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Itle gaily Collegian
Successor to .CBE FREE LANCR, set. 111117
Published fuesday tiircesirti Satarday mornings inclusive
during the College rear by the Staff. of, rho Daily Collegial ,
of ,roe Pennsylvania State CoHetet
Entered al second-clan matter July i. 1924, at the State
CoHeee Pa. Poet Office ander the t of hare! S. 1879
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoints of the writ
ers, not aecessarib the polies of the newspaper. Ungignn .
editorials are by the editor
Mary Krasnansky Edward Shanken
Editor Business Mgr.
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 Delahanti: , Asst.
City Ed., Lee Stern: Asst. Sports Eds.. Dave Colton. Bob
Vosburg: Asst. Society Ed., Greta Weaver; Librarian, Joan
Kuntz: Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley: Senior Bd., ,Bud
Fenton.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor, LaVonne Althciuse; copy editors,
Dave Jones. Jake Highton; assistants, Lu Mar
tin, George Bairey, Marjorie Cole, Bill Jost,
Mary• Lee Lauffer.
Ad staff—Alison Morley, Betty Lou Yarnell,
Phyllis Kalson.
Coordination' Is Aim
Of Revised Customs
With the proposed plan for revising the fresh
man customs program now under consideration
by several groups, it is a good time to review
the purposes of the system as it would be set
up if approved. •
What the plan hopes to accomplish is the
coordination of the freshman customs • pro
grams of men and women. One of the tough
est problems facing Tribunal and the Fresh
man Customs and Regulations Board in rela
tion to customs is the lack of coordination.
One hand has not known what the other was
doing or planning to do.
While it may seem to some that coordination
isn't as difficult a problem as has been pictured,
in actual operation over the past two years the
customs programs of both men and women have
run head on into each other on numerous occa
sions.
Another problem the program is designed to
deal with is the setting of a: uniform date for
the end of customs. One of the major com
plaints of the frosh—and a legitimate one—has
oceurred when customs for men have been
lifted in advance of removing freshman wo
men's customs.
Still another goal of the plan is the creation
of uniform rules and uniform punishment for
both freshman men and women. We think
this too is an improvement over the now un
coordinated system and is much fairer for all
concerned.
One of the points raised by a member of the
Freshman C o unc 31 of the Women's Student
Government Association is that requiring mem
bers of a joint customs board to be approved
by cabinet might take away some power from
WSGA. Those familiar with the functioning of
cabinet know that this is not so.
"Subject to the approval of All-College Cabi
net" in practice means that recommendations
for appointments are read by the president who
then asks if there are any objections. In almost
three years of observing the operation of cab
inet, we have never known an objection to be
voiced to any of these recommendations.
Those who raise this point are looking for
an issue, for it is not one which now -exists:
Under the proposed customs plan, WSGA
would not lose any of its power. As a matter
of fact, WSGA would gain power, for it would
now have its say in the entire customs pro
gram rather than merely , over the women's .
customs program.
Flash Card Plan
Best Offer to Date
For several years now efforts to eitablish
a flash card system for Beaver Field have ;met
with little or no success. The reason 'for the past
disappointments has be9n.the• unwillingness of
students to cooperate with the system set up.
by members of the cheerleading squad.
In an .effort to work out some plan to make
possible the flash card , section, a special All-
College Cabinet committee has Come up • with,,
a proposal - for a preferential seating, section •
to be set aside in the student section of Beai6r .
-Field.
Under the plan, section EH would: be desig
nated as the preferential seating' section. Parti
cipation in the flash card system would be .on
a voluntary basis, so that students taking• part
in•the displays would, be doing so. not because
they were told to, ut rather because they•
wanted to.
Since section EH is in the senior. part of the -
stands, seniors will be given first preference,
followed by junior, sophomores, and frosh. Since
only 500 seats will be available in this' section,
it is very unlikely that seats in this section
will be given to students other than juniors
and seniors.
As the plan is now set up, students wishing
to sit in the section will be allowed to indicate
during pre-registration in the spring. Juniors in
the spring will be seniors the following fall
and will be given first preference.
In the fall during final phase registration, •
special Athletic Association books wily be
given to those who signed up for the section
in the spring and had been chosen to sit in the
section on the basis of senior priority. Each
student sitting in the section will be assigned ,
a seat, so that if he fails to cooperate or is'ab-.
'me; DAILY COLLEGIAN.. STATE ct.t...,LEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Dimes Policy Poor
En Fund Refusal
With the national March of Dimes organiza
tibm having turned doyen the possibility of ac
cepting funds . from the Penn . State " Cainpus
Chest, 'the problem now arises as to what All-
College Cabinet should do with the money set
aside for the polio fund.
Over $325 of the last year's Chest funds
was allocated for and given to the , March of
Dimes. That money has been returned. In
addition, six per cent of this year's Chest was
supposed to go to 'the polio fund. ,
One final effort will be made to turn the
money over to the March of Dimes. With the
approval of cabinet, the March of Dimes will
be' offered the money as the donation of the
students . of the Penn Sylvania State College.
Such a move might get around the insistence
of the March. of Dimds that it cannot take funds
from any community or joint drive. •
If this attempt • also proves to be a failure,
All-College Cabinet will be faced with the prob
lem of what to do with almost $BOO of un
claimed Chest funds. Two alternatives have al-'
ready been suggested: , that the funds be re
allocated among the remaining Chest 'partici
pants,' or that another benefactor be named, to
replace the March of Dimes:
One way or the other, the problexi will be
resolved. But beneath it all is the rather vexing
insistence on the part of some• national organi
zations such as the :.March of. Dimes- and the
Red Cross to remain 'aloof from community
drives. In effect they are' saying, we are not
interested in the money, but in how it was ob
tained. . _
These organizations insist they must be in
control of the means of fund raising. They
seem to be ignoring the fact that their princi
pal purpose for 'existing: is in' aiding those
needy of assistance. '
The argument for control of the fund-raising
holds water when used in relation to a town, or
city. Under these conditions, the Red Cross and
the March of Dimes can probably do a better
job of •raising funds by doing the job them
selves rather than by delegating the task to a
community drive.
But a college campus is another problem.
With the Campus Chest ruling out the possi
bility of • soliciting on campus, the March of
Dimes and the Red Cross are placed in the posi
tion of either participating in the Chest or get
ting .nothing via direct solicitation of students.
Basically, for these organizations it is a
question of all or nothing. Strangely enough
both the Red Cross and the March of Dimes
have decided -to take nothing. •
Safety Valve--
Forum Should Not . Condone
Close as Campus Speaker
TO THE EDITOR: I cannot, agree with the
reasoning nor the opinion of the editorial,
"Forum Should Not Ban Upton Close." The
"if's," the "and's" and the "but's" of this edi
torial bespeak a reluctance to actually meet
the problem and cope with the only real solu
tion—that of "banning," as you say, ClOse from
the campus.
• How can you truthfully state that censoring
of bigots and, hate-mongers would be worse
than their condonence? Freedom of speech has
never been an absolute right in this country.
Piotection of the minority has always been
one of the basic tenets of 'a democracy.
If we do not "censor" this man ... we shall be,
in effect, condoning his actions and his words,
giving greater prestige to his type of speaker
in the very fact that he is being permitted to
speak at one of America's larger colleges, and,
indeed; robbing subscribers of Forum lectures
of an• evening that could be spent in a much
more worth-While fashion.
*Letter Cut
Collegian Fails to Instill
'Greater Interest' en Art
TOI•THE EDITOR: On Thursday, Feb. 27, the
most' wonderful thing that ever came to State
College performed to a full house. The Buda
pest Quartet, played excellently, and was re
ceived 'most enthilaiasticaßy.
Why did the. Daily Collegian ignore this
group? We're , they ashamed that the State Col
lege Choral - Society could. attract music , of such
higher, quality than could the College?. Or was
there no • one on the'-staff' who- was educated
enough to be interested?
A. program• before, the, concert, and• a brief
statement. after it, would not have taken much
room. -The' least little college or high school
performance normally gets more - than that.
Come, Collegian, help instill a greater interest
in the- fine things Of life into our undergradu
uates. ,
-Ed. Note: • Witli; a .bit• more care, Reader
Hearne might 'have been able to read about
the 'Budapest Quartet on, any number of occa
sions. A' rough check :indicates at least three
adVance notices: Feb.• '2O; 26, and 27.)
sent` (witho . ut•good Caupe), it will be possible
to rescind the special bobk and 'issue a regular
AA book:" ' - •
The plan makes 'sense: It appears to be the
best one submitted 'to date, which will enable
cheerleaders to establish 'an' effective •flash card
system. If• -tucdessful; I.the systein ' ,cpuld •add
some. needed, color- to :Renn State's home football
games: --•••
—Leonard Goodman
Monica Hearns
Little Man On . Campus
"Old Chick is finally whipping the track team into shape."
U.S. Is Overrun
By `lVlugwunips'
WASHINGTON—(JP)—Are you a Mugwump?
There - are lots of them in the United States. And they're glad
they are. Then, again, those who aren't are equally proud.
The whole question of Mugwumpery gets a good going over in
the current issue of "The National Voter," the publication of the
League of Women Voters of the US
Mrs. Eugene Duffield is , a con
firmed Mugwump. Mrs. Ja y
Walz is mighty glad she isn't.
What exactly is a Mugwump?
In a. slangy way, anybody who
considers himself .a man of im
portance is subject to being
labelled a Mugwump.
But ever since 1884 the wox.d
has become more or less asso
ciated with politics. In that
year, a group of Republicans
bolted the party. and came to
be known as Mugwumps.
Webster says they we r e
charged with "regarding them
selves as superior to their party
in character and intelligence.'
In time, the term has come to
refer to anyone who is ,a chronic
objector, a .person who splits his
ticket in• elections and votes for
the candidate and, not the party.
Mrs. Duffield, Cincinnati Lea
gue member, says "I am a Mug
wump—one of those awful birds
with his mug on one side of the
political. fence and his wump on
the other, "
"I seldom vote a straight tick
et," she wrote in the publica
tion. "Since, no man or party
agrees with me 100 percent I
swing between them, looking
for the candidates and - the
party, that most nearly agree
Gazette ...
Wednesday, March 5
AMERICAN METEOROLOGI
CAL SOCIETY, Mineral Indus
tries Art •Gallery. 7:30 p.m.- • •
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AG•
RICULTURAL ENGINEERS, 1051
Agricultural Engineering, 7 p.m.
CHESS CLUB, 3 Sparks, 7 p.m.
COFFEE HOUR, sponsored by
dean of men and cabinet, 109 Old
Main, 4 p.m. •
EDUCATION STUDENT COUN
CIL, Student Government Room,
Old Main; 12:30 p:m.
INKLING - production: staff,' 9
Carnegie Hall, 7:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB lecture-di
cussion, Prof.; Case • charge,
Rectory basement, 7:30 p.m.
NEWMAN CLUB radio pro
gram, WMAJ, 7:45 p.m. . -
RIDING CLUB, 217 Willard
Hall, 7 p.m:
PI•LAMBDA SIGMA. 102 Wil
lard flail, 8 p.m.
PHI EPSILON KAPPA, elec
tion of officers,
.Delta
7:30 p.m.
WRA MODERN DANCE
GROUP, Modern dance, room,
AT THE MOVIES'
CATHAUM: a,lliwCauntxy
WEDNESDAY, MARCH ; 5,1952
By 13ibler
with me.
"Occasionally I find the .man,
but never the party, because with
so many spokesmen I. cannot- be
sure of a' party's stand." - .
And, she- said, "It's our. votes
that win elections." Mrs. Duf
field said about 20 percent of. the
voters . are Mugwumps , and that
it is those votes which "are be
ing wooed' by both parties."
Mrs. Walz, a writer - who lives
in Alexandria, Va., says Mug
wumpery "is highly irresponsi
ble." She adds:
"That the modern indepen
dent . voter puts „personality
over party has had, believe,
a most adverse effect on, our
native two-party system.- Too
m tny 'millions vote fora per
sonality—not for an adminis
tration to, he run on clearly
•
defined principles."
She blames radio and televi
sion partly for the• rise of Mug
wumpery:
"The boys in the smoke-filled
rooms will take to thinking like
Hollywood casting directors.' It's
a trend that may 'go hard with
short blond men of whatever
brainpower. They don't video as
effectively as tall brunettes."
2:13„4:06. 5:59, 7:52, 9:45.
STATE: The Lady and the Ban
dit 2:11, 4:03, 5:55, 7:47, 9:39
NITTANY: Cyrano de Bergerac
6:25, 3:19„10:15.
,COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Clark 'Brothers Co., Inc. will interview
June graduates in M.E., C.E., E.E., Ch.E.,
and PNG Friday, March 14. ,
Ethyl Corp• will interview June grad
uates in C&F, A&L, Science and Engineer
ing.'F,riday, March 14.
- Leeds 'and Northrup will interview June
graduates in M.E., E.E., 1.E., Ch.E., Metal.
and Phys. at all, levels Friday, March 14.
Aetna Life Insuiance Co. (Group and
Pensions Depts.) will interview June grad
uates in C&F and L.A. Tuesday, March 18.
Delaware Power• and Light Co. will in
terview 'June graduates in M.E. and E.E.
Monday, March 17.
Factory Mutual will interview June
graduates in 1.E., E.E., M.E., C.E. and
Arch:E. Monday, March 17. „
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. will in•
terview June graduates in -E.E., M.E.,
Ch. E.. Ag.E., Chem., L.M.R. and C & F
Monday,' March. 17.
Radio Corp. of America will interview
graduates •at all levels in Chem. ' Phys.,
M.E., LE.,• C.E., L.A., L.M.R. and. C & F
Monday, March 17.
Sears Roebuck and Co. will . interview
jupe _graduates interested. in a career with
Seari.,,Zonday, March 17. •••
Student Christian Movement. will inter
view June graduates in Phys. Ed., L.A.,
Home Ec., Ed., Soc. and PO. Monday,
March 17.
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