PAGE FOUR o.llr Batty Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 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. Pe:, Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represerit the viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials are by the editor. Dave PeUnits Edward Shanken Editor Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones; Sports Ed.. Jake Eighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux; Edit. Dir., Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., Ginger Opoczenski; .Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; AMA. Soc. Ed., LaVonne Aithouse; Feature Ed.. Julie Ibbotson; Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Dick Rau; Copy editors: Lynn Kahanowitz, Marshall Donley; Assistants, Bev Dickinson, Marcie MacDonald, Dave Hyman, John Sheppard. Ad staff: Dick Smith, Flo Rosenthal, Frances Crawford. Collegian Policy , A Better Penn State Although much the same in content and for mat as its predecessors, 'this issue of the Daily Collegian marks a red-letter day. and the ful fillment of. several years of hard work for the 13 members of the new senior board. The new editorial staff has taken over . . . a new reign has begun! But although the old faces are seen around the office' only rarely now, and new personali ties are at the helm, certain Collegian traditions —in fact traditions of all self-respecting news papers—will be continued. The Collegian's ,motto, "For A Better Penn State," is its only set editorial policy. Every staff member is free to express his ideas in the form of an accurate, well-thought-out edi torial, and every student may have his opinions made public by writing a signed letter to the editor. On the editorial page we reserve the right to ,criticize the students, the administration, organizations, and their ideas. In return we will accept criticism and try to profit by it. Because intelligent decisions cannot be made without both sides of a question being con sidered, the Collegian will present as many viewpoints as it possibly can. The Collegian wants the 'students to think. It does not want to think for them. We who have watched the Collegian grow from a four-page to an' eight-page daily con taining world news in addition to local stories have this to say about news coverage and play: It is Collegian policy to cover the activities of all schools and campus groups as fully and impartially as possible with the feeling that it is reporting, not giving publicity. And while we will strive to print as much news as we can, we are not obligated to publish any particular item. Play of stories is a relative matter, dependent on what else is in the news that day. Elections, speeches, mixers, etc., that affect and are open to all students are naturally given more space than those items that are of interest only to a minority. The Collegian is not a propaganda machine for Players, the School of Home Economics, any one political party, or any other group or insti tution. Attempts at high-pressuring publicity and support will be wasted time and effort. We claim the right to report the proceedings of any meeting open to the public and a matter of record, and likewise report the de tails of any meeting to which a repotter is admitted. Statements followed by "This is off the rec ord, of course" should be avoided, for the Col legian requires a good reason for not publish ing remarks made at an open meeting. If secret proceedings are to take place the reporter should be asked to leave. This fact in itself may be reported, however, if it is deemed significant. • • These traditions, which have been passed on from staff to staff, stem from ideas for which men have suffered imprisonment and death rather than reject. They can be carried on, of course, only if editors are given a free rein. The Collegian has a freedom that all college newspapers, unfortunately, do not have. With this freedom, however, comes the responsibility not to abuse it. We accept the responsibility. —The Senior Board • I'HE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE r..OLLEGE. • PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve-®- Rooster's Racket Brings irate Protest TO THE EDITOR: A short while ago, the members of the dormitories of the Nittany area were accused of disturbing the chickens of the Department of Agriculture by playing ball in the near vicinity of the chicken coops. These chicken coops, however. . are in the near vi cinity of the dorms and, while the members of the Agriculture department may have a com plaint coming to them, I feel that the members of these dorms have as - much of a complaint to submit. As previously mentioned, the coops are very close to the dorms and, when the breeze is from the West as it generally is, one cannot help but be aware of the proximity of the' fowl. The main complaint. however, hinges about another fact. I• do not know whether or not the officials are / aware of the fact, but they are the possessors of a rooster which begins crowing approximately at 11:30 p.m. every night. Maybe I am in 'error, but I have always been led to believe that a rooster should begin crowing at sunrise. Using this fact as a basis, one might very well draw the conclusion that this rooster is ,either six hours fast or 18 hours slow. Anyway, it is in need of adjustment. Speaking for the members of this group of sufferers, I believe it would be greatly appre ciated if the proper authorities would either adjust this rooster or wring his neck. •Letter Cut —Name Withheld Ed. Note: An authority in the Poultry Hus bandry department was quick to explain that roosters crow at light. not by the hands of a clock. It apparently doesn't matter whether the light is produced by the sun, the moon, or by incandescent lighting. An investigation has been promised. Gazette . . . Tuesday, April 29 BLUE KEY HAT SOCIETY, 201 Willard, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN sophomore editorial board, 2 Carnegie. 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN business staff, 9 Carnegie, 7 p.m. DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB, TUB, 6:45 p.m. FROTH advertising staff, 100 Carnegie, 7 p.m. HELLENIC SOCIETY, TUB, 7 p.m. NITTANY BOWMEN, movies, 206 Engineer ing B, 7 p.m. PENN STATE CLUB. 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. TRIBUNAL, 201 Old Main, 7 p.m. WRA OUTING CLUB, White Hall playroom, 7 p.m COLLEGE HOSPITAL Peter Betley, Francis Glessner, Luella Heine ni,n, Carolyn Johnson, Albert Kerr, Alan _Ni coll, A'Delbert Samson, Eleanor Weary. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: Lavendar Hill Mob, 2:13, 4:03, 5:59, 7:47, 9:45 STATE: Rhubarb 2:11, 4:06, 5:55, '7:59, 9:39 NITTANY: Face to the Wind 6:25, 8:19, 10:15 STARLIGHT DRIVE IN: That's My Boy 7:30 Lady and the Bandit COLLEGE PLACEMENT Capital Airlines will interview women for positions as air hostesses Tuesday, May G. General Motors Corp. will interview juniors in M.E., E.E., Ch.E., Chem., and Acct. Tuesday, May 6. 1.8. M. will interview June graduates in I.E. and 1962 M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Math. and Phys. Tuesday, May 6.. Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co. will interview June grad uates in C.E., M.E., and I.E. Monday, May 5. Sears, Roebuck & Co. will interview June graduates in M.E., E.E., Ch.E., Chem., and Acct. Tuesday, May 6. Erie Railroad Co. will interview June graduates in E.E. and M.E. Friday, May 9. National Cash Register Co. will interview June graduates in E.E., M.E., and Phys. Friday, May 9. Also 1962 M.S. candidates in these fields. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft will interview juniors with a 1.75 average in M.E. and Aero.E. for summer work Thursday, May 8. Supplee-Wills-Jones Milk Co. will interview June graduates in Ag.Bio.Chem., Com. Ch., Bact., Ag.Ec., D.Mfg., Chem., Com., and Acct. Thursday, May 1. Western Union Telegraph' Co. will interview' June graduates in E.E., 1.E., M.E., Corn., Acct., and a few C.E. Friday, May 9. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Men to work as ice cream dispensers evenings and week Man for outside work from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m. for spring and summer. Two men to work for room on campus Clerking from noon until 4 p.m. "The man was so little, he was a waste of .kin."—Fred Allen an On Campus Little i, A This will make a good test question: "Compare social psychology to the psychology of music." But when you make up the quiz make the auestion read: "Collate the formation of social stereo types and the effect of the social environment of the individual with the psichological principles underlying the musical arts." Vitz' To You By DAVE PELL•NITZ Every year around the first of May the old senior board - of the . Daily Collegian fades into the background, and the staff for the following year comes forward to• take up the reins. This move, coming about a month after `the new staff is announced, climaxes a month of steady training and conferences, plus many months of hard work on the minor staffs of the paper. Each year t her e axe the speeches, the larewell columns, and the last minute instructions on the part of the old staff. And each year the new staff mem bers wonder how they're pos sibly going to get five eight page issues a week into print, how they'll ever get their class work done, and who is going to write all the columns and editorials. But somehow the paper always appears, though not without its troubling mo ments. This new staff is no exception, and we expect to be nervous and hesitant about many things _for the first few weeks. We realize, too, that the outgoing staff will be sitting about like vultures just waiting to pounce upon our in-' nocent mistakes which are bound to plague any newspaper. But we're, hoping we can put out a paper that will frustrate to the core their hopes on this , point. Before going any further, per haps we should clear up 'any [bewilderment which has pos sibly arisen over the "Nitz" in the title of this column. It is a nickname we have had con ferred upon us by certain mem bers ,of the outgoing staff. In fact, 'the credit (or the blame) for the whole title belongs to one of these "has-beens." This will not•be a regalaf col umn. Indeed, one of the "first things an editor-elect is told by TUESDAY, APRIL 29, .1952 By Bibler his predecessor is, "Don't 'write a column. You won't have time." But each year, in spite of the warning, the eager young editor sets out with burning enthusiasm to show that it can be done. We, too, have this burning en thusiasm, but we're' not so,naive as to believe we're going to: set the world on fire with comments —sage, witty, or otherwise—in a personal column. We know we'll be much too busy to try it, •so we'll leave that to others. It does seem though that no editor can resist the opportunity to present himself informally once in a while. 'Most people realize that the job of putting out a Paper the size of the Daily Collegian is quite an undertaking. But besides his work on the paper, the editor also inherits certain other jobs which demand his time. These in clude being chairman of the Board of Publications, a representative of that board on All-College Cab inet, secretary of Collegian, Inc., a member of the 'La Vie Board of Directors, a member of the Athletic Advisory Board, and pos sibly most important of all, rep resentative of the Daily Collegian on campus. • Don't get the idea we're Complaining. It's an honor and a privilege to have been en trusted with these jobs, even though they ' do somewhat re strict our other activities. How 'ever, editors in the past have pulled themselves through. We guess we - will, too. 0- -- 2. '7 7 / ,
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