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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
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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!
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Fiona the Largest Selection In , Tount!
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S. Allen St. , Next to Bank Clock
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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
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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 '
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