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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Successor to Tilt Free Lamm. established 1857
Published send. eel It during the College tear, except
on hobiloya In en is of The Pennayls anis State College,
in the Interest of the College the atudenta, faculty, alumni,
and f ',ends
THF MANAGING BOARD
A WILLIAM ENGEL, JR '4O, Editor
C RUSSELL ECK '4O, Business Manager
}Wen I. Comp . 40, Women n Editor
FMANIISI. ROTH '4O BURTON C WILLIS .7R '4O
Manning Editor Ads erasing Manager
ROIIrRT I. WILSON 40 MORTON NIEMAN '4O
Sports Editor Cirrulation Manager
lIERNARD A NEWMAN '4O DORIS OUTMAN '4O
News Editor Senior Secretary
Grotto]; R SCHLFSS '4O
Feature Editor JANFT STORY '4O
Assistant Senior Secretary
PAUL HALDEMAN .711 'lO W 110ADLEY OWENS 'lO
Assistant Managing E line Assistant News Editor
rtr.notitr NINON 40 MIN LEIS R CORDON '4O
Assettnnt Sports Editor Assistant Women's Ed for
Mn nghut Editor Thlr Irsnr -
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Friday, IVlaich 15, 1940
A UNIFIED ALUMNI?
- A UNIFIED ALUMNI plan, recently
presented to the All-College Cabinet by the
Executive Committee of the Alumni Asso
ciation, faintly takes the form of an an
swer to an early-fall appeal
What does the Alumni Association pro
pose to do?
Whether it be by stretch of imagination
6r by confidence in the ambition of the as
4ciation, the proposed "unified Penn State
Alumni Association" with undergraduates
as members k a welcomed act of aggres
sion on the part of the once-lagging organ
ivation.
• The crux of the Association's plan may
he summarized briefly by pointing out that
iindei graduates of the College would pay
h moderate fee each semester over the four
year period and become life memhrs of the
: Alumni Association upon graduation—and
with no obligation to pay additional dues.
_ The step toward unity is amazing, but
as the Association itself has mimed
-11v step must not he taken too hastily.
- Befoi e leaping, all angles of the proposed
organization must be studied thoroughly.
Undoubtedly, the,plan has numerous bene
fits for undergraduates, graduates and the
College.
Yet, would it he democratic? Would the
general student body accept such a plan
unless the privilege is optional? Would the
tee be within the finanical reach of the av
erage student? Would the proposal aid in
"pepping up" the graduated non-members
of the Association?
Given the - sincere appraisal of an aver
age cross-section of the student body, the
Association's proposal might be earmarked
as the most progressive procedure in al
umni organization in the country.
Theoretically, the plan is unsurpassed
Time should test its practicability
A TOAST TO PLAYERS
THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, the
Penn State Players milk their 20th anni
versary on the campus with a mammoth
presentation of "The World We Live In," a
stinging satire on humanity as portiayed
through characters in the insect win Id
; 'The Collegian, on behalf of students,
takes the medium of its editorial columns to
extend its sincerest congi aLulations and
-wishes for continued Li iumphs in the future
—triumphs which constitute the greatest
pai t of the history of the organization.
Non-subsidized, the Penn State Players
throughout their two decades of exist
ence have risen rapidly, gained more and
more recognition in the field of college
dramatics. '1 hey have constantly striven
to justify that raison d'etres of all drama
groups—entertainment.
' Under the imaginative leadership of pro
fessors Pi ank Neusbaum, director of Play
ers, and Ai thui• Cloetingh, head of the de
partment oi dramatics, the Penn State
Players hale never lost sight of the various
- tastes which must be catered to and ap
.peased.
Plays of social significance, "Bury the
Dead 1 " "Peace on Earth," "Idiot's Delight,"
mixed in with such classical pi othfctions as
"Oedipus Rex," and "Medea," have been
counter-balanced by such hilarious come
dies as "First Lady" (fast non-professional
release at Penn State), "You Can't Take It,
With You," and countless others. "The
Dybbuk" staged here two years ago, reach
ed, a new high in the success of religious
drama.
The string of Players' triumphs is some
thing the College can justly point to with
pride. "The World We Live In," with its
world-wide social ramifications, is an appro
priate selection.
And so, on their 20th anniversary, the
Collegian joins with Penn State in congrat
ulating the Players. So long as such incu
bators for the professional stage exist,
there is no alternative but to proclami:
The theatre can not be dead?—E.R
BY HIMSELF
Remote Control?
It was at the Intercollegiate boxing finals just
t. fter the outcome of the Scally-Woyciesjes bout
l'ad been announced Johnny Mastrella (Syracuse
Loxer of the Mash ella-Sammy Donato feud of a
OW years ago) turned to Ridge Riley, Penn State's
sports mouthpiece, and said
"I don't see what they're booing about Why
Scatty never even touched him "
"Yeah" questioned Ridge "Then what was
making his head snap back" '
Name Change
__Edward J 1414143rie '4l
—Wlllmm E Fowler '4l
- Arita 1 HrOtran .41
The newsreel did ill Did it right out loud so
that the whole country will know. On the screen
tl ere flashed a picture of Barney Ewell winning
the intercollegiate sixty-yard dash. Then the com
mentatm blasted forth, " wmnel, Barney Ew
ell, representing the Pennsylvania Slate Univer
sity!" Come on, trustees. You can't make a liar
out of the newsreel.
Faux Pas
Johnny Lazzari, jr pre-med, doesn't usually go
around leading with his chin but he sure stuck it
out in Speech 200 the other day Prof. Dougherty
had cut twice before when Johnny came sailing
into the room and could see , no sign of a professor.
"What say, boys," said Johnny with a smile of
anticipation on his face, "is he going to cut class
again today?"
There was a moment of hear-pin-drop silence
and then an answer came from the back of the
room t
"No," it said in a positive voice, "I'm not go
mg to cut today"
Sour Grapes
If the men had been voting, Campy is willing to
wager Old Main against a two-by-four tourist
cabin that Louise Breuninger would have nosed
out Jane Romig for that May Queen spot
Player Pun
If you had referred to the Penn State Players
last year as a "bunch of insects" you would have
immediately become one of the protagonists in a
dramatic duel But now, what else could you call
them,
At "World We Live In" practice Tuesday night,
one of the little male insects was running around
asking the ants-and-so-forth if any of them had
scen his proscenium arch
"Yes," said Chrysalis Verna Sevast, "and I
think you ought to wear a gudle "
Speed
A record of some kind was set by phikappasig
Eob Corbett He got his pin at an initiation ban
quet the other p in and less than two hours later
it was decorating the sweater front of Jane Kint
ner, swell transfer from Mansfield College.
Frosh Dick Watts, alphakisig, didn't keep his
pin any too long before transferring it to the pos
session of town girl Jane Dunlap.
Co-edit
The D U's spaghetti'ed Kappa Kappa Gam
ma's Mary Katherine Clinger at a dinner party
Tuesday night. The occasion was the birthday of
the aforementioned kappa. Statistical note sev
en hundred and thirty-sia yards of spaghetti were
conswned
Incongruity
After sitting through "Grapes of Wrath" and
lu.ving it forcefully impressed upon the mind
that the itinerant worker in California was in
v bad way and in need of help right now, Campy
was sort of puzzled to see Californian Herbert
Hoover in the newsreel earnestly asking that ev
cryone contribute to the Finnish Relief Fund
Which brings to mind Leonard Lyon's story
of Hooves and John,Steinbeck, author of "Grapes
of Wrath "
Hoover sent a letter to Stembeck, asking him
to contribute to the Finnish Relief Fund. Stein
beck's answer was lather disconcei tang It read
"Dear Mr Hoover, I have been living at this
, •ame address for a long time It's funny I never
received your letter about Ethiopia and Crecho
slovakia."
GO HOME BY BUS
FOR EASTER
Greyhound busses will leave Central
Parking Area on Campus back of
Chemistry Building at 12:45 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon bound for
Greensburg, Wilkes-Barre, New York
Harrisburg, Johnstown, Pittsburgh
Scranton Sunbury Philadelphia
and Intermediate Points
Ticket Sale Closes at 8 P.M. .
Tuesday
RESERVED SEATS
Tickets May Be Purchased at
Bus Depot in the State College
Hotel
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CAMPUSEER
PENN Sl'An eOLVEGI:AINT
1 MAY QUEEN - \
JANE A. ROMIG '4O
Eleitions
(Continued from page
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nor Benfer, defeated WSGA and
WRA presidential candidates, au
tomatically became secretaries of
their revective'organintions Miss
Taylor, who was defeated is
WSGA vice-president, became the
second Junior Senator
The 575 final ballots cast 'top
ped all previous women's election
results
New officers were inducted after
an installation coffee hour in Fran
ces Atherton Hall-last' night, and
Miss 'Benfer was announced as the
1940-41 chairman of Judicial Com
mittee
WSGA bracelets foi , outstand
ing services went to Winifred M
Watson '4O, May Day' chairman;
Bess J Treager '9O, Co-Edition ed
itor, Helen L Camp '4O, Women's
Editor of Collegian, Jean F Bride
'4l and Bertha M Douthett !41,
chairmen of dining loom arrange
ments; Gail F Pope '4l, WSGA
dance chairman, Jeanne M Chew
'4l and Robei to J Kelly '42, elec
tion committee heads,'H lean , Fox
'4l and R. Helen, Gordon '42,
Christmas Dinner co-ehairmen
Pan-Hel Accepti,Member
Panhellenic , Council granted as
sociate" membership to Charttides,
local sorority, at its meeting-Wed
nesday night Membership will be
come effective March 27 at the end
of the nine-month pei iod aftei;tts
acceptance 'by the Student , Wel
fare Board
A new curriculum, and teaching
materials laboratory has been ei,:
tablished at Syracuse'University
MARCH 15, 16
"The World. We Live In"
Get tickets at Student Union
Weaver Announces Work
On Women's Paint System
Will ,Begin Immediately
Scaling of women's activity
points will begin immediately tin
der the direction 'of the 3940-41
Junior Senators, Anne M Borton
and Mildred M Taylor, according
to Elinor L Weaver:, newly elected
WSGA president
The senatois will,meet with rep
resentatives from coed organiza
tions, and nbint lassignments will
be based on time and responsibil
ity involved in the woi ic The sys
tem should be ready to-be applied
by election time next year•, Miss
Weaver stated
Designed to spread activities
among many coeds, to benefit oi
ganirations by- assming each office
a leader with concenbated inter
ests, and to protect coeds from be
ing burdened with more extra-cur
lc than is safe for then
health and studies, the point ap
portioningtplan was the result of
an extensive survey conducted by
a WSGA House of Representatives'
committee headed by Betty Ann
Albright :'4l -
There/are 735 trees on the cam
pus ; '
' • RECORD PLAYER AND RACK
with SIX preselected Victor records
Special until April First. .. . $7.95 complete
,An unusual value—why not ask for one as an Easter present?
THE MUSIC ROOM
Get Ready
For Spring
Have Your Suits Cleaned and
Pressed for Spring and Easier
QUICK ECONOMICAL SERVICE,
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CAMPUS BULLETIN
Notices of meetings to be pub
lished in this column may be
left at Student Union Office in
Old Main up' to 1 p.m. on the
day preceeding publication.
TOMORROW
Jam session at the Dry Dock
Night Club, 10 30 to 11 p in Res
ervations at Student Union Plenty
of tables left
SUNDAY
Freshman Independent meeting,
Room 405 Old Main, at 2 15 p m
MONDAY
ASCE lecture on "Flood Control"
by Capt H. G Douglas, U S
Army, in Room 107 ME, at 7 30
p m
Ag students interested in joining
the Collegiate Chapter of Future
Farmers 1 eport to Room 405 Old
Main at 7 30 p m
Get Tickets Now Fox
"The World' We Live In"
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"The World We Live in"
March 1,5, 16, Admission 50c 164
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