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
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nt the Post-office at State College, Pa.. under the act. of
March S, 1875.
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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
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Staff This Issue
Richard D. Stnyset
Helen R. Keefauvor
Steve Sinielyik
Aim Fisher
-Beatrice L.. Bus: ,
_ Kenneth Sicitz
Nothing BUT
The Truth
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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 •
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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.