PAGE F07..1R 01le Batty Collegian Summer to THS TREE LANCE, *BA 1881 Published Tuesday through Saturday nor:lines inelusivt during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegial' of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter July 9. 1934, at the State College. Pa. Post Offlee under the act of Mareb 3. 1979 Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ. era not necessarily the Policy of the newspaper- Unsigne . editorials are by the editor. Mary Krasnansky 476 4 ,,, Edward Shankea Editor , Business Mgr. Managing Ed.. Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer; Sports Ed., Ernie Moore: Edit. Dir.. Bob Fraser: Makeup Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski; Society Ed.. Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary De!shanty: Asst. City Ed., Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds., Dave Colton, Bob Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver: Librarian. Millie Martin; Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley: Senior Bd.. Bud Fenton. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, Ted Soens; copy editors, Nancy Luetzel, Jane Reber; assistants, Shelden Smoyer, Bob Landis, Helen Luyben, George Bairey, Judi Novins. Ad Staff: Richard Smith Proposed Change Short of Purpose In reviewing the lengthy debate in All-Col lege Cabinet brought on by the introduction of the constitutional amendment dealing with fee changes, one point stands out as a key to the controversy. The amendment as proposed by senior class president David Olmsted would have re quired a statistical poll on all cabinet recom mendations involving a fee change, when such a poll is requested by ten per cent of the students. •In the discussion, Clair George, president of the Board of Dramatics and Forensics„ indi cated that , under the initiative procedure of cabinet any student may bring a proposal before cabinet and that body must take action within 30 days. It was also noted that under the present constitutional provisions, any member of cabi net may introduce a regular motion asking cab inet to conduct a referendum. A simple majority vote of cabinet would facilitate this. The reply to the point was made by Thomas Jurchak, All-College secretary treasurer. This may be true, Jurchak said, but most students did not know of this procedure. A question not asked then but which is an important consideration is this: if students do not know of the constitutional means by which they may now obtain a referendum on the recommendation of fee increases, what makes anybody think they will know or use any addi tional means? What cabinet is attempting to deal with is student apathy. It is an apathy which extends right down through scholastic attitude to in terest and participation . in extracurricular ac tivities. It is an apathy over international af fairs, national affairs, local affairs, and cam pus affairs. The proposed amendment does not strike at the heart of this apathy; it doesn't even deal .with it. Instead the proposed amendment pro vides another item over which students can become apathetic. Students now have the right to petition. Stu dents now have the right to appear before cabi net to voice their opinions. Any member of cabinet may introduce a proposal for a refer endum—which unlike the proposed amendment would be binding on cabinet. The means for voicing student opinion are avaiable. What is needed is a program for making students aware of these means and a program for dealing with apathy. What is not needed is an amendment to the All-College Constitution. - Hollywood Chances News item in a recent issue of the Salt Lake City Desert News: "The newest party game to catch on in Holly wood is 'toothpick golf!' A toothpick held be tween the teeth is used to flip a bean across a rug and into a coaster or some other small, flat object. Each flip of the toothpick is counted' like a stroke in golf, and the idea is to make the lowest score." Just like they always tell us—"We actors and actresses is all normal." THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA 5 O'clock Theater Begins 4th Year At 5 p.m. today one of the College's most un usual and challenging activities will begin its fourth year of operation in the basement of Old Main. Five O'clock Theater will again present a roster of student-written an d ,experimental productions in the Little Theater. These one act play productions have become an integral part of the work of the Dramatics department; they give aspiring playwrights at the College a- chance to w r it e without considering the commercial aspects. The results, while not al ways great, are always exciting. Plays are performed weekly every Tuesday at 5 p.m. The theater is student managed, acted, and directed. thus. providing more stimulation and opportunity for State students interested in these fields. Penn State students often fail to realize the importance of Five O'clock Theater. But. sev eral out-of-town papers recently did spreads on the experimental set-up, proving that it is ap preciated and respected off campus. If students with 20 minutes to spare, on Tues days at 5 p.m. wish to find out what all the copy in their home-town,papers is about, we advise them to see a stimulating ,performance at Five O'clock Theater for themselves. Slapping Record The recent story of the record-setting Har vard students who won themselves $l2B for a 48-hour face slapping marathon makes us chuc kle slightly when we hear tales of intellectual greatness among the "nation's best students." It seems the two sophomores involved de cided to break a rather vague Russian face slapping record of 17,280 slaps..T h e y, and their seconds, staged a little "competition' which involved red eyes, red faces , aching muscles, and tw o very, very tired "wise fools." Another interesting point includes one irate Harvard grad who,, on hearing of the record setting event, promptly blasted such a pastime by saying that hard-earned money and the de sire for education were apparently being mis used. We tend to feel the same way. It seems to us that. the apparent "idea" that Harvard means superior education needs a somewhat vast re vision. In order to maintain the contest, students fed the participants with coffee, orange juice, and bananas. Harvard cheers were shouted and jazz records were played .full tilt to prevent dozing off. Such "newsworthy" . events especially from the "tower of learning" could very well be done without. It brings to mind the goldfish eating incidents which were also Harvard products. We feel such practices could well be avoided by running around the block a few times. Gazette . . . Tuesday, February 12 ALPHA 'NU; 101 Willard Hall, 7 p.m. AMERICAN MILITARY ENGINEERS SO CIETY, 2 Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.m. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METALS, Min eral Industries Art Gallery, 8 p.m. AQUACADE, 3 White Hall, 6:30 p.m. COLLEGIAN business candidates, 1 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN business staff, 9 Carnegie Hall, 7 pin. COLLEGIAN sophomore editorial board, 2 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. CONCERT OF JEWISH MUSIC, Kozenn and Chajes, Hillel, 8 p.m. DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB meeting can celed. . FROTH advertising staff, 100 Carnegie ,Hall, 6:30 p.m. FROTH, candidates for all staffs, 203 Willard Hall, 8 p.m. INKLING art staff, ,102 Willard Hall, 7 p.m. NEWMAN CLUB business meeting, 217 Wil lard Hall, 7:15 p.m. PANHELLENIC COUNCIL meeting canceled. RADIO:GUILD, 304 Sparks, 7 p.m. TRIBUNAL, 201 Old Main, 7 p.m. WRA OUTING CLUB, White Hall playroom, 7 p.m.. —Moylan Milli —Bob Fraser Little. Man On Campus , "The dean of women sent his picture around. He's inconsiderate, brutal, illmannered, fresh, wild—and stay away from him' when he comes to pick me up tonight." Poor Man's Paradise By PFC. PAUL A. POORMAN (Ed. note—Poonnan, former Collegian staffer, is _now sta tioned at Grenier Air Force Base, Manchester, N. H. As a grad uate of the College, he gives his fond recollections with a free hand.) Things become increasingly more like home every day. Our latest discovery was that we don't get away from station WMAJ even by traveling some 500 miles, rapidly, in the opposite direction. For three and a half years, while we were' an undergraduate at the College, we were awaken ed every morning by Jack Pfft file's mai-odious voice saying Gazette ... COLLEGE PLACEMENT Bakelite Co. will interview June grad uates in Ch.E: Friday, Feb. 22. Boy Scouts of America will interview June graduates, in L.A., Phys. Ed., A.H., Ag., Ee. Ed., and C&F Thursday, Feb. 21. Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp. will interview June graduates in Ch.E., M.E., and Chem. Thursday, Feb. 21. Reliance Electric and Engineering Co. will interview June graduates in M.E. and E.E. Thursday, Feb. 21. Wyandotte Chemical Corp.. will inter view June graduates in Ch.E., M.E., and Chem. Friday, Feb. 22.. Shell Oil Co. will interview June grad uates and 1952 M.S. candidates in Chem., Ch. E.. C.E., E.E., M.E.,, Gee., Min. Eng. and P.N.G. Monday, Feb. 25. United States Steel Co. will interview June graduates in Aero.E., Arch.E., C.E., M.E., E.E., 1.E., S.E., Cer., Fuel Tech, and Metal. Friday, Feb. 22. Chance Vought Aircraft will interview graduates at all levels in Aero., E., M.E., C.E. and Arch.E. Monday, Feb. 25. They will also interview M.S. and Ph.D. can didates in E.E.. Phys. and Math. Arbogast and Bastian, Inc. will inter view June graduates in A.H., 1.E., and C&F Monday, Feb. 25. • General Electric Co. will interview June graduates and 1952 M.S. 'candidates in Chem., Ch.E. and Metal, Monday, Feb. 26. Both men and women may apply. N.Y. Vacuum Oil Co. will interview June graduates and 1952 M.S. candidates in M.E. and Ch.E. Monday, Feb. 25. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Baby sitters for Tuesday morning and Wednesday froth 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY-,lZ,' 1952 By Bible sweetly, "Whiterock brings you the day's, first news. Whiterock quarries. . . .". We got 'so sick of hearing from Whiterock that we almost stopped buying our lime stone there. But now, no more, we thought. Never again. Any top sergeant's voice would sound better than that. We overlooked one thing. Whiterock, unlike • doctors, has not, switched to Camels, it has r: switched to gasoline. - Whiterock gasoline, New Hampshire's finest, also advertises on the radio. Yes, you guessed it, it is the sponsor of ,a 7 a.m. news broadcast. White rock is still bringing us the day's first news. There are certain people, also former, students ,at Pennsyl vania's Pride, who are doing great things up here. Maybe you'd be interested in them. Charlie Wilson, former Lion :foot baller and boxer, made his debut in foreign territory last week in a golden gloves heaxyweight tilt. Results are unprintable. ' Paul Freise, captain of Penn State's erstwhile ski team, is still search ing • for snow. Paul trundled his hickories along, but is still fondly polishing them and looking searchingly out the window for the first signs of white. Dud Foster, captain of the cross-country learn, is still' run (Continued on page eight)
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