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Significant Step
TRADITION IS about to be set.
At tonight's open meeting at 7 in Sparks, a
proposed Penn State Class Ring will be up for
adoption by All-College Cabinet. If adopted, it
will be the first official ring at the College, even
though thousands of Penn State alumni already
own a ring of another design.
The "old" ring, which already boasts the
attribute of years of use and thousands of
owners, lacked official adoption at the Col
lege, although it acquired a genuine officiality
through decades of use.
Adopting an official ring—whether it be the
"old" or a new design—was the aim of a com
mittee created early this year by Cabinet.
Action tonight will bring to fruition months of
work by that student committee and a succeed
ing one.
BECAUSE THE College has technically never
had an official school ring, students in the past
have bought rings made with at least three vari
ations—though slight—in design. Tonight will
be a watershed, for Cabinet action will divide
a diverse past with a definite, official one
pathed future in design for the Penn State Class
Ring. Design specifications will be set, and only
that design will be the official one.
IN BOARDING a bandwagon that has seen
more U.S. college rings changed or adopted in
the past five years than ever before, we think
Cabinet has made a move for the better.
The design chosen by Cabinet holds a closer
tie to the College than that of the "old" ring,
which showed no Nittany Lion Shrine nor
Old Main, two symbols of the College. The
"old" ring was content to twice include the
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. A smaller Seal is retained on one
side of the proposed "new" ring.
Because the "old" ring is connected inextric
ably with the College by alumni who bought
it, this "new" ring will certainly not replace it
In the alums' eyes. And rightly so.
But the "new" ring is—by its very appear- .
ante—more closely bound up with the College. •
and it will boast an authoritative, official
stamp. That is why adoption of the "new"
ring will constitute a significant. forward
step by the mid-century Cabinet
Gazette . . . .
Tuesday, February 21
COLLEGIAN SOPHOMORE an d Junior
Board Ad Salesmen, 9 C.H., 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN Business Sophomore Board, 9
C.H., 7:30 p.m.
PSCA Commissions, 304 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
PRE-MED HONOR Society, 418 Old Main, 7 '
p.m.
BELLES LETTRES Club, North-East lounge.
Atherton, 7 p.m.
DELTA SIGMA PI, Phi Kappa fraternity
house, 7:30 p.m.
CAMERA CLUB, 105 M.E.
SOCIOLOGY CLUB, Atherton Hall lounge,
7:15 p.m.
PRE-VETERINARIAN Club, 206 Ag., 7 p.m.
VOLUNTEER NAVAL Electronics -Warfare
Unit, Eng. E. 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN CANDIDATES of last semester,
Room 8 C.H. 8 p.m.
COLLEGIAN NEW SOPHOMORE BOARD,
Room 8 C.H. 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN EDIT Junior Board, 111 C.H.,
7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning Interviews and Job place
ments can be obtained In Ll 2 Old Main.
The Ingersoll-Rand Co., Feb. 27, 28. June
grads in ME, lE, MngE. Applicants must have
1.8 or better average.
Shell 011 Co., Mar. 6, 7. June MS and ES
candidates in MngE and Petroleum and Natural
Gas Refining, MS candidates in EE and ME,
and PhD candidates in Phys.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM—JoIsen Sings Again.
STATE—Twelve O'Clock High.
NITTANY—Barber Of Seville.
Pr flatly Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. oat. 1887
Published Tueaday through Saturday mornings In
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Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
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College. Pa.. Poet •ttles under the set of March 3, 1979.
Editor 'Business Manager
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
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News Editor Dave Colton
Copy Editor Herb Stein
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AII-College Cabinet
Sets Student Policy
All-College Cabinet, highest student government' body at Penn
State, is a vague and meaningless term to many of the very' student:
whose affairs are administered by it. The headline actions of the
recent past and probable future make it important that every student
understand and appreciate the process whereby his student life is
affected.
FIRST OF ALL, it is necessary to realize that the Cabinet is not
made up of a group of mechanical "wheels" :but very human , and
real people who have become empowered as representatives of large
campus groups throligh showing exceptional interest and ability.
They are fallible, but usually arrive at conclusions which are right
for the mass of the student body.
The present Cabinet is composed of All-College officers Ted
Allen, president; Harry McMahon, vice-piesident; and James , Mac-
Callum, secretary-treasurer and chairman of interclass finance•
committee; class presidents James Balog, senior; Harry Kondoura
jian, junior; Joseph Arnold, sophomore; and Marion Whitely,
fieshman; student council presidents Carroll Howes, agriculture;
George Herold, chemistry and physics; Robert Gabriel, education;
George Oehmler, engiheering; Joseph Leine, home economics;
Earl Schaffer, liberal arts; Robert Anderson, mineral industries;
and Richard Wertz, physical educaticifi. ' • if
Presidents of Interfraternity Cotincil, Peter Giesey; Association
of Independent Men, Robert Davis; Pan Hellenic Council, Dolores
Jelacic; Leonides, Mary Hollis; • Women's Student Government As
sociation, Shirley Gauger; Men's Athletic A s s o c i ati o n, James
Gehrdes; Women's Recreational Association, Virginia Miller; and
finally, Chairman of the Board of Publications, Thomas Morgan,
Chairman of the Board of Dramatics and Forensics, Allen Baker;
and Parliamentarian, Richard Schweiker.
THESE TWENTY-FIVE students represent every undergraduate
on campus at least five times through their organizations of schools, -
livmg groups, classes, athletic associations, and all-College officers,
elected by all annually. In addition, ex-officio--non-voting—mern
bers of Cabinet are present from the offices of the Dean of Men and
Women, the Penn State Christian Association, Tribunal and Judicial,
and the Alumni Association.
Cabinet workt usually through committees, often headed by
Cabinet members but made up of other students who have a
particular interest in the issue for which the committee was form
ed. Certain committees are of a permanent nature, and are stand
ing committees, c,hanging personnel yearly, e.g., elections, student
union, book 'exchange, •spring week, national• student association
committees.
When special problems arise, Cabinet through its president
appoints special committees composed of people especially interested
and qualified in the issue, giving them full power to investigate and ,
recommend a change in the situation. Upon presentation of reports
from"the findings of the committees, Cabinet either supports, rejects,
or amends the report. Cabinet's approval, arid subsequent recom
mendation to the administration usually accomplishes the action
requested. ,
Student government u it now exists at the College generally
accepted as one of the finest student systems in the nation, was
changed in 1938 when a new constitution was adopted, by vote of
the student body. The new constitution established 'at central
government, into which were federated all student power groups.
(This constitution appears , on page 6).
IT IS CABINET'S function to treat student problems on the
basis of the welfare and betterment of all students, without favoring
any of its component groups; to interpret and promote College spirit
and loyalty; to sponsor orientation programs, mass-meetings, pep
rallies; and to perpetuate the customs and traditions of Penn State.
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Free Ride To Bellefonte
The first train rolled into State College on Saturday, April 2,
1892, bringing quite a number of people from Bellefonte. To cele
brate the occasion, the railroad company ran an excursion of invited
guests, who were given a free ride to Bellefonte and return later in
the day.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950
Activity File
TIME OF MAN is as short as wash-day din
ner-graces, and shorter is his memory.
In a ,university such as Penn State (we feel
this institution resembles more a university
than a college) allowance is made for this
shortness of man's memory by a thorough,
comprehensive filing system. There are many
people employed at Penn State for the purpose
of amassing and keeping in order this vast sys
tem covering many offices.
Yet, a facet of the personal student record
—an immensely important part of the filing
system—has been neglected.
With the exception of seniors when they are
about to graduate, we know of no way of check
ing and listing' the extra-curricular activities
of students. Seniors are taken care of in this
,respect by forms they fill out for the Placement
Office, and by material they submit to LaVie,
the yearbook, and—in some instances- 7 -by de
partmental forms.
But in the length and breadth of the re
mainder of the Nittany campus, no such rec
ord exists on a year-round, cumulative basis.
We feel it is the responsibility of somebody
• to institute such a filing system, one that
will cover juniors and sophomores and fresh- -
, men, as well as seniors.
OFTEN, ON VIRTUALLY no notice, various
student and administrative groups or offices
have need of a complete extra-curricular his
tory of a student. At present they must take
the laborious route of contacting the student
personally. When many -students' records are
sought, this hurry-up project can become as
time-consuming and complex as a mathema
tician's schedule of the Zodiac.
THIS OFTEN IMPOSES a handicap on ad
ministrative officials and students alike. The
student suffers sometimes because he is de
prived; of recognition in various national inter
collegiate societies, and he may sometime lose
a job opportunity when a prospective employer
calls at the .College asking, for his entire back
ground. The employer may call before a student
has reached his eighth semester, but—in the
main—complete, up-to-date activities records
are not on file for the employer to see until
the student is ready to leave the Vale.
Our suggestion to rectify this is "simple.
Each semester's registration should include a
detailed form asking all students for personal
background. Some group should be delegated
el to keep this record up to date—if not a Col
lege office then perhaps some rlsponsible stu
dent group such as the National Student
Association, committee.
Every time a student joins a society, a fra
ternity, an organization of any sort, or any time
a student ,is honored in, any, way—immediate
notation should be made. Perhaps such a pro
ject would be worthy a adjunct of operations in
the student government room slated to open
`soon in Old Main.
Establishing such a system wuld immeasur
ably simlify the process of student activities
and identifications. It would be a boon to the
guy who is trying to find out if Joe' College
headed the Poultry Club in '46, and whether
Jane College ever • belonged to the WSGA
Senate.
A Chat With ARW
Ed. Note: This •is the sixth in a series of
articles by Arthur E. Warnock, dean emeri
tus of men, who was in contact with thous
ands of Penn State undergraduates in his
30-year tenure as , dean of men.
Speaking of Penn State presidents, as many
of us are these days, here is a story of a great
Penn State faculty member who could have
become the ninth president of the College--
and lived.
DR. GEORGE GILBERT POND, for whom
Pond chemiStry laboratory Is named, came to
the campus as a• young chemistry instructor in
the Atherton era, and stayed here until his
death in 1920, becoming a departmental head
and later a dean. • "
"Swampy" he was universally called, and
he was what present-day students would term
a "charactir." He had a delightful, colorful
perkonality, but was also a tough, exacting
teacher. His stentorian "Outside!" sent many
a student out of his classroom because of a ,
poor recitation. His "What have you got in ,
Your test tube?" startled many a student in
the laboratory so much that speechless con
fusion of mind resulted. •
When his students became alumni, however,
they found that he had taught them chemistry
that stayed with them, and that he follovYed
their careers with a personal interest. Hence,
they were devoted to him. •
IN 1919 PRESIDENT Edwin Erie Sparks re
tired because of illness. Many Trustees wanted
Dr. Pond to accept the presidency as Dr. Sparks'
successor; but Swampy replied that a better
man than he should be found for the presidency.
So the Trustees told him to go out and find that
better S man.
Judge H. Walton Mitchell, the president of
the 'Board of Trustees, was made acting presi-
dent of the College, with Dean Pond as his
campus executive officer.
During the following year, Swampy, in addi
tion to his heavy campus duties, made many
trips in search of presidential possibilities. On
one of those trips into New England he con
tracted pneumonia and died in April. Were it
not for his self-sacrificing loyalty, he could have
become Penn State's ninth president—and lived.
Arthur U. Warnmk