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Cabinet Convenes
Pounding of the gavel by President William
Lawless will bring to order the first business meet
ing of the 1948-49 All-College Cabinet, at 8 o’clock
tonight in the Board of Trustees room, 201 Old
Main.
Many vital projects are slated for consideration
during the year. The Daily Collegian intends to
give complete coverage to the proceedings of Cab
inet throughout the coming year. It aims to abet
the strengthening of the highest student govern
ment body on campus. ...
Student interest and participation in the actions
of Cabinet is one of the surest ways to augment
its power. To whatever extent that student aware
ness in its affairs will promote such interest. Col
legian’s influence will be exerted.
Cabinet, also, will have the responsibility of
strengthening itself. In the realm of its dealings
with administrative officials, two forward steps
are to be undertaken in the near future.
The first, an administration-Cabinet banquet,
was successfully inaugurated last year, as an
annual affair. Slated for next Thursday, just prior
to the weekly meeting, it will afford an excel
lent opportunity for the two groups to become
acquainted. . . ......
To develop a mutually satisfying insight into
the philosophy of student government, a small
group of Cabinet members will confer with a few
administrative officials.
This confab will strive to outline the exact
fields of Cabinet action, responsibility and author
ity. The proper delegation of powers will also he
clearly determined.
Cabinet will never be confronted with a lack
of jobs to do. Some of the important ones now on
the horizon are presented below, not necessarily
in the order of their importance. Many more items
could be discussed, if space were available.
Improving school spirit and reviving traditions.
In many respects, these go hand-in-hand—tradi
tions foster spirit, and spirit nourishes tradition.
Now we don’t advocate going around draped in
ivy. or the wearing of school ties, but certain cus
toms such as the “Hello” spirit, pep rallies and
mixers undoubtedly help to generate a more en
joyable atmosphere.
Establishment of strong organizations for inde
pendent men and women. The days of Greek vs.
Barb have fortunately passed—forever, we fer
vently hope. Also on the way out is fraternity
domination of student activities.
AIM and AIW, when organized, will not strive
to supplant organized social groups, but will pro
vide the means for fuller participation of all stu
dents in student functions.
Election Day holiday. With such a vital presi
dential election scheduled for November 2, it was
very surprising that the College Senate should
fail to excuse classes.
Two years ago. when there were even fewer
Students of voting age, and no presidential race,
such a provision was made. Such a deficiency ap
pears unwarranted in a College which is sup
posedly training its students for citizenship.
COLLEGIAN GAZETTE
Thursday, October 7. 1948
CLOVER Club, 103 Ag, 7:30 p.m.
CHRISTIAN Science Organization, 200 CH,
:30 p.m.
PENN STATE Bar Bell Club, Rec Hall Balcony,
:30 p.m.
STUDENTS for Wallace. 401 Old Main, 7:45 p.m.
DAIRY SCIENCE Club, 117 Dairy, 7 p.m.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—Inside Story.
STATE—Luck of the Irish.
NITTANY—Saigon.
College Hospital
Admitted Tuesday: Myrna Tex, Frank Stoner,
and Estelle Sacks.
Discharged Tuesday: Larry Cooney and Albert
Berger,
Student Employment
Vet and wife to live in and care for home and 2
children, age 8 and 14 years, for 10 days only.
Men interested in saleswork on commission
basis.
Pressers for dry cleaning establishment.
Baby sitters for the afternoons of the home
football games.
Male students interested in working for room.
Male students with free mornings for library
work.
Arrangements for interviews should be made in 204 Old Main
at once.
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Collegian Distribution
Have you been getting your Daily Collegian lately? You’re en
titled to one, you know, since 75 cents of each semester’s dues is
allocated as your subscription to the student daily newspaper.
The Collegian’s circulation staff is undergoing its annual re
organizational throes, which partly accounts for the apparent short
age of papers so far.
Such shortages may continue for a week or so, but the diffi
culties will be corrected as quickly as possible. The Collegian
pledges itself to follow a policy—the only right one it could follow
of guaranteeing that every matriculated student has the chance
to read every issue.
Readers can help Collegian to equalize the distribution system
in various ways. Distribution points, and the groups served by each,
appeared in yesterday’s issue. Responsible persons should be assigned
to obtain the papers for each group, and should take a proportionate
number of copies.
Students served by the various distribution points should not
obtain an extra copy at the Student Union desk in Old Main, for by
so doing, students with no other access to Collegians will be deprived
of a copy.
Finally, let us know about inequalities in our system. We are
working pretty much in the dark, unable to tell where too many or
too few Collegians are being delivered. Report cases of such dis
crepancies to Brett Kranich, circulation manager, for immediate
correction.
We notice what we hope is only a temporary passing of another
campus tradition. The old, carved-up bench in front of Graham s
that gave ease to many weary bones seems to have been replaced
by a series of painted (no less) unsubstantial little imitations. Can
it be that the venerable planks Anally gave out from the application
of too many athletic bottoms?
Complaints about the length of lines one had to stand in to get
tickets for the Penn game should cease when the difficulties encoun
tered by Michigan State students in getting tickets for their Notre
Dame game are told. At Michigan State only 2500 tickets were allot
ted to students and these were sold to anyone who had money. Think
you’ve got troubles, friend?
Edit Briefs
• • •
TO THE EDITOR: Last time I stood in line
several hours and got two tickets—l can’t use one
ticket—not if I wish to continue my current happy
home life!
I could stand in line and obtain one ticket, later
purchasing another for twenty dollars, a quart of
pinch bottle and my old chem blue books —but I
won’t!
I could buy two tickets from a “friend” in Phil
adelphia. He had tickets to the Cotton Bowl when
no one else did. He got my house and car for them!
As for the meat-heads who suggested the method
of distributing tickets—l hope they enjoy watch
ing the game!
To the lucky dogs who live in Philly—where
they have television on every corner and no Dean
of Women—l envy you!
And—if you think I’m bitter—l am, about the
whole thing. You are hereby authorized to print
any or all of this letter or, as I suspect is likely,
file it in the circular file.
TO THE EDITOR: After reading The Safety
Valve in the Thursday edition of The Collegian,
we would like to add our timber to the fire kin
dled by Mr. Lester Musser. We agree whole
heartedly with the writer but we feel the situation
is far worse than he depicted concerning the
dining accommodations at the Nittany Dorms.
The days of waiting in line for food went out
with rationing, or so we thought before arriving
on campus. The situation has become so acute that
approximately a thousand men must wait in line
before entering the dining hall. As of the present,
the weather has been agreeable but what are we
to do when a rain storm descends upon us or when
the temperature drops to twenty below?
We feel that everything would have been copa
cetic had not the men from Pollock Circle been
made to share the facilities with those from the
Nittany Dorms. At present, the PUB is occupied
by ping-pong tables, chess tables, and a juke box.
In evening it is inhabited almost entirely by
twenty ping-pong enthusiasts while during the day
it remains vacant. We appreciate the school’s
thoughtfulness for providing recreation, but the
ping-pong tables could be set aside to provide bet
ter facilities for two thousand men rather than
twenty.
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With bad weather approaching, what is to be
done with the bread and butter line? We hope
that some action can be taken and soon. Oh, our
aching' feet!!
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., October 11 and
12, eighth semester men from lE, ME, and Chem
Eng.
Erie Railroad, October 13, eighth semester men
from CE, EE, and ME.
Corning Glass Works, October 15, eighth semes*
ter men from ME, and Physics.
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7. 194»
Safety 'Uafi/e
Dark Thoughts
20 Men vs. 2000
—Two names withheld.
Pollock Circle, Dorm 5.
Nittany Dorm 29.
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