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'THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
il; , tablished 1910. Suecessor to the Penn State Collegian,
4.i iblished 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1387.
Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the reg
- College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State
I; , tliege. Entered as second-class matter July 5. 1934 at the
Irot Office at State College. Pa., under the act of March 8,
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)?aul L Woodland '94 Philip P. Mitchell '44
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Saturday, December 5, 1942
Penn State Helps Russia
Penn State now has a chapter in the Youth
vision, Russian War Relief Inc., - thanks to one
:student who took "matters in his own hands to or
ganize aid for our Soviet Allies. He is Allan W.
.ostar, a freshman. First official word of the drive
came when Ostar appeared before All-College
Cabinet Monday and asked that body's approval
to start a nucleus for the campus chapter
Also helping to initiate the move is Stephen
inichak, president of the Russian Club„ who is
.qudent advisor to the Russian War Relief Com
!tnittee of State College. Townspersons and facul
ty are members of this group, headed by Rev.
!edward M. Prear, -- pastor of the Episcopal Church.
`The Penn State chapter is part of the Philadelphia
district organization whose president is retired
President Beury, of Temple University.
Starting from scratch six days ago, Ostar and
Titnichak collected the `first 1100 contributions and
distributed Russian War Relief pins to the 100
members which now form a nucleus for the drive.
:Ilince then Prof. Carl W. Hasek has been made
faculty advisor to the group, and indications point
to a successful chapter.
Tutting cudit where it is due, Ostar and Sin
dchak deserve mention for their worst in origiriat
jag and pushing the Relief plan. Russia needs aid,
tired it is time for Penn 'State students to help in
that field. Among the tentative plans of the chap
ter are a benefit dance, a benefit movie, and pos
vibly a prominent speaker.
A meeting of the nucleus, that is, the first 100
:Penn State student contributors, will be held in
the near future when committees will be appoint
ed. Plane for coming benefit activities will be
)nade, and first arrangements will be made for
getting a prominent speaker to be sent( by the
!Philadelphia organization. An obstacle to the lat
ter movement may be student convocation which
)riust be called before the speaker will appear
Let's cooperate with this group•which worked
up from nowhere to sponsor' this unselfish pro
ject,'and admire the ambitions of a freshman who
)las pushed the project this far.
December Reaping
About two weeks from now a class will gra
duate from the Pennsylvania State College. Re
'cent figures indicate that approximately 1,000
rtudents' will get baccalaureate degrees from this
'institution, or slightly more than one-half the
1,900 who entered Penn State as freshmen in
:3eptember, 1939. Many fell by the wayside for
.reasons so numerous to mention .that it would
take a couple volumes of sociological and psycho
')ogical knowledge to tell why. The armed servic
es have quite a few of the boys who would have
graduated this December.
A number of persons who give little support
to the Summer semester plan, and those who at
l'irst opposed it, should easily be able to see how
useful the Summer semester has been. The 1,000
who will get degrees in two weeks ordinarily
would not have graduated until next May. And
looking to the future, how certain is anyone of
what will happen even in January, let alone May?
It may have been tough studying this Sum
mer, and perhaps some things didn't sink in like
I hey might have otherwise. But without studying
~ n y reports. it's easy to the extra senikater
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A Lean and Hungry Look
By Milton Dolinger
War has finally made its influ
ence felt on The Daily Collegian. A
new edict by the powers that be on
the paper have ordered that hence
forth each and every columnist
should append his name to , his liter- _
ary outpourings—gossip and other- .
wise. As representative of the other
wise, we follow suit. And even ei*
other- `
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though Cassius has given way to the
name above, we are still going to re- Ikk,..
main 'Ca§sius as before in spirit and
deed if not in reality. A
Last week's ebullitions brought
forth the query concerning .the Senior Class gift.
To date, no answer has been forth-coming. Today,
gentle reader, we are prying into a resolution
passed some time ago by the omnipotent All-
College cabinet. To wit, Cabinet went on record
as being in favor of a minimum wage for students
employed in various "industries" throughout the
town. The munificent wage at present is 35 cents
an hour, which is the amount paid by NYA and
the College.
Several town places are paying their student
employees less than that' sum per hour. Mayhaps
it is the prestige these joints feel that they impart
to their employees, but 'tis an ahomaly that they
charge the highest prices (tor food) and pay the
lowest wages. The Old Main "hole-iti-the-wall,"
Student Union, has on hatiii a veritable pile of pla
cards with Cabinet's resolution on it—but no ef
forts at distribution are being made. Why?
Henrik.
,Ibsen was :reincarnated upon the
Schwab stage last night when the Players pre
sented "Ghosts," acid we heartily agreed with
the resurrection. 'TiS a sad commentary on stud
ent intelligence:that these Collegians emulated the
sardines in the recent Thespian show - , while they
which
Theaway froma show the seeing of which
The Bookworm in his Centre Daily Times colunin
said was a prerequisite for a liberal education.
Whilst glancing through this . month's issue of
Fortune Magazine, we sighted an article on the
war doings of America's colleges and universities.
Interest high, we searched for some mention of
Centre County's proudest possession, but alas,
nary a notice. Cornell was there, replete with pic
tures and statistics. Far above Cayuga's waters,
they have cht out many things we still regard as
indispensable where the vale of Old Mount Nit
tany, etc. •
In an impressive looking report in a recent
Faculty 'Bulletin; bearing the heading "Report of
the Special Committee to Appraise The Accelerat
ed PrOgram," was the statement which we here
append:
"This College was one of the first to a
dopt an. accelerated program and it has ac
celerated more completely than most institu
tions." Granting that premise, why is it that
we are not ranked—nay, why is it that we are
not even mentioned by the editors of that
Midasean magazine.
—Addenda: Reading the plethora of army
news lately, we came across something which
read FAWS Galbraith. Piqued no end, We fasten
ed to FAW's office, only to be repulsed by a, line
which resembled the Mannerheim. Until we can
find out then, faws, Gal, faws!
Some ignoble freshman, pretender to notorie
ty, has been sending us letters and columns which
resemble so much high school balderdash, we
grow nauseous to read it. So if itty bitty "Liberal
Artist '46" will reveal herself (handwriting de
notes the sex), we would -like to put her on the
right path before she apes Lot's wife.
Teen Age Draft
WASHINGTON—(ACP)—As this is written
the president "has signed the 'teen age draft bill.
Its impact. will be felt at once by colleges and
universities throughout the nation.•
About one-third of 'all male collegians are 18
or 19 years old. Prospects for these men sum up
about like this:
Approximately 25 per cent probably won't be
taken because of physical disabilities.
Those already enlisted in college reserve
training courses won't ibe taken—they are already
in the army and, apparently, passage of the bill
won't appreciably affect theft present status. The
same goes for those in senior ROTC.
AIL ctll,:i: 18 and 19 year old colL:• , students
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A Woman Speaks .. .
Who Will Listen?
A man speaks . . . and approxi
mately 1,0 . 00 persons, a majority
of them men, attend and listen.
Now a woman speaks . . . and
we wonder what the response will
be.
For the first time in five years,
a woman . . . Mrs. Curtis Bok,
former professor at Stevens Col
lege,- Miss., will address chapel
goers in totnorrow morning's 11
o'clock service.
We're in doubt about the female
attendance, because coeds are un
predictable.
On sorority Founders' Days they
turn out en masse and reserve
seats • for themselves near the
front.
On houseparty weekends, they
don their newest hats and talk
about that one service and speech
for a month afterward.
• When speech profs make listen..
ing assignments, coeds go With
pencil rand paper and listen atten
tively.
Rushing seasons bring hundreds
of "special guests."
Yet, when an outstanding speak
er is announced, coeds "are just
too sleepy," or have to study that
a. .m. •
This time, we're asking hard.
This time .women are.going to be
conspicuous by their absence. And
this time, they're going to miss
something if they sleep through.
We find that alarm clocks work
just as well on Sundays as they
do when there's a Sorority_ break
fast, fraternity hike, or history
bluebook.
Set. theyn tonight and see what
happens: .
'Marines Visit .
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graduates . of accredited colleges
enlistment in the MORC until they
graduate..
" At that time they will be sent to
the Candidates' Class for Commis
sion College for a period of 20
weeks training. After successfully
completing the course, men are as
signed to general duties with
troops, or to special
,duties, de
pending • upon the demands . and
needs of the service.
Abolishment of two . require
ments—written consent of parents
in the case of minors and the re
moval of the ban against members
of R.O.T.C. units—have shortened
the general enlisting procedure.
However, candidates must still
present recommendations as to
moral character and qualities of
leadership from the president or
dean of the College, dne "from .a
faculty member and at least three
letters of -recommendation from
citizens of the applicant's home
community. •
A birth certificate and a passport
size photograph must also be pro
duced at the time of enlistment.
Medical students are ineligible.
At the present time, one of the
qualifications for - Reserve Officer
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Your Last Chance
TONIGHT!
Ibsen's ‘'Ghotts"
SATUI I . tAY DECEMBER 5
SCHWAB AUDITORIUM-13130
Admission 55c Tax Inducted
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1942
Friars Elect
And Initiate
Friars, sophomore hat society,
initiated thirteen new members on
Wednesday evening, it was an
nounced by Paul Bender,, secre
tary-treasurer, last night.
. Elections were also held for the
coming year and - Jack Berlin was
chosen to replace James Lawther
as president. George Durkota was
elected vice-president and Drew
Kinney replaced Paul Bender as
secretary-treasurer.
Plans have been made to have
a banquet at the Nittany Lion inn
at 6 p.,m. on December 7, at which
time shingles will be presented to
the new members.
The initiates 'are: Jack Berlin,.
George Durkota, Herbert
. D.
ney, James D, McCaughan,' Jack
Gracey, Frederick F. Shaw, Del
bert D.. Hamilton, • Charles
Strain, Robert W. Moore, Myles
W. Katerman, Dayton G. Greenbr.
David M. See, and Howard F.
Horne, Jr. •
Candidates is that they complete
four years of college training, an
indication that the Marines will
not call out undergradukte Reser
vists until they Deceive their *de
gree.
Men who fail to successfully
complete the required training or•
who otherwise fail to attain coin.-
missioned rank will either lie•
transferred to another cIaSS
active service as enlisted thet, or,
at the discretion of the arffltlVatt-:
dant, may be diScharged from the --
Marine Corps Reserve. • -
• As a rule, at least 75 percent *of \
those who enter the Candidates,
Class
. suCcessfully complete .the
training and receive commissions:.
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