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Collegian's Policy
[Collegian has been 'attacked many times, and
perhaps rightly so, for concentrating on campus
affairs in its editorial columns, while. ignoring vi
tal national and international issues, and for taking
rides with important issues that come up in stud
ent government. For this reason, Collegian wishes
to restate its editorial policy.
I. In Political campaigns and elections, the
Collegian remains impartial. Since there is only
one campus newspaper, the staff s incerely believ
es• that it would not be justified in favoring one
party, since the other party would not have a
voice through the press. This is the same policy
that is followed in many cities where there is only
one. newspaper. Therefore, junior' and senior
board members of Collegian are not permitted. to
participate in politics.
2. The Collegian dies not have the facilities,
at present, to print national and international
news, and therefore does not feel justified in dis_
cussing these issues in its editorial columns. Until.
the Collegian returns to a daily basis, it prefers.
to remain simply a campus news'organ.
'S. All unsigned editorials in the Collegian are
written by the editor-in_chief, and express the
opinion of the majority of the senior, or govern
ing board, of the paper. Signed. editorials are writ
ten by members Of the senior board, and do not
necessari:y reflect the opinions of the entire staff.
:4. The Collegian reserves the right to take sid
es in campus issues, other than politics and elec
tions, in an attempt to sway student opinion to .
the side which the staff feels is the right side. To
cite a present example, the Collegian staff feels
that political platforms should be more than vote-,
getters, but should actually be feasible and be car
ried out once the party gets into power.
following this policy in its news and editor
ial columns, the Collegian makes an earnest at
tempt to live up to its, motto, "For a Better Penn
State." Like all other newspapers, the Collegian
is hUman and is subject to human frailities, or
mistake .2?. For this reason, the "Letters to the Ed
itor". column is open to any reader who wishes to
express his opinion, whether it affirms or opposes
Collegian editorials.
Welcome, Mothers
.Tomorrow Penn State will revive one of its most
honored traditions, May Day and Mothers' Day
weekend. This will mark the first time since the
start of the war that a weekend has been devoted
solely to mothers.
:Collegian welcomes the hundreds of mothers
who will be visiting the campus over the week
end, and earnestly hopes they will enjoy the many
events and entertainment that have been plane_
ed for them.
THE COLLEGIAN
"For A Better Penn State"
Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Colleg
ian, established 1904, and the Free Lance, established
1877.
Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur
mg the regular College yeaf by the staff oi the Daily
Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as
second class matter July 5, 195:, at the State College, Pa.
Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879.
•
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Editor-in-Chief Business Manager
Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey
Co-Managing Editors ----Audrey Rybach, George Sample
Ativertis;ng Manager Rosemary Ghantous
• News Editor—Barbara Ingraham ; Feature Editor 7 -Jane
Wolbarst; photo Editor—Gwynneth Timmis; Sports . Editor—
Jack Reid; Women'e Editor Doris Stowe; Circulation
Manager—John Neel; Assistant . Advertising Manager—
Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Kay Krell Lois Marks.
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Junior Board—Michael Blatz, Lawrence Foster; Marilyn
• Jacobson, Leo Kornfeld, Lynette Lundquist, Suzanne
McCauley, Kathryn McCormick, Lucy Seifing.
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lander, Elsie Harwitz, Roberta Hutchinson, Shirley Lyon,
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Mittelman, Gloria Parks, Joan Peters, Helen Reed, Dick
Surge, Lewis Stone, Jerry Trumper, Selma Zasofsky.
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othy Leibovitz, June Rosen, Selma Sabel, Jeanne
Thompson.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor
Copy Editors
N6ws Editor
Sports Editor
Advertising Assistant.
___________-_ Lynette Lundquist
.I{:ny i3vdxillet, George Sample
Stone
Jerry Trumper
• Raul Bender
Friday, May 10, 1946
Distributor of
Old Mania
Dreams of postwar parties' came true along Fraternity Row last
weekend. And once again couples observed the old State tradition of
attending , at least two house dances on a Saturday night.
Listed on the social calendar was a revival of the Miami Triad
Dance ler the Sigma Chi's, Betas, and Phi Delta Thetas. Also a SPE
pledge dance, a Theta Phi Alpha-Phi Kappa pledge dance, a Chi Phi
turnabout party, and an after
noon dance followed by a dinner
at the PIKA house.
Sigma Chi's, Sweethearts
Glimpsed at the ' Triad dance
were these Sigma Chis' and their
sweethearts . . . Bob Jones and .
Kappa Lois Maloy . . . John Sid= .
ersy and Theta Marty Ball
"Legs" Erdman and AChiaGerry:
Reinhart . . . Bud Kirkpatrick
and AOPi Charlotte Schibetta.
Dancing to the music of, Sonny
Roy at the PiKA house were Tom
Lannen and Kappa Marjorie Ty 4
son . . . Fred Strathmeyer and
Phi Mu Betty Watts . . . Bob
Lewis and Jean Hunger . • . Bab
,Heckel and Gamma Phi •Gladdy
Lou Miller . . . Chuck McClellan
and Gamma Phi Marge Seibert.
The Theta Phi Alphas and the
Phi Kappas had their 'pledge
dance at the Phi Kap house Sat . -
urday night. And as was to be ex,
pected lots of the Phi Kaps
escorted TPA's. To illustrate this
point there are these couples
Julia Pastewks and Nick 'Kaniuka
. . . Beatrice Glover and Jim
Bos
nick . . . Bea Shaw and Pat
Mooney .. . Ginny Luckey and
Bch .
Turn-About For Coeds
At the Chi Phi turn-about party
the gitrls found out some of the
fine points of lighting a felloW's
cigarette and helping him to . . put.
his coat on. Some of the chi Phi's
and their dates were Hal Pratt.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
In a. recent issue of the Engi,
neer, there appeared an 'article
written by three residents of the
community of Windcrest • Who
signed their article° as three
'GI Engineers. ''
I am making a public reply to
these men, in an effort. to clear.
up the erroneous • impressions
which they haVe sought to create.
The statement was made' that
the College does nothing but
make promises when requests are
• made for ' improvements. Since
these men have • failed to consult
the present administration , of
'Windcrest as to what promises
have or have not been made dur
ing our contacts with the College
authorities, I cannot ' see how
they can state with so much cer
tainty that promises have not
been carried out. I am sure -that
the College authorities have not
made any promises to individuals
.in Windcrest that they have- not'
made to members of the admin
istration. I wish to state publicly
that Windcrest has had the com
plete cooperation of Mr.. Ebert
and his staff, Mr. DeMarino,
Professor Galbraith, and all other
College authorities, insofar as is
humanly possible ; in making
Windcrest a. more pleasant place
in. which to live.
Adds Improvements
I quote directly from the , ar
• title which appeared in the.Engi
neer: "The' College saw that the:
trailers got here and put them up
—period." In answer to ihiS, I
say emphatically that it - is a der
liberate falsification. Further
more, I present the folloWing
dence to substantiate my state-.
ment. The children's - play' pen .
has been - erected, the painting , of
the • trailers is proceeding Satis
factorily, grading and seeding of
the lawns is also progressing at
present, and I might mention' a
letter which- I sent to Mr. Ebert
at the beginning of this semester.
tin this letter, I requested re
pairs to certain common facilities
and the installation of several
conveniences. Mr. Ebert's re
sponse was prompt and efficient
and the requested repairs and-in
stallation of conveniences were
accomplished within a few days.
I would like to present also :the
fact that the College has made
available to us the ground on
which we have instituted . our
community gardening project.
The College has ,cooperated with
us to 'the fullest degree by plow
ing, harrowing, and fertilizing
this ground for us and supplying
gardening tools which are avail
dale to any and all reoidents. -
Still .further,.. without .solicitation
THE COLLEGIAN
By BARBARA INGRAHAM
and AOPI Pat Trestet. . Matt
Scyeller and AChiO Doris Moran.
. . . Whitey Saint Clair and KD
Clair Harvey . . . Jake Minford
and • AOPi Lucy Seifing.
From our .rings for co-eds files
comes • the ' news that Margaret
Hither ris wearing a sparkler from
Bud Sailer. Bud recently returned
from Jaoari• . . . AEPhi Sonny
Fuchs. is engaged to Harvey
Barsha , . T.KE . Dave Lundy gave
a ring to ChiO alum June Thom
as. Helen Chapman has. received
n.ring from Jack MdWfiliams, 'a
Temple boy . . . Avis . Wardrip
,and Jim Morrow are engaged.
Jinn is studying music af Juniata
,college.
They're Still. Doin' It
Chi Phi Jack Evans •gave his
pih to Gamma Phi pledge June
Snyder . . . Three Kappa Alpha
ThetaS received fraternity pins.
Barbara Xriney 'is wearing a
Sigma Pi pin from Walt Funk,
ditto Betsy lleagy 'from Sigma Pi
Jack Smith. Jeannie Weaver is'
pinned to Chi Phi Bob Rose . . .
Phi Sig DeFt Lou Rosenfelt gave
his • pin to Phi Sig Sig. Janet
Schmidt . . . Sigma Pi Fred Smith
and MartY:lcoolis are pinned.
SpOudekaSteis Suzanne Brocade.
and -..Jean 'lAnn Thompson .trekd
dowit to Annapolis last weekend
...and this weekend AEPlii Ruth
Rosenbaum ,is planning to visit
Dickinson for a Phi :Epsilon Pi
house party. „
. .
an our parti.,the - •Co lege, : has
dicated its ...deStre °Ur
community hall with, a, complete
recreational:library.. for• use .by
Our - residents. - •
.NoPrpfit - .
• TheSe three X-Gl's state 'that
the College alwaYS•haS'been, and
always will , be a great one far
making inoney, , Nly, answer" to this
.staterrierit is that - thei-College is
absolutely foribidden to sho'w a
profit on the trailer * operation.
At the present moment, there are
exactly four hundred and eleven
(4K). names- on, the waiting list
to obtain a trailer. The inference
is plain enough; I shall commentn
no-further. •• -
When these three "X
-GI Engi
neers" signed their leases for oc
cupancy of their trailers they
agreed ..to abide by all rules and
regulations. One•of the stipulated
rules is that no electric. hot plates,
toasters; irons or heaters are to
be used in the trailer's. By, stating,
what happens when one of these
appliances is used, these men are
making a public confession of
their refusal to abide by the
rules. For their information; I
Would like to point but that this
rule in particular is designed to
safeguard their families and per
sonal possessions. The electrical
load limit is five hundred watts
pet+ trailer and usage of a higher
load• may 'result An. serious don-
Sequences_ froni fire:
• Lick of :Confidence " • •
- I deplore the lack of ,confidence
in . the Council, and myself shown
by these men. We live 'Under the
Same conditions and we. under
stand that these conditions could
be more •adVantageous. •Bowever,
were it not ..for the. trailer . Corn
muriitY;•.•l fear , that many of •us
would . be forced to forego our
college education or at .best- to
,Put it 'off , fOr .several year's. Our
community is not designed as a
Permsnent replacement for nor
mal , housing , conditions but mere!'
ly .a temporary,. expedient _to en
.able the .maximum number Of X-
Gl's .to take advantage of .the ed
ucational facilities provided by :
the GI Bill of Rights.
. I would like to point out that
Council meetings of Winderest are
open to the residentS; of Wind- :
crest: There are no secrets in the
administration of our communi
ty. The Council would like to
have any complaints or sugges
tionS brought up at regular meet
ings, either by ihe reisdents
themselves or through the mem
ber of Council who repreSerits ,
•the zone in which the resident
lives. I am sure that these three
(Continued. on•irage.efour) .
Bullosopher
J. Solvency Dingleberry, only feline to ever win
a Palmer penmanship award for his fine Spencer
ian handwriting, came limping into the Collegian
office this morning, his right forepaw swathed in
bandages. •
"Another run-in with the College administra_
tion," the Bullosopher queried, "or did a ear run
over you at the corner of Allen and College which
still doesn't have that stop-light you recommended
a few weeks ago?"
"I'm a victim of circumstances," Dingy as
serted. "For once I didn't have to open my mouth
and stick my foot in it. Ive got writer's •cramps
from signing so many petitions."
Dingy, who has a wide-awake, alert Outlook on
politics both local and national, admits the dubious
value of • petitions. But' the situation in State Col- .
lege is fast becoming ridiculous.
Alarm Clock Petition .- • .
• Only. this paSt week a petition was circulated in
Atherton Hall• to have alarm clocks installed in
the wall of every room.' Within a half-hour,, 35
signatures were listed. Of course this is an. ex
treme example, but nevertheless it reflects the
confused attitude on the part of harassed students
who. are being called upon to sign numerous peti
tions.
Dingy doesn't remember signing so many papers
since the semester his father, old Tom Cat, cut - off
his checking .account. While there is little likeli
hood of cutting • down on the number of 'signatures •
one will be called upon to give during the current
petition-sighing fad, there is a possibility of cut
ting down on the general Chaos. ' , . •
Why not have all petitions cleared through Stu- 'r
dent Union desk at••the beginning of each week?
Then,' all related petitions could be neatly stacked
by Mr. "Where's my Student; Union" - Donovan for
the conVenience of those who want to sign:
• Little printed , notices could be posted, listing the
petitions for - th current week with a short para
' graPh devoted to reasons for signing. If -stUdent
interest •favoring Dingy's proposal Is indldated, die
will start circulating a petition:to P'etitioilletiticin
ers. •
Dingy's Picqued • . •
(Dingy, slightly picqued beCausp. women's_ horA-L ,
oraries tapped the other day •withont - including
him, may be slightly. biased 'in calling' the follow,
ing facts to our attention: -
- .
of. the . 31 wOmen — taPped. by rawOri . s
(a i natiOnal
sophomore activities honorary founded by: the•late
Thyrsa Amos, Dean of Women at ilie-UniversitY:.Of
Pittsburgh and 'brought . to the campus in May'
1928), 26 were sorority women end 5 were irtde.
pendents. The selection was made from a group of
600 women. A further breakdown shows,:ihit 'the ..
Chi Omegas and KAT's each had seven; the Alpha
Chi Omegas, four; Delta .Gammas, three; Kappa
Kappa Gammas, three; and the Kappa Deltas and
Gamma Phi Beta's brought up the rear withrone
each. Our congratulations to the five lucky inde
pendents and the '26 sorority women.
Coincident Department
There is no similarity between the.above story
and the nasty rumor that the KKG's, Chio.'s,
.AChiO's and Thetas swung a deal to pack Home
Economics honorary offices, we .h'ave'been assured.
NROTC News
By TOM KELLY
The Navy Ball at the Nittany Lion was a, great
success indeed. The intermission offerings of
Pfleegcr and Mitchel; the rhythm section of the
Navy Eland; Trinity, the local vocalist; :and , the
Navy quartet went. over .smoothly." This irhspite of
considerable competition,from the other elid, of:the
hall where, what appeared to be a private party
was pursuing its course. However, in spite of• the
antics in the background we managed to - hear half
the jokes, and.most of the songs.
Hit Parade • . .
Our choice for the song least likely to make any
body's hit parade 'is one particular trainee's rendi_
tion of "I'd rather date a Zeta true, than date the
Queen of Kalamaioo."
Numerous trainees are announcing their inten
tions of getting married as soon as they'te out of
the Navy, as it says on page 31.2 of 'Bar:ett's Famil
iar Quotations, "How weird."
.Believe It or Not
The NROTC Nittany Sea Lion will appear on
schedule in case you've been worried.
Joe Eastlax and Nick . Bibbo vied for the atten=
tion of a young lady Saturday night at `White Hall,
Bib by resorthto underhanded tactics emerging
Well, since_ this has been a ittat , weelt, with n 4
trainees jumping out of wincicrws, as , we•ReY
French 24 Q7., A'voir. • • • • . • •
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1946
BY FERDINAND