': I AGE FOUR Tilt Datil; 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.. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1979. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers •et necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi trials are by :he editor. Dean Gladfelter Editor Managing Ed.. John DaThor; City Ed., Herbert Stein; Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir.. John Ashbrook; Wire Ed., Art Benning-; Society Ed., Deanie Krebs; Feature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. City Ed., Jack Boddington; Asst. Sports Ed., Joe Breu; Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Libra rian. Bill Detweiler. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor: Lowell Keller; Copy Editors: Rosemary Delahanty, Marvin Krasnansky; As sistants: LaVonne Althouse, Charles Henderson, Gerry Spotts, and Mary Stark. Advertising Manager: Hal Wollin; Assistant Norma Gleghorn. Library Expansion is A Nessessity By present-day standards, the early library of the College was a piddling affair. Although it started out with an "auspicious" 1500 volumes when the College opened in 1859, the library did not grow to more than 3000 volumes until 1882. Against this background, one can gain a greater appreciation of the plans to add anew wing to the library, making the space available enough to store 600,000 volumes. NEW ADDITIONS to the library will about double its size. The necessity for this expansion can be seen when one realizes that the present structure was built bfore World War 11, when enrollment at Penn State was little more than half of what it has been in recent years. The need is made even more clear when one realizes that the College is looking far into the future, toward a general expansion beyond the present level. Certainly a large and well-stocked library is essential to efficient operation of an educa tional system, particularly one as diverse in its fields of training as Penn State. For real col lege-level work not merely an extension of high school instruction—a student must spend a good deal of his time in study and research outside the classroom and beyond the scope of his text. To the performance of such work, a well-stocked library is the prime requisite. Yet a student should not consider a library merely as a place for study. Of course, it cannot, because of the prerequisite of silence, become a social center, but it shotild be considered as a place for relaxed reading aside from studies. This function of the library is, we fear, one all too often overlooked and unused by most stu dents. Apt Description Tuesday evening at 11:55 o'clock, a five-min ute news summary presented by the Mutual broadcasting system and carried by WMAJ con tained three stories which gave an apt descrip tion of the state of much of our world today. THE FIRST STORY concerned a victory of man-made machinery over its creator the dis astrous wreck of a Pennsylvania railroad train in which scores of lives were lost. A radio re porter at the scene gave an eye-witness account. The second news item was a report of progress of U.N. armies in Korea, a story basically the same as most other dispatches from war fronts. The third story dealt with another test ex plosion of an atomic weapon at the Nevada proving grounds. The announcer presented a few details and then the listener heard a trans cription of the terrific explosion which lasted about 15 seconds. As the roar of the bomb died out, the an nouncer concluded, "And that's the news of the world." WMAJ then signed off for the night with the singing of Malotte's "The Lord's Prayer." Many listeners, we feel, joined in the offering of that prayer, for it suggested one of the best ap proaches to problems of this day in a world when its meaning too often has been forgotten. —J. A. Value Of Colloquys Last year the PSCA sponsored a colloquy on religion and politics. From all reports, it proved stimulating and interesting to those who parti cipated. Now, All-College cabinet has taken steps to ward holding another colloquy this one on the drinking question. WE LIKE the colloquy idea. It has a smell of intelligence about it, and that is something to look for in these hectic days when unthinking emotion g rips us more and more. A coll oquy gives students a chance to hear and take »art in discussions led by experts. It gives them a chance to broaden their out look outside the classroom by assimi;_ating facts and opinions with which they may not have come in contact before. If handled properly so as to produce thought ful discussion of problems, colloquys can be an outstanding supplement to classroom education. Were more to be held on the Penn State campus, they might do much to intensify the intellectual atmosphere hereabouts. Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. Gazette • • . Thursday, February 8 CIRCLE and Square club, 100 Horticulture, 7 p.m. ENGINEERING Student council, scheduling committee, Triangle fraternity, 7 p.m. FORESTRY society, 105 White hall, 7 p.m. FRENCH club, Atherton lounge, 7 p.m. NSA, 233 Sparks, 7 p.m. POULTRY club, talk by E. J. Lawless, chief of ,, Pennsylvania bureau of markets, 204 Horti culture,' .7 p.m. WRA swimming White hall pool, 7 p.m. WRA outing, 2 Vlhite hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information concerning interviews and job place 'amnia can he obtained in 112 Old Main.. Seniors who turned in preference sheets will be given priority in scheduling ._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 WO and subsequent days. Bethlehetn , Steel company would like to have preliminary application blanks from June graduates in M.E., E.E., C.E., Chem. Eng., Mining Eng., Metal, and Ceramics. Blanks may ' be obtained in 112 Old Main before Feb. 9. National' Bureau of Standards will interview M.S. and Ph.D candidates in Physics, Electrical Engineeiing, and Mechanical Engineering Monday, Feb. 19. R.C.A. •Victor division will interview June Graduates in Chem. Eng., E.E., and M.E. on Monday, February 19. E. .I. Dupont de Nemours company will interview June graduates at the B.S. and M.S. levels in Chem., Chem. Eng., C.E.. E.E., M.E., Mining Eng., Png, Eng., 1.E., Ceramics, Metal, and Fuel Tech. Monday, Feb, 19. The Department of State will consider June graduates. From 'among those who have taken the junior manage ment assistant and social science assistant examination. All students interested in being considered should' leave their names at 119 Sparks or the Placement service. 112 Old Main. • 1-T-E Circuit Breaker company will interview June graduates in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical En gineering on Wednesday, Feb. 21. International Business Machines corporation will inter view :Tune graduates at all levels in Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics, and Phy 3ics Monday. Feb. 19. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT For information concerning the following jobs, applicasts should stop in 112 Old 'Main.. Male student, married, permanent 12 hours a week house.; work. Ten West dorm residents to work in dining commons; no 8 or 4 o'clock classes; remuneration in cash . Substitutes for Women's Dining hall; remuneration in meals: open to off-campus residents. First class F.C.C. licensed rndio engineer for permanent part-time job. Senior graduate student with sound knowledge of organic chemistry for research job on campus. Room jobs available; work in exchange for room; loca tions on W. College, Pugh street, and E. Hamilton. Truck and driver for Student Dry-Cleaning agency; 3- mile run, between 7 and 8:30 p.m., five nights a week. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients: John Albarano, Robert Allman, Frank Baxter, Patricia Clapper, Yvonne Carter, Irene Clark, Thomas Courtless, Yerdis Elmer Feller, Patricia Hall, Aron Hoffman, Mar ilyn Jones, Thomas Jones, Richard Lee, Law rence Lindberg, Janet Rosen, Howard Salus, John Schulze, and Louise 'Woods. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANL. Views On Customs Before And After Those freshmen now shouldered with cus toms regulations no doubt feel a certain un easiness and doubt about the program. Many upperclassmen—perhaps a majority—were un certain of the worth of customs when the pro gram was revived last fall after a lapse of three years. FRESHMEN who went through the program then, however, seem to be in general agreement now as to its value. According to Tribunal Chairman Neil See, results of a recent survey among frosh matriculated last September very definitely indicate support fo r the program. Probably this acceptance of customs by those who participated, is the one worthwhile con sideration in evaluating them. New freshmen should keep this point in mind as they button to the Willow and to upperclassmen, and as they sing for the en tertainment of their elder brothers. Customs may seem senseless or bothersome at the mo ment -but at least they probably will be re membered with a chuckle when the period is passed, whatever one's personal attitude. While they are going through customs, frosh should remember that those not conforming to the program sometimes are caught and sent be fore Tribunal, but also that excessive hazing by upperclassmen is not permitted. Too, frosh may have an opportunity to match physical prowess with hatmen on even terms sometime later this semester. BUT UNTIL the lifting of customs, it's green clinks, bow ties, no dates, group singing on the Mall, and "button frosh." Some will say the program is quite worthless, but, regardless of attitude, it won't look nearly so rough in retro spect. Cabinet Meetings One way and the best way in which to learn what is going on in student government is to see All-College cabinet in action. Cabinet, top student government group at Penn State, is holding its first meeting of the spring semester tonight. The meeting is open and the president will recognze students who wish to present is sues or to comment on matters being discussed. FOR NEW STUDENTS, the cabinet meeting provides a good method of orientating oneself to many phases of Penn State life. To know cabinet's method of operation, to a great degree. is to know the extent of student representation at the College. Cabinet is meeting in 201 Old Main at 8 p.m John Ashbrook - J. A. e Man On Campus Litt "I would my wif Students Rate High Headache Quota By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Reporter NEW YORK Married 'people have fewer headaches—the hurting kind in the head—than the single ones. This is one finding in a survey, reported recently, of who gets headaches and why. Educated people get more headaches than the less educated, it shows. Women have more headaches than men. Young people get them oftener than older persons. Housewives suffer more than salesmen. Farmers get the fewest. Medical students are about the worst off, and lawyers rate high, too THE HEADACHE SURVEY, one of the first thorough studies of its kind, was made by Dr. Hen ry D. Ogden, clinical assistant professor of medicine at Louisi ana State university School of Medicine. He reported it to the American Academy of Allerd . at a meeting here. His survey covered 6000 per sons, by questionnaires and in terviews. They included hospital employeesi salesmen, ,manual la borers, housewives, executives, physicians and other profession al workers, medical s t u d.e n 1 s, Catholic priests and sisters. Dr. Ogden said 64.8 per cent said they suffered from head aches, from severe to minor ones. The pain occurred most often (72.6 per cent of the time) in the forehead. Few had headaches more than once a week, but one per cent had them every day. The migraine type, perhaps the severest kind of headache, was not very common (13.2 per cent). ONE SIGNIFICANT THING was that people with headaches had more respiratory troubles, in cluding ~colds and sore throats and allergies such as hay fever and asthma, than people free of headaches, Dr. Ogden said. There was a definite relationship be tween headaches with forehead pain and these respiratory trou bles. He suspects; he said, that many cases of forehead pain aches are due to , swelling of blood vessels. `Provincial' Penn State Commenting on American building in the December issue of Architectural Review, an English magazine, Henry-Russell Hitch cock writes: "In many parts of the country staffs are generally modern, the authorities still stick to the modes of the '2os in their post-war build ing. We need not hesitate to call State College, Pennsylvania• . . . provincial , not to say 'back woods' . . . The legislative rulers of Pennsylvania State College have continued to dictate unadul terated Neo-Georgian of the '2os for one of the largest academic building programmes of the last few years, employing not their THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1951 like a job teaching psychology. This is need further recommendations?" This pain is often relieved by drugs that constrict the blood ves sels. Most people use aspirin and other simple drugs to relieve headaches. A sizeable number get relief from antihistamines and nose drops, he added. Mental strain as well as colds and aller gic, troubles apparently play a part in bringing on headaches in some people. Breaking down the figures, Dr. Ogden found: SEVEN WOMEN have head aches 'to every five men. Race doesn't make any difference in headache suffering, but age does. Nearly 80 per cent of people aged 20 had headaches, but only 2'3.6 at age 60 or over. Sixty-one per cent of married people have headaches, but 70.8 per cent of single persons get them. The rate is nearly as high among separated and divorced people. Of all college graduates, 70.4 per cent had headaches, compared with 38.8 per cent of people with no education. By occupations, the percentagts reporting,s headaches were: stu dents, 80.2; executives, 77.3; pro fessional workers, 70.8; house wives, 69.8; clerical workers, 68.2; salesmen, 58.8; manual laborers, 55.1; farmers, 50 per cent. In complete figures show 66 per cent of lawyers get headaches, com pared with 45 per cent of physi cians, and 85 per cent of medical students. while the architectural teaching own excellent teaching staff, but L Frederick Larson, (apparently Mr. Hitchcock meant Roy F. Lar son Ed.) long a specialist at that sort of laggard architecture. Only the Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks, not subject to the eight eenth century tastes of the Penn sylvania legislators, has built 'at State College a naval engineering building up to, but hardly above, current standards of inddstrial de sign in factories." - • • By Biibler vCe
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