1939_02 The Daily Collegian February 1939

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EDITOR-IN«I!ET
K.Don, 1-ionel Ssrinb*,\
„ Edsu. Bmu-ssUsMs*
Legionnccixe and Legal Lugs
. . . I Monarch oj Mountebanks I . . .
"Hmmrf, you radical boys, I
was aa radical as you, once . . ."
With a florid face, eyea that
fluttered in their sockets and a
a mountebank he
up to the Boy   Radicals
ie holding their first meet-
a  room  accustomed  to
T . c chalk-dust and cloistered professorial patter.
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NY A VS. WAR
and 75 women are engaged in student work un-       "Now. ah. it would b* just
der the National Youth Administration, each re- 1o '"minat. armam.m funds,
ceiving an average of $13 per month. Thus out bo»*' ■J*f*ai" 'h'r' *" "'
of a student body of more than 2,000, many p^,lw.t lh" Ym.rican do'iars
an education because of financiaj/difficllties,       Whii. th. Monarch of th.
only 168 students are encourage^ through na- D»nl" •»"" •*•*• »r. '•» «
tional subsidy. ) ?j?*J w?"ra^!"'   *2T! „
For the year 1938-'39 approximately $20,- |n ^ht" 1^^rU. -fbTy 1UU1
665 has been allotted to the Fresno State to door>.,   „,,„   lh.t   mm
serve as monetary aid to F. S. C. students, .haulaner of tb. law . ..
Twice or even three times that amount could       Th™' ■"■ «>' total luo i
be barely called sufficient. Now more than ever rom' to r,","c' ""• Am.ticai
before students are facing financial difficul- ™d j *.^, ™"„* J,""'',,'^
ties caused by the tremendous economic pres- „ wouM ^mbi, b. b.tt.r u
sure which  has been brought to bear   upon bullous lor nva than two bi
them. It is a time when family ties are strained     •rvf.ns. - iv» r.aiiy a brwi
and wages stretched to allow a son or a daugh- '"  ,h' tluJMBssl air of 1
ter to remain in college where he may better room'        " ^
be prepared for work of professional nature.
The federal government this year has been ONCE OVER
^spending one of the greatest budgets yet, over _ •/•wmw v
""two billion dollars, for war materials. Would LlUlllLl
it not be better to educate the people ii   "- B» KE""E anders
Flesh, Emotion—For All Not Happy Oyer
Thc first half, of the plot of  Idiot's DetigM
"They Made Me  »  Criminal,"
current Warner picture is fair.
-  The rest of it sags like a beer
baron's paunch, but throughout
J  John Garfield brings to Our Dilettante a masterful portrayal of   	
flesh and emotion that you and  solitaii
1  la
"   not the strutting showy
•  the  poultry   yard,  but
■  that he plays.
This is a multiple choice ques-
km:
WHICH DO YOU PREFER:
We don't do half enough jus-
ice to Him (God). Poor, lonely
,ld soul. Sitting up in Heaven.
-=»• --hing to do. but play
Poor, dear God. Play-
■  never ends."
NORMA    8HRARER    1
.   Anir.!.   v.rslon Is but pallid at
[Ids gi..   Pontaln. production. (S
ways of eamini
livelihood—rather tl
"Things
foolish they
build schools—including gymnasiums and ad-    ,
ministration buildings—rather than warships,
long range bombers and machine guns?
Is it not better to provide monies both for
tne education of the youth and the maintenance
of the unemployed rather than prepare thc
means with which they can be slaughtered?     .
College officials deplore the lack of funds
which they need to give aid to students. Long
lists of waiting, hopeful students are turned
down because of the lack of funds—not because of the lack of jobs.
Today the students of Fresno State, as well
as the countless hundreds of other students of
the nation, are in need of funds for their education. Democracy has supposedly set up a
system under which all men are created equal
and all have the chance to better their conditions. That phrase is challenged NOW. The
students of the United States need education,
and only through an enlarged NYA   is   that
There Are 'Big Heads'
And There Are Big Heads
o longer fits his head
:auje Students Can't Read,
Cinch Cards Are Received
Slaty per eenl of the difficulty with „^
dents who receive "cinch notices" is due u> i,
efficient reading ability.
A classification of the students who re.
ceived notices of unsatisfactory work hai been
made by the Psychology Department of Fresno
State. Experiment has shown that a small i„.
vestment in time and energy required to take
the present Psychology Five course will p,r
dividends to the students interested in improv.
ing their study methods.
In the course opportunity will be given to
thc student to have his reading ability mess.
ured and analyzed in such a way that he can
realize his need for special study to improve
his study practices.
Students interested in "learning to read-
may take this test in Room 207 on Thursday,
February 9 at the hours of 9, 10 or 1 o'clock
There is no fee for this test. Regular classes
will be held at these hours on Tuesdays and
Thursday with the credit of one or two units
for freshmen and sophomores and no credit for
other classes.
Increased speed in reading, better understanding of thc material read, ability to analy«
what is read, and the ability to integrate what
is being read with other subjects are emphasized in the course. Dictionary study work
will augment the course.
With the trend of Popular Improvement n
current literature this course offers the follow.
ing test to determine reading ability. Try th;.
simple test:
Find a time and place where you will not
be disturbed for an hour. Choose an ordinary
text book in a field in which you are familiar
enough that you will not be handicap]., d l.y 1
difficult vocabulary. Read for just one hour.
Note thc number of pages you can read.
Some students rend less than twenty-five
pages in an hour, others will read a hundred
or more. What is your score?
Sixty to sixty-five pages should be read
in an hour! —DR. JOHN \V. GKOVK.S
Idle Chapters
I. bark-Hip to Mi
VOICE
from
the
CELLAR
"'" That Boy in Green/
r; He Wanted To See Life
a plebeian phrase connoting a flush of
super-ego on the part of someone who wears
his pride unbecomingly.
However, this caustic jibe, along with "swell-
head" and "big-head," may be due for a complete reversal—a change from an derogation
to a compliment—if the scientific findings of
Dr. Ales HrdUcka of the Smithsonian Institute
become generally accepted. Rnlo
Dr. Hrdlicka has found that great thinkers ;,',„,u,
—men who really exercise their mental capa- rwjuir
bilities—have "swelled heads." For the same k.i"i
reason that an athlete has bulging muscles aa ">' b
a result of constant exercise, so the physical ^
dimensions of a man's cranium begin to in- „,„ ,,
crease as he gives himself   more   and   more    usu.il
The scientist's findings are incomplete, but "< <"'
thus far caliper measurements   have   shown JJ^°i
that great mathematicians, philosophers, and S1„H
mnemonists over a period of years experience if. „
an enlarging of the skull attributable only to ratabi
1  ihouahtful.   models w
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"laws of cranial <
y evolve, the bite of "big head"
applied to some pseudo-Intellect will probably    p, .   c  .     .,
not be dulled, for it will become an ironical    [?\je,I"?  *aPPas
misstatement carrying an obviously false im-    Mold Meeting
plication as befits an obviously false big-shot.    d|nlJ  ¥<m. K'l'*Bl m"?
ft person who thinks he is the whole 1*
Is too good for his former, associates, and has
a childish faith in his own ability to do the
unique and impossible and epoch-making without the help of "leaser Ihrnta" will always be
asked: "Does a seven and three-quarters still
fit your —E. A. P.
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J   Curly.   "Ql'IETl" Nowell   to   S|
well to Speak
.    William  jfick.r.
Isro. aodAaM.
Local lads, who carry the worry of this K
ernment's pains and 'aches, have been reP<
ing portending trouble in regard to the "ahu
and "denial" of civil liberties.
Attorney General Murphy has estabw
a special bureau in the Department of Jus
to continue the activities of the La **"<
Senate Committee and Congress is colitinu
the Dies group. The predicion of the P"'1'"
cynics was that only the Dies group would
avowed to perform their investigation *
the La Follettes with their twenty volume,
case material would be dropped.
For Future Enjoyment: If It's a W* °
La Foilette it's the best show in town-
Varsity Basketball Team Meets Cal Aggies
Here in F. W. C. Tilts Thursday and Friday
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