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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Seller Penn Slale"
Established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collezian.
established 1904. and the Free Lance, established ISS7.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday riurimr th-.
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
<<tate College. Entered as second-class matter July 6. 1904
at the Post-office at State College. Pa., under the net oi
March S, 1579.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
Editorial Staff—Women’s Editor—Louise M. Fuoas ’4B:
Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskns *4B; Sportß Editor
Donald W. Davis ’43: Assistant Managing Editor—Dominick
L. Golnb ’43 : Feature Editor—David Samuels ’43; News Edi-
Mor —James D. Ofkem ’43: Assistant News Editor —Robert E.
ißchooley '43; Assistant Sports Editor —Richard S. Stebbms
; Assistant Women’s Editor —Kathryn M. Popp 48^;
Assistant Women’s Editor—Edith L. Smith ’4B; Women s
Feature Editor —Emily L. Punk '43.
Business Staff—Credit Manager—Philip Jaffe '4B; Cireu
•fation Manager—Robert E. Edgerly *4B ; Classified Advertis
ing Manager—Roy E. Barclay '4B; .Promotion Manager-
Jack E. McCool '43; Senior Secretary—Fiances A. Leiby ' 48;
Womeni’s Advertising Manager—Sara X. Miller '43; Assist
wit Women’s Advertising Manager—-Marjorie L. .Sykes 43.
Managing Editor This Issue Richard D. Smyser
News Editor This Issue Robert M. Falooti
Women’s Editor This Issue Sally L. Hirshbetp
Graduate Counselor
Tuesday, April 14, 1942
Behind The Eight-Ball
After great deliberation, the College adminis
tration decided that Penn State would launch the
accelerated three-semester plan. That was sev
eral months ago. At the time, College officials
were dubious—decidedly dubious—about adopt
ing the Summer semester.
In addition to calling for an increased budget,
the new plan would require many other changes
that would entail a great amount of added effort
on the part of the entire administration. Over
looking all these disadvantages, the College fin
ally decided in favor of popular opinion. Penn
/State was going to do its share for Uncle Sam
-despite the g»eat risk. As a result, the College
inaugurated "the three-semester plan, which will
enable most students to complete their education
' before being called into the armed services.
. . The new system will not only b|e of benefit in
respect to the draft status of 'ktudents, but it will
also enable . engineering students to....graduate
■Tlobrier and to' take their place in vital: defense
.industries,:where a serious shortage, of technical
ly-trained, rrien is now threatening.
I '.From-all outward appearances, the- new plan
'would seem flawless. But a serious crisis has
arisen. Although many students fail to realize
it, Penn State has a big problem on its hands,
arid the administration will be the first to verify
this.
There is definite reason to believe that the en
rollment will decline sharply for the Summer
semester. To make matters even worse, the in
coming freshman enrollment presents a very
. doubtful situation and for the first time in more
than 2fl years, Penn State is resting on uncertain
' ground. The problem can be solved and.several
ideas are already getting serious consideration.
One of the best plans would set aside a high
school weekend on April 25, when every student
on campus would go “all-out” to sell Penn State
■to visiting high school students. In addition to
Spring sport events, Penn State will stage the
annual All-College Circus, which will offer an
evening of all-around attractions to visitors. *- J
' . Unless the high school students are here for
; the weekend, however, there can be little bene
fit realized from the plan: The annual high
school press conference will attract a large num
ber of potential freshmen, * but many more must
i'be brought in by fraternities and other social
• groups
Fraternities should jump at this opportunity
to entertain visitors, since the houses iwill also
! be able to find many prospective rushees among
the high school graduates. But fraternities must
look at the situation from a broader viewpoint
this year. In the past, each house put all its tef
fort behind selling itself, but now they must get
behind a mass movement to sell Penn State.
Independent students can also do their part by
entertEiining several visitors.
It is an assumption that merchants will eo-
operate by decorating their show windows with
, displays which will show what Penn State has
■ achieved in sports, in scholarship, in science, and
. ;;aiy other phase ol' activity that will help to sell
■ the College.
No longer can we be subtle about this matter.
Some one is bound to say that we are being too
blunt and that 1 we are clearly forcing Penn State
on the visiting high school students.
These are critical times, however, and more
■ serious measures must Mp takfen. Here is a
" challenge for student government and other cam
pus leaders. Penn State is sliding behind the
proverbial eight-ball, and everyone can help.
Downtown Office
119-121 South Frazier St.
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Before we launch our flimsy rowboat on the
sea of lodal gossip, we’d like to warn you that
every once in a while the wrong stopper may
come loose and we’ll be all wet about lots of
things. We may do a lot of paddling dh -hot
water but we’ll only be aiming to cool the rabid
curiosity of the local collegians and to satisfy the
ego of the “1-wanna-see-my-name-m-print” hot
dogs.
Beer Brewings
In the deep, dark recesses of Doggie’s Air-Raid
shelter this weekend we stumbled upon. LaVie
Editor Joe Reichwein making the startling. pre
diction that ‘the yearbook would be out May 2.
Campy managed to jot down a few of the imme
diate comments:'
Froth’s Ross Gilbert: We may-have a few
new jokes this time.
Ross Lehman: Yes, Kathy
but Kathy . . .
Tom Henson: Nothing’s Cookin’. The place
always smells like this. •
Bill Meyers: I’ll have a pitcher of Piel’s.
Lost And Found Dept.
Trudie Lundbom, new Kappa initiate, pulled
a real switch of right in midstream,
too. Charlie Mattex-n, who just struggled through
a hectic session ti'ying to get an IF Ball band, is
now.on the,‘.‘ex” list, and is l-eplaced by IMA’s
pi-ide and joy, Bill Shaut.
Just A Suggestion
Now that we have' a i-egular summer session
all planned, how about a few social functions
thi-own in. All woi-k and no play would drive too
many students to disti-action or the ’Skeller.
Operator ,47-Q says he’s on the inside, and is
making a long range prediction ,in the form of
Tom Ridge as Dave MacAleer’s selection as. Se
nior Ball chairman. Our- pet.operator also cranes
through with the pet piece about his knowledge of
Tommy Dorsey as Junior Prom maestro- ’way back
in,the early- days of Majrch. . f i
The National Pastime : w •
. Baseball may get its official 1 inauguration "to
day, but that great national' t beeh
taking a terrific beating, over on Holmes Field
this past week. The debacle we witnessed was
a classic one in which the Kappa. Alpha Theta
Killers opposed the Alpha Chi Omega Wildcats.
Twirling for the Thetas was Spitball. Marge
Sykes, while the Wildcats utilized the. curves of
versatile*Sis Hermann.' The pitchers’ battle end
ed in a-26-12 victory for the Wildcats. 1
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FlNALE —Marian. Anderson, Ne
- gro contralto and one off the great
est singers the world has ever
known, according to music au
thorities, last night concluded the
1941-42 Artists Course.
Marian Anderson
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arose, and there would be no ques
tion about who had the trouble,”
she said.
After singing for the soldiers she
started back in the same plane.
Somewhere along the way she hap
pened to glance out the window
ar.d saw the gasoline streaming out
of one of the tanks at the spot
where the exhaust is on . three
motored planes. Miss Anderson
declared that she had. always
heard that ‘one’s life flows by in
one’s last moments. Hers didn’t
come hack to her right then, so she
was sure she was’safe.
'Barney Ewell, Penn State’s fa
mous track star, was back-stage
helping to manage the stage-door
mOb that' crowded around for just
• a look or. an autograph. ” Costumes: Mary Roberts ’43,
~ . Miss ••Anderson. made a., gracious, : manage r, Bernice . L., Turner, ’43,.
..-gesture that; won the,audiencete ap-...y^ g ;„ ia . M: : -.KTaus& ,
• prpvab '.Bldr. :her,':first:.enepre,.she^ o^&r^;i ■ >4g;:~vPhitit: l/lftaridiji^
. sang 1 ' ‘‘Cdmifi’i-Through fee 544’.:.s 44 ’. : . R.' v
• and when she it, she turned . 45i assistant managfer, Marie
and .faced the 'people seated on,the, ElJen ;p €lin ell ’45; "Beatrice, L.. Russ
-stage .'.so' that' they -migiit. not; bp C:’‘Simon’43,.'^'admUs
slighted.. G.’goss ’44, Estelle E.Brown-’4's,
' . . John H. Bartram ’43.
T J„l* „ Properties: Ruth G. Hoffer '42,
JLUliaelmS WUIS . manager, Marion Learned. ’44, -as-.
(Continued from Page One) sistant manager, Helen L. Mazur
, i , i ’42 ReneeS Isaacs 44, Pearl Kol
deari •of men, presented salary • stage Crew: Gordon L.
checks to the retiring IFC officers. ° e 4 , Galvan .
Both Thomas J. L. Hensoh ’42, nil- Fisk , e ’ 44 >‘ manaTr
ing for the last time-as Interfrater- ek 4 5> assistant st g ® ’
nity Council president, and Burnett' John N. C r °sby _> ‘ Bud
C. Carlton ’42, former secretary-. manager, Jack L. Ting ,
treasurer, were presented with E. Sage HS Glenm S McDQwell
checks for $lOO. Charles F. Mat- ’44, Lou S. Acker 45, Palmer M.
tern ’42 and Arthur H. Shapiro ’42, Shafpless ’44. ’ .
co-chairmen of Interfraternity Advertising: John E.
Ball, each received checks for $75. manager, James F. Simon 44,
A trophy cup, award first William H. Cissel''44, William I*,
place in the.annual interfraternity Bayer ’44, Hazel E. Gassman ’43,
bridge tournament, was presented Eleanor M. Freedman ’44. Lights:
to Samuel G. Fredman ’43, repre- Robert J.- Lyman ’42, manager,
senting Beta Sigma Rho. Richard Ben J. Cohn ’45, Ted. A. Hoff ’45,
S. Stebbins ’43, president of. Kappa Michael Muiholland ’44, John Rei-
Sigma, received the second place (jgi ’44, Andrew H. Bakken .’45.
■trophy won by his fraternity.
An informal poll of the fratem- _ _ .
ity representatives, taken at last JVI.I. Art vrllllCl’y
night’s meeting, indicated that ap- _ • .
proximately 40%. of the under- Formally UpCIIS
gradute fraternity men will not re- J 4
turn for the Summer semester. Culmimiting twelve years ot
— planning by the faculty of the
School of Mineral Industries, a
Major Mills Promoted formal opening was held.of the
Lieut.-Col. Guy G. Mills, of the Mineral Industries' Art Gallery
department of military science Saturday.
■ and tactics, was notified by the More than 150 oil paintings,
War Department yesterday of his water colors, prints find drawings
promotion from the rank of major ard on display. They represent
to that of lieutenant colonel. the works of 86 artists.
—CAMPY
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16th ANNIVERSARY
5 Hundreds of Books On All Subjects Now
l On Display
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BOOK SALE
KEELER’S
Calhaum Bldg.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1942.-
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
All sophomores and freshmen
interested in becoming cheerlead
ers report to campus front of Old
Main, 7 p. m.
’lmport!Jit meeting of Theta
Sigma Phi in 318 Old Main at 5
p.m.
Panhellenic Council meets,
Alumni Association Room, Old
Main, 7 p. m. Members asked to
bring' Handbook information.
Campus ’45 meeting, Election of
clique officers.. Old,Main 7130 pjn.
Blue Key meeting. Phi Epsilon
Pi house, 7:ls'p. in. .)
•. Mineral Industries Society infeet-,
ing. ■' .Mri H. 'F; Hebley, production
manager - Pittsburgh Coal. Co.,
speaks on “Lands Under the South
ern Cross.” 121 Mineral Industries,
7:30 p. m.
TOMORROW
Important meeting of WRA
Archery Club in 3 White-Hall at
6:30p. m
Electrical Engineering Society
meeting.. Hans H. Neusberger, in
structor of geophysics, will speak
on the topic “Weather.” 319 Elec
trical Engineering, 8:15 p. m.
Player siName
Show Crews
Technical crews for the Players’
presentation, “The Beautiful Peo
ple,” to be given in Schwab Audi
torium this Friday and Saturday
night, have been released .by
Frank S. Neusbaum, directs.
Under the general supervision
of Mrs. Dorothy B. Scott, designer,
and Stanley C. Danowski, techni
cal advisor, six crews arid their
heads have been named. Prompt
ing the show will be Jean C. Esh
’43. '