" PAGET TWO' TIE I/AIIILT C43LLEGH AN "'Fac A Better Pehn State"" lij.f.Uilwhei L94*J tc the Penn G)Ue*i.in. o.itibliobeJ L‘Joi. ;ind the Free Lance, established 188'* Published diUy e;*rc*?j)t Sunday an-i Monday during Uie rojtuior College yeir hy the students of Trio Pennsylvania 43(-t.l>o College Entered <u deoond-elu-s matter July B, 1934 the at 'State College, Pa., under the art, of WArrJj 8. 1W Editor Bus. and Ad<r. Mgr. /idum Smywse '4l Lawrence Driever '4l K'Mo'iai aml Biminmii Ollnje «'.J Old Mai;, Bid s; I'non* 7 1 L P El.Mar—Vara E.- *Kemp *4l; Managing Siitoc 7 ,U : I( ’ . rnr "’ ' 4l: Snofta Editor—Richard C. Petera r N' i v«i ti or —Wil I+am E. Fowler ’4l; Feature Editor— *> w ‘r. ri4 kV'Erici'- '4i ; Assistant Manai'in- Editor—Bay- Bloom '4l; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L. HeEterir -41.; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel *4l. Credit Manajrer-Mohn K. Thomas '4l; Circulation Man nitol-—Robert G. Robinson '4l; Senior Secretary—P.uth GoM bfem '4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis '4l. i»t2;»!*ir*i*;snso national Aovs*n-i«i«* ( 3 ir* IMaiDieDaiiafl' AdwrtSsiog Service, ln«\ CollufSc Pulflishen a,±Q Waoison Avis. New Yop?k. is.r » l)df.r<3(« • LO‘3 AiHOULES • San ,».fo Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42 R. Helen. Gordon ’42. Rosa B. Lehman '42. William J. McKoight '42, Alice M. Murray '42. Pat NSgelberg '42. Stanley J. PoKemp •urr 42. Jeanne C. Stiles '42. Junior Business Board—Thomas W. Allison '42, Pan! M. Goldberg '42. James E. McCauiihey '42. Margaret L. Emburr 42, Virginia Ogden. '42. Fay E. Rees '42. Managing Editor This Issue George Schehkein '4l Aiuuutant Managing Editor.. Donald W. Davis, Jr.. '42 Mown Editor This Ensue . David Samuels *42 "Womens Editor This Issue , R. Heien Gorilon '42 Assistant Women's Editor This Issue Ruth Gerber '42 Graduate Counselor Tuesday Morning, March 18, 1941 Completing- The 'Mural If three students out of 489 who voted for the senior cl3ss gift had changed their minds, the $5,000 to be given away by the class would have none to murals instead of a loan fund. How that the loan fund is provided for, let’s find a way to take care of the murals. Collegian before the election did not feel the desire to take sides because ti was (and still is) satisfied that both gifts were deserving and met the important requirements of (1) being within viuige of the class funds, and (2) being provided with, proper and prompt execution. The closeness of the vote indicates, however, the interest students are taking in the mural. It would be unfortunate if the opinions of three stu dents should have determined that the Penn. State mural was never to be completed. This, of course, is not in the minds of those men who worked for years to have the . mural started and are now working to have it completed. They plan to have it completed some way, but how? Mr. Poor will not always be available to Penn State. By waiting too long, the College may lose him altogether. The removal of the senior gift, took away the most immediate prospect of having the mural completed. There are other ways available, cer tainly, but none of them are as close at hand as was the senior gift. The one best prospect Collegian sees for having Poor continue his mural now is tao have him ap pointed to the College faculty as an artist in resi d.ence. This would cost the College his salary for two or three years and that’s all. Collegian thinks that investment would be a good one from several standpoints: (1) it would add to the faculty an other and very attractive famous name; (2) it would increase the prestige of the College with its students and with outsiders; and (3) it would pro vide painlessly for the completion of a project which is one of the most outstanding the College has undertaken in .the cultural field. A true uni versity should contribute to as well as pass down culture. Penn State has done little enough of the former. Whether or not the College decides to adopt this -plan depends on whether it thinks the $lO,OOOO or $115,000 would be better invested in Poor than it would in some other enterprise. The College is never without a pocket from which it can pay for •something really necessary. Collegian thinks the mural is necessary enough and it believes further that a great many stundents and faculty agree “During the past two decades our universities have suffered from a negative complex; our facul ties have analyzed issues and balanced factors; •ft -,y have exposed the follies and the vices of his torical figures and movements; they have not emerged with a positive philosophy to which stu dents and public might attach themselves. There justice in the complaint of the undergraduate that’ his academic experience had not provided him with a faith.” President Charles Seymour of Yale University paints to a fault in the higher educational structure. Downtown Office 110-121 South Ffaaier St. Phone* 4372 Louis H. Bell fiiiifiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiimiiiiiimmmmiiii; (Thu opinions expressed in' thi? column da not necessarily m- fleet the editorial policy of The Daily Collegian.) 1 Draftee’s Lament Dear Fellows This army life is great stuff. It hasnt’ been bad so far, but I never know what I have to do next. I came to Fort Meade about midnight Tues day. When I arrived I was given a meal and then put to bed. The sergeant tucked me in about one o’clock and everything was lovely. After I got in bed I closed my eyes, rolled over once, and it was time to get up (6:30). I missed the freshmen annoying me. I was going to tell them to put me down for eleven o'clock, but I thought maybe they wouldn’t appreciate that. After I got up I got washed and made my bed according to army regulation. I’m telling you, they are damned particular about how you dress up those cots. You can’t have a wrinkle in it. I was stiff all over from sleeping on the damn thing —the first time I ever got stiff sleeping. Well, after I finished playing with my little cot, it was time for breakfast. The food is very good, you can get all you want. The only trouble is that they sock it on your, plate and by the time you get to the end of the line, the plate looks like a dish of Thrivo dog food. The cup for water or coffee is deep enough to wash your feet in and the coffee is so strong it picks you up and carries you away. After breakfast we had to take classification tests and were then given tags to hang around our necks —that’s in case you get lost you can walk up to someone and say “Here I am. How do 1 get to where I should be?’’ This morning we were up again at 6:30, nursed our beds into readiness and were off to breakfast. After breakfast we had a half hour of calisthenics. I really didn’t need the exercise, but I did it. Af ter the exercise we had a little drill for a few hours, ten men to a sergeant. Ten minutes of drill and he had me showing the other nine men hew to execute the commands. He said (quote) “This fellow had only ten minutes drill and see bow he executes ■ the commands, you bunch of lame brains.” Who was I to tell him I had had ROTC? He didn’t ask me. After dinner we had company drill for a few more hours and then a lecture on sex, something very interesting. We were then read the laws of. the army. They did a good job on those laws — they didn’t forget a thing. After we heard the laws it was time for a rest. I rested until supper time and after supper began to write letters. I go on guard duty tomorrow from 3 a. m. to 6 a. m. Excuse the pencil, but you can’t buy a hell of a lot of. ink for $2l a month. W ’ " . ; V It’s Comer THE DAILY COLLEGIAN the unusual CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Collegian senior board. Important. Old Main, 8 p. m. Collegian freshman editorial candidates. Room 312 Old Main, 7 p. m. • Collegian junior editorial board. Room 313 Old Main, 4 p. m. Informal history meeting, Room 305 Old Main, 7 p. m. Dr. Pundt will lead a discussion on “The Far East.” Student Union dance, Armory, 4 p. m. PSCA Freshman Council dance committee, Room 304 Old Main, 4 pi m. PSCA Forty Forum and-Fresh man Council joint meeting to hear Miss Eunice King of the Student Volunteer Movement, 7 p. m. PSCA World Reconstruction Seminar, Home Economics Audi torium, 8 p. m. Speaker: Dr. Ernst Meyer, professor at Buck nell U. and former member of German embassy staff in Wash ington. Ag Ec Club meets at Sigma Phi Alpha, 7:30 p. m. Dr. R. A. butcher will speak. Student-Union Dance, Armory, 4 p. m. American Society of Civil En gineers, Room 107 Main Engin eering, 7 p. m. R. R. Cleland, State College borough engineer, will talk on “Water Supply." iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii INFIRMARY USES iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii A checkup last night revealed that 14 students are confined in the College Infirmary. They are Laurance Lightbody ’43, Leon ard I. Leventhal ’44,- Howard E. Kugel ’44, German measles; John M. Graff ’43, George E. Espy ’43, Virginia M. Seltzer ’43, Norman H. Gnagey ’44, mumps; Robert Mezey ’42, N. Loreen Hughes ’44, Janice M. Owen '4l, Martha Jayne,, graduate, Malcolm S. Weir ’43, Alan I. Brunstein ’44, observation-; Martin H. Fritch ’42, grippe. Glee Club Leaves - (Continued from Page One) after the concert the Glee Club will leave for New Scott High School in East Orange, New Jer sey, where they will give a con cert sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Alumni. The last concert of the trip will be given in the Grand Ball Room of the Hotel New Yorker at 8:30 Friday evening under the aus pices of the New York City Alumni. There is a possibility that the Glee Club may broad cast on the Fred Waring program. The singers.will leave New York City at 8:30 a.m. Saturday for State College. Samuel. Gallu ’4O will accom pany the club as. tenor soloist and Andrew Szekely ’43 will be the piano soloist. Students making the trip are: First tenors—Richard Bittner ’4l, Hartwell Blake, graduate, Irwin Curry ’43, Richard Eckert ’4l, Arden Emerick ’4l, Robert Frank ’44, Harold Hablett ’42, William Lundelius ’43, James McA-dam ’42, Edward Roberts '44, Arthur Semes ’4l, and Henry Simon ’4l; Smokey. Second tenors—Boyd Bell ’42, William Christoffers ’43, Garth Dietrick ’42, Alfred Gilbert ’42, Les Heienyi ’4l, William Kirk patrick ’4l, Herbert Osmun ’4l, and Harry Vosburg ’43. Baritones Samuel Crabtree ’4l, Harold Farver ’44, John Harkins ’4l, James Leyden ’42, Jack Mahoney ’42, William Min shall ’43, William Nesbitt '42, Augustus Swope '42, and Albert Zimmer ’42. Basses Harold Doran ’42, George Dorranee ’44, Kenneth Farver *4l, George Halbig ’4l, George Kline ’42, Jack McHugh ’4l, Walter Polak ’43, Robert Sera ting ’4l, Andrew Szekely '43, and Richard Vollmer ’42. editorial Room 313 TOMORROW TUESDAY, NtARCH IS, MlllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllUllllljll Nibbling l At The News With ROBERT LANE (The opinions expressed ;in. column - do not necessarily reflect lidit&fiiEFL - Policy of The Daily Collegian}-tr T iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiii! Berlin Signs A (30) Judging from - recent difficult- .. ties of the 30 American: corre-. sponefents in Berlin, an R.A.F. j raid must be a pleasant relief-• in - comparison to the Hell that--for eign newspapermen are enduring.. in Germany these days. , The arrest of Richard Hottetlet ' of the United Press on. an. espU.: onage charge in Berlin on:.-Sat-;... urday has been the most brazen.-:: act yet committed by the Nazi;.-: Gods.' In the past when a cor- ■ respondent’s -pen dripped ink- - about something which was sup-... posed to be a secret, he was promptly ejected from_ Germany: The Gestapo packed his baggage.. for him and escourted the cul prit to the German border. ~ Such cases are numerous in-the: v righteous Reich. Beach Conger.) and . Ralph Barnes . of. the -New York Herald Tribune, and vet eran Ottp.Tolischus of the New ... York Times discovered that the’, quickest way to get across the"' German boundary was to pub lish facts about the dealings of 1 Mr. Hitler and his colleagues. However, Hotiellef has en • countered a different fate. Early Saturday morning six: pf the Ges-. tapo arrived at the writer’s room'.' in Berlin and forcibly.requested. : his presence at police' "headquar— : ters. At present he is confined in one of the modern Nazi hoose gows pending "S hearing.... The most interesting- story, which has developed out. of de- - tention of Hottetlet concerns a • plumber who visited the corre spondents room to fix the sink. On meeting the Gestapo, : the craftsman glanced at t&e.rsink, - which was overflpv/iiig t -: like " . Water over a dam, and faster ■ than it was possible"" t<7Say~Heil without the Hitler, the plumber disappeared. Any doubt that ever existed concerning the feeling— of-jthe German officials-tore arcfc:-the United .States has been dispelled by the circumstances .yvhjch.LSur rounded Hottetlet’s - arrest.':' ?To say that it is now outrighly an tagonistic, would be putting.it mildly. From the entire affair one-fact is self-evident, the days of fpr eign correspondents liVßerliirare' numbered. The time is rapidly approaching when they will be. handed a prepared release? each day. and that will be' all they will be permitted to send to. the; United States.
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