O :'GF FOUI Hath* Calittttatt , of Th. V the [ I Pennsylvania State Colleze. Saeeeaaer to THE FREE LANCE, est. 188? are by tbe editor. Entered aa second-class natter DAVE JONES. Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Mary Lee Lauffer; Copy editors, Herm Weiskopf, Nancy Ward; Assistants, Carole Gibson," Nancy Fortna, Bill Snyder,.Roy-Williams, Mary Loubris, Nancy Showalter. Ad staff, Fay Goldstein, • Anne Sherman, Barbara Bohrer. The Last Hurdle: A Spring Week was given its biggest shot in the arm yesterday when the Senate com mittee on student affairs approved the week’s plans.* Plans and proposals for ihe week have been going back and forth among campus groups since September. There was a wrangle about the carnival holiday and a problem about set ting up a student screening committee to ap prove events. All that now remains to be set tled is the carnival location. The Senate committee made a wise decision in approving a four-day Spring Week with a two evening carnival. There were complaints about class cutting due to last year’s carnival. This year, the carnival will be on Wednesday and Thursday, but booths may be set up Tues day night. This should eliminate much cutting formerly necessary to construct carnival booths. The one remaining hurdle—a location for ihe carnival—could be a high one. Since its birth, the carnival has outgrown Allen’street and Os mond parking lot. Last year, considerable dam age was done to shrubbery near ihe parking area" behind Sigma Chi, where the carnival was held. This has brought about a necessity for a new location. The physical plant has suggested the part of the Windcrest trailer area being cleared of dwellings. The area there is definitely large enough for the carnival, but there is another consideration: weather. Spring Week is notor ious for its rain. Spring carnivals are tradition ally rainy affairs. Even a light rain on the Windcrest area could make the carnival site so muddy that the carnival would fail. Students are willing to fight the rain, but they should not be forced to fight mud too. Safety Valve TQ THE EDITOR: There has evidently been some discussion on the selection of those people who, will appear in Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Twenty one people on the list are members of All-Col lege Cabinet. This left nine places to be filled by nine out of approximately 2000 seniors. Unquestionably, there are many seniors who deserve this recognition, and if the most out standing had been chosen, the committee could have picked a list of 50 or more, instead of the allotted 30. No mailer who had been chosen, there would be criticism. The committee is not infallible, but it tried to pick as well represen tative a group as possible. The members were chosen from every area of campus activities in proportion to the number of students partici pating in these activities. As anyone belonging to a group selecting its members knows, there must be a criterium for judging. In addition to the number of activities and service to the College, the persons in “Who’s GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION, 9 p.m., 118 W. Beaver street. ' PENN STATE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, 7:30 p.m., 405 Old Main. WRA PLAY NIGHT, 7-9 p.m., White. Hall.. Sunday HILLEL FOLK DANCE GROUP, afternoon, Hillel. HILLEL PUBLIC SPEAKING COMMITTEE, 1:45 p.m., Hillel. ONEG SHABBAT Hillel. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Students to work on campus during Thanks giving vacation. , COLLEGE HOSPITAL William Appleton, Barton Burke, Chdrles Cooper, Marion Ludwig, Charles McMinn, Thomas Maxell, Mary Monroe, James. Noel, Tami Shima, Joseph'Slotnik, James Smith, Don na Springer, Priscilla Street, Nancy L. Thomp son. COLLEGE PLACEMENT SERVICE The companies listed below will conduct interviews or campus. Schedule interviews now in 112 Old Main. J. C. PENNEY CO., INC. will interview Jan. graduates interested in Merchandising on Nov. 16. STANDARD OIL DEVELOPMENT CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates, M.S. and Ph.D. Candidates in Com mercial Chem. on Nov. 19. THE YOUNG WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION will visit the campus on Nov. 19 to discuss opportunities in the organization with interested students. For a Treat that can't he beat drop in at CAMPUS RESTAURANT JnljT s. 1934 at tks State Cslleire, Pa. Past Office under the act of Kerch 3. 1879. ■Defense of Who's Who Selection Today Tomorrow COMMITTEE, THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA Carnival Site Selection of a carnival site is no little prob lem. A faulty site—one that could be rendered useless by rain—could kill the carnival quicker than anything. And since there can be no con trol over the rain, wise control must be ex ercised in the site selection. . .As has been .pointed out before, the carnival provides all income for Spring Week. Its social and financial success is tantamount to the suc cess of the week. A carnival that flops could bring a Spring Week that flops, and could re sult in no Spring Week in ihe future. The last hurdle, then, may be the highest. Let’s not count the race won before we cross the finish line. Safely Valve *.. On Forced Attendance TO THE EDITOR: Certainly this is an old hack, but again it has come up: forced attendance at classes. Why must it be that allegedly mature men and women attending Penn State to. get an education must be forced to attend classes? For their own strength of character, let students attend classes at their own discretion. Grades will soon reveal who is here to be educated. Perhaps some professors would make attend ance in their classes dependent on interest aroused by good presentation of material in stead of the College, "truant" rules. A quiz inflicted before and after holidays hardly seems the way to convince mature stu dents to Attend classes. Who” had to have honesty, character, and scholarship. The number of people the person represented figured in the selection as did the fact of whether his main jobs were elected or appointed. There were nine College seniors on the selec tions committee, each one given his job by the All-College ‘President. The- candidates were viewed objectively and impersonally. Since each member of the committee was a representative of his respective school, he was in a position to do this; in fact, objectivity was a responsibility. Each member had only one vote and the final selections were approved by the director of stu deni affairs, who probably knows more about student activities than anyone else. In criticizing the selections for any honor, people too often see only one side of the pic ture. The 30 seniors on the list meet all the re quired qualifications, more so, the committee feels, than others considered. This, in itself, houid prove justification. Gazette... UNION CARBIDE AND CARBON CORP. will interview Ph.D. candidates in Chem. expecting to receive their de grees in 1954 on Nov. 12 and 13. MONSANTO CHEMICAL CO. will interview Jan. graduates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem., M.S. candidates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem., and Ph.D. candidates in EE, ME, ChE, Commercial Chem., and Chem. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954 on Nov. 17. DEERE AND CO. will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in ME, Ag E, lE, EE, CE, and Commerce students on Nov. 17. CHICAGO BRIDGE AND IRON CO. will interview Jan. 8.5.. graduates in CE on Nov. 17. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. (WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL DIV.) will interview Jan. B.S. graduates in Aero. E, ME, and Metah, M.S. candidates in ME, Phy. Metallurgy, and Atomic Physics who have completed at least one semester, and Ph.D. candidates in ME, Physical Metal., and Atomic Physics on Nov. 17. MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL REGULATOR CO. (BROWN INSTRUMENT DIV.) will interview Jaa.' B.S. graduates in EE, ME, lE, and Phys., M.S. candidates in EE, ME, and Phys., who have completed at least one semes ter; and Ph.D. candidates in EE, ME, and Phys. expecting to receive their degrees in 1954, on Nov. 17. ERNST AND ERNST will, interview Jan. graduates in Acctg. and Bus. Adm. on Nov. 16. NATIONAL SUPPLY CO. will interview Jan. B.S. and B.A. graduates in CE, EE, lE, ME, Commerce and Finance, Acctg., Metal., P.N.G., and Mining Engr. on Nov.. 16. ARTHUR ANDERSON AND CO. graduates in Accounting on Nov. 16. McDONNELL AIRCRAFT CORP. win interview Jan. B.S. graduates in Aero. E, Arch. E, -CE, EE, lE, ME, and Metal, on Nov. 16. WEST PENN POWER CO. will interview Jan. graduates in EE and ME on Nov. 13. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS CORP. will interview Jan. B.S. and B.A. graduates in ChE, Arch., E, CE, .EE, lE, ME, Chem., Commercial Chera., Phys.; Arch., Arts and i Letters, Journalism, Labor-Management Relations and Cer amics on Nov. 18. NIGHT FOOTBALL IONITE! BELLEFONTE versus STATE COLLEGE Iron Kettle Game At Slate College PENN STATE STUDENTS -35 c VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. —Craig Sanders —Jane Mason will interview Jan. ittle Man on Campus "I -wish. Snarf would seat this, guy farther away from the be! he gets mad as t heck when he's waked up suddenly." Short 'Change The Marine Corps wants me! Yes, they do because yesterday I received a letter addressed to Mr. Gus Vollmer, 217 Simmons. The letter read: “You have been recommended to us as an excellent prospect for enlistment in the U.S. Marine Corps. “Being recommended for the Ma rines, we are assuming that you woujji be a good applicant, and a good Marine, and we would more than welcome the chance to talk with you, in . order that we might 2xplain the features of the Ma ine Corps, and what an enlist nent would mean to you.” The letter - continued with all .he advantages I would have by joining the Marines and at the and a P.S. said, “See me in Belle -'onte at the Post Office each Wed nesday from 10:00 until 2:00.” My only comment is that I owe all my success to Steve Melmeck. Thanks, Steve, for the recom mendation. And now we move from the local front to other areas of this fabulous nation of ours. * Not so long ago the rowing team at Cornell University was stopped cold by a whirl of suds. A prank ster had poured some Vel into che practice tank, and the harder the team rowed, the more suds they churned up. At Smith College, the girls ex pressed their views on kissing, drinking, and what not to do on dates, in an issue of the Amherst humor magazine. Most girls did not like the “General collegiate male attitude of ‘Have a drink and let’s get down to • business’.” Kissing on the first date was ab horred by the majority of girls polled,-but the Smithies were dis appointed if the guy failed to show any amorous tendencies by the third date. They also agreed that it isn’t necessary for a boy to spend a great deal of money after the second or third date. Nice kids.. Another interesting poll turned up in Tigertown, where the Princetonian came out with ah article on the Holyoke girls. The results of a survey showed that their interests lie in three direc tions. The primary aspiration of FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1953 By Bibier By GUS VOLLMER the population is to get pinned, next comes the desire to find a husband, and running a very good third, the hope of receiving a good education. The American college male faces stiff competition if he seeks the companionship of females. of similar educational status. Statis tics show that men outnumber women in colleges' almost two to one'. Statistics also show that women with brains have practically no chance of finding a hubby, accord ing to research done at Cornell University. The researchers agreed that men distrust women who are culturally and intellectually su perior. It seems that tile byword is still “beautiful but dumb” but I’ll bet you’ll find quite a bit of dissenion. Students at the University of Kansas were very proud of their football team when their • Alma Mater was played at the Kansas- Nebraska game at Nebraska. Some people now really beieve in the old saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” And as a closing thought . . . a poem: Now I lay me down to sleep, The lecture dry, the subject deep, If he should quit before I wake, Give me a poke for Heaven’s sake. Princeton Radio Holds Charity Marathon Princeton University students recently completed a .13-hour ra dio marathon over WPRU, stu dent radio station, to solicit funds for the campus charity drive. A dozen musical organizations, speeches and music were broad cast during the appeal. Goal of the charity drive is $25,000.
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