PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Establi:.hed 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1837 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 5, MA at the Post-office at State College. Pa., under the act of March 8,187 P. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Ross Lehman '42 James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office 31301 d Main Bldg. Phone 711 Women's Editor—Jeanne C. 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. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—H. Helen Gordon Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man.:. ager—Thomas V. Allison "42; Women's Business Maitager —Margaret L. Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogdeh '42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. Managing Editor This ssue Mnsistant Managing Editor This Issue News Editor This Issue Women's Editor This Issue Emily L. Funk Graduate Counselor SnUArday, January 17, 1942 The 'Third Semester'-- A Consequence Of War The College's plan for a "third semester . ' has et. last been made public. The proposal has not :yet been acted upon, but iL will be nett week and there is every indication that it will be accepted. Administration officials are conservative and it is not their usual policy to announce changes of this magnitude before final, official action has been taken. For them to do so in this case leads 'to s the belief that approval of the plan is inevit ble. The request for colleges and universities to operate ,on a 12-month basis has come from the . War Department. In these emergency times. such a request is practically an order. Acceler ation of this College's educational process has been held essential to prosecution of the war, and thus it must be done. Although it is possible that the College will gain future benefits from this change, the imme diate results are not likely to be beneficial. For example, the size of the student body will de crease, income will be cut as expenses rise, and curricula and courses of Study will have to be kievised. Students will suffer. Many of them will not be able to afford to enroll during the summer term. The change in the calendar will probably :result—as would any disruption of the normal schedule—in hurting students academically. Many students will ask why their rights have !presumably been ignored. The bald truth is this: The individual can not be considered. This is war, and everything must be adapted to war needs. Our fate as individuals be that of the nation as a whole; Penn State students can not e::pect to continue their usual routine while the rest• of the country sacrifices in the fight for is common goal. From the personal viewpoint of the average ptudent. the third semester will be harmful. But the College can't be blamed, and the government can't be blamed. The blame lies with• the situa tion and, as that can't be changed, it must be ac cepted and its conseqdences must be accepted. There is nothing else to do. Ifs Not Too Late We hope the Alpha Sigma Phis have a good time at their dance with Gene Krupa. We hope they consider the money well spent. What if there is a war? We don't know how_much they are paying for ,Erupa. We do know, however, that his was one of the bands considered for Soph Hop last fall :and, at that time. it would have cost $1,500 to bring him to State CoHoge. And .we know, too, that a c;F.lnpus band can be hired for about $lOO. Let's see—sl,soo minus $lOO equals $1,400. And $1,400 equals a lot of things—part of a bomb s tank, the clown payment on an ambulance, uniforms foe a sound of soldiers. enough bullets kll cttdte a Cow enemy men, enough bandflos palch iitt;tr a few of ours. 1`4.v,, a lot of things. And, in tni.; case, 51,400 equcttsl bad taste and ;:rimint 1 misuse of much-needed money. maybe that "undisclosed alumnus" didn't realize that )Arien offere'd to hire Krupa. incidentally. Alpha Sigma Phis, kere's a sug gestion: Why not hold an All-College dance in Roe You could charge 50 cents or a dollar per t:oupte and donate the money to the Red Cross, fetzel's FLMCI for Emergenc•ies, or buy De :i•ense Louds vs . oulii 1c holpfiu.4 inst,Rui Downtown Office 119-121 , South F'razier St Phone OW ._Dominick Gotta.) Robert E.. Hinter Robert Himmel Louis H. 1;01 -J. A. B THE DAILY COLLEGIAN timmumuniummummiminuollimumiummiummuummimummumul i k 6:4 , t Old qv (::: , IN\ AS M ania... 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Casey Would, Would You? 'Mid plumes and fumes and bustles, Checked vests and bowler hats, Parasols and spit curls Enke will stop 'to chat. Over steins of coca-cola, With Mr. Baird's permission; We'll hear some lusty shouts So this is Prohibition! With Diamond Jim, his belles en masse To reign at Sigma Nu, What we yearn to know tonight— Is there a burlesque? Highlight of the weekend shared only with the Beta and Alpha Zeta pledge dances is tonight's Bowery Ball to which invitations are plentiful, refusals scarce and costumes ludicrous. The boys plan to outdo themselves by escorting these biabuteaus campus belles: Cal Clements and Es telle Brown, Jimmy Lister and Betty Rose Brod erick, Clair Eisenhart and Margie Campsey, John Yeneral and the light of his life, Hettie Belle, Pat Young and Audrey Schoemmell (back for the weekend), Pierre Roy and Betty Robinson, How ard Smith and Dotty Johnson, Fuzzie Hay and Marie • Bauer. Bill Masseth and Renee Marks (looks as if 4th floor Mac has a monopoly on this dance), Don Mebmel and Irene McDaniel, Sam my Brown and Shirley Tetley, Bob Herrman and Martha Laudermilk (an import in this day and age), Don Russell and Peg Embury, Bill Hennirig and Ibby Kinsloe, Bill Smaltz and Betty Rank, Johnnie O'Brilen and Jane Taylor, and Jack. Hanley with Jack Hanley. 021 The Balfour Front Ibby Shields has brought Bob Harper's SAE pin,, hers since Christmas, out of hiding now that she has. Jimmie Sheeley's Deltachi badge back in Georgia. Frosh songstress Shirley Ives is proud possess or of Bill Ritzel's AKPi jewelry. Hungarian Rhapsody We think Alpha Sigma Phi's Les Hetenyi is a bit premature in masquerading as a benefacting alumnus—but more power to him. He's done a better job than the honorable Mr. Fleming is in the habit of turning out. Hand In Hand Maybe just coiiicidence, but looks like good Reader's Digest stuff to • us—these faculty and d: fiat they impart: Noyes—Typewriting. Bramble—Forestry. Banner—Headlines Faylor•—Accounting. Rose Cologne—Home Economics Sandwich Shopping Favorite• past-time of thle warped collegiate mind is stacking coca-cola bottles in the Sand wich shop leading us to believe that Messrs. F. D. R. and 0. P. M. have an eye to the shortage of glass instead of sugar. Oft-see,n combinations in that center of Bohe mian culture are }fenny Yeagley with frosh Peg Collins (new 12-hour-a-day combination), Phi Psi Johnnie Baucher and a little blue-eyed, blue sweatered frosh, Evie Kohler, Kay Schott and her usual following. Slow But Su re 'Tis both fitting and proper that we pause to shed a tear for the former editor of this pillar who makes his exit from this institution after 4 1 / 2 years with a couple of summer schools thrown in. And there will be weeping and and much AlUlShing Of feminine teeth for he called many but chose :few ... we bow in humble re verence to a great man and a great lower—Bay ard Bloom! Further Farewells Things just won't be the same without the shin ing fLees of Chi 0 Midge Barbey, Kappa Jane Gibboney, Sara Fair, and Theta Polly Vanneinan. 1VIoI•1rifl' Cy Day dawned in the foggy metropolis of Phila delphia Thursday m else the University of Penn sylvanit ran out of sports fillers for the venerable Mr. Peterman devoted his entire column to sing 3rd Semester Plan Proposed (Continued from Page One) The complete report of the committee follows: • "Dear Mr. President "The committee appointed in your letter of January 10, to put 'into tentative form a proposal or proposals for a College program adjusted to the conditions of war, to be of effect following . • . May 9,'1942' met on January 14 and 15. Dean Hammond was out of town and could not meet 'with the com mittee. "It was voted unanimously to recommend to the Council of Ad ministration as follows: "1. That a college term of fif teen weeks for seniors, juniors and sophomores begin on May 18, 1942, and end on August 28. "2. That a college term of twelve weeks for freshmen begin on June 8, 1942, and end on Aug ust 28. "3. That a college term of fif teen weeks begin on September 7, 1942, and end on December 19. "4. That a college term of fif teen weeks begin on January 4, 1943, and end on April 17: "5. That • for those on a ten months' contract, the contract run from July 1, 1942 to April 30, 1943. "It need hardly be said that the committee recognizes that circum stances over which the College has no control may require a change in the dates proposed, par ticularly those after August, 1942, but it believes that something is gained by setting these dates as definitely as possible now. F. C. Whitmore C. E. Marquardt C. W. Stoddart C. L: Kinsloe D. F. McFarland A. 0. Morse, Chairman" C. P. Schott F. D. Kern P. C. Weaver Students To Send Reading To Camps Reading matter from the Col lege will be sent to 22 USO head quarters near camps where Penn State men are stationed, it was announced by Daniel C. Gillespie '44, chairman of the PSCA Com mittee on Aid to Draftees, which is a sub-division of the Defense Council Committee on Contacts with Penn State men in the Arm ed Services. In addition to getting names for its "keep 'em writing" project, the committee has made arrange ments for the mailing of copies of The Daily Collegian, the Alumni News, and PSCA devotional ma terial. Dr. Robert Searle Chapel Speaker "Two Changeless Laws," is he subject to be discussed by Dr. Rob .ert W. Searle, of the Greater New York Federation of Churches, dur neyhart Trains Police ing the chapel service in Schwab Auditorium at 11 a. m. tomorrow. A driving-instructor's course A special number by the choir, will be conducted for a section of "Sanctus," by Bach, will feature the Detroit police force next week the musical part of the services. by Amos F. Neyhart, administra- Boston University News sent of public safety. The policemer glamorous Hedy Lamarr an in- completing the course will hell vitation to their famed Military instruct the remainder of - the Ball, only to receive the well- police force in the principles o' worn "Sorry, but . . ." .. safe driving, Neyhart announced TODAY ONLY MEMO $2.00 EMS SL4S MEWS IMES - 25% OH • . auks , li' iow Shop 101 s. Anon St. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1942 muminnimitiimmumunquiliuminninummomu CAMPUS CALENDAR 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 V TODAY Boxing meet with Western Maryland, Rec Hall, 7 p. m. Wrestling meet with Nivy, Rec Hall, .8:30 p. m. Ice Skating, College rink, 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p: m. Victory., Book Campaign ends. Leave books at public schools/ Co op Corner, Library, or Student Union. Snowball Frolic dance, Hillel Foundation, 8:30 p. m. Slang ,Coined In Wartime New words are largely of four types, and the present world crisis has contributed to all four, says Douglass S. Mead, professor of English literature. In his survey of the coinage of new- words, Dr. Mead found words like "camouflage," "dugout," and "sabotage" coming from the first World War and new ones like "to talitarian," "blackout," and "bot tleneck" from the present crisis. Slang, he said, is the fastest growing form of word, pointing out Britain's "paratroops" for para chute troops and "chatterbox" for Machine. gun as forms which have grown out of the war. . Another type is the applying of new and smarter meaning to old words, such as "static," adopted to radio and "reasonable," referring to price. Dr. Mead calls this "new language" and says that "although dictionary makers try valiantly to keep up, they of necessity remain a stride behind." Student Grange Installs Officers The Penn State Grange install ed 17 new officers for the coming year. Installation was by Centre County Pomona Master, Mr. Bid dle. The new officers follow: Elwood May '43, Master; Laura J. Weever '43, Overseer; Edward S. Barben, 2-year agriculture, Steward; Wilbur M. Carson '44, -assistant Steward; Rebecca J. Way '45, Lady Assistant Ste Ward; Ed ward Procter '44, Lectutier; Rob ert L. Cowan '44, Chaplain; F. Pressly Shannon '45, Gate Keeper; G. Paul Replogle. '44,' Treasurer. Paul I. Gift '45, secretary; Mar tha H. Shook '45, Pomona; Mar garet E. Jack '45, Flora; Mary Malner '45, Ceres; Replogle, chair man of the executive committee; Procter and Gift, membeis of the executive committee; Joseph G Sick, special student, chairman of the finance committee; Francis D Holler, 2-year agriculture, and Barben, members of the finance committee; and Miss Weaver '43 agricultural student council re presentative. tive head of the College's institut€
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