WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940 ctiiilitilliiitiiitiiiiitimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiititiiiittrnititniiki Nibbling At The News J. GORDON PAY (inHiiinfmiHiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiuiiiiiniiiiiiiiini Arilid conflicting claims of mbr ale-shattering attacks bn London; fldhiirig aha ruined Nazi attack basfefe; ahd Italian preparations fbr smashing Gibraitor, thfe storp oi K&enfe Pdririfehtifer sticks out as would a skpscrapfer lit Boalsburg. . Parmentier was born in Hol land sbme thirty years ago. Like mbst people he SSgjglfred consider"- ablfe lobe' for his country as he grew up. Along with that, he be came interested in flying and af ter some years of work, and study became a transport pilot. He rose ■quickly to the position of chief pi lot, married, and became.the fath er. of a small family. Xn. short; Kogne Parmentier was a success. Then came May, i 940. His na tive iarid crushed, his family wip ed out by one Nazi bomb, Parmen tier fled through France and Por- 1 tugai to England. Flying cronies who met him during his flight re ported that he had little to say ex except that- he would occasionally mutter something about “repaying the Nazis.” -Almost since the beginning of the bombardment of Britain a Dutch bomber has nightly taken off from an English airfield. The pilot speaks English with a decid ed Dutch accent" Later that same plane hurtles down oh the Ger man bases at Rotterdam, Panrien tier’s own city, scattering death and destruction. Then, as the ship climbs away from the city through a hail of anti-aircraft fire; a tiny, weighted note spins groundward, warning the Dutch people where a .man’s vengeance for death of family and country will strike on the following night. It isn’t a very iong story; one can only guess at its ending, arid many of th'e details have been fill ed in purely by imagination and surmise. Yet, it may have its meanings if spirit and emotions have even one atom of bearing on the present conflict. - ■ - ' Perhaps thfe headline “Rfeiifeilibri- Reported Among Nazi Troops”- could ihakfe an interfestirig, cortt parison with the story of Koene Phrfiifeirtifer. " '' ' 'Long And Shaft' Of If Illustrated By Fiashmen The “long and thfe short” bte twfeen college' generations was il lustrhtfed today by tWb membters oi thfe hew freshman class. .’iferutee Wbrrfell Jr., Who is en rolled -in the School, of- Liberal Arts, is the grandson of thellte Passmore Hoopes who attended Penn State 82 years ago. 'At the other fe&treirie is Phyllis Garrison whose father, J. A. Gar rison was graduated froih the Col lege just 13 years ago. Profs Attend Bicentennial ; Prof. Jacob Tariger, head of the gblitical science department, and Frof. H. F. Alderfer, executive seer retary of the Institute of Local Government, attended a reception, dinner, and other activities of the bicentennial celebration, given by Samuel R. Harrell, trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, and thfe National Foundation for Edu cation in American Citizenship, at Philadelphia last' Thursday and Friday. Mew Ed Building Shown Penn State came Into its oWh Stinday when a picture of the new ly opened Burrowes Building was piiblished in the Educational Sec tion of the New York Times. tibn of the New Yprk ; T?lhiei. G&p tibn under the picture ’stilted thtet it was one of ,il structures costing $5,Q00,000 which. students ■wHll use for the first time. b?he School of Agriculture o&ers cbirespondence courses in .42 sub- : jjjcts: _The Pennsylvania Agriculture Exponent Station was Organized Readers’ Albeit— Contributions Wanted —And Another Review Have you read a good book lately? This column welcomes guest reviews of fiction of other wise from and for both students arid fdcuity. Try a thumbnail outiihe in simple prose; ff'efe of critical faricywork,, arid riiail it to thfe Collfegian office, 313 Old Main. - When ClarPrice Ldvejoy wrote “So You’re Gbirig to Cbliegfe,” he had iri mind p-Sti boys who arfe woridfetihg whfefre the rtfeit dlirie or meal is- cbmirig from. His dirii is to survey your chances bf wbrkihg youf way through, it is ribt too late to look into loans; prizes, scholar ships (oh the basis of grades—not athletic prowess! of to cbhsidfer some of the unusual ways of earn irig cash, if you have iiitle or no Pagination, you_can go on wait irig tables,' clerking on NYA, stbk irig fuftidc'es br washihg windows; but if ybu have an adventurous spirit, you will find a hundred sug gestibris fbr fehipldyihg ydilr tal ents on your own time and study budget; ffbm a few minutes’ ac quaintance With Lovejoy’s book. Aside frorii these helpful fea tures; “So You’re Going to College” will provide interestirig compari sons bf colleges and universities, since it checks enrollments; facul ties, endowments, library facilities; special courses, and a dozen other items bf studeht cohcern. If you are a student, you can check -on your professors’ alma maters; and, if you are on the staff, you can find but abbut the collegiate connec tions of those fascinating people you met at. your last convention. Lovejoy lists the assets (and lia bilities) of 900 institutions. Chapters on careers arid the at titudes of employers toward col lege graduates will surprise you with startling facts arid amazing statistics—and the information is there iri simple', concise, and two fisted prose. If- you are a James Thurber fan, you wiil want to piie right into his “Fables For Our Time and Fam ous Poems/’ though you may have them clipped and filed for that fu ture onslaught of the blues, for most of them appeared in The New Yorker within the last year. Thurher has outdone Aesop and •George .Ade in .his..ironical.tales involving war, love, drinking, so ciety/ arid cither .probleffis arid mo dern hiklldjUstirients 'of mankihd. Of course, thfe volUme is illustrated in thfe best ThuHSer ihahnfer. In.“ Gossip,” St. Clair McKelway has 'chojiped Waiter Wirichell down to life size. In fact, McKelway re duces the midriight mole to a ter mite. Did you know that W. W. whs Only '4d% accurate ih those scoops and blasts, tips and inuen does that have whooped up second-1 The Commerce Club of Stale College Invites You lo Stale College and Presents the Following It costs no more lb outfit arid to supply your son or daughter Ih Stile College thin in any other town iri.the state of • PehnsyivUnlh; State Cbllege mferfcharifs fekttlie only goods of national tbpriie triad clifer ttt 4fik GollfeSis cbrrithUriity. duality hak aiwfeys btelh the prime factor among the localmerchanis, arid dfetelincf With hfetibrial brands hak . been the student's assurance bf lhls’impßrtani factor fof fai&nfr yeltk. Stebbhd to qualify it must be remenibfered that ihte sljstii Cblll'gS mefchants ferifitre Only auhferilic clfnfittk fashions and the lllest in siudehi supplied, We invite yeti fb Inspect bur slbrfes on your next visit fb State, and We feel Sure'that you wili agrefe with ybut ston or daughter when hb fcayk "the bfest bte iri fetafe fcbllb^e/* ALL LEADING STATE COLLEGE MERCHANTS ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMERCE CLUB THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Conscription's Effect On College Students Not Yet Determined N 1,740 Undergraduates Eligible For Training What effect will compulsory military trkihihg havfe ori iriy sbri? MSny niothfers bf College stu dents between the ages bf 31 and 36 arb asking this qtlestibri; today; and thfe answer tb it is still un known. However, thfe probable fef feeiT cart bfe prfedifctfed with soriife claim tb afcciirarp. Thfe riuriiber bf Cbliegfe sttidferits whb Witt be called is a problem which cari bfest be ahsWferfed bp statistics. With i6;soo;fibo rii'eri available for cbrisCHptibh; orite in 165 will bfe drafted fbr fevfefy iOO,- 000 called. Last year i,74iJ Pferin State men wfere within the diraft ages. On this ratio, the College would lose only il students in a 100,000 draft, and 99 in a 900,000 draft. It is likely, however, that ex emptions wili change thfe propbr tiori of college students taken. Un der the' provisions of exemption for nifen- with dependfents, men in essential industry, men with phy sical disability; and men with previous military . training* the number of available “trainees” would be cut to 6,200,000, the Army has estimated. These rea sons would exempt only a few college students. The list of Penn State eligibles would be cut about 10 per cent; it has been estimated, and ex emptions nationally would be 60 per cent. This means that Penn State would lose 25 men for every 100,000 conscripted and 225 for every 900,000. > No college student will be re quired to take military training until next summer. A clause iri the Selective Service Training Act reads: ‘Any person who, dur ing the year 1940, eritered upon attendance for the academic year 1940-1941 ... is selected for trairi irig, shall, upori his request, bfe deferred from induction from such trairiirig until the end of thfe academic year.” " For thbse sthdfentfe' who elfect to takfe coiriptilsbry trainirig: when caiifed, the usual regulations 'gov erning fefe rebates wifi bfe hrforce, Riisseli E. Ciark, Cbliege bursar, has said; These rfebatfes arfe ar ranged ori a sliding scale. Coiri- raters arid made hohtest folk seek isolation? Good thing .Walter doesn’t play the pohi’es with equal fallibility; he’d be brßke today, instead of being, the ; top-salari6d columnist. The articles ■ appeared as a series—the longest “profile” ever printed iri The New. Yorker. Soj if you missed looking through the keyhole-at Walter, now’s your chance to catch up. IT’S YOUR DAY, DAD Saturday, October sth BUCKNELL VERSUS PENN STATE Message to Penn Stale Parents plete details may be found in the Regulations • for Undergraduate Students. Concerning registration on Oc tober 16, students nefed not go home tb register but will be per mitted to register with the draft board nearest tb state College. This Wili probably be considered “absentee registration,” accordihg to Cbl. Ambrose R. Emery; head of the College ROTC uriit. Ab sentee registration, COlbhei Emery said, means that students wodld be taken frbm the quotas of their horiie cbuhties Shd nbt from Centre Cbuiity quota. Electrical Engineers Have New Relay Panels Electrical engineering students returning id class today will have the use of two new type relay demonstration panels, showing the latest developments in automatic protection against power system disturbances. The panels, which are part of the equipment for the nbw Elec tricai Engineering building, erected by the General State Au thority, are equipped With shbirt circuit buttons by which students can, cbntrbl a 115-volt electric cur rent to produce a picture of what happens when lightning strikes a power line, or other trouble occurs. Designed especially for the Col lege, the panels were assembled at the Westinghouse service de partment plant at Philadelphia. YES, we know it will be Dad's Day, BUT we know there is one thing Dad puts be fore himself arid that is his son or daughter—So we feel sure Dad will get you a pair of duality shoes af . . . ■ Bottorf Bros. Entrances Oh Allen and Beaver —R.G. PAGE THREE Fraternity Pledge Dinner Es Scheduled October 6 The annual _ Interfraternity Pledge dinner will be held at the Nittany Lion Inn at 6 p. m. Octo ber 6, according to tentative ar rangements released yesterday. Dr. Frank Kingdon, chapel speaker for that date, will also be the guest speaker at the dinner; and Arnold G. Laich ’4i will be the toastmaster. Notice of the drnner will be mailed to all fraternities next week. Bells Says Vision Stews Many Pupils “Pupiis starling iii the public schools should be required to pre sent a certificate of visual readi-; ness along With their vaccination;” says Dr. Emmett A. Betts, research professor in elementary education. Dr. B'etts says in many casfes poor vision is the cause of pobr grades and slowness in ' reading because of the general neglect of eyesight among school children. It is his opinibn that if byes were examined and faults corrected, be fore children started school, their chances of success Wbiild be much greater. Extension Service Holds i Accounting Clinic Here Thb .Extension Services of the Pennsylvania State College have announced that the third anniiat Pennsylvania Accounting Clinic Will be held at the College Oh Sep - tember 27 and 28. Th'e clinic will dbal with current changes in tech nical accounting problems.
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