PAt.IE FOUR
THE COLLEGIAN
Kitabliishect 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
establ shtd ISU4, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published every Friday during the regular College year
by th , stall' of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered es second clan. matter July 5, 1934
at the Post Office at State College, Pa. under the act of
?darer S, 1879.
ciub-eripi im a by mail "Illy at $l.OO .a semester
Editor-in-Chief
Alice R. Fox
Advertising Manager
Rosalind Becker
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Managing Nd ifor M. Jana Al efintiney
Sews 'Editors- -Nancy Carrastro, Helen Hatton, Emil Kubek,
Betty Marl:le, Ruth Sprague, Peggy Weaver, Trelnut Yank
A3,itita.nt A.ivert.sing a linger Kathryn Vogel
Friday, December 3, 1943
Only Half A Job
Unless last-minute permission is granted to so
li2lt in Navy-Marine Barracks, the indication is
that Penn State students will be content to meet
jus'; half the $2OOO goal in the National War Fund
Drive. Considering the amounts collected on other .
c?_:npuses of similar size, of which Pitt with a to
tal of over $17,000 is one, it is obvious that fail
ure to meet so small a quota bespeaks a perverted
sense of values on Ihe part of the-College student.
To date the response of organizations to the ap7
p•Ltal has been most disappointing, with only nine
declaring their intention to contribute. Certainly
there are o.hers on campus who can find a few
dollars in , their funds -for- which they. haste; no
more vi al need.
In the case, of sororities, the story is similar. At
the time of writing, no house had announced a
total of more than .$lO. Admittedly;,sorority women
are _called up,..n . .tci con'xibute to innumerable
. dri-,
yes' and charitiie. They az.:6' required. to buy war
stamps each month from Mortar Board. Their liv
ing expenses are higher . . than those of indepen—
dents, However,. it would seem that. if students in
a cooperative could raise more than $l7, as did
those. hi Nittany, women' in Panhellenic houses
could least march that amount.
Concerning the necessity of supporting an or
.gianizacion •stich - p.S•.the National War Fund, • there
Can be no, airguinent: If „theet.,:the ,ririost fun
damental. needs of the human being . by supplying
food to those who without its aid would starve, by
providing living quarteers for those whose homes
have been destroyed by war.
A contribution to the Fund Means aid to the sol
dier through United Service Organizations, to the
sailor through Uni.ed Seamen's Service, to count
less civilians in war torn areas through its war re
lief associations. It means that prisoners of, war
will be able to continue their education through
the aid cf the World Student Service Fund.
College s.udents have been asked to sacrifice
perhaps less than any other group to the national
war effort. Service men enrcllQd - in the various
training, programs have already given up a great
deal. et, in comparison with their fellows who are
now in Italy and in the Pacific, most of them ad=
rn.P. tha: their• lot is not bad.
Surely Penn State is not going to be satisfied
with meeting half of a small goal. There is still
time to contact house and dormitory solicitors, to
vote an apprcpria:ion from organization funds, or
to walk to the Old Main booth with a 50 cent or
dollar contribution.
Not Wasted Effort
Because of its plan to bring back the All-
College big-name band dance, Cabinet might be in
for some criticism from those who feel that such
pre-war enter.ainment cannot be justified in the
present situation. Before the arrival of the service
units, such an argument could have been backed
by a lot of valid points. Undoubtedly, some of
those points still deserve consideration.
Some might contend that 'ate time, money, and
effort necessary to put such an affair across could
well be spent elsewhere. They might add that for
a college to ccntinue with its customary activities
when energies of the nation are directed along
more serious lines is not a credit to the student
body.
However, it seems that at present these points
are outweighed by the need cf servicemen for
weekend recreation.. Much has already been done
in the way of a social program by various student
groups. Yet, one outstanding event, perhaps as a
sample of peacetime Penn State, could surely. not
be interpretedto mean that the College is ignoring
More. problems.'
Business Manager
Nan Lipp
4IDE s
Managing Editor
Lee H. Learner
College for Veterans
An unprecedentedly stuffy editorial entitled
"College Not For Dullards" appeared in a recent
issue of The Athenaeum, student newspaper at
West Virginia University. The subject under dis
cussicn was President Roosevelt's message to Con
gress suggesting an appropriation to provide for
college training for one million veterans at the
close. of the war.
"The soldier who lacks the enterprise
and ambition to look for a 'job will wel
come the opportunity to lounge about on
some college campus Icr a year at the go
ernment's expense. If the proper precau
tions are net taken in selecting the million
veterans who are to participate in this ed
ucational program, we may expect to find
our colleges and universities crowded
with dullards who jumped at the chance
to spend a year in college at the expense
of the government."
This is a highly snobbish, pseudo-intellectual
attack on a well-thought-out rehabilitation plan,
and as such it deserves nothing but contempt. It
might be conceivable to find such an indictment
in a conservative, anti-spending, anti-administra
tion, professional newspaper, but this attack on
one of the very few practical and practicable post
war plans that has been proposed is doublly, nau
seating in view of the fact that it appears in a
collegiate paper.
How can anyone be expected to. support this bill
to aid••returning servicemen if their own-'genera
tion turns against them in So undemocratic a man-
To begin with, :in order to be eligible'for the
'prograni; 'b.' rnan'mus t have- completed eine - 7•Yedi of •
college training:before entering the . service. This
• prerequisite has been criticized because it
.will
• eliminate- many men of college caliber,: but: it
' should provide luage;Comfthit;l4'ilietVTriter:Of.. , :th'
aboVe editorial; who is so wOrrieefOr fear. that,
the hot•poloi• will - invade our - •sanctums of -higher
learning. • .. •• -
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• In ., the second. place, applicants •will undoubted 7 '
-ly be required. to , measure up to certain -speoifi
, cations:set dOwn by•the various colleges.-and -tit* versities ,
verSities, in addition to -recommendation. - and ap
proval by the Army. When and if
"the plan is put
to work it will probably be discovered• that there
are many. more men , who..are - Wortlry : -
. - bf.'stich government - aid, and the requirenientS-Will•
probably be a good deal stiffer than college en
trancerequirements are now for regular students.
And finally, though this is a negative argument,
how could any college student be presumptuous
enough to fear the onrush of scores of "dullards"
and to claim that college is not for them, in view of
the high percentage of 'scholastic failures that
roam our campuses, free and untrammeled, in the
present? Or does it make it all right because these
dullards are lounging at their fathers' expense
and not at the government's? L.H.L.
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It's been a , long time since
Maniac left campus followed by
hundreds of irate students and
several juicy libel suits. Now, the
obnoxious column is again mak
ing its long-awaited (?) appear
ance because of several bushels
of requeMs (who are we trying
to kid?).
Anyway, Maniac is back, and
the column head set with such
loving care will be seen in the
paper every two weeks hence
forth, dome what Inity.
Romance, Inc. . . .
Despite the war and civilian
manpower shortage, we have a
few hardware exchanges to, re
port. Sally Howard received ,Bob
Barnes' ATO badge via the mail
this week • Thetaphialpha
Ann •Re came , back .from home
with 'the' Epsilon Phi .Alpha•. pin
of. Howie Schimek, • Brooklyn Col
lege stueent • • Carole .pink
elstine, sdt, to • Noel Udell, Phi
Sigma • Delta • • • Dottie :Funk
hauser ,is sporting - the. Alpha. Sig
ma Phi jewelry .of • Paul -.Phillips
• • • Nadie• Prashker, Phi :Ep,•
and Rita Flagg ... •....and. to
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To Help You Make
Christmas Shopping
Yes, it's time once more to go through that annual or : :
deal of Christmas shopping. Shopping need not be such
a task . . . there's no need to rush from store to store at
the last minute to pick up a few, much handled, leftover
gifts. By starting your shopping early you can choose
from a wider: assortment of gifts, and you avoid that .
late rush. This year why
. not ease your mind of the
worry over, Christmas gifts by getting them. off your
mind early. You'll find your ChristmaS vacation much.
more pleasant and-yoUr friends and family really pleui
ed with their gifts.
Slate College Stores Offer High
Qualify Gifts at Low Prices
In State College you'll find an ideal spot for shopping.
All the stores are -within easy walking
,distance.. of :the
center of town. You'll find that ,they carry the highest
quality merchandise and that it will cost you no more
than in the big city stores. All the merchants are-will- 14.
ing to help you make the wisest choice in your selec-: 1 1'
Lion of gifts. •
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Bur YOURSIFTS,INSIME MOE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1943
By RITA M. BELFONTI
put the situation in reverse; Pat
Tompkins, Theta Phi Alpha
pledge, returned Bob Hibbard's
Delta Sig pin last weekend. '
Lt. Joe and Mrs. (nee Peggy
Maginnis, ex - Thetaphialpha
prexy) GavenOnis journeyed to
State College last weekend, tak
ing in the campus for two days
as part of their honeymoon
Ditto for Lt. Chuck Woodring,
DU, and wife, the former Helen
Ferrari Flo Levinson, AEPhi,
will take the final plunge hi Yan
uary, 'tis said
Hither and Thither . . .
Kappa Rowene McCrae packets
her little duffle • bag and visited
the DU she's pinned to (Agent 4,(3
couldn't get his name) last week
end... Betty Chestnutt,
Alpha-
ChiO, is • wearing.. Sigmaphialpha.
Carl.: Gurlach's Navy. ring
Freddie -Sehutzman „visited SIFT
Ferne •Kanaster for -the-weekend
(Ferne now , in-the 'lnfirmary.)
Betty. Moyer trekked •'to
Annapolis -last, weekend, , Golclie
Skraban ' tO' , Lehigh : to"Yvisit . ' `Cer- '
tain Beta
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