THURSDAY, JULY .3,.-1941
Coogan, Collegian Editor In 1930,
Praises Penn State Way Of Life
By JAMES H. COOGAN '3O
Ex-Collegian Editor
Nothing has happened in the growth_ of enrollment.. during the
last 11 years to alter my convic- years of business depression, is
tion that Penn State represents' proof enough that - the people of
the ultimate in democratic edu- Pennsylvania have faith in the
cation—and the system, I submit, College. So was the fruition in
is well worth keeping. recent years of the building pro-
I have met hundreds of Penn gram designed to make Penn State
State men and women (older and a greater institution of learning.
younger than myself) in the years Not even the lean years in foot
since I,left the campus and, in the ball, could have altered my opin
main, I found them people who ion of Penn State. As a matter of
were holding down responsible fact, those years strengthened my
positions—and filling them with faith in the College, for I was
distinction. Of course there were proud of our pioneering in the di
exceptions—there always, are— rection of "simon pure" fiootball
but their number was small. ' and intensely gratified by the job
To me this finding represented Bob Higgins did in the face of new
a victory for Penn State and the/obstacles. I was proud, too, when
type of men and women it turns the College acted as it did in the
out. Even today it remains 4 a Soose incident, for I Could not
source of satisfaction to me; to think of another college that
learn of a new Penn State would sacrifice a• great boxer for
achievement,• to make the ac- the sake of a strict amateur pol
quaintance of a man or woman icy.
who has something laudatory to
say about Penn State, or to meet
through the course of my own
work a graduate who is doing big
things in his or• her field.
And as I stated in my introduc
tory paragraph, nothing•has hap
pened in the intervening years to
alter my faith in the job that
Coeds Not Always
Happily 'Hitched'
The average senior coed rated These, then, are the things of
which- Penn State is made arid
lower than the average happily
married woman in tests based on they are, also, the things. which
•
a prediction scale for marital hap-
produce better men. and better
piness which were completed by
underwomen. In the critical years ahead,
Helen A. Hoover the di-I am . confident, that Penn State
rection of Dr. Robert C. Bern- again will prove will prove itself
renter, in Charge of the psycho-
Capable of big things and contri
educational clinic.-- bute its share to the defense of
"Girls in home economics or the
that' other great 'democratic insti-
School of Education had better •
tution—the American Way of. Life.
ratings than those in the 'School •
of the Liberal Arts," Miss Hoover
said. "It seems reasonable to sup- Tip To Wonlen
pose that those in home economics
find greater satisfaction in acti
vities connected with home and N
family institutions." ever interrupt
The study also revealed that the
more money a girl has earned, the A tip to women'. don't interrupt
less likely she is to compare fa- a man's speech if you want to keep
vorably with happily married wo-'his interest. Interruptions annoy
Men. men more than, any other conver
"This may mean that-girls who sational fault, according to a stir
have worked have developed per- vey of 162 students, graduate as
sonality traits of self-sufficiency sistant in clinical speech.
and independence," said Miss Women' are more often annoyed
Hoover, adding that certain edu- by loud talk, McDonald found,
cators have claimed that the hap- while both men and women dis
piest women are willing "to take like conceit. Misuse of English
subordinate roles and are not an- ranked second in annoyance.
nayed by advice from others. Although they opposed gossip, a
The amount of dating or a pre- large majority of both sexes en
ference for the company of boys joyed non-malicious disctissicns of
has no bearing on the rating of personalities. Discussion of dates
the coed§. in comparison with the was taboo in mixed groups but en
happily married women. Actually joyed by more than half in unmix
those few who expressed an equal ed groups. Profanity and dirty
preference for the companionship jokes were condemned, but "shop
of girls and - boys made
_better talk" was approved.
scores than those who preferred
The old belief that women talk
to associate with boys. more than men seems to be con-
Engaged girls who were ques- tradicted by the fact that more
toned had scores no better and
women than men reported diffi
no worse than others. culty in starting a conversation,
"A girl compares favorably or talking to strangers, and finding
unfavorably. with happily married interesting topics of conversation.
women because of her traits and
Half the group enjoyed puns,
not because she is or is not in love
called by some "the lowest form
or engaged," Miss Hoover de- of wit.". Slightly more men than
dared. . women enjoyed flattery; slightly
However, engaged girls who more women than men definitely
met their fiances either at college disliked it.
or at home had higher scores than The pUrpose of the survey was
'those who had met them while to discover what college students
away on vacations. prefer to talk about so that those
These findings •bear out those who have conversational difficul
of educators and psychologists ties may be advised what back-
Who have previously shown that ground they need in books, mag
more happy marriages result from azines, movies, and radio to fur
meetings under circumstances that nish the basis for interesting con
are "socially approved" than from versation. An experimental course
unconventional meetings. is to be started this semester .to
"Those who had publicly -an- discuss such problems and to fur
nounced their engagement corn- nish conversational practice in
pared more favorably than those both mixed and unmixed groups.
who had not," Miss Homier con
cluded. .
Girls who answered the ques- Among donors of $25,080 to Long
tion about being in love were Island College of Medicine recent
usually either very much in love ly was "a little girl," who gave $1
or not at all, the results showed. for "general purposes.. !'
Penn 'State is doing for. the youth.
of Pennsylvania. The steady
There was other news, too,
which made me proud. I have al
ways been glad that bur college
never' plunged for the silly .."fads"
that -embarrass many colleges. • I
have a faint recollection of some
student swallowing gold fish at
Penn State, but I don't think any
body took its seriously or that the
studen't body approved. I was
gratified, too, by the absence of
anti-war resolutions in a period
during which many student bodies
showed a complete lack of under:-
standipg.of the effect on the pub
lic of such short-sighted publicity.
IIpLEa(.)
ONLY • ONE. FIFTEENTH as
many germs are found in the
country as in the city says Dr.
Helmut Landsberg, assistant pro
fessor of geophysics and College
weather expert.
* *
Take Your Choke:
Insects Or Germs
Even if they do miss all the ex
citement to be found in a city, stu
dents who come to the central
Pennsylvania hills to attend the
summer session have one big ad
vantage, according to Dr. Helmut
Landsberg, assistant professor of
geographics, who says:
"You may get ants in your food,
or you may get stung by a bee
while vacationing in the country
this • summer, but you breathe in
only one fifteenth as many germs
as you do in the city.
"There are nearly fifteen times
as many suspended particles in
city air as in country air, and the
number of germs varies in pro
portion."
Even if you live in a small town
and vacation on a farm, you will
breathe in only one third as many
germs as you do at hoine. In the
mountains, however, you will in
hale even fewer, and the higher
the mountain the fewer the germs.
In addition, city air suspensions
cause a haze which absorbs• most
of the health-giving ultra-violet
rays, and tall buildings prevent
the wind from blowing away im
ptirities, Dr.- Landsberg explains.
All these factors may be responsi
ble for the increased number of
respiratory diseases and hay-fever
omong, city dwellers, he believes.
."Conditions indoors are even
worse," he says. "One authority
found a 25
. per cent higher con
centration of suspended particles
indoors. Smoking may increase
this number as much as 200 or 300
per cent." •
Hurry! Buy That Ring
Before ff's Too tale
Diamonds for defense but not
for milady's finger is the market
trend today, , according to a Col
lege mineral' specialist.
The demand for diamonds is
steadily increasing, reported Dr.
W. Myers, assistant professor of
mineral economics and technol
ogy. and at the present time the
United States and Canada use $6,-
. 000,000 worth of the precious
'Stones.
"Consumption during the past
four years has more than doub
led," he said, "and the defense
program will call for more. Dia
mond tools will be vitally import
ant in machine operations con
nected with the production of, mu
nitions."
The elimination of Amsterdam
and Antwerp as exporters of dia
monds may make New York the
diamond center of the world, Dr.
Myers believes.
Only 25 per cent .of the dia
monds mined can 13 e classed as
gems. The remainder perform a
vital industrial service such as
cutting agents in the glass indus
try, in mining and petroleum in
dustries, in the automobile indus
try,, and in many other industrial
operations
Hyslop Will Ledure
On American Painting
"American Painting Today" will
be the subject of a lecture by Fran
cis E. Hyslop, Jr., instructor in fine
arts; in Room 110 Home Econom
ics Building at 7:30 p.m. next Wed
nesday.
The lecture is one of a series
sponsored• by the summer sessions
office. Admission will be free.
Mr. Hyslop will comment on the
Armory Show of 1913, one of the
turning points in American art; the
influence of French painting in-the
1920 s the American scene move
ment in the 19305; and government
support of art in the 19305.
He will also talk about the most
prominent American painters ac
tive today. The list includes, Henry
Varnum Poor, the painter of the
Old Main mural, in addition to
John Marin, Charles Burchfield,
Franklin Watkins, and Max Weber.
Mr. Hyslop wil also lecture on
the Section of Fine Arts of the
Treasury Department which com
missions painters and other artists
to do art work for public buildings.
This branch of government work
was started several years ago and
has become a permanent policy.
Texas Technological College is
holding a "give-a-brick" campaign
to complete its West Texas Mu
seum building.
PAGE THREE
Glen Miller
Still Top Band
In practically every section of
the nation the favorite dance or
chestra of the American college
student is Glen Miller's.
A national student survey, leav
ing aside political, social, and eco
nomic questions that today bother
the world and the collegian, has
turned to the field of college re
creation, and in a nation-wide poll
finds that the favorite recreation
among college students are danc
ing, swimming, tennis, and read
ing. The favorite dance bands of
the swing-conscious students are
Glen Miller, Kay Kyser, Tommy
Dorsey, and a tie between Guy
Lombardo and Wayne King.
Miller's band tops all others,
polling twice as many ballots as
any other one orchestra. His music
is sought by nearly one-fourth of
all students. Kyser was a favorite
in the Southern states, with Miller
a close second.
While dancing is the one thing
most eds and coeds would rather
do when away from the classrOom,
swimming is not as great a favorite
with women as it is with men.
Second choice of the women was
tennis. Bridge was among the most
popular of recreations.
Summer
Session
Students:
Your
Week-end
Guests
Will
Enjoy
Slaying
AI the
Slate
College
Hotel
Phone 733