PAG TWO
Indifference
An air of tension touched off Robert Keller's
blast in All-College Cabinet Thursday night.
If they did not actually know of Keller's intent,
most of the Cabinet members suspected some
thing "was up." So did the gallery; otherwise,
Cabinet would not have had so many visitors,
and no one would have been turned away from
packed 201 Old Main as was the case.
fart of the Keller explosion is that—from the
"man on the Mall's" viewpoint—All-College
Cabinet this year has accomplished little.
In many instances, we doubt seriously if
this is so. A perusal of All-College Cabinet
minutes shows easily that Cabinet is accom
plishing something. Much of this is through
the work of committees and is of an evolu
tionary nature—not to be done overnight.
The committee setting up a student govern
rapt room as working memorial to the late
`BreFy" Ralph Dorn Hetzel is finding that out.
The local National Student Association—in es
sego a committee of Cabinet—is finding that
gift in its study and quest of a campus chest,
for example: THE RING COMMITTEE (al
though we are at variance with some of its ulti
mate aims) is also finding out that many stu
dent -inspired actions at the College progress by
evOlutionary Means.
One point is clear to us, If Cabinet has
been "lacking" and "indifferent" on any mat
ters, then !}seer is another facet to the charge:
The "man on the Mall" is indifferent and
apathetic toward what Cabinet is doing. He
attends Cabinet meetings—which are open to'
students—only when he has an ax to
gr4id, and too often he rubberstamps pro
pclals unquestioningly in - his own campus
• groups,
Although campus politics displayed concrete
FIE* of life in the most recent College election,
Interest of the majority of- Nittany students
ShOWIll generally in campus politics, i.e. student
goSeritment, can often be termed negligible.
It soma times seems that Cabinet could vote
to Pelt the student? money toward buying
new Cadillac' for Cabinet members, and there
*wild be no 'lick."
No Lit. 10
The College catalog contains a description of
a course numbered Engl. Lit. 10. The descrip
tion Is as follows "Literature of American
Democracy. The important works of American
litexature that reflect our democratic ideals.
Readings include poetry and fiction that shed
light on our history, and historically important
essays and documents that have literary merit,
Leeture 3 hours."
NOW THIS, originally, was a wartime
,course, and has not been given at the College
since the war. It was instituted at a time when
American democracy Was in a mortal crisis.
when it might well have been extinguished, and
when the attention of the entire world was fo
mad On it. English Lit 10 was wisely introduced
to train Americans in their heritage.
The war ended, the crisis passed, and Eng
lish Lit 10 was droped from the curriculum,
existing only in memory and in a revised Col
lege catalog. It will not apear in next year's
catalog.
By why shouldn't it? Why shouldn't Lit 10 be
dusted off, revived, cleared perhaps Qf some o,
the war-introduced propaganda, and offered
again at the College? America is once more in a
crisis. We stand in danger of losing our liberties
to aggresors without and to opportunists within.
WE ARE MIXED UP, confused, we don't
know how far we should sacrifice our century
old freedoms for• present security. Maybe Tom
Paine could tell us. Maybe the two Roosevelts
have interesting things to say about it. Jefferson
did some writing about liberty, didn't he? What
about' Oliver Wendell Holmes?
The literature of American democracy is a
chronicle of the American heritage. It has the
perspective of almost two centuries, the wis
dom of immense minds, If the College can give
courses in literature of British dominions, in
ballads, can it not find place and would it not
find tremendous demand fcir Engl. Lit 10.
Literature of American •Democracy?
01It Bang Collegian
Succesoor to THE FREE LANCE, eet. 1887
Published . Tuesday through Saturdai mornings tn.
elistive during. the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
109IWed ge attend-11W matter July 5, 1934. at the State
College. Pc, Post Offleo ander the act of March 3, 1879.
Editor Badness Manager
Torn Morgan *GP" Marlin A. Weaver
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor Bettina de Palma
APPistant Night Editor Joe Breu
Copy Editor Art Benning
Assistants Bill Heed, Doris Golub, La Vonne
Althouse, Paul Beighley
4.dirertising Staff H. A. Blough, Ed Singel,
Alf Chieppor, Dale Johnson, Martha Ross,
kj. Adelmag
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
ExchangeNews,Views
THE SMU CAMPUS, Southern Methodist University: Prelimi
nary plans for the new $1,000,000 Student Union building at SMU
are nearing completion, it was announced by the secretary of the
Union planning committee.
'With a "tailor-made" union, designed to meet the personal and
social needs of the' students as its goal, the committee has beep
compiling facts and figures since 1946.,
Facilities planned include a large ballroom, lounges and hotel
units, boirling alleys, billiard tables and facilities for table tennis
and small table games. Browsing rooms, hobby shops and a dark
room were included in the plan. The union will. have offices for*
the union staff, for the various publications and will house the
bookshop, the postoffice, and a barber shop.
Dining facilities include a kitchen, a snack bar,, a soda fountain
and several rooms, both large and small, to accommodate groups' of
any size. Officials stressed that the facilities .were determined ac
cording to their functional use and to the amount of space required
by them.
MICHAEL HARE, noted architect and consultant to, the As
sociation of College Unions, has been working on the plan since
February. Hare has designed 15 college unions, including the
theater wing• at. the University of Wisconsin, which was chosen as
one of the leading architectural works over a ten-year period at' the
San Francisco Expedition.
Porter Butts, director of the union at the University of Win : .
consin, has been called in as consultant both fOr Hare and for the
Union planning committee.
THE TECHNIQUE, Georgia Institute of Technology: The quar-
ter is now rapidly drawing to a close and soon both teachers and
students.alike will be preparing for those final exams and compre
hensive quizzes that always mark the final days in almost every
department of Tech. .
As in the past. professors and instructors will double their
vigil• over the' members of their classes in order to eliminate any
opportunity a student may have' to perform an act of cheating.
Since these quizzes usually determine the final standing of each
student in the 'class, many instructors feel that some individuals ,
may be more prone to cheat now than they were 'during the eiirly
days of the quarter.
In fact, records• of the Student Faculty Honor Committee
thovi that ninety percent of all those students found guilty of
cheating were caught during the final week of school. •
During the next few weeks, the faculty will spend many hours
making up quizzes'for their students. We sincerely hope that every
professor will consider his students while developing his tests and
covering classroom material. If we are to have any system of honor
here whatsoever, we must first have student-faculty cooperation. If
the'instructors do not' cooperate whole-heartedly with their students,
we can see no , chance to eliminate cheating and dissension among
the students.
- Construction Nothing New
The current building program of the College is following plans
y✓hich extend back over •thirty years. In 1920 the Trustees author
ized the preparation df a development program to meet current and
future needs academically, aesthetically, and usefully. The land
scaping of the campus was closely integrated with this plan—.
Ronald Bonn.
Cabinet
(Continued from page one)
problem and fraternities are only
"on the outside looking in."
Pearl 0. Weston, dean of wom
en, commented on freshman dat
ing, "Freshman women may at
tend chaperoned and registered
parties in fraternity houses, ap
proved by the dean of women's
office."
James MacCallum was appoint
ed chairman of a committee to
study an insurance plan for gradu
ates which would provide divi
dends to the College. The other
members are Donald Carlson,
Charles Godlasky, Harold Lein
bach, Joseph Reinheimer, and
Curtis Wessner.
Breakfast Club
Insurance Plan
Ramon Saul was added to the
list of seniors to be included in
Who's Who fin American Universi
tie's and Colleges. A plan was
adopted for the operational details
of the Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memor
ial Room. George Ebert, director
of physical plant, has been vague
concerning the. time when the
Placement Service will vacate 204
Old Main, where the student gov
ernment room is to be located,
according to a committee report
of George Oehmler.
After an hour-long discussion
Cabinet passed by a close vote a
$6OO appropriation to be applied
to the debt of Critique, A. new
literary magazine is to be char
tered. Opposition was led by Sey
mour Barash, business manager, of
Froth, who attended the meeting.
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With The Shift
COMMENTS OVERHEARD Wednesday when
the meteorology department was giving what.
seemed .to be a mass exhibit •of lta weathers
flags on the roof of MI:
" - Those aren't weather flags. Someone's just
nanging out her wash." Another student asked,
"What are they expecting, a hurricane?"
Wednesday's flags• forecasted all of the - fol-'.
lowing, rain or snow, high winds, and a drop in
temperature. In fact the only flag in. the' de
partment's repertoire that wasn't displiyed,Wis
t.he one denoting warmer weather. •
ONE or THE more spectacular criiiles' ~
the season was the theft of the freshman' room
directory from the lobby of Ath
the culprit or culprits didn't read the Collegian
or they would have known the easier way to
get those valuable room numbers 3,Vas.:tO buy
a StUden+ Directori, now on sale.
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FRESHMAN COLLEGIAN candidates, wog
tied about their hours for the Collegian Christ
mas party, asked Elliot Krane if they
be granted late permissions for the affaii.4Vir..
Krane replied that not only had he obtained
late permissions but "blanket permissions" .as
well
WHILE MANY of the local fraternities are
having romantic-sounding parties this weekend
the AEPi's are remaining down to earth. They
are having a "Poverty Party" and which the
refreshments will be crackers and soup, Served
in tin : ans.
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• NOW WE'VE HEARD everything! Under the
caption "Dorms Snub Beer Prize" we he4,' via
the Wisconsin Daily • Cardinal, that Wikongin
students, men at that,' have' refused a prizb of
beer.
The.beer was a prize for the best dorm home
coming decorations but the winners a'sked for
the money. instead with which they intend to
buy a trophy. • •
Their reason? How 'far would 'a "half" go
with more than 100 men drinking at one time?
Safety Valve...
Only Fair
TO THE EDITOR: Since it seems to be the
general idea of the administration to keep the
incoming :•freshmen together during their for
mative year on' the campus, why not put these
1000 or so- men in Nittany and Pollock. dormi?'
In these dorms the 'men would be together
in smaller units than in the new dorinitories,
they would- get to know each other better ana
by making the trip in to the campus every day
they would come to appreciate living on the
campus dining . their junior,and senior years.
To' tdp - ,it •off'they r -might -evn earn their Boy
Scout merit . hadge for hiking into clasies every
day.
I 'am a senior and although I . have never
lived On the campus '(by• my ' own rkeferefice),
I do-'know"Whatat , is• to•walk a mile from My
room to the campus' and I think, that it viqUld
only be, fair to the juniors and' seniors . to Whit
them the rooms in the new dormitories since
many of them participate' in College activities,
which are a necessary part of a' well-roun4ed
college education, so I have been told, . 1
• • ' —A See
• Name Withheld
Gazette . . . .
Sunday, December 11
NEWMAN CLUB DiscUssion Group, Church
basement; -7:30 p.m., Father Hacq.la, mederatOr.
SENIOR EDIT Board, Collegian, 8' CR, 2 p.m.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further Anformgition may be obtained .in 204 Old• *sin. , •
Arrangements for interviews should, be made immegatar•
DuPont Co., Dec 12 and 13. February ,grads
in Chem, ChemE, ME, MineE. •
Westinghouse Electr ic: Corp., Dec. 13. FebF4-
ary.grads in lE, Ceramics, EE, ME for , (1) open
ings in sales; (2) . possible opening in highly
technical engineering requiring outstarifitriS
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.
February • men grads in LA, C & F, Scieno,
Pre-Med, Ag-Bio-Chem, Commercial Chem,
ChemE, lE, ME for their training program,;Ap
plicants must have 1.95 average or better::"'- -
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Thursday: Alan Brackett, •Mr 3;
McCue. . ,
Admitted Friday: Mary Lou. Carpenteurit4ay
Baron.
Discharged Friday: Richard Good; t-Waynie
Roman, Mary McCue.' t
AT THE MOVIES
Saturday
CATHAIIM—Adam's Rib. .
NlTTANY—Sheriff of Wichita.
STATE—My Friend Irma.
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