PAPP TSVP,
On Uncertainty
Who is the administration of the College?
This question has more ramifications than
a good mystery novel. It is on students' lips,
faculty members' lips, and those of people
offitelde the College when they are in the
position to ask the. College for a policy stand
on a major issue.
With no permanent man at the College presi
dent's desk in Old Main, these policy stands
that should be taken on an all-College basis
either must go wanting for action, or at best
tho decisions rendered can be considered only
fr4T a semester-to-semester viewpoint. The
CRllete is swimming in uncertainty until a new
pFetiderit is selected by the Board of TrUstees.
THIS UNCERTAINTY pervades the adminis
trative framework' of the College. Though there
are a§bistants to the presidency who know their
job, it is human nature that they cannot act
with the confidence and verve possible if they
had a permanent chief. There is always the
coarse consideration, too, of Wondering if one's
or iii job is permanent as long as there is no
permanent chief to work with.
SUCH A SITUATION can cause increasing
tutinoil and frustration among the faculty and
students. For example, if the faculty were to
tO to have some major action approved by one
rfflrscqi in the administration, they would prob./
n* find this impossible. Instead, they would
be forced to contact two or three or more ad
mlnistratpFs. With a permanent College presi
dent holding sway, action qn these major issues,
would be expedited.
Such aw uncertain situation also causes the
students, the faculty and members of the
administration to stand red-faced when
atked, "It's over two years now. When is
Penn State going to haire a new pre s ident?"
Such an uncertain situation also excites a
host of rumors, which are—whether stemming
fact or fiction—needlesslY uriWholesorrie for
the College. Most of these rumors are so much
couched in fantasy that they do not warrant
setting down here.
The crux of the unhappy matter is that
niinistratipn policy is an extremely nebulous
thing When there is no permanent adMinis
trail** boss. The College hhs been likerieo
to a big house that is fast being filled with
people, but that is suffering from lack of
~a•
firm structural floor. •
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Pi!dished Tuesday through . Saturday mornings in.
elusive 'darter: the Cidlege year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
tattredi as sieOrtd-class matter July 5,
1934.. at the State
pall 0 ire. Pi.. Pout °thee an der the set of /larch 3, 1879
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Editor Business Manager
Tom Morgan ' Marlin A. Weaver
Managing Ed.. Wilbert Roth; News Ed.,Jack Reen:
SOOrts Editor. Elliot Krani; Edit. Dir.. ottie Weißa
lch; Spotety Ed., Commie Keller; Feature Ed., Sylvia Delmer:
Mat. Kira Ed., Jack Senior; Met. SportsEd Watson:
Met. Society Eci., Barbara Brown; Promoilon
Charlotte Seidman; Photo Ed.; Ray Renter; Senior Board
George Vadass, Albert Ryset,. Myrna Tex; Robert Rosé:
Staff Cartoonist; Henry M Prntur: Stair Photographer
Sem Vaughan.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor Dolores Daly
Asst. Night Editor
. Bill Boyles
Copy Editor Harry Endres
Assistants—Virginia Sinclair, Leopard Kolasin-
ski, Dorottiy Grosky, Anne Collins
Adyertising Manager Owep Landon Jr.
Aspiqtehtg 7 -Loretta Stempinski, Mary J. Kauff
man, Jackie Myers, Delores Horne t Judy
Guyer,
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Monday, and Thursday •
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913 W. College Ave. Will Assure You of Your Ability to Buy Lovely Gifts • MIL BALL QUEEN • .• •
at Unusually Moderate Prices ,
Men's Ouality Suits and
Topcoats A Welcome Is Always Extended to Everyone
FACTORY-TO-YOU
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142 S. Allen Street
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THE SILVER AND GOLD, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: For the first
time in Univer to tall .trees at end of
Macky will be sit ligy histor hted as y a
w •I' at
eure Christrnas
of the University's each
Christmas
,celebration.
' The two trees will be lighted Thursday at 5 p.m. and will be
operated every night from 5 to 10:30 p.m. until January 1.
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THE DAILY ANTHENAEUNI, WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: Wpork on
the 1948-49 "Monticola," the Universities yearbook, will be discon
tinued, it was decided at a meeting of the Faculty Committee 'on
Student Publications.
No yearbook for last year will be published.
Last year the University's humor magazine was a financial
failure.
Here are reasons given for the decision:
1. Lack of general student interest. (Thus far fewer than 400
b9oks had been ordered by a student body of over 6,000.)
2. Inability to sell copies in advance of publication. (The
long delay in the appearance of previous postioar yearbooks
ititerfered /with advance sales in 1948-49.)
3. Vastly increased costs of printing, engraving, photog
raphy and binding. (Printing costs have advanced in some in
stances 3QO per cent or more.)
4. Unwillingness of campus organizations •to pay page rates
equal to the much increased production costs. (For many years
campus organizations paid $25 a page. The actual production cost
the past year for one page was over' $75.)
5. Inability to maintain, regular production schedule due- to
Onormal postwar conditions.
6. Inability of student officials to spend the necessary time on
production work and at the same time carry a normal academic
load, and pass in their studies.
7. Absence of suitable headquarters where yearbook staff mem
bers can.carry on their editorial and business duties efficiently.
8. Lack of unified backing by the student body as a whole. (In
universities where yearbboks have Veen successful, 60 per cent or
more of the students subscribed; at West Virginia University only
about 20 per cent of the students have regularly subscribed.)
'3aldwin Urges -
(Continued from wipe one)
would lead us to believe. Its pres
ent effects have .been highly ex
aggersted, but the atomic bomb
of the, future will be much more
powerful than the one of today.
Maintain Defense
In the •present "cold war,"
which Mr. Baldwin believes will
contique for quite some time, we
must not only win the military
phase, but also the ideological
and economic phases. We must
Support Western Europe by
strengthening the Atlantic Pact
and niakin: the various forms
of European economic aid suc
ceed.
We must maintain a strong de
fense, Mr. Baldwin urged, but
universal military training and
conscription are not the answer.
Neither is atomic strategy. We
must maintain our other forms
of defense, and this can be done
principally by having an inte
grated and coordinated system
df defense. Our• defense. dollar
must be put to its greatest 'ef
ficiency.
Mr. Baldwin stressed combat
efficiency and not just dollars
and cents efficiency, which is so
,oday.
often the case
lIITtsP#Y , PPENPVIS f: 109
Safety Valve . ..
Explains WSGA Permissions
TO THE EDITOR: In answer to the editorial
entitled "Confusion" in yesterday's Collegian,
I would like to explain WSGA Senate's action
on two separate matters: first, Military Ball
permissions for tipperclass women- and second,'
the granting of twelve o'clocks to freshmen for
this weekend. .
Unfortunately, the concensus of- opiniOns has
been that Senate sets down definite rifles for
allowing four two' o'clock permissions a 'year, '
and that Military Ball has lost out in past
years because it made the fifth. We do,. not ,
specify that a "rule of four" 'be made; It. is
not the number of dances that concerns. us
but whether they meet the requirements for k .
granting of late permissions. Those'.require
ments are that it be an All-College dance to ,
which all are eligible for, admittance and' that
a name band be featured.
Theoretically, the Military Ball' is a closed ,
dance for although there are some 1600 tickets,
they are by invitation only and not on sale at
Student Union or some such public place.
Two years ago WSGA Senate did reverse its
usual policy by allowing two o'clocks for the
Military Ball, it is true. We readily admit, our
error in such action of the past.
Senate was not "halfway admitting that the k
Mil Ball rates consideration for over-all late
permissions" when they granted twelve o'colcks
to freshmen women rather than the usual one i•
and ten o'cloCk. The Freshman Senators speak
ing for five hundred women were willing *to
relinquish an hour on the night of the 'Military
Ball in order to have a longer evening the fol
lowing night.
The fact that Senate has not granted late per
missions for Military Ball does not imply that
two o'clock will be granted for the Sophomore
Hop. Quite the contrary, for as long as any
dance does not , meet the above specified' re
quirements it will not be considered for two 1 .
o'clocks. • .
WSGA meetings are open to the public, and
it is our sincere wish that the College attend
if they so desire. •
I'm sorry that anyone has been "confused" y
concerning the WSGA action and hope this let
ter will serve to clarify. ,
—SHIRLEY M. GAUGER
President, WSGA
Gazette . . . .
HONOR SOCIETY Council, 203 E.E., 4:10 p.m.
FRENCH SONG Session, 100 Ch. 6:30 p.m.
AIEE-IRE Joint Student Branch, 219• E.E.,
7:00 p.m.
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS Student Coun-
CH, 410 Old Main. 7:00 . p.m.
FROTH ADVERTISING Staff, Carnegie, 7:00
p.m. 4
KISKI. ALUMNI: Theta Kappa Phi, 7:00 p.m.
AMERICAN CERAMIC Society, MI Art Gal
lery, 7:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB DISCUSSION. Group,
Church Basement, 7:30 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Tuesday: Marilyn Brnolcs.
Admitted Wednesday: Alan-Kohn; Theodore
Harner. • •
pischarged Wednesday: - Alward. Schaitken,
John Zora, Ruth Grotsky, Shirley Long, Eleanor
Glassman.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further. information • may •be obtained in 201 Old Main.
Arrangements for, interviews. should be made immediately.
Grand Union ,Co., a chain of super markets,
Jec. 9. February grads for food retailing.
DuPont Co., Dec 12 and 13. February grads
in Chem, ChemE, ME/ MineE.
WeStinghouse Electric Corp., Dec. 13. Febru
ary grads in lE, Ceramics, EE,. ME for (1) open
ings in sales; (2) possible opening in highly
technical engineering requiring -outstanding
analytical ability. Grade of 2.0 .required for the
latter position. No openings in production,
manufacturing . or 'service eng.
Smith, Kline and French• Labs., Dec. 13.
'Y'ebruary men grads in LA, C & F, Science,
PretMed, Ag-Bio-Chem, Commercial Chem,
?.hemE, lE, ME for their training program..Ap
alicants must have 1.95 average or better.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM—Everybody Does It.
NITTANY—You're My Everything
STATE—My Friend Irma.