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:tie ilattg Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1881
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 PeUnits Franklin Kelly
Editor • Business Mgr.
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr.,
Phyllis Ralson; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circu
lation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Perspnnel
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.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones;
Sports Ed., Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loix; Edit.
Dir.; Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed.,
Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soena; Asst.
Soc. Ed.. LaVonne Althouse; Feature,. Ed.. Julie Ibbotson;
Librarian. Dot Bennett; Exchange °Ed., Nancy Luetzel.
Night editor, Sam Procopio; copy -editors,
Nancy Meyers, Chuck Obertance; Assistants,
Nancy Morris, Bev Dickinson, Leonard, Good
man, Helen Luyben.
Ad staff, Alison Morley, Phyllis Kalson. •
Gift Choice, Honors
Should Be Released
Balloting for the senior class gift ended yes
terday. Perhaps by now, the senior class gift
committee has counted the votes and knows
which of the five suggested gifts will receive
the nod. We think the rest of the student body
should be allowed to know, too.
On Monday, however, the chairman of the
class gift committee stated that the selection
of the gift will not be announced until the
Class Night exercises June 8. The same goes for
the men's and women's honors spoon man,
barrel man, bow girl, and the rest.
We assume that the reason for withholding
the information is to give added glamor and
prestige to the Class Night proceedings.
However, the seniors aren't the only ones
interested in the results of the recent ballot
ing, and if the current plan is followed, they
are the only ones who will be around when
the announcements are made;
Part of the prestige of the • class honors is
having people know about them. If the present
policy is followed, there won't be many con
gratulations for the winners.
But even more important than the release
of the winners of the class honors is the an
nouncement of the gift selection. The gift com
mittee must certainly be aware of the great
student interest in the gift. The student body
has every reason in the world to be interested,
since it will be the students who will be affected
by the selection.
Announcing the balloting results now would
not be setting a precedent. Last year the gift
selection was announced at the Senior Ball.
The year before, the class honors were an
nounced as soon as the voting was - completed.
The last issue of the Daily Collegian for this
semester will be published on May 27. We think
the gift committee should officially release the
gift and class honors before then. The students
want to know the results.
Class Standing
Affects Draft Status
Sometime ago the Daily Collegian 'carried
an explanative editorial •on draft deferment
prospects.
Of surprise to many students was the re
quirement that students now holding academic
deferments must reapply for new deferments
for next fall and must apply at the Office of
the Recorder, basement of Willard Hall, to
have SSS Form 109 sent to their draft boards.
This should, for convenience sake, be done
before leaving the campus for'the summer.
The present 11-S classifications which many
students now hold must, by law, be reopened
by local draft boards next month for review.
To be eligible for a new 11-S deferment to
continue College in the fall, a student draft
board must be notified on Form 109.
Students who filled out the white applica
Lion cards for Form 109 at registration will
have their draft boards notified of their schol
astic -status by the College as soon as , the
standings are available in June.
However, all other students who now hold
a scholastic deferment must fill out that card
in the registrar's office.
This report must be made each June. Stu
dents who had their standing verified- last sum
mer must repeat the process this year.
Class 11-S deferments are granted at- the
discretion of local boards and the demand
for draftees in a particular board's area will
probably indicate how many students with
present deferments will be refused extensions.
It can be deduced, however, that current sem
ester class standing will play a big part in 'the
local board decisions. _ •
In any case, students should see that their
local boards reecive Form 109.
"This country would not be a land of Op- "Every man is born with the faculty of rea
portunity, America would not be America, if son and the faculty'of speech, but why should
the people were• shackled with government he be able to speak before he has anything to
monopolies"—Calvin Coolidge say?"—Benjamin Whichcote
—Jim Gromiller
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN: STATE C'''''. 4 t,EGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Alumni Association
Beneficial to Gross
• Each year about this time the Alumni Asso
ciation: begins its drive for new members among
the graduating seniors. Unfortunately, too many
students never realize the advantages of belong
ing' to the group. Too often they have to be
coaxed to join.
When graduation finally rolls around, the
many complaints and dissatisfactions which
have irked the students during the years at
Penn State somehow seem to fade away. Most
students, we are sure, feel some regret when
they begin to realize that their school days
are over and the grind of getting down to work
is only beginning. •
"Just what can the Alumni Association offer
me?" is the question , many students raise.
Here are a few of the many benefits:
1. First priority on reserved football tickets.
2. A subscription to the Penn State Alumni
News magazine issued seven times a-year.
3. The Football Letter, a personalized re
view of each week's game written by Ridge
Riley, executive secretary of the Association.
4. A subscription to the Penn Stater, a
quarterly newspaper.
In addition to these things, the` Alumni As
sociation sponsors 65 Penn State Alumni Clubs
throughout the country which can aid young
alumni in becoming acquainted in new corn
munities. It also maintains the only active
alumni ,mailing list.
If seniors join the association on or before
Commencement Day they can take advantage
of the special price of $2. After that date the
annual fee will be $3. For those who want to
take Penn State with them when they grad
uate, the Alumni Association offers the op
portunity.
Tapping Procedure
Could Be Revised
The junior and senior men's hat societies are
at present engaged in spring tappings and ini
tiations.
In three of the four societies, the choice of
tappees is made from letters of application ex
plaining the applicant's qualifications. .
Although this in one light appears as an ex
cellent method of screening the most deserv
ing students, a bit of thought will bring to the
surface the fact that some equally deserving
students are missed.
The letters of application amount to little
more than "Look how good I am" posters,
and be it shyness, • conservatism, a ,dislike for
the system. or carelessness,• or • what, there
will always be some student who will not
apply.
Both junior hat societies, Blue Key and- An
drocles,. and. Skull—and;,•Hones, senior - ..society,
tap through the application method. Parmi Nous
is the lone exception.
The applications do give the societies some
thing to go on, and,,m4e,it easier to tabulate
an applicant's -points-upon-which the choke is,
in most cases, made.
The three societies which use the system,
however, rely upon it too . ,theavily as a basis, for
tapping, with the result that there are some
deserving students' left out.
Perhaps some system of nomination along
with th e personal qualification application
would be more effective in insuring that
Membership in penti.State's hat societies will
go to those Who aireinost deserving.
Gazette• ' " . 4
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Wednesday, May 21
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL
ENGINEERS, 105 r i cultural Engineering,
7 p.m.
DEAN OF MEN'S COFFEE HOUR, 109 Old
Main; 4 p.in.,•: . .
PENN STATE GRANGE meeting, 100 Hort
iculture, 7 p.m.
RIDING CLUB meeting, 217 Willard, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Gelda Antokolitz,- Constanc e Belli, Jack
Brougher, Semih Cayli, Anne Dinardo, - Evelyn
Horwin, Janet Kebbe, Jack Kirkpatrick,' Karl
Thomas, Lois Walken, Jerome Webster, Ronald
Zwieganbaum.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Mutiny 2:07, 4:01, 5:55,7:49, 9:43
NITTANY: Maginficent Obsession 7:08, 9:26
STARLITE DRIVE-IN: Teen Age, plus Youth
Aflame
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
ltxn to work for part of rent of downtown apartment. No
children. •
Clerking 20-30 hours per week during summer.
Boy for lunch counter work 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. daily.
Work for -room and board for summer or for summer and
fall.
Boys for work on College farms •Wednesday and/or Thursday.
Opportunity for foreign student tro.work in western section
of country. Housework. Room,• board, + transportation,
and• good salary offered.
Agricultural instructor to work in camp in Penna.
Counselor in wild life, outdoor sports,- conservation, to work
in State College area camp.
Couple for local summer employment.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT '
Peck Hotel' System representative will interview Tune grad
uates in Accounting and Hotel Administration May 22.
Little Man On Campus
0:1 61) m i r ll
"I think 'my advisor is nuts --'- how could buck teeth,
no make up, and a plain cotton dress make me smarter."
Anyone who has ever thought it might be intriguing to sit in on
testimony' during a Congressional investigation would have found
the Association of Independent • Men Board of Governor's meeting
Saturday an interesting, if not rel
Somehow the grilling and persistz
ped by a secret campus organizat.
"Are you or have you ever been
a member of the Communist
party?" proceedings.
We had the disturbing feeling
that a wrong answer might re
sult in a tar and feathering, if not
a lynching, in front of Old Main.
The answers in general were
as evasive as might be expected
,circumstances, ancl,thos e
""testifiing" had an - adVantage
over the suspected Reds in that
there was no danger of con
tempt of court' or a perjury
Irial awaiting' thein. • ~",
It was inevitable, therefore,
that, just as in a suspensive play,
there would have to be an oc
casional bit of comic relief as an
outlet for pentup tension.
This was quite aptly provided,
the board and spectators felt,
by the candidate, for the AIM
presidency who, aftermaking
his qualification speech,' turned •
around and added, "The only
other organization I belong to
is Spelunkers—caVe. explorers."
Then there was the fellow who
had come as an alternate for a
'delegate from the Nittany dorm
area. All seemed fine until it
was discovered that the substitute
lived in Pollock Circle, and there
fore was deemed ineligible to rep
resent the interests of the neigh
boring settlement. "But I was an
alternate last week . for Town
Council!" the surprised delegate
cried out,
-J. G.
The only thing missing in'the
Armed Forces Parade the other
day was the • CODET—"Coeds
Organized for Drill and Emer
gency Training," a group some
.what equivalent to ROTC which
was quite up-and-coming during
the fall of 1942. According to
The Co-Edition, a bi-weekly
women's publication which last
ed at the _College from Septem
ber 1937 to May 1943, over 215
coeds began taking instruction
in marching and military cour
tesy at the Armory one hour a
week that fall under the com
mand of Col. Edward Ardery,
then • professor of military sci- ,
ence and tactics.
The Co-Edition calls Colonel
Ardery a "charming man, very
impressive, and patient. 7 ."Under
his command," the story runs,
It's A
Lu-Loux
By BETTIE LOUR
1::'.3
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, '1952
By Bibler
axing, way to spend an afternoon.
nt question, "Have you been tap
ion?" sounded quite similar to the
"the girls will be able to compete
with the ROTC boys who have
had an equal amount of training,
IF NOT OUTDO THEM,"
In another story about the
CODET from the same issue,
(three columns were devoted to
the gro u p) we find that the
'fatherly colonel "thinks it is just
as easy to work with the girls
as with the boys. The girls' re
sponse in all cases was purely
voluntary. They are going into it
as a voluntary position, where in
many cases the boys do not under
stand the idea of ROTC, and take
it because they feel they have to."
The story concludes with the
statement that "The girls have
been very earnest in tackling the
problems."
The Co-Edition, before its un
timely end, managed to come up
with some admirable crusades and
straight-from-the shoulder edi
t,orials. A regular feature was a
kooakCondUct message before each
big weekend.
According to an editorial
which claimed (in bold type),
"We know what a drag our
"house-party men are when they
waste a good time drinking—
they either fall asleep on a per
fectly good weekend or become
-boisterous enough to embarrass,
us," their reasons for abstaining
were not because it might lead
to their dismissal from college
or 136cm/se of any moral issue
involved.
Trust it to a fashion-conscious
woman, this was The Co-Edi
tion's reason: "Why should we
drink when it ruins the good
appearance we are striving to
make with new formals and
clever outfits?"
Registrar's Office
Gives to Mander Fund.'.
Employees in the Registrar's
office have made a $2O contribu
tion to the Mander fund sponsor
ed by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
.
The money collected in the fund
will be used for the family of Jos
eph E. Mender Sr., who wa s
'dorwned in an attempt —to save;,
the life of a seven-yearfold:boy-in
the Schuylkill river.
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