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lailti Collegian
Daily Cnlleiriin it a atadant* . _
operated newapaoet. Specesior to THB FRKI LANCE* eat. IMY
Entered as second-class matter Jvly 6, 1934 at the State Cclleae, Pa. Peat Office nadcr the act af March 3. 1979.
DIEHL McKALIP. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Mike Miller; Copy Editors, Inez Althouse, Roy Williams; Assist
ants, Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Dubbs, Mike Moyle, Marilyn Zabusky, Evelyn Onsa, Jane Casselberry.
Ad Staff: Diane Hallock and Arnie Hoffman.
Draft Extension Bills Inevitable
(This is the second of two editorials on the Guard, spend their eight years in a Guard unit,
present and newly proposed draft law.) then leave the Guard without any fear of being
The newly proposed draft law, passed by the drafted. During this C ° n "
TTmiQp nf 'Rpnrp<;entative'! and exDected to pass txnue their education or go into business,
thp senate our male citizenry *few alter- Other major changes in the newly proposed
natives fn nlannfns^L^ futures legislation concern who is and who Is not a
usi P * flk s, ft L m Tni v iqas veteran. The new bill will exempt any person
The bill extends the draft from July 1955 from induction who has served six months or
through June 1959. It has been estimated that more on active duty, unless war or a national
one and a half million men will enlist volun- emer gency is declared. This will eliminate the
tarily, leaving a total of 1.3 million (to fulfill chance of a man who served only 22 months
armed service needs) to be drafted. being drafted. Previously a man who had not
Thus, one alternative for the, young men of served his full two years was eligible for in
today is io wail out the draft* Their chances of duction.
being called—within the next four years, at The new bill is also more lenient to men
least—are one out of four, assuming there will rejected on physical grounds. Under the present
be no war within this time. law they may be called up for a new physical at
There is one criticism of this plan, however. any time until they reach the age of 35; under
If the draft would be extended again in 1959 the proposed law this age will be lowered to>26.
which in all probability it will—the youth who Deferments under the proposed legislation
wasn’t called this time would be again eligible are virtually the same as they wee under the
for induction. Hence, a man who gets married present law—college students in the upper halt
and sets himself up in business will be taking of their class, ROTC students, youths in the
the chance of being drafted at a later date and National Guard, hardship cases, and some young
will be taking that chance until he is 35. f°*m workers.
Under the newly proposed bill, a youth who Married men without children, however, will
enters the National Guard at the age of 18 Vi not receive apy special consideration under the
and stays in his Guard unit until he is 26, will new law nor Will fathers whose children were
be draft exempt. Under the present legislation conceived after Aug. 25, 1953.
he would have to remain in the Guard until the Thus the ..futures of today’s youth apparently
age of 35 will contain a draft law of some sort for a long
Thus, youths now in high school and possibly time to come,
some students in college, could join the Nafonal
Strong Candidates —
With Women's Student Government Associa
tion elections in the air, we're eager to see a
slate of candidates who can carry on the strong
program this year's group has begun.
Nomination blanks are available now for
women who will nominate themselves for
WSGA offices. After the nominees are screened,
primaries will be held March 22 and the fn"ial
elections March 24. Those women taking the
election will also be taking on a big 30b —and
one that can prove very vital to women stu
dents.
This year’s Senate and House have seen more
action than WSGA has undertaken in a long
time And the group has taken no small number
of remedial steps toward putting “life for wom
en students” on a university level.
Not all the year's efforts have crysialized yet >
into concrete changes. The bulk of them have
been long-period reorganizations toward a
workable constitution —a revision of womens
regulations, and student enforcement. The com
plete results may show up this spring, and
they may not take shape for a year or two
llut nevertheless, WSGA has supported the
women students and has laid down a relatively
firm foundation for coming leaders.
Last year’s primaries saw 45 candidates on
the WSGA elections ballot —three for presi
dent, ten for vice president, four for treasurer,
and the rest for senators.
This spring must bring an equally heavy
slate. And the elections must show an equally
determined and conscientious group of leaders.
—Peggy McClain
Money, Money —
Within the next three months, seniors are
going to spend a little more _ than $9OOO. Its
very important that they think clearly and
sincerely about how they do this.
Suggestions are now being received for the
senior class gift. This stage in the choice is one
of the most significant—votes cannot be cast
for items which haven't been suggested.
Last year’s senior class had a fairly good
voting turnout for the gift selection. Of the
1100 msmbers, about 85 per cent voted. How
ever 10 per cent of -these votes could not be
considered, because they weren’t cast for items
on the ballot. , .
This might indicate that those 10 per cent
were a little tardy with their suggestions. Its
possible that if their ideas had been turned in
before the primaries, they would have counted
as valid votes.
This year's senior class is somewhal unique.
It (and next January's grads) will be the only
ones graduating during the Centennial year
celebration. With more than $9OOO at its dis
posal, this group can easily make one of the
most significant contributions in the Univer
sity's history.
Cleanup: What Way?
From the looks of things, the situation at
Laurelton State Village is causing as much
trouble between state Welfare Secretary Harry
Shapiro and the Senate as it is supposed to be
causing to its patients. .
Mr. Shapiro has stated he has no objections
to a Senate investigation of the institution for
manta’ly deficient women, but implies that his
own p’ans for “shakeup and cleanup,” as he
terms it. would be more successful.
What, specifically, Mr. Shapiro is trying to
clean ’ p what he has cr"cd “inhuman treat
ment” at the institution. Chiefly, he has at-
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM DEVERS. BuslnMi Manager
France: 21st Try!
The French government is 21 today.
This does not mean the nation has come of
age, but rather that the 21st government in
France’s post-liberation history has been, ap
proved. Headed by Edgar Faure, labeled as “a
little left of center,” the new cabinet succeeds
the one headed by Pierre Mendes-France which
fa'led to receive a vote of confidence on Feb. 5.
This situation has been typical of French
government since fhe war; the many splinter
parties make the shift in power as unpredictable
as State College weather. An unpopular move
by the premier or his cabinet usually brings*
demands for a vote of confidence, and these
votes have spelled death tor 20 leaders in less
than 10 years.
Resulting from these many changes is a situa
tion in which no one knows what French policy
is going to be like the nextday. Also, govern
ment heads are so afraid of getting the ax they
hesitate to take strong stands.
Another unfortunate thing about the rise and
fall of cabinets is the inevitable, period without
a premier from the lime one is voted out of
office until another is approved. Many of the
major functions of French government come to
a standstill, and in the event of a crisis this
could be intolerable.
Many Frenchmen swear by this system and
marvel that Americans put up with a plan that
definitely gives one government control for
four years. Yet, the continuity of the American
system seems far preferable to the unpredict
able setup in France.
No Trespassing!
Thaws are here again and with them the soft
University lawns.
It’s necessary to begin our annual, crusade
against ruining campus grass, and spots where
grass should be, with shoes and bicycles. The
snpw is melting and these areas are once again
inviting trespassers.
The physical plant cannot build walks every
where each student would like to walk or the
campus would soon be an oversised patio. This
is both economically and realistically unprac
tical. .. \
Best results can be obtained if those using
these illegal - shortcuts stop and think of the
harm they are doing to the appearance of the
campus.
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NEWMAN CLUB, Dally Rosary, 4:80 p.m.. Our Lady of
Victory Church; Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m.. Church
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Leonard Bain, Leo Berzlnski, James Byrne, Beth Casey,
Jack Conner, Madeline Fitzgerald, Edward Gowen, James
Griffin, Edith Gross, Henry Haak. Ronald Hartman, Andrew
Hibler, Irene Jacob, John Johnson, Kenneth Kerr, David
Krusko, Harriet Learn, Gary Latham, John Lohman, George
Mastroianni, Ellssa Max, Donna Smith, Patricia Shelly,
Vincent Skrinak, Joyce Ramsey, Joan Rapoport, Jay Ulrich,
Shirley Winter.
—P. Me
tacked methods-such as keeping patients in
solitary confinement cells, as punishment, for
periods up to six months.
These charges are yet to be approved. So far.
about the only steps taken have been Mr. Sha
piro's charges, the resignation of Laurelton's
superintendent and her assistant, and a rather
verbose and circular world-battle between the
Welfare Secretary and the Senate.
It’s apparent not too much more can be done
until the contestants come to at least basic
agreement.'" And from here it looks like the
Senate is holding all the aces-
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—Don Barleii
—P.M.
ittle Man on Campus
Dean Reports Recurrence
Of Line-cutting Problem
Related Story on Page Eight
Line-cutting is flaring up again, James W. Dean, assistant to
the dean of men said yesterday. In the last several days five casfes
of line jumpers have been reported to him, he said.
As has been the policy, Frank J. Simes, dean of men, said viola
tors will be reported to the Dean
of Men’s office and the cases re
ferred to the Association of Inde
pendent Men Judicial Board of
Review for suggestions of punish
ment.
Simes said this system of dis
cipline was put into effect upon
the request of the students them
selves.
Cases Tried
A number of cases were tried
and punished in December before
the area councils, Nittany, Pol
lock, and West Dorm voted to out
law line-cutting.
Dean said that one of the most
serious incidences of line-cutting
occurred on the night of the din
ing hall Thanksgiving dinner. A
student living in the Pollock area
was struck by another student
after cutting in line.
A fist fight resulted and both
the students were placed on office
probation.
No Transcript Notations
There is no transcript notation
when a student is placed on office
probation.. However, a record of
the action is kept in the dean of
men’s office, and, according to
Harold W. Perkins, assistant to
the dean of men, is taken into
consideration if the student is in
volved in further disciplinary ac
tion. ,
On Dec. 3, Nittany Council
voted unanimously to set down
line-cutting in the books as a
definite misdemeanor and provide
that the names of offenders would
be sent to the dean of men’s office.
The area councils requested
that the dean of men’s office con
tinue to help them enforce line--
cutting regulations.
In the future, Simes said, each
case of line-cutting will be dealt
with according to the individual
circumstances.
‘Children of Darkness'
To Be Given Tonight
Players will present Edwin Jus
tus Mayer’s “Children of Dark
ness” for the second time at 8 to
night at Center Stage in the Tem
porary Union Building.
The “comic-tragedy” of life in
a jailer’s house in 18th century
England has Ann Wylie and Jay
Broad in leading roles. Tickets
are available at the Student Un
ion desk in Old Main for $l.
Collegian Promotes 3
Three promotions have been an
nounced by the senior editorial
board of The Daily Collegian.
Phyllis Propert, eighth semes
ter journalism major, has been
named to senior board, and Fran
cis Fanucci, fourth semester journ
alism major, and John Lawrence,
sixth semester journalism major,
have been promoted to junior
board.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 25. 1955
By Bibl
4 Frosh Take
Highway Signs;
: ines Expected
Four second semester students
from McKee Hall are awaiting
papers that could ask as much as
$lOO apiece in fines for the re
moval and damaging of 14 high
way signs of Rt. 545 last Friday
night.
The students are Henry Sop
kins, industrial engineering ma
; or; Donald Marshall, business ad
ministration major; Ronald iLis.
petroleum and natural gas'en
gineering major; and Ridjnrd
Bohner, business administration
major.
The four were apprehended by
State Police about 12:30a.m.
Saturday, at Pollock road and
Shortlidge road, shortly after they
had. taken the last of 14 highway
and advertising signs along Rt.
545.
Arrested under the state ve
hicle code, the students may be
fined from $25 to $lOO apiece by
the Centre County Justice of the
Peace.
The students who have already
paid restitution for- damages said
they wanted to put the signs in
their rooms.
The 14 signs include five high
way stop signs, two team-cross
ing signs, two advertising signs
for the Penn State Motel, and
one church sign.
Prexy Honored
By Kansas State
The Arts and Science classroom
building at the Kansas State Col
lege will be named for President
Milton S. Eisenhower, a former
president of the college, Kansas
State President James A. Mc-
Cain has announced.
During Eisenhower’s adminis
tration Kansas State’s appropri
ations from the state were
doubled its 51 curricula were re
vised to stress liberal as well as
technical education, its physical
plant increased by 50 per cent, and
faculty salaries were raised 75
per cent.
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