1950_05 The Daily Collegian May 1950

              - The Fresno State College Collegi
EDITORIAL
chug-a-lug
This week Fresno State College will
again go on the national map as War¬
ren Kraft, student president, welcomes
the delegates to the Pacific Student Presi¬
dents' Association conference, which
starts tomorrow.
Fresno State will host the conven¬
tioneers at Yosemitc Wednesday, Thurs¬
day and Friday- of this week.
The Collegian would like to take this
opportunity to welcome the representa-
' tives of the colleges of the west, those
from other countries and those from the
east who are attending as observers.
We feel that a convention of this sort
is by far superior to many others since
it gives the presidents an actual connec¬
tion with other colleges and universities
and thereby gives them an opportunity
to settle many of their problems and help
others settle theirs.
Wc would especially like to welcome
Danny Coelho. student president of the
University of California at Berkeley,
who, as president of the PSPA, has spent
many hours in Fresno, contacting other
representatives for the convention.
The Role of Student Government in
Democracy will be the theme for the an¬
nual conclave, which is meeting for the
25th time.
count off
The selection of student body officers
for the Fall semester will get undenvav
tomorrow at the primary elections.
Interest in the whole issue seems to
have dropped, except by the candidates
who are running.
In our estimation the whole election
fuss will lead to one of two things, both
bad. The first is. there will be a small,
very small, turnout at.thc polls tomorrow
and that the student government which
is finally elected to take over will have a
hard time.
There is a reason for the constitution¬
al retfbirement that the president be
elected early. The early selection gives
the  president-elect   plenty  of  time   to
J^umtllin     bout
fjuthin'
By GENE MARSHALL
Last week I announced the beginning ,
my autobiography in this issue. However, ;
the belief that the three sentences left aft.
censorship do not present a full picture of m
character, I submit the following:
HOW I BECAME A JOURNALIST . . .
A few years ago, when I was only three-j
ansl-a-halt ycal's-olil, I learned to su"
also 1,-anu'il ts> writ.' my name. It all started
when my father said to me, "Son, it's
you Iranis'sl ts, swim. Suppose we had a flood.,
I knms it isn't likely here in the center of'
i! --,!;■; ki-sin. but one should be prepared j
tor all .'iii.Tg.-n. it's." Su h,. t..,,k m,- ami tlir.-u
ms' in th,- lak,'. It wasn't easy with all th,,-.-
riH'ks ti.-.l aruiiml my neck, hut boyhood will
win out. I was soon swimming right alo
wilh li;- li.-h. My greatest difficulty was
breathing. There isn't much air down there
where  the fish arc.
Next my mother said to me. "Son it'.
time y..u learned to write your name. Sup-
,,>,' your -la.uM !>.• President .ometlay. True,
you are ..iily a sharecropper'.- son, luit tlii-
:- America. One should lie prepared for nil
emergencies." So I dipped a chicken feather
nice and started scrav.;.
margins of the Sears Roebuck catalog 11'.'" 1
elitism). Someone was always stealing my
hook but I soon found thai tb-v always hid
:t in that same place out behind the cowshed.
My interest continued to grow- throughout
my grammar school years. Many times after
.,;; the "ther kiddi— had "one home. I st.sosl
at the blackboard and wrote again and again.
"I will not pinch little girls."
When I reached high school, my instructors
ugge.-.ted I should develop a style. In or' ~
',.- find out what a style was 1 spent >■,..__.
reading Rabelais, Thorne Smith, Chaucer,
Henry Miller. Krskine-in-a-firskiii I'auMwoll.
T Vel.l.'ii. and Wt'stbrook I'egler. I lilo.-.-rie ,1
like a hemlock. But I didn't learn a thing
about style.  (Continued next  week.)
learn the details of the office and mce
the people he will have to work with ncx
vear. Under the present difficulty th<
new student leader will have little orj
no time to actually become acquainted
with his desk, let alone any prospe
committee chairmen.
There is no use crying over spilled
milk, however, and all we can do n,
to go ahead and elect the officers,
make sure the same thing doesn't happen
n of class offici
semester, due mostly to a lack of ti
Employment info   Len Hoff named
is released by t° missionary post
labor department
This n*ure Is n,
milled to the professional  school.
STADIUM SELF SERVICE
I  Seminary  in Conne.
In middle Chile.
ma Alpha Kpsilort Fraternity, n
Initiation planned
FWLC to meet
COLLEGIAN
NauoiulAaVertJi*i«SerTice,lne,
VARSITY LUNCH
1472 NO. VAN NESS
Serving at Reasonable Prices
BREAKFAST — LUNCH — DINNER
Complete Fountain Service
Mot one single case afibroat irrHation
CAMELS
Make your own 30-Day
Camel MILDNESS Test in your
mT-Zone"(T for Th roar.. .T for Tart e).
Ri£iMr?s
ivlu's^ m ,.:-'.::z:: t.
SWIM WHERE
SWIMMERS SWIM
WEYMOUTH
PDDL
l   4 3 METER BOARDS
27 FT. TOWER
30 FT. SLIDE
Whit*»Bris_*Hiwoy
Phon* 3-3593
ki>p —_. i    s
ALASKA DRIVE INN
•Milk Shak.s • Hamburgers
Drive In est
HIS B.lmonl
CHESTER'S
RECORD CITY
CURB SERVICE 5 p.m. TO 1  p.n
xt size bulbs in proper
!   work. Keep your bulbs cleon
|   orsd you'll be surprised how
nuch  better  you  con  see.
_P-G-*2*E-