.FOUR atm i3attg Collegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive during the College year by the staff of The Daily Collegian of The P , mnsylvania State College. Entered as 'second-class matter July 5, 1934, at the State College. Pa.. Post Office under the act of March 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 S. Kelly Editor 4133Ps' Business Mgr. Managing Ed., Andy McNeillie; City Ed., Dave Jones: Sports Ed.. Jake Dighton; Copy Ed., Bettie Loux; Edit. Dir.. Jim Gromiller; Wire Ed.. Chuck Henderson: Soe. Ed., Ginger Opoczenski; Asst. Sports Ed., Ted Soens: Asst. Soc. Ed., LaVonne Althouse; Feature Ed., Julia Ibbotson: Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Nancy LuetxeL STAFF THIS ISSUE Night editor: Chuck Obertance; Copy editors: Lix Newell, Lynn Kahanowitz; Assistants: By ron Fielding, Ed Reiss, Peggy McClain, Bob Dunn, and Nancy Fortna. Vacation Suggestion Should Be Approved Just one of the facets of student government at Penn State was displayed Thursday night when All-College Cabinet took action on a proposal to change the lengths of the Thanks giving and Christmas holidays. The mere fact that student government can handle such mat ters should clearly point out the importance of campus political campaigns such as the one now being ,conducted. Following a good deal of discussion All-Col lege Cabinet finally passed, unanimously, a recommendation that the Thanksgiving vaca tion be lengthened by adding the Monday and Tuesday morning before the holiday to the vacation period. In order to compensate for these days. cabinet suggested that classes begin after the Christmas' vacation at 8 a.m. Monday. Jan. 5, rather than at 1:10 p.m. Tuesday as origi nally scheduled. There are many obvious benefits to the pro posal.' First of all, the additional days will make the Thanksgiving vacation long enough to make going home worthwhile for those students who live long distances from the College. It will, of course, be especially bene ficial to those students living in the Pitts burgh area, as it will eliminate the long trip back to State College follow! a T the Penn State-Pitt game Nov. 22. The proposal should also do away with a great deal of class cut ting, since most students living in the western portion of the state would see little use in returning for the few classes they might have during the one and a half days. Not to be overlooked either, is the fact that the proposal will actually add a day and a half to the student's holiday by giving him an extra weekend at home. As for the Christmas vacation, the day and a half there should not really be missed. The vacation period will still be two weeks long, and students will still have several days to recover from New Year's Eve before starting back to school. The Council of Administration should also consider approval of cabinet's pro posal from the point of view that cutting of classes will be reduced by its passage. There seems to be no good reason why the proposal should not be acted upon fav orably by the Council of Administration. The State law requiring 15 hours of classes for each credit will still be met since the same classes are affected in_each case. The Coun c 11 of Administration will meet Monday morning. There are no apparent flaws in the proposal, the points in favor of the plan are many. We feel sure the council will accede to the request. Saturday Holiday Another proposal in a similar vein was also approved by All-College Cabinet at its Thurs day meeting. This plan asked that the Saturday morning of the Penn State-Pitt game Nov. 22 be declared a student holiday, providing the football team wins its bouts with Syracuse and Rutgers. Unlike the proposal just discussed, the Sat urday holiday suggestion would be more or less of a gift on the part of the Council of Administration—but it is a gift which should be seriously considered. It must be admitted that the football holi day has already been given, but the granting of another would be a fine recognition of this year's outstanding football team. The chief obstacle to the approval of the plan will undoubtedly be the same State law men tioned above—the one which requires that 15 class hours be held for each course credit given. Just how this obstacle could be overcome is a difficult problem. One solution might be for the class hours to be made up some evening. Some professors have already offered to do this. On the other hand, there are some professors who have purposely scheduled bluebooks for that Satur day morning so that students could not cut the classes. If the council should feel it necessary to turn down cabinet's request for the Saturday holiday, we urge that it do it in such a way as to give the individual professors some leeway. There are certainly many who are considerate enough to make other arrange ments if the majority of their classes asks them to. 'rat DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CX7l,l_,Exaz., txaxrh. zLs It n/-11-x `Who's in News' Has Great Value This is the seventh year of publication of "Who's in the News at Penn State." The publication was founded by the late Ar thur R. Warnock, dean of men emeritus, to rec ognize outstanding men and women on Penn State's campus. Dean Warnock opposed the publication 'Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities" be cause of its limited scope. The dean contended that only a few of the deserving students at the College could receive recognition in it. Therefore, he supported the founding of "Who's in the News at Penn State." Biographies of students who, in the judgment of the selections committee, deserve recognition for their qualities of leadership, their activities, their scholarship, and their service to the Col lege are contained in the yearly publication. The selections committee includes ten of the outstanding leaders of the College. These people, we feel, are the most qualified to make fair and impartial selections. . In order that no one school of the College would be left out the eight student council presidents were chosen for the committee. All- College President John Laubach was chosen because of his prominent contacts in all ,stu dent affairs. Daily Collegian Editor David Pellnitz was chosen because of his all-around knowledge of campus activities. All in all, we feel this year's selections com mittee is indisputably the best in the history of the publication. "Who's in the News" also has great promo tional value. Copies will be sent to colleges and universities throughout. Pennsylvania, some schools in other parts of the nation, and the leading newspapers of the state. In addition, the offices and departments of the college will receive copies. A. H. Imhof, assistant in agricultural journalism, uses the publication for biographical sketches of students when prospective employers inquire. Other, of fices use the biographical sketches in a similar manner. Students chosen to be included in this year's edition have received application blanks by mal. Most realize the definite ad vantage of being included in the publication, but each year there are a few who overlook remitting their applications until the deadline has passed. This year applications must be returned by Nov. 18. "Who's in the News" is a definite asset to the College and to the students. It deserves student support. Safety Valve Column Logic Challenged TO THE EDITOR: The logic of "The Way You See It" concerning the debt President Tru man is leaving at Eisenhower's door is, let us say, interesting. Your statement that the President-elect must find in his own treasury the means of paying off the $77 billion owed by the govern ment for defense orders is probably true (I am no expert in these matters; I rely on your statement). These government contracts, how ever, and the size of them in dollars, were authorized not by Mr. Truman but—and quite constitutionally—by Congress. It is a not very disguised fact that the Congress has been controlled for the last four years by a coali t! on of Mi. Eisenhower's party and`Southern Democrats. One of the lesser extravagances (which you were good enough to hint at) of this "charge account" the scoundrelous Harry has foisted on his successor involves .the weapons already earmarked for NATO, and at Eisenhower's own grim insistence no more than six months ago. I do not think that the godfather of NATO would like my calling them extravagances or your calling them Truman's "last laugh" at his expense. Nevertheless, Mr. Eisenhower is "saddled" with a debt and expenses that may necessitate a tax increase, let alone a tax cut, and he has promised a tax cut. Why did Mr. Eisenhower promise a tax cut? Either (1) the Republican candidate for President did not know certain facts concerning the operations of our govern ment, or (2) he ignored these facts and made promises he knew he could not keep. The campaign is over. I suggest that the edi tor take cognizance of the fact and find it no longer necessary to fill his pages with cam paign literature. •Ed. note: Both the Republican and Demo cratic platforms called for tax cuts when pos sible. The Republican platform says, "We ad vocate . . . reduction of expenditures by the elimination of waste and extravagance so that the budget will be balanced and a general tax reduction can be made." The Democrats state they will hold firm to policies consistent with "sound financing" and f a v o r tax reduction when defense requirements permit. "It is because nations tend to stupidness and baseness that mankind moves So slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all."—George Gissing "A married philosopher belongs to comedy." —Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche "Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."—George Chapman —Chuck Henderson —Name withheld ittle Man on Campus pipiivitrukt ccheiwyez4 . 2.5:40 PZ:lrAioT B7;° 2 CONCERN/N6 COLL,47 hY,040.44 /5 i - ,