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Published rues:lay Omagh Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of the Daily Collegian
of nit Pennsylvania State College.
►Entered as • seeong-elasa natter July 6, •1134, at tke State
College. Pa. Post Offloe ander the • aet of liar& '3. '1879.
Collegian editorials represent tke viewpoints of tke writ.
en. not necessarily tke volley of tbie aewspaper. Cosigner'
editorials are by the editor.
Mary Krasnansky Edward Shanken
Editor *C6 4 °' Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Jake Highton; Copy editors:
Nancy Luetzel, LaVonne Althouse; Assistants:
Chiz Mathias, Sally Sapper, Barry Fein, Mary
Lee Lauffer, Joan Shierson.
Advertising Staff: Frank Kelly, Lou Koida
nov, Judy Conrad, and Cordell •Murtha.
Senate Act Causes
Student Indignation
Penn State's wrestling team left for Colorado
yesterday, afternoon with its chances for a na
tional championship remaining hepe in State
College in the person of Jerry Maurey.
Maurey, runner-up in the East in the 137-
pound class, will not compete in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association's tournament
because of a ruling by the Senate committee
on athletics which limits entrants in national
competition to those who have won Eastern
titles.
' We make no prediction that Penn State would
win the title were Maurey entered, but what
ever chances the Lions did have of copping the
crown were 'eliminated by the ruling.
Nor is this the only, or principal reason why
we believe that the ruling is not in the best
interests of Penn State athletics.
We take issue with the Senate committee's
contention that a major factor in its. decision
limiting NCAA entrants to Eastern champions
this year was the distance from State College
of the wrestling, boxing, and gymnastic tourna
ments.
We contend that distance should not be a
criteria, for if we do accept a new basis for
athletic competence: the eligibility of an ath
lete to compete in the national tournaments is
directly proportional to the disfance of the
tournament from State College. As the distance
decreases, his ability increases and vice versa.
We think that the criteria should be the ath
lete's ability to meet the rugged national com
petition, and whether scholastically he will be
able to weather the absence from school. We
contend that the coaches, the graduate manager
of athletics and the dean of the School of Phy
sical Education and Athletics are capable of
making these decisions, subject to the approval
of the Senate committee.
Instead the Senate committee has taken the
decision completely out of the hands of the
athletic staff. We contend that the interests of
the College would best be served if these deci
sions were made by the athletic staff and the
Senate committee working in harmony.
The . basic unjustness of the decision has
aroused student opinion \to a pitch we have
not seen equalled in three years on campus.
Students don't like it and they are saying so
to anybody who will lend an ear. Action
against the rule by the Liberal Arts Student
Council and the Interfraternity Council Wed
nesday night was an honest-to-goodness grass
roots movement.
The action by , these two groups typifies stu
dent thinking on the subject. And we would
not be surprised if the lead of these two groups
was followed by other student organizations.
;We think the student body will not be satis
fied until the rule is changed and a more prac
tical and reasonable criterion is established by
which Penn State shall determine those - athletes
who are to represent it in national competition.
Customs Program
Shows Good Will
After months of discussion, the proposed•joint
customs plan presented to All-College Cabinet
last week appears to be on the way toward ap
proval. The plan in itself should make customs
function much smoother in the fut u r e and
should eliminate some of the conflict which has
resulted between women and men student lead
ers over the customs program.
When the joint customs plan was first pre
sented, the viewpoints of the men and women
appeared to be so far apart that it would
have been folly to hope for an agreement.
But both sides were willing to yield. The plan
presented to cabinet last week is the result
of compromise.
The ability of the two groups to get together,
iron out differences to the satisfaction of both
sides, and accomplish something "For a _Better
Penn State" has been shown to be - a goal
which can be reached. That they can cooperate
was evidenced when the Interfraternity Council
and Panhellenic Council came to agreement on
terms for the IFC-Panhel ball after lengthy
discussions. The cooperation over customs is
further indication of a willingness to work to
gether.
We hope that these incidents are a sign that
the hatchet is being buried by the men and
women of Penn State student government.
With the hatchet buried or converted into a
hammer, a stronger home for student govern
ment' would be in the making.
/ THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEG E , PENNSYLVANIA
Free College Press
Must Remain Alive
The cry of educators that a college education
should attempt to instill in students the values
of a democratic society sounds like a voice in
an echo chamber against• the light of some in
teresting facts gathered in the Journalism Quar
terly.
Making a survey of the status of college
publications, the Quarterly discovered that
85 per cent of the colleges - without journalism ,
'departments closely supervised their news
papers and that 68 per cent of. the college
press with schools or departments of journ
alism supervised the student publications.
So it appears that while educators talk about
implanting democratic ideals in students, they
play another game. Apparently democracy is a
nice word, but when it comes to applying it to
college journalism it' is only a word, and noth
ing more.
Freedom of the press is one of the cherished
ideals of a democratic state. It is protected by
the first and fourteenth articles in the United
States Constitution and by clauses in the con
stitutions of every state in the nation. Through
an oversight, however, nobody has thought it
necessary to proteqt the freedoms of college
editors.
Aside from exercising a healthy influence on
campus affairs and attempting to voice the
opinions of the student body, the free - student
publication which operates without faculty and/
or administration control serves a valuable pur
pose in our society.
The free college newspaper demonstrates to
the student journalist the value of freedom of
the press. Freedom of the press becomes dear
to those who have once tasted its sweet vapors,
and the student journalist weaned, nurtured,
and raised on these vapors will fight like the
devil before he yields that freedom. The burn
ing passion for freedom once fostered in col
lege, will not be quenched in later years.
Raise ) the journalist in a fettered tress, how
ever, and that will be the procedure he will
accept as the norm.
Journalism needs men who believe in a free
press and who are willing to fight for a free
press. Freedom of the press, however, is not a
private commodity, owned by editors and pub
lishers. Thpy are merely its custodians.
The public has the biggest stake in freedom
of the press, for freedom of the press is un
like any of the other freedoms we enjoy, in
that it fosters and protects 'all the rest. And
the public also 'has a stake in freedom of press
on the campus.
No less a source than Editor and Publisher,
the bible of the newspaper business, has warned
newspapermen, to look to. the colleges for evi
dence of the ext generation's= our genera
tion's, that is—outlook on freedom of the press.
We think that newspapermen who do look to
the colleges for an indication of our generation's
regard for freedom of the press will be shocked.
We find it difficult to understand hoiv the
respectable college journalist can work on a
newspaper for which he is not responsible, a
newspaper which is censored. And yet such is
the case in the vast majority of colleges.
We on the Daily Collegian operate this
newspaper as a student publication, for which
we are responsible. We have complete free
dom over the editorial content of the Daily
Collegian, and with that freedom we assume
complete responsibility for what appears in
the columns of the Daily Collegian.
We cherish,that freedom and are awed by that
responsibility, for we know that if we should
abuse that freedom we would stand in danger
of losing it and our jobs. And that is how it
should be, for we would face the same dangers
were we working for the New York Times.
Safety Valve
Ag Fee Proposal Will Lead
To More Fees on Students
TO THE EDITOR: Congratulations to the En
gineering Council for its realistic thinking about
the proposed raise in fees. It appears as if every
one wants to get into the act. If we approve the
proposed raise in feeg for the ag school judging
team, it seems just as logical that the ;engi
neering field trips should be financed by assess
ments of the entire student body too. Then fep
resentatives to the student government confer
ences will be justified in requesting financial
aid. Next the ri4l.ing team. And Penn State al
ready has fees higher than most state-run col
leges.
But neither of the political parties will vote
against the proposal, because it is too near the
All-College elections. Good timing on the part
of the Ag Council.
—Barbara Frapkenfield
. (Ed. ifotenqiss•Frankenfield ignores the ob
vious: the engineering field trips are required
for graduation and are part of the engineering
curriculum, nor do the men represent Penn
State in intercollegiate competition. The judg
ing teams are an extra-curricular activity,
and are on a voluntary basis.
Surprise! The expenses of student goVern
ment representatives who go to conferences
are paid from All-College Cabinet funds.)
Loyalty is the greatest good• in the human
heart.—Latin Proverb
They are never alone that are accompanied
with noble thoughts.—Sidney
He that has patience may compass anything
—Rabelais
Little Man 'On
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"Dear Dad—This probably will come as a surprise to you—
writing another check for more books—you must think I
have quite a library by now, and the costs of books seems ...
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W. Europe
Economic
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
The need for a common front in Western Europe against Com
munist aggression is now extending its pressure to the supply of
basic human needs which, before the days of "total war" were not
considered directly a part of military defense.
Secretary Acheson was not overlooking this when he referred
yesterday merely to the "political and military" organization of
Western Europe in connection I
with Allied-Russian negotiations
over Germany. Economics is now
as much a part of defense as of
politics.
With the first beginning in
Benelux, a customs union initiated
soon after the 'war by'Belgium,
The Netherlands an d Luxem
bourg, and then _
with France be
coming the cen
ter on a broader
c a 1 e, economic
cooperation_ h a s
become a prime
-
goal. It has been
spurred,by U.S.
demands in con
nection with the
Marshall Plan.
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Firs't came
more customs unions, such as the
highly tentative o n e between
France and Italy. Then the Schu
man Plan, by which France found
means of cooperation , with Ger
many for the general benefit
without constantly having to fear
German coal and steel produc
tion as the basis of German mili
tarism.
Next was the Pleven Plan for
an international army, which
seemed at first a wild dream by
which France might have been
seeking to .avoid the rearming of
Germany, but which now is ex
pected to become an almost in
conceivable reality.
The countries b,e g a n to do
something, through the ECA pool,
about convertibility of currencies.
But in the effort to establish a
Gazette •
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COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Lukens Steel Co. will interview June
graduates in Metal., M.E. and I.E. Friday,
April 4.
Procter and Gamble Distributing Co.
wilt interview June graduates in Corn. and
A&L interested in sales ,Friday, April 4.
General Steel Castings Corp. will inter
view June , graduates in 'Metallurgy Mon
day. April 7.
•Glenn L. Martin .Co. will interview
graduates at all levels in Aero.E., ,M.E.,
LE., and C.E. Monday, April 7.
North American Aviation Inc. Aero
physics, Electro-Mechanical and Atomic
Energy Research Div. will interview June
'graduates in Phys.,C.E., M.E., E.E., Aero.
E. and C.E. Monay, April 7.
North American Aviation Inc.; Columbus
Div. will interview June graduates in M.E.,
E.E.,..and• Motiday. April 7.
THURSDAY, MARCH- 27; 195:4.
Campus
Needs
Unity
common market in Europe, in
dustrial products were the chief
concern:
- Now the representatives of 16
nations are Meeting in Paris to
study ways and means of estab
lishing a common market for
farm products and at the same
time to increase production.
The idea is for another supra
national control body kin to the
European defense community and
the Schuman Plan.
It is admittedly a long-term
project. The Benelux countries
still have a long way to go after
six years of effort on their com
paratively simple customs union.
But the idea is another revolu
tionary step toward, something—
European federation—which un
der Russiah pressure has, sudden
ly been metamorphosed from an
impractical dream into a goal for
practical men. .
The nations propose to turn
over large sections 'of their na
tional budgets to international
control for military purposes.
Basic national resources, coal
and steel, are to pass under in
ternational, supranational, con
trol. Men are to pass out of
national armies into an inter
national army.
And now food.
If these separate supranational
agencies work, the day when one
central supranational agency—a
federal government—will. cover
the rest of the field can hardly
seem so far off.
North American Aviation Inc. Engineer
ing Div. will interview June graduates in
M.E., E.E., C.E., Aero.E. and Arch.E.
Monday. April 7.
Philadelphia Electric Co. will interview
June graduates in E.E., M.E., C.E.,
and Phys. Monday, April 7.
Westinghouse Airbrake Co. will inter
view June graduates iin M.E. Monday,
April 7..
Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. will 'inter
view June graduates in Min..E., M.E.,
1.E., C.E., and Ch.E. Thursday, April 3.
Philco Corp. will interview graduates at
the B.S. and M.S. levels in M.E. and E.E.
Thursday, April 3. _ _
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Room and board for man with car.
Married couple without children for per•
nianent summer job near State College. .
Men interested in working for meals.
Night guard and handyman for perman•
ent job in Boalsburg. '
Person to do ealeulating• for laboratory.
By Bibler