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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.