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ruesday through Sat
urday mornings inclusive during
the University year by the staff
of The Daily Collegian of the
Pennsylvania State University.
Entered as second-class matter Judy 5. 1934 at the State CoLiege, Pa. Post Office an
DAVE JONES, Editor
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Obertance; Copy Ed.,
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Cobb:o Edit. Dir.. Dick Rau: Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost; Jirculation Co-Mgrs., Frank Cre.ssutan, Diane Miller:
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Librarian. Lorraine Gladus. Records Mgrs.. Virginia Bowman. Francis Crawford.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Paddy Beahan; Copy editors, Jack Reid, Mike Feinsilber; Assist
ants, Mary Loubris, Dave Bronstein, John Lawrence, Marnie Schenck, Nancy Fortna, Ad staff:
Bill Nudorf.
Spring Week Also Needs Senate Support
Although Penn State is now covered with makes it a most laudable activity.
the white mantle of .„3winter, many student In view of this, it is extremely difficult to
groups have begun work on the University an
understand why some faculty and administra
.
Lion groups--and particularly the University
nual tradition, Spring Week, to be held the Senate—take actions which oppose the week.
second week in May. Earlier in the semester the Senate, acting
Spring Week, a student-run and student- through its committee on student affairs, in
enjoyed activity, includes such events as a two- formed Spring Week workers that the week's
night carnival with games and booths operated activities would have to be cut to a few days.
by independent and fraternity and sorority Such action would, of course, make it nearly
groups, the coronation of Miss Penn State, the impossible to hold Spring Week without elimin-
Ugly Man contest, and the Mad Hatters' Pa- ating some of the activities in it, which conse
rade. quently would mean takng away the chance for
In addition to being a traditional University more money for the Penn State Student Scholar
function, and serving to bring student groups ship fund. Fortunately, the Senate committee
together in mutual work. Spring Week fulfills changed its mind when the situation was re
one other very valuable purpose—it lends sup- explained.
port to the Penn State Student Scholarship fund. New Senate activity has again threatened to
This fund, entirely supported by student money, limit Spring Week and the schdlarship fund by
provides valuable financial aid for other stu- disallowing late perthissions for coeds during
dents who need money to continue their edu- the week. This would naturally have the effect
cation. This year and last the fund gave a of dulling the week and subtracting from the
number of $25 and $5O stipends to help students. capital income from the week.
But the fund is just beginning and must be It is to be hoped that this limitation will not
expanded in order to offer more service. materialize, and that the Senate committee, in
The money accumulated from Spring Carni- its meeting tomorrow, will keep the student and
val is the major way to expand this scholarship the traditions of the University in mind, giving
fund. In addition, it is a painless way for stu- its whole-hearted support to Spring Week, and
dents to donate money to help fellow students its many worthwhile aspects
in their education. This aspect of Spring Week
A Timeworn Theory That Doesn't Apply
Two Constitutional amendments that would
give 18-year olds the right to vote have been
introduced to the U.S. Congress. Such action
already has the apparent support of President
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
This is merely an extension of the timeworn
theory, "old enough to fight, old enough to
vote." This theory looks nice and sounds nice,
but it is unsound.
Looking at the idea from a rather narrow
point of view, it at first seems desirable to
extend the voting right to those defending our
nation. It seems only •right that those fighting
for national security should be given the right
to elect the representatives that sent them to
war. But the problem goes much deeper than
that.
There is no relation between the right to vote
and the compulsion to fight. Some age must
be set for military service. If the United States
was in dire need of military manpower, that
minimum could possibly go as low as 16 years
of age. Certainly, few 16-year olds have the
ability to cast an intelligent ballot.
Actually, no equitable limit can be set for
minimum voting age. Some could be intelligent
voters at 16, others would never be able to cast
an intelligent ballot. But some criterion must
be set: age seems the most feasible.
If we set an age minimum, then, it should
be the age normally recognized as the age of
majority. This, generally, is 21. In most legal
matters, the individual cannot be held account-
Safety Valve
TO THE EDITOR: I have been noting the var
ious comments and editorials on this issue of
Saturday classes in your newspaper and would
like to join in expressing an opinion . . .
That an occasional Saturday scheduling in
some classes might be necessary I have no
doubt, and as we are all here for the business
of education we should, perhaps, not complain
too loudly . . . But an over-all policy of Satur
day classes on the part of the administration
without at least some offer of compensation,
I believe, is unnecessary . . . If we must have
Saturday classes as a regular diet, why not
shorten the school year. . . (by counting) half
a day of classes . .. as an entire day? . . .
But those of us who want to or have to have
jobs on Saturdays would be prevented from
doing so with any arrangement of extended
Saturday classes as an over-all policy . . .
i
Also, would like to have a good explanation
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION, 6:45
p.m., 110 EE.
COLLEGIAN AD STAFF, 7 p.m., 102 Willard.
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:30 p.m.,
Collegian office.
COLLEGIAN CLASSIFIED AD STAFF, 6:30
p.m., Collegian office.
DELTA SIGMA PI, 7:30 p.m., Alpha Chi Rho.
PSYCHOLOGY CLUB, 7:30 p.m., 317 Willard.
Tomorrow
GRANGE, 7:30 p.m., 100 Horticulture.
MARKETING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Sigma Nu
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Camp Delwood in the Poconos will interview
rt. editoriaLs represent
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Successor to THE PRICE LANCE., est. ISO
Questions Saturday Classes
Today
able until he reaches that age. The voting age
should be parallel.;
The kind of mind needed to fight is not the
kind needed to vote. A man capable of: the most
fierce fighting may be incapable of the most
simple reasoning. And many of those in
.the
military service are there due to compulsion,
Or at least their presence there is not completely
voluntary.
Extending the vote right to 18-year olds can
not stop with soldiers. The right must similarly
go to those not fighting, and those who will
never be able to fight. The lack of absentee
voting provisions in the several states would
seriously curtail an 18-year vote provision. Stu
dents in Pennsylvania, most of them between
18 and 21, would not be able to vote even if
such a provision were in effect.
A Constitutional amendment is required to
lower the vote limit to 18 because the power to
determine voting age minimum rests with each
state. It is questionable whether it is good to
. give the federal government the power to de
termine the minimum voting age. This seems a
power that might best remain with the states.
But far beyond all of these considerations
stands the basic fallacy in the "old enough to
fight, old enough to vote" theory. There can
never be a connection between reasonable fight
ing age and reasonable voting age. Reasonable
fighting age is determined by need of man
power and threat to survival. Reasonable_ vot
ing age is determined by mental ability. It is
idealistic to hold to this timeworn theory. It is
realistic to see that it does not apply.
why the final exam schedule is spread out over
such a long period of time . . . Surely with ef
ficient scheduling within each college, the mod
ern automatic checking machines for certain
types of exams, and diligent work on the part
of the faculty, this exam period would be con
siderably shortened .
. why not concentrate some effort on the
construction of some new classroom buildings?
Perhaps this is more necessary than a Student
Union building, and would satisfy a more im
mediate need.
*Letter cut
Editor's note—Some borough merchants can
give jobs to more students throughout the
week with the Saturday class plan. One pur
pose of Saturday classes is to acquire new
class buildings. One such building has just
been approved by the state.
Gazette . . .
students who are interested in counselors'
positions on Feb. 16. Interested students may
sign up for appointment at the employment
office.
Camp Ken-Mont and Ken-Wood, Kent, Conn.,
will interview men and women on Feb. 12.
• PLACEMENT SERVICE
LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY representa
tives will visit the campus Jan. 13 to interview Ph D. can
didates in Physics, Math. Chem. (Inorganic or Physical) and
Metal, expecting to receive their degrees in 1954, M.S. can
didates in Phys., Math., Chem., (Inorganic or Physical) and
Metal, who have completed at least one semester, and grad
uates in the above fields who wish to consider summer work.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. will visit the campus.
on Jan. 14 to interview Jan. graduates for positions as
trainee in life insurance sales. Also, trainee position for
cashier in Johnstown—must be exempt from draft.
(HE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DBAYNE. - Busines Nigr.
or the set a March 3. 1819,
—Marshall 0. Donley
—Joe Stennett
Little Man on Campus
r.,-~:-
to shoulda seen th' look on th' director's face when Floyd started
ayin' his piccolo."
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WIRE AND WIRELESS
The. Roundup
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.—There are times when the news of a
period should be reviewed for its importance, causes, and possible
future significance. And as good a time as another to , do this is the
end of a semester. The University's fall semester ends this month,
and this is the last week of classes—an appropriate time.
Thp big news of the semester,
the College's becoming in name,
in addition to fact, The Pennsyl
vania State University. It started
Oct. 22 when the trustees left out
their well-kept secret; they have
been investigating the possibility
and have decided to change the
College to the University. The
change was approved by the Cen
tre County Court Nov. 13. Stu
dents, faculty, administration, al
umni, and probably almost every
body approved of the change—
one which should have been made
a long time ago.
But the borough merchants
'haven't quite caught up with
the change. They are still offer
ing for sale "College" souven
irs. Maybe new shipments
haven't arrived, or maybe the
college sluff must be sold first.
But we do think that students
would be much more inclined
to buy articles marked for the
. school they are attending.
Other news items a little bit
tied together are the $2.7 million
GSA appropriation for Infirmary
wings and a new classroom and
office building, and the Saturday
class program which goes into ef
fect next semester.
The Saturday class plan has
been under consideration since
the summer and. was announced
near 'the beginning of the. semes
ter. At that time it met no student
opposition, but some students did
come up with remarks after the
new timetables with the Saturday
schedules came out.
One reason given for regular
Saturday classes is that they
will indicate the University. is
using its facilities to the fullest
possible extent and will enable
the school to get new construc
tion fundg" more easily. So far
it has worked to the tune of $2.7
million, or was that just a coin
cidence?
Conduct has been a really big
newsmaker this semester, and
most of it has been a shady sort
of bad or good conduct, not quite
white and not quite black.
Just before Christmas, Nittany
Dorm 43 went all out in the Asso
ciation of Independent Men's dec
oration contest. They won first
prize of $17.0 for their elaborate
decoration. Then the dorm went
out and bought $17.50 worth of
beer and held z. party. Naturally,
this was contrary to University
regulations and, as happens in all
good detective stories, they were
caught.
Now the situation has taken.an-
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other odd twist. The 34 students
of Dorm 43 have been sentenced
to give a pint of blood to the Red
Cross. Then came , the roar: all
kinds of people went on record
as being opposed to forcing the
residents to give their pint of
blood. So far it seems that no one
has bothered to see if they were
willing to donate. Prediction for
next semester: Most of the 34 will
gladly donate the blood and the
others will be willing to help with
another activity, such as Spring
Week.
Down at Philadelphia during
Penn weekend, student conduct
was terrible. Or was it? The vice
president of the Bellevue-Strat
ford wrote a letter condemning
student conduct with no qualifi
cations whatsover. Another hotel
said that they had no trouble and
would very much like to have
Penn State students back again
next year.
Out in Pittsburgh, things
were still different. There were
no complaints. A suggestion to
Philadelphia hotels: don't try
to make a mint by filling your
establishment with thousands of
students. but just take a hun
dred or two, spread them
around, and' have a headache
less night.
(a 40-second fanfare.)
And Station WDFM went on the
air, FM at 91.1 megacycles, on
Dec. 6. They started off with a
cut-down version of what will
eventually be their broadcasting
schedule. At the present time, and
since they started broadcasting,
WDFM has been on from 7:25 to
10:30 p.m. nightly, except for spe
cial events. The station broadcast
directly from Recreation Hall an
interview with bandleader Ray
Anthony, playing for the Military
Ball. They also presented a better
than-professional program of the
Chapel Choir's Christmas candle
light service. '
In order to program for the
students,. WDFM sent -question
naires to student leaders asking
them to return the views of
those they represent. The radio
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