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THE COLLEGIAN • •
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Friday, September 8, 1944
35c For Culture
In April of this year Louis Fisher, author
and foreign correspondent, was brought to
this campus under the patronage of 11 col
lege and town organizations. Despite the
fact that the weather was bad, and that the
lecture had been postponed, there was a
generous turnout of students, townspeople,
and faculty members.
That is why there is every reason to be
lieve that the project of Dr. Edward Van
( Ormer, associate professor of psychology to
bring four or five outstanding lecturers’ to
campus each academic year would; prove a
financial as well as-,'a- cultural success.
On August 11, after numerous individu
als and community groups had expressed
their desire of seeing a lecture- series inau
gurated at the College, representatives of 10
of the 11 organizations who sponsored the
Fisher lecture met, under the chairmanship
of Dr. Van Ormer, to draw up plans for such
a series.
The idea they evolved, is simple enough.
Each campus and town organization desir
ing to be a sponsor is asked to contribute a
sum of $25 or more. This money will be used
as an underwriting of the project; it is a
guarantee that the cost of the series can be
met if the financial' Returns on the lectures
do not cover expenses.
If, however, the community lecture series
proves-to be operating on a sound financial
basis, if it can pay for itself, the Lecture
Committee will attempt to pay back all of
the contributions, or as much as possible,
at the end of three years. This one request
for a contribution is the only one the Com
mittee will make. No request will be made
next year.
Possibly the. series, from a financial
standpoint, will not prove successful. In that
case no amount of the contribution will be
returned.
Here is the chance for students, towns
people, and faculty members, at a possible
25 or 35 cents a ticket, to hear outstanding
lecturers on world affairs. It is the oppor
tunity for students to provide for themsel
ves a well rounded college program, em
bodying the cultural as well as the social
and academic aspects of university life.
This, then, becomes the duty of every
college organization to lend their full sup
port to the Lecture Committee, and by so
doing, to help build the men and women
students of Penn State into a more well in
formed citizenry of the future. —RKC
To House servicemen who visit Columbia for
the weekend, the Columbia Navy Mothers Club
has launched the “United States Ship Shut-eye"
at the University of South Carolina. The purpose
of the project is to provide sleeping quarters for
soldiers, sailors, and marines who . cannot find
sleeping quarters elsewhere Saturday plight. The
■•’U , ntversrtyHs-providing-the"Spaeer-.ri- J - :
Business Manager
Herbert Hasson
Managing Editor
B. J. Cutlet
Collegiate Review
In commenting on professors as the intelli
gentsia of the nation Harold L. Ickes, Secretary
of the Interior had the following to say in an ed
itorial in the official magazine of the American
Federation of Labor:
“One of the funniest things that the Roose
velt administration ever did was to' reach the
insane conclusion that if there were brains avail
able and for hire they could not be used to bet
ter advantage than in the service of their coun
try. That did elicit shrieks of derisive laughter.
The country was not prepared for any such silly
proposal.
“The first synonym of ‘brains’ is ‘college
professor,’ but who in the world would ever think
of asking a college professor to formulate a sane
opinion about the more serious affairs of gov
ernment?
“It is notorious that college professors usually
sit in their bathtubs with their hats on and go
to bed without taking off their shoes.”
The Southern California Trojan reports that
the Wampus, comparable to the late Froth, will
appear with a “Late as Usual” issue. The editor
confesses that even she does not know what day
the “periodical” will hit the news stands.'
The Daily Californian provides an “Ice Box”
column where hot-under-the-collar students can
cool off by giving vent to their gripes, praises, or
general comment through letters to the editor.
During the last week discussion has waged hot
and heavy about a statement made by President
Robert Gordbn Sproul.
Students had used Sather Gate, an entrance
to the College, as a California Hyde Park. Any
one had the right to speak there and also had
use of an amplfying system.
The Berkeley city council passed a resolu
tion establishing a quiet zone ,at the Sather Gate
area. President Sproul stated that certain groups
had been misusing the meeting place and defined
free speech as the chance to be heard at a reason
able time and place.
The latest development is a petition circulated
by students in an effort to have Sather Gate re
moved from the quiet zone.
Also at the University of California Battle of
Berkeley Week has been in full swing. Civilians
and servicemen participated in bandage rolling,
blood donating, and crop harvesting. Activities of
the week were devoted to the war effort. The
whole thing was topped by the “Battle of Berkeley
Ball."
#$ $ 1
At the University, of North Carolina a poll
conducted by Student International Relations
Club reveals that students prefer a revised
League of Nations first and favor a Federal Union
as their second choice.
THE COLLEGIAN
Front and Center
Word has just been received
from headquarters of the Ninth
Air Force of the completion of
his tour of duty by Lieutenant
Colonel James T. Wilson, Penn
State alum.
Veteran of 70 Missions
Col. Wilson has returned to the
United States after completing 70
combat missions. He has been
flying combat as squadron com
mander of a group of Marauders
(B-26 medium bombers) for more
than a year in the European
Theatre of Operations. Col. Wil
son was here in 1939 and very
few will remember him, but his
achievements are worth writing
about because he is a State man
A Lean And Hungry Look
Dear Brutus,
The past, weekend I was for
tunate in attending .a - very re
markable event here Vat r ., Penn
State; It was a formal.'dance given
by the Navy V-12 unit to celebrate
the launching of the :IJ.S.S>.. Nit
tnny, also known as Rec .Hall. 1
believe a description of this af
fair and its various ramifications
would be in order.
A formal dance is quite a wel
come phase in the life of every
coed. It gives her a socially per
missible opportunity to appear
in public wearing scanty clothes
—an opportunity she greatly en
joys.
For some unknown reason, an
evening dress must reach to the
floor, instead of merely to six
inches above the knees, the de
mure length of an afternoon frock.
Since we are at war, and our gov
ernment urges us to . conserve
material, the patriotic coed makes
her evening gown by removing
fabric from the neck and should
ers, and adding it to the.hem, to
serve as a full length skirt. -
The afternoon proceeding the
formal dance there, is no rest in.
the womens’ • dormitories. : - With
mud-packs on their."faqeSj which
when removed will make- the skin
•look clean-in contrast to the mud,-
the girls spend a large, part of :
the time painting their- toenails.
Since the long skirt will prevent
any gentleman, if he is a-gentle
man, from viewing the toenails,
the logic underlying this action
is purely feminine.
. Flitting from one room to an
other, the coed puts in the better
part of three hours discussing
new hair. styles with her ’ col
leagues. She is very happy dur
ing this part of the afternoon,
for every suggested hair style
must be tried out, and any excuse
to preen in front of a mirror for
a length of time is quite welcome.
All this self-adoration is gener
ally in vain since the coed is cer
tain to adopt her usual hair
style because “it looks besj on
me.”
After her fair face arid’form is
adequately painted and perfumed,
the coed tries on her gown. Eve
ning dresses in keeping with .the
shamelessness of our younger gen
eration come in only one'.' size
too tight. Therefore she encases
her figure in, a ghastly creation
of steel and whalebone.-To . give
her the stylish “tiny waist” all
the women on the floor: are called
in to help pull ,the corset- strings
tight over her protesting abdo
men. At this.time
ating from the' tortured '•* coeds
sound as • if the : entire’- dorm - is
being murdered. However, no sac
rifice is too great- to- make--for
fashion. • ■ ' ' “; ' -
When the coed has finished ad
miring herself in the hew -, and
daring dress she changes -her
clothes and goes down: to dinner.
Exhausted by her strenuous af
ternoon, she eats like a', horse..
. . At .about .tipis. iiiW T began \ tp
■ consider \ myself ii dPesseS
•iprthe;big. I night,,.Lhad;_s\rfc^dsdr.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8; 1944
in service, an dhas done credit to
his country and to his Alma Mat
er. The release from headquart
ers reads: “His first ship he nam
ed Man O’War. The one he leaves
with the squadron is Man O’War
IV. The first three were washed
out in crash landings resulting
from damage. Each time, through
his outstanding skill as an airman,
Col. Wilson was able to bring
them home and deliver his crew
safely. And each time the skill
required was greater than the last
. . . For his superb airmanship
he received the Silver Star, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, and
the Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf
Clusters.”
in- .borrowing from Elmer Cubic, •
Collegian editor, one A j l tuxedo i
in which, I strongly suspect, an -
ancestor of his'/had - celebrated
General Grant’s victory; at Rich
mond. There was a large whis- ■
key. spot on the lapel.
Cubic helped me on with j the
coat, ’ cleverly attaching the coat- .
tails to a chandelier so that 1
would not trip on them when
walking around. Assuring me that
the tux fit as if it had been made
for me, Cubic nodded sympathet
ically while I, after catching af?;-.':
glimpse of myself in the mirror,
tried my best to enlarge the whis
ky spot.
When I was good and drunk,
Cubic decided he could now get
me dressed. He removed the coat
I was brooding over and approach
ed me with something white in
his hand.
“What’s that?” I snapped sus
piciously.
“Just a shirt. Now don’t get
worried," he said • • . •
' There was ■ something queer
about that shirt',- but in my be
fuddled. condition-1 could hot de
cide just what. He began putting
the shirt on me . and I -suddenly
realiz'e’d that this .shirt .went |on
backwards. It was a. straight jack
et. I fought like, a tiger, but jhe
was too quick for me. I was hope
lessly trussed up in the thing. He
used some old rivets to fasten , a
collar to the straight jacket and
began strangling me with a-piece
of black rope, a method, I learn
ed later, of attaching a dress tie.
At last I was dressed and ready
for the dance; The formal ' was
scheduled to begin at 8:30; there
fore following my date’s instruc
tions, I presented myself at her
dorm at 9 o’clock. It seems as
if a coed loses social • standing
if she arrives at a dance on time.
My date, who had been ready to
leave since dinner time, sat on
her bed reading a newspaper for
an hour before coming down.
This is a trait of females who
wish to increase their egos by be
ing waited for. She was.
We finally got to the dance, bi t
I do not remember much about
it. I have listed my impressions
for convenience.
1. While I was dancing a fox
trot, my borrowed dress shoes
were doing a two-step. They werje
a bit large.
2. The fellows in their black
suits with the white shirt fronts
looked either like penguins oj
undertakers’ assistants. : \ j
3. The coeds at the dance may
very well have gone back to the
dorms land put dresses oh.
4. A formal dance is a very
sexy thing, indeed.
5. In the crap game under the ,
bandstand, my date won $7.45
and a pair of blue trousers from
a Lieutenant (j.g.). I .
•Your pal, j
. Cassius.
P.S. —Can you lend me
bucks? I developed eyestrain at, ,
tbe'jjance and mvst, corisultrjiinsj.;E;