FRIDAY, APRIL 25. 1947
With the Editor
It isn’t very often that tne editor, managing
editor and most of the editorial staff of a student
publication quit en masse. Like many Collegian
readers, We wondered why 12 members of the
Critique staff took a powder (we also wondered
how anyone could have written the article without
explaining why—but that’s another story.)
Yesterday, four ex-members of Critique
came into our office to list some of their griev
ances, and to explain their action.
According to Mr. Cummjngs, ex-editor; Mr.
Oldsey, ex-assistant managing editor; Mr. Frakes,
ex-feature editor, and Mr. Framo, feature write) 5 ,
there was a Mr. Alex Gregory at the bottom of all
their dissatisfaction.
Which is all very interesting for there is no
Mr. Gregory listed bn the masthead of the
magazine.
Mr. Gregory, however, Seems to have been the
boy behind the scenes. We would like to call him
a student, but a check with the Records office
failed to produce a Mr. Gregory on the books at
this time.
A State College boy, he had attended the Col
lege before going into the service; since his return
to the Borough he has been attending classes at
the State College High School to garner College
credits.
It seems that when Portfolio ceased publication,
this AJex Gregory held meetings in the Portfolio
office to organize a new magazine, Critique. Cum
mings, not knowing of his action, went to see Greg
ory, who had made himself business manager of
the defunct Portfolio, although he was not a
student.
Cummings asked about’ reviving Portfolio,
but was told by Gregory that he had already
started organizing a new magazine. Critique,
and that if Cummings wanted to be editor of it
he could; otherwise he'd have to revive Port
folio himself.
Cummings, knowing that two literary magazines
would never make out, agreed to take the editorial
reins of Critique under the condition that he have
more or less the say on what went into the
magazine. . t
Gregory then stocked the office with stationery
and other supplies, paying for these materials out
of his own pocket. He also placed an unknown
amount of money in the bank to be used as a re
serve for “his” magazine.
After the business and editorial staffs had been
organized, Gregory went to see Dean Euwema for
permission to publish Critique. Cummings felt that
Euwema was not aware of the fact that Gregory
was not a student or that he was financing the
venture.
An advisory board was set up which okayed
two trial issues to determine whether Critique
was successful enough to continue on a porma-
neni basis in the Fall.
to Cummings,' subsequent editorial
meetings made it apparent as to Gregory’s real
purposes in backing the magazine.
He insisted that his own suggestions for - the
magazine’s content be accepted by the rest of the
staff. Some of these suggestions, according to Cum
mings, Framo, Frakes and Oldsey, were completely
out of taste for a literary magazine.
Chess Team Wins, Draws in R
A 6 % to 3%-victory over the
Red Rose Chess Club of Lancaster
and a 3% to draw with Cor
nell were the results of the Penn
State, chess team’s matches last
weekend ,announced Ruth Ann
Friedman, Club Publicity Chair
man, yesterday.
In their first meeting with the
Red Rose team at Atherton Hall
Saturday afternoon, the Nittany
chessmen tallied six wins, one
Roger Williams
FELLOWSHIP
Dale: Sunday, April 07. >*47
Place: University Baptist
Church
Who: Rope r Williams Fellow
ship
What: IniMiwtia«al Wight
Subject: How I Became a
Christies
The Roger Williams Fellow
ship cordially invites all for
eign students on the campus to
attend its Internalonal Night.
The progrma will be built
around the subject, “How I
Became a Christian.” It will in
clude a dinner to be served at
5 P.M. and the singing of songs
of other nations, Marie Bowen
will lead the service
The Fellowship will hold a
cabin party May 3-4 at the CA
cabin. All those interested
should sign up at the church
this Sunday (the 27th). Th«
at 2 pm, on Saturday, May 3rd
and return in time for the regu
lar morning service at M):45.
Among other things he wanted to include in the
first issue at least two articles with a strong sexual
theme that would be "a strong selling point.” Also,
he wanted the magazine "to go political,” which
to his way .of thinking was to expose any radical
(communistic or liberal) activities on the campus.
This also was not in keeping to the original
purpose of the magazine, which is to give ade
quate expression to student and faculty
writers, both fiction and non-iiciion.
At the next to last meeting of Critique’s editorial
staff, eight of the eleven members who have re
signed were present. The editorial policy which
Gregory introduced was disagreed with by these
eight men and some of the business staff who were
present.
All this sprang from an editorial which Gregory
wrote and wished published.
This editorial, "Death or Peace," was written
in a puerile style, Cummings claims, an 4 ad
vocated a down-wiih-liberals attitude for the
magazine as a whole.
Another meeting was held; Gregory was going
lo have no more of this disagreement with his
policy. At this time it was his plan to fire his edi
torial staff, but Framo says that he could get no
“collaborationists” to take over these posts.
Gregory then introduced another member to the
staff, a local boy'who is not a member of this cam
pus, as the managing editor for next Fall. He also
set up an editorial policy board—a group designed
to give Gregory the final say in what should or
should not be placed in the magazine.
This board would have been made up of Greg
ory, Wayne Shaffer—a close friend of Gregory who
was given the arbitrary title of Director of Art;
Richard Yeagley—not yet a full-fledged member
of this College, plus Mr. Cummings, placed on this
board per force, because he was editor, and the
fifth member was to be Bernard Oldsey, formerly
assistant managing editor.
This caused uneasiness - , and another meeting,
headed by Gregory, was called. He still refused to
place Frakes or Peters on the policy board—even
though the staff promised'him an extra half-vote
to maintain his veto power.
plus the faculty advisors.
“You’ll do things my way or else,” declared
Gregory. For a week the editorial staff tasted the
bitterness of being mouthpieces for Alex Gregory’s
political policy, for now the magazine was to be
fully political.
So the staff resigned.
Gregory apparently was unsatisfied with the
type magazine the staff planned—the type which
was'sold this- month and which was the work of
the resigned staff.
What was particularly distasteful to the editorial
staff was Gregory’s decision to change the policy
of the magazine before their first issue came out.
They felt that he merely wanted to show the staff
that he was boss and that his real interest in the
magazine was a commercial one.
•draw, and three losses. Winners
for Peinn State were Wendell
Swope, William Nucker, Walter
Pascoe, Ruth Ann Friedman, Ray
McKinley, and John Eckey. Der
wood Hatch drew his game, and
Harry Fall, Marion Schwimmer,
and Derrill Smith were the los
ers, Nucker and Hatch had their
games adjudicated at the six
o’clock deadline.
.On Sunday, the Lion team
traveled'to Cornell for a seven
board match with the Big Red
chessmen. Derwood Hatch, Bill
Nucker, and Walter Pascoe won
their games,, while Harry Fall re
gistered a draw, and Larry Ger
wig, Ray McKinley, and Derrill
Smith were the losers , giving each
team three, wins and one draw.
HEAR THE
JAZZ GREATS ! 1
Billie Holiday
Fats Waller .
Louis Armstrong
On The
Turntable
TilC This Evening
STATION WMAJ
Jim Frakes, M.C.
BOOK & RECORD
SHOP
THE DAILY COLLEGIA*?. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
This contrived board left former feature edi
tor Jim Frakes and former managing editor,
Joe Peters, completely out in the cold.
He then refused to consent to an all out
meeting of the staff, business and editorial.
cent Matches
Plans . for May, according to
Ray McKinley, president of the
Chess Club, include a series of
radio matches with Ohio State
and several Pennsylvania teams.
Technical operation and morse
cod e transmission for these
matches will be handled oy John
Riggs and Ed Faulishak, Sigma
Phi Sigma “hams”, who operate
station W3G-NW from the SPS
house.
THE LAST WEEK
AT THE PARADISE
TRU-BLU
SEXTET
(That Mardi Gras Baitd)
featuring
“Pops” Greenly
“Kid” Levi
“Satch” Thomas
“Cakewalk” Ridall
“Mouse” Miller
Dancing and Fun
Begin at 8:30 P. M.
PARADISE
CAFE
Belief onto
Ml School Holds
Annual Banquet
The annual banquet oi the
School of Mineral Industries will
be given at the Nitlany Lion Inn
Thursday, according' to Charles
Zink, committee chairman Pro
fessor Harry B. Northup, director
of the MI Extension division, who
is retiring after 25 years of service
to the College, will be guest
Of honor.
Elmer W. Pehrson, chief of the
Economics and Statistics Branch
of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, will
be guest speaker at the dinner. He
will talk on "The Mineral Position
of the United States.”
Other organizations oooperat
ing with the MI Society in spon
soring the brnquet are the Ameri
can Society of Metals, th e Ameri
can Ceramics Society and the
Earth Sciences Club.
Tickets will be available in 111
MI Building from 1 p.m. to 5 p.ir..
this week.
NROTf Plans
New Honorary
Plans for a Naval Reserve Of
ficers Training Corps honorary
society were completed recently
at a meeting of the Corps. The so
ciety is patterned along the lines
of NROTC honoraries in other
colleges.
Prospective members of the so
ciety must be in the upper fourth
of the junior or senior class and
must meet the approval of the
head of the department of naval
science.
Future plans for the society in
clude selection of a name and an
award of certificates and keys at
a banquet next month.
Charter members of th e organ
ization are JV K. Pfahl, command
er; V. L. Bachman, vice com
mander; V. H. Condon, secretary.
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KEELER’S
Noted Educator
SD(?^ f ■*{[ OipM
Gordon >*. rtiuenui.r. ....
speak at the Chapel service in
Schwnb Auditorium at 11 a.m.
Sunday, also will open the Na
tional Youth Week celebration in
Slal e College, next week.
An educator, writer and lceui.
or, Ridenour served for 20 year
as an administrator in the public
schools of New York, N. Y., and
Ls now a contributing feature
writer for th e New York Herald
Tribune He recently returned
frorrr 38 months of duty in the Pa
cific with the Red Cross. ■
In addition to speaking at the
Chapel service, Ridenour will ad
dress the State College High
School Assembly Monday morn
ing.
"FRIDAYS AT FOUR"
Tonight: Reception to the
Reverend E. H. Jones,
Westminster Hall—7:3o o'clock
THE STUDENT
DEPARTMENT SUNDAY
MORNING 9:30 —Three Dis
cussion Courses
WESTMINSTER FELLOW
SHIP Sunday 6:30 p.m.
"Courtship and Marriage" Mrs.
Only Seven More Sundays
Until Commencement!
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117 S. Allen Streo.
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