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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
E e tablklic<4 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian,
established 1004, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published every Friday morning: during the regular Col*
fege year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsyl
vania Stale Collgc. Entered an second class matter July 5,
T. 934, at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the net
b>f March 8, 1870.
Subscriptions by mail only at $1 a semester.
Editor-In-Chief Business Manager
Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey
Manaqing Editor Advertising Manager
Peggie Weaver Rosemary Ghantous
Member
Pissociated Colle6iale Press
Distributor of
Golle&iate Di6est
EDITORIAL STAFF
- T Gloria Nerenbcrg
News Editoi -- - Patricia Turlc
Womens Editor Mervin wil£
Senior Bonn! Barbara Incrnham, Audrey RybncU
Junior Board ----- Kay Krell, Lvnettc LundfiU'Bt. CHrollno
Manvillc, Lois Marita, Suzanne McCnuley, David Nal
ven, Doris Stowe, Uwy.nnelh Timmis, Jane Wolbaisi.
Reporters Kny Badoliet, Arlene Omm. Elsie Har
wit/,, Marilynn Jacobson, Leo Konnfeld, Shirley Lyon
Kny McCormick, A/S Jack Reid, Nancy Shernff, Rum
Tishermun.
Graduate Counselor Louis Doll
ADVERTISING STAFF
Senior Board Phyllis Deal, Helen Kime
Junior Board Uin, Hnnzlik, Sally Iloktrum, Dorothy
Leibowitz, June Rosen, Selma Sabcl. ___
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Woodene Bell
Lynette Lundquist, Gloria Nerenbci'ij
David Nalvcn
Managing Editor
Copy Editors
News Editor ——
Growing Pains
In 1941 Penn State’s enrollment totalled more
than 7,000. Why, in 1945, can the College not
accomodate its 5,000 students?
At present, due to the scarcity of rooms, many
ex-servicemen are living on the fourth floor of
Old Main, while coeds are sleeping three to a
double room in the Tri-Dorms. And yet, the
College enrollment is 2,000 less than four years
ago.
Many answers have been offered to this
question, most of them inadequate. During the
war many families moved into State College . . .
For example, 145 Navy families. While these
people were, moving in, due to wartime restrict
ions, no new 1 buildings were erected to take care
of them AND the increased College enrollment.
All of the fraternity. houses are not yet open,
including those used now by the ASTP and
fNROTC units.
' Families in State College have been extrem
ely helpful by renting their spare rooms to stud
ents. However, not all is rosy . . . one X-GI and
his wife pay $lO a week for a single room.
Miss Charlotte E. Ray, dean of women, in
sists that the housing situation-for coeds is not
serious, nor is it any different from past semes
ters. Each .year the College registers more girls
than it can house, expecting many. last-minute
cancellations. And that policy is providing true
this semester, as the girl s are quickly being mov
ed from triples in the Tri-Dorms to empties in
the other dormitories.
However, the situation is different with the
men students. The College does not accept com
plete responsibility for the men, and therefore,
when a man registers at State, it is partly up to
him to provide his own housing. The men who
are now sleeping in Old Main knew when they
came to State that the housing siutation was ser
ious, but they wanted to come so badly they didn’t
care.
But the College cannot be entirely unsympa
thetic with this problem . . . nor has it been.
Thirty-eight veterans are housed in a College op
erated dormitory which was formerly the Theta
Nu Epsilon house. The trailer camp being erec
ted on the east campus, will house some 90 vet
erans and their families.
By December 1, the College promises every
Penn State student will be properly housed. Even
then, the housing will be only temporary. As
soon ns it is physical’y possible, the College must
begin to build new and permanent dormitories,
because the increased enrollment this semester
is only the beginning. As more men are released
from the armed forces, the enrollment will con
tinue to mount.
The present poor housing situation is only
the first of the College’s growing pains ... but
it pinches, especially to the men who have waited
so long to come to State . . . and not to the fourth
floor of Old Main.
Penn Statements
By Peggie Weaver
Greetings frosh, cx-Servicemen, and all you
other people who are still with us. Did you
bring your tent or are you one of the lucky ones
with a bed to sleep in and a place to hang your
hat. With beds in Old Main, Rec Hall, and a
trailer camp in the. oiling it looks as though State
College faces a housing shortage to rival Wash
ington at its peak. There’s a war over, you
know.
Frosh Bewilderment
At first glance the frosh seem to be lost in the
mob. But even a smaller name card doesn’t
change that look. A bewildered green dinked
frosh sadly stood - by Old IMain gazing at the
clock. Finally taking the bull by the horns he
approached an austere senior and meekly asked
whether he - could please tell him if it was Tues
day or Wednesday. That’s all right, frosh—a
little agitation and we’ll have calendars install
ed on the campus.
No Flirting, Boys
Mac Hall is blossoming, out with white table
cloths and dishes no less. Sort of mis s screaming
over the banging of navy trays though. The new
waiters are strictly business since they were im
plicitly instructed that the management frowned
on flirting with the coeds. So if your smiles bring
blank stares, you’ll know you havn’t lost your
appeal.
A Skunk Slept Here
The AKPi’s are still recovering from an odor
familiar to State collegeites with a sensitive ol
factory system. It seems the usual dog tangled
with'the usual skunk but Fido, too proud to dry
off in the air, slept before the air vent of the
furnace in the. AKPi cellar while the fumes de
licately perfumed the house.
The Voice With a Smile
Collegian Staff was much amused Sunday
night by a pert telephone operator who was hav
ing difficulty in connecting the office with the
outside world. First she thought the phone was
out of order and then she was sure we just
weren’t answering. She even cut in on a call to
tell us all about it and then cut off our call in a
moment of exasperation. And maybe We weren -1
exasperated.
We hope you’ll like getting your Collegia!
twice a week. It should result in more time v
news, and who knows, maybe another semester
will see the old daily back at the Student Union
desk.
Old Mania
By Barbara Ingraham
Hi Frosh. It’s good to see your green bows
and dinks decorating the campus again. Mostly
for your information this is a dirt column pin
nings, engagements, marriages, depinnings, visits
and stuff. Any time you’ve got an item for
Maniac just drop a line to the Collegian office
or call 28 Atherton.
There should be lots of gossip coming up
now that the ratio is no longer one-half man ofr
every three coeds. The faculty was just as
amazed as anyone. One prof just in his
office saying over and over, “Amazing, we re
registering men again this semester.”
Highlight of between semester social activity
.was the engagement of Collegian Editor Woodene
Bell to Air Corps Cpl. Blair Cochran now off for
occupation duty. Also on the spoken for list is
Doye Pachelbel.. Charlie Harmon, former air
cadet on campus and leader of the Air Corp (Band
gave her the ring.
Aletheia Guttman is wearing Ira Kristel’s
phisig jewelry. His fraternity brother Alan Pot
tasch said good-bye to Helene Bierman last sem
ester when he left campus to enter the V-5 pro
gram.
Seen around town were S/Sgt. and Mrs. Ken
Hunter, She was Angie Place, a Home Ec. Stu
dent. Pi-KA Jack Neilson now an army private
was up to see Lynette Lundquist.
Kappa pledge Dee Kilcta and former SPA
president and Collegian Editor Vic Danilov are
no longer pinned. Vic is doing graduate work
in journalism at Northwestern University.
While looking through old Collegians for
hints on how this column used to be run, Maniac
found this poem.
“The worst thing about the end of the summer
Is returning to Penn State sod,
Where the Kappas speak only to the Thetas
And the Thetas speak only to God.”
—Maniac.
THE COLLEGIAN
Faculty Limelight
By KAY KRELL '
Two College history professors and a former member-of the de
partment were elected to offices in the Pennsylvania Historical As
sociation at its annual meeting held recent’y in Harrisburg. Dr.
Asa Martin was elected to the council and Dr. J. P. Selsam was ore
elected first vice-president . . . Samuel Bayard, instructor in English
Composition, presented a paper on Pennsylvania folklore at the His
torical Association meeting.
Four members of the College
faculty, Victor Beed, Henry S.
Brunner, S. W. Fletcher, and M.
R. Trabue, have been named to
the permanent advisory com
mittee of the Pennsylvania Con
servation Laboratory for Teach
ers. The following committee
has 'been appointed by President
Hotzel to study possibilities of
establishing a conservation work
shop for teachers at the College:
Dr. Trabue, chairman, Dr. Brun
ner, Rose 'M. Cologne, George
Free, H. G. Pyle, end Edward
Steidle. ...
Miss Evelyn Hctnsel, assistant
librarian, has been appointed a
member of the Decimal Classifi
cation Committee of the Lake
Placid Club Education Founda
tion, which publishes “Decimal
A Lean and Hungry Look
October 25, 1045
Dear Buddy:
After three years of uncertainty,
living in fox lioles, ;and Army red
tape I am going to spend my next
four years in the quietness and
fastness of the -Nittany Valley. My
battlefield dreams of a peaceful,
restful, and comfortable life are
at last going to come true. _
Cassius
October ?-6, 1945
Dear Buddy:
I arrived in!State College tins
morning and: am now waiting ,:n
line to see Mr. Galbraith, the vet
erans advisor, about a few minor
details such as getting a room,
registering, and obtaining my
books. „
Cassius
. October 27, 1945
I am still waiting in line.
October 28, 1945.
The line is starting to move.
October 29, 1945
It’s the men’s-room.
October 30,. 1945
Dear Buddy: ‘ . ,
After straightening things out
with Mr. Galbraith I went to
“choose” my room. As I was
strolling down the Mall, an aver
age Penn State coed grounded me
with a Hying tackle, put her foot
on my chest and screamed, “He’s
mine, he’s mine.” >
I gathered my teeth from the
dirt, straightened my nose, and
asked her, “Whatever made you
come to Pehn State?”
She smiled' bashfully and re
pl'ed, “I overslept the morning J
was supposed to enroll at Tem
ple-” , , - A .
(Leaving her to her fate I opti
mistically set about to find a room
with atmosphere, a private- bath,
and maid service.
Upon knocking upon the 2314th
front door, the landlady said she
\J Going (j
Somewhere?
hotel state college
travel bureau
By Appointment —Phone 733
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1945
Classification”, most widely used
system for the classification of
books and related materials . . . .
■Charles 'F. Lee Decker, assistant
executive secretary of the Institute
of Local Government, is serving
as editor of “The Authority", ofc
ficial quarterly magazine of the
Pennsylvania Municipal Authori
ties. • ■
Eugenia Gravatt" Kimmel, 're
search assistant at the Institute
of Local Government, has pre
pared a 25-page report on “Fire
Protection Outside Muncipal
Boundaries in Pennsylvania:”. The
report,, a study of fire protection
-practices-in Pennsylvania munici
palities with between 5,000 ana
25,000 population, may be obtain
ed at the Institute, office, Sparks
Building, for one dollar.
had a cot for me if I wouldn’t mind
climbing a few stairs. ■; •
After kissing her. hand and lap
ping her face like a pUppy, I start
ed the ascent. Twenty-two mhutes
and 14 seconds later I had to-give
up because of lack of oxygen.
' Following my climb into the
stratosphere I happened to be
walking down fraternity-row when -
the pavement gave way.
foupd myself at the , bottom og'a ;
tank trap. (This is rushing week.)
I was rescued by a P.'KA pledge;
the same one who has a telescope
in-his room aimed at the Delta Chi
house. I.paid my ten cents, looked,
and left. . -
Giving up all hopes of finding a
room, I dug myself a fox;hole in
'ront of Old Main, and crawled, in
for the niglit.
October 31, 1945. -
Dear-Buddy: ■ ' , ,
I walked into my advisor’s office,
to plan' my schedule. The first ;--::
thing he asked me was if I; had a/fy
time table. .V ■ V. i-S!
“East or west bound?” I in-.
mured. . : ' ' . I. . -'T
He then suggested a course, Soc ;:
•919, “How to treat civilians;who,
read books oh how to treat ex-.
servicemen.” V \ .
•■My advisor, being a kind; and
softhearted , old. gent, gave:.m&’29 4a
credits with 55 hours. He sa d that: .-
he didn’t want to .'burden tne.?«&s*
this was my first . semester:.; a#:,•£
school: -■ : "-'rt'-fil
I went to the Corner. Room
meet some coeds. I decided to em- .i~
ploy the same technique we used'j.:--
in France. I waved a -chocolate-bar;;-'. v
until it:melted. Tftese u PhnnvState >:i ft
g’rls are, particular; one with al
monds did the trick.
November. 0, 1945
Dear Buddy: " .
■I finally found a room in anatue. :
•I wouldn’t say that it is too'far
from the. campus, blit the cost Of
commuting daily from Alt Oona
does add up. The young lady who
owns the house had a s’gn out-in- ••
front, “BORED AND ROOM,”. v
Cassius
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