PAGE FOUR Editorial Opinion Safe Conduct Passes Coeds attending the Univeisity should receive safe conduct passes to travel about the West Halls area—they need protection from the hoards of male visitors and stu dents who have nothing better to do than stare and make derogatory remarks to the coeds who pass by. Numerous males have been seen clustered on the back steps of Sparks and around the mall facing Thomp son flail. As soon as a coed so much as moves a step toward her window, a big cheer arises from the crowd and catcalls are heard muttered throughout the crowd. Another place of male interest, seems to be in front of Waring Lounge, where the males line-up on both sides of the sidewalk and the girls "pass in reveiw." Another example of the childish and immature actions of the men students, was the performance at last week's indoor movie in Schwab. From the very beginning, noise was most evident in both the balcony and first floor. Another commotion followed when the movie was stopped to change reels. Unnecessarily sloppy dress is most prevalent in the West flails area, and it may soon become another chapter of the "Nittany T-shirters." The "hotrods" and "cowboys" are having a field day on Pollock Road. Here again the immature actions of the younger set are shown up. One of these days, someone will step from the curb and be run down by a hotroder. Then the campus patrol will crack down on these speeders. Action now, may save a life in the future. Although one must remember that many of the males on campus are high school students and may not know how to act in public, they should know common courtesy and respect. Summertime draws both students and insti tute members outdoors for a breath of fresh air and relaxation, but they should bo able to find better recrea tion than throwing Frisbys at girls or heckling them. Let's grow up men and boys, you're at a University now and people expect you to act like college students. Maybe the females will be nicer to you if you leave them alone. Beauty Wins Applauds Beauty—most abundant on the Penn State campus —paid off last week when Miss Lois Piercy was named Miss Pennsylvania for 1959 and Margaret McPherson, another University coed, placed among the top five final ists. To add to the woes of the University's male popula tion, this was the second successive year that a Miss Penn sylvania has graced the campus, for Rosalie Samley won the 1958 title. But it was Miss Piercy's performance which was a more important feather in the cap for Penn State stu dents—she represented Miss Centre County, the home of the University. She won the county title by winning over 11 other University coeds in a contest in Bellefonte in May. Countless other coeds entered contests in their home areas. This spreads Penn State's female femininity throughout the state. Another uniqueness in this year's pageant was the appearance of a coed from an off-campus center—Miss Judith Criste of the Altoona center. Shortly competi tion for the Miss Penn State title will have to include representatives from each of the 14 Commonwealth Cam puses. Congratulations to both Miss Piercy, the winner, and Misses McPherson and Criste, the losers. The University is proud of you—probably as much as you were to say "I am a student at the Pennsylvania State University." It's off to Atlantic City for Miss Piercy. Let's show those 50 other odd contestants what made you Miss Penn sylvania—talent, poise, determination and hard work. A Student -Operated Newspaper #tuttintr Tiottegiatt Successor to The Free Lance. eat. 1887 Pubiiihed every Thursday from June 11 to August 27 with the exception of Jane 9. The Summer Collegian Is a student-operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matter July S. 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 1979. Mail Subscription Price] 50 cents for 12 Issues WILLIAM A. JAFFE Editor 4330" STAFF THIS ISSUE: Wayne Schlegel, photographer; William Garner, Janet Durstine, Nancy Kling, Barbara Mosgrave, Cathy Hell, Chris Bell, Dexter Hutchins, William Allen. SUMMER COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA JO RIDER CHESWORTH, HARRIET LEAVER, Co• Business Mgrs. Campus Beat Weather Flags And Bulldozers Draw Attention Have you seen site of the new football stadium recently? The graders and bulldozers have been industriously leveling the area for the past several months and it won't be long before the stands will begin to rise. It will be in teresting for us to watch the stands at Beaver Field be dis assembled and moved to their new home. In that same area a now famil iar intersection will soon disap pear and be replaced with a mod ern cloverleaf overpass. We won der if the Entrance Road-College Avenue cloverleaf will cause the duckpond to be moved once again. Those poor ducks will soon be in line at the Psych clinic if their pond is moved many more times. Everyone criticizes the weather. man. The University crew in the Mineral Industry Building that predicts the weather each day has found a fool-proof method for predictions. When they are In daubt, they raise a white weath er flag with a large question mark on it. Take a look atop the M.I. building some "uncertain" day. We wish Ed Pollock luck in his new position at Union College. Union is orientated much dif ferently than is Penn State's so cial system. Fraternity parties are chaperoned, but by grad students or young married couples. Every one may drink—even Frosh. And there is no police-patrol by the IFC each Saturday nigh t. In other words, it is wide open and should provide Pollock with a good working ground for his Penn State "reform principles." While downtown the other day we received a new penny among some change. A friend asked to see the round copper. On one face is the familiar head of Lincoln, but on the other side is a change. It is a building, and our friend asked if we knew its name. We said it looked like the Lincoln Memorial but we were not sure. Our friend chirped, "Darned if you're not right. Why there's Lin coln in the middle." And he is; just take a look. Did you know that there are now drugs which are non-addict ing but give the same thrills or effects as the dangerous mari juana and heroin. Scientists have found such compounds in petro leum base derivitives. This dis covery should be a boon to medi cine and help wipe out the black market narocotic trade which ruins the lives of so many people. We have little sympathy for students who habitually complain of being overworked carrying 18 or 20 credits. The other day we had coffee with a full-time stu dent who works a 40 hour week —at nights—and has been on the dean's list for at least the last two semesters. Well, my Whipple-tanned-stu dents—study diligently for those inter-session finals tomorrow; and if you develop a unpleasant mood and start to grumble and com plain, remember the student we just mentioned, for he must work from 5:30 p.m. till 2 a.m. tonight and then take a final in Phil 3 to morrow morning at 8 a.m. —Prof. Wayne Letters Coed Questions Sewing Machines TO THE EDITOR: As students of a large university many small conveniences are made available to us. One of these conveniences for the coeds is the use of sewing machines for personal sewing. I find, however, that this prac tice is discontinued for the sum mer. During the summer months we have more time for such domestic endeavors, so why can't the University share some of its many idle machines with us? —Elizabeth Clark _ . - "Boy! I sure hope you don't ask to see his driver's licenser from here to infinity Missing Supper Not So Bad Twenty reporters missed their supper Saturday night, but they didn't complain, They missed it because of a Miss., who always manages to America, 1959, Mary Ann Mobley late for a 4:30 p.m. press con ference. She was here for the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant. An enthusiastic hand-shaker, Miss Mobley made sure she met everyone in sight before the conference got underway. Upon meeting this member of the press, she kept his hand a second longer to read the fra ternity letters on his class ring, then quipped, "We don't have a chapter where I go. Guess we had better colonise there." After meeting and talking with Mary Ann, there wasn't one perso who eve missed ty having eater Prepare question were tossf aside as tl brown eye southern be; and the pre: converse One thin, just led to an other. THOMPSON She likes traveling and meeting the people—especially the press. "I really mean it too," she said. According to Mary Ann, there are no men in her imme- diate future, although she ad mits that sometime she'd like to have four children. "During the past year, I've traveled all over an' ah haven't met ma man yet—at least ah don' think so," she said in her best "Missisipian." "Ma daddy frowned on boy. friends when ah was younger. He was so afraid ah would meet a boy and get serious be- CHAR!-Ig_f3.ROWHAO . HAt> THURSDAY. JUNE 25, 1959 JOSEPHINE Pi*T v i„ . 4. c i„ 1 1 7 0 ,(, , by bob thompson charmer from Brandon, be late. She was Miss And she was 45 minutes fore ah finished school. Now ah think he's wound up with me on his hands," she added. Saying she had never' gone steady or been pinned, she ad mitted, "It's a mess." Mary Ann will be a senior when she returns to college next fall. She only needs six c r edit s—all in Spanish—to graduate. She said she needed to brush up a bit on the language though. Telling about a recent visit to Mexico, she said she talked to a group of business men who couldn't speak Eng lish. "I thought I did real well, so I decided to order breakfast the next dF:y in Spanish. In stead of two fried eggs, the waiter brought me two raw ones in a bowl of milk." That sure took the wind out of my sails," she said. One of the south's strongest salesmen, Miss Mobley readily admitted that her southern blood_masn't thick enough for northern winters. She sat in the rain at the Cherry Blossom Pageant and ended up with a case of pneumonia. It's a good thing she doesn't go to school at Penn State. Imagine what she would pick up walking to an eight o'clock class on a Jan uary morning! Mary Ann says that she was a tomboy with pigtails until she was eight, and wore braces on her teeth until she was 16. She said that she spoke at the southern dental conference "because ah had more fillings than anyone else in the south."
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