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THE COLLEGIAN
Kstubliisheol 1910. SUCCeAS or to the Penn , State Collegian,
est aid ish(4l 11104, and the Free Lance. established DM.
Published every Friday during the regular College year
by the 'staff. o.r 'the Daily' Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Macre,' as second claw znatier July 5, 1934
at file Post. Orrice ill titafe College, Pa, under the net of
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Friday, November 12, 1943
10,000 Per Cent Profit
Anyone interested in mathematical manipula
tions has no doubt discovered by this time that a
return of $5O on an investment of 50 cents repre
sents a prafit of 10,000 percent, and that, by the
simple process of dividing by two, a take of $25
on the same investment equals 5,000 percent.
Unless some organization charged with pre
vention .Of exhorbitant profits intervenes within
the next two weeks; three Penn State students will
rake ;in winnings totaling - in the
campus Pillice-p.likre . lottery :spell
:.ored- by the
Actually, in 'spite . of the impressive five-digit
app . roach,.anY s - udent who reads the papers real
mes'that prizes . Offered in such a campaign can be
of only ineidental importance compared to the
primary incentive . . . the knowledge that it is
necessary to put over a small section of a big and
vitally''important job.
Two thousand dollars is Penn State's part of the
National War Fund Budget goal of .125 million
dollars. It is the simplest channel through which
the College can he sure of a part in carrying ono
the numberless functions of the United Service
Organizations, United Seaman's Service, and war
Prisoners Aid . . . agencies to whose benefits any
American boy in uniform will testify.
With news commentators warning daily that the
second chapter of the war to end war is about
to enter is bloodiest phase, it is not necessary,
to dwell on the need for some system of organ
ized aid to those who must. fight and those whose
homelands must become battlegrounds. There is
scarcely more need to-point out that such a "sys
tem of organized aid" does exist in the form of the
National War Fund, a group of 17. war relief ag
encies whose purpose is to bettel conditions of sol
diers and civilians both in the United States and
abroad.
However, anyone who needs to be reminded
'will have these two facts brought to his attention
adequately when the 'National . War Fund Drive
begins on campus at 9, o'clock this morning with
solicitations in the Armory during the payment of
fees. He will be reminded again and again during
the two weeks duration of the drive, for with a
total campus population, including sudents and
service men, of approximately 5000, reaching the
$2OOO goal means purchase of at least one raffle
ticket by four-fifths of the group.
It is the logical way of contributing to war re
lief agencies of Allied and subjugated nations, of
.contributing once for all.
Last semester while All-College Cabinet an
nounced the purchase of a jeep, setting the price
at 51600 as the goal, in the Third War Loan, stu
dents more than tripled the ante by buying over
$5OOO worth of bonds and stamps. Because it asks
for contributions rather than investments, the cur
rent drive will be a sharper test of student charity.
Yet this request should not meet with less response;
it is made by 17 war relief agencies . . . 17 rea
sons which need no explanation or clarification.
Today in the Armory, students will pay fees for
the privilege of getting an education •. . . for the
privilege of preparing themselves for the kind of
work they' want to do, the kind of life•they•want •
to lead, in the kind of world they want. Is it ask
ing tocrniuch that they contribute perhaps a hun
dredtb part of ; that sum for the benefit of those ' 7
who have., beenAppriy,vd ;
Business Manager
Nan Lipp
Managing Editor
Lee H. Learner
Phone 4312
Helen Hatton
Serene Rosenberg
Editor
Emil Kubelc, Peggic Weaver,
Nancy Carastro, Ruth Sprague
That Hello Spirit .
"Students
,at the University Of Utah start
ed off their new semester with "Hello Week,"
a unique orientation period. Hello tags were
distributed for each student to wear his name
during. this week.. A sidewalk running from
the rostrum to the. union building was 'de
signated as "Hello Walk," taking its name
from the tradition that all persons passing
one another on the walk give out with a lusty
greeting."
Any . Penn Stater might well• read. the above
news item with a smile . Of smug satisfaction; feel
ing that Utah's "unique orientation period" is
nothing but a steal .on State's long-standing• tradi
tion of the "hello spirit."
• But further reflection will cause • any upper
classmen who can remember his - frosh year to
s' op and wonder just exactly what has happened
to the hello spirit. For it certainly is not very much
in evidence as this semester gets under way. Pre
vious freshman classes joined whole-heartedly in
the tradition of the hearty greeting to any and all
passersby. And it wasn't just on one walk or for
cue week. It was all over campus, and it went on
until the frosh felt that they were an integral part
af the campus.
Perhaps the fault lies with the freshmen for not
initiating the hello spirit. Perhaps it is more the
fault of 'upperclassmen feeling' too remote from the
incoming group. Whatever the reason, it is pro
bable that most people have been too busy at
tending to their own affairs to even realize that
the hello spirit was Missing. But is is undeniable
that it isn't there and that it 'should be. How about
it, State?
Voice of the People
. The words. Vox Pop, which have been predomi
nating conversation because of the forthcoming.
broadcast Monday night, are - also applicable, to an,
other event—All-College elections. The- very es
sence of any Democratic electic • n is that it should
reflect the voice of the people.
But, unfortunately, previous college elections
never measured up to this basic prerequisite•sim-:
ply because of a lacy. of student interest in•choos
ing the officers •of their government. The returns
in the elections usually represented the vote of
the two groups interested in college politics, plus
a small minority of the general student body which
voted in order to put their friends and acquaint
ances in office.
From a purely unbiased viewpoint, it matters
little which of the two parties makes out in this
election, especially in view of the shaky platforms
Presented by both groups. What is important is
that the election returns are a fair and just re
flection of the wishes of a majority of the stud
ents. Vote for whichever candidates suit your
fancy, but at least get out there and vote.
THE COLLEGIAN
With politicians old and new out
soliciting the business .of. uncon
cerned upperclassmen • and un
knowing freshmen, it seems only
fitting to take , a few , inches up with
last-minute briefs.
Each year or • semester, as the
case may be, - campus parties round
up members, draw up a platform,
and generally get organaed. Choos
ing the more subtle , and diplo
matic of their quota to run ~ .for
class offices, the. chairman of each
group then , makes i,t his business
to be sure the party hopefuls get
out and campaign. The word "cam
paign," meaning seeas many peo
ple in your semester . as •you can,
pump their hand ardently, hail
them your long lost friend, men
tion all the little things you and
your party would like to do for
them, and otherwise .mislead the
gullible as much as is possible.
If you're one of the
. inquisitive
voters, and -what a headache you
can be, you will probably.properly
confuse but not embarrass your
politician friend by asking what his
or her party intends to do'if lucky
enough to reach their distant.goal.-
Here, after an impressive pause,
the little campaigner, unphased
and outwardly composed, will be
gin to call off planks one, two, and
in good seasons three and, four. If
the terms are-general; and this "if"
is likely to be the case, don't be
come ..discouraged. After all, .jtiat
because you ;
things: obe.:dciingtjust•new,;.'
just . .. because . , yOn . .: can :S . .prebablY
think of several, dOesti!f:heceSsa'r . -
• . •
Mean the Party:' , -chairman and •
committees, could: there
is ' the little danger':Of gettinta.
real determined: definite , platform,, , .
one anyone..can:tunderstand' and;
.interpret. This would. necessi t tate .1
hundreds - of ' voters,coming%to. , the
Polls; a cOndition-which would - take
the elections entirely out • of. the •
hands of both parties. ,Anyone
Might vote!. So dispense with your
questions, and • accept the planks
or what have you at :political
value. •
If you've been perturbed by peo
ple you hardly know, and this is
meant for campus newcomers par
ticularly, speaking to you, calling
greetings across the Mall, etc., feel
no alarm. You know them. They're
the people you were introduced to
once a long time ago or the-person
who was in your lecture class six
rows back, third center. They're
the people who are running for
office.
It seems only fair about here to
accredit some of these•bitter sen
tences to the Original, 'one "Bare- .
foot • 'Boy :with Cheek," by . Max
Shuleman, whoSe takedff:.on. col
lege life from newspaper - OfficeS;
through eleCtions - and athletics - is
one every college girl and boy
should read. We didn't quote but
some of his parody on elections
started us thinking. . .
And by way of justification, if'
such be necessary, we might add
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1943
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By SERENE . F. ROSENBERG
campus. parties ziat il %iting their
that-'platforms. subnilitted by both
nails in the Old Main!poles for this
- election are 'an. .exaggeration of
•even Mr. Shuleman's-book. He 'said
they should be concerned chiefly
with. unimportant subjects' which
would not particularly disturb any;-
one or encourage the: college; riff
raff: to . vote. Even in his delightful
parody he _did not suggest that a
platform .be composed of "once.;
tried and failed'! 'planks or. vague
causes. It would seem that..during
wartime semesters both grdnps
could have put up a few• aims and
objectives worthy of the timeSv
• However, don't let this uncalled
for take-off discourage you. Vote
in spite of yourself and the candi
dates. Vote in an election that ad—
mirably exhibits the kind of names
that are today "typically. ;Arrier
lean." Vote for a Jones,
„O'Reilly,
Klein, or Comisky. Vote not for
party or a name, but a person that
you may know, a person you re
spect, a person you like, a person .
who will head your class! Vete.
Rev. Frederick E. Christian :of
the Covenant Central Presbyterian
Church, Williamsport, will be Me
chapel speaker Sunday.
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