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Oligarchy
Last Wednesday the i\fittany-Independent in
eumbents. namely Charlcs Hill, Ted Le Fevre, and
(Tharles Willing, were ca:led to a secret meeting
with their clique chairman, Al Green, to "talk
over" spring vs. fall. elections. What happened at
that caucus only those who attended know, but all
three Nittany-Independent class officers voted a
gainst spring elections. (Thomas Lannen, Key,
also cast his ballot against the amendment.)
Green openly admits that he is opposed to
spring elections, because the political parties
would not have sufficient time to work up a good
campaign , and get people out to vote. According
tci the interviews in `Punchlines," the general
thesis of those who attended the meeting and vot
ed against the amendment was that there is not
.enough time to work up- a winning slate. What
more politically-selfiSh reasons could be offered
for railroading legislation?
-Among the colleges and universities which are
flow holding spring elections are Southern Cali
fornia, Pittsburgh, California, West Virginia, Sy_
racuse, Temple, Indiana, and Bowdoin. More than
(30,000 students are represented at these colleges,
yet at 'Penn State a political caucus of three de
,:ided that we should have fall elections.
It has been alleged that there are advantages
:for holding elections in the fall, other than the
one already mentioned. Collegian invites any class
officer, clique member, or student to voice their
opinion, either pro or con, on this question.
Price Violations
(Most of us are living in the 'Borough of State
College, and that is unfortunate. It is too bad that
we have to live in a town that is controlled by a
few money-hungTy merchant s who are grasping
for every extra penny they can, who are closely
skirting the fringes or. the law on every sale they
make.
The town seems to be organized on the princi
ple of "To hell with the students." And our friends
never lose sight of their principle.
Wednesday night there was. a mass meeting to
discus s the rent and price control situation - in
town. Some pretty nasty things came to light there.
Like the person whose rent is all set to jump from
S5O to $BO per month at the insistence of a kindly
landlord. The sort of thing you might not give
credence to it you didn't investigate . , . only they
happen to be true.
Then there's price control in State Co:lege—or
o they elem. After all, we .shouln't begrudge
paying the little extra that goes to maintain the
boys, s hould we?
It was just about a week ago that two restau
):ants in town got caught by the OPA—and fined,
Guess who they were? One squats squarely on
the corner of College avenue and Allen street.
The other is down the block. It's called the New
College Diner.
But they were just the fellows who got caught.
Now about the ones who are s;;.il at it? There's a
tailor shop next door to the Post Office on Beaver
avenue. They call it Smith's. On the wall to the
left as you enter there's an OPA ceiling price
chart, with the limit for cleaning and pressing a
suit set at 75c, cash and carry. Only Mr. S. charg
es-90c. That is nice of Mr. S.
There are more flagrant overcharges being
made in town. They can be found without much
trouble. But we need your help to expose them.
So, if you wind up as: the victim of one of our lo
cal merchant princes, tell us about it. We'll tell the
rest of the College.
THE COLLEGIAN
. Established 1940. Successor to the Penn State Colleg.
tan, established 1904, and, the Free Lance, established
11377.
*Tor A Better Penn State"
Published every Tuesday and Friday morning dur
mg the regular College year by the staff of the Daily
Collegian of the Per nsylvania State College. Entered as
isecond class matter July 5, 1932, at the State College, Pa
Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879.
Subscriptions by mail at $1 a semester
Editor-in-Chief Business Manager
'Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey
Co-Managing Editors
Advertisl.ig Munuger
News Editor—Barbaca Ingraham: Feature Editor—June
Wolbarst ; Photo Editor—Bwynnelh Timmis: Sports Editor—
Jack Reid ; Women's Editor Doris Stowe ; Circulatioc
Manager—John Neel: Assistant Advertising Manager—
Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Kay Krell Lois Marks.
Junior Board—Michael Matz, Luwrenee Foster, Marilyn
Jacobson, Leo Kornfeal. Lynette Lundquist, Suzanne
McCauley. Kathryn 'McCormick. Lucy Seifiws..
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editor
News Editor
Copy Editors
Woman's Editor
Advertising , Assistant
littke-up Editor
Asst. Multe--up Editor __
Tuesday, May 14, 1946
_Audrey Rybach, George 'Sample
:__Roiemary Ghcintou
Marilynn .1 awbson
Gloria Parks
Ben French, Doris Stowe
Lucy. Soiling
Sully Holotruni
Michael Matz
Jerry Tramper
A Dark arid' fitter Look
The sun wad shining brightly in Chicago last Saturday. It was
fair and warmer in South 'Porcupine, Ontario. They were sunbathing
in Sapulpa. Ok;a. In State College . . . in State College they were
swimming—all over the lawn in front of Old Main.
Lifeguards for the event were the noted women's honoraries,
Cwens, .ISB, and Blue Key. The latter were at their loveliest in gowns
of blue tulle, sprinkled wlth
dewdrops.
After a bugle blast announcing
the horses were at the post the
hemlock chain came out graceful
ly stumbling down the little hill,
hot on the trail of the jesters and
heralds. The heralds iwel . e in
dulging in that favorite college
pastime known as "rolling in the
grass." The campus, cops stood
by and looked bored.
In between here somewhere the
dancers managed to get the hell
down to the forefront. We were
covering all bets on the possibil
ities of their costumes falling off
entirely, but they must have been
using scotch tape that was in
visible to the spectators. Besides.
two friends held me back and
hindered my investigation:
It was a 'close race between
the queen . and her trainbearers
to get to the honor arch, but
Sally made it. by half a length.
She also beat them to the throne
but only because one of her wee
little trainbearers almost strang
led himself to death in the train.
Then, to the soothing strains
of King Zogs funeral march play-
Penn Statements
Just recently we got wind of a person.who would rate high on
anyone's list of exceptionally good-natured people. His name is air.
Robison and he's the night clerk at the State College Hotel, working
from 6 p. m. to 8 a. m. But he's by no means an ordinary night clerk.
Seems that every evening !Mr. Robison gets multitude of. calls from
townspeople and students asking him to call and wake them up at a
certain time in the morning. He
never slips up in his job of get
ting a good part of the State
College population to work and
'classes on time.
Choosey Clock
Speaking of readhing classes
before Old Main chimes, 'a cer
tain Atherton coed has been hav
ing some trouble on that • score.
Blame it all on a temperamental
alarm clock. This innocent look
ing time-keeper insists on keep
ing Eastern Standard Time no
matter how its owner sets it. Con
sequently-, the poor coed is al
ways jerked out of her slumber
an hour ahead of time. Sleepily,
she snuts off the alarm and goes
back to sleep, waking just in time
to , make her 8 o'clock—about fif
teen minutes late. She's tried ev
erything but evidently the clock
doesn't like Daylight Saving Time.
Speech classes always . prove
amusing to the people who aren't
delivering "orations." One class
got a big laugh out of a girl's
serious 'attempt at, discussing.
campus ceps. She started the
whole thing off badly with, "I
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
I'd like to know just what in
hell this college is coming to.
This is supposed to be a free
country and we're supposed to be
-grown up college students. If
several of these frustrated old
maids would get their minds off
sex and devote more of their time
to the improvement of our col- 7
lege, we'd all benefit.
To cite some examples: I had
two brother s whose time in this
school covered the period from
1937' to my present status. All
three of us tried- taking. piano les
sons, but no—there _ weren't
enough facilities. I try to play
tennis—what happens; I wait two
hours for a court. I want to, go
swimming—sure, if I go •by my
self. This college is growing
steadily but its faculty is on a
decline. If they would' devote
their spare time in acquiring I
legislation for higher pay I
wouldn't have to listen to my
profs complaining at every turn.
Take Collegian's May 7, issue.
They devoted approximately 21
square inches to such rot as the
Standards Committee. What is
the purpose of this committee? To
see that there isn't tee much
necking. in, the- dornth and also,-to
see that • the Co-eds don't wear
shirts and blue jeans in town:
Isn't that silly? The - originator of.
that certainly ought to feel proud
THE: COLLEGIAN
ed by the people huddled around
the instruments, the various
characters strolled down the aisle
to present certain items to the
queen,—namely ithe Crown,i ;the
world, and the Sceptre.
A fourth joker tried to follow
along with something called the
Sha:st. But the cops...nabbed him
halfway down. That's how they
receive enterprise up here in the
hills. Bah!
The Maypole dancers, bless
their pretty hearts,. screwed up
the dance something awful. May
be they should have • decided
first whether. or not to wear
Shoes. Maybe they should have
had a blueprint for choosing their
special strand of crepe paper. But
anyhow, you have to give them
credit for trying, and trying, and
trying. And not getting anyplace.
A good time was had by all.
The mothers enjoyed the cere
mony. And we missed a swell op
portunity to have a picture of
Uncle Joe unroll from the facade
of Old Main to the sound of
muffled drums and Abe Lap
bowski. Communism marches on!
By JANE WOLBARST
don't see much of them in the
daytime."
What A Man!
Doris Stowe, our Atomen's ed
itor, is 'convinced that architec
tural students, and particularly
members of Scarab fraternity,
re great people:An eager Scarab
came up to Doris the other day
with a story on the architectural
fraternity. He informed her that
if she got the .entire story in Col
legian he'd 'send her a 'corsage.
Well, as it happens the story got
in, word for 'word, and on Friday
afternoon Voris found two beauti
ful gardenias awaiting her, sent
by the eager, and reliable, Scarab.
Atherton coeds spied 'an inter
resting notice on the dining room
tables recently. "Starting today
no parcel post will be accepted
over 11 pounds. .Be sure to weigh
all your packages including your
laundry cases before taking them
to the Post 'Office." .LoolZs like
standard equipment fpr rooms
will soon includd, along with bed,
bureau and waste paper basket,.
one large scale.
of herself. She's leftnier mark in
this world: with such a . notable
contribution. I myself like to see
girls dressed in "sloppy joes",
slacks, and what have you.
It deepens my appreciation for
them when they are dressed up.
!As for the necking: and promis
cuity--41 they don't do or learn it
.in the open, they sure as hell will
'learn it somewhere. else. Why
doesn't the .faculty try. to clean
up. some of these dirty politiCians
on the ocarrpus?. It's no. wonder
this country is crooked and has
to. fight. wars—the men that are
running it are: learning to be
crooked, dirty politicians • right
here on our campus. And the Col
lege lets !them get away with it!
Well, I'm. sorry . 1 made such a
fuss: I should realize you are too
busy with . such import:sit things
as Standards Committees.
E. F. Stashak
Editor's Note: With apologies
to the "Daily Californian," we of
fer the following ditty to Reader
Stashak: •
I hate the guys
Who. criticize
•
• And , minimize .
;.: The _other , guys;
• Whose enterprise •
Has.made , thetri. rise
Above • the guys
Who criticize.
Off The Record
By
. Audrey Ryback
"Tonsilectomy”—no, it's not an operation, unless
you want to call it a painless operation in music.
Boyd Raeburn and his band have just put out this
instrumental number with the funny name, and
it's played in a slow easy rhythm with a few so
los here and there. On the reverse, "Forgetful" is
sung by vocalist; David Allyn.
Boyd has just reorganized an
ork after having broken up re_
cently because of difficulty in
booking arrangements. Now he
seems to be making a hit in
California with the new bent.
Star instrumentalists 'at present
..........
Boyd• Raeburn include Dodo Marmatosa, pia
no; Jackie Mills, drums;,iLuckY Thompson, tenor;
Jimmy Stutz, bass;. and Dale. Pierce, trumpet. Be
fore leaving Raeburn to join Harry James . , voca
list Ginny Powell recorded "Temptation" with
Boyd's band.
For you who hate a catholic taste in music
there are some classical and semi-classical recor
dings that should be on your "must" list of collec
tions. Anton Dvorak's "From the New World Sym
phony" is a stirring work based on the composer's
impressions of America when he visited the court_
try. Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor,"
undoubtedly the best known of Beethoven's sym
phonies, is .probab:y more popular since World
War II because of its designation as: the "Victory"
symphony. The four opening notes are associat
ed with the Morse code symbol for V - - - three
dots and a dash.
Jan Peerce's recording of ' . ißluebird , Of Happi_
ness" is one of the most beautiful light classics on.
the market. The lyrics alone are outstanding be
cause of the philosophy of life behind them i and.
Jan
_Peeree's interpretation of the. words makes
that philosophy twice as pertinent. The ever pop_
ular "Because" is sung by Peetce on the other side:
Punch Lines
By GEORGE SAMPLE
At the last meeting. of the All-College cabinet,
the following amendment to the All-College con
stitution was defeated by a vote of 4 to 3. The a
mendment stated that, elections for all-col:ege of- .
ficers should be held this spring instead of wait
ing till the following fall. Folowing is a tabula_
tion of the class presidents and the way.they voted
and their reason for doing so.
Rebecca Walker; All-College secretary-treasur
er. "I didn't vote at the time but now I realize I
should have done so. However if I had voted, it
would have been in favor of.fall elections because
I believe an election this spring is too soon after
the last elections, Next year, though I believe they
should switch back to spring elections."
Joseph Steel, eighth semester president. "I vot
ed for spring elections because I believe it's better
to get established and get ready for next .fall. I
didn't approach my class but I did talk`lo4'num
ber of people, among them. Danny 'De - Marino,
Neil Fleming and 'George Donovan, who led. me
to believe they were in favor of spring elections."
James Sheean, seventh semester president. f
voted for spring elections because there will be -
too many other activities in the fall; that; will di_
tract from the enthusiasm - that, an 'election must
have in order to he successful. IL talked•to:a.num.
ber of persons in my class and they seemed to be.
evenly divided on the question."
Charles Willing, sixth semester president. "I
believe that if elections were held this spring, an
even more unrepresentative group w.ould:zber..hol
ding office than if the elections were not held un
til the fall."
Robert MacGregor, fifth. semester president. "I
voted for spring elections :because'l believe there
wi:l be the least waste 'of time that WAY..Thetels
always a lot of .conflision and waste of time at the
beginning of the semester but I believe if we had.
election at the end of this semester we would have
eliminated all that."
Thbmas Lannen, fourth semester president. "I
thought that students activities were too crowded
to allow the cliques time to organize and work tip
a good campaign. I brought the question up in a
class meeting and I believe the majority of the
students were against a spring election."
Ted Le Fevre, third semester president.
brought the matter up at the last class meeting
and some 70 persons that attended voted in favor
of fall elections. .Since I'm representing them I
thought I should vote against the amendment."
Charles Hill, second' semester. president: "I voted
against the amendment because I belieVe more
; people will vote . if Wet.hohL elections, in: the
'Milo; don'trlike the.ddea , 4:ll,..holdingetiiee
tions in what ' nortnally! ,, ;,constltutes,one
year."
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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1946