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Tim Batty Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday morningsinclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered 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 writ
ers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigned
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky -.T. )0 Edward Shanken
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Editor Business Mgr.
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed.. Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir.. Bud Fenton; Asst.
to the Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski: So
ciety Ed., Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed.. Rosemary De
lahanty: Asat. City Ed., Paul Poorman; Asst. Sports Eds.,
Dave Colton, Robert Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed.. Greta
Weaver; Librarian, Bob Schooley; Exchange Ed.. Paul
Beighley; Senior Board, Lee Stern.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Bob Fraser; copy editors:
LaVonne Althouse, Jake Highton; assistants:
Tom Saylor, Al Goodman; Mimi Ungar, Vir
ginia Schar.
Advertising manager: Liz Slotta; assistants:
Alison Morley, Don Jackel, Morris Shanken.
Housing Ratio
Not So Unfair
One of the chief complaints registered against
the College's new emergency housing plan is
that the three-to-one ratio of freshmen to
upperclassmen in the new dorms is unfair to
the upperclassmen.
Critics of the College's program point out
that this year 1000 freshmen and 600 upper
classmen were housed in the West Dorm area.
That is a ratio of one and two-thirds-to-one..
Why the shift to a three-to-one ratio then?
Let's look at the facts. With 700 rooms in the
West Dorm area being turned over to women
next year, only 900 rooms are available for men.
On the other hand, the College is expecting
some 1600 freshmen men on campus this fall.
It could have easily said that all of the rooms
in the West Dorms should be set aside for the
frosh.
And the College could have made that deci
sion stick. Last year when the College an
nounced that all the rooms in the West Dorm
Would be for freshmen, a great howl ensued
and the College gave in. Since only 1000 fresh
men men had been accepted, there was room
for 600 upperclassmen.
- This year, however. the College could fill
the available space in the West Dorms twice
.again with freshmen and still have some of
the yearlings left over.
Instead, however, the College has set aside
225 rooms in. the West Dorms for upperclass
men. In view of the fact that the trustees in
tended the dorms for freshmen, the allowance
of 225 upperclassmen should be considered a
concession.
Was Senior Gift
Shuffle Legal?
Wednesday's announcement by the senior
class gift committee that. $2OOO of the $BOOO
senior gift was being diverted to a scholarship
fund caused a bit -of puzzlement in some circles.
The puzzlement was most prevalent among
those who know that a senior gift is not sup
posed to be split among two selections.
One of the chief reasons for the ballot that
was used in the selection of the gift by the
senior class was its versatility. With the pref
erential-type ballot, the money could be divert
ed to the second choice if the number one choice
of the seniors was not deemed practical or
possible.
A check with the All-College Cabinet radio
committee uncovered the fact that the group
knows nothing of the decision to divert $2OOO
of the gift from the proposed campus station.
All the money in the class gift could be used
)37 the station.
What authority the senior class gift com
mittee had for changing the beneficiary of
part of the money is not clear. It is doubtful
that the gift committee has the power to de
cide for the re-distribution of any part of a
gift that the class as a whole decided to allo
cate to a particular project.
If a memorial to Don Maclntire is what is
desired, why couldn't the proceeds of the
Spring Week carnival be set up as a memorial
loan fund?
The radio station can use and use well all of
the senior gift money. Why should part of the
money be diverted to another project upon no
authority other than the committee?
—Bud Fenton,
Attention All Freshmen!
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AIM Action Is
A Vindication.
Although we commented last week that the
charges of political influence in the recent
Association of Independent Men elections
seemed to have been discredited, Joseph Galati,
co-author of the fairy-tale, apparently failed to
see it our way and took his song and dance be
fore the AIM Board of Governors Wednesday
night.
Evidently the Board of Governors feels the
same as we do about it, Galati asked for an
investigation of his charges. The board turned
thumbs down on this proposal and unanimously
gave a vote of confidence to the men accused by
Galati and Weston Tomlinson.
That Galati's so-called . "evidence" was noth
ing more than hearsay and only circumstantial
in nature was obvious to us last week when he
first made it public. Galanti's case Wednesday
night was almost laughable.
It would have been a laughing matter had not
the names and reputations of various indivi
duals been damaged in the process.
Most students must have realized the folly
of Galati's charges, but if there was any doubt
that they were unfounded, AIM took care of
that Wednesday night. AlM's action is a vin
dication for those falsely accused by Galati
and Tomlinson.
Bucs Make Grade
The Collegian yesterday did something no
body else,. could Nave ever done: it put the
Pittsburgh Pirates into first place in the Ameri
can League, right - above the World Champion
New York Yankees.
What happened was that the line in the - Na
tional League standings for the Pirates some
how slipped down out of last place in the senior
circuit and landed, kerplunk, smack on top of
the Yankees.
More than likely, it was a "printer's mistake,"
but it is. just possible that somewhere on this
campus is a Pirate fan and that person slipped
into the print shop and did his dirty work.
We shall hold an investigation. "Rosie" will
be called in. He should know something about it.
Family Spat
NEWTON, la.—(W)—A Newton man who
drove his car through the family house trailer
because he was mad at his wife, wound up with
a 30-day jail term.
Glen Guthrie, 24, pleaded guilty to assault
and battery in connection with his fit of tem
per, County Attorney Arnold Myhra reported
today.
Myhra said the couple got into a spat during
which Guthrie struck his wife. She then left
the Guthrie trailer home and went with their
small son to a neighbor's house.
Guthrie got into his car and rammed broad
side into the trailer. When the car came to a
halt the grill was sticking out of one side of the
trailer and its rear bumper from the other side.
The trailer and most of its contents, including
a new refrigerator, were Wrecked.
"We had to charge him with assault and bat
tery for striking his wife," Myhre said. "There's
nothing in the law to prohibit a man from
driving his car through his own home if he
wants to."
At last we've heard of the real man, one who
doesn't put the material things first. It's what
a man really believes in that is important.
If a man gets rightfully angry at his wife,
why not drive his car through his home? If a
student doesn't like what goes on at school,
why not drive through Old Main with a truck?
Forget your inhibitions! —B. F.
Gazette . .
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Further information concerning interviews and job place
'rents can le obtained in 112 Old Main.
Koppers Company will interview June graduates in Chem.
Eng., M.E., C.E. Monday 28.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
For information eonctrning the following jobs', applicants
should stop in 112 Old Main.
Positions open to summer students for work in the Snack
Bar; remuneration in meals.
Positions now and through the summer at local diner for
countermen.
Summer opportunity for male "combo" of three (over 21) ;
also short order cook, boatmen with motor know-how,
janitor for resort in Poconos; to start as soon as possible;
excellent arrangement
Summer opportunities for women counselors ; waterfront,
athletics; camps located near Reading and 'Pittsburgh.
Camp Scenic, Eaquette Lake N.Y. ~needs male swimming
instructor; 8 weeks season, $2OO plus board and lodging.
Students desiring work who will be attending classes this
summer are asked to register now with the employmelit
office.
Man for photographic dark room : evening hours part
time: to begin as soon as possible.
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"I said, what God hatly wrought:"
interpreting The News
Peace
Not
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
As United Nations forces regain the initiative in Korea the New
York headquarters is buzzing with talk of peace and rumors of
Russian feelers, but there is no slightest evidence of anything con-
One little incident about three weeks ago, which had no touch of
the official about it, may have
provided the basis for a lot of
the talk which has been going
on both at the UN and in Wash
ington. This tal k ' evidently
prompted Secretary, Acheson's
statement, with subsequent back
ing from the President, that he
knew of no overtures.
Somebody without official
standing in Russia wrote to a
friend, who turned the letter over
to the foreign office of a non
belligerent country, suggesting
that Russia and the UN allies
should start peace talks.
The Russians at the. UN, who
enjoy seeing these little bypasses,
merely said "no comment," a de
vice which frequently serves to
heighten speculation. "
Letter Caine
The letter did come to the UN
to the Good Offices committee,
but constant inquiry has failed to
produce anyone who takes it
seriously.
• There is an air of expectancy
around the UN, probably based
on the often-expressed hope of
Washington officials that a Chin
ese defeat in their spring offen
sive would create a situation in
which negotiation would be pos
sible. But there is not the slight
est indication that either side has
made a move.
The next few days may, of
course, give us some eviden6e on
which to base an evaluation of
the whole Washington idea that
Chimp Goes Wild On Motorbike
You may have suspected that some accidents are caused by
monkey business. But it remained for Alice, a trained chimpanzee,
to clinch it. Riding her motor scooter before an enthusiastic crowd
at the St. Louis zoo, Alice be
came so giddy with applause that
she zipped off the stage in a
showy exit, ran down trainer
William Rogers and banged him
up, but good
This just goes to prove some
thing or other; possibly that the
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Rumors
Concrete
China might become convinced
of the futility of its war effort
and be willing to stop it. -
Much will depend, *of course,
upon Russian-Chinese reasons for
continuing the war after North
Korean forces were defeated. If
Chin&'s main incentive was the
clearing of Allied troops from X.o-
rea, then she might give it up as a
bad job. But if, as seems more
likely, the broad Communist in
tention is now to keep the United
States tied up in Korea and there
by weaken her hand elsewhere,
the Communist leaders, Russian
and Chinese, will not worry
overmuch about their battle cas
ualties.
It would not seem reasonable
from the Russian standpoint to
relieve pressure on the Allies in
Korea now, for instance, while
Britain and the United States are
trying to stabilize their position
in Iran.
People Believe
.Some people cling to the belief
that China is capable of some au
tonomy in the matter; that Peip
ing might not be willing to carry
on merely for the sake of broad
Russian policy. But that seems to
be a rather tenuous hope. Peiping
broadcasts are just as belligerent
as ever. They have just promised
to make the United Nations sorry
for the new arms embargo. And
there is no real evidence that
the Peiping regime has any more
freedom of action , than do Rus
sia's satellites in Eastern Europe.
showoff is a poor insurance risk
when driving a car. It's not the
best policy in the world to let
the girl friend's 000's •and ah's
influence the hot-rodding. Let's
not ape the chimp and make
monkeys out of ourselves,
-P. P.