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Pennsylvania State University.
Entered as secend-elsja natter July 6. 1934 at the State College? Pa. Post Office under tbo act of March 3. 1879.
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Managing Ed., Marshall O. Donley; City Ed., Chuck Asst. Bus. Mgr., Mark Christ; Local Advertising Mgr.,
Obertance; Copy Ed., Chiz Mathias; Sports Ed., Sam Pro- Robert Carruthers; National Adv. Mgr., Shirley Musgrave;
cogio; Edit. Dir., Len Goodman; Wire-Radio Ed., Bill Jost; Circulation Mgr., Prank Cressman; Promotion Mgr., Ruth
Photo Ed., Bruce Schroeder; Soe: Ed., Lis Newell; Asst. Israel; Personnel Mgr., Patience Ungcthuem; Office Mgr.,
Sports Ed., Dick McDowell; Asst. Soc. Ed., Gus Vollmer; Gail Shaver; Classified Adv. Mgr., Jean Geiger; See., Carol
Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers; Exchange Ed., Lorraine Gladus; Schwing; Research and Records Mgr.. Francis Crawford.
Librarian, At Goodman; Senior Board, Jack Reid.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Diehl McKalip; Copy editors, Baylee Friedman, Joe Beau Seig
neur; Assistants, Roy Williams, Marilyn Ambler, Bill Pete, and Ann Saylor. Ad staff: Connie An
derson, Dan Harting, Diane Hallock, and Susan Pentz.
Used Book Agency: Growth Shows Need
Penn State’s student-run Used Book Agency
this semester has again topped all previous
records in both money and number of books
handled, serving as a further illustration of
what .the agency means to the student body.
The*agency is an extension of the year-round
Penn State Book Exchange'operation. The ÜBA
provides a self-service used book shopping
center on the floor of the Temporary Union
Building at the start of each semester.
The ÜBA's biggest handicap has been its
lack of used books. About 2000 more books were
put up for sale this semester than last semester.
Yet a shortage still exists.
• The best part of the ÜBA is its financial
benefit to the student. The student may price
each book at what he thinks it is worth, and
is usually able to sell it for more than he could
anywhere else. Each student may browse
through available books, and is usually able to
purchase one for less than he could elsewhere.
When the Student Union building is com
pleted, the Book Exchange and the Used Book
The 18-Year-Old Vote a Political Move
There’s little logic and even less old-fashioned
sense behind the proposed bills to amend the
U. S. Constitution to allow 18-year olds to vote.
Rather, the Administration, seems to be making
a desperate effort to capture the imagination
.of American youth with what appears to be
solely a political move.
But, we still hear the old refrain that if one
is old enough to fight, he is old enough to vote.
Taken on face value, the argument is very con
vincing; but, if we pursue that bit of logic a
further, it also follows that if one is too old
to fight, maybe he should lose his right to vote.
The fact of the matter is that the “old enough
to fight” principle is a poor criterion for de
termining voting qualification. Of course the
assumption held throughout is that the 18-year
old is old enough to fight. Maybe a more sensible
approach would be to agitate for reform of the
draft law.
Let’s say on the average the citizen of 21
years of age is more settled, and relatively
Gazette...
Today
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING CLUB, 7
p.m., 105 Agriculture.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL EN-
GINEERS, 7 p.m., 105 Mechanical Engineering.
FROTH AD STAFF, candidates and staff, 7
p.m., Froth Office.
NEWMAN CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Catholic Student
Center
NEWS AND VIEWS, 6:30 p.m., 14 Home Eco-
nomics.
PENN STATE FENCING CLUB, 7:30 p.m.,
North Corridor, Rec Hall.
WRA SWIMMING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., White
Hall pool.
WSGA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 6:30
p.m., WSGA Room, White Hall.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS CLUB, 7 p.m., 217
Willard.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS CLUB, movie, 7:15
p.m., 119 Osmond.
Tomorrow'
DELTA SIGMA PI, business meeting, 7:30 p.m.,
Kappa Sigma. '
INFIRMARY
Thomas Ball, Sidney Brindley, Richard But
terer, Marilyn Cameron, Louis Cohen, Daniel
Light, Barbara Lordly, Surendra Mathur, Fred
Montanari, George Olmstead, Bruce Spengler,
William Stiffler.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Graduate student in EE wanted for part-time
laboratory work.
The following camps will interview prospective
counselors. Students may sign up at the Stu
dent Employment Service: Ken-Mont and
Ken-Wood—Feb. 12; Delwood—Feb. 17; Bar
ree—Feb. 24; Trail’s End—Feb. 27; Hiram
House—March 2; Abington YMCA—March 16.
PLACEMENT SERVICE
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORF. (Research Labs. &
Atomic Power Div.) representatives will interview Ph.D.
candidates in Chem., Math., Metal, Phys., ChE, ME & EE
expecting to receive their degrees in 1954; and M.S.
candidates in the above fields who have completed at least
one semester on Feb. 19.
E. 1. DUPONT will visit the campus to interview grad
uating seniors in Ghent., Comm. Chem., Phys., Science,
ChE, EE, lE, ME, and Mining Engr. on Feb. 22, 23, 24.
EASTMAN KODAK CO. will interview graduating seniors
and M.S. candidates who have completed at least one
semester in Bus. Adm., Acctg., Bus. Mngt., Eco., Finance,
Trade & Transportation, Chem., Phys., Science. Math.,
ChE, EE, lE, ME on Feb. 22 and 23.
FEDERAL AGENCY ENGAGED IN NATIONAL SECURITY
WORK will interview graduating seniors in Bus. Adm.,
A&L (Eco., History, Pol. Science), Languages (not Ro
mance), Geography, and Secretarial Science on Feb. 22
and 23.
BETHLEHEM STEEL CO. will interview graduating seniors
in ME, CE, ChE, EE, lE, Mining Engr., Metal, Ceramics,
and a few students in Purchasing, Acctg., Finance and
Industrial & Public Relations on Feb. 22 and 23.
CLEVITE CORP. (Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co. and Brush
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agency will move io larger and more centralized
quarters. The somewhat isolated location of the
TUB. and lack of slock space, have hampered
both operations. Not too far in the future, the
BX and ÜBA will move into the enlarged
quarters they not only need, but deserve.
The only way students may maintain this
service is by helping it grow through patronage.
More students must take their books to the
ÜBA, and more students will realize the bene
fits of its operation. Thus far, student interest
has been high.
This semester, the ÜBA instituted a new
plan. Students may now receive cash for books
almost as soon as they are sold. This has elim
inated one disadvantage of operation—delayed
payments.
Continued improvements by the agency are
bound to come in expanded quarters. The con
stant growth of this student-run service points
out the deep need for such an operation at
Penn State. Now, the ÜBA is reaching pro
portions that cannot be ignored.
more mature than at 18 years of age. Duly
qualified, the statement seems incontestable.
Some point to the state of Georgia, where one
does vote at 18, as an example to be followed
throughout the nation in order to equalize the
minimum voting requirements. But, why not
seek to reform the. Georgian law, rather than
to amend the Constitution, and to bring the
•ation down to the level of that state.
The contractual responsibility of an indi
/idual begins at 21 years, of age. How can the
privilege of voting in a democracy be justified
when the full responsibilities of a member of
society are not included?
A further danger lies in the fact that our
,iigh schools would now become susceptible to
political pressure groups and emotional ha
rangues, thus multiplying the problems of our
school system.
- It’s difficult to see how the 18-year old vote
can be justified on any grounds other than
the hope of obtaining political advantage among
the “younger set.”
On Unfounded Ideas
Apparently some Penn State football fans
do not read much beyond the newspaper head
lines. If they did, there would not be the strong
belief that Penn State will play Notre Dame
m 1956, and that the University belongs to a
newly formed football conference.
If seems the same treatment given to the
supposedly all-home 1955 football schedule is
being given to the 1956 game with Noire Dame
and the grid conference. The truth is that the
latter two were someone's idea of good stories.
There is always the possibility Penn State
will play Notre Dame in 1956 and become a
member of a grid conference. However, the im
portant thing to remember is that at present
it’s all figuring—and all talk.
Dean Ernest B. McCoy, director of athletics,
says: "There have been no formal meetings or
discussions, nor have there been any meetings
or discussions to discuss formal meetings or dis
cussions. There have been conversations—there
always are conversations—about a football con
ference, but I can assure you Penn Slate has not
been formally approached, nor has Penn State
formally approached anyone, about ,a football
league.
Until McCoy officially makes a statement that
Penn State will play Notre Dame in 1956, and
that Penn State does belong to a football con
ference, fans must treat such news as tinbased.
If they do, they will not be second guessing.
—Sam Procopio
Sports Editor
Electronics Co.) :wil! interview graduating seniors in
Acctg., Bus. Mngt., Ch°m., Phys., Meta!., ChE, EE. lE,
and ME on Feb. 22.
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE COMPANY (Industrial
Products and Air Brake Divisions) will interview grad-
seniors in ME and a few outstanding EE on
Feb. 22.
GENERAL RAILWAY SIGNAL CO. will interview grad
uating seniors in EE, lE, ME on Feb. 23.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. will interview grad
uating seniors in Bus. Adm. and Liberal Arts on Feb. 23.
HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORP. will interview graduating
seniors in Bus. Adm., Libera] Arts and Education on
Feb. 23.
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING CO. will interview grad-
uating seniors in ME, lE, Chem., Engr., Acctg., and A&L
Qn Feb. 23.
MAGNOLIA PETROLEUM CO. will interview graduating
seniors, in P.N.G., and Mining Engr. on Feb. 22.
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO. (paint div.) will inter
view graduating seniors in Chem., Commercial Chem.,
Bus. Mngt., ME, ChE; M.S. candidates who have com
pleted at least one semester in Chem. and Chem. Engr.;
and Ph.D. candidates expecting to receive their degrees
in 1954 in Chem. and ChE, on Feb. 23.
NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. (Downey, Calif.)
will interview graduating seniors in Phys., EE, ME, CE,
Aero. Engr., and General Engr.; M.S. candidates in the
above fields who have completed at least one semester;
and Ph.D. candidates in the above fields expecting to
receive their degrees in 1954 on Feb. 24 and 25.
DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
Little Man on Campus
"I find ihaf the smart students drop this course. —The rest try
Le Fou Rou
Whispering
Gallery
Between semesters we joined the more than 30,000 people drift
ing through the Philadelphia Museum of Art to take advantage of
one of the finest showings of the year—the really startling exhibi
tion of Vincent van Gogh.
Since the 1935 exhibit and Irving Stone’s novel “Lust for Life,”
the - famous and often exagger
ated exploits of the artist have
been known to every school boy.
Many spectators shudder at the
intensity of the artist and slander
his works as being crude or in
sane, which may be, but one can
not witness the Philadelphia ex
hibit without experiencing a new
respect for van Gogh as man and
artist.
Organized in the Netherlands to
commemorate the' centenniel of
van Gogh’s birth, the exhibit in
cludes 96 paintings and 85 draw
ings and prints produced in the
turbulent decade 1880 to 1890.
Against a background of bril
liant Dutch yellow linen the mus
eum exhibit unfolds the story of
the artist himself—the sweat and
misery of the Borinage, the dis
illusion of The Hague, the. inno
vations of color and style in Paris,
the passionate outbursts in Arles,
and the tragic snap at St. Remy.
Along with such widely repro
duced favorites as the Sunflow
ers, Irises, ihe Zouave Bugler Mil
liei, and the Cypresses, are exhib
ited many rarely shown drawings
and canvases from the private
collection of the artist’s nephew
and namesake Vincent van Gogh,
the Dutch engineer, and the es
tate of the late Madame Kroller-
Muller.
The frenetic passion of the ar
tist can be traced through his
styles. First there is the sombre
pen drawings of ihe Miners, stiff
and awkward, reflecting _ his in
experience and ihe religious in
fluence of his days as a minister
in the coal mining districts of
Belgium.
Following an unsuccessful at
tempt in business and two unfor
tunate loves, van Gogh returned
to his father’s parish at Etten and
experimented with black crayon
and watercolor, as in the simple
Man Reading af Ihe Fire.
Later, attempting to study un
der his cousin Mauve in The
Hague, he became excited by oils
and livened his drawings with
watercolor as in the Stale Lottery,
illustrating the struggle of the
poor who scrape together all they
can on the chance they might
win.
Van Gogh rescued a woman of
the streets at The Hague. He gave
her money to support her family
and provide medical attention.
She posed for him and later be
came his mistress. The lithograph
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11. 1954
to stick it out and flunk!
Sorrow is a study of Sien, as he
called, her, crouched nude on the
floor with her head bent over her
decrepit body and her long hair
drooped down her back.
. His first really serious work is
the Potato Eaters, painted at Nou
enen in 1885. In his own words
he “tried to make it clear how
those people, eating their potatoes
under the lamplight have dug the
earth with those hard hands they
put in the dish . . .” It is painted
in dark solid tones after the style
of Rembrandt in the very shade
of a potato peel.
When Van Gogh went to live
with his brother Theo in Paris
in 1886 he met 'ne new Impres
sionists and copied their tech
niques. His palette became more
colorful, abandoning the earth
shades for glowing yellow and
luminous blues. He took up the
pointillism of Seurat with his
Park at Asnieres and Self Portrait
with Straw Hat and copied the
Japanese prints of Hiroshige and
Kesal Yeisen. Three interpreta
tions of Japanese prints in vibrant
oriental tones, hung next to the
original woodprints, provide one
of the highlights of the exhibition.
A Self Portrait with Pipe that
we had nevar .seen before struck
us as a preposterous contrast to
his later, almost grotesque self
portraits. He is neatly dressed,
carefully barbered, and serenely
puffing on a pipe. The tranquil
green eyes seem to follow the
viewer wherever he goes.
Seeking a style of his own, van
Gogh went to Arles in southern
France to paint the burning lem
on sky and atmospheric land
scapes into his Drawbridge, White
Orchard, and Boats on the Beach.
He made friends with Postman
Roulin and painted him and his
family. Most of his pleasant works
were done at Arles, including
Sunflowers and Outdoor Cafe.
Starry Night, which he described
as “the outside of a cafe with the
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