PACE TWO The Daily Collegian Editorial Pago Edlt»rl.l» .nd colnmna appearinc in The Dolly Coll.rlan roprcoent tho opinion, ot th« nritor. The, male, no .lain. t. rofl«t .tod.nl or TTnirmltr mnwn.ua. Un.lmod oditorlala or. writtan bp tho odllon Nothing Doing Once again the question of dial telephones in sorority suites has arisen, and once again the sororities have been stamped upon and told “noth ing doing.” At a meeting of the Women’s Frater nity Counselors Monday night, this problem was brought up, and Dr. Pearl O. Weston, dean of women, stood firmly by her former view that dial phones could not be put in sorority suites because it was a violation of a College policy. Although a College regulation forbids outside telephones (those not on 6711 or 5051) on campus, an exception to. this rule was made for sororities a number of years ago by Charlotte E. Ray, former dean of women. This privilege was granted be cause at that time there were freshmen living in town dorms, and sororities had difficulty contact ing them. With the increased telephone facilities on cam pus, some Administrative officials feel that sorori ties no longer need their own dial phones. They expect them to use a public hail phone for all calls off campus. If a sorority has private matters to talk over with its advisors or national officers, they must use this phone with the attendant pos sibility of eavesdropping. Then, too, after digging deep for a nickel, the town lines are frequently busy. Miss Weston did tell the Fraternity Counsel ors that phones of two types could possibly be installed in the suites, both on 5051 and following that system’s regulations. The one would be a regular pay phone, the other a phone like those in the dormitory rooms, with the sorority paying a $1 a month fee in addition to 5c for every call off campus. Sorority members can’t see any advan tage in either of these phones. Miss Weston stated that no one on campus has dial phones. That is correct, but offices and resi dences are on 6711 and can call anywhere at any time. If sororities cannot have dial phones, why can’t they, too, be on 6711? It is doubtful if 19 additional phones would put too much burden on the system, and the sorority phones would prob ably be used mostly at night, when there is a slack in the use of phones in administrative offices. As far as not being democratic in regard to inde oendent women, when the sororities in Atherton had phones, they gladly allowed the independent women to use them when they had occasion to. It doesn’t seem fair that sororities pay $750 a year for the use of a chapter room and kitchenette, when there are beautiful lounges and kichenetles on the upper floors for independents who pay noth ;ng extra. In the contracts that were sent out to sororities : ast semester telling about the provisions of the uites in the new dormitories, a telephone was isted. No sorority ever dreamed that the tele phone was meant to be on 5051, and this fact was •iot mentioned to them. Consequently, many soror ities kept paying for their phones during the sum mer, and are still paying for them. They should have been informed about the change in tele phones last semester, or at least during the .iummer. Sororities are not trying to regulate or break College policies, but they dislike being suppressed in many things they try to do. After all, with the $750 they pay should go certain privileges and inducements, and a private phone to handle busi ness calls is certainly not asking too much. —Frances Keeney. Big Test Tomorrow afternoon on New Beaver Field the Nittany Lions, presently riding the victory band wagon with 13 consecutive contests without a setback, will seek to subdue “the team to beat this vear,” the mighty Spartans of Michigan State. Coach Higgins’ proteges have been drilling since early September and are planning to put on one of the greatest shows in Penn State football histoi'y before an estimated overflow crowd of 22,000. The cheerleaders have been practicing daily and the marching and timing of the Blue Band has almost reached perfection. They are all ready for the “big test" tomorrow mt how about you? During the Bueknell as well as the West Vir ginia fray, spectator participation in the singing of ■■he school songs was encouraging. The volume of lie cheering, especially from the sophomore sec > ion, was surprisingly good. If the opening games this year are an indication d things to come, tomorrow afternoon surely will >c a success. Keep up that school spirit! Tomorrow is Homecoming Day. Many alums as i. ell as ex-servicemen who were stationed at the College will be returning to the campus. They will expect that “old Beaver Field atmosphere” vith packed stands and deafening cheers. Ail the seats allotted to Michigan State were sold out shortly after they went on sale at East l.ansing. The Spartans will bring many of their loyal followers to the Nittany Valley. Give them a taste of the Penn State spirit. Often you hear students talking about "the good old days.” It is really you and your spirit that make those “good old days” a reality. Remember, now while you are attending the College you are experiencing the best times of your life. It won’t lie long before you’ll be looking back on them! So how about learning those songs and cheers and prove to the alums that the Penn State spirit is right up there where it used to be? Tomorrow is vour big opportunity. Don’t let the team down, don’t let the grads down— remember you’ll be among them soon. "What's the latest on Berlin? " Neither All-College Cabinet nor the administration, as far as we know, ever deliberately tries to hamper the formation or func tioning of any student group whose aims are consistent with normal ethical and moral principles of contemporary society. A letter in today’s Safety Valve presents a good opportunity to clarify any muddled or uninformed thinking on that point. As for meeting places, classrooms are available for functions requiring normal facilities, by making previous arrangements in the campus patrol office. Many departments, notably dramatics, journalism and music, permit the use of their space and equipment for related student or ganizations. Were there a department of photography, the Camera Club might conceivably be such a beneficiary. All-College Cabinet, at its last meeting, passed a motion to “look into the possibilities of getting a darkroom for the Penn State Cam era Club.” The club can be assured that the mysterious “Student Council” referred to in the letter had neither the authority to make or with draw any promise of financial aid or space in the PUB. Speaking of finances, it is absurd to expect the student body to finance every worthwhile group of 100 or so students in ventures which benefit themselves alone. This should apply even though membership benefits are open to any who desire them. Granted, the chess club received a cash grant last year to go on trips. However, that was a mistake of the last Cabinet, one which this year’s governing body is extremely unlikely to repeat. The meeting after the one in which the award was made, many other small groups came clamoring for funds. Granted, the glee club and debate squad are the recipients of student subsidy, amounting to 35 cents a semester per student, di vided between them. However, this fee was voted upon by the entire student body, probably on the theory that their activities benefited all the students. It is ridiculous to fear any malicious student or administration hampering of a legitimate student undertaking. Collegian would be speedy in its denunciation of such discrimination. Corner Rumors Maybe you get a little sentimental when you start filling out blue (senior) registration forms, have your La Vie picture taken and appear for interviews at the Placement Office. Somehow you start thinking that everything should stay just as it was when you were a freshman. You won’t admit it but the construction shacks, the garish orange girders, and the growling steam shovels get under your skin. You wish secretly that they’d dissolve like Sunday morning’s seltzer tablet and leave in their place those old green carpets with the well ignored “keep off" signs. But don’t you understand? “We're expanding! We need room, living quarters, class rooms!” And so they sacrificed that cute little grove of trees across from Rec Hall on the altar of progress. Why couldn’t they have put that new men’s dormitory out farther? The sophomores are young and spry. They wouldn’t mind sprinting in from Bellefonte for their eight o’clocks. What next? Will the buildings be so jam-packed that umbrellas and voluminous tent-like rain coats will become obsolete? From the greying (and balding) seniors comes this last feeble plea, “Wood man, spare Hort Woods.” Admit it. You’re a has-been, part of the “old guard" that wiM leave in June. Why, you don’t even know everyone in. the Comer Room anymore. And what’s worse, you’ll probably need a road map Jor your 6m* homecoming. No Malice By Jo Fox Safety. *\Ja(ve What's the Reason? TO THE EDITOR: There seems to be a move ment on the part of some students and the admin istration to hamper the formation of a students’ Camera Club. Just what is the reason for this attitude? I am certain that a club of this type is sorely needed on the campus-and would directly benefit the entire study body. The club is open to all who might care to join, and the worth of this organization is equal to and even surpasses that of the Chess Club or the Glee Club, these latter two clubs having the benefit of a cash allotment and quarters in which to hold their functions. This is all that we ask. A club of photographic nature cannot possibly exist, to say nothing of expanding, if it cannot get some con siderate help from the College authorities. We need equipment desperately and we need darkroom facilities even more desperately. At present we have a large group of enthusiastic men who, unless we get immediate aid, will of neces sity drop from the club, because we haven't the material to carry out even the simplest program. We were promised financial aid last semester. We were promised a room in the PUB for a dark room. For no known reason these two promises have been withdrawn by the Student Council. There arises the question, “Who will benefit from this club; will it be the school as a whole?” To that I can only say that the privilege of joining is open to all, but it would be physically impos sible to accommodate such an extreme group. Is there another club who can boast of having accomplished, such a glorious ideal? A club is formed to benefit those interested in the subject matter. The only solution is to form enough clubs so that any one can find one to his liking. Don’t condemn a club because it can’t live up to im possible standards. Please let us have the chance to prove our worth; we need help! _ _ —Max G arse neon. • See editorial in middle column. COLLEGIAN GAZETTE Friday, October 22. 1946 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE i 200 Carnegie, 7:30 p.m. College Hospital Admitted Wednesday: Melvin Breining, Richard Barker, Selma Smith, Isabelle Greig dnd Cornelia Dreifus. Discharged Wednesday: Ronald Krappe, Glean Wolfe and Kenneth Walton. Admitted Thursday: Joan Dunlap. College Placement Hoover Company, October 27 and 28, eighth semester men from EE and ME. Container Corporation of America, October 2T and 28, men from lE, ME, CE and C&F. Arabian Anierican Oil Co., October 2S and 26, eighth semester men for operations in Saudi Arabia. Men from ME, EE, CE, Chem Eng, Chem istry and Geology. Electro Metallurgical Co., October 28 and 28, eighth semester men from Metallurgy, Chem Eng. ME, EE, Chemistry and C&F. Lukens Steel Co., October 29, eighth semester men from ME and Metallurgy. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., November 1 to 5, seventh and eighth semester men from Chem istry, Chem Eng, ME and Mining Eng. Proctor & Gamble Co., November 2 and 2. eighth semester men from ME, EE, lE, Chem W Chemistry and Commercial Chemistry. Brown Instrument Co., November 9 and M eighth semester men from EE, ME and Physics. • S al Chemical Division of American Cyana mid, November 3, eighth semester men fsom Chemistry and Chem Eng. Student Employment Students to represent out-of-town compeiuea in a sales capacity. Students interested in working as substitute waiters over week-ends. Baby sitters for Saturday afternoons during football games. 9‘i I s interested in light housework and ironing, female S mterested in . bab y sitting—male or CATBABM-U.^JSS STATE—TripIe Threat. NITTANY—Key Largo. Wqt Satlg CaUygiatt Successor to THE FREE LANCE, sat. 18TT Published Tuesday through Saturday morning* Inelosive ng (he College year by the stiff of The D»ily CoDenien at tC l ennsylvanta State College. Entered a* seoond el*** mnftltop fu i y ?• J 93 4: a . l the 3tmU Pa.. Poet Offlo* mder tfa* ict at March 9. 1879. Subscription. —lt a kl ichool rear. ' Represented for national advartlaiee bp MMfenal ms Service. Madison Av*., New York. N.T, -"-‘man (oa Angeles, San Fronclaeo. Editor Lew Stone Managing Ed., KlUtt Skapira; New* Id, Nakota Miui Sports Ed., Tom Morgan; Edit. Dir. Aral Gartaei goatee. |L Jo Poei Bocl.tr Ed.. Prance. Keener; Ant. Soe. Ed, i urtM Neville; Photo Ed.. Bettr Gibbon.; CnPrsettb. Met- Mm Zasofair; Senior Board, Clair. Loo. Ant. Baa. Mar, Haif.rd Brnca; Adv. Pitas Us. Baahwe Kacfer; Local Adv. Met- Bala. Lamport SmMh; CbnSZSm Mar, Brett Kraalch; Claaa. Adv. Mar., Wilma Inkei •*. Prom. Mar.. 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