114AY.:26;• .1344 • c. • ..• • oSais .; Here:: • r• • 1 vEr• H. LEARNER. '• .• • -.A... v .. • • ' •,‘ '`‘ ' " • ' MEE oat a ellegian , last columns are Pteity, hitter. - .. And there's •no Ob vious .reason why this one should any. exception to the rule. There's nothing extraordinary about the fact the • columnists are usually .bitter. _ If you hang around a newspaper , office often enough and_ long • enough, being bitter (or , What passes for bitterness in the collegiate world) becomes your normal state of existence. There are plenty of good reasons for this state, and most of them are the people you meet. You meet politicians. In your frosh year they awe you; in your sopboMore year you become sus picious; by the time you're a senior you've long .since known Most of them are just ambi ;tioug,- if misguided, kids with a personal axe to grind who will stop at very little to sharpen the blade and , dig it in deep. In short, you're..bitter. In going- out after your stories, you meet a fairly.: representative cross-section. of your. fellow-stu dents. When: you're a• freshman. they're - all just pretty . good *ids' to you; when you're a 'sopbomore you've already begun to • make distinctions • between them, from a journalistic point of view; by the time you're a senior, they fall into two main categories: there are the few who knoW‘ and care ,about what's going on .around campus - .and are trying to get .'things going smoothly; and there% the painfully large majority' who don't know and don't care about what's going on their own col legiate world. You conspire glee fully, with the rest of the• staff to drop feW' beinhiliells in_ their xhidSt, 'Via - front page banner headlines and •seething editorials. and they happily continue to give the gossip columns their com plete =and undivided 'attention. And that, my friends, maker'. -you bitter . But you'r6 supposed to look at both sides of a story, and .when you dutifully' climb over the fen- "•.4 FR •rt • ~.)Lil; LOCATED- -,-. !,;?::: 1 ? i ce and look at the thing from an other angle, there are compensa tions. There is the satisfied feel ihg of a job well-done (well, fair ly well-done, anyhow) that you get when your paper comes off the press. There's the satisfied feeling that you get when you see people reading your paper the next morning, even if they do seem more intrigued by the col umns than by the news. There's the satisfied feeling that you get when you receive letters from your readers; and even if they're uncomplimentary letters, you're satisfied because at least you got them riled up. And most of all, being bitter is a compensation in itself. It's a sort of badge that you wear rath er proudly. Because it's not bit terness in the reel .sense of the word, you know. It's a Penn State ism • that signifies that• you've had .the opportunity to get around'and .meet the people who are suppos ed to be big deals on campus, and that you've had the chance to 'evaluate said big deals. It means that . you'ye had the opportunity to fitid out what's happening and. more important, why it's happen ing, and to get a pretty good bird's eye-view of your collegiate world. When you look at the compen sations on the , credit side of the 'sheet, they more than •balance out the liabilities. The compensations make you feel rather sorry for and a little contemptuous of, those who've spent their time in dulging in pointless bull-sessions, playing bridge, and hanging a round the Corner, neglecting the opportunities they might have had to get 'that bird's-eye-view. Sure you're bitter—that's what. it says ,here. It says it in lage, clear print in all your columns and editorials. -But you hope that people read the small print at the .bottom of the page where you add 'th at it's been a helluva lot of fun—and that more .college people ought to make it their 'bu siness to, get "bitlet." JEWELRY UR COMPANY ATHLETIC STORE INIMIPSO? ..MteCOLIZMS- CAMPUS _CALENDAR Today Cwens • meeting; old and - new membeit; WSGA room, White Hall; 8:30 'pan. Regular Hillel services; Founda tion; 7 p.m. Interfaith 'party; open to all members of student church groups; Armory; 8-30-11:30 p.m. Tomorrow PSCA Cabinet meeting and pic nic; 304 Old Main; 3:30 p.m. Reformed Church group hike to C. A. cabin; bring 65 cents and blankets; 2 p.m. Slide Rule Ball; Rec Hall; 9 p.m. USO Dance; White Hall; 9 p.m. Regular Chapel Services; Audi torium; 11 a.m. Movie for enlisted men; 121 Sparks; 1:45 p.m. • Open House for civilians and service men; 304 Old Main; 2-5 p.m. Junior Service Board Tea; all Hamilton Propeller girls urged to attend; Southwest Ather io n Lounge; 2:30-3:30 p.m. Westminster Foundation Serv icemen's Panel; Foundation; 6:15 p.m. Penn State Bible Fellowship meeting; Dr. Blair, "Korean Stu dents;" 405 Old Main; 2:15 p.m. Freshman Men's Council meet ing; 304 Old Main; 7:30 p.m. Junior Service Board meeting; Northwest Atherton Lounge; 6:15 p.m. Home Econornics Luncheon in honor of Dean Sarah Blanding; State College Hotel, 12:00 noon. All Home Economics classes after 4 p.m. cancelled so that stu dents and faculty may attend Dean Sarah Blanding's talk, "Role of Women in War and Post-War World;" Schwab Auditorium; 4 Freshman Women's Forum Pic nic; Fairmount Park; 5:30 p.m. Meeting for first semester can didates for Collegian; Office; 7:30 p.m. Meeting for second semester candidates for Collegian; Office; 8 p.m. Interfaith 'discussion; 304 Old Main; 8 p.m. Mernorial ...•Day services; flag raising ceremony; all students are urged to attend; 12:00 noon. Tennis Club; Courts; rain, 'White Hall; 6:45 p.m. • Wednesday • Pre-Med meeting; 110 Home Ec; 7 p.m. Thursdpg - Newman Club meeting; all Newinanites urged to attend; rec lorY of church; 7:15 p.m. lota Sigma Pi lecture; Dr. Vir- . ginia. Bartow, speaker; 119 New Physics building; 8 p.m. . Business Club Movies The Campus Business Women's Club will present two movies in 121 Sparks, 8 p.m. Monday. The movies are "Suggestions and Short Cuts in Office Practices" and Walt Disney's "South of the Border." Disney's film is a South Amer ican travelogue into which he has inserted cartoons. There is no admission charge. The meeting is open to everyone. Janfzen and - Catalina BATHING SUITS at Schlow's Qualify Shop Sunday llionday Tuesday n . p' : ~ i~V«` ~~. old Mania There comes a time in the life of ,every Collegian columnist when he is obliged to write a "swan song." Most of our predecessors have talked about classes, finals and have gone on to deliver ten der dissertations on what they will miss most. We always sus pected that their biggest regret was leaving the "softest" life they ever knew; we knew them better than their readers did, by far. We're not going to say that it seems only yesterday that we wore green bows and name tags, because it doesn't. Too many changes have taken place since otir freshman year for us to even remotely associate college now with our freshmen days. So we'll let it go by saying that we will probably miss State College more than we realize now—and that goes for all seniors who are count ing off The days. Rdmance, Inc. Alpha Chi Sig Ray Shibley pin ned Eleanor - Kline which makes another one for "the-girl-he-left behind-list" wheri he leaves • for active - duty with the Merchant Marine . . . Nancy. Zartman, Gam ma Phi alum, will marry Penn State alum Lt. John Struck June 12 . . Theta Bubbles Davey has been the recipient of Alpha Chi Sig John Maternas' hardware . . . ChiO alum Carol Kane and her fiance Ensign Ted Greene, Phi Kap, were visiting the College last weekend . . . AEPhi Laurette Schwartz had a visitor when Bob Cetlin treked to State College last weekend . . . Theta Winnie Singer and Lambda Chi alum Brute Wor ell will be married June 2 when Bruce receives his commission as an ensign. Louis Glanzberg recently re ceived the silver wings of a flying officer and his commission as a second lieutenant . . . .Chio Mary Glenn is now engaged to Phi Sig ma Kappa Joe Golenibeske. Well ; Why Not? Former Gamma Sig Bernie Han kin was up for a visit with SDT Betty Berman last 'weekend . . . Cadet John Moffit, Alpha Chi Sig alum who is now studying medi cine at John Hopkins was up to see Delta Gamma Phyllis Lang recently . . . Thetas Jane McChes ney, Betty Griffiths and Mary Anne Higgins took in events at Annapolis last weekend. Former students Walter Bart schat and Bill Peck recently re ceived their commission as En signs in l the Naval Air. Corps Mervin Quartner will be visiting AEPhi G. G. Rosen soon . . . ditto for Bill Kalin and Shirley Pincus . . . Mildred Kitchen and Don Smith surprised no one when they announced their engagement . . . Millie Horst and Dick Weaver are engaged, too. Theta Phi Alpha Lorraine Stan ton and Technical Sergeant Bob The • . : FIRST NATION .BANK: ‘V , of STATE - COLLEGE' . Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation By RITA BELFONTI Earle will middle-aisle it in July . Elaine Merrill Mitchell, Kappa, will 'return to school this summer while husband Torn Mitchell, .Phi Kappa Sig alum, is overseas . . . Chio.alum Gloria Duerst is en gaged to Ensign Fred Ellrick who is stationed at Norfolk. • Ensign Larry Chervinak visited State. College Monday and left that evening for Philadelphia where he is now stationed . . . Pvt. Wally Gerson, former stu dent, was seen hotdogging it down at the Corner Room this week .. . Pvt. George Abraham was visiting TPA Pearl Trapani this weekend . . . SDT Carol Finkelstein will be the guest of Midshipman Gene Kralla for June Week at An napolis. Finale Well, that's it for the week— ag much as we could get. And thiA week marks an end to our mash notoes and belligerent phone calls, we hope. -The-•weekend .prom.ise , } to be lively with the Engineers' picnic and Slide Rule Ball-and-Phi Sigma Kappa houseparty in the offing. Ag Conference Discusses Farmers' Peace .Problems Problems of industry and labor as related to those of the farmer will be the subject of the third an nual conference on agriculture to be held on campus June 5 and 6. The opening session Monday afternoon will be devoted to jio objectives of the post-war period, the evening session to the role of the government in attaining these goals, and the Tuesday session to the importance of agriculture itt world relations. The conference is open to thd public and an opportunity will bo given for visitors to take -part in panel discussions. There are but kOur., rernai4r4n:g Sundays4beiore 4 coritrifnfttitY&W" Why ' Not ••• Th'ei:ii•:=•%/4:Ey and Witir-Spirituak-Riirifil • Student I.)ppgrtniOrit,i2.,... Sunday 9:00 -a; • • • • • •-• Westminster .iTellikiiirSitip 6:20 p. m. Speaker: 14. Col. Guy L. IVIOIs U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Eleventh .Thursday I✓lorninv• Fireside Malin Group 7. a . : x PAGE Prot WESTMINSTER . ..„. BULLETIN -BOARD • •, •
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