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Selecting a President
TO THE EDITOR: Ever since the death of
President Hetzel in the fall of 1947 the Board of
Trustees has ostensibly been selecting a successor.
The extended period of deliberation has given rise
to persistent rumors of behind the scenes maneu
vering involving the Acting-President. Informa
tion corning froth the January meeting of Trustees
in Harrisburg has lent support to this thesis. The
evidence is in the strong opposition that has arisen
to the candidacy of Mr. Milholland. The result, I
understand, was the failure of the nomination
committee to report.
As a student at the College I believe the stu
dent body is entitled to know the status of the
current inquiry into possible nominees for the
presidential office. Furthermore we and the people
of the Commonwealth have every right to expect
an appointee who will meet the academic and
administrative qualifications of this high post.
Failure to select such an individual will relegate
'Penn State to the scholastic hinterland.
'Hot Box' Guilty
TO THE EDITOR
ling the unavoidable."
Student News was unable to deliver on time
last Sunday since the car carrying papers from
i New York developed a "hot box" in Mt. ;Union.
The net result was a four-hour delay in the de
( livery of all papers to the Student News Agency.
Following a conference with the publisher's agent,
f I was assured that greater efforts would be made
to facilitate shipment and that if such a delay
again occurs, all papers other than those held up
( will be delivered on time. In this way the agency
will be able to serve its custonwrs despite some
duplication of effort on the part of the agency.
We of the agency wish to publicly thank our sub
scribers for their cooperation.
—Joseph S. Reinheimer,
Manager, Student News Agency.
Wasting Our Time?
TO THE EDITOR: We, two ROTC students who
are apparently wasting our time at things mili
ttaristic while exploiting starving Europeans, defy
the strange Mr. Earnshaw. We will defend our
90 cents a day subsistence pay to the bitter end.
As a matter of fact we have a few questions we
would like to ask Mr. Earnshaw. First, does he
read past the comic page? In other words, has he
seen such small items as ECA and the Berlin air
lift mentioned in the papers lately? Second, is he
a veteran? If so we suggest that he donate his
subsistence check to a worthy cause like CARE
/if this is the way he feels about government ex
penditures. If he is a non-veteran then his worry
about things military is quite understandable.
In summary, Mr. Earnshaw, we say: "Boo! Boo!
to you, sir!!"
—Donald T. Walker, Osbert Hughes.
Queens and Chromosomes
TO THE EDITOR: Unfortunate as it is, all the
cosmetics and careful grooming in the world will
not make a plai.n , or ugly woman become beautiful
because she was born with her basic physical fea
tures which are determined by her arrangement
of chromosomes. Therefore, what right does a
woman have to be congratulated or given pries
for a trait for which she is manifestly unrespon
sible, it having been established before she was
even born!
If good looking women were a rarity, then pub
lishing their photographs would be justified if for
no other reason than curiosity. However, we con
stantly see "Queens" or if we don't we can always
obtain a cony of Esquire.
Would it not be a more worthy cause if the
Collegian would hold a contest of, for example,
freshman coeds' ability to cook, sew, or maybe
give a prize to the one who had done the most to
establish racial, religious, or international under
landing?
• Contenders in the recent freshman beauty
contest were judged as well for their self
acquired talents, scholastic attainments and
extra-curricular activities, as for any naturally
endowed accoutrements.
Mr. Swift can answer his own question by
asking himself who would sponsor, who would
enter, who would care about a contest for the
traits he proposes, no matter how worthy they
admittedly are.
01le Daily Collegian
SocereaKor to 'IeIIR MIME LANCE, eat. 188?
Published 'Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive dur
ing the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The
Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second class matter
July 5, 1931, at the State College, Pu., Post Office under the
Art of March 3. 1879. Subscriptions 12 a semester, 114 the
school year.
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Editor
Lew Stone
Managing Ed., Arnold Gerton; News Ed.. Malcolm White;
Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Feature Ed.. Loretta Neville: Society
Ed., Frances Keeney; Asst. Soc. Ed., Claire Lee; Edit. Mr.,
John Bunnell; Photo Ed.. Betty Gibbons; Promotion Co-Mgr..
Dick Brossman• Ault. News Ed, Dot Munaberger; Senior
Board. Rosemary Soul!tante.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Managing Editor _ . , . _ Rd Watson
News Editor _— __ . Janet Rosen
Cony Editor . Jack Senior
Assistants _ Shirley Austin, Bettina dePaisns, Betty Altschul'
Advertising Manager ... . _ Marion Goldman
Assistants —,....-_-______ Berhees Sigetilthe„ Ow •
—Leo Troy.
I wish to clarify "prevent-
—Raymond Emory Swift
Business Manager
Vance C. Klepper
A Knotty Problem
Jnow your college
Unquestionably the education of the youth of Pennsylvania is
the primary aim, in fact the ultimate reason for the College's very
existence
The term, Resident Instruction, unknown in many smaller edu
cational institutions appears wordy and superfluous, until one recalls
that resident instruction is only one prong of the College's trident
of service to the Commonwealth.
EXTENSION INSTRUCTION, which takes the College to the
student throughout the State; and research, which makes valuable
contributions to the world's storehouse of knowledge, will be dis
cussed in future articles.
With the formation of the Schohol of Home Economics on Jan-
uary 1, the number of undergraduate schools was increased to
eight, the others being Agriculture, Chemistry and Physics, Educa
tion, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mineral Industries and Physical
Education and Athletics.
Each school is administered by a dean, and faculty members
and curricula are organized into departments, according to specific
academic fields.
AT SOME INSTITUTIONS, each school is entirely separate from
all the rest, and completely autonomous, providing its own courses
in any needed subject, regardless of duplication in other schools.
Here a student can and does elect, and usually is required to
take, courses in several schools other than the one in which he is
registered.
Academic standards, procedures and policies may differ from
school to school. Central administrative offices and the College
Senate attempt to coordinate activities to a certain degree, generally
acting to prevent or correct unwise programs of a school, rather
than establishing inflexible rules of procedure.
ACQUISITION OF NEW STAFF MEMBERS is the responsi
bility of department heads. Proposals for new courses likewise origi
nates at the department level. New personnel make contracts with
the Board of Trustees after recommendation of the president, the
dean of the school and the department head.
Similarly new courses are finally adopted by the Board, after
approval of the department and school faculties, the Senate com
mittee on courses of study and the entire Senate.
Resident Instruction means the College to many people of the
State—parents, students and employers. Its excellence depends
mostly on the quality of the students and the faculty, even more
than on buildings and equipment.
The Ground at Our Feet
Last week's editorial concerning the desirability of a more suit
able parade ground for ROTC has received comment surpassing its
alleged triviality.
It was meant to be a sample statement of what the writer con
sidered a situation which could be improved. It was neither a
criticism of ROTC for marching on the grass, nor a judgment on the
efficacy of ROTC training.
Triviality in itself does not place the matter beneath considera
tion. Our lives are made up largely of trifles. Certainly Collegian
should provide material for thought. But not all problems are in
tellectual problems. While we are considering weighty matters, let
us not lose sight of the ground at our feet.
And we don't mean the grass.
.1; - •
5. Re.aieril inJlruction
—Worley Doggies
Point Missed
Much has been said, pro and con, concerning the
advisability of introducing party politics into stu
dent council elections.
Unfortunately, one of the important considera
tions behind the original plan has been entirely
neglected; that is, the protection of those students
running for positions on the several councils.
Only the most naive of political observers
would refuse to admit that politics, though not in
open party form, now exists in so-called council
campaigns. The effect, however, is largely deter-.
mined by "machine" influence since interest in
council elections is limited, as the small number
of eligible voters casting ballots would indicate.
Opening of the elections to party campaigning
would help to limit and neutralize such machine
activity by bringing the campaigns into the open
and by bringing issues in question before a larger
number of students.
In addition to aiding a badly needed increase
in student attention to council elections, the pro
gram would make it necessary for the parties to
keep more closely in touch with the problems arid
activities of the schools involved, enabling them
to become better aware of the requirements and
interest of cal the students.
That present Lion party officials cannot agree
with a policy approved of by their immediate
predecessors in a joint steering committee meet
ing earlier in the year, is unfortunate but is a
matter the decision of which rests entirely with
them. Nevertheless, to discard the proposal with
out considering all of the implications woeid be
grossly unwise.
Collegian Gazette
COLLEGE PLACEMENT #
for bebeeelews ebeeld be made to )N MI Maki
at ono&
Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, March 21 and 22, June grades in Aero
nautical Eng, ME and EE, receiving 8.5., M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees. The work wig be in conjunc
tion with the U.S.A.F. research and development
program.
Bailey Meter Co., March 18, June grads in ME
and EE.
Philadelphia Electric Co., March 21, June grads
in EE and ME. Also a few juniors for summer
employment in above curricula.
The Texas Co., March 21 and 22, Jane grads
with 8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. in EE, ME, CE, Chem
Eng, Chem, and Physics. Opportunities are in re
search, development, engineering, processing, and
foreign service.
Men who filled out preliminary applications for
the Pennsylvania Railroad should report to Col.
lege Placement Service at once.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., March 24 and 25,
June grads in Chem Eng, ME, EE, and lE. Need
for Chemical Engineers lies chiefly in the fields of
product and process development. The majority of
mechanical, electrical and industrial engineers
will be needed in the field of production manage
ment. A few men will be required for plant engi
neering, machine design, and product develop
ment.
Lukens Steel Co., March 25, June grads in ME,
EE, and Metallurgy.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., March 22 and
23, June grads in CF and AL who are interested
in domestic sales, accounting and credit work.
Harrison Construction Co., located at Pittsburgh
and Maryville, Tenn., March 24, June grads in CE
for either Pittsburgh or Knoxville vicinities, and
would be associated with engineering as it per
tains to construction.
General Electric Co., March 22, 23, 24 and 25,
June grads in EE, ME, and lE.
Dr. Paul E. Williams, representing General Fire
proofing Co., Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co., and
Timken Roller Bearing Co., March 28 and 29, June
grads in IE, ME, AL, CF, Met, ChE, and Ac
counting.
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., March 28 and 29,
June grads in ChE, Phys, Chem, PNG for foreign
service only, and Ph.D. in Phys and Chem.
Colgate - Palmolive - Peet Co., March 28, June
grads with B.S. and M.S. degrees in ME, ChE,
also EE in upper third of class more interested
in general engineering than in strictly EE.
Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission
has just announced examinations for the position
of senior visitor in the department of Public As
sistance. Applications must be submitted by
March 31.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM—Three Godfathers.
STATE—So Dear to My Heart.
NITTANY—Road House.
Education
Education is taken from the Latin dtaco—to lead.
For that to be possible we must be presented with
all sorts of facts—as objectively as possible, from
which we must draw our self-made conclusions.
But education does not mean the weeding out of
certain facts so as to forswear progress and bul
wark the status quo. What's more, that which is
unfavorable is not necessarily Un-American.
In our efforts to repudiate communism and
fascism, let's not be fearful of presenting all their
aspects. Let's not have our educators stack the
cards against these ideologies with he tend*
when the whole truth does a better job.
--Tempi* thatvomily lever
-4. M. Boddington.