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tti Baitg Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE,.est. 1887
published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in
clusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania ,State College.
Entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934, at the State
College, Pa., Poet Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
Dean Gladfelter • Owen E. Landon
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Joe Breu; Assistant Night Edi
tor: Pat Ingham; Copy Editor: Moylan Mills,
Dave Colton; Assistants: Jean Berg, Dave Jones,
Virginia Opoczenski, Jane Reber, Lee Stern.
Ad Manager: Barbara Potts; Assistants: Herb
Blough, Gorman Fisher, Nancy. Gordon, Eleanor
Mazis, Dick Rossi.
Rides For Voters
The Penn State Christian association is spon
soring a transportation pool which should be of
considerable aid to those wishing to vote in the
congressional elections Tuesday. Main objective
of the plan is to get student voters with trans
portation together with those who lack means
of getting to the home town polls,
HERE IS A GOOD solution to a problem
which plagues politically conscientious' Penn
State students. Since no school time is allotted
so that students may vote, it is fortunate that we
have this plan whereby voters need cut only a
minimum of classes.
Only one thing is necessary for success of
the "election rides" program cooperation of
those who have made plans to vote. Students
can register at the Student Union or in 304
Old Main.
This is one demonstration of genuine interest
in the plight of a considerable number of voters.
Past student efforts to induce the administration
to grant a voting holiday have failed. In years
of heavy veteran enrollment, the College did ac
cept signed excuses procured from local elec
tions board officials.
STUDENT ABSENTEE balloting has been
suggested as a solution. Ohio has such a provi
sion in its election code. The National Student
association, of which Penn State students are
members, has shown interest in the problem.
All-College Cabinet in past years made exten
sive studies of the problem and proposed solu
tions. It would be to the advantage of all if
cabinet would now—in anticipation of a simi
lar problem next' year again look into the
matter.
Friendly Relations
The offer of several Boston college students to
find rooms for traveling Penn Staters this week
end is an excellent example of the friendly rela
tions which can be fostered between , schools that
are rivals on the gridiron.
WHEN BOSTON COLLEGE played here last
year, a number of fraternities in town won
themselves the friendship of a whole group of
tired travellers from Boston. The fraternities
not only found rooms for the group but they
also included the Bostonians in their entertain
ment program for the weekend.
The fine impression of Penn State formed by
these Boston college students has not been for
gotten, as evidenced by their recent offer.
We think this example could Well be a cue
for similar relations with other schools on the
football schedule.
STARLITE
DRIVE-IN
on BELLEFONTE ROAD
Shows 7 and 9 P.M.
FRIDAY
`Riding High'
BING CROSBY
COLEEN GRAY
CHARLES BICKFORD
Also Selected Short Subjects
SATURDAY
"CAPT. CAREY, U.S.A."
ALAN LADD
WANDA HENDRIX
-- also --
'Brothers in the Saddle'
John Ashbrook
Herbert Stein
The First
National Bank
Of State College
Member. of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEUE,
Safety Valve ...
Permanent Memorial
TO THE EDITOR: Hort Woods has been tem
porarily saved from the piece -meal removal of
trees for parking space. In view of a likely re
currence of the threat of removal the Dendrol
ogic Committee (formed in 1947 to promote an
interest in trees) would like to go on record as
favoring legislation TO PERMANENTLY SET
ASIDE AND MANAGE Hort woods as .a me
morial woods and nature preserve.
R. C. Csapiewski
The Bleak Life
TO THE EDITOR:. Having read Howard Mil
ler's letter concerning the "bleak and demoral
izing" effect of army life, I rather thought it
was written by someone with - no experience to
justify his statement. From the reports of condi
tions prevalent in Thompson hall, it would seem
that many of these CHILDREN could use some
of this "bleak and demoralizing life." As I re
member, regard for property was rather well
taught in that demoralizing atmosphere.
• Letter Cut
Gazette ...
Friday, November 3
ENGINEERING 2 and 3, lecture, 4:10 p.m.,
Schwab auditorium, R. H. Smith, Pennsylvania
Department of Commerce, speaker.
PHILOTES bus for cabin party will leave in
front of Simmons hall 5:30 p.m.
WESLEY foundation skating party, for trans
portation meet 7:30 p.m., 258 E. College avenue.
PENN STATE Bible fellowship, 405 Old Main,
7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Radio Corporation of America, Radio Victor division, will
interview January graduates in Chem. •Eng.. E.E.. 1.E., and
M.E. on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Men interested in manufacturing
should have an average of 1.5; those in design and develop.
went, 1.8 or better.
Westinghouse Electric Corp. . will interview January
graduates at all levels in Ch. Eng., chemistry,' phyeics,
Aero. Eng., E.E., 1.E., 111. E., ceramics, and metallurgy
on Tiesday, Nov. 7,
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals division, Charleston W. Va.,
will interview January gradqates in chemical engineering.
chemistry, and a few in mechanical engineering on Friday,
Nov. 10.
E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. will interview January
graduates at all levels in chemistry, chemical engineering.
industrial engineering, metallurgy, and physics on Monday
and Tuesday. Nov. 13 and 14.
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Ingersoll-Rand Co. will interview January graduates at
all levels in 34. E.. LE., and mining engineering Tuesday.
Nov. 14. •
Standard Oil and Development Co. will interview January
graduates at 'the B.S. and M.S. level in C.E., M.E., E.E.,
1.E., and Chem. Eng. Friday. Nov. 10.
West Penn Power company will interview January grad
uates in M.E. and E.E. Wednesday, Nov. 15.
General Electric company will interview January grad
uates in 1.E., M.E. end E.E. Wednesday, Nov. 15.
Armstrong Cork company will interview January grad
uates in C&F, Psyc., Labor Mgt.. 1.E.. M.E.. E.E., at the'
B.S. level: also chem. eng., at the M.S. or B.S. level and
chem. eng., and phys. at the PhD level Wednesday, Nov. S.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following jobs, applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Machinist or electronics technician for assem
bling lab equipment.
Dishwasher and waiter for weekend duty in
fraternities; renumeration in meals only.
Orderlies for Centre County hospital; hours
4 p.m. to 10 p.m. alternate nights. Must have
transportation. Hospital will provide salary,
meals and uniform.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Patients: Julie Krell, Norma King, Mary Ann
Honess, Katherine Nicoll, Bernard Friedman,
Harry Knable, Charles Rohrbeck, Charles Wolf, •
James Townsend, Richard Bauer, Kenneth Hor
ton, Leonard Mattick.
James S. McQueer
Little Man On Campus
"And now. a Sll7ht pause for station identification
This is Professor •SS A R F
Pro and Coil
Lesson From GI Joe
For good or for bad, depending on how one'views it, thera has
been a tremendous change in College life in the last few years.
After the war an influx of veterans swelled the college popula
tion and set its tone. Classes for the first time became of paramount
importance. G I Joe came for an education, or at least technical train
ing; something which would' get: him a job, get him started on his
career too long delayed. -
PROFESSORS LIKED THE CHANGE, for GI Joe was a good
student and he took his . work seriously, Maybe he had a wife and
children in Windcrest and no hankering to stay there any longer
than necessary. Maybe he was just more mature than pre-war stu
dents and realized the seriousness of college studies.
Even younger students who started college during this period
caught the veteran's spirit and knuckled down. The mature outlook,
call it cynicism if you wish, was a dominant .aspect of college life.
At Penn State it was accentuated by the absence of a freshman class.
Now the veterans are mostly gone. Joe College is assuming his
normal place in the college scheme and naturally becoming the domi
nant factor again. , .
Blue jeans replace khaki and pea jackets on the Mall. And milk
shakes are to replace alcohol, at least officially. Married veterans
are becoming the exception instead of the rule.
The shift is marked by visible changes like the revival of custoths
and intangible things like school and class spirit. It isn't necessaro
change for better or for worse, but merely the logical outcome of a
younger, less experienced student body.
HOWEVER, IT DOES SEEM that many new students are not
meeting college life in a manner suitable to adults. Damage done to
dormitories, for instance, is an example of harmful effects of imma
tura exuberance.
College students would do well to remember some of the thirigs
GI Joe taught him in the immediate post-war years. - College is more,
than a four-year .lark at Dad's exnense. And it is more than a pre-.
paration for a career. It is a part of life. It should mean attainment of
maturity, broadening of scope, development of personality. •
And it is time to become adult.
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