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No Curtain Calls
A screaming of tires, a fleeting moment of panic,
a shriek, a rending crash, and then silence —dead
silence.
Dramatic? . .
Perhaps; but there will be no curtain calls or
thundering applause. The leading characters will
get one last press notice and then assume new roles
as grim, shameful statistics. Tickets for the per
formance are available at any busy intersection or
on any highway; the price: your life.
Each year, thousands are killed or injured m
auto accidents which would never occur but for
thoughtlessness and disregard. College careers are
ended abruptly; homes are destroyed, bright
futures are unrealized; and millions of dollars are
lost because drivers, judging by the record, value
seconds more highly than human lives. The trad
gedy, however, is that the speed demons and seif
nroclaimed hot-shots endanger not only their own
lives, but the lives of innocent, unsuspecting mo
torists and pedestrians whose only crime is being
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
It’s unfortunate that the challenge of high speed
and so-called driving prowess is felt more strongly
than the challenge of courtesy, consideration and
an unblemished record. Many come to recognize
the merit in the latter, but only after having crip
pled themselves, or having lost a friend or sweet
heart through their own carelessness. The lesson
would be less bitter if a measure of forethought
were employed.
Picture yourself facing the parents of some
schoolboy you’ve cut down while racing through
an intersection. Call to your mind’s eye a vision
of a widow or mother staring coldly into your eyes
as you stand before a court of law to answer for
your negligence. The problem would be simpler
if each motorist were to campare his climbing
speedometer needle to the climbing toll taken by
the grim reaper on our streets and highways.
Sure brother, you’re crate will do 90—but that
fact won’t appear on your death certificate.
—Jack Boddinglon
SL Safety VaL
Obstacle Courses
TO THE EDITOR: One must admit that the
muddy foot-paths around the campus aren’t ex
actly attractive, but the claim that these paths are
unavoidable is not satisfactory with the present
layout of concrete walks. It appears to the casual
observer as though the walk plans were designed
by an inventor of obstacle courses.
In the course of the school day, the average
student walks 2.74 miles between classes, if he
follows the walks. The use of foot-paths cuts this
distance down to 1.39 miles, thus permitting extra
energy to be used in devotion to studies.
Instead of putting unsightly signs on the cam
pus, let’s do the adult thing, and put sidewalks
where they are needed instead of where they are
most decorative.
• Wo claim that such muddy runway* are
avoidable, even with the present layout. How
ever, many feet of walks have been laid where
the need has become evident in the past few
yean.
The adult behavior would be to walk that
extra daily half-mile, a matter of less than ten
minutes, and probably beneficial from the stand
point of needed exercise. (And we’d like to see
some evidence that short-cuts save that much.)
Of course there still may be some legitimate
sites where new walks would be appropriate,
hut in front of Carnegie Hall and the Veterans
Administration is not one of them.
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The Aims of AIM
Association of Independent Men, after many
months of arduous work, has been born, and has
begun its first, and most precarious year of ex
istence.
During the next few months, the young organi
zation needs all the devoted assistance its mem
bers, who will be the principal beneficiaries, can
contribute.
Established “in order to foster a closer relation
ship among independent men, to insure equal
representation in student government, and to pro
vide better social and athletic opportunities,” AIM
can make a great and lasting contribution to the
well-being of independent men.
Unlike former ''associations'' of independent
men. AIM includes ALL male undergraduate
students as members. To be a complete success,
it requires the active support and interest of all.
For many years, the need for AIM has grown
increasingly acute; its scope and program are vir
tually limitless. It will be as worthwhile as its
members are willing to make it.
To clarify any lingering suspicions, let us
consider frankly what AIM is NOT. It is not a
pressure group, or a glorified ''gripe*' commit
tee. It is definitely not an anti-fraternity clique,
but ikrill. on the contrary, tend to improve rela
tions between Greek and non-Greek.
Unity is one of the primary aims of AIM.
Through closer social contact, the bonds of
friendship and the sense of “belonging” will be
heightened.
The fiction that independents are characteris
tically “anti-social” or socially indifferent must be
completely scotched.
Hard work is always a prerequisite for achiev
ing lasting success; AIM will be no exception. The
brunt of this work, and a heavy responsibility to
all independent men, falls upon the 76 members
of the Council.
Each representative has an obligation to the
approximately 50 men in his dormitory or ward,
far greater than that of regular attendance at
meetings.
A still greater duty, especially in town wards,
is that of organizing his constituents, and insti
tuting a constructive social and athletic program
for them. The job is a challenging one, but a suc
cessful conclusion will be richly rewarding.
Collegian Gazette
Monday. December 6
AIM COUNCIL. 405 Old Main, 7 p.m.
College Placement
Joy Manufacturing Co., December 13 and 14,
eighth semester in EE and ME. Should have in
clination for design and development in heavy
machinery.
Long Island Lighting Co., December 16, eighth
semester in EE and ME for public utility field.
Piaseck Helicopter Corp., December 17, eighth
semester men in AE and ME.
Army Security Agency, December 13 and 14,
eighth semester students in EE.
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., eighth
semester students in Chem Eng, IE and ME, and
eighth semester students in C&F and A&L.
S. S. Kresge Co., December 6, eighth semester
men in C&F and Arts & Letters.
Calvert Distilling Co., December 6, 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.
ajoing his Christmas shopping eaxljr
Service Frat
Holds Initiation
Officers and advisors were in
stalled and approximately forty
pledges were initiated in a form
al initiation ceremony at Grace
Lutheran church Wednesday,
marking the official reactivation
of the Alpha Phi Omega nation
al service fraternity here.
Officers installed were: Rus
sell Hironimus, president; Lee
Enright, vice-president; Frank
Stewart, secretary; William Zel
ler, treasurer; Robert Hepburn,
historian, and Barton Cahan, ser
geant-at-arms.
A team from the fraternity at
Lehigh University conducted the
ceremonies, following which Dr.
Ray O. Wyland, National Direct
or of Relations for the Boy Scouts
of America, addressed the group
at a dinner at the State College
hotel.
Installed as scout advisors to
the group were J. H. Klose, scout
field executive in the local coun
cil, and E. J. Rittenhouse; as fac
ulty advisors, E. J. Anderson,
Norton Cope, and Leslie Mc-
Cracken.
Among the guests present were
Dr. Charles Indal, president of
the Nittany district, Juniata Val
ley council of Boy Scouts; Charles
Steele, deputy regional scout ex
ecutive; John A. Veldhoven, scout
executive of the Juniata Valley
council, and John A. Madore.
Design Contest Offers
Prizes Totaling $250
Architectural students at the
College are eligible to compete
for prizes totaling $250 in a na
tional contest, just announced by
the Beaux-Arts Institute of De
sign, in cooperation with the
Tile Council of America.
The contest calls for the de
signing of an elementary school
and kindergarten in which spe
cial attention is given to the use
of clay tile. First prize is $lOO,
second .<75. third $5O and fourth
SATURDAY. DEC]
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Soc Club Slates
Round Table Talk
Ernest Friday, chairman of the
newly organized Sociology Club,
has announced that the group is
sponsoring a round table .discus
sion on social research in, 106
White Hall at 8 p.m. Monday.
Four members of the sociology
department will participate in l{ie
round table. They are Prof. Jess
ie Bernard, Prof. Luther L. Bern
ard, Prof. Robert E. Clark and
Prof. O. Dudley Duncan. All stu
dents interested in joining are
urged to attend.
Recently elected officers of the
Sociology Club are Ernest Friday,
chairman; Don Marvin, vice
chairman; Sally Hill, recording
secretary; and Helen Etter, cor
responding secretary.
Committee chairmen are Carol
Hecht, program; Mary Jane
Sheiner, membership; Bill Sch
iele, publicity; Harold Waltzer,
social and Jean Abrams, fund
raising.
Faculty Lunch
Dr. Stuart A. Mahuran, asso
ciate professor of journalism at
the College, will entertain mem
bers of the Faculty Luncheon
Club at the Hotel State College
on Monday noon with a program
of magic.
Alpha Rho Omega
Initiation of new members will
be held in 304 Old Main at 7 p.m.
tomorrow after which there will
be an opportunity for anyone in
terested in learning Russian folk
dances.
$25. The competition closes De
cember 20, and will be judged
between January 4 and 8.
Students from universities and
colleges in the United States,
Canada and Cuba have been in
vited to submit entries in the
current contest.
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