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PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
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Friday, March 17, 1939
DEAR GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
ALLAH be pi assed
The Tomb% of Centre Valley may yet be opened
What. is more, they might be heated and lighted
and might even have SOW tables, chairs and oth
ei movable equipment without which•-a , school
building is an American imitation of the crypt of
Tut-ankh-amen.
However, Tut had something on us—they left
flint and nuts and gold platters in his tomb after
'hey built it Ours they built, and well, from there
Gn your guess Is as good as ours Anything may
happen ,
Neitertheless, it begins to look as if someone
In Harlisburg„ while probably not Waving r,ead
the editorial of Friday, March' 3, agrees with the
Collegian and thinks that Governor James' rec.
cminendes• appropilation of $4,425,000 to the
Pennsylvania State College for the 1939.41 bien
nium may be "a help, but—lt's not enough"
TRUE, the Clovetnor, in the midst of a slicing'
economy dive, increased our appropnation a net
$150,000 over that, of the last two years of the
Mule administration and thus indicated that he
symewhat understood and 'ympathired with the
ti mentions problems this institution Is facing in
the next two years.
However, the Governor's increase, as has been
pointed out in a recent Series of four articles is
the Collegian, will not enable the College to ex
pand its ion ollment as planned, completely equip
the new bindings, pay for increased maintenance
service, and increase the instructional and service
stalls
BUT, Senator Leteler and Representative (M-
N», showing a wise understanding of this col
lege's pirblems, have introduced bills into both
houses of the General Assembly to increase the
Ippiopliatinn to a total of $5,593,445, the rock
iev led and trimmed estimates that the
College administration submitted when it learned
that the pruning sheets were being sharpened
down Dauphin County way.
With this appropriation of 55,593,445, the ad
ministration believes that it can get by and yet
accompilsli the things that should be in store for
a college that has just erected some $5,000,000
worth of new buildings
Though the old saying "You'd better toot your
own hoi n as nobody else'll toot it Tor you" doesn't
always hold, sometimes such a procedure is a help.
Thus, to the bills introduced by Senator Lets
lei and Representative Gillen, the Collegian wish
es to lend Its entire and strongest sdpport
CROSSROADS
FOR YEARS Women have complained that they
ale - not represented in MI-College Government
Now: they are wondering about accepting this
participation offered to them in the combined
student government constitution. ••
WSGA Senate and many women students fear
that co tam present powers Will be usurped under
the new plan They fail to realize that WSGA is
too essential an organization to be scrapped tinder
this more advanced government; that regulation
of the entire student body would be impossible
withoilt a separate body retaining jurisdiction
over women
If WSGA'S constitution, which Is being re.
vised;defines AS powers and functions thorough.
IY. the All. College Cabinet could not overstep Its
bounds. The combined Constlftition was made
flexible for that very reason
Budgets, under the proposed plan, would be de
cidfd-hy-an Inteiclass Finance Board on which
women would be represented In, addition, there
at e:WSGA functions requiring certain sums which
no committee could dare withhold. The greatest
pawn of its budget includes items traditional
to the College
If this system were put into effect, WSGA would
retain all its present control. It would be gaining
a voice in the government of all students: In fact,
therejs nothing to be lost and everything to be
gained -
Women must learn to vote intelligently in com
bined-elections after college. the implication that
women would not vote properly in, cad pus elec
tions:is admitting that wdnten's suffrage Is a
futile national tneasuiv,=L.B.G.
Among Those Sailing:
After seeing Thespian show last week-end and
ate, taking in the Playeis Mess rehearsal of
"Excursion" last night, we honestly can't see why
ONE , isn't a line standing three deep Dom the box
~rice to the Coin.] Boom "Stutrn Nonsense" was
a top-notch pet for mince of the musical comedy
type, and tonight and tomoi iow night Players
will pi ovule the Campus with Broadway stuff in
a mote serious but still light vein
You won't iecognive Sei eu hall Dobbs of the
Thespians in his ' Kitchen" role And you
will enjoy what vie deetn tine performances by
'Herb Doi 11 , i1111V a , the Captain, Len Parkinson
as the comedy lead, and Ruth Shlasel as the babe
who couldn't make a wk.] But don't he sur
prised if "Sock" Krnnedy, Ii , and tittle Helen
Neusbaum steal the show tioni the giowrinps
It. looked great zo lelleal sal so Lilo. a hip
fzoni me—See "Dorn szon 1"
Recipe For Spring:
I A geneious mutton of Cecile Mel? (whom
we meant to pi ediet to) May Queen) eetved ritp
mg hot in a satong
2 One dash of At he Shaw tot brunt Piorm
.3 A p nth m two of Teachm's Highland Clean)
Mix well and what have you , a damn gond
Imagination
Camn 'JO
Burton C Willis, Jr '4O
Janot E Story 'lO
tTercert Nipson '4O
Fmanuel Rath '4O
Question Box:
Who's dat blonde I seen you wid in da corner
(unusual , ) last Tuesday p m, .1 Lipersky 9
Why will Agg r Ross, cute blond kappa, venture
to Gotham for the week-end 9 She will he accom
panied by lovely Ruth Reynolds, a sister lckg Per
sistent uimons have it that the pan will stop at
the Barbizon-Plam, swanky shed rot femmes
Why doesn't somebody anchor Eleanor Skinner
who has been sitting mound like a straw in the
w nil fm the past live semesters Ditto Dotty
Walton who has been in the same boat since
Midge King's exit
Famous Comebacks:
The "hello" apn it
Reason The cliquel 'ire clicking and political
warms qie beginning to squnm.
Malicious Gossip:
Marione St ode, exciting theta pledge, seen
holding hands in Old Main lobby with beta Bill
Hale! ( This has bern going on since October).
Cot ncmolming it N3iris Jones, alpachio queen,
and Planklin "Pet.l.'s Bsd Boy" Binfoia (More
ancient history)
On the Mall Bob Hayes, dapper phi kappa, and
Mm y Biuelily, thei nhalfa, ambling unmously,
palms clasped
Campus Flotsam and Jetsam:
And from my seciet agent who keeps his ear
so close to the giound thtt it is continually being
slapped on, I have bren tipped that— ,
I Don Creswell, pludelt, will inn fat All-Col
lege pi c , ,idcni pi ovuled the new student gov't plan
goes through -
2 A soft-di ink night club for campus Jitterbugs
vnll open on Allen street soon
Anecdote:
IL was chilly that afteinoon in front of Old
Main The hist diffident drops of rain were just
lirginning to fall One o'clock classes were Just
nal and anions sludrins weir hurrying to then
two 0.00
Among them was one Recta Sheen, kappa dain
ty Rota and I wean busy cloaking over grains of
gossip when a 1111V9111 iiestm e in blue brushed
past us
"Iloilo, Reno," she said with fingeinnils in her
voice
"Who was that , " I asked dryly
"I don't know," Reita answered, " but she must
I lave been a kappa 'cause she had my hat. on "
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CAtvIPUSEER
INEM39
PENN STATE COLLEGIAN
New Income Levy Plan
Would Affect Faculty
Ferguson Sees Individuals Paying Heavy Tax
With Small Gross Revenue
By DR JOHN H. FERGUSON
College pi ofessors should tin n to the hook of Job and I r-1 end of
Ins Wails and Li ibulations As if the wave of economy and mutinied
hudeets were not enough, the National bove»unent now proposes to
impose taxes upon om tamales If income. lax legislation nqW heron ,
Congress passes, their can be no doubt but that it will apply to public.
_
school teachers and all mile] employees Of ,tntp agencies
The words of Ili• Intl (H R.
aictO) are that taxes shall he lev
ied upon "compensation foi pet
sonnl ser vice, including personal
service ati nn office, m employee
of a state, m any
thei eof w any a ryeney ae
matrmnealnldll of any one or
Alm of the foregoing" From the
testimony given at the Senate
healing we lend
.Senator Connally "Mi
O'Brien, what Is the pi actice
now tespeeting , chool teachers` ,
Are stale school teachers sub
ject to Feder st meonie I OCeS
now,"
Tvli O . 13lien "I andel Ri and
the Ti rasa) y has 1101 toed to
collect taNes limn slate school
leachr) s "
Senator Connally "Under
th s net °icy would he taxed 9"
Mi O'Rrirn "Sen•itot, this
section t does sac that state
school teachers 'OP subject to
Fedei al income taxes fm tax
able years beginning utter De
eembei 31, 1938 That is Ibis
year and fame years"
Senator Connally "That is
what I any Wider this act they
would be taxed , "
Mi O'Bisen "That is light"
Revenue Not Large
The amount of revenue will be
derived from income taxes upon
employees of state and local gov
ernments will not be large There
are about 2,600,000 state and mu
nicipal employees in the United
States repiesenting a total pay
toll of $3,600,000,000 in 1957
Forty percent received $l,OOO or
less and 00 per cent received $2,-
600 of less Thus, 90 peicent, if
mauled, would not lie subject io
the Federal income tax It is es
timated that not mme than $16,-
000,000 annually would be collect
ed from all state and local goy
einment employees •
If the ,taii,tres fat 4.tlaric. , 4 to
compiled by the local A A
U P. were taken, Penn State pro
testors would pny something like ,
the following in taxes
Average Salary
Professors -
Assounte Professors 2,900
AsssLunt Professors 2,300
Instructors 1,900
Tax if Single
PI ofc , ,so rs __ __ $ Sri
/toxaemic Pi ofossm 4 _ _ _ 64
Assistant Pi °fess()) s __ __ 44
Irish tidal 9 - 28
Tax if Married
Professors , _ $ 29
Associate Pi ofec,ol, 4
Aqiqtant. Pi ofe , ,soi ; None
Inst.' tictoi 4 __ None
No tax would be paid by pie
tossers, associate piofewns,
instant professors nt instiuctors
if they were mitiird and had two
hildi en
Why the Legislation?
If so little revenue, why the leg
' Motion? The pi incipal argument
is that it is nnfan foi public em
ployees to lemon' untaxed It in
pointed out that 12 pei(ent of the
population now lives on govern
ment salaries and wages and this
ieptesents l 4 percent of the tonal
wages unit salai les ieceived in the
conntiy, and nine percent of-the
national income Why, theiefore,
should public employees not melte
the same conti ibution to govein
meat as other''
The_ argument is convincing.
The bill passed the House on Feb
ruary 'I and has now beenreport
ed favorably by the Finance Com
mitter of the Senate Its enact
ment is almost certain unless
school teacheis intensify lobby
ing. So, Penn State employees,
count your won ies mote work,
less pay, and Palma' income taxes
to boot'
The only happy thought 14 that
urine Al other states, Pennsyl
vania does not tax the incomes of
its. employees But even that is
threatened in the repot of the
Dent Commission!
And Job 9aul • "Have pity upOn
me, have pity upon me, 0 ye my
fi lends." 1'
NEW PRICES , i
ON
KODAKS
AND 1
CAMERAS '
Savings up to
$20.00
on Some Models
PENN STATE
PHOTO SHOP
214 E. College Ave.
State College, Pa.
Pan-Hel To Conduct
Bridge TOurnament
Council will hold
Ia (lupin ate budge tom nament
April 25 at I pin Bich sown ity
may enter as many teams of foul
as they with A fee of 50 cents
will he Kinn efl from each tenni
C II Ginves, mathematics in
mini, will supet vise the tout na ,
meat -M Bet yl Hindman '4O has
been Pinned geneual chairman of
the t oimnittee Other 'reining in
clude RlllO4 and scoring, Martha
V Shafferman '4O, publicity, By
rd B fvlei '4O, and house contact
and regattation, Henrietta I. Ciit
tM.
DO-DADS DAZZLE DAMES
AND MELT MEN
THE RIGHT ACCESSORY WILL MAKE
ANY COSTUME AND ALSO ANY MAN.
Chiffon Hankies Attached to Ostrich-Feather Bi'acelets
!or Evening Weal Gypsy Hankies in Bright Colors
. Cay Peasant Scarfs to Wear Around the Neck or
on I he Head
Treasure House
136 East College
A DOZEN small Fold plants dot the
fields and meadows within fifty
miles of Dearboin. We call them the
"village indusnies," Theis windows
are bright in the sun, and their
wheels tuin to the harnessed energy
of once lazy streams:
Many of their, yorkers are-fm m
ens who love fine machinety. After
harvest and before glean-up, these
fannenwolkmen pad, their cars in
tir FORD:MOTO-*T;,OMPASY
F. b.' KING MOTOR COMPANY' .
FORD " FORD 'MERCURY ,ZEPHYR
234 EAST, COLLEGE AVENUE , , , ~ • . , ' DIAL 472
Assembly, May
Boost Budget
(Continued From Pose One)
General Stale Authouty," $232,
000.
Operation costs, other than pet
sonnel for maintenance of instruc
tion, research, and e•tension pm
giants, $107,523
Physical plant operation (heal,
light, Timm , wales, Jamtoi la I
set vices etc ), $116,864
Essential i °pans and remodel
ing of emsting buildings, $105,000-
Roods, walks, grading, drain
age, planting, etc, by ariange
ment with WPA, $45,000, which Is
the amount the College is IN - pined
In conti [Mite
Murals In Old Main
Pictured fn Lecture
A pieta) e or the Old Mani lob
by with a mmal supei 11111109 Pd OV.
PI the stanease climaxed an illust
iided lecture ml muial painting
by Pia i llaiold, E fhtlo.on, of
the division of line ails, in Home
Ee auditolioni Wednesday night,
The recent 'envoi of mut
painting, beginning. in Mexico (lut
ing the 1910's, was tutted through
as development in America in the
lecture, which was the Ihild vid
last of the Pine Arts sei les
Elf=.
111. + " •
;
Factory in a Meadow
neat rows beside the plants. Inside,
with the newest, most modem ma
chines, they build Fold pmts.
With the money earned, they buy
that fertile forty just east' of the pas,
Lure lot—families go to school—
houses gi ow wings— barns are filled
with moven& and sheds with back
saving machinery.
These Foid families have one
foot on the land and one in industry.
HILAND SHOP
_ Launderers and
Dry Cleaners
- The best place in' town to have
youir cleaning and pressing done.
Dial 3171"
220 y, S. Allen St. Slate College
,
Aboard!:All
S. S. HAPPINESS
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with•the cast al'
“ ExcußsioN ” ,,
. ,
Tonight and Saturday 8:30
at Schwab Auditorium ' ,
TICKETS AT STUDENT UNION
50e and 75c
They raise food for themselves and
feel secure. They knoW that if slack
times come, farm and garden'will
still pi ovide employment. ,
Life is Pleasant in tite,villages.
Working conditions, are almost
Men do beam work dud are proud
of their contribution to Fold quality.
It shows up in the fme,performinice
and all-around dependability of the
1939 Fmd cars.
trida.y, , tfarch 17, 1939