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DIEHL McKALIP. Editor
STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Nancy Showalter; Copy Editors, Ted Serrill, Sue Conklin; As
sistants, Ginger Hance, Don Barlett, Ed Dubbs, Ginny Philips, Pat Tomlinson, Rosemary Bass, Roger
Alexander, Jean Dahl, Gladys Woodward. Ad Staff Diane Hallock, Arnie Hoffman.
Women Still Subject to Old Drinking Rule
Women students may not partake of any students through questionnaires whether they
alcoholic beverages according to a Women's would cooperate with a modified drinking code
Student Government Association rule now in and if they would support student enforcement
of its provisions.
force. From here, it looks • like this modification
This should be noted by all women students calling for a disapproval of drinking is in or
to avoid confusion over the discussion in WSGA der, if 'WSGA rules are to agree with the Sen-
Senate of possible modifications in the existing ate Regulations for Undergraduate Students,
code. Proposed changes suggest drinking would 1954-55 version. In Section W of this code,
be disapproved and the checking for the finis- drinking is not prohibited except on University
use of alcoholic beverages would be put in the property. Otherwise, the conduct at all func
hands of students. tions attended by University students must
Specifically, the "Drinking Code for All conform with the laws of the borough, common-
Women Students," (under Freshman Regula- wealth, and nation.
tions in the WSGA handbook) states: "Drink- Thus, it seems necessary that a modification
ing by women students is against the University be made, since the University Senate rules are
regulations as well as the WSGA regulations, theoretically given precedence over WSGA and
and violations are dealt with by the Judicial other codes. Also, it is a good thing if students
Committee as well as by the University ad- can handle responsibly their own enforcement
ministration." of the system. ,
It should be noted, and we emphasize this, It must be remembered, however, the Uni
that the above rule is very much in effect even versity may allow no laxity in its handling of
though Senate has proposed a substitute rule women students or soon the ratio would be
and even though no mention of the rule is made greater than it is now.
in the new WSGA constitution. A change is needed and WSGA is on the right
Officers of WSGA point out this will not be track. Meanwhile, however, the old rule is still
modified overnight. Plans are to ask women in effect.
IC CB ' S
etg Pace: Why Stop Now? •
Intercoliege Council Board took a flying leap
Wednesday night when it "denounced" the
compensation its members were receiving from
AU-University Cabinet. Unfortunately, ICCB
stopped short before it accomplished much.
ICCB members agreed they (the college
council presidents) should not be receiving the,
$l5 each paid to them from student activity fees.
But in the same breath, the members decided
not to make any recommendation to this effect
to Cabinet. The board seemed to feel that should
it ask to be dropped from the compensation
list, Cabinet would be only too willing to go
along with it. At the same time, however, the
rest of the Cabinet members would still be
drawing compensation, even after ICCB had
been dropped.
In short, ICCB apparently feels that so long
as the other officers are being paid, why should
it pull out? 1
The answer to the predicament might be
found in withdrawing all compensation—or at
least re-listing just who would and who would
not receive compensation. But any recommenda
tion to this effect would undoubtedly bring
down the wrath of Cabinet and ICCB seems a
Safety Valve—
On' Frosh Dance
TO THE EDITOR: If the way. the Freshman
Centennial Dance is being organized is any
indication of how future affairs of the Class of
1958 will be run, what do we have to look
forward to?
To begin with, the date for the dance has
been set three times . This has caused some
confusion. especially. to those who have in-
vited out-of-town guests.
Secondly, don't you think that tvio days be
fore the dance is a little late to announce it is
going to be informal, after many weeks adver
tisement of a semi-formal affair?
Calvert Heads
Air Force Unit
Donald Calvert, sixth semester
mechanical engineering maj o r,
was elected squadron commander
of the Harry Armstrong Squad
ron of Arnold Air Society Tues
day night.
Other officers elected are exec
utive officer, John Riggs, sixth
semester arts and letters major;
operations officer, William Trout
man, sixth semester chemical en
gineering major; adjutant, David
Anderson, sixth semester indus
trial engineerim r , major; finance
officer, Aaron Denlinger, sixth
semester poultry husbandry ma
jor; and information service offi
cer, Kent Kiehl, sixth semester
arts and letters major. •
John Lyon, sixth semester geo
physics and geochemistry major
was nominated for Area C com
mander. The University is head
quarters for Area C. Lyon's nom
ination is subject to the approval
of delegates to the national con
vention, to be held April 10-12 in
Vilashington. D.C.
Pink and black were adopted as
the University's first colors in
1837.
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When ICCB has gone this far in bringing the
matter out in the open, it is almost condemn
able for it to back out now. The general idea
would have been to knock off compensation
for council presidents and class officers and
probably keep those for All-University officers.
Questionnaires have been sent to compen
sated Cabinet members asking if they felt they
should continue to receive compensation. The
questionnaires haven't been compiled yet, but
they reportedly indicate that they think not.
This, combined with ICCB's recent "decis
ion," is an excellent basis for Cabinet to re
vamp the Wage-scale.
We urge that Cabinet does just that. We also
suggest that compensation be given on the
basis 'of time spent for Cabinet activity, rather
than for time spent within the group being rep
resented on Cabinet.
This would maintain compensation for All-
University - officers. It would throw out that
for all other positions.
If individual organizations feel their presi
dents should be paid, these groups can do so
from • their own treasuries.
ICCB should keep on' with this issue it has
re-opened this week. Now is no time to pull out.
Gazette
CO-ED SWIM COUPLES, 7.t0 9. p.m., Glennland Pool
NEWMAN CLUB DAILY ROSARY, 4:80 p.m., Stations of
' the Cross, 7 p.m., Church; open house, 8 p.m., Student
Center
PENN STATE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP, '7:30 p.m., 405 Old
Main
Robert Allison, James Bates, Richard Bosetti, Ronald
Feigles,, James Garrett, Olga Kosarowich, Mary Ann Lewis,
Kenneth McClymonds, Marjorie Miller, Sheldon Odland,
Richard Rigling, Louis Schneider, Bruce Splengler.
This is rather disappointing to most of the
girls who sent home for their gowns and looked
forward to something extra-special.
Was this just a quick decision rather than an
advertising mistake? We are certainly dis
gusted!
Donovan gxplains
Elevator Failures
The elevator in the He tz el
Union Building was out of order
three of the, first six days the
building was open according to
George L. Donovan, director of
associated student activities.
The first failure was caused by
a blown fuse, and the other two
were caused by mechanical diffi
culties. . .
HUB personnel have been using
the elevator for freight purposes
for several months, and have had
no difficulties. Donovan request
ed that persons press only one
button while operating the ele
vator.
Local 417 Will Hear
Social Security Speaker
.Tohn Weigle, district manager
of the social security administra
tion, United States Department
of Health, Education, and Wel
fare, will speak on the benefits
of social security and how Uni
versity employees may secure it,
at a meeting of Local 417 Build
ing Service Employees Interna
tional at 8. tonight in the Odd
Fellows Hall.
The meeting is open to Univer
sity staff members.
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM DEVERS. Business Manager
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Band Members
Attend Festival
Twenty-two members of the
Blue Band are participating in
the eighth annual Intercollegiate
Band Festival at Westminster
College, New Wilmington.
Students attending the session,
and the instruments they play are:
Flutes: Mary Meyer, Nancy
Schminky, Patricia Collins, and
Elizabeth Tipton; oboes: Jeanne
Maxwell and Frances O'Connell;
clarinets: Thomas Mentzer, James
Valone, Merrill Yohe, and Elaine
Kloures.
Bassoons: Charles Blechler and
Patricia Kelly; alto sax: Warren
Daugherty; tenor sax: Barbara
Murdough; solo coronets: Roger
Staub and Charles Springman;
French horns: Morris Meyer, Neil
Andre, William Mills, and Robert
C. Jones; bass: Stanley Michal
ski; trombone: Donald Fought.
James W. Dunlop, associate
professor of music education, is
accompaning the group. The festi
val ends tomorrow.
It took 1500 candles to illumi
nate the main building on the
University campus in the 1860's.
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viewpoint of taw writers.
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—Peggy McClain
—Names withheld
Little Man on Cam
elk, Professor Slither, say would you bring some weighty
ilosophy books over here—l'm having the darndest time select
a text for this course."
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Murray Describes
`Red Scare'
"Bolshevism .. a baby born by the great world war
already is the talk of the whole globe .. .
If the baby causes such a stir, 'What will the man do?"
Dr. Robert K: Murray, assistant • professor of history, takes us
back to the hectic "Red scare" days of 1919-1920 and their effect on
the American scene in his new book, "Red Scare: A Study in Na
tional Hysteria, 1919-19200 The ' book was published last month
by the University of Minnesota Press.
Reading the book will prove a
rewarding experience. It casts
light on a past problem whicii is
plaguing the nation at the present
and will, in all probability, con
tinue to do so in the future—a
problem of which relatively few
students have but a cursory know
ledge. Dr. Murray has captured
the essence of a formidable event
and presented it in an interesting
and highly readable manner.
The "s car e" in the United
States was an outgrowth of the
Bolshevik Revolution of No
vember, 1917, in Russia. Anti
bolshevism soon became the
motto of American economic
conservatives to further their
own interests, and the relatively
small number of Communist
supporters in the United States
was magnified to such huge
proportions that panic seised
the minds of the American pub
lic.
The nation in 1919, according
to Dr. Murray, was trying to ad
just to a period of peacetime "nor
malcy" after World War I. How
ever, by refusing to face the
realities the war years had
weaned, an intelligent readjust
ment solution was not applied.
The foundation of a stable "nor
malcy" was temporarily lost by
trying to achieve it in an abnor
mally rapid way and by the re
fusal of the nation to meet the
readjustment problems rationally.
In an atmosphere of hyper-ac
celerated Americanism, resulting
chiefly from wartime propaganda,
the Russian Bolshevik incident im
bedded hysterical fear and sus
picion into the minds of the
American public. American radi
cals and many liberals were con
stantly harassed with cries of
"Bolshevist" to virtually make
them cry "uncle."
Dr. Murray presents example
after example of how press, sen
sationalism, patriotic societies, the
courts, and government officials
attacked with such injudicious
virulence the American radical
that mass hysteria and terror
reigned in the nation for almost
two years, while freedom of
thought practically became a
criminal offense.
"If there is any lesson to be
learned from the Red Scare ex
periences of 1919," Dr. Murray
concludes, "it is a perception of
By MARILYNN' ZABUSKY
the incalculable injustice and
intolerance that can result from
defining the limi i ts of liberty
too narrowly. Since it would
appear from the current trend
of, events that many of the same
problems and fears which
plagued the American public of
1919 still bother us today, it
seemed of particular value to,
return to that almost forgotten
scene."
Dr. Murray, a native of Union
City, Indiana, came to the Uni
versity in 1949) to teach American
history. Previous to that, he at
tended Ohio State University
where he received his BA and BS
degrees in education. He also re
ceived his MA degree in 1947 and
his PhD degree in 1949 from Ohio
State.
Dr. Murray's book has achiev
ed national acclaim. It was cho
sen as Dave Garroway's TV,
book of the day Feb. 23. It was
reviewed by Leon Pearson on
"Weekend Documentary," an
NBC radio show Feb. 27. Dr.
Murray was interviewed by
George Hamilton Combs, ABC
book critic, March 15. The book
was nlso - selected to be shown at
the Annual Book Festival in
New York City.
Dr. Murray's interest in the
communist problem stem 3 fkom
his army life when he had the
opportunity to talk with the av
erage Russian soldiers in Germany
and France.
In 1948 he was in Washington,
D.C. -when the Berlin airlift was
going on. He perceived there a
certain amount of hysterical
thinking on the existing Com
munist menace. It brought to his
mind the Red Scare of 1919. and
his interests developed along
those lines.
In commenting on the effects of
Red Scare situations, Dr. Murray
said, "Red Scares are aberrations
which a democracy can ill-afford
to indulge in. At that point we
do far more damage to ourselves
than an enemy can ever do."
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