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Fralure Editor • Promotion Manager
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Women’s Editor Foreign Advertising Manager
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As»ocinle Women's Editor Senior Secretary
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Associate Women's Editor
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Thomas A. Bon! *39 Herbert B. Cohan ’39 Bruce M. Trnhue '39
Alan G. Mclntyre ’39
Roy B. Nichols Jr. *39 Salvatore S. Sola *39 Join A. Troaiiovjlch ‘.19
WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Lucille B. Greenberg *39
s ASSOCIATE BUSINESS MANAGERS
Ralph 11. Gumllach '39 Richard W. Koomun ’39 Dallas R. Long ‘B9
Miuuirr .in l-'runcw A. C. Voaters Jr. *39 Mary J. Sample *B9
1937 Mcmbtr 1938
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Collegiate Digest
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News Editor This Thmic
Friday, March 4, 1938
ABOUT THE ELECTIONS
AS THE POLITICAL campaign nears and the man-
owvcnng is {jetting into full-swing, the Collegian wish-
es to take a definite stand and make an explanation of
its political policy
The Collegian will attempt to cover election news
and comment impartially. The Collegian will not de-
clare for any candidate in the coming election. It will
not declare for any party
This .does not mean that the Collegian will not study
conditions closely. If any candidate or party commits
or attompts'to commit a violation of the election code, ./
or if any candidate launches a movement detrimental
to the welfare of the student body, the Collegian will
not hesitate to define it as such. Any such coverage
cannot be construed to mean that the Collegian is sup
porting a rival candidate or that’ the Collegian “is out,
to get" the person committing the violation. The Col
legian merely will he trying to protect the student body
from unethical practices. 1 -
The politicians can write their own fate as fur as
the Collegian is concerned. As long as they conduct
honest, straight-forward campaigns, and keep within
the hounds of fundamental honesty, they are playing
safe. If they prefer to debate from that, they cannot
hope to have it overlooked. . s
THE A. S. U. DRIVE
THE PIIAMPIILET THAT the local American Stu-
dent Union circulates today is intended to increase
membership in the organization here. It is an appeal
to students who are interested in the same youth wel
fare problems for which the organization stands.
The function of the local chapter has been curtailed,
because the Senate Committee on Student Welfare has
failed to recognize the organization. There seems to
be no logical reason why the A. S. U. shouldn’t be re
cognized. The chapter here has been accused of being
red, communistic, and of receiving Moscow gold. Such
statements are foolish at their face value. If there is
Moscow gold in this country, it isn’t being wasted at
Penn State. There are too many munitions factories
and shipyards in this country for Mr. Stalin to invade
the wilds of Centre County.
Because this College says that it is liberal, because
it has been associated with liberal persons recently, and
because the College is theoretically without prejudices,
the A. S. U. should be recognized here.
No one can compel students to join if recognition is
granted. Nothing can compel students to attend its
meetings. No harm can come of it, and a lot of good
easily cun result. It would be encouraging to find
that students are interested in discussing and taking
stands on problems that may mean their lives in war
time or their economic and moral futures in peace time.
And it would be far more encouraging to find that the
Senate Committee thinks that thinking should he en
couraged in the student body.
THE PROPOSED OBSERVATORY
THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY those interested in as:
tronomy that they hope to be able«to build an astro
nomical observatory soon places another lending con
tender’in the race for the class gift money this year.
There also is a possibility that the class gift of M 2,
never donated, will Ik? joined with xthis year’s money
for a project.
The observatory places three leading proposals in
prominent positions. The others are the murals and
the recreation cabin. It is encouraging that there are
so many worthy projects and that each is certain theirs
should be favored. It indicates that something sens!-
bio and worthwhile will be done with the money this
year. The spirit with*which the various groups are car
rying on their campaigns indicates that each will con
tinue its drive until its goal is reached. , And all three
Silver-where:
Bud Gordop was plenty embarrassed Saturday nf
u*rnoop at the boxing matches when, right in the
middle of Bee hall, some fraternity silver fell out of
his pocket with a very audible clank. It seems that
the Betas had a buffet luncheon and Bud had for
gotten U> remove the transported silver, until it re
moved itself, much to the above-mention gentleman's
clmgrin.
Sweeler than sweet
Bobby Diehl received u K. D. R.' sweetheart pin
from Dee*Wutson on Saturday, and true to a Kappa
custom, \ equeathed unto his love a five-pound box of
candy.
NOTE: It’s true love —Dee presented a 5 ll*. box of
Whitman’s!
Local Boys Make Good
"Considering Everything,” the song written by Bill
Provost and .lack Bigham, may really make State glad
to have'known them. Tommy Dorsey rehearsed the
song, and would have played it at Senior Ball, had
the vocalist been sure of it. However, Tommy prom
ised to introduced it on the air—which is an all right
start in any Tin Pan Alley. So.get ‘to your dials,
and you can say you “knew them when.”
Relta E. Sheen ‘3d
Fresh From Lhe Polls
Reviving a quaint old Penn State custom, we ary
pleased io .open the nominations for the most dis
gusting drunk of the week.
After bitter competition (due undoubtedly to Sen
ior Brawl) this week’s election returns ended in a
draw for the title M. D. D. 0. W. for .Toe Shaw (as
seen at the boxing matches) and Jim Sharpless-(as
seen at the Armory dance.)
.Bruce M. Trabue *39
.Salvatore S. Sala ’SO
Excavatiny Expert
Dee Graham, in keeping with the spirit of things,
had a powerful yen, the other night, to operate the
excavating machine (steam-shovel to you) located
across from the Kappa lodge. So, upon a dare, she
asked permission of the operator and he, like others,
could not refuse this campus belle; And so, with
much gusto and efficiency, our landscape architect
took over the works.
History Repeats Itself.
Prof. Joe Hilgert swings into - the second semester
with his old trick of pounding a nail in the wall of
'his Com. 20 classroom for his coat. Watch out for
Gcorgie Ebert, Joe!
Foresight
The Phi Psi’s have an exercise club, known under
the official name of P. Y. W. W. A. B. B. Upon in
vestigation, the name' may be interpreted to mean
“Present Your Wife With a Beautiful Body.”
And It Wasn’t Friday ! !
A group of regular patrons of the Allencvest (free
were frowning, a bit annoyed by the incess
ant appearance of parsley. So, as a means of re
venge, they deposited six gold fish in six different
water pitchers. Soon following the boys’ exit, Prof.
x (Waler-!ngged) Galbraith entered with Miss Black,
seet’y of the English Comp, department. Upon pour
ing out a glass of water, the couple were non-plussed
at the appearance of one, little, anonymous, fishic.
✓ As part of a high school sorority initiation, two
.Slate College High School girls set out to sell a can
of peaches In a men’s fraternity. They approached the
S. A. E. house. The Sig Alph’s can not be called a
bunch of' boys to let an opportunity pass, and met
the urge to buy with.the proposition that they could
kiss the little number in the brown coat. So sacri
ficing all for the sorority, the brown-clad one suc
cumbed to osculation by- Graham Luckenbill, 'War
ren Hanson, Walt Scott, and Bill Potter.
Above Land. Level:
Despite the innumerable pits in our (has-been)
campus, a number of matches have successfully es
caped them: The survivors include:
Stewart Marlowe (SPE) and Marge Green
Pete Greiner and Lee Morrison
Doc Byron and Gwen Spencer
Sam Geist and'Dot Weigner (ex-KDR sweetheart)
All at Sea
For your summer’s vacation?
Come in and let us help you
secure reservations to Europe,
South America, West Indies,
Alaska, California.
It is not too late to secure
choice accommodations.
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THE PENN ’STATE HOLT .EG! AN
Bell Contest Due
To Close Mar-10
All Undergraduates Are Eligible
To Enter'in Annual Short
Story Contest
Entries in the annual short-story
contest held by the Bell, student lit
erary magazine, must be turned in to
the Bell office or to the Student Un
ion desk by March 10. The contest is
open to all undergraduates.
Manuscripts entered must be typed,
double spaced, on one-side of the pa
per. Stories should not be shorter
than 1700 nor longer than 7000 words.
The two winning stories will be en
tered in the intercollegiate short story
contest held by Story Magazine nnd
will have n chance of winning either
the $lOO first prize or the $5O second
prize.
• The judges of the Bell contest are:
Profs. John S. Bowman, Robert E.
Galbraith, Edward J. Nichols, • nnd
William L. Werner. •
Co-Edits
With the old custom of individual
pledge ,parties by each of ‘the 10
houses now seemingly in the past,
Panhcllenic will again sponsor a joint
pledge party of this .year’s pledges.
Ruth Marcus, chairman of the
committee for the party, announced
that it will be held March 9 and that
a St. Patrick’s day theme will be car
ried out in the decorations. Six sor
ority girls will dance the Irish lilt;
there will be a -shamrock hunt; and
e\en the refreshments will have the
St. Patrick touch. Anne Palmer and
Carol McConnell are’ on the commit
tee. • i
Panhcllenic bridge tournament has
passed 1 - its first rplind with Delta
Gamma , defeating Gamma Phi Beta
and with Theta Phi Alpha forfeiting
to Phi Mu;
The second round-which ended yes
terday included ganios between A. E.
Phi and Alpha Chi, A. O. Pi and Chi
0, Delta Gamma l and Theta, and
Kappa and Phi Mu. l
The freshmen are coming in for
.heir share of the-lfun this year with
.he added announcement by Fresh
man Council that-there will be a
freshman dance on-Move-Up day in
May.
Theta announces, the .following new
officers:' Betty' Long?,'.‘president; Ma
deline Purnell. vice‘';president; Bar
bara A. Lewis, recording secretary;
Peggy c chaefl’cr, corresponding sec
retary; Jane Curtin; treasurer; and
Peggy Jones, rushing chairman.
Yesterday afternoon Philotes held
a dance in the lojiby of Women’s
building for members and those in
terested in joining the group.
UNDER THE COLL]
You’ll never find yourself in the big
money brackets if. youlre going to be
n professor. This is the indication of
the salary ranges ■ revealed by Dr.
Walter J. Greenlenf, U. S. Office of
Education specialist ,in higher educa
tion.
Varying from a, low median of $2,-
(iOG to a high rncdjan of $4,676, the
Hilaries of professors in the different
| types of publicly-controlled colleges
and universities had a lesser range*
than the salaries of those employed by
private institutions. ' These ranged
from $1,662 to $5,733.
The average salaries of associate
professors, assistant professors, and
instructors of both public and private
institutions were similar in variation.
In land-grant colleges nnd univer
sities, the minimum salary ’of the
presidents is $4,590 while the maxi
mum compensation is $27,000. Back
in 1922, the minimum nnd maximum
wore $5,000 and $16,200,.respectively.
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It hurts us to repeat it, but Presi
dent Robert M. Hutchins of the Uni
versity of 'Chicago believes that
schools of journalism are “the fhndi
est educational • ventures.”
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Mississippi legislators are hard up
for laws. They arc now reviewing a
bill which would ban “round dances,”
We service any make.
All work '' guaranteed 1 .
No charge for estimates.
THE MUSIC ROOM
GLENNLAND BUILDING
POLITICS
lty HERBERT B CAHAN
.Locust Lane is dead! Long live the Progressives!
With the passing of the 1040 and 1941 Locust Lane cliqtres; the 1939
class group decided to change their name to the Progressive Clique at ,a
meeting Wednesday night.
There are a number of reasons for the change. It was originally pro
posed by a senior, who used to'mix a .bit in politics himself—Tom Moore.
Tom pointed out that it might be a "
good psychological move to do away
with the name that took such an aw
ful beating year. • , '
Personally, we don’t think it makes
any difference nvhat you call any of
the parties in the present Junior class,-,
inasmuch as all we can see is a good
knock-’em-down-and- drag- ’em * out
fight for the coveted Senior class of
fices. After making a round of 1939
; eluss’meetings for the past few weeks,
jit seems as the strength .is
j.ubout evenly divided.
Campus has a strong fraternity
backing. The Independents are just
ns strong as last year with non-fra
ternity men plus a few newly-acquired
fraternities. The Progressives pro-'
sent a strong aggregation about even
ly divided between fraternity and non
fraternity men.
* All three parties have been consid
ering candidates and platforms. And
may we warn the boys not to bite-off
j more than they can chew when it
j comes to planning platforms. Remem,
her that we still have a College, which
when analyzed is still run as adminis
trative officers want it to be.
Much to the chagrin of the other
two cliques, the Independents, led by
Junior Class President Joe Peel, have
fulfilled one plank in their last year’s
platform.' But, boys, that’s not aU —
joe will .soon appoint a Junior blazer
committee, which means that blazers
Letter Box
March 1, 1038
Mr. Buck Taylor,
The Music Room,
20,'1 East Beaver Avenue,
State College, Pa.
Dear Mr. Taylor: '
Last Friday an appointment was
made for me by riiy manager to make
an appearance at your record shop.
I am writing to explain why it was
impossible for me' to keep this ap
pointment and how sorry I am to
have disappointed you and anybody
who was" expecting me at your Music
Room.
If you'ean understand how. it feels
to be without sleep for two days trav
eling hundreds of miles over icy roads
and, at the same time, suffer with a
gnawing toothache,-you can readily
realize that if I did net get a couple
of hours relaxation before the dance,
it would be impossible for me to per
•form that night.,
You may be sure that 'if I am ever
in your territory in the near future,
I shall communicate with you ahead
of time and bring some of the hoys
! with me to your Music Room.
! Please accept my sincere regrets
!for this unfortunate occurrence to
gether with my apologies. 1
Sincrely vours,
TOMMY DORSEY
GIATE SPOTLIGHT
including the “big apple” and “truck
in’,” at Mississippi schools of higher
educatio*n.
And the Mississippi U. students are
plenty burned up about it. Comment
from the rank-and-file students as well
as student leaders heaped denuncia
tion upon the bill.
“Get a picture of night life at col
lege,” barked the professor to his eve
ning journalism class at Baldwin-
Wallace College. -But the results
showed that the professor had not
reckoned with their canny knowledge
of college night life.
More than one shot, said the profes
sor, was hurriedly destroyed when the
target became too apparent. One
young man, wearing only a smile ns
he polished his teeth, nearly swallow
ed a toothbrush when the flash lamp
blazed suddenly.
The assignment was designed to
give students a realistic touch of
newspaper life.
Bring us your, shoes and we'H make
them double their-wear.
PENN STATE SHOE SHOP
123 W. Beaver Ave.
The Players Continue Their Successes
“THE DYBBUK”
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MARCH 18 & 19
will cost a little over two bucks npiece,
instead of the former price of twelve
dollnrs.
simple platform, and a
popular presidential candidate will
probably be the deciding points in the
coming election. •
Mcnhwhile, in the Class of ’4O, Cam
pus clique has completed its' slate for
major offices. Wally-Jones’s running
mates will be Stephen’ T. Rollins for
vice "president, Richard LA Britton for
secretary, and Bernard A. Newman
for treasurer . \
Bill Firth has warned us not to
count the 1040 -Independcnts/.out—by
aJong shot. Apparently the inspira
tional leadership of Shimmy. Szymr
czak has fired the red-top Independent
party soph class chairman with tf.".do
or-die” spirit. ,We hope Bill is’right,
because we’d ..hate to see_a-wnlk-away
in any class. •' 1 ■
In -fact, we | have learned' that! a
str6ngly-backed non-fraternity- man,
who . has been, an ardent Campus ad
herent, for.-the past:;two-years/ has
bolted the clique'in-favor of the Inde
pendent party: He carries about fifty
votes, which, politically , figuring,
means a hundred to-the Independents'.
Library Will Exhibit
Literature
The Fred' Lewis ; Pattce collection
of early American literature will be
placed on exhibition :in the lobbies of
the College library during the month
of March. The exhibit will , comme
morate the 75th birthday of Dr. Pat
tee, for thirty years professor of
American literature .arid now profes
sor emeritus at. this institution.
with
Friday’; March '4, 1938
Honor Society Council
Admits New Member
.Alpha Pi M.u,. honorary pre-med
ical society,, was-admitted tfi mem
bership in thc-llonor' Society Council
of the College, at a .recent meeting of
the Council-in Old Main. •.
Active-members of Alpha .Pi Mu
include Harold E. Brown ’3B; -Selwyn
G. Freed ’3fl, Richard E. Lace ’3B,
Frank 11. Rittcrihouse ’3B, Robert J:
Schaffer .'3B, arid George J. Treires
’3B. - •“
Phi Beta Kappa was represented
for the first time as an active chap
ter. The alumni;'association of the
society has been a member since or
ganization of the Council in 1022. ..
Blasingame To Offer 1
Paper; At Confere’nce
Prof. Ralph U. Blasingame, head'
of the department of agricultural eh-‘
gineering, .is ••among those preparing
papers to be presented ;it the-Seventh»
International Manugdnient i congress.
which meets in Washington, D. C;,
early next Septeinber: /
■The Conferericey-spOTisoml-byAbusi
nes.s and commercial interests,.meets
in. a different country-.each tiriie.. As
ail papers- presented at the ‘confer- j,
dice are.translated and published-for •
each country, it is .necessary to",'have
them done months in advance/
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