>?AGE TWO THE COLLEGIAN A Bette:: Pimn State"" Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Colleg ia) i, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established mv 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 ■ focond class matter July 0, 1934, at the State College. Pa„ •Cost Office under the act of March 8, 1879. ' Subscriptions by mail at ?1 a semester. Ediior-Im-CMeS Business Manage); [ Wooden® Bel Mary Louise Bavey | Managing Editor Advertising Manage); ' Peggie Weaver Eosemary Gfeamtoms HDrroHi&r. staff Editor .. Women's Editor '■Venture Editor . •fipofts Editor .. Junior Board Larry Foster, Kay Krell, Lynette Lund, duist, Caroline Mnnville, Lois Marks, Suzanne McCaul. ley, David Nalven, Jack Beid. Doris Stowe, Gwenneth Tlmmis, Jane Wolbarst. , . Reporters Jean Alderfer, Kay Jladollet, Frank Davie, Ar. lecn Greene, Elsie Harwitz, Mariiyn Jacobson, Leo Kornfeld, Shirley Lyon, Elaine Mittelman, Kay McCor mick, Nancy Sherrif, Jerry Trumper, Lucy Self ins. ADVERTISING.' STAFF •Go i lor Board 1 ; Phyllis Deal Junior Board Bia Hdnziick, Sally Holstrum, Dorothy Lei bovitz, John Neel, June Eosen, Selma Sabel. STAFF THIS ISSUE Editor .. CoiK T . Editors • np«>rts Editor - *Kew!j Editor George Sample i — —— Kay Krell, David Natvcn Leo Kornfeld . Mary Anne Pletcher •'Rec Hall Smoking Dear Editor; It was great to see such a large crowd at Rec -Hall for the triple sports event last Saturday night. 'They say the games were very exciting but we wouldn’t know about that. We were wondering if the London fog had gotten lost and descended up- on Rec Hall. Then much to our surprise we dis covered that it was only a smoke screen dropped ■'•‘ky our fellow spectators. Mopping our tear dim -*med eyes and dusting our ash bespattered clothes •kept us busy .until .we heard someone say, “Well, why don’t they leave; the game’s over.” All this has led us to wonder what those little “No Smok ing” signs mean, and how the boys can play in such an atmosphere. What is it that makes college students forget the rights of others? Besides being unpleasant,' these conditions are unsafe and mn sanitary. Can’t' the situation be remedied for fu ture events? Hopefully, Three Asphyxiated Coeds (Editor’s note: Believing that three asphyxiated coeds are joined .by the majority of. the Rec Hall spectators and the athletic teams in their com plaint, Collegian adds its plea to their letter. Re'c Hall has never proved enhanced by a fog of smoke, and athletic; events don’t seem to call for smoking. Intermissions are provided, and exits are plentiful, so why not remember that consid eration .for others is not obsolete?) —(PIW A Common Expression In Town and on Campus \\\t mjr J" You Ca REAL BARGAINS IN REFERENCE BOOKS Formerly S2JO to $6lO, NOW ONLY® ; IMI’IE YOUR FIMAI EXAMS EASY. BUY AN OUTUIEXBOOI;,: WE HAVE THEM ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, - ■ JUST .RECEIVED - A LARGE SHIPMENT- OIF BASKETBALL OR GYMSHOES me— LEATHER MOGSASIHS MAKE' IDEAL «Ei MUM SUPPERS shop At METZGERS Gloria Nerenberg ... Patricia Turk Mervin Wilf .. George Sample n €et It At Metzgers" ER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY STATE SOLLIEGE, PA, Penn Statements —PEGGIE WEAVER Warning—for coeds only. If you value your time and your good temper, never never lose your, meal ticket. For if you should commit this un pardonable sin your punishment runs 'like this: For 48 hours you may eat while you are hunting your ticket. At the end of the probation period, however, the doors of Mac Hall or Atherton are forever closed to you, until you begin your quest for a new ticket. First you apply at the dietitian’s office for a form, (made out in duplicate, please, so.one can be kept on file) in which you state that “I did lose the meal ticket issued .to. me ... . to the best of .my knowledge it has been destroyed ... a continued search will be made for the lost ticket . . . I have paid my board bill.” Then you trot downtown with a witness to a notary public. You raise your right l\and, swear that the statements you made were true, pay your notary fee and grab your stamped form and head for the Deari of Women’s office. If you’re patient you wait there for another sig nature; then waste another half hour waiting for the Purchasing Agent to sign and receipt your now dog-eared pseudo-meal ticket. Now at last, you can eat! You are reinstated as a paying boarder, and for the rest of the semester by presenting your twice stamped, thrice signed Bxl2 inch sheet you can enjoy the delicacies of Mac Hall. Campus Retrogression If you were unlucky enough to be wandering a round the Locust Lane district at 3 a. m. Sunday morning, you heard the shrieks that accompanied the renewal of an old campus sport. Gold fish swal lowing has returned. The fraternity men in ques tion, however, is a piker. He only swallowed one fish to the tune of $2O in bets. Wrong Number The recent change in phone numbers is confus ing us like mad. A Collegian reporter, hot on a story, dialed the number of the Phi Ep house as listed in the new directory.- The operator rang the number, and a voice on the other end of the line greeted him with, “Atherton Service Station. We’ll: grease your car for 50 cents.” Bargain A coed, anticipating two particularly long blue books, sent her roommatje downtown for two 16- page bluebooks. A few minutes later a helpful roommate came running into the room. When she caught hexi breath she told.her .hoommate of her amazing discovery. We must let you in on it— you can now buy four bluebooks for one nickel. P. : S. Roommate arrived at bluebook to find she only knew enough to fill a four for five bluebook any how. THE COLLEGIAN / ■1 A Lean and Hungry Look Dear Brutus Although 1 am one usually abject to writing about obscenities, I feel that you will forgive me this once as it is due time that one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated upon the noble students of Penn State was fully exposed. To give you a little background material for this discourse, let us first consider the types of students who dwelt in the Nittari'y Valley There are those who enjoy life, are socially apt, mentally alert, and morally upright—and then there are the engineers. It is in this last genus that reside the loathsome few who delight in in sulting the intellect .of students with a publication (by a ibroad de finition of the word) .insidious to' minds of normal humans lAt this point you are probably saying to yourself that, since these persons seem oblivious of the aforementioned facts, they are not of the homo sapiens. Person ally, 1 suspect as much. Do sane individuals haunt the moldy, cess pools frequented toy these non descript characters? Do. sane in dividuals constantly worry about the square root of minus one? Do sane individuals attempt to .solve the mysteries of journalism by the use of a log‘-log duplex decitrig slide rule? (No! Then I must draw the only logical conclusion. . These -would-be sadists,. . who are really only mosochists, as few besides' themselves read their in sipid writings, also' have' obvious gastronomic defects., This, is ..evi denced by. the fact that "once a month they gather in solemn con clave to partake of leftovers and other garhage to appease, their over-worked tape worms. This gathering they call .a banquet, and,, by such means, entice other sufferers to join theif staff. Their motto is: If you are an engineer, And tapeworm trouble you do fear, Campus TODAY - WHA Executive (Board meeting WRA lounge, ‘White 'Hall, 6:30 p.m. iVSG'A Senate meeting, White Hall, 6:45 p.m. Treble Singers, 117 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. PSCA (First Semester Club Val entine party, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. Glee Club, 204 Carnegie Hall, 7:15 p.m.:- : Chess Club meeting, 305 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. Independent Party meeting, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. Penn State .Club meeting, 321 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. American Society of Mechanical Engineers- get-acquainted ... party, 110 Electrical Engineering, 3 p.m. Collegian Candidates, first se mester, 8 Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m. Second semester Collegian can didates, 8 Carnegie Hall, 8:3.0 p.m. TOMORROW 'IMA meeting, 401 Old Main, 6:30 pm. Staff Assistants Corps of Red Cross, 3 'White Hall, 6:45 p.m. ■Blue Band Rehearsal, 117 Car- TUESDAY MQRNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1946 Don’t worry join out staff, We’ll feed you and the iworm For a buck and a half. If you were so unfortunate as to have been'subjected'to view ing their latest edition of editor ial irieptness, - you may have noticed; another, attempt to per jure your faithful correspondent. Besides ' wasting . newsprint that might have been used for.worthy purposes, (if they could think of anything of merit) it lied.. I heard by the grapevine (never read the trash myself) that the author of the article claims to have been introduced to me by a friend of her’s.'Not only do l ‘maintain ,the pleasure of never talking- to 'these 'nioros'e fiiorohs; but it is common knowledge that no one even re motely connected- with this in famous magazine could ever have a friend. But such erroneous statements art to. be expected; 'just consider the. source. Being" so totally. void of dalent 'anyway,' this:, publication resorted ,to .using" the .(dubious ability of its business manager to unleash the feeble, tiradeV • • I will not .write further of this miscarriage of journalism as I know spch matters are riot ant to discuss. In conclusion,' the inference- to toe drawn ‘ is, as ah atonymous to . the .title of the current motion picture and" novel, “Leave Her To Heaven.” Let’s leave the Engineer to,. ... Calendar negie Hall, 7 ,p.m... German Conversation Club,, 405- Old 'Main,; 7 p.m.-- - M •Hillel -Movie,' “Blockade,” Hiilel Foundation, 7:30 p.m. Purple Quill Program,- “Living I’ve Liked,” WMAJ, 8 .p.m. Coffee Hour for eighth semester women, Southeast’lounge,’ Ather ton Hall, 6:15 p.m". Red -Cross Operating Commit tee, Dean of Women’s Office, 6:30 p.m. . - • - ‘ Lakonides, WRA lounge, White Hall, 6:30 p.m. . - !PSQA Upperclass Valentine party for ex-Gl’s, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. ' '- .■ ‘ Choir, 1117 Carnegie Hall, 7. p.m. Collegian Business Staff' meet ing, 8 iCarnegie.iHall, 7 p.m. Cabinet meting, Alunini Office, Old Main, ® p.m. ■ , Russian Club Choir practice, 200 Carnegie Hall, 8 pm. 4-H Club Valentine Party, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. THURSDAY
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