PAGE, TWp Critique Saga “What ever Happened to Critique?” is a query extant in these parts. Critique, Penn State’s literary magazine, has had a stormy, harrowing and tangled life since its inception in the Fall of 1947. First of all, to secure a College charier. Critique was made to assume a $l5OO debt left by its two Penn Slate predecessors in the literary field, the Old Main Bell and Portfolio. Then Critique waded through a series oi staff wrangles, printing troubles and financial tangles. National politics even affected Criti que’s well-being, and a dash of perhaps un steady business and promotional practices wa c a blow to the magazine. OUT OF ALL THIS, the surprising thing is that Critique whittled its $l5OO debt down to $lOOO through the five issues that appeared since 1947. That’s evidence that the staff wa r trying and harbored good intensions. Last Spring the staff of Critique planned . a fat 64-page issue that was to be primarily photographic rather than literary, although it was to include a short story and several feature articles. This issue was designed to sell well on campus. Critiquers even enter tained visions of chopping the debt 'in haP through sale of this one issue. But it never appeared. The reason is couehec, partly in mystery and partly in fact. The fact is the printer who was approached to do the job would not “produce” because he heard Critique was financially unstable. SO THAT ISSUE of Critique never hit the press. But there is little reason why a Col lege of 10,000 students cannot support a maga zine of this type. There is no reason why it ' should not make money to support itself it handled with a close eye to good business anc promotional practices, if dressed up with man photographs, and if made to include stude’ literature that does not crowd too much + ' so-called “long-hair” stuff. Successive staffs of Critique have lu. these points in mind as they published sue cessive issues. Evidence of this has been lb fact that they did slice the debt by $5OO. In view of the fact that there is a need fu a literary magazine at the College, and in view of the fact that finances and printing trouble now leave Critique with an extremely doubtful future, it is certainly within the province o f student government to lend- a hand. Ratio Boon “Reason teaches us that what is good is good for something, and that what is good for nothing is not good at all.” Keeping in mind F. H. Bradley's words written 73 years ago, we paused to lak" stock of what good things have come t' pass so far this semester, that is, thin'' good for the College and the students. One thing eclipsed all others in our survey Notwithstanding the recent bickering i these columns about the “intellect and at tractiveness of Penn State coeds,” what man on campus can deny that admitting the Five Hundred freshman coeds to campus this year was a boon to the ratio and something good for College? (31}? Hatly Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE, cst. 1887 Published Tuesday thruuirlt Saturday turnings in clusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class -natter July G, 1934. at the State College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879 Tom d Morgan Managing Ed., Wilhert Roth; News Ed., Jack Keen. Sports Editor. Elliot Krone; Edit. Dir.. Dottie Werlin- Jch; Society Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Sylvia Ochner. Asst. News Ed., Jack Senior; Asst. Sports Ed., Ed Watson. Society Ed., Barbara Brown j Promotion Co-Mgr. Charlotte Seidinan; Photo Ed.. Ray Benfcr; Senior Board George Vudnsz, Albert Ryan, Myrna Tex, Robert Rozc: Staff Cartoonist: Henry M. Progar: Staff Photographer Sam Vaughan. Ass*t. Business Mgr., Joe Jackson; Advertising Dir., Louis Gilbert; Local Ad Mgr.. Don Baker; Ass*t. Local Ad. Mgr., Mark Arnold; Promotion Co-Mgr., Karl Borlsh; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Bob Bergman and Tom Karolcik; Classified Ad Mgr., Thelma Geler; Personnel Mgr., Betty Jape Hower; Office Mgr., Ann Zekauskas; Secretaries. Marlon Goldman and Sue Stern. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor Stan Degler Copy Editor ' John Ashbrook Assistants Sally Miller, Doris Golub, Peg Shierson. Advertising Manager Pete Vrabel Assistants Barbara Sprenkle, Ruthe Phil lips, Kathleen Robb, Jim Cochrane, Ray Business Manage* Marlin A. Weave* THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA “I Don’t Want You To Think I’m Complaining, The Gripes of Roth Sam wants Congress to pass a new law. No, Sam isn’t a lobbyist working for some pressure group. He’s st an ordinary guy, one of the 150 million who go to make up the rutp.d States, who think’s he’s got a legitimate gripe. Sam is the club car attendant Pennsylvania railroad’s cracl. s\v York to St. Louis express, “The Admiral.” The usually easy- going combination bartender-waiter is all ed up about the liquor law situation on interstate trains. That’s ,hy he wants a new statute, one that will make drinking uniform ■n railroads under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce commission. . As it is now, tippling habits oh the nation’s railroads must con >rm to the law of the state in which the train is traveling. It’s giving Sam plenty of headaches". The poor man got so lustered he even bought a book which tells the alcohol regula .ions in each member of the 48. Take a Sunday for instance. In .Missouri, guzzling on Sunday is sanctioned by the legislators. Sam sets theObottles up on his shiny bar while the train aits in St. Louis’s Union Station and dispenses the spirits freely. Once he notices a tremor of movement indicating the train is about to pull out, however, he starts putting everything back where it came from. When The Admiral crosses the Mississippi into Illinois, no more drinks. This parched situation continues through Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Comes the New York state line and the bottles are dragged out again. The worried bartender is getting lumbago from bending so often putting bottles away and taking ;hem out for use again. Still, he’s not complaining as vehemently as he used to. When he was on the St. Louis-San Antonio run for the M; K. T. lines, he was really in hot water. In Missouri, anything goes. Oklahoma is at the other extreme, bone dry. Texas poses the biggest problem, •hough. The Longhorns can’t make up their mind whether rye and ourbon are the work of Satan or not. Beer, yes. Whiskey? If you have your own bottle Sam can ye v ou a mixer. If not. settle for a Budwiser. “It’s confoozin’, but far from amoozin’,” is the way Sam puts He’s aiways afraid he’ll get states confused and violate some luor law. Then too, it hurts his tips. That’s why Sam wants Congress to pass a new law. Tracking jjjjf l| Down /h Tales A local eating beanery was serving supper when the smell of smoke came sifting through the room. After a bit of a search a waitress found that a wooden pot holder had been laid upon the open burner causing it to scorch. One of the patrons got up, paid his bill and jokingly announced hat he was off to call the fire company. Several minutes later the fire siren in the electrical plant be ta n its ear-shattering bellow and soon two clagging fire engines wailed in the distance. They kept coming closer and closer, and ■.inally when the diner owner had broken out in a cold sweat, they whipped passed the diner, much ,to the relief of both owner and patrons. Penn Stale's student directory can boost of a little United Nations of its own with 65 foreign students enrolled for the current semester. China heads the list with 22 students, while Canada with nine students is second. Other countries represented and the number of students from each are Bolivia, five; India, five; Hungary, three; Germany, two; Columbia, two; and Australia, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, England, Haiti, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Trans-Jordan, and Turkey, one each. For sure we’re back at school. One coed claims the proper sources must have really been worried about all the overeating and rich food we had this past weekend so for lunch—bologna. But —” By RED ROTH With The Staff TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1949 Safety Valve... No Tyrone Power TO TE EDITOR: It was inevitable that such a large stand would be taken by the male stu dents following the initial abashing of the Penn State coed. It appears that too many .“men” were in duced to believe that they “too” were being snubbed. Perhaps a few were demoralized by the attitude adhered to by a minority of the coeds. It is a shame that all the women were torn down by the hasty and rash consideration of a few. It isn’t fair to stereotype the Penn State coed. A majority" of the coeds are sociable and available (discounting married and engag ed coeds). The trouble with the male is that he has the girl’s standards and ideals set way above his own. You’ll get what’s coming to you and no more. I’m no Tyrone Power, and I don’t expect a Linda Christian. . The situation needs reconsideration. All the coeds are not as they have been “safety / valved’’ to be.. Smart Money TO THE EDITOR: Modify the first para graph of your recent editorial to read: “The smart money boys, a small bunch of persons whom society scorns but tolerates, yearly ‘milk’ Penn State students of thousands of greenbacks through ‘get rich’ quick’ schemes. Feeding on a gullible student body, the racket thrives unmolested. Thebursar’s office is used as a ‘front’ and the monthly ‘take’ can modest ly be called terrific.” . • Names Withheld Wrong System TO THE EDITOR: Now that I am about to graduate from State, I can look back with in terest and Amusement at the politics of our Alma Mater. The idea of a party system seems all wrong. Our student government seems un able to captivate the interests of the students; and the whole show appears to be run for the entertainment of the three hundred or so stu dents who show up at party rallies and mix ers. Lets stop fooling ourselves by pretending that we are functioning as a student democ racy, and let's throw the whole silly business out of the picture. If and when there is a need for student participation in the lesser adminis trative functions of our school, I’m sure that there will be able leadership among our. mem bers to organize and direct any programs-that our present political parties now cohcern them selves with. , ■ The platfprm of both the State and the Lion Parties are worse than shaky. There is ho; foundation beneath these platforms, nor any of the platforms I have encountered during my. days at State. If the students of our school' cannot show any excitement about self goVr. ernment, let’s drop the hoax and wait until a need for student government arises. An All- College Cabinet can do much to benefit -the students, but it can perform the same functions more efficiently, ■ without the corruptness ih herent to party polities. I am strongly in favor of having the separate schools elect members to All-College Cabinet, of having the. separate classes elect members, and of letting the Lion and the State Parties peacefully complete their natural deaths. I hope I have stepped on enough toes to bring forth a squeak of pain from party leaders, for any arguments they might put forth justify ing the existence of their positions will be en lightening. Gazette. ... Tuesday-; November 29 COLLEGIAN PROMOTION Staff, 8 CH, 6:30 p.m. PSYCHOLOGY Club, 312 Sparks, 7 p.m. PENN STATE Chess Club, 4 Sparks, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN SOPH, JR Advertising Board, 9 CH, 7 p.m. . • DUPLICATE BRIDGE Club, TUB, 7 p.m. WRA BRIDGE . Club, Play Room, White Hall, 7 p.m. Wit A BOWLING Club, beginners, White Hall, 7 p.m. . PENN STATE Club, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. PSCA Commissions, 304 Old Main, 7.30 p.m, COLLEGE PLACEMENT further information ‘ may be obtained in 204 Old Main. \rrangemcnts' for interviews should be 'made immediately. Procter and Gamble Dist. Co., Dec. 1. Febru ary grads in arts and letters, C & F, Phys Ed for sales work: General ■ Electric, Dec. * 5 and 6. February grads in EE, ME, lE, Physics for test engineer ing program. Armstrong Cork Co., Dec. 8. February grads in Chem, ChemE for research work; arts and’ letters, C & F, Econ ages 20. to 26, for sales work. DuPont Co., Dec 12 and 13. February grads in Chem, ChemE, ME, MineE. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Admitted Monday: Adelaide Bailey, Donald Trotter, James Robinson, Thelma Evans, Joyce Rexford. AT THE MOVIES NITTANY—This Wine of Love. STATE—Chicago Deadline. CATHAUM—Red Light. —Bob Waylonis, Sr. —Richard H. Kuslin
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