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01le Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, en. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The P...sinsylvaniii State College.
entered as second-class matter July 5, 1934, at tke 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. tin.
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dave PellnitzFranklin S. Kelly
Editor ' 4.- "' Business Mgr.
Managing Ed.. Andy McNeillie; City Ed.. Dave Jones.
Sports Ed.. Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux: Edit
Dir.. Jim Gromiiler: Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson: Soe. Ed.
Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens: Asst.
Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse: Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson:
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Nancy Luetzel.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Dick Rau; Copy editors; Sam
Procopio, Bill Jost; Assistants: Ellie Rakosi,
Marcie MacDonald, Iry Weiner, Phil Austin, Bob
Dunn.
Advertising staff: Bob Potter, Shirley Gable,
Vince Drayne, Virginia Bowman. ,
Earlier Directory
Would Be Big Help
Students have expressed protest and dissatis
faction for the past several weeks about the
lateness of the sale of student directories, often
blasting the department of public information,
whose job it is to get the book ready for the
students. This year's directory appeared almost
four weeks later than that of last year, but for
several good reasons.
The primary reason was the inability of the
printer, Carroll Press, to get paper for the
directories dile to a truckers' strike in the
printer's area. Another reason was the ab
sence of Wendell S. Macßae, College publica
tions production manager, who plays a major
part in preparing the book for publication.
However. even at this late date, students at
Penn State have their directories before many
other colleges. A report on a meeting of campus
publication officers of 15 universities showed
that only one, Ohio State, has a directory before
December. Campuses included in the report are
Columbia, Temple, University of Pittsburgh,
Carnegie Tech, Cornell. New York University.
Syracuse, Ohio State, Indiana, Maryland, Rut
gers, Massachusetts State, Union, and Penn
State.
The reason the Ohio State directory appears
so early (Nov. 6), is because the school does
not check or verify the names, and because an
early deadline is set for inclusion in the book
let.
A further study of the Penn State directory
situation reveals that its publication and sale
are really a service to the students. The actual
cost, counting the printer's costs and the work
done by the College, average out to 50 cents
per copy. Yet, the College sells the book for
35 cents.
This year's directory was delayed by mat
ters entirely out of control of the department
of public information. That department should,
however, realize the benefits of an earlier
published directory to students and faculty
members, and certainly to the telephone in
formation operators. They should try to find
a faster way to get out the publication, be
ginning speedy production immediately after
registration.
"Education is a thing of which only the few
are capable; teach as you will and only a small
percentage will profit by your most zealous
energy."—Anonymous
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FRESHMEN, SOPHS = JUNIORS!
You can receive a
* AG GIFT BUYING CHECK
before NEXT CHRISTMAS
Buy in State College next December—
with no budget-strain. Start with as low
as 25c and join First National's
CHRISTMAS CLUB
FOR
STUDENTS
' Deposit small weekly amounts. You get it
back DECEMBER 1, 1953 in time to buy gifts
for Christmas.
Start Saving Now Don't Worry Later
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF STATE COLLEGE
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—Chuck Obertance
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNS I,VARTA
SU Is Excellent
Foundation Project
The newly-formed Penn State Foundation,
set up to act as a solicitation agency for alumni
and general public gifts to the College, appears
to have found a worthy project for its first
undertaking.
According to Bernard P. Taylor, executive
director pf the foundation, the agency's first
major undertaking will be to help with the
furnishing of the new Student Union Building.
Taylor has predicted that both alumni and
non-alumni will be very.willing to help furnish
the building.
The legislature can probably be expected to
look with some disfavor upon a suggested ap
propriation to furnish the -building. Any help
which could be obtained from outside sources
would be of tremendous help.
The Penn State Foundation may prove a tre
mendous aid to the College in years to come,
especially as a solution to obtaining needed Col
lege facilities which the legislature cuts from
the biennial appropriations.
In view of the recent Chesterton committee
report, the law-makers in Harrisburg may
tend to be even more cautious than they have
in the past in doling out funds to the College.
The foundation may be a big help in meet
ing the needs of the College.
Safety Valve
Change 1953 Calendar
TO THE EDITOR: Upon observing the cal
endar for the fall semester of 1953, as printed
in the front section of the student directory,
it is again evident that little foresight was put
into the planning of this calendar. As the case
was this year, the Pitt football game is sched
uled for the Saturday before the Thanksgiving
vacation begins. Once again, the students who
wish to see this game will be required to re
turn to school for two and one-half days.
This year All-College Cabinet passed a reso
lution to lengthen the Thanksgiving vacation
and shorten the Christmas vacation, so that the
students wouldn't have to make this double
trip (I believe a majority of the student body
was in favor of this proposal), but College
authorities rejected this plan, arguing that ac
tion had been taken too late for any change
to be made. However, I am sure that it is not
now too late to change the calendar for 1953
into one which will be more suitable to the
student body.
Editor's Note: Next .year both Christmas
and Thanksgiving vacations end on Mondays.
Classes resume after Christmas on January 4.
These factors appear to make it impossible
for the practical switching of dates, adding
to Thanksgiving vacation and cutting from
Christmas vacation, as was suggested this
year.
Gazette ...
- Friday, December 12
HILLEL, Sabbath ev e services, Chanukan
Program. 8 p.m.
I N T.E R- VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW
SHIP, 405 Old Main, 7:30 p.m.
WRA HOCKEY CLUB, Holmes Field, 4 p.m.
WRA SWIMMING PLUNGE HOURS, White
Hall, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
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STUDENT' EMPLOYMENT
Permanent part-time job in niultilithing operation.
Woman to do housework mornings, five days a week.
Boys to work for meals.
Grad student for library work in evening from 5 to 7.
Living Quarters and meals for couple without children in
exchange for work.
—Jim Gromiller
—Karl Segner
Little Man on -Campus
'Worthal's not a fast player. but there's. a great
piece of deception in the way he can swallow air."
Campus
Capers
"The Daily Collusion" is the title of a little, yellowed four-page
newspaper which popped up mysteriously in the office of The Daily
Collegian last week.
Making like Sherlock Holmes, we investigated the subversive
looking little newspaper. It turned out to be a well-preserved copy
of the one and only edition of The Daily Collusion five years ago.
And it was just as humorous as
it sounds, a priceless parody, on
the regular Daily Collegian.
Collusion burlesqued all 'of the
Collegian's regular features so
dear to the heart of each Penn
State reader , (as we staff-mem
bers like to think). "Gazette,"
"News Briefs," "Co-Edits," sports
page, ads . . . absolutely nothing
was sacred to the Collusion's
staff.
For example, "Late News Flash
es" became "Late News Flushes."
One read:
WASHINGTON Mary Mar
go Trulady made her singing
debut in the Gray (it needs a
new paint job) House shower
room last night. Miss Trulady -
sang an aria entitled, "Ring
Around My Bathtub."
• ' A few "News Briefs" from Col-
By JULIE IBBOTSON
lusion follow:
"BANQUET. A special ban
uet honoring the twelve cows
who have done the -most for
the College through service,
character, and scholarship will
be held at -Goldies, in Snow
Shoe at 9:30 tonight.
FROTH. Depinnings, broken
engagements, and divorces to be
announced in the next issue of"
Froth (if it isn't censored) must
be turned in to Hedda Hopper
at the Armpit by 5 p.m. to
morrow."
"College Placement" listed many
interesting positions available to
Collusion readers who were grad
uating seniors.
For instance: "Loew's Theater
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