PAGE FOUR (Tfw Baibi Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive 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 writ ers. not nlcessarily the noliey of the newspaper Unsigned editorials are by the editor. Mary Krasnansky,, t7t 4 ~. Edward Shanken vot Editor Business Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Dave Jones; copy editors: Doris Golub, Lynn Kahanowitz; assistants: Lavier Procopio, Pat Sullivan, Paul Crofford, Fred Singer. Advertising staff: Barb Potts, Nanci Trem bley, Bob Koons. LA Credit Change Could Be Valuable The School of the Liberal Arts has initiated a step which should be of significant value to its students. The changes in curriculum which the school's faculty proposed at its Tuesday night meeting will, if approved by the College senate, mean that liberal arts students will receive a better balance of cultural subjects over a longer period of time. One criticism of American colleges sounded more and more often, is the increasing em phasis on technical training at the expense of the humanities. The subjects which broaden men's horizons, bring them people, events, and knowledge of the past and present, often lose ground to the dollars-and-cents courses. The liberal education aims to be a balance between the abstract and the concrete fields of learning. So it is heartening to find the liberal arts school placing new emphasis on the very subjects which contribute to the cultural back ground valuable to men no matter what their vocation. The changes increase requirements in art, music, philosophy, and the natural sciences. If possible, laboratory work would be introduced in the natural science studies. Perhaps the wisest move of all is the elimina tion of the so-called lower division (really a fiction in that there is no longer an administra tive division for it) and the expanding of these requirements over the four years of education. Remarking on the change, the dean said. • "As a student gets to be a senior, he begins to realize the value of cultural courses. By eliminating the lower division, we allow him to take these courses when he wants to, in stead of compelling.him to complete them in the first two years." It is to be hoped that the senate will approve these important revisions 'in the liberal arts curriculum, Commencement The transfer of the graduation exercise to Beaver Field would seem to solve a long standing complaint of many generations of Penn State seniors: not enough tickets to go around for all the relatives. The College has grown rapidly, so that in many ways it resembles a 15-year-old walking around in knee-pants. The graduation program has been an example of this. Enrollment has so outstripped facilities that it has been necessary to hold two graduation exercises for the past several years. This year, however, at the urging of Presi dent Eisenhower, the exercise has been moved outdoors. Under this plan, no tickets will be required for admission to the Beaver Field cere mony. In the event of bad weather, the origi nally planned two-program graduation cere mony will be held. The impressive ceremony, against a backdrop of the beautiful mountain scenery of central Pennsylvania, should be an experience worth remembering. We only add, however, that the men who made the decision to hold the ceremony out 'doors must be brave indeed. In State College it is the normal state of affairs when it rains just on the day you would give your right arm not to have it rain. At any rate, we wish the graduating seniors better luck with their outdoor graduation than the Spring Week committee, victim of rain for the past three years, has experienced. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS Spend the Sunmner at LET THE SUMMER COLLEGIAN OKEEP YOU IN TOUCH . SIGMA PHI SIGMA ~, ..,- --- A ‘417/4•lwith PENN STATEExcellent Food 5 or 7 Day Week Plans SaNNORT _-,:401%- . 6 Issues by Mail, 30c Double ROQMS Recreational Facilities NAME 0 I Open All Sessions ADDRESS CITY State CALL 4402 Write: SUMMER COLLEGIAN, ,Box 261 ASK. FOR -.SUMMER. HOUSE. MGR. STATE COLLEGE, PA. Can A Committee Act For 2000? An editorial printed on these pages earlier in the week has- strangely drawn the opposition of those who are being questioned. A letter from some of these persons-appears on this page toddy. The committee, as represented in the letter, claims that it faithfully followed the referen dum vote in recommending that the radio sta tion receive "the bulk" of the gift. There was no provision on the senior class ballot that men tioned "bulk" or "part" of the $BOOO gift. The committee also claims to have full au thority to dispose of the balance of the gift. The figure that was "bandied about" during the campaign for the radio station hardly seems to be a very accurate basis to use for the handling of $BOOO. There is no attack being made on the merits of the Mac'Mire scholarship fund. There is definitely a question however, when a group. as small as the gift committee can decide for over 2000 students that some of the gift the students appropriated to a project by a preferential ballot can be di verted to another source. Even a senior class president cannot speak for his constituents when the senior gift money is concerned. Safety Valve Defend Gift Split See Editorial TO. THE EDITOR: Contrary to the mass of inaccuracies con tained in a Collegian editorial by Mr. Florenz (Bud) Fenton, there was no senior class `gift shuffle." The figure bandied about by persons cam paigning for the radio station was $5OOO. That sum was exceeded in the class gift by over one thousand, dollars. The committee faithfully fol lowed the referendum vote in recommending that the radio station .receive the bulk of , the gift. It had •full` authority to dispose of the balance. In opposition to Mr. Fenton's editorial there is no. reason why the gift should not be split. This - has been the case' -many titnes' before, therefore disproving his contention and the con tention of those he claims are "in the know." If the reporter had been more astute he would have verified his facts and would not have been guilty of inaccurately stating that the senior gift must be disposed of in a lump. Mr. Fenton rriakeg' the point that the radio station could have used all the money. Cer tainly this is so. By the same token it could have used $50,000 if such a sum had been avail able. —Ron Bonn By any standards the Maclntire scholarship is a worthy contribttion to Penn State and one of which - the Class . of 1951 to the man can be proud. 1 —Otto Grupp, Chairman, Gift Committee —John Erickson, Senior Class President Gazette . . . • Saturday, May 26 NEWMAN CLUB, picnic at Black Moshannon, cancelled F .. PI TAU SIGMA, picnic and ball game, meet at Mechanical Engineerinc parking lot, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 27 FROTH new senior board, West. Dorm coun cil room, 3:30 p.m. FROTH old senior, beard, West Dorm council room, 4:15 p.m. ' NITTANY BOWMEN, field shoot, Forestry parking, lot, 1:30 p.m. NITTANY BOWMEN, tournament wiener roast, Field range, 6 p.m. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT For information concerning the following jobs, applicants should stop in 112 Old Main. Positions open to summer students for work in the Snack Bar; remuneration in meals. Positions now and through the simmer at local diner for countermen. Summer opportunity for male "combo" of three (over 21) ; also short order cook, boatmen with motor know-how, janitor for resort in Poconos; to start as soon as possible: excellent arrangement Summer opportunities for women counselors; waterfront. athletics; camps located near Reading and Pittsburgh. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA What was that authority? —Bud Fenton on the super highway, the miles of stalled cars that looked like ig loos, and the disgruntlement of finding everything in the steel city closed. Disgusted students on their first trip to the city said 'that' they did not See one single smoke stack. In fact, many of them did not see Pittsburgh at all. The Lion team was hauled to the sta tion in an Army truck. IC-4A Champs Earlier in November, the-cross country team brought, victory to State, completing its 'dual - meet season undefeated. It trounced Manhattan 38-23 and then swept on in a blaze of glory to capture the IC-4A championship an d the NCAA cross-country championship. It wa s Coach • Chick Werner's first IC-4A -title in 18 years as State's head coach. _ Beaver Field goal posts came down after an 11-year stand. En thusiastic . fans celebrated' the Lion 18-14 victory over Rutgers by also tearing down most ,of the pennants flying over 'the top .cf the stadium. While thecampus patrol vainly tried, to block off the goal post attack, three men calmly hauled down .the ,big,Col lege flag from the east flag pole. 'the flag was returned the next day. Roving Reporter "Not the Stan. Mulkay, the famous ski star?" labyllght 1950 by Etg., Inc. 1950-51 Seniors Had Full Year Penn Staters always come back from vacations with tall tales. Thanksgiving recess gave students food for wild stories that were really true. Optimistic souls who took the jaunt 'down to Pittsburgh for the Lion-Panther game were very descriptive about the 29-inch snow storm that hit the city. They told about 'the shivering hours spent Blue Band Loses Lucas High-stepping Jay Lucas ended his four year career as Blue Band drum major. The six foot four inch strutter will graduate in June. Johnny Long made a big hit at the Junior Prom with his ver sion of "Shanty Town." The gym was decorated in a French theme with street lights an d striped awnings. The dance program was the most expensive in the school's history. The Soccer team's 21 game win- SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1951 Reprinted from April.l9so issue of ESQUIRE By PAT NUTTER Second Of A Series ning streak was broken. by West Chester. They won 1-0. The Lions recovered on Jan. 1, however, by crushing Purdue 3 to 0 in the 3occer _bowl. The Lions and' Panthers fin ally got together on the third' try to play their annual game.• The Mud. Bowl game ended with State victorious by one point, 21-20. Rip Engle congratulated his mud :meared team with a big grin. Mil-Ball Queen Helen. Costello, a Theta Xi im port won the title of Queen of the Military. Ball. President Ei senhower warned against a let down in scholarship because of draiz uncertainties. December brought lots of snow. The air was thick with snowballs when the campus wa s covered with eight and one-half inches of snow. Everyone forgot books near Christmas an d trooped out to carol to anyone who would lis ten. W4'lard Hall windows were decorated with Merry Christmas wishes,in 12 languages. Staters returning from vacation gazed with wonder at the West Dorm snack bar. Seven inches of snow made everyone realize that they were back with State's un predictable weather. Basketball Freeze The snow, however," was not the only chill at Penn State. The State basketball freeze won over BUcknell an d brought lots of comments. President Eisenhower told stu dents that he foresaw government training at the College. No one really expected the appearance•of air cadets in the same year. Exams were fast approaching, 3o Staters decided to settle down to the work they had been: plan ning to do at the beginning of the semester.
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