PitarE FOUR
THE COLLEGIAN
EstahDished 1940. Successor to the Penn Stale Collegian,
established 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
' Published every Friday during the regular College year
by the Plait of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Fntered r. second class matter Jule 5, lOU
a the Post Office at State College, PR. under the act. of
*hirer 8, 1879.
SiabAcriptions by mail only at $l.OO .a semester
Editor-in-Chief
Alice R. Fox
Advertising Manager
Rosalind Becker
Member
Associated Collegiate Press
ColletSiate Dieiest
Senior Editorial Board—Serene Rosenberg, Rita Bet-
Conti, M. Jane McChesney.
SI ' Editorial Assistants—Helen Hatton, Rembrunt Robin
son, Tom B. Wheatley, Arthur P. Miller.
Reporters—Emil Ktibek. Ted Rubin, Nancy Carastro.
Senior Advertising Staff—Priscilla Schantz, assistant
BlISilIC:33 Manager; Janet Tower.. Senior Secretary.
Junior Advertising Etaff—Herbert Hassell. Bernice
Finchurg. Elaine Miller. Kitty Vogel, .Betty Federman.
Managing nlitor-
Lee Learner
Assistant Managing Editor Betsy Merkle
Sports Editor Rem Robinson
News Editors—Nancy Carastro, Ruth Constad. Bernard
Cutler, Emil Kubek, Gertrude Lawatsch, Ted Rubin.
and Peggy Weaver.
Assistant Advertising Manager
Friday, February 4, 1944
Amendment Suggested
"I know the words to the school songs but I
don't know the melodies," a freshman who had
been "at •the College two months confided to a
surprised tribunal last semester. As a single in-
stance this wouldn't bear much importance, but
multiply it by thirty, forty or even a hundred and
the situation becomes almost tragic
For three semesters frosh have been entering a
college which is operating on an accelerated•pro
gram. In addition to the hurried semesters, short
age of instructors, and curtailed extra curricu
lar activities, these freshmen faced an even great
er problem. Mass meetings which formerly con
sisted of four or five organied rallies during
freshman week, were reduced to one or tow half
hour affairs. Furthermore, these condensed edi
tions of previous pep rallies didn't take place un
til after All-College elections and they were,
therefore, scheduled about two months after the
freshman registered. This means, that if the class
happens to enroll in •the Fall, the frosh do not
learn songs and•cheers until•after*football season
is 'more •than half over.
A few weeks ago a proposal was made at Cab
ink that the revision of the constitution include a
rule allowing cabinet members to retain their
posts each semester until after All-College elec
tiOns are held and the new officers can take over.
This would allow the old cabinet members to
continue student government through the begin_
ning of each new semester. As it stands now, stu
deflt government does not operate until after elec
tidns, or about one month after school starts.
This plan is worthwhile and it might be used to
alleviate the present condition of freshmen, If, an
other revision were made in the constitution rul
ing that those tribunal members who do not grad
uaite remain in office at the
. beginning of each
new semester until a new board is chosen, these
men could then plan and officiate at mass meet
ings for the incoming , freshmen groups.
Unless definite steps are taken tb arrange such
a ofogram, incoming frosh will continue to enroll
at,.a school to find that songs and cheers come
only second to political elections and rallies. S.F.R.
Editorial Editings
Prof. Albert Elkus at . the University of Califor
nia; a attributes Frank Sinatra's suc
cess:to a "sort Of . melodic Strip-tease.in which he
lays bare his soul.t'
Said the professor, "His Voice haunts me be
cause it is as reminiscent of the sound of the loon.
which I hear in the summer at a New Hampshire
lake, a loon who lost his mate several years agO
and still is calling hopefully for her return,"
The "Behind the Headlines" columns in the
University of Washington Daily really got behind
something when they unearthed some prize Daily
headlines
.of years past[ Choice item
. of the pap'-
er's.history,. were "Cut Granted For Formal" and
."Studentg To Panel:Peace•Discgssions.'t • ••
So far, no one has seemed able to translate these
journalistic masterpieces
Business Manager
Nan Lipp
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Managing Editor
Lie H. Learner
Distributor of
Bernice Nnebufg
C ampuseer
By 808 KIMMEL
The season for throat cutting has set in and the
boys have lost no time getting the long knives
ready for the slaughter. So far, we've heard of at
least.one.:attempted assassination and perhaps . one
suicide. The cozy party that two of the leading
lights of the opposing cliques had last semester
doesn't count, for the results were 'as plantiecl and
everyone was happy. This time, however, there
may be a monkey wrench thrown in the 'works
and the BTO who's playing both ends against the
middle Might get his fingers blown off with his
own dynamite
Give him the ax . -
But let us relate the story of the attempted as-
sassination of a likely candidate for the eighth
semester nomination. It seems the boy had good
prospects for The nomination in the party to which
he belonged, but several of his brothers and close
friends were in the opposing faction. One day
. several members , of the nominating committee of
the opposing party made him a proposition 'that
if he would switch his allegiance he would be
• guaranteed their nomination. Se he agreed.
But when the nominating committee presented
their report at the clique meeting this week, lo
and behold! the nominees were none other than
the clique chairman and his old running mate.
It didn't take long for the light to dawn, and the
prospective president realized that he had been
just made a member of the "Purple Dart" as the
shaft club is known in 'these parts. The running
mate had told him that if he were not placed in
nomination, he, the running mate, would with
draw. But somehow the gentlemen's agreement
didn't hold water.
Befcre the meeting was over, there was a second
nomination made from the floor naming the
"shaftee." And that was the signal for action on
the part of the clique chairman. In a private little
session he promised the other guy anything he
wants next semester if he would only withdraw
his name. And there the matter stands as of now.
Big question of the week: button, button, who's
got the nomination?
There has also been some strong talk on the
part of one of the more powerful campus organi
zations about forming a third•party in the race for
eighth semester president. If anyone has any good
ideas about who would make a winner on the
party's ticket, he probably knows where to for
ward them to. At present the set-up is• much too
cozy for any real honest-to-God fights, but who
can tell what will happen when the politicians
start fighting among themselves.
THE COLLEGIAN
Old Mania
Amidst snow flurries and win- cur. agents got their facts a little
ter winds, what may be the "last confused and had Zeta pledge
big dance for the duration" will Helen Vandervort engaged to an
get underway tomorrow night. Air Cadet: Well, Joseph Bitzan
Dancing to the music of Bobby •
is his name and he's a Marine.
Sherwood will. be SDT Marian
Joe? ,
Breaks - tone and 'ASTP student . Sa t isfi ed , •
Bob . Gerber . . Theta Phi Alpha„ iic t i r i tit i o 66 .t i ni us t af
pledge Jeanne Jordan . and 'A/S
Art Lorenz . . . . Bill Clark, Delia We only have two engagements
Chi, and AChiO pledge Peggy to report .this week . . . - Frosb
Campbell. Barbara Cotton and V-12,Student
. .
Abram Basler, Alpha Chi Sig, Stewart Daymond and - Mary Lou
and Joanne Sauemein, Theta Cassanave to Ensign Don Schriv
pledge ,
. .. . Mae Lenchner, sdt er, Penn State •alum. •
pledge, and Hy Rosenburg . . . . Len Hammer of. the Cleveland •
Theta Betsy Merkle and Phi Press visited SDT Yvette Bermak.
Kappa Sig Gordon Rogers . . . last weekend . . . Ensign Frank
Theta Phi Alpha pledge Pat Tomp-. Drumm, ThetaKappaPhi, recently •
kins and Ensign .John Hicks . . . visited State College and Jayne,.
Mary Ann Higgins, Theta, and Newman ..... Ensign, B. M. Jenkins
Jim Hugo, phikappasig. will be middleaisling it with Rose.;
Ted Rubin and import Jane Ann Canning soon: •
Martin . . . Emil Kubek r sigmaphi- . •
alpha pledge, and Florence Pru- Orders_ from. the Office ..
-s4inski, newcomer -t6 -Players . . , • And• tiere we' are adding more
SDT Arlene Crystal and' A/S Ray to a column ''which we were too l
Fink . . . Sam Youngman and lazy ,to make. long enough in the .
Theta . pledge Phyllis Baer . . . . ' first place. Here comes more
TPA- Mary Battle and ASTP Ca.= news, hot off • the wire. . .
det Phil Mathews .. . SPE Jim AOPI pledge Evelyn - Halowen-.
lVicClowry and DG pledge Betty ko is sporting a sparkler from an.
Steele. Air Corps lieutenant . . . Frosh.
Marie .Raymand joined the ranks
We Stand Corrected . . . of the engaged when she was -pre-'
Much was the surprise of this sented with a rock via Air Cadet
person last week when a very Walt Wilkinson . . . . A/S Tom
belligerent letter arrived from a Wheatley; Sigma Pi, , recently
very irate Marine. It seems that pinned Kappa alum Jane Windle,
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