Page trio PENN STATE COLLEGIAN Sts....eb.ot to The Free Lance, established 1857 PubPaheil gent-, eti I during the College tear, except nn hulldius bl atutlenta of The Pcnroul anla State College, In the triternt of the College the students, faculty, alu-un, and fr ends RRRRRR RNTVO FOR NATIONAL ALISMATIDING DY National Advertising Service, Int: College Publ.:lmn Represent:rime AIAG MADISON AVE NEW YORK N Y cu.. • Mt. • LOS MAD. SAW FIMICITCO I=l A VI ILLIAM ENGEL, .IR '4O Editor C RUSSELL FCK '4O, Ruthless Manager He en I. Comp In Women s Edam- FMANUEL ROTH 40 BURTON C WILLIS JR '46 Managing Editor Adtertiainr Manager ROBFRT I. 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Ivirra Editor -- rntered m tteenntl-elnon mntt•r July S IMO, at the stoat, office a Stout Colknre Fa , under the act or March 3, 1879 Friday, January 19, 1990 AN UNDENIABLE SITUATION S DECISION against grant ing a charter to the proposed hat society should not be misinterpreted as a slam to the Independent Men's Association. Refusal to grant the charter was based fundamentally on the fact that "there was no need for a new society," along with the €,uppalting factor that the organization un der consideration did not differ substanti ally from the ones already in existence. The decision was t not a - hasty one Nor 1,1 , as is passed on by Dunlap's investiga mg committee without capable and suffi cient consideration • It would not have made one iota of dif ference if Interfratermty Council, Sigma Delta Chi, or Phi Beta Kappa had been pe titioning Cabinet for a new hat society ra lather than the IMA. The decision would have been the same —and the Collegian views it as a logical Despite the fact that the present hat so cieties are on the upswing, it i emains ob vious that student opinion disfavors such groups. Why such should be the case is dif ficult to understand. Nevertheless, one campus sampling after another has proved this to be true. While this feelmg exists, does it seem logical to toss another hat society into the critical :iircle? On the contrary, it is definitely time to salve the undeniable situation of honoring these deserving persons who are render ing service to the ,Pennsylvania State Col lege in one form or another and are not otherwise recognized. The charter for the proposed society revealed the need for this. Such is the problem confronting the new committee, appointed to uncover the possi bilitie% in Dunlap's sugge9ted "shingle sys tem." ._, If the mechanics of this project can be worked out systematically, it should prove a successful undertaking. LET'S HAVE MUSIC CONSPICUOUS BY ITS ABSENSE, to put it tritely but rightly, has been the Col lege Blue Band at the intercollegiate acti vities in Recreation Hall. Reported to have been shunted out of the hall because sufficient seating facilities were not available, the Band would have found more than enough room, to manipu late at most of the occasions to date. Something is obviously lacking among the usually over-pepped Rec Hall crowds. In keeping with the "deliberate offense" gallery action is dull, especially prior to starting time or at intermissions. The Collegian's guess is that it's the music. +++ FUTILE HOPES I—EQUIPMENT—One hundred percent. - for our 11 new buildings. 2— , -NAME CHANGE—from College -to ' Unfitrsity. Stubborn Stooge Stymies Solon: Confucius (or was it Pulitzer') say when man bite dog, that news We haven't stumbled across any such startling stuff, but perhaps this little Item will do for tonight's screwy tale We saw it happen A husky lad in "S" sweater and Skull-and-Bones hat walks up to a ticket taker at the Syracuse basketball game, and in forms him that he has forgotten his A 4 book • You're Grovel Washabaugh, men't you"" queries the stooge -That's ight," replies the beta footballer , "President of the Athletic Association, aren't your" inquires the well-informed ducatee'r "The very same," quips the beaming Washabaugh. "Well, you still can't get in without a ticket," states our hero (Washabaugh finally entered the game on a pass-out check—SHAME' 1 Maniac, Please Note: Campuseer hereby predicts that Jan Savitt and his lads will Tophat it at Senior Ball Of course, it isn't news any more, Maniac dear, but at least it's accurate (Weien't you the master mind who predicted Jimmy Dorsey, then Cab Calloway'', And if we were you, Maniac, we wouldn't make rash predictions such as Glenn Miller for Junior Prom Any day the powers-that-be approve a two-thousand-bucks-per-night band, we'll be very much overwhelmed. And that's what Mr. Miller and his footers want-2 g's So This Is CoHitch: Then those funny men horn the hills, our Thespians, invaded the great big metropolis (Al toona) Monday, and gave the staid city dwellers a look at real collitch kids in action, along with some "Swing Pinafore" As a result we predict that Penrt State enrollment from the Altoona ales will definitely drop in the next few years —Edward J Malaria 41 ___Richard C Peters 41 Helen L Camp '4O. Mike Brotman, the outfit's ace piano man, sums up the trip like this• "Sherm Harter drove down with the back of his station wagon piled high with props. On the trip back it was piled high with Thespians." Once more it was "Dick Deadeye" Llewellyn v,ho brought down the house with his wiggling stomach It seems that Altoona's mayor recently ousted the police force On his anatomy Llewel lyn had painted "POLICE CHIEF" Rolling his frontal expanse as only he can, he gagged "It hasn't settled down yet from the shakeup " (His torical note• Deadeye's stomach had not so long ago flashed out this legend "Penn State 10, Pitt 0) The curtain was delayed as the worried Uoup ers waited and waited for dancer Louise Beach and funnyman Ned Startrel to turn up (They finally did . 'nuff said) They say the bus seemed like a suburban on the hip back stopped every ten minutes or so Unexpected passenger in Harter's equipage was beta Dick Dougherty, whom the and found In an Altoona place of refreshment, and tossed onto the mattress in the back along with an assortment of actors, dancers, prop men, Dave Morgan, and what have-you And speaking of Dave Morgan . . . We got a laugh out of the realization that his Senior Ball co-chairman. Jim Sausser, is a bigwig an the local Moral Rearmament movement. Egad, A Frank Woman: - We've been wondering foi years whethci there is such a mature as a Penn State co-ed who will admit that the female student body (and face) is even slightly below Ziegfeld front line standards Don't faint now, but we've found a frank co-ed Mrs Ivaclame Howland, the physed lady, was giving a class of sophomore gals an ear beating recently on what women should look for in a man, stressing the fact that women should be plenty independent and look for lots of features money, looks, etc "And now, girls, what Nvill you look for in your future husband 9" asked Mrs Howland of the class. "Beggars can't be chosers," philosophized our heroine (Carolyn Moorhead) from the back of the room We still have trouble believing it You ' CAMPUSEER njoy The Corner unusual prn.\L7 vreft, COLtrGIAN CAMPUS BULLETIN Notices cf meetmgs to be -pub lished in this column may be left at Student Oman Office in Old Main up to 1 p m. on the la) preceeding publication Episcopal student party, Episeo pal Parish House, 8 p in to 1 P m Lecture, '•Switzerland as seen by an American student," 8 p m, Hugh Beaver Room, Old Main, by William Bramble ROW Sabbath sei vice, 730 p m , Mlle! Foundation TOMORROW '43 Independent part) victory dance, Chi Phi house Drydock open Reservations at Student Union MISCELLANEOUS Meeting of German Club, Mon day, 730 p m , Hugh Beaver Room, Old Main College Senate meeting sched uled for February 1, postponed until February 8 Invitations for mid-yeas gradu ates may be obtained at Student Union today Monday last day for graduating seniors to place orders for caps and gowns and invitations at Stu dent Union ILetter Box I To the Edam, Penn State Collegian Since we are living in a demo cracy and are supposedly free to 'criticise, the letter about rating our supeitors such as deans is very timely Why should we not have a series of tests to rate those who administer as well as teach , There is backsliding in all ranks It might result in =movement all along It could be from the bot tom up How near do those in mimmistiation give the type of service and support that a good administrator should The writer was coned! in say ing that some do not. enter a building once in a presidential term of office. Some have not been in all the buildings on -the campus. If a visit is made, it is almost unavoidable. How can they be really familiar with the class room and office conditions without some first hand informa tion? Are they so interested in publicity and in making' an im pression that they cannot see or feel for the individual needs of their respective personnels? Should not the ideal of equity and democracy be nurtured most where such are taught to fure leaders , How can the average instructor especially the younger ones, forcibly present what he feels if he feels dry rot in destroy ing these things from within , Yes, I agree with such a rating of all who administer but would any change come about , Me younger men to continue to bear the blunt of wars and democracy fail to give more power to those that are fit for sacrifice t e, the younger more progressive ele ment, A College is a place where one would evpect equal Justice, if anywhere To the Editor, Penn State Collegian t I favor your idea of rating the, faculty, but I'd like to offer a few reset vations I'm not much impressed by the fact that most of the deans ap prove of the poll They aren't go ' mg to be rated, and they fail to look closely at the nature of the questions The questions, you re member, are based on some used successfully at Louisiana State University 'and elsewhere Any thing from L S U. ought to be ex amined suspiciously, eVen their . prexy in jail Therefore before deciding finally on the wording of the questions, why . not consult the professors themselves, or- at least a few of them') I'd suggest the following as competent to judge the value of your 'questions• Dr. R. H. Dot ' serer, teacher of logic and author of a book on the subject; Dr. C. C. Peters and Dr. R. G. Bernreu ter, both of whom have had ex perience in making similar rating charts; and Dr. P. C. Weaver, who teaches several courses in Prob lems of Collegiate Education. What do they think of your ques thins? Second, I'd like to point out DID YOU KNOW ~ That Penn State and Syracuse each have 4 legs on the Balti: more Sun Boxing , Trophy? , . FROMM'S rr , „. Activities Point System For Women investigated By WS6A; Proves Very Successful At Both Pitt And Cornell Betty Ann Albright '4l Heads New Committee; System Discussed In Women's,House Meetings To Determine Desirability Of Applying It Here The need for a point system to apportion women's activities here is being investigated by a WSGA House of Representatives' Commit tee headed by Betty A Albright '4l , Aheady worked advantageously by coeds at the University of Pittsburgh and Cornell University, suck point waling would 'deter mine what students are eligible to hold office in extra-curricular activities. 4 The desirabiliy of the system as it would be applied here is being discussed in women's house meet ings this week According to -the plan, each woman's activity would be evaluated by points with stu dents entitled to carry a certain number each year Cornell's WSGA handbook states that scal ing "benefits the organizations by assuring each , position an incum bent whose interests are concen trated rather than so scattered that hei efforts become ineffi cient " The handbook also points out, "This system protects prominent Individuals from being burdened with more outside work than is safe for their studies or health and spreads among many students those privileges, pleasures, and honors which have previously been undertaken by a few." The House committee report, when complete, will point out how many women are carrying extra-curricular work and how much Activity apportionment was used by women here several years ago, but gradually fell into dis use three obvious objections to your chart (1) There is no place to score the teacher who cuts classes, anives late, leaves early, gives few quizzes, fails to proctor them, usually fails to grade them, omits examinations, etc, etc We have a number of such bums on our faculty, and there's no place in your chart for them (Or would you call their cutting "systematic" and say that their frequent ab sences "stimulate interest in the course") (2) Youi question on "outside reading" doesn't have enough an swers Two of your suggested answers, "excessive at times" and "unreasonable," are almost alike' Any excessive readings are un -1 reasonable, and most unreason ] able assignments turn out to be excessive Now,if a teacher isn't 'excessive and unreasonable, the only thing to mark him is "very fair" Suppose again he's a loaf er who assigns little or no outside reading, who sticks to his little one-eyed textbook Does that make him "very fair?" (3) Question 6 on examinations is similar in failing to allow a check on the easy teacher. "Too long" is offered as a possible an-' swer, but not "too short" "Tricky" is suggested,, but not the opposite "too easy " Any teacher whose exams are short and easy has to be marked in your chart "fan and thoughtful" In short, you see the point: most of the questions sort out the hardlbotled teachers, and then lump the others (the good and the easy ones) together in the "very fair and thoughtful" classification. It's exactly the sort of rating that ought to be a success at institu tions like Louisiana State Univer sity. But why give the local bums a break/ ' Liberal Arts Prof. President Roosevelt has been elected an honorary member of the Temple University chapter of Delta Sigma Pi. Announcing , , • 1 for , SENIOR B ALL , ( % lAN s AvITT , ,‘,. . AND HIS TOP HATTERS WITH - , ~, , . .) . „., •, ~t , ,:k ~',• FEBRUARY '23rd ~ ' c REC 'HALL US GALS Once upon a time. all Gaul was divided into three parts Just to show that History can repeat it self, we ale now going to divide all Penn State- coeds into three clams Here goes All Penn State coeds are divided into three classes The first of itheSe'are the Students. Next are the Party Gals. And thirdly come the BWOC's. The Students are fairly harm less and sometimes quite human. Of course, there are always ex ceptions like those who have "just flunked another bluebook" and come out with a 3, those with permanent "Do Not Disturb" signs on their doors, meant not only foi their worst enemies but also for their best friends, those who can never go anywhere, whether it be shopping or to a show, because of the work they have to do, and those who think anything less than a 2 5 average the mark of a moron. The Party Gals, on the other hand, are quite different. Some of them are 'quite conservative about their aim in life, most of them aren't You'll hear them in corridors, screaming' "Ooh, I'm in love again No, it's the real thing this time He's simply wonder ful " They always want to bor row your new evening gown, be cause they've worn all of theirs so often that they simply can't be seen in them again They never have a good or even repeatable word for any other member of their sex They are the Jitter bugs, the Lovebugs, and the Dav enport Dianas, who spend hours talking on the telephone, practic ing dance steps, arranging their hair, and using their "appeal' on everyone from dormitory waiters , to professors. The third group, or the /MOD's', are the activities women, and us ually tell you all about it No, they can't come to this or go to that, they have another meeting And, when introduced to some one for the thud time, "Oh, have I met you before' Sorry, I didn't remember. I meet' so many peo-, ple, you know" Their stock phrases include "If my phone rings once more, I'm going to strangle it." "I had three meet ing last night and have four more tonight" "Whoosie wants me to chairman such-and-such a com mittee, but I haven't a minute Still I guess I should "—and so on. They barge from one meeting to another, and love it Nothing gripes them as much as being left out of something • It's too bad Gaul wasn't divided into four or five parts—we "could ,always add the few nice normal Domestic Girls and the Sleepy Souls. Or we could scramble them back together again and start over. This time we'd begin All Penn State coeds are divided mto three classes The first of these are the Ocooli Girls. Next are the Gripers. And thirdly come the Don't-Give-A-Damners -But what's the use° CINEMANIA Forget about the arrival of fi nals and go to see "Gulliver's Travels," the new full-length technicolor cartoon which opens'. at the State Theatre tomorrow and continues Monday and Tues day. That math or physics will seem like a snap compared with the adventures of Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians. There's more than just adventure, however., Max Fleischer and his artists have succeeded in capturing-the' satire the pettiness and narrow ness of the world today , Songs from "Gulliver's Travels"' are already familiar, including "I Hear a Dream," "It's a - Hap-Hap- Happy Day," "Faithful Forever," "Bluebirds in the Moonlight," "We're All Together Now," and "All's Well " "Little" and "Bombo," the pom pous, ultra-nationalistic kings of Lilliput, "Prince David" and :Princess Glory," the ethereal sweethearts, and the three slick spies, "Sneak," "Snitch," and "Snoop" will capture your hearts just as the seven dwarfs did. Oberlin College has a Pullman car named after it NO DOUBT a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. But a telephone line is the quickest path to Mother, Dad, friend or relative So if you want to keep in touch, or make a touch, try a fast, accurate, low•cost Long Distance call tonight. , EMI= CZEMEIE Friday. January 19,-1940 Movies Tuesday Tolhow Sun Valley {infer Spuds '- .. . A chance, to see Sun Valley, famed Idaho Winter resort, will be offered to Penn State students when Fletcher Edwards, repre sentative of the Union Pacific Railroad, presents an illustrated lecture on the world famous win ter spm is mecca in Schwab audi torium at 8 p. m Tuesday. The movie to be shown contains over 1200 feet of techmcolor film. - The lecture, "Winter Sports-at Sun Valley," is sponsored jointly liy - the Ski Club, WRA, Men's Outing Club, and the Student Re creation , Board, under Miss Mil dred A Luce and Ray M. conger, instructors in physical education., DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE I,i DURHAM, N. C. Pour terms of eleven weeks aril given each "yeal These may he taken consecutively (modulation In three and one quaitei penis) or three lei ms may lie taken each year (meditation in foul years ) The entiance temilrements are in telligence, Omelet* and three years of college work, including the subjects specified for Class A medical schools Catalogues and application forms may he obtained (corn the Admission Committee
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