P.AGE,' two THE DAILY COLLEGIAN 'For A Better Penn. State"' El.(.ablisted 1949_ Su•._asaor to th•e Penn State. C,oliejlan. established 1004, and the 'Free Lance. established 1887. Published daily except Sunday and Monday during the •er.ular College) year by the students of The Pennsylvania Slats College. •'Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1834 al the Post-office at State College, Pa.. under the act of March 8. 1.879 Editor Bus. and Adi. Mgr. Tioss tritttnatt igGatz- James McCaughey '42 64k1 • burial and Office Lit" Old Main Bldg. r !lane 7 L Wontea'll Ei'lito co—Jeanne C. Stiles '42; Managing Editor— John A. Baer '42; Sports Editor—A. Pat Nagelherg '42; Feature Epiitor—William J. McKnight '42; News Editor— Stanley S. PoKernpner '42; Women's Feature Editor—Alice M. Murray '42; Women's Sports Editor—R. Helen Gordon '42. Credit Manager—Paul M. Goldberg '42; Circulation Man ogec—Thomas W. Allison '42; Women's Business Manager— Vargaret F. Embury '42; Office Secretary—Virginia Ogden '42: . Assistant Office Secretary—Fay E. Reese '42. Junior Editorial Board—Donlon L. Coy. Donald W. Davis, Oominick. L. Golab. James D. Olkein, David Samuels, Robert E Schooley. Richard S. Stebbins, Samuel L. Stroh, Nichol:Ls W. Voszy, Herbert .T. Zukauskas, Emily L. Funk, Louise M. lettoss, Edith L. Smith, Kathryn M. Popp.. Junior Business Board—Leonard E. Bach, Roy E. Barclay, ltobert E FAsterE. Phillip Jaffe, France:; A. Leiby, John E tOcCool, Sara L Miller. Katherine E. S•thott. Marjorie L. tk.i.t.taber Dcs'ic) , tEated Colleel,k)Ae Prep co letsiate Ditiie sit Managing Elitor This Issue Robert E. Soho., "4:: ISerws Editor This Issue Riuhard S. Stebbins '4".; Women's Editor. This Issue _____ M. Fuoss '43 Gradual/. Counselor Wednesday Morning, May 14, 1941 Students Okay Senate Ruling College athletic officials drew huge sighs of re lief when the eligibility amendment was passed Monday in the Athletic Association elections. This action by the students terminated what might have been an awkward situation, that of having an ap proved amendment turned down by the student -body. The arrzendment, forbidding athletes further competition after eight full semesters of study, had already been passed by the Senate Committee on Athletics and . offered for student approval. This was the first amendment which had been passed hR• the Senate committee before student opinion )tad bawl asked. Although the Senate group has full power to draw up eligibility rules and adopt them without ;:ilident action, it has always been the practice of the athletic administrators to ask for student re action. On the eligibility ruling, the Senate Mad vertnently- broke its own established precedent. Student sentiment on the eligibility amendment >tot only seconded the opinion of the Senate com-, mittee, but it proved a far more important thing. Xt demonstrated the ability of the students to in- S:olligently vote for measures which will better )?enn State,. It showed the student will vot to institute rules and principles for the betterment of the College. Does the Senate group rely upon our judgment, and is it willing to once again place its confidence in our opinions? We hope so! Buses For Athletic Trips in favor On the fire for many years, the proposition that tie Athletic Association purchase buses for use on athletic trips reached a climax when the Athletic A dvisory Board unamiinously passed a recommen dation to that effect on Saturday. This suggestion has been considered by many observers as a definite improvement over the pres ent system of lugging athletic equipment in short stops by chartered bus, car, and railroad. Because S.lie College is situated in a remote spot from trans portation terminals, it has always been a problem 3n arranging transportation connections to various colleges. Under the proposed set-up. the College buses would eliminate a majority of short hops from depot to hotel, from hotel to sports arena, and the inconvenience encountered in moving athletes by taxi from one place to another. It has been proposed that one 20-passenger and one 30-passenger bus be purchased. These buses could be used for other than athletic trips when other schools of the College needed them and the buses were idle. This would help to defray the expenses. Army. which travels approximately half as much as State. found that a bus pays for itself in 'three years. Presumably. the College could make a bus pay for itself in half the time or one and ..me-half years. Funds would be provided from the Athletic As sociation and the buses would be kept downtown. The Coliege could eventually build a central gar- Downtown Office Ll 9-1.21 South Frazier St Night Phone 4372 Distributor d _LouL; oilmomumuuniummimminiuminiummummilluniniiiiiiimiumm A LEAN c 1 ,,t 7, - \ I,.. 4I I AND LO H O U K NGRY Wast- We had planned a dignified retreat, rather like the last dinosaur going Off quietly to die, serene in the feeling that the world has had just about all it can stand of us and that our smartest move is softly and silently to vanish away. Fate, always malignant, has left us with a trifle less than fif teen minutes to get things done with; to utter words that may damn' well go ringing down the halls of time. We don't propose to become maud lin over the matter, however, so you may put away your bottles of smelling salts. Just give us a drag at that cigarette, old man, and you needn't bother with the blindfold. We would here record the fact that we are not mad with nobody. We eschew the charges of cyni cism which have been leveled at us. If we have from time to time done a bit of sneering, it was because we felt that a sneer was necessary. The nice part of writing this column has been the fact that we've been able to sit back and write as if we knew what the score was in a manner that cannot but have stirred our readers to either foaming at the mouth or contempt. Frankly, we have no idea what the score is; we're just as confused as every body else. Since it is journalism's stern code that the last column be signed, we find ourself, curiously enough in a sweet and temperate mood. Besides we are no longer the source of wonder to track coaches we once were; our wind isn't getting any stronger. We have several questions which have been troub ling us. We may as well mention them, now that we're closing shop. They're really not important, just intereseting we think. Why, for example, do the local sock and buskin people insist upon pro ducing such deardwully wretched plays as Mr. Wilder's lamentable "Merchant of honkers?" Why do the local gendarmes drive down one-way streets in an illegal direction? Why, on considered reflection, are the local gendarmes, in the first place? Why do the stu dents tolerate the townsfolk, and why do the townsfolk tolerate the students? Why doesn't somebody mention the report / that whatever smacks of. the vicious in our fair little hamlet is not dealt with by the legal eagles due to the unfor tunate publicity which might result? Precisely what does the PSCA committee of world recon struction propose to do . .about it? What became of the bright young things who were going to show the draft boards what they thought of them. What became of the pacifists (Oh how we like those brave chaps!)? What, fin ally, the Hell? We don't care a great deal wheth er any one troubles to answer our queries. More than likely we'll get into trouble anyhow; some persons take their mortal greatness seriously. Which is either tragic or hysterically funny, de pending on how you , feel about it. And that brings Us - somewhat abruptly to our conclusion. We have always maintained that there is something pricelessly ridiculous about both a sophomore sceptic and an adolescent ideal ist. Looking back, we can see that theoretically this column should have been a howl. At least it's been good clean sport. "Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world." JAKE HAY CAA Is 'Military,' Survey Shows AUSTIN. Texas, May 13.—While the nation. shifts its aviation industry into high gear, pending in Congress is the renewal and expansion of the Civilian Pilot Training Program in. which Amer ican colleges and universities during the last two and a half years have taken an active part. Without any doubt. Student Opinion Surveys of America discovers, collegians the nation-over want this training continued. Interviewing a sample of students in all types of institutions, the Surveys found 92 in every 100 want the government to offer the flying courses again. But there have been reports coming _ from Washington that military officials frown upon "civilian" training. "Some brass hats have from the first resented the training program as an en croachment on their domain," `the Chicago Daily News commented recently. The Surveys has taken this issue before the American student body: "If pilot training is continued in colleges, would you rather it be handled as a civilian course, an army course, or a navy course?". Civilian, said Army, said Navy, said . (Of those interviewed, 6 percent had no'opinioh) THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Letters to the Editor— Baird Takes Issue With Sports Editor To the Editor I am not used to making an issue of articles which appear in our Daily Collegian, but I find it necessary to refute Pat Nagel berg's recent column concerning my inaugural address. His charges were false in their entirety. I made the statement "the se lection of managers Should be investigated, and if it is found that the managerships are' being used as a political football, a more equitable system of choos ing managers should be formed." He deliberately misquoted me and stated that I had made spe cific charges. I realize that he did not attend the inaugural ceremonies, but he might haVe .taken the trouble to quote his own paper accurately. In an interview I told him that the fraternity-non-fraternity dif ference in representation in man agerial capacities was not in my mind. In spite of this, he deliber-: ately inferred that it was: He bluntly stated that I was making a political issue out of the ques tion at hand. I would like to inform him that I'm now running for no political office and have nothing to gain, and much to lose by tak ing the stand which I have taken. On the other hand, he might find vthe course he is taking to be very profitable. I would like to com mend him on the fact that he can make a cross-section survey of all the coaches, captains, and managers in one evening. He stated that i great majority of the students would be opposed to my charge. I have made no charge, but I challenge him to have some of the non-partisan members of the Collegian staff conduct a poll to determine . whether an investigation into the selection of managers is needed. . All facts which I have I will present through the prlver chan nels of student government and not through his so-called sports (?) column. Coeds Want Grarig - e For Independents To the Editor: Because of the obvious misre presentation of the issues con cerning Grange Dormitory's use for independent women only, we would like to clarify our reasons for favoring this movement. We present these reasons: • 1. To raise the position of non-sorority women socially and to encourage their leadership on campus. 2. To give the non-sorority women unification so that they will be able to have a represen tation in WSGA. - 3. To stimulate outside activ ities among independent women and to give them a common goal for their attainments (i.e. intra mural sports). 4. To give the non-sorority woman a living opportunity to become better acquainted with her fellow independents. - 5. To prevent sorority cliques in the dormitory and to promote a more cooperative • spirit, espe cially in the social undertakings of the. dormitory. 6. To prove our decency by giving to a now • decentralized majority a chance to manifest its identity. We hope they Will be considered objectively and impersonally, rather than emotionally. • Sylvia P. Schmidle '42 Hazel E. Gassmann '43 • Joanne M. Palmer '43 - Vera J. Palmer -'4l Jean C. Craighead '4l Eugene H. Lederer REAL ESTATE For further information address_ 114 E. Beaver Ave. Registrar of Fordham Law State College DIAL 4066 School 233 Broadway, New York 60% 27 13 - WEDNESDAY, MAY.I4, 1941 11111111111111111111111111111111111M111111111111111111111111111111B C '\ .0 , 1 Campus R?..) .;- ....1 Calendar Av millimillimmimmunimmmummumiummiti: "rreshrnan men Collegian c.4n didates, Room 318 Old Main, 7 p.m. Reservations for the Campus Center Club picnic due today. PSCA Cabinet, Room 304 Old. Main. TOMORROW Food exhibit, Home Economics,• 9 and 10 a.m. Kempner To Give . Government Talk "Problems of Local Adminis tration in European. Countries," the last of a series of lectures on Pennsylvania Local Government and Administration, will be given by Dr. M. W. Kempner, professor of Local and State Government at the University of Pennsyl vania, in Room 121 Sparks at 4 p.m. today. Dr. Kempner has had a long and varied experience in public administration and has :Written a number of books on govern- mental questions. He has travelled extensively through Europe and was in Ger many for a time prior to the political revolution in 1933. He next took up residence in Flor ence, Italy, and later in Nice, France. He returned to Phila delphia and accepted a position at the University of • Pennsyl vania. Thespians Club Taps Ten New Members Penn State's Thespians Club "tapped" 10 new members, six sophomores, three juniors, and one senior, last night after hold ing its spring membership elec tions on Sunday. Yours, Robert D. Baird The initiates are Edward R. Clauss '43, LaSzto J. Hetenyi '43, Heiman K. Klauk 413, James A. Leyden '42, Ralph M. Pierce '42, Leon Rabinowitz '43, Donald L. Russell '43, Robert W. Saunders '42, Gerald E. Swartz '4l, and Alan R. Vinicoff '43. Initiation will be held in the Thespians club room in Schwab Auditorium at 7 o'clock Sunday evening. Players To Initiate Rex Rockwell and his, band have been signed to play for .the Penn State Players initiation din ner dance at the Brockerhoff in Bellefonte, Friday. Formal initia tion for associate. membership will be held in the Little Theatre early Friday evening. College Degree or Two Years of College Work With"G'ood Grades Required for Entrance Transcript of Record Must be furnished. TODAY Read The Collegian Classifieds Fordham Univ. SCHOOL OF LAW New York CASE SYSTEM Three-Year -Day Course Four-Year Evening Course Co-educational Member of the Association of American Law Schools Morning, Early Afternoon and Evening Classes
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