PAG* TWO Gripes Are Healthy One of the things which has been bothering College administrators and student leaders has been the seemingly excessive griping of the student body. Gripes range from the dangerous crossing at Co-op Corner to the uncooked spaghetti at Pollock Circle. Perhaps because the students feel they can get more satisfaction from putting their gripes into print instead of using a suggestion box at Student Union, the Daily Col legian has in the past year been flooded with gripe letters. Last year All-College Cabinet installed a suggestion box at the SU desk, but it received suoh little response that it was finally removed. At a meeting of editors of representative college dailies at the University of Michigan last week the question was discussed and it was discovered that griping was wide spread on all campuses. It was concluded that it is the dif ference in composition of the post-war student bodies that has caused the additional griping. Before the war students were much younger, hadn't been away from home to any great extent, and consequently were overly impressed and afraid to gripe. Today veterans are older, more mature, less easily impressed, and more prone to air their grievances. The situation has, in general, been found to be a heal thy one, by most colleges and universities. The University of Illinois president has stated that gripe letters are the best means of letting the administration know what kind of a job it is doing. Perhaps Letters to the Editor’s Mailcall of Collegian should be made required reading for all members of the Col lege administration. CALENDAR Tuesday, February 24 MEN’S Bridge Club, 206 EE, 7 CLUB SO, 10 Sparks, 7 p.m. EQUISSE, 107 ME, 7 pjn. PHI Sigma lota, NE lounge Ath, 7:30 p.m. NEWMAN Club Discussion Group, 104 Tern, 7 p.m. WRA Bridge Club, Playroom WH, 8 pm. COLLEGIAN Sophomore Edi torial Board, 8 CH, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN Editorial Candi dates, 9 CH, 7 p-m. I.F.C. BALL April 16 JOHNNY LONG THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA —From the Editor's Mailbox Ode to Simon's Nose TO THE EDITOR: The enclosed example of poetic fantasy appear, ed in a recent issue, February 12th to be exact, of our student organ, “The Bucknelliian.” We feel that, peradventure, your own sense of sportsmanship, so highly culti vated at Penn State, will enable you to insert this poem in “The Collegian.” The poem was written as a let ter to the editor of “The Buck nellian.” William A. Stark Donald J. Smith On Wednesday, January the twenty-first, '' You were determined to win or burst. Whether you won by playing fair. By breaking noses or pulling hair. None of these seemed to matter to you. Win dirty or foul was O.K. to Spring Dance of the year House party Weekend do. Well, Mr. Lose, you!! be proud lo know. You've done lots of damage to your foe. Our little "Spark-plug" won't play for awhile. Because of you and your sports manship style. You broke his nose and black ened his eyes. Yes, indeed, you deserve a prise! We'd like you to know that you rate first— On our list of athletes that you are the worst! 1!! 11 —Helen Markley, Pat Rodli, Elisabeth Kennedy, Phillis Reigh, Algia A. Moser, Eloise Rile. Pat Morgan, Penn Stale College. The above "Ode" was printed with the permission of the con cerned. To us this action by Lose refutes the testimony pre sented above as to his sense of sportsmanship.—Ed. 9-1 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1048 THE DAILY COLLEGIA!! Successor to the free Lance, est 1177 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the College year by the staff of the Dally Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter July S, 1984, at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1878. $2.50 a semester; $4.25 the school year. Allan W. Os tar Donald W. Ellis STAFF THIS IBBUB Managing Editor Jo Fox Assistant Dottle Weriinieh Mews Editor __ Anno Kovalenko Assistant Florence Fainberg Copy Editor —_ Amie Qerton Assistant Bill Hermann Advertising Manager Miml Pomerlne Edited Bus. Mgn
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