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Olpt Elattg Collegian
Succomoor to TEE FREE LANCE, est. 7887
Published Tuesday through Saturday •mornings in
clusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. •
'ntered .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,
mot necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edl.
Serials are by :he editor.
Dean Gladfelter
Editor
Managing Ed., John Dalhor; City Ed., Herbert Stein;
Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., John Ashbrook: Wire
Ed., Art Benning; Society Ed., Beanie Krebs; Feature Ed.,
Janet Rosen; Asst. City Ed., Jack Boddington; Asst. Sports
Ed., Joe Brep: Asst. Society Ed., Bettina dePalmis; Senior
Board. Bill Detweiler.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Bob Fraser; copy editors; Dave
Colton, John `Pakkanen; assistants: Jean Berg,
Margaret Troiler, Anthony Pinnie, Mimie Ungar.
Advertising staff: Bob Koons, Barbara Potts,
Elaine Noxari. Nancy Trembley, Mary Clymer,
Helen Hurless.
Effects On College
Of Quarterly Plan
If the College should switch to a program of
accelerated studies on the quarterly system,
students no doubt would find some radical
changes occurring on the Penn State campus.
THE BIGGEST INNOVATION would come in
the time - schedule. The quarters,- each lasting
about ten weeks, would begin in mid- or late
September, early in January, late in March,
and in mid- or late June. The schedule of quar
ters ordinarily is set up with the breaks be
tween quarters coinciding with Christmas and
spring vacations.
Under the plan, it would be possible for the
student to attend as many quarters per year
as he wishes, the summer quarter being the
one which probably would be dropped by most
students seeking work. The system, however,
probably would result in every student's be
coming an irregular student as regards his
academic class status.
With fewer courses but also less time in
which to complete them, work would become
more intensified and' the student would have
less time in which to 'grasp difficult subjects.
ONE PROBLEM which quarter-system
schools have not solved completely yet is that
of commencement.‘Under the plan, it would be
unlikely that commencement services would
be held at the end 'of each quarter. Yet, there
would be students graduating each quarter.
some 'of the schools using the plan have com
mencement only once a year, early in June.
Some confusion might result from the neces
sity of translating students' present semester
credits into quarterly credits. ,In addition,
costs of operation probably would increase
because, with a greater number of college
sessions, more registration and examination
periods, an so forth, -there would be much
more clerical work involved. Further work
would fall upon the faculty, for many courses
possibly would have to be revised to fit into
the new • scheme.
Whatever the College does about accelera
tion proposals, it should be viewed in a long
term perspective. Acceleration should be con
sidered not only on its immediate merits in
speeding up college work and meeting an emer
gency situation, but also on the basis of whether
it is desirable as a long-range policy of educa
tion in the normal times we hope will return.
SMART STUDENTS SAVE TIME AND MONEY 'AT •
Mcirshall s
Self-Service Laundry;
9 lbs. WASH AND DRY 60c
Rear 454 E. College . Phone '2956
Enjoy it did! George Kelly's "The Show-Off",
anvil too unfamiliar comedy of Philadelphia and
the Philadelphians.
In case you don't know, "The Show-Off" deals
in delicious details with the Fishers of Philadel
phia. Not of Rittenhouse Square. Not of South
Philadelphia. But of North Philadelphia with a
house of their OWn.
—Robert Garland, New York Journal-American
Since "The Show-Off" is well written, by one
of our most skillful craftsman, it still has a certain
amount of vitality.
--,Brooks Atkinson, New 'York Times
"THE SHOW-OFF" by GEORGE 'KELLY
Schwab Auditorium
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
March 15, 16, 17
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Dating In PUB
Men of the Nittany and Pollock area, have
a chance to retain co-ed dating in the Pollock
Union building if all goes well this week-end.
FOR THE FIRST TIME since the building
was opened in the fhll of 1946, men will be able
to bring their dates) to the PUB this week-end.
The plan to open the building for, week-end
dating has been in the works for some time.
The arrangement was worked out through
the offices of the dean of men and the dean of
women. However, the privilege of at last
having the PUB open for dating will 'be
taken away if any outlandish "horse-play"
takes place this week-end. . .
The main stumbling block to the arrange m ent,
the fact that women previously had to walk
through the dorm area to reach the PUB, has
been eliminated following the closing of those
dorms. However, dating in the PUB will be un
chaperoned and any infringement of the
College's unchaperoned datina 6 rules will prob
ably result in the cessation of PUB dating.
IF THE ARRANGEMENT becomes permaneht
on week-ends, the next move, it seems to us,
would be to open the PUB for dating during the
week.
Gazette . .
Stinday, March 11 -
NEWMAN CLUB, Rosary and Benediction
service, Our Lady of Victory church, 7 p.m.
Monday, March 12
CATHOLIC,. PHILOSOPHY lecture John
Hammer in Charge_ of discussion, 204 Willard,
7:15 p.m. ti
LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT council, 313 Wil
lard, 8 p.m.
PHILOTES, .plans for spring' semi-forinal,
members bring dues, WSGA room, 6:30 pan.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Partner information concerniciVE-iinterviewa and job. tatige•
ments can he obtained in 112 Old Main.
Socony Vacuum will interview June graduates at B.S.
level in Chem. Eng., Geo-phys., E.E., and C.E.. at M.S.
level in , Geol. Monday, 'March 19.
Columbia Engineering core• would like tahave preliminary
application blanks from June graduates in Chem. Eng.,
C.E., E.E., and M.E.; blanks obtainable before Tuesday,
March 20.
Aerican Smelting 8: Refining company will interview
June graduates in Metal. Monday, March 19. •
General Motors corp. will interview juniors or graduate
students interested in summer employment in E.E., M.E.,,
Chem. Eng., and Metal. Monday, March 19.
Campbell Soup •company, -will interview June graduates
in Ag-Bio.-Chem., Bact., Chem. Eng., E.E., Phys..
Org. Chem., Biol., Ag Ed., Ag. Ec., • Bot., Acct., and
Agron. Monday. March 19.
General Motors corp. will interview June graduates at
the B.S. or M.S. level in M.E., 1.E., •E.E., Chem. Eng.,
Chem.,
Metal., Acct., Eng. Mech., Aero. Eng., and at M.S.'
et. Ph.D. level in Phys. Monday, March 19.
- STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information concerning the following jobs, applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Husky man with own transportation for job baling paper
Monday, Tuesday, 'Wednesday, Friday mornings, and Thurs
day afternoons; 85 cents per hour; steady through se
mester.
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Baby sitter for all day Easter. March 25.
Couple to live in home and take care of house and two
children; own room with study facilities and private bath:
board and cash.
Substitute dishwasher Thursday nights and Sunday
noons for fraternity.; remuneration in meals; to become
permanent in May.
Graduate student, female. to work for room and board ;
minimum work required; should have transportation.
AT THE MOVIES
-Saturday
- CATHAUM: Lightening Strikes Twice
STATE: Three Guys Named Mike
NITTANY: Code of the Silver Sage
Monday * •
CATHAUM: Lightening Strike's Twice
STATE: Three Guys Named Mike
NITTANY: A Girl in a Million "
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—Moylan Mills
NOW!
At Your
Warner Theatre
eadatint
RUTH ROMAN r
RICHARD TODD ,
"Lightning
Strikes Twice"
_Nate
JANE WYMAN
VAN JOHNSON
"Three Guys
Named Mike"
litany
ALLAN (Rocky) LANE
Silver Sage-
"Code of the
Little Man On. Campus
"Frankly, Louise, I think a simple :no would' have been
just as effective." '
Rating ''Rtaui,•'.(it:s
Pittsburgh has just been inaugurated a system of restaurant rat
ing which should be of particular interest to many dyspeptic students
Cinderville t nov4has lipalth officials sticking stickers odeatery
windows with "A,9 "B,"or "C" . printed on them, denoting the de
gree of cleanliness or lack, of it practiced by each establishment.
THE "A" STICKER is a . g.old
Star, straight from the sanitation
boys.'"B" cocks a suspicious eye
brow, but lets
_you stay in.:opera-,
tion as . lOrig as the rats are rea
sonably .p olite, scrupulously
housebroken, and don't attack
strangers without provocation.
"C," however, is a nuncio brand
ing,kyou unclean, .and you, don't
keep a "C" rating more .than 30
days, because if you're not up to
",13" by then, you're out of busi-,
ness. •
The. idea immediately sug
gests itself of rating, the Col
lege-operated foodmats like the
Three Creek people . do theirs.
An imaginary tour by inspect
ing officials might run some
thing like this:
The group would start out at
Nittany-Pollocks clam shanty._
Officials would sniff once and
race to bar the doors, until some
one explained that no, that's not
tonighti.s meat loaf; we're just
downwind from the cowbarns. So
the sanitation squad wouldn't be
real happy, but unless it hap
pened to catch the sound of des
pairing barks from the kitchen,
it would probably' let N-P keep
feeding.•
THE WOMEN'S DORMS, how
ever, wouldn't get away that
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By pibler.
quickly. The health team would
no sooner sit down to examine a
.tray-of vittles than half a dozen
large young men in white coats
would snatch the meal away with
a vast clatter of fractured crock
ery. "Aha," ou r imaginary in
spectors would say, "Somebody's
got something to hide. Wonder if
that slimy stuff, really was Jello
. . ." The explanations would be
very long:
But the climax come at ,the
shiny new West Dorm ‘,cafe
ferias. Picture—a proud admin
istrative sta f f convoying the,
sanitary ,squad through the
premises. Imagine the unctuous
murmurs of "note the Hypoid
Ultramatic Garbage disposal
unit on your left," "that pink
machine is the fastest potato
chopper and fish filleter avail
able," "see the hydramatic dish
chipper in the corner." The in
spectors would murmur admir
ing things, until one wbuld ask
timidly, "But where's h e
food?"
"Food!" the staff would gasp.
"We don't make food - here, it
would dirty the machines. Dawn
in the basement, by the plumting
outlets . . ."
—Ron Bonn