mils !Nob Legitimacy of a Student Press Acceptance by the Board of Trustees is a little-known but very important consideration in the selection of class gifts. Some question has already arisen concerning the accepts- Wray to the trustees of one gift suggestion for the senior class, a student press. Would the Board of Trustees, in view of its original posi tion concerning the campus Co-Op store, refuse to allow th establishment of a student press on the grounds that it would compete with private enterprise? Careful analysis of the activities of such a press and the present printing set-up sboukl convince them of its legitimacy. Basically, student publications, Collegian, Critique, Engi neer, Froth, and several others now defunct because of high printing cams, exist to fill student needs. Student needs as readers, and particularly as staff members. Literally hun dreds of undergraduates augment or receive their instruction and experience in writing, editing, advertising and business managment through student publications. As such they parallel the service offered by the College dairy, for instance, in instructional value. The department of journalism has long urged its students to seek positions on the Daily Collegian, English composition instructors universally accept the value of having student work published in Critique and its predecessors, and the approval of the Engineer by that school is well known. The business experience gained by student managers of publica tions is unquestionably valuable. Unfortunately, many of the publications periodically have nisi into financial trouble, and had to be bailed out, or even discontinued. The Penn State Farmer, The Ag Hill Breeze, Portfolio, and the Old Main Bell have all passed from the scene chiefly because of financial difficulties. Commercial printing establishments must make a profit to exist, and few would question their right to a fair margin of gain. A non-profit student press would be designed and operated to keep charges at or very near to actual costs. Those who remember the situation of now-defunct publica tions will agree that a relatively small percentage cut in their printing bill would have saved several of them. The charge of competition with private enterprise might best be answered by those most directly involved. The Daily Collegian furnishes perhaps the most typical example. His torically, Collegian has been published by the Nittany Print ing and Publishing Company as much to serve the College community as for business reasons. Anyone who has printing done locally knows that com pany is busy enough otherwise cheerfully to bid farewell to callous undergraduate editors, assorted curious proof readers, and the nightly personnel turnover required to put out a daily newspaper without flunking the staff out of school. Various members of the printing company organiza tion have expressed its willingness to friendly separation from Collegian. As a legitimate adjunct to instruction, as a cost-saver for student printing work of all kinds, and as a non-competitor with private enterprise, a class gift for a student press should be readily acceptable to the Board of Trustees. The first stage in the construction of the new classroom building has been completed. A shiny wooden outhouse now reposes on the site back of the Armory. The TAVERN annouocos ids official *pontos Wednesday, May 12 Open Daily (Except Sunday) 1:00 P.M. to Midnight Dinner from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. —Malcolm Whit. Edit Briefs DI AND DIAR IT "Your work has sunk to a treasonable depth, Comradel—Word arrives that one of you r compositions has reached the top of the Capitalistic Hit Parade!" Placement Service Arrangements for interviews should be made in 204 Old Main immediately. Connecticut Mutual Life In surance Company, May 18, eighth semester students interested in this field. North America Companies, May 18, eighth semester men in C&F. Group meeting, May 17, 228 Sparks, 7 pm. Westvaco Chlorihe Products Corporation, May 13, eighth-se mester men in EE for trainee in power department. Chem Eng students for production depart ment. West Penn Power Company, May 18 & 19, sixth and seventh semester men for summer em ployment. EE, ME, lE, CE. International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, May 17, eighth semester men in EE, lE, ME. Standard Oil Company Research Department of Indiana, May 13, seventh and eighth semester stu dents with B.S. or M.S., Ph.D. degrees in Chem, Chem. Eng. Kelly-Springfield Tire Com pany, May 14, eighth semester men in EE, ME, AE, Chem, Chem Eng. Standard Oil Company of In diana, May 12 and 13, eighth se- mester men in ME, EE, Civil Eng, Petroleum, and Natural Gas Eng. Burroughs Adding Machine Company, group meeting for C&F, A&L students interested in sales work, 228 Sparks 7 p.m.. May 11. Arrangements for indi vidual interviews on May 12 may be made after the meeting. Third United States Civil Serv ice Commission, group meeting for seniors, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. May 13. Curricula: Aero Eng, Architectural Eng, Ctv i I Eng, EE, lE, ME, Sanitary Eng, Min ing Eng, Petroleum & Natural Gas Eng, Ag & Bio Chem., Ag Eng, Chem Eng, Chem, Commer cial Chem. Equitable Life Assurance So ciety, May 20, eighth semester men in C&F, A&L for sales work. Must be from Pittsburgh district. Army Security Agency, May 13 and 14, eighth semester men from EE, ME. Scovell, Wellington & Com pany, May 19 and 20, eighth se mester men in lE, Accounting. Seabrook Far ms Company, May 14, sixth, seventh, eighth se mester men in Ag Ec, Ag Ed, Agronomy, Hort. IM Track All intramural track entries must be turned in to the In tramural Office by 5" o'clock this afternoon. Any entries handed in after today will not be included in the program. TutaDAT, Kim 31.01 Uellty CALENDAR Tuesday, May 11 COLLEGIAN junior editorial board, 8 CH, 8:30 p.m. Sophomore editorial board, candidates, 9 CH, 8:30 p.m. Junior and sophomore business boards, 100 CH, 7 p.m. Candidates, 1 CH, 7 p.m. AG-ENG Club, Elections, 204 Ag Eng, 7:30 p.m. PSYCHOLOGY Club, 204 Bur rowes, 7 p.m. BIBLE Study and Discussion Group, 101 Main Eng, 4:10 p.m. WRA Bridge Club, beginners, WH, 7 p.m. Fencing, WH, 7 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Saturday: Eleanor Fehnel, Emily Stanley. Discharged Saturday: Leon Finger, Phillip Howe, Vincent Kolenda, Anna Williams, Glenn Zech. Admitted Sunday: Sidney Simon. Discharged Sunday: Francis Cain, Daniel Curran. Admitted Monday: Barbara Amberson, Sheldon Baldinger, Donald R. Brown, Esther Holtz inger. Malice TVA Trip TO THE EDITOR: Several stu dents have been planning a trip to visit some of the TVA proj ects. Since these projects cover such things as agricultural ex perimental farms, power plants, electro-chemical industries, and community developments, we be lieve that other students and fac ulty members may be interested in joining our group. We would plan on being away during the first part of June. Those inter ested may contact the under signed for further information. —Vernon L. Dutton. 430 E. Foster Ave. How About Interest? TO THE EDITOR: We consider the $lO which the College re quests from each one of us Wed nesday, May 12, as a loan, since they intend to return it next semester. If 10,000 students give $lO, it represents a sum of $lOO,OOO which, if treated as ordinary loans, should yield 6 per cent per year or $2,000 for the four month period. We propose that the College return to each investor $10.20 in September or, better yet, build a balcony on Dorm 26. Sincerely yours, —Guy D'Hana. —Bob Marsilo. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Successor to the Free Lance. set ten Publishes Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian of the Pennsylvahla State College. Entered as second class matter July 5. 1934. at thee act College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1919. $3.50 a semester: 54.25 the schot,l year. Editor . . Business Manager STAFF THIS ISSUE mun.ging Editor _ ___ Charlotte Seidman Assistant Myrna Tex News Editor - Ed Gazda Abhistant _ _ Bill Herrmann C o py Editor ..--__ Pauline Moss Assistant Shirley Taper Ad Manager Mimi Pomerine Assistant Margaret Breeee NOTICE Due to Circumstances Beyond the Control of the Management TOMMY DORSEY WILL NOT APPEAR at HECLA PARK on TUESDAY NIGHT, MAY 11 as Previously Announced WATCH YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR A FUTURE DATE _ Lew Stone Vance C. Klepper -4190°.
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