PAGE FOUR Civilian Underdogs ASTP units on campus have been informed by Lt. Col. Guy G. Mills, commandant at the College, that New Year's Day will be a holiday from class- es for all trainees on campus. No similar declaration has come from the V-12 office. There will be classes for the V-12 service men—and civilian students. It is all a pleasant note to the ASTP. It is a very unpleasant note to the other students on campus. The accelerated program was instituted on cam pus in order that military units would be able to complete their courses and hasten into the service prepared to accept technical positions or positions which they would not have been able to undertake without a college education. And now there will be a lull in scholastic activities for the ASTP. The government says so. Then is there any reason why the rest of the students should not have the same privilege? Shortening of the Christmas vacation was seen as a wartime necessity. Such reduction in freetime eventually take effect even upon the strongest, physically and mentally. Yes, "c'est la guerre." We must all unite for victory. Every minute counts. But there will be many people all over the United States who will begin- the new year by relaxing and listing resolutions, and the ultimate goal of such resolving will be the scheduling Of better ways with which to win the war ...in 1945. Penn State students would welcome a free day, and it will be up to the students to revive interest in the issue. Classes on Monday, New Year's Day would serve as enough incentive, but when such a vacation would permit a weekend leave from State College, there is enough reason for strong complaint in favor of the idea. Thought, A Practice It •is presumed that the general concept of the average individual regarding war is that it de velops the more serious elements •of life. Disad vantages of war need not special classification, they are well known to be hideous and generally unnecessary . of explanation. War is death. Many realize that. But war has its advantages. The main profitable result is the pro duction, voluntary and involuntary, of thought. Through this increased thinking many have found that 'they possess previously undiscovered capa bilities of reasoning. A certain, satisfying enjoy ment can be had by thinking, by the thorough re hashing of simple impression brought upon one's mind. • And this gain in mental: mechanics .should be put to use. We should•think more about"the simp ler things in life,'especialliThose which occur dur ing wartime. Students are apt to acquire a meth od of thinking which. includes technical problems, and in which trivialities of life are 'forgotten. But those trivialities are important to many people, and what the next fellow think's about that little accident the other afternoon would be of general interest and grounds for thinking and discussion.' The point is that we do not think enough. It should be a daily practice. Development of inter est in God's gift to man, thought, might make this a better world to live in. The consummation of the individual shoUld be the realization that he had thought about a particular subject, and for med an original opinion. THE COLLEGIAN "For a Better Penn State" • Establiished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904. and he Free Lance, established 1887. Member Associated Collegiate Press Distributor of Collet!Side Digest Editor-in-Chief Business Manager , Emil A. - ICubek 4 Betty Federman W Advertising Manager ManLymg Editor Evelyn Wasson B. J. Cutler Editorial Board: Women's Editor _ Helen V. Hatton Feature Editor _____ Nancy Carastro Sports Editor Victor Danilov Editorial Assistants—Ruth Constad, Gertrude ' Lawatsch, Estelle Simon. Peggie Weaver, Fay Young. • Reporters—Woodene • Bell, Bennett Fairorth, Gloria Heron berg, Pat Turk. Staff This Issue Managing Editor - • Victor Dunilov Assistant Managing Editor - Peggie Weaver Newa . Editor• • ' Gloria Nerenberg . . Assistant : Advertising' Managers--.Pliyllts• Deal; Roseman' ahantous - Newe• • Assistante,--Leon Anron • - • Roberts. Goldstein,. • Arlene Greene, • Barbara.. Ingraham, . Lynette Lundquist,. Dorothy Rutkfn, : Leatriee• Strobew ....... • The Theta Phi Alpha house is shoulda stood in bed." However, now unofficially known as the Hot the weekend had its gay side since Spot of the Campus since Friday the State students went out to for night when four fire engines and get their sorrows by raising a gen a hook and ladder truck came eral hullabaloo all over town. (We roaring up the driveway in answer were going to say "drown" their to a plea phoned in by a worried sorrows, but that would have been hostess, a nasty insinuation.) • Fire ! Fire ! AOPi Doris Stack and her fella delta chi Bill Clark saw the game It seems the fire in the fireplace and the town together . . . Theta flared up, and smoke filled the en- Betty Shenk dated phi delt Lt. Bob tire first floor and then rose up- Boedecker at Pitt . . . Bob is one stairs in ominous spirals to choke of the Boedecker twins who were the TPA's sleeping peacefully in in the class of '46 . . . SDT Mae their little trundle beds. When it Lenchner dated • Larry Schultz, threatened to smoke out the entire star football player at Michigan household and ,water and extin- and All-American candidate . . . guisher failed to. have *any effect, Other SDT's there were Hats Mil the Alpha Fire Company was call- ler, Shirley Levine, Doris Napp, ed. -It responded gallantly in a Ruth Constad, and Terry Rosen matter of minutes, • but the capric 7 thal . • . Kappas Ann Chastaine ious fire had _died down to what and Jane Dye were there , . . Phi the love songs call smouldering Mu's Geri Marley, Bev Smith, and embers when the volunteers Marcia Conroe . . . Delta gams tramped in with hoses, hatchets, Peggy Lou Johnston and Skipper helmets, and other assorted equip- Funk. ment. On the Job The crowd of onlookers that had The boy with tne golden arrows gathered at the sound of the fire has been working as usual and re wl•iistles was obviously disappoint- ports that Anne Mulvehill is wear ed to be cheated out of seeing ing graduate student Richard tongues of flame enveloping the Mraz's alpha chi sig pin . . . And house and death-defying rescues, also that Elaine Freed is engaged but the Theta Phi's didn't mind a to Jerry Penzer, a Navy V-7 stu bit. After all, they didn't want to dent . . . Former WSGA prexy Pat grow up charred! Diener, delta gam, was married to Even a fireman was overheard Teke Carroll Barton . . . Delta to say in a dejected manner, "Well, gam sister Ann Harwick was there might as well put the hose away. for the ceremony . . . Alpha chi There ain't no fire." Tsk, tsk, mis- Polly Huber is engaged to alpha • ter, is that a nice attitude to take? zeta Tom Church, now a sergeant Talk Of Campus in the Army . . . Kappa Pete An inconspicuous article tucked ,Quinn has added another surname away on page two of last week's by becoming the bride of Bud Mel rag has been talked about more lott, former phi kappa sig and an than fie lead story, All-College other of the Thespian Three elections. The Item was about the Stooges . . . Caroline Hartman is spread of Vincent's angina, a dis- wearing Bob • Lowrie's fraternity ease of the tonsils and pharynx. jewelry . . . The disease is caused by poorly Gamma Phi Jeanie Duncan has washed silverware, dishes, and been visiting Lt. Glenn Hawthorne, glassware, among other things. But at his home the past week . . . She nobody got excited over that. What wears his silver pilot's wings . . . caused the comment was the last Phi Mu Janet Fehnel also went sentence: "Another important home to see her fiance, Tech. Sgt. . . cause of its spread is promiscuous Herbert Scott . AOPi Betty kissing." Fischler traveled to West Point to We have' visions of Ath Hall on see her fiance, Cadet Stanley Met a Sunday morning about 1:15 a.m. tox . . . Peggy Quick, delta. gam, journeyed to'Norristown to visit and coeds jamming the washrooms Naval Air Cadet North Marlin . . . to gargle with Listerine, Ipana,. Lavoris, and any other antiseptic She wears his phi kappa sig pin sold by the local stores. . . • • Jackie Struble went to New ~York Y'ork to see Seaman 2/c • Too Bad George Christopher - : Thele-- ‘ Eager students iwho: traveled to Shortie - Taylor. saw•SAE. Li. Fifty, ,Pitt last weekend ,to.'see us trounce Lloyd in : Irlarrisburg., ...the Panthers. .were sadly" disap, end'. : . Man" Jac hears.l.theVve.justr. ~..14gp:44,1474.1")40;;:',04t44401!,`,•kkec0me tensaged-. . r! - ItomelNyitiobut:oco.torninentmaW*N,Wt*uti"4o.• It,:dtio3TNANIM EMMIM THE COLLEGIAN• cv.'''. Old Mania By NANCY CARASTRO s:>rg,. if ~ "`>'. ASI LEN, Yo F' SAlt IDS. AMI - --tox" s o ei= —• a, 1 ; • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1944 A te . an'l24iid Hungry Look • The other 'night I found myself curled up on sofa :with the Panhellenic . Council—(Guidebook, 1044 edition.) 'Smothering an impulse to recoil and scream for the janitor, I picked it up and there-' by learned enough about sororities to feel like a • peeping Tom. The cover depicts a personable young lady on a blanket suspended in mid-air and waving her bobby-socked feet in the air with gay abandon. Ignoring two books at her side labeled Soc and Hist she is chewing on the end of a pencil and gazing blissfully off in space. Her head was cov ered by a spinning halo of Greek letters and ques tion marks. I turned the page. Page one showed feather quill pen clutched in a grubby paw and alongside of it the following poem: "Here's a quill to represent Advice that's tried and true. It's a letter from Suzie Senior And it may be of help to you." Suddenly, I remembered. Why, certainly, she's the gjrl they; had to drag out from under the table 'in the Pugh street Lyceum because slie thought 'she was a great big pussey cat and want :ed to la) purring at peoples `feet. Shame on you Suzie, you're a fine one ,to-be.giving helpful ad vice to freShmen. . . She addressed the letter to. "Dear Fanny Frosh," This was more . than I could bear. I ran down town to tell Suzie exactly what I thought of her, but I couldn't. get her to come out from under the Skellar table. Delving more deeply into the exciting little volume I came upon a chapter devoted to the Panhellenic Rushing code. In all fairness to the editors I must admit I was not captivated by this part of the Guidebook until I read the Words: "Silent Period—Strict silent periods will be. en.. forced! on the following dates:" At first I did not realize the significance of these single words, but now I am willing to state without hesitation or fear of contradiction that this booklet will in time rank with the greatest documents of modern law. It proposes to im pose silence upon women. • Immediately starting research into the pile of erotic literature on my desk, I found that since the year 1537 no such ambitious effort •to' sub due female verbosity has been made. In that year, according to Prof. Bar-2 Orbust of the College, Gaston McQu'ack, a Prerich peasant; 'tiring of his wife's nagging, hacked off her head with a. meat cleaver. Gaston's purpose, however, was defeat 7 ed, 'for his wife's head soon started to talk arid continued to do so to this very day. It is known as the . "Miracle of St. Gaston." For trying. where others failed, 'for. oliuttink‘ them up, Panhellenic Council, I love you, -CASSIUS
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