PAGE FOUk Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings during the University rear. the Sall, Collegian Is a student anerated Newspaper. Sutured as second-elan setter July IN 1934 se the Seat* College, Pa. Post Officio wader DIEHL McKALIP. Editor Managing Ed.. Mary Lea Laaffer; City Rd., Mike Pain- Aut. Bus. Mgr.. Benjamin Lowenstein; Local Ad,. Mgr., Bilker, Copy Ed.. Nancy Ward; Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell; Pay 'Goldstein: National Ade. Mgr.. John Albrecht; Cir. Edit. Din, Peggy McClain: Radio News Ed.. Phil Austin; Roe. culatton Mgr. Richard Gordon; Promotion Mgr.. Evelyn EL. Marcie MacDonald: Asst. Sports Ed., Hers Welskopf: Riegel; Personnel Mgr.. Carol Schwind': Office Mgr., Pew Aut Soc. Ed., Mary Bolich; Feature Ed.. Edmund Reiss; Trost'', Classified Ad,. Mgr.. Dorothea Ebert: Sec., Gertrude Photos. Dir., Ron Booties: Senior Board. Bay Dickinson. Mal:mask Research and Record. Mgr.. Virginia Cookery. AnnLeh. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Ron Gatehouse; Copy Editors, Mike Miller, Dottie Stone; Assist ants, Evelyn Onsa, Arabel Wagner, Judy Harkinson, Joe Cheddar, Ron Leik. Ticket-Splitting? We're spoiled! A peek at the interior of the Hetzel Building the other day gave us the thought that Rec reation Hall, by comparison, is a barren setting for All-University dances. A passing remark of another student sent us on the track of a means of holding the formal affairs in the HUB without making them more crowded than they are even now in the larger Rec Hall. At present, many students split the $5 dance tickets with friends; one couple goes to the first half of the big dance, the other couple to the second half. Both the cost of tickets and con flicting fraternity social events have led to "ticket-splitting." Why not take a lesson from general practice and sell split tickets—s2.so for two hours of dancing. Print half the tickets "first half" and the other half "second half." It has been esti mated that the HUB ballroom will accommodate 1200 dancers—well over half the people who ordinarily attend All-University dances. With attendance split between the two halves of the dance, space in the HUB ballroom should be sufficient. it also should be noted the HUB provides fa cilities arch as the larger version of the West Dorm Lions' Den which, if open during dances, Will draw some people away from the ballroom. Certainly, refreshments could be served in a much more gracious manner in the HUB than is now possible in Rec Hall. Several other universities use a split, dance plan on a larger scale—holding two-night for mal affair. Such a scheme seems financially im possible at the University for the time being, if only because dance attendance is not heavy enough to warrant it. The split ticket plan should not prohibit couples from attending the entire dance if they wish. They would simply buy tickets for both halves. Tickets would be sold on a first-come first-served basis so tickets for either half of the dance would go off sale when the quota was reached. If it should be found that demand for second half tickets lagged, dances might be held from 8 p.m. to midnight rather than from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., thus providing time for everyone to attend after-dance parties Money or Votes? Requiring political parties to post $25 bonds before elections campaigns sounds like a good venture on the surface. Tabling decision on the matter was an even better move. Violations of the Elections Code—which the bond action is meant to curb—is of course a situation the Elections Committee must pay special attention to. But we wonder just how wise it would be to make a distinction between violations by candidates and violations by other clique members. Before deciding this matter, the committee must give particular thought to just what role candidates play in the cliques. It seems only reasonable that they should be held responsible for their parties' actions, and vice versa. Both factions—candidates and other clique members —must be interrelated in all other phases of campaigns. Penalties for violations is no place to draw a line. Another point the committee must consider is that money (alias a $25 bond) figuratively "costs parties nothing." A little cash, one way or the other, means little when an election is at stake. On the other hand, vote -docking (as is now practiced) is a much greater threat to political success. It would seem this form of police ac tion might be the most effective. Possibly the committee could work out some sort of plan by which violations would be penalized whether parties issued complaint or not. Under the present system, penalties cannot be imposed unless charges are made by one of the parties. Such procedure has allowed parties to more or less "bargain" their ways out of complaints with each other. Indirectly, it permits party officers to coerce on violations with the under standing that neither will make charges against the other. Elections Committee, under such conditions, is helpless to press charges itself for violations. The committee is wise in deliberating over Society Names Head Jon Freidman has been elected president of Pi Lambcia Sigma, pre-law honorary society. Other officers are Lawrence Adler, vice president, and Doris Humphrey, secretary-treasurer. aille Datil; Collegian Successor to TINE PREE LANCE. tot Int WT..;Rik" —Nancy Ward Trustees Meet Monday The University Board of Trust ees will meet Monday night in the board room al. the rear of the sec ond-floor lounge in Old Main. The trustees will be on campus to par ticipate in the Centennial Birth day celebration. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE . COLLEGE. PENN,SYWANIA WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manages Farewell Bar 2 Thursday night was a good omen for those proponents of a new grading system. All-Uni versity Cabinet accepted Rudy Lutter's report on a new plan and University Provost Adrian 0. Morse told a gathering of foundrymen he had received a Senate subcommittee report on the same matter. Both Mr. Lutter's and the subcommittee's re ports have one chief factor in common—getting rid of the -2 grade. This is, from all appearances, the one particular item which has bothered stu dents for quite a while. While the exact content of the Senate report has not yet been released, Alr. Lutter's plan goes even farther than elimination of the -2. It suggests a fairly detailed method of grading students on both the quality and quantity of their work. If adopted, it would mean that transcripts would include records •of the deci mal grade received in a course and the number of credits from the course. To go further, the system would, among other things, distinguish between the hypqthetical student with an 80 (a 2) and the student with an 89 (also a 2). Mr. Lutter's report goes on to list and suggest remedies for various other inequities in the present grading system. Just how many of these issues are covered :n the Senate subcommittee's report cannot be judged yet. It's possible that by the time it comes out of committee it too will deal with more than elimination of the -2. Meanwhile, the steps that have been taken are encouraging. We hope Senate will give Mr. Lutter's recommendations much consideration. It seems the two reports could be correlated with good results. Safety Valve On Soccer Awards TO THE EDITOR: I would like to clear up a few things stated by Editor McKalip concern ing awards for the soccer team (Thursday's Daily Collegian). I brought up the idea of giving the team members awards for their outstanding per formance during the past season. But I brought this before All-University Cabinet, which is supposedly representing the student body, and not before the Athletic Association, on whose opinion Mr. McKalip is so heavily relying. I feel that Cabinet should award the team, who were acclaimed national soccer champions of the country, in recognition and appreciation of their outstanding contribution to the , Uni versity. Secondly, concerning precedent: it was set years back when All-College Cabinet, at that time, presented• awards to other athletic teams. Even if the precedent was broken, this does not mean we shouldn't renew it again. Isn't the team deserving •of awards from the student body? I'd like to point out that the• average number of national championship teams at the University is one every four years. Third, the headline on Mr. McKalip's edi torial was "Jackets for the Team"—l'd like to say that jackets were not among any of the gifts I suggested. What I had in mind were awards of a permanent nature and Of no great expense to Cabinet. Gazette ... Today NEWMAN CLUB Open House, 8 p.m., Student Center Tomorrow CAMPUS PARTY, 1:30 p.m., 10 Sparks LION PARTY, 7 p.m., 110 Electrical Engineering OUTING CLUB, skating party, 2 p.m., behind Old Main NEWMAN CLUB, Communion Snack, after 9 and 10 a.m. masses, student center; ice-skating party, 2 p.m. Skating Rink ; Devotions. 7 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church STATE PARTY, 7 p.m., 121 Sparks UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Joseph Barna, Patricia Brown, Clarence Bryan, Betsy Caldwell, David Creskoff, Helene Cohen, John Gatehouse, Sandra Goldman, Joseph Gordesky, David Griffith, Andrew Hibler, Irene Jacob, Sue Kellenberger, Henry Reitz, Mary Krause, Harriet Learn, Patricia Metzger, George Miller, Roderick Perry, Robert Reid, Jerome Rosenberg,, Ronald Stark, James Weller, Lee Wetmore, David Williams. changes in this part of the code. We hope its final decision will be, in the long run. an en couragement toward intra-party responsibility on the part of all party members. —Peggy McClain Correction The president of the senior class will be an independent man his year, not a fraternity man, as re ported in yesterday's Daily Col legian. The senior class vice pres ident will be a fraternity man. LiigNals represent tbe dewireint et the writers. wet eeeessarlie the Owner of the wiper. Unsigned editorials are by th e editor. act of Karoo $. 11173. —Richard Gordon Manager, soccer team ittle Man on Campus If vou watlyioTAKEur eNelleato Gary UCN— 911021,11. 54513t1RN tatrair a ELLA., Ili !,,,ii Ibl ' 6 "- C .... •„ 1,4%. , A"! .., ofill, ,a, The Other Half While plowing through stacks of exchange papers from other colleges and universities the other day (looking for material for this, my first column), I ran across a poem in the Temple University News which seemed quite appro pos "Today, Verse and Worse Salutes procrastination; An important phase " of • edtication. This lazy epidemic Is universally academic, Since, every college schmoe and schmoll Learns to loaf, lounge, • and loll." Traffic Court did all right by itself the other night, collecting $159 in fines, but some other uni versities have shrewd gimmicks to insure fine payments. At Texas Christian University, a student may not register until the pre vious semester's fines are paid. And graduating seniors cannot receive their transcripts or de grees until their records are clear. At the University of San Fran- , cisco things are even more rugged and a little ironic. You pay your traffic fines or you can't take your final exams. By now Jesse Arnelle might well have entered the magic cir cle of 2000-point scorers. Maybe it's self-satisfaction or maybe its' pride in Jesse's accomplishinents, but an article in the Manhattan University Quadrangle seems al most pathetic. At Manhattan their pride and joy, 'Ed O'Conner, is receiving congratulations for en tering the "magic circle," too. The only difference is that their "cir cle" is a mere 10b0-points. After hefty protests last spring, fraternity housemothers ha v e been accepted at the University with much success and very little dissatisfaction. But, at Auburn University, there's trouble within the housemother ranks. It seems, or so the Plainsman claims, there's discrimination among housemoth ers. Dormitory housemothers there are given reduced adthission pri ces for campus athletic events, concerts, and lectures. "Tain't fair," the Plainsman says, 'that fraternity housemothers don't get the same benefits. And, at Rutgers University, Phi Sigma Delta is having house mother problems. The reason: "She's" a he. The unusual set-up came about because the Phi Sigs were just recently able to acquire a house and still haven't been able to obtain the standard variety of housemother. The present "housemother" is a grad student. But, according to the Phi Sigs, two big problems result. First, their housemother's sewing tal ents are negligible and, second, reliable sources say he'll be black balled from the Jolly Ten, the SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1955 By ANN LEH housemothers' social organization Attacks on present grading sys tems aren't restricted to the Uni versity. An editorial in the Ur sinus Weekly claims the Dean's List there is unfair. is possible for a student with four "A" pluses and one "C" plus, or a numerical average of 95, to t be excluded from the List, while a student with one "A" minus and four "B" minuses, or a numerical average of 82 is included . . ." The reasons behind the protests at Ursinus are less aesthetic, than those at the University since being on the Ursinus •Dean's List gives a student unlimited cuts. But the rest sounds familiar, doesn't it? The "It was bound to happen sometime department . ." A story in the Temple Univer sity News about the wedding of two former campus wheels con tained the following paragraph: "The bridegroom wore a mid night blue tuxedo with satin la pels matching the side stripes on the trousers, a black cumberbund and bow tie, and a white carna tion. The best man and ushers were similarly attired." MI Open House Date Change Asked Mineral Industries Student Council Wednesday night decided to change the date of the. Mineral Industries Centennial Open House from April 29 to April 23 to coin cide with other college open houSes. Council plans to send represen tatives to Dean Elburt F. Osborn and department heads in the Min eral .Industries college to attempt / to bring about the change. A coffee hour committee was set up•in connection with the open house and the possibility of start ing a publication, the MI Newslet ter, was also discussed. This Weekend On WDFM 91.1 1111GACYCLES 7:25 _ Sign Oa 7:90 Phil Wein 8:16 _____ ------ BBC Features 8:46 Just for Two 9:30 If i-Fi Open House 10:90 Thought for the Day Sign On Third Program ____ Thought for the Day 7:25 7:80 10:80 7:26 ___— ______Sign On 7:30 One Night Sa o 8:00 17N Mon , 8:15 -- Top Drawer .8:30 ---- Progressions in Rhythm 8:00 . 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