PAGE EIGHT THE COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Estsblishe4l 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, tatablished 1994„ and the Free Lance. established 1887. Published every Friday morning during the regular Col. kge year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsyl vania State Colige, Entered RP second clnan matter July 5, /934, at the State College, Pa., Pont Office under the act Pt March 8, 1879. Suhscrinttions by mail only at $1 a cementer. Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Helen Hatton Elaine Miller „Ari, • Managing Editor Advertising Manager Fay E.-Young Mary Louise llDayey NSMRSLNTED• FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING D. National Advertising Service, Ine. College Publishers Represestatice - • 4 L'O' MADISON AVg • e mew *YON K. N. V, CHICAGO•• sosrois • . U 0 AIIICHHAS • QIM•FAANCMCR EDITORIAL-STAFF Hews. Editor Dorothy RUtkin Women's, Editor • Peggie Weaver Senior,.Board—Woodene•- Bell, Gloria Nerenberg, Audrey: By back, Patricia Turk. Editorial. - AssistanteLynette • Lundquist, Doris Stowe. Sports Assistants Leon. Aaron, Leo Kornfeld, David Nal yen, Elliot Shapiro. Reporters—Kay Badollet, Arlene Greene, Dareara Ingraham, Caroline Manville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCauley, Kay McCormick, 'Nancy Sherriff, Gwynneth Timmis, Ruth Tisherman, Jane Wolbarst. Graduate Counselor Louis Bell ADVERTISING . STAFF'• . • . Ximior Board —Phyllis •Deal, Hosernary- Ghnntous, Helen lame STAFF. THIS' ISSUE Managing - Editor Copy Editor -- News- Editor gporto Editor ----- ---,---------_- Audrey Ryback Friday, June 8. 1945 Helpful Students State College was the scene of one of the most exciting moments in the lives of many students since, they have been on campus when- the Ityuilding housing Metager's Book Store burned Tuesday. Students flocked to the disaster as soon as the sirens sounded and many offered their apistance with no thought of personal glory or lgirm, but only that of a common cause. Coeds pitched in alongside fellows to carry books, supplies, sports equipment, and other merchandise from the smoking building to safe ty and later formed a brigade line to speed the work. Men students and professors were among the firemen who fought the fire with equipment. Paeons of praise are due every one of them. Some students, however, were 'bystanders in the sense that they did not chip in the task, but instead, they pilfered the store taking everything they could because they thought it didn't matter or no one would notice. Some campus leaders and servicemen recommended for promotion be cause of - their off iceralike qualities were among the looters. Did this set an example for. other students and servicemen on campus as well as on-looking youngsters? Cigarettes and film disappeared, softballs and bats were thrown from one person to another, pens and pencils and slide rules were pocketed, tennis racquets and rifles were carried out, and much other valuable- merchandise was lost. Was it- not catastrophic enough that a Perm. -State alumnus suffer a huge fire loss, but must he endure that -of larceny too? College students are usually considered the select group of young Americans and should be mature enough to conduct themselves according- Couldn% some protective measures be taken Iby student government to punish future violators in such events? F.Y. Free Press ißeoently there has been raised quite some cry over some of the comments which have appeared in the columns of Collegian. Maybe you have been shocked or angry or perhaps you have ap plauded these columnists. No matter what your reaction, the point is that there has been a de finite reaction, Indifferences to school activities has long been the complaint of Cabinet, WSGA and other or ganizations. This reaction proves that. the stud ents are not indifferent. Collegian's purpose in printing these columns is not to arouse comment however. There is a more important issue—the freedom of the press. Whether these opinions . correspond with the majority of the readers' ideas is immaterial. They are someone's opinions and as such have an-in alienable right to be expressed. Columnist's opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Collegian. They express one person's viewpoint and should be considered in that light. If the organization is a good one, worthy of sur vival, criticism will not. harm • it. That is the way democracy. works; Americans are fighting for a • lot of: things they, believe in— and not of the least of these is the privilege to say, write; and print what they think. Gwynneth TiMM;I3 i-Lti run Penn Statements There is one thing that is dependable in State College—the weather. Faithfully every Monday morning Old Sol spreads its rays over the Nittany Valley to last for four days While just as faith fully every Friday Jupiter cries to dampen this place for the week end. Thus we conclude that the Matrix Dinner programs, replicas of a newspaper, could safely be printed in advance for the affair was scheduled for a Thursday and the weather forecast was WET! (Ed. Note: Now that this has been written, maybe the weather will change • to sunshine for the big weekend before the Collegian is off the press!) • And speaking of the • weekend, Vincent Lopez and his orchestra and two o'clock permissions make one of the biggest. affairs that has hit State since prewar days. But has it become a rule that beauty contests and dances go hand in hand? At this rate, every• coed will be a queen can didate at one time during her college career• and, the honor and flattery due the winner will no longer be valued. Navy officials aren't giving out extra KI 3 duties and Ath Hall isn't hard up for waiters. That diminuitive sailor you saw scoot ing around the dining room with a white jacket was just Thumper Berkeley reminiscing about pre war days and keeping •in practise for postwar days! So "The Talk of the Campus" contributes the longevity of • one Old Mania Comes time for Maniac to say farewell.... Tears from our type writer and all that.... We must say it's been an interesting pas time.... Calls from eager-beavers saying "Puhleese put this in".... or frantic femmes wailing "For pete's take don't put that in or the other two men I'm pinned to will be quite provoked"....Se cret conferences with our spies Keyhole, Hearall, Seeall, Tellall and Knownuthin' Ah well, now we can become a has-been and live a life of peace and quiet till graduation day.... Just got word from Pfc. Jerry Sapienza about scads of former 17-12 Marines who're in Cali fornia marking time until their ship comes in . , to take them out . . . Lt.,Hoothman, the blonde. Apollo who sang in the I,r-12 Fol lies . . .•Lt. Don McN.ary •and the wife living at Oceanside . . . Lt. Steve Telleck . . . Lt. Ed Czekaj . . . Lt. Carl Demeter . . . Lt. Bill Smith and the Missus, Joyce Ash . . . Alk Richards and Johnny Slesinger, • former gridiron stars . Pete Hood and Johnny Owens have already departed to the Pa-7 cilfie - area. Tech. Sgt. Ted Sandler is com ing to see his -.fiancee AEPhi Phyllis Schweitzer after too many months overseas . . . Lt. Gerald McDonnell, also a returnee, will be visiting Carolyn Smith . . . Faculty Limelight For the• past semester this column has dealt with the taculty and their academic activities, such as writing boOks and .making speeches. But after talking with a great many professors we found that they spend their spare time in many different ways. George P. Rice, instructor of public speaking, is a tennis en thusias....John R. Hays, instructor in chemistry, goes in for build- ing model ships .. . .Edward Ab ramson and Linvill F. Watson, both of the sociology department, collect records of folk songs . . . . Russell D. Casseliberry, assoc iate professor of zoology, and Gordon L. Trembley, associate professor of fish culture, like to spend spare moments fishing. Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran, assist ant professor of journalism, re vels in two hobbies—magic and woodworking. ...Edward J. Nich ols, professor of English com position, will soon have his first novel •pufblished .... Professor Nichols is known for his collec tion of modern j'azz,....Dr. War ren B. Mack, head of the depart ment of horticulture, • has (been interested in wood engraving since , W2.6...."Wi110ws on the Water," one of his engravings, has (been purchased by an anony mous art-lover •for- a donation.: to Glasgow 'University. F 7• V ' IITFRUr9 FAY YOUNG prof to not reading the Collegian. —Last week one morning a Lib eral Arts professor walked into class flaunting a yellow and blue magazine. One of his more con scientious students queried, "Do you read that thing, sir?" Looking at the Penn State En gineer, the prof said, "No, of course not, I just look at the pictures." • An alum, Lt. James M. Lloyd, traded his college class ring for a crust of (bread when he was a German prisoner. Several weeks ago Hat Society Council put on a drive to collect money for a new ring for Lieutenant Lloyd and opened the campaign with a mass meeting. The meeting was a failure and the drive was ex tended until last Friday. Instead of being proud and 'grateful to alums and every other Americati who is sacrificing to make col lege students comfortable, Penn Staters showed only an air of indifference. Here was another oppbrtunity to display school spirit that was passed up. By NANCY CARASTRO Master Sgt. Gerald Cook is see ing gamma phi Margie nude . . . Lenny Goodman, is in town vis iting AEPhi Shirley Pincus . . . Marine Lt. Earl Johnson, former alpha zeta, and his wife,_ the former Marian Eberts, AOPI, have been in town. ChiO Sammp Sampson is en gaged to Pfc Jimmy Etters, - - sigma nu. alum . . . Frankie Knight is wearing .a shiny rock from Ens. Jimmy Fitzhough . . . Theta Marge IRose is wearing Guy Straub's sigma pi pin . . . AIEPhi Sherry Feldman was pinned by phi ep Mel Levine . . . Delta Gam Betty Rank and Sig ma phi alpha Harry_Bassler are pinned too . . . DG Mary Lou Waygood was pinned !by Phi Sig ma Kappa Harold Ewaldsen. DG Ann Startzel will be jour neying to Florida to see Ens. Mike Wardrop after school closes . . . 'Nother little coed •is also wait:- ing impatiently for June 21st . . T,PA Jeannie Jordan will be see ing Aviation Machinist Mate 1/c Jimmy Nolan, who has just ar rive& stateside . . . Audrey'Kreeg ar is going down to see Johnny Peters, in Marine Officer Candi date School at Quantico . Rhea Silverstone is leaVing to visit her fiance - Lt. Murray (Friedman . . And that's all people.--iMANIAC By WOODENE BELL Their pet dogs are the center of interest for Walter Coutu, as sociate professor of sociology, and Colonel Taliaterro....Henry L. Yeagley, associate professor of physics, likes riding, and was one of the founders of the Block and Bridle club.... William Litke, in structor of political science, is a Bellefonte awyer .... William Ulerich, instructor of journalism, also edits the Centre Daily Times. Dean Arthur Warnock writes a "Daily Half-Colyum" for the Centre ,Daily Times L. Werner, professor of .English literature, is the author of the "Bookworm" column... ,Nell S. Flowery, instructor of home eco nomics, collects demitasse curs frm all over the w0r1d....C. 0. Williams, associate professor of education; plays gollf....Earl Dye, associate professor of eco - - nomics; likes :to hunt. • ' ' A Lean And Hungry Look This is the farewell column, the last Lean and Hungry Look by this writer. Graduation is like a woman. After turning up its nose for far too many semesters, it will soon embrace us. And then, the passion dead, will tell us to get the bell, out and work for a living. The final column, the one that says goodbye to our readers, is supposed to be written with a tear in our eye and a catch in the typewriter. It is doubtful if we could achieve that depth of feeling, but we would like to say some nice things about a few people, if it would not be stepping too much out of character. The graduate counselor of this newspaper Is Mr. Lou Bell. When something out of order is printed in The Collegian it is on his neck that authoritative .persons 'climb. But Lou never cen sors the paper. He corrects the mistakes, patches up the difficulties, and patiently tries to hammer some sense into. the skulls of the student news papermen. We think he would rather give up the job of graduate counselor than act as a censor. And there is a man in Old Main who, many a year ago, edited the .undergraduate daily at the University of Wisconsin. Students call him "Prexy" and he agrees with Lou Bell that college newspapers should be allowed to make their own. mistakes. He sees to it that Lou can do his job in. the way that he knows is right. Downtown in the back room of The Nittany Printing and Publishing Company there is a lino typer named Dick Lukens. For three semesters he has set this drivel on .his machine. He has cor rected the spelling and grammar, and never corn-' plained at the catsup , and beer stains on the paper or the lateness of the copy. In the shop with him are Mr. Bill Jones, foreman, and Mr. Bruce Yeager, Who . have never 'lost patience with, 9r faith in, thebunch of shouting kids who 'clutter up their composingroom. They have-tried to. give to these noisy kids some of the good sense and know-how they learned on many newspapers. All three are princes among printers.' The retiring editor of this paper, Mr. Victor Danilov, was harshly kidded by us in print' and in person. But when we stuck our printed neck out too far, Vic went up to Old Main. and took the rap for us. As editor he held himself responsible for 'the bad judgement of. his subordinates. That's the kind of a guy Vic is. During his semester of editing The Collegian, he slaved and tried- to make it a better paper. We know that the new editor, 'Miss - Helen Hatton., and the new manag ing editor, Miss Pay Young, will do as good a job. To the intelligent readers of The Collegian there is (little we can leave since it is only our departure they have patiently and fervently desired. And so—. We are not a journalist, but we re.- spect his tradition, nevertheless. The. last column must (be signed. Front and Center Dorothy F. Beam '42 has arrived in England for. further asignment in the ETO as an American Red Cross staff assistant. Until her Red Cross pointment she was a home demonstration agent at Cornell University. Purp7.e Hearts The following alumni have recently received wounds in. combat: Pvt.. Joseph C. Holtzinger '46; Don HaUer Mowery '46; Lt. Harry Woolverton '43; John (Pepper) Petrella '42; Pvt. Edwon Birsch 'Jr. '46; Lt. Francis E. Marshall '43;.M. Alan:E. Spitzer '46; and Lt.. Ray Crispen.'43. Decorated Lt. H. Michael Wolfe, 3rd '42 wears the Bronze Star . . . Lt. Charles B. Scarborough '44 has been awarded the air medal . . . Lt. William B. Gram ley '44 earned the Purple Heart . . . Pfc. Laurence M. White' 45 wears the Bronze Star. Furloughs Lt. (Sr. Grade) Sam Chase '42 is spending part of his leave on campus. Lt. Clark has just return ed to the country after 24 months duty in the South Pacific. Also visiting his alma mater this week. is Lou Bordeck, just returned from overseas service.. in the ETO. He was attached to the 84th "Rail`, Splitter" infantry. division. Beta alum Don Kay, a bombardier with 'thy 18th Air Corps is back in• town for part ot•hts . i' leave. Don holds • the Air Medal and the Distin-„: guished Flying. Cross. Capt. Bob Gerhardt, fighter pilot with the. pui!-- Air Force is visiting campui this week.. Bab is . . member of Major Blakslee's famous. squadroic - '4 ° FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945 B. J. CUTLER
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