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DAVE JONES, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Tammie Bloom; Copy editors, Len Goodman, Diehl McKalip;
Assistants, Mary Bolich, Paddy Beahan, James Jacoby and Roy Williams. Ad staff: Linda. Holmes,
Edie Wolfgang and John Craig.
Blue Band and the Penn Game Seats
Last week, after the Penn-Penn State foot
ball game in Philadelphia, - the Blue Band spent
a good deal of its time grumbling about its
seats at the game. The grumbling was justified.
Members of the band were seated in tempor
ary stands on and behind the goal line. Student
seats, after action taken lagt year, extend-from
goal to goal in the first , ten rows.
The Blue Band was seated in the goal area
by the Penn State Athletic Association because
those were the best seats available when it came
time to seat_the group. Tickets had previously
been sold to faculty, alumni and students.
The band's trip to Philadelphia will be paid
by the student body. All arrangements for the
trip- were made by the Athletic Association.
The association finances the band's trip to the
annual Penn State-Pitt game in Pittsburgh.
During each of these weekends, the band play:
for an alUmni smoker.
Regardless of the gigantic ticket problem
that face the association—and they are gigantic
—there is probably little reason why the Blue
Band could not have better seats for the game.
The band takes up the same numbei of seats,
no matter where it is situated.
It is hard to see why a block of seats could
not have been set aside for the Blue Band be
fore ticket sales began last spring. Those seats
need not be on the 50-yard - line as some would
have us believe. They could have been on the
.or 30-yard line, and the band would have
been satisfied. Certainly almost anything is
better than the seats given the band.
The Blue Band is composed of students. It is
unbelievable, then, that the student body would
Fraternities, Social Life and
Thomas Schott, president of Interfraternity
Council recently called upon Penn State's fra
ternities to raise their scholarship standards.
Shortly before this the Dean of Men's office
released a memorandum containing fraternity
academic averages for the spring semester. It
showed the fraternity men's average of 1.39
was .07 above the all-men's average.
When this average is compared wi th the All-
College average of 1.43, the non-sorority wom
en's average of 1.65, and the sorority women's
average of 1.88, it is evident something is wrong
with fraternity scholarship.
Phi Beta Kappa, mother of American Greek
letter fraternities was founded as an educational
and social society. Early in its career it dropped
the social side of its program to emphasize
scholastic achievement. Thus fraternities were
founded on scholarship—the pooling of thoughts
with the intention of learning.
Since that time, the scholarship aspect
fraternity life has diminished in importance
while the social phase has grown until, in some
cases, it completely overshadows scholarship.
For the continued well being of a modern
fraternity, social life and academic achieve
ment must both have their place. This ha
been successfully accomplished in some of Peril
State's fraternities.
Nineteen fraternities exceeded the All-Co:
legespring average during the semester: Twelvc
othese 19 maintained their high rank for twc
or more semesters. Many houses succeeded
raising their rank by ten places or more.
In the memorandum, the dean's office ex
pressed hope that improveemnt of these house.
was not just an unexplainable favorable turn e
events, but due rather to concentrated effort
by the fraternities to improve scholarship.
On the other end of the scholastic ladder arc
the great number of Penn State's fraternities
which plod along semes t er after semester
achieving averages below the All-College aver-
COLLEGIAN SENIOR BOARD, 7 p.m., 111 Car
negie Hall.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 7:30
p.m., 219 E.E.
FROTH ART STAFF, 7 p.m., 9 Carnegie.
MINERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL
7:30 p.m., 208 Willard.
NEWMAN CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Student Center.
OMICRON NU, 6:45 p.m., H. Ec. Living Center.
PLAYERS lighting, costume, Schwab basement:
construction workshops, Schwab loft, 7 p.m.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
Man to work on College farms Wed., Thurs., Fri
Substitute waiters.
Counter work evenings downtown
Girl to cook meals . in town.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE
The companies listed below will conduct interviews on
campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. will interview January grad
uates in ME, IE, ER, and Physics on Oct. 16.
TEXAS COMPANY will interview Ph.D. candidates in
Ch.E., ME, and Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in
1954; MS in Ch.E., ME, CE and Chem. who have completed
at least one semester; and BS January graduates in the
fields of Ch.E., CE, ME, and Chem. on Oct. 19.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA will inter
view January graduates in CE, EE, MR, Ch.E., Fuel Tech..
Geology, Geophysics, Geochem, P.N.G., Chem, and Physics.
on Oct. 19-20.
MALLINCKRODT CHEMICAL • COMPANY will interview
Ph.D. ra , "(l;qates in Ch.E., EE. ME, and Chem. expecting
to receive their degrees in 1954; MS candidates in Ch. E..
EE. ME and .Chem. who have completed at least one Klemm-
July 5, 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1879.
Gazette...
Today
KY,` DAILY COLLEX.n.AN. STATE COLLEGE. PEP;NSYLVANIP
VINCE DRAYNE, Business Mgr.
begrudge the band. 30-yard line seats. For their
work in preparing the halftime routine, and
for -their part in the pre-game pep rally, the
band deserves decent seats. That the student
body sends the band to the game shows the
students want it there.
Ganted, few would go to Philadelphia to see
the Blue Band if there were no football game.
But it cannot be denied the Blue Band, in its
own way, represents the College as much as
the team. And the Blue Band contributes/ to
ward bettering the College's name . and refiu
tation..
Just what connection there is between the
band and the association is not clear. The grad
uate manager of athletics and the band director
do not know why there is a relation. Neverthe
less, it does exist.
The Blue Band would probably be better
off if it were clearly defined as part of, or sepa
rate from, the Athletic Association. If the band
had a budget for yearly operations, much con
fusion ds to who finances the band and who
does not would, be eliminated.
It seems the association has continued a tra
dition in arranging for,band trips. In continu
ing this tradition, the association has also as
sumed the obligation to do the job right. •It
failed in its obligation when it gave the band
poor seats—seats even worse than those given
students who did nothing to make the weekend
a success.
In the future, the association must face up
to its responsibility, or deny the responsibility.
Until such denial, the association must serve
the band and serve it well. The association has
no reason to feel it is doing the band a favor.
Education
age, and sometimes barely above the scholastic
average of 1 required for graduation.
For these fraternities, the time. is long past
for constructive efforts to improve scholarship.
For the rest strict observance of study hours,
an active scholarship chairman or scholarship
committee, a wise policy of pledge selection,
intelligent pledge training programs, and the
development of a feeling within houses that
academic achievement is important, are the
7 , nly ways to bring scholarship to a decent level.
—Jack Reid
Safety Valve ...
Asks Forum Support
TO THE EDITOR: General James Van Fleet,
Charles Laughton, Irwin D. Canham,.and Ches
ter Bowles are not only . big names but also
good speakers—a rare and expensive combin
ation. If students are interested, if students
really want a good Community Forum, then
students will buy tickets this week and this
year.
In the final analysis, the only valid test of
what students think of our program is the
action they take in supporting it. If this year's
program "sells the house," then the future of
your Community Forum will" be promising in
deed. If students do not support forum repre
7entatives by attendance, then they may be
:ure that future representatives—if they can
;,nd any—may find it too difficult to arrange
I still better program; for that would be vir
'ally impossible of any price.
The issue- is clear; the time to buy tickets
•as arrived and, almost certainly, next year
-1 1 d be too late.
Elton Carter
General Chairman;
State College Community Forum
ter; and BS 'January graduates in Ch.E.; EE, ME, and
Chem. on Oct. 19-20.
RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA will interview
January graduates in RE, ME, ChR, Physics ,and 'Ceramics
Oct. 19-20.
PROCTOR AND GAMBLE CO. will interview Ph.D. can
didates in Chem. and Ag. Bio-Chem: expecting' to receive
their degrees in 1954 on Oct. 21.
SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO. will Interview* January
graduates in the fields of CE, ME, Ch.E, :Bus. Adm., and
Liberal Arts on Oct. 21,
DU PONT will interview Ph.D. candidates in. Ch.E, ME,
Engineering Mechanics, Chem. and Physics expecting to
receive - their degrees in 1954 on Oct, 21-23.
THE BURROUGHS- ADDING MACHINE . CO. will intek.-
view January graduates in ME and ER on Oct. 22.
FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATION LABS. trill inter
view Ph.D. candidates in EE and Physics expecting to re
ceive their degrees in 1954, M.S. candidites in EE and
Physics who have completed at least one semester; and
Jimpary B.S. graduates in EE and Physics on Oct. 22.
DU PONT will interview M.S. candidates in Ch.E, ME,
IE, Chem., and Physics who have completed at least one
semester, and January B.S. graduates in Ch.E, ME, lE,
Chem., and Physics on Oct.. 22-23.
SHELL DEVELOPMENT CO. will interview-Ph.D. can
didates in Physics expecting to receive their degrees in 1954
on Oct. 22-23.
SYLVANIA ELECTRIC PRODUCTS INC. will interview
January • graduates in Chem., Physics, Accounting, Busi
ness Management, Mathematics, Ceramics, Metallurgy, Ch.E.
EE, lE, ME, on Oct. 23.
CHRYSLER CORP. will interview January graduates in
Ch.E. F.E. ME and Metallurgy on Oct. 23. •
NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, LOS ANGELES DIV.
will interview January Graduates in Aero, CE, _EE, ME.
Arch. Engr., Ph.D. candidates in Aero, EE, CE, ME. Arch.
Engr.. M.S. candidates in Aero., RE. CE, ME, and Arch.
Engr., on Oct. 26.
THE NATIONAL RUBE DIV. OF U.S. STEEL will inter
view Januair - graduates in ME, EE, and ,MetaL on Oct, 2.6.
ittle Man on Campus
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'Boy, you should have seen her clobber that guy yester
gancin y _Around
At a
Roommates are a 'peculiar specie of animal found in large num
bers around centers of culture and -learning—like pigeons. This year
for the first time I decided to get a single room. And for the first
time, I don't have a roommate.
The situation has its drawbacks and. rewards. For example, when
the alarm clock goes off, there
is no one to help me ignore it.
However, I do quite well on this
score alone. There is also the mat
ter of conversation. It tends to be
limited.
On the other hand, when I walk
into the room at 3 a.m.,
there is
no one to pour forth protestations,
both vile and loud, about my hav
ing turned on the light in his eyes.
When I turn off the radio during
the middle of a profound lecture
on the government labor regula
tions specifying the hours of labor
and wages required of profession
al potato bug pickers, there is no
one to inform me that he is deep
ly interested in the subject and
would I mind please turning 'the
radio on.
It was in this mood of philo
sophical meditation on the mon
astic existence that I happily
crawled into my bed at 3 a.m.
Sunday.
A short while later—five hours
later to be exact—the thought
pushed its way through my numb
brain that things were not quite
the way I left them when I went
to bed. I opened one eye. The sun
was up. But I - couldn't help that.
I closed the eye and ,tried to get
back to the point in my nocturnal
ramblings where I was inter
rupted.
But the idea that things wern't
right still persisted. I opened the
eye again, and closed it. I re
fused to believe what the one eye
had to say, so I tried the other
eye. I refused to believe what it
had . to say and closed it also. Then
my ears got into the act. The
fluttering sound started again:
Then I opened both , eyes, and
after an unsteady'moment,
finally focuSed them on the flut
tering object. My eyes still
agreed. It WAS a bird.
The answer seemed simple.
Merely open the window and let
him out. I stumbled . over to the
window and raised it. The bird
thought this was a good idea un
til he got to the screen. He looked
surprised. But then most Sunday
drivers do- when they get into
this sort of situation. He recovered
and proceeded to race about the
room. The only thing we needed
was exhaust fumes to make .the
place look like,National Air Race
time trials.
I sat. down on the bed and
studied the situation. I was an
noyed. At eight o'clock on any
morning, I'm in a foul frame of
mind, let alone. Sunday morn
ing when I can sleep late with-
wEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Hr . 1.953,
new kootnniale
out my conscience gouging me
too deeply.
The bird continued racing. The
sight of such exuberance that
early in, the morning was blas
phemous. I couldn't decide if he
was panicky or just out to raise -
Cain, particularly when he stop
ped occasionally to swing back
and forth • on s , the curtains. The
landlady would have taken a
rather dim view of that. I thought
of opening my door and letting
my friend downstairs with the
landlady's canary. The landlady
wouldn't • have gone for that
either, so I kept the door closed.
HoW he got into the room had
me puzzled. At least I presume
the sparrow was a he. I don't
really know. We hadn't gotten
that familiar. I hadn't left any
eggs lying in my dresser drawer,
and I didn't remember having
brought any friends in with me
, the night before.
I My friend continued the time.
trials aga i n. The showoff: I
could have flown rings around
him the night before.
Then the dawn broke enough.
Only the bottom half of the win
dows were screened. I remem
bered having opened the top half
` - a. few inches three nights before
to let the blue haze of cigarette
smoke escape.
My friend settled dovin on . the
bed, then hopped to the floor.
The floor is softer, He didn't stay
there long. The time trials were
resumed, I became concerned
about the natural forces of ani
mal digestive tracts possibly going
into . operation. I was totally un
prepared. •
With this new potential prob. •
lem arising, the need for. letting
my friend out became inipera
tive. I hauled down the top half '•
of a window. My friend . "clii
j appeared. Before closing the
window again. I decided to look
around a bit.
My friend hadn't left. He just
decided to romp around the
closet a little. Showing; little re
gard toward the canons of social
graciousness, I flailed -at him
wildly - until he got that unwanted
feeling and roared through the
window like an F-84 with a jet
assisted take-off. ' -
I returned to bed, thought. a
second, and went back to the
window and closed it—com
pletely. I returned to bed again, .
stretched out, sighed, and re- ;
laxed. The time to resume
favorite Sunday morning pas
time had come.
But I -was wide awake. • .*•-•"
By Bib'
Ey DICK RAU