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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian,
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1837.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934
nt the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8. 1879.
Editor Bus* and Adv. Mgr*
Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
uaging Editor This Issue
Hews Editor This Issue
Freshman Assistant This Issue
Women’s Editor This Issue
Graduate Counselor Louis H- Bell
Wednesday, April 29, 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.
Wings On A Lion
.For the first time in the history of the College
•there will be an armed service unit composed
exclusively of men from Penn State. To prove
•that naturalists can be wrong, a prize group' of
Lions of the Nittany brand will soon be leaving
"eu masse” to sprout Navy wings.
• Headed by Wing Leader Thomas W. Allison ’42.
who has been largely responsible for the forma
tion of the unit, a group of 30 Penn State men
arc- scheduled to report at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard on June 4 to begin flight training.
. Although the College has always been well
represented in past classes receiving Navy flight
•training, this will he the first time a service unit
lias been exclusively made up of Penn State
men. Symbolizing their College background,
iey will train and fly under the name, “Flying
ilSfittany Lions”; and since succeeding groups are
.in the process of formation, the first unit will be
designated as “Wing 1.”
• Immediately after they arrive at the Philadel
phia air base, they will begin preliminary train
ing, and as soon as they have successfully com
pleted the basic work and have soloed, they will
be advanced to Pensacola for advanced training
that will lead to graduation as Naval Officers
iand seasoned Navy fliers.
• So, it’s thumbs up to Penn State’s future “Fly
ing -Nittany Lions’’ who will eventually cany
.America’s fight against the Axis. It will be up
to these 30 men to begin a tradition that will be
•comparable to the distinguished service of men
who brought honor and glory to Penn State in the
-.first World War.
Daily Notes Of Interest
The plight of 44,000 automobile dealers in the
'United States—one of which is your corner
garageman—is scheduled for early consideration
.by Congress. Representative Patman of Texas,
chairman of a House committee to study the
problems of the small businessman, has inti-o
duced two bills for the relief of automobile deal
ers who have thousands of dollars tied up by the
order of Januax-y 1, which froze the stock of new
cars on hand at that time.
The Patman bill is desigxxed to provide x-elief
and to pi-event distress among the automobile
dealers of the nation.
Pennsylvania leads all other states in the num
.'(ler of airports authorized to operate under war
time l-esti-ictions. The Keystone state has 80
while the heaix-est rival, Texas, lxas only 54. ’ ‘
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On the patriotic front . . . Pittsburgh citizens
[hove already purchased more than $55,000,000
worth of War Saving Bonds. At the opposite end
of the state, the Philadelphia area has set a new
•weekly record for blood donors witlx a total of
1,550 contributors.
Nice Going, Gene
Belated compliments to ‘‘Penn State’s Revue
of 1942," by far the West show we’ve seen Wett
- tine and Co. come forth with. The hand bal
.. tricing act put on by Ray Sorenson, Hal Zimmer
man, and Lila Whoolerv came very close to the ,
professional. Also tops were the adagio dancers
nod the clowning ot' Wettstone himself. With
complete charge of the show he still had time
to take one of the highlight parts, Nice going
crowd seemed to think Harney
ilv.v.-il was a swel! choice for the OuHtandmg
Downtown Office
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Yesterday we crawled onto a sight-seeing bus
and grabbed a sneak preview,' or~what amounted
to a postview, of the campus—of all things! The
old All-College Cabinet just disbanded composed
the group of interested sight-seers.
Mr. E. K. Hibshman, executive secretary of the
Alumni Association, not only acted as chief guide
for us, but also described many of the traditions
that overshadowed buildings and popular campus
spots. Many of the things were new and inter
esting to us, so we pass some of them on.
One of the outstanding stories of campus his
tory is the Infirmary. In the College’s building
program of 1921-22, the potato-growers of the
state wanted to show their appreciation for the
education the College gave them through teach
ing, research, and extension. Few people know
that they alone donated $75,000 to start the In
firmary.
In a similar manner the state grangers collect
ed $lOO,OOO to start Grange Dorm and the College
supplied the remainder of the money.
Fame?
. . . Jf'hat’s That?
Fame and notoriety has not evaded Penn State
either. But again few students know or seem
to care about it. The soil fertility plots laid out
in 183], for instance, are the oldest in America
and the second oldest in the world.
The new poultry plant is one of the finest re
search plants in America, the Agriculture Station
is one of the most active in the nation, and the
beef cattle barns are the best ' this side of the
Allegheny Mountains. These are but a few of the
secrets of the campus which hardly anyone, not
even those on the retired All-College Cabinet,
knew.
During the first weeks that the new freshman
class will be getting acquainted with the cam
pus, many of these trips will be planned, but it
doesn’t seem to matter. No one cares about
them. . '
Now that we have a whole Summer in .which
to become acquainted with Penn State, let’s look
beyond the ends of our noses.
Even experiments to benefit the golfer are
being carried on now.- Back of Ag Hill attend
ants are growing various kinds of greens and.
individual grass plants experiment are exclusive
of their kind in the nation.
Fruit farms, our own grape vineyards, cherry
blossomed lanes, and peach and apple orchai-ds
are among the less-frequented places on the cam
pus map. —THE CHEF
Cheerful champions of the new
spirit that links efficiency and
femininity . . . v
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Ingenious styles that help you
take each new day in your
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CAMPUS CALENDAR 12 noon .
TODAY TOMORROW
Tickets for the second Thespian Applications for deferred
presentation of “Hide ’n' Peek” to I ' stment in the Al ™J Air f F '
be given this weekend, may now * ese ™ are Q available f at
be obtained at Student Union. Spar * s fro “ ® a - m ‘ to 12
Hillel governing board meet- and from 1 to 4 p ‘ m
ing, Hillel Foundation, 8:30 p. m.
Meeting of Big Sisters, Mac
Hall lobby, 6:30 p. m.
Interfraternity council meeting,
Delta Chi, 7:30 p. m.
Riding Club instruction meet
ing at the Paddock, 6:30 p. m.,
weather permitting.
Reservation deadline (for Jun-
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