PAGE TWCP alit Batty Collegian snec c „. ? , to THE FREE LANCE, sat. HIB7 Published Tseeday • throng* Saturday mornings IN. clothe daring the College your ity thus eta of The Dail, Collegian of . The Pennsylvania State College. tered as seeritti-elese 'natter Jely 1. 1934. at the State (UM. 'nadir the act of March 3. 187 t. Dean Gladfelter • Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Dave Colton; Copy editor: Joyce Moyer; Assistant night editor: Greta Dunsmore; Assistants: Norma Philip, Jo Hutchon, Janie Reber. Advertising staff: Bob Koons, Elaine Notari, Don Jackel, and Carolyn Alley. Slow Down The fashion in which this fall's elections code was approved by All-College cabinet Tuesday night is typical of the - mariner-of enacting legis lation which the governing body should wish to avoid. With virtually riO'Corisideration, the code —like some other proOsals:--was put into effect. not g may be not lOg radically wrong with the elections code -÷ 14 "C4fhiet members, who had no forewarniii ' cotiakliing it and little chance to quesabla ielpilekly approved it, many of them without really lolowing what the code contairi§. ' ' . , The code was not read in its entirety—rather, the few changes to last year's code, which the elections committee propoSed, were read ,and the vote was taken. Few cabinet members knew the code would come up for approval before the beginning of the meeting, when the committee chairman put it on the agenda. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH time before the vote for members of cabinet to read all the four-page code, and, unless they previously had been thoroughly acquainted with it, they could not have had more than a vague idea of what they were approving. Cabinet's habit of appointing committees— ludicrous as it sometimes seems—does much to stifle over-hasty action, but cabinet always should keep on its guard against rushing through legislation with which it is not com pletely acquainted. Preparing Citizens • Along with the fundamental procedure of pre paring the student for his future, college some times has the difficult task of preparing him as a citizen, which includes the all-important job of teaching how our government functions. To be good citizens, we all must have some concept of governmental procedure, national, state and local. MONDAY NIGHT, THE Intercollegiate Con ference on Government held its first campus meeting this semester. The ICG is an organiza tion sponsored in part by the Political Science department, but is not confined to political science students. Purpose of ICG is to study government and government procedure, from the practical angle. Student representatives attend the state convention in Harrisburg each year. and stage model meetings of government bodies. This' year, in April, ICG plans a model United States Congress, with delegates from different colleges representing the various states. Actual congressional procedure will be followed, with committee meetings, floor de- . bates. and passage of bills. Such an opportunity to study the internal Workings of our govern ment should not be passed up. Students with sufficient interest to spend a little time learning parliamentary procedure and political technique can certainly profit by the activities of the ICG. STUDENTS! For Yarn and Penn State Stationery Nittany Card & Gift Shop Opposite Atherton Hall COLUMBUS $14.92 DAY $14.92 SPECIAL D. B. TRENCH COATS 14.92 ONE DAY ONLY I PENNSHIRE CLOTHES 112 S. Frazier Street Next Door To City Hall Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. —Paul Poorman We Feature . . . . SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS At Its BEST Every • Thursday and Monday • CAMPUS RESTAURANT WE WASH r 1", WE CLEAN *Everything Washable ir *Ladies Coats and Suits -69c, 61.00 *Athletic Clothes 4 .Dresses and Skirts -69c. 39c "Blankets and Pillows • 'Evening Gowns—sl.so up • •Men's Topcoats, Overcoats *Fine Silks and Woolens • —sl.oo *Suits and Trousersii- e. 'Bedspreads *Raincoats cleaned and *Drapes and Rugs waterproofed-61.39 SHIRTSCOMPLETELY LAUNDERED for 35c STATE COLLEGE LAuND6Rurrs 210 W. College Ave. Open—Mon. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. • Tue., Thur., Sat., 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Bleak Outlook This year's college graduating seniors, male, non-veteran, and in reasonably good physical shape (both thumbs and one good eye) face an extremely bleak outlook for the immediate future. TWENTY-ONE MONTHS as a draftee seems an unjust reward for four years of hard work. admittedly not so hard in some cases, but still four years of time, expense and energy spent in college. But disregarding the fate of ambitious col lege graduates and. turning our eyes to a shaky and ominous world situation, we are informed by many in high positions in Wash ington that building a strong peacetime army is absolutely essential to guarding our future security. Assuming this line of thinking is correct, we can see two main avenues of approach to build ing this army—the draft and universal military training. MOST PEOPLE are fully aware of the im plications of a peacetime draft. A graduating senior is especially aware of them for he may have to cast aside the start of his lifetime work. He at least has the advantage of completing his education, which will be denied to many fresh man, sophomore, and junior students who will be drafted during the summer. But then there is the matter of universal military training. UMT would take boys out of high school and give them full "military school ing" in the ways of war, how to follow orders blindly, and how to kill a man quickly and efficiently. They will leave the service and enter their careers with a strange indoctrination. . But draftees, between the ages of 19 and 26, will have been out in the world. Theirs will not be impressionable minds ripe for military in doctrination. They, still will be' capable of "guarding the world's security" without en dangering ours at home with their military "education." THE DRAFT represents inconveniences and a spoiling of plans, but universal military train ing represents dangerous trends not only to those directly involved, but to our country and the whole world. Gazette .. . Thursday. October 12 FROTH EDITORIAL, .1 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. BOARD OF PUBLICATIONS, 8 Carnegie Hall, 8:30 p.m. DELTA SIGMA PI Business meeting, 124 Sparks, 8 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7 p.m. WRA OUTING, White. Hall 2, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN, Junior editorial board, 8 Car negie Hall, 7 p.M. HAT. SOCIETIES COUNCIL, Student govern ment room, Old Main, 7:30 p.m. EL CIRCULO ESPANOL, 'Home Ec. Living Center, 7 p.m. MARKETING CLUB, organization meeting, 125 Sparks, 8 p.m. PENN STATE DAIRY Science Club meeting, 7 p.m., 117 Dairy Building. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further Information concerning interviews and job Pla&3 melts can be obtained in 112 Old Main. Seniors who turned in preference sheets will be given priority in scheduling in'erviews for two days following the initial announcement of the visit of one of the com. panies of their choice. Other students will be scheduled on the third and subsequent days. American Cyanamid company *ill interview 1951 PH.D. candidates in chemical engineering and organic, physical: inorganic, and analytical chemistry. and January B.S. and M.S. candidates in chemistry and ,chemical engineering on Monday and Tuesday, October 23 and 24. U.S. Rubber company will interview January graduates in 'chemistry, chemical engineering, industrial engineering. mechanical engineering and accounting on Frld a y. October 20. —John Dalbor Little Man On Cam STUDENT stop mashing potatoes until this clears un." Safety Valve ... More On Collegian Costs . • •TO THE EDITOR: In your answer to Nelson Bevard and Richard Hunter concerning the shortage, of Collegians, you stated that to supply each student with a Collegian it would cost $7.50 a semester figuring on the basis of 5 cents a -- copy for 150 issues. I think that this figure is incorrect as it un doubtedly does not cost you five cents to have a Collegian printed. . . . Incidentally, shouldn't your recent splurge of advertising help to defray the costs of production —Bernard J. Hendrzak Ed note—Cost per copy of the Collegian has never been esti mated since both revenue and number of papers printed fluc tuate with the size of the stu dent body. Current figures show that 530 more papers are being printed this year than last and about 100 more than the year before that. Hatmen Feeling:Oats TO THE EDITOR: We notice that some big wheel hatmen are feeling their oats already and take great pleasure in torment ing frosh. If they had tried that kind of stuff with frosh veterans they would have been taken good care of, but now that youngsters are coming back, they can show their gestapo like tendencies. Onions to somebody like Gene Kolber and orchids to William Druschel. • Bill Summers '49 Claude DiPasquale '49 THURSDAY; OCTOBER 12, 1950 • . Spare Those Trees TO THE EDITOR: It was heart ening to read Mr. Ashbrook's well written editorial calling for the preservation of. Hort woods. This is one of those situations in which nearly everyone agrees that it's too bad to see something happen, but hardly anyone sees fit to reg ister his individual protest. What is needed, of course, is concerted effort on the part of student and alumni organizations, not only . to forestall if possible the cutting of any part of Hort woods now, but to urge that the College ad ministration designate this tract a permanently inviolable area of our already too congested cam pus. Such a step would deserve the gratitude of present and fu ture Penn State generations. Named As Editor Dr. Hans Neuberger, professor and chief of the division of me teorology at the College, has been named technical editor for Com pendium of Meteorology, which is sponsored by the American Me teorological Society and the Air Materiel Command. By Bibler H. E. Dickson Professor of Fine Arts
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