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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Establishei 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
K.,l•thti=hed 1904. and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published every Friday morning during the regular Col
k• le•rver.43r..the staff• of •the Daily Collegian of the Pennsyl
r.tnia State Colige. Entered ae second class matter July 5,
EPA, nt the State College. Pa., Post Office under the act
.f March 8. 1879.
Subscripttions by mail only at .51 a semester.
Editor-in-Chief
Victor Danilov
Associate Editor
Bernard Cutler
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor
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GiooriA Editor _ Fay Young
Flaitorial•• Assistants-- Woodene Bell, Gloria Nerenberg. Doro-
thy Rutk in, Pat Turk.
kr.vorters—Lean Aaron, Barbara Ingraham. Lynette Lynd
(mist. Audrey Ryback, Gwynneth Timmis,
a4uat-..t Counselor
ADVERTISING STAFF
Aydstant Business Manager Elaine Miller
/. , .istant Advertising Manager Bernice Fineberg
bodor Board—Mary Louise Davy. Phyllis Deal. Rosemary
Ghantous.
Friday, March 16, 1945
Give to the Red Cross
"Overseas you just begin to realize what a
tnarvelous-job the Red Cross is doing and every
teody—wishes- there were more' cheerful, smiling
Iludr.Cross.girls . around," writes Second
, Lt. Bob
0 - 2.oedecker, a former Penn Stater now fighting in
the European war theater. •
• The above statement is typical of thousands of
such messages received by Red Cross units
throughout the country. Here in State College the
Icrual-chapter•has received numerous letters than
hrilg• its members' for the unit's contribution to
vibe boys over there."
In order for the State College chapter and 3,-
766 other branches of the Red Cross to continue
their assistance it will be necessary for you, and
tni:illlons like you; to' contribute $200,000;000 during
this fourth War Fund campaign.
A quota of $17,600 has been assigned to the
V;tate .College Red Cross chapter for the national
drive. Of this amount, the campus unit has been
asked to contribute $2,000--a mere fraction of the
total 20 million needed. •
So far the campus unit has had only mediocre
Nuccess in collecting the necessary funds. Institu
tions of higher learning all over the United States
trave--already • oversubscribed their quotas. Even
the little colleges buried in the hills of Pennsylva-
Pria have met their goals. But what of Penn State?
According to campaign figures, the drive is
lagging on the campus. Students are failing to
espond to the War Fund drive. Men students es
ueeially are hot donating money to the campaign.
Unless the situation changes within the next few
days the College will not meet its quota.
Won't you do your part to make the drive a suc
cess?
Especially for Seniors
Do you want a job after you complete your un
dergraduate work at the College?
George N. P. Leetch of the College Placement
Gervice believes that most students are interested
iiremployment following graduation. However, he
says that too many seniors wait until the last few
reeks of college before they even consider the
idea..
"The College feels that it has a responsibility
fvfr. assisting students in locating positions that
'will best suit their training and interests," points
out Mr. Leetch. "In order to fulfill this resizionsi
briity/a'Placement-Service has been organized."
The Placement Service consists of a central of
fice in Old Main and a placement officer in each
of the undergraduate schools at the College. Stu
dents are encouraged to begin preparing themsel
ves for a position early in their senior year by
cooperating with the placement branches.
The first step is to gather information about the
different types of positions for which he or she is
qualified and in which he is interested. Next, fill
out a personal data sheet and enclose a photo
graph to be used in making written application.
And the final step is to prepare for the personal
interview which is usually required before em
ployment.
The central office in Old Main maintains a file
of prospective employers of college graduates in
many fields. This information is available to all
students, as is the literature published by many
companies describing their operations and oppor-.
tunities.
Don't fail to take- advantage . , . of - • the_ College.
Placement• Service -and .watch for announcement
on school. bulletin boards, the-bulletin.board next
tv•Student Union, and The Collegian.. •
Business Manager
Evelyn Wasson
Managing Editor
Nancy Carastro
Helen Hatton
Ruth ConEtad
Gertrude Lawatsch
Peggie Weaver
Penn Statements
"Freshmen are getting away with murder this semester," a pretty
coed recently remarked.
"They sure are," added a sorority sister. "1 haven't seen more
than nine or ten greet - ) dinks during the first two weeks of college."
"I can't understand why Tribunal doesn't do something about it."
"Do something! Are you kid
din'?" interrupted the first. "Just
yesterday one of those 'so-called
freshmen' asked me for a date."
"That isn't the half of it. The
guy wasn't wearing his clink, he
didn't have a black bow tie or
sign, and bragged about .wearing
red socks instead of white."
."Yeah, I know what you mean.
ISome of the freshmen I have met
don't even know what the inside
of a 'Frosh Bible' looks like," ut
tered the coed.
Louis Bell
The two girls continued to talk
and sip their cokes at the Corner
Room when . . .
"There he is!" declared one of
the coeds in
. high-pitched voice,
"That's the freshman who asked
me for a date."
"Look! He's coming over here."
"Hello. Have you changed your
mind about that date?" inquired
the 'freshman.
"Maylbe," the coed answered
Her sorority sister glanced at
There have been vicious rum
ors circulating that . spring may
be here soon . . . It's a lie! . . .
These soft, warm breezes blow
ing are just a ruse to lull you
into putting away your woolies,
boots and overcoats . . Then
watch the heavens open and pour
upon us the heaviest snowstorm
in years . . . It happened before
and it can happen again . . .
Two Kappa sisters went down
to Quantico, Va. to see their Ma
rines . . Nan Charles saw
Bruce Allen and Janie Watson
saw Hal Paige . . . Betty Meyer,
'nother Kappa, went to Philadel
phia to see her man, also of the
TJSMC, Don Bretherick . . . Gam
ma Phi !Connie Goehring Myers
went to , Columbus, Ohio, to see
her husband, Jiggs, a first looie . .
Whatcha know! Four engage
ments . . . Zeta Kay Miller has
a rock from Lt. Tom Krall, AAF
pilot . . . He's coming up this
weekend . • . Alpha Z Delt Eddie
Brower is the fiancee of AAF Lt.
Bruce !Craig . . . iChiO Betty Rob
inson has announced her engage
ment to Johnny Bartram, home
town boy . . . Alpha Z alum Mary
McCurdy is engaged to Johnny
J affurs, former State gridiron
star . . .
Only one pinning that Maniac
knows oif this week . . . SDT Sy-
Faculty Limelight
Col. Frank Freise, formerly with the- ROTC,' has been a prisoner
of the Japanese since the fall of Bataan . . . Major Sheldon C. Tan
ner, •who was stationed with the AMG in Italy for 18 months, has re-
turned to the states, and is now at
Ninth Service Command, at Lake
was professor of economics and
business law.
•Capt. Henry P. Blum, ASTP
classification officer since • July,
has been assigned to the Army
General Hospital at ICamp Pick
ett, Va., as classification officer.
His successor is Lt. William L.
Olsen, formerly with the ASTP
at Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia.
Dr: IVlarsh F. White, professor
of physics on leave of absence,
has been named vice-president of
the American Association of Phy
sics Teachers . . . Dr. Charles
Franklin Noll, who is credited
with developing some of Penn
sylvania's outstanding varieties of
wheat. and oats, will retire April
30 as professor emeritus of agron
omy.
Dr. B. W. Lindsay; of the. de
partment of metallurgy,' bas been
appointed to -two committees of
THE COLLEGIAN
By VICTOR DANILOV
Old Mania
By - NANCY CARASTRO
By WOC6ENE BELL
the :frosh and burst out with, "I
just wish a hatman or somebody
would turn you in to Tribunal.
You'd look good in a dress and
sandwich sign."
"Hatmen! That's a laugh," as
serted the frosh. "They don't
bother me. In fact, I've .seen On
ly one or two so far."
"You're acting a little smart ior
a newcomer, aren't you?" asked
the coed. •
"Oh, I don't think so."
The two girls looked at each
other and smiled.
"I have a class now so I have
to leave. I'll see you later," said
the freshman.
The coeds were quiet for a few
seconds and then one said to the
other, "He doesn't seem to think
too much of hatmen, does he?
"Ne. But I don't blame him.
What's the use of having hat so
cieties if they don't accomplish
something?"
bil Peskin • is wearing beta sig
Lou Cohen's jewelry . . .
TWo lieutenants have been tak
ing up parlor space in the Alpha
chi suite lately . . . Lt. Wally
Murfitt, a former Delta U boy,
has been beetling Pat Hallberg
around . . . And Lt. Bob McNabb;
formerly of sigma chi, now of the
US paratroopers, has been doing
likewise with Jan Feistel . . •
Ens. Bill Randolph, AKPi, was
up to see phi mu Joan Baker
. . . Marcia Conroe, same sorority,
was also visited by her fiance
Seaman Coyt Hunter, formerly
V-12er here . . . Seaman 1/c
Frank Garrity has hardly settled
at Princeton but • he's journeying
up soon to see Zeta Kitch Stahl
. . . Edith Smith Bates, ChiO
alum, and her husband Bill, DU,
were back . . .
Things happen fast . . .It de- •
velops there 'are two more pinn:
ings. both beta sigs . . . Cpl. Joe'
Newhoff has given his pin to'
AEPhi Sylvia Berger . . . And
Dick Frontman has handed his
over to an AEPhi pledge, Claire
Cohen . . .
Flight Officer Bill Harrington,
theta kappa phi, was in town tor
a‘ day or so . . . Dean Moyer,
former KDR and now an Ensign
in the Merchant Marines, 'has
been around . . . MANIAC.
ached to the Labor Division of the
ity, Utah. Formerly Major Tanner
the American Foundrymen's As
sociation . . . Dr. Warren Macic,
head of the department of :horti
culture, is president of the Amer
ican Society for Horticultural
Science . . . Pennsylvania's part
in the nation-wide
was
the
milkweed" campaign was directed
by Prof. Harry G. Bowen also
of the horticulture department . .
Dr. A. F. Davis, professor of phys
ical education, has been appoint
ed to the executive committee of
the Pennsylvania division of the
American Cancer Society.
The new steering committee for
the Faculty Lunch Club .includes
Prof. L. A. Peacock, chairman,.
Prof. William L. Henning, .Prof.
Lloyd Jones, Miss.. Gladys 'Cran
mer, Prof. Mabel .Kirk, and Prof.
'Leland S. Rhodes, ex,Olificio
, at thelnext meeting Kano
will disouts 'Central Extension:"
A Lean And Hungry Look
Mr. J. Foulfellow Fiend,
c/o Universal Pictures, Hollywood, Cal
Dear Mr. Fiend,
I do not know if this is your name, but after
what you did to me it might very well be.
I am referring, as you damn well know, to, your
recent production in the field of light entertain
ment. It was laughingly called "House of Frank
enstein."
Now I live in the town of State College, Pa., and
dcn't you sneer, "Darn rube," and throw this let
ter away because it would not take very much
more for me to .come• out to your town and punch
you on
,the nose:Anyway, I was walking in front
of the Cathaum (that's our best theatre) and I saw
the posters for your . picttire which you modestly
advertised as "Our Masterpiece of Horror."
Right 'then I made up my mind to take my girl
to the show that night. I called her up and she
said okay. Mr. Fiend, if you haven't ever seen Mill
ie, you're missing something. She has brown hair;
and blue eyes, and a nice smile, and a lot of cute
freckles, and we were kind of going steady, that
is until you came into my life, you louse.
Maybe you are wondering why I wanted to
take my girl to that kind of movie if she is as ,
pretty as I say. Well in this town there are not
many places where you can take a girl to spoon,
and I thought that your horror movie would scare
Millie into clutching me so I could kiss her in the
dark.
Well, Mr. Fiend, to make a long story short,
she sat right through your "Masterpiece of Horror"
without batting an eye. Your Mad Doctor, Drac
ula, Wolf Man, Monster, and Hunchback cavorted
all the hell over the screen murdering people but
it did not faze Millie. I didn't get to kiss her once.
Naturally I was disappointed. When we got
outside and started walking back to her dormi
tory I thought I would have a little fun. I twisted
up my face like the wolf man and growled at her:
She caught c•n right away, backed up against a
wall, and •acted frightened. Then I threw my
shoulder out of joint, •hunchback fashion, and re,-
cited: • '
Even the man who is pure in heart, and says,
his prayers at night, may turn into a werewolf
when the wolfbane blooms, and the light 'of the
moon is bright.
At this point Millie covered her 'eyes and ran
home screaming. She had a nervous breakdown
that night and, shudders whenever she hears my.
name. She calls me the `.`Monster."
I have lost my girl, and you have ruined my life.
To make it up you had better .send me $lO,OOO or
Deanna Durbin by return mail. If you could swing
a deal with M. G. M. and send Lana Turner.. I
would pay the postage. Dcn't send Boris Karloff,
I don't think I could stand that.
Front and Center
From the New' York Times comes a story about.
Lt. Comdr. Charles M. Speidel, varsity wrestling,
coach on leave of absence. Lt. Ccmdr. Speidel is
the commanding officer on Mog Mog, an island
near the Carolines which was seized and is now
used for a rehUbilitatoin island in the Pacific.
War Decorations
Lt. Samuel Pearson '44 has been awarded the.
Air Medal for his participation as a Flying Fort
ress pilot in the bombing of oil refineries of Re
gensburg, Germany. His group also has the . dis 7
tinction of having flown the first Flying Fortress
mission over Europe—the attack on the Rouen
railroad in France on August 17, 1942.
Major Bill Kirkpatrick '4l, former varsity swim
mer, has won the Distinguished Flying Cross. He
flies a troop transport plane in the European
theatre.
Lt. Bernard A. Berlin '42 has won the Bronze
Star for combat activities in Belgium.
First Lt. James K. More '45 wears the Air Medal
with one Cluster for flying combat missions in
the European theatre. He has taken part in the
bombing of Bulgaria and Hungary and in the bom
bings of Bologna, Italy.
Flight Officer David Carr, navigator on a B-24
in Italy, has been awarded the Air Medal for mer
itorious achievement on aerial flights against the.
enemy.
Wounded in Action
Lt. William Gramley,. among:the first• Marines
to invade Peleliu, suffered a punctured lung and
several broken ribs, and is now in a hospital on
some Pacific. island. • . -•
Lt. Alexander •Madvor '43 wounded in action, -
was .flown•from.Sbotlandio a Ney.r- York ho . ojoital.,
His Pareixts trie'hicl'be:thl'?niOn f( ** 47
by rtmen*F
battle..:
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FRIDAY, MARCH 16, ,1945
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