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Editorial. and columns appearing in The natty Collegian represent The opinions of the writer. They maim no claim to reflect Modest or Thdetvislity iseemerisse. thisisnesi editorials are written by the Witte.
Study Gift Plans
About 1800 seniors must either have an over
abundance of confidence in the judgment, integrity
and wisdom of their classmates who took the time
to attend Sunday's class meeting, or they have an
unfortunate lack of interest in the disposition
of their class gift funds.
Efforts have been and are being made to insure
that every senior receives a gilt-edged opportu
nity to express his opinion concerning the gift
which will best represent the class throughout the
years, by its usefulness to the greatest number of
students.
BALLOTING WILL COINCIDE with ordering
of caps, gowns, announcements and invitations, to
give every senior on campus the opportunity to
vote, at no inconvenience. February graduates and
practice teachers will receive post-card ballots.
An obvious ,danger arises that students may
vote blindly, on the spur of the moment, without
giving the momentous decision sufficient thought.
Such a practice, if prevalent, may result in an
unwise choice of a gift which would not do great
est good for the College.
IN AN EFFORT TO ALLAY such a hazard. Col
legian plans to present as much factual evidence
concerning each of the gift proposals as possible,
tato the extent of its ability and the availability of
pace.
Of the three suggestions approved for inclusion
on the ballot by the interested few, two have
already been recipients of past Collegian support.
( They are the addition to the student press fund,
and financial aid to the student•BX.
The other presentation, a memorial gate to be
situated at the Pollock road entrance to the cam
pus at Atherton street, has no apparent student
backers, although five architect's drawings have
been made for the College.
SINCE WE HAVE THE FACTS to prove that
the student press will materially benefit every
student practically every day of his life at Penn
State, we will feel no pseudo-embarrassment about
honestly and fairly boosting its approval.
Secondly, since the BX is restricted to $2OOO of
the gift fund, and since it will aid any student wise
enough to take advantage of its economical as
sistance, that, too, will merit support.
As usual, the Safety Valve is open for concur
ring or disagreeing students' opinions.
Exchange Dinners
To promote better interfraternity relations and
a better understanding among fraternity men, the
Interfraternity Council has adopted a plan which
has been tabbed "Operation—Exchange Dinner."
This plan, involving every fraternity on campus,
consists of a series of exchange dinners and after
dinner speakers, sponsored and organized by
IFC. The third week of each month has been de
cided upon as exchange dinner week. Sometime
luring that period each house will participate in
in exchange dinner.
To eliminate confusion and to insure greater
mingling of fraternity men, an IFC-appointed
committee will arrange a schedule of rotation. It
will be published and sent to each house every
month.
To enable more men to become acquainted, the
dinners will be operated on a triangular basis.
That is, a group of three houses will work together
on each dinner; each house sending a pre-arranged
number of men to each of the other two houses.
In addition to the dinner, each fraternity will
be responsible for an after dinner speaker, or if
one is not available, some other type of entertain
ment should be planned.
A list of possible speakers has been published
by IFC. Included among them is Dean of Men
Arthur Warnock whose topic for after dinner dis
cussion is, "Nation Wide Fraternity Problems."
Other personalities and topics include such
notables as Louis Bell, director of public informa
tion, "The Serious Side of the Funnies"; James
Coogan, director of sports publicity, "Sports at
Penn State in 1949"; Arthur Reede, professor of
economics, "Should We Have a New Labor Law?"
and Leo Houck, "Penn State Boxers Today and
Yesterday."
So that speakers or entertainment do not be
come too drawn out, a temporary time limit,
around 8 p.m., has been set to end discussions and
to allow study hours to commence.
The idea, a new one at Penn State, should enable
all fraternity men to become better acquainted,
thus making for a closer knit fraternity world.
A tip of the hat is in order to IFC prexy George
Chapman, under whose generalship this plan has
become a reality. As Chapman stated at a recent
IFC meeting, "This plan can become a real suc
cess if we wish to make it so, and it can place us
head and shoulders above other schools in the
never ending process of improving our fraternity
system." —George Vedas:.
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Well Done, Players
Well done, Players
Last week's brilliant production of "Dark of the
Moon," merits high praise forlts artistic sets,
high-caliber acting and expert M•ection.
Such exciting forms of entertainment rate much
of the credit for making the Nittany Valley the
cultural center of Central Pennsylvania that it is.
Those too busy, uninformed or disinterested to
avail themselves of the enjoyment right-at-hand,
were the only losers.
Collegian Gazette
Tuesday, March 22
BLOCK AND BRIDLE Club, 206 Ag, 7 p.m.
NAVAL ELECTRONICS Warfare Unit, 200 Eng
E, 7:30 p.m.
MEN'S BRIDGE Club, TUB, 7 p.m.
DELTA SIGMA PI, 124 Sparks, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN Ad Staff, 100 CH, 7 p.m.
WRA bridge, WH playroom, 7 p.m.
WRA fencing, 1 WH, 7 p.m.
WRA bowling, WH, 6:30 p.m.
PENN STATE Bible Fellowship, 409 Old Maki,
3 p.m.
PENN STATE Grange, 100 Hort, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Sunday: Murray Gutnic k, Harry
Currey.
Admitted Monday: John Nott, George Allan.
Discharged Monday: Anna Manzuk, Madeline
Gardner, Sonya Titles.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Arrangements for interviews AMIN be made in IN OM Mein
at ante.
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. .
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, M E, 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 lE , ME, AL, C F, 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.
YMCA, March 24, to confer with senior stu
dents interested in YMCA as a career. The eve
ning will begin with a complimentary dinner at
St. Paul's Methodist church. All interested in
attending are asked to notify the Christian As
sociation by 5 p.m. on March 21.
Atlantic Refining Co., March 29 and 30, June
grads in ChE and Chem. They will also see a few
juniors in Chem and ChE or graduate students in
Chem who have a 2.0 average or better and would
be interested in summer work.
Eli Lilly and Co., March 29 and 30, June grads
with bachelor or advanced degrees in Chem, Ag
and Bio Chem, Bact, ME, ChE, and Ind Eng.
Army Security Agency, March 28, June grads
with 8.5., M.S. or Ph.D. in EE (communica
tions). Also math majors for positions as research
analysts.
Long Island Lighting Co., March 31, June grads
in EE.
Corps of Engineers, March 31 and April 1, June
grads in Arch Eng, EE, ME, and CE.
Bell System, March 30, 31, and April 1, June
grads with 1.5 averages or better. Bell Telephone
Co. of Pa., EE and a few IE grads for engineering
planning and or technical operations. Bell Tele
phone Laboratories, EE grads with 2.0 or better
and graduate degree candidates in EE, Phy, and
Chem. Although Western Electric Co. will have
no employment requirements, their representative
will be glad to answer any questions regarding
their organization.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM—Boy With Green Hair
STATE—Chicken Every Sunday.
NlTTANY—Overlanders.
Edit Briefs
• The nation's coal miners were out of the pits;
students sought the usual places of entertainment;
church bells pealed on Sunday. It was a normal
March week-end but for one thine;
Di• Peon Shia coaches resigned.
The Mouth of March
Last week I became a father—at least to the J. B. Lippincott
Company. Philadelphia publishers since 1872 according to the
letterhead.
How it all happened Fit never know, but Mr. Charles Heinle,
head of the company's mail order department, is certain I've fathered
a daughter. More than that, she seems to be in the process of tinker
ing with her virginity.
In fact Heinle gets downright dogmatic in asserting that unless
I give this erring daughter of mine some snappy advice on sex in
one big hurry she's going to find herself involved in some sordid
"affair."
OF COURSE ALL THIB BUILDUP is meant for just one per
pose. Old "J. 8." and his associates have published a book entitled
"Letters to Jane," billed in the publicity release as "A mother talks
to her daughter about sex." According to the letter no young coed
just starting out in college has a chance of emerging the same pure
minded cherub she went in as unless her old man (or mother) buys
this invaluable piece of literature, reads it, and then advises her on
how to take care of "wolves."
Just for the record and the sake of Mr. Heinle, I am only 22
years old. It would be biologically impossible for any daughter of
mine, if I had one, to even be thinking about discarding her virtue.
Furthermore I think Lippincott's, collectively speaking. are , off
the beam.
In their letter they query, "If your daughter asks you 'is it
smart to be a virgin?' . . . can you answer her with sound, logical,
forceful arguments? When she wants to know the dangers of pet
ting . . . can you answer her frankly—without being embarrasBed
or evasive?"
True, I only have one sister. But I can't ever remember her
dashing up to my father and saying, "Pop, is it smart to be a virgin?'
If she had he'd of probably turned her over his knee and showed
her how unsmart it was to go around intimating she was even think
ing of changing her status.
But if the publishers ARE correct, the situation is terrifying.
Included is their sample literature is a letter from one coed who
read the book (got it on the black market I presume) and wrote
to the author, Gladys Denny Shultz. Some of the comments of
Alice—that's the coed's name—are absolutely world-shaking in
their consequences.
"Are we (girls) safe out alone in the darkness with them? Why
don't they understand what the word 'no' means? When they get
ready to marry, they seem to search for a virgin, but it they had
their way, there would be no virgins left." Sample lines from Alice's
missive.
If we accept Alice's thoughts as typical of freshman coeds, men
students are painted in their minds as lustful, salacious creature*
whose only aim in life is to corrupt their morals.
IS IT ANY WONDER THEN that we have the sex hostility now
present in the United States?
So to you, Mn. Shultz, and to others lkke you who write and
publish these books on sex which paint men as sex maniacs, I say
Ile. May your writings wither on the shelves of book dealers and
may the college coeds once more feel secure in the arms of their
brawny protectors.
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