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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Peen State"
Established. 1940. Successor to the Penn State • Collegian.
ilstablished 1004, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published every Friday during the regular College year
by the staff of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934
at the Post o__ce at State College, Pa. under the act of
March 8, 1879.
Subscriptions by mail only at $l.OO a semester.
Editor-in-Chief
JANE H. MURPHY
Business Manager
PHILIP P. MITCHELL
Managing Editor
LARR T. CHERVENAK
Advertising Manager
RICHARD E. MARSH
fiklitorial and Business Office
Carnegie Hall
.`hone 711
Managing Editor
News Editor
Assistant Advertising Manager
Graduate
Friday, July 9, 1943
Deciphering A Code
An elections code was made and pre
sented. It was studied and passed by the
student governing body. But this week's
progress toward election call for a few sup
plementary changes and added explanation.
Initiating a new All-College elections
code during a time when no cabinet is in
existence, the All-College committee on
elections had to ask that sttidents desiring
their names to be placed on the ballots
turn in petitions to Student Union by Tues
day noon of this week.
The response - was not deafening. Although
a majority of the classes were well repre
sented in the new system of elections by
semesters, one class has no candidates en
tered and several have prOduccOdi slates
with no oppoition for one or both of the
positions to be filled .
Since this situation was not provided for
in the code passed by the retiring Cabinet
in the Spring, the elections committge de-
cided this week to hold elections for the
, fifth semester with the freshman ballot
ing scheduled for a later date. Petitions
deadline will be announced later when
freshman groups are organized.
To meet the situation of no opposition
for some candidates, the committee decid
ed to give students the chance to vote for
either the candidate or for a new election in
which more names could be added.
With the passing otit,of the clique, went
also the active campaigning, mud-slinging,
and unnecessary spending of funds. This
was the hope of Cabinet and the committee
when they outlawed the campaigns and ex
tensive ptiblicity drives.
But substituting for the cliques has been
the unexpected appearance of school and
department interest. Instead of looking
over candidates for . the suitable person for
the office, liberal artists, engineers, and ag
hillers, are opposing one another with the
same practice that committee-men hoped
to avoid with new regulations.
Kidding Ourselves?
(See Story Page 1)
Failure of Penn State's student government
to do anything at all about unreasonable student
wage conditions imposed by certain of the town's
merchants, presents a serious challenge to every
Penn Stater. The question now becomes, "Are we
really as good as we've been telling ourselves we
are, or have we fallen into a stagnant pool of
complacency that is sapping any real strength
we might have had?"
Further reason to ponder that question ar- *
rived this week in a letter from Mary Ogg„ edi
tor of the Daily Californian, explaining some of
the features of the University of California's
virile student governmental system. Miss Ogg's
comments are so clean-cut and straightforward
that they deserve direct quotation:
4 An important and highly suc
cessful sub-committee of the Welfare Council
is the Labor Board. It was organized to in
sure the maintenance of 'Fair Bear" stand
ard wages and hours in establishments hiring
student help. Fair Bear standards have always
been enforced by the prestige enjoyed by the
Fair Bear wage, and by student boycotts of
concerns not paying Fair Bear wages. There
is, of course, no way of forcing employers to
meet the Fair Bear wage set up by a student
committee, but cooperation 'and: common-
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sense reasoning have made this unnecessary.
"Fair Bear" cards are lurnished employ
ers who have been investigated by Labor
Board and found to meet Fair Bear labor
standards. These stickers are displayed in the
windows of shops and stores possessing them.
In addition, the flrins and employers who
have met these standards are listed in the
Daily Californian after they are announced
by Labor Board. Fair Bear rating is consider
ed very desirable publicity.
"The present Fair Bear wage is 50 cents
an hour, and a Labor Board report recom
mending a raise in the standard to 60 cents
an hour was recently presented ito the Execu
tive committee. It is still being considered . .".
Although the city location admittedly helped
justify such high rates, Penn State and the Uni
versity of California had similar problems. The
University of California's student government
tackled its problem and whipped it with a sen
sible and workable plan. Last year Penn State's
"strongest" student government dabbled around
a while and then failed.
Maybe it's time for us to wake up. L.T.O
`information Please'
This is a formal invitation to the Penn State
student body to make fuller use of its newspaper.
With the expansion of Collegians' editorial
section to two , full pages, the paper's senior edi
torial board has decided to establish two special
columns as the private property and responsibil
ity of the readers. •
The "Men in the Services" column,
compiled by our service editor, will deal with how
our ex-classmates now in uniform are "making
out." Wide coverage, of course, can come only
through information volunteered by a large num
ber of students.
The second addition to the regular weekly
lineup will be a "Letters to the Editor" column,
in which students may register their kicks, com
ments, and commendations—on whatever sub
jects they choose to kick about, comment on, or
commend. With space limitations the only restric
tion, .all non-libelous and generally interesting
material will reach print. Although a signature is
required as a sign of good faith, it will be kept
confidential if the letter's author requests it.
So if your professor wears the wrong color
socks, cuts too many classes, or doesn't assign
enough work to keep you busy—and if you'd like
to let the rest of the College know of your woe—
Write. If you have some special formula for elimi
nating nightwork, reforming student government,
or ending the war this week, tell the rest of us
about it.
And if your uniformed sister, brother, ex
roomie, or one-n-only once went to Penn State,
and has recently been promoted, decorated, or
released from the brig, give the rest of us a
chance - to feel proud too.
• It's your paper; use it
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SERVICE
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Open Evenings
THE COLLEGIAN
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We l Women
Friendliness - Is A'Virtue .. .
And We're Remembered For It
We've all been bearing a lot
lately about how many changes
have been made—on the Campus,
in College life, and in coed "life..
Perhaps it seems a little trite to
write even one more column about
wartime necessities. But this is
partly in commendation of and
partly a reminder for Penn State
coed:). •
Changes in circumstances mean
changes in behaviors and .in re
actions. Because we have so many
service men on campus, what we
do no longer affects only the
townspeople and the usual collec
tion of college students. We have
here men from all over the coun
try—many of whom have attended
or are familiar with other schools
and colleges in other places. They
are judging us by our reactions to
them, and they're carrying those
judgments with them wherever
they may go.
Whether they remember Penn
State as a school whose woman
students are ladylike and friendly
or as a place whose coeds are
"snobbish" or "hoydenish" depends
. upon us. They may not remember
the school long but their impres
sions will undoubtedly be passed
on to others in their next post, and
so a college's reputation is made
or broken. It's almost a matter of
how much we care about Penn
State.
So far there have been mostly
compliments for us. Officers and
enlisted men who are leaving our
campus have spoken of the friend-
liness they, have met here. And
they mention how much we have
drawn them into College life.
The few coeds who remained
here for pre-session and inter-ses
sion carried our responsibilities
well. Their assistance and coopera
tion with the Saturday night
dances in the Armory has created
a friendly feeling between the
women working at the Community
Service Center, the service men
themselves, and the coeds. The re
turn of the majority, of Penn
State's woman students for Sum-
mer semester has been eagerly
awaited.
And here is where the reminder
comes in. We have a responsibil
ity now—a responsibility that
comes with all the changes that
have (been made in our College
L.T.C.
life. It's toward our country, the
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FRIDAY; JULY 9,.1943
, men in our Armed Forces, our
College, 4 and ourselves. As woman
stadents of Penn State, it is up to
us to welcome newcomers. We are
Penn State's hostesses.
The several thousand men here
are mostly strangers to our cam
pus; they don't know many coeds,
and they haven't much time to get
acquainted. They sometimes 'get
awfully tired of nothing but more
men, all in uniform, doing the
same-things they do. They'd like
to talk to coeds, just as they al
ways chatted now and then with
girls at home. It's' not much to
ask—just that we be friendly.
These are our two responsibili
ties—friendliness and the mainte
nance. of our social standards.
Those who haven't known .us be
fore can judge us only by the few
things we do when they are
around. That is what we must re
member. —J. E. P.
Town Coeds to Elect
A mass meeting for nominations
and elections for town coed repre
sentative to the WSGA House of
Representatives and town coed
officers will be held Monday,
July 19th, according to 'Eliza
beth Furst, town senator.
Lettie Knutsen, presente,repre
sentative to the House, must lip re%
placed, Miss Furst explaiTieil.,
All coeds are urged to 'ati, attend.
The time and place will be stated
in next week's Collegia#,,',,r,
Student Reception Tonight
Westminster Hall and Fit , eside
Room-8-10 P.M. Friday
SUNDAY, JULY 11 •
9:30 A.M.—Student Demtment
Worship Service
3:oo—Open House and Miic
Hour
6:30 P.M.—Westminster Fellow
' ship
Begin the semester with others
in a joyous Christian
Fellowship.
SPECIAL WELCOME TO MEN
IN UNIFORM