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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
Succesqm to The FH'e Laver. established 1867
Published sernlsu eel ly during the College 3 !Se. snot
on holidn)it by students of The Penns, Ponta State College
in thy Ink ro id of the Calle., the students, faculty, alumni,
and fr ends
A WILLIAM ENGEL JR 'lO, Editor
C RUSSELL ECK NO, Dimino. Mower
HELEN L CAMP '4O Women s Editot
Matunglnv Editor Thil true
Newk Eiltor Thl.4 Issue
hoitor
Ent, rail as second-close mutter July 5 19,14, at the. pale
office at Stot t Coihfft Pn under the net of March 1, 1879
Tuesday, April 16, 1940
ON WITH THE POLITICAL BANDWAGON
"EMI Y-PIVE PER CENT of the Penn
Sta e student body voted in the last elec
t:oo, wool eas in the average college only
twenty pm cent of the undergraduates par
licipa.e in student government."
'I his was the statement made by a prom
.itent figure in local student govei nment.
'I Collegian no ees that this is a high
centage—quite a tribute. on the surface,
to the average Penn State student.
But is this heavy turnout at the polli
prompted by student interest in govern
ment, by student concern with candidates
and issues? Or is it a tribute rather to a
h ghly-developed MACHINE ORGANIZA
TION, to the efficiency with which party
.‘ifiticians herd their respective factions to
the polls?
Does the average Penn State student
know foi whom or for what he is voting?
Does lie vote Independent m Campus be
muse he likes the qualification , , of their
candidates or the planks of thqir platforms
—or because he was told to vote that way
by his political "boss"
'I he Collegian wonders
Certain it is that the average Penn Stat
er in the past has not been interested
enough in choosing able governmental lead
ers to devote a few minutes of his time in
o, der to find out what goes on, Political
mass meetings have found undergiaduales
slaying away in droves. -
F urely any democratic government in
volves some knowledge of candidates and
I , ,sues on the part of the voter. It is pre
c se'y for this purpose that mass meetings
the that slated tonight are held—to intro
duce the candidates and let them present
tl•e;r platforms.
The Collegian hopes that at least a cer
tain percentage of Penn State's student
body will saci ifice a small pat t of this eve
mng to find out what the, political hubbub
is all about.
EPIDEMIC AFTERMATH
LAST WEDNESDAY morning the Col
lege Health Sei vice opened its doors at the
usual 'nine o'clock morning hour and found
an epidemic—the second in five months
By Wednesday afternoon 134 patients
had been treated at the Dispensary for a
mild form of gastro-ententis manifested
through diarrhea, vomiting, nervousness,
and abdominal' pain It was estimated con
servatively that at least 200 moi e students
were i elying on home cures. By Thursday
that estimate might have been boosted to
1,000 without causing much eyebrow-lift
ing.
The , Collegian has supported Dr. Rite
nour through this year, has believed that
he and the College Health Service have
neen the object of considerable unjust crit
icism, has believed this unfair criticism is
:mpairing the effectiveness of one of the
best-equipped college health services in the
country.
But, here the Collegian believes Dr. Rite
nour's refusal to encourage investigation
is wrong. When two epidemics mild
as they may be—strike a campus as large
is Penn State within five months the cause
seems worth serious and lengthy investi
gation. Might not more serious diseases be
spread as easily?
PEACE IN OUR TIME
FRESH. AGGRESSION in Norway and
Denmark brings war once more screaming
to the headlines. We who have been lulled
into forgetfullness by wishfully imagining
a stalemated Germany awake once more to
a blitzkrieg.
Let us not in the heat of the moment
agitin save the world for democracy. We
fought that war to end war twenty years
ago. While yet it is not treason we plead
for intelligent neutrality.
Let us have peace in our time.
1 OLD MANIA,
STYMIED BY A SHRUNKEN Shhhh
(A Tale Of Life In The Raw)
All was gayety and laughter in tradition
steeped Athei ton Hall emly Friday evening Chat
ting gaily among themselves and humming
matches of the song hits of the day, the carefree
young female students mei lily prepared them
selves for then fast-apploaching appointments
with their young gentlemen of the evening
But while the shrill giggles and tiles of sheer
joy of living rang through the corridors of the
dormitory, stalk, realistic life in the taw was tak
ing place in Room 154
Edward .1 111eLorie
_ Adam A Sm,ser '4l
_ Vera I. Imp '4l
Thei e a coeocl, alone, clesehed by het light
hem ted classmates, suddenly became subjected to
cum, gruesome ti agedy
Unaware of the horrid fate about to befall her,
'he calmly dressed for her date
From a neatly,-laden drawer in her bureau she
removed a bit of feminine apparel which she had
laundered only the night before with her own
dainty hands .
Alas, 0 bawd fate, it had shiunk in the pro
cess of being laundeied With all the,might and
main she could ramie', she tiled to fmce it
mound her body
A crack' A cry of pain , Dilemma in Athol ton
Hall,
Di Joseph P Ratenout, of the College Medical
Service, set the biolcen lib
The Psychic Mr. Naylort
Slight, mustached Johnny Naylor of the Engll9ll
Comp Department played himself psychic the
other day, when a knock on the door awakened
one of his classes -
'Ah, the tioopers must have caught up with me,"
quipped Naylor
He opened the door, revealing two uniformed
minions of the law But they were after only in
formation, kiddies, not our 'Mr NayJoi
The Jewelry Mart.:
Nora Lasts kappa is spotting Bob Crowell's
fidelt pin Helene Snyder '42 is wearing the
engagement ling of the Anch9rage's Bud Biddirag
. frsig Elwood Cooper wants it known that col
•tmmsts have neglected lot months him and his
pines, Frances Rosniek altachi Ruth Kennedy
senim ball. queen, teinembet 9 .l was spe-ed by
Dick Fulmer last week-end . ,
Success Story:
The mob that attended the Glee Club concert
Sunday aftei noon had nothing but praise for the
nano ai tishy of Andrew Szekely, refugee student
from Hungrily Which makes timely once more
the tale of how Szekelv's talent became known
hei e
Early in the yea', Dean Grant found himself
without a pianist at a Glee Club rehearsal He
called for volunteers from among his singers
Szekely said he could play When the goad Dean
asked foi a demonstration, the likeable Hungai ian
started to play Chopin, without benefit of
that brought a tomtit. sound of applause and ex
citement that shook the music department
Flash! Stinker Club Revived!
-W. E. P
Dormant for over a year, the historical, b nth
bona] Stilllcei Club here and now is revived
Our nominee Samuel George Galtu, the over
sluiced songhnd
Our reason The one-man exhibition of how to
lose friends and alienate people that Stinker Gal
lu put on at the above-mentioned Glee Club con
cert
Forty Glee Clubbers sang, and well Gallu,
alone, pantomimed as he warbled, obviously
tried to steal the show ft om the other 39
Andrew Srekely played the piano, and well
Tom Waring sang and well Meanwhile
Gallu stood in a doorway at one side of the stage,
and pantomimed again, in full Anew of about half
of the audience.
Need we go on?
It's PALM BEACH for
The Warm Days Coming.
Have it set aside and pick it ,
up when you need it Our
stocks of sizes and colors is
complete.
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Sport Coat 11.75
Formal Coat 12.50
Slacks 5.00
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-A. A. S
By IMA SNOOP '4O
PEisiN STATE tOLLEGIAIi
BULLETINS
Phi Eta Sigma candidates report
for registration, 209 NLA, 7 to 0
p m today and tornol row
Dr C C Rocsby, assistant chief
of the U S Weather Bureau, will
address American Meteorological
Society and Sigma Gamma Epsi
lon, Room 121 Mineral Industries
Building, 3 10 p m .
THURSDAY
Dr J F . Williams of Teachers
College, Columbia University, will
speak at the annual School of
Physical Education and Athletics
banquet, Autoport, 6 30 p in
MISCELLANEOUS
Applications will be consideied
and physical examinations given
for the Army Au Coups by a trav
eling Boaid of Examination at the
lnfli mai y until Saturday
Student Union dances, Armory,
4 to 5 p m ,-Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday
i l Women in Sportsl
1
Mildred Lucey, phys ed instruc
tot, and Margery Barwick '4l,
Eleanor Benfer '4l, and Helen
Ma 71.11 '42, WRA ()Meets, will at
tend the Northeast Conference of
the Athletic Federation of College
Women' at Ohio State University
ft om Thursday to Saturday. Marge
will discuss co-recreational activi
ties
Grace Noll 40 won the bowling
championship_ with a three-game
scoie , of 432 in While Hall Satur
day afternoon Louise Collins '4O
placed second with 387, and Mary
Jenkins thud with 372
Ping pong finalists Natalie Coop
ei man '42, Harriet HtAchlleld '43,
and Ruth Mom e '43 will compete
this week
A weeks practice for inteiclass
baseball began on Holmes Field
at 4 p m yesterday Two practices
are necessary for major and col
lege games
Managers selected were Muriel
Engelke, Elizabeth Succop, Betty
Widger, juniors, Katharine Lore
sch, Virginia Penrod, Dorothy
Rhoads, and Evelyn Willey, sopho
mores, Jean Burch, Mai tha Duff
man, Nancy Cosset, and Elizabeth
Munroe, heshmen
Co-Edits
Theta Sigma Phi elected Jane
Fulton, president, Vera Kemp,
vice-president, Joyce Ferris, secre
tary, Ruth Goldstein, beasurer, ,
and Dorothy Reeves, aichimt.
Chi Os will enteitain Kappa Sigs
at a buffet supper tomorrow night
.
AOPi pledges gave a "goat
party" for actives last-night" ~,
Kappa pledges suppered the ac
tives at 'the house Sunday .
AEPhis were given a tea-dance by
the Gamma Sigma Phis on Sunday
afternoon
Aileen Holtz, Rita Rosin', Flor
ence Smith, and Irene Toth repre
sented TPAs at their Province
Convention at Syracuse last week
end
Weekending alums were AOPis
Ruth Buirage '39 and Betty Mc-
Vickei '3B, CMG Clam Jones '37,
and Gamma Phis Mat ie Mather
'34, Dorothea Ruth '34, Betty Alex
andel '39, and Janet Lynch '39.
Mrs Marion S McDowell, of the
home ec aepartment has returned
fiom a conference at Chapel Hill,
N C, Duke University and the
University of North Carolina on
teaching marriage courses in col
lege
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Town Children Named
Flower Girls; Seniors Sign
For Chain On May Day
' ' With town children named
flower girls, and train bearers
and senior women signed up to
carry the homlock chain, May
Day plans progressed this week.
Senior women may still sign for
the chain, according to Chairman
Norma P. Stillwell '4l and Sub.
chairman Margaret R. Roberts
'42.
Mary Ann Edwards and Mary
Elizabeth Anderson will straw
flowers in Queen Jane A. Ro
mig's path, while Darryl Wright
and Peter Fishburn carry hor
train.
Green was the color selected
for Maid of Honor Gloria M.
Knepper's dress. Senior Attend
ants Ruth E. Kennedy and Mar
garet E. Warneka will wear blue.
Junior Attendants Betty Ann
Albright and Janet H. Vander
slice will be in orchid, Sopho
- more Attendants Dorothy E.
Salzmann and Barbara Torrence
in yellow, and Freshman Atten
dants Margaret C Seeds and
'Margaret K. Sherman in rose. -
45 Women Named
Senior Sponsors
Selected By Students
Te Supervise '44 Women
For ty-flve junior women have
been selected as next year's senior
sponsors fi om a poll sent out by
the Dean of Women's office to sen
ate membeis, seniors, and fresh
men These sponsors will hold
weekly meetings with groups of
10 to .12 freshmen women next
fall to help orientate and adjust
them to campus life and aid them
in solving any problems
Those named are Catherine C
Albert, Betty A Albright, Mary H
A'hby, Katherine E Bender, L
Eleanor Benfer, Annabelle Boyd,
Betty M Brown, Jeanne M Chew,
Helen B Cramer, Josephine E
Condt in, Harriet L Dayton, Maul
.1 Dalton, Bertha M Douthett„
Eleanor L Pagans "
Madeline M notello, H Jean
ever had That "9 O'Clock, Letdown" While
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Us Gals
It's one a. m. Sleepily the wom
en's dormitory checker-in makes
hei way to the door to admit an
apologetic late-comer.
Only one more person not sign
ed in Why not stay tip? But
fighting sleep is not for one who
has been wakened at two the
night before and twelve the night
before that The checker-in nod
quarter to three. Clang, clang,
clang Must the door bell make
such an ungodly noise 9 She
gropes blindly for the lock, opens
the door, and makes her way back
through the silent hail and to bed.
But now sleep has fled and she
tosses fitfully, listening subcon
sciously for the bell
Very, efficiently on its nightly
round of women's dormitories the
campus patrols check the lights,
doors, and windows Could they
not time their rounds so as to be
at the dormitory at one, two, and
three o'clock to admit late-corn
ers 9
While we're supplying dry
handkerchiefs, we vote two to the
hdrassed co-chairmen of the May
Day committee Sad but true,
they've got a May Queen, attend
ants, and the photographers all set
for, the big event—but where, oh
where is the May Queen's tram?
And now is the lime for 'Allgood
women to register for the infra—
mural discussion If you've been
griping about too strict regula
tions or woirying about too len
ient ones this is the opportunity
to win friends and influence peo
ple And there's a loving cup for
the winner —E R B
Fox, Rosemary E Harris, Margery
A Harwick; Virginia C. Heath,
Arita L Hefferan, Gertrude L
Hellmers, Grace M Hendershot,
Frances E Hohn, Janet N Holt
zinger, Jane B Hoskins, Ruth E
Houser , \ -
Vera L Kemp, Ruth K Kistler,
Leslie A Lewis, Justine Lougee,
Arlene A Maikley, Miriam T
Miller, Dalline A Neuhauser, Jan
ice M. Owens, M Agnes Peebles,
M Isabelle Pfeiffer
Gad B Rope, Rosemarie C Red
eagle, Dorothy B Reeves, Hainel
Singes, Mina A 'Smith, Marie B
Somers, Beth WI Swope, Elinor L
Weaves, Rosemary Williams
Tuesday, April 16, 1940
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