PAGE FOUR rearliabed T■was throuya Saturday aaanneada gyring the thaiveraily year, the Daily Collegian is a student ...wasted orarapaper. 9 - • .: ROGER ALEXANDER, Editor STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Joe Boehret; Copy Editors, Bob Franklin, Judy Harkison; As sibtants, Jack McArthur, Dick Spencer, Paula Miller, Jeanette Saxe, Maggie Lieberman. It's Bargain Day in 104 Old Main Everyone loves a bargain. We'll venture to say that even the members of the senior class would do anything short of going through fresh customs again to save that proverbial buck. Well, Members of the Class of 1956, here's your chance to save a dollar, and at the same time come out on top of a bargain-deal. The University Alumni Association has be gun its annual membership drive for graduat ing seniors. As a special inducement, the as sociation has cut the initial membership price to a rock bottom two dollars for a year's mem bership. This is one dollar off the usual price. Unfortunately too many students will never realize the advantages of the group. Too often they have to be coaxed to join the Alumni Association with a `'bargain" such as the re duced price gimmic. Well, seniors, here is our pitch to convince you that you all should join the Alumni As sociation—pronto. When graduation finally rolls around, the complaints and dissatisfactions which have irked you for four years at Penn State will fade away. Most of you, we are sure, will feel some regret when you get your sheep skin and realize you are just another person again and no longer a part of the University. But you seniors can remain an integral part of the University without taking up graduate work or becoming a part time campus cop. A How Not to Cram for Finals: A New Way You say The Ordeal is drawing closer and closer? You say the work-to-do is building and build ing? You say your pulse is pounding faster and faster? Why get so excited? It isn't as if the world were doomed to atomic fire before June—is it? Of course not. So why sweat finals? What can they do—besides making you flunk out, dive into academic probation, bring tears to your parents' eyes, or make you a failure in life. Don't cry. Don't moan. Try smiling through the teardrops. Force a short laugh and tighten your heartstrings. And always remember—any thing you can do, the coed sitting next to you can do better. Here is our highly-prized formula, dreamed up one sleepless nioht, for passing all your finals with colors. The latter, of course, are reflected in the face, the eyes, the fingertips, and the red pencil marks found on certain colored books. First, collect all your books together. This may be difficult if you haven't bought them. but give it that old college try. Nest, amass all the notes you have taken during the semester. This may involve frantic searches behind bookcases, between mattresses, and the dainty collecting of ashes from the in cinerator. If all else fails, you can bribe that girl—found in all classes—who is continually -flashing a stubby pencil and leafing papers. Safety Valve Chapel or Countryside Are Students Always Right , TO THE EDITOR: I am somewhat distressed by TO THE EDITOR: I suggest that in the future the shallowness of Mr. Tom Pelick's attempted when Larry Jacobson writes about student af refutation of George Brown's criticism of the fairs he familiarizes himself with the facts. His newly erected Helen Eakin Eisenhower Memor- overuse of cliches was also nauseating. ial Chapel. Pelick's arguments are disturbing Let it be known that: 1. The student em one-sided and even infantile. ployees have not taken a flamboyant attitude Having completed nearly eight semesters in against the University. Their demands were a study of landscape design, George Brown is peacefully presented to the food service depart qualified to venture, at the very least, an in- ment, excluding any threat of riot. 2. The stu telligent comment as to the fittingness of a dents have not been consistently antogonistic, structure to its surroundings. His feeling is in fact, their relations with the food service that this Georgian-type structure is astheti- have always been very mannerly. 3. There was cally incongruous with its setting. indeed organization, knowledge, and tact by the Mr. Pelick has obviously never attempted to students. Mr. Jacobson made the accusation escape to nature from our campus. He apparent- without apparent investigation. A good reporter ly derives adequate pleasure from the smatter- should not insert facts if he only thinks they ing of flora and fauna to be found on the are true. campus itself. There are those of us, however, 4. No one was trying to scare the University. who desire a more complete escape. With the The students fully intended to quit if they were removal of Horticulture Woods, this has be- not satisfied. 5. There was an attempt to coerce come an extremely difficult goal to attain. The the students though it did not work. (The legal fact that the state of Pennsylvania has set aside maneuver was invalid anyway). 6. Walking off natural wooded areas as parks is but little their jobs was not a "faux pas." The method is consolation to us here.as old as labor unions. 7. The walk-out did help Inasmuch as God has allegedly given us these wooded areas, it seems more than a trifle asinine to cut them all down in order to make a place for mere man-made structures—even. I should suppose, in Mr. Pelick's philosophy_ George Brown's religion has obviously not generated to the level of mere idol-worship. His worship is divorced from the group and ritual to be found in most contemporary re ligious services. Such men as Albert Einstein have seen fit to worship in this manner also. Although the church has undoubtedly been beneficial throughout its existence, organized religion has, in the greatest of probability, been the greatest deterrent of progress in the history CHESS CLUB. 7 an 10 P.m.. 7 Snacks COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF. All Boards, 6:20 p.m.. Collegian Office FROTH. Senior Hoard, I p.m.. Froth Office 111LNERAL INDUSTRIES STUDENT COUNCIL. 7 p.m.. Tomorrow' Set watard HOME ECONOMICS CLUB. 7 p.a. Liviodr Ceetier Collrgian Editorials represent Um, viewpoints of the writers. not necessarily the policy Successor to THE FREE LANCE. sot. 11113 of the paper. the student body. or the Universlt,- . $3.0. per semester ..- ~., Gazette THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA 55.011 per year DAVID RICHARDS. Business Manager mere two dollars will do it. And here's what you'll get for it: 1. First priority on reserved football tickets. 2. A subscription to the Penn State Alumni News, issued seven times during the year. 3. The Football Letter, a personalized review of each week's game written by Ridge Riley. executive secretary of the association. 4. A subscription to The Penn Stater, a quar terly newspaper. Coeds—don't feel left out because a lot of the benefits seem to be related to sports. Your membership in the Alumni Association also en titles you to join any one of the 65 Penn State Alumni Clubs scattered throughout the country which can aid young alumni in becoming ac quainted in new communities. Don't worry about the University forgetting any of you members either, because the association main tains the only active mailing list. So take advantage of the bargain and join the Alumni Association before Commencement Day. After that the usual price of three dollars will go into effect, and your last chance to "pull a deal on the University" will be gone. The many benefits graduates can obtain by belonging to the Alumni Association far out weigh the small membership price. So seniors, show your loyalty and spirit to the University and join the Alumni Association now. —The Editor She really has notes. Maybe you could offer to carry her notebook home—your's of course. The methods are many. but get those notes. Now, gather together a large cardboard pla card, a ruler, two pencils, a compass, and any thing else you can think of. For you must work up a study schedule. It will take time but soon you will have completed a beautiful schedule. It must list all the times you have available for study. This includes spare moments, not-so spare moments, coffee hours, class hours, work hours, chow hours, and, naturally, sleep hours. If you get the point, we advocate study hours all the time. In fact, your schedule could well be one big study blank. All you have to do now is spread all the books out on a very large table, pile all the notes in a little pillar in the center, buy 12 packs of No-Doz, lock the door, and go to work. If our plan is to work, we must insist there be no interruptions. Food may be slipped under the door by a friend, preferably a bosom buddy who has just eaten. Don't let minor interrup tions bother you. Ignore your steady date who insists on trying to pound the door down. Re member not to answer the telephone. , And when the day that finals start comes. gently cloie all your books, one by one, unlock the door, and emerge. You are master of your fate. You are confi dent. You are brimming with facts. You will surely pass. the students; it is now certain that a new plan is to be put into effect. 8. The students did not insult the intelligence of University officials. 9. The students showed that they are mature and know how to respectfully make their grievances known. of mankind. The prosecution of Galileo, the burning of Joan of Arc, even the crucifixion of Christ can be directly attributed to the or ganized religious societies of their day. I would repeat George Brown's question ... what price religion? PACERS ASSOCIATION. T p.m.. 213 Helsel 'Union RIDING CLUB, 7 pan... 217 Willard THETA SIGMA mu. 8:30 p.m., Alpha Cid Omega Suite W.A.S.S., 7:30 p.m., 201 Hetnel Union —Ted Serrill —Robert Reeder —David Schleicher Y • when it ain't so close to finals:' dubbs-za-poppin' Grandma Likes Long Hikes By ED DUBBS Reader's Digest can do it. So why do it? So we're going to do it: The Most Unforgettable Person true, too): One day last summer we saw this carrying a dufflebag—crossing the tween Chambersburg and Gettys burg. Not used to seeing elderly ladies with dufflebags crossing highways, we became a little curious. She didn't slick out her thumb when we drove by, so we figured she, wasn't hitch hiking or just not hitchhiking Iwith college boys (these grand mas get around, We've found out: there were college boys in their heyday). Then it dawned on us that she was crossing the three-lane high way where the Appalachian Trail crosses it. "That woman must be hiking the trail," we thought. We slammed on the brakes, turned around in a private drive way, and went back to where we saw the woman We caught up with her about 200 yards in on the trail. A little chat—about two hours long—en sued. Yes, she was walking the trail and was about half her way on the 2000-odd mile trail. Our friend was a retired nurse in her early 70's. She was a slender, wiry looking woman. She somehow didn't strike us as the type that would be walk ing the trail, although we have no idea of the type that would be. Her family raised, she had set out on her second attempt at the trail. She had tried it two sum mers ago from Maine to Georgia but was forced to turn back after a short distance. She wouldn't say why. This time she was de termined to do it—from Georgia to Maine. We never - heard if she made it or not, and her name even slips our mind. We tried to find a fea ture story about her, but were unable to do so. In her dufflebag she had two blankets, some dehydrated food, a flashlight (she found it along the way, she said), a camera (she hadn't used a roll of film when we saw her), and some extra clothes. While we were having the little chat, she took the oppor tunity to wash out a few un mentionables (again she must bare . known we were college boys and wouldn't be embaxas- WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1956 can't Dubbs-za-poppin' We've Ever Met (it's elderly grandmother— Lincoln Highway be- sed). She was a kindly person, who gave her reason for making the hike "the love for the out-of doors." What probably amazed us the most was that she didn't tell anyone she was going to hike the trail. "I just told them. I was going for a walk in the woods; she said. "This is a damn long walk," we thought to ourselves. She said she had since written her family' as to her whereabouts (which re lieved us no end). After the two hours of talking, we sorta ran out of intelligent questions. So we asked: "Have you seen many snakes and aren't you afraid of them?" , Well, she had seen some snakes, but not many. Her answer went something like this: "When you're afraid of snakes. you're looking for them, but when you're not af r aid of snakes, you're not looking for them and you don't see them." Our grandma was not only quite a hiker but also a philoso pher. Her philosophy on snakes can be aplied to many things in life. Then she said she had to be getting on her way if she was to keep her 20-mile-a-day aver age. She 'said goodbye and yelled from up the trail a little way: "Honest, I'm having the time of my life." There was no doubt in our minds that she was having just that. In fact, we were about ready to fag along. THOUGHTS WHILE DAY DREAMING IN CLASS: May Day (Continued on page eight) Tonight on WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES 45 Sign On News, Sports 00 Your Telephone Bandstand 45 News of the Nation, State. wide, & Sports Scenes Marquee ,Memories Open To Question Music of the People 30 46 The Day's News, Sports, & Wes — ther in Review , 10:00 Virtuoiso 1.1:00 - Sig. Oft Bibler
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