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'DIE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"Foc A Better Penn State"
Successor to the term
and the Free Lance, c3tablinbc.l 1887.
lltlablisiled 1940.
established 1904
T.'ubliuhed daily Sunday awl Monday during th , !
4efrufat Colleve year hy the Students of The Pennsylvania.
Stato Collegc, Etitev:ui a= second-cltc ,. . , tnatt,er July 9, 1934
pi. 'the Pont-officQ :State Pu., th' act 31:
Ilitrch• 8, 1879. '
Editor - H - Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
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Lehman.. 42 " •• James McCaughey '42
Yklitcrial and Bun Office
913 OM Matn 13hig.
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Women'a Editor-j-Jen..r. C. Stilt , ; Manaz•inT Editor—
Attin A. Baer '42; _. , -oort , -3 Editor—A. Pat Nagreberg '42;
i Penture Editor—William. J. MeKni?.ll , . ; New Editor—
.l-4nley J. PoKempner Worocu'.-: Feature Editor—Alice
4 . .r . 'hinrray '4?.; Sporti EdPer—R. 1-I , qer. Cordon '42.
.11,friiinttinet liklitor Tliti Issue ..._-__ David. SaMtleig
446 vs 11:ditcif Two r.,:th, ____.... tticiti.d S. Stebbins
I\romen'a Editor . This. Is..i.ue. .__ Louise M. Puoss
•Porhomm* A 'la i:+o. clk: - ... .__ _. _......_ .. Ben - . Bailey, Bob Kimmel
.ClraduttCe Counselor: Louis E. Bell
Saturday, November 1, 1941
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`4j garble Hails, 01
A naan sometimes writes a story.
.a book, a song
—even an editorial which is destined to remain in
one's mind far more , than a moment, a day, or a
:year. Such n editorial was written by last year's
.editor, Adam A. Smyser„ and what he said then
as pertinent and timely now. We pay tribute
Sty his sagacity - by reprinting the editorial:.
"Chatting the other day, we were presented with
the proposition that Penn State men are like yard
:licks'', long in one dimension, but surprisingly
),arrow otherwise.
"The point was that Penn Staters learn a lot in
their chosen field, chemistry, engineering. or what
x v fithre you; and not enough outside.
``Our first and. best defense was an alibi that
oilier colleges are just as bad—which is not a de-
Sense at all.,
"In State College . , situated as it is away from
r,l.nost centers .of population, there is plenty of op
;4,ortimity, for study but not much else. Particular
,-:4l;y7'• is this true of the 65 per cent of the male
- ptUcients" wh.O are non-fraternity.
`.`The man who raised the point happens to have
the job of hiring and promoting men and he knows':
-pat it takes More than knowledge of one subject
.Win a promotion. He has seen men, hard work
:ors and full' of ' specialized information, passed
over• when promotions were due because they
cii.dn•'t have the personality and leadership neces-
aiy to: advancement.
"In our crowded rooms where the midnight oil
:burns every.night witl} never a rest we are manu
facturing those men by the.thousands. In the pro
cess of mass production we've taken the stress off
the polishing job that a product needs to make it
"Penn State men need this polish even more
than men in private colleges. it was pointed out.
7••`or the most part they come from poorer homes
pad have sewer advantages. For them college is
:ible to offer so much. And it had offered so little.
"The dating code has raised a problem. Coeds
(foil. be gliests in apartments. Those who want to
drilik: can't go near fraternity houses. And with-
Dui tone;• s not much else to do or many
.15 , 1. aces natt, ao on a date. Witness the over
;:iiiffe.d and oval - fluffed dormitory lounges on a
v'(elcena
"The conversation turned to cures. Where are
.they? . What are they? Aren't we too pre-occo
,,4pied: now with building classrooms, boosting en
-p.oilment, and getting bigger appropriations for
,onore classrooms and more enroliMent?
(( Can't we rest just a minute, catch our breath,
out this vast, hollow shell we call a college
with more of the real stuff 'of life? Not that we
aren't moving somewhat in that direction now,
-4)ot that organizations such as the Recreation Co
ordinating Committee aren't tackling just such
—..prOblems, but can't we move faster?
"Why can't the College help the situation by
woviding a Student Union Building? Why 'can't
4:hidents be permitted the recreational facilities
- they need so badly. If the College can't provide
:the buildiug, what about the students themselves
or the alumni?
"The people who don't want 11 Student Union
:Lluilding could. meet in an Old Main telephone
Why then don't we do something about
ii.? we have no leader, of cottre. Let's
fi))cl on!
"Let's find Lim, say, in the Alumni Ast:ociation.
"Let's tzive him (from where Collegian doesn't
enctogn money to get the College architect
ict plan such building.
"Let's lame tho. , e plans printed up wi.t.lt attras:-
deseripte:e!n teiial.
Sqo What we want
I.OIV wo \vlint
then 1. Ib2lt) tl , -; got ti
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Grimmer and Grayer
Tear down those Palisades
Pick up your hand grenades,
Drink down Azinheliser. Ades •
Grab for your
. window shades,
Hold tight-your winsome maids
The Lions are comin'.
Two loos for old Purdue
Same goes for Fordham, too,
These sons are ever true
• To Nittany's White and Blue
We'll molder N. Y. U.
Ve Lions ist lcummin'.
You Bo The Rest, Boys
And these are just the playful kiddies who are
going along to help: Sonny Brian, Ralph Cape
Glenn Miller (an honest to gosh student), Jane
Gibboney (to meet last year's stoogiest stooge.
George Parrish), deltachis Jim McCaughey and
Rusty Earl (his boys also ran), Elaine Goldman.
Ted Noll, Joyce Brown, Janet and Gail Twichell.
Pat Nagelberg, Dottie Field, Kay Loresch, Betty
Ziegler, Sally Miller, Murph Temkovitz. Jack
Santmyers (the army hasn't nabbed him yet),
Handsome Bill Christman, and well, you two
kids have fum y here this weekend.
We Realy, Mr. Eberis
Across this spacious expanse of campus at the
prexy's back door there stands a handsome struc
ture called Electrical Engineering and this fine
architectural symbol is replete with complete
equipment for life's necessaries—one for men
and t'other for t'other. Lest they forget, a .help
ful directory reposes at the foot of the stairs with
these few words:
TOILET
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Men 2nd floor east
Women • 2nd floor wet
And for that the GSA spent millions.
Then Along Came—
DU's will throw their annual Pledge Parade
tonight—chief difference from former years being
that this time they have a pledge or two. And
just feast your eyes on this list of beauteous belles
who tiviil be in attendance: Mary Lou Keith with
Wally Murfit, B7iinnie Burdick with Tommie Alli
son, Beanie Siebert with Charlie Baldi. Joan Her
zer and Ronnie Williams, M. J. Winter with Billie
Foucart, oh me, why bother about the glittery
city's burlesque queens with local stock like that.
Worms for the Early Birds: _ .
Pre-houseparty rumors have transfer Dottie
Yoder with Beta Bill Weil and Janie Windle with
Alpha Zeta Keene Campbell, Phi Delt Dave
Sharp with his back-home smoothie, student edit
or Lehman with a Pottsville pretty, SPE and .
president of the greatest little hat society of also
rans on the campus Bill Murphy with Jeanette
Lose, Evon Wilson with her boy Johnnie, and
Elden Shout with (oh, he knows so many girls he
just can't decide which one to ask). Cheer up
honey lamb—you've still got 154 more hours
counting Friday at 4 and one of those Greyhourids
might topple into a ditch. —MANIAC
'44 Music Fan Compares
Beethoven, Boooe-Woogie
Boogie-woogie and -Beethoven don't often come
together.butothey do for Bill Brown '44, who says
that next to Meade Lux Lewis' version of Yancey
Special, Beethoven's Thirty-two variations on a
theme•is very close to tops.
Bill has a collection of more than 650 records
to prove his interest in boogie-woogie. Most of
his records are boogie-woogie but a few swing
pieces have been selected for the solos they con
tain,
According to Brown, boogie-woogie had its
origin in the passacaglia and chaconne. Spanish
dance forms brought to this country with the
Conquistadores. From there it went to a moving
figure played with a left-hand base, and has been
.developed by the negro into a kind of folk music.
Bill's favorite performers include Meade Lux
Lewis, Mezzrow, Ladnier, and Bechet, either
alone or in combinations. He says that most of
these men can't read music anti improvise as
they go z - dow,, which accouitts fin• the spontaniety
ul the! ' i ocri',wini.nees, They follow no set rules
hit try ti , ',rim; out the best in their instruments,
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Become Offkers . Toda y—Frank M. Platt, Jr. '4l, left, and.
Edwin S. Jones '4l will become second lieutenants in the U. S. Marine
Corps today following graduation ceremonies at the office& training
school at Quantico, Va. At Penn State, Platt was a member of the
varsity football and track teams,"vice president of his senior class,
and a• member of Parmi Nous and Druids, hat societies, and Delta
Sigma Phi fraternities. Jones was a cheerleader, sang in the choir
and glee club, participated in varsity lacrosse and freshnian wrestling,
and was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity and Blue Key, sophomore
hat society.
New Attendance Record-
Set By Dancing Class
The All-College Dancing Class,
sponsored by the Penn State Club,
has reached a total membership
of 160 students, the largest turn
out in the five year' history of the
club .activity, it was announced
yesterday by John C. York '43,
club vice-president and chairman
of the event.
Coeds are being contacted to
assist F. Thomas John, class in
structor, as the dancing classes
progress. The class, consisting of
ten lessons, includes instruction in
the waltz, fox trot, and the latest
rug-cutting techniques of the jit
teibug.
Alumni Now In Services
To Be Guests At Game
Graduates and former students
who are now in the armed forces
of the United States will be hon
ored at - a ceremony to be held here
next Saturday.
All officers and enlisted men
who attended Penn State will be
the guests of the College at the
Penn y,. State-Syracuse football
game. The ceremony, dedicated
to the men in uniform, will be
held on the field immediately pri
or to the kickoff, according to Neil
M. Fleming, graduate manager of
athletics.
In addition to the officers and
enlisted men who can come to the
game from nearby service posts,
the ceremony will be attended 13S ,
graduates who hotel Army com
missions and are now on duty
with the College's Reserve Offi
cer's Training Corps.
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TODAY
Fraternity presidents and presi
dents of all other campus organ
izations should call at Student Un
on for their copy of the Student
Union directory. It contains the
names of the officers of all campus
organizations.
Roller skating in the Armory
from 2-5 p. in., 7-9 p. m. 9-11 p. m.
20c, per session. Credit is given on
elective physical education.
Varsity Soccer, Navy, New -Beav
er field, 2 p. m.
TOMORROW
aVieeting of the Newman Chtb,
7:45 p. m. •
Hillel record concert at Founda
tion, 2:30-4 p. m.
MONDAY
Tickets for the Thespian shoNkr•
"What's Coming Off," Nov. 7' and
8; rt
on sale at Student Union.
Tickets for Soph Hop will not- go
on sale at the Atheltic Association
window until Noverriber 7, the day;
of the dance.
Students are requested to return
Players' membership bids by 5 p.
m. to Joanne M. Palmer '43, at .
Grange Dorm, or to the Penn State
Players' office. Initiation will be
held in the Little Theatre Wednes7
day at 5:30 p. m. followed by a did=
ner in the banquet hall of the Cor-
Room.
4-H Campus Club meets in 405
Old Main at 7:30 p. m. Monday`.
Struck Publishes Article
"Example of Good HOusekeep
ing" is the , title of an illuMrated
article by F. Theodore Struck, in
structor in industrial education,
about cleanliness in vocational
teachers' shops. It appears in the
November issue of Industrial Arts
and Vocational Education maga
zine. .