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Don't Gripe—Vote
A member of the administration was recently heard to
remark that there is too much student government at Penn
State.
This statement indicates a minority, yet strong, opin
ion that the College is nothing more than an educational
production line whose main pdrpose is to inject knowledge
into the raw student over a period of four years. The faculty
serves as the labor force which works with the raw mate
rial and turns it into a finished product.
Student government in a system like this is, of course,
out of the question. Who ever heard of an egg-beater on a
production line having a voice in the operation of the plant?
It's bad enough that the workers try to tell the administra
tors how to run things.
The only way student government can make itself
effective is for all the students to give it their support. All-
College Cabinet and class organizations in their attempts
to handle the students' own affairs can be ignored by the
powers that be if student support as indicated in the vote is
If student government is to be strong at Pens State
your vote is needed as an indication that you are repre
sented.
Both parties have capable candidates as well as beau
tifully written platforms. There is only one platform to
consider, however, and that is of better and stronger neW.
government at Penn State. Only capable officers can bring
about the fulfillment of this platform.
If good men are elected, they will work for student
welfare regardless of party affiliations or ea mpa i g n
promises.
Their work will he useless unless they have your
support—so VOTE either today or tomorrow at .the
Armory.
Why Have a Senate?
Five checkers made their appearances at the doors of
the dining commons yesterday morning—their job, to re
cord the names of those coeds who did not dress in accord
with the suggestions made by Dean Pearl 0. Weston ih her
recent letter to women students.
This was in opposition to the opinion and support of
WSGA, which stated at its meeting Thursday that checking
was not the solution to the problem. Prior to this meeting
Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, had been approach
ed by the dean of women's office and asked to serve as
checkers. Mortar Board members unanimously refused,
stating that they did not agree with the idea of using
checkers.
The question of coed dress in the dining commons was
originally discussed in a WSGA Senate meeting about two
months ago. At this time Senate recommended that its rep
resentatives and those of the House tell their units of the
(lesire for more neatness at meal-time.
Later, about a week ago, the dean of women's office felt
hat the problem was very pressing and decided that an
immediate course of action must be taken. This decision
was reached because of "outside pressure" upon the dean's
office. As a result Dr. Weston, without consulting WSGA,
-.sued her letter of suggestions regarding dress. The ques
t ion was then discussed at Senate meeting, with Senate
iefinitely against checkers, but quite willing to work on the
[uestion.
In spite of this meeting, the dean's office went ahead
with its plans. Contacting Student Employment, the office
asked for ex-G.I. wives or adults who could take the job.
Vinding no one in these categories, Student Employment
suggested coeds, and five were found who accepted the jobs.
These girls, according to one of them, are hired for a
twe week period with a salary of $1.50 per day. This money,
over $5O for the entire period, is coming out of the petty
rash allocated to the dean of women's office by the admin
istration.
Names collected by the checkers are turned over to the
Hostesses for individual interviewing with the girls. This is
an effort, according to the (Jean's office, to reach only those
girls not cooperating with the program, without holding up
those who do comply.
Despite the fact that checking may be an efficient (and
dictator'all method, the fact remains that throughout this
program the dean of women's office had originally ignored
Berate, and then acted against its oninCon in the handling
of a women student government proloPm.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Tuesday, April 20
IX)LLEG lAN sophomore ern
1,,1 ial board. 8 CH: candidates. 9
CH. 6:80 p.m.: junior and sopho
more business boards, 100 CH:
:z. - ,ndidates. 1 CH. 7 p.m.
HANDBOOK advertising staff,
;04 Old Main. 6:30 run.
liter Bridge Club beginneay.
TIM DAILY COILINAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
—A. Roberta Hutchison
Fencing Club. WEI. 7 p.m.
BIBLE Study and Ditrmssion
Group. 101 Main Eng. 4:10 D.M.
WSGA House of Representa
tives. second floor. Old Main. 5
p.m.
ENGINEERING Student Coun
cil. 106 ME. 7:15 p.m.
BLOCK and bridle. 306 Asc. 7
INUN AND LIAR IT
"W. batter not see each other again, Rodney—my husband got
suspicious and bought me a washing machine of my own!"
Editor's Mailcall
Do Reds Run Cliques?
TO THE EDITOR: I was
shocked to notice, upon careful
reading of the State and Lion
Parties' platforms, that neither
contained a statement firmly dis
a vowing any connection with or
sympathy for the Communist
Party.
Aocording to almost all news
papers, radio stations, and the
House Committee on Un-Amer
ican activities, this is definite
proof that both parties are
honeycombed with fellow-travel
ers and Red agents.
I therefore call on all true
Americans at Penn State to with
hold / any support from the State
and Lion parties until they clear
their name by renouncing their
sub versive policies and sup
porters.
—Arthur Peck.
Not Quite Constitutional
TO THE EDITOR: There is a
condition existing in Ath Hall
that we feel is not , cmite constitu
tional. We are referring to the girl
who is at the door of the dining
room—checking the clothes of. the
girls as they come in.
This is in answer to a "sugges
tion" by the Dean of Women,
which we were assured by Colle
gian was merely a "suggestion."
and violation of said suggestion
would carry no penalty. We can't
imagine someone taking this "ex
alted" position of taking names of
the girls without some reimburse
ment—and if so—whose ix)akc.t is
the reimbursement coming from?
May-be this "suggestion" is a
good one, but until it is voted on
and passed by the coeds' repre
sentative body. WSGA. we resent
such tactics. This is a democracy!
—3l Ath Hall Coeds.
• See editorial column.
PENN State Grange. 100 Hort
7:30 n.m.
PENN State Club. 321 Old Main.
7 D.M. Election of officers.
At the Movies
CATHAUM—The Bishop's Wife.
NITTANY—Mark of Zorro.
STATE—Saigon.
College Hospital
Admitted Friday: Harry Mc-
Carty.
Discharged Saturday: Dorothy
Colter. William Gilleland. Robert
T. Norton. George W. Smith. Jo
seph Uecavage.
Admitted Sunday: Bertram
Dilks. Martin Doalin. James Wolf.
Discharged Sunday: Robert
Carothers, David Gould. Donald
Jones, Rdbert Tobias.
Admitted Monday: Robert Beal,
Mary Brown. William Cosgrove,
Mary Keeley. Isabel Light. Wil
11am Luther. David Owen.
Discharged Monday: Rodger
Nestor. awnes Wolf.
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Stepping on Toes
TO THE EDITOR: The latest ob
stacle in CORE's way is the "Cor
ner Room's refusal to grant table
room for selling CORE tickets.
As I see it the most vital con
cern in these parts is to avoid
stepping on anyone's toes. There
hover's over the barber shop is
sue an anxious regard for in
volved "interests."
All this while the truly serious
question, the ethical problem, re
mains in the background, not dis
cussed, undebated and almost non
existent. In the present welter of
talk about discrimination, the im
portant phase, the moral, is rele
gated to the rear and subordi
nated to mercenary and preju
diced considerations.
Discrimination either is in ac
cord with Christ's teachings or it
isn't. For did Christ qualify His
moral precepts by considering the
financial feasibility of their appli
cation, as some of the townspeople
and students here do.
It's time for us to give up
equivocating and time to shed
hypocrisy. We must declare our
selves true Christians in spirit
not by timid and hedging phrases,
but by positively asserting
Christ's Christianity in our daily
lives. If there be some who shiver
at the implications, let them be
take themselves to former Sena
tor Bilbo's land where there is
still market for their infamous
persons.
—George Goffe
Too Much Wallace?
TO THE EDITOR: It has come to
the point that every time a read
er glances at the Editorial page
of the Collegian, he reads Wal
lace this and Wallace that. The
third party is trying to make a
noise as usual. Their latest cry is,
"Oh, that awful Pittsburgh Press
is against Henry Wallace." "Is
This Democracy," what a title,
and then the reader finds it to be
Wallace ballyhoo. If Henry Wal
lace were such a great guy, the
steel city newspaper would prob
ably back him one-hundred per
cent.
We can't wait to hear their nex
howl, for they have become one
big laugh on campus.
Howard W. Eckert, Jr.
and four others.
• A check through the Daily
Collegian files shows that Henry
Wallace has been mentioned only
once before last Friday's editorial) STAFF THIS Mull
on the Pittsburgh Press. That maniiging Editor Jo Fos
other time was to urge students Assistant Barbara Brown
to form other po liti ca l grou p s , News Editor -------,_ Jack /Apes
Collegian endorses no political tttl it ; r -- ---- - a rr i
Candidate. The editorial in quits.' Advertising lianagor--- litarjorio Breen
Lion merely condemned the Press'46sistant. (Biriatiao Fast
method of intimidating signers ofi ikam illtant"lll.o" Myrna Tax
Wallace. petition.
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, top
ly Whey-
Placement
Service
E. I. DuPont De Nemours and
Company. April 26. eighth semes
ter men from C&F.
Haskins and Sells. April X.
eighth semester men from Mr
for public accounting.
The Brown Instrument Com
pany. April 21 and 28. eighth se
mester men from EE. LE. ME.
Physics. and men having motet's
degrees in EE or Physics.
Republic Steel Corporation,
April 27. eighth semester mph
from BE. ME. Metallurgy. Cbgni
Eng.
Philo, Corporation. April 27.
eighth semester men trona NE.
Physics. ME.
Lehigh Portland Cement. Avail
26. eighth semester men Von).
OW. Civil and Architectural En
gineering.
Stanolin Oil and Gas Company.
April 23, eighth semester men
from Petroleum and Natural Gas
Engineering, Geology, Physics,
Math, EE, ME, Chem Eng, Civil
Engineering.
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing
Company, April 21 and 22, eighth
semester men from EE and ME.
Carbide and Carbon Chesz#
Corporation, April 22 and Xi,
eighth semester men tram Chem,
Chem Eng, ME.
Bridgeport B r ass Cowpony,
April 22, eighth semester men
from ME, Metallurgy.
Lukens Steel Company, Mae
22, eighth semester men from SE,
Metallurgy.
Pittsburgh - Deg Moines Steel
Company. April 26. eighth semes
ter men from Civil Engineering.
Architectural Engineering.
Wright Aeronautical Eng.ne
Division. Aero Eng. ME. for en
gine develoranent work.
Calco Chemical Division. Amer
ican Cyanamid Company, April
21 and 22. eighth semester men.
8.5.. M.S.. and Ph.D. degrees in
Chem and Chem Eng.
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Cor
poration. April 20. eighth semester
men from ME. lE. C&F. Chem
Eng. Ceramics for placement in
training program.
Island Creek Coal Compare%
April 23, eighth semester men
from ME. MI. EE. Mineral Prepa
ration Engineering, for mainte
nance work. Undergraduates,
summer employment.
New Engineer Issue
April's Engineer goes on sale
today at Student Union, the TUB.
and in front of the Corner Room.
The issue features an article on
an "Engineering Open House" by
Robert Hetrick and a report by
Gordon T. Davis on "The Big
Eye." discussing the world's larg
est telescope.
Also included among the fea
ture articles is "All-Weather Air
port Lighting" by Alvin Reiner.
Other reports are "Deisel-Elec
tric Locomotive Fundamentals"
by Elmer Stone. "Our Aircraft
Industry Today" by Merton E.
McLean. and "Remote Control
Systems" by Gene Martin.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Auccossor to the free tome. est. 1I
Publighe4 Tuesday through Saturday
mornings during the College year by
the staff of the Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvar.la State College. Entered as
second class matter July 8, 1934, at the
State College, Pa., Post Office bade; th e
act of March 3, 1879.. PAO a senallotarl
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