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"For A Better Penn State"
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e.itablidhei 1901. and the Free Lance, established 1807
Published daiLe except Sunday and Monday durinir the
JxtiuiJr Coll-je year by the students of The Pennsylvania
Ciate C.dlesie. Entered a.; second-class matter duly 5. !'t:M
at the post-office at State College. Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879
Editor Bus. and Adv.'M-ar.
Adam Smyse'c "Zi Lawrence Driever '4l
Jailhouai and Buiiiuev, Office
a I'd Old Main tuts
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Vc-mcn'* Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l; Managing Editor
Robert It. L:>ftc ‘4l ; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
jvjrv<? JvJjfnr Wifliam £. Fowler '4l; Feature Editor—
Bjv/ard J. K. MeLori*? '4l; Assistant Managing Editor —Bay-
Hi*d Bloom '4l; Women’s Managing Editor—Aiita L. Hefferan
MU* Women’s Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel ’4l.
Credit Manager—John H. Thomas '4l; Circulation Man
ner—Robert G. Robinson '4l; Senior Secretary—Ruth. Gold
idem *4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis ’4l.
Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42. R. Helen
Gordon '42, Ross B. Lohman '42, William J. McKuight '42,
Alice M. Murray '42, Pat '42, Stanley J. PoKemp
r»er *42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42.
Junior Business Board —Thomas W. Allison *42, Paul M.
Goldberg '42, James E. McCautrhey '42. Margaret L. Etubury
'42, Virginia Ogden *42, Fay E. Reo3 '42.
hVnnagin.r Editor This Issue .. Pat Nagelberg '42
How-., Editor Thts Issue Richard S- Stebbins *43
Auiistant. Managing Editor This Issue .Nicholas W. Vozzy '43
Women's Issue Editor Alice M. Murray *42
Assistant Women’s Editor This Issue Jeanne E. Ruess *43
Graduate Counselor
Friday Morning. March 21, 1941
Thank M $0 Change
Collegian is glad to see that Interfraternity
Council next year plans to follow practically the
name rushing code it had in effect last fall. From
a purely bystander viewpoint, it has seemed to
Collegian that too often students have changed
their organizational procedure simply for the sake
of change, discarding a perfectly good method and
often substituting a worse one just to show their
originality.
Much of the credit for not changing goes to the
Fraternity Counselors Association which has urged
that the present code be given at least a three-year
trial. This almost looks like the beginning of san
ity.
The editorial above raises an interesting ques
tion. Where does the faculty enter and exit in a
uupposedly strong student self-government?
Particularly to the officers who are-now being
elected for* next year, this is an important issue..
The answer, so far as Collegian has-been able to
discover, is that the faculty should be ever pres
ent but .ever in the background.
Students will do well to recognize that they are
students because they don’t know all the answers,
that the faculty is here because it is supposed to
have experience which will be valuable to the
.students.
That word faculty should include administra
tion members, too. Student self-government is
not sacrificed when one of its leaders goes to a
faculty man for advice any more than President
E.oosevelt's New Deal is sacrificed when he goes to
;m expert for advice. In fact, the best leader is
the man who knows best what expert to consult
in each situation.
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Cleaning The Slate
Hopes are high that the two assistant deans
asked last fall by the Dean of Men and by All-
College Cabinet will be granted. They can be
used.
The Intramural Board is to be congratulated for
its action several weeks ago in cutting varsity
competition out of intramural point scoring and
providing for a running score of the standings to
be kept and publicized through the year.
Representative Moul and his investigators are
utiil at work mixing education and politics down
in Harrisburg but the bill of Mr. Moul’s which
has now reached tire Senate looks to' many like a
fairly honest attempt to improve the soil conser
vation program.
One of the possibilities in increasing the
strength of student self-government lies in train
ing the new officers before, rather than after, they
come into power. Earlier elections have made
that possible this year. If the new officers don't
take advantage of it. Penn State will be losing a
lot.
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Word about who is going to take care of the
murals is still not forthcoming. If there was even
a whisper in the darkness that has hung heavy
ranee the senior class voted for the loan fund. Col-
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with ROBERT LANE
(Tha opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily re
flect the editorial policy of The Daily Collegian.>
Another Berlin Party
Society Note: .Foreign Minister Yosuke Mat
suoka of Japan is being entertained in Berlin by
Chancellor Adolph Hitler at the latter’s request.
The conspicuous absence of Premier Benito Mus
solini of Italy at this current rendezvous does not
necessarily mean that he has been scratched from
the Berlin social register. The Italian premier
has returned to his headquarters in Rome after an
extended tour in Albania. (Ed. note: News re
ports claim that he was extended
During his brief visit the Fascist leader bolstered
the morale of the Italian legions by personally
leading the retreat.
Mr. Matsuoka is the third member 'of the Axis
three musketeers, and represents the Nipponese
who are handling the “civilization movement” in
China. Lately the Chinese have proved to be not
as yellow as their skin would imply, but that is
apart from the Foreign Minister’s present visit.
The current party between Mr. Matsuoka and
Mr. Hitler deals with the aid which the United
States is furnishing Britain. Although German
sources have stated that the amount of aid will
be “precisely nil,” it is probably the thought of all
this American aid going to waste that is bothering
the Reich. It will be Japan’s duty to divert Amer
ican interest elsewhere, which means the Far East.
How this plan will appeal to Mr. Matsuoka is not ■
generally know as yet. but there are several items ;!
which he cannot fail to overlook.. A great many I
observers are of the opinion that there, are too j
many boats floating arouiid in the .Pacific which j
do not fly the Nipponese flag. This situation is |
not healthy, should in the'diverting of U. S. in- |
terests, the Japanese junks be caught too far from J
home without an oar.. |
Then there is the,annoying Chinese affair. Every |
time the home office in- Tokyo attempts to get in |
touch with their troops in China, the non-cooper- |
ative Chinese cut down the communication lines. 1
If Mr. Malsuoka' embarks on a new adventure
before clearing up the embarrassing details of the
first one, he has the case of Mr. Mussolini, the No.
2 musketeer, to think about. II Duce tried to take
over- Egypt and ran into a pyramid of British
troops. Not quite satisfied he started in on
Greece, and slipped badly there also.
As the party in Berlin progresses Mr. Matsuoka
may or may not be convinced that Mr. Hitler has
the right plan. But as he gathers his thoughts it
is to be hoped that the absence of tea at the party
will not bother him. since the only way a tea leaf
can get into Germany these days, is for one to float |
up on French soil from the Atlantic Ocean. 8
Exhibition of ■
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Traditionally Fine Shoes
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN BOOTS
At
.On FrL, and Sat., March 21,22
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In attendance
Le Vay C. Mattiee,
Representative
Nine Eighty-five to
Twenty Dollars
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
kibbling
National Judge
Braton R. Gardner, assistant
professor of journalism, is one of
the board of judges in the Na
tional Editorial Asosciation con
test for community newspapers
being 'held in Chicago today and
tomorrow.
Read The Collegian Classifieds
Final Exam for telephones
THIS electrical mouth at Bell Telephone Laboratories is
putting a uevv telephone to one of its final tests. Over
and over, it can repeat these odd sentences ivithout the slight
est variation. They contain all the fundamental sounds that con
tribute to the loudness of sound in our speech. This mouth can
also make tests with simple tones of known pitch and intensity.
At the same time other telephones are being steamed, baked,
frozen, lifted and dropped into their cradles by tireless ma
chines. All this is part of a carefully planned curriculum
that makes every piece of telephone equip-
ment prove it is capable of giving you tbe best
possible service—under any and all conditions.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1941
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY '
WSGA dance in "Rec Hfili,- 9-
■p.m. to midnight.
Friday evening service at Hiller’
Foundation, 7:30 p. m. Lillian
Schoolman, field secretary of Ng- .
tional Student. Zionist Federation,.;
will be guest speaker. ■ ■ •
Movies, Schwab .Auditorium. 3
p.m. ,
Sign up' at' Student Union to
try out for Players' show, “Mer
chant of Yonkers.”
Dean Hammond .will give sen
ior engineering lecture on “The
Place of Engineering in American
Education” in 110 EE at 4:10 p.m:
DID YOU KNOW
tha% three Penn State
men have won Nation
al Intercollegiate box
ing titles —
Davey Stoop ... .1932
Al Lewis .1932
Frankie
Goodman ... .1936
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