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TAMMIE BLOOM UNANGST. Editor
Managing Ed„ Diehl McKalip; City Ed., Mike Feinsilber: Asst. Bos Mgr., Benjamin Lowensteia : Local Adv. Mgr.,
Ccpy Ed., Mary Lee Laaffer; Sports Ed., Dick McDowell: Soadra Dackman: National Adv Mgr., William Dover*;
Edit. I>:r., George Baircy; Radio News Ed., Phil Austin; Circulation Co-Mgrs.. Richard Gordon, Gail Frojmer; Pro
-s*>e Ed., Peggy McClain; Asst. Sports Ed., Herne Weiskopf: motion Mgr.. Erelyn Riegel: Personnel Mgr.,-Care! Sen wing:
Asst. See. Ed.. Nancy Ward: Feature Ed., Bajlee Friedman: Office Mir*- Peggy Troxell; Classified Adv. Dorothea
Exchange Ed.. Edmund Reiss; Librarian, M«reis MacDonald: Ebert; Sec., Gertrnde Malpezzi: Research and Records Mgr..
Senior Board, Bex Dickinson. Virginia Coskery. «
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night editor, Joe Beau-Seigneur; Copy editors, A 1 Klimeke, Dottie Stone;
Assistants, Earl Kohnfelder, Terry Leach, Mike Moyle. Ad Staff: Mona Signorino,. Claire Murray.
Moral-Leave Locked Doors Locked!
Women's dormitory rules and regulations are
regarded sometimes as inconvenient nonsense—
but following erne of them could, perhaps, have
prevented unwelcome visits by . a prowler to
Thompson and Atherton Halls last weekend.
The head hostess in Atherton Hall yesterday
ventured a guess as to how the prowler entered
that dormitory. She said the ground floor doors
had been locked and checked for the night, al
though it was before closing hours. A coed,
hungry for a mid-evening snack; may have left
the dorm through one of the doors. Although
locked to the outside, they can be opened from
the inside. The door didn’t lock again when she
closed it.
The result? Several hundred terrified coeds.
The door had been locked about 9:45 p.m. as
it is every night because it is impossible to
lock eight doors promptly at 10 p.m.
Coeds have the right fo leave a dorm at any
time, as long as they are in by closing time,
but they do not have the right to open locked
doors.
To usurp this right, as was demonstrated
Sunday night, may be more convenient, but it
can threaten the security of all who think they
Parking and! Gripes
Of all the crises to strike the Penn State
campus within recent years, this year's parking
situation would appear to be one of the worst.
At least all the gripes which have arisen con
cerning it would lead to this impression.
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind of the
fact that campus parking facilities leave much
to be desired. The question is, what good-will
aH the griping do? Parking facilities are*in
adequate, obviously, due to the growth in en
rollment at the University in recent years. And
steps are being taken to alleviate the situ
ation. But for the present, there is nothing to be
done but sit'and await results.
The general attitude toward the situation
recently has been nothing short of childish.
And this is true not only on the part of students
and' other campus drivers, but also on the
part of campus officials who would certainly be
expected to maintain cooler heads.
At present nothing is being accomplished
save the growth of animosity among all con
cerned. And it is obvious that a little patience
by all is the order of the day.
Steps are being taken such as the improve
ment of present parking facilities and the cre
ation of .new ones, but the progress will .not
be evident for some little while. So for the pres
ent, the situation might be somewhat alleviated
by strict adherence to regulations. Most im
portant of' all however, a little less griping and
a little more mature attitude would certainly
be ia order on the pari of all concerned.
—AI Klimcke
Bell Merits His Honor
Louis H. Bell, the unsung gentleman who
runs the public, information department of the
University, collected a whale of an honor this
summer—and he deserves every bit of it.
-Bell was cited for outstanding achievement
by the American College Public Relations As
sociation. The ditation praised Bell for his con
tribution to the association during the past ten
years and his “able, dignified and broad-gauge
interpretation of the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, and thus representing Amex-ican higher
education, across State and Nation.” Quite a
citation for a man who daily faces the task of
keeping possibly the most remote school in the
nation (for metropolitan newspaper coverage)
on the map.
The citation also praised Bell for his “bril
liant and unstinting service "to the association,
in particular as first editor and pathseiter of
its now well-established "Newsletter" and as
"far-sighted and successful vice president for
membership."
Bell has been head of the public information
department since 1943 and prior to that, he
served on the faculty. Bell is also a graduate of
the University, so he is no stranger here.
It is a fine honor to a man who day-in and
day-out does a very fine job for'the University.
—-George Bairey
Research Grant
A grant of $lBOO to the Univer
sity -by the Research Corp. of
New York-City will continue sup
port of research on the chemis
try of payrole and derivatives.
Philip S. Skell, assistant profes
sor of cHemistry, is conducting the
work.
Satlg CaUtgmti
SncciMor to THE FREE LANCE, est 1887
Language Reading Exam
The foreign language reading
examination, required for all
candidates for advanced degrees,
will be given Nov. ’l. Appli
cants must register before Oct. 4.
Registration will take place for
French, Spanish, and Russian m
300 Sparks and for German in 229
-Sparks.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE.' PENNSYLVANIA ■'
FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr.
are safely locked inside. The hungry coed
should have used the main front door.
An old business adage is that the best way
to sell something is to advertise. Many coeds in
advertantly advertise to passersby and'prowlers
when they neglect to draw their shades after
dark. .
A large University is bound to attract many
types of people, some undesirable, to its cam
pus. If a person is so natured he -is in
clined to theft or to lust, a clear view into an
empty room or to one occupied by a coed may
stir him to seek an open door.
Advertisement; coupled with opportunity ...
the unlocked dormitory door ... is bound to
attract buyers.
Froth-Unfortunately
It isn’t always, but unfortunately it happens
once a month. Today is Froth Day. The' frothy
publication is as inevitable as Penn State weath
er, and through somewhat similar twists of fate
we’re victims of circumstance and circulation.
Froth Day—the day all journalists regard with
great embarrassment, their closet case of the
fourth estate. And with much concern we pen
men view these bourgois jesters who try so
valiantly to master the skills of writing. It is
with saddened hearts that we realize the im
possibility of passing on to them the wisdom of
true journalism.
. But Frosb, and upperclassmen as well—as
we said, .it happens only once a month. Froth
Disease is not contagious unless one gets too
close io printing presses, and such cures as
menial institutions, and - rest homes are being
improved constantly.
So bear with the monthly gag, students—it is
to be tolerated and guided. Scorn is lost uppn
it. And ironically, its circulation staff is un
beatable. “They’ll get you every time.” So be it.
“And so as we greet with down cast eyes
The advent of Froth’s day,
We toast the day’s demise
And with it freedom from the vice
For one more month!”
—Peggy McClain and Nancy Ward
Registration: Success
Despite ominous. predictions and many gripes
and groans last spring, the new alphabetical
registration schedule this semester has proved
to be a success.
The second highest number of students in
the history of the University—ll,6Bs regis
tered in the 3Vz day period with comparatively
few long lines: For the first time freshman
and sophomores were not forced to delay tak
ing required courses because upperclassmen,
seeking electives, had filled- the sections:
Thanks lo an alternation in the Senate Regu
lations for Undergraduate Students, no upper
classmen, either, were kept from required
courses. The rule change, anticipating possible
snafus, states that upperclassmen would be
given preference should a section be over
crowded, both on a semester and on a curricu
lum basis.
Registration assistants were able to keep
abreast of students registering. By the time the
second half day of registration opened Wednes
day afternoon, all IBM cards received Wednes
day morning had been sorted according to
category and most cards' had been sorted on a
sectional basis.
Perhaps the only harm done by the new regi
stration system was to upperclassmen’s pride.
Gazette.. •
Today
COLLEGIAN CIRCULATION STAFF, 6:30 p.m.,
business office, Carnegie Hall
COLLEGIAN PROMOTION STAFF, 7 p.m., 102
Willard
LA LANTERN BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL
STAFFS, 8:10 p.m., 104 Willard
‘ PARMI NOUS, 8:15 p.m., Sigma Alpha Epsilon
PLAYERS’ ADVERTISING MEETING, 6:45
p.m., loft of Schwab Auditorium
ROD AND COCCUS CLUB OFFICERS’ MEET
ING, 7 p.m., Patterson Hall
Editorials represent die
viewpoint of the writers*
not necessarily the policy of
the paper. Unfifnoi edi
torials are by the-editor.
the/met of March 3. 1879. ,
Ashby Fills DIR Post
\Jefferson D. Ashby, who has
been assistant to the director of
the Division of Intermediate Regi
stration for the past two years,
has been named director of the
division.
Ashby wills the position va
cated-by W. Scott Gehman who
resigned to accept a position at
Duke University.
Little Man on Campus
—Ann Lefa
By DR. EDWARD G. THADEN
. Instructor,, History
(This is the first in a series of articles by University faculty
members. Dr. Thaderi has earned his advance degrees at the
University of Zurich in . Switzerland and at the University of
' Paris. He presents o first-hand report on the Trieste situation
in this, the first of two articles. Dr. Thaden’s second article will
appear in Saturday’s Daily Collegian.)
At first glance, Trieste appears not too different from a typical
Italian seaport town.like Naples.
In both Trieste and Naples, there is a narrow plain near the sea
with white-facaded, modem buildings and wide streets. The hills
towering above the port are criss-crossed with the- narrow winding
streets of an old city, with its animated, chattering humanity shaded
from the hot sun by drying laun
dry hanging between windows
and the stone walls of houses
whose top stories nearly meet
overhead,
A closer examination of the
town and environs inevitably dis
pels much of the initial impres
sion one might have of Trieste
as a typical Italian town.
Trieste's geographical position ,
and history provide us with the
essential explanation' for -her
rather unique position as a city
of Italian culture—at least 70
per cent of Trieste's population
claims Italian as their native
tongue—which is economically
and historically a part of cen
tral Europe, not of Italy.
The geographical and economic
hinterland of Trieste today lies
in Austria and Yugoslavia. The
agricultural and industrial ex
ports and imports of these
two countries naturally pass
through Trieste, whose. posi
tion at the northern end of the
Adriatic makes her the nearest
port to Austria and the most prac
tical one for Yugoslavia. Tito’s
nation otherwise lacks good ports,
because of inadequate transporta
tion facilities over the mountains
separating the interior of Yugo
slavia from the Adriatic.
—Ann Leh
Historically, too, Trieste has
been much more closely associated
with-its northern and eastern hin
terland than with Italy since the
time it was a Roman colony, then
known as Tergeste. •
During the nineteenth century,
many Triestinos showed an : in
creasing interest in the “idea of
an Italian nation, despite their
prosperity under Austria. After
the creation of a united Italy in
the sixties and seventies, this sen
timent became more and more
pronounced. , ; . , •
■ln World War IL Mussolini
picked the losing side, and the
complaints of the Slovenes and
the Croats concerning then;
maltreatment during the Fascist
regime therefore received sym
pathetic treatment by the vic
torious allies. In th® : second
"Oh . heck no—my mattress sags."
‘Potential Powder Keg-
Trieste Looks - Like
Any Itatian Town
WEDNESDAY,- -19,54
meeting of the Foreign Minis
ters Council in the summer of
1946, the fate of Istria .and
Trieste "Was decided.
Trieste, together with a small
part of Istria—in all, 285 square
miles—was declared a Free • Ter
ritory, whose independence “shall
be assured by the Security:Coun
cil of the United Nations.”
The Free Territory was to‘have
a governor who was not “a'.'citi
zen of either Italy, Yugoslavia,
or the Free Territory” and; who
was to be nominated by ihg" Se
curity Council in consultation
with the Italian and. Yugoslav
governments. However, no'candi
date satisfactory to the Russians,
Americans, Yugoslavs and' Ital
ians could be found.
Accordingly, the Free Territory
remained without a governor and
divided, into the two . occupation
zones which had been established
in 1945' by the commanders of the
British and Yugoslav, armies:
Zone A, administered by a British
major-general with British .and
American staffs and troops under
him; and Zone B, to the south of
the city of Trieste, administered
by a Yugoslav commander. f
Off Painting Purchased
For Old Main lounge
An oil painting* “The White
Church,” by Mrs. Gladys H. Gold
stein of Baltimore has been pur
chased through the Alumni Fund
and will be added to the .Uni
versity art collection.
The painting will be hung in
the lounge of Old Main.
The. painting, done by Mrs.
Goldstein while studying at the
University this summer, depicts
the- Shiloh church on the Benner
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