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Mamiffint? Eilllnr This Issue
Friday, January 21, 1!)38
WE STILL THINK SO
IN TODAY'S LETTERBOX, a student who appre
ciates architecture, cries out against the proposal U>
•rover Old Main’s barren walls .with colorful mural
frescoes, claiming that murals would.add to its super
ficiality. Old .Main is handled in well-planned Georg
ian manner in keeping with the style which dominated
this section in the Eighteenth century, and is hodge
podge only in the way that all Georgian is a harmon
ized mixing-together of classic styles.
Undoubtedly the student is of an architecturally sen
sitive nature and is a liltle afraid lo take a step which
would add flavor to the flat taste of Old Main’s inter-
Thu State of Missouri didn’t remodel its capitol
building in Jefferson City, truly an architectural in
congruity, in order to get the noted Thomas Benton
willing to do his mural there last year. Dartmouth’s
Baker library is similar in. style to o>d Main, but
Jose C. Orozco’s murals have made it nationally famous,
not for its superficiality, hut.for .its beauty.
Such great American painters as Reginald Marsh,
George 'Biddle, Rockwell Kent, Leon ICroll, H. V. Poor,
and Bourdman Robinson are included among thoste
painting murals in the- new government buildings in
Washington, probably none of whom are worried ever
the classic Roman style of the buildings.
The new building program carries out the Georgian
theme that the College follows, a suitable style for a
college campus. If in so'many other cases murals have
hecn successful, regardless of the style of the building,
why can’t they he here?—A. G. M.
TOWARD A GOAL
THE NEWLY ANNOUNCE!) policy of the School of
Liberal Arts, concerning the moot subject of class-cut
ling is a move, of cooperation toward a goal that we
hope some day to attain.
The- announcement from the faculty of the L. A.
school includes two specific assurances, the absence of
which have bewildered and surprised students in that
hflr.ol. Those policies say that no student will be
flunked in a course for cuts alone, and that each in
structor through his department will clearly define
rules and requirements of attending class at the begin-
ning -r. f each course.
It is encouraging to note this cooperation by the L.
A. school where, because of course diversity, the prob
lem was most acute. But aside from this school and
the School of Agriculture, not many of the other schools
have, considered the proposal of a more liberal system
very seriously.
The Collegian hopes ihat the lead taken by the L. A.
?e1r..,! will he followed by oilier schools and Dial even
tually Uie ice will be broken for a system of education
where the responsibility lies upon student endeavor
and initiative ami not upon the rout'ne attendance of
daises. This lias been accomplished at inslilutions such
as Princelo/i, Purdue, and Wellesley.
MANAGER COMPLAINTS
I’llE 'REGENT COMPLAINTS from managers seem
to he based upon four counts—too much work, no di
rect compensation, elimination of complimentary dance
tickets, and small opportunity to pud the expense ac
counts. The cry is that under present conditions man
agerships soon will no longer he sought by students.
That probably is a threat to gain some of the four
objectives! Direct compensation is not plausible when
wo do not pay the athlete,* as well. We cannot advocate
padding expedse accounts. The other two points are
debatable.
The Collegian thinks that the Athletic Association
should restore money to managers for the purpose of
lipping and sending telegrams. There is no reason why
the manager should lose money on the proposition, and
tipping is common courtesy. If it is not done, the in
stitution loses face. The Collegian wagers that admin
istrative representatives of the College find themselves
adequately cared for in the manner of tipping. Tele
grams back to school promote interest in the teams.
Rut the Collegian feels that the managers to show
their sincerity should do a good bit of in
their own ranks. There should lie less rumors of scan
dal connected with the selection of managers or firsts.
Before the managers should howl 100 loudly they
should so some of the following:
1. Move to have firsts selected on one list in each
sport.
2. Prohibit manager’s men from going out for the
same sport. (This is no reflection on certain persons
ih>s year.)
.*l. Remedy conditions whore the name of a sport calls
to mind the name of d fraternity house, and where the
managership of one sport revolves among a small clique
of fraternities by mutual understanding.
COMMENDATIONS TO STUDENT tribunal upon
the completion of n fine job of enforcement and to Leo
Houck whose plan for custom-lifting has restored class
spirit and promoted interest in a fine sport, •
, CAMPUSEER
Slips Thai Pass in the Day
Jack Kennon, senior class prexy, was strolling
down campus the other day quite unaware of the fact
that his garter\vns dangling about his ankle.
Fran McEvoy, when promenading with Verne Au
be!, chi phi, on a local thoroughfare, was mightily
embarrassed when she discovered that her garter hell
had descended.
Prof Prattle:
Doctor Uilgert hrec/v.l into his advertising class
Tuesday ami found that :■!) the coat hooks were oc
cupied with student winterwear. Like a 'flash, the
good doctor produced a nail and hammer from, his
building brief case to prove lie was entirely self
sufficient.
When Knobby HvlVeran, Gody Manor belle, entered
English Comp class rec«*nlly, Prof Baldanza, who is
acquainted with Knobby’s nnl-too-punctual habits,
asked her, "Are you just late for this class or early
for your next?’’
Flash ! !
Bine* M. Trnbu# MO
Don Dickson, "J 7, former Thespian .pride, is now
"Friendly Don” of the KDKA Kiddies’ Hour, which is
broadcast every week day at 5:15 o’clock.
Wednesday was Tommy Gullette’s birthday, and
■broth?! 1 Don did not forge, the event. In giving birth
day gre?ling.s to bis youthful audience, Don said,
"And today is the birthday of little Tommy Gullette,
who is just 12 years old. Tommy has been spending
the past two weeks ! n State College nursing bruises
which he received when he ran into a door. All I can
Salvulrir* S. Sala MO
say, ’Pommy, is u> pick a-door your own size the next
time."
Speaking of birthdays, tin* following appeared in
the Centre Daily Times Birthday column Wednes
day: Caroline Tyson, SLrnble’s Station. And she
never told us ! !
IN MISMORIAM
rOTIIE LIU GRADUATING RRKAD-LINERS
Safely in Pins
Jo Condrin, Frosh beauty queen, is wearing Ernie
Berkaw's Acacia badge . . . Bob Mcchling, fisi, has
bequeathed his jewelry unto Mary Ann Rhodes . . .
Peggy Schaeffer, of the Theta manse, is cherishing
"Washie” (Grover Cleveland) Washubnugh’s Beta
diamond . . . Lee Bemiel.lt* and Sigma Nu Ray Allan
likewise smitten . . . Maylielle (two-pin Penley, A 0
Pi prexy, has returned "Av” Taylor’s Phi Kappa Slg
pin.
In granting senior women ll o’clock p'-emissjon for
second semester, W. S. G. A. is at-least giving them
a time advantage in hookmg a future. - .
Jack Righani has returned to these portals of
learning, much U) the joy of Mary Ann Frits,.and
much to the disappointment of her 4000 men.
Cadet colonel Edgar 'Seymour announce his
engagement to a Philly Ndle at Mil Ball.
To Hie Campusecr:
Dear Campy
This is about. Elmer Murray, Sigma Phi Alpha—
fie Mhiiiiiij cheerleader.' We here at the Mary Kay
dorm at .’’oo S. Pugh St, know him. We think that
Ik could put something more than skin on bis bones.
S » we sent him a dipping on the Charlie Atlas stuff —
‘"1! weeks and you’ll be a new man"—"2o ‘'pounds of
mu ::‘e in a week."
Wo :*!s~ enclosed a can iff CacmualL (free ailv.).
We d.'tY'* I hut. he hr-, bton Jr.ok ng well lately and
think It probably 'due to mtr interest, in him.
Jour. 21
(For the advantage of Lou Bell’s students who !
are smuggling with their court reporting notebooks), i
A «/<•- >•>/.:!</ tie/cpi was iinested by the thief of j
hi.lire It r’ny on charges of cniUe~.:U‘inent, tits'on, eon- - j
I;ithni)iiiit/, Jo;t -tii/, lahln-rn, and utanxhiti(/h- !■
it, mid i-: being held on S2ntl,l)0l) hand pending a trial :
:<• be hdd as s:hui as :iie Itcnrint/ is completed and j
tin- /> ‘b/c lias lime t.i • > <ar in lilt inrjf.
II tlk* jm if returns a mdict unfavorable to the ;
plaintiff, the ithshirt „/t..>,„■>, said he reared the j
plaintiff would seek a , .it „f and foared the I
ft-ite.ai fl'.-ettitl ram'l ami.se the defendant or
hanhraptt,,. . ‘ ‘
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TtlE PENN STATE COLLSGj an
j School Receives Diesel
j Engine, Auto Chassis
} A - pew Diesel, engine and 'a 1937
autr-nu-hilc chassis have been received
by the mechanicalengineering de
partment, Dean Harry P. Hammond
rf the School of Engineering, an
nounced. • ’
The engine, which is to be used in
! regular courses of instruction, is of
j six cylinders and develops 80 horsc
j power. Both the engine and the chas
'sis are part of the equipment of the
, !abor-it»ry of the department of me
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Letter Box j
To the Editor:
Without question . tin* most sigul
eam movement in modern visual art
is the renaissance of mural painting.
| However, the proposal to decorate the
I interior *or Old Mnis£ with • murais
'seems to me to he a useless gesture,
■and would only add to the already in-
J<-nngninus npiwnrance of ihe biiildiiiß.
i The - building -now represents one
j or the greatest hodge-podge collections
tof architecture,that. 1 have ever seen.
1 Willi the body of the building in a
’more or less French Renaissance'
Jtnode, the portico ,in classic Greek.
,tho tower Roman,, and capped by:a
’Moorish dome, it/ constantly irritates.
I The only external congruity found in
• Old Main is that'the figures on the
!clock' are .of* Roman design ami. go
! with the tower, but-that was acchlen'l
tnl, 1 am sure. The one redeeming fen
jture of the building is the relatively
{simple treatment of the interior. Now
•it is suggested that the last vestiges
’of good architectural design lie en
tirely obliterated.
1 In the first place, putting murals in
; (Hr* building wouldn’t relieve its sup
-1 eiliciality; on the contrary, it would
• accentuate it. Those various types of
'architecture have been thrown togeth
er with neither thought of the inner
[.significance of Hie .architecture, nov
jof the phase of eivilhation witli which
.'the various fnrritk are associated.
! Architecture as an art lias been dead
•for five centuries and has only re
; awakened in the last few years, but
; we sire certainly-not helping such a
j movement by building conglomerates
I of other forms, or by decorating those
issime bastard outcrops of sterile de
sign with murals.
As for "humanizing" Old Main, chit
tiering it would bo h better'term. Des
i troy the calm peace of its interior, an
• interior that is pleasant and deeply
'comfortable, and.stable. Furthermore,
| any mural priinte.v sincere and non
i commercialized, would refuse such a
■commission as ridiculous.-
Rave the murals (pr a building which
expresses our own civilization. Then
the building and lhe- v nturals will be
mutually in;harmopy. If murals must
be had immediately/ put them on the
great interior walls,• of• the powers
house, the most unified building on
our campus. 'for it is well-designed,
funciionai. and expresses our own
twentieth century..
,• ■ Sincerely,•
j James F! Holly ’Jtti
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