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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Pe9n State" •
Established 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
State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934
at the Post-office at State College, Pa., undet the act of
March 8, 1879.
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Managing Editor This Issue _____Herbert J. Zukauskas '43
News Editor This Issue ___________.Richard S. Stebbins '43
Women's Editor This Issue M. Fuoss '43
Graduate Counselor ____
Wednesday Morning, April 30, 1941
Baird, Doherty Draft Plea
Puts College 'On The Spot'
Like the goose who /aid the golden egg and
found that it wouldn't hatch out golden goslings,
All-College president-elect Robert D. Baird '42
and Gerald F. Doherty '42, incoming vice-presi
dent, will take office on inauguration day, next
Monday, but draft officials have notified them that
they are eligible for conscription July 1.
Already deferred, the two All-College leaders
seem deitined for army duty, leaving the Cabinet
with a problem which it has never before faced in
its short histpry. But this problem is not half as
difficult as that of the administration's, because
the All-College constitution provides that the sen
ior class president becomes chairman of the group,
not president, in .case of two vacancies.
On the other hand, College officials have been
placed in a precarious spot. In their hands rests
the fate of Baird and Doherty, who need only form
42 (an application for deferment) to be signed in
dicating that the' draftee here is indispensible for
national defense.
But there's the catch, and the reason for some
criticism heaped on the heads of College officials.
Students and faculty alike have unjustly criti
cised these men for refusing to grant Baird and
Doherty this reprieve, which would hardly be
questioned by the local draft boards.
However; those behind p e'
the scenes, approve th
stand taken by the ' College in denying Baird and
Doherty form 42, because it would be establishing
a dangerous precedent. The reason is buried in
the draft board's 'requirements for issuance of
form 42 in a phrase, "indispensable for national
defensc."
Neither Baird or Doherty are indispensable. The
College realizes the importance of student govern
ment and its intricate duties, but the tasks are not
so difficult that men appointed to handle these
affairs cannot be replaced. If both men were ex
cused, why not a football captain, Athletic Associ
ation president, track manager, editor of The Daily
Collegian, Interfraternity Council president? This
is the problem which faces the College.
The solution? The only obvious one. At a time
when the nation is slowly throwing its manpower
into concerted action and grasping into college
campuses for its physical backbone, the College
would be disloyal and discriminating if it were to
consider applications beyond the line of national
defense.
No one wants to see either Baird or Doherty
leave the most important posts on campus. No one
will dispute the fact that Baird and Doherty are
probably most capable in handling Penn State's
student government. But, again, no one should
criticise the College for its stand.
What to do now? Take the pressure from the
College on such problems and give it whole-heart
ed support toward a task which is extremely dis
tasteful.
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This is very nearly our final utterance. We
planned to produce an essay of lasting beauty and
a joy forever, but time has gone on apace and left
us, as it were, with our masterpiece uncompleted.
Unlike our colleagues, our song as yet unsung, we
shall not call this our swan song., for has not
science proved beyond reasonable doubt that a
dying swan sings no song? As a matter of fact
we've been thinking seriously of slipping some
swan a stiff shot of prussic acid and seeing per
sonally just what the results might be. Thus far
we haven't been able to find a swan with the
proper mental outlook.
But we digress . . . we shall call this, our anti
penultimate effort, a low moan. If we were vain
we should call it our own little gotterdammerung,
but somehow that word always smacks of profan
ity. As is evident to the trained mind, we are in
something of a quandry. How best bring down
the curtain . .. Let us have naught of reminiscence.
you, gentle reader, know as well as we do just
hat has been happening during the past several
years. Frankly we haven't given too much of a
damn, things being what they are.
Ah, the younger generation, disillusioned and
cynical what will be their fate? People have been
asking that question for the past several centuries.
The answer is obvious; things go on in very much
the same way: Only the generation with the un
decided fate worries about the matter. If you'd
care to stop by we're delivering a little lecture
this afternoon which we shall call, for lack of a
better title, "Plato's Republic."
If it is not too much to say, we have had quite a
decent time composing these literary faux pas.
There have of course been incidents, repercus
sions, etc. etc. For one reason or another we have
not entirely succeeded in winning a host of ardent
admirers. Which is a source of infinitesimal pain
to us. We had such high hopes; such brave ambi
tions. Since • that time we shall have the oppor
tunity to air our prejudices in the public press
grows short, we would like to say to those whom
we have perhaps offended . , . we meant every
last word of it. Our high opinions concerning
pacifists, psychologists,• and the Holier-Than-
Thou League have not waned with the passage of
time, nay they have increased.
It's going to be a great future. No doubt we'll
see you all next at Armageddon: we'll be wearing
a black tulip in our hair so you'll know us. We're
full of doubts and indigestion: the world's going to
pot, and we're going right along, dear children.
Remembering the unhappy fate of Cassandra, we
say no more. You'll excuse us, we're going to
knit a balaclava helmet for the British War Relief.
Remember that black tulip. It's been fun, rather.
Next week we shall have more to say—and the
republic stands.
Students Pessimistic On War Outlook
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29.—Regarding the war,
campus opinion is again today shown on the pes
simistic side.
Step by step, we hear every day, The United
States is getting closer to war. The nation's youth,
many of whom are already in the service of the
country, look on apprehensively. College men
mark time in the classroom, awaiting their June
1 call to the draft army. Bull session topic num
ber-one is this: "Will we have to fight Germany
again? When?"
But modern war has taken a new twist. Few
countries have officially "declared war" recently.
Others, and especially the United States, appear to
be fighting economically and diplomatically
without the actual shooting of guns.
Does college opinion hold that our aid to Brit
ain and other democracies, our attitude toward
Germany, in effect constitutes "war"? To bring
campus thought into focus on a nation-wide basis
Student Opinion Surveys of America presented
this question to a sampling of the enrollment:
"Would you say that the United States is in effect
already at war with Germany?"
The results:
YES Said ...
NO Said
(Only 1.3 per cent said they had no opinion on
this issue)
Three-quarters is a heavy majority and leaves
no doubt as to the tenor of student opinion iegard
ing our current part in the European conflict. This
iz not to say, however, that American students
want to go to war. In numerous polls Student
Opinion Surveys has found college youth favors
doing all we can to stay out
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
A LEAN
AND HUNGRY
LOOK
CASSIUS
76 per cent
24 per cent
CAMPUS , CALENDAR
TODAY
Student Union dance, Armory,
4 p. m.
AAUP Room 305 Old Main,
7:30 p. m.
lota Lambda Sigma, Room 405
Old Main, 7 p. m.
Co-Edition, Room 318 Old
Main, 5 p. m.
Dr. Birl E. Shultz, director of
the N. Y. Stock Exchange .Ex
change Institute, will speak on
"The Work of the Stock Ex
change," Room 121 Sparks, 4 p.
m. Motion pictures of stock ex
change operations will be shown.
All sophomore candidates for
cheerleading report to Walt Sot
tung in front of Old Main at 7
p. m.
Blue Key, Delta Tau Delta
house, 7 p.m. All active members
are requested to be present.
TOMORROW
All candidates for the fresh-
Iman tennis 'team must sign up
for the tournament at the Ath
letic Store before noon.
Pre-Med Society movies, 7:30
p. m., H. E. Auditorium.
Student Radio Committee, 318
Old Main, 7 p. m.
Chem. Student Council, 305
Old Main, 7 p. m.
Alpha Phi Omega, 418 Old
Main, 7:30 p. m.
Senior Award Committee, 302
Old Main, 8:00 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
The observatory will open at
9:30 p. m. instead of 8:30.
INFIRMARY CASES
Kurt Goldmann '42, fractured
femur; Leopold Konigstein '42,
Eloise P. Gillis '44, Richard L.
Woff '44, Charles A. Martin '44,
William F. Daly '44, Irvin P.
Thompson '43, Ben C. Kline '4l,
Jerome H. Blakeslee '43, Bern
ard Schwartz '43, Robert A.
Coudres '44, Gustav J. Henrich
'43, German measles; George N.
Wendt '43, Dorothy N. Lamb,•ob
servation; Gerald M. Ebersole
'4l, mumps; Katharine E. Schott
'43, grippe; Van A. Hartman,
pulled muscle; S. Elizabeth Mus
ser '42, bronchitis; Charles E.
Weigel '43, toe infection; Marian
L. Mitchell '44, gastro enteritis;
Jean F. Brown '43, phlebitis.
Cabinet Accepts Changes
(Continued from Page One)
Cabinet's approval to hold Ath
letic Association nominations
May 5, followed by the election
on May 12...
David I. Finkle '4l reported
that the student exam file will be
located in Rooms 5 and 6, Li
brary, from May 17 to June 5:
The file will be open from 4 p.m.
to 10 p.m. each day.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 40, 1941
Two Men's Halls
Appoint Officers
Watts Hall officers for 1941-42
were installed Monday night and
Jordan Hall officials announced.
Watts Hall: Donald J. Cassidy
'42, president; Edward P. Put
koski '43, vice-president; Gerald
Osterman '43, secretary; Robert
F. Burak '42, treasurer; and
Niles L. Keesler '44, athletic
manager. IMA representatives
are Paul C. Mall '42, James F.
Fisher '43, and Ralph W. Yerger
'44.
Jordan Hall: Richard N. Stev
enson '42, president; Charles F.
Maclay '43, vice-president; Rob
ert S. Yost, secretary; William D.
Detridk '43, treasurer; Dave E.
Ward '43, athletic manager; and
Lewis J. Palazzi '42, social
chairman.
Irving Hall officials will be
elected tomorrow night.
Invitations Deadline
The deadline for obtaining
senior commencement invitations
and announcements at Student
Union has been extended to 5
o'clock today, the committee an
nounced 'yesterday.
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