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Published Tuesday through Saturday oaeraloge illehulivo
during the College year by the staff of The Daily IZollegiaa
of The P.masylvaaia State College.
Entered as second-class setter July 5, 1934, at thS State
College, Pa., Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879
Collegian editorials elopement the viewpoint et the
writers, not necessarily the policy or lie sonselleen U*•
signed editorials are by the editor.
Franklin S. Keillr
Dave Penniti
Editor BUSiIIeSS Mgr.
Managing Ed., Andy hfeNeillie: City Ed., Dare Jones;
Sports Ed., Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Lou': Edit. Dir.,
Mimi Ungar; Wire Ed.. Check Henderson; Soc. Ed., LaYonne
Althonse: Asst. Sports Eds., Ted Soens, , Bob Schoellkopf:
Asst. Soc. Ed.. Lynn Kahanowitz; 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 Wolfe; Per
sonnel Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Terese
Moslak, Don Stohl; Classified Adv. Mgr., Marty Worthington;
Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Senior Board. Naive,
Marcinek, Ruth Pierce. Betty Richardson and Elizabeth
Widinan.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor, Dave Pellnitz; Copy editors, Bet
tie Loux, Andy McNeillie; Assistants, LaVonne
Althouse, Bob Landis, Bob Schoellkopf, Barry
Fein, Jake Highton, Mimi Ungar.
Ad staff: Eli Arenberg, Cindy Manarin.
New Ticket Plan
Answers Problem
The Recreation Hall ticket exchange plan
passed Thursday night by All-College Cabinet
provides the answer to a problem which has
perplexed cabinet members all year. Beginning
early last semester cabinet was confronted with
an idea to set aside 300 seats in Recreation Hall
for sale to alumni, townspeople, and faculty in
terested in watching an indoor athletic event.
For several weeks a great deal of discussion
was heard concerning the idea, and cabinet fin
ally turned "thumbs down" on the proposal. In
doing so, however, -cabinet recognized many
merits to such a plan and a close watch was
kept on indoor events during the year for a
possible solution to the problem.
By the time the season ended, most people
were convinced there was plenty of room for
improvement in the set-up. It was discovered
that at 15 events held in Rec Hall during the
season, the average attendance wa s about
3400, or about 1600 under the capacity of the
building. This opened a number of eyes, and
work began immediately on a new idea to
remedy the situation.
The solution was the Rec Hall ticket exchange
plan formulated by Joseph Lemyre, retiring
president of the Athletic Association. Not only
will this plan give students every opportunity
to attend Rec Hall events, but it will give fac
ulty, alumni, and townspeople ample chance
to secure admission to the athletic contests. In
other words, the plan will assure the maximum
occupancy of Rec Hall at all times, without
being unfair to anyone—a vast improvement
over the 300 seat idea.
Chief objection to the new plan was that an
inconvenience might result to the student. This
possible inconvenience centers around the neces
sity of exchanging AA book coupons for admis
sion tickets to Rec Hall. However, since this
exchange will begin several days before the
scheduled event, and since there will be two
places where the exchange may take place (Rec
Hall and the AA office in Old Main), there
seems little likelihood that much line-standing
will result. For the many obvious benefits of
the plan, this relatively unimportant objection
cannot be too seriously considered.
In passing the Rec Hall ticket exchange
plan as one of its last functions under the
old regime, All-Collegp Cabinet has performed
a definite service to the College. It is hoped
that when the new cabinet, is formed, it too
will find a means of substantially improving
student-faculty-alumni-townspeople relations
at the College.
Student, Student,
Spare That Grass!
Every year, after the snows melt and the
grass makes its first attempt to grow, the stu
dents hear an appeal to give the grass a chance
and to wear out the walks. This is that appeal.
It seems that no matter how many walks
are laid on campus and how convenient they
are to use, students and faculty repeatedly
find a shorter path across a nice stretch of
green grass and then proceed to wear a trail
there.
. .
The campus is already covered with webs,and
webs of sidewalks. But students, always seeking
the shortcut to the shortcut, manage to find
some grass to walk upon.
There is certainly nothing wrong with walk
ing on the campus grass the walking is done
intelligently and not in ihass movement. After
all, there is no use having a nice campus if it
can't be enjoyed. But there is no excuse for a
concerted pilgrimage across one spot until the•
grass wears out and gives up the ghost.
There is a big difference between enjoying
and destroying the campus. A little thought
fulness in taking shortcuts must be exercised.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
There is no excuse' for beating the grass to
death every spring. '
There are, of course, certain campus short
cuts that are more established than many walks.
The trail from College avenue to the Mall, south
of• Holmes Field, is an example. Such paths
should be paved. There is no excuse, however.
for the unsightly paths developing in front of
Atherton Hall and across Holmes Field. Such
paths destroy the looks of the campus.
The current construction campaign is eating
up enough of the campus without students de
stroying the rest themselves. And unless stu
dents stop this destruction, there won't be a
decent patch of grass left.
If students who want a nice campus don't
watch out, Penn Staters will soon be out of
grass to take shortcuts on. It might be better
for the College to pave the whole place with
concrete. If nothing else, such action would
at least provide additional tennis or roller ,
skating space.
Self Government
Earned by Voting
Since less than half of the Penn State student
body does not care how All-College Cabinet
spends $12,000 next year, cabinet should have an
easy year, free from criticism.
The record breaking percentage of 44.9 is
only six-tenths of one per cent higher than
the percentage last year. This indicates that
roughly half of the student body is the only
segment from whom cabiziet may expect to
hear criticism. The other half by virtue of their
lack of interest should probably forfeit their
usual prerogative of governmental criticism.
It is ttue that there are a few students who
could not vote due to being assigned to student
teaching posts and there are those who were in
the College Infirmary. However, these few cer
tainly do not make up the better than 50 per cent
who did not care enough to vote.
Two of the first excuses offered by the non
voter is that it doesn't matter who gets into
office and that his vote won't make any differ
ence. In one office election, if 48 students hadn't
felt that way, the results would have been either
changed or more decidedly determined.
The biggest group of non-voters is in the
senior class—the class that the incoming fresh
man is told to watch as a guide for his actions.
In this year's senior class only 27.9 per cent
are apparently worth watching.
Probably the only reason the senior class is
allowed to vote is that the senior's judgment
formed from three or four years' observation
of campus activities places him in the best posi
tion to vote intelligently. After seeing Wednes
day and Thursday's exhibition of senior leth
argy, perhaps it would be better to rescind their
right to vote.
The senior, if he is fortunate in the coming
final examinations, is about to be thrown out
into the cold, hard world, whether he is pre
pared for it or not. Judging again from the elec
uon results, the senior may be prepared teen
nically, but it is doubtful if he is politically
mature.
The right to govern ourselves extends only
as far as we are able and are willing. And if
the outgoing crop of seniors is any indication
of our political future, we are in for a period
of political immaturity such as we have never
seen before.
The Last Stand
Often for the sake of objectivity and complete
peace of mind, the Daily Collegian refuses to
comment on certain crucial issues. Such was the
case in the past national and more recent All-
College elections.
There are certain • things, however, about
which no newspaper can be silent. And, so,
breaching ifs attempt at complete objectivity
in this case, the Daily Collegian wishes to
announce that it is unanimously and unequiv
ocally in favor of spring.
We are probably safe now that the April
snows are gone.
—The Retiring Senior Board
On a New Fee...
Thursday night All-College Cabinet set some
sort of precedent in passing a 25-cent "effi
ciency" fee raise. This is one of those rare
cases where fees are raised to save money on
bookkeeping expenses..
Nonetheless, students must not become down
hearted. Remember, that quarter you pay today
may be worth only 20 cents in the future..
—Byron Fielding
Gazette
April 25, 1953
FENCING CLUB, 1 p.m., Rec
April 27, 1953
PENN STATE VETERANS CLUB, Monday,
April 27, 7 p.m., in 219 Electrical Engineering.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Roger Ahlers, Paul Beane, Rose Brein, Terry
Friedman, Marvin Goldberg, Aron Hoffman,
Howard Kalodner, Richard Patterson, James Se
ton, Jordan Smith, Raymond Soffa, Abing Ro
Sorriatmadja, and Daniel• Van Sickel. •
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Boy to work on farm for room and board
Boys wanted for waiters and dishwashers
Students' wives for evening counter , work
Boy with car for.service station work.
—Dave Jones
Last night we inserted the
headline we ever will for the Dai
fouls up next week and begs us t
for our successor, Chiz Mathias,
inserts commas brilliantly and pr
boobies, but will also write colum
We expected this moment to be
fraught with sentimentality, but
alas, this 'is not so. This is the
moment we have been waiting
for. As of today, or at least after
the weekend, we can begin doing
the work that has been assigned
since February. As things now
stand, we have 4 1 / 2 books to read
•for Lit 6, four books and a paper
due in Lit 56, two papers plus
reading for Comp 418, book•. re
port and bluebook in the History
of Journalism, and a bench to
refinish and salad bowl and tos
sers to complete in Home Art.
This Home Art course is quite
the thing. As a future writer
of food and fashion articles, if
we ever find a job, it is deemed
imperative that we learn how
to dig bowls out of chunks of
tree and sand irregular, wormy
slices of tree into "f lower
boards." We are being creative.
Have you ever wondered how
to make a bowl? I came to the
College for the express purpose
of learning how to make a bowl,
and when I receive my diploma
in June, I will have attained my
mark. My bowl should be fin
ished by then. •
It all started back in February
when a group of women who
didn't know a piece of walnut
from plywood over-ran the lum
beryard of a patient, long-suffer
ing old codger out in Boalsburg.
Despite his efforts to keep his
better woods hidden from the
mob, an hour or so later the band
returned to the Home Economics
Building, triumphantly clutching,
pieces of tree to their bosoms.
The class then concentrated on
being creative and settled down
to making trays, bowls, and
"flower boards." Do you know
what a flower board is? It is not
what mother rolls out cookie and
pie dough on. Rather, it is an
irregular shaped pieCe of wood;
perhaps one-half inch thick, which
is sanded and varnished ad infini
tum. The purpose is to have a
somewhat rust ic, naturalistic
background against which to ar
range flowers. Women learn how
to arrange flowers, incidentally,
in Hort 151.
But we're off the track. We
decided to make a bowl, and
one fine day held, hammer and
chisel . in hang aiit-papiwialiiii its
—Dick Rau
Little Man On Campus
O
rthal, it appears to me that if you have
ay's outside assignment ready—you copied it."
It's A
Loux-Lu
By BETTIE LOUX
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1953
By Bibler
ast comma a
ly Collegian, unless the new staff
o come back. But this is unlikely,
is a meticulous lad who ,
not only
-omises not to let. Froth find any
ns with some degree of regular#y.
gouge out the wood.' This . :a.
long, intricate process, for:.one
must be careful not to gouge
too deeply. A too-deep . gouge
might result in a hole in-the
bottom of the bowl, and, then
it • could not hold whatever it
may someday hold. ,
Does a bowl evoke a round
image in your mind? Shame, on
your closed mind. Bowls in -the
modern sense of the word are
elongated, canoe-shaped affairs,
monstrous objects indeed. Ours
measures 18 inches length Wise
and 'nine inches at its widest
point. The 'nearest thing it re
sembles is a boat, and if an in
tolerant husband should someday
refuse to see it on- the table; it
should make a dandy present for
a nautical-minded little boy.
The shape was most discon
certing while we were pains
takingly
,carving it out; for the
picture of an Indian indolently
burning out the inside , of a
similar shaped object kept com
ing to mind.
• Yes, = vocational education is
a great thing. They even give
Bachelor of . Science degrees if
you live through four years
of it.
THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SEE
WHEN NEXT WE RETURN: the
sanctity of the Women's Student
Government Association ballot
box violated—voting returns made
public . . . smaller classes, with
more opportunity to talk with pro
fessorS .informally ... less griping
about meals—you can learn to eat
even "hunter's dinner" . . . desire
to take interesting, challenging
courses rather than "snaps" . .
cigarette machines in the wom
en's dorms . . students reading
bobks for pleasure's sake . . . a
philosophy course required in
every curriculum, even Home Ec
onomics . . . all the friends we've
made in three years in . the valley.
So this is' the last "Loux-Lu"
to save the editorial director
from haying to use "Interpret
ing :the News." Who can tell
what's in store? Someday a fab
ulously rich Penn State grad
uate may open the Wall Street
Journal and, find a colunin by
that famous authority on stocks
and bonds, Bettie Loux-Lu.
Both are unlikely, but . .'. till
.then, ' .