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Entered at eecond-elase Matter Jaty ft. 1914 at the Btale College, Pa. Peat Office aader the act ef March A 1879.
DIEHL McKALIP, Editor
Managing Ed.. Mary i.te Lauffcr; City Ed.. Mike Pels* AaaL Boa. Mgr., Benjamin LoveMMat Local Ade. Mgr.*
allber. ■ Copy Ed.. Nancy Ward;, Sports Ed.. Dick McDowell; Pay Goldstein; National Adt. Mgr.. John Albrecht; Cir-
Kdit Dir., Peggy McClain: (Udio News Ed.. Phil Austin; Boe. eolation Mgr. Richard Gordon; Promotion Mgr. Brelya
Ed.. Marti* MnrDmald. Asst Sports Ed.. Herm Welskopf: Rlegclj Personnel Mgr*. Carol Bekwing; Office Mgr« Peggy
As-t Sue. Ed., Mary Bollch; Peatorc Ed.. Edmond Reiss; Troxell. Classified Adr. Mgr.. Dorothea Ebert; Bec« Gertrnde
Librnrtr.n-Kxchangc Ed., Ann Leh; Senior Board, Phyl Pro* Malpecsl: Research and Reeerde Hgr« Virginia Cookery,
pert; Pitoiog. Dir.. Ron Itoopes.
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor: Don Shoemaker; Copy Editors: Roy Williams, Nancy Showalter;
Assistants: Cynthia Bell, Evelyn Onsa, Ron Leik, Barbara Budnick, Pat Hunter, Gene Reeder, Jean
Dahl, Roger Alexander; Ad Staff: Diane Hallock, Anne Hoffman.
New WD Room Plan:
Upperclassmen who want ot live in the West
Dorms next year will have about as much
chance of being assigned there as they would in
winning on the proverbial slot machines.
Under the new room assignment process, stu
dents will be given numbers which will be
placed in a box. Then the alloted number of
rooms will be drawn by a representative of the
Association of Independent Men. In other words
a less fortunate student could spend his entire
three vears in Pollock, even though he might
have a straight 3.0 All-University average.
This modified game of chance has replaced a
system in which students who applied first
were assigned to the West Dorms first and the
others were put on a waiting list, to be moved
up whenever any vacancies occurred.
Room assignments are made on the basis of
the grade standing of the student. Seniors who
have an All-University average of 1.0 or better
will have their names put on the waiting list
for the West Dorms. Similarly, juniors with an
All-University average of 1.5 or better and
sophomores with an All-University average of
2.0 or better will have their names put on the
waiting list. A total of 100 seniors will be as
signed to the West Dorms. Seventy juniors and
Stiff Competition
If everything goes according to plan, the
Association of Independent Men will hold its
Spring Dance March 18 in the Hetzel Union
Building (which is to have been open for three
days) by that time and the Jazz Club will spon
sor Dave Brubeck in a concert in Recreation
Hall.
Sounds like a nice Friday night for music
lovers who will be able to afford $1.50 per per
son for the concert and $2.50 per couple for the
dance.
1. But we wonder why two big musical
events were scheduled for the same night.
2. And how the Jazz Club is going to
make out on proceeds?
3. And how many independents w.ill by
pass the AIM dance to hear Brubeck?
AIM arranged over & year ago to have its
dance in the HUB, but it wasn’t until about a
month ago that the Jazz Club was sure Bru
beck would play here.
The last three jazz concerts that have been
held in the State College vicinity have lost
money from $5 to $6OO. Max Kaminski.
Woody Herman, and Duke Ellington were all
poorly attended.
AIM is doing something new this year—it is
celebratin'* National Independent Student As
sociation Week. A well-attended dance to cli
max the week's activities would go a long way
to make Independent Week a success. But the
competition is going to be pretlv stiff.
—Jackie Hudgins
Coeds Only
The “stacking” of offices for All-University
elections—designating each as fraternity or in
dependent territory—has drawn a fair amount
of criticism in the past.
However, a recent statement by the Elections
Committee clarified an even finer point. The
committee said the senior class secretary-treas
urer will be a woman—either an independent or
a sorority member.
Notwithstanding that women have usually
held secretary-lreasurerships, it is little short
of ridiculous to designate an area as female
stamping ground and rope it off for coeds only.
Even if a rule is not involved in the matter,
terminology should be more carefully con
sidered. Designation of an office as “for women”
implies that other offices are men’s domain.
All-University elections are restricted along
roped-off lines more than seems reasonable. If
the independent-fraternity set-up is here to
stay, must we go further to take care of people’s
feelings and to curtail competition?
As parties seem to find increasing difficulty
in placing candidates along the required lines,
even terminology should not s -seemingly assign
women to a category of their own.
—Nancy Ward
Gazette...
Today
HILLEL, Subbath Eve Ser .’ces, 8 p.m., Hillel Foundation
NEWMAN CLUB, Daily Rosary, 4:30 p.m., Stations of the
Cross, 7 p.m., Our Lady of Victory Church, followed by
open house ut the student center.
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Anne Beebe, Evelyn Benson, James Byrne, Myron Cole,
Dunicl Coll, John Cranos, Richard Davis, Edwin Eckl,
Thomas Eyerly, Maurie Fox, Elizabeth Iffert, Irene Jacob,
Nancy Kim?, Lois Korona, D'*nnUl Lamaster, Lois Masket,
Paul Matitrororeo. J an M ::n:s, Rolfe Ross, Ronald Safler,
Fred Shoyer, Nich'*'as S; 'm rh*v, f "e Thierwechter, Barbara
Trueht.nber, Van-! tV-v'-ii, Thomaa Vieira. Dale Welter.
Robert Wenner, Thaddeua Zalewski.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE CCJILCOT.
WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manager
Too Much Chance
70 sophomores will be assigned to that area and
the remaining space will be opened to the in
coming freshman class.
However, incoming freshmen have been saved
the fate of 'gambling' for their rooms. The room
assignment process for the new freshman class
will remain the same as it has been in the past.
Freshmen who apply first will be given first
chance to live in tne West Dorm area.
The main reason for changing the room as
signment process seems to be that it was felt
unfair that students who stood in line for hours
waiting to get their names on the top of the list
did not get assigned to the West Dorms. If this
is the basic reason for the change, it is a very
weak cme.
The housing department has changed a room
assignment method in which the student had
better than a 50-50 chance of being assigned to
the West Dorms in his four years at the Uni
versity, to a system in which the student may
never see the West Dorms.
The inadequacies of this system may not be
apparent at the present time—but possibly by
the time the present freshmen are seniors the
housing department may be hearing some com
pla’nis.
Safety Valve—
Poor Sports ...
TO THE EDITOR: It has been brought to my
attention by several members of the adminis
tration and faculty that conduct at Wednesday
night's basketball game with the University of
Pennsylvania was in very poor taste.
Needless to say, I have been aware of dis
plays of poor sportsmanship in a few instances
throughout the year. However, I have tolerated'
these displays and rationalized that they were
the acts of an over-enthused group or Penn
State fans.
After last night's performance, I think you
will all agree that we not only disgraced our
University in the eves of the visiting team, but
we disgraced ourselves and a Penn Stale tradi
tion of hospitality as well; we also made a rath
er unhappy evening for Dr. Eisnehower and
other University officials, who have been among
our strongest supporters throughout the years.
It is my strongest desire that in the coming
events, either at home or away, Penn State stu
dents will not perform in such a manner detri
mental to all of us at the University.
I had to apologize to the players and coaches
of the Penn team Wednesday night for our
poor display fo sportsmanship; I assured them
this would never happen again.
In this light I am asking'your support to cur
tail the necessity of any future apologies.
Death Knell?
TO THE EDITOR: We’ve been reading here in
Cambridge (Mass.) of the many changes at the
University during these past few months . . .
One item in the Feb. 24 issue (Daily Colleg
ian), however, wasn’t in keeping with the “steps
in the right direction”; the article concerned
the transfer of the classics department to the
romance languages department.
The article stated that the "personnel and
functions of classical languages have been trans
ferred." which seems to imply that the depart
ment of classics has lost its identity as a func
tioning department of the College of the Lib
eral Arts.
By this step, the death knell of classics at
the University probably has not yet tolled. But
the fellow who rings the bell approaches, and
pragmatism threatens to win again—as we tol
erate the present, worship the future, and ig
nore the past.
And yet this was no doubt the outcome of
treating the department as an ornament of the
University, rather than as a necessary com
ponent of the Liberal Arts.
. . . We sincerely helieve the University will
inevitably lose by not trying hard enough now
to find a Latin and Greek scholar of Dr. Deng
ler’s caliber to devote his full time to a classic
department.
Why minimize—pursuant to extinguishing—
a study that intellectually gives so much: the
beginnings of practically all the present sci
ences, the very roots of the languages and lit
erary styles we use, the source materials for
history and philosophy, and intellectual disci
pline in the entire undertaking.
It is universally a truism that the Classics
need no defense. It is quite revealing that at
Penn State they do.
—Barbara Lock Goodman
(Class of '55)
Leonard Goodman
(Class of '54)
—Don Barlett
—Jesse Arnelle
All-University president
.VANIA '
Little Man on Campus
"Boys, we've simply got to get rid of this new 'Forority'. They've
been getting new members daily and some of our own men are
dropping out of the old frat."
The Desk at...
The P/11/ing Station
; By PHIL AUSTIN
I’ve been cleaning out my desk.
Fortunately, I’m past the Robert Benchley stage of desk
cleaning. But just the same, there are a few things good for 'dis
cussion before being dropped in one of the waste baskets gracing
the Daily Collegian office, i
The biggest group of news re
leases received has been from
the United Nations. Judging
from the number of press re
leases I've received, they're
winning the peace with paper.
Moreover, it looks from the ma
terial included in these releases
like the social and educational
activities of the UN are doing
the trick and diplomacy is sec
ondary.
Unfortunately, education can
be good or bad, depending upon
the culture in which the process
is applied. This doesn’t mean the
world won’t be better because of
education. Nor does it mean the
UN can automatically do the
trick. After all, we’ve tried co
ordination in. student government
I too
The next gob of materials I
pulled were releases from the U.S.
Information Agency. These con
cerned government radio propa
ganda programs on Voice of
America.
While writing this column I re
ceived a new one, about a show
which was aired on Tuesday, “A
Man Named. Joe.” No, McCarthy
hasn’t taken over the V of A
The program is the story of fresh
man congressman Joe M. Kilgore
of Texas, and apparently is in
tended to explain American gov
ernment in‘action
•
However, the V of A, posii
bly, is missing the boat. It may
be all right' lor the V of A to
explain the American system of
government in 37 languages
(besides English) to persons
tlproughout the world. But. per
haps the American system of
government should be ex
plained to the American people
first.
Next, I’m coming to material
from the United States Steel
Corporation. Now I’m really
fighting (?) something bigger
than myself. I must admit, how
ever, the U.S. Steel Quarterly is
a much better publication in
terms of content and format,
more interesting, and more in
formative than either the releases'
of the UN or the U.S. Information
Agency.
Maybe I’m just a sucker lor
good, sharp, newsy pictures.
Maybe it's because it contains
nothing I can disagree with.
After all, neither the U.S. gov
ernment or the UN can offer
income from stock.
Well, I now have cleaned ray
.NCTDAt. oiAßcn 4. rvDa
desk—partly. Time to prepare for
the next round of releases from
the UN, the U.S. Information
Agency, and the U.S. Steel Corp
oration.
Grad Student
Wins Award
Peter. Grever, graduate student
in College of Business ofAdminis
tration, has been awarded the Na
tional Association of County
Officials fellowship at the Uni
versity. . Grever graduated from
Alfred University and has been
enrolled as a graduate student
since last fall.
The ■ fellowship was recently
established in the College of Busi
ness Administration with a $1250
grant from the NACO. Its pur
pose is to provide for a study
and report-in 'rural road finance
problems affecting counties and
townships. The work is to be done
by a graduate student in busi
ness administration.
Honors Sought
By Flower Team
The University will seek new
laurels tomorrow when its flower
judging team compete in the in
tercollegiate flower judging com.
petition at Columbus, Ohio.
Coach Peter B. Pfahl has chosen
for his team Edwin Angstadt,
Margaret Fleming, and James
Skyrm. Russel Neff will be an
alternate..
All are eight semester horti
cultural majors. Approximately a
dozen other colleges and univer
sities will participate in the an
nual meet.
Lotz to Play in HUB
Flip Lotz and his Elves, a stu
dent combo, will provide the
music at a sophomore class so
cial on March 19 in the Hetzel
Union Building.
The social will be held frOtn
2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sophomore stu
dents may attend.
Tonight on WDFM
»1U MBCACTCLBS
7:35 Blgn On
7:S« Starlight Serenade
9:00 Weakly Newa Roundup
9:50 Light Opera
ltiM Thought fur the Dw
y Bibler