PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" E,3tabliqhed 1040. 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 6, 1934 at 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 Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 4372 Graduate Counselor -____ ------ __.,_____Louls H. Bell Managing Editor this Thaue .Aoaiatant • Managing Editor News Editor Thi. issue Anatatant News Editor Women's Editor This Issue _ Friday, June 5, 1942 For Better College Unity With the freshmen about to appear on the scene, Penn State's four classes will enter the :first war-time Summer semester in the history OE the College. Naturally many new and diffi cult problems will arise, and unity of purpose will be more necessary than ever before. What better way to achieve this unity than to ).old an All-College Convocation at which Presi dent. Hetzel, would have the opportunity of ad. dressing the entire student body and set the tem po for the coming semester. At smaller colleges, such meetings of the stu dent body all together are rather frequent. And :the value of such gatherings is recognized as a :real aid in uniting the student body. Only through such a Convocation can a common pur pose for the coming year be set forth. The very size of Penn State has eliminated such meetings in the past several years. However, under pres ent conditions the revival of All-College Con vocations seems to us entirely advisable• and 'worthwhile. Not only for this semester, we feel that it would be valuable to hold a Convocation at the begin ning of each new term. It seems that at least a .couple times during a year the far flung and di versified elements making up the College should be drawn together; only if it means having them in one place at the'same time. It is very possible that Rec Hall would ac commodate the student body. If it wouldn't, New Beaver Field could be substituted. We feel that some mass singing of College songs,, a few 'selections by the Blue Band and this address by the President, setting forth the general aims and :purposes of the coming semester, would not only start the semester off with an official bang, but would also create a spirit of unity on the campus which would 'be impossible to achiei/e otherwise. —D. W. D. Tip Your Dinks The tremendous expansion of the 'College dur ing the past two decades has been an invaluable !boon to American education. But, strangely enough, this expansion has produced one unde riired result. When the Class of '46 registers next week, the :incoming frosh will be green; but they'll soon :learn the rules. In the span of several months, Cley will be well on their way to becoming full fledged Penn State students. Some will turn in to study bugs, others into activity hounds; but above all, they'll gradually mould themselves in to typical Penn Staters-1946 version. But now someone will say—where is this un desired result of expansion about which we were just commenting? Simply enough, the College in its tremendous growth has left behind most of the great tradi tions that existed in earlier days. If yoU doubt :the value of such traditions, then just take time out to attend several class reunions, and listen to the calibre of conversation that passes among o•ld friends and classmates. You will be aston ished when you learn just how little the average student of today knows about Penn State. However, through the efforts of several Admin istrative officers and the Alumni Association of fice, an effort is being made to revive some of the traditions and stories behind old landmarks. It is a slow progress, and only several upperclass •organizations have realized benefit from the new .Administrative plan of conducting guided campus Lours. Why not revive the traditions earlier in Col- lege life? By reading Dean• Warnock's ".History of Penn 15tate," by attending special meetings where tra ditions are discussed, and by noticing the con tents of a series of articles which will appear in :next week's Collegian, each frosh can pick up information which has never been exposed to many upperclassmen, And to top it off, each frosh may be required to tip his clink when passing the monument of the Old Willow, otr2 of 1 1 10 most trL'Alitional spats on c‘impti , ; Milton Dolingei Peter Secitt Richard D. Smyset Adolph L. Belscr Jane FL Murphy THE DAILY COLTNGIAN Through The Needle's Eye When we came to this College, we were eager to steep ourselves in its tradition. We wanted desperately to become a part of Our College, to find a means of expressing ourself in this life of ours, and form a philosophy which would keep us content for at least a portion of the time. We met with traditions, and we found some of them to be a little tired, as well as some which were tiresome. We passed through the stage of the browbeaten freshman and into the stage where we spoke wisely of "influences" and "con ditioning." A: caustic and critical little friend of ours termed such sages as ourself: "Philosoph °mores." We're speaking to a very simple point, and in just a few lines we're going to get plainer and plainer. This College has just passed through three unique weeks in its existence; no freshmen have yet graced campus this semester. Next Monday there, will be a new class in this College, a war class. They are probably the brightest class to ever enter. They are a small class. They are here because the United States of America, a location where you find yourself, needs them at the Pennsylvania State College at students. This Summer semester is Penn State's war front. They'll be met by traditions, lots or them. We'd like to say to the upperclassmen of 'this College:_ "Get wise, buddy, and don't make any false moves." Two columnists in this paper this week have wasted their space speaking tolerantly of "leadpiping." The Tribunal is ready to' crush any freshman who violates Summer customs. Listen, upperclassmen, and listen closely. Don't give these freshmen the tiresome traditions. Give them some of the ones that seem to have gotten tired along the way and have stopped to sleep a while. These kids who are coming to school are study ing for their country. - They are studying, for their lives. So are you, but we're not talking about you today. We want to make sure that ydu think about this • "hello" • tradition which we're supposed to have. We don't mind if you lead pipe. That's natural; you've got to live, too. But don't forget that this is supposed to be a country with some certain and "humane" traditions be hind it, and Penn State is in this country. Remember that these freshmen who are coming here are starting to really grow up into manhood and womanhood. They are taking their plate in this country. Start them off in a training which makes it worth their while to do the studying which may save your country from vanishing from your life in any acceptable form. Seventy Freshmen Leave For Weekend Camp This Morning Seventy freshman men, the vanguard of the group of 600 ar riving Sunday, started registering last night and early this morning at the PSCA office in Old Main, prior to leaving for the Frosh Orientation Camp at Diamond Valley. Men attending the camp will leave from the rear of Old Main Mr one of two scheduled hours: 9:30 or ,11:30 m. Gerald B. Maxwell Stein '44, camp director, stated that cabin and counselor assignments have already been made and that campers will be settled before noon today. Mr. Harry Seainans, PSCA general secretary, extended an in vitation to all members of the faculty and student body to visit the- camp Saturday afternoon., In addition to the _ campers, more than 30 members of the fa culty and campus activities will be on hand to speak to the freshmen. Campus Owls Play For PS Club Hop Penn State students will have a chance to attend the first big informal dance of the current school year when the Penn State Club presents George P. Washko and his Campus Owls at the `,`All- College Dance" to be held in Bee Hall from 9 - 12 Saturday evening. Thomas E. Wilcox '44 and Harry C. Coleman '44, co-chair men 'for the dance, Stated yester day that all plans for the dance have been completed and will feature music ' to satisfy every one's taste. Admission - to the af fair will be $l.lO. Elections (Confinue4 from Page One) that Cabinet insert a by-law into the Constitution allowing the re spective class presidents to ap point officers to fill other class positions vacated by students not back in school. This would apply as long as the College operates on the accelerated three semester plan. • • If this proposal is sanctiond by .Cabinet, it will be up to David J. McAleer, senior president, to fill the' senior class historian's office vacated by William T. Richards. James A. McKechnie, sophomore president, will appoint two class mates • to fill the offices of class secretary and treasurer, formerly held by Margaret L. Good and John L. Pfirman, respectively. The proposed Student Govern ment Training School will prob ably not be instituted until All- College elections. Through this school the committee plans to train all candidates for campus. Offices during a period just prior to their electiOns. Various stuL dent leaders will instruct the candidates in the rudiments of student government and. College activities. -GABRIEL New Trustees (Continued from Page One) He was then employed by the Du- Pont Powder Company at Gibbs town, N. J., before becoming af filiated with his preseyit firm, first as technical director, then director. Mr: Norman is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Society of Chemical Industry and Chemists Club of New York. He %has serv ed on the Penn State Athletic Board of Control. Both of the hew trustees were track stars while undergraduates e.t the College. Mr. Montz won three varsity letters while Mr. Norman won fora• and was cap tain of the team in 1599. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1942 CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY Froth may now be obtained ata Student Union. Freshman men will leave for the Diamond Valley Camp at 9:30 and 11:30 a. m. Freshman girls . leave at 4:30 p. m. Camp is open to visitors from 2 to 4 p. m. Sat urday. 'Certificates for defense courses completed last semester should be obtained at * Student Union imme diately. Aviation Cadet Examining Board, 305 Old Main, 8 to 5 p.m. Collegian meeting for all boards in Collegian newsroom, 7:30.p. m. Tickets for IMA and IWA .pic nic, Sunday, now available at Stu dent Union. TOMORROW Rehearsal of all skits'for fresh man sports rally, White Hall gym nasium, 1 p. m. MONDAY Freshman registration, first floor lounge, Old Main, 8 to 5 p. m. Summer Inter-Session ,registra tion, first floor lounge, Old Main, 8 to 12 a. m. 35 Named To MI Dean's List' The School of Mineral Indus tries yesterday released the names of 35 students who attain ed an average of 2.5 or better for last semester, according to Ed ward Steidle, dean. Seniors are Richard L. Ash, John D. Morgan, John L. Rozanc, John J. Raves, (Mining Engineering; John F. Beck, James R. Ifert, Edward A. Kachik, Robert 0. Malin, Jack D. Ramaley, Charles 0 Tarr, Me:- Robert G. Bowman, Ralph E. Eddinger, Robert G. Henninger, Henry . H. Stoner, Fuel Technol ogy; Jack M. Fillman, James H. Henderson, Petroleum and Gas Engineering; Paul Lazar, Cera mics. - Juniors: William C. Banks, Den nis J. Carney, John A. Kravanja, Gordon H. Smith, Metallurgy; Vivian R. Burkhart, Fuel, Tech nology; James M. Krese, Andrew Rostosky, Mining Engineering. Sophomores: Daniel D. Gill espie, Petroleum and Gas Engin eering; Joseph J. Zelinski, Fuel Technology. Freshmen: Hugo R. Larson, Robert E. Lowie, James M. Thompson, Metallurgy; Carl J. Lyons, Paul J. Schaeffer, Fuel .Technology; ,Anshel Melamed, John R. Post, Ceramics; John J. Schanz, Earth Sciences; John W. Schultz, Metallurgy. IF C Warns (Continued from Page One) houses where rushees are already guests." The IFC chief warned that rush ing regulations will be strictly en fOrced, but added that t 1 provi sion on women in rushing does not apply to - mothers or casual .out-of town. women guests. Charged with enforcink rushing regulations are Sheldon C. Tanner, professor of economics and business law; Henry H. GeiSt, associate profesior of chemistry; Alex Black, assistant professor of animal nutrition; Charles Sqhlow, State College merchant; and Jesse S. Doolittle, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. New Column '•Beginning with tomorrow's issue Of The Daily Collegian, a regular column entitled "Nittany Honor Roll" will • be published twice The column will be based on whereabouts of Penn State men in the armed services; and any information contri buted by our readers will be greatly appreciated.
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