rase T.%ro THE COLLEGIAN PLATFORM ... ::.'Foe A Better Penn State' I. Open the new buildings. 2. Pay higher faculty salaries. 3. Relieve the housing situation through inspec lion and new dormitories. 4. Centralize agencies for student financial helps 5. Change the College name. 6. Retard Penn State's physical growth to allow lime for internal development. 7. Build a strong, active alumni. 8. Erect a Student Union Building and a Field Rouse. 9. Improve student and faculty relations. 10. Inspire a growing College spirit and pride and encourase increased participation in extra curricular activities. FOR A BETTER PENN STATE In this campaign year 1940, the Collegian mtioduces its platform for a better Penn Slate. And what does it mean, this phrase "for better Penn State" It means an acknowledgement of the points - above. ft means 'a recognition of the present greatness of the College but an unwilling ness to admit that it cannot grow still greater. It means a sincere desire to show each •tudent the way to an intelligent pride in and respect for his College It means fulfillment of the Collegian's ',oast of Complete Campus Coverage—a rzsk that next year's daily Collegian pi om ises to make simple. IL means a recognition of the Collegian's singular position as the only truly Penn State news organ and of its duty as the sei vant of its readeis to support whole heartedly those beneficial enterprises in which they are engaged. It means recognition of and respect for Ihe fact that the Collegian has existed 52 yea's with its editorial policy never subject .o censorship or control of the College ad ministration and it means a continued re spect for this privilege of free thought and iIPP expression. It:means a firm faith in the energy and initiative of youth and a wholesome respect in experienced opinion so that the Col legian can try unceasingly to express and interpret student opinion yet never meet the pitfall of assuming to be a seer. WAR IN THE SANCTUARY A FASCINATING COMMENTARY on the war for peace is the dilemma the PSCA .aced a few weeks ago when it wanted to bring Sherwood Eddy to the campus Ed dy's visit had been planned since Fall and, as usual, the PSCA wanted ,a convocation cm the Monday' of his visit. Then came the February iucbus created by the American Youth Congi ess in Wash ington and the desire of tin lying groups to remain healthy by not associating with the diseased Congress or any similar national g croups. Then—with CA plans already laid—invi tations came to join the internationalist Untied Peace Committee in a strike for peace on Api al 22 and also the rival isola tionist Youth Committee Against War in a peace strike April 19 Nobody, particular ly the PSCA, wanted to take sides but Ed dy was - already signed for a convocation on 'he 22nd. What to do? The PSCA took stock and finally decided o swashbuckle through on the date it had chosen but sedulously avollied any sem blance of a•"strike for peace," and thereby n eserved its maiden honor. And, anyway, by the time Eddy left campus there was considerable doubt whelhei he wanted peace. PENN STATE COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn Stale" Successor to The Free Lance, established 1887 Published semi-weekly during the College year except m holidays by the students of the Pennsylvania State College In the Interest of the College, the students, facul ty, alumni and friends Friday, May 3, 1990 THE MANAGING BOARD ADAM A SMYSER MI Editor LAWRENCE S DRIEVER '4l. Business Manager VERA L KEMP '4l. Women's Editor ROBERT II LANE '4l JOHN H THOMAS '4l Managing Editor Advertibing Manager RICHARD C PETERS '4l ROBERT G ROBINSON '4l Sports Editor Circulation Manager WILLIAM E FOWLER '4l RUTH GOLDSTEIN '4l News Editor Senior Secretary LESLIE H LEWIS '4l COWARD .7 McLORIE '42 Senior Secretary Feature Editor ARITA L HEFFERAN '4l _ . BAYARD BLOOM '4l Assistant Women's .Editor Assistant Managing Editor EDYTHE B RICKEL '4l EDGAR V HALL '4l Women's Promotion Assistant. Sports Editor Manager ASSOCIATE EDITORS John Baer . 42. AIIce M /24F.rn.42 ii7liefenZ - Oran '42 Pa NagNUerg L 2 Ross El Lehman '42 Stanley.] PoKempner '42 William .1. McKnight '42 Jeanne C Stiles '42 Thomas W Allison '42 Paul N Goldberg '42 James E MeCauahney '42 Charles L. Vanlnwagen '42 L Blair Wallace '42 Margaret L Etinbury '42 Fay E Rees 42 Virginia Ogden '42 Managing Editor This Issue . Ross B Lehman '42 News Editor This Issue . . Stanley J PoKemoner 42 Women's Issue Viler . ..Jeanne C Stiles 42 Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1939, at the post office at State College, Pa , under the act of March 3, IBM CAMPUSEER Well, Ropers cieepers I never thought when I escaped from the wild Ugambi-gambis of south ern Africa, or when I headed the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Underprivileged Polar Bears, or when—well, anyhow, I never thought I'd end up wi Aug this silly column Ain't life the funniest thing, tho' 9 Or ain't its Gee There's so much to wide about 1 hardly don't know how to begin quite Mote to English Comp dept —I don't always never use such-Eng lish) I think I'll write one of these here elogies Prof. Banner talks about Just to get off the beat en path, to blaze new frontiers, to investigate new horizon'—l'll wu ite about sex In Spring it reappears Of course it ain't never gone nowhere But anyhow it bursts forth in full bloom And there swells up in our hearts a great long Ong When the lovely coeds (both of 'ern) Undulate up and down the campus Ah . (sigh) spring . . the golf course The Kappas and Connie Smith and Betty Smith and the Smith girls ' ' The Thetas and Eleanni Benfer and Nancy Seeds and Peggy Seeds and spring planting The AOPis and Ruth Treasure and Ruth Treas ure and Ruth Treasure Wm in a rut—but I like ill And all the other lucky sororities I / don't have 'room to mention (see ,Lawrence S Driever, —.successor to Original Shylock Russell Eck, for advertising space) • And the DeSilver twins (see Pittsburgh Press) and the Lawrence Twins and double trouble Gosh' I wish I could get a date SEX (Add 1) Now don't get me wrong Sex ain't the only thing in life It's just the sexiest thing SIDELIGHTS ON SEX Flash' Prof Dusham, zoology 1 mastermind (he gave us a "3", Schless), found himself deep in • the midst of an involved lecture on a very unique subject—SEXUAL reproduction A little worried member of the weaker (exploded theory) SEX asked, "I-low do you explain Mrs Dionne 9" Dusham couldn't - SEX ANGLES Dave and Pat Holahan, only married couple in the marriage course, are zipping it Sammy Galin (man-of-the-hour, God's gift, to columnists) is not unchallenged in the Donna Dae league— swim captain Bill ,Kirkpatrick ha% nominated himself for Saturday night Harry Pierce, Theta Xi, and Ned Wakeman, Kappa Sig, are le ported blanked in the Hood league Peggy Jones is looking pretty nice (Al Blair thinks - so too) -, . .. - MORE SEX" Harriet Stubbs and Louise Paraska and Louise Paraska and Louise Paraska (now we're carrying Bob Weil's torch . Ruth Kennedy and Knobby Ilefferan and the good old alfalfa suite Jo Condrin (we knew her when she was freshman beauty queen) . Helen Swanson (no relation to the cake flour people) Red-headed Swissvale charmer Helen Cramer (gad' there must be a mil lion of these Kappas) Jeanne Stiles and Alice Murray, or WHY SO MANY BOYS CO OUT FOR THE COLLEGIAN Jean Waldron, of WHY. DIDN'T WE SPEND TWO YEARS AT DUBOIS UNDERGRAD CENTER . NON•SEX There is a certain chap whom a certain chap promised to put his name in a certain column if this 'certain second chap was elected editor of a certain college rag Campy hereby salutes this first chap—Dan Thomas. Hi, Dan How'are you Dan Dan Thomas DAN THOMAS Good old Dan Thomas P. S. Campy thinks you're piretty sad—and why don't you go after some SEX and get your name in the column legitimate" After the Prom , The Corner PENN STATE COLLEGIAN 'Penn Stale In China' Significant Exchange Student Tells Lingnan Developments Penn State in China cattle-loin China in the Pm Eas( may seem a fm my from Penn State sui ioundings to the average student who contributes willingly though unknowingly in Chapel to the work the College is doing in Lingnan Univetsity On the other hand, however, the phrase "Penn State in China" has a meaning which cannot be fully appreciated until one has come from one place to the other In a letter rtom Richard G Davis '39, an exchange student car! ying on graduate social stU dies at Lingnan University and a Phi Setta Kappa member, comes most timel2, and intei eqing news coneez nmg the work being done by, Penn State men and cont.' ibu lions in China _ Students Take Rehm "Pot the past semester the stu dent body and most of the fac ulty of Lingnan have taken tefuge and most of the work is being done at Hongkong University But the title Lingnan is still in Canton and a skeleton staff of Americans lives on the campus We are all assisting in the upkeep and management of the pi operty so that it may be ready for the students when they tetuin ~,- "Lingnan,was one of the areas designated as refuges rot non combatants dui mg the pi ocess of the occupation of Canton The campus sheltered people from the surrounding tei i :icily ft om Oc tober, 1938, until January, 1940, providing nee food, clothing and shelter lot as many as 7000 refu gees atone time," wiles Davis Research Continued In addition to such chm 'table projects a consider able amount of work is in progress by which the university benefits (Meetly The agricultmal, botanical and ento mological experiments me being maintained Buildings which wei badly shaken by a nearby explo sion are being iepaued and a con stant check is made on all stiuc tures to prevent the tepid deteri oration which this climate fosters "Penn State in China has been a great success and is an import ant part of the effort to preserve the unity of Lingnan Penn State at home may be assured,- that everything is being done to pisti fv the faith it has in us We ire confident that in the end we shall be successful" Weaver Chosen Head Of National Committee Ehnoi L Weave', WSGApresi dent, was named chairman of the membership and invitations com mittee of the Intetcollegiate As= sociation of Women Students at the convention at the University of lowa recently , 'Expei 'merit in Living" was the convention theme Dr Bess E Goodycoonta, assistant commis sioner of education of the nation al department of education, and Grant Wood, noted Amer man art ist, spoke Alma College in Alma, Mich , and the University of North Da kota weie admitted to the associ ation and plans Wore made foi nest yeai's meeting at Texas Uni versity The Univeisity of lowa School of Radio presented "Wuthering Heights" on a network covering lowa and neighborhing states be fore the 152 women delegates,' A. trip to Amana, colony ,of Germans, highlighted the con clave At a "Spiting Swing" dance, the lowa Highlanders, a band of bagpipers features ,last summer at the New Yoi k World's Fair, provided music Senate Announces Hours For Coeds This Weekend Upperelass and freshmen wo men's hours this weekend an nounced by WSGA Senate are three o'cloeks tonight, two o'clocks tomorrow mght, and ten o'elocks Sunday night. , e Crisp Dashing Parly Dresses SILIS SCHLOW'S QUALITY SHOP 110 E. College Ave US GALS BY VERA L. KEMP. Women's Editor Editor's Note. It as tatting for a new women's staff to take up its cubes through the informal column introduced by Collegian's ex women's editor—Helen L. Camp. DEAR CAMPY - You put Collegian women on the map Prom two columns of news to a real honest-to-gpodness women's page is a big in dei for any one to swing But you did it 1 _ You weien't 'content to stick women's news in Coedits and Women in Sports. So out went men's news nom the second page And away went the kickbacks we got as sophomore candidates—why should we give you news when the last story. didn't get in" We'll miss your tantrums for space. We'll miss you tearing your hair out when we spell "develop" with an "e" We'❑ miss yam threats to bounce a typewi iter off the next person - to end a question with a pei lad Well miss seeing your blonde head-toss when you walk up arid down on the news desk We'll miss your humor, your innovations, you' vitality Damn it, Campy, we're going to miss you We thank you for the space, and fm showing the Men that women make news too We thank you for 'the chance to work in the pi int shop We thank you fm the experience we couldn't get in classes We thank you fom the women's page we'll have next yea' We promise, Campy, to go on making pi ogress We promise to put life into women's news and spell "definite" without an "a" We prom ise to use oui women's page for mine complete covei age W promise to cut excess wrads and use stoi ies theme wasn't room foi berme We promise, most of all, to follow your cieed—"Don't de as we did, do as we wish we had done" We know about the sleepless nights and the weal We know what you've done for us, and 'we'll 'how you that you were right You %bowed us it was worth the struggle, and we'll show you we know it Penn State women needed you, Campy Yom podded out then problems as only you could Who eye] you go, Campy, iemembei those sleepless night and six Collegian women that owe you a debt they'll probably :level he able to pay We won't forget you Campus Problems Under Discussion By Committee Of 1 Men And Women First Student-Faculty Tea Listed For May T In, Grange, Dormitory; Committees Named A committee of two lepie‘entatives from the All-College Cabinet and five members of WSGA House of Representatives will discuss campus pioblems and the 1114 student-faculty tea, sponsored by WSGA .Tunior-Set vice Board, will be held in Giange Dormitory from 7 to 8 30 p m May 7. 4 Questions under consideration ate dormitory conduct, coed', walking unescorted at night, and pajama parades The committee includes H Clif ton McWilliams, Jr 40, Glover C Washabaugh, Jr '4O, Betty Anne Albright '9l, Eleanor L Fagans '4l, Patricia L Patton '4l, Dorothy L Shaw/42, and Thelma E Wei gel '4l About fifty faculty members and all junior women" will' attend `the service group's tea Committees are Allem A Markley, invita tions, Ann K Lobach, enterta.n ment, M Elizabeth' Baker, rood, and Beverly E Dibble, service Local Section Of ACS Will Meet Al Bucknell, The 96th meeting of the Central Pennsylvania section of the Amer ican Chemical Society will be held at Bucknell University, Lewisburg tomorrow ,Members and /guests whl assemble at the Priestley House , , and Museum at Noi thum berland Included in the program will i e a dinner at the Lewisburg Inn and an address at the Bucknell Chem ist*, building by Di M S Khai asch, who will speak on "Olganie Chain Reactions in Theory and Pi actice" Dr Kharasch is well known in the field of organic chemistry foi his leasealch at the Univeisity of Chicago For Mother's' Day May We Suggest Gifts That Will Please iler! WHITMAN'S CHOCOLATES' ' ASSORTED CANDIES _ • TOILETRIES Fiona the Largest Selection In , Tount! LUCIEN LELONG LENTHERIC DOROTHY , GRAY . CORDAY ' EARLY AMERICAN ' , Rea & Denek S. Allen St. , Next to Bank Clock I=l Student Leaders Ask Fred Waring To Wriie School Song For,Sfale A scroll signed by student lead eis and petitioning Fred Waring to write 'a school song for Penn State will be presented to the famed -band-leader at the Glee Club con cert Stinßak - Waring has wi itten school songs foi 37 colleges, including Drake - Univeisity, the Texas School of Mines, University of Alabama, Bowdoin College, and Brown Uni versity Waring's radio sponsor, Liggett- Myeis Tobacco Co, gives a copy of the song to every student of the college foi which it is written Waling will conduct several numbeis in the Glee Club conceit Donna Dae, featured singer with his band, will be at the concert, following her appearance in the Thespians' show. Wives Of State AO Heads Guests Of HE Department Wives of, State agi 'cultural leaders were guests of the home economies department yesterday and Wednesday at a program de qigned inform them on home mi.. nomics 'work here . Pai_i=liel Activity Groups Named Scholarship Cup Given Phi Mu This Semester Committees le supei vise Pan hellenic activities next yew were announced Wednesday night by Piesident Hamlet Singer '42, and the scholarship cup was given to Phi Mu since Chas itides, with a higher aveiage, is not national The committees are ushing— Jean A Krausei '42, chan man, Maigaret M Diener '42 and Mina A Smith '4l, social—L Eleanor Benfer '4l, chan man, Mariqn M Eberts '42' and Caiolyn Moore head '42, eligibility—Predlyn H Pottash '92 ,chairmani and Mar ione B Shade '42 Scholarship—lane 13 Hoskins '4l, chaiiman, and V Dorothy Radcliff '42, postmistress, J Louise Hyder '4l, program— Pauline J Toussaint '4l, chair man, and Vera N Palmer '4l; handbook—Ai ita L Hefferan '4l, chan man, Arlene A Markeley '4l, Margaret L Embury '42; and Ele anor L Arnold '4l The bridge tournament will be played off May 8 between two, Delta Gamma teams and, teams from Alpha Chi Omega, - Chi Omega, and Kappa Kappa Gam= ma Babcock Names Committee To Assign Little Sisters- Town senatoi Jean Babcock '42 has announced the committee to assign incoming freshmen to wo inen,who have signified their wil lingness to be big sisters next yea: Co-eds appointed me Mai tan M Ebei is '42, Sally P Searle '42, £ Miriam Jones '43, Carol G Mil ler '43, Helen P Miller '43, Joanne M Palmer '43, and Mu: lel S Tay- Im '9l Any woman who has not le teived an application blank I'm a little sister and who would like one may hand he) name to the dean of women's office oi to any of the committee ' Ecuador will establi , ,h a service foi the inspection of imported plants and animals and of planta tions and faims rot plant and ani mal diseases ..-.Aeowse ielOtto , The familiar Telephone 'Directory is America's' No. 1 - Reference Book—consulied pillions of times a day by men, women and children in every walk of life, Besides being "America's Calling it is also one of the moat helpful bitying guides. In-the classified "Whereto Buy It" section (yellow pages) you will find the names, addresses, and teleph'one nUmbdrs <if dealers . who sell what you want—many of them listed under the . trade marks of scores of nationally advertised brands. This, idea is one ,of many pioneered by the Bell ! 4 System to increase the value - of pir telephone service. , .1 7- nday. May S. 1940';•", L,Co=Editi Three soi ni itles initiated this week ' Alpha Chi—sOphomore, Helen Gottshalk, freshmen, Ern- ily Funk, Louise Fuoss, Marjorie MeFailand, Jeanne Thiess, Mar garet Sherman, and Natalie Ste:', bell • ',' r'4, Thetas sophomore, Nutley :. Seeds, freshmen, Eris Adams, Janet Berkebtle, Ann Dm worth, Rowena GoLshall, Polly -Lee Insley, Aidg.., Loid, Maigaret Mellroy, Dolores,. `Paul, Mae Petty, Miriam Rhein; Katherine Schott, Margaret Seeds 4 and Malin' ie Sykes Kappas—JuniorS, ,, Joyce Goodale; Nora Lantz, and Betty -Smith, sophomot es, Jane Gibboney, , Jane Keith, Betty Lane, Marie, Law. rence, Nancy Mowery, Alice Mur:b ray, and, Dorothy Williams, eslo men, Betty Boger, Carolyn Betty Gent gm, Sara Millet, Rut3ij Moose, Maigaret Rupp, Margaret, Webei, and Beall ice , Williams `;;p; Adams Elected President , Julia Adams was elected, preit,, dent of the Ellen H Richards Club at a mal initiation dinner 'aCthe Nltlany: Sunday night...-Iristalia;,, lion of new officers—Marthi-Pow% ers, vice-president, DorothyDross4 man, secretary; Martha Rissingerl ea',ui et, Virginia Ogden,- - histor- 1 lan, and Maigaret Diener; rept* sentative on the time ec ativisary,l council, will be held May 8 ' „ . • *,44110, , .‘. 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