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Too Little Knowledge
Where the vale bf old Mount Nittany
Meeti the Eastern Sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater,
On her hill top high!
her hilltop high . . . high and isolated. Col
•-)ege student s apparently believe in the theory of
iolationism, at Least insofar as their knowledge'
:affairs in the "Outside world" are etniterned,
•Last week following the shOWing of a newsreel at
-one of the local theatrei, a coed Wa s heard titv re
-..nank:;• • "Did yoU ttotide the kilig of tiitt*g
Tuneral? My, goodness, I didn't even knOIW he had
died."
.There is always mil& talk about the Value of an
education- . . a college degree, hut What good*
• will a degree in Political Science do if its plisses
_ soh dries nOt knoMr What error s Err e beifig . nt cue
tin pie present day politital set-up so that he niay
-correct them? History is a A . ralOable subject and .
the teaching of history is important, but'hoW cam
a gtudent go out to teach about the' world of the
..past if he ha s no knowledge of the history making
-events of today. It's all Well and good to talk abOut
to journalism-students of today who will edit the
~newspapers of tomorrow, but it is to be feared
.that the journalism students Of Carnegie Hall are
.no• better versed on current events in the world
:ai. :large than their education brother s 'across the
-way in Burrowes.
The lack is not in the facilities at hand, for
• papers from New York and Philadelphia and
-ITb:illy other places are on sale at the town news
....stands every day, to s ay n othing of the libraries 'oh
'campus. Maiu Library has a reading room on first
floor. For those unfamiliar with this abode of
learning, it's approxiMately fifty short steps
straight ahead from the front portal and a sharp
.turn to the left. In this room, there are countless
copie s of the outstanding newspapers of the court-'
try free to the public for use. Main Library is not
the only place on campus where knowledg e of
current events i s made available to the student's.
'There at e several departmental libraries for use
by- the students within that departinent.
Thi s is not an editorial to promote the sale of
newspapers. There are many other ways to keep
•up, on the news, radio, magazines, lectures. It is
unimportant where a student finds out what is
going on in this word, but just that he does. Day
after tomorrow, upwards of a hundred students
.are receiving degrees from the College and are
going out to fac e a world of which if indications
are correct, they know approximately nothing.
lfow can there be any hopes of a world under
nianding when college 'graduates, "the cream of
America n youth," can leave an institution of•
learning with no present day knkowled'ge of the
world they are supposedly preparing to enter, a
lack accounted for only in their own laziness?
THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN
' Published every Tuesday morning during the summer
by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania
Siate College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934.
at. 'the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of
.March 8, 1879.
Editor
Doris Stowe
li7ditoritil stuff: Frank Davis, Eileen Friedlander, Marilynn
Jacobson, Betsy Marshall, Allan Oster, Seymour
Rosenberg, Arthur Stober.
Tuesday, August 6, 1946
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; ,.. o . )\ \.,/ T o POCK A . MATE
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I By Dr. Clifford R. Adams
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1 The questions that everyone has about marriage and the choosing of a mate are fully
met by the facts presented in this book. N . . . .
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~ Is 1 ,- LOVE OR INFATuATio ,„ ?
In Dr. Clifford R. Adams' "How - to Choose a Mate" you will find answers to many of
the prob:ems on the whole subject of modern love and marriage. It i s based upon - the
- Most up.-to-date scientific knowl.edge.
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i .1-10 W TO PICK A MATE wa s 'Written in collaboration with Vance. 'Packard,
of the American-Magazine staff. . . fir
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TRADE AT -a 7
KEELErs•t.,4O.. THEATRE •.• .
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Business Manager
Phyllis Deal
Campuseer
Last things are always inclined to be sad . . .
and this week many seniors will be doing last
things, a last tennis set, a last visit to the cream
ery, a last class, a last "coke" date, a last look at
Old Main ... and then Thursday, a last good-bye.
For many who went through under the accelerat
ed wartime program, it seems indeed as though
they just began, and for others it is,justa,. figure
cif speech, but. to them all. Campy bids farewell
and though the. expression is trite, the embtion is
best wishes. • .
sincere
in the . Froth
trail WaCe been .the
Lottvre gaitt day night, for there, here human ,re
proiltittioliS. of many famOus Paintings running' at ,
eOttrid IAoS ItetWever, reports bit 4 it that had
totiAelandeld or Van Dyck 4fir other artists
risen. froth the . gitile to See 6.$ so*
such character "drinking Piiiich or danotirethe• Viii-
yuria *tie this rWeeiliend he would have . craWied'
MigerablY baCk•hito his little Cave .six feet under,
horrified - at the liberties take n . with hi s xpaster
piete. N'onetheles's; the students of fitoft:6sri: nit=
man Who attended this . maSqUerade ball all agree .
that it was great fun. But CarnpY from her .pri
vale 'keyhol e post noticed Maiiriellyrnowiti-daili-:
ing about in a 'gray' version Of Grandpa' s red
flannels, and .a little bow tie, and cver since she
ha s been perusing• art 'books trying: to distoVer
what he Might have been representing. Has any
one any suggestions? . •
Kappa Wins Contest . .
Word reaches the Nittany that. Mary Lou .
Miller, nee Sweet, has been - awarded third prize
in a dress designing Contest spOriaored by one of
•the larger fashion Magazines. The prize wa,§ a vic
tory bond. And in case the . Miller. is confusing
anyone who knew a
.ICappa.:.Tune :graduate, by the
name: of,Mary Lou . Sweet, well, it's the:same girl,:
but she's now. Mrs.
,"Dusty'-'
No Muisical Appreciation?
Arid Chas anyone heard about the lonely soul
who was fined recently by' local. authorities for
giving a low appreciative whistle at a very inop
portune moment in front of the Corner Room. It
seems that the object of...the appreciative call did
not appreciate it. :7 •
Arid under the heading of local.hoy make s good,
is found the item, that former Penn Stater, David
Hammond, now an Army Colonel, has been- a
warded the Legio n 'of Merit by Maj. Gen. Hugh J,
Casey, at a ceremony in Tokyo. Co:onel Hammond
wa s a member or the .cl.ss :Of" '34. ' _
Slthh - Cupid at Work
A pinning and two engagements ar e in the ro
mantic limelight this week ... Bob Rittmaster has
surrendered his Phi Ep jewelry ,to adorn the
sweater of Janie Hostetter, and Elaine Fehr is
showing a rack from Mary Sattler. The other en
gagement i s Paige Heath to Edward Lorenzi.
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Stich Innocence
And imagine. the amazement of the- registrar's
Office when two dewy-eyed and - apparently very
naive girls strolled in and casually dropped this
bombshell, "We'd like .to register for the .fall se
mester." There's only one answer to- Such a State:-
ment . . . "Which fa . miss?" And speaking of
being naive, you don't have to be a child to be it.
Recently, a certain prof handed 'back 'a " history
bluebook. The hush that always'. follOWs at • such
critical times was interrupted by this innocent re
mark by a schoolmar'm; apparently. unfamiliar
with the College' s .grading system. "What dOe s a
minus 2 mean?" Ah, ignorance is bliss, -they say.
—Campy
THE ' COLLEGIAIJ
Teachers Discuss Plans
For. Courses Next Sumnier
Three more days—the hustle and bustle of final report's,
bluebooks and packing, is already here. Between the banging
of typewriters and slamming of suitcases we managed to get
.a few hasty words on plans for next summer. •
`Miry lA* haek at State next summer to
continue working on my Masters 'Degree. There's nothings - like
the Min State cairdius.”
Fay is• myH
at State but
e2ii rifa6'eo Sitr'eind . Wier swittchers
libistutiginV grahteis."
46*w betta:
at gifitti'
SioaTol - 1, melee, sin**, IY4i4ever',
I Writeid to 00 4-6 Itticlitrtb&ry in'
for so - -
,jofuirii. at tie tnivefs* aP Aire'x
ico "
Aristag,‘.t. ;came to. State
this ear4tritet. itcy get m`y, certifica
tion. and it begin fay litastiiii
knoviri will start here at State
Ootiege.'!
DaVi&—"This is only'
third suntrifer here and I am hop
#l,g to tonne-back next summer if
mry•plaps (Work ottt."
Ceti:4a - Wittman,— "I'm not
working, •for my Masters but each
course r - take offers some new
ideas to take back to the class
room. I am !planning to take two ,
more ant classes next summer.
Phoebe M. :Reinhatt—"This is my.
Agfitensioti
Director Dies .. :_
Howard Graytbill Niesley, as
sistant dh'ector of 'agricultural
extension at. the College,• died
yesterday' at 5:20 p. m. of a
heart condition after an illnesS
of six weeks' duration: He was
56. ' ' '
Mr.,Niesley, who name to State
Cdllege in 1923 as specialist in
agricultural economies extension
at the college, was graduated
from the Shippenshurg State
Teachers College in '1191.1. He re
ceived leis B. S. degree at the
College in 1917 and his M. S. de
gree from the University of Wis
consin - in 1923.
From 191,1 to :19113 he was 'prin
cipal of the high school at Palen-.
N: Y.; and from ,19174923
he served as county agriculture
agent in Dauphin County, Harris
burg. He ;was ,a member of the
College agricultural economics
extension staff from .1923 to
1927 When he- was made assistant
director of agricultural extension.
Sandwich Shop
• . . . in Old Main will remain
open, for idle first three weeks of
the Post Session. It has not yet
lbeen•decided about the last 'three
'CLASR,IFIEUS
MANILA FOLDER lost in or
.near Post Mice, material on
leadership program. Please call
Henry 398 Q, important.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, INO
first summer at State-College. and
If have • *a g MY gal*
eciiirses. My plans for-- next slim
infer are' still a-little tridellilite' •
• it 6444.-' i ii g am,
Ihroul"gli the two courses I'm talc
etart ttitilcitg libout mitt:
“r gitead
ated fro side: a ~ 4 0aiy Ent
'baek'rtilifS 4 milliliter for dips affertili
nett Ce.rttficate: !for lltif
stitiiiier tire still rather iridtlifl
Catharine
,Yeany—"rill .getting
rimAperti certalkate this
stimnaer and' alEthbliikt: tot
cl("tmite inlay • be ibadk'nex-t sure i-
m'er. - for my '
'Agee Listi"Sl'ate offers so
many interestirig courses that if r
ever took all - I wanted' to. I'd be
.here every summer.”
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