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Otle Elaitg Collegian
&newer to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
during the College year by the staff of The Daily Colleglau
at The P•linsylvania 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 She
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un.
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dave PeUnits
Editor Franklin S. Kelly
Business Mgr.
Managing Ed.. Andy McNeillie; City Ed.. Dave Jones;
Sports Ed., Jake Highton; Copy Ed.. Bettie Loux; Edit.
Dir.. Jima Gromiller: Wire Ed., Chuck Henderson: Soc.. Ed..
Ginger Opoczenski: Asst. Sports Ed.. Ted Soens: Asst
Soc.. Ed., LaVonne Althouse: Feature Ed., Julie Ibbotson:
Librarian and Exchange Ed.. Nancy Lnetzel.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Night editor: Sam Procopio; Copy editors:
Tammie Bloom, Jack Sheppard; Assistants:
Joan Rowland, Don Shoemaker, Janice Laird,
Bob Green, Shirley Musgrave. •
Advertising staff: Faye Hi ding er, Judy
Brown, Bill Nudorf.
Projects Council
Needs Full Support
Student participation in campus activities
was one of several topics discussed at length
at the Student Encampment. at Mont Alto last
fall. The points considered in student activities
centered mainly about the number of activities
offered and the number of students actually
taking part in these activities.
The group discussing this problem unani
mously decided that all that is possible should
be done to get more students into activities.
This would relieve the present situation where
the burden of these activities now falls on a
select few.
Members of the group are currently serving
in student government positions where they
can or could have done something to encourage
student participation in activities to "thin out"
the responsibilities. Yet, the burden of these
activities still rests with a select few.
However, a sound and concrete suggestion
made by the group may be the solution to
the problem. Due to combined ideas of the
group at Mont Alto and those of the National
Student Association convention this past sum
mer, the group suggested the Cabinet Projects
Council.
Because many of the activities about the
campus require conscientious and able persons,
a student must show some interest in an ac
tivity before he or she can expect any advance
ment. And surely, there are more of•these per
sons at Penn State then currently manage the
bulk of student affairs. Here, the Cabinet Pro
jects Council, known as CPC, offers the answer.
CPC will be a proving ground and place
where students can 'gain recognition and ex
perience valuable in assuming responsible ac
tivities. Students who have once proven them
selves will get their share of appointments usu
ally made by cabinet to the present all too few
student leaders.
Persons who have obtained such appoint
ments in the past have no doubt proved
themselves dependable and able. Appoint
ments made in this light can be condoned.
But there is no excuse for one group of select
students, all too often complaining students,
to be given the brunt of campus activities.
The theme of CPS is to let as many benefit
as possible from the experience offered in that
organization. Although currently operating on a
limited scale, CPC will get into full swing next
semester. All who are interested will be given
opportunity to join. The group's activities will
make available experience in campus work
and also information on all phases of student
activity.
This is the first trial of such a group at
Penn State. The possibilities and benefits of
such a group are unlimited. Students should
resolve to give full support to the group.
Ground-Breaking
Is Historic Step
At noon today ground-breaking ceremonies
for the Student Union Building will be held.
The brief program marks an important event
at Penn State and climaxes y ears of work
toward the goal.
Back in 1939, 89 per cent of 800 students
polled were in favor of an SU, with 84 per cent
indicating a willingness to pay a fee. In 1946,
a drive was held which netted 2700 signatures
on a petition calling for a $5 increase in College
fees in order to finance the building. 'At that
time the College Board of Trustees turned down
the fee proposal, although it asked that the
problem be studied further.
In 1947, the student body voted ten to one
in favor of an SU over a field house and favored
a $5 per semester fee. In May 1950, All-College
Cabinet once again passed a fee proposal which
this time was accepted by the trustees.
Now, at last, after shortages and delays,
the actual construction will soon begin. By
fall 1954, the building is expected to be ready
for use. It will be a great addition _to the
Penn State campus—one of which all students
may be proud.
—Chuck Obertance
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Unfounded Charges;
Are More to Come?
During the holidays the announcement was
made that the Senator from Wisconsin had de
cided to conduct an investigation of educational
institutions for signs of subversives. To most,
the announcement came as no surprise.
Seeing the number of subversives in our
federal government, there can be no doubt
that there • are some Communists and Com
munist sympathizers in the colleges and uni
versities of our country In many instances,
probably, these people should be ferreted out
and removed from their positions. The prob
lem is how to go about this action.
The loyalty oath solution has been discussed
many times in the editorial columns of the
Daily Collegian. The effect of loyalty oaths
on such institutions as the University of Cal
ifornia has shown that they often do more
harm than good.
On the other hand, Senator McCarthy's tac
tics hardly seem the answer to the problem.
The Senator's reputation for smearing people,
most of them innocent, has not endeared him
to college faculties or even to fellow politicians.
His policy of making sensational charges with
out presenting evidence to back them up is a
disservice to the United States.
We offer no solution to the problem of
Communists in responsible positions in Amer
ica's colleges and universities: Perhaps a gov
ernment commission can be set up to deal
with The matter and to present well-founded,
conclusive evidence on which action can be
taken. But reckless, unfounded charges have
no place in government, particularly not on
the floor of the United States Senate.
Tell High Schools
About Penn State
Yesterday the All-College Cabinet enrollment
committee started its drive to enlist students
to return to their high schools and discuss with
the senior class the advantages of attending
Penn State from a student's viewpoint.
Here is an opportunity for students to show
their former classmates the advantages of a col
lege education. The college student should be
well-versed on these advantages. He must have
thought it worthwhile before he enrolled for
four more years of study. Since he has been
in college, he is probably more certain that
he has made the right decision.
Now he can help others interested in en
rolling in Penn State make 'their decision.
College students have already gone through
what a . high school senior is experiencing
now. They can help the high school student
by telling him of his experiences Since he has
enrolled in college.
The way the program is set up makes things
as easy as possible for the student. After he is
accepted to participate in the program, a letter
is sent to his high school informing the prin
cipal of a representative's arrival. Then the
principal and the representative can work out
the details of meeting with the senior class. A
time can be set that will be suitable to both.
Before the student representative leaves cam
pus, he is supplied with material outlining the
subject matter he is to cover. He is also supplied
with material to leave at the high school so the
students there can .look over information con
cerning the College at their own convenience.
The advancement of the program from
Easter vacation to the between-Semester per
iod gave the committee less time to publicize
the program, but it felt it would be more
effective at this time because the student rep
resentatives would be in contact with the
high schools when the senior classes are first
considering which college they would like
to attend.
Let's go over to Old Main this afternoon and
tomorrow afternoon and sign up for the pro
gram. Penn State was twelfth in the nation in
enrollment this semester. Maybe the College
can get in the first ten next. , year if a good
job is done with this project.
Gazette . „
Thursday, January 8
AIR FORCE HONOR GUARD, Class A uni
form, Armory, Flights 1 and 3, 7 p.m., Flights
2 and 4, 8 p.m.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS, joint meetng, 105 Mechanical En
gineering, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION,
304 Old Main, 6:45 p.m. '
DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB, elections, 117 Dairy
Building, 7 p.m.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS RESEARCH AS
SOCIATION, nominations of officers, 218 Wil
lard, 7:30 p.m.
INKLING 'EDITORIAL AND ART STAFFS,
216 Willard, 7, p.m.
MARKETING CLUB, Beta Theta Pi, 7:30
p.m.
NITTANY GROTTO, 316 Frear, 7:30 p.m.
TOWN COUNCIL, 102 Willard, 7 p.m.
WRA' BRIDGE CLUB, White Hall game room,
7 p.m.
WRA OFFICIALS CLUB, 2 White Hall,
6:30 p.m.
WRA BEGINNING SWIMMERS CLUB,
6:30-7:15 p.m.
WRA SWIMMERS CLUB, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Hugh Arnelle, Audrey Austin, Paul Brown
stone, Phyllis Herbst, Melvin Myers, Doris Ann
Reinoelal,, John Stevenson, Joseph Varholy.
Andie McNeillie
ttle Man on Campus
With.
Open By MARSHALL
0.
DONLEY
Mind
With snowy weather, the brute cold, and the post-iracation lag
in the minds and spirits of Penn State students, one suggestion of
Gov. John S. Fine to the state legislature seems especially - timely
to us. The governor called for growing application of television to
education.
We were envisioning a complete changeover to- a TV system of
education. No classes just roll
out of the sack and click on the
TeeVee. The student could select
the channel which taught his
courses and proceed to be edu
cated sans classroom, sans the
cold trip to campus, sans the time
wasted on the way to classes.
Of course, the TV shows now
in progress would not have to
be eliminated. Instead, to keep
education interesting, the tele
casts of today could be coordin-
ated and combined with edu
cational courses.
We were imagining the edu
cational telecast . . .
IT'S NOW 1 P.M. PENN STATE
STANDARD • TIM:E. THIS IS
WIQ-TV, BROADCASTING ON
CHANNEL 72, WITH HEAD
QUARTERS IN OLD MAIN ON
THE PENN STATE CAMPUS.
Fade in band music . . .
"And now, Thinkers, manu
facturers of fine textbooks, the
coast to coast textbook com
pany bring you "You' Bet Your
Marks" with Groucho . Marx."
Fade in applause . . . • •
"And here he is, your funny
man with the mortar board,
Groucho."
Fade in more applause . . .
"Well, hello, students. Are you
ready for your first question of
the day?„ You remember how we
play the game. We ask the ques
tions and you, the student view
ers, try to give the correct an
swers. For each correct answer
you receive a 3,2, or 1. But if
you miss, it's a bar grade for you.
So now—on with "You Bet Your
Marks.”
NOW WIQ PRESENTS THAT
LAUGHABL E, LOVEABLE
COUPLE. - LUCILLE BALL AND
DESI ARNEZ IN "I LOVE LU
CL," YOUR PSYCH 17 COURSE
OF TV.
Fade in soft, lovable music . . .
"As we begin today's pro
gram, Desi has just come into
the kitchen where Lucy is pre
paring breakfast. Lucy is wear
ing a maternity smock. Desi
walks to her, kisses her lightly
and says, in a Mexican accent:
"Good morning, Lucy. Did you
sleep well?"
"Yes." (yawn) "I slept very
well. Eight or nine hours of sleep
are essential for the expectant
mother, you know, Desi."
"Yes, 'I know, Lucy. And are
you. preparing. a • well-balanced,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953
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healthy breakfast for yourself?
You. know that a nutritious break
fast is needed for the best de
velopment during these 263 days."
"I know, darling, the psychol
ogy books says . . ." 5 P.M. TIME
FOR WIQ TO PRESENT AR
THUR GODFREY TIME WITH
ALL THE LITTLE GODFREYS
IN "ARTHUR GODFREY'S TAL
ENT SCOUTS."
Fade in slurring trombone mu
sic - which in turn fades to the
strumming of a ukulele . . .
A smiling redhead appears on
the screen and a nasal voice
says:
"Halm haha ho ho ho."
Cameras back to show full
view of Godfrey, strumming
his
,uke and laughing gaily.
Laughter continues, and God
says:
"Well, ho, ho, well, hello, stu
dents. It's time again for our
little talent scout show. You know'
how the program goes. We pre
sent a small problem—a simple
little thing dealing with calculus
and cybernetics—and you try to
give us the answer. The student
with the fastest, most accurate
answer wins our little old talent
contest for the day.
"But first, I have a letter here
from a group of Penn State coeds
who say that they think our Jul
ius is the cutest crooner on TV.
Come out here Julius and sing for
us."
Fade in wild applause . . .
IT'S NOW 5:30 P.M. AND STA
TION WIQ-TV BRINGS 'YOU
HOWDY . . .
Blaring band music blasting
out "Ta ra ra boom to a" in
terrupts the announcer, and on
the screen appear hundreds of
Penn State students singing
IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME.
IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME."
With a final "LET'S GO!" and
lots of cheers, the program sim
mers down, and a,smiling, cow
boy-suited man (Buffalo Bob) is
seen on the.set. He speaks through
a huge grin•
"Well, studies, let's go. Yes, it's
time for another gay; gay half
hour from Doodyville with lots of
fun and education from the wise
minds of The Doodyites. And
here's Flubadub to tell you about
our subject for the day—the so
cial life of Heidelberg Man."
applause .
fade out . • .
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