A TWO 'the daily collegian 'Tar A Better Pean State" Jwtiibliflhed 1!M0. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, wiUibliahed 1904, and the Free Lance, established 1887. Published daily except Sunduy and Monday durinu the reer *i)ar Co 11 ere year by the students of The Pennsylvania State tjolleije. Entered as second-class matter July 5, 19114 at the Pont, Office at State College, Pa„ under the act of March 8, *C7P. Editor-in-chief Business Manager *?auA I. Woodland *44 Philip P. Mitchell *44 ■4B^* Managing Editor Advertising Manager 4.flcianrd D. Smyser *44 Richard E. Marsh '44 4Mi.lx>nal and Business Office Carnegie HaU <*hone 711 Editorial Staff—Women's Editor, Jane H. Murphy *44j ftcwß Editor, Larry T. Chervenak ’44 ; Sports Fkiicov, rfenja- M. Bailey *4*J; Assistant Women's Editor, Mnrv June* Winter '44; Editorial Associates, Fred E, Clever *44, Milton CloJinger '44, Richard B. McNaul '44, Robert T. KimmeJ '44, Jffobcrt Be Kinter '44, Donald L. Webb *44, Sally I*. Hirahbeia *44, and Helen R. Keefauver *44. Staff ThU lisu. IM imaging Editor D'iev/s Editor Assistant. New Editors— Florence Zmikel. Helen Hatton. Gloria Whyel Aiudstant Advertising Manager Priscilla Schautz Jjrjidunte Counselor Friday Morning, March 19, 1943. Tlhte Stone Wall This editorial is more representative of student opinion than any this year except one—and that •was on this same subject, abolition ot finals dur ing wartime accelerated programs. More persons Lave spoken to this department personally about I.he subject than about any other issue. The only thing Collegian can tell them is what Las been .done so far in the effort to get rid of the •corns and possibly explain where the bottleneck <i cists. This paper is definitely against finals, but the road to their abolishment is so steep that the Collegian feels articles will be only so many ■words. Furthermore, the student body is almost ■unanimously in agreement that finals have no jiart in the program this semester. In the first place, if and when any action is ■taken to do away with final examination, it will lie taken through the respective deans of tire schools. And that group, also known as the Coun cil of Administration, is solidly FOR finals. As long as they have the last word on the matter, and as long as they continue to feel that there should l)e fianls, not much can be accomplished. • • The deans are well aware of the student opin ion on the matter. A letter was drawn up by a representative on All-College Cabinet containing arguments against finals and stating in the first paragraph that the letter represents student opin ion, not the opinion of student leaders alone. It was approved by Cabinet and copies were sent to every dean, department head, ahd President Hetzel. Two nights ago the Liberal Arts Council set up a committee to investigate steps being made to abolish finals. It’s a stone wall which is hard to budge. Students don’t want final exams. They feel three other accelerated semesters have passed without them, and see no reason why this one, hit by war like no others before, should have a final exam week scheduled. Tonight At Seven For more reasons than one there should be a big crowd at Old Main Open House tonight. Here are some 1. The proceeds of the evening will-go entirely to the Campus Red Cross War Fund Drive now in the midddle of its campaign to raise $5,000 for this well known organization. 2. The program being offered by the OMOH committee is what would appear to be the best rounded of any of the previous programs which were initiated last Summer. 3. If yesterday’s “just perfect’’ weather contin ues there’ll be very few students spending tomor row night at home. It just isn’t staying home weather i. There are quite a few independent men on campus. That last reason would seem to be the only one that needs explanation. Penn State’s fraterni ty evacuees will be spending their first weekend out of their houses. To many who have lived in a fraternity since freshman week this will 'be their first experience at living ‘on the town.’ They’ll be out looking for the recreation their fraternities offered them before. OMOH’s were designed for the entire' student body. But in th past they particularly appealed in the unaffiliated men. Tonight’s program should be a precedent breaker in this respect. And for ike sake of the Red Cross here’s hoping it breaks .'■ome OMOH financial precedents. Downtown Office 119-121 South Frsaier St. Phone 4972 IVggy L. Good Tice H, Learner Louis H. BeU HlllllllllillllllilllllllllHllllllllillllllll Clever Comments llllllllllllllllllllllllllinillllllllllllllllllllißv FRED E. CLEVER Recent events have placed us in an embarrass ing situation. Because of our position as chairman of the Student Housing Board, we have allowed ourselves to become vulnerable to such things as Dick Smyser’s editorial, “The Name Only,” in Wednesday’s Collegian. Because we are supposed to be writing a news analysis or critical column, it makes us, on the other hand, our own critic. Hara-kari never appealed to us. We shall try to vindicate ourselves. Whose Job Is It? The accomplishments of the Student Housing Board—from the time of its inception in 1938 until the present—might well he compared to a General who, knowing the strength of his enemy and his own potentialities, cannot attack because the Service of Supplies is unable to provide him with the munitions (i. e. the poweifi he needs to accomplish his task. Student housing, the supervision of it, at least, is by rights the task of the administration. A stu dent group can do nothing more than make sug gestions to those who have the power. We looked over a report of the housing programs in exis tence at 14 state colleges and universities which, like Penn State, are located in small, relatively isolated communities. Invariably ■ the programs are controlled by the college administration un der the direction of the Dean of Men. Any attempt to improve housing conditions downtown would come under the heading of re form—a word hard to force down the throats of local rooming house owners , who are quite satis fied with the status quo. To accomplish anything in the way of reform, power—greater than, the power “to recommend”—must be vested' with someone who could put a long range'program into effect. The Student Housing Board was originally formed to “investigate and make recommenda tions to the proper authorities on local housing conditions.” Power was limited . to. “that which from time to time may be delegated to it.” All of which is a convenient way of' side-stepping an undesirable task—the committee method. Crossed Wires From the tenor of Wednesday’s editorial, we take it that the writer wished to link the SHB’s inefficiency with the difficulty our local evacuees are having in finding rooms. The SHB was never intended to be a miniature Federal Housing Pro ject: As we have said before, it is merely an in vestigation committee. Which all adds up to what we started with—the Student Housing Board, in its present form, isn’t worth a lick. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimu’ iiiiiiiiinmiimiiiiiimMiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiHiiimiiiiiiiimii Sf „°: m, T 1%/ Calendar r*=\ S 3 JR? 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 l TODAY Dr. Clarence Schettler will speak at the Faculty Discussion Group on “The Post-War Possi bilities of-Rationing” at 4 Sparks Building at 4 p. m. instead of 4:10 p. m. Dr. Clarence Schettler will , speak on “Inflation” at 305 Sparks Building at 10 a. m. Dr. Clarence Schettler will speak on “Family Food Problems” 3L WjU- CATHAUM— “HitIer’s Children” STATE— “Random Harvest” NITTANY— “Reunion in France” (—AT. PENN STATE. ■■ ms ; 1.23< W WiIITAN.Y' AVENUE | i mi Room mm Rumim water. , jfe r Comfortable! Moderate Rates S * V* ,<f * «• <•%' ? v ■■ UKT'" «,$ l For yeans telephone cables have been spliced in a very satisfactory way. But the solde r joint contained 40 per cent war-vital tin. So Bell System men devised a new type of joint which saves up to 80 per cent of the solder. A "Victory Joint” they called it. \ The new technique has been adopted throughout the System with the result that 600,000 pounds of tin and ait even greater amount of lead can be saved in a normal year's construction. This is another, example of the nationwide cooperation of Bell System people in fulfilling their ideal—service tothe nation in peace or war. at 207 Home Economics at 11 a. m, Mr. Duane Ramsey will speak on “Housing and the Standard of Living" at 118 Home Economics at 3:10 p. m. . PSCA music hour, 304 Old Main, 4:15 p. m. Evening Services, Hillel Foun dation at 7:15 p. m. The Faculty Discussion Group will meet in Room 4, Sparks build-' ing at 4:10 p. m. TOMORROW Purim Observance, Hillel Foun dation at 7:30 p. m. Record Concert, Hillel Founda tion at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. YOU HAVE BUT SEVEN MORE SUNDAYS LEFT BEFORE COMMENCEMENT STUDENT DEPARTMENT ' .9:30 A. M. THREE INTERESTING COURSES Homelike! WESTMINSTER FELLOWSHIP 6:20 P. M. STUDENT COUNCIL PANEL "HE WHO WOULD • VALIANT BE." bus of tini ; FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943 YOU MAY NOT HAVE OTHER CHANCES. USE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT IS YOURS TO. • GROW SPIRITUALLY. vi?' y-, + '
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