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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings during
the University year. the
Daily Collegian is a student
•perated newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter July —5, 1134 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under
MIKE FEINSILDER, Editor
MIKE MILLER, Aeorociate Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ron Leik; Copy Editors, Nancy Showalter, Fran Fanucci; As
sistants, Bob Franklin, Paula Miller, Barb Martino, Kitty Arnold, Jane Klein, Chuck Di Rocco.
The Way to Effortless Education
Want to get more education during your stay
at Penn State with no added expense and barely
any effort?
There's a pain.lgss way to do it.
It's called auditing, which is simply taking
a course without credit. Students who audit
merely register for a course and attend its ses
sions. They get no credits, they receive no grade,
they take no tests, and, unless they're unusually
ambitions, they do no studying.
Naturally, they learn less than those who
take the course. for credit and do the out-of
class work. But, in many courses, a great deal
can be learned simply by gonig to class and
staying awake.
Penn State has some great teachers. They
have over the years acquired reputations for
being stimulating lecturers. It's a shame that
thousands of students receive degrees every
June without having ever been in one of their
classes.
Most of the students who fall in this un
fortunate category are in technical fields, carry
ing schedules which leave few holes for elec
tives. And, if they're interested in taking elec
tives in sociology, for example, they get stuck
with basic survey or introductory courses be
cause they are prerequisites to more advanced
studies. Such first courses are hardly profound
and rarely taught by those select few profes
sors who have acquired tlfe reputation for being
"good." This is so because most advanced cours
es carry pre-requisites.
Auditing, then, offers these students the
chance to take advanced courses in outside fields
without risking failure due to a lack of back-
Cabinet: Anytime But -the Present?
Tonight representatoives of the faculty, ad
ministration, and student body who attended
the Fall Encampment will gather in the Hetzel
Union to review and evaluate, the ideas ema
nating from the 1955 Encampment.
This is a good idea.
Among the 100 or so people in the HUB to
night will be the 24 members of the All-Uni
versity Cabinet who will "sacrifice" their regu
lar meeting night for the occasion.
This is both good and bad.
It is good that Cabinet members will be there
because they are the students who perhaps will
benefit most from tonight's discussion. It is bad
that Cabinet will not meet as scheduled.
Of course, it is not impossible for Cabinet
to meet on another night of the week. This
should be a relatively simple matter since when
we last checked there were six other nights
available in the week. But apparently it is not
such a simple matter for Cabinet members.
After all, they are busy campus personalities.
We must discount the possibility that Cabi
net will not meet this week because there is
not enough business to warrant the attention
of the members.
Among the things which quite possibly could
be scheduled for Cabinet's consideration are:
1. A financial report from the secretary
treasurer which would be the first heard by
the 1955-56 Cabinet.
2. A consideration of a proposal by the Elec
tions Committee submitted at the Jan. 12 meet
ing to hold a referendum to determine one foot
ball half-holiday with the spring All-University
elections.
3. Another proposal of the Elections Commit-
Wetoldjaso!
Yesterday, on this page, throwing caution to
the winds, The Daily Collegian bravely pre
dicted a hurricane.
We noted that the 1955 .World Almanac re
ports there never had been a hurricane on Feb.
8. We noted, "with Penn State's reputation for
weather, it's inevitable" that. a hurricane would
take place on campus yesterday.
Well.
We quote from yesterday's issue of the Centre
Daily Times:
"Source of an 'explosion' heard and felt by
many residents of Boalsburg last night remained
unknown this morning. •
"The noise (was) heard about 10:15 p.m. . . .
Some persons said the house jarred or 'thumped'
as though a heavy explosion had been set off
nearby."
We have to admit we were four miles south
and 105 minutes early in our prediction. How
trivial!
We humbly rest our case on its laurels.
—The Editor
Gazette
Today
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NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY. 4 :16 . p.m., 209 Hetzel
Union
NEWS AND VIEWS STAFF AND CANDIDATES, 6:46
p.m.. 14 Home Economies
NITTANY GROTTO, 7 p.m., 105 Forestry
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1 Carnegie
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JACK ALBRECHT. Business Manager
ground. But the technical student carrying a 44-
hour schedule is still out of luck. He has no time,
even to audit.
The opportunity is there for the asking for
others, however. The time spent in auditing a
course is a small sacrifice, indeed, for the educa
tion it can be traded for.
To audit a course, the student should get the
permission of his adviser and the professor
teaching the course. •
The auditor has a moral obligation, once he
has signed for a course, to attend its meetings.
He is reserving a seat which might have been
given to another student. Cutting, while it is not
penalized, is in bad form. Since professors have
d prejudice about lecturing to empty seats, the
auditor who cuts frequently or completely ig
nores the class may be making it tough for an
other student to get permission to audit the
course from the same professor later.
The lack of seats is the reason why the process
of education-by-auditing hasn't been more wide.
ly advertised by the University. Many students
do not know such a system exists.
In many classrooms, there isn't enough room
for the students who either must take a course
because it is required or who want to take it
for credit. These students must' et priority. If
there's room left, the auditor squeezes in.
We hope that when the pinch on space is re
lieved, the University will encourage auditing.
Education, after all, is the purpose of the
student and the function of the University.
Auditing is a way to get more of it and with
out cost to the student.
tee which would ban political party-hopping
for two semesters.
4. A report from the All-University presi
dent's executise outlining the progress of
Cabinet-appointed committees.
5. The appointment of a committee to study
the problems involved in setting up and main
taining a University student bookstore. This
as yet unappointed committee is scheduled to
report to Cabinet a week from today according
to the original motion.
These points cover only part of the un
finished business awaiting the convening of
Cabinet. We are sure that the 24 members
would also be able to find something new to
discuss.
But apparently the 24 have come up with
nothing new and feel that none of their un
finished business is so urgent as to merit their
immediate attention.
All-University President Earl Seely who
chairs Cabinet, replied to a query yesterday
that none of the 24 Cabinet members have re
quested a meeting previous to the one we as
sume they will hold next Tuesday.
Of course, the present Cabinet has plenty of
time left to discuss the needs of the student
body. If the All-University elections are held
at a time approximating that of last year (March
30-31) all of seven or at the most eight regular
meetings remain for most of the present Cabi
net incumbents.
The 24 apparently feel that this is ample time
to serve their constituents
We beg to differ.
Squeeze Play
Feeling pressed lately? Well if you're not
and don't want to, steer away from the side
entrance to Sparks next to Carnegie. Also
Willard.
Anyone who has attempted to squeeze his
way through these entrances during the ten
minute break between classes is easily recog
nizable these days. He walks sideways and is
prone to pushing.
We guess it's too late to remodel crowded
entrances and hallways in present campus
buildings, but we think the University when
planning new buildings should remember to
provide space for students and faculty to enter
and proceed to class in a normal manner.
If not, the mark of the Penn State graduate
may be a sideways gait and a pushed-in face.
—Mike Miller
Free Movie!
"Der Apfel ist ab" means "The Original Sin,"
it's the name of a movie which will be shown
twice—free of charge—on campus this weekend,
courtesy of the German department.
The film, labeled by critics as "eccentric, ex
travagant, elegant, and excellent," is a musical
comedy and is considered to be one of the best
productions of post-war Germany.
It will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in
the Mineral Science auditorium and at 3 p.m.
Sunday in 121 Sparks. The film carries English
subtitles. .
Opportunities like this knock all too rarely.
If a large crowd turns out for the movie, they
might come more often.
NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:15 p.m., 209 Head
Union
NEWMAN CLUB PARTY. 8 P.m., Catholic Student Ceatea:
SABBATH EVE SERVICES, 8 p.ml, Beta 'Sigma Rho
Editorials represent the
viewpoints of the writer.,
not necessarily the policy
of the paper, the student
body. er the University.
he net at March 3, 1871
—The Editor
—Mike Miller
—The Editor
Little Man on Campus
ooks like we'll be writing research papers all term—l under
stand Prof. Snarf is writing a book on tit' Orient.'
the rolling stone
frreird Young Man
Quite early one frozen February morning six years ago a Welsh
poet landed unnoticed, at New York's Idlewild Airport wearing
the shoddy look of an immigrant. In the four trying years that
followed he staged three tours of poetry reading and uproaribus
escapades across the nation. The man who created some of the
greatest lyrical poetry of his age spun
,a legend of romance and
self-destruction that is not easily
forgotten.
Dylan Thomas had come to
America much like the boy de
scribed in one of his poems, who
playing with a ball in the park,
tossed it in the air and .at 35
was still waiting for it to come
down. With Dylan Thomas the
object that had• been the child's
ball when flung heavenward,
came crashing down in the form
of an alcoholic blast to the
brain, causing an untimely
death.
In a book titled Dylan Thomas
in America, John M. Brinnin, a
professor at the University of Con
necticut, set down a biographical
account of Thomas' travels. Brin
nin, evidently one of Thomas' few
friends, traveled with him on the
tours, acting as business manager.
He recounts with detailed preci
sion the many "pub crawls" with
Thomas, the literary cocktail par
ties laid to shambles by the poet's
uncontrollable behavior, and the
capacity-packed audiences which
he stilled to a spiritual silence,
with his thunderous voice while,
reading poetry.
His fame for reading poetry
spread rapidly, but right on its
heels, travelling just as fast, were
scandals of his immoral and bois
terous conduct at dinners and par
ties given in his honor by faculty
members of the colleges he visited.
1
All inhibitions vanished for Thom
as at these social functions, and
it wasn't uncommon for him to
openly proposition the wives of
professors: or any other female
that attracted his eye. There the
party would come to an abrupt
halt in embarassment for all and
in disgrace for the guest of honor.
In his three visits to America,
Thomas became notorious for his
drinking. Alcohol seemed to 'serve
not only as an escape from the re
sponsibilities and domestic ups
and-downs that plagued him but
as a defense against disagreeable
situations which he frequently en
countered in America. Among
such situations were Those which
he met on the academic scene:
The Welsh poet abhorred what
he saw at American colleges,
marking that academic people
were a great puzzle to him. In his
months 'of travel he met thou
sands of them and claimed that
they were all alike As they milled
about, in cloistered clas,srooms and
well-lighted houses furnished with
TV sets, electric mixers, and twin
beds.
In spite Of all efforts to per-
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1956
By Bib
by dottie stone
suade Thomas to get medical
treatments to recover his health,
the poet came down with delirium
tremors in the last days of No
vember, 1953, and was soon gone.
The legend of the poet has be
come a controversial item, since
some fiction has been mixed with
fact. But there can be no doubt
that this man needs to be ex
tracted from myth for the perma
nent contribution he made to
modern literature.
Forestry Society
To Hold Annual
Dance at HUB
The Forestry Society will hold
its annual Forestry Ball at 9 p.m.
March 2 in the Hetzel Union ball
room. Music will be provided by
the 18 piece Phi Mu Alpha Orches
tra.
Tickets for the dance will go on
sale at 8 a.m. Feb. 20 at the Hetzel
Union desk for $2.50 per couple.
The dance will be open to all stu
dents. Dress will be semi-formal.
Chairman for dance will be Ri
chard Voelker, junior in forestry
from Greenville. Other committee
members are Vincent Balok, jun
ior in forestry from Turtle Creek,
and John Bitzer, senior in forestry
from Pittsburgh, publicity; David
R. Allison, junior in forestry from
York, ticket sales; Albert Man
ning, junior in forestry from Mon
ongahela, invitations; Karl David
son, junior in forestry from Chev
erly, Md., decorations.
Correction..
"The Original Sin," a German
movie with English subtitles, will
be shown free of charge at 7:30
p.m. Saturday in the Mineral Sci
ence auditorium and at 3 p.m.
Sunday in 121 Sparks. The dates
were incorrectly reported in yes
terday's Daily Collegian.
The post-war film, a musical
comedy, is sponsored by the Ger
man department and is • open,
without adinission charge r to all
students.
Tonight on WIWAIT
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7:16 Sign On
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7:30 Starlight Review
8:00 Ass Club
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9 :16 News
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