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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"Foe A Satter Poeta State"
411;:hi thliehed 1940. Successor to the. Penn State Collegian.
ir::tahlished DOA, and the Free Lance. established 1887.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the
•ilogular College year by the students of The Pennsylvania
Palo College. Entered as second-class mattr July 5. 1934
04 the Post-office at State College. Pa.. under the act of
tiapth IL 1879.
Editor-in-chief Business Manager
Paul I. Woodland '44 Philip P. Mitchell '44
Managing Editor Adevrtising Manager
isiialvird D. Smyser '44 Richard E. Marsh '44
and Bueinece Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone 711
Staff—Women's Editor, Jane H. Murphy '44:
Nw.irta Editor, Benjamin M. Bailey '44; News Editor. Larry
V. Ch,trvenak '44; Assistant Women's Editor, Mary Janet
lr '44; Editorial Associates, Fred E. Clever '44, Milton
Illobilm.tr '44; Richard B. MeNaul '4l. Robert I'. Kimmel '44.
ltobn•t E. Kinter '.14. Donald 1.. Webb '4l.•Sally L. Hirshberg
'44, and Helen R. Keefauver '44.
Staff This Issas
111an.1,tin4 Editor This Issue Stephen Sinicbak
Woment'a oditor Joan B. Piollet
N.,lVii Editor This Issue Seymour Rosenberg
I.4opionnore Women on Issue _.Lee Learner. Serene Rosenberg
lioro..inan on Issue
.Lee Coldstein
.4i.aiatlot Ativertising Nlanaeer .. _....lierbert Hasson
6 7:t , 1 , 1,1:0: , ! Counselor ___
Tuesday, November tO, 194'2
4 1 i 1 ;000- That's That?
,
Would you like to see $5,000 thrown into a
monument of stone or transformed .into a drink
~ng fountain for the quadrangle? Rather a waste
(If money isn't it? For that amount of money one
voight build a miniature rival to the Washington
DVTonument or expand the fountain into a bird
bath.. Silly ideas, you probably agree. However,
.leniors are called upon to make their choice of
three gift possibilities including the two mention
ed above. WhTmust $5,000 be squandered?
The third suggestion is for a scholarship fund
i.o he established by buying war bonds and to be
n:;ed by class members returning to college after
the war. This possibility is little better than . the
other proposals .but is the lesser of three evils.
il;owed, bearddd, war veterans of the class of '43
'Would have a hot little time coming back to the
campus on maturity of the bonds.
In past years there has usually been a decent
.(:)rportunity for interested factions or members of
the class to present ideas for , consideration. This
yoar, out of a clear sky, on "unknown" committee
!Ore:3ent the suggestions via post card without pre
iliouts publicity or discussion. From this, class
»lernibers are requested to make a decision involv
:mg $5,000. The procedure sems sliphod and un
:rair. One look at the proposed gifts substantiates
•,%lo:; observation.
• The election is hurried and apparently with•-
out sufficient preparation. Aside from this, aside
:From the fact that seniors will be throwing away
$5,000 without consideration, aside from the fact
'that an "unknown" committee gave little thought
to the project, we can see little real'worth in any
of the proposed projects.
War-conscious students stepping from the
% - .!l:P3sroom to the battle-field will receive little lift
in knowing that a useles§,—probably unsightly—
»mitument remains on campus to record the pass
:big of brave men who consider death a necessary
ttt companion.
The campus is already well supplied with
drinking fountains on the Mall and in College
Still another fountain would be only so
much money down the drain. At a time like this
. %he logical solution is to invest in war bonds.
:However, analysis reveals that a scholarship fund
created would not last long. Changing the pro
-4-)osal. to a revolving loan fund might be more
practical but even then we doubt if few members
of "accelerated '43" will be back to continue colt-
Qge. That was the expressed purpose of the fund
.1:; stated on the election card.
• This writer has been criticized for some poin
)ori;; in the past but he has commented in the hope
that unfortunate conditions might be remedied.
ie has objected only when it seemed that correc
tive measures must be taken. Surely sornething
;;houlci be done in this affair.
Stow can $5,000 be saved from trickling down
i.ie drain?
Fotuir Per Cenit
• Efforts to train Penn State men f, - )r Army life.
ill .1 pre-induction cburse seems to have met with
I poor reception. Of the 720 students the College
v.hc, preol 1.0 instruct ; 32 appeared fast night
WI the cotts , zzo.ioft:. fiat a.? piio
);Thy be dra!,:.)ecl. Maybe the boy.; b. 2.
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Away back in 1939 we came to Penn State to
get the Collegiate atmosphere which Pitt couldn't
offer. Little did we realize then that fate had des
tined us to become a Collegian gossip columnist.
If we 'had known, Pitt would have gotten another
Penn State transfer.
We found things about Penn State we liked
and disliked. To our urban eyes it was a cloistered
college shut off from the agitation of the world.
It was a sanctuary in which the student may with
draw into silent contemplation of the universe
"away from the distractions of the big city." It
was away from the midst of all motion, moving
not as the world moves, but pulling you safely
around the maelstrom, never through it. We are
still of that opinion.
We had contact with Penn State's inbred fac
ulty. An inbred faculty is one recruited from the
College's ranks. Inbreeding inevitably leads to in
ferior stock. We met men with PhD's who were
dull clods, men without the gumption to succeed
in business, without the imagination to create. in
their own right, without, the intelligence to recog
nize the futility of their erudite scratchings, and
without the courage to face themselves or the
world.
These professors taught each subject as if it
existed in a vacuum to be pickled in various bot
tles labeled "courses." One by one they are taken
out, clammy with . death, and revealed to the stu
dent, then they are put back in the pickle jan to
be safely preserved until the next - term.
Then we met.men like Joe Rubin, Ted Roeth
ke, Hal Reed, Huin Fishbtirn, Eddie Nichols, Sam
my Wyand, Bob Galbraith; Harold Alderfer, and
a few others who put something of themselves in-.
to their courses. They made the subject live and
vibrate before your eyes. But, alas, they are so
much in the minority: -
We met students ‘Vhose only memory of coll
ege will be a nightmarish mountain of greasy
dishes. There were others to whom classes were
an unwelcome interlude between hbuse parties and
big dance weekends. We found house parties were
overrated booze affairs where frustrated inhibites
had a weekend to get stinking drunk. Big dance
weekends do not justify their titles inasmuchas no
one has any room to dance. If a big name outfit
like T. Dorsey were present, you either stood a
'round and gaped at the performers or wriggled
in two feet of , dancing space,
Robert Ingersoll must have had Penn State in
mind when he said, "College is a place where peb
bles are polished and diamonds are dimmed." We
have seen the scions of farmers and miners join
fraternities, soaked 'with a thin veneer of culture
(easily cracked under .heat or pressure), • taught
how to handle a Steak knife and wear a tux, but
not told how to think for themselves. Before enter
ing the exclusive atmosphere of the fraternity
house these boys were individuals. Then, not only
their dress was standardized but their tastes and
opinion. They were robbed of whatever personal
ity they possessed and molded along the Frater
nity's lines. They became essentially artificial
decorated with silly snobbishness.
We found that student activities was big bu
siness and paid off dividends. The same insipid
group was represented in all the high places—not
because they so desired, but because most stud
dents were too lethargic to exert the extra effort
to make out. We met engineers who will graduate
as excellent slide-stick pushers, who. will know
how to test the tensile strength of a slab, but who
do not understand the relation of the machine to
social history. PENN STATE'S TECHNICAL
SCHOOLS ARE BECOMING MONUMENTS TO,
STERILE CONSTRUCTIVENESS!! . • •
In our freshman year the LA facutly was be
ing rated by the Collegian . . . The "College" was
changing its name to "University"—ii the Trus
tees came across . Collegian Sports Ed Bob Wil
son was riding Higgins to resignation tor the 47-0
Loss to Cornell . . . "Keep America Out of War"
rallies were being staged in Schwab . and Pitt-
Soph Hop Weekend was a welcome substitute
for Thanksgiving Vacation.
We ask: "Why must the 'state university of
the second largest state in the . Union receive the
lowest appropriation of any land grant college???
How can a college professor do his best work at
a salary that a Pittsburgh elementary school teach-
er wouldn't aceept???"
We have lust been informed that the Colleg,e
willsusp_snd classes for !I) minutes M metary of
Arrni; , :tif:- 'Ca!: and for thiy3te I.vho died in World
W .1r 1.. V: - .? CI: V,'":rl. , i `.To c. it v; iLI ;-.) r 0 bah [7 r.:l t:.. 2;;
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
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Political Parade
With LARRY CHERVENAK
News Editor
Outstanding political figure in
the sophomore class, in most any
body's book. has been one Walter
C. Price, high-potentate of one of
the. most dynamic political ma
chines in College history.
Price organized and built 'that
machine; he was its first and only
head; He cajoled, coaxed, bullied;
and begged its members, and work
ed with them 'through two class
victories. He's reputed to have
hand-picked its candidates and
hand-Picked the committees they
appointed when elected. He organ
ized a, precision-perfect filing sys
tem, and saw that it was used ef
fectively to crush, all opposition.
Each election Price's clique
grew more powerful, apparent
ly more completely subject to
Price's ends. Sunday night was
planned for the climax, the mo
ment of victory.
As his Campus clique, almost a
hundred strong, assembled for its
nominating meeting, word came
that the opposing class clique was
still without candidates and on the
point of quitting. Victory was in
full view now; only one detail re
mained before Price would have
conquered.
. It was then that the clique head
asked his party for the first favor
in three campaigns—the nomina
tion for the class tteasurership.
,The clique responded with one
of this or any other year's top
political upsets: Walter C. Price
lost by a reported 18 votes—
beaten by a comparative upstart
in •the clique.
Anti-slimax Came o . few minutes
later, when the disorganized In
dependents '45 gave up the ghost,
without candidates and completely
,beaten.
Price had lost, and won.
WANTED: HISTORIANS
•: Indecision still reigns along poli
tical lane as 'to whether the class
of '44 will have four or five new
officers come November 19. One of
the junior -class clique chairmen
started all the 'trouble after final
nominations Sunday by announc
ing to a surprised Elections com-
ALONG THE BATTLEFRONT
mittee that the class historian had
not been about campus for several Other-reports from the Political
moons, and that 'the time had come dress rehearsals: That Larry Ghent
to elect a new one. There's still adeclined the preliminary nomina
possibility that both 'cliques might ton of the Campus '44 slate for
give up the search for suitable his-
vice president...that Bobby
Wil
torian candidates, since no, one
hams was considered by both'lro_sh
seems quite sure what the histor
parties for nomination for '46 class
lan is supposed to do, 'anyway.
prexy...that Independents '44 are
reaching off the deep end in an
effort to pull a surprise ,combina-
ORATION-,IN VAIN
One of the most stirring political tion that .can compete with 'the ad-
Orations and oration it was mittedly strong Grey-Leaman All 6.
dame during the Campus '45 • final And 'the curtain doesn't rise of
nominations. Johnny Graf, the ficially until this evening.
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1942
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Senior editorial board meeting,
7:30 p. m.
WRA Tennis Club meets, Col
lege courts, 4. p. m.
WRA Archery -Club meets,
Holmes Field targets, 6:30 p.m.
WRA Bowling Club meets, White
Hall alleys, 6:30 p:m.
WRA Intramural managers meet,
WRA room, 6:30 p. m. . -
IWA meets to elect officers, 412
Old Main, 7 p. m.
Prof. Aaron Druckman will be
the guest speaker at the Hillel
Movie Forum Series, Hillel Foun
dation, 7p. in. . . .
College Calendar
(Continued from prge one)
Agriculture begin.
• Jan.• 29, Sat. Fall S e me s ter
Classes end 11:50 a. m.
Jan. 31, Mon. Fall Semester
Examinations begin 8 a. m.
Feb. 4. Fri.—Fall Semester ends
5 p. m.
Feb. 4, Fri.—Fall Semester
Graduation exercises.
• Spring Semester 1944
Feb. 8, Tues.—Freshman Week
begins 8 a. m.
Feb. 11-12, Fri.-Sat.--Spring Se
mester Registration.
Feb. 12, Sat.—Freshman Week.
ends 11:50 a. m.
Feb. 14, Mon.—Spring Semester
Classes begin 8 a. m.
- Apr. 1, Sat.—Midsemester Be
low-grade Reports
Apr. 7, Fri.—Good' Friday Be
cess.- -
May 20, Sat.—Spring Semester.
Classes' end 11:50 *a. m.
. May 22, Mon.—Spring Semester
Examinations begin 8 a.m.
: May 26, Fri.—Spring Semester
ends:.s.p. m.
;May 26, Fri.—Spring. Semester
Graduation exercises. ..
only non-fraternity student being
considered for the clique's slate,
was pleading with all the sincerity
at his command for the right of =the'
independent man to have a repre
sentative in student government.
But a vote by the clique follow-.
ed that speech, so Johnny Graf will
not be one of the candidates "an
nounced . officially for the first
•
time" at today's convention.
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