' PAGE TWO With The Editor it is true that, Collegian has devotcd-much of its editorial and news column space to a fight for :• Student Union building. But recent "pot shots" at the legislatyre in Har risburg have not been made solely for the purpose Of getting a Student Union. There is no reason why Penn* State cannot be I he greatest land-grant school in the Union (this :-tate seems to have the best and most of every- Wing else, if we can believe officials of the Commonwealth, so why not the best land-grant chool?) According to news releases from Harrisburg, ','i9.000,000 has been given for the maintenance e and preservation of the existing systems and for he improvement and new construction where yoads are needed. Another release points out that ;kn. appropriation of $137,000,000 for a highway ,construction program in 1947 was also made. Granted, there is a need for uplceep as well as need for new roads. Granted, no taxpayer wants to see taxes in creased. • But what answer can be made to the question, "If we can have the best roads in the Union, why can't we have the best State University? Of course there are more votes to be won by }riving a half-mile section of road, leading in or out of a town, around, election time (as was clone when College. avenue, for instance, was re ;surfaced). Until the voters of the State and their legisla ors really become cognizant of the fact that their itate school is far from being the best. nothing will be done. Until the voters demand larger appropriations :'or• the land•grani college, the legislators will go on building more roads. Someday, however, appropriations for "internal ;niprovements" must allocate a larger portion to this Colleg for its improvement. Pennsylvania is far, far behind most western nd mid-western States in taking care of its :Aate school. At Michigan State College, for example, they are constructing $18,000,000 worth of new build ings; many of which will he open this Spring. We have never seen an apropriation that large here. How Michigan found this large amount of money we don't know. Perhaps they are doing it by raising faxes or by lowring the appropriation :or:highway construction. But they are getting a land-grant college, even though if may cost a ::evt votes. • In answer to the question that there arc a large ~ turnber of out-of-state students here, these fac tors might be pointed out: (1) The total percentage (counting graduate rtudents) runs approximately 22%. (2) Among the undergraduates, the percentzige is lower—only 165. (3) These out-of-staters pay a non-residence luition of $75 a semester. 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. Collegian Gazette All calendar items must be in at the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day preceding publication. Wednesday, Jan. 15 FROTH ADVERTISING staff meeting, 13 Sparks, 4:20 o'clock. PSCA CABINET meeting, 304 Old Main, 6:30 o'clock. IMA BOWLING league meeting, Dux Club, 6:30 o'clock. PORTFOLIO meeting, 5 Carnegie Hall, 6:30 o'clock. • AG STUDENT-Faculty Forum, 109 Agri culture, 6:30 o'clock. WRA MODERN dance• club, White Hall dance room, 7 o'clock. . RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS commission meeting, 304 Old Main, 7:30 o'clock. PENN STATE Camera club meeting, 418 Old Main, 1:30 o'clock. _ PHI MU ALPHA meeting, 100 Carnegie Hall, 8:30 o'clock. At The Movies CATHAUM: "They Were Sisters." James Mason. STATE: "Undercurrent," Katharine Hep burn. NITTANY: "Wild Bill Hickok Rides," Constance Bennett. College Health Service Admitted to infirmary yesterday: Jean Coffman, . James Hartsock, Maurice Sill, James E. Weibel. Discharged yesterday: Marshall Lignian College Placement Service JAN. 15—W. H. Osborn, manager of the Aetna C•asttally and Surety Co., will inter view grLtditating seniors. Successful appli cants will he employed on a salary basis and !;iven a thorpaudi period of training in the field anti in the home office. . JAN. 16-licorescritatives of the Pennsyl vania P( we r & Light Co. will interview graduating civil cog, EE, and 'ME men. JAN. itl—J. 0. P, Hummel will interview graduating men in CU and IF for Meth ods and Time Study leading to Wage In centives, Standard Cost and Flexible Bud gets. Those interested will be trained by Industrial Management Consultants now working with the company. All arrangements for interviews should be made as soon as possible in 204 Old Main. THE DAILY COT LrGIAN, STATE COLLRGE, PENNSYLVANIA rfit) "Where can I find Dr. Adams' late Letters Potshots TO THE EDITOR: The potshot that you took at our present legishrture was rather ill-advised and pioorly worded (in my cpinion). At the present time, the •hu e and cry tends to want *the legisla ture to dole out the moneyllo put up a Student Union building. The Department of Highways has a yearly ap propriation for the maintenanc e and preservation of th e existing systems and for the improvement and new construction where tea& are needed. Sb, may I ask, why question their appropriation? May I point out the fact that there is a large Percentage of students from other states who matriculate here. They do not pay taxes in Penn sylvania and taxes are the only source of money (to my knowledge) that the legislatur e would have to draw from, in order to Mak e an appropriation to the school. These taxes come from business-and from own ership (property) and are rather high at present. How do you think th e businessmen and property owners would like to have the taxes raised?. . . My source of information, fOr the above facts, was secured .frcm Dad When I submitted the Stu dent Union prcpog•ition. Greystone Manor Thanks to the football team for. inviting the student body and faculty to the very successful semi-formal house-warming party at is home, Graystone Manor, last Saturday evening. Dance *chairman Leo Nobile and his teammates outdid themselves in giving a party that would put many fraternities to shame as far as decora tions and down-to-earth friendliness are con cerned. Thanks to Alumnus Casey Jones, for whom the ball was named, for giving the gridders the op portunity to show the students and administration that fraternities don't have a monopoly on suc cessful houseparties. Perhaps this dance will open the way for other independent houses and groups to have social functions on a large scale. Allan W. Ostar "We Protest . . .." TO THE EDITOR: We vehemently protest the scheduling of the bigot laden Univ. of Miami. The sense of fairness of the Dean of Physical Education seems to have been momentary. In order to show that the school stands for fair play at all times we cannot see the logic of scheduling the Univ. of Miami in boxing while we were reticent to engage them in a football encounter, due to their reluctance to permit Negro players from participating in the contest. In the eyes of outsiders we have failed to es tablish the primary aim of Intercollegiate sports but more important than that, the Athletic Direc tors of the school have failed "to impreSs thoSe who desire fairness in intercollegiate sports—the students. Why The Charge? A student body of approximately 6,876 paid a total of $79,074.00 in Physical Education and Ath letic fees this semester. This money, according to the College Catalogue, goes for the maintenance of gymnasiums and athletic field, including ad mission to all home athletic contests. Yet, students have to pay fifteen cents to go ice skating on the flooded tennis courts. The cost of converting and maintaining the courts for ice skating is nominal when dealing with a budget that borders on the $BO,OOO mark. There is no reason why a small part of the $11.50 paid by every student can't be given over to skal ing, which is one of th 2 few co-educational fa cilities provided by the College. The increased enrollment this year has not af fected the Phys Ed program. With thousands of ex-G1 students exempt from taking the course, one would be le dto believe that the post-war period would find the gym classes practically empty . . . . and the coffers full. Lawrence Foster Edit Shorts • We see by a recent. faculty bulletin that "Graduate students and faculty who wish to rent academic costumes for commencement exercises . . . should telephone the Vegetable Gardening Office" IMESE .." \ „S.'l , -.: i ;; j book?" Sincerely, Nam e withheld J. L. Eliasoph H. R. Locke L. B. Glazberg Penn State Grad Writes For Electrical Magazine Norman H. Young, graduate of the College in electrical engineer ing in 1934, is the author of an article entitled "Color-Television Transmitter for 490 Megacycles" which _appears in the December issue of "Electrical Communica tion." Young received a master ,of science degree from the College in 1935 and for the next seven years was engaged in television engineering for the Philco Cor poration and had charge of the transmitter of television station WPTZ. In 1942, Young became a de partment head in Federal Tele communication Laboratories and during the war was largely con cerned with the application of pulsetime modulation to military communication equipment. At the end of the war, he, was respon sible for the engineering of the color-television transmitter fo r the Columbia Broadcasting sys tem. He has clone additional work on-receivers and studio equipment for color television. Phi Sigma Delta Harris Gilbert was elected mas ter crater of Phi Sigma Delta at a recent meeting. Other new offi cers are Ernest Horwitz, vice mas ter Hater; Lloyd Schwartz, re cording secretary; 'Marshall Zim merman, corresponding secretary; Seymour Biederman, treasurer; Raymond Fink, historian and Ar thur Jenkins. house manager. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor to the-Free Lance, est. 1877 Published Tuesday through Friday mornings during the College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a semes ter $4.00 the school year. Michael A. Blatz Rosemary Ghantous Mgr. Ed., Lynette Lundquist ; News Ed., Lawrence Foster ; •Feature Ed., Frank Davis; Women's Ed., Katherine McCor mick ; Asst. Women's Ed., Suzanne Mc- Cauley. Co-Sport Eds. Arthur Miller. Ste phen Sinichak; Photo Ed, 'Lucy Soiling; Wire Ed., Seymour• Rosenberg; Sr. Board, Marilyn Jacobson, Lewis Jaffe. Ad. 'Mr., Phyllis 'Deal; Asst. Bus. Mgr.. Sully Holstrum; Asst. Ad, Mgr., Dorothy Leibovitz; Circ. Mgr. Paul Bender. STAFF THIS ISSUE Memteing Editor News Editor ____ Ass't News Edam Av-A•a••4 - 4-1.- .r y„• : ,-,.);.•, .m ,. . - .:51)•14C:T1t t ,- ,Ac..a•-'a , • of SMOOTHEST BAND ON CAMPUS. Johnny • McKean AND HIS SEVEN • I * TO4 ( .. " 11 featuring - . • The Sweet Trumpet Vocal Stylings • of -• by BOBBY FINGER • JOANN REASONABLE RATES PHONE 4326 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY.IIS, 1947 Artists' Course (Continued from ncroe one) Two Russian War Songs, "Meadowland" and "Tachanka." will be played by Adler on the harmonica following intermission. Then comes his adaption of Gersh win's "Rhapsody in Blue." "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" by Rogers will be presented by Draper, followed by a folk med ley. The dances are Draper's por trayal of the stories of each of the well-known tunes. • The final number on the pro gram will be a duet by Draper and Adler. Entitled "Ad Lib Duet", DTS Pledges, Elects Delta Theta Sigma recently in stalled the following: Dale C: Bis choff% Philip•H. Cease, Warren M. Frey, Carl F.. McKee, Oscar I,: Paden, and Harvey C. Shriver. The newly-elected president is Fred erick A. Hughes. Other 'officers elected are John D. Vincent„ vice president; Hobert S. Crist, sec retary; and Richard A. Collins. treasurer. Bus. Mgr Jean Alderfer Dick Sarge Selma Zasofsky
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