'PAGE rOtird Pabfisheu Tuesday through Sain.day mornings during the University year, the Daily Collegian is a student operated newspaper. Enterez: as second-class DIEHL. McKALIP, Editor Managing Ed.. Mary Lee Lauffer; City Ed.. Mike Fein silber: Copy Ed.. Nancy Ward; Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell; Edit. Dir.. Peggy McClain: Radio News Ed., Ph:: Austin: Soc. Ed.. Marcie MacDoarild: Asst. Sports Ed., Berm Weisiropt; Asst. Soc. Ed., Mary Beßch: Feature Ed... Edmund Reiss; Ex change Ed.. Paddy Beaitan: Librarian. Bill Pete: Photog. Dir.. Ron Hoopes: Senior Board. Bev Dickinson. Ann Leh. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Sue Conklin; Copy Editors, Mike Miller_ and Dave Bronstein; Assistants, Alice Grubb, Bill Eisenberg, Rod Felix, and Wayne Ulsh. • Good Neighbors Tonight more than 6000 fans are expected to set a record attendance mark at Recreation Hall when they watch the Swedish National Gymnastics team An its second appearance at Penn State. Those fortunate to have tickets for the event will witness a once-in-a-lifetime treat. When the Swedish team appeared in compe tition against Penn State last year during their first United States tour, the meet proved to be one of the most colorful and fascinating ath letic events ever staged on the Penn State cam pus. This year, although there will be no compe tition, the show has been billed as better than ever by Penn State gymnastics coach Gene Wettstone. Graced by the addition of 11 of Sweden's most outstanding women gymnasts, the Swedish team has captured the fancy of :ans in New York ,Philadelphia, West Point; West Chester, and West Virginia University in the first leg of its 32-stop tour. The Swedish tour serves many purposes, but unnoticed behind the spectacle of the show it self are the underlying political ramifications . of the tour. Students and administrators at the University helped cement relations with this great European nation through their enthusi astic and kind response to the team on its visit last year. It was largely because of this response that another trip was arranged this year. Through the media of athletics we are making friends with a nation at a time when the United States needs friends more than anything else. The fans who watch this event tonight, Coach Gene Wettstone, the University administration, participating student leaders, and the Penn State gymnastics team become, in a sense, diplo mats this evening. A warm friendly hello to our guests will go a long way. One-Man Committee Rudolph Lutter's one-man committee to bring about revisions in the present grading system has done a good job to date, but it's up to the student body as a whole to make the com mittee truly a success. The six college councils before which Lutter has discussed inadequacies in the present sys tem have gone on record as favoring a change. It is safe to assume, on this basis, the remaining three councils also will favor a grading system change. Mr. Lutter has already given All-University Cabinet its answer—there is wide-spread dis satisfaction with the present grading system. Now it's up to Cabinet to take the next step. Cabinet should study Mr.. Lutter's proposals for change - and present concrete suggestions for revision to the administration. While the administration can not be expected to respond to impulsive ideas, sound suggestions for im provement based on fact cannot be ignored. Mr. Lutter has spent considerable time and energy to do his job and do it well. Cabinet should follow his lead. On Solicitations The action taken by the Senate Committee on Student Affairs to restrict student organizations from soliciting memberships and promoting their programs outside Recreation Hall during registration will clear up a lot of confusion and avoid the habitual cluttering of the walks with the material passed out. Various student organizations have in the past distributed pamphlets, blotters, folders, and other types of promotional material outside Rec Hall. This has slowed students' escape from registration and has turned the sidewalks out side Rec Hall into catch-alls for the material in which the majority of the students are not immediately interested. Granted, the organizations should be com mended for their efforts to promote their bene fits to the student body, but they should be able to carry on their advertising campaigns at a time when students will pay attention to them of their own accord. There is nothing truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labour. A closed mouth catches no flies.—Cervantes Pi Alpha Xi initiates 11 Pi Alpha Xi, floriculture honor ary fraternity, recently initiated Paul Shearer, Richard Schwoebel, Russel Neff, Lois Stringer, John Kirch, Walter Johnston, Douglas Bastian, Dr. Darrell Walker, Pa tricia Harried, Nancy Stephens, and Walter Edelen. My Baits Cottegian Successor to THE FREE LANCE. est. 1887 atter July 5. 1934 at the State College, Pa. Post Office under the act of March 3, 187 9 . —Dick McDowell —Ann Leh —Rog Beidler —Addison Ma loy to Attend Meeting Edward S. Maloy, assistant in the Ordnance Research Labora tory, will attend the Printed Cir cuit Symposium sponsored by the National Radio and Television Manufacturers Association at Phil adelphia Jan. 21 and 22. THE D. 6 .ILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM DEVER% Business Manager Asst. Bus. Mgr., Benjamin Lowenitein; Local Adv. Mgr., Pay Goldstein; National Adv. Mgr., John Albrecht; Cir culation Mgr., Richard Gordon; Promotion Mgr., Evelyn Riegel; Personnel Mgr., Carol Schwing; Office Mgr., Peggy Troxeil, Classified Adv. Mgr., Dorothea Ebert; Sec., Gertrude 7 , Taluezzi: Research and Records Mgr.. Virginia Coskery. Railroad Job? A stumbling block in the way of student interest got through the Association of Inde pendent Men - Board of Governors meeting Wednesday. It was in the nominations article of the new AIM elections code. Under the code any independent man may be nominated from the floor of the meeting or by a member of the Board of Governors. However, unless an inde pendent man is a member of the Board of Governors, or is nominated by a member, he must present a petition signed by 300 inde pendent men 'to be nominated. It seems to boil down to the fact that unless a prospective' nominee is a member of the board, or has a "friend" on the board, he must go to an extreme amount of work before he can be nominated. It further seems AIM officials are trying to keep the top offices centered as much as pos sible within the present board. It's not uncommon to request petitions be fore nominating candidates. However, such petitions are usually requested from all poten tial candidates and not from a selected category. The board also seems a little unreasonable, or possibly shrewd, in setting the number of names to be gathered on petitions at 300. We doubt if more than one hopeful nominee could scare up that many interested students among the in dependent men. We would suggest that AIM assemble a mare impartial elections regulation on nominations and give all its constituents an equal chance to run for office. Slight of Hand Stop the dither. The Daily Collegian has figured it out for you. We know which classes you are to go to next week. We are proud and happy. This editorial is copyrighted. The problem came about during Thanks giving. Thanksgiving falls on the last Thursday before the last Wednesday in November. Thurs day, last November, as normal, fell on a week day. It continued, still as usual, to follow Wednesday and precede Friday. Happens all the time. This problem plagued the Scheduling Office for quite some, and no little, time. Christmas did not help a bit. It came on a Saturday. So a Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (in that order) could not be stolen from either end of the Christmas-New Year vacation. Eureka, howled the Scheduling Office. Eur eka, echoed Willard Hall. Eureka, re-echoed Old Main. The Textile Chemistry building wv s silent. Eureka, hooped the Scheduling Office. We've found it. We did, we did. (And they had, too.) Found what, asked Willard Hall? Found what, questioned Old Main? The dairy barnS refused to comment. They were contented. Why, gushed the Scheduling Office, we found three brand-new days, and, what's more, they are convertible. Swipe Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from the last week of classes and convert them. Make them Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning, and Wednesday afternoon, in that order. So, smugly satisfied, the Scheduling Office went forth and did same. Everyone there was happy. Everyone in Willard Hall was joyous. Everyone in Old Main was in ecstasy. The Water Tunnel, too, gurgled merrily. Next week watch this spot. We will explain how to register. Safety Valve More Architecture TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the letter in yesterday's Safety Valve by Hubert Ream, president of Scarab Architectural Fraternity, I wish to clarify that it expresses feelings of this one person, and not necessarily those of Scarab itself. Gazette ... • oday NEWMAN CLUB DAILY T ROSARY, 4:30 Church fr.m., Catholic NEWMAN CLUB OPEN HOUSE, S p.m., Catholic Student Center UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL _ - - - William Achenbach, Joan Ackerman, Joanne Bedenk, Morris Cramer, Thomas Davis, Frederick Diehl, Sidney Gold berg, John Harlan, Marie Heller, Harriet Learn, Alfred Massi, Janet McClarren, Carroll McDonnell, John McGill, John Mingos, Ruth Barnard. Editor's/5 represent the viewpoint of the writers, not necessarily the policy of the paper. Unsigned editorials are by the editor. —Peggy McClain —Mike Feinsilber —Lee Stauffer Language Reading Test Applicants for the foreign lan guage reading examination, which is required for candidates for ad vanced degrees, must register prior to Feb. 7 for French and Spanish in 300 Sparks and for German in 229 Sparks. The exami nation will be given on, March 7. Litt! e Ma "Now that you have exchanged and graded - papers—do w - who made a "100"?" anyon The Paddy-wagon Now is the Time . . . With what reason is left after taking Thursday's classes Monday, Friday's classes Tuesday, and whatever it is we're taking WedrieS44, Penn State students can get out last year's No-Doz and, forge . fabiciut sleep for a week or two. - Everyone has his own method of keeping in the semi-conscious condition required from cram ming. Some find uncomfortable positions—one coed in McElwain sits on a washroom sink and runs alternating cold and hot water on her feet; some point to the caf-, feine in coke; some swear by cof fee. According to an article in the Boston University News, the prac tice of using stimulants to cram goes back to the 1880's when col lege students drank beer in large quantities—and probably all went peacefully to sleep. Some others have tried minute doses of strychnine and one -ad vocated 'caffeine to stay awake, chocolate bars to give him energy, and gin to relax. • Relax, anyone? Morse Code Coeds in one of the dormitories at Kent State University, in Ohio have developed a system of com munication via lights and Morse code. The sight of the dorm lights flickering on and off all night was too nerve - wracking for the ad-, ministrators and they called it off. The girls have switched to can dles and now mimeographed cop ies of the code have been dis tributed. Just for the record, be it known the Penn State coeds are way ahead of the Kent women. Back in the good old days when the women students lived on he fifth and the men on the fourth floor' of. Old Main, the two groups tapped Morse code mes'ages to each other on the pipes.- Big Fuss, No Noise Last year at Tulane a group called the ,Young Republicans Club petitioned the student coun cil for official recognition. The council, fearing political contro versy on campus, refused the re quest. The group tried again, backed by the Tulane Hullabaloo, and the council reversed itself and sent the petition to the University Senate. The Senate passed the buck back to the student council asking for a more decisive vote, which was given. A Young Democratic Club formed at once and began arranging programs, meetings, etc. The Democrats thought , political debat es with the Republican group would be a good idea. But no one has been able to 10, cate the Republican "'officers or members. Look, No Problem College drinking is a custom, not a problem, reports the New York University College of Medi- - 7 SATURDAY,,-JANUARY' 15; 1955 on Campus By PADDY BEAHAN • . tine after a research -'starwer - . to determine the drinking :habits Of college students. The only preva lent pattern found was. that of the "all-male beer drinking :',fellow ship." Where the Vale ... Penn. Staters can hold up their heads again. Maybe wg ' .stOle the tune for "Blue and Wlite'.Aroin Cornell's "Far Above 'CaYtfas Waters," but Cornell took it from somebody else. . - ' The tune belongs to CiVil War ballad, "Annie Lisle."' Other' 'al iases are "Close Beside: the Wind ing Cedars" (Michigan -State), "Close Beside Cuyahoga'S Waters" (University of Akron), "Onl the Shores 'of South Carolina" (The Citadel), "Far Above the Walnut Valley" (Southwestern), "Living- Symbol of Our City" (UniVersity of Toledo), "Midst the Mogritains of the Westland" (Seattle Pacific), "Where the Hills of Pennsylvania!? (Washington and Jefferson), and the last straw—Annie Lisle must have turned 'Over in her grave-;-- "Where •the Blue Ridge Yawns Its Greatness" (Clemson Agricultural College). • Corione Is Elected President of FTA Vincent Carlone Was recently elected president of the Future Teachers of America for the spring. .semester. Other Officers are Gertrude Lutz, vice president; Linda Ger ber:treasurer; Sandra Weiss, re cording secretary; Walter Stry czek, corresponding secretary; and Leah Obert, librarian. Rosalie Majorana, outgoing vice president, gave a report on the United Nations trip. This Weekend WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES . . . 7:3BSports Roundup 7:35 Hamburger Stand '8:15 8.8.0 "The Rhodes Scholar" ;8:45 Just for Two 9:30 Hi' Fi Open House 10:30 '' • Thought for the Day 10:30 Thought for the Day ' • . Monday 7:30 • • Sports Roundup MMINIMI 8:00 _ U.N..Story "Miracle of the Needle" 8:15 _____._ Top Drawer 8:30 • Progressions in Rhythin 9:00 Spotlight on State 9:15 • . News _ 9:30 '' • - ' .. Symphony Hall By Bibler Tomorrow _ Third Program Nite Stand Thought. for the Deri
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