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ai l e Daily- Collegian
Sueeesoor to TEE 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 S. 1934, at the State
College. Pa.. Post Office under the set of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers
mot ■eceasarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned cdi
torials are by :he editor.
Dean Gladfelter
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Editor .
Managing Ed., John Dalbor; City Ed., Herbert Stein:
Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., John Ashbrook; Wire
Ed., Art Denning; Society Ed., Deanic Krebs; Feature Ed.,
Janet Rosen; Asst. City Ed., Jack Boddington; Asst. Sports
Ed., Joe Breu; Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalma; Libra
rian. Bill Detweiler.
Asst. Bus Mgr.. Thomas M. Karolcik; Advertising Dir.,
Harold L. 'Wollin; Local Adv. Mgr., Norma Gleghorn: Pro
motion Mgr., Laura Mermelstein; Circulation Co-Mars.,
Edward W. Noyes, Gerald F. Yeager; Personnel Mgr., Edwin
Singel; Classified Adv. Mgr., Shieey Faller; Office Mgr.,
Sue Halperin; Secretary, Winifred Wyant.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Jack Mounts; copy editors: Bud
Fenton, Joyce Moyer; assistants: • Mary Stark,
Andy McNeillie, Mildred Martin, Anna Mae
Webb.
Advertising staff: George Yuscavage, Rita
Keeney, Nancy Marcinek, Janet Wallace, Janet
Landau, Bob Walker, Dick Smith, Gray Victor,
Howard Boleky.
Action On Vote Plan
Should Come Now
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That an organized pressure campaign by NSA
for lowering of the voting age to 18 might be
in order is indicated by a recent Collegian sur
vey of student leaders, in which a majority of
those interviewed favored the lower voting age.
However, the survey revealed that not all those
interviewed were behind the proposal, and con
sequently any such campaign by NSA—or any
other body representing the students generally
—would have to be preceded by a good deal - of
discussion and debate.
SOME FEAR that such , a camo.aign at this
time might be disadvantageous because it might
do harm to the NSA fight to have the state leg
islature adopt an absentee voting law which
would enable college students to cast ballots in
general elections without the inconvenience of
traveling to their home voting precincts. Cer
tainly the lower voting age idea would encounT
ter much stronger opposition than an absentee
voting law, and feeling against a lower voting
age could be used by enemies of both measures
to defeat the absentee voting proposal.
Yet, we feel that, if action ever is going to
be taken in favor of an 18-year-old voting age,
now is the time for it. The fact that men of
non-voting age are being drafted to fight and
die for their country—although the fact in it
self is not necessarily sttfficient reason for the
change—does serve to focus attention on the
question.
. .
In our view, a lower voting age can be justi
fied on a number of grounds. The idea contains,
however, an element of the radical, and thus
would receive scant attention during ordinary
times. For example, it attained considerable
support during World War 11, but for several
years afterwards little was said about the plan.
AS A RESULT, one would, expect exponents
of the idea to make use of the wartime psychol
ogy to arouse sentiment for the cause. Not that
we think that—on a strictly intelligent plane—
it is necessary to play on the wartime psychol
ogy in order to present convincing arguments
for the 18-year-old vote. But the present situa
tion does tend to spotlight the issue and to make
people more receptive.
Although sentiment apparently is split
among students, we have no doubi that the
idea carries sufficent suppdrt to justify inves
tigation by N S A and. student government.
Quite obviously students at least should be
interested in evaluating a plan which would
enfranchise almost all college students.
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, (PENNSYLVANIA
Important Meeting
On Senior:: Finals
Tonight will be the last chance seniors will
have to express themselves en masse •on the'
issue of final examinations for graduating .sen
iors. The proposal to abolish exams for eighth
semester seniors—if approved by the class to
night and by All-College cabinet tomorrow night
—will go to the College senate for final con
sideration.
WE FIND IT hard to conceive of a senior who
is not interested in the possibility that he may
not be required to take final examinations at
the end of his last semester., Consequently, we
find it hard to conceive of a senior who would
not make an effort to attend the meeting tonight
and to make his opinions known.
Although the tenor of the original class meet
ing which discussed the proposal indicated that
the class generally favored abolition of finals
for graduating seniors, doubtless there will be %,
disapproval • and opposition from some it uarters.
We feel that gcod arguments can be produced
on both sides of the question, but we would
tend to favor waiving finals for seniors because,
at that 'late date in a student's education, we
doubt that a final exam really means anything.
Of course, if the•pla . n should be adopted by
the senate, provisions should be made to al
low, seniors who wish to boost their grades to
take final exams. Probably it also would be
best to require that students with below
grades for any course be subject to finals. But,
for the average student, we can see little real
value in finals at the end of the senior year.
The final- certainly is not necessary to arrive
at a grade for the student. At the very end of
the student's career, we doubt that it would be
of value in forcing him to study. harder. But
freedom from finals would provide valuable
time• in which the senior could make contacts
for a job, settle his affairs at the qpllege, and
make arrangements for stepping odt into the
world.
ACTION at the senior class meeting at 7:30
o'clock tonight in 119 Osmond will be vital in
bringing such a plan into reality. It is an issue
in 'which every eighth-semester student has a
stake. It is in the interest of every graduating
senior to attend the meeting and to make his
weight felt in the direction of whatever action
he favors.
Gazette ...
' Tuesday, February 27
• CHESS club, 3' Sparks, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE organization, 409 Old
Main, 8:05 p.m.
COLLEGIAN business candidates, 2 Carnegie
hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN business junior and sophomore
boards, 9 Carnegie hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGIAN editorial candidates, 1 Carnegie
hall, 7:30 p.m.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS club, 218
Willard hall, 7 p.m.
JEWISH FOLK DANCE group, Hillel, 7:30
p.m.
NEWMAN club business meeting, 219 Elec
trical Engineering, 7 p.m.
WRA BOWLING, White hall alleys, 7 p.m.
WRA FENCING, White hall, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Bell Telephone laboratories will interview June grad
uates in E.E.. M.E., and Physics Thursday, March 8.
Standard Oil Development company Will interview June
graduates in Chem. Eng., Chem., and Fuel Tech. Thurs
day. March 8.
National Supply company will interview June graduates
in Lg., M.E., and Prig Eng. Friday. March 9.
Elliott company will interview June graduates in M.E.,
and , E.E., Friday, March 2.
%. Duquesne Light company will interview June graduates
E.E.. M.E., and C.E. Monday, March 5.
Union Carbide and Carbon corp., Electro Metallurgical
division, will interview June graduates in .M.E., E.E., C.E.,
C&F. Metal., Chem., Chem. Eng., Phys., and Math. Monday.
March 12.
American , Cyanamid .company will interview June, grad
uates in Chem. and Chem. Eng. Monday, March 12.
Koppers company. Inc. will interview June graduates in
C.E., 1.E., and M.E., Monday, March 12.
Haskins & Sells will interview 'June graduates in ac
counting who are interested in public accounting Monday,
March 12.
Colgate Palmolive-Peet company will interview June
graduates in Chem. Eng., and M.E. Monday, , March 12.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Room and board for student, able to do outdoor work
farm experience preferred.
Bather. for three afternoons a week;
intake offered; local shop.
Substitutes wanted for dining hall and snack bar; re-\..,
muneration in meals; off-campus residents.
Interviews now being scheduled for Camp Henry. Ms
hopas Fall, N.Y. Male student in Ed., Soc., Psych.; juniors,
sciriors, graduates. General, nature music counselors wanted.
Representative will interview morning of March 3.
Littl
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"Professor Snarf, I want to congratulate you on building the .
engineering school into one of the finest in the country. r over
heard some students Say you flunked over half the class last term."
In the two semesters of customs since the end of World War 11,
officials of the programs have had more trouble with hatmen and
upperclassmen than with the frosh themselves. •
NOBODY, it seemed, wanted to do any "hazing." Of course this
might have been because they couldn't find any freshmen. - It
wouldn't surprise us. Collegian reporters spent the better part of
two days just trying to find out how many new frosh there are on
campus this semester and they, never did get an authoritative figure.
So ridiculous did it become that somebody decided to end it all
by rigging a nolo match. What made it even funnier, an informant
told us. is that the frosh who were supposed to be handed a victory
refused to play at all and the
batmen, tired of waiting, won it
themselves
All of which shows you can't
trust anybody whether it's bas
ketball players or polo players.
IT'S NOT DIFFICULT to under
stand why technical students
sometimes get disguised with stu
dents in other schools when, for
instance, they happen to pass by
a certain'classroom in Sparks and
hear a "professor" bellowing forth
on the weighty subject of the
winged T versus the single wing.
The Associated Press reported
last week that the marriage of
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert
Taylor had been successfully "li
quidated."
Ah, this atomic .age!
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Those who like to argue man
ners and morals helped them
selves to new food for thought
last week ' when it was dis
covered that more' students at
tended a supposedly sexy
French movie than the keynote
speech of Religion-In-Life week
—even when the speaker hap-
70 per cent of
Man. On Campu
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By HERBERT STEIN!
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1951
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pened also to be the President
of the College.
Comparing the two attendences,
Clark Young, Education school
council president, said he thought
it was "extremely regrettable."
That's putting it mildly.
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The Korean conflict has pro
vided a windfall for the Smith
sonian institute Washington,
D.C. 'A recent survey of additions
to the museum included a batch
of snakes and lizards brought
back, by an American soldier.
War may be hell but you can't
deny that Gl's do get a crack at
some interesting cultural items.
Campus 'politicos will be
busily pondering planks for
party platforms in the next few
weeks. We hope they come up
with a few in or e interesting
than the usual recommendation
of better student-faculty • rela
tions
Perhaps a real attempt to take
a stand on some controversial
problems would bring out the„
heavy student vote that campus
leaders call for at every elec
tion.