PAGE TWO
With the Editor
Collier's, perhaps to brighten its pages some
what, published a story this week titled, “Stop
Worrying About Mary.” As a ecme-ori, it had the
statement, “Afraid your dauighte r in college may
sperJd her vacation picketing Dad's factory?’’
If ii is frue fhat Ihe majority of Penn.
State students come’from "the great middle
classes," . then, there are probably very few
Penn State Dads who have factories—con
sequently few are worried about 'Mary or
Johnny coming home to picket the old man's
factory.
-It is tru e that every campus does have.its radi
cals—!a minority, tout as Sarah Blanding, presi
dent v»r Vassal- College, calls them, “a highly vocal
minority . , . enthusiastic and articulate."
Miss Blanding also points out that thos e who
believe in our established democratic system, are
likely to take things for granted, and keep quiet
about it.
Speaking for the “American way," several things
might be pointed out, by anyone who looks ob
jectively’ at Caimipus life, that indicate a long,
he'althy life for democracy and even capitalism.
On this campus we’re surrounded by capitalists.
Small-time, student capitalists, to be sure, but
embryo capitalists nevertheless.
Every student comes out of College a spiritual
dspitalist, if nothing more. He has a “superior
education," which he is generally willing to flaunt
in tb e faces of these less “wealthy souls.” He’s
certain that he’s got the jump on those less for
tunates who don’t have a college education and
he often looks with contempt on thos e unfortun
ates back heme Who never did get to college—
poor sculs, they can’t even speak good English. Of
what good is their material wealth and money in
’the bank?
Any situdent who dabbles in school .publications
or other activities almost to a man becomes a
capitalist, it he rises to an executive position.
Talk to any student being paid (if only a
nominal' fee) and h e will quickly point out
that he isn't being paid what he should be;
that he should be paid far more for assuming
ihe responsibilities that he does,
At he’art, we’re all capitalists. The student who
gets to handle funds becomes on e sooner than the
student who is out of sohool several years, raises
a family is a junior executive in some firm
or perhaps his own boss.
They can talk all they want to about "all
men being created equal," but given the
slightest chance to get ahead of ih e next
.guy, a man will snap at th e opportunity.
•Miss Blanding felt that alien propaganda is
being .planted on American college campuses. That
the first and most important step, in'combating ‘it
is -to dramatize democracy by securing a higher
quality of teaching.
Teachers’ Salaries must be revised for as Miss
Branding points out, there’s something wrong in
a .nation where we pay our cooks a higher wage
than we do many of the teachers to whom we
entrust -th e education of our children.
Yes, fhere is something wrong bui until
•that wrong is rectified the administration can
combat communism to an extent by encour
aging .a more active student self-government
£;nd by widening the number of opportunities
for tasting this capitalism stuff. It's a heady
sort of wine.
Collegian Gazette
All calendar items must b e turned in at
the Daily Collegian office by 5 p. m. on the
day preceding publication.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
WR'A BADMINTON Club, White Hall
. gymnasium, 6115 o’clock.
• WRA BRIDGE Club, advanced and be
ginners’ groups, White Hall playroom, 7:30
o’clock.
IPH'I MU ALPHA meeting, 1,00 Carnegie
Hall, 8:3'0 o'clock.
At The Movies
CATHAUIM: “Hoilday in Mexico,” Walter
Pidgeon.
STATE: “Caesar and Cleopatra,” Vivien
Leigh.
NITTANY: “Decoy,” Jean Gillie,
Co liege Health Service
Admitted to the infirmary Thursday:
Ralph CraWford, Shirley Weiss.
Admitted Friday: Pauline Glcbisch, Mau
rice Sirkin, Jchn Wenzel.
Discharged Friday; Eunice Marks
Admitted Saturday: Ray Emory.
Discharged Saturday: Pauline Glcbisch,
Alexandr e Orano vSky, Shirley Weiss, John
Wenzel,
Admitted Sunday: Arthur Whittier
Discharged Sunday: Richard Aronson,
Eleanoj. Casey. Ralph Crawford, Maurice
Sirkin.
' Admitted yesterday:
. Robert Yeaglev.
Discharged yesterday
• nra Robinson.
College Placement Service
DEC. s—General Electric Co. will inter
view gradating men from the following'
curricula: EE, ME, lE. metallurgy, chem,
chem eng, and physics.
General Electric Co. will also interview
graduating men for possible appointment to
their Business Training Program.
Warren Fefterolf,
Mary Evans. Nor-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Letters
Postpone. Thespian .Show
TOTIHE EDITOR: I feel that an apology is due
to thos e of the student body, and faculty cf the
'college, as well as the townspeaple who had ex
pected, and made plans to see the forthcoming
Thespian show, No Kick Coming, on December 6.
'and 7. The decision to postpone the show, from
December 6 and 7, to December 13. and 14, was
one well mulled over, but very necessary.
We of Thespians feel that the.days lost due to
Thanksgiving, as well as Pitt, weekend (sigh) and
evenings given over to the Roland Hayes and
Swing Concents must of necessity be regained in
order to offer a worthwhile production.
In setting th e date for No Kick Coming, we felt
that the show would be ready. The using cf
Schwab Auditorium by other groups during nights
when the show was in rehearsal left us without a
plac e to practice.
It is by way ot' this long explanation that I wish
to apologize to the reader. The citing of rehearsal
nights lost is not a complaint, but rather a n at
tempt to point out .the reasons, for delay of the
show. I ask that the reader understand the situa
tion and bear with us for the extra week. That
week I assure you will enable us to offer you the
kind of entertainment Thespians has always en
deavored to bring you.
BUD MELLOTT
President of Thespians
Has it done anything for you?
TO THE EDITOR: The other day I heard the
following remark on campus—“ T he Penn State
Christian Association—What has it done for me?”
Seme students found the answer to this question
■in our supplement of November 15, but others
wanted a different explanation so maybe th e fol
lowing will help.
Even though we of the P. S. C. A, have tried
on various occasions to contact every student we
have no doubt missed many. If-you feel that the
P. S. C. A. has failed to do anything for you I
inviite you up to 304 Old Main to see the facilities
that are available tiher e fo r you. I am sure we
ca n prove to you then that the P. S. C. A. is by
far-th e outstanding student-serving organization
on campus and that it deserves your support;
In addition to serving students individually P. S.
C. A. is extending dts policy cf working with other
org'anizations on campus interested in student wel
fare. We are working with the Student Welfare
Committee for making Friday and Saturday night
movies on campus possible. We are sponsoring
the Thanksgiving Service,-Tuesday noon, and the
Christm'as Carol Sing, December 10.. In co-opera
tion with the Windcrest Council we are having
movie night over ihere on Decembe r 1.2 and a
dance- later on. W e are interested in co-operating
with.lMA to secure a dining commons for inde
pendent men. This is some of our proof thait we
believe that best results can be secured through
united action and we hope for better co-opei*ation
among campus groups.
Since C. A. would like to see* everyone get a
good return for his contribution to the finance
drive, we request that you drop in on a few of
our activities. Watch Collegian for notices.
Very truly yours,
Charles P, Miller
A.Penn State Fair ...
TO THE EDITOR: In Friday’s issue of Col
legian there appeared in the Aig Student Council
write-ups a statement that a suggestion was made
that the Little International and th e Dairy Ex
p\sition be combined to form a Penn State Fair.
This item, as well as a. fast-circulating rumor
to th e same effect, fs causing considerable dis
cussion on Ag Hill all because of misunderstand
ing and misinformation.
'Before any attacks, approvals or hasty conclu
sions are made by anyone, I would like to clarify
th e situation.
1. There is no plan afoot to merge ihe two
shows; The plan calls for a voluntary aban
donment of the Little International by the
Block and Bridle Club and of the Dairy Ex
position by th e Dairy Science Club in favor
of a Penn State Agricultural Fair in which
ail departments and clubs on Ag Hill would
participate. This fair would include noi only
■fhe livestock and dairy shows but also con
tests and exhibits by all the other Ag clubs.
2. The whole plan is still being investigated by
a special committee from Ag student council, and
as yet nothing is final. Mednwhil e both Dairy
Science and the Block and Bridle Club are going
ahead with their own plans for separate shows.
3. The committee is well aware of the many
difficulties involved in putting oh such a fair.
But up to this time they have found none
which, with the cc-operation of all Ag clubs
and departments, could not be overcome.
The purposes of such a show would be:
a. To more qlosely unite Ag clubs.
b. To provide thos e organizations on Ag Hill
which never put on any shows or exhibits an
opportunity to participlate in such an activity.
c. To acquaint the people of the State with the
School of Agriculture, its students and their stu
dies and activities.
That such a fair holds great possibilities
for Ag students is recognized by thos e stu
dents and faculty members fully informed of
ou r plan.
The enrollment of students in the School of
Agriculture is quit e large. Now is the time for
each Ag clulb to pull together and work on one
of the most educational and colorful activities
ever put on by Penn State students.
Robert Leo Smith
Fair Committee Member
Editorials and features in The Collegian
reflect the opinions of the writer. They make
no claim to represent student or University
opinion. All unsigned editorials are by the
editor.
Vets' Checks
All veterans who .do not re
ceive their monthly subsistence
checks by the last mail of .Tues
day, December 3, 1946. are re
quested to address a L post card
to the Veterans' 'Administration,
Campus Office, l; Stale' Coliege,
Pa., with the following informa
tion on the ’ reverse side:
'Name, Address and Phone
number, C-number. Law
(Either PL 16 or’PL 346), month
or months for which subsistence
is .due.
Library—
(Continued, from .page one)
tos and souvenirs which enhance
the memory of bygone College
days.
Runkle Began Campaign
In 1904, iDr. Edwin W. Runkle,
college librabrian, (began a cam
paign) to collect material for an
Alumni Alcove. The campaign
was carried on by his successors
until, at the present time, the
collection' has grown to include
rare' mlanus'eripts, priceless pic
tures, diaries, ..account ibooks,
programs and college publica
tions. And each item has a story
ol' its own.
There is a caricature cf Presi
dent Edwin Sparks presented to
the College by h.'s daughter, Ethel
Sparks. The' drawing was done
by a Philadelphia Public Ledger
artist and shoves the “Prexy” in
an usually jovial mood.
Old' timers have been V.i.ter
viewed and their reminiscences
written .up and filed .for future
reference. These are the stories
that lend’ charm to the many ob
jects located in the room. There
■is a opmplete. file cf Thespian
programs; 'When the organization
has its 'soth anniversary they will
be on display along with pictures
of the Thespian productions.
Dunaway Comments
(Dr. W. F. Dunaway, whose
book, “The History cif Pennsyl
vania State College,” has recently
been published, says of the col
lection, “The Penn State Room
contains many things of interest
ang value. to both faculty and
students. Its collection of histor
ical materials, already consider
able, is expanding constantly
and its bids fair to become one of
the imost interesting features cf
the Library.” .
Due to the increasing number
of students and college activities,
the prciblem of collecting has be
come more difficult.. Thus camp
us organizations are urged, to see
that the Penn .State Room has
copies of their publications as
•well as other items of interest'and ■
students are asked to think twice
before throwing away material
that imiay add to the history of
their college.
'Since the 'colection is not, as
yet, completely organized, the
room is not open to the public.
However, .material from the Penn
State Room may,, be secured
through the Reference Depart
ment in the Library'.
Your
* , i
Penn Stole
CLASS RING
for
Christmas
Know of someone looking for gift • suggestions ?
. . . This is Tops!
First thing after Thanksgiving . . . in to Balfour’s
for your class ring. ...
BALFOUR’S BRANCH OFFICE j
IN THE ATHLETIC STORE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2G, 1946
Wallace—
(Continued from pafie one)
Youth to the Battle
. “They must not let men like
those wh*o spoiled the peace of
World War'l remain in power.
They - must act ’quickly, wisely,
and powerfully to get out of
power as soon as possible" those
reactionaries who stir up preju
dices against Russia.
“If you fail,” .Wallace warned,
“either you or your children will
first be in the brec.d lines and
next in the .army. If you succeed
in voting into power those who
realize the importance of under
standing Russia and who are will
ing to make the necessary change
in the capitalistic system to en
able it to serve man with ever
increasing abundance and full
employment, we may look for
ward to the Golden Age of man
operating under the Golden Rule.”
Russian Veto
■ln a personal interview in hi.s
room at the Nittany Lion Inn
several hours before his lecture,
Mr. Wallace emphasized that if
we W'?.nt to make the United Na
tions a repetition of the .League
of Nations, we have only tp, re
move Russia’s veto power.
In all seriousness, the former
Calbinetman said, “If the Repub
licans succeed' in getting peace
and prosperity they will remain
in power for fifty years.” .Then
to break the.'.silence which that
statement brought he added, smil
ing, “But I don’t think, they can
d 0 it!”
Mr. and- Mrs. Ralph Sampson,
of Windcrest, are the parents of
a daughter, Joanne Louise. . The
new Windcrest. "resident tipped
the scales ,at six pounds,, one
ounce.
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