PAGE FOIJIt THE COLLEGIAN "Far A Better Perm Slats" Established 1910 Successor to the Penn State Coltes established 1904, and tire Free Lance, established Published every Tuesday and Friday; morning dur ing the regular College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College Entered as Kccon'd class matter July 5. 1034. at the State College. Pa.. Post. Office under the act, of March 0, 1870. Subscriptions by mall at $1 a semester. Editor-In-Chief Business Manager | Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Peggie Weaver Rosemary Ghamtous Member Associated Golle&iate Press Golle&iate Di&esi KDITOKTAI. STAFF News Editor Olor i a , t «^ Women's Editor P Mo! vh, Wilt Sportl°Ed Uor I .George Sample Senior Board Barbara Ingraham, Audrey Ryback Junior Hoard Larry EosLt. Kay Ktrll, Lynette Luml quist, Caroline Manvillo, Lois Marks, Suzanne Mc- Cauley, David Nalven. Doris Stowe. Gwenneth Tim mis, Jane Wolbarat. Kay Uadnltot. frank Davis. Arlene Green. lfilsie Harwilz. Mavllynn Jacobson, A/S l'red Keeker, Leo Kornfeld, Sliirlev Lyon. Blaine Mittulnian, Kay McCormick, A/S Jack Ueid, Nancy Sherriff. Lucy Seit'i ng, Uutli Tislictana 11 Graduate Counselor ADVERTISING STAFF Senior Board Assistant Advertising Managers Sally Holstrum. STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor Copy Editors News Editor Sport" Editor :Mt Nittany’s Tradition The quick action last week, on the part of (Lion's Paw, senior honor society, saved one of the College’s most treasured traditions. When Russell E. Clark, alumni secretary of Lion’s Paw, put a $3OO down payment of Mt. Nittany’s top, he n(?t only preserved the beauty of the old mountain, but he also prevented a roar of disapproval from thousands of students and alumni. Nittany Mountain has been a pleasure spot for student hikers for years. To transform hex wooded slope into a 'barren hillside would be like uprooting the grass on the College campus. Now Lion’s Paw needs $l7OO to close the deal and prevent the chopping down of trees on Mt. Nittany once and for all. Will they get support? The association is positive that alumni will be able to provide all necesary funds to complete the transaction, but if not, students may be asked to help. Lion’s Paw should be commended for such a thoughtful action in the interests of the College. We are proud of Mt. Nittany’s tradition. Let’s make'sure she remains as she is today, a symbol of beauty to the College. —A. R. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Distributor of Phyllis Deal Dorothy Leibovitz, Mervin Wilf Woodene Bell, Caroline Manville Shirley Lyon David Nalvon Saturday afternoon was rainy. Saturday af ternoon was dark and dreary. Saturday after noon had nothing on us. You see, we were beeing inspected. Promptly at one the executioners came aboard, each equipped with report slips, clean hands, and a pure heart. But even so we fooled them. Only a few fell beneath the dirt-searching fingers. And they’ve just forgotten to dust the in side tops of the lamps. Gee whiz, everybody dusts there. Of course, you have to unscrew the bulb and dismantle the lamp . . . That’s not hard, is it? Protection Plus Have you ever wondered how State College would be defended in case of airborne invasion? If you’ve worried about it in the past, you can rest easy of nights now. We’l protect you. We have rifles now (that don’t shoot). We have plastic bayonets now (that keep falling off). We . . . we are the bulwark of College defense ... Is any one interested in a transfer to the U. of P.? Going My Way? We won’t be allowed to leave here till twelve noon tomorrow. And we really would like to be home for Thanksgiving. Yet, there must be no hitchhiking in the 4th Naval District. So, if you see a sailor determinedly, walking toward Lewis town or Altoona or Scranton, don’t flash by in your Packard 120. Stop and pick the guy up. Who knows, you might have a future admiral with you. And then again, you might not. But thanks for the ride anyway—you’re nice. Louis Bell Penn Statements With elections safely over and no apparent casualities, we thought the handshaking, buddy buddy-you’re-my-pal would come to an end too. But no, hang on to your newly acquired pals— you might wangle a ride home for Thanksgiving. This vacation deal is quite a problem. The kids who were going home are going to Pittsburgh, the Pittsburghites are going elsewhere, and the poor unfortunates whose vacation hangs on the fate of the Greeyhound bus drivers are settling down to a peaceful weekend in State College. Who invented vacations anyhow? Thanks for the Memories Station WMAJ has a unique request program. The AOPi’s asked that Thanks for the Memories be played for the ATO’s. The announcer com plied, but admitting he Was stupi'd and had for gotten the title of the request, he. played for the ATO’s, I Begged Her. .Ready to forgive and for get, the AOPi’s repeated their request a few days later, and this time poured their heai-ts out in One Meat Ball. THE COLLEGIAN NROTC News By JACK REID By PEGGIE WEAVER The right note A Lean and Hungry Look - v Dear Brutus ‘ With so much talk about science now, I decided to do my part to further the cause of the Whitmores, Hammonds, and Stiedels. This treatise will be on Homo Sapiens, Pennsy Statetatis or , Joe Blow in the Nittany Valley. Of course, I couldn’t cover the entire subject in one short opus, but there are a few outstanding of fauna here abouts that must be mentioned. Genus number 1 is the Corner Room social butterfly. He or she (they exist in both sexes), will en ter this glorified beanery just to flit from booth to booth in search of friends who would rather not admit such relationship. Known all over campus are the “hot dogs.” These lazy key chain twirlers think that the Hotel will collapse if they didn’t support the posts in front of the Corner. Ru mor has it that the manager of the Corner, known in the best circles as “slice that damn cake thinner,” charges them rent. Then there is the freshman who is actually proud of his green dink. He thinks, it’s collegiate. No classification would be com plete 'without the BMOCs. Penn State boasts some of the more virulent type, those who count hello’s and bite their toe nails in worry if they don’t get at least 100 per diem (Latin for per diem). Another type of BTOs is the hat men who even wear their black bowlers in bed. Doggie’s Emporium is a peren nial source of characters. Sitting in the dark corners are. always some thirsty underage customers who hear the voice of doom in the approaching footsteps of the wait er or bartender. There too, are the boys who give the ’Skeller as their address at registration, and the souses “on- the wagon” who drop down only (?) for Spider’s hamburgers. ' Everyone knows at least one Back In Mufti America has not forgotten the sinking of the destroyer USS Reuben James by a German submarine on October 30, 1941—almost six weeks before the entrance of the United States into World War 11. The James wa s escorting a convoy through the North Atlantic toward England when the torpedo struck. Electrician’s Mate 2/c Tom Turnbull was a member of the crew of the James. Coming off his watch about 4 a. m. that morn ing he went aft for the usual cup of coffee, and was standing in the hatch of the after deck house at the time of the first explosion. Knocked down by the blast, the young seaman regained his feet and made his way to the deck. First glance revealed that the ex plosion of the forward magazine combined with the original con cussion had completely destroyed all of that part af the ship to the rear of the fourth stick Almost immediately t'he oil and ammunition supplies went up,, blowing debris as high as 1000 feet into the air. All of the “.Ruby’s” lifeboats were shattered and only two life rafts remained serviceable. Turn bull managed to get overside with a life belt as the ship started to settle. Sdaroely three minutes later the “Ruby” was no more. However, as the ship went down, depth charges that she had been carrying went off one by one. One of these charges threw Turnbull high into the air. “I just said to myself, ‘l’m dead.’ ” he declared later. Another destroyer steamed close, by and picked up some of the survivor Of the sinking had enlist ed in the navy in August, 1939. He without taking Turnbull. Some Somewhere? hotel state college . TRAVEL bureau \ By Appointment—Phone 733 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1945 fellow who claims to have “made out” with every woman he has dated. Their stories are usually 90 per cent bull and 10 per cent imagination. One I know of paints himself with lipstick after a sex less evening to maintain his repu tation. His amative female coun terpart lectures to others on eti quette and how to remain virtu ous, and then goes through acro batic antics and field maneuvers in the lounges as 1 o’clock ap proaches. One can’t go to a movie now-a days without hearing shrieking frustrated females who go through orgies when a masculine face flashes on the screen. These would be paramours have to rely <on films, Forever Amber (renamed Forever Atit), and Soc 4 for ero tic entertainment. The Graham A. C. athletes. are fun. to watch. To see some fel lows pay a nickle to maul a help less pinball machine is always good for a laugh. There ought to be a varsity S for the high scorers. Always sure to head the popu larity list is the guy or gal who gets a 95 in a bliiebook, argues with the prof for a 100 while the rest of the class gazes blankly at their awo bar twos. Lovely fel low—ugh! Then there’s Jim Casey—he's in a class by himself. Have to close now, my beer glass i s empty. —Cassius. five hours later he was picked up and taken to a British army hos pital in Iceland. Diagnosfc revealed serious in juries to the ears and abdomen and damage to the eyes. “In fact, it was only the burning oil in the cold water that saved me from freezing,” he said. And actually Turnbull was lucky, for only some 25 of the original crew of 145 es caped death. A native of Rahway, N. J., this survivor of thesinkinghadenlisted •in the navy in August, 1939. He saw action in the Carribean aboard the ÜBS Texas before being transferred to the Reuben James. Trips to Iceland, Green land, Northern Ireland and five voyages to .Murmansk followed. Although the United States was not yet at war, the “Ruby” was credited with sinking four Ger man subs on these trips. “Folks back home thought we were neutral while here we were, out sinking subs,” Turnbull said. Following his discharge from the service in April 1942, Turn bull worked in the electrical field for two years before starting his electrical engineering work at the College. ' HOWIE BACK
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