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Published Tuesday through
Saturday mornings, during
the University year, the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
Entered as second-class smatter July 6. 1934 at the State college. Is. Pawl Office Hader
DAVE JONES Editor
Managing Ed.. Marshall O. Donley; City Ed., Chuck Asst. Bus. Mgr.,
Mark Christ; Local Advertising Mgr.,
Obertance; Copy Ed.. Chia Mathias ; Sports Ed., Sam Pro- Robert Carruthers; National Adv. Mgr.. Shirley Musgrave;
copio; Edit. Dir.. Len Goodman: Wire-Radio Ed...8i1l Jost: Circulation Mgr., Frank Cressman; Promotion Mgr.. Ruth
Photo Ed.. Bruce Schroeder: Soc. Ed.. Liz Newell; Asst. Israel; Personnel Mgr.. Patience Ungethuess: Office Mgr.,
Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell; Asst. Soe. Ed., Gus Vollmer; Gail Shaver; Classified Adv. Mgr., Jean Geiger: See.. Carol
Feature Ed., Nancy Meyers: Exchange Ed.. Lorraine Gladus: ichwins: Research and Records Mgr.. Francis Crawford.
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STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Phil Austin; Copy editors, Marcie MacDonald, Betty Koster;
Assistants, Robert Thomas, William Eisenberg, Anna Saylor, Stan Frolic, Bill Pete. Ad Staff, Pat
Dickenson, Mona Signorino.
Dorm Dress Rule: Passing the Buck
Dress rule or no dress rule, that is the ques
tion. Whether 'tis nobler in the minds of men
to dress up on Sundays or go sloppy does not
seem to matter to those who eat in University
dining halls.
All-University Cabinet tried to do something
about this attitude by passing a dress rule,
recommended last fall by the Student Encamp
ment at Mont Alto. This rule said all men living
in dormitories would wear coats and ties to
Sunday noon meals and coeducational dinners,
and wear a collared shirt and slacks to evening
meals.
Such a requirement was only a partial solu
tion. It did not take into consideration any dress
during the day. It was, however, a step in the
right direction.
Unfortunately, some students do not want to
dress up even on Sunday. They seem to think
no one will mind them eating Sunday dinner in
dungarees and T-shirt. People who reach col
lege should realize that as college students, the
public expects them to be fairly neat. There
LA Pioneering
When William L. Werner, professor of Ameri
can literature, delivers his lecture on "Penn
State and American Literature" - Monday, he
will probably point out to doubters how effec
tive the Liberal Arts college has been as a
pioneering institution.
When one argues how good certain Penn
State colleges are, he tries to show what sig
nificant contributions have been made in the
past by people in these colleges. In this way he
prophecies what kinds of excellence will come
in the future. The past performance seems to be
a guiding factor in rating anything.
A little-known fact about the Liberal Arts
college is that it was the first to begin the
teaching of American literature, due to the work
of Fred Lewis Pattee. Before Pattee, no insti
tution of higher learning had considered Ameri
ca's writers worthy of study. Pattee proved
them wrong.
Werner's lecture should be an excellent op
portunity for those who cannot see anything
effective in the Liberal Arts college to learn
some of the past glories of this institution.
—Edmund Reiss
Intelligent Vote
A common complaint among women students
is that so few voters know the candidates for
Women's Student Government Association of
fices. The result: many vote by pictures, nice
sounding names, Or casual acquaintances.
This is understandable in a University this
large. But what is not understandable—or justi
fied—is the fact that there is little effort ex
panded to meet the candidates. . •
Newspaper articles discussing viewpoints of
the presidential candidates can be a help in
voting. These should be read. And tomorrow,
from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Atherton lounges,
every woman student will have the opportunity
to meet the candidates in person.
The WSGA tea was scheduled before elec
tions so candidates might be introduced. Women
voters who take advantage of this will probably
cast ballots with more thought and more sense
than those who do not. Unfortunately, those
who do not take advantage of the tea will prob
ably resort to voting on the basis of pictures.
—Baylee Friedman
Alumni Donate
$24,000 to Fund
Although the 1954 Alumni Fund
does not officially open until
Monday, more than $24,000 in
contributions have been received
already, the Alumni Association
office has reported.
Brochures explaining the fund
and its accomplishments w ere
mailed this week to all alumni
of the University.
In the first fund last year, 3200
alumni contributed more than
$187,000. The money was allocated
to various projects on campus,
including furnishings for the new
Student Union building, the medi
tation chapel, and scholarships.
The purpose of the fund is to
give alumni the opportunity to
contribute to projects at the Uni
versity which cannot he financed
by federal or state aid.
The Batty Collegian
Seeneesser to ME VEER LANCE. eat- 1887
Werner to Honor Pattee
In Simmons Lecture
William L. Werner, professor of
American literature, will discuss
"Penn State and American Liter
ature" at 4:15 p.m. Monday in 121
Sparl:s.
In this lecture, the first of the
eighth annual Simmons series,
Werner will pay tribute to the
pioneer activity of Fred 'Lewis
Pattee in the study and teaching
of American literature.
Huston Elected Head
Of Ag Ed Honorary
Robert Huston has been elected
president of Alpha Tau Alpha,
agriculture educatibn honorary.
Other officers are Rollin Swank,
vice president; John Harris, sec
retary; Richard Weaver, treas
urer; Ronald Hershber g er,
reporter; and Norbert Szarleta,
sergeant-at-arms.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN - STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA
VINCE DRAYNE. Business Mgr.
are many visitors to campus on Sunday. It is
no credit to the University for visitors to see
students dressed as they too often are.
Many freshmen come to college expecting to
dress fairly well. They soon discover many
upperclassmen do not agree. Freshmen then
decide they will not dress up.
There will be a new group of freshmen enter
ing the University in the fall. This group should
not be subjected to the present bad dressing
habits of many dormitory men. - They need
not be.
Although the dress rule is officially still in
operation, enforcement has gone on the rock
pile. If the spirit moves a student, he dresses.
If it does not, he remains in dungarees. There
still is a chance to improve conditions. Un
fortunately, every agency which could support
the requirement has passed the buck.
Next year the program can start with a clean
slate. The dress rule should be enforced. Plans
to enforce it should begin now. There should
be no buck-passing.
On Drive-Ins
Every day for the past four days Capt. Philip
A. Mark, head of the Campus Patrol, has stood
in the middle of Pollock road. He has stood
there in plain sight with a pencil and a pad
of blank tickets in his hand.
Every day for the past four days students
-34 of them so far—have driven down Pollock
road and have been stopped by Mark.
The captain and the driver converse a bit
and then generally Mark fills out another of
his tickets and awards it to the student.
It costs the student $1 or more to get rid of it.
This seems to be quite an improvement over
the old system. Before, campus patrolmen had
to go out with their blank pads and seek
traffic violators. Now the violators drive right
up to the patrolmen.
That's real nice of them. Some people—about
34—never learn.
Safety Valve
Hits 'Salesman' Review
TO THE EDITOR: After reading Ed Reiss' re
view on "Death of a Salesman," I am still not
sure if it was written for a college newspaper
Or as a comp. 1 exercise on the use of adjectives.
In 11 paragraphs, Reiss managed to make
more broad generalizations about nothing and
say less than anything I've ever read before.
In fact, in all that space he didn't even bother
to mention II of the 13 cast members.
Perhaps (he) was too busy getting poetic with
t - he deep water and waves of emotion.
Gazette ...
INFIRMARY
Russell Courtney, Robert Hollen, Kenneth
Meredith, Charles Miller. Harvey Wolfson.
PLACEMENT SERVICE
This is a partial and unofficial listing. Complete informa
tion on placement may he secured at 112 Old Main.
NATIONAL TUBE DIVISION OF U.S. STEEL' (Lorain)
will interview graduating seniors in EE. ME. and IE on
March 15.
PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE, CO. willAnterview grad
uating seniors in Bus. Adm., L.A., snd Math. (actuary
work) ; M.S. candidates in Finance who have 'completed
at least one semester on March 15.
Eng Scholarship
Open to Sophs
The Square D Co. of Detroit,
Mich., has endowed a $450 schol
arship for a sophomore in electri
cal engineering, industrial engi
neering, or mechanical engineer
ing, Earl B. Stavely, assistant dean
of engineering, has announced.
The scholarship will be given
on the basis of character, per
sonality, leadership, and financial
need. To be eligible the student
must rank in the upper two-fifths
of his class.
Application forms are available
in 204 Main Engineering.
Flying Club to Meet
Maj. George .W. Casey of the
University Air Force Reserve
Officers Training Corps will in
struct the Flying Club on flight
navigation at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
William Fehr, club president, has
announced.
Editorials represent the
viewpoint of- the writers,
not necessarily the policy of
the paper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor.
Itet of idarete 3. 1899.
—Phil Austin
—Mike Feinsilber
—Allison Munn
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reting the , News
Inter
Soviet Bloc Trade
Could Be Ambush
By 3. M. ROB — ERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Western countries which wish to increase their trade with the
Soviet bloc are beginning to recognize that they could walk into a
diabolical ambush.
When the Marshall Plan was devised it was realized that Euro
pean recovery would never be complete without re-establishment
of East-West trade. When, at the end of the plan's four years, its
aims had not been fully accom
plished, the United States decided
it was better to keep on sending
economic aid rather than have her
allies tie their economies too
closely to Russia's, and, rather
than give 'the Eastern countries
the benefits which they, too, need
ed from trade:
Recently, as this economic aid
shifted more and more to the
military field and appeared sure
to end soon, Western Europe has
been making more and more
trade agreements with the East.
Even the embargo on shipping
strategic material has been slip
ping. Recently, the President
had to use his discretionary
power to excuse a number of
violations which, under a strict
interpretation of the economic
aid laws, would have required
cutting off several countries,
with resulting estrangements.
This business of trade with the
East is not merely a matter of
deciding to whom it is most val
uable. It directly involves funda
mental policy based on assess
ments of the relative positions
which it creates.
In the last two years Western
policy, partictilarly with regard
to its military preparations, has
come to be based on the belief
that Russia plans no immediate
war that she is sticking to the
Leninist ,idea- that she must be
come self-sustaining before she
can actively undertake world rev
olution; that her belief in the
eventual collapse of the Western
economy is still the guiding prin
ciple in all her actions.
Considerations of trade policy
thus involve the progress of
Russian policy toward the time
when she will conceive of her
self as capable of supporting
world revolution.
More than that, however, it in
volves placing a weapon in her
hands which she might be, able
to use, at some moment when the
Western economy might be pre
cariously balanced, to tip it over.
If the Western nations should
get their economies tied up with
Russia's to the point where it was
really important, and then get
into a depression, Russia might
be able to turn a serious situation
(Continued on page five)
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1'954
By Bibler
`Thinking Machine'
Is Latest Fad
In Symbolic Logic
A new "thinking machine" has
been developed by Roger W.
Holmes, professor of philosophy,
at Mount Holyoke College. He
says the machine "is to logic what
an adding machine is to arith
metic."
The ma c hin e, according to
Holnies, uses fundamental sym
bolic logic to solve problems. The
device has a complex system of
electrical relays which flashes
lights on a control board.
He claims it can tackle complex
processes of reasoning with great
er speed and accuracy than a hu
man, but it can't perform any
function which a human couldn't
do for himself with a pencil and
paper. The professor sets up the
questions with a system of sym
bols.
He says the machine can ex
plore the field for new principal
and can also test the validity Of
basic laws of logic.
Holmes believes a larger model
than the present one, which -is
about the size of an old-fashioned
table model radio, would be of
great value in industrial and mili
tary planning, or in crime detec
tion. •
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