RAGE FOUR THE COLLEGIAN ’t’etebliished 1940. Successor to tbe Vct.n eotablishcd 1904.' nhd be Free Lnncc, established 1887. Editor-in-CWei Emil A. Kubek Advertising Manager • Kathryn Vogel * dito %o B rW Car astro Sabrtir Editor* 7 ——- I"“r_Victor Danilov liditorial P Assistants— Peggie Weaver, Ruth Constnd, Gert- Rcportere— Gloria Nerenbcrg, Estelle Assistant 1 ' Manager -- r —■-— Bct xoi_»J'e d MtlSr Junior Advertising Board—Bernice Fineberg. Elaine Miller STAFF THIS ISSUE Staff This Issue „ . _ _ Emil Kubek " News Assistants —Geri Mnrley, Jack Townsend. Tat Turk Friday, September 1, 1944 Everybody’s Ship The USS Nittany will be launched to morrow night amidst a nautical setting in Recreation Hall. First formal of the se mester, it is but one of the many methods which Lt. Comdr. Trusdell Wisner,. V-12 commandant at the College, is manipulat ing to create a closer association between the V-12 trainees and civilian student en rollment on campus. Besides harmonious relations between I these two groups as the aim, Commander ; Wisner has given the campus its first All- I College formal since Bobby Sherwood and ; his band appeared in the Nittany Valley in > February. Formal dances always put plea ? sant detours into college life which are es pecially helpful during wartime. The , straight and narrow academic road must have a few social forks in it whidh ease tension. Although this mental tauljness is • insignificant compared with what the sold ier on the front is sustaining, it must be .kept in mind that the soldier is fighting for this American way of life, less tension fiat home, and a college education complete Vith social deviations and cultural ele -•fnents. ; The dance will also be a social oppor tunity for the entire College student popu lation. In prewar days, independent or ganizations were excluded from such af ifairs. This tended to propagate imperfect i.social relationships among, fraternity and ■independent students. The dance, along t'with wartime conditions, can be a contrib uting factor in alleviating such categorical stipulations. Future Needs The three new departments which have been added to the School of Mineral Indus tries will benefit the College in that the expansion has prepared for extensive train ing and research in the postwar period. Future needs, which will undoubtedly in crease tremendously with returning stu dent enrollment, will be met and fulfilled. Geology, mineralogy, geo-physics, me teorology, geography, mineral economics, mining, mineral preparation, petroleum and natural gas, fuel technology, metallur gy, and ceramics will be organized by the various department heads to introduce the three new departments: earth sciences, mineral engineering, and mineral technol ogy. Pennsylvania’s natural resources, .with all its vast research possibilities is reason enough for establishment of the new departments. Trained technical men will handle the job of teaching students the most recent methods of saving and utilizing the min eral reserves of the Commonwealth in the soil, water and air. No other academic institution in Am erica has the characteristics' of the School of Mineral Industries at Penn State. This latest scientific extension substantiates that fact. It is also a step toward a better Penn State. Business Manager Herbert Hasson Managing Editor B. J. Cutler Collegiate Review Does your education taste different lately? If so, try Penn State. Remember, spelled back wards it spells “etatsnnep.” ' * # * * Northeastern News reports that Jim Donnel lan, a senior there, has been nominated by the senior class of the College of Business Admini stration as the most outstanding member of that class. He was chosen as the most intelligent, best looking, most likely to succeed and most popu lar. Does one need to mention that Jim is the only member of that class? Princeton received a 100 lira note from Italy which was autographed by Marlene Dietrich, but readers of the Cal Bruin had more fun. They watched disgusted Bruinettes prove, in the Let ters to the Editor department, that they do neck with the right Bruin male. Our spies have informed us that our own XGI Club is not exclusive. Other newly formed veterans’ organizations are: Trovets, University of Southern California; Calvets, University of California; Anchor and Eagle Club, Northwestern; Organized Illinois Veterans of World War 11, Un iversity of Illinois; GIX, North Texas State Teachers College. * 4* This is supposed to have happened at Ama rillo Field, Texas, Mechanews tells us. T/Sgt. Ferguson walked outside his mess hall and found an inebriated private leaning against the build ing. “Whaddy youse doing there?” sneered Fergie. “I’m holding up the the building,” hiccoughed the future non-com. “Sez you,” leered Fergie. “Get the hell out of here on the double.” So the adolescent soak shrugged his shrugger, staggered away and the building collapsed. One of the Californian juniors went down to the Men’s gymnasium for a story on the Army. In -trying to find the colonel whom she wanted to interview she went up to a sergeant who was taking signups for ROTC. Without -looking up, the sergeant handed her a form for joining the ROTC. At her gasp he looked up and saw that he was trying to recruit a woman. “Ineligible,” he snapped, taking the form from her. The Indiana Daily Student carries this story: The board of directors of "the National Pretzel Bakers’ Institute deviced yesterday that the post war pretzel will be a “petite” creation “with re-, finement in every motion.” , But while disavowing any association be tween the pretzel and the beer hall, the directors verbally bent the pretzel to its same old shape. “You can say,” explained Harold H. Moss, ex ecutive secretary, “that people will still be able to get a grip on the pretzel.” THE CO£LEGIA3f * # tie * * # 9 * * * * * A Lean And Hungry Look This has been ,a terrible week for me. Everything went wrong. My food doesn’t agree with me, I can’t sleep, and 1 jump every time I hear a professor swearing at a golf ball. I was so upset the other day that I went into a restaurant, and wanting to end it all, ordered a herring. The waiter returned a few minutes later holding the fish be tween his thumb and forefinger, end his nose between the same fingers of his other hand. It was the most intelligent fish I have ever seen. It looked almost smart enough to talk. I was fooled—it could talk. “Am I was my broth er’s kipper?” said the herring. The sound of a talking herring to affected my distraught nerves th'at I ran from the eatery without paying the check. (That’s my story. The proprietor takes another view of the matter.) Outside, I fell into the hands of a band of roving freshmen who were looking for the Lion Shrine. Because no freshman will admit he knows where it is, they were obliged to kidnap seniors in order to beat the required information out of them. That is why they seized me. The freshmen dragged me to the cellar of their rooming house. It looked like a medieval torture chamber. They tied me to a huge rack and began' to question me. The honor of my class was at stake. I would not tell them where the Lion Shrine was. And besides, I did not know. The freshmen be came enraged at my silence and .prepared to put me to a terrible {lingering death, but I would not yield. If I weakened and told > this group where the Lion Shrine is located they would spread the word and before long their entire class would know. If this state of affairs continued, pretty soon the freshmen would know where Old Main and Sparks are, and in time might even find out where we have hidden Atherton Hall. The 'burly freshman who .was the leader of the band approached me, hiding something behind his back. He was grinning evilly, and the color of his green dink blended with his face, giving it a sinister look. Suddenly he whipped out the latest copy of the Penn State En gineer and held it in front of my nose. “Take it away,’’ I screamed in mortal terror. “I’ll talk. I’ll tel! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Penn State coeds request a voice —a chance to organize a glee club under the supervision of the mu sic department. Never before in the history of the college has there been such a wealth of material from which to select women cap able of maintaining the high stan dards of efficiency and entertain ment set by the Men’s Glee club in former years. The enrollment of women will reach an all time high inxthe fall semester; the in terest in organizing a glee club is great. The time to act is now. A proposal for the organization of a women’s glee club has been submitted to the music depart ment, and is now under consider ation. Are there enough , coeds on this campus sufficiently interested in singing for the sheer joy de rived from it to establish and support a glee club? To those who can carry a tune and love to sing, a ! glee club will be a source of pleasure and in spiration. Talent,' much of it hid den and unrecognized is abund ant. A glee club affords an ex cellent starting place for begin ners, a service of the college to its students. The discontinuance of the Men’s Glee club because of the war has left the campus with no such organization. We who re main at Penn State must uphold its traditions and keep its spirits high for future students. With the curtailment of many FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 194* you everything. Only take: it away.” . . My' pleas fell on deaf ears. He relentlessly began turning the pages. I. struggled against my bonds but .they were too strong. Closer and closer he came to the page of the “Talk of the Campus.” I could stand-the pain no longer. With a strangling cry, I fainted. I woke up to the gentle breeze of someone wafting the Collegian under my nose. It was like heaven. I began reading the Interfraternity Dating Code story on page one, and came upon’ an item, which I must confess, I do not under stand. “A living room or club room where women guests may be en tertained must be provided which is well lighted by three or more lamps, and at least two couples must be present,” it reads. It would appear that this item must have been included in .the, code at the suggestion of the fac ulty members. It smacks of the academic mind. The only under lying purpose that can be seem from this regulation is to'prevent necking. This leads Cassius to ask two questions. 1. Why do you want to stop it? . ._ ' • 2. Do you think you can? If thb answer to the second ques tion is yes, I would like to point out that the best lighted place on Campus is the lounge of Atherton Hall. It contains many more than three lamps and it is populated by many more than two couples. And the horsepower used up there in kissing goodnight is enough to run Boulder Dam for a month.. After doing some research, Cas sius found that in the old code only two lamps were required in each clubroom. The change coming at a time like this is very unpatri otic, since we. are being urged to save electricity. Cassius has a better idea. Attach a . photo-electric cell under the nose of each coed. If a boy tries to •kiss a coed, the circuit will-be broken, ringing a bell in the Office of the Dean of Women, and. a campus cop will immediately, be dispatched to the spot where the outrage is taking place.. Your pal,. Cassius P. S.—Can you lend me five bucks? I want buy a wire-cut ter. campus activities, particularly Co- Rec affairs, there is a definite need for such an organization. The Chapel Choir, the only vocal organization on campus, of ne cessity requires a greater ability, and its rigid attendance rules pro hibit students with only slight talent, and a fondness for week end trips., Not for a credit, nor for the anticipation of immediate public concerts is the organization of a glee club being considered, but for the fun of singing with" a group, learning to sing in parts, and for the enjoyment of an ac tivity which teaches and inspires. This is what a glee club at Penn State will offer.. Betty Herring H« . * $ Dear Editor, First let me explain I am not in the pay of virtually drowning sophomore girls who wish to dis pense with their swimming classes for a few glorious weeks. But, at the very warning of Dr. Joseph P. R’tenour, College phy sician, who last week urged citi zens of State College to take ev ery precaution against the infan tile paralysis epidemic, I suggest that the White Hall pool be closed until the danger period, which reaches into the middle of Sep tember, is over. Many have stressed the idea that since the pool is an indoor (Continued on page eight)
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