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