Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN SUCCeOI to The Free Lance, established 1887 Publi,hed semi-weekly during the College year„ except on holidays by MA1(101114 of The Pennsylvania State College, In the interest of the Collet, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends THE MANAGING BOARD 10I1N A 7 ROANOVITCH Editor FRANCIS A C VOSTFRS TR "19 Raging. Manager 1117313FRT 13 (`ARAN "1t JEROME SHAFFER "IS Snorts Niter Adiertlaing Manager ROY It NICHOLS JR la RICHARD lA' hOOMAN Managing Editor Manager SALVATORE S SAI A 19 RALPH II GIINDLACH 19 Nev,e Fddor Promotion Manager FI AN C MeINTYRF 14 DALLAS IL LONG 39 Feature FA nor Foreign Aliverttaing Manager THOMAS A BOAL 19 MARY I SAMPLE 19, AVIISIBIIt Managing Fditnr Senior Searetar/ s BRUCE Id TRARUE 14 I lIPILLE GREENBLRG 19 Assiatant Sparta Flaw Womon . 3 Fdllor REI'M n SHErN 1.1 A.kneinte Wornen'a rdltnr Associate Editors A William rngel it '4O Woolard A Nemmun 40 Flonnucl Roth .40 Herbert Nip•an '4O Women's Associate Editors Muilir It Cordon ..to Associate Business Managers C Russell Eel 40 Morton Nmmun 40 Dane G Gutman '4O PPPPPPP N . T.O MR NATIONAL AOVENTISINO MN National •Advertising Service, Inc. College PubllAm Reprerentolsoo 420 T8A015014 Ave NEW YORK N Y. E.WASO 'BOSTON LOS TOME. • SAN NNW.. / 1 ---- A Mlltam Engel Jr '4O PAul 0 Haldeman Jr '4O Managing railer lids line News FiMar 'this lq•ne __ Above all, the Colley:au Itall be tolf,,ivt Po, - tole, aver Ihe,e ii Nylon awl' (lime vi ought iday, Octobei 28, 198 NOW IT'S HERE; NOW IT AIN'T MORE THAhisix weeks ago, announcement was 'made by the Gencial State Authinity that it ha I tentatively emu med a giant of approximately one and a half million dollans for additions to buildings it the College Through the spomorship of Senatoi Edwin d Jackson Thompson, an additional two and a half million'dollars was added to this foi "income-beat ing" buildings, fill pei cent of which would be a loan from the federal government to he 'Pliant within a specified number of years When College architects finally drew up the plans, however, the proposed grant hail to be boost ed to an qpproximate live million dollars roui weeks ago, at the height of reportedly =trained relations between the General State Auth niity and the Public. Works Administration, the grant was approved by the Atttinnily and sub mitted to the PWA for final action Since then, except fm• one non-comnuttal state ment, PWA Administi atm Harold L Ickes—the 111811 who holds the key to the money chest—has maintameo 'a Sphinx-like silence Days diagged on into weelcs with only one indu ration making itself apparent- the I'WA, dam I by graft and COI tiplam charges involving the General State Authority, was ,going 'to lake its good, old lime LATE LAST WEEK, however, Governor George li Em le announced that the College had been alio toted a new grant of iniprq,ximately five million dollar,, boosting the total outlay to the College to Leo million., in two yews, Wore than had been spent buildings heie in the past 71 yeais AL the Sallie time, the Geneial State Authority added that work on the new program would be launched immediately—under the present PWA es lemaon this una=t be done berme January I—an I dint it wou'd he comrdeted within 18 months To,MN the PWA ha, its own ideas about die matte' —ideas which ale destined to delay the be ginning of the pogrom and peihups 'exult even in a sla=h of the announced five-million-Mina E C.ENERAI. STATE Viuthoi ity has submit tod to the PIV A applications Cm l'ls projecL , „ in volving an outlay of some $513,000,000 - It also ha, submitted an additional 704 applica 'twits foi $93,000,000 to con.tructo schools under the Thompson Plan recently adopted by the special session of the Legislature froweser, it seems, the Authority has overlooked one vital movision It has failed to furnish suffi cient "sponsor contributions" to had, its applica lions Thus, •halves of obtaining a new five-million dollar grant glow shmmei daily WITII ONLY two months time remaining under the present PWA extension, the Autholity must I—Furnish the sponsor contnlintions, which to tal 65 pmcctit of each job tt—Ad verti Re for bids 3—Stai I iti tual construction So, with so much still undoneothe College seem to be as close to the grant os it was stv weel.s ago and considerably, more mystified than ever before. What happened last week, when official announ cements broached suth finality concerning the allo cation of a nea giant. gill has not been explained It begins to look, however, as if someone jumped the girt AT LONG LAST FOR 1 EARS, the ROT C. departMent bete has been as hard-boiled as a Bellefonte cop, going far beyond all reasonable limits to attain \that it calls discipline Thus it is with all sincerity that the Collegian congratulates the present staff of officers for then change of attitude toward the 2,000-odd gun-tot ing stbdents who.are being compelled to take nul dory training, a change of attitude which per mitted the students to shed their ill-fitting coats during the unusually warm days of the past fort night and drill in less agony. It's about time 'the War Department sent up some officers who are human. Sorry But— A hou , ,epai 1,3 , without "~oily but" telegr am'. would novel do Lucky i ailments up to mess tune ate Pootric Healy, Sully Davidson, Al Ertel to name a few Runners-up In the Collegian's houecipaity poll such eanipti , beauties a; Josephine Bikes, Peaches 001 d'on, Joe Dobbs, and "Clash" Bin ford received lint one vol:: spieee Evidently the male population of the tem pi, don't knots then own classmates Wandering Willie: I•aal S Haldeman Jr •J 0 Bradley Owens 40 Robert I• Wilma . 40 George B :kblem •50 We boy: on the stall aye wondei ing wheie w de) ing %Wile and MIMIC ‘Vat.snn .13(. tonight -igns of any edam ials and the deadline only to houp., iwey Johnnie plen , e mine hub and voito , 2 ynin edit, hefmo you and Winnie dhsdppeie w lb , dlleelinll of pp tt. unknown Love, yonl ;La 11440 n I. Gawp '4O Morris Schwab *4O Sou ton C Wills, Jr 40 larmt F Star/ 40 Brother Rat Bi see Hai lan dined Peg Iles man al the cent at the Mimi evening little sitspecting that Peg had date at ii 45 mail she mentioned a meeting I hat che 1).1(1 to ittcnd At this cue, Harlan sloiveti his pace, finally got Op to 11w W6I3IPIIV Building ai lane and thine said goodnight Obtaining the set viees of oils Oi Peg's sisteit„ Ellice sat down by the piano plopped tip a paper, poked a hole through the centre to wait lot Peg', late date In the meanwhile his co-conspn atm play ed the pima to het watching g-mini Not much ham in stalk. , Bill Sweet who thins Peg I'm the ..evening Now the Alpacluo's think Mullin is a heel The Key To My Heart Ruth Ilitchoel, -3eems,to,have Inst log Herman Cal ew, , a, atm t two , year fight to one of the ntatry beautiful ne9lllllall women (The Maniac , sty, ht couldn't d itc them 411, BAHIA I) Beside, hayine: the key:. to his c4t, fiosh Ebeith has alto hat rimed foi jewel) y Change Partners and— At the Pennstateelub's picnic the othoi night Altii:y Houghton met one of the boys mho asked hea fbi a date Also gaining a fieeshow, coke, etc, was one Mai go somebody Came time to date and Maly's date confused homes at did 'Maige's Only the show did Maly find nut. she NI:41, ant with Maige's date Hack to Athhall went the couple to find then light Pal turns and ate' the exchange went then ways I Smell A Skunk! It was 2.45 A N and' the two Collegian stooge; left shanded were weauly wilting away as the thud flora Janitai hoops in with a shun], to sho • them if you hold them tight, they don't maka da stink 'Realism ems too anal) flit the boys who fainted on the spot emilling in liming pep lanes with thespian shows and eh , Driftwood ON C heard so the Collegian °Mee, Paul Halde- In in to Helen Camp, "Qon't think you can entwine] me nab yout womanly wiles" Erik Moellei and Betty kiln ight, toe tiatnsfei mentioned oldie before we hays to say that Johnnie Ctocket and Jan• Fisher . ate seen togethei to ehmth, m Lawn, to pits lodge, and just walking Dean Melfcmy •hotdd ask Diat Cal dam what hat ton,c he uses •nice the 1 Oast is not swot:tang new growth on ht , dome pi ns on of the Thespian show is that the' e wdl ha nice leg. in the dancing Bat - bate Thiel I'm example will have the boys a ushing the stage Cully Prime' oy will do his usual stuff in the skits d client' hut is Month AN wile Puquit, wow' wt'• heal that Oleic , will he a scene at the fin lodge tin, week( Id with Cash Reset a, one nt the principals CAMPUSEER -CAMPY H. P. o.'s It always , The Corner., r unusual PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Laich Appoints . Reim To P,ost *On Hop Grout) Will Take Position Vacated By Kent's Resignation; Independents Begin By A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR "Bob Kenn, Alpha Sigma Ph'i, will ieplace Stanley It Kent, wh) ie,ignell p, Soph flop committee. mail "' 'Huts did At me Larch, mophamote president, lightly overlook lient'c vigorous ihmges of thssen- Non in the '4l Campus clique hut ted in the itt,t issue of the Colleg tan Nye .idmne Kents coinage in going out on the 1101 b and sawing nfl fuithei affiliation with the ^opbonane dope, but we do not believe his - attton n.ts too well minded In om opinion, men ap t canted to such committees should reel honored to a tea tdin degiee Plime ale 'lemmas, Mlle] s desii ing siadi a post Independents Organize In defense Kf Kent, we believe las point is well - taken when it is that haul) failed to appoint all - man linmadlately 'Meanwhile, buck among the class of 1942 the 'lndependents wer e peacefully organwing under the guidance of Bill Galbraeth '39 Holding its initial meeting in Old ~ M ain last, Ft iday, the Freshmen independent-group selected Gerald Doligho ty, temporary than man, Albeit' Kaplan, associate elicit man, vul Joe Glary, secretary ' lack Crawford, temptii y chit - tnan of the '42 Ctunpus cirque, took a definite step fin win d aL a meet 'mg 111 Sigma Nu Wednesday by announcing a nominating commit tee and a platform committee Rom potential presidential candid ates, 'all football playets, wet e in troduced at the gather mg `Both parties will probably te veal then candidates and pl atm ni by Novembei 9 on sonnet We Women At last. something novel 'has hit campus and Mortar Atiaid Is .car rying the bleak out in grand style Plans for the!, Spinster Skip point toward the Artie mimeo's dance of the year Tickets may , he bought from members Ineonsideiate lovebirds 011 o monopolize telephones in the dot ntilm les mill have to cut down 'on the billing anti cooing Conversa tions should not exceed flee min utes the most, 10 If the %%omen don't do this of theft amp art in d. rules mill be improved 'I hrer a dock pet MISSIOTIS are aives for both nights ,of House Party Hallowe'en will be celebrated Monday night at all dmmltories 001$ h eshmen will detanate ta bles and' Mesh In institute Deco taUons costumes are optional lot upperclassmen lime Stanton, sub chairman of Freshman Connell, nitionint trolly her onus t inemhet of Judicial t mumble° I Tlinml) don n on ' Indies" slunk lig on (among Dramatics Division To Extend 'Services In .1 series 01 institutos in sari oug lownh throughout Penneylva nia, the division of dramatics her will extend its services to commun ities M hick support theatrical groups Inaugurating a new program, the department will superYise the pro duction or War; at Westminster College ,"1-tedtla Gabbier" add "Berkley Senate' are among the productions to he presented Arthur C Cloetingh, aided by the College dramatic staff and the atrical professional wot kers will present the program in,which g all phases of theatre craft will he con skim ed PRESERVE =HOUSEPARTY ,MEMORIES „ • .4 Have Your Picture Taken Together , 44 - at the t , , PENN STATE PHOTO SHOP , ' Phone 2345 - I THE BEAM IN OUR, EYE Some Problems of American Democracy ~ By DR. ALFRED 'G PUNDT One very intereNting and mqtruetive ievelatiombiought out-by-thp recent Eutopean mists is the measure of America's devotion to demo cratic principles Judging from 'the tone of our liberal mei% 'America tins something like a providential mandate to forte) and uphold dem. oci Rey abroad This attitude rmturally spiingi' from a new concept of Ametica's position in the model n woi Id Among the enlightened classes of Amin tea the) e is a gi ow mg aware ness of oui inteidependence other nations of a world which odet n technology is co n statitly conk acting Also it must be obvious that the United States s coming to the end of its adol escent. cycle and A tipening info maturity 'Put the) more, Amman '1.1% reached a stage of economic equilibrium and is now faced with all .the problems of adjustment which that ta ansition entails That Crusading Zeal Yet out conceit] with Europe, Latin America and the Pai East is net entirely fire horn the cru sading /eat of an cal he] genera tion "Matang the wm Id safe for demociacy" is i threadbare shib ()Meth, nevei theless, out piess, by and !Inge, has consistently sought to associate the United States with the cause of democracy ahioud In the days of the Soviet Revo lution and the consequent civil wai Amet icon edam oils and even news items bi 'stied with undisguised dis dain and contempt for Commun ism as the negation of demociacv Popul of opinion in this country similaily fender! Mussolini and his legendary binclshnis during then much _to Rome If veal, ago Agsin, when Pc mo cle Riveia seized itoltrol of Spain in 192'3 we pi ofessed alarm In out own day it has become the test ion to decoy Gelman National Socialism and all its, walks, all in the name of democracy. Thus we suddenly be (AMC the tntet national champion of democracy, of oppressed minim, ities and of the Chuich, the enemy id coercion and Lotalitautinisin How About Ourselves? Inasmuch as Fascism tem esent.4 ' a menace, to world pence we will be tightly concerned with its in tei national ramifications l‘hi doubt also, the concentiation camp, a tigid mess censoi ship and econ omic regimentation as practiced in Russia as well as in Italy and Germany entail it teptession Which no civilived pet son can condone However, what is the quality of out democracy at homey Must we not be vastly mole concerned with the safeguaiding and peifection of out own democratic institutions than with the medication of "'sins" alnoad? "Government of Terrorism" The comments of Monsignor Fiancis Haas of the Catholic University before the Euchai istic Congiess in New Oileans last week al e very pettthent to this theme Said the Monsignor "The authoi !Liman govet nments, whether Com munist ot Fascist, ate functional ly: governments of teriorism The principal demomacies me thinly veneei ed economic dictatm ships based mt class struggle " Audit from the comfort we have limn this positive commitment on the Olt of a member of the Cath olic hieraiehy, Nl hat ale the tiiiths behind this asseition' Are we, in fact, fiee from the oppressions 50 widely publieined as Communist oi Fascr,t? In othei words, .do we rot face economic, social and po litical problems of the iiist mag nitude .it home, fundamental prob lems Involving the very existence of our democratic institutions 9 "`U S Is Rich, But— Ameiica is doubtless the tichest country in the world from the ROLLER• SKATE Every , Friday and , Siinday 8 till 11 ' HECLA PARK 7 Mlles E. of Bellefonte standpoint of its actual -resources , of food, mineiuls, cotton and its agi icultui al and industrial capital equipment Yet, accord ing to the Department of Agrieul tut e, which is not eputed to be wide' Communist influence, 17 out of otii 22 million families live on less than an adequate diet, two thirds of oui people do not have adequate homes, oval, one third of the homes in towns and 'cities and neally 80 per cent 'of those in yd.' lages have no sanitation oi run ning watei, only,one out of five nelsons in the United States ie ceives dental ease while,only ev oy person receives medical attention- Added to these misfortunes Is the -fact that the dewy:ion has bequeathed to us an at my of ,ovei len million unemployed lint poten tial wage-earners whose pi ospeas of re-employment dwindle with ev ery passing yeai This appalling =testa (The' has ovei taken a coun t, y which is actually Hell and (Continued On Page-Four) - New Fall HOSIERY ~ 69c Quaker Silk Ringleys sheet stockings ginning Fall 'eolorq only • ,line Nvallv reinfoiend - for long wear stock lip and save. lazes 8 in 10%, • SChIOWS - \ _ Quality Shop , E. College Avenue, Bring yoOr houseparty id9te to New, - College, Diner , _ . • _ •for nousepatty-rilarthoni." - ~: 4rimi Perfect Prelude , to the ClOsing Dance -assfah Try This F'rescription One Dash'of Glee, Club's , Veysion. of ffßomeo and 'Juliet!" " J • 6he Dash of Thespian's eomedy,Pßevne'of ; COLLEGE'LIFE!' , • Mix Well, , add latest •KennedfpChorus and Ballet andwou have " "Coll=ege SATURDAY- _ ,SCHIyAB4RDIToRIUM, t- ~; Reserved Seati 75c m1'11,11:00 • '• Ticxefs'on \ lit, St - Went;Union andtopei Room - MORTAR BOARD, , Brings You Leap Year in '3B with its Spinsters Skip To Bedield , at White-Hall • FRIDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 4 - - Tickets , At'Student Union or from any Member of Mortar Board ' For Your ApproVal--- PRESENTING, A NEW SHOP CARRYING A 'WI SELECTION OF DISTINCTIVE GIFTS FORMAL OPENING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON 'OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9110 n,o , • Feature Follati) ; •up of "Form'al" A ~ -,.,../ - um ,-„,..., , , ~..,, ~ ~,,, Friday, October 28, 1 fir! 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