E FC4II?. Pobliahed TheadaY through e.acurday mornings inclusive during lire CoDege year by At Batig Callegiatt the staff of l'he Daily Col legian of the Pennuylvania State. College, Entered as second-class DAVE JONES, Editor Managing Ed., Marshall 0. Donley; City Ed., Chuck.: Obertance; Copy Ed., . Chiz Mathias; Sports Ed., Sam Procopio; Edit. Dir., Dick Ran; Wire-Radio Ed., Bill Jost; Soc Ed., Lynn Kahanowitz; Asst. Sports Ed.,..Dick McDowell; Asst. Soe. Ed., Liz Newell; Photo Ed., Bruce Schroeder: Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers; Exchange Ed., Gus Vollmer: Librarian, Lorraine Glades: Senior Board, Mary Loa Adams, STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Bev Dickinson; Copy editors, Herm Weiskopf, Jack Reid; Assistants, Bill Rohrer, Nancy Van Tries, Mary Loubris. Ad staff: Connie Anderson, Clara Thiessen, Betty Schmidt. Vote Wisely: It's Your Money Today is the last day students have a chance to vote for school council representatives. In the past we have begged and urged students to 'take an active interest in elections that will determine who their representatives • will be. and the results have frequently been far from satisfactory. The student was urged to vote in the spring elections for All-College and class officers who will determine how student government money —512,000 of it—is spent. Perhaps one reason the student has been more than a little apathetic is that the amount spent each year by cabinet has been generally the same and changes in the expenditures have not been outstanding, enough for the student to judge these expendi tures as good or bad. However, students elected as student coun cil representatives this year may be faced with a responsibility not faced before. All- Interpreting the News The time is rapidly approach ing when both the objectives and the possibilities of the new Communist war in Laos will be come clearer. At first it appeared that the chief Red aim was to overrun an area in the north and east of the Indochinese country as a platform from which to proclaim a Communist govern men t as they did in Northern Vietnam. As more troops were thrown in, especially from the east at the waist of Vietnam, how ever, the Reds seemed to be striking in one all-out blow for the whole country and for the Thai border. The position of the French and Loation defending forces thus came to depend heavily on whether the Red objectives were primarily territorial or political. If the capture of the capital at Luangprabang is considered vi tal to the political front of the proclaimed government, then the defenders would seem to be in fair position. The French claim they can whip the invaders April 30, 1953 CWENS, 9 p.m., WSGA room, White Hall. NITTANY GROTTO, 7:30 p.m., 316 Frear Lab PI EPSILON TAU, organizational meeting 7:30 p.m., 102 Willard. POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, student-facult3 mixer, '7:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall lounge. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7 p.m., 317 Willard. THETA SIGMA PHI, installation of officers 6:30 p.m., Simmons initiation room. COLLEGE HOSPITAL George Anstadt, Howard Bachman, Kathryn Baker, John Basista, Sidney Blecker, Emil Bor ra, Charles Cole, Nancy Fortna, Alice Guthrie, Radio Guild To Host Lemyre All-College president Richard Lemyre will be interviewed at 9:30 tonight over WMAJ on the Radio Guild program "Spotlight on State." Doris Berkowitz is directing with Gloria Beppler acting as her as sistant. Music will be under the supervision of Howard Warren. Joseph V'arholy is engineer. The Radio Guild "Call Card" program at 9:45 tonight will fea ture Lois Lehman reading, selec tions from "Cyrano de Bergerac." The program will be directed by John Bergquist. Others work ing on the program are Robert Murrer, announcer: Agnes Doody, librarian; Luella Martin, engineer: and John McCormick, sound. Successor to TlElr. FREE LANCE, est. 1887. tter July 5, 1 / 934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under in a pitched battle before the City. The entire defense, with withdrawal of French forces from their outpost to the north and east, has been planned along this line. There is no front across the country, th e Communists having chosen the. old Patton tactic of driving directly into the country with three columns of troops. This leaves the possibility that, rather than face a pitch ed battle before the capital, they could divert most of their forces, hold the city under siege, and strike on toward Thailand. • They could, by this means, - present the world with a far more serious problem than even the occupation of the most im portant parts of Laos. But some of their columns are already 20 miles from their bases, and while Red forces are accustomed to guerrilla warfare, a movement of this size still depends heavily on supplies, particularly ammu nition. Gazette ... Grad Counselor Forms Available A limited number of applica tions are still available for .grad uate resident counselor positions next fall, Dean of Men Frank J. Simes has announced. Counselors will receive remis sion of fees for room and board, and a single room accommodation. In return counselors will work for the social, academic, and emotion al adjustment of undergraduates in their charge, Simes said. Application blanks may be ob tained in the Dean of Men's office, 109 Old Main. Women's Activity Cards Hat Societies Council has ref quested women students to fill out their activities cards in the Dean of Women's office in Old Main. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN.. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA FRANKLIN S. KELLY, Business Mgr. Asst. Bus. Mgr, Richard Smith; Local Advertising Mgr., Virginia Bowman; National Adv. Mgr., Alison Morley; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Gretchen Henry, Kenneth Wolfe; Per- sonnel Mgr., Elizabeth Agnew; Promotion Co-Mgrs., Terese Mos!eh, Don Stohl : Classified Adv. Mgr., Marty Worthington; Office Mgr., Mary Ann Wertman; Senior Board. Nancy , Mareinek. Ruth Pierce. Betty Richardson and Elizabeth College Cabinet last week approved a 25-cent a semester fee for each student. If the Board of Trustees approves the fee money collected it will be divided proportionately among the student councils. Some of the student councils know what they would dO with'the money. Some do not. It may be the responsibility of the members of the student councils to see that this money is spent as wisely as possible. The councils have had money to spend in the past, but the amount for next year may be much greater. If the individual student wishes to see his money spent to the greatest advantage, his only chance will depend on the type of person elected. The student will have only himself to blame if money given to school councils is efficiently poured down the drain by representatives elected by a minority of the students. By J. M. Roberts Jr The French are reported considering an appeal to the United Nations for help in the dfense such as was accorded the South Koreans in 1950. The precedent is there, but the political circumstances ar e considerably different. France has been involved in putes with her colonial areas. In actions before the United Na tions she has insisted that these areas, as parts of .the French union, represent internal prob lems in which the UN is not em powered to intervene. An ap peal to the UN thus would be a withdrawal from this position. as well as an invitation to the Arab state members to renew their attacks on French colonial policy in the world forum. One of these disputes also lies at the bottom of the Indo china war, which was begun as an independence movement and only later taken over by the Communists. There's a whole hornets nest involved in the situation. Leroy Harris, Robert Homan, Mathias Kashuba, Arthur Katz, Lee Kummer, Philip Matin, Rich ard Moorhead, Edwin Robin s o n, Barbara Schmidt, Jordan Smith, Abing Sorriatmadja and Walter .Wampler. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Lillian Taylor Camp. Pa. will interview men and women May .14. Sagamore, Pa., an adult resort in the Poconos, will interview men May 6. Students' wives for evening counter work. Tuscorora Inn, Pa., will interview men and wom en May 8. Waiters and dishwashers wanted Christoff Death Called Suicide June Christoff, 21-year-old for mer coed of the College who was found dead in her home Febru ary 17, died of strangulation at her own hands, the Associated I Press reported yesterday. , . Miss - Christoff was found with a belt from one of ' her dresses knotted tightly around her neck in her home in Frugality, Pa. The' suicide verdict was delivered by a jury of her Cambria County neighbors last night. - Her 24-year-old brother, Jean, a former student at Carnegie In stitute of Technology in Pitts burgh who was sought in connec tion with the death is now in Tor rance. State Hospital. He disap peared the day of his sister's fleath and hid in nearby woods for ten days. . Collegian editorials repre sent the viewpoint of the writers; not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un signed editorials are by the editor. k the act of March 3, 1879. —Dick Rau Associated Press News Analyst Little Man On Campu-s "Thank you, Worthal, for pointing out to the class just where and how I was . wrong—l really appreciate your help." Draft and Education Few students are using college as an excuse to avoid the draft, according to a report in the current issue of Educational Record. The report was made by three Cornell University researchers after a study of 4585 students in 11 American colleges. This view is contrary, to some observers who feel college draft deferments are the reason for increased interest in higher education. There is a marked increase in emphasis upon knowledge of and interest in community world prob 'erns, the report says. Students are now taking the. draft demands in stride, the report says. They have adjust ed to the Selective Service de-' ferment ferment policy and are prepared to serve two or three years after leaving school. The• researchers say "confusion and 'doubt" which existed among students last year is almost gone. The -current situation, in contrast, shows no evidence of lowered morale or confusion, the report says. However, 18 per cent of the student body still feel a great deal of uncertainty because of the draft. The military situation has not yet materially affected choice of profession among students already in college. Seven per cent have given up theidea of graduate work, but 23 per cent are considering it more seriously. Only ten per cent of those sur veyed selected their major from military consideration. Of • that group, 40 per cent have changed from a less military oriented field. That the Korean War is having an increasing effect upon the stu dent's choice of study shown by the _report. Almost twice as many freshmen as seniors indi cate military service was an im portant factor in their choice of study. Freshmen' are also more likely to indicate an increased interest in vocational training as a result of manpower consider ation. An overwhelming majority of those surveyed said military service is one of the duties a citizen owes his ' country. Al though most students wish to complete their college educa tion before entering service, few use this education to avoid the service. Prospect of military service has had a positive effect on most students. One-half feel the mili tary situation has forced them to attach more consideration to good grades. One of three says he is "trying harder to learn something in college courses." That this importance is being placed upon grades is the un fortunate aspect. Grade empha sis already is too often the god before which students kneel. The war has increased this em phasis. It is interesting to note that 50 per cent surveyed place more importance on grades, but only 33 per cent are trying 30 ; -1953 7 1 - " N By DAVE JONES harder to learn. This is the fal lacy of the grade emphasis. The Cornell educators are not sure why this improvement in campus morale has come about. They are uncertain whether it is a result of liberal college defer ments or a'-clear view of what the 'future holds for the college stu dent. Being kept in the dark, they feel, constitutes one of the big gest threats to morale. Such conditions provide a haveii for rumors and insecurity. A warn ing, then, to prey ent a •re occurence of low morale: a def inite Selective Service policy and an informed student body. Riot: 'Natural Aftermath Of Air Raid Drill' PRINCETON, N.J., (IP) A practice . _air raid drill wound up with 1000 Princeton students stag ing a three-hour melee in this col lege town's streets last night. The air raid blackout wa s scheduled by local civil defense officials for 9:30 p.m. At the same time campaign managers in a campus election had scheduled a "riot' for their candidate. When the blackout ended, the students started a parade. A fist fight broke out between an ex pelled student and a proctO, one of the campus police. Municipal police • got involved in the hassle and a patrolman was taken to Princeton Hospital with cut hands suffered when he went through a plate glass window. The expelled student was book ed on charges of disorderly con duct. The marchers proceeded to the railroad station for • the avowed , purpose of derailing a train. When they got there theye merely blew the train's whistle a few times and left. , They qtaged - a mass invasion of a local theater, disrupting the showing o -a movie. At one point• they marched on Westminster Choir School chanting, "We want sex." The parade route was marked by a trail of .overturned garbage cans, mailboxes and signposts. ;Dean Francis /Godolphin issued an ultimatum that broke up the student mob. Standing in the square across from the campus , (Continued on page eight) By Bibler • 4 4e*.4--
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