RAGE TWC
Exhibit Number One—
• Yesterday, in an editoriid, we•insinuated that the
i~ittany-independent party had not fulfilled its
platform pledges ever the past year.
The making of inferences without the use of spe
cific examples would hardly be fair to the Nittany
Independent party—so today we will proceed with
the case against the platform that was to be carried
put if the N-I party was swept into office.
Point five on their platform was:
"One delegate from Pollock Circle to be
chosen by that group to represent them on
All-College Cabinet."
This was obviously nothing more than bait
dangled before the 800 men in Pollock Circle as
subsequent cabinet meetings showed, for time after
time the discussion was put off; it was finally de
feated and as we recall the 'Nittany-Independent
voting members on cabinet did not vote for giving
them a seat.
Incidentally, we are not censuring them for not
giving Pollock Circle a seat—for giving the circle
a seat on the supposition that being a geographical
group entitled Pollock Circle to rePresentation
if It Ain't One Thing
Maybe we can't do anything about the weather
but the'weather is certainly doing a lot of uncalled
for things to us. It has turned this relatively
rational little community of State College into a
town of mad-men, ' sadists, •melancholics and
Take my roommate for instance. I caught him ,
sitting glumly on his bed, yesterday, staring
mournfully at a bottle full of some unknown sub
stance.
. "See this?" he asked when I came up to him
"Sure thing," I answered. "What is it?"
"This is a bottle of Sulphur and Molasses. My
Morn sent it from home a few days ago, in case I got
Spring fever.",
"0.K.," I said, "So what? Mothers are always
doing that in the Spring."
"Is that right," he asked sarcastically while
shaking the bottle in front of my nose, "And does
Little Man's Last Stand
For those students who may wonder why the
Daily Collegian should excite itself over something
like student elections we say that we sincerely be
lieve' that Student Government can accomplish
much if it is lifted above the level of being nothing
More than a popularity contest.
The last All-College elections were, for the most
Part, a sincere effort to elect good men.
Collegian Gazette
All calendar items must be .in the Daily
Collegian office -by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre
r!eding publication. •
Friday, Marc!! 28
COLLEGIAN junior editorial board meet
ing, 9 Carnegie Hall, 4:15 o'clock. ,
FROTH'S Friday -at - Five;-Club ; - usual
place, usual time. •
BIBLE Study, 200 Carnegie Hall, 7 o'clock.
'OMICRON NU meeting, 209 Horne :Eco
nomics, 3:15 o'clock.
Saturday, March 29
IFC Duplicate Bridge Tournament, 405 Old
Main, 1:30 o'clock.
Sunday, March 30
PHI MU ALPHA cabin party, bus wilt
leave Carnegie Hall at 2 o'clock. ,
COMMON Sense Club jazz record concert,
Atherton Hall, 3 o'clock.
ALPHA NU meeting, 116 New Physics, 3
o'clock.
ALPHA RHO OMEGA meeting, Hugh
Beaver Room, Old Main, 7 o'clock.
CHRISTIAN Science youth forum organi
zation meeting, 417 Old Main, 7 to 9 o'clock.
NITTANY-I ndepe n d e n t meeting, 10
Sparks, 7:30 o'clock.
. STATE Party open meeting. 121 Sparks,
7:30 o'clock.
Monday, March 31
• PENN STATE Engineer editorial staff
meeting, 416 Old Main, 7 o'clock.
ISC meeting, Penn State Club 'Room, 8
o'clock.
College Health Service
Admitted to the infirmary Wednesday:
Jean Frankenfield, Hugh Kennedy and John
Stevenson.
Admitted Thursday: Robert Giles, Harry
Kemery and William Shuman:
Discharged Thursday: Pearl Biller, Phillip
Dillon, Edwin Monteverde, Margaret Nacera,
Negley Norton, Reta Oranson, John Sense
and Philip Schumacher.
College Placement Service
Examinations will be held 316 Sparks 7:30
p. m. April 1 for fifth and sixth semester
students•in ME and ChE interested in sum
mer employment. AppliCants chosen for in
terviews leading to jobs beginning at $187.50
a month will be chosen from the tests.
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 ST EE L CORP..
April 2, will interview eighth semester 'men
in: Met. IE. Cer. CE, EE and FT.
TJHE DX.7_ll' COLLEY - 4 A F; Al 7
t.vtlatici nav, paved the ve,-.\- for similar requests
from other large living units which would have
been as justifiable.
Rather we look askance at a glib platform
that merely promises to get votes; from the
light Pollock Circle vot3 cast in the last elec
tions it is safe to assume that not too many
suckers fell for such bail.
So our second suggestion to Mr. Hirsh, who is
going to chairman the Nittany-Independent Plat
form Committee, is this:
Why don't you single-out one or two planks
for this platform you propose to construct and
have the party stick to its pledge by devoting
all of its energy to carrying•oitt• these Planks?'
A difficult assignment to be sure but the student
body would have more faith in student govern
ment and politics if there was the slightest attempt
to .be sincere in composing a platform.
,(This is the second in a series of .articles to
ne run from time to time dnring the' neld - leiv
.iineks.)• •
it always freeze?"
Later while I was hurrying to my journalism 21
clasS, my' head became the final resting place for a
viciously thrown 'snowball.' When I turned angrily
to confront my attacker, I saw a 'Wildeyed figure
With a calendar held in his trembling' hands. His
mouth was working furiously, and in between
sneezes, I could hear hiS broken voice saying over
and over again:
"March 21. March 21. March 21."
But noteworthy for its sadism was what hap
pened to me while I was ordering dinner last
night.
"Don't we ever . get anything in State College
except snow?" I asked the waitress.
"Well," she said . smiling consolingly, "once we
get rid of this here March we will."
•
"I hope so,". I said with feeling.
"Yep," said the waitress, "we'll get rain."
Perhaps the following humorous article from ,
"The Diik9 Chronicle 7; will show what we
cion't want s to se, lai3pen at .Petip 'Mat!.
. .
Little Mna . on the campus (average height: 5' 8"
—you see him everywhere) was exhausted. A Week
of screeching and preaching at him by adherents
of the BVD and PJ parties, enlisting his support
for presidential candidates Hi Fellow and Hotstuff
Waffleburner, was too much. Little Mari stumbled
to his rabbit hutch at the student stables to sleep
it off—for a month, he hoped.
But far below, along Fraternity ,Row. Hot
dog Row and in the smoke-filled dens of FrA
:terpity houies, there-was no rest. For so tiring
had - begn the reams of bOmbastic chapet
shaking propaganda about "Give The Latindry
Representatives nChatice" that Little Man had
neglected to vote.
In consequence - of this fatal failure to exercise
his democratic privilege, Little Man had provoked
an unprecedented dilemma in the history of, Stu
dent Goldfish Association elections. The election
had ended in a dead heat: Fellow - 993, Waffle
burner 998, Kilroy (the champion of Little Man) 2.
When Little Man crawled from his dorm room
to
. the campus below, he was aghast at the grim
visages of those politicos who, only yesterday it
seemed, had jovially greeted him in the chow line.
A massive hulk, who had g iven him a stick of gum
and a free ticket to the Party dance,, sneered dis
dainfully, "You did it, Little Man."
"Why, Thug Axter, whatever do you mean?"
"Everybody knows. You forgot to vote. And
after all that good gum too.! We don't have an SGA
anv r•-nre. Fellow andWaffleburner are tied 998
to 998!"
Editor Horace Hodgepodge, analyzing the
situation in a three-column editorial, proposed
a captivating solution. Why not let Little Man
cast the deciding ballot at the intermission of
the Coed Ball? If Coach Stonecole Dade would
permit it, the football field could be' thrown
open for the occaiion—dancing under the stars!
Politics! Drama! A I?reath-taking'speCiaciel
The idea spread Ilk& Wildfire': The politibOS were
gleeful, their problems solved. Little Man, the man
of the hour, was wined and dined for weeks. 'War
fleburner served him breakfast in bed. Fellow per
fo,•rrwri his math homework. The SGA would live
again!
vvitti the tense thousands watching, Little Man
cast his fateful ballot at the Coed Ball. Beauty
Queen Huffa Puffa opened the tiny slip of paper.
Would it be Wafflebiarner? Oh, let it be Fellow!
Queen Huffa gasped as she lisped dramatically
the 1121 11 P CM Lithe Man's ballot—Kilroy, the•cham
pion of Little Man!
Letters
.agoe4tian,s, Wanted
TO THE EDITOR: At the beginning of last semes
ter the inefficiency of the seating arrangements for
the Artists' Course series prevented many music
lovers from obtaining seats.
The Local Affairs committee of the Common
Sense Club would like to prevent this same situa
tion from occurring next Fall.
At present the College is considering having the
concerts on two successive nights with the same
seating allotment, i.e., one row of students and one
row of faculty and townspeople.
We are still looking for other solutions that
might perbaps bring' better results.
Any' hel'pf 'suggE. , s t i 011.5 Would be greatly .appre
elated.. -Please write Lou• Jacobson at , 2os Ag 'build
lug. or call Sylvia Schezfeld at ,Grange, third. east.
-Local Affairs Coniznitte4; Conuntoti Sense'ClUb
By D,avici J. Acle,lman
—From the Editor's Mailbox
Credit Due •
TO THE EDITOR: The purpose
of this letter is .not to take credit
away from anyone but merely to
give credit where credit is due.
In • Tuesday's issue of the Daily
Collegian and recently over the
radio much has been said about
the close fight Cliff Lutz, inter
collegiate boxing champion from
the University of Wisconsin, is
supposed to. have won from Jim
Cassidy of Penn State.
I will readily adniit that Lutz
won this 'fight and 'Ahat if • was
Clc:Se one; * but there's one' thing
wrong'-and that 'is . Oat it 'vas
not Casiidir who fought 'Lutz, .but
Jack sheehe incidentallY,
fought with a broken foot.
Although this Was unknown at
the time, Jack had'broken a bone
in his right foot almost a week
before the fight and had been un
able to do any strenuous training.
In Tuesday's issue of .the Daily
Collegian, an article appeared giv
ing the list .of letter .winners in
various sports. InCluded under the
list of names for lidxing 'letters
Were those of ,Sitkin, .SoSter, Ran-
ieri, and Green.
Two of these men fought one
fight each, hoth in the Intercol
legiates ('Soster and Ranieri). Sit
kin fought three times with two
'One Race—Humanity'
TO TEIE EDITOR:
Today w e ar e faced with a mo
mentous world crisis, in which
our demo cr ac y stands alone
against the new end expanding
ideas of Communism. In fact, we
are the only power that stands
between Soviet Russia and im
mediate domination of the world
by her.
In . this hour of challenge, it
might be wise to , examine the
standards of this' democracy, the
only hOpe of those now engaged
everywhere in - fighting the men
cing tide Of •l3oshevism.
Our national existenc e is .based
upon the Moral preinthe that "all
men are Created equal" and
should have an .equal right to
enitiy . the benefits and pleasures
of life. We, by our very exist
ence as Americans, .assume a del_
inite• ,rroral Obligation: to treat
every man as our equal, 'without'
regard 'to his origin, color or
religion.
Tc a degree we have.kepi this
pledge, and in the : keeping, have
achieved great economic 'and in
dustrial progress. a great deal 'ot
personal liberty, and the highest
national standard of living in the
world.
However, upon a closer exam
ination, it is apparent that this
atligation, this promise, has been
poorly . - nd infrequently kept, by
and large, and that most of the
Slide . Rule Ball
TO THE EDITOR: On behalf of
the Penn State Engineer and the
Engineering .Student Council we
would like to express our appre
ciation to all those that attended
the Slide Rule Ball.
We are sorry that more, people
were unable to be present. We
feel that the Dance was a success
since one of the main reasons for
holding a dance is to provide rec
reation in a place that is noted for
poor facilities. We hope everyone
present thoroughly enjoyed him
self. •
Ray Bobb
Pres. Eng. School Council
Herb Lcicke
Penn State Engineer
Hugh Beaver ROOM
.
TO THE EDITOR: Due to the
need of independent students, Pol
lock Circle residents and others,
for a desirable plabe to go with
their dates after the Saturday eve
ning movie or dance, the PSCA
cabinet has authorized the facili
ties of the Hug Beaver Room to
be open for the use of all students
from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
The Cabinet wishes to extend
an open invitation to all Penn
State Students and their guests' to
make full use of the room for
their Saturday evening leisure
and enjoyment. ' '
Provided that the room is used
in the right spirit and with special,
care, .no tipervision, other than
preparing and opening the room,
is being contemplated by the:cabi r
net; Proper respect: for' furniture
and other property and more es
pecially for -other.-studentS-uSing
FRIDAY. MARCH 28, '1947
of his be•...; being in the inter6ol
legiates but Green fought only
twice. both times at the .beginning
of the regular season.
These men were awarded var
sity boxing letters but Jack Shee
he, the man who gave Cliff Lutz
the close fight credited to Jim Cas
sidy, with a broken foot and who
fottght two other fights . before
breaking his foot, not only , is be
ing deprived of his varsity letter
which' he 'Certainly earned more
than Green, but 1n addition, he is
receiving no ,credit for the physi
cal ediaatiari - dirin course ' s h e' has
been forcer:llo miss &fel° the;fa'ct
that hik foot is still 'in a 'Cast. -
And remember, - this fobt Was
broken while •;training for a var-.
day' sport. sure that if one of.
Penn State' . s staff football playefs
is injured Inpractice' or. in a game,
he isn't deprived of his PhyS Ed
ereditS. .
Obviously an injustice is being
done. I think a little explanation
is in order... Perhap s -a 'clarification
of the 'Penn State athletic policy
with regard to' boxing awards
Would help the Situation- a bit..
How about it, can anyone justify_
this latest action by the Thys Ed
department?
keeping has , bene of the lip
service variety.
Today, after a war in which
Americans Of every rac e '• and
faith fought tOgether,• the old
prejudices are again clouding 'the .
minds ,of ,rnimy of our people:
Whether the cause is lack of
friiiimderstanding,
or just plain . prneryness cannot
Prqr..but rnuc,h I am sure 9,f:
althOugh .W e may.exclude a Jew
Qr a:•Ne9r.ci from ataxy of Ole More
desirable aspects..of life. the pow'..
erful.d'oc,trines of 'CoMmunisni .do
net:: wben• you "turn I . :Mari away
frOin the •thirigs 'which foil liave
been ritimiiSin# him' all along, "lie
is sure 36 IVAC9rnri`tiiiut 'enezilY; aria
you
, capn9 f t blame anyone but
yourself.
To sum up, let usremeinber
that
,rxibst, people in us_
rest' of
the . :world , are looking -,toward
America for *an examiple o a
working demoCracy, and th:aft,
they fail to find it here; they will
abLost surely embrace COrnrinm
ism.' It is therefore very definitely
to our adVantage to start keeping
our MOll7l 'promises r'ght now."
Not to do so is to court disaster.
It,. closing, consider the".wordp
of Grace Moore,•whr. , said, "After
ell, there is • but one racelin-
Inanity "
Sincerely,
Jim Dunway
•
the room is necessary if the priVi
loge is to continue.
The
T cabinet sincerely hopes that
through this gesture the PSCA
krill be of further service to stu
dents and that a definite campus
need will be met.
Stanley Coville
President, PSCA Cabinet
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