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THE COLLEGIAN
tstabliished 1940. Successor to the 'Penn • State Collegian,
eetablished 1904, and the Free Lance, established. 1887.
Editor-in-Chief - • Business Manager
Lee H. Learner Rosalind Becker
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Advertising . Manager Managing Editor
Herbert Hasson Serene F. Rosenberg
STAFF TUTS ISSUE
Managing Editor Bernard J. Cutler
Assistant Managing Editor Nancy Carastro
News Editor Gertrude Lawatseh
Sports Editor Arthur P. Miller
News Assistants—Bennett Fairoth, Lynette Lnudnuist, Bar
bara Ingraham, Fay Young, Woodene Bell, Gloria
Nerenberg, Audrey Ryback.
Friday, May 5, 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.
Red Cross Helps Again . . .
Judging from an informal survey, not many stu
dents seem to understand the meaning of the Red
Cross symbol standing in front of the Armory. To
members of the military training programs on
campus it is an indispensable organization, the
Military and Naval Welfare Service, where finan
cial, morale, and communication problems are
discussed and results are sought.
At the head of the welfare service is William
A. Staffon, field director of the local station as
well as of installations at Lock Haven, Bedford
and Hollidaysburg. A member of the Air Corps,
Army, Navy or Marines has but to see Mr. Staf
fon, and if ,the 'problem at all merits attention,
Mr. Staffen contributes his time until the matter
is solved and becomes a material benefit to the
needy party
Besides making loans which have totalled $3,-
938 since it was established August 12, 1943,. the
Military and Naval Welfare Service deals with
problems concerning communication. If a ser
viceman's presence is needed at his hOme, the
campus office gets in touch with the enlisted man's
home service Red Cross chapter to obtain the
whole story. The home office then sends in the
information and a decision is made. Final say
about any case rests with the serviceman's com
manding officer.
Trainees at the Infirmary also receive cig
arettes, candy, shaving needs, cards, recreational
equipment, and various other useful articles from
the Red Cross service.
All campus servicemen are entitled to finan
cial aid if the situation warrants it. Members of
the reserve are not included. No maximum a
mount is specified and the aided man in uniform
is allowed a considerably lengthy period in which
to s pay the loan or grant back.
4lthough Mr. Staffon wears an army officer's
uniform, he has no official military rank. The
purpose of this action is justified by a cautionary
measure. Capture by the enemy would automa
tically give him a rank of captain for the time, so
that he would be treated as such. Instead of the
customary commissioned officer's rank insignia,
he !wears the emblem of the Field Director.
Turned Away . . .
'J.'S° dances are only for servicemen," was the
snappy greeting the returning veteran received
fro6l a pretty GSO hostess. Embarrassment could
not heal the added wound she had inflicted.
The ex-soldier was one of the many more-to
come 1-C's. His wallet carried his honorable dis
charge papers. He had drifted back sto college to
begin life anew. And it was a new life the veteran
discovered. As a serviceman he had known his
place, even as a civilian he had fit in, but- now as
a crossbred-that was different.
The returning hero should not be allowed to
develop that problem-child-complex. Tact and
courtesy on the part of everyone can make him
fit in again.
From now on more and more of our serjously
wounded will appear in public. Intermingled a
mong students on campus, dressed in plain cloth
es, these ex-servicemen can be distinguished only
by their small gold lapel pins.
According to Emily Post the greatest kindness
we can show our injured is not to dwell on their
handicaps. Ask no questions unless
. in reply to
what he says to you. Above all, Miss Post adds, re
member that the one thing that helps is to make
him realize he is not different from the man he
was—and to assure him he is not to be set apart.
So think before you speak. Remember that the
misfortunate experience of the GS° hostess might
have happened to anyone but let it serve as a
warning to all.
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CqUegiate Review
Sponge-rubber noses and vulcanite ears in the
best Hollywood.rne-up tradition are now being
built on the San Francisco campus of the Univer
sity of• California.
A class in the division of oral facial prosthetics
under Dr. Charles Lipp and Dr. W. Rector Smith,
clinical instructors in dentistry, is now in pro
gress to instruct navy personnel and other den
tists in the art of making artificial noses, ears,
and other parts of the face and mouth.
Many of the war injuries to the face, the in
structors said, require restoration of jaws and
other features. During the long period necessary
for plastic surgery, it has been found that the
morale of the patient is considerably improved if
his appearance is not too unpleasant during the
months of treatment. From the make-up studios
at Hollywood, the university instructors learned
the art of transforming faces by means of latex,
resins, vulcanites, and porcelains and are teaching
it to 'others so that the wounded veterans home
from the front may be helped.
—Associated Collegiate Press
A soldier on guard one night on hearing a
slight noise challenged bravely:
"Who's there, friend or foe?"
"Foe," came the prompt reply.
"Oh goodness," prayed the soldier, "What do I
do now?"
In a letter to his parents, a Nevada soldier now
in a Japanese
feeling pretty
of books sent
tainly'help to
Converse College in South Carolina, one of the
first liberal arts colleges for women established
in the South, has opened its classes to male stud
ents.
Reversing the present normal procedure.
Who is the over-energetic student running a
round on campus taking more midterms than he
has to? ,
At a recent meeting of a University of Califor
nia English class the professor confronted the stu
dents with a blue book from the first midterm
written by someone. not enrolled in the course.
Perhaps advertiseMent of the grade would en
courage the mysterious author to identify him
self and fill out the necessary enrollment card—
or perhaps it wouldn't.
-E.A.K.
COLLEGIAN
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prison camp writes: "I have been
good lately. nve been reading lots
from the United States which cer
pass the time."
—Editorial, The Daily Californian
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KID SALVAGE
Front and Center
Among the "hell from heaven" men who won their wings last.
week at the Big. Spring Bombardier school is Second Lt. Edwin Krane
who graduated as a flying . officer, in the Army Air Forces. Already_
skilled aerial gunners before.their training at Big Spring, the men have
been thoroughly schooled in -the ',use of the American bombsights and
have mastered the art of precision bombing as well as the principles of
dead reckoning and pilot navigation.
Aviation Cadet IrVin Fished was recently commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Army Air Forces after completing bombardier train
ing at the Carlsbad Army Air Field, while Aviation Cadet Dick Reit
ler has just reported to Carlsbad for the same training.
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Hither and Yon
Former DU Walt. Cleeland is now in the South Pacific with the
Amphibious Corps of the Marines •in the Radar Division. Pvt. Paul
Tompkins, former Delta Chi,.recently returned to Stuttgart, Arkan
sas after spending a few days here preparatory to attending glider
school.
Robert Geigler recently won his Navy "Wings of Gold" and was
commissioned "a second. Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve fol
lowing completion of the prescribed flight training at gebsacola, Fla.
,SCheduled to receive his silver pilot's wings and officer's , bays
soon at the twin engine advanced flying school at Pimpa, Texas, is
John Dobelbower. He received;, primary flight training at' Ballinger,
Texas and basic flight training at Sherman, Texas. At the completion
of his flight training at Pampa Field, he will be assigned to dtity as an
instructor or a combat pilot..
Names and Fields •
-Former students and Present second lieutenants Harold Pratt,Don
ald Geogre, and Norris Slack are now located at Ellington Flying Field,
Texas; those now at' Eagle Pass'^Field include Second LieUenants John
Miller, Clarence Corey, Donald Stock, and George Schaffner. Second
Lieutenants Clifford Rocker •anif'John Charles are at present station
ed at Altus Field. •
Back Again
• Eugene Rifkin and Eugene draebner, Phi Kappa Sig, former Penn
Staters, are stationed here now •as sailors in the V-12 Unit.
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AXIS LINE SMASHED
BY WASTE PAPER!
Fantastic? Not at all! The equipment our fighting
men use is often paper. Vital parts of airplanes,
bombs, and tanks are paper. Paper makes or
wraps more than 700,000 vitally needed war arts=
des. But there is today a nation-wide shortage of
waste paper. You can help smash the Axis by sav
ing paper. Turn it in every week!
U.S. VICTORY WASTE PAPER CAMPAIGN
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By RITA M. BELFONTI
PRIDAY, MAY 5, IW44'
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