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editorial StaiT—Women's Editor, Jane H. Murphy '44;
*:ports, Fditor, Benjamin. M. Bailey '44; News Editor, Larrr
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Cohylrer '44' Richard B. McNaul '44, Robert T. Kimmel '44,
Robert E. Kinter '44, Donald L. Webb '44, Sally L. 'Hirshberg
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io,i,iiitant Nowa Editor
I.dvertiairor Manarrer
I'vn(luate Courinelor
Friday Morning, January .15, 1943
• 'Christians Preferred"
. In the mail which passes daily over the editor's
desk were several pieces of correspondence op
posing the Daily Collegian's foriner practice of
-.accepting ads • containing disbriminatory• or pre
' dadicial material. The word former is used be
cause the Collegian no longer accepts such ads.
it may be a poor time to start discriminating
about what ads this paper will print, especially
with financial conditions the way they are, but
evenif the paper does lose some revenue by turn
ing down a "Christian boys preferred" ad ,the
better feeling on campus will be worth it.
The new policy isn't necessarily a turn-about,
for this is a new staff. Collegian had no rule per..
Laining to this matter in the last regime --it does
now that the new set of names are in the mast
head. This publication's slogan and by-word is" For
A Better Penn State," an ideal which the old poli
cy would not help. This is a free country. Whether
a person chooses to worship one way or another
is his own affair and a sacred privilege. This na
tion was strengthened by persons fleeing Europe
for religious freedom generations ago—by per
.i;ons who prided themselves in their toleration—
by persons whom many students are lineal de..
.vcendants.
Collegian for the rest of this editor's adminis
tration has its columns closed to anything dis
.criminatory. Although it is unfortunate the inci
dent occured, the paper hopes to make amends
with the new policy, and thanks to those who
t:ik.e interest in its columns to call such matters
to the editor's attention. It will make for "A
)letter Penn State."
Books And Freedom
Wendell Willkie last night appealed for the con•-
tinuing place of the Liberal Arts in wartime, and
emphasized that "We cannot win a true victory
unless there exists in this country a large body
of liberally educated citizens." He admitted, how•-
ever, that war brings a necessary change.
"Today we are engaged in a desperate war, and
we need for the fighting forces almost all the
:young men who would, normally, have had an
opportunity to acquire a liberal education. It is
>lght and proper that these young men should
abandon their education temporarily and go forth
to fight. It is right and proper that the universi
ties of this country should turn over to the armed
forces whatever facilities can be made useful.
The government is moving very vigorously in this
direction and no patriotic citizen will fail to co
operate."
After pointing out we should "preserve -through
the women of America, the continuity of the lib
<:al arts," the one-time presidential aspirant 'Com
mented, "The destructionof .the tradition of the
Liberal Arts, at this crisis in our' history - ,when
:freedom is more tha never. at stake, would- mean
gangsterism. Burn your books—or what
,w punts to the same thing--neglect your books—
:,od you will •lose freedom, as surely as if . you
\vere to invite Hitler and hi henchmen. to rule
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CLEVER COMMENTS
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For over a week now we've lived in fearful
expectancy. Something—an intangible something
—seemed to be missing from this heaven of col
legiana. It suddenly struck us last night that our
feeling of uneasiness arose because All-College
Cabinet has not issued one decree,,prohibited one
student activity, punished one violator, delivered
one•ultimaturn,'or made one investigation so far:
this semester: Like sitting on a keg of gun powd
er, isn't it? " .
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Our Good Name!'
Since we've come back from our vacation we've
failed to hear more than a feW brief comments
on the great crisis that -Penn State, and particu
larly Mont Alto, under-graduate ,center for fora
esters, weathered during our absence.
We are not sure of our facts on the incident—
nobody on Campus is absolutely . certain how
things got started—but the story goes something
like thiS:
The administration decided (or whoever does
the deciding around here) that Mont Alto was no
longer a paying propositiop.
A high-preksure real estate salesman was called
in to dispose of the property. With the courage of
a housewife shopping for her four ounces of but
ter the salesman, after pestering a dozen
.govern
ment agencies, found one that was - willing to buy
the center. •
Lonip R. gen
When the shocking details reached the alert
ears of President Hetzel, ..he immediately ordered
that the proceedings be dropped.
It seems that the salesman is a humanity loving
sort of chap, who, like the government bureau he
Was doing business with, deplored the predica
ment of th 4 `diseased.- courtesans
,oUste . d, from
the establishments near army` camps. Mont Alto
was to be their new haven. Philadelphia news
papers in April, 1940, gave our•institution enough
notoriety. Thank goodness this 'attempt was nip
mi in the bud.
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The Come Back
Plagiarizing an important Philadelphia news
paper, which formerly belonged to a man promin
ent in the horse racing world, and at the same
time stealing a comment on a subject that rightly
belongs to Mr. Balley, our sports editor, we'd like
to pass on the following story about "Whitey"
Von Neida, who is currently pacing the Lion bask
etball team in scoring.
Exactly 14 years ago, there was another Whitey
Von Neida playing basketball for Penn State—
an uncle of the current edition.
On one fateful night in 1928 the Nittany Lions
met, and were defeated 23-21 by a Penn team.
Whitey, 1943 style, then a youth of five sum-
mers, was on hand to see the game. During ha
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Senate Draws Up Plan
To Aid Inducted Seniors
(Continued from Page One)
which ranked third, 349 are sec
ond semester seniors, who will be
eligible for graduation this May.
Weakest registration of all was
recorded by the juniors with only
1,004.
Breakdown by schools shows
only slight changes in enrollment,
One being that the Engineering
School now boasts) an ,enrollment
of. over• 1,000. The only other school
with a larger reg,iS i teation is Lib:
eial Nets with 1,262. • .
Following.sire - registration nuin
bers for the individual schools: •
Liberal .Arts 1,20
- Engineering " 1,009 •
Chemistry •& Physics:: - 121 -
.Education • * 640
Agribulture 621
Mineral Industries ..; 301 •
Graduate 252
Physical Education ... 131
Special 107
Independent's Dance .
(Continued
. troin page one)
opponent in an early round.
Music for the dance will be fur
nished by Sonny RoYe and his
Collegians. Tickets may
_still be
purchased at Student Union for
$l.lO or from members of the four
independent organizations, Ed
mund 'R: Koval '46, " publicity
chairman, - Penn State Club, 'stated.
This dance is . the first Ardepen
dent All-College dance ever held
on campus, and is in keeping with
the Administration's _request. So]
fewer social functions this semes
ter.
SUM
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Catholic reception, Theta Kappa
Phi, 7:30 p. m.
Faculty Leaders in PSCA. Fi
Hance Canvass meet 304 Old Main,
4 p. m.
_
PSCA Music' HOui:,' 304 :Old
Main, '4 p. m.
time, "Little" 'Whitey; arrayed in
a Penn State uniform, entertained
the Philadelphia crowd by sink
ing baskets from every angle.
When the game was over, and
Penn State had lost, little Whitey
tearfully vowed that someday—
considering that he had scored
more baskets than the entire Penn
State squad that night—he would
avenge that defeat. Whitey was
a considerable factor in another
Philly team's defeat last week. He
says.•.he's "partly satisfied."
May the Melody Linger On!
So frequently we regret later our failure to take advance
Cage of a rare opportunity! Don't let
. this be said of you!
Rather let the memories of three thrilling • concerts be
among the treasures you cherish , when you are very far
away!
These are the artists on this year's program:
RACHMANINOFF, World-famous pianist, composer,
and conductor, for whom more subscribers voted
last spring than for any other individaul artist.
CARMEN AMAYA, "the human Vesuvious," and
- her troupe of Spanish gypsy dancers, who are
reputed to leave the concert hall "a smouldering
ruin," and
GLADYS SWARTHOUT, personable and talented
star of the Metropolitan .Opera Company whom
you have seen in motion pictures and have heard
you
the air.
Not for duty's sake, but for , the keen. pleasures you
will derive from it, subscribe to this year's Artists"
Course! If necessary, write home to dad to tell him all
about it! But do it now! Priority
, nUmbers for students
will '
distributed at 4 p. m. next Tuesday. afternoon:.
January 19. at the A. , •A. ticket winclOws Old•
•
SeFles ' , tickets/for nurfiberi "aTti. s .at • $5.0 0,
34. M ;mad 43. 4 q `letdova . l
- tra.t€4l 4 booklets at - the 'Studeilt Aln‘oit. • • • . •
The Pennsylvania" . State College .F
TI STS' COURSE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1943.
Positions Now Available
In Blue Band, College
Symphony Orchestra
Because some members of the
Blue Band and College Symphony
Orchestra were lost by graduation,
several openings are now available
in both organizations, according tO,
Hummel Fishburn, associate ,
fessor of music education. Those
who have .not previously tried out
.are asked to see 'Fishburn in Rooni
.217 Carnegie. Hell as• soon as pos . .;
.sible. .
- The College Symphony Oi'ches'.'
. tra is open to coeds, whilp' the ßlue Band is strictly a male or.
ganization.
Positions in. the College
phony Orchestra
.are available for
students . who play .douhle reeds,
French horns, string and pereus : '
sion instruments. Students whd
play B-flat clarinets, double reeds,
and French horns may try out for
the Blue Band. .
Rehearsals for the orchestra will
be held in the orchestra room, Car.
negie Hall, from 7 until 8 p. rn,
Monday. Blue Band rehearsal will
be held in the same morn from 7
until 8:30 p. in,. Tuesday.
Reede Discusses Peace
Arthur
.H. .Reede, • associate pro
fessor of economics, will discus 4
"Economic Conditions of the Last»
ing- Peace" at the 'Methodist Stu»
dent Fellowship meeting,_ 6:30 p.
m. Sunday. - .
Tonight—Friday. 7:45=940
Muisc - Hour and -.qpen
HouSe; The Fireside ,ItooM
Sunday, January 17.1:30 A. l'ef f ,
• Sfudent 'Departiilent
Service
• 'riven aouises Ogfex:nd •
• 'Westminst& Hall .
Westminster; Felowship
-6:20 P. M. ' -
"Reliefs That Matter":
Miss Agnes Highsmith
The Fireside Room
mitentstior - mrhriv
Cordial Welcome Welcome to . Newly
arrived Presbyterian Freshmen
and' Transfer Students.