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Suckers Bern...
The Smart Money Boys—a small bunch of
persons whom society scorns but tolerates,
yearly “milk” Penn State students of thousands
of greenbacks through “g;et-rich-quick” foot
ball pool slips. Feeding om a hungry-for-easy
money student body, the racket thrives un
molested. Student agents ore used as a “front.”
And the weekly “take” can modestly be called
terrific.
Almost as old as foofibaH itself, the pool
racket each year finds Pwnn State to be one
of its favorite hunting grounds. Many of
these "business men" fatten their over
weighed bank rolls at the expense of college
students throughout the country.
Each week of the football season, pool slips
are’ circulated throughout the College—i*t. the
classrooms, the corridors, the dorms and fra
ternity houses.
THE ASTUTE CHARACTERS who operate
the racket never risk vendimg the slips them
selves. Students work as agents for the pool
backers and are paid on a commission basis.
HERE'S HOW YOU play Ifoe pod: Secure a
slip from one of the agents—not a hard task
in State College. Make your selections and
return the stub together with your money—
anything from a quarter up—to the same
agent. Turning the slip ,in to other agent
would not be “ethical”
IN SELECTING WINNERS you may give
or take points, but a game ending in a tie
favors the bookie. Odds vary. On one particular
slip they range from 8-to-l for those who
select four teams correctly, to 200-to-l for
those who go “all out” and chose ten teams
’ wcrectly.
Actually, the true odds are much greater
then those listed on the slips/ and the chances
of "bitting" the pool are scarce. Usually the
number of points awarded teams calculated
to lose is shrewdly picked, but there are
often one-sided "sucker" games thrown in/
as teasers to entice the gullible pool-player.
At Penn State, three or four large football
pools operate yearly. One and sometimes two
fold within a year’s time, but others—often
backed by the same perso/ns whose pods went
bankrupt—spring up to replace them.
State College pools which do not fold are
generally those operated here by "business
men” in large Pennsylvania cities, but with
student agents. They use odds supplied week
ly by a national bookmaker, who for about
$l5O a season will mail selections and game
odds to any pool entrepreneur. These "big-
lime'* pools are smart and hard to beat.
Locally-backed pools are the ones which us
ually fold sooner or later, partly because their
quoted odds may be too radical, thus courting
financial disaster. But when successful, these lo
cal pools earn their instigators from $3OO to
$l,OOO a week.
THE PRESENT LATE STAGE of the football
season is critical, especially for the local pools.
At the opening of the grid campaign they will
gladly “pay off” a few big winners if they feel
there is an eventual harvest to be reaped from
State College students. But as the season prog
resses, they will fold quietly rather than “pay
off” in the event many players “hit.” That’s why
it is bad sense to try for huge pool winnings
right now; chances of being paid if you win are
low.
The same pool situation existing at the Col
lege can be found on many campuses through
out the nation. Last year at Ohio Slate two
students who were supposedly acting as agents
for a local syndicate were expelled from
school. But generally, the racket flourishes un
molested; State College pools are a small part
of a nation-wide multi-million-dollar-a-year
business.
The student agent’s share of the “take” varies
in proportion to the amount of business he does
his commission usually running from 15 to 40
per cent of gross receipts.
"Payoffs" are made at the beginning of the
week, but they are seldom necessary because
of expert handicapping employed by the pool
dopsters.
Suckers are born ....
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Revised Planks At Stake
In Frosh, Soph Battle
Hem are fhe planks of the revised Slate and Lion parly
platforms for the dam elections to be held Tuesday:
State Party
1. To work with other interest
ed groups in separating the com
merce and finance curriculum
from the Liberal Arts school.
2. To work with NSA in in
stituting a “Campus Chest” at
Penn State to support the charity
drives, and to eliminate individ
ual drives. The State party feels
that this would cause less work
on everybody’s part.
3. To have the elections com
mittee work on a better distrib
uted plan of voting - . In other
words, during these elections,
have voting places in the
schools and a centrally located
one in the dorm areas.
4. To rearrange the seating at
New Beaver Field more to the
satisfaction of the students.
5. To attempt to have better
recreation and social facilities
for the men in ’ the dormitories.
6. To expand the Student Work
Agency so it can do a better
job serving the students, and so
that more students can obtain
work from it.
7. To continue to publicize the
need for a permanent Student
Union building. The plans for
it already have been drawn up.
8. To expedite the plan for the
creation of a student press. .
9. To utilize the cooking facil
ities in Atherton Hall for fresh
man girls.
10. To support the drive for the
expansion of the BX so it will
be able to fit the needs of the
students' in a better way.
11. To work for a revival of the
It's not just the freshman who get confused on the campus.
Recently Norma Sue Goodman, a senior, spent a half hour hunt
ing for her room in Simmons and finally went to report to the
hostess that it had been moved lock, stock and barrel. When she
got to the hostess’s office she realized the cause of her difficulties
—she had been wandering around in McElwain. Claims it comes
from having too many 8 o’clock classes.
Lion Party
1. To support the present Stu
dent Union committee in realiz
ing its goal of a permanent Stu
dent Union building in the near
future.
2. We wilt continue to support
the efforts of Leonides and AIM
in their benefits for all independ
ent students.
3. We will coordinate the work
of the school councils in estab
lishing an instructor rating sys
tem and improving the existing
advisory system.
4. We will support the All-
College Cabinet committee in
establishing a Campus Chest.
5. To further investigate plans
for alleviating the parking and
traffic problem--on campus.
6. The points on our platform
concern the freshman women .in
that they are students of Penn
State, not a separate group. The
Lion freshman candidates, while
ever acting in the interests of
their classmates, will strive to
make the freshmen not a separate
group but an integral part of
Penn State.
traditions that Penn State seems
to have lost the past
few years; such as the interclass
rivalry, the “hello spirit,” and
basic enthusiasm for the school.
There are some of th.e things
that live the longest in the minds
of Penn State graduates. \
12. To erect sidewalks oh cam
pus where students can walk in- '
stead of having to traverse mud
dy paths. 1
Elusive Room ~
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IS, IW9
Safety Valve...
Expect 100 Much
TO THE EDITOR: Daily, I have watched the
squabblings so thoroughly aired in this paper
concerning the "non-dates” versus the "im
port dates.” A few points should be exposed
on both sides.
First, there are a few of the men at Penn
State who do not want to date Penn State
Coeds because of other reasons, such as:
finances are limited; G. I.’s who have gone
through this routine overseas, using natives
in place of imports; fellows who don’t care
to date too far in the future; and those who
have a true love in their own town.
On the other hand, the coeds seem to real
ize that the requirements of a winsome smile,
pleasing personality, „and a generous amount
of patience are. all that is necessary to gain
friends on campus for future dates. The girl
herself is the one who decides whether she
will be dated, for her roommate’s advice and
the' use of certain beauty preparations will
make her attractive to at least one man.
Both sides are expecting far too much —the
girls want a car, usually frat member, good
looks, and a BMOC—the boy; a dream, per
sonality plus, inexpensive, and class. This is
Penn State, not an exclusive school where
the Van Snoots are attending. Can’t we sorta
get together?
Gazette
Saturday, November It
INTERNATIONAL Relations Club Com
mittee on Model Security Council, 8 Sparks,
12:45 p.m.
Sunday, November H
SENIOR EDIT. Board, Collegian, 8 CH, 6:45
p.m.
Monday, November. I<4
PMLOTES, White Hall, 7:00 p.m,
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Thursday:
James Mongell.
Admitted Friday: Robert de Laval, Shirley
Grow.
Discharged Friday: Robert Kreidier, Ray
mond Gomez, Richard Dutmn, John Storer,
Joan Zerden.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
The National Supply Co. Nor. 18 February
grads in accounting.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co..
Nov. 17. February grads for non technical sales
work. Single men only.
Sharpies Corp., afternoon Nov. 30. February
grads in ChemE and ME for development work.
Applicants must have 1.5 S or better average.
New York State Civil Service, now. February
and June grads who are legal residents of
that state.
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday
CATHAUM —Seabiscuit.
NITTANY—Valiant Hombre.
STATE —Home of the Brave.
Monday
CATHAUM—Seabiscuit.
NITTANY—The Quiet One.
STATE —Red Danube.
Saitg Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE* nt 1687
Published Tuesday through . Saturday . - mornings ; In
clusive during'the College-year by the staff of The Dally
Collegian of The Pennsylvania. State College.
Entered aa second-el asa matter July 5, 1934. at the state
College, Pa., Post Office under the net of March >, 1879.
Editor -ssssick.. . Business Manager
Tom Morgan . Marlin A. Weaver
Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed., Jack Been;
Sports Editor. Elliot Krane; Edit. Dir., Dottle Werlin
ich; Society Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Sylvia Oehner;
Asst. News Ed., Jack Senior; Asst. Sports Ed., Ed Watson;
Asst. Society Ed., Barbara Brown; Promotion Co-Mrr.,
Charlotte Seldman; Photo Ed.,. Hay Benfer; Senior Board,
George Vadasz, Albert Byan, Myrna Tex, Robert Rose;
Staff Cartoonist: Henry M. Progar; Staff Photographer,
Sam Vaughan. '
Asa*L, Business Mgr., Joe Jackson; Advertising Dir.,
Louis GilberfhvLocal Ad Mgr.. Don Baker; Asa’t. Local
Ad. Mgr., Mark Arnold; Promotion Co-Mgr., Karl Borlsh;
Circulation Co-Hgrs., Bob Bergman and Tom Karolcik;
Classified Ad Mgr., Thelma Geier; Personnel Mgr., Betty
Jane Hower; Office Mgr., Ann Zekanskas; 'Secretaries,
Marion Goldman and Sno Stern.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor • Stan Degler
Ass’t Night Editor Hal Kates
Copy Editor Norm Goode
Assistants ... Marv Krasnansky, Florence Tietz
Doris Golub, Julia Ibbotson
Advertising Manager Herb Blough
Assistants Ed Singel, Martha Ross
—Ed Howe
Lawrence Remstein,