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DAVE JONES, Editor
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Librarian, Al Goodman; Senior Board. Jack Reid.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Diehl McKalip; Copy editors, Betty Koster, George Bairey; As
sistants, Al Klimcke, Phyllis Propert, Becky Zahm, Vera Wingert, and Robert Thomas. Ad staff, Con
nie Anderson, Diane Hallock.
WD Separation Plan:
It is difficult to agree with the philosophy
behind the physical separation plan for Hamil
ton Hall and the further suggestions of the West
Dorm Council concerning male housing in the
West Dorm area. However, appreciating the
circumstances behind the decision and sugges
tions, one can only mildly criticize—and then
only very mildly.
Hamilton Hall is to be divided into seven
units by means of firedoors built across the
hallways. Each unit will house 70 to 80 men;
and a 40-60 ratio will prevail in every 100 fresh
men and upperclassmen.
Counselors will be moved from their present
suites into centrally iocated single rooms in
each unit. The suites will be used for under
graduate study lounges.
The further suggestions of the West Dorm
Council include the establishment of a "core
system" in the area by which an upperclassman
and his friends would be permitted to live in
groups on the same floor; increasing the num
ber of upperclassmen in the area; lowering the
admission averages; and re-education of upper-
Bermuda Shorts: The
Coeds have finally won the right to wear
Bermuda shorts, but circumstances under which
they may be worn have been so closely de
fined that the whole situation has become
slightly ridiculous.
Bermuda shorts may be worn on campus to
and from recreational activities. Those who
wear them must use side entrances to the dormi
tory. The shorts may not be worn on the golf
course, to class, in diming halls, or in dorm
lounges. This is the type of restriction placed
upon their wear.
All this only serves to do one thing: imply
there is something wrong with wearing Ber
muda shorts, which, in this instance, there is
not. Regulations which force coeds to sneak
about through side entrances, and in general
avoid those who might see the Bermuda shorts,
gives to the shorts a connotation they do not
deserve.
We have taken an archaic attitude toward
this question. Bermuda shorts are quite ac
ceptable—morally and in appearance. They are
becoming normal casual wear and often look
much better than slacks. They are generally
worn with knee sox, and as a result only knees
show—less of the leg than is revealed when
skirts are worn.
It has been argued that allowing the shorts
to be worn in dining halls .would be a step
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Questions Open
classmen to the responsibilities involved in
living in the West Dorms.
One wonders where the function of student
government in the West Dorms lies after the
program is completed; or if the student govern
ment is to be used merely to keep the peace,
much on the order of additional counselors.
That these suggestions did not come from the
counselors themselves only points to this pos
sibility at the present time.
Yet, the new proposals, and those that have
been acted upon in the physical separation plan,
are sound ideas, no matter what their source.
That the suggestions should come from student
government is; from one point of view, to the
credit of student government: there are disci
plinary problems needing solution in the West
Dorms, as in' most dorms at most universities.
Of course, accepting this point of view does
not answer the question, "What is now the
function of student government?" But, then,
you should answer, "What was the function of
4,, dent. government?"
Unnecessary Stigma
backward, since new dress restrictions have
been placed on dormitory men. This argument
is invalid. Men's dress regulations are for Sun
day noon and evening meals, and even then
they are not enforced. They are voluntary.
Placing unnecessary restrictions on perfectly
acceptable Bermuda shorts gives them a stigma.
Requiring coeds to walk through side doors,
and prohibiting them from wearing the shorts
in such logical places as dorm lounges, axe
based upon an unjustified view of the situation.
It is - interesting to speculate what the Uni
versity would say about the "shorts" if they
were called Bermuda "longs" instead.
Safety Valve ..
On Chapel Design
TO THE EDITOR: Georgian architecture was
the result of men's efforts in the first three quar
ters of the 18th century to give dignified and
appropriate form to their needs as worshippers
. .. Georgian, even then, was not a truly Ameri
can expression. Now it certainly is not a true
American expression . . . Need we continue to
make all of Penn. State look as if it were built
before 1855?
. . . Students at Penn State drive fast motor
cars, wear Bermuda shorts, and have different
ideas about life than the people of pre-Civil
War days.
Do you want to tie your Chevy to a hitching
post in front of a fake "Georgian" chapel, or
do you want to walk into a place of worship
that is a true expression of 20th century ideas,
life, and faith?
Liberal Arts Cuts
TO THE EDITOR: I do not favor a cut system,
nor do I oppose one. I merely promised to ask
the faculty of the College of the Liberal , Arts
to consider seriously any proposals the Liberal
Arts Student Council would care to make.
I distinctly and emphatically told the mem
bers of the Liberal Arts Student Council that
I had no particular comments on the Univer
sity's decision to reinstitute Saturday classes.
However, I did say that there was, in my opin
ion, an educational advantage in keeping stu
dents in State College over the weekends.
The rest of the headline story on April 7 is
an example of rather florid creative writing.
—Ben Euwema, dean
College of the Liberal Arts
218 E. College
VINCE DRAYNE, Business M4r.
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Interpreting the New
ike's Retaliation
Policy 1s Unclear
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press News Analyst
Did President Eisenhower, speaking without a prepared text,
say something Monday night which might be interpreted abroad as
pulling one of the fangs of Secretary Dulles' retaliation policy? .
Dulles had said only a few hours before that Red China was
getting awfully close to the line which would call down the retalia
tion policy.
Several times he has explained
that the great force of the policy
lies in letting an aggressor know
the risks he is running, but not
just when, where, or how re
taliation would be put into effect.
This very process is now being
applied regarding Indochina.
This has all been coupled with
the "new look" in the American
military program, with emphasis
on atomic weapons. Under this
program, retaliation can be un
dertaken within the whole range
of military, economic and politi
cal weapons. Dulles laid heavy
stress on this ability.
Now the President says with
respect to the H-bomb, in a speech
largely designed to offset world
wide hysteria:
"We know with respect to that
bomb we're not going to start a
war. It's not even going to be
used by our initiative."
Does that mean, for instance,
that Russia might be able to in
vade Turkey with so-called con
ventional weapons in the assur
ance that Moscow would not be
H-bombed?
Such an interpretation would
, fly full in the face of both the
retaliation policy and the facts of
life. It is inconceivable that the
President meant any such thing.
He went right on talking at that
point about the deterrent quail
ties of the retaliation policy. A
promise not to be the first to use
the bomb would vitiate that, might
lead Russia to believe she could
THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1954
use ground force, her greatest
strength, without atomic retalia,
tion at home.
The President could only have
meant that the weapons possessed
by America would not be brought
into use unless someone else took
the initiative, creating the fateful
situation.
People everywhere are badly.
upset about this H-bomb busi
ness. They have progressed from
thoughtful consideration of what
man must do to avoid war to
plain, downright unprofitable
worry.
That's what causes such scenes
as Monday's in the British. House
of Commons, where the debate got
all out of hand and dwindled into
recriminations. People and nations
who contemplate the possibility
of utter destruction do not think
clearly, do not weigh phrases care
fully. The words in which these
matters are to be discussed need
to be chosen with the utmost at
tention to ultimate definition.
The President left a good gen
eral impression of a man who was
seeking to allay fear and get peo
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