PAGE TWO THE MET SOLLEGIAN '"Far A Batter Penn State" , Hifciblishei L 940. Suo-:dJsor to the Penn State Cottegiaon establishei 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1837. Publishel daily except Sunday and Monday during the vaiular College yeic the students o£ The Pennsylvania State College. Entered a 3 aecond-slass matter July 5, 1934/ ut the post-o-.Ci at State College. Pa,, under the act o£ March 1. 1370. Edifoc Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Adam Smyser ’U Lawrence Drievet ’4l HJJTtorial and' Business Oftf.-ie •313 Old Main Bldg. Phone 7LI Women's Editor—Veca L. Kemp *4l: Managing Editor —Robert K. Lane '4l; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters Ml; News Editor—William E. Fowler '4l; Feature Editor —Edward J. K. McLorie '4l; Assistant Managing Editor— Bayard Bloom *4l; Women's Managing Editor —Arita_ L- Hcfferan *4t; Women's Feature Editor —Edythe 3; Rickel Ml. . . . Credit Manager—John K. Thomas '4l: Circulation Manager—Robert G. Robinson *4l; Senior Secretary—Ruth Goldstein '4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis *4l. Junior Editorial Board —John A. Baer ’42. R. Helen Gordon '42, Ross B. Lehman '42, William J. McKnight *42. Alice M. Murray *42, Pat Nagelberg '42, Stanley J. PoKemp nor '42, Jeanne C. Stile 3 '42. Junior Business Board—Thoma3 W; Allison *42. Paui M. Goldberg '42, Jamo-s E. McCaughey *42. Margaret L. Em bury '42. Virginia Ogden *42. Fay E. Rees *42. Managing Editor This Issue Assistant Managing Editor This Issue News Editor This Issue Woman's Editor This Tissue Jeanne C. Stiles ,'42 Assistant Women’s Editor This Issue Jeanne E. Ruess *4o Graduate Counselor Saturday Morning, February 15, 1941 Shattered! Vision “A colossal stone Lion ... a magnificent memorial of the class of ’4O ... a shrine of striking; magnificence ... a towering symbol of Penn State- tradition . . . an inspiration for future generations of awed undergraduates!” This is the Lnion Shrine which was to be. This is the Lion Shrine vision, as conjured up by its eager backers. This is the Lion Shrine which was to be. class of 1940 were persuaded'’no vote their funds im preference to a scholarship fund. This is the Lion Shrine which exists only in others minds—has not yet even reached' the paper stage, Now,. almost a year later, the vision is still a vision. No arrangemehts have been made for the- Shrine. No official committee has been appointed to supervise such arrangements and no chairman has been officially designated to bead the project. Furthermore, such investigation as has been made by an “unofficial committee” has revealed' that a suitable sculptured Lion must cost several thousand dollars more than the $5340 left'by last year’s graduates. The Collegian has no quarrel with an attempt to encourage tradition at Penn State. Rather it has deplored, and will continue to deplore, lack of college spirit and tradition. If shrines will help achieve an institutional pride, let us Have more shrines. • Unconstructed shrines, however, like uncon structed mountain lodges, wiiL never be a spur to tradition or anything else. There are two primary requirements for a class gill: 1. Sufficient funds to buy _ it. 2.. A capable committee and chairman to. take care of buying it. The Class of 1940 apparently failed to provide .for either. We trust that the Class of 1941, profit ing from the Shrine fiasco, will prove itself a bit more practical in handling the class gift problem. No more shattered visions, please. Hell Week Now that the hat societies, have begun their house cleaning, it might be a good time for frater nities to take-the-hintand do something, about'Hell Week which is returning to its old- position of abuse even though officially legislated out of ex istence. The National Interfraternity. Council, the na tional organizations of a great many if not all so cial fraternities; and the Penn State Interfratemity Council have all voted, for the elimination of Hell Week: It still persists. “We don’t want pity but we. do hope that. the. older men of this nation will use- their wealth of experience and wisdom to. show us. how to fight if necessary. However,, these men must be sound, in their thinking-,, far-visioned' in their planning-, and bold- in their policies. We don’t want the type of leadership that succumbed to Hitler in the past-18 months. We want clean-cut, honest, sin cere and: decisive action. We reject the-glorifica tion of war itself. Perhaps here lies the greatest, difference between us and our German contem )>oraries. whose ideals are blood and iron. We will not fight just for the sake of fighting, but convince us that war is the best means of serving our American ideals and we will follow you any where. Downtown Otn.ce 119-121 South Frazier St- Night Phone 4372 George Schenkein *4t Gordon Coy '43 .Robert W. Cooper '43 .Louis K. Bell ?. * * niiiiiiiuiHiuiiHiiiimmimiiiimiiiiimiimmimmiiiimmiumimiimmuiiimn <K ip MANIAC JSkLJ)c~ )i!ii!ii(iimiiiiii!iiiini!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii(iiiiiiiimiii!imimuiii» Heard and Seen about Campus: Bill Bartholo mew, shapely Senior Class prexy, angling with Thespian mogul Ned Startzel for a part in the Spring show . . . Dotty Savard looking like a fem inine Captain Kidd with a patch over one eye.. . . George Parrish, debonair IF Ball Chairman, beam ing over his recent appointment . . . Bill Hubler, Beta golfer, back for the Spring season . . . 200 sorority'gals and 200 rushees in 10 crrm booths . . . Tommy Backenstose and sometimes blonde Betty Christman (we wonder if Betty knows about Tommy’s trying to date that Penn AlphaChiO?) Ed Spenser, Kingpin of the SAE manse.had to sleep downstairs-on'the floor the other night. It seems each time Ed stuck his head through the door to the dorm he was-greeted with a barrage of snowballs hurled by playful cohorts Wake Thomp son, Dave Wilson, Craig .'White, John Barr, Jim Ritchie, et. al . . . Mutiny we calls it. Inside dope is that the IFC Rushing Code will remain as is unless-somebody squawks.' A senior, who for obvious reasons.prefers to re main anonymous, made a- sensational announce ment yesterday, that, if it is carried- ‘out, wiU eclipse the-Senior class-gift, the 1908’Flag'scrap', and the transporting of the horse. to Old Main Tower. This senior, in good faith and befbre re liable witnesses offered-to buy five (5) barrels of beer for the senior, class to be used for a;Senior Party to.be held May-31st, . 19.41 at Whipples Dam. The party- will-be-open only-to senior men and elates. Any- comments- on the- matter should he. sent to this column as the donor wants to be sure party has-the support of an overwhelming-, majority of the senior class: Speak now or forever hold your peace. We hasten' to rush to. the defense of Froth Editor Don West. A. columnist of this paper recently charged that West was lifting, the jokes for his mag. body and' soul-, from- the Temple Owl. Even the Temple Owl wouldn’t print jokes THAT bad. Is it true, that Leslie Lewis and Posey Williams, KAT sirens, received super-magnificent valen tines from Phi Kappa Sigs Jack Good and Lloyd Engle after the recent visit .of the Campus belles to the downtown lads' frat house? What those boys won’t do when they see a woman. We understand that the sororities are having a tough time with their rushing because a great number of the “smooth” freshmen women don’t , have the required T” average. Ail we’ve got to say is that we hope they qualify for the rest of the adage and be beautiful. Helen Swanson, Helen Cramer, Jane Parsons,' Louise Bruenininger will help conduct a summer camp near' Ligonier this vacation under Audrey Dice and Marce Stringer. The line forms to the right, and don’t crowd boys, as we understand it is open to teen age girls only. Re: Cassius’ attack on the Liberal Arts School council. Why don’t you investigate the worth of the Liberal Arts school period? —W.K.F. Nation's Students Believe in Lend-Lease Bill AUSTIN, Tex.—Tne belief that the United States must help England on a lease-lend- basis, trust in a British victory, and : faith that democracy will "survive—those are three- patent manifesta tions of current collegiate thought expressed through Student Opinion Surveys of America. Sampling, a- representative cross section of campuses, including, Penn State, the Surveys in terviewed: typical students, presenting three queries that, cover, one of the most crucial prob lems ever faced by the U. S. There were' the questions,.and-the-majority answers given by-Am erican college youth: 1. It has been suggested' that the U. S. allow. Britain to have planes, guns,, and- other war ma terials on a- lease or mortgage-- basis, with no cash payment. These materials would be returned or replaced with new equipment when the war is over. Do you approve or disapprove of the: plan? APPROVE, said 67% 2. ’ Do you think Britain or Germany will win the war? ' ’ , BRITAIN, said 3. Do you think Americah. democracy will sur vive if Britain is beaten by Germany? Yes,-, said ~ THE-DAll Y COLLEGIAN Campus Chatter Mutiny On The Bounty AndiHeMeansli! Beautiful; (t) BulDumfc Letters to the Editor — Radio Station Proposed As Gift ~ To the Editor: - -THE The following is in answer to questions . about the proposed Penn State radio station. In reply to the question whether the town can support local advertising,.the answer seems to be no. We wish to state that the consensus of op inion among some of the college, executives and those who are now successfully operating col lege radio stations is that adver tising is undesirable because com mercial programs generally crowd college broadcasts into the less desirable," unsaleable time. If the college is willing, to maintain its own station free from commercial programs, it results in numerous advantages. The college stations are exceed ingly valuable to. the cause of civic broadcasting.-They are free to experiment with different types of educational- programs and have,copyright privileges.. In the ideal setup, the. station would-provide programs of-edu cational value for all types of .people with entertainment, pro grams which help to. put over educational features. Outlets are thus-provided for the tremendous amount* of talent l available hei-e. A chain; of state-supported-'col lege* radio stations has- been formed' in the west: They wish to extend this to include the east ern states. Penn State would; thus have the opportunity of- being: the- first 1 and* foremost station in the east in this chain. If the- senior class gift' helps make- possible this radio: station, the-benefits and publicity result ing to the’ college will-, make this the- outstanding- institution - in Pennsylvania. and will place, us . ' among the very- best, m the coun-- try. This is an unequaled ; oppor tunity for this senior class to be remembered." CINEMANIA— 4HSfudenliPf<eview 'Flight From Jesting Forty students saw a college professor commit a socially ne cessary. murder at the Cathaum theatre Wednesday night to re unite a young married couple in a preview showing of “Flight From Destiny.” It will open Mon day for a three day run. The guests,. campus leaders, proclaimed- the unusualness of the picture which stars Thomas Mitchell, James Stephenson, Ger aldine Fitzgerald, and Jeffrey Lynn. The picture brings forth the young South American veter an Mona Maris in a menacing role. In the screen play written by Barry Trivers from a story by Anthony Berkeley, Prof. Henry Todhunter, knowing he has only six months to live, decides to make his life worthwhile by des-. troying someone who menaces others and remains free of the law. -t-L. S. Driever Herb '4l, Werrman'# Cast In Players' Show Paul N. Herb ’4l. and Robert H. Herrman ’44 have joined the cast' of “The Streets of New York,” to be presented in Schwab Audi torium on March 7 and 8, Direc tor Lawrence E, Tucker an nounced yesterday. Herb has. been cast as Mr.- Puffy and Herrman as Paul. '■Jhey replace Leon Rabinowitz ’43 and Garroll D: Hippensteel" .’43. respectively, who withdrew: Dfc Smith Ai Meeting Dr. K. Rj Smith, , assistant pro cessor of: psychology,, is attend*- ing a program committee meet ing of the Industrial Psychology- Section of. the American Associa tion for Applied. Psychology in New City to&ay. In Rec Hall, more smoke, less victory—it’s a smoker's choice. Student Committee, Richard -E.‘ Haskell Robert E. Zuber SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1941 lllllllllilllllilllllllllilimilllllllllllllllllllllHllUilllllllfi w|T Campus Jgf Calendar iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiijiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiinni Notices for this column are run without charge ; 'but must be received at the Office, 313 Old Main, no later than- 6' p. m. the day preced. ing . publication, Faculty members are urged to' use this column to announce exams, class cuts, arid similar material. TODAY 1 A- Valentine 'tea- will he held in the. northeast lounge of Ather ton Hail from 3-to 4 p.-m. today. Executive committee meeting, All-College Cabinet war relief drive, Room 305'01d Main, 11 a.m. Varsity swimming; Penn State vs. Pittsburgh, Glennland' Pool, 2 p.m. Varsity gymnastics, Penn State vs. Chicago, Rec Hall, 3 p.m. Drydock, Sandwich Shop, 9 p. m. - Phi Eta Sigma magazine avail able for' members at Student Meeting, of dramatic group of •the Hillel Foundation for casting of “Education of Hymie Kaplan,” at'the Foundation, 3 p.m TOMORROW Chapel; Schwab Auditorium, It aim; . Evangelical Society, Room 318 01d ; Mhin, 7 p<m. Campus- ’42; Room 318 Old Main, 2:30 p.m. Campus : ’43, Room 305 Old Main, 2- p.m. ’44: Independents; Room 418 Old-' Main, 2- p.m; - ’ Recordings- by.-W. H. Auden,. Edith Sitwell, 'E. E-. Cummings,, and James- Welden Johnson will-' be played - in- -the- lounge of the- Gollege Book Store: at 11 a. m. Program is; open to-the public. . Town Meeting, -Hillel Founda tion, 7:30 pun. MONDAY' Coed 'interclass swim meet, White Hall’’pool’,. 7 p. m. No Philosophy 2 classes. 4-H Club, Room 405 Old Main,- 7:30 p.m, ’42 Independents; Room 318 Old; Main,'7 p.m;’ • •' Business Staff, 1941 Student- Handbook, Room 304: Old Main,. 7:30; p.m. All persons interested in becoming, candidates for staff - are urged to attend: TUESDAY Meeting of Omicron Nu, Room 117 Home Economics, 7 p.m. Circulo Espanol meets in Grange playroom, 7 p.m. Russian 1. glasses will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. and Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Room 412 • Old Main. Russian 2 classes will meet Tuesday from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday at 3 p.m. in the same room. Viewing The Draft (Continued from Page’ One) for ordinary causes, will be needed three, four and five years hence. .The trained men now at work are not enough for rap idly expanding., industry and ad ditional. men will- be needed for this reason, too. The nation’s colleges and universities are., the logical place—almost- the only place—to recruit These replace ments: Second,.when.and if- the-United - States, enters the War the Army will be. subordinated to industry in “total defense” preparations. This means that the-engineer or. the chemist will be of-.more mili*".- fair importance than the soldier. ~ Again,, colleges and. universities will, be-,the best -place to train: •• defense, workers. : All. this, is- bound, to work out- • to the-adyantage oj.the thousands:-: of. students in engineering, phys- - ics,,geology,, chemistry, bacterio-:..- logy- and- similar curricula. These:: students, are-the* ones potentially;”- most important ; to. “national- ■ health,, safety or interest.” But what of the- liberal arts::; student? The best advice to his*—: seems- to be. “Johnny, get your-- gun.” Liberal artists, along with”'- other students will be transferred-: • • to Class 1-A but unlike a gooito: many- other students the liberal:’:: artists, will-probably stay there: ;
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