t&GS TWO Stye iailg Collegian Sneccnor to THE FREE LANCE, csC 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings U ksfra daring the College year by the staff of The Daily ulcsian of The Pennsylvania State College. ktered as second-class matter July 5* 1934, at the State Mler*» Pju, Poet Office under the act of Harch 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, at necesaarQy the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi bmk are by the editor. Dhb GladfeUar ■'•Bar 1 STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Len Kolas inski; Assistant Night flitor: Shirley Vandever; Copy editor: Carolyn ferrett; Assistants: Jeanne Peffer, Lavier Pro bpio, Gerry Spotts. Advertising manager: Bob Leybum; Assis tant: Reddie Morgan. Help The CoUege Chairman Edwin Barnitz of the student en rilment committee hung out the “help wanted 1 * single Monday in a rail for student volun sers to help spike the most pressing danger » the College—a predicted decline in enroll- KaL WITH THE COLLEGE currently in the midst t an expansion program, it can ill afford a srge drop—or any decrease, for that matter, — i its enrollment. Nor can the students, who enefit from a large enrollment because it nakes possible a greater range of opportunities m the campus. In an attempt to minimize the trend toward Inclines in enrollment, All-College cabinet ear ler this year established the committee to for- Bulate a student program aimed at interesting Bore graduating high school seniors in enter bg Penn State. How, in the face of a sharper decline fhan had been expected in enrollment, the com mittee is calling for early action over the Christmas vacation. Students volunteering for work in the pro tram will be asked to visit their high schools text week to “talk up" Penn State among the eniors who will be graduated in February. Per 7 onal contact, rather than sending letters or Iterature, should provide a better medium for lforming high school graduating classes about he College ami for persuading them to come ere. A. LARGE DETACHMENT of students will >e needed for this work, even though there are Natively few Pennsylvania high schools which (ontinue to graduate classes at midyear. The ommittee hopes to send four or five students D each high school, concentrating principally m Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Erie. Students •ill be asked to attend high schools from which hey were graduated and where they should be mown. Volunteers have been asked to meet in 418 Hd Main at 7 o’clock tomorrow night. Students rho come from high schools which graduate nidyear classes and who are willing to give a few hours time over the Christmas vacation to telp the College will not need a second urging D turn out for the job. We hope the committee w i-li be swamped »ith volunteers. Christmas Dinner The Penn State Christian association will telp to make the holiday season more enjoy- Ible for all the foreign students on campus by ponsoring a Christmas international dinner at he Episcopal church at 6:3oo’clock Friday light. THE PURPOSE of the dinner will be to help he foreign students become better acquainted feith each other, and to remove some of the bneliness they would feel being far from their tomes at this joyous season. The meal will be planned by the foreign stu lents themselves, and they will arrange the nenu to include the favorite dishes, beverages, md desserts of each country. The students also Bill wear their native costumes and represen tatives of the many countries will give short lalks about their respective homelands. Such spirit and cooperation among differ* ent nationalities reflect the true Christmas spirit of the brotherhood of man. IT* I \ RASPBERRY * TABTS { Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. Dare Colton 2 fob 35c Breyert fa mows VanlJJa k* Cream, topped with frozen raspberries and gaily decorated with green-tinted whipped cream. Your Breyer Dealer fcai them in handy boxes o f two. a. HE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve... An Unfortunate Spirit TO THE EDITOR: As a loyal Syraciisanj and an ardent basketball enthusiast, I am'quite proud of the team which represents my school. I am sure that the student body of 'Penn State must , have an'equal pride in their. marvelous team. It is therefore unfortunate that the spirit of the Penn State fans is not equal' to the merit of their athletes. Please understand that I do not say this smugly—l am fully aware of the fact that there are some “Dirty Rooters” among the S.U. students, but I doubt that they have ever shown such complete and deliberate lack of sportsmanship, as that demonstrated by the Penn State fans at tonight’s basketball game. I suggest that in the future the Penn State stu dents show more discipline and good taste in their conduct, not only for the sake of good sportsmanship, but to maintain the high stan dard Which has already been set by your school and its ’ basketball five. A good team deserves good fans—l think that the Penn State boys should have them! Punishment Fitting The Act TO THE EDITOR: This is on a subject about which a number of us small men on campus feel rather strongly. Namely, the tree stealing episode ■of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity last week. Stealing in any form is not something which one generally is proud of and when it is con doned and encouraged by : a group which is sup posed to lead and. set an example for others, it is especially'a shameful thing. We feel that the punishment should fit the act and should cover the entire group.... Here is our suggestion. , . 1. A fine of $5.00 should be assessed against each member of the Beta Theta Pi house. 2. A one - hundred - dollar fine against the house as a group. 3. On the South East corner of the Beta Theta Pi lawn is a nice spruce tree similar to the one which the thieves stole from the college. We feel that it is no more than just that the mem bers of this honest organization dig up this tree and replant it in the exact spot from which the tree was. stolen from the College farm. This should, of course, be- done at their own expense and with a guarantee that the tree shall thrive for a period of five years. Perhaps this could raise their honor standard slightly. • Uiitiwt Gazette.., Wednesday, December 13 NEWMAN club general meeting, movies, 110 Electrical Engineering, 7 p.m. ALPHA KAPPA PSI, 218 Willard hall, 7 p.m. INDUSTRIAL relations research association, speaker, discussion, 219 Electrical Engineering, ?:3tip.m. . WRA dance, White hall rhythm room, 7 p.m. WRA bridge, White hall play room, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN . editorial sbphomore board board meeting cancelled. COLLEGE. PLACEMENT FbiUmc information concerning interview* and iob place* aeente can ho obtained in 112 Old Main. Senlon'who - turned in preference sheet* will be riven priority in aekedalinr. Interview* for two day* followinr the Initial annonneement of tko vialt of one of . the com panies of their choice. Other atndents will bo scheduled on the tkird . and eubeeqnent days. Mining and Manufacturing company Is inter ested in January, graduates for sales work. They prefer men who- have taken part in student activities. If interested, contact College Placement service in 112 Old Main not later than • December 7 19. ’ STUDENT EMPLOYMENT For Information concerning the followinr jobs, applicant* should atop in 112 Old Mai*. Ten men for house to house sales in the Penn sylvania plan for local concern; commission basis. Vegetable men, waiters, substitutes wanted for dorm duty beginning Jan. 3. Two kitchen men for fraternity. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Patients: Joan Blacker, Dorothy White, Rob ert Smith, JSy Toms, John Miller, Lawrence Lindberg, Eugene Goldbloom, Stanley Wamp ler, Henry Horton, Neil Powell, Clifford Den nis, Emil Betger, Peter Knapp, Bruce Large, Floyd Rough, and Laurence Day. Dance Programs! Invitations • Form Letters B Commercial Printing Inc.fi ~ Blit, Stmt. CoUes. [ FOR DORMITORY, Sorority and Fraternity CHRISTMAS PARTIES Get Delicious * Christmas Cookies * Cakes • Brownies • Cream Puffs ELECTftOAKERY 233 S. Allen - Rea Pipersberg Syracuse. '53 William E. Clark. Jr. Little Man On Ca "I warned him he wai ' ' && ■>■■■■ ProandCon An Expanded Collegian Among the criticisms which plague the editors of any newspaper are complaints about failure to have'ah item printed in the paper. The request is usually phrased, “We need some publicity on this thing,” or “Can I see to it that this item gets-in the paper?” . THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, like most other newspapers, cannot grant all of these requests. For the space available for editorial ma terial, which means everything except advertising, is severely limi ted. Advertising is the source of revenue which makes possible more space for editorial material at the present. Consequently it is the job of our staff ,to select only the items most newsworthy, interesting, and timely to be included in the newspaper. As journalists we do not consider such items as publicity for anyone, but as news. To prevent rubbing a newsman the wrong way, it is usually better to say, "Here is a newsstory I think you may care to have/' than to mention the word publicity. This is merely the applied psychology of showing someone the advantage to himself of what ever you want him to do. . Some errors in judgment are made, concerning inclusion or ex clusion of material in Collegian: But such omissions are errors, and are not intentional. We try to do a complete job of covering the campus, of course. All this points to the fact that Collegian is inadequate to serve a college population of more,than 11,000. students, besides a large fac ulty and staff, many of whom also read the paper. EXPANSION IS, NEEDED to provide more complete campus coverage, interesting features, and news of more than local impor tance. International and national news is particularly necessary in these days to provide students with an understanding of current events. With the proposed. 35 cent per semester increase in the student assessment, Collegian could provide this expanded local coverage and world news. Possibly circulation could be increased for the dor mitory areas also. Comparison of Collegian with papers at Michigan, lowa, Wis consin, Michigan State, Minnesota, California, and other leading universities would reveal that, while it compares favorably as far as makeup, editing, and local, coverage are concerned, it lags in world news. It also lags in size. The Michigan News, for instance, runs eight and sixteen full size pages seven days per week. Of course, many of these universities have larger trading areas .in which to sell adver tising.- Of course, we can’t promise anybody the moon. Even the Sunday edition of the New York Times has space problems. However, our coverage would be appreciably inoreased. And it should be well worth the price to the Penn State student. Site Stale s(cssed C^lirtitmai And Announces Its Anual (Communion Sreabj^ait Wednesday Morning at 6:30 —Grace Lutheran Church Caroling Friday and Sunday;:Evenings at 8 and 6:30 Open House In Pastor Korte’s Apt. Saturday 8-10 p. m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 ling 100 high for those rebounds." is jump: By STAN DEGLER oCutlieran Sliiociallon Wishes All Of. You Bibl
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