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RICHARD BIBLER, creator of the popular "Little Man on Campus"
cartoon series, at work on another Worlhal-Snarf creation. Wor
thal, the not-too-bright opposite of the Big Man on Campus, and
diabolic Professor Snarf, were originated seven years ago while
Bibler was attending Kansas University.
200 Campuses See
Worthal and Snarf
Seven years ago a GI art student at Kansas University submit
ted 14 cartoon characters in a contest sponsored by the Daily Kansan
and won the prize—$25 and a steady job as the paper’s cartoonist.
From these 14 characters the cartoonist combined “the most
stupid-looking features” ino one comical creation. And the not-too-
bright opposite of the Big Man
on Campus saw the light of day.
Worthal. was his name; Richard
Bibler, his creator.
The daily tales of worthless
Worthal’s misfortunes, incited
many times by the diabolic Pro
fessor Snarf, hit home with many
collegiate readers students and
faculty alike. Before long the
Bibler Feature Service, the only
syndicated college cartoon series,
was bom. Now students on al
most 200 campuses follow Worth
al’s plights.
Bibler Points Finger
Recently the campus dead-end
kid burst into book form, the
“Little Man on Campus,” a col
lection of 87 Bibler cartoons. Be
cause of the biting observations
on education expressed in the
cartoons, Jeffery Smith, associate
professor of philosophy and hu
manities at'Stanford University,
f&lb they should be compiled. The
Stanford University Press agreed.
In his introduction to the book,
Smith said, “Bibler has put the
finger on us all. This blade is
two-edged, cutting at both sto
dents and faculty with Worthal
and Snarf . . . There is some
thing heroic about Worthal’s un
daunted struggle, something
touching about Snarf's willing- 1
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ness to suffer in. order to make
others suffer.”
Although it takes Bibler less
than an hour to complete a car
toon, it may take him many weeks
to create the situation. He plans
his cartoons a year in advance
corresponding them with school
seasons'such as registration, foot
ball, and basketball.
Boys' School Requests
He finds his ideas in dictionar
ies where a word may suggest a
cartoon, in school catalogs where
he reads course descriptions, in
registration information, and, of
course, in the situations he sees
on campus.
Meeting the varying needs of
papers in all parts of the country
is one of Bibler’s biggest prob
lems. Some schools say “no drink
ing, no sex.” Others want well
filled sweaters exclusively. A
boys’ school requested cartoons
minus girls in classes.
At the beginning of the scho
lastic year, the Daily Collegian
receives 120 Bibler cartoons from
which one appropriate to campus
events is selected each day.
Bibler, 30-y.ears old, comes from
Elkhart, Kan. He began his draw
ing career as a youngster, imita
ting four aunts who were artists.
His first cartoon, dealing with a
(Especially You Seniors)
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
FtC Demands Details of
How high above sea level, will
the coming campus radio sta
tion’s antenna be? A good ques
tion, but who cares?
Well, several people do, and
they’re all in the Federal Com
munications C-o m mission, or
among College personnel com
pleting the application for a con
struction permit.
The application must contain
details, and details about the de
tails, of every phase of the sta
tion; location, background, mon
ey for construction, financial op
eration, equipment, purposes,
type of programs planned, and
photographs.
They (the FCC) want to know
whether anyone connected with
the station is. an alien. They ask
for complete information about
the. College; type of institution,
a copy of the charter and by
laws, names of the officers, and
whether or not it is accredited.
It is—by the State Department
of Education and the Middle
States.,.Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools.
On the application must be
stated who authorized the Col
lege to apply for the station,
when and where. In addition, a
certified excerpt from the meet
ing of the Board of Trustees at
which it gave the authorization
must accompany the applica
tion. Not leaving .anything to
chance, the application asks,
Collegian Candidates
To Meet at 7 Tonight,
Daily Collegian business staff
candidates will meet at 7 tonight
in 1 Carnegie, according to Bette
Agnew, personnel manager. This
is the final call for
who need not be journalism ma
jors. I
Weekly classes for candidates
will be held throughout the sem
ester to instruct them in the dut
ies of the advertising, business of
fice, promotion, circulation, 1 ' and
classified staffs.
sit-down strike, was published
when he was 12.
Following World War 11, during
which he was a field artist for
the Pacific Edition of YANK, he
went to Kansas University, where
he received a bachelor’s degree in
fine arts. He also obtained an ed
ucation degree at the Colorado
State College of Education and
an M.A. in art at Stanford.
Because he feels being a pro
fessional cartoonist is too much
of a grind and too precarious fi
nancially his feature service
nets about $9OO yearly—Bibler is
teaching at Colorado.
By BILL JOST
STARTS TODAY,...
PICK-UP YOUR MONEY
AND UNSOLD BOOKS
Wed., Feb. 18 .
Thurs., Feb. 19 .
Fri.; Feb. 20 . . . . . .
Unless books are claimed at this time/ they will become the
property of the Used Book Agency.
ÜBA
Pledge Cards
Due Tomorrow
Fraternities must turri in
cards for each person pledged
this semester by 5 p.m. tomorrow,
according to Interfratemity Coun
cil rules. A $2 fee for each pledge
is required at the time cards are
filed.
Cards may be picked up by
fraternities at the Student Union
desk in Old Main.
Second semester freshman have
been eligible for pledging, since
8 a.m. Saturday, according to IFC
rules. Pledges made before that
time are not legally binding; -
Dean's Meeting Canceled
No meeting of the Dean of Men’s
advisory committee will be held
tonight because of .Religion-in-
Life Week, Harold W. Perkins,
assistant dean of men, has an
nounced.
“Was there a quorum present?”
The College must furnish com
plete information (in detail)
about -financing construction
and operation of the station.
Money will, come from part of
last year’s class gift and a 20
cent a semester student fee, part
of which the College will match.
'Shattered Crystal'
'5 o'clock' Play
Five O’clock Theater will pre
sent “The Shattered Crystal” by
Anne Bullock at 5 p.m. today in
the Little Theater, basement of
Old Main.
Prim Diefenderfer will be seen
in the role of an elderly spinster
who lives in the past and guzzles
gin to recapture the excitement
of her early loves. Also in the
cast are Don Colbert and Vicki
Kaiser.
Bill Coleman will direct the
one-act play. Lighting will be
handled by Si Morrill. Colbert
has designed the setting.
Aircraft Agent To Speak
J. E. Barfoot, jet aircraft expert Profs to Hear McCoy
of the Boeing Aircraft Corp., will Ernest B. McCoy, dean of the
speak on “The Design Aspect of School of Physical Education and
Modern Aircraft” at a joint meet- Athletics, will, discuss the' stan
ing of the Society of Automotive dards and requirements for
Engineers, and the Institute of mission to the school at the Amer-
Aeronautical Sciences at 7:30 to- j can Association of University
night in 110 Electrical Engineer- Professors meeting at.7:30 tonight
ing- , in 317 Willard.
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TUESDAY, t% If®
Details
The PM transmitter was do
nated to the radio station by the
Gable Broadcasting Co. of Al
toona.
According to the construction
permit application, ' the station
fulfill its purposes' “tp fum
; gish 'instruction in radio v * and to
serve as a means of commuriica
tion to the students” will offer
these types of programs: news,
music,*- drama, talks, campus
sports events, and student func
tions, <■ such as an All-College
Cabinet meeting.
A complete technical descrip
tion arid the specifications for
the transmitter, signal monitor,
and the antenna must be in
cluded in the report.
All' kinds of maps must be
sent: a map of the community,
one of the. campus, a series of
nine topographical maps of the
- area, and a sectional aeronauti
cal chart (New York section,
U-9). On all these maps, the lo
cation of the transmitter (atop
Sparks Building) must be .shown.
Included will be a series of ra
dio profiles, sketches showing
the height of the horizon around
State College. Accompanying
1 the profiles will be eight photo
graphs from Sparks showing the
- horizon.
All.this information, and more,
is being compiled by several
persons and sent to the Presi
dent’s office for shipment to the
FCC in Washington.
Grid Film Date
May Be Reset
The date for showing films of
the last Pitt-Penn State football
game may be changed, according
to Richard Crafton, chairman of
the Blue Key hat society com
mittee in charge of the showing.
The change is expected to be
made because of a request by the
Religion-in-Life-Week committee
asking that organizations! cancel
regular meetings or events this
week.
The motion pictures were sched
uled to be shown at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in 119 Osmond.
Crafton said the 'pictures, may
be presented-March 5 in 119 Os
mond. However, definite plans for
rescheduling the showing have
not been made.
9 a.m. t 0.9 p.m.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.