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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 1887.
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
•it the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr,
Gordon Coy '43 <Ds^^F EC ‘ Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
JMromgihg Editor This Issue
News Editor This Issue
Women’s Editor This Issue
Graduate Counselor
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.
Friday, May 1, 1942
Stamp Plan May Fail
Early indications show that the combined cor
;;age-defense stamp plan, which was authorized
for Junior Prom, is going to meet with distinct
failure. Hundreds of students and guests are
planning to attend the Prom, and hundreds of
corsages will add to the color of the affcJr, but
tlie little red, white and blue ribbons which sig
nify the purchase of defense stamps, are going to
he “conspicuous by their absence.”
This is no indication that students lack pa
triotism: but there is reason to believe that some
tiling is wrong. In deep contrast, it must be re
rmiembered that 'the no-corsage plan was a tre
mendous success at Senior Ball. At that time,
nearly $l,OOO worth of stamps was sold at Stu
dent Union.
However, the plan has lyaen slightly altered
:f'.ir Junior Prom. Through an attempt to ap
pease two opposing factions, the committee de
cided to inaugurate the joint plan of purchasing
both stamps and corsages. This time the florists,
and not Student Union, were authorized to sell
the stamps. The florists are cooperating, but
•the students are not. Only a few stamps have
been sold, and it may be estimated that the total
:-ale will fall far below the record set at Senior
Ball.
After seeing bow much the defense stamp sale
tyas dropped for the Prom, and, at the same time,
■realizing the great need for an “all out” defense
effort, student leaders on campus will probably
cut the sale of corsages for all future dances.
This can not be termed a drastic measure be
cause many large colleges and universities have
ULready limited the number of “big dances” on
their social program.
Big dances are necessary for morale and should
he continued, but corsages are a luxury at pres
ent and should be banned, just as the retail sale
of radios, automobiles, and other pre-war necessi
ties has been discontinued.
Hats Off To Seniors
By diverting their gift fund into defense chan
nels, the Class of 1942 will go on record as mak
ing a choice which can not be contested. Al
though $5,500 in defense bonds may seem like a
.'■small sum when compared with the 100 million
dollars the government is spending each day to
carry on the war, it will at least add a little to
the staggering sum that is needed to whip the
Axis.
After the war is over and America has again
nettled down to the art of living, the bonds will
mature and the money can be used to set up
scholarships to educate the sons and daughters
of the Class of ’42.
But this is only the beginning. The germ of
smother great defense plan was introduced at
All-College Cabinet meeting last Tuesday. Ac
cording to the proposed plan, a centralized fund 1
will be set. up from contributions received from
'the many different student organizations on
campus. As the fund grows, defense bonds will
be purchased and set aside until after the war
is over.
At that time, the bonds will be cashed and the
money used to provide scholarship funds for the
men who could not complete their college edu
cation because they enlisted or were drafted be
fore graduation.
If the plan is adopted, the Collegian will offer
3ts support tlv publishing daily reports which
will list the latest contributors, and the total
amount in the central fund. This plan is not
Viived on a new idea, since many towns and cities
h.'ive already started similar campaigns such as
the “Buy a Bomber Fund.” However, it will be
a big step in the right direction if Penn State
initiate# its own campaign.
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... Donald L. Webb
Jane H. Murphy
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
It’s bad /enough that weVe in the Infirmary
recuperating from a bad case of exploded head
without being mistaken for little worms by- peo
ple who can’t tell the difference between a camel
(look above) and a worm. We do not have a
worm’s eye view; we have a needle.
First 'this Ferdy worm fellow tells the world
last week that we should get out and gambol on
the green in preparation for the coming semes
ter. Relax on the grassy turf beside a babbling
brook, etc.
The College releases the new third semester
timetable. Yeah. Let us add: “Ha!” And. re
iterate: “Ha!” By which we mean that if you
are one of those people accustomed to registering
late in the afternoofi of the second day, having
quickly slipped fifteen credits of assorted courses
on the agenda, Brother, you are in for a session
with a dilemma.
Now then, Ferdy Worm,- we hold, submit and
assert to you that when some schools in this Col
lege have combined their Summer School sessions
with their regular semester classes, that we have
plenty of trouble coming up. Some people in
scientific schools, if they-want to take the courses
they are after, have to take them on a Summer
School basis for almost the whole day for a few
weeks. Worm, they ain’t got no time to babble
at a brook.
Ferdy Woim (sorry, a fellow from New York
just came by), it strikes us that there are going
to be a lot of people working in restaurants and
other nooks and crannies to earn money to be
here for “Penn State’s major contribution to Am
erica’s war effort.” By this new timetable it
strikes us that they’re not going to have any time
to babble at a brook. , ...
Ferdy Worm, we think we see needle’s eye to
worm’s eye with you op getting out in the open
during the Summer. But we think we’ve got a
pretty sharp ne'edle point that’ just having Sum
mer weather doesn’t automatically give people
time to get out and bask in the sun.
We think there’s enough money around this
College to give loans to those people who have
to work too many hours during the Summer. Re
creation Coordinated may do a fine job, but you
have to have some time before you can buy any
stock.
Members of Delta Gamma sorority at the Uni
versity of Akron, hearing that men students were
buying fewer defense stamps than were the co
eds, offered a kiss with bach stamp sold on “bar
gain” day. The usual day’s sales had been $B.
“Bargain" day hit $3O.
Well. DG’s, what are you waiting for? We’re
willin’.
After • r
THE
PROM
its Y
The ■ \ •
Comer
unusual
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Through The
Needle's Eye
—GABRIEL
Peck Named New
Cheerleader Head
Charles E. Peck ’44 was named
new cheerleader head at a meet
ing held last night. In addition
to this selection, new cheerleaders
were named.
The new group is composed of
four sophomores and, eight fresh
men. The following are the new
leaders: sophomores—Paul Frey,
Frank R. McKain, Roy W. Snyder,
and, first alternate, William R.
(Pomerantz. Freshmen—M.ichael
A. Blatz, Harold H. Benjamin,
Fred Zurm, Hugo R. Larson, Rob
ert E. Petersen, and Robert S.
Farnsworth. John D. Harlan and
Leonard Freedman will serve' as
first and second alternates re
spectively.
Peck will succeed John W,
Dague ’42 as cheerleader head,
’New Course Offered
Literature of the British Dom
inions and Colonies will be offer
ed during the Summer semester
by the department of English Lit
erature for the first time.
English Literature 70, the new
course, will be offered on Mon
dry s and Fridays at 9 a. m. and
Wednesdays at 2 p. m. by Profes
sor Sutherland, who has made ex
tensive studies hi these litera
tures. 1
Friend or Enemy?
They 're taking no chances
Day and niglit thousands of civilian volunteers at Army author
ized observation posts report Aircraft Flash Messages to Army
‘•filter" centers—by telephone. From this information, each
course is charted on filter maps... relayed, to operations hoards
such as the one shown above —by telephone. Should, checking
prove the aircraft to be an enemy, the telephone would play an
important part in the defense strategy...in warning endangered
communities...in mobilizing civilian defense units.
Bell System men cooperated with Army authorities in design
ing and providing the telephone facilities used, by the air defense
system. Ibis is but another example of a war-lime job well done.
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1942
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Thespian itickets are now avail
able at Student Union, price 50
cents.
Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk, assist
ant chief of Soil Conservation
•Service, U. S. Department of, Ag
riculture, will speak in 119 New
Physics building at 8 p. m. to
night on “Conquest of the Land;
Through 7,000 Years.”
• Baseball with West Virginia,
New Beaver Field, 4 p. m. .
~TOMORROW
Dr. Vernon G. Schaefer, asso
ciate professor of psychology 'in
extension, will lpad a discussion
on safety training at the meeting
of the Satiety Conference in Chi
cago, 111.
The Lutheran students will
hold, a cabin party at Watts Lodge.
Meet at the church at 1:30 p. m.
Baseball with West Virginia,
New Beaver Field, 3 p. m.
MISCELLANEOUS
Junior Prom tickets are on sale
at the Athletic window. The
price is $4. .
Names of all officers' of frater
nities, honoraries, clubs, and other
organized-college groups must be
turned in to Student Union this
week in order to be included in
the Student Union Directory.
TODAY