Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Succes.or to The Flee Lance, established 1857 Published semi 'seals during the College year, exceu. on Wiliam bs students of The Penusshanta State College in the Interest of the College the students, faculty, alums and fnends THE MANAGING HOARD A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR '4O, Editor C nussEta, ECK '4O Business Manager Helen I. Camp 'lO, Women's Editor EMANUEI. ROTH '4O BURTON C WILLIS, JR '46 iMmtoeing Editor AID/cultslog Manager ROBERT L WILSON '4O MORTON NIEMAN '4O Sports Ed.tor Circulation Manager BERNARD A NEWMAN .40 DORIS GUTMAN '4O News Editor Senior Secretary arortGE II SCHLESS '4O JANET STORY 40 Feature 'Editor M 4014004 Senkn Secretary PAUL HALDEMAN. JR MO W BRADLEY OWENS 'lO Assktont Managing EdPor Assistant News Editor HERBERT NIPSON '4O PH \ LLIS R GORDON '4O Aseatant Sports Editor Assistant Women's Eddor Bo3strcl 13Irotm '4l Robert II Lane '4l 114 Illoarn C I owltr 41 Edward J IC 111cLorle '4l Fdoar V 'Call '4l Roberti C Peters :41 Women's Associate Editors I dythe II ,Ilickel 41 Alna I Ilelier•n '4l Arern ,I. Kemp '4l Associate ,Business Managers Lam sense S Drlesee . 41 John 11 Thomas '4l Itolert G Robinson '4l Roth Goldstein '4l Leslie 11 1 ewe+ '4l Managing Editor This Issue P'awn Editor Tins lonia __- Women's Issue Earn. __ _ _ Robert H Lane '4l Vtrn L Kemp YI "mere.] as Kemal-class matter July S 1934, at the newt one nt. State Collette Pa, under the act, at March 3, 1879 lisrlday, January 12, 1990 PURGING PROFESSIONALISM IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO PAY OR NOT TO PAY? Such is the unfinished debate now in the record books of college football teams throughout the .country des'pite the fact that the 1939-40 football year ended in a Maize of bowl battles that drew more cash customers 'than ever before. Spotlighted into national prominence by the dramatic decision of the University of Chicago to discontinue intercollegiate foot ball, the old question of subsidization of gridiron players has been more vigorously discussed than in any other year since the advent of big-time, highly-publicized pig skin encounters. Some light from another angle has been thrown on the controversy by an editorial in "The Patriot," of Harrisburg Comment ing on the ,Harvard, Yale, and Pi inceton compact to assure amateurism in their ath letic program, the editorial reads: "These are admirable ideals In the scheme of higher education, hist things are put first. Fin er objectives for a - university athletic program are difficult to find. "And just because amateur sport is the objec tive of this program, one wonders why it should be side-tracked by the apparent reluctance of the college presidents to insist on an agreement to take the paid professional' coach off the players' bench during the games, losing him in the bleach ers or putting him some place where there could be no coaching from the side-lines. "After all, unless some such thing is done, pro fessionalism will not be eliminated from college football nor can the game be given whole-heart edly to the students for the development of those traits of leadership, quick thinking and resource. fulness which are the potential products of foot ball Today few persons will deny that the play ers are mere puppets in the hands of the coach. "Nothing is gained for the realities to deny that the coach, sitting on the players' bench, runs the game for the team. So long as the rules per mit him to order and make substitutions, so long will he take away from the captain and team members the direction and strategy of the game, thereby robbing Them of that experience in lead ership which belongs to the student. "What we have in our games today are -two highly paid coaches sitting on opposite sides of the held, directing the play. If this is not pro fessionalism, what is it?" The editorial delves further into the,dis cussion of sideline coaching and continues "So long as such direction 'can come from the sidelines, the coach and not the 'team is in large measure laying out the strategy of the game. If the welfare of the students and the best stand ards of amateur sports are to prevail, the players should have the best ,possible coaching on the practice field as they are entitled to the best,pos sible instruction in the class room and laboratory. "But upon the day of the game as upon the day of examination, then the strategy and direc tion of the game should be turned over to the captain and his team mates. "When this happy stage is reached ... one can feel that the last !remnant of professionalism will disappear from the game and the captain and his team will not only play but direct the game and lone it. "... Furtherrnore,tlie coach himself will-profit by I being relieved of sideline coaching. Under the present system he snore than the team is held responsible for defeat or victory. Under the r pres. sure of alumni to win at any ,cost and ,to _safe guard his professional career he feels obliged to direct the,game's play. "Leave the strategy to the captain and his.tesm by abolishing side-line coaching and the outcome of the game would rest more with the team and less with the coach and that is where responsibil ity should rest if the spirit of amateur sport is to prevail. . "That arrangement would relieve the coach.,of much of the cribuism now directed i at,,ttint And reduce the number of "headhunters" who ,always appear•after,a,uertes of.,defeats. ,ft pt the team and not -the ,coach Nubia f makes Amateur ,sport." CAMPUSEER A Short Yell "Leap Week" . . . Orchids, please Yes, we said orchids, and plenty of them ,for ,Ann .Borton and her "Leap Week" plan which met with wsga senate's solid approval :Tuesday night According to Annie's clever figurin', which Campy ; predicts will become fact, the last week ,February will be entirely "leap", with co-eds doing the dating as well as the paying The week will wind tip in a grand and glorious "leap" wsga dance . and the best feature of all is that it comes during a "recession" period— the week after senior ball Via The Nations Press . . . Last week "Look" magazine published a smarty-pants letter from fidelt Don "Poppy" Scheyer, who finds himself solidly out-wiseguyed by the mag Wrote Scheuer "Phi Delta Theta is proud of its .paddle swingers Therefore we balk at the aim ,of Northwestern's Phil ,Cooper as ,pictured ,in Look of Nov 21 It's not 'to the point'" Look's editor published the picture along with one of a Dennison U fidelt apparently missing his mark,by as wide a margin ,Byrd ,Bloom '4l . . . and The Prexy Laughed! Prexy and his staff have been chuckling all week about this one One of the Pittsburgh rags this week carried a big story on Chancellor Bowman's plans for a six ,mil'oon ,expansion of Pitt's physical ,plant ,The „article was long, almost a column, leaving only a half inch of space at the bottom, which cal i led this,bit of appropriate boilerplate "Of the 20,000 eggs which the mother lobster lays annually, only about 20 live to maturity " Tio.the New York Times . . . Despite the public information department, State hit the drama section of the Times twice last Sunday Our ,own Alexander Gray 'l6, one of the na tion's top baritones, is ,in the limelight Alec is the only white man in the cast of "John Henry," Paul Robeson's starring vehicle And the other mention is a whacky one . James Thurber, in a 6-column cartoon, shows the characters of "The Male Animal" in action The old man posed with a goblet behind his head is demonstrating how he and his Northwestern mates once used the Statute of Liberty play in downing Penn State, 21-6 State never played Northwestern, as far as we know ,Reminds us of the recent boxing,stmy in a popular magazine, which tells of the hero winning the collegiate r championship at Penn State "In his last week of college" Headless Wonders: Prof. Bill Gaskill experienced a quick mental return to his newspaper, ,days when he got this last paragraph on a freshman theme last week "Ever since I came to college this semester I've been writing.themes I'm damned sick of writing themes In fact I'm goddamned sick of writing themes " In case you've never noticed,,ath hall has BLUE window shades. Of course they may have been placed there just to harmonize with the red brick, BUT It's a Pennsylvania Dutch custom to announce an eligible daughter by painting the door BLUE probably on the theory that it's better to have a blue door than a blue daughter Included in the current art show in main eng is a nude posed by an unidentified co-ed, also paintings of Charlie Speidel and Heib Nipson The fisigmakappers deny the Maniac's state ment that they laxatived the pika lads' puppy The fisigs blame it on the thetachi freshman cldss . and we always thought he was a nice guy, Despite slight competition provided by some brawl called pan-hel, the sigmapi's will stage a "Joe College" hop tonight to the tune of the Campus .Owls (they advertised once) the loudest costume gets a prize ABOUT THE CORNER Almost every four years, the management at the CR decides that the atmosphere needs a little brushing up and during Christmas vacation the carpenters go to work and do a little face-lifting Four years ago, the new room—where repose all the pies of Penn State greats—was opened This time, the entrances are getting the work out. Drafts, which made the booths near the front door uncomfortable, have been eliminated by the installation of a revolving door. Just like in-the cities, boys. Those back-breaking steps up to the second floor lobby (the place where you buy the bus tlckets)..are being eliminated and a more gradual stairway will be erected ,a few feet farther west (west Is toward Pine Grove Mills) on College avenue The lobby on .the second floor ,will be enlarged abqut thirty-percent,by.this change. On the outside, that peakeditower will be taken down and a chimney erected The whole build ing will be .painted white and green shutters added Colormil is-the,ulea. Having got the,bug,after seeing Princeton and Williamsburg, several local businessmen thought they would ltke,to Age State College work toward having colonial.buildings,in the.hus iness .section. The botel idea Is a step in that direction. (adv.) ESEMEI PENN SPA'T'E COLLEGIAN Faculty Poll Continued From Page 1 er or not the survey is successful depends on ,how the results are used„but it can't do much harm." Dean Edward P. Steidle of the School of Mineral Industries also rendered a favorable decision, but specified that the questionnaire would have to be revised 'for a technical school such as Mineral Industries. Helpful Ideas By Trabue Helpful suggestions were made by Di Marion R. Trabue, dean of the School of Education, who said, "In ,general, it is a very sat isfactory idea, but I am afraid is not entirely scientific Thessur vey would be most useful to ;in structors who would- see them selves as others see , them " •Alurvey of the opinion of stu dents of a man, does not necessar ily alter his value to the mstitti bon or to science," ,Dean Trabue explained "However, there is,no doubt that at would instigate on shuctors to plan then work,more cat efully i "Should ,Prove ,Useful" "The,plan should be developed so that it would show matters,6l fact about an instructor and what he or she does or does not do af the administration appreciatesithe fact that the survey is not ,final judgment of whether or not do professor should be ,retained ,or not, it will prove very useful and some very reliable information should be gathered;" Dr. Trabue said Dean Frank C Whitmore of the School of Chemistry said, "L will get as much amusement out' of reading the results of this survey as you will, but the plan has been tried at numerous other institu tions and has never done any hal m or good " Letter Box To the Editor Penn State Collegian "Cannon, not, butter" Hitler, decreed .for the Germans two years ago and we all clicked oui ,tongue and said to each.other how glad we were ,to live in America where "nobody. zoes hungry" "Bullets, not bread" President Roosevelt recommended last week in his budget message and we,all nodded,our heads,and „agreed, "Of course we'll never get into the war, but we must ) be prepared " Hitler could be forthright in his decree, but Mr. Roosevelt, de pending upon" votes to approve his program could scarcely come out and say exactly what he meant But by asking nearly two billion dollars for "national - de fense and less than a ,billion-ari4 a-half for relief, he left no clinkit that he considers our need for guns more pressing that -for_shel tei, clothing, and food, despite•his previous solicitude for the"ill housed, ill-clothed, and ill-fed " Apparently it is now the army and navy which are ill-equipped, ill-provided, and ill-prepared. What Does It +Mean And exactly what meaning does all 'this have for , the American college student of 1940 9 , Well, in the summer of 1936, just berme I took over the editor; ship of the COLLEGIAN, I spoke with Kyle Crichton, one of the editors of Colliers, about the problems facing student editors. We went through the usual dis cussions of firing the coach, cleaning up campus politics, and allowing co-eds to drink* Then Crichton said "One ,of ,these days,therell,be a real war and if we get,anto it, ' you boys college and all the: , other young fellows your ages will be the ones to ,fight When that ,happens, all your nice little editorials about graft on the dance committees and ' incoinpetents on ,the coaching staff will ,be pretty damn' un important. Those of us who were in college,in 1914 thought ,the war Europe had no per sonal meaning for us. In 1917 we found out differently.. -Duty To Selves "If college editors and cam pus leaders and informed stu-; dents and professors have one duty to themselves and to the millions of young people in this, country, it is to see that Amer ica never again engages in an imperialistic war." suppose there is no one in this country today suggesting that we get into the war and only a few ';alarmists"—like myself perhaps —who seem to think that we will, but unless some people, high tit the government, consider such ac tion a strong possibility, what's all the "preparing" for'' If the present undercover . yeace overtures should finally result in a cessation of hosiblities or if England and France finally win or if both sides .fight +themselves into utter exhaustion, there no conceivable reason for our nation al defenses to ,be stronger than. they are today. But should Eng!' land go to the rescue of 7brave, latle Finland",for.,which Her:, bert Hoover is working,ai vigori; ously as he did for Belgmin in s 1914—0 r should Germany unleash all her military' and air might ih the hope of a quick Victory,Ahen! what' Are allese .the possibilities ,forr,..- Emory Commends Student Altitude In Staff Report :Changes in Pplicy Bring' Morale improvement; 11PedAdditinital-Ogicots A "high state of morale" preva lent in the ROTC cadet corps this year has been attributed by Col Ambrose R ,Emery, ,head of the military gepartment, "partly to the seriousness of the international situation and partly to changes policy recently made iby the department " Recognition of tne Improved stu dent ,attitude toward ROTC was made by Colonel ,Emery m his semi-annual report on the depart ment's activities prepared last week for President Hetrel Changes in policy whico had helped improve the morale of 'he cadet corps, Colonel Emery said, were replacement of worn and unsightly uniforms by ,new or serviceable and better fitting ar ticles, change in the, basic course text which reduces the cost Qom $4 to $1 50 for infantry and $1 60 for engineers, change in the "make-up" policy to hold the stu dent,accountable for subject mat ter missed rather than hours miss ed, increased interest in the Pershing Rifle company and estab lishment of a Pershing Rifle unit at Mont Alto The 2to 4 p m in stlliction ,periods will be changed next semester to 1 of 3 D. m •, In his semi-annual report, Col onel Emery also indicated that a new unit—either motorized field al tillery or anti-aircraft coast ar tillery—was being considered fo: the pimps next year which we must be prepared at the cost of failing to provide kir our 10 million unemployed ,and the others in that -third of a nation who still remain ill-fed, ill-hous ed, and ill-clothed' - ' Hate—Now Applause Does it,mean anything.that,the reactionary interests .that ~for years have led the "Hate Roose yelt"_ cheering section, now ap plaud, his defense measures and foreign _policy' Is it significant that many of the genuine liberals who fought for the New Deal's humanitarian -objectives in do mestic affairs are, deserting now that the administration 'is ship ping millions of dollars to Finland for military supplies while Amer , leans are still going hungry' Why did that great advocate of economy—at the expense of the jobless, Carter Glass, tell report ers recently he was in favor of lending Finland $60,000,00 "even if we have to borrow it" Let's prepare—but for peace,by continuing the WPA,that has giv en to millions the jobs private in dustry could , not .provide, the PWA that has built highways and bridges and new buildings at Penn State, the NYA that has helped thousands of young people get , the education they otherwise would have denied, and all the agencies Mr Roosevelt says are less important than ships and planes Let's fight—but ‘ agamst the re action at home that would sabot age these things in order to make us ready to go to the aid of Eng land and France and Finland if they need us ,Let's keep United States safe for Democracy. Johnson Brenneman, Editor, Collegian '37. MOANINGSTAR Bag A-1) , Morningstar Bread Is fine for every purpose. It makes sandwiches that are pleasing In taste and at the same,tinie , nourinshlna:And It.you,want crisp toast that fairly melts In, your ,mouth Is ..this , lostfor,you. 'Morning Star,.Tru•Wheat Purity, Bread and;Trimky Winner Cake. - ''''. N'.... -- -777. , ' . „ ~,„,\,;. : : • ....•>, ,„„.,,,,„,„,,,,,, ',-; •,. A _.,..,.., •:: US GALS ,Neatest mistake of the New Year arrived at the Pride of Penn State —our beautiful„almost,new dorm itory—the other day, addressed to "African Hall " Gee, all we need now.are citges,and,a.keeper Next thing we know, grammar school Inds and lassies will be offering us peanuts through the 'first lloor windows .;Tjie administration was asking for trouble when it put all those stone benches around the new h ,brary When spring comes, it's going -to take a powerful lot of electricity to ,keep that, corner of the campus properly illuminated ,Campus opinion seems to he that no faculty in the school spends more time on sick leave than that in the Home Ec department—and yet no faculty is so Insistent about overtoeing the;line of no class ex cuses Who says they're not hu man? It's the old .stoi y of "Don't do as I do, but, darn it, you'd-bet ter do as I say" Queer how few coeds are built to wear ski pants and ,look like anything ,more graceful than Gay Nineties Bloomer , Girls or,Stulfed Teddy Bears ;Yet we see them not only in the snow where they be-' long, but also at dormitory dinner' Wills all ,of the current cuts; bruises, sprained ankles, taped ' wrists, stoved Angers, damaged knees, broken arms, and even' crutches around campus, it looks as if the German army Just march= ed through Winter sports are cer tainly d .on adhesive tape Women students—and especially sorority women ale becoming very religuous and athletically minded these days. The Panhell enic ruling that solority iushees may be escorted to athletic events and to chapel wouldn't have any thing to do with ,this—or would It, Just think—someday we'll be able to look at the beautiful mural in Old Main lobby and say to our selves, "My, my, isn't it wonderful' And to think we knew it when. —"when" being when it was just a canvas curtain over the main stair way that made us detour Past Grounds and ;Bldgs and the :Wo men's Rest Room to get to our class on third floor Co-Edits , ,K Virginia ,Barger 141, Betty L ZeiglerZ42, Eleanor C Horsthemke '42„and Else Gabrielsen ;42 will be initiated Chl Omega's Sunday Theta Phi Alpha's will entertain Mrs C ,D ,Briggs, Mrs John G, Gibbons, Mrs E M Grove, Mrs ' Joseph „Nageotte, Mrs David Rix, Mrs Norm ,Whittman, Mrs Mary McCormick, Miss Ida Parent, Mrs S M Broderick, and Mrs Dean Haley,,patronesses, Sunday Emaiton will conduct services at the Hillel Foundation at 7 30 p m Sunday Escorts of Delta Gamma's will be partied after the Panhellenic dance Foimer bean Will Speak MISS Louise Efuetze, former dean of women at Whittier College in , Califorma and present regional secretary of the Student Christian Movement, will speak,to freshman ,women, after a dinner in Mac Hall 1 at ,6 p m Monday The dinner, sponsored,by,PSCA Freshman ,For-, um_izad WSGA Freshman Council, is being given of promote better class spirit A Common Expression toTow:LandOn , COMmts •' . - " You _ „ Get , ,lr .. • Can - it. at 'Melzget's - ' 7' EQUIPMENT „ , . 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' , ~, i( , ) , ! i".1"-Ii.' :ac ens ose , nnounces Plans ) For Book Exchange With,early results of the poll Indicating an overwhelming fa vorable attitude, the Book Ex change committee is going ahead with plans for next se mester, 'it Juts 'been announced , by co-chairman Thomas C. ,Eackenstose The exchange will be held in the library basement as,former ly and will be open January 25 to,February I ,from l to-5p m. ,and yebruau ,5 ,to yfrom ,a.,m. to.noon ancllfromilitos•3o rp.rin I ;Kir REEws Editors ,note: ;This 'column As devoted itbose,naen ~who)haxe ,long bad An Axe „to,,grutd „about .women. ,Load ;them ,an ( earl My ,pet ; peeve against ;Penn State co-eds is in ,a state, of ,sus pension since workmen barricad ed the second,floor „ lounge „of opld Main with canvas and temporar ily , closed up ,Burlespue ;Balcony. That was ,a bad _spot ,too, .be cause campus ,J;io,ys ,of ,all s agas missed .staps„twisted l ,ankles, and! even 401 .flat on Maw:laces ~ l'bose steps are hard enough to navi-; gate without distractions. But, as ,I say, ,that is ;one, ,per-; haps,.for,good„and there as ptymys a runner-up, peeve And, perhaps,' one to show. My second-place peeve is the common unpleasantness_of ithe average co-ed's voice. he dis !comfort of noises that grate on the ear when coeds open their mouths can be appieciated best by those who have long overheard and evaded them 4 1 actually, stop in my tracks or turn and gape with admiration when I ,hear a pleasant or golden co-ed voice That may seem like piffle to you girls until you take a moment (as you won't) to think on it -You have the idea now .that, if ..you dress alluringly and daub your face deftly and "learn how .to dance gracefully, you'll get along And so you do But „what co-ed doesn't—at Penn State? What you need ,to do take a long look ahead .Some fine day not too far distant you'll be want ing to burn somebody's toast And after a few years of it, you'll be asking wonnerwhyinthehell Jim don't like me' r ennymore " ' And ,you'll be giving yourself: one of the answers Pretty clothes and a . glistening marcel and a , neatly ,„inscribed . ace get to be' matter-of-fact unaPprtthated stuff, after a while, but a pleasing voice will cover a multitude of crooked' seams Maybe you're a squeaky tittle mouse or a WJZ with all the Juice on Maybe you're ,a word-slurrer or a verb munches Perhays you talk out of the side pocket of your lip .Or, If you're conscious of your defect and trying ,to cor rect ,ft, you may be ,writing every letter slowly with your tongue, , a habit Just as disturbing as the others ' Whatever your ,defect you „can smooth ,it out,with care and prac tice. And you'll have - ,for your self a practical asset, a little ex tra feature that will appeal,to the boys in the marriage market Penn State, afraid, has not been voice-conscious ,enough. We have had beauty „queens, and popularity contests, and ,best dressed prizes Let's forget Miss Beautiful for a while and concen trate on 'Miss Easy-On-The-Ear! Friday, January 12, 1940 I. CikEivlkNiik About a.year ago, "Brother Rat," dealing with the adventures and misadventures of, a trio of cadets and their rule-breaking, prom dates, entertained movie-go ers "Brother Rat and a Itaby,", showing at the Cathaum tomorrowid Monday and-TuesdaY,dUcks up the, same soimesters'A gives us another ,chapter in their" checkered careers Peterd3 ,Good,.the gentleman4i the three cornered pants ply) plaxsl: the ,secortd half of , the tsrthe,cutest, sauctest,,athi ttputde mplungest youngster „you'll ever see ,His dado Eddie Albert, - andthis, ma, 'Jane {Bryan, ,are the sarne„, couple who played in "Brother Rat " • .P 1 media Lane and Wayne thflorli' also take up ,their romance where-' they left it in ,the original .pleture, - _ as do Jane 'Wyman ,and" l ßpnald Reagan' ~.. . im a r m ,,_,_, : . ~- 1 11:1!,40,41i1 K4'.. .11 2 1 i' 1 4.; 1 : 441 i . , ..,.,..„ ...„? S,UARB:AS,F 41C4IIMINC ,:; 1 ',ll : yqu don't ,?mow iIANSFIELD - 1110ES: You've got aheadpf7yoii Theyte,EskptsuOrir t . 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