Page Two PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Published semi-weekly during the College year, except on holidays, by Atudents of The Pennsylvania State College, in the interest of the College, the students, faculty, alumni, and friends. THE MANAi ROBERT E. TSCIIAN '.13 RALPH IIETKEL JR. M 3 Managing Editor SIDNEY H. BENJAMIN M 3 Sports Editor RICHARD V. WALL M 3 yvsHisiant Editor DONALD P. DAY M 3 Assistant Managing Editor ERNEST H. ZUKAUSKAS M 3 Assistant Sports Editor ROLLIN C. STEINMETZ M 3 News Editor W. J. WILLIAMS JR. M 3 News Editor TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,1982 CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE One educational idea, common nowadays, seems to favor giving academic credit for the least little thing done by students. At the same time other educators, who have more the interests of real academic values at heart, object to lowering credit values by recognizing everything and anything as scholastic exercises. •The majority of thinking students will agree with Dean Stoddart in his contention that extra-curricular activities should not receive academic credit. Activities aro not an essential part of a college education. In the strict and correct sense, credits and honor points aro the result, insofar as any grading method’can indicate, of work in scholastic lines.- Activities are not scholastic lines nor does a person come to college for them. They arc diversions—giving experience that could be gained much more quickly in the world if such experience were the only goal of the student in coming to college. Even now*there are too many things debasing value of credits, and especially honor points in colleges and universities. Instead of extending credit to activ ities, educators might better eliminate non-academic sub jects from the status of academic recognition. For example, argue what one will whether military science and physical education should be compulsory for every student—ino one can say that these basic courses are of academic standard and merit credit and honor points. They might, better be placed as a requirement which must be met—giving no credit and no honor points. This drawing of a fine distinction between “giv ing credit” and merely “requiring” may at first seem pedantic. It probably is a small matter. But small .matters can be important as bases for sane judgment among educators of other institutions. The reputation of an institution of learning is hard to analyze. It con sists mainly in mental attitudes of scholars throughout the country. "What can the reaction be to the knowledge that students get academic recognition for exercising? OVERPOPULATION OF COLLEGES iSomc satisfaction-has been felt by students here abouts in recalling the fact that the student body here is selected from the outstanding high school students of the State. It has made them feel a real pride in the high standing of the whole campus. However, the registrar has suggested that every high school graduate should be admitted to this College if he has the desire to come. Even if he has been re fused by every other college in the State, he should be admitted to this College because it is a State supported institution. The’only reason, the registrar suggested, that the present system of selection exists is because there was not enough money provided to keep the facil ities up to the demands for admittance. - Stato colleges and universities have long bowed be fore this democratic (to the extreme) theory of educa tion which insists that no high school graduate, regard less of his qualifications, should be refused a college edu cation. Western institutions still pay lip service to this creed, but mercilessly slice the ranks of their first-year classes during the first few weeks of school, ; However, after much practical experiment, it has been clearly proved that not every 'high school gradu ate is deserving, desirous, or capable of a college (jareer, To welcome the incompetents and undesirables into a college batters down the standards / of both studont and faculty work. The really'earnest and deserving student is then deprived of the opportunity to obtain the best possible education from the school. * It has been clearly proved that to extend the total democracy of education beyond a certain point is both a waste of public money and of the individual’s produc tive years. The college is that point. A college educa tion is specialized far beyond the needs of the majority of occupations which must be done in this grubbing world. There is not need for everyone to go to college. Not even everybody who thinks he wants to go to college should be admitted. Too many who are not at all of college calibre want to go to college. Desire to live on a luxurious campus should not be the only re quirement for admission to higher learning... Certainly it is agreed that every young man and woman who has the mental qualifications and the ambi tion should be given the opportunity of college. The new democracy recognizes that there are certain persons who have more ability and power than others and to these it must lend its resources so that they may develop. However, some may say that, even if this difference docs exist between high school graduates, it is impossible to separate the compctents from the incompetents. Of course, the registrar is the best judge of that and, if he suys they can not be distinguished before entrance to college, tho opposition is silenced. But frorn all available statistics it seems that the record of the candidates in high school arc a rather close index of their potentialities. If this is so, let there be selection of the fittest from now on, not only through expediency but as policy. JING BOARD ALFRED W. HESSE JR. MS Business Manager ROBERT M. HARRINGTON M 3 Circulation Manager PAUL BIERSTEIN M 3 Local Advertising Manager WILLARD D. NESTER M 8 Foreign Advertising Manager ARTHUR E. PHILLIPS M 3 Credit Manager MARION P. HOWELL M 3 Women's Editor Isabel McFarland M 3 Women's Managing Editor ELIZABETH M. KALB *B3 Woman's News Editor OLD MANIA Here you are, people, Zombie to remember us by! Certainly you noticed the Army in town the past week-end? And so did the ladies, bless their souls. 'Twas a great thrill and we think that recognition should be given to the lucky gals who got a break. Here you are, folks, the statistics as we have 'em: Mjdge Travis, Mil Bachman, Marion Howell, and Betty Brice. Six claims, nothing definite. . Cass Gorman, Elma Carringer, Mar tha Bring; none of the varsity com peted. Phi Mu: , Chi Omega The Reese sisters together with 'Teen Briggs made out, and also four freshman girls. That makes eighteen and there were supposedly only fifteen men ir. town on the trip. Ah, well, girls will be girls you know. And .... if there are any dates we slipped up on, who desire due recognition, just write to us we’ll gladly .... *** * * * We understand that there’s a lady in town who has vibrations. No! We mean she’s Psychic. So far she’s given Erskine, Fishburn, Cook, and plenty of'oth ers readings of their future; Has written two operas, and claims to be a Yogi, and to have visited Indian -princes, Seems to know the lady of whom it is said There’s, something ritzy j About Miss Nitzky. Pardon, our astral bells are chiming . . warning warning .... warning ****** Ben Alitosis, our Arab advisor, told us a few re cently. For one he said that there’s a lad at the Delta OOpsilon lodge whose pappy sends the family chariot and a chauffer up for George whenever he wishes to make the trek home. Stand back girls! Benny also informed us that Sunny (statuesque) Merrill is stay ing in town over this yere vacation. Oh, yesl And that Jane Lee sent back that fraternity pin she’d been wearing. Thank’s Ben .... ****** We haven’t quite decided which was the more crowded, the All College Brawl or the Delt dance, which is neither here nor there. What we really mean to say is that we'got. a great big bang out of watch ing the freshmen cutting our social leaders at the first one .... that is until one of them pulled it on us, just when wo’d finally succeeded in getting a dance with one of the belles! And we can’t get revenge, nohow. .* ,* * *, *, .* • -Speaking of ‘Antony-y. and. all that, I give you Yutch, alias Wayland 111, stellar, clinker pounder, who is at home to? his many friends and feminino admirers at Carnegie’s Library (right below the Liberal Arts building). Kappa's, Chi. O's, Phl ; Mu’s —it’s all the -same to this gent. . The girl of the moment—“ What Brice gloryll’ .* * * For the Swine Batty Jack Batdorf, former football. star, and summer school playboy, returned without" the wife for a week-end, and was she worried .... Did you notice .... Paul Mitten had a date Friday .... for the first dance .... Angie Bressler, the girl who came back ... !the prof, who makes the children raise their hands to leave the room .... Slusser’s “learn boxing for a •buck,” sign at the Delt house, and the guy who didn't dance with Loveland at’ that affair? .... Well, well, here’s Thanksgiving and a chance to replenish the old pocketbook .. remember: “Old soldiers never die!” Take Home a Gift - special lot Playing Cards 2 Decks in Case 89c .6 cases (12 decks) $4.85 Clubs and Fraternities: Replenish - Your Supply Now Imported Italian Leather Slip Book Covers $ 1.00 Each Assorted Designs—ldeal Moderately Priced Gift Iteiri KEELER’S Cathaum theatre Building THE PENN STATE COLLEGIAN College To. Enforce Recess Cutting Fine Strict enforcement of the five dollar fino for cutting' classes before- and after Thanksgiving recess will bo car ried out by: authorities. t Tho annual vacation will begin to morrow .morning at 11:50 o’clock and will continue until Monday afternoon at 1:10 o’clock. Absence from classes before and after these hours will only bo permitted on presentation of recog nised excuses. JUDGING TEAM WILL COMPETE Penn. State’s livestock judging team will compete in-the annual intercol legiate judging .contest at the Inter national Livestock exposition at Chi cago, 111.,; Saturday. The same team won the 'contest championship at the Eastern - States - exposition at Spring field," Meigs., in September. BALLROOM DANCING INSTRUCTION—In dividuaI-instruction for beginners. Phone 779-J or. see Mrs. F. J.Hanrahan, Fye apartments. etch ALTERATIONS—Suits and topcoats relined, suits remodeled. Special attention and'ser vice- given on ladies 1 garments. Dry clean ing, preosing. Sec Frank Kozel, care of StetsonD. etch LOST—K. and E. - Polyphase duplex slide rule 1 on W.-‘.College Ave., Thursday. Reward. Coll Fcrrero at 412-J. • - ItpdFT During Vacation ■:% THANKSGIVING SPECIAL . “tS Dave Your Hair Waved Before You Go Homc For ■ Read Down 1 ™ XpreSS ® erv !, ce jj eac j Thanksgiving Daily Daily. ■ • AM PM PM AM PM PM prvrTTp . r\c\ Dl7 A OTTr"VTI 8:00 12:10 6:30 . State College 11:10 3:20 9:40 1 Hli L/U-iSJLI Jt>Jb/AU 1 X OrlLfF 8:30 12:40 7:00 . Bellefonte 10:40 2:40r 9:10 9:30 1:35 8:05 Lock Haven 9:40 1:30 8:05 Phone 888 Opposite Postoffice 10:30 2:35 9:05 Williamsport 8:30 12:10 7:00 THE MANIAC CLASSIFIED TAKE YOUR MEALS AT THE TAPROOM THANKSGIVING BUS—To Camden. One why, 54.r.0. round trip 38.50. Leaves Wed nesday. l p. m. Returns Sunday night. Fhonc R. Goldfine at 109 for reservation*. . ltcompSHß_ PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER—Typing of re ports, themes, theses, and form letters on short notice nUrcaxonable prices. State Col lege Hotel. Phono 300, eTuech FOUND—Wrist watch, southeast corner Col lege nnd Ath-crton. Howard McMurray,' l 9oo W. College Ave. Phone 404-J. Owner may have same by paying for this iid v . ltpdHß VACATION BUS—To Reading via Harris burg and Lebanon. .Leave State College. W-jdnesday, 12:45 p. m. Leave Reading Monday, 7 a. m.. Round trip, $O.OO. Cal! 807, W. E. Eshelmnn. A. C. C. House. . ; ltpdFTj BUS TO HAZLETON AND VICINITY—Lcnvc Wednesday noon. Returns Monday morning. Round /trip, 30.00. Cali Benjamin nt 100 Immediately for reservations. ItcompSHß WANTED—Passengers to New. York or Now Hawn this week-end. Leaving Wednesday, ' p. m. Returning Sunday, p. m. Closed Reo sedan. Round trip, 810.00., Call'Hart 741-J. ltpdl DRIVING TO PITTSBURGH—Leave Thurs day, 6 places. Return Sunday or Monday. Phone 108-J, ltpdl Nerhood’s Garage Mobilgas and Oil Cars Serviced Complete Phone 405 W. College Ave. 15c-30c-50c No raw tobaccos in Luckies that’s why they’re so mild 'E buy the finest, the very finest tobaccos all the world —but that toes not explain why folks /erywhere regard Lucky itrike as the mildest ciga- ■tie. The fact is, we never iverlook the truth that ‘Nature in the Raw is :ldom Mild”—so these fine tobaccos, after proper FOR RENT—Comfortable room. Double or ulnnlv. 102 E. Foster Avc. Phone 751-W. ltnpUß .FOR RENT—Desirable room, 3 windows, steam hent, single bods. To be shnrefi with an Air student. 103 Corner Park and Allen. Phone G-R. ItnpNß FOR of the rlubt sort for 2 or more students of the ritxht sort. Professor -J. JI. Friswll. 210 Highland. Photic 1000.: StHc RISHEL’S GARAGE Boalsburg Remember— Stop In to Select Your - CHRISTMAS GIFTS Right Away After Thanksgiving BALFOUR OFFICE in Sauer’s Store . Just Around the Corner On Allen CRUM Jenkins Representative 7 aging and mellowing, are ,then given the benefit of ' that Lucky Strike purify ing process, described by the words—"lt’s toasted”. That’s why folks in every ... city, town and hamlet say / that Luckies are such mild cigarettes. ■‘lt’s toasted” That package of mild Luckies Tuesday, November 22,1932 ; i No Matinees During Vacation; Evening Opening at 6:30. Complete Late Program After 9:00 p. m.) TUESDAY— Joe E. Brown in “YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL*' WEDNESDAY—(Evening Only) Doug Fairbanks Jr., Nancy Carroll in /“SCARLET DAWN” . , THURSDAY—(Evening Only) Ruth Chatterton, George Brent; in “THE CRASH” FRIDAY— Chas. Laughton, Maureen O’Sullivan “PAYMENT DEFERRED” 1 SATURDAY— ’ Sally Ellers, Ben Lyon in “HAT CHECK.GIRL” > NITTANY ' : (Open Tuesday Only‘this’..Week) .TUESDAY— *; - ‘ v-' .* ' Return Showing of ’ i ' Irene Dunne, John Boks . In Fannie Hurst’s* ; - “BACK STREET” . . Also Cab Calloway, in “Minnie the Moocher”fy. After Vacation “PROSPERITY” , Is Coming, With Marie Dressier, Polly Moran
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