I . . v_i ®l|? iatlg Collegian SacccMor to TUB FREB LANCE, Mt 188? Published Tuesday through Saturday atontinrs fa-, elosiv* during the ColUga yaar by tka itaft af Thu Dally Colleglaa of Tka Pennsylvania Stata College. Batarad aa saeaad-alasa matter July 5, 1934. at tka Stata Collage, Peat #ffka adder tka act af Marck 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect the policy of fhe newspaper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. Editor Business Mgr. Dean Gladfelier Owen E. Landon Fiat Traditions One misconception apparently popular among student leaders is that it is possible to establish college traditions by fiat. MUCH HAS been said this year—largely in connection. with freshman customs—about es tablishing traditiccis. Those who take this tack seemingly are unaware of the real mean ing and value of traditions. The viewpoint of some could be paraphrased thus: "Traditions are valuable lo a college and lo a student body. Penn State is in need of good traditions, many of which went by the board during the war. Therefore, Penn Stale should have traditions. The best thing for us lo do is lo think up some good traditions and estab lish them. This would do much lo foster school spirit." Traditions are valuable, but they are not something that can be bought at the five-and dime store. Nor can a group of people, no matter how high up in the student hierarchy, sit down around a table and decide what traditions should be best for Penn State. You can no more say “this tradition shall be” than you can decree that two people with no interest in each other shall fall in love. THE VALUE OF TRADITIONS springs from the very nature of their origin, and is inversely proportional to the amount of fiat involved. Tra ditions are' simultaneous expressions of senti ment which must spring from the students and have a deep root in their habits. They are valu able to the degree that they are universally ac cepted and have become a part of the students lives. Establishing traditions by fiat will result in artificiality that is meaningless. Traditions are something that develop from the entire college atmosphere and build up slowly over a period of years. Like Topsy, they just grow. Voles and Gripes The Senior Class, Tuesday night, demonstrated an amazingly apathetic attitude toward the se lection of a class gift. Although $8,500 was to be spent, fewer than 30 people out of a class of approximately 2,200 cared enough about where the money goes to show up at the class meeting. THEN TOO. in the poll taken of over 600 seniors who were graduated in February on the subject of a gift, four per cent bothered to answer. And they were sent post cards which only required dropping them in a mail box. . Presumably it can be inferred from these actions, or lack of actions, that the seniors are simply not interested in what happens to the money. They are willing to leave the selection of a gift, supposedly presented by them, to the minute percentage of seniors who turned out Tuesday night. , As far as most of the class is concerned, then, this group could decide to spend the money anyway at all—for instance giving it to this year’s class officers. They have worked hard ’ all year and like the rest of us could probably use it. THIS IDEA, of course, has not and undoubt edly will not even be suggested, but it seems to us that such a proposal would be justified in light of this apathy. The seniors will have a chance to redeem themselves when the class is asked to vote on the three possible gifts, listed in the news columns of today’s paper. But we would like to note here that future complaints on the selec tion, by any who don’t bother to take part now, will be distinctly not in order. This majestically modelled animal is inscribed with YOUR NAME, CLASS YEAR, PENN STATE or FRATER NITY SEAL in official colors, and the name PENN STATE. IT is 12 inches long, stands 7 inches high, is made of fine china and is de corated with vivid fired-on ceramic colors. Only direct mail to you makes this low price of $4.95 post-paid pos sible. Send check or money order now for delivery before end of school year. THE KING CO. P. O. Box 293, Trenton, N.J. —Herbert Stein fHE Co Gazette.. . Thursday, May 4 NSA MEETING, 20 Sparks, 7 p.m. WRA LACROSSE, Holmes Field, 3 p.m. WRA FENCING, 1 White, 7 p.m. WRA BADMINTON, White Hall Gym, 4 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall Pool, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGIAN EDIT candidates, 8 CH, 7 p.m. AIEE-IRE JOINT Student Branches, 110 EE, 7 p.m., movies. ' NAVAL RESERVE Composite Group, Naval Lecture Room, Eng'S, 7:30 p.m. SIMMONS CLASSICAL Musicale, Program: Beethoven Sonata No. 1, Schumann Symphony No. 4, Wagner Orchestral Excerpts from Die Gotterdamerung, Simmons 'Lounge, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information concerning interviews and job place* ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main. Seniors wko turned in preference sheets will’ be given priority in scheduling interviews for two days following tk» initial announcement of the visit of one of the com panies of tkeir choice. Other students will be scheduled en the third and subsequent days.' Strawbridge & Clothier, May’ 5. June grads for their retail training nrogram. Reliance Life Insurance Co., May 5. June grads in LA and Education for underwriting work. Corning Glass Works, May 6. June grads in Chem Eng., ME, and Ceramics for their technical training program. Cincinnatti Milling Machine Co., May 9 and 10. June grads in IE and ME, and a few in. Chem E, EE and Metal lurgy for their training program. • Geological Survey, May 4. June grads in CE who took the junior engineering civh service exam. Department of Properties and Supplies. June grads in Architecture, CE, EE, and EE, and ME. Must be residents of Penna. No priority. Department of Properties and Supplies, May 5. June garde in Architecture, CE, EE, and MB for construc tion work. No priority. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., May 9. June grads interested in sales work. No priority. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co, May 10, 11, 12. June grads in CE, Chem E, EE, lE, ME, and Ceramics. E. I. Dupont De Nemours and Co., May 9. June grads in ME for development, production, mainten ance, und trouble shooting. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Information concerning these positions can be obtained at the Student Employment Office in Old Main. Director needed fox camp operated by Pa. Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Students in Psych and Soc with camp experience desired. skills. 1 ' Student barbers who have, or can obtain, Penna. license. Interviews for Camp Christmas Seal. in various categories. Boy Scout Camp, Mt. Run, Penna. Ass’ti' in foods t . commissary, and purchasing. : Interviews on May 9 for student chef's asa'ta at Cat* skills Resort. V AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM—East Side, West Side, STATE —Cheaper by the Dozen. NITTANY—Sands of Iwo Jima. Safety Valve... Letters, to the Editor should be addressed—The Dailj Collegian, Box 261, Boro. The writer's name,, will b» withheld upon request, but no letter will be printed un> less it . is signed. Ordnance Not Right TO THE EDITOR: “ . . . I believe you erred in the use of the word Ordnance in the headline of your feature front page article. . From all reports that I have seen the- pro posed laboratory is an Army Quartermaster Re search Laboratory. The U.S. Army has an Ord nance Department and a Quartermaster Corps; both are distinct and separate branches of the Army. Furthermore, both have different func tions and fields of endeavor. The Ordnance Department is mainly concern ed with the procurement, storage, and issuance of weapons and vehicles. Food, clothing,, genera! housekeeping supplies, diet and messing facili ties are the principal interests of the Quarter master Corps. I doubt that this proposed instal lation could be constructed to be an Ordnanci Laboratory by any manner or means. • Ed. Note—Dean Harry P. Hammond.'of the Engineering school informs us that- fhe proposed lab would be used for Quartermaster stores and equipment but not Ordnance ma terial. We therefore bow lo the correction. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, Rosemary Delehanty; Assistant Night Editor, Len Kolasinski; Copy Editors, Bob Schooley, Joe Breu; Assistants, June Reinmiller, Norma Zehner, Shirley Vandever; Advertising Manager, Nancy Gordon; Assistants, Dee Horne. Sherry Sherman, Winnie Wyant, Jack Glick. Remember Your "Best Gal" Thrill her on Mother's Day with a thoughtful gift, Beautiful hand bags, gloves, costume jewelry, frilly handkerchiefs, -reasonably priced, await'your selection. Choose Her gift today. We will gift wrap and ready your package for mailing. . H Lt , v t C 1 J —Homer E. Harris on her Day May 14th E g o I f's 126 W. College Ave. PLH.’HjVLVaN'I/. Little Ma "One of his fraternity brothers to! ' to go stead; Tribunal Hears Traffic Cases «Five cases dealing with traffic violations were heard by Stu dent Tribunal • this week at the last meeting of the present se mester’s board. The next meet ing of the judicial group will be in charge of the new members who are to be appointed by Cab inet within the next few weeks. Two of the fines were sus pended because the violators had neglected to obtain guest per mits for the persons who were driving their cars. Robert Keller, head, of Tribu nal, said that guests are not un der the same supervision as stu dents with regard to campus traffic. He advised that students who expect to have a guest drive on campus to get a guest permit from; the campus patrol located in the third floor of Old Main. Graduating seniors on Tribu nal are Robert Keller, Carmen Cialella, George Dallas, David Greenwald and- John .Orgo. Jun iors . are James Richards, Neil See, and Edward Sykes. Engineering Council Representatives Meet Newly elected Engineering Stu dent' Coun ci 1 representatives were introduced to the council in its meeting Tuesday night. Jack.Artz, Charles Falzone,-Al bert Fegley, John Frantz, Ber nard Gutterman, John Henness ey, . John Hrivnak, David Mar golf, Raymond .Markle, Rayrriond Miller, Karl Miller, -Edward Ruch, Lawrence Schneipp, Don ald Stalcup, and Robert Thorn ton are the new representatives. 7i Show Time Changed The News and Views Fashion Show, originally scheduled for 7 o’clock tonight, will be held in stead at 7:30. ( Players Proudly Present Anii ittitrt May 11,12, 13 Schwab Auditorium (Mother's Day Weekend) THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1950 Campus ild me he was going lo ask Louise ly tonight." RidingClubLists Events in Meet The Intercollegiate Modified Olympic will be one of the unus ual features of the first annual Horse Show of the College Rid ing Club to be held here on Sat urday and Sunday, May 6 and 7. The events will be held on Sunday at 2:20 p.m., 4:20 p.m., and 5:20 p.m. The first phase will be judged on individual perform ance in the ring, the horse to be shown at a walk, trot and canter. Performance, manners, way of going and 1 obedience will be scored. In the second phase, horses will be judged as working hunt ers over the outside course, while in the third phase,-horses will be shown in the several jumps, starting at three feet, the jumps to be raised in case of tie. Only performance will count. The Grier School has. entered 12 riders and nine horses, and Penn Hall will send ten riders iand eight, horses. Among the horses to be entered will be.“ Our: Socks,” a Pennsylvania champion in 1946. and “Copperhead,” another cham pion. . • , A cup, donated by the College, and designated the “Pennsylvan ia: State College Riding Tropliy,” will be awarded to the winning team. A team will have, to win the trophy in three consecutive years to acquire it permanently. Twen ty-one trophies and 160 ribbons will also be awarded for : other events in the. show.-. Organizational Meeting An organizational committee meeting of the Students Labor- Management Relations Club will be held tonight at 7:30 in 5 Sparks. A student chapter of. the In dustrial Relations Research As sociations will be organized. Any one in the labor-management curriculum may attend. by Bibler
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