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Mirk Batty Collegian
Satoomor to TEZ FRES LANCE, art. HU
' Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
daring the College year by the staff of The Dully Voiles - ism
et The P«ansylvania State College.
grained as second-els:a matter July 6, 1934. at the State
Celleee. Pa, Post Office ander the amt of March 3. 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint at the
writenk not necessarily the policy of Use newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dave Pellniti Franklin S. Kelly
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Phyllis Kalson; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circu
lation Co-Mars, Gretchen Henry. Kenneth Wolfe; Personnel
Mgr., Elisabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mars., Marion Morgan,
Therese Moslak; Classified Adv. Mgr., Eleanor Mazis; Office
Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Secretary, Patricia Shaffer;
,Senior Board, Nancy Marcinek, Ruth Pierce. Barbara Potts.
Betty Richardson and Elizabeth Widman.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: George Bairey; Copy editors:
Janen Reber, Dick McDowell; Assistants: Herm
Weiskopf, Dottie Bourne, Dick Anglestein, Bill
Pete, Mike Feinsilber.
Fraternity Program
Worthy of Support
A systematic safety program to provide \ maxi
mum protection in all fraternities against fires
and accidents has been designed and set in
motion this year by the Interfraternity Council.
Designed primarily to avoid any accidents or
fire disasters due to negligence, IFC has re
quested that all houses appoint safety chairmen
and a safety committee. These chairman, work
ing with the College safety director and the
Dean of Men's office, will organize and conduct
special programs to increase the knowledge of
the individual safety committees in the houses.
True, there hasn't been a serious accident
or fire in one of Penn State's fraternities for
a great many years, but this does not eliminate
- the possibility of any such occurrences.
Fires don't just happen. They are caused.
One of the prime objectives of this program is
the elimination of these causes by periodical
inspections by members of the fraternity. Re
ports of these inspections will be given to the
IFC safety chairman who will report to the
College safety director and the Dean of Men's
office. This will assist these offices to fulfill
what the IFC calls their moral responsibility
of safeguarding the welfare of Penn State stu
dents.
Inspection in houses should include checking
of all fire equipment to see that it is in an
operating condition and" in a place known to all
house, members. These should be the right type,
recharged, and in compliance with all fire pre
vention safeguards. Remodeling should be done
with an eye on safety, using safe design and
fireproof material.
The first report of safety conditions in
hOuses is now due. It is the right of every
student to expect safety in his living quarters,
but it is also his duty to see that it stays that
way. Inspection should be made of electrical
and heating equipment, chimneys, fireplaces,
storage spaces, and housekeeping in general.
And it's too late to find unprotected stairs
and open doors and windows after a fire has
started.
There is no place for the attitude that it can't
happen here. It can, and unless precautionary
steps are taken, it will. Th,is program deserves
and needs the support of every chapter house
and member, house advisers, and the adminis
tration of the College.
"Let's not be too quick to blame the human
race for everything. A great many species of
animals became extinct before man ever ap
peared on earth."—Will Cuppy
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THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Macßae Case End
Step for Freedom
With the reinstatement of Wendell S. Macßae,
an unfortunate and touchy situation for the
College has come to .an end. Almcst everyone,
except possibly senator Pechan whose Loyalty
Oath bill was at the bottom of the whole affair,
is satisfied with the decision.
In vindicating Macßae, Earl G. Harison, the
special investigator called in on the case, also
acknowledged that the Loyalty "Review Board
had been justified in reaching its conclusion
and that President Eisenhower had no alterna
tive but to dismiss Macßae.
The vindication of Macßae is a step forward
the' defense of academic freedom. The Daily
Collegian, along with many other campus
groups including All-College Cabinet, has long
opposed the concept of loyalty oaths. Our oppo
sition in no way means that we advocate allow
ing Communists to infiltrate our schools and
colleges. It stems from the fact that loyalty
oaths are totally ineffective in routing Com
munists from :their positions.
..Now that the case is ended, it is best for all
concerned to forget about it. Forget about it,
that is, until further attempts to abridge indi
vidual freedoms arise.
Safety Valve
Closed Sections, a Problem
TO THE EDITOR: "Sections 1-30 closed" is
an altogether too familiar quote. But by the
time one is a third or fourth semester student
it can become very discouraging.
We have to get our necessary credits, yet the
freshmen are permitted to register along with
and before many of the sophomores. Supposedly
the former are scheduling freshman courses
only, but this is not always the case. Those
persons who have (through no fault of their
own) last names at the end of the alphabet are
just out of luck—and courses! Evidently sen
iority means nothing at Penn State. Let's have
a little action on this pertinent problem.
—Name Withheld
Ed. Note: The writer apparently hasn't
studied the registration time table too thor
oughly, or she would have noticed that the
people who have last names at the end of the
alphabet are registering before the majority
of other students. Under the registration sys
tem begun in the fall, the alphabetical ar
rangement of names will always be placed
so that all students, no matter with what let
ter their last name begins, will have been
among the first to • register at least twice
during their four years at State. They will
have been among the last to register twice
also. It is impossible to be fairer.
Gazette ...
Tuesday, December 9
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6:30 p.m.
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"How do you expect me to see any improvement if you keep saying
NO?"
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Chesterman Group
Reasoning Faulty
The Chesterman committee, a special survey committee of the
state government which released a report last week labeling Penn
State's rapid post-war expansion "detrimental," has packed its charge
with faulty—if not stupid—reasoning.
Penn State, the committee said, is an example of unnecessary
expenditures in construction of new buildings and renovations. It is
difficult to see how ,the commit
tee reached such a decision when,
as far as the Daily Collegian has
been able to learn, the committee
failed to contact even one Penn
State official to find out first
hand what the new buildings are
being used for and how essential
they are to education.
Expansion at the College is
"expensive to the state and
detrimental to the states pri
vately supported liberal arts
colleges," the committee con
tinued. It is obvious that such
expansion as Penn State has ex
perienced since World War II is
expensive to the state, .particu
larly since the • College is the
Pennsylvania State College. The
implication of the statement,
however, is that such expense
in , :expansion is harmful This
implication is not - supported by
facts: There is no logic making
it necessarily follow that ex
pensive expansion is harmful,
but the implication remains,
typical of the poor reasoning
behind the Chesterman commit
• tee's report.
NAB
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It's A Fact
New
that there are only thirteen days in which
to accomplish all that Christmas shopping you
have to do. Only thirteen days to get your
family and special friends those gifts they'll
appreciate so very much. •
It's a fact 'too that right in the center of
the shopping district is Vies . . . the place to
stop and get that lunch or in-between snacks
while shopping you'll enjoy its convenient
location, wonderful food, and pleasant atmo
sphere too! Stop in today for that treat you'll
enjoy so well.
145 S. ALLEN ST.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1952
By Bibler
By DAVE JONES
There is also much doubt as to
how detrimental Penn State's ex
pansion has been to small liberal
arts colleges. Much of Penn State's
educational expansion since World
War II has been in such fields .as
chemistry, engineering, agricul
ture, and other sciences. • These
courses, however, are not offered
in liberal arts colleges—large or
small—and thus Penn State's. ex
pansion of them can do those col
leges no harm.
The fau l t y reasoning in the
Chesterman report, how eve r,
reaches its climax when it sug
gests more aid might be given
state-aided colleges in large met
ropolitan areas. (Pitt, Penn, and
Temple are in this category.)
Since Penn State is isolated from
large cities, the vast majority of
its students cannot commute, but
must live at the College and .thus
incur additional expenses. Col
leges in a metropolitan area have
more commuting students. Thus,
the committee concludes, a great
saving may - be reached by ex
(Continued on page seven)
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