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Student Enterprise
Culminating years of planning and anticipa
tion, and months of hard work, two student enter
prises have actually began operation—the B-X,
or student cooperative store and book exchange,
and a news agency, which delivers Sunday news
papers to student residences.
Many reasons have been stated concerning
the need for a student cooperative store, espe
cially in these days of rising cost of learning.
Nor was the educational value of such a store
overlooked by the Board of Trustees, when it
granted permission for a one-year trial operation.
Experience in business methods, and a sense of
worthwhile accomplishment and service, will be
the major rewards for those who have and will
give so much of time, energy and imagination to
assure the venture's success.
Established by and) for students, under direct
supervision and control of Ali-College Cabinet
(which advanced the initial capital after a favor
able poll of the student body), the B-X will not
become a gold mine for a few.
Instead, the profits will be distributed widely,
and the most benefit will be obtained by those
who are the biggest customers.
School supplies, priced at the lowest prevailing
cost for comparable goods in the locality, will be
available in surprising variety. At the end of each
semester, all profits will be returned to students
.in proportion to the amount of their purchases.
For this reason, receipts for all purchases should
be saved. Students should reasonably eApetlt pub
lication of B-X financial operations.
Established on a different basis, and for a dif
ferent purpose, the student news agency offers to
perform a service never before given at Penn
State—delivery of Sunday newspapers to stu
dent? residences, at regular newsstand prices.
An additional advantage of the agency is the
opportunity for agents to earn a little extra,
and much-needed money, while performing this
missing service for fellow students.
Here, too, the experience of actually operating
a business will be of considerable educational
value. Profits will be divided among the agents,
actually as wages. Nothing wii t be made at the
expense of students, since regular prices will be
charged.
These have been two exceptional instances of a
few energetic students working hard to better the
•general student welfare by concrete means.. It re
mains to be seen whether their efforts will fail
, because of the apathy of the student body as a
They Mustrute what an effective student gov
ernment can accomplish if it tries. Achievements
of this nature are the best possible answers to
those who wonder what student government
ever does for them.
Yet neither Cabinet nor the student body can
I relax now, content that the ventures have been
• started, and lured into an opiate dream that they
will flourish automatically, and without further
!effort.
To the student body belongs the selfish duty to
atronbe their own ente
rpriser, to activeci y pate in these and other projects of studelypar
nt
government and to suggest improvements in their
operation.
' The obligation of Cabinet, the B-X Board of
Control and the student agency committee is a
serious one. They must maintain the B-X and the
agencies for the benefit of all the students, and
not just themselves and their friends.
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Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dur
ing the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The
Penneyleant* State College. Entered as second ideas smatter
July IL 1934. at the State College. Pa.. Post Office under the
Act of March 3. 1879. Subscriptions $2 a seneabr, $4 the
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Editor
Lew Stone
Managing Ed., Arnold Gorton; News Ed., Malcolm White;
Sparta Ed.. Tom Morgan; Feature Ed., Lariats Neville; Socially
Ed.. Frances Keeney; Asst. Bor. Ed.. Clair* Lee; Edit. Dir..
John Donnell; Betty Gibbons; Promotion Co-Mgr.. Dick Brow
man; Mat. News Ed.. Dot Bomberger; Senior Board. Rosemary
Bquillanta.
Asst. Bas. Mgr., Margaret Brame; Adv. Disinter, George
Latzo; Local Adv. Mgr., Louis Gilbert; Clre. Mgr. Brett Bran-
Ich; Class Adv. Mgr, Wants Brehm; Personnel Mgr., Jane
Snyder; Promotion Co-Mgr.. Marlin Weaver; Ogles Mgr.. Joh
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Noumea( Editor Arseid Garbo,
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C•PY Editor —_------------ Low Stead
Wanasa's Editor Clair Los
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Assistants: John Donnell, Georg Vadass. Ed Watson, Commie
Kellar. Elliot Kress, By Barash, Panisy Ness J ack Been.
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Welcome Newcomers!
The student coming to this vast and growing campus for the
first time might feel somewhat like a sheltered young resident of
rural Centre county on his first view of New York City.
Mere size need not be disconcerting, however, after one adjusts
himself to it. This adjustment doubtless will be carried out in accord
ance with each student's desires, aims, and sense of values.
Some may be swept away in a turbulent stream of extra-cur
ricular activities; others may follow a narrow academic routine.
Many, it is hoped, will be able to strike a wholesome balance be
tween studies and social-cultural activities.
The scholastic side of Penn State life, while handicapped to
some extent by oversized classes and a seeming preoccupation with
exams, grade points, and roll-taking, nonetheless can become a
sharply stimulating influence on the willing student.
As for activities, they are marked by variety and by availability
to all, regardless of fraternal affiliation or any other artificial meas
ure of a student's worth.
We believe that new students will find this a very-much-save
campus—one that offers many challenges and opportunities to those
who care to accept them.
Next to Godliness
Certain downtown restaurants never have struck us as having
a very high regard for the virtue of cleanliness. All too frequently
we have been tendered a fork bearing evidence of a previous diner's
meal, or a glass with an alluring but unsanitary streak of lipstick
across its top.
It gives us renewed faith in the Borough government, therefore,
to note that six restaurants out of 24 have received only temporary
licenses and a warning to correct their conditions within 30 days.
This action followed a December inspection by the Board of
Health, which described the six restaurants as in "rather bad con
dition." Among faults listed by the board were very poor toilet
facilities, including no hot water, no soap, and no signs asking work
ers to wash hands.
We don't know exactly which restaurants were cited for short
comings, but we can find several grievances with eating places both
in State College and elsewhere
Waitresses who continually finger their hair, "bar rags" which
often leave a worse mess on the table than that which they were
intended to remove, and uniforms that should be white but actually
present a greasy gray appearance, to the detriment of our appetite
—these are high on our list of gripes.
No one expects a public dining establishment to have all the
qualities of home. Furthermore, State College restaurants generally
consider themselves superior to those of many other communities in
cleanliness. Some annoyances voiced here may seem trivial to
others who eat downtown regularly. Fastidiousness varies widely
among individuals.
We believe, however, that the time to avoid outbreaks of food
poisoning and other results of unsanitary restaurant conditions, is
before they occur. By its licensing action, the Board of Health has
shown that it is somewhere near to being on the ball.
Cleaner restaurants can create some much-needed good will
toward the town among the student body.
This semeater's registration seems to be coming off rather
smoothly. The only remaining complaint is that the excavations on
West Campus make the distance to Roc Hall twice as great from
most pole's,
—John Bondi.
—John II II
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Do You Know . . . ?
Do you know how the Board of Trustees is
chosen, and how it operates? Do you know what
the College Senate is, and its duties?
How about finances, fees, appropriations? Or
who makes athletic schedules, determines eligi
bility and sets athletic policy?
Beginning next Friday, the Collegian editor
will attempt to answer these and other questions
on the fundamental facts of the College's organi
zation, purpose and mechanics of operation, in a
series of weekly editorial features.
Suggestions for regions of mystery to be ex
plored, as well as other criticisms, will be wel
comed. We realize the enormity of the task, but
will humbly try our best to provide some of the
information which every student should know
about his College.
Why All Gripes?
Reviewing the letters to the Safety Valve for
the first semester reveals the not-too-surprising
fact that the majority, of them are complaints of
one kind or another.
While criticisms and complaihts are to •be esr
pected, and are not necessarily to be decried: they
can become rather monotonous, and may be In
dicative of some unhealthy condition. •
One of the possible disadvantages of this prey
ponderance of gripe letters is that many persons
refrain from writing letters of general intnnt 2
because of the mistaken belief that they wren
be unwelcome.
Because it is staffed by students who are neces
sarily busy with academic tasks on top of their
reporting, Collegian cannot possibly unearth=
of the interesting and worth-while, and wo
Unknown events that happen daily, on campus.
Students have many interests which are mot
limited by the classroom or the campus. Some of
these interests may well be shared through the
medium of this column, and may stimulate the
thoughts of others.
Let's increase the interest in this feature by
making it more than outlet for gripes. Continue
the constructive criticism, because there is a place
for that, too, Just expand the field of discussion.
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For Success of BX
TO THE EDITOR AND THE STUDENT BODY:
Yesterday the Penn State Book Exchange began
its student service. This grand opening of', the
"BX" is more than merely the opening of a sta
tionery and used book store under student voli
tion in which you share the profits; it is another
accomplishment in the area of student cooperation
with College officers to improve student welfare.
Further, it is the realization of a long cherished
and patiently worked for objective of many stu
dents now on campus and many who have paused
on to the ranks of alumni.
The authority under which the 'BR" will lime
tion has been granted by the Ikerd of Trustees of
the College for one year from the date of its open
ing. Its continuance is contingent upon the Success
and efficiency of its function during this year.
That success depends very heavily upon you, the
student for whom the service is created.
The "BX," located in the TUB, will not. always
be the most convenient source of supply. Your
sharp of the effort will be your willingness to
match that put forth by many students who have
worked for its organization.
All-College Cabinet and the BX Board of Con
trol ask only that you justify the confidence which
the College administration has placed in them in
bringing this tangible, practical student service
to you.
—William Lawless.
Prosidemi, AU-Collage Cabins&
—Lee Burn*
Chairman. BX Board of Coady&
Says Architects Know
TO THE EDITOR: Another potentially beauti
ful building has gone the way of its precessors.
I'm speaking of the one in construction hest Orr
the Armory.
A few weeks ago, the beautiful naked shell of
the building was exposed for everyone to see bat
today it is being covered with a monstrosity of a
facade.
I am one of a sincere group of architectural stel
dents who bemoan the fact that Penn State can
not have the contemporary design the haling Uni
versity and Harvard are getting. Those in the
higher circles should realize that the persons who
know what good architecture is are architects!
If Penn State is to be a leader, we must be
forward-thinking. A, Twentieth century age de
mands a Twentieth-century architecture!
—Joe Ilkowisfina
Unreasonable?
TO THE EDITOR: In the brief editorial In the
Daily Collegian of January 18 someone expressed
Ms desire for word of the arrival of the Snot robin.
Let me inform you that on January 13 at approxi
mately 10 a.m., I sow ond heard in one of the trees
along the Mall a fully grown red-breast.
Should there be awy doubt eatuarembeg
veracity, perhaps I eau oblige you by elthis=
aforesaid tree and obtaining the ekter-tea
(or otherwise marked) twig upon which this WSW
darer perched.
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