Ten Year Mistake
A "questionable" questionnaire now being distributed
to Liberal Arts graduating seniors brings to an end a ten
year-long mistake.
The objectionable Liberal Arts form which asks the
applicant's race, religion, and parents' birthplace will be re
placed by new blanks next semester.
Printed in 'great volume ten years ago, the forms
smacking of discrimination could not be scrapped for new
ones because of the limited LA budget, even though the
placement officials realized the irrelevance of background
material.
The Liberal Arts Placement Service, headed by Mr.
Henry B. Young, only serves in an advisory capacity now
and does no hiring, but files all applications in its own
office.
Since 1945 all job procurement has been handled by the
central College Placement Service in Old Main. Previously
interested employers consulted with individual schools.
Each business firm required students to fill out a form.
To do away with duplicated information, the LA Placement
Service 10 years ago compiled a list of questions asked by
100 companies before running oil its form.
Ninety-four asked the applicant's race, religion, and
parents' birthplace. Discrimination is receiving enough pub
licity at present without further emphasis, but a university
must take the lead in discouraging and eliminating preju
dice.
hi the application filed by seniors with the College
Placement Service, questions concerning race, religion, and
parents' birthplace have been omitted, and an individual's
talents and capabilities can speak for themselves.
Although the College's application for admission does
not ask religion, the next step possibly is to exclude one's
religious affiliation from the transcript.
—Bennett Learjairorth
• The World Student Relief Center in New Delhi, India, for
aid to refugee students and teachers has been recognized as a
training ground for social service work by the East Punjab Uni
versity. One hundred and fifty students from East Punjab have
been assigned to work at the center, and will receive their social
service degrees for satisfactory work done there.
• The World Student Relief Center in New Delhi, India, for aid
to refugee students and teachers has started two primary schools as
a project giving employment to the university personnel at the
center, and beneillting children and illiterate adults at nearby
.:enters.
• Chinese students, themselves among the world's neediest,
have again this year raised money to be used for relief of Euro
pean students. Two concerts given in Chungking by the student
relief committee there realized six million dollars (Chinese Nation
al currency) to be sent to Europe for student relief.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Wednesday, April 7
FLYING Club, 415 Old Main. 7
:3.1n.
BIBLE Fellowship, 210 Main
Eng.. 4:10 p.m.
PSCA Marriage Seminar. 405
old Main. 6:45 p.m.
MI STUDENT Council, 105 MI.,
7 p.m.
CHINESE Bible Class. 207 CH.
:30 p.m.
INDIAN Bible Class. 207 CH. 8
WRA Field Hock ey. Holmes
old. 4 n.m.
At the Movies
Cathaum—ldeal Husband.
Nittany—Nightmare Alley.
State—Miracle of the Bells.
College Hospital
Admitted Monday: Sonia Coyne.
Admitted Tuesday: Richard
.a rnh art. Bonni el ee Hartmann
111 - 1 e Kovalenko, Jean Narigan.
I a rtha Jane Schel 1, Evelyn
Discharged Tuesday: Theodore
‘llen. William Kaucher, Robert
Aeohens. Frances Walker. Mil
. ,rd Wright.
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April 14 and 15. Eighth semester
men in ME, EE, lE, Metallurgy,
and Accounting. Two Chem Engi
neers—Lab control and manufac
turing in Electroplating field. M.S.
or Ph.D. Physicists.
Carnegie Illinois Steel Co., Ap
ril 8 and 9. Jrs. for summer work
from EE, IE, Chem Eng, ME, and
Metallurgy.
Kurt Salmon Associates, April
14, 15, 16. Eighth semester men in
lE.
Peat, Marwick and Mitchell Co.
April 14, Eighth semester Ac
counting Majors—Public Account
ing.
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Corp.
April 13, Eighth semester men in
AE, ME.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. April
8 and 9, Eighth semester men in
EE, lE, ME, ChE, and Metallurgy.
Cincinnati Milling Machine Co.
April 13 and 14, eighth semester
men from EE, lE, ME, Chem Eng,
Metallurgy. All interested stu
dents may attend a showing of
company films in 110 EE, 7 p.m.
April 12.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
"World affairs ass getting more complicated, Joel Notice it takes
more then it used So, before they know exactly what's wrong
Words of One Syllable Dept.
Gerald L. K. Smith has been .mentioned by the House
Un-American Activities Committee, headed by Rep. J.
Parnell Thomas, as a possible witness in the committee's in
vestigation of fascist activities. Thomas stated that Smith
may be asked to answer questions about his racial pam
phlets and his financial support.
And from Tulsa, Smith said:
"Tf my financial backing makes a Fascist, then it
makes . . 1 Mr. Thomas a Fascist, because the same sort of
people—in some instances the same people—who gave
money to the political campaigns of . . . Thomas have con.
tributed money to me."
Need we say more?
Editor's Mail call
Freedom's Flame
TO THE EDITOR—
Freedom is a vital fire—
Loved alike on sea and land,
To keep it burning day by day
Is n task for every man.
A fire as we all must know—
Must ever have some care
Fo r fear it should burn very low
Or else too high should flare.
Yes, Freedom is a mighty force
For which men loudly cry.
But too much Freedom causes
grief—
Too little causes men to die.
When Freedom's fire burns too
low,
Man is oppressed and cold
And if the flame grows out of
hand—
Man suffers a thousand fold.
If upon our land so fair
A deluge of hate should flow,
We must watch o'er Freedom's
flame
Lest it should lose it's glow.
So let us guard our heritage
Gained for us through blood
and tears.
Let us keep it burning bright
For all throughout the years.
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STATE COLLEGE HOTEL
with the world!"
—Daily Californian.
And if at home or far abroad
An evil monster tries
To take away our Freedom dear—
To arms! Free men arise!
Strike our foe while we are
strong,
Let not a foeman stand.
Strike for Freedom and for home
In this, our Native Land
And to all of us in Freedom's
glow,
Please keep this thought in
mind,
At race, creed, color, rich or
poor,
We should never draw a line.
For God has let us have this land
Fo r a purpose of His own—
That all who live within its
shores
May have a sincerely happy
home.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL '7, 1048
By Uebty
VA Asks Proof
On Dependency
The Veterans Administration
yesterday issued a reminder that
veterans with more than one de
pendent should sui snit evidence
showing this dependency, if it has
not previously been established.
Certified copies of birth and
marriage certificates will be ac
cepted as evidence of dependent
children and wire. For proof of
dependent parents, an affidavit
available at the VA office in Old
Zoology building, should be filled
out.
Veterans with one dependent,
or none, need take .no action to
become eligible for increased al
lowances effective April 1. The
raise applies only to full-time
students. carrying a minimum od
12 semester hours.
Full explanation of the :fights
and benefits open to veterans
under the National Service Life
Insurance will be given in
Schwab Auditorium at 7:15 end
8:15 tomorrow.
' Under the original GI m
Servicemen's Readjustment Ac; ad
1944—trainees were to receive
Only $5O a month if single, and
$75 if they had dependents. When
the great tide ad veterans hit the
campus in 1946, however, infla
tion and the consequent pressure
from veterans' organizations had
led Congress to increase the al
lowances to $95 and $9O. respec
tively.
Although some legislators main
tained that the GI Bill was never
intended to pay the entire cost of
a veteran's education. subsistence
was upped again in the law en
acted February 14.
These monthly rates, from
April 1, will be $75 for veterans
without dependents. $lO5 for
those with one dependent, and
$l.lO for those who have more
than one dependent.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Successor to the free Lance. est ISTI
Pubnailed Tuesday through Saturday
mornings during the College year by
the staff of the Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State College. Entered ae
second class matter July A, 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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