PAGE TWO SMpp Stull) Collegian S<u*MMr to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887 .Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings in* claaiTc durinr the - College yiar by the staff of-The Daily Collegian of Hie Pennsylvania State College. Entered as second-class matter . July 5. 1934. at the State College. Pa., Poet Office under the aet of March 3, 1879. Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writers, set necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned edi teriahi are by the editor. Dcaa Gladfeller Editor • Managing Ed., John Dalbor; News Ed., Stan Degler; Sports Ed., Ray Koehler; Edit. Dir., Herbert Stem; Society Ed., Deanie Krebs; Peature Ed., Janet Rosen; Asst. Sports Ed., Art Henning; Asst., News Ed.. John Ashbrook; Asst. 'Society' Ed., Bettina dePalaa; Photo Ed.. Wilson Senior Board: Jack Boddlngton, Bill Detweiler. Aset. Bos. Mgr., Thomas M. Karoleik; Advertising Dir., Harold L. Wollin; Local Adr. Mgr., Hugo R. Mandea; Promotion Mgr., Laura Mermelstcln; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Edward.W. Noyes, 'Gerald F, Yeager: Personnel Mgr., Ed win Slngel; Classified Adr. Mgr., Shirley Feller; Office Mgr., Loretta Stempinski; Secretary, Winifred Wyant; Senior Board: Norma' Glsghern. Deforce Horne, Mary Kauffman. Sue Halperin STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Rosemary Delahanty; Asst, night editor: Laura Badwey; Copy editor: Marv Krasnarisky;" Assistants: • Dick Kolbenschlag, and Jean Berg. . Advertising staff: Stefanie Herl i t z, Ruth Coates, Pete Johnson. The Long Lines ■West dorm- men looked forward to shorter waits for their meals when they began to dine in .their new hall this week. BUT EVEN longer lines have greeted them since the move from McAllister hall. Certainly it-isn’t possible to. eliminate lines completely, but it ‘should be possible to eat without a twenty-minute wait. " One' of the reasons for longer lines is that the amount of lime allotted for meals has been cut down.. In the case of the noon meal, one hour has been-allotted instead of an hour and a half.. Yesterday noon-the line for the South dining room at 11:30 a.m., when serving begins, ex pended out of the cafeteria, down the stairs, through the vestibule, across the lobby, around the edge of the bulletin board, where it doubled back upon itself and became confused with'an other similar, line from the North room. We suggest that the dining halls return to the old scheduel,- or at least extend the time in both directions to . make the long lines unnecessary. P. S. We like the hew dining room. Declaring War Sentiment favoring a stiffened attitude to ward Red China is increasing'judging by several newspaper statements of the past week. SEN. STYLES BRIDGES on Thursday advo cated sending American bombers to attack Chinese bases and s’upply lines. He and Gen. Claire Chennault, wartime head of the Flying Tigers, both also recently proposed suoplying Chiang Kai-shek, for an invasion of the Chinese mainland. These proposals seem unfortunate to this writer, since they neglect the fact that the Uni ted States is riot, evert now, at war with China. They are particularly unfortunate because they would certainly bring on art all-out war. THE DIFFERENCE between a technical war and an actual one may be slight if your defini tion considers only the fact that people are be ing killed. But the difference is magnified when you consider that so long as the distinction .is maintained there is a possibility of stopping the fighting through diplomatic action. . Fighting China is not a pleasant prospect. No foreign power has'ever successfully conquered China. Even the Japanese who tried for eight years never entirely surmounted the obstacles of a tremendous land mass and population. WE ARE in no position to calculate whether forces of the United Nations can do a job that others could not but, we think, the above are factors to be considered when responsible indi viduals advocate action that might plunge us into such a war. The essential point, anyway, is not can we heat them but rather do we want a war. If we do, then we ought to delare war and not accept a backdoor policy of fighting through Chiang or sending bombers. To do this with out a declaration of war is comparable to the fiasco of the Sino-Japanese "incident" that began in 1537. At th e moment the United Nations is en gaged in police action. Admittedly it has all the features of full-scale war except the name. But when the technicality holds a chance for peace it cannot be dismissed lightly. THE REALLY DIFFICULT decision is whe ther or not plunge ourselves into a war. On this we cannot offer any opinion. But to take war like actions without a formal declaration would be to act in the same way for which the United States has often criticized other countries.. — Herbert Stein Owen E. Landon Business Mgr. Stan Degler THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA Pertinent Question At the meetings where representatives of the Collegian were asked to speak on the proposed increase in the newspaper’s student assessment,, one of the most persistent questions hais been:, “What’s in it for us?” It’s a good and pertinent question. MANY CAMPUS organizations in. the past have complained to the Collegian that news stories concerning their activities have not ap peared in the paper. Our answer always has been and, as long as the Collegian remains at its present size, always will be that there' just isn’t space to print the news of everything that happens at Penn State. The major purpose for expanding ihe sire of ihe Collegian io eight pages daily would be to create more space for news of campus activities. It would provide a new outlet for organizations which in the past have had to be content with an insignificant amount of space because of the press of more important news. The small organizations will profit most by expansion of the Collegian, inasmuch as space which heretofore has not been available to re port their activities will be created. Safety Valve ... Disgust Over Fines TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in this to ex press my disgust over the recent fining of the two college students by Justice of the Peace Mills. Such a stiff fine is unwarranted, espe cially since the two students were obviously tried without due process of law—a violation of the fifth amendment to the Constitution. Sec ondly I believe that the noble police force of the borough should turn its energies to other lines, rather than apprehending two men who are old enough to fight for their country, but not old enough to have a few beers in State College. 'By these other lines I mean the curbing of slot machines and- punchboards which are operating very, freely in the borough. These punchboards can be found displayed in the open, right in the heart of town. These punchboards are forbidden by state law, but perhaps ofir police force is unaware of this. I hope that you publish this letter so that more people become aware of the laxity of our police force. Ed. Note Although we agree that the fines were too stiff. w e cannot see how J. R. L. interprets the case as a violation of due pro cess. As to his charges of gambling, not being of a horse-betting nature, we wouldn't know if he speaks truly or not. , Take 'Em Or Leave'Em TO THE EDITOR: Concerning the males on campus who are always hollering about the in human coeds around here,— i;. • Apparently these males aren’t men • enough to make a coed act like a woman, and'.l’ll- bet they’ll never become so by crawling back in their holes and moaning to the Collegian about it all. It’s just like drinking —if you can’t take them, then leave them alone. Gazette. •. Saturday, January 6 NITTANY BOWMEN field shoot, Forestry parking lot, 1:30 p.m. Monday, January 8 COLLEGIAN senior editorial board, 8 Carne gie hall, 8 p.m. PHILOTES meeting. Bring money for theater tickets, White hall, 6:30 p.m. ICG, Roundtable on practical politics, 108 Willard hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGE PLACEMENT Further information concerning interview* and job place «ents can be obtained in 112 Old Bfain. 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 Finance 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 312 Old Main, by Wednesday, Jan. 10. Westinghouse A*r Brake company is interested in M.E.. graduates. Leave name at 112 Old Main, by Wednesday/ Jan. 10. Calvert Distilling company will interview January gradu ates in M.E., 1.E., E.E., Bact., Chem.. Chem. Eng., Bior Chem, Forestry, and women in C&F Wednesday, Jan. 10. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT I; For information concerning the following jobs, applicants should stop in 112 Old Main. West Dorm residents with no 4 o’clocks for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. duty in West Dorm dining hall; remuneration iri cash.. Nittany or Pollock residents for Nittany din ing commons; permanent; remuneration in cash. Technical secretary for campus job; 3 hours per week; shorthand required; ability to han dle numerical tables and indexing desired. AT THE MOVIES Saturday CATHAUM: Dallas STATE: For Heaven’s Sake NITTANY: Unknown Island Monday CATHAUM: Dallas STATE: For Heaven’s Sake . NITTANY: Mad Queen COLLEGE HOSPITAL Patients: Nan Bierman, JoArin Kimball, Nor ma Goldstein, Albert Pettit and Rex Shafer J. R. L. Box 500 Roman Geller, Jr, Humor Dr. Stephens Elected Vice President Of AAUP ■ Dr. F. Briscoe Stephens, instructor in meteorology at the College, was elected vice president of the College chapter of the American Association of. University Professors at a busi ness meeting . Dec. 11 in the Electrical Engineering building. Dr. Stephens will take the place of the retiring vice presi- ' dent Evan Johnson. Committee reports were given about a raise in salary for the teaching staff of the College, and a survey of the evaluation and preparation of college teaching here at the College. Professor B. V. Moore gave the report of the committee chosen to investigate the salary increase. He reported , that the committee had discussed the- matter with President Milton. S. Eisenhower. Dr. Eisenhower said, Moore re ported, that he would' do his best to try to get the raise, but ,he stressed the point that the AAUP should have other groups talk for the proposed full budget in the state legislature and that in the meantime the group should econ omize within the present budget. In the discussion of the report it was said that, in comparison with other institutions of the same rank of the College, the sal aries of the Penn- State profes sors and associate -professors did not rate very high, while the sal aries of the assistant professors and instructors were fairly high. Land-grant colleges in the less wealthier western states were re ceiving larger appropriations than Penn State, the report contend ed. A survey of how well the fac ulty members are getting along on their present salaries was pro posed by the committee in order that the facts may be used in de fense of the raise. Sailer To Speak At Coffee-orum Dr. Randolph C. Sailer, profes sor of psychology at Yenching university in' China, will speak at the coffee-orum sponsored by the PSCA in the TUB at 4 p.m. Monday, afternoon, and to the freshman council in 304 Old Main at 7 p.'m. Monday night. Dr. Sailer returned to the United States in October after 30 years of service on the faculty of the Princeton-sponsored uni versity in China. He will arrive at the College Sunday and will attend a meeting of Chinese stu dents at the home of E. N. Bald win. In an article in the New York Times recently, Dr. . Sailer said that there was still considerable political and religious freedom at Yenching. OATUXUJAX, JAIN&ARY 6, 1901 tes "Wrestling tonight?" WRA Sexfefs To Compete WRA- interclass basketball com petition will begin Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in White hall, and will be continued Wednesday and Thursday nights, with two games played each night. Managers chosen for the teams are Marilyn Porter and Nancy Lusk, freshman teabi; Dorothy Rose, sophomore team; Nancy Jarden, junior team; and Jackie Schoch, senior team. Any persons interested in playing on their class team have been asked to contact their class manager. The. schedule for games is as„ follows, with all games begin-" ning at 7 p.m. Tuesday; Freshmen vs. Juniors; Sophomores vs. Seniors; Wednes day: Freshmen vs. Seniors; Soph omores vs. Juniors; Thursday: Freshmen vs. Sophomores.; Jun iors vs. Seniors. Scholarship Applications Deadline Tonight Twelve p.m. tonight is the deadline for sending applications for College scholarships to the Senate committee on scholarships and awards, Robert L. Weber, chairman, announced Wednesday. Applicants will be interviewed by the committee January 10, 11 and 12. Any student who "has not received his interview appoint ment or whose hour is conflicting has been asked to see Mrs. Mar shall, 101 Osmond. Inkling Names Heads Two Inkling staff positions were filled recently, Samuel Vaughn, editor of Inkling, said. Florenz Fenton and Robert Leyburn were named as manag ing editor and promotion man ager respectively. Honorary Pledges 7 Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary fraternity, will pledge seven girls today. Those to be pledged are Julia Arnold, Carolyn Barrett, Janet Bleutge, Suzanne Feit, Ruth Fin kelstein, Nancy Metzger, and Francis Yaffee.
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