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 dally except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1084 at the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of Hatch 8, 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Boss Lehman James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office Dowhtown Office 818 Old Main Bid*. 119-121 Sodth Frazier St. Photte 711 Phone 4372 Managing Editor This Issue Donald W. Davis, Jr. News Editor This Issue Robert E. Schdoley Women's Editor This Issue .... Emily L. Funk Sophomore Assistants Pnul Woodland, Bek Faloon Graduate Counselor • Louis ft, Dell Thursday, December 4, 1941 Before It’s Too Late • Little student response has been indicated in tlie proposed three-class mural plan which was recently advocated by the sophomore, junior, and senior class presidents. This either means .that “silence gives consent” or that there is gen eral disinterest in the plan. To students who are concerned dbout the selection of their graduation class gifts, this pro posal should be given genuine consideration. It contains the consolidation of three class funds into a project which needs the immediate atten tion of students. Because Henry Varnum Poor cannot be ex pected to wafit too long for a three-year com mission, Penn State students should debate the advisability of the mural plan now, not after the Vote has been taken. By showing a healthy in terest, students can feel responsible for the dis tribution of their own class funds. At least, more students’will be able to vote on their re spective funds now thin in their senior year, be cause class enrollment is always lower in the senior class. The Dally Collegian has taken its stand. It believes firmly that the estimated $14,600 murals by Poor would add a desirable supplement to the present mural in Old Main lobby. Furthermore, national publicity and recognition would be created by the proposed murals. No class gift would be as lasting or well-known as this combined effort. None would have a more permanent and perpetual affect upon the College. Other students may disagree with this view point. If there is to be controversy, let it be now. After the class elections scheduled for next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, it will be too late to discuss the plan, pro or con. Things To Come?? A prophet is not without honor, save in his country, and in his own home—states the quota tion from the Bible. We agree with the state ment from the learned book. But sometimes there are exceptions, especially when the prophe cies ring true. Addressing the world power conference at Washington in September, 1936, Secretary of State Cordell Hull said: “The fabric of peace has been worn perilously thin. A general war now would set loose forces that would be' beyond control; forces which might easily bring about a virtual destruction of modern political thought, with all its achievements, and possibly a veritable shattering of our civilization.” . Addressing the House of Commons April 23, 1936, on the subject of armaments, Winston Churchill, now Prime Minister of England, said: “Europe is approaching a Crisis . . . Either there will be a melting of hearts and a joining of hands between great nations ... or there Will be an explosion and catastrophe, the course of which no imagination can measure and no human eye can see.” These two men are now leading their nations during one of the worst wars in history. Their forecasts were made within five months of each Other. Were they real prophecies? Are all civilized institutions, including the Church, to be destroyed? Let us glance at todays’s headlines for answers to these questions. In Washington bills to stifle labor with anti-strike legislation are now being voted upon in the House. From Poland and other Hitler-occupied countries come reports that mill ions face starvation because “Christian” nations refuse permission to humaine organizations to feed these occupied countries. Five years have passed since Messrs. Hull and Churchill made their respective predictions. To day's news dispatches show these gentlemen to be accurate forecasters. Let us hope that tiiese self-appointed prophets—not without honor in their own countries—are wrong about “a verit able shattering of our civilization.” IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliltllllllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll One Man’s Meat iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimimuiiii jDad Learns About College ■So I go home for Thanksgiving. I read news papers, eat heartily, go to parties, do all the other normal things- that college students go home for a vacation do. All the time little ■ shreds of shroud keep filtering thrbugh the pleas ant home air. “Have many 6f the boys at school', been drafted?" my mother anxiously asks. My dad wants to khow what they’re doing up' at State about defense work. He glowingly de scribes the work the boy scouts are doing around home—collecting paper, tinfoil, ahd all the other materials needed for defense industries. “Don’t you have a Council for Defense?”, he puzzles when I tell him we’re not doing much of anything.- “Yeh, we’ve got a defense council,” I assure, him. But he can’t understand when I go on to confess that so far its most prominent activity has been to dedicate ai football game to Penn State men in the armed forces. No, it doesn’t make sense to him. “What’s the matter up. there? I’d think those college fellows . would. have enough sense to realize, that this is their war. Why, for goodness sakes, they’re the ones who are going to fight it sooner or later!” Dad was dismayed, He launched into a tirade, rising rapidly to the boiling point. His thesis was the same advanced by all impatient people who realize the danger and want to do something about it. Impotent in the face of his arguments, I sat glumly by agreeing with what he had to say. When he finished, at the peak of a fully-orches trated crescendo expressing the theme: “Youth is the group which will be most vitally affected, by the wair,” I answered, “Yeh, so what?” I told him plain out. “I’m interested in de fending /democracy. I’m anxious to see other studentsArealizing what I realize. That the rest of my life and their- lives will be influenced enormously by this war, no matter what side we’re oril That, as long as it is our war, we ought to make sure that when it’s all over we’ll have a voice in the social and economic reconstruction that follows. “But,” I sadly observed, “those ivory tower hermits just don’t want to get interested. As long as they keep their noses clean, they think nobody’ll bother them. “Damn it,” I concluded, “I think the only way you can wake them up is to invite Adolf over to drop a few bombs on Old Main!” Now that I think of it, probably the only re action that would arouse would be a joyous re frain, as when the little red schoolhouse burned down, “Hurrah, no more school!” —D. S. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Letters To The Editor — Photo Equipment Suggested As ’42 Gift Dear Students Since it is about time for the Senior Class to decide upon a practical gift to the College, we want to call the attention of the ehtire senior class to the complete lack of photographic facilities upon this campus, for both stud ent and faculty use. This College needs modern, well-equipped photographic fa cilities for the pursuit of the photographic art and the exten sion of visual education. We pro pose an arrangement where any one, regardless of college stand ing, can at their leisure or. con venience advance and practice their knowledge af photography. With the funds available for a Senior Ofafes gift, we could provide the student body with the follow ing: a reading room supplied with up-to-date works on photography and suitable for photographic salon exhibits and lectures; a number of miniature darkrooms for individual use; a large pro cessing roOm; ahd a photographic studio. Most of the outstanding colleges on this continent, such as. Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Toronto have modem well equipped photographic facilities for the pursuit Of this art. Why, then, in a college of almost 7,000 students, must a useful fend prac tical knowledge be so subordin ated that it is necessary to prac tice it in far flung, unorganized and poorly equipped closets and cellars; or be so subordinated that it is impossible for the majority of students to pursue, its tech niques and knowledges at fell? Such an arrangement as we propose would be open to all stud ents, a part of the Student Union program, or under the jurisdiction of Recreation Coordinated. Of necessity, this could not all be supplied with one Senior Class gift, but a start, to be fedded to by the College or to be supported by a Student Union program, would be a gift greatly appre ciated by the coming students and faculty of The Pennsylvania State College. When the time comes for the senior class, or any other class, to consider the Appropriation of its funds, we want the students to stop and think. Put your class funds in something that is not only artistic but practical. Put your class funds in something the com ing student body will thank us for. Sincerely yours, William Clark, . President Paul Burkhart Vice President Penn State Camera Club —LOKI Leffler Panned By Fre simian To the Editor: I do not know whether Mr. Leffler ever took ROTC. I pre sume he did, as almost every Penn State student does. If he did, he must have failed in that he did not learn one, of the most important things in the course—respect* Respect for ROTC and respect for the uniform its students wear. It seems to me that when one is in the services of the United States Army, and. is wearing the uniform of such he should not, for example, be compelled to light cigarettes, and in general be a nursemaid for upperclassmen. I think that when freshmen are in uniform, they should be treated like soldiers, provided they act as such, and not treated as frater nity stooges. And don’t think that this letter is the result of my personal in convenience, because I have al ready completed my four years of basic and advanced training, and I am a potential second lieutenant in the ROTC. READ THE COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIEDS A Disgusted Freshman, THURSDAY, DECEMBER-g^il.^ CAMPUS CALeMaK 7 ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilniiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiliiii •V ** '*!■ fr \ TODAY ‘Sif" Swimming Club, meets in White Hall pool, 7:30 p. m.' All divers must be present. Eastman Kodak Lecture ‘ “Night Photography” sponsored by" Penn State Camera CluEyiM Old Malh, 7:30 • Ridihg Club, instruction for be ginners, Stock ihidgliig Pavilion, 7 p. m . 'Ski-Club meeting, 3iB : Did Main, 7:30 p.m. * . Grangers and friends are invited to the Grange Square Dance, 405 .Old Main, 7:30 p,'til.; /--’f-"-** Student-Faculty Relations; com mittee meets, Hugh’ BeaVer ro'oth, 7:30 p. m. " PSCA Freshman Council-" Pro gram committee, 304 0*1(1 Maf»,“4 P. m. r: ~,r!T ijPSCA Public Meetings commit tee, 304 Old Main, 6:30 p.'-m.“ss'v . "Theta Sigma Phi meetS|<Kappa Alpha Theta house, 6l30: pi rn. - :J- The girls' swimming ! club-: -will not meet tonight. ; i-’ -jo'; Home Economics- Council 1 (meets in Home Economics f&culiy lounge, 6:45 p.m. " r! ’ - ! .-i oio.-i ?.> Philotes executive' l committee will meet in 302 Old Main at 4 p.m. Re-orgahizaiioh - ‘iheetlrig ’of l '43 Independent party, 318 Old Main, 7 p. m. Election of- chairman' and other officers scheduled.-’.c • Student-Faculty Relations Com mittee meets, Hugh Reaver Room, 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow Engineering lecture by- Prof: C. E. Bullinger, head of the depart ment of industrial ■ engineering, 121 Sparks Building, 4:10 p. m. Health Service Reports Drop A drop of about 35 per cent was shown yesterday in the. report of the comparative number., of calls at the infirmary and i dispensary for November 1941 and Noverpber 1940. Last month 607, calls were made at the infirmary and 3,10.6. at .the dispensary. In November of' last year 1,01-7 calls were'made''at‘the infirmary and 4,263 at the dispen sary. ; This decrease,, according to Dr. Joseph P. Ritenour, director of the (College Health Service r may- be at tributed to either the lack of epi demics, the stability: of the weath er, of the 600-studeht tJecreaSc in enrollment. .” - Dr. Ritenour also pointed out that under the free service, how in i|s#d|C(Spd?-jfear; students are coming to the. dispen sary and infirmary earlier,Vend so their ailments are cftbtkod easily and without freqUeht visits. ' >:ir Independent Platform • '2>s p<; ■..•ijiiv: (Continued from Page One) a recreation room in.Oldi.Main. 5. To support..the..continuation of the Dfyddck night,club, u/r.i 6. To support the / drive,-; r,for men’s dormitory dining, eohunpns. 7. To have a cped ( sponsor,.for each ROTC company, u j.... Campus Platform 3;-o-iji*; (Continued f romPageOne) tions between fraternity and’ hbn fraternity men by Establishing a committee which' shall 'drraiige' for social functions. ' ' ■ ' "! 7. The improvement of. relations between Tribunal and;the fresh man class by creatingboard composed of freshmen* add direct ed by a member of Tribunal who shall forward any views of the board to his group. —■ Blakeslee Cautions (Continued from Page One) H. Trovaioli (I) and Ruth A. Em bury (C), secretary; John T. Nolan (I) and William C. Masseth (C>. treasurer; and Miriam L. Zartmaiv (I) and William W. Thompson (C>. historian. Campaign managers are Murray L. Friedman <l> and Walter (€>■■
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