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Esti.ldished I PlO. Successor to the Penn State Collmiatt, established 190.1, anti
the Free Lance, estnhlished 1887.
Published every Friday during the regular College year by the staff of the
Daily Collegian of The Pnnsylva nia State College. Et tered as second clams matter
July 5, 1931 at the Post Office at Slate College. Pa. under tre act of March 8, 1879.
Sub , criptiona by mail only at $l.OO a semester.
Editor-in-Chief
Jane H. Murphy
Managing Editor
Larry T. Chervenak
Editorial and nuttiness Office
Carnegie Hall
Phone ill
Editorial Stair News editor, Robot T. Kimmel; Service editor, Mary Janet
Winter; Funture editor, Helen It. Reetauvcr; Sports ediitor, Pvt. Richard B. McNeal
3 usior F.titorirl Bo:un--Rita M. Bel Conti, Alice R. FON, Ma rgnret L. Good,
Lee IL Lea rnt.r. M. .1 are McChesney. Serene F. Rosenberg.
Junior liusine. , s Board- -Nan i.ipp. Priscilla Schantz.
Co-Editors
Soon!: Editor
N...ws Editor
kisistant Advert is log Mu nagei
PM's Still Empty
SUnday movies for servicemen have been marked down
as a practical impossibility for the present. But Sunday af
ternoons still exist. There's as much time as ever available
for entertainment and leisure.
Since builaing a new structure for servicemen's use at
this time is also out of the question, we would suggest the
weekly opening of an adequate building on campus for danc
ing and socializing. Three places are usable: Rec Hall, White
Hall, or, if these are not available, the Armory. Any have the
necessary floor space for dancing, but the first two would
present a more attractive atmosphere for the service fellows
and their wives and guests.
Since these buildings are generally closed. Sunday after
noons and since the College faculty and student body is work
ing hard to fill theneeds of the nation's trainees here, what is
thel'e to stop a regular open house. for these men? (Incident
ally, civilian students would no doubt hail such a program for
their use, also.)
The College public address system could be obtained and,
with the interest of student gov , :rnment or independent or
ganizations, the recording machine could furnish music. Spe
cialties by the service bands and those organized on campus
might highlight the program off and on.
Is it an impossibility to count on each of the semester
classes for taking their turns at the arrangements each week ?
Couldn't WSGA, WRA, IFC Panhellenic, and•ISC, be includ
ed in officiating once in a while ?
Because expenses for such a program would be so slight,
let these individual groups finance the entertainment each
week.
• Ask Thespians and Players with other entertaining
groups to provide .a • spot of special .fun on-the . schedule.
But, above all, let's keep it a steady, dependable prograin
that service , men can look forward to, count'on, and use:
It brings all students and military grodps together, It
gives the men something to do after, before, •• or in place of
variety programs 'and other planned parties given• off and on
for them. It would show, a decided effort -by . the College to
provide - entertainment as well as a sound scholastic training
for Uncle Sam's men stationed here.
Momentum Needed
Rolling-slowly but hoping to gather momentum as it rolls
is the All-College and nation-wide war. bond and stamp driVe.
Raymond Parks, chairman of the College side of the pro
gram, stated yesterday that the 'Main objective of the com
mittee was to encourage every student to fill at least one 25-
cent stamp book during the month.
A main booth at the main gate with other possible ones
placed about campus will be the main sales depots. Special en
tertainments and programs durng the month will offer chan
ces to buy stamps at the door. They will be sold at the mov
ing picture houses in town as well as in the dormitories.
It is hoped that sororities and honoraries will act as sal
esmen if called upon at the various spots and it is anticipated
that student enthusiasm and ambition will fill the quota and
accomplish a goal as great as that set for the Red Cross cam
paign conducted so successfully last year.
Some one said so fittingly that we should buy stamps
and bonds as if our lives depended on it 'cause they do. And
i}ow true.
THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Business Manager
Philip P. Mitchell
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Advertising Manager
Richard E. Marsh
Staff This Issue
Friday, September 10. 1943
Downtown Office
199-121 South Frazier St
Phone •1372
Lee H. Lerner. Serene Rosenberg
Rita Be'fond
Helen Hatton
Rosalind Becker
THE ( .OLLEGIAN
Collegian History
Collegian staffs will make history again next
week when an entire woman-senior board takes
over its duties for the Fall semester. The present
six-woman junior board will effect the naming of
a second woman editor at the election banquet
tonight..
The campus paper has perhaps been hit most
noticeably by the manpower shortage, but its
conditicn is or will soon be paralleled in any num
ber of student organizations. With the influx of
more than 430 w:lmen out of the 500 frosh ex
pected this Fall, coeds will more than likely be
taking cver student government posts, school
councils, dramatic and musical groups. They will
act as today's leaders in an effort to "hold the
fort" for their former classmates, friends, and
loved ones.
It's a challenge and a chance for every or
ganization in action now and for every coed who
will enroll this Fall.
And reporting their weekly activities, an
nouncing their officers, picturing their leaders,
and releasing their meeting Oates will be a stal
wart handful of women on this paper's staff.
The status of the next chapter in Collegian
history is not known now. Financial problems as
well as, the number of workers available make it
the indefinite program that it is.
But Collegian is a tradition, a definite part
of the College and its spirit; it reflects the ups and
downs of a student body in normal or in war
times, It will be here in the war semesters, as
helpful an. instrument as is possible for students
and faculty and it will be here in the years to
..come,. a reminder and carry-over of the, pre-war
greatness of the College.
Panhellenic's Chance
Panhellenic Cluncil recently accepted a new
plan to supplement their rushing schedule . a•
means of chapter limitation to benefit the larger
groups and to give the smaller Greek societies a
chance to get. a hold.
Their plan is a' wise move, popular on other
campuses where they have an even smaller num
ber of fraternities
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As' ival; the - touncil is doing a thorough - job
on its rushing code and pledging schedule but
that's as far as it goes.
The purpose of such a group is to coordinate
the Greeks, to -feel out their problems, and carry
on active campaigns to improve their situations..
There is a lot of room for those improve
ments yet. Little is said or done. in their behalt:
Several of the newer sisters are housed in
suites in the dormitories . . in rooms that are
not arranged for.whole sororities but for individ
ual persons. Their only chapter room, in several .
cases, is another bedroom, with beds, desks, and
no draperies.
In the cases of the fraternities- already- well-
eSiablished, the dorniitOi-Y atitheritieS7.fiirdsli
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furniture for a living room and kitchen, and pro
vide curtains and drapes. Panhellenic Council has
merely to ask for something of that sort for -the
rest of its members.
Panhellenic members should have an eye to
the future. Their ideas should be forming for a
sorority row cr some 3 satisfactory building hous
ing all the groups. They should get a goal and
work toward it is for no other reason than to
establish themselv s and justify their existence.
Always a quiet organ of student voices, Pan
hellenic can amount to a lot if it sees its job and
works toward that end.
W e she WOPYlen,
Times, Are Changing—
Perhaps a few pertinent reminders and corn=
ments will be in order as the present senior board
has its finger in Lie paper, for the last time this
With a new staff taking over the reins in a
few days, it is interesting to note a change, typi
cal of the entire campus life since we first arriv
ed as green freshmen. It was before the war then,
-and squads of uniformed men taking up sidewalk
space was an unthought of element. We had a ra
tio of civilian men of about five to one coed.
But today conditions are reversed. When we
first tried cut for the Collegian staff, men pre
dominated everything. The women were segre
gated on a separate staff, and were considered
something of a necessary
With the new board taking over, however;
the change which has taken . place will be realized
to the fullest. One by one the men have left, until
today, the new seoior board will be made up en
tirely of coeds. For the first time this Summer the
Collegian had a coed editor. But now, the entire
management of th ; paper will be in . the hands of
women. -•
It's a far cry from the day the first woman
student was grudgingly accepted at this •strictly
men's institution.. •
Along the same line of thought, it'seeiY►s that
the coed element is really taking the College over.
According to latest reports, of the 500 freshinen
who will enter in the coming semester, 430 of
them will be women.
' Student Survey
•votes also to a German teacher whose "6ssign
ments are . impossibly and unreasonably large."
Out of - 34 professors mentioned as standouts
by the Liberal Arts students; Edward Abramson,
assistant professor of sociology singled out by 10
Students, was first choice. Runneriaps included
William S. Dye, professor of English literattirei
.Robert E. Galbraith, associate Professor!of Eng
lish composition; Nelson McGeary, 'assistant 'pro:-
fessor of political science; and R. Hadley WaterS,
assistant" professbr of economics. Ottt •of 'W LA •
•teachers mentioned s' being "bad," the names of •
five
were repeated at least once.
• 'Mineral 'lndustries Students named 13 profs"
as being noteworthy, Chesleigh A. Bonine, Prb
fessor 'of geology; Jabir -Shibli, associate professor
of • mathematics; 'and Holtzinger mentioned most
frequently. Brunt• of the dissatisfaction 'was -
thrust on mathematics professors.
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• Elizabeth W. W. Dye,
.associate professor of
home economics, and Hummel Fishburn, head of
the inusic'department, .were , most: frequent "g i id'
choices of the •School . of Education. Other :fre
quent Selections were Mildred AL. Larson,.. aSsoc
iate Professor of foOds; W. L. Werner, professor
of English literature! and Psychology ProfeSSOrs
Guest, Carpenter, Smith, and Adams. Twice Ed
School students cited a professor as a "brilliant
man but no teacher." Another instructor was
called "extremely intelligent but not so good for
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a basic course."
nvorites of the School of Physical Education
and Athletics, according to the - poll, are Miss H.
Jean Swenson, instructor of physical education; .
John D. Lawther, associate professor of physiCal
education, and James H.. Moyer, assistant , pro
fessor of education.
School Caliber of Teaching Plan for Finals
Good Fair Sub For Against
Ag 30 7 0 35 2
Chem 71 28 1 9 3. 7
Eng ' • '37 -25 1 '• 58 5
Ed • •40 30 2 66 6
LA 32 51 13 90 '• :5 •
PEd • •.4 - 12 2 , 16- • 1• ' •
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