PAGE TWO
With the Editor
hast week the senior ooard of the Collegian met
ana elected a new senior r>oara lor imi-iyao. in
order that there may ue an oneniauon period wnen
the new stall may xeier 10 tne out-gomg group for
advice, and at me same time assume uieir new
duties, Collegian nas reierred to tne pre-war plan
whereby the newiy elected Senior Hoard takes over
the paper starting with this issue.
Economic Shake-up
There was a time wnen the saying, " vvnat this
country needs is a good nve-cent cigar,” was quite
the rage.
Dusting it oil and adding a modern touch, one
gets the tmieiy quip, "What ir'enn State needs is a
good economic snane-up.”
Such a snane-up could lake place if. per*
chance, one could pul lhe entire College prop
erly and facilities on wheels some nighl and
roll il within hailing distance of a decent sired
city where there was real free economic
enterprise,
Mathematically it could be done; but there is a
simpler way. Why doesn’t this College become self
sufficient?
it might take time (say 50 years) but it is possible
to reduce dependency on the Borough of State CoV
lege. Some of the most obvious steps are, naturally,
adequate dorm facilities ON campus for all Stu
dents and (by getting the School charter changed)
apartment buildings and inexpensive housing, for
young faculty Couples.
But our zeal point is this—much of the talk
we've heard so far about a Student Union
building is so much hokum.
The social benefits of a Student Union building
have been over-stressed (though they’re real
enough) to the disadvantage of the economic poten
iialities to be derived.
Within a Student Union building lies the key to
the economic reformation of the Nittany Valley.
Picture if you can, a few of the changes ... a
real Student Union (and it will cost $3,000,000
easily) would have a barber shop. Do you think
that there would be any question of racial dis
crimination there if that barber shop were owned
and operated by and for the students of the
College?
Wo say owned by the student for an impor-
Collegian Gazette
Ail calendar items must be in the Daily
Collegian office by pan. on the day pre
ceding publication.
Tuesday, May 6
p.
IC SING Rehearsal, 304 Old
Main, 3 to 5 o’clock.
WRA Tennis Club meeting, 4 o’clock.
TAU PHI SIGMA meeting, 411 Old Main,
6 o’clock.
WRA Golf dub meeting, caddy bouse, 6:15
o’clock. ,
PANHELLENIC COUNCIL meeting for in
stallation of officers, Ath Hall, 7 o’clock.
ENGINEERING STUDENT Council meet
ing, 110 Main Engineering, 7 o’clock.
MARINE CORPS Volunteer Reserve, En
gineering E, 7 o’clock.
X-GI Club business meeting, 121 Sparks, J
o’clock.
IFC meeting for election of officers, 405 Old
Main, 7:15 o’clock.
SIGMA XI public lecture, “The Physical
Chemistry of Polymers,” 119 New Physics,
7:30 o’clock.
PENN STATE Flying Club, 411 Old Main,
8 o’clock.
-o liege Health Service
Admitted to the infirmary Thursday:
George Downey and Judson Smeet.
Admitted Friday: Robert Mays.
Admitted Saturday: Theodore Bechtol,
John Kraynyak, Anil Mandal and Eugene
Wasilewski.
Discharged Saturday: George Downey and
Ruth Sacks.
Admitted Sunday: Donald Horton and
Alvin Leidel.
Discharged Sunday: Anil Mandal and Stan
ley Wyglendoski.
Admitted Monday: Robert Cleeland and
Thomas Folan.
College Placement Service
CHANCE-VOUGHT AIRCRAFT CORP.,
May 5 and 6, Bth sem. men in Aero and ME.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
f OR AERONAUTICS, May 5 and 6, men with
M.S. and PhD. and 3rd, 4th, sth and
oth 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.
THE AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.,
May 8, Bth sem. men in C&F and A&L.
B. F. GOODRICH CO., May 8, Bth sem. men
in C&F.
A. B. FARQUHAR CO., May 8. Bth sem.
men in AgE.
AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE CO., May 13,
Bth sem. men in ME, EE, IE and Met.
CIIAMBERSBURG ENGINEERING CO.,
May 12, Bth sem. men in ME and lE.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
During the transition period there will be
Uv bUUUgWS PUIAWJ tU*M AWlUluit *A (Ui/ CU&II^BS
come, a wm 1101 ae uiml ine tan.
VvhUe uie grauuaimg seniors vviU act in an ad-
Visoy capacity tne remainder or tins semester, tne
new siau is completely responsible for tne policy
and content of tne newspaper.
rant reason. The various services of this Stu
dent Union bunding must not ae leased as con
cessions xo someone interested in limng lus
pociceis ax tne expense or students imost ox
wnoxn have bareiy enougn money xo puli
mrough tour years of College).
Next, envision a cafeteria large enough to seat
Sul) to 10U0 people. Owned ana operated by the
students, it is not likely that you’ll have to pay 25
cents for an order of toast and coffee, even in these
inflationary times.
Small dining and banquet rooms and even a high
class restaurant should be there. Did you ever stop
to think how many banquets are held in the course
of the-school year by campus groups—and they’re
not held on campus?
And put in a sizeable bookstore. Certainly
they're risky investments, but there must be
some profit in them, else how do they survive
in this community year after year?
A decent sized Ball room would be of more than
sheer social benefit. Are you aware of the fact that
every time a dance is held in Rec Hall at least $5OO
must be paid to bring in, from out of town, cheese
cloth decorations to camouflage the gym? Thou
sands of dollars yearly. A needless expenditure and
one tof’ the reasons dance tickets cost $4.00 instead
of say $3.50.
What to do? The College hasn’t the money. The
State can’t give the money. The Alumni are either
(!) not interested or (2) still feel that they gave
dough to make Old Main a Student Union back in
the 2Q’s (though the hard facts show otherwise).
There are groups talking about a Student Union,
but you get nowhere just talking.
Because we believe in the great need for a
Student Union we can start at the bottom and .
start scratching away.
Incessant dropping of water on- stone will wear
away the rock; every penny, nickel, dime or dollar
contributed to the erection of a Student Union
building would have the same effect. Every pid
dling some adds to the making of a sizeable puddle
Haphazard as this hit-and-miss contribution
method may be, it still represents progress. What
can you give? What will you give?
New Procedure
Campus politics—its function, methods and im
portance is. considered in different ways by Penn
Staters. It is suspected that a majority ignore it
almost completely, while only a small segment re
gard it seriously.
Party lines seem to be unimportant and
generally ignored, except perhaps by the em
bryonic politicps. This is not undesirable, of
course, because student government should and
does operate on an individual basis—with good
men it prospers; otherwise it flounders.
Strdight-party voting should be non-existent in
an intelligent, thinking electorate. Both parties
strive to present the same promises in the more
glowing terms. Both parties promptly forget their
pledges, which were usually impossible to fulfill
anyway. That leaves the individual candidates’
qualifications as the only criteria for casting a
ballot. ,
' Why then must the president and vice
president . have the same political affiliation?
When the better nominee for each of these
offices appear on opposite sides' of the political
fence, why can’t they both be elected and be
expected to work well together? If they were
of the calibre students can rightfully expect
their officers to be, they would cooperate
without hesitation or question.
Maybe this simplification of elections will never
be accomplished because of the opposition of poli
ticians. It would no doubt increase the worries of
the clique leaders and campaign managers. They
would have to obtain vote-getters for each post
instead of just one. And they would be plagued
more than ever by the specter of vote-splitting.
By Lewis Stone
Further Evidence
The recent elections further clarified campus
sentiment with regards to the Student Union build
ing. Of the 1895 votes cast, 1635 were in favor of a
Union, while only 160 voted for a field house.
There was no pressure brought to bear on
those who voted "yes" for the Union—it was
strictly a voluntary act.
A similar pro-Student Union sentiment prevailed
w^en the Board of Trustees considered
the field house as being equally important. Evi
dence of that was the petition which was circulated
by members of the Student Union Committee in
the spring and to the Board prior to
their meeting. The petition contained approxi
mately 3000 signatures of students willing to pay
a semester fee.
If is now more evident than ever before that
the Trustees made a mistake when they
weighed the value of the two buildings. Had
this mistake not been made, it is probable that
the fund raising campaign would have been in
full swing by now, and Penn Stale would have
been a year closer to having its Student Union.
By Lawrence G. Foster
By Michael A. Blatz
Houtz Drives
Presidents
Earl Houtz, College storekeeper,
lias uean cnauneurmg presidents
since xazu. iNot me iruman ‘vari
ety, out presidents oi Uie Col
lege.
brnce he first met Dr. Thomas
at the Penn Harris Hotel in Har
risburg in April, 1920 (he iden
tified him by a photograph) and
drove him to the College to begin
ms presioentiai career, ivir. xioutz
estimates he has driven ovo.Ot/u
miles witn mamas and iaier
jrresident netzei,
•n. great deal of this mileage
was accumulated during the sz,-
000,000 bond drive tnroughout
Pennsylvania in 1921 in which
President Thomas took an active
part.
Mr. Houtz had a rest from his
duties during the period of more
than a year after Dr. Thomas left
when the College was without a
president.
In November of 1926 Houtz
went to New Hampshire and
brought Dr. Hetzel’s car back in
order that the new president
would have it upon his arrival by
train at Thanksgiving time.
Although both presidents had
private cars, they used the Cadil
lac provided by the College for
most of their tours.
Of all the trips Mr. Houtz made
with the presidents, the one he
enjoyed most was to the Univer
sity of New Hampshire when Dr.
Hetzel returned for the inaugura
tion of his successor to the presi
dency of the university.
One of the advantages of his
position, Houtz illustrated by tell
ing of his 50-yard-line seat with
Dr. Hetzel at the Navy-State game
at Annapolis last fall.
Players Release-
(Continued from pope one)
assistant; Doris Brenner and
Sherwood Jones, Mary Ann
Kemper, Edward McCoy, A 1 Pot
tasch and Sidney Simons.
Lights: Edgar Eddins, manager;
Wilbur Ebersole, assistant; and
Harry Natschke. Paint: Louis
Gresh, manager; Ann Dunaway,
assistant; Marjorie Gorham, Phyl
lis Harkin, Jean Nichols, and Jac
quelyn Wengert.
Stage: Gordon Fiske, manager;
William Folwell and' Robert Wic
kus, assistants; James Cuzzolina,
Ann Dunaway, Sherwood Jones,
Donald Little, James - Lotz, Ed
ward McCoy, John Miller, Robert
Rose, Frederick Vogel, and Mar
garet Waple.
NROTC Men
Take Cruise
Twenty-nine oontraet NROTC
students at the College will par
ticipate in a summer cruise, an
nounced Capt. W. T. McGarry,
commanding officer of the unit,
today. The men will sail from
Norfolk, Va., on June 21 and re
turn, on July 11.
The following men will go on
the cruise: Richard C. Apnibelang,
John S. Anderson, Earnest S.
Beachley. William W. Biseell,
Henry R. Brenner, Charles W.
Calhoon. Verner H. Condon Jr„
Francis J. Corrigan, James Dees
lie Jr.,“ Theodore F. Frankoski,
Kenneth W. Holt, and Walter F.
Jones.
Herman J. M. Jorgensen HI,
Warren W. Lord. R/ussell J. Nick
erson. Wedo Nutaitis. Michael
Oleyar, John Opalka, Robert W.
Rust, Kernal G. Shaw, Ambrose
L. Spencer, Robert E. Stabley,
Robert W. Stratton, Donald H.
Stevenson, Mathias E: Szeyller,
Paul T. Trax, James P. Trinity.
George R. Williges. and Karel E.
Yedlicka.
Phys Ed Meeting
There will be a corruplusory
meeting of the Physical • Educa
tion School to elect members to
the Physical Education Student
Council and for group pictures in
Recreation Hall 8 o’clock tonight.
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
tor.
TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1647
College Orchestra
Presents Concert
The College Symphony Orches
tra, unaer tne cureCuon at num
mel 1 ris nourn, neaa or the music
department, will give its annual
concert in Schwab Auditorium,
3:30 p.m. Sunday.
Because people arriving early
distract the orchestra memoers in
the pre-concert rehearsal, the
doors will not be opened until 3
p.m., said Mr. Eishiburn. Xoung
cniidren win not c>e admitted to
tne concert.
“xne rrom the New World”
symphony by Anton uvorax will
•joe the manor worm on the pro
gram. Paul Xeare, pianist, accom
panied by the orchestra, win play
•‘Gapriccio Brillant,” a concerto
by Felix Mendelssohn.
SU Seeks
(Cunnnaed from one)
No. 1707, Hillel Foundation, Home
Economics Club, and Horticul
ture Club.
, lota Sigma Pi, lota Lambda
Sigma, Industrial Ed. Club, Indus
trial Engineering Society, IWA,
Landscape Architecture Club, Le
Qercle Francais, Leibig Chemical
Society, Louise Homer Club, Min*
eral Industries Club, Men’s t Glee
Club, and Mortar Board. 1
The Newman Cluib, Nittaiiy Co
op, Philotes, Penn State Club,
Pan-Hellenic Council, Players,
Thespians, Portfolio, Penn State
Engineer, Penn S tate Dantes,
Penn State Greeters, Pershing
Rifles, Poultry Club, Pi Gamma
Alpha, Pi Lambda Xi, Scabbard
and Blade, Ski Club,
Sigma Delta Epsilon, American
Military Engineers, Sigma Delta
Chi, Spanish Club, Student Pa
trol, Symphony Orchestra, Stu
dent Handbook, Tau Phi Sigma,
WRA, WSGA, Zoological Society,
and the 4-H Club.
Ostar, Ellis—
(Continued from dage one)
Business Staff
Jack Strickland was chosen as
sistant business manager: Spencer
Scheckter. advertising director;
Barbara Keefer, local advertising
manager; Lucille Martin, classi
fied advertising manager; Robert
Kraneg. circulation manager; and
Mary Lou Callahan, secretary.
Junior business board includes
Arloa Betts, Robert Drucker. Wil
liam Frazier, Alice Hecht, Michael
Horen, Charles Jacobson, Selma
Lampert. Shirley McKinley, Mimi
Pomerine. June Snyder, Marjorie
Watson, and Nancy Wilson.
’Sophomore Business Board
' Members of the 1947-48 sopho
more business board are Joanne
Bailey, Kosti Vargas, Margaret
Breece, Wilma Brehm, Robert
Bruce, Bruce Dietterick. Barbara
Heilman, Betty Lou .Irwin, Vance
Klepper, George Latzo, Esther
Laughrey, Lorraine Munz, Nancy
Pardee, Barbara Plumly, Ciaro
line Rice, Marie Thompson, Dor
othy Ward, Maynard Weinbferg,
Charles' Wilson, and Laura Win
der.
The hew editorial staff will as
sume their duties immediately.
The business staff will not take
over until the fall semester.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to'the Free Lance, est. 1811.
Published Tuesday through Friday
mornings during the College year by
the stall ol the Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State College. Entered as
second class matter July 5, 183*. at the
State College. Pa., Post Office under
the act of March 3, 1879. $2.50 a semes
ter $4.00 the school-year.
Alton W. Qatar Editor
Rosemary Ghentous Bus. Mgr,
Managing Editor, Lawrence Footer;
News Editor, Joan Peters; Co-Sports
Editors, Ted Rubin, Richard Sarge; Fea
ture-Photo Editor, Dave Adelman; As.
slatant Feature-Photo Editor, Ben
French.
Women’s Editor, Kay Badollet; As
sistant Women’s Editor, Marjorie Mous.
ley; Wire Editor. Roberta Hutchlnßon,
Senior Board: Jean Alderfer, Howie
Back, Eleanor Fehnel, Helen Lewis, Ar
thur Stober.
Ad. Mgr., Phyllis Deal; Asst. Bus. Mgr.,
Sally Holstrum; Asst. Ad. Mgr., Dorothy
Leibovlta; Circ. Mgr. Paul Bender.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
James Nolman
Terry Hague
Managing Editor
Assistant
News Editor Prances Keeney
Assistant
Advertising Manager Mary Lou Callahan
Assistant - Billie Watson