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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn Slate"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Colleg
ian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established
1077.
Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur
ing the regular College year by the staff of the Daily
Collegian of (he Pennsylvania Stale College. Entered as
second class matter July 5, 1934. at the State College, Pa.,
Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879.
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BDITOIUAL STAFF
Writ Inr . Gloria Nerenberg
Iwows Ecuioi Pntrieia TurK
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Eeatuve Ec itoL- ; Sample
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{ Kav Krell, Ly nolle Lundquist. Caroline
Shirley Lyon, Kay McCormick, A/S Jack Reid,
Nancy Sheriff, Buth fisherman.
Graduate Counselor
•—— — advertising staff . phyUis Dcnl
Junior Board ////Ria'Hanv.Uk. Sally iloislrum, Sorothy
Lcibovit'/-, June Rosen, Selma Sobel. t pihnvit?
Assistant Advertising Managers Oorothy Leibovitz.
Sally Holstrum.
STAFF THIS ISSUI
_ Pat Turk
Suzanne McCauVey/ GwynneU, Thrunu
Audrey Kybaek
Looking To The Future
A mild riot followed the announcement Tues
day that the College Senate is granting an ex
tended Thanksgiving vacation plus a liberal
Christmas holiday. Pressure from all sides pre
ceded this announcement, pressure from the ex-
G-I’s, the students, and the faculty. The Senate
must have thoughtfully considered the issue, for
the revision in the calendar entails a major
change in the semester. _ _
The decision, aside from its morale raising
tale of a big weekend and a chance to eat Thanks
giving dinner with mom and pop, indicates that
the Senate is conscious of the implications of a
post-war college. Longer vacations are the first
step towards reconversion from a wartime insti
tution to a college looking into the future.
Last week Collegian ran an edit advocating
.the vacation, but hopefully waiting for Senate’s
decision. This week we’i'e running the decision,
•with our thanks to the Senate for their consider
ation. —P. W.
Key Platform
Why don’t they do something? Why don’t
they carry out the platform? Every semester
olass officers are faced with these questions, and
many times they are well-founded criticisms.
This semester the Key party is faced with a
challenge to do as well as the Nittany clique did
during the summer semester. Mike lynch car
ried out every provision of his platform, in so
far as was physically possible. If Van Lundy is
to be rated as a successful All-College President,
he must do as good a job as Lynch' did, or even
better.
The foremost objective on the Key Pledge
is the re-establishment of Dry Dock in White
Hall. Dry Dock, or any activity similar to, it, is a
necessary part of the college social life, and it
is now up to Cabinet to provide it. Here the
officers will meet the first obstacle in their plat
form, for White Hall was built as a girl’s gymnas
ium, and has always maintained a policy of girls
only, except for special occasions. However, if
the arrangements could be made, White Hall
would make an excellent Dry Dock, since it has
facilities for dancing, eating, swimming, and many
Other items in the Key platform call for nat
ional recognition for Penn State through period
icals or magazines, incorporation of the NROTC
students as part of the student body, movements
to alleviate the housing situation, etc.
On the surface the pledge sounds sincere and,
workable. However, .the real test of the Key
platform rests with Lundy, and just how soon he
plans to start working. If he intends carrying out
the platform, Collegian promises full support.
All letters to the editor must he signed with
the writer’s name and address if they are to be
printed. However, if the writer requests, the
name of the author will be withheld.
Business Manager
Mary Louise Davey
Distributor of
4l * *
And still the list of alums, ex-Gl’s and other
visitors to the campus continues. The Alpha Xi
Dell guest list included alum Jane Smith, and
Dona Minke. Phi Kappa Sig Ed Kiser visited
Theta Betsy Merkle . . . AOPi alum and former
Collegian Managing Editor Pay Young was up
to see AZ Ed iWilliams. Another Collegian Man
aging Editor also came back for the Temple gam©
—Theta Phi Alpha Nancy Carastro.
Also among weekend visitors . . . Chief Petty
Officer Cliff Ross to see Betty Herring . . . Theta
alums Pris Schautz, Evie Kohler, and Mrs. Phy
llis Stevenson . . . alum Jane Karam . . . Ruth
Eberle . . . DG’s Barbara Keast and Betty
Stripple
DG Scotty Glenn visited her fiance Phi Kap
pa Sig Bill Beam . . . Flight Officer Walt Back
man visited AOPi Carolyn Leworthy . . . Seaman'
Joe Norris came up to see AOPi Ginny Pershing
. . . ditto recently discharged Air Corps Lt. Morty
Pollack to see Marilynn Jacobson.
More Visitors
No wonder the Corner Room wag crowded
last weekend, because the visiting list still, con
tinues . . . AOPi alums Mary Fransen and D. J.
Jennings . . . AOPi Mary Ann Jennings . . .
Beta Sig and T/5 Paul Vinicoff recently back
from ETO . . . ABPhi’s Dotty Schwartz and Ber
nice Greens . . . Kallozetias Lea Addleman and
Helen Morris.
Louis Bell
Also visiting were Zeta alums Vi Nagle,
Naomi Woolever, Margaret Stahlnecker and Jean
Krauser . . , Chi O’s Barb Smith and Eunice Hul
bert . . - OhLO alums A'nn Henry and Jean Gil
bert . . . DG alum Jan Har.tz, now Mrs. Bob Drake,
and her husband . . . AOPi Nancy Norton and
Ensign ‘Nick’ Nichols
TEIC Carroll Barton was up to see DG alum
Pat Dierner Barton . . . ditto Sgt. Harry Bickford
to see Gamma Phi Beta Marian Doty. Chi Ome
ga Ginny Durbin went to Philly to see Lt. Joe
Highland. Bucknell Kappa Nu Jerry Bayer vis
ited S'DT Roz Dulberg . . . Her sorority sisters
Jean Isenberg and Elsie Bohard were visited by
Larry Mose s and, Pvt. Marty Cohen respectively.
SDT’s Myrna Ne wman, Pearl Feller Edith Cahn
Rosskan and Betty Davis Madway treked up.
PIFC Bart Kroungold, Phi Ep, visited SDT
Mim Robinson . . . Former A/C 'Chuck Berg saw
Lorraine Yotka.... Aviation Machinist Mate
Arnold West will visit Alpha Xi Delt Elvira
Holmes this weekend.
She’s Lovely, She’s Engaged
DG Nancy Peck and John Conbere are en
gaged . . . Lt. George Gallino gave his Army Air
Corps wings to Theta Janet Taylor . . . AEPhi
Elaine Dinpwitz is engaged to Marine Lt. Luke
Gross 111 . . . ditto Josephine ‘Peppy’ Scialabba
to Alpha Phi Delt John Bernardi.
Back on campus are Lt. and Mrs. Murray
Freedman . . ■ She’s the former AiEPhi Rea Sil
verstone and he’s a Pi Lam. H. K. Miller, Chi
Phi, pinned Elve Mae Comely.
According to last minute reports . • • Air
Corp Pvt. Marv Pressman, Beta Sig, will visit
Bobby Cohen this weekend before he leaves for
overseas service ~ . . Aletheia Janet Schmit will
attend the Junior Prom and Phi Ep house party
at Penn . . . Tech Sgt. Walt Wilkerson is visiting
his fiance Theta Phi Alpha Marie Raymond. He
was formerly stationed on campus as an air
Cadet . . . Sally Kohler married Neil S. Williams,
ATO from Muhlenberg.
ZTA Georgia Snook middle-aisled it with
Ensign Jack McCarthy, former V-12 on campus
. . . Alpha Xi Delt alum Kit Frasso married Navy
Lt. Charles Rich last weekend.
Collegiate Review
TEN YEARS AGO IN THE COLLEGIAN
The grandpa of WMAJ was creating interest.
It was WBYA, a local short wave station.
The College was facing a big game with Penn
(Penn won 33-6) and the foundations were being
laid for a Future Farmers of American chapter.
Players were presenting “The ate Christo
pher Bean’’ while the Cathaum was showing
“The Three Musketeers.”
“Old (Mania” ran a .tale about a Frosh, ex
cused from Tribunal for lack of evidence, who
had to break a date to attend his trial.
Prof. John H. Frizzell was moved up from
acting chaplain to chaplain.
A frosh was forced 'by the cold to move out
of his tent in Woodsdale and into a more sub
stantial residence. He was all set to so back in
the spring. (He’d probably feel right at home in
State College now.)
The Corner Unusual had a fire but opened
for business the next day.
THE COLLEGIAN
Old Mania
By BARBARA INGRAHAM
Barracks Bag
I would like to take this opportunity to express, on behalf of
the AST Unit, thanks to the College officials who made it possible
for us to attend the last two home football games without charge.
AST Dance
Tomorrow is the date for the AST All-College Formal, and from
all indications it will be. one of the outstanding social affairs of the
semester as well as one of the lasi
The rhythmic, romantic music
will be furnished by the AST
Band which became so popular
last semester, and the evening
will be filled with entertainment.
Tickets are still available at the
Student Union, and you can pick
up your corsages tomorrow.
Because of the unusual charac
ter of the dance, the fact that it
costs you of the school absolutely
nothing, the men of the Unit are
going to make it an affair of af
fairs. It will be particularly im
portant to us of the ASTP, be
cause we’re awaiting orders to
Destination Unknown. But let’s
not get sentimental over it; just
come and have an evening to re
member.
Captain Hirseh
Captain Irwin A. Hirseh, grad
uate of Penn State and veteran
of many overseas battles has re
ported to this post as a perma
nent member of the college’s mil
itary staff. A member of State’s
1941 graduating class, he receiv
ed an ROTiC commission in the
Army at the same time. He re
turned to the states in September
of this year from the European
Back In Mufti
Crouching behind enemy lines in the steaming jungle under
brush of Guadalcanal, Marine Cp'l. Jess Panar had worse than malaria
mosquitoes to worry him—a Jap patrol coming his way was outlined
against the night sky. They had located his squad and were coming in
for the kill. The Japs advanced slowly towards him,-but he held his
fire. They kept coming, and when only a few inches away, he emptied
his clip into the first Jap’s belly.
The fireworks started.. Rifles cracked and the Americans sprayed
Ex-GI Information
Vetsburg - , Tinytown, Galbraith
or Trailer Town . . . which would
•be an appropriate name for the
trailer camp?
In collaboration with Prof. Ro
bert Galbraith’s office, Collegian
is sponsoring a campaign to find
a suitable name.
However, it is felt that the vet
erans and their families living in
the, camp should decide. Ideas
should be sent to the Collegian
office.
GI Bill Changed
. Congress has changed the G.I.
Bill of Rights regarding its edu
cational provisions. The change
removes the 25 year age limit pro
viding vocational or college train
ing for all veterans.
The vet need not prove that his
education was interrupted by mil
itary service. Educational grants
have been set at $65 a month for
a single man and $9O for a vet
eran with dependents.
The educational grants will not
be deducted from any future
bonus.
Trailer Camp Grows
(Forty trailers are already ;n use
in the camp. Mr. George Ebert,
head of grounds and buildings,
hopes to see the camp increase to
107. Those interested in living
there should contact Professor
Galbraith.
Rustic Days
Two couples have set up house
keeping in the NYA cabin behind
the college farms. Although a
mile and a half from town, dis
tance doesn’t matter . . . they
have a car.
Addresses Heeded
The Veterans Administration
office wants the names and ad
dresses of all veterans so that
they may be located in emergency
or be notified of impending jobs.
If the addresses are not perman
ent, 'it would be advisable 'for the
men to obtain a post office box.
Three men have their families
here living in trailers. They are:
Leo A. Fiedoarek, Dave Nemeth
and Ira Ramsey, Paul Mayer,
Edward Drew, James MdGarge
and David E. Thomas are living
in the camp With their wives.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1946
By PVT. RALPH TEMPLES
at Penn State for the Unit.
Theatre of Operations after see
ing action in seven European
countries, Africa and Sicily.
Attached to the Seventieth Tank
Battalion, Capt. Hirseh partici
pated in the D-Day invasions of
Africa, Sicily, and France. He
wears a Presidential Citation, the
Silver Star, Bronze Star, and
Purple Heart with one cluster.
NIPS and KWIPS
A recent attempt to get. a bas
ketball tournament going full
swing seems to have fallen by'the
wayside because the games had
to be played on Friday nights and
Saturday afternoons.
Cpl. Guy is in the Indiantown
Gap Hospital. ... We hear M/Sgt.
Foley is re-enlistirig. Maybe it’s a
good idea, but he’d have a hard
time convincing one Private I
know.
In case some of you are won
dering why this article has not
appeared sooner this semester, it’s
due to the fact that the last one
vanished more or less into ..thirl
air. - .
lead into the enemy patrol from
their hiding places. The Japs fell
back, and then started I to hurl
hand grenades into the Marine
positions. The jungle became a
roaring volcano of action, Vomit
ing bullets and blood. One gren
ade landed so close to Panar that
he got a mouthful of dirt and the
concussion blew the rifle from
Ins hands. Then, as suddenly as it
had begun, the firing was stop
ped—the enemy was beaten back
—all was quiet.
Crawling through the damp
jungle floor, Panar searched for
his Springfield. He knew he would
need it. as he knew the Japs. They
would be back. The rifle was
found a few yards away, the sling
cut in two by shrapnel from the
Nip grenade.
The skirmish was costly for the
Yanks, one man was killed and.
another seriously wounded. But
these men of the famous First Ma
rine Raider Battalion accomplish
ed their mission, now they had to
get the information back.
Only one way led to the relative
safety of the American lines, and
this was to circle the enemy rear.
The squad started the trek, but it
wasn't long when the wounded
man died. On' all sides they
could hear the voices of Japs who
were encamped around them...At
no time were they safe from dis
covery and possible death. Cau
tiously, noiselessly they moved on.
The morning mist was rising
from the dank swamps as Panar
and his men crossed into Marine-.
held territory. He delivered the
information, but 'there w.as no re
spite from battle. Within a few
hours he was at it again—killing
more Japs in that day’s bloody
fighting.
There were other battles and
other close calls for Jess Panar,
but those days behind the Jap
lines, the 11th to 14th of Septem
ber, 1942, were the, toughest of
the five months this ex-Maxine,
spent fighting the enemy in the
Solomons.
Discharged in April, 1943, be
cause of wounds sustained in bat
tle, Jess entered the College to take
commerce and finance in July,
1944. Holder of the Gold Star,
Purple Heart and Presidential Ci
tation, he was the first ex-G-I to
be on All-College Cabinet, being
elected president of his freshman
clqss
1 —JERRY THUMPER
Ralph Temples