The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, April 24, 1941, Image 2

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    ' PAGE TWO
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"TQ) - A:Setter Peun State"
Ellitithlislied 1940 Successor. to the Penn State Cu
established 1904, and the Free Lance. established 1887
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
rezular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
(Pate College Entered as second-class matter July 0, 1934
at 'the post-off lee at State College, Pa.. under the act of
reh 8, 1879
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
A.darat Srayser Lawrence Driever "4k
&Flom and 13twinejo Ofewe Downtown Ogle°
au Old Rib) Bldg 119-121 South Frazier St
Phone 711 Night Phone 4572
Women s Editer—Vera L. Eemp '4l; Managing Editor
—Robert R. Lase '4l; Sports Editor—Richard C. Peters
'4l; News Editor—William E. Fowler '4l; Feature N Editor—
Ddward J. K. McLorie '4l: Assistant Managing E4ditbc—Bay
tu'd Bloom '4l; Women's Managing Fditor—Arita L. Hefferau.
' 4l ; Women's Feature Editor—Edythe B. Rickel '4l.
' Credit Manager—John H. Thomas '4l; Circulation Man
ager—Robert G. Robinson '4l; Senior Secretary—Ruth Gobi.
Mein '4l; Senior Secretory—Llie H. Lewis '4l.
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Junior Editorial Board—John A. Baer '42, it..
Gordon '42, R011:4 B. Lehman '92, William J. McKnight '42,
Alice M. Murray '42, Pat Nagelberg '42. Stanley J. PeKemp..
nor. '42, Jeanne C. Stiles '42.
Junior Business Board—Thomas. W. Allison '42, Pad BK..
Goldberg '42, James E McCaughey '42, Margaret L.. Pmbury .
'42, Virginia Ogden '42. Pay E. Rese '42.
PA FO , aging Editor Tiliti LiSU
Fe'litor This Issue -
Ettif47: Th
Graduate Counselor
Thursday Morning, April 24, 1941
Life Itself—Do We Wanit
To forsake Ili
Of all the College matters facing those who are
undergraduates_ today, the one to affect us most).
directly five or :six years from now, after we have
left College, is the success of the new Alumni As-
soeiation membership plan
A struggling Association of less than 2,000 mem
bers, the Association is potentially our strongest
Lond with Penn State if its student membership
Bolicitation is successful.
With an active and large membership. the Asso
ciation could he for all Penn State alumni a real.
means of continuing all the friendshipS, contacts,
and experiences that make college one of the hap
piest stages of life.
College, after all, is more than preparation for
life. It is life itself. If it has been a good part of
life, it should be continued as long as possible and
That is one of the best arguments for an Alumni
Association membership,
For an Alumni Association membership to be
worthwhile to any of us, all of us must have one.
One man in an alujuni association would hardly
find it a continuing contact with the college—but
100 from his class would. Those 100 would have
each other to renew the days which were some of
their best-loved.
That is why-it is important that the coming ex
perimental student membership drive should be a
success. If it is, the Association will finally have
found an effective way of building up its mem
bership to the size necessary or effective action.
The present system offers a five-year member
ship, effective on gradtiation, for eight dollars,
ktss than the cost of the Alumni News. Foresight
Las determined this low price. Most graduates
for lack of time and money lose contact with the
College during their first five years out. When
they do get the time and their salaries are a bit
higher, they wake up to the fact that they've been
out so long they've lost all contacts with the Col
lege and it with• them. When an alumnus makes
that discovery, he's likely to forsake the College
for good.
The present plan is aimed at keeping him in the
Alumni Association during the dangerous period
when he is most likely to be lost. After five years,
it is reasoned, he will be able to pay regular aj.ur.n
ni dues, and he will probably be anxious to be
cause of his continuing interest in the college.
Such is the philosophy of the membership wit:
paign about to begin, and such are its advantages
to the undergraduates it will seek to sign up. The
advantages to the College itself are even greater
because one of the first functions of an alumni
Pssociation is to serve its college.
Doluini.A L. G>lua *43
D. Olkein
________EmirL. Funk '43
_Louis Ete.
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THE
CAMPUSEER
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Swan Song
There comes a time in the existence of every
so-called. collegiate columnist when he faces the
distressing prospect of seeing himself-in print (ah
ecstacy!) for the last time.
To break it to you as gently as possible, this is
the last and positively final colyum with which
we, as the Campuseer, will insult your intelligence
and blacken your reputations.
With no particular fanfare and scarcely a mixed
drinking party to •celebrate the event, we are
herewith putting our tail between our legs and
slinking silently back into private life.
Au Reservoir
. .
We had plenty of -the usual spicy (?) stuff for
this week's effort. We could have played up the
"Johnny Barr plus Jo Condrin equals Connie
Smith minus SAE pin" equation. We could have
printed the nasty things Alpha foundation-savers
say when called out to battle raging matchstick
fires.
Then we could have told how the State College
hotel detective rescued Sally Miller from a horri
ble fate Sunday night and how Bud Smyser—
thanked the Junior Board for their cooperation
and who was Emily Cuffs current love, and - -
Carl and . (Censored.)
From Our Diary
We thought our first column (topic: sex) was
pretty hot stuff until ye editor got a letter from
a newspaper man in Harrisburg asserting that
di ivel like ours was what made college papers
stink.
Our chief claim to fame is that we outlasted
"Collegiana," George Schenkein-edited doit col
yam (do we look proud?) Upstart columns come
and go, but the Campuseer lives on.
We received numerous favorable comments
throughout the year. chiefly from the junior
We have it on good authority that there is a
large sign in a certain campus sorority to the
effect that we are black. A viewpoint shared by
numerous individuals, some of whom have un
kindly classified us as closely related to a certain
fm-bearing striped animal.
Happy Ending
Nevertheless, we have gotten - a terrific kick
(almost literally true) out of our weekly expedi
tion into sub-literary and anti-social realms.
To Our Readers
In conclusion, I should like to thank you both
for your sincere interest and support.
Passing (But Telling).Nole
The Interfraternity Ball financial report made
last night leads to interesting comparisons.
Attendance and income were approximately the
same in both 1940 and 1941. The band this year
cost $1,200, last year $l,lOO (although it was re
ported at $1,200). This year. Interfraternity Coun
cil received a profit of over $7OO. Last year it re
ceived one dollar! Last year's report, - incidentally,
did not mention any checking income, a sizeable
sum this year.
"The greatest contribution any university can
make to the national defense program is to do its
regular job even better than it has done it before.
It may adapt its p3•ogram, curriculum and services
to meet the special .demands , of the times, but this
adaptation should not throw the normal program
out of balance or adjustment." Views of Wayne
University's Executive Vice President David D.
Henry on the new duties of higher education.
"There is no sound reason why young men of
draft age as a group should be permitted to defer
their military service simply because they happen
to be students. in Oh institution Of• higher educa
tion. Special provision for all college students as
a group is contrary to sound public policy, and is
contrary to the best interests of educational insti
tutions i nthe long run." The committee' on mili
tary affairs of the National Association of State
Universities advocated army duty for most col
legions.
"In Europe, even as in this country now, loyal
ties to family, region and church thinned out and
were replaced by one huge national loyalty. This
one of the causes of Europe's present state."
Harry B. Gideonse, president of Brooklyn College,
sees the lack of private loyalties as a serious draw
back to the United States. . .
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Affectionately yours,
BILL FOWLER
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
PSCA Seminar, Hugh Beaver
Room, 7 p.m. Prof. John H. Friz
zell will speak.
Meeting "of sophomore cheer
leading candidates in front of
Old Main at 7 p.m.
Student Radio Committee,
Room 318 Old Main, 7 p.m.
Chemistry Student Council,
Room 305 Old Main, 7 p.m.
English usage test for Lower
Division sophomores will be .
given in Rooms 121-And 10 Sparks
building, and Rooms 105 and 3
White Hall, from 3 to 4 and 4 to
5 p.m. tomorrow.
Student Handbook staff, Room
304 Old Main, 7 p.m.
Student counselor committee,
Room 304 Old Main, Room E,
p. m.
Coeds interested. in attending
the Camp Counsellor's Confer
ence to be held May .4 . -17 should
meet in the WRA.officeat 7 p.m.
TOMORROW
American Chemical Society
meets in Room 119. New Physics,
7:30 p.m. Dr. N.. H. Furman of
Princeton University will speak
on "Recent Trends in the Devel-
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making the shirt that doesn't
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It's Sanforized Shrunk, which
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24,
Spanish (lutiligarl
Talk On Ecuador
Dr. Stuart W. Frost, professor
of entomology, who recentyY7te;;F:
turned from an expedition in
interior of Ecuador spoke at'ya
meeting of the Spanish :::Crtib
TifeSday night. •
.......
. Dr. Frost exhibited a shrunken.
human head obtained from a 54y7,-
age =tribe at a cost of approxi
mately $lO. He also showed••a.
film. -taken during his stay
Ecuador.. - .
The meeting was. attended by
the following faculty members,
all authorities on Latin American.
culture: Dr. Harrison H. Arnold,
professor of ,Spanish; Pr. Henry
J. Brunian, instructor in geogra- -
phy; Vido J. DiVincenzo, instruc
tor in Spanish; Dr. William H.
Gray, professor of history; Jo-'
seph W. Fosa, associate professoi'
of Spanish; and Dean Fkaiik" D.
Kern of the Graduate Scho6l. -
opment of Analytical Chemistry."
Meeting of sophomore ' cheer
leading candidates in front of Old
Main at 7 p.m.
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