PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Established 1940, Successor to the Penn State Collegian. established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July fi, 1934 nt the Post-office nt State College, Pa., under the act of March 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Boss Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office 313 Old Main Bldg. Phone 711 Women's Editor--Jeanne Stiles '42; Managing Editor John A. Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42; Feature 'Editor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor-- Stanley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice M. Murtay '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man ager—Thomas W. Allison '42; Women's Businals Manager— Margaret L. Embury '92; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. 03013111/ . 4j NV • sylaviiy $Ol • • oorolH3 • A'N 14NOA M 314 '3AV NOSIGVII O Aiiirsuara.s fag unwept," 92ancr) ‘aavuas 2uppianpv iuuoppm AY ONIIIIILYSIAQV PINOLLYN 1110.1 031N22222 Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Cop, Donnld W. Davis, Dominick L. Golub, James D. Olkein, David Samuels, Robert E. Schooley, Richard S.- Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh, Nicholas W. Vozzy, Herbert J. Zukauskas, Emily L. Funk, Louise M. Fuoss, Kathryn M. Popp,' Edith L. Smith. Junior Business Board—Leonard E.• Bach, Roy E. Barclay, Robert E. Edgerly, Philip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby, John E. McCool, Sara L. Miller, Katherine E. Schott, Marjorie L. Sykes. Member Pssociated Collegiate Press Distributor of GDlle6iate Digest Managing Editor This Issue Cordon L. Coy News Editor This Issue Nicholas _W. Vozzy Women's Editor This Issue Kathryn M. Popp Graduate Counselor Tuesday, September 23, 1941 Joint liouseparty, Weekend Draws Favorable .Comment., Almost as well-established a tradition as the . Nittany .Lion, the failure of the Soph Hop to make money was broken only.. once in the, past seven, years. This was (l oe. by tut . present sen ior class who in 1940 tirolght Ha,.. Kemp to the Campus to break the precedent. However, in the other six years, the annual . sophomore dance became known. as the "Soph Flop." The following losses were incurred by these classes: 1935, $2.80; 1936, $472: 1937, . 562; .1938, $708; 1939, $901; and ,1941, 314 In 1940, the present senior class netted- , 1,;1476, the. large profit being attributed partly to the Pitt game weekend. • Suddenly .a suggestion from G•k• orge . Donovan, student Union manager, has ap.,ar-nlly solved. the Soph Hop red ink proplem which,had prom ised to become a permanent blet, in . stukent finance ledgers. • .Donovan has proposed, since lhe delay of the College opening has , shOrtened the q6cial .calen dar, that Soph Hop and fraternity fall hOuse parties be held on the ,same weekenci• He sug gested that the ball could be held on Friday night and the house party dances staged the next night, Saturday, at the fraternities. This suggestion, happily enough, hr , ,. met with 'whole-hearted approval from campus leaders and from. various fraternity presidents, including Thomas J. Henson '42, president of the Inter fraternity Council. • The holding of Soph Hop on horse party week end would insure the preient sophomore class of a successful attendance,. which 'in pait year:, was hampered by poor selection of name bands. bad weather, inefficient management by student committees, and limited selection of open date. during. the crowded fall program. Fraternities, who will be•hit hai d by the rii:ing costs in food and houSe management, will wel come the elimination of one dance night in their houses. Social chairmen who have..been forced to reduce their budgets can loosen their pursq strings on purchases for other forms . of house entertainment. It is estimated that approxi mately two-fifths of the expense for house Party bands will be saved by introducing Soph Hop . as a houseparty weekend feature. • Not only will Donovan's plan save both frater nity and Soph Hop groups money, but it will :stimulate more interest in both events. More individuals will attend the dance, while the houseparty weekend will be benefited :.,by an extra attraction. • At the Student Union Board meeting tonight where the fall social calendar will be scheduled, all indications point to the passing of this joint plan. If this is done, no longer will,. the, annual "Soph Flop" become a headache to future class,. committees, nor will fraternities need_ worry about the reduction in their social dance budget, Downtown Office 110421 South Frazier St Phone 4372 Louis H. Bell THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 THE FACULTY rx SAYS . . . 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11 1 11111111111111111111111 . by LOUIS H. BELL Director of Public Information in Extension If you were moping along . the Main street in your home town this summer thinking,•"lt won'* be long until college opens," and suddenly a two ton truck lumbered past bearing in blue and white the name of the, college and something else you couldn't catch, it wasn't. a mirage. It Was a so-called autolab. And what is an autolab? Merely, as the word infers, a laboratory that has been placed into an auto. Why? Well, that's the point of this col umn—to describe briefly . how the College • hae. had to keep on its toes to keep its promise to help train thousands of defense workers for. Uncle Sam. Here's the story: In the Spring,. Uncle . Sam's growing defense program. suddenly sent industry spurting. Overnight, industry was. in a tough spot, needed thousands of technically-trained men to increase its production . pace. Laborers were plentiful, but not skilled, workers. Industry appealed to the government and ernment to the colleges. Men had to be. trained quickly, efficiently. :rn two programs, Penn State sent its men and its equipment to hundreds of towns in Pennsylvania to train workers in their own home towns. But . the truck is getting away from . us. The • College's . _ next training, task was to: give course in engineering subjects this stirn . tiler. 'to 32()0 school, graduates in' nearly 100' towns and To do this quickly and efficiently,..PerinStatenad to. obtain,. the .best and : nil:lst :modern, equipmerit,. : in great quantities.. From Franklin Institute .the College Purchased a two-ton truck and' leased second one equipped to bring , demonstrtions' chemistry from town to town. and has since tro . -.: e11ed..18,000. miles to 98 .Class centers. The purchased.truck, was returned . to. thncam- • pus where for nearly three . weeks a staff •of ten mechanics, instrument makers and carpenters worked day and night at breakneck ° speed to "get 'the laboratOry: on th?. 'road." Because the. cargo consisted of delicate . machinery that might not . stand the shocks of a motor trip, special . con-. tainers had to..be fashioned of rubber, wood,• felt and sponge The physics autoiab will be used late in the new Fall program, and-meantime the College is probably looking forward to a day when auto labs and mobile exhibits will become not a special but a regular part of Penn State's vast extension services—education on wheels. Now Opel) The. NeW ALLENCREST TEAROOM'.. At Its Ortgtqp,l, &Kw/ion., CORNER MEN and BEAVER While And Carnegie Blanks Now Available Application blanks for the John W. W hite and Louise Carnegie scholarships are available to in terested students in -108 Old Main. Information, reauested on these blanks, must be submitted to the Committee on Academic Stand ards by October 3, C. E. Mar quardt, acting chairman, revealed. Physical. Exams. Given To 1,211 ‘Freshmen That 1,217 freshmen have al ready received •physical examina tions was disclose° last night by Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the health service. Of these, 363 were coeds and 854 were male students. Although no final analysis has been made on the general health of the incoming freshman class Doctor. Ritenour ,stated that there seem to be fewer defects .than ever in the .class of '45. This improvement in the health of the students follows what Rite nour terms a "definite trend" year by year toward better ;health, which he has noticed in , his exper ience here at .the,College. . Franklin and Marshall college Effect Of the Histamine -Antag9n is offkring free swimmipg instru:.. 7 ist,. ThymoxSretbyldiethylmaline tion to all undergraduates..;: (9291 ) on Gastric Secretion." THET 11 - E - ST,' 7.II,MAS''. TO'; LONG: DISTANCE CILL.L,S ALTHOUGH loOks. something like a :sunrise over . Pikeareak,.this. it; really a clmrt showing the ebb: and :flow ..of Lott Distance calls during. an average.day. Notice the sharp peaks in mid-morning, mid: afternoon and at 7 P.... 111.? That's when Long Distance lines are .most. crowded these busy days. Defense activities have. Put, an _extra heavy . load on telephone facilities. If you avoid these three peak periods, you'll get faster service on your calls—and you'll he helping to "speed the calls that speed . defense." TUESDAY,.SEPTEMBER 23, 1911 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY- Druid meeting, 318 Old Main, 7 p. in. Senior . Sponsors meeting, 405 Old Main, 8 p. m. Compulsory. rreeting.. of . sophomore women, editorial.candl dates for Collegian, 312 Old 'Main, 4:30 p. m. PSCA freshman mass ' meeting committee,rneetir g,. '304 .01d; 4p. m. • - First nleetlnq of the Freshman Council of PSCA, 304. Old; Main, 7p.m. Student Union pance, Armory, 4 p. m. Student Union Board meeting 305 Old Main, 7:30 p. m. TOMORROW Skull and Bones meeting, 318 Old. Main, 7 p. Campus '44 meeting t; 418 Old Main, 7:30 p. m.. . Freshman get-together. for all JeiVish students at - Hillel Fouh dation, 133 W. Beaver. ave.,.,3:30 to 5:30 p. m. Subject of a paper delivered be fore the Michigzri• Academy : of Science, Arts and Letters: "The 4., 4 Ir till .111 I V • efi
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