Ia'A.GE TWO
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Perm State"
1940. Successor to the Penn State Coflie: ac
established 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1837.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
44.zular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934.
40. post-o_ce at State College. Pa.. under the act of
,irch 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
Kdam Smyser '4l Lawrence Driever '4l
Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l ; Managing Editor
— . Robert H. Lane '4l: Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
" 1 .1 News Editor--William E. Fowler '4l ; Feature Editor
-•fdward J. K. McLorie '4l; Assistant Managing Editor
114.. ard Bloom '4l: Women's Managing Editor—Arita L.
1 , .-IYer '4l; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel
'4l
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'4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie IL Lewis '4l.
Junior Editorial Board—J•)hn A. Baer '42. R. Helen
C,cdon '42, ROSS B. Lehman '42, William J. McKnight '42.
Alice M. Murray '42, Pat Nagelberg '42, Stanley J. PoKemp
- •n , a• Jeanne C. Stile> '42.
Junior Business Board—Thomas W. Allison 'l2. Paul
Ni GoMberg '42. James E. McCaughey '42. Margaret L. Em-
Coy 'l2, Virginia Ogden '42. Fay E. Rees '42.
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1150 Editor This Is,u Ceor a Schenkein '4t
4 kiews Ti'Aitor This Issue Gordon Coy• '43
int Manajzinfr Editor This Issue ____James D. Olkein .'43
Wennen':l; Editor This Issue .Vera L. Kemp P4t
Thursday Morning, January 9, 1941
The Times Sees Ghosts
The all-seeing New York Times not long ago
d)sparaged What it called the tact that ghosts of
the speech-writing variety are passing a great
;wally lazy students through college these days
with theme and report writing.
Authority for this statement is Dr. Clarence
.4.inton of Columbia University's Teachers Col
lege, What Dr. Linton found true at Columbia is
Alkot true at Penn State.
. Dr. Linton implied that the ghosts who write the
1 1:epOrfS and themes submitted to him and the
Columbia faculty are professionals so brassy that
..they resort to public advertising and mail solicit
ing. There is none of the first at Penn State and
Collegian knows of none of the second.
Collegian does know of engineering problems
asid chemical flow sheets that have been filed for
attempted (and usually unsuccessful) reAise. It
also knows of exam files—a practice so subversive
-Jot even the College Library has a file.
The best and most common field for real plag
arism is with English composition themes. How
ever, since the department here is none too con
,si:;tent in its standards the field is
. a chancy one
to enter.
The only theme plagarist met by Collegian this
year was a gentleman who copied a "3" theme of
just year and got his usual zip minus.
Two years ago there was an incident where this
dame was expanded into an intercollegiate sport
with questionable results. A selection of -"A" and
"B" themes from the University of Pennsylvania
could do no better than "l's" here. On the other
lond, a "C" theme from Penn entered in this in
tercollegiate judging got a "3" . . . all of which
'merely serves to put the plagarist cn the defen
s.ive.
Collegian has never answered any of the ads
put out on fraternity bulletin boards by people
who promise to do neat typing. Therefore it has
never been called into a side room by a sneaking
hunch-backed typist and told that a dollar extra
would get not only a neat typing job but a neat
theme. It knows of no one who has. But here,
at least, is a possibility which might support Dr.
Upton and the New York Times, If either of
These parties or someone else is interested,- The
Collegian will send its whole staff out spook-hunt-
Jr; during exam week.
Investment On Faith
The $5,600,000 which the College hopes to get
!xoni the state for its 1941-43 operation is only
;,),irt of the income which it receives from outside
::ources—the federal government and private con-
11 Orations.
Students actually pay something like 10 per cent
of the annual operating expensp of the College,
.Verhaps less. Even in private institutions (which
ore usually endowed) the student pays only a frac
tion of the price of his education. '
The conclusion, of course, is inescapable.
A college education is a lifetime obligation' to
ociety.
Woodrow Wilson once remarked that a college
tclucation is valuable because it removes the stu
*lent from the necessity of. making a living for
tout years. Figures are Droving. to us just how
Tad his joke was.
• The $5,600,000 that the state is being asked to
.ilivest,
• the College is an investment in Pennsyl
nia and America's f uture . Because it is an ob
ligation made with faith as its only security it is
V, - 11 do - ; , ? t".1.2:; C; interest.
_C. Russell Eck
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Postlude
Nineteen forty was notable for battle, blood,
bombs and blitzkreig. But to us it will always be
the year Effie was chosen Summer School Queen.
They Say
"I'm so full of corn I don't undress to go to bed.
I just shuck myself." Roy Rodger's.
"This guy Hugo Bezdek is a fine chap; he setus
up down at the Warrington Inn Saturday night."
Rusty Earl and Art Thormann.
"After all. Ohio Uis a long way off." Charlotte
Lipman. explaining why she wears her phi ep
pin from Ohio University inside her pocket. "Be
sides, it might put a hole in my blouse. You know,
he gave it to me-on our first date."
"I never played post office." Alice Murray.
"I haven't been in the column for ages.". Jane
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Stanton. -
"Flossie." Bill* Finn
Diamond Shortage Reported
Santa was good to all the little coeds.
Elaine Grove got a diamond. Bernice Wetmiller
ditto—from a Penn State grad. Frenchie Capers
got an engagement ring froth someone in Belle
fonte. • Betty... Georgia is . going to be married next
semester to fidelt who graduated last year.
Beatrice Williams (KKG) annexed pika jewelry
formerly belonging to Chas. I.ockwood.,
It's Off—it's On
The. tempestouos Jimmy Stagg has ..done it
again. • .
Monday, accepting another sigmapi's pin, she
decided to talk to ex-romeo Carl Zeigler •and tell
him all was over. She did. ►
Tuesday she was still walking around with a
sigmapi pin. But it was Carl - Zeigler's
Prelude
We were worried about 1941
We visioned extension - of the bloody holocaust
cf war—new chapters in fire and destruction—
democracy at the crossroads----civilization crum
bling before the modern Attila.
Then we read WE; THE WOMEN. "Things look
bright. Here's to 1941. It looks good."
Boy! Are we relieved!
Chatter
At last we've located heaven: the Maple Inn, a
new dine and dance, is advertised as "four miles
above Port Matilda" . , The ASCAP-Radio squab
ble having • robbed Johnny Long of his theme song,
we understand the maestro now opens his pro
grams with "White Star of Sigma Nu" . . . Larry
Driever spent a week in St. Petersburg, Fla., home
of the octogenarians—a brazen lass whose grand
son just graduated from Notre Dame grabbed him
at a lady's dance
The Greeks Have A Word For It
Our operatives,, reporting back after the vaca
tion, tell us that in the cities, Restaurant keepers
re wearing their chests well puffed in addition to
broad smiles on their faces, what with the recent
Greek successes in Southern and Central Albania.
Our own observations prove that even the Frater
nity boys are taking a new pride in their greek
letter affiliations. Wow, that's spreading it on a
bit. thickly.
The Greeks attribute their successes in part to
the fine physical condition of the Greek soldier.
There's no truth in the rumor that the Greek
Man-of-war went into the Albanian mountains
loaded with OLAFSEN's ABDG capsules (the ideal
winter cold preventative—sold locally at McLana
l-ians' Drug Store), but we suggest that if you plan
to get in good physical shape tc combat the winter
colds that lie ahead you .stop in and buy .some.
Remember, locally at McLanahan's, 100 capsules'
for a dollar ninety-eight
Hard Question Department
We noted with interest the news story carried
in yeste4day's DAILY COLLEGIAN to% the effect
that Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women's hon
orary, would give away a minimum .of $3O for
questions that'll stump the exx erts on the l'lnfor
!nation Please" program in the Liberal Arts build
ing on Sunday.
We're so sure of ourself that we're going to in
clude a stamped self-addressed envelope with our
entry:
"Where can you get a better treat 'for 15c
than the Johnston's Hot Fudge Sundaes serv
ed at McLanahans?" •
That ought to'stump the experts, it sure stumps
me! Adv."
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
College Incomes
Show Sharp Rise
WASHINGTON, Jan. B—College
and university income throughout
the country rose sharply last year,
according to a survey of some 340
institutions just completed by the
U. S. Office of Education. -.
The report follows closely wide
ly published statements that many
American colleges are not only
sorely pressed financially, but are
•actually on the threshold of bank
ruptcy. •
Contrary to persistent reports
that colleges are in financial diffi
culty.'the Office of Education sur
vey notes substantial income gains
in student collections, government
contributions, private £ranti, mis
cellaneous university revenues,
and endowment fund earnings.
College revenue from "sales and
services" lead the upswing with a
39 per cent increase. Additional
income advances were student col
lectiOns-4%; national, state, and
local government contributions —1
2 private benefactions —3%;
and income from endowment funds
—2%. According to the Office of
Education survey, 25 institutions
received private gifts and grants
totaling more. than $lOO,OOO per
school. Two schools reported more
than $1,500,000 each in private
contributions. The report laid par
ticular emphasis upon the increas
ed earnings of endowment funds,
which last year climbed to nine
tenths of the pre-depression pefak
of 1929-30.
The optimistic report lead finan
cial specialists of the Office of Ed
ucation to predict that, although
a few minor institutions—partic
ularly among liberal arts colleges,
which must bear the brunt of the
national defense emphasis upon
technical education—will undoubt-
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edly be pinched out of existence
next year, the financial picture for
colleges and universities generally
will remain bright for some time.
The report, which is issued as Cir
cular 188 and is entitled "College
Income and Expenditures, 1939-40,
Preliminary Sampling Report,"
may be obtained free of charge
from the U. S. Office of Education,
Washington.
Beer 'Good Thing'
Says Yale Prof.
Beer drinking among young
men, especially college students,
under 21 years of age as a method
of keeping them away from
stronger liquors should be encour
aged according to Dr. Yandell
Henderson. professor of applied
psychology at Yale University, in
his book, "A New Deal in Liquor."
He believes that both absolute
Iprohibition and complete lack of
restriction are conducive to in
creased consumption of spirits,
and advocp. te s the "dilution
theory." This would encourage
the sale of "fortified wines,"
whiskey. and other spirits diluted
at the distillery to 12 or 15 per
cent alcohol by volume, or the
strength of a mild highball.
"A beverage above 15 per cent
by volume," continue Dr. Hender
son, "is Tkabit-torming and injur
ious to the individual, and also so
cially and politically injurious for
society."
He thinks that if Americans
confined their drinking to bever
ages with alcoholic content of 15
to 18 per cent by volume that
problem peculiar to America
Would disappear.
As .a solution. he urges use .of
beer as an effective way to lessen
consumption of spirits.
Hoffman Recovering
After. Leg Amputation
Pete Hoffman, a graduate of The
College and well-known reporter
of the Centre Daily Times, is re
covering at the Geisinger Hospital
in Danville following an amputa
tion of his right leg.
The amputation was found ne
cessary when Hoffman broke his
leg in
to
and the injury
failed to respond to treatrhent.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY:
Campus '44 meeting, 418 Old
Main, 7:30 p.
WRA Outing Club meeting post
pbned until next Thursda - y.- -
Winter sports schedules are now
available at Student Union.
Student Union dance, Armory,
4p. m.
Campus Patrol meeting, Root
318 Old Main, 8 p. m.
College Senate meeting,. Room
121 Liberal Arts, 4:10 p. m.
J. M. Lovejoy, president of Sea
board Oil Company, will speak on
"Current Trends in the Oil Indus
try," Room 121 Mineral Industries,
7:30 p m.
Pi Lambda Theta meeting,
Room 421 Old Main, 8 p.
TOMORROW:
- Ski Club meeting, Room 318 Old
Main, 7 p. m.
Frear Laboratory open house._
from 3 to 5 p. m.
Leffering By Hoffman
Shown Today, Tomorrow
An exhibit of lettering by Wil
liam S. Hoffman, registrar of the
College, will be on display at the
College Book Store today — and to
morrow.
The feature of the exhibit is a
Phi Beta Kappa scion, containing
the - history of the Phi Beta Kappa
charter on this campus. -The
scroll is done in medieval scripti
Besides the scroll, there are 13
shingles, minted in Greek, Latin
and English, and a book lettered
in medieval script.
' (INEMANIA
Paul Muni becomes an Empire
Builder and turns in another star
performance in "Hudson's Bay,"
playing at the State Theatre today
and tomorrow in the ` r ranuary
Jubilee .of Hits."
"Hudson's Bay" depicts a turbu
lent story of roaring action in the
north's frozen' wilderness. Al
though it is essentially the drama
tic story of the founding of a
great commercial empire in Can
ada, the film is also a powerful
and eloquent story of courage.
Four Tries, Four: Medals
John R. Suydam, a graduate stu
kilt in architecture, has set a new
record for the College by winningo
four medals in four successive,.
architectural design competitions.
His latest award was the first
medal in an Emerson Prize contest:
Correction
In a Collegian story, yesterday,
the name of H. Jean Fox '4l was
inadvertently omitted from the
Ali.=College Elections Committee.
Burgess Meredith Star of
"Mice and Men" Is A Real
Comedy :Find-
Cathaum Theatre Now Pia} • ing
MORNINGSTAR
BREAD
Morningstar Bread is fine
for_ every purpose.. It makes
sandwiches that are pleasing
in taste and at the same time
nourishing. • And if you want
crisp toast that fairly melts in
your mouth this is the loaf - for
you.
Morning Star, Pm-Wheat
Purity Bread and Tkophk
✓Winner Cake.