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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
aAablished 1910. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian,
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1897.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
fitate College. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934
et the Post-office at State Collette, Pa., under the act of
laarch 8, 1879,
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office
Carnegie Hall 119-121 South Frazier St
Phone 711 Phone 4372
Managing Editors On Issue __
Assistant Managing Editor __
News Editor
Women's Editor This Issue __
Advertising Manager ___.___ _
Assistant Advertising 'Manager
Graduate Counselor
Thursday, August 6, 1942
Enrollment Comes First
The problem of College enrollment is at pres
ent one of the greatest confronting the Adminis
tration. In the interests of the future of Penn
State the Administration has deemed it advisable
to sublineate any factors which might stand un
justifiably in the path of its solution.
Thus the proposal to convert the men's dormi
tories into quarters [or the overflow of coeds de
siring admittance to the College seems logical,
:fair, and the best alternative in a situation where
some action must be taken.
Male enrollment figures are dropping and wo
men applicants are increasing. Therefore the
authorities have decided to,make up the male de
crease with a female increase. The only •ob-
Glade is the housing situation. Coeds must be
:moused in some organized dormitory, and the
men's dormitory is the only alternative.
But what of the 300 men who counted on Watts,
(Ervin, and Jordan Halls for housing this Fall?
it would seem that since they constitute only a
small part of the male student body they would
be able to adjust themselves to downtown living
as the great majority of men have always done.
At present, with College enrollment at a low
point, the opportunities for securing downtown
rooms are favorable. Even with the increase of
;300 who would move out of the dorms in the
Fall, the total number of male students living
downtown would not exceed the number under
previous normal conditions.
.If College 'enrollment ' . decreases decidedly as
the male enrollment is sure to do, it might lead
to a decreased appropriation from the state and
ultimate campus degradation. Should this hap
pen, faculty members and certain courses would
!Lave to be dropped. The coed increase is com
paratively small, but it will probably mean the
difference between a College program of normal
ity or one of great curtailment.
This is war—an emergency. Sacrifices are un
ta voidable and should be made gladly. The men
will make theirs if they move out of the dormi
tories willingly; coeds who move in will sacrifice
comforts which the men's dormitories are not
equipped - to give them. Both will sacrifice in
- the interests of national welfare in the broad
sense and more closely—Penn State.
Nothing Second-Rate Here
In its effort to maintain a large enrollment
despite the national emergency, the 'College must
be commended for retaining the same high aca
demic‘ requirements for admission that existed
for incoming freshmen of a few years ago.
In fact, present figures indicate that the frosh
'who enroll at the beginning of next month will
be better fitted scholastically than the group that
matriculated last September. At a time when
college enrollment is threatened as it is now, many
institutions nave been forced to accept every stu
dent who applies regardless of scholastic 'ability.
But here .at Penn State the Administration has
:not lowered its admission standards below those
of pre-war days. Last year 72.5 per cent of the
freshmen came from the upper two-fifths of their
high school group, while this year the same classi
fication has soared to 78.1 per cent.
By maintaining the same high standards of ad-
Mission, however, the College may find that this
:year's freshman enrollment, including the group
that entered in June, may not approach the fig
ure established last September when 1,925 frosh
matriculated. To date, between 1,500 and 1,600
have been accepted, including the frosh who
registered in June.
Whether this year's freshman enrollment will
iinatch last September's mark is questionable. But
we do know that the decrease, if any, will be
:oractically negligible—a fact that is worthy of
comment, since the 'College has been able to build
.3 war-time enrollment and still maintain peace-
'dime requirements for ncimission
_Milton Doling&
__ Mickey Blotz
Stephen Siniehalc
Sally L. Hirshberg
A. Kenneth Sivitz
Paul Bender
---Louis H. Bet
-R. D. S
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Tales
Aftei h
While everyone's still drooling about Victory
Weekend, and whisking of stray bubbles of foam,
we settle ourselves down with the following item.
(We promise it to be the last memoir of two days
well-drunk.) The story concerns an artist's mo
del who was straying about town prior to the
Hetenyi-Weinberg brainchild. A comely lass she
was, too. Many swains would have shut off their
last drink for the sake of being her escort to the
dance. Victory and democracy go hand in hand
and so the Delta Chis drew lots. Did anyone see
Bill Lundelius' luscious morsel?
Bug-a-800
. Some people have made themselves obnoxious
by saying our poetry is putrid. Could be they
are right and we do stink. To prove that we're
affable, we waive poetic license this fair day and
contribute a remark.
The good Lord made the night for sleep
`Till Ath Hall bedbugs began to creep.
Could Be
Campy is a good kid . . . but Campy overlook
ed one of the best cracks of the semester. When
a prof remarked that the six weeks Summer
school would close on Saturday, a wide-eyed coed
interrupted, "Did you say sex?" she queried.
What Next?
They plan to move the men out of the dorms
and over 300 frosh women in. The middle of the
Watts-Jordan sandwich will be filled with 160
ensigns. Gad, to be a frosh again.
Drippings
Tommy Thompson is taking the stump for a
congressman. He recently bestowed the ATO
emblem upon a gorgeous gal whose father is
running for Congress in Maryland. Peg Colvin
and Walt Gamble were sojourning the weekend
here.
Regal Ramblings
Maybe we're sticking out the well-known neck
when we do this, but here goes. We believe im
plicity in the proverb that truth crushed to earth
shall rise again, and we nominate a couple
pretties who havethad their crowns dislocated by
other publicity hounds. Queens of nothing but
general o.k.ness are these gals. Joanne Palmer
Carol Kane, Ruth 'Shanes, and Polly Keller. Look
for yourself.
Ay Hill At War—
Farmers Use Flames
Flame throwers, long instrument of combat
warfare, have been found to be a valuable wea
pon in agriculture's campaign for special war
time production.
"Flame throwing," as a means of controlling
"silvertop," an insect-borne fungus which at
tacks fescues and other important grasses, is the
latest of
.a series of discoveries by the School of
Agriculture's wartime research workers.
Fescue, which grows well on poor soil and in
shaded areas is in special demand for sodding the
hundreds of new American air and military areas.
When war , called a halt to the impOrting of fes
cue seeds, production of fescue seeds became one
of Pennsylvanias new farm industries.
The halt on imports that created the new in
dustry, however, threatened it immediately.
"Silvertop" began - to plague fescue plants, and
the import-stoppage ruled out the use of foreign
made insecticides. The American pest-exterm
inators, meanwhile, contained mercury and cop
per needed for other wartime needs.
The answer was found by Harry L. Keil, a
graduate student participating in the School of
Agriculture's wartime program through research
in plant pathology.
The answer is burning, an adaptation of com
bat flame-throwing that is simple and not sub
ject to priorities.
"Test burning" was carried out in special re
search plots this Spring when the old fescue was.
dry but before a new growth had started. Suc
cess of the experiment was proved this week,
when burned plots showed only two per cent in
festation with "silvertop," while unburned areas
were 65 per cent infested and thus commercially
useless.
Lion
WHO'LL LIVE IN THE DORMS—
The question of whether women
or men shall occupy the mens'
dormitories next semester is now
in the hands of an administrative
committee headed by Samuel K.
Hostetter, assistant to the presi
dent in charge of business and
finance.
Women May Take
Over Men's Dorms
(Continued trom Page One)
the . Fall semester. This will
raise the enrollment to 4,900 and
with the admission of the 300 ex
tra girls the figure will swell to
5,200.
With an anticipated loss of 1,100
by December through graduation
and students leaving to join the
armed fordes, the President ex
plained that this extra group of
girls would then probably con
stitute the difference between the
College's operating on either a
greatly curtailed 'or a near normal
program.
Also being considered by the
committee is a proposal to lease
part of the dormitory space to the
Navy Department for. the housing
of Naval trainees who will be
stationed on campus next semes
ter.
Eight Win Awards
In Art Exhibition
"Landscape," by George S.
Zoretich '43 was awarded first
place in the oil painting section
of the exhibition of art done in
Summer session classes, yesterday.
The other places in this section
were Octarre E. Martial, second,
with "Kindergarten"; "Land
scape," by Ellen R. Druckman,
third; and "Interioi," by Ada Ful
ton, fourth.
A special honorable mention
was given to a group of works by
Helen Hildebrand. All award
winners, except Zoretich, are
-THE CUB
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of
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for freshman men and women who wish to try out for
editorial or business staffs
'WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1942
Coeds Model
In Show, Tea
Students and townspeople will
help in the fashion show benefit
for the Women's Field Army for
the 'Control of. Cancer. The show
and a tea will be held in the
State College Hotel at 2:30 p. m.
today, Mrs. D. R. L. Robison,
president of the Field Army, an
nounced.
Sponsored by Charles' Fellow
Shop, women's sports wear will
be modeled, and entertainment
will be provided by Mrs. Carl G.
Seashore, Kathryn M. Popp '43,
and Raymond T. Fortunato '45.
Models include Prances A. Lei
by '43, Elizabeth H. Christman '44,
Marjorie E. Siebert '44, Claire L.
Weaver '45, and Freda Weinburg
'46. Town women are Mrs.
Claude G. Aikens, Mary Ann Ai
kens, Mrs. Victor A. Beede, Mrs.
Robert G. Bernreuter, Mrs. Ed
ward Brown, Miss Agnes Dahl,
Mrs. George J. Free, Miss Helen
Frost, Mrs. Kennard, Miss Bea;
trice Lowe, Miss Dona McClin
tock, Mrs. Helen Smith, Jean
Thurston, and Ruth Twichell.
Campus
Calendar
TODAY
Summer session students grad
uate on the Mall in front of the
Library, '7 p. m.
WRA Golf Club instruction un
der Bob Rutherford on the golf
course froth 3:30- to 5 p. m.
WRA Executive Board meets
in WRA Room at 0:30 p. ITI.
WRA Swimming Club meets in
White Hall pool at 7:30 p. m.
Junior Service Board will meet
in Miss Nina M. Bentley's apart
ment at 5 p. m.
Baseball game, Penn State
Freshmen vs. Irvin Hall, New
Beaver Field diamond, 5:30 p. to.
PSCA-Hillel Bible Study group
meets, Hillel Foundation, 7 p. m.
Hillel Coffee Round-Table dis
cussion, Hillel - Foundation, 4:15
p. m.
, . TOMORROW
Hillel Friday evening services
Hillel Foundation, 7:15 p. m.
Summer session students.
Awards in the water color sec
tion were Dorothy Yoder, first;
Doris D. MacDonald, second; and
Bozena 'Sochor, third.
The exhibition will be on dis
play in the Mineral Industries Art
Gallery from 9 a. m. to 5 p., m.
and from 7 to 9 p. m. today. Prof.
Arne Randall, instructor in Sum
mer, session, will give a talk on
"The Place of Crafts in the Edu
cational Program" in the Gallery
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.