-O?AGE TWO :.41Vith . the . Editor Credit, for the Most democratic trick so far this week goes to Gene Fulmer for his open letter to Ole Junior Class, which appears elsewhere on this tuige. While being so genemus it might also be 'Jointed —.cut that knowingly o r not it was also a sh.rewld politidally. Btilt the reason we hasten to 'bestow our bless -sngs on Mr. Fuhiier is because we canna think of -ft more democratic or fairer way to decide, such an . 'tiaue as that of "Shall (there be corsages ibr idcanoes?" one elan eotme Yelriing to the Dkany edllegtian (Mee s'houting that we're trying lb strangle free ..citterfirise or that we are trying to set 'campus That campus policy will be, set by this. meet- Aug we do not doubt. ''he Junior class is to. targe one. If i the Aurnout is Urge, '(end it 'surely will- be from all of the TALK we've heard .a.round campus) rsc end bthe r groups plan rung dantes will undoubtedly be somewhat Letters OPEN LETTER TO THtE JUNIOR CLASS: Far .ignite some time there has been a great deal of Con. .v ersation concerning the necessity of wearing cor. miges to &me g on the campus. This subject has caused much concern. It is for this reason I am writing you, every' member of the Junior class, All talk and no function had been the ease until Ole last Panhellenic semi-formal dance. This group .definitely came out publicly, through Collegian, and ,*ated that the dance would be a no-corsage dance. Now The time is approaching for us to have tour dance and the question is again being dis cussed. Sinc e the dance is a large affair, re quiring lots of concentrated effort and planning, a,committee was appointed and given the sole responsibility of carrying out every detail for Ole occasion. 'llhe committee chairtman has info - rancid me that Alhe onzumittee feels this is a problem of sudh emir 4mous magnitud e (and of bath a ;personal and lade nature) that they do not wish to decide the i;tte: Aaso, during the past Month or so, I have received -tlimnerou.s . phone etalls, end persona contacts Wking -me to personally decide the issue. Some people 43eem to think "no oorsages"; others say we should 4 .l.uave dorSiages; still others say it is entirely a per m:nal miatiter. • I might at this point inject some of the opin iions that have been expressed from both coeds and male iindents. Same weds feel. 'that so many of the formal .f;lowns are not tailored! for wearing corsages---dhey Politics In February With everyone redovering from finals. or busy goad Elam with the Problem of getting '0 f'f o. good Oar+, cin the new semester, the matter of campus tmaitios seems r emote. 03otth political Panties and the powers that be in .the panties would probably prefer that the whole matter he dropped--say until a week or so before the eletotions. . (BA Mr. Branigan, chairman of the eleotion coin- Keittee,, has mentioned the Tacit that elections will pralably he held sameibirne in the first week of May. And that is . a scant ten weeks away. Surely ten weeks is not too much time to give to such an iniportant issue as selecting candi dates to run for various offices. Actually there Is much less / time, fcir it is custoinary to pick the Editorials and features in The Colle9ittim reflect the opinions of the writer. They make 4o claim to represent student or University opinion. Ali unsigned editorials are by the editor. • Collegian Gazette All . 'calendar items must be, in at the Pally. Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day preceding publication. • . , • Wednesday, Feb. 12 . ' CRITIQUE business meeting, 5 Carnegie all; 6:30 o'clock. • WRA CLUB presidents' meeting, WRIA room, White Hall, 6:30 &Clock. • AC STUDENT COUNCIL meeting ; 103 AgricUlture 'building, 0:45 o'clock. • l INIII4 MaDEBN DANCE Club, White Hell, 7 o'clock. PEIII MU ALPHA meeting, 100 Carnegie Bali, 8:30 o'clock, FROTH EDITORIAL meeting, 8 Carnegie 7 o'clock. FISICA Calbinot meeting, 304 Old Main, 6:45 pan. 4t the Movies CATS-MUM: "Humoresque," joart. Craw (ford: . STATE: "Saratoga Trunk," Gary Ccuper. NITTANY: "Lady Wok," Ebert Yamlg.' Canoga Health Service Admitted to infirmary yesterday: William Froniichatilser. College Placement Service Mr. W. 3. Riley of the Westvam Olalorine Ftoduiats Corp Orati on will be on the Cam . Thursday, Felt. 27, to interview eighth se meSter chem eng, chem., ME, EE men, and Plh..D. clandidates in organic ehem Arrange- Tents for interviews shokilld. be nice at (km :fa, in 204 Old IVltain. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, SrATV COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA guided by student opinion as voiced openly by the Junior Class. We cannot think of a better way to decide the matter. The dedision will . not came from the Daily Collegian; the decision will not come from any inner group that might 'happen to think it rums the Nittany Independent panty - (since Mr. Ramer ran oh the NI party ticket, it miglht .be safely assulined that many party Workhorses are on. committees running the dance.) Nor will the delcipion be one made by ivtr. 1111- mer .(and either way . that . he .might decide .would bring vilifidation and abuse front those on the &helr side of the fence.) Granted, the meeting is being held on Wart notice-4omorrow !night at. 7 .in ..121-sparks. But if you are affected (or think that you are, even) then take 'advantage of the opportuni ty to attend. It lioon't cost you a cep to attend; there can be no eteuse .that the allotlfe . will be Packed ,tyro or con, or that some clique is 'cuiitriollint-everythipg,, Every Juniot - Can • attend; • 'every aniiiiirshould. attend. your dance.. • • Junior Class Pioblaai don't lavt VerY long anyway, ere tne enanrnants others. - Mile others say it adds something to the appear ance and akmbsphere , of the dance and some appre ciate receiving flowers. • Prom the opposite- sex came similar comments. Some' Of the men think. Corsages are needed. to make a semi-Mormal dance a gllll2lO 49S and some have the attitude, "Itf I wish to give my date a corsage, I dian't want anybody telling. me I can't do it." Several men have mentioned- the cost of the flowers as being too - hig)h;-tihey say they have - spent as much as seven dollars before they have even, picked up their date (assuming that they h•itve pur chased their ticket in advance.) - I might say that acme persons have stated, that the fellow need not take flowers - and,. everything' will be satiskultrory-4to which domes the reply that social pressure is upon you.- : —•ygra must buy ai Corsage. . ' Now „them,- where , does. this bring Us and : What is the solution? I have contacted the members bf the Junior 'class advisory board and We have agreed to have a special, class meeting Thursday night at y p. rn. in 121 . Sparks land then ( have_ an open discussion on the matter. I would like to urge you to give • some. Serious! thought to this 'vital issue. • If you have an gpinikm on the subjeet:we wish you wtotuld take this opiplortunity for,.:expre.ssing thetm yourself. lit is' my sincere, feeling that this' is the only -Way of facing the problem squiarely in stead of tryiing tb dOdge the issue at stake. Eugene Fulmer:. 'Pres., ' Junior 'Class. nominees at least a week or two before the voting day. • Granted, the class officers now sitting in on All- College cabinet ere capable men;-but then r the cant= pus politicos had all summe r to work on building slates before the present officers were elected'. We woulid like to ask the Various .panties to drOp the pally Collegian open letterg.to the student body . L-itelling the .students of this vast camiputs about panty plans for next year. Nothing definite; mind you. such as platforms or actual candidates that they have in mind. Something on the Toturth-Of-Jiulyist-liberty-independence-and equality side. Or is there a possibility that oampus politiqs are fast slipping back to the "good-old-days" style of iperliticlaing whe n , qualifications of - the candidates were not as important as their fraternal affiliations or possibly the - ,ncuolber of inches they'd-garnered on the sports:P?ges throtighoult the state? ,• We would like to iput these cv4ettious directly to the parties but, we have biea 'told that one party 1$ in the process of reorganizing and *the _ - &her party seems to have closed-up Office for the time beintr. - 7.17 'At any rate,,,if they* hairen't,L'cillosed4hi:f - abolp, they certahly haven'l been - :aliswer' iniettlfetir,,inioill'4 Cdlegian busibisi - office :has, Sent- thestu seYerial. let taps in.the. POst. Teyv•-inscillths' /*meet . acknowledged - " " ; ' •"-LSo, instead , bl l .aslcibg the parties towesk, 11 3 eltai* we ' (lonia' ask „prominent "meEnete:os :of-eactlte•pidrity to. give the staident body the story of ..whitto "exPeet when they troop to tthe.rictals elarrY Perhaps Mr. Mac MoAglast4 volunteer. tat *peak ilo r the Nittiany Independent party; ritiaAle llkiston 'Brosionis could. tell atale . litis what the Clampuis-Ne;Yers are doing. • Cabinet Agenda TO THE 11D1YI1OR: Here is the agenda fOr the next AR-College OaVinet, meeting on Fegardery 13, 1947. As usdal, itf there are any ianportaut dhanges, I all atiVise you prior to the 711tursday edition of The Daily Corlegien: Hell coil Manuftes of •previous; meeting Reports a CPasts Ofricers Old Buisinees: Bee H U isan*ing problem—{Moore . Furitiher efforts to secure an .Akl-Coillege Flag— MoClusky ipci E slibuitie s a 4 getiting free phones in Oki Main New Biu4sin,eiss: Detailed reiplort on_ work ott - Niational Continua ikons COlattnilitee since the etrilaogo Coitimit lion--Zoote Cionsicteriatinn of a contribution to the March of • floliert T; ' All-Ciattge President He. Throws Away Orchids By Ruth Kirk Harassed s t u d en t s worried about the soaring prices .of cor sages would be interested in meeting Mr. John H. Hildebrant, who makes a practice of throw ing away orchids. An eccentric millionaire? A de-, strUctive orchid-hater? No. 'He's just the. gardener at the Bunkout Laboratory greenhouses. But, of course, there's a catch to it all. "Sure," Mr. Hildebrant says,, ".I throw them awan but seldom the ; popular commencial type. We have 53 species, comprising about 300 plants, and it I 'didn't give• then' away, I would be up to :MY: neck' in 'orchids." 'OrchidS from. eVery..Part :of.,the world-Varying. - froM six to . Six feet •heieht 'and - from white - to dark , 'brown- in color fill the green- , hoUse. Hildebrant - attributes his success with orchids •.• to .• Hans. bberifa::us,• - df : Germany, under: -- whom he studied at the Univer-: sitY -of PennsylVania. Why is' .special training re quired? "Well," says this' gar dener, "orchids need a great deal of exacting . care. The, tempera-' ture,•; the atmospheric and soil! conditions_ must be just right or results may be fatal to the plant. And realizing that it takes 'years; for a plant. to flower, you can see, why I atm so careful.". Since most of the orchids are gifts of, former students, Hilde— brant : feels -they- deserve -special care. "Why, even the first orchid, came from a graduate—all the' Way from China iri 18.96-. And from such small, beginnings.. has; xrdwn what . I like to think is the. fineSt orchid collection, in the'. EaSt, including many rare species,' • -• • • . • q • • _Lookingfor a Valentine gift? • ' • . , ' • You will find a variety of lovely jewelry, dainty note _paper, and other usleful presents . . . .Blair's Gift Shop 142 S. ALLEN ST. , • . -7 SINCE 1926 Servi:,,g Penn State Students .:-TIEX110:011 ,7.New.:,:ant-.:Used., SPRING SEt4ESTER --- NOW READY Mrs MAY GET TEXTS NOW -TURN IN CARIDS LATER. I . Apo. MiTEMBSDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1947. the most valuable of which has a commercial price of $800." As a horticulturist he has ex panded his orchid collection by cross-pollination, developing three new species. "This experimenting is . a lot of fun," Mr. Hildebrant says, "but it's also a lot of I work. The spare time I do have? Well, •I like to play the bassoon." But what the floWer expert slightingly refers_ to as a bobby was once 'his chief interest and occugation. He played the bas soon with pousa's band . and We tor Herbert's band, for ten years, but now the bassoon is pint away fOr the spare moments, and the• brehida are his eltiett concern: It , :DAILY :COLLEGIAN .Stidettwor to 'the Preei Lance,"est.itiv published Tuesday • through :-FrittaY .mornings 'during 'the College • year 'bY the staff-of the Daily a:Meglan• of the Pennsylvania: State 'College. Entered as second class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College, Pa., Post Office -under the actof-March 3, 1879. $2.50 a scales ter $4.00 the school year. Represented- for --national advedising by National Advertising Service, Madi son Ave., • New York, N.Y.,. Chicago, .Boston, Los Angeles. San Francisco. Michael A.• Blatt --- Miter. Roeeinari Ghantotts - Boa. Mhz Mgr. Erci., Lynette Lundquist; News Ed,, Lawrenee Foster; Co• Sports Eds., Stephen. 'Sinichak, Arthur Miller; Feature Ed., .Frank Davis. Photo Ea., Suzanne 'McCauley; Women's Ed., Marilyn Jacobson; Asst. Women'il. 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