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South American! Finds USA
Lacks Film Stars, Thugs
“Movie stars and gangsters
were what I expected to find
when 1 came to the United
States,” confessed Herbert Mendt,
a citizen of Venezuela and a
junior architecture student at the
College. “And I haven’t seen eith
er'in my four years here.”
Mendt was born in Venezuela,
a country which he describes as
very hot, old-fashioned, and back
wards. When 'he was eight, his
parents took him to Switzerland
and on to Germany where he
lived for eight years.
“That was just at the time Hit
ler came into power,” commented
the German-educated student.
"Because all of my friends and
playmates joined the 'Nazi Youth
Movement, I did too. Although I
was not compelled to, I would
have been an outcast if I hadn’t.
Discipline, military drill, and
■comradeship were the keynotes
of the movement, according to
Mendt. Meetings were held eve
nings and all day Sunday.
“These compulsory meetings
were carefully planned to conflict
with church services and in that
way subdued religious beliefs of
German youths,” stated the Ven
ezuelan.
“I spent all my free time play
ing field hockey, soccer, and ten
nis with the boys,” he said, “and
in the summer I went to a Youth
Lack Of Housing Facilities
Limits Coed Admittance
“We are admitting Less women
to the College next semester than
We would iiKe,” stated Dr. C. E;
Marquardt, college examiner,
"simply because we do not have
the room for them.”
When selecting students from
the number of applicants, one of
the chief items to. consider, be
sides scholastic achievement, is
their residence, Dr. Marquardt
.explained.
Pennsylvania students .get pref
erence over out-of-state men and
women, the reason being that a
large percentage of support re
ceived by the College comes from
§tate taxes levied on Pennsylvan
ians. These taxes, the examiner
..stressed, are not used to pay the
salaries of the teaching staff.
.Salaries are paid to professors out
of tuition fees.
The out-of-state fee which
would be paid by non-Pennsyl
vanian students provides not the
Slightest incentive to the College
to enroll this group instead of
state residents, since this fee is
pot comparable to the taxes col
lected by the state to support the
College.
Another reason given by Dr.
Marquardt for not wanting too
many out-of-state women is that
provision has to be made for the
Pennsylvania boys who will re
turn to the College after the war.
If you refuse one of these boys
admission on the grounds that
“your place is being taken by a
Pennsylvania girl,” the refusal is
taken in much better spirit than
if you were to tell him that his
position is being occupied by an
Ohio girl, it was pointed out.
“Scholastic records, of course,
play a vital part in determining
who shall enter the College,” Dr.
Marquardt said. “Yet, if a boy
happens to flunk a subject that
is not entirely associated with the
curriculum he wishes to follow,
the College will take a chance
and admit him.”
However, Dr. Marquardt grant
ed that if there was room for
NEW COLLEGE DINER
Movement camp.” The athlete was
a member of the R'HTC team that
took second place in the German
National Hockey Championship
Tournament in 1936.
Musing and shaking his head,
Mendt recalled the first time he
saw Hitler. “It was in Hamburg
in 1934 when he appeared to
make a speech. I saw him five
times after that, the last being in
March, 1939, when the battleship
Bismarck was launched at Ham
burg.
“We stood five hours just to
get a glimpse of him and to shout
‘Heil Hitler.’ Everyone was thrill
ed. I felt the same way because
I was taught to believe that.
Since I came to America and
have seen the other side of the
story, I could never do it again,”
he professed.
Leaving Germany in 1939, he
returned to Venezuela where he
attended a German high school
catering to Germans, English
people, and high-class Spaniards
in Maracaibo.
After six months, Mendt, 16
years old then, came to the United
States, enrolling in Franklin and
Marshall' Academy, Lancaster,
“to learn English.” He transfer
red to Penn State a year and a
half later. He’s president of Tri
angle, member of the soccer team,
and active in PSCA.
only two additional students in
the College and one of them was
a Pennsylvanian with a failure
in a course and the other a New
Yorker with a much better rec
ord, the New York student would
get preference.
“The question might be ask
ed,” Marquardt said, “why do we
accept any out-of-state people at
all since we hardly have room
for our own. The answer is that
if we refused admittance .to a na
tive of Michigan, let us say, who
applied here because his own
college didn’t have room for him,
it is quite probable that the state
university in Michigan would re
taliate by denying, admission to
our boys and girls whom we
couldn’t accommodate here. This
would be a violation of what is
called a system of reciprocity
among- state colleges.”
New York City colleges have a
much more rigid system than
Pennsylvania colleges, it was
brought out. A resident of Penn
sylvania couldn’t hope to enter
Hunter College, or Brooklyn Col
lege, whereas a New Yorker has
a better chance oi being accept
ed here.
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News Analysis-
(Continued from page five)
the United States would be con
tinued. The London Economist
opines that United States treat
ment of Argentina has made that
government popular with the peo
ple of Latin America. Argentine
gold in this country has been
frozen, which deprives that gov
ernment of a preferred status and
gives it treatment of a “neutral.”
Columbia and Mexico have pro
posed that an Inter-American
Post-War Economic Conference
be held next April or May.
Peace Parley Scheduled
At Dumbarton Oaks, old
Georgetown mansion on the edge
of Washington’s Rock' Creek Park,
representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, Russia, and
China will meet next Monday to
discuss plans for future world se
curity. Personnel will be on the
under-secretary level.
CLASSIFIED SECTION
WANTED—Ride to Philadelphia
or vicinity, tonight or tomorrow
morning. Call Marie 3372 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. or after 5 p.m.
WANTED—Wire (any kind) for
a private ' telephone line. from
McAllister Hall ot Pi Kappa Phi
Fraternity. Please Phone 4709
Ask' for Judd Healy.
ANYONE registered for the Post
Session from Erie call 234 Ath-
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MINNESOTA HAD v
™ A COED ROTC CORPS*,
There are rumors that Finland,
Bulgaria, and Rumania are trying
to get out of the war and that
Russia and England have come to
an agreement as to spheres of in
fluence in Europe. This week in
the United States Senate one
member, demanded that all, the
Japanese islands in the Pacific be
awarded'to us at the close of the
war. Another senator thought that
in addition all Caribbean and. Pa
cific Ocean islands necessary for
the defense of the Panama Canal
should fee acquired. ; Of such
straws are the bricks, of peace
(or war) constructed.
Calendar ‘
for Student
Religious
Organizations
ST. ANDREW'S . EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
S. Frazier St. and Foster. Ave.
Rev. John N. Peabody, Rector
Sunday Services
7:45 a.m.—Holy Communion
10:45 a.m. —Morning Prayer
6:30 p.m.—Student Discussion
At t.he Parish House
Come and bring your friends.
Wesley Foundation
The Methodist Church
- COLLEGE AVENUE and McALLISTER STREET
SUNDAY SERVICES
S;3O a. m. Church School. "Studies in the Old Testament"
10:4S a. m. Public Worship. St. Paul's Methodist Church
6:30 p. m. Wesley Fellowship. August 20. Panel Discussion
"Racial Understanding."
Tuesday. 7:15-7:45 a. m. Morning Devotions
Wednesday. 3:30-5:00 p. m. "Pop In For Punch."
The Foundation rooms are open daily from 1:00 p. m. to 9:00
p. m. for reading, music, games, and fellowship.
Malcolm V. Mussina. Wesley Foundation Pastor .
*W. Edward Watkins, Minister. St. Paul's Church
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1944
Attendance Goal
Can Cause lllnesi
Doctor Says Sick Child
Should* Stay At Home. ’
Perfect attendance certificates
are not worth the paper they are
written on, if they are obtained
at the expense of a school child’s
health, Dr. J. P. Ritenour, Col
lege physician, said today.
“When a child is sent to school
ill, and permitted to remain in the
classroom, not only does he harm
his own physical welfare but he
also jeopardizes the health of all
other pupils," Dr. Ritenour point
ed out. ■
Parents, the director of the Col
lege Health Service explained,
would be wiser to keep their chil
dren at home when they exhibit
signs of illness, and thereby guard.,
against the development of a more
serious sickness.
Dr. Ritenour also believes that
teachers should be on the alert
for signs of illness among their .
pupils, and send the suspicious
child to his or her home immedi
ately. Medical assistance should,
be encouraged in more serious,
cases, he said. ■ .j ,
According to Dr. Ritenour, many
serious diseases—lnfantile paraly
sis, tonsillitis, and rheumatic fe4
ver among them—frequently start
with vague body pains. Parents
who attribute symptoms of; ill
health to “growing pains,” he add
ed, are taking a .terrific risk , “be-* '
cause natural growth doesn’t cauise
any pain,”
WSGJk Plans Fail-. Tea
Joan Huber and Ann Berk
heimer have been elected co
chairmen of the WSGA commit--
tee planning a Big-Little Sister ,
Tea to be given in Women’s builds
ing September 10. ’ ■ . ,
Despite .the torrid heat of the.
Summed Semester the welcome
extended you to share vitally'-
in a refreshing Christian fel-;
lowship awaits your ready ac
ceptance.
STUDENT DEPARTMENT
Sunday—9:3o a. m.
MORNING CHURCH SERVICE
-Sunday—lo:4s a. m. '
Westminster Fellowship -
. .. - Sunday:—6:2o pi m. , :
Out Door-Worship Service '
SATURDAY EVENING , FUN
NIGHT AND OPEN HOUSE
7:00-9:00 p. m.
Fun - Frolic - Fellowship
Refreshments