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(jUf? latly Collegian
SbcMuar *• THE FREE LANCE. cat. 1887
FabllaM Taesday throagh Saturday Morning* inclusive
daring Un Colitre year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
ef The P«9uylvania State College.
Intntl u Mcsnd-clusa Matter Joly (, 1934. at- the State
CtQtw, Pa., Pest Office aader the act ef March 3. 1879.
Caßeciaa editorials represeat the viewpoint of the
.writers, not aeeossarilv the poliey of the newspaper. Un-
Sidaed editorials are by the editor.
Dave Pttllnilz Franklin S. Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Night editor, Dick Rau; Copy
editors, Lix Newell, Marshall Donley; Assis
tants: Joan Rowland, Nancy Gray, Mary Bo
lich, Don Shoemaker, Nancy Van Tries.
, Advertising staff: Clara Thiessen,'' Betty
Schmidt, Connie Andersbn.
Senior Class Gift
Reform Is Needed
With the article in yesterday’s Daily Colle
gian concerning Pi Gamma Alpha’s backing of
“The Lineman” as this year’s senior class gift,
it is evident that the campaign to win the
nomination of one gift over another has begun.
Recalling the unpleasantness which- arose last
year over the class gift, it seems that at least
one reform is needed this year—the counting of
the ballots cast by seniors for their gift choice
by the All-College elections committee, with
the results released immediately.
For the past two years, the senior class gift,
money has been split between two projects.
Doubts have been raised that the voting for
these gifts was close enough to warrant such
a split. The chairman of the gift committee is
always open to criticism when the results of
the balloting are - released. Such criticism
would, for the most pari,. be eliminated if
the elections committee wore to take charge
of actual counting of the votes cast.
The immediate release of the gift choice
should be another requirement placed on the
group which counts the ballots. Last year, the
gift committee refused to make any announce
ment until the Class Night ceremonies, which
were attended by only a small of
the senior class. It is very likely that there
are still many of the Class of ’52 who don’t know
which gift suggestion finally received their
money.
The senior class at its next meeting should
take steps to eliminate this source of possible
future trouble.
Faculty Evaluations
Through a faculty evaluation plan sponsored
by the Liberal Art Student Council, instructors
in the School of Liberal Arts will be able to
find the answer to the often-asked question—
What do students really think'of their courses
and instructors?
Evaluations from all students, not only sore
heads and apple polishers, will give an instruc
tor accurate criticisms. The questions will con
cern his attitude and personal classroom habits,
and also the general quality of his lectures, text
books used, examinations, and the relative merit
of his course.
Evaluation forms will be sent to the instruc
tors to be used at their discretion, and the
results will be for their personal reference only.
Both students and instructors will benefit
from the plan. A new instructor may be un
aware that his classroom manner has many
faults; an oldtimer may not realize that the
: methods he's been using for several decades
have made his classes sadly out-of-date. The
.students will be beneficiaries because many
instructors will heed this honest criticism and
change a boring or disliked class into one that
: .is valuable and interesting.
: The faculty evaluation plan, if it succeeds as~
it should in the School of Liberal Arts, would
be a wise College-wide program. It could make
poor instructors good, good ones better,' and
generally increase the worth of the nearly 3000
courses on campus.
TIRED OF
STUDYING?
Then run down to V|c's and try some of
their fine food. Vic's has just what you desire
in the way of a break-time snack. You can either
eat your delicious refreshments at Vic's or take
them out with you.
Either Vic or Mrs. Vic is on hand at all times
to give you their personalized service.
Vies ■ 145 S. ALLEN ST.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Lifting of Controls
Is Welcome Change
President Eisenhower’s recent lifting of fed
eral controls on wages and salaries and the
prices of many items has struck panic of a sud
den spiraling inflation or an immediate, drop
into depression in the hearts of many of the
nation’s people.
How nearly true 'is this fear? Are there any
conclusive grounds for surmising that freed
prices* will necessarily lead to large economic
fluctuation?
' First, although the. President did not ask
Congress for any standby authority to clamp
down on controls-after they legally expire
April 30, it must be remembered that he still
retains the authority to reimpose both the
wage and price controls until their expiration.
He could, and probably would, do this if there
were any wild economic repercussions.
This in itself is a comforting safeguard for
the American public.
Secondly,, some economists expressed belief
that prices ’would rise suddenly at the cost of
perhaps a. billion dollars to the consumer. This
is a caution that .should be heeded for future
buying, but shows no present actual danger for
the following reasons:
1. Consumer surveys have shown that in re
cent months, prices, especially in the food field,
have been falling gradually in spite of govern
ment price ceilings. Although these declines
have been slight, they show significantly that
supply and demand will determine a market ~"
whether it is controlled or not.
2. In regard to lifting of wage controls, in
stallment buying has made it so comparatively ■
easy for the consumer to buy the items he wants,
that .a sudden rush of buying seems improbable.
The fact remains that aside from probable
slight fluclualions, ihe return to,a free-mar
ket economy of purchasing in a society that
is based bn a free enterprise system of pro
duction can be seen as a welcome and bene
ficial change.
Safety Valve-
Wants Photos Returned
Where, oh where, are all the photographs
that were submitted to various organizations
for contests on campys?
These photographs are handed in at the Stu
dent Union Desk in Old Main where they are
picked up by the committees or clubs choosing
the winners.
After the contests are over, I feel it is the
responsibility of these organizations to return
the photographs to the sororities, fraternities,
, or groups sponsoring them.
Those who may be concerned should look into
this matter, or in the future no photographs
will be,submitted.
• Letter cut
Gazette.
Thursday. February 12 *
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION,
6:45 p.m., 304 Old Main. - .
FRENCH CLUB, 7 p.m., 405 Old Main.
HILLEL GOVERNING BOARD, 7 p.ni., Hillel
Foundation.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH AS
SOCIATION, 7 p.m., 208 Willard.
JUNIOR HOTELMEN OF AMERICA, 7:30
p.m., Home Economics cafeteria. ,
MARKETING CLUB, '7:30 p.m., Beta Theta
Pi. .
NITTANY GROTTO, 7:30 p.m., 316 Frear.
POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, 7:30-p.m.,
Thompson lounge.
SCABBARD AND BLADE, 7:30 p.m., Phi
Gamma Delta.
THETA SIGMA PHI. 6:30 p.m., Grange play
room. >
WRA BRIDGE CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall
game room.
WRA OFFICIALS CLUB, 6:30 p.m., 2 White
Hall.
WRA BEGINNERS SWIM CLUB, '6:30-7:15
p.m.,' White Hall
WRA swim:
White,Hall
—Ann Leh
—Joan Packard
—Mona Markley
IRS’ CLUB, 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
4m&
-3sSSP It
t NITTANY jf
& M:
Regular'
Prices A
Little Man On Campus
eh, coach?"
—Sealing Wax
and Cabbages—
“ ‘To Regis’ where I sat so close to him I could dunk my crumpet
in his ooling.’ When I first read that in a column a number of: years
ago, I decided to become a world famous .columnist and be clever.
The trouble is now I have a column and there’s nobody around with
an ooling for me to dunk my crumpets.”
The author of the above quotation (I don’t remember his name)
left me with an impression of columns and columnists I have found
extremly difficult to throw off.
Even after a Washington corres
pondent told me columnists were
nothing but sloppy reporters, the
illusion persists: an impeccably
dressed incompetent prancing in
and out of noted night spots writ
ing the most interesting things
about the celebrities that meet
him. This is not the case, but it is
a delightful illusion to have.
All this calls for some sort of
an explanation, the fact being
that Nancy Lueizel is gone, and
I have her job. She was li
brarian and exchange-editor
and had a column called "The
Bargain Counter." This job gives
me the longest title of anybody
on the senior board. You can
always tell, the importance of
a senior boarder by the length
' of his title. Pellniiz is editor.
However, if it were not for the
librarian, the Daily C. would
never get to press. The reason for
this is simple. I am'in charge of
the morgue, where they put all
the dead stories. The , amount of
news in each edition of the paper
depends upon how much the staff
can lift from the files.
One of the duties I am expected
to do as E. E. and L. is to write
ÜBA WILL RETURN MONEY
AND UNSOLD BOOKS
\
... on the Following DATES:
Tues., Feb. 17 ... 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Wed., Feb. 18 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thurs., Feb. 19 ..- . 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fri., Feb. 20 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
U.B.A. at the T.U.B.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12; 1953
By ROBERT LANDIS
this column and inform" you of
what’s going on at other colleges.
This can be interesting.
The Anatomy department at
Ohio State University is running
out of corpses. As a result. The
Ohio State Lantern is making a
happy plea to every “scarlet and
grey blooded Ohio State fan” to
consider making a “small dona
tion” if he' doesn’t plan to be
around much anymore. What
more can you do for “Old State?”
A freshman at Stanford Uni
versity recently" won the debate
society, prize at that school for
edging out five finalists in the
annual Western Civilization
Panel Discussion. His topic:
"Were the cultural, intellectual,
and artistic achievements of the
Renaissance secondary to its ef
fects on the political and econ
omic life of Medieval Europe?"
Good exam question.
Students at the University of
Connecticut have been warned by
the Department of Hygiene at
Harvard against the evils of “No-
Doz” tablets. It seems that the
wonder drug is partially respon
sible. for the nervous collapse suf
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