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--