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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.
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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
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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