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Profs Take A Bow
A good deal of credit is due those professors in
the Liberal Arts School who have submitted to the
evaluation test currently being given by the LA
Council. The procedure goes like this:
A sei of intelligent questions with multiple
choice answers were drawn up by five mem
bers of the council and submitted to Dr. Smith
of the Psychology department for approval.
The professors were then asked if the ques
tionnaires, which evaluted them as teachers
and the subject matter they taught, could be
circulated in their classes.
In more than a few instances the results proved
enlightening to those profs who were willing to
With the Editor
Penn State has a bad case of growing pains.
Thousands of veterans and high school seniors, as
well as “farmed out” freshmen, are clamoring for
admission into the already over-flowing College.
What is being done to alleviate the situation and
serve the people who are supporting the College
by taxes?
President Hetzel has staled that by the fall
of 1948 there will be enrolled on the campus
9000 students at sophomore or higher level, by
which dale the College also expects to encoun-
ter the peak of applications from veterans. The
falling off of veteran applications will imme
diately be matched from applications by stu
dents now attending other colleges in the stale,
and by high school seniors.
Tn order to take care of the additional 1000 stu
dents which are expected this fall, the College re-
Important Contribution
The World Student Service Fund, drive which
began on the campus on Monday deserves the sup
port of the student body. Like many of America’s
fund raising campaigns, it is designed to benefit
people on another continent. We believe that this
certain faction of European and Asiatic bene
ficiaries are much closer to the campus than the
distance ih miles indicates.
The money which is collected here and at
the countless other colleges and universities in
this country will be used to aid over 400.000
foreign students. Education in many countries
was interrupted, universities were destroyed
looted during the war. The fund has been
Letters —From the Editor's Mailbox
Why Be Irritated?
TO THE EDITOR: Why is it that when a small
m«i gets a job much too big for him, he not only
■faita to do his job well, but makes a complete fool
cot of himself? I'm speaking of the high and
mighty Pollock Circle Council and their recent
vicious attack on Sally’s.
_ Charges of the Circle's potentates are that
Sally's is charging exorbitant prices, and is
nightly fleecing the poor lambs who aren't
capable of handling their own pennies.
Oar so-called leaders are completely ignoring
tite fact that Sally’s gives door-to-door service, and
Collegian Gazette
AH calendar items must, be in the Daily
Collegian office by 4&0 pm. on the-day pre
ceding publication.
Thursday, May 8
LA VIE ART meeting, 288 Engineering F,
7:30 o’clock.
JUNIOR SERVICE BOARD meeting for
installation of officers, Dean of Women’s
Office, 5:15 o’clock.
PENN STATE GRANGE meeting, 100 Hort.
7:30 o’clock.
WRA Swimming Club, White Hall, 7
o’clock.
WRAFene-ing Club, White Hall, 7:30
o’clock.
College Health Service
Admitted to the infirmary Tuesday: Wil
liam Robinsen, Lewis Cohen and Philip
Walter.
Admitted Wednesday: Florence Seese, Bar
bara Davis and Elaine Buechner.
Discharged Wednesday: Robert Mays, Rob
ert Cleland, Betty Jane Wilson and Donald
Haitan.
College Placement Service
men in AgE.
ERIE RESISTOR CORP., May 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.
CHAMBERSBURG ENGINEERING CO.,
May 12, Bth sem. men in ME and lE.
AMERICAN STEEL & WIRE CO., May 13,
sth sem. men in ME, EE, IE and Met.
W. VA. PULP & PAPER CO., May 13, Bth
sem. men in CE and ME.
I-T-E CIRCUIT BREAKER CO., May 14,
3th sem. men in EE and ME.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
learn their shortcomings. The test also served to
relieve the tension that mounts after a student en
rolls in a course, only to find that he is dissatisfied
with the teacher or the subject matter covered.
Getting this opportunity to “blow off steam” has
noticeably affected student-teacher relations in
the classroom.
Many of the professors will lake the criti
cisms seriously and make an endeavor lo cor
rect some of the faults they were unaware of
until now.
Whether it calls for pressing a suit and shining
a pair of shoes, or obtaining a new text for the
course, the changes which result from the test will
help raise the standards of the LA School.
quested from Federal sources 500,000 square feet
of temporary classroom buildings. The Government
has allotted only one-tenth of that amount.
The State legislature appropriated $3,618,000 for
the erection of permanent buildings, excluding
housing, but these funds did not include any
amount for the equipment or furnishing of the
buildings. Since the time these funds were appro
priated. costs have risen as much as eighty per
cent This means that the College will either have
to erect fewer buildings with the original sum of
money, or else suspend all plans until the cost of
construction is reduced.
Obviously, neither plan will successfully
cope with the problem of expansion. An in
crease in the original allotment will allow the
College lo go ahead with its plans to accom
modate 10,000 students by 1949. ..
established lo aid the students of these uni
versities and help get the educational system
in working order.
A student in Europe is not unlike a student in
this country or anywhere else, in that he is
a part of a group of individuals striving to learn.
Having a common goal will bring together even
the most remote groups of human beings.
It is a well known fact that it is more diffi
cult lo lead an intelligent populace than an
uneducated group. If giving a donation now
will aid in disspelling future international con-
flict and help preserve the peace we seek, your
money will be well spent.
food at prices which compare very favorably with
prices at restaurants throughout the town. Did you
ever buy a “Ham a la Comer,” which is a glorified
ham salad—and I wonder if Mr. Mateer would de
liver it personally to your room, all for twenty
cents?
Is there a legitimate establishment in this
fair city that sells a candy bar for less than
six cents? A pint of milk at the Post House
sells for twenty cents—Sally's does it for fif
teen! Sally's sells a seven-ounce cup of ice
cream—our good burgess hooks you twelve
cents for a cone. Why, then, should we jump
down Sally's throat all of a sudden—why not
boycott the whole, town!
It all boils down to the fact, Mr. Editor, that our
politicians, awed by their recently acquired power,
are just looking for somebody's face to push in
the mud. Knock out Sally’s and you will lose ad
vertising in almost every campus publication. My
suggestion is that Mr. Honig 'and company either
go completely overboard and change the whole
town, or leave matters of business administration
to the laws of supply and demand.
• The answer lo the question, "Is there a
legitimate establishment in this fair city that
sells a candy bar for less than six-cents?" is
yes. After reading the letter we'shopped for
candy bars and found that McLanahan's Drug
Store, Fred's Restaurant and ; Howard's sold
them for five cents. There are probably others.
2 The letter also neglected to mention the price
l of a seven-ounce cup of ice cream at Sally's
r ... it is fifteen cents.—LGF.
Dean Says
Commenting on the WSSF Drive,
Dean Wamock has this to say
Penn State students, notably lacking in surplus
money, probably cannot contribute to welfare
funds as generously as they would like to do, but
giving dimes and dollars to the World Student
Service Fund would seem to carry a special appeal
to them.
Since 1937 this legitimate, responsible organ
ization has collected $1,309,960 from American
college students for distribution to fellow stu-
dents in 18 war-stricken countries ot Europe
and Asia. In this way it has provided a prac-
ticaL realistic means lor American students to
play a role in forming the world now emerging
from a paralyzing war.
The collection of funds for this purpose on the
Penn State campus has been adopted by the All-
College Student Cabinet as one of its functions, but
faculty members may contribute too.
—A. R. War nock.
By Lawrence G. Foster
By Lawrence G. Foster
—E. E. Rouch.
—J. C. Dillard.
Dnb of
Sleepy On Wet Days?
Physiology Prof
Tells Why
If it’s harder than usual for
you to settle down to study or
to refrain from falling asleep
during a lecture on days when
rain streams down in bucketsful,
you’re often justified in blaming
it on the weather.
Science has an explanation for
your wet weather disinclinations.
Few people know, for instance,
that the moisture content of the
air affects the nervous system,
says Harrison M. Tietz, professor
of physiology at the College.
When air is saturated with
water in the form of vapor, Pro
fessor Tietz explained, our lungs
can’t assimilate oxygen as easily
as -they can when the air is rela
tively dry, for the simple reason
that we aren’t fish and can’t take
our oxygen from water as they
can.
With a reduction ih oxygen in
take, the metabolism of our body
cells is cut down, making us
sluggish and less inclined toward
activity, whether it’s mental or
physical, the physiologist .said.
Then, too, humidity, in acting
on the nervous system, affects
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THURSDAY, MAY 8, IM7
Ags, Home Ec School
Plan Weekend Picnic
Ag-Home Ec Student-Faculty
picnic will be held in Hort.
Woods from 1 to 6 Saturday,
Dorothy Sherwood • and Frank
Campbell, co-chairman for the
group, announced tqday.
Games between students and
faculty will include a softball
game in the afternoon, followed
by refreshments and dinner. In
the event of rain the event will
take place in the Stock Pavilion,
the two chairmen said. .. « •
The social was arranged with
the idea of continuing the close
student-faculty relations in the
two units.
regularity of breathing. This ir
regularity in breathing is mani
fested in yawns and sighs which
may also be due to boredom or
disinterest, although they react
on the nervous system in much
the same way.
Is it any wonder then that a
rainy day combined with a bor
ing lecture inevitably puts us to
sleep. Who knows? In the futufe,
professors . may be consulting
weather maps before preparing
lectures.
Mother’s Day
GIFTS
And CARDS
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She Will Appreciate
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