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Fair Distribution of Bowl Tickets
"Why didn't I get tickets to the Cotton Bowl
game?"
That will be a familiar cry when thousands of
disappointed students, faculty, alumni, and other
friends of the College have their money returned
to them in place of the coveted Cotton Bowl
pasteboards.
Those who were planning to make the trip to
Dallas, Texas, on New Year's Day and do not
get tickets will undoubtedly feel bitter for hav
ing taken away from them the opportunity to
see their victorious Lions participate in their
first bowl game since 1922.
Many have already planned transportation, vis
iting relatives in the Southwest, spending a warm
rather than a white Christmas, or nut seeing what
promises to be one of the outstanding football
games of the year.
Some of these people are going to be disap
pointed because, unfortunately, only 3000 tickets
were allotted to Penn State. To date the Athletic
Association has received applications for almost
10,000 tickets.
Because Ike Gilbert, graduate manager of ath
letics, felt that some equitable system of distri
bution had to be devised. especially in the case
of students, he called to his office the All-Col
lege president, the Athletic Association presi
dent, and the Editor of the Daily Collegian. and
College Calendar
AII calendar items must be in the Daily
Collegian office by 4:30 p.m. on the day pre-
ceding publication.
Tuesday, December 9
PI Tau Sigma, 105 Main Eng, 7 p.m.
MT. Nittany Philatelic Society, Room 120,
State College High School, 8 p.m.
BELLES Lettres Club, NE Lounge, Ather
ton, 7 p.m.
MEN'S Bridge Club, 206 EE, 7:30 p.m.
ORGANIZATION Meeting of Intercollegi
ate Conference on Government, 124 Sparks,
3:10 p.m.
MASQUERETTES, NE Lounge, Atherton,
3 p.m.
.PI Lambda Theta, 10 HE, 7:30 p.m.
SIGMA Xi, 119 New Physics, 7 p.m.
SENIOR Class, 10 Sparks, 7 p.m.
INDUSTRIAL Education Society, 122 Eng
13, 7:30 p.m.
TAU Beta Pi, 107 Main Eng, 7 p.m.
PI Tau Sigma, 105 Main Eng, 7 p.m.
COMMON Sense Club, 405 Old Main,
7 p.m.
IFC Judicial, 415 Old Main, 6:30 p.m
SPANISH Honorary, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m.
AEPi, 415 Old Main, 8 p.m.
PSI Sigma Pi, 5 For, 7 p.m.
WRA Club presidents' meeting, WRA
room, WH, 6:30 p.m.
BEGINNERS' Bridge, WH, 7 p.m.
ADVANCED Bridge Club Tournament,
Atherton Lounge, 7:15 p.m.
FENCING Club, WH, 7 p.m.
ERIE students, Old Main Lounge, 6:15 p.m.
CLUB 50, 304 Old Main.
CLOVER Club, 103 Ag, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN Sophomore and Junior Busi
ness Board, 1 CH, 6:45 p.m. Editorial candi
dates, 9 CH, 6:45 p.m.
EX-MARINES and Marine Reserves, Eng
E, 7:30 p.m.
ENGINEERING Student Council, 106
Main Eng, 7:15 p.m.
ETA Kappa Nu pledge meeting, Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity house, 7 p.m.
STUDENT Union Committee, Room 8,
Carnegie Hall, 8 p.m.
CHEM and Phys Student Council, 417 Old
Main, 7 p.m.
At the Movies
Cathaum—lt Had to Be You
State—Jezebel
Nittany—Perils of Pauline
College Hospital
Admitted Thursday: Robert Frankhouse.
Discharged Thursday: Samuel Challinor.
Admitted Saturday: Clyde Mayer, Doris
Wolfinger, James Fluke.
Discharged Saturday: Donald Stevenson,
Catherine Kuharsky.
Admitted Sunday: Avis Kresin.
Admitted Monday: Ralph Peterson, Irene
Dapfeld.
Discharged Monday: Clyde Gass, Avis
Kresin, Doris Wolfinger.
Placement Service
Hazeltine Electronics Company, December
11, EE. Phy (degrees to be received in Jan.).
PhD receiving degree in June also eligible.
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 Rio-Chem, Chem Eng,
Chem, Comm Chem, ME.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, December 12,
...ighth semester men, ME, EE.
Buy Scouts of America, December 15,
:ighth semester men and undergraduates in
terested in working as field executives in
C&F, A&L, Ed Phys Ed, For, Ind Ed.
Ingersoll Steel Division of Borg-Warner
Corp., December 10, seventh and eighth se
mester men, IE ME.
Arrangements for interviews should be
made at once in 204 Old Main.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE,
asked them to decide on how the student allot
ment would be distributed.
It was first arbitrarily decided to give half the
tickets to students and half the tickets to alumni.
There were applications for 2276 tickets for the
students and over 7500 applications from alumni,
faculty, business people, and politicians. Many of
these applications came from alumni in Texas who
are begging to see Penn State play in the Cotton
BowL •
How Mr. Gilbert is going to apportion 1500
tickets among 7500 applicants is a problem
which we are happy not to hare.
How to give 1500 tickets to 2276 students is a
problem with which student leaders have been
wrestling since Friday. There were three possible
solutions suggested: to fill the orders first come
first served; to arbitrarily cut all orders in half;
or to conduct a raffle. The raffle idea was finally
adopted. This system worked out quite well at
Southern Methodist University where the demand
is also greater than the supply.
Why Penn State received no more than 3000
tickets is hard to explain other than the fact that
the Cotton Bowl has a 46,000 capacity. Half of
these seats went to the Cotton Bowl Association
which had over 90,000 applications. The other
23,000 was divided between the member schools
of the Southwest Conference. Penn State's allot
ment came from this quota.
Although student leaders have pleaded with
Cotton Bowl officials, additional tickets are im
possible to obtain since all other seats have been
sold out for months.
Student leaders who conducted the raffle last
night urge the fortunate applicants to keep the
tickets on the campus.
Co-op Editorial
(Continued from page one)
State has one of the lowest tuition, board, and•
room rates in the Commonwealth.
The College has made an earnest endeavor to
keep school costs down. Outside of tuition and
room and board rates, the Administration has little
control. At this point, student leaders took control
of the situation by organizing the Co-op Com
mittee.
The co-op movement is in keeping with the
aims of the College--2o keep the cost of obtain
ing an education at a minimum.
In a recent poll taken among 4000 undergrad
uate students, 93 percent of the student body rati
fied the proposed co-op. The program, which called
for establishing a student-operated store on cam
pus, was designed for the sole purpose of saving
the students a few precious pennies on such items
as toilet articles, school supplies, cigarettes, and
candy.
The amount each student could save by pur
chasing from the Co-op would. in ordinary times,
be considered insignificant. With the present
cost of living such as it is. a few pennies saved
on various items helps make the subsistence and
allowance checks come closer to covering the
costs of a college education.
The co-op movement was not dreamed up by
Penn Staters. At many other colleges and universi
ties throughout the country, they are successfully
operated.
At the University of Alabama, for instance, the
college administration was petitioned as was the
Executive Board of Trustees. The answer at Ala
bama was a "go ahead" signal. Not only did the
southern school's students get the blessings of the
administration, but the college furnished the build
ing space and refrigeration for the planned co-op.
Cornell. Arizona, and Wisconsin are but a few
of the other schools that have found co-ops very
successful and useful. especially In the present
times of soaring prices.
Educators throughout the country have ex
pressed alarm at the steadily rising cost of a col
lege education, it has been pointed out by Dr.
Allan K. Manchester of Duke University. "Col
leges and universities are handicapped," he stated,
"in that they can do little to prevent this increase
in cost. Financial compensation for instructors,
building and maintenance costs, educational equip
ment, and food and lodging have all reached un
precedented heights in dollar value."
In the proposed co-op, Penn State students had
a chance to cut down a few costs.
By voting "No" for the co-op the trustees pro
tected the interests of a handful of small business
groups in State College. As taxpayers who help
support this institution, they have a right to be
considered. However, they are by far the minority
group. The thousands of parents who are paying
their children's way through college are bearing
the brunt of the co-op defeat. They are both voters
and taxpayers.
Collegian believes that the Executive Board
of Trustees has made a serious mistake in voting
down the co-op proposal and it is hoped that the
issue has not been killed!
Senior Class Meets Tonight
TO THE EDITOR: Following are the reports
which will make up the agenda for the senior
class meeting to be held in 10 Sparks at 7 o'clock
tonight•
Sheepskin Serenade Committee
Cap and Gown Committee
Invitations Committee
Class Gift Committee
On Commencement Speaker
--Jo Ann Roraback,
A hatchet murder occurred at the Board of Trustees meeting
Friday when the co-op project was "given the axe."
To say the least, student leaders working for College improve
ment have been dealt an incalculable blow of disillusionment. The
co-op plan was undoubtably the
most thoroughly organized and
well planned project attempted
by the present All-College Cab
inet. Emory Brown's committee
in charge has worked diligently
since August to perfect a work
able program.
With the trustees serving as an
insurmountable hrtidie, it is nar
ural that an apathetic attttude
towards all improvement steps
Predominate throughout the stu
dent body.
On what grounds was the plan
sent to the guillotine? Said the
official notification from James
Milholland. acting president of
The College, to Emory Brown:
because of the public
character of this institutio9 it is
not in order for building space,
light, heat, and maintenance ser
vices to be used for a project
which will compete with private
enterprise."
The cooperative plan suffered a
lingering death. During a lengthy
discussion, some trustees conced
ed that the plan was financially
sound. workable and well con
structed. Those representing agri
culturists espoused the growth of
co-ops throughauft the country.
But come the vote . . . the plan
doled on a negative chapping
block.
Will the thousandz of students
who voted approval of the co
operative now let it pass in silent
requiem?
How different we are. At the
University of Alabama. a student
proposed purchasing cooperative
was not only sanctioned, but was
equipped by the administration
with building and refrigeration
space.
Incensed by the absorbant
prices charged by book stores,
students of the University of In-
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VANIA
CABINET CORNER
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 104'7
BT Jo Fox
diana led a complete boycott at
mid-semester. The entire campus
refrained from buying books, for
their courses; and the profs 'co
operated by furnishing complete
notes on the readings. The book
stores were soon salaaming.
Mid semester is only two
months away I
Meager Meal
The Interchtirch Student Fel
lowship invites all interested stu
dents to participate in a Meagre
Meal at St. Paul's Methodist
Church from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. Thursday, said Marjorie
Billstein and Helen Dickerson.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to the Tree Laces. eat 1871
Published Tuesday through "'rid*,
mornings during the College year by
the staff of the Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State College Entered a.
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.
Man. Ed., Lawrence G. Foster; News
Ed.. Dick Serge: Sports Ed., Ted Rubin:
Feature-Photo Ed., Dave Adelman:
Women's Ed., Kay Badollet: Asset
Women's Ed., Marjorie Mousley.
Wire Ed., Roberta Hutchison; Senior
Board. Howard Back, Eleanor Fehnel.
Ben L French, Helen ,Lewis. Joan
Peters. J. Arthur Stober.
Ad. Dir., Spencer Scheckter• Local
Ad Man, Barbara Keefer; Ass't. Bus.
Mgr., Jack Strickland; Circ. Mgr., Robert
Kranich; bec., Mary Lou Callahan;
Class Ad Mgr., Lucille Martin.
Allan W. OBtar
Donald W Ellis
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor Lois Bloompsist
Asst Managing Editor Myrna Tex
News Editor __ Janet Adler
Asst. News Editor --
Dorothy Hunabarger
Assistants' • Pauly Moss. Jack Reen
Advertising Manager George Latzo
Assistants—June Snyder and Koeti Barges
- Editor
Bus Mgr.
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