PAGE FOUR
Editor inU
Accelerated Plans
Since the accelerated program was instituted on
campus, many of the people directly affected hy
the three semesters per year plan have undoubt
edly felt it, physically and mentally.
Some American' colleges might possibly con
tinue with the speed-up in education in the post
war world. The main advantage of such a setup
is that it graduates students who would still be. in
either of the last two years in college, and the ages
of these people would see them in industry as the
youngest ever to do so.
But will they meet the test as inexperienced
youth in a world hardened as a resuli of war? Or
will they characterize the conception that the
younger the ideas, the more productive they will •
be? . ' .
The point is that an accelerated college year
was somewhat of a forced experiment necessi
tated by the gaps left open as a result of the
switching of manpower from civilian ranks into
the armed forces. Trained men were needed, in
the shortest possible time.
With peace should come education, not acceler
ated, but revised. It should be ah education ready
for any', emergency,- so-,that trained men. .will, be
ready. Tt should .’be education Spotted with new
ideas .concerned with; the preparation of our .youth
for the future. ‘ 1 -
Various postwar planning committees on edu
cation .have been, initiated. It will be their job to
streamline education and provide', for. a more
broadened program. . . • ■ • .
PSCA Contributes
One of the foremost organizations on campus
is the Penn State Christian Association. Ever
since its founding it has sponsored some activity,
meeting, or other beneficial event. Gaps in the de
pleted- social calendar since the war have been
filled by the Association. Yet the PSCA is one of
the most unlauded campus organizations and often
misses a lot of the credit due to it.
PSCA inaugurated Old Main Open Houses,
freshman orientation, Christmas carol sings, and
many other projects now taken for granted as
part of the Coollege’s activity program. It also has
helped to unite the town student church organiza
tions and other religious groups.
Tomorrow will mark another Old Main Open
House for students, faculty members, -and mili
tary personnel on campus. Planned for the night
■are numerous activities which should help to dis
miss the “gee-it’s-Saturday-night-and-nothing-to
do" blues. There will be plenty to do this Satur
day night, and it’s thanks to PSCA. —NC
Too Many Women
A very fine state of affairs is in store for the
men of the Pennsylvania State College next se
mester. One of the most pleasant situations imagi
nable is due to materialize—too many women.
Skirts of all sizes, shapes, and other vital char
acteristics will be seen swirling up the mall. Mul
tiply the skirts by two and the sum total of well
turned feminine ankles should be sufficient to
bring a gleam to the eye of the most bored and
jaded senior..
This happy thought did not occupy the tortur
ed minds of Penn State men of several semesters
past. They were forced to contend with a vicious
thing called the “ratio.” This meant that there
was a large number of men for every available
woman, and any coed who wanted a date merely
had to say “Yes.”
It is not at all unlikely that next semester will
see a marked change in this policy. All we can
say is, “Praise the Lord, and pass the telephone
book!” —BJC
THE COLLEGIAN
, t \ Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian,
established 1904. and *he Free Lance, established 1887.
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager
Emil A. Kubek Herbert Hasson
Advertising Manager Managing Editor
Kathryn Vogel B. J. Cutler
Editorial Board:
News Editor Helen V. Hattoi.
Feature Editor Nancy Cnrastro
Sport Editor Victor Danilov
Editorial Assistahts— Kuth Constad. Gertiude Lnwatsch,
Peggie Weaver, Fay Young.
Reporters—Bennett Fairorth. Gloria Nerenberg. Estelle
1 Simon. Pat Turk. ' . „ .
Assistant Business Manager Betty Federman
Junior Advertising Board—Bernice Fineberg, Elaine Miller
STAFF THIS WEEK
. Managing Editor -__Huth Constat!
j‘ Assistant. Managing Editor N'*nc*« >
News Gen-Marley
News of the Week
By' James E.- Gillespie professor of history, i »
As is often the case with great
wars, there has occurred a slump
in the general upsurge of opti
mism which had brought predic
tions of a speedy end of hostili
ties in Europe. From planning
celebrations of victory day in
every city and hamlet the nation
has returned to a sober realization
of the seriousness of the task
which still confronts it.
While victory is no less certain
and may be just around the cor
ner, we can, with Prime Minister
Churchill, now say that Germany
may perhaps continue to fight
through “several.months” of 1945,
perhaps through the winter and
spring. Even after the goal of Ber
lin is reached Nazi bands may
continue to fight in the woods and
mountains of Germany until the
last man is subdued.
Certain commentators seek to
cheer us with the assumption that
the winter cold and food shortage,
which latter even Nazi broadcasts
admit will reach a crisis stage ere
long, will bring desired surrender.
Gestapo- Hunts Leaders
On the other hand it is known
that the Gestapo is zealously hunt
ing down every liberal or moder
ate leader with whom the Allies
might possibly deal. Stern com
mands to hold positions to the last
man with the shooting of every
tenth man where companies have
retired has slowed Allied progress
and resulted in bloody, stubborn
fighting.
Nazi tactics of holding as long
as it is at all possible and then des
troying important seaports in
France and the Netherlands while
it has resulted in the capture or
destruction of many valuable
German troops has likewise, kept
from the Allies much needed part
facilities, thus slowing the pro
cess of massing supplies and heavy
equipment for the infliction of a Meanwhile on the Italian Front
crushing blow. the Allies have advanced to with-
Only Cherbourg and Marseilles in 18 miles of Bologna. In the eas.
are now completely available to tern Mediterranean a landing has
the Allies although if the Ger- been made on Crete. The Bus
mans can be cleared away from sians and Marshal Tito’s Partisans
the lower Scheldt Antwerp with in Yugoslavia are converging on
its magnificient port facilities in Belgrade threatening not'only the
good state of preservation, and capture of that city but the isola
closer to the fields of operation tion of German troops in,the Bal-.
can be used. The British are now kans. Russian troops in Slovakia
busy bombing the sea walls on the and Rumanian troops crossing in
islands in the estuary of the to southeastern Hungary threaten
Scheldt to flood the German forts to force Hungary out of the strug
located there. file and later advance up the Dan-
Weather Provides Trouble übe.
The weather, likewise, is ■ a
most important but uncertain
factor this season of the year. -.lf
the weather had permitted full
utaiiatoon"'#^eh; poyleij. Ijhe -ten
uous' liold -secured by' -the para-i
•i^utists v at:*Arnhems»n^ht?have^re^.:
THE COLLEGIAN
suited in a successful outcome of
the Allied attempt to flank the
northern end of the Siegfried
Line.
As it was 2000. of the 8000 “Red
Devils” were withdrawn and the
rest captured or killed. The new
offensive which has started after
several days of comparative lull
above Aachen and near the Bel
fort Gap may also depend both on
weather and how far artillery and
other supplies have been massed.
It has been said that in the First
World War no major offensive
was launched, in this part,of Eu
rope after early fall. So far after
a terrific aerial,- . artillery,- and
ground attack a wedge, was dri
ven through pill boxes, foxholes,
and field fortifications for a dis
tance of 10 miles wide and 9 miles
deep into the Siegfried Line north
of Aachen and progress has been
made to ten miles west of Bel
• fort.
Advances were likewise made
at other points in the long front
extending from Holland to Swit
zerland, notably approaches to
wards Metz and Trier.
Dover Freed From Raids -
With the capture of Calais and
the silencing of the last German
guns on Cap Griz Nez the deliver
ance of Dover from its long and
heroic martyrdom has arrived.
Subject for four years, to contin
uous bombardment from the
French Coast a scant twenty-two
miles away, 548 civilian casual
ties were incurred and 1,200 buil
dings damaged.
While the flashes of the Ger
man guns could be seen the two
minutes time it took for the shells
to cross the Channel hardly gave
time to take shelter -and the ma
jority of the people who remained
existed in caves in the Chalk
Cliffs. ' '
The Poles in Warsaw under
General Bor were reported to
have capitulated. Bor’s appoint
ment by the Polish Government
in ; Exile qs ■ Co'mmaMeMn-Chief-.
of Polish- Fprces appears to have
:: V (Continued;
Cassius Writes
Dear Brutus,
Well, it happened. I always said that it was
merely a matter of time and now the women have
proved my point'. It happened Sunday and it'was
advertised as the “Battle of the Sexes.” It was,a
quiz program between the “Strong Sex” and the
“Fair Sex.” The results were just what any sane
person would expect. j
The scoring was done on a point basis and the
men won 160 to 80. Obviously this means that men
are twice as-smart as women. I know that this is
an understatement, but-who am I to doubt the
figures. I suggest in any future quiz program of
this sort the contestants be billed as the “Intelli
gent Sex” and “The Sex.”
The questions were taken from the fields of
current events, history, literature, sports, brain
teasers, men.’s world- (which the women answered)
and women’s world (questions answered by - the
men.) The results were uniform, in every field—
the women displayed their utter incompetency to
understand the problems of modern life. .
This is not to be thought surprising since in
these - changing days anyone , who spends,
pqbjtihg.h'er. l ac ? will be hopelessly;
be.
-;,.e.xpect§d{frqm_a,. sex .ite A hbiL£
"' : itjfv.ta^oifehhfi;toipai4;idpate'- ; -in'':thh-pf6cesg^cif :
; government >by- chaining itself to lamp-posts,:tand
beer bottles at state ..legislatures.
Now.-that we -are on-the mailer of, politics, I
would like to tell .you of an-interesting item which
'is "taking place on this campus..lt seems as if-the
local politicos of one clique-have started to lay
plans for the elections next semester, and are now
lining up candidates to carry the party on to vic
tory. They have approached one very BMOC and
are dickering with him to run for president of his
semester. Before considering the matter, the- gen
tleman, in question has asked for proof of the-'a
mount of support he can expect; and party bosses
are busy calling up people in order to get. pledges
of votes for their potential candidate. All this is
taking place more than a month before the elec
tion. *
What I don’t rmderstand. (and the gentleman
in question also) is how the politicos can be so
certain ,he will get the nomination when the elec
tions code specifies that nominations must be
voted upon within the clique. It seems as if the
boys are building up quite a machine. ' ’
Another matter of interest is the freshmen who
.outsmarted himself. He called up the young lady
and asked for the pleasure of her company Satur
day night. He got it. Then he decided to impress
her. Heck, no girl would-take a date for the for
mal so late in the week. He didn’t want to go, jhe
didn’t even have a clean suit, but there was jno
danger, she’d never accept. So he asked her. “I’d
love to,” she said. —CASSIUS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1944 <