PAGE TWO TINE DAILY COLLEGIAN Tor A Better Penn State" likitablithed L 940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian. established 1904. and the Free Lance. established 1897. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College- Entered as eecond-class matter July 6. 1934 ar; the Poet-office at State College. Pa., under the act of March 8. 1879. Editor Bus, and Adv. Mgr. Xtoss Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 and CnSineea Office. Sl3 Old Main Btd;. rhane 711 Women's Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor— Sohn A. Baer '42: Sports Editor—A. Pat Nage'berg '42; Feature Editor—William J. McKnight '42: News Editor— Stanley J. PoKempner '42: Women's Featurz Editor—Alice M, Murray 'l2; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42: Circulation Man oger—Thomas W. Allison '42: Women's Business Manager-- Margaret Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42: Assistant Office Secretary—Fax E. Reese '42. Junior Editorial Board--Cordon L. Coy, Donald W. Dack, L Colab. Jame... , 1). 2 Olkein, David Samneti. Robert E Schooley. Richard S. Stebbilei. Samuel L. Stroh. Niehola , .. VT. V077,y, Herbert d. Zukawkas, Emily L. Funk. Louie M. /Noss, EA Rh L. Smith, Kathryn M. Popp. Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Buell. Roy E. Ban:.lay Robert li. Edeetly, Phillip Jaffe. Frances A. Leiby, Jobn E MeCool. Sara L. Miller. Katherine E. Satoh. IM.trior;e L i;vkeo. Ivlelabtr 'Pi SSOCil3led a)lle6iclie Pre s Distributor of Colletsiate Direst anneitz Editor Gordon Coy "43 News Editor This Issue Samuel Stroh '43 Women's Editor This Issue ____ Emily L. Funk '93 Craduato • Counselor Thursday Morning, May 15, 1941 We Want A President The new All-College Cabinet got off to a good I)eginning Tuesday night when it began to consider methods of getting out of the ticklish situation which will arise next fall if both Robert D. Baird '42, Alt-College president, and Gerald F. Doherty vice-president, are drafted as they probably will be. One solution which we believe to be worthy of :serious thought is simply to hold a new election l'fl3 soon as possible next September. This plan will be considered by the Cabinet committee appointed to discus's the matter. The argument will be raised that a new election would be setting an undesir able precedent. The answer is that this is an emer gency which will probably never come up again. To hold a new election, an amendment to the eimstftution will be neccessary. Under the present rule, the senior class president—H. Leonard Lrouse in this case—"shall act as chairman of Cabinet for the remainder of the year" if the pres ident and vice-president are disqualified or resign. This section of the constitution was written two years ago when we doubt if anyone seriously thought that conditions would ever be what they are now. For this reason, it is quite possible that those who drafted the constitution failed to give due consideration to what is now a grave prob lem Why not let Krouse take over the chairmanship of Cabinet? We can think of several reasons: 1. Note that Krouse would not become presi dent of Cabinet, that he would still be responsible for performing the duties of the senior class presi dent. He would have two student government jobs and too heavy a load for any one student to carry. It would be especially true in Krouse's case for' he is also football captain and during three months next year will have to spend much of his time on the football field. No one can play football ,take charge of the senior class, and head the All-College government—all at the same time. 2 . Because of the draft, which may greatly hamper student government, Cabinet will have unforseen difficulties. Wd believe that a presi dent and not a substitute, such as a part-time chairman would be, will be necessary to bind the group together. 3. The All-College president has innumerable functions to attend as the representative of the Penn State student body so that the position takes on the nature of a full-time job. This would be hard for Krouse to do. Again his duties as fool ball captain would interfere.. 4. The office of All-College president has gain ed valuable prestige during the two years that the position has been in existence. This prestige would he lessened by the combination of the office with other jobs because many of the president's tasks . vvould be passed • off to appointed officers. Those are some of the points which the commit will do well to consider. To us, it seems like a solution which would place student government on as strong a footing as possible. And isn't that what everybody wants? Downtown Office 119-121 South Frazier St Night Phone 4372 _Louis; R. Bell -J.A.B 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 CAMpUS , CALENDAR ONt MAN'S 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111!v 111 1111 1 111 111111111111111 Amazing, Isn't Itl The British Navy handed me a terrific shock last week. All I did was buy a cleverly-bound little copy of the Rubaiyat, my guiding philosophy in these turbulent times, for a paltry sum, and what happens? Out of its pages drops a brilliantly-colored pic ture of a string of battleships and all their accou trements, emblazoned with the stirring words, "Britain Delivers the Goods—Thanks to the Brit- ish Navy." Every time I think of the courageous stand of His Majesty's Fleet, protecting nay 35cent edition of the Persian Poet's stanzas, I just have to take time ou. for breath. The three . readers of this column all wrote in and expressed their opinions of Rockwell Kent's "To American Youth." One liked it, another dis liked it, and the third was simply enigmatical. I'm thinking of bringing in my pet Ouiji board to fig ure out just what the latter does think. More Contributions Herein I publish a poem by Dion O'Donnell, a youthful 'California poet, whose first book of poetry, "Eggs in a Blue Bowl," appeared . in 1937. For some time he edited "Path of Beauty," the only newspaper devoted exclusively to poetry. As far as I know, this is the first time that these par ticular verses have appeared in print.' Answer For Bombastic Patriots O Drummers of relentless hate, Your triumph is a loathsome thing! You kill to glorify the state. Still pallid boys are made elate To enter in the armoured ring. 0 drummers of relentless hate. If only they could dream their fate, Hear hatreds sharp unslumbering: "You kill to glorify the state," Their understanding would create A world for love and worshiping, O drummerS of relentless hate! Where beauty would intoxicate All those behind remembering, You kill to glorify the state. With sick foreboding we must wait, While proudly guns are thundering. O drummers of relentless hate, You kill to glorify the state. O'Donnoi A New Opinion Poll The accuracy of collegiate polls has never re ceived my personal examination, but I think I've found a measurement of student.sentiment at least as' accurate. Past columnists have bewailed the cheers and sneers of students viewing movie news reels. Personally, I find these extrovert expres sions of opinion very enlightening. For instance, I noted, with some surprise, that when a local cinema exhibited a news reel sum mary of the convoy question that Secretary of War Stimson received some polite applause; perspiring Secretary of, Navy Knox elicited naught but laugh ter; and Senator Wheeler, isolationist Montanian, evoked a considerable ovation. Col. Lindbergh, however, fared badly, while Wee Wendell Winkle, the barefoot boy from Wall Street, was merely listened to. Which probably only proires that the theatre was filled with Communists or Fifth Columnists that day. "Today as formerly, war requires a 'just/cause, a good to be obtained that will far outweigh the evils which inevitably and necessarily follow. In the modern world no search can reveal a cause proportionate to the destruction wrought in every order, physical, political, social, moral and spir itual, by a war such as the last. A war, completely modern in character and universal in scope, is, Pope Pius XI has said, to monstrously murderous and almost certainly -suicidal', that for .a statesman or government initiating aggressive war to at tempt to assign to it a proportionate cause is vain even to the point of 'folly and malice." Dr. John K. Ryan, assistant professor of philosophy at Cath olic University, holds that modern aggressive war as an instrument of national policy cannot be jus tified in the light of the tradition of the Catholic ethic of war. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN MEAT Fan Mail Student Handbook editorial staff meeting, Room 418, 7:15 p.m. Grange meeting, 405 Old Main, 7 p. m. Senior hot dog picnic commit tee, Room 305 Old Main, 9. p. m. ROTC Infantry parade, Golf Course, 4:10 p. m. American Society For Metals will hold election of officers at Kappa Sigma fraternity, 8 p. m. TOMORROW Senior engineering lecture, Room 110 E. E., 4:10 p. m.'Harry F. Burkholder, Brentwood-Dor mon t borough manager, will speak concerning "The Engineer in Municipal Affairs." Varsity baseball with Muhlen berg, New Beaver Field, 4 p. m. Varsity tennis with Franklin and Marshall, New Beaver Field courts, 4 p. m. Bowers Heads PiKA Newly elected officers of Pi Kappa Alpha are Glenn Bowers '43, president; C. Henry McCall '43, vice president; and W. Don ald Moffat '42, treasurer. Robert Andrews '43 was appointed sec retary. ARROW SHIRTS ARROW HANDKERCHIEFS ..",t9a; • MEN'S APPAREL Diagonally Across From Post Of fice ARROW TIES . ARROW UNDERWEAR youß old friend Arrow makes sport shirts good looking and comfortable, fine for lounging as well as for active snorts. They haven't any doodads or flossy color scheme. to distract you or others The models include the in-or-outer type, short or, long sleeves, button-front or pull-over. And believe it or not, you can get Airow sport shirts in your exact collar size! 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CINEMANIA "A Woman's Face," starring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, and Conrad Veldt, will open this afternoon for a two-day stand at the Cathaum Theater. The plot is based on the tragic story of Anna Holm, a wolnan who is shunned because of her disfigured face. To avenge man kind, she organizes a blackmail ing ring to prey on beautifuL women. ARkOW HANKIES_
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