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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
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