PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A BetieT Penn Stale" Established 1010. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian, established 1004. and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State Coltoge. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1034 the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 8, 1879. Editor ..'ZSSfc. Bus. and Adv, Mgr. Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43 Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Editorial Staff—Women’s Editor—Louise M. Fuoss *43 ; Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zuhauskas ’43; Sports Editor—- Eonald W. Davis *43: Assistant Managing Editor—Dominick L. Golab *43: Feature Editor—David Samuels *43; News Edi tor —James D. Olkcin *43; Assistant News Editor—Robert E. fichooley *43; Assistant Spoils Editor —Richard S.. Stebbina *4B ; Assistant Women's Editor —Kathryn M. Popp *43; Assistant Women’s Editor—Edith L. Smith '43; Women's Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk '4B. Business Staff—Credit Manager—Philip Jaffe *43 ; Circu lation Manager—Robert E. Edgerly '43; Classified Advertis ing Manager—Roy E. Barclay *43 ; Promotion Manager—• Jack E. McCool '4B; Senior Secretary—Frances A. Lelby ’43; Women's Advertising Manager—Sara L. Miller *43; Assist ant Women's Advertising Manager—Mavjone L. Sykes '43. -Managing Editor This Issue Benjamin M. Bailey News Editor This Issue Robert T. Kim'me! Women’s Editor This Issue Mary Janet Winfei Assistants Walter l. Fischmnn. Murk I. Dnvidoff Graduate Counselor Friday, April 24, 1942 The accelerated, three-semes ter program is Penn State’s ma jor contribution to America’s war efforts. For the duration, it is to be regarded as a normal and not a special program of study. \ Optimistic Note The college student looks with happy antici pation upon the government’s efforts to hfilt in flation. Recently a general price-freezing order was announced by the Office of Price Adminis tration which will become effective no later than '■■next month. The order will, with the exception of certain farm products, freeze the prices of all commodities at March levels. A measure such as this will no doubt be wel comed with open avms by the college student, for he is definitely affected by inflation. The increase in prices has caused many a student’s poeketbook to shrink. It is a serious problem to him. The student is not the worker who has receiv ed increases in salary which would enable him to cope,with the problem. He is learning how to work. He is not earning money. He is spend ing it with little or no possibility of replacement. In State College prices on almost every com modity have been increased. Recent investiga tion has shown that two years ago the average cost of food in State College was $6 per week. To day the cost has risen to $B, a 33 per cent increase. No doubt fears of further increases' in the cost of living have caused some students to decide to leave college this Summer, but in view of the government’s efforts at stabilizing prices, they should reconsider their decisions. Back To Shank’s Mare This is a fine state of affairs! Get out the bunion pads and the foot-ease powder. Recreation Coordinated and other physical fit ness groups may well consider inaugurating a series of toughening-up hikes to> prepare Nittany students for the new conditions to be faced after May 15. ' Of course there are many possible reasons why this suggestion is apropos but we are particularly referring to the gasoline rationing plan affecting 17 Eastern seaboard states and the District of Columbia. AVhat will the poor student hitch-hiker do with fewer cars travelling the concrete? They tell us that the practice of soliciting rides is illegal and naturally we would not advocate anything illegal. Therefore, considering the number' of buses that leave this peaceful hamlet and the number of people that evacuate at holiday-time, there must be a tremendous mob of heel-and-toers padding the country-side. Under present circumstances a revival of the old plan for an authorized, legitimate association of hitch-hikers seems very attractive. Such an organization would be composed of respectable college students abiding by definite regulations ol' conduct. A somewhat similar idea was once pre sented in the Southwest but at present not much .vs known about its success or failure. Looks as though the only answer is to toughen Up. Try soaking tire tired puppies in brine to night. "It’s going to be a-long war." Louis H. Be!) This To The Navy - - Somebody way off in the Navy read what we said about the third seniester in our last column, and somebody way off in the Navy got the idea that Penn State students were “griping” about their accelerated program. We fell pretty bad about this, and we blushed red, white, and blue all oyer the place. B'ecause we’re all for the third semester, and we don’t want anyorfe to get the wrong idea, least of all someone in the Navy. Now this guy in tfie Navy says if we think we’re going to play out this Summer, we should cut out some of the night life. He says if sold iers and sailors .can make sacrifices, we can too. And that’s exactly what our point was. You see, guy in the Navy, we like this third semester, and we don’t want it to'defeat its purpose. If its purpose is to get men out of college and into the Army quick like a measuring worm, then shouldn’t it send them off as healthy as possible? Sure, it should. But if this night life you talk ed about, and all the superfluous activities you didn’t talk about, interfere, the purpose will be defeated. And This To Penn State Of course, no night life would be hard on the young love blooming all over our campus. But, on the other hand, young love is sort of hard on the nice, green lawns. (It’s getting so a measur ing worm can’t live in his natural habitat any more without getting stepped on.) But it seems to us that young love and a few other things can make Sacrifices. For instance, sororities could stop wasting their energies on teas and coffee hours. (They bore their guests anyway.) Honoraries and other Poppa Poppa Gimme societies could dispense with some of' their meetings, in which they accomplish nothing but the reading of the minutes. And This To Activities Dances that raise money for defense bonds are still in the running, and sororities may continue playing mushball because it keeps them “physi cally fit for defense,” but a lot of these so-called activities that do nothing bilt puff up the ego have no place in a country at war. Thb only way to build up energy on this campus is to con serve it. So let’s stop beating our brains out on nothing. And let’s keep out of doors. Catch on, Midshipman? —M. I. D —H. J. Z THE DAILY COLLEGIAN A Worm's Eye View . . . ‘No Changes’ campus calendar —Hammond TODAY „ _ . Campus '45. Victory Dance, (Continued irom Page One) Kappa sigmai 9p . m . 10 12 mid _' standards that have contributed night, Stag party from 1 a. m. All in the past to the development of members and friends of the clique the School as an engineering in- are invited. stitution of the first rank. Technicolor movie, “Making the Estimates of • federal depart- Most of Playtime,” and two other ments indicate that nearly 125,000 movies will be shown at 105 White new engineers having college Hall, 3:10, p. m. Students and p.ub,- training will be needed during the lie are invited. next ten months in wqr indus- ' Engineering Lecture, Prof, tries and Civil ■ Service. The Glenn W. Hedlund, professor of needs of the army and navy will agricultural economics, will be probably be as full as these. speaker, 121 Sparks,. 4:10 p. mi. Because there will be fewer Liberal Arts Lecture, Dr. Kings than 30,000 engineering gradu- ley Davis, associate professor of ates, it will not be possible to sociology, will be speaker, 121 make up this difference complete- Sparks, 7:30 p. m. Tuesday., ly, but special training will help. * MISCELLANEOUS By mid-semester, Hammond esti- Junior Blazers now available at mated the school will have six AA Store' special groups on campus, 'in . which nearly 250 individuals will A A Wl be enrolled. Ad Dojiprary Elects Among them will be 60 naval Alpha Delta Sigma, honorary officers, 50 radio engineers, and advertising fraternity, elected new a group in ultra-high frequency o{ficers at a meeting last night, wave techniques President is Alvin E. Maurer ’43; “While the School has lost eight H ' T G ™*? ill members of the staff to the mili- 3 tlaasmei ; Wll ham J. Maher tary services as well as three men r w’ e *J 4 to industry, the places have been Se * filled and the faculty is at full strength,” the Dean £h:id. the School are working under In concluding, Hammond de- pressure, but standards are not dared, “The staff and students of being relaxed.” —FERDY FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942
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