1948_04 The Daily Collegian April 1948

              - Tha freano Sta** Collaga Collagian
■COUEOIAH
Published Beml.Weekly during th* school yoar
sicept   Holidays  and  Examination  Period* by
THE   FRESNO  STATE  COLLEGE   ASSOCIATION
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tor On* Dollar and Ft*ty Cento SI SO per yoar.
THS  COLLEGIAN   OFFICE.  Student   Union
Phon* 4-4771
Editor Batty Kent
rUhrwrtiaing Manager Hank Oliver
Bu-nness  Manager   -   Adele  Hume  Kendrick
Mcrnaging Editor     - Gene King
Makeup Editor lack Croee
Sports Editor       .... Bruoe Farris
CiJ*culation Manager -     Jewel Rogers
Photographer Bob Riechel
Cartoonist   - Mel Johnson
Club Editor s**nnie Shew
Copy Editor   - Marianne Crumpacker
Star!—Dominic Banle. John Bernier, Desanka
Cucuk. Herb Greer. Donald Hayes. Richard Jespersen. Tom Lynch, Auralie McCain. Bob Minor. Bob Molander Don
Poole. Kingsley Roberts Dean Round.
Warren Wiliiams. Don Reed, loan Droge.
Tom Riise   Coleen Jesperser.
Tilting At Windmills     From The
Greer End
r  thin   th*   routine
A* ton must htve read by now. a r it urn waa
shot and killed in town for no greater crime, appar
ently. than keeping hi* hand In hi* overcoat pocket
It naata ha went Into a bar for a drink aad. according to newspaper accounts, be kept this light hand in
bis pocket as he sat observing the other patron* He
even paid tbe partender with hi* left hand Now a
hand In an overcoat pocket. In tbls day of the effec
tue novel tbe radio mystery, and the movie chiller.
I* a sign of the trigger man That hand 1* always
wrapped around a gun. and our man la always *et
to rub-out" someone tbe Mob or tbe Boa* doesn't
like
If you pay enough attention to these heavi**.
hoodlum*, mobster*, hatchet men. body guarda.
etc., you get th* character quick. H* alwaya wear*
t swaaty palm clutch** a heater,
el. a rod, a pcrauadcr. or whatever He i*
I called LOUIE, and you could aaeily com*
BBS that th* world ia peopled mostly with
■anted  LOUIE under instruction* to rub you
NOT AN IMPORT JOB
The abstmcc this tar ot _ £ticst star tor V.ir
siry Varieties has caused some individuals,
particularly a tew downtown people, to raise
their evebrviv,*. and uuestion the ultimate success
of the show A few have gone so far as to say
that Varsity Varieties without a Big N.une trom
Hollywood will be a show without much of a
reason for existence.
This attitude is 100 per cent wrong. The
guest star's performance is not the reason tor
Ws. Such a feeling was prcybably instilled last
year when Eddie Cantors presence was ac
claimed tar and above the showmanship of
Staters
Regardless of whether a few or a great manf
townspeople look upon Varsity Varieties in
this light, a clarification of Ws purpose is in
order
Primarily, it is a itudent efiort to obtain funds tor the erection of a war memorial
to Staters wh., died in World War II Members
of this student body, with some assistance from
interested faculty members and townspeople,
devote hundreds of hours to irs production. If
a guest star is available, the W director, as wdl
as ticket buyers, is glad If a celebrity cannot be
obtained, the show must still go on. It should
always be remembered that it features student
This is Just about what happened, we tl
one recognized the stock character and,
suspicious, called the police When they
of tbe cop* shot tbe cltlten dead la somt
over hi* not ttking his hand out of his pocket After
wards, it was discovered be wasn't carrying a gun'
Oddly enough, hi* name warn t UM IE either
Of court* minion* of th* law hav* thu* far jutt-
.fled th* action on th* ground* that th* man didn t
act quickly enough to got hi* hands over hia head
*o that he could be *af*ly fn*k*d Now everyone
knows that the detective ttory LOUIE oottnt
■hoot through hi* pocket anymore when caught,
maybe he* accustomed to life and aort of like* tt.
At any  rat*. he*e quick  now to obey a  command
We think the Law might bave noticed the reluc
tance of the citizen there a* not In keeping with
the other standard marks of the trlggerman But
these tre jittery timet, tnd perhaps we shouldn't
expect our policemen to be any more cold nerve.!
than are tbe world* diplomats and legislators. They
too. It seem*, bave come to believe tbat the world I*
LOtTtf-S nght hand* in pocket* clutching tt the
wetpon* with which to destroy'And til these U)i
IBS. It would seem, sre soul less zombie-like cret
turet ttking ordert from the Boat. All are un
thinking   unfeeling,   criminal   men   In   heavy   over
By Herb Greer '51
Congratulation* To Th* Business
Ottie* for a fine, quirk piece of
last  weel
the Var»lty  Variety
town blew down, tbe baa laBBBBBf
spent the better part of the day on
the phone telling the bualness office
to please get someone to fix it
the nett day   the recipients of this
information   finally   aaw   Bt   to   In
form the publicity committee
.all   em speedy, for short  .
Plug
the front page, there la a line
on o\er at the playhouse, nai
li.. BBSS'  II    Ttke It
who sees It will really get their stu
ileni body card'
Ha  Hi At Vou seen in tbe
taper last  issue . IXe  Fielder
man.    by   Johann   Strauss,   better
kn..»n in America aa the Bat    .
The  Collegian   haa   done   it'   No*
i rime  Kill  r
tally  *
where a lot of people can get hurt ... of believing
that all  of th* rest of th* world mr*  LOUIES.
I our overcoat on a hangar in the closet
and we're going to leave it right there until the world
gets over this bad case of the shake* Wed rather
stay cold for awhile than get mistaken for a LOME. J
talent, not import jobs from the nation's film
cupitol
PRESIDENT TO RETIRE
Tonight more than -100 of Fresno s civic
leaders, educators, and srudents will honor Dr.
Iraiik. NX' Thomas, the president of the collide
who will retire from his position here after 21
years of service. The growth of this institution
demands that an outstanding educator and administrator be named to succeed him
By Tom Lynch 50
loamy 3 45 to 4 p.m Adventure*
of The Square Man h\\^. _
Rude J f'rtdy. J Hall F. Butt*
Hemmings and C Norman Jan
Jurgen* aad M Dyalnger Another
Lower Front Street saga
3 IS to 400 pm.
: 3 4S to 4 p.m. CoHege
KfMO Inrector luck
Rood Trio from mualc department
-Klitabeih Metiler ■
rabtan and Virginia Welty with ac
ceaapanlst. Ruth  Miller   Will sing
BBS S Song and Metiler
BlB*.B  the  Beguine
Fndar    I     IS to 2 SO pm. Opinion   Mease   Columbia Round Table
KARM producer    Clarence
• 'roth      moderator     Tom    Lynch
Qaaatlan   World Tra.le
Friday     .'  M  to   I  ti  p m .   Hello
N     Leila   Rabaioli
Friday:   2 it.  to  3 00 pa*..   Let a
Make   Believe    K8GN    Joy    Row
original fairy tale*.
Monday    Mo >  15 am    Campua
Collectors   Corner    k-
I-ysinger    She  has  a  bale of   four
'or aale
inn Millar    meal
Bulldog Air Time
he'* lop engineer around here.
plenty busy
Always: High rafter bat of the
radio department. I>r Edwin Lombard. Is happy among his new piece*
o' equipment in the studio*
A presto filter free playback to
listen to tbe ribbon recordings of
rehearsals In the studio, and a boom
lor  tbe  microphones  are  a gift  of
I    KM AM   check   receiving   set
ake   programs from  tbe air ta
record* of tbem. baa alao beea
from   ihff    m_,it_     Timr   c^i,..    dir„.,    from
Washington  f>C   now   enable  FSC
Metvday:   > 30 to 10 pm. Produ I „ uatoa to hav*  the correct time
cer.   Work.hop    .'.ve    Me    Wing. _
Brother    producer   Jack    Hall     a.
It Wa* Cood Enough For
the middle age*, it's good enough
• sirs nowadays . deed
you know that »ay bark In Ihe
- niury tbe prof, in Eu
n.pe taught by the good old lecture
method* Which method I have
.leacrlbe.l as tbe worst in the world,
with Ihe etreption of the BBBBBBt
Isondence course
I Went To Church laat East
er Sunday besides the comment
..I the little bdy*^4*at mu*lc waa
Rue but the Commercial waa aw-
fully long. I have tbls to say . . .
* hy in the name of heaven are
, hurrh pews tbe moat horribly un
i i mfortable things ever created by
the hand of <Jod or man *
Or Cheating  In Teat* I see by
out estimable publication that the
•eighty problem of cheating waa
brought up at a council meeting
last week I don t know whether
the powers that control the fate
o: our ttudent body think they can
.!•> anything about the business of
cribbing but if tbey do. I'd like
to know where tbey got tbeir
Invention for changing degenerate
personality .  .  .
Bay Area Singers
To Perform For
Students Benefit
More than Joo voices will be I
blended in song at the War Me
mortal opera bouse in San Fran
Cisco on April 15 at -.30 pa when j
the glee clubs of sit Day area col j
leges join together In a concert
for the benefit of Europe's war
stricken students
CI lee club* of Mill* College. Stan-
for.! the I nlversity of Stn Fran !
C.aco. Santa Clara San Franclaco
State College and tbe I nlversity !
of Ctlifomit. have arranged the
joint concert in cooperation with
tbe National Studenta' Aaaoclatlon. |
Beneficiary of the proceed* wlll
be the World Student Service Fund,
a nationally recognised noo-proSt
charity organisation whoa* aale pur
pose la sending food and tchool
supplies to tbe devastated coun '
trie* of Europe
The concert will feature 20 mu '
•Ical selections In such varied fields
aa Bach and Casey Jones, with Cole |
Porter thrown In for good measure
College Bongs and a verbal sketch
of each school tnd IU traditions Will j
be featured
Ideas On  'Cheating
T>   Tbe Editor
Letters To        Youth Group Asks
The Editor For Cooperation
From NSA Council
American Youth ror Democrtct
I tee by the light of lttt Fri | baa protested tbe reatgnatlot 4
day's beacon thtt the question of fg. representative* ta tbe tain
cheating is finally getting a bit national I nkw of Student, and hat
..f .Mention Refore a progrrs rejected" the "ao called eeaftrtj*
. .sn be made in correc- j tloo'* of tbe iwalgnallaaa by tbi
ting thi. ulcer of education how ; N.,lonal StudenU Aaaoriati.it.
ever there must be a change In j Reelgnaliooa of Jim Smith of tat
the method of te*t  administration    1 nlversity of Tetaa and Rill Ellis
To bave a member of the teach I ot    Harvard,    from    it.
ing   staff  or  hi.   associate  breath I rouncll of Its arose from the fail
ing down  the   bark  of  your   ne, k    ure of the IIS to proteet mistreat
parading  around   the   room   .train    men! of students by th* aew BBBB
ing blood »h.ii afaa  all in til main   oaiovaklan govemmei.    -
ttinlng tbe .ittitu.le af our football   into power laat month
maarot.   la   to   sharpen   even   th*!     Although   "releetlnt
most   boats t   of   scholar,   toward   Anna tloo   of  tbe  resignation,   tbt
thwarting    thr    watchdog    behind   AVD is not affiliated with  MSB   I
tbem. non political, non parti**r.. ami not
It   it   no   looser   t   quettion   of   sectarian organ Itation
cheating   but   a   game,    with   the   university aad college student bod
prof on one  side  and   the  student   ■*
on   tbe   other   the  outcome  to   be       In a cable to Jim Smith. »hi, ha.
resigned aa American
11 S. the AYI» aff rr ,-
support of the international c
nitation and aent "hearty aaat
iona to Cserboelovak youth
dentt wbo overwhelmingly - ij,
people's democrao    |
Mexico Summer
with the one having the sharpest '
eyes or the one with the largest •
magnitude for conniving
In the medieval daya of a
tlrism the teacher was responsible   '
to Uae student rather than atudent   '
to the teacher   The honor systei
prevailed then and  it cotil.l  do a
now    Agreed tbat  at  first  the su.
ilen freedom would affect the weak-!
er studenU  like pure  oiygen doea|T**jp f Q   _\q  Led   By*
the   lung*,   but   backed   to  the   hilt ' **__ _ . '
and   carried   through   consistent!)    PrOlOSSOr   PierSOn
BBS   would  Snd  «   bet..-,   morale   a !      prof„.or   A    p    ,. .
better   degree   of   hon^l   homely. L^,,  f „   ,„
and a  better ay.tem  of   schooling    Mm____   ________   >fl_
lour  of   Metlco   Assisting  Pierwa
will     he    special     re;   .
OH, OH Mistake1 from the tnlver.lt,  M
To the Editor | have  first   hand  knowledge of lb*
In   retard   to  the   tecent   rr*.ao>™™" *Dl1 *' -™<U*-*l
Sttte   College   calendar   m*   »»ul.l
. t  the u
son   (or   BSBBSaS)   who   placed   Ihej'
caption.    Thoroughbred   Herd   Col    '
under one of the  p,c  \'™****_U_*m,C
in the  |..
The   tour,   to   le*\e   I
'r | July  27  and  return
.   limited  to  24   person*    A
i red   but   and   train   »HI
a M day Mar
1 All major point* of BB
cember section of tbe calendar He
tor abr) wa* perhaps referring to I
purebred rattle for thoroughbred I* j
a breed of horse. We hope tbat
tbe reader* of thl* letter will kgjtj
not* of tbia error
Five atudent* of tbe
agriculture dei
t Metlco will he v
lied
Crim Notes Posted
Because special notices will not
be published In The Collegian, all
members of tbe criminology depart-
re urged to visit Room 202
watch for notice*
Hove you ever tried
an Italian Pizza Pie9
It's a glorified tomato
cheese preparation
itali n
KITCHIX
1127 PALM
(Near Olive)
PHONE 4-1845
i- ■ ."Lain..!    .
sltted by Iforls Ervln KrKK
story modern and earthy A no*y
kindly little guy meeU people, all
of whom seem la have something
haywire with tbem. on t subway
and  fives   things  ap for them
Saturday:   * 30 to • a.m   Yottem
it. Shopper from tb* Yosemite Mar
ket  on Blarketoae Avenue    KYNO
Oulnn     Millar     Interview    type j
Sob  Van  Hottan:   Thl. guy  .Ur
l tbe Unit of laat  se
actor (perbap*)   now
April  10 0-12
"LOW LIGHTS
IN CHINATOWN"
Sponsored by
FSC Chmese Student Club
Annual Scholarship Formal
•.dm. 1.00, Tat .20, Total 1 20
Car Couple
FSC Social Hall
SOCIALIZING  IN OLD FASHION  POTATO  DONUTS
Open
5 a.m.
Close
2  a.m.
**>
across  from
the  new
Post Office
VALLEY DONUT & COFFEE SHOP
Improper lighting j» ju,t es
Iwd for your eves os ths
crazy idea thown here Ute
correct size bulbs in proper
fixtures for your study ond
work. Keep your bulbs clean
ond you'll be surprised how
much   better  you  con   u*e
BETTER   LIGHT  MEANS
fCTTER SIGHT
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