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THE COLLEGIAN
"For a Better Penn State"
Estab:iishcr, ltutO. Successor to the Vetat State Collegian,
IPOI, and the Free Lance, established LBB7.
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Emil A. Kubek Betty Federman
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Evelyn Wasson
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Feature Editor __ Nancy Carastro
sports Editor _ _Victor Dan ilov
Editorial Assistants---Ruth Const ad, Gertrude La watsch,
Estelle Simon. Peggie Weaver, Fay Young,
RePorters--Woodene Bcll. Gloria Nerenherg, Dorothy Ruth in.
Pat Turk.
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News Editor
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A snista nlB—Loon Aaron, Itobort Goldstein, 10 , nette
Lundquist, Lois Marks. David Naive n, Atalrey It bncl:,
Flliot Shnpiro, Leatrice Strobel..
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945
Post-war Expansion
The first step in the postwar advancement
of the College was taken last week when Gov
erner Edward Martin recommended an $8,000,000
building appropriation for state educational in
istitutions in his budget message to the General
Assembly in Harrisburg.
Although the College will not receive the en
tire amount if the bill is passed by the state leg-
Lislaure, the proposal shows that the administra
ti,o•n realizes that the College must increase its fa
lities if it intends to advance in the educational
The College is in need of numerous improve-
clients and additions. The surprising increase in
the coed enrollment has created a serious shortage
Of dormitory accommodations. Then too, scientific
research work has been curtailed because of in
adequate facilities. These are but a few of the
"musts" on the postwar building list.
Other colleges and universities are now mak
ing plans for postwar expansion. For example,
Temple University in Philadelphia hopes to spend
between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000 for new build
ings and general improvements .after the war.
Terhple officials predict that the university's en
rolfment will be doubled.
Prior to this country's entrance into the war,
Penn State's facilities were taxed to the-limit. The
enrollment figure reached the • 7,000 mark and
dormitory reservations were filled weeks in ad
vance. It was almost impossible for the College
to expand unless immediate improvements were
made.
Then came the war. Slowly the enrollment
dropped at first. But soon military conscriptiOn cut
thq registration total in half. Now the College is
through a period of hopeful waiting—hope
full that it will be able to get enough funds to
increase its facilities, and waiting for the day
When it once more will rank with the top insti
tufjons of the land in enrollment.
The same situation existed following World
Wr I in 1918. After merely existing during the
course of the war, the . College burst forth with
its largest enrollment in decades after the armis
tice was signed.
.Penn State continued to grow until the mid
dle i3o's when its enrollment hit a plateau. For a
number of years conditions remained the . same.
Then in 1938 Governor Earle, with the help of
PWA funds amounting to $5,000,000, built 11 new
buildings on the campus. Almost overnight the
enrollment increased and two years later the reg
istration included 7,260 students—an all-time high
at the College.
'Shortly afterwards World War II set the globe
on fire, and the thought of college slipped from the
minds of many prospective students. They fought
for their country or bought war bonds instead of
getting up for an eight o'clock or cutting class on
Saturday.
Some clay the present conflict will come to
an end. Once again the men and women of this
state will.return to their books. President Ralph
Hetzel has faith in this belief, that is why he
expects the College to have a resident student
body :if from 12 to 15 thousand within the next 15
years.
To even attempt such an increase would be
impossible if the facilities of the College are not
augmented as soon as the peace is signed. The
suggestion by Governor Martin to set aside $8,000,-
000 for post-war building is the first real move in
that direction. If the College receives at least one
fourth of the appropriation, it may be able to meet
the challenge. of. .tbe,..futurp ,y6tll,ttt,belpgof
ing bonds.
ManLylng Editor
B. J. Cutler
Ituth Com,tal
Esi elle Simon
Wooden° Be II
rbara In graham
Old Mania
There has been a definite lull
on campus this week, the after
math of the very successful Win
ter Ball and. the very intensive
rushing season . . .
Queen of the Ball
For anybody that doesn't know,
Kappa Shirley Painter, a very
striking brunette, was elected
queen by the couples attending
the ball. She was awarded a
beautiful bracelet by the V-12ers,
and each and every contestant re
ceived a $25 War Bond. •
Quite a number of professors
and townspeople were seen danc
ing Sattidy night. Among them
were Prof. and Mrs. Frank Gullo,
Dr. and Mrs. Lester Guest, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Graham . (of
Graham's A. C. where the ath
letes meet), and Mr. and Mrs.
Kaye of Kaye's Korner . . .
Rings on Their Fingers
While Maniac was busy print
ing names of couples going to
Winter Ball, engagements piled
up rapidly. Penn State coeds did
right well for themselves in the
last two weeks . . . AOPi Louise
Umberger .is engaged to A/S
Lloyd "Thumper" Barkeley, Al
pha chi sig and former Tribunal
head . . . Francine Steinberg is
engaged to Pvt. Irwin Ruth, now
at Scott Field, 111. . . . Alpha chi
Ruth Kauffman is now Charlie
Fteeder's fiancee . . : He is an
SPE alum . . . AEPhi alum Lor
raine Bank is engaged to Cpl.
Alan Nathanson, who visited here
last weekend . .
Theta Phi Alpha Jeanne Jordan
is unofficially engaged until a
sparkler arrives via the mails
THE COLLEGIAN
By NANCY CARASTRO
from Aviation Machinist Mate 2/c
Jimmie Nolan, hometown boy . . .
Three Phi Mu's have all become
engaged recently . . . Fern Dillon
to David Keck, alum . . . Lois
McCool to Ben Clausei . . . Mar
cia Conroe to Coyt Hunter, for
mer V-12er here . . . Coyt was
familiar on campus for the pet
squirrel, he carried around on his
shoulder . . . Delta gam Jane
Campbell is engaged to Richard
Mclntyre, an officer with Pan-
American Airlines . . .
Hardware Dept.
Among the ranks of the pin
ned are Chio Marie Schanbacher
to Phi Deft Wally Schaeffer . . .
AEPhi Ruth Hanstein wears Lt.
(7g.) Jim Wormes pin . . . He
visited last week . . . AOPi Mary
Laudenslager is pinned to* Pvt.
Fred Haas, a former Lambda Chi
from Muhlenberg. . .
Carolyn Lerch is wearing Johnny
Dibeler's pin .
Joe Golembeski, phi sigma
kappa alum, trekked up to see his
fiance ChiO Mary Glenn . . .
Cpl. Stan Eisman, beta sig alum,
came to see AEPhi. Sidney Fried
man . . . AOPi's Janie Wyckoff,
Betty Bratton, and Dottie . Fillet
were up . . Dorothy Hartman,
now a Seaman lic in the Waves,
was visiting . . . Dottie's now at
Boston . . . Alpha chi altim Kay
Hibbard is coming this week . . .
Stan Speaker, recent All-College
proxy, and phi sigma kappa, came
to see ChiO Laura _Jean• • Davis
. . . Stan leaves for the Naval Air
Corps January 29 . . .
Alpha Chi Sig Ray Shibli, a
brand new ensign in the Merchant
Marine, came up to see Ellie Kline
KEEP AMERICA STRONG
the MARCH
of DIMES •
JANUARY 14-31
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A Leau And Hungry Look
I am• going to' declare
.war upon the Centre
County Retail Liquor and Beer Dealers Associa
tion, Inc.
It must sound a bit presumptious that one so
young and fair should dare to• tangle with the af
filiated merchant princes of moonshine. But when
a cause is just or a maiden in peril I am a veritable
fiend on the war-path.
My brief against the tiger-juice tycoons is sim
ple: they are acting in restraint of drinking. This
in itself is considered by many •a male or female
old maid, a public service. And they are right.
But when the Bourbons of the booze business line
their pockets while serving the people's cause, it
smacks of avarice.
The villiany to which I refer may appear as
mere coincidence to the naive. If such is the case,
I apologize in advance to the gin for gold associa
tion, and mutter stubbornly, "I am not naive."
The coincidence, as the foggiest sot will testify,
is that in each and every oasis affiliated with the
Centre County Retail Liquor and Beer Dealers
Association, Inc. ten cents in coin of the realm
will buy exactly six fluid ounces of beer.
Now this in itself does not seem to be an abom
ination. But when the fact is brought out that in
neighboring counties of this Commonwealth a
dime will entitle the bearer to from eight to twelve
ounces of the same brew, the coincidence takes on
a new aspect.
It is far from my gentle nature to cast unSup
portedTaccusations, so let us just suppose—
Just suppose a proprietor, Shorte Beere by
name, lying on the floor of his establishment
thinking of how to make more money to buy his
toots that pair of fuschia garters she has. been
nagging him about. Suddenly there comes the
blinding flash of inspiration. "Eureka," he cries,
"I will serve beer in smallef' glasSes at the same
stipend I now extract, and I shall be rich." . .
Then a black cloud appears in the shining sky
of his exultation. What if his customers, disgusted
with his petty larcency, patronize his rival across
the street. Waving away this cloud with another
inspiration, he sets out for the meeting of the re
tailers association. "Boys," he whispers, "lets all
make some mulah. 'lf every one of us uses six
ounce glasses the suckers will.have to take them."
The. motion is quickly passed, and Shorte Beere
becomes the new president of the organization—
I for one, would not be startled to hear of
bunch of suckers gettin'g together and allowing
every empty beer glass to break on the floor, ex
plaining to the bartender "these glasses are so
small, you can't get a grip on them." After a little
while the Centre County Retail Liquor and Beer
Dealers Association, Inc., will either" get the idea
or get out the brick-bats. —CASSIUS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945