'AGE EIGHT
TI-IE COLLEGIAN
"For A setter Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian.
ratablished 1904, and the Free Lance. established 1887.
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1954. at the State College, Pa.. Post Office under the act
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We Need You
"School Spirit" is a topic about -which many
students speak but 'which none of them can
clearly define. But the term school spirit can
be defined much more broadly than just cheer
ing at athletic games or voting at election time.
The student's general attitude toward the Col
lege is tied up with his school spirit. Educators
state that a spirited student will do his best to
maintain the College's high scholastic and extra
curricular rating.
It is a well known fact that student clubs
and activities can not be continued without full
cooperation of the student 'body. This is par
ticularly true during the summer semester when
,enrollment is at a minimum. Despite numerous
calls for student workers, many of the campus
,activiCes report that few candidates have shown
.up at the various meetings.
Oftimes, students are heard complaining what
a dull place college is. The majority of , those
who believe it dull only attend classes, study,
and go out occasionally. Students who seek an
•outlet for their surplus energy in some extra
curricular activity that interests them seldom
complain of boredom at College. To get the full
value of a college education is not to be a ha
•bitual grind• in order to make a straight three av
erage. A well-rounded college education includes
the active participation in some student group
as well as the maintaining of a •fairly decent
average.
If you suffer from college monotony or if
you wish to display your school spirit in a diff
erent way than just by cheering or !being a law
abiding citizen of the College, sign up and be
come an active memlber of one or more campus
extra-curricular groups. According to psychol
ogists, ft busy student is a happy student. —G.A.N.
From Present to Future
All-College elections were conducted last
week. At that time every regularly enrolled stu
dent had the privilege of voting for two officers to
represent his ‘class and two All-College officers
as representatives on Cabinet, the student gov
erning body.
Statistics show that only 60 per cent of the
student population cast ballots in this election,
which was an increase of 8 per cent over last se
mester. Perhaps the political cliques have drum
med up enough enthusiasm to start college poli
tics on an upward trend.
But the cliques are not the cause of the
minimum of interest. It is a known fact that the
students who take little interest in politics and do
not find the time or necessity to vote also take
little interest in extra-curricular activities. These
are the ones who complain about "nothing to do
on a Saturday night."
If no interest is taken in who is elected to
govern the body, how can one expect anything to
be accomplished to benefit the group? The offi
cers feel not only that no one cares what they
do but also that the greater part of the student
9)ody is not Willing to cooperate to make social
or political undertakings successful.
It is not only the present which is in the
hands of college men and women but the
future. You who are considered the cream of the
crop by society as a whole are expected to be ex
perienced in democratic principles when you
make your debut into society. Where can you get
a better background than in a public institution
governed by your clasmates?
Helen Hatton
Fay Young
Lois Marks
Gwynneth Timmis, Barbara Ingraham
------------_ David I4alven
Penn Statenze ts
Well, here we sit down at our trusty typewt'iter to bang out an
nother colym .... Life is so exciting these days it's hard to know
where to begin. TVlaybe a suggestion for some entertainment these
corning week-ends would be a likely topic. a-low about having a
dance or an excursion to Whipple's Dam sometime soon? • Bridge
is an interesting same and all that but
Leg Art Banned—
Judicial is reforming again it
seems. This business of walking
up to the tennis courts or riding
a bicycle (within boro limits)
dressed in shorts certainly was a
disgusting habit anyway. It !cer
tainly isn't done any place else.
There is only one problem that
Judicial hasn't solved for the well
dressed coed, namely, what the
hell do you do with the skirt when
you get out of •town? Playing the
part of Helpful Hannah, this re
porter sent out a questionnaire to
a fairly representative cross-sec
tion of the College coeds. The
answer came back loud and strong,
"Bury it as you would a para
chute!" •So that settles that.
Thanks.
Eat and Run—
Louis Bell
The waiters up at Ath Hall cer
tainly are an anxious bunch—to
get home, that is. If you are the
last one sitting at your table,
you're just a hopeless case—con
demned to starve. It is a cinch
you can't enjoy your food with
waiters closing in on your table
and shooting dagger eyes with
every mouthful of food you swal
low. It's best to station guards at
your table at all times. Just ask
Summer in state College brings
a dearth of dances and all-college
affairs—a true calamity twith a
predominantly ma le population
that smacks of pre-war days. But
'cupid has been working fiendish
ly with the material at hand.
Kallozetia Helen Grace IMdCol
gin is married to .Capt. John Wi
ley....AolPi Mona Shibley now
answers to Mrs. Kilbert .
Betty lAnn McGinnis and Pfc.
Stephen (Mikle were married July
6. Steve was an ASTP. here....
the same day Binx Adams mar
ried home-town boy Ernest Sul
livan, U. S. Army ....Florence
Linker and Cpl. Bob Clayman
were married Sunday.
Making your head whirl? Take
a deep breath—here come some
more. Lt. Johnny Jaffurs, formar
grid star and Zeta Mary Elizabeth
McCurdy were married at Ithaca,
N. Y.. ...AChio Barb Painter was
in town with her husband, Lt. Lyle
Baker, Alpha Zeta, who spent 10
months in a German prison camp
....Also seen in town were newly
weds AchiO Doris Payton and Lt.
George Elder, Alpha Zeta....
Gamma Phi Bobby Killbury and
'SPA Ensign Robert lßitzman mid
dle-aisled it too. . . . Bee Spector
married 'Pile, Sherman Faber, re
cently returned from the BTO.
Faculty limeli:ht
July is a month of vacations, so this week we find many pro
fessors leaving State College ....Mason Long, professor of English
literature, is now in the Adirondacks ....Raymond 3D. Bloom, as
sistant• professor of industrial engineering, is vacationing in Maine
....Charles C. Wagner, acting head of the School of Liberal Arts,
is fishing in Canada, while 'Edward K. Hibshman, executive head
of the Alumni Association, has
just returned from the land of
the maple leaf.
Franklin C. Banner, head of
the department of journalism, will
return this we6k from Mexico .
it isn't strictly a vacation, but
Homer T. Kistler, associate pro
fessor of hydraulic engineering,
and Lawrence Perez, associate
professor of civil engineering,
are spending this month at civil
engineering camp near Peters
bore.
Neil. M. Fleming. graduate
manager of athletics has just re
turned from Omaha, Neb. . . .
George N. P. Leetch, placement
director, is back on campus after
vacationing in Riverhead, N. Y.
Margaret Sanger, birth control
expert, is in town visiting brother
Bob Higgins, football coach .
Charleq ILee Decker, of the Insti
tute of Local Government, has
THE COLLEGIAN
the kids who went back for sec
onds only •to return to an empty
table.
•ld Mania
Pre-War Ratio
Now we know why some coeds
struggle through ungodly courses
such as civil engineering. Take
the case of Margaret Bitnex. What
more could you ask? She's out at
civil engineering camp now with
twelve fellow students—all male
and two professors to iboot. That's
a better ratio than Penn State had
even in its heyday.
Odds and Ends—
Here is one more for the books
on the frosh. Asked where he was
living, one first semesterer
scratched his head to rememfber
and then soberly replied, "Stink
Street."
Speaking of nomenclature, who
ever christened the new sororities,
on campus? Greek names mould
be tame comtpared to those orig
inals.
All-College Cabinet met this
week in an unofficial capacity.
That is the new officers were
not officially sworn in because
the constitution states that the
ceremony must be witnessed by
the Dean of Men and Mr. Warnock
was out of town.
Engagements? Oh yes, and pins
changing hands. too. SDT Flip
Grossman wears a sparkler from
Lt. (tig) Lowen Droun....Sgt.
John Ludlam was visiting his fi
ance Dee-Dee 8u11....
Dottie Shoemaker and Chi Phi
Mike iCatanis are pinned.... Ka
ppa Charlie Martin wears Bub Grid:
ley's TKE pin....AoPi iGinny
Ladd and Lambda Chi Bob Hirzel
are pinned.
Lt. (jg) Paul Wheeler was in
town visiting Mary Ellen Diehl..
..S/Sgt. "Oky" IMathans was up
seeing Gloria (Rosenberg.... Phi
Delt Wally Sheffer, Ensign Dave
Doane, :former V-12er, and Phi
Gam Joel Crouch, now in the
Merchant (Marine. were all seen
casing the campus....Chio Rita
Rokosz was visiting her OhiO sis
ters.... Theta Chi Bill Renton was
in town seeing ChiO Bailb Smith
....Bib Jacobs was visiting Kal
lozetia Patsy Nelson.... Theta El
eanor Roberts and Mary Hayden
were back too.
Chia Anne Henry saw her ma
rine, Ed Meyer, former V42er..
. . . SPA Hari Bossier jounrney
to Pittsburgh to see Delta Gani
Betty Bank.... tDIG Scotty Glenn
saw her man, Phi Kaip, Bill Beam.
That's all for now. —Manias
completed his leave of absence
with the American Municipal As
sociation in Chicago.
"Newspapers of Tomorrow—A
Summary of Probabilities," by
Donald W.' Davis, associate pro
fessor of Journalism, was featured
in the June issue of the Journa
lism Quarterly . "Hunky John."
the new novel by Edward J.
Nichols, professor of English com
position, is just off the presses.
Simon .Marcson, assistant pro
fessor of sociology, has returned
to his duties at the College after .
spending a semester in special
work at Harvard University. Dur
ing his leave Marcson served as so
ciological consultant to the Com
mittee on the Study of Teaching
Materials for Inter-Group Rela
tions, and headed the study as It
applied to the college level.
Campuseer
Six - nmer semester enrollment shows that for.
the first time in several semesters the men stu
dents outnumber women by an almost 2-1 ra
tio. The girls are delighted at the thought, and
begin to think that things are reverting to pre.
war days (when every coed was a social !butterfly.
Put when they look into the situation, they
find that things aren't as bright as they appear'
on parer. One look at the sad creatures wlio
turn out to be men students !confirm them in
their opinion that it might just as well be the
fall or spring semester (when there were three . .
coeds to every man on campus. ' Then, at least,.
they could berate the fact that they \didn't have
dates because of the man shortage rather than:
admit that there are few men around worth dating.
Take, for example a freshman who was
thrust upon a quartet of lovely coeds by some
fraternity brothers who were rushing him• at•
the Comer (Room early in the week. They were
Obviously bored with his scintillating (?) conver
sation, and hoped that the presence of some
women would brighten - up the situation. -The
coeds eyed the freshman, decided that here might
be a prospect, and began to make small talk.
"What's your name?" they queried.
"Uh.... Herman Byrd, but my friends all 'call
me Birdbrain," he answered in . a
basso-Iprofuncio
The four coeds looked at each other, a bit i ..
startled. After a Short pause, one of them made
another try.
"Where are you living?"
"Uh.... Smell street or Stink street or ; some 7 ,
thing like that. I don't remember the name," was
Birdbrain's intelligent answer.
Everyone at the table was bewildered for
a moment. Then a light came into one 'coed's eyes
—the blonde one.
"Oh, you must mean Pugh street," she told
"Uh....yeah, that's right. Pugh street. Don't
ask ma whose dorm I live in 'cause don't know
the name of it, or the lady who runs it. . - Alll,.
know is that there are foui• babes who live on'•'
the second floor, and boy, are they sharp charl l % ,
acters. Phew," and he let out a long whistle. —
This time the pause lasted much longer than. —
the former one had. Then the red-head'asked,",
"What are you taking?"
"Uh....we11, originally I just came itp
take a test to see if I could enter the College . in',
the fall, but my advisor got mixed up and signed::
me up for this semester, so here I am. I wanted!-f
to take hotel administration, 'but my advisor. got
mixed up on that, too, and !I'm in Liberal Arts.'.!,i
"Bat hotel administration is in the home - ecc;„?:
nomics department," the brunette reminded
"Uh....yeah, I know. But I guess 'it dori't
make no difference," was the froih's concerned ';*
reply.
At this point, the coeds gave up. They start 4
ed to leave but the freshman stopped theni,'
ing if any of them would like to go to a iiicieio.*?r:
that, night.
"No, •thank you," they chorused. "We're, alt
busy tonight." And the four coeds walked ba.9lc
to Atherton to get up a hot game of bridge.
(Ed. Note:—Any resemblance between Bird.-"
brain and any living freshman is purely inten: 7 ,
tional.:• —CAIIVIP7"
Front and Center
Capt. Ernest Kristof, wearer of the Air Med.,
al and holder of a Presidential Unit . Citation,-
was recently transferred to AAF Training Com
mand Headquarters at Fort Worth, Tex.
Lt. Nestor E. cleQuevedo '3l, USNR (MC),,
has been selected to serve as a flight surgeOfi 4 -
with the first all-Marine Aircraft Carrier Group.
His squadron is now in training at the Marine
Corps Air Station, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Lt. Henry O'Karina '44 serving in the ETO
was wounded a second time. Also recently re?
ported wounded were: Lt. Arden Emerick Jr. '42,
Luzon; Lt. Wayne C. Shaffer '42, Pacific theater.;
Lt. Clayton J. Smith '46, Germany; and Lt.
bert Olewine '44, Germany.
_ Capt. Gilbert Radcliff '4O, survivor of the:
Japanese "March of Death" after the fall of Ba
taan, is. still . a prisoner of the Japanese. A fel
low officer who was released when the
pines were liberated reported that Captain Radz .
cliff was moved to the Japanese mainland last.
October.
Marine First Lt. Joseph S. Alexander '',303
landed on Iwo Jima as a forward artillery .4:44
server with the 1 1 2th Regiment. This group - ,
struck the island on D-Day plus one. "-;.',:.;;5.
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1945