PAGE FOUR 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, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials are by the editor. Dave PeUnita ,Di, Editor Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones; Sports Ed., Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Lout; Edit. Dir„ Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asst. Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson; Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel. Asst. Bus. Mgr.. Janet Landau; Advertising Mgr., Bob Leyburn; National Adv. Mgr., Howard Boleky; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Jack Horsford, Joe Sutovsky; Personnel Mgr., Carolyn Alley; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Bob Koons, Melvin Glass; Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax; Office Mgr., Don Jackel: Secretary, Joan Morosini. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor: Lix Newell; Copy Editors:. Sam Procopio, Tom Saylor; Assistants, Barry Fein, Phil Austin, Mary Lee Lauffer, Mary Angel. Ad Staff: Frank Kelly, Cordell Murtha, Leah Koidanov, Judy Conrad. Excuse Plan Aimed At obstinate Profs When the College Senate meets this after noon, one of the items on its'agenda is proposed changes in the undergraduate regulations deal ing with excused absences. Under the plan submitted to the Senate a month ago, an "official" excuse would be set up. These excuses must be honored by in structors and they will be granted for author ized athletic trips, inspection trips, student organization trips, hospital confinement, and personal emergencies. The new regulation also provides that any work missed during an absence from class for which an official excuse is submitted may be made up by the student without any penalty. The Senate is expected to give its approval to the proposed regulation this afternoon. The action should help to alleviate a problem which has been plaguing students for some time. That problem is the refusal of some short-sighted and downright cussed members of the faculty to" rec ognize an excuse from class no matter what the authorization. During this past year there have been in stances where some instructors .have refused to accept the excuse notes of athletes who have been away on trips and students who have been ill and have excuses from the infirmary. At the same time, these instructors have refused to accept the work submitted late by these stu dents in an attempt to catch up on missed as signments. - The majority of the faculty should not be affected by the change in the regulation. This regulation is aimed at those members of the faculty who are unreasonable and arbitrary. They and the majority of students know who they are. Honors Day Change Needed in Future Monday evening a number of students and graduates of the College were honored by the College at the second annual Honors Day pro gram. Only about 500 people attended the short, but dignified ceremony. This is certainly not an impressive increase over last year's atten dance. Among the five alumni that were honored was perhaps the greatest engineer of tunnel construction in the world. Another was one of the most esteemed consulting mining engi neers in the country. Others were the director of the United States Bureau of Mines, the president of the'Mine Safety Appliances Co., and the chairman of the National Carbon Co. Men holding these positions should have created at least curiosity among students, but when we consider that the Distinguished Alum nus award which each received is the highest honor Penn State can confer on a graduate of the College, we wonder indeed why so few stu dents and faculty attended. Last year the win ners' of the award were just as impressive and attendence was just as poor. If this weren't enough attraction, there were also the awards made to membeis of the student body and the installation cere mony for the new All-College president to draw a crowd. But only 500" showed up. Surely it must have been quite embarrassing for President Eisenhower to have such a small audience (for the size of the school) to which to present his distinguished guests, And we blush, too, to think what the impression of these men must be of the present student body. For an institution of higher learning, there doesn't seem to be much interest in seeing scholarship and achievement rewarded. There has been some criticism of the time chosen for the ceremony this year. Some have stated that Monday was a bad day because there was no Collegian to remind students of the events. Monday night seems to have been bad for other reasons, too. One solution to the problem of filling the Edward Shanken Business Mgr. —Mary Krasnansky THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE ...A.C.7,...EGE auditorium has been suggested which we fee. warrants consideration. This plan suggests that the Honors Day ceremony be made a part of the Mother's Day weekend activities, since a large number of parents is on campus that weekend. This would allow the parents' to.'see,: first hand, at least a part of the scholastic side of Penn State. In addition, having the cere mony on, perhaps, the afternoon of Mother's Day would enable many of the parents of the students being honored on the program to at tend the ceremony. At any rate, it seems advisable to have the program non a Sunday so that the parents might attend to see their sons and daughters receive their awards. Certainly it is a proud moment in the lives of both the student and his parents. and one which should be shared. We hope that next year's Honors Day cere mony is better attended. Perhaps the plan we've suggested is not the best answer to the problem. In any case, when those in charge get together bh arrange the program for next year, ,we hope the decisions they arrive at will prove to be more convenient for everyone. Britain vs. America For Top Film Fare An interesting contrast between American and British film fare has been featured by the downtown theaters. Both "The Lavender Hill Mob" and "Rhu barb" are comedies, or claim to be. Both are made by "name" companies; both have well known stars heading their casts. But ... In the American offering we have the mil lionth-odd rehash of the same old theme, with the millionth-odd good book pulverized into total unrecognizability. There is a Boy. There is a Girl. They can't get married or otherwise because of an Obstacle (a cat). There is the re-use of every gimmick ever employed in a successful or semi-so baseball picture, in the hope that they'll still be funny.. There is slap stick. There is the Funny Gangster; the Lov able Old Fellow, even—so help us—the Irish cop. Finally, there is Brooklyn. If H. Allen Smith were dead, he'd be revolving rapidly in his sepulchre. . . The British film? The British film - gives us as hero a dowdy little 40-year old bank clerk —no girls. It gives us one of the funniest chains of events ever to hit the screen, with the clerk's incredible scheme for robbing his bank. There is originality in every foot of film, honest Humor—not gags—in every lineament and line of Alec Guiness. There is the same wonderful wit—evidently alien to Hollywood—which• pro duced "Tight Little Island," "Kind Hearts and Coronets," and "Passport to Pimlico." Movies Better Than Ever? British films aren't better than ever be cause the best of them could really hardly be better. American films aren't better than ever because they're still the same old un distinguished films. • Wonder which theater downtown took in more money this week? Gazette . . . Thursday, May 1 A. 5.0., 105 Willard, 8 p.m. CHRISTIAN S•C I E N C E ORGANIZATION, 304 Old Main,' 6:45 p.m. COLLEGIAN editorial freshman board arid candidates, 9 Carnegie, 7 p.m. DELTA SIGMA PI, business meeting, Theta Kappa Epgilon, 7 p.m. DIE NEUEN BAVRISCHEN SCHUHPLATT LER, 100 Horticulture, 7:30 p.m. LION PARTY steering committee, 214 Wil lard, 6:30 p.m. NEWMAN CLUB scholastic philosophy lec ture-discussion, John Hammes in charge, 317 Willard, 7:15 p.m. NEWS AND VIEWS, 14 HOme Economics, 6:30 p.m. PHI MU DELTA, 410 Old Main, 8 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30,p.m. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Joseph Bard, Merle Gearhart, Francis Gless ner, Barbara Gooding, Stanley Greenblatt, Helen Hedge, Luella Heineman, Sandra Hoff man, Edward Hoover, Carolyn Johnson, Albert Kerr, Mary Krasley, Charles Leech, Marsha Levin, Kathryn Milliken, Norman Porter, A'- Delbert Samson, Nancy Seiple, Don Smith, Ann Swagler, Donald Van Enp, Sally Winnett, Noelle Winninger. AT THE MOVIES Lavender Hill Mob 2:13, 4:03, CATHAUM 5:59,:7:47, 9:45 STATE: Jungle Manhunt 2:11, 4:06, 5:55, 7:59„ 9:39 NITTANY: Adventures of Robin Hood 6:25, 8:19, 10:15. STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN: Coming Around the Mountain, and The Texas Rangers 8:30. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT 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. Clerking from noon until 4 p.m. Part time Drafting for summer and fall. Camp Starlight, Starlight, Penna.. will. interview men and and women May 9. Variety of jobs open.. Camp Linden, Northbrook, Penna., will interview men and women May 8. Variety of jobs open. Married couple for full time summer job near State College. "This country would not be a land of op portunity, America would not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies"—Calvin Coolidge PENNSYLVANIA Little M. Cana us It is hard to see now, if the emergency need for steel is as great as his previous actions have indicated, how,,the President - can avoid invoking the Taft-Hartley Law to obtain continued production. The administration is, of course, moving quickly for a Supreme Court hearing on Judge Pine's decision-of Tuesday, granting an in junction against government operation of the plants under an as sumption by the President of "i: herent" seiz u• power wh i c Pine says dot not exist. • The Circu. Court of Appeal: ruling stay i n the effectiv date of Judg Pine's order it definitely n o takes the heat off for the moment and sends the issue directly to the Supreme Court. But tie ..ap 7 peal will take tirii, l 'intirriCt., as•-• surarice that Truman will 'be un held in the end. —Ron Bonn Contrary to be a •fairly widasprpad belief, there is nothing instantaneous which can be done • about the, strike under Taft-H ar I ley ' either. First a fact-finding com mission would have -to be- ap, pointed. The commission would have to investigate the issues and find no possibility of a ne gotiated settlement. Then the President could ask a Federal Court for an order delaying the strike for 80 days—but:not;for , bidding it •in the lonrlun.l' '; As a matter of reality, there is something to the contention by the President and by the union that, because negotiations have been under way i since last No vember, the Taft-Hartley provi- SU Requests Lists Of New Officers Names of new officers of fra ternities, sororities, clubs, honor societies, and all other organiza tions should be turned in at the Student Union desk in Old Main as soon as possible, according to George Donovan, Student Union director. The Student Union Directory will be printed May 28, and it is necessary that all officers' names be turned in before that date, Donovan- said. "THE PRIVATE LIFE OF Dear Louise, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE" Shakespeare was born in -- Interpreting the News Next Step in Steel May Be Taft• Hartley By. J. M. ROBERTS JR. Associated Piesi c :Ne* Analyst THURSDAY, MAY.'I, "1952 By Bibler How a r e things out on The farm? I'm writing this letter in class while old Prof Snarfraves on— sions already have been complied with though not invoked. . „But the trouble has now been •vexpanded from a dispute be tween the union and the indus 7 fiy, to a dispute between in dustry and government. The industry didn't refuse union • demands as such, but only be lagote: of ' government regula -lions refusing price increases to meet new working contract costs. •, It'Would seem that the relation of wages to cost could be worked out strictly on a basis of equity in ,Courts designed for the purpose. •It could be except that industry would not trust some courts to be free of political interference, and labor would not give up its in fluence?on government. • • Judge Pine said: "I believe that the 'contemplated strike, if, .'it came, would be less injurious to the public than the injury which would "flowfrom a timorous ,judi cial recognition that there is some basis for this claim to un limited • and. unrestrained • execu tive tive power. . ." If there is any one threat that runs persistently through the history of the Anglo-Saxon peoples it is self d e f'e n, s. e, against the powers of . theii own . governments. • Freshman Dance Set for. Saturday The freshman class . will ,hold its annual dance from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday in •Recreation Hall. Music for the inforinal.: afair will be provided by the Dream Time Serenaders of Tyrone. , Freshmen may pick -Up, '-free tickets at the Student Ignion`desk in Old Main upon.• presenting matriculation cards, John' , . Apgar, freshman class vice Rrps4lent ; and dance • chairman, mmounheiL _ i Oft Ic.!,
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