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ate Elatill Collegian
Successor to THE FREE LANCE, eat. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian
of The Pennsylvania State• College.
Entered as second-Class matter July 5, 1934, at the State
College, Pa., Post Office under, the act of Msirch 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint of the
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor. . .
':Dave Pellnitz '
Franklin Kelly
- Editor Business MgY.
Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie: City Ed., Dave Jones:
_Sports Ed.. lake Dighton; Copy Ed.. Bettie Loux; Edit
Dlr., Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson; Soc. Ed.
Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports . Ed., Ted Selena; Asst.
-Soc. Ed., LaVonne Aithouse: Feature Ed.. Julie Ibbotson ;
Librarian, Dot Bennett; Exchange Ed., Nancy Luetzel.
Asst. Bus. Mgr., Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr..
Phyllis Ralson; National Adv. Mgr., Alison- Morley; Circu
lation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel
Mgr., Elizabeth Ague rv; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Marion Morgan,
• Therese Moslak: Classified Adv. Mgr., Elefinor Kazis: Office
Mgr., Mnry Ann Wertman; Secretary, Patricia Shaffer:
Senior Board, Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce, Barbara, Potts.
Betty Richardson, and Elizabeth Widman.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
'Night Editor: Marshall Donley; Copy Editors:
"Bob Landis, Chiz Mathias, and Dick McDowell;
: .Assistants: Phil Austin, Leonard Goodman,
'"Barry Fein; and Dave Hyman.
Ad Staff: Dick Smith, Dave Schultz, and
`Frances Crawford.
Gift Nondisclosure
Nothing But Stupid
Just what the senior class gift committee' is
trying to prove by not releasing the results of
the lloting for the gift is beyond us, and be
yond any number of students we've talked to
concerning - the matter f
The policy of refusing to name the gift is
without reason and basis. The President's of
fice has stated there is no legitimate reason
for withholding the informat! on. Even the
. chairman of the gift committee himself has
said that there is no Valid reason for hig.stand
- on the matter. But still the news has not been
released.
Perhaps the committee is getting some •kind
of sadistic enjoyment in knowing what the gift
:IS, • but • in not letting anyone else know. Or, as
a-•good many people may think, is the committee
trying to hide the results for some ulterior pur
pose?
Members of the committee say they want
the gift announcement to come as, a surprise
when the gift is revealed at the Class Night
exercises. In addition, they maintain that the '
gift balloting is strictly a class function and
of no interest to others at the College.
When asked if they thought the student body
was entitled to know what gift had been chosen,
members of the committee said it was not im
portant. Only the seniors are directly concerned.
they claimed, and they would find out at Class
Night.
• We wonder where the alleged intelligence
of college seniors could possibly be to make
statements like this. Surely even the senior
Class gift committee must realize the great
amount of student interest which has been
- "milt up over the gift' announcement.
- The statement that the result of the gift bal
loting is of no interest to others at the College
•cati be called nothing else but stupid. It is quite
likely that the other students on campus are
-even more interested than the seniors, - since
'they are the ones who will be benefiting most
by the choice.
The Daily Collegian has tried 'to fulfill its
duty to the students by attempting to obtain
the results of the balloting. Daily attempts
have been made since the voting ended; but
•these attempts have met with no success.
This is the last issue of the Collegian until
next fall, and it appears that the majority of
-students will have to wait until then to find
out what the class of 1952 has given to the
College. •
- • We hope the senior class gift committee is
happy with its stubborn stand.
Fingers Crossed
Over Loyalty Bill
No matter, what title is used —Pechan Bill,
Senate Bill '27, or: Loyalty Olth Bill— profes
.ldfs and other employes of the College are
discovering that this controversial legislation
implies much more than any of the preceding
titles suggest.
On Dec. 22 Gov. John Fine signed the bill,
which provided that all 'public-school teachers
and public employes as a condition of their
employment must sign a loyalty oath to the
state and country.
Although the legislation was introdUced as
Senate Bill 27 by Sen. Albert R. Pechan, Ford
City dentist, it is now inappropriate to call it
either the Pechan Bill or Senate Bill 27. The
proposed legislation was completely rewritten
in the , House of Representatives, with the
original bill stricken out except for several
• definitions. It grew from 4 to 32 pages.
Nor could it be properly termed the Loyalty
Oath Bill. It contained much besides the loyalty
oath.
The first effective protest came from colleges
and universities. A private hearing was held by
the presidents of the University of Pennsyl
vania, University of Pittsburgh, Temple Uni-
THE DAILY 'COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE; PENNSYLVANIA
versity, and the Pennsylvania State College.
As a result the Bill was amended to exclude
college" and university teachers from the oath.
In substitution the presidents were to make
an annual report on behalf of the colleges and
universities to the Governor and the legisla- '
ture. The report was to "set forth what pro
cedures the institution has adopted to de
termine whether 'it has reason to believe that
any subversive persons are in its. gmploy and
what steps if any have been taken to term
inate such employment."
The College is now in the process of com
plying with this 1a w . Through department
heads it will certify its -faculty and non-faculty
members before Sept. 1 by either of three pro
cedures. The individual must follow one of
these procedures: fill out a questionnaire; take
the loyalty oath; or produce evidence that he
or she has already been cleared by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, ...or the military intel
igence.
Reaction—favorable, neutral, and unfavor
able—is beginning to appear. But it will only
start to jell in the coming months. And the
College is crossing its fingers that it will like
the shape of things to come.
Watch the New's
During the Summer
Keep your eyes and ears open this summer
for possible momentous news on both the home
and foreign scene. Events this summer may
well, decide the course of news for many sum
mers to come, while the issues will no doubt
range from war and politics to sportg and tele
vision. Nevertheless, don't fall behind world
happenings on your summer vacation; be
aware of what's going on.
On the home front, of course, the news
should center in Chicago; where both major
parties will be selecting their respective
"chips" of the presidential "timber." "Ike"
and Taft .will probably assume the spotlight
in the Republican race with possible "dark
'horses" in Warren and Stassen.
The Democratic convention will probably be
the most heated, with southern Democrats
threatening to bolt the party again if FEPC
is stressed. Russell, however, their spokesman
and presidential hopeful, has declared his in
tention of staying in the party. Yet, no candi
date is expected to win an easy nomination.
With Truman vowing to camPaign for the
Fair Deal, a Fair Deal which would include
FEPC, and with further rumors that the Dixie
crats may even join forces with the Republi
cans, predictions concerning th e Democratic
convention are becoming more and more diffi
cult to make.
Look for further stirrings concerning Rus
sian strategy in Germany this summer in
addition to Korean news. The situation pre
cipitated as a result, of a proposed plan for
German unification ha s become unusually
tense. East Germany has massed an army,
and has even threatened another Korea if
West Germany should unite its forces with
those of Western Europe.
Watch for rulings by the Supreme Court,
with. regard to the "inherent" powers claimed
by President Truman in his seizure of the steel
industry. Keep posted on new national issues
and even the • affairs of your immediate com
munity.
As a college man or women, be also the well
informed citizen.
Flashcard System
Will Add Color
At long last it appears that Penn State may
soon join the many schools which employ, flash
card systems at its football games. With regis
tration now going on for the preferential seating
section, a successful system seem's near to be
coming a reality.
Previous attempts to establish a flashcard
system have• had disappointing results, chiefly
because of an unwillingness •on the part of
students to cooperate with the cheerleaders
in putting the system across. The current plan
hopes to remedy the situation by ghring stu
dents who have a desire to cooperate a chance
to do so. ,As an added incentive, good seats
have been chosen for the section. •
Since the section to be used for the prefer
ential seating arrangement commandeers a sec
tion normally set aside for seniors, seniors will
be given the first chance at the seats. If not
enough seniors sign up, juniors, then sopho
mores will be given an opportunity to take part
in the program.
Plans are being made to allow groups of stu
dents to sit together if they so desire, and a
plan is being devised whereby students who do
not cooperate in the use of flashcards will
have their special AA books 'exchanged for
regular ones. Under the present plans, the spe
cial passbooks will be issued next fall.
A successful flashcard system can do much
to add color and spirit to Penn State's home
football games. The system has worked suc
cessfully g at other colleges and universities.
There is no good reason why it can't work at
Penn State as well.
"Men, such as they are, very naturally seek
money or power; and power because it is as
good as money"—R. W. Emerson
"Prokress needs the brakeman, but the brake
man should not spend' .11 his time putting on
the biakes"—Elbert Hubbard
—Julie Ilibotson
Leonard Goodman
Little Man On
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Spices
of 'Life
By GINGER OPOCZENI
When you reach out sleepily for your Daily Collegian every
morning, do you ever wonder how it g6t there? Believe us, some
times the staff wonder's too.
The whole thing begins with the advertising staff soliciting
advertisements and setting them up on the eight available pages.
(Today's 16 page issue is, of course, not the usual thing.) The space
left is for news, and the process
which the filling of this part in
volves is most fascinating.
The magic hour is 4 p.m., for
that's when the editorial staff
swings into action and the real
fun begins.
A vigil to the Daily Collegian
office at that time will reveal
the steady &One of some 20
typewriters to p , pe d by the
voices of up to 50 people writ
ing stories and headlines, call
ing on one of the five phones
for news information, and copy
reading both local and wire
news.
Including all departments—
sports, society, news, wire, and
editorial page the sta f f fills
about 400 inches of space daily.
That's a lot of copy to write,
copyread, write heads for, and
reread on proof. In addition,
though you may sometimes doubt
it, every name appearing in the
paper is checked with the stu
dent directory.
News stories are assigned by
the news editor, and sports and
society editors. Editorials may be
written by, any member of the
staff wishing to do so, and col
umns, like this, are written by
senior boarders. Sports and society
editors do all reading and make
up for their individual pages, and
'these same functions are carried
out by junior boarders for the
remainder• of the news.
The Daily Collegian, like any
newspaper, is plagued by many
mistakes, some of which it •is
'responsible for. But:it, like any -
other paper, makes repeated at
tempts to cut down on them.
Every story is read first by
the copyreader, then , by the
copy editor. After the story is
sent to the Centre Daily Times
print shop, it is set up on proof
and read two more times by
staff members. A fifth check
of the stories is made when' a
mat is pressed foi the final
stage, the rolling of the presses.
Now the junior boarder acting
as night editor "makes-up" the
pages as they will appear the
next day. From the measurements
he has listed of the size each
story should be, he made up a
miniature outline, locating all
stories in, a neat little space. The
stories are never, exactly the
same size they were supposed to
be, and the night editor must
rearrange stories, cut other's, and
Campus
Worthal, the dean will see you now."
add - filler to fill in the empty
spaces.
-Some nights everything runs
short, and a panicky. feeling
clutches at your .hedrt \ When you
think of .the, possibility. of a big
white space in the middle_ of a
page. But something always turns
up, and the paper is filled.
• The one o'clock permissions all
women acting as'night editor are
granted usually interrupt the op
eration about here, and the men
on issue that night carry on un
til the wee hours of the morning.
But through the gracious con
sent of the Dean of - Women, we
were allowed to stay one' morn
ing until the bitter end. We had
to work very hard to keep our
eyes propped open and to keep
from slinking into a chair and
falling asleep, but we, lasted 'till
the first papers came off the
presses.
It was about 3 a.m. But at
this point, another staff. circu
lation, goes into action. All male
candidates for. this sta f f go
through a period in which they
wake up in the middle of the
night to picks up the newly
printed Collegians and carry
them to the many distribution
points. One of those places is
the one from which you just
picked up this copy.
Dean to Select 6
For Dorm Posts
Ten students have been chosen
for interviews to determine who
will fill the six assistant dormi
tory counselor positions for next
year according to' Frank J.
Simes director of resident coun
seling.
These students will be called
to the Dean' of Men's office, 109
Old Main, for interviews this
week. The men will be selected
before the end of the week.
Half of the six assistant coun
selofs will live in McKee Hall and
the other half in three of the Nit
tany Dorms. Each group will be
under the supervision of a grad
uate counselor.
The Dismal Swamp is a lonely
morass of almost unbroken 'wil
derness .standing. in the' center of
the eastern seaboard of the Upit
ed States. /
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1952
By Bibler