1934_02 The Daily Collegian February 1934

              || H(W About^the IC4A
. Life LcftT
An extraordinary amount
I purely unnecessary and unw
, nnted pother was stirred
Uripg registration week o.
the appearance on the canrj
lie journal by now doubt-
iMsly quite well known as the
"Activist."   Although it is true
ithat the paper was guilty of
technical murepresentation of
fact, and although is might be
granted thst it rather blatantly
" " ttcntion to a few general
rith  which  the average j
     is already  sufficiently
I well acquainted, nevertheless wel
",at the wild furor and
-puerile threats of physical
violence occasioned by the publication of volume one, number
" the "Activist" were not
caly uncalled for but were in ex-
cstdingly bad taste in the bar-
This much must be ad-
every
The
"Activist" at least jolted n
of the students out of their
mental ruts, and served
m the student body that
>ry one Is willing to nod
y in accord with tl
itatus quo, merely because it 1
'   Now that the stern frowns of
unrelenting professors have
moved   from   our   midst   faces
with which we have
familiar, it is quite apropos of
tat  situation   in   general,   we
■ think, to offer a few remarks j
concerning the standards which
must   be   maintained   by   each
ie is to ri
lege. There are, we are willing j
to agree, many students whose
intellectual inertia or out-and-
out disinterest in mental labor
tender them unfit for college
work; but there are also those
individuals who, although clever
tad capable in many respects,
tad themselves unable to fit in
with the ordinary scheme of
•tings, and it is for these that
»e feel that special provision be
■•de, and special notice taken.
Why, in the name of the great
tod Reason, are the college au-
thorities willing to send a third-
r»te football team to Kansas in
fsder that it might hsve admin-
••tered to it a sound thrashing,
why are business men willing to
mi in financing a project which
•Otis the student body president
•» Washington to exchange
l*ies with various and sundry
■•lor and minor figures on the
P»utJeal horiron, and at the
•Mr* time remain coldly unen-
"Misatic over the prospect of
jwmilt six or eight men East
•the IC4A meet when these
•"n* «« or eight men hsve
r BttDent chance of winning the
1*5? *nd Pkdng Fresno State
W*«e on the athletic map with
Why? '
WHh the wuuoeucement 01
J* new semester at hand, it is i
»g*<etrneat prayer of'the select
|ffi"*_,Tho have the interests of
W**0 SUte College st heart
mm* the student body will, soon-
"" and preferably soon-
-~» some stirrings which
«indicate that the spark of
|i|j__™» not been entirely ex-
g2*™ned by many years in an
W5B<"pn(!r« which one student
§*_"»■ scquaintance has mildly
P*"*! 'rustic."
ACTIVIST APPEARS,
ATTACKS COLLEGIAN
POLICY, FEE CHARGE
Roger   Owen   Distributes   New
Publication in Registra
F. S. C. A. LABELLED 'CLUB'
Three-page Sheet Belittles Bene
fits of Student Body
Membership
Headed by the slogans, "Save
Six Dollars by Reading This!",
"Is the F. S. C. Association a
Democratic Club?" and'"The So-
called School Paper," volume
lumber one of The Activist, j
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 19S4
DR. THOMAS WILL
TAKEPARTINL.A
EDUCATION MEET!
F.S.C. Enrollment Passes
1700 Mark As Registration
For Spring ISemester Ends
Dr. Thomas Pleased Despite Falling Off From
Last Semester; Total Shows Increase
Over That of Last Year
according to figures released by Marjory' Tanzcr Zelhart of
the general office yesterday afternoon, the total registration at
Fresno State College for the Spring semester of the 1938-34
scehool year reached 1,739. These figures included all students
registering before 3:30 yesterday afternoon, both those who have
enrolled as regular members of the student body and those who|
NEW STUDENTS HEAR
WELCOME ADDRESS
BY DR. Fl THOMAS
College. President Stresses Need
For Preparation, Co-operation
in Assembly
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED
F.S.C. DEBATERS
SCHEDULE MEET
WITH STANFORD
Emphasizing the necessity of
preparation for any change of
events which may come about.
U-essing the importance of
ng to live together. Dr. F.
W. Thomas, Fresno State Col-   •