PAGE FOUR Zip BE* Collegian SUCONNIIII q !RE 'ZEE LANCE, mt. Published ruesdny through Saturday mornings melusiv* during the College year by the guff of rim Daily Collegian of The Pennsylvania State College. Entered tut second-class teatter , July 6. 1934. at the State College. "Pa. Poet Office ender the set of March 3. 1879 . Collegian editorials represent the viewpointe of the writ. en. not necessarily the polity of the tewspaper. Uneiirne editorials are by the editor. Mary Krasnansky Editor Ario'es Managing Ed., Ron Roan; 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 Delshinty: Asst. City Ed., Lee Stern; Asst. Sports Eds., Dare Colton. Bob "Waling; Asst. Society Ed., Greta Wearer: Librarian, Joan Kuntz; Exchange Ed.. Paul Beighley: Senitir Bd.. Bud Fenton. STAFF THIS ISSUE Night Editor, Bettie Loux; Copy Editors, Mar shall Donley, Sheldon Smoyer; Assistants, Lu Martin, Barry Fein, Bev Dickinson, Phil , Austin, Marcie MacDonald. Ad Staff: Dick Smith, D a'v e Schultz, Loie Morgans, Frances Crawford. . Joint Buying Plan Needs Cooperation After almost a year of delay, the Fraternity Management Association, the joint buying pro gram of the Interfraternity Council and the Association of Fraternity Counselors, is about to get under way. Under the program which will be attempted by the IFC and the AFC, the joint . buying program will get under way with the buying of potatoes, a staple in the kitchens of • all fraternity houses. The plan is to start out on a small scale with the hope of expanding the program in the future. • The endorsement and support of the plan by the vast majority of fraternities is indicative of the interest among fraternity men in FMA.. This interest, we feel, stems from the continually rising cost of living and the effect of inflation on fraternity house bills. Joint buying by frat ernities will lower costs, so the fraternity man's interest in FMA is basically •an economic one. Full-scale joint buying by fraternities at Ohio State has proved successful for the past 20 years. Joint 'buying on such things as fuel, meats, dairy products, bread, vegetables, as well as many other items, should prove to be the source of great savings by fraternities. And another advantage to accrue from FMA is the establishment of continuity, in' buying procedures and the employment of professionals to do the actual buying. Because a good bit of the buying done by fraternities is done by ama teurs, costs often are higher than they might be. Expert buyers might cut costs much more than most fraternity leaders suspect. The cost of living in a Penn State fraternity Imps not too long ago estimated to be but a few cents higher than that 'of living in the dormitories. We suspect that fraternity house ' bills have increased more than has the cost of living in the dorms since that study was made. And we further suspect that one of the principal causes for this has been that the _ College can benefit from the savings of mass buying. • If fraternities hope to compete with dormi tories on an economic basis, ,a - large part of the answer should lie in a joint . buying plan, to function under FMA. For this reason the' full efforts of IFC and AFC should be turned toward making FMA a full-time working organization. U.S. Should Blast French NATO Lag • During the past several months the smooth operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization has been damaged several times by France's tossing a monkey, wrench into the works. The latest monkey wrench was the French National Assembly's deathblow- to the cabinet of Premier Edgar Faure.- The martyrdom-of .- Faure's cabinet resulted when it staked • life on .raising taxes 15 per cent. .& tax hike is needed to meet France's enlarged defense• costs for NATO. Leading French politician in the execution of Faure's middle-of-the-road cabinet wa,s General Charles De Gaulle. His party, largest single group in the French praliament, joined with Communists and Socialists to vote down Faure's 40-day-old cabinet. • • New Premier Antoine Pinay faces the same major problems which caused .the downfall of Faure's government: an almost empty treasury, the ever-present shadow of De Gaulle, plus the French people's sentiments of neutralism, historic rivalries, and sheer lack of will. Said Deputy Francois Delcos, former chair man of the influential Radical Socialist party: ' "You cannot get a .15 per ,cent fax increase through Parliament. What we have to do •is ask the Americans through the Atlantic Coun cil either to give us 200 billion francs (about $750 million) or aid or cut our contribution to Atlantic Defense." , Logical discussion and debate have failed, to , impress upon France the need for her coopera tion with the other NATO countries.for Western Europe's security against Communist aggression. The next step should be an American threat to cut off aid to France unless she quickly agrees to pay her share to NATO.. Money talks. Edward Shanken Business Mgr: —Julie Ibbolson THE DAILY COLLEGIAN:- STATE CONcr.....,ITGE. PENNSYLVANIA Chapel Fund Should Stay on Campus Now that the special student-faculty com mittee has met to discuss posSible - uses °for the Chapel collection, it has become quite clear that the decision will be made along one of two lines. Either the funds will be allocated to some campus project or they will be given to an other off-campus program similar to the Penn State-in-China venture. We •have. no doubt that in the minds of , the vast' majority of students" the feeling •is strong that the funds should go toward campus pro ject.' Those who think otherwise are fooling themselves. • ; . Six . suggestions for the use of the funds were made at the committee meeting.. Three- were for campus projects, three for off-campus pro grams. Th e three off-campus suggestions included' Allahabad Agricultural Institute, the Christian college for rural life in India; a special agri cUltural mission at Silliman University in the Philippines; and a contribution to the World Student Service Fund for a special 'purpose such as Punjab'Camp College of the University of Delhi. ,The three campus possibilities discussed in cluded the construction of a small meditation chapel, the establishment of an international hotise, an a supplementation of the Chapel - operating funds. While- the three off-campus suggestions ap pear to be worthwhile causes, :the contribution of the Chapel collection—which will total about $6500 this year—would seem to us to be a mere pittance in relation to the huge funds that the United States is now "lending" abroad. Unless we are mistaken, this sum could serve a more useful purpose right here on the Penn State campus. 'Having heard so much about the poor, state' . of Christian•morals and ethics among•the popu lace7-with particular emphasis being placed on the college student—we think that we had bet ter put some time and effort into Christian " izing ourselves before we start working on the rest of the world. For that reason and because Penn State needs a meditation chapel and an even better Chapel program, the funds should stay right here. Charity begins at home. th e expression goes, and , if 'there has ever been a home in • need of some 'self-inflicted charity it is the Penn State campus. We have a lot to do right here before we go about solving problems on a globe-girdling basis. • Cabinet Interest Lies in Polities Thursday night, All-College Cabinet will hear the first reading of a proposal from the Agri culture. Student Council to raise all student fees by ten cents a semester to provide traveling expenses ,fo;r:Ag school judging teams. The pronosal, in itself, is definitely in order. Although all student fees would be raised by the amendment, the students on Ag Hill would be providing the major support as they are already paying 75. cents a semester to underwrite the judging teams. Thus, the Hill students, under provisions of the pro posal, 'would be giving 85 cents a semester and students of the other schools would be paying ten cents. Ag_ School. students pay as much fee money in support of debate team, glee club, and Blue Band traveling expenses as students, for in stance, in the Liberal Arts school. So we really cannot begrudge the money. The judging teams represent Penn State just as do the debate team. So it's not the proposal itself but the, manner in which cabinet will consider the amendment that worries us. It seems that cabinet, as shown by its - actions during the weeks that the recent statistical poll amendment, was on the agenda, is more interested in politicking than in search ing for merits. Some members of both parties' in . cabinet seemed more interested in sh o wing party strength during the last amendment test than in honestly weighing facts pro or con. Votes .Were lined up for or against the poll as sides 'would be chosen for a touch football' game. 'Whether the statistical poll was pertinent was considered by only a few of the cabinet mem bers. Politics has ifs place in student government but not to the extent that politics exclude intelligent investigation of a measure's merits. Perhaps student government can avoid ari otheriexample of petty politicking when the . Ag Council proposal is considered in the en suing weeks. Gazette . Tuesday, March 18 - BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB, 206 Agricul ture Building, 7:30 p.m. CAMPUS CHEST meeting, 304 Old Main, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN business candidates, 1 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. COLLEGIAN business 'staff, 9 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. • COLLEGIAN • promotion staff, 111 Carnegie 'Hall, 7 p.m. • COLLEGIAN scibliomore editorial board, 2 Carnegie Hall, 7 p.m. FROTH PROMOTION staff meeting, Froth office. .6:45 p.m. MARKETING CLUB open meeting with speaker,: Sigma • Chi, 7:30 p.m. —Moylan Mills Lit Vie Mad On Cimpus --*:...(7:--,:5-, r, , .:,----, --e.,-i, , , „•,,,,,<:;;;, .. 1 1 " -- `,," .-- . 11 A04 , 7-, - -7 , - ---,- ' ! c , .. 0,4 ..,,,,:-." ~,,. , • (,•,,, • , ',:V; >).---',-, //' ' '?../ 4 /2..0 • ..,„ :7 ., / ,5%;,:s / _ ;f % 9. 0 . #A . /f/a %! •. .. •V i ..~:,~.. "You'ip enrolling in 'a school where we demand students be of "sound physical and Mental health, of unblem - shed Character, good speakers,' of 'sound judgment and leadership welcome to the profession, Mr. Keller." Fundamental Issues The, story' of the Dutch boy who Stuck his finger in a hole in a dike to prevent erosion of the wall sums ,up the situation in the world today. ThiS . time the .wall is _an imagiriery - barrier erected between the . Soviet and the West. And ,instedd of'holding back the sea, this wall is meant to resist ' the rushing, turbulent 'stream of communism. . • 'After the initial surge of communism , had inundated what •are now the satellite nations in Europe and Red " China, the wall was hastily reinforced. Plans for a European defense alliance plugged one of the leaks. The Korean police action strengthened ' the shaky barrier •on its eastern flank. But, it logically follows that the West will run t out of fingers, and then what? • Last week,'Congressmen eyed the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill and expressed mild dis approVal. For one,- there was Senator Tom Connally, chair man of the foreign relations committee, who said that the United States couldn't keep giv ing such large sums of money to foreign countries. However, 'there seems to be - no other, way to keep the dike in repair. In Europe .the defective eco nomics of England and France need constant bolstering. Re armament and defense programs consume large-chunks of the na tional budget:From it the - French cabinet fell and because of the collapse U.S. C6ngressmen heaped bitter - criticisms on — France. Threats to cut off aid to. the French nation unless she assumed her obligations to the 'West de fense program filled the air. But the burden of building a strong dike will continue to rest heavily Gazette ... COLLEGE PLACEMENT J. C. Penny Co. ' will interview non technical June-graduates interested in' re tailing Thursday, March 27. Koppers Co., Chemical Division will in terview June graduates in Ch.B., M.E., and Chem. Wed nesday,. March 26. They will 'also interview • juniors in M.E. and Ch.E. Standard Oil of Indiana will interview June graduates in and C.E. Wednes day, March 26. Allis 'Chalmers Manufacturing Co. will interview graduates at all levels in M.E., E.E., Metal., Min., Chem.. C.E., Ger:and 'Phys. Thursday,. March 27. Pennsylvaria ;Glass Sand Corp. will in terview June graduales in C&F, L&L, and Cer. Thursday, Maich .27. • • Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing • Co. will- interview June; graduates in Ch.E. Thursday. March 27. - Shell Oil Co. (Manufacturing Dept.) will interview graduates at all- levels , in Chem: and Ch.B. and B:S. M.S....candidates in M.E. -Thursday, March 27. WestacoChemical Division will inter view graduates .at all levels -in Chem. and Ch.E. 'Wednesday,' March 26. ' Camp 'Conrad Weiser, Reading, Pa. will interview at 9:.,o z rn. tod. aY. Carter.OU'Co."vidU WwwWww' 1 11):E,SpAY; •:MARCH: 13, sI93Z Sc M c p .F C) EDLIC. AT 10 By LEN KOLASINSKI on. the shoulders of the American people. As for the finger that has Plug ged the leak in the Far East, there were indications that Washington would offer the North Koreans• ah ultimatum. - Cautious speculation suggested that UN truce negoti ators were ready to give the com munists a final list of proposals for a settlement of the war. This is to test the enemy's .willingness to arrange an armistice. There was no hint that a rejection of the proposals would bring •an 'all-out UN offensive, but it was supposed that the talks would end. That policy seems completely negative. The .UN would leave a stalemated truce to return to a stagnated war. And squeezed be tween an indecisive United .Na tions Command and a 'stubborn communist invader, a few :hund red thousand UN - troops wait hopefully for rotation, • - Eight long months. have passed since the talks' started in Korea. Nothing has been solved and it seems reasonable to assume: that further conver sations- will not be rewarding. The decision for a vigor' o us policy in Korea is a grave but necessary one. It must be made soon. at all levels in P.N.G., Ch.B.: M.S. can didates in Geology ; and Ph. D.. candidates only in Phys., E.E. and M.E. Monday, March 31. Dupont will interview June' graduates in A&L, Acct. and , 'L.M.R. Mandiiy; March 31. • .'Equitable • Gas Co. will interview June graduates in M.E., Ch.E. and E.E. Thurs day, March 27.. Draft status is unimportant. • Glidden Co. will interview June, grad uates in Ch.E., Com, and Acct. Fri day, 'March '2B. Jones and.. Laughlin Steel Corp. will interview June graduates •in M.E.,- Ch.B., E.E., Chem., Phys., Metal., A&L and Coin. Monday, March 31. ...Koppers. Co. General offices will inter view June graduates in M.E. and C.E. for their Eng. dept. i'.Ch.E., M.E. •and Metal. for operating dept. ; Ch. E.. and B.S. and Ph.D. Chem. for 'research dent. ; and Chem., Ch.E. ' LEP 'and M.S. Econ and Mkt; for sales Monday, March 31. • Koppers Co., Metal div. will interview June graduates in. M.E., C.E., LE., and E.E. Monday, March 31. ' Koppers Co., Tary • Products 'Div. will interview , June graduates in Ch.E., Min. E., and M.E. M:anday; , March 31. . Owens Corning Fiberglass Corp. will in. terview June graduates in Ch.E., Areb.E.. C.E., 8.E.., LE., Chem., Corn:Ch.. Sei.; _Acct., and:LCer. MIME By [pier ' , V -7--
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