PAGE FOUR THE COLLEGIAN Establiished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published every Friday during the regular College year by the stair of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934 at the Post Office at State College, Pa. under the act of Marcy 8, 1879. • .4 •jl .r: .37 II • O y.R II t B 0 • Editor-in-Chief Alice .R. Fox Advertising •Manager Rosalind Becker • Editorial and Buainees Office Carnegie Hall • Phone ill Downtown Office 198-121 South Frazier St. Phone 4872 Managing • Editor News Editor Assistant Managing Editor Advertising Manager ---- Friday, October 1, 1943 Finals Muddle • With the attention of faculty and• students sud denly directed last week to the approaching final examinations situation came the field day for the wild 'rumors which • seem almost a corallery to each semester's end. Despite efforts of the College Scheduling Office to make clear its attitude on the subject, inability or unwillingness to accept the exam schedule as it stands has •resulted in wholesale switching. Most unaccountable among the various inter pretations is that October 11 is the starting point for underclass finals. As a result of this assump tion, some students find themselves with as many as four or five tests several days before their ex amination week 'is supposed to begin. The fact that many of these 'students are enrolled in sen ior courses is a partial explanation. In cases where the two-hour test-taking will ,not interfere with.regular class meetings, there. is no objection to underclasSirien's taking the exami nation. with seniors. HoWever,• the Scheduling .Of fice has ruled . that no student - may be excused from a • class, that where such conflict exists the professor should arrange a. second examination. Then there is the perfectly understandable de sire of both ,students and professors to round out. the semester's work as quickly as posgible, which has ,caused a few non-senior courses, particularly in the "by appointment" category, to jump the gun.. This early disposal no doubt provides a happy situation for all except those unfortunates who must face a line-up of exams, a full class schedule, and a minimum of study time. The final confusing factor can be attributed to the uncertain status of the Collegian's limited ex aminations plan. Its fate now rests with the Coll ege Senate; its passage is still a possibility, .though it seems unlikely that Senate will endorse a last minute change in policy. Obviously the main reason for such confusion lies in the tendency of people to rely - upon what they, hear rather than upon what they can see printed on the schedule. It seems equally clear that any : further attempt to improve on the efforts of those in charge of preparing the program can only aggravate• the • already unpleasant situation. What About Entertainment? Penn State Variety Shows of 'this past sum mer have set a high level; of planning and coop eration that many other campus . activities would find hard to beat, even if they • tried. 'The 'cori 7 carted effort of 'the dramatics' department, extra curricular students' organizations; such as Players and Thespians; „arid - s,ervicemen combined to ,pro duce Weekend entertainnient' that State . College on a war basis so sadly lacks. Working, against such obstacles as lack of time and money, and Army and Navy curfews, a small but loyal nucleus stuck together to recruit talent and whip it into shape, for the bi-monthly Variety Show that students and servicement alike came to 100 kforward to . on'Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons. ' But if the social calendar for the week ends of the coming minter is to be filled ade quately, we cannot rely on the Variety Shows The servicemen's constant complaint of, "What is there to do in _State College on Satur day and Sunday?" is a problem deserving coord inated action on the part of all the campus groups. It would seem obvious that a central planning committee- made up of faculty, students And service groups is in order if Penn State is to offer anything besides Saturday movies in 'the way of weekend entertainment And .4 also. seem obvious. that 'the'inifiatiori : of s'ach `a committee ; lies • in the hands of student govern- 0 4•.+1/;•4o4l4*it'k Business Manager Nan. Lipp 4 4110 1 ° ' Managing Editor Lee H.. Learner - Alice Fox Rita Beltonti Helen Hatton Elaine Miller The CAMPUSEER 808 KIMMEL Penn State won't be without a cheering sec tion at the game tomorrow in Chapel Hill if plans of some of the boys from here now in the various branches of the service aren't upset. We've heard from at least three fellows who wrote that their companies are planning to attend in a body if they can get permission. There will be 70 or 80 from Elon College from • the Air Corps, a whole flock from Fort Bragg, and lots more from several oth er posts in that section of the state where Penn Staters are training. In a way, it seems fortunate that North Caroli,pa should have been the team added to the schedule for there isn't any other game that would have provided the same oppor tunity for the alumni. More From The South . In Time the other week we were reading a bout the new course given naval flyers near Chap el Hill, North Carolina, and the article mentioned the Craighead twins, Penn Staters, as instructors. They're ensigns now, and have another book un der their belt. The course in which they are teach ing is one to help the flyers to live in the woods if - they are forced down over uninhabited terri tory. Their new volume is appropriately called "Living Off The Land and Sea." The twins, Frank and John, spent nine months in India several years ago as the guest of a maharajah, who invit ed them after he had read their book on falconry. Their sister, Jean Craighead, was here then, and she told us some tall tales that they had written her about life in a palace in India. -- Beats . the Ara bian Nights all• hollow. • Casualty . • .:* , • - 7 :1- If. yotf wereh t 'paying attention - to the ~eheer-A leaders during the first half of . the game last Sat urday, you missed the cause of that gust of laugh ter that swept the stands. One of the rah rah boys threw his arm out of joint when he. ended a "Fight," and , promptly collapsed on the ground in front of Doc Griess, who didn:t, „have :too, o rnuch trouble, apparently, in repairing The. damage, for the guy was up and pitching again in a couple of minutes. But it did , look funny. from f the - stands, for it was enacted -in , the best manner-of the . :football players- themselveS. Body, Body, Who's Got. Bill Emmons is again preparing for a villain ous part in a Players' show, this time in "Aisenic and Old Lace." Bill doesn't believe in practicing at rehearsal and then dropping the. role until. the next night. He lives them. After the. last show in which he and Dolinger were the dastards, the ef fects took some time to' weal. tin% for two weeks later they were in the library one night going back THE ( .OLLEGIAN • Ar c ' • And Having Writ, f7' \ • AL. Moves On . • . For about two years we've watched with a mixture of boredom and skeptical amusement while various Collegian column writers from. Dave Samuels. through. Milt .DOlinger and Fred Clever. right to , M:J; Winter and 'Bob Kimmel ran . aroUnd the:office'once a'week: pleading' with their comrades'io please give out with some campus neirs•iterris.. It's been part of the fun, laughing while•they fumed, litif like r ldts :of : childhood joys now gone, it has about-faced apdrioo : :ii:spetW,abOoii, tragic. We realize too late what those others must haVe:suffered.•*...-.., 'Tis. Rumored If the rumor is true, a lot of coeds stayed away from- the - grid till with Bucknell unnecessarily last week. Word somehow sriread around; as word somehow has a way of doing, that coeds' who yi - eieldating * . t . vicemen would not be able to sit with their dates at the . g;;:ine. 11,Umor somehow was wrong. AA books presented at gates are all the„creden tial necessary to sit with the uniformed dates, instead of: in ':a dorm room alone and bitter. There. Are- Two, Sides Another little fact about servicemen and football games that seems to have.gOtten lost in the shuffle of pro and Con argument concernipg, ihe $l.lO admission charged the College's uniformedlfro4A is this:. Servicemen with visiting poppas and mommas, otbic 7inesZellaneOus relatives or girl friends, can purchase tickets for thein t the same half price they themselves . pay: The half price idea is one that isAeing used by colleges over the nation and this little sidelight':should.make for happier students all around. Once -Upon A Time • . - It happened 'in a sociology•class-when the good profegicir took roll. "Miss Belfonti,7, he .. called and a voice from k the back of the roo inuritbleci..ulreret.P ; - The...nice man finished checking .his Class atter4.p . .z; ." ance and • began to ask for a-verbal resPonse,from his •studerits.Miss:^A Belfonti" he,queried. There was an awkward' silnce -and then voice e a from the back of the room, "Well we tried anyway.". • • Busy Saturday Night ;; • Then there's the case' of the bemoaning frosh, bemoaning.hecause he couldn't get a date. A helpful upperclassman before offering assis— tance, asked the frosh 'just what •the trouble seemed to be.- "It's , like this," responded the sad boy.' "If .I ask 'a girl 'if she's busy Saturday night, well, it puts her in a bad pOsition if she says no. But if I should. get a girl who will hang position and admit she isn't doing anything 2— well—what kind of a spot, does it leave me in if I admit that I don't have anything to do either." Aid to the frosh, will reach the bewilder; ed boy if sent to this column. `Auld Lang Syne' Campus "oldees" can mark out another page in theirfeirlinikence this week when they note that at future elections th 6): willVofd not ,•, Campus. or Independent or even free lance as they did at the_last elec- Jl.. tion, but rather they will cast ballots as either Lion or Key.„Anrmay be, clique lineups as they stand at present won't seem confusing to old timers who voted straight Campus since way back when 7; Campaign ing should take on a new significance at the very least:..'.'.. and forth in the:big--reading-roOm collect. the, most bodies.. The girls; in that , quaint lock step master playing the part , of a , couple ,of and stooge used in the show with dear old ladies, do. all right.. for , • themselves - without leaVing, their leers and sneers on their pans. house, .right _next- to a,. cernetery,• • In this one, Emmons is a junior in Flatbush. • Witll` Doc , on the • , fiend and is engaged in a murder stage, there.. ought to be enough* - sweepstake. with—Doc Dougherty laughs .to send- you. slip*. - and Janet DaytOn to see Who. can This is •one we won't miss. .'..• FIRST NATIONAL . BANK STATE COLLEGE Federal Deposit insuranCe Corporation By Serene F. Rosenberg The Member of FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1943 17 w ~t ~=
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