FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1945
War. Reporter Describes
Life On European Front
"Nothing . . . nothing. in the
world can prepare you one-mill
ionth for what war is, except ac
tually being over there yourself."
John Groth, artist-war Corres
pondent for the Marshall Field
papers, spoke from his own ex
periences when he made this ob
servation following his lecture be
fore journalism students Monday.
"If you narrowly escape being
run down, you light a cigarette,
relax in a drug store, and ...elieve
your emotions. by telling someone
about it," Mr. Groth explained:
"Now. take it 'from a loot soldier's
viewpoint. Picture a car narrow
ly missing you every 20 seconds
and you'll know what it's like un
der constant shellfire.
"But don't forget, you haven't
any cigarettes, you can't move
from the foxhole, and ice water
is swirling around your ankles. A
six pound helmet is on your head
and, hot food is merely a dream.
That's what it's like at the front."
As the first American news
paperman to enter liberated Par
is, Mr. Grath got a "scoop" for
his newspaper. His first impress
ion when he entered it, the
journalist said, was of three or
four million people, in gay peas
ant dress, shouting, screaming,
and crying.in sheer happiness.
Groth added, "Everyone want
ed to touch the Americans. Souv
enir hunters went mad . . . they
tore our buttons off, pulled at our
clothes, and divided my scarf in
bits. I became a red man quickly.
Even my helmet was covered
with lipstick, and a French girl
like Blondell rode along on the
front of the jeep.
"I was pulled out of the jeep at
least a dozen times and Parisians
clambered in wholesale. In fact,
I found a high heel in my pocket
at the end of the day."
Groth told of the colorful Par
isian artist who, said. to him,
"Don't feel sorry for me. I live
under the best bridge in Paris!"
STARTS MONDAY AT THE STATE
dangerous, romantic adventure, in "lilliut4er,. My twist."
The correspcindent continued,
"The fellow .- Was decked out in
cowboy hat, checkered shirt and
a Van-Dyke like myself. We call
ed him 'Willy- because -he re
sembled the late Will Rogers. As
1 was a fellow-artist he thought
I deserved the best, so he took
me to a really
. elegant studio=
apartment and told me it was
mine to stay iri.,l. protested—told
him I couldn't afford it.
"'Never -- mind,' 'Willy said. 'lt's
owner is a•collaborator. We took
him to jail• yesterday."
• Groth started his unique career
when he was advised as a youth
to complete 100 drawings a day in
order to sucCeed as an• artist. He
did this for four years, and not
until' he- became art direCtor of
Esquire magazine did: he again
meet the man whci started him on
his •career with this advice.-
"I thanked him," the 'corres
pondent-artist reminisced. ‘`lmag
ine my Surprise when the` man
looked up startled, and said that
he had meant it only as a joke."
Highlighting Groth's sojourn in
Paris was. a climb up Eiffel Tow
er. He had arrived there as the
first correspondent to see the
American boys take it over.
"I did a silly Haliburtonish
thing then. With the G-I's urging
me on I determined to put my
name above the last German sig
nature on the flagpole of Eiffel
Tower. I shinnied up about nine
hundred eighty feet, squinted—
no more German names—added
my own, and, came down,.feeling
none too healthy," Groth finish
ed.
Psych Exam Date Set
All freshmen who have not
taken the psychology tests are di
rected iby. B. V. Moore, director
of . the Psycho-Educational Clinic,.
to take a make-up examination_
in . 204 Burrowes at .1:39 o'clock
tomorrow. 111111
NOW Jersey Minister
Will Speak In Chapel
Chapel congregation Sunday
will hear Rev. George Y. Flint,
Park Place Methodist Church,
Morristown, N. J., discuss the
Aherne, "You Have A Date."
- Rev. Flint received his B. A,
degree from Ohio Wesleyan Uni
versity in 1932. He was awarded
a teaching fellowship in psychol
ogy at Ohio Wesleyan, and re
ceived his M. A. degree in June,
1933. He next attended. Yale Di
vinity School, and received his
B.D. degree from there in 1936.
While at college, Rev. Flint
was a niember Of Phi Beta_ Kappa,
Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi
IKappa Psi. He was also an ac
tive member of the varsity .foot
ball team at Ohio. Wesleyan.
Former pastorates of Rev. Flint
Keep Your,RED CROSS
at His Side
McLanahan's
PWarmrsAlos i kwy Shop
include: Powell, Ohio, 1932-33;
East Berlin, Conn., 1933-36; and
Westhampton Beach, Long Island,
1936-39.
This ti
in the
flginean
has
more
equipment than as city o
190,000 people!
The little island of Saipan today has communications
facilities greater than Those of Hartford, Connecticut,'
Without this vast array of telephone, teletype and
radio apparatus—.much of it made by Western Electric—
Saipan could not play its key'part as an army, navy and
air base in the great drive our fighting forces are making
toward Tokyo.
When you realize that Saipan is only one small island
—and that many more bases must be taken and similarly
developed—you get some idea of the job still ahead.'
Today the manpower and manufacturing facilities of
Western Electric are devoted to meeting our fighters'
increased needs. That's why there is not enough tele
phone equipment for all civilian requirements.
Bn y all the War Bonds yon can and keep them f
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* ► IN PEACE.,SOUOCE OF SUPPLY, FOR THE DELL SYSTEM.,
, IN , WAII...IhISENAL.OF COMMAINIPTIONSEOUIII I I4OII' , •
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Ex-Grs Raise
Student Age
The averfige rige of college ;;►.ti.
dents will increase by . five yeat3
or more in the postwar period,
Pef.in of Men Arthur R. Vittrttock
believes. •
Explaining that wartime infit:.
- tratlon of 36 - and 17-year-olds hart
temporarily lowered the age level,
Dean Warnoci - , - thinks the influx•
of veterans - after the war •will
"produce Ihe oldest group el Au
dents in Penn ,State history,
' Dean Warnock, in praising 'war.
'time students ,as "much 'novo
stable than: the average
. .pi-r:oh
would expect," said there hail
been no increase in student
•nesses and -the all-college .schol“
ilstic average has increased rtiow
:than decresst.d.
Moreover, the Dean , said, ttin
wartime student is as Well-in
:formed on current events as Lilo
.average adult. He added 'that most
,prewar students were "indifferent
to rworld news"
- Although students, in venom!,
are less certain of their voca
tional 'choices, Dean Warnock
foresees an increased demand for
a (broadened ! curriculum and :v
"liberalized technical education"
_in the postwar world.
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