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Sty* latlg 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, Pin Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers,
met necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
Dean Gladfelter
Editor
Managing Ed. John Ualbor; News Ed., Stan Pegler;
Sports Ed., Kay Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stein: Society
Ed., Peanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. Sports
Ed., Art Banning; Asst. News Ed., John Ashbrook;
Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Photo Ed., Wilson
Barto: Senior Board: Jack Boddington. Dill Detweiler.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Ernie Moore; assistant night
editor; Bettie Loux: copy editor: Carolyn Bar
rett; assistants: Dave Jones, Virginia Opoczen
ski, Greta Weaver.
Advertising manager: Jack Sweger.
Inflexible Finals
At the end of every semester we are im
pressed and annoyed by the stringent atmo
sphere in which final examinations are given
at Penn State.
SO AWED are many instructors by the sanc
tity of finals that they will not even permit
their classes to discuss possible shifting of the
time or place of an exam. The utter inflexi
bility of a final examination schedule seems to
inspire an unholy fear that heads will roll if an
instructor presumes to make a change.
In an effort to dodge the issue, instructors
have told us that particular departments re
quire a petition in which every member of
the class agrees to a given change. Even with
the petition, they say, department authorities
frown on such practices to so great an extent
that a change would not be permitted unless
extreme circumstances could be proved.
The reasoning behind this santification ap
parently is that changes would make more work
for profs and would tend to confuse even more
the already complex system of finals and con
flicts. In many instances more -than one exam
would have to be worked out by the prof to
prevent students from seeing a copy before
they take it. A student finds it difficult to prac
tice the honor system when he knows all about
an exam his buddy is about to take.
WE CANNOT DENY that to relax the present
policy would add both to the work and the
confusion. But it also cannot be denied that
under the current system many students are
needlessly inconvenienced.
Other schools we are familiar with take a
much more liberal attitude toward finals. At
Pitt a definite schedule is arranged but in
structors often switch the time or place with
out consulting anyone other than the class
involved. Often the exam time will be changed
to the last class period.
Another practice, unheard of here but some
times used by Pitt instructors, is to give a stu
dent the option of exempting himself from a
final if he is satisfied with his grade at the end
of the semester or taking it if he thinks he can
improve the grade.
Improved Plan
The new activities card file plan for men
students, accepted by cabinet Thursday, seems
an improvement over the original plan m two
respects.
PRINCIPALLY, the new plan eliminates
information in two categories which some
students might find objectionable— employ
ment and personal history. And m the schol
astic category, only the all-College average is
included. Thus, the file becomes one strictly
to record information on student activities.
In addition, the new plan requires only vol
unteer work from cabinet committee workers
and not the expenditure which was necessary
under the original plan. To begin with, the dean
of men’s office, which will provide funds, was
the body which stated that need for the file
and which apparently would have the most use
for it. First time the idea was brought up, the
male members of cabinet showed little evi
dence they thought it would be of too great
a use for student activities.
Board and Room
for Men
ai
MARILYN HALL
317 E. BEAVER AVE.
• Good home-style cooking
• Convenient to town and
Campus
• Pine paneled club room
• Nice rooms
• Shower on each floor
Make Reservations NOW
For Second Semester
Ask For Mrs. EMord
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
Herbert Stein
USED BOOKS
Are Being Accepted by
TUB J«n. 15-24
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve ...
Horn And Ego
TO -THE EDITOR: You and your 12,000-odd
students should be proud of one of your student
groups who last night (Jan. 10) masqueraded in
basketball player uniforms and staged an “icy”
show on the floor of Davis gymnasium at Buck
nell university.
They were terrific! Their cold stares were
wonderful. Their self-control was magnificent.
Their ball-handling was rigid. Their fouling
was subtle. And they won a “basketball” game.
Yes, Penn State college should be proud that
they went home with the bacon, for an ex
change of ham for bacon is fair dealing. They
should have an inflated ego, for they don’t
often beat basketball teams from schools one
fifth their size.
Your coach may make a name for himself,
your team made a name for itself last night,
and your school has established a name.
Penn State, Moulder of MEN?
Jack Williams
Editor, The Bucknellian
Bucknell University
Ed. Note The above letter, a typical ex
ample of the “boola boola” school of college
editing, leaves us pretty cold. It is the typical
sophomoric yelp of one whose team lost because
the opponent outsmarted it. Not that we want
to see basketball degenerate into a frozen cus
tard type of game, but we do feel that some
of the fervor whipped up over one “freeze”
game 'has been exaggerated. If Penn State
should continually use the “freeze,” there
would be grounds for strong objection. But
sarcasm seems to be the only answer the Buck
nellian editor can make, since his team ap
parently made no effort to break up the
“freeze,” which should have been easy. We’re
inclined to watch the future for developments
before praising or denouncing the Penn State
coach.
Gazette...
Tuesday, January I€
ALPHA KAPPA PSI meeting, 218 Willard
hall, 7 p.m.
BARBELL club, McKee hall recreation room,
7:30 p.m.
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS candidates, final
make up exam, 1 Carnegie hall, 7 p.m .
PSYCHOLOGY club, Prof. Edward Abram
son to speak on “Mass Society,” 204 Burrowes,
7:30 p.m.
WRA BOWLING, White hall alleys, 7 p.m.
WRA FENCING, White hall, 7 p.m. .
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Farther information concerning interview* and job place
■tents can k obtained in 112 Old Main.
Seniors who turned in preference sheets wilt be siren
priority in scheduler interviews 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 dsys^
. Rohm & Hass company will interview graduate students
who will receive their M.S. and PhD in 1951 in Aero.
Eng., Chem Eng., Eng. Mech., M.E., and Phys. 23.
Swift & Company will interview PhD.’s in Organic Chem.,
and Bio. Chem. January 25.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following jobs* applicant*
should stop in 122 Old Main.
COUPLE to live in house and cook breakfast
and dinner for man; duration one month; room
plus cash.
STUDENT to care for two children between
Jan. 21-26; children aged 1% and 5; cash plus
food in exchange.
SUBSTITUTE WAITERS for fraternity be
tween Jan. 23-27; remuneration in meals.
HOUSE TO HOUSE SALESMEN for Valen
tine candy; this vicinity between now and Feb. 1.
FIRST- CLASS TELEPHONE ENGINEER
with license for transmitter work; permanent
p-'rt-time.
"CT 1
FACTORY DEMONSTRATOR for electrical
appliance company to work Saturdays this vi
cinity; excellent hourly wage; interviews being
scheduled.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Patients: Janice Rodriguez, Haralyn Levy,
Frances Crawford, David Pierson, Lawrence •
Snyder, Don Bersinger, John Sheridan, John _
Graham, Edward-Hewitt, Robert Mazeikis, Al
bert Pettit, William Worthington.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Woman on Pier 13
STATE: Destination Moon
NITTANY: Walls of Malapaga
Little Man On Campus
"This will make a good test-question: 'Compare social psychology
lo itie psychology of music/ But when you make the quiz, make the
question read: 'Collate the formation of social stereotypes and the
effect of ihe social environment of the individual With the psycho
logical principles underlying the* musical artsV*
Pi Gamma Alpha
Initiates Twelve
Twelve juniors and seniors
from the Fine Arts and Architec
ture departments have been in
itiated by Pi Gamma Alpha, fine
arts honorary.
Following the initiations a ban
quet was held at the Allencrest
tea room. Guest speaker of the
evening was Prof. Viktor Lowen
feld of the Department of Art
Education, who summarized fu
ture trends in education, which
were discussed at the Whitehouse
conference of last month.
Members initiated were Joan
Wiley, Lois Brown, Pat Duncan,
Jean Gordan, Anne Wenty, Shir
ley Vernon, Paul Kuhnle, Thom
as Gresham, Sam Conrad, Dan
Kistler, Edward Zimmerman, and
Robert Goodenow.
25 Men Are Initiated
Into Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi, men’s profes
sional business fraternity, recently
initiated 25 men. They are Nor
man Barnhart, Donald Beal, Har
ry Dickman, Donald Edwards,
John Feeney, Donald Felker.
Frank Gross, William Guerrini,
James Hovenec, William Hovenec,
Richard Hyde, Henry Ingram,
George Jeffries.
Edward Lopus, Owen Mcln
tyre, Joseph McLoughlin, Fred
Nale, Donald Nelson, William Po
lito, Henry Rappold, ForbeS Ry
der, Robert Scharf, John Sharp,
Richard Shuma, and John Spang
ler. , ■
New Freshmen-
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violators of customs regulations.
The rules will again include “but
toning” to upperclassmen when'
instructed to do so, and only
using certain walks on the way
to classes.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1951
By Bibier
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Thirteen Initiated
Into Chi Epsilon
Chi Epsilon, civil engineering
honorary, initiated 13 new mem
bers and installed new officers at
a meeting in Old Main Wednes
day.
New members are Edward Ed
gerley, Charles Gerdes, John
Kane, Thomas Larson, Harold
Light, Charles Lobron, Jerome
Markoch, William McMillen,
Joseph Reed, John Stenstrom,
Lowell Thorpe, Robert Tomlin
son, and John Yoder.
The new chapter officers are
Frederick Rodgers, president;
Richard Oxenreider, vice-presi
dent; Eber Ludwick, secretary
treasurer.
11 Studentslnitiated
Into Alpha Pi Mu
Eleven students have been
initiated into Alpha Pi Mu, na
tional industrial engineering hon
orary.
They were John Blauser, Herb
ert Boyer, Jack Enterline, Robert
Gebhardt, Robert Getis, Louis
Haeffner, William Hewton, Fred
Reinhold, James Throne, William
Valego, and Leonard Waytenick.
Three professors were made
honorary members. They were
Clarence E. Bullinger, head of the
Industrial Engineering depart
ment, Mac Lean M. Babcock, pro
fessor of industrial engineering,
and Harry P. Hamriiond, dean of
the School of Engineering.
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Psychology Clvb
To Hear Abramson
Prof. Edward Abramson will,
speak at 7:30 o’clock tonight to
the Psychology club at its meet
ing in 204 Burrowes. His topic
will be “Mass Society.” Ejection
of officers for the spring semes
ter will be held.