f’A.G-E TWO The Political Scene From all indications, interest in campus politics i:: fast waning. At the preliminary nominations meetings held Sunday night, only one. candidate nominated from the floor. Otherwise, the slates nr, .drawn up by both parties, will have no compe tition in the race for class officers. i This sudden change in the trend of campus politics indicates a lack of interest by students )’iot affiliated with either of the parties. It also indicates greater party strength, and in all probability a closer election. The absence of “favorite soris” who are usually .nominated from the floor by closely knit fraternal or independent groups, was surprising. From out ward appearances, the procedure looked unre hearsed, and more than a few party members were .surprised that there was no opposition to the slates. At the State Party meeting, the chairman opened the floor for nominations and pro ceeded to read off the candidates as selected by the party's steering committee. It wasn’t until the last office was read, that of secxeiajy ‘ treasurer of fhe Junior Class, that an addition was made from the floor. The coed, who made the nomination was applauded vigorously. With The Editor A careful study of College newspapers shows a. tendency on the part of editorial writers to point out the shortcomings of the College administra tion, student activities, the United States, Russia, the World, Labor—indeed, there are very few things that a collegiate edit writer won’t tackle. For this reason we'd like io go out on a limb Und say' something nice about one of the ad- ministrative groups at Penn State. ■vVe refer to the office of the Graduate Manager of Athletics, headed by one Neil Fleming. Mr. Fleming, who is seldom seen by the majority of the 7000, students at the College, prefers .to do his joli with a minimum of publicity and fanfare; we Collegian Gazette . '. All calendar items must be in the Daily ';-'<MLe£ianj=e££iee by4:3o pan. -on. the day psre ''-■cading-pulMiication. "Twesday, April 15 . ’ WRA 3'adrn int o n. club, White Hall, 4 Ofclock. 1 . . ' LA VIE editorial staff compulsory meeting, 41?' Old Main, 4:30 o’clock. . • THETA SIGMA PHI* pledge meeting, '39 Atherton Hall, 6:15 o’clock. • WRA Outing club, White Hall, 6:45 o’clock. . PANHELLENIC Council meeting, 418 Old Main, - 7- o’clock. i • CHESS Club meeting, 7 Sparks, 7 o’clock. > WRA B<?wling,i White Hall, 7 o’clock. COLLEGIAN junior editorial board com pulsory meeting, Phi. Epsilon Pi„ 7 o’clock; IffEWMAN Club bowling league, Dux Al leys, 7 o’clock. • ! FROTH Advertising staff meeting, Froth office, 7 o’clock. ! PENN ’STATE Camera club meeting, 409 OM Main, 7:15 o’clock. FROTH Senior board meeting. Froth office, 7:3,0 o’clock: €@llUeey@ IfUißsalltlh Se/ryke Admitted to the infirmary Thursday: Ber nard Barnett. Admitted Friday: Sally Fastuca. Discharged Friday: Eileen Casey, Rachael Hindemach, Susan Strauss and Juliette Sternberg. , Admitted Saturday:. George Keller, Ed mund Koval and Joseph Kovalich. Discharged Saturday: James Burnham, Sara Fastuca and Joseph Grumblatt. * Admtted Sunday: Belle Mermelstein and Joseph Sarabok Discharged Sunday:. Carolyn Robinson. Admitted Monday: Donald Book and Sonia £ayne. • Discharged Monday: George Keller and Edmund Koval. <C®llll@g@ IPllmem&nf s&r\viiic<e CALVERT DISTILLING CO., April 14 and IS, will interview eighth semester men in: ChE, Ch, Bac. For, flort, EE, ME and lE. SOCONY VACUUM OIL CO.. April 15. tyiM interview eighth semester men in the upper hall 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 IE 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. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.,- April 16 and 17, will interview eighth semester men in AL and C&F. TIfQE DAILV COLLEGIAN. STATE. COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA in a few instances, soine of the uneasy State Party members injected a motion to close the nominations for certain offices seconds after the chairman announced the candidate. In another in stance, which happened before the additional nominations were called for, a member of the State Party endeavored to put through a motion to pass the entire slate with one vote. His sugges tion was followed by some protest from the floor, and this was taken by the observer as an indica tion that further nominations were in the offing. This made the outcome even more surprising. The fact that, the Nittany Independent slate is set up, and the State Party has to vote on only one office, gives, both groups an extra week to solicit votes in an unofficial way. Election committee rules prohibit launching the campaign until next Monday. This, week will probably be devoted to a whispering campaign, during which time both par ties will endeavor to build up support for the “big push.” Election days are set for April. 30 and May 1. but prior to that iizne. il- looksas though Penn Slate is in. for a lot of caimpus politics, good and bad. hope, therefore, that he will forgive us for “stool* ing” on him. Like any sports-minded student, we have often been piqued at the inadequacy of present seating arrangements at indoor sports events; conseious.of the rapid expansion- of the student body planned for the next few years we have also wondered about outdoor seating facilities. So little direct word has come' from the Col lege that we were beginning to suspect that ziolhing was being done about the matter; that perhaps the administration was not aware, of the needs of the 1 School in the realm of ath letics. ’ . By nosing around- (probably too brashly' at times). we have discovered (1) that Mr. Fleming arid his office are very much aware' of the need for expansion and (2) they h&ve.been -working on: the problem for several years now. ■ ■ For instance,. Fleming’s; office has had prepared for better year now plans to increase.th4 : seating. capacity*’ of-New; Beaver- flelcP to ’ 30;0d0. Should the student body l ever : swell To 15,000 for. returning, .glunjtji,' houseparty ’ dates,' faculty,; (which, is likely) that will still leave ample room townspeople and ariy other friends, of- the College. The. proposed, project- would, calf, for inclos ing fhe north, end of the field in a horse- shoe arrangement and the. addition of sections at the, south' ends.., , An enlarged press box to pamper visiting mem bers of the fourth estate and a new entrance to step-up the task of admitting, fans -are also pro posed. • - . j Biggest hitch, at the moment, ’is the matter of' getting .an adequate supply of;.steel. It is felt ,in some quarters, that, there is enough steel available to permit ■ building' the southern additions in the near future. On the matter of seating in. Rec Hall, the Grad uate Manager of Athletics and the Athletic Ad visory Board have taken several very important steps in recent weeks- to protect the rights of stu dents in getting first choice of seats. Since there are only -5000: seats in : Rec Hall and some time may elapse before the West wall is knocked out to allow expansion of seal ing facilities, it hks been, decided to curtail the sale- of tickets to outsiders to an absolute minimum. There will be a mighty cry heard in the Nittany valley from those who-have followed Lion sports for years. But despite the fact that feelings may be hurt, that policy will be followed. A limited number will be available, when possible, for house party imports and others that,might be visiting, but by and large a serious attempt is being made to protect the rights of the student body. Another important change in policy was the decision to eliminate complimentary-privileges to wives, of faculty members. College personnel and veterans. • In the past, married members of the College staff could secure a second book by simply paying the tax. With 7000 students paying for their.books it did not seem fair to .continue:.this practice, since Rec Hall could never take care of the entire stu dent body if it decided to attend an athletic contest. Originally the Athletic Advisory- Board was rer luctant to ideny the complimentary privileges to wives of veterans. In all 'faimess to the alumni and faculty members of the Board, it might be pointed out that the three student. members of the group thought it best to include veterans’ wives as the only fair thing to do. They felt that if a curtail ment was to be made it should be complete. It was then decided to discontinue the practice of passing out complimentary books to others at the College. The spirit of the movement was best shown, perhaps, by the action of a trustee member of the A A Board. He had just received several complimentary books and immediately re turned them after the motion was passed. These are but a few things that Mr. Fleming and his office have done on behalf of the students at the College. But it’s a story he’d never care to tell —he’s too busy trying to do things for the students to talk about it. - ; «4f Edit Shorts • Broadway’s . newest musical hit, .“Barefoot Boy with Cheek,” . says . the Syracuse DAILY ORANGE, pokes fun at colleges, fraternities, and scholastic politics. A professor in the production deplores low teacher salaries and comments that his suit is as shiny as a traffic light. . The Daily Collegian wonders if.it could inveigle this professor to appear during certain busy hours at the- Co-op corner intersection. By Lawrence G. Foster Lecturer 6efs Extension Post Randolph H. Thompson, asso ciated with the. Pennsylvania Game Commission for more then 14 years as a lecturer, has been appointed associate professor of wildlife management extension at the Pennsylvania State College, Director J. M. Pry, of the agricul tural extension service, said yes terday. Thompson attended the Lock Haven State Normal School and in .1009-was graduated from Penn State with a major in forestry. For two. years h e was employed in .'the'. Rocky .Mountains ;by. the United States Forest Setwise; fie then engaged in private lumber ing in Clinton county until 1916. For the 1 next 16 years, Thompson was in the planing mill business in Lock Haven. ’ Thompson was one of the foun ders of the’ Penn State chapter of Delta Theta Sigma, which later beosme Gambia iSigma Delta, honor society of agriculture. He also belongs to Sigma Ohi, social fraternity; Phi Kappa Phi, gen eral-honor society; th e Presbyter ian church; and th e Wildlife So ciety of America. He is. past pres ent of the Look Haven Rotary Club. Editorials and’features in The Collegian. reflect. the opinions of the writer. They make no claim to represent student or University opinion. All un : signed editorials are by the edi -1 tor. 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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 194/7 Veterans Take Honors On Scholarship Lists A survey of the 509 students cited for outstanding scholarship during the Fall semester reveals that top honors went to 8.76 per cent of the veterans enrolled es compared to 7.08 per cent of the non-veteran students. Among the men; 8J67 per cent of the veterans made’ the honbr roll while only 5.185 per cent: :of the non-veteran men were cited. Five of the 25 women veterans enrolled as undergraduates were on the honor list. Forty-five of th e 54 men who had perfect 3.0 averages were veterans. THE DAILY COLLEGiM Successor to the Free. Lance, est 107. Published Tuesday through Friday, mornings durihg-the College year py 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. Represented for national advertising by. National Advertising. 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