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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State''
Established 1910. Successor to Ihto Penn State Collezian,
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 18S7.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday durinz the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second-class matter July 6, 1934
at the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 3, 1579.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy M 3 Leonard E. Bach M 3
Editorial and Business Office ‘ Downtown Office
Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St
Phone 711 Phone 4372
Business Staff—Credit Manager—Philip JaCfe M 3: Circu
lation Manager—Robert E. Edgerly *43; Classified Advertis
ing Manager—Rov E. Barclny *43; Promotion Manager—
Jack E. MoCool M 3; Senior Secretary—Frances A. Leiby 43;
Women's Advertising Manager—Sara L Miller *43; Assist
ant Women's. Advertising Manager—Marjorie L. Sykes 43.
Editorial Staff—Women’s Editor—Louise M. Fuoss *43:
Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '43; Sports Editor—
Donald W. Davis *43; Assistant Managing Editor—Doiuinick
Xj. Golab '43; Feature Editor—David Samuels *43; News. Edi-
D. Olkein M 3 ; Assistant News Editor—Robert E.
Schooled M 3; Assistant Spoils Editor —Richard S. Stebbins
M 3; Assistant Women’s Editor—Kathryn M. Popp *43;
Assistant Women’s Editor—Edith L. Smith *43; Women's
Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk *43.
Managing Editor This Issue
News Editor This Issue
Women’s Editor This Issue
Freshman Assistants
Graduate Counselor
Friday, May 8, 1942
Wliat About Graft?
■ So you think there’s plenty of graft on campus?
Remember the stories you’ve heard about the
days when the IFC prexy, the Froth editor, and
the Collegian business manager made enough
money to retire or take a trip to Europe.
But did you ever stop to think that maybe the
ctory has changed? That careful auditing of
funds and wise handling of money have just about
made the graft hound a thing of the past?
Those few who think thait Pehn State is still
living in the loose, old regime are in for a bit of
a surprise, and it is to those few that the next
several paragraphs are dedicated.
First of all, a sharp distinction must he made
between class funds and student activity funds.
Class funds are exactly what they imply and are
supervised by the class treasurer aind the Inter
class. Finance Board working in conjunction with
Neil ; M. Fleming at the Athletic Association office.
Class funds come from student fees and from
profits of any functions such as the class dances.
By working through a budget, there is seldom,
any money remaining in the treasury when the
class graduates. For example, this year’s sen
ior class treasurer spent $l,BOO for rental of
caps and gowns, and several months ago a large
part of the Senior Ball profits Were given to the
Thespian Mobile Units to use in conjunction with
the entertainment of soldiers in neighboring Army
camps.
All these class funds are subject to"dos'e ac
counting and auditing throughout the four years
that they are in the class treasury. After each
class dance, an extensile report is issued show
ing all expenses and receipts. Not only is this
report checked carefully by the Interclass Fin
ance Board, but it is also released-for public in
spection by The Daily Collegian.
Then, where does the money for the class gift
originate? It was explained above that the class
funds were budgeted so that the treasury would
break “clean” when the class graduates.
Simply enough, the money for each class gift
is set aside in the form of a damage fund, which
anight be spent during the four years when it is
necessary to repair something that has been
•wrecked as a result of excessive enthusiasm on
the part of the students.
However, the average Penn State class has
•pacifist tendencies, and the damage fund usually
remains almost completely intact. For this rea
son, the so-called damage fund is transformed
into- the class gift at the end of four years.
All in all, the story sounds decidedly simple.
Through careful supervision and auditing, graft
as practically impossible with regard to both
class funds and money spent by student govern
ment finder the control of the Interclass Finance
Board.
The Other Story
With class money out of the way. the other
■funds to be considered are those controlled by
student activities such as IFC, IMA, and publi
cations. It was in this division that the greatest
amount of graft scandal occurred a few years ago.
However, through the initiative of several of
these student organizations which wished to safe
guard their funds, Cabinet passed legislation re
tiring that all student organizations represent
ed on Cabinet must submit their funds for ac
i.Hinting through Fleming's office.
Under this present method of control, grail
Richard B. McNuul
Robert M. Faloon
Helen R/Koefauvei
Mickey Rlatz
Louis H. Bel)
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Off The Beam
We were up at the Judgment Bar the other day,
cooling off, r.nd Peter came up and said that
there was a little measuring worm outside the
gate that wanted to talk to us. We asked the
camel about this immeasurably insignificant
piece of protoplasm, dnd he scrap'ed his way
through the needle’s feye; so we decided to pay
a little attention.
This little Ferdinand Woi’m kid was crawling
around spouting about the Summer semester
somewhere in a place called State College. -We
don’t know where that is, but it must be some
where outside the Universe, because they talk
about national defense, but they don’t take many
defense courses. They talk about the need of
recreation during these times of stress, but they
don’t bother about defense stamps when they go
to dances.
Well, we listened to Ferdy Worm talk for a
while until we heard a 1 pretty silly inconsistency;
so we decided that Ferdy Worm was off the
beam. First, he says that the ones with the tough
schedules are going to get it in the neck anyway,
so why bother. Then he said that honoraries
should cut down on activities.
That seemed fair enough until we looked at a
paper called The Daily Collegian, which seemed
to know what was going on in this State College
place. Yesterday, on page four, is said that Mor
tar Board, a collection of sincere women, was
going to have a BIG dance and then Ferdy told
me that 'this money was to be used for scholar
ships for needy students. Ferdy liked this.
It all seemed pretty -silly to us. Here is this
perfectly good college worried because not enough
of its students are taking advantage of this Sum
mer semtester through lack of money. The stu
dent body doesn’t worry about national defense
at all but makes a lot of money on a dance. It
strikes us that if the members of Mortar Board,
who are supposed to be pretty keen apples would
do what Ferdy said and cut down on activities,
they might be able to do something, more’ valu
able than piddling around knocking themselves
out to raise $3OO chasing Li’l Abner.
No, Ferdy, we just can’t understand a school
that doesn’t immediately think of using a* source
of revenue like Junior Prom to help themselves,
and is still willing to devote its best womens’
brains to a relatively unimportant affair, from,
the standpoint of results.
We think Ferdy ought to forget his picnics and
see the Junior Prom committee about using that
money right away,
i3e Stive S&
\Jisit
The Comer
(Commencemen t
Wd-cnJ
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Through The
Needle's Eye
—GABRIEL.
■■it
Library Shows
Legal Dockets
Parchment legal documents
from the collection of Professor
Asa E. Martin, head of the history
department, are now on exhibition
in the Library.
Included in the collection are
English indentures of the seven :
teenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth
centuries; legal documents of
Pennsylvania; and papers bear
ing signatures of signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
A clay tablet dated 2350 B. C. is
the earliest legal report. On it is
inscribed the receipt of three goats
and three calves as an offering at
the temple of Bel in Nippur.
Material on lotteries sponsored
by the United States Government
is also included in the display.
Such lotteries were conducted to
raise funds for the construction of
roads, canals, schools, and hospi
tals.
This. practice was so popular
that in Pennsylvania alone nearly
a hundred churches were built
wholly or partially with profits
from lotteries before 1833 when
laws were enacted to prohiibt
them.
Blackout
(Continued from Page One)
a raid, the Control Center can im
mediately take over the job of di
recting the defense of the city.
The protection staff in State
College, is not yet fully equipped
because of shortages and priori
ties. However, the orders for the
maferial has been placed, arid
shiprrients are corriing in from time
to time. Until the proper equip
ment is pn hand, the staff has been
trained to deal with ainy ernergen
cy with any available material'.
One example of this kind of sub
stitution is the care of incendiary
bombs. Recommended for use oh'
these bombs is a stirrup pump.
Since none are .available, with lit
tle likelihood of a’ sufficient sup
ply in the near future, incendi
aries are dealt with by means of
sand.
Further details concerning the
blackout will be published in the
local paper after the Defense
Council meeting Tuesday and final
plans have been approved.
Pvt. William S. Casselberry,
former student at the College, . Nothing llffC *Ol5 9i P
has been appointed an instruct- n, MAT Ain A IT
or in the radio fundamentals di- J»^9LJu
vision at the radio school at '' IZ3 W.NITTANYAVE.
Scott Field, 111. Stale's jFinestClub)iesid<wcs
Son of Professor and Mrs. R. n 'Coi
D. .Casselberry, Pvt. Casselberry
spent this past weekend with his Utk^Wh
parents, having graduated frorp 1^777 ■ .. - roOfO • JttV ■
the. school, - .. ~—
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
Seniors can obtain their Caps
and Gowns alt the Athletic Store
today and tomorrow from 9 a. m.
to 8 p. m. upori presentation of
receipt.
Players’ Show, “Mi\ and Mrs.
North,” Schwab Auditorium, 8:30
p. m.
A.ll seniors must show their
matriculation' cards when' they re
ceive their diplomas.
All seniors who have not call
ed for their grtf&u'ation invitations'
and announcements, should do so
at once at Student Union.
Students havirig completed De
fense courses may obtain their
certificates at Student Union.
Show Decrease
Infirmary Cases
The number of patients and the
number of bed days for the In
firmary for April is approximate
ly half the total for-- April last
year. Seventy-eight patients were
treated there last month, and the
bed days totalled 229.
Dispepsary totals show an up
ward trend, the number of calls
exceeding by 200 those made for
the corresponding period la'st
year. The total for April was’
3,977. Total number of excuses
for the period is up iriore than 300,
numbering l-,098.
ROTC Signal Cofps Unit
Plains Still Tentative
“As yet I have no official. word
front the 'War Department regard
ing the proposal for the establish
ing .of a sigrial corps, ROTC unit
at Benri State,” said
Ardery, head of the military
science arid tactics, last night.
The War Department' first sug
gested this- plan last Saturday and
the of Administration' ap
proved the proposal Monday. It
is now up to the war department
to give the final word.
“I expect to hear from them
concerning the matter Within the
very near future,” Col. Ardery
stated
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