Page T*6 PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Successor to' Tht Free Gnome. established 1857 Pubh•hed seal-weekly during. the College year, except on holtdlns In students of The Penns) Kama State College in the interest of the College the students, faculty, alutran, and fr ends Member Pssoctated Collegiate Press astribu tot of Collegiate Digest I=l ' A WILLIAM ENGEL. JR. '4O. Editor C RUSSP,LI., ECK In, Rtnit‘e.ts bllnnster ' H6bil I, Nhiii '44 Women's Elstor rnitanirt. ROTH 40 BURTON C Wit LIS IR 'll. Managing Editnr Ada ertkinp Manager HORFRr L WILSON '4O MORTON NIEMAN . 40 Sport, F.l.tar Clrenlation Mnnager lIFRNSRD A NEWMAN '4O DORIS OUTMAN '4O New, Editor Senior Secretary L.r.onGE B SCHLESS 90 lANET STORY '4ll canna Editor A.ciatant Senior Secretory PAUL FIALDLMAN JR '4O IV BRAME. 11 OWENS 'ta Aotial nt Managing EJPar Aotistant Neon Editor HERBERT NI1:00N :40 PIIN I LIS R. CORDON '49 Awonant Sparta F.diter Asaktnnt Women a Ed.tor Associate Editors Bayard Blnonl '4l knhert H 1 nne . 41 Wtilhun F.. 1 - .llvh r '4l F1..1.111 J h MeLnrie '4l renr, V Hall 41 Ru.hnnl C pi '4l aII2=M:SM Women's Adsociate Editors Associate Business Managers I nu once S - Dridver '4l Rai ert C Rolnnson '4l -," Pilchard C Peters '4l __ __Adam A SmMs II Wen L Cams '4O Igannuing rditor Thin Issue s r °tor Thin Inoue WnmEn n issue F.clitor - - ' 14,413 roof .. " ATIOIVAL A are Nationgf Advertising Service, DVERTISING Inf.. Ca/fear PmblisSers RrDrrnntatm• 4.40 MADISON AVE NEW YORK N aglcAod • 'faros • LOS AKatltf SAX MOICISCO Fntered as seeond,lass matter July 5 1914. at the posh office at State College Pi, under the Oct of March 3. 1879 Friday, February 9, 1940 -THE PLACEMENT BUREAU APPROVAL OF the establishment of a student placemeitt bureau by the Board of ustees marks another pi ogressive step in this College's march to the top among the pi oirtment institutions of higher learn ing in the nation. Placement bureaus in colleges and um x ersltiqs are not new. Nor is the bureau idea a 1940 "bi amstorm" at Penn State. 1 he - Placement bureau plan has been con sidered by administrative officials and by interested groups of alumni, including the College Alumni Association and the inde pendent Alumni Committee of 100, for more than two years. Pi eildent Ralph D. Hetzel, aided by a committee consisting of Samuel K Hostet ter, assistant to the president in charge of business and finance; J. Orvis Keller, as sistant to the president in charge of exten sion, and Edward K Hibshman, secretary of the Aludini Association, has gathered exhaustive data from approximately 25 of the most successful employment bureaus pow operating in the colleges and umver ‘zities of the country. Now, after sufficient consideration, the Trustees have accepted Dr Hetzel's tenta tive plans for the establishment of a stu dent placement bureau. Altkoiigh the authorization by the Board to setup such an employment sei vice is a commendable step, it must be noted that much is to be accomplished before the bur eau undertakes official operation. Sucdessful bureaus ones which aid gradudles in securing positions and aid in dustries and professions in selecting grad uatescannot function without a compe tent director for the project. This is oh s ious io all concerned. Hoviever, it must be remembered that numerous departments of the various Schools in the College have individual placement services. Each is undeniably pi oud of its own. Therein may arise a problem for the most capable of directors. Undoubtedly it will riot be : necessary to touch departments op erating successful "personal placement" services.. Nor would it prove efficient to i eorganize standardized placement plans which 'exist in other departments. But-it will be essential to offer aid to departinents which obviously need the cen tralizea service, but stubbornly object with the selliSh cry "If we can't get 'em jobs in our-own field how can the blank blank bureau get any for 'em?" Such Will be the task of the director. He must become familiar with the nation-wide industtial set-up, the professional field, and the mdny so-termed odd jobs. While stub born department heads bother with large scale employing concerns, the director of the College placentent bureau must ac quaint.hiniself with the smaller organize tions—=organi2ations which would not con template etntiloying a Penn State graduate otherwise. It is - - . not an easy task. Only time will bring a satisfactory outcome. If you column readers will think back to a week or so B F (Before Finals), you will recall some thing about there being a shake-up in columning loi the second semester You'll probably have some hazy memory of a Maniac resigning and a Campuseer becoming a Maniac and somebody else becoming a Campuseei . Well, this is the Somebody Else' Not that it makes much difference just thought you might want to know that you are no longer cursing the person you were coming and that you are perfectly welcome to start cursing the Somebody Else From now on, let's become a little more infor mal and Campuseer will become "Campy"—and would greatly appreciate being cursed under that nickname Who could get any fun out of saying, 'That &ti tbOilti&n Campuseer l " 9 Not that Campy is going to invite being cursed Oh, not Not Campy If you'ie a HEEL, Campy's not going to show you up Campy looks at it this way. IF you're a HEEL, eveiyone will know it and what's the use of printing something every one knows? IF you're a HEEL only to Campy rnd not to anyone else—then maybe (Heaven For bid) Campy's wiong 111 And if Campy; is NOT wiong (and that sounds more like it) and you are a HEEL and no one knows it but Campy—then Campy takes off his hat to you and phophesies your success in diplomatic services. Jahnth Goltln teln Thomas '4l CAMP-aign Ru '4l Campy is not going to spend too much time on the pinnings and un-pinnings that seem to take up such a lot of time on the Penn State campus. Campy even intends to throw a serious note into this 17 1 / 2 ems every once in a while' In fact, you're liable to bump into almost anything in this space once a week—anything that the ED doesn't think will invite a libel suit Watch Campy each week foi a few choice re cordings (right now try Erskine Hawkins' "You Can't Escape Fi om Me," and, if you think Glenn Miller can ride on "Tuxedo Junction,"—get Haw kins' recording of that number and l,sten to it as it should be played) and bank on Campy's selections You can't go wrong IT'S IN THE BOOKS- Anothei thing Campy intends to do is to drop in the Library once in a while and give you a line or two on the new ones and good ones—books, not librarians Just take this minute to advise all Philadel phians to read Christopher Morley's "Kitty Foyle" And if you know Morley only as the writer of "Parnassus On Wheels" that you lead back in high school, you've got a surprise coming te you Morley takes Kitty through the Roaring Twenties and Duty` Thirties and things her up to date P. S. • Campy's malcing aft these promises with his fingers crossed PARADOX- In Tuesday's edit "I'm Men Only," E R. gave us this, "Say maybe not so many clothes and less ,shows" THOUGHT- The girl who walked amass Rec Hall floor and didn't get whistled at would probably drop dead. AFTERTHOUGHT- Wonder what the boys would do if a doyen really gorgeous gals would saunter across Rec Hall floor' , Maybe Bernreuter could tell us Or would we have to ask Freud') QUESTION- Manta's Tuesday Bulletin ha's got Campy think ing How can Senior Ball Co-chairman Davie Morgan tell whether it was "Jean Kinsey" ,or "Priscilla Marie" Lawrence he gave his pin to the other day Campy understands that Frank Zum bro used to have trouble un-twinning them COLLEGE BRAINS- As a final exam, the Econ dept decided to give Econ 16 students a chance to spout on their own solution to our Economic Ills The prize winner was, "Let's give the country to the Indians and get our beads back. We wuz robbed' You'll Eajoy The Corner unusual • CAMPUSEER EIMEMEI PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Penn State Enters A Struggle By EMANUEL ROTH MANAGING EDITOR, COLLEGIAN FROM THE BEGINNING of time, the battles between the Reactionary and Liberal have raged furiously and inces tintl3;. Histoi y stands replete with the triumphs of- each The liberal, imbued with a burning penchant for change, dissatisfied with the unproductive standpattisms of a stink ing past and decaying present, must toe his mark and sharp en his spear against the opposing elements, cloaked in a self ' atisfiecl aura of complacency and the hard-to-crack mag netic logic of "the old way's the best way " PENN STATE TODAY, quite unknown to the over whelming majority of students and faculty, is witness ing the beginnings of a life-death struggle between the Future and the Past, the Liberal elements and the Reac tionary elements. It will take a few years for the battle lines to form, a few more for the limit to become evi dent. No, there will be no blood shed, no bodies smattered The battle will be a quiet one—a kampf between two attitucks of mind. And one must triumph PENN STATE HAS A TRADITION of conservatism From the smug heights of Ag Hill, to the red regularity of ';Engineering row—the word "liberal" has been anathema, a connotative of "radical." The student has been far from immune, surprising as it may seem Whether the economic, social, or political back ground is or is hot responsible, the fact remains that the Penn State student_body, in poportion to its size, is pi ae tically the most conservative in the county A VIBRANT, VIGOROUS ELEMENT, especially notice able in the faculty, has risen to taunt and challenge the status quo within the last few yea' s "Shut 'em up, those troublesome young whipper snappers," the stand-patters shriek, "do they believe that Ph. D. degrees give them all the world's knowledge? Look at me, 25 years in the department, and do I pre tend to know-it-all? Do lApublicize the topic of my , Ph. D. thesis? Do I put crazy ideas in the heads of stu dents?'- Do I ... • • c,",;(1 ' ' - And so the fight has begun.' l On the one hand we have the entrenched Traditionalists —symbols of a bygone era in Penn State history, basking in the ruts and rust of inefficiency, impervious to new ideas and standards, contented to view the world as a tosy brother hood which, like the British, 3vill sooner oi later "muddle through " These barnacles on State's bow include important cogs in the local machinery of education—many depart ment heads, administrative heads, faculty, deans—con venient hangers-on who thrive on the sweet hemlock of a passive and unproductive tradition. PFNN STATE must solve many problems before it can justify that final lurch into the New Era. It must rise up to meet the challenges which new circumstances and new Con ditions have piled high. Is it great enough to take the first step? Is it mighty enough to shed and sever the cancers of Reaction which years of stand 'pattism have produced' Lenfen Vesper Services To Be Offered By PHA, Shambach '42 Announces With the advent of Lent, Walter N Shambach '42, chairman, has announced a program of Lenten Vespers Services that are to be held through the PSCA and co operating fraternities and sorori ties All of the services will be held in 304 Old Main and will last from 6.45 p m to 7:15 on the day scheduled The first service scheduled is for, February 20 at which time Kirby Real Fun! : - ' Many Surprises! Exceptional Values ! 'Startin g Saturday, February 10 , , At 9:00 A.M. SECRET PACKAGES. 50c each ' ' . VALUES FROM WINDOW $3.00 STUDY THE WINDOW TODAY at ; :-- i , 1 , , i‘ , ' ~,,, , ~,, Editorial 'Page, renowned religious writer, will speak Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta and Triangle will hold the service February 27 The first serv ice in March will be held by Delta Gamma, Theta Phi Alpha, and Phi Sigma Kappa March 5 Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Omi cron Pi, and Sigma Pt will hold services March 12, and March 19 the last services will be sponsored by Zeta Tau Alpha, Philofes, and Alpha Gamma Rho The committee in charge of planning the services consists of Catherine E Coleman '42, Virginia C Heath '4l, Richard D. Either '4l, and Douglas K Adams '4l CAMPUS BULLETIN Noticed of meetings to he pub lished in this column may be left at Student Union Office in Old Main up to 1 pm. on the day preceeding publication. Ski club meets in Fo 1 es tr y Building at 7 p m Movies and or ganization fot state championships Collegian business stall, 312 Main, 5 p m TOMORROW Business meeting of American Association of University Profes sors in Sandwich Shop at 7 30 p in MONDAY All new women students report to 3 Old Main at 0 15 p m for rr._ mined physical examination Mantoux testing for tubeteu losis will be in 3 Old Main Monday and Tuesday from 8 30 a m to noon and 1 30 to 5 30 p m All undergraduates who have not completed the test report during this period _ MISCELLANEOUS Faculty wives with library ex perience of taming may register at the Librarian's Office for part time employment All new men - students report to 3 Old Main at 6 15 p m next Tues day for required physical examin ation Hill& Foundation Widens Program Plans Social, Dramatics, And Speaking Contest' The most popularized and exten sive social and recreation program, in the history of the Hillel Founda tion is being planned for'students, it was announced today In addition to furthering plans for the annual Extemporaneous Speaking Contest and the debate program, arrangements have prac tically been completed for the first social of the semester, to be held at the Beta Sigma Rho house Arrangements are also being foi warded for a ping-pong tourna ment, the pi esentation of one-act plays, and a litterbug contest "The Halle] Cabinet will hold an important session next week, Em anuel Roth 40, president, has an nounced Plans for the semester will be outlined and committees, neWlyriedrganized„, will begin „to functiOnat top speed The fa'cilities of 'the Foundation are open to all students TEXT BOOKS New and_Used . 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