PAGR TWO
THE \M\M COLLEGIAN
“Fo:c A Better Penn State"''
>i;t.iMisbed 1040. Successor t«> the Penn State Col.'evrbiEi,
established' 1904, and the Free Lance. established 1887
Published daily except Sunday and Monday duri.ru? .the
regular College yeiir by the students of The Pennsylvania
Ofcif/i College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1984
nt the por>t~offu:<? at State College. Pa., under the act of.
March 8. 1870
Editor S&SF'- ® us * an< * Mgr.
Adam Sir.'piit "4i; Lawrence Briever-’4l
K<l*iou/u o:u! Business Off■.«:<*
B‘.j OU Maui
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WkMiicu 6 EJiUr—Vcra* L. ICemp ML; Managing Editor
t H. Lane Ml; Sports Editor —Richard C. Peters
M 1 : Nsvvs JCJin>r —William E. Fowler Ml; Feature Editor —
JSJwncJ J. K. MoLorie Ml; Assistant Managing Editor —Bay-
ru ;1 Bloom Ml; Women's Managing Editor —Anita L. Kefferan
*4); Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel ML. _
Credit Manager—-John. H. Thomas Ml; Circulation Man-
Kflor —Robert G. Robinson '4L ; Senior Secretary—Ruth Gold
idein Ml; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis Ml.
Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42, R. Helen
Condon '42. Ross B. Lehman '42, William J. MeKnight ’42,
Alice M. Murray M 2, Pat Nagelberg M 2. Stauley J. PoKemp*
•k*)' M 2, Jeanne C Stiles ’42.
• Junior Business Board —Thomas W\ Allison *42, Paul M..
Goldberg M 2. J*m«i E. McCaughey '42. Margaret L. Embury
*4?., Virginia Ogden M 2. Fay E. Rees M 2.
Ma«a;?ing Editor This Issue
Assistant Managing Editor This Lssue
JN«‘\vh Editor This Issue.
Women's Editor This Issue
Assistant Women's Editor This Issue
Afttintant Women's Editor This Issue
G» aduate Counselor
Thursday Morning, March 13, 1941
Move Over, Boys, fere's
A Crowd! Him the Draff
About two months ago, the College agreed to
have the Health Service give preliminary physi
cal examinations to students called in the draft.
By doing this, it obviated the necessity of students
going home to be examined by physicians attached
to their local draft boards.
Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the College
Health Service, was officially desginated as the
examining physician. He accepted the appoint
ment with the understanding that he would be
called upon to- examine students only. A private
doctor in the borough had previously been selected
io handle iocai draftees.
However, this doctor also made an agreement,.
It was that he would examine only two men each
day. From his viewpoint, he was justified in this
policy. He has one of the most lucrative practices
in town and sees fit to make the examinations, for
■which he is not paid, only in his spare time.
For a while the local doctor was able to make
all the examinations necessary. Then there was
a sudden rush and the College Health Service was
asked to take care of the overflow by making ex
aminations for the State College draft board. The
number of draftees has continued to increase, how
ever, until now the College is examining an av
erage of five or six men, not including students,
each day. This is nearly three times as many as
are being examined by the local doctor, the man
originally supposed to do all the work.
In an attempt to remedy the situation the local
.draft board has obtained the appointment of an
other doctor as a qualified examiner. However,
this action has fallen short of the desired result
because the new examining physician is a part
time member of the College staff and makes all his
examinations on College time.
This work is too much for the already over
loaded dispensary staff. It is a hardship on stu
dents who must wait even longer than usual to be
treated. And, because they can not receive the
attention they deserve, it is a hardship on men
sent to the dispensary to be examined.
We doubt if members of the local draft board
realize how the additional work handicaps the
College Health Service. We do-not believe that
they intentionally throw the burden on the Col
iege merely because it is the easiest Iliuig to do.
With this in mind, we submit two suggestions
which we strongly urge them to consider.
L Put in a request to have additional exam-"
biers assigned to the State College area. Accord
ing to the Selective Service regulations, this can
V>e done. It seems like a logical gelation. The
>nore examining physicians there are in the bor
ough, the fewer examinations must be made at
Die dispensary, w
2. Ask the present examiners to resign and.
select new men for the positions. Men should <6e
Chosen who will have sufficient time to do their
share of the work. Men should be chosen who will
not make examinations in a manner which will
interfere with the essential duties, the College
Health Service.
The dispensary e^ tSts 'f or the sole benefit of the
student body, la treating student cases,-the staff
has all, if nr.t more, than it can properly handle.
There is Absolutely no reason to give the Health
Service cvork which can and should be done else
where. —J.A.B,
Downtown Office
119-121 South Frasier Sc.
Ni’?ht Phone 4372
George Schenkein M l
.-..James D. Olkein '43
Richard Baker M 3
Vera L. Kemp Ml
Ruth Gerber M 3
.. Edith L. Smith MS
Louis K. Bell
THE
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Best Advice Yei
A rascally, insignificant, anonymous germ ap
jjeared in the deltachi house last week and
promptly sent some six of the brothers scurrying
Inf irmary-wa rd.
The good doctor Harriet Harry, fearful that the
measle-monger might spread, determined to take
precautions. Accordingly she buzzed out to said
delta chi house last Friday and warned Prexy
Jack Thomas as follows:
•‘Tell your boys to be sure not to do anything
platonic this weekend!”
Helen Chiappy, of Ath Hall, has the measles
Helen Chiappy does not date any deltachis.
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Enticing, Eta?
We are indebted to Dr. Dengler, who even of
fered to give us the word the Greeks had for it,
■for calling our attention to the following interest
ing statement in yesterday's Collegian:
“Penn State women may join their College sis
ters throughout the nation in preparing to DOFF
a uniform and . . . restore the injured to health.”
We should be delighted to witness-a demonstra
tion of this new treatment.
Booster Golyum
This week we should like to express approba
tion for the following:
Bill Bartholomew, who took his medicine grace-
fully at the Gridiron Banquet Monday.
Our next senior class president. We hope he
knocks down as much as Bartholomew did.
Jean Lowry '42, for cooperating with the Dies
- Committee in exposing a hotbed of fascist
ideology and fifth column treachery on our
campus.
Freddie Rasmussin, who succeeding in depositing
his alpha zeta badge on Ruth Pearce, pride of
the chi o mansion. Tough luck, George.
Sally Miller. KKG, who depledged Sigma Pi.
Journ. 68 Biatague
Bill Finn: Mr. Gardner, if I sold my picture to
the Arrow Shirt Company, could they sell it to
Stegmaier's?
Voice from back of room: Just Stegmaiers
would want it.
Apropos Poona
Everywhere I go
Falling through the air
Sifting through my hair
TOO DAMN MUCH!
(Note—Roethke did NOT write'this.)
Cleveland Orchestra
Pre-Concert
As The Firsl of Our Bi-Weekly
Thursday Concerts At 8:15
we present the following recordings of the
Cleveland Orchestra under Artur Rodzin
ski:
FINLANDIA Sibelius
EIN HELDENLEBEN Richard Strauss
SCHEHERAZADE, 4th Movement:
“Festival at Bagdad: The Sea.”
Rfni^ky-Korsakov
UNDER .THE SPREADING
CHESTNUT TREE
Tschaikovsky
Jazz Recital No. 2 I
Thttfsday Afternoon, 4:15 ,yg|
"Muggsy Spanier Day" |
'SYMPHONY No. 5
Selections Covering His Entire
Career, 1926-1938
Comment by Walt Berkov and Bill Lahner
THE COLLEGE
BOOK STORE
129 W. Beaver
Textbooks The Record Shop
the daily collegian
Mystery
Weinberger
Loan Fund, Murals
(Continued from Page One)
2. Proposed switch of the class
of J. 922 funds of $29,000 to the
scholarship and student loan fund
is sufficient. Only the Board of
Trustee’s approval is needed.
H. Ridge Riley, director- of
College sports publicity and rep
resentative of the class of 1932
who donated the Poor mural,
said, “My class sponsored the
original mural with the idea that
other classes would complete the
project. A class must finish the
mural project, because the. Col
lege cannot.”
Letters to the Editor —
Ex-Collegian Writer
Scorns Passive View
To the Editor:
“Sixty-five per cent of Penn
State students believe that the
United States will be actively in
volved in the war by 1942. but
only a minority think America
should enter the conflict now.”
How charitable of the majority
not to think so.
The attitude of Penn State’s
students as gauged by the Col
legian’s survey is significant. If
there is any step which brings
us closer to war, it is the per
sistence of such an attitude. It
reminds us of a dying patient
lying helplessly and whimpering,
“I’m not going to take that medi
cine, I’m going to die tomorrow'
anyway.” To conquer an entity
which we regard with passivity
and defeatism, something which
sweeps us along like a leaf in a
rushing torrent, is an impossibil
ity.
The attitude of the Penn State
student is merely the reflection
of the attitude throughout the
country. Each is spineless/ each
denies the power and freedom of
the combined wills of millions
of Americans. “Sure, .we’ll be in
the war soon, there’s nothing we
can do about it.” “I’m not going
to take that medicine, I’m going
to die tomorrow anyway.” The
difference between the two at- t
titudes is nil.
Let’s get to the point: America
today is close to war. It is close
to war because it believes that
democracy and fascism cannot |
exist side by.side; it believes that y
the aim of fascism is the destruc- *”
tion of democracy; and it believes
with all its hearts that aid to' ..
Britain is in fact aid to America
liefs. dlffiCUlt t 0 COnt6St th ° Se j - Afjfjffffi
Despite the fact that we have, ff"” , ||
underwritten British independ- ** p|
ence and victory, however, it is -
Where reason and the will exist,* Wi. «Ri
there are few, very few, things J • . ‘ inlll| "-4i|j
in the world which we can say i |r"l oj : ¥mi ttiifllL. r"si
are inevitable. if*«««»»
I contend that the only things, ■ ;7rf|§
which will get the United States r f I « T JJ C"-r/:rf|
into this war is its will to be[,i v *• V 1. 18- |||
drawn into it. *' - ‘ jf|
The Axis does not want to fight ■ » ‘ il
us. Italy as a military power is If Top Style , 5#
shattered, Germany is occupied || If
on all fronts and would surely || £ OllOrin QT j _• |§
regard the entrance of the United || -gmcl Fabrics' ' ’ 111
States into the war as a major | . - • ®
tragedy. She is doing all she eafl-p- , : ||
not to offend us. The brutal and|| . fl
indiscriminating action which g it p|f - M
marked the last war and which'! ® ; g
helped to draw us in is lacking! Vl' 11.
now. The Nippons have backed,/ WiPfgS'
down time and again in the, i "'"OHIlf /ial ■
Orient in the face of aggressive .y, - '"*[
Anglo-American diplomacy. 4
Japan is wary, afraid. ''
Aid to Britain short of. war, 1
yes. Nothing more is needed. The vO " I
Empire’s manpower is untouched. ysXcluStve Wl//1, \^s-. v
Its fleet is intact. Its air power in- . ~ '
creases and is in evidence daily. Our Complete Spring Lind of..
I repeat, the United States will TIES. SHIMS. SLACKS and
not get into this’war unless it Awa S u
wants to.
Even Pennsylvania’s own _Jr
George Earle, the William Tell
of the whiskey bottle, could not
make it otherwise.
Sincerely, , , ; — 7 „ ~
Emanuel Roth ’4O Opposite Old Maiti - Slatf 1 College
Ridgefield, Conn. ~ j -——
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941
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TODAY
Le Circle Francais Club, mainr:
lounge of Women’s Building, 8
p.m. Please note'change of meetr
ing place.
PSCA’ Seminar, Hugh Beaver' '
Room, 7 p.m. Pocono and Wash
ington Conference reports.
Student Handbook business..'
staff, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m.
All-College elections, first floor •
lounge, Old Main. ■ r
Lecture on Christian Science
by Mr. Peter B. Higgins of.
Seattle, Wash.,’ 121'Sparks, 8 p.m.'.
Student Handbook editorial
staff, 318 Old Main,. 7 p.m._
Kappa Phi Kappa, 405 Old
Main, 5 p.m.
Portfolio, 416 Old Main, 7 p.m. .
Jazz recital, College Book.
Store, 4 p.m.
TOMORROW
Friday Evening Service, Hillel'
Foundation, 7:30 p.m. Purim 'quiz.
Pennsylvania State , Debaters
Convention, 121 Sparks,'B p.m.
(INEMANIA
“Tobacco Road” the : stage por
'trait of a backwoods. clan: from
the “dirty white trash” .caste .has'
finally been transposed, to .the
screen, and will appear •at the.
Cathaum today, tomorrow,, and
Saturday. .. . t
Although still definitely.,adult
program fare, the film transla
tion, as compared with the orig
inal profane stage depiction -of
the “Lester” tribe and its..-col
lective woes, wants, and wicked
ness, is almost Sunday school
fare.
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