7 , -u+ I .O6.GE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN • For A Better Penn State" -..imilkati.C)lished 1940. Successor to.the Penn State Collegian. established 1904, and the Fre Lance. established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the -legulac. College . year by the students of The Pennsylvania lede. Entered as teeond-class matter Jilly 5; 1934. pdst-O__Ce at Stator College, Pa., under the act of •-•-igarch 3, 1879. Editor Business Manager Adarh Smpser '4l LawrenCe Driever '4l Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l: Managing Editor • --Robert R. Lane '4l Sports . Editor—Richard C. Peters "41 ; News Editor—William E. Fowler '4l Feature' Editor —Edward J. C.. McLisrie '4l ; Assistant Miinatint . 44ayard WAR 41:' Women's Managing Ediffii'—Arita L. r•lifKvireran '4l ; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. ' Rickel '4 I Advert Wing Manager — John .11. Thomas '4l ; Circulation - .4rfcvliager-343art G. Robinsdn '4l ; Senior Secretary—Ruth Coldstiiin '4l: Senior Secretary—Laislie H. Lewis '4l. 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Wddii6sday Morning; january 8. 194 i No New Order, thanks, Let's • Heal The Old One Over the holidays a youth organization (the Na- Rional Student FeieratiOn bf America) by doing -.4.othing particularly despicable moved itself into 41'e national spotlight and re-opened a national• i-ore spot The N.S.F.A. withdrew from the American 'tooth Congress because of its alleged radiCal ten dencies (impolitely called Communist) and thus should have endeared itself to ardent patriots. It did ribthirig of the sort. It merely re-aroused the diSsatisfaction with the Youth Congress. Since there are people who judge youth as a 11.!(tneration by the actions of these few it is about th:tie.. for the generation to rise up and express A i-nit The American Youth Congress; the killer-- an Student Union and other "radical" groups re !Present hardly More radidals than attend their Ceetings. Most of their contemporaries are just incensed as the adults at what gbes on.' In all fairness this must be said for the "kadi eats" wherever they are They are by-and-large •tlitituch more actively interested in government and `.f , s4hettei informed about it than those young people Who have tagged them "radicals" The fair indictment thinking adults could level - r gainst today's young people is that they do not Af4c.n.ow and do not tare hbw their government is rtsn. That is why they let themselves' pretend to 5' , .3.4 - ie represented by those whir prOfess: ideas that they themselves would never . entertain: • the trouble with our "radical's" is that. they are citttlenien and gentlewomen who have no real experience. They seem like o bunCh of starry eyed intellectuals cultivating a deep hurt they ould hate to see heal. they are doing damage because they are aggra vating a real wound in a social order that needs more than anything else. We are forgetting that democracy is a govern ment individuals imposed on thethselVes so that t.dell might have the best possible way.of We are too prone to forget that we are the gov- c mment We begin to think of ourseives only as insigni ficant parts in a great wheel over which we haVe 'id control. the . force that makes things happen is always "They", a great, - unapproachable, indefinite mon- I-ter called "They" over which we haVe no con trol and which we have not even attempted to iiiiderstand. "They" will do this and "they" will . 65 that, and While he is 'rampant we dan see no season for its to try anything Or think anything. rules. Sometimes we think of democracy as the rich (-IA nation; the most powerful political force ; the v•kggest army, the biggest navy; the riatibri with ithe biggest foreign trade, the nation with the tall= fst btiildiiigs, the rfititiii with the biggest AlwaYs we are wrong. tiedatiie we do.not know . *hat demoeracy is we are losing it. We thinkit is something imposed on us when actually we; • through our forefPthers, imposed it on ourselves. Deinocracy hasn't gone sour. We have. We ilaven't understood it. We don't know how Libman 4 42 papitilick L. GOBS '43 --.2:-Mna.K. - • i -t 3 Jeanne' C. Stile 442 Not It—Us aulll I HI imam►uuuuumuuqummuumuiuunnuuuuium uuuuununm A LEAN ) AND HUNGRY 1 a ‘, It A / LOOK s nnimitnimummumniiiimmummumniummoumnimminnmiummiiiiii This is the first cclumn for the New Year. This May or may not be a good thing, depending on whether or not, yen like , it. Most people don't. Most people do not like this column cne little bit, a fact which causes us no end of mental distress. Our message is ignored;'otir sear6hiiig comments pass unnoticed: We have therefore determined to attempt to remedy this unfortunate situation; we May even indulge in a spot of yellow journalism. In the future the term sordid will apply to the tripe published herein. - We stoop to conquer . . . but not top far.. _Damned be he who first cries Hold . . enough!" In case •the matter is of interest to any one, we've received some nasty runiors. The sort Of 'Bing that requires the spit .of cheek and recheck which the arriateut -journalist• finds itnpossiOle to achieve. What we mean - to say . : more in the Segirefai 76kytiriny.: "atitlientie sources report the existence, somewhere "ife'ihig fair little hamlet, of eitablishrridiitS given over to f.hd WOrldly"pleitsureg. the alitidps tsf fietair.ae. make no: definite staterliefit,; hb deettOticiiiS; name no nathes: Nor" do we iiifencl to go any fin:- tiler into the mafier, WS a trifle sticity. it re mains simply an irteresting story so far as we're concerned; - but rather - jarring UpOn the nerves. State College hag the air of a Utopian village. One would never suspect that betieatii cairn exter irx all manner of Peculiar things go on.. • Neatest bit of propaganda yet (when one ex cepts.the beautiful job done by the - British) to hit the United States is the present hue and Cry for the Greeks. Descending tb even worse Prose thaii usual, we might cali it the magnificent rrietainor phosis of Mr. Metaxis. t'roth clietator to chain pion of democracy With a caPital.D. Defender of the heritage of Athens and . Sparta. No one seems to .remember that not so very long ago General .lohil was numbered with Adolph and Benito among those who held power by means that were often quite unethical. Now that his little play fellows have turned on him, he has suddenly be come the grandson of Wily iticYsSeus. One of the locqs enema palazzios began the week- with a Magnificent display tacked onto , its facade. This fact alone is insignificant. What fascinated us, however, was a legend painted over an entrance cut into the . display.. It read; with simple dignitY, " Santa Fe Trail begins. here." This We though - I Was demanding a bit too much of the Not even a card-board figure of Errcil Flinn brandishing a sabre will convince any one that College Avenue We4t is a part of the great American frOittier. Methods of Suitly SUbheivi _I. Go -down to the i).eW iteOrd ;Opp in the College Rook Share s listen to a sym phony or two pick one out tind buy it, lake it back 'to your room. Undress make . your - - self comfortable—put your new syMphOry on softly . , and study. . . Subhead 11. Go down to the College hook Stott., select a new book from their extensive lending library, or buy. one— return to your robin, read awhile till state of relaxation is reached and nervous tension has disappeared —then tUritto your textboOks for a few. hours of easy, profitable wofk. .THEcotate 'gook :--sTORE i 29 WtST 19tAltER AVENUE DIAL 2927 Records TextboOks Stationery THE DAILY COLLEGIAN College Rated 18th On Enrollment List According to fhe annual report on crifollirient of colleges _and uni versities compiled by President Raymond We'het of the Llfiiver sity of Cincinnati, Penn State dropped in 'national ranking froth 15th in 1939-1940 to 18th for 1940- 1941. The ranking was based on the total numlier of fulltime resident students. Despite the fact that total enrollment here is greater than last Year. the ,College was forded lower in the ;ankh , * by the there rapid grovirth.several oth er universities. While President Walters placed POiri State fifteenth for the year 1939-1940, the report of the Ain erican AssoCiation of College Reg, istrars, which'anriounces its rank ing st the end of the College year, riained the doilege tiVentyLiirgt. It is Ohahle that their respe'ttiVe again ciisadiee this !the University of California re tained the iiiit position it accu pida lagt year *Ali ari erircillf4ent of 28./§.13 tin isiiind befiind California ifigt year' Miiifidgost4, and . Cihio State iii that order: Penh §tate granted 1670 cir - the 5'3,297 degrees g~iveri by, the 21 largest edueational iristitiitioris last year. Total number of de grecs conferred by_the 681 tepeiftz int:: colleges wits 176,J39. • An interesting sidelight to the report was the fact that of the 21 largrst universities in the United States, Penn State is located in the snianest and therefore the most truly academic town. Fifty Engineers, Cadets To Be Trained Regularly Fifty civilian engineers and for mer flying cadets throughout the country are to be selected every three months by the War Depart ment and sent to New York Uni veiT.ity and Purdue University to obtain training in aeronautical en gineering beginning this month and continuing for 12 weeks. Preference will be given college graduates and seniors in engineer= ing curricula. Only unmarried candidates between the ages of 20 and 26 *lll be accepted. Candidates may apply at any recruiting station or by writing to the commanding general, Third Corps Area, Baltimore. Building Being Renovated For Extension Offices The old eduCation building is having, its fade lifted slightly to Make room for the Central Eiden skin offices of the Cbllege. When changes are completed, probably Within a week, the field service, class center, and informal instruction divisions of extension will be moved into the finished roams from their' present quarters in Engineering F. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1941 111111111111(1111111111111111111HIIIHIIIIIIIIHIH11111111111 11 n 11111 . CAMPUS CALENDAR: 111111111111i611HMIIMOHRIMM1111111111111111111111M 111 H 1 . 11 TODAY: Mr. D. 0. gm! of Metal grating Company will sPedk fo_. student chapter of Americais ciety of Metaig in Itiocm 1 1 21; - kin:• - eral p. m. bis. "Pcwder Metalhirgy." Ag Connell ingets in Room 418, Oki Main, m. lota Sigma Eli meeting in Room 318, Old Main, 7 p. m. "Wax termini vvill speak oh Ski ing in Room 110, Home Economics, 7 p m. • PSCA Freshman Council Cabin Ett , treat Committee meeting Rooth 304, Old Main, 7p. in. - Community Service Committee iiidefing; Hugh Beaver Room, - Old Main; 7p. ni. - - . PSCA Cabinet meeting; Room 3G4, Old Main ( 8:15 p. m. Pigure . Skating Cllib, Room 420, Old Main- 7 p: ' C-olie'e hour( Hillel Foundation, 4 td 5 p: ° §inciefif.dance; Atrnory, 4 . p.. m., \ • . C^iiipii3 "44 mdefifig. itomn• 418,. did Mdiii, "P. fit. • - iVielift 6i % dal - riling Pattpl, Fiooiii 31 Mdin, 8 p. fn. Couiege ,§efidttc iriedfs ,' l#ooYii lei, Litietat Ake, 4:10 p: j M tiEiVej6Y, Ofeiderif §a board Oil 'doittpfifiY, will speak tin hduireni Trends Chi fridtisior fieohi 71g0 • p. FRIDAY: Senior eriginering lecture; Rooiu 110, Blebtridal ,Engineering, 4:10 p. m. H. N. Breckenridge assist ant to president, West Penn Pow er Company on "Induction of Graduate to Industry." New Music Hours Listed By Fishbum A new schedule of listening hours- for the Carnegie record li brary in Room 417 Qld. Main .was. announced YesferdaY bYHtimrnel Fishburn, associate professor of music edutatiOn. - • The new hour§ will be open to and including January : 19,, when the schedule for ' examination week will he released. . The complete listof. listeiiiiig hotas is Monday -8 a. m.:to - 10 a. m. 4 .11::, a. m. to 12 noon, p. p. 7p in. to 16 in. - • -- Tuesday-8 a. to" 11, to. hi'. to 3 p. rh., 6 to. M. to 6 to. 7 p.m. to 10 in. Wednesday-8 a. in. to 12 nooh; 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., 7 p. rn. to 10 p.in: Ti - iutsdayB a. in. to 9 a. M., 11 a. in. to 12 noon, I_p. m. to 6 p. rn. to 10 p.rh. Friday-8 a. in. to 10 a. in., 1 m fn 6 P. in., 7 fo. in. to 10 p. tn. Saturday-8 a. in. to 12 noon, 1 n. m. to 6 p. m. Sunday-2 p in. to 6p. m., 7 - p.. m. to 10 p. m.•
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