PAGE TWO Substitute Stamina (Editor's note: The following editorial is re. printed from the December 2, 1927 issue of the Collegian. Although 20 years old, it has lost none of the meaning that it had in 1927. The editorial took first prise in competition with other coneys publications, and was written by Louis H. Ben who was then News Editor of the paper.) SUB STAMINA With the closing of the official 1927 football sea son comes the steady flow of "All-" teams. Notable among others, there are the time-honored All- America, the insistent All-Conference combina tion, the All-Western, All-Eastern, All-Southern, All-State and a galaxy of other mythical teams of comparative minor importance. In conjunction with such announcements, individual players are praised to the skies; gridiron satellites are hoisted to the football pinnacle; team records are printed for proud display and championships are argued far into the winter so that stove-leaguers are kept busily engaged until warm Weather invites them out of doors. And amid these eulogic floods, watching with envying glance the public swim of gridiron greats, stands silently—as ever—the unsung hero of every team, the unrecognised poWer behind every varsity success—the substitute. Every so often some thoughtful sports chronicler stops to pen a few humble phrases about the scrub, whose worth, it seems, is always apparent but Seats of the Cotton Bowl College officials can do no more than urge stu dents to refrain from purchasing Cotton Bowl tickets for anyone other than fellow undergradu ates or alumni. There is a heavy demand for the tickets among the student body and the requests will probably be more numerous as soon as some definite word is received concerning train fare by coach, and the rooming situation in Dallas. During this past season many student factions hare complained about the distribution of foot ball tickets. Whether or not these complaints are justified is open to speculation. The Athletic Association feels that it has handled the situa tion as best it could under the prevailing circum stances. To have a part in purchasing bowl tickets for outsiders or "scalping" purposes is nothing short of a grave injustice to those students who may have the opportunity to attend the game, but can't because of a shortage of tickets. It calls for noth- College Calendar All calendar items must be in the Daily Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre• zeding publication. Thursday, December 4 IR Club, second floor lounge, Old Main, 7:30 p.m. CHAPEL Choir, Schwab, 7 p.m. CAMPUS Center Club, 417 Old Main, 7 p.m. CHRISTIAN Science Group, 200 CH, 7:30 p.m. SIGMA Gamma Epsilon, 229 MI, 7:15 p.m. WRA Outing Club, WH, 6:45 p.m. Swim ming Club, WH, 7 p.m.; Aquacade, 7:30 p.m. Fencing Club, WH, 7 p.m. CLASSICAL Record Concert, Atherton Lounge, 7 p.m. AMERICAN Chemical Society, 117 New Physics, 7 p.m. SKULL and Bones, 410 Old Main, 9:30 p.m. GRANGE, 100 Hort, 7 p.m. COMMON Sense Club, 409 Old Main, 6:30 p.m. CAMERA Club. 415 Old Main. 7 p.m. TAU Beta Pi, 105 Main Eng., 7 p.m. PSI Sigma Pi, 103 Forestry, 7 p.m. POULTRY Club, 104 Hort, l p.m. LA VIE Art staff, 223 Eng F, 7 p.m. HILLEL Dramatic and Radio Clubs, Foun dation, 8 p.m. SIGMA Tau, 100 EE, 6:30 p.m. THETA Sigma Phi, 107 Temporary, 6:30 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Tuesday: Jo Ann Beaver. Admitted Wednesday: Robert Grossman, Clyde Goss, Samuel Challinor, Donald Ste vension, Catharine Kuharsky. Discharged Wednesday: Donald Riordan. At the Movies Cathaum—Gone With the Wind State—The Other Love Nittany—Calcutta Placement Service Talon, Inc., December 4, eighth semester men, Chem Eng, ME, LE, C&F, A&L (with accounting). Naval Ordnance Laboratories, December 9, eighth semester men, Chem Eng, Phys, Math, Psych, ME, EE, Met. Campbell Soup Co., December 11, eighth semester men, Ag Bio-Chem, Chem Eng, Chem, Comm Chem, ME. Calvert Distilling Company, December 8, ighth semester men, Chem, Chem Eng, Bac. Also women interested in secretarial posi tions. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corp., December 8, eighth semester men, Aero Eng, ME, Met. Arrangements for Interviews should be made at once in 204 Old Main. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANLI, seldom recognised. Yet It is usually only a word or two eagerly devoured by the famished re serve whose publicity nourishment is sadly lack ing. Since any sane coach will affirm the futility of a successful varsity without reserve power, a sec ond, third and fourth team to absorb all manner of football abuse with never a word of complaint, it might be well to encourage and attract more of such unselfish martyrs to the gridiron. Although, as long as the spirit of competition is a natural in stinct in man, there will always be a sufficient quantity of "reserve beef" upon which a coach may rely. Some significant gesture should be adopted for manifesting the appreciation which coach, player, and spectator alike feel for the scrub when they are reminded of his sacrificing qualities. Perhaps a "strictly substitute" banquet sponsored by the student body or the Athletic Association would be one means for such an expression. A minor award, a certificate or even a tiny trophy might serve the purjose. For there is no mote admirable man nor any more deserving of reward than he who sacri fices time, energy and scholarship day after day for a coveted post that is more often than not be yond his reach. For every substitute there is a place on the AU-America Stamina team. lag more than adherence to a sense of fairness on the part of all ticket purchasers. The distribution of the 2500 tickets alloted to Penn State is another question. Previously the stu dents and alumni have been grouped in separate sections. It is possible to initiate a new seating ar rangement that Would not only prove fair to both groups, but would greatly increase the cheering power of the Penn State delegation. It would fol low the plan used in .the Artists' Course series whereby one row of seats is alloted to students and the next to faculty and townspeople. At the Cotton Bowl. this plan would work very will. It wouldn't be long before our alumni who have forgotten the College cheers would, if properly encouraged, be giving their best vocal support to the Lioni. —LGF Editor's Mail call ICORE Asks Your Help TO THE EDITOR: One of the major problems now confronting the students of Penn State, along with the citizens of State College, is the discrimi nating treatment of our racial, religious and other minorities. We of the Committee on Race Equality (CORE) are attempting to build an organisation from representatives of both town and campus groups. The function of this committee will be to study the problems of local discrimination and do our best toward righting the wrongs which now ex ist. If you are interested in furthering racial and religious equality in State College, please send a representative to our next meeting. We would greatly appreciate having the active support and participation of your organization in this cause. If you find it impracticable to send a repre sentative to this meeting, please let the CORE know to what extent you are willing to support our cause and your interest in this matter. Sincerely yours. Edmund Walacavage, Chairman, Organisational Committee Longs for Lounge Lights TO THE EDITOR: Commuting back and forth from Boalsburg is a little inconvenient because spare hours have to be spent in State College. One tires of studying in the library and finds comfort in the lounge of Old Main, for which I am very thankful. However, the lights are a little dim for much reading. After ten minutes of reading. I feel my eyes being greatly strained. Can't something be done to remedy this situation? The lights are the only complaint I have against the lounge. Last spring I suggested that lights be installed on the steps leading from the Library to the path toward the Home Economic practice houses and Frear Lab. Everytime I'd go down these steps in the evening I just about manage to keep from tripping. This suggestion was put in the Student Union suggestion box but I never heard of the matter ever being taken up. Maybe you could tell me whom to take my complaints to. A Memorial to Dean Whitmore TO THE EDITOR: The untimely and unexpected death of Dean F. C. Whitmore was felt deeply by all those who knew and worked with him. His unselfish aid to individual students and his world renowned accomplishments in the field of chem istry will always stand as a memorial to him. We would lake to suggest to the students and faculty of Penn State a memorial to him. The New Physics building is at present unnamed, and we feel that it would be more than appro priate that it be named in his honor. We hope you the faculty will give this suggestion sup. port, and you the student body will, perhaps by a resolution at your different class meetings or by word of mouth, also feel that credit should be given where credit is due. 1 Cabinet Corner By Jo Fox Two of the biggest All-College Cabinet projects may be con summated this week. Fate of the campus co-op store will be decided by a Board of Trustees vote tomorrow. Cab inet's food investigation commit tee's meeting with administrative officials, and the Pollock Circle dietetic staff last night may be the final stride toward dining commons improvement. If the Trustees ' approve the co-op plan, we'll find our pur chasing power stretching happily next semester. Mark-ups at the co-op will average 5 per cent. Compare this to local retail in creases of SO to 50 per cent on book and toilet supplies. A rejection of the plan will show us the quick death an ad ministrative blockade can deal hard working student improve ment groups, like Emory Brown's co-op committee. Willard Agnew, whose Hetzel Memorial Fund committee report was tabled at Cabinet last week, will try again tonight. The com mittee proposed that money col lected be used to buy a set of the late president's favorite sea stories. Frank Tidona, chief ob jector to the plan, advocated establishing a Hetzel memorial scholarship. Agnew, attacking the practi cality of Tidona's suggestion, said that a worthwhile continuous scholarship could only be run by collecting a sum large enough to cover the award through interest returns on the capital. Neverthe less, we feel the students would be more willing to donate for a scholarship than a shelf of books. Agnew further stated that an amount well into the thousands would have to be collected if periodic collections were to be avoided. But we remember drives reaching the five thousand mark. ?NE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor to the Free Lance, est 1811 Published Tuesday through !'ridgy mornings during the College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College Entered as second class matter July 5. 1934, at the State College, Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879 $2.50 a semester: $4.25 the school year. Represented for national advertising by National Advertising Service. Madi son Ave., New York, N.Y., Chicago. Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Allan W Oster Donald W MU STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor- Clain Lee Assistant Art Eiden News Editor Dave Nalven Assistant Janie Schwing Advertising Manatrer----Beima Lampert. Assistants C. Jacobson A. Zekowakaa Candidate, on Issue Richard Broaunan Jane Slifer Name withheld Charles Noel R. Wick James H. Mann E. F. Peters ..020.. Maxi-Hots Come . . . . 44, - N fi t_JUI . of the Jr in Pan PP and go into a luscious, golden brown bun, smothered with mustard, relish, onions, and a tempting, hot Mexican meat sauce! These famous Mexican hot dogs are Ta uRsDAY , IX!MCW3Fit 4, 1047 , MCA Sponsored Groups Hold Fireside Sessions Fireside sessions in P rofessor? homes will be held beginning to day and lasting until the Christ mas holiday, stated Ruth Mc- Whirter and Buddy Thorny\ co chairmen of the FSCA program committee. Any student, who wishes to at tend these informal meetings may register in 304 Old Main. Approximately eight people visit each home at one time. To help the students and fac ulty become better acquainted, some meetings will be social and others discussion groups led by the professors. Similar fireside meetings will be held in the living units be ginning next week. Record Concert A classical record concert will be given in Atherton lounge at 7 o'clock tonight. The concert. with commentary by Naomi Coop er. is sponsored by the Common Sense Club and the College 'Book and Record Shop. STAN ALPRIN "SCATTER RUGS" Dorm 36 Room 6 Bus. Mgr Still only 15c 00D f (mgm)
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