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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887
I‘iiHHshcd gemNwotkly durine tho Collene year, except
on holicinx* hi Atu<kntK of The Pennsylvania State College,
in the Intercut of the College the students, fnculty, alumni,
and fr.cmls
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THF MANAGING BOARD
A WILLIAM ENGEL JR 40. Fditor
C RtiSSBI L FCK ’4O Btnincaa Manager
HF.LFN L CAMP ’4O Women 1 * Editor
' EMANUEL ROTH ’4O BURTON C WILLIS JR *4ft
Managing Fditor Advertisiiik Manager
ROBrRT L WILSON '4ft MORTON NIEMAN *4O
Sports hd.tor Circulation Manager
BERNARD A NEWMAN '4*l DORN GUTMAN *4O
News Editor Senior Secretary
GEORGE B SCHLFSS ’4O TANET STORY ’4O
Feature Editor Assistant Senior Secretary
PAUL HALDKMAN JR ‘4O W BRADLEY OWENS '4O
Assistant Managing Editor Assistant News Editor
KFRBFRT NIPSON '4O PH'I lIS R GORDON ‘4O
Assistant Sports Fditor Assistant Women s Ed tor
Associate Editors
Bnynrd Bloom ‘4l Robert H Lune 41
W*'H«m E Towlor *4l Edwntd J K McLorle 41
F.lirar V Hall 41 Ruhnrd C Peters 41
Adam A Sm>scr *4l
' Women's Associate Editor*
Jewel R ,Broun *4l Arita L Hefferan '4l
Vera L Kvmp *4l
Managing Fditor This Issue
News Editor This Issue
Entered 'is' second-class matter July 5 1914. at the post
office at Suite Collette Pa, undc*r the act of March 1, 1878
Thursday, September 7, 1939
EXHORTATION TO
JHE CLASS OF 1943 ,
- “YO’d ARE to be free for four years
from the.care of winning bread ”
, Such "was a statement once directed to
an.incoming freshman class bv the Presi
dent of : a University m 'us welcoming ad
dress" /
For many of you of the class of 1913 that
implication may be absolutely correct Foi
many others—those of vou who will pass
your fast-approaching College days as wait
eis, clerics, snow shoveleis, oi furnace ten
ders; —this will not applv
True you may not be “winning bread,"
but all of you are "winning” for yourselves
an education
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INVOLVED IN this often pleasant but
sometiines tedious task of "winning” edu
cation's the pioblem of avoiding substitu
tions for three essentia 1 requuements
brams, Heart, and courage
.Only a .Wizard of Oz would attempt to
use a college diploma m place of brains On
ly a'Wizard of Oz would try to substitute
freshman numerals or ( a letter for
coura'ge.t Only a Wizard of Oz 'would re
place a’heart with society pms or honorary
keys. -
;, As you enter into your new College world
the futility of the “Wonderful Wizard” will
become apparent to vou.
1 Brains—-not a diploma—will be needed to
make, the most out of your college days.
Courage—not a vaisity letter—will be
needed ‘to facilitate your work in the class
rpom, on the athletic field, or in your per
sonal'life.when things look the blackest
. A, heart—not ping and keys—will be
needed to aid you to develop into a good
Penn Stater by winning and keeping
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NEXT .WEDNESDAY more than 1,400
of. yoir'freshmen will arrive m State Col
lege eagerly expecting to begin the best
four years of your lives.
During your foui years here, you will not
only have' the best social and intellectual
conditions available anywhere, but. you’ll
get. an. actual preview ot what real life is.
, And in that pi eview of real life you will
find, that there, too, brains, couragp, and
a heart’form a core of life.
Don’t follow in the footsteps of the brain
less .scarecrow, nor of the heartless tin
woodman, nor of the cowardly lion. -
, Set your own goal and use that brain,
that-courage, and that heart of yours a»
you undertake the task of “winning” an
education
l You can’t expect to become fully pre
pared; for life’s real game But you will
have the best four vears of your lives and
no.matter how much you put into your un
dergraduate years nor how much you get
■out,of them, the “best four vears” will leave '
a remarkable impunt m your path of life.
A TOAST
. AS THIS ISSUE of the Collegian goes to
jiress the Second World War has burst in
to being.
,■ Materially, we can do nothing but strive
not to be drawn into the holocaust.
Immaterially, we can hut sincerely hope
that,the Cancer at Berlin is eliminated now
iuiii foi all time.
To those who are about to die, a toast!
OLD MANIA
Dear Frosh.
Within a fortnight oi so you’ll be winding
’round the bends of the Nittany Mountains and
from the distance you'll observe a beautifully
lighted towei, the town of Old Mam Funny, but
the thoughts of this bungs back a wonderful mem
ory even to this old hand, who right now is binned
because the ed wires us m the midst of our vaca
tion to bat off some copy for the benefit of you
newcomeis who are supposed to be as green as
the Irish Shamrock wh<m it eomes to the activities
and goings-on at 01' State
What in hell are we troinjr to tel 1 you about 9
If we told all we've seen in oui thiee veais heie
anil now, we fear that many « home-loving lad
will just change all plans and enrol! at Padukah
Prep or some other jeik nist tution instead of fac
ing all the hardships and heal laches Penn State
has to offer
So, although oui official capacity aiound heie
is to dig up the dnt about the campus and seive
it to our readeis (ouiself and Bennv, the lino
typist), we must satisfy the ed and pound out
some trips for a couple thous md of you fresh guys
and gals of the class of '43
.Richard C Peters *4l
Robert H Lane *4l
Penn State Is Tlie Place Where: „
Freshmen are so low that uppeiclassmen step
all over them Then grind their heels'
Fraternity men, during rushing season, give
freshmen the shirts off their Dacks . After rush
ing season they not only take back their own
shirts, but every one Uie freshman ever owned
Men outnumber women students approximately
five to one No matter how ugly the women
are, they get dated
Politics plav the greatest part in all extra-cui
ricular activities And it isn t always the best
man who is elected to the most lucrative positions
There’s been a nuge drop these past few yeai s
in the amount of gn ,p t made by class officers,
managers, etc The school got after them
Managerships of the different sports are so ovei
rated that fraternities would not only knife a half
do7en competitois foi the job, but mortgage then
house to get a few
The general expiession foi suckers who lost
out in the different elections is “I was sewooed ”
A guy by the name of Doggie Alexander runs
the Rathskeller and is out to set a new world’s
record He hasn’t had a beer on the house in
four years (He’s only Leen open four years Give
him time')
Fieshmen must weer dinks, black ties, green
ribbons, etc, as pait of “customs,*' and any vi
olators are garbed tn cute dresses with a bird
cage over their heads, then told to parade around
the football field between the halves of a big game
Anyone “worth" knowing can be found at all
times sipping a coke m the Corner Unusual (free
odv) known commonly as the Corneiroom
SEX-lA in caps in|tlus pillai >
Beer pat ties in fratermtv houses must be run
on ‘the q t since federal agents stepped m and
sahl, “Children under <2l barred "
A gang of beautiful, new buddings, erected by
ex-Gov Earle, aie called the “haunted hoyses"
because the new guy s«ivs Eni le was a spendthrift,
therefore will not furnish them
Hat societies aie supposed to he big things
As are the heads that bear the hats
In Conclusion:
Well, it certainly looks horrid, doesn't it? But
here’s a tip; Rookie, don't J et all this get you
down. We feel suie you’ll like this place once
you get going—into your sophomore year Yout
freshman year is alwavs the toughest, they sav
And while we’re at it, put this down so you’ll
know how right we aie The fellow who writes
this column is a terrible guy and is considered by'
many as heartless So be careful anything you
do or say while at State, because it sho’ does look
funny in cold, black type —The Maniac
Parents...
You Will Find
The Corner Room
Penn State’s Best Known
Restaurant
An Excellent Place to
Eat When You Visit
z State College
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The Hotel State College
Offers You an Attractive
Place to Spend the Night
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
THE 1939-40 COLLEGIAN STAFF
Members of the 1939-40 Collegian managing board
reading from left to right (topjrow) A. William
Engel, Jr„ editor, W Bradley < Owens, assistant
news editor, Phyllis R Gordon, assistant women’s
editor; Robert L. Wilson, sports .editor, Bernard A
Newman, news editor. 1 (second row) Herbert Nip
son, assistant sports editor, Helen L. Camp, worn
Activities Revolve Around
Invaluable Student Union
z
The hub of all tho extra-curricu- tivities compiise the membeiship
lar activities at Penn State—thatji, of the Union Boaid, although ev*
the Student Union J eiv student engaging in activities
Endeavoring' to sene as a~ co- is automatically a member
ordinating agency foi all activities Also included'in its membership
on the campus, the Union has aie the Deun of Men, the Dean of
proven itself to be an invaluable Women, the Student Union man
student organization since its* in- ager, and two members of the ad-
ception in 1930 ministration and faculty elected
Performing its woik through'the foi terms of two yeais The first
media of recommendations' its thiee aie ex-offlqio members'
component groups, the Student Handles Many Projects
Union is not supervisoiy and-has In its eight-year history the
no legislative power Representa- Union has undertaken and com
tives from each of the major . pleted many projects which could
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Welcome Class of 1943
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You will find here-the facilities, the ’ ■
resources, and the co-operation that - .c
' you need if you are to make the most
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of-your opportunity. We shall be very ‘
■ > glad to welcome yomas'a'new deppsi- . .
' tor—or to coritihue tb'give our best’ ;:' ' s
attention to your interests if you are
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already with us.
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Thursday„September 7,1939 r,,