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Missed the Boat
Somebody missed the boat
LAST DECEMBER, NEWS about the Col-'
lege's plan to house 1,000 freshmen and 650
upperclassmen in the new West Dorms evoked
a tempest. Letters from Nittany-Pollock and
other living groups began to flood the Daily
Collegian office. First announcement of the Col
lege pldn. was dubbed "a bombshell" when it hit
a Nittany Council meeting.
The Association of Independent Men was
inflamed over the "injustice" of placing new
frosh in the dorms instead of operating on a
seniority basis for all 1,650 dorm spaces. Inter
fraternity Council was called "sympathetic"
with the view that freshman opportunities
should be equalized but not at the expense
of upperclassmen. And Nittany Council and
Pollock Council were termed "up in arms."
The Daily Collegian inveighed against a plan
which was called "worthwhile in its place but
not fair for the present when campus housing
conditions are tight." It seemed inevitable that
the "bombshell" should be dropped in All-Col
lege Cabinet's lap; it was, by AIM.
CABINET SOLONS took up the cudgels for
an apparently aroused student body and main
tained that the freshman-in-new-dorm policy
would be against best interests of everybody
involved, including the freshmen. Charged with
investigating and making concrete suggestions,
a. Cabinet dorm committee decided that a some
what inconvenienced freshman is better than a
bitter senior. It said, "Frosh counseling could
be carried .on well in Nittany-Pollock" and
thought it had more backing than that of Cabi
net when it gained Cabinet permission to "go
the limit" toward trying to effect a change in
West Dorm policy.
THEN AN AIM committee headed by Bill
Zakor cooperated with the dean of men's
office in making available to all independent
men application blanks for spaces in the mod
em West Dorms.' The committeemen modestly
expected to be swamped with applications; at
least they thought the returns would surpass the
650 figure set by the College as upperclass space
allotment. This was to be tangible proof that
the independent men wanted to live in the lux
urious West Dorms.
The independent men, less the 550 who
applied, do not want to live in the West
Dorms. Although a poWerful, general case
still can be made for seniority 'in the best
available dorms, tangible proof of the inde
pendent men's desires has not been supplied
to support all the fuss.
A bombshell hit Nittany Council. AIM was
insensed. The Collegian spoke. Cabinet was
aroused. The committee wanted to "go the
limit."
Somebody missed the boat.
01It• Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. oat. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in•
elusive during the College Year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered ae second-class matter mnly 5. 1934. at the State
College. Pa., Post •ffice under the, net of March 3, 1879.
Editor Business Manager
Tom Morgan Marlin A. Weaver
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Ad. Mgr., Mark Arnold; Promotion Co-Mgr.. Harold Wol
lin, Ruthe Philips; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Bob Bergman and
Tom Harp!elk; Classified Ad Mgr., Shirley Faller; Person
nel Mgr., Betty Jane Hower; Office Mgr., Ann Zekauskas;
Secretary, Sue Stern.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night Editor Norm Goode
Asst. Night Editor Jean Berg
Copy Editor Jack Boddington
Assistants Bob Vosburg, Lynn Wilson, Al
Helfrich, Dick Kolbenschlag
Advertising Manager Bill Schott
Assistants Al Adelman, Judy Krakower
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Charters--
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grant a charter to any organjza
tion which desires official re6og
nition at the College.)
Approved 20 Years Ago
Dean Wilson, secretary of the
committee, said the charter was
granted the local Alpha Kappa Psi
chapter, despite the restrictive
clause in its constitution, because
it had originally been approved
by the Senate committee more
than 20 years ago.
"Further," he said, "at the
time the petition was approved
there was no written policy
which would deny a charter to
any group, professional or other
wise, because of restrictive mem
bersrip requirements.
"In light of these two facts
and the fact that no opposition
was created to the group's organi
zation, it was granted a charter."
'The charter was approved only
after - a Senate subcommittee, ap
pointed to investigate the situa
tion, made a proposal to permit
the Alpha Kappa Psi's a charter
with the stipulation that it re
move the restrictive clause in its
constitution by October 1, 1951.
Defeat Removal Plan
This proposal was voted down
after it was pointed out that such
a decision would also affect other
organizations on campus with
similar clauses in their by-laws.
At least one professional organi
zation, Delta Sigma Pi, a compet
ing national commerce fraternity,
and several social fraternities
would have been affected by the
motion.
Wilson said he opposed such
action because he believed "edu,
cation, not coercion, was the so
lution to the problem of discrimi
nation."
After being chartered in 1930,
the national Alpha Kappa Psi
group •refused to admit the local
chapter. Last year the national
revoked its previous stand and
urged members of the Commerce
Club to reapply for affiliation
with the national society.
Several professors, members of
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News Briefs
Jazz Concert
A jazz concert, first of several
spring activities, will be given
by the junior class in Schwab
auditorium from 2 to 4 p.m., Sat
urday, March 11. • ,
Geographical Society
Membership in the recently or
ganized Penn State Geographical.
Society is open to all majors in
geography and those Education
students minoring in geography.
Meetings are held once each
month and varied programs of
speakers and movies are held.
Anyone 'interested may stop in
106 M.T.
'Time Is A Dreain'
H. R. Lenormand's play, "Time
It a Dream," presented by the
Penn State Players, is, going into
it's third week at Center Stage.
Tickets, which are now on sale at
Student Union, are .$.90 for Fri
day ,night and $1.20 for Saturday;
the latter including refreshments.
Curtain is at 8:00 o'clock.
the chapter from other- universi
ties, backed the petition.
Members of the newly-organ
ized Alpha Kappa Psi chapter
promised' the committee to press
the national organization to re
move the restrictive clause from
its constitution.
Committee Reluctant
Senate committee also, sent a
letter to both the local and na
tional groups saying that "the .
petition was approved with con
siderable
reluctance . . . (and) we
hope you will see your way clear
to make a change in these (mem
bership) requirements as they are
not in keeping with policies esta
blished by this institution."
Jack Wyker is president of the
newly-organized group and Dr. '
Sheldon C. Tanner is the chapter
advisor.
by Bibler
Welcome Suggestions :
TO THE EDITOR: In one of your recent edi
tions you printed an article concerning :the
newly appointed committee of the Liberal Art's;
The Course 'Evaluation Committee. In , this
article the statement was erroneously made that
this committee had at the present time seVeral
' professors on the block-for reprimanding by-the
Dean of the Liberal Arts School. This state
ment is out of conjunction with the purpoSe of
our committee since we are striving to improve
Instructor-student relations. That is what' we
wish to construct—a method by which the stu
dent may intelligently criticize certain methods
used in teaching, textbooks used ,in the courses,
and to provide a way for the students to giye
suggestions for the improvement of their school.
Truly enough we have received suggestions
from many students. about means used in
classes, but these are not meant to harnf orin
jure the instructor but' merely , to aid him in
finding a satisfactory method of teaching:
The• members of the committee wish to hear
of allat4dent suggestions and there has been a
box plaeed outside the Dean's office for this
purpose. If students find they don't have' access
to this box, all correspbndence may be sent:to
Roger L. Dietz or Edward Shaidien, Box 579.
-Roger L. Diet!!
• • - • Edward ShaniOn
Gazette . . . .
- Friday, March 3
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CHEM-PHYS NEWSLETTER, Ayailable Os
mond Lobby. . - •
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., Mai. 17. .Electrical
Engineeri (Power majors only)• and MeChanical
Engineers.
GE Chem & Metal Division, Mar. 9, 10. JUne
MS and BS graduates •in Chem 'E, Chem,
and Metallurgy. Single men are preferred.
Further inforMatiOn• concerning interviews and Job piper
manta can be obtained in ilt Old Maim.
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Seniors who turned in preference she will be Aries*
priority in scheduling interviews for two. days folloiTing
the initial announcement of the itisit of one of the eon=
panics of their choice. Other students Will be Scheduled
the third and subsequent' days.
Shell Oil Co., Mar.. 6,, 7. June MS BS
candidates in MngE and Petroleum and Natuial
Gas Refining, MS candidates in EE and ME,
arid PhD candidates in Phys.
Duquesne Light Co., Mai. 13, 14. June grads
in EE, ME, and CE.
General Electric Co., Mai'. 13 to 16. June grads
in EE, IE, ME, and Phys. fin* its test e4gineepag
program.
Bell Telephone Co. of Pa., Mar. 13, 14. . Ju . 4e•
grads in EE and lE. The work conslnts
. of teelV:
nieal and business operations, and engnienring
planning. ApPlicants must not he-over .years
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COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Admitted Thursday: Ruth McSparrnn. ,
Discharged Thtirsday: Susan Smith,. Anna
Light, James Eckman, James DieHeriderfei.
Outstanding ..
One of the most worthwhile lectures to be
presented to a Penn State audience this year
will be held tonight when Dr. E. B. Dußois
speaks on "The American Negro, 1865-1950."
The race problem and discrimination: has
been important in the development of pres
ent-day America. Tonight's lecture' should be
enlightening in giving us a better understand
ing of American life, and how it became this
•
way. ,
Dr. Dußois is well qualified to speak : , with
authority on this subject, for he has taken a
personal part in the story. He is a leader in the
movement which demands complete' equality
for Negroes, as opposed to the gradual self
improvement ideas of Booker T. Washington.
by Herb Stein
Safety Valve .
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM--S of Iwo Jime.
STATE--The Heiress.
NITTANY—Lady Eve.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 19511