PAGE FOUR THE COLLEGIAN Fatabliished 1940. Successor to the Penn State Collegian, established 1904, end '.he Free Lance, established HIM Published every Friday during tht regular College year by the stair of the Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania Mate College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934 at the Post Office at State College, Pa. under the act of klarcr 8. 1879. StilAcriptions • y • $ 0s • ,Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Emil A. Kubek Herbert Hasson 4 461 0 ' Advertising Manager Managing Editor Kathryn Vogel B. J. Cutler Editorial Board: News Editor Helen V. Hatton Feature Editor Nancy Carastro Sports Editor Victor Denney Editorial Ass istants—Peggie Weaver, Ruth Constad, Gert rude Lawatsch. Reporter Fay Young Assistant Business Manager Betty Federman Junior Advertising Board—Bernice Fineberg, Elaine Miller Staf I This Issue Managing Editoi Assistant Managing Editor News Editor - . Sports Editor .-Victor Danilov Assistant Advertising Manager __ Ev Wasson News Assistants—Bennett Fairorth, Richard Glickman, Gloria Nerenberg, Richard Schlegel, Jacqueline Socol, .lack Townsend. Friday, July 21, 1944 The Student's Chance There has been in action for the past year at the College a committee to study Liberal Arts edu cation in the postwar period. Undertaken at a time when the importance of a Liberal Arts edu cation in relation to the total program of the Col lege was being seriously challenged throughout the country, Dean Stoddart appointed a faculty committee of five members under the chairman ship of Professor G. E. Simpson to study the pro blem and slate various suggestions for reorgani zation which would be brought before the faculty meetings for open discussion. During the year the committee met weekly. Re search was undertaken on the various proposals placed before them. They have studied the re quired courses for Lower Division; attempted to see if a feasible plan could be introduced whereby the related departments of the Liberal Arts school could lie made to work in closer cooperation. They have studied the plan of a four-quarter year, un der which both students and faculty would have a quarter off a year. The comprehensive exami nation .1) 1a n has been looked into in which students are ex&mined after their own preparation. New courses ,and new teaching methods were examined. Seveial.procedures have been used by the com mittee to obtain data. It has written to other col leges etchanging proposals with them for postwar reorganization, and. a . list of • 21 universities was drawn . ; up to be used for studying the required subject of• their Liberal Arts school. In an ef fort to!ltati 'the faculty for ideas a letter was sent to rnenibers of the Liberal Arts school for sugges tions concerning post waveducation. • Faculty members have been consulted and oth er institutions used as a basis of studying the practical application of a great many of the pro posalspnly one,. thing is, wrong. The students, the men aid women who will be•most directly affect ed by the action of the committee, have not been consulted. In organizing the committee, provision was not made for student members because it was felt that a ,great many of the problems dealing with the fasulty and administration was of little inter est to the student body as a whole. This does not mean teat at a time -when the students of Penn State have their chance• o Participate in planning the futitre -curricula and organization of the col= lege, that that opportunity should , be left unchal lengeq • . . Here; is the student's opportunity to take a di- • red pail in planning for the Liberal Arts school of the post war period. You have all had- your gripes about required courses, about our grading system, about a"three semester year. This is your chance to do some intelligent planning for the Penn State of the euture. The question of just how a student committee will function will come up. The freshmen mass meetings have shown the practicability of getting the students together to work cooperatively. A similar,mass meeting of all Liberal Arts students could be convened for the purpose of drawing up various suggestions. These suggestions could then be slated in' the form of a report and submitted for appfoval to the faculty committee. In this way the student committee will be able to give ex pression to its ideas on the reorganization of its school. The point is that the men and women of Penn State have their chance now to participate direct ly in the reorganization of their school. This is your opportunity. Make the most of it. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111H11111111M111111111111111111111111111111 sre3 limatt Coed ISayJ . 4, . 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 They call me a freshman so I have to observe certain rules. For example, they tell me I can't say more than "Hello" to a fellow. I can't understand that. Are they trying to estrange the most natur-. ally complementary things on earth? Are they trying to make Psychology 416 look like a waste of time? Are they trying to upset the equilibrium of humanity? Are they trying to frustrate me? Well, let them try. My mama told me to be nice to men and wolves, though I haven't yet been able to distinguish between the two. And another thing, I have to limit my phone con versations to five minutes which is absolutely ri- Victor • Danitor _Ruth Constad Put Turk diculous because by me five minutes is just a warm-up period and who can be satisfied with I wear a green bow ribbon on the back of my head to signify my plebe standing. It's so big that I have to wear an anchor in a strong wind to keep it from flying away. The upperclassmen are so worn out from study ing and dissipation at some place they call the Skellar, that we freshmen have to open the doors for them, and rise when they enter the room so that in case they topple we are ready to catch them. Dorm life is fun. My roommate and•l have pas ted luminous stars on the ceiling to create atmos phere. Some wag said pink elephants would have created a more appropriate atmosphere, but she suffered rapid expulsion from our sanctuary. The phone is down the hall and was put there for a psychological purpose. After madly dashing one hundred feet to use phone booth you kinda get short on breath and it's oh-so-good to answer the phone and let him think he's made you "breath less." There is a period of one-half hour in the even- Sing that is called Noisy Hour, but as far as I'm concerned Noisy Hour is from 7:00 o'clock in the morning to 2:00 o'clock the next morning. There's never a silent or dull moment. Always the door is flying open and someone barges in for your nail file or your linen or some of your precious Tabu. There's a lot of places to go in this town, I've heard. So far, I've only been to the movies and, judging from the cheering and rah-rahing when the cartoon flashes on, I surmise the intelligentia has a movie appreciation different from that of the frosh. I went to see Home In Indiana, but everyone else paid their 50c to see Bugs Bunny. It's great life, this college is, great life. It's the silver lining in my cloud. I'm called a freshman now and if this school is as progressive as they say it is I'll be fresh and then I'll be a man! R. K.- C, THE COLLEGIAN -......•"'"---- 1:3:) 4 itK I# i• :- ... ( . .. \ IC_ w., , - IP."* SIIIS •______. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 A Lean And 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Jlllllllllllllllllll Dear Brutus: I must confess that I do not understand 'either the people up here or the life they lead:. I have, been sharing that life with • them while trying to hide my identity as the ghost of a Roman politico. But I'll be damned 1.1. I can ap preciate their ideas—especially those relating to sports. - You 'remember how we used - to spend Sunday aftel?noons in Rome. We would go down to the Collo seum `and watch .a few poor. -de vils get thrown to the lions, Ora couple of gladiators' try to dis embowel each other. We used,to go to the chariot races and later get together in Antony's : 1 13aok room and play seven card eidd. This was proper, intelligent creation. But• the characteis 'a round here! Phooey! • - • They. play golf. Golf , is really. a simple game. It is played with a large number of "expensive club like sticks that are used to beat the living daylights out of a small white "ball. The object of the game is to hit the ball' as far "away as possible with one of the clubs, then to walk over to where the ball is and hit it again. . You would think these gOlferS would have.the good sense • /10t to hit the ball so far, since-theylhave to walk aftcr 4 it, but no, they: - are dissatisfied with anything • less than a mile hike after each swing. To add to the enjoyment of chas:- ing the -balls, they carry , on, their backs 'large bags filled with more clubs, shovels, pick-axes, divining rods, and bloodhounds used tolo cate lost balls. Many old golfora. while loudly proclaiming their excellent physi.: cal condition as a result of years of golfing, find it necessary, to hire small boys to carry the golf bags. These small boys or "dad dies" as they are ealied, also ser ve as inanimate objects for the golfers to swear at after a bad shot. ' The golf course is made up of eighteen large stretches of turf known as holes, cunningly prepar ed with quicksand pits, booby traps, and poison ivy. These hol es are laid out in a complete 'cir cle so that one must play all the way around a golf- course to get where he• has just come from. • Last Sunday I went out : to the golf. links. to .watch the • fun.. Sev- FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1944 t .---- c ....'" - ~,. '''..1.4• * . .„..._ . . . - .. ...7.- 1 - , ..... .' . 4 .:1 "HE FANNED HIS ARMS-- MADE FUNNY NOISES° !✓/LIENS e4nele Hungry Look 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111H111111111f eral characters were watching a young man tee off from the first h le. He carefully addressed the ball, took a terrific swing at it, and missed completely. Undaunted the- young man again faced the ball, swung the club, and missed. Then looking a little embarrag ed he turned to his scornful audi ence.-" Tough course," he remark ed. • At:other .gOlf•links after finish ing a. - round the player subtracts 'ten 'strokes from his score card,. tolletts his bets, and sits down at the "nineteenth hole" ,where he Lies* to..his cronies about the shoto, he made and constimeSlarge.quan, T titles of bootleg gin. This is per,-, haps. the only justification for the game •of golf. Nevertheless; with great 'fbresight the golf links of Penn State was limited to eight een. holes. In 'the mail this week there were a great many letters asking for my expert Advice to the Love lorn. Dear Miss Cassius, I am in love with a freshman boy, but, he is not allowed fo-,date me. what shall I do? _ Anxious • Dear Anxious, -- Go : see . a 'psychiatrist. Ariybody. that loves a freshman is crazy. Perhitiis-you had better take the pledge . and live the good life. This . teiriple, disease may yet pass a way. . Ma Cassius . Dear. Miss Celsius, , ,My boyfriend comes to my ,house ..and sits on the sofa until liery - late. How can I get rid of him .earlier? Dear Sleepy, Untangle yourself and go up to sleep, : He will get bored and go home'. By the way, Brutus, I have been reading Chinese philosophy. arid I have come across some, remark ably good sense: "A woman is like a gong, usc : . less unless beaten;" and "The only two edged instrument that grows sharper with constant usage is .a woman's tongue." t P. S. how about lending me tlfe five . bucks? You can deduct it from, your income tax.._ • .. /' ./'. .-.. Sleepy Cassie Your pal, Cassius
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