PAGE TWO The Other Half It's necessary for education to train people in making a living. But education also had better teach them how to get informed, how to express themselves, how to arrive at sound judgments, and to know there is somebody in the pond besides themselves. —THIS ATTACK ON over-specialization in. education comes from President-elect Milton S. Eisenhower and packs a wallop that ought to jostle a host of students who are wrapped up solely in the silver electrode prepared by electro plating spongy silver on a platinum-wire cathode in silver cyanide. And conversely, it ought to rock those whose college lives revolve only around the "superb, florid still-lifes of the pagan Flemish, Rubens." The meat of the matter is that too many students at the College are restricted, by their own chosing, to the narrow confines of a rut hedged on both sides by over-specialization. Like a mechanical monster mired in the mud, they are interested only in the immediate mud, of specialization. Unlike the monster, they apparently are content not to loose them selves. College life, more particularly life at Penn State, is the ultimate in opportunity to see how the other half lives—the chance for the engineer, to observe the philosopher and vice versa, the chance for the econ major to observe what makes a cow tick on Ag Hill and learn some thing in the process. THIS PROBLEM OF driving the specialist out of his rut to mingle with, and learn something about, other fields of education is being com bated by the College and its parts, both in ano out of the classroom. The philosophy and politi cal science departments hold open lectures, the physicists stage exhibits, the farmers hold eros ion-control seminars, the music department brings a noted pianist to play at the College, the Engineering School holds extensive open house, the LA School sponsors a series of top notch speakers on countless subjects, the College sponsors art exhibits, and so on. The crying shame of all this is that too few ' students emerge from the rut of over-speciali zation to see• how the other half operates. Most events scheduled by schools, depart ments and other campus organs are not so tech nical or specialized that nothing can be gleaned from them in the line of appreciation and . even a modicum of knowledge. Whether he under stands everything—or even anything—is not important; at least the brave specialist who for sakes his rut has exposed himself to a different type cf learning and thought. He /as opened new side-streets of know ledge. Uppermost, he is in a better position to understand how his fellow students and spec ialists in other fields think and act. For the prime purpose of education must be to teach one how to think and to judge. Of strictly secondary stature are such things as the greater simplicity and flexibility of motor classifications, rates and charges in the pioneer period of motor freight, or studying the main winding placed in penendermic semi-boloid slots in the stator of the turbo-encabulator, with every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible tremie pipe to the ' differential girdlespring on the "up" end of the grammeters. FORESAKE THE RUTS!. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor John Dalbor Assistant Night Editor .. Rosemary Delahanty Copy Editor Wilson Barto Assistants Bill Boyles, Dorothy Laine, Vir ginia Mayer, Ed Gildea Advertising Manager Ed Singel Assistants Herb Blough, Laura Mermelstein, Winnie Wyant, Dick Schultheis, Dee Horne THE ALLENCREST TEA ROOM Candlelight Dinner Friday Evening, March 17 5 to 8 p.m. THE us Room . Announces Annual St. Patrick's Day THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Little Man On' Campus , - - ""leAest• "I told you what would happen if you cu Tribunal Tries Three Cases Three cases, all involving park ing violations, were reviewed Tuesday night by Student Tri bunal.• The first two offenders entered pleas of guilty, each on two counts wherein their cars were parked in restricted areas. In each case there was a $1 fine imposed for the second offense, and for one a first offense warning and for the other a $1 suspended penalty. The third violator, who had appeared before Tribunal sev eral times last semester, admitted and was fined for one of the two new charges but denied the sec ond. He did, according to mony, knowlingly violate a pank in'g regulation in the congested area in front of the women's dorins, deciding to "take the chance." Robert Keller, Tribunal head, in admonishing him suggested that drastic action might be taken if the offender were brought be fore the judicial group again. The denied charge will be investigated filither and acted upon at a later date. Keller stressed the policy of holding campus car owners re sponsible for violations involving their vehicles regardless of whom the driver may be. "Best script seen on the Players' boards this season extremely worthwhile production . . . . two hours of intense drama." . . . . Tom Lyon, Centre Daily Times. LAST TWO WEEKS TIME IS A DREAM Tickets at Old Main or Center Stage Boxoff ice Friday • 90c Saturday $1.25 (Includes refreshments) Curtaln-8 p. m. Eat iin -...^.1 Two Speakers Win Contest Medals Two Penn State speakers won silver medals at the all-state ora torical contest held at the Uni versity of Pittsburgh last week end. David Lewis took second place in the men's division of the tour nament and Christine Altenbur ger placed second in the women's group. The title of Lewis' prize winhing oration was "Should We Weep?" He took this famous question of Alexander the Great and showed its modern applica tion, pointing out the futility of complaining about modern social problems instead . of seeking a solution for them. Miss ' Altenburger discussed "Our Reign of Confusion." Her oration concerned Uhited States foreign policy and its weaknesses. Dry Cleaning Agency Grosses $3,267 After twelve and a half weeks of, operation last semester, the Student Dry Cleaning Agency, under the supervision of Oscar T. Fleisher, did a grOss business of $3,267.11 . Of thii, $472.57 has been re turned to students in the form of salaries for the employees of the agency. From the commencement of its services on Oct. 13 of last year until the end of last semester, the agency handled 5,000 items. by Bibler G azette • . . • ay .the ivy." Published Tuenday *throne, Oatnrday mornings he elusive-daring the Collet* year by the steal ed The DAY ' Collegian of The ,Pennsylvania State College. Entered a s second -s la gs ratter . 'dray I.' 104. at the Stage College( Pa.. Per Office ardor tki art of 'March 189. WALLET PHOTOS 20 for $l. - 00 . Perfect for Application or Friendship Photos. 2 1 / 1 x8 3 ,6 double weight prints on bedt quality silk-finish piper. Mail your portrait NOW for prompt ser! vice. Any size photo will make good reproductions. Original returned un= harmed. Please include 15c for postage. Reprints from our copy negatives 5c each, minimum order 10 Prints. Satis faction guaranteed. MAIL TO-DAY ;0. ,Box 1112 Altoona, Pa. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950 • Thursday, March 16 KAPPA PHI, Wesley Foundation, 7 p.m. . INDEPENDENT STAFF, Daily Collegian Of fice, 7 p.m, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Organization, Carnegie, 8 p.m. WRA Fencing, 1 White Hall, 7 p.m. WRA Badminton, White Hall Gym, 4 p.m. WRA Swimming, White Hall Pool, 7:30 p.m. PSCA BIBLE Study, 304 Old Main, 4:10 p.m. PSCA Cabinet, 304 Old Main, 8:15 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information concerning Interviews and Poi piano manta tan be obtained in 112 Old Main. Seniors who turned in preferenee sheeti will be :gives priority in scheduling interviews for two days following the initial announcement of the visit of one of • the com panies' of their choice. Other students will be scheduled oat the third and subsequent days. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., Mar. 17. EE (power . . majors only) and ME. General Motors Corp., Mar. 20, 21, 22. June grads in EE, lE, ME, ChE, Metal, CF for pro duct engineering, production operations, and accounting. Applicants 'must have a 1.5„ or better average. Also PhD and MS candidates in Physics for research and deyelopment. Sears, Roebuck, & Co., Mar. 21, , 22, , 23. June grads interested in Retailing. ' Boy Scouts of . America, Mar. 22, , 23. .June grads interested in professional scouting. Scout ing experience is a prerequisite. Grads 24 years of age or over are preferred. Will alsointer view sophomores and juniors who are consider ing scouting careers. West Pend Power Co.. Mar. 23, 24. June 'grads in EE and ME for power statidn work,,, , and Home Ec for home service and commercial demonstration. Bailey Meter Co., Mai. 24. Juni grads . in EE and ME. National Carbon Division of Union Carbide and Carbon. March 27. June grads in EE, ME, Metal and an engineering physicist for domestic production. Also Chem. engineers for both dom estic and overseas work..' Students must, have a 1.8 or better average and show evidence of extra-curricular activities. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemi aal Division, Mar. 27.. June grads in ME, ChemE and Chem. COLLEGE HOSPITAL N. Admitted Tuesday: Harvey Reiseman, Hers bert Blough, Herbert Arnold, John Hall. Admitted Wednesday: Edward Karolak, Peter Giesey, Mark Givler, Margaret Leister. Discharged Wednesday: Joan Zeiden, Robert Anderson, Rita Gould, Charles Kruger. AT THE MOVIES CATHATIM—TheIma • Jordan, STATE—South Sea, Sinner. _ ISTITTANY—Thieves' Highway. :otig,. pot H 'QPri.tetatt Successor to THE FREE LANCE. Mt. EEO Editor Brain's' Manager Tom Morgan I ._ • Marlin A. Wearer Wilbert: Roth; " News Ed. Jade Reims . Krane; Edit Dir., DOttie 'W'erlinich; SP le Keller; Feature Ed., Bob Kotsbanert Jack Senior; Aut. Sports Ed., Ed Witicus: Barbara Brovin; Photo Ed:: Rs, Bentier; ,eorge diadem Kermit Fink; Staff Car- Progar. Managing Ed., Sports Ed.. Eilio ciety Ed., Corn Asst. News Ed., Asst. Society Ed. 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