PAGE EIGHT THE COLLEGIAN "For A Better Penn State" Established' 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, Established 1904, 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 State Collge. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1534,. at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act ►f March 8, 1870. Subscripttions by mail only at $1 a semester. Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Helen Hatton Elaine Miller Managing Editor Advertising Manager Fay E. Young Mary Louise Davey REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ALIVeRTISINO 11, National Advertising Service, line. College Publishers RePresentathe # 4:40 MADISON Ave. t NEW YOSI K.. N. Y. CHICAGO • BOSTON • LOG AflatUta • SAM FIAPIGINCer EDITORIAL STAFF News Editor Dorothy Rutkin Women's Editor Peggie Weaver Senior Board—Woodene Bell, Gloria Nererv..rg, Audrey 'W hack, Patricia Turk. Editorial Assistants—Lynette Lundquist, Doris Stowe, Barbara Ingraham •Sports Assistants—Leon Aaron, Leo Kornfeld, David Nal ven, Elliot Shapiro. Reporters—Kay Badollet, Arlene Greene, Kay Krell, Caroline Manville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCauley, Kay McCormick, Nancy Sherriff, Gwynneth Timmis, Ruth Tisherman, Mervin Wilf, Jane Wolbar:3t. Graduate Counselor ADVERTISING. STAFF Junior Board—Phyllis Deal, Rosemary Ghantous, Helen Kime STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor ._ Gloria Nerenberg Copy Editor_Suzanne McCauley News Editor Lois Marks • - Sports Editor David Nalven News Assistants ' ___ Marilynn Jacobson, Larry Foster Assistant Advertising Manager Maria Hanzlilc Navy Suffrage On Tuesday night Cabinet voted to extend a vote to the Navy men stationed on campus. This is one of the first steps taken by the stu dent body to. bring •about maximum integration between the men who will be• attached to the Naval :Reserve Officers' Training Program and other groups on campus. When addressing a faculty meeting early last month, Capt. A. S. Adams of the War De partment stressed that such integration is impor tant in successfully establishing NROTC. By its action, Cabinet has shown that it is willing to go half-way in helping Navy men become a reg ular part of campus life. Students and faculty must be helped by itlie men themselves if the goal set by the Navy 'is to be attained. One of the first things they can do is take advantage of their right to take part in. student elections and government. In. order to do this, •they will have to pay class dues. Many complaints have been voiced by V-12ers at the thought of paying 75 cents each- semester for the privilege of voting. Yet these same men who object to paying the fee •also object to being left out of certain campus activities and claim they cannot feel any true school spirit because of that. Naval ROTC will replace V-12 at the College in October. And •by paying class dues, men in •the program will be taking a big step toward be coming an integral part of the student body rather than an appendage to it. Better Homes It is hard for most of us to realize that the war is really over. Perhaps only when our men re turn home will we be convinced that it isn't just a good dream. Soon more and more veterans will return to civilian life and to school. Each semester sees an ever increasing number of ex-Gls returning to campus. The College welcomes these ex-service men, listens to their recommendations, and ar ranges its, calendar for their convenience. But there is one thing that Penn State has neglected 'to do for its war-weary veterans, to see that they will have a comfortable, convenient, and not-too-expensive place to live. Many of these ex-Gls have married; some have children. Most of them have been separated from their families for several years. It is only natural that they should want their families near while they finish their educations. This would be possible were it not for the fact that State Col lege suffers from an acute housing shortage. Even at present when the enrollment is be low average, apartments are almost impossible to locate. The ones that are available are either dismal or too expensive for a veteran's income. Other collegee have recognized this housing problem. Among those is the University of Mich igan which even in wartime procured the govern ment's permission to build housing units for re turning veterans and their families. If Penn State is to take an active part in the post-war education world, something must be done to solve this problem now. Now that everyone has returned from his two-day vacation that turned out of be five, State College has again taken on that •nothing ever-happens-to-me look. But it was fun while it lasted, the pause that refreshes—" Drinking lime and Coca-Cola" few of us who stayed—a very few. For the X-G-I Dance we were grateful. I•t was probably the only time couples ever went to a ball at Rec Hall and had room to jitterbug King of the Dance Speaking of dances, 'tis rumor ed that the Engineer is going so cial in a big way come Saturday night. The big question now is who will be crowned Mr. Acceler ated Program? It is only fair that the winner should come from the list of students who have worked hard and will graduate in the minimum number of semesters. Therefore Collegian would like to nominate a well-qualified candi date for Mr. Acceldrated Program --James Q. Casey. Bugle? _Louis Bell Up in the entomology depart ment the other day, one of the students confused the professor by classifying a certain species of the insect world as a duhkelbug. The professor was puzzled. In fact he was almost convinced that he was becoming the proverbial absent-minded profesor until the student explained that he had christened the bug "dunkel" be cause the insect's •long snout re minded hirh of his girlfriend, Dunkel by name. Another era has passed; another graduation has been held, and another Maniac has taken over. So if any of you fellas and gals, ASTIP's and sailors included, have any news about hitchings or oth erwise general talk. please call 248 Atherton and ask for Maniac. Tanx, chums! The latest engagement is that of Kappa Eleanor Bennett to Lloyd "Speed" Converse, Phi Sig ma Kappa alum. Speed has re cently been discharged from the Navy and is visiting in town.... Frosh Ethel Beard is also wear ing a sparkler from a hometown marine. Bob Taylor handed. his SPE heart over to AChio Janet Mol lenauer victory weekend. ...The ta Nancy. Long was married to a hometown lad. Just ,Visiting--- The last two weekends and the unexpected holiday brought many:guests to campus while the half the student body• went home. Bill Stegner trekked up from Pittsburgh to see• ChiO. Jeannie Gilbert :while Dottie Col-. yer stopped over en route from Faculty Limelight Science Service's release of August 4 features the story of how H. Burton Musser, professor of agronomy, helped the Army Air Forces make usable, by means of dust control methods, a half mil lion acres of ground for air fields.... "Canned Health," by Prof. F. J. Doan (as told to Gloria Nerenberg, of the Collegian staff) ap peared in the "Milk Plant Monthly" for July, telling of low cost vitamin C in evaporated milk. One of the longest Penn State stories to hit the Associated Press national wires was that released Saturday when Dean Edward Steidle told of limited uranium for atomic bomb production:... Ed L. (Flynn, who taught hotel management at the College until recently, has been named sales manager for the Benjamin Frank lin Hotel, Philadelphia. John R. Clopton,. formerly of. the agricultural and biological chemistry department of the Col lege, recently was appointed as sociate professor of chemistry ,at (Kansas State Teachers College and chief research chemist for the Kansas Research and Manage- Ment Company of Emporia, Kan sas. William K. Rice, Camp JUL a College alumnus and former dis trict extension representative, has been appointed director of THE COLLEGIAN Penn Statements Old. Mania Of cours these were a Cupid O'Halligan Bill Halligan is quite the party boy. He not only plans the shin digs, buys the food and drink, but even manages to get dates for the female guests. Last weekend Hal ligan almost met his Waterloo, however. He rounded •up four eligible males, led them up to Atherton Hall, and they emerged with one fellow extra. It wasn't till several •blocks later that the :onesome one put in a compl•aint. The Halligan Date Bureau was at once anologetic and the• tale end ed happily when another coed ioined the parade. • Memories Things we'll never forget about V-J Day—Betty Shenk riding the Alpha fire engine the coed who started to jump up and down when the whistle blew, shouting, "Oh goodie! Let's go kiss all the sailors!" the joy of staying out till twelve on a week day, of missing bluebooks and classes the hunt we had trying to find a place to eat—but best of all the thankfulness we sincerely felt. the dirty city to Binghamton, N. Y., to see A/S Ed Hobart.... First It. Jim White, former Peruf Stater, and First Lt. Larry Moore house (journeyed in to see AOPi Done Stack after returning from overseas duty.... . Also seen visiting -around cam pus were dg Pat Turk.... Jane Murphey (former women's editor of The Collegian) ....deltasigma phi Guy Newton....AoPi's Gra cie , Goodlin and B. J. Drouse.... Theta Betsy (Merkle....Achio Jane Watson....;Lynn Robinson ....delta gam alum Marjorie Cherry Newton.... Kappa Joan Paul seeing her sisters. " And More— Alpha Zeta Ozzie Merrill is back doing graduate work fora few weeks.... Liz Griffith dashed home to see Sgt. Bob Miller over the weekend... .and Phi Kaps Lt. (j.g.) Hank Keller, .Bobby Conrad, and Ted Ryser were in 'town.... so was AKPi• alum Wayne Yodd and the missus.... Delta. Chi Bill.. Clark and Jim Casey..... and Beta. sig Stork Ro sen was seeing his brothers'after a discharge. —Maniac enrollment in the Harrisburg dis trict of the Medical Service As sociation of Pennsylvania. He will supervise enrollment activities in Harrisburg, Reading, York, State, College, Bellefonte, Huntingdon, Lewistown, Millersburg, Charth ersburg, Pottsville; Bloomsburg, Shamokin, Hanover, Gettysburg, Halifax, Gratz, and nearby com munities. Major- Maurice K. Goddard, as- 7 sistant professor of forestry on leave from the College, has been -awarded the Bronze Star for mer itorious service in Europe. Be is an executive officer to the chief of personnel section, Adjutant General's Division, .AEF.... A College Personnel Relations office has been established under the general supervision of George N. P. Leetch, director of the College Placement Service, with Frank F. Morris •as personnel officer. Campuseer The post-war world is ten days old now, and everyone is waiting for all..the wonderful things that have been promised to. them in advertise ments during the past three and a half years. Students on campus are asking eagerly, "Where is. that Ford that is supposed to be in my fu ture?" or "When do we get television and fre quency modulation?" When asked what they were most looking for ward to •getting in the post-war world, inter viewers gave some rather startling answers. Of course, the first desire of every coed questioned is nylons, with two-way stretches running them • a close second. And men ask for equally prosaic items like shoe laces and leather belts. . But some persons showed more imagination in their reauests. One student asked for an atomic alarm clock so that he could be wakened with a bang every morning. Another said that all he wants is a German slave, a Jap slave, and a gei sha girl. "A student union on campus that serves beer at five cenfs a glass," said the n - tan who was ques tioned at the 'Skellar. "And a mobile pub that will make a tour of the fraternity houses every evening," added his buddy' as he chugged his seventh glass of beer. "A rocket plane," answered an astrology stu dent as he gazed wistfully at the moon. "A helicopter or motorcycle so that we, can get to 8 o'clocks on time," said a chronic late-corner. • Other wishes were for escalators in all the buildings, subway lines to use between buildings in the winter time, and pneumatic upholstery on all lecture-room chairs. One male student said he couldn't wait to see the cellophane bathing-suits that have been pro mised, but when it was explained• to him that they will not be transparent, he quickly lost in terest. "If an engineer carries a slide rule, why can't I have an adding machine?" aueried a C and F. student. "I want a washing machine that don't: take all the buttons off my shirts," said . another as he reached for a safety pin. All the students agreed, however, that they don't want these things to be available too soon. "We want-to get even with salesgirls who have been looking down their noses at us and exclaim ing frigidly, everytime we.wanted something that wasn't in stock. 'Don't you know there's a wax on?', For just a few months," they. explained, "We wan to be able to look down our nose at them and say, 'Don't you know the war is over?'". Front and Center Acting as mayor of the town Gemunden near Frankenburg,,Ger.- is Capt.. Arthur E. _Stern '41... ;Pi Kappa. ‘Phi' alumnus, Ens. E. Barr. '44 served as damage• control . officer aboard the U. S. S. Topeka when -it recently bombed •Nojima Cape,. Jap. • , . Phi Kappa Sigma brothers,,,Ens. Henry - Kat; .° • ler and Ens. Gordon '. Rogers;l , • both °of claw . _of '43, met in the - South , Pacific: Each-was the corn munications, officer on an .LST when. the . two ships passed W and saluted. each ,other at. sea.:. • Eugene McMahon, -former. Marine V-12 stu dent at the College,, was commissioned as a second lieutenant. Last ,week Lieutenant McMahon, former. State swimming manager, graduated "in absentia" from the College. •• Glenn D. Guiser '46, mail clerk in the Pa lau Islands, was recently promoted to technician fifth grade.... Graduating with the last class from the United States Merchant , Marine Acad emy, Kings Point, was Ens. John C. McClelland '45. ~.Robert G. Meinken '45 was promoted to a Navy specialist third class. He is serving in the Marianas. • Liivu Salmi '44 is a Red Cross staff assistant in France.... With the "Flying Sharks" in China is Lt. Charles W. Bowen '44.... Ens. Robert Scheirer Jr. '44 is serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. Beta Theta Pi Sgt. John S. Crawford '46, pre viously reported missing, is now on his way back to the United States. . . Pfc. Frank . D. Weller '46 has returned to this country and, is resting in a convalesCent hospital at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Lt. Thompson R. Kyle '45 who spent seven months in a German prison camp was recently on furlough in his Harrisburg home.... Lt. Jo seph J. , Chenery '45 is stationed in Washington, D. S/Sgt. William J. Utts '45, on Luzon with the 179th Engineers' Special Shop Battalllon, was awarded a citation.... Cpl. Milt:in B. Dol inger '43 has been awarded the Bronze Star. FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1945
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