FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
• 'Reservations for the Penn.State
in-China ibanquet at the State Col
lege Hotel Sunday at 12:30 p.m.
can be made fot $1.25 per person
before Thursday at the PSCiA. of
fice. or with Betty Hosterman at
the Beecher House. The dinner is
sponsored by the Penn State-in-
China committee and the World
Fellowship commission of the
PSCA.
Dr. T. Z. Koo, a secretary of the
World’s Student Christian Federa
tion, and Dr. T. H. Cheng of the
museum of comparative zoology at
Harvard University will be among
the guests of honor. Also present
will be 21 Chinese Air Force cadets
from. the Lycoming Engineering
School in Williamsport.
Fred Smith Heads Council
.The Freshman Council, first se
mester men’s elulb, elected the fol
lowing officers at last week’s meet
ing: Fred Smith, president; Marc
Del Ve'cchio, vice-president; John
Ashibrook, secretary; Clifford Ko
‘elle, treasurer.
Second Semester Club to Elect
Members .of the Second Semes
ter Club will meet in v the Hxigh
. Beaver Room, tomorrow night to
elect officers. Candidates are: Wil
bur , Kraylbill, Barbara Keefer,
Buddy Thomas,, and Joan Wolfe,
co-chairmen;. (Rebecca Griffin, Sal
ly -Henry, Erl a (Mae Johnston, Wil
liam Shoemaker, and Richard
Troutman, co-vice-chairmen; Ter
ry KloSterman and Pat Woods,
secretary-treasurer.
Penn State Rats
Dear Sir:
. I see by the December 7 edi
tion of The Collegian that those
diabolical geniuses who contrive
punishment for the Freshman
class have scored again. It is re
grettable that such, splendid brain
power could not -be directed to
.more worthy fields. Surely suc
cess in any undertaking awaits
those who can devise such a pen
alty as wearing a large sign for
failing to wear a small one.
Why does an institution of the
standing of Penn State require
the wearing of a small sign in the
firstjplace? It is my belief that the
student body of the College is
composed of men and women, not
animals ore sacks' of, meal that
must be identified by tags.
■lt is not enough to say that
Freshman degradation' is prac
ticed in-all American - colleges.
Must Penn State follow along
■like the rats behind the piper of
iHamelin, and. with equal intelli
gence? Why not take the lead in
sensible treatment of all students
as men and women?
E. C. Atwater
Useless Customs?
Dear Sir:
It is felt that incoming 'fresh
men of each semester should be
courteously and warmly welcom
'ed . ! . perhaps in so obvious a'
manner as having the upperclass
members ■escort the freshmen
through the buildings and labor
atories and introduce them to the
various campus organizations. The
importance and perspective of
many df the curricula should be
explained.
The writer requests, based on
rights of citizenship, that those
representing him in student,
government do the following:
Bring before the students for vote
the abolishment of customs and
the introduction of a program that
is genuinely helpful to the enter
ing student, upon whom the suc
cessful perpetuation of this school
exists.. It is hoped that a .program
befitting a mature institution of
higher learning will be adopted.
Very truly yours,
Willaim S. Kam
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Dear Editor:
Hats off (or should I say slacks
off?) to the anti-slackers who
have organized this forceful cam
paign. I am not congratulating
them on voicing their complaint
about women wearing slacks, be
cause that is a debatable question,
but I am complimenting them on
their enthusiasm about publicizing
an existing condition.
But why don’t they use their
efforts in changing a more serious
and important problem? This
problem is the social life at Penn
State. Statistics prove that there
are more men on campus this year
than there have been for several
years, yet there are hundreds of
attractive gii’ls who sit by their
telephones waiting for them to
ring. And in the fraternity houses
the men sit and twiddle their
thumbs on week-ends.
One explanation of this condi
tion is that 80 per cent of the men
oh campus are ex-servicemen
whose average . age is 23. They
claim the average college girl is
too young and immature for them.
They are basing their opinions on
a few women, and the exceptions
at that. Why, they don’t even
know us! If these ex-Gls would
let down their hair, and be the
fun-loving, hell-raising, American
youths whom everyone envies,
they would enjoy being at college
much more and get much more out
of it.
Saturday the Coliseum skating
rink was a scene of an attempt to
do something about this situation
and even the hike out and back
was a social activity conducive to
getting acquainted.
I suggest that the anti-slackers
forget about the lower extremi
ties of the female sex and think
more about building up everyone’s
morale by planning activities
where we can . have some good
wholesome fun.
Franklie yours,
Miss Smith,
More About Slacks
Dear Delta Sigs:
After your atrocious article at
tacking our feminine dress, I feel
you don’t understand the purpose
behind our wearing of your, as
you put it, pants.
Comfort, warmth, and feeling
at ease signifies slacks to the fem
ale sex. --1 am sorry you can’t
compare our legs with your prec
ious French mademoiselle, but as
far as we are concerned you can.
re-enlist and go back to Mademo
iselle from Armentiers.
‘A SLACKER.’
Dear Editor:
Girls are justified in wearing
slacks- because:
1. There is greater freedom of
movement.
2. The quality of materials is
not the same as in prewar days.
3. The shortage of certain,
materials has brought about prices
which are far in excess'of their
value.
Sincerely,
An ex-serviceman
Brunner Chosen To Aid
Ag Movie Producers
Dr. Henry S. Brunner, 'head of
the department of agricultural
education, has been named to a
committee to aid in the production
of a 1 motion picture film depict
ing the work of vocational agri
culture teachers, it was announced
by the American Vocational Asso
.ciatiori.
The film, which also will deal
■with the work of the Future Far
mers of America, will be pro
duced by the Sears Roebuck Foun
dation.
THE COLLEGIAN
So you’re the one who turned me in
Prof Fishburn To Serve
Hummel Fishburn, head of the
department of music education at
the College, has been asked to
serve as chairman of the National
Committee on Functional Music
of the Music Education National
Conference.
The three phases of public mu
sic that will be studied are musi
cal therapy in hospitals, music in
industry, and music n • genfciral
recreaton.
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Rabbi Shoulson To Talk
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Rabbi Charles Shoulson of Al
toona will speak at the Hiliel
Foundation at 2:30 p. m. Sunday
on “Zionism, What It Is and What
It Is Not.”
His talk is sponsored by the
Brandeis Society under the chair
manship of Bernice Landau.
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1V43 ROOIH «• CAUCT
Dispensary Calls Reach
New High in November
Novembei”s dispensary calls tot
alled 600 above the 1944 figure
for that month, according to Dr.
Joseph P. Ritenour, director of
the College Health Service.
The ASTP unit furnished 127
calls, the NROTC, 229, and reg
ular College students, 3187, to
bring the total up to 3543. The
dispensary issued 558 excuses dur
ing the month as compared to 276
over the same period a year ago.
There were 125 patients treat
ed in the Infirmary in ‘November:
6 ASTP, 10 NROTC, and 109 civ
ilian College students. These stu
dents put in a total of 313 bed
days in the Infirmary.
Library Fund Started
Honoring Gladys Cranmer
Friends of the late Gladys R.
Cranmer, assistant librarian who
died on August 24, 1945, are plan
ning a memorial collection in> the
College Library.
“Many persons will wish to fur
ther one of Miss Cranmer’s great
interests—the availability of gen
eral reading for College students,
townspeople, and faculty,” com
mittee members said, in announc
ing plans for the memorial.
Books purchased will be mark
ed with a suitable bookplate be
fore they are placed in the library.
Those desiring to contribute
money and suggested book titles
should write to one of the follow
ing committee members: Helen.
Margaret Cooper, .102 Central Li
brary; Martha Jordan Rice, 829 N.
Allen street;; or Ridge Riley,. 104
Old Main.
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