FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1943
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Swan Song
Never let any frosh, soph, jr.,
first semester senior, or even an
ASTP engineer tell you he'll be
happy to get out of State College.
Chances are when he hits the last
few days, thoughts as rash as try
ing for a master's degree may en
ter his head in attempt to stretch
the best,years of his life as far as
poisible-e know!
True,' Colltg,e just "ain't" quite
what •it used to be but maybe this
rotation:of "crops" is just what we
needed. One thing—the grass will
have a chance,, to grow again in
Hort Woods and on the links, and
roses will again bloom on Ag Hill
in the improved atmosphere—? In
general; we'think the whole cam
pus might pull :through the whole
ordeal quite 'nicely.
`From The Vale--' •
There are less than fifty of us.
.who'll leave State this week when
.in normal times we would have
been just, embarking a thousand
strong on our senior year. Thanks
to an accelerated-accelerated pro
gram we're ready (we hope) in ad
vance to serve our country in the
best .Way possible.
For those of you who are so
anxious to •leave these fair mead
ows—we Ni,eve there are very
few of our small group who would
hesitate to give anything to be
able to spend at least one more
semester in Nittany Valley.
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en In Service--
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The letters have been rolling in
this week, with lists of names
from publicity-conscious guys who
seem to enjoy getting the Col
legian. Funny, when they were
here, all they could do' was gripe
about the rag, but the Army et al
must do something to their morale.
Glad to hear, from you, and keep
up the correspondence. We like to
get letters as much as you do.
First, a little drivel from the
home front.
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Paradise .Regained
The ROTC boys who spent a few
gri.lellingnWOks at induction cen
ter, finally.iwere I shipped .back here
for a- lltt4e.itnore of. their. Joe Col-
lege ~days. ~The barracks were
'Pretty good—a • couple of nice fra
ternity houses.,,, But now, the
height 'of A4ltly life has come.
Thpy' tnoVedbag and baggage last
Week to •IrOnHall, one of the
3p,opt.p9pular spots on campus. To
thyirAght ill ; Naas Hall are the
Ctirtiss;:Wright engineers, and to
their left in Jordan the Hamilton
• By HELEN KEEFAUVER
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Starkle, Starkle, Little--
Remember that returned dia
mond thetachi Bill Brown had
dangling on his watch chain? Well,
it must have been a wise psycho
logical move because the former
owner of the rock is now Mrs.
Brown (nee' Mickey White) as of
last weekend.
Special journal correspondent
000 reports that lambdachi Bruce
Worrel will descend upon the City
of _ Brotherly Love this weekend
with a sparkler for. theta Winnie
Singer. Dotty Brunner and Bar
ney Plesser of campus political
fame tied the knot last Saturday.
Lt. (jg) Danny DeMarino, sta
tioned at the U. S. Naval Flying
School, Grosse Isle, Michigan. (for
merly assistant dean of men) will
marry Louise Hartsock of the Col
lege Infirmary in Bellefonte to
morrow.
Greeks. In ,Limelight
State's third (at least) only
formal of the semester will be
staged in Rec Hall tonight in the
form of IF Ball to the tune of Will
Osborne. Among the many (???
according to Greek officials) cou
ples will be frosh prexy John
Chapman-Ginny Dowdell, Ted Ru
bin-Irene Blatz, Queen aspirant
Evie Kohler - phikappatau Lou
Borges; alphachi • Molly Gilbert
senior prexy phigam Rocky Kern,
alphaxi Peggy Cupp-Frank Yaples.
By M. J. WINTER
Propeller girls reside. What an
outlook! This Army life must not
be so bad after all.
Seems the generals and such in
charge of the V-12ers and' the rest
are getting pretty particular about
the way the boys are making their
beds. We pause to comment that
future wives are going to have a
little trouble keeping their VFWs
happy unless they learn to tuck in
those corners and make 'em
smooth.
Some new fatidresses Frank
Graham, AST, East Lansing, Mich.
. . . Lt. Dave Marlin, 21st Marines,
Smith Pacific . . .. Jim ThorpPson,
Charlie Ridenour, and some 'of the
other boys who were at Amherst
College, Mass., are now at Nash
ville,.Tenn., for classification in the
Air Corps.
Johnny Sabilla"3B, former busi
ness manager of Collegian, is the
fourth former student
.to be a pris
oner of war. He's somewhere in
Germany. The others are Capt.
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Old
Mania...
THE COLLEGIAN
Campus
Calendar
Today
Interfraternity Ball, Recreation
Hall, 9 p.m. till 1 a.m.
Service golf tournament will be
gin at 1:30 tomorrow, according to
Prof. Gene Bischoff, in charge of
the competition.
A student tournament will start
the following week. Qualifying
scores must be posted next week,
according to James Hugo, golf
manager.
Tomorrow
USO dance, Armory, 9-12 p.m.
All-service boxing tournament,
Rec Hall, 7 p.m.
Inter-squad football scrimmage,
New Beaver Field, 2 p.m.
WRA Playnight for coeds, White
Hall, 7:30 p.m.
PSCA Cabinet meeting, 304 Old
Main, 1:30 p.m.
Russian Club bowling party,
Mac Allister street bowling alleys,
8:30 p.m.
Sunday
Chapel, Schwab Auditorium, 11
a.m.
Music room of Carnegie Hall
open to all servicemen to listen to
classical records, 2 p.m.
Bible study sponsored by Penn
State Bible Fellowship, 405 Old
Main, 2 p.m.
Wesley Foundation student
friendly hour, 5 to 7 p.m.
Recorded music, 304 Old Main,
2:30 p.m.
Monday
IWA representative meeting,
Penn State Club room, Old Main,
7:30 p.m.
Penn State Engineer staff meet
ing, 308 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
Joint meeting of Freshman
Men's Council and Freshman
Women's Forum, 304 Old Main,
7:30 p.m.
Froth staff meeting, Froth office,
Carnegie Hall. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Steel industries film, Mineral
Industries Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
Jones and Laughlin Steel Com
pany interviews:
Archery Club meets, archery
range, 7:30. p.m.
Freshman candidates for Col
legian meet, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Tennis Club meets, tennis
courts, 7:30 p.m.
Field hockey practice, Holmes
Field, 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday
Inter-religious Council meeting,
304 Old Main, 1:30 p.m.
WRA Club Presidents' Board
meets, White Hall lounge, 4:30
p.m.
Surgical dressings, 117 and 112
Home Economics, 7:30-9 p.m.
WSGA Senate meets, WSGA
room, White Hall, 7:so p.m.
Camera Club meets, Old Main,
.7:30 p.m. .
Field. hockey practice, Holmes
Field, 7:15 p.m. - . • • .
Jones •arid• Laughlin Steel COm
pany interviews.
Thursday
Dr. George Simpson speaks on
the topic, "Minority Peoples in the
`Post-War, WOrld," second floor
lounge, Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
Field hockey practice, Holmes
Field, 7:15 p.m.
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6,800 Serve Country
Approximately 3,500 State men
who a year ago were attending
classes at, the College are now in
the armed services, according to
Professor R. E. Galbraith, armed
services' representative.
If alumni are added, a total•
of 6,800 Penn Staters are now
serving Uncle Sam.
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The CAMPUSEER
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Last week in the ad columns of
this paper there appeared the
latest manifestation of one of the
deadlier feuds current on the cam
pus. It has been going on for quite
a while, but is doomed to end this
October when one of the feuders
gets his degree. The ad in question
was the one for the Penn State
Engineer, which showed Dick De
vaney, illustrations editor for the
mag, asking a beautiful creature
in a low-cut gown if he could in
terest her in an "Engineer." The
giver of the dirty end of the stick
is Walt Berg, business manager.
This one, he says, was in retalia
tion for his last appearance on the
"Sly Drools" page in the "Engi
neer."
Who Is She . . .
There isn't any reward, nor any
prizes to give out, but quite a few
people are puzzled over the iden
tity of the coed sunbathing in the
lower left corner of the new Froth.
So far, no one has recognized the
bathing suit. We'd be glad to set
some minds at rest if only someone
will phone the name and telephone
number.
Fight, Fight, For . .
Not too many weeks away are
the big weekends complete with
bonfires, pep rallies, the first ap
pearance of the Blue Band, arid
all ,the shouting and singing and
happy feelings that go with foot
ball weekends here at Penn State.
It will soon be, time too, for
Grounds and Buildings to start
storing the archery targets from in
back of White Hall safely indoors.
We remember one year there
was a hectic battle one night be
tween a few hat men, led by Jerry
Doherty, and the mob over the
question of whether to burn the
targets. The straw was wet that
night so the hat men won with
Jerry delivering an impassioned
speech from the top of one of the
straw bundles on preservation of
property, But it happened the
next night that Jerry passed out
the word on Co-op Corner there
was to be an organized pajama
parade of the freshmen from the
men's dorms, under the strict su
pervision of the hat men. He told
a few too many people.
For, as the story goes, a couple
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of wise-acres heard him, and im
mediately set off to dig up some
gasoline, which they took to the
scene in a bottle, poured on the
targets, but didn't light it right
away. Instead they joined the
happy frosh just below Mac Hall,
and as the crowd flowed through
Holmes Field toward Ath, someone
flicked a match, and in spite of the
hat men's precautions, there re
sulted a lovely blaze. Some of the
frosh responded to the arson urge
and. fired the other three, but some
of the poor guys were on the re
ceiving end of a paddle over be
hind Home Ec where a few of the
boys were trying to hide their red
faces.
Since then there haven't been
any spontaneous bonfires. Pep ral
lies on an organized basis have
been held on Jordan Fertility
plots, which, for the benefit of the
newcomers, are across the road
from Ath Hall. The • Hig comes
down to these affairs and brings
the team for an appearance. Lots
of people are there with their tags
saying "Beat Pitt," Hummel Fish
burn leads the singing, and then
later there is "gemultlichkeit" by
the bucket at the Skellar, at the
Corner, and sometimes the movies
get stormed.
We haven't heard any manifes
tations so far this semester but
no doubt in a couple of days the
drums will start to beat, and stu
dent spirit will be at fever pitch
by tlie time the Bisons come to
New Beaver Field from Bucknell
September 25. This year we'll
have a couple of thousand new
rooters (we hope) in the stands,
and there should be lots of noise
land music from the bleachers.
Moving Day . • .
The Advanced ROTC boys sta
tioned here certainly landed in a
choice spa this week when their
living quarters were transferred
from ex-fraternity houses down
town to Irvin Hall. Just think,
there they are in the middle of
almost two hundred female engi
neers. Trouble is, there is a cur
few for compulsory study hour for
the soldiers. It must be odd to sit
at the window looking at a me
chanics book while the other sex
is cavorting on the lawn right in
front of you.
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