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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
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"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
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Choose from a selection of popular priced items
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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,
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