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THE COLLEGIAN
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and
the }ree Lance, established 1887.
• Published every Friday during the regular College year by the staff of the
Daily Collegian of The Pnnsylvania State College. E..tered as second class mattec
July 5, 1934 at the Post Office at State College, Pa. under tee act •of March 8, 1879.
Subscriptions by mail only at 81.00 a semester.
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Jane H. Murphy Philip P. Mitchell .
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Cabinet's Job . . . And Yours
The gavel fell' this week on a new chapter of Penn State
Student government when a small Cabinet snapped into ac
tion after the balloting last week. For the first time All-
College officials or„ under the new system, semester officers,
were sworn into office very informally preceding the first
Cabinet meeting minus the usual crowd, outdoor display, and
musical accompaniment .But the job of the new grotip is juSt
as important if not bigger than before.
Along with its responsibilities to the College and to the
country of preparing the proper atmosphere and facilities for
servicemen stationed here, this Cabinet is called upon to pre
serve a widely recognized form of student government, and
the spirit and traditions of. a progressive educational insti
tution.
It sounds easy. But the hundreds of small details involv
ed prove that it will be anything but that.
Ex-officio members from our various service grouts will
be sought to serve on Cabinet. Their relations with the Coll
ege will be furthered. 'Student representatives will be more
than their names have implied in yesteryears. They will' be
come public relations officers in this rehabilitaton of the
College.
ther experimental attempts to integrate student and
serviceman interests, there will be mistakes made. There will
be inevitable room for criticism.
But realizing the task of the group, we hope that students
will consider this body the axis of the College ... the pivot on
which all activities and deeds of the students revolve.
If an attitude of this kind is prevalent, student sugges
tions will come to the attention of Cabinet before or during
the time that discussion on that subject is scheduled. Ideas
will be expressed then. Conscientious objectors to the theme
of student government actions will be brought to the fore as
they go along, not when the scene is cleared.
In other words, the job of cabinet is that of the student
and service body. Cabinet directs, puts into action, but the
duties are essentially those of a unified, interested group of
enrollees of this College.
This attitude would have been a luxury in normal times.
It is a necessity, now. Only in this way, can each person be
satisfied and can .administration, student leaders, an deach
significant student and serviceman feel united and strong as
they fight on the Penn State front for this war's objectives
and that of every sensible-thinking individual' of the world.
Strangers No More
A uniformed harmonica specialist and a burlesque
"queen" from the Engineering Barracks wowed cheering on
lookers, a brush-topped Marine came forth with a bit of clas
sical piano mastery, a quartet from Company D collaborated
for some sweet harmonizing—and_Penn State's first Variety
Show smashed through to complete success.
The success of that Variety Show—and the part the
servicemen had in it—should be the "clinch" in proving some
thing that becomes more evident each day : that the time is
completely past for conjecture about the effect of having so
many "strangers". on campus.
Though our welcome to the numerous uniformed groups
was qiiite sincere, it must be admitted that there was a mea
sure of understandable foreboding as to exactly how such an
overwhelming number of strangers would fit in with tra
ditional Penn State standards and customs.-
Timed for all foreboding is past, for the "strangers" are
with us no more.
Instead, we .have with us a gang that is making valuable
contributions in almost every ph a se of Penn State activity,
and helping compensate for any possible inconveniences they
might have caused .If they've helped cause a leisure-time pro
blem,- their contributions •to the first ,Variety-Showdernon-.
"For A Better Penn State"
Staff This Issue
Friday, July 23; 1943
Downtown Office
199-121 South Frazier St.
Phone 4372
M. Jnne McChesney
Peggy Good.
Joan Piollet
_ Priscilla Schautz
THE COLLEGIAN
strates that they're ready, willing, and able to
help whip it. Reports from sports squads are filled
with news of standout athletes among the ser
vicemen; men of the Navy and Marines have al
ready worn Penn State's blue-and-white in inter
collegiate competition and Coach Higgins is count
ing on servicemen to form a large part of the foot
ball team that will represent Penn State this Fall.
Players, Collegian, Thespians, the debate squad,
and varied other groups have made valuable addi
tions to their forces from these men who—a fiw
weeks ago—were strangers whci •"might not fit.'
Already they have entered wholeheartedly in
to campus life, taken a full turn at serious academ
ic pursuits, and balanced it with activity in tra
ditional Penn State extra-curricular fields. And
they're doing it with a spirit of cooperation, am
bition, and devotion to duty that is typical of the
best in Nittany tradition.
Nittany "oldguards" can well be proud of these
new Men of Penn State. They do fit. L.T.C.
TAPS
Day Is Done, Gone The Sun . . .
Fisher, Reiter, Hower, Barkoss, Cartin, Bloom
gren, Smith, Reese, Gee—they're gone forever
from the campus they loved.
From The Lakes . . .
Kalmanowicz, Brachbill, Fassett, McCurdy,
Staller, Gundel, Malasky, Thomas,. Charles, Mayo,
Lerman, Stevens, Henderson—they 'too-gave their
lives for the continuance of democracy and free
dom at their College and in their Country.
From The Hills . . .
Freed, White, Love, Hollis, Hunsinger, Cuth
bert, Kerns, Oughton, Brogan, Martin—lying "in
some corner of a foreign field" that is forever a
part of Penn State and of America.
From The Sky . . .
Chase, Conger, Broderick, Nichols, Harper,
Dean, Urquhart, Sypherd, Schank—proud Amer
icans, true Penn Staters, every one. They died to
preserve rights and privileges we still enjoy, and
for whose eternal defense we are now training.
All Is Well . .
Walker, - Davies, Gardner, Elliott, Megrail,
Clark, Ellstrom, .Radcliff = ,the roll of honor, and
of death, mounts steadily—dragging•the war from
far-off battlefields to our very campus, and mak
ing this struggle for existence .an' ever more per
sonalized fight.
Safely Rest, God Is Nigh.
These men of Penn• State have left an unfinish
ed task that we as Americans and Penn Staters
must help complete. Their trust is in us. .
We've been given a job to do .. . . a full time job.
L.T.C.
A Penn State Trudi
The
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Home Front Problem
The recent outbreak of vandalism on the campus
poses' a difficult probleM for College officials..
When "youngsters" impeded the extremely im
portant physical fitness military .program• at. Rec
reation Hall and made off with valuable equip
ment, some of which can not even be purchased in
these days, offiCials lost patience. And'when older
boys and girls stole and •damaged other valauhlet
campus equipment (inchiding, believe it or not, an
American flag) and showed their disrespect for
property in other ways, the breaking point was
reached.
Isn't it a reflection on community young peo
ple and on their parents that such an ultimatum
had to be made? Parents who tell visiting friends
about the beauty of the campus and the efficient
management of buildings should be proud enough
to do at home their part in helping remedy the
situation. And children and parents alike should
remember that the College has importan't trust
•in preserving property that really belongs to the
public.
After Adolf Yells "Uncle"
Why not start now to plan for one ofille biggest
reunions in our'. College's history—the reunion of
the "war class" of Penn State?
Our accelerated, program has torn down regu
lar class walls; and decreased civilian enrollment
has permitted .a more complete intermingling of
students of all classes. Together we've witnessed
vast changes in the emphasis of college training
and college life, and we've shared experiences
which are certain to give - us a special and lasting
common bond.
Our - last few semesters( have seen the develop
ment of one of Penn State's most- closely knit stu
dent bodies—Working together with a special vig
or underr special conditions, and at a very special
common task. But when that task is done—when
Adolph and Tojo'yell "uncle" and the Lions ooryte
marching home again—the:" time would be iaeal
for a "class" reunion of the entire Penn State war
time gang.
Welv working together now. In some spare
moment this summer, why not get 'together on
plans,. for having. fun together later? c,
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We, she Women
Tradition Or. Expediency?
Sometimes it's difficult to' decide whether tra-
dition or expediency shall take" precedent in a
given situation. Take far instance the problem of
this' semester's crop of freshman coeds.
According to tradition, wearers of the green rib
bon must be in dormitories by 9 o'clock week
nights. When that rule went into effect, and for
succeeding semesters up to the present, it met
adequately the need for regulation of underclass
men without causing them undtie inconvenience.
Then came the summer semester, an innovation
of last year, when the 9 o'clock curfew became
less pleasant, but not; unbearably so: -
This semester's problem is somewhat different,
and the usual 'freshman griping, if there is any,
we think, more legitimate. It is 'the problem of an
evening greatly shortened by - swing -shift dinner.
With the meal finished at 7:15, there remain less
than two hours in which to accomplish any. 'acti
vities slated for the evening. As one frosh coed
pointed out, this rules otit movies and most even
ing entertainments, and makes a visit to the, li
brary almost too short to be worth the walk.
Last term, when a similar situation of discon
tent became apparent, WSGA Senate met it in
a way which revived our faith in student govern
ment. Representatives of freshman living units at
tended a meeting of Senate to plead the case of
their classmates.
The decision reached, a slight change in hours,
satisfied both the women's governing group and
the plaintiff. Moreover, it did a lot to convince
the freshmen that Senate was not just a group
of upperclass-women who sat at a long table and
said "you have to do it because we had to do it."
If the the meeting had resulted in nothing except
a lessening of that attitude, it would have been
worth the effort.
What we propose, and .what we are sure the
frosh would like to see, is that Senate call such
a meeting again this semester to consider the
current problem. Perhaps nothing can be done to
alter the situation.as it stands. However, it seems
likely that knowledge that their government is
willing to hear their case, and to make any poss
ible alterations, would bring increased cooperation
from • the dower class. -
FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1943
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