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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
:: , ; - .;:ilished. 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian,
.N:tablished 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1337.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College ~ .ear by the students of The Pennsylvania
o:ate College. 'entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934
the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
)VT.arch. 8. 1879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr,
Hoar.; Lehman '42 'James McCaughey 42
Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office
Carnegie Half 119-121 South Frazier St.
Phone 711 Phone 4372
Women's Editor—Jea nne,C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor—
john A. Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42.
•U'eature Editor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor—
Manley J. PoHempner '42: Women's Feature gditor—Alice
Nturray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon
'42 •
Ittamiging Editor This Issue - Robert E. Schooley
.A.ssistant Managing Editor This Issue ____ Donald L. Webb
'clews Editor This Issue _ • . --_Rohert Kimmel
Women's Editor •This Issue • -__Edith L. Smith
Graduate Counselor
W'adnesday, February 18, 1942
Good Idea, But...
The nation is catching the "Buy a Bomber"
and like the chain letter idea, cities and
are combining to buy a bomber for Uncle
Here on campUs, a proposal was presented
All-College Cabinet for such a drive,
It was suggested tnat Penn State sponsor a
"I3uy a Bomber" intercollegiate drive for funds.
C.lince Penn State could not carry the load, it was
pointed out. that Penn State enlist :the aid of
ktundreds of colleges and universities throughout
nation. These colleges would dump their
contributions into a sinking fund an eventually
I.lte fund would be large enough to give the army
p baby or full-size bomber.
At first glance, our patriotic senses would
praise the project as a worthy one and a gesture
which would win the support of many colleges
1:* well as our own. But it isn't as easy at it
looks. Sometimes, at first sight, the cart looks
Getter in front of the horse.
In.this case, the cart is in .front of the horse.
IThe idea is a good one, but there is no way in
which the "Buy a Bomber" drive can be centered
fm campus, be put under responsible leaders, and
conducted in a concentrated and efficient man
er.
In scrutinizing the plan, several flaws throw
n monkey wrench into the propos'ed Penn State
patriotic gesture. This plan would originate at
Penn State. It would be financed, organized, and
carried out by Penn State students. This is a
iAlep which is impossible for. any single college
oc university to take. The task is too large.
By assuming that a bomber would cost at least
:I. LOO,OOO, the "Buy a Bomber" committee would
forced to take on the responsibilities and pro
portions of a money-making business. The cam
paign would not only need a complete and unified
ur.;anizatiOn, but it would take months of work
a financial budget to build its foundation.
Look at thle cost of a bomber, over $lOO,OOO.
If each college were to contribute. S5OO, and this
u; OA exaggerated sum, over 200 colleges would
'crave to cooperat6 in the drive. Estimating that
50 per cent of all the colleges and universities
contacted, and this is still an exaggerated figure,
would join the Penn State "Buy a Bomber" cam
paign, approximately 400 student governments
',mist be invited.
This disadvantage alone is enough to defeat
i)ae bomber plan. It would mean that the corn
iknittiee must correspond with the 400 colleges,
outline : its plan, correspond further with the col
leges interested, and assume the expense of cor
.xespondence.
This isn't all. After two, three, or four months
of correspondence, the committee which has fin
oily arranged its program would have to establish
o fool-proof finaincial organ which would be above
).ieproach. Then, the troubles would begin.
The campaign would be long. The one now
; - )eing conducted by the Philadelphia Inquirer is
'I good example. If it is long, the committee
' , )1.11d not be composed of seniors or juniors, who
;probably would be able to betteii handle the caan
paign, beciause they would graduate.
Finally, if all these technical and orgrinization
j problems and difficulties were smoothed out, the
4.lncertainty if complete cooper ation and financial
'support from other colleges is too threatening.
What would we do if our quota could not be
.reached? One thing is apparOt;, our baby bomb
or would die a premature death with complica-
C;Lons 'resulting.
We agree that Penn State .needs such defense
, _fforts as this one. But Instead of biting off more
oian we can chew, let us concentrate more earn
estly on campus defense projects, contribute as a
campus toward other "Buy a Bomber" funds
)Wore caorbly handled, throw our rlesources int,:
Ole Thespian Mobile Units, and let Uni'le Sam
0". th,, , big job of , :onsti.tiering his boini).-:s.
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The Ilitssi4ig Scele
• Down at the Altoona railroad station the other
day, I witnessed one - of •ttiOse farewell scenes that
are played up big in the epic war. films. Some
how, it didn't seem rea,. I hack seen that sort of
thing before, I told myself. This tragic mood isn't
life, I tried td insist. This is strictly. according
to Hollywood.
But the train pulled in arid I could fuel the
steam hissing out :and the- cinders divehorribing
into my eyes. I could hear the murmured* Po
lish farewells,•see the tears, so bravely held back
a moment before, stream down the . mother's
wrinkled cheeks. The huddled group was so
close to me I could reach out and tuck in those
wisps of hair wandering from under the faded
kerchief willhout taking a step.
Louis Li. 13e11
I could see -the worn fabric of her plain black
coat. The neatness of his uniform, so perceptible
from a distance, was lost at this close range. •
I thought, as sudden, strange emotions rushed
upon me, this is no five-star feature! This isn't
some film writer's idea of Prelude to Glory, this
is the McCoy. The real stuff, right in front of
you. No celluloid and light bulbs had combined
to throw this scene before my eyes. That boy,
surely no older than myself, was going off to
North Africa, Australia, India, a thousand fronts
where prop men were unknown, where real
bullets and guns and fear-maddened men, not
paid extras, would attack him. And those tears,
they .aren't 'just to . appeal to the soft-hearted wo
men in the front rows. They're because he and
his mother realize that this is IT, the final separa
tion until . .
Well, what can you do about it? queried that
mad fool Loki, turning inward to me. And my
half-fOrmed, intuitive answer went something
like this:
First of all, I'm not going to write a column
screaming THIS IS WAR! for this week. If
Collegian's readers don't know it yet, they won't'
believe it by just reading it in One Man's Meat.
They'll just get sore, demanding." Who's that guy
think he is, trying to tell us there's a war on?"
'Then, I thought, maybe I'll write a humorous
little piece, :sort of cheer people up, get th).air
minds off the war. But, that won't do either.
There are so damn few .people around here who
seem to be worried about anything that it isn't
worth the effort.
So I figured that I'd just tell 'em what I saw.
Let 'em think it out for themselves. Let 'em
reach their own conclusions on whether the tra
gedy of that mother-son scene down in- the Al
toona station. is
_worth fighting Fascism. Sure,
I think that that tragedy, and the millions of
other tragedies that will be enacted are worth it.
Sure, I believe that if we don't fight—anddeleat—.
Fascism we'll have those individual tragedies
deepened' a thousandfold and then multiplied a
millionfold. But what will my readers think'?
Will they read of that little sadness and then
climb into their ivory towers and write an escapist
Portfolio dream-story? Or will they grow angry
that such partings must take place and prepare to
help in some way that similar tragedy in the fu
ture will be unnecessary? Or will , they smile
inwardly, and think riever see me
doing anything like that. They can't get me."
Or will they fail to see beyond . the Altoona sta
tion and say to themselves "This need not. be; if
We'd just mind our own selfish -business and star
in our own narrow backdoor, this sort of thing
would neve: happen."
Or will they heap tragedy upon tragedy and
read, pass quickly on, and give it not -another
thought?
Stimson Lauds Press
The newsaaper editors and publishers of today
are not merely reporting and commenting on na
tional events: they are helping to make the his
tory of our - imes. They are directing_ the_ hearts
and the hands of all of our citizens towards the
great. common purpose of strengthening and pro
tecting our principles and our free instittitions . .
Our Army can make its military plans to defend
this country.
It . can design the weapons and other equipment
which we need and train its members in their use.
But only the larger civilian population can deter
mine whether these munitions will be delivered
in time and in sufficient quantities to meet our
need. Upon the newspapers, principally, de
volves 1M? great responsibility of informing the
public :Is to the conditions, the progress. and the
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THE DAILY COT.T.FGLAN
One Man's Meat
un.zen , 2y of - .)ur effol.ts
Letters To The Editor—
May Queen Takes
It On The Chin
To The Editor
The Collegian has done it again!
In time, the principle of the ir
relevant paragraph surely will
take it's place among the most
treasured of Penn State traditions.
This unique feature of our own
daily paper cannot fail to- attract
the attention of Hollywood tal
ent scouts. Permit me to quote
from "War Hodge-Padge
Chang
es May Queen to Winter Pidy,"
The Daily Collegian, vol. 38, no.
91, page 4.
"By decree of WSGA, the May
Queen will be just Queen and will
be coronated Her Ladyship at
Senior_ Ball, February 27. Five
coeds have been nominated and
tonight women students. may
nominate other potential mon
archs of beauty and brains.."
"In days to come the Senior
Queen may look back, remember
Pearl Harbor, and be proud of
her part in national defense."
What engineer, yes, what fore
ster, is so insensitive as to fail
to picture a sweet, white-haired
.old lady gathering her grand
children about her of an evening
to tell them of the tragic days of
the second World War: to tell
them of the sacrifices we faced;
of a 'harried class of seniors who
rose to the emergency; Of the days
of defense courses, draft exemp
tions, and hasty marriages; of
knitting for the Red Cross. And
then, this clear, sweet queen of
yesteryear will fade gently into
the past. Eddie and Bill,hushed
by that ineffable to play, not
knowing what passes through her
mind.
Ah, but We who lived in those
heroic times of MacArthur's gal
lant stand on Sataan will know!
We will know with what sacrifice,
hidden behind the stoicism only
war can develop, our fair and
companion accepted her fate and
resigned herself to becoming just
Queen. We will remember the
tears shed by WSGA as they rob
bed beautiful girl, of her rightful
title: Queen of the May.
And how are your tires hold
ing out?
Dry Dock Tickets
Available At SU
Tickets for Sathrday night's
Dry Dock are on sale at Student
Union, William H. Cissel and
Thomas R. Heidecker, co-chair
men of the Dry Dock committee
have announced. •
Because the Engineers Ball has
been cancelled, the Dry Dock
committee decided to step in
with their entertainment. Table
reservations are 50 • cents per
couple. - - •
No Heat, Food
(Continued, from raga One)
resistance to Nazism everywhere
and the possible steps far post
war reconstruction during the rest
of hfs talk in the capacity-filled
first floor Sparks lecture room.
Mr. Elliott outlined what the
WSSF is doing for persons in
camps to help them' contintie
their education. In addition, he
brought photographs of camps
and some craftswork completed by.
those "who needed something to
do."
-LOKI
After arriving in New York
from Europe on January 26, the
tall, well-built man traveled to
New York, Missouri, Oklahoma,
Texas, Louisiana and Florida. To:
clay he speaks at the University br
Pittsburgh and Carnegie Tech. •
At The Movies
CATHAUM:
"Sullivan's Travels"
STATE
INITTANY:
"I Wake Up Screaming"
and
`Tine::: In the Night"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1942
Ralph Blasingame '42
"Dumbo"
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CAMPUS CALENDAR"
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TODAY
Compulsory meeting,' all home
economics freshmen, 110 'Home
Economics, 5 p.
Important meetingo,f.the Junior
Editorial Board .of The' Daily Col
legian in the News Rootn, 4:15
P. M.
•
Important meeting of the Soph
omore Editorial Board of The
Daily Collegian in the'NeWS Afpnin,
4:45 p. m.
Crane hour 'and: fireside. ses
sion with Howard.• Yani,l/
3t.
speaking on "My fierlenea as a
Student in Qermany!' in .Northellit
Lounge, Atherton Hall, .6:36 P. in.
Pi Lambda Theta panel diScup
sion on music, art, and :creative
writing, Northwest Lounge, 'Ath
erton Hall, 8 p. m.
Home Economic talent night
program for all bomb econ'ornics
students in the Grange Playroom,
7 p. m.
Voting' for members of PSCA
Cabinet in 304 Old Main during
office 'hours, today and Thursday.
Watch Services at the' Wesley
Foundation, 7:15 p. m,
Campus '45 party will nominate
class - officers, 309 Old Main 7:30
Meeting of the American Chem
ical Society in Room 119 New Phy
sics Building at 7 o'clock. Dr.
George H. Young will speak on
"Some Physical and Chemical As
pects of the Resinous State.'•''
Riding Club instruction meeting,
Stock Judging Pavilion, 7 p. m.
TOMORROW
Forestry society will meet' in
105 New Forestry at 7:3op.rn. to
elect new officers.
Thespian tryouts in Schwab
Auditorium at 7 p. m.
Elections for Senior Queen in
the first floor lounge'of Old Main
from 8 a. m. to p p. m. •
Red Cross •seWing' .and knitting
for defense;'ll7 Home Economics,
6:45 to 8:45 p. m.
"Color Photography," in illus
trated lecture from Eastman. Ko
drk will be given in
Room 309, Old Main; 7:30 p. rn.-
Important '43 Independent 'par
ty meeting, 318 Old Main, 7 p. m.
Open House committee, 304 Old
Main, 4 p. m.
"-Our Common Heritage" talk,
Hillel Foundation, 7 p. m..
PSCA Cabinet; 304 . Old Main,
8:15 p. m.
Handbook editorial staff, 318
Old Main, 7:30 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
All freshman editorial candi
dates for The Daily Collegian must
turn in their tabulated Survey
Question Sheets to the - Office be
fore 7 p. m. Friday.
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