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Campus 'Tours
'What happens when 11 prospective Penn Stater
\.isits the campus? If he has written to one Of the
L"orlege officials previously, he may be shown
round by one of the secretaries in the adminis
trator's office. Otherwise. he Is left to wander
About by himself.
With many high school seniors making tours of
college campuses at this, time of year, there is a
definite need for an organized, guided tour of the
(ampus. In the past visitors have received a cold
welcome at Penn State, leaving them a poor im
pression of the College. •
Collegian proposes that one of these organiza
tions, such as the Greeters' Club, make it their re
:Oonsibility to see that all visiting student are, If
they wish, shown around the campus. This group
would not have to conduct all the tours, but could
I ,itnply serve as a "clearing house" in cooperation
with the other groups. For example, if a group of
)sigh school students interested in majoring in ag
riculture should write to the registrar, he could
refer their names to the Greeters' Club. The
Greeters' Club, in turn, could contact one of the
:tudent groups within the School of Agriculture,
.md ask them to conduct a tour of A F-r Hill for the
',soup.
Collegian believes that there is an urgent need
lior this plan, or one similar to it, on the College
qampus. A few hours of time volunteered by cam
pu--; organizations would serve the purpose, and
) . a.‘ , e a better impression of Penn State students
with the visitors.
'l'cday is V day as far as the students of Penn
N'tg.ite are concerned. V day means voting day. It's
your opportunity to express your views through
the election of the candidates you ehoose as best
able to carry out the aims set forth in the party
jitatform. If a pooa• administration goes into of
f ice, there will be the usual amount of griping and
(!dmplaining. Assure yourself that there will be
no cause for griping and that Penn State will have
the bet student government possible. Get out and
vote!
• • THE COLLEGIAN
. Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur
ing the regular College year by the staff of the Daily
i_;ollegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as
recond class matter July 3, 193, at the State College., Pa.
1?ost Office under the act of I‘larch 3. 1879.
• Subscriptions by mail at $1 a semester.
Editor-in-Chiet Business Manager
Woodene Bella Mary Louise Davey
ED [TO mt.LAL. STAFF
00-Managing Editors _____-Audrey Rybach. George Sample
Advertising Manager Rosemary Ghantous
News Editor—Barbara Ingraham; Feature Editor—Jane
Wolbarst ; Photo Ed itor— , Gwynneth Timmis; Sports Editor
J'ack Reid ; Women's Editor Doris Stowe ; Circulation
Manager—Jack Neel ; Assistant Advertising Manager—
Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Kay Krell Lois. Marks.
,iitnior Board—Michael 'Butz, Law•xence Foster, Marilynn
Jacobson, Leo Kornfeld, Lynette Lundquist, Suzanne
McCauley, Kathryn McCormick, Lucy Seifing, and Ruth
. Tisherman.
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Reporter—Jean Alderfer. Kav BadoHet, Allan Baskin.
Prank Davis, Eleanor Fehnel, Ben French. Popsy Fried-
Milder, Elsie Harwitz. Shirley Lyon. Roberta. Hutchinson.
Iletsy Marshall, Marty Mosley Elaine Mittelman, Gloria
Parks, Joan Peters, Helen. Reid, Lewis Stone, Jerry Trump
er: Selma Zasasi,
.A.dvertising Assistants—Claire Harvey, Sallylstrum. Dor.
• othy Leibovitz, June • Rosen, Selma. Sabel, Jeanne
Thompson.
MUT. Till'S ISSUE
Doris Stow:
_____ Kornfold, Kay McCormick
Frank Davis
Managing Editor
Copy Editors
Taws Editor
Tuesday, March 26, 1946
PARTY PUNCH
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COLLEGE PRODUCTS
Pettit Statementi
By JANE WOLBARST
Naturally. "swell guy," "lots of fun," "good
looking" and other ...terms currently being hack
neyed by campaign managers are extremely rele
vant in helping the student. body to select the most
efficient class officers. But we think the best one
is a frank new phrase being used to sell candi
dates. In a choice Corner Room window is a poster
displaying all the candidates of one of the parties.
In front of the poster are some tin cans labeled
very noticeably, "mixed puts."
Newspapermen are always told to track down
an assignment, no matter how difficult ft might
be. Larry Foster, one of the Collegian crew, was
asked to get an interview with a co-ed and eagerly
set out -to perform his task. Finding the girl's ad
dress with true ellficiency, he promptly went out
to a distant town dorm to see her. There he was
told that the girl could i be found at a certain buil
ding on campus. He raced up, raced in, asked for
her, and raced out. The building was the infirm
ary, and the reason for LarrY's quick exodus was
that hi s assignment was suffering with a case of
measles.
Deep Purple
Sorority girls these days can be recognized not
only 'by their pins but also by the slight discolor
ing under their eyes. Ask any of them If they're
tired and they'll answer with a vehement yawn.
With almost one week of rushing to go, it should
be interesting to watch Ifor further symptoms of
fatigue.
Speaking of rushing, the sisters of a certain
house were amazed to hear one of their guests re
mark in all seriousness that she had given up dat
ing for Lent.
What a Cracker
. 11-1 10 Sparks, a prof was seating hiS - class in al
phabetical order: by shouting.the name and seat
number. As he neared the end of a long list, the
name "Ritz" clearly- echoed -through the huge
room. Just as clearly, echoed the words of an ex
ceptional male wit, 'iMust be some cracker!"
Punch Lines
By GEORGE SAMPLE
Orchids .to Bud Mellot and his. new group of
Thespian dancers. The Thespian type of produc
tion, the song• and dance musical comedy has too
long been missing from Penn State activities.
Players has done an admirable job in keeping
their group alive and active through the • war
years. Since they have interested themselves in
the "melerdramer" - and the heavier type of pro
duction, there is a great need for the revival of a,
group who specialized_ in nostalgic songs, kicking
legs, novelty danceS and 00-la-la.
Business Ethics
It seems that WC went astray and really
SNAFU'ed the works as fai as picking a winner
in the recent "Battle of The Bands" is concerned.
It may be argued that both bands knew what they
were getting into when they signed for the job.
Cover Charge
I was glancing through an old issue of Collegian,
dated October, 1931. An advertisement in this is
sue stated that one of the local restaurants was
:doing a land office business on their, full course
dinners for 35 cents. Things haven't changed a
bit since .then. They're still doing a land office
business, the value •of the dinner is still 35 cents.
The only difference is that the local restaurants
have added a $1 cover charge.
THE COLLEGIAN
A Dark and Bitter Look
'Mayhap, gentle reader, you have. noticed how excited'those char
acters in - our edit columns get every once in a while about what they
carelessly label "dirty . politics." For this I dub them screwballs.
There is no such things as dirty politics. Dirt, as well as beauty,
is all in the eye of the beholder. Let me illustrate with a hypothetical
case from my mildewed files.
The ease to which I refer occurred around 1610 in the Province
of Penfidla, Lower Southwestern
Afghanistan. There was a local
eletion to be run off. Candidates
were being nominated by the
parties, and . . .
The Me panty had gathered its
goons in solemn session to rail
road a man into the ,candidacy.
But treachery stalks abroad.
Elements of the Spittany-In
competent panty have infiltrated
the meeting till they outnumber
true Me members. Me party
higher-ups sense some th ing
wrong, but the chips are down.
They must fight it out here be
hind• the scenes.
A woman rises at the back of
the - room. It is the female finag
ler "Beet" Spittoon. She nomin
ates one Liibe Spittoon, rumored
to be related to her by marriage—
her husband or something like
that. Cheers greet her nomina
tion.
In the quiet that follows the
first frenzied outburst a care
fully• coached pledge. makes the
Spittany-Incompetent r
success. He .puts up the name of
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editoi
The Collegian in recent editor
ials has done considerable towards
besmirching political parties on
the Penn State campus. In doing
this Collegian has drawn on the
experiences .of past years and
states arbitrarily that the plat
forms of the present political par
ties, will be cast aside as soon
as the elections are eyed. Colleg
ian also 'declared that All-College
cabinet is Powerless to act in
many matters which concern Penn
State students.
Collegian's statement that All-
College cabinet is powerless to
act in many cases is erroneous.
Any Student of history or govern
ment knows that pressure exerted
by strong groups can inauence
legislation. This is certainly as
true on a college campus as in the
halls of. national government. The
fact was shown recently by the
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1946
one "Stinx" Smorgasbera
This shaft in the dark catches
the iMe members unprepared.
They send out telegrams to their
friends to hurry over land
vote good old Lube in. (bow the
hell they ever got Western Union
way back in 1510 I don't know,
but to continue) They call fran
tically on the telephone. (another
slight discropency)•
But it is useless,. Sjpittany-In
competents have flooded the
house--4and they vote for "Stinx".
Me party haS been ruined by a
stab in the black. The players of
"dirty politics" have triumphed
and put up a weak man against
their own candidate, Pawn Simp
leton. It is called 'fixing the elec
tion' or some other nasty name.
Naturally this seventeenth cen
tury parallel has nothing to do
with current happenings. Maybe
I have gone too far back for my
illustration.
I still•do not call it "dirty poli
tics." I would say it was just
"slightly unwashed politics."
lengthening Of the vacation per
iod last • Christmas, when the
students were in favor of the
plan. All-College cabinet, when
acting on problems which are
definitely , for student benefit
(therefore, for the 'good of the
college), could effect changes in
regulations and procedure by ex
erting student pressure in the
proper directions.
It all adds up to this: that,
contrary to the picture painted
by Collegian, the Nittany-Incle
pendent party is headed by a sin
cere group of students who desire,
with Collegian cooperation,
make certain improvements at
Penn State. These improvements
can and will be made. It is l irn=t,
portant that Students take an hi- .
terest in campus politics and vote
fo r the group which they believe
will do the most for them. -By
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