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A Little Fun
"Every college ltas a legend.
Passed on from ?tern• to ?tear
Traditions are the things about a college that
make it distinctive, that differentiate it from all
the rest. They are excitedly lapped up by green
frosh and fondly reminiscec: about by Old Grads.
Not all traditions are desirable. of course. Those
which may be physically harmful or morally de
vacling ought to he ruthlessly stamped out.
But the innocuous customs. which leave only
pleasant memories and promote a feeling of unity
and College spirit, are worthy of perpetuation.
Among these is the practice of seniors wearing
r"ell-decorated Lion Coats, not to set them apart
!'rom.the lower classmen. but as a sign that four
'eng rough years are nearly at an end.
With the advent of War, this legend, like so
many others, was securely locked in the file
marked "These things are non-essential to the war
effort." Returning veterans, battle-toughened,
helligerently unsentimental. refused to open the
drawer.
. .
True. the coats are singularly unattractive when
new. But touched with the imaginative and in
spired decorative talents of the soon-to-be-gone
but-not-forgotten senior. they quickly blossom
forth in all their colorful gaiety.
A serious approach to the problems of Life is an
essential. But a little fun mixed in will make a
whale of a difference in its enjoyment. Let the
seniors of the class of '49 participate in the Lion
Coat tradition.
It can be lots of fun.
OIR laitt Collegian
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor Ray Herder
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Thurs., Jan. 13
316 Sparks
7:30 p.m.
Officer Nominations
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We Specialize in Banquets and Private Parties
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SIX MILES NORTH OF STATE COLLEGE ON ROUTE 322
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GIRLS!
EARN $2
AN HOUR
In your spare time during
the second semester. Sales
experience helpful. Phone
Mr. Jones, 2760, between
3 and 5 p. m. today.
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Too Independent
Independents can he too independent.
This was proved
,by the old Independent Men's and Women's
Associations. While they tried to serve as independent representa
tives on All-College Cabinet and elsewhere, they suffered from gen
eral student apathy.
The Association of Independent Men and Leonides, women's
organization, are newly organized. They are truly representative,
"or their members were elected from every living unit in town and
n campus
The new organizations could accomplish a lot for independent
,velfare, governmental and social, if they successfully unite the scat
tered independents who compose more than one half of the student
'iody.
It will be a shame if the independents defeat their own purpose
py being apathetic toward their organizations. The possibilities are
unlimited. Social mixers, lounges, dances, governmental action, only
hint of what a functional independent group could do.
Let's hope the independents won't ruin a good thing by being
too independent.
Wink's
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ITS LI
MONEY
YOUR
when you shop at Metzger's, due to this added measure of value. Yes,
now we have moved our entire stock into our Allen St. store, and opened
our new department in the basement.
We are saving expenses, incurred by the move into one store, and
we will pass on these savings to you as our customers.
Stop in today and notice our complete stock of merchandise.
METZGERS
54e Sa/et, Value
TO THE EDITOR: The damage that has been
done to Hort Woods as a natural site is already
serious and irreparable, considering that 24-inch
trees do not grow overnight. Walking the length
of the plot you can count upwards of 50 stumps,
and the number is increasing. The woodchoppers
are pretty busy in there nowadays, stacking_ up
fuel for fireside sessions and laying out big freshly
cut logs as seats for an unused and unneeded "out
door chapel." I am told by authorities who have
no axe to grind that most of this cutting is not
really necessary, unless—and this is the disturb
ing possibility—unless the ultimate intention is to
trim out all Hort Woods like a picnic grounds, or
like the genteel grove of shade trees behind the
Nittany Lion. If and when that happens, the game
will be over. Hort Woods can then go to blazes, as
too much of it already has.
Sentimental considerations aside, this place in
its present state fulfills a need. Professor Arnold's
remarkable inventory has shown its botanical
riches, and the area might well be stocked with
additional specimens. Bird watchers know it as
their only nearby hunting grounds. The College
could enlist warmest support and approval for an
announced decision to retain this last wild spot on
the campus as a convenient and useful nature lab
oratory. There are so many who wish that un
employed lumbermen might hereafter be exercised
harmlessly on apparatus in Rec Hall.
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Collegian Gazette
Thursday, January 13
RUSSIAN CHORUS, 415 Old Main, 7 p.m.
PENN STATE Bible Fellowship, 405 Old Main,
p.m., Friday.
NAACP, 401 Old Main, 7:15 p.m.
I(APPA PHI, Methodist Church, 7 p.m.
ALL-COLLEGE CABINET 201 Old Main
8 p.m.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECH. ENGI
MRS, Student Chapter, 219 EE, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE, 200 CH, 6:45 p.m.
NSA, 8 Sparks, 7 p.m.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—YeIIow Sky.
STATE—Live Today for Tomorrow
NlTTANY—Olympic Games of '4B.
YOU CAN GET IT AT
THURSDAY JANUARY 13 1949
Hort's Stumps
—H. E. Dickson.