PAGE TWO THE COLLEGIAN "for A Better Penn State" Established 1940. Successor lo flic Penn Stale Colleg ian, established 1904, and the Free I,mice, established 1877. Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur ing the regular Colleffe year by the staff of the Dally Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as aecond class infitter July B, 1934, at the State College, Pa., Post Office, under the act. of March 9, 1379. Subscriptions by mail at $1 a semester. IMtfftlfleNTKD POW NATIONAL ADVERTISING B», National Advertising Service, Inc, College Publishers Hepresenlath e t 4itO Madison Avr. * New Yon*. N. Y. CiIICAQO • Boston • Lot Anon M • I,N FntNrltrn Editor-In-Chief Business Manager WoOdene Bell Mary Louise Davey Managing Editor Advertising Manager Peggie Weaver Ghantous EDITOIHAI. STAFF News Editor Gloria Nerenberg Feature Editor Mervin Wllf Snorts Editor George Sample Senior Board Barbara Ingraham, Audrey Ryback Junior Bonfd Lurry Foster, Kay Kroll, Lynelte LulidqUtst, Caroline Mnnville, Lois Murks, Sus none McCauley, David Nnlvcn, A-S Jack Reid, Doris Stowe, Owynneth Timmis, James Wolbnrat. Reporters - Jean Aldcrfer, Kay Hadollot, I* rank Dnvis, Arlene Greene, Klsle ltarwitz. Mnrllynn Jacobson, Led ■ Kornfeld, Shirley Lyon, F.iaine Mitlclmnn, Kidr.; McCormick, Nancy Sherrifr, .lorry Tnimper, Ltifty Selfing. Graduate_-CoUnselor STAFF THIS ISSUE Mannitiiut Editor — " -1“ 7. a Enrry Foster Copy Editors • Gloria Neroiilierjr, A]S Jack Real Nows Editor - Kl >y liadollet Woman’H — r Lynetle Lumlquiat Social Status vs Politics This week campus politics entered a new phase, with the Independent party sweeping both offi ces in freShman elections. This win may be only temporary, hut if the Independent party continu es in strong force, the College will be back to the old independent vs. fraternity set-up" that was so disastrous before the war. The Independent party admittedly urges the support of only non-fraternity people on campus, and promises in their platform to support only in dependent students. At present this policy pays oft for the clique, because the majority of stud ents are independent But in normal times, Penn State is a fraternity school, with more than 50 per cent of the students joining Greek societies. With a set-up like this, college politics would bo a farce. If most students at the time of elec tions belonged to fraternities and sororities, nat urally the' elections would swing in their favor, and vice versa if independents were in the major ity. But the point is . . . WHAT DOES SOCIAL STATUS HAVE TO DO WITH POLITICS? Most students on campus are independent because they .prefer to be, hot because they were refused by a Greek society and have personal grudges against the Grfeeks. Students should vote for the best can didate, and not the one of thei rsimilar social Status. , - ,w. . , . . The Independent party is forcing segregation of the two groups, and if it succeeds, the result will be felt by every student on campus. ■*rFSsa MAY YOUR EVERY WISH BE FULFILLED Aikens Kennard & Mateer Louis Bell :gfSS^g,-?tgSS^;^ SLUE AND GOOD WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR We welcome an oppor tunity to thank you for that measure of good will and confidence we enjoy from you. From this priceless asset —the good will of all we serve and those who serve us —we hope to draw in spiration for continued effort and for greater achievement in the years to come. We are happy if we have been of service to you, and trust that we may continue to merit your friendship and pa tronage. . . . OPERATING . . . THE CORNER ROOM THE ALLENCREST THE STATE COLLEGE HOTEL Old Mania By BARBARA INGRAHAM The list of dales for fraternity and sorority dances goes on and on. Among the DG’s and their escorts for a holiday formal with the Sigma Pi’s tonight are Delbert Weiner and ATO Ray Jack* son . . . Jean Sickle and Phi Delt Guff Pntrich. . Gicta Hughes and Sigma Pi Don Ward . Dot tie Lawrence and TKE John Neel. . . Marg Camp* bell and TKE Frank Stevens . . . Betty Rank and KDR Dave Carlton .. Kay Culls and Matt Szyeller Becky Burk and Phi Kappa Sig Pat Brennan . . Pot Bergy and Phi Dell Tom Smith ... Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Barton . . . Ensign, and Mrs. Don Swanson. Also Jean Briner and Bill Aman . . . Jeanne Bari noli, and KDR John Murphy . . . Peggy Keefe and ATO Ralph Schumack . . . Anna Kath*- c- ine Zierdt and A/S Chuck Willing . . . Russella Adamitz and Bob McLaughlin . . . Suzanne Mc- Cauley and Tern Egolf . . . Mary Lou Waygood and Phi Psi Bob Foote . . . Anne Siebrecht and P.iKA Alan Benetz . . . Phyllis Riegle and SAE Bill Miller . . . Lila Kennedy and Fred Erntz. Sigma Pi Formal Sigma Pi’s and their dates include Jack Reeves and Shirley Herold . . . Fred Caccase and KD Peggy Martin . . . George Fryberg and Theta Jeanne Hirt . . . Louis Gresh and AChiO Peggy Hoffman . . 'Wally Davis and Jackie Zivic . . . Jack Smith and Theta Betsy Heagy . . . Bill Kerr and Betty Moran . . . Bob Day and Amy Kaline . •Ed Hoagland and Mildred Marsteller. Also Wally Campbell and Joan Peters . . Fred Smith and Nancy Pardee . . . Lloyd Black andi Ginny Peck ... Ed Kelso and Sara Barrett . . 1 A 1 Stewart and Marjorie Gorham . . . John Hame and Theta Phi Alpha Van Angelillo . . . Bob Cra mer and Jan' Edwards . . . Stoney Foster and Ann Condrin . . . Bill Steele and Ruth Hember. ■Seen at the Theta Chi formal were these Theta Chi’s and their dates . . - Floyd Lang and Patty Trew . . . Bill Staley and Faye Matulis . . . Bob Sc.hlegel and Shirley Bremier . . . Bill Fairchock and ZTA Rita Horton . . . Wally Rechenberg and Nan Bonham . . . Ray Ritz and Elaine Z wicker . . Arnie Leonard and Nancy Wylie . . . Les Strickler and Cathy Liliegren . . . alum Ed George and Betsy Ross . . . Whizzer White and Betty McKee. 'Bill Renton and ChiO Barb Smith. Rough It Pgrty Phi Sigma Delta went informal ax a “Rough It Party.” Among those enjoying dancing and hot dog and marshmallow roasting were Irv Mon sein and Gloria Kobenz . . . Stan Beals and Judy Steinberg ... Ed Silverberg and Herky Wert . . Stan Roth and Smokey Fierman . . . Haft Finkel and Judy Lander . . . Stan Steinberg and Blanche Vail . . . Ken Jayson and Mona Smulyan . , . Shel Kalmutz and Phil Ginsberg ... Gil Isaacman and Fay Grossman . . . Art Lillien and Anita Ro- sen. Also Don Marks and Rosalie Caplan .-. Sam Weinbefg and Lois Brown . . . Don Hecker-arid Shirley Spector . . . Dick Claite and'Rhoda Larry, 'Preverf and Bobbie Cohfen . ;"Al ; Aihster-,' / dam and Sylvia Alterman . . . Bob and; Sherma Greenberg. ■pancakes were their only food for 10 days, while the Kamiknzi raided 300 times and the soothing voice of Tokyo Rose promised, “con ditidns will be even worse in the future.” The men aboard Ihe Army freighter in harbor on Mindoro had a hard time believing an article they came across in a magazine which depicted the. Kamikazis as a myth. Perhaps the raids every two hours or less were merely myths, but according to MM James Russell Hoffman, they Were very real myths to the men. fighting them. To relieve the monotony of the attacks, Hoffman and a buddy planned a tour of near-by San Jose. Together they hitch-hiked a ride on a passing truck and calmly perched themselves on top to survey the surrounding land. Hoffman noticed signs of recent slrafings on the road and when his companion discovered they were sitting on a load of incendiary bombs they decided they needed the exercise walking. After entering San Jose 'through a back way, they wan dered through the town alert for trouble and food. The Army had only recently taken the town and not all the Japanese had been • evacuated, but 'Hoffman didn’t think of that when, he discovered (Latest among the officers of the unit to be discharged is Lieuteen ant Talman Who will leave here tomorrow. Another officer will be de tailed to the College before we return from the holiday lave. All the men who will have become eligible for discharge through ,the point system by January 1 have either been .released from the unit or have submitted requests to remain till the end of the current sem ister. Answers to these requests ire expected from Washington in the near future. A preliminary check of the 3- •way options submitted by the men Vf the unit shows that 152 sailors .wish to continue under the peace time NROTC program. Of these, 12 desire to transfer to other col leges, while 4 men requested duty 'n the V-5 program. The remain ng 132 have asked for fleet duty mder V-6 where they will, await discharge under the point system. Sailors from other units are ex pected to seek enrollment at the College. Since the establishment of the iriginal naval unit here 1010 sail ers and 390 marines have studied ’t the College. Most of these men had previous duty at other sta tions before entering the program. Penn State, one of 52 units throughout the country,will'have l peacetime NROTC complement if 300 men. , Men in the unit who wish to try ?6r entry to the Naval Academy will be given the opportunity soon to take a competitive examination. Three appointments will be made from this unit. , • Transportation is still the ma,t. lor .problem. for the.: sailors...lyho ate -in holies of getting home m time' for Christmas. The “ho hitch hiking” rule still holds; but rides would be appreciated from all you people who hate to see sailors walking. Thanks, and Happy Holi days': from the unit!. to Address luncheon —Maniac Dr. Eric A. Walker, director of ';he Ordnance Research Labora tory and head of the department >f electrical engineering at the college, will speak to the faculty lunch club at the meeting Mon day, January 7. Greenland is a possession of Denmark. Merry Christmas { $ s ft A Common Expression In Town and On Campus | 1 "You Can Get (t At Metzger's" 1 You will find in our store a large variety of merchandise suitable for Christmas Gifts for all members of the family Shop At METZGER’S Temporary location 112 E. College Ave. THE COLtftmAN Back In Mufti NROTC News By 808 REA You can solve your gift problems here at our store TOYS, BOOKS and GAMES For the Kiddies —OPEN EVENINGS— some sugar cane and cold water. At last, there was relief from the terrible pancakes. Troubles didn’t end for Hoff man when he was relieved to come home, for Tokyo Rose had another cheerful prediction for him. This time she said his ship the “General Mitchell’ would never reach home in one piece. Although the United States had control of the Pacific at the time and Japan was suffering its lest ■mortal wounds, the men on the “Billy Mitchell” still looked fear fully at the sea until the ship .finally reached home after a safe voyage. ■ After almost three years ser vice with the Coast Guards, Hoff man was discharged on August G, 1945 and he is now enrolled in mechanical. engineering school os a freshman— Marty Mousley Pugh Attends ’Meeting Of Junior’College Profs D. iB. Pugh, supervisor of the College’s undergraduate centers, will go to Chicago, January 15 to’ attend meetings of various committees of the American As sociation of Junior Colleges and to appear on the program at the group’s convention. Mr. Pugh will speak on “Pre paration of Junior College In structors.” He is a member of the executive, research, and finance committees, and is chairman of the committee on teacher prepara tion. Accompanying Mr. Pugh to Chicago for the week-long con.- vention will be T. Stewart Goas, administrative head of the Schuyl kill undergraduate center. Bennett, English Write Book on Pheasant Life Logan J. Bennett, and P. F, Eng lish, of the Pennsylvania Co-op erative Wildlife Research TJnit at the College, and others are joint authors of a new book, “The Ring- Necked Pheasant and Its Manage ment in North America.” This very readable treatise has been published by the American Wild life Institute, Washington, D. C., W. C. McAtee, editor. A series of fully illustrated chapters by the various authors cover the breeding habits, food habits, and mortality of pheasants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, the northern prairie states, the Sandhills of Ne braska, Utah, irrigated sections of Oregon, and. the Pacilc North west. Christmas Merry Christmas, humbug My Christmas spirit’s dead. My feet hurt, my legs are tired I’m going home to bed. No, it’s not the three-day measles Or a friendly case of grip It’s the standing in the post office To mail my laundry kit. I stood in line on Monday But I had class at ten At three o’clock back down I went To try my luck again. You should have seen the line by then They crowded ’round the door They pushed and shoved me with them I could not take much more. The woman’s box behind me Cut sharply in my back The line was getting longer There wasn’t any slack. At last I made the window The Clerk snapped out at me How many stamps do you want A hundred 2’s or 3’s? I want to mail my laundry kit I managed to explain Your in the wrong ;.line mister Just get in. line again. Merry Christmas, humbug My Christmas spirit’s dead. My feet hurt, my legs are tired, I’m going home to bed. Texts Follow Tactics In Roving Life Of Prof ..From text-books to tactics and back to text-books in a little less than four years shows that the life of a professor is not so dull as it’s supposed to be. . Receiving a commission, in. 1942, ■as 'a lieutenant; , jtujior-grade,..,in the/Navyy Emmett O’Neill, then an associate professor in the history department, served as a gunnery officer in the Atlantic for a year andr-a-half. Transferred to the Pacific area, he served on trans port ships as Naval commanding officer in the Naval Transport Service. Then once more back to the Atlantic, where Lieutenant' O’Neill held the position of trans portation officer until his release to civilian life on November 3.- “Although I don’t think I had any close calls, all my experiences were thrilling from my point of view. I enjoyed every minute of my service and would do it again if I had the chanqe,” said O’Neill. “My ship participated in the North African invasion and in the landings on Okinawa. This latter campaign was a little rough as we were attacked toy Kamikaze planes se'veral I did get to meet several famous people, for in stance; General De Gaulle and General Sikorsky, late head of the Polish Army,” continued Professor O’Neill. Although still on terminal leave, Professor O’Neill is back at the College at his former position in the history department. Because fourteen accidents have occurred within the last two years, at the corner of North Burrowes Street and Pollock Road, the state bureau of highways erected two more stop signs at that site. Ac cording to Capt. Philip A. Mark of the campus patrol, 90 per cent of campus motor accidents occur at this point and usually because the automobile having the right of way was travelling- too fast. HAPPY Nittany Letters to the Editor (Editor’s Note All letters must be signed if they are to be printed. Upon request, Collegian will withhold the signatures from the letters. All correspondence should be addressed to The Editor, Collegian Office, Carnegie Hall, Campus.) *»f i*t Dear Editor: When Coach Lnwther realizes that basketball is not chess and can’t be played 'by standardized plays, Penn State may have a basketball team that plays basket ball instead of checkers. My opinion, and I believe the opinion of many others, is that it is far better ,to watch a fast passing, fast breaking team lose 85-79 than to watch a team of strategically coached automatic chessman rwin 23-22. Six points behind and holding the ball over your head can’t pro duce two points. Dear Collegian: Christmas this year will be the first I have spent at home in three years, and it has been four and five years since many other ex servicemen have been able to spend Christmas with their fami lies. •We entered the College through the understanding that we would be given sufficient subsistence al lowance. The majority of veterans whom I have talked to and who have been admitted in the fall semester, have received no pay ments from the government and there are no prospects of any forthcoming. And so, Christmas is just around the corner; Christmas—a time of happiness and friendly spirit. We ox-'Gl’s who were scattered all ever the world looked forward to spending another Christmas at home. This year, we can, or at least some of us. But what a Empty Bottle Foils Coed Mystery and five Jordan Hall coeds surrounded the box. Instead of red and green ribbons the puzzling Christmas present was made of wooden boards nailed shut and bound with soldered copper wires. It was about 10 inches long and four inches wide, with a re turn address of France. December 25 was too long to wait for this tempting package, so it was quickly decided to open .the’box at ppce. Quickly decided, but not easily done. Scissors, nail files, screw driv ers, pen knives, and even a hair pin were suggested and each failed. The five coeds .took turns shaking the box and listening, while each heard some different sound. Just when everyone had given up one of the copper wires snapped 'under the pressure of the scissors success. In §, moment all the copper wires were off, but the nails were deeply imbedded in the 1/4 inch thick boards and they gave no sign of easy surrender. A beach head was established with -bent scissors as the only casualty, after which the screw driver accom plished a blitzkrieg. The top creaked glowly as it eased off and wham it flew across the room to hit the wall. Three layers of cardboard tumbled out and a flash of white was revealed. Breathlessly, the coeds gathered around as the last lid was ripped open and the trea sure was .taken out. Yes, it*was beautiful -to look at but the perfume had evaporated. Correction The name of the student who was awarded the gold medal live stock judging prize was incorrect ly spelled in the last issue of Col legion. The name is correctly spelled Samuel Daub. Sigma Alpha Epsilon . . . recently initiated the follow ing three men: Jack Couch, Dick Mier, and Clay Zundel. and a YEAR NEW Printing Co. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,‘ 1948 Christmas it will be when some of u s can’t even do for ourselves what we’d like to do for others. Selfish people say we have no business in college but they ore the people who spent the duration of the war making all the money they could. Before the war they didn’t have the proverbial pot. Unfortunately, money has no af fect on brains. I expected that there would be many difficulties for the returning GI but the least I expected was an ungrateful government. A disgusted GT Dear, Miss Smith You are so right, Miss Smith. There are more MEN on campus this year than there have been for several years. And there lies the root of your trouble stated in your own words! The war has brought about many things, among them the phenomenon of separating the men from the boys no matter what the average age. Why don’t we “let our hair down and be the fun-loving, hell raising American youths whom everyone envies?” Miss Smith, its simply because that’s just not fun to many of us anymore. I spent three years in a university before the war and I was one of those “American youths,” although I can’t soy my hell-raising was en vied by anyone. Since then I’ve been a 'few places besides home, high school, the Corner Room, and Slate College. And I’ve seen and done a few things which knocked the tendancy to let my hair down Clean out of me. Hollywood Hero You must try to understand, Miss Smith, that in the next few years American colleges will go through a difficult transition period both socially and academi cally. No longer will you find the ■average frosh to be a pink-cheek ed 117-year-old with the Holly wood idea of college which you seem to have. Rather you’ll find him to be a pretty serious student who worries about his grades a good bit more than he worries about some weeping willow sitt ing by her telephone waiting for some knight in. shining armor (bearing a fraternity pin instead of a lance) to sweep her off her feet. This same new species of college student may be inclined to be on the bitter side too, and you should try to understand his side of the case. What Do We Do? When our veteran-student finds' 1 free time in a routine which is basically difficult for him, he looks for something different than does our Harry High School All- American boy. Perhaps he seeks birds of his own feather for a companionship and, understanding which no coed can provide. Per haps. he hag a job to augment the subsistence he gets. Perhaps he’s' •OBtching up on sleep lost “some where in Germany” or perhaps (can you picture this Miss Smith?) toe does a little extra reading in the library or studies his texts a bit more! No, Miss Smith, very few of us sit in fraternities or anywhere else twiddling our thumbs. And you say we hardly know vou? On the contrary, we do! All of us go to class with you, speak with you, and listen to you giggle every day. A remedy? For the situation—a sensible conference between the telephone sitters and ex-Gl’s for '‘he purpose of talking this out. For you, Miss Smith—why don’t you write to Dorothy Dix? An ex-combat Man Dear Editor, I was shocked to hear of the death of Professor Helme. Many of us knew him and respected him as a great authority on art and as a brilliant man. I am an art major and took a course from Mr. Helme just this summer. He told me several times that one of his highest hopes was to see Henry Vamum Poor’s mural in Old Main carried out to completion. It seems that our mural is only a part of ‘he size intended. It was meant to cover several of the walls on the second floor of Old Main, and the work was inter rupted by the outbreak of war. This mural is recognized nation ally as being one of the finest art treasures in the United States. There are many State students who don’t realize the value of the mural, or that people come from far and near to study it. Professor Helme had a great deal to do with our getting a con tract with Mr. Poor and the work of art is worth far more than Mr. Poor required us to pay. Mr. Poor is no longer a young man and if we delay too long it may toe too late to give this truly great gift to Penn State. We could pay no finer tribute to Professor Helme nor to the other classes would pledge their College if the class of ’46 and money to the completion of our mural. Visit The New GLICK SHOE STORE 122 Allen Street For Your Smart Campus Shoes We feature the Fam ous Sandler "Sports ters'' in a complete sixe range. tjj i',t Sincerely, Ginger Sykes ’46
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