PAGE Tl4•c_3 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" 3:siaZilished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 18117. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the 37egular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania iicate College. Entered as second-class Platter July 5, 1934 Pt the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 13, 11379, Editor Ucss Lehman '42 McCaughey '42 • Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St Phone 711 Phone 4372 • 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— (Ranley 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 ager—Thomas W. Allison '42: Women's Business Manager .—Margaret L. Embury '426' °Hite 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, Robert E. Schooley, Richard S. Stebbins, Herbert J. Zukauskas, Emily L. Funk, Louise M. Fuoss, Kathryn M. /Popp..Edith L: Smith. Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Bach, Roy E. Barclay, Robert E. Edgerly, Philip Jaffe, Frances A. Leiby John E. McCool, Sara L. Miller, Katherine E. Schott, Marjorie L. Sykes. Managing Editor This Issue Donald W. Davis, Jr. .A.scistant Managing Editor Latry T. Chervenalt I.4ews Editor 'This (sotto _____ Paul I. Woodland Women's Editor This Issue Kathryn M. Popp Graduate Counselor Monday, February 16, 1942 More Than A Gesture Acclaimed as a leader in its extension training :for defense industries and boasting one of the nost advanced campus civilian defense set-ups, the College ndministration deserves still another . iat on the back for its unique "Short course" plan 'inder which thousands of Penn State students Will next , week be giVen ari opportunity to pre bare for roles as skilled' defense workers when find where they will be needed :Most. , When the Student 'Training for Civilian Defense program was suggested shortly after the .outbreak .of war last December, more than 2,000 enthifs :iastic students flooded the Student Union office 'With their preliminary aPplicaition blanks., With eqUal erithtisidsm 886 members of the faculty volunteered their services as instructors, arid co bperative Library 'officials purchased books - to be Used in connection with the project. This demand by the students for a chance to be of direct value to the national defense 'effort:while (they are continuing their. college &ideation has been conscientiously answered. Next week the STCD non-credit short courses Will get under Vva'y after a month of careful pre lidratiOn: Forty-seven courses, • ranging from three hours to 30 hours in duration, and embrac ing subjects from home nursing and waitress training to demolition and air raid protection, will give the student concise, practical informs, Ilion and training which should ultimately prove of great benefit.to himself and his community. Handicapped by the lack of -a budget and by other considerations, the organization of the Pro-:gram by the STCD committee headed by Millard T. Bunnell has necessarily been slow. The best equipped, instructors had to be selected by the heads of the various schools and departments. Overlapping courses had to be consolidated. i3chedules had to be arranged to the convenience of • both instructors and students. Decisions had to be made regarding the specific scope of each course. This deliberate planning apparently has paid dividends.. The courses' are not being offered as ;_). mere gesture or as a Morale-building stunt. CardWeS taken in the planning" of each course to avoid too ambitious a scope. Superfluous gen eralizations and impractical details, as far as pos idble, have been eliminated so as to give each stu dent a ma:Kiri - mixt of worthwhile, useable training. Whether the' student enters the armed services is engaged in a civilian occupation, he will !find a variety of courses as useful to him as they ,are interesting. Two and three-hour pre-induc tion 'courses arranged by the ROTC department will enhance the draftee's probability of advance ment. Civilian courses like first aid, auto me ,:hanics, personnel work, and publicity techniques —to list a few—can be put to tise anytime. Since the average course will.consume only one )r two hours of the student's time.each week t less •i - lan he spends at the movies) and outside prep oration will he kept at a minimum, taking it will ;.lot impose a burden on the• average student. :Many may perhaps ea.uly manage two or three t:ourses at the same time. We suggest, however, 'i:hat students who are low in the regular studies (lo not assume too greal a load of these special Are feel confident that the enthusiastic response 14, tte program la,t;t. December has not worn off, „mu that a large turnout t,t the registration next . v..t,-;k will prove that the organizers of the tO laborLd in vain, 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i11111111110111111111111111L Campus Watchtower While Campy is hoine explaining a $72 increase in blue book fees, we reintroduce a new column. First entitled "The Campus Squawker," we re name it because there was nothing to squawk about. Froin our post in Old Main Tower, we see all; tell all; and hide only the poronogrelphic. All right, copy boy, hand me those prciofs. Let's go to pre . ssl Flash!. Sena' Defense Stamps To: Eight boys from the dorms—Don , Ciansarini, John Nolan, Dick RhWand, Bob Kottgr,h, Dori Cis sidy, Letrick Harris, Murray Schwartz, and Phil Jaffe—who voittnteered - their blood to save a fellow student, Tom Rarnaden, injured last month: Ramsden is now back in school after 'a Week's so jurn in Bellefonte Hospital. Frank Neusbaum—for showing us cynical lads that the Bard could pound out_some real frothy stuff. In fact, some of the lustier cracks in the Shrew completely passed over the heads of the Faiclience. And. we thought we knew the facts of life, via Soc 4 and Psych 416. •.'• • Louis H. Bell Les Hetenyi and his ASP brethren deserve special citation for not Pestering the Collegian lads for free publicity 'on the "Penn State Winter Carnival." Damned ineonsideratte Of this rag not to present the 'keys of the boi) to Gene Krupa and his lads. At 3 p. in. someone stuck a pin in the horn of, someone's car, keeping the local lights out of bed for two- hourS,until the battery went dead. Too 'many reefers being sold these . days. .Effects• Of The War: The sugar ratiohing has finally hit little, State College in the sweet tooth. Noticed a .sigh, ih ohe of Pugh Street's better restaurants: "Use Less Sugar and Stir Like We don't mind the noise." We were rtnribling around Bellefonte the other night (gues why) and noticed another placard proclaiming: "We'd rather do . busitiess with teh Japs than one American." The sign was, display ed before in undertaking parlor. . . . Sizbeepings From Portfolio: Here are two poems ;that did not and' will not appear Within the sacred covers of Portfolio, that literary mag a la Dali. .We dedicate the first to all the innocents inducted into the women's fra ternities (sororities)—with due respects to Dean Ray., The following sbit of slush (paraphrasing the Bard again) is dedicated to Shickelgruber, Hiro hito,"and Company: Let Hitler wildly rant and gabby Goebbels rave For the pMhs of glory lead but to the grave. Observed .At Sweetheart Brawl: Genial Johnny Taffurs ; the• Sweetheart of Aca cia, had his number called (not draft) with petite Mary McCurdy to be crowned sweethearts of the ball. Carrot-top Rube Faloon 'squired brunette Laura Mulcally,"shiiv;ring that not'all Collegian re porters are vicious wolves—much. Captain Len Krouse, one of Higgins' boys, escorted Panama Lassie (not Hattie). Olive Kalar. Other shining faces which glowed were those of King Dogpatch Jack Morgan and Caroline Erb; Betty Miller (Chip) eind Tom Mitchell; Bob Roy, the twin who - went, squired Madame X (femme fatale). Engagenient,Sp:arkle;-s Seen On; Margie Strode, Theta, from Bob Blasingame, Sigma Chi. Ibby Kinsine, ditto, has one on dis play via Bill Henning, S!gma Nu. Simply marve lous what Penn State does for its coeds nowadays. Puppy's investments arc producing results. We end with this light bit of humor: The doctor was so busy a man that he could wf.ste no time iu preliminaries. A college coed walked into his otfiee one clay. "Will you undress immediate ly, please," he said, "I'm in a hurry." The coed blushed and stammered a meek refusal. The doc tor protested, and finally she entered his sanctum stark naked. "Well, young lady, what seems to be the trouble?" he asked. "Oh, there's no trouble," she replied, "I just wanted to sell you a subscription to The Daily Collegian." 'lncidentally. all yo' hap cats can jive at the Cathaum today to the music of Frankie Masters t.o.ct his "Bell Tune Rhythm" band. P.S. They'll be here in per , . a! --SNOOPER 1). 1 ( , THE DAILY COLLEGIAN On a mule behind, two feet we find And two we find before. We look behind before we find What two behind be for. Giving Blood Proves Easy "Dom - Aing blood is no more painful than getting your temper ature taken." That is the opin ion of Jacques M. Schwartzberg '44, head of Penn State's proposed blood bank,' who last month gave . a pint of •his blood to thicle Salm The wnole procedure stlrround ing the blood donatioh took just about 15 minutes, according to Schwartzberg., Upon arriving at the Tied Cross Blood liotiation Center at Philadelphia, he was giv'eli a peelimiratry examination and then signed a statethent that said, in short, that whatever hap pened was his own reaPonsibility, "signirig that statetrient maxi° me a little stialq for a mordent," Schwartzberg reinarked, "but a look around me set rimy mind at ease. There were about 40 peo ple stretched out flat on two rows of hospital cots, calmly watching blood dripping into pint bottles from tubes attached to their arms. "My reverie was interrupted by a bustling little nurse who stretch ed me out on one of the cots and swabbed my arm with .antiseptic. A doctor then whisked onto the scene, injected the anesthetic, and bushed a small fieedle why into my arm. Before I knew it the job was over and in about 10 minutes I was walking down Arch street again." More Jobless hi U. S.-.-Reede "Uneitiployritefit in the United States has increased •by 0000 during the past month .despite the expansioi of Production for war." This fact Was disclosed by A. H. Reede, , aSsociafe ProfesSeif of &o ho:Allies, at a recent Conference of labor leaders sponsored by the Col lege, Temple University, and the University of Pennsylvania. • Reede, in leading one of the dis eussion gioups, discussed the ei fects• of priorities on workers. He said that the coming months would be particularly critical' for workers displaced by the shortage of mate rials. . • He expressed the hope that ef fective co-operation of unions, managements,. and administrative officials in streamlining placement and training facilities might reduce to a minimum the waste of man power in the present emergency. J. Orvis Keller, in charge of ex .tension services, officially repre sented the College at the confer ence. He commented, in an ad dress of welcome,, on the growing cooperation of the College in the solution of labor problems,,.speCi fically as co-sponsor of the Work ers Service Project. Registiation Today (Contihued from koagei One tration, the registrants Must -ob tain a sample registration form dt Student Union, fill it out by type writer or by printing, and take it to registration. Students must al so bring matriculation cards. The registration "forms • to• be used today are _almost_ identical . with those . of the two previous re gistrations. In the only change, • local board jurisdiction is more clearly determined. After this student absentee re gistration, the cards will be turn 7 ecl over to the State College draft board which will send them to the students' respective local boards. Driving Course Starts Another driver training course will be organized in State College as a continuation of those already given to the students and towns people. A meeting will be held for those who are .interested, in Room 107, State College High School at 7 0. m. today. BUY DEFENSE: STAMPS AND BONDS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1942 CAMPUS CALENDAR ,1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 TODAY '44 Independent patty meeting tonight, 318 Old Main, 7:30 p. in. Tryouts tonight and tomorrow night for Players' next production, "Mr. and Mrs. North." Students interested in acting and technical work sign up at Student Union. Waft regittration, Arntory, ' 7 a. m. • until 9 •p. Registrants are requested to Peport at cording to the EilithEibkicali,y 7 arratged schedule. - Riding Club ' instrlic~ioh meet ing, Mock ' Judging p. m. The MI selitiol will held its . an ntial .banquet in the State College Hcitel at 8 p. rtt. Nutrition exhibit of .fruits and vegetables, 209 Home Economits, 3 to 5. p. rn. ficiMbtii:udiN Important Meeting,. of Sigma Delta Chi, 114 Carnegie 141:lading, 7:15 p. m. Plans for Gridiron Dinner will be discussed.. Roland Elliott, national execu tive secretary of student Christian ASsoc.iations,• will speak, 121 Sparks Building, 7 p. m. Help For 40 Grads Okayed Forty graduate students will be exempt ironi tuition and pracp cuiii fees ddring the next school year through scholatrshiPs aptiroy ed last Week ,by the . College's Board of .Trustees. Appouitments are %expected -to be available in arts and sciences, and in the applied fields of agri culture, . engineering, mineral in dustries, education, and PhySical education, according to Frank D. Kern, dean of the graduate school. • A lirhited riumber . of • stipend scholarships paying $3OO and. .of graduate assistantships • paying WO will also be available .in• the various departments, Kern stated. Applications for graduate aid should be addressed-to the Grad uate School, in •care of Dean Kern. PSCA Accepts Odd Job Applications Any male student who wishes to be considered for part-time jobs should fill out an applicatiOn blank at the Christian Association office, 304 Old Main, D. Ned Linegar, PSCA -associate secretary, an nounced yesterday. Although the student applicant cannot be assured Of work, the As sociation Employment Bureau be lieves that there will be an espe cially large 'number of part-time jobs available for the next two months because of Spring clean ing. Studenth who registered during tbe first semester, and who are,still available• for • etriployrtient,• • •mut. fill Out second semester schedule to remain on the Employ ment Bureau's rolls, according to Linegar. This semester, 25 stu dents have filed applications. College Restores Old Battlefield ,Restora i tion.of the famous Peach Ordhard, scene of some of the hardest fighting in the Battle' of Gettysburg, is practically assured through the co-operation of the College, according to Dr. J. Walter Coleman, Superintendent of the Gettysburg National. Military Park. It is expected that the restored orchard will be of great interest and' aid to visitors..At this site was the salient created by the advance of Sickle's Third Corps. The posi tion was heavily attacked from the south and west, first being pound ed by Longstreet's artillery, then suffering a heavy assault by his infantry. The battle line was broken and forced to retreat and Guneral Sickles himself was sat . - iou,ly wounded.
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