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'Poorly Done'
While the College expansion program is still in
full swing it might be worth while to pick up a
few loose bricks and give them a gentle heave
toward the department of economics of the School
of Liberal Arts.
Last week a horde of commerce and finance
majors reported to 10 Sparks to pre-register for
the fall semester only to find a single file line of
students “four-abreast” to the end of the hallway
and up the stairs to the main floor.
THE 5 O'CLOCK SUBWAY HUSH in New York
City temporarily had to take a backseat to the
unorganized mass of humans, who, in the poorly
ventilated halls of Sparks, were pushing their way
into the registration room.
Due to a muddled-up system of pre-registration
procedure which apparently seems to be getting
worse instead of better each successive year, the
students waited in line, some for as long as two
hours, before finally entering the domain of 10
Sparks.
Next, the dummy schedule made up in advance
by the students had to .be approved by one of the
graduate assistants of the department. Apparently
not entrusting the ingenuity of their assistants,
two professors of the economics department, Mr.
Douglas Brown and Mr. David McKinley, had to
approve the schedule. That meant waiting in line
for another hour.
IT SEEMS ODD that in a staff of 9 graduate as
sistants, 10 instructors, 18 assistant professors, 7
associate professors and 7 full-time professors—a
total manpower reserve of 51 members—not more
than two should be available to handle the hordes
of students enrolled in the commerce and finance
section of the School of Liberal Arts.
On Wednesday night registration started at 7
■p.m. and lasted until 11:30 p.m. During that spao
only 299 students registered. Isn’t it possible to
handle more than 45 students an hour during a
pre-registration period?
Founded in the early twenties, the department
'is now in its second quarter-century of existence.
A workable system of pre-registration should
fhaue been devised to handle more than 45 students
an hour and to prevent an occurrence of a job
"poorly done.”
Collegian Gazette
Tuesday. Mar 10
LAST MEETING, House of Representatives, 2
White HaH, 6:15 p.m.
MEN'S BRIDGE club. TUB, 7 p.m.
YPA Meeting, 410 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
PENN STATE Grange, 100 Hort, 7:30 p.m.
WRA Bridge, WH Playroom, 7 p.m.
Fencing, 1 WH, 7 p.m.
Bowfing, WH, 6:30 p.m.
PEHN STATE Bible Fellowship, 417 Old Main,
1:10 pjn.
PM MU ALPHA, Room 14, CH, 3:45 p.m. Elec
tkm of officers.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Saturday: Ray Williams.
Discharged Saturday: Roger Mulhollen, Fred
Larson, Robert Boger.
Admitted Sunday: Phyllis Kane, Wallace Mer
chant, Daniel Shannahan.
Discharged Sunday: Phyllis Feinsilbcr.
Admitted Monday: Robert Snyder, Margaret
Denion, Robert Suravitz, Joan Ruth Blacker.
Discharged Monday: Ray Williams, Daniel
Shannahan, Clifford Hoch.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
for interview, .hookt be made in 3*4 Oil Main
The Sinclair and Balletine Co., Ridgeway, Pa.,
is interested in organic chemists. Work largely in
eontrol laboratory in dye pigments and dyes.
Wear-Ever representative will interview stu
dents May 11 and 12 for summer and permanent
employment.
State Department of Highways, May 13, June
grads in Ag Eng. Accounting, Chem Eng, Engi
neering seniors, Forestry.
Hotel du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware, has
openings for two or three dieticians. Applicants
should be Food majors.
National Supply Co., May 9, June grads in ME
for plant work.
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All Alone by the Telephone --
Your Lion
Graduation date for a lot of seniors (almost 2000) is just a few
short weeks off, so before it’s too late I want to add one more lament
—onlv this one’s for a select group of the class of 1949, the veterans.
Yes. with the departure of the June graduating class, the era of
veterans in college will have long since passed its zenith and the
ranks of the former Army. Navv. Marine and Air Force students
will be sadly depleted. I’ll miss them, personally.
The new freshmen and sophs that arrive next year to fill in
the gaps can't possibly possess the distinction of these balile
jackel book-carriers. After all, anyone (with a little dough, of
course) can buy a new sport jacket, suit, or pair of sleek sports
slacks. But scraggly field jackets M-1943. combat bools, and re
converted "pinks" and "greens" have a personality all their own.
Of course the changes brought about by the gradual disappear
ance of the G.l.’s will be vastly more far-reaching than substitution
of outer garments. I can’t make up my mind whether they’re for the
better or worse.
Obviously the future college men, like those before the war, will
in general be better-heeled financially than th currnt crop. Uncle
Sam is generous, there’s no doubt of that, but try to pay an $BO
housebill with a $75 check and have a little left over to spend on
cigarettes, coffee, and maybe a movie or two. It’s hard, believe me.
On the other hand MOST strictly civilian students can well-afford
the expenses of a college education and its attendant social features.
Without trying to start another “Battle of the Sexes,” the coeds
will probably enjoy the change. Instead of a coke and cigarette at
the Corner Room, the newcomers, and some of those remaining, can
afford to offer the sweet young thing a dinner at the Eutaw House
or the Allencrest. ’Tain’t nothing to sneeze at.
Then, 100, next year's crop will be younger and probably less
demanding than the dogfaces and swabbies who are leaving. It's
hard to teach a Joe who's been fraternizing with freuleins and
mademoiselles that hand-holding in the moonlight is the epitome
of romantic thrills.
Most of the profs I’ve talked to regret the passing of the PL 346
and 16 men. They feel the vets are more mature and more devoted
to their studies than the non-vet. student. Could be. I won’t argue
with those who are supposed to know what they’re talking about.
I'm not sure, but I have a hunch beer consumption at Stale
College will drop in the near future. Also conversations about T/5s
kicking generals out of PX's and privates telling shavetails what
to do with their orders will slowly become extinct.
Some of the, changes will be good—others bad. Whatever the
end result the Penn State collegiate picture is certainly going to be
altered.
So beer glasses up to the end of an era. And a colorful one at
that So long, gang.
College Delegates
George Donovan, manager of
Student Union, and Edmund
Walacavage, a member of the
Student Union committee, attend
ed the Student Union convention
at Colorado Springs last week.
The convention was held to
provide means for student union
delegates to meet to solve pro
blems and get ideas on how to
operate student unions.
"We are fortunate to have a
student union that is relatively
free from college administration.”
said Walacavage.
In many colleges the student
union is not free to act on their
own volition, he said. Their plans
must be approved by the college
board of directors.
Donovan was chairman of the
Idea Hour panel at the conven
tion. They discussed how to con
duct big dances, how to handle
publicity, and how to raise money
for student unions.
Walacavage led a panel dis
cussion on the keynote speech at
By Red Roth
attend SU Parley
the convention, “The Position of
Student Union as Related to De
mocracy.”
Reen, Roth Head
Sigma Delta Chi
Jack Recn was elected presi
dent of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s
professional journalism honorary,
at a recent meeting. Other offi
cers elected were Wilbert Roth,
vice-president; Edwin Watson,
secretary; and Arden* Eidell,
treasurer.
Tom Morgan was elected dele
gate to the fraternity’s national
convention to be held in Dallas,
Texas, next full.
Eleven men were initiated at
the same meeting. They are Wil
son Barto, Raymond Benfer,
Stanley Degler, Harry Endres,
Norman Goode, Edwin Hoffman,
Raymond Koehler. Robert Kotz
bauer, Ramon Saul. Henry Wad
linger, and Edwin. Watson.
JL Safely VaL
Courtesy and Conduct
TO THE EDITOR: I was most impressed over
the weekend by the courtesy and conduct of our
students during the Eastern Intercollegiate Golf
Association tournament on our College course.
Even though the course was closed only on Sat
urday, students absented themselves from the
course during Friday’s play and again on Sunday
afternoon when an unexpected play-off developed.
I personally followed the play on Sunday and
was delighted by the conduct of the large gallery
which followed the players.
There was applause for good play, sympathetic
appreciation of “bad breaks,” and general good
conduct throughout.
I think I would be remiss in my duty if I did
not publicly express my thanks to our students
for this fine display.
—Dr. Carl P. Schott, Dean.
School of Physical Education and Athletics.
No Disqualification
TO THE EDITOR: I see no good reason why
there should be such an uproar among so many
American students over the criticism made by Mr.
Bapuji regarding the custom of pie throwing at
the recent carnival. The fact that he is from an
other country does not disqualify him from pass
ing judgment on our way of doing things. In a
way, he is in a better position to know what is
wrong with some of our customs than we are. For
he stands to us in much the same relation as the
spectator stands to the actors on the stage. He
can see things that escape our attention.
Now. we are very happy, I’m sure, when we
hear Mr. Bapuji speak well of our country. Well,
then, aren’t we being one-sided to reject his un
favorable criticism? It would be strange, indeed,
if Mr. Bapuji—or anyone else—could find nothing
wrong with America, or any other country.
Personally, I welcome Mr. Bapuji’s criticism,
for only by having such an attitude Can I profit
from the observations of other people. The im
portant thing, as I see it, is to discuss the merits
of the custom in question, and not the person re
sponsible for the criticism.
A War Agreement
TO THE EDITOR: The State Department is
trying to present the North Atlantic Pact to the
American people as a defensive, peace pact. We
are assured that it provides collective security
against aggression and war.
It is a war agreement directed against the Soviet
Union and all other peaceful countries who are
defending themselves against the aggressive plans
of U. S. imperialism. It is based on the lie that
Europe faces the menace of a Soviet attack.
The pact commits us to rearm the Marshall plan
countries. It implies the establishment of U. S. air
fields and naval bases near the borders of the
Soviet Union. It permits us to rebuild and con
trol the armies, ir forces, and navies of the signa
tory countries.
It means tremendous profits for U. S. corpora
tions and banks. For the American people, it means
vastly increased taxes, higher prices, unemploy
ment in industries not producing war goods. It
may mean that you must prepare to shed your
blood ,to sacrifice your hopes for peace to the war
plans of a small, extremely powerful minority in
our country.
Tell your senator you oppose the North Atlantic
Pact.‘Tell him you want a peace pact between the
USA and the USSR.
Young, Inexperienced
TO THE EDITOR: What kind of pre-conceived
notions caused editorialist L. D. Gladfelter to
squeeze all newspapers indiscriminately into the
pre-conceived pattern of deliberately suppressing
and distorting the news?
Upon what does he base his charges? If he has
the “inside” information that disproves what the
the newspapers print, how does he test the validity
of his special sources?
Don’t you agree that Mr. Gladfelter is a little
too young, inexperienced and uninformed to make
such serious statements, especially in the Colle
gian, which is a student newspaper, and should be
chiefly devoted to the betterment of Penn State?
—Name withheld.
Selective Reporting?
TO THE EDITOR: A letter recently published
in the Collegian appeared to be an attempt by
Mr. Rubenstein to support his view that the Atlan
tic Pact is an instrument of aggression. For effect
he quoted parts of Representative Cannon’s speech
of April 13 from two different sources.
His tactics remind me of an old psychological
trick which often proves effective in spreading
propaganda. Remove a few sentences from the
context of a speech. Isolate these sentences from
any other parts of the speech which might give
them the real meaning intended by the speaker.
Add a few comments of your own to steer the
thinking of the suggestive readers along your line
and you end up with a neat piece of propaganda.
One thing that puzzles me is why Mr.'Ruben
stein had to quote from two different sources.
Could it be that some selective reporting on the
part of the New York Herald-Tribune and Naw
York Times writers saved him the trouble of
analyzing Representative Cannon’s speech himself
in its entirety to pick out the barbs? I wonder?
—J. C. DanalMS.
mmtirnmad an pom dmm
TUESDAY. MAT TO, TW9
—Peter R. PrittL
—Saul Levinson.