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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.
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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.
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Managing Editor This Issue Cordon L. Coy
News Editor This Issue Nicholas
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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
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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,
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THE FACULTY
rx SAYS . . .
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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
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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
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