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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
F,O.ablished 1919. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
caablished 1901. and the Free Lance, " established 1887.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during th
r,•ktular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
;SlAte College. Entered as second-class mattr July 5. 1934
nt. the Post-office at State College. Pa., under the act at
loch 8. 1.879.
Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr.
cordon Coy '43 ' 1 r " Leonard E. Bach '43
Editorial and Business Office Downtown Office
Ca Meg ie Hall 149-121 South Frazier St
Phone 711 Phone 4372
Editorial Stati—Women"s Editor—Louise M. Fuoss '43;
141anaging Editor—Herbert J. Zukauskas '43 ; Sports Editor- -
Donald W. Davis '43 ; Assistant Managing Editor--Dominick
Golnb '43: Feature Editor—David Samuels '43 News
Mitor—Robert E. Schooley '43; Assistant Sports Editor --
3tichard S. Stebbins '43 ; Assistant Women's Editor— JEdith L.
Smith '43; Women's Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk '43.
Junior Editorial Board—Benjamin M. Bailey, Fred E.
Clever, Milton Bolinger, Larry T. Chervenak, Robert T. Kim
mel. Robert E. Rioter, Richard B. McNaul. Richard D.
Sinyaer, Donald L. Webb. Paul I. Woodland. Sally L. Hirsh
berg,' Helen R. Keefauver, Jane H .Murphy. Mary Janet
• . . •••-,
lie,inaging Editor
Nowt.; Editor
Assistant Managing Editor _
A 111; iatant News Editor
.Advertising Manager
Assistant Adrertisinir Manager
Graduate Counselor -
Wednesday, October 7, 1942
No Greater Service
"Promote, then, as an object of primary
t . importance, institutions for the general dif
fusion of knowledge. In proportion as the
structure of a government gives force to pub
• lic opinion, it is essential that public opinion
1 should be enlightened."
America, in its early days, realized the import
ance of a free press— a press that would give
force to public opinion and promo'te the best in
terest of a democratic government.
. Today, after more than a century and a half as
St free and united nation, America has grown to
realize the tremendous part a newspaper can play
In the national scene.
Now, as •never before, newspapers have al big
job to do in helping the United Nations win the
war against the Axis. With this purpose in mind,
America has set aside the week of October 1-8,
during which time the country will celebrate Na
tional Newspaper Week. In other words, this na
tion is reserving one week when it will boost and
promote the American newspaper in order to
give it extra incentive and vitality to help it face
'tie terrific task that lies ahead.
• As America plunges more deeply into the pres
grit world conflict, every newspaper will be called
upon to perform jobs 'that will be highly instru
xnental in aiding the United Nations. The De
partment of Commerce reported in August that
upwards of 300 million dollars in newspaper space
had been donated to the
. Defense and War Bond
Campaigns. This is only'a small example of what
the American newspaper can .do. Its potential
.r;irength is unlimited.
.• In the Months ahead, American newspapers will
be the mouthpiece of the nation's war activities.
Only through the powerful press will America be
able to uphold home front morale, and inform
every citizen concerning the hundreds of changes
:that must be made in civilian life.
• Edwin F. Abels, president of the. National Edi
torial Association, says, "Newspaper week should
b a time of reaffirmation of the ethics of the pro
fession, Information that inspires leadership must
be grounded in truth, simply told, fearlessly pre
rlonted. No greater service is possible on any
battlefront."
The Show's On
The show is on the road
Streamlined but little by curfews and other
wartime restrictions, the Fall edition of Penn
.State's student political battle is at last under
way. And'the election it will influence is an im
vo rtant one.
With wartime problems, restrictions, and pro
grams certain to be brought up for consideration
in the months to come, Penn State's student gov
ernment—already America's strongest—is pre
:;orited with the opportunity to become even more
~rowerful, and with the danger of proving itself a
grand farce.
The student leaders chosen in Friday's elections
*ill help make the tell-tale decisions. •
Join in the student political scrap and help
ch.)ose worthy leaders.
Help mak,2 Penn State's political show a four
iiiar hit. —L. T. C.
Robert K. inter
Helen R. Keefauver
Walt Fiselima'
_ Lucille J. Dell
Donald H. Shane!
John D. Neel
-- Louis H. Belt
—George Washington
►.c - 2 Nothing BUT
The Truth
(The opinions expressed in this column are those of
the columnist, and %re not, necessarily those of The
Daily Collegian.)
Far be it from us to plug the homely, timid "
Philly Inquirer, but you've just gotta buy it these
days Co read the best reading of the month: Quen
tin Reynolds' "Only The Stars Are Neutral."
Although it seems to be the fashion among the
student intelligencia to regard any story about
the war played up from the Allied viewpoint as
sheer nonsense, and something dreamed up out
of the minds of paid propagandists, we recom
mend it for the kind of stuff that makes a guy
"fightin' mad," ._, r'
And, incidentally, somebody should wise up
the "little children" who left out long sighs of
disgust over Clark Gable's closing speech in
"Somewhere I'll Find You."
It makes a fellow want awfully much to beat
some dope's brains out.
Pathetic sights seen here and there: . The many
Pounds of good healthy scrap metal tossed reck
lessly around behind the AKPi house. May this
inform thein there is a large steel mill thirty
miles away that would "please like to have some
scrap metal—QUICK." . . . the "fire engine driv
ers". who are trying to make themselves the life
of the party by ridiculing the 35 mph speed law
now in effect in Pa. State Motor Police who are
draggin"ern. in right and left are also quite
amused . . . the sad response we gave our : cheer
leaders during the Sat. game—must have been
too much IFball and too little FOOTball.
They'll do it every time: When the boys slapped
a pledge pin on surprised Lou Gehrig in "The
Pride of the Yankees," a voice in the deep dark
back row of the C'athnum wailed out: "They must
be Sigma• Nu's!"
rmia
All the news no other column would print: The
little gal who thought she had crept out of the
first floor window in 'Jordan Hall for a. date
must have been reading too many Rover Boys
books. 'She'S wit a two-week strict campus and
doesn't think it was worth it, says we to get on
the good side of WSGA . . . Froth will come out
next weekend to take this newspaper for a merry
ride. Spicy Adventure is also parodied . . . The
three be-e-eautiful gems that came to the Chi
Phi air raid party last, weekend and sat around
for two hours before anybody realized 'it. P.S.:
Then the Navy took over ... Bob Graham, one of
the Sons of Graham &, informing everyone all
Mon. eve and Tuesday that the Cards copped the
Series. He's been rooting for them for years and
is not the kind of a guy to make any bones about
it, either . . . Prize motto on the production front:
TNT—Today, Not Tomorrow.
We she WOlltert
1
It Worked Once
When the idea of defense stamp corsages orig
inated last year, it sounded like a good one. It
was—and, to our way of thinking, still is.
More than one coed was surprised when her
IF Ball - date inquired what kind• of flowers she
would like. Because of the successful sale at
previous big dances and because students are
becoming increasingly war conscious, it was as
sumed that stamps would replace floral corsages
for the duration.
None of this chatter is intended as criticism of
Interfraternity Council members. In view of
their plan for• every fraternity man to purchase
at least one 50 cent 'stamp each month, they de
serve only commendation. Moreover, it is under
standable why one organization would hesitate
to risk investing money in stamp corsages when
a big dance is a financial risk in itself.
Class dances, because the financial reserve is
larger, fall into a different category. Certainly,
the sale of stamp corsages was successful at Soph
Hop. Will it be tried again at Junior-Senior Ball?
With a little organization, defense stamps would
be used at every dance—big and little. Student
Union could be designated as a coordinating
agency. If one group overestimated the demand
for its dance, the remaining corsages could be
bought by the next committee.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TODAY
- WRA Bridge Club meets, White
Hall playroom, 6:30 p. m.
WRA Rifle Club meets, Rifle
Range, 6:,30 p. m.
WRA Badminton Club meets.
gymnasium, 6:30 p.
Authentic war film.
.."Target
For e•Ton ight", Schwab Audi
torium, 7 p. m. No admission fee.
Campus '46 Meets, 110 Home
Ec. Building, i p. m.
Pre,Medical and Medical- tech
nicians 'meet, 405 Old Main, 7
p. in. Movies will be. shown.
" Second , semester freshman
.men
tnd women candidates for Daily
Collegian editorial staffmeet, 9
Carnegie Hall, 7 p. m.
International Relations Club .
'meets, 7 Sparks, 7, p. m.
Campus '45 meeting, 318 • Old
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COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF ALTOONA
IN STATE COLLEGE CALL 3731
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1942
ADS Elects
Alpha Delta Sigma, national
advertising honorary, at a recent
meeting elected William E. Arm
strong '43, vice-president, and
'Phillip P.. 'Mitchell '44, treasurer.
,Mitchell will serve as treasurer
for the corning . year.
Plans for , a. Smoker on Sunday,
,Noy. .8 were also tnade. Edward
J. Meyers. '43, and George J.
.Cohen '44, were appointed to
make plans for the event.
Main, .7:30 p. m:
Debate squad
Sparks at 7 • p
season.
TOMORROW
Mexican ' in
Room,
Friars meeting,- 318' Old Main,
7' p. m. t . •
py knack of making thirst a minor
matter...refreshment your fore.
most feeling.
"And your own experience will
prove this fact: The only thing like
Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola itself."
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