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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
I:s7,Zilished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
c.: , tablished 1804, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
rts , ;:alar College ycar by the students of The Pennsylvania
`Rau! College. Enterede as second-class matter July 5, 1934
the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Editor°34llW'
Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
°
Rosa Lehman ' 42 ""'James James McCaughey '42
lEdi.torial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
Women's Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor—
Tohn A,• Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42.
Feature Editor—William J. McKnight' '42; News Editor—
Manley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice
M. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon
Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man
nger—Thomas W. Allison '42: Women's Business Manager
—Margaret L. Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia
Ogden Nl2; Assistant Office Secretory—Fay E. Reese '42.
Junior Editorial Board—Cordon L. Coy, Donald W. Davis,
Dominick Golab, James b. Olkein, David Samuels,
Robert E. Schooley, Richard S.. Stebbins, Herbert J.
Zukanskas. Emily L. Funk, Louise M. Fuoss, Kathryn M.
Popp. Edith L. Smith.
Managing. Editor This Issue Donald W. Davis, Jr.
Alsistant Managing Editor This Issue , Fred Clever
):•letvz Editor This Issue _ Richard B. MeMaul
Women's Editor This Issue . - 'r Louise M. Fuoss
Crcaduate Coun..ielor
Thursday, February 12, 1942
Let's Have More Fun
Big weekends are an established tradition at
Penn State, rain or shine. But those weekends
sandwiched between thoJe big ones could be
xuade much more attractive. Presently, there is
vi small variety of recreations suitable for both
f.ratternity and non fraternity men and their dates.
Of course the movies, fraternity dances, sports
events, the bowling alleys, and Dry Dock have
I provided entertainment for weekend dates, but
,leven those programs grow monotonous. The an
4nouncerrient.of the new. idea for an Old Main Open
'House comes as a Welcome diversion from - the
usual program of amusements.
The idea .of the whole new set-up in Old Main
is to sponsor a recreation night, perhaps on Salt
,urdays, once a week at which men can bring co'eds
.quid entertain them. The initial recreation pro=
Aram on February 20 will feature the opening of
the new fourth-floor game room, old-time movies
:in the Little Theatre, "danaing in the • Sandwich
..iShop; and square dancing in 405 Old Main.
Informal games are planned for the first-floor
:lounge, and the newest dance records • will be
played in the Penn State Club Room. Sponsored
by nine campus organizations, the open house is
one big step toward helping students really have
tun in their spare time.
In the back of the minds of campus leaders is
'the dream of a Student Union Building in the fu
ture, but because of the developments of the times
iffie idea may have to be shelved for a while. It
seems an• ideal solution to the mixed recreation
problem to have Old Main used for recreation.
However, the plan had best be discarded if the
N,s.iiole program is not placed in the hands of live
ly masters-of-ceremony. No student will tolerate
nn unorganized program. So when the doors are
flung wide for the open house everything had
Oest,be planned in detail.
If such programs are to be continued, students
kuust adopt a spirit of cooperation in using thle
equipment provided for them: Then, too, if the
idea is to succeed, the program must be varied
.tacil time.
It's a big job that will go ovler in the.same way
with the students if it's handled properly. So let's
:kiold our breath when the program is initiated
Because the idea can definitely improve campus
life for everyone.
Our New Blazers
Now that it is nearly certain that thte junior
6lazers will again appear on the campus, it has
been reported that certain campus ,officials will
attempt to discourage the plain. • Here we vastly
disagree. We believe that students favor the re
turn of one of the few traditions that have not
been destroyed by new world circumstances.
As long as the government has no priorities on
Ole supply of _gabardine from which the blazers
will probably be made, we may have the material.
In previous years the main objection to The
)lazer idea was that it would not be worn long
&tough to get full benefit from it. Since college
%v ,l l. continue during the regular summer months
:oL a third semester, the blazer will assume added
_!annot see any reason for any person or
gcoto of persons to object to the idea if the
:110 available.
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One Man's Meat
He re, 771 en . . .
Hei4e, then, are impressions of that conglomer
ation of mystical impressions which its heaven
gazing editors call "Portfolio."
That the magazine should commit so many
cardinal, sins is - understandable. Its guiding lights
are young, impressionable, unduly influenced by
Gertrude Stein. But, the, annoying part is that
it should be .accepted as a major campus publica
tion without a word of protest.
Here, then, is that woad of protest. .
Weinberg, et al, have inherited Fenn State's
foremost literary vehicle. Inasmuch * as it is still
the only campus publication dealing solely with
the words of literati is is still the foremost of its
kind.
However, by all measures, it should not be.
An outsider, reading Portfolio, under the assump 7
tion that this is what Penn State's voluble ale .
writing, saying, doing, would be amazed, to say
the least.
It is agread that a campus literary magazine
will ordinar'ly be a step ahead of the rest of the
campus as regards style and form. Portfolio has
taken that foot and grabbed a yard or two be
but the trouble is that they're so far out in front
everyone.
It wouldn't be so bad if they stayed in front,
but they trouble is ;bat they're so far out in front
that we can't see where they're going. Which
doesn't admit that the Portfolio clique is quite
sure exactly where it is going.
So hard are the intelligentsia who contribute
regularly to Portfolio trying to keep ahead of .the
rest of 'the
. world that they've succeeded beyond
their fondest expectations. So profound are they
striving to make their efforts, that they've ex
tended prof , mdity beyond the limits pf reality.
So meaningful and .full.of portent are they hoping
to stuff their pieces that
,they've swept past all
outposts of meaning:
The *dichotomy may be a fine literary form—
if you know the author intimately, if words have
the same meaning to you as they have to him. A
disjointed, introspective meandering may have
unity and coherence to the author of such a piece,
since it is all part of the unity of his being, but
to others who think in different seiwences, it is
simply a set of meaningless 'phrases, deftly blown.
,
Here, then, is your trouble, Portfolio. You are
:thinking in•different planes, with different values,
about different objectives ;than we, your hapless
readers. You are writing for your own amuse
ment—or the amusement of your kind. Yet, ad
vanced thinkers of your variety are a fractional
minority of the 6,000 Penn State students. They
are not numerous enough to support Portfolio.
When you are established, on a popular basis,
then will be time enough for surrealist expression.
—LOKI
Our Selling Policy
'" How to be a good consumer
during the.def ense- emergency:
1. Buy normally. Do not hoard
or speculate.
.2. Question price increases.
3. Believe in nation's capacity
to produce normal consum
ers goods.
4. Be on guard against quality
• decrease.
5. Use government grades
• wherever possible.
6. Learn about substitutes.
7. Support and use government
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Cathaum Theatre Bldg.
From "Defense and the Consumer"
Public Affairs Pamphlet
TALKS . ON TALK Robert D.
Baird '42, All-College President,
will speak in this evening's sym
posium joruni on "What Are the
Qualities Which Go To Make Up
A Good Conversationalist."
* * *
`Cohversation'
FoiumTonight
Eugene T. McDonald, instruc
tor in public speaking, now on a
leave of absence, will serve as
chairman during the symposium
forum which the Penn State de
baters will conduct with Lock
Haven State Teachers College de
baters in 316 Sparks Building •at
8 p. m. tonight.
- .
Mr. McDonald is now serving As "Source Books of Our Heritage" , :,, l ' . .
superintendent of special educa- will be - the topic of the second dis 7.: ~
cusslon at the Hillel Foundation
Con for Centre and .Clinton coon -1
ties and is an eminent authority at 7:30 p, m.
on conversation. In view of the LaVie 'pictures will be•taken•iW i
318 Old Main at ' the.. following"
forum's subject,
."What Are the
times: 4 p. m., Penn State ..Engin: • ','
Qualities That Go To Make UP A •
eer staff; 4:15 pe ,m. - , Penn State - **
Good Conversationalist,"
~John. B.
McCue '43, debate manager, stet- Fanner; '4:30. P. m., Student:',Nri-,,:; .
bunal;' 4:45.. •p. rn„ portfollO.,,Staff;:;'g• '.
ed that Mr. McDonald will 'be a
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particularly appropriate .
chair• -
Meeting .:of - the ::Campus.. 44"?''„;,
.?:.;„,
Man. The . chairman is expected
party in:3o9 Old,Main at'7::3o•P: Irr . .. ,
to add his comments to the pro-
Red Cross sewing:•will.ibe f..ip,eril ” ,
gram.
..,„
in 117 Home Economics "Building,
Robert D. Baird '42, Bernard M. 6:45 to 8:45 p. m.
Weinberg '43 and Robert W. Mill- World Student Service' Fund f.'''. l "
er '43 will be' the speakers for „ .
executive committee, 'Hugh Bea-,:
Coach James F. o'l3rien's debat- ver Room, 4 p.,m. . . •
.
ers during the forum. Lock Hav-
Dr„. Ernst Wilhelm Meyer will:
en Will be represented by three ,
speak on "After We Stop Hitler, '.
I
, ,
speakers.
What?” in Room 10 Sparks at 8 . 'l'
In addition to the forum, two p. m. He will meet with the. i.
debates will be conducted this PSCA Semincir in the Hugh Bea l - '' I
'afternoon between the two ,--
ver Room at 7 P. m.
schools. Both of these meetings ('
PSCA World Problems Corn-
I
will be on the current question, '.
mittee, 304 Old• Main; 9p. rh.
"Resolved: That the federal gOv
ernment should control' by law all = : ,
labor unions in the United States, Melchior Proarani •
constitutionality conceded." In'
Room 304, Sparks Building, wilt Delay ed Until April. I
be the scene of one of • the after- ,
.;.
noon meetings, at which Carroll Lauritz Melchior, world-famOus
P. Blackwood '44 'and Howard heroic tenor, will be uriable'to ap- I
Harmon.? 43 will uphold the affir- pear in State College before the . '.
mative side of the question against . close of the Metropbritan Opera. -- "' :
the visiting debaters. Robert T. Company's present season ending
Kimmell '44 will serve as chair- on April 6, according to,Dr—Carl '.
man. - E. Marquardt,
.chairman Of the
In the other afternoon debate, Artists'. Course committee.
in 316 Sparks Building, Penn State "Melchior has fully recovered
will argue the negative side. Har- from the attack of laryngitis that
old Epstein '44 and Walter Ger- kept him from fulfilling his sche,
son '44 will speak and David L. duled appearance last 'week,"
Engleheardt '43 will be chairman. Marquardt said, • "but the only
Coach O'Brien commented on' dates he has open during' the cur
the fact that so many sophomores rent opera. season are during the
will participate in toclaes activi- weeks when the final two num
ties. He stated that the under- hers of the Artists' Course Series ,„
graduates are "Stepping in to cap= are scheduled."
ably fill the shoes of . the debaters
lost through graduation at mid- • •
term. Grades Available
Grade reports will still be avail
able at the registrar's office today,
New York Expert Registrar William S. Hoffman an
nounced yesterday. Mr. Hoffman
To Judge Beauties
advised students to calf for their
sheets as soon as , possible,'as they
John Robert Powers, nationally will not be available .much longer
known beauty expert from New
York City, will judge beauty sec
tion pictures for LaVie, it was an
nounced yesterday by Joseph T.
Reichwein '42, editor.
Mr. Powers will pick the six
most beautiful senior girls from the
LaVie photographs, and winning
pictures will appear in the beauty
section of this year's edition
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 12, 1942.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
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TODAY
PSCA Lenten planning commit
tee meets, 304 Old Main, 4:45 p. m.
PSCA World's Student Service
Fund committee meeting, 304 .Old
Main, 4 p. m. .
Education School Council meet
ing, Room 108 Burrowes " tun
ing, 4.. p. m.
Victory Garden lecture on flower
kinds and varieties in Room 'l2l
Sparks. Building at 7:30 p. m.. 411
interested persons invited to at
tend. . •
WS.GA Senate Picture in , 318
Old Main atsp.m.
Compulsory meeting, Home EaCo
nomics sophomores, 110 Home t Co
nomics, 5 p. in.
Compulsory meeting of sopho
more men's editorial board of The
Daily Collegian in the News Room.
at '7 p. m.
All students interested in gard- ,
ening are urged to attend the sec
ond Victory Garden lecture in
Room 121 Sparks at 7:30 p. m. .
Hillel Coffee Round Table at
4:15 p. m. Subject will be "HO'w
Can We Motivate for Ethical Liv
ing?"
Student-Faculty Relations com
mittee will meet in Hugh Beaver
Room at 7:30 p. m.
. Liberal Arts Council meeting
in Room 318 OH Main at 7 P. in.
Sample draft registration forms
which must be. filled out before
one can register for the Selective
Service Monday aim available
Student Union.
BUY DEFENSE STAMPS
AND BONDS
NO HAM, JUST JAM
at the Players' Show
"Taming Of The Shrew"
Fctb. 13-14 - Schwab - Aud. -55 c