PAGE TWO LET'S LOOK AT THE FACTS Every so often we are irked by a letter from one of our readers. This usually happens when the text of the letter concerns a subject that the reader knows little about. He proves that by presenting a biased opinion about some phase of campus life, and by omitting anything that resembles facts. This particular letter was printed in Tuesday's issue. It was written by James W. Hopkins, and it concerned the coming sophomore elections and politics in general. So there will be no question about what the letter contained we will reprint it in its entirety. "Break out the banners and sound the trum pets. The societies for gumming up the works are again putting forth the call. Once more the cream of campus politicians are vying with each other for main roles in traditional glori fied farce. "With you lies the choice of picking that party which can do the least for you with the most glory. Check the posters carefully and select the man who has the smoothest look and smokes a distinguished cigarette. As long as you are going to be kidded it may as well be by someone who looks good hanging in the Corner Room. "So off to the polls students, and vote with a gay heart. Even though you don't gain any thing, you have nothing to lose so you might as well have fun. If Mr. Hopkins meant this letter to be a joke, let's all have a laugh and forget about it. Perhaps he just wanted to get his name in the paper; if that's the case, he hit the jackpot. But if he was serious, he discloses his ignorance about the politi cal set-up at Penn State. For many people on this campus it was a great source of comfort to learn that at the National Student Association convention held in Wisconsin in early September, student government at Penn State was cited as being one of the most demo- Another Chance Hat Societies are again on the chopping block this weekend as a result of the mediocre turn-out at the Bucknell game. While the participating hat men carried their Beaver Field venture to a suc cessful conclusion, it was telt tnat many more men Should nave been present. ‘i.gam trus Jai.uxuay iuteen minutes prior to game ume tne societies Will gamer at Inc gate to toe neiu ana form anotner uoubie one tiiruagn wnicn tne team will pass Wnen sae mass in eaung of all hat societies was need Iwo weeks ago. approximately sixty men gave an indication teat 2ney woulu be ou nand tor the Bucknell game. Twenty-nine were on hand Saturday. The hatmen aria women are asked to be present at the rally tonight on the steps of Old Main. They will be expected to turn out for the game tomor row wearing their hats. It is hoped by all con zeroed that the results this time will be more encouraging and will reflect the true value of these organizations to the College.—LGF. College Calendar All calendar items must be in the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre ceding publication. Friday, October 17 ARCHERY for men, New Beaver Field, 3 to 5:15 p.m. BIBLE Fellowship Meeting, 200 CH, 7 p.m. ALUMNI Registration, Rec Hall, 2 p.m. MORTAR BOARD meeting, Dean of Wom en's office, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 18 WRA Play Nite, WH, '7 p.m. HILLEL Foundation Saturday Night Dance, 133 W. Beaver Ave. 9 to 12 p.m. ALUMNI Luncheon, Rec Hall, 11:30 a.m. ALUMNI Revue, Schwab Auditorium, 8 p.m. Sunday, October 19 LIBERAL Arts Student Council, 409 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. BIBLE Fellowship Meeting, 405 Old Main, 3:30 p.m. FRIENDS Student Fellowship, Meeting House, S. Atherton between Foster and Nit tany avenues, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, October 20 PENN State Club, 321 Old Main, 7 p.m. IWA, meeting, 104 Tern Building, 7 p.m. LOUISE Homer Club, 200 CH. 8:30 p.m. PROTHER Rats, 228 S. Allen St., 7:30 p.m. At the Movies , Wednesday: John Lego, John Pharr, J0,.l .'olosky, Beverly Grossman. Admitted ; i,ursday: Edward Hinkle, Claire Dtmkelberger, Joseph Deutsch, Joseph Kra mer. Anita Walther. Discharged Thursday: Ramon Garfinkel, Amasa Marks, William Grotebend, Edward Hinkle. College Hospital Cathautn—The Bachelor and the Bobby Suxer. State—Variety Girl. Nittany—Living in a Big Way; Saturday, Springtime in the Sierras. Placement Service West Penn Power Cu., Oct. 24, eighth se inester men in EE, ME, lE, and C&F. Arrangements for interviews should be made at once in 204 Old Main. James W. Hopkins THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA cratic in existance among American Universities. During the past few years there has been no ticeable improvement in the manner in which elections on this campus are conducted. Under guidance of the elections committee, strict rules have been laid down governing pre-election cam paigns. For the most part, these rules have been kept by the respective parties. The result is obvious, that is, if you know any thing about the workings of All-College Cabinet. Almost every student that goes to make up this group has the interest of the student body and the College at heart. If they didn't, would the Student Union Fund contain the $5OOO that last year's Cabinet allotted it, or would the money somehow have found it's way into the pockets of a "phoney politician." Would a Cabinet committee, if it was made up of the type of student that Hop kins defines, be working long hours to bring a co-op to the campus to save the students some money, or would he be spending his spare time soaking up Corner Room atmosphere. And what about the Book Exchange, the Stu dent Union Committee, the campaign for Sunday movies, and numerous other projects. Aren't these projects designed to be of benefit to the student? Are they not the result of electing the right people to office? How then, can you honestly term them "the men with the smoothest look, and those who smoke a distinguished cigarette." You can't. We had better save the banners and the trum pets until more , students present themselves at a Cabinet meeting and offer to give some of their time to making this a better Penn State. We do not mean to give the impression that this or any other cabinet can do no wrong. They can, and frequently do. However, the final tally indi cates that student government at Penn State is a valuable asset to our way of life here. Our late "Prexy" substantiated this claim by means of his continued interest in student legislation.—LGF Letters The Inside Story TO THE Too often students here at Penn State do not nave all the facts concerning a problem at hand. The purpose of this letter is to give you tile viewpoinu u/ uotti tne L:oliege anu ut ',Lie town Euro L.ouncii. ►ILUUCIIL Ulbs./11.kr..4.11A.L11LJ 1.4.1 V e UUlen tlyliib ior over a year w I.) al 1...U11.1.1C1.1 1.1.141 t a large Gut/Unlit. WaaraiiLS tile iii6t4tllatlon Ul ng/11S aL 1..0 J.J. llilS SLaLLLL 'dial, tile town IS now willing to instal' Uie nglits aau uell V {2.1.Y tliiS been prozoistu W nlllll a le w ogitts must ue of the cure type, since overhead trallic ngnts at inter sections are now prohibited by State regulations. One of the two lights must be placed in front of the main gate on College property in order to be in the correct line of vision. This necessitates ap proval by the College Board of Trustees. The problem has been placed before the Board and, according to the Boro manager, members of the Board feel that it would spoil the appearance of the main gate of the campus. As for the viewpoints of the College as stated by Mr. Kenworthy, Assistant to the President, the Board feels there is a definite need for a light and is in favor of it. The matter was recently brought before the Executive Committee of the Board, at which time an objection was raised concerning the placement of the light in front of the center of the main gate. Instead, the Ex ecutive Committee prefers having the light situ ated on either side of the gate so as not to ob struct the view of the gate. The Executive Committee conveyed its revision plan to the Boro Council and the Highway Depart ment, and it was accepted by them. This evening, the Board of Trustees will learn of this revision and will then act upon it. Should the Board of Trustees vote down the new plan, the Highway Department will then withdraw their permit to install traffic lights at Co-op Corner. Respectfully submitted, Betty Schiffer, Chairman Local Affairs Committee Common Sense Club Tact, He Says TO THE EDITOR: Beg to differ with P. T. Glockenspeil who claims in the Collegian of the 16th that there are only three solutions to the drooping hem line problem. Clubs and mass pro tests only serve to draw attention to the coeds which is what they crave. Resistance along these lines is futile. We must be more tactfuL indirect, cunning, I think the most effective method of attack would be for the males of the campus to greet their long-skirted dates with some succint remark as, "You look like hell, honey, why don't you get up off your knees." Edit Shorts • A male stuueni was neard to remark that the trend in long skirts doesn't perturb him in the least; he says he has an excellent memory. • Henry L. Yeagley, professor of physics at the College, made Life with nis theory of now and why homing pigeons always ictuin home. Perhaps Dr. Adams of the Marriage clinic could explain why they leave home in the. thst place. Editorials and features in The Daily Col legian reflect the opinions of the writer. They make no claim to represent student or College opinion. All unsigned editorials are by the editor. —Bruce Wennerslrom Trustees, Group Confers Tonight The executive committee of the Board of Trustees, headed by James Milholland, president of the Board, will meet in 201 Old Main, 7:30 o'clock tonight, said Wilmer E. Kenworthy, executive secretary. The gathering is one of the seven annual meetings, said Mr. Kenworthy, and it is not known what the committee will discuss. Board President FrMlrn7r:T ' Tirrll The committee acts for the Board of Trustees as final au thority on matters of finance, grounds and buildings, educa tional policy, student and staff welfare. In the event that no policies are changed by the committee until the Board meets in Janu ary, the College will be directed D.) , the eresicitht s assistants. They are W timer worth y, executive secretary; racuian u. worse, in charge at reSinent instruction; J. Urv/S cnarge in extension; Samuel K. Hostetter, in charge of business and finance; and C. S. Wyand, administrative assist ant. World on Display At Carnegie Hall The world is yours for the ask ing. A 50" globe of the world LI on display in Room 3 Carnegie Hall. Thic globe. worth $5,000. was made at the cost of $33.90 by the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Colonel Ben. H Chastaine. pro fessor of military science and tac tics. conceived the idea of the men making the globe themselves to save $5,000. With Cant. Har old W. Yount in charge. the men got same wood. wire screen, as bestos. and 5&10c store paint, and set out to make themselves a globe. Revolves on Pipe The Captain made a wood skel eton of the globe. covered this with screen mesh. and then with asbestos. Sitting on a 20 degree angle. the globe may be rotated on its axis and can revolve around a Pipe through its center. The globe can t e disassembled as the northern hemisphere lifts off the southern. "You could pass me on any 2eographv quiz now," the Cat.- tain said. "I never traveled so much before in so short a time." And so echo the rest of the ROTC officers. for almost every one of them has part of his handiwork somewhere or other on the globe. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor to the Free Lance, at. 1877 Published Tuesday through Friday mornings during the College year by the statf of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July o, 1934, at the .tal.e College, Pa., Post Otrice under the act of Match 3. 1879. $2.50 a semester. 0t.2.5 the school year. Allan W. Oetar - -- Editor .4..honalci W. !'Alts - - Bus. Naar. Represented for national advertising y National Advertising Service, Madi son Ave., New York, N.Y, Chicago, isoston. Los Angeles, San Leraneisco. iiTAFF THII3 DMUS Annoying Editor _ _—_Bennwit Fairorth Asiiistant --- Jo Fox IM=t1M!!!!!!!!! I=3 Advertising Manager _ _ __Billie Watson Astte. _ Robert Drucker. Barbara Hallman 410)P. FRIDAY, OCTOBZR 17, 1947 Empty School House Provides "Home" , For Prof All kinds of tales have come out of the current housing abort ae, but this is the first time an abandoned school house was "home" to a College profess& and his family. When George Ceista. new assist ant professor of music and chapel organist came to the College this fall. he and his family needed a Place to live. The only available room with a roof over It was the Shingletown School Huse. So today. with the benches. desks. and first trade colored pictures removed. Mr. Ceigs and his family have a comfortable home, completed with a Spinet piano. and a Hammond electric organ. Surcomis Mn.s Gnat As chapel organist. Mr. Cehm succeeds Mrs. Irene ChibaPe Grant. who retired this summer after 25 Years service to the Col lege. He conies to the fatally from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, where he taturht for 12 years. During this time he also was director of mu sic in two Chicano Eoiscopal churches. Jame W. Dunlop. former' mu sic director at Farrell High School. Joined the music faculty this Fall as associate Professor of music education. Niffany Dorms Elect Officers NALL/toy A.)orms' OLE/Celli for be c:Stia bc.alitB t.ur, electen IN eta- AugiAL lrl 14.12 ulluviuual anitoulic:ea Luuuy uy %Au/faun i. Van wylen. res4gent ..0 unseior. unieers of the dorms are as Dorm 23: Edmund D. kLaube, president; John Meehan, vice president;, Lewis H. Bentzel, sec retary; and Charles L. Hazen, treasurer. Dorm 24: John Repsher, Wil liam Deaver, Bernard Linn, and John Krebs. Dorm 25: Anthony J. Alexa, Loen I. Lock, John J. O'Conner, and John Doyle, Jr. Dorm 26: Bernard Berger, Ed ward Iv!aher, Gordon Knapp, and Leon Knoebel. . • Dorm 27: Charles Brackbill, Jack Ricalton, William Preston, and Gerard Prailey. Dorm 28: Nicholas Supron, Walter King, Robert L. Weid man, and Francis Hoskins. Dorm 29: Robert Wine, D. Jo seph Shearin, Robert Butts, and Timothy Hayes: Dorm 30: W. George Land, James Yochum, Ralph Mcßride, and Charles Catanach. Dorm 31: Peter Kalandiak. Yar Chomicky, Stuart Bachman, and George Sipida. Dorm 33: Joseph Conzola, Al bert Sheinfeld, Anshel Melamed. and Frank Barczyk. Dorm 34: Carl De Stefano, James Frezeman, John Barnes, and Richard Zmuda. Dorm 35: William D. Johns, Ward H. Houpt, James R. An drews, and Andrew Grasty. Dorm 36: Walter Lander, Fred Hoffman, and John C. Houck, secretary-treasurer. Dorm 37: Theodore Kunin, Harvey Smith, Richard Neilson, and Saul Paikin. Dorm 38: James Patrick, Ken neth Idomir, Galen Queen, and Albert Pollard. Dorm 39: Wesley M. Ecken felder, Edgar C. Weaver, Charles A. Szpak, and Richard L. Schle gel. Dorm .40: Sydney E. Pulver, Louis J. Wilkie, Donald F. Fore man, and John V. Puckett. Dorm 41: Robert Harrison, Wil liam Custer, Royal Bell, and James Gentz. Dorm 42: Donald Mitchell, Jo zeph Z. Januszkiewicz, Gereaux 0. Kuhn, and Verne Willamen. Dorm 43: Joseph Brown, Wal ter Allwoerden, William Hunt, and John Wenzel. Dorm 44: Thomas Lavinka, Robert J. Lowery, Donald F. Nuber, and Loron W. Leonard. The organizational meeting of the Nittany Council will be held Monday evening, at which time the presidents of the dorms will assemble and elect officers. __Helen Reed _John Hall
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