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SUMMER COLLEGIAN
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JANET TWICHELL
Thursday, July 3. 1941
A 'No Parking' Notice
We're glad to see that in the future faculty
and staff members will have no trouble finding
a place to park
In making the new campus parking regulations,
College officials were extremely thoughtful of
their 1,000 fellow educators and administrators
In fact, they did their utmost to make it easy foi
Professor Jones to find a parking space. Look at
the parking lots which are open to him exclusive-
ly: the convenient Central Parking Lot behind the
New Physics Building, the lot in front of Rec Hall.
the Northeast Parking Lot beside the Forestry
BUilding, the lot behind the Sparks Building. and
the lot behind the engineering units.
However, in case Professor Jones has an errand
in 'lrvin Hall and doesn't want to walk all the
way from the Rec Hall-parking space, he may
leave his car on Curtin Road. Yes, this applies to
any campus road except where- specifically pro
hibited in the pamphlet explaining the new reg
ulations.
What about Joe Student? Why, two big parking
lots have been set aside for him and the 6,000
other undergraduates. One, the Shortlidge Road
Lot, is over by Frances Atherton Hall and the
other, the West Parking Lot, is near the varsity
tennis courts. The only trouble is that the lots
won't be at all convenient for students going to
some central point on the campus. The officials
evidently forgot that students don't like to walk
any more than faculty members do.
College officials evidently forgot another thing.
too, and that is that students run errands. At least
it would seem that this was overlooked for the
new regulations don't say that students may
park briefly on campus roads in order to do busi
ness in nearby buildings.
Incidentally, the Rec Hall parking lot is sup
posed to be limited to faculty and staff members
but a College official told us that students going
to .Rec Hall may park there. That's good news
not only for these students but also in that it in- .
dicates enforcement of the regulations will be no
more strict than in the past.
But that's all beside the point. What we want
to do is commend the men who made it easy for
Professor Jones to find a parking space. Congrat
ulations, gentlemen!
A Fault In Registration
Registration at this college has always been
noted for a lack of confusion in handling
necessary details, the speed and ease with which
registrants were able to follow out registration
procedure. However,. judging from comments
made by students and faculty members and from
personal observation, Monday's summer session
registration will never be held up as a model.
The confusion at Rec Hall might have been
unavoidable but the jam at the College Exam
iner's office in Old Main can't be excused on any
grounds. On one of the hottest days of the year,
students were forced to wait in line for hours at
a time. This was disagreeable and tiresome. At
least two women fainted.
Nothing can be done about it now but perhaps
next year's summer registration can be better
handled. We understand, that only two men were
supposed to take care of matters for .the dozens
in line. If that's all the trouble ,was, wouldn't it
be a simple matter to-assign more College officers
to this part of registration?
Editors
PAT NAGELBERG
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Air-Conditioned Gossip
Just blew out of one of the air-conditioned res
taurants in town and the sweltering July air seem
ed so cool by comparison that we had to walk on
the sunny side of the street to keep from being
overcome by the sudden change, of temperature
. . . speaking of air-Conditioning and the current
heat wave, we haven't met the one. and only Effie
yet. We'll have to ask her last year's admirers as.
to her whereabouts.
After looking over. the current crop - of - summer
session addicts here for a six-week whirl of
studies and relaxation, it's this columnist's unbi
ased opinion that the Sigma Nu crop of beauties
wins the popularity cup to date in a walkaway
. . . it's a bit early to say who's who but even
Mickey McFarland, a regular session standout.
will find competition keen at the SN mansion .
among others Peggy Hood and Judy Moatz will
find time on their hands very light . . . we've in
veigled a Girl Friday to give us detailed accounts
on the social life there for future publication and
ditto at the other "for women only" domiciles in
town.
Another Hot Weather Tip
Rumor has it that Sex 416 is more than keeping
the boys' interest . . . even Dick Steinhilber has
failed to cut so far . .. we don't know the stinker's
name who's acting as hostess at Phi Kappa Sigma
but he won't last the summer out at the rate he's
going. The limit came when he tried to oust one
of the PKS's who dropped in to look the house
over...across the street Howie Parris is keeping his
DU castle open for the summer and if he's as good
a house-manager as he is a Collegian subscription
salesman. the house is jammed to the raters by
now .
Janet Twichell is going to be a busy gal this
summer what with finessing several admirers here
for summer studies (?), distributing Philip Mor
ris ciggies and keeping her West Pointer happy
through the mails. The only trouble is that her
two younger sisters are stiff competition for any
one and the Theta sweetheart is going to have
her hands full .
We're For More Of This
Along the cupid front: Beater McKechnie and
Craig White said their final vows in Wilkinsburg
the other day, culminating an ideal two-year
campus romance , . . Sam Chase whipped into
town over the weekend to keep Margie King off
the fairway for a short spell and- another Beta.
Jack Keller, just finished with his first year at
Annapolis, will celebrate his furlough with his
tamily and Katie Popp . ... the Helen Swanson-
Jue Adessa nuptials a couple of weeks ago came
as a big surprise to all friends. That's all for now
but we'll be back with more next week.
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A Plea For Spirit
To The Editor
• T A _Message to students in: the
-. year 1941 is different from that of
Lny previous time. Several years
ago a few historians with philo
sophic insight foresaw the future
which has now become the pres
ent. -One of these wrote, "Civili
zation-is at the crossroads." Most
of us did not catch the meaning,
but now we can all read the sign
poSt and see that the sign with any
interest for us is marked "Demo
cracy." . . .
. We • think of our great defense
program with its demands upon
college men. Then we ask whether
the women are doing their part,
and we begin to recount their, ac
tivities in .a dozen agencies and
their. plans for active defense
work. Along with this urge to do
something tangible is the recur
ring question as to whether there
is something helpful we may do
all the time. A woman in public
life 'writes that she has hundreds
of letters from women with this
plea—" Tell us what to do now to
help:" She replies that part of the
time they.may do definite defense
service but all the time they may
"think Democracy."
In the May .issue of Readers'
Digest, Dorothy Canfield Fisher
gives thus her idea of Democracy
—"Success -will mean that those
Who haven't had their share will
have a better chance." , She goes
further ,by saying that we defeat
our purpose wh'en we permit lel
low=Americans to be so disheart
ened that they listen to promises
of security from those who would
destroy them.
Now what has this to do with a
request of Collegian for some no
tice on summer session regula
tions? It means that where peo
ple are united in one great aim
there is no need of a struggle to
impress the wisdom of regulations
that promote safety and opportun
ity for study. And since this is
America. those in the administra-,
tion and faculty agree that it is al:-
to subscribe to
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941
Business Gains,
Survey Shows
Every important city in the state
reported better business in May
than it-'did a year ago_ in that
month, according to The Penn
sylvania State College Business
Survey.
For the state .as a whole the
average for May, 1941, was 31 per
cent better than in May, 1940.
Gains in individual cities ranged
from 12 to 51 per cent.
As the effects of the soft coal
strike wore off, the new index_of
industrial activity, introduced this
month, rose from 138.4 in April
to 163.5 in May; a 'gain of 25.1
points or 18.1 per cent.
In the new index, the base per
iod was shifted from 1923-1925 to
1935-1939 •in accordance with the
recommendation of the Central
Statistical Board at' Washington, :
A major advantage of the• new
base period is that it is more repre
sentative of ' present • conditions
than the earlier period. •
"There has been a vast change
in the relative importance of in
dustries in the last 18 years," the
report states, "and the new index
takes account of that fact."
The preliminary report for June
predicts continued expansion on.
the present recovery movement
and a high level of business
throughout the summer.
The business gaini in individual
cities in April, 1941, over April,
1940, were reported as follows:
Bethlehem 51 -- per cent, Erie 45,
York 38, Harrisburg 38, Allentown
38, Johnstown 34, Philadelphia 34,
Williamsport 31, Reading 30,
Wilkes-Barre 30, Pittsburgh 28,
Easton 28, Altoona 28, Lancaster
25, Scranton 12.
Office Hours Changed
College office hours in the af
ternoon during July and August
will be from 1 to 4 o'clock in
stead of 1:30 to 5, it was an
nounced yesterday from the sum
mer sessions office. Morning hours
will remain the same, 8 to noon.
ays possible for students to sug
gest needed improvements and
thus show the Penn State spirit
that Piesident 'Hetzel once ,defin-T
ed as "unqualified loyalty to the
highest interests and. aims of the
College."
First Flier, Old Rain
CHARLOTTE E. RAY
Dean - of- lAromen