PAGE TWO Let's Get Together Much has been said about the breach between "town and gown" but there is an equally wide chasm right on campus between the administration and the student body. Town merchants and student leaders have worked hard to bridge the first gap but very little is being done about the latter. Undoubtedly, much of the antagonism is caused by the times. We have just passed through a long war with its many problems and have moved into the post-war period of expansion with its equally difficult problems. Then too, President Hetzel, who had an uncanny knack of cementing administration-student relations, is gone. The students have their problems too, but they'd be glad to help if they were given the chance. Instead, both groups go their own way—the administration passing reso lutions and making decisions without telldng the "whys and whats" about them and the students sniping away at what they think is unjust. Each has a wrong conception of the other. Rarely do the administrationleaders have or take the time to know title students and understand their problems. The students resent this and continually issue what could be unnecessary "gripes." Let's get together! The uproar at Pollock Circle would subside if the resi dents knew a little of what the administration is trying to do to better living conditions there. The coeds would be more cooperative to the new dinner dress ruling if they were told why it is necessary. And so on down the line. Then too, perhaps we could get together for adminis tration-student receptions and get to know each other a little better. When each side finds, out that the other side is really human, relations are boundt,o improve. After all, we're all working for the same thing—A Better Penn State—and it could be much easier if we all pulled together\in the same direction! —BIF A Pressing Need "Oh, the Collegian wants that student press so that they can make more money." That's probably one of the comments that comes up whenever students talk about the proposed student press, one of the suggestions to the senior class for the disposal of the class gift fund of over $6OOO. The student press, as envisaged by its proponents, would include a newspaper size press as well as facilities for job and poster printing. It would • be owned and oper ated by a student corporation. One of the greatest advantages of the press would be its savings for students and student organizations. At pres ent most of the printing required by student groups is done in commercial shops, which must charge rates high enough to make a profit. It would be difficult to calculate the total amount spent by student organizations for printing in any one year, but a quick look around campus shows how great it must be. The amount spent must be great, for printing costs are not low. The proposed student press would be equipped to handle all this printing. And it would be financed in such a way that profit above operating expenses would be elimi nated. It is by this pelrcentage that students on campus would benefit. The Daily Collegian would also be printed by the stu dent press. This saving would be passed along to the stu dent body in the form of a better newspaper or a less ex pensive newspaper, or both. —Elliot Shapiro The Danes 'Keep Off' "Go ahead and walk on the grass," was the cordial in vitation I received everywhere from the hospitable Danes on the beautiful campus of Aarhus University, Denmark, in August of 1946. Curiosity as to how the grass could be maintained, in such a lush condition, without a path, bare spot, or brown patch even though walked on, led to some queries. "Oh, it's simple," was the reply, "nobody ever thinks of walking on it until the end of the spring growth." The beauty of their verdant, rolling lawns for the rest of the summer and fall was its own reward to the nature ioving Danes. —Lew Stone • One of the few examples of wholehearted cooperation between the Hindu and Moslem factions in India exists in the Student Re lief Committee for the nation which has delegates from both sides, and which has been completely impartial in distributing relief goods raised or purchased by Indian donations. • NSA has urged that students take action to cut the cost of Living by forming housing and eating co-operatives. In compliment ing the work done by the North American Student Co-operative League represented at the University of California by the Universi ty Students Co-operative Association, NSA expressed concern over .ow student income as contrasted with inflationary prices. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA ORIN AND DEAR IT Letters to The Editor's Mail Call should be limited to 150 wards so that all contributors may be given space. The editor reserves the right to print in part all letters over that limit. Let.. tore must be signed and the address and telephone number given. Names will be withheld from publication if requested. Men on Dressing TO THE EDITOR: On the re cent protests against the "clothes code," I would like to offer the general sentiment of us men on the matter. In the first place, we are in clined to believe that Dean Wes ton's action is justified for rea- • Letters continue to come in to the Daily Collegian office without signatures. "An Interested Reader" wrote in yesterday, addressing her later to the 31 Coeds in Atth Hall. Names may be withheld in publication but the original letter must have a signa ture and an address. • A small politician is one who. correctly anticipates which way the voters are going, rushes to the front, and pretends he was there all the time. George is the kind of guy things happen after. Not to, but after. Nothing ever happens to him, but no sooner does he leave a place than something happens. Usually it's bad. Take when he was in the army, for example. Five times Georg e was in foxholes, during bombing raids, that were safe as a parches' game while he was there. Each time the raids ended, and George left, catastrophe remained behind. Five foxholes blew ula after George had gone. It got so bad after awhile that whenever George got up to leave his whole platoon would get u 43. to follow him. Finally in the in terests of an eventual Allied vq tory. General Eisenhower had to recommend his discharge. George decided to go to Penn State. Slowly but surely George began to build a reputation here at the College. He'd cross the street at College avenue, and despite Chief Juba. there'd be an automobile accident. He'd stroll toward the Nittany dorms, and steel pipes would unexplainedly clatter to the ground. He'd appear at the Dail-, Ex moition and the milk tasters "I advise you to buy as many jars as you can—before the secret irigredients are recalled again for a war effort." Editor's Mail call • Shipwreck Kelly, at 68, has announced that he is retiring trim the flagpole sitting profession, which leaves a nice opening for some young fellow who is anxious to climb to the top. 'My s.iotel 5aL CANAL \; NO6 S., • _ sons only too obvious. The fact that a girl is a coed on the Penn State campu does not exclude her from the dighity that society has accorded her. If coeds wish to have the rights and privileges of ladies, it is only right to expect neatness in attire from them. Most coeds on campus (as a matter of fact, "the majority") need no such ruling. It is our opinion that Dean Weston's action is aimed at the handful of girls that are too independent and too arrogant to follow a polite sug gestion that should not have to be made in the first place. —Daniel T. Cottage., Editorial Briefs By Dave Adelman would come down with Ptomaine lx)isoning. He watched the first half of one football game two years ago. and in the second half Larry Joe broke his collarbone: Last week he strolled by the Collegian office, and Phineas T. Glockenspiel had six kittens. George became a social pariah. of course. Yesterday. however. George was temporarily removed from circulation. He went to the Arm ory to cast his vote in the All- College elections and was seized. before he could leave. by ten masked figures. Best information is that he was o•-ing kept under lock and key until the ballots have all been tabulated. The All-College Elections Com mittee has waived a/Aria:titian. nMMDAY, AIL 22, BY thsl6Y Placement Service Moore Products Company, April 29. eighth-semester men from lE, ME. Interchemical Corporation, April 28. eighth-semester men from Chem Eng. Hazelton Division at Pennsii vanin Power & Light Company, April 28. eighth- -,nester men from DE. Montgomery Ward, April 28, eighth-semester men from le, C&F, A&L. Link-Belt CcanPlaty. Aprll 22. eighth-semester men from lE. ME, Civil Eng, Sanitary Eng. Erie Railroad Company. April 27. eighth semester men from EE, ME. Civil Engineering. American Aniline Products In corporated. April 27, eighth se mester men from Chem Eng. Chem. _ Pennsylvania Water and Pover Company. April 27. eighth se ter men from EE. ME. Overseas Personnel - Offica of Standard Oil, April 28. eighth se mester men from Civil Engineer ing. EE. ME. Sanitary Mutineer ing, Petroleum & Natural Gas En gineering. Chem Eng, Business Administration. Architectural En gineering. The Brown Instrument COM. Pany. April 27 and 28. eighth se mester men from EE. lE. ME. Physics. and men having mastel's degrees in EE or Physics. Republic Ste el Corporation. April 27. eighth semester men from EE. ME. Metallurgy. Chem Eng. Philco Corporation. April , 27. eighth semester men from EE. Physics. ME. Lehigh Portland Cement, April 26, eighth semester men from C&F. Civil and Architectural En gineering. Stanolind Oil and Gas Company. April 23, eighth semester men from Petroleum and Natural .Gas Engineering, Geology, Physics, Math, EE, ME, Chem Eng, Civil Engineering. Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Company. April 26. eighth semes ter men 'from Civil Engineering. Architectural Engineering. Wright Aeronautical Eng ne Division. Aero Eng, ME. for en gine development work. Calco Chemical Division. Amer ican Cyanamid Company, April 21 and 22. eighth • semester men. 8.5.. M.S.. and Ph.D. degrees in Chem and Chem Eng. Island Creek Coal 'Campani. April 23, eighth semester men from ME. MI. EE. Mineral Prepa ration Engineering, for mainte nance work. Undergraduates, summer employment. CALENDAR ALL - COLLEGE Cabinet. 20i Old Main. 8 p.m. LIBERAL Arts Student Coun cil, 127 Sparks. 7 pin. CAMPUS Center Cltth. 417 Oki Main. 7 p.m. U AG Ec. Alpha Zeta house. 7:30 r.m. WRA Bowling beginners. WH. 6:15 p.m. Swimming. Fencing. 7 n.m. MODERN dance concert. WE. 8 p.m. STUDENTS fo r Eisenhower. 1 20 Sparks. 7 n.m. WRA Bowling Club Elections, 7 p.m. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Succaosor to the 'tee Lance. eat 4/TI Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second chum matter July 11, 934, at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. 112.50 • semester: $4.25 the schoLl year. Allan W. O.tar Donald W. Lila Man Ed., Ben 1. Preach, Jr.; Name Ed., Roberta Hutchison ; Sports id., Tad Rubin; Ass't. Sports Ed., Dave Adelman; I. @stunt Ed.. Eleanor reline!: Wataaa's Ed., Marjorie Mousier. Managing Editor Elliot Shapiro Assistant Joha Boone News Editor Jack Lop= Assistant --__-__-^-__-_ George Vaasa. Copy Editor _____ Tom Morgan Assistant niniman Candidate Advertising Manager ____ Vaneeits= Thursday, April 22 - Witco Bus. Mgr. STAFF THIS MMUS
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