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'TIME .IDAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn• State"
Successor to the Penn State Cuile-gian.
1940
004. and the Free Lance. establishe•i 1887
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Published drily exeept Sunday awl Monday durirar
terulir College year by the students of The Pennsylx ania
'Pate College. Entered as second -spurs matter July 5, 1934
fa the Past-of riee -At State college, Pa., under the :Let of
March 8, 1879.
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C.'l.l:dua C.) un selor
Saturday Morning . , May 3, 1941
lit Nears Non-Representation
In Thursday night's election of the new Inter-'
fraternity Council president. Thomas L. Henson
'42; is buried a little but tremendously important
faux pas which may deprive the IFC of its repre
sentation and voting privileges on All-College
Cabinet next year.
Henson does not have a 1.00 All-College average
which, according to the -Cabinet constitution, is
necessary for a seat in Penn State's student .gov
ernment. But the- ironic fact accompanying this
incident is that IFC knew that it was- signing_ its
o vn death warrant before elections were held..
Although Henson may have been considered by
his colleagues as more capable of handling the
office than any other candidate, the fact that IFC
passed up Cabinet representation does not com
pensate them for Henson's election.
The IFC is the largest represented body on Cab
inet, and in the hands of the president rests the
expression of 45 fraternities and its members.
This privilege cannot be taken too lightly. This
year, when many major student issues could be
changed by one vote, the IFC president, H. Ed
ward Wagner, cast many a deciding vote.
Furthermore, the fraternity viewpoint and right
to sit on committees affecting fraternity welfare
will be absent.
For years, the IFC president has been a distinct
advantage to Cabinet because of his diversified
contacts with student problems and activities.
Envigorated this year by....conscientious efforts
ci Wagner to improve rushing and dating codes
and obtain through Cabinet action improvement
in fraternity and non-fraternity relations. IFC is
threatened with being momentarily halted and
forced to take a back se at in its Cabinet activities,
clid thus lose some of its prestige.
Henson may reach a 1.00 average and be eligible
for Cabinet by going to summer sessions this sum
Iner. But that isn't the point. The possibility. that
he could not attend Cabinet meetings next year
and be unable to voice the sentiments of over 35
yet' cent of the male student body is the pertinent
question,
In order to safeguard its own interests and pre
vent this situation from recurring, IFC should in
sert a simple clause in its constitution calling for
each candidate for office to have a 1.00 All-Col
]ege average. This should not be considered as a
limitation upon the prospective officeholder.
rather. it eliminates the cause for future embar
xassment on the part of the candidate.
A Suggeslion Which Hight Work
Maybe we shouldn't write this particular edi
torial at this particular time for we . have just
struggled through three tough bluebooks all dur
ing the same day. For this reason it might be in
jecting too much personal feeling into this column
to suggest that instructors arrange to give students
break and not group examinations.
In all seriousness, however, it doesn't seem that
it would be very difficult to set up some sort of
loose schedule which would solve the problem. It's
spmething which we think the school councils
could work upon. If they succeeded, six thousand
students would be grateful and if they failed, noth-
Jog would he lost.
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The Spice Of Life
Popularity kids this weekend are Donna Dae
and Patsy Garrett entertained last night by Lind
say Arison and Ted Clauss; by Sigma Nus, Jack
Santmyers and Rusty Swift, on this evening's
shift; at the•Tllespian picnic in the afternoon; and
by Ed Blackburn and Warren Zeigler, SPE's, for
lunch; late dates are of their own choice.
DU Or Don't You
under a spreading tree
Or seated on his sturdy knee
But smack upon Atherton's cold. stone wall
Beside an ash can. straight and tall
He thrust out his hand
With pin en•pahri
And without a quiver; without a qualm
Said. "Take it car leave it, it's up to you."
What more to expect from a dirty DU?
iAll persons depicted in this epic are fictional
end any similarity to Ginny Seltzer or. Eddie Fair
child is purely intentional.)
Swat That Fly!
According to an accurate mathematical compu
tation by Janet Hartz, one little fly (well, two)
with a Spring start can becorrie the great-grand
ma of 12,150,118,124,255,215.182, 575, 439.095 de
scendants before th , 2 leaves begin to fall. Ah, edu
cation!
Spring Intramurais
Holding Attention
-Sally Hirshberg, AEPHi pledge, and Jay Gross,
Gamma Sig frosh.
Holding Hands
Julie McMurray, Locust Lane frosh, and 'George
Dreher, SAE. Dee Paul and Stinke Steinhibler—
cif again, on again. Lloyd "Baldy" Parsons and
Millie Schmidt. Hank "drummer-bay" Jeter and
_Peggy (hold-on-to-your-men, girls) Miller.
Holding
Alpha Chi, Marybelle Crossman at long last
Sigma Nued to Henry Harris.
Bob Crowell, Phi Delt Pope, said it with dia
monds to Kappa Nera Lantz. . .
Forward March
Any coed wishing a date with a Panamanian
Major here on a short visit contact the Chi Omega
Louse immediately- •
(It's all right wiin his Wife, and his three-year
old daughter didlit make the trip.) • Advt.
—MANIAC
Al last---'Originality In The Classroom
CINCINNATI, OHIO—(ACP—Dr. Earle E. Eu
bank, professor and head of the department of so
ciology. University of Cincinnati. and Prof. Roscoe
Ellard of the University of Missouri journalism
eepartment. are cited in the current issue of Read
er's Digest for their• ability to dramatize their
teaching.
"At the opening :.cssion of Dr. Eubank's class in
sociology," the article states, "each member is
given :3 Lincoln penny; then Dr. Eubank writes
on the blackboard the date 'A.D. 300' and says:
"'This special meeting of the International Eth
nological congress has been called to discuss a
great discovery concerning the lost civilization of
1941. A thousand feet below the surface we have
found some copper disks, one of which each of
. .ou holds in your hand. Using nothing but our
knowledge of ancient languages, what can we de
dace as to the civilization of that year?"
"The class is then given"five minutes to•examine
the penny and jot down observations. Here are
some of the things sharp eyes and minds can find:
"1. This is• evidently a coin, so the civilization
of 1941 surely had a system of finance, business,
and exchange. 2. Since copper is used, there was
a knowledge of mining. 3. Metallurgy was also
known, for the disk has been refined and stamped.
4. A written language existed. 5. Agriculture
was practiced and was seemingly important; since
they put stalks of wheat on the money. 6.' Since
they raised wheat, the climate must have been
temperate. 7. Art and esthetics were part, of
their culture, since the coin is designed with an
eye to form and beauty. 8. This culture had
knowledge of previous cultures beCause there is
a date on the coin—indicating a calendar—and a
Latin phrase. 9. The words `United' and 'States'
Ei,ow that a system of government existed; the
word 'Liberty' suggests that it was a government
thrected by the people. 10. Civilized clothing was
worn. 11. They believed in a monotheistic re-
THE DAILY COI .LrG lAN
Thespian, Swingerettes
Set Joint To Jumping
By ETAOIN SHRDLU
Just a week after Gene Wett
stone dismantled the flying trap
eze and shipped hiS muscular
weight-heavers back to York, the
Penn State Thespians' had a col
lege "circus" all their own in
Schwab Auditorium last night.
Same issue as of I.F. week-end,
with Donna Dae and Patsy Gar
rett (two little gals from Fred
Waring's -radio show) neatly
thrown in for good pleasure and
Eugene Scheftel playing the role
evacuated by Bill Bartholomew,
that of jive-punchy Mr. Van-
Smyth (no rest after the Van and
a little lid on the "y.")
Donna and Patsy did their bit
102 Fred, Chesterfields, and the
Thespians by putting their heads
together on "The Joint's • Jum
pin' " a really catchy number
which the former Tyrone boy
(he'll love this) composed .and
"The Hills of Old Penn State." A
bit of heart-warming camerad
erie astage was indulged when
JiMmy McAdam,_ the leader of
the band, parcelled out gifts to
the two g.ils and to Ed Lee; one
of Fred's business men and a
former Penn State _student.
The show itself is what the
New York papers would call a
laugh riot. Lines by Mike Brot
rnan, Leon Rabinowitz and the
Three Stooges are really funny
and-although we didn't go to the
trouble of the "Pal Joey" -press
agents who counted the belly
bouncers, we'd say roughly that
there are about 43, not the least
of which miraculously managed
to elbow their way into that
crowded crossroads of the show
—the VanSmyth bedroom.
There was a scene for you! A
cross between Hellzapoppin and
the zaniest room-stuffer the
Marx brothers ever concosted.
Three Stooges and a bed; four
pistol shots and a dead drunk;
two chickens, one dfessed; a jail
bird; a blonde sleep-walker; a
maze of dead-end doors; a half
and half ladies silk nightgown
(half for Rogers and half for
Parrish); and a colossal droopy
diaper, of course, for Startzel.
The Three Stooges were funny,
but we liked them better first
time out—at the I.F. show. Last
night they were offside on lines,
illegally in motion before the
laugh was snapped and, as the
sports
,writer never says, missed
many scoring opportunities.
The Stooges clicked again, and
always will, in "Who Stole the
Deacon's Outhouse?", sung with
shotguns and a three-piece clue.
Why the guy is always mention
ed last we'll never tell you, but
'Ted Clauss almost stole the show
as the Drunk, even though he
pops up too often. And — Mike
Kerns, as Superman, is enough
to 'scare the pants offa anybody.
All told, the boys and girls did'
a nice job which cannot be salut
ed individually in this short take.
It was fun. •
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF
STATE COLLEGE
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Member of
Federal Deposit Insurance CorporatiOn
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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1941
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY' - :
Graduate chemistry - students,
Roorn . 405 Old Main, .7:30 p.m.
All freshmen who•have signed ,
up for tennis are requested to
appear
_with racquets at the var,
sity Courts at 3 o'clock today.
MONDAY
Cap and gown orders, Student
Union. Orders taken. until Satur
,.day noon. •
- •
4-H Club, Room 405 Old Main,
7:30 p.m. Miss Pauline Locklin
of the English literature depart
ment will speak on "Poetry In
Rural Life."
Philotes, Room 302 Old Main,
7 p.m.
Student Radio Committee,
Room 318 Old.,Main, 7 p.m.
Penn State Club meeting,
Room 110 Home Economics, 8 P.
m.
Future Farmers of America,
Room 412 Old Main,:- 1 7:30 p.m.
Invitation members only. •- •
TUESDAY
PSCA Forum and • 'CoUncil,
Room' 304 Old Main, 5:30.:p.M.
Freshman Student CoUnselors,
Hom e- Economics Atiditiiiiun,
8:15 13. M.
Alpha' Phi Omega, .li'onm 318•
Old Main, 7:30 p.m. _
Legislature
(Continued from Page 9nel
to be used for coal. research'. at
Penn State, passed April 29;..and...
Senator Ziesenheim's bill giving
$200,000 for research in
passed April 21.
Besides these, the House -ap= •
propriations committee has a•bilt
from Representative Sarrof to..
give the department of healthy
$20,000 to be used here for •child:
nutritional research under Dr..,
Pauline Beery Mack.
A resolution has kept the -
House from acting on any of the
bills until Representative Maul::
completes his investigation -.of .
the College and the Soil Con- •
servation Board for alleged non, •
cooperation with the federal gov
ernment. Even Representative
Moul, however, has expressed
himself in favor of Penn:Stale
and possibly for increased - ap
propriations.
From this muddle of bills—
and a few more likelY 'to be in- _
traduced—some will paSs both
houses and go to the governor;
red-ha ired, economy-minded Ar- •
thur James who can chop them
down if he cares to' although he
can't increase them. The College
is afraid he may do just that.
Only time will tell whether he
has softened from his adamant
February position when he re-.
commended the College• get 'Only
$4.375,000; no increase whatever
in . the College budget although
it has new buildingS and increas
ed enrollment to handle: