Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to The Free Lance, established 1867 Published semi-weekly during the College >eo“, escept on holidays by student* of The Pennsihania State Coilcse, In the interest of the College the students, faculty, alumni, and fr.ends THF MANAGING nOARD A WILLIAM FNGEL. JR ’4O. Editor C RUSSELL FCk MO, Business Mannßcr Hilen I. Cnmji MO, Women* Editor Monaging Editor This Issue... Ntws Editot Thie Issue Women * issue Editor - Enured as second class matter July 5 1914 ot *** e olTjce ar State Colter**. Pa under the act of March 1 1879 Tuesday, November 7, 1939 HOUSING REVIEW At a time when action on the student housing situation is beginning to material ize it may be well foi intei ested students to have m mind all that lias gone before Last fall the Collegian took the fii st steps tcwaid impioveinent of housing conditions in the Boiough when it began an extensive heuce-to-house survey which coveied the entue town Rooming conditions were had, this the Co legian knew before it started. When the survey was over there were figures and tails to prove it. Reports showed that there were rooms for only 31 *> more students, lhat unsanitary conditions were, prevalent m many sections, lhat.per person rents ran as high as $5 a week, and that there were wide discrepancies in the rates. There were many standout examples of overcrowding and filth to highlight the sur vey One. never published until today, wa« of a student who slept in what had been «n icebox Otheis weie of 18 students us ing a single toilet, of houses that were too cold, of houses that were too duty, of hous es that were firetraps. Tl.e Senate Committee on Student Wel fare took up the matter aftei the Collegian had pi esented it, and a Student Housing Ecaid was organised to seek impiovement ot conditions. Tnese groups weighed possible plans of action—and rejected all but one. A cry for new dormitories was sidetracked through lack of funds; reduction uf enrollment to crca' e a rom surplus was out of the ques tion at a growing, state-supported institu tion that already had to reject more ap plications than it could accept; Borough ac tion was set aside because the Borough did not want to act and its burgess said so; strict College regulation, with students re quired to live in specified homes, was elim inated because it would entail too much ex pense and bring too much opposition from householders. And so it went. There emeiged from these 1 ejections one plaji3ibfe plan .That was that rooms should be inspected by the College acting through lire Health Service and that an approved list should be published by the P3CA and given to the students, who then could do what they wanted about cnoosing a place to live. Inspection was to b\ voluntary, but those landladies who lefused it could not be given approval. Immediately the plan was gi\en the sup port of landladies of 34 of the better l oom m2.lhousveek-end, and with tke Jack Turner Plenty of excitement there what with a sensational gills’ band and the combined tke sx groups harmonizing all night on “Shhhheeees, The Shweathoart of Sigma Chi” Second floor phieps saw Len “Julius the cop” Coopei and Pope Irv Supow lunmng around all evening with their top-hats on Some say they were hiding thing? in them and not soop The stiffest tiling we’ve had to swallow ovet the week-end—the football game We still have a hangover from it* The Thespian show as great Buddy Yan ofsky was great Maice Stringer was great The whole gong was gieat Sherm Hartej. was funny as hell all week-end Not only did he strut into New Beaver field with his huge, black sombrero and red blanket, but Sat nite wore the same attne . He and Dave Mo.gan cai;rying a beer can and lighted candle a la Diog enes, weie sirtging Xmas carols until 4 the next morning lola Murray’s sister, Helen, was im ported by Berme “Scoop” Newman Jack Canby, we beai, had a beauty Chuckling Chuck Campbell was back for the week end and chuckling, as usual Lee Thorne had Ins Phdly bndc as his date Manny Roth managing ed of this rag, and his Philipsburg stea dy, Lee Goldberg, woie that “I do” gleam in then* jeyes iill isveek-end v' Matty Purnell, now teach-* 'ir.g at Punxsutowney, came back to visit her old haunts at the fiji house Nothing else, so out like a light wc goy a la Lmdn Brigman at the phiep ranch —The MANIAC November 6th To November 16tii Select Christmas Gifts Now From Thou sands 'Of Books On All Subjects At Greatly Rfducfd Prices Spfcial During Sale Only Modern Library Books 3 For $2 00 \ OLD MANIA ANNUAL NOVEMBER BOOK SALE Fiction Art History Juvi NILES Poetry Drama Rfferfnce Travel Biography Lftters Autobiography KEELER’S Cathaum Theatre Building State College PENN STATE COLLEGIAN CAMPUS BULLETIN Notices of meetings to be pub lished m this column may be left at Student Union Office In Old Mam up to 1-pm. on the day preceeding publication. Plil Eta Sigma fall pledging ceiemony at 7 p m , Alpha Chi Sig ma house MISCELLANEOUS Freshmen should get “Beat Penn” signs at the Athletic Store Ski Club organization meeting in Old Forestr> Building at 7 30 p m Fridav , Welfare Work, ‘Major Studied Rowland To Supervise Plans For New Courses Plans to permit interested stu dents to majoi in welfaie work next yeai aie now being worked out undei the direction of Prof Ifowaid Rowland of the depart ment of sociology, accoiding to Dean Chailes W Stoddard of the School of Libeial Aits At piesent those interested in welfare work must majoi in soci ology, Dean Stoddard said He pointed out thnt requirements foi applied sociology (welfare work) were of a wholly diffeient and moie generated nature than those foi puie sociology To Head Committees Pi of Rowland has been trans fen ed to the Institute of Local Government, and will head the gen eral commute fiom diffeient de partments of the School of Lib eral Arts which will determine the required couises for the new ma jors At present theie aie I*l seniois and 15 juniois majoring in sociol ogy and welfare Welfare work was cairied on in Philadelphia by six students under the direction of Prof Rowland last summer, according to Dean Stod dart Co-Edits The Home Ec Club pai tied fac ulty and students at a- had taste party yesteiday and piUes were given for the best CO attire The club will .purchase a W|PA oil painting for the Home Economics lounge Maiy Kay Connell, TPA, Louise Haines ’3D, AOPi, Ruth Marcus, AEPhi, Lillian Meikle '3B and Maiy J Mitchell '39, Gamma Phi’s, and Peg Moyer ’3D and Peg Dough erty ’36, Chi O’s weie- with us for tlie wreek end House party was homecoming for Mai cells Anderson '39, Rita, Sheen *39, Jane Giuber ’39, an& Eve Bogni *39 of the Kappa key, and Betty Long ’39, Ann Very ’39, Lou Emmert ’39, Helen Andeison ’39 and Dottle Lutz Kennon, Theata’s Mary Jane Dalton ’4l was elect ed chaiiman, F Jean Bride ’4l chosen secretary and Shirley Hebul '4l appointed to the new W£GA Junior Service Board , The board was divided into com mittees at Its meeting Monday night which include Friendship Arlene A Markley, Maiy E Baker, and Pauline J Toussaint, ex change Ann L Lobacli, Beverly E Dibble and~M Emily Coyle, piofessoi-student Geitrude L TTellmois Ruth K Kistlei and Miss Dalton Crowns Await Heads Of Co-ed ‘Dream Men * King Sugar Daddy* Will lie be the date who spends the most money and show’s all of his girls the best time, or just the sweet heart of all the co-eds’ Your vote is as good as your roommate’s and you’ll have youi chance to vote next week when Mortar Board holds its Corner Room poll But he won’t be the only one honored at the Spinsters’ Skip on November 17. MJr Esquire, Sir Jitterbug, Mr Tarzanna, Joe Col lege, and Mr Suppressed Desire, also chosen at the Corner Room' poll, will receive symbols ot their supremacy Maybe you think Mr. Esquire should be the man with the smoothest clothes Or maybe you think that smooth clothes don’t make a smooth date. Just be sure to make up your mind this week so that you can rote , Choosing Mr Jitterbug, Mr. Tar-' zanna, and Joe College won’t take so mnch concentration, but picking the right man to receive the torch of Mr Suppressed Desire is a problem. Think it over carefully, analyze all candidates, and don’t forget to vote. King. Sugar Daddy’s crown, Mr. Esquire’s- hat, Mr. Jitterbug’s award, Mr. Tarzanna’s lion's, skin, Joe College's pennant, and 1 Mr. Suppressed Desire's torch will all be on display next week. 'Swing Pinafore’ In Review Bob Wilson, THE CAST Sir Joseph Porter Rnlpli Rnckstrnw Buttercup Josephine Captain Dick Tnioi Pcncieve i Hebe Boatswain Boatswain’s Mate ' PROLOGUE CAST \ Sullivan Gllbei i Gcishwin Strauss L<»hpr Bartender . Ed Zprbj ENTIRE PRODUCTION UNDER DIRECTION OF J E. (SOCK) KENNEDY AND R. W GRANT 1 missed Benny Goodman’s swing: concert at the Carnegie Music Hall I .wasn't piesent at the New Yoik debut of the original Dixieland ja77 band Nor did I get to the premiere of Bill Robinson's “Hot Mikado ” But, insofar as th%* thing called awing is concernedt I have not lived in vain And some day, when all 22 of my gieat grandchildien ore gathered ’round my old rockin' chair, I'll tell them I was present at Schwab Auditonum»when the ?enn State Thespians-and Glee Clubs played “Swing Pinafore” to a jam-packed house that saw probably the best (pronounced,“best”) musicomedy that*has been staged here in a good many years Adapted from Gilbert and Sull ivan’s famous light opera “Pina fore,” the Thespian-Glee Club swing version was hotter than the inside of a baked yam in parts; only lukewarm in other paits; but never (well, hardly ever) on the chilly side" It was just good en ough to make everyone realize how ieally super-colossal (for wont ot a better adjective) it could be with the polish of a few more rehear sals And by Pitt-Soph Hop Weekend t should be polishea to a high lustre So put ic on your “must” list foi that weekend. Yanogsky, Stringer Star As per specification, Marco Strmgci as Bvttercup and Bud Yanofsky as Sir Joseph Porte) i both comedy roles) committed "rand larceny in every scene. Marce, as versatile as a safety pin jnd with a punch to her person ality, was a not. Bud, who can not only neatly cock an-eyebrow but can also aim and fire it, was hi? usual dynamic self In short, this pan, although they were only to gether once, “stole the show” and divided the loot. Sammy Gallu, as sailor Ralph Rackstraw —a swell voice with plenty of “oomph” attached, held up his side of the show until it was almost perpendicular Miriam Rhein, a cute freshman newcomer with a'sweet set'of so- To Penn State Women i Women, are you interested in knowing what goes on'concerning women’s activities and their place on this campus—or aien’t you 7 Debate, the' only activity which gives women of Penn State a chance for inteicollegiate compe tition was dealth ~a serious blow last Tuesday night when the All- College Cabinet,voted to have the motion that the debate fee be di vided equally between Glee Club and Forensic Council rcommendea to the Board of Trustees Aside fiom tli© real handicap which this division of fees would bring upon the Forensic Council in Its effort to carry oil an adequate schedule, it would do well for the women to see cleaily what this this will do to women’s debate I do not intend to list all pointß in favor of debate as an activity, but I do believe that women's de bate has not lecelved its due share of recognition on the campus I say “on campus” because it is re cognized off campus. The fact is, belie\e it or not, that the debate squads reach colleges and locali ties where the only information known concerning Penn State is of the l , fine caliber of debating here L do not mean to imply by any of this that the Glee Club is not deserving, for it is. But there are other activities which are also in need of financial support, and to seriously injure one activity to half-support another is not the way the Glee Club should secure its funds ' In other words, this is not a per manent solution to this problem. One can not help but feel that next year the same play will be pre sented with another activity in the Glee Club's present role. The women now receive 29 per cent of the debate fee. If this mo tion is acted upon favorably by the Board of Trustees, it will mean that women’s debate will receive but 14% percent of the total: amount This amount will not be sufficient for the squad to carry an effective schedule. , This also means that the remain ing 86 percent will be delivered in to the hands of the men who al- ; ready have many Intercollegiate activities, while we have but {his one. Let’s not completely give in without a straggle to the'by far too prevalent idea that this is l a man’s college. ' Girls,' In the next few weeks ef* Bud Yanofsky Sam Gallu Marce Striilgei Miriam Rhein Robert Koser Walt Llewelyn Grace Hemlershot Goidon' Fay Robert Serating Ned Startzel Roy Rogeis Malcolm Wteinstetn Jack Sacks . Jack Yudin George Parrish prano pipes, was “just right” as the captain’s charming daughter Josephine Walt Llewelyn was excellent as Dick Tator Deadeye; the three stooges (George Parrish, Ned Sartzel and Roy Rogeib) were ef fective spice dispensers that the show could not have done without, Robeit Koser, a fine but rather weak voice, was a too young-look-, ing Captain, Grace Hendershot as 'Cousin Hebe, Boatswain' Gordon Fay and Boatswain’s Mate Robert Serating were' “also rans ” Applause For Glee Clubs Nothing but applause to the Glee Clubs for their good vocal support, but may I suggest the ■whole gang rub down with Sloan’s Imement (before the next show Youi acting was pretty stiff. Dance department (Attention Mr Kennedy) If you must change some of those" routines foi the Pitt-Soph Hop show (and I don’t think it would hurt, Sock), save that elephant ride 'numbei It was- super Otherwise, let the axe fall where it may - To whom it may concern* Give co-authors Mike Biotman and Morry FeldbaunT a free hand hut be sure Will Hays isn’t in the audience, use more spots on Rex Rockwell's orchestra, in the pit, and put a Maxim silencer on R. W, i L'envoie SencL me two comps for'the Pitt-Soph"Hop show In Our Letter Box forts will be. expended to secure public opinion on this question, Think twice before you express yourselves in favor of this motion w liich will cripple a worth-while activity „ Sincerely, Betty Hatton ’4O To the Editor, Penn State Collegian, Why is it that people, when con vinced that they have been duped, tear into a destructive frenzy to display their elective powers 7 Sometimes, If they would forget theli momentary exurberance and look a little deeper into the sub ject, thev would find that the greater duping conies in the alter nate course that they take It just took a few weeks time, a few one-sided arguments, and an All-College Cabinet meeting for the student body in the form of a shiny new Cabinet to yank out the eye teeth of Penn State’s most able representatives—the debate team Did they pause to think it over 7 I doubt if they did, for if so they would have realized that the elec tive body of a few years ago knew what they were doing when they alloted a large sum of money to a less prominent activitly on the campus They didn’t decide to throw away, 60 cents* because they Imd nothing else to do with it, and they didn’t decide to give the money as quickly as we are decid ing to take it away. ' They first figured how much it would cost to send a team of the fewest members the greatest dis tance—at minimum expense They observed rationally, more ration-; ally than we are observing today, that if Penn State was to be repre sented in distant places it must he repi esented by the fewest number of people possible.' These people must, however, be capable of gain ing popularity at the places they attended - The debate team,,was, as it is now, many times more pop ular at other schools than it was * - Also) they concluded that other schools could afford to send' their debate teams greater distances for return contests, ( whereas - few, could afford to'send larger teams They figured rightly, for the de bate team has become Penn State’s foreign minister' oVa reasonable cost. 'Withdraw half the money intended by onr predecessors for the debate team and yon withdraw Escort Bureau Will Cater To ‘Blind Daters’ Penn State Club Will Limit Week-end Service To Members of Group The “blind date” contemptiblo outcast of collegiate America will arrive here with a new suit of clothes soon An "Escort Service’’ operated by the Penn State Club will open-in the near future to provide mem heis of the club with weekend dates , 1 ' Final plans for the organization of the service have been completed according to Rice ’4l, chairman Gills representing sev eral doimitorles were present at a committee meeting and agreed to cooperate with the committee * The escort service will operate for members of the Penn State Club only and will handle weekend dates Have'To Fill Out Card Membeis of the club who wish (o make use of the service will fill out an official card any after noon from 4*5 *p m and the com mittee will do the rest A Ihiee day notice will be re quired of those who .wish to get a weekend date. Rice said yester day „ Escort committeemen besides Rice aie Joseph Bourne ’42, Robert Zuher ’42, Dick Haskel ’4o,,Vernon Rigby '43, John Jncquish ’42 .and James Brlnkei ’4l A committee of gills lias been formed to help the club with the service Committees omen are Marion Eberts ’4l, Betty Boyd ’4‘l, Barbara Whitbeid ’42, Pauline Crossman ’4l, Ellen Garber *4O. and Marie Somers '4l Home Ec Enrolls 500; Four Teachers Added Because of an increased enroll ment bringing the total of Home Economics majors' to more than 500, .four new faculty membeis have been added Miss Vivian Crow of Kansas Wesleyan University and ‘lowa State College, Miss 1 Gilraa' Olso of lowa State College and University of Minnesota, Mrs Beatrice |W Sutherland of the University of Tennessee, and Mrs John H Simons of the University of Chi cago, have been added to the staff' The Intercollegiate Peace Associ ation was organized at Eorlham .College in 1906 ' < Penn State’s representation at any distant school in the country A cut in the debate team’s money would be more of a disaster than a benefit > To be more trite I should say that we would be cut ting off onr nose to spite our face. On the surface, a few irate and a ensational exposes by the glee club sound beautiful, but if these abstract accusations were, by chance, true, I feel justified in say ing the debate men would be' the least such offenders on this cam pus If the glee club wishes money it has as much right to ask the stu dent body for support as did'the debate team, but in tliefear of not gaining, such support it has no right to attest the claim of another activity to its necessary finances The debate team offered to aid the glee club iq raising money, but not as a loser’s last resort, but be cause they share, with ’ the glee elub, a representative,in'tiie Alll- College Cabinet—Sam Gallu I wondei how he voted and if the de baters had any representation at /all’ The issue.has not subsided It requires one more step beforeMt can be' effective The first step was a bit too hasty to have,been looked into We must not make a mistake we can’t erase , Very truly yours, •* Tom Geer *4O ’ COE-EDS-GET YOUR MEN! \ , s ’uj ■ ■ Take THem To - 1 1, " Mortar Board’s' l ff|t : Spinster’s Skip It’s INFORMAL and $l.OO per couple Dance To. - REX ROCKWELL Nov. 17th White Hall • * i 'Tuesday, November 7, 1939 CINEMANIA Bette Davis and Errol Flynn are co starred In “The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex,” which will be shown al the Cathaum The atre Thursday, Friday and Satnr-, day v 1 Filmed against the background of pomp and pageantry of* the Elizabethan court, this movie tells, the little-known love story of Eng land’s virgin queen and Robert Deverenux, Earl of Essex ’ 1 Bette Davis, of course, is cast, as the self-willed, vain and s domi neering Queen Elizabeth, torn*be%, tween'her love of England and her love for the handsome and dashing J voung Earl of Essex, portrayed by; Errol Flynn The supporting cast includes, Olivia de IJavllland, Donald piisp , Vincent Price, Stephenson,, Alan Hale, Ralph Forties, and the usual thousands needed for “pei-* iod’’ movies "Drums Along the Mohawk” wiji be featured at the CatlmiinT next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday ' Alpha Delta Theta ; Unites'With Phi Mu Alpha Delta Theta, youngest na tional soiority, has announced that It will merge with Phi Mu, national soioritj and take the latter’s name , - Local Phi Mu’s are ohseivlng the uniting of the soiorities by wearing, the Alpha Delta Theta colors'to- Time To Start Talking ' 1 about your ( (LASS RING Tor » }i CHRISTMAS Order Early L G.‘BALFOUR OFFICE AT SAUERS. -109 Allen St LOST ; SOMETHING Just Look in the .Col legian Want-Ads , Lost you' boss? ‘ Your diamond ring? 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