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THE COLLEGIAN
14:stabliislux1 MO. Successor to the l'enn State Collegian.
established 1304, and the Free Lance, established 1887.
Published every Friday during the regular College year
by the, staff of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania
State College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1984
at the Post Office al Stale College. Pa. under 'he act of
!darer S. 1879.
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Editor-in-Chief
Alice R. Fox
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Rosalind Becker
Managing Editor Serene F. Rosenberg
Assistant Managing Editor Emil Kubek
Sports Editor Art Miller
NVW.A Editors Seymour Is Ila rash, Nancy GB East°, Betsy
Merkle, Ruth Sprague, Veggie Weaver, Thelma Yanks
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Friday, Decembor 10, 1943
Final Action On Finals
Anyone with a sufficiently tenacious memory
may recall that last semester Collegian presented
t 9 the College Senate a plan whereby students
with a "2" average in a course would be exempt
from the final examination for that subject. For
the benefit of those who are still interested or those
who have dispaired of hearing further develop
ment on the matter, it has been announced that
the Committee on Academic Standards, delegated
tc investigate the plan, will present its findings at
the next meeting of Sena e.
Its instigators based their support of the plan
on the assumption that it would encourage more
consistant academic effort on the part of students.
To back up their argument they obtained the opin
ions of professors and heads of departments
through a system of questioning every fifth per
son listed among the College staff in the student
directory. A large majority of these polled ex
pressed total or partial agreement.
The original intention was that the bill, if pass
ed, would go into . effect last semester. However,
Since it 'was presented too close to the end of the
term to allow sufficient.•research, action was post
poned. Senate referred !the bill to the Committee
on Academic Standards for presentation this se
mester.
The Planyof investigatimi adopted by the com
mittee was to get the reaction of each of the seven
schools of the College regarding the proposed final
exemption bill. Necessity of surveying • opinion's
within the schools and preparing these reactions
for submission to thewcommittee probably explains
the time lapse. However, this work is now com
pleted and the plan is apparently ready to. be act
ed upon by Senate at its next meeting, ‘ the first •
Thursday .in January. . •• •
Whether or not the bill will again experience
the fate of last semester; that of reaching the
Senate•too late to be put io.to effect, is the current
question. Undoubtedly in some courses the omis
sion of a final examination for even some stud
ents could not be arranged without revamping
teaching plans. It is likely that this would not be
the case in all subjects. Also, the plan, if adopt
ed, would probably be passed with the under
standing that. the ultimate choice between final
and no final would rest with the professor.
The proposal has a number of points to recom
mend it. It is the opinion of most of the profes
sors. polled last semester that such a set-up would
encourage day by clay study and, eliminate the
necessity of cramming at final time. It would do
away with the last-week of the semester rush
which both professors and students tend to re
gard as something of an anti-climax. . . an un
pleasant tagline to a term that they feel is already,
for all practical purposes, completed.
Unless the reports filed by the schools and pre
sented to Sena.e in January reveal an unexpect
ed reversal cf the feeling expressed by profes
sors and heads or depar:m.nts when the bill was
introduced, it would seem that Serrate would. be
acting on the desire of both students and teachers
by making :he propbsal effective, at least on an
optional basis, at :he end of the present. time.
The Fight Is Yours
Last week the upper chamber of Congress struck
a telling blow a. one of tr.c basic precepts of de
m•ccracy. By defeating The Green-Lucas bill, which
provided voting facilities for servicemen, and sub
stituting a weak measure which left the ballotting
problem up to the states, the Senate virtually de
nied to 10 million Americans the right to voice
their opinion in the 1944 elections.
The original bill would have created a four
man bi-partiasn board which would have been
in charge of a plan to insure absentee voting for
the men in the armed forces and the merchant
marine. This is surely not an outlandish plan, it is
surely not revolutionary. It is no more than the
very least that. men who .:ire sacrificing—part,-or
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Managing Editor
Lee H. Learner
all, of their lives, can expect from the government
for which ' they bear arms. Unkortunately,' our
senators were not able to see the issue in such a
simple and clear-cut ligh+. The Southern bloc of
poll-taxers were afraid that once their constitu
ents tasted the power of the vote, they would
not willingly submit to disenfranchisement be
cause they could not pay the poll tax when they .
returned to their own country.
So the issue was obscured on the grcunds of
Gates rights, which most !Americans thought they
had settled in another war. Senate would have
the Federal government, for which 10 million men
are willing to shed their blood, wash its hands of
the responsibility Jr gunfanteing to these men
the right to vote.
In acting thus the Senate has struck a blow,
not only at 10 million Americans, but at 132 mil
lion. Far in a democracy When any group is deni
ed its rights, the basic forndations of the govern
ment are shaken, and everyone suffers. This does
not concern only 10 million men in uniforni—it
concerns every American. Perhaps it is et even
more concern to those of us who are on the home
front, for we are the ones who can fight back. The
men who are fighting on the front lines can mere
ly read , the news releases and curse the wrong
doers. We can read those releases and act.
At. present, the issue is before the House Pri
vileges and Elections Committee, which has been
called on to approve the Senate's action in shelv
ing the Green-Lucas bill. The men on this com
mittee should know that the people they repre
sent are against the Senate's measure. They
should be told that the American people will not
tolerate any action which denies their fellow
countrymen a constitutional. right.
There is a chance to save the soldier's vote. bill,
and that chance is yours." You can write to the
House Privilege and Elections committee and tell
them that you, as an American, demand that they .
act as Americans and defeat the measure .that.
would deny an American right to our fighting,
men.. It won't even cost you
,a.„ three-cent stamp.:
Sign your name in the box below, and hand it in at.
Student Union, br•the Collegian Office. Collegian
will send your.petition'to Washington. Is it worth .
'lye minutes to fight for 'the
,men.who are fight-.
ng for you?.
Representative. Eugene Worley, Chairman,
House Privileges and Elections Committee, ..
Men who have the courage to fight have the
right to vote.
The Senate's bill handing • absentee voting
over to the states is a disgraceful infringement
on Ameiican• rights; . • .
Don't let the same thing happen in the
House of Representatives. Defeat the Senate's
bill. . • . • • . •
The Pennsylvania State College . _ _
THE COLLEGIAN
Student
Lions Tales
Here in the Nittany Valley we
are making state history by inau
gurating' the first BMOC dance,
Campus leaders who will 'be
present include alpha chi omega
Peggy Good and delta chi Art
Christmas, alpha chi Pat Halberg
and Deb Scott, V-12 . . . alpha chi
Sue Sickler and Harold Bucher,
Jane ' Neetzow, gamma phi, and
Walt Buchanan, V-12, theta Win
nie Singer and Bruce Worell,
lam ocla chi, Phil Schumaker, delta
chi, and frosh Barb Engstrom . . .
kappa June Daniels and Ensign
Swanson, Jane Stoudnour, gamma
chi, and Dick Kestor, delta sig,
Shir'ey Levine, sigma delta tau,
and Don Butler, •V-12, chi omega
Gloria Duerst and Ensign Fred
. . . Betty Robinson, chi
omega, and Jim Bell . . . Guy
Newton and frosh Jeanne Bosch.
Yuletide Gifts ? ? ?
Yes. there have been some pre
mature Christmas gifts of jewelry
for Jan Densmore, gamma phi, and
Chu.! Allen, sigma alpha epsilon,
are pinned as well as Jane Cromis
and Lloyd Ellson, delta• chi.
Min:. Ramsey, alpha chi, now dis
plays Bill 'Winterstien's signia phi
epsilon badge . . . Harriet Morri
son, alpha epsilon phi, has been
wearing Bernie Cohen's gamma sig
shield since last summer.
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To Help You Make
Christmas Shopping Easy
Yes, it's time once more to go through that annual or
deal of- Chrittmas . shopping. Shopping need not be such
a task . . . there'S' no need to rush from store, to store at
the last minute to pick up a few, much handled, leftover .
-gifts 7 By starting your shopping early you. can • choose
from a wider assortment of gifts; • and , you avoid that
late rush. This year why not ease your mind of the
worry over Christmas gifts by getting them, off your
mind early: You'll find your Christmas .vacation much
more pleasant and your friends and family really pleas
ed with their gifts. • .
State College Stores Offer High
Quality Gifts at Low Prices
In State College you'll find an ideal spot:for shopping.
All. the stores are within easy walking distance of the
center of town. You'll find that they carry the highest
quality merchandise and that it will cost you. no more
than in the big city stores. All the merchants are will
ing to help you, make the wisest choice in your selec
tion of gifts.
BUY YOUR GIFTS IN STATE COLLEGE
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FRIDAY;• DECEMBER 10, 1943
•M. JANE ,MCCHESNEY
J2-xie Erwin, gamma phi, mar
ried Ed Sullivan, kappa delta rho,
recently Larry Stanton, theta
phi alpha - , is going tb Michigan to
see Staff Sergeant Bob Earl over
vacation, we are told.
Sojourn to the Valley . .
• Back to see the alma mater and
friends this past weekend, Ensign
Elizabeth Jane Billet of the
WAVES . . : kappa Belt alum, felt
at home. among the many others
in uniform on campus. Another
visitor was Elynore Jane Turner,
alpha epsilon phi, who is now a
cadet nurse at Adelphi College in
New Ydrk.
Anne Serocco, gamma phi aluth
who is now 'working at the Wil
liam Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, is
expected to return soon as is phi
gam alum Edward McKain.
Despite their recent unpinning,
Penny Pennell and Larry Cherve
nak, theta chi, see a lot of each
other, and kappa Betty Meyer has
beer; seen with a navy man. very
often of late. —The Cub
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