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i'uesdaj through
Satcrday esornincs, daring
iSie (IniTersity rear, the
Daily Collegian is a student
operated newspaper.
Entered aa second-class matter July 5. 1934 at the State College. Pa. Post Office Bader the act of Mareb 3. 1879.
DIEHL McKALIP, Editor
Managing Ed., Mary l.»ce Lauffcr; City Ed., Mike Fein- Asst. Bos. Mgr., Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Adv. Mgr.,
silber; Copy Ed., Nancy Ward; Sports Ed., Dick McDowell; Sondra Ducjcman; National Adv. Mgr. William Devers;
Edit, Dir., Peggy McClain; Radio News Ed., Phil Austin; Circulation Co-Mgrs., Richard Gordon, Gail Fromer; Pro-
Soc. Ed., Marcie MacDonald; Asat. Sports Ed., Herm Weis- motion Mgr., Evelyn Riegcl; Personnel Mgr., Carol Sehwing;
i;opf; Asst. Soc. Ed., Mary Bolich; Feature Ed., Edmund Office Mgr., Peggy Troxell; Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea
Reiss; Exchange Ed., Paddy Beahan; Librarian, Bill Pete: Ebert; Sec., Gertrude Malpezzi; Research and Records Mgr..
Senior Board. Bev Dickinson. Virginia Coskery.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Don Shoemaker; Copy Editors; Phyllis Propert, Anita Oprendek;
Assistants, Anne Elder, Bill Eisenberg, Ted Serrill, Judy Harkison, Anne Friedberg.
Half-Holiday Hinges on ‘Good Behavior’
Can Penn State students conduct themselves
in such a way that their actions will not be pre
judicial to the good name of the University?
The All-University Cabinet Thursday night
decided they could. At that time, the highest
legislative body of Penn State student govern
ment stated emphatically that, in return for a
half-holiday, University students would conduct
themselves in a manner befitting the reputation
of the school.
Acting in response to heavy student pressure
that classes be dismissed on the Saturday of the
football game with the University of Pennsyl
vania, cabinet forwarded a request to the Coun
cil of Administration for such a holiday. In re
turn cabinet guaranteed to the council two
things—that class wbrk missed would be made
up at the discretion of the instructor and that
student conduct in Philadelphia would be above
reproach.
Thus the students through their cabinet have
presented a bargain to the University- If the
council, representing the faculty and adminis
tration, sees fit to grant this favor, the
students will be expected to keep their part of
the deal.
There seems to be little doubt that students
will willingly make up the lost class work in'
return for the extended weekend, but there is
some concern over the ability of the students
to return from Penn without being followed by
many letters of complaint. This has been the
situation on past Penn game weekends, half
holiday or not.
Last year brought a stream Of conflicting re-
Safety Valve. *.
Opposes Campus Political Party Actions
TO THE EDITOR: As the school year progresses
and the time for freshman and sophomore elec
tions draws nearer the students, who alone
compose the voting public on campus, are wit
nessing a very discolored picture of campus
politics.
Newcomers to Penn State were greeted with
open arms and invitations to attend the meet
ings of two groups supposedly working for the
betterment of the University. However, what
these people found was quite different from
what they had expected.
The major part of the preliminary meetings
of the State Party, it seemed, were devoted to
un-parliamentary procedure and the debatable
election of a clique chairman. When asked
about inter-party dissension the clique chair
man of the Lion Party stated that “corruption
within the party is only a product of the on
lookers ”
Allowing this paradox to stand, let us take
a quick look at the front page of Tuesday's
Daily Collegian. The first headline which meets
the eye reads that the clique elections of both
parties have been rejected. Stuffing the ballot
CANTERBURY CABIN PARTY, 5 p.m., St.
Andrew’s parish house
THESPIAN PARTY, 9 p.m., Theta Chi
Tomorrow
LION PARTY CLIQUE, 7 p.m., 121 Sparks
PENN STATE CLUB AND THOMPSON HALL
MIXER, 2 to 5 p.m., in Thompson Hall game
room
STATE PARTY STEERING . COMMITTEE
MEETING, 1:30 p.m., 108 Willard
STATE PARTY CLIQUE, 7 p.m., 10 Sparks
Monday
COALY SOCIETY, 7 p.m., 103 Agriculture
INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON GOV
ERNMENT, 7 p.m., 108 Willard
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Charles Blockson, John Borkowski, John
Campbell, Norman Cease, James Christenson,
Francis Curtis, Frederick Diehl, George Dough
erty, Vanessa Edelen, Emil Haas, John Kreider,
Bruce Lehman, Marvin Long, William Mertz,
Barbara Rilling, Leonard Windish, Beau Barnes,
and Patricia Kronenwetter.
UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT SERVICE
Those qualified for interviewing: are: undergraduates who
will receive degrees in January, 1955; M.S. candidates
who have completed at least one semester of study; and
PhD candidates who will receive degrees in 1955. Arrange
ments for interviews may be made now in 112 Old Main.
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Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est 188?
Today
THE DAfLY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
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ports: in its Oct. 8 meeting, cabinet called the
conduct of certain Penn State students at the
Penn game “detrimental to the good name of
the College;” students returning from Philadel
phia blamed much of the trouble on students
at Penn and other area schools, high school
students, and adults living it up; O. Edward
Pollock, assistant to the dean of men in charge
of fraternities, and Thomas Schott, Interfra
ternity Council president, commended frater
nities on their conduct; letters from hotelmen
and hotel guests called it one of the worst nights
of their lives.
It is impossible to say which side is right and
which wrong, and since last year is past, it is
useless to continue the argument. The issue at
hand is this year’s Penn game which comes up
next weekend. Student conduct must be at its
best, half-holiday or not.
It must be pointed out that conduct in Phila
delphia must be exemplary regardless of wheth
er the class holiday is granted. The University
is automatically held responsible for the ac
tions of its students even when it has no con
trol over them. The bad reputation earned
through misconduct is not applied to the stu
dents to the degree it is to the University.
Thus, it becomes a case where students must
conduct themselves well, not so much for their
own safety—since one does not stand out in a
crowd such as gathers in Philadelphia— but
for the good of the University's reputation.
Students are capable of proper conduct but in
the past have not always conducted themselves
accordingly. Now is the time to start.
box is not such a new device, but rather an out
dated one. It would seem that each party is
having its own campaign and party issues with
in the group itself.
In answering the “rotten politics” incidence,
over-crowded rooms and non-uniformity in the
size of ballots were stressed. The elections com
mittee, which declared the election illegal, has
now made new regulations which will be in
effect at the next meetings.
However, the proverbial bar.n is now empty
and the mainv purpose lost. The succeeding elec
tion will no doubt show a decrease in attend
ance, and subsequently some of the potential
fireballs have now lost their glow. It is an ac
cepted fact that campus politics follow closely
the organization of the national parlies', but
must they follow so closely that the only thine
which is accomplished is the degradation o
the party and its sponsors'?
If such muddy politics continues its reign
within the parties, the newest campus activity
will soon be labeled Senate Committee on Poli
tical Party Affairs, chaired by a Joseph Mc-
Carthy 11.
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Bus. Admin., Pre-medical, Lib. Arts & Phys. - Ed. on
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viewpoint- of the writers,
not necessarily the policy of
the paper Unoiffned edi
torials are by the editor.
—F. Dale Williams
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Center Stage
Singing In
The Wilderness
The University’s dramatics program has long been recognized
as one pf the finest, most inclusive in the country, but we wonder
if .it will hold or deserve this honor much longer.
Players has had much trouble this semester, especially concern
ing its Center Stage productions, but so far, it has solved most of
its problems. Still, we wonder how much the University administra
tion appreciates this group and if
they want its caliber to remain
as high as previously.
When we braved last Friday
night’s storm to go to the TUB
to see Players’ production of
“Bell, Book, and Candle,” we
didn’t know what to expect but
were very curious as to how the
building would be adapted to the]
group’s needs
j The main ballroom in the
! TUB is by far ioo large for an
arena show, but Players in
geniously solved this problem
by using only half the
.blocking ihe rest off with b
large curtain.
Contrary to popular belief, the
permanent stage of the TUB is not
used in these shows. Rather, in
arena productions tiers of seats
are placed around a square with
the acting and condensed set in
the middle.
Players were fortunate enough
to be able to hang permanent
lights above the arena stage, but
they were not permitted to make
any other lasting addition.
Thus, the high ceiling of the
building caused acoustics to be
miserable. Hurricane Hazel was
also in all its glory that night,
and' at limes it annoyed us
greatly to see water dripping
from the ceiling.
Although these things might
seem fairly unimportant, they
must be reckoned with if a good
show is desired; and they can be
solved relatively easily. Certainly
Players cohid erect a false ceil
ing. lower than the main one, and
in that way, keep both the sound
from escaping and the water from
dripping onto the actors and the
audience. ,
Probably these thing's would
be done if the dramatics divi
sion knew whether or not they
would still be able to use the
TUB for shows next semester,
but as it is now, they seem
ingly do not want to throw
money down the drain.
Certainly, in a time when all
sorts of vast improvements are
being made around the campus,
the . University administration
should be able to aid its seem
ingly shaky dramatics groups.
Penn Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Penn State-
Pennsylvania football game Oct.
30 are still on sale in the ticket
office in the addition to Recre
ation HalL
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 23.1954
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a CONTRACT."
By EDMUND BEISS
New Policies
Established
On Campuses
Seniors having an 85 per cent
or more scholastic average at the
University College of - Arts and
Science at New, York University
may cut classes without penalty,
according to a new ruling an
nounced by the faculty. These stu
dents will still be required to take
examinations and. fill assignments
such as class speeches and papers,
but may attend labs and lectures
“at their discretion.”
In a new approach lo college
education, the University of Ro
chester, New York, will initiate
a program of studies on “world
awareness” to give undergraduate
students, a wide understanding of
the “realities” of Asia, the Middle
East, and Africa. Various depart
ments, particularly those in the
social studies and humanities,
will cooperate in the new courses.
A two-year terminal appoint
ment plan for new faculty mem
bers has been adopted at Antioch
College, Ohio. Under the new set
up, all new appointments are un
derstood to be for two years; if
no notice to the contrary is given
by the college', they terminate
automatically.
—lntercollegiate Press Bulletin
SFC to Meet Monday
Interfraternity Council will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in 219
Electrical Engineering.
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