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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 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
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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
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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
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.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
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