"AUt, l'W() O Batty Collegian nutcoutor to THE FREE LANCE, not. 1887 Publhhei Tuesday through Saturday mornings ta. duly. during the College year by ►he staff et The Daily Collegian et The Pennsylvania State Collets. nattered as eoeuni-elaan matter Jnly 5. 1954. at tke State College. Pa.. Port • ttlee OM der the aet et March 3. 1979. Editor Business Mgr. Dean Gladfelter ' 111: ';;• 1 Owen E. Landon STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, Dorothy Laine; Assistant Night Editor, Joan Kuntz; Copy Editor, Paul Poor man; Assistants, Margot Selig, Bill Boyles and Virginia Sinclair. Advertising Manager, Dick Rossi; Assistants, George Duff, Edward Diddle, bock and Laryn Sax. . A Flick at Finals Beginning June 2 Penn Staters will once again take up an ancient ceremonial rite known locally as final exams. Like downhill snowballs this tradition has been rolling on for so many years, it has become a Victim of inertia—nobody knows how to stop it. BECAUSE OF ITS NUMEROUS justifications many do not want to stop it, but those who do are overwhelmed by the respectability which surrounds it and are inclined to be timid. abou 6 suggesting changes. We are suggesting that finals are unneces sary in some courses. In fact they are point less in courses which do not require text books and do not cover some definite area of factual or theoretical material. Why, then, should a prof feel that he must, give finals in all courses simply because "it's being done." WE ARE ALSO SUGGESTING that the world would not come to an end if a. particular final were moved to a time or place more convenient' for all concerned. The natural objection to this is that it will be unfair• to students who have already made plans and the administrative offi cials who have scrupulously devised the sched ules. But if most of a class, including the instruc tor want the final at some other time, say the, last class of the semester, and can't purely because of a schedule, the emphasis. we say. is way out of line. • As it stands now, to qualify for a conflict exam one practically -has to sign a' non-commun ist affidavit. Students with summer jobs find this especially bothersome. They want• to take exams early and in many cases the instructors don't care one way or the other. But so long as final' exams remains an un touchable subject, we're doomed it seems, to bow to the almighty schedules. • • —Herbert Stein Safety Valye Facilities of a Student Press TO THE EDITOR: In reference to Mr. Allen's and Mr. Morgan's letter of the 17th, on the stu dent press, I agree that is is a case of a simple mathematics, but the figures do not add up to a student press. The'figure of $25,000 is pretty much an arbit rary one, which would come close to buying equipment insufficient for the use of the Daily Collegian. The other publications on campus would not be able to use this equipment because the three monthly publications alone would occupy much of the shop's time and facilitiei. The Daily Collegian as well as the minor publi cations on campus would still be forced to go to outside publishers in order to get their work done. For an adequately sized shop, press and other necessities to compete with commercial publish i•ig houses a sum of more than three times the on 3 now is necessary. Vote for the student press, yes, but do not expect immediate results, but rather our chil dren will read Penn State's publications printed by a student press NAME CARDS for Graduation Announcements Commercial Printing Inc. Glennland Bldg., State College MEN! When You Decide To Purchase Your Class Ring— SEE or PHONE— Wm. H. Duffee Joseph Skoff TKE House 12-24 Pollock Phone 4494 Phone 272 These Are the First Rings Officially Approved. By the All-College Cabinet Permanent Ring Committee —Marlin A. Weaver Business Manager, Daily Collegian '49-'5O i FOR THE SUMMER THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, SisATE L,C,LLEGE,, .JV ANIA Safety Valve .... Letters to the Editor should be addressed—The 'Daily Collegian, Box 261, Boro. The writer's name will be withheld upon request, but no letter will he printed un less it is signed. Look Before You Leap TO THE EDITOR: The furor caused by, as you call it, "The Lorch Case," causes me no end of wonderment. Is your• vascillation the result of further study into the matter, or only the desire to keep the "sensational" alive? As• a typical engineer, and one who is by the way eighth semester, I have had little time to do much else but read your paper. This note may then be justly interpreted as the dying statement of a•senile senior. In my tenure, I have seen your paper fan the flames of the barber shop situation, the Alpha Kappa Psi episode, the present "Lorch Case," and countless others into conflagrations, the size of which leads the reader to interpret,thein as incidents of international import. Then the stu dent who feels that his college life would be an utter failure unless he joined in some "world cleansing" crusade, answers the call, and the resulting publicity certainly does nothing. "For the glory of old State." But who are these students who so quickly answer the call—are they the average students— no! They are the same ones who can be seen on the corners at election time passing out that "pink-tinted". propaganda. , You've seen them— so have I. Now back to the "Lorch Case." I would never have been moved to write this, had it not been for the petition I was asked to sign—the purpose of which was to ask the College to reconsider its stand on the "Lorch Case." The "pinks" here at the College have empha sized the 'racial aspect of the case to the utmost, but they have consistently shied away from any mention of the man's obligation to the College as a teacher. The "pinks" have seen another opportunity to employ those tactics so well known to us all—the pitting of one minority group against another. Let's look at this for what it is—a simple release of an instructor who, -it by the College as hirer and firer and, as such, more capable of passing such judgment than any student was not the man they wanted. Staters, I ask you, indeed, I charge you,' don't ;o off on any tangent, let's study these rantings, at's analyze them before joining in any cam paign. And to you of the Collegian, I say that your discretion in the matter has shown the poorest kind of publicity to this institution. You and your staff have failed the students, the adminis tration, and the Commonwealth. Gazette .... Thursday, May 18 CLOVER CLUB, 103 Ag. Bldg., 7 p.m. NAVAL RESERVE COMPOSITE GROUP, Naval lecture Room, Eng E., 7:30 p.m. STUDENT ACADEMIC FRiEDOM COM MITTEE, 217 Wil., 7 p.m. ' WRA BADMITON CLUB, Gym,. White Hall, 4 p.m. WRA FENCING CLUB, Room' 1 White 7 p.m. WRA LACROSSE GROUP, Holmes Field, 4 p.m. ' WRA SWIMMING CLUB, Pool, White Hall, 7:30 p.m. . . Further information concerning interviews and job place• nenta can be obtained..in 112 Old Main. .1. C. Penny Co., May 19. June grads in C & -F for .etail sales work. ' , • - - - Kawneer Co., May •19. June grads in Engineering fox i sales training program. Men with technical background tnd some experience in, business preferred. No priority. American Steel and: Wire C 0.,. May 19. June-grads in IE for junior engineering position. No priority. Radio Corporation . of America, May 24. June grads in EE, ME, and Chem E Rik production and power work in their television tube plant. Main and Company, CPA's May 24. June grads in Ac counting with 1.6 or better average. .tto priority. Travelers Insurance Co, May 25. June grads for com mission sales in Penna. No. priority. PHI KAPPA Room $4 Weekly Phone 3907 —Name Withheld COLLEGE PLACEMENT (lOU LL 111 AVE• A isg t t t l) s _ -V. Picnic Supplies and Quality Foods To Go With Them Kaye ' s Korner 20Q SOUTH ALLEN STREET Reprinted from June 1950 issue of ESQUIRE Elective List In Timetable In response to students' desire for general courses in fields out side their majors, the Committee on the Elective Program has set up a list of courses suitable for students in any curriculum at the College. The list is composed of courses recommended by the various schools in which they are given. It is not intended to be exhaus tive, and it includes only courses to - be offered in the Fall Semes ter. • The list is to be found on page four of the timetable for the Fall Semester. Lit I Scheduled Comparative Literature I, omit ted from he timetable, will meet at 2:00 p.m. Monday and Friday and 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. The place of meeting will be announ'- 2ed in the corrected timetable. The course is directed by Prof. William Edgerton. Deferment Blanks-Ready Application blanks for defer ment of fees for the first se mester of 1950-51 are ready ,at the Office of the Bursar. They may be filed without fee up to and including August 31, 1950. Industrial Ed. Elects The Industrial Education So ciety elected officers for the corn ing year at its meeting Tues day. President, Robert Krayer; Vice-President, Richard Griggs; Sec-Treas., Howard Guest; Board of Governors, Vincent Griffis, William George, Robert Bartels, Byron Rinehimer; and Faculty Advisor, Mr. Winters. --41 0b7i Top off houseparty weekend with a good old fashioned picnic. Be sure to get your supplies from the store that caters to students. Today•stop at • • • • ,i, kilC. 441 ry - t).l E , hl IMS "This is Mr. Finizi. He's a wine taster. \-1 4 ITU THESE o • Juttb.uti. , tvIAY 18, 1050 Copyright 1950 by ESQUIRE, Inc. Council Plans Data Sheet The major issue of the last meeting of the Engineering Stu dent Council was a discussion of the plan to re-instigate .printing of senior data sheets. Past graduating classes have used data sheets and found that they were of great benefit in applying for jobs. Such sheets, made up by a commercial print grees, college activitios, former er, would list educE.tional de occupatio na 1 experience and other pertinent information un der a wallet size picture of the graduate. Newly elected representatives of the council were installed at the meeting. After the meeting a social mix er was held with the heads of 'the various engineering depart ments at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house. ZBT Plans Party On Maim Street Something new in the way .or houseparties is being planned by. Zeta , Beta Tau fraternity for this weekend. The theme of the party is traffic safety and the party has been titled "Maim Street ZBT." The safety program will begin today and end Saturday night with the awarding of a trophy for the best short rhyme empha sizing safety. The fraternity's carnival booth today will con tain a reaction time machine to check driver reaction in all types of circumstances. On Saturday afternoon Nit tany avenue will be closed from Pugh to Locust lane, and will be the scene of a driver's haz ard• coui.se.
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