PAGE TWO Come On Over, Pollock Circle "Come on over, fellows• and meet the people" has been the sincere desire of administrators and student leaders on the campus ever since the Pol lock Circle Dormitories were first occupied last•fali. Pollock Circle men seem to be suffering from the ailment common to practically all ex-servicemen returning to once familiar territory and find it .somewhat strange. This Tray be due to actual change or only seeming change to the veteran. Not being able to conquer the situation imme diately, a usual reaction is one of defense and may lead to antagonistic attitudes on the part of the eN-9.1. or Navy man. Penn State has not changed so much that it can not be brought back to the old standards of sports manship, classroom honor, hospitality, and loyalty Need For New Band Uniforms William Keefauver, president of the Blue Band, asked All-College Cabinet at its last meeting for help in securing new uniforms for the band, ex plaining that the old uniforms are now worn and moth-eaten. Since Blue Band is a student-supported activity, Keefauver asked that the method used to obtain uniforms in 1941 be used "again. This plan assessed all students fifty cents per semester for two semes ters to pay for the uniforms. If this plan is to be used again, he pointed out, it. should be voted upon at the next All-College election, April 30 and May 1, in order to have :uniforms for next fall's marching season,. since !their may not be assessed such a fee without :their consent.. . i If the student body votes in favor of the assess ment, it must also be approved by the Trustees, after which the College may advance the money The Story Behind the Ball Because no group in recent years, holding a dance at the College, had gone to the $4OOO mark in hiring a band, the Senior Ball Committee first secured the permission of Cabinet last week to spend that sum before engaging a band. Cabinet granted that permission because a majority of its members felt the opportunity to secure a first-rate i band should be taken advantage of. ' _Several Cabinet members questioned the ex penditure of that sum because: (1) the admission price might rise also; (2) this might set a prece dent for other groups to hire expensive bands; (3) a band worth 54000 would attract such a crowd that it would be impossible to dance. John Matternas, co-chairman of the ball com mittee, said that the admission price for the dance would not go up if a $4OOO band were hired. He Collegial, Gazette All calendar items must be in the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre . ceding publication. Friday, March . 21 COLLEGIAN junior board meeting. 8 Car negie Hall, 4:15 o'clock. PSBF Bible Study. 200 Carnegie Hall, 7- 3:30 o'clock. Saturday, March 22 MOVIES sponsored by the Common Sense Club, "Spanish Earth," and "The 39 Steps," ; Schwab, 7 o'clock. Free admission. Sunday, March 23 HILLEL Bridge tournament, Hillel Foun dation, 2 o'clock. DISCUSSION on "The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?" 304 Old Main, 4 o'clock. NITTANY-Independent meeting, 417 Old Main, 7:30 o'clock. Monday, March 24 PENN STATE ENGINEER staff meeting, Engineer office, Old Main, 7 o'clock. PHILOTES party, WSGA room, White Hall, 7:30 o'clock. - College Health Service Admitted to the infirmary Wednesday: Robert Floor and Paige Seeley. Discharged Wednesday: William Atten and William Griffith. ' Admitted Thursday: Edwin Abernathy, Harry Eisenhuth, Jeff Herrman, Louis Levi and Samuel Tamburo. Discharged Thursday: Victor Crown, Phyl lis Ginsburg, Edward Horn, Beulah Matt, Gershon Meckler, James Shaffer and Nancy Swartz. College Placement Service LUKENS STEEL CO:, March 21, will in terview eighth semester men in: IE and ME. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., March 24. 25. will interview eighth semester men in: EE, lE, Met, Phy, Cer, ME, ChE, Ch and Met. Eng. CINCINNATI MILLING CO., March 26 and 27, will interview eighth semester men in: IE and ME. WALWORTH CO., March 28. will inter view eighth semester men in IE and ME. LEEDS & NORTHRUP CO. ' March 31 and April 1, will interview eighth semester men for their sales engineering training course in: EE, Phy, ME and lE. PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO., April 1, will interview eighth semester men in: ME, CE, EE, IE and Ch. E. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORP., April 2, will interview eighth semester men in: Met, lE, cer, CE, EE and FT. • 4. ThE JSAtLY 00CALEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, FTWNSYLVANIA to the College. These are the main attributes of a student body which we might now strengthen. Penn State feels a definite •need for the help of the Pollocic Circle men, independents, all students, in fact, So, came on over across Shortlidge Road, men. Join organizations, get interested in campus poli tics. oarticioate in programs, and share in the `hello" spirit. Speak and you will be heard, but don't cry out in your wilderness. Active participation with organized campus groups will give you a voice in setting up their programs and will give you fond memories of campus life ghat will live on long after• you've'left the "vale of old Mt: Nittan." for immediate purchase . of the. uniforms, to be repaid later. Keefauver said the 1941 uniforms, eighty in num ber, cost a total of $7500. Now, however; the band will need more than 80 uniforms, Keefauver stated, so that the band members need not be chosen ac cording to size, as they were this' year. • It was pointed out that prices have gone' up, too, making it.probable that the proposed uniforms will cost much more than $7500; Keefauver said . that, since the 1941 uniforms included overcoats, per haps it will not be necessary,to purchase. complete uniforms. He added that the exadt amount of the proposed assessment will depend upon bids re- . ceived from manufacturers of uniforms. A committee consisting of Albert Green, William Keefauver. and Jacque Zivi . c. was appointed to investigate the uniform question. also explained that securing a band of that caliber would be in line with the policy of securing the best entertainment possible for the student body. He added that steps would be taken to limit at tendance at the dance of outsiders, who ordinarily swell the crowd to huge proportions. It was suggested that the Senior Ball be limited to seniors only, but the plan was rejected because seniors had attended both the Soph Hop and the Junior Prom. It was pointed out that any losses from the dance would be borne by the Inter Class Finance Com mittee, which will also receive any profits from it. However, it was felt that the attendance at the dance .would be such that there would be no loss. Old Main Clock After playing with students' patience and grades for four days last week, the clock in Old Main tower was finally re-set in accordance with the time used by everyday persons. Usually college students are considered to be very busy persons, but possibly someone decided we were not moving fast enough. It is too bad that four days had to pass before the clock was re-set correctly. We believe that professors should not count any late marks as valid if they were recorded on Wed nesday, Thursday. Friday or Saturday (up to 11 a.m.) unless the tardiness was more than four minutes. For four days students gave professor's excuses for being late to classes, and had to compute what time, it was in town, and what ,time it was on campus. Were students expected to buy two wrist watches; one for wearing when in town, and an other to wear while on campus? The clock has been corrected, but that is more than we can say for dome of the late marks in professors' grade books that were due to the faulty chimes. Most professors began their classes accord ing to Old Main time which was from three to four minutes fast. We are sure that many students experienced the following situation—or one very similar to it—at least once during those four days: - As we entered a downtown diner, Lew greeted us with his usual "Good morning," and took our order for coffee and doughnuts. Glancing up at the clock on the wall we saw it was only 8:45, and ordered another cup of coffee. Lew punched out an additional five cents on the check, and. since the counter was almost empty, talked with us until 8:55. "See you tomorrow," called Lew as we left and went toward the corner of College and Allen. We took a quick look at our wrist watch: 8:56. It happened when we crossed College Avenue. We don't know the exact spot, but just as we reached the Mall, our watch was running four minutes slow. We raced up the Mall, but the last "gong" caught us just as we were passing Old Main. When we finally reached our class we looked at our watch again; 9 a.m. "on the nose," but Old Main had rung four minutes ago. In the future, if the clock in Old Main tower is incorrect, would it be too much to ask that classes begin and end in accordance with the correct time? David Malickson Editorials and features in The Collegian reflect the opinions of the writer. They make no claim to represent student or Uniirersity -opinion. *11• WlSigited , l4llolllll l / I , ll4ll'by the "oditor. . Richard Sarge Joan Peters Operating a sizable chicken farm near Waxahachie, Texas; although blind, World War 11 veteran Otis L. White is shown stapling a new fence into place. Young Jimmy White, who has complete confidence in his pop, assists by holding his cane. White, who had 900 broiler ready for market when this photo was taken, attends.a weekly Veterans Administration-apprOveci Yam. tional agriculture school, Joan Peters Letter Objects To Franco Regime • TO THE EDITOR: Of little front page value today, Francisco Franco sits safely unscrutinized in Spain. eof the Common Sense Club have decided that Franco's deeds shall not go unregarded at least at Penn State! The State Department published evidence of Franco's duplicity many months ago. Included in this revelation was this impprtant fact: Franco allowed German submarines 'to use Spanish harbors as bases for attacking Allied shipping. Many American seamen are dead because of this "friendly 'cut" toward Germany. One man who knows what Franco and Fascism mean is Milt Wolff: In 1936, at the age of 21 he volunteered his services to the Spanish government in order to fight Fascism. He rose from the rank of private to major in the Spanish. Armies. After that battle against Fascism was lost, Wolff returned to America. When we entered the war, Wolff again offered his services. He saw action in the C. 8.1. where he received a battlefield com mission.' , Because the fight against Fascism is still not, over,. Milt Wolff has riot yet stopped fighting. Today as National Commander of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade he continues that struggle. We call upon students of Penn State to receive this man. The,place, Schwab Auditorium; the time, 8:00 p.m.; price 40 cents. All profits will be turned ,over to the Committee to Aid Spanish Refugees. Leo. Troy Exec. Chairman, Common Sense Club . s „ ,sherman rnerici Colorado trout streams should yield a better haul in years to come through an on-the-jokk training program recently ap proved by the Veterans Administration al. the State Hatchery, Bellvue. Shown grad uating minnows to a more adult pool is Richard E. Matthews, who is taking the 2-year fish culturist course. Matthews was injured on Attu. • Ag Council Elects Funk, Benson, Frolic Chairmen Donald Benson was elected to serve as co-chairmen with Henry Funk,.of the Ag Frolic Committee of the Agriculture Student Coun cil. The Frolic will• take place May ',.uccording.to.RUdolph )3rannaka, president of the:Agrieulture Stu- BLIND VET OPERATES CHICKEN FARM '" FRIDAY, MARCH 2A, 1947 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 $4.90 the school year. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service, Madi son Ave., New York, N.Y., Chicago. Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco. nichael A. Blatz Edl dusemary Ghantous Bum. Mgr. Mgr. Ed., Lynette Lundquist; News Ed., Lawrence Foster; Co-Sports Eds., Stephen Sinichak, Arthur Miller; Feature Ed., Frank Davis. Photo Ed:, Suzanne McCauley: Women's Ed., Marilyn Jacobson; Asst. Women's Ed.; Betsy Marshall; Wire Ed., Seymour Rosnberg; Sr. Board, Lucy Seifing. Ad. Mgr. Phyllis Deal; Asst. Ad. Mgr., Dorothy Lelbovitz; Asst. Bus. Mgr., Sally Holstrum; Circ. Mgr., Paul Bender; Sec.. Toy Eichorn; Class. Ad. Mgr., Selma Sabel. STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor _Roberta Hutchison Assistant _Selma Zasofsky News Editor Allan W. .ostar Assistant Arnold Carton Ad Manager Mary Lou Callahan Assistant ' Billie Watson Dr. Willis E. Pratt, bead of the department of education at the College, Tecently addressed the public school teachers of Altoona. dent Council. • Benson replaced Richard Ely. At the same meeting, May 17 was selected as the date for the Ag-Home Be, Faculty Picnic. Ac tion was also taken on the award ing of keys for service to mem bers of the Agriculture Student Council. Alia, of those eligible is being compiled. • •
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