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Why Pay AIM Fee?
So AIM is going to assess all independent men
a quarter. Now where did they get that authority,
and how can they get away with it? And what's
the big idea anyway?
Well, Association of Independent Men is an or
ganization of all independent men; its constitution
specifically authorizes its Council to make such
t assessments as it deems necessary.
Moreover, All-College Cabinet promoted the
formation of the group, whose purpose is "to
foster a closer relationship among independent
men, to insure equal representation in student
government and to provide better social and ath
, letic opportunities."
As promotor and sponsor of AIM, Cabinet backs
4 its programs as long as they are not inconsistent
with its own, as well as providing the opportunity
ti!or independent men to share in the formulation
of student government policy.
Yet these are weak, intangible and insufficient
reasons to stimulate independent willingness to
support this organization in even such a nominal
way.
What is needed is something to give them an
\ insight into what the organization can become, of
what value it can be to them and to future genera
tions of independents.
Council members can show that a quarter is an
insignificant investment, which can be increased
manyfold in social and recreational benefits, and in
lasting friendships, if the individual makes the
most of the opportunities available.
Take Time, Prof
Students are ticketed and fined for parking any
where on campus, except for two areas at the ex
tremities of the campus for commuters.
In the light of the vastly greater number of cars
than parking spaces, and the youth and energy of
most students, this restriction of campus parking
to faculty members is justifiable.
But there can be no excuse for abuses of parking
privileges on the part of those faculty personnel,
such as parking in front of cross walks and fire
hydrants.
Cars, bearing faculty permits, have frequently
been observed parked in front of the fire hydrant
at the head of the Mall, on Pollock road. No tickets
were noticeable, although on at least two occasions,
campus patrolmen were standing just across the
street.
Such violations are particularly needless since
the parking lot behind Osmond Lab is never
crowded.
We are not advocating a "get the faculty" cam
' paign, but are merely suggesting that faculty park
ing violations should .not be condoned, and that
busy profs should take a little more time to park
in a legitimate spot.
Edit Briefs
•An American Legion post in Pennsylvania
urges its national magazine to open its pages to
opposition views. Yes, it would sort of underscore
the "American."
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM—Phantom of the Opera
STATE—Return of October.
NITTANY—Count of Monte Cristo.
_a, _SWely Valve
Danger to All
TO THE EDITOR: Why is it that many people
in this country today simply cease thinking ra
tionally when the word "Communist" is men
tioned? I refer specifically to Mr. MacMillan's
letter of March 4. Mr. Alvin Heller's letter, as we
recall, did nothing more than to put forward the
opinion that people, including Communists, should
not be persecuted for merely advocating a social'
system unacceptable to most Americans.
This innocuous thought, however, seems to have
provoked Mr. MacMillan sufficiently to produce
his tirade of last Friday, in which he hints, not
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COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Monday: Rhoda Kirschner, William
Weiss.
Admitted Tuesday: Chas Yuan Peng, Robert
Witman.
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Saul.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., March XI and
11, June grads in IE for management training,
high grades are a requisite.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., March 10 and 11,
June grads in CE, lE, ME, EE, Metallurgy, and
Ceramics.
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. March 10 June
grads in ME, Met, interested in t h e automotive in
dustry; also June grads in Chem Eng and Chem
interested in the field of electro-chemistry.
J. C. Penney Co., March 10 and 11, June grads
interested in a career of retail merchandising.
Shell Development Co., March 14, candidates
for bachelors, masters and Ph.D. degrees in Chem,
Chem Eng, ME, and Ph.D. Metallurgist; women
chemists for library patent searching work.
Westinghouse Air Brake Co., March 14 and 15,
June grads in ME.
Procter & Gamble Co., March 14 and 15, June
grads with interest in field of selling and mer
chandising. Men to be selected on basis of their
ability to advance into positions of responsible su
pervision and sales management. Continual train
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Hamilton Standard Propellers, March 29, six
months training program for Mechanical, Electri
cal and Aeronautical engineers.
Duquesne Light Co., March 14 and 15, June
grads for student engineer training course, in
ME, EE.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co., March 16,
June grads in EE and ME interested in the elec
tric public utility field.
Aetna Life Insurance Co., March 16, June grads
for sales and service work in their group division.
Also Math majors to train for actuarial positions.
Linde Air Products Co., March 16 and 17, June
grads in Chem Eng, ME, EE, CE, lE, Metallurgy,
Chemistry, and Physics. Also M.S. and Ph.D. can
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Shell Oil Co., Inc., Tulsa, Okla., March 17, June
grads in 8.5., M.S. in Geology and Mineralogy,
Mining Eng, Petroleum and Natural Gas Eng
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., March 17,
June grads with 8.5., M.S.. and Ph.D. in Chem
Eng and Ph.D. in Chemistry.
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp. March 17
and 18, June grads with B.S. and M.S. in ME,
Chem Eng, and Chemistry. Major number of op
portunities are in operations and laboratories.
Continental Oil Co., March 18, June grads in
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, ME,
Geology and Mineralogy, CE.
Bailey Meter Co., March 18, June grads in ME
and EE.
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too subtly, that he thinks that Heller or anyone
who agrees with him is a Communist or a Corn
munist sympathizer.
It is fairly well known that the Communists
abandoned the prospect of immediate world revo
lution about 25 years ago, when the Trotzkyites
were ousted from the Russian government. In the
light of this fact, it seems strange, if the Govern
ment wishes to convict revolutionists, that they
do not try the leaders of the Socialist Workers
Party, for example, who do advocate immediate
revolution and overthrow of the Government, in
stead of the Communists, whom the Government
seems to have trouble convicting.
Please, we are not Communists! But we feel
that when people lose their objectivity at the
mere mention of a word or idea, it represents a
danger not only to the proponents of the idea
under attack, but to all members of the com
munity.
7 —Thelma R. Hobaugh, John P. McKelvey.
Come Down to Earth, Gals!
TO THE EDITOR: I suggest that some of the
Penn State coeds, in their senior year, be given
a rehabilitation course. After having had such a
good time "choosing" their dates, it would be a
pity for these nice young educated ladies to be
thrown into a world of competition. Beyond these
portals, the available males will not be the ever
anxious men with the Rolls Royces and catering
ways.
Here at State there are many fellows who de
sire an education and who also like to date. True,
they are "poor" Joes, but with the present attitude
~ f many "sweet" coeds it is only natural that they
:-quander their pittance "drowning their sorrows."
If some of our coeds do not come down to earth
w, I'm afraid they have quite an experience in
store for them. —Gravel Beek..
Karl liorish
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
'Gosh . It Sure Has Shrunk'
The Nittany Realm
Defeats come far and inbetween for Nittany ringleader John
Benglian. It seems to be John's fate to be the victim of close de
cisions. Only twice in his span of collegiate fisticuffs dual meets has
the aggressive southpaw tasted defeat. Both were close judgments.
Still fresh in his memory is that mysterious call of last week's
Virginia meet when, after he floored his opponent twice, referee Al
Mann awarded the nod to Al Hollingsworth in a decision that was
even seriously questioned by Cavalier boxing followers.
John's other dual meet setback dates back to his first year of
collegiate boxing. A freshman at the College then, he became a
standout of Coach Leo Houck's weak 1946 boxing aggregation. •
FIRST SETBACK
Traveling to Wisconsin, he suffered his first dual meet setback
when Akio Konashima, "by an eyelash," as one of the Madison
papers describes it, decisioned him. Earlier in the year Benglian de
feated Konashima in a Rec Hall meet.
The Philadelphia Story might be an apprriate title for
Benglian's life history. In 1921 he was born in the Quaker City and
has resided there ever since. . .
Althuogh a clever southpaw performer now, he never partici
pated in any organized boxing bouts until he entered the army in
1941. It was at Camp Pendleton, Va., that for the first time he stepped
into the squared circle to entertain Gl's in a non-decision exhibi
tion bout.
He weighed 145 pounds then, yet he was matched against a
185-pounder. It was a hectic battle with leather swinging freely.
Thomas V. Connelly, Philadelphia pugilist and winner of more than
130 fights, called the contest "the sluggingest match of the evening."
That was only the beginning. Nineteen more scraps followed;
Johnny won all but two. One of the defeats was to the 135-pound
Kansas City golden gloves champ of 1943 and the other occurred
Saturday at Virginia.
Benglian was then sent overseas to Hawaii and later to Palau
Continued on page three
Rosemary, Model and Artist,
Vies for Beauty Award
This is the fifth and final of a series of thumbnail sketches
of the finalists in the Miss Penn State Freshman contest. Miss
• Rosemary Larsen is Behrend (Erie) Center's contribution.
A model girl, Rosemary is not unused to displaying her beauty
and her talents. Her photograph won first prize out of 500 prints in
a recent Chicago photo exhibit.
She is a model for Erie photographers and has modeled wedding
gowns for the largest department
store in that city.
Rosemary is a painter. She is
studying oil painting at St. Bene
dict's Academy in Erie and sev
By George Vedas:
era! of her paintings have been
displayed in Erie.
Erie is her home town and she
attended the Academy High
School there. In high school she
was head majorette of the band
Remember to cast your
ballot for Miss Penn Slats
Freshman. Five o'clock today
is the deadline for deposit
ing your vote in the ballot
boxes at The Daily Collegian
office or the TUB.
and a columnist for the high
school paper.
At Behrend Center, Rosemary
is a student in education-psy
chology. She is a member of the
Spanish Club and has partici
pated in the Center amateur
show. She is 19 years old.
Rosemary was chosen from ,
amnog six candidates to repre-•
sent Behrend Center by a board
of judges including a local hair
stylist and photographer and the
at the Wirt Playhouse.
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