f PAGE TWO 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 (Ante College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934 at the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 8, 1879. Editor ` .Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Gordon Coy '43 i - 11-. 1) Leonard E. Bach '43 Editorial and Business Off ice Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frailer Bt. ' Phone 711_ ' • Phone 4872 Editorial Staff—Women's Editor—Louise M. Fuoss '43; Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '93 ; Sports Editor— Donald W. Davis '43; Assistant Managing Editor—Dominick L. Golab '4s ; Feature Editor—David Samuels '43 ; News Edi tor. --Jainea 'D.' Olkein ; Airsistant News Fditor—Robert E. Schooley '43 ; Assistant Sports Editor—Richard S. Stebbins M 8 ; Assistant Woinen's Editor—Kathryn M. POPP '43 ; Assistant Women's Editor—Edith L. Smith '4i ; Women's Foature Editor—Emily' L. Funk '43. Rosiness Staff—Creait Manager—Philip Jaffe '43; Circa /talon Manager—Robert E. Edgerly .'4B; _Classified Advertis ing Manager—Roy E. Barclay '43; Promotion Manager—. Jazlt E. MeCool '43; Senior Sevretaty—Vrance4 A. Leiby '4B; Women's Advertising Manager—Sara L. Miller. 43; Assist ant Women's Advertising Manager—Mariorie. L. Sykeis '4B. Junior Business Board—George J. Cohen. Richter& E. Marsh, Philip P. Mitchell; Donald H. Shatter. A. Kenneth titivitz, James B. Vosters, Jane L. Ammerman, Eugenia D. laundick, &theme° Hartos, Mary Louise Keith Junior Editorial Board—Benjamin M. Bailey, Fred E. Clever. Milton Bolinger, Larry T. Cherve:nalc, Robert M. raloOtt, Robert T. Kimmel, Robert E. Kinter, Richard B. 'McNeal, Richard D. Smyser, Donald L. Webb, -Paul I Wood land, Sally L. Hirshberg, Helen R. Keefauver, Jane H. Mur phy. Mary Janet Winter. Managing Editor This Issue Women's Editor This Issue _- news Editor This Issue Assistant Managing Editor Advertising Manager Graduate Counselor Saturday, July 18, 1942 Why Not Benches? In the few sandwich hours that remain to us 'under the accelerated program we are contstantly - attracted by the sight of / happy loafers lounging on the well-kept lawns of this campus. It seems that all students sooner or later get the urge to take oft a few minutes' to relax on the sward and soak in some vitamin D. Most uncomfortable, however (disregarding ants .and other minor inhabitants of the greenery) is 'the resultant dampness of clothing after a few minutes of sprawling in the sunshine. It's a fine thing to take time out for a tan and watch the anther people scurry about but it approaches em ibarrassment when one arises with grass and dew stains marring Summer clothing. The logical coricluSion is this: benches. At the firemen's Fourth of July street carnival •we were amazed to see the numerous green benches that lined the streets. Ass Urning that they are College property because they were picked up by College trucks, what are the objections to spot ting them on well-traveled portions of the cam pus? . The addition would be very much appreciated by the older people and Summer School students as well by the undergraduates. We recognize the obvious argument against benches but if students are going to spoon they may as well spoon on ibenches as on the grass. . All It Needs Is Push The College has had its opportunity and now :it's up to the students. Appointed a national center. for the Pan-Ameri loan program by the Inter-American :Education :Demonstration Center project, the administration land Summer session have prepared a fiesta to :further Latin-American relations. Hoping that this first of a series - would be used as a pattern :for similar festivals, in other sections, the com mittee of eight department representatives has spent much time and effort on this job. It prom- . :ises to be new, unique and wide in its extent. With Latin dancing, rhumba contests, varied 'exhibits and most outstanding, ..a festive atmos phere pervading Rec Hall, thlLne.w_id... • n All &ti • College round-upg heed's only the student's "aye" Vote. • 'Program planners ask not for just a `-`"Yeah That's a good idea." They aren't going to be satis- Tied with "I hope it comes out all right." • Their plea is for a "we'll be there with sashes on." And they want that answer to be sincere.• The . thing there and all it needs is a push .. . a strong one. In keeping with the modern Latin-American trend, which evidences itself in the large enroll ment of Spanish and Portuguese courses, the fies ta will bear a close resemblence tO typical South American street scenes. American diplomats have assembled to iron out economic and political problems of the brother nations. Governments have realized today's serious situ ation and have taken steps to improve it. Stu dents and townspeople who are citizens of a safe :fate find it hard to realize how much their in ..3ignificant part can count. Support and spirit that will brim over with "Buenos dial" and "Hasta la vista," are the only ~tuarantees for such a program's success The College asks it! Let's give! Robert E. Kinter Helen R. Keefauvei Walt Fischman Pete Scott A. Kenneth Sivitz _Louis H. Bell -J. H. M THE DAILY COLLEGIAN ' \ „,t' ty si*-1 old 7 Mania. . . lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIII Open Letter To Hat Men: Gentlethen: On Wednesday, July 15, there apeared in. The Daily Collegian a . letter attacking our • recent muckracking of your ,organization. Undoubtedly this letter was written by one of you. .No one but a hat man could have used so many words to say nothing. It clearly - reveals the inner workings of an insipid mind. Instead of answering our charges, he resorted to name calling and general ities—typical weapons of a weak minded iridi vid.ual. . Hat societies were attacked on two issues. First, Selection of merribership is • b . ased not on ability but on favoritism. Secondly,' hat men have.ohly their hats to'show as their contribution to a better Perri -State. • You gentlemen are supposed to be tops in Penn State leadership. Well, what have you done to justify your existence? Any jackass can bully freshmen around with the pretense of enforcing customs. . The wrestling cup and track medals re present the. athletes' contribution to their college. But what have the hat societies as an organization contributed to this college? Okay, boys, line forms to the right! , . Patter On The Mall: Wedding bells chimed in Scranton yesterday af ternoon for Shirley .Ives, Alpha Chi, and aluninuS Bill Reitzel, AKPi . . . The newlyweds will honey moon right here. in State College; marriage is no excuse for cutting classes. Soph fisigmakappa Bill Franklin committed himself the other day with an engagement sparkler to hometown gal Patsy Love. Anyone interested in a surefire reducing diet should contact Mark McCarty up on Ag Hill ...He claims to know a secret method with guaranteed results. If Jimmy Petrillo, head of the musician's union, goes through with present plans, no more rebordingS will be made by union musicians after August 1 . • Which means that juke boxes will take a beating. "Yes, We Have No Bananas" will soon become a reality . . The banana cars have been sidetracked to make room for national de fense trains . .. and you banana- lovers had better switch to something like prune. The Leighton Riess, Teke, affair with Peggy Lou Chapman is reputed to be THAT way. Maniac holds no grudges 'cause he saw at the Blue Key formal last night: Phil Jaffe-Edith Bernstein . . . Mike Grossman-Le Galant . . Marty .Corbman- Hos Orlofsky . . . Jim Vosters and fiancee . . . George J. Cohen-Viviene Klein SLOGAN OF THE WEEK: Bag a stag for Draftee Drag—Hag! ! MANIAC Letters To The .Etiltor— Spreading V-Weekend To the Editor: I note •that fraternities are to be decorated for Victory Week end. Why not include the girl's and boy's dormitories in town? Also go a step further and have merchants give prizes to town homes decorated for the occasion. After all we are in this war -to gether to win. • Sincerely, A subscriber from town Botanical Names Twists Tongues If your tongue fangleS on such daily Russian communiques from Ryazhs . k, Voronezh, and Boris globesk, try pronouncing the scientific names of plants in the College's botany garden, Albert F. Hildebrandt, greenhouse su perintendent suggests. For instance, try Cochlearia amorocia, named after the Greek goddess of love. It also goes un der the American name of horse radish. Another is Saxifrago michauxi, a juicy morsel that rabbits find quite palatable des pite its name. • Started last year to satisfy sci entific needs, the garden now contains more than 5O families of plants. Among the . plant groups are Baptisia "autralis, in digo plant formerly used in: the manufacture of dye and Cassia marilandica, ordinary. peas and beans. Those people who have sur vived the articulation test so far might try. the flexibility of their tongues on the nightshade fam. ily which includes: Solanum capicastrum, . the Jerusalem • Ag Hill At War--- War Training Trqvels A civilian army-238 strong—_ is carrying the fight for increased food production directly to Penn sylvania's farmers: , The Ag School's Extension Ser vice, outstanding. for its accom plishments in farm education, was one - of the first divisions of the School of Agriculture to fall in line with the special Ag Hill pro= gram (if wartime cooperation, ac cording to Dean Stephenson W. Fletcher. • Shortages of gasoline and rub ber clashed with .the increased need for extension work, and cre- ated_unusually difficult problems. Special . adjustments were neces sary," Pietalier said, ."and spec ial• adjustments were made." • First innovation in the war time extension procedure was to begin intensified training of farm club leaders throughout the• state. Grange and 4-H officers received Special instruction that. fitted them to carry on Extension work without the use of ExtensiOn tires and gas. Second new phase of the battle for all-out farm prodiiction is a program of training in the repair a . adjustment of farm machin ery. i l ifenty. of . Penn State's Ex tension crew, given special train ing in machinery and repair, last year conducted 189 demonstra tions attended by 9,217 farmers. More specializad demonstrations in farm mechanics were presented before 4,092 rural Pennsylvan ians. Other ideas are constantly being added to the w artime Extension lecture-demonstration program of down-to-earth farm education. Substitute sprays, to take the place of those unavailable under present-day priority rules, are being introduced to Pennsylvan ia's food production forces. Use of high pressure farm spray • ma chines in fire prevention is being stressed; farmers' wives and daughters are being taught how to extinguish incendiary bombs. Nerve-center of the whole Ex tension Service, however, is the SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1942 Campus Calendar TODAY Fun Night, Rec Hall, 7:30 p. m. to 12 midnight. "Draftee Drag" in the Armory from 9 p. m. to midnight. TOMORROW Blue Band concert in front of the library, 6:30 p. m. Dr. Paul Schearrer speaks in the Sunday Morning chapel serv ice on "What Seest Thou?" in Schwab Auditorium, 11 a. m. Swing concert, Hillel Founda tion, 8 p. m. tvioNnky Student Sing, Schwab Auditor ium, 7 p. m. cherry; Nicotiana tobaco, "fags" to the smoker; Solanum melan gena, egg plaht or Solanum tu berosum, the lowly "spud." Nvlslon orlnformation, 0. E. it „Mb .ANLIVAtft_ mailing room in the basement of the Agriculture Building. From that basement room, over- 1,000 pamphlets and bulletins are mail ed each weekAay to Pennsyl vania farmers. Subjects covered in the daily releOses include everything from siepping up 'milk production to tiOtato-bud control. More than 315,000 issues 'of up-to-the-min ute farm data have been sent from the mailing room since the beginning of the wartime speed up last, year. - • • • - Proposed title of one of the bookle.ts . now ,being prepared might serve' as a motto for the Ag, School's entire wartime pro grand. Siaig6ted •title for the new Ag Extenion publication is "Winning the 'War—Prot - 1i The Ground Up." . . • . . , iSA I hot 1 4 :3 IFA NI tea 1 Attend Combined Thespian Glee g Club it Extravaganza July 31-Aug. 1 VICTORY WEEKEND Pm K 1 Pus Ise. ra Ist4
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