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Uttf? Satly Collegian
SaciMlir to THE FUSE LANCE, cat. 1887
Published Tuesday tbroarh Saturday luoruiugs inclusive
duriuc the College year by the staff ef The Daily Collegian
ef The P*an«ylv»uia State College.
Cnterad as second-class matter July i, 1934, at the State
College. Pa., Pest Office endec 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 Peltate Franklin S. Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones;
Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Lour; Edit. Dir.,
Mimi Ungar; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., LaVonne
Althouse; Asst. Sports Eds., Ted Soens, Bob Schoellkopf
Asst. Soc. Ed., Lynn Kahanowitz; Feature Ed., Barry Fein;
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Bob Landis.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Night editor, Dick McDowell;
Copy editors, Gus Vollmer, Lorraine Gladus;
Assistants, Inez Althouse, Roger Beidler, Ewie
Kielar, Joan Rowland, Craig Sanders.
Advertising staff: Nat Supnick, Dick Hayes,
Tom Barrett, Bill Nudorf.
Rule on Excuses
Needs Compromise
The present overcrowded condition of the Col
lege Infirmary brings sharply into focus - the gen
eral complaints of students regarding the Health
Service.
Dr. Glenn announced recently that the illness
how going around has the symptoms of" flu and
that it is spread by contact. From this it would
seem quite logical to assume that prevention of
further spreading of the malady would involve
some isolation of those afflicted. However, the
Infirmary is full, and students who. have slight
fevers and other symptoms of the disease must
make a choice between Testing in bed and at
tending classes. The latter thought seems to be
the wiser if grades are a prime consideration.
For the student- whose professors announced
■quite emphatically at the beginning of the sem
ester, “No Cuts,” the choice between licking
the flu by staying in bed and keeping up an
average by attending classes may be a hard one.
With Dispensary excuses a thing of the past,
-the student can only hope that some profes
sors will realize the situation and accept ver
■bal excuses. This places an undue amount of
responsibility upon professors, because they
have no way of checking the validity of a stu
dent's word. A similar situation arose during
Jhe seige of food poisoning at the College this
falL Many students suffered scholastically be
’ cause they could, not be admitted to the over
crowded Infirmary for. confinement in which
they could receive legal excuses from class.
. This seems to be the essence of our problem:
were the Dispensary excuses so violated- that
they held no worth, or is the present rule hurt
ing the many to punish the few? A compromise
would seem to be in order—at least to the ex
tent that a student who has a fever but cannot
be admitted to the Infirmary should receive an
excuse from classes until cleared by the Dis
pensary. This would lessen the spread of flu
or any other illness prevalent on campus to the
affected student’s classmates, and would hasten
the student’s recovery, perhaps even assuring
better subsequent attendance at classes.
—Nancy Ward
Religion and Life
Tying in with National Brotherhood Week is
Penn State’s Religion-in-Life Week. Beginning
Sunday and continuing through Feb. 22, fire
sides, panel discussions, and numerous speakers
will be dotting the campus and living units to
provide students with a closer look at religion
and life.
One of the first discussions will be "Your
Place in the World's Jigsaw." The RILW com
mittee has endeavored to take the emphasis
off religion and put it on life so that the talks
and discussions will be more, interesting and
valuable than in the past.
, Because RILW coincides with National Broth
erhood Week, it is very likely that such prob
lems as intolerance and religious freedom will
come up in the firesides and panel discussions.
With America being faced by a godless philoso
phy which would destroy religious traditions
and beliefs, it becomes increasingly important
that bigotry and intolerance be wiped out in
this country.
The opportunity for stimulating discussions
concerning life and religion is available. Any
campus group of 25 or more can arrange for a
guest speaker during Religion-in-Life Week by
calling the Penn State Christian Association and
stating the hour and place of the meeting. If
the group desires to consider one specific topic,
this can also be arranged.
These discussions may help you find your
place in to'day's world puzzle. ,
RECORDS
For Your
Valentine
S 2G3 E BEAVER AYE.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE.
Safety Valve
'Grace' Period Possible
TO THE.EDITOR: In regard to a letter printed
in Wednesday’s Collegian, I would like to point
out to Miss Baker that her comment regarding
meal tickets as receipts is not entirely correct.
The ticket is not the only receipt involved for
the $230 involved. The student may also get a
receipt from the Bursar’s office or he may pay
by check, which would serve as a receipt.
I would like to suggest that each checker be
supplied with a list of students, including their
student numbers which the student could coun
tersign during the first week .of the semester.
If a student were' then "to lose his meal ticket,
the checker could compare the list with the
student’s matriculation card. He could even be
required to countersign again. This way a period
of “grace” could be given to the student. It
does not seem to me that such a plan would be
overly difficult to put into operation if the
Foods Service sincerely' desires to cooperate
with the students
' • Letter Cut
CPC Explained
TO THE EDITOR: I would like to clarify as
well as emphasize to the student body the true
goals and purposes of Cabinet Projects Council.
In terms of broad generalities, CPC works for
the furtherance of student responsibility and
the general improvement of student, government
in its broadest scope. CPC is an outgrowth of
the NSA committee of the first student encamp
ment at Mont Alto. It was conceived and is de
signed to aid All-College Cabinet in its admin
istrative duties—to lessen the load of details
carried by members of cabinet. CPC is then,
- in a sense, a staff agency of All-College Cabinet.
That is, it serves as a body of examinations and
recommendations—advising, but mot command
ing.
I wish to emphasize, however, that CPC is
still warranted in taking the primary initiative
in projects which are deemed worthy of its con
sideration. Any proposals forthcoming from the
membership of CPC or the student body are
welcomed and are given full consideration.
CPC is now .open to all interested students,
and our appeal is designed to bring those stu
dents into CPC who are interested in gaining
personal experience and who are willing to
work for the general improvement, of student
government. Our long xange purpose, as that
of most campus groups, is*ihai of showing the
awareness of students to existing problems and
thereby increase student responsibility, which
in turn is the best argument for increased
student power. CPC will not be a stagnant or
ganization, but rather one which will devote
its untiring energy to the accomplishment of
these goals.
Gazette • •.
Friday, February 13
HILLEL, SABBATH EVE SERVICES, 8 p.m.,
Hillel Foundation.
INTER - VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOW
SHIP, 7:30 p:m., 405 Old Main.
WRA PLUNGE HOUR, 7:30-9 p.m.. White
Hall.
Interviews can be arranged and information secured in 112
Old Main.
Federal Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. will inter
view June and summer B.S. candidates in'Physics and
E.E., Feb. 17.
Bethlehem Steel Corporation will interview June and sum
mer B.S. candidates in Mining E. and Arch. E. and
Ceramics.
General Chemical Division of Allied Chemical & Dye Cor
poration will interview June and summer B.S. candi-
dates in Chem,
logy and a M.E., Feb. 19.
Barrett Division of Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation will
interview June and summer B.S. candidates in Chemistry
and Chem. E. # Feb. 19.
Columbia Gas System will interview June and summer B.S.
candidates in C.E., J3*E. and M.E., Feb. 19.
United Aircraft Corporation will interview, June and sum
mer B.S. candidates in Aeronautical E. and M.E., Feb. 19*
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Company will interview June
ahd summer candidates in Chem. E., E.E., 1.E., M.E.,
/ Chemistry and Metallurgy, Feb. 19.
Eclipse Pioneer Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation
will interview June and summer B.S.
Aero. E., E.E. and M.E., Feb. 19 and 20.
iVI. W. Kellogg Company will interview June and summer
8.5., M.S., and Ph.D. candidates in Chem. Eng:, and
M.S. and Ph.D. candidates, in • Physicb and Physical
Chemistry, Feb. 17.
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company will interview 8.5.,
M.S., and Ph;D. candidates in • Chemistry and Chemical
Engineering’, Feb. 18.
Bailey Meter Company will interview B.S. candidates in
M.E. and E.E., Feb. 18. - •
Hoppers Company, Inc. will interview E.E., M.E., Chem. E.,
and Chemistry, Industrial E. and L.A. for Industrial
Sales, Feb. 18.
Swift & Company will interview B.S. candidates in Chemistry,
Chemical E„ and E.E., Feb. 20.
Raytheon Manufacturing: Company will interview 8.5., M.S.
and Ph.D. candidates in Physics, M.E., E.E., Feb. 20.
National Security Agency will interview B.S. candidates in
E.E. and M.E. and Arts Letters with Math., Language
or General Science majors, Feb. 20.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Couple without children wanted for summer job near State
College.
Camp Androscoggin, Maine will interview Feb. 19.
Camp Carondowanna, Pittsburgh will interview Feb. 20.
Wanted—counter boyi
nesday.
STATE COLLEGE
Charles F. Douds
—-Irvin L. (Jack) White
President, CPC
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
E., Chemistry, Horticulture,
's, 9 to 12 Monday, Tuesday, and Wed-
Meet the Gang at the
PeiniStnle
Diner
Stop in after
the show or party
and enjoy delicious food
OPEN 24 HOURS
Whether or not the honoring of-the martyr St. Valentine to
morrow has anything to do with c}on’t know, but women have
been put in the Spotlight this week by persons both pro and con the
sugar-and-spice sex. " : .
All week long the radio has been reminding us that this is “Wives
Week,” a time to be set aside for the honoring of the harder-working
member of the family. Husband
and children, it is advbcaied,'
should pitch in and cook, do the
dishes, clean the house, shop; and
do other sundry chores while Mom
relaxes atop her pedestal.
But just as we were hoping
that “Wives Week” would become
a truly national observance ; by'
the time we will be eligible'to be
observed in that way, along comes
funny-man Hal Boyle with the
question, “Is the female of the
human species on the: way out?”
Boyle, syndicated AP columnist,
quotes woman jo.urnalist Inez
Robb as saying, “Women . r. ate
on the way out, like other bio
logical caprices of the past . .
Like all species that have refused
to adapt, we are on the way to
oblivion. It is inevitable that man,
creator of the atom bomb and. the
mechanical brain, will eventually
invent a more satisfactory. some
thing to replace women.”
But Boyle says the . average
man’s -attitude toward - women—
and he’s probably speaking for
himself—“is pretty much that of
a sportsman toward racehorses:
He would like to improve the
breed—not abolish it.-”
Entomo-
candidates in
Miss Robb's suggestion that
man will probably invent "a
more satisfactory something to
replace women" reminds us of
a science fiction yarn heard a
while ago on the radio. It con
cerned a scientist in the not
too near future who was dis
satisfied with his wife, a woman
with human virtues, and foibles,
too. After sending her back to
the matrimonial market (that is
to be a thing of the future, we
understand) the scientist pro
ceeded to create a robot woman:
with no hum a n faults, who
would make the perfect wife
for him.
sVberi he took the fiorgeous crea-
.VANIA
tie Man On Campus
"Got a study date with Worthai tonight."
Loux-Lu
By BETTIE LOUX
WRA's ' GIRL-ASK-BOY
Sweetheart Stance
Orchestra
Semi-Formal
Jack Jenkins'
FRIDAY, , FEBRUARY ,13-11953
ture out of the mold, he nearly
exploded with delight. Linda’s
hair was golden, her skin smooth
as satin, her voice like a song.
He . was certain she could not be
improved' upon.
Eager to;, show her off to his
friends, the scientist took Linda
to rounds, of parties, only to find
she ; was-un'popular with his
frien.ds. The women were jealous
because of her beauty, the men.,
were'.'‘insulted because of her in
solent remarks. For Linda, being
perfect, did mot know how to . lie
or,-as called in society, be tactful.
But the worst thing of all was
what the scientist had -wanted
most in his iyife—the perpetual
smile. She' grinned -when Mrs.
Brown complained about her
rheumatism, she glowed when
. Mr. -Harris told them his mother
had just died, and her million
dollar. smile was never more
beautiful than when the scleri- ' '
list's immediate superior tripped.
down the stairs and fractured.- : .
his leg in “three places. /-
So before' a week was over the :
scientist decided she must know..'
when and when not to smile, arid.:
back went the beautiful robot
into the mold. And a few days
after that he decided to, give her.l
that admirable quality tact, and \
back she went again. In and out 5
of the mold'Linda went, once if,
not twice a week,, and finally she - ',
was just about as he wanted; her. -t
But what was the sense in putting'':.!
her back in-the mold again?'She ;
would then be just like his .first. >\
wife, who, of course, was' stilt- :
waiting for him. ■ £, $5
Four Students Withdraw f:;
Four students have withdrawn .:
from College for personal reasons;' ::!
according to the Feb. 13 Faculty
Bulletin. '
February 14th
9-12
White Hall
Tickets - $1.50
Student Union
and at door
By Bibler