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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. staff of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second claps matter July 5..1931
at Post, Office •at :State College, Pa ; under. the acs, of
Maier 8. 1879:
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Friday, January 21, 1944
$5OO. Isn't Much
Five hundred dollars isn't very much money to
set as a goal for the cahipus Infantile Paralysis
March of Dimes campaign. Reduce it to a matter
simple .mathematics: there are some 5700 stu-
dpnts on campus; 3300 civilians, 1000 AST engi
neers, 600 V-12's, and 600 'Air Corps men. A dime
from each of them adds up to $570, an excess of
$7O over the goal which has been set.
Another angle whiCh should appeal to students
who seem to resent high-pressure drives for do-
nations, is the simplicity with which the campaign
is being conducted. There will be no speeches,
no frantic pleas to do your duty, no inducements
to persuade you to give your money. All yo do is
drop your dime into one of the bottles which will
be set up in front of the Corner Room on Tuesday.
Nothing is heir raffled off, no buttons or pins
will be given in return for your dime. Your only
reward, if you need one, is the knowledge that
you're helping someone who needs help. That
should be enough. Take the Infantile Paralyis
Campaign slogan literally and add your 10 cents
to the nation-wide March of Dimes. Someone else
needs that dime more than you do.
Coeds Carry On •
Penn State is going to have its own version of
Phil Spitalny.
It all came about when the USO planned a
dance and was unable to hold it because the only
band left on Campus was all booked up. It then
occurred to some far-sighted person that women
were replacing men on a lot of other fronts, why
not in campus bands?
Talented coeds are now trooping enthusiastical
ly to rehearsals and trying to get their jam ses_
sions over in time lo abide with Judicial's hour
regulations.
If the outfit really gets hep, in all probability,
it \mill take over the Campus Owl's present mon
opoly • next semester, according to maestro Bud
Wills; who has been having quite a time keeping
his clan together.
The manpower shortage has opened many other
previously excluded activities to coeds. Witness,
for instance, the Blueband, cheerleading, and even
Collegian. Here's just one more opportunity for
any energetic coed to do her bit. And with all the
servicemen stationed here, and with entertain
ment facilities such as they are, one such coed
would be helping out. Even though•it would mean
missing a few dates and putting in long hours of
practice,• it • can be done.
Thirteen • coeds _are .now enrolled: Any .would
be-members •of this new venture •should. contact
Mrs. Jarnes..l7..Wisden..at•Hummel.:Fistburn'si of
fice;
Business Manager
Nan Lipp
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Managing Editor
Lee H. Learner
lauine Miller
Collegiate Review
Under Indiana University's activity-point sys
tem, all extra-curricular activities for •students
are weighted with a• definite point value, _deter
mined by a Board of. Standards. Coeds are not
permitted to carry an extra-curricular, load of
more• than 100 points a• semester.
Cold weather strikes elsewhere besides State
College, it seems, for the Oklahoma Daily of the
University of Oklahoma 'tells . how non-skid shoes
and shock absorbers are needed for university
coeds on days when it rains, sleets, snows, and
freezes at the same time. The paper reports that
coeds wear everything from Indian mocassins to
riding boots, slacks, jeans, and jodphurs to coin_
bat the weather.
With the purchase •c•f 25 cent war stamps at the
Trojan Victory Hut, Southern California students
will be given a ride around campus in a jeep.
This feature will make the start of the Fourth
War Loan drive on the USC campus. Among oth
er major attractions . will be an exhibition of Army
vehicles and equipment and an all-university
bond show.
The University of Oregon Enierald reports that
fraternities have been transferred into girls' dor
mitories, reversing the procedure here where they
have been converted into barracks. •
Because of an expected normal enrollment of
freshman in the fall and enrollment of . returning
war veterans; Boston University fraternity hous
es may be reopened, according to fraternity mem
bers now in the university.
. 'A nevi , job of the. military division of the 'Uhl,:
versity of, Utah, has. been selling horses. Since the
unit has been converted from cavalry to mech
anized, the only use for its 78 horses-has beenfor
girls' riding classes.
MEI
February 5 seems to be a 'favorite night for
"big" dances, because Syracuse University and
University of California wil hold their Winter
Carnival and Military Ball, respectively, simul
taneously • with State's Winter Ball.
A professor at Boston University has come to
the conclusion that "the American people are vic
tims of spectatoritis." Because of his varied ex..
periences in the field of musical direction, he is
convinced that any program can be made more
interesting by having the audience sing. In fact,
he even declares that if a person who had never
been in the habit of singing suddenly began t•o
do so he would live year longer!
THE COLLEGIAN
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Penn . Statements
It begins to , look .like. men:• are front the - front , there will be a. gen
coming • back• into their , ~ own' on era . l• liquidation of Moscow.. jour.
campus again'. with ,thsr.additiott of nalists." .
"Over Hill• and• . -Dale and- !...B.usz- •
ing the Field" to these pages. At. uorner. Allures . .
least -with competition what it•. is • Now that lunch hour announce=
well. on the •way. to becoming, even ..ments, signs,. and, Collegian . have
parts of . columns are , trying to done their best to make campusite:s
sneak .into• various. pages of the "Quill Girl" - conscious it seems
paper at the slightest 'provocation. • only natural• to ask all potential
We refer you to • the- inimitable , voters for the . outstanding, all.
Sardlu of Shrdlu and Etaoin 'fame around girl, if they saw the Corner
in "It Says Here.": Seems -the little Room window art promoting the
fellow has caught on to the fact same purpose. The picture now on
that he gels his big chance just • exhibition reveals the outline - of 'a.
once every other week, -and so young lady clothed in cloud-cotton
using his pull with linotypists he -white and a large red question
achieved added glory in the Col- mark. In explanation to onlook
legian of January 7. In the weekly ers it, might suffice to say that be-.
Players buildup, second paragraph neath this exterior exists another.
third line from the bottom, ap- person. And the contrast makes
peared and we quote, "Miss Sevast, the lady practically a dual person-.
who was re-Moon is , Down shrdlu ality. To the few who saw Lady
cmfwyp." Since Shrdlu already Guinevere at first showing, "Neat,
has a partner, we saw the proper_ huh?"
authorities and have now adopted •
"Cmfwyp," pronounced .. "Seem- Repeating, But . . .
foo," for our own pet.. These last two weeks have seen..
the additiOn of an ASTP and Air.
Ours Is A: Lion .'. . • Corps column to pages four and.
When students • a 4 -o'clock• five. By -next Week the Navy and,
Portuguese class got to .the class- Marines may have. come through
room minutes. before an unsus- with a 'V-12 column. The offer
petting prof - last meek; 'they de- made a few weeks ago to service- •
cided the hour held promises' of men for Collegian:, `reporting
greater things, gathered their- little goes. We can't be sure of just what,
flock together and depa r,te d.. new material we. may or 'may' not '
Promptly
.at_the end Of the dead- have-in .future issues. • But one
line ten minutes the good-man •ap- thing we are - counting on fpr next
peered. The room was deserted:. week's paper. is 'a successful drive
He waited around just to be sure story. Two ice cream cones, tw,c): .
and was rewarded when one stu- cokes, or just "ten' centa . worth "of
dent, a real good neighbor frOm . fudge • at. MorrelPs 'from each of
Cuba; appeared. "Where %is my you will guarantee it, and •if it
class?" wailed the unhappy teach- sounds like a big order we'll put,it
er. "I don't know," said the boy this -way. ,Before •you've spent the
who had passed, the fleeing. lin- last of your allowance for the i
gUists on their way down the exit week, drop ten cents of it info the
steps of Sparks. "I think 'it's a "March of Dimes" box 'at the Cor
mascot." And only- after due de- per. The campus goal is. just $5OO,
liberation did the instructor. seal- and if each student comes through
that what our Cuban friend with just one dime, we'll go over
meant was "mass cut." the top with ease. 'How - about it?
They'll Be Sorry.. . The Penn
_State ChilStian Asso-
With rumors circulating in. Rus- dation distributes a weekly bul
sia about supnosed peace terms be- letin, entitled "This Weekend," to
tween Great-Britain•and Germany .all the barracks on tAe campus and.
one professor' remarked to his in the town. It carries announce
class, "I bet when Stalin gets back ments of all weekend activities..
FRATERNITY JEWELRY
L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES
COME IN THIS WEEK
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By 'SERENE F. ROSENBERG
FRIDAY, --JANUARY , 21y 1