pAcrE TWO Worth Trying Worthwhile opportunities to buy necessary items at low prices come increasingly seldom in these days of inflated dollars. Still, many students on campus are passing up a fine thing when they fail to patronize the co-op store and book exchange located in the TUB. REAL BARGAINS—saIes on school supplies and used textbooks at low prices are avail able. Supply items are sold at ordinary market prices now, to be sure, but the golden har vest comes in the spring when rebates ap proaching 20 percent are made. Used textbooks are sold at prices set by the people selling them, the book exchange taking only ten cents to handle, the trans- action for the benefit of both buyer and seller. Five cents is deducted from the set price given to the seller, and the other five added onto the set price paid by the buyer. Getting your textbooks at savings of 40 , or 50 percent certainly warrants paying a nickel commission on each book. Robert Gabriel and Richard Schweiker 'have been appointed managers of the co-op store, while Richard Evans has been handl ing the • book store. Bath the co-op store and -the book exchange are student-operated en terprises, managed by and employing only students appointed by All-College Cabinet. It's a student venture. Students should give, them a try. —Jack Senior Impressions ' Penn State presents the entering outlander with a great variety of new impressions. Most of • these inspire emotional reactions running all the way from sheer boredom to absolute indifference. ONE IMPRESSION .and one impression alone receives major attention from the cul tured intellect of the healthy young Ameri can boy. It is, of ' course, the disgusting and even horrifying shortage of healthy young American girls, or any other kind, either. Let me elucidate, citing my own piteous case as a sort of reference point for all. All of us sophomore men arrived here last week, entitled fo one quarter of a wo man, sound in wind, and limb, and educat ed in the way she ,should go. I got a lucky break at the start. My room mote arrived with a freshly broken heart, and ceremoniously donated to me his frac tional holdings in the fickle ones. I was then sitting pretty with a full half of a woman, and I had ' just aboat decided which half I was interested in, when that low-life in the upper 'berth went out and met himself a blonde. He immediately reclaimed his stock in sex, and I was again back to fragments, a victim of the deadly ratio. VENTURING FROTH to the local stock yards—l think you call it the TUB—I prepared to claim my due. Well, I must have led a good life, because, after lying quietly in wait before a certain secluded door, I actually man aged to latch on to a big, beautiful, blond babe. What followed was sheer nightmare. • Two of my best and oldest friends oozed up with hungry expressions, and asked the 8888 what she was doing that evening. Figuring that was pretty obvious, I cried laughingly, "Pown, Rover," and' gave each a: playful shove through a closed window. They are really swell fellows, and no one is happier . than I to learn that the scars are healing nicely. Later, having battled with my prize through 'hordes of similarly sex-starved old buddies, I strolled with her across the campus to the Lion Shrine. 47`,4 Speaking of that •remarkable ammo', I noted with interest one young idealist from one of the less sophisticated centers, watching the girls pass the beast, waiting hopefully for a roar. WHEN THIS BLONDE and I strolled past the prcphet, no vocal activity beyond a de batable meow was to be noticed, but the cat': eyes lit up and his tail twitched three time, - Now, I .wonder . . ? Anyway, as I dragged my captive back to Atherton by the hair, I heard ten stroke from . the local Tower of London, and no• tired an odd flickering of lights in the dorm When I attempted to board, a sweet old lady took me gently by both hands, mur mured, "Ten o'clock, you know," and threw me 'down the stairs. So, once again, I walk in solitary despera - tion. Considering such variables as the in famous Freshman Incarceration, the phases oi the moon, and the family's stubborn attitude about buying me a Caddy convertible, I cal culate that my next date should come some time during the third year of my graduate studies. My impressions, then, of Penn State? Nicest monastery a guy could ask far. Anybody for chess? —Ronald Bonn THE D MIN CO' Ed CE Cur ' 137‘1`1'3Yr..17.\11tA GRIN AND BEAR IT `.~ "—And this is my youngest, who said the cutest thing last night, Boss—he said; 'Dadda, baby needs shoesP—P Traditionally Speaking The Obelisk (This is the first in a series of columns explaining the history of various Penn State traditions, and structures on campus.) WITH. THE EXCEPTION of Old Main perhaps the first spot on campus that attracts the attention of the neophyte is 'the Mall. When one walks up the Mall, pa d a Main Engineering, he sees another' ' structure with a legend, the obelisk or polylith as it is often called. To those who know the story behind the polylith, it is an interesting legend and tradition. THE MONUMENT was beguri in 1898 by Thomas C. Hopkins, assistant professor of economic geology at the College. This geological obelisk contains 281 Pennsylvania commercial build ing stones from 139 localities. These stones are arranged in geologic order. Built on a base six feet by six feet by two and one half feet thick, the obelisk weighed 53.4 tons and stood 32.7 feet high when erected. . This half-century old Penn State tradition was built for the rmrpose of studying the weathering qualitiei of the stones 4 for the benefit, of architects and builders. —PAULY MOSS Gleaned From Prints Society and class banqUets were a,. specialty 'at McAllister Dining Hall, which was advertised as "right on campus" and of fering students of 40 years 'ago regular board at $3 per week, with extras at cost. "We keep the quality up because the quality keeps us up" and "try • McAllister grub and be convinced" were , the dining hall slogans. -And in town the same students could. buy a copy of the 1910 La Vie for 92. The yearbook 'was heralded by 'both students and alumni as "absolutely the best and most orgina/ ever is sued here." MASS. MEETINGS. "for the purpose of rousing that old time Penn State spirit," were scheduled for every night of that • last week in Sept., 40 years ago, as the Nittany Lion sharpened'. its claws for the first tough gridiron tilt of the season.. Grove City's eleven was scheduled as a "warmer-upper.•' and bowed to State's men - by exactly the same score as it had done the previous year-31-0. . , , Now the past-proved tough Carlisle Indiana were next . on the igenda, the game to be played at Wilkes-Barre:Statistics from five nrevious games with the Indians showed four decisive defeats for :state with the Lions owning only one win-4-0: . , Then game time. and a train load of NittanY fans on hand to atch what was predicted to be a slaughter. . The wooden stands rocked when State, trailing by 64 at he half. rallied and took the lead at 8-6 towards the final gun. 3ut a late two points were tallied by the ooposition on .what partisan writer :called a poor referee decision and the game ended in an 8-8 tie. Both jubilant and downcast the State rooters returned to Nittany Valley that night. Those who went by rail arrived .1 Lemont and were later admonished for taking . the^ .seats )n the wagons and letting some of the football players be herded ' ogether in one small hack "in so small a place that some pre t'erred walking up from Lemont carrying suit , cases." John C. Cook, research assistant in geophysics at 'the College, :3 looking for a pair of balloons he unwittingly set free in the Mauch Chunk-Allentown area. More valuable than the balloons is the small electric device which the balloons carried away with them when Cook's search for radio-active' ore is exposed rock was interrupted by. the accident By AL RYAN 40 YEARS AGO ity Tracking Down ApE- Tales l l° u RUMORS REACH the Daily Collegian of fice that at the Univeksity of California, students may take out flunk insurance. The maximum, paid in case the insured becomes eligible to col lect is $lOO. Sounds like an easy wary to make some much needed cash! COULD BE THE Phi Kappa Tau house had to wrestle with the "state of the union" dung rush week. With two rushees at the house nathed Barclay and Truman, it seemed more like a po iitical caucus than rushing. OVERHEARD IN REC HALL 'during orien tation week: A frosh in Ath Hall seems to have the jump on the rest of us. Anita Tyler, from New Milford, flew down to the Nittany Vale to begin her studies here. Her father is president of the ,Flying Farmers of Pennsylvania. Hence the plane ride. BILL DICKSON, junior journalism major, missed his journ class yesterday. Turns out that the "upperclasman" was attempting to go to his classes scheduled ..for Monday instead of Wed nesday. And we think the frosh are the ones who are confused! COINCIDENTAL? Sue Stern, senior, who was on an European tour for the summer, was walking down the street in a small . Italian town and met a fellow who sat next to her in an English class.here at State. Wonder if they bzoke into a "short yell State?" , And that's not all . . . Elliot Krane,' Sports editor of Collegian, bumming around Mexico this summer, ran smack into Jack Senior, of the same rag, on the main street of Mexico* City. Had quite a reunion, we're told. • ANOTHER ITEM from the college exchange must have brought red faces to the members of seven University of California sororities who invited Mary Lou Ulliich to visit them.' "Mary Lou" was Walter. Robert Ullrich who, with the help of French heel's, new look dress and strate gically placed padding entered for a few days the "women's world." 'Which benefitted from his escapade by col lecting 14 cues of tea, a dozen tiny sandwiches. 27 coeds' phone numbers and one from a. house mother. Maybe Ullrich could give Penn State's "big sister" Carroll Howes, a few hints. • A FRESHMAN at Miami University may face expulsion for throwing a card from, the flash card section during that schcioPs' 'gaine with Georgia. The student is charged with committing an action that is a menace to the welfare and . goOd name of the Miami University's Student Asso ciation. :74.e . 5',,;,/;.4. :114 • Letters to the 'editor must be signed for inclusion -in the Safety Valve, - although names will be withheld. on ,request. Telephone numbers • and addresses must be - . included to 'fa cilitate verification of authenticity of signatures: Letters exceeding 200, words in length may' be cut, when resuirea'bY apace linSitations, . -• . • Guilty COnscience TO THE EDITOR: Thanks for the' editorial on the "Mass Mishap" at, the 'football _game. I , feel thoroughly chastised. Although I- was one of the last to ,"sail" my card, 1 Very much, wish I hadn't been such a stupid sheep, and the sting- is still there.., I hope we can try the flash cards again, now that we know what' it's - all . —Atherton Coed Gazette •. Thursday, Sepieniber 29 ALL-COLLEGE CABINET, 201. Old, Main, ;8 p. m. CHAPEL CHOIR, Schwab Aud.,.7 p.m, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Organization, 207- CH . 6:45 p.m.. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB Mixer, 405 Old Main; Xhe Ertl q Cuitegiatt Successor to '.THE -' EMS LANCE, est 1887 Published Meadow through Saturday •mornings' • in dually. during • the College year by; the staff: , Pt • tiro eennsylvania State College. Represented .for national advertising bi National Aa 'vertising Service, Madison Ave.,' New York Chleage, LIMB Angeles, San Francisco. Entered as second-close matter July' 5,'1934. at •the • State College, Ps., Post . Office under the act of March .3, '1579. Editor Business Manager To Morgan ' i lagO' Marlin A. Weaver Night Editor Jack 'B.oddington Copy Editor ' • Ray Koehler Assistants Dede Daly, Mary Krasnansky ,TETURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949 With The Staff STAFF THIS ISSUE
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