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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Rog Beidler; Copy Editors, Joe Beau-Seigneur, Phyllis Propert; Assistants, Jane Casselberry, Cynthia Bell, Marian Beatty, Fran Fanucci. Work or. Loaf? Stal wcs prove summer loafers lose out when hiring Limnee come around. This Starthog bit of figures and facts is the result of a sindy conducted by one Alice Ram say, d(...1% taw of personnel at Connecticut Col lege for Romer,. Bi-! deduction. based on ques tions rslred orlwials from business, industry, and cud.qces, was that students who had sum mer •Kock experience to supplement their de grees were the sought. after applicants. "I :'•' coavinced," she reports, "that students learn a great (teal alicuit themselves and other people in rte ximiner while being a factory worker, coo►•, chauffeur, department store de tective, ranch hand, radio station handy man, Christmas o, dement decorator, bamboo drape proc"s.or, or as a member of an archeological lined ition. litas Ramsay goes on to say the three most profileble ways to spend your summer are working, studying, or traveling. Most work, while the fewest occupy their summers by con firming their studies. While the above observations may not apply specifically to the University, we feel the gen eral results apply to any student, anywhere. The student who spends his summer engaged in constructive activity is way ahead of the chap who lounges around and takes it easy, saying he will "have enough time to work after he graduates." There are several considerations to be looked into in studying the question. These jobs are more than something to keep one from loafing they provide an income. Possible earning is limited only by the time element, and, for ex ample, one group of 770 students studied earned $132,683 during the summer months. In seeking summer employment, the student should also realize it is often possible to find jobs directly related to his field of study. Thus. the work becomes more than just a summer job—it is a chance to train for a future career. Lastly, there are those things less tangible than money or experience. In these summer jobs one can develepe himself physically and mentally and observe society at work. It is the golden opportunity to sample living and work ing with people befc s ire being forced to do it by graduation. Numerous openings are available, from fac tory work at home to educational tours. The chances to broeden and still have a change of pice are indicated by the 'University placement service. For c•zamine, they now are arranging interviews for positions as eounselors in sum mer camps. The opportunities are there and it is impos sible to challenge the fact that summer work is an asset to post-graduation hiring. Consider this. All Women Included Wuinen students were confused yesterday over just wi,•rf. they could visit for the Cen tennial exnhange dinners. Apparently freshman women anal those eating in the Mac Allister Hall &rang ioont tht , nght they had been "left out" of the birthday party plans. For clarificatlon, all women interested have been includert in the plans. Those from Sim mons, McElwain, and Atherton will visit fra ,Arn'ty lonine.s; those eating in Mac Hall will • either visa or entertain men from the Nittany- Poilock area: and freshman women in Thomp son wi)l with men from the West Dorm area. So far, women students' interest in the pro gram has lagged, especially in Simmons and Athe:ten. Those students hesitating to sign up for an extbange dinner are passing up fine c.haiima to "socialize." The progr.un was planned so all students, and noi just thr,se invited to the Birthday Party in th. HUB, could feel a part of the celebration. sr. Aaianyok; that everyboy likes a party, this hesitancy to join in the fun is hard to under stand. 11 is possible women will receive 11 o'clock permissions the night of the dinners. This favor, combined with dinners and a multitude of hosts, should be incentive enough fo: any coed. —Peggy McClain Jazz and Charity Students will have a chance to go to bat for a worthwhile organization tonight—Campus Chart -and have fun at the same time. _ The Campus Chest is bringing Max Kaminsky to campus to give a ilia: concert tonight in Schwab Auditorium. The project is a means of making up the deficit in the goal set by the rheas in its !ell campaign. In its initial drive, the cheat fell short of its goal by approximately S2OOC. Many organizations, such as the Red Cross and American Cancer Society, receive benefits Jhr Datil) Collegian Sueaseser to THE FIRER LANCE. wt. lief 4,41 10 . WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manager THE DAttY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Hellweeks Those mei, wandering around campus in a semi-conscious state are not necessarily victims of third-degree brain-washing .grills. They are most likely Penn State fraternity pledges. If they survive their sordid hellweeks, we hope they have the spunk—as brothers—to throw such stuff back in .the cradle where .it belongs. We had assumed that such distorted routines as night-long "push-ups" sessions and contests to see who can go the most nights without sleep ing went out with the flapper age. Evidently we were wrong. Hellweek, hazing, 'pseudo-homicide—call it what you will—has been justified throughout the years as a means of uniting the pledge classes, even if such must be accomplished at the risk of the pledge classes' health and mental sta bility. Because few actual deaths have ever re sulted from these, forms of basing. men laugh at it (after it's• over) and call it a necessary evil for fraternity► "oneness" and loyalty. The resulting "oneness" is inevitable. No man that's risked life and limb for a brother's badge would have the energy to oppose conformity after the ordeal ends. Beat a dog for a few hours straight. When you stop, he won't leap up and bite you, or scamper away either, for that matter. He'll just lie there and pant, if he's got that much breath left in him. Shape them up, fraternities! Maybe in the long run it's the best way—that is, if straight forward leadership, companionship, and just plain appeal won't do the trick. Stamps Prove Spirit Congratulations! Critics of Penn State spirit can swallow• their words this week. Students, faculty, and townspeople alike have combined to give the Centennial celebration a grand kick-off. In two days the borough posit office has sold the amazing total of 911,111 Centennial stamps commemorating the 100th birthday of the Uni versity. The University accounted for 800,000 stamps in the sale but that still leaves an im posing number of over-the-counter sales. In addition to the Centennial stamps 10,000 special envelopes bearing the University seal, a replica of Old Main, and a few lines about the University have been sold by the Student Centennial Committee at the Student Union desk in Old Main. The initial supply was ex hausted by yesterday afternoon; demand for the envelopes was so great that a new batch had to be printed to go on sale this morning. We have been assured by Student Centennial Committee chairman, Diehl McKalip, that enve lopes will be available as long as there is a demand. And judging from the lorig lines in Old Main and the borough post office, Penn State stu dents will be "demanding", these tributes to their school for some time yet. Critics of Penn State spirit can well afford to take an accounting of their judgment. When people are willing to stand in line to do honor to their school they certainly must have a lot of pride in the University. • Gazette ... Today CHESS CLUB, 7 p.m., 3 .Sparks MARKETING CLUB, 7:80 p.m., Phi Mu Delta MINERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL, 7:80 p.m, 200 Willard NEWMAN CLUB. Daily Rosary, 4:30 p.m., Novena, 7 p.m. MUTANT GROTTO, 7:30 p.m., 106 Mechanical Engineering PERSHING RIFLES, Class A Uniform Inspection, 7 p.m., • Armory • PLAYERS' ADVERTISING CREW, 6:46 p.m., Schwab Loft MA ASSEMBLY, 7 p.m., 804 Old Main WOMEN'S CHORUS. 7 p.m., 1 Carnegie UNIVEP.SITY HOSPITAL Joseph Bellwoar, Bois Beruulst, Jerome Breiter, Clarence Bryan, Carl Bun, Christine Donchez, Barbara Foss, James Garrity, Harryetta Gerhart. Vincent Girardy, William Grist. Harold Harding, Doreen Hayward, Andrew Hibler, Irene Jacob. Marilyn Krieger. John Kurtz, Bernardino Malabed, John McNeill, Vincent Odhner, Sandra Pogesky, Robert Reid, Joan Shaddinger, William Shawley, Barbara Shafer, Qtrl Shoat:hind, Robert Sproule; John Szendrey, John Tunell, David Williams. from Campus Chest. The chest-sponsored pro gram to help these and many other groups will need strong student support to be successful. Students going to the concert will be doing a double favor—having a good time and helping a worthy project at the same time. j Editor ism 4 sprain% M. wilewpoist et Os writer*. as. seeemarny Um 'money et the 111Pic Unallik“ milfterlats are As U.. 'Oboe. ___--. I Set et Nardi 3. 18114 -P. M. —Mike Miller —Rocky Zahm Little Man on Cam Classes—Obsolete? Adam's Other Rib Are classes—frosh, sophomore, junior, and senior—obsolete as parts of student government at Penn:State? The more' we . try to figure out just why they are needed, just what they_ do, or in short just what good they are, the more we are convinced that clats organization i 5 way out of date. For instance,.try to list the functions of each class. Traditiobally speaking, the freshman class as a whole sits together at football I.;ames The sophomore class, by virtue of • Senate regulations, holds a minimum of one class meeting a semester. The junior class_ sponsors the Junior . Prom and usually two or three special events such as a talent show on the dance week end. The senior class sponsors the Senior Prom .on Spring Weekend and its various related social events, • and votes for the senior class gift and the winners of sev eral personality contests. It seems to boil down to the fact that the essence of class or ganization is the sponsorship of social events. -To go further, to carry out this organization (and hence the. class social events) 12 men and women- are elected each year (via Month-long political campaigns), four of the winners are given seats on All-University Cabinet (campus legislative body, to be distinguished from social council), and these four presidents I are given a portion of student fees, slight though these portions may be. To go even farther, these 12 of ficers are expected by the stu dent body to keep the classes organized, think up reasons for' calling class meetings (to which approximately 10 students includ ing the officers and Daily Col legian reporter turn out) and manufacture some facsimile of "class spirit" which the classes themselve.; have evidently run out of sometime within the past 10 years. This is by no means a reflection on the class officers. This year especially, many of them have spent considerable hours trying to find means of "reuniting" the classes and building them into organized bodies. The majority of these officers will' probably ad mit it's like beating one's head against a stone wall. Two reasons seem to predomi nate in those given by students for maintaining the class system: tradition, and encouragement of class spirit. "Tradition" is both a frequently pointless argument and one around which many people base their entire lives. Henry Ford ran into the same argument when he invented the automobile;' even Columbus got opposition with his theory that the world was round. We'd be living in a weird en vironment were we still fans of the "square-earth-horses-are-bet ter-than cars" train of thought. The opinion_ that class organ. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16,1955 Uto 1 By PEGGY McCLAIN ization should be maintained- to encourage class spirit carries a little more weight, admittedly. But even it is ironical. Should one chart a graph showing class ac tivities, one would see that the higher class status ,reached i the more organized activities one runs into. (The freshman class, after Orientation Week, functions at minimum as a group-the senior class sponsors the most organized class activities.) It is ironical that encourage ment of class spirit (via organized activity) is most intense during one's last year in college, and at its lowest ebb when such "tra dition" would have the most of fect and is, possibly, most needed. The leading question among class presidents these past few years has been: What will reunite this class and what incentive will bring members into organized class activity? To put' it another way, class leaders are being forced to find a way to produce class spirit, not meet its demands. Thus, perhaps a more realistic question would be: Why carry along dead wood? Why not dis solve the:. classes as organized bodies and .let spirit build where spirit lies? .For let's face it. The majority of students are not interested in their• classes as such. Class or ganizations hay* become so much dead wood. • And there's no reason why' they shouldn't be such. General " spirit ' (to overuse the word) is centered now in more specific and concen trated groups—dramatics, publi cations, small organizations, and fraternity, sorority, and inde pendent organizations. Many of these groups are comparable in size to the highly exemplified "spirited classes ' of the early 1900's. To expect students to show for his academic class a spirit com parable to that shown for his personally-chosen activity is like asking a fraternity man to show the same spirit for his own fra ternity and the entire IFC. A thing so personal as spirit can not be forced; and a program lacking spirit so consistently as has organized classes most likely is no longer needed. So be' it. 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