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Succimmor to THE FREE LANCE, ea. 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 or March 3.,,1879.
Collegian editorials represent, the viewpoints of the writ
era, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky Edward , Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bud Fenton: Asst.
to the Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski; So
ciety Ed.,Carolyn Barrett; Feature -Ed., Rosemary Dela
hanty: sst. City Ed., Paul Poormait; Asst, Sports Eds.,
Dave Colton, Robert Vosburg: Asst. Society Ed., Greta
Weaver; Librarian, Bob Schooley; Exchange Ed., Paul
Beighley; Senior Board, Lee Stern.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Arnold Bloom, night editor; Jake Highton,,
Doris Golub, copy editors; Tom Saylor, Luella
Martin, and Paul Crofford, assistants.
Ad Staff—Bob Koons, Ed Shanken, Bob Ley
burn, Don Jackal. •
New Traffic Plan!
Offers Hazards
Designed to help alleviate the "traffic
problem," Penn State's new two-way driving
plan for Pollock and Shortlidge roads produced
another and perhaps even more dangerous
traffic hazard over the weekend.
With cars parked on both sides of the road
while their occupants were saying goodnight
inside the dormitories. Shortlidge road be
came one snarl of honking; screeching ve
hicles. The road was impassable for some
ten minutes.
We failed to see a campus cop on the scene,
not that the presence of any would have helped
the situation. It is hard to understand why the
people who devised this two-way scheme have
ever labored under the dilusion that they could
prevent parking in front of the women's dormi
tories on a weekend night. It just cannot be
done; nor is' it practical:
The snarl Saturday night was broken when
the cars. attempting to go up the hill from
College avenue started backing down—while
at the sane time cars from Atherton Hall
were coming out of that building's rear
driveway. It could have been the scene of a
nasty wreck. Fortunately, it was not.
It, would appear that while the two-way
traffic scheme is practical for weekdays, it just
will not work on weekend nights. It would also
seem that the football weekends, which are
rapidly bearing down on us, will produce the
same kind of problems.
Those who have made the regulations should
have the good sense to alter them in view of
the results. One-way traffic on Shortlidge
road on weekends would appear to be the
answer ...
While in Simmons
. . . And in Simmons Hall while traffic was ,
bogged down on Shortlidge road, a hostess was
taking it upon herself to rewrite the regulations
established by the Senate of the Women's Stu
dent Government Association.
• The WSGA Senate has ruled that women on
the 'Penn State campus shall be allowed
1 o'clock permissions on Fridays and Saturdays.
That means that men are not allowed in the
women's dorms after 1 a.m. That's not 12:52,
12:55, or 12:58. That's,l a.m.
Despite these regulations, the hostess — took
it upon herself to start hustling men out of
the dorms at 12:52. By 12:55 she• had made it
to the front door, where , • she squared herself
off like an Army sergeant, folded her arms in
front of her and dared any man to make it past
her into the sacred sanctuary of Simmons.
• Three minutes later• the doors were being
closed—at 12:58: -
Now the dormitories are supposed 'to be a
home away from home for Penn State's 2700
coeds. Try as we may, we can't imagine mom—
'for whom the hostesses are supposed to be sub
stitutes—planting herself in the front door and
driving off her daughter's dates. .
Nor can we picture' mom coming over to tap
the boyfriend on the shoulder while her
daughter was saying goodnight.
The coeds are, after all, women. Let's treat
them as such . . .
AGRICULTURE - GRADUATES
All 1952 AGRICULTURAL GRADUATES will be able to have
their ,pictures taken for the 1952 La Vie from SEPTEMBER 17-
25 at the Penn State Photo Shop.
Septembr 25 is the final date. Pictures taken at Penn State
Photo Shop, 214 E. College Ave., official La Vie photographers.
No appointments necessary.
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE.,P,ENN.gYLVANDV
And in Rec Hall
. . . While at Recreation Hall it seemed as if
a plot was underfoot to prevent Penn State's
frosh and new sophomores from ever hearing
"Hail! Oh Hail!"
Written by Ray Fortunato, '47, "Hail! Oh
Hail!" could very easily become one of the'
nation's top football songs if given a chance:
In two years on campus, however, we have
not heard the son g .sung_ more than. three
times. And one of those times was not at
Saturday's Fun Night in Recreation Hall.
where Penn 'State's contributions 'to - college
cheer were put on display. • ,
"Hail! Oh Hail!" has the tempo, the lyrics,
the rhythm to hit the top. All it needs is a
little push . . .
But All Over
. . . . And although all the frosh haven't heard
"Hail! Oh Hail!" yet, they have apparently
caught some of the spirit which it is the purpose
of customs to instill in them.
Although customs did not start until 7 a.m.. k
yesterday, some 400 frosh paraded down the
Mall Sunday night, stopping for ,a few songs
and cheers in front of Schwab, and then down
to College avenue, where they lined the stone
wall along Senior Walk.
It was an excellent display of that "good - or
Penn State spirit" and. augurs well for 'cus-•
toms. Penn State may be well on its way to
being a .college again.
BX Needs Your
Old TeXtbooks
The BX, student operated used book ex ,
change, needs books badly at the present time
in order to be the service to students that it
was set up to be.
When established two years ago; the exchange
was to be 'a continuing source of used books at
a great saving td , the individual. It has suc
ceeded continually since: its founding, but at•
the present time the .run on the store by stu
dents this semester has 'so depleted the stock
that a real shortage is imminent.
Students books today can get only
one or two of the texts they need. This neces
sitates either, buying' new books or waiting an
indefinite period for the replenishment of stock.
:There is- one quick, 'efficient, profitable way
to solve, the problex* If those of us who have
old textbdoks lying,:,;.found, not getting that
"future reference" ru:se 'we promised so long
ago, were to turn them in to the BX for resale
to students who really need, them, we could
help everyone.
First, we, would be helping the students get
texts at a reasonable price; secondly, we could
help ourselves, financially; and finally, we • could
aid . the BX in weathering a storm which is
hindering it from being the great service that
it should be.
•
Gazette • • .
Tuesday, September 18
COLLEGIAN, candidates for business staff,
1 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m.
...,,COLLEGIAN, freshman,. sophomore, and jun
ior boards of business staff, 9 Carnegie Hall,
7 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB, business meeting, 121
Sparks, 7 p.m.
PSCA, mixer, 304 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Kind Lady
STATE: Millionaire For Christy
NITTANY: Jack Frost
\ Operation
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Linde Air Products company will interview January
graduates at the B.S. and M.S. level in M. E., E.E., 1.E.,
C.E., Chem. Eng., Arch. Eng., Metal and phem. on Thurs
day, Oct. 4.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Clothes pressers, experienced, for local establishments,
Radio repair-men, experienced ; time open.
Barbers, experienc ed; for work in local shops.
When. ticket takers began , yelling for everyone -to step right up,
there was no waiting. One &led, ,evidently wearied by registration
and the accompanying mile-long lines, Was, heard to sigh, "At last.
This is the \firr
place , I've be(
that there we
no lines."•
And John Lai
oach, preside'
of the • Associi
Lion of Indepe3
dent M wz
handed a tick 4
by a newcomer
saw it disappear, anu
pulled out of hiS ear --,the
was an amateur magician.
Late Saturday evening, two
IFC- checkers were making the
rounds. One of them suggested
checking his own house while
the pair was in the' neighborhood.
Everything was all right until
they got to the third floor. Then
the checker almost paSsed out.
He tried a door,and found it
locked.
A' muffled male \voice finally
answered, and then the check
er's heart started beating again.
The room was a single room,
and _ was arranged with the
desk right next to the door.
It , was neccesary for him to
lock the door or risk being
knocked off the chair by every
visitor. 1
He couldn't Understand whyl
his fraternity 'brother-checker
had to be helped down the stairs.
* * *
In, the May issue of AP World,
a ,magazine fOr the. staffers of
Associated Press bureaus all over
the ,world, an interesting mes-
—Bud Fenton
Little Man On Campus
"See, Louise, I told you this . ,*as a'friendly school—
Here come some more boys want to meet you."
A Column, by Geoli.ge!
Frosh Happy, No
Lines For Dance
•
By GEORGE 'GLAZER
Some quotable quotes heard at, the4qpr of Recreation Hail at
Saturday's Fun Night:
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_TUESDAY, SEPtEIVEBtit II; ;(
By WWI.
sage exchange was preserved for
posterity.
All • wire services, in order to
speed things up and save • wire
space, have set up a code to
cover ordinary situations.
• AP World reported this set
between two bureaus which they
didn't name for obvious reasons.
Nonarxie to. Sansorigine: Noisy
Sansorigine to Noname: Don't un
derstand your noisy message.
Everything quiet here. RSVP
Nonam e, to Sansorigine: • Pls
Pone.
' Then 'AP World adds a footnote
that clears up the whole thing.
"For the benefit .of those who
haven't .- cracked the code book
yet, Noisy in AP parlance, means
"please telephone this' bureau
long distance at once." ..
Mixers galore were held during
orientation -week. Romances .be
gin then, friendships end in some
cases; and faux pas seems:to be
'a password. ' •
- We , stood Around
rest of - them,'„looking;Civer : lhe
crop, of rushees and.- new
men. We spotted a woman: , who
seemed a little older:-than l the
run of the mill coed, talking.
with one of the boys.
Never one to hold;-,back an
opinion,- good or bad;•:we hastily
whispered to him, !Who's she?
She looks' old enough V„be your
mother."
• ..•
She Was.