PA..;•E FOUR
THE COLLEGIAN
Establiished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
establWoriOi. and the Free Lance, established 18S7.
Published every Friday during the l'Oglliar College year
by the staff .of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
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Alice R. Fox
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Ealitor, Rita M. Bellonti ; l °attire Editor. M. Jane MeChes-
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News E,litor
ASsistant Managing Editor Helen Hatton
Assistant Advertising Manager ____ Bitty Vogel
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Miller. Thomas B. Whesqley.
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nice Eicnbrg.
Friday, September 24, 1943
Why Stop At Two?
. Although it looked last week as if the Col
lege version of the Third War Bond Drive had
fallen asleep at the starting post, it didn't take
long for the stamp and bond boys to jockey a
ntiw apparently willing to be driven student
population down the home stretch.
Receipts of the campaign, with the biggest
promotion events still in the future, show that
the valley campus can and does recognize a need
fur -national and international collaboration. By
the time the first half •of the two-jeep goal ar
rived' in front of Old Main yeSterday it was more
than paid for.
With the price of a jeep set at $l4OO, solici
tors reported a total of almost $2500 by yester
day noon, a situation which makes obvious the
gratifying probability that the College will ex
ceed its goal.
The situation, encouraging as it may be, is not
an indication that the final whistle has blown.
Actually, the raw contributions total is somewhat
misleading, since a $2OOO bond bought by WSGA
accounts for more than four-fifths of it. Individ
ual offerings can still be improved. Many campus
organizations have reported that they will turn
large parts of their capital into bonds. Receipts
of : these checks by the committee will account for
the large expected margin between the estimated
goal and final returns.
Sellers wil concentrate on individual sales in
the two major pushes remaining—the rally in
front of Old Main this afternoon and the Victory
Raffle which will precede the Bucknell kickoff.
The continued rate of exchange from cash to
bonds and stamps at these affairs can make the
goal an insult to the outcome.
. Cabinet and its committees in sponsoring and
organizing, and the students they represent in
supporting the drive, are well on the way to
putting across a major civilian contribution. But
buying two jeeps when it is possible to buy four,
or four when it is possible to buy six, is not put
ting it across. The time to quit is when no fra
ternity can spare another $25 and no student can
spare another ten cents.
Cliques May Click
Perhaps Penn State politicians are waking up
l At any rate, they're beginning to see the
light. What looked like a hoopelessly unequal
political set-up now has possibilities of shaping
intO. a program that may distribute political pow
er More fairly.
Tuesday's clique meetingat first looked like
a stalemate, no additions to the original major
ity ' . and minority groups. But apparently some
wavering members of the stronger group finally
realized the advantage they, would hame if they
crossed over to the other side. It took them a long
time to undeestand that there are certain oppor
tunities involved in getting in on the ground floor
of a new. and perhaps up-and-coming organiza
tion, rather than being hangers-on with the so
called big-shots.
But it's certainly to their credit that they
finally gave up the idea of being little frogs in
the big pond. Now it remains to be seen if they
can make a go of being the big frogs and enlarg
ing. their: present little pond. • • .• L.H,I.
Business Manager
Nan Lipp
Managing Editor
Lee H. Learner
Staff This issue
Rita M. Bel foal
The CAMPUSEER
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. The seniors have been dodging strangely this
week, and ducking into hiding places when they
see a certain man coming towards them. After a
couple of games of "You can't see me," we in
quired and found that the pursuing gent is a sales
man for an insurance company who won't take no
for an answer. He's sold quite a few policies
around campus, and from what the boys tell us,
he's really a hooper-dooper salesman. 'One guy
that he hadn't met was on the front porch when
the salesman called and inquired for his prospect.
The fellow told him the man he wanted wasn't in,
but one of the brothers gave the show away. Now
there's another insured man.
Who Gets the Football . . .
Tomorrow, before the game, you'll have plenty
of chances to secure your ticket for the football
raffle. , The prize is the ball used in the game with
Bucknell, and all it costs you is an i i nvestment in
some defense stamps. One chance for a quarter
stamp, and three with a four-bit purchase. Be
sure and look for us at the west gate, and we'll
personally administer to your needs.
Cider Rackets .. . •
Forty .years ago, when the leaves began to fall
and the apples were ripe, the students used to
"borrow" scme professor's horse and go for a bar
rel of cider to be consumed late at night in the
dorm. These days cider is the polite refreshment
offered to smoker guests and mixed groups. Not
that the boys stuck strictly to cider, though. But
then, half the fun was robbing the horse and gath- -
ering around the keg when all was suppoSed to be
dreams and snores. Today we don't do things the
same way, and what with all the downstairs morns
in fraternities mobilized, the cheering cup will no
doubt be limited in its passage. But never fear, as
long as there is: football, 9 with a Thespian show as
Alice R. Fox
a prelude and a dance for the .encore, good times
haven't vanished altogether.
The Bell Tolls . . .
Never has there been sa many production diffi
culties beset a show than the Thespian Revue that
opens a two-night stand this evening. It struck us
as a little funny the other night when we were
sitting in the auditorium watching part of a re
hearsal. About three minutes before ten, the bass
man lays down his fiddle, the sax man picks up
his horn and walks out, the two leading male
dancers step out of their tap shoes and scramble
for hats, a Marine or two dumps a load of stage
properties, and some of the chorus diSappears. The
Three Stooges make tracks for Irvin Hall, and
when Old Main tolls ten, the servicemen have de- ,
parted, in time we hope, for their barracks; from
there, the director takes what is left and strug-•
gles on.
This Weekend . . .
THE (.OLLEGIAN
808 KIMMEL
The
Corner
unusual
Front And Center .
By RITA M. BELFONTI
'Rumors about the return of
junior rotisse students have been See America 1` First
flying thick and fast these last , Pvt. Elmer Belfonti has just
few days. If they mean anything, returned from a prisoner of war
we'll soon be seeing Dich Schmitt, trip to Louisiana. 1 the last
Bob Hibbard, Luke. Watkins,. Cliff month he has trav6led ilii'Ough 11
states and a distaii&e il o rover 3,-
St. Clair, Steve Sinichak,.Seymour
Rosenburg, Hal Griffiths, Iry 400. miles. He is sportinesouveyi-
A
Kanenigzer and lots of other faces irs from German and. Italian pris
we've missed,
Gone But Not Forgotten
Macy Alexander packed •his lit- Coniniissions And Things
tle duffle bag and left State Col-
lege not so long ago to answer (in . Bob. Schuler was. awarded... his
wings and a second looie's C9M
. person) a rather insistent little
mission in a recent graduation of
mite concerning the Marines,
Frank Drumm did likewise+ when boinbadier cadets at Roswell, N.
the Navy beckoned this week. We M. Bill Finn, former. campus big
wig, was commissioneW, a•;second
have it that Frank..must report to
Notre Dame Monday. lieutenant in the IritSntrj 'after
Aviation Student Ben French, the completion of the Officer
an old Collegian-Froth standby, Candidate Course at Fort Benning.
let out a wail from a hospital bed Second Lieut. Bill Phillips 'ale
down Texas - way.' Hesaid . his con-. cessfully completed .a ten ..weOks,
ditiori mystifies the doctors just course .of training . at. the Marine
as his attitude puzzled, his profs Corps SchOolS in Quantico; Nr_ir
last semester. s ginia. - After graduating. • frbm a'
Pete Rutan is now attending a .field artillery course . .at the.Ma7.
quartermaster's school at Camp rine Corps school,. he was assigned
Lee, Va. And John McNelis was immediate duty witH a combat ii - x:'-
recently appointed a naval avia- ganization. Second Lt. Bill Means,
lion cadlet and trasferred to the another Penn State alum graduat-
Naval Training Center at Pensa- ed with the same class and was
cola, Fla.. also assigned active duty. : •
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symbol of a. well-trained team, integrated for set - vice 'in
peace or war —The Belt-Telephone System.
1. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. coordinates
all Bell System activities.
2. T'wenty-oneAssociatedCompanies provide telephone
service in their own territories.
3. The Long Lines Department of A. T. & T. handles
long distance and overseas calls.
4.. Bell Telephone Laboratories carries on scientific
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The benefits of the nation-wide service provided by
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