PAGk TWO HIE DAILY COLLEG!AH "Tor A Better Penn SJEate"" 13m il)lishe-J 19-1 •). Sucaedsor Zo xho Penn State Coltertan, rtatabjiahe-i L!K)4, an-1 the Free Lar.ee, established 1887 Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the jvsjul.ir College* ye.xr by the students or The Pennsylvania 6UI/j College F/ntired as second-class matter July 5, 19114 »( the T)Dst.-offir;e at 3txt« College. Pa., under the act of M V".h 8, 1879 Editor Bus. and Adi.-. Mgr. Adam Smyssc '<U Lawrence Briefer '4£ IC-ldorial nvl Business OCt’rj: 313 Old Main Bid}; Phone 711 Women's T3dit>r—Veri. L. I-Cemp ’4l; Mana-Hm? Editor —Robert K. Lane ML . Sports Editor—-Richard C. Peters Ml, News Editor—W'illtam E. Fowler Ml; PVatutv? Editor— JO-Ivvard J K. MeLorie Ml; Assistant Managing Elitor —Bay- o>'d Bloom Ml . Women’s Manauinj; Editor —Arita L. HeCferan M); Women’* Fej.tur-* Editor— Edytho B. Rickel ML. Junior Edif>>ri,4i Board—John A. Baer M 2, XL Helen Cordon M 2. RB Lelirnnti M 2. William J. MeKnnrht M 2.. 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New York, in.y Cwrc/»so * il'Pifuu • *.o; Awoiiuss • San Fumvo-icn Gi fidual/j Counselor Saturday Morning, March B,' 1941 For Better {Risstsiia© Most radical suggestion to emerge from a rather dormant Panhetlenic Council this year is the pro posal that the major part of intensive sorority lushing be held, during the between-semester va cation period. ■Under this pLan formal rushing would get un derway as soon as final examinations are finished, probably on Wednesday noon, would continue .through that week, which this year was taken up with vacation and registration, and wind up in the first three days of classes. •Seven days of extensive' class cutting and ne glected work, sorest points of this year’s system to (he administration, would be practically eliminat ed by this proposal allowing sorority women and rushees alike to get off to a better start in the sec ond. semester. With a whole day free for rushing, dates could be more leisurely, contacts more casual. Parties 1o tax the ingenuity of even the most clever would not. remain so vital. Rushees could be met and judged on a much Less forced basis. '.At first mention of the idea, sorority women throw up their hands in horror at the sacrifice of a mid-year vacation. But, how long has there been such a vacation period in this College? Only last year was the plan inaugurated; previously, there was but a weekend separating finals from regis tration and new classes. “But 'we’re worn out at the end. of finals,” they insist. When the weekend breather after exams was in force, only one week, Monday to Saturday, was allotted to the final per iod. Now, the final period has been extended to a week and a half and the majority of students are finished at the end. of the first week. Recovery is usually rapid. Non-combatants, too, can be removed from the scene thus preventing or at least mitigating any injuries which might be forthcoming. Emotional strain for those who are not participating instead of extending over the entire period would be con fined to one or two days. A question also arises as to how women will know they are to be rushed and therefore stay here. Panhelletiic has already had a suggestion that invitations to formal parties be extended be fore Christmas vacation in order to give prospec tive rushees a chance to discuss the matter with parents while they are home. Details involved in the new system are many and complex and will require careful working out. A committee has already been appointed to inves tigate the proposal with plenty of time in which to function. The proposal is a challenge to Panhel )enic. May it make something of it! In a recent exam a prof asked: “Name two an cient sports.” To his astonishment one lad, who like Gene Tunney had a fondness for Shakespeare, answered: “Anthony and Cleopatra.” Downtown Office 110-121 South Frasier St. Night Phone 4372 Distributor o‘f _Loui:> H. Belt Of Keeps Audi CAMPUS CALENDAR Players’ show, “Streets of New York,” Schwab Auditorium, 8:30 p.m. Drydock, Sandwich Shop, 9 p. m. to 12 midnight. Anyone interested in entering the Pan-hel-IFC Bridge Tourna ment should see his house presi dent for application blanks. Campus Center Club "Defense Party." Atherton Hall lounge, 8 p.m. —SHousefifUlT.l'n—A2 Chapel. Schwab Auditorium. 11 a.m. Neuman Club. 405 Old Main, 8 Evangelical Society, 318 Old Mam, 7 p.m. Town Meeting, Hillel Founda tion, 7:30 p.m. Campus ’42, 412 Old Main, 7:30 u.m. Philotes. 302 Old Main, 7 p.m. Elections Committee, 305 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. Economics Club, 318 Old Main. 7 p.m. PSCA Social Action Commit tee, Hugh Beaver Room, 7:30 p.m. Campus ’44. 418 Old Main, 7:30 o.m. All candidates for freshman la crosse team. Room 213 Rec Hall, Engineers Plan 3rd Open House ..A miniature railroad, complete ROTC exhibit, and motion pic ture on Pennsylvania’s new super-highway will be displayed at the third annual Engineering Open .House, to be held from 2 to 10 p.m. next Sautrday, Richard M. Geissinger ’4l and Eugene W. Fickes ’4l, co-chairmen, revealed last night. Beginning in Main Engineering and progressing to Electrical En gineering, guests will be shown exhibits of architectural, civil, industrial, mechanical, and elec trical engineering. The electrical engineering di vision, under the direction of Louis ,F. Grifinger ’4l. will ex hibit a Jitterbug egg, give a radio broadcasting and recepting dem onstration, illustrate long dist ance telephoning with a dial switch board, and show an oscill ograph, an oscilloscope, and an electronics exhibit. Sing Finals To Be Mi M IF Ball Intermission Another Interfraternitv Sing, sponsored this year by IFC in cooperation with Phi Mu Alpha, honorary music fraternity, will be held "at IF Ball, April 4. Eliminations will take place on Sunday, March 30, following the College Symphony’s program in Schwab Auditorium. At that time three groups will be chosen to sing in the finals, and the win ner will receive a trophy. Last year’s winner was Beta Theta Pi. To enter, each group must have 1-6 singers. They will be required to sing a fraternity song, and another of their own selection. All entries should be -turned in at Student Union by 5 p.m. Wed nesday, March 26, along with a 50 cent entry fee. La Vie Proofs Ready Proofs for the senior section of La Vie are now available at the Penn State Photo Shop and all seniors are requested to check them for names, pictures, and activities before Thursday. A.M.M. O. A. Stevens, North Dakota Agricultural College botanist, each year identifies from 300 to 600 plant species for farmers. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN TODAY TOMORROW MONDAY New York 7 * ence Hissing Weinstein Steals Show As Dastardly Villain By BARNEY WEINBERG Pointing solely hnvard enter tainment, the Penn .Jtate Players’ latest show "The Streets of New York” succeeded in its purpose before a fairly large crowd in Schwab Auditorium last night. Credit goes to Director Law rence Tucker for making a go of his first Penn State production. Audience reaction testified to the adroitness with which he han dled this old-fashioned meller drammer. Curtain calls for Mac Wein stein, who as the dastardly bank er was selling his own stock every inch of- the way. He made his extensive role only too short for a booing and appreciative audience. Next in line for kudos is John Bambrick, rising to heights in an almost-death scene. Acting as a fitting counterpart to Weinstein, Bambrick played Badger, the banker’s treacherous accomplice, to perfection. Cae Colman did a fine sup porting job as villain Bloodgood’s scheming daughter. Seldom ris ing to distinction, Colman never theless was a solid support all the way. Players’ prexy, Paul Herb, for saking his usual technical activi ties. showed the audience that he could act with more than his face. As old Puffy, poor but honest, Herb will be remembered by the playgoers as an effective scene-stealer. Praise must be also lavished on the excellent settings, the technical accomplishment of the fire scene climax, and the inter spersed specialty acts. Two out standing specialties were Frank Neusbaum’s daughters, Nancy and Helen, singing “Come Home Father,” and John Hastings high lighting the Bowery quartet with his photogenic figure. Adequate is the word for the heroine and hero, newcomer Elinor Herrman and the Players’ perennial Don Taylor. Herrman was best while singing and Tay lor. acting with detailed gesture, was good but not exceptional. Robert Herrman, wearing pressed pants with patches, was satisfactory as the heroine's brother. Ed Carson, dying of ap oplexy at the start, redeemed an otherwise unimportant role. Loan Fund (Continued from Page One) tion because many of our finest young men and women are not able to make 2’s and 3’s while they are struggling to support themselves. We have seen how many of our students must live under conditions .of privation that can scarcely be believed and forego many of the greatest bene fits of a well-rounded college ex perience because of lack of fin ancial resources. We hope, there’- fore, that some class may signal ize its belief that the greatest asset the commonwealth and the nation possess are its young peo ple and that the best investment that can possibly be made is in their future. We hope also that by such a gift an example may be set for other classes and that in time the funds for student assistance may be built up to an amount commensurate with the place our College holds among other institutions of higher learn ing. Af The Movies “Footsteps in the Dark” STATE— “Ridin’ on a Rainbow” NITTANY— “Meet the Chump” SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1941 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|||||lllll|l|IIIJ|llllUHIltttli( THE MANIAC (The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily fleet the editorial policy of The Daily Collegian.) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiillliliiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiimiil This Is The Year Man the cameras, Mr. Dantzcher! Expand your chests, Penn State men! Pat yourselves on' the back, coeds! The unprecedented has happen ed!’ Forget about the class gift, 1941! Don’t bother with the" La Vie this year, for truly, this IS the year! We have waited patiently- nigh onto four years for the class of 1941 to distinguish it self, to do just one little thing that would set it above previous classes, and until the other day we thought we had waited in vain. Of, WiSI Wonders Never Cease? The most beautiful, the most glamorous, and the most attractive coed has at- long last been, elected May Queen! Here’s to you, Jo Condrin, vou have saved the class of 1941 from anonymity! No longer need we go home and hear the beauty of Penn State coeds attacked, no longer do we need to gaze at the lovely features of Minnesota,’ Siwash, Knox or Pago-Pago coeds, smiling or sneering, at us alone from the roto sections. We’ll be there too (we hope)! Is Our Face Bed! We apologize to the U. S. Army and Lieut. J. L. Dilworth for our false, misleading, and "Unwar ranted remark in last week’s column about the Army’s court martial system. We were judging Army justice by the manner in which Ex-Army Officer Burgess Leitzell metes out his brand of traffic ticket justice. Just goes to show first im pressions .don’t mean a thing. Our father once told us that the sign of a really big man was his ability to “take it”;-we think the description fits you, Dean Whitmore. We stiU. don’t like that phrase, “obvious explanation” .in your letter, however. ... .. Step Down, Ted We advance ourselves as one of America’s fore most younger generation of poets (we’U -ghow...that Roethke guy he isn’t the only one up here with poetry in his veins) and submit a modem verse for your acclaim. First editions (autographed .with our X) may be obtained in the second floor Old Main Men’s Room for $lO per copy. Engineer’s Song O, Little Sliderule How I love you Without you, my darling What WOULD I do? II I need you. Dear slipstick Like a coed Needs lipstick Announcing’ the publication of a volume of poems by one of the most distinguished of the younger generation of American poets Open House By Theodore Roethke Assistant Professor of English, Pennsylvania State College Published March 10th, at $2.00 Autographed first edition copies on sale at TheW.B. Bookstore State College, Pa. Keeler
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