rA‘JE FOUR THE COLLEGIAN Establiished 1940. Successor to the l'enn State Collegian. estdblished 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887.- Editor-in-Chief Lee H. Learner Advertising Manager Herbert Hasson • Senior Editorial Board: Service Editor .... Rita M. Belfonti Feature Editor M. Jane McChesney Sports Editors—Arthur P. Miller, Rembrnndt C. Robinson. Editorial Assistants—Helen V. Hatton, Emil A. Kubek, Ber nard Cutler. STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor Nancy Carastro Assistant Managing Editor Rita Belionti News Editor Gertrude Lawatsch Assistant' Advertising Manager . Elaine Miller News Assistants—Seymour Barash, Barbara Ingraham, Lyn ette Lundquist, Fay Young, Audrey Itybek Friday, April 14, 1944 All editorials represent the opinions of the writer whose initials. are signed to it, and not the opinion of the corporate Col legian staff. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. More Disturbance, Please Chalk one up for the faculty and staff members who formed an advisory committee to initiate the College Forum, something that Penn State has needed for a long time. T'he. avowed purpose of the Forum, to quote Prof. Simon Marcson, who refereed the first meet ing Wednesday, is "to stimulate thought and dis cussion on disturbing topics of the day." Which are some of the most encouraging sentiments that have been voiced in these parts for quite a while. Certainly interesting and thought-provoking divergences of opinion were expressed at Wednes day's well-attended ineeting: and there was only one drawback to this initial forum. It was the noticeable minority of students in the audience, and the reticence of those who did attend to voice their opinions. The committee obviously recog nized that if a representative exchange of opinions is to take place, there is definitely a place' for the views of the students, but oddly enough the stu dents themselves don't seem to realize this. Penn State needs some disturbing discussion, and the Forum is ::ertainly a heartening sign, but it would be even more encouraging to see some of the disturbance roming from the student body. Perhaps it's too much to ask for. Now Or Never . . . To congratulate or not to congratulate might well be the question in regard to Cabinet's recent proposal to boost school via class meetings for freshmen and upperclassmen. Certainly some con sideration should he given an idea that seems to have been. long on the way'but slow developing. Probably the most interesting phase of the cur rent problem centers around the fact that the orig inal proposition was suggested by the president of the second semester class. Indeed, his original suggestion was a plan whereby Cabinet would make it compulsory for underclassmen to attend their class meetings. As president .of the "upper frosh" this repre sentative has witnessed one semester of the pres ent off-hand attitude toward class meetings and pep rallies. Formerly or in the pre-war era such signs of school spirit as were stressed by whooping cheer leaders and rhythmic bands were common occurrence during freshman week. With the accel erated semester, however, the whole display cre ating the once tynical "State spirit" has slowed down to a halt. The proposition, then, introduced by one who has already completed a semester under these spiritless circumstances, is interesting. It would seem that as a representative of his class he under. stands the importance of the lacking class feeling. Stating that current enrollinent makes it posSi ble for members of a class to get together at meet ings and discuss problems, he also pointed out that these meetings would in themselves boost school spirit. If such meetings were to continue after the first semester, or rather in addition to the original pep rallies, it is very probable that school sentiment on the 'whole would improve. At present . the enrollment is far below recent years. It would seem too bad, then, if students were to remain indifferent to their class as a whole as well as indifferent to their environment. The interesting thing is that the suggestion orig inated with a freshman. In other semesters when school spirit was discussed it was most often stressed by upperclassmen. This means that at a period when old-timers on campus seem to have forgotten the importance of emphasizing school spirit, the newcomers took over or at least came through with a suggestion that may be just what the campus needs. --S.F.R. • Business Manager. Rosalind Becker • 41/11* Managing Editor Serene F. Rosenberg Collegiate Review 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 11111111 1 11 1111111111111 yondergrowsadaffodil highuponabigbighill • 420hht0Withrillthrillthri 11 , mairzydoatsdoyou? ' —South Carolina's "Gamecock" Naval and Marine trainees at the University of Southern California said goodbye to pricked fing ers and clumsy needlework attempts when the campus mending bureau opened up. Trojan coeds established a needle service which takes care of holes in socks, loose buttons and other little matters that mother used to bother with. • The bureau, with headquarters at .the campus Red Cross center, has a staff of expert menders, recruited from among the women students, who devote two afternoons a week to darning socks ex clusively for the university's servicemen. Not a bad idea for Penn State, either. Those persons who forecast the weather by their rheumatism and corns may have something, Dr. Kenneth W. Penhale maintains. Dr. , Penhale, clinical instructor in plastic surgery at Loyola University Medical School and associate- inoral surgery at Northwestern University Dental School, said, "It is thought that low barometric pressure causes greater hydration of the body with greater tension of • the inflamed part, causing greater pain." So what? Some people still have feet that hurt! Cleopatra and Mark Anthony were sailing down the river on her flower-bedecked barge, Cleopatra lying languidly on a couch, Anthony standing be fore her, his breastplate gleaming in the sun. He was orating majestically to her. "Cleopatra, loye for you surges through me Like a raging forest fire that consumes the countryside with its mighty heat." "Furthermore, 0 Godess of the Nile . . ." "Mare," Cleopatra interrupted impatiently, "I am not prone to argue." When several campus jokers found some old tickets to an W.A.A. (whatever that means, and who cares!) luncheon that was given April 1 a long, long time ago; they changed the year dates on them and passed them out to unsuspecting friends. While they were splitting their ribs thinking how hilarious the big joke would be, they were foiled by a faculty member's sleuthing job. One of the coed forging ring ended her confession by writing, "Aw, a goil do not have no 'fun these days." —"The Indiana Daily Student" College students, too. Oh, welll 11M1=113 THE COLLEGIAN —"The Utah Chronicle" _ gained territory today. - "Ja, Herr General, but not enough to bury our dead." Campuseer Time was that when we- were young at this business we used to: rush rashly Into print' with all the scandal and dirty- digs we. could-- find. Somehow, we've lost our taste for that sort of thing and we've been trying to avoid the printed barbs we used to distribute so .freely.., Perhaps it's because the field has shrunk or something. In fact,.. there's been-only one thing that has even faintly aroused our curiosity in that direction, and that is the news of some of the tappings for one of the secret honoraries, which we believed was closed for the dura tion. At least that is what we heard when the leaders departed,for the wars last spring. But it seems they must have left a loophole some where. In Days of Old . . . Idly paging through an old number of a Penn State publication, circa 1922, we noticed that there was a drive on for funds for a build ing program. Out of it came such structures as Varsity Hall, Grange Dorm, the Hospital, and others. 'One item on the budget was for the renovation of Old Main for a Student Union building. We couldn't find any further reports on the matter and have been wondering ever since what happened. Nor did we find out whether the 0;000,000 goal was - reached. In the same magazine we - found some letters written by a student on a walking tour of New England to the head of his department. Accompanying the letters were sketches of some of the sights seen, such as a church spire, a fascinating doorway, and some ancient tomb stones. Included is a description of a night at the theatre in lOW York. They make good reading, and are especially interesting for the contrast furnished. The letters were signed Harold Dickson. Post-War Hell Raising . . . A couple of weeks ago the Air Corps columnist, Roger, wrote on these pages his views of what college may be like in 'the post-war period. Comment has been wide and generally- agreeable with the viewpoint expressed. We'd like to add that . in our opinion,- Roger is one of the better writers to grace this publication in some time. We feel, however, that there is another side to the post-war period. There is the chance that the reaction of the men and.women coming back from , the war may not be all in the deadly serious vein. We have' a hunch, prompted in part by the correspondence we receive from de parted friends who will return to college, that times may be just as gay as they ever were, if not gayer. This is not to be interpreted to mean that they won't appreciate more fully their job in the future destiny of the country. But we do 'believe that after having been away for so long, the homecoming is more likely to be , riotous than pastoral. A Little of This . . . ' We thought we were cynical until we met Allen Graiinger. We now concede to him the title for these parts. He was quizzing us about the feature on Graham's A. C. in a ncent issue. Here's the way he put it . "If you got paid for it, you're crooked, and if you:didn't, you're crazy." With him you can't win . . . Portfolio is going to make the stands again soon . . . We wish Tribunal would not go in for so much effeminate effusion in dressing up the penalized frosh. Surely the boys with the big sticks can think of something more amusing. That stuff's beginning to pall . . . Eddie Abramson and his Film Club get our three huzzahs for this week foi bringing to town the great movies of the world . . . "Carnival in Flanders" is scheduled for next showing. It's French and quite good. The English sUb-titles make it understandable, although you miss some of the nuances if you don't have the original tongue . . . The College Forum, Wednei.: days at 4:15 in the Hugh Beaver Room, got off to a ripping start this week, with a full house. Students should realize that here is their chance for a free exchange of ideas with each other and the faculty: The latter group is important for 'we don't reach a common meeting ground with them too often , . . We've been wondering ii the, usual Spring .Music Festival is still on.. . . it was one of the best items on the spring entertainment calendar in the past and we hope the man- . power situation hasn't forced cancellation . . . For the embryonic journalists, and others. who like the style, there is a good passage in Lucius Beebe's "Snoot if' You Must," concerning itself chiefly with the news people who hung out at "Bleecks" . . ..you can skip- tho gourmandizing if you want to, but it is indicative of a may. of •.life most- of us do ,pat- knowt FRIDAY, APRIL 14; 1944 By 808 KIMMEL .L ;:<
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