PAGE FOUR 00 &dig . 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. Ul - editorials are by the editor. Dave Pellnitz . 4 Es io , Franklin Kelly Editor Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones; Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux; Edit. Dir., Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asat. Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson; Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel. Asat. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr., Phyllis Ralson; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circu lation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Marion Morgan, Therese Moslak; Classified Adv. Mgr., Eleanor Mazis; Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Secretary, Patricia Shaffer; Senior Board, Nancy •Marcinek, Ruth Pierce, Barbara Potts, Betty Richardson, and Elizabeth Widman. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor: George Bairey; Copy Editors: Sally Sapper, Jim Peters; Assistants: Diehl Mc- Kalip, Evvie Kielar, Dave Hyman, Ellie Rakosi. Ad Staff: Bob Potter, Marilyn DuPont. Draft Deferments Depend on Grades Spring seems to have arrived in State Col lege at last. And with it comes the thought of finals, summer vacation, and jobs. Spring means the tendency to let one's studies slide in order to aet in a little golf or some swimming - at Whipple's. But spring also means something else. It means that before too long, draft boards all over the country are going to be reopening their lists of college students for scholastic reclassification. And that will probably mean that some of the people we expect to see around campus next year won't be here. 'At the present time a male student must be among the upper half of the male members of the freshman class, upper two-thirds of the sophomore class, or upper three-fourths of the junior class to be considered for deferment. Seniors who have been accepted for admission to a graduate school must be in the upper half of the male members of their senior class while students already enrolled in graduate schools may be considered for deferment as long as they remain in good standing. So while the temptation may be great, we hope that students will realize that they will be injuring themselves by cutting a great many classes. We hope, too, that there are no students who feel they might as well enjoy life for this last month because they'll be in the service soon. We know they'll realize later, as others have before them, that the technical knowledge they are gaining now will be of value in the future, not only to themselves, but to the whole coun try. t And there may come a time when our country will really need that knowledge. Spring Week Needs Everyone's Help Deadline for booth entries in the Spring Carn ival is tomorrow noon and although about 50 applications have already been entered, the Spring Week committee has pointed out that the West parking lot will accommodate twice that number. One of the major criticisms of Spring Week in the past has been the overabundance of fraternity an d sorority participation com pared with that of independent groups. James Geffert, chairman of the Spring Week committee, has especially urged independent participation "so that Spring Week will be rep resentative of the complete student body." This should go for activities q throughout the week. A new feature of Spring Week is the He- Man contest and this, along with the Mad Hat ters' contest, costume parade and carnival offers everyone an opportunity to participate. Students are needed to play in the string DANCING Thur, May 8 THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVkNIA band which the committee plans to .have lead the parade. The opportunity is certainly present. If the entries for the various activities of the _week are loPsided and certain segments of the cam pus are absent, then the reason will be lack of interest, and that alone. True. entering the week's activities does mean some work, but rain or shine, all stu dents actively participating in the past have found it enjoyable work and will quickly say so. Applications and information regarding Spring Week entries are available at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Spring Week Participation should be a must for all groups and every student. Safety Valve-- American and British Film Comparison False TO THE EDITOR: In reading Ron Bonn's editorial, "Britain vs. America for Top Film Fare," I really had to laugh! How can he com pare a superior British picture with an average American picture? . It just cannot be done. There are just as many average or' poor British pictures as there are American pictures. The only reason that the American public (and I think that includes you, too, Mr. Bonn) thinks that British pictures are better, is because they only see the better foreign films. The British film makers only send the best pictures they have to be shown on the American screens, just like the Ameri can producers only send our best over there. This can be proved by television. If you ever watched some of the British films on. television (which are usually the poorer ones), you would know this for a true fact. So, I do not think that you can make this comparison, Mr. Bonn, and be justifiably right. You might be correct if you compared a good British film with a good American film of the same class, but otherwise I do not agree with you. British Films Superior .CO TAE EDITOR: Loud applause to Ron Bonn and his comments on British and Ameri-; can films. Remember "The Red Shoes" and "Stairway to Heaven?" Apparently J. Arthur_Rank. produces films for adults, while Hollywood usually caters to 12-year-olds. Gazette . . . BRIDGE LESSONS, TUB, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. F.B.L.A.—Pi Omega Pi meeting, 214 Willard, 7:30 p.m. Sunday. DIE NEUEN BAVRISCHEN SCHUHPLATT LER, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. Sunday. ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200 E.E., 7 p.m. Monday. INTER- VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW SHIP, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m. - COLLEGE HOSPITAL Joseph Bard, Thomas Ceraso, Norma Donald son, William Dorsey, Merle Gearhart, Barbara Gooding, Stan Greenblatt, Helen Hedge, Caro lyn Johnson, Lucy Joiner, Albert Kerr, Sandra Kriney, Charles Leech, Norman Porter, Henry Progar, Nancy Seiple, Don Smith, Ann Swag ler, Noelle Winninger. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: Singing in the Rain 2:13, 4:03, 5:59, 7:47, 9:45 STATE: Five Fingers 2:11, 4:06, 5:55, 7:59, 9:39 NITTANY: Adventures of Robin Hood 6:25, 8:19, 10:15 COLLEGE PLACEMENT , ' American Stores Co. will interview June graduates interested in becoming managers and supervisors of their stores May 13. Long Island Lighting Co. will interview June graduates and juniors in E.E. and M.E. May 15. H. J. Heinz Co. will interview juniors in Home Ec., Chem., Sci., and Bact. for summer work May 13. Penna. Topographic and Geological Survey; will interview, juniors in E.E., M.E., 1.E., P.N.G., M.E., C.E., Cer., Geol., Meteo., and Min.Ec. May 6. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Men to work as ice cream dispensers evenings and week days. 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 S. Variety of jobs open. Married couple for full time summer job near State College. HECLA PARK 7 Miles East of Bellefonte, Pa. DANCING 9 to 1 'E.S.T. Tickets .2.00 Pls —Jim Gromiller —Charles W. Patterson —John M. Tomlinson The TAVERN MENU Friday, May 2 LOBSTER TAILS FRENCH FRIED SHRIMP HUNGARIAN GOULASH PRIME STEAKS DINNER 5 - 7:30 p.m. Reservations after 6:30 Little Man On Campus i~ ~ ~ ~' • - - - "But Professor Snarf, how care you say• whether or not I should flunk this course when it just so hap pens I've never been here 'when you gave exams?' Talk About The Roaring Twentiei We were pounced _upon by ,p 4 6l4eral - of Penn State's alumni from back in the bathtub beeeridrib - d. of 'the "'2os a couple of days back and picked up some dope on campus shenanigans which make dor mitory .raids , sound „like, child's, play. • . Those were the days when_ fraternities '.read .the impeachment clausp to any brother who dared so much as cross the house's thresh- old with a Penn State .coed. We had heard- of the ing '2os" befdie, but nothing . to compare with the "Poverty Day" carryings •on which we, understand were an annual occurance at State. . The major student project was the gathering of anything and everything "movable" that would burn—wagons, wheel barrows, fence sections, carts—to the -chg.:- grin of many of the farmers of Nittany Valley.. . . The entire pile of junk; and that is about ail it could be called by that • time, was 'piled high in the center of "Co-op' Corner," the intersection of Col lege avenue and Allen street . Incidently, in those days the roadway up the Mall was still open., The -huge mass formed the cli max to the annual pajama parade when someone who never could be found out for some odd reason set the pile ablaze. We have seen a picture of about 1926 vintage showing the pile ready to, be lit, which we guess makes the tale stand up. 'What happened to the farmers who were ' the victims of s this prank? According to our alumni source, it was the general student opinion in those days that this was a darn good way of spending the compulsory student breakage fee. Time changes many things it seems, and the annual "Poverty Day" pajama parade and bon fire' have disappeared into To Mother, With Love A BEAUTIFUL GIFT, attracitvely wrapped, for your best girl Your Mom. Choose from a selection of popular priced items that will delight her jewelry, trays,'china, and many others from the BLAIR SHOP. Tie will wrap and mail your packages for you THE BLAIR SHOP c~~ By JIM GR9MILLEB. legend—along with the frater nity man's -distaste for Penn State coeds, we might add. -Of course,' that was during the heart of prOhibition, which proved a major problem at times since the supply-of bootleg beer ap parently was , not constant. Our alumni §Ource claims, anyway, that the: 'best beer• he has ever tasted' was made in an apartment bathtub- right here in State Col lege.-."We were , dirty for• awhile but it was Worth it," was his corn- • Another of his tales involves Penn State's - very affable first Dean,' of Men, Arthur R. War nOck. As we heard it, a certain pro fessor. who lived across from . a student's .apartment was • for' a long_time curious as to the .sig nificance of a red light in the window across • the street. • • - When it came on, the• prof thought it was the all clear signal to • the bootlegger to bring up the beer. For weeks this prof watched Mr his chance and - finally caught - his culprit, apparently red :handed,' carrying a - keg up the frantStOps., To his •chagrin. 'the wa s empty and the• student's expla nation to Dean Warnock' the, 'next day was, "I was just the'uniticlo guy to get stuck with returning' the empty for a refund?! ' • Some days, them "Roaring.'/OS!" 142 South Allen St. FRIDAY; ; MAY 4'.460, Bibler ,
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