/=AGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "Toe A Better Perm State" 14t4Ablislied .1949. Successor to the Penn State Col:.-,.sign, e3tablished 1904, and the Fres. Lance, established 18117 Published daily except Sunday and Monday daring the reilular Colley year by the students of The Pennsylvania Mote College Entered as second-class matter July 15, 1934 ,i,t• the post-office at State College. Pa., under the act et March. 8. 1879 Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.. 1►,d4121 Sznyser "4.0 Lawrence Driever Editot 'tat and BlE3itle ()Ewe 3U Old Chat.; 31.44; boue 111 Women'4 Editor—Vera L. Kemp '4l; Managing Editor —Rclwrt R. E,ane '4l; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters 'dl: New Editor—William E. Fowler '4l; Feature Editor-- 11,‘Iward J. K. McLorie '4l; Assistant Managing Editor—Bay ad Bloom '4l; Women's Managing Editor—Arita L. Heiferan. '43; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel '4l. Credit Manager—John H. Thomas '4l; Circulation Man ager—Robert G. Robinson '4l; Senior Secretary—Ruth Gold acin '4l; Senior Secretary—Leslie H. Lewis '4l. Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer -'42. R. Helen Cordon '42, Rosa B. Lehman '42. William J. Mcli - aight '42. Alice M. Murray '42, Pat Na,selberg '42. Stanley J. Pollemu nor '42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42. Junior BUS if1e . .35 Board—Thomas W. Allison - '42, rata M. Goldberg '42, Jame; E. McCaughey . '42, Margaret L. Emburar '42, Virginia. Ogden '42, Fay E. Reed '42. Nietabr: I:)'ssociatect ColleAjoie Pre Distributor of mile 6iate D6est Managing Editor This Issue ______William J. McKnight . Newn Editor. Thia Issue _ _ ____ __Richard S. Stebbins . 43 Women's Issue Alice M. Murray '4Z Arzistant Women's Editor This Issue Ci'aduati2 Counselor Friday Morning, April 18, 1941 Straightening The Draft National selective service headquarters last week took a stand on draft of College men that will ease the break from campus to camp grounds— if it is followed out. Until last week's action there was no •indication bow college men would fare after their automatic determent expires July 1, 1941. It would have been necessary to call them in the middle of a semester in many cases, forcing them to lose not only the year spent in camp. but the r...emester interrupted, in all, a year.and a halt. This would hardly be in keeping with the spirit of the selective service, aimed by its own defini tion at building a national defense "with the least possible disruption of the social and economic life of the nation." - College men have never asked not to - . carry their .fair share of the defense load. Their only request has been to be allowed to help in the best way possible. and with the least disruption possible. A Gallup poll released tHis week indicates that the American public believes in college training_ ,and would prefer not to see it disrupted by the draft. America was asked, "Should . college stu dents be permitted to finish their present college course before being drafted into the army?" It returned the overwhelming affirmative of 69 per cent, To a second question the affirmative was even Ngher "Should students studying to be doctors and engineers be permitted to finish their present training course before being drafted into the army?" "Yes," said 87 per cent. In view of these sentiments, last week's order on the draft is favorable but somewhat short of what the American public desires. The addition to the Selective Service Regula- tious says this " .. in any case where unusual individual bzrdship will result (from immediate draft), the local board may . . postpone the time when the registrant shall report for a period. not to' exceed GO days, subject, however, to further postpone ment for good cause." This means simply that if student is registei - ed for a semester's work, the local board may consid er it an unusual individual hardship to interrupt this period of training and may grant postpone ment of induction until the end of that particular session It is the unspoken assumption in, Washington that in a great majority of cases this temporary postponement will be granted by local boards. Even so, this is only temporary postponment while the American public favors postponinent until graduation. . . One thing remains to be seen: the spirit in which this ruling will be received by the local draft boards. It is nobody's secret that much of the material going out from _Washington to the ( 1 ,400 locai draft oligarchies has passed by the board with less than passing attention. ViTith fingers crossed, college and university, leaders in Washington and only to a slightly Jess degree, draft officials themselves—are hoping that local boards will polish up their glasses at least lung enough to read thi.: and other important inform ition tha t they will find in their mail. Downtown Office 119-121 South Frazier St. Night Phone. 4372 __ Edith L. Smith '43 __Louis IL Bell (61111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111W Nibbling Al The News with ROBERT LANE 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 War Stories As the war closes in on the United States, main ly through the extension of the Western Hemi sphere to include Greenland, the American citizens are being deluged with some of the spiciest propa ganda morsels reminiscent of World War No. 1. The latest rumor dates back to November 8. 1939 when a bomb exploded in a Munich Beer Hall several minutes after Herr Hitler had left the tavern. Der Fuehrer had been the guest speaker at the gathering which was held for the purpose of celebrating the "putsch" of 1923. • Rumor, the origin of which is always a mystery, would have us believe that Air Chief Goering and .Press Agent Himmler were responsible. The rea son, both Nazi leaders were in Berlin at the time, and had not attended the gathering. Another nicely-woven little tale explains why Switzerland has been able to maintain neutrality, which incidentally, is a real 'neutrality.. Current , rumors are that Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, Himm ler, Hess and Rosenberg, the latter the Chancel lor's secretary, have large deposits in Swiss banks, just in case the Nazi tourists return home per suaded by British and Greek bayonets. A more probable explanation of why Switzer land has been absent from the war to date might be that the German tanks do not operate easily on skiis, but that would ruin the story so let's skip it. If there is any dissension in Germany it only in volves one and one half million people., This esti mate is probably true, but they are not dari-ierous, because by coincidence, there are exactly one and one half million• people in the Nazi concentration camps. Ei is much easier to sviralloii the , ' numerous stories dealing with the gentleman who operates the heel in the Southern part of Europe. Preinier Mussolini is also the heel in the Axis and provides the monkey wrench when the Nazi machine begins moving" too smoothly. The. Italian soldiers are reported to be sending post-cards home from Albania which state; "We were pushed back 40 miles yesterday, 62 today, with any kind of luck we will be home tomorrow." As for the Fascist cause, the troops in Albania are, in constant danger of not being able to stage an "Italian Dunkerque," becuse a large part of the Italian Navy is under water, and they aren't sub- marine., You'll Enjoy The Corner THE DAILY COLLEGIAN zi: r unusuai AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM— "Men of Boys' Town" HOTEL CONTOURING . SALON Reduce the lazy way—One=half inch to two inches in one treat ment: three to four pounds in ten treatments. Dial 2286.. Reg istered Operators. ANNOUNCING-- - - • •. A New Restaurant • For Discriminating Diners , . • Fine Ice Cream. *Delicious Food . _ - • • Unexcelled Servii CLIFF'S caters to everyone who wants the best food at . reason,: ; able prices. Quantity and quality are our •bywords. Try CLIFF'S champion fountain specialties: Ice Cream Cones,-Milk:" ' Shakes, and plates Of Ice Civam. • . _ • 145 S. 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Subscribers are listed by streets, instead of alphabetically. And operators must almost know the book by heart, for the Chinese seldom call by number—but by -name and address. Here is a Bell System exchange that in many ways is unique. But it is just like thousands of others in giving good servioe to telephone users. FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941: STATE- "Lady From Cheyenne" NITTANY— - 11 this ' :•••• y ••• ...• "Kitty Foyle" MMUM :r: .µ
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