PAGE rft THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the egular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 et the Post-office at State College, Pa., under. the act of March 8. 1879. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. tioss Lehman '42 " James McCaughey '42 Editorial and Business Office Downtown Offite Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Wornen's Editor—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor— 'John A. Baer '42; Sports F,ditor—A. Pat Nagelberg '42. 4reature Editor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor— Manley J. PoKempner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice *I. Murray '42; Women's. Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42.. • Credit martager—Poul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man. r ger—Thomas W. Allison '42; Women's Business Manager —Margaret L. Embury '42; °Hite Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42; Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. Junior Editorial Board—Gordon L. Coy, Donald W. Davis. •Oominick L. Golab, &Mies D. Olkein, David Samuels, Robert E. Schooley, Richard S. Stebbins, Herbert J. gukauskas, Emily L. Punk, Louise M. Fuoss, Kathryn M. Popp, Edith L. Smith. iikannzink Editor This lEhlue Ansi:A.lmi Managing Editor _ News Editor This Issue Women's 'Editor This .Issue tionhontore Assistant Graduate Counselor Tuesday, March 10, 1942 .Ifigh School lii-links An outstanding exhibition of real "Penn State spirit" brought 10,000 New York track fans to rkheir feet to cheer the NYttany board squad to its !first indoor ?C4-A track championship Saturday might, but evidently +he .Metropolitan schools weren't :impresSed wi+h this shoW of spirit be cause they palled the string on the cup which the Lions took away from Manhattan Island for the :first time in nine years. Precipitated into the center of the melee was Norm Gordon, surprise star of the meet atnd main spring of the Nittany two-mile relay team, whose eligibility was questioned by several New York coaches. Gordon's legality as a contestant for Penn State was protested on the grounds of an IC4-A ruling, which states, "an athlete is not eligible to corn- Mete . . . for more than one freshman year and three varsity Years, over a period of five con secutive years from the date of his first matricti liation." This ruling was designed to discourage "tramp athletes," but Cordon does not fall into this capacity. It must be remembered that his :two year absence from the college following his ;matriculation in 1936 was not caused by scholas tic deficiencies, instead it was caused by financial difficulties. If any question was to be raised about the eligibility of the Nittany star the opposing schools should have handled it through the regu taw channels prescribed by the IC4-A handbook, which says, "Protests affecting the right of any entrant to compete in any of the championship meets may be made on or before the date of the meet." Instead the metropolitan schools resort to a high-2choolish system of snooping through the rule books after the meet for a technicality to ruin the chances of a victorious school. The IC4-A executive committee can either re ject the protest at their meeting today, permit ting Penn State to retain the first championship cup won by the Blue and White, or follow the lead made by the peeved New York schools. We are not questioning the ability of a compe tent body of officials, but disagree with the pro cedtire used by the New York schools in regis tering the complaint following such an exhibition of team spirit. —R. M. F. Snap That Switch One month has passed since students and fa r...vulty turned their clo?ks ahead' to comply with President Roosevelt's request to conserve electric 'poNVer.. But we ask, "ha 4 this 'sacrifice' accomp lished the desired results?" The College power plant reports no decided change in the gross consumption of electricity. 'Maybe that can be attributed to the fact that pow er saved in the daylight hours of late afternoon •is used in the darkness of early morning. If this is true, then why turn the clocks ahead—to the inconvenience of innumerable sleepyheads? Well, we believe that despite the early morn ing darkness, more eler:tric power could be saved. 'We have observed many students and faculty !members neglect to turn off the lights in unused 2lassrooms :Ind offices. Blame it on absent mindedness if you will. But the fact still re- latuins that electricity is being wasted. The College power plant is running at full Qapacity and any saving of electric power will be appreciated. So, won't you co-operate and "Save Vol' Victory." Turn out those lights when you JeLive the room. _James D. Olken Richard D Robert E. Sinter _Louise M. Fume __ Jane Murphy. Louis H. Bell THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111i11111111111111111 T he Campuseer \4(4t Remember Pearl Harbor According to an announcement in this estimable rag the theta potatoes were going to do their bit for defense by entertaining some3o Navy men here on catnous. The girls had evidently scented a 'covey of eligible males for they turned out 35 strong—but alas, the farsighted ensigns had seen the group picture• in the photo shop window and • only eight brave souls showed up to receive the gushes and goos. fra„ving Poetic Again The track team went to far New York And won that 4-A thing, But if they take it back from them You'll see the first robbin' of Spring Rumors And Stuff G-54 comes through with his usual little yel- low envelope under my door to report that Hal Mclntyre is the most rodent step down the lad der by the IF Ball Committee • . • Another rumor making the rounds is that Penn State is riot the offidial winner of the IC4-A's because of the dis qualification of one of its star performers . . Bill Bates planted the delta chi insignia on his HT (hometown) honey, Dabs Herkness . . . And alpha chi o Grace Longenecker is now bearing the stamp of phi sig in honor of Walt Mueller ... Tom (What's Cookin') Henson swears that IiBL will end up working for one of those UV° sielloW:- rags, the New York Daily News or the Mirror . . . Bill Lundelius, new prexy of the delta chi manse;'w.ls floated in on a wet ticket, said Rudy Coupe went haine for the weekend to be confronted with the most astonishing situation. The gal he has been squiring hither and yon' up and got engaged to another guy . . . The lambda chis are now ahead of the, pi kappa phis in shat tered panes, but the latter are eagerly awaiting the next snow . . . Hey College! UCLA and two other e coastal colleges have made finals optional . . . HoW'S about a break this semester and let's do away with final bluebooks that cover the com plete course . . Johnny Fleming is now wearing the beta jewelry of Bill Meyers, who is our nom inee for the "best dressed" this year. ~,,--,--, t*- fie ...Milallb (ro -I • ."-- - t i PALI "1 fort:v.)l to take her to The Corner" -CAMPY rn h. g i b t I I Mi.) 1 Portuguese Added _For 3rd Semester Tying in with the trend towards things Latin-American will be the new course in Portugese to be of fered by the department of ro mance languages starting next se mester. Since Portugese 'is the language spoken by 4'5,000,000 people in lEfra zil; and• since it ranks third after English and Spanish in the West ern Hemisphere, We' department feels that an elementary knowl dege .of it would 'be of interest. Claimed by Paul R. baugherty, professor of Spanish, as art aid to hemispheric solidarity, the tottise will be taught...by Harrison. R. Ar nold, professor Of Spanish. A %AM ish pre-iew s lisite will prdbably be necessary 'to take the course, but students with special reasons for taking it will be admitted, Daugh, erty said.• Photo Exhibit Glorifies Peanut Glamorizing the common peanut is' the purpose of one of over fifty photographs taken by Robert Beese, photographer of the School of Agriculture, and now being ex hibited in 303 Main Engineering. Fine grain enlargements. of such subjects as an empty cup of coffee with a stubbed cigarette and ashes in the saucer, lumps of sug ar, chalk and an eraser and a man's feet hake a varied and in teresting exhibition. Here until March 14, the photos' Show what a camera can do to the common things in which those with an unpracticed eye see no beauty. Cliques Noituinate (Ca Ti4itued iroth Page CiiieV Pus '43 party will be made this evening. In addition to the petitions to be presented by Thursday noon, each party's platform must'be presented. The final gun in the political race will be fired in Schwab Auditorium at 7 p. m. IVlgrch 17 at an All-Col lege mass, meeting. The Elections Committee has set $lO as a maximum expense for each class slate and up to $5 for each candidate for All-College president and vice-president. Marines To Recruit Physical . examinations for Can didate Class for Commission in the Marine Corps' Reserve will be giv en in the College Infirmary from 10 a. m. to noon and from 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday. It was an nounced by Lieut. Robert M. Port, Marine recruiting officer, that ap plicants for the corps will be ac cepted in 311 Old Main during the same hours. BUY DEFENSE STAMPS AND BONDS TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1942 ammilimmimminmnimmtaittommiminionimil CAMPUS CALENDAR imiiimmilimmilimintominnottimurnimminnt TODAY Spanish Club, .Circulo Espanol, Grange Playroom, 7:15 p. m. Theta Sigma 'Phi meeting, Kappa Alpha Theta, 4:15 p. m. House of Representatives, 318 Old Main, 5 p. Freshman Forum, 304 Old Main, 7 p. rn. FreShtnan Council, 405 Old Main, 7:00 p. m. PSCA Cabinet, 405 Old. Main, 7:30 P. m. College Cabinet, 104 Old Main, 8:15 p. • PSCA ''resl - tman Council execu tive coniiiiittee, 304 Old Main, 4 p. • 'World' Student Week committee, Hugh Beaver room; 4 p. M. • All freshman ROTC engineers eligible for marksmanship awards should call for them at the military stock room as soon as possible. • '44 Campus meeting, 318 Old Main, 7:30 p. m. '43 independent meeting, 318 Old Main, 7 p. m. Sigma Delta Chi, 114 Carnegie }tall, 7:30 p. in. TOMORROW • Varsity Debating, 316 Sparks Building. 8 p. m. Campus '45 meeting, Old Main, 7:30 p. m. PSCA Cabinet meeting, election of additional officers, Hugh Beaver room, 7 p. m. Lenten worship service, Hugh Beaver room, 7 a. in. Rev. Edwortb. Xorte, Lutheran student • pastor, Will speak on "Lo, f Am With You Always." • Watch Service, 'Wesley Founda tion, 7:15 a. rn, Junior Blazer committee, Grad uate Manager .of Athletics' office, 4 b. m. • Honor Men (Confirmed from koage Ong . _ honoraries. most recent claim to fanie was this weekend's tri umph as 145-pound EIBA cham pion. ... Gerald F. Doherty, At-College vice-president, served as All-Col lege president in. Baird's absence at the . beginning of the year. This year he was elected to Skull and Bones and Lion's Paw, senior hon oraries. For four years Jerry has been a members of the debate squad and this year president of forensic council. For three years he served as chairman of the Independent party, and for two years as chair man of the Book Exchange. A journalism major from Scran ton, Jerry is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, honorary journalistin fraternity. This year he was listed as one of the seniors in "Who's Who in Colleges.". Other activities include, publicity manager of Penn State Club, fresh man counsellor, member of schol arship board, representative to Foreign Affairs Conference. Jerry has earned 85 per cent of his col lege expenses. The no. 1 Hits Of The Season Start your Spring wardrobe with printed cottons, striped chambrays, seersuckers, piques and spun rayons. Have an early start with these inexPen- sive dresses Salad Shop 123 S. Mien St. State College
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