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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Pena State"
Established 1940. Successor to thte Penn State Collegian,
established 1904. end the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during tht
regular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1984
at the Post-office at State College, Pa., ender the act of
March 8, 1879,
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy '43 " Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
Editorial Staff—Women's Editor—Louise M. Fuoss '4B:
Managing Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '43 Sports Editor—
Donald W. Davis '4B; Assistant Managing Editor—Dominick
L. Golab '4B: Feature Editor—David Samuels '43; News Edi
tor—James D. Olkein '4B ; Assistant News Fditor—Robert E.
Schooley '43; Assistant Sports Editor—Richard S. Stebbins
'43; Assistant Women's Editor—Kathryn M. Popp '43:
Assistant Women's Editor—Edith L. Smith '4B; Women's
Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk '4B.
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Graduate Counselor
Friday, August 28, 1942
Off To College
So you have decided to go to college. Four
years ago Joe made the same decision; but four
years ago this nation was not at war and Joe
was not anticipating all the major changes that
were destined to invade Penn State before he
would get that coveted degree.
Now he has . graduated. It was a great mo
ment for Joe when they handed him his degree;
and when he turned away from the platform,
Joe scanned his four years in a few thoughtful
seconds. ;He had seen the College complete its
greatest- .buifding .program in history; he had
watched the . ' enrollment hit an all-time high; and
finally, as a fitting climax; he had seen Penn
State change over night from a normal educa
tional institution to a booming wartime College--
with
.accelerated learning as its by-word.
Now you're planning to take over where• Joe
left off. , . If there are , as many revolutionary
changes during the next four years as there were
in the last four, then we - may say, without hesi
tation, that "you're in for a whale of a big time,
with plenty of work for all."
Above all, we can't overlook the draft. Hun
dreds of freshmen will be glad to hear that Penn
State has eliminated many of the Selective Serv
ice worries by offering the Army Enlisted Re
serve to 2,000 students. As No. 1 on your "must"
list, get into the AER, and . by meeting its quali
fications, you, will insure your chances of gradu
ating before being called into Uncle Sam's Army.
And don't forget those activities. Penn State
:is always on the lookout for budding politicians,
debaters, journalists, and musicians who are nev
er• satisfied unless they are active in something
iwhich doesn't come from textbooks. Of course,
.your studies are of major importance--at least
that is what one helpful professor tried to preach
.into Joe's mind one day last Spring.
We avowed that we weren't going to say any
thing special about the accelerated study pro
gram, which is now in full swing at Penn State.
So we'll pass over the entire subject with the
brief remark, "By attending college the , year
around, you will assist Penn State in making its
greatest contribution to America's war 'efforts.
The College is doing vital research work in all
fields, and is giving special defense training
courses to hundreds of students and Naval . Re
serve Officers, but above an, Penn State is offer
ing accelerated learning which enables students
to graduate early and take their places in indus
try, business, and the armed services."
Those were only a few of the many things that
Joe told me to pass on to you. He was hesitant
about leaving the campus, but said it would not
be so difficult to go if he knew he were leaving
behind a few pointers to help the incoming frosh.
He recalled the fact that Penn State was once
a typical man's college. However, the last de
cade has seen the growing trends of women on
campus; and now that America has plunged into
another world conflict, women will assume un
precedented importance Et Penn State.. So that
the College may better insure a - stable enrollment
in these times of emergency, a record-breaking
number of women have been enrolled for the
Fall semester. Three large dormitories, origin
ally occupied by men, have been turned over to
women. As for studies, many women have en
rolled in special defense courses, among which is
aircraft drafting.
As Joe said, "Everything and everybody is
moving in a hurry up here at Penn State. But
these frosh are prepared. They know what to
expect and.Nion't get, rushed off .their
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/* Through The
Needle's Eye
Dear Frosh:
About a week after Germany declared World
War II in September, 1939, we got a copy of a
special freshman newspaper from the Collegian
at the Pennsylvania State College. A week later
we put on cur best two-button suit and hitch
hiked up to The Corner at State College to fall
right into the middle of the "housing situation."
In about three hours now we're going to walk
up to Dr. Hetzel, Prexy of this land-grant College,
and get a sheepskin which will entitle us to our
hunk of the world tomorrow morning. A little
later in the evening the sophomores and juniors
who put out this paper, will get ready for an all
night siege with this special issue for you. About
a week after you get it, you'll get on your horse
to get to The Corner at State College, where you
also will fall into the middle of a "housing situa
tion."
That makes us a senior, graduated in seven
semesters, as far as we can make out, into a
world' with a lot of jobs to be done.. But, it also
makes . you a freshman, entering a college while
your country is at war. You're pretty smart, ac
cording to your high school records and the Col
lege Examiner, and you're pretty young, too.
You'll be up on campus in a couple of weeks,
starting off on the Big Adventure.
Up here, people are going to tell you things—
and always for your own good. Oh, always
.for
your own good. Your mother and father will
write you letters, giving you advice. Your ad
visor will tell you where to get off, because you're
too young and green to tell him where to get off.
When you start reading The Daily, Collegian
again, some new columnist will be filling this
space each week, telling you what to do. Sorors
and fraters will tell you to Join Up—for your
own good, of';course. 4
We don't .want to, tell you, anything . , ' We're
pretty thankful 'at this moment for a number of
things we've enjoyed. As we've said before,
we're thankful for all the Penn States in. the
world where young people are disillusioned as'
gently as possible - . Through oux needle's eye, it .
looks as if there are plenty of illusions hanging
around this world. Some of them are in the.
minds of our congressmen. Some of them are
in the minds of our professors. Some of them
are in our own mind.
We want to get rid of some of these illusions.
Others, we're going to go to war for: You'll be
studying here in a couple of weeks,,after the fra
ternities and sororities let you go, and you'll be
told that you are in . . a war semester, that you live
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Tribunal
Customs
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8 a. m. until 5:30 p. m.
only. All exemptions will be
designated by Tribunal.
Freshmen shall at no time
walk on the grass of the cam
pus or other unpaved short
cuts, but shall walk on the
sidewalks. Freshmen shall
at no time walk on Senior
Walk which extends from
the Main Gate to the Pugh
Street Gate.
Freshmen are not permitted
to smoke on campus, except
with unvarnished corncob
pipes.
Freshmen must keep their
hands out of their pockets at
all times.
Freshmen shall remove their
dinks upon entering Old Main.
Freshmen must enter and
leave Old Main only by the
center door of the front en
trance, (facing College ave
nue).
At the command "Button
Frosh!" freshmen shall re
move their dinks in the man
ner of tipping the hat. Fresh
men shall carry on the "Hello
Spirit" by speaking to faculty
members and students when
they meet on campus.
Freshmen shall learn the Al-
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Date
Etiquette Pamphletki
To Go To Frbsh
"Social Etiquette In College,"
mimeographed pamphlet publish
ed by the Mass Meetings commit
tee of the PSCA, will be dis
tributed to members of the classi
of '46, it was announced last
night.
Editor of the pamphlet, third
in a series of five to be given to
Frosh, is Phyllis R. Watkins '44.
ma Mater and all College
songs and cheers in the Hand
book.
Freshmen must know the.
names and locations of all
buildings on campus, and,
must know the pictures cur-,
rently playing at the locale
theatres.
Freshmen shall attend all
class meetings, athletic con-t
tests, and mass meetings and
shall not 'leave .such affairs - ,
until they are closed by*the' ;
proper anthorities or a reason
able excuse is 'offered to Stu-?
dent Tribunal or a - member?,
thereof before the scheduled'
time of such events.
At all n:
. football , games,•,fresh
men are to occupy only the''
freshman section of the East
stands.
Freshmen shall tip their'
dinks when passing the "Wil..
low Tree" on either side of the
Mall.
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