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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Fiee Lance, established 1887
Published semi-weekly during the College year, except
on holidays, by students of The Pennsylvania State College,
in the interest of the College the students, faculty, alumni,
and friends
THE MANAGING BOARD
JOHN A TROANOVITCH TD, MI,
FRANCIS A C VOSTERS JR '331, Business Manager
HFRI3FRT B CAHAN 'SO JEROME SHAFTFR 'l9
Sports Editor Advertising Manager
ROY 13 iNICHOLS JR '29 RICHARD W ROMAN VI
Managing Editor Circulation Manager
SALVATORE S SALA '39 PAI PH H GUNDLACH 'l9
Neon Editor Promotion Manager
ALAN G gIeINTYRE '39 DALLAS 112 . LONG -19
Feature Editor Eoreign Adoettining Manager
THOMAS A GOAL '39 MARY .1 SAMPLE '99
Assistant Managing Editor Senior Secretary
BRUCE Id TRABUE '39 LUCILLE GREENBERG '39
Atcestant Sports Editor Women's Editor
REITA E SHEEN '39
Associate Women's Editor
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N/W9 Editor This Issue
Fi iday, December 9, 1939
IT'S TIME TO
BURY THE DEAD
"JUSTIFY you onstsme "
With this as its slogan, the Collegian seven
months ago launched a campaign to clean up and
to I evive the men's campus honmaiy societies oni
to bi mg them back once nixie to the high level
which they hail enjoyed in yetis past
Among other things, the Collegian pointed
out then that self-seeking interests, desirdius
only of perpetuating their own control regard
less of the effect upon student welfare, had
crept into the system and were poisoning it
with the poison of partisanship and inaction—
the kind of partisanship and the kind of in
action which lead ultimately only to decay and
finally to self strepgulatlon.
The Collegian pointed out, too, that the ,eeds
of this decay and self-strangulation had already
been planted and that it was high time for the
societies to take steps to clean house—m have
somebody else clean it fro them
Whether these was a lick of blooms ot Imams
oi ambition, the honor my societies failed to stall
then housecleaning and went light on doing just
as much as usual—which A% a s mactically nothing
ONCE AGAIN, the Collegian Issued a wain
ing to the societies—
A winning that they had definitely lost ,pies-
Lige among the members of the student body,
A wattling that they were signing then own
death wanants if they persisted in then policy
of doing nothing
Whethei this wai fling fell on deaf em s m on
dead eats could not be ascot tamed for by this
time the societies appal ently wei e outdoing even
old Rip Van Winkle himself
Some of them which did (wake up, however,
just frowned or laughed at the insolence of a
student body demanding to know upon what
- basis they sblecteci. members, what they were
doing with' the money which they received
from students and, above all, what they were
doing to justify their existence as student or
ganitations
Only one—Blue Key—had the coinage to ad
mit the truth of the existing conditions and to
pi omn,e all in its power to help rectify these cn n
damns
And at the very same tune that Blue Key was
announcing its intentions, ':l9 Class Pi esident
Joseph A Peel revealed that he was ready to
ask Stuaent Board to make a thorough investi
gation of / all honor societies
Thus, with the }minim itmg on the wall be
coming cleaner each day, the societies finally be
gan to shake of then lethar gy snrl move into
action
IN THE MONTHS which have passed by since
then, much has been accomplished
Aided by new membei s—membeis who aie sin
ce) a in then desne to clean up these conditions
—some of the societies have executed complete
about-faces in then policie , , Notable among these
have been Blue Key and Duds
On the °the' hand, slackers, too, have become
evident And notable among these, it seems, is
Finns
As fat as the Collegian has been able to learn,
Finns has clone only two outstanding things in
the past yea] oi , so to justify its existence
I—lt voted along with five othei organizations
to accept the plan to place finances of honotaiy
soueties uncle' the Inteiclass Budget System—
aril] constant prodding from outside agencies
2—lt held a beer patty
To all outward appearances then, It is be
coming more and more evident each day that
Friars is not only dead but is in that stage of
decomposition when the odor is anything but
fragrant
NOW, FRIARS was aw.o ded .I chin tei to e•-
ist as a student oigani7ntion on the belief that
this would be a definite contaibution to the ad
vancement of student welfare
Today, houevei, nuns stands indicted as a
sad failure, as an organization which has been
unable to keep faith with the student body
As such, it constitutes a definite drawback to
the campaign now under way to immove the
honorary system
It is for this reason that the Collegian today
calls upon Student Board to have the courage
. to face facts and to exercise its power over
societies by asking that the College Senate
Committee on Student Welfare revoke the
charter that has been granted to Friars.
This is destruction, of course—but no one can
deny that the destruction of a weed may save a
garden.
And no one can deny that when an organization
14 deqd—dead through its own inaction—the best
thing to do is to bury it.
BY HIMSELF
Found in the Mail
"Deal Campy
When it conies to giving tips on who's going
to be Harvest Ball Queen, you'd better stick to
picking the ponies
Deal Faithful Reader
Gust of all, thanks ior being J faithful
code' That makes two who lead this colvum,
Benny, the Nnotypist, and you I lead it, but then
the only 1 eason I do is that I have to
Mlly naming the Ilaivest Ball Queen was
contingent to change and the nelson uho was sup
posed to change it, didn't
About the ponies, I, am not too bad at that
but it is all clue to "Pootsie's Little White Caul"
on sale at the sight place foi only 25 cents (no
advi )
Yom, Duly
Campy
P S I hove a sneaking suspicion that
you'i e Dewey Mom e, ight9,
Geinve 13 SOlc. '4O
nnannel Ruth '4O
Attention Lexicographers
New aiiivals to the local colloquial siieech
ale the follov.ing
"Cooking"—to pitch %Nun, usually in i.
kitchen, when the living loom is I Lill 01 when
three ale too ninny lights.
"WI esti ing"—synonyn fm cooking, etc,
usually on a comfoi table couch '
"Get off the eat"—quit tin owing it, I don't
'believe it anyway ,
Flash, Flash—
Acme Laich is mauled, bus been Inc tin ee
months dust Ole Colegion pulling another scoop
Lucky got is Edith Wilkens
Another Letter
"Deal Campuseei,
What well known led-head in the apt house
(armament) whose initials are Jack Sauer, le
mixed a letter 11001 'a lonely limits club, Monday
of this week 9
This is stiaight stuff, no joke"'
Oh, olc, we don't know, who is 10
A *
Donovan Says
George Donovan who lies just lam ned from
the West tells me at the Soph Hop boostei dance
that Penn State men, and women ale the best
darnel, he has seen Incidentally, populatity at
that dance may mean the ietuln of such 'inns if
WRA and SU can get together
Filling In The Space
It cost me a mad to get , my second page
back—and then I had to pay it to a junior
We sow in the CACompass where somebody miss
ed the MAMMA colyum—wel], everybody can't
be petted Null lot tonight
No False• Alornt
The centiedeadlycinnes iepoi ted a false
alarm the othei day at 821 Prospect Avenue
Howevei, Collegian •lepm teis who always inves
tigate news in the times have uncovered the real
dope A stove pipe in the Spe house caught file
end Homer Huhn rushed to the phone to call the
Sic deportment When askea•the street numbm
he gave_the phone number, 821 Soon the local
"Ste eaters" dashed out Prospect passed the
flaming edifice to 821 Meanwhile, biethien thr ew
watm on stove pipe, saved the house
Una ph and Pfft
Pff i ting it. ale Rhoda GI eenbeig and "Buck"
Epstein , almost pfft, but not quite, is , the
Hulda Blown, FiankTe'rtwo-gun) Burford couple
Fletch Biyom as looking foi a blind date this
!wetland; first time in his calm .
Umpiring it ale Bt, Andeison and Eleanot
(Benny the Bum) Binfei 8111-`llendrikson
and Maly Jane Mitchell—somebody tells me this
is pretty sentimental
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CAMPUSEER
Yis truly,
A Faithful Reader'
-% CAMPY
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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Dan y Science pasty, p m,
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banquet, Student Union
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who have not received commis
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Will Average I. Q.'s
A seines of new intelligence
tests ale being tired out on Penn
State students Administered by
the Psycho-Educational Clinic un
dei the dnection of Di Robeit G
Bei mentei, the tests ale being
given to a' iandom sampling of
students When finished in Jan
uary and tabulated, they will re
veal the aveinge "I Q" of the
student body
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I here rend you] editor Jai of De
cember 6, 1938, 'With interest I
have gone through the list of offi
cial dismissals from College as of
the mid semester period and can
find no student who , uas_dropped
Milt below grades in eleven cred
its and passing grades in six Per
haps there is such a Person but
certainly no indiVidual case exact
ly fits these figures
Representative dismissals are as
follows
A sophomor e In an engineering
cutriculum nes admitted at his
own request in September on
ptobation At mid semester he
was below grade in seven ace
demle, ci edits out of 3 total of
fourteen and a half scheduled
Ho was requited to withdraw
A sophomore in another engi
nee] lag cmt Mullin) was placed
on pi obation a yea] ago, warned
in Feb:ltaly, 1983, and has been
ou probation since last April
He has below grades in eight
academic credits out of the total
of eighteen and a half on his
schedule and was Implied to
withtit an
A senior if; vet another cur
Held= sas dropped Dom Col
-lege last Febtualy On petition
he sae leadmitted in September
At the end of the eight-week per
iod he was below glade in eight
ci edits (most of which he was
epeating) out of a total of six
teen on Ills schedule and was re
gal] ed to withdraw
Cases like these could(ba,given
in much large] flambe! Most, if
not all, of these students were ad
vised not to register, were admit
ted only at theft urgent request,
and were placed on probation with
the understanding that unless they
did sank of a high caliber they
s sold be dismissed at the mid
semester pet lod
Studentg withdrawing from Col
lege, whether of their own accord
or for pool scholarship, receive 'c
hutes according to a definite sched
ule which is available to and, 1
believe, in the bands of every stu
dent in the College I I efer to the
Regulations Affecting Undergradu
ate Students, rules 3 to 6 Mole
sive According to these rules a
student dismissed at the end of
eight seeks is entitled to one-half
of the fees he paid at the begin
ning of the semester
Disnilssals Dom ,The Pennsylva
nia State College for pool scholar
ship represent a smaller percent
age of the enrollment than at any
other Pennsylvania college, save
one, to the, best' only knowledge
No person is dismissed from Col
lege without the recommendation
of tile own School faculty or execu
tive committee, the approval of the
Dean of Men or Dean of Women,
acting tot the President, with the
final letter of dismissal being writ
ten by .the undersigned
WM S HOFFMAN,
Reglqtrar
(Ed Note—The Collegian under
stands that it is the policy of the
College to drop students who are
on probation in mid semester if
deemed feasible Unfortunately,
however, the case to which the
Collegian referred in its editor
ial in the last issue was entirely
true, and the student wasbeing
dropped without any refund. The
case has been ironed out and the
student Is to receive 'one-half of
the feet he paid at the beginning
of the semester.) a
To the Editor
At various times tin oughout this
football season you have published
editorials in defense \of Penn
State's poor excuse for a football
coach, Bob Biggins, and you have
given IN many reasons why be
warrants om support and not bur
m IMP= Yet, here - on the 'day
before the Pitt game, I read in
your paper that Joe Metro is an
nounced captain of the team for
the second time this season
Frankly, I 'was very surprised fm
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I did dot believe that even Mr Hig
gins was so,small that he would
pull a downright dirty trick like
that Not that I have any preju
dice against Metro, understand,
hnt he's had his turn this season
anti it seems to me that one of our
star players, Dean Hanley; has
been given the worst kind of a
deal by a coach who Is'such a baby
that be lets personal feelings Inter
fere with good -Judgment. Maybe
you 'don't know it but Mr Higgins
and Dean have not been very
friendly this past season.and,be
cause of this Hanley Is robbed of
'his one last chance of being cap
tain of the team for which he has
played so well It seems to me
that, a roach, who would do a trick
like that is not worthy of keeping
around You will probably foam
and fume around a while and then
throw this away, but I would cer
tainly nice to beat your explana
tion of/this'
.1
. N ' HIBBARD
Ed. Note—The Collegian was un
der the impression that Mr. Me
tro was selected only because
Coach Higgins wished to have
an experienced leader on the
field, a man who had already
been captain before However,
if what Mr Hibbard says is true,
the Collegian agrees with hum In
saying that a coach who es sup
posed to teach sportsmanship
should not let petty dislikes or
differences interfere with his
work) ,
To the 13dItot
There 19 no comment to be made
on Yom• Milo' lot of Tuesday; Nov
15. several eopleg of whith I had
been mailed
I can only remind you of a state
ment mule; I believe, by Voltaire
"I cannot agree with what you say,
,ir, but I will fight to the laqt to
preserve your right to say it"
If you could read the 25 letters
from Penn State students and
alumni my well meant column on
Penn Penn State evoked, you might
ended stand why I quote him
. CY PETERMAN ;
(Ed Note—When Mr Peterman
speaks of - freedom of the pFess,
he should remember that It is
purely a license and not a lib--
erty—a license, by the way,
which should be respected at all,
times, a license which grants no
right to any person to x wilfully
and deliberately libel the reputa
tion and the Integrity of any oth.,
er person or persons without just
cause" Incidentally, even though
it be granted tearing down
goal posts Is not exactly gentle
manly, the Collegian still Is un
able to see how Mr Peterman is
able to call this rowdyism and a
few days later call the Penn
"rowbottom" fiasco just pure Col.
lege sph;it Maybe it does make
a difference. whose foot the shoe
is on, eh?)
To the Editor
After seeing with what whole
hearted enthusiasm the College au
dience enjoyed the recent Ama
teur Night and after hearing from
several sources of the fun summer
school students have had at their
weekly song rests,' I am wondering
whether we regular students could
n't have m song Pest every now and
then and "give out" together
Here's "one ounce of preVention"
fm snowball battles and Ores
ALLEN ZERFOSS
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Radio Station Sends
Out Call For Help In
KDKA Banner Search
Wend has been received from
Pittsburgh that the, silk bonnet
used on the KLlKAlnoadcasting
booth at New Beaver Field during
foothill] gables, as "borrowed" by
some student or students after
the Lafayette game
KDKA officials- describe , the
banner as being approximately
4 x 12, blue silk with white letters
leading B ro a dcas t,
Westinghouse , Station, KDKA,
National Broadcasting 'Co "
Ridge „Riley, College sports edi;
tor, has requested the Collegian
to cooperate with him in, locating
the banner.'-Riley points out that
KDKA was Instrumental in plo
dding Penn, State's alumni and
fi lends - with first hand accounts
of all 'games this yeas and that
philoining the pennant was hard
ly a gidteful gesture on,the part
of local people
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WHAT IS IT? WHERE IS ITS
Watch for next
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Friday, December 8, 1938
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