The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, January 13, 1949, Image 2
The Daily Collegian Editorial Page •nd columns appearing in The Daily Collegian represent the opinion , at the writer rhe, make no Claim is reflect student or University nonsensns. Unsirned editorials are written by the edible "AC;E ': 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 SUCWIROf to 111 E FREI.. LANCE. eat. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dor ,ng the College year by the staff 3f The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second Ilass matter July 5. 1934 at the State College. Pa.. Post Office under the set of Mares 3 1879 Subserip ions $2 a semester. $4 the school year Represented for national advertising by National Adverbs. mg Service, Madison Ave.. New York. N Y ,Chicago. Boston Loa Angeles San Francisco. Editor Lew Stone STAFF THIS ISSUE Managing Editor Ray Herder News Editor _. . Robert Kotzbauer Copy Editor _ _ Commie Keller Assistants _ .__ Elou: ,e Powers. Norm Goode. Jack Boddington Advertising Manager _ _ . Betty Jane flower Assistant _.___ _ ___ .-- - . ___ _ ~ _ Sue Stern NEWMAN CLUB MEETING Thurs., Jan. 13 316 Sparks 7:30 p.m. Officer Nominations Let's go DANCING e) ir WINK'S 5 - , Skyto NO COVER CHARGE NO MINIMUM COME EARLY! STAY LATE! Will Be Served from 4 P.M. Until Midnight • STEAKS . . • CHOPS . . • SEAFOODS We Specialize in Banquets and Private Parties Wink's SKYTOP Dial 6591 SIX MILES NORTH OF STATE COLLEGE ON ROUTE 322 Business Manager **t'r . '''' Vance C. Klepper 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. • JUKE BOX DANCING WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY ORCHESTRA SATURDAY NIGHT DINNERS e new partner - 'If"); „ ;r ri., t s:i l ' r" ; t4 ii . ~t ; ' ...4,07., ,"' , ; 1t " . , : ' ', 1 :IA '4',efc:', , -:.... : t 40 0 ,,, ~'' it' Ok, ' - ?..;':;:;•". «| UNCLE i v,, 4 :: cl ,„,,,, , !:'-''. BEM ei9 i3 o nkce „p okitit IN, SUSIN, LABOI FARM BG~~~C~ IM=:Z:Zili:= 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 .I".^.y.l2,tryiy, 1 . 44 'Myki. • • —Betty' Gibbons 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. • / :• I • 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.