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Pigeons for Petes Paper
A competing paper from somewhere to the
north, titled the Ag Hill Breeze, published an anti-
Student Union editorial earlier this week.
According io the writer, the $901)0 surplus
student funds should not be ear-marked tor
student Union because it would only ne a drop
in the bucket compared to the $2.000,0uu
needed.
Instead, the Breeze advocates that the money go
to complete the mural as planned. We wonder if
Ag Hill is planning a mural of its own, pernapS in
the Stock Pavilion. They certainly couldn’t have
meant the Old Main Mural, for the funds necessary
for its completion were given by a vote of Cabinet
A YEAR AGO. ;
According to the Breeze, the money left
over (after the mural was paid for twice)
Missing A Good Bet? , BT *“" lm w “‘
At an “entertainment-starved” Penn; State, stu
dents seem to be overlooking' a good bet.‘Players
penthouse-style production of ' “Skylark,”-, after
seven performances, has played to a total of only
390 persons. In the aggregate, such an.audience
would fill less than 25 rows of the center, section
of Schwab Auditorium.
As performed at the banquet room of the rState
College Hotel, the play has a capacity audience of
approximately 100. Yet “Skylark” has. averaged
less than 60 for an audience while movie-goers
stand in the rain to get tickets, and Thespians and
conventional Players shows- run three nights-to
near-capacity houses.
If the penthouse, or arena, style of produc* /
Hon were a tly-by-night experiment dreamed *
up by a local dramatic alchemist, or if the '
ing in "Skylark" were poor, then Petm.Stalera',M
might more logically say "There's nothing to
do in State College."
Actually the arena style is well-founded, if un
familiar to local audiences. The University, of
Washington, for instance, has built a special theatre
in which arena productions only are -regularly
performed.
Letters From the Ed,
Soup Spoon News
TO THE EDITOR: To permit our anxious vfrietads-.
and fellow students on the “outside” to catch up
on their sleep (for no doubt fully half the student
body has been lying awake nights—and sleeping
during classes—worrying about our plight: how
to eat without a knife) we should like?to report
that apparently.our letter of last Friday morning
was noticed by the Pollock Circle Dining Commons
Management and immediate action taken; for the
situation was remedied by. Friday noontime.
No, we didn’t get knives—lunch consisted of a
bowl of soup!
Collegian Gazette
AH calendar items must be in the Daily
Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre
ceding publication.
Friday, May 2
COLLEGIAN senior business board meet
ing, business office, 3:15 o’clock.
COLLEGIAN editorial staff and candidates '
meeting, 9 Carnegie Hall, 4:15 o’clock. ; .
FROTH’S Friday-at-Five Club, usual place,
usual time.
Monday, May 5
ENGINEER Executive staff meeting, MS-
Old Main, 7 o’clock.
AMERICAN CHEMICAL Society:meeting;
lecture on “Fuel Technology,” 119 New Phys
ics, 7 o’clock.
MADAME CURIE Lecture, “Synthetic De
tergents,” 119 New Physics, 8 o’clock.
INDEPENDENT Student Council meeting,
nomination of officers, 321 Old Main, 8
o’clock.
College Health Service •
Admitted to the infirmary Wednesday:
James Hawkins.
Admitted Thursday: William Robinson and
Ruth Sacks.
Discharged Thursday: Robert Brezovic,
Madeline Rorhbaugh, Earl Sallack, Ruth
Shuey and Orion Silverman. ‘ ;
Discharged to Centre County Hospital;.
William Robinson. , :
College Placement Service
PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT'CORP.,
May 2, Bth sem. men in lE.
CHANCE-VOUGHT AIRCRAFT.CORP.,
May 5 and 6, Bth sem. men in Aero and ME.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR AERONAUTICS, May 5 and 6, men with
8.5., M.S. and PhD. and 3rd, 4th, ...sth and
6th sem. students in ME, Phy, Math, EE, Aero
and Met.
KROGER CO., May 6, Bth sem. men in
AEc, C&F and Ed.
DEPT. OF PROPERTY AND SUPPLIES-,
OF PA., May 7, Bth sem. men in ME and CE.
NATIONAL TUBE CO., May 7, Bth sem.
men in C&F and lE.
ERIE RESISTOR CORP., May 7 and 8, Bth
sem. men in EE, ME and lE.
PA. POWER & LIGHT CO., May 8, Bth
sem. men in EE and ME.
—Bruce Wennerstrom.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
"could be allotted proportionately to 'under
graduate cluns as tney need it. Tms would go
a long way towaros making tne average siu
uem reel mat paymgSh activity tee is not
depriving nun,'or some useful casn and ar me
same time would mean mat our organisa
tions, on me rtui COyiUD OjrLrlATB ON A
SOUNDER JfiNANOiAL mASIS."
It would seem to ns that.the mreeze would have
a much sounder argumentitif they asked that the
S9UOO he used to purchase'a fleet of carrier pigeons
so they could be kept informed of the latest cam
pus happenings* ' ,
; ASIDE TO EDITOR PETER HOREN—You
■ are eighth semester and graduation is sched
uled for June 9 at IU:3Q a.m. Doctor Hetkel
: (he's president of the College) will confer your
. .degree upon you;
' Moreover, tfae pehthouse style has definite
advantages. The i are able to use their
natural voices;, gestures and facial expressions
mdy be .done persons in the audi
.; erice get a unique feeling ; of being in the situa
tion with Iheadors. \
; At each of the performances, one hears expres
sionk of pleasure at., the unusual style and of the
hope that more plays Will be done in it.
Butthebiggest reason why Penn Staters should
■ see- "Skylark" instead of complaining that there is
too little entertainment':of a weekend is that, in
the opinion of many, [the, acting is the best seen
this.-season on campus..; :
. : :Jo [Peoples, jua particular, has given consisf
i. ; l e»itly; fine performances in the leading role.
•: ...Richard. Frontman, .Collegian reviewer, . de
::; scribed'. her. as; combining "dignity, warmth,
and an toccellence Sense of comedy to. give a
. performance that can only be called superb,"
By present plans, “Skylai'k” will be presented
; only onceihore, tonight. If arena performances are
to continue next year (and those who have seen the
play are unanimous in their approval of further
"productions) .'a-. Sell-out audience might reassure
Players that, it will be financially possible.
Sunday filUesi
> To die pollock Circle Sad . Sack '■ .
- seemed a crime,
For-he’d lost an hour’s sleep
Courtesy Daylite Saving Time
'< .. But the sun was bright andshihy;'-
■■Sunday; rivas starting finej-' ••••••
So Sad Sack yawned, got up and.drdased .•
/' , And joihedthe old Chow Lihe;"“^““;:\
? CoUege> Sundays are so thrilling-. *_i
■V. , :, ■ He-didn’t know what t0.d0,-
: V ! Tennis waii out and golf was out;
; Local raips had spoiled the two. ■
“What hol’.’jsays he with a happy shout,
“The choice,is easily made, ....
To'hear'the. student Glee Club :
Thru the baud I’ll gladly- wade.”
• Off with the dungarees
. . And ph with his shirt, :
He then brushed his hair
- For- he might meet a skirt.
A half : H6ur early ' , .
He took .'off if or Schwab,
,;:hh'order : tube.'certain
That he wo\ild. beat the mob.
i ; <■.. when be : the' show
And.stuck-bis head inside the door,
The sight'that-met his eyes
Nearly threw him to the floor.
Townsmen to the left of him
And>'townsmen to the right,
' And £ do#en burly coppers :
" , Toitoss;;out mere students on sight.
“This cahnpt .be,"
Muses; Sack so low,
“That a student like I
“Should be manhandled so.”
But there were the pious townsmen,
Townsmen of Blue Law fame,
Who say entertainment on Sunday
Is a downright,, dirty shame.
Then the moral. of *the story
Struck Sack, and made him wise,
What’s fred’like chiirch and concerts
. Is no sin townsmen’s eyes.
For they must come and All the hall
(AnleaSy. task—’tis true)
So students like he would stay at home
And study like, mad for a “two.”
—Mickey Stone.
P.S. He couldn’t even fly a kitel—M. C. S.
Coursel—L. S. S.
• me xuioue isiana mate College nuiletin justi
ues ns ciuaent union in uus way: *'une goai oi
rnneiican ingner education snouiu oe io so direct
uie complete- development or our students tnat
Uiey may unisn conege equipped for their places
in society as socially, pnysicany, mentally ana
spiritually healthy men and women.”
By Lawrence G. Foster
With the Editor
Our little campaign to get the Since a vast majority of the
Townspeople to invite the stu- student Body never gets inside
Uvides t \ S t h Tong n ias°t m Ts Un beLin C g sacred P° rtals of the Tem '
fruit. ' 8 ’ hearing ple 0 f Learning we repeat the an-
The other morning, while noiincement, with all its sim
siroUing tnrough Sparks we no- plicity of style and touching
liced a little item lacked on youthful errors so that none of
various bulletin boards. the flavor might be lost:
"We some of the children in the Stale College community
notice that your editor of your Collegian regrets that you older
people were not invited to our kite flying contest. We are sorry.
We thought you had grown-up. Nest week we plan a marbles
contest and then in the following weeks liddle-de-winks, rope
skipping and other sports. If you college fellows want to get in
on these games give your name and address in person to your
editor Mr. Blais and we will snd you an invitation."
Unfortunately we don’t know deep, like the acrobats in the cir
who the little toddlers are that cus, to reach the bulletin boards,
have extended this gracious in- Be that as it may, we are'
vite, for by some mishap they touched. This is the first time
neglected to sign their names. that someone from the town has
From the height which these invited participation in town
notices were tacked on the bulle- affairs (exception: plaguing -us,,
tin boards we surmise that these with American Legion raffle
toddlers must (1) be about six tickets, et al) and we don't want
feet tall or (2) they borrowed a this golden opportunity to pass
stepladder or (3) they stood three- by unanswered.
So we appeal to the student body. If you are interested in Tiddle
de-winks, rope skipping or marbles please do no hesitate, to contact
the editor. .
Already several students have hinted that they might, like to
participate. But because the notice lacked details concerning time,
place and dates (after all, the contests might be held on Senior; Ball,
weekend or perhaps during Finals) they are hesitant about picking.;
up the gauntlet tossed us by the youth of State College.
Mr. Siriichak, our sports editor, of our 11-14 year old Collegiates;
wants to-know if they’ll sponsor ' OU r 15-19 age group; a 20-25 year
33 class and an unlimited group be
lf they 11 divide it into various age.: , ... ... . , ......
groups as the, kite-flying contest yond 25 which would include .the
was divided. . . . vast majority of veterans we
In that way; we can take care presume.
Progress—Yg Cant Stop It
For tMb past •Week we liaye been ; Bui "as it must to all printing
resisting■ “progress*” blit we'think shop?> -the. Nittany Printing end
SK'V . z• ■ 4 vi•: ■■ ; * Publishing Company (which han
lts'.coming. ;• / . dies the Collegian) finally decided
’As the first hayseed■enorted tc j part w its 1904 model fiat
'-that the auto Wouldn't run and bed press and install a modern
the first airplane wouldn't ijy. up-to-date, 1911 rotary press,
we've sat mumbling to our- Last Friday, the first Collegian
selves that the rotary, press to come off a . rotary press was
••••wouldn't work.:- ,•- printed..'
We carried no story of that-historic moment for the simple reason
that we didn’t think they could do—We still didn’t believe it when
that modem giant began flipping out Collegians at a terrifying rate.
It was impressive—Collegians were sailing out the back door and
down the alley way, so rapidly are they printed. All. we could think
of was old BiU Caxtori, standing under the shadows of Westminster
Abbey, setting up his first printing press back in 1476. What an
historical moment!
- Of course, with any new couldn’t open their paper last Fri
gadget there are minor bugs day. It was certainly a surprise
which must be worked out. in a few classrooms where stu-
One of the bugs popped upt.last dents were, accustomed to brows-
Friday. This new 1911 pr.esS ing through the Collegian while
doesn’t have any cutting device the prof droned on and on, to find
for trimming the top of the paper, that the Collegian when opened
Hence many of our readers were was about the size of a Pollock
quite' surprised to find that. they ■ Circle bedsheet.
But there is no stopping- progress or the Nittany Printing and
Publishing Co. That vexing problem has been solved by the simple
procedure of stacking all of the papers’after they come off the rotary
press, carrying them oveir to a cutting machine and trimming the
t0 P S Because of various other bugs, this, has resulted in ciitting off a
portion of the front page (which isn’t so bad) or the classified section
(our most popular feature),'fifbm time to time.
Another bug. that the N.P.&P.C. leave, lis make the best of the
hasn’t quite figured out entirely situation,
is the matter of producing a four
page Collegian.
Until they purchase a somewhat
newer press' we are faced with
the problem of having the Col
legians come in pairs.
So if you happen to pick up a
Collegian at SU desk and find a
duplicate inside, that is because
the N.P.&P.C. didn’t catch all of
them in the separation process,
which must be done by hand.
The rotary , pres* is a tine in-
Yentiom We arelfully convinced Mgr. Ed., Lynette Lundqulet; .News'Ed.,
that it is here to stay. We only Lawrence Foe ter; Comports Bde.. Stephen
hope that our pubhshers . will slnichak, Arthur Ulller; Feature Ed..
5 3ur ® , 0 “f. Sussnae McCauley; Women;*
damned thtn9 work before our Marilyn Jacobson; hat Women *
readers go mad. Ed., Betey Marshall; Wire Ed., Seymour
We close With this suggestion Rosnberg; Sr. Board, Lucy Beilins.
to our.readers who may be a little tii’ibSwM* Am! »Hj
impatient — ya cant Stop progress; Holstrum; Giro. Mar.. Paiß'-flenderi Sec.
— Joy Elchorn; Class. Ad. Msr., Balms Babel.
Editorials and teal urea m The ; ■
Collegian renew tne opinions STAFF THIS issue'
ot xne writer. they, niahe no Managing Editor _ Marjorie Mouekv
Claim lO represent student OX Asst. Managing Editor.. Anne Kovalenko
University opinion. Alt un- Newe Editor Ben L Fernch
signed edUoxiais are by tne .ecu- Asst. Mews Editor William Kells*
tor. Advrtleiu* Manager ' JDoe SUM
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1047
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Successor to the Free Lance, est. 1877.
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