1939_10 The Daily Collegian October 1939

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Let's Have a
Student Court
Kiilur
.1   Student  Court.   Notic
a Studcn
Court. txciusi- (I) [here never was a rc.il student
court on this campus—only .1 bulky, .imbie.uous
ill-named Court of Traditions" and (2) an attempt to revive this emasculated hulk would
stan out thc present backers with  two  strikes
As The Collegian sees it, the Court of Traditions, which older students may remember as
the Huec Joke of 1956, failed miserably because
(1) it had neither a well defined nor worth-'
while jurisdiction: i.e., it had nothing to do, and
(2) it had no power to punish
ABASHED . . . were members of thc Rally
Committee last Saturday night when they were
faced with the problem of retrieving megaphones from the entire football team. The situation arose when one of the more prominent
members of the team, noted for his fraternal
affiliations and an important school post he held
last year, reached back of thc bench into the
crate containing the spare megaphones and
passed them out to all of his fellow players on
the bench. The 'phones were supplied at a considerable cost by a private concern for the exclusive use of thc Fresno State rooting section,
and it has been with considerable effort that
the committee has managed to keep the megaphones from diminishing any more rapidly
than they have. It would hardly seem logical
fur a member of the Rally Committee to rush
out and attempt forcibly to seize the small cardboards from a football team. It is not the megaphones that make thc difference, but merely the
principle of the act.
OVER ... the fence is out is the accepted rule
in baseball, but at the Blackstone Bowl it is
the excepted rule. Customers swarm over the
fence and nonchalantly wander into the stands.
The P. A. system requests people to stay off the
field: and they trample it, unhindered. Small
boys and aristobrats sail seat cushions and
bottles at cash customers. .Desk lights disappear from thc press box. And the "guards" . ..
oh guards, guards, wherefor art thou, guards?
it had no club tc
wuld    „
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pries.
Thc blow that finally sent thc Court of Traditions crashing in a shower of termite "dust,
was thc premature Frosh bonfire episode over
which this august body claimed judgment.
The facts are these: The freshmen labored
long and hard in collecting fuel for a super-
bonfire to be thc highlight of a football rally;
in a spirit of class rivalry naughty upper classmen said they would attempt to touch off thc
woodpile before the rally, and leave the thwarted frosh with a heap of charred embers which
they would find difficult to alibi as irate rooters
stood around and demanded aaion; the frosh
accepted the challenge and vowed to stand guard
the preceding night, and fight off any and all
invaders; in thc small cold hours of thc morning,
some of thc sentries decided to warm the inner
man with spirits; with most of thc guard in various stages of intoxication, thc rogues swooped
down on the stadium and touched off the valiantly guarded woodpile.
It made an excellent newspaper fearure and
provided jokes for weeks on end. But what
should presently lumber onto thc scene, but thc
Court of Traditions? Gravely thc 24 good-men-
and-true called witnesses, heard testimony, deliberated, and finally passed judgment: The leaders
of the plot should be deprived of their student
body privileges.
But who was going to do the depriving? The
court had no officers it could summon, and no'
prerogarive to exercise, for it could only recom-
mend—so the stalemate was passed to the Prcsi-
dent's cabinet, where the matter fortunately died.
The Collegian hopes that should the new court
be established it would have its jurisdiction confined to serious, worthwhile nutters of sufficient
weight to make a valid calendar; the court should
have the powers of initiative, so that it might
summon culprits and institute action on its own
bduli in cases that are not tegularly brought to
it; the court should be given certain previously
denned penalties that it might impose without a
. by-your-leave from anyone; and the court, should,
of course be small enough to eliminate buck
COLLEGIAN EXCHANGE SERVICE . . .
Sigma Taus to Spend Week-end at Pinecrest.
(Turlock. Calif.) Sigma Tau sorority members
look to the week-end with enthusiasm today,
following a meeting held Wednesday night in
the home of Miss Mae Henderson.
passing, and guarantee a high caliber of personnel, and yet be representative enough to gain
thc satisfaction and respect of thc majority of thc
srudent body.
The former Court of Traditions was neither
county nor traditional; that it died, does not
indicate a lack of need for a student judiciary—
the fact that it "functioned" as long as it did,
to some extent refutes such an argument.
The Collegian believes in student courts, and
will   back   the   incipient   student  court  on   this
campus. It only asks that the srudent body give
the entire matter serious consideration.
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Today we face not only the original social dis-
ruption. We likewise face the accumulated physical and social results of that disruption: Ravaged landscapes, disorderly urban districts, pock-
els of disease, patches of blight, mile upon mile
of standardized slums . . . In short, a general
miscarriage and defeat of civilized effort.—Lewis
Mumford in The Culture of Cities.
•
The democracies could have saved democracy
in Germany if they had really cared for democracy as much as they now say they do. Bui they
did not, and we in America would not even join
a world organization to help. This world dis-
sster is the work of all of us. Hitler made the
war, but we, all of us, helped make Hitler.—
Harry Emerson Fosdick.
*S*Z PHOTOG GETS
MUD OVERLAY
e In an attempt to capture son.
"' mud-slinging pictures for £
"1 magazine "Life," J. D. Emu
!'c     photographer for that mag s5
the   "Oklahoma    Bandwago?
wa, almost Uken tor a grmu^
anclsco    ptaotograpnlai
mallon  la wtll-publlclzM. Vfs,
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(/L/ivtCCO...opens Doors
to Relds where People
Live,W)rk & Achieve
today there are about 1,000,000
cigar stores, drug stores, country and grocery stores where
you can buy cigarettes in the United States. These retailers, and the jobbers who serve them, have built up
a service of courtesy and convenience unmatched by any other
industry catering to the American public's pleasure.
There are another million people who
are engaged directly or indirectly in the transportation of
cigarettes to every town, hamlet and crossroads.
IT IS ESTIMATED that there are 1,602,000
tobacco farmers raising tobacco in 20 out of the 48
states. Good tobacco is one of the hardest crops to
raise and bring to market, requiring great skill and
patience from seed-bed planting to harvesting and curing. The modern tobacco farmer has done well the job
of constantly improving the quality of his product.
THE AVERAGE LENGTH of service of the 13,230
people working in the Chesterfield factories, storage
houses, leaf-handling and redrying plants is over 10
years. This means that every step in the making of
Chesterfields, regardless of how small, is handled by people who have had 10 years of experience and ability in
knowing their jobs.
TRULY TOBACCO OPENS DOORS to fields where
people live, work and achieve, and Chesterfield takes
pride in its ever increasing part in this great industry that
is devoted entirely to the pleasure of the American public.
To SMOKERS, Chesterfield Cigarettes have
always said, and now repeat, that in no other cigarette
fnadecanyoufindthesamedegreeofreflmildnessand
good taste, or the same high quality of properly cured
and aged tobaccos. Chesterfield Cigarettes art made
with one purpose only. ..to give smokers everywhere
tke MILDER. BETTER-TASTING SMOKING PLEASURE they want. You can't buy a better cigarette.
MAKE  YOUR   NEXT   PACK
CHESTERFIELD
TEACHERS GET DATA a
ON THEMSELVES
IN EDIT PARAGRAPHS
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VOLUME TWENTY-THREE
FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER. 27, 1939
College Union May Be Shut Down;
Safstrom, Student Council Urge Move
FIVE ON BENCH?
Council Likes
Student Court
Proposals
Sans-Culotte.
Glenn Goodor. "Brother Rat" principal, is  	
barrassing situation not in the least rolievod by the presenc
Doris Hen. female lead, the cold utare of Mason Coi
and the forced smile ol Virginia Hess. WelL how would you I
Monday evening, 8:15 o'clock,
looms as thc culmination of four
weeks of intense preparation for
thc entire staff of the University Street Playhouse when the
nt l'layhousr
i    probably
BLUE KEY DANCE
NETS $224 PROFIT
sccordlns; to  Jim  Desmond,  ci
PLAYHOUSE OPENS AIR,
DRAMA PRODUCTIONS
'Brother Rat' Takes New Committee to
To Boards Monday Oversee Broadcasts
Officially   inaugurating   I
)39-10 college radio season, a
newly appointed radio commit-
let this week to take up the
ess   of   outlining   official
COURSE FEE BILLING
EXPLAINED FURTHER
RATCLIFFE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEMBERS, HIT LITTERJN CAFE
(See Page Two For Editorial Comment)
Final decision on closing the student union cafeteria
and lunch counter rests in the hands of the college Board
of Directors when it meets at noon today.
The college student council, representing all campus
organizations, recommended the closing at a meeting
Wednesday night.
Their action followed receipt of a letter by President Frank
V/. Thomas from thc college health committee condemning thc
present cafeteria and "recommending the restaurant function be
abandoned."
The health group further recommended that the "space (now
occupied by the cafeteria)   be given over to recreational pur-
... general lounge room provided
If the board of directors acts favorably upon the council's
commendation, the restaurant concession in the union will probably be closed at an early date. In this event, the space formerly
devoted to eating facilities will be converted into a general lounge
room, leaving the bookstore as the only remaining concession in
thc building.
According to General Manager Arthur Safstrom, all lunch room
equipment, including counters, would  be  removed,   leaving  the
" e structure—with the exception of the bookstore—for use
recreational center.
le move to abandon the cafeteria was initiated before the
council meeting.!))' Safstrom when he declared that "the Associa-
>ffice backs the health committee's recommendation."
... students favor m
. trial period" advised
,. i-ulill.' llil.illons Commit
Exposition Gives
Art Awards to 28
in Exhibit D.partm.1
.. health is menaced
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San  FranWo  oijiosltlon:
butbljf for the quality and
. . . new union will be unaffected
ny action taken will affect only the present union and not
the new union when and if it Is built," Safstrom replied in answer
question of whether of not there would be eating facilities
in the "new union."
Inasmuch as it is apparent that neither the student body nor
union management is able to remedy the present unsanitary
conditions, the only course of action left open to us Is thc closing
down of the cafeteria,1' the General Manager declared.
Safstrom added that he personally did not like to eat in the
lion and avoided it whenever he could.
To prevent possible condemnation by county health officials,
Safstrom disclosed that starting last Wednesday, yie union man-
ent was instructed to keep thc union clean "regardless of
' Thefirst half day this program was tried, Safstrom said the
,o the student body was $2.35. This figure, he explained, was
only for the afternoon hours; performance of this on a full-time
liasi.-- would cost the student body at least five dollars a day.
. . . recommendation unanimously okehed
He reiterated that this policy would be carried out until some
definite action was taken by the Board of Directors.
. . .sanitary conditions impossible
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