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THE COLLEGIAN PLATFORM . . i
.. i 'For A Better Penn State'
1. Open the new buildings.
2. Pa; higher faculty salaries
3. Relieve the housing situation through in
spection and new dormitories.
4. Centralize agencies for student financial
help.
5. Change the College name
6. Postpor3e Penn Slate's enrollment in
creases to allow time for internal devel
7. Build a strong, active alumni
8. Erect a Student Union Building and a
Field House.
9. Improve student and faculty relations
10 Insinre a growing College spud and pride
and encourage increased participation in
extra-curricular activities.
UP, UP, UP
IT HASN T BEEN decided yet, but the
chances m e Penn State will take on a hun
t- rod extra freshmen next year
1 Ins Is all well and good It should boost
the College a notch oi two in the national
enio; meat rankings. Pei haps it will break
into the fist ]5
Bul a big College is not the best thing
for the students. This College is enlarging
w len it is aheady cramped, crowding 6,000
students into loom for 3,500.
It, is enlarging despite the fact that its
faculty is underpaid and several of its
schools are under par
It is going to feed a bigger student body
nn the same amount of income.
This can only mean that the color of the
College in t 2 uction will turn more anemic
than befot e
And it will happen because the College
must listen to the dictates of politics iath
i' than the dictates of good educaion Pol
ilics requires that if Penn State is to con
tinue getting budgetary increases it must
continue to he crowded
THE QUESTION whether the education
of 40,000 young people m one small battle
ship is more important to the general wel
fare of the country is being decided in
Washington at the present time
The national administration, in its desire
to enlarge its defense program to gigantic
proportions, has lopped off $15,000,000 of
the National Youth Administration appro
priation for 1940-41 This $15,000,000
would mean only a vei v small addition to
our national defense but taken from the
NYA budget it will deprive 40,000 deserv
ing and needy young citizens of the oppor
tunity of going to college
College students, in several nation-wide
rolls, have voted unanimously in favor of
the NYA and it's up to them as well as col
lege newspapers to make the desires of mil
lions of young Americans known to our
Congi ess The argument is not merely a
plea for the NYA students, a commendable
cause in itself, but whether the benefits of
a well-ti red social program should he dig
caided in a panicky movement for a de
-1 ease prom am.
President Hetzel, as a representative of
college and university administrations, has
written to President Roosevelt asking him
to maintain all college NYA quotas. All
National Youth Administration workers, as
well as all other students and persons in
terested in the welfare of the country, are
urgcd to wi rte to Sen James Murphy,
Washington, D C, who is in charge of the
bill, urging the passage of the American
Youth Act.
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
"For A Bailer Penn State"
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 Intetest of the College, the students. facul
ty, alumni and friends
Friday, May 24, 1940
TIIF. MANAGING BOARD
ADAM A SMYSER '4l Editor
• •
LAWRENCE S DRIEVER 'el. Business Manager
'VERA L KEMP '4l. Women's Editor
ROBERT II LANE '4l JOHN H THOMAS '4l
Mahaging Editor Advertising Manager
RICHARD C PETERS 'Ol 00BERT G ROBINSON '4l
.. Sports Editor . Circulation Manager
WILLIAM k k RUTH GOLDSTEIN '4l
oWLER '4l Senior Secretary
News Editor LESLIE H LEWIS '4l
EDWARD J" McLORIE '4l Senior Secretary
Feature Editor ARITA L HEFFERAN '4l
BAYARD EILGOM '4l Women's Managing Editor
Assistanc . ManattiNg'Editor EDYTHE B RICKEL '4l
EDGAR V HALL '4l Women's Pro Motion
Assistant Sports Editor Manager
JUNIOR EDITORIAL BOARD
' John A Baer 42 ' Alice M Murray '42
R Helen riordon '42 ' Pat Nagelberg '42
Flo.s B I ehman '42 Stanley .1 PoKempner 42
William .1 McKnight '42 Jeanne C Stiles '42
JUNIOR BUSINESS BOARD
Thomas W Allison 92
Paul M. GoMere '42
James E McCaughey '42
CharlerL Vanhlwagen '42
T Blair Wallace 'l2
Margaret T. Embary 42
Virginia Ogden '42
ray E Bees 'l2
Managing Editor This Issue . William I McKnight . 92
News Editor This Maud .
Womenl Issue Editor . . rites ecilrilig
Entered as second-class matter July 5 1934, at the post
office at State College. Pa , under the act of March 3. 1879
CAMPUSEER
=MEI
Ratatatata , That nal sh staccatto sound you
heal does not piesage the arrival of Adolf Rit
im's rowdy-dowdies (aside to local Bond, I'm just
kidding), but is merely the hell-for-leather typing
of your favorite correspondent and chieftain of
Penn State's literati, in shrill., Campy. The lea
,on why Campy r, in such an awful hurry is not
because the place is }mining clown (it's a wonder,
though, with Alice Muiray and the rest of the
wacks around here), and not because the cops
have finally caught up with Campy (oh, heavens),
out because—l think—somebody told me—well,
anyhow it's possible Rose Maly Williams might
not have a date tonight (Okay Thetas--I'm easy)
Filched from the Mails
(The uncensored letto which appears below
was found by out sect et operative 3920 p in—of all
places--a mail box We are printing it in the
hope that its authoi will give himself up to local
authoi sties for prompt hanging
Alexander Ulpsses Muditimper
United Tank Corporation ,
Rattlepatch, Nebtaslca
Deal Butch
After years of [Janne search, I have at last
found the ideal testing ground for your new super
de luxe heavy duty tanks It's a natural, chief'
Verrill( hills—deep claims—uneven teriain—
hardly an attempt at even bluing hails, let alone
load-building If your tanks can navigate this
dish ict, nothing can stop 'em
Fm full details, wire Chief Scoutmaster Wtlbw
(the Assassin) Slighlaroma, Stets Cowpastuie, Pa
Undo no circumstances come here by automobile
—there are no roads of any deti iptlon in the dis
trict
Stuff About Males and Females mld
You know how it is with the Campuseei Ile's
a good-hearted chump—asks nothing moue out
of life than to break 50 occasionally and have an
occasional date with a cute Kappa like Ginnie
lterkhouse m a charming Theta like Eleanor
Pagans or—well, name a coed But once and
while mme unutterable chump does something
which is so demrving of censure that Campy must
nominate mm fm oblivion In such a categoi yis
Viat so-called humor ist, the Maniac, who is SO
DUMB that when some jokestei told him Dotty
Savard was a closed corporation he thought it was
gospel IT'S THE BUNK—DOTTIE IS DEFIN
ITELY ON THE LOOSE, otn secret agents have
assured us
Somebody ought to have told Dick Bitner that
Pat Behney IS pinned but he seems to be do
ng all right in the Rowena Gotshall league
Jane Keith, having escaped from the clutches of
Bob Clark, is now playing the field . after a
long struggle George Batmen finally broke down
and handed over his jewelry to Louise "Oodie"
Bietsch it's still a close race in the Grace Hen
dershot handicap Bayard Bloom, the secre
tary's weakness, is doing okay with Nancy Har
grave, (take a look in the education building)
Ed (lmid-up-fm-houseparty-date) Wakeman
has ordered a couple of Kappasig frosh to get him
a date with a high school number whom he picked
out of the Northeast (Pa) high school yearbook
all the gals are weeping since Chuck Peteis
cut his hair some guy promised us a dinner if
we put in here something about Alice Murray
using her aunt as an excuse for not going to h p
well, really, Alice, if you've looking for a dace,
Campy would be only too glad 1
Quote of the Week:
"I hate evelybody on that blasted rag, and if
I find who the son of a (censored) is who puts my
name in those stinking colurrh, I'll wring his
icensored) neck' , " (By Rally "Ace" Pieice, high
flying Theta Xi hotshot )
Boy, aie we scaled'
Enjoy
YOU '
The \ Corner
unusual
Hetzel Says Lack Of Funds
Blocks Building Coed Dorm
WANTS NEW DORM
PRESIDENT RALPH D. HETZEL
Its Gals
Faithfully yowl,
Agent X
GRADUATING FROM Penn
State without being a queen islike
graduating without a ['eternity
pin'
Conn my to campus opinion,
though, we believe that it's time
the not-so-beautiful get a break
So we piopose reviving ROTC
coed colonels, and crowning
queens foi eve)) , spoil, Spring and
Fall houseparty ieginae, llrst,lad
ies of each school, class, and all
dances Thole is loom, too, for a
cap and gown queen, chapel queen,
and titles foi the healthiest, 'best
dressed, and others
ALARM CLOCKS are getting a
lest in Women's Building while
painters and plastei ers pr epare for
next year's crop of freshmen
Members of the, incoming classes
will benefit by the tentative plan
to house them in Women's Bbild
ing and Mac Hall where
have an opportunity to eat ,to
gether and strengthen class ties
Congratulations to the political
science professor who still believes
in the forgotten college custom of.
meeting students outside class
rooms Others could well adopt
his plan of an open house for the
class, and perhaps they might find
a human side to 'the machines
which they assign work to tlirice
a week
PRE-SUMMER FLASHES=
Crew haircuts, picnics at Scala
and Whipples, sounds of typing,
vies, and radios across Ath Hall
courts [now known as Penn State's
own Atlantic City), and banging of
Women's Building radiators as the
heat still lushes through
CLASSIFIED ADS
Classified ads are accepted on
ly
_at Student Union Office , in
Old Main and must be paid
before insertion Ads are ac
copied up to I p. m. on the day
preceding publication.
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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
WOMEN'S NEWS
2 New Buildings
Planned To Hold
3,000 Students
Assuring WSGA and Mortar
Board that a new women's dor
mitory will be provided as soon
as funds are available, President
Hetml -answered their request
with the following letter last
week
'I am pleased to have your let
ter of May 8 in which you review
the several factors which make
such a compelling case in
,favor of
additional dormitory provisions foi
women students Your statement
of the case is comprehensive and
very fair .
Adnumstrai ion in Accord
"I know I need not assure you
that the administration is com
pletely in accord with your pro
posal that at the earliest practic
able date a new women's dormi
tory be provided This matter has
been discu.sed with the trustees
,repeatedly We now have in our
files complete plans foi two addi
tional dormitories for women, and
, future plans for dormitories with
additional capacity amounting to
approximately 3,000 persons
1 "We have tried by every means
, known to us to secure funds foi
these buildings during the past
decade We have ,had a pleasure
of success, as evidenced by the
construction of Grange and Fran
ces Atherton Halls and the remod
eling of Women's Building How
ever, had it been possible, we
should have had at least double
the present dormitory capacity
now on the campus We recog
nwe that the lack of it has been a
maim factor in admitting women
students-to the institution as freely
and as fully as we provide for the
men
"Please be assured that we shall
doevelything within our power to
secure funds for dormitory con
struction at the earliest practicable
date In the meantime, we are
happy to know that the women
students and their officers are alert
to this problem and that tliay
stand ready to give us constant
mid and support"
Sincerely,
It D Hetnl„P,reszcient.
!leder ,Baard Elects
Eleanor L Fagans '4l was elect
ed president of Mortar Board, sen
ior women's honorary, Wednesday
night, and others officers are Ruth
Goldstein '9l, vice-pre.9ident,' Bet
ty M Brown '4l, secretary, Vera
M Neal 741, treasurer, and M
Elwabeth Bakei '4l, editor'
Roethke'sPoem Published
Prof Theodore Roethke's poem,
"Orders for the Day," was pub=
Imbed in the May issue of "Poetry,"
a magazine of verse
Professor Roethke o( the Eng
lish composition department is a
frequent contributor of versa,and
criticism to the nation's leading
literary magazines He is rated one
of the outstanding young poets in
the country
Coed Hours Released
For Rest Of Term
WSGA Senate announced the
following permissions for all
Day and final week, 11 o'clock's;
Friday and Saturday nights of
houseparties, 3 o'clocks, Sunday
and Monday before graduation,
1 o'clock's
Coeds who go dome after fi
nals and rem n foi houseparties
are under College Jul isdietion
and must stay in the dormitories
Freshman women must have
wi itten permissions from home
foi houseparties
Modern Dance
Groups Will
Give .Recital
The Modern Dance Concert
* Gump and Mrs Helene John
stone's high school and grade
school groups will pi esent a dance
recital in the Rhythm Room of
White Hall at 8 p m tonight and
tomorrow
Choreogtaphies Mt two of the
concert group's dances wet e wt it
ten by Miss Jessie Cameron, as
sistant professor of physical edu
cation, and for the other groups
by Mrs Johnstone
The iecital pi ogram follows
Opening Dance Tcherep
nine
Doi IS C Gutman, '4O, Vera
J Palmer '4l, Myra K Pitt,
'42, Ruth J Shtasel '4l and
Frances B Zucall '42
2 Dance Jubilasa—Mompatt
3 Valun—Tcherepnine
4 Andante—Kendelsohhn
' Mis Johnstone's, groups
5 Country Dance ---lherep
nine ,
. Jean C Craighead '4l, Doro
thy C Ellis '42 Doris C
Gutman '4O, Sara E Harsh
better '43, Myra K Pitt '92,'
- Ruth J Shtasel,_'4l, and
Franco B Zufalr'42
6 Artetta—Corngold
7 Polka—Weinberger
Mrs Johnstone's group
8 Pi elude—Corellt
Choreography by ' Doris G
Gutman '40,, Dorothy C El
lis '42, Doris G Gutman '4O,
Myra IC Pitt '42, Selma
Solomon '43, and Frances 13
Zufall
9 Pastoral—Milsalovici
Choreography and dance by
' Ruth J' Shtasel '4l
10 Themes and variations—
Brahms
Entire group
Mrs. Hermance Reese, ac
companist
New Officeis Elected
New officers of • WSGA Junioi
Service Board are Roberta J,, Kelly
'42, chairman, and Anita M
Knecht '42, secretary New mem ,
bers m addition to those recently
appointed by WSGA Senate will
be named next Fall , ,
Orientation Courses Sel
For First Semeiter
SGA,,PSCA Groups
Orientation courses fm all fresh
men, sponsored ,by WSGA and
PSCA, are set for alternate Tues
days beginning the, second Tuesday
of first semester 1940-41, according
to the Freshman Week committee
A program of September and
October freshman activities ,will be
printed and distributed to 'organi
rations in an attempt to eliminate
conflicting meetings ' -
Original Freshman Week
_plans
have been altered to pi ovide eight
,hours for psychology tests for the
incoming class
Committee'membeic are Elinor
L Weaver '4l, chairman, Margery
"I'M ONLY A NICKEL. Some places I
don't count for much. But. put me
in a public telephone and I can save
you time and trouble. I can help you
get the assignMent,- make a- date,
plan a trip, or do some shopping
~ I n fact, some people say that a• five=,
cent telephone call-is the' biggest
bargain in town!"
THE EMU TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Friday, May 24, 1940
A Hal wick '4l, Charlotte A Lowe
'4l, Hornet 'Singer '4l, Anne M
Barton '42, Sarah P Searle '42; and
Margaret K. Sherman '43'
sacs are Miss Elizabeth C A_ Bell,
dean of freshman women, find.
Miss Ruth B Mabee of PSCA
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