PAGE FOUR ©Jjp Hatty CaUcgtati 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 Tha 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 tigned editorials are bj the editor. Dave Pellniix Franklin Kelly Editor Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones; Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Lotxx; Edit. Oir., Jim Grorailler; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., Singer Opoczenskt; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens; Asst, Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson: Librarian, Dot Bennett: Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel. Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr., Phyllis Kalson; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morlcy; 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 Editorial staff: night editor, Marshall O. Don ley; copy editors,^Jane Reber. Dick McDowell; assistants, Leonard Goodman, Gus Vollmer, Phil Austin, Bev Dickinson. Advertising staff: Phyllis Kalson. Cabinet Importance - Boosted by Meeting Just how important student government is at Perni State was forcefully demonstrated Sat urday night when All-College President John Laubaeh, at the request of President Milton S. Eisenhower, called a special meeting of All- College Cabinet at the President’s home. The purpose of the meeting was to give the members of cabinet the full details of the walk put staged Saturday morning by over 250 ser vice employees of the College, members of Lo cal 67 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFL). We think.the meeting clearly illustrates why stu dent government at Penn State is one of the most effective college governments in the Uni ted States. “Just what can student government do?" is one question posed by many students. Last year All-College Cabinet, among other things, arranged a student holiday to celebrate Spring Carnival day, formulated the plans for an an nual Penn Siaie Student Encampment, urged that all available faculty names be listed in the time tables, suggested beginning holidays at noon whenever possible to eliminate night driving on the part of students going home, and worked on the preferential seating, ar rangement which will go into effect this Sat urday at Beaver Field. All these activities were brought up in cab inet and acted on from- there. All were even tually approved by the College administration. Perhaps this sounds as though cabinet’s chief function is to get things out of the administra tion. This is not. the case, however. The aim of cabinet is to work with the facuty and ad ministration in the best interests of all con- - cerned. It is unfortunate that many students base their judgment of a good or bad cabinet on how much the group can get out of the ad ministration. . But there is more to student government than All-College Cabinet. The cooperation between governing bodies has been demonstrated re cently by the co-sponsoring of such events as the starlight dance by the Interfraternity Coun cil and Panhellenic Council the variety show and mixer held Saturday by the Asso ciation of Independent Men and Leonides. Student government has been effective in the past, but it can continue to be effective only as long as students take an active interest in the affairs of the College. When such in ■ lerest lags, student government cannot ful fill its purpose. Let's- make this a good year . at Penn State! Seller and Buyer Each Benefit at BX Since its inception in 1949 the student Book Exchange has been increasing its service to Penn State students. Now it appears ready to really get moving, but it cannot do so without the cooperation of the student body. The BX, a project of All-College Cabinet, is a non-profit, student-operated agency. When a student has purchased $5 worth of supplies, he may show his sales receipts and get $1 worth of free merchandise. It is hard to believe that students wouldn't be anxious to take advantage of such saving, yet in the past three years little expansion on ihe> part of the-BX has been possible be cause of the mediocre business transacted. One section of the BX, the Used Book Agency, has had more success. Those who have braved the long lines at the ÜBA in past years realize, however, that space has been one of the major problems facing the agency. That problem, as far as the ÜBA is concerned, has been solved in a grand manner this year. Last week the ÜBA took over the ballroom, of THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA the TUB and converted it to a seU-service book market. An additional improvement is that the agency will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily this week. This, as one of the members of the agency put it, is all day and half the night. Bui the ÜBA, having solved one problem, now faces another. This problem is a lack of to sell. Right now the stock of books on hanc is badly depleted, and officials of the agency have appealed to the students for help. There is hardly a student at Stale, except ing the freshmen, who hasn't at least one textbook he won't be needing any more. The ÜBA offers him a chance to sell this book at a price he himself sets. At the same .lime he may help other students get fairly priced texts without having to pay the middle-man profit. In addition, both students—the seller and the buyer—are aiding the ÜBA and the BX to carry on their chief duly, saving money for the student body. The next time you need supplies, take your business to the BX. You’re not only helping yourself. Your business can lead to an’ even bigger and better BX. Flash System Ideal For Group Seating Beaver Field may finally see a workable flashcard system this year—if enough stu dents are interested, and if the "best seats in the house" are sufficient incentive to arouse that interest. We should know by. week's end. Seniors interested in joining in the flashcard program may sign for and pick up their tickets today at the Student Union desk in Old Main. Juniors will sign up tomorrow; sophomores on Thursday. Five hundred and fifty seats will be set aside in Section EH, midway through the senior sec tions and near to where the Blue Band sits. Students who sign up for the special section will not be assigned individual seats in the section, but rather will be permitted to group with their friends. The added incentive of good seats in the senior section available to groups of buddies who naturally like fo sit together should make the flash section popu lar. When a flash card system was tried in 1949 it failed miserably. At the Villonova game over enthusiastic sophomores flung the cards onto the field, causing a delay in the game until' they could be removed. Since that time flashcards have been talked of a great deal, and last spring All-College Cabinet recommended a new system be tried this fall. This system shows more promise, for those who participate will be doing so voluntarily. Beyond a doubt, if made workable, the flashcard system will add color and spirit fo Beaver Field. The opportunity to be sure of seats in a senior section should be incentive for quite a few groups of campus buddies to sign up en masse. At Last! No Lines For Registration The seemingly impossible now appears to be close to\ reality—a registration system that is not an ordeal. For years Penh Staters have been suffering the rigors of regl—.-ation systems that all but knocked out any cn;husiasm for college life. But the end is in sight. Much to the amazement of just about every one, the new centralized registration se't-up was a huge success. Its smoothness was even a sur prise to those who were sure it would work. Of course, there were flaws, - but these should be remedied by next spring. For one thing, the absence of many advisers prevented some students from getting to Rec Hall when they were scheduled, and despite notes from department heads and school deans, these students were not permitted to register until Saturday. In many cases the students were not in the least at fault, yet they had to suffer for it. In other cases, however, the students merely ignored repeated warnings to see their advisers early and to get to Rec Hall on time. The problem of closed sections is one that seems to creep up in any registration plan, and the new one is no exception. Serious trouble along this line, however, didn’t develop until Friday afternoon when sophomores and fresh men were registering. As these students have plenty of time in the future to schedule the particular courses that were closed, the prob lem was not so grea_t. For the seniors who registered on Saturday, however, the picture was somewhat blacker, and it is this part of the registration proce dure that will need the greatest amount of attention before next spring. On the whole, we think it can be safely said that the new "painless" regisration was a big hit with the majority of students. With a little more work, it should please everyone. Don’t join too many gangs. Join few if any. Join the United States and join the family— but not much in between unless a college. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education without which neither free dom nor justice can be permanently maintained —Garfield. —Jim Gromiller little Man on Campus "First let me say that I appreciate the fact tl most of you manage to make this 8 o'clock cli 76,000 Meals Served Daily in Dormitories With the necessity of serving between 16,000 and 18,000 meals daily to College dormitory residents, the food service department must rely on mechanization and organization to give students the best buy for their money. The center of the organization is the Food Stores Building, a food processing and storage building, where the butchering and freezing of all meats and the baking of pies, cakes, and breads is carried on The quantities of food produced here and served to students amount, over a period of time, to enormous proportions. For in stance, if all the slices of bread used in a school year were placed end to end, the bread would reach from Cleveland, 0., to Louisville, Ky. If breakfast rolls were placed in the same manner, the' line would reach from here to Al toona. Bake 1000-2000 Loaves The hot cereals used in a school year would fill two gasoline tank trucks, and if the pats of butter used each year were laid side by side they would' cover a slice of bread two and' a half miles square., Between 1000 and 2000 loaves of, bread are made each night in the bakery, wrapped, and sent to Gazette.. „ Tuesday, September 16 ANDROCLES, Phi Sigma Delta, 7 p.m. BLUE KEY. Beta Theta Pi, 9 p.m. ' COLLEGIAN advertising staff, 9 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN business staff, 9 Carnegie Hall, 8:15 p.m. COLLEGIAN circulation staff, Collegian Office, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN classified staff, Collegian Office, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN promotion staijf, Collegiaji Office, 7 p.m. NEWMAN CLUB, business meeting and movie. “This is Penn State,” 121 Sparks, 7:15. PENN STATE CHRISTIAN AS SOCIATION cabinet, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. COLLEGE HOSPITAL Thomas McGrotty, Anthony Petroy. AT THE MOVIES CATHAUM: What Price Glory 1:20, 3:21, 5:22, 7:23, 9:36 STATE: Carrie 1:00, 3:05, 5:10, 7*15 9*30 ‘NITTANY: Encore 6:15, 7:58, 9:31. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT The following: positions are open for male students: Presser, Licensed Barber, Clerking: (involves 20 to 25 hoars per week), Soda Dispensers for 9 to 12 a.in., Library Messenger (every day 9 to 11 a.m. or 10 to 12 a.m.). Women students may apply for work as Waitresses and Housework (five days per week from 8 ;3Q to 12 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER-'l6/ 1953 By Bibl the dormitory units early each morning. Baked goods are made each day and sent to the units about two hours before each meal. A 12-quart dough mixer, a bread molder, and pie crust roll er are just a few of the machines which speed up production. In fact, three men can turn out 700 pies in one morning. The bakery is equipped with two electrically driven ovens with shelves which rotate to insure even baking. Store Food Scientifically In the butcher shop carcasses are broken down into wholesale cuts and quick-frozen. Electric meat saws, a cube steak machine, electric food choppers, and a food shaping machine speed' up the work of the three butchers. All perishable foods are kept at scientifically regulated. tempera tures. Bags of sugar, potato chips, and salt are stored in a special de humidified room to keep them dry, and separate refrigerated rooms are provided for butter, cheese, eggs, dried fruits and nuts. Incidentally, 93 score butter is used, in the dormitories. Oleomar garine is used only for cooking. The experimental kitchen is an important feature .'of the foods building. Foods - are tested and new recipes devised in the kitch en, which is furnished with equipment duplicating that used in the dorm kitchens. Advise Eating Breakfast The food service department employs a staff of 250 plus a large number of students for part-time work. Between eight and ten meals per. minute are served over the 15 counters in the six dining units. In addition to producing food, the department tries to make-meal hours pleasant. The department feels that it- is most important that students get up for breakfast.. This is the meal which is most important if the student is to work to the best of his ability. Prior to the war, all food was produced in the individual dormi tory kitchens. The greatly in creased enrollment, Tesult in g from the return of veterans and natural expansion, prompted offi cials to reorganize food services on the campus. The new central ized system seems to be the an swer.
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