PAGE TWO Open Letter :Hoard of Trustee; The Pennsylvania State College Dear Sirs At your meeting tomorrow morning, you wilt have an opportunity to vote for the erection of a tudent Union building. We sincerely hope that you are aware of the importance of your decision, for never before has this project come so close to >•eality. (Not only the present student body, but many generations of undergraduates preceding us have endeavored to point out to. your group the dire need for such a building. In the past it was often complications beyond control that caused the prp. ject to be side-tracked. Now, however, the ideal time for a widespread fund-raising campaign is at hand; the student body is ready and willing to give their financial support. The time is here. If there is any doubt in your minds concerning the need for such a building, ask yourselves the following questions: Does Penn State have a social center? Where are the provisions for a place for students, faculty and alumni to spend their leisure time? Where is the building that houses ade quate recreational facilitie s for all? How are col lege students to prepare themselves for the out side world, when there is no common meeting ground where we can attain the social standards set for the College graduates? .iFor conclusive proof, ask the non-fraternal stu dent who lives in a single room, where he can go to entertain his date. . Better yet, watch the students leave the campus as soon •as classes are over, and then you will real iie why your decision will affect the present un dergraduates as well as those who will attend the College in the years to come. Last Month Bktes With only two school weeks left in the semester, .All.-College Cabinet stiLl has a large amount of btisiness on the roster: the revised constitution has to be passed, the elections code revised, the Liberal Arts report voted upon, the WOO of student funds disposed of, etc., not to mention several points on' party platforms whioh haven't been mentioned hi Cabinet. At Cabinet's pace; this is a stunendons amount of work for two weeks. "' Cabinet last met two weeks ago, and hurried through its regular business so that members could attend a lecture, and this week they didn't meet at all. Could it be .that Cabinet, too, has the "What the-heck-the-semester's-almost-over" blues?. Senior Meeting The senior class, which turned out eirmasse for their final class Meeting, deserves •a word of com mendation. Not only did more than 300 graduates tO-be show up for the meeting, but they also• took • • an active part in the discussion. • A comparison of this class meeting and the wholly unsuccessful class meetings held earlier in the semester proves one major point: the student body will come out for class meetings; IF there is s omething worthwhile to disduss. • THE COLLEGIAN Established 1940. Successbr 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 Pennsylvania State' College. Entered 'as record class matter July 5, 193., at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of 'March 8. 1879. Subscrlptiohs by mail at $1 a semester. Editor-in-Chief Business Manager Woodene Bell Mary Louise Davey Co• Managing Editors Audrey Itybach, George Simple Advertising Managet News Editor—Barbara Ingraham ; Feature IlklitOr—Jane Wolbarst ; Photo Editor—Gwynneth Timmis ; Sports Editor— Jack Reid ; Women's Editor Doris Stowe; Circulation Manager—John Neel ; Assistant Advertising Manager— Phyllis Deal. Senior Board—Kay Krell Lois Marks. Jimior Board—Michael Blatz, Lawrence Foster, Marilyn Jacobson, Leo Kornfeld, Lynette Lundquist, Suzanne . McCauley, Kathryn McCormick. Lucy Seifing. Reporters-- Jean Alderfer, Kay Badollet, Allan Baskin, Frank Davis, Eleanor Fehnel Ben French, Popsy Fried lander, Elsie Hurwitz. Roberta Hutchinson, Shirley Lyon, Leonard • Malinowski, Betsy Marshall, Marty Mosley, Elaine Mittelman. Gloria Parks, Joan Peters. Helen Reed, Dick Surge, Lewis Stone, Jerry Trumper, Selina Zasofsky. Advertising Assistants—Claire Harvey, Sally Ho!strum, Dor. othy Lelbovits, June Rosen, Selma Sabel, Jeanne Thompson. STAFF' TUIS ISSUE Managing Editor. Copy Editors Frank Davis, Helen Reed News Editor Marjorie IVlousleY VI/Omen's Editor -- —__________ ______ Marilynn Jacobson Advertising Assi itant. _____ ..____________:_'._ 'Phylliii -121.0a1 Friday, June 7, 1940 June 7, 1946 Lawrence G. Foster, Chairman, S. U. Committee Ghantous _Rosemary "I 101 4 I'TO not to e.1:47 for rain in thiq h 1 14.r.. iitttanY 1ef4111.Y." Old Mania With "Let's enjoy ourselves, for in three weeks we take finals," as their motto, 'several fraternities and sororities have scheduled dances for this weekend. At the Phi Mu-AGR affair you'll see among others Dorothy Grutski and Bob Loucks . . . Pat Manson and Tom Love . NROTC Art Tenhula and Jean Randall. Planned for tomorrow nights pledge dance. Among those who are attending are James More and Jean Knox .. . Hank Bennett and ZTA Cathy Jones . . . Bob Hep burn and Spoudecaster Janie Fouracre . . . Art Huggler and Gamma Phi Lois Wyman. The Phi Sigs Report Also scheduled for tomorrow night is the Phi Sig Sig pledge dance at the University Club. Maniac has it from reliable sources (the Phi Sigs themselves) that among those there will be Marilyn Lunitz and Phi Sing D.elt Ned Sonabend . . Sally Bern stein and Phi Sig Deli Mery Sny der ... Blanche Vall and Beta Sig Sid Klemow . . . Elsie Harwitz and Phi Ep Bob Cetlin . . . Lea trice Berez and Phi Sig Delt Sian Steinberg. Last Saturday night the Chi Qs and their dates were. dancing, at the Nittany Lion Inn. 'Glimpsed at the pledge formal were Nancy Wilson and Deli: Jim Sizinirier- eld . '. .•Beckie 'Walker and Delt George - Janes' ...• . Tobie Slowie and Delt Bob Sterling..:'Sally Henry and Phi Kappa Sig Jim Stewart . . Marge Scherf and NROTC Lee Everett. Turning to the more informal affairs, the SPA's had a cabin party at Whipple's Dam Satur day. Included in, those who went canoeing'in the rain are Hal Frith and Phi Mu Eleanor FehneL. . . Jake Barker and Marian Fister . . . Marriner Orum and A. J. Hawkins . . Bill Bodulieh and Catherine Perry . . . Sherwood Jones and Lois Hartman .. . John Duioh and Aileen Garber. NROTC . News BY TOM KELLEY It appeared for awhile that the Navy was going:to end the pro gram on an appropriately.efficient note by discharging the trainees from New England at Norfolk; Va., the Showplace of the South land. The news brought some intensely bitter reactions from the descendantS of the Pilgrims, who agreed it was awful-with a broad A. The mistake was .causecl..by the similarity in.spelling. of Easton and Norfolk. • The masterpiece of the mimeograph, The' Nitta_ Sea ; Lion, has made its. reluctant appearance due to the approaching . emanci pation of its staff members: Curious Craniums . A "Score of trainees have in dulged their heads in crew cuts, .exposing a variety of quaint cra nium structures to the public eye. Speaking of haircuts, •there is •one trainee, who shall remain Un named. who after months ,of shy hesitation has finally delivered himself into the hands of the bar bers (in view of•the scope of the job, the first barber had to call in a consultant) and had the strands shorn from his pagoda shPneri head. The detached curls will be woven into a cover for the Poor Mural in case Old Mains roof ever leaks. CDT F'an And then there's the trainee, better known as Kewpie, Bks. la's gift to lacrosse and associated table , games, who has a, Triad Pa.§-. sian.for the, Ce.ntre.'Daliy Times. The CD,T (to 11 ,11 . 9les'_left:.bk cancelled advertisdng and 'such) has 'pfactice of putting cover' THE COLLEGIAN 'Br BARBARA INGRAHAM s the Phi Kappa Psi-Spoud2cGster Revenge Is Sweet Maniac's congratulations to the AOPi pledges who secured their revenge on the actives by sched uling the sorority's traditional goat party for 7 o'clock tomorrow morning. There are five new entries for the pinned list. Alpha Gamma Delta Peggy Langdbn is wearing an ATO" pin from Dick Jones . . Theta Prexy Marty Ball and Sig ma Chi John Sidersky are pinned . . . Herm Finke gave his Phi Sig Delt jewelry to Phi Sig Sig Lolly Meltzer . . . AOpi pledge Bobby Plurnv is wearing Trunk Harri son's * belt jewelry . . Beta Sig Hal Benjamin gave his pin to SDT grad student Hats Miller. Collegian Socializes Once a semester. both' the Col legian' editorial and business staffs hold a banquet • and for a change sit. around. and tell each other 'what a wonderful .paper .they publish. Among - the* guegts at this year's banauet 'were .En.- . Sign Art - Miller. and Mr. and Mrs; Seymour Rosenberg' Both. Art and Sy, back on the Col legian staff next fall Other campus visitors last weeknd intruded Delta Sig Guy Newton whb came to see ZTA Mary K. Rice . . . Jane Murray up to see her fiance Phi Karma Psi George Carson . . . and AOPi alums Mary Fransen. Alice Hoop er, Mary Anne Jennings. Barbara Anderson and Ann Blackburn. AEP.hi• Sonny Fuchs was home to see her. fiance Harvey 'Barsha . . . Spouddcaster Susie Braude is spending June Week at_ Annap olis. girls in the paper every so often. Said traine.e has. = commissioned his room-mate to snitch a copy daily, and it is said- that his scrap bobk would make Esquire bluSh. Fate is fickle. Life is sad. And the cards are against us: At the senior 'class meeting on Tuesday, it was decided that. the senior party would he scheduled for June 22. Which is all very weird, because June 1 and Trainee Stan isles Murphy, plan their wedding for. the very same day. WMAJ will shortly inaugurate a new series of programs to re place Jim and Jane and known as "Bedtime Lullabye Hour." Bob Wilson, station manager, has an exclusive contract with Trainee Bibbo, the unit's most soothing tenor. The•soft and subtle voice of Black Nick will lull the babes of Nittany Valley to sleep every Tuesday ,Thursday,. and Saturday n4grkit:. (This is ''a rumor; :kOt ,uncler; coyer ;by. Nikko's modesty': and ityntay be just a rumor ; but you can never tell about these things.) Bullosopher BY FERDINAND J. Solvency Dingleberry, Collegian's. feline •copy boy, dropped in this morning with a few letters for the Bullosopher. He submits the following open letter to Rustum Roy, a frequent contributor to our "Letters to the Editor." Roy's letters are, in Dingy's opinion, well-written and deserving of an answer. Letters to. the Editor are open to any and ail students; since no one has taken advantage of the opportunity to. answer W. Roy, Dingy submits the following congratulatory letter: Dear Busturn Roy: You ,are undoubted:y correct in saying that the Collegian can be the most effective .organ for dis seminating ideas on campus. I am happy to hear that you. think Collegian's slogan, ."For. a Better Penn State," a gpod one. I am sorry, however, that I cannot come right out and give, you a com plete answer on your one question, namely, "what constitutes a better Penn State?" I don't think.that top many students here at Penn State know what they themselves want, let alone what they think a better Penn State should be. Why do you suppose, Mr. Roy, Collegian runs several columns each week devoted to the frater nity jewelry exchanges? Do you think that we would rather run that type of leo:limn than articles of student accomplishments? In the newspaper business, names are important. People want to know what other people are doing. Unfortunately a good number of students never do anything outside of exchange a few pins or at tend an occasional dance. We are merely record ing their accomplishments during four years in College. Many 4,f them do not seem affected by the subtle ircny of the situation; that they never make the news .simply 'because they do nothing to warrant it* ' -' This is not a blanket statement. There are sev eral students, who .: breatc into print via the pinning post co'Aimn,- that are. also active in other fields.. Collegian Liken Students Collegian is only too happy to record the note worthy achievethents of the students and 'splm' d the gong wheneVer they discover that students are making definite-.contributions. In. fact, that is gen eraLy what Collegian does 40, if you observe close= It just so 'happens, unfortunately, 'that , much of.What : is :done is prnited.to election_ of s#l4ePtito office. in honorary;societies; naming.people to corn - - mittees apd . the accomplishmentS of bur athletes. Ido not_. mean !to , itriply that nothing is being dcne on. this campus. -- Every once in a while one is heartened to learn that groups like the Common Sense Club, the AVC, the Student Union commit tee and the Liberal Artsl Postwar Planning* com mittee are trying . to do something for a better Penn State. Regretably, these groups are all too few in num ber; their membership is most often far less than it should be when you consider the work that they are trying to do. People Indifferent This is not only: true of State Co:lege, though. It is true. of the entire world. Entirely too few people are trying to 'do the work of too many; the great mass of people remains inert and indifferent. Collegian can 'boost causes and throw light upon. subjects' by printing stories but it would be impos:- . sible for any one group to 'undertake to lead and run -every organization on camp Us. That is why Collegian often chooses to . mirror- campus life rather than get out the old soap box and harangue.• Following the latter course is somewhat akin to stepping up to a nice marble .wall,.and poimding . , your, head against it; you don't do a damn thing . to the wall except get a little blood' on it. . P.S. Collegian's address is P. 0. Box 261. . Note to Mr. Hostetter • Dingy . - wou 7 .d als'o like to . call a little Matter to the attention of Mr. Samuel K. Bostetter. There are a few women- on this campus who would like to have a question answered; the Dean of Women didn't knew and fMr. Lcman seems to be too busy to come out with an answer. But are you aware of the fact that the College ha:. not rome out with an official answer concern rent2.ls in the dormitories? We understand that there are cases of double rooms with three occupants and single rooms with two occupants, The main complaint is not the crowded conditions so much as the amount that they must pay. • We know that the College has not increased rent costs and think that they are to be commended (especially - when one reads where tuition is going up at other colleges), but does it seem entirely fair that three .women should be put in a froom.and pay more (for the room) than; say; two-girls--down the .hallway who have more:spAce; more privaey:.lint are actua'ly paying less (for the room)? FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1946 DINGY
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