PAGE FQUR Otg• Bang (tuttegiau Saecessoz to ME FREE LANCE, eat. 1881 Published Puesday through Saturday mornings inclusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College Entered as teeond-class matter July 6, 1934, at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of March 8. 1879 Collegian editoriairrepresent the viewpoints of the writ are, not necessarily the ooliey of the newspaper Unsigne . editorials are by the editor Mary KrasnanskyEdward Shanken Editor Business Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor, Arnie Bloom; Copy editors, Janie Reber, Pat Nutter; Assistants, Lu Martin, Nor ma Zehner, Marshall Donley, Charles Obertance, Errie Kielar. Ad Staff: Dorothy Naveen, Margie See. SU Fee Should Not Be Dropped The announcement by the College that the construction of the Student Union building is contingent on the availability of critical ma terials is certain to create a good deal of com ment and discussion. A good bit of that dis cussion will be loud, noisy, misleading. Some of it, regardless of the viewpoint taken, will be informed, intelligent, sound. Unfortunately, we have to predict that the intelligent discussion on the Student Union will be heavily outweighed by'the shouting. Student Union, long the fond hope of Penn Staters, deserves the careful, considered at tention of all who pride in the accomplish ments of Penn State and are at the same time aware of what is needed to make this "a better Penn State." The principal item of controversy will be whether students should ,continue paying the $7.50 per semester fee despite the fact that con struction of the SU is still something of the future. We think there is no question as to the need for a Student Union at - State. A Student Union would be the social center for the entire student body. Its confines would provide the social and cultural needs of all students which are now being inadequately served by the TUB, West Dorm lounge, and Recreation Hall. As the , building will be con structed, additional funds will, make possible the construction of -additional'-facilities. The Penn State Student Union , will eventually take its place as one of the very best establishments of its kind in the nation:. " •- . But not being. a building for strictly edu cational purposes, the SU cannot be financed and constructed by the state.. Since f is the students who. will benefit from the SU, it is the students who should pay. For that reason. All-College Cabinet in May, 1950, asked the College Board of Trustees tor establish a $7.50 per semester fee for the stu-: dent Union. The same summer, the trustees approved the fee and the tentative plans for a $2,000,000 SU. The fee was scheduled to jump from $7.50 per semester after the first year to $lO per semester. Because' the construction of the building was not under way at the resump tion of classes in September of this year, the trustees postponed the increase. in the fee. It should be noted that it was the. students themselves, through All-College Cabinet. who asked for the fee, and that the trustees approved the fee only after having once before turned down a student request for a fee because not enough preparation and study had been made.. It should also be' noted that .never in the entire discussion over the SU has it ever been said that students would bear the' entire fi nancial burden of construction. There has al ways been throughout the discussion the idea that part of the burde nwould be met by the alumni, and the idea of an alumni contribution is not without support in alumni circles. It has also been taken for granted that the College itself would meet a substantial part of the costs, and it is likely that this action would have already been taken had the state legisla ture come to an early agreement over a tax program, thus making available better than Hey, Fellows, get your date for THE HARVEST BALL I Saturday, Dec. 1 Semi - formal Tickets are on sale at Student Union & tAg Bldg. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE_ COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Gazette ... Wednesday, November 28 .• ASAE, 105 Agricultural Engineering, 7 .p.m. COFFEE' HOUR, cabinet and dean of men, 109 Old Main, 4 p.m. • - LA VIE sophomore bOard, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. • • • • NEWMAN CLUB, Defense of the Faith lec ture-discussion, Prof. Case in charge, 317 Wil lard Hall, 7:15 p.m: - PENN STATE GRANGE, 100 Horticulture. 7 p.m. SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT, 107. Main Engineering, 8 p.m. THETA SIGMA PHI, new members only, Grange Game Room, 6:30 p.m. • WRA BOWLING, White Hall alleys, 7 p.M. WRA DANCE, White Hall rhythm room, 7 p.m. " • WRA HOCKEY, HOlines Field, 4 p.m. INKLING promotion staff, 104 Willard Hall, 7 p.m. • " COLLEGE HOSPITAL ' Norman Cardinaldi, Ariana Dickson, Evette Dubin, Robert Guffey, Carl Hoke, Barbara Jones, Linda'Leathers, Leonard Lesko, James Lewis, Richard Malone, Catherine McColly, Joseph McHale, Kenneth Newman, J. Paul O'Brien, Francis Palumbo, Lolita Robinson, Arthur Warg. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: The Scarf STATE: Native Son NITTANY: Bridge of San Luis Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. will interview January B.S. candidates and M.S. candidates who will receive their degrees in 1952, in E.E., 1.E., Ch.E. and M.E. Monday, — Dec. 3. Standard Oil Co. of _lndiana will interview January grad uates in M.E. and C.E. Monday. Dec: 3. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Babcock and Wilcox Co. will interview January graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates in Chem., Metal., Phys., Cer., and Fuel Tech. Wednesday, • Nov. 28. Delaware Power and Light Co. will interview January grad uates in M.E. and E.E. Tuesday, Dec. 4. Dow Chemical Co. will interview graduates at all levels in Com. Chem., Chem. Eng., Metal., and Chem. Monday, Dec. 10 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours will interview 1952 Ph.D. can didates in Chem., Chem.E., M.E., Phys., Agron., Bact., Bio-Chem., Ento. and Path. Monday, Dec. 10. , The National Carbon Division of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corp. will interview January graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates in Ch. E.. M.E., 1.E., Cer., Chem., and Phys. Friday; Nov. 30. North American Aviation, Inc. will interview graduates at / all levels in C.E., E.E., Aero.E., and M.E. Thursday, Dec. 6. Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. will interview January graduates in C&F, A&L, Phys. Ed., and Ed. Friday, Dec. 7. Sylvania Electric Products. Inc. will interview January graduates in E.E., M.E., Ch.E., 1.E., and Phys., and 1952 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Chem., Metal., and Phys. Friday, Dec. Atlas Powder Co. will didates in Chem., Dec. 10. •Ebasco Services Inc. will interview January graduates in C.E., E.E., and M.E. Tuesday, Dec. 11. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. will interview January n :graduates in Ch.E., Chem., Corn. Chem:, Science, Arch. E., Arch., C.E., E.E., 1.E., M.E., C&F., Acct., Adv., • L.M.R and Cer. Tuesday, Dec. 11. S. S. Kresge Co. will interview January graduates in A&L • and C&F Tuesday, Dec. 4. , Tungsol Electric Co. will interview January graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates in E.E. Thursday, Nov. 29. Tele-Communications Corp. will interview January grad uates and 1952 M.S. candidates in E.E. and Phys. Thursday, Dec. 6. United States Steel Co. will interview January graduates in C&F, Acct., Trans., L.M.R., A&L and all Eng. graduates Tuesday, Dec. 11. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Woman to do housework five days per week from 11, a.m. to 5 p.m.• Altoona residents for holiday clerking. 8. interview 1952 M.S. and Ph.D. can- Ch. Eng., E.E. and Phys. Monday. $18,000,000 which it is hoped will be appro priated to the College. Because of the Korean situation, a SU for Penn State is still a thing of the future. How far in the future that is, nobody is qualified to say. No matter how far off an SU is, it will not be brought any closer / by dropping the SU fee now. The chief proponents of such a course of action say that students are being asked to pay for a building they will not utilize. There is no argUment against this kind of reasoning, for it is the stark truth. But at the same time. students are being asked to contribute to a project that will in future years make Penn State a better place to live, a better college. Basically, students are 'being asked to con tribute "For a Better Penn State." There can be no argument against this either; A LETTER TO THE PUBLIC Dear Public: As you have probably read by now, our studio is no longer fit for use. The fire.itself didn't do any damage, but the water was the cause of all the destruction in our part of the building. Fortunately, very little of• our equipment was damaged; all our negatives, being in another building, were, of course,' saved. This means that those of you who have placed orders for portraits and expected to. pick them up this •week, may do so at the studio Satutday morning between 9 and 12. Those of you who still have proofs out may place an order this Saturday morning and still receive the pictures in time for Christmas. Basically, the only thing we lost in the fire was our location. All else was saved. If - you can't see me Saturday morning, you may call me any time at either of these two phones: State College 4454 or 3216. We hope to be opening again soon in a new location. By the way, there will be a clearance sale of all our amateur supplies. These includes films, cameras, and some truly beautiful frames. They will be sold at cost price or below, so be there Saturday morning if you really want to see some fine bargains. I'd like to thank all those who helped clear the studio before any damage was done. I don't know who many of you are, but I sincerely appreciate the work you did. Little , Man On Campus "You're lucky, I got down in fifteen minutes— Most of our dates are required to wait an hour," Poor. Man's Paradise Ed. Note: The writer of this . column closes out his collegiate newspaper career today with the prospect of having his Paradise Regained in the U.S. Air Force. Poorman is among those who will be activated on Dec. 1 from the local reserve unit. There is some chance that we may be hearing from him again but it will be through the wise pen of a serviceman and not that of a student. Just as the time has come for Friend Coed and your. poverty stricken scribbler to say goodbye, it is now chronologically in order for the same writer to make his farewells, fond and otherwise, tb the Pennsylvania State College. We wandered hither and thither amongst these hallowed halls for almost three straight years, during which period we've made some fast friends and doubtless even more enemies. We've enjoyed our stunted eight semesters and our_ Lilliputian senior year, and in many ways we enjoy the pros• pect of leaving. This parting betwixt formal ed ucation and ourselves was mad possible by the committee on aca demic standards of the College the membership of which is un known to us. But, God love 'en) they've decided that since we hay. to leave now anyway, we migl , as well take a diploma with u^ So we salute the committee, ant! cipating our eminent militar. courtesies. It seems to be a journalistic maxim that whenever a column ist leaves Anyplace for Any where, he writes a farewell column, telling. Anyplace how sorry he is to leave and hintinr that Anywhere will definitely be worse. To hell with that. Naturally we're going to mis WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1951' PAUL POORMAN • .hings about State and• mostly ve're going to miss people. We've seen fortunate in attending the . chool at a time when the finest unch of people ever assembled , ere also here. Going the rounds for pats on _e back, we've found that they're 11 pretty damn swell guys. Stu ' ant government officials, fra :rnity men, independents, jour alists, professors, ag hill men, agineers, Froth (ugh) men, poli !clans, Ike's brother—even coeds, with whom we've had a few nxious moments until one ' of '-iem finally set us- straight. All f 'em. We'll miss you. We've • come a long way since 'rst grade when we got all A's n our report card . _ and got spanked•for letting somebody copy iur arithmetic. Of course, the A's (Continued on page five) Z=l By Bibler , E al !ai
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