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Apathy
The recent Nittany-ladependent Clique elec
tion 3 do not warrant Collegian's dragging out the
:;J3'l2 box and screaming dirty pooitics as might
;2ein the case to the casual readers.
But there are some points that should be
brought to the attention of the student body.
The meeting Sunday night was open to one and
all who cared. to attend. There was nothing secret
011011 t the meeting. •
The entire Key party could have turned out to
}lack the Douse, as a matter of fact. General apathy
was so great however, that only 39 people turned
out, to do anything about the selection of a Clique
chairman, who in turn will be instrumental in de
termining the Nittany-Independent slate to a de-
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g
Of the turn-out, close to 50 per cent carne from
one fraternity house. This is not to be considered
,a censure of that house. They are to be congratu
bated on their fine turn-oift. Their example might
well be Icillowed by every fraternity house on cam
pus and every student interested in politics.
Instead of chastising this group, it should be
quite clear that everyone who failed to turn out
and. exercise their vote should be called on the
carpet. If their interest in campus affairs is so
slight that they cannot find time to attend these
)neetings 'then it is too bad---too had for them if
they don't get their pen elected and too bad for
Vie party if the new Clique chairman does not re
present a true majority.
There i s no excuse for the student voter at el
ection time saying "what's the. use of voting, can
didates are put-up jobs any how!' They can in.,
fluence selection Of candidates by acting through
fhe Cliques now.
A Better Penn State
At the last Cabinet meeting, a student commit
tee made its first public report on the reorganiza
tion of the Lower Division of the Liberal Arts
..S , Ahool. This report was not an idea•manufactur
cd.in a week or two, but-represents eight semes
lets of work and study by,the Liberal Arts Post
wa-r Planning committee, a group appointed by
Cabinet, •
If adopted by the College . , this:plan would pro
vide a more integrated study of the Humanities,
the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences in. the
Arts School. The basic ideas already re
;presented in the Lower Division would be broad
ened into comprehensive courses which are schol
arly, dynamic; democratic, systematic, and gener
alized. Actually, then, the Liberal Arts student
viould receive a liberal education in fact as well
as in. name.
:The idea expressed in the report is not a new
one. It has been advoocated by great men . such
as Van Doren and John Dewey, and is now in
-prdcti•ce at Co:gate, Talladega, Minnesota, Michi
gan State, Florida, Chicago, Harvard, and the
'Chicago City Junior colleges.
A great deal of serious thought and study has
gone into the compiling of this report. It has ail
-).;.ady been emphatically approved by WSGA,
Mortar Board, Owens, Independent students'
groups, and men's hat societies. Now Cabinet has
'the opportunity to read it oarefully and vote upon
Few matters which come to Cabinet could have
such far-reaching results for the betterment skt the
C , 7llege than this one. If Cabinet is truly interest
ed* in a scholastic' "Getter Penn State," the vote
witl be unanimously . "yes" •
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
ing , the regular College year by the staff of the Daily
Collegian of the Per nsylvania State College. Entered as
second class matter July 5, 193, at the State Coftege,
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.. nanag irtg Eli to rn _ _
A d vertisicg Manager
News Editor—Barbara Ingraham; Feature Editor—Jane
Wolbarst; Photo Editor—G , .vynneth Timmis; Sporta Editor—
Jack Reid; Women's Editor—Doris Stowe; Circulation
Manager—John Neel: Assistant Advertising Manager—
Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Kay Krell Lois Marks.
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Advertising . Assiatants—Olaire klarveY. Sally finlstrurn, Der.
„nttay Leibovitz, June Rosen, Seinta 13a:bel, Jeanne
Thompson.
STAFF THIS ISSU
_ loi* Mat*
i _Lynette LuTyl9ll,lisi.• shirleY.l4Pa'
_ Selma- ZasofskY
Managing Editor
- 1 7 :ditor
Nov .1 Editor
Tuesday, May 28, 1346
_Audrey RA:tell, George Sample
-_-__________Rosemary Ghantous
Penn Statements
By JANE WOLBARST
.of the laughs this week seem to be on the
L. A. students. One liberal artist was taken down
to the basement of the electrical engineering buil
ding by an engineer to see a large turret from a
13.2.4, "Gee," gasped the amazed psych major,
"look at the atom smasher!"
Then there's another LA student who wrote in
a theme, "Professors take too much for granite."
His prof returned the paper with this comment,
"1 marble that yoti think we, take too much for
granite."
invasion
Larry Foster and Mickey B'.atz showed sixty
Osceola Mills grammar school kids around campus
Tuesday. Later Larry brought two busloads of
them out to the TKE house to show them what a
fraternity looked like. The kids swarmed all over
the , house and the TKE's who didn't know the
story were somewhat shocked. However, they
pulled themselves together and Pfleegor and
Mitchell put on their act for the cherubs who sat
through the whole riotous show without cracking
a smile. Finally, with some persuasion and a little
force, Larry pushed the little darlin's into their
buses and managed a weak smile as the kids all
shouted, "Goodbye, Uncle Larry."
Is That So? •
A certain sociology prof was asked in a recent
class to distinguish between charts and tables.
"Things with curves," said the sociologist, "are
called charts."
Eugene Fulmer, known for his dignity and ma
ture attitude, was recently confined to the infirm
ary. One say, as he leaned out of his window for
a breath of air, a playful nurse. •noticed a Small
hole in the seat of Leis pajamas. Into the operating
she carefully paced a lovely red rose Fulmer,
having enough air, left the window and started to
pace around the infirmary, unaware of his unus
ually placed boutonniere. And that explains the
stupendous roar• you heard floating out of the in
firmary a few weeks ago. •
Punch Lines
By GEORGE SAMPLE
• Watch for Common Sense, All-College Cabinet,
X-G-I Club and a few other civic-minded groups
to investigate the price of Sunday newspapers. I
bought an abbreviated edition last Sunday and the
poor man turned his head as he accepted my
pennies. I don't mind missing the news coverage,
but cone thing I do miss are these two-inch sports
stwies that the Inquirer used to devote to sports at,
State.
Last week's papers carried •a story about
crowds jamming the newspaper offices in Phila
delphia in order to get their papers.. Collegian
readers have been lining up for years, in front of
the Student Union desk in order to get a paper.
.Much Ado
I could write a few lines , about the , first edition
of Froth and caul it "Much Ado About Nothing."
For 2'5 cents it would be possible to buy an. issue
Of The New Yorker and Dime Comics and get
more laughs in one page than Froth put out in 39.
I might even mention that Dime Comics is written
on a higher intellectual plane.
As a graduating senior it pleases me highly to
find that the administration has consented to an
afternoon graduation. With State College's notor
iously inadequate hotel facilities, IA has seemed
absurd in the past to hold graduation Ceremonies
at ten in the morning. By staging .ari afternoon
graduation hundreds of parents who live within a
radius of 200 miles of the College can leave early
in .blie morning and drive to the ceremonies, thus
leaving available room space for those living fur
ther away.
I noticed Froth's famed photo staff working a
dance job a few nights. ago. It seems that one or
the photographers had gone to the dance to line up
a few of the Shots before the camera man. (woman
in this case) showed up. When she appeared the
first of the duo was nowhere in sight. She wan
dered aimlessly about for ten or fifteen minutes
and finally left Without the pictures. Her partner
meanwhile was 'staggering, about looking Air her . •
and the camera. They never did get together *rat
night but it is rumored that the following day they
were on, the scene again ready, to "stage" the pic
tures. P. S. They still didn't get the pictures.
THE COLLEGIAN
A Dark and Bitter Look
Whenever your favorite newspaper is short on stuff to print, the
editor throws in a column or two of junk under the heading, "Letters
to the Editor;! I maintain that this practice is misleading, undemocra
tir;, and attacks the very foundation of the American system.
The people who write these poison pen pal plaudits are not par
ticularly interested in reaching the editor at all. Primarily they want
to see their own little words of
wisdom staring back at them
from a newspaper page: For this
I give them credit. That's how I
started
Once, I too was a penniless
unknown scribnen, ekeing out a
bare living writing letters to the
editor for clique chairmen, frus
trated politicians, and people like
that. From this I - was raised to
scribbling editorials against Cab
inet. Now . . . now I am 0 col
unmist, well paid, free to come
and go, the whole vale of Nittany
at my feet!
I did it all with one savage
letter attacking everything I
could think of.' The editor read•
it and immediately bribed me on
to the staff with the gift of a
slightly m used fifth of iSeagrams.
I quote :my prize-winning glunble.
"Dear Sir Editor:
"I have read in. the Cit-Vet
Where. price violations are in the
ceilings all over town. This
L. G. BALFOUR COMPANY
LOCATED IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
PENN STATE CLASS RINGS
TUESDAY, MAY 2 , 8, 1946
should stop at once..
"The other day in the Former
Droon I saw a price violation
crawling across the 'floor. I tried
to stamp on it, but It got away
under the counter and jumped
into the cash register. This should
stop at once..
Besides this, there are too
many lights, skunks, and campus
cops around this school after
dark. It embarrasses me to kick
four or five skunks out of the
way as my date and I race
through Hort. Woods a jump or
so ahead of the campus bobbies.
This should stop at once.
"In addition I'm against 'park
ing meters, 10 o'clock curfews,
pajama parties, 'Cabinet, Players,
Druids; \MA, Miss Haidt, Col
legian Editors, and coeds. This
should stop at once..
"And besides, I hate . .
Ed. Note: This should stop at
once.' It has.