'AGE FOUR
atle Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. at. 1367
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings
luring the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegial*
of The Pennsylvania State College.
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Marcinek„ Ruth Pierce. Betty Richardson and Elizabeth
Wiintart.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial staff: Night editor, 'Diehl MeKalip:
Copy editors, Chiz Mathias, 'Mike Feinsilber;
Assistants, Byron Fielding, Clare Yenney, Lou
ise Glud, Len Goodman.
Honors Day Still
Deserves Support
Despite the fact that Penn State's national
championship teams will not be honored at
Monday's Honors Day program, it. is still an
event which deserves student support and in
terest.
Among those to be honored are five of the
College's outstanding alumni, men who have
gone far in the world since their graduation
from State. Their achievement should be an in
spiration to those students who are still here,
particularly those who will soon. be graduated.
Since the College does not award 11.6norary de
grees, the Distinguished Alumnus awards which
these men will receive are the highest honor
Penn State can confer.
Last year, only about 500 students and faculty
members attended the program, and the impres
sive list of alumni honored included perhaps
the greatest engineer of tunnel construction in
the world and one of the most esteemed con
sulting mining engineers in the country. The
year before last, the alumni presented with the
award were just as impressive, and the atten
dance was just as poor.
In addition to the distinguished alumni,
awards will also be made to outstanding stu
dents in scholarship and the inauguration of
the new All-College officers will take place.
'Some discussion has arisen over the nature
of Honors Day. Many feel that the program
should be made more inclusive—that type of
program which would extend honors into the
realm of student activities. The idea evolved
because of the outstanding showing of this
year's wrestling, gymnastics, and women's de
bate teams.
The idea of a College "Recognition Day"
is one which should be investigated further.
Perhaps the Honors Day committee is correct
in insisting that under the present conception
of Honors Day, the recognition of the teams
in question is out of order. But for this year
at least. students should get behind the Honitm
Day program as it is.
"The more a man looks at a thing, the less
he can see it, and the more a man learns a thing,
the less he knows." —Chesterton
First National Bank
OF STATIE COLLEGE
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve
Urges Honoring Champs
TO. THE EDITOR: Last week the Daily Col
legian carried an editorial which advocated
that the champion athletic teams -and the .wo
men's debate squad all national champs --
should be properly honored at the Honors Day
ceremonies to be held on Monday evening.
All-College Cabinet also recommended that the
Honors Day committee look into the possibility
of recognizing these teams at some time during
the program. Since that time, we have heard
nothing about going through with such an ex
cellent suggestion except that the administration
may not be in favor of it.
It seems that if Honors Day is to hold interest
for the student body in general—and I think
this is the desire of the administration—that the
honoring of these groups is more than in order.
These are groups who, have brought more pub
licity to the college in the past semester than
any other person or group that will be honored
at Honors Day. These are persons. who although
they - are participating in an extra-curricular ac
tiVity, are carrying Penn State with them.
In addition, the excellence that they have
shown in their fields represents, in a very real
sense, an accomplishment along the lines of
education. Although physical strength is im
portant in wrestling and gymnastics, a certain
amount of knowledge of the rules as well as
skill in performance go along with the work
toward a championship. Regarding the wo
men's debate squad, there is certainly a rather
clear-cut argument. Debating is an art—it re
quires not only knowledge of the facts, but
also a skill in presentation.
With these points in mind, I would like to
agree with the Daily Collegian and urge that
the administration speed up an answer to the
Collegian's suggestion. For those students who
are deeply concerned with this suggestion, a
statement from the administration is definitely
in order.
Ed. Note: While admitting that the wrestling.
gymnastics, and women's debate teams had
made outstanding records during the year,
members of the Honors Day committee did
not feel that the Honors Day program was
the appropriate place to recognize this achieve
ment. "It is not," in the words of Wilmer E.
Kenworthy, director of student affairs, "an
attempt to honor everyone who has won an
honor of some lend—it is specifically for three
things! student government inauguration, the
presentation of h igh es t scholastic honors
awarded to students, and the honoring of
alumni' achievement." In addition, Mr. Ken
worthy pointed out that the teams had re
ceived trophies and national publicity. "Is it
not fitting," he added, "that those winning
scholastic honor s and alumni awards for
achievement have a program where they hold
the spotlight and have a brief moment on the
stage without having the scene stolen by more
popular, but no more important matters."
f;azette
April 24, 1953
INTER - VARSITY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP
7:30 p.m., 405 Old Main.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Robert Dankanyin, Terry Friedman, Marvin
Goldberg, Sidney Goldblatt, John Harapas, Aron
Hoffman, Howard Kalodner, Ronald Krauss, G.
Wayne McKallip, Shirley Mendelsohn, Richard
Patterson, Mary .E. Petitgout, James G. Seton,
Jordan Smith, Abina R. Sorriatmadja, Linford
?. Stine, Daniel Van. Sickel and Paul Wilson.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Soy to work on farm for room and board.
3oys wanted for waiters and dishwashers.
Students' wives for evening counter work.
men
and
in the Poconos will interview men
and women, Monday, April 27.
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CANDY
Fresh Maple
N Sugar Calidies
E College Ice. Cream
English Toffee
PLACE YOUR ORDERS
EARLY FOR MOTHER'S DAY
Between the Movies
—Name withheld
The perfect
entertainment
L for the
perfect date
A Right You Are
Y (if you think so)
E This Friday & Saturday
- Tickets on Sale at
R Student Union—sl.oo
8:00 p.m.
Center Stage
Little Man. On Campus
Strictly
from - Ungar
This is my first last on the Penn State campus. And although
it will be a pldasure to have afternoons from 4 to 7 now free, fading
away' from the Daily Collegian isn't as easy for reporters as it is
for old soldiers.
In this, my last coluinn, I am even breaking away from the
conventional editorial "we" to express some closing thoughts. t
Al
though I have attempted t o make
this column interesting and read
able throughout the semester, (the
six or seven times it- appeared)
I am sure that some persons .have
not only disagreed with the title,
but they have also disagreed with
the content,
But, today, - I believe that what
I have to say should concern all
Penn Staters—whether indoctrin
ated with the Penn State spirit
or merely just happy, apathetic
bystanders.
The trials and tribulations of
the undergraduate always ap
pear to be so big, so crucial.
And, at times, there is a tend
ency to_ over-rate these prob
lems. Just to mention a few, I
would point to the dispensary
excuse problem, the severity
of tests, the unfairness of WSGA
and its hours for women, and'
the drinking question.
Those students who get in
volved in activities (and I include
myself in this group) have a tend
ency to really get involved. As
FRIDAY, APRIL 24; '1953
"Chigger bites."
a closing thought, I should like
to say that there's nothing like it.
Although activities tend to get
you,down, • the friends and ex
perien.ce gained from actively par
ticipating at Penn State cannot
be overlooked. No matter what
your interest may be, I firmly
believe that this campus provides
such a diversified _ program of
extra-curricular / activities that
one can never really be dissatis
fied with the setup. But, one
problem that deserves serious
study is a, better spreading out
I of the number of persons partici
pating..
in.the varioi. activities.
Also to be given more careful
attention, I feel, are student-fac
ulty relations. Penn State is a
huge campus, where there, are
hundreds of fascinating persons
roaming the. streets. Yet, I feel
that Staters' "miss the boat" a
little bit in that there are too
few opportunities for students-and
faculty to get to know -one an
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