PAGE FOUR Oile Datig 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 Pellnitz ..v,. ~.. Franklin Kelly . Editor Business Mgr. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Bill Jost; Copy editors: Janie Reber,, Lynn Kahanowitz; Assistants: Marjorie! Cole, Phil Austin, Diehl McKalip. Ad staff: Bette Agnew, Nancy Supplee, Gail Shaver. New Excuse Rule Will Aid Dispensary The elimination of dispensary excuses by the College Senate will undoubtedly rem o v e a heavy burden from the College Health Service, but it still does not establish an effective method for distinguishing between those legitimately ill and the fakers looking for a way to avoid a cut for missing class. Under the revised regulations for under graduate students, instructors will be required to accept official excuses and permit students with such excuses to make up any "required work or examinations without penalty. For all other absences the instructor shall have final authority in marking absence's excused or unexcused." The only medical excuses which will be issued under the new regulations will be for confine ment in the College Hospital, and these will be official. The previous dispensary excuse is done away with. The other excuses, which will be official and binding upon instructors, are for authorized athletic trips, authorized inspection trips, and for other student organization trips for which the Senate committee' on student affairs has determined official excuses advisable. Students missing classes for any other rea sons must present their case to their individual instructors who may grant excuses as they wish. Although the great deal of work which was imposed upon the dispensary in issuing ex cuses under the old regulations—which were not binding anyway—is now eliminated, the sly student presumably will still be able to get away with a' good story about an upset stomach or headache. However, the individual instructors . will better be able, we feel, to recognize when a particular 'student's aches and pains are in a rut, much easier than can the doctors who handle the entire student body in the dispensary. With fewer students visiting the dispensary with fake pains just for excuses, die College Health Service should be able to better fill the task for which it was established, namely, ib aid students when they become ill. Dr. Edgar Krug, assistant College physician, summed up the health service point of view yest,erday, explaining that no employer is will ing to accept minor aches and pains as excuse for missing a day's work, and since college work is preparation for a job, it should be no different here. This seems only reasonable. Election Proposal Had Shortcomings In its report to All-College Cabinet Thursday night, the All-College elections committee rec ommended that in the future all members of the committee be seniors. In explaining the, reason for the recom mendation, the committee representative said that by haying only seniors on the committee, there would be less chance of any "dirty dealings" in the hope of political. gain. On the surface the recommendation appeared to be a good one, but upon looking at it ,more closely, the plan really had more bad than good points and was finally defeated by cabi net. In the first place, we know of no time in the past when the elections committee was accused of not properly conducting and supervising an election. If there had been, we're sure some thing would have been done about it before now. Secondly, if the ruling had been passed, many capable and deserving people would have been deprived of serving on the committee. In addi tion, the valuable experience they could gain and which could be carried over to the follow ing year is even more reason why lowerclass men should be allowed on the committee. While there is not much experience needed in count ing ballots, it must also be remembered that the elections committee has to make important decisions. concerning party platforms and elec tion campaigns. This was well illustrated this year when the committee found it necessary to fine each State Party candidate 15 votes for illegal campaign practice's on the part of the party. Still another point was made when a cabi net member stted that a sophomore or junior who was the type who would use his position' on the elections committee to further him self would certainly still be that type should he be named to the committee when he was a senior. We are sure the elections committee made the —Jim Gromiller THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE Ct..., 4, ,EGE. PENNSYLV4MA recommendation in good faith, but we . are glad that cabinet. even though most of the members were new .at the job, had the good judgment to see the shortcomings of the plan. Carnival Holiday Is Not Unreasonable On Monday, the Council on Administration will consider- a recommendation from All-Col lege Cabinet that Thursday, May 15, be de clared a holiday for the celebration of Spring Carnival. We hope the council will take favor able action on the matter. When the pre : registration system was elim inated recently, the two days set aside for it were returned to the College calendar. Since the calendar was already complete without those two days, the request for the holiday does not seem outrageous. But the desire for a holiday springs from more than that. Any student who has been here dur ing Spring Week knows the amount of planning and work necessary to make the Spring Carni val a success. By, declaring the holiday, the College will not only be giving students a much needed day of relaxation, but will also-help in making the Spring Carnival bigger and better than ever. In the past, the lack of time given for booth construction often resulted in the carnival's beginning with many of the booths still in complete. This handicapped those organizations in their race to win the grand prize offered each year for the booth taking in the most tickets. Still another factor to•remember is that the carnival proceeds, after costs have been de ducted, will be put into the Student Loan Fund established by cabinet. Only one dissenting voice was heard Thurs day night. The representative of the Chemistry- Physics Student Council pointed out that the situation in that school was somewhat different than in many other schools, because the .holi day would mean canceling certain laboratory periods that were scheduled for Thursday. He suggested that the holiday be requested for either a Monday or Tuesday. Someone else pointed out, however, that the school was also gaining two lab peripds that were not originally scheduled by the return of a Monday and Tuesday to the teaching schedule. He added that very often Tuesday and Thurs day classes coincide, so that probably few labs, if any, would be lost. Actually, we think that the Chemistry-Phy sics students want a holiday just as much as anyone: else, and we're pretty sure the pro fessors in the school would like one too. • As for the request that the holiday be on- a Monday or Tuesday, cabinet felt that •Spring Carnival Day was the most practical time be cause of the added time it would give for pre paring carnival booths. We think approval of the plan will do much to prove to the students that student govern ment is working for them, and that it can do more than just plan dances, etc. There fore, we urge the Council on Administration to give its OK to the proposal. Once that is done, we'll start praying for a sunny May 15. Safety Valve— Fraternity Is Inter-racial In Theory and Practice TO THE EDITOR: It is our belief that this information will be of interest to the student body. It was stated in the Daily Collegian on Friday morning that there are currently three Negro fraternities on campus. In regards to other fraternities discriminating in selecting members, we wish to make it clear that our fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, does not restrict its membership because of racial, religious, or pro fessional reasons. Our fraternity is inter-racial in theory and practice. • The purpose of our fraternity is to bring about a union of college men of similar high ideals of scholarship and manhood in order to stimulate the attainment of high ideals, and to occupy a progressive and constructive place in the civil life of the nation. Our aim in presenting this information is to provide a more accurate picture of our frat ernity. - —Julian A. Cook, Plater Camp bell, Richard Hill, Earl L. Har ris, Alain Hunter, James Jami son, Stanley Lindner, George Manos, John Nicholas,., Robert Nicholas, Hardy Williams, Nor man Yu. Gazette . .. COLLEGE PLACEMENT American Stores Co. will interview June graduates interested in becoming managers and supervisors of their stores May 13. H. J. Heinz Co. will interview juniors in Home Ec., Chem., Sei., 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. West Penn Power Co. has openings for June graduates in accounting. Those interested should leave their names in 112 Old Main before May 7. Euclid Road Machinery Co. will interview June graduates in M.E., 1.E., and Corn. May 16. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Men to work as ice cream dispensers 'evenings and week days. 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. Camp Pine Grove, Pine Grove Furnace, Penna., will inter- view men May 8 and 9. Variety of jobs, open. Men with soda dispensing experience for steady night job. Man interested in becoming member of student magazine agency for next fall. Women for night clerking job. Little Mag - On Campus "We're pretty well stocked with Phi Urp pins, Louise. Why don't you start dating boys out at the Sigma Phi Nothing fraternity from now on?" Spices of Life Even cartoonists are turning into psychologists, making it very difficult for one to' indulge in a juicy nightmare these days. At least it seems so, taking as an example'a funny little cartoon that played here last weekend. In its ten-minute life it provoked more laughter than the entire full-length "comedy" playing with it. The real star of the show, Bugs Bunny, was completely over shadowed by a harmless little creature which the tongue-in-cheek writers dubbed the "monster." The said scene stealer was a dis gustingly adorable ball of red fuzz,,witli, no arms; ' two appealing eyes, and a pair of obviously nor mal shoes He had an honest-to-goodness monster chore to perform—he was designated to get Bugs';bralh for his scientist master's robot. Bu't the way he went about the dirty deed was most disconcerting. It must be admitted that Buis was perpetrator of the defam ation of monster movies. After beguiling the cuddly terror into a handy little seat in front of a mirr o r, he all tog accurately parodies a talkative beautician with a Brooklyn twang and re duced the Red Thing's utterances to a silly giggle. The death blow is struck when the villain-hero chances upon a bottle of "reducing fluid" which he unmercifully applies to the monster, shrinking him to mouse like size and,' in a matter of sec onds, converting his recently _ booming half growl to a sick peep.', The illusion of sub-h uman wretches was completely shat tered by the pint-sized, yellow.: faced excuse for the mad scien tist. He pussy-footed through the film with a meek imitation of a Karloff voice and never once opened his tiny slits that served for, eyes. _ Picture the horrible monotony of uninterrupted sleep ,that would result if, instead of being able to revel in nightmares of ape like goblins with three heads, one eye, and buzz saws for hands, all that appeared was' our hairy red mass! Of course there is no intention to associate them with the sub ject matter just covered, but we were recently struck with the not too-amazing thought that house mothers are the same all over. All frequenters of the lobbies of women's dormitories will attest to the familiarity of, one of the hostess' pet phrases "to caption that appeared under a picture of a satisfied-looking dog and cat sharing a cot that• appeared in an issue of the Syracusan, Syracuse's attempt at Froth. It read, "All couples on couches in living cen ters must keep both feet on the floor." . or:L ...V. By GINGER OPOCZiNSKI Gazette • • . SATURDAY; MAY 3 PENN STATE BIBLE FEL- LOWSHIP, 405 Old Main, 7 p.m. •WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m. • Sunday, May 4 DIE NE UEN BAVRISCHEN SCH U H PLATTLER, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. F.B.L.A. —Pi Omega Pi meet- , ing, 214 Willard, 7:30 p.m. - Monday, May 5 ELECTRONIC WARFARE UNIT 4-3, 200 E.E., 7 p.m. LIBERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL, 108 Willard. 8:15 p.m. WRA SWIMMING, White Hall pool, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE HOSPITAL • Joseph Bard, Miriam Burritt, Norma Donaldson, Merle Gear hart; Stan' Greenblatt, Helen Hedge, Alb er t Kerr, Charles Leech, William Pierami, Norman Porter, Nancy Seiple, Kenneth Skinner, Dan Smith, Ann Swag-: ler, Ruth Wehofer, Nelson Craige. ' 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: Stagecoach Driver 6:25. 8:19, '10:15, • STARLIGHT DRIVE-IN: Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison, plus Ghost Chasers 8:30 Elementary Education Students to Meet • Meetings have been scheduled Monday night for all students in elementary. education who will be juniors or •seniors next year,, Paul W. Bixby,. chairman:Tot! the division of elementary education, has announced. Juniors will meet at 7 p.m. in 121 Sparks, and seniors will meet at 8 p.m. in 10 Sparks. , Detailed notices of the Meetings can be secured from tie student advisers, Bixby said.. - SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1952 By Bibler ~ ~~~ ..,
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