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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.
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Saturday, August 8, 1942
Grand Finale
With the cloSing of Summer Band School, Penn
State will miss its daily 9 o'clock reveille, and once
again students will be able to make their class on
'Lithe. But above all, those high school kids did an
:impressive job, especially when it came to giving
campus a shot of morale each morning.
-. Without that short parade and ceremony, Penn
~State would have been robbed of several incidents
which help show the true picture of a war-time
campus. .
Who could forget the morning when one gentle
man scurried up the front walk and into Old Main,
while everyone else was standing at attention dur
ing the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
As an aftermath of that incident, everyone recalls
what happened immediately afterward in the
Sandwich Shop when one member of the Admin
istration hotly reprimanded that individual who
had ignored his patriotic duty to our Flag and
Country.
.Who could forget those bright, sunny mornings
when hundreds of students interrupted their mad
dash to class, so they could watch those high school
kids give out with their music and marching. After
watching the Stars and Stripes being unfurled as
rthe climax to the ceremonies, one student casually
admitted, "Makes me feel like going to the recruit
ng office instead of my 9 o'clock class." So may
'be one author was correct when he said that if we
'take away all the bands, we would finally create
a warless world.
We won't take time to question the value of such
a statement as that, but we will repeat, that the
high school kids did a commendable job and added
en extra touch to Penn State life that most of us
would not have been able to enjoy, had it not been
:for the accelerated Summer semester.
Backfire From The Dorms
Coupled with the fact that a decided amount of
•tension was already prevalent in the dorms, our
editorial, "Outbursts From The Dorms," backfired
with terrific force in several instances. ,
It is generally agreed from all fronts, however,
•that our attack was not aimed at dorm men in
general, but just at the small minority group of 10
or 15 who were threatening to "take matters into
their own hands" with regard to the College pro
posal of giving the men's dorms over to women at
the beginning of the Fall semester.
We realize that there is no authority in charge
of dorms at present. We also realize fully that the
majority of dorm men feel they may suffer both
directly and indirectly for any drastic actions that
the minority group may take in gaining so-called
xevenge against the College's recent proposal.
Through yesterday's editorial, we were attempt
mg to prevent the drastic action that was threaten
al by the minority group—and there is no doubt
that such threats were being made.
On the other hand, the majority have already
pledged their support of the College's•proposal and
;.'mold be commended for making the sacrifice in
'the. best interests of Penn State. It has also been
suggested that some organized group—such as the
_Robert E. Rioter
Adolph L. &doer
Hirshberg
E. Marsh
Sally I.
R.
John D. Neel
----Louis H. Berl
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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A r. And Having Writ,
Moves On . .
Hell Week Be. Damned
With fraternity participation in Victory week
end activities still reverberating as many of their
lawn displays are still visible, it somehow seems
small and mean to accuse them of not taking the
war seriously enough. But that is just what we
are doing. Meaning that in our opinion, Hell Week
is downright disloyal.
Why Hell Week anyhow? Accomplishing noth
ing beyond satiating the sadistic impulses of the
"worldly" upperclassmen in normal times, now it
is diametrically opposed to the very ideals that
promoted this institution to have an accelerated
program.
From a period of three days to a week, fraterni
ties—which broaden the green froskinto cultured
gentlemen—indulge in some of the vilest, filthiest
practices in the name of "informal initiations." No
need to go into specific instances, these practices
are known to everybody and have been tolerated
in the past with — an indulgent whimsicality that is
positively sickening.
And—the height of something or other is the
story of several "war" frosh who are being ostra
cized. and have been asked to de-pledge their fra
ternities for refusing to submit themselves to the
indignities of Hell Week. Poor, misguided frosh!
Their story was that they thought they came to
' Sum - mer school and incidentally gave up their va
cations because their country said it was "the stu
dent's part in the war effort to complete his edu
cation as rapidly as possible."
Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin •
Fraternity heads may be blind not to see the
handwriting on the wall that is bound to appear
should certain events—such as, the fUrther falling
down of grades—appear. Dean Steidle's plea to
cut down on extra-curricular activities need not
be taken too seriously if "activities" like Hell Week
are cut out first. Maybe we're wrong, but we feel
that extra-curricular activities are an integral part
of college life, while Hell Week ceremonies are
definitely not. And that goes in spades!
Several fraternities have cut out these informal
initiations of the hellish nature. We don't know
their names, but if we did we would print them in
bold face, capital letters. We further hope that
these enlightened Houses append to that decision--
Out For The Duration.
No fault of the pledges, the disgusting practices
they are forced to go through violate all the laws
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of common decency and fair play, to all. intents
and purposes. When a freshman is paddled so hard
that a bone in his back is broken, as was the cast
in one instance, then it is high time to stop preach
ing abolition and, practice abstainment.
To sum it up—HELL WEEK BE DAMNED!
—RUSTUM
(By Associated Collegiate Press)
• NEW YORK—As evidence of changing edu
cational trends; the study of mathematics led all
new course enrollments during the year just
closed in colleges and universities, a study just
completed by Investors Syndicate discloses.
Courses based upon mathematics ranked sec
ond in attracting new students, it is revealed by
the company's study of the wartime role of more
than 550 leading educational institutions.
In this second group, general sciences, physics,
chemistry and engineering were reported in that
order of importance, while Spanish took third
place in new course gains.
Ironically, French scored the biggest loss of
students enrolled for more than 50 courses re
ported as showing shrinking importance.
Next in order of preference in new courses
ranked secretarial, foreign trade, business admin
istration and home economics. Liberal arts re
ceived the greatest setback.
football players who live in the dorms—should
take the responsibility of assuming authority in
case several students still attempt to express their
feeling of bitterness by taking drastic measures.
The Acid. Test
Announcing that State College will have a sur
prise total blackout sometime between now and
the first of September, Civilian Defense officials
realize that their efforts, instructions, and all plans
in general will get the so-called acid test when the
blackout does occur. No longer will students and
townspeople spend an entire afternoon preparing
their homes for an announced blackout. This time
the lights will go first, and then the preparations
will begin.
Letters To The Editor—
Reader Reviles Collegian
For Editorial "Slander"
To the Editor:
The 300 or so students in the
dormitories, who are being throWn
out, sincerely appreciate the co
operation it has received from the
student supported "voice of the
students." you big hypobrit! I
should think that before you go
around printing slandering editor
ials about 300 Penn State students
you would look into the facts.
Eighty-five percent of the stu
dents in the dormitories are tech
nical students—vital • to the na
tion's interest—not the college.
They are being thrown out to
make room for a bunch of women.
But of course the college enroll
ment might suffer, so to hell with
technical students and national
welfare—college enrollment comes
first. What kind at loyalty and
patriotism is this?
But overlooking these facts, the
dorm boys got together and decid
ed to cooperate with college auth
orities and move out. Meanwhile
you go around slandering ,300 stu
dents with filthy lies. Why don't
you verify facts before making
statements? Why don't you ask
college authorities if there is coop
.eration.—"destruction"?—
What have these students done
that is so shameful? Have they
organized a march on Harrisburg?
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1942
Campus
Calendar
TODAY
Philotes cabin party at the WRA
Cabin. Meet at 2 D. m. in front
of Old Main.
Tennis match with the faculty
at 2 p. m.
Russian Club members, are ask-: ‘
ed to attend a party and meeting
at the home of Mrs. H. B. Curry;
228 E. Prospect avenue, 7:30 p.
m. •
Have they made a• public demon
stration'of protest? No, they are
sacrificing their own comfort,•'and
taking- time -from studies to - find a
new hole to bury themselveSL4nd
what does your paper do? Comes
out with malicious lieg of revolt
and destruction.— Why .don't you
stick to 'your two-bit politics and
Victory Weekends and let people
who are making tangible sacrifices
alone—you rumor mongors . . .
yours,
Dominick Berardinelli
Editor's Note: Re-reading of
yesterday's editorial will reveal
that constructive criticism was
levied at "a small number of men"
-and not the 300 dorm residents.
Reference to today's front page
story will also reveal the "destruc
tion" which that "small group" has
Commenced and which will reflect
upon cooperating dorm residents
unless stopped. . . _