CAGE TWO The Bus Baggage Blockade • Of the many students returning from Easter vacation, some were greeted at Lewistown by the usual assortment of multi-colored busses. As has been the practice, bus drivers stored the luggage in thc rear of the bus: collected their $1.444 fares, and started for State. The baggage was nilcd in an orderly way... yes, in an orderly way in front of the emergency door; two or three rows deep, and higher than the door handle. - _ It has always been our belief that an emer gency door is for the quick exit of passengers in the event of serious trouble in the bus. How quickly could such an exit be with suit cases stacked in front of the door? How many lives would be lost in the stampede toward a would-be exit blocked by baggage? At times, bus drivers have safely driven their busses over mountains in spite of very poor. driv ing conditions. For this they are to be commended, but certainly not for the. practice of blocking the emergency door with suitcases. ,Students expect not only $1.44 'worth of trans pcirtation, but also $1.44 worth of safety on the trip from Lewistown to State College. However. safety, being an intangible thing, cannot be meas ured exactly in dollars and cents, but most cer tainly if a bus has an emergency door it should be kept in usable condition. The rear of the busses could just as well have Some 'High Class Politics' Miss Peters' editorial it 2 repp-+ + of Cabinet's decision to send Gene Fulmer to the Student Union Convention at we universi6y ui It's not generally known. but there were some `high class politics" behind this decision. Because the entire student body is represented by the mem bers of Cabinet, and because it is the money from the pockets of students who financed this trip, we Teel that they should be enlightened. • William Gessner was nominated to make the trig by members of the Student• Union Committee Collegian Gazette All calendar items must be An. tike Thai! Collegian -office by . 4:30 pm. on' the 6;3 pre ceding publication. Friday, April 1 .1 COLLEGIAN junior editorial board meet ing, 9 Carnegie Hall, 4:15 o'clock. FROTH'S Friday -At - Five club meeting. usual place, usual time. Sunday, April 13 STATE PARTY Mixer, Chi Phi house. 3 to 5 o'clock, everyone invitect. NITTANY - INDEPENDENT meeting for preliminary nominations, 121 Sparks; 7:30 o'clock. STATE PARTY meeting, 10 Sparks, 7:30 o'clock. Monday, April 14 MOVIE on "Farm Credit Administration -Material," 121 Sparks, 7 o'clock. PENN STATE ENGINEER editorial, staff meeting. 416 Old Main, 7 o'clock. • • College Health Service Admitted 'to the infirmary Wednesday: William Echelrneyer. Admitted Thursday: James Burnham, Jos eph Grumblatt and Susan Strauss. • Discharged Thursday: William Echelmeyer. • • College Placement 'Service PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO., April 11, • will interview eighth semester men in: ChE, _ME, Ch and Phy. GENERAL MOTORS• CO., April 11, will interview eighth semester men in: ME, lE, ChE and C&F. BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., April 14, will interview eighth semester men in: ME, FT and Met interested in the Boiler Engineering course. CALVERT DISTILLING CO., April 14 and 15, will interview eighth semester men in: ChE, Ch, Bac. For, Hort, EE, ME and lE. SOCONY VACUUM OIL CO., April 15, will interview eighth semester men in the upper half of their class in: Ch and ChE. PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC CO., April 15, will interview eighth semester men in EE. • SCOVELL, WELLINGTON & CO., April 15, will interview eighth semester men in C&F and AL interested in accounting. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CO., April 16, will interview eighth semester men in: EE, ME and lE. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING CO., April 17, will interview eighth semester men in: ME, Ch. CF and AL. AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., April 17, will interview eighth semester • men in: EE, ME, ChE, Ch and Met. STANDARD OIL CO. OF N. J., April 18, , will interview men with 8.5., M.S. or Ph.D degrees in: Ch, ChE, ME. ARMSTRONG CORK CO., April 18. will interview eighth semester men in: C&F, AL, ME, lE, Ch. CE and Jr. . NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA POWER CO. OF TOWANDA. PA., April ;18, will in • terview eighth semester men in EE. THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, April . 18 and 19 ; will interview eighth semester men in. ME and CE. THE. PENNSYLVANIA RAILR GAD •-.OOIIPA' April 18 and 19;. will intervi6ye Ogitt4. ' .semester, men in: ME.44d • ; • • THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA been made with a solid piece of metal, and would serve the same purpose. This is particularly true at vacation time. An emergency door does not serve merely to give the rider mental comfort in the feet that he sees the words "Emergency Door": it. is to serve a practical purpose if the need arises. No baggage should be stored directly in front of the emergency door, and no suitcases should be placed any Where on the aisle. Free passage to the emergency door must be insured. Such an unobstructed passage-way could be had by placing the luggage on either side of the emergency door. If this space is not sufficient, then the last row of seats should' be used for baggage also. At s.l.44—slightly less on round trip tickets— per passenger, we feel that the persOn• who owns this transportation franchise should .be willing to lose the fares from two or four seat ih• order to be able to use them for baggage:. It- would be for his own protection as well as- for 'the:' , stafety'; of the students. . . If there was an accident; and the s emercsenCy . door was'blocked, there would be much explain .. • , ing necessary. In the future, we hope the safety of twenty or more students in each bus will not be sacrificed for ss.76—the four fares lost if the last row of seats were used for baggage. because it was felt that in writings for Collegian during his two remaining years at the College he could do much to keep the project in front of both the student body. and the administration. George Donovan. Student Union manager, ratified the choice. Not more than a half hour after the committee members and Mr. Donovan had their talk and de cided on Gessner, Fulmer, who was confined at home because of illness, knew of the plan. (This was Thursday, Cabinet day). Immediately the tele phones began to buzz and Fulmer succeeded in. stacking Cabinet votes against Gessner, and for himself. He had decided long ago that he wanted to make this trip to Illinois, and wasn't afraid.to • ' ' • admit it. Not all mtmabers. of Cabinet voted for Fulmer, but those that did, gave ~hirnthe nod -for a reason: It was not because they.thotightlVir:•Fulnier could do more to propogate the. Student' Union project ; ' and.it couldn't have been because they felt he has done the most for the project to date. For what has he done? Oh yes, he did suggest a reformation of the Student Union committee of which he is a member. In fact, he had big plans for the new organization, but he brought them up before Cabi net once a few months ago, - and since then thasn't _done a thing about .carrying -them, Out.--Any other work that- Fulmer has done to date was equaled and 'even surpassed by 'some *members of :the com mittee. . ' The real reason behind the move' was a poli tical, one and had nothing to do with furthering the Student 'Union project. It seems that during the past few months Fulmer has become less popu lar. with the members of, his party. the !Tiffany Independents. 'When it came time to select a candidate for next year's all-college president, Mr. Fulmer was politely by-passed. •Instead, the party decided that they could get further with a candidate who could draw more votes, but perhaps not do as much work. (Mr. Fulmer has accomplished . a good deal along certain lines.) This decision did not strike a happy note with Fulmer for he had •his eye on the all-college post. It was well known that he could make things warm for any candidate the NI party put up...so what could be better than to get Mr. Fulmer out of the way for a while. . The convention was the answer, because it is taking place on three very important' campaign days. Being convenient for all concerned, the "deal was. swung." We're not the least bit concerned with the family troubles of the Nittany-Independent Party. But when politics sneak into a project as worth while as the Student Union, it's time something was,done. The members' of Cabinet who took part in this deal cast a vote for theif own interests, and not for Student Union. • Dog Lovers • TO THE EDITOR: There' is - a •black speckled blood hound—dog tag number 55061, in a blue Packard car which bears the license number 4E-711--N.Y. This car is parked in the lot in front of the Tri dorms. • This dog has been imprisoned in - this car not for a day, not for a week, and not for a months in fact, it has been over a semester and a half. If one can't care for a dog • properly, one shouldn't have one. Dog gone it. •we're senti mental. and a dog's cry goes to our hearts. Spring has come—Come on, Richard, Open that car door. —"Three dog lovers from the Tri-dorms." _ • We note in a recent edition of our "competi tor," the Centre Daily Times, that the recommen dations of the State Highway Department for the erection of a traffic light at the intersection of College avenue and Allen Street has been tabled until a later meeting of the Borough Council. Letters presenting the highway's recommen dations were read, discussed, and tabled tempor arily because "they were inconsistent with what was originally planned by council." We don't know what council planned origin ally but .we rather imagined that it was a . stop light. lioW they've just stopped. •Etilteriafs .and features in .rtla .coffegian. • 'refkeet-gie 00024 the wrtl9xj their-454 , ocr i clitini to repiesent'studeOit oaXiniVeritty• Alacuinsissed editatials , :ato Irv** ' By David Malickson Lawrence G. Foster Letters Social Bugaboos TO THE EDITOR: Where did Mr. Sarge ever ae. , t, the idea that the num of 'Pollock Circle are social bugaboos. and that 'Pollock Circle vets have a "reaction of defense" which leads to "antagonistic atti tudes"? Applied veteran psychol ory is no longer in style. When we "come over across Shortlidgp road" we are unable to make a distinction bet Weep ."regular" students. .a n d , tho aborigines from • Pollock' .Circle; roaming. the 'wilds of the.,.Cani-'. ptis; 'Furthermore : We did 1 not.: ., realize that': we.- yeere:, .. out ,in our . wilderriepS;", 'as .-'sisigo so niceli , •Puta!:it; .. ,. We, quote.'*; statement: 'that: Penn . '',state'rS"!".SpArtirria4:Ship ,.. classroom hon 64: hosipitalitic ;and loyalty to the College" haire dis appeared. Where did they. go? We think the sdhool• still has ..them, but if this were not the case, what bearing , does this have on Pollock Circle? It seems to us that Pollock Circle Is well represented in all College organizations. and that there is no reason for resentment. el‘deept perhaps against Mr. Sarge's derogatory letter. —Signed by 17 Pollock 'Circle Men. • Kinderscholastic TO THE EDITOR: Dlr. Same in his kinderscholastic editorial diag-, nosed "The ailment .common to practically all ex-servicemen •re-- turning . ,to once-familiar terri tory"- with de6p !insight and a pro fundity quite remarkal le fO•.•• scphomore. . . Mr. S,irge. *sneaking of Pol lock Circle, told:. the X-,Gl's in his' frank arid revealing analy' sis .exactly what was the matter with them. ' '' • • • . ,"Not being alble to .conquer the si!nation," (Mr. Sarge pointed out to the. helpless Gl's, brooding in 'their barracks, "a usual reaction is one of defense and may lead to 'antagonistic attitudes on the part .of the X-GI or Navy, man." There you .are, Pollock Circle, army and navy men! Your .defen sive "and antagonistic attitude. hinted at by Mr. Sarge but of which we are twit aware, has been very intelligently explained by this capable ex-army captain who no'doubt has had wide experience and close association with X-Gl's and, of course, is therefore. nat. urallY justified in including Navy' men,.too. As a fraternity man and a politician, Mr. Sarge is extend ing a welcome and a helping hand to "independents, all stu dents in fact" to come on • ov_er • and join campus organizations. • Such - an overwhelming philan. thropic attitude - cannot and must not, b e overlooked. Men of 'Mr. Sarge's calibre who show a maturity far beyond their tender years a•nd an albility to write editorials such depth and with so Much research, study, ex perience and .understanding be •hind them will do much to hasten our goal for a .bigger and better Penn State. (Rah! Rah! (Rah! - for Mr. Sarge. . —Ann S Ed. Note: Shortly before the Easier holidays we printed an editOrial by Mr. 'Sarge of the Collegian Staff. While the edi torial was addressed to Pollock Circle in general, it was. meant . for these few men (a decided minority) who feel that "every one's •against us." The majority of Pollock Circle • men drift along amiably enough, 'trying to adjust normally and without saying much. We regret that Mr. Sarga's editorial was taken as a general criticism of Pollock Circle men. for it wasn't, as Mr. Serge most diplomatically pointed out, the editor and snorts editor both live in the Circle, ' In all fairness to Mr. Sarga, it might also be pointed out that while it i s true that he was dis charged as a captain (horrible thought—brass in our midst) he started as an enlisted man and worked his way up over a period of five •years in the service. Beaux-Arts Ball , TO, THE EDITOR: I wonder. .why. thei* , alas been, so.little'.:oorp-, ent'.on 'this ..campus' O'tliO. :telk is ,of ;1116 katinual .1101145 - Arts* Ge'rtai4r it is ant` frbiri .lack fiR/MY, APRIL la, 1947 WHEEL-CHAIR BUS WaltekElfewarth e nalient: cot McGuire ' Vete/ant Admhdstrgtiow Moipitoh Mak. mond,Va., Obits , a safety bar halifini. Ms wheel chair in place Pteoarcilcitit. fa al ride in thicriew;wrciallY e4uiPoeda4 recently obtained for transporting wheel chair patients. . . of effort on the part of the adver tising committee, for the posters on display are the best I have seen. Maybe it's because the students have forgotten that the. Beaux Arts Ball used to be gayest event of. the social year. Or maybe, be cause 'Scarab, Esquisse, and our art talent in general, keep so much aa of the. limelight that the stu dent body is unfamiliar with them. for. one,. am always happy to see a good thing brought black to life after a.dorrnantperiod. 'Wm! Bond. Gould Springtime i . Capt., • PhitiP 'A. Mark; ~ chief. o+f the Campus Patrol, has been writing poetry for Many cfccas*- itms and for a good many sea= sons. Her e is his contribution, suited to the present time a the year. *hen you hers the robins cheepin' 4nd through the. , ground • the rhubarb'S Peepin' • ". :Springtime's . round the corner, brother, • ' • • • . But Old Man Winter's round the other. Keep your overcoat rather handy Even though the day seems dandy.. Keep your. turance fire -:burnin'.. Winter days will be ,raturnin'. Springtime thoughts .and Spring- time weather-,-- . ,th e morning sort- breezes In the evening snowflakes Springtime, is the only reason That "affects a young irim's rea- • son. Makes his heart:get kinda..gushy; Makes his ' thoughts seem sorta mushy. 'A young man smells the '.Spiting- time breezes,. Falls'in love and gets the sneezes, Gets. the notion that he'll ask •her What, she thought he shoulda last ye'r r. In a trailer he'll: go housekeeplif; Round' her waist }pis arin starts.. creepin' You can see the lov. e bug's got He won't come to, until :late ' Autumn. - , Old. guys wish they Were t\krent& years younger, So they could mak e , the same darn blunder. . • Yes, Springtime is the strangest season— Does funny things with rhyine and reason. --Philip A. Mark 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 4peonci class matter July.s. 1934. at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a semes et .84.00 the school year. Michael A. Blatt" - Rosemary • Ghwatous - Worlds:V . . BTAFF THIS' 113 SUE • ,' .Myittaing &Mtn. .... J. J. 'rruh.sier: A*4 . 4gint • • ..Niint!, Mspitunt i y Xie‘44;:14000117:
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