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'THE !DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
1940. SUCC-.2.350C to the Penn State Collegian.
established 1914. and the Free Lance, established 1.837.
• Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
rat•ular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
13t.at.. College, Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934,
Kt the post-o_es at State College. Pa.. under the act of
March 3, 1873.
' Editoc Business Manager
Adam Sznysec '4l <ugg:t Lawrence Driever '4l
Women's Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l: Managing Editor
—Robert ...H. Llne '4l; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
'4l; News Editor,-William E. Fowler '4l: Feature EditOr
.--Edward .1. K. MeLorie '4l ; Assistant Managing Editor—
Baya7d Bloom .41 ; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L.
)s.efferan '4l; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel
Ativertisin.; Manager—John H. Thomas '4l : Circulation
Xi:onager—Robert G. Robinson '4l: Senior Secretary—Ruth
Goldstein '4L; Senior Secretary—Lie H. Lewis '4l.
Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42. R. Helen
Gordon '42, Ross B. Lehman '42. William J. McKnight '42.
?I.lice M. -Murray '42, Pat Nagelberg '42, Stanley J. PoKemP
nec.'42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42.
Junior Business Board—Thomas W. Allison '42. Paul
Goldberg '42, Jame:• E. McCaughey '42, Margaret L. Em
• 'Lucy '42. Virginia Ogden '42, Fay E. Rees '42.
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resistant Women's Editor This Issue __ Edith L. Smith '43
Thursday Morning, January 16, 1941
Suggestion For School Councils
If someone were to challenge the school coun
cils, asking what they have done for their schools
and why they deserve to be represented in-All-
College .Cabinet, a few would have a hard time
ansWering.
This is not a challenge, but, given time, it may
grow into one. What is offered here comes by
way of suggestion.
.It is a suggestion that Collegian thinks is worth
heeding and one that certainly deserves full con-
sideration
Quite often students have, and voice, objections
to the type Of teaching or to the kind of instruc
tors they are getting. Just or unjust they should
he heard by the professors and the administrators
concerned. It is seldom that they are. Most stu
dents will not report their complaints bedatise they
are afraid their grade in the course will be af
fected or are just plain afraid.
Collegian is not sure it is desirable that students
AhOuld report their complaints directly. It might
inake the complaints subjective rather than objec
tive.
The ideal course seems to be the one adopted by
the Agricultural Student Council, which is the
oldest and the best of the seven councils.
That council has set up a committte of three to
receive all student complaints about the courses
and instruction offered in the school. Without go
ing to any other group, the committee takes all
first complaints to the intsructor and tries to meet
the problem. No one but the committee and the
instructor is involved.
Continued complaints about one instructor are
taken by the committee to the dean of the school.
who knew nothing at all about the first one. A
solution to the problem is then left to him. The
whole plan has the dean's sanction.
This is enough to bring the problem to the front
and to the attention of the right parties. At pres
ent, not even that is done in the six other under
graduate schools.
With a university the size of this one and ad
ininistrative red tape what it is, school deans and
executives have a hard time knowing what their
students are thinking. The councils can help
them.
At its meetitig on Tuesday, the Liberal Arts
Council considered such a plan and will adopt it
it Dean Stoddart gives his approval. On the basis
of reasons now advanced and jUdging by recent
incidents within the school it hardly seems Prob
able that he will refuse.
"We believe that even now, after all the scorn,
after all the violence, after all the victories of the
enemies of freedom, it (democracy) is stilt the
greatest of human causes. We believe this because
we believe that freedom is the one human cause
dedicated to humanity. It is the one human cause
which declares that humanity is not a means to an
end but is itself an end. It is the one human
cauFe which declares, and which proposes to dem
onstrate. that human beings, left to themselves.
freed of the authority of masters, whether of the
mind or of the soul or of the body, are capable of
creating, a good society and a humane life." Arch
ibald MacLeish, poet and librarian of congress,
urges foucef7ii i . Jfteration of faith in American de-
j. r)
C Russell Eck
Downtoin-n office
119-121 South Frazier St
Night Phone 4372
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THE
CAMPUSEER
Comes The Blitzkreig
The zero hour is at hand
With grim determination written on their faces,
young Americans are ready to march,
The Armageddon of final week •is ilea'
Brave young undergraduates will cross the
snow-clad slopes to meet their fate before Old
Main. Armed only with pen and pencil, they will
resolutely face the mechanized might of
. faculty
mobilization. Much ink will be spilled in grue
some combat.
And alas—many an undergraduate will never
come back.
Assorted Claptrap
Bill LaPorte—"best shoulders money can buy"
. . . Les Lewis and Prof Gardner arguing over
which way a refrigerator door opens ... Joe Drier
—"never got in the column" . . . Ned Startzel—
i'incognito" . . . Jack Piper—"l'll get a date with
Maxine" . . . Evon Wilson smiling when you ask
her if she sent back her sigma nu pin . . . Skee
Dick in town last weekend.
In Defense Of La Fenine .
(The Campuseer, frequent publisher of material
derogatory to coeds as a whole, hereby, redeems
himself by printing a poem offered by a local
Dottie.)
It's a custom
It seems
One used a lot
To say
Penn State coeds
Are not so hot.
So we ask
In return
Hoping to cause furore
When last
Did the boys
Look in a Mirror ... Without breaking it.
—C.L
Pinned
Ibby Shields (acipi) by Jim Sheeley (deltaelii)
Take A Bore
We feel impelled to give a journalistic pat on
the back to Lew Corbin and his seni6r gift com
mittee. In an era when governments dispose of
billions like cigarette money, it is refreshing to
find someone having difficulty spending a measly
$5,000.
(ADVERTISEMENT)
Down By the Old Mill Streim
Too bad there isn't an old mill hard by the Duck
Pond. It certainly would be a lot more romantic
if the bruised fannies, skinned shins and fallen
arches that are in epidemic locally as the result of
the recent cold snap were suffered while skating
on the Old Mill Stream.
Girls, there's no remedy for bruised fannies,
skinned shins and fallen arches other than to:-
1. Learn to skate better, 2. Stay out of hockey
games with the big boys, 3. Do your setting up ex
ercises regularly.
There is, however, a. remedy and a preventative
for the chapped hands that usually go with skat
ing. You guessed it, McLanahan's Own Hand
Cream, 3 ounce jar sbc. Yep, an application be
fore and after skating and we'll guarantee that
your hands will be as smooth and white as Zasu--
Well maybe.
La The Peer Indian
Back in the dim, dark days when we were in
fOurth grade in Public School No. 544, Brooklyn
we harbored a great craving for redskin peanuts.
Maybe because our favorite pastime, then as now,
was being an Indian in "Cowboys and Indians,"
or more likely because they were just the right
size. to fit our favorite pea shooter.
Anyway, when we took up the call of Horace
Greely, we came west from Brooklyn, lost our love
for the Dodgers, missed the boys around Browns
ville and forgot the stench that lingers around
Sheepshead Bay; Redskin . Peanuts passed on, be
longing to the era that was Brooklyn.
Today we're happy. We've re-discovered Red
skin Peanuts at McLanahan's. Prepared the Olive-
Kist way they're better than ever and cheaper too.
a pound for only twenty cents. Advt.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Armchair Dreams
Produce Results
•
it "‘ "k"'
The fellow who does his think
ing alone- in his armchair may be
a more convincing orator than the
cne who gets his ideas from the
crowd on the street-corner, ac
cording to studies made at the
College.
Groups of students were asked
to write argumentative speeches
immediately after periods of silent
reflection and immediately after
periods of open group discussion,
and in the majority of cases the
more effective speeches were- in
duced by the silent periods.
"Not only were the debates
more effectively written after the
writer had thought the ' subject
through alone, but the writer's
verbal output was greater alai',"
said Joseph F. O'Brien, associate
professor of public speaking at
the College,
"An examination of the compo
sitions written after discussion
seemed to reveal a weakening of
,arguinent and- increased inco
herence," he said. "Reflection
theines, on• the bitier, hand, ap
peared to gain in clarity of or
ganization and forcefulness of
language." •
Commenting on the fact that
the themes were rated in approxi
mately the same order by in
structors who graded them and by
a student "audience," Professor
O'Brien said it apparently is pos
sible by objective -analysis of a
speech to forecast its effect on the
intended audience.
CATHAUMi
"Flight Command"
STATE
NITTANY
DEAR FELLOW-LUTHERAN
For more than twenty-two years
LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD has
been helping Lutherans in the Unit
ed States and Canada plan their
finances to provide protection for
their loved ones and to set up sav
ings accounts to take care of them
selves when they get old.
Because of the many different
problems that face our Ltithetan
people. we have many different
forms of insurance . . . the Whole
Life plan, the W. L. 20-Payment
Life, the Retirements at 60 and 65
and in 20 years, as well as the new
Family Income plan . . - in fact,
any form to meet YOUR specific
needs. I am sure that in our plans
you will find one that will make
YOUR financial problems easier and
thus make YOUR life happier.
. Insurance, plans are always better
arranged through the help of a
trustworthy and sympathetic agent
and for
,that reason we have men
and women throughout this country
helping Lutherans in the proper
selection and arrangement of their
plans. - , •
MR. J. M. LI,NDStr of 250 ,South
Burros Street; State College,. Pa.,
assisted by W. . R.. HOSTERMAP.
Jr., '4l, of. 231 south Alien Street,
State College; Pa., have been select
ed as our representatives in yottr
community. I ant Sure that they
can, be of service you.. Call on
them when you have a problem in
.insurance and have them explain
how Lutheian prOtherhood7 can give
you the best in life- insurance and
savings
,plans. Because we sell to
Lutherans only, (your own organi=
zation) our Society offers a number
Of advantages that you will like to
hear .about.
Very truly yours,
•
bitherail Brotherhood
Life Insurance & Annuiti'es
M The Movies
"No, No Nanette"
Escape"
. --NOTICE== --
Lutheran Students
LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD
(5% Dividends)
(Legal Reserve)
THURSDAY, JANUARY- 16, 1941
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TODAY:
Grange meeting,• 403ECgd
7 p. m.
Student governrfieraineeting o
Room 305 Old Main,_7: 7 o;:gli.:
Student Union dance, ArmOry.
E. M. Wise, Staff Adviser, Re
search Laboratory, International
Nickel Co., will speak to..the,Min
eral Industries Society .on.,!!Pre
cious Metals and What.-Wg We :
Learned From Them," ,Room 121
Mineral Industries, 7:30 p, m.
Miss Catherine Doerr will speak
to all Home Economics.studerits on
"Clothing, . Merchandising,.: and
Dress Design" in 10 Home:Eco
nomics at 1 p. m.
TOMORROW:
Ski Club, Room 318 Old Main,
7 P.. m.
. Special meeting of the. School of
Agricultufe faculty,
_fi.oprn 109
Agriculture, 4:10 p. m.• .
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INFIRMARY CASES
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. Twenty-six patients were the
Infirmary, yesterday. , .„..
. .
The following.are confined with
the grippe: Kenneth . A. Burgess,
David A. Solomon '44, Patricia L.
Patton '4l, Robert J. Sperl '44,-
Henry N.
,Carner '4l, Robert M:
Kennedy,
• Dora Colver '44.
Robert E. Jones !41, Cyril J.
Bellahanee :'44;- John E, Tessieri
'43, Thomas S. McCarthy '43, John
M. Wolf '42, J. Robert Finn '44,
William M. Lewis '4l, James M.
Krese '43, Marguerite Waddell '44,
Richard _L. Fuchs '44, Donald
Cooley, Leonard , A. Donatelli '44,
Jay M. Gross '44,• John M. Graff
'43, J. Scott Moffat '4l.
Cases Other than grippe in : .
clude: Louis J. Stadnik '42 ; Ger- -
man measles; Belle: Guzinsky '4l,
gastro enteritis; : Betty Sticcop '4l'
and Jere F. Heisler "'44, • observa
tion.
IMIMMKNI
DEAR FELLOW-LUTHERAN
Do you occasionally take time out
to consider the sacrifices Mother and
Dad have made in twenty years to
feed, clothe, shelter:— and educate
their children? I know parents by
the thousands who have postponed
or completely wrecked their provi
sions for old age because they pre
ferred giving their children a good
start in life to arranging for their
own security. Death by accident or
illness would rob parents of their
so ns and daughters and their in
vestments.
Almost any loyal son with red
blood in his veins will choose Life
Insurance as the way to meet this
HONOR OBLIGATION to his par
ents.
Yes; it adds to the outlay during
the education period, but does a man
who has a mortgage on his home
hesitate to buy fire insurance - even
though his chances, of . having n : fire
are only one-Out of four . hundred?
m
Incidentally a young ail Who, be
gins his purchases of .life ; invitrance
early
,not only . -. secures . the ..more
favorable rates but he establiihes
himself as a good credit riSIE. - Have
you ever wished for credits,
The Lutheran Brotherhood. has
Policies .designed.' especially; fit
student?. poCketbooks and. ~needs.
There are. war .no ar service re
strictions on our POlieles• Pleage re
quest information, about Tutkernn
Brotherhood, before tuying-wouu-Life
Insurance and Annitities. There is
no obligation: •
Very tnily;
J. M. Lind-sey
-250 Sou Burrowes Street,
State College, Pennaythirlia .
Telephone: 4374
W. It Hosteiman,
231 South Allen StreeiE
State „college, Pernisidiaiiia
Telephone: 2132