PAGE FOUR Published fuesday through Saturday mornings. during the University Year. the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Entered a second-class in DAVE JONES. Editor Managing Ed.; Marshall 0. Donley; City Ed.. Chuck Asst. Bus Mgr., Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Adv. Mgr., Obertance; Copy Ed., Chia Mathias: Snorts Ed., Sam Pro. Sondra Duckman; .National Adv. Mgr., William Devers; condo; Edit- Dir., Len Goodman; Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost: Circulation Co-Mgrs., Richard Gordon, Gail Prosier; Pro- Photo Ed.. Bruce Schroeder: Soc. Ed.. Liz Newell; Asst. motion Mgr., Evelyn Riegel; Personnel Mgr, Carol Schwing; Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell: Asst. Soc. Ed., Gus Vollmer: Office Mgr., Peggy Troxell; Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers: Exchange Ei., Lorraine Gladuai Ebert; Sec., Gertrude Malpezzi; Research and Records Mgr., ulbrarian. Al Goodman: Senior Board. Jack Reid. Virginia Coskery. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Roy Williams; Copy editors, Paddy Beahan, °Betty Koster; As sistants, Fran Fanucci, Nancy Showalter, Bobbie Handel, Marnie Schenk, Harry Davis, Doug Millar. Ad Staff: Norm Smith. Exam. Scheduling: Give Students a Break With the full-scale return of Saturday classes this semester, students could have logically ex pected a • reasonable lull between the end of classes and the beginning of final exams. Quite to the contrary, no lull whatsoever has been provided. There are some, believe it or not, who have classes until 11:50 a.m. Saturday and exams at 1:10 p.m. Saturday. The University has pro vided students of this variety a whole hour and 20 minutes to prepare for finals—and eat din ner on the way. It has long been the practice to end classes and begin finals on the same day. But with the increase in Saturday classes this semester, there comes a need for change. ' The rapid-fire end of classes and start of finals leaves the student little, if any, time to prepare for Saturday exams. Either the last week of class work will suffer, or the study time on the exam will suffer. Then too, some professors have a habit -of giving bluebooks during the last week of classes. For students who find themselves in this situ ation—and there are many 7 ---the addition of Saturday classes and Saturday final exams is too much. Safety Valve----- Defends Bermuda Shorts TO THE EDITOR: Once again the Dean of Women's office has clearly demonstrated its narrow, really quite juvenile attitude toward Penn State students. I refer, of course, to (the) ridiculous ruling concerning men's wearing Ber muda shorts. Not content with making absurd rulings as to the women students, the Dean's office has now taken it upon (itself) to dictate how male students shall dress. May I state that Bermuda, or more commonly. walking shorts, are actually designed for mascu line apparel? That such men as Winston Church ill. several of our senators, and many older men wear these shorts as common warm weather apparel? That •in such revered American educa tional institutions as Yale, Harvard, Vassar, and Wellesley they are worn by a majority of the students and are approved by the administra tions of those very schools? I'm sorry, but I fall rather short of seeing (the) reasoning in this matter. There is nothing vulgar or unbecoming about Bermuda shorts, whether worn at a picnic, in classes; or in dormi tories. Some day I hope to see a Penn State ad ministration which realizes it is dealing with university students—adults—and not with kin dergarten children. The administration could better direct its effort into improving the school as such, and let the students choose their own mode of dress. On Cabinet Reorganization TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the two edi torials of April 27 and 28 on the "Crazy Setup" of All-University Cabinet, I would like to de fend Women's Recreation Association's exist ence on cabinet. The organization of cabinet, as it stands now, is a true cross section of all campus life and activities. I realize there is repetition in the representation of the students, but I do not consider this a weakness. Cross representation assures the student more of a chance for his voice to be recognized. The present cabinet structure has good stable balance in power. The proposed plan for elimin ating nine cabinet members (would) be dis astrous to the women's interests. Women (would) be represented only by Panhellenic Council president and Leonides president. Usually, pres ident of Home Economics Student Council is a woman, and occasionally a woman is elected from one or two of the other colleges. Four women represent all of the women on campus out of a cabinet of 17 members. Is that fair? Penn State women should not be pushed in the background, for they are truly interested in all-University activities. This has been shown . . ......,...,„.,.....„,...,...„...,.,....,,...,..........„,......„..,..„....„.„„...,,...--,„ ... ....,.....,........,...... ..,_...,.... .. ... . .. , .. .„. ,•'•-• •• • -,...,,..., ..,....... ...." --• •• • ~,• --' .•;„.••. • .:,• ...,.,..,............„...„.,.........„...........,......,„•,..............„,„.. .... .',... ..... -.. WN .:,-:...•.. .:• ' ~...:.,,,,.... i '.4o 4l :T itit i...sg: .. .',..t.' . ..11........;:,,,,;:,•,,,,-.::,;;,.--,..,;,.:',::,.:.:;,..'1'...,,:-...',....,,..';...-.'.'..,''''....-.. 01tiii . '.i'..R S. -:. ....5 ....,: . , i...6 . 0 ..„ ....DA,,,1 . . LY.,, , ,.... : iffXct.?:1.i . : . r.5 . 1N„:./..::. '''''F' . . ' f 2...9:,;•.s i •--11 ' . :E 9 :::.''' ,.. ;:•: . ;.-:••••••:.:', •••••• • - - • abr.. Batig eatirgtatt . 1 Editori als represent the elewpcnnt et the writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper. Unsigned add teriale are by the editor. Sacedaser to CHB FREE LANCIC, est. 15119 atter Jul" 5. • 1934 al Ms Stoto College, ea. Poet Of Cleo ander tie eel od Kara 3. ts 7 —Robert Coniff For that SPECIAL GIFT for MOTHER Stop in at the Treasure House "A Paradise for Puzzled Shoppers" 136 E. COLLEGE AVENUE THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVAN' FRANK CHESSMAN, Business Mgr. In addition to this situation, the exam period itself has been shortened. This has resulted in a more concentrated exam schedule. This more concentrated exam schedule closely following the last week of classes complicates the problem. It would not hurt the University much to give the students a short break between the end of classes and the start of final exams. Classes could easily end on noon Saturday and final exams begin at 8 a.m. the following Monday. This would give those who have been pressed during their last week a little time to wind up classes and begin studying for final exams. Many have said there is already an over emphasis on grades. In some instances, the final exam counts as high as 40 per cent of the course grade. The military situation has added to grade emphasis. Yet, the present class-exam schedule seems to have overlooked these facts. Student welfare is apparently not being too heavily con sidered. It should be. When we have few or no Saturday classes, students have some time to prepare for Satur day finals. But when we have widespread Satur day classes, it is the time to give the students a break. This is one of those times. Student Councils Self nominations for membership on eight of the nine student councils of the University are now in progress, and will continue through this afternoon for some, through tomorrow for others. The opportunity presents itself for those students interested in student government to become active. The councils themselves command well over one third—nine of the 24—of the seats on All- University Cabinet, and form much of the back bone of student governMent at the University. The councils have the setup under whicli they► could become powerful forces on campus, if more student enthusiasm were present. Students who complain about the problems they encounter within the colleges could find no better way of making their grievances known than by taking an active part in their own student councils. Students also have the opportunity of render ing real service to themselves, to the University, and to the other students in •their colleges. Students should take advantage of the op portunities open to them as members of college councils and nominate themselves. 'More par ticipation might mean, some day, fewer griev ances. Gazette STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Meal jobs available at fraternities. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Sandra Allison, Howard Bleznak, Thomas Dol an, Robert Doxey, George Ebert,, Mark Glad stone, Dolores Goldstein, Louis Grieco, William Groce, William Houser, Edward Hunt, Vincent Indelicarto, John Krug, Marie-Louise. Kean, Richard Mac Kay, John Maher, Ronald McDivitt, Naomi Pelzer, Cecelia Poor, William Powdrell, Lewis Ripley, Robert Ross, Joseph Shick, Ralph Von Glahn, James Wolfe, Dorothy Zettle. in the past elections. (Women's Student Govern ment Association and WRA) had a higher per centage of voters than in the all-University elections, 57 to 46.8 per cent. In the recent editorial, the statement was made that president of WRA is "elected by, no real segment of the student body." I consider our women a very, very important segment of our student body. . . . Recreation is an invaluable part of our everyday life .. . and I feel it should be empha sized by the University and given a chance to grow even more as a member of All-UniveTsity Cabinet. — . -. Len Goodman —Milly McCowan President of WRA Little Man on Campus "They say he can hold a note longer than anyone in th' whole band." Collegthie Chatter This being the last time we shall ever write this column, we have suddenly become sad with the realization that we are now entering the homestretch, and college days will soon be over. The past foiir years have been a lot of fun and hold many fond memories which will come to mind 'when' we think of our under- r graduate days. Thinking, back now, a few of the incidents stand out vividly in my mind. There was the time in my soph omore year when we went through the harrowing experience of my first panty raid. These things are rather out-moded and juvenile, I'll admit, .but this first one was novel and, enjoyed by all us Athertonians. Our hostess had Warned us about the raid and told us to close all windows and lock ourselves in our rooms. We promptly closed our windows, went out in the halls, and then locked our doors. Several of the girls were told to stand by the doors, acting as sen tinels, I suppose. At any rate, I was guarding the northwest en trance. As I sat shivering on the steps there came a charge against the door accompanied by a shout' to "Open up!" and with that I flew up the stairs to the safety of the second floor. When the boys finally did find a way in, chaos reigned. Jillions • of fellows stampeded througb,the halls, kissing coeds, collecting' souvenir s; being thrown to the showers—and all the while the fire alarm rang. Next day, things • were back to normal and we didn't feel par ticularly demoralized, except for an uncomfortable feeling when we met a boy on campus who said, "Hello. I've 'seen you son-re place before. Oh yes, you're the girl, with the red housecoat." - , * Shall always be indebted to my roommate for the fabulous blind date she "fixed me up" with when we were freshmen. Seems she knew a boy who had a friend. Now we knew nothing about this friend, (not • even his name, much to our regret) but my roommate claimed that, since the boy she knew was terrific, his • friend would be too. Naturally. Well, when the four of us as sembled in Atherton lounge, my roommate couldn't even intro duce us. As it happened, my date's name was rather odd, and Don't Miss MaY 69 79 8 Schwab Players' . Mothers' Day Show By LORRAINE GLADUS Maggie got hysterical every time she tried to utter it. Somehow we got outside and .I immediately thought of a won derful. plan. I suggested that since the campus was so pretty (it was January) we should walk across it instead of along College avenue. We stalked as far as Main Engi neering and then proceeded along that little slant path which goes beyond Main Eng., and finally crossed over to the movies. We had ten o'clock permissions that night, and after the movie we started back to the dorm: This time we came back via the alley behind the theater., There is a con venient little passage between the theater and 'the bank which leads down into the alley. This route, although roundabout, - gets you back to the dorm on time; since it eliminates the College avenue crowds. We could go on with just the little things that . make life inter esting, such, as my roommate's other talent for. running .into the janitor in the wee hotir• of . - the morning , when' she is •in a semi-conscious state, and - - a: still more:, semi state of. attire.. Then too, trying to get •a_few extravniin utes of sleep, - my-sorority sister and would get. breakfast at , the Dell'on the run." This entailed thinking orange. juice at ten min utes -to'-nine . and running up . the Mall eating a. glazed• douglinup as Old Main - tolled the hour. We 'don't profess to haire much wisdom, yet we feel We, . have learned something from : our books. Here are some of the (Continued on, page eight) , . Tonight on . WDE . M . 91.1 irIdGACYCLES . • , .., ... 4 :00 - From the. Lion's , C,iims 4:1'5• Baseball-- , -F.entt State , .es. . - Gettysburg . .., .• -7490 , lidarduee' .Memories 8:00 Vaughn ~ 1 14onroe '. Show 8:15 - • Just' feef, , Tero 9:00 Friday Mite' Dancing Forty 10:90 , ' ',.. igr: :Gff FRIDAY,. APRIL: 30. I-954 By Bibier
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