Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Suct.e , ,sol to The Feet Lone r, established 1887 fiutintir strni-artkls I luring tin Conchs star ....opt on holidays by statism. or The Ponntshonla Stant College in the interest of tb, Coll, yr tin studi no farults alumni and friends TOE MANAGING BOARD !WIN A TROANOVI I Gli I% Fflltur FRANCIS A L vos rem JR. 19 BUM.. i%lanmar lIFILLIERI R CAIIAN N JEROME SHAMIR '39 Sports Editor mi tt nit., Manager ROY If NICHOLS JR 19 RICHARD W hOOMAN '39 Managing Ed, or Circulation Manager SALVATORF S SALA 19 RAI PH II CUNDLACII 19 ton Editor Promotion Manager ALAN C McIN RE 'l9 DALLAS R I ONG 19 ASSiatint 111nnagout F litor I ortAgn Ads erldstng Manor, THOMAS A BOAL '39 MARY J SAMPLF '99 Asmttant Monomou 9 door St nior Serrotory BRUCE M TRARUL 'l9 LUCILLE GREENSFRG 39 Assostant Sports Editor %Pitmen o Ftistor RFI I A E SHEEN 'l9 Assuan._ Women s Editor Associate Editors A Wllllatn Fnsel Jr 40 licrnard A 244mman 40 F 441011404 Rods 10 Elerbkrl Nltron 40 Women's Associate Editors Associate Business Managers C Rood! Erlt 10 Morton Ni. man 40 Morris Schwult '4O E'roy T Wttnor '4O Burton C Milts. Jr 40 Dot Is 0. Gutman '4O Junet E Story '4O I==l=l Above «11, tl; CoWilton will be tolennil Fm in toloolue awn , il Pl4lOll and there or might Thursday, September 1, 1938 OPEN LETTER TO THE FROSH NEXT WEDNESDAY mole than fointeen hun dred of you freshmen NN ill all we in State College, eagerly expecting to begin what you hope will he the best foul vests of your liver and also expect ing—although perhaps not to eagerly—that at the end of those fout years von will have MI "educa tion As for the best foul yews of your lives, these Eeernb to he so doubt about that .i.t. all It's the Name old story they dish out to you when Jou'i e being graduated flout high school Gosh you'll suie miss the place when you get out And just as title as it is in high school, so it is in college Only ti set —pci haps Fol the foul years spent in undeigiaduate cir cles at college lot in the embryo of life—a crude, unticvetoped lnamstom polished into something less Linde, something less uneeveloped, somethin4 which might stand the gall' in a model n world that iemains pt I'V 111(11.11(1111111StIL Duaing your foul yews here, you'll not only have; the best social and intellectual conditions evadable anywhele, but you'll get an actual pie view: 01 what !eat life lenity is A struggle of toe msny fm somethmg which can go only to a few You may be one of the few who will leach you. goal l or You may be one of the gi cacti number who will be content with shifting your field and he glad to get kialfway to voui goal 01: you may he one of the few who won't even maki, a fiist. down Info whatever category you may finally land, however, you should lemembei one thing Right now ;you', e like it quai tei back in a football game Yciu've got to decide—hei e and now—whether you'i e going to emit ry the ball lot yourself ot have antenne eke can y it for you AIM once you've decided that, you've got to keep on deciding .c the ball moves up and down the held —as fortune shifts back and forth—lust which way.you rant to go, whether you want to sidestep or jkimp m iun or plunge or Just sit down and quit Nad all the whee you've got to hem in mind that this:is only a practice game, that the coal game— Om one that counts—comes ate: you'ie nut of collegc And all that time you've got to remember that the liest way to prepare for the real game is to run :everything you've got into the practice game and get everything you can out of it . lqt there Is still one other thing you've got to remember No matter how much you put into this pracliee game, no mutter hen much you get out of rt, you should not expect to be FULLY !im pala for the real game 'Fr! expect such a thing will not only place you school in an unfair position but bring you utter I".'.rstreporntment For although someone might br. able.to substitute for you in this practice game, you'ee got, to play the real game yourself There is something, however, which you should expelt front your four years her e, sometlung which }oil can get if you properly apply yourself to your wor l That's a better idea of what it's all about, a foundation strung enough upon which to build your futuie career, an armor that will help shield you in tier free-for-all battle that life really is And for your sake, as well as the sake of tha thousands of other students here, remember This institution, like any other institution, is judged by the samples it produces A NEW WORLD PROM HOME LIFE to College life That's the big step incoming freshmen will hope to Clmplete in uppioximately one meek P/101 to 192 m 5, tie wile no Freshman Week here, Students new to a College world wheeled into town a littlebewildered Upperclassmen were all nhout, They were like a blanch of rookies in the midst of a mass of veterans (Lome ties, strained as they were by the entrance of the freshmen into a uoild practically free from parental guidance, only sei red to intensify Lewd ment Naturally, freshmen found the process of .ad justing themselves to a new environment not only slow, but—to soin—almost insurmountable. One week from today, however, it will be dif ferent Some uppeiclassmen will be in town, yes But it will be FLeshman Week—seven full days clammed with meetings, exams, iegistiation, dances, patties, carefree jollity. . And when there is no time to worry, the pro. ems of adjustment becomes comparatively easy. Advice: You don't iealire it, dear Freshmen, but you'i e lucky Ye9siri ee, lucky You'i e young,_impetu -1311%, and mebbee need a bit of "advice" So, talc., it from a gi aybeal d, enjoy youi self dui ing Fi cab man week—it's your last meal befoi e the last mile Don't: Spend a lot of money on wimmen , we'll know you're freshmen Neck on the campus, Captain Dennis' Ir id men go around kith seal chlights Neck in the movies It detracts those around you from the 35-cent feature And besides, you can do it for nothing in the fiat house Bung acm It'll cost you a nickel every hour to pm It it on Co-op mine' soheie ever cone can see Helen t. Coop Vnl it Pau! S llJlstensan Jr '4O Bradlcy 00.0n4 '4O 110101, I. Wslron '4O Gears. IS Sehl,s4 40 Play ball in the street The lagough's law (Bur gess Leitnell) will slap you I'm a $l2 50 loss for the clime Poi get what vou'ie up lime - tot Get hem be foie the test of the mob and pia out the best looker so you tan brag to the gang back home about the swell umph you're courtm' Do a lot of crazy things so we can put your name in this Lolyuin and so every_ one will know yom in town Get caught by the Burgess so you can tell the upperclassmen you told that In azen individual to go to hell (never tell them how your knee', minut ed) And when you find time, go to class Obey the silly custom nrles The upperclassmen will like you better in the millet tattle the Ti Mon a! will make you wear Think you ai e infei mi to the sophomores Why, only last June you wei e a serum and they, were mere fi osh Be meek with the profs Tell them what you know Just because they have a doctor's degree, doesn't mean they know more than von They merely had the time to take the e\am, you didn't And, don't, feievven's sit'se, walk mound with yam month agape The thes ale thick in these parts The Wit of the Roosevelt Corps Johnny Tioanovitch, editor of this lag, worked on the Scranton Tub this summei Now Johnny was helping covet the Amei icon Legion Convention in Scianton a fen weeks ago and to get through the heavy [lathe he had a sign on the windshiel I which proudly pi °claimed "PRESS" An impa tient WPAstei asked for a ode Sine, sore, get in He looked at the sign and looked again Then he eat nestly asked, "Which pi essing company ya work fei 9" A Parish Has a Bingo:' And then ithei r was gum Roth, anothei Col legian mug, who announced at WBAX in Wilkes- Bat re for some time this summer One day when he MAS using his best diction, when the welds seemed to come oh-so-smoothly, Roth was t attling off a commercial for some parish oi abet which was sponsoring a bingo All went nicely Out "announcer" continued "Prices at the bingo•nie as follows —" (pause) —(pause)—(pause) Roth gored unbelievingly at the announcers hook, it lead "see list" He got led, he got blue, he got, white Where v,as the list' , What would he say 9 The audience was waiting A "brilliant" ',den finally flashed into his cra nium Hosing and McNamee would have turned green with envy , "Ah-et-hum—the Filmes—the pi ize9," he contra ued, "will be announced at the picnic" Add .1 Advice: Drink a lot of witei or bee! before you go to take youi physical exam Ritenour will like it Don't ask uppetelas, %%omen foi date , ' Listen to this one Meekly the freshman walked up to the billowy serum co-ed Meekly and half-quaking he asked her for a date She looked down upon him and blandly said, "I can't go out with a baby " He opened his mouth in amazement, "Oh—sou y, I didn't know " Parents-. • • You Will Find The Corner Room Penn State's Best Known ' Restaurant An Excellent Place to Eat When You Visit State'College • The Hotel State College Offers ''You an Attractive Place to •Spend the Night ,_ , CAMPUSEER I=l =WI +++ =NM MOM PENN STATE COLLEGIAN A. C. C. Closes For This Year Fraternity Unable To Obtain Housing Quarters; Will Continue As 'Club' Balked by inability to obtain housing (mai tei 5, the local chap tei of the Amen wan Association of Commons Clubs (A CC ) will Loi ego !fishing this semestei and function solely as a club dui mg he yeas This was definitely established Past night when the year-to-year lease which the oi ganization held with Marron B Meyei, State dol ege teal estate man and gas ilea- 21 , espii ed without i enewal The English-named f rate' nity, whose chapter hei e was chin tel eil in May, 1929, has been housed at 115 South Allen sheet for the past calf-doyen veal s Acute housing conditions, sharp-, :med by the pi esence of appi Cu mutely 1,000 constiuction workers ii town, was cited as the reason `Ol huhu e to obtain anOiei house Collegian Dance Will Unveil Beauty Queen (Continued From Vabe One) look at, delightful to hold," ete , etc. Last yew, Jo Condrin_was i» o claimed as the fist beauty queen in the history of the College—Miss '4l Jo's triumph was soon followed up by her appointment as honorai yt cheerleader The Collegian dance is annually the opening social event of the sea son Music is •applied by a top notch campus in cheqra Admission to the aff.un can be gained only through pi c , ,entation of one of the tickets given flee with each Co , legion subscription All fre;hman women who attend ale eligible col the contest. And remember, ticket; me not on sale Miss '42, are you leading this'? TEXTBOOKS For the For the For the For the Engineers and Minner- Physics and Chemistry Liberal Arts, Arts and Agricultural Students al Ind. Students. - S - tudents Letters, Education Stu- dents. Reference Books t '''' .--:'' Keuffel, & Esser Chemistry Hand Book Dietzgen -Reference Books National Loose ' ' • -All- Courses .- Weber Leaf Note Books-. ~, , Drawing Materials Keuffel & Esser Fillers For All Script, Quink ' ,lif Chemist Slide Rule Waterman - • t';',';' Size Note Books. Weber - , 'lnks_ ' ' - CA White and Black Webster Collegiate - ' ~ ..oi Windsor - Newton - ._ A '4 Lab Aprons -Dictionary Artist Materials - Plain and Die ' . 7 ,,. ....z- Hammermill -Stamped ~:‘, -/4 , -Remington Portable Keuffel•& Esser Typing Paper , Stationery' --'' 44.4 Typewriter . , .., Slide Rules , Shaeffer Wahl, ' - • ._.- , , -- Blotter Pad , Waterman Pen ' Memory Books - ,t4l Marks, 'Kents, . and Calendar and Pencil Sets. - \ Greeting . ar -Cds - ,r' ''''' ,o ! ~...i.t Peele, Standard • ,: Hand Books Pennants 'and ' Stickers Lamps • Sporting Gciods: - . , , :"..1 Laundry Cases : Bonnd, Note :z ;yam; Alarm Clocks for all , , . ~.,.. -Books i, ' • :..' 'l f 1%. - .... ;,:. AT • '' • ' , -4,, . .. , . , .. THE Phone 2158 We Women To you, the women of the class of 1942, who will soon arilye on out eampte, we bid welcome It is yams to inhei it out happy lot and to pet petuate your names in the hall of fame of women students at Penn State . The few yenta that have jurt passed have war essed a ti emen dous growth in both the number and the importance of women in this Col:ege It Is your prerogative to ro what you will with this pi ogress You will soon discover that the woman who maintains a balance in social life, activities, and 46°1- , 4iip is the most outstanding and the happiest student You aie fortunate in that, for the that time in years, all-fie.imen women will be on the campus Time you will be able to enter Into Women's Student Goveinm6nt asociation, Women's Athletic as sociation, publications, and di eme tics mme ieaddy than any claws before Don't attempt too many things at once Ascertain what you enjoy most and exploit it to its fullest But always strike that happy med ium that makes for the most envi able personality The glamor and excitement of fered by fratet nities, which must never be nwmomeied "frets," and all the other ertei tamment rani pant in our life here should not and must not counter act other activities equally as inter eating Oui new women's activities build ing, Maly Beaver White Recrea tion Hall and Fiances Atherton Hall solve us landmarks of the ad vancement of the women's student body Your class, as the largest' the College's history, should serve as a landmark in the advancement of Penn State education Specimens Given A gift of 847 specitnens of native and Tale butterflies has been added to the $35,000 collection of the de partment of ioology and entomol ogv by the Smithsonian institute NEW and - USED for all courses ATHLETIC STORE, Opposite Main -Gate 1,350 Degrees Set New High 57 Per Cent Increase In Past I 0 Years Is Revealed By Registrar's Office A total of 1,350 advanced and baccalaureate - degi ees—the lot got rumba' in College history—wm e issued (luting the last academic yam of 1937-38, i eau ds at Regis tral William S Hoffman's office i event Last year's total is an inei ease of 57 per cent over the Identical pet cod 10 veal's ago, when the Col lege granted only 770 degi ees it all 275 Advanced Degrees Of the degrees handed out last you, 1,093 wo e baccalatneate, with 257 advanced Men students i eceived 1,026, while women, eat n ed 324 Conic, red at the thi ee usual commencements held dui mg th _ year, the degi ees were presented as follow. Regular June com mencement, 004, mid-yem com mencement, 148, Summer 904511111, 258 Pen, Ink Required Pen and ink, requii ed dui mg of ficial legtsti ation, must be sup plied - .is usual by students them selves The College will supply neithei , the Registrar's office an nounced yesterday SINCE THE WORL WAR Set ving the people of this coin inanity In mallet , : pertaining to all phases of the Real Estate himineqk Dining this time both parties to all deals have re celved a SQUARE DEAL FOR YOUR HOME SITE OR BUSINESS SITE SEE Eugene H. Lederer _ Licensed Real Estate Broker DeVeloper of Fraternity Section Office Next to Fostoffice 114 E Beaver Ave Named 3-Sport Head to, team, has been named couch' Joseph Batlicks '36, one o f of baseball, ~ occei and basketball State's greatest soccer players of at East Penn Valley High School, all time, who won iecognitmon as Millheim He replaces - Menn Au-, center half on the all-Easter n 40C- miller '3O Welcome FreihMent, WHERE STYLISH AND STURDY SHOES GO - HAND IN HAND FOR YOUR COLLEGE NEEDS AT BOTTOM' BROS. SHOE STORE: • YOUNG MEN • • PREFER OUR SHORS'-` For Style Setters., Priced' very Moderately $3.95 to $7.50 MISS CO-ED . . PREFERS OUR SHOES"' FOR CAMPUS AND DRESS WEAR. PRICED $2.95 to $5.00 - THEY ARE SURELY THE 'LAST THING IN STYLE,; • We Carry a Complete Line of , - Gym Shoes, Bedroom Slippers and R. 0. T. C. Shoes • , • - BOTFORF BROTHERS BOOTERY Entrances on Beaver Ave and Allen St - State College, Pa • We are authorized dealers for Freeman, Walk Over, and rEloot-,i makers Shoes for men; Red Cross, Treadeasy, and Paris Fashion, for women, Red Goose and Buster Brown Shoes for children ][.. , ..,,,,,:-...„ 4 , - ~,„,f, N c .... ~ . ,g.,. . „,,,,,......„ , ...„...„,..„ _. ,-, ~fi," Store' ours. 7:30 NM to, 10.T11-k9 - . ~,, ,—,. ,• ; ,, ,, , ,.. , -,4, , . , , • -,. 1410,-, Thursday, September 1, 1938
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers