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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
• "For A Better Penn State"
i•,..t:imished I 4 In. Suce---erto the Penn St ate Collegian,
.11blished 1904, and th- Free Lance. eatablished 1..`357.
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tla, - College year by the students of The Pennsylvania State
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Friday Morning, December 11, 1942
Time For Action
Perhaps it's untimely or unsound to -refer to this
subject again, but Collegian would like to know
what is being done with the $5,000 supposedly
treed for a more comprehensive 'physical fitness
-program for individuals when jayvee and fresh
men sports were -- discontinued.
If plans have been made to extend. the scope of
the present, physical education program, nothing
been announced. And with time passing as it
is, the war may be over before Penn State wakes
. up to a need as important as any other part of
the war training progiam. This college needs more
than mere learning from books or experience. It
lieeds a program to put its students in better
physical condition.
The naval unit stationed here requires that each
'of the ensigns take one hour of exercise per day,
their scholastic schedule is no snap. Going to
cl. - isses from 8 a. m. to -6 p. in., they still manage
to get in one hour to keep in shape, even if 'they
have to do it at night.
• It might have been just as well to continue the
junior varsity and freshmen schedules, for under
those conditions a lot more students would be get
ting physical training than now. That $5,000 might
just as well be thrown away if its present status
as a dust-collector remains.
The argument could be presented that persons
.who want to get in good physical condition will
Orr so without being scheduled periods and made
'to do so. That's true, but there are a lot of other
'persons who have a desire to be better fit, but
'who won't take the initiative. Perhaps conditions
are crowded in Rec Hall, but lengthening hours
to extend classes in the evening would partially
colve this problem.
Ts White Hall being used all the time? If not,
why couldn't one or two days a week be set aside
when only men IX , ould use it? Signs at the en--
trances could indicate it's "men's day," and with
4;5,000 to aid, someone could be posted at several
strategic points in the building every day in case
mixup. Put more hooks around Rec Hall and
.have someone watch clothes. A lot can be done to
stretch out present physical education facilities,
'despite cries to the contrary.
When students come to the point later on where
the last ounce of physical exertion turns the tide,
the necessity of constantly being "in shape" then
. wilt become apparent. It will be then that the
• laxity of a Penn State physical education program
-for upperclassmen will make itself felt.
Student enrollment next semester is almost
certain to be lower, thereby lessening the strain
. on the gym's facilities and opening the way for
compulsory physical education for juniors and
seniors. Action on this must be taken soon so that
periods can be planned on next semester's sched
ules. The Collegian throws its columns open for
publicizing a plan if the athletic head's could see
• deir to spend that $5,000 on physical fitness for
'individual students.
• Perhaps this paper is wrong about nothing be
ing done to get more students in shape. and may
,;ifinething is being done with that . $5.000
ear
ri•:e,.ifor a physical tutnes program. Neverti);?-.
u:I! 't:tin
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CLEVER COMMENTS
liiiiiiinimmininnuniumummil By Fred E. Cleve).
It really happened, and it took a Penn State
man to do it.
For weeks the favorite butt of jokes emanating
from bureaucratic Washington has been the
Army's new 43-acre hexagon building in the na_
tion's capitol. Stories of a "lost safari," "weekly
patrols in the corridors," and ridiculous accounts
of personnel carrying field rations to eat during
long enforced stays in the gigantic structure, have
been told and retold.
Tuesday, between sessions with Washington's
Army and Navy big-wigs, honietown-boy-makes
good Bob McNabb captured the guffaws by getting
lost in the hexagon.
A fitting climax to the incident had a comely fe
male messenger taking our boy by the .hand and
leading him to the nearest exit.
Journalism Dilemna
Those long faces you see attached to worn-out
looking frames that hobble around campus these
days are not necessarily soon-to-be-drafted stu
dents. They may be Paul Woodland, editor, and
Phil Mitchell, business manager, disillusioned
"bosses"? of this newspaper.
Just when it looked as though Penn State was
going to have a daily newspaper again next year,
the Board of Trustees vetoed the one measure
that would help make a daily certain.
With vital information coming from Washing-,
ton every •day concerning the college student and
the war, we have been wondering what means
the administration would use to inform students
of latest War Department decisions if the Colle
gian were to go back on the weekly basis.
Perhaps the College can place in everybody's
schedule next 'semester a daily hour conferende
to be held in Rec Ball. There an administration
member can read the latest communiques.
lous, isn't it? •
A Difference Of Opinion
Recently there have been indicatiOnsthata dif
ference of opinion exists between our nation's
educators and the top men of our Army.
It seems that the educators pi•efer•the status
quo—that is, they - 13lieve they have the ideal so
lution to the student-soldier problem.
"We'll keep them in college," say the educators,
"and over a period of time we'll give you men fit
to be officers, and men that can help out in form
ing the post-war peace."
"Ixnay," say's the Army, "first let's win the war;
Second, provide for a peace; and then, we'll worry
about education."
•
'Which, the educators argue, means exactly 'the
same thing—seems to be simply a matter of
opinion
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Reserve Status
(Continued from pege one)
Nabb stated that according to As
sistant Secretary of War Dorr,
those enrolled as juniors in ad
vanced ROTC next semester will
probably be called up, if the Army
Plan to take the reserves in Febr
uary goes through. Nothing was
said about senior ROTC students.
Yesterday, McNabb, who had an
hour and a half private conference
with Assistant Secretary of War
Dorr. revealed that the Navy it
planning to leave its reserves in
college after which they will send
them elsewhere for specialized
training.
McNabb also enlarged upon the
proposed two year• post-war
course for all college men which
would be-paid for by the govern
ment. The plank was incorporated
into the Army Plan at the sugges
tion of President Roosevelt and is
designed to insure a steady flow of
college graduates after the War.
Suggesting to the assistant sec
retary that definite peace aims
should be• .set up, McNabb told
Dorr that students could fight bet
ter and study better if they -were.
Dorr's reply was that the Army
was first concerned with -winning
the war, then the peace, -and after
that education. However, he added
that the armed services do want
students in high school to finish.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1942
CAMPS CAIENDAR
Hille', Chanukan iiestival,
clay evening service, •Hiliel Found
dation, 7:15 p. tn. •
WRA. TM basketball final be
tween Grange and ChiO, White
Hall gymnasium, 7 D. tn.
WRA Clistrnas Party,' White
Hall lounge, 2 to 4 p: m.
Engineers' Hop, music by Nit 4
tatty Lions, Rec Hall, 9 p.
Skull and Bones Party, Beta
Theta Pi House. 9 D. m.
Student Department
Sunday, 9:30 a. m. .
Final Meeting
Theme by J. S. Cobb, Jr.,
'43 '
Christmas Candlelight and
'Communion Service
Westminster Hall, Sun
day, .6:45-7:45p. m.
Christmas Morning
Breakfast
Thursday; Dec. 17, 7 a. m.
Fire Side Room
Final Meeting Tuesday •
Night Fireside Group -
__Fireside Room, 7-8 p. m.