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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian,
mtablished 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,
1934, at the State College. Pa., Post. Office under the act
sf March 8, 1879.
Subscripttions by mall only at $1 Et semester.
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager
Helen Hatton Elaine Miller
Managing Editor Advertising Manager
Fay E. Young Mary Louise Davey
EDITORIAL STAFF
News Editor Dorothy Rutkin
Women's Editor Peggie Weaver
Senior Board—Woodene Bell, Gloria Nerer 4 v.rg, Audrey Ry
back, Patricia Turk.
Editorial Assistants—Lynette Lundquist, Doris Stowe, Barbara
Ingraham
Sports Assistants—Leon Aaron, Leo Kornfeld, David Nal
ven, Elliot Shapiro.
lteporters—Kay Dad°Set, Arlene Greene, Kay Krell, Caroline.
Manville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCauley. Kay
McCormick, Nancy Sherriff, Gwynneth Timmis, Ruth
'fisherman, Hervin Wilf, Jane Wolbarst
. Graduate Counselor
ADVERTISING STAFF
Junior Board—Phyllis Deal, Rosemary Ghantous, Helen Kime
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor Dorothy Rutkin
Copy Editor Gloria Nerenberg
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News Editor ___-. Luis Marks
Sports Editor,David Nalven
News Assistants Marilynn Jacobson, Dwinneth Timmis;
Jane Wolbarst
Friday, September 14, 19445
Book Business
One of the growing underground mumblings
Of the student body has been the demand for a
cooperative college book exchange. After several
semesters of talking about it,,All-College Cabinet
appointed a committee at the beginning of the
semester to advance plans for such an exchange.
After two months of investigations, the com
mittee has reported the arising of the following
difficulties: lack .of financial support from the
College, lack of student labor, lack of a method
to set prices, and inability to set wages because of
the uncertainty of profits.
If the first problem could be solved, it seems
evident that the others 'would work out them
selves. All-College Cabinet brought pressure to
achieve the renewal of Dry Dock after strong
demands from the students and if it expresses
similar demands, College support for a book ex
change might be received. Once the store is
underwritten, temporary prices and wages can
be set up until profits are determined. As soon
as the exchange is securely established, perman
ent 'wages can be announced and student labor
demands will in all probability be answered
abundantly.
The esta+blish • ment of a cooperative exchange
would provide the students with an economical
and convenient book store as well as a student
enterprise. It has been one of the things you
as a group have desired. Now that Cabinet and
the Committee are doing their best, the students
are asked to help resolve the problems. Any
suggestions to aid in an early establishment -of
the exchange should be left at Student Union.
Coeds or Veterans?
Since the Army has released some more of the
fraternity houses, the College has been tempting
alumni and brothers with generous offers of
money for rent. The administration wants to lease
these fraternities so that they will be able to
house more freshman women.
Everyone is aware of the serious problem that
the College faces in trying to house students. Co
ed's dormitories are booked full, with upperclass
men, forcing freshmen and transfers to live "off
campus." It is not hard to see why the College is
so anxious to obtain the use of the fraternity
houses, but is it fair?
When the draft came along and emptied the
fraternities the College in many cases undoubt
edly saved them from bankruptcy. At that time
the brothers were glad to surrender their houses:
But now it is a different story.
More ex-Gls and freshman men will be enter
ing the College next semester. If fraternities are
to play the part in college life that they did be
fore Pearl Harbor, they cannot afford to idle
away two more semesters.
By taking possession of their houses now, fra
ternities can fill their houses with these men and
help to alleviate the trouble that veterans—even
unmarried ones—are having in locating rooms.
(Editor's Note—All contributions and Letters
concerning • The Collegian should be addressed. to
the Editor.)
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Under the headline, "Colleges Ready for GI Joe, But What About
His Wife?" The Pittsbuurgh Pres ran a feature Sunday announcing
the problem discussed several weeks previously lay a Collegian edi
tial. The problem is finding ihousing suitable conditions for the 25
per cent of, the veterans who will return to campus married
Dick Berge, Michael Fedak, I
X-G-I Club were pictured mak
ing a survey of possible living
quarters for Mr. and Mrs. 'Veter
an. Rachel Kirk, who wrote the
story, revealed that "21 married
veterans who applied for admis
sion at Penn State did not appear
to register after R. E. Galbraith,
faculty counselor, regretfully gave
them the sad news on the housing
situation."
Blue Book Woes--
Tales of Dean Whitmore's Phys
Sci class are legend. Maybe it was
just a means of torturing the class
that Whitmore devised when he
hurried in nine minutes after
class was supposed to begin and
flippantly announced a bluebook
for the following class meeting.
Gloom spread over the students
like syrup over pancakes for the
remainder of the period. But just
as the students were escaping
from the nearest exits the silver
lining came through. The Dean
had changed his mind. No blue
book next week.
Sugar Daddy—
Atherton Hall lounges are a
_Louis Hell
Bushed to Maniac hot from the
wire is the news that Kappa alum
Helen Schtnelz Leyden and Beta
alum Jimmy Leyden are now the
proud parents of Jimmy Leyden,
jr.
And who says June is the month
of weddings? . . . Shirley Det
wiler and Pfc. Melvin Snyder,
just back from, overseas, took the
vows last weekend as did alum
Bebe Gorman . . AOPi Ruthie
Clyde will become Mrs. Phil Ash
tomorrow.
Wes Nyborg and Beth Woolsey,
alums, middle-aisled it recently
. . . Lois McCool was married to
Ben Clouser .. . and Gracie Gray,
a town alum, and a former Penn
State air cadet took the step as
did Theta Sis Crooks and a 'home
town lad.
JEWELERY* DEPT
Sandy Winning returned from
a week at home wearing. a spark
ler from Sgt. Tommy Duff, home
town. lad . . Marquein aiartman
is now sporting Sailor Jim Bet
cone's jewelry on her left hand
. . . Phi Psi Hank Bennett and
Catherine Jones are bound by. the
well-known fraternity pin . . .
so are 17 7 12er Dick Light and
AChio Lynn Fiestel.
ON DECK—
The sailors went all out for an
entertaining weekend with two
barracks parties that have been
Faculty Limelight
Dean Frank C. Whitmore of the School of Chemistry and Phys
ics, will be pictured in full color on the front of "Everybody's Week
ly" in the Philadelphia Inquirer September 30. Dean Whitmore,
winner of the Gibbs medal for outstanding service in the field of
chemistry, will write a by-lined article on creating plenty for man-.
kind for that issue.
Dean Carl P. Schott of the School of Physical Education; Neil
M. Fleming, graduate manager of
athletics; and Coach Bob 'Higgins,
attended a meeting of coaches and
graduate managers in Philadel
phia last weekend . . . Col. Ed
ward Taliaferro, ASTP command
ant, has returned from Fort Ban
ning, Ga., where he took a special
refresher course.
Wakes Coal Awards'.
Dean Edward Steidle of the
Mineral Industries School was one
of five judges in the "Coal For
Victory" awards made ..by Coal
Age magazine to mines and coif
ler'.es for outstanding records of
war production. The judges were
chosen for prominence in the field
of mineral industries . . . Louis (H.
Bell, director of the Department
of Public Information, addressed
a district meeting' of the Pennsyl-
THE COI N,GIAN
Penn Statements
Old Mania
a Hertzog, and Jess Panar of the
retreat 'for couples come Saturday
night. To an innocent bystander
on such occasions all sorts of
scenes from the drama of human
life are pOrtrayed. One such per
son was touched recently when
she saw a rather middle-aged man
call for a sweet young thing. She
smiled to herself and thought
that there was an ideal father
daughter relationship. Then the
couple swept past her and she
could hear the coed exclaiming,
"I prefer the more mature type."
Making History—
Louise "Pete" Ritter, a seventh
semester coed, is quite proud of
her father. He's Navy man now
and was one one of those present
on the Missouri when the peace
was signe:d in Tokio harbor. "Pete"
is naturally very anxious to hear
all the details first hand—soon.
With our last weekends at
Penn State passing by at a rapid
rate, we look forward to alumni
homecoming more and more. to
Players' performance, Colgate
football game, and the ISC dance
should make' it a memorable one.
reported as gala. affairs . . . Phi
Psi Bill Nugent was there with
AOPi pledge Mary Lawther . . .
Joan Berchtold with Salty Rich
mond . . . Marilyn Meiser was
escorted by Karel Yedlicka . . .
Margie Stout with Frank Kelley
Maria Sinclair with Fran
Heller
Others on deck. were Terry
Hague and . Bill Bissell . . . ChiO
JoAnne Beaver and Sigina Chi
Jim Cutter . . ;Jean Nichols and
Johnny Livingston . . Shirley
Welshans and Phil Bockley . . .
Jean Diehl and boxer Joe Bondi
. . . and gobs of others.
OFF• WE GO-
Phi Mu Peg Jennings journey
ed home to see Jack Eberle, re
cently discharged from the air
corps . . . Bob Hepburn was in
town for the weekend . . . Sl/c
Jay Goldstein, former Nittany
trickster, was seeing Teenie Bar
rett . . . Sally Duffy treked in
. . . Chio Barb Smith was visit--
ing . Bill Renton . . . Beta grad
student Steve Herbert left for
the army this week.
Freddie France 'imported AOPi
Mickey Hoffman for -tl*-SPE-for—
mal . Don Ellis ca. - Me:back to
take Kappa Lois Cleaver . . . and
Tom Hutchinson was up to es- -
cort AChiO Katie Powell to Club
Sig Ep.
vana War Fund at Clearfield
Tuesday night on "The Value of
Publicity in a Successful Cam
paign." He is director of publicity
in the War Fund Area A, which
is comprised of seven central
Pennsylvania counties.
Addresses Kiwanis
Julius Kaulfuss, professor of
highway engineering, will address
the State College Rotary Club
Tuesday evening on "The Third
I in Kiwanis." He has given this
talk before service clubs through
out the state . Dean of IMen
Arthur R.. Warnock, who will go
on vacation in October, has turn
ed over his "Daily Half Colyum"
in The Centre Daily Times to 12
guest columnists for the month.
• So you think it's fun to put out a college news.
paper?
So e you think it's glamorous and exciting, with
something happening every minute?
Well, you're wrong. Working on a paper can
become just as routine as filing or doing secre
tarial work or washing dishes three times a day.
If you don't believe, here's proof.
The first issue of Collegian each semester is a
freshman issue. It contains greetings to new stu
dents from the President of the College and the
deans of men and women. It also contains fea
tures of campus activities—innumerable features
that the Collegian staff hopes will help to orien
tate freshmen so that they won't feel too much
like foreigners when they hear upperclassmen
talk glibly about Players, hat societies, WRA, or
what have you.
That frosh issue is the only one that's really
stock, but after that's out there are .stock stories
that the staff can always depend on. There are
the Players' shows that rate a story almost every
week of the semester, and believe me, the writer
has plenty of trouble thinking up new angles to
write them on so that the readers won't get bored.
Then there's the IFC dance sometime during
the semester that rates three or four weeks 'of
publicity. There are also all the other dances
sponsored by all .the other activities--ISC, WRA's
sweetheart dance, Panhel.
About three weeks after the semester begins,
fraternities hand their pledge lists in, and .they
always .get a couple columns on front page. After
the lists are printed, some of the fraits will call
in to tell the staff that.their members weren't in,
and would they please make an. addition? The
sorority pledges also 'rate a news article; though
they are all usually taken . care of in the first
story.
On page two of each week's paper, appears a
chapel story and a placement story, both under
the standard heads of Chapel and Placement.
When the staff tries to change the heads, readers
begin to complain that they don't- know where to
look for the stories.
Page four is the women's page, where all the.,
news that's of nrimiry interest to the coeds: On.
campus is printed. Page six' is the sports, page;
and page eight is the editorial page. All three of
them are the pages that readers can skip if
they're not interested in special types of storiesi
But the staff goes under the illusion that every'
student on campus faithfully• reads the paper
•
'from front to back, never missing. a line.
So now you know. There are as•many rules and
regulations in putting out a paper es • there•are in
anything else.
But somehow, it's still more fun to
do than anything else.
On the receiving, end when 'radio ',flashed , J ,
word of Japan's , surrender to the S. S. Fairlaria'
in _the southwest Pacific was Opl.. Leo •Nobile,
Penn State prewar football star....Radioinan
Robert Goodrich keeps . .his• 'pitching , arm: in _shatiak
on the deck of an Essex dais •earri.er:';';-.SCCionift!
Lt. Jack, .Tighe, , former. State- boxer is.
Pacific. ,
Promotioni ,
Recently promoted alumni 'include: Lt.' Col;
Philip R. Tarr ',32, Maj, George H. Berryman
Capt. Irvin• J. Belasco "38, Capt. Charles E. Bode :
'3l, Capt. Ernest C. Wright '42, Capt. Byron-W.
Fraser '32, Capt. Mortimer H. Menaker "41;
Capt. Harry- L. Lee '32, Lt. G. Harry Lewis
Lt. (jg) Francis A. Baldauski '42, Lt. G. Rex Green'
'36, Lt. (jg) Henry Keller '43, Capt. Joseph
Aleksa '37, Maj. James H. Olewine * Jr. '4O, Capt.
John Metzger '39, Lt. James Hellewell,
T/Sgt. Fred W. Johnson.
—Maniac.
Commissions
Commissions have •been awarded to second
lieutenants Edward S. Barben '43, Merril J.
Humbert '43, and Edward E. Bitner
Michael L. Kerns '43 recently became a lieuten
ant in the Marine Corps.... Charles W. Denko
'43 and John F. Lingenfetter '4l have received
their first lieutenants' bars.... Randall. H. Rice.
'46 is a new Navy ensign, while Walter Fahne;
stock '44 received a similar commission from
the Coast Guard.
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Casualties
Second Lt. Charles P. Flanzer '46 •previouse. „ :
ly missing• over Europe is now listed as killedi,ll
in action.... Sgt.. Blair Hannon '46• Was . killed
over France while serving as a radio operatorl
on a B-17.... Capt. Jack Willis Brown '43,21E4
also been listed as killed.
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First Lt. Samuel Griffin '45 was killed abo4
two weeks after. V-E Eiay....Second Lt.
ham Fletcher Miles Jr„ '4O who was captured if'‘
.Bataan is now..roportefi a:officy!lly:dead.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945
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