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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
suuvb»oi to Tin, Five Laver, established 18S7
t’tiliH«hcd semi-weckly during the Collece jcar, except
on holiday* b student-* of The Pennsylvania State College,
n tht Interest of the College the students faculty, alumni,
and frcnd« ,
THF MANABINR BOARD
A WILLIAM ENGEL JR *lO, Editor
r JUISSI IX FCK MO. Business Manner
Helen L Ctm{> MO Women’s Editor
EMANUEL ROTH *4O BURTON C, WILLIS JR ’4O
b Managing Udltor Advertising Manager
ROBFRT L WILSON 40 MORTON NIEMAN ‘4O
Sports Fd.tor Circulation Manager
BERNARD A NhWMAN '<o DORIS GUTMAN ’4O
News Editor Senior Secretary
GEORGE B SCHLESS *4O lANET STORY ’4O
I mature Editor Assistant Senior Secretary
PAUL HALDEMAN JR M 0 W BRADLEY OWENS 10
Assistant Mnwiging EJPor AMistnnt News Editor
HERBERT NIPPON MO PIIYLLIS R GORDON MO
AHH.xtnnt Sporta Editor Assistant Womens Fd lor
Associate Editors
Bayard Bloom *4l Robert H Lm»c *4l
Wiliam E Towkr Ml Edward l r K £f}?' r, . e «, 41
E.ignr V Hall Ml Ruhnrd C Peters 41
Adam 4 Smyser Ml
Associate .Business Managers
c nr.tver Ml John H Thomas Ml
Ro'ert G RM. nson Ml , Ruth GohMein Ml
Leslie II lewis *4l
Inaras n 3 Editor This Is«ue
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V.urc , i«*tie Editor
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office at Stale College Pa. under the act of March 3. 1878
Tuesday, November 28,1939
DEAR MR. RUPERT
As editor of the Penn State Club’s new
“Post Script,” vou took occasion last week
to challenge the work of the Student Hous
mg Board
I am writing, Em* to ask you to change
rklcs. And I have a 1 eason Because, whilo
the tone of your editorial took a stand tu*
leetly against the Housing Boaid, what
vou advocated was directly m line with'
what the Housing Board is trying to do
bo that you and I and our readers maj
better understand this. Em, I am going to
ouote your editorial in full.
“A lot ha* been said about housing condi
tion's in Slate CoUege Muth of it has been true
—most of it has been much about nothing The
fact that in one or two cases as many as eight
een people must use one bathroom is purely the
fault of each individual m that house In the
<oses of dirty houses or squalid conditions it is
the responsibility of students to see that they
dj not rent rooms in such places
“A canvass of the town or a seaich thfougn
the classified columns of our town’s daily news
paper or college publications will snow- us that
ihere is an ample supply of good clean comfort
able living places within walking distance of
the campus * ,
“Just so Tong-as we students will reside in
unclean homes or uncomfortable rooms we will
have remaining witji us these same conditions
But if we pass up and refuse to rent unfit places
we will see them disappear Then we will have
raised the general standouts of State College
rooming houses,
“Luck7.y it is the minority who associate col
lege \nth hardships and put up with conditions
far inferior to their home standards And it is
this- minority that has raised an unjustifiable
amount of publicity Let’s hope that in the fu
ture we can look at this problem from a piac
tical 'viewpoint and not making a mountain ou»,
of a mole-hill.”
The way I see it, Em, after you were
I"'rough criticizing and complaining and
stepped out to urge a solution, yours
the same as tha- already undertaken. “If
we pass up and refuse to rent the unfit
places we will see, them disappear, ’ you
said.
That is exactly what the Student Hous
ing Board is seeking in its plan for inspei.
tion and approval 0 f rooming houses which
was presented last May.
The Housing Hoard hopes in this way to
encourage students to take the bettei or
approved homes and thus to foice landlords
of the inferior homes to improve condi
tions. The difference in the nvo plans, youis
and that of the Housing Board, is that you
seek action by mentioning the fact to the
present students while the Housing Board
is trying to put something tangible before
the sludents of this year and every year
and .before parents who may help them se
lect rooms.
I might add just a word, Em, about youi
criticism of the publicity accompanying the
matter. You sec, the Collegian felt that
the only way lo make all of the students
conscious of the problem was lo tell .them
about it. If thev are now so conscious of
it that a lot of them are bored by it, the
Collegian is not one bit sorry, because there ,
are some students who aren't bored by it.
Students living under inferior conditions
maybe in the minority, the 319 extra rooms
may be able to take care of students now
in poor rooms, but even if there were only
one student living in one poof room wheth
er , necessarily or unnecessarily, the Col
legian thinks he would be worth 'doing
something about.
And I believe iyou must agree with me,
Era. Certainly I hope so.
Sincerely yours,
l-enn State Collegian
- (—A. A. S.)
| OLD MANIA
The bojs stood on the burning deck,
Betting State dollars by the peck
The Panther tail was tied w a s knot,
The Higgin’s outfit, blazing red hot
“This is the year,” was Ins battle ciy,
Finally tiuefi the Maniac cannot deny
10-0 was the unbelievable score,
And so Mr Higgins, we say no more
Dear Hitj . Ahem
A little over a month ago this column severely
cirticized Mi Higgms and his team’s showing .
The Hig, as a figu.e in the public eye, was arti
'•till is open to cnticisin, favorable or unfavorazle
The Collegian, an otgan of student opinion, ,
leflected the opinion of the stuaents It was un
fnvoiable . Mi Higgms is .plenty riled at the ,
Collegian If he is, he is riled at a majout\ of ,
the student body
s Perhaps the tazzlng was a bit premature, but if
it did nothing else but ignite a necessary spark
ir a lifelecs machine then we’re satisfied ..Won
ders were accomplished since the'Cornell,game
For that Mr Higgins deserves .plenty of credit ..
So, - Sob TAKE THE BITTER WITH THE
SWEETI
Sparks From The‘Bonfire
.William E Fowler Ml
Robert H Lane Ml
Vtra L Kemp Ml
You lucky people coming back next Septembu
should remember this past week-end . All the
way thiough'it wa* the most spirited and colcu
ful xhbntion we’ve ever had -an opportunity -to
witness' Why it was better than you see ir
the movies It’s a lucky thing for those Pan
thers who weie kept in B’fonte Thursday mte, foi
if, they weie ever heie to wtness such-sincere m
thusiasm oozing, ovr at the bonfire tfrom about
5,000 State rooters, the bottoms of their stomachs
would have diopped out and the score would have
been worse than 10-0 . '
Did you know that the jfootball .team hasn’t lo<t
a single ,game whenever the freshmen wefre com
piled to wear “Beat Penn’ (or -Pitt, Syracuse
etc ) signs Check on it After the -game
we met Geoipe “Dutch’ Brown at the ’Shelter
He’s the unsung hero who played the othni
end position and paved the way for Bob -Higgm s
90-vaid touchdown gallop against Pitt 20 years
ago Modest fellow that-he ,is, Dutch wouldn’t
speak of his playing days, but instead of his sev
en-yeni old son who wanted to dash out on the
field Sntmdav dining the game and run,“down
the field like his daddy used .to ”
Doc Schott was so thrilled after the game, he
was dashing about with *a smile a half mile wide ..
It looked just like Franklin -Field when -the stu*
derts mobbed the-field and-started.to pull down-the
goal posts The hat men really deserve plaudits
for the way they received the team on the field .
We/re still wondering about that iLlon skin Is
that,lT? . .. >
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Soph Hopped
- The Hop finally justified its existence . We
hear they made a commendable profit . 900
couples . „ 1,920 sboer people . The decorations
weren’t so hot Nan Wynn, Kemp’s highly puu
licized vocalist, was not with the band in case
vou don’t knbw A gal'by the name of Janet
something, from Altoona, was the lovelylooker in
her place . George Yeckley had her here to a
few nfifans last yeni.
TAsten To This
You can take this with a grain of salt if yoi
wish, but it sounds pretty good to ils*
Celebinting as is only natural after such a
hungup game, Wade Mon, we’re told, went up to
Grange dorm about 1 o’clock that night and be
came very angry with the checkeriner because she
wouldn’t check him m
We’ll see you at the Saturday mte club after
the basketball game where Sally Rand is reported
to be the featured artist m the gala floor show
Don’t crowd, boys —The MANIAC
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for
MEN
GIFTS MEN TAKE
Wallets
Btushes
Jewolry
Military Sets
GIFTS TO WEAR
Shirts Socks
Ties Gloves
GIFTS FOR INDOOR MEN"
Rohes Pajamas
GIFTS FOR OUTDOOR
Jackets Sweaters ,
Ski Apparel J
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices of meetings to be pub
lished in this column ,may be
left at Student Union Office in.
'Old Mam up to 1 p.m. on the
Say -proceeding publication. ,
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American Chemical Society, Cen-’
tral Section, Home-Economics Atw
ditorium, 7 .14 p n Dr 0 A. T
Gage, manager of the Optical Divi
sion, Corning Glass Works, Corn
ing, N r Y, will speak on “Special,
Glasses ” -i
’4*l Independent Party. 14 Home
economics Building, 7 30 t/to
Student Housing Board. 312 Old,
Main, 4p to Important meeting*
TOMORROW
*43 All College Parry, 418 Old
Main, 7.10 pm. 2
ASME meeting. 110 Home Eco£*
nnmics Building, 7 30 p m O E
Szekely. consulting engineer for-
U S Naval Aeronautical
will speak t,
New Nite Club
Signs Talent
ThespiaVi Stars, Magic.an
Highlight .-Opening 'Show
The ciearn of campus‘talent warT
under contract today to appear at
the premlerei ,of the Soft Drink.
Nite Club .this Saturday as dhe
nite club committee ,planned -to<
make the opening super pliißiin en
tertainment value ,
With .the closing of the smash'
Th'espian hit “-Hot ’Pinafore,” /five
of the stars of the show were (im
mediately signed to appear in J tbe
nite club revue 1
Slid jYanofsky, Marce s Stringer,
and the Tluee Stooges will appear
in Sami day's Show , Jack Vos
,burg, well 'known campus magi
cian, has also been signed -for an
act in the levue 'ln addition, Ed
Parkinson, in charge of entertain
ment,, indicated yesterday thatithe
committee was trying lo.secute
well ‘known sinfeei in .one of the
campus .“dance hands -
Decorations for (the nite club are
still being -planned, hut committee
man indicated that the Sandwich
Shop will not reseralile the>Sand-f
wioh Shop .on the opening might; ,
Meanwhile, rBMOC’s and \ordi£
maiy students alike .began making;
reservations for tables ,at Student,
-Union as,excitement over the open--
ing of the-hot spot mounted on'the,
campus Tables may he reserved
for-25 CBnts f per couple and
filon to ’the nite dub
-through reservations only.
>for_-fhe,Veml
-name ."contest-has 11 beerT sefahept#
for Thursday noon because of ■Jfesi
terdav’s holiday , f
Campus Sororities
Approve Revision
Of Rushing Code
Approval today by campus soror-'
Itles of .a revision of the ‘Panhelj
lenlc rushing code will enable each*
house <to invite 15 instead of the
stipulated 10 rushees to the Infor
mal get-togethei next Wednesday
The change was suggested at the]
last meeting of Panhellenlc Court-,
oil by sorority , women who felt'
that they were not able to meet 1
enough new students It cannot bei
adopted until formally
by each house
To insure a uniform time of in
viting women to the get-togeth-*
ers, it was decided at the meeting
that no invitations may be issued
for a get together -before noon of
the day‘following the previous 0n0,7
The last party or first semester
rushing season will be ‘held the
night of the Christmas Carol Sing ’
-Invitations for it will be sent
Thursday, December 7 Each house
will he allowed to spend* $2 for re
freshments, not to be included In
the $5 set aside for open houses' U,
CINEMANIA
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The heroic struggle to conquer]
the Atlantic by a >hlp powered
with steam, set in motion by the
salty, red-blooded men and women
with the courage to bring a dream
to triumphant realization, is glor-'
iously told In the new Frank Lloyd'
production, “Rulers of the Sea’’,
which continues at the State The
atre today and tomorrow ' „ -
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, who has
played many great romantic roles
with vigor and'certainty, is starred
as the young first mate of a sail
ing ship Margaret Lockwood, love
ly English actress is cast as thet
daughter of a Scottish .inventor,
admirably portrayed ,by Will Fyffe,
great Scottish character actor
The movie centers around.the
struggle between two -shipping*
companies for supremacy on the
Atlantic, one believing in the fu
ture of steam, and the other scoff-,
ing at the idea - v
lEugene'H.Lederer
. ' -REAL ESTATE . :
114 E. Beaver Ave. Dial 4066
State College
War Holds Up
Completion Of
Observatory
Dome For Second Unit
Is Completed, Awaiting
Special Aluminum Base
Completion of the second unit of.
the new multiple observatory easi
of Buclcliout Laboratory has been
held up by n rush of war orders
that delated the manufacture of n
‘•pedal section of aluminum equip
ment necessar> for the base of the
dome ',i';
. The dome has been completed in
Greensb’uig and It Is expected that
Hie .base 'section will -be -provided
in a few weeks Everything here
is .ready' for installation of the
dome and within a few weeks of
Us arrival the unit will be ready
for use
—,/The fir'-l Iwo sections of the
'projected nine unit observatory
have been paid foi by a gift of the
•Class of 1038 Funds for th« re.
maining units will, fie raised else--
where
Lectures Given Now
The first unit, complete since
summer, is now being used for
public lectures from 7 to 8 30 p
m every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs
day. and Friday evening that the
weather Is “riot cloudy
Ten Inch telescopes made at the
College will be used in each of the
units A •central address system
will'be used in conducting lectures
in the multiple observatory which,
when complete, will be tire only
"one of its kind in the country •
Women in Sports j
Gather health curds while ye
may Interclass basketball games
stait Monday, December 11, and
vou’ll need certification from the
College Health Service to take 1
part ,ht the necessary five prac
ticer, Monday to Filday at 4 p m
or Tuesday at 7 p m *
Wanted An interclass basket
ball manogor If you have manag-'
ing ways and basketball’s your
sport see Marge Harw’ick '
Penn State’s All American 'hoc-,
key team has been picked' Hockey
managers selected Ethel Nissen
'MP Mirellle Paqrrlt ’4O, Louelln’-
I3ell ’4O, Dorothy Peatce ’4l, Jane
.Hoskins-’4l, Eleanor Benfer *4l, J
-Ruth. Kisller ’4l, Betty Widger Ml,;
Marge Harwick ’4l, Sally Faber l
*42, Joe Werner ’42, Pat Patton M 2, 1
Dorothy Wagner ’42, and Bernle
This .mythical team,
-tiS’dltlonaliy,' as{
asinlt’‘bWthey’re'iw!llJng''to‘'take 1
dnurnyrteam that challenges them J
Speak
Miss Betty* Keener ’3O, of the
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadel
phia, and Miss Helen Mclntyre ’3O,
of‘the Wjlliom Penn .Hotel, Pitts
burgh, spoke to the junior ( and sen
ior Home Economics institutional
management ,classes last ’Friday'
Their "subject was “Hospital atid
Hotel "Phases of Executive House
keeping *’
■' Brief Cases
Fountain Fens
Scrap Books
COLLEGE AT ALLEN
We Women
WELL, WE’VE JUST finished
another Penn State week-end b
And, much as we hate to admit it,
It wasn't entirely one to he proud
of The dance was grand, the
game was perfect—-and -yet some
things had to tarnish an other
wise 14-carat good time ,
For one j thing, perhaps WSGA
mnde *i mistake in giving a two
o’clock permission Saturday night
It v'ns unpredictable, of course,
and also unusual, since It isn’t ev
ery month that we have a si't-day
week-end.
But this Saturday night there
we»e only four or five house dan
ces —certainly not enough to ac
commodate the hundreds of stu
dent couples Yet with a two o’-
clock permission, the movies and
Thespian show over by 10 30 p. m,
eveiyone 100 tired for organized
pnities, and couples wandering
off . • '
This wasn’t entirely the’fault,of
the students—-since »we«had,all the
alums, plus everybody’s’ brothers,
cousins, and friends to help drag
>Penn State’s none too fair name 1n
the gutter Also, we had plenty
of leason to celebrate But cele
hiating is one thing, indpcent con
duct another
The weok-end may or may not
have l)pen worse than any house
parly There's nothing much to
do about it now But perhaps mak
ing sure that there is something
to do at least part,of the evenings
when ‘ women have ‘two o’clock per
missions might help indhe future
That is, if there are ever any
parallel circumstances —which is
doubtful This Vas the week-end
And, now that we’ve celebrated
ITouseparty, the Penn r game, the
Army game, Thanksgiving, the Pitt
game, the Pitt victory, and every
thing else pne after .the other,
maybe we can lemember that a
class is not just something to cut
so that we can start celebrating a
little earlier or keep it up a little
longer and really get down to
v, ork
Co-Edits
Mis E C Davis Mill address
Home Ec Club members, faculty
and freshman on “Personality in*
Action” in the Home Ec Auditori
um at 7 p m tomoirow A skit on
personality will also'be featured
Owens dined together yes'terdayj
teUMac TTall f to celebratejtheiri
Founder's, i
Solly Searle"’42' will ,-be initiated*
by the Theta’s Sunday ' * '-
‘Kay Cunningham ’37 and Jean
Kohler ’37,-Chi O’s, -Dotty Ann iRt-j
nard ’IS and Erma Edwards ’3B,
-Alpha Chi’s, Catherine Sterling ’8
and Mary Struhbar/37, Phi Mu’s, 1
and Paula Wohlfeld ’3O and Ruth'
Mai cits ’39, AEPhi’s were 'here'
this week 'end
Reita Sheen *39, Jane Anderson)
W, Evie Bogar ’39, Kathleen Noeer.
‘39 and'five Pitt 'Kappas visited the
Kappa manse
f-' Hmmm! It’s about time to select: my
f Christmas gifts down at Co-op Corner!
CHRISTMAS JUST ISH'T CHRISTMAS
WITHOUT
Typewriters
"Robinson Reminders
LARGE DISPLAY OF XMAS CARDS
White Article .GivesiSpirit
OfWSGA Christmas Drive
Appropriate for Christmas thinking and 'action is an article by
William Allen White, editor of the Empdria Gazette, Emporia, Kansas,
in The New York Times Magazine, November 19,‘which should con
vince Penn State women to contribute more than -ever before to the
WSGA Christmas drive which starts Friday and ends December 8.
"The people of the United States’
should bo thankful for free*
lorn more than anything else," Mr
White states in -his article,'
"Thoughts Amid Thanks"
"Those provisions in the Bill of
Rights which guarantee *the peo
ple of this country the right to 1
various personal freedoms are
of little Importance They are‘‘only
tho tools of democracy
thse-tools are wisely and effective
ly used, they are of little avail."
the editor stressed
<He emphasized that the middle
class, which includes 6f> per cent
of the Americans, which lives
without want, can effectively dem
onstiate , democracy ,by sharing
with people to whom freedom has
given no material
"Idle ’Americans'are.’not dust our
problems They are something'
more to use than our blood broth- 1
ers In distress They are carriers
of social dynamite f These' idle
men have -the balance of power,ln
our .pbliUcs them is
dull, neglect of our national* duty,"
Mr White said
Metallurgist To,Speak
]MV E Leiter, research metal
lurgist -with the Edward 0 Budd
Manufacturing Company ‘of Phila
delphia, will speak on ‘‘Plastic 'De
fat motions” at the monthly meet
ing of the American Society for
Metals in Boom 119 Mineral Indus
tries building, at 7 p'm, Thursday,
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every night after 7,and all day Sunday. Take ad-'\
vantage .of them to get in touch with the folksiback '
home and with out-of-town friends.
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Tuesday, November 28, 1930
175 Women Invited
To Matrix Banquet
Next Monday Night
Approximately 175 Invitations 1
have been issued by Theta Sigma-
Phi, women’s journalism honory,
for its' Matrix Table Monday, He,
comber 4, Dolls ,T- O’Leary MO In
vitation chairman, announced
All acceptance cards and money
must-be tinned In at Student Un*
ion desk by Saturday, December
•2 Tor this formal banquet held an
nually at the Nittany Lion Inn
Voting for Quill Girl, most pop;
ular coed, will starUtoday -in
Hipll -and Atherton/ where
boxes -will be,placed outside the
diping' room entrances. Mary
O’Connor MO, Georgia *W 'Owen
MO, Marjory A -Hanvlck Ml, Beat
rice .-J McKqchnie-Ml and Elinor
L Weaver Ml aie the,
This list of candidates will be
'posted beside each -ballot -bdfc
Other honor women, Cap Girl
.Matrix Girl/ will be selected' by l
Theta Sigma Phi Wtnneis will_
be announced at the banquet Mon
-day night ~ ;
A Catholic Labor , College has
been established in Buffalo, N V r
to teach ithe “rightful position” of
.working-man
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