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THE DALLY 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
State College. Entered as second-class matter July b. 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 Offioe Downtown Office ,
Carnegie Mil 119421 South . Prosier Bt.
Phone 711 Phone . 4272
Managing Editor This Issue Predx E, Clever
Women's Editor This Issue Sally L. Itiretttuirg
News EditOr Adolph' L. Seleer'
Assistant Managing Editor Pete' Seott
Advertising Manager It E. Marsh
Grad%late Coma*.lor it %OM
Tuesdtty, July 28, 1942
Recreation And Ratio/Ting
Noi. we haven't reached the stage of directly
rationing. recreation but indirectly we• are' so , af-
Sected. We are referring to the motor excursions.
outside of State College which must now be• cur
tailed. Almost everyone has at some time• or
other gone on hay-rides or truck parties to pleas
ant picnic spots. In normal times this is very
But now we can't expect the impossible. Party
:planners must take into consideration the fact
that trucking companies are no longer' permitted
to.run their affairs as they may wish. Uncle Sam
has a share in the business now and controls the
gas supply. Don't blame the trucker. This isn't
his doing. But don't expect to continue these
:pleasure excursions.
• In a , recent letter• to a trucking concern head
'who had requested College intervention and as
sistance, President Hetzel established a general
policy Which we students must accept. In part
he . said:
`While we are appreciative of the important
part which recreation plays in the morale of our
young people. , . . nevertheless: w e would 'be in
a difficult' position if we tried to persuade those
responsible for directing the war effort to make
an exception . . .
• "It is our feeling that the organized recreation
al program of the College will have to bear the
:toad during the coming months, and that what
ever our students do to get themselves into the
:mountains will have to be on their own initiative
and under the most simple forms of transporta
tion, i.e., hiking and bicycles."
So that's the situation. Looks like we stay in
our own back yard.
On Civilian. Casualties
A lot of Penn Staters who figured that the tire
:and gas rationing would establish the supremacy
of the walking pedestrian over the motorized pe
destrian, at least for the duration, are waking up
•to the fact that they jumped to delusions rather
than conclusions.
Some are waking up to the fact that they just
didn't jump at all when they should have.
The local picture of pedestrian utopiana is be
:mg thrown out of balance (even upset in some
fiiistances) by that docile appearing contraption
called the bicycle.
. Innocent enough in the good ole days when it
:still played second fiddle to the automobile, the
:newly emancipated bicycle, at least in the hands
of irresponsible pilots, has become more of a ter
ror on the campus than the auto ever was on the
'highways.
We observed the first manifestation of this fact
last week when a bicyclist, speeding down the
mall with his siren wailing full-out, cleared the
13; dewalk. of students in less time than it {took an
ambulance to clear a city block in - the good ole
days.
. Yesterday we witnessed what was probably
Penn State's •first bicycle hit-and-run accident.
iSome budding Barney Oldfield out to see how
:many pedestrians he could almost-hut-not-quite
)lit, was having the time of his life watching them
jump, when he misjudged the dimensions of a
peace-loving Summer session student.
Unable to stop in time to avoid hitting the per
son, the two-wheeled terror swerved just late
enough to snag the pocket of a victory suit and
convert the peace-loving pedestrian into a raving
.clinical dilemma.
We have heard reports of numerous other near,
and even closer, misses on the campus recently,
and mention these only to warn the students to
be on the lookout for vehicles while walking to
and from classes.
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With more bicycles appearing on campus every
day, the situation can become acute.
just I)reamin'
We were just taking it easy over the weekend
to get into shape for the hot time in the old town
next weekend, and we got to dreaming about the
goodi old days 'way back when , we were fresh.
men; and Campy's predecessor was. going delir
ious with the visions of the crop of fresh' wo
men, seniors now, as follows:
"We're' enclosing. the list of names with a.• few .
notes before that hit blonde• let us have it . . .
You can have your blondes! Gather your bru
n-ettes into. buses and ship them to Bellefonte!
Campy sees. red . . . a. big green ribbon, luscious,
auburn hair, and about five feet six of loveliness
named Frankie Leiby . . . lives at Mac Hall . .
and the dear readers can find the rest out for
themselves . . .
"But on second thought there's no use in being
so tough on the rest of the student body. You
might as well keep the following around, because
they're all worth. looking at:
"Jeanne Ruess and Gloria Knepper . .
Mac Hall . . both brunettes .. . both lovely
"Doris Ladered and Lila Wholoery . . . both
from Meadville . . . both short . . . both blondes
. . . and .Mac Hall wins another cigar .
"Polly Insley . . . blonde Leßue Baney . . .
Barbara Gnau .• . . Frances Rosnick . . . Betty
Heath . . . Evelyn Johnson . . . The Smith twins
. . . The Lawrence twins . . . Eleanor Reddie . . .
Helen Chiappy . . . Beth Payne . . . Betty Walt
man . . . Renee Newman . . . Elinor Cloud . . .
Benny Georgia . . . Ellen Ferris . . • Mickey Mc-
Farland . . . Gwen Harris . . .
"And the State College contingent: Jackie
Reese . . . Dot Long . . . Mary Jane Popp . . .
Day Schott .. . Fran Haley . .
But then Campy snapped out of his reverie and
into the grim reality of today.
Casualty Among Lions
The hottest day of the year rolled around in
Chapel Hill, N. C., a week ago but the Penn State
platoon had to take it in stride with the rest of
the routine. All members of the platoon came
through the march in fine shape, except one "En
sign" Brown. The ensign's collapse' fi'om the
heat proved fatal. The ensign was a little mon
grel who attached himself to the group soon after
its arrival, and was affectionately ranked as "en
sign" and named according to his color:
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WASHINGTON—(ACP)—The 10-minute movie depicting college
students busy at war work will be completed. • There was some ques
tion- about the matter when government propaganda agencies were
reshuffled recently.
However the film will be released to universities, colleges and
regular theaters' in September if the- current production Nice. is main
tained':
.At this writing. shots are. being made at Dartmouth. Other col
leges where footage has been taken include. Tulane; TUskegee Insti
tute, Texas A & Franiptom Institute, University of Texas; Ptairie
View College, Purdue; and Cornell.
Technicians and' still more- technicians' remain the fair-haired
boys of the civilian war forcesi
The government—by way of the civil service connnission—whaS
Once again issued a loud call for . physicists, chemists,•meteorologista,
metallurgists, naval architects and marine engineerS. •
As a matter of fact, that call has become almost a shriek. Even
the staid civil service bulletins annoutcing the openings are headed;
"Hundreds of Appointments to be made for Civilian War Service."
Which, for a government bureau, is nothing less than a shriek.
Jobs in all six of the categories will pay from $2,600 to $5,600;
most of them falling in the $2,60043;800 range. And no questions
asked. That is; no written examinations.
Applicants for position's in most cases must have completed' their
college work and have had two years of profesSional experience—or
"appropriate" graduate study. Teaching, it is pointed out, counts as
experience.
You may get application forms from your post office or by writ,
ing the civil service commission here in Washington.
Global warfare calls for more legal talent in government. And
the government is after. it. The first. civil service examination ever•
given lawyers is scheduled for next September 26.
• Results of the six-hour written test will be used *to establish a'
list of attorneys from which federal agencies may make selections'.
In addition to the written examination candidates are scheduled for
oral interviews. It won't be necessary for 'aspirants to come to
Washington for testing since regional committees will take care of
•
the oral examination.
The legal jobs pay $l,BOO to $3,200. Students still in law school
who expect to complete their studies before February 15, 1943, are
eligible for the $l,BOO jobs.
Officials point out that "practically all legal positions" in gov
ernment within this salary range will be filled from the list of eli
gibles to be compiled. Consequently, it is important to take these
tests if you wish a government post. •
Applications to take the tests must be filed with civil service here
in Washington by August 21. Get blanks at the post office.
CAMPUS CALENDAR Players Show Opens
TODAY
Tickets for Players' show, "The in'Sehwah Tonight
Little Foxes," now on sale at Stu- (Continued. from. Page One)
dent Union. Show tonight at 9 Carolyn V. Cox, Summer session
o'clock; tomorrow at 8:30 p. m. student and a dramatic coach in
Freshman PSCA Forum elects Altoona's Junior High . School. Re
officers in the Hugh Beaver Room gina's shrewd brother, Ben,.. will
at 7 p. m. be portrayed by John P. Miller,
Hat Society Council meeting at assistant publications editor of
7p. in. tonight in the Glennland Summer. session. • .
Pool Building. The others in the cast are Peter
WRA Archery Club will .prac- Nestor, SS student, as Horace;
tice on White Hall field at 3 and Janet B. •Dayton '45 as Birdie;
6:30 p. m. Lorie Van .Deusen '46
,:as Oscar;
WRA Tennis-Club will meet at Jean Francis, SS student, as Alex
-7 p. m„ andra; Milton -Dolinger '44 as Leo.-
WRA Bowling Club will meet L. Bruce Worrell. '44 plays Mr.
in White Hall bowling alleys at. Marshall; and Eleanor Freedman
7 p. m. '44 and Robert Leibacher '44, as
Compulsory meeting of WRA Addie and Cal, respectiVely, round
Intramural Board in WRA Room out the cast.
at 6:30 p. m. Managers, are to "The Little Foxes" will also be
bring names of players for volley given tomorrow night in Schwab
ball tournaments which will start Auditorium with house lights dim
in August. ming at 8:30 o'clock.
-CAMPY
320 W. Beaver Ave.
=2111./i2 I.i. to CAMPUS
AC V's Jay Richter Reports from Washington
COMFORT BEGINS WITH
WELL
LAUNDERED SHIRTS
We launder shirts to
Satisfy tie customer
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1942
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PENN' STATE
LAUNDRY
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