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Friday, April 21, 1944
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For Men Only
The WRA Sweetheart Dance •in Rec Hall to
morrow night may not at first glance seem to be
one step in an insidious female plot towards world
domination, but that is what it is.
As soon as it is realized that the feature of the
dance for "sweethearts" is to be the selection of a
campus Pin-Up Boy the coed machinations be
come quite clear. These women have for long been
jealous of the free and independent position of
men, and now that, they are a majority on campus
they intend to make men their chattels.
This is their plan:
1. Through Swetheart Dances and Pin-Up Boy
contests they will instill in masculine minds the
fact that men should be desirable, romantic little
things
2. They will insist that it is the female pero
gative to pursue men, that every day is Sadie
Hawkins Day. . •
3. By continuing to buy up all the available
slacks and dungarees, women expect to seize
control of the trouser industry, and then to decree
that only women may wear pants.
4. They will insist that men be more "man
like" (a new word meaning , docile, cute,,helpless
or fluffy) and retire from the business of the world
to cultivate instead, the culinary, homemaking,
and cosmetic arts.
5. They will next deprive males of the right to
voote or•hold property, and future generations of
men, pursued and conquered by women, will
spend their lives slaving over a hot stove for their
lady and master.
Men must act promptly to ward off this revolu
tion. The fight against feminism must not be lost.
Victory will retain the masculine way of life. De
feat will clothe men in tweed skirts and dickey
blouses.
Do not let them pin up your picture to leer at
in their dormitories. Do not answer to their bra
zen whistles on campus. Do not wash your neck
or wear clean shirts. And thus will you escape
their predatory attentions. Do not let them entice
you to be a "sweetheart" with a pink ribbon in
your hair.
If in the battle with the encroaching females
you should be tempted to falter, to take the easy
way out, remember the fact of your birth and let
it give yoou courage.
You could have..been,bomva..,girL
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"It 'may be Shanghai" . . . . 'Twas a peaceful
- Monday - morning, the first Monday of this month.
At. noontime•out on-•fraternity.row the boys were
told to, repbA tciSpiiiks•building in the afternoon
'for an impbrtant'ineeting. • •
'Afternoon came and the meeting: There 125
air cadets' were informed that they were being
given a "relief from air crew-training without pre
judice." Then they heard: those who transferred
to the Air Forces from the , Army Service Forces
and Army Ground Forces will be returned to
those components; those who transferred from
induction stations will be sent to A. A. F. techni
cal schools to be trained as aviation ground crews.
We weren't one of the unlucky 125 that Mon
day. Later we learned that those who had been
members of the Air Forces Enlisted Reserve or
Voluntary Inductees before entering air crew
training would be retained in the program.
The Thursday following "Blue Monday" a group
of orange tags left for the A. A. F. technical school
O at Sioux Falls, S. D. Monday of this week a group
of buff tags entrained for Camp Pickett, Virginia,
where they will be reassigned In the Service and
Ground forces from Whence they came.
What were the why and wherefore of this dras
tic change in the status of these potential fliers?
Theoverall war situation dictated it as exem
plified, in the failure of the Allies to take Cassino
or to make headway on the Anzio beachhead in
Italy. Anzio and Cassino proved that more men
are needed on the ground than now. As TIME
magazine observed: "The Army has realized that
in its haste to acquire new striking power in the
tank and the airplane it had underestimated the
role of the infantry—and neglected its develop
ment on a large enough scale."
With this new evaluation of a 'well-balanced
Army, the Ground Forces have begun to get the
pick of available maipower. The Air Force, be
cause of the success of its air combat teams and
consequent low casualty rate, has found itself
with more men than it needs for air crew training.
"Blue Monday" signifies the merging of inter
ests of air and ground.
So now they are gone. And a group of us lucky
Joe's through some twist of fate, will stay round
here a while longer and then ship out to pre
flight school. "They" may or may not get to
Shanghai, but chances are they will be seeing ac
tion on some fighting front long before we do.
Those silver wings "we" are after are a long way
off, and the spectre of the "wash board" is ever
present. But one thing that is certain is this: That
if the exigencies of the U. S. were great enough
to take us out of our former life, they! are great
enough to determine when, where, and how we
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shall serve.
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With Roger
Campuseer
• • One'day--this week NVe were tellings.story aboutan.incident•that
liappened:to:ua some time ago at the• Co-op. What . trolight it back to
mind was.one Of. the boys
. in clas's - suggesting; we •go home for heiwas
anxious 'to liat ` out to the'Co-op and have some fun. Well, we were
relating•hoW in a con.veriation• with sOme'people out there one.evening,
we :remarked that the members teemed to have more social conscious
ness than -the, rest of the •student body. Whereupon one girl broke in
with . ._. • "oh, yes, we have lots of parties and dances and things." So
just as we got to that part the other day when retelling it, this fellow
who . was • anxious to get back to the Co-op said . . . "I like those
parties .• ." But we still think the members of the Co-ops are in
general more aware of social significance when they see it than most
other students. •
For the Blue and White . . .
Talking to some of the freshmen after their first full dress class
meeting Monday night, we found that they thoroughly enjoyed the
session as long as the leaders stuck to songs and cheers. They seemed
eager to master this . phase of school spirit' and to become proficient, at
this vocal chore, perhaps in preparation for some future date when the
choruses of "Where the Vale of Old Mount Nittany . . ." again resound
thrOughlhe.toWn and on campus in the wee hours at the conclusion of
a session. "Swell," they said. But one little girl said she just - couldn't
see
. why' the girls had to spend so much time just bitching about . no
dating on Wednesdays which prevented them from going out with the
sailors and marines. Even the blase second semester people, 'smarter
than whom there is no one but sophomores, admitted to a pleasurable
time.
The First Thing I See . .
The themes are legion which have been written including) those
deathless words ; . . "and the first thing I saw when returning was the
tower of Old Main, 'standing there . . ." Now the Penn State Engineer
is making it possible to clip and pin up that self-same cover. The
cover on the new issue due next week will feature a full-color photo
of Old Main.
Waddya Want, Bud? . .
Some times when one calls 5051 and one of the cute kids is feeling
playful, you're liable to hear some of the following greetings which
have been reported to us:
"Atherton Bakeshop, what cookie can I get for you?"
"Irvin Barnyard, pick your own chicken."
"Mac Hell Hole, which little devil do you' want?" • .
"Graveyard, what corpse can I dig up for you?"
"This is Heaven. Which angel shall I have fly down for you?"
"Jordan Waterworks. Which drip can I get for you?"
Hegira . .
We've heard that the local branch of the Selective-Service Organi
zation has • arranged for a mass expedition to Altoona tomorrow . for
the college men to have their physicals. The group leaves early, very
early in . the morning. For the past two weeks, the 1-A cards have been
arriving, and when the boys come . back Saturday afterncTon, we should
know pretty well the shape of thingS to come. If conditions remain as
they are at present, the disappearance of the able-bodied male civilian
from the collegiate scene is almost an assured' fact.
Haven't They Heard . . .
It is reported, reliably, we hope, that at WSGA meetings, the
Cornell Student Union comes in for a great deal of discussion. ,
hope to live to see the day when we have a similar institution at Penn'
State. One of the cozier situations we've dreamed about has been - the
vision's of foregathering in the Sandwich Shop for a beer and 'good',
conversation. We wonder if WSGA knows that this' is taken' for-
granted in the Cornell SU.
Old Mania
We have - dome to only one profound conclusion this week. Coeds
are not . aggressive as they used to be.l After scouting around for •al-
Most four days, asking people about their intentions, regarding the
WRA. Sweetheart Dance, all we could get were four admissions,
"Please don't put my name in your column," from others. •
Anyone who goes will see DG Sis Kehler with Ensign Herb 11,,Tar
tin . . . Delta Gam Laurene Newbold and Roy Delaney
•Bernstein and Al Weinstein . . . AEPhi pledge Ruth Rosenbaum' and .
Beta Sig Lee -Edelstein.. •s' • • .
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Net Much Cooking
Fred Dietz, PIKA, recently pinned. Helen Kime . . Theta 'jean
Purnell and Alpha Chi Sig Bob Greene are included among the mio.
dle-aislers . . . AEPhi Alice Lother will marry Gabe Levinson Sun
day . . , Olive Schnabel and Lt. John Provost, former Theta Chi,.
engaged . . . and here comes the surprise of all surprises—Frosh HoW
ard Cupp trotted home last weekend to marry hometown girl Bernice
Naven .
Front and Center
- Things are really tough when one has to combine two columns - tor ,
fill up space previously allowed for one, so here we go with. news ot
former studentd in the service.
Nine former students have reported to the pre-flight school' at •
Maxwell Field, Alabama where they will receive nine weeks of inten
sive-physical, military, and academic instruction. They are Aviatiqn.
Cadets Ira Coleman, Bob, Gegenheimer, Thomas Long, Hermali Iot#:
stein, Charles MEicFarland, William Miller, Bill Stanley, Andrew'
r;
Weise, 'arid H'a'rry Weitz;
By • 80:11 . :' KIMMEL
By RITA M. BELFONTI
FRIDAY, 'APRIL• 21, 194+