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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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123 S. Mien St. State College