The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, July 27, 1945, Image 8
PAGE EIGHT THE COLLEGIAN "For P. Bo ter. Penn State" Established 1940. SUCCOR/30r to 'he Penn State Collegian, inlablished 1901. and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published every Friday morning during the regular Col lege year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsyl vania Stute Colige. Entered an second clnss matter July 8, 10.34, at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879. Subscripttions by mail only at $1 a semester. Editor-in-ChiM Helen Hatton Business Manager Elaine Miller Managing Editor Advertising Manager Fay E. Young Mary Louise Davey Member Pissociated Golle6ate Presi. Golle6icite DikSest EDITORIAL. STAFF 24cwir Editor Women's Editor Peggie Weaver Senior Board--Woodene 13e11, Gloria Nereri..rg, Audrey EY- back. Patricia Turk. Editorial Assistaonts—Lynette Lundquist, Doris Stowe. sports Assistants—Leon Aaron, Leo Kornfeld, David Nal ven, Elliot Shapiro. Reporters—Kay Badoilet, Arlene Greene, Bareara Ingraham, Caroline Manville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCauley, Kay McCormick, Nancy Sherriff, Gwynneth Timmis, Ruth Tisherman, Jane Wolbarst. Graduat-2 Counselor ADVERTISING STAFF Junior Board—Phyllia Deal, Rosemary Ghantous, Helen Kime STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing. Editor Asaiatnnt Managing Editor _ gown Editor _ Rows Assistants Suzanne McCaulley Lois Marks, Barbara Ingraham Friday, July 27, 1945 Saturd ~ y Night No Gallup poll is necessary to recognize the tact that not enough social events and activities have been planned for the summer week-ends. After about four weeks of standing in line on a Saturday night to go to a movie and coining out only to find that there is nothing doing and no place to go to till one o'clock, no other conclu sion seems feasible. The students quite naturally turn to their student government to relieve this situation. Cabinet is quite willing to accept this chal lenge from the student body, but they have dis covered that it is easier said than done. Swing Inn would appear to be . the natural Solution to this problem. It sounds simple enough. All that is needed is a vic, some records, and a dance floor. But they had all these materials last semester and still Swing Inn wasn't a success. The cause for the failure of Swing Inn might be attributed to the over-used phrase "lack of school spirit." But by whatever terms you may wish to use, the fact nevertheless remains unaltered that the students did not take advantage of their op portunity. , However Cabinet is willing to experiment once more. As soon as plans are complete, Swing Inn will make its comeback. It can be lots of fun, a place to meet new friends and welcome fa miliar faces. The, cards are in your hands and it's your turn to play Wanted: More WAVES The Navy needs 'more WAVES to replace sailors M vital positions. Now that the war in Europe is over, the atten tion of many young women has been diverted from the service to the home front, and the num ber of recruits has dwindled. But 20,000 addi tional women are needed immediately if the war with Japan is to be ended in the near future, according to the Navy department. "The WAVES have given a splendid perform ance in everything they've undertaken," Chief C. L. McKenna said, "and they are still needed to aid in the tremendous transportation job of mov ing approximately 6,000,000 men, supplies, and equipment from Europe to the Pacific and to help the unexpected great number of casualties." Enlistees are given an eight-weeks' training course at Hunter College immediately after enlist ment and are then assigned to naval activity, hav ing their choice of over more than 300 positions varying from telegrapher to aviation machinist mate. They are also eligible for 34 different rat ings and overseas duty. At present there are 3,000 serving in Hawaii, according to statistics, • Since the birth of the WAVES on July 30, 1942, the ranks have swelled to number 82,000 members and 31 ratings have been added to the eligible list. The WAVES provide an opportunity to help in the war effort and a chance for future education. Visit Recruiting Officer Anne Kirkpatrick at the State College Hotel between 10 a.m, and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and join now! Distributor of ---_____Dorothy Rutkin --_Louis Bell Fay Young Woodene Bell /•enn Statements Tribunal has originate& what may become a Penn State tra dition in a few years when it celebrated the removal of freshmen dating restrictions by a serenade. .It almost seemed like prewar days to have fellows come around singing under the coeds' windows. And speaking of Tribunal, by the sound of the verses on the sandwich signs, no one has'ernerged as the poet laureate of the se- mester although Johnny Zoszak is trying hard enough! What He Learned— Guy Eckman tells us his first semester in college he learned that coeds are no damned good; his second semester, that metal belt buckles made good Ibotitle op eners; and his third semester, that a good dab of talcum powder is a good sulbstitute for a shave. That's what is known as a liberal education. Sleeping Beauty— There are some people who complain about what the world is coming too when they see the brief nightwear in which 'coeds are attired these hot days. !Brit nevertheless rumor says that one of the beloved Lion coaches still attires bimself in long white nightshirts! Stuff 'lt Stuff- When told that coeds were en rolled in the industrial engineering curriculum, one frosh sig student Old Mani,. WRIA broke the ice last week end by staging an honest-to-goOd ness dance, a square dame at that. It's quite a jump from danc ing to Dorsey, Miller and the big names at Rec Hall to square dancing in White Hall's parking lot, but , c'est la guerre, I guess. Kappa Jeanne Huber surprised State College-ites by marrying Pfc. Danny Butler in Georgia. Danny was an AiSTP here. Gee, an elopement—exciting isn't it? Delta Gam Janie Campbell and Flight Officer Richard [Mclntyre were married in Pittsburgh Sat urday.... Angie Place and S/Sgt. Ken Hunter (ex-ASITIP) took fi nals vows too. . ..SDT May Lensh ner married Cpl. "Dutch" Schultz Thursday. Alum Jean Lehm and Beaver House prexy William Powell are engaged....SDT Shirley Levine wears a sparkler from Pfc. Milt Felman, Gamma Sig .... Theta Phyll Baer and Ensign Monty :Livermore will be married Au gust 11. ChiO Peggy Susanin and ATO Bill Kelly spent the 'weekend in town and parted with Peggy wearing Bill's loin. Delta Gam Weezie Decker Heb erling is on her way to Nebraska to join her huslband....Andy !Lindzey left Monday to join her huciband at Western Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio. Faculty Limelight Samuel K. Hoffman, new professor of aeronautical engineering, was a graduate of the College in the class of 1925. While a student here, Professor Hoffman was prominent in campus activities.... John H. Frizzell, head of the department of speech, spoke to the Bellefonte and Lewistown Rotary Clubs this week on the topic, "Vocational Service." He is chairman of vocational service in the local Rotary Club. Royal M. Gerhardt, professor of architectural engineering, dis cussed the "College at War" at the Lions' Club meeting in Waynes boro recently.... Ralph C. Wood, assistant professor of German, is the editor of the next volume of the Pennsylvania Folklore Society .... "From Comfbat to Campus," a series of articles on Penn State's veterans, have been printed in the Pittgourgh Press. They were written by Louise Baer, of the Office of Public Information, and will soon ;be reprinted in (booklet form. Hummel Fishburn, head of the music department, will address the Faculty Lunch Club Monday. His subject—" Say It With (Music" ....Nominations for •the steering committee of the Faculty Club have been made, and will be elect ed August 6. From the nominees, three men and two women. will be chosen,..,to serve for September, Octdber, and ? . *J>vernber ....The can didates--111.. ; "I•ewster, A. 'J. THE C 0 T T .rGIAN remarked, "11\, , 1y gosh, isn't any thing sacred any more?" At -the beginning of last semes ter there was some talk albout the revival of "Froth." Nothing was done about it. Wouldn't the, pres ent be an opportunity for `Troth" to 'be restaffed now that men are returning to campus so that the publication would 'be ready to -roll off the press when fall semester big weekends come around? The great Obstacle, in the minds of most students, had seemed to 'be the dearth of men, for Who but a man has the mind to write `Troth!" Then there was the coed who was called a 'brainless hunk of humanity by a colleague because she threw a "cocoanut-carved face" into the waste basket. After an admirer called an Ath Hall 'belle no less than 10 times only •to find her out; an Obliging operator delivered the. following message: "Go to hell!" Visiting Firemen— Lotza kids back in town last weekend, seeing their girls or just visiting the boys. Bill Stegner was visiting Chio Jean Gilbert..... ditto Theta Betsy Heagy and B. J. Cassius) Cutler, who's left • the Collegian for the Pittsburgh Press ....Lt. Danny Matto, Alpha Zeta, lA. Gil Olewine, and SAE Pat Do herty, all former prisoners of the Germans were back looking over the campus . .Pi Lam Bob Fried man was visiting. Ruth Green.... 0/C Johnny Peters blew in to see AEPhi Audrey Kreeget....KD Virginia .Minshall, now of the USMC is spending a furlough in town.... Theta alum Ev Wasson, Achio • alum Polly Huber, Alpha Xi Nan Smith, Phi Mu Marcia Conroe, DG Marge McCormick were all visiting last weekend.... But the busses were jammed with kids who wanted to leave the joys of State College to see how the rest of the world lives for a weekend. A/S. Bobby Adam son went to Pittsburgh to see Zenie Art Tenhula spent a few days in the "smoky city" too visiting AOPi Jean Rob ertson....lohlo Ruth Anderson was in Philly seeing Phi Delt Ed Osmon....SDT's Bernice Albert, Flee Cohen, and Edie Edles were vacationing, in Wilkes-Barre. Currier, G. A. Eder, George N. P. Leetch, R. C. Miller, Jabirli, Winona Morgan, Mary Willard, Teresa Cohen, and Pearl Weston. Amos Neyhart, head of the In stitute of Public Safety, was one of the instructors of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's • three week National Academy which re cently held graduation exercises ....Major Sheldon C. Tanner, formerly with the Allied Military Government, is back on campus again as professor of economics and 'business Asa Martin, head of the depart ment of history, is vacationing in Canada..Linvill F. Watson, for mer instructor of sociology, is now working on his doctor's de gree at Penn....`Tun with Cry pts," an article &y Registrar Wil liam S. Hoffman, was featured in the July issue. of Enigma. It deals with the. cryptograms he • works out for the' Centre Daily Tithes.. Campuseer Every semester about this time, the question of what to do with violators of frosh customs comes up. That the present penalties are inadequate is proved, by the statement that one George Miller made when he appeared before Tribunal last week, to the effect that "I will wear anything you give me. I'm not ashamed of it. Customs don't mean a thing." For some completely incomprehensible reason, freshmen seem proud to wear the ridiculous out fits inflicted upon them by Tribunal, making, them the laughing stock of the campus. They enjoy donning skirts and sweaters and covering their pallid complexions with war paint. There fore, since present penalties completely fail to produce the desired results of chagrin and em barassment, why not inflict penalties that will carry out their purpose? All of which leads up to one obvious thing— Campy is hereby proposing new penalties for violations of customs. First will come the milder penalties, then they will grow progressively worse (as long- as our ideas hold out.) Tribunal could help Grounds and Buildings alleviate its help shortage by reestablishing the , old custom of having frosh scrub the Library steps—or any other steps on campus—with a toothbrush. Violators could be stationed in the tower of Old Main with a megaphone to call out the time both before and after the chimes ring. Passers-by get very tired craning their necks to check on the hour as they pass the clock;, in fact, several persons have been known to stretch their liga ments and spend the rest of their days gazing dreamily at the skies. Therefore, it would be very helpful to hear a voice from Manna calling, "Old Main is about to strike 12:15" or "Old Main has just Struck 2:30." Freshmen could be compelled to clean up the tables in the 'Skellar. They could carry fly-swatters and flit-guns and kill all flies in classrooms before the, class begins There is a junction at the foot of the other side of Bald Eagle mountain that has a gasoline• station built on it.. Why not have the men hike out some-dark midnight to get the serial numfberg on the gasoline pumps? How .many steps are there in all the buildings on campus? Tribunal should be able to figure out that hint by itself. Finally, violators of dating customs could be forced to serenade coeds in the dormitories. •On.' second thought, Tribunal can forget that idea., It would undoubtedly provide a worse punish-, ment for the women than for the freshmen. Front and Center Rex Searson. '47 and Charles Taiquini were' in' the first class of Merchant Marine officem.to graduated from the Williamsport Technical tute. Before shipping out to sea, Rex spent a feirbr;'' days at the College, Joseph Ridley, who -is now;;' receiving his officer's training at the Williamspo# - .;"., school, visited the College last weekend. Lt. Paul Menzie, former State baseball captain;, had trouble laying out a baseball diamond. at his company's headquarters in the heart of GermanY: "Every time I got it ready, a farmer opened tlie:f . dykes and I found second base knee•deep in irri- - J` gation," Menzie wrote. • ;Pvt. Jack Biery, former State basketball aCk . , recently married Irish Boss, an English girl, in- Essex, Eng. . . Marine Cadet R. F. "Tubbe.', Crawford, who played five, sports while at the:: College, is now taking flight' training at Dallas, - : Tex. Plc, Robert D. Parsons '43 is stationed with the' 147th AGF Band on Luzon. Bob plays trumpet with this group which supplies music for the MO . " shows in the Philippines. Theta Chi alumnus,. Blair i. E. Henderson, was recently promoted to colonel. He is an assistant.. logistics officer in the Philippines. . . . Recenttis: promoted to a major, Irving Atlas '4l commands, a headquarters company on . Leyte. . . transportation unit in the Philippine area is,Pfse, Hugh A. White '45. ' Lt. David Mather '42 recently added a thirdr7,:l Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal. S/Sgt. , Lo- tf, gan L. Gerheim '44 likewise added. an Oak Le*H'i Cluster to his Air Medal. First Lt. William W. Mills Jr. '4l pilots. ail. A-26 Invader with the Ninth Air Force. He fox. s .:„ . merly flew a B-26 Marauder. Pvt. William. lickert Jr. is stationed at the Casablanty . /4.. Base with the. Air Ttlatisport Command... FRIDAY, JULY 27, 194;i --Campy.