1 PAGE TWO THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Xstablished 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance. established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during tilt regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 64 1934 rd. the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of March 8, 1879. Editor - Bus. and Adv. Mgr. RVF.D • Gordon Coy '43 - Leonard' E. Bach '43 Editorial and Business OMNI Downtown Office Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St. Phone 711 Phone 072 Managing Editors On Issue --_ Assistant Managing Editor News Editor This. Issue -_ Assistant News Editor ___ . Women's Editor This Issue Advertisiing Manager --_ Graduate Counselor —___—_Louts H. Bell Thursday, July 30, 1942 "Value Of . Activities A significant outgrowth. of the present World 'War may be responsible for many 'outstanding changes in American colleges, if the current train of thought continues to exist throughout the 'emergency. In short, most Americans have be gun to place higher values on daily activities, to the extent that these activities must justify their existence in a war time economy or suffer 'the 'humiliation of being scrapped for the duration. At Yale and other leading universities, a War Council plan has been instituted so that college officials can determine what each student is di rectly or indirectly contributing to the war effort. Recognizing the 'importance of having every stu dent preparing for some war activity, these col 'lieges have adopted such a plan so that there will :be no wasted effort or money at a time when con iervation is a prime requisite. Either the stu dent must justify his existence in college, or he *ill be compelled to get out. • Such a practice is not only applicable to stu •rlents, but also to many college activities. At Penn State there has been recent concern on the part of the Administration about the sharp drop in scholastic standing during the present Summer semester. Some feel that social life has been over-emphasized at the expense of studies.. And there may be some truth behind that statement, because it has just been announced that the an nual Talent Night has been cancelled since the affair would crowd the closing weeks of Summer school and would prevent a number of students :from completing last minute studies. Already, Summer School heads have declared ;that the Summer social calendar has been-over •crowded with events that have not always been justified in •light of the College's accelerated pro ..gram for the duration.. Whether, the College will take any definite ac tion on curtailing social activities is questionable. In addition, the Administration might adopt the 'War Council plan that is gaining momentum at Yale. Such plans may sound drastic. But this :is war, and America will gradually learn that certain things must justify their existence—or One For The Administration .On behalf of draft-age students and faculty, Collegian extends thanks to the administration :for its establishment of the Office , of Faculty Ad visor on War Service, and its appointment of Prof. Robert E. Galbraith to supervise the func tions of the new office. 13y its action, the administration went a long way toward clearing up the confusing campus 'recruiting muddle for several thousand even more confused draft-age students. In its selection of - C.-albrithfdr the job of ad visor, the administration obtained tlne of the best qualified men on campus for the all-impart4llt task of advising and counseling students on open :ings and opportunities in the various branches of :the service. A personal friend of many persons both on and off the campus, Galbraith acquired the exper ience necessary for such an important undertak ing as Faculty Air Force Advisor for the Army Reserve. Taking over the recruiting program for the Air Force here several months ago, he succeeded in obtaining more applicants for the Army Air lisorce than any other one recruiting service on :Ole campus, Biggest reason for his f6Earci Cif Success in his •orunpaign for the * Force' lay in the fact that 1 1 . ie turned his of f :ice into an information center for all student.' In this way he served as ad visor fop se r Jres of students who were in imme diate nee d of counsel on draft problems. Gig • :Lir en time to organize his facilities and lune- Jns, Galbraith should prove more than capable ' , of handling this difficult but highly important .Richard B. MeNaul Mickey Matz Benjamin. M. Bailin Bill Reimer Mary Janet Wintet __ Donald K. Bhaner THE DAILY COLLEGIAN V' l l Lion (.4 1 w\t.., - ..4 1 * .(1;" _Tales The biggest weekend with all-out support is just around a couple days. Then the whole Col lege will blow up and out with traditional splurg ing. Coeds who haven't as yet begged, borrowed, or snagged a man may make application to the dating bureau for V-Weekend dates. Men be moaning the sorry-buts blues may apply at Dog gie's or participate in the battle of the bottles be ginning at noon Friday. Thusly such a weekend deserves a salute. And, as is our dogged custom, we dedicate these lines to forthcoming fun. And we don't 0t a cut either. Plug The bottles are lined on the bar with care • For Victory Weekend will soon be there. The imports from far will descend on the town While Goodman and gang will soon swing down. Four Forty for Freedom; promotion fine Will show this burg a howling old time. So don't sit at home alone with your brew Uncle Sam is counting on you. Chamber of Cominer•cin ~ Still in •an attempt to advertise the weekend we offer, free of charge, some duos who'll be in there pitching . . . don't misunderstand. Kappas Mary Lou Keith and Jane Windel with Ralph D'lrio and Dud Rutherford, sigma pis. ChiO Mary Thompson and import. Olive Whyatt and Dave Roberts, Bob Schooley and Annis Smith, Ruth Billington and John Matoomb, Sally Miller and Harry Locke, Louise Henry and Dick• Klopp, • Cornell phi gam. Emily Postesque This is a yarn about a fellow who knew his etiquette upside down and inside out. It fea tures Betty Lyman, Theta, and Carl Yohn. Our hero made a date with the soph beauty for an informal coke ala SandwiCh Shoppe. But un foreseen circumstances reared their ugly faces and Betty was stood up. Carl was an admirer of the Cliesterfieldian arts. In class the next day he apologized and then . . . popped a dozen roses .into her arms as solace. Short Talks MiCkey Meyers is wearing a Kappa Keyhole as bestowed by Ginny Lee Jackion recently. Braton .Gardner was lecturing to his students. A timid wrap on the door heralded a comely Sum mer student. She wanted a fountain pen. - Per haps she had left it here. Gardner looked and looked . . . sorry, no . pen. Her exit was followed by student eyes and a professor-manufactured whistle. —THE CUB Now On Summer Display' Famous American Artist Group Christmas Cards And -/ BROWNIE BLOCK PRINTS KEELERS OWI Releases Casualty List Total casualties for the United States Armed Forces as announced by the office of War Information July 21,•number 44,143. This number includes the mem bers of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Philip pine Scouts who have been kill ed, wounded, or are missing in action. Most of the casualties are be lieved to be prisoners of war tak en when Bataan and Corregidor fell, and when Jaya was captured. The Army lost the greatest num ber. Tabulated, the casualties are: U. S. Army—killed, 902; wound ed, 1,413; missing, 17,452. Phil ippine Scouts—killed, 475; wound ed, 754; missing, 11,000. U. S. Navy—killed, 3,420; wounded, 1,051; missing, 7,672. increase In Below Grades Serious,' Says Dean Steidle By MARK DAVIDOFF and the amount of social activity The extent of below grades in can only lead to disaster, he add the School of Mineral Industries ed. where 145 sophomores, juniors, "We at Penn State are carry and seniors out of a total of 300 ing as tough a technical program received below grades for the first as Annapolis and West Point, but half of the semester precipitated at those colleges, social and ex office yestetday. a statement from Dean Steidle's tra-curricular activities are taboo. ' Here they - have been 'increased "With Victory Weekend rolling much to the detriment of regular around, Penn State students academic work. Unless the Col should take stock of themselves; lege . can prepare men for the johs they should stop and think ahout ahead of them according to- the what they are here for under the standards set by the Army and accelerated program," the dea.ll Navy, the College will close up said after he had interviewed' 20 shop," the dean admonished.. sttidents about failures and' be- . "-this country has allowed col low grades. leges to remain open becauge it Steidle stated that riot one of -- is realized .that the war will be those interviewed denied that ex tra-curricular activities such as mudh. to help in the war effort. the. Latin-American fiesta, -11 If this were not so; every man o'clock dating on week days, . 1 - over. 18 would be in uniform at . o'clock dating on weekends, and' present.. • _ 3 o'clock dating on big weekends; were causes of student lack of In Axis .countries, .most of' the . universities have been closed for interest in academic work. the duration of the war. In Ger:- The dean said that the faculty had entered in the accelerated pro- many, the three .universities open are for soldiers who are training dents, and that one group had to gram in good faith with the stu- to be .specialists in the army. sweat as much as the other. "In- These men are chosen after they structors can't do a good job un- have proved their worth in ac less the student cooperates with tion. In the United States we are them," the dean indicated. "For doing the opposite with disastrous results." the college student when it is a question of activities or work, the Dean Steidle warned . that it latter by far is more important." was about time for faculty and The dean said that he did. not students to get down to work to think it advisable to. do away with . gether' before it was too late. F4c extra-curricular activities entire- tra-curricular, activities, he .be ly, but he said that it was futile'.lieves, are slowing down the edu to try to do two things at once, cational program that the nation Increasing the amount of work wants speeded up. Mid-Summer Clearance. . Sale! Ok . Now Going On At - a. KALIN'S _ MEN'S SHOP 1304. Allen St. 4r THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942 Campus Calendar TODAY WRA Golf Club instruction un der Bob Rutherford on the golf course from 3:30 to 5 p. m. in stead of Saturday morning. WRA Swimming Club meets in White Hall pool at 7:30 p. WRA Executive Boiard meets in WRA Room at 6:30 p. m. Tug Of War (atnithWed from Page One) day, in order to effect organization of the teams. Although six men appeared be fore Student Tribunal last night for custom violations, five were dismissed because of lack of •evi dence. Milton Diesner, the only man penalized, is to write a 500- word essay on "What Penn State Spirit Means to Me."
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