PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLH.EG9/A1 "Tor A Better Penn State" JjJitablisned 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, 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 J3tate College. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934 at the post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 3. 1379. Editor , jgu.. Bus. and Adv, Mgr. Adam Stnyssr ”41 Lawrence Driever '4l .Editorial and Business Office 813 Old Main Bld^ I’uotie 7 i L VJMmcnM Editnr—Vera 11. Kemp *4l; Managing Editor R.'hprt 11. Lane *4l; Sports Editor —Richnrd C. Peters ; Editor— William E. Fowler ’4l ; Feature Editor— Edward J. K. McLorie *4l; Assistant Managing Editor —Bay- m*d Bloom *4l: Women’s Managing Editor—Arita L. Hefferan Ml; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Riekel ’4l. Credit Manager—John H. Thomas “41; Circulation Man ager—Robert G. Robinson Ml; Senior Secretary—Ruth Gold -rttein Ml; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewie ’4l Maimgring Editor This Issue .'.William J. McKm'grht M 2 An.iMstart Managing Editor This Issue James D. Olkein M 3 Women’s Editor This Issue Arita L. Hefferan *4l Assistant Women’s Editor This Issue Louise M. Fuoes MS Graduate Counselor Wednesday Morning, April 2, 1941 State College Refugees State College has its own refugees. It may be fun, romantic, and oh, so fine to help refugees three thousand miles east and ten thou sand miles west but what are we going to do now that we have some right beside us? • A group of students, waitresses for the most part, trying to work their way through college or save up enough money to start were cleaned out of building in which they roomed come to its end Tuesday morning. We can sit by and make plans for a bigger Brit ish War Relief drive this fall. We can Bundle for Britain. We can send, our chapel funds to Lingnan in China and Immeasurably improve the quality and quantity of Chinese agriculture. We can provide food for the starved nations of Europe. • We can do all manner of kind things for people thousands of miles away. But now that we have a situation here which to 10 or 15 people is just as important, just as disastrous, and even more im mediate, what are we going to do? Where is our American good neighborliness? Where is the community interest and cooperation that makes such good fiction? Somehow. Collegian feels that it is here, all of it, a bit repressed by the trials of 1941 perhaps but just as good and as strong as it ever was if only we can uncover it. Let’s. Morons, M Fill CoSmSsfo- A recent editorial in a New England newspaper reported a rather pessimistic outlook on the future of the nation if the current 'trend of youth move ments continues. The editorial charged the youth of America with. Communism and other usin’ ten dencies. but apparently all evidence was based on •the fact that a college audience hissed and jeered the United State President when he appeared on the screen in one of the town movie houses. While we would be the' last ones to condone such ah ill-mannered and perhaps unpatriotic ac tion. we rather feel that the New England editorial writer jumped at the wrong conclusion by blasting away at the youth, and predicting the country was going to pot. We hesitate to think what the same editor would write after witnessing a typical State College response to the President's appearance in a newsreel. First of all. the vociferous hissing and booing is not typical of all young people and is aimed rather at a certain personality than at the highest ofiice in the land. Secondly, the same persons who lead the booing would probably make good patriots when put to the test at the necessary time. Try booing at the flag next time you’re fit the movies and run for your life. What causes a group of supposedly intelligent Penn State students to act in such a strangely demonstrative way? Rather than accuse the col legians of ‘ism’ -tendencies we think there is an other answer. A certain element of the student body here suffers from a 'slight inferiority com plex. Perhaps it is a hangover from the “cow col lege” era. Or perhaps they are still unaware that the Joe College days of the twenties are gone for ever. Be what it may, they made ridiculous spec tacles of themselves in public places to assert themselves and thus compensate for the complex. But the few who do that are like headlines in the newspapers and obscure the rest, or body type, which is in the great majority. No censure by the Collegian of those few will do any good, but'the obscured majority should realize that it is the conspicuous elements of the student body which gives the College the reputa tion it has with the town visitors. —P.N. Downtown Office 119-121 South Frazier St. Nijjht Phone 4872 ..Louis K. Bell lllllltlltillllHllllllltllltllllltllllllllllllllilllllilllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllK a A LEAN jjVvDsANO HUNGRY look (The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily re flect the editorial policy of The Daily Collegian.) At the behest of a friend of. ours who is vitally interested in what may best be termed as gro- tesque phenomena, we should like to inquire of those of our readers concerning themselves with neolithic culture whether any one of them has ever heard of a fape? Because last week on the side walk on the western side of Allen Street some un known genius drew, with a firm hand and unques tionable mastery of his medium, what he was pleased to label “a FaPE.” And our friend has been sorely troubled in his mind, for he hasn’t the slightest idea of the nature of a FaPE. And since he is not acquainted with the draftsman respon sible, it is not impossible that unless information is presently forthcoming his mind may never again rest at ease. Personally we can offer little of value, except for the observation that phonetically FaPE have much on the ball. A trifle spineless. In the event that any one does have an authentic definition, we should be only too happy to it on. From lime to time we spent a few idyllic mo ments glancing over what purports to be the social page of the Philadelphia papers. There is no pleasure on this earth akin to the sensuous luxury of reveling, for the nonce, with the very best peo ple. Thus we learned, recently, that the Radnor Hunt will this year be graced by the presence of several British hunters of the purest strain and from the finest sires and dams in all Briton. The horses, we further learned, have been sent to this country to avoid the nervous shock of war’s alarums, and to preserve their ancient lineage. All of which should make any fox holed by the Rad nor Hunt feel ever so much better about the whole business. The fact that several British children could have been sent across for the same monies expended in exporting the aforementioned horses seems to have escaped the notice of rather a goodly number of persons. But then perhaps we are sen sitive. There are always plentiful supplies of children, while on the other hand a decent hunter is rarely bred. The British always were a sporting crowd. interested Politicians I Baird, Doherty-, Blakeslee and Grey, elected to student leadership last month,'did not attend last night's meeting of All-College Cabinet. cle mm PRESSING REPAIRING with I.F. Ball only a few. days off, you’ll want to have your clothes looking smart. Send us your garments. We Deliver Free of Charge We do expert work on formal wear. You will find our prices the lowest possible for really good work. SMITH’S Tailor Shop NEXT TO POSTOFFICE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN —Cassius Letters to the Editor — Whose Knockout Punch ? To the Editor: The editorial entitled “Whose Knock-Out Punch?” in The Daily Collegian of March 29 seemed to this reader to beg a number of important questions. The labor difficulties of the defense pro gram were ascribed to the unions alone, and they were held to be selfish and ungrateful iTC~strik ing for better wages in the na tion’s hour of need. This reader would like to in quire: (1) What is the scope of the present wave of labor diffi culties, more particularly, how does the "number of disputes, workers involved and mandays lost compare with corresponding figures a year ago, or in the sim ilar period in the first World War? (2) To what extent does the present crop of disputes re present unselfishness and intran sigence on the part of manage ment as well a's labor? (3) In how many of the disputes is an in crease in - wages the principal bone of contention? (4) How. many of the employers concern ed have conceded to the striking' workers the rights accorded by the nation’s laws? This reader is of- the opinion that an editorial that included answers to questions such as these would picture the situation more accurately. It should also offer a mox-e constructive ap proach than the vague hint that labor will lose its gains by pro voking public opinion. Respectfully yours, ARTHUR H. REEDE, Asst. Prof., Economics. Editor’s Note: Mr. Reede should (and- does) know the an swers better than Collegian, but we’ll give our Thursday off to preparing an answer. Tastes good... costs little and swell tun to chew— that’s DOUBLEMINT GUM t !> i ; Ve^he^deHciou^Uß^; EHasS '^e evenis, doUBLE MINT'S real-mint studying- D taste an d helps flavor refr tea th. And enjoying . sweeten y°* daily helps brighten smooth c^e^ n g Kin d to your budget, your teeth, io ‘ day. So drop in' Great to en]oy e { DO UBLEc and buy several packages o MINT GUM today. - M1 K-/^j 4\\Wi \ 1 s<sCU*uq • -SSSSfISifcSSI' :: !l r ''’'WbS:^'- k**;' WEDNESDAY, APRIL-2-, '1941- CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY" Student Union 4 p.m. . ■ 1 rv jz. ■: PSCA Cabinet-~meefing,--405 Old Main, 8:15 p.m. IMA Central Council" meeting, •'3lB .Old Main,TO pon-t ; ' - Ag Student Council, 4lB'Old Main, 7:30 p.m. .. .'z: - Co-Edition Staff meeting',~3 18 Old Main, 7:30 p.m- ; ~~~ . PSCA Race Relations'Commit tee, Hugh Beaver R00m, :: 7 p.m. Roger K. 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