Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN SulOessoi to The Flee Lance, established 1887 Published semi-weekly during the College year, except vt holtdms, by students of The Pennsylvania State College, rt the Interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends THE MANAGING BOARD TORN A TROANOITECH 'an Editor FRANCIS A C VOTERS, JR 'l9, Minnie. Manager HFRBERT B CATIAN . 99 lEROME SHAFTFR 'l9 Sports Editor Advert Nina Manager ROY B NICHOLS, JR. 'l9 RICHARD W KOOMAN 'l9 Managing Editor Circulation Manager SALVATORE S SALA '3l RALPH H GUNDLACH '99 . . . . . Piewti Editor Promotion Manager AI AN G MeINTYRE 19 DALLAS R LONG .19 Feature Editor rnretrn Aden-thing Monniter THOMAS A IMAL 19 MARY 3 SAMPLE 11 AuiLttant Mowing Editor Senior Secretary BRUCE M TRABUE 'l9 LUCILLE GREENTIERG 19 Anniston, Sports Filitor Women'. Editor REIM% E..SHEEN '99 Associate Women'n Editor Associate Editors Paul S Haldeman Jr .4n Bradley Owena .41) A William tnael, Tr •40 Romani A Nextnnn 40 Roomy! Roth '4O Iforhert hipson 70 . Bernard A Newman 1 40 Paul S Haldeman. Jr 10 Nfanoging Editor Thlq !mow _ . Novo; FtMot Thut 'issue Friday, Februal y 17, 1939 LEAD PIPES AND ' RUSHEES WITH INFORMAL lashing OVel and formal pledging excitingly nem, these ale always some soimities which, 'calming then weakness and not knowing what to do about it, ding out then "leail pipes" and set to woils To the fiei,hinen, lathe] bewildered by the whole pi amiss of lir:lung anyway, lead-piping is not" always recogni7able Ilowevei, it muy be defined u..-any means of perstuiding women to join a sor oi Ay house other than Omagh their own judg ment nr Ihoughtfulne,e, :What could be moN , Insulting to a freshman? What could be a florin way of denying a wo lan's ability to think frn herself , —Now houses have then opportunity They get to put then heat foot fat ward and show off their good point , They ger, to know women,, discuss and decide whet net m not they have what the house 1 , tool mg fat Why, then, are freshmen denied the same t ^hould have a chance to know a house— Thry Oiculd he melted to pm ties so that they learn which'wours like them and which they ht in a th—yes They should he shown the genii rifialittes of a house—Nes But lead-piped—no, Any freshmen who really have the power to think, which some sorrorities refuse to recog nize, will need to use it this weekend And when soi onto women monopolize their - time for hours at a time, when they feed them a stereotyped "sob story," when they cut other houses' throats, when they violate silent periods, when - they dlc rate rather than invite—then it is time for the i,ashmen to use that power D 0 FRESHMEN want corm Ay women, no mat t) how Hell they 111 e them, to make up then minds foi them—tit do they want to make their own decisions? Do they think thqt if a house had the inopei self-iesprct and loyalty to its ideals that it would stoop to using a lead-pipe'' 01 do tLiry f-el that down undo:Teeth thr rushing gla mour thei P Is a welknes.s that the house is afraid t liev will diseover, and that this is the reason the iiwoi 10/ wnmcu throw themselves at the 0 esilinien with .1 blinding force' It is 1. pi nhlmn, not f-,i the freshmen a , , a whole, Inn rot Null woman as an silty dual I. Ite.linun ale ton sneak to =the up their own minds, to judge tanly and accurately, then the) will he el , y On the other hand, if they can decide fin them selves, they will pass up the houses which crowd gt Ow last minute and "lead pipe" until they air ton bewildered and riveiwhelmed to do any thing but what the women isk And they will join a poop which wants them p.Nt as much but at the •ante I IMP gives them coda lot being able to makes tan thrision thenrelves PREVENTATIVE OR INCENTIVE? ONCE AGAIN students are in the midst. of their semi-annual fee nayment march to the M anly Unlike east semester, however, they will not he lectured to pay a damage deposit, for the Col :ege has provided that this be paid in a lump sum of one (toile) pm student at the beginning of the school yea] in Septembei, iather than being ap plied equally to both semesters as are all the other regular fees Now a fee of $1 per year foi each student does not seem too much to ply, especially in view of the fact that this money is deposited as a guarantee against damage of College property, any re ni.undei of which may be disposed of at the close at the school yea) by the student body Nevertheless, the Collegian believes that this damage deposit has outlived its usefulness, out lived it to such a point that today Instead of pre venting damage to property It actually is encour. aging it. :That this is so was clearly evidenced during the mob riot last September, when students, perhaps unawaie of the fact that the deposit covers dam age only to College property, proceeded to destroy pigvate piopeity and Boiough property Just Ito "get oni money's north" — gird is that the damage deposit, co iginally in eluded in the <•tudent fee', as a preventative, has now become an incentive And when such a revolu tion in reasoning occur', it is time'to do something toast' uctive—and to do it before additional dam age is done The Collegian, therefore, hopes sincerely that die administration, fully aware of this condition, will move to discontinue the damage deposit.as a regular feature of student fees and substitute,m stead a penalty fee every time the students cause damage to any property—after thtit daMage has 'been 'done In that way, the pinch would be 'felt 'more strongly And, above all, the original incentive Post Morten on the 14th Noi man Lang, sigmataufooey's pm ennial fresh man received a valentinc telegi am ham one of his hiothen which went like This "If you weir seven and I were nine I would be voni valentine " Signed M fi C Believing in Santa Claus, or St Valentine if you Ike it thnt wee, he spent several hours calling 4961 checking •ip on all the 's but to no good From the ,same house, Campy teams that Geoige Schless sent. ott westeinnnion's No 214 which is this . "Pleas. "end me collect one word 'yes' if yon Mant to he my'valentine" When the "Yes" cam buck Sthless had to but tow the 25 cents to pay the boy Robert L Wilson '4O George It Sohlen; '4O Round and Round - A few d ics ago when the In ewluitle blew, the pride of Alpha Comp.* went teasing around the Cana fm two m there times Into e.qed in this lace of head catch t ill, Bob Rob mon hailed OVPI to the Inehouse Wher the engines came mound to' the fourth lap he hollered out, "Hey, you blind bums, Tan building', on hie," Not In The Hail But— In the "Empoi min Independent," 'Emporium is noith at ho e somewhoic, I think, this colyum ns mentioned with s hit of 'an ivijecfive that makes feel good Anyway heir'. the quote "Oin own lice Atm ray, at yea' student 'at the college, also got si he €4 mention in this edition (P S Collegian) in the comment column the 'Campusem ' Although hei name was 'lightly mentioned in connection with campus Inmances, nt shows tint she must be pnpulai and getting ac quainted IL is seldom that Pi eshman girls get publicity notices lion Ns popula, (italicemine) and elem., comment eolimm," A Coincides!? A leading loom in the new Lhrniy is called the "Delivei y Room," and 1..% (.I`lOOlC4 the kappa shack which Is known the "menage Inn eau " Quote of Me Week At the peg:rdl3lg in Hum Fisblnum'slblusic emu iie In put the old kcal e into the group quip ping, "I inure tlyit Ince-fourths of you are here because von think von can sleep as well to rem d ings as you can looking nt pictures in % dark :00111 Well, 1 want you to know this is no snap noun se Sanie goes im Piof Thomas in I E 409, pily the L A stooges then last semestei Brawl Department Paul Dean, self-styled matinee idol cif the Col lege, does not, like to visit the I athskellai anymore because he cannot expie SS dramatically 'his title feelings Piaz was foiced to escort the Dean to the door when Paul insi , ted upon illustrating his ire by winging a bees glass at his companion. . • Alumni Report Flom Pitt,bin all we learn that (nubby Chat be Wheeler, one tune ierniled edam of this tag and nop, a ioundahnut imvn lean, tei for the Sun- Telegi alai was fm«d to run hem a knife throw ing Intel viewer, whoio Wheeler had wanted to gee after neightini hood Li awl Billy Swung 'report,. lhat hefty Lh clie wirild have taken 'Ewell 'by .100 Pubtelly Note Stine COil .4 now ,n thr all in of the theta lodge the hats nd Ists hsvr depalted, so thry dam Ronal About Town Thr aign•ttnir on tin noise Ellington lettm to Tom Bold n genumt, Curly Pmurioy tells me because he has our lug.. like it which he got in the Cotton Club loNt Vest when the Duke came in aftel nel midnight show suggested title fro lame ['locket to sift!' I lot the Duke's new blues song, 'Why Did You Date Dean' , " Dolts Jackson us now "al Minty" oh. Engine "lead" the rest nut —CAMPY You'll Enjoy I I I , iIIHE lie Corner unusual CAMPUSEER 131EMEI 1;i1=M1 PENN STATE COLLEGIAN • wHAT DO YOU KNOW? • WHAT DO YOU SAY? -- By BERNIE NEWMAN --- Do you think that an tinllm. Ited cut-system for all courses should be established here? Russ Rodham, '39, me-medical ' Yes If a student ithlnlcs he can get the work ulthunt going to Mass, then why go to class' Then again, suck a system would help In do away with man% incompetent profs when Mudents show that they me unwilling to Mend theft Masses" Roland Young, 'l2 i6V/P1 %Inn 'bin Student.. would take mi ming., of curb u vabon But I do ballove that the pt event 'umbel of ruts allowed can be doubled In approNlmatoly mix " Velma Jeffrey, "th, home room). 'rides 4 f do The students would eglabllgh a fooling of logpormildllb and go to douses on Ihrh own at. cord' Thin 'way, they would gel `much mole from ihr clam lee. tures " Frank 'Bitiford, NI. Zoology and Enttnolog) "No College students are the only people a ho pay good money to ity lo gel the loast rot It. Resides, the students here wonldn't, know hoe In use <nick a Orient sensibly A gteatet per. ceninge of them would honk oul Leo Parkinson, ' drivel t king "Yes If a 4tittiont rut got a good ; , glade at oven .t mot isttreint y glade out ol a ruin 10 Wit ilOll.l al tondlng the requit rd 11 11 111 1 1P1 of hour , ,, 'there Is no 1014011 t. by anything should be vu ht lat led ft btu Ilk grade for ctutv 'Photo ale certain students s Ito run dot IVP .1 gl eat PI amount ft otn 0 LOlll se by doing side work Jack Allen, '4O, pelteleum engi neer 'I think there should he such o syqtem, be(ntele some droll ale 90 mltch faithei ahead of others that It Isn't necessary for 1110111 to attend every clasti This type of student shouldn't be. forced 'to attend these classes, 'he cause they would Linn out to Ito boring anyway" Bob Slack, 'l2, elicni engineer "Nn'ln the elietnietty Selion' virCh 11 eyetein %%auk' br uneneeeentni became thole is Inn much practic al work in the Ink that. the dents mania »tiny However, It wnillh be all right in mimic of the 'tort in e eniiisrs " Bud Bitting, poultry him hnnilly "I think. [here mlintild he on, unlimited mil qygloin only for rot lain eon] cl If this unlimited sys tom ionic in Al rourgeg, thole %mild he ninny mlirlrnt.i eniiihrq which iontilio chill al, ion! ini r." Rushees To Answer Dinner Imitations (Continued Pram Page One). Pledges to (lament campus housel may be I etognired by the colois of the pledge ribbons they will year until formally pledged and pained Calms of the 40Icin bPs air Alpha, Chi Omega, led and green, Alpha Epsilon Phi, glees and white, Alpha Omicron Pi, ird and white, Chi Omega, eardinsl and straw, Delta Gamma, 'pink, blue, and gold, Eukratia, puipie and gold, Gamma' Phi Beta,' mode and Mown, Kappa Alpha Theta, black and gold, Kap pa , Kappa Gamma, light and dark blue; Phi Mu, rose 'and white, and Theta Phi Alpha, silvei, gold, and blue Retirement'Of Brandeis Brings Fear, Indecision Liberals, Dissenters Have Lost True Ally, Ferguson Writes, Lauding Ex-Justice By DR, JOHN H. FERGUSON With the tetnement of Justice }handers from the Supreme Court liberals and dissenters have lost a hue fund and ally, and fm the moment Ihey are left in feni and unceitmety, Following the World Wai, the labmei, the small business man, the former, the consume), the pacifist, and the former knew that though they lost then case before the sum erne tribunal, it would at least he ably - and forcefully Iry c.Puted bv ' ilohnes and Brandeis dis,enting" Other hhelals remmn on the bench—Stone, Bllck, Reed, 1 , 1 ank. fin -,-and anothei will undoubt, piny be appointed None of these, hov, eve), has sat through the or deal of wm when wm passions clamm ed la the extinction of dim ished Mei ties No have any of them, occept, Justice Stone, been forced to gi apple intimately with cases involving revolution y Issues Only time can demon strate whether these men can e- Out then liberalism nn time of, 1.11419 and testa e the confidence which goes with Justice Bran deis , The late Justiee 1101MPB cetited and died without seeing many of his most Cherished convictlons,he come the law of the land Not so with Ur Brandeis Dining the past three years he hits seenti /e -lute] pretation of Lhe commence and tax .powei "to permit , greriter action on the part of the federal government on behalf of the gen eral welfaie, and he has witnessed .re-interpretation of the four teenth amendment to permit the states greater latitude in enact ing social legislation, for the aelnevement of which his life has been a long cc made Ite has also seen the peisonnel 'of the emu L change so that these .ga as will not he quickly scuttled, and he has 'Witnessed ,publio-sen- Liment develop to a point where the courts will soon be compelled to aere-rt more of his dissenting opinions The retirement of Justice Bran deis presents President Roosevelt with hi , , fourth opportunity to ap- IT MAY surprise, you to learn that a cobbler's shop runs daily at the Foi d Rouge plant in Dearborn. But the Pot d plant is full of surprises. Every one has a practical answer. 'lnnards of workers in the Rouge require'Specidl types Offoot wear. These the.,couipany furnishes. So a steady stream of worn-out foot wear renehes the 'Rouge cobblers, (:), 1 1 , - 0 .R-D ' I - I';'‘D. KiNtrIIOTORCOMPNNY .. '. --, 2, -- ;.- - 7::: - , k.; FORD , - " • , • FORD. MERCURY ',:--; r , . , :z E rifitle, ' , • '234 East6illegeAveilue ,-: ' -:". ' - Dial 3472 , ', -',z.,`-,- , point memhi>is to the Supreme Coin L wit tin the shot t, pen rot of loss than two yea) s Hughes is neatly 77 yern s of age, Mcßey nolds is 77, slid Butler is neatly 77 With tin more years to gh, it is possible that one 01 more of these men IVIII he replaced If all of them shout(' go, only Robet ts would ,10111011) of the gi any which held the balance of power puns to the di emetic pi n owt) to ieorganwe the Supt elite Count early in 1977 Since the re cent Republican t esti' gence, it is possible that other come' valves will refuse to retne in the hope that the election of a Re - publican esidept in 1940 will asvie the appointment of a consei votive successor As we bid adieu to Justice Bi an deis and acclaim him as one of the foremast statesmeh of our generation, it is instinctive to re call the utcumstances undci which his appointment wa r s con firmed Ile was nominated by President Wilson in January, MG, but a battle waged over hrf confit motion until June A t vast Entity of distinguished citi,ens at, Licked his appointment Seven 'fin mei presidents of the Amoi lean Bur Association, includ ing Willmin IT Taft, Joseph 11 Choate, and Rlihu Root, vigorous ly opposed it A delegation epic seating the elite of Boston+ ap prated befei,e the Senate commit tee to assail ;his public and PI I vate life and demand his exclu sion.from the bench His cubes L6neenh lard upon '.~„~ Shoe Shop -On the-Rooliage and the busy tap tap of their grinding wheels and ;metal caws 4 1. 1 mers joins the Irhythm of ten.ton' are ieelliimed.'-Nothing is •lcst- 1 .- 'j piessesland , heavy rolling mills. nothing/wasted. The cobbler's 'shop is one.part ef _plays, a part in making the great drive ihat prevent!s ; waste finer, better Fin t 1 cm s.Penni, saved in ihe'Rouge.,;Lumtei - froin'incorn ; area-pennies - earned. Multiplieil'at ing crates 'is used 'for,' the Roilge.invi.milliMis, they 'help', : " -`7 f , ~. outgoing shipments. Waste, paper.. thatkkeeps millions 4. and woodchips - g`e,to the Ronge ef`Fords dAivering dependable, paper inill:%faipiirtieles rerno'veil service Year:afte - rietit. _ L. q Hotel. Course , Gets Support tssocialion Head, 4 Others Endorse Infant Course In- Management- The hotel adnumstratton cow se, starte hme last yeas, receive-S -o ememious push forum d Mon day evening when lout momment hotel and restaurant men of Penn sylvairs pledged then' full sup port Is the advancement of the eon) se. _ Mr C S. Shuck, president or the Ccntral Pennsylvania Hotel- his alleged' infractions of piofes smile' ethics, accused lino of mak ing "false and misleading state men Ot," rem esent ing _ "interests opposed to public Acme," and esoi to, "duplicity in the pei = foi mance of his professional du ties" It the "best" otwens etied SHOE SALE Here is youl:amiartimity,l6 get real shoes at a great saving. Be ,sure'to , attend these fast -days of ,oilr sale. BOTTORF _ BROS. BOOTERY- Cor. Beaver and Allen Street , Ready For S - NIOR,BALL?„ Our' glamorous dresses '- are just - the thing fog 4 the big week-end. Moore's Dress 'Shop 7t,;•z:7i-x• Friday, , Felirnary 17, 1939, so greatly 'in 1914, is it,not poslo bible that they are making stmt), larly erroneous judgments, shout current - personalities and issues?, men's Association and manager of three well-known hotels, spoke en thnsi istically of the course at a dinner meeting of ‘1 he Penn State theeteis Club, organization of hotel administiation students, in the Ncltany Lion Inn Monday night , Shuck stated That - theise was ll dehmte need "fm 'such a -cowSW ..III this , /fib iy W Wngnei, vice -areal dent of the C P II A and manager of two holds, reiterated Shuck's statements, along with John W Lee, manage' of the Nitlany Lion Inn, amd M C Mathei, manager of the Slate College lintel - Receive's ScholArsiii 'Matgaret 'Ross "41 has-bee awl] deft the Eliiiiheth °lowly], Menial WI Si hnlanthlh of $5ll b the Penn State -Alumnae Club a POllll ('shit)( MEM 'E. College 'Ave MEMI
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