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Olve. Battg Collegian
snoressor to rnz FREE LANCE, 4114. ISM
Published Tuesday througb Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State College
Entered de second-elr.ss matter July 6, 1934, at the State
College. Pa. l'oht Office under the act of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ.
ere. now necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Unsigne
editorials' are by the editor •
Mary Krasnansky
' Editor
Managing Ed., Ron Bonn; City Ed., George Glazer;
Sports Ed., Ernie Moore; Edit. Dir., Bob Fraser; Makeup
Ed., Moylan Mills; Wire Ed., Len Kolasinski; Society Ed.,
Carolyn Barrett; Feature Ed., Rosemary Delahanty; Asst.
City Ed., Lee Stern; Asst. Sports Eds., Dave Colton, Bob
Vosburg; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Millie
Martin; Exchange Ed., Paul Beighley; Senior Bd., Bud
Fenton.
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Jerry Clibanoff; Advertising' Mgr.,
Bob Leyburn; National Adv. Mgr., Howard Boleky; Circu
lation Co-Mgrs., Jack Horsford, Joe Sutovsky; Personnel
Mgr., •Carolyn Alley; Promotion Co-Mgrs.. Bob Koons. Mel
vin Glass; Classified Adv. Mgr., Laryn Sax: Office Mgr.,
Tema Kleber; Secretary, Joan Morosini; Senior Board. Don
Jackel, Dorothy Naveen.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Andy . McNeillie; copy editors:
Nancy Luetzel, Joan Kuntz; assistants: Marshall
Donley, Jim Peters, Marjorie Cole, Charles
Obertance.
Ad manager: Bob Potter.
New Plan Offers
Reduced SU Fee
Speaking of solutions to the Student Union
assessment problem, we have recently heard
several persons discussing a plan which hasn't
been broached before and which may have
several merits.
So far, the two main schools of thought seem
to run like this: do nothing ,about the fee and
leave it at $7.50, or dispense with the fee until
the actual building of the Student Union is
started.
Here is a third suggestion which could be
considered by the powers that be. Why not
reduce the fee from $7.50 to, say, 'Wand raise
it to $lO when construction begins, or leave
the fee at that figure permanently.
By reducing the fee instead of postponing
payments the possibility that the fee • might
never be reinstated is avoided. We feel that the
fee is necessary if Penn State is to ever 'get an
SU building.
But we also believe that some method should
be devised to reflect the student opinion that
the fee is excessive without a fair return in the
form of the actual construction of the building
—that is, if the students feel that way.
If the fee were permanently reduced, it would
have the same effect that the $7.50 fee would
have. The building could still be constructed
according to plans. The only difference would
be that payments from the students would cover
a longer period of time, and more students would
be paying less money. Meanwhile, they would
all be enjoying the use of an SU.
Regardless of how many plans are put for-
Ward, it is necessary .to -realize that. the SU
problem, which. had been smoldering beneath
the surface of campus affairs for a long time,
has finally exploded into the. open. An intelli
gent decision on• what to do with the fee is
necessary before it becomes time to collect the
$7.50 again next semester.
1952 May Well
. Be
`Year of Decision'
War or peace, deflation or prosperity, Demo- _
crats or Republicans?
What does 1952 hold for the world?
The man who could answer any of these
questions could command a fabulous salary. We
don't pretend to know the answers ourselves;
we wish we did.
This much we do know: America—and with
if the rest of the free world—will be passing
through another year of crises" in 1952. It will
be a year in which our decisions will shape the
history of the world and the lives of men for
years if not centuries.
In many ways 1952 will be The Year of Deci
sion. The American people will have to decide
between a Republican, probably Dwight Eisen
hower, and a Democrat, probably Harry Tru
man, for the presidency: The people of the world
will have to come closer to the final decision:
Communism and Democracy.
The decisions we and the other, free peoples
of the world will be called upon to make will be
difficult ones; We will have to be right, for we
cannot afford to be wrong.
The Year 1952 will call for vision and courage
on the part of the leaders of the Western world.
Theirs is a task unparalleled in the history of
man. The year 1952 will also call for decision
and courage on the part of the peoples of the
free world.
We must set our goals on a policy that will
gain for us permanent world peace. But first
we must choose the path that offers the great
est chance of a permanent and just peace.
That will be the toughest decision we shall
have to make in 1952, The Year of Decision.
"Fashion, a word which knaves and fools
may use, their knavery and folly to excuse."
—Churchill'
Edward Shankea
Business Mgr.
—Moylan Mills
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE Cerie,;,EGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Loyalty Bill Is
Act of Disservice
While Penn State's student body was home
enjoying the Christmas vacation, .the' General
Assembly and Gov. lOhn S. Fine got together
to arrange a special Christmas gift for the
people of Pennsylvania.
The gift was not wrapped in the bright paper
and" ribbon to which we are accustomed. Un
wrapped and stripped of the camouflage of falSe
flag-wavers, the gift of the assembly and the
governor, called the Pechan loyalty oath bill,
_stands as a -useless and dangerous piece of legis
"lation.
The bill went before the legislators and the
governor opposed by virtually every respon
sible voice in education and soundly flogged
by, every important newspaper in the state.
Despite the roar . of protest the bill created,
it has become law.
It is safe to say that from the very start
opponents of the bill were working aware that
they were going to meet with failure. Opponent's
of the bill were doomed to 'failure not because
of the virtue of the act, but rather because it is
seldom that such legislation can ever be de
feated.
The Pechan bill was based on fear and passed
on fear. Many members of the legislature voted
for it merely because they did not have the
courage to vote against it, lest they run the risk
of being charged with affinity for Communism
and the Communist cause.
The Pechan bill and its oath of loyalty are
designed to affirm our faith in democracy.
The effect of the oath will be just the opposite.
The bill affirms nothing but our fear of Com
munism as a competing ideology.
We would not become better Americans even
by taking the oath with every meal and once
between meals, like a medicine. And if we do
advocate taking our loyalty as a medicine, it
will sour on our tongues and become offensive.
Rather than serving as a demonstration of
our loyalty, the Pechan bill stands as witness
to a lack of confidence in the democratic pro
cess. The men responsible for its becoming law
have performed an act of disservice to the
people of Pennsylvania. Those who opposed the
bill fought the good fight. Time will justify
their stand.
Caution Needed
Sooner or later, the campus again will be
buried with snow. As usual, the snow will turn
to ice eventually, and driving will become
hazardous.
In times like that, every driver must use all
his skill to control his car.
It's all he can do to accomplish that - without
having to worry about what pedestrians are
doing at the same time.
And yet, Penn State students seem to have
adopted a "I , dare you to hit me" attitude. This
applies not only when the weather is bad, but
when it's good also.
Pedestrians have acquired what could be a
fatal habit of edging up as close as possible to
moving cars as they start out from the stop
signs scattered around campus, or as they turn
into a driveway.
Eventually, it is not too difficult to imagine'
that someone is going to edge too) close, and
the least that will happen will be a set of
smashed toes. '
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If only students will remember that it's easier
to stop walking, or take a step backward, than
it is to stop a car, no matter how slowly it's•
going, many possible tragedies can be avoided.
—George Glazer
Gazette . . .
Friday, January 4
PENN STATE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, 405 Old
Main, 7:30 p.m.
RADIO DAY announcing candidates, 304
Sparks, 12 to 3 p.m. o
RADIO DAY, Jan. 5, production staff, candi
dates; 304 Sparks; 1 p.m.
• RADIO DAY, personnel and those interested,
Jan. 6, 304 Sparks, 2 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL -.
Rosalie Buck.
AT THE MOVIES
CATHAUM: Distant Drums 2:13, 4:06, 5:59,
7:52, 9:45
STATE: Fixed Bayonets 2:11, 4:03, 5:55, 7:47,
9:39
NITTANY: Peple Will Talk 6:25, 8:19, 10:15
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. will interview January
graduates in C&F and L.A. Thursday.
Liberty- Mutual Insurance Co: will interview January grad
uates in L.A., C&F, and Journ Thursday.
Mound Laboratory, operated by Monsanto Chemical Co. will
interview 1952 Ph.D. candidates in Chem. Tuesday.
North American Insurance Co. will interview January grad
uates in C&F Friday, January 18.
Solvay Process Division of Allied Chemical. and Dye Corp.
will interview 1952 graduates at the M.S. and Ph.D. level
in Chemistry Thursday.
Virginia Smelting Co. will interview January graduates at
the B.S. level and 1952 graduates at the M.S. and Ph.D.
level in Chemistry, and January B.S. candidates and 1962
M.S. candidates in. Chem,' Eng. Friday, Jan. 18: '
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Student for photo supply work five afternoons a week.
Student for pressing (part-time).
Student for part-time barbering.
Busboy for Monday and Thursday from 9 to 12 a.m.
Woman for light housework live days a week.
"Slander meets no regard from noble minds;
only the base believe the base only utter."
—:Anon
n On -Campus
Little M
"After that two-week vacation, all you need is sleep and relaxation
—why don't you go back to your clas'ses for a few days."
Crystal Gazing
Students Optimistic
In Outlook for 'S2
By BETTIE LOUX and PAT NUTTEII.
At the . beginning of the New Year people the world over
take out their crystal balls to see what is in store for them.
Two Daily Collegian reporters yesterday polled 50 students to
see what they expect of 1952.
They found that students .at State have 'started the new, year
with an optimistic attitude toward the world situation in general.
Students were pretty well split
on the question, "Do you think
the Korean war will be over in
1952?", with, 21 saying yes and 27
fearing that it would continue.
Opinion was much more one
sided, howeer, on the subject
of a•Possible all-out world war.
Forty-five said they did not
think a world war would break
out in 1952, and only five pes
simistically said 'they thotight
a war was inevitable.
Will Truman Run
According to the - p 011 , Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower is the
choice for Republican presidential
nominee. To the question, "Do
you think Eisenhower will run
for president,. and if so, on what
ticket?" 34 voiced the opinion
that the general would run on
the Republican ticket. One dis
senter said he would'be the Dem
ocratic nominee, - and 13 said that
he would • not -run at all. Joseph
Faris said Ike would run, but
was undecided as to the ticket,
and one said Ike would try for
the Republican nomination but
would lose,
Thirty-f iv e students believed
President Harry S. Truman, would
try for a second full term. Four
teen answered no ••to the .ques
tion, "Do you think Truman will
decide to run again?" Rather than
Truman, they thought the Dem
ocratic - . party might select Estes
Kefauver, chairman of the Sen
ate :Prime investigating commit
tee; Fred M. Vinson, chief justice
of the U.S., Supreme Court; or
James Roosevelt, loser 'in the last
California gubernatorial election.
Eisenhower was also suggested
as a possible nciminee. One stu=
dent had no opinion. -
Depends on Miminee
As to which party would carry
off honors in the _ fall, 36 said
they tho u g h't the Republican
party would win, ..and seven said
the Democrats. would remain in
office. Three were more specific,
saying that' the Republicans
would win if Eisenhower were
their nominee.
Two students said, they' could
not say'now 'be'calise it depended
entirely on-, the , nominee. Two
had no opinion.
Many students thought the out
come of . the. piesidential -election
FRIDAY, JANUARY, 4, '1952
By Bibler
ozrestsrrt ROW
' N o . ptaKkNo
and the Korean war would -de
termine the cost of living..
To th e question, "Do you
think there will be inflation or
depression in 1952?" Frank
Oakes, fifth- semester, said
"There won't be any great
change in the inflationary spir
al until after the presidential
election." Ronald Youngerman
thought prices would go' down
slightly, "especially if the Re
publcans get in," he said:
.
Eighteen students said they
thought conditions would stay on
about the same level. Joanne
Seitz, fifth semester, said, "Infla
tion is unlikely because, govern
ment controls will counteract it."
Twenty-five, however, said they
thought prices were on their way
up.' This would be caused by the
"continued rearmament - of• th e
country," according to Clair
George, seventh semester stu
dent. Six said they thought the
country was headed to-ward a
mild depression. Orie said. it de
pended on whether the Korean
war was stopped. '
LA Newspaper
Appears Tuesday
L A Angles, newspaper of the
School of Liberal Arts, will •be
distributed Tuesday for the first
time this semester.
, LA Angles is a four-page publi
catibn designed to acquaint Lib
eral Arts students with the func
tioning of. the schobl. The forth
eoming issue will be the second
since, its organization; the initial
issue was released last. spring.
William Slepin ,is - editor of the
newspaper this year.
Tuesday's Angles will contain
feature stories about Hardy .Wil-
Hams,- cocaptain of the College
basketball'team, and Seth Russell,
assistant dean •of the school of
Liberal Arts.
Grod in Armored Unit
- .Pvt. Albert Koster, 21; of East
Stroudsburg. has completed pro
cesing at the 2053 Reception
Center, Ft. Meade, Md.,. and is
assignd to the 7th Armored Di-
Vision; Camp Roberts, Cal., . for
.Army= basic , training.