PAGE FOUR eublisneci Tuesday through Saturday mornings. during the University year, the Daily Collegian-is a student operated newspaper. Entered as second-class matterty 64, ISte at the State College, Qa. Past Offie. andar DAVE JONES. Edifte Managing Ed., Marshall 0. Donley: City Ed., Chuck Amt. Bus. Mgr:, Mark' Christ: Local Advertising Mgr.. Ohertance; Copy Ed... Chia Mathias; Sports Ed., Sr.in Pro- Robert Carruthers: National Adv. Mgr.. Shirley Musgrave: copio: Edit. Dir.. Len Goodman: Wire-Radio Ed.. Bill Jost: Circulation Mgr., Frank Creasman; Promotion Mgr.. Ruth Photo Ed.. Bruce Schroeder: See. EL. Liz Newell; Asst. Israel; Personnel Mgr.. Patience Ungethuem: Office Mgr., ,perts Ed.. Dick McDowell: Asst. Soe. Ed., Gus Vollmer: Gail Shaver; Classified Adv. Mgr., Jean Geiger: Sec., Carol Feature. Ed., Nancy Meyers: Exchange Ed.; Lorraine Gladus: 4 ;chwing: Research and Records Mgr.. Francis Crawford. Librarian. Al Goodman: Senior Board. Jack Reid. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Roger Seidler; Copy editors, Tammie Bloom, Baylee Friedman; Assistants, Dave Bronstein, Anna. Saylor, Margie Blank, Mickey McMillan. Ad staff, Cindy Manarin, Tod Adams. Hat Societies Get a Brand New Job Hat Society Council's decision to change the role of the batman in freshman orientation is • long overdue. The council last week decided to give hatmen the job of counseling freshman men during Orientation Week next fall. The council also decided hatmen, as a group, would not take part in freshman hazing. This second action is of prime importance. The idea of giving hatmen the counseling job, instead of the hazing job, is one of the best moves since customs began. After semester up on semester of - repeated criticism of hazing by hatmen, hat 'societies themselves have finally seen the light. Since the return of freshman customs after the end of World War 11, hatmen have had the unpleasant job of enforcing customs upon the frosh. Hatmen were given the job to encourage upperclass enforcement. It has encouraged en forcement. But those who developed this idea failed to consider the amount of harm it could do to whatever prestige hat societies then had. Giving hatmen the job of leading customs enforcement has so lowered hat societies in stu- Those Major Objections to FMA Tomorrow the Fraternity Marketing Associ ation is expected to begin the sale of meats to member houses at prices ranging from 5 to 10 per cent below that now paid by individual buyers. In addition, FMA is now offering can ned goods at an 8 per cent saving and furni ture at a 27 per cent discount. Despite all this, however, only 27 fraternities are participating in the program. This is more than 50 per cent, but it leaves 24 strong mem bers/ of Interfraternity. Council who have not found the savings tempting enough to over come their apparent distrust, or dislike, of the organization. What are the main reasons for not joining the group? First seems to be a feeling FMA has not proven itself and may fail financially at any time. But, FMA has attempted to remedy this feeling many times by sending speakers to non-member fraternities and by Promotion cam paigns designed to acquaint all with its suc cessful operation. Yet, prospective members still worry about losing money if they invest in the program. Actually, all FMA can say - will not con vince its doubters. The best suggestion for doubters is to look at the record. Growth of FMA from a few fraternities cooperating to 'buy a truck-load of potatoes to the group we see today—incorporated under state law, buying not only potatoes but canned goods, meats, and The Campus Green: That Animal Plea The return of spring to the University means, among other things, that the keep-off-the-grass campaign will soon be getting into full swing. The campaign is an annual affair, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, national service frater nity. Its purpose is self-evident—to save as much grass as possible from extinction in order to preserve some semblance of a green campus. Annually, Alpha Phi Omega valiantly at tempts to save grass from its seemingly. pre destined fate while students and members of the administration and f a cult y work un consciously in the opposite direction. Obviously, something must be done. Alpha Phi Omega tackles the problem with probably the most logical method yet devised. The group constructs, erects, and maintains signs—signs saying "Please keep off the grass" in a number of highly creative ways. For example, sign makers in the past have come up with some gems as "Don't Tread on Me"; "Ouch, That Hurts"' ' and "Remember, You Were Once a Gay Young Blade." The signs are placed at strategically located areas where the grass faces complete' extinction unless something is done. These signs do in form those who persist in taking the shortest routes across campus, regardless of the grass. But informing is all the signs can do. There are no stiff penalties for violation; and it is unlikely penalties for violators will be enacted in the future. Hence, it is the individual's responsibility. He alone can make or break the campaign by merely heeding the pleas of the signs or ig noring them completely. According to figures released by Walter W. Trainer, supervisor of landscape, construction, and r-alrtenance of the University physical plar•%>, c - .vor 53500 will be spent this .spving in turf rejuvenation alone. This is over and above Myr Daily et:deg-tart Sueeteeet to CBE PRISE LANCE. est 1817 .k4630 , >. THE DAILY CQLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA VINCE DRAYNE, Business bilge. dent eyes that many batmen are ashamed to wear their hats in public—and perhaps rightly so. The customs situation has done much to cancel out all the good works •of hat societies. It will be some time before hatmen lose the stigma of "frosh-beaters" and regain recog nition they deserve. Giving hatmen the job of helping orient fresh men is much better. Most hatmen have a healthy attitude toward the University. This is something to be instilled in new students. For recognized campus leaders to spend spare time hazing freshmen makes no sense: In September, when hatmen take over their new roles, an evaluation of freshman customs may prove them unnecessary. Hatmen, admit tedly, have been the driving force behind the program. Now that this drive, as an organized power, is removed, there will be question as to how successful the program will be. Upper classmen must take up enforcement as they never have before, or the program will flop. The change in hatman status will help make freshman orientation more successful. It will help raise hat society prestige. But it may kill customs. This does not seem such a bad risk. , . furniture, and showing no signs of stopping its growth—shows the. progress FMA has made. Its volume of business has grown in proportion to its fields—from a few hundred dollars pur chases' to a total that may top $15,000 a month with the addition of meats. The only other reason for opposition is pres sure put on hotises by their cooks. Many frater nities will admit their cooks said they could equal or better any discount FMA could obtain. But. why should this keep the house from trying a plan that may save it money? Who is paying the cook and running the house? The FMA feels it can prove its intentions and make its statistic,s,, apply,, to any house if given a chance. The cook should . be willing to go along with the plan and give it a test—that is, unless he is profiting personally under the present plan., , Thies, the two. objections some fraternities nave put forward are absurb. The records of FMA speak, for themselves and, under the sys tem under_Whidli FMA operates, any investment is safe. Any influence from a non-member of the house, while not .to be. ignored, should be tried against what FMA, can produce. The only way FMA may Move from a satisfactory organiza tion to a sup.e.riOr, organization is with 100 per cent partic,ipation from •University fraternities. —Diehl McKalip . . . . the general maintenance totals of the physical plant. This total actually represents a loss, of. $3500 due to unnecessary damage and misuse of the grass from individual indifference. We wonder if it is worth the price. More than. 20,litt.le signs will start appearing on campus 'this week. The signs represent -a I ,l •>,a—the rest remains with the individual. —George Bairey Gazette ... KAPPA PHI KAPPA, 7:30 p.m., 204 Burrowes LAKONIDES, 6:30 p.m., White Hall NEWMAN CLUB DISCUSSION, 7:30 p.m., Catholic Student Center OMICRON NU INITIATION, 7:30 p.m., Home Economics Living Center PENN STATE BARBELL CLUB, 7 p.m., 102 Willard TOWN COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., 106 Willard FROTH AND .CPA ADVERTISING SCHOOL, 7 p.m., 119 Carnegie Tomorrow POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB, 7:30 p.m., Home Economics Living Center INFIRMARY Stephen Behman, Jane Bergdoll, Kenneth Cumblidge, John Epler, Thomas Frolo, Audrey Klein, Richard Kramer, Martha Michener, Rob ert Prickett, William Roberts, Robert Rommel, Martin Snyder, George Sotus, Vivian Stark, Robert Waltemeyer, Mary Wilcox, Arthur Zim merman, Dawn Winterburn. Editorials represent the viewpoint of the. writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper.. Unsigned edi torials are by the editor. act at Mara 3. 1.873 Today Little Man on Campus • / • ,yighp,..'4V,o4( . V ti . , .. ' " • • ./.... -`,-, -,. ; ~ ' (. ~ . .1 > . I gI • i ... 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Associated Press News Analyst Foreign diplomats were. in a. rush Tuesday to learn just what Secretary Dulles meant by "united action" in his New York speech, referring to Indochina, in which he said it was necessary to run great risks sometimes in the search for peace. It is doubtful, however, if he really had anything definite in mind at the moment The secretary. is a man who. is quite precise about the use of words. When he is discussing atti tudes,• it is not always, safe to at tempt to project his phraseology into possible future action. He has said repeatedly in recent ,days that, an important part of American strength will lie from here on out in the very inability of the cold war enemy to determine in ad vance just what reaction will be in a given situation. He has been even more insistent that the ene my should know just at what points there will be serious re action. That was one thing he did• in his New York speech., He said the United States was not going to permit the Communists to take over Indochina. That could mean a determination that, if all else fails, the United States would in tervene directly in the war, call ing upon her United Nations allies to help. It is doubtful if thinking has gone that far. Rather, the ref- . erence is probably an effort to: impress the importance at tached to Indochina by the Uni ted States. For one thing, people in the United States have gotten the im pression from various official statements, made largely in an swer to congressional expressions of fear, that American interest in Indochina falls short of war. It would be almost as dangerous for the American people to feel too sure of- that as it would be for Russia and Red China to feel too sure of it. The secretary, also, undoubtedly was preparing America's Euro pean allies, particularly France, for a stand at the Geneva con ference next month against any thing which runs the risk of turn ing Indochina over to the Com munists.. • He was warning France not to run out on Indochina just as much as he was warning the Chinese Reds not to run in. To France he was also saying that the United States would stand firmly with her, whatever the consequences of a non-appease ment policy at Geneva. This maneuvering hardly seems •designed to prepare an advance position for a time when an ex pression of attitude might need to WEDNESDAY, MARCH '3l. 1954 By Bible be translated into direcf action. It is more of an effort to see to it that such a time does not arrive. Certainly there is•no present in tent on the part of the State De partment to ask for a United Na tions action against the Commun ists . such as was produced by the outbreak of aggression in Korea. Nor does there seem much likeli hood of an Allied statement, such as followed the Korean confer ence, that such and such develop ments would produce a resump tion of united action. Allies Return North Koreans To Homeland CENTRAL FRONT, Kore a, Wednesday, March 31 (JP) —The first of 120,000 farmers driven out of North Korea by Red Armies went back yesterday across the 38th parallel to start life anew on 900,000 mine-studded acres 'guard ed by Allied troops. Their desolated land was close to the front lines of a war. • now halted by armistice. Deep-throated Allied artillery thundered in practice while 'each family, was distributed 600 board feet of lumber and two' and a half sacks of cement. • This would build a new home in the sliver of North' Korea be tween the 38th parallel .and the battleline demarcation z o n e, a land where there are no homes, only rubble. Only the burial mounds of long dead kin had been left by the criss-crossing paths of war to re mind the refugees of the past. Some of the 120,000 had fled when . Russian occupation troops moved south to the 38th parallel in 1945 at close of World War 11. Tonight on WIWISI 91.1 MEGACYCLES 7 :25 Sign • On 7:30 ____ BBC • Drama—" Mr.,. Le'dbetter's Vacation" Student Agencies' Program 8:30 9:15 Women's Angle Spotlight on State Masterworks Hour Sign Off
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