I:'A.GE TWO THE DAILY C 4 LLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Itllo. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, e.l,lblished 1901. and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the r,.,rillar College year by the students of The Pennsylvania 141,it0 College. Entered as second-class nusttr July 5, 1534 nt the Post-office at State College, Pa.. under the act. of March S, 1875. Editor Bus. and Adv. Mgr. Gordon Coy '43 Leonard E. Bach '43 K14.06;11 and Business Office Carnegie Hall ' Phone 711 1 7 :4itorial Staf t—Women"s Editor—Louise M. Fuoss '43; Managing Editor—Hethert .T. Zukauskas '43 Sports Editor— Donald W. Davis '43 ; Assistant Managing Editor -Dominick 3. Golab '43 Feature Editor—David Samuels '43: News hditor — . Robert E. Schooley '43: Assistant Sports Editor - Ttinhard S. Stebbins '43 ; Assistant Women's Editor—Edith L. .Eolith '43; Women's Feature Editor—Emily L. Funk '43. Business Staff—Credit Manager—Philip Jaffe '43; Circm liction Manager—Robert, E. Edgerly '43 ; Classified Advertis• in): Manager—Roy E. Barclay '43: Promotion Manager - .1 ock E. McCoor '43 ; Senior. Secretary—Frances A. Leiby '43; Women's Advert.ising Manager—Sara L. Miller '43: Assist. :11)1, Women'p Advertising Manager—Marjorie L. Sykes '43. 711 A rialri sir Editor Ne.4 , :i Edith' A F.:itAanL Managing Editor A:s4istan t News Editor _ so.istant News Editor _ Akl v9.rtisinc.; Manager _ , Uraohnito Counselor Wednesday, October 14, 1942 Let's Add Something New . One , of the biggest complaints made by war •conscious students on this campus concerns the content of present courses; there is a feeling that !material which is being presented is of an obsolete )iature and not in line with a war program. Ad kmittedly this may he true, but there is no need , for the situation to continue. In ,many courses the same teaching methods •Irtid data which were established many years , ago are still employed. The College catalog has out .)Med these spheres of study and many instructors )lave been timid about venturing from the de :tertnined pathway of knowledge. As a result, it •L; an easy matter for course material to fall .be 4,ind the times. Even now, with universities and cotteges gearing to emergency effort, students 'everywhere are forced to swallow antique princi pLus; up-to-date modifications would provide them with information of immediate usefulness. Geography ? long derided as a dust covered sub ject, .has met with unusual success in its stream lining. Crowded classrooms testify-to student ap ,proval of the modernized courses. UnfoKtunate tly, few departments have had the initiative to fol low this lead. However action must and will be 'taken in the near future. President Hetzel recently hinted at such re vision when he said, "Suggestions for changes in content of curricula and courses to meet the needs of the war effort are being offered from within our organization and from without, 'and it _will probably be advisable to appoint one or two more committees to consider these suggestions." Careful consideration might seem to indicate 'the abolition of some courses but the majority •should find it easy to survive by merely empka •sizing specialized portions of the study material. It's time to cut out excess baggage—it's a long road to victory. H. J. Z. Back On The Farm Last Saturday afternoon nearly 50 Penn State Students spent their spare time helping local if.krmers harvest their crops. They worked for .only a few hours . bUt their accomplishments were measured by the farmers in weeks. One farmer told some of the students that what they had done throughout the afternoon would have normally taken - him two weeks. His situation was like that of farmers the coun- 'try over. His son is in the Army and it is difif cult to hire laborer now. Meanwhile a large eld of crops remains to be harvested. President Roosevelt requested the people of the qmtion in, his speech Monday night to cooperate 'with the farmers of their communities and - help wherever and whenever they can. Though the harvest will soon be over ,there still r.antains a few weekends on which Penn State students can make an actual contribution to the war effort by helping the farmers huskk corn, .pick apples, or dig potatoes. In answer to calls for help by local farmers, the :1 - )SCA is attempting to register all students who interested in working. No experience is 5 Oectssary. •Certainly this is a chance for students to prove their war times worth in some little way. Downtown Office 11)_l21 South Frazier St Phone 4372 Staff This Issue Richard D. Stnyset Helen R. Keefauvor Steve Sinielyik Aim Fisher -Beatrice L.. Bus: , _ Kenneth Sicitz Nothing BUT The Truth 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Although we are not generally considered the greatest dullard when it comes to making polite conversation, it must be confessed that we en counter the greatest difficulty in finding some thing to say during that deathly quiet which al ways occurs between the time we have seated ourselves at the dinner table and the moment the first course is served. This is.especially true when guests are present who happen to• be of the female blind date variety. But the ultimate and final solution to the whole problem came to us in a flash last night as we were leafing through old files on outstanding football games played since the turn of the cen tury. It was here that we chanced upon a great number of believe-it-or-nots of the gridiron which were immediately siezed upon as the answer to the conversation problem. Now, instead of seating 'ourselves at the din ner table, gulping down six glasses of water, and soiling twelve napkins in the process, we shall muster a broad smile coupled with a certain in the-know, behind-the-news expression and non chalantly raise the question whether anyone ever heard the story about the Alabama Polytechnic- Georgia Tech game of 1904 in which two footballs were used in one of the plays instead of the con ventional one. Louis H. Bet If this does not get a rise out of any of the guests it is, of course, the time to politely excuse yourself and get out of sight as quickly as poS sible. However, the law of averages says that someone of the group is certain -to mumble a weak "No." This is your signal,, and you proceed to reveal your strange tale. 'lt 'seems, you excitedly blurp out, that the Alabama fullback punted the ball almost straight into the air and as the 22 ,Players stood gaping in their tracks at the descending ball, a small, innocent .child flipped another skin into the mass of players just 'before the original ball hit the ground. This obviously caused quite a stir, and the resulting scene , was two players running in the opposite direction, both with footballs under their arms, and both bound for touchdown territory. And then, before anycine has a chance to kick your shin under the table, you follow up with the story of another game played in the same year between Oklahoma and Oklahoma A&M. It appears that a wide creek rambled along its merry way several yards behind the Oklahoma goal line. It also must be pointed out that a wind of high velocity was blowing over the field the day the game was played so that when an Aggie punted behind his own goal line the ball was carried back over his head into the creek. Having no other aim. at the moment than that of pouncing on the ball for a touchback, the A&M lads dove headlong into the water , and added. two points to their score. • It must be admitted that the first time we tried this new system we became so wrapped up in - the story that we ended up with our elbow in the soul). This, however, can 'easily be avoided with a little practice. she WOMEII Do Transfers Want Orientation? They Must Have Had Enough—. 1 Transfers seem to be catching on quickly. Coeds have' often been derided for their lack of coop eration in attending meetingS, and transfers are already catching that lethargy. The Sunny part , about it was that the meeting given them by WSGA Junior Service Board yes terday was planned at the request of transfers. They wanted to learn cheers and become better oriented, they said. A room was reserved, an accompanist hired, and notices of the , meeting .were placed in the Daily Collegian and read in dining halls. Service Board members were doing their part in helping transfers. Meeting time came, and approximately ten co eds appeared to catch up on campus tunes. It wasn't that the rest of them didn't know about the meeting. Wert they too busy to attend—or just disinter- THE DAILY COLLEGIAN -GEORGE SPELVIN JR CAMPUS CALENDAR TODAY WS'GA House of Representa es: meeting, 305 Old Main, 5 WRA. bridge club 'meets iii White Hall game room, 6:45 p. m. Beginners only. WRA rifle club meets, While licll rifle range, 6:30 p. m. WRA badminton club meets, White Hall gymnasium, 6:30 m. PSCA Seminar group meets in 304 Old Main, 6:45 p. m: Home Economics Club meets in 110 Home Economics Building, 7 p. m. All women in home eco nomics• invited. IMA Council meeting, Room 305 Old Main, 7.p. in. Joint meeting of ne.w and old Ag Student Cotmoils, 417 Old Main, 7 p. m. Sound movie program. "Far East and the World Crisis," in Schwab Aue,itorium, 7:15 p. in. Campus '45 meeting in 405 Old Main, 7:30 p. m. All freshman and sophomore students who have not yet re ceived their AA books may ob iziin them in 107 Old Main upon Rickety.Rax! ilurily Row! Yacki Wacki! Ye Gawds! . Class of '4s's "Jumpin' Jive" Pennsy State 'l9" and the freshmen's "Forrrrrty • And the class of '2O didn't do Blank" sound pretty modern and much abridging; they just shoveled up to date to most students. Keyed on , a little coal and cheered their to the "jitterbug" age, these class teams home to victory with: yells are in campus slang "solid," "Rickety Rackety! 'Rickety ROW!, "on the beam," and "hep." .Pennsy State 1-9-2-0" 'But what'll they -sound like to There muti have :,been a bull the ultra-modern kindergarten frog -element in the :Class of '2l. kids of today who'll occuii,y the or -else one : of the cheerleaders Nittany Mall come 1-960. In all swallowed a sponge. ,Here's how probability they'll be about as they yelled it: , "solid," "on the beam," and "hep" "Hully •GO Row; Hully Go' Ruh! -as the class- yells of . the early Pennsy State '2l" .twenties register when dug up and Long range planning by Jap hollered by the present regime of anese fifth columnists is evident students, a group of whom were in the cheer of the '22ers. Prob paging through a 1919-1920 Stu- ably anticipating the, present con dent Handbook recently, flict, some Nippon-minded indi- These moderns were making fun vidual contributed the propagan of the_ class cheers of the "23-ski- distic below to the freshmen: doo," and "oh you kid" era, and "Yacki Backi Wacki Woo! well they might. Coming out just Pennsy State '22" after the last war, 'this series was . That's all the farther this stu rightfully dubbed "eggy" and dent handbook registered but the "sad" by these . 1942 educated students • never did learn just thinkers. when "Pennsy State" was dropped Here are some examples: as a College nickname. Today Sounding like the Bellefonte- this rather "corny" moniker Is Central on a cold morning, the found only in the "College Yell" 'l9ers were proud to yell: and then it's bellowed, too fast to "Rickety Rax! Rickety Reen! be understood. THEY LOST IT • Who Can Help Them? / 4H: • A,4 The • aily Collegian can help you locate lost articles or secure a ride For quick results and your convenience use the Collegian Want Ads ; TO gl' ' ACE AD CALL 711 Ask For The Daily Coiiegian • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1942 College First In Cattle Judging ' First place in jUdging cattle was awarded the Penn State livestock judging team in the recent inter collegiate contest at - the Baltimore Livestock Show. Glen R. Kean was Penn State's high man. The team placed fourth in all classes with Glen W. Stevens rat ing as third man in the entire con test. Penn State's team, besides Kean and Stevens, included Leon M. Bodie, Elwood H. Borger, Jack and John A. 'Christian; and John C. Shook, all seniors. North Carolina took top honors, ;with- Ohio, .Cornell, Penn State, Connecticut, and MarFland fin.. 4shing in succeeding order. presentation of their yeceipted TOMORROW Coffee round table liseussion. nn- "Education---for What," Hillel Foundation, 4:15 p. m. "44 Independent meeting, 313 Old Main, 7:30 p. m. '46 Independent meeting, 309 Old Main, 7 p: m.
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