PAGE TWO 011" Elatig Collegian Successor to TU FREE LANCE. out. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday. 'mornings m elody* during the College year by the staff et The Daily Collegiate et The Pennsylvania State Colley'. 131litteed 26 daeolteLefars Matterly 6, 1334. at the State Centre. , Pa., Peet •ffice ender the act of March 3. 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. Editor Business Mgr. Dean Gladfelter ` l4 ReP °l Owen E. Landon Managing Ed., John Dalbor; News Ed., Stan Degler; Sports Ed.. Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein; Society Ed., Beanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. Man aging Ed., Art Benning; Asst. News Ed., John Ashbrook; Asst. Society Ed.,, Bettina dePalma; Photo Ed., Wilson Barto; Senior Board: Jack Boddington, Bill Detweiler. Asst. Bus. Mgr., Thomas M. Karolcik; Advertising Dir., Harold L. Wollin; Local Adv. Mgr., Hugo R. Mendes; Promotion Mgr., Laura Mermelstein; Circulation Co-Mgre., Edward W. Noyes, Gerald F. Yeager; Personnel Mgr., Ed win Singel; Classified Adv. Mgr., Shirley Faller; Office Mgr., Li:lrate Stempineki; Secretary, Winifred Wyant; Senior Board: Norma Gleghorn, Delores Horne, Mary Kauffman, Sue Halperin. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, George Glazer; News Editor, Cordell Murtha; Copy Editor, Lowell Keller; As sistants: Charlaine Schwab, Jo Reist, Virginia Mayes. Ad Manager, Sherry Sherman; Assist ants: Dick Rossi, George Duff, Laryn Sax, Ed Diddlel,ock. Trustee Election This year's contest for alumni seats on the Board of Trustees of the College promises to be • one of the hottest in years. For that very reason more than the usual 20 per cent of the alumr might cast ballots this time. REGARDLESS OF THE ISSUES involved, any increase in the number voting for trustee positions would be welcome. Nine of the trus tees are elected directly by alumni, yet they can not be truly representative of alumni when ap proximately 80 per cent of the 27,000 alums fail to cast ballots. Interest and help of alumni is one of the greatest aids and comforts any college can have. And one of the major ways in which alumni can help their alma maters is to fake part in selection of the ablest men to serve on the trustee board, one of the most responsible groups connected with a college. It might also be pointed out that alumni, as former students, indirectly are representatives of the present student body. Many are parentd of men and women now on the Penn State campus. If only in a small way,) the students can be partially represented by their votes. FOR THESE REASONS COLLEGIAN hopes that the hot election fight will increase the number of alumni ballots this year. Shifting for Yourself What is the point of taking attendance in col lege classes? IS IT DONE TO PROVIDE mountains of neat and accurate statistics for the Administration? Or is it a whip behind the door, compelling at tendance? Whatever else it may be. we think it is an insult to anyone who thinks of himself as being on a college level. It is inconsistent with the aim of a college education. This aim we Would define as training or preparing,a person for adult life. How, we ask, does badgering a person to attend classes prepare him for ac cepting responsibility? A college student has the right to decide for himself whether his time can be more profitably used in or out of any given class. We would like to see instructors recognize the fact that there are times during the semester when attendance serves no function whatever other than putting in time. THOSE WHO SEEK TO JUSTIFY attend ance-taking point to the number of immature people, who, they say, must be hounded into forming proper attitudes. Refusing to treat these people as adults, we say, leads exactly to what the attendance exponents are trying to avoid. It is quite likely than an abrupt discontinu ance of attendance would be the signal for many to cut classes that they should attend. But after a semester or so, when the below grades are piling up, they will be - forced to conclude that some classes are morn import ant than others. Meanwhile, we think, they will have learned ' some valuable lessons in shifting for themselves. —Herbert Stein Still Time 314. Remember Mother Flowers Telegraphed Anywhere Flowers Delivered In Towii . Bill McMullen 135 S. Allen THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve • • . Letters to the 'Editor should be addressed—The Daily Collexian, Box 261, Hoe*. The writer's name will be withheld upon request, but no letter will be printed un less it is signed. Customs Negotiations TO THE,EDITOR: Since many of the facts presented in yesterday's editorial on Freshman Customs were misinterpretations of the Custom Committee's program, I feel that a clarification is in order. First, the periodic progress reports were made' by the committees to the Hat Societies Council from December to March. The final proposal was submitted to the Council and approved by that body. From there, the proposal was given to Tribunal not for passage or defeat, but rather for consideration and comment. This .was done because Tribunal will be the enforcing agent of customs next year. Second, the announcement that Freshman Customs would appear before the Tribunal and Cabinet was published in the Collegian and all interested persons were invited to air their views on the matter. After a two-hour discus sion of the question during which all views were discussed, Cabinet saw fit to pass this motion by an overwhelming majority. Although the new Cabinet has the right to overrule this motion, it should seriously consider the comprehensive planning and investigation that preceeded its passage of this motion. Ed. Note: The committee's progress reports to Hat Societies council never were published, so the students as a whole still did not know much about what was going on. Tribunal was consulted on customs more or less for an ad visory opinion. This advisory opinion never was given. Gazette . . . . Thursday, May 11 DELTA SIGMA PI meeting Phi Kappa House, 8 p.m. . . FORESTRY SOCIETY, - 3 White Hall, 7 p.m., Mr. M. K. Goddard, speaker. FROTH EDITORIAL Board Meeting, 111 CH, 8 p.m. WRA LACROSSE, Holmes Field, 4 p.m. WRA. FENCING, 1 White Ha11,•7 p.m. WRA BADMINTON Club, White Hall Gym, 4 p.m. WRA SWIMMING Club, White Hall Pool, 7:30 p.m. FROTH CIRCULATION Staff Meeting, 1 CH, 7 p.m. • . dates and old .staff. INDEPENDENT Staff, 8 CH, 7 p.m. Candi ' COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information - concerning interviews and Job place. ments can be obtained in 112 Old Main. Pittsburgh • Plate Glass Co, May 10, 11. 12. June grads in CE. Chem E, NE, IN, ME, and Ceramics. International Paper Co., May 12, June grads in ME for Steam Power Plant Operation and Plant Engineering. Ap plications must be filled before May 10, at 112 Old Main. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co., May 11 and 12, June grads in ME, EE, lE, CE. and Metallurgy. J. C. Penny Co., May 19. June grads in C and F only for retail sales work. • Kawneer Co., •May' 19. June gra& in Engineering for a sales training program. Men with technical background and some experience in business. No priority. Juniata Valley Council Camp, aquatics direct Or. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Information concerning theie positione can be 'Obtained at the Student Employment Office in Old Main. Interviews for full time summer Bales with Wearever. Part time during school year. Student dieticians for summer camps. Recreation Dirdctor for Pocono Resort. Waiters and Dish Washers for next year. billet .be able to start now. Weekend subs needed. • Department of Properties and Supplies. June grads in Architecture, CE, EE, and BE, and ME. Must be resident! If Penna. No priority. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: Bicycle Thief. STATE: Conspirator. NITTANY: 12 O'clock High The Early Gridders The first excursion of Penn State into inter collegiate football' took place at Lewisburg in a drizzling rain on the morning of Nov. 11, 1881. Lewisburg University (Bucknell) was the op ponent. An account by the Bucknell Mirror described the Penn State team as "well uniform ed and disciplined, whereas our boys, although having considerable practice, were not up to all their dodges." 4994 —Robert E. Gabriel Chairman, Freshman Customs Committee NAME CARDS for Graduation Announcements (ommercialPrinting Glennland Bldg.. State CoUwe Now Playing . . . . "WHITE HEAT" with James Cagney—Virginia Mayo STARLITE DRIVE-IN Theatre Little Man On Campus _ II "I think he's getting serious—he asked me to go with him Id Tracking ' , Down ' Tales' ----,r JOURN PROFESSORS have a nasty . habit of giving quizes with out provocation. In a recent news quiz, students were asked to identify Robert M. Davis. One , erstivhile reporter answered that he was accused of being a Coinmunist. - ' That's a good guess nowadays. WHAT DOES EVERY RED-BLOODED Penn State scholar hope for when he enters his classroom in the Springtime? Ansliteri that the instructor shouldn't be there. ' Thus, a history class was almost ready to disperse joyfully When another teaChei appealed on the teacherless scene. ' Calmly, he addressed the class, "Dr. Hrown is sick. We can,bave an exam, talk for 50 minutes, or go home." "Go hornet" shouted the historians in ;unison. With 'this unanimous retort, the prof, without uttering a word or losing his perfect composure, nonchalantly walked out. He must have had a golf engagement, too. * * * MIXING A BIT OF PSYCH 17 with English, Literature, Dr. Cloetingh's class was diacus§ing the pros and cons of niariling "an old dog" and reforming him, i.e., "teaching him new tricks.' Dr. Cloetingh had only this advice to offer: Don't marry an olfl dog." How' about a young wolf? Takation Institute Endi confab TOday. The InstitUte on Taxation will wind up its fourth annual meet ing today. Haying met on campus since May'll, the institute has dis cussed problems in the, fieldqf taxation for professional people.' J. K. Lasser, national authority in the field; has been chairman of the institute meetings, which have been sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts and the General Ex= tension Service. Subjgcts discussed at the meet-. ings are: Estate and Gift Tax Planning; InCome and Estate Tax Problems in Life Insurance; and Tax Prob lems for Stockholders and Bond holders. IS. YOU: IS,. OR IS YOU AIN'T? Are you going to 'gel room and board, for yourself this summer? You better hurry, for there are only a fe*.weeks left to the end of the semester. Come on. get on that phone and call 2941. That's the number for clean, spacious, rooms and fine • food for only $l5 per week. . • AE THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1950 meet his housezilother." With The Staff Caqh Elected Head ' Of ' Hillel FOiondation Ralph Cash was elected presi dent of Hillel Foundation Tues day. Other 'officers are Coleman Gainsburg,' men's vice-president; Dorothy Radack, Women's' vice president; Ruth L. Phillips, secre tary; and Israel Dinner, treasurer. Both' old and ,new executive committees will meet this week to `appoint chairmen of the activity committees. Any students wishing consideration for these positions may give their names to any com mittee member. New officers and the 'governing 'board will be installed at the Sab bath Eve Services May 26, When honor keys and pins will- be awarded to outstanding graduates. Bibles
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