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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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Friday, May 13, 1938
JUSTIFY YOUR
EXISTENCE
TAPPING TIME for honorary societies is praetic-
ally at an end.
Soon a half-dozen men’s organizations will have com
pleted their initiation of new members who will he en
trusted with the problem of carrying on whatever work
Ihey are supposed to do during the coming year.
Whether the selections made by the societ'es were Lho
best possible, however, remains questionable. And they
always >vill remain questionable—unless present condi
tions are remedies—for the simple reason that no one
seems to know exactly upon what basis these men are
chosen ana’ just what service they are expected to ren
der to the College and the student body.
There seems to be no doubt but that honoraries here
are capable of rendering invaluable service to the Col
lege and to the student body. They have it within their
power to do so. In the past, many of them have done so.
During the last few years, however, many of them
have drifted into a coma of indifference and have done
nothing more than fleece students of their money
through unwarranted initiation fees.
Now the Collegian is not against honorary societies
as such. The Collegian does not seek to abolish them
completely. To do so would be foolish.
Conceivably, there-,is at least one honorary society
which renders some indispensable service to the College.
On the other hand, some of them have fallen into utter
disrepute. Controlled by unscrupulous politicians seek
ing only to further their own ends, they have departed
from their cherished ideals and have become mere polit
ical tools. Honoraries of such a nature have no right to
exist and should not be permitted to exist.
As student organizations, the honorary societies are
hound to keep the faith of the students. As student or
ganizations, they should divulge to the students among
other things the principles and ideals upon which they
profess to stand, the qualifications necessary for mem
bership, the actual services which they render, the dis
bursement of the funds which they collect.
All this is an honest appeal to the honoraries to put
their own house in order before the general houseelenn
ing begins. It is a sincere, frank, and fair warning.
Those honoraries which can prove they really do
something to justify their existence have nothing v.o
fear.
Those which cannot justify their existence should not
he permitted to exist.
What could lie fairer than this?
LIQUOR AND MINORS
KEP R E SE-NTATIV ES of the State Liquor Control
hoard have warned the fraternities hero that legal steps
soon will be taken to stamp out the alleged dispensation
of beer and liquor to minors living in the houses.
For the second time within a few months the Board
has declared, in forceful but common-sense language
that such practices are in violation of state laws and
will no longer he tolerated. •
Certainly in view of these warnings the fraternities
cannot plead, ignorance of the law, whatever little de
fense that may serve to present.
The houses here have been amply yarned that they
are not outside the law. As citizens of the state, as
residents of the stale, as Visitors in the slate, the mem
bers of the fraternities are bound to the letter of the
state laws.
If thorp is disapproval of the liquor laws, recourse
is not in infraction but in amendment.
The Liquor Control Board hns been more tolerant
than most of the legal agencies .in the state. It has
•attempted to reach a common-sense understanding and
a hand r in-hand cooperation in enforcement of the laws.
The case now would seem to rest in the hands of the
fraternities. The Liquor Control Board only enforces
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So That All May Know:
DALI.AS It. LONG *:«•
l‘nr\'»!'n Advertisin'' Alnnjwi’r
MARY .1. SAMPLE M'l
Smioi Srcr.'tury
Penn State or State pen?
Morris Scliwab MO
liurloii C. VVillis. Jr. MO
Janet E. Story '•io
I'nul S. Hu1.1.-mim. Jr. 1.1
Rolivit. L. WID.i,, *.|.i
Slugger Shigs 400 With Words:
Champ Sam Donato, boxer and footballer, addel
another niche in his belt Saturday when he KOed
•100 guests with verbal punches at a testimonial din
ner in h’s honor at the Hotel Jermyn, Scranton.
After Lhe-chow, Saipniy heard himself being laud
ed, praised and-hack-slapped as speaker after speak
er enumerated his deeds since the days whan he was
sports editor for the Dunmore 1?. S. 11 publication.
iltat Donato electrified his honorer* “with stra'ght
fiom the shoulder verbal barrages that scored a ser
ies of perfect knockdowns o’er Webster,” as one re*
porter put It, “that made Bob Higgins and Leo Houck
tub their eyes and loqk twice to see if it was their
Sammy talking.”
Another writer expressed Donato's oration thusly:
Saminy never scored a quicker and more decisive
knock out or hit a line harder than he did in “kny
oing” the audience iwitft brilliant talk, $5 words drop
ping from his lips with speed greater than Sammy
ever displayed in his pports career.
IPs a Fa,ct
That a pt?L snail crept away from the caresses of
Lillian Miller, Frazier street donums. There’s a re
ward for its return.
That Bill Ulerich CDT editor, apologized to Dixie
Smith . . . before strapping lost garter around his
limb.
'l’hat Johnny Chambers, heaver house, took Betty
Long, theta proxy, to the train when she left last
week-end for Princeton . . . not only that, he also
met her when she returned.
That Jack Kennon, ex-senior class head has pinned
Dottie Lutz, theta.
That Ray Coskevy, president of IK council, is bat
ting .40,0 in the Barbara Fleming league.
That Ilcnnionc, the fair, rushed into class thinking
she was 20 minutes late, to find that she was 40 min
utes early and was so embarrassed that she stayed
in the class to avoid njore confusion.
That Donald S. Cryder, chem eng; prof will give
•a blue book tomorrow morning after Junior Prom.
Tom Sica, du frosh, waited for Peggy Jones on the
second floor Mac Hall.-
In May 1938 issue of Sterna Nu’s booklet “the Del
ta of Sigma Nu” Vol. 65, No. 4, page .OJ2, column 2,
paragraph 2, sentence 1, reads:
“As usual Delta Delta men have taken more than
their pound of flesh with regard to campus honors.”
Sentence 4 'continues: >
“Charles '.Campbell, politician and lead.er in .camp
us activities, was named Inter-Fralcn.iity Ball chair
man this year. • Campbell is u member of Lions Paw
and Skull and Bones, highest campus honorary so.
eiei'es.
Campy believes that he wept to' the \vi:opg institu
tion since he has read this story from the Weekly
Island Lantern published )iy the pjcp at the United
Slates pen on McNeil Islaqd, fyig# §oyml.
V, each of ns, owe to tftostf Pfifgrhuialett
mi the outside who ore fififfltyg Hf?'* Igjlfles,
si niggling for fife ’x necessities, to <}o ivftnt we
eon, ut awry opportnvify, to efiepr tfje.ni, to on*
emuo'ye limn, to help hifiif.i thfft ‘>‘fty of hope
which urges than- on",
“lIV who ore here in a safe hfjrbpr, well fed,
comfortably clothed, with yoofl, bcjfs to sjeep in,
n strong roof over our heads, furnished with oil
the vec.essilies, freed of the vicissitudes of Ijfv,
find it so easy to forget tit pec w(ip are not ho for
tnnnle, who are tired, weary, and .heartsick of
the turmoil.
"It in easy to forget the trials, the hardship*,
and the disupyginhnents of others when we are
not confronted witlj their problems, their day •
to-day, haud-to-vioifth struggle fpr existence.
This is vpt because wc become at 'tons to the
hnulships of those who are less fortunate. It is
because we are sn far removed from such sordid
lll' Ays as yas, liyljt. and grocery bills,,house
rent , and scores of other vexing, depressing prob
lems, that me ate prone to forget that such wor
risome matters cxisf."
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And, oh yes, governor-seeking Margiotti. spoke too.
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After
the
Prom
it's
The Corner
unusual
THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Poster Contest
Prizes Awarded
•Four Art,.Two Press Winners
Announced in Ajiiha Delta
Sigma Competitions
Four prize winners and ten honor
able mentions were awarded in the
Pennsylvania Poster Art Contest by
Alpha .Deltul Sigma, national adver
tising honorary.
; First prize was won b.v Ruth So
! rnkq, Technical High 'School, Scrnn
| ton. Second, third, and fourth prize
j winners were: Jean Hamlin, Chester
j High School; Herbert P. King, Al
l.ioona Iligli School; and Mary Cnlder,
j South High, Pittsburgh, Edith Deng
! l<»r, State College High School, re
! ceived one of the honorable mentions.
At the recent High School Press
Conference, Alpha Delta Signnj
plaques for advertising excellence
were won by the Dußois Forum,
and the McKees Rocks Rox Rock
ET. Honorable ..tendons were award- 1
e;l to the Indian High Arrow and
Relhlehom Catholic High Becalii.
Co-Edits
! Recent initiates to .women’s frutci
t miles are: Alpha Chi 0: Charlotte W.
| Dovers '4O, Anyarita'O. Mhley ’4O,
IJane A. Fulton '4l, and Mary Eliza
: both Rtiuird ’43.
| A E Phi’s: Ruth Goldstein ’4O,
i Syril B. Ivler ’4O, Shifra L. Ktrseh
jimm '4O, Eleanore Fineberg ’4l, Betty
; Jandorf Ml, Doris J. Schumbelan Ml,
[and Harriet Singer Ml.
J» AO Pi’s: Ann V. Boss Mil, Ruth V.
| Davis MO, M. Cicely DeSilver MO,.
; Margaret R. DeSilver '4O, 11. Jean
! Fox Ml, IT. Louise Frost Ml, Jane
|IL Hoskins Ml, Darlene A. New
i hauscr Ml, and M. Jean Towneml Ml.
j Gamma Phi’s:-Katherine B. Tenney
”59, M. Isabelle Pfeiffer Ml, and Jane
ML Weber ’4l.
[ Thetas: Dorothy E.-Berry ”)9, Em-]
•: mu S. Jennings ”*9, Jean C. Taylor i
■ MO, L. Eleanor Berfer Ml, Margaret |
!»1. Cnuvfni-il Ml, Gertrude L. Hell-
I iuprs Ml, Ruth K. Kistier Ml, Leslie :
lA. 'Lewis Ml, Betty L. Long Ml,!
.Charlotte M. Lowe Ml, Jeanne A. |
[Smith Ml, and Elinor L. Weaver Ml. i
! Kappas: Narriet ,E. Colgrdve ’39,|
; Ruth M. Reynolds M9,.Ruth O. Beach j
,*’•10, Agnes J. Ross MO, Helen B. Cram-i
•er Ml, Mary Jane Dalton Ml, and!
l Mina A. Smith Ml. ... j
| Phi Mu’s: Eleanor .H. Connelly MO,
jA. Dorothy Goldschmid Ml, Vera J.
1 Palmer Ml, Marguerite E. Strohman
[MI, and Bcth-M. Swope ,’4l*. ' I
| Theta Phi. Alpha: Mary Kay Con
| nell Ml, Harriet King Ml, Martha E.
McCormick Ml, and Rita Ro.rini Ml.
Chi O’s pledged Betty L. Mattas
’4l, and Phi Mu’s Janet R. Schmidt
'4O.
The new .women’s social fraternity,
; formerly called Themis', has changed
| its name to Eukratia.
j The Alpha Chi’s won the women’s
debating cup from the Thetas in the
.finals Wednesday night. j
! The Delta Gum’s held coffee hour
j for the A O Pi’s, and the Thetas
i entertained the Kappas Wednesday.
I Building Program
i Rumblings
By EMANUEL ROTH
j The campus will begin to take on
! a skeleton-like appearance beginning
'June 1. From fresh foundations,
i steel, scheduled to start coming in
j from (Bethlehem at that time, will
{crop up on every building site. i
First structure to get steel, will
'be Agricultural Engineering, on June
3; last will be Chemistry-Physics,
July 16. To be situated north of the
Dairy Building, tht Agricultural En
gineering structure, L-shnped and
fireproof, will bear, on its facade
“Agricultural Engineering, Anno
Domini MCMGXGVIII.”
9 0 0
Quickly rising are the foundations
for the Forestry Building, east of the
present Ag building. The facade will
sport two ornamental pine trees,
flanking the carved word “Forestry.”
Pouring of foundations for the
Education Building will begin next
•week while shovels continue to work
on the Library site, near the tennis
courts, and the Liberal Arts middle
•unit. Fourteen trucks and four
>hovels are now being -used through
out the campus by the McCloskey
Company.
Visions of a beautiful, sweeping
from campus entrance were pictured
yesterday l>y Prof. .Harold E. Dickson
,of Fine Aris, who stated that the
vast expanse of College grounds justi
fied a more imposing -campus portal.
Said Prof. Dickson: “I hope that in
i smim future building, program It will
. lie found feasible to supply the cam
pus with u handsome entrance. It Is
: Interesting to consider what might be
'accomplished on that site by a really
good modern sculptor.”
Too bail, but dozens of fruit trees
have been hacked down to make way
for ecxnvations. Latent scene, is the
L. A. middle unit where about 10 trees
were relegated to the hatchet as
tractors and shovels moved In on ths
alto last week. ■ *''
W<2 Women
■ Movc-up (iay -brought \yith it the
: advancement of the green freshmen
to the run Its of the 'learned sopho
mores. But this class did not run
Lrue to form. It has actually formu
lated plans for an intelligent guidance
of the class of M 2 with a purposeful
Freshman Council and Freshman
■Dean to lead them.
A pi-opQsal advocated by Miss
Butty Bell and approved ,by Senate
will provide for a committee on edu
cation that wilj be empowered to
limit the social privileges of fresh
men women deficient in scholarship.
With Miss BeM as an advisor, tenta
tive plans indicate that each case
will be considered individually with
limitations judged according to the
particular woman. N
Junior women have been one j‘ump
ahead of the regulations for next
year with many of them already at
tempting to enjoy senior dating privi
lege?.' Senate is very emphatic in
dispelling this illusion. As for next
year's freshmen women, the lucky
girls will be allowed a one o’clock,
a 10 o’clock, and Sunday until noon
for datirg.
Dormitory' treasurers will be happy:
to learn that W. S. G. A. is eliminat
ing the < practice of collecting house
!dues by giving Mac Hall, Grange,
| Francos Atherton Hall, and Women’s
! Building proportional sums for entcr-
I'tainment purposes.
| Transfers will not be neglected
Inext year in orientation programs.
IA committee headed by Ruth Beach
! will undertake a schedule to aid the
; adjustment* of transfers similar to
that of Senior Sponsor groups.
A proposal to improve student
faculty relationships may take form
next year with the possibility of pro
fessors and their wives entertaining
freshmen women.
Student ‘Who’s Wh.o’
Honors L. A. Senior
Thomas H. Moore, Jr. ’OB has been
selected as one of the outstanding
college students to appear in “Who's
Who Among Students in American
| Universities and Colleges.”
The students are chosen by a rep
! resentfltive committee from ,the 47- r »
schools listed in this annual publica
tion on the basis of scholarship,
extra-curricular activities, athletics,
and future possibilities.
' Don’t forget your
class tonight in
MUSICAL
KNOWLEDGE
with
Professor
KayKyser
assisted by
his orchestra,
Miss Ginny Simms,
Harry Babbitt,
Sully Mason,
Ish Kabibble, and
pianist, Lyman Gandee
Rec Hall
9-2
Junior Prom
$4.00 couple
Maw! That Bear Is Back Again
V.
and so arc the rest of-the nioji for this sinfftf, swipgy, scintillating mirth
otjriiphy of a carnival troupe gone high-hat. See
‘'HEY RUBE”
Dinner jackets replace lights, hard luck succeeds misforlune as (lie troupe
' sets Broadway dizzy.
Sdhwab Auditorium Saturday—7:3o p. m.
Tickets on sale at the Student Union and the Corner Room
Sparab Banquet
Set For Monday
Harney To Be Guest Speaker;
American Institute Award
Will Go To Burgencr
Scarab, honorary architectural fra
ternity, will hold its Annual Inter
departmental Banquet at* the Univer
sity Club, 0:30 o’clock Monday night.
‘W. .Pope Bayny, visiting design
critic ttt the College and a nationally
known architect, will be the guest
speaker. Prof. Burton K. Johnstone,
head of the department of Architect
ture, will be in charge.
At this dinner, Scarab Mcduis will
be presented to three sophomores for
outstanding work during the school
year. John R. Suydam wjll be award
ed for his work in Architecture; Ear
nest J. Mihalya for Architectural
Engineering; and Robert R. Tryon,
for Landscape Architecture.
The American Institute of Archi
tecture Award, given unnunlly to the
outstanding senior architect of the
year, will go to Edward H. Burgcncr
’3B.
Joseph C. Didinger, ’39 will receive
a 2nd medal which* he* won. in the
Emerson Competition, national ,£eaux
Arts contest.
The banquet is open tp all student
and faculty memjt>er.s of tße depart;
ments of architecture, landscape arch;
itecture, architectural engineering,
and the fine arts division.
ELECTRICAL I
Wuiz
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How many, of these Questions can you Answer?
1. What was the first successful application of reduction
gear drive to a large marine vessel?
2. How many kinds of heat are supplied by the “Corox”
surface units of a Westinghouse electric range?
3. Who introduced the Parsons steam turbine to the United
States?' - ‘
4. What are the seven major types of rectifiers?
5. What alloy, consisting of non-ferromagnetic elements,
is nevertheless ferromagnetic?
6. What type of power is used on the electrified portions
of the Pennsylvania Railroad? What voltage?
7. What and where was the first commercial, “repeating''
broadcasting station? ‘ "
8. When were the main rolis of a steel mill electrified for
the’first time? - -ij'-Lr-:?
9* What was the first large-scale display of incandescent
lighting ever seen?
10. Whnt is a sterilamp?
ANSWERS WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE FOUR
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