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We're Askin' for It
Our business manager has just brought in the
good tidings that Collegian will be able to add
another eight-page issue to its weekly pair—at
least until Christmas vacation.
With this welcome expansion, still admittedly
inadequate, we will be able to give fuller cover
age of campus events, as well as brighten the. paper
by the use of more features.
At the same time, plans are being developed to
revamp the distribution system, so far one of our
biggest headaches. Two plans are under considera
tion, and we intend to institute the one which will
provide the most equitable and, above all, most
dependable circulation.
In spite of these projected improvements, we
realize that the Collegian still won’t be the best
university newspaper in the country—which it
should be.
Since one of our aims and duties is to satisfy
the students, and since no one else knows our
shortcomings better, we are asking for letters of
constructive criticism, containing concrete sugges
tions as to what needs improving, and how to im
prove it, with the aim of increasing the paper’s
value to the students.
Sincere efforts will be made to adopt all feasible
measures which appear to be in the best interests
of the student body as a whole.
Please sign your letters, so that impractical and
impossible suggestions can be explained. No let
ters will be published against the writer’s ex
pressed will, and as usual, names will be withheld
from published letters on request.
Letters should be addressed to the editor, Box
201, Boro, and should not exceed 200 words if pub
lication is desired.
Don't Fence Me In
It hasn’t been so long since efforts were made on
campus to have barbed wire removed.
Today, the fight must begin all over again, this
time against a more distant adversary.
Instead of barbed wire, the restraining influence
this time is the wooden fence. Practically every
short-cut we are used to using has been prohibited
to us by walls of wood.
Getting from Old Main to Rec Hall has become
practically a safari—via the Library or the Sigma
Chi house.
While we have not as yet computed exactly the
additional distance (it’s been years since we took
trigonometry) we have been noticing that there
has been a rapid increase in the wear and tear
on our shoes. (Not to mention ripped trousers,
sustained in trying to surmount certain pine
obstacles.)
If the present tendency toward fencing in the
campus continues, we can probably soon expect
to have our walking confined strictly to the paved
walks.
No doubt all this fencing is for our own good.
It keeps us from falling into (future) excavations,
and prevents us from getting into machinery as
well as workmen’s hair.
But we will miss the thrill of crushing tender,
green grass under our soles.
®l| t §atly Collegian
Sacc.Mor ta THE FREE LANCE, mt. 18r»
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dur*
ins the College year by the «taff of The Daily Collegian of The
Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter
Tuly 6. 1984, at the State College. Pa.. Post Office under the
set of March ft. 1879. Subscriptions —l2 a semester, 14 the
tchool year.
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Editor
Lew Stone
Managing Ed.. Elliot Shapiros Nows Ed.. Malcolm White;
Sports Ed.. Toss Morgans Edit. Dir. Aral Gortons Feature Ed.,
lo Fox; Bociety Ed., Frances Keeney; Asst. Soe. Ed., &x»r*tta
Neville; Photo Ed.. Betty Gibbons; Promotion Mgr., Selma
Zasofsky: Benlor Board, Claire Loo.
Aset. Ba*. Mgr., Margaret Brooco; Adv. Director, Barhars
Keefer: Local Adv. Mgr.. Selma Lamport Smiths Circulation
Mgr., Brett Kranichs Class. Adv. Mgr„ Wilma Brehms Per.
tonne! Mgr., Kostl Bargass Oftce Mgr., George Lot so; Secre
tary. Mlmt Pemcrene.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor ......
Saw* Editor
Copy Editor —...—
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Now . . . Dad-Drat it! Ah'll quit "Fixin"'
—and CALL thot cute Hl' gal' for
HARVEST BALL
$1.50 per Couple Semi-Formal
—Elliot Shapiro.
- Business Manager
Vance C. Klepper
Dot Hunsberger
„ Dean Gladfelter
Florence Feinbert
Jane Ellin Crane
Stan Degler, Bill Detweiler
OL Safety VaL
Our Precious Campus
TO THE EDITOR and ALL STUDENTS: With
the College expansion all around us, our campus
is undergoing a change that is anything but at
tractive. This growth is necessary construction and
the resulting defacement is unavoidable.
But the "cow paths” and bare ground left by
those taking short cuts are avoidable. Cutting
corners and walking across the grass only save
seconds.
Let’s take pride in our beautiful campus and
make every effort to maintain its beauty—Let’s
stay on the walks!
—George Bearer, Chairman.
All-College Keep Off the Grass Committee.
Is the College Right?
TO THE EDITOR: Just a brief comment on the
letter to the editor which appeared in the Novem
ber 24 Collegian under the caption, “A Vet’s In
tegrity,’’ and in which Mr. Robbins raised ques
tions about deductions made from his VA book
reimbursement by the College.
It seems to me that the editor’s note which fol
lowed gave only a partial answer and omitted
completely one important question: Has the Col
lege any right, when acting as disbursing agency
for the VA, to .make deductions for any reason
(whether debts owed by the student to the Col
lege or to some other agent for which the College
is acting as a collection agency)?
Apparently Mr. Robbins needed or wanted the
full amount due him from the VA and desired to
settle his account with the College as a separate
transaction.
I should think that the VA would be most in
terested in any case where funds owed by the VA
to a veteran do not go to him at all but, without
consent of the veteran, to a collection agency to
pay for something which the VA had previously
designated as not essential to the pursuit of an
education.
• A line of 5000 veterans whiting for book
money refunds is bad enough; why double it
with another line to pay the fees which the stu
dents themselves have decided are essential for
proper conductance of their class affairs?
Doubling the number of transactions would
also be a needless financial burden on the Col
lege, which is already short of funds, as most
profs will be able to testify.
Collegian Gazette
Tuesday, November 30
COLLEGIAN AD STAFF, Collegian Office, 6:45
p.m.
MEN’S BRIDGE CLUB, PUB, 7 p.m.
College Hospital
Admitted Monday: Donald Reinhard.
College Placement
S. S. Kresge Co., December 6, eighth semester
men in C&F and Arts & Letters.
Calvert Distilling Co., December 8, eighth se
mester men in ME, lE, Chem Eng, Commercial
Chem, Chem, and Physics.
Boy Scouts of America, December 7 and 8,
eighth semester men interested in working as field
executives.
Naval Ordnance Lab., December 7 and 8, fifth
and sixth semester men for summer employment
in CE, EE, lE, ME, Chem Eng, Chem, Physics and
Metallurgy.
Institute of Textile Technology, December 10,
seventh and eighth semester men in Chem Eng,
Chem, Commercial Chem, Physics and ME.
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Co., December 13,
eighth semester men in Arch Eng, EE, lE, ME, and
Chem Eng.
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., December 14,
eighth semester men, accounting.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., December 14 and 15,
eighth semester men in CE, ME, Arts and Letters
and C&F.
Hagan Corp., December 15 and 16, eighth se
mester men in EE, ME, Sanitary Eng, Ceramics,
Chem Eng, and Chem.
Supplee - Wills - Jones Milk Co., December 17,
eighth semester men in Dairy Husbandry.
A 1 the Movies
CATHAUM—Good Sam.
STATE—Sorry, Wrong Number.
NITTANY—The Paradine Case.
HOLIDAY
—Another Veteran.
Ail Advtntvrc in
'Dr. Rooimlt-Dr, Truman—BAH'
Swing And Sweet Vie in Contest;
Martin, Herman Fans Win Trips
If you’re mad about Freddy Martin’s sweet music or Woody
Herman’s swing music, you can make your musical whims profitable
by telling why in 25 words or less. The nation’s leading disc jockeys
are sponsoring a contest open to students at the College in which
winners will get Cinderella trips to Hollywood or Los Angeles over
New Year’s Eve. Contest entries including your preference of the
two band leaders and your rea
son why should be sent to Gene
Howard, 951 N. La Cienega, Los
Angeles 46, California by Decem
ber 5. Winners will be notified
by December 15.
The contestant who best de
fends Freddy Martin’s sweet
music will fly to Los Angeles for
a three-day sojourn at the world
famous Ambassador Hotel. New
Year’s eve will be spent with the
maestro himself at the Coconut
Grove.
A similar treat is planned for
the winner of the "I Prefer
Woody Herman” contest. The
Herman fan . will stay at the
Knickerbocker Hotel in Holly
wood and will be the guest of
Woody Herman at the Empire
Room.
Both winners will be pre
sented with a new RCA Victor
Personal portable radio, and ar
rangements will be made for both
to attend the outstanding events
going on in Hollywood and Los
Angeles at the time.
Atomic Movie—
(Continued from rxige one)
atomic power, offers its own solu
tion to the problem.
Photographs of the 184-inch
cyclotron at the University of
California are shown also.
Dr. G. M. Shrum, head of the
physics department at the Uni
versity of British Columbia,
stated at a preview there that the
film was “remarkable • * * with
authentic scientific information.”
The average temperature in
State College is 27 degrees Faren
heit.
We have a large complete
line of Chains, Heaters, Wind
shield Defrosters, Anti-Freese
and everything you'll need
for SAFE winter driving, n
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College Accepts
1173 Transfers
A total of 1173 undergraduates,
including 839 men and 334 wo
men, transferred to the College
at the opening of the current
semester, Dr. Carl E. Marquardt,
College Examiner, reported to
day.
The transfers came from 269
different colleges and universi
ties in this and foreign countries.
Eighty-nine of these colleges
were Pennsylvania institutions
while 176 were located in other
states and four in foreign count
ries.
The students transferring from
the Pensylvania colleges totalled
900 while only 277 of the trans
fer students came from the out
of-state colleges. Many of those
coming from out-of-state col
leges, however, are Pennsylvania
residents, Dr. Marquardt ex
plained.
The out-of-state colleges re
presented are located in 39 dif
ferent states and the District of
Columbia, as well as in South
America, Denmark, and China.
Dr. Marquardt also pointed out
that more than 4000 students at
other colleges, desiring to trans
fer to Penn State, were refused
because of lack of room.
Esquisse
Bob Feltault was elected presi
dent of Equisse, architectural
club; George Doddy, vice-presi
dent; Robert Tinsman, secretary;
Richard Schreck, historian; and
Harold Harris, treasurer.
WINTER'S HERE I
So for SAFE Winter Driving com* in
before it's too late for that
WINTER DRIVING
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