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Entered m Mctnd-dw matter July 4. 1931 at tha State Cellere, Pa. Poit Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
MIKE MOYLE. Editor
Deanna Solti*, Asst. Bus. Mgr.; Steve Higgins, Loral Adv.
Sue Conklin, Managing Editor: Ed Dubba. City Editor; Fran Mgr.; George Shambaugh, Asst. Local Adv. Mgr.; Marilyn
Panurri. Sport* Editor: Becky Zahm Copy Editor; Erie Elia*. National Adv. Mgr.; Don Stohl, Promotion Mgr.; Anna
On»a. A**i*tant Copy Editor; Vinre Carocci, AsuUtant Sport* Caton and David Pose*, Co-Cirrulation Mgr*.; Jo Fulton, Per*
Editor; Pat Hunter. Frstorn Editor: Dave Bavar. Photog- aonnel Mgr.; Harry Yarerbaum. Office Mgr.; Barbara Ship*
raphv Editor. man. (‘laasifird Ad Mgr.; Ruth Howland, See.; Jane Groff,
Research and Record* Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Judy Harkison; Copy Editors, Bob Franklin, Lianne Cordero; As
sistants, Pat Evans, Pat Earley, Dave Fmeman, George French, Jim Tuttle, Dick Drayne.
Greetings to the ‘Forgotten Class’
Every year amidst the hustle and bustle of
the job of registering several thousand “regu
lars” a small group of 500-600 students enter
these hallowed halls for the first time.
Given no sort of official greeting and not
treated to a special program as are their fall
counterparts, this class usually slips in relatively
unnoticed by most of the University outside of
the Dean of Admissions.
Of course, these novices got the usual wet
welcome to University Park. In fact they ar
rived at one of the coldest, wettest, sloppiest,
most miserable times we’ve had all year.
So now these aspirants have four long years
to look forward to at Penn Stale. Some of them
who have transferred from other universities
will naturally compare them to their new home.
The new environment, despite its present sodden
look, will compare most favorably, we think.
To those who have just finished high school
or who aie entering a university for the first
time some aspects of-the new life may appear
a bit disconcerting.
With little or no warning or preparation they
are taken into the seemingly maddening whirl
of registration. No one can tell them that the
registering process is now down to a point
where it is run off very smoothly. It probably
wasn't too smooth the first time.
Then they find that they have been tricked
into a situation where they must rush from a
Rec Hall physical education class down to
Temporary and continually rush in 10 minutes ’
late and cower under an annoyed instructor’s
glare.
They will be indoctrinated into an endless
round of standing-in-line experiences which are
designed io try the patience to the fullest; wilt
Book Exchange Progress
The Penn State Book Exchange has succeeded
in slaying modern by making the changes neces
sary to maintain the greatest efficiency.
The effeciencv maintained by the Book Ex
change is mostly an advantage to the student
body. The recent example is the 10 cent reduc
tion in both buying and selling used books. ..
Until this semester the Used Book Agency
has charged a 20 cent handling fee from the
student that bought the used book and the same
amount from the student who sold the book.
The money which was broughl in from the
handling fee was used mainly io pay salaries
and build up equipment in the Book Exchange.
Over the past few years the students manag
ing the Book Exchange and the ÜBA have been
able to build up the business so that they can
now charge the smaller fee of ten cents for the
service.
We hope the same type of management will
he continued so that the students will receive
the greatest amount of service for the lowest
cost.
This semester the ÜBA ran into some prob
lems with receiving books. It estimated that
approximately 16,000 books would be brought in
for sale. Unfortunately it did not allow quite
a large enough increase from last semester and
had to stop receiving books six hours before
the time it had set for the close. It had to close
six hours earlier because -it ran out of book
High Prices
TO THE EDITOR: As a new student at State
College I read the Collegian daily and have
been shocked at the large volume of letters
and editorials in complaint of the Food Service.
I noticed in the Jan. 11 issue a group of Nit
tany students computed the individual cost
per student for food. It averaged out to ap
proximately 52.50 daily. My husband and I both
eat on a total of $2 daily or $6O monthly. We
have meat almost every night, two glasses of
milk daily, and eggs and bacon almost every
morning.
As we manage to eat very well and do not
AIM JUDICIAL BOARD OF REVIEW. 6:15 p.m., Tuesday,
il« HUB.
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF. 6:15 p.m.. Tuesday.
Collett ian Office.
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIED AD STAFF. 0:30 p.m., Tue*d»y,
Collntutr Office.
Phi Mu Alpha to Hold JTV Engineers Needed IICG Will Hear Reports
Annual Rushing Smoker [ students having experience in'From Committees Tonight
Phi Mu Alpha, music fraternity,[television engineering or televi- The Intercollegiate Conference
will hold its annual rushing smok-,sion receiver repair who are in- on Government will meet at 7-30
er at 8 tonight at Phi Sigma Kap-jterested in part-time work may tonight in 108 Willard,
pa fraternity. j notify L. P. Greenhill, associate Reports from committees will
Third semester male students; director of the Instructional Re- be given in preparation for the
in music or music education or;search Program, at Ext. 2066, or Central Region Conference to be
with a major music activity arejWilliam Potts, of the television held in March at Hershey Junior
•ligible for the organization. iproject, at Ext 693. i College:
®tje lailti Collegian
Sacceisor to THE FBEE LANCE, e*L 1887
DAVE RICHARDS. Business Manager
Safety
Gazette
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
be forced into writing home for more money
when the book bill runs over the SIS allotted;
will be forced to stand for the first three Satur
day nights at the movies.
There are other things which will at first
seem strange or annoying or even downright
stupid, but after a while they will become part
of the routine.
To most the University will seem large, con
fusing. and impersonal. At various times to
various persons it is all three. In fact, it’s both
large and impersonal all the time. However,
there are ways for the student to erase much
of the impersonality.
However, this job is strictly up to the student
himself. No one can or will do that for him. It’s
not easy and the impersonality of the University
tends to become an excuse for failures—both
academic and otherwise.
No one makes any bones about the fact that
here you're on your own. There is a great abund
ance of help for you here. The problem is know
ing enough to use it in the right way—or to use
it at aIL
Some come here and lose sight of the fact
that an education is the prime reason for en
rolling; others let this fact hide the fact that
there are a great many other things about
college life which can be as equally rewarding
as book work.
' All in all it’s a fairly tough adjustment which
will seem like nothing if you make it and will
seem insurmountable if you don’t.'
Out of all this remember one hackneyed,
trite, slightly altered phrase: Be good to Penn
Stale and it will be very good to you.
slips. This was a mistake that it expects to avoid
in the future. We also expect not to see the
same problem appear.
In attempting to increase efficiency the ÜBA
it also trying to get the students to bring the
books in during registration week. Hie man
agers found that it was very inefficient for them
to receive books alter the first day of classes.
Most of the book sales occurred during the first
and second days of classes with a gradual de
cline in sales on the succeeding days. If books
were brought in on the second day they had a
poor chance of being sold. Unsold books are an
inconvenience for the ÜBA and the students
attempting to sell them.
Managers of the ÜBA have found that if they
can get nearly all the books in during registra
tion week they can have more books and a bet
ter display for the students who come to buy
them during the first two days of classes. They
also find that the clerical work involved with
the book slips is more efficiently completed
over the weekend.
We feel that the Book Exchange and par
ticularly the ÜBA has done an excellent job of
making the business a smooth running and
efficient service for the students. We hope that
the ÜBA will grow in size so that students can
take advantage more than They do now of the
opportunities available here for saving money.
—Sue Conklin
Valve
get our food wholesale it seems to me the
University could make some attempt to feed
its students at least a 3 well as the students
cooking off campus for half the dorm food
price.
Student health is more important than extra
days at Christmas. Perhaps as enthusiastic a
student effort could have an equal effect on the
administration. You can bet parents’ supporting
letters would not be insufficient—the reason
given for less administrative cooperation at
Christmas time. Why not try to correct the
situation once and for all?
—Mrs. William Gray Galbreath
COLLEGIAN ADVFHTISING STAFF. 6:45 p.m., Tuesday.
9 Carnet* ~~
FFA. 7:30 p. Tuesday, 112 Buckhout.
PANHEL, 6:3.» p.m.. Tuesday, 2(33 HUB.
RESEARCH AND RECORDS Staff Meeting, 7:15 p.m.,
Tu«dny. Collegian Office.
WSGA JUDICIAL, 5 p.m., Tuesday, WSGA room, HUB.
Editorial* represent th*
viewpoint* of the writers,
not necessarily (he policy
of the paper, the student
body, or the University
—The Editor
tie Man on C
PEfoANT VALLEY
Cm?us INTERVIEW
TODAY ONLY
"Forget about what I want'you to leach—Can you drive a bus?'
Teach Sunday school? Make minor repairs—?"
From Here By Ei Dubbs
Tha t'lvy League Sui)
The “Ivy League” suit has come under attack from one
of the nation’s foremost designers of men’s clothing.
The man, Silvestri, went as far as telling the New York
Times that if the suit gets any narrower or more buttoned up,
the typical American man and Joe College will look like tha
typical American snack—the hot
dog.
But if you're tall and slender,
Italian-born Silvestri admits
you won't Took 100 bad, but if
you have any fat to you at all,
you'll have that "stuffed sau
sage-like appearance."
Besides denouncing the “Ivy
League” suit, Silvestri termed
American men conformists in
fashion, and this puzzles our
Italian friend since America is
suppose to be a land that prides
itself on sturdy individualism.
“In Italy,” he said, “each man
seeks to dress differently from his
neighbor. Here everyone wants to
look alike.
Tomorrow I'll wear my one
button roll suit with pegged
pants, just to please Silvestril
Steve Allen, at times a very
funny guy, does a-clever bit once
in a while. He reads letters to the
editor from New York City tab
loids in the spirit in which they
were written.
When someone lakes lime to
sit down and WTile a letter to
the editor,.he is generally so
perturbed he could punch some
one, usually the editor. So Allen
reads the letters in this vein.
In reading the following letter,
you might try doing Allen’s bit.
My comments are in parenthesis.
The letter is to the editor of SIR,
one of those cultural men’s maga
zines on the market today.
“Dear Sir!
"What do you have against
B-girls? Your article. The 'B' in
B-Girl Still Means Beware*
(Sept.), shows how the law is
trying to curb this form of
'entertainment.' but you don't
make clear why you are against
it.
“Naturally, I don’t want to be
put in the position of advocating
vice. I don’t advocate it (He en
joys it?). But many of these girls
operate to provide men drinkers
with pleasant conversation—and
nothing more. Many of these girls
do not attempt to take a customer
for all he’s got, because they fig
ure he will come back time and
again.
"Sura there are numerous
sordid, vice-ridden B-girl joints.
Yet in Chicago I know a num
ber of pleasant places, where
the girls—having nothing diriy
in their minds (good, clean-cut
B-girls)—just sit and drink and
talk with the customers. They .
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1957
by Bibl
don't make dates afterwards,
either."
- The Daily Collegian must have
the wrong type of readers. We
never get letters like that. Maybe
we like B-girls?
Grant Given
By Class of 'l6
The Class of 1918 has estab
lished a memorial scholarship
fund at the University with a gift
of $5,785.
It is planned that various mem
bers of the class will from time
to time add to the original grant,
the income of which will be used
to support $l5O scholarships.
The scholarships will be award- -
ed to entering freshmen and they
may be renewed for each of the
recipient’s four years If he con
tinues to maintain a satisfactory
academic record as well as quali
fying in other ways.
Students in any of the under
graduate colleges of the Univers
ity will be eligible for the awards.
They will be chosen by the com
mittee that also selects winners
of the Alumni Memorial Scholar
ships.
Ceramic Society
To Install Osborn
. Dr. Elbert F. Osborn, dean of
the College of Mineral Industries,
will be installed as a national of
ficer of the American Ceramio
Society at its 59th annual meet
ing May 5 in Dallas, Texas.
Dr. Osborn will become a trus
tee of the society’s basic scienca
division.
The society is a scientific, tech
nical organization dedicated to
the improvement of ceramic pro
ducts and processes. Founded in
1899, it now has members in 47
countries.
Walker Will Address
Chamber of Commerce
President Eric A- Walker will
be guest speaker at the first mem
bership luncheon of the State Col
lege Area Chamber of Commerce
today.
Dr. Walker wi.ll speak on de
velopments at the University. The
luncheon is scheduled- for noon at
the LaGalleria Restaurant.