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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Ditablished 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
stab• College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934
ut thi. Poet-office at State College. Pa.. under the uct of
March 8, 1879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Boss Lehman '42 <a.,u> James McCaughey '42
Elfilarial and Business Office
Sl3 Old Main 11Idg.
Thane 711
Women's Elitor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42: Managing Editor—
John A. Hoer '42: Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42;
Feature Filitor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor—
Etaoley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice
M. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42.
Credit Manager—Paul DI. Goldberg '42; Ckulation Man
tiger—Thomas W. Allison '42: Women's Business Manager--
Margaret L. Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden
'42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. .
Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Coy. Donald W. Davis,
Dom:nick L. Golab, James D. Olkein, David Samuels. Robert
B. Schooley. Richard S. Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh. Nicholas
W. Vozzy, Herbert J. Zukauskas, Emily L. Funk. Louise N.
Vuo. , s, Edith L. Smith, Kathryn M. Popp.
Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Bach, Roy E. Barclay,
Robert E. Edgerly, Phillip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby. John E
McG , ol, Sara L. Miller, Katherine E. Schott. Marjorie L.
Moriiir.ing Editor This Issue_
New, Editor This Issue_____
Women's Editor This. Issue .
Gra,luate Counselor
Friday Morning, May 2. 1941
Raffling At Hat Society Initiations
Ils ifill An Unsolved Problem
Two months ago Blue Key, junior honor society,
voted to drop paddling from its initiation cere
mony. Presidents of three of the four other hat
societies publicly disapproved of paddling and
promised that their groups would also consider its
elimination.
But nothing has been done. Skull and Bones
held its initiation Wednesday and Parmi Nous last
right. Paddling was still the most prominent part
of both ceremonies. Thirty-three campus...leaders
were forced to submit to what practically amounts
to physical torture.
If present plans are not changed, the two
sophomore hat societies—Druids and Friars—
will follow suit. Blue Key will be the only or
ganization to show any respect for the student
leaders its professes to honor.
No valid excuse has ever been found for pad
dling. The best reason the societies can offer is,
'We got paddled. The new members aren't any
better• than we are and we're going to paddle
them." Another reason they give is that it hum
bles the new men, makes them a little less cocky.
Instead of humbling the new men, paddling ac
tually breeds resentment and more than a few sore
spots. A good part of a typical hat society initia
tion consists of burly athletes taking turns hitting
quivering initiates as hard as- possible. That is a
painful. memory for new members of Skull and
Bones and Parmi Nous and something which pros
pective members of Druids and Friars can look
forward to. -
It is too late for anything to be done to change
the ceremonies of the two sophomore societies in
time for their coming initiations. The present
members have refused to pass up the chance to
mete out the same undeserved punishment
which they received last year. -
Any change for the better is now solely in the
hands of the men just initiated into Skull and
Bones and Parmi Nous and those who will soon
become members of Druids and Friars. It might
be wise for them to act while the memories of
their own initiations are still with them.
Draft News Is Bad News
It won't be good news to a good many students,
but by this time next year about 600 of the 5,000
graduate and undergraduate male students on the
campus will be in the Army. At legst, that's the
best estimate that can be made at present. It con
siders all available information, including student
order numbers, classifications, and chances for
deferment.
Three hundred students will probably be call
ed in the draft this summer and another 300
during the next college year. It should be re
membered, however, that these are very rough
estimates.
Each group of 300 students can be subdivided
according to classes as follows:
Class
Senior ...
Junior ...
Sophomore
Freshman ..
Graduate ..
Special ....
Two-year agriculture j,
Downtown Office
It 3-421 South Frazier St
Night Phone 4372
_Robert E. Schooley '43
Samuel Stroh '4::
. __Edith L. Smith '43
Louis IL Bell
-J.A.B
Probable number drafted
119
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The Professor's Viewpoint
I Formerly faculty members. had little chance to express
their opinions to Penn State students an campus, vocational.
and pot pourri topics. Every Friday. The Daily Collegian
will publish an informal column by a Penn State professor
who will discuss any topic he pleases.)
By ROBERT E. GALBRAITH
For Seniors Only
Although the thought of the approaching gradu
ation of another class from Penn State is some
what responsible for these remarks, they are more
precisely prompted by two recent volumes con
cerning alumni, "H. M. Pulham, Esquire," by John
P. Marquand, and "The Gang's All Here," by Har
vey Smith.
Both books are written around the theme of the
25th reunion; the former at Harvard, the latter at
Princeton. Since the authors have been closely
ossociated not only with their respective universi
ties, but with men of their own and other classes,
they know whereof they write, and neither spares
the vitriol in portraying his subjects. The revela
tions of the members of the class are not written
in either' spite or envy, nor are all the figures pre
sented without some redeeming features. Since
the characters involved are of about the ages of
the fathers of the present seniors, readers will not
have too difficult a time understanding them as
College Graduates Are Alike
Despite the basic differences between Penn
State and the universities mentioned, as well as
the differences in time, readers will agree that col
lege graduates are much the same the country
over, and that every graduating class has its'quota
c.f all the types and personalities included in these
books. None of the graduates of twenty*-five
years ago knew - where or what he would be today,
coy more than this year's seniors can foretell what
the next quarter century will bring. Some will be
finer, some will be otherwise; the poor may be
come rich; . the rich, poor.
The geniuses may fail to arrive, while the dull
ards may reach success. The liberals may find
themselves complacent conservatives; whereas
the present reactionaries may become firebrands
for a new order. Those who vision themselves in
a white suburban cottage with all the trimmings
may get bored with their holdings, and those who
never achieve such comfort will always keep their
illusions concerning these luxuries.
Some Will Come Back
As loyal alumni, everyone will start with a
membership and good intentions. Reunions will
bring the members in varying numbers. The suc
cessful ones will come back to prove their merits;
the unsuccessful will be absent unless they return
to locate a job. •
Please leave your papers on the desk. and wait
until you get out in the hall before you light your
cigarettes.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
PROM
Ifs
The
CORNER
UNUSUAL
'4l-'42 Alternate
Counselors Listed
Alteimate student counselors
for - next year were selected by
the PSCA counselor committee
and announced yesterday by
Walter N. Shambach '42, chair
man. Listed in schools, the coun
selors follow.
AGRICULTURE— Thomas F.
Becker '43, James P: Bressler '42,
Jesse G. Cooper '42, Harold F.
Doran '42, George W. Ferguson
'42, Warren H. Hazen '42, Fred
Rasmussen Jr. '42.
CHEMISTRY-PHYSICS— Ro
bert A. Matteson '42, Norman
Weisberger '43, David A. Young'
'49.
EDUCATION—CIem P. Henrie
'42, Carl T. Rentschler '42, Rich
ard N. Stevenson '42.
ENGINEERING— Richard V.
Grimes '42, Robert
_E. McCord
'42, David R. Sharp '43, Howard
W. Smith '43, Jack R. Stauffer
'42, Thomas C. Young '42.
LIBERAL ARTS John A.
Baer '42, Patrick J. Boner '43,
Howard H. Earl '42, William E.
Harkins '42, Raymond F. Leffler
'42, Joseph T. Reichwein '42.-
M INER AL INDUSTRIES—:
George E. Trimble '42. .
PH YS t CAL EDUCATION—
Clair L. Hess '42.
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So muchthat's important is happening today—in America;
in Europe, Africa, Asia . . And you know about it almost
as soon as it happens!
Tr e ace most any piece of news to its source and some
where you'll find the telephone or one of its relatives—
radio telephone or teletype in the picture. These speeders
of the news have either benefited from telepluine research
or utilize telephone equipment, or both.
In these days, the Bell System is proud that its facili ,
ties are helping in the fast and widespread dissetninatioit
of news—so essential to enlightened public opinion.
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941
CAMPUS (4.17E1ip4k:
Junior Prom, Rec Hall, 9 p.' s m
_
to 2 a. m.
Deadline for senior women', to
sign up for the May Day Hem
lock Chain on dormitory htille
tin boards or call Betty Jo Pat
ton, Gamma Phi Beta. `.
Thespians Show, Schwab Aud
itorium, 7 p. m.
The last tryouts will be given
for those who have not yet come
out for the Players corm - hence . -
ment show, "Goodbye A - gain:7
They will be held in the Little-
Theatre today at 4 p. m.
TOMORRQW
Varsity baseball with Western
Maryland, New Beaver Field,
2:30.
Co-Recreation Project
Will Start Next Friday
In an attempt to. further a
more adequate recreational pro
gram for men and coeds, the Co . -
Recreation Committee, in .coop
eration with the Independent
Men's Association, will sponsor
"Recreation Night" in the Arm
ory May 9 and 16, the committee
has announced.
If the project, consisting of
folk games and dancing offered
to students for 10 cents (couple
or stag) proves to be successful
this month, it will be continued
on Friday nights next year.
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