PAGE TWO Satly Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE, cst. 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„ Post Office under -the act of March 3, 1879.* Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, pot necessarily *he policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi torials are by the editor. Dean Gladfeller Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Bud Fenton; Assistant night ed itor: Greta Dunsmore; Copy editor: Dorothy Laine; Assistants: Virginia Sinclair, Jan Herd, Tom Saylor, John Sheppard. Advertising manager: Bob Koons; Assistants Carolyn Alley, Elaine Notari. Fines Too High Conviction of two students on disorderly con duct charges- Tuesday, with fines of $25 and $lOO, came as a sudden shock to us. We had thought that, in a college town, a bit more dis cretion would be shown by the local judiciary. HAVING REPORTED for the press numerous police court and aldermanic hearings on disor derly conduct and drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges, we can testify that the fines . are completely out of line with those we have seen handed down, especially considering the acts which supposedly violated the local or dinance. D. A. DeMarino, dean of men, said the $lOO fine was the highest he had ever seen given a College student on this charge. Quite frankly, we think the fines are out rageous. In our view, they constitute a tra vesty of justice based on an ordinance— never sustained in the courts—which is so broad in its definition of violations as to serve as a catch-all under which anyone could be arrested for doing almost anything. The ordinance is not the only aspect of the case which is vague. The justice of the peace who levied the fines was unable to say yester day just what sections of the vague ordinance had been violated. From all appearances, the one man was fined $25 for unscrewing a light bulb from the down town Christmas decorations—which are not bor ough property. What else he did to merit the fine was never disclosed.. That he was not charged with drunkenness seems significant. THE OTHER was fined $lOO, apparently for urinating on a cell floor and for swearing at an officer. That may be disorderly conduct under the broad scope of the ordinance, but, when sung to the tune of $lOO, the fine sounds like an outright affront to good sense. College Etiquette College classroom etiquette from the profes sor’s point of view—taken from a magazine arti cle supplied to us by two readers —offers some interesting angles cm a subject that concerns all of us. FIRST OF ALL, ask lots of questions, advises Gilbert Highet, professor of Latin at Columbia university in a recent article in This Week magazine, a publication, circulated with a num ber of Sunday newspapers. “A college Is not a prison," Prof. Highet said, "but a co-operative institution." Asking questions not only helps the student, but aids the professor to know how much he is getting across, he said. Don’t ask your questions to cut the professor down, Prof. Highet said. If you think he is wrong, draw him into a civil discussion and you will find there is’a. lot to be said on both sides. “If you know he is wrong,” Prof. Highet said, "why expose him in public? See him after class, and enlighten the poor fellow.” He went on to point out that professors are still learning like the rest of us and are not infallible. PROF. HIGHET objects to the term “profes sor” when addressing one. “It sounds like a piano player in the Malamute saloon.” Generally he said, treat a professor as you would a doctor since he is trying to cure you of the disease of ignorance, from which most of the world suffers. ijiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu | For College Graduates with Executive | j§ Ambitions § | Retailing Offers YOU a | | - Career With a Future | EE Interesting, responsible positions in merchandising, ad- s = vertising, fashion, management, personnel, or teaching = = await men and women graduates of the foremost School 5 = of Retailing. A one-year graduate program leading to EE = Master’s degree combines practical instruction, market EE contacts, and supervised work experience—with pay— = in leading New York stores. Special programs for bach- S = elor’s degree candidates and for non-degree students. EE = Request Bulletin C-66 Ei NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | SCHOOL OF RETAILING a 100 WASHINGTON SQUARE NEW YORK 3. N. Y. a umuwuuuuiuimmiJiiuumiiuuiuiiuiimmiiiuiuuuiiuumuui£ Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. Herbert Stein THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve .. • Pollock Not Fire Hazard TO THE EDITOR: In rebuttal to the state ments of Mr. Bonn, we of Dougherty hall; Pol lock Circle would like (to offer these points of protest: 1. Mr. Bonn did not bother himself to survey the damage. If he did, he could/have termed the fire a great disaster. In reality, damage was confined to those rooms in the immediate vi cinity of the oil burner. From the outside, the only visible damage, excluding broken windows and scorched walls, is a hole in the roof, cover ing an area about l/16th of the roof’s surface. This damage is excusable since the oil burner was located beneath it. 2. If Mr. Bonn thinks that he can rest any easier in Hamilton hall than in a Pollock Circle dorm, because “. . . Pollock Circle is a fire haz ard,” he has another thought coming. There' is no fireproof dorm on campus, and no dorm has an outside fire escape. Pollock Circle dorms are single story buildings; two steps and a leap through the window and a student is outside. Automatic buzzers, controlled by temperature of rooms, set off the fire alarms. • Letter cut —Richard Karfunkle, Fred LeCrona, John Haub, Vinton Singer, John C. Craft, President, dorm 8 Competition For Coeds TO THE EDITOR: In answer to Mr. E. Cross ley, I would like to make the following state ment in| behalf of fellow cadets end myself, wild sponsored imports for the Mil ball queen con test (and shall continue to do so): Beauty lies where you find it (Yes, eveh in Podunksville or Stump Hollow, Mr. Crossley). Did you ever happen to think, Mr. Crossley, that many cadets may not hke coeds? We didn’t ask that they be excluded from the contest for that reason, so why not show the same consid eration for the desires of others? If the Penn State coed is as pretty as you say, she should welcome the competition; We are wholly in favor of the administration’s policy regarding the qualifying rules as they now stand. Imports And Ulcers TO THE EDITOR: Why do the poor coeds sit in their rooms and sulk when the men around get out of hand and get some imports? Can’t they compete With the girls back home? May they all get ulcers waiting for us to call!! • ... —Peter Lens, A 1 Palmateer, BiR Sou ter ei, Dave Irons. Bjfdess Stone. Gazette... Thursday, December 14 FRENCH club, Christmas caroling, 304 Old Main, 6:30 p.m. FUTURE TEACHERS of America, Christmas party, 3 White hall, 7 p.m. MARKETING club,-business meeting, 228 Sparks, 7 p.m. WRA swimming. White hall pool, 7 p.m. WRA outing, 2 White hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Farther information concerning interviews and jeb place menu can he obtained ip lIS OU Main.' Senior* who tamed In preference sheets oil be cieeet priority in scheduling interriewa for two dip following the initial announcement of tbo vieit of one of tho tom panieo of their choice. Other etodenU wiU he ochodeled •n the third and rabeeaaent day*. Minnesota Mining and Manufactaring company is inter ested in January gradnatea foy sale* work. They prefer men who have taken part in student activities. It interested, contact College Placement service in 112 Old Main not later than December M. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT For information concerning the following iobe, applicants should stop in 112 Old Main. Waiters, permanent and substitutes; vege table men for dorm duty; must be off-campus residents; remuneration in meals; to begin Jan. 3 throughout second semester. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Patients: Joann Terhune, Miriam Shute, Joan Blacker, Sally Lyddon, Dorothy White, Jay Toms, John Miller, Lawrence Lindberg, Stanley Wampler, J. Henry Horton, Robert Shanaber ger, Emil. Berger, Peter Knapp, R. William Eck man, Bruce Large, and Lawrence Day. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: Union Station STATE: Highway 301 NITTANY: Three Little Words For Sheer Delight HI SMART SHOP -a Little Man On Campus Kearney Declines Rockview Position Walter A. Kearney, director of the placement division of the School of Education at the Col lege, withdrew yesterday as a nominee for the position of super intendent of Rockyiew Farm Prison. R. Gornec His appointment was announc ed last Thursday by Edwin May, president of the Board of Trustees of Western Penitentiary, of which Rockview is a branch. In a letter to Mr. May, Kearney expressed his appreciation to the board, and to Dr. J. W. Claudy, Western Penitentiary warden and former Rockview superintendent, for their confidence in selecting him for the position, but stated that he decided “to remain in the field ,of education.” WMAJ Wilt Present Special Brazilian Masic Brazilian music will be fea tured on “The Music of tjie Na tions’’ program on WMAJ tonight at 8:30. The records will come from the collection of Prof. Gerald Moser of the Romance Language de partment. Professor Moser will be the commentator for the program. The first program after vaca tion 'will be Jan. 4 and will fea ture the voice of Enrico Caruso. Prof. Herman Belferman will be the commentator. 5 From Forestry Dept. Attend Yale Celebration The 50th anniversary celebra tion of the Yale School of For estry in New Haven, Conn., this week was attended by five mem bers of the Department of For estry at the College. They are Victor A. Beede, Dr. Wallace E. White, Merwin W. Humphrey, Dr. Newell A. Nor ton, and Richard N. Jorgensen. \ Pre-Holiday g JEWELRY SALE Men's—Ladies 20% and up OFF Kr MOYER WATCH SHOP S. PUGH STREET— give iiery "I think Freddie's eyes are about think we better pull him' THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950 By Bibler ft." k. '&■ ;hol. Coach, Choir To Give - Carol Service The College chapel choir, under the direction of Willa Taylor, will present its annual midnight Christmas service on Saturday at 11p.m. The program will be re peated at the regular il a.m. chapel service Sunday few those unable to attend the evening per formance. Preceding the program a brass choir under the direction of James W. Dunlop will play traditional carols and chorales from the tow er of Old Main. This year, traditional Christ mas music, which has special ref erence to the biblical Christmas story will be sung. In addition the choir will have a special can dle-light processional at the mid night service. PSCA presents May Over WMAJ Tonight The Penn State Christian asso ciation will present, “Peace I Give Unto You,” a half-hour Christmas play by Dorothy C. Wilson on WMAJ at 8 o’clock tonight. The cast includes Warren Hem mas, Kenneth Kiel, Richard Smith, Frances Stridinger, Nor man Yu, and Robert Boyce. The play is directed by Norma Jem Phillips. - IRC Meeting The International - Relations club will meet tonight at 7 o’clock in 218 Willard, Frank Flannelly, president, announced yesterday. Purpose of the meeting is to Select delegates to the regional conven tion at Montreal. PSCA Christmas Party The PSCA Freshmap council will hold a Christmas party to day at 7 p.m. in 304 Old Main. The steering committee will present a skit, and thdre will be carol singing, dancing and re freshments. Dance Programs Invitations • Form Letter* CommercialPrinfingfee. GUiinfrnd Blit, State. Cedar* CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Drive up and 4ee ; . our selection '- WINK'S - yj SKY-TOP <j£X> H —Si'.-. 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