The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, February 18, 1942, Image 2
' PAGE TWO 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. UHllliiiNlilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllollllM lllllllll 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 `?'C tltll!:!f 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" nimmiminummimitimminiumunumiumumum CAMPUS CALENDAR" iilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllo 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. New under-arm Cream Deodorant safely P 1. Does not ror dresses or men's shirts. Does not irritate skin. 2. No waiting to dry. Can be used right after shaving. 3. Instantly stops perspiration for 1 to 3 days. Removes odor from perspiration. 4. A pure, while, greaseless, stainless vanishing cream. s.•Arrid has been awarded the ApprovalSealofthe American Institute of Laundering for being harmless to fabrics. Arrid is the LARGEST SELLING DEODORANT. Try a jar today! 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