’ • -- —\ Successor To The Free Lance, Established 1887 ,V 5 FWICTOKY iattg ® (EoUwjfeut fi ' OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE .;'i VOL. 39—No. 1 / It’s Up To You! An Editorial Two years ago, the Collegian began its- reign as Penn State’s ■daily newspaper. With it was born a service—or better yet, a con tribution—to campus life that could not be doubted, questioned, or ■matched. Today this contribution is seriously threatened, chiefly rbecause the wdr has disrupted America’s economic life. |> ': Frankly, Collegian is in a tough spot, and in all possibilities, may be forced to return to semi-weekly or weekly publication. In all , parts of the nation, newspapers are facing the same plight, aind many rcollege publications, as. well as large metropolitan dailies, are on the Ik'erge of bankruptcy. K Decreased advertising volume, and. increased printing costs are ■he two big threats that have invaded the newspaper world and caused ■many papers to. curtail publication. The Daily Collegian is no excep tion, for it too is'threatened with financial collapse. But there is a solution, if the students and the Administration ree;l that a daily paper is a hecessary part of campus life. But first, let’s look at what The Collegian has-done.for-the College during the >ast two years. Without a daily paper, the average student-does not have an oppor unity to know what activities are occurring on campus. This point s clearly stressed by two little incidents that happened last week -'hen the Collegian published only once at the beginning of the, week. ;\fter scheduling a dance for Saturday night, WSGA discovered that is was without any effective means of publicizing the affair. As a result, the dance was not successful. The other story involves the Naval Reserve Examining Board which appealed'on campus during the middle-of. the week to give physical examinations to applicants. But the Board lacked effective means of publicity; so it also failed in its mission. Maybe you’ll still say that a daily paper is not necessary—but WSGA and the Naval Reserve Board, will heartily disagree. *ln attacking the; situation from another angle, it might be well to consider, what , miglit- have happened ifThe- Collegian had not an nounced plans for last week’s blackout. Without proper publicity, the Administration would have been forced to ■ admit that there was ■' 'j cooperation among students during the blackout, As it was, the kkoutwas termied “tremendously successful” and commendations were in line for everyone concerned. ' V-'Erpm another ‘"angle, the Army, 'Navy-arid’ Marine’'ehiis'trherh Services have writtenly acknowledged the outstanding' support that their programs have received from The Daily Collegian. Through the publicity ..support offered -by the paper, each of the U. S. Servic'e Corps have been able to enlist a record number of mten from Penn State. ’What better argument can .a newspaper offer at this time when America; is behind the eight-ball and needs all the available man-power and support that can be mustered. Without a daily paper, the average student does not have a con lenient time-table of. (ja'ily campus activities.. k. 'i(Continued on Page Two) x [Campus Groups Back Play Nights Major campus igroups, worried '.lest (Penn' State Summer' semester students fail to receive enough Se - lakation this Summer,- are spon- Vsoring two play nights as a par- Htia’l solution to the problem. ’ , ,v, Ray M. -Conger, play-night oo jordinator for the duration, offi cially .announced Saturday night -and June 13, as-eoffiical play nights. .Operating under a similar ' set-up as the fun nights held dur ing -previous Summer school ses sions, the evening, and Rec Hall •will he turned over to the type of 'entertainment that will help Joe College and his girl forget exams, nightwork and studying.' '’■om 9 to 12 p. m: (both faculty student hody will be able to :e, play various . card games, d games and -court games un ;he direction of Physical Edu in majors. \v night is toeing sponsored toy School of Physical Education Athletes in ■ cooperation with Penn State Club, Student Un- I-MA, WRA, -WSGA, Pan-hel, \ State Christian Association he Inter-fraternity Council. a! Tryouts Tonight jperclassmen trying out for J/len’s Glee Club or ■Choir should report to Car- Hall at 7 p. m, today, Mrs. . W. Taylor, assistant pro >r of music announced today, ten students should report to u 211; men to Rqom 200. '- Recruiting Drive Today , Roethke Judges Poetry A final drive for upperclass Theodore Roethke , assistant •candidates before freshmen ar- p VO fessor of English composition rive June 8 will be made by Air and author of the book of poetry, .Force Enlisted Reserve recruiting “Open House,” has been selected officers beginning this week, Rob- as. one of the three judges to of ■ert E. Galbraith, faculty advisor, Contest of the American College announced last night. Quill Club. Governor Jatnes Gives 60-Mile Lift To Three Student Hitch-Hikers “Why yes, I’m the Governor, on the Governor, “Just to see if And this is my wife, Mrs. James.” he’d make_a good ‘Joe College.’ ” This was the answer to a ques- “We scolded the Governor .for tian by Lynn Kippax ’43, one of not finding these things out for three hitch-hiking Penn State sth- himself by making a personal visit „. . , ..... ... dents who were haying trouble to Penn State,” Kippax said last Al , mmg to m,tla , e 10 ° ne ™ realizing that the man who had night: “He accepted the blame perclassmen members to >ts or just offered them a ride was real- .with proptef meekness, arid ad- gamffltwn the Penn State Club ly Pennsylvania’s governor, Ar- mitted that neither of them had start lts thurH. James. - ever been to State College. He ive t . thls W ? ek ’ Kippax, Robert D. Scheirer ’44, promised to surprise us by ap- 44, tieasu rei ‘ H and Orville F. Over ’43, on a pearing at one of our big dances mem eis p thumbing trip to Harrisburg, were though,” Kippax added. 0 ay ' . ~ ' , „„ .. stranded f,t Ceiling Grove when. Before the car pulled up at the s .. a big black Cadillac glided to a Governor’s mansion, Pennsylvan- non- ra eijn y , ' halt A gray headed be-spec- ia’s chief executive gave the fel- fers !" t ' tacled man motioned them to get lows his personal card and asked scavengei i , g p ’ in, the students to act as a committee P. lcn^ s ’ and many other reclea ' Scheirer and Over sat in the of three to calf at the Home of •.!?/' a , airs V' in front seat with the chauf- President and Mrs. Ralph D. Het- . Students who are interested n feur, while the Governor pulled zel, giving the Governor’s person- e ? ~ , , - , ’ ... .... , „ . ’ should report to the clubroom, out the auxiliary middle seat for al greetings. „ ..T . ~ I, . , 321 Old Main, any alternoon this Kippax. The tellows have been a little : , , ’ , „ „ , T , , ... i i_ r i . , . ~ week between the hours of 3 and Governor James asked the iel- shy so far about approaching the lows about the College’s drinking President’s private home, but last 5 p> m regulations, hazing customs, and night they agreed that they’d College morale. Mrs. James ask- make the call todcy. “We’ve rid ed whether the girls wore silk den 60 miles with a governor,” vntm coTTPriiii stockings, slacks, and shorts. She they decided, “so why can’t we GET • UK COL * . borrowed Kippax’ hat and tried it visit a president.” ■ „ _ SUBSCRIPTION NOW ‘ .'258062 TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, STATE COLLEGE, PA Solicitors In Current Collegian Campaign Will Meet Tonight Solicitors in the current sub scription campaign of The Daily Collegian must attend a meeting in the News Room, Carnegie Hall, at 7 o’clock tonight. Sfenior board members will at tempt to explain problems that must be faced and the possible changes that may be made in The Daily Collegian’s publishing pol icy this Summer. The meeting has been called for all sophomore, junior and sen ior men and women staff mem bers. , * Players' Tryouts Set For Tonight Actors s tryouts for the Penn State Players’ first Summer per formance of- Richard Sheridan’s famous comedy of manners, “The Rivals,” will be held in the Little Theatre at 7 o’clock tonight. All interested students, whether they have had any experience or not, should sign up at Student Union sometime today, .Prof. Frank S. Neusbaum, director said. “The Rivals,” the second. Sher idan play to be attempted here since “School for Scandal,” will be presented’ the second weekend in July. One of the three out standing comedies of the 18th ceri dury,.,,it is : . an .-'amusing- comment upon the social-life of -the England of that period. “Although i't borders on the far cical, the play will be given with all the color and liveliness of last semester’s “Taming of the. Shrew,” Professor Neusbaum added. The only other Players’ show during the Summer will be the presentation of “The Little Foxes” late in July under the direction of Lawrence E. Tucker, department of dramatics. 3,337 Enroll In College's First Summer Semester Two Frosh Enrollees Injured In Smashup Approximately 80 per cent of the undergraduates enrolled dur ing the last school year have re turned for the Summer semester, according to figures released last night by Registrar William S. Hoffman. The total of 3,337 students who registered this week is a 10 per cent increase over the tration estimate of 2,900 —a figure drawn from the poll conducted steveral weeks before vacation. Registrar Hoffman pointed out that of the three classes only the present sophomore class, with an enrollment of 989, showed an ap preciable decrease over the an ticipated enrollment. The pres ent junior and senior classes en rolled 980 and 959 respectively, which represents a comparatively high percentage of the classes. Among the schools, Liberal Arts With final approval received j e d all others with an enrollment from the War Department, Col. of 742> followed by the Engineer- Edward ,D. Ardery, head of the de- in g School, with 629; Chemistry partment of .military science and and physics, with 442; Education, tactics is at present busy organiz- with 404; Agriculture, with 400; ing a Signal Corps Unit to supple- jviineral Industries, with 289; and. merit the Engineering--and Infan- P h ysica i Education and Athletics, try divisions of the Penn State qq ROTC. An additional 236 enrollees An estimated 200 sophomores were registered in graduate, spe and freshmen the mechanical cfal and transition sections. Stu engineering, civil , engineering,. dEnts who regislered too , ate to geophysics, and meteorology de- be . classil - ied) numbered 85. partments will make up the units for freshman..ad enrollmentwhen the course as- missions are still csdlin g in at' sumes its full proportions. better tban 100 week » state d Already 35 sophomores have Ti-nff™.™ been picked to take the course. _J Donald Smith, 18, and Charles Loiacono, 18, both of Easton, Pai., were injured severely yesterday in an automobile accident on Route 322 near Boalsburg as they returned home after visiting the College to make application for freshman admission. Smith received lacerations of the scalp and chin and Loiacono lacerations of the scalp. Both are reported in good condition. They are in the Bellefonte Hospi tal. Officials Okay ROTC Signal Corps This number will be increased by other eligible. sophomores. These students will undergo- a concen trated two semester training and will be credited with regular two year basic signal corps training in January. ■ * : The first group of 25 advanced students will be admitted into' the course from the present sopho more class in January. However, Colonel Ardery. stated last, night that there are possibilities that a limited number of juniors may be admitted with advanced standing if they can make up the required credits. Both an increase in staff and equipment will be necessitated by the new course. Additional officers as well as six non-commissioned officers will be stationed here. The new equipment will include radio and telegraph sets. Penn State Club Seeks 100 Upperdass Members IT'S UP TO YOU I I PRICE: THREE CENTS Registration Figures Top Former Estimate Collegian To Fight fo Continue Daily The most intensive subscription campaign .in Penn State history will get underway tomorrow, when The Daily Collegian staff be gins a last-ditch fight to insure continuance of a daily newspaper for Penn State. Throughout the country, leading college dailies have bowed to the effects of decreased enrollment, wartime shortages and advertising curtailment. Newspapers once published daily have slowed down to three-times-weekly, semi-week ly, and even—as in the case of the Daily Pennsylvanian—to Weekly publication. Since the Summer semester was officially announced, The Daily Collegian seemed destined to cease its two-year record of uninterrupt ed daily publication. Last night, however,, the paper’s Board of Di rectors decided to continue serving the students as long as possible on the five-times-weekly basis. The decision, according to ..the Board, was influenced by the closely-watched results of campus activity last week, when only one issue of The Daily Collegian was published. Official College announcements coflld not be brought to student at tention and undergraduate groups had no satisfactory medium for announcing their meetings. The Navy Examining Board, making one of its regular visits to campus during the week, had less than 30 examinations applicants instead of the usual several hun dred. Less than 40 spectators at tended Wednesday’s varsity base ball game. “The value of a daily paper has been graphically demonstrated,” according to the Board. “The (Continued on Page Three)
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