PAG* TWO Round-up Time At Penn State We can look back on this school year as being one of the busiest ever. For a college suffering from growing pains, the final results are impres sive. As for the individual student, his gains can only be measured by himself. There is no set standard applicable to all. In this newspaper we have endeavored to dis seminate campus news in the most efficient man ner-we knew how. For those of us on the staff, our September 2?th issue was perhaps the most important in that it marked our initial post-war venture on a daily basis. In that first- issue we learned that the Naval ROTC was coming to State . . . that Pearl O. Weston was named acting dean of women . . . Higgins was getting his Lions geared for the opening tilt . . . then registra- tion came along. Along with that we learned that John Chew gnawed his way into first place in Ihe registration line. That first week was hectic. President Hetzel called a convocation which turned out to be mighty impressive . . . but a lot of students, and more surprising, many profs slept in that morning. Col legian’s sports editor Leo Kornfeld died sudden ly .. . four students carted away a few jeep loads of building material from a fraternity house and Juba made his first arrest of the semester. That made things official. The first game_ against Bucknell . speed of Ihe Blue Band as it marched down the field before wide-eyed students . . . the release of registrar's figures on enrollment—lo,379 . . . the clique nominations’ . . . Foote and St. Clair . . . Alumni weekend . . . not an extra room available'. . . we had our first "queen" of the semester, titled "State Sweater Sweet heart." The student union theme was used in fraternity and sorority decorations . . . the plane that was supposed to drop "SU NOW" leaflets at the football game never arrived . . . Pollock Circle men elected dorm officers the next week. The political parlies hopped on the band wagons and the race was on. We held a cheer contest, but few felt like writing cheers. We beat Syracuse without them. Foote beat St Clair for the all-college post . . . Miami can celled its game with us . . . football followers were perturbed when we lost to Michigan State . . . talked about ousting Higgins . . , State took Navy and they forgot about it. Then came Pitt week end . . . some got around to seeing the game. The Galloway story caused a stir for weeks Letters —From the Editors Mailbox Attention, Mr. Fleming TO THE EDITOR: There should be questions in the minds of all Penn State tennis enthusiasts and players as to the record of the tennis team this year. Although the season has not yet ended, the best possible record we can achieve is four vic tories and seven defeats. Having been deeply in terested in tennis the best part of my life, I have an urge to attempt an explanation, not an alibi, for our team’s record this year. _ We had belter material for a top-notch ten-' nis team than Penn State will muster together in the far future. For example. Bob Tuttle, formerly a highly-rated player in Pittsburgh, Dick Clarkson, rated the equal of many excel lent players in Philadelphia, Dick Greenawalt, formerly the number two man for a strong Cornell team, and Frank Pessolano, the num- ber one man for Thiel before the war. Add lo this list several of us Penn Slate play ers of early war years and you have the poten tialities for a fine tennis team. My explanation for not having a strong team is this: without more interest of the school athletic administration, no sport will survive. We tennis players were led to believe that the school did not care about tennis when they appointed a man from the Physical Education School to coach tennis who has no real knowledge of the game and who, if able to instruct us, could not be present at practice due to classes he must teach in the School of Phys ical Education. Tennis is not a game different from football or basketball. You need hard, daily prac tice under supervision, with words of advice and guidance to correct your faults. We lacked this; consequently, we have just been playing and mak ing the same errors over and over, unless, we de tect them ourselves and correct them. Here I wish to say that we, the tennis team, highly respect the tennis coach as a man; but knowledge of the sub ject is lacking and no improvement is made in our playing. Other minor points such as the lack of tennis balls for practice, traveling a long distance in a few hours before a match, and the lack of private ten- Collegian Gazette All calendar items must be in the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre ceding publication. Friday, May 23 HANDBOOK ADVERTISING STAFF meeting, PSCA room, 7 o’clock. Bring all advertisements. Saturday, May 24 ALL-COLLEGE CABIN PARTY, PSCA Cabin, leaving from Old Main at 2:30 o’clock. COLLEGIAN JUNIOR BOARD compul sory meeting, Room 9 Carnegie Hall, 4:15 o’clock. Monday, May 26 SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR WOMEN sign up for “little sisters” for Fall semester! Dean of Women’s office. SIGMA XI INITIATION, State College Methodist Church, 6 o’clock. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA to follow . . . Juba had a red face for a while and then went back to giving out parking sum mons . . . The X-GI Club sponsored free movies . . . the turnout was surprisingly high . . . Pollock Circle was tagged "Boys Town" and/or "Mushroom Hill" among others . . . phones were installed at ihe Circle along about here . . . Christmas vacation was extended . . . La Vie started to take pictures—they still are . . . 320 seniors graduated . . . then another registration . . . We found out. what "SS" meant and were pleased with the results. No corsage dances caused another mild stir . . . lots of dances . . . forum speakers . . . the box ing Nationals were terrific . . . Juba tagged 165 cars . . . plans for the weekly "Choral Session" were devised . . . the College released plans for new housing units . . . Mr. Blatz’s edits caused the letters to the editor department to work over time ... oh yes, we set out to find the typical American coed on this campus . . . and came close ’. . . the Pollock Circle boys complained about the food . . . Glenn Hawthorne won the NCAA title . . . then plans for another, election got underway . . . Lannen and the State Party did well for themselves . . . Players worked' hard—put on some good shows. Blalz and Company stepped down ... he won a cup . . -. and roommate Sinichak prom ised to polish it daily . . . Karver was hailed as the best collegiate miler in the country . . . everyone began making plans for the summer ... La Vie .had its first woman editor (to pub lish a book) and was still taking pictures . . . hat societies tapped . . . the spring rains came . '. . fall class schedules were released and added to the confusion that precedes final week The weekly "Choral Sessions" became a must for men of distinction . . . one frater nity announced an "ice cream parly" but a number of eager guests insisted on bringing steins . . . were scared away when they heard it was really a plate of ice cream they would receive . . . Cabinet worked hard all year. Eight months later and the Corner Room service is still the same—slow . . . the local movies im proved a little . . . the Student Union Fund got lots more money—needs plenty more . ~ . lastly— finals . . . graduation for some. Thanks to letter contributors . . . hope you'll be on hand come next semester . . . one consolation about writing this . . . we won't be able to print the complaints until the first edition in the fall. —-LGF nis courts should help to point out why most of the members of the team entered each match with a mental attitude that was a hazard, not an impetus. However, “What is done is done and cannot be undone,” so I am speaking for the future tennis players of Penn State. I suggest that the school get an instructor for tennis, re-surface the varsity tennis courts, and restrict them to varsity play, and show the tennis candidates that the school is just as in terested in them as they are in football or basketball players, at least as individuals. The tennis players give their time for the school; the school must reciprocate. —Walt Stenger Captain, Tennis Team He's Not Topper TO THE EDITOR: Though I don’t feel that it is necessary for me to,, defend myself, I believe I should sa y something to enlighten Mr. Lamb,, con cerning his letter i nyesterday’s Collegian, about, the photographers present at Mr. Bolte’s speech. I was one of the photographers, and to obtain my coverage I took three pictures; one from the stage, one from the balcony, and one from a position in front of the speaker. When moving from place to place, I purposely took the long way around, to avoid making a disturbance. If Mr. Lamb can offer any suggestions to me, on how any photographer can take pictures at' an assignment such as this, without using flash bulbs, without being seen, and without moving about, I would only be too happy to listen. Mr. Lamb also stated that because of the photographers he was unable to remember what the speaker said. I believe Mr. Bolte spoke well enough to hold everyone's atten tion and if Mr. Lamb allowed his'■ mind to wander, he has only himself to blame. Though a good deal of my time was spent in obtaining the pictures I needed, I managed to write a short article, and I believe I covered. Mr. Bolte's excellent talk completely. The letter also said that the photographers must have been extremely annoying to the speaker; on the contrary, if Mr. Lamb does not realize it, I am quite certain that all public speakers know full well the value of photographic coverage, and the majority usually “inconvenience” themselves in any way possible to have their picture taken. In closing I would like to say that io criticize the action of others is -the. easiest thing in the world, but to offer helpful advice is a trifle more difficult. As I said above, if Mr. Lamb can offer some suggestions I will gladly listen; if not, I suggest he let the matter drop. —Leon Rothberg Thanks to All TO THE EDITOR: We would like to publicly thank the College administration, Dean Warnnck, Assis tant Dean DeMarino, Mr. Atty, Miss Fall, Mr. Con ger and the Physical Education School, All-College Cabinet, Editors Blatz and Ostar of the Collegian, all others not mentioned, and finally the men of Pollock Circle, themselves, for the fine coopera tion we received during the past semester. -—The Pollock Circle Council Albert Honig, President VETS DEEEAT HOUSING SHORTAGE California* housing shortage proves no problem to two enterprising veterans. Ex-Wave Mary Motlow and her husband John, {also a veteran, are shown making repairs to their sailboat home at the Berkeley Yacht Harbor. Motlow is a student at Berkeley's University of California. Veteran Briefs Approximately 1)800 vacancies exist in the Army Nurse Corps of the regular Army, it was an nounced by Second Army Head quarters recently; The Physical Theraipists Sec tion, Occupational Theraipists Sec tion, and Dieticians Section "will be included in the Corps. Nurses between 21 and 35 years of age who served satisfactorily in' the military service as Reserve or AUS officers will be eligible for appointment. 1 Application blanks are avail able at all Army headquarters, general hospitals arid the Surgoen General’s Office, Washington, D. C. * * * A long distance telephone serv ice io military personnel in Ger many was recently established by the Office of Military Govern ment. The basic fee for the call is $l2 for the first three' minutes. ■ One of the high spots in the lives of Americans living in the occupation areas is telephoning home. Communications officials suggest, "Don't forget that it works both ways." Due to the critical shortages of Physicians, Dentists and Medical Specialists in the Regular Army, application for commission has been extended to July 31 for per sons in these categories, the War Department recently announced. More than $8,000,000 in per sonal funds ha s been returned to the proper owners since Decem ber, 1942, by the Army Effects Bureau, Kansas City. Mo., which because of the large amount of FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1947 money recovered during the war for soldiers or their next of kin has practically become a banking institution. The Bureau, operating perhaps the world's largest losl-and-found organization, hag recovered funds totaling $8,393,072. It is expected that most of the cases that orig inated during the late war will be terminated some time this year. Army Air Forces Reserve Of ficers and enlisted men .may par ticipate in .part-time training at bases near their homes with regu lar AAF personnel under a new training plan supplementing the Air Reserve’s budget - trimmed program to keep wartime AAF personnel at combat efficiency. This program will be in addi tion to the regular Air Reserve Training Program .which is under the jurisdiction of the Air De fense Command throughout the U.S.' Additional, former AAF pilots, crew member®, and ground per sonnel can take part in the train ing at Regular AAF Bases if they cannot train at one. of the 41 Air Reserve Detachments throughout the U. S. which offer .inactive training. All interested air reservists are inivited to address their inquiries to the Commanding Officer of the. nearest training detachment. '> July 1 is the deadline for all commissioned officers in the AUS to receive an appointment in the Air Reserve without Board Pro ceedings unless the date of separa tion plus six months is later.
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