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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 lat.
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Graduate Coun3elor -------
Tuesday, June 9, 1942
A Physical Failure
• Freshmen, you are joining us in the most im
portant years of your life. You have come here
for an education. In view of this fact you should
realize that an education at Penn' State is not
only limited to the development of the mind, but
of the body as well. Let us remember that a
well-trained mind is dependent on a healthy body.
!This is the sine qua non . of a successful college
career
During the past few • years there has been a
growing tendency in high schools and colleges to
•emphasize the importance of hygiene in their. reg
ular courses. The nation has learned its lesson.
in the last war more than 33 per cent of the men
called to the colors were physically unfit. Of the
present cream of the crop almost, 50 per cent are
suffering froth poor eyesight, nutrition:al deficien
cy, heart conditions, and improper hearing. What
does this record. indicate? Nothing hut the sad
lack of education or the failure to put what had
been learned to use.
'Since this is true we must do something to lin : .
prove the situation. We must have more health
education. In the case of cOeges and high
schools, this education must be more extensive
'and continuous. Penn State, as usual, has heen
ahead of other colleges in realizing the importance
of health as part of" the students education. How
ever, 'it has not gone far enough. A two-year
course in hygiene and physical edUcation is neith
er extensive nor continuous. Students must he
reminded through continuous courses in those
subjeCts that the body is as important as the mind.
Unfortunately many students are credit-minded
and not subject-minded. Since hygiene is . not
even a one credit
,course, students seldom take
•their health instruction seriously. There is wide
spread indifference to the attempts of the pro-
Yessors to teach the subject. As a result, students
know little after they have taken the necessary
two years ?f hygiene. If hygiene and physical
education were made into, separate one credit
subjects, students would begin to count credits
and would take their health education seriously.
The School of Physical Education and Athletics
is doing a fine job. With its limited personnel,
time and equipment, it has made great strides
toward the fulfillment of this program, but it re
mains for you, the new students of Penn State, to
raise your voices for en ,accelerated health and
physical program. Get an education for your
body as well as your mind.
No Man's Land?
Apparently the war jitters have taken hold of
Grounds and Buildings. About 50 feet of barbed
',Ore has been stretched ever the lawn , between
the Library and the upper end of Burrowes
Of course, the only idea is to prevent stu
dents from 'taking short cuts to Ag Hill through
!that gap.
But how is it all the other fences 'are of ordin
ary baling wire? Why was this one made of
b3rbed wire? From all indications the unbarbed
fences are effective. At least, there are no beat
en paths through them.
Admitted that blackouts are a necessity, barbed
wire is a bit extreme. If someone should happen
to run through that field at night, or during a
blackout, the consequences aren't nice to think
obout—what with the dispensary closed after 5
o'clock.
------------Louin S.
--M. T. 7.
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Campuseer
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Rush!
Spare the rules and spoil the Frosh
But RUSH!
Those things outside the Corner Room
Aren't permanent, you bet—
They're just a bunch of Greek boys
Who - lack some Frosh at yet.
A splashy group of sport coats,
Broad smiles from ear to ear,
Breaking rules from right to left--
That's their style this year.
The frost may shrink, but .caet escape
The throngs that swarm about;
For Bill Lundelius has proclaimO.
They can rush, now, out and out!
They appear at Frosh mass meelings,
A bunch of Collich guys,
Who wait for opportunities
To get a word in P.VA-wise.
One more week of polishing .
And then the Fresh will see
What Greek clubs really look like
After they pledge a new rushee.
Hot Off The Press
Watch for Shirley Ives' picture on the cover
of Everybody's Weekly, the Sunday magazine
section of a Philadelphia paper, a week from Sun
day . . . Theta Esthermae Hartos is now minus
her second pin this year since Clark Daugherty
regained possession of his DTD jewelry . . . A
year-old engagement ended Saturday when Helen
Chiappy became Mrs. Robert Jackson Schatz . . .
Wrong Number
Campy couldn't help blushing as he heard the
tale of a phi sigma delta pledge .who was sent to
Ath Hall to get a book for an. upperclassman one
evening last week. The lad merrily trooped up
to ,the dorm, saw an open door, and skooted in.
Unabashed by the gigglings of scantily-clad coeds
and still not realizing his error, the pledge hast -
ed to a closed door, knocked, fulfilled his duty,
and scampered box*.
Things To Come
Always willing to help, we will attempt to pub
lish a list of "eligible" freshmen girls, since sor
ority rushing starts next Wednesday. The fel
lows may. appreciate it also, since we noticed
many of the GreekS lingering •around Schwab
Sunday night after the prospective rushees had
left, so that they could get in a •little rushing on
the new coeds.
Airplane Drafting
Offered. Tq Stgdents
To help meet the. demand for
trained technical men and women
where critical shortages exist in
airplane- industries, the School of
Engineering will offer a course in
airplane drafting.
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The course will include • study
and practice in the general prin
ciples of engineering drawing and
dimensioning, aircraft numbering
systenis and practices, detail, as
sembly and installation drawings
for airplaneg and n ew appAcation
of descriptive gebrnefry to simple
structUre layouts for airplanes.
At least three years of Satisfac
tork College work and termination
of this work by graduation or
withdrawal on - December 18, 1942
are. the only prerequisites for the
course. Classes will begin on July
1, lasting eight. hours a week for
a period of 25 weeks.. .
Students may enroll now at the
Student :Union desk or Room .301
Main Engineering Ruildittg. The
course will carry no tuition, fees
or equipment expenses.
Traditions
(Continued from Page One)
thankful they weren't here in
those days. One of the more pop
ular diversions on campus was the
dunking of • the frosh class in the
Textile Chemistry building, now
the present site of the Open'Air
Theatre.
As Dean of Men Arthur R. War
nook says in his brief "History of
Penn State," "There is something
in Penn State that goes on and on,
unchanging even while buildings,
faculties, and student bodies come
and go. If you find out what that
is, you will have iound the source
of the notable Perm State spirit
and loyalty."
To find that "something" which
is the heartof 'Penn, State,' a
;knowledge pi her traditions is es
sential. It is "Your Penn State."
A cop can't see the joke When
you speedit's too fast for him.
"Girl Weeps 7.ighteon !fours"—
Itsion4 , i if s 4, got the
dress?
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
All freshmen classes begin 8 a.m.
Freshman Aptitude Test in
Schwab Auditorium at 7:30 p. m.
Freshman men may tryout for
the Men's Glee Club and College
Choir in room 200 Carnegie Hall,
7 p. m.
WRA Archery Club meets room
3 White Hall, 6:30 p. m.
WRA Club President's meeting
WRA lounge, 6:30 p. m.
• busc:ELf..ANgoop
An important meeting of sopho
more members and freshmen try
outs for the ROTC band 'and Phi
Mu Alpha 40i h 20P garrmip
Hall at 7 p. m. Thursday.
l'reslynan women may tryout
for College Chat' room 211 Car
negie Hall at 7 p. in. Wednesday.
College Choir, regular rehearsal
in room 117 Carnegie gall, 7 p. m.
Thursday. •
FrOsh Customs
(Continued, from Page One)
come aequainted with campus
life, helping them get oriented,
and in cOunciling them, Ridenour
urges freshmen to come and pre
sent their problems to them or to ,
hatmen and that all possible as
sistance will be furnished. •
The Seven-man board realizes
freshmen have not had a real op
portunity to learn the College ,
songs and plans to make reason
able allowances n such cases. No.
other custom offenses will be
treated lightly, however, and after
the
,first week of school freshmen
may expect a general "crack
down," Ridenour warned.
Attention Three
Freshmen—Figtmen.
Don't Wear Pinks
Three freShmen are due for a
rude awakening:
.:T ) he . story goes something like
this. Two sophomore . hatmen were
sunning themselves iii front of Old
4aln yesterday resplendent with
their hats. Up walked three of the
class of. '46 and one remarked,
"Gee, look at the nifty dinks we
get to wear this,year."
• Of course the two hatmen were
A bit startled. butbefoye they had
A newcom
ers
to explain,. the newco
ers were• halfway over to Mac Hall
to get their ROTC uniforms. --
:Footnote for Trosh—Guys with
hats on that are either black, grey
or dark blue, aren't freshmen.
They're far from it and are usually
assigned the unpleasant task of
keeping warward freshmen on the
"customary" path. ,
Moral—Never look a batman in
the mouth, you may get kicked in
the eye.
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