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Too Many Gripes?
Dean of Men Warnock, in a letter in Friday’s “Editor's-
Mailcall,” complained that "ninety percent of the letters to
the editor . . . are in the nature of gripes, and usually bad
tempered gripes.” He continued that he sees many student*
on campus acting as if they are glad that they are at Peon
State. The dean concluded with the question, "Where's the
inconsistency ?”
Fellow-newspaperman ARW should know the answer to
his question from bis years in community journaSsm. It is
seldom that readers write in except to complain. They may
talk on the street about how well things are going, bat when
they take the proverbial pen in hand, they have a gripe on
their minds. It never fails!
The situation on The Daily Collegian is no different
than on any other newspaper except that college students
are more prolific letter-writers. Only a small percentage of
these letters are needless gripes. By far the largest percent
age offer constructive criticism through Collegian’s columns.
In answer to the dean's statement that off-campus read
ers would conclude that Penn State is a miserable place, we
can only offer our exchange issues of thirty or forty other
college newspapers where the same pattern of letters follow.
As for boosting Penn State, the students are the first ones to
stand up for the school against outside criticism when they
are away from State College.
However, when they are moved enough to write in to
the Collegian, they almost always have a criticism. Why?
Because among themselves they will admit that Penn State
is not the best school in the country and even if it was, there
would always be room for improvement.
The dean’s letter did impress that some of us are
liable to lose sight of the benefits of this great institution
when we concentrate on criticism. But, Dean, where would
Penn State be today if you and “Prexy” and the rest of the
administration had been satisfied with the status quo back
in tJhe twenties and thirties?—BlF
Editors
Mailcall
Cabinet Agenda
TO THE EDITOR: FoUcwiasr Is
tt» agenda tor the next All-Col
lett* Cabinet meeting on Thurs
day. Mbmrary 13. 1948. at 8 n.m.:
ROM. CAUL
Mifflwmas or previous meet
ing
Of PAELIA-
MENTAJRIAiN
OATH or OFFICE TO NEW
JUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
OLD BUSINESS:
Report from Co-op Committee
Report from Hetzel Memorial
Committee
Report from National Student
Association
Report from Committee on
Revision of All-College Consti
tution
iEW BUSINESS:
Appointment of student mem-
Say it with candy .. . the
*jrandy carter#
Let Hearts Filled With Our Own
Chocolates Say SeWlyVafentine
• The U. of Texas Co-operative
Air Service has three Taylorcrafts
and is saving the member students
$3.00 per flying hour compared to
the regular commercial rates.
bens to Penn State-in-China
—Thomas J. Batmen,
All'Gollega President.
THE OAILY COLLEGIA*
Successor to the Free Lance, est IST)
Published Tuesday through Saturday
mornings during the College year by
the stall of the Dally 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.
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Man. Ed., Ben 1. French, Jr.; News
Ed., Roberta Hutchison ; Sports Ed., Ted
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Feature Ed., Eleanor Fehnel; Woman’s
Ed., Marjorie Mousley.
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Wy DwhledDJe
Milt Simon, that consummate actor, that complete showman on
the basketball court, that devotee ol Thespis under the hoops at Rec
Hall—is an imposter.
Horw come? Bend an ear, brother, and prepare for enlightenment.
Go back to the Syracuse game as
a case in point. There was “Mitey”
Milton in all his glory. He sar
castically applauded the Orange’s
Bill Gabor for tactics which the
referees belatedly discovered. He
rested his haunches on the scor
er’s table, and ail but smothered
a yawn of pretended boredom
as frantic Syracuse attempted to
come from behind while time ran
out. He liberally displayed that
well-known look of shocked sur
prise each time the intrepid refs
hung the responsibility for a foul
on him. What a performer!
But now the scene changes. We
take you to the little theatre off
Old Main, or rather in Old Main,
and there enrolled in Dramatics
we once more observe, though
fully clothed, Mr. Milton Simon.'
On the face of it this is a logical
place for him to he. It would
seem that he has merely trans
ported his well-known acting
abilities from one set of boards
to another. But permit us to
briefly sketch in the background.
The Dramatics class is about to
embark on their term project.
This consists of a one-act play,
which Maggie Magdovitz, the
student director, has cast from
among the members, of the class.
The play is “Why I Am a
Bachelor” and slated for the
leading feminine part is Miss
Barbara Ferber as Henrietta.
Playing opposite her—as Alger
non—is basketball’s Barrymore—
Milt Simon.
We proceed satisfactorily to the
night of the dress rehearsal.
From this point, however, we
don’t proceed at all. Henrietta is
ATTENTION
STUDENTS
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fine, but oh that Algernon! He
sputters. He stutters. He freezes
and wheezes. He cracks. Milt
Simon, the four-star attraction of
the Lawther Players; the guy
who knows and has used every
opponent distracting trick in the
book, finds he can’t go on. He, of
all people, has stage fright.
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Featuring
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"Permanent Peace
And Its Dangers”
A LECTURE BY
EZEQUIEL PADILLA
Mexican Statesman
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1948
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mission, 304 old Main, 7 pm.
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NSTTANY—Odd Man Out
College Hospital
Admitted Tuesday: Jay Irwin,
David Gould, Mary jane Keller,
Mary Auetry, Beverly Kant or.
Discharged Tuesday: Arch Ritta.
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