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t•ubits:ked Tuesday through.
Saturday mornings. during
the. University year. the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
Entered as second-class matter Job , 5.• 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office under
TAMMIE BLOOM. Editor
Managing Ed., Diehl McKalip; City Ed.. Mike Feinsilter;
Copy Ed., Mary Lee Lauffer; Sports Ed., Dick McDowell;
Edit. Dir.. George Bairey; Radio News Ed., Phil Austin;
Soc Ed., Peggy McClain; Asst. Sports Ed.. Berm Weisktopf:
Asst. Soc. Ed., Nancy Ward; Feature Ed., Baylee Friedman;
Exchange Ed.. Edmund Reiss; Librarian. Marcie MacDonald:
Senior Board. Bev Dickinson.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Dottie Stone; Copy Editors, Don Shoemaker. - Gay Snodgrass; As
sistants, Earl Kohnfelder, Joann Wohleber, Becky Zahm, Betsy Gruneck, Lee Hyatt, Ira Wasserman.
Ad Staff, Connie Anderson, Diane Hallock.
Exam Scheduling and the Time Factor
Dim Present ...
Students have been wondering why so many
of them have conflicts with examinations, or
even conflicts with the conflict examinations.
If they only knew what the scheduling office
has had to go through with this semester's ex
aminations, they might stop wondering.
The main reason that so many students have
conflicts this semester is because the examin
ation period has been cut down to seven and
one-half days instead of the usual eight or nine
days. It seems there just haven't been enough
days this year to have 32 weeks of classes, vaca
tions, summer sessions, and nine days of exams.
Another reason for the confusion about finals
is that all senior grades must be turned in by
June 2. Before the exam schedule could be made
Out, the Scheduling office had to be notified by
all instructors who had seniors in their classes.
This had to be done so that exams for those
classes could be scheduled before June 2.
If seniors do not wish to take more than two
exams on one day, this leaves only six possible
times to schedule exams for them.
Multiple section courses, and there were 225
of them last semester, also pose 'another prob
lem. Last semester 38,083 students were in
volved in multiple section courses. This seems
a little impossible since there aren't that many
students on campus, but consideration must be
made for the students that are involved in
several multiple section courses.
All in all, the job of the Scheduling office is
enormous, and it is no wonder that snags occur.
—Nancy Fortna
Safety Valve--
Criticizes Gladys
TO THE EDITOR: As one of the students who
helped circulate the petitions on campus asking
for consideration of a contemporary design for
the University chapel. I was rather shocked to
read Mr. (Eugene) Gladys' statements in yes
terday's Collegian, in which he accused the
Board of Trustees of stalling. I think it should
be made quite clear that although many of us
students desire a chapel in contemporary de
sign, Mr. Gladys does not speak for the 5000
petition signers when he makes these hasty and
ill-considered charges against the board.
Those of us who signed the petition recog
nized that it is still the Board of Trustees who
make the decision, and not the students. I think
that the board both welcomes and acts upon
student advice, but that we must recognize that
this is only advice. The students cannot and
do not wish to dictate policy to the Board of
Trustees.
But regardless of this, it is simply poor prac
tical politics to stand up and make accusations
against the only people who can help us achieve
a contemporary-styled chapel. Perhaps Mr.
Gladys has spoken before he had time to con
sider the possible consequences of his state
ment, but the fact remains that his accusations,
by possibly alienating the members of the
Board of Trustees, can do more to defeat the
proposal than any. other single action.
It would appear that the board has made
every effort to consider contemporary designs.
Therefore I think it is imperative to make it
understood that the students are not trying to
dictate Trustee policy, and that they do not
endorse Mr. Gladys' charges.
GIFTS for JUNE BRIDES
You'll be sure to find "THE
PERFECT GIFT" in our
superb collection of
China and Crystal,
Copper and Brass,
and the newest in
Black Wrolught Iron
THE TREASURE HOUSE
is the
Paradise for Puzzled Shoppers
Tim Elatig Cutirgtatt
Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887
‘cL;r.
—Duane HEolrn
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYWANdA
FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr.
Asst. Bus Mgr.. Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Adv. Mgr..
Sondra Buckman: National Adv. Mgr.. William Deters:
Circulation Co-Mgrs.. Richard Gordon, Gail Fromer; Pro
motion Mgr., Evelyn Riegel; Personnel Mgr.. Carol Sehwing;
Office Mgr.. Peggy Trozell; Classified Adv. Mgr.. Dorothea
Ebert; See., Gertrude Malpersi: Research and Records Mgr..
Virginia Casten%
Brighter Future ...
It is encouraging to note that, according to
the calendar adopted for the 1954-55 term at
the University, there is likely to be less trouble
for both the Scheduling office and the students
over final examinations next year than this
semester.
Not only have eight full days been allotted
for final examinations for both the fall 1954
and spring 1955 semesters, but Commencement
exercises are scheduled for several days after the
official end of the semester. This means there
will be more days available for scheduling
exams for sen i ors, whose grades must be turned
in early.
This semester, with only seven and one half
days of finals, a hardship is being imposed upon
the Scheduling office and upon the students.
Students have found that study time between
exams has been reduced. Many of them had
conflicts on the original exam schedule, and
since the release of the conflict schedule, there
are conflicts with conflict exams.
There are disadvantages to certain aspects of
the longer time set aside for finals—Commence
ment will be four days later next year. However
most students, realizing the difficulties existing
this semester, will probably welcome a few ex
tra days for studying.
The headaches which have resulted from the
brief schedule this year should be remembered
when future calendars are adopted. A seven
and one half day period for finals with Com
mencement on the last day apparently is im
practical.
In the more immediate future—the next aca
demic year—the calendar already released is
basis for the hope that final exam scheduling
will be less hectic and More satisfactory to
everyone concerned.
Gazette ..
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BLOCK AND BRIDLE CLUB, 7:00 p.m., 206
Agriculture
FENCING CLUB, 7:30 p.m., North Corridor,
Recreation Hall
NITTANY GROTTO, 7:30 p.m., 121 Mineral
Industries
OUTING CLUB, 6:30 p.m., White Hall play-
room
RIDING CLUB, 7:00 p.m., 317 Willard
TOWN COUNCIL, 8:00 p.m., 141 South Allen
street
WRA OFFICIALS CLUB, ‘ 6:30 p.m., 3 White
Hall
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Camp Quinibeck will interview coeds for sum
. mer camp jobs tomorrow.
Students wanted for meal jobs on and off cam-
pus.
Boys wanted for work on college farms
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Hugh Cooper, Joy Fisher, Edward Graham,
Kenneth Hohe, Yvonne Irwin, Barbara Kabak
jian, Frank Kernan, Jose Leon, Nancy Morgan,
Roger Owens, Cecelia Poor. Julian Rappaport,
Donald Snyder, Costas Thomas, Constance
Weitknecht.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools
will learn in no other.—Benjamin Franklin
Next to the originator of a good sentence is
the first quoter of it.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Woman's Enemy . . . •
Adam's Other Rib
By PEGGY .McCLAIN
Authoress Pearl S. Buck once wrote an essay expounding the
fact that women are the main cause of their own slow , rise to in
dividual prominence. And her - attacks on female indifference were
lan unfortunately keen description of such a situation at Penn State,
According to Miss Buck, women-defeat their own attempts at
success in the professional and
political world because they neith
er trust nor are inclined to pro
mote members of their own sex.
Such is apparently true on our
campus as well. While women
compose a good third of the Penn
State population, and admittedly
a good, percentage of campus or
ganizations, these same organiza
tions are quite void of any female
administration.
Take for instance the nine
student councils. With the pos
sible exclusion of the engineer
ing, agriculture, and mineral
industries councils, the majority
of the groups are made up pri
marily of women students. This
means that women have better
than 50 per cent of the voting
power in council elections. And
yet only two of the councils ...
education and chem-phys . . .
are headed by women.
The, pattern seems to be presi
dent male; vice president-male;
secretary-treasurer-well, let's let
the women keep that.
Campus politics is another
touchy field where the same no
female policy seems to apply. In
1951 a woman student entered the
race for All-University vice presi
dent.'She was of course defeated.
Except for this one case, and ex
cept during the four war years
when there was a sad minority of
mend on campus, no woman has
ever run for an All-University
office.'
The same applies to political
cliques. Has anyone ever heard of
a female clique chairman or vice
chairman at Penn State? Cliques,
too, revert to the accepted pattern-
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woman for secretary-treasurer.
There's little reason to sup
pose that a woman is not capa
ble of lifting a gavel or follow
- ing "Robert's Rules of Order."
There is less reason to suppose
that a woman could not appoint
someone to sit; on Tribunal, or
think of sOme way to table an
NSA report, or sit in on some
15 or 16 committees. It's pos
sible. that she' might even be
able to do a better job than the
men—she at least wouldn't be
hampered by seasonal sports
drills or trying to support a
wife or keeping a part time job.
Former presidential candidate
Adlai Stevenson once said he felt
women were as capable of poli
tical jobs as men. Our national
president has included a , woman
on his cabinet. Herg at Penn State,
our All-University pr esid e n t
wanted to put a woman on traffic
court. Unfortunately, Cabinet—fe
male members included—didn't
feel that a woman was "in any
position" to serve on such a male
dominated court.
The trouble apparently lies
with woman herself. Women will
not believe in their own ability
(Continued on page five)
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