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Responsibility
A state law In Quaker-influenced Pennsyl
vania makes 'it a crime for a tavern to sell in
toxicating liquor to a person under 21 years of
age. But age is often hard to guess. The State
Superior Court acknowledged this in a case in
1947 when it observed:
"WE FULLY realize that no matter how dili
gently the Liquor Control Act is enforced, it
will not make the sale of liquor to minors im
possible because it is often difficult for licensee
or his employee, or the employees in the State
liquor stares, to determine the age of the per
son who may be served or sold intoxicating
liquor."
That there are weaknesses in the state law
was pointed out convincingly in Lancaster
last month when a 19-year-old employee of
a newspaper there easily bought liquor in all
of Lancaster's 81 licensed bars and three state
liquor stores. In his travels, the minor was
not challenged .once about his age.
The same weaknesses surely exist in State
College, although to ,a lesser extent since most
town tavern owners have been conscientious
about requiring many College students and
others to fill out a card assuming some of the
responsibility.
BUT THIS student responsibility was more
or less, microscopic until the Borough Council
decided that both the seller and the buyer—at
least in State College—should be, held legally
accountable.
THUS WE HAVE the borough ordinance
which now slaps a $25-$lOO fine on a person
under 21 who enters a State College taproom
unaccompanied by a parent or guardian after
7 p.m. (The ordinance allows the minor to
eat, not drink, in a local tavern up until 7 p.m.
Now it's not only a crime for a State Col
lege tovernkeeper to serve a beer to a student
under 21, but it's also a crime for the student
to go in and ask' for the beer in the first place,
or even have his buddy order it.
The moral of this , is that the thousands of
Penn State students who are not yet 21 should
be aware of the possible fine if they are caught.
Goih • • • • !
GOSH, THREE weeks to do or die in econ!
. . The fanfare and excitement of getting
back to "the old grind . . . hiya boys . . . caught
right away in the football swirl . . . Beat Buck
nell!, oh no, it's Villanova this year . . . gee,
there's Claudia the coed . . . registration . . .
lookit, this is gettin' shorter every year . . . but
I gotta drop-add . . . what a line in the Armory
. new buildings all over the place ... gettin'
to look like a young city instead of a campus
. . . hello Claudia . . .
. . . Who's your advisor? . . . Corner Room
capers ... What an end run! ... yea team ...
these seats aren't the greatest ... Don't wake.
me for my 8 o'clock ... the prof's out of town
... Snap course, this econ ... Joe said it was.
anyway . . . JD's great at the Ball . . . Do
coeds make good dates? . . . a bluebook al
ready! . . . gosh, "If at a certain instant a'
freely falling body is moving 30 feet ... "
. . . Let's see, Lion or State . . . Skip, yeah,
I know him, he's a bop hound . . . session to
night at Delta Sig . . . Yep, what we need here
is a Student Union Building . . . Beat Pitt! . . .
no need to read the econ assignment tonight . . .
let's go to the Tavern . . . do I wear my combat
boots to the Mil Ball? . .
... This guy Keller blew the house top off
last night d'ya hear about it? ... 5051 ...
Meet you at 2:10 tomorrow, Claudia ... think
I'll write a letter to Collegian ... let's see, one
hour for econ tonight . .. he was a friend till
he trumped my ace . . . Schedules are tricky
to make out and trickier to maintain . . .
Meteorology 300 closed already! . . . let's go
to the TUB ... all these acres and I can't find
a parking space ...
GOSH, THREE weeks to do or die in econ!
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With A.
One of the most fascinating experiences of college life, one of
those things that really makes it worth leaving home for, is the
long distance telephone call. And when the charges on thlt call are
to be reversed, then yOu really have a party worth writing home
about. In fact, that's about the only way home will ever hear from
you, because you darn well won't get it by phone.
SO HELP ME Leonides, this is exactly what happened to me on
a recent near miss call to Philadelphia. Finally getting to the tele
phone, a good evening's entertainment in itself, I lifted the gadget
like the pictures show, and waited. Eventually, a voice, somewhat
cleft of palate, cooed from one end, "Dormitory."
"1 wish," I intoned, clearly and distinctly, "to olace a collect
call to HAdes 4-1300, Philadelphia. My name is Ron Bonn,
B-O-N-N Bonn, this is 5051-25." "Thayunk you," gurgled the
young lady, and the war was on. •
The first stop was Information. To this day, neithep , Informa
tion nor I can quite figure out why. However, Dormitory—odd
name for a girl, but then all these operators . . . Dormitory pushed
the plug and turned me, laughin' and scratchin', over to Information.
Information suggested I try College, and pfomised to plug me there
into. The line went dead.
WELL, I TWITCHED that doo-dad a few times, and suddenly
was back with my old flame, Dormitory.. "College, please," I re
marked hopefully, and doggoned if I didn't get College on the fifth
try. "Collect call to Philadelphia," I described, "HAdes 4-1300.
Name is Ron Bonn, B-O-N-N, 5051-25."
"What on earth did you call me for," she snapped. "That has
to go through Dormitory." The line went dead.
Pretty soon I got Dorm-1 was using her nickname by now—
and repeated dolefully, "Collect to Philadelphia. liAdes 4-1300.
Ron Bonn, B-0-N-N, 5051-25.
"Thayunk you," quoth the lady, fiddling with various noisy
instruments. All of •a sudden, a calm, professional voice announced,
"Harrisburg." The line went dead.
• • •
I HELD THE corpse for a bit, and all of a sudden, I heard a
voice like choirs of angels murmur, "Bellefonte." I wept. I told her
my tale. She soothed my fevered brow vocally, murmured, "Why
you 'poor boy," and started spinning things. Immediately, yet an
other voice entered the act, stating its point of origin as the Garden
of Eden. Or so it seems, though actually all it said was, "Philadel
phia operator." Which goes to show the miracles of modern com
munication, when a device like the telephone can make Philthy
seem a paradise.
Bellefonte transmitted my message, and I sat back to wait
for the welcome ringing of the honie telly. The line went dead.
Sadly, I made my way from the booth. The stars did not mean
this call to be. Just then, the thing brayed out behind me. I lifted
it, identified myself, and - heard College ask indignantly, "Didn't
you place a call to Philadelphia? I have it for you. Why on• earth
did you hang up?" I fell to the floor, mouthing amidst showers of
foam, "B
-O-N-N 12345678910 Harrisburg pleeyuz will you marry me
Dormitory no I can't marry you I love Bellefonte 5051 hahahahaha."
The line went dead.
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TO THE EDITOR: Penn State has at last a
basketball team.
We have a team which would be happily
received in toto 99 4 4 / 1 00 per cent, and I don't
mean pure, of the major colleges flooring bas
ketball teams.
The team is composed largely of veterans
who were grounded in the fundamentals of
basketball during the inimitable Lawther era
when more often than not they were referred
to as certain quantities of the presursors of in
creased soil fertility, all of which brought about
a degree of maturity inconsistent with their
ages and is now producing such fine results
under the able coaching of Gross and Egli.
With such a team to support, let's not over
look our responsibility and privilege of help
ing them polish their record with Colgate to
night after the matmen pin Virginia.
Whitey McKown
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Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings • In.
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Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered as second-class master July 5, 1934. at the State
College, Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
Torn Morgan Marlin A. Weaver
Managing Ed., Wilbert Roth; News Ed., Jack Reen;
Sports Editor. Elliot Krone; Edit. Dir.. Dottie 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-Mgr.,
Charlotte Seidman; Photo Ed.. Ray Banter; Senior Board,
George Veda's, Albert Ryan, Myrna Tex, Robert Rose;
George Vadasz, Albert Ryan, Myrna Tex; Staff Cartoon.
ist: Henry M. Progar. •
Night Editor L. D. Gladfelter
Assistant Night Editor : ~ ...... Ellen Sperber
Copy Editor Janet Rosen
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ber, Lillian Cassover, and Kit Thompson
Advertising Manager Herb Blough
Assistants Ed Singel, Martha, Ross, Dale
Johnson, Al Adelman, and , Alf Chipper.
—Bon Bonn
SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1950
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COLLEGE PLACEMENT
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday
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NITTANY—Sundown In Santa Fe.
STATE—Lady Takes A Sailor.
Monday
CATHAUM- r -Insppctor General.
.NlTTANY—Monsieur Vincent.
STATE—Lady Takes A Sailor.
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