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TM-MRY COLLEfiIiM
"ForAßeUerPenn Stale"
1940. Syccnfifor to the Penn State Collegian.
cM-aWWiod 1904,' and the Free Lance, established 1887
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
J>'aV> College Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934
at-the potifcofliire at State College, Pa., under of
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. „
/vciuin Jimyiiej: '4l Lawrence Briever. '4l
) vlite.tiaJ ond Business Office
• ft]?. OteAai* Bldg.
. Phono 711.
-Editor This Lsue Pat Nagelbefler
A.si.istanl.. Mnnaginff -Editor This Issue Gordon Coy '4£
Edito)- This Issue - Samuel L.- Stroll, Jr. .'4ft
Women's liuiuc Editor. Alice M. Murray '42
Assistant Women's Editor Thin Issue __ Edith L. Smith. r 4S
Saturday Morning, February 22, 1941
tim sir©iis M Association Cain
Ifrfs CaiiweifioiJi Produce !
The Pennsylvania Student Government .Associ
ation .which is meeting on our campus'these three
days Would be doing the students of the common
wealth a great service if it could achieve just one
thing:
A .-unity of purpose and a way of expression for
all the students of the state.
The implications of this suppestion are import
ant-
>. This should be an Association with which
ALL students in the commonwealth are fully ac
quainted—not just an Association of student lead-
ers. ; -Most of student organizations and federa
tion;: and congresses have the weakness that in
-fhchymember colleges they are known only to the
student leaders directly affected or associated.
2. To achieve this, the Association needs some
ttiieans-.pf expression which would reach ALL stu
dents,,not just student leaders. Here the college
editors of the state might cooperate.
3. -The Association also needs the stabilizing
• influence of a permanent officer, paid if possible.
Today .there are so very very many matters of
- importance to students that it is a shame they are
. no). organized for -their views to be heard.
Pardon ,us an example. Pennsylvania is one of
only six states in the United States that does not
Mia ve-what seems to be a very desirable something -
• -absentee voting. Pennsylvania’s objection to
absentee vp.ting (as yesterday’s editorial pointed
out)-is strictly-political and is not so strong that it
could survive the reaction of public opinion and
„rfHtblie:deman.d : if all the people of the state were
acquainted with the facts. Even the organized
and-persistent shouting of college students keep-
Mng .txp -the din in the ears of their individual leg
- ».-)alors .would swine the measure, Collegian be
lieves.
This would be s very pertinent problem for an
Association, such as that now meeting here is cap
aide .of. becoming. A unified expression of student
ini on. on. the draft might also carry telling-
weight.
To accomplish these things, the Association
-rmist give itself a more permanent organization
end must see that its word reaches into all the eol
•4r-ges of the state, through the student leaders, to
every member of every student body.
"- „ fill, least Possible
rttapfliiOT Of lie ,.. Life"
"The purpose of Selective Service is to secure
an orderly, just, and democratic method whereby
tlio military manpower of the United States may
■rtx- made available for training .and- service with
■flit- least disruption of the social and ecc
.-+iOinic-U£e of the nation." (From tlie opening par
agarphy of the Selective Service Regulations.)
■Unless Congress takes action the Selective
Service provision providing deferment for stu
dents until the end of a college year is going to
expire July 1. From then on students will go
whenever they are called, dropping.their studies
■"wherever they are and hustling into the army for
a year.
If.a college student would lose only a year by
■rf. raving for .the army in November, for instance,
• 'lie- could hardly complain'. Actually; he loses three
whole semesters. In his peculiar position, the
' draft discriminates against him! It removes him
•■from,his normal.life for 18 months rather than 12!
Any student who interrupts a semester in the
■middle can count it.lost. After a year he will have
to start all over again, anyway.
Take the case of John Smith, a junior, who- is
.-4'oing to be called next November. If. he is’taken
-after.-mid-semesters, ..he loses all his fees and the
•■semester,--too. He, goes into the army, comes out
- fhc-.next November, and. has to wait until the next
-■^'ebruary.-before, he can resume his studies.
This in hardly fair and it is certainly not achiev
ing the. least disruption possible. No one Would
suffer any particular hardship if college students
wore at least allowed deferment until the end of
any semester already underway when they were
called.
Downtown Office
119-121 South Frazier St.
Night Phone 41172
Louis K. Eel!
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Political Campaign
We hereby, herone, and herewith, come out for
Jo Condrin for 1941 May Queen. Helen Cramer
might be the most etherally beautiful, Knobby
Heffex-an might be the wittiest, Betty Albright the
stateliest, and Eleanor Fagans the nicest, but we
believe that Jo has some of all'these qualities, and
what’s moi-e, feliow students, she’s got oomph!!
We are sick and tired of seeing girls chosen May
Queen just because they are Dean Ray’s favorite
coeds. What we want is to see Penn State’s May
Queen make the rotogravure sections, and make
screen tests, and I dare you to find me the roto
gravure editor who will print, a girl’s picture be
cause she is a big shot iri WSGA!
The Theta’s request that hereafter Pat Nagel
berg make it plain to' his Junior College girl friend
that he meets on trains that he is a Theta Xi. They
x-eceived a letter addressed to Pat Nagelberg-,
Theta House., Lewistown, Pa. •
Not to be topped by the Kappa’s, the Theta’s an
nounce that Roberta Montz has been pledged.
When contacted late last night Montz said he
would not resign his affiliations with the Kappa
Sigma house.. •
Defining, file Bird
In case some of you have never come in contact
with .that peculiar specimen of homo sapiens
known as a “College Hot-Dog,’’ we print below a
few characteristics of the breed. Drop in the Cor
ner-Room any day and you’ll see what we mean.
T. Any boy who wears his pants three inches
above his ankles, and any girl who wears saddle
■shoes,-dirty saddle shoes, six days out of seven.
2. Any student, male or female, who continually
makes such senseless remarks as Fsistrari. Cope
setic, I got egg on me, knocking oneself out at ones
leisure, etc.
• 3. The young Atlas who, when he parks his
coat, parks his shoulders.
4. The boys who in any way, shape or foi-m, or
manner of dress resemble Robert L. Wilson, No. 1
Alumni Hot Dog.
5. She of the Body by Fisher and the overstuff
ed upholstery, the line of whose backbone re
sembles the coastline of South America.
■ 6. The boys who prefer the seclusion of apart
ment dwelling with etchings—on the ceiling.
7. The girl who knows all the first names of
every boy in a fraternity house after one date
there.
8. The girl whose skirt makes an honest attempt
to meet the roll of her stockings, and who wears
sweaters three sizes too large and awaits academic
development. '
9. The boy who gets a haircut once a year,"
whether he needs it or not.
10. The girl who never wears a dress so long as
her roommate has a sweater and skirt available.
11. Any girl or boy who heads the should-have -
flunked-out list.
12. The type of student who comes to the movies
solely, to crack wise and speaks to shots only.
13. Any student who spends more than three
fourths of his time in a goldfish booth at the Cor
ner Room.
'Gone With Ihe Wind' Chosen Best
Picture Of 1940 By College Students
Choice of more than one-fourth of the nation’s
college students, “Gone With the .Wind” was easily
ranked the collegians* No. 1 motion picture shown
in 1940, a poll conducted by Student Opinion Sur
veys of America, reveals.
The top ten pictures of the year, according to
collegiate opinion, were:
1. Gone With the Wind
2. Rebecca "
3. Grapes of Wrath ■
4. All This and Heaven, Too
5. Foreign Correspondent
6. Knute Rockne, AJI-American
7. Northwest Passage'
8. Northwest Counted' Police
. ..9...TheiMortai Storm ' . ■;...
10. Boom Town ■ • - ' .0
Interviewers asked students to name the best
picture, “they bad.seen” during 1940; so many of
the favorites mentioned were not necessarliy re
leased during the last year.. Often a respondent
named one of the classics Hollywood has filmed in
years before 1940.
THE'DAUY- COL^GIAN
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
Boxing, Penn . State, versus
.Army, Rec Hall, 7 p. m.
Wrestling, Penn State versus
Cornell, Rec Hall, 8 p.jn.
Swimming, Penn - State versus
Rutgers, Glennland Pool, 2 p. m.
Freshman swimming, Penn
State versus Cornell, Glennland
Pool, 2 p, m.
' Gymnastics, Penn State versus
Minnesota, Rec Hall, 2 p. m.
Freshman _ gymnastics, Penn
State versus Temple, Rde Hall,
2 p. m.
Fencing, Penn State versus
Pennsylvania, Rec Hall, 2 d. m.
Freshman basketball, Penn
State versus Susquehanna, Rec
Hall 1 p. m.
Freshman wrestling, Penn
State versus Cornell, Rec Hall,
4 p. m.
Roller skating, Armory, 2 p.
m., 7 p. m., and 9 p, m.
Drydock, Sandwich Shop, 9
p. m.
Record concert, Room 417 Old
Main, 8 p. m.
CA Freshman Council leaves
Old Main for Cabin, 2 p. m. •
Coeds interested in learning to
shoot, report to Rifle Range,
White Hall, 1-1 a. m.
’ TOMORROW
Chapel, Schwab Auditorium,
11 a. m. Father Vincent -C. Don
ovan, O. P., Director, Catholic
Thought Association, New York
City, will speak on the subject,
“Rebuilding the World.”
Panel discussion, “Can Demo
cracy Be Maintained Without
Religion?” in Schwab Auditori
um, 6:30 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.
MONDAY
lota Lambda Sigma, Room 418
Old Main, '7 p. m.
4-H Club, Room 405 Old Main,
T:3O p. m.
. ’42 Independents, Room 318
Old Main, 7 p. m.
Faculty members may file tax
returns Monday and Tuesday, in
Room 305 Old Main.
TUESDAY
Nutrition exhibit, “100 Calorie
Portions of Fruit and Vegeta
bles," Room 209 Home Ec, 8 a.
m. to noon, Tuesday.
Students Asked To Use
Phpensary Before 5 p.m.
Students who need treatments
for minor ailments should call at
the Dispensary prior to 5 p. m.
instead of waiting to be treated
at the Infirmary- in the evening,
Dr. Joseph , P. fUtenour, director
of the College Health Service,
requested yesterday.
. Students should also note that
the Dispensary is open each Sun
day from 10 to 11 a. m.
Douglas Hyde, first president
of Eire (Ireland), was once in
terim professor of modern langu
ages at Rutgers University in
New Jersey.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK /
OF
STATE COLLEGE
Member of ;
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation :
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1941
Convention Program £§
' TODAY'' .-V". %
Conference- assembly,' Room
405 Old Main, 8:30 p.m. „
Round Table Discussions, 9_a.jn. *;
Student Government
College Newspaper, Room ..405'/.
Old Main, A. William Erigel '4O,
presiding. .......
Fraternity and Noh'-fra.ternrty".
Relationships, Room/ JJOS -Qldr:
Main, A. John Currier,: Jr./ M3g
presiding. " ~ ' . -"•»
Student; Participation .in Cur-v—
-riculum Change,/Room Sl&'iSfcl:
Main, Arnold C/'L&idK - r 4l, pre-"
siding. /
Round Table Discussions,
10:30 -i-r:::!?
Women in -Student Govern
ment, Room 412 Old-Main, Miss
Matilda A. Bentley' and ’Elinor L.
Weaver ’4l, presiding: ' .."
Student - Faculty - Administra
tive Relations, Room 305 Old-"
Main, Russell E. Clark, Dr.- Henry -
L. Yeagley and -Richard M: Geis--
singer ’41, presiding. "
.Parlimentary Methods,/ Room
405 Old Main, Andrew - Horton,
Lafayette, presiding. / ’ *•*••
Development of Studerit"-Lea
dership, Room 319 Old" Main,
William B. Bartholomew’4lypr'e
.siding. *
Luncheon, Sandwich -Shop, -Noon
Robert N. Baker ’4l, presiding. ■■
Lyman Beecher Stowe will'be : V
the main speaker. “/"/
Hartwell K. Blake will'talk'on '/
“Student Government in Hawaii." -/
Entertainment by 'the Varsity/-''
Quartet. ~ . V---'
Informal Dinner, Corner "Rttbm/':
- 5:00 pun. ■
Arnold C. Laich ’4l, • toast- • "
master.
introduction by Presf<fe~nt—
Ralph D. Hetzel. "
Dr. William Mather Lewis,"":
state director of Selective Serv- -
ice; will speak on “The Part' of ■ •
the Student in the Selective"-
Service Program.”
. Additional Activities "
For additional sports-and so-'/:
rial events today, see Calendar- ■
above.' • •• '•'
TOMORROW - '
Conference meeting, Rdom/405
Old Main, 9:30 p.m. ""///' -
Chapel, Schwab Auditorium,"lt
aim. "
Closing dinner, Nittany : Libri
Inn, 12:30 p.m. -
Read The Collegian Classifieds'
ICE SKATING
Afternoons 2- $
Evenings .
15c
Saturday open until 11 p.
m. 10c after 9:30 p. m.
For Only lOc i: "
New Beaver Field Rink.
ROLLER SKATING s
Saturday Afternoon .. 2-5
Saturday Evening 7-9,9-11,
20c 9
ARMORY