I'uullshcd l'uesday H»ro®gh S»t- 7TT 8, I a.* id? I Jollegian editorials represent arday mornings inclusive (taring ULiIUP 7xl 1 111 MM I PiTTJT Tf he viewpoint of the writers, the University year by the staff -Swv Ajl'Ar pot necessarily the policy of the if The Daily Collegian of the newspaper. Unsigned editorials Pennsylvania State University Successor to I'HK FREE LANCE, eat. 18S3 ! are by the editor. Entered as ierond-els9a matter July a. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. DAVE JONES. Editor Managing Ed., Marshall O. Donley; City Ed.. ChacJ. Asst. Bas. Mgr., Mark Christ; Local Advertising Mgr., Obertance; Copy Ed., Chix Mathias: Sports Ed., Sam Pro- itobert Carrnthers: National Adv. Mgr.. Dave Bnrlre; copio: Edit. Dir.. Dick Ran; Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost: Circulation Co-Mgra., Frank Cressaann, Diane Miller: Photo Ed., Brace Sehroeder; Soe. Ed. Lynn Kahanowitz: Promotion Mgrl, Ruth Israel; Personnel Mgr., Patience Asst. Sports Ed., Dick McDowell; Asst. Soc. Ed.. Liz Newell; iingethnem: Office Mgr.. Gail Shaver: Classified Adv. Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers; Exchange Ed.. Gus Vollmer Mgr., Jean Geiger; Sec.. Carol Schwing: Research and Librarian, Lorraine Glados. ■ Records Mgrs., Virginia Bowman. Francis Crawford. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Mary Lee Lauffer; Copy editors, Lee Wheeler, Ed Reiss; Assistants, Nancy'Gray, Anna Saylor, Bill Pete, Rod Felix, Bobbie Hendel, Jack Melder. Ad staff, Faye'Goldstein, Ann Sherman. ■, Considerations on Extending WDFM Hours Several considerations must be made con cerning the move to extend Station WDFM’s broadcasting hours during final exam inations. Some students are anxious to have the station broadcast until 2 or 3 a.m. daily during exam week. About 14 petitions requesting that move are circulating on campus. But David R. Mackey, faculty manager of the station, and Wilmer E. Kenworthy, member of the station board of directors, have voiced disapproval of such an extension. Earlier in the semester, some disapproval oi WDFM hours was expressed. The station now broadcasts from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. There were requests to change those, hours to 9 p.m. to mid night. The new request for extension to 2 to 3 a.m. seems a bit unnecessary. . If most of the student body listened to WDFM. or had access to its broadcasts, such extension might be worth more consideration.. But WDFM has not installed its dormitory translators, and most of the student body is not able to hear the station. The 18-Year-Old Vote Makes Good Sense- Proposed bills amending the U.S. Constitu tion to allow 18-year olds to vote make good sense. The legislation—as asked by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his State of the Union address —would be a logical step forward. In -American socieiy the majority of 18-year olds are job-holders. They are, for the most part, citizens of their communities. By 18, their formal education has ended. Why not allow them the right of participation in the governments of their communities? Immediately following World War I there was another debate about granting the vote to an “immature, ignorant, and irresponsible” group. In the 1920’s thousands of people be lieved that women were too unaware to make intelligent voters. And they were, then. In 1952 more women voted than did men. Women, having been granted the right of par ticipation, had. learned to use the right and had taken the responsibilities which accompany par ticipation. The result: a stronger democracy. We believe 18-year olds would also become valuable citizens if given the opportunity. Be cause no other group has as great a stake in the future, we believe they would be aware of the importance of their votes. The milions of high school graduates who every June get jobs form patterns they will follow the rest of their lives. It is important to the future success—or failure—of American democracy that voting be part of the patterns. It has been argued that because an 18-year old is old enough to fight he is not necessarily old enough to vote. It is not because he is old enough to fight, but because he is being called upon to fight that he should be granted the vote. Is it logical to ask the 18-year old to fight for a government in which he has no part? Should we ask the 18-year old to fight for principles and policies he has no part in forming? Isn’t the soldier who fights for the government he helped elect a better soldier? We do not presume that the 18-year old voter will immediately solve the problems that have baffled governments throughout history. We have no illusions about any superior intelligence of the 18-year olds. We also have no evidence, of Safety Valve. •. On Giving Blood TO THE EDITOR: The campus Red Cross Unit wishes to state a few facts about recent articles on the recommendation of AlM’s Judicial Board of Review regarding the punishment of 34 mem bers of Nittany Dorm 43. In the first place, no one from the Judicial Board of Review con tacted anyone from the Red Cross to see if their proposal was acceptable prior to the first article in the Collegian. Though the Red Cross sin cerely wants volunteer donors to give blood, to classify giving blood as a suitable punishment is certainly not the right attitude and puts an unfair stigma on donors who volunteer out of free choice. The Red Cross will gladly welcome and ap preciate all donors who voluntarily sign up, but to approve a punishment where there was little or no choice given to the boys hardly would be in keeping with the principles for which the Red Cross stands. Furthermore, if the Red Cross did go along with AlM’s recommendation, it would probably lead to other Judicial and Tribunal groups using this means of punishment for various offenses, and in no time every “donor” in line at the Bloodmobile visit would be saying to the person in front of him, “What are you in for?” John J. Hufcr.r. faculty adviser. Campus Red Cross Unit THE.DAM Y COLLEGIAN, STATE COLLEGE. PENI'rw'tLVANW' VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr. In view of this, it seems a waste of station personnel time to broadcast until the early hours of the morning. This could have an un necessarily adverse effect on their academic standing. Despite this, most of the station stu dent personnel indicate interest in carrying out such a schedule. Mackey opposed ihe plan vaguely as contrary to the policies of the station at ihe present time. Kenworthy opposed the plan 'because "it is not the function -of the station to be on the air for entertainment." Alteration of the station’s hours to 9 p.m. to midnight seems acceptable. This has also been contrary to present station policy. This alter ation, however, is much more desirable than the present plan to change the hours. • _ The question of station policy need not enter into the picture. Unfortunately, the station does not serve enough of the student body, to warrant ihe extension of station hours during finals. The station board of directors need look no farther than this. any inferior intelligence or any lack of ability to think intelligently. Another effect of the amendment would be to equalize the minimum voting requirements in all states. This makes sense. It makes,no sense at all that an 18-year old in Georgia is old enough to vote, while an 18-year old in any other state is not. It may—or may not—be true that Americans at 21 are in a better position to make decisions than at 18. But the incentive of a more im- mediate vote might very well be the incentive for high school pupils to learn about democracy, and might make of them better, more intelli gent, voters for the rest of their lives. —Mike Feinsilber Safety Valve Sees Misinformation TO THE EDITOR: I have just finished reading the' articles concerning the Recreation Hall seat ing plan and was dumbfounded to read Edward Czekaj’s statement that, according to the min utes of All-College Cabinet at which the plan was adopted, a minimum of 300 tickets must be placed on sale to the public. As a member of the cabinet which passed the plan and as a proponent of the idea, I wish to clarify Mr. Czekaj’s misinformation. When ihe original Rec Hall seating plan was presented io cabinet—the one which proposed the setting aside of 300 seals for each indoor athletic event for sale to the public—the ma jority of cabinet objected strenuously to the idea . . . (When) it became evident ihe seats' in Rec Hall wer6 not being put to their fullest advantage, a new plan was formulated. I dis cussed this plan carefully with Joseph Lemyre, then president of the Athletic Association, and agreed with, his proposals for a revised seating. In this plan there was no mention of any "mini mum of 300 seats." ... In spite of apparent student dislike of the plan at present, I still maintain that the idea, is a fine one . . . The Collegian’s own recently conducted poll showed that most students still do not under stand the Rec Hall seating plan. This type of apathy has long been of major concern, not only to cabinet, but to all organizations on campus ... • Letter cut —David M. Pellniiz 1952-53 editor. Daily Collegian Gazette... CHECKER CLUB 8 p.m., TUB INFIRMARY Geraldine D’Alio, Arnold Dalton, Maryetta enderson, Richard Leety, Bean Moyer, Wil- liam Pharaoh, Charles Schulz, George Seid, Ar chie Sirianni, Catherine Stewart, Jean Wagner, Everett Weidner. STUDENT EMPLOYMENT Camp Delwood in the Poconos will interview 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. Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.—Lord Brougham Tomorrow Little Man on Campus m ¥/?' "No, not lonite, Professor Snarf has been temperamental, sullen, cynical, nasty, an' in a bad mopd all day, so he thought he'd better take advantage of it and grade papers this evening." Varying Uses For 25-Cent The 25-cent general student assessment, begun this semester by action of All-College Cabinet, has been deposited in the treasuries of the student councils of the nine colleges and is being used for student activities, according to the presidents' of the councils. The College of Agriculture Student Council’s activities this fall 5 ' have been Howdy Night for freshmen, the annual Ag Hill Par ty, and a series of coffee hours with Dean Lyman E. Jackson. The assessment has also helped pay for the Penn'State Farmer, For ester, and Scientist, and the Ag Hill Breeze, regular publications of the college. Business Plans Paper The student "council of the Col lege of Business, now in its first year of organization, sponsored student mixers during the fall and plans to publish a newspaper during the spring semester. The council also has planned a series of coffee hours, and a faculty rat ing program The allotment of the College of Chemistry and Physics Council is being used for general council i project expenses, including the Chem-Phys Newsletter, mixers, and blue book files. | Evaluation Planned I Coffee hours and a Christmas party for faculty and students were sponsored by the council of the College of Education during the fall semester. The council is also planning to publish a news paper similar to News and Views, the publication of the College of Home Economics. The education council also plans an evaluation series that will cover courses, text books, and faculty. The College of Engineering Stu dent Council plans to use the as sessment as part of its general treasury to sponsor the Open House on April 10. The council will also hold a mixer in March, and has set up a committee to in vestigate possible students activi ties for the spring semester. Held Student Mixer The Home Economics Council pays for the' publication of the magazine News and Views with its allotment. It also sponsored a student mixer and a faculty tea early last fall. A series of weekly coffee hours have been sponsored this semes- ter by the Liberal Arts Council. The assessment fund will also pay for the'council newspaper, which will be available early in the spring semester. Coffee Hours Held • The Mineral Industries Coun cil has also held student-faculty coffee hours during the semester. The fund is also being used for the Mineral Industries Newslet ter. . ‘ The College of Physical Educa tion and Athletics Student Coun cil has paid expenses for repre sentatives to the state convention FRIDAY. JANUARY 15. 1954 By MARCIE MacDONALD of schools of physical education and has planned a sports day to be held in the spring. The xund also pays for the Discobolus, the council’s newspaper, and for the Paul Smith memorial scholarship trophy awarded each year to a Senior man. Phi Kappa Phi initiates 29 -Phi Kappa Phi, national schol astic honor society, initiated 29 new members at a recent meet ing, president Jean Amberson, professor of home economics ed ucation, has announced. New initiates are Helen Berg man, Ernest Brozier, Louise Cas trodale, George Dvorozniak, Dan iel Kestill, Nguyen Tu Ban, Elsie Devlin, and Daniel Pettinato. Barbara Bistline, Marian Coop er,: Marion Cullen, Robin Eiche, Robert Euwema, Lawrence Greg or, Harry Hazlehurst. "Robert Hess, William Kilmer, Ralph Mc- Connell, Susan Minnich, Richard Oswald, Kae Parks, Lois Patter son, Martha Richards. Charles Rohrbeck, Winifred Scott, Philip Sheridan, Douglas Speicher, and Thomas Younkins. Fellowships are available from the national association for grad uates wish to continue study. Dr. Amberson said. Interested members may contact Eleanor Best, chapter secretary, at 105 Temporary. Any student with a 2.6 or bet ter average is eligible for mem bership in the All-Campus honor-, ary, Dr. Amberson pointed out. Professor Writes Book Oh German Grammar Nora E. Wittman, assistant pro -fessor of GGrmaii, nss written sc new book entitled “Brief- German Reference. Grammar.” The 88- page book is a concise present a-- tion of grammar, word order, and syntax. ‘ yj.- Tonight on WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES 7:25 Sign on Prevue 7:30 Marquee Memories 8:00 L Record Prevue 8:15 Just for Two 9:00 Semi-Pops 9:15 Campus News 9:30 Dance Party 10:30 ... Sign off Bv Bibier Found. Fee
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