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Sort.Mor to THE FREE LANCE, wt. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in*
elusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily
Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College.
Catered as second-class matter July 5, 1934. at the State
College, Pa.* Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers*
net necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edl<
teriats are by the editor.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE
.Night editor: Ernie Moore; Asst, night editor:
Bob Landis; Copy editor: Bob Schooley; Assis
tants: Ed Minshall, Evelyn Kielar and Jack
Highton.
Advertising manager: Norma Gleghorn;
Staff: Winnie Wyant, Dec Horne, Sue Halperin,
Bob Koons and Bob Leybum.
Cost Figures
If the size of the Daily Collegian is to be in
creased to eight pages daily, it will be neces
sary to obtain additional revenue amounting to
$7,216 per year. That sum is equal to about half
of .the revenue currently being raised each year
by .the 75 cents per semester assessment paid by
undergraduate students to pay for the Collegian.
BIGGEST SUM in this needed revenue comes
from increased costs of printing the paper—cost
of newsprint, ink, wages of print shop employes,
and .use of material, all on the basis of present
prices and union wages. It wi 11 amount to
$5,615,per year.
This figure is arrived at by simple addition
and multiplication. .On the basis of present
print shop , prices, it costs $677.25 per week to
print two eight-page papers and' three four
page papers—s34l.lo for the two large papers
ajad $336.15 for the three others. Were produc
tion to be boosted to eight-pages five days a
week, the weekly cost would be $852.75. This
cost, would be $175.50 above the present weekly
costs.
Ia each school year of two semesters, the
‘•Collegian publishes a total of about 32 weeks.
The $5,616 figure for increased printing costs
is determined by multiplying the weekly in
crease by 32.
Other new costs .which go into the $7,216 in-
needed .from assessment revenue include
an estimated $1,000.t0 cover increases in prices
and print shop wages. The price of newsprint
already has been increased, ..alid typographical
unions are pressing wage demands. It cannot.be
certain what all new costs due to increases in
prices and wages will be, but $l,OOO is consid
ered a safe estimate.
AN ADDITIONAL $4OO expenditure for pho-s;
tographs plus another $2OO for an Associated*
Press world news service round out the picture.
. To determine the additional revenue which:
would have to be raised by an: assessment* the '
new expenses were added to the total assess
ment-revenue provided for-in the current Col
legian budget. This could be done because no
additional outlay is expected in any other ex
penditure. category. The total amount which
would have to come from an increased assess*
ment would be $21,216.
On- the basis of a 35-cent assessment increase,
the present College enrollment would produce
$22,380, leaving a margin of $1,164. This mar
gin, which is for one year and- not merely one
semester, could nearly vanish with the expected
drop in enrollment. Whatever margin remains,
could .be used currently for increasing-circula
tion, and would be a slight safety factor in fu
ture years in case of further increases in print
ing costs.
Owen E. Landon
Business Mgr.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Safety Valve ...
Good Grade For Party Givers
_ TO THE EDITOR: I would like to express my
sincere “thanks” to.all who made the Christmas
party for Windcrest children, sponsored by the
Nittany-Pollock boys, possible. I also think spe
cial recognition should be given to the boys who
planned and participated in the party. They
could not have had a better understanding of
the children there had they been fathers them
selves. For their good work they deserve a 3.
Mrs. Jean Storm
Vacate And Dismantle Pollock
TO THE EDITOR: It- is about time that a
movement be initiated among the student body
in favor of vacating and dismantling Pollock
Circle. Those who have lived there, and a large
proportion of yiose living there now, will rec
ognize the desirability of such action. Pollock
may not be a fire trap, although I recall a winter
two years ago when the south door to Dorm 14
was frozen shut. People may not be burned, but
personal-property may be lost. The spectacle of
a burning dormitory is not pretty under any
conditions. We must hot allow a laissez-faire
attitude to endanger the welfare of any student.
Pollock Circle must go!
Gazette...
Thursday, January 4
NSA, 233 Sparks, 7 p.m.
Poultry club square dance, 209 Plant Indus
tries, 7 p.m.
FROTH circulation staff and candidates. 2
Carnegie hall, 7 p.m.
WRA swimming, White hall pool, 7 p.m.
WRA outing, 2 White hall, 7 p.m.
BLUE KEY pledges, tomorrow, 7 a.m., Lion
Shrine.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Seniors who tamed in preference sheets will be givun
priority in scheduling interviews for two days following
the initial announcement of the visit of one of the com
panies • of - their choice. . Other students will be scheduled
an the third and subseauent days.
Link Belt company will be on campus to interview
January graduates in; E.E., C.E., and M.E. if there are
enough students interested. Leave name at 112 Old Main
by Wednesday, Jan. 10.
House Hold Finnnce corporation will interview January
graduates at the B.S. level in C & F. A & L, ED., and
Phys Ed. on Wednesday, Jan. 10.
Wheeling Steel corporation will be on campus to inter
view January graduates in Fuel Tech., M.E., 1.E., and
Metal, .if enough students are interested. Leave name at
112 Old Main, by Wednesday, Jan. 10. *
Westinghouse Air. Brake company is interested in M.E.
graduates. Leave name at 112 Old Main, by Wednesday,
Jan. 10.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For Information concerning the following jobs, applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Pemale students for permanent part-time
shorthand, typing, filing; on campus.
- Male typist who can work 3 hours per day;
on-'campus.
• Man with electrical engineering experience'
or training to do circuit and relay wiring and
maintenance; 20 hours a week; on campus.
Man to draw graphs and do simple statistical
computations; on campus.
Man to live and work at country club for
room and board plus some cash; must have car.
Off-campus residents for dining hall and sub
stitutes for snack bar; must have free 8 oclocks
Mondays and Fridays for dining hall work; re
muneration in meals only.
West Dorm residents for dining hall; must
have no 4 o’clocks; 60c an hour.
Kitchen workers for fraternity; remuneration
in meals; must live off campus.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: The Edge of Doom
STATE: Walk Softly Stranger
NITTANY: My Blue Heaven
—E. W. Hewitt
NOW!
‘ At Your
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, DANA ANDREWS
FARLEY GRANGER
JOAN EVANS
"EDGE of DOOM"
State
: JOSEPH COTTON
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"WALK SOFTLY
STRANGER"
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BETTY GRABLE
DAN DAILEY
"MY BLUE
HEAVEN"
Little Man On Q
"Bui I tell you there's nothing in ihe rule book about it."
On The Record
An Intelligent Peace
With the world at the crossroads, 1951 should be the year for
intelligent action. Today, more than any time in the past three de
cades, intelligent thought and action on the part of every American
and people in other lands is needed.
LAST YEAR proved somewhat of a debacle for most of the
world,' with a Korean conflict which could result in world war break
ing out and dragging this and other nations close to the precipice of
global catastrophe. Perhaps 1950 was the year of decision the year
in which decisions were made from which there can be no turning
back, and which will lead inevitably on to a bloody conclusion. Many
feel that such is the case, and have resigned themselves to letting
events take care of themselves, regardless of what the end might be.
_We don't think that the course of events is unchangeable. We
think there still is lime to do something about the. drift toward
global war. But intelligence lacking in recent years will be needed
if catastrophe is to be prevented, and now is the time to use that
intelligence.
War certainly will profit no one, for modern war is a battle which
no one can win. No matter who comes out on top if anyone does
the cities of both the United States and Russia will be ruined, the
industrial system of both countries will be wrecked, the people of
both nations will be sick and weak, their ranks thinned by death.
Certainly this country despite a few who scream for a “preventa
tive war”— does not seek war. We feel certain the Russian people
do not want war. Whether the Soviet rulers feel that the gamble
would make it worth their while to “win” is something we cannot
say.
BUT THE WORLD has come to the point where it cannot prevent
a debacle without intelligent action on both sides. Instead, we are
seeing, by and large, only weak and hopeless attempt toward peace,
without much thought toward a settlement of differences that would
clear the air, prepare an atmosphere for cooperation, and still pre
serve world order and freedom.
Perhaps such a settlement is not possible: But if one is to be
made, it must be made this year, before time finally runs out We
think it is worth the effort to strive once more for peace and to
strive intelligently.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951
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