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THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Belter Penn'State"
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 the Pennsylvania State College. Entered os
second class matter July 5, 19.34, at the State College, Pa.,
Post Office under the act of March 8, 1879.
Subscriptions by mail at $1 a semester
Editor-In-Chief Business Manager
i Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey
' Managing Editor Advertising Manager
Peggie Weaver Rosemary Ghantous
EDITORIAL STAFF
News Editor ..
Women's Editor
Feature Editor
Sports Editor .
Senior Board ..
graduate Counselor
ADVERTISING STAFF
'.Senior Dosml Phyllis Deal
i .Junior Hoard Ilia Hanzlik, Sally Holstrum. Dorothy
. l.chowitz. John Neal, June Itosen.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editor
Hows Editor
d'opy Editors -
iWomen's Editor
Assistant Advertising Managers Sally Holstrum. June Kosoti
Student Cooperation?
After eleections what? Two hundred students
turn out for clique meetings, nominate their
friends, and campaign them into office. But when
the -time comes for class meetings, less than three
per cent of the students show up.
'Being' elected to an office is largely a matter
of good politiking, but the real test of a class pre
sident comes after the ballots are cast. A success
ful president should represent the opinion of his
class in Cabinet. But how can the, president pos
sibly know what his class wants when they don’t
(come out to a class meeting?
'The class meetings Monday night were a dis
grace to Student Government. In the sixth semes
ter, to cite an example that is not isolated; only
eight students showed up out of a possible 300.
Four other meetings were called off because of.
the low attendance.
Only through class meetings is it possible for
class presidents to become acquainted with his
classmates and their opinions. Only through class
meetings is it possible to revive Penn State’s for
mer class spirit, which was so evident before the
•war. In “the good old days” each class had its
o\vn ball and other social functions throughout
the year. But until students show a little interest
in class meetings, we cannot introduce changes in
student government or sponsor class hops.
. It’s nice to sit around and talk about the “good
old days,” but unless more upperclassmen show an
interest in the next class meetings, we’ll still be
sitting around talking.
Priority Admissions
■Because of the large student enrollment this
'semester and the housing shortage arleady in ex
instence, few of the people seeking entrance next
semester will be admitted. The Executive Com
mittee of the Board of Trustees, at their meeting
tonight, will decide on a method of admissions.
Collegian submits the following plan for the Sen
ate’s consideration.
1. A priority system be adopted and adhered
to in admitting all students.
2. First consideration will be given to ex-ser
' vicemen who were former Penn State students,
i 3. In ranking ex-servicemen, those in the
higher semesters will be given preferences over
those in the lower semesters.
4. If a decision has to be made between two
applicants, the one with the higher all-college
average 'will be admitted.
5. If and when all ex-GI applicants are accept
ed, next consideration will be. given to transfer
students. Male students will he given preference
over female,
6. Incoming freshmen mer will be at the bot
tom of the priority list.
7. No freshmen women wl'l be admitted at all.
—MiMW
Christmas Cheer
iSt ELECTRIC-BAKERY
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Gloria Nerenberg
... Patricia Turk
Mervin Wilf
George Sample
Barbara Ingraham, Audrey Ryback
l.yneltc Lunclguist
- Kuy McCormick, David Naiveu
Lois Marks
The Kappas and the Delts will dance to Dick
Berge’s music at the Delt house tonight. Among
the Kappas and their escorts for the affair are
Marion Leigh and Jack Keefe, Lambda Ch; from
Lehigh . . . Hattie' Leyden and ATO John Barn
es .. . Nancy Embick and Bob Wetherby . . .
Audrey Hartley and Bill Cahill . . .Betty Meyer
and Phi Delt Joe Esinhuth.
Also Nan Charles and Carlton Morehead . . .
Bci-gie Smedley and SAE Bob Baumgartner . . .
Terrie Kist and Ted La Fevre . . . Dottie Mor
row and SPE Fred Hunphries . . . Charlie Martin
and TKE Bob Gridley . . . Jane Dye and Phi
Delt Dick McKibben . . . Joan Paul and Sigma
Fi Bud Bodies.
Delts W Dates
Delts and their dales include Bill Snyder and
Louise Heisley, import from Manoa . . . Bing
Hendrickson and June Reilly, import from Pitts
burgh . . . Joe Steele and Kappa Helen Feidler . .
Dave Doebler and Phyllis Gibbs, from Juniata
college . . . Trunk Harrison and Gloria Wood
ward . . . Jim Doyle and Terry Endy, import from
Merion . . . Tom Savage and Dee Sarriaki . . .
Carl Schwenk and Barbara Jones . . Bill Spliet
hoff and Dotty Coffman.
Campus guest list for this week included
AChiO alum Pat Halberg and DU alum Ray
Brooks . . . Carpenters mate 3/c Johnnie Riffer
who visited Alpha Xi Delt Ruth Shuey . . .
Alpha Xi Delt alum Peggie Cup . . . Theta alum
Pris Shautz who was wearing a ring from Phil
Jones, a hometown boy . ; . SDT‘s-Jacquie Spritz
ler and Mrs. Paul Friedman, the former Arlene
t Rabinowitz . . . Marines Pinkey Stein and Mush
Levin who came to see Anita Iscovitz.
Ensign Thumper Barkley, Alpha Chi Sig, was
up to see his fiance A'OPi Weezie Umberger . . .
Beta Sigs Eddie Cohen and Herbert Lee" treked
up . . . ditto Phi Sigs Stan Sykes, Ralph Snyder
and' A 1 Pottasch . . . also AEPhi Dottie Swartz
and alum Fanny Sklar . . . Bob Moore, former
AST, was up.
Louis Bell
Elsie liar wit/.
Shock Treatment v!,
r Sigma Pi’s prescribed tough treatment for bro
thers who get pinned or engaged . V . a cold' shower
while the yictim 'is hogtied. • Fellas and the'girls
they’ve suffered for recently are—Ed Hoaftland
for Mildred Marstellar . . . Mike Rosenbergei’ for
Grace Miller . . . Wally Davis for Jackie Zivic.
Whole flock of pinnings this week . . . Kappa
Mafv Lou Sweet and.. Sigma Nu Dusty Miller are
pinned . . . ,Eris Huntsinger has Bob McCoy’s
PiKA jewelry . . . Muriel Klorman is wearing the
pin of Herbie Parets, ABPi from Ohio State . . .
Tom Davis, Phi 1 Sigma. Kappa, pinned Jeanie
Rile . . . Don Marks gave his Phi Sig- jewelry
to Rosalie Caplan . . . Phi Sig Lenny Sugarrhah
pinned Altoona Center student Gloria Gellef . . .
Alraid of being caught in the recent epidemic of
pinnings two Phi Sigs have sent their pins home
to mother for safekeeping.
DG’s Anne Startzel, Greta Hughes, and alum
Helen Hatton went up to Erie to hear DG alum
Allene Babbitt say “I do” to Ensign Donald Swan
son. Alethea Jule Arronson treked to Harrisburg
to see her man . . . Phi Sig Irwin" Tenzer was
back . . . Theta Phi Alpha Connie Miceli is wear
ing Bob Kreitzer’s class ring '. . . Carolyn Moss
and Shirley JLsvinson went down to Lancaster for
a big homecoming party . . . Recently married:
Mickey Wohlman and Seaman 1/c Reds Friedman
are living in Florida . . . Alum Ronnie Schulman
and Sgt. Bob Saunders will soon be engaged.
~E. J. Phillips is engaged to Petty Officer 2/c
Bill Boust, Delta Chi and former V-12 at State . .
Gamma Phi Beta Ginny Tennyson is engaged to
Ski Wrublewski. Phi Sig Kurt Goldmann visited
on campus recently . . . ditto Gamma PJii Beta,
alum Jean Butz . . . Gamma Phi Beta Ruth Win
ter-stein attended the Phi Kappa Tau-Sigma Chi
dance with Phi Kap Harry Compton.
And worst of it all was done to a former Colle
gian Editor . . . anyway, in spite of false’ reports,
Vic Danilov and Dee Kitka are very definitely
still pinned.
THE COLLEGIAN
Old Mania
By BARBARA INGRAHAM
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It’s three Cull stripes Cor Commander Wisner now. He was recent
ly notified of his ascendency to Full Commander. Also sporting a new
stripe is our boy Norton who was raised to athletic specialist 1/c.
The unit’s best wishes go to another officer today as Lieutenant
Lawler lays aside gold stripes for pin stripes. While bidding Mr. Law-
ler farewell, we earnestly lay out
science prof, Lieutenant C. B.
Ford, who comes to us from New
bury College, Newbury S. C.,
where he was head of the head of
the V-12 unit.
Former trainee Gene Hannum
was featured in the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette with his father, bas
ket ball coach at Carnegie Tech.
Gene, recently discharged from V
-5 to inactive duty, has scored 56
points for the Tech basketball
team under the coaching of his
dad.
Congratulations are in order to
John Hamilton, houseleader of
Barracks 9. “Ham” was named to
the All-American soccer team by
coaches and referees throughout
the nation.
Bob Foote and Jim Sheehan,
presidents of fifth and sixth sem
esters respectively, got off to a
flying start Tuesday night with
Lost! Devoured in the blackness of. the Pacific morning, .a sleek
PBY “Black Cat” crossed over /the horizon and disappeared into the
east. A few minutes later the seaplane reappeared from the south
groping its way into the first light of dawn. ' ■ !
The engine sputtered, answered the pleading throttle with a brief
roar and then sputtered again. ■ >
As dawn broke southeast of Hawaii on Sunday morning, Septem
ber 4,. 1943, Naval Lt. John Zub
ler looked down from the window
of the plane onto a dark, choppy
Pacific, and shaking his head,
smiled a little grimly.
“We’re lost!” he said to him
self. He repeated •it again as if
it hadn.’t taken; affect' the first
time.
, The navigator" had ceased 'plott
ing the course. • The range station
was malfunctioning; the crew be
came fully aware of the circum
stances.
Landing at their 'base on Can
ton Island in such weather was
impossible even, if they knew
where the few acres of land that
rose out of the. sea was hiding. At
daybreak, with fuel practically
exhausted, the crew prepared for
an emergency landing.
Setting the huge “Black Cat”
down in the stormy .sea demanded
all the skills of an expert pilot
plus a lot of courage. The waves
swelled to 12 foot heights. The
landing had to be right. No res
cue plane could follow them onto
the precarious seas. The plane was
traveling 80 miles an hour when
the waves met its hull. It swerv
ed to a halt, floundered, and stay
ed afloat.' Zubler had landed the
“Cat” without damage to plane or
.personnel.
Applications for admittance to the College for the coming semes
ters are pouring into the veterans administration daily. However, no
definite answer can be given until President Hetzel and the -Board of
Trustees meet today. ;
At the present time, all the veterans are housed. About 60 are
living in trailers. It is hoped that additional trailers will soon arrive'.
It is interesting to note that some
of the boys that were living on
the top floor of Old Main wanted
to remain there. They said that
the living facilities were handier.
Complaints have been made
that some of the monthly allot
ment checks have not yet come
through. Anyone who has not re
ceived his check should see Mr.
Dunn or Mr. Bundy at the vete
rans administration.
The veterans administration
asks that the following men re
port to their office to fill out the
necessary forms. Samuel J. Black;
Costeles, Jr.; William A. Green;
Robert A. Long; Charles J. Stauf
fer; and Leslie J. Tyler.
Each Tuesday at 11:15 a. m.
Station WMAJ sponsors “Infor
mation for Veterans”. Mr. Ed
ward L. Wagner, contact repre
sentative of the veterans admin
istration, tries to answer questions
—Maniac
NROTC News
By 808 REA
Back In Mufti
Ex- GI In formation
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945
;he welcome mat to our new naval
an informal meeting to help stud
ents get acquainted with class of
ficers and to plan class events.
Music of all types to satisfy all
tastes has- come to Barracks 22.
Bill Andrews came through with
a combination radio-phonograph
from home. The barracks is al
ready known for its “Hutton”
version of the Doctor, Lawyer,
Indian Chief. All they need now
is a school bus to bring them in
each day. - ;
The USO is closed now, but the
men of the. Unit wish to express
their thanks for the kind con
sideration of our problems—pro
blems which varied from sewing
on buttons to supplying chocolate
cake. And we really mean it
when we, say that we appreciate
the kindness, the understanding,
and the service of the local USO.
A-search plane
£ flew overhead,
circled over the
crippled mon
ster toss i n g
helplessly ,be
low.; Sixteen
hours later ' a
surface Vessel
located, -them.
The' seas began
to calm, so the
plane was tow-'
ed slowly -back
to Canton Is
land. •. .
! “That is an experience I’ll
never forget,” said" the man who*,
deceived a " Distinguished Plying.
Gross and a Gold Star in lieu of a
stecond, DFC for his courage arid'
aggressiveness during the. 27
tiori-packed months in the Paci
fic. 'Zubler also wears .an Air
Medal with' two oak leaf clusters,
and the "Presideritial unit 6ita
tion for outstanding service. t
i Zubler had received his BS de
gree in .agricultural education
from .the College and taught four
years at Oley High School in
Berks, -county before he enlisted
in December, 1941. Keceiving his
discharge last October, he is now
cornmutin-g from his home at
Spring Mills to the College to
work towards his master’s degree.
His younger sister Lois is a third
semester student here.
—JEAN ALDERFER
and give suggestions to the dx-
GI on campus. The programs be
gan October 29 with Hospitals
Benefits and Medical Treatments.
Successive programs have dealt
with National Service Life In
surance, Benefits Payable to Fe
male Veterans, Homes, Business,
and Farm Loans under the GI
Bill, Claims and Guardianship
Service, -and 'Prosthetic Devices.
It is interesting to note a study
made of 100 colleges and univer
sities concerning future veteran
enrollment. The sampling indi
cates an. anticipated enrollment of
veterans during 1945-46 appro
ximately ten times the number
during 1944-45; While the peak
will probably not come until
September 1946, the discharge of
some 750;000 military personel
per month will create new pro
blems to the colleges jmd univer-'
sities.