FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 3943
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By A/S ROBERT E. KINTER
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Back at the old stand doing the
same old business as we used to do
and finding the only noteworthy
change in the place the difficulty
of 'finding material for such an
opus as this was originally in
tended to be. Because of the short
ness of said material, we would
like, just for old time's sake, to
make a few comments on the
changes we have noticed after a
return from four months fighting
the Battle of Western North Caro
lina. There, in the' shades of the
historic triumphs of revolutionary
famed Nathaniel 'Greene at his
battle of Guilford Court House, 61
Penn Staters and yours truly, the
former Maniac, are holding out for
bigger and better replicas of the
Rathskeller and the Corner Room
while we suffer the same fate as
the local pre-pre-pre-pre-flighters
are doing here.
Word Of Warning
As for Penn State and an old
son, one of the most loyal, by the
way, `the uniforms and -their in-.
fluence on the local chicks are not
as great as we expected them to.
be. From all that we have been
able• to gather during our short
stay at the scene of the Battle of
the Nittany Valley, the coeds have
not been as friendly toward Uncle
Sam's boys in brown and blue as
they might have been. Hospitality
in - the South, especially at dear old
ElOn, the State men have found to
be rather on the plentiful side.
The accent, thickest in the coun
try, we're led to believe, makes
understanding them a bit difficult
and calls for slightly closer 'con
tact with the femme fatale than
the local women ever allowed un
til after the first date. The Penn
State boys, of course, do not com
plain about such a situation. So
take heed.
C'est la Guerre
The second big 'change is con
cerned with the drinking situation.
Something seems to have happen-
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. 'A little more news from out yon
der about the boys who used to do . ,
the. hotdogging around here has
come dribbling in. More is always
welcomed, and from all reports
Uncle Sammy's boys really like to
heir what's doing with • their col
leagues.
• Lt. Jekome E. Klein has reported
to .Brooks Field, Tex., where he
will serve with the post quarter
master detachment. He was grad
uated from the Juartermaster Of
ficer .Candidate School at Camp
Lee Va., at the end of July.
Women In War
Among the former coeds now do
ing their part is Mary A. Landis
'4o' who has arrived in 'Sicily with
the Red Cross. She is serving as
a recreational director. . . Eileen
Have you thought how best you
might invest this Sunday?
STUDENT DEPARTMENT
9:30 A.M.
Guest Speaker: D. Ned Linegar
WESTMINSTER FELLOWSHIP
6:30 P.M.
Two Sound Reels on Negro
Colleges and Farming
How expendable is YOUR
religicin?
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ed to the old spirit which was
shown last semester and the ones
preceding it. Of course, the short
age may have just a little effect
on the matter, but the feellrng is
apparently gone. We got here in
the middle of a big weekend and
found nothing but desert-like dry
ness. It was a gruesome sight to
see—fifteen hundred men and
women with th r oats parched,
searching for a ride to ,Bellefonte
or the keys to the equally dry
'Skellar. We had regards to carry
from some of the boys at Elon to a
couple of the local bartenders but
found said characters afraid to
venture out of the safety of their
homes for •fear of being mobbed
by the seekers after that nectar of
the gods. The greetings will have
to be' carried by •mail, we fear, for
lack of the means to do it in per
son.
As Of Old
That, for the most, is all that
we've found different. It's still the
same place, even to having Thes
pians check with Fred Waring on
their newest production 'efforts.
Six of them, Goss, Skapik, Fiske,
Burden, and Galvanik, left Tues
day night to talk it over with their
big-time friend and collaborator.
A few drivels even. drift in now
and then—here are a few' we pick
ed up around the spots we hit—
Hattie Leyden pinned to Kurt
Chamberlain, ATO from St. Law
rence, here in the AC and writing
a daily letter to each other; Nancy
'Shipman and Wilson Oberdorfer
unpinned again; Friz Burke, Fran
Angle, Sue Hay, and Dottie Koush
back for the weekend; Vee Martin
and Chuck Alcorn meeting a bear
face to face on Mount Nittany;
Bill Henry Sigmanu up to see his
pinee (or pinnee) Jean Saylor over
the weekend; and Harlan Hostet
ter. Phigam back from the Navy
for a weekend.
That's all and it's nice to have
been back, believe us.
By M. J. WINTER
M. Casey ex-'44 is in . the WAVES
at Norman, Okla.
Second Lt. Ellwood J. Turner Jr.
'4O has been wounded in action in
the North Afridan area.
Latest graduate reported killed
••.
is Second '
•Lt. Saniuel .I. Todd '39
who waS : killed:An-the crash of an
Army tiopabcr.. or . , the Bonneville
Salt Fla . * - 4; . ai.,?.yti"indover Field,
Utah. FOrme - ply -in. Cavalry, he
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—The Maniac
THE COLLEGIAN
Campus
Calendar
Today
Meeting of all agriculture stu
dents, 109 Agriculture, 4:30 p.m.
Dean Fletcher will speak.
All Ag. students will meet in
109 Ag. •uilding at 4:30 today.
The meeting is in charge of the
SOhool Council.
Tomorrow
Junior Service Board meets,
Southeast lounge of Atherton, 12
noon. .
PSCA picnic, Hort Woods, 1:30
p.m.
Thespian Canteen Dance, Arm
ory, 9-12 p.m.
WRA Co-Rec Skating Party,
Coliseum, 2-5 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.in.
Wesley Foundation student
friendly hours, 5-7 p.m,
Recorded music for Servicemen,
Hugh Beaver Room, Old Main, 3-5
p.m.
Monday
Joint meeting of Freshman
Men's Council and Freshman Wo
men's Forum, 304 Old Main, 7:30
p.m.
Elections of IWA officers for the
following year will be held in the.
Penn State Club room, Old Main,
7:30 p.m.
Penn State Engineer staff meet
ing, 1 Armory, 7:30 p.m.
Froth staff meeting, Froth office,
Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Bridge Club meets, White
Sign up for the All-College ten
nis tournament, White Hall, 5 p.m.
Tuesday
Tennis Club meets, tennis
courts, 6:45 p.m. °
General Motors interviews
Freshmen candidates for Col
legian meet, 8 Carnegie Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday
•Penn State in China committee
meets, 303 Old Main, 4:30 p.m.
PSCA Publicity committee
meets, 304 Old Main, 7:30 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, 7:30 p.m.
Christian Science organization
meets, 200 Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.
m.
Thursday
Prof M. N. McGeary will speak .
on "A' Realistic' Peace," 304' Old
Main,.7:3o p.m.• . •
. ,Thompson • Aircraft Company
in terviews. • '
The CAMPUSEER
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There is just one more Variety
Show before the end of the semes
ter. If it is as good as the one we
saw Saturday night, it will spoil
Penn State audiences as far as
anything second rate is concerned,
for the people responsible for the
production last week outdid them
selves and came through with
some of the best entertainment
seen around campus for a long
time.
Even though almost every one
of the 3,400 people who saw the
show is talking about the "pat
terns" of the Modern Dance Group,
we, too, want to chime in with
our pat on the back. For sheer fun
and comedy, the' girls. with the
bare feet couldn't have done bet
ter if they had been practicing for
weeks instead of the few days that
they had. One of the dancers, we
couldn't learn her name, really en
tered into the spirit of the thing
when it is reported that she stop
ped to pick up some pennies at the
Sunday afternoon •performance.
Manpower Shortage . . .
Just for kicks, here's a sample
of what the official roster of the
Thespian officials looks like in one
spot. It reads like this: George Q.
Graham, chief scrip t writer;
George Q. Graham, assistant can
teen manager; George Q. Graham,
assistant production manager; and
George Q. Graham, special assis
tant to the president. Of course,
there are a few other guys around,
too, when they're not gallivanting
around the countryside:
War Dance . . .
Last Saturday the ASTP dance
to celebrate_ the end of their 'first
semester went over in a big way.
We hear that the decorations were
something to. see, and on a par
with the best in themes that have
been seen around the campus for
a long, long time. Around the
front .of the balcony, the committee
had giant reproductions of the
shoulder insignia of the different
outfits represented in the Penn
State contingent. At one end, Old
Main tower stuck up between the
two traditional castle spires, and
also in view was a mural effect
featuring Pennsylvania hills, Penn
State, Broadway, and points west.
Our source said the boys did a
bang-up job.
Doggie Went . . .
Down at the Pugh Street Ly
ceum, things have been calm and
quite quiet for the last week and
a half. From all of the rumors con-
play.. _ .
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cerning the reason for the afore ;
mentioned closed down state,
we've chosen this one: the Skellar
ran out of beer.
Some guys have told us Doggie
went to Canada to fish, another
said repairs were in order, and an
other said no society meetings un
til some time in September. How
ever, we're pleased to report, as if
everyone didn't know already, that
the Skellar opened its doors Wed
nesday night and the crowds are
again seeking surcease from the
heat and studies at the same old
stand.
Leaves Are Falling . . .
The year we were a freshman
one of the attractions at the foot
ball games was the parade of frosh
around the track decked out in all
their penalties, and some of them
were good. This year most of those
doings have gone by the board, and
there won't be any solid section of
green dinks and hair ribbons in
the stands. Our first year, there
were a couple of frosh . togged out
with long poles with apples tied
on them. We forget what they had
done, but we do remember that as
soon as they were safely back in
the stands at the end of the inter
mission, the apples were used for
ammunition to fire at the hat men.
Then, it was' the duty of the hat
men to see that the frosh sat in
their oroper sections, stayed seated
until the crowd left, and didn't get
out of hand.
The frosh cheering always
drowned out the others for there t
were lots more of them, and un
like lots of upperclassmen, knew
the words, even of the Alma Mater:
But nct all the cheering and sing
ing was for the football team.
Chanting "hat men chew their toe
nails," the freshmen raised a heck
of a row at almost every game.
Once someone even brought a to
mato and socked a Blue Key man
right on the back of the neck.
Maybe things will be different
this year, •but we're darn lucky to
still be able to look forward to a
football season with a good team
and a full schedule. From the looks
of the leaves on , the trees last
week, it won't be long now.
Two more fraternities, Triangle
and Alpha Chi Sigma, have re
ceived dating privileges, accord
ing to an announcement made by
Dean of Women Charlotte E. Ray.
This makes a total of nine frater
nities that are able to entertain
dates in their place of residence.
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