PAGE 'rwo TIM DAILY COLLEGIAN 'Far A. Setter Penn State" )I•tibL.;Lad ICAO. 511a:Cia-360r to the Penn State Collegian e3tablishei 1004, and the Free Lance. establigheA 18F7. . - - Published daily except Sunday and Monday durine the aegmlar College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934 et the Poet-office at State °allege, ,Pa., under the act of &arch. 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. hose Leturaan '42 041310 James McCaughey '42 104.1d,orid and Casine:s Office 81.3 Old Main Bldg. Phase 71.1. - Women's Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor— John A. Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42; Feature Editor—William .1. McKnight '42; News Editor— Stanley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice K. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man ager—Thomas W. Allison '42; Women's Business Manager— Margaret L. Embpry '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42; Assistant Office Secretary—Par E. Reese '42. tAtePateaenrao FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING National Advertising Service, College Publishers Representative MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. CIAICAGO • 1305 , 01% • LOS ANGELES • SAM FRA01C11,..2 Junior Editorial Board—Cordon L. Coy, Donald W. Davis, Oominiek L. Golab. James D. Olkein, David Samuels, Robert E. Schooley, Richard S. Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh. Nicholas W. Vozzy, Herbert J. Zukau-skas. Emily L. Funk, Louise M. F 11053, Edith L. Smith. Kathryn. M. Popp. Junior Bu.sineas Bnard—Leonard E. Bath. Roy E. Barclay 14thert E. Edgerly, Phillip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby, John E fAcCool, Sara L. Miller. Katherine E. Schott, Marjorie L tvfecabtr Pssociated Colletside Dises .Idanaging Editor This Lssue News Editor This Issue ___ Women's Editor This Issue CracluaLe Counselor Friday Morning, May 16, 1941 Number Please Your number may be next! With orders from Washington compelling all lo 'cal draft boards to send out remaining question naires and two out of every 10 potential draftees Yejected because of physical defects, many familiar• r.tudent faces will be absent next fall. Instead of shouldering a gun for two-hour ROTC drills. many Penn State youths will be on guard duty in an army camp or learning the fundamen -s:als of air corps instruction. Because of the uncertainty prevalent in many students' minds as to whether they will be able to ?return to Penn State next year. A. R. Warnock. clean of men, suggested several methods of corn hating the draft dilemma in a recent speech before the Interfraternity Council. The eligible student draftee should contact his local draft board, Dean Warnock advised, and ask them to determine at what period of the year lto probably will be conscripted. If he is likely ix: be drafted within the school year and deferment seems improbable, the student should volunteer either in August or September in order that he )reight not lose a semester in college work. Dean Warnock also discouraged students from )caving college to accept temporary work at, high. boom-time wages in war industries. When the war is'over and industry is compelled to settle down to normal working capacity, the college de gree will come in handy as a "job-getter." College registration next year is debatable, but a great difference in the distribution of class en rollment is expected. The freshman class prob ably will have to be the largest in the history of the College if the total enrollment is to compare with this year, because the upper classes will re cede in enrollment Chin Up ! Charlie Schwab, the Pennsylvania boy who pulled himself up by his own biaptstraps from nothing to a $200,000,000 fortune in steel used to preach a philosophy that brought him the haughty laughter of the sophisticated society to which money elevated him: "Keep your chin up." How he lived that philosophy is only now being learned. In his heyday he ranked with Andrew Carnegie. Together they gave their wealth for philanthropic purposes. Both gave buildings to Penn State and were here together for their dedi cation in 1903. When Charlie Schwab died it was presumed he was still rich. He had never grumbled to anyone, never told anyone otherwise. He still kept up appearances. This week it was discovered that his $200,000,000 had dwindled to $51,000, and that he iad debts of $300,000. Society may have laughed. but Charlie Schwab kept his chin up. Downtown Office 119421 South Frazier St. Night Phone 4372 Distributor or James D. Olkein '43 __Herbert J. Zukauskas '43 L. Smith '43 _-Louis H. Bell The Professor's Viewpoint Editor of The Centre Daily Times and part-time instructor in journalism Looking At College Publicity As I see the publicity picture at Penn State. there are two distinct divisions. In one are the scientific releases, the "big, national" stories. In the other are the myriad run-of-the-mine stories appearing principally in state papers. Both serve their purpose. The first maintains the prestige of the College in scientific and aca demic circles. The second keeps Penn State be fore the people of Pennsylvania, a function vitally important for an institution so dependent on pop lar goodwill. In the' latter field, I have a few ideas which I think might be helpful to faculty members who would like to obtain increased publicity for their work. The problem, stated simply, is how to send out stories which editors will judge - interesting to their readers. And it is a difficult one for the College publicity department. Items of extreme scientific interest, unless dressed up with adjectives, live verbs, and other journalistic trimings, will leave your editor cold. Then again, some simple little feature story will crack page one in all the dailies. The simplest way to get a story in the paper is to know your key men on the paper and in that way be sure your story will be given a break for friendship's sake, or at least that the friend will tell you how to shape it up to make it suitable. It's too bad stories are often "planted" that Way. I don't justify it; I state it as a fact. This method is too much to ask of a publicity department. The other is to. "dress up" the story so that it has widespread public appeal. Right now, any story on which you can hang the na tional defense tag will stand a good chance of mak ing the papers. For instance, stories could be played up in this manner: National defense has inspired some new Span : . ish courses to enable future graduates to get jobs in South America working for hemisphere solidar ity. National defense methods were examined by a group of engineers on a tour of factories. Na tional defense has been furthered by studies in soil productivity at the College. Now the courses in Spanish would have been introduced anyhow, the engineers always make an inspection tour, and soil studies are routine work, but with the aura of national defense about their, their chances for publication wbuld be better. An important point for College staff members to know is how to judge whether the man-in-the street (in whom your editor is Interested) will like your particular story. In any case. you should give the item to the publicity department and rely on their judgment. If you ask advice of someone on Ag Hill regarding your lawn, you'll accept -it. Likewise you should accept publicity's statement that your story is or is not news, and continue to send in information without getting insulted-when your pet story doesn't make The New York Times. -A.A.S THE DAILY COLLEGIAN By WILLIAM K. ULBRICH Ist War Helps College; What Will Second War Bring! A student who came to Penn State as the result of a World War friendship between his father and a Penn State dean has turned out to. be a "five letter man" in scholarship—an achievement almost as rare as winning letters in five different sports. The student is John D. Morgan Jr. '42, whose father, now vice president in charge of engineer ing and research for Cities Serv ice Oil Co., and Edward Steidle, dean of the School of Mineral Industries, were fellow captains in the First Gas Regiment (30th Engineers) of the A.E.F. "John's father told me at the end of the war," said Dean Stei dle, "that if he ever had a son who was interested .in mineral industries he would send him to spy school. To have him turn out so well scholastically is a double pleasure." 'ln winning election to eight different honorary societies, the son has made his mark in five separate subject matter fields. Although enrolled in mineral in dustries, he has been named to two societies for distinction in engineering, one for mathematics (liberal arts), another for chem istry, another for mineral in dustries, and two for top-ranking cadets in the ROTC. He is president of Sigma Tau, engineering honorary, and also is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, general scholastic honorary.. This record, for diversity, is probably unmatched in the College's his tory. Lowry To Head Spanisi! Club E. Jean Lowry '42 was elected president of the Spanish club for next year at the final meeting held in the Grange Playroom Tuesday evening. Other officers elected were Anita L. Stilson '44, vice-presid ent; Hans .Rexach '43, secretary; and Dario deßedout '42, treas urer. Vito DiVincenzo of the Span ish department was re-elected faculty advisor. Elected to honorary member ship were Dr. Frank D. Kern, clean of the Graduate School; Dr. William H. Gray, professor of Latin and American history, and Mrs. Gray; Dr. Harold H. Arn old, professor of Spanish, and Mrs. Arnold; Dr. Clarence R. Carpenter, associate professor of psychology, and Mrs. Carpenter; 'Dr. Joseph. W. Fosa, associate professor of Spanish, and Mrs. Fosa; and Dr. Henry J. Bruman, instructor in geography. 54 Mend PS Club's Annual. Spring Banque, Fifty-four members and guests attended the Penn State Club's annual spring banquet in the Sandwich Shop last night. Charlie Speidel, wrestling coach and one of the principal speakers at the banquet com mended the club for "doing_ a great job," while Captain W. V. Dennis, head of the Campus Pa trol, urged that the club empha size "teamwork." Arnold C. Laich was given the club's award for the outstanding non-fraternity senior, and the re tiring executive board was awarded \ keys by Russell E. Clark, College bursar. Beachcomber Dance With the Nittany Nine provid ing the music, Phi Kappa Sigma will hold a Beachcomber Dance from 9 until 12 o'clock tonight. Admission is by. invitation only. FRIDAY, MAY 46,.1941 CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Senior engineering ,lecture, Room 110. E. E., 4:10 p. m. Harry F. Burkholder,. Brentwood-Dor mont borough . rrianager,7 will speak on "The Engineer in Mu nicipal Affairs." Varsity baseball with Muhlen berg, New Beaver Field, at 4 p.m. Varsity tennis:- with Franklin and Marshall, New Beaver Field courts, 4 p. m. PSCA Welcome Committee for Freshman Week,. Hugh Beaver Room, 5 p. in. • " Coeds interested in attending Camp Counsellors Cbnference call Helen Gordon; 158 Atherton. Hall. ' TOMORROW Dr. P. Debye' will - speak •on "Analysis of Molecular Structure by Electron Scattering" at ' the American Chemical • Society Meeting in Room 119 ; , New Phy sics Building at 8 p.- m. Freshman baseball with Buck nell, New Beaver Field, 12:30 p. m. Varsity baseball with Temple, New Beaver Field, 2:30 p.. m. Three Women To Fill Library Vacancies Three women have been ap pointed to fill vacancies arising this year on the library staff, Willard. P. Lewis, College li brarian, announced yesterday. Miss Jean E. Malloy, .a gradu ate of the Columbia University School of Library Science, will be an assistant at the Agricul tural Library Extension. She will succeed Mrs. Leona W.. Ter rell, whOse resignation effective June 1. Mrs. Jefrell has accepted a position with, the Brooklyn Public Library. Miss Elizabeth Frear, refer ence librarian who will resign September 1, will be succeeded by Mrs. Mildred Ailman, a grad uate of Penn State and of "the Simmons College School of brary Service. Mrs. Ailman has had experience at the College from 1922 to 1924 and . at West minster College from 1926 ,to 1940. Mrs." Crystal Bailey, library as sistant at the enginering.reading room, will become extension Ai brarian on the engAieering de fense training program July' 1. Her present position will be fill ed by Miss Elaine Woody, a 'grad uate of William and Mary ea lege, Virginia, and of the Library Training Course at .Prat Library in Baltimore. Campus Center Club Elects New Officers Officers for the coming year of the Campus Center-Clubhave been elected, and plans to, hold a picnic at Whipples Dam .have been made. The new . officers are John O'Leary '42, president;.__Creigh ton Lawhead '42, vice-president; Thelma Smith '42, secretary; Lois Remensnyder '42, treasurer; Stanley Williams '43; and Jean Louise Knapp '42,_ social co .. chairmen. Mural Petitions. (Continued from Pi - 6e One) tained from Henry Varnum Poor's Land Grant Mural. Repeating the words which he recently had published in Froth, Joseph concluded, "We hope to see speedy action not just words, so that the . mural project will receive . adequate support; then murals in the mezzanine of Old Main will be a tangible real ity." AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM- "A Womari'i-Face" STATE-- "They Dare:-Ncit - Love" NITTANY— "A Girl. A Guy and A Gob" READ THE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS
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