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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
regular College year by the students of The .Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second-class mattr July 6. 1934
nt the Post-office at State College, Pa., under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43
Managing Editor __
Assistant Managing Editor --_
News Editor
Assistant News Editor
Assistant News Editor
;Advertising Manager
Assistant Advertising Managers
Sports Editor This Issue ___
Editorial Assistants
Graduate Counselor
Friday, October 2, 1942
Are Weekends Wet?
This is not Spring. In fact, the professional
weather prophets have recently reminded us that
;Winter is not too far around the proverbial corner.
Yet, this is IF weekend, and for many years IF
weekend has been held in the Spring—all of
which proves nothing, except that the accelerated
program has played havoc with the College calen
dar and campus events. Dances, which were pre
viously held prior to Christmas, are now held in
conjunction with Fourth of July celebrations. All
in all, everything is about as stable as the New
;York Stock Exchange was in 1929.
But what difference does this make in the minds
- . of Penn State students? Whether it be Fall or
Spring, there will be a few collegiates who will
ppend this IF weekend in the company- of books,
a few more will be in the company of imports and
coeds, and still an additional few will be'in the
company of the special Penn State spirit that has
become synonymous with chaperones and mixed
.drinking.
All readers who succeeded in wading through
these first few paragraphs of nonsense, Will prob
ably give up the ghost and call it quits when they
: 'pee the phrase, mixed drinking. Ever since' t was
nstituted several years ago, mixed, drinking regu r .
Jation has borne the brunt of incessant attacks
•from a number of students. They have grown to
hate the drinking restriction; 'they-have even be
:come allergic to the sensation caused by only
hearing the phrase, mixed drinking, when it is
mentioned in their presense.
But, whether you agree or not, mixed drinking
;restrictions have been of some benefit at Penn
~State. The' extent of benefit 'Cannot be measured
:in fifths, or pints, or auarts—but just the same,
we do know that the mixed drinking code has
caused a number of fraternities to think twice
;before submerging into an "all-out" weekend
party.
Now the fear is beginning to wear off. Maybe
students have concluded that mixed drinking leg
:islation is dead, is ancient history. : Many students
now on campus were not here when the last "raid"
was made, and those who were here have prob
ably forgotten the details of the punishment that
was clamped on the offenders. •
, But history is in the process of being repeated.
11PC has already broadcast its usual blanket warn
ing about mixed drinking this weekend, and the
'warning was accepted with the usual amount of
Indifference.
Heretofore, IFC has only frowned on mixed
drinking, but this weekend
.there, is going to be
some scowling. Regardless of what is said here,
however, many fraternities will go ahead with
their usual plans for a wet weekend, and they're
riot referring to the weather.
Over There-1942 Version
These few paragraphs 'are not Intended as . a
damper for your coveted weekend plans. Instead,
is only an attempt to portray the other side of
the picture, since our own .may be somewhat dis
torted as a result of IF Ball festivities. This week
end will be much the same as those of the past—
tonight we dance, tomorrow we usher in another
grid season, tomorrow night we dance again.
::11othing seems changed; yet, America has now
been at war for more than eight months.
Uncle Sam's armed forces have now swarmed
to all parts of
. the world. The Navy and the
:Marines are battling in the Solomons; the Navy
is bombarding the Aleutian Islands; American air
)nen are aiding the Chinese in blasting Jap-held
bases; U. S. aviators are checking Rommel's forces
Egypt; America is building a mighty army in
the British Isles; and U. S. merchantmen 'are con
voying supplies to war-torn Russia.
• No doubt, America's ardent isolationists of the
past half century are now doing some extra turn
mg in their graves.
_ Larry T. Chervanak
___ William E. Reimer
M. J. Winter
Lucille J. Bell
Ann Fisher
Kenneth Sivitz
___ Jr. Business Board
Fred Clever
Bolfonti. Woodland
Louis H. Bet
1016.41' , Tales
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(The opinions expressed in this column `are Wye of
the columnist. and are not necessarily ,- those of The
Daily Collegian.)
On the verge of another whoaper-dooper week
end, we pause to survey the lay of the land; the
import crop, Monsieur Lundelius' naughty
naughty warning, and, by all means the weather.
To an unique IF we bat out the following lines.
Before And After -..• '
September 00 B. L.
(Before Lundelios)
The ticket's bought, my girl is here •
We're drinking naught but little beer
My work is done,. my toes will skip . •
Surprise me, Powell, and use that stick
October 1, A. L..
(After Lundelius) . •
The ticket's bought, but what the hell
Since Bill has raised a noisy yell
Cabinet's show was filled with ham
About now, I don't give a damn. .
'prise
Because the word surprise is supposed to turn
salesman, we hereby note those couples who will
be taking in the surprises this p. m. Mickey Mc-
Farland and Chuck Philips, Wrim Ramsey and
Dale Hamilton, Marie Rokos and 'Dick Collins,
Marge Campsy and Hank Yeagley, Renee Marks
and Cliff St. Clair,
_Betty Lyman and Charley
Good, Louise Fuoss and Jim. Norcross, Rita Rokosz
and Wayne LaPoe, and Beanie Siebert and Bill
Scott, SURPRISED? •
Greek Hang-Over
When the ladies start turning on the juice it's
funny to hear a tale of early fresh week and male
lead piping. Anyhow here's some aftermath. It
happened at one of those beautiful campus man
sions not so long ago. A man walked up to the
door and rang the bell.
"I want to see pledge So and So."
"Never heard of him."
•
"He's a pledge of yours." .
•
"Just a minute, I'll see if anybody has met him."
The door slams. .. . screams for So and So he&Tl
reverberating. •
. Door opens. • "Nobody knows him." Door closeS.
Razzl e- Dazzle
Marce Stringer is coaching football since the
draft blew in. Beanie Siebert has knocked the
Kappas and Mr. Scott for a loop. DG's Jan Hartz
(Mrs. Bob Drake as of not long ago) and Ann Bor
ton visited their alma mamma and sisters last
week. —The Cub
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Lion
sTEELI.:N:*
The steel in a pair
of_old roller skates :it!!!
week! make ,$::
—Amen
We, 511 e, _Womeg.
This Time, There
IS An
_Epidemic.
It used to be that a cold epi
demic -was big news. Columnists
and reporters quoted-and mis
quoted. Doc Ritenour, and stli
dents discussed the germ situation
as heatedly as the 8:30 curfey.
Although little has been'. `said,
for ;the past -week there hag 'been
an .epidemic. Students appear de
termined to "carry on"—not
merely class work, but activities,
and social
,life as well.
We `feel their stoicism would
be more admirable if combined
with common , sense. In military
training camps, men with jobs
more vital than any student ac
tivity are confined to hospitals
upon first signs of a sore throat
'cr chest cold. However, military
leaders,' unlike students, know
that it pays to' keep physically fit.
In a college with 5600 students,
it's the individual's ,responsibility
to keep well. As the defense
posters say, "It's patriotic to' be
healthy."
Gamma Phi-- Beta • pledged
Freshman Louise ' Ann Bitter
Saturday.
Even a Freshman soon learns how to handle Laundry
Problems=just send your laundry home by. RAILWAY
EXPRESS and have it returned to you the same way.
You'll find it's really no problem at all.
Low rates include pick-up and delivery at no extra charge,
within our regular vehicle limits, in all cities and principal
towns. Your laundry can be sent prepaid or collect, as you
chodse. Psst! Send and receive baggage, gifts, etc. the
same convenient way.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1942
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
Aillel Friday evening services,
Hillel Fonndation,• 7:15 p. m.
"Hi? torie Backgrounds of World
War jr, senior engirieeglig *-
tare by - Professor Martin, 121
4:10 - p. in.
. Interfraternity Ball, Rec Hall
10 p. m. to 2 a. m. •
Pep Rally, Nittany Lion Shrine,
7 30 p. tn.
' - - SATURDAY
• Bucknell football game, •. New
Beaver. Field, 2 p. m,
WRA Open House, White Hall,
7 to 10 p. m.
' ' SUNDAY, ' •
Hillel -record coricert, Hillel,
2:30 p. m. '
MONDAY
•
Beginners class in. Hebreytr,
Hillel, 4:15 m. All are'
come. . ,
iviiscßu./wEous
"La BoheMe" - opera ticketi . on
sale at .the Athletic Assciciatiok,
- First and second semesterfreshmen candidates :for soccer,
manager report at Aec Hall:or
golf course soccer field: eiter 3
. ,
I` ,
Portfolio is now on sale t , .at
student Union and the CoriOr
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