' PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" rstablished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904. and the Free Lance. established 1337. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania ntate College. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934 at the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of Mach 8. 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Ross Lehman '42 'James McCaughey '42 Filditorial and Business Office Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St • Phone 311 Phone 4372 Women's Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor— Sohn A. Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nageiberg '42. Feature Editor—William 3. McKnight '42; News Editor— Manley PoKempner '42; Women's -Feature Editor—Alice M. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor-R. Helen Gordon *42. Managing Editor This Issue David Samuels News Editor • This Issue Donald L. Webb assistant• Managing Editor This Issue - Richard 13:aleNaul Women's Editor This Issue " Emily' L. y.uni;. Graduate Counselor Friday, February 20, 1942 Old Rocking-Chair "That the virtue and happiness of the people nay be preserved, and. that the government which they have instituted for the protection of their ;liberties, may be perpetual," was spoken by a soldier, patribt, and student of America►i liberty L4ilmost 150 years ago when he gave his farewell address to Congress as President of the United. CS tates. His name was George Washington; his country: 'the United States of America; his purpose: the perpetuation of American freedom of expression. We honor George Washington on his birthday, not because of his cherry tree truthfulness which :i;; a myth, not because he was a supposedly great tatesman who hid behind the coat tails of Ben jaimin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, but be cause hle was the exponent of the Bill of Rights and the hand which rocked the cradle of Amer-- .can government. We don't honor Washington for his greatness, because better men could have performed a far better job. We bow in humble fashion to a man who was faced with the task of ,initiating the :American babe of democracy into a new way of ;life and government, who believed in the face of adversity that this infant had what it takes, and proceeded to fight for its growth. Today, we need more George Washingtons. We :heed less rocking-chair war strategists, and more soldiers of democracy. Naturally, we aren)t ad vocating a blind faith ir.• American principle,s and her "Utopian" government. We know that Am •arican blunders have recurred from the War of 1812 to the American cppeasement policy in the Sino-Japanese war. But. American freedom is •a child who knows she can eat as many cookies she wants without getting slapped. But, she olso knows she will get sick. The willingness of American people to face a realistic problem is apathetic. We consider our selves too intelligent, tuo dogmatic, too far above ihuman frailties, and forget that the rest of the human race is still fighting its brother. We have escaped from the world of today and have at tempted to project ourselves into the world of (tomorrow whoSe brother will love brother and peace shall reign forever over the earth. Our cocking chair has been busy spinning fantastic dreams of governmental Utopias and We have disdainfully brushed aside the flies of human faults. Now we are faced with reality. We see that our latent love for our fellow man has not at tracted him because we had made no effort to get up from our rocking chair to prove our hu manitarianism, Our idle promises, our "good ueighbOr" 'policies have been thrown out of the iJack door. With the Japanese feet, pounding at our front doorstep, we have run to the attic for one last look at our packed treasures. ' Unlike the George Washingtons of the Colonial cloys, we have asked democracy to prove itself instead of rolling up our sleeves. We have been rio. - .) busy protecting our security. while the Ger- Alms, Japanese. and Italians have been establish .ing* theirs. In protecting our security, we have lost it. tiow, our only way to regain and kef;p it. is to turn our faces to the Er, , st to encounter the danger of. the "Rising Sun." We cannot hesitate. we t!annot wait for the George Washingtons of today ''co solve our problem, It takes the concerted ef fort of all of us. We will cross many .Delawares and undergo ~I.any tortures of other Valley FOrgles before we '.01 , t2e democracy upon a solid foundation. To do a reincarnation of the spirit of George Wash int.ll.3n, his love for liberty and his willingness to ?or it. must be thrust into the min.t.s . of Air- 0111111,651 . ~: =ISM .4)--' Old. -< c 1 ,40 ;1 ) Mama_ k- J‘ C... mumminumiumiumnimmillimmuninumunimmunnituommuu Caprice Frenchy Capers, DG cutie, betook herself to the confinements of Camp Lee to visit her love, Bill Moerschbacher, and came back, but wedded. Men „Of Theta Xi .Rita Belfonti, comely trash, who was pinned by a sigma pi at the theta xi ,Christmas dance, re turned to the scene of her triumph Saturday night for. another whirl or two, bitt this time with a theta xi. Louis H. Bell Annie Qahley,‘ For a slight consideration Maniac will furnish the names of not one but two beauteous lassies completely equipped with comps to Senior Ball. Would that we had known afore—we've always claimed that these coeds had something over the imports anyway. And speaking of iml:sorts, next weekend will be open. season. The metropolitan maids hi fur and frills will tramp around in the slush looking muck bedraggled while hardy coeds troop about in rubber boots. It nelYer fails! To—With The U Of J While commenting upon the high scholastic standards of this institution in a Psych 416 class (we admit this hasn't much to do with sex), Dr. Adams cast the full weight of his scorn upon the meandering souls with I.Q.'s of 160 who plug along with 1.4 averages, and wished upon them a fate worse than death. Cast them into outer darkness="Send them co the University of Penn sylvania." The $64 Question • Not content with his own small field of scenario writing, a former. Houck champ walked off with Eversharp's all after rattling off boxing data 'to the bewildered questionnerulius Epstein if our ears don't deceive us. Pierre Roy, sigma nu, broke all records in plant ing his pin, fresh from initiation, upon chi o pledge, Betty Robinson. Can't say we blame hiM, but he saw her first. • • Do A Little Shoppin? •• Oh say have you heard, we have a new.refresh ment parlor, so to speak, in -the vicinity. Ex-hot dog, Henny, masquerading under The College Grill. One at a time, they ask for registratton cards there, too. You'll Enjoy It I_ o l 1, IL\ ii4i The Corner unusuai THE DAILY COLLEGIAN CAMPUS CALENDAR suNP4Y Chapel speaker, Dr. lkoswe4:B;:: . . TODAY Barnes, Schwab auditorium, 11 STCD Defense Training Course a m. • Bulletins. available at Student Minerology Seminar, 313 Min -Union at 4 p.. m. eral Industries, 3:30 p. m. WSGA House of Representa- ..'44 Independents will meet •at tives and Freshmen Council meet- 7 p. m. See poster in Old Main ing, 318 Old Maim, 5 p. m. lobby for room number. Lecture by Dr. Emma Perry MISCELLANEOUS Carr on "Fingerprinting Mole- ' Infornoation concerning Civil cules," 119 New Physics, Bp. in. Service Commission Examine- All Collegian freshmen editor- .tions of the 'City of Pittsburgh for ial candidates must turn in their 'summer positionS as summer re= tabulated. poll sheets by 7p. m. creation leader,' camp director, TOMORROW tamp - counSellor, and We' 8t .1 3 1 .14 The Pennsylvania Ski Cham- may be alAqino Rppm 214 tee pionships and the varsity triangle creation 'Hall:. Candidates Must meet with Colgate and ,Cornell be legal of the City' of . , have been. cancelled. • - • rittiSurgh for the past -two nail: Philotes will have the second 'PositionS are Open' to both. inert in . , in a series of -four get-togethers and women. ••• . • for unaffiliated coeds in the Phi- . Industrial Ed -society will meet loiles rormn, third floor Old Main, in 318 . I .ta' l Y. l at 7:() p. ' • , 4p.m. - Miss Jeannette C. Oswald, Louise Homer. ensemble • will Atherton Hall hostess, will speak rehearse in 09 Carnegie Hall at . on "Keeping Fit". at •the Monday 4p.m. " . - • night meeting in the Philotes room • . at 7 o'clock. All independent wo- Draftees Receive men are invited, . , . Philotes Independent Mixer for . (Continued from Page One) : independent • women; - Philotei seven Weeks and' not More than Room, 302 Old Main, 2 to 4 p. m. ten,.. he _will rebeive• half of his Varsity Basketball with Pitt, credits if he has acpassing grade Rec Hall, Bp. in. at -the time. . - . . ~ Freshman basketball with Sus- b. If he has completed ten quehanna, Rec Hall, 0:30 p. m. Weeks but less than a semester he Varsity fencing with Temple, will receive two-thirds of 'his, Rec Hall, 2 p. m. credits if passing. All coeds invited to tea in Ath erton Hall northeast unit from BUY DEFENSE STAMPS • 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. tomorrow. AND BONDS FRIDAY, FFBRUARI2% -1942 A
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