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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"Foe A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegia;!,
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
Efcate College. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1?;U
«(. the post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8. 1879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Adam Smysec '4 1 Lawrence Driever '4l
XC'Uloiiat and Business' Office
Kt; Old Main Bids
nunc *? I L
Women*? Editor—Vera L. Kemp *4l;- Managing Editor
- UjUrt H. Luu*. Ml ; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
*■4 * t New:- Editor—William E. Fowler. ’4l; Feature Editor—
Edward J. K. Me Lurie '4l; Assistant Managing Editor—Bay
ard Bloom *4l; Women’s Managing Editor—Ants. L. Hefferan
Ml; Women’s Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel ’4l.
Credit Manager—John H. Thomas '4l; Circulation Man
ager—Robert G. Robinson *4l; Senior Secretary—Ruth Goid
r.lein '4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis '4l.
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.Assistant Manauine Kilit«»r This Ifau"
News E'litor This Issu»* . .
Woman’s lSditor This [ssue
.Assistant Wom-jnV <fc»>r This Issue
Gradual Counselo r
Saturday Morning, March 15, 1941
laking Stock Of Ourselves
—The Mirror lesl
We were a bit surprised Tuesday to note in
the upper left hand coiner of page one that
Collegian was publishing its 100th issue of the
year, also its 100th issue as a daily.
When we have come this far, we decided; it
is high time to take stock of ourselves. How
lias the daily worked out as compared with the
semi-weekly?
In our own minds there is no question that
m daily paper is the thing for Penn State. We
were pleased to note in a poll last January that
most readers agree. •
We started the year frankly afraid that the
daily might not be a success because its read
ers might be too hasty in judging it by the mis
takes and shortcomings we were sure a new
paper like ours was bound to have.
Surprisingly, to us this fear was not realized.
At the same time the daily has proved itself a
financial possibility and has shown that stu
dents can produce a daily without flunking
themselves out of college. In fact, the Collegian
staff average wa's higher during its first semester
as a daily than during its last semester a's a semi
weekly.
The daily has had the advantages that were
expected—chief among these, fuller and faster
coverage of campus news. It has been able to
reach into fields outside the college, although the
full exploitation of that work must wait until it
can afford to publish more pages every day.
Even more important than the present accom
plishments of the daily are its potentialities. It
Can. and we believe it will, become State College’s
morning newspaper. If it is well handled finan
cially, it will be able to afford more pages every
day, it will be abie to finance a telegraph wire
(service with one of the leading press associations,
and it will be abie to give complete town as well
os complete campus coverage.
All of these things are demonstrated possibil
ities.
Penn State now has one of the 27 college dailies
in the country and. with careful management, we
think it can come to have the foremost of the col
lege dailies
Not This Itenfee Voting
Penn State got a kind of absentee voting it
didn’t want in the All-College elections this week
when a fraternity brother of one of the candidates
fried to vote under two names.
To the credit of evevvbody but the two stu
dents concerned, the case was cleaned up quickly
by Student Tribunal in a precedent-setting action
that proved it is more than an agency to enforce
freshman customs.
Tribunal for two years has had the power to
enforce student discipline. Wednesday night was
the first time it used it.
Thursday,- in a precedent-setting action even
more important, a faculty committee promised to
enforce the decision of Tribunal in suspending the
two students from a week of classes and from
extra-curricular activities for the rest of their
time in Coliege.
* *. *
The dishonesty that prompted one student to
vote under another’s name and the indifference
that allowed the other to iehd his identification,
of course, are deplorabie. They only prove, how
ever, that a Coliege society is rio different from
any other. As long as Tribunal is alert, both'will
at least be kept at a minimum, and this self-discip
line is going to go a long way in making a strong
/student government stronger.
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(The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily re
flect the editorial policy of The Daily Collegian.)
Slingin’ Is Siting
The Econ Prof was holding forth at great length
on satiety, and was using himself as an example.
“If I need but two suits of clothes, then I have
reached a point of satiety and I won’t need an
other suit except for a special occasion. Now I
don't need a suit of golf clothes because I don’t
golf; a tennis suit because I don’t play tennis; or
a full dress suit because I’m fully dressed . . .!”
“How about a bathing suit?” inquired a student.
“I don’t need a bathing suit,” the doctor began.
Came a pause. Then—
‘You’ve got me boys.”
If you are a liberal artist you can guess who the
prof was. if you’re not a liberal artist, it’s none of
your business who it was because you couldn’t
appreciate it anyway. His nickname has the in
itials S. S. and we don’t mean Storm Trooper. •
Spring Prelude
‘l’m going in the Army in May.”
‘May when?”
‘Maybe.”
“Be Prepared” Baird
Despite the fact that our new All-College Prexy
Bob Baird won by over 100 voles, he was none too
confident of victory before the election returns
came in Thursday night.
Bob placed two ads in the custody of the Colleg
ian Thursday, one of which, thanking his support
ers. appeared in yesterday's paper. The other, to
be used in case his opponent Charley Mattem
won, read as follows;
“I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to
my successful opponent, Charles Mattem. I could
not have lost to a more deserving student. I wish
to heartily thank everyone who supported me in
this campaign. Robert Bail’d.”
Good sportsmanship, we calls it.
There’s One In Every Town
The snow was piled a foot high and ranged three
feet away from the curb in front of the Diner the
other morning. It was well-nigh impossible for
anything but a tank or a caterpillar tractor to get
within a foot of the curb. A passing pedestrian
eyed curiously the police officer who was writing
out a ticket for a hapless motorist. The parking
meter still had twenty minutes on it. The pedes
trian asked the officer why he was giving the
motorist a ticket.
"Why.” the officer indignantly
more than six inches from the curb!”
Prof Of The Week
The. prof was leaning back in his chair reading
the Collegian, apparently oblivious to the low
murmur coming up from his class, who were bus
ily engaged taking a bluebook. The low murmur
rose to a murmur, and still the prof went on read
ing the Collegian. The murmur crescendoed into
full-fledged conversations. The prof arose, turned
to the blackboard. The class was breathless,
scared. The prof turned around, sat down, resum
ed his reading. On the board were two words.
"Talk lower."
British Morale? v
According to a London dispatch, it’s likely to be
•'Bombs and Babies” and not "‘Bombs or Babies.”
The dispatch stated that immorality was increas
ing to a “marked degree” in London’s air raid
shelters.
In fact, a probation officer even went so far as
to say, “There are few boys and girls of 17 and
18 living under the present conditions for-whose
chastity I would vouch.”
And here we’ve been thinking all along it was
the British .morale which was so high.
Burgess Goes Sufi
Congratulations but no cigars. The borough
tough man has gone soft. Burgess Leitzell has a
grandchild. Beat me daddy eight to the bar!
Dr. Charles M. Heck, head of the physics de
partment at North Carolina Staid College, wants
newspapers of the country to coin a hew .word—
“Slavaxis." He sent ietters. to principal papers
throughout the country asking them to use the
word in referring to the alliance between Italy
and Germany. Italy, he said, is the slave: GeK
many, the Axis.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
replied. "He's
Urges Cooperation
Because of numerous com
plaints about enforcement of the
dating code from students and
administration, H. Edward Wag
ner '4l, president Interfraternity
Council, above, makes an urgent
plea for cooperation in enforcing
the code and reporting any in
fractions of it. “There is to be
much rpore vigorous enforcement
of the dating code in the immed
iate future,” stated Wagner, “and
this is not just an idle statement.”
All violations should be turned
in to Wagner, who promises to
keep reports in strict confidence.
Letters to the Editor—
Religious Council No}
k Pari Of PSCA
To the Editor:
In your article in the Wed
nesday, March 12, issue concern
ing the special advisory commit
tee for students seeking alternate
selective service duty because of
conscientious objection to mili
tary training, you state that the
committee was established by the
Student Religious Workers Coun
cil of the PSCA. The Student
Religious Workers Council is an
independent organization of all
of the ministers of the churches
serving students in State College
and of the secretaries of the Penn
■State Christian Association. Miss
lone V. Sikes, associate director
of the Westminster Foundation,
is the president of 'the Student
Religious Workers -Council, and
•it was she that issued the an
nouncement concerning the com
mittee.
D. Ned Linegar
Assoc. Sec.. PSCA
Reader Sheds Light
On Loan Situation
To the Editor:
The loan fund vs. murals con
troversy has 'been settled for the
current year. Nevertheless, it.
seems to me unfair to. many de
voted graduates and friends of
the College to leave uncorrected
■what is evidently a misquotation
.in your March 13.
In discussing the merits of the
two projects proposed to the
senior class, you quote Dr. Mar
quardt as saying, “Since 1909
there has been no additional fin
ance aid for students." I can
•only surmise that Dr. Marquardt
intended to say,- “Since 1909 no
class has provided financial aid
•to students.” I' cannot believe
that one so long a part of the
College administration would ig
nore the James -A. Beaver and
Mary Beaver White Loan Funds,
•each- of $25,000, established in
1924 by J. Gilbert White, ’B2,
•donor also of the John W. White
Study Hour Favorites ■-
Cookies—Cream Puffs—Cinnamon Rolls
ELECTRIC Sim
243 S.'Allen St.
SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1941 ~ i -V. „
CAMPUS CALENDAR:^
TODAY
Music room in 417 Old Maixu_
will be open tonight at 8 p,.m.; “L£l
PSCA Cabinet Traming'~<SpQ?~
ference leave Old Main fbf Halpb : - :
Watts Lodge, 5 p.m.
Drydock, Sandwich shop, 9 to~~
12 p.m. • ts*—r.:
Library dedication, 2 p.rm
Roller skating, Armory, 2 £p
5 p.m., 7 to 9 p.rru' Admission 410
cents per session.:
Meeting of Pi Lambda Theta,
in Miss Kirk’s apartment, GleShi
land Building, 5:30 p.m. ' -
Because of the. Artists’ Course*
there will he no bridge class.- The
next meeting will he held Wed
nesday at 7:30 p.m. in Room, 3.
Sparks.
Riding club meeting, 7 p. m.'
in Stock Judging Pavilion.
Alpha Lambda Delta.meeting
in Miss Z'ang’s apartment, Me-.
Allister Hall, 6:30.p.m.
Nutrition exhibit on phosphor
us from 8 a.m. to noon in Rohm
209 Home Economics.
Movie Scheduled
A movie entitled “Front Office
Procedure’’ dealing- with hotel '
work will be shown in Room 110
Home Economics dt 11 a.m. today.-
The movie was made -by - the
Hotel Greeters of America under! -
the direction of Edmund L. Fynn,
executive secretary of the Penn
sylvania Hotels Association,- Lu
cius Boomer, president of ■ the
Waldorf Astoria, and is narrated’
by Lowell Thomas. ■ ;
Fellowships and Scholarships.
Nor could Dr. Marquardt be un
aware_of the State College Alum
nae Club Loan Fund of almost
$3,000, the DAR Loan-Eund-of
about $2,500, the State. College
AAUW Loan Fund of $l,OOO, and,
some dozen other funds of small-.-
er amounts , maintained by .alum-,
nae, WSGA, and other .groups
•for the aid of students—all of.
■them less than 25 years-old. -,
As soon as an alumnae'group,
has established a stable organ!-,
zation it begins seeking some
means of contributing to the
•comfort or well-being of students
in College. Most of the.clubs.in
•Pennsylvania have chosen either
•a loan fund of an annual scholar
ship award as chief -project: A
number of clubs maintain botlL
•types of help for students.
I admit—and deplore—the in
adequacy of all these funds to .
meet the needs of worthy ibut in-"
digent students, and am glad .the
class of 1941 is ‘ increasing" the
sum available. In justice to those
who have for years been -increas
ing it, however, such statements
as I have quoted should not go
unchallenged.
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DURHAM,.N. C. '
The Diploma of Graduate-Nurse
is awarded after tHree years. The
entrance requirements are intelr
ligence, character, and gradua
tion from an accredited High
School. Preference is given to
those who have had college work.
The annual tuition of $lOO covers
the cost of maintenance, uni
forms, books, etc. ..
Catalogues, application forms,-
and information about require
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admission committee. '
HUNGRYI
TOMORROW
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Sincerely yours,
Julia Gregg Brill
Diaf.3i2l .