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Marine the Colieee rear by tke staff of tha Daily CoUeciaa
of Bw Pannsylvania State College.
Eaterek as Meoak-elus Matter Jaly S, 1934. at tke Statr
College. Pa.. Post Offiae under tke aat of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials rap reseat the viewpoints of tke writ*
era. not necessarily tke policy of tke newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by tke editor.
Marr Krasaauky , Edward Shankaa
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor: Bettie Loux; Copy Editors: Jake
Highton, Dick Rau; Assistants: Laura Badwey,
Bill Pete, Ellie Rakosi, Bob Landis.
Ad Staff: Frank Kelly, Cordell Murtha, Judy
Christ, Laeh Koidanov.
Needed: 7000 Votes
For Good Gov’t
Yesterday a first day record total of better
than 2250 students took advantage of the op
portunity to cast their ballots in the All-College
elections, which will continue until 5 p.m. to
day.
The new total exceeds by 250 the previous
record of 2000 set last year. The increase indi
cates the growing realization on the part of
students of the importance of All-College gov
ernment in their everyday lives on the Penn
State campus.
Much of the credit for the impressive first ■
day total is due the candidates and the leaders
of both the Lion and State parties. They have
wa.ged an intelligent, aggressive campaign;
they have appealed to students less on the basis
of personalities; they have presented the elec
torate with campaign platforms- which are
sound, intelligent, and workable.
t The campaign has been mature in nature and
students have reacted as mature citizens; they
have gone to the polls during the first day in
unprecedented numbers to cast their votes.
But the polls will not be closed until 5 p.m.
today and although some 2250 students did vote
on the first day, they represent but 24 per cent
of the student body y Still to vote is 76 per cent
of the student body, or more than 7000 students.
Those who voted yesterday have done their
part to -make Penn State student government
the true voice of the student body. It is for"’
those 7000 students who have not taken the
few minutes to cast their votes to decide whe
ther student government is to be representative
of the student body.
If you haven’t voted as yet, do your part for
Penn State by doing so today.
Pledge Duties Fail
To Cut Scholarship
One of the big evils of fraternities and sor
orities, it is said by critics of these groups, is
that they are time-consuming, and that the
time spent in pledge duties and social activities
cuts into study time as a decided inroad into
scholarship.
These critics have, in the past, had some
basis for their claim. In the spring semesters
of 1950 and 1951 non-fraternity men earned
higher averages than men in fraternities. But
the opposite is true for the fall semester of 1950,
and figures just released indicate that fraternity
men outshone the independent men last sem
ester. Actual averages mean little, for the aggre
gate All-College average for all students varies
nearly .1 points from one semester to the next.
The only conclusion we are able to draw is
that fraternity men have been able to maintain
themselves at least on an equal footing schol
astically with non-fraternity men.
Sorority women have maintained superior
averages over independent women, consistently
averaging at least .2 above the independent
women’s All-College average.
True, individual cases of extremely low av
erages stand out among fraternities and to a
lesser extent among sororities. When you
look at the entire picture, however, the extra
lime spent in fraternity or sorority activities,
although an initial disadvantage to high
scholastic achievement, has not cut deeply
into scholarship.
I
BIOGRAPHY
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—Jim Gromiller
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Students Need Help
As Loan Funds Idle
This is the time of year when 'many students
start getting down to those last extra pennies
and begin thinking about summer jobs which
will provide enough, money to help out with
next year’s College expenses.
Those students who are wondering how they
will finish the present semester with the little
money they have left from last summer’s sav
ings apparently have never thought to inquire
about the student loan funds available to
worthy students through the offices of the Dean
of Men and Women.
These loan funds are one of the most neg
lected and unpublicized.,, campus functions.
Over 40 loan funds of various types have been
established solely for student aid. but the
good majority of them are infrequently used.
In fact, according to one College official, the
College is discouraging the setting up of further
loan funds because the present funds are lying
idle. .
And yet, there must be many students out
of the thousands on campus who get in minor
financial difficulties and could use the
to smooth the road as they pass through school.
We’ve known several stud e n t s who have
dropped out of school for a; period of time
when they could easily have secured a College
loan to tide them over until they got back on
their financial feet. - '
We suggest that students incurring money
troubles which might endanger their College
careers investigate these 'loan funds. ,The
funds were set up for the' exclusive and. con
stant use of the students, but are . fast becom
ing a mere printed passage in the College
catalogue. < '
Gazette...
Thursday, April 24
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS, tour of engineering experiment
station, 105 Mechanical Engineering laboratory,
7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION,
304 Old Main, 6:45 p.m.
FROTH promotion staff, Froth office, 6:45
P 'FUTURE TEACHERS OF AMERICA, 2 Car
negie, 7:30 p.th.
NEWMAN CLUB scholastic philosophy lec
ture-discussion, Johti'Hammes in charge, 317
Willard, 7:15 p.m. -
NEWS AND -VIEWS, 14 Home Economics,
6:30p.m. g
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MILITARY EN
GINEERS, 2 Carnegie. 7:30 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING, -White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE -HOSPITAL
-William Baker, Frank Capotosto, John Carr,
James Chadwick, Ronald Denker, Theodore
Edmunds, Carl Fenstermacher, Francis Finley,
Jean Graham, Warren Gran, Nancy Jones, Al
bert Kerr, Nancy IColo, Donald Nasoni, Jane
Rapp, Lewis Sharp. Paul Simpson, Joan Ster
rett, John Walker.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Las Vegas Story 2:13, 4:03, 5:59,
7:47, 9:45
STATE: Silver City 2:11, 4:06, 5:55, 7:59, 9:39
NITTANY: The Well 6:25, 8:19, 10:15
STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN: Detective Story
plus—Love Nest 7:30
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Babcock & Wilcox Co. will interview juniors in M.E. and
Cer. if enough students are interested. !
Cronheim & Weger will interview M.E. and Arch.E. juniors
and seniors Friday,. May 2.
David Taylor Model Basin will visit the campus Monday,-
April 28, to interview graduates at all levels in E.E.,
M.E., Aero.E., Phys. and Arch.
Linde Air Products will interview juniors and seniors in
Chem., _ Ch.E. and M.E. for summer work Friday,
May 2.
Pomeroy’s Inc. will interview June graduates in Com. and
A&L Thursday, May 1.
Automobile Insurance Co. will interview June graduates in
Com. Friday, May 2.
Boeing Airplane Co. will interview juniors for summer work
in Aero., C.E., M.E. and Eng.Mech.
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. will interview June graduates in
Ch.E., M.E., E.E., 1.E., Chem., Com. and A&li Monday,
May 5. They .will also interview M.S. and Ph.D. can
didates in Ch.E. and Chem.
Engineering Center, Fort Belvoit, Virginia wilL. interview
June graduates in M.E., E.E. and Phys. Monday, May 5.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Camp Conrad Weiser, Reading, Pa., will interview men
Thursday, April 24. Variety of jobs open.
Man for outdoor sign work. Must have knowledge of paint
ing and electrical work. '
Clerking from noon to 4 p.m, every day during the week.
Men to work as ice cream dispensers evenings and week
days.
Man for outside work from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m. for spring
and summer.
—Moylan Mills
The "
TAVERN
MENU
Thursday \. April 24
ITALIAN SPAGHETTI
• Meat Sauce
BAKED'SJUFFED PEPPERS
' Tomato Sauce
ROAST LEG OF
SPRING LAMB
8 and 12 oz.
PRIME SIRLOIN STEAKS
DINNER. 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Reservations after 6:30
Little Man On Campus
"I've been appointed to; substitute 'til the end of the
semester. I'll try to make the course interesting."
The Old
Millstieam
The b.all game’s just- about-'over for'the present Daily Collegian
senior board. Starting'next week there’ll be no more Bonn Mots,
Fundamental Issues, or Old Millstreams/ And it’s probably just as
well that the columns get a shot in the arm with a fresh viewpoint.
«• But we’d, like to take advantage of .this last ! chance to. recall
some publicized and not so publi
cized happenings during our stay
at the College.
We remember Ihenaked wat
er tunnel with the bricks going
up around it the first semester
we were- on campus . . . the
opening of the non-discriminat
ing "CORE" barbershop the
year after the picketing of the
other town barbershops . . . the.
much ballyhooed Daily Col
legian-sponsored sweater girl
contest. *
Then there were’ the special
issues of the Daily Collegian when
beloved boxing coach Leo Houck
died and President Milton S.
Eisenhower was appointed “boss
man” of' the College and when
Rip Engle became head football
coach . . . the discovery of the
bones of Coaly, the. mule who
pulled stones for the original Old
Main . . . the red-girder skeleton
of the West Dorms, a mecca for
the curious when in the process
of being constructed.
Of course we remember the
Daily Collegian review of Players’
“Time Is a Dream” which brought
letters to the editor for weeks
after publication . . . the goodwill
trip of the soccer team to Iran
and the many speeches coach Bill
Jeffrey subsequently delivered on
his Middle Eastern experiences
. . . the disappearance of the Col
lege flag from 1 in front of Old
Main.
We won't forget Carl Sand
burg and his guitar in Schwab
~. the freshman who wandered
into the Daily Collegian office
and asked to speak with syndi-
THURSDAY, APRILS 24,- :1952
By MOYLAN MILLS
caied Bibler whom he erron
eously thought was the Daily
Collegian- art editor ... the time
when political mixers brought
out half the student body.
Remember the ' much-praised
Froth parody, “Saturday Evening
Most’-’ . .• . the always-present
rain on the opening days of the
Spring Week 1 carnival ■. . . the
five-rats which were hung on'the
Mall 'and the sign over them
“Convicted of Dating Coeds”?'
Not many people realize that
the complicated set of “Lady in
the. Dark” was almost demolished
about half ah hour before open
ing night by a falling ladder V-. .
and then there was' the- frosh
demonstration against customs in
the Tall of 1950 when -the';.'new
comers burned their green dinks
in the West Dorm courtyardV. .
the riot after the Rutgers' game
the same year when everyone
scrambled for a piece of goal post.
' The inauguration of . Prexy
■Eisenhower in Beaver'Fi.e'l d
brought out many. -education
notables and a perfect October
day.. . . the cancelling off wo
class days at Thanksgiving'l9so
after the "hurricane'.', : 1. .1. and
the. soccer team tie-in the first
national Soccer Bowl game are
other highlights we .recollect.
Well will we remember the'en
listment panic when all the.males
were joining any , organization
just so they wouldn’t'be'drafted.
We’re in that predic.amerjpnow—
be drafted in June or enlist.'Those
three years were galvanic,: but,
as we said before, -df&Vthe ball
game. .'.
—VoteToday-j
Student opinion expressed
before Athletic .Advisory
Board action.
Herm
Sledzik
.A. President
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