PAGE TWv. 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 6, 1934 at the Post-office at State College. Pa., under the act if March 8, >1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Ross Lehman *42 James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office Office 818 Old Main Bldg. 119-121 South Frasier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Women’s Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles *42; Managing Editor— JTJhn 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. Murray *42 { ’Women’s Sports Editor —U. “'Helen Gordon *42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg *42; Circulation Man ager—Thomas W. Allison *42; Women’s Business Manager— Margaret-L. TSmbury *42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden *42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E.>Reese *42. Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Coy. Donald W. Davis. Dominick L. Golab. James D. Olkein, David Samuels, E. Schooley, Richard S. Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh, Nicholas W. Vozzy, Herbert -J. Emily *L. Funk, Louise-“M. Fuoss, Kathryn M. Popp, Edith L.Smlth. Junior Business 'Board—Leonard ,; E. /Bach, Roy E. Barclay. Robert E. Edgerly, Philip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby, John *£. McCool, Sara L. Miller, Katherine E. Schott. Marjorie L. Sykes. Managing This Issue ..Donald W.j'Davis, Jr. News Editors This Issue Bob Faloon, Fred Clever Assistant Managing • Editor This Issue Paul Woodland Women’s Editor-This Issue .-Emily L. Funk Graduate Counselor Thursday, December-18, 1941 We Strip For Action The Daily Collegian has a double responsibility placed upon it since the United States is at war. We must present an accurate and detailed.account of all campus activities and also adopt a war editorial, policy. We have been accused of concentrating our local mews too much upon the war angle and its affect upon the-students. We do not apologize for this fault, because President Hetzel said yester day, “The College is at war.” Students cannot afford to hide their heads from the present conflict and believe that the Penn State campus and -war .are two opposite factors. Like ostriches, they will find that they are ex posed to the enemy. If we appear to' be concentrating too closely upon campus defense groups and their influence upon the students, it is only that such news is important -to the general well-being of the stud ent, -as distasteful as it -may seem to him. We did not want this war. We did not want to fight. But, with the battle axe brought to our back door, we cannot ignore it. Either we forti fy ourselves, open our eyes, face the realities of •war, or find what we hold as American principles folding beneath the crushing blow of Nazi blitz kriegs. We consider it the duty of -The Daily Collegian to publish the facts, even if those facts are re peated and repeated. As long'as there is a war, as long as the campus is an integral unit of the American force which fights that war, as long as We are the backbone of the trenches and the sup- ply line of the nation, we will print news which is essential toward winning that conflict. , News is news. Information on war activities, student defense training, and civilian morale may at times become monotonous. But, we maintain that by publishing this news, by constantly bringing the information before our readers, we may create a consciousness that war is here on campus. We say that war is in our honles, our laboratories, our classrooms, our individual lives, and it is up to us to take our dose of castor oil and like it. We cannot compromise with ourselves. We cannot evade the shadow of war upon our door step. ■ What we can do is make up our minds as to what we can do since the circumstances have 'been forced upon us. President Hetzel also said that the College must dedicate itself without reserve to the tasks that it must perform. As individuals, as a news paper, as groups, we must face this interruption of normal activity as members of a democratic way of thinking which believes that force is not the “way of life.” In our editorials, we will not hesitate to criti cize, but if we are in the minority, we will not obstruct. We will not yield to war hysteria, nor persecute people for thinking differently. How ever, we will sternly condemn those who inter fere with the war efforts of the campus, state, or :.iation. We will attempt to interpret the intracscies of the civilian and student defense structure, and the part that students must play in this tragic “game of war.” Above all, we will be patriotic but fair. Wte ( will place above all other duties as an editorial staff the facilities of The Daily Collegian as ajn aid in harmonizing the campus in its war pro gram. We will strip for action. 'Uouta -H. -Rail THE DAILY COLLEGIAN iniiiiiiiiiminiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii Ooe Man’s Meat iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiufiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimimiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiinmimiiiiii Some time ago I remarked that it is quite am azing to see the little things of life go on in thf» midst of what Dr. Hetzel rightly calls “the most enormous and crucial contest which has developed since man commenced to make history.” Now, nearly two weeks after our 'involvement in that struggle, I am no. longer amazed by the unchanging pattern of our life in spite of th£ tremendous strains upon it. Indeed, I am begin ning to wonder why I ever was_ surprised. After only a little thought it is easy enough to see that, unless this pattern remains fundament ally the same, we have little for which to fight. The woof and warp of our daily lifq is mtide up of innumerable small actions, all woven into a design which gives meaning to existence. It is the desire to preserve all these irifinitesimal threads of life that make up the grand tqpestry of what we, somewhat boastfully .call our civilization that consciously or unconsciously drives us to resist the onslaught of those who would have us -accept their own twisted weavings. ■fhe Corner Room chatter; the relative calm ' .tendant upon our learning of a new World War compared-with-the boisterous acclaim of a-newly discovered football hero; the heated discussions following that controversial last goal in the W ; & J basketball game and-the quieter-annoyance at-the Japanese bombardment of Pear Harbor—all these are just a few of the threads which combine to form the homespun cloth of American life. True, that Cloth has its snags, its violent clashes of-design. I'have never tried to make a case for its completeness, its For the present, how ever,' we must sill concern ourselves with retain ing. the-essential’pattern. More than that. We'must be sure that as we fight -to keep the design intact no threads are lost but those we can least afford to keep; that while our eyes are on the enemy abroad no home-grown vipers achieve the enemies’ purpose and destroy the woof and warp behind our backs. There is little tie now to talk of hoped-for fu ture gains. The task at hhnd is simply to presfe.rve the ones we’ve labored over 150 years to achieve. It is my duty and yours to act with greatest skill the parts our foremost talents give us to play. It is our-solemn obligation as the heirs-apparent of this civilization ■to protect our heritage at home, in the 'Pacific, in England, in China, in Russia, or wherever that heritage is' threatened. For the Fascist way of, not life, but living death, is so diametrically opposed to the princi ples of -self-respecting men as practiced in our own country, in England, in Russia, in China, and in all the other lands opposing Hitler’s- march, that we have now but one purpose: To eradicate forever all traces.of Fascism, domestic or foreign. Late News Flashes ATTENDS "CONFERENCE— Harry ... _ _ , P. Hammond, dean of-the School ~,, (Contimmd'from Page; One) df Engineering, will travel to The types-mf .’Jap. vessels,attacked Washington, D. C. 'today to-attend -it a meeting of the National Advi-' roK y° Official Japanese sory. Committee on Engineering .fvernfnent spokesmen -warned Defense Training of which he il_i apanese manners last night of a member. The meeting has been he Presence mf at least 20 Amer oalled to discuss new conditions jean submartaes reported. opera t which the war situation has creat- te " ltorial waters ‘ ed MOSCOW Ru s s-i-a-n army spokesmen announced last night .that. Russian armies, ha veadvanced 90 miles-inthe-lastweekand have captured-over-50 -new -towns in the. .last 48 hours -in .a -non-stop ;.pur-l suit of -the -Nazi armies to the. on all fronts. iMANtELA —>2oo .passengers were New Fitness Program Set Emphasizing the importance of strong' morale .and physical fit ness, the School of "'Physical -Edu cation and -Athletics -has -prepared its facilities, equipment, and per sonnel to acommodate both the faculty and the entire student 'body in the present war-time training prograjn. ' - within ten miles of the strategic The School’s facilities are taxed e^ngJ S lan< a. to the limit at present but in- LONDON-Authonties reported creased emphasis will be placed Messerschmitt fighters.of a Ger on all phases of the present set- ““Air- Arm-are being-used to up, Dean Carl P. Schott promised '"V* 1 ® JapaneSe , aUack on ' th ? last night. Particular 'attention /Malayan -Peninsula in a report will be placed on subjects more l£St mght .directly connected with prepara- i tion for combat and civilian de- >i ( , fense dr we Editors Varsity and intra-mural pro grams wil be continued -with the size of the squads- increased and more terms placed in competition. The campus defense subcommittee headed by wrestling coach Charlie Speidel has made arrangements to extend regular gymnasium per iods to upperclassmen not.taking physical education. The equipment of Rec Hall will be available to junior and senior men students on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday afternoons from - 2:30 to 3:50 p.m. All male members of the College staff will be admitted at the same time on Tuesday and Thursday of every wreek. This program will start on January-6. Immediately after vacation a short course will be offered in military and social hygiene. Em phasis will be placed on the rela tionship of health to industrial, community, and military effici ency. Open to ia'll students, a course in first aid will begin with the first session scheduled from 7 to 10 p.m. on January 5. Bleeding, fractures, shocks, burns, wounds, unconsciousness, and all phases of asphyxiation will be considered. -Recreational activities ha v e been suggested for the coming Winter and Spring seasons. The tennis court ice rink will be ready for use immediately after, the Christmas holidays. “Bring skates back and enjoy smooth ice” is the advice of the Physical Edu cation School. Roller skating ses sions will be held every Saturday afternoon and evening in the Armory. The women’s program has also assumed a new significance with special features improving the 'basic health, physical and mental fortitu.db to be announced immed iately after vacation. York Alumni Plan Dance The Penn State alumni club of York will sponsor' them annual New Year’s Eve dance ait the Ho tel Yorktowne on the evening of December 31. The Campus Owls orchestra ‘Will play for the dance.- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 194jJ1 jiiiiniiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii CAMPUS CALENDAR iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiir TODAY Christmas 'Carol Sing, sponsored by PSCA and Music Department, Old Main Terrace," 8:30 p. m. Organization v meeting, Figure Skating Club, 318 Old Main, 7 p.m. Reorganization" meeting, ’-45 Im dependent .party, 418 Old Main, 7:00 p. m. Party elections will be held. • PSCA publicity committee, 304 Old Main, 4 p. m. Fireside Sessions Committee, 304 Old Main,-6:30 p. m. killed -last night when .-the cfimr mercial steamer, ""Corigador, sank after striking- a mine in Manila Bay, according to eye-witness re ports frormManila. SINGAPORE —British military officials admitted last might -that Japanese troops diave.advanced -to Discuss Draft One of the most "widely dis cussed questions in -educational circles, today—whether college students should -be. drafted—was discussed recently by five college editors debating 'the -issue over Station ‘KMOX, St. Louis. Representing five of the coun try’s well-known colleges and universities, these editors were encouraged to voice their opin ions freely. • Saul Moses, editor of the’ Car negie Tartan, Carnegie Institute of' Technology, insisted collegians •should be drafted- Discrimina tion on such a vital issue would have a bad effect on the morale of the country, he said.. He thought, however, that a solu tion might be found by combin ing education and military- train ing. Joan Pinanski, editor of the Wellesley News, Wellesley Col lege, asserted liberal arts stud ents should be allowed -to com plete their courses before being drafted. She said educated-peo ple would be ■ needed during the reconstruction period after the war. Lowell Jones, editor of the Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota, believed students should be deferred until- their education is completed. “During the first World War,” Jones said, “colleges were forced to close down because of the de crease in enrollment. Education al institutions are too important in a democracy to allow this to happen again.” The editor of the St. Francis College newspaper, Bob Swopa, stated that college students should be drafted /without spe cial classification. In agreement with Swopa’s be-... lief was Charles Harris, editor of the Emory University newspaper, who -said, “College students ‘ should be drafted. If this rule were not ;made, -many •P e fP”' might- enter college with dhe fid .of dodging the
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