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Published Tuesday through
i Saturday mornings, during
j the University year, the
| Daily Collegian is a student
j operated newspaper-
Entered us second-class matter Jhlt 5, 1934 at Um State College. Pa. Post Office under
DIEHL McKALIP, Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Inez Althouse; Copy Editors, Nancy Fortna, A 1 Klimcke; As
sistants, Tom Smith, Marilyn Zabusky, Anne Friedberg, Cynthia Bell.
Students to Blame for Seating Problems
The past two home football Saturdays there
has been considerable comment on the lack of
seats in the. senior sections of. Beaver Field.
Many students have put forth the belief that
this situation is due to an attempt by the Uni
versity to assign less seats to the Senior class
than there are students. This is not so.
Let us dwell for a moment in the field of
mathematics. In enrollment figures released
yesterday by the Office of Admissions and Reg
istration, the number of seniors was 2151 and
that of full-time graduate students 460. These
people, totaling 2510, are all entitled to sit in
the senior section.
From the Athletic Association ticket office
came the information that three sections con
taining 2640 seats are reserved for seniors, save
a 100 seat space for the Blue Band. In addition
to these athletic books, there are 125 tickets
sold in each section so students may be ac-
companied to the games by their families and
friends.
This seems like ’345 more tickets outstanding
than available. However, let us look at two more
factors. First is an allowance for the number
of ticket holders who will not come to the game
or will not pass their ticket along to someone
else. In the senior section we feel it is fair to
call this ten per cent or 251 tickets. The second
factor is the number of students who.. have
senior books but sit in lower class sections be
cause their companion does not have a senior
section ticket.
Safety Valve
Clarifies NSA Budget
TO THE EDITOR: I was quite disappointed to
find incorrect information heading the article
on NSA in yesterday’s Collegian. The NSA
budget was not a part of the recommendations
which cabinet approved.
Rather, the subject was brought up for their
attention as something they will be expected
to determine (at the Oct. 27 meeting).
To clarify ihe issue: Cabinet has not ruled
whether or not the expenses for the Congress
this past summer are to come from ihe $6OO
budget for the year. It was due to controversy
over this point (and the contention of the former
NS A coordinator that the bill this summer was
not part of the $600) that expenses were not
kept within the limits necessary to provide
sufficient remaining funds for an active re
gional program . . .
In deciding the matter (of congress funds)
cabinet has several alternatives:
1. They can state that all congress expenses
are to be taken from the $6OO budget, in which
case the regional program is crippled com
pletely.
2. Additional funds can be voted to make
the regional program effective.
3. They can rule that only a part of the past
congress' expenses is to be taken from the $6OO
Today
CHEMISTRY-PHYSICS STUDENT COUNCIL,
7 p.m., 105. Osmond
FORENSIC COUNCIL, 6:45 p.m., 316 Sparks
GAMMA THETA UPSILON, NATIONAL GEO
GRAPHIC FRATERNITY, 7:30 p.m., 218 Min-
Qjgi Science
LAKONIDES, 8:30 p.m., White Hall
PLAYERS ADVERTISING CREW MEETING,
6:45 p.m., Schwab Auditorium loft
SCHUHPLATTLERS MEETING, 7 p.m., 405 Old
Main
RIDING CLUB, 7 p.m., TUB
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
ASSEMBLY, 7 p.m., 304 Old Main
Tomorrow
DAIRY SCIENCE CLUB, 7 p.m, 117 Dairy
INSURANCE CLUB, 7 p.m. Alpha' Epsilon Pi
SCABBARD AND BLADE SOCIETY BUSI-
NESS MEETING, 7:15 p.m. Delta Upsilon,
smoker at 8 p.m.
YOUNG DEMOCRAT MEETING, 7 p.m, 217
Willard, John R. Stewart, candidate for 20th
Congressional District—speaker
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Students interested in working in Altoona
over the Christmas holidays may come to Stu
dent Employment for further information.
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Harvey Reiseman, Alfred Richards, Kenneth
Richardson, David Rupert, Thaddeus Schultz,
Theodore Stone, William Straub, Gertrude
Weidman.
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Gazette.. •
THE DAS.Y COUTOTAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
FRANK CRESSMAN. Business Mgr.
If the ten per cent allowance for tickets not
used is subtracted from the over-sale of tickets,
it leaves a figure of 94 more tickets than seats.
This small figure is erased by those in the sec
ond category mentioned above, those who use
their senior section tickets to sit in other sec
tions.
Now we must answer the question of why, if
there are the same number of sitters as seats,
■many students are forced to sit elsewhere than
in their assigned sections. We feel the answer
is that which Ernest B. McCoy, dean' of the
College of Physical Education and Athletics, put
forward after the first home- game with Vir-
ginia.
Dean McCoy blamed the trouble on students
who are not seniors crossing the railings into
senior sections. It is the desire, he pointed out,
of each student “to have a seat on the 50-yard
line.”
The way io stop this section-hopping seems
to lie in the continuation of policing the dividers
between the sections. This could be done by
the University "S" Club or some similar service
organization. Another possible, but harden,
remedy would be for students to take upon
themselves the task of remaining in the sections
assigned to them and not infiltrating into the
senior areas.
Students, not the University, are at fault if
there is any trouble with Beaver Field seating.
In this light, students, not the University, should
correct any fault.
On Cabinet Reports
Many “students following such All-University
Cabinet reports as the Academic Honesty
recommendations have the impression that cab
inet’s approval on these issues necessarily
means adoption of the recommendations.
Clarification is needed on this matter. All
cabinet-approved reports concerning joint stu
dent-faculty responsibility and committees must
be carried to the University Senate committee
for final approval.
This does not mean that student interest and
participation in such reports need be discour
aged in any way. The. student body plays a
vital part in effecting such reports simply by
formulating them and referring-them to cabinet
and through cabinet recommending them to
the Senate committee.
It does mean, however, that students cannot
assume adoption by cabinet of measures in
volving both students and faculty is the final
move before implementation.
budget, leaving adequate funds for the remain
der of the year.
Cabinet is to be commended on its interest
,and discussion regarding its membership
4n NS A and it is to be hoped that further con
fusing errors such as this can be avoided.
in Aero. E.. ME, ' CE, EE & Arch. E.: M.S. in Math.,
Aero E., ME, CE, EE, Arch. E. Oct. 21.
HAWAIIAN SUGAR PLANTERS ASSOCIATION: B.S. in
Ch.E.; M.S. & PhD in Org. Chem. on Oct. 25 & 26.
WEST VIRGINIA PULP & PAPER: B.S. in Chem., EE, lE,
ME & Sanitary Engr. on Oct. 25.
U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE LABORATORIES; B.S. in EE,
ME, lE, Ch.E. & Metallurgy on Oct. 26.
BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY: B.S. in Aero.E., CE, EE
& ME; M.S. & PhD in Phys. & Math, on Oct. 26.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AERONAU-
in Metallurgy, Aero.E., ME & Ch.E.
TICS: B.S. & M.S.
PhD in Ch.E. & Phys. on Oct. 26.
THOMAS A. EDISON, INC.; B.S. in ME, EE, Chem.E.,
Chem., & Physics; M.S. & PhD in Chem. & Phys. on
Oct. 27.
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY: B.S. in Bus. Admin &
Lib. Arts for sales only, Chem.E., Comm. Chem, Phys,
Science, EE, lE, ME, & Metallurgy; M.S. & PhD in
Chem.E., Chem., Comm. Chem., Phys., Science, EE, lE,
ME, & Metallurgy on Oct. 27 & 28.
NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY: M.S. in Phys. Chem.,
PhD in Phys. Chem., Inorganic Chem., Process Metal.,
- Mineral Prep., Chem.E., Phys. Metallury on Oct. 27 & 28.
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER, GOODYEAR ATOMIC
CORP & GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT CORP.: 8.5., M.S., &
PhD in Chem.E., ME, EE, Metal.E., Chem., Phys., A'ero.
E., & Elec. Engr. on Oct. 28.
NEW JERSEY ZINC: M.S. & PhD in Phys. Chem., In
organic Chem., Process Metal., Min. Prep., plus PhD in
Phys, Metal, on Oct. 27 & 28.
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER, ATOMIC & AIRCRAFT
CORPORATIONS: 8.5., & PhD in Chem. E„ ME, Chem.
Phys., EE, Metal. Engr., Phys., CE, lE, & Aero. E. on
Oct. 28.
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP. (AERO.* DIV.) B.S. in Aero. E.,
Metal & ME; M.S. & PhD in ME, Metal., Phys. on Oct. 29.
R.C.A. LABORATORIES: M.S. & PhD in Phys. Chem., In
organic Chem. & Phys.\on Oct. 29.
ROHM & HAAS: M.S. & PhD in Chem., Chem. E„ Phys. &
ME on Oct. 29.
WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER
& PhD in Phys., Aero. E., EE, ME & Math.
on Oct. 29.
U.S. NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER: B.S. & M.S.
in EE, ME, Aero. E. & Phys. on Nov. 1.
THE TEXAS CO: B.S. & M.S. in CE, ME & Chem. E.;
PhD in ME & Phys. Chem. on Nov. 1. *
PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS COMPANY: PhD in Phys.,
Chem., &• Ceramics on Nov. 1.
VISKING CORPORATION: B.S. in Chem.E., ME & Chem;
M.S. & PhD in Chem. & Chem.E. on Nov. 2.
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE: B.S. in ME on Nov. 2.
ALUMINUM COMPANY OF AMERICA (ALCOA): B.S. in
ME, lE, CE, EE, Chem.E., Metal., Aero.E., Arch.E. &
Sani.E.: M.S. & PhD in Metal., ME, CE, EE & Chem.E.
on Nov. 3.
SQUARE “D” COMPANY: B.S. in EE, IE & ME on
Nov. 2 & 3.
Editorial* represent the
viewpoint of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of
the paper. Unsigned edi
torials are by the editor-
le act of March 3, 1879.
—Peggy McClain
—Jan Holm
NSA coordinator
Little Man on Campus
"I don't know what kinda' line the "Sigma Phi Nothings" give
the rushees, but year after year they seem to snatch away the
best boys."
Cabinet—Wasting Time?
Adam’s Other Rib
Anyone who has attended All-University: Cabinet this year has
no doubt been aware, and quite' probably somewhat annoyed, at
what seems a deliberate attempt to waste time and turn the meetings
into some kind of carnival... •
. At a quick one might evCn wonder why tickets are not
sold for the weekly event,- and- a gallery, erected to hold entertain-
ment seekers. '"
Upon closer analysis, it is 'evi
dent that cabinet is. doing" its'
job of providing students with
an authentic legislative body.
But it's unfoftunate and unnec
essary that in doing this, the
body must sacrifice a great deal
of its dignity and some' of its
efficiency merely for the sake'
of trying to "liven things up"
and provide cabinet members -
with a more informal atmo
sphere. --
Cabinet has ah unusual amount
of work to accomplish at .this par
ticular time in
the semester.
Sp e cifically, it
must hear, inter
pret, judge, and
vote on innumer
able Student En-
ca m p ment re-
ports and recom-
m e n dations. To
date, the group
has managed to
plough through ■ .
an average of.jJ: : . ; . *
three reports per —
meeting, and has Pe £sy McClain
ended up tabling many of these
because it has not had enough
time to give them careful thought:
and analysis.
Such tabling action might well
indicate a conservative and care
ful approach by cabinet. How
ever, if the group would devote
even a portion of the time con
sumed in insignificant discussion
and banter to a more intense con
sideration of issues, cabinet could
almost more accom
plishments in much less time.
Cabinet has already made . a
vast improvement in its “time con
sumption” through issuing pre
reports to members to read the
week before' the meeting. Perhaps
cabinet would be open to a few
suggestions for further time-sav
ers and possible efficiency, build
ers.
For instance, if cabinet moved,
its meeting time forward an.
hour, or even a half hour, agen
das might be. covered before
11 and 12 p.m. And if cabinet
would rule out pleasant, but
needless human interest stories,
peppermint lifesaver breaks,
and so forth th& extra time
might well be used for settling
pertinent campus problems.
As a suggestion thrown out
merely for future thought,, per
haps cabinet could someday in-
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1954
By PEGGY McCLAIN
yestigate the. possibility of meet
ing in a larger room and thus
give more students and adminis
tration members chance and room
to view, proceedings under less
crowded conditions.
: :. And ' should cabinet ever run
out., of progressive" projects, per
haps it might consider engaging
a sort of copy boy or errand man
to deliver the flow of notes and
messages that'members and spec
tators-are spending a good por
tion of meeting time composing
and passing, to each other. So be.it.
Slcqfirag Acts
¥6 Be Chosen
By Outing Club
Members of the Penn State Out
ing Club will schedule amateur
and professional ice skaters for
performances at.. the new skating
rink ..which is scheduled to . open
on Nov. 15.
. Ernest B. McCoy, dean' of the
College of Physical Education and-
Athletics, in charge of . the .man
agement of the rink, said the club
would be permitted to carry out
the. four point plan which it sub
mitted. ' . ... <
The program, which was pre
sented at a meeting of the winter .
sports division of the outing, club,
also included the following points.:
1. Members of the club may give
instructions to beginning: skaters.'
2. The club members may put
on an ice show. ‘ - .
3. The club was granted permis
sion to use a series of skating
films. ' . . ....
Gordon McCartney, president of
the club, has announced that- the
field and stream division "of the
club will hold a meeting at ,7:30
tomorrow in 317 Willard.. ‘
A demonstration of turkey calls
will be given at the meeting.' .
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