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Friday, January 26, 1940
A CRITICISM THAT HURTS
"EDUCATION especially higher educa
tin, is too dogmatic, too standardized to
day."
Such was the essence of the most sting
ing indictment against our educational sys
tem handed down by John Erskine, noted
American educator, in a recent gathering
at the University of Texas.
And John Erskine is right.
And he is right again when he admits
that youth is right for resenting it.
Such criticism of American colleges anc
universities hurts because it is true and
because it is the fundamental wrong in our
system. Unless this is righted, it is useless
to point out the many other faults of the
system.
Regardless of what anyone might say
about the day of `-`rugged individualism'-'-
being past, a democratic society must of
necessity be founded upon some type of in
dividualism. Individual initiative is prac
tically synonymous with democracy.
Much has been said about the responsi
bility of colleges and universities to train
citizens and leaders for a democracy. This
means, that colleges must train their stu
dents for individualism—with allowances,
of course, for the restraints on individual
ism that must accompany any society that
is something mole than organized anarchy.
* * *
THE QUESTION in the minds of many
people is "How aie we to train individuals
Instead of masses when we have 90 per
cent of our courses so standardized that
there is no room for individual initiative n
the part of the student?"
The Pennsylvania State College, like any
other institution of higher' education, is
guilty of this standardization.
In the majority of freshmen and sopho
more courses, and in many advanced course
the student is presented with a stereotyped
pattern of thought which occurred to
somebody 50 years ago—a thought which
has not been changed to this day.
Frankly, it is a process whereby the
notes are transferred from the professor's
notebooks to those of the students without
passing through the head of either.
WHEN AMERICAN colleges and uni
%ersities begin to let the student experi
ment in using his own mind, when they let
him strike out on an intellectual path of his
own, then, leaders and citizens will be de
veloped to make a democratic society tick.
True enough, many obstacle stand in the
way of this desire.
. The entire theory of present-day educa
Lion must be reoriented.
Teachers must be trained to the new
: Schools must have more funds so small.
er classes may be provided in which a stu•
dent will be thought of as an individual,
not merely as a seat number which is
checked religiously each class period.
If a new educational philosophy is adopt
ed, the 'problems involved in dispensing
higher education should be eliminated. And
with them many other social problems,
would disappear.
Campy, pausing in his gossip dispensation
To give clue consideration and congratulation
To the noble class of '39 1 / 2 ,
Dedicates this column in their behalf .
Prom L. M Ackerman to L. R. Zulick,
To see them go Just makes us sick.
Anstead, Bacal, Auld, and Beale ...
We realize our loss is real.
There's Walter Allen, of Blue Band fame,
And saxman Bill Beuck, mole of the same,
Then there's baseball captain Raymond Brake
Foley . Forrester . It's hard to take!
For Mrs. Anderson, nee Bea Mary clumn,
We predict two boys and a complete set of twin
We'll miss "Slcippy" Jennings, the theta doll,
We'll miss Bud Yanofsky .. We'll miss them all!
MN=Il
Ace lacrossei Ralph DeFalco . .
Korn, Klmates, Starer and Yenchlso
Ex-cheer leader Hai old Bowe .
We really hate to see them go
John H Thomas '4l
Ruth Goldstein '4l
lleltagamma Poige Owen Glintar Boaid)
Holman and Zern of the AS U horde
Les Schultz, prexy of old Icifi,
And Iry Supow, bigwig in fiepsilonpi
Saul Richman, Portfolio's tycoon,
Who shouldn't be leaving until mitt June ..
Sall Fannie and Anne R Free,
And that lovely Fiench miss, Danville Paquit
__Helen L Camp '4O
Alphazeta's Floyd Mains ...
Ag hill loses and the wide world gains
Little Sol Davidson, betasigmarho,
Goodley, Marian and Pi ocopie, Joe
Bernstems two and Millers four
Mintmeier, Moats and many more
Campy hates to see them go away,
But he'll be with them soon ... on PWA
CAMPY'S NOTE: If you don't like the above
"poetry" put youi self in Campy's place .. After
writing anti-Maniac propaganda for a whole
semester, we've been informed that we're to take
over the Old Mania Column next week How
would you feel 9 After all, Keats, Byron, and
Shelley didn't write under handicaps like that
„Uncle Kampy's Kiddies Korner:
And now kiddies, as a reward to the two of
you who have waded through a halfcolumn of
mental wanderings of a person facing sudden
death in the person of finals, Uncle Campuseer
will pass on to you a few tips as to the ins and
outs of finalizing
1. Don't worry about finals. No professor uses
them in computing your grades They lust use
them as a basis on which to plan next year's
course
2: - Take along all thwerib sheets and textbooks
you wan! to. When the prof says he's using the
Penn State Honor System he only means that you
sit three seats apart in alternate rows, so there is
plenty of room for the armed G-men to snoop
around
3. If the prof says the final is to be on class
room notes, don't worry. You aren't the only one
one who didn't take any notes
4. If you get essay questions, include plenty of
wisecracks in your answers. They help fill up
space and profs love them (If they're good
cnough you may heat the prof use them when you
repeat the course).
5. Special advice to freshman coeds: If you
think finals are hell, just Wait until sorority rush
ing really gets going'
6. If you have one of John Ferguson's "spe
ctate' and what Sant Wyand calls a "gem of the
ocean" both in the same day. just forget about
them and go to the movies. That's what Uncle
Campy is going to do as soon as he writes enough
stuff to fill a column
Follow Uncle's advice carefully, kiddies, and
you too may be eligible for the Alumni Associa
tion before you get a diplomat,
,
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CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices of meetings to be pliff-
Imbed in this colliron may be
left at Strident Union Office in
Old Main up to 1 p rn. on the
day pieceeding publication.
Every member of Phi Eta Sig
ma, freshmen men's honorary,
should call at Student Union im
mediately for his copy of the lat
test "Forum of Phi Eta Sigma"
Reservations may be made for
the Drydock Club at Student Un
ion Club will be open tomor
row night Dancing from 9-12.
....
A 50 Second Chat—
THE DE ANS # • .
Dr. C. W. Stoddart
By HELEN V. ATKINSON '4O
Introducing Di Charles W.
Stoddart, dean of the School of the
Liberal Arts
"Brevity," says the dean, "is[a
great thing No souls are eves sav
ed after the first 20 minutes " 'He
has another pet saying, "A sense of
humor is a saving grim. in 'anyolie
It is vital for the enjoyment of
hfe "
His pet desire is to write a bOok,
"Alibis I Have Met " Only once
every four years does he meet a
new one, he maintains, and his ad
vice to freshmen is that they tell
the truth even though it is sti anger
than fiction. _
Already he is the author of a
ime," but his secret ambitzon4
to \ln ite a' beat seller. -
He believes in giving pupils a
square deal and says they shmild
be able of follow any , seriouS,jn
terests they may have, because he
feels they will find 'happiness and
success only in work that is con-
genial ,
His hobby is the collection ,of
ancient cuneiform ,tablets He
boasts specimens dating from the
Babylonia of 2350 BC, the tune
of Hammerabi in 2000 BC , and
the period of Nebadchadnevarem
605 B C His modem interest! 'is
camping
Discoveries Made Here
Cited As Significant _
By 'Science' Magazine:
New discoveries in the field of
hydrogen flouride research, made
here were cited as one of the four
most significant advances in the
field of chemlitry during 1939 're
cently by "Science" magazine
, The discoveries, announced last
September by Dr Joseph F H
Simons, professor of physical
chemistry, were summarized by
the magazine, which is the official
publication of the American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science, as follows
"Hydrogen flouride was discOv
ered to be an excellent catalyst
for many vital organic chemical'
recations, improving the yield of
manyreactions and making pos
sible some which have not pre
viously been attained." ,
-CAMPY
Sixty per cent of Columbia
University's graduates continue
their studies in 'the university's
advanced schools
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PP,NX S 2 T cOI4O.IAN•
Romig Announcis
OA AM 6W,
Convention Tie-Up
Nine Women Chosen for
5 Committees; Delegates
Invited To 'Leap' Dance
"WSGA is very much in favor
of the student government conven
tion scheduled for March 1,2, and
3, and will coopeiate in every way
possible with the all-College stu
dent government in order to make
It a success," declared Jane A
Romig '4O, president, last night
Nine women have already been
appointed to convention commit
tees as follows orientation com
mittee, Juanita M Chambers '4O,
chairman, and Serapell Shirm '4O;
registration and finance, L Elea
nor Benfei '4l and Janet A Reese
'4O, entertainment, Miss Romig,
chairman, and Eloise F Rockwell
'4O, invitations, Mary H. O'Connor
'4O, chairman, publicity, Helen L
Camp '4O and M Elizabeth Baker
'4l Other women will act as hos
tesses
Convention delegates will be in
vited to..the annuarWSGA formal
dance - which climaxes "Leap
Week" on Friday, March 1
WSGA will also have charge of
a dinnei during the convention.
Room arrangements for visiting
women will be made by Panhell
enic council
PET PEEVES
Ever since I have been at Gov
ernor James' school for boys and
girls, I have heard about the
burning desire on the part' of
most of the students for 'discus
sion" rather than "lecture" class
es. This, it seems to me, is very
laudable and shows a keen inter-
est in the subjects that the stu
dents may at the time be study
ing
A mind that is unwilling to sit
quietly and take the dictum of
even the most learned of profes
sors without question is the sort
of mind that helps to increase
the exactness of knowledge of a
subject The person, who, when
he fails to agree with the speak
er, insists upon being shown is
a person that any school may well
cultivate
The universality of the plea.for
smaller classes and more discus
'mon aroused in- me a feeling that:
the students have a definite unz
derstandmg of how to get an ed
ucation—at least how to get the
solid foundation upon which to
build one
With great glee and the antici
pation of classes that would
sparkle with wit and wisdom,
classes in which 'no one would
desire to make up for lost sleep
beeause of the greatest of all plea
sizes, mental exercise, I have at
tempted such discussion.
' What has been the result? The
moment a student steps his foot
inside the door of a classroom he
becomes a "student" He is no
longer an inquiring - human be
mg, associating with other human
beings for the purpose of mental
development In a bull session he
would take his hair down and ar
gue half the night but in class
he becomes a second cousin to an
oyster
.Once in a while the male of the
species will break over and ven
ture a question or a comment but
the female, never
What I want to know is: just
how is one to hold discussion
classes if there is but one person
entering the discussion? Who
wants discussion classes in which
they intend to take no part? How
in the devil is the student going
to be able to continue to think if
he does it so seldom?
Is a class supposed to be corn
' posed of a piofessor and a num
ber of empty skulls into which
the professor is expected to pour
facts, funneled through a note
books If not, who can - change it,
the professor or the student 9
Upperclass, '43 Women
DOH HOOFS . Same For
Finals And Mid-Semester
WSGA Senate announced that
hours would be the same for
upperclass and freshmen women
during final week and between
semesters, except for this week.
end, and that freshman dating
restrictions would be cancelled
until second semester.
Hours announced are: tonight
and tomorrow night, upperclass
women, 1 o'clocks;and freshmen,
one 1 o'clock and one 11 o'clock,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, 11 o'clocks:
and next Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday nights, 1 o'clocks.
peyen o'clock permissions were
granted for Monday and Tues.
day night, February 5 and 6.
Co-Edits
Panhellenic Council and City
Panhellenic Council will sponsor
a benefit bridge after formal sor
ority rushing, the proceeds to go
to Mrs Hetzel's committee
Mrs C D Jeffries will serve as
chairman of the bridge committee
assisted by Mrs E C Davis, Miss
Geraldine Mobus, Mrs J F Ben
ham, Mrs V S Peterson, Margue
rite R Scheaffer '4O, Martha V
Shafferman '4O, and Beatrice J
McKechnie '4l
Chardides, local sorority, initiat
ed Doris A Anders - '42 and Flor
ence L Dailey '42 and pledged
Jane E Knowles '4l on Tuesday
night.
Philotes initiated Bernice Bane
'9l, Lucille Gates '4l,' Barbara
Chapman '4l, Anne D Greshko
'4l, Rosemary E Harris '4l, Ella
nora Linton '4l, Miriam F Miller
'4l, Marjorie E. Sellers '42, and
Claire 0 Sieber
Miss Florence E Handy and
Miss Elsie H. Fletcher, instructors
in Fine Arts, plan to visit art
shows and exhibits in New York
City dining the mid-semester va
cation
1 Women in Sports
Coeds Ask your S- P to the
WRA Valentine Dance scheduled
for White Hall from 9 to 12 p m
February 10 with Rex Rockwell's
band Student Union and girls on
campus will sell you tickets for
$1
All women. have been skating
since the recent WRA Skating
Party, with the major-classes be
coming potential Sonja Heroes un
der Miss .L - ugey's guidance - ,
Intramural competition begins
February 19, Marge Harwick"4l,
intramural manager, has announ
ced
Basketball season,closed with a
championship stalemate at 24-24
between the Sophomore and Jun
ior majors Evelyn Willey''42 was
high scorer with 15 points, while
Betty Succop '4l sank seven goals.
STUDENT
OAPBOX
DO YOU BELIEVE STUDENTS
SHOULD BE ALLOWED
MORE ELECTIVE SUBJECTS?
Theodore A. Lesko '9O, Chem
istry: "Yes. Often a student needs
different courses, in unrelated sub
jects ixt applying for a specific
job I have known this to be the
case."
Virginia F. Reilly '43, Architec
tural Engineering: "No However,
they might" give us a larger se
lection of electives for the few
we are allowed in our course"
Robert E. Maeser '42. Com
merce "and Finance: "Yes We
need more electives and less su
perfluous subjects that do not per
tam to the course"
Lawrence S. Driever '4l, Com
merce 'and Finance• "Yes, defin
itely When a student goes to col
lege he 'knows - what he wants"
Beatrice R. Mensch '42; Home
Economics: "Yes In the Home Ec
School most of our subjects "are
compulsory and we don't get a
chance to take other courses that
we feel we should have."
Jack B. Anstine '43, Agricultur
al BittchomistrYC"Yes There are
many courses I would like to take
that I know will do me good af
ter I graduate "
Alice C. Noll '4O, Liberal Arts:
"Yes At least for students in the
technical 'schools I ' think they
need ft broader education.
allistiap Education Head
WiII Speak Heie Sunday
Dr Paul C Payne,'new General
Secretary of the' Presbyterian
Board of Christian Education; is
here on an official visit to the local
Westministei"Foundatinn and will
be guest speaker at the State Col
legd Presbyterian Church at 10:45
a.rit Sunday.
Formerly the pastor of the Pres
byterian Church of 'lthaca,'N: Y
Dr. Payne is now head of Presby
terian" Christian Education" and
overseer of , §3 Presbyterian col
legei'and - 52 Westmmister FounL
dations thritigh,ffie`United'States.
1 US GALS
Wireless To The Collegian
SOMEWHERE IN STATE COL
LEGE, Jan 26—Behind the lines
in the most decisive battle of the
semester, unofficial sources reveal
ed tonight 'that' students'are fa
vored to win their fight with semi
annual tests However, no glom],
report was made public
No blackouts were in evidence
in women's dormitories 'but all
along the front line'trenchei signs
warned, "Do Not Disturb," '"Study
ing, Please Keep Out," and "Busy.
This Means You" State College's
once gay night life was at a stand
still as the intense' emotionq Crux
of the battle gripped the heart of
the community. ' Theatres,' restau
rants, lounges—all were deserted
Relief from the extreme cold 'in
the Atherton region intensified the
fighting in this particulai - area and
marked a critical phase of the
mid-winter war
MtelEsl
Women everywhere were re
ported fighting desperately to off
set reverses suffered earlier this
semester Steadily increased pres
sure - horn professors ',weakened
many of the forces, and selnforce
ments were not readily available
Casualties from the first few
stages of the battle were not F.-
vere, but the worst was still to
come Coffee rations were given
out nightly in dormitory lounges
to combatants ' '
The nerve-wracking quiet , be
tween attacks from the enemy
lines was almost unbearable ' to
night, as those not actively en
gaged in tomorrow's battles occu
pied themselves with givipcunpill
cial aid to active belligerents
Devi Pleads Neutrality
Last-minute diploinitlio tactics
were being practiced on All sides
—with manyrstudent-faculty par
leys about the grade situation An
official communique froin instruc
tors declared that they would re
sist any attack of apple-polishing,
and the Dean of Women's office
made a final plea for all students
to respect its neutrality.
Arms and ammunition were still
pow ing in late tonight—and the
noise of pencil sharpeners was
heard on all fronts Final raids
on the armory of old bluebooks in
respective sorority houses met
with only fair success
Fully a week of open fighting is
prophesied, and nco decisive turn
expected until next week Unless
this attack can be repulsed, the
student population is in great dan
ger, since severe casualties have
already been suffered by many. In
the meantime, all are meeting the
crisis bravely. , -
DiaP Reic l lo Will Speak
Dean Edward Steidle, head of
the Mineral Industries school, will
speak at the Indiana Mining Insti
tute. in Indiana Saturday' after
noon Dean Stealers topic will
be "The Philosophy of Adult Ed=
ucation
"Never in our lifetime
have eyes beheld its equal"
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THROUGH THURSDAY. FEBRUARY - Bth ,
David 0. Setatcp .
' - production of i
Margaret Mitdiellte
Stogy of the Old South
GONE WITH THE WIND
In Technicolor... Starring
CLARK GABLE,
as Rho( Butler
LESLIE'OLIVIA
HOWARD • 'De HAVILLAND
and preqs,png
VIVIEN LEIGH ,
as Scarlett o,'Hara
A Selsnick litternational Picture • Directed by Victor
Flerrfing e .•'Sorieti play by Sidney Howard •ibitude
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rzicia7. lanuary 26, 1940
Graduales
(Conti . pued from gage 1)
Carolyn Waldo Law, Helen
Jeanne' Purinton, Philip W. liilv:
e:rs, Winthrop Charles Skoglund. ,
Richard Wolcott Stow;' Warren
Stubblebine, Bruce Robert_ Tcgge;
Ralph S Thorpe , Alan George
Castle 'White, Robert Thoinas
Wolf
Is2..strial__Epgirapp.F,
Fred tthinuei Wagner
Candidates 'tor baccalaureate
degrees are
School o , !
Curriculum in Arts iind Letters.
Lenore Marilyn A clie r man;
George Bernstein, Daniel,' Laelkel
Biele, Harold William Bowe,
Henry Paul Cowen, John Josuph.
Dailey, Jr, Sol Alfred, Davidson,
Florence Davis, Ralph -Blase Lie,
Falco, Sylvia, Margaret Etter,
Daniel Owen Forbes, Phillip W.;
ray Gaitens, Eleanor Harriet Hell-
William'Jenks Hopwood,
mond Hall Hunter, William Nald
Karback, Hai vey Levin, Elmer'
Franklin Lmberg, Fred Tobias
Lininger, Irma Mae Moats, Saul
Richman, George' Phillip Saxer,
Lester Kirk Schultz, Alan John
Sommerville,-'lrwin , R. Supoult
Caroline Louise Swope, Rolieit
Hamilton Thompson, John Fouche
Warnock, , Karl William Wiebe 3
siek, and Gordon Kay Zern
CUrriculuip in' Commerce,;aita
Fmancp James Francis BoAli:,
Robert Barry Boyden, James
Thomas Caldwell, Jr, Benlamun
Teehng Cassidy, Charles J . Ulla
Dellert, Arthur Henry Gager,' tis," . !
Roy Barker Gardner, CliffiTrd
Lewis Johanson, Dean FraiikYhi:
Miller, Willis Rogers Newms,
Win Allen Pearlman, Joseph'
Frank 1 3 1 ocopio, Henry *Asa'
Schweitzer, Morton Charles SeTz.bl:
Frank Charles Vlossalc, Jr,
neth 'Eugene Weaver, and Herbert;
Sidney Yanofsky Curriculum
Journalism'' Alte Rita Eisenberg,
Barbara Ann Joseph, Marjorie,
Frances Shapiro, and Betty Cat&
erme Wagner
School of Education ``
Curriculum =Education Helen
Brady Aaron, Walter Franklin
Allen, Martha Cooper Anderson;
Paul Latimer Beale, Dorothy
Campbell Bly, Veronica Maria
Bradley, Maiy Whitby Britten;
Ethel Allene Brown, James Har=
rison Haight, Virginia Claire:Ken
nedy, Plot ence Dorothy- Kozelsli4
Esther Almida Laying, Walter Ed
ward Organist, Mireille Paqine,'
Mary Gertrude Rimp, Nene Hill'
debrand Wing, Mary Constance
Woika, Curriculum - in Home'
nomics Anne Reitofski
Emma Jennings, Albeika
Margaret 'Klinntas,' 'Mary Citfie6
ine McCormick,' Georgia
Owen, Beatrice Mary Quinn, Ciar4
riculurn in Nature - Educatia:
William Taylor Heisler, 'Caries
Edward Scherneck, Spencer Cut
ting Smith, Curriculum , In Psy`c;
chology George 'Neither Kirk,
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