PAGE TWO Cannon—Like Joe College— Will Soon Go Off. To Wars This afternoon Penn State students will have the opportunity of •seeing a long established cam pus landmark leave the peaceful settings of col legiate life to "get in the scrap." In defense of official action in contributing the antique to the salvage drive we would like to 'point out a few pertinent facts. College students and Americans in general have not been accustomed to think in terms of conser vation. When a new article or product caught our :fancy we bought it and discarded the old. Attics and junk piles became crammed with Material which still possessed some use. Even more unfor tunate than this was the destruction of material which would now be , most welcome. Total war has now made the junk heap the treasure chest. America's 32 million households are being searched for useful articles of commerce and war, in addition, Uncle they nephews must learn to conserve what they now have. We are told that metal and rubber are the bone and sinew of the war machine. These must constantly be replenished. The metal tbat is consumed in battle will never again be available; the aluminum in the plane shot down over Germany, the steel in the tank blown to bits in Libya, the casing of the shell that explodes in Russia—all these are gone for good. This metal can be replaced to some degree. Mean while we must be prepared to save and sacrifice 'the usable things we now own so that new raw material can add life to the redeemed waste' ma terial. Remember—by substituting zinc for brass in many of the ten million safety razors manufac tured in 1941 we have 30 million more .30 caliber cartridges to shoot at the Japs and Nazis in 1942 and '43. Although most students will be unable to con tribute much to the salvage drive today they can do two things. First attend the brief ceremonies beginning at 4:15 p. m. at the Main Gate when the military department relinquishes the cannon to the collection. •Secondly, the students can be prepared to ease up on the use of vital materials 'by accepting substitutes. The Official. Story Friday is the national release date for the first official full-length motion picture portraying the history of a decade of war that led inevitably to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Issued by the Bureau 'Of Motion Pictures of the Office of War Informa lion, the film will be circulated through the Hol lywood motion picture exchanges, and is the only film ever to bear the credit line of "The United States Government Presents.". It's ridiculous to think that the picture will not be partisan, since it is being edited entirely by Americans and for Americans. But underneath 'the partisan viewpoint, you will have an oppor • tunity to see how the present world conflict has 'evolved since the incident which led to the Jap •anese invasion of Mukden, China, in 1931. The entire story is there, including the battle of Brit ain, the heroic stand of the Russian army and people, the fall of Bataan, the loss of the Phil tipines, and many of the recent engagements of •the U. S. Pacific fleet. Don't miss the "World At War." It's the offi cial story, as portrayed in modern motion pie- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN "Ftir A setter Penn State" 11131ablished 1940. Success : or to trite Penn State Collegian. , mtablished 1904. and the Free Lance. established 1887. Published daily .except Sunday and Monday during 'the regular College Year by the etudents of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class 'matter July 5. 1934 ut the Post-of lice at State College. Pa.. under the act of Marcia 13, 1.137 f. • Editor Bas. and Adv. v!gr. Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. 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This Issue eVisisiant NI.W, Editor Now,i Adv,rti, 1,1% n:wor Graduate Countetor Louis EL Bet 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111H1111111111111111111111111 1111 11 1111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 111 1111111111111111111111 If students would have been told that Harry James, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman would all play for IF ball the jolt re ceived would have been much less than the one they got from President Hetzel's speech Monday. ^He told us that Penn State is at war. He told us that ALL students are destined for the armed forces. He told us that unnecessary extra-curricular activities must be curtailed and will be. He told us that most deferments, will be can celled at the end of this semester. * It was rather distressing in an "I told yoti so" sort of way to watch the shocked faces over the group of 4500 as the President drove this stark realism into the microphone. —Fred E. Clever Mickey Metz Helen U. lieefativer -___ H. T.. Marsh THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 0 Nothing BUT The Truth As a matter of fact it could almost safely be said that up until 11 o'clock Monday, September 14, the majority of us didn't realize that there was a war going on. And when we say realize we mean that it never occurred to most of us that WE MIGHT HAVE 'TO GO! That we might un dergo the same mental and physical torture that Joe Blank from the other side of the tracks who didn't have enough dough to become a mechanical engineer is now undergoing in the Solomons, China, and did go through on Bataan. Certainly it's true that engineers are needed in industry. Engineers will always be needed in in dustry. If such was not the case Penn State would fall to pieces in four years time. And certain technical men such as pre-meds, graduate chemists and a very few others will re main behind. But as far as deferring every Tom, Dick, and Harry simply because in•' five years time he'll be fitted for a responsible engineering • job—them days are gone forever. • The plain fact is that: THE U., S. NEEDS AN ARMY OF 13,000,000 MEN. _ . First it was eight million, then ten. Now it's gone to thirteen. And you can bet you're last week's poker winnings that it will go still higher. When the production machine begins to work smoothly—it isn't yet by any means—the govern ment apparently figures ,that this machine will only be able to take care of the guns, planes, and tanks for this large a group of-men. And that therefore from now on it will look at the other side of the picture. The more important side: The one in which everybody- pools their knowl edge, musters their fighting ability and begins to win the war. 30 Sponsors Lead Frosh Due to the absence of a number of Senior Sponsors, moved last semester because of student teach ing and graduation, Mortar Board, national senior women's honor society, in cooperation with the staff of the dean of women, has appointed several additional coeds to fill vacancies and cope with enrollmetnt difficulties. According to Jean A., Kelly '43, newly chosen -Sponsor chairman, the complete list of 3O Senior SponsOrs includes Betty M. Breese, Pauline Crossman, Gladys E. Fitting, Eleanor Freedman, Emily L. Funk, Lois M. Gardner, Suzanne .M. Hay, Jean E. Hersh berger, Janet V. Holmes, Marian E. Hora, Reba W. Hough, Clara E. House, Ada Lord. Mary Lou McCully, Marjorie E. McFarland, Muriel R. Meisel man, Sara L. Miller, Marian S. Owen, Joanne M. Palmer, Jane M. Parkhill, 'Sarah E. Paxton, Mabel E. Satterthwaite, Natalie A. Siebert, Edith L. Smith, Mar jorie L. Sykes, Lila A. Whoolery, Irma F. Winter, Helen • H. Wolf, Marjorie I. Zint, and Miss Kelly. Campus Calendar TODAY The '46 Independents will hold their first meeting in 405 Old Main at 7:30 p. m. All first and second semester freshmen are urged to attend. Freshman Home Economics Mixer in Hort Woods at 7 p. m. WSGA Senate meeting, WSGA Room White -Hall, 6:30 p. m. WSGA House of Representa tives meeting, 318 Old Main, 5 p. in. Mime Ec. Club muating, Hort Woods at 7' o'clock. Because of a mixup in_ plans for a transfer dance Saturday night, it was held in Conjunction come. with a freshman mixer. Every- Campus '45 meets, 411 Old body still seemed to have a good Main, 7 p. m. Nominations for time. • Clique chairman will be made. Contrary to custom, a Freshman Week for transfers would be im- Player's Continued tryouts tonight for mediately appreciated. Ask them. `.`The Man WhO Came To 'Dinner," in Little Ttreatre. Stn- Although, under the auspices 'dents must sign at Student Union of WSGA Junior Service Board, 'for tryout apPeintrhents. there is a program for. transfer - Senior Life Saving in whi t e orientation, thee has been as yet Hall Pool at 4p. m. . not attempt ,to make transfer ' - Archery Club prdctice and in- women real Penn Staters. struction Holmes Field 4 to 5. H. -S ' L. H. . Campus '46 meeting, 110 Home Economics, 7 p. m. All Fresh men men and women are wel- p. m. today. Old and, new mem- • , . . bers may attend. . urged to attend. • .• Important meeting . of Campus Meeting of Sophomore Business '46 clique in 110 Home EC. 7:30 •Staff, men and women, in Leon p. m. All first and second se- and Bach's office; 4p.m. • • mester freshmen urged to attend.' MISCELLANEOUS . • Candidates . fOr Varsity Basket- All seniors urged to visit Photo ball report to Rec Hall, 6:30 p. m. Shop Thursday, Friday or Satur- WI3.A bridge club meets at 6:45 day, 9 a. m. to 5 p. in. to check p. m., White• Hall play room. All their La Vie photo and activity freshmen and old members are proofs. FREE To All Subscribers Of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN The Annual COLLEGIAN DANCE GET YOUR SUBSCRIPTION-AND TICKET IN THE COLLEGIAN OFFICE CARNEGIE HALL—NOW • WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 We, she Women Why Can't Transfers Have Freshman Week? Freshman Week, or rather the few daYS devoted to intense fresh man orientation, iS over and emanating from various campus sources are rumors representing viewpoints of those 'concerned. According to the elas sof "40- blank", efforts to make new stu dents feel at home and to imbue them with the College spirit were entirely satisfactory. A different story can be told about transfers. Although they were riot sup- pciSed to arrive until last Wed nesday, because of a Misunder standing oh the part of SeVeral faculty members, many received letters requesting. them to be on campus Sunday with the fresh men. • We agree that this was a mis take, but itbrought to light an important flaw in the orientation of new students. While freshmen were sent handbooks (and could easily ob tain others if they left original ones at home) transfers must sign their names at the PSCA office to get their' "one and only." While freshmehlearned Penn State songs and cheers and were introduced to campus leaders and faculty per sonalties at enthusiasticc mass meetings, transfers sat in . Watts Hall and felt peculiarly "out of things." 4111, It seems to be the policy of WSGA Senate to keep frehman and transfer orientation complete ly separate. In some cases; we agree that it is necessary to hold separate meetings for certain regulations differ widely. However, transfers are also new students. We propose that Sen ate adopt a new orientation pro gram-orientation of new students as a whole..
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