' rzt? mi:'-** OJtje liailg Collegian SncMiMr t. TUB FREE LANCS, nt. 188? Published Tnesdaj Saturday ciomuigt inclusiv# iariae the College year by . the staff of The Daily Collegian 9i The Pennsylvania State College. Sneered as eecond-class matter Joky 6, 1934. at the State College. Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. Cottegiaa editorials represent the Viewpoint of the ♦rriters. not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. (Is* «gatd editorials are* by the editor. Dave Pellniis Editor Managing Ed.. Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dare Jones; Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed., Bettie Lonx; Edit. Dir., 'Mimi Ungar; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althonse; Asst. Sports Eds., Ted Soens, Bob Schoellkopf: Asst. Soc, Ed., Lynn Kahanowatz; Feature Ed., Barry Fein: Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Bob Landis: Photo Ed.. Bruce Schroeder. <'• Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr., Virginia Bowman; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfes Per sonnel Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Terese Moslak, Don Stohl; Classified Adv. Mgr.. Marty Worthington; Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Senior Board, Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce. Betty Richardson and Elizabeth Widaan. STAFF THIS ISSUE Editorial staff: Night editor, Dick McDowell; Copy editors, Dick Rau, Bev Dickinson; Assis tants, Marcie MacDonald, Len Goodman, Annie Campbell, Ed Reiss, Don Schumaker. Photo graphers: Wayne Sexauer, Ron Stone. Ad staff: Stephen Elabarger, Tom Garrett, Bill Nudorf. Oratorical Contest Is Good Legion Plan Though we find ourselves in disagreement with the American Legion on a number of points, it is proper to give them credit for at least one phase of their work—their sponsorship of the American Legion State Final Contest in Oratory. This year, the high school oratorical contest is being held under the joint sponsorship of the Legion and Penn State. The- subject- to be used in the speeches this year must be on some phase of the United States Constitution which will give emphasis to, the attendant duties and obligations of a citizen to the government. The significance of the speech topic is clear. The contests, which will be held in Schwab Auditorium Monday, are a part of the National High School Oratorical Contest of the American Legion which has been held since 1938 and has over 300,000 participants each year. The winner of the final contest receives a $4OOO scholarship, and other finalists receive substantial awards. The winner of the stale finals will receive a four-year college scholarship from Governor John S. Fine. This scholarship may be used at Penn State, Pitt, Penn, or Temple. A trophy will also be presented to the winner at the Department of Pennsylvania Legion Conven tion. Regional finalists will be presented with medals by President Milton S. Eisenhower, who will preside at the event. The contest will present a good opportunity for students interested in citizenship, public affairs, and public speaking to observe and analyze the abilities of today’s high school stu dents, Those participating in the contest will give two talks—one a prepared oration and another, an extempore address. What high school students have to say on the important topic of a citizen’s duties and obligations to his government should prove most interesting. It is activities such as these which teach young people how to think—something which is so often lacking in many educational institu tions. The winner of the four-year scholarship will have proved himself worthy of the prize. In bringing such a contest to the campus, the College, through its joint sponsorship, has once again shown its leadership in training the American youth of today to think—a defi nite necessity in times such as these. “Knowledge and timber shouldn’t be much used ’till they are much seasoned.” —Holmes “All I know is just what I read in the papers.” —Will Rogers , Players Present » 2 one act plays Aria da Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay A Phoenix Too Frequent by Christopher Fry Center Stage March 20 and 21 Franklin S. Kelly Business Mgr. THE DA.TLY COLLECT AN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Safety Valve More on 'Lute Song' TO THE EDITOR: About the only thing miss ing from Mr. (or Miss) N. Fitzgerald Craige's interesting letter in Wednesday’s Collegian was a credit line for Mr. Roget’s handy treatise for diseased (or tired) vocabularies. Just for the record I -wish to quote from the program note prepared by men who wrote the English version: “Lute Song is the most impor tant play ever written for the Chinese theater. It is a classic of the Chinese stage, exactly as Hamlet is a classic on our stage. The first pre sentation of this story was in 1040. The version (presented by Players) ... is an adaptation’ of a 14th century revision of the play which . . . has enjoyed a continuous stage life in China. We do not visualize a production designed to make the audience laugh at a stilted imitation of Chinese acting. We ask the audience to con sider the play on its own merits for the homely wisdom of its dialogue, and the simplicity of its stojy. ...” If critic Craige cannot bring himself to con sider the play in the way the author intended it to be considered, then he is guilty of verbosity, an inoriginal sin worse than silence. —Kaye W. Vinson Jr. Member of the cast * of "Lute Song" Upholds Mathias Reply TO THE EDITOR: Bravo, Chiz Mathias! The sentiments of your review of “Lute Song” and your reaction to the “Lute letter” are honestly rewarding. Regardless of the unqualified opin ions of some, you need not apologize to us students who saw the play. Plays are played to be enjoyed, and all those so-called cultural critics who try vainly to pick them to pieces are just so many head line-hungry blackbirds. If plays, actors,, and directors were perfect; the fun of watching them grow and improve with age and exper ience would not exist "in a world of human imperfection." We all can be thankful that Penn State’s fac ulty and students are not perfection hounds and that we can be satisfied with the “mediocre” attempts of our campus activities. We can par ticularly be thankful that the Safety Valve gives voice to such “dubious premises” from those bitten by the WORM OF DISCONTENT! —Charles W. Miller Defends Craige Letter TO THE EDITOR: I don’t know what prompted Mr. Craige’s bitter letter about the * failure of “Lute Song,” but I think it’s about time some body took him seriously, rather than just point out the possible exaggeration of his remarks. I haven’t missed a campus play this year and I haven’t walked out on any. But, although I don’t like to-be called one of the stagnant, not silent generation, I’m beginning to wonder. . . . Gazette... Friday, March 20, 1953 WRA SWIMMING PLUNGE HOURS, 7:30- 9 p.m. COLLEGE HOSPITAL H. Edwin Angstadt, Don Bailey, Asher Barmish, William Daly, Vivian Drayer, Roland Ghirelli, Richard Grostefon, James Hoerle, Ruth Israel, Jane Lamont, Bruce Lucas, Dale Matson, Allan McNally, Richard Michaels, Lee Myers, Robert Reinhart, Charles Rife, Howard M. Schwartz, Richard E. Smith, Glenn Snook, Ron ald Velosky, George Walker, Lee Wetmore, Bev erly Willensky, David Wilson. William Witlin, Douglas Zuker. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Boys wanted to work for meals on Fridays, Sat urdays, and Sundays, for the rest of the semester.- Summer resort seeking three or four piece combo. Camp Skycresl, Pa., will interview boys March 28. ' Couple without children wanted for summer employment near State College. Boy with experience wanted as linotype opera- tor. Waiters wanted for permanent work in fraterni ties. . NEWMAN CLUB INFORMAL DANCE AND RAFFLE Friday, March 20 8:00 p.m. Phi Mu Delta 1 (500 S. Allen Sib) Everyone Invited DEEP l« WSCOEB MILLS Spend life's happiest hours where you 11 find other newly married collegians. Have a secluded cottage : all your own at a friendly guest house just for newly weds. Leisurely life (breakfast until 11:00), vigorous outdoor,.fun or com plete relaxation ... meals, you'll re member always ... Jolly gatherings of young people enioying life's greatest experience. Mention dates and you will receive our THREE HONEYMOON FLANS and other helpful folders. THE FARM ON THE HILL —Daniel T. Grimes Little Man On Campus "Hello, coach?—- Am. I gonna have trouble with someone on your'javelin team again this spring?" With Open When we picked up the Daily Collegian a day or so ago we dis covered that the new School of Business was thinking about eliminat ing certain courses as requirements in its curriculum. We wondered just what students would have thought about this 20 years ago at ind out, we fil,ed back to the issues Penn State, and, in an. attempt to fi of the Daily C of 1933. What we expected to find was that students of the days of the early Rooseveltian days would be terrified at the thought of elimin ating any courses, but, as it turned out, we were wrong. . Instead, much to our amaze ment we saw that in 1933 that very precedent was set. The Daily C (which was - printed twice a week then) reported on its pages that not just' a few, but eight courses were being dropped from the Mineral Industries and other curricula. Of course, the reasons were a bit different then. If. you'll think back to the mid-depres sion days, yo u 'll understand why. Students wfere dropping out of the College like flies be cause they didn't have enough money to stay here. The College itself was poor, too. Today we have the Chesierman committee to yell about economy. In those days, the governor himself was doing the yelling. v In 1933 Gov. Gifford- Pinchot was in office in the Common wealth. That was the year- he FRIDAY, MARCH. 20, 1953 By MARSHALL O. AA ' / DONLEY Mind called for a 10 per cent cut in the College appropriations. The Com monwealth was poor, too,. That left the College with the huge budget of a little over three and one half millions. . • X Then we mustn’t forget that money was worth more-in--those days. For example, an: advertise ment in the Daily C in '33 listed men’s slacks (from Stark Bros. & Harper) at $5.95. These were high quality ones, too. Cigarettes were going for the exorbitant rate of two packs for a quarter.. . -' Movies were high, too.' The Nillany was showing Charlie Chaplin in "Easy. Street." (They'd be condemned now for being commies, no doubt.)-The price "for children and adults" was 15 cents! Hot mama, what's this world coming to? Next they'll want three cents for * newspapers. Some things were the same at the College, however. White bucks, for example, were the coming rage, although they were (Continued on page five) • By Bibler
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