from the prohibitionist in which she suggest
ed Miss Anderson have her kkg sisters sign the Lin
coln Lee pledge’ cards, etc. She further suggested
that she make her acquaintance with Warren Elliott
“there at Penn State,” giving the debonair tke chap
an excellent recommendation. The genial lady also
contacted Elliott, highly recommending Miss Ander
son, ami then “having scon her duty ami done it," her
conscience was at case.
Bmre M. Trshtie *39
•f -f 4-
Collegian Classified:
Bruce M. Trnbne \l9
.Roy B. Nichols Jr. *39
NOTICE—Ed Gold, Don Miller, and 1
plan to announce our engagements at a
dance during Easter vacation. Anyone
interested in joining us to make such an
announcement should dial 2710 and ask
for Boh P.nxtor.
Foul Ball
Thursday’s blaze at the beer storage house gave
the “Crimson Flames” a two-game lead on the Alpha
Fire Co. The vecord to date shows a tie at the foun
dry, and a defeat for the Alphas at each the bull pen
and “the home of the brew.”
The tilt on Thursday was a hot battle hut the Al
pha pitchers were able' to throw nothing hut water.
The largest crowd of the season gathered to cheer
for the ,Crimson. No rain checks were issued despite
the heavy downpour and maty disgruntled spectators
wont home wet, hut. not soaked, tired hut. not. happy,
flic!
Most disgusted player of ihe recent series was Hum
FSshBURN. The first battle .was waged at noon, the
second fluring vacation, and 'lllO third at night, de
priving the music appreciator* of an excuse to cut
classes.
Wasted Postage:
Jean Walker loves to receive mail. So she spends
her spare Lime writing letters to herself.
But someone else has come to the rescue and she’d
like to know whom.
Last week she received a card with the picture of
liie Interior of a lioef cooler with hundreds of sides of
beef hanging in rows. The second was a scene in a
slaughter house.
A Toss-lip
Di;. E. A. Betts, cd. prof., conducts a clinic in the
home’ ec. bldg, where faculty members and towns
people bring spoiled urchins with the hope 1 that it is
too late to correct their bad habits.
A recent •visitor was a mother with a child that she
never contradicted. When she attempled'to leave the
clinic, the boy shouted to his mother, using the threat
he always employed at home to gain his. ends.
“Stay here, mama, or I’ll vomit.”
“Oh, no, you won't;” replied the mother.* “That’s
why I didn’t give you any breakfast this morning.”
Trivia
A clipping from the Scranton Tribune shows a pic
ture of Sammy Donato sliding beer across his father’s
bar and says “Lhe right hand that now crosses the
tops of the steins will soon cross opponents’ chins”...
Vance Packard,' former Collegian man and Times
stooge, is now writing a daily column for- the Boston
Daily Record, “Success Struggles.” Printed beside
the writings of Westbrook Pegler, the column con
tains interviews with, some of New England's more
prominent men . . . and Franklin . Bunnei' of the;
journ. dop’L took his twelfth.trip-around the world
since September when he addressed, the ng. ed. honor
ary, A. T. A., on Saturday.
. —TJIE MANIAC .
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Changes in Final
Exams Scheduled
Chemistry Annex Destruction
, Necessitates Revisions
In Room Locations
■ Below are print*,l lhe. changes In
rooms! for the final-examinations re
sulting from the loss of the Chemistry
Annex building by-fire. Roy V. Wat
kins, scheduling officer, also announe-’’
ed (hat ali students who have report
ed their conflicts to the registrar’s
office wiil be notified by mail of their
new schedules.
Subject Time Old Room New Room
AH ITS 120 Dairy Stock Pav
Boot 1 M 10 120 Dairy Armory
Baol 3 M 8 101 CA PH
Bot 1. Th 10 120 Dairy Armory
Bot 11 Th 2 120'Dairy 100 Ag
Chem 1 M 8 Amp Atid
Them' 3 M 10 Amp Atid
Armory. And
109 Ag And
Chem 20 W 10 Amp And
Chem 32 Th 8 201 CA 207 HE
Chem 40 T 8 :Atnp And
Chem 437 T 8. 20rcA 100 EngA ■
Chem 470. W 8 200’ CA 200 TC
Ch Eng r» 'T’IO.CA.’IO2 EngA
Com 15 S 10 120 Dairy. 100 Ifort
Com 40 T 10 Amp Aud
Econ 9 P 8.120 Dairy 100 T-fort.
Econ 14 Th '8 Amp And -
Ed 16 M 10 101 CA 100 EngA.
EnglComp 1 M 2 Amp And
► . .300 EngA And
i .• 120 Dairy Aud
EnglComp 5 P 2 315 MI 108 Phys and
102 EngA
Oer 1 W 2 120 Dairy .Armory
IE 315 W 2 Amp Aud
Journ 35 T 8 200 CA 203 EngA
Math 4 Th 10 all sections Aud
Math 10 P 8 Amp Amp
Math 431 T 2 120 Dairy 108 Phys and
223 EngP
Mel. f.f) P 2 120 Dairy 315 MI
Phil 7 T 10 120 Dairy Armory
Phys 211 S 8 SEE. LIST
Phys 217 S 8 SEE LIST
Phys 231 S 8 all
: Phys 232 S 10 sections Aud
Phys Sci 1 Th 2 all .
Phys Sci 7 Th 2 sections Atid
PhysßflfS P 2 Amp Aud
Pol Sci 14 M 2 10S, Phys 300 EngA
'lol'EngA 300 EngA
Psy 1 P 10 120 Dairy Armory
Psy 2 S 8 120 Dairy 405 Main
Roe 1 F 10 Amp And
Roc 2 W 10 120 Dairy Armory
Zool 3 T 2 Amp Aft'd
Debating Team Meets
St; Francis, Bucknell
. -V • .
•Prod S. - Carlson, : >*39 .and, Jack R.
Cobh'’39 "will rafcrifsant Perm; State
In'a varsity , debate''with St. Francis
College, Loretto, Pa., at the Bellefonle
High School, auditorium Thursday
night at 7:30 o’clock. State will take
the affirmative’.side' in an- orthodox
debate on the subject, “Resolved, That
the Notional Labor! Relations Board
should be empowered to enforce ar
bitration of all industrial disputes."
Assistant.-Coach Harold. P. Zelko.wlll
accompany the debaters.
' Pour.members of.the men’s Fresh
man debating team will go to Alle
gheny College at Meadvllle, ’Pah on
Friday to participate in a number of
debates on' the.NLRB resolution. Da
vid R. Benjamin'Ml.aud Louis P. Green
’4l will represent the affirmative team,
arid Harris Frledmuri ’4l and Leonard
S.. Schneider *4l will debate the nega
tive-side. Freshman coach J. Edwin
Mat. 2 ’3B will also rimke the trip.
Bucknell University men-debaters
will meet the varsity team in the
Home Economics auditorium here on
TUesday night, Jan. 18 at. 8:15 o'clock.
Penn State will take the negative side
in the parliamentary session on the
question “What fs, ihe best solution
of the employer-labor struggle in the
United States?" Flowing ’the debate
an open forum discussion by the audi
ence will he conducted; by Lhe debat
ers. Harold P. Zellro;'wlU he chairman
of the meeting. -! '
Prof. O’Brien Honored
Professor Joseph :F. O'Brien has
been reelected Curriculum Chairman
of the Speech Round-Table of the,
Pennsylvania State Educational assoc
iation. O’Brien received this honor at
the annual'convention, of the associa
tion In Harrrisbitrg thiring the Christ
mas holidays., !•• i
Letter Box
To. the Editor:
The American Student Union, as a
leading: proponent of a boycott of
Japanese'goods by American citizens,'
has accomplished an unexpected end.
It has aroused the thought of less
publicity-seeking and more even-keel-;
,-d university students.
1. question if the United Stales—
still less, its private citizens as indi
viduals—is obligated to make the rest
'if the world do what we think is
right. We have enough to do to make
mre that we ourselves do what is
right!
One of the foremost right things
.'or us is to stay out of foreign wars.
What effect would a nation-wide boy
cott have on this? It would inflame
he .Japanese against us, while no
•enlistic person believes it would
;ause them to cease fighting in China.
[ see no margin in stirring up anti-
American feeling in any part of a
auspicious world.
More important, a boycott might
•asily arouse anti-Japanese feeling to
i high pitch here in our own country,
for we are an emotional people.' It
would make our people easy prey for
a cheap jingo pfess and cheap jingo
politicians that might seek to embroil
us in an Asiatic war. Every foreign
war in which we have engaged has
iiepn preceded by a campaign to
arouse bur hatred of the • nation
against which we eventually went to
wn r. A boycott is made to order.for
.hat kind of folly! •
If we waul to keep out of war, we
must not allow ourselves to will war
—and that means we must not get
motionally overwrought about what
inppens in other countries. Plenty
.inppens here to keep us busy.
Sincerely yours,
Dave L. Swank, Jr.
To ihe Editor
1-would say very strongly dial we
do little good by malting military
training compulsory in our colleges
ant! universities. If the aim is thereby
to develop patriotism., we defeat our
object. It is very much like compul
sory chapel. We make students hate
what we wish them to like., hr this
matter, where conscience so often
plays tin intense part, we Americans
ought to be generous enough to per
mit. students to choose freely whether
they wish to elect military training or
not.
As a matter of fact.. Uio amount of
(mining that a student receives .in col
lege wil! not make him an effective
defender of his country in limes of
stress. Hence there is no excuse for
Ihe course from the polni of view of
national efficiency. We, build a far
more effective citizenry if we permit
Individuals voluntarily lo undertake
the kind.of patriotic duties they them
selves feel called upon to undertake.
This is tiie democratic spirit, which
should rule in colleges as well as in
our civic and social life.
Sincerely,
JI. A. OVERSTREET
Department of Philosophy and
Psychology,
The College of the City of
New York.
Szymczak Reinstated
In Advanced R.O.T.C.
Francis 11. Szymczak ’l5B, .was rein
stated in the senior infantry R.O.T.C.
through an order received recently by
Colonel Russell V. Venable, professor
of liiilitary science and tactics, from
the adjutant genera! in'Washington.
Szymczak is at present practice tench
*ng in Altoona and* upon bis return
will be given the rank of cadet cap-'
Lain in tbe infantry regiment.
Syzmczak had cmiVpletod three years
of military work in the R.O.T.C. and
spent six weeks of summer camp at
Fort. Washington,- Mrt., when ho was
dropped at. the opening of the present
school year. '
His case was teviewed by the chief
of staff /and lie will lie able to com
plete the work missed in lime to re
ceive his commission in'the reserve
corps at graduation with the rest of
the senior R.O.T.C. officers.
SHOE REPAIRING
808 MINGLE
, NEXT TO FIRE lIAI.I.
Fraetnred Bone Not
Worthy Of An X-ray
(Continued from page 'one)
as he entered-the dressing room after
leaving the* game. Witnesses told the
Collegian that Dr. Rilenour had.to be
summoned from the bench to tend the
prostrated player. They said that
Ritenour ‘ spent approximately five
minutes getting from the bench to
the dressing room.
Later in the fall, persons Injured
in an automobile crash at the corner
of Center drive and. Burrowes street
on the campus, were treated for over
an hour when they were taken to the
Infirmary, Ross P. Shaffer *3B told
the Collegian.
Coaches,, players, and managers*,
who did not wish to be quoted, said
that they"'receive'little cooperation
from Dr. Ritenour when injuries are
obtuined in athletics; Tjiey pnrticu?
lnrly emphasized that Ritenour would
not X-ray injuries frequently when
asked to. ' «
When Robert E., Elliot, Jr., '3B was
a victim of infantile paralysis this
fall, Dr. Ritenour withheld the in
formation from' the press iintil.it was
uncovered from another source. J.
•Edgar Book, State College health of
ficer, denied knowledge of the’case at
the Lime, but-later Dr. Rltohour said
that he had written the State Board
of Health, telling it of the case. When
the Collegian queried Harrisburg,
concerning the case,-no record.could
be found. Dr. - Ritenour, had in his
possession, however, letters from a
member of the Board, recognizing the
itiddent. ' "•' ■
14 P.S.C.A. Members
Attend Nat’l Meeting
Fourteen members of the Penn
State chapter of the Christian As
sociation attended the National As
sembly lield on the Miami University
and Western College campuses in Ox
ford, ‘O. The assembly lasted from
December 27 to January 1, inclusive.
Wallace Dunlap .*4O went as the of
ficial representative of this district to'
a student'commission twhich discussed
the relation* of students to agricul
ture.
Harry- Seamans; li secretary of the
association, served ns chairman of a
program laboratory on “Students and
the Educational System."
Juniors who uttended the assembly
were Italia DeAngelis, Helen .Under
wood, - Ruth'Smith; Djnrolhy Snyder,
ami Edward Kraybill.-
Ml® TO
GEE, I'D LIKE TO HAVEASKED
MAY DOWN FOR THE WEEK
END- BUT IT'S TOO LATE
1; NOW.
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HELLO,MAY,THIS IS BILL.
HOW ABOUT COMING
D< ?
' . _ _ You 'LL find that Long Distance is an
. ideal way to make dales'and arrange-
Si men,s witl ’ Y ou f out-of-town friends.
■S It provides two-way communicalion
and important details can be settled in
_ ■ a few seconds. It’s quick... personal
. . . and surprisingly inexpensive.'
RATES ( ON ALL CALLS OF 42 MILES OR MORE ARE RE
DUCED 1 EVERY NIGHT AFTER 7. AND ALL DAY SUNDAY.
THt (EII.TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
•Tvi?H9v.
.Tann'srv-11, 7/SRS
3.;D s s Selected As
Week-End Desites
(Cent hived from -page oiu.)
fair, and (bless the Indiesf Che house
party favor.
Several interesting studies appear
ed under the No. 2 item on the list,
“date," but will he ’omitted. However,
other typical answers picked. at ran
dom- from, among the men of the en
tire school included the following big
moments: When the last keg of beer
came in. t Getting-plastered after my
date_went to bed.- Draining.the last
drop out.of the keg. at 6:30-o’clock
Cracking up*fra
ternity brother’s car. Tapping first
keg.- Having campus cop handcuff
me to my girl so I could get a dance
with her. Seeing-my date walk to
wards me on the dance floor ajid pass
out cold on the way. Getting kicked.
out of-football game after, lending
ticket to brother’s H. P Q. Waking
up on floor Sunday morning—Need
more be said? ’
General-'opinion after it 'was all
over.was that housepnrty was some
thing ushered in by Sam, the. old
clothes man, who makes the rounds
of the fraternities and a fortune at
the same time and ushered opt by one
of three remarks, ‘-‘Never ngain,” “By
- — r> I’ll have a date next time!”, or
“Freshman, quick, my Bromo-Selta
er!”‘ - '
To Install Cork Lining
Installation of a cork lining_on the
north side of Recreation ITail was
begun Saturday in order Hint the grad
uation speeches may lie more audible.
The cork ; will provide* more surface,
area and will absorb some of Hie
sound Ihai normally would make an
echo. •'
SCHnXING
SKATES GROUND
MARINE
DINING ROOM
123 W. Niltany Ave.
—Operates as a “Club."
—Offering excellent food.
—Hoard weekly, or
—55.50 ticket for $5.00.
—A Suggestion for Second
• Semester.
, G. R. LAIRD, Prop.
OH YEAH? YOU COULD -
DATE HER BY LONG
DISTANCE IN A FEW
MINUTES. ■
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